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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1952)
I. , Dying Mother Picks Foster Parents for Two Children Duluth, Minn. U.R Mrs. Evelyn Paro, 44, dying of cancer, played with her two young sons and waited for the moment when death will force her to turn them over to the "wonderful" foster parents she has selected. Gerald, 6, doesn't understand why his "mommy" must leave him, but Gordon, 9, is aware of what is happening to his mother. Many Application! Mrs. Paro chose Mr. and Mrs. Warren Moore as her sons' foster parents. She had sorted through some 300 applicants while she lay in her sick room bed here. "The Moores are wonderful people, and I know they will be happy with my two sons," the dying woman said. Moore, a well - known civic leader and state representative, is the father of four grown chil dren. Mrs. Paro said that the adop tion documents probably will be signed Monday. Boys To Stay Until End But she vowed to keep Gerald and Gordon with her until the inroads the disease is making in her body become too great. When the incurable cancer kills her, the boys will move 'MIS WITH THE to their new home and change their last name to Moore. They will keep their mother's maiden name, Englund, as a middle name. Mrs. Paro and her relatives inlisted the aid of a local news paper in their search for foster parents for the children. She learned six weeks ago that she was suffering from Incurable cancer. Mrs. Paro worked a back breaking double shift to support her children while she was still in good health. She collected tips as a night waitress after finish ing a daily shift as a bookkeeper. Northwest Woodman Strike Seen Certain Portland U.R) A strike of nearly 50,000 Northwest mem bers of the International Wood workers of America (CIO) ap peared certain to go as sched uled at midnight Monday. Negotiations between the un ion and major employer groups have collapsed. The union de manded an employer-paid health and welfare plan, which would cost about nine cents per work er. Employers offered a wage increase of 7V4 cents an hour retroactive to April 1, three ad ditional paid holidays, increased vacation benefits, and six-cent night differentials. Cemetery Attn At Rogue River Has Annual Meet Rogue River Mrs. Lloyd Smith was unanimously elected secretary and treasurer of the Woodville Cemetery association at the annual meeting held in the Civic building, Saturday, April 26. She replaces Myrtle McGregory w!no is now in Alaska. ' The books wer' recently au dited and the report of the au diting committee was read and accepted at the me eting. Fundi Received j Mrs. O. D. Ha. rt turned In $192.19 from th(! benefit spa ghetti dinner, given by the or ganizations of the community on Friday evening. ; The money is to be used in improvements for the cemetery and 1 a discussion was held on fixing roads, paint ing fences, erecting a Woodville sign at the entrance, and pur chase of a cano.py and chairs. The trustees stai.ed a tool and storage shed in which to store the canopy and seats would be necessary and trmy felt it would be possible to build one. Phil Strahan, head of the as- Accidental Deaths Claim Six in Oregon Automatic Washer! You've never seen clothes washed and rinsed more effectively yet gently than you'll find in this ABO O-Matic. You should see it today. It's the out standing washing and r'nring action of the year. HOME TRIAL J TO PROVE IT! YOUNGER APPLIANCE CO 31 NORTH BARTLETT Maggie's' Song Lyrics Draw Audience Chuckle Duluth, Minn. (U.R) Mar garet Truman unconsciously re ferred to her single status dur ing a recital Sunday night and a crowd of 4,000 chuckled with the President's daughter over the apt lyric of one of her se lections. The last line of her final se lection an old folk tune was. "I know where I'm going but I don t know who 1 11 marry." Gayest of All USE gay scraps and remnants for these aprons! One has blos som pockets; the other, baskets with flower applique. Both are useful, both have matching pot- holders! INEXPENSIVE! Easy .to sew! Pattern 7047: directions; trans fers for pockets and potholders. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins for this pattern to Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept. P.O. Box 5640, Chicago 80, 111 Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS With PATTERN NUMBER. Exciting! Our 1952 edition of Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book! Brimful of new Ideas, It's only Twenty cents. NINETY-ONE 11 lustrations of patterns, of your favorite needlecraft designs, plus SIX easy-to-do patterns printed right in the book JUST RECEIVED 5 Sound and Silent PROJECTORS FOR RENT New, Full Length 16 MM SOUND MOVIES Suitable For School, Church or Private Partyl 1. "NAVY SECRETS" 2. "BANDIT QUEEN" 3. "ONE SHOT BILLY THE KID" 4. "When li Your Birthday?" 5. "MIRACLE KID" Ander's Photo Shop By UNITED PRESS Six persons met accidental death in Oregon over the week end, four from traffic accidents and two when they were hit by a train. socfttion reported a number of working people have suggested the clean up day be held on Sun day, and he requested a vote be taken on the matter. Saturday, May 17 was chosen clean-up day. Strahan announced, however, that individuals may work on their lots on Sundays if they wish. Invitation to Lunch The clean up work at the ceme tery will begin early in the morn ing and last all day. Strahan invited the workers to come to his ranch house for a pot-luck lunch at noon. "The cemetery upkeep is a community work and we cordially invite all the newer residents of the community as well as the older members, to join us in this civic project, he said. "The associa tion wishes to thank the organi zations and all individuals who helped make the benefit dinner such a success. We appreciate their help very much," he added. Olav Haug, 56, and Clarence Edgar Higginbotham, 62, both of Silverton, were killed instant ly Saturday jiight when they walked into the path of the Southern Pacific's Shasta Day light at Oakridge. Both men were employed at an Oakridge lumber mill. Portland's 20th Fatality Portland recorded it 20th fa tality of 1952 when Phyllis Rachal, 45, was struck and killed by a mail truck Saturday. Mult nomah county's 14th traffic fa tality outside of Portland for the year occurred Sunday when Jack Lowell Latham, a 20 -year -old Portland State college student, was killed. Latham was a passen ger In a ar driven by Richard Lee Watson which crashed into a service station. Watson was in critical condition. Girl Dies in Grants Pass Tifteen - year - old Shirley La Gest of Merlin died Sunday in lirants Pass from injuries suffer ed in an automobile accident Saturday night on the Merlin road. Robert William Rider. 27, Springfield, was killed Saturday night when his motorcycle was struck by a car driven by An Monday. April St, 1S5I MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Emmanuel To Appeal Bribery Conviction Seattle (U.R) Samuel Em manuel, former state land board secretary convicted Saturday on three bribery counts, will seek a new trial, his attorneys said Monday. Emmanuel was found guilty by a Lewis county Superior Court jury of asking and receiving bribes from J. H. England, re tired Winlock lumberman. , The counts covered two pay ments of $500 each in 1948 and 1950 and one of $5,000 in 1951 which the state charged Em manuel accepted for extending the time for logging two tracts of state timber England had pur chased. After the verict, Emmanuel's only comment was: "we'll ap peal." Emmanuel faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $5,000 fine on each count. drew Victor Douglas of Triangle Lake a mile and a half east of Triangle Lake. Rex O. 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