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SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. April 27. 1952 30 Boys Enter Soap Box Derby on Friday About 30 boy entered the 1952 Rogue Valley Soap Box Derby at a meeting Friday night at the Barnes Chevrolet com pany, one of the sponsoring or ganizations. The derby, to be held here July 13, is being conducted un der the Joint auspices of Barnes, The Mail Tribune and the Inter national Footprint association, and is open to all Rogue valley boys 11 to 15 years of age. The boys attending the meet ing, accompanied by their fath ers, were Issued wheels and axles for their derby racers. A cut-out model of a racer has ben designed and assembled by Johnnie Pojedinae, service man ager at Barnes, and will be com pleted day by day, as the boys complete theirs. Plan Service Shop A service and problem shop has ben opened to aid boys in building their racers. Boys entering last night were fiom Medford, Grants Pass, Ash land, Eagle Point, Central Point and other valley communities. Boys entering may pick their own sponsor, but if they have none, the committee in charge will endeavor to find a sponsor, a business organization or busi ness. A few more sponsors are needed, according to C. Lyall Fidler, general chairman for the derby. Sponsors are asked to buy the wheels and axles and follow up with assisting the boy in his actual building and other problems. Many Priiet More than 100 prizes will be awarded in the local derby, with the grand prize being the T. H. Keating city championship plaque, a 17-Jewel wristwatch and a trip to "Derby Downs' In Akron, O., where the All-American Soap Box Derby finals will be run August 10. Some 20 members of Chapter 16 of the Footprinters group were present at the Friday meet ing to aid In Issuing applica tions, drivers licenses and wheels. Committeemen stressed that boys must do the actual racer construction work themselves, although they may have advice, Program Presenfed For Camp White Men Camp White A musical pro gram was presented at the Camp White Domiciliary on April 23 sponsored by The Enchanted Grotto, according to Mrs. Paul Olsen, route one, box 225, Eagle Point. The program was arranged by Fred J. Divisek, who was also heard playing the vibraharp. ac companied at the piano by Mar lyn Barker. A full house Joined the 30 members of the combined Med ford and Grants Pass accordion bands In the singing of "Home on the Range." A novelty num ber was the playing of accordion elections on an instrument in use 50 years ago, which had only 10 keys, by James Rich mond of Grants Pass. Mrs. Norman A. Dunford, Eagle Point, sang a number ac companied by Divisek at the piano. Member Tommy Thomp son's poem was read while prep arations were being marie for Dr. Olson's fluorescent display. He used long wave ultra-violet light, and demonstrated fluor escent sands which he manufactures. Rub lipstick or rouge stains with lard or vaseline and wash In hot suds. If the color stain remains, bleach with hydrogen peroxide. Do not use soap first. It may set the stain. C. LYALL FIDLER Soap Box Derby Chairman suggestions and tools from par ents, committemen or sponsors. Meetings for "construction clinics" will be held each two weeks, and committeemen plan tours to the homes of contest ants to . check their progress from time to time, and to check on the safety of all cars. Swiss Methodist Will Speak Here Theophll Oppliger, lay leader of the Switzerland annual con ference of the Methodist church, will speak Sunday at the 11 a.m. service of First Methodist church here. Oppliger Is a delegate to the Methodist general conference at San Francisco. A resident of Zurich, he served as a district lay leader from 1041 until be coming conference leader In 1948. Oppliger has been employed as a bank official since 1923 for Credit Swisse, largest Swiss bank. His other activities in clude those of treasurer of the Swiss Evangelistlcal party and member of the local commission for supervision of grammar and high schools. He Is a sergeant In the Swiss army, a patrol leader and In structor in the signal corps. Dur ing World War II he served 500 days in Swiss border protection. New Water District Commissioners Elect The organizational meeting of the newly-elected board of com missioners of the Maple Park Water district, which was formed at a recent election in the dis trict west and northwest of Med ford, was held Friday night. Carol W. Corcoran was elect ed chairman, Harry S. Walker was named secretary, and B. T. Green was elected treasurer. Members discussed arrange ments for a bond election which will be called soon to raise funds for construction of a pipeline to bring Medford water to resi dents of the area. They also dis cussed tentative plans for the pipeline. Members of the board cast lots for the length of their terms which were Hugh O. Hile. one year; Green, two; Ray M. Gresh am, three; Corcoran, four; and Walker, five. All took their oaths of office Friday night. Did you know that If you sprinkle clothes with hot water Instead of cold, they can be ironed immediately? Put Your Dollars To Work There's no better way to have your dollars work than in a regular savings account with Jackson County Federal. And you can open an account with only $5; then add to it regularly and watch your dollars work for You. Current Dividend Rare 3 Jackson County Federal Savings and Loan Association 126 EAST MAIN MEDFORD, ORE. Growing with Jackson County Sine 1909 Air Reservists Get Induction Caution Hamilton, Calif. Air Force reservists who have been tenta tively selected for active duty should not quit their jobs or close out their personal affairs until they actually receive orders di recting them to report, Fourth Air Force heaquarters officials have cautioned. ' The headquarters alio an nounced that flying training has been opened to members of the Air National Guard and Air Force reserve who are high school graduates and are not on active duty. Must Enlist Air Force Reservists applying for training will be required to enlist in the regular United States Air Force for two years, and upon completion of flying training they must serve three years active duty. If flying in structions are not completed by the Reservists they must serve the remainder of their two year enlistment. Reservists may sub mit applications for flying train ing to their unit commanders. Upon completion of flying training, members of the Air National Guard will be assigned to their home Air National Guard unit as pilots. Air National Guard enlistment mu.it be served out in the event the flying in structions are not completed. Ap plications will be submitted through the Air National Guard squadron commanders. Flying Training applicants must be single, between the ages of 19 and 26Vs years of age and physically qualified. New Union Creek Ranger Appointed Charles M. Darling, a district ranger on the Chelan National forest since 1946, is being trans ferred to the Rogue River Na tional forest, in charge of the ranger district at Union Creek, It was announced Saturday by Forest Supervisor J. H. Wood. Darling will replace Harold C. Chriswell, who has been pro moted to a position on the staff of the Mt. Hood forest at Port land. Darling has been living at Winthrop, Wash., and is expect ed to arrive in the Rogue valley Monday. He is married and has one child. Man Slightly Injured When Hit by Big Truck La Grande (U.R) A 33-year-old La Grande man was recovering in a hospital here Saturday from Injuries suffered when a dual-wheel gravel truck ran over-him. Physicians who examined Kenneth Hughes said he suffered no broken bones as a result of the accident Friday and they classed it as a miracle. The truck left the imprints of its tires in Hughes from his feet to his neck. The weight of the truck broke hundreds of small blood vessels, but the victim was not in severe pain, doctors re ported. Is) Service Today At New Prospect Episcopal Mission The first religious service at the tecentlytorganized Episcopal mission at Prospect will be held at 8 p.m. today In the Prospect Community hall, It was an nounced Saturday. Opening of the mission, under the sponsorship of St. Mark's Episcopal church in Medford, is the first step in the development of a missionary field which will cover the entire Upper Rogue area between Union Creek, Butte Falls and Shady Cove. Resident Clergyman Church spokesmen said It Is hoped to place a resident clergy man in the field soon, and In the meantime services will be con ducted by clergymen and lay readers from Medford and Ash land. The congregation at Prospect has elected members of a church committee, including Robert Henthorne, church warden, J. H. Grieve, secretary, Lu Rogers, treasurer, and Don Vaughn, Mrs. Al Selby, Mrs. Jeff Richey and Mrs. Don Vaughn. A second congregation Is now being organized in the Elk-Trail-Shady Cove area, and services are expected to start in the near future. Sunday schools are being organized in both sections. Members to Attend The Rev. George R. V. Bol ster, rector of St. Mark's, who has been responsible for organ ization of the new mission, will be In charge of tonight's service, assisted by the Girls' choir of St. Mark's. Many members of the Medford congregation are expected to attend the inaugural service. Mr. Bolster emphasized that while the traditional Episcopal form of service will be followed, the new mission will be for the benefit of the entire community without exception, and all resi dents of the area who do not have other church affiliations will be welcomed. DOffr FORGET TO SELECT VDUR HALLMARK MOTHER'S DAY CARDS AT it MEDFORD summer transparencies... $795 -O, t J;. 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