EIGHT MEDFORD (OHEOON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Bunday, April 20, 1952
Meeting Tuesday
Set on Fire Unit
Residents of the county with
lng 4V4 air miles of Medford
Saturday were urged to attend a
mass meeting to consider forma
tion of a Medford Rural Fire
Protection district. The meeting
will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tues
day, April 21, in the auditorium
of the Jackson grade school in
Medford.
Mervin Gilson, of the state
fire marshal's office, will be
guest speaker, and will describe
some of the processes through
which fire districts are formed.
Petitions for the formation of
the district have been approved
by the fire marshal's office, and
will be available at the meeting
for distribution for signatures.
New Traffic Lights j
To Go On Monday '
New traffic lights will start
functioning Monday morning at
the Jackson street and Summit
avenue Intersection In front of
the Jackso school. The lights
were authorized recently by the
city council as a safety measure
for school youngsters.
City Superintendent Vernon
Thorpe said that three, stop
lights for motorists and three
walk-wait signals for pedestri
ans have been installed.
A city police officer is to be
at the scene Monday to instruct
students in the use of the lights
nA in cm, that thp signals are
observed by motorists. The light
will be In operation all aay.
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A Tribute to
Our Truck Gardeners!
On the friendly outskirts of our town are count
less patches of earth, tilled to perfection. The
patient men and women who work this soil are
Truck Gardeners, specialists in delicious and
succulent vegetables for your table. They work
long hours. Their produce is at our markets
earlier than sun-up They love the earth for its
golden bounty. They build homes and rear
families. They, In truth, are the salt of the earth
and deserving of all the respect we can give
them. Long may their gardens flourish!
MEDFORD PHARMACY, Inc.
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9 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. We Are Open Today
We Salute Our Town!
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SEN. HOWARD BELTON
Tuesday Rotary Speaker
State Senator Due
For Rotary Talk
Here on Tuesday
Slate Sen. Howard C. Belton,
Canby, will speak at the Tues
day noon luncheon of the Med
ford Rotary club, it was an
nounced yesterday. The club
meets in the Pioneer room of
the Jackson hotel.
Senator Bclton will speak on
"You and Government." He has
b"cn a member of the state sen
ate for a number of years, and
"iring the 1947 session was pres
ident of the senate, and as such
was acting governor on a num
ber of occasions when the gov
ernor was out of the state.
He is at present a "hold-over"
member of the senate and will
automatically return to the legis
lature's 1953 session.
The senator this year is seek
ing election to the national Re
publican convention as a dele
gate from the state at large, hav
ing filed his candidacy by declaration.
1952 Poppy Poster,
Contest Awards
Here Announced
The awards for the 1951-52
poppy poster contest were an
nounced yesterday by the Med
ford American Legion auxiliary.
Competition was keen in the
three divisions at senior high
school, Junior high school and
the elementary schools, sponsors
said. First prize at the Senior
high school went to Cora Mc
culloch, sophomore; D a r r e 1 1
Brown, sophomore, was second;
and Carole Pringle, sophomore,
third. '
Carl Gordon, ninth grade, won
first prize at the junior high
school; Susan Gustison, eighth
grade, second; and Mary Beaton,
ninth grade, won thirH.
On the elementary level, Joe
Burns, Roosevelt sixth grade,
took first; Barbara Risner, Lin
coln, sixth grade won second;
and Lester Schall, Jackson sixth
grade, gained third. Joan Lau
rila, Washington sixth grade, was
given honorable mention.
Three Prises
Prizes awarded the winners
were S5 for first, $3 for second
and $2 for third. The judges
were Herb Grey, Otto Wilda and
Hal Bishop.
The best poster in each of the
three divisions will be sent to
compete in the Oregon state post
er contest.
The auxiliary sponsors this
contest annually to create inter
est in the poppy sale which is
held late in May. Poppies sold
here are made at the veterans
domiciliary at Camp White,
which also furnishes poppies for
many other Oregon as well as
Washington .points.
Migrating Mirbach
Now Settling Down
Toledo, O. U.R The cur
rent generation of the von Mir
bach family has settled down
finally to a life of student-Jani-tor-nulhor
after traveling over
half the earth.
Count Alexander von Mir
bach, descendant of 10th cen
!ury Frnnconians who migrated
in the Kith century to Russia, is
studying to be a teacher, or phil
osopher, at the University of
Toledo here.
To support himself, the 43-year-old
immigrant born In St.
Petersburg (Leningrad) works
daily as a college janitor. In his
spnre time, which necessarily is
limited to about one to two
hours daily, the mustachcoed
count works on his unfinished
novel, "The Satan Leads the
Dance."
Count von Mirbach fled Rus
sia In 1920, wandered stateless
over Europe, was Imprisoned in
Nazi Germany and finally liber
ated by the American Army. He
came to this country last December.
Battle Harbour, center of Lab-
rador's fishing Industry, proba
bly took its name from the
j Portugese word batal, meaning
boat. At this settlement In 1893,
: Dr. Wilfred T. Grcnfell "Gren-
fell of Labrador" built the first
j hospital for the Indians and Es
! kimos of the region.
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terrier, Jane Griffin, 23, awaits
ambulance after falling three
stories from building In Los An
geles. She suffered pelvic Injury.
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Lloyd's of London
Insurance Proposed
For Oregon Pilots
Salem (U.R) Lloyd's of Lon
don may protect Oregon pilots.
The State Board of Aeronau
tics disclosed Saturday that
Lloyd's of London has proposed
an insurance policy to protect
pilots and observers authorized
to fly on search and rescue mis
sions in Oregon.
The proposed policy was con
sidered by the State Board of
Aeronautics at its meeting here
Friday.
Portion Accepted
The board accepted the por
tion of the policy which included
public liability and property
damage. A few additional ques
tions were asked concerning the
portion of the policy represent
ing insurance of the pilot and
the observer, and the answers
will come from London,
Once the answers from Lloyd's
are received. It is expected that
this policy also will be accepted.
Jack Bartlctt, director of the
State Board of Aeronautics said
Oregon First State
Bartlctt said the board believes
Oregon is the first state to pro
vide Insurance for pilots and
observers in the search and res
cue program of the state. Three
other Pacific Northwest states
are interested, and the plan will
be presented to them at a re
gional meeting in Boise, April 29.
A five-year permit for use of
the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
property in Klamath county to
be used as an emergency air
strip was approved and Bartlett
was authorized to sign the same
for the bard.
Canadian Eskimos
Said Hard To Find
Ottawa (U.R) The depart
ment of national health and wel
fare has a hard time giving
! money away to Canada's Eski
mos because they are hard to
find.
The Eskimos are nomadic and
scattered over thousands of
miles of Canada's northern
, coastline and the Barren Lands.
the department said. The result
is that it Is difficult to deliver
family allowance checks to
them.
The department said there
were. 1,608 Eskimo families In
Canada as of March 31, 1951,
with 3.B48 children.
Checks are not Issued to the
Eskimos. Instead, they are Is
sued certain specified Items of
food, apparel and equipment
under the supervision of dis
trict registrars, usually Royal
Canadian Mounted Police offi
cers. Powdered milk and approved
baby cereals are considered seml
compulsnry Items so that the Es
kimos will spend at least a fair
share of the allowance directly
on their children.
Eating Utensils Used
To Break Out of Jail
McMinnville (U.R) A pro
posal is on the May 16 ballot
for a new Yamhill county
jail.
And high lime, too. Sher
iff W.L. Jones said Saturday.
The sheriff disclosed that
three prisoners, Morris Chene
vere, 18, Saginaw, Mich.; Leon
Rice. 26, and Jack Ballard,
28, both of Botwell. Okla.,
used a can opener, a spoon
and a knife to break out of
the crumbling, 64 - year old
jail Friday.
Jones said the trio simply
used the tools to remove the
old mortar between bricks in
the jail walls. '
Serious Water Shortage
Faces Washington Area
Yakima (U.R) A group of
farmers Friday organized the
Roza Water Users Protective as
sociation In attempt to save their
crops from a critical water short
age. Gordon Cornue, president of
the organization, said 1,000 of
the Roza project were endanger
ed when a break occurred in the
right branch of the lateral of
pump unit eight April 10. The
water was turned off and has
been off ever since.
The area affected Is 20 miles
southwest of Yakima.
Chin-Up Officers Aid New Chapter
Harry Chipman, president of
the Jackson County chapter of
the ChirvUp club, a national or
ganization for the handicapped,
and John "Duffy, chapter vice
president, are In Grants Pass to
day to assist with organizing
Josephine county chapter of the
club.
The Jackson county chapter
was organized in October, 1950,
and the membership includes
handicapped persons from vari
ous valley towns, including Ash
land. .
At a monthly social meeting
of the club Friday evening In the
Girls Community ciud, a Dar
bershop trio furnished entertain-
ment. The trio members were
David Muir, tenor; Eugene Cog
gins, leadf and Bruce Bailey,
baritone. The chapter meets
twice monthly, with alternate
business and social sessions.
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