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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1952)
Mercy Flights' Renewals Mailed Renewal notices to subscribers to Mercy Flights air ambulance pre-paid plan were mailed out last week, officers of the non profit incorporation said yester day. The notices were sent to those whose subscriptions expire this month. Members of the National Sec retaries association volunteered to handle the paperwork In mail ing out the notices, It was re ported. The pre-paid plan for emer gency air ambulance service Is now just one year old, and a number of patients have been carried under the low-cost ser- New Riding Academy Opening at Talent Talent Lloyd Burley an nounced yesterday the opening of a riding academy one mile south of Talent across from Walker's Auto Wrecking. The academy will be known as "Uncle Loyd's Riding aca demy" and will teach equitation, the art of riding and handling a horse. Burley said he will rent horses for any length of time and will also handle pack trips. Burley is well-known in sou thern Oregon as having the norse concession at Lake O' Woods in the summer. vice. The plan costs families $2 per year, with a charge of 25 cents for children alone. NOW! You can eat your cake and have 'IT', too. Central Rexall Drug MAIN and CENTRAL Grants Pass Group Gels Explanation 01 Medford Plan " Grants Pass Two represen tatives of the Medford Plan, the unique organization which was formed in Medford last year to provide a central agency for uni fied giving to charity, explained the plan to a group of Grants Pass men here Thursday eve ning. The group included members of the Grants Pass and Jose phine County Chamber of Com- berce, and a number of local employers of substantial num bers of workers. Don Lane, secretary and man ager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, and Vic Milnes, board chairman of the Medford Plan, described the ac tivities and aims of the group, at the request of the Grants Pass people. Paper Reports Talks An account of their talks car ried by the Daily Courier said, The visitors revealed that "The Medford Plan' is unique in that it is an organization of potential donors', not backers of drives for funds. Membership is not solic ited, and operations continue the year around. "Members of the plan make one annual contribution, equal ing at least a day's pay for em ployees or a figure equal to the total of a business concern's past average annual contributions . . . "Each member agrees to make no further contributions, other than for religious, educational or political purposes. The visitors revealed that since the plan went into operation last Sep tember, members have contrib uted nearly $30,000 to Greater Medford charitable activi-ties..." High School News BY ROBENE STARCHER Several school clubs have chosen officers for 1952-53 in the past week. New Torch Honor R. Slarcher society officers are D a r r e 1 1 Brittsan, presi dent; Jon Pad donk, vice-president; Tresa Barr, secretary; and Jerry Lam bo, treasurer. Future Home makers of America chose Shjrley B o i t- FOLLOWS OPS ORDERS New Hampton, la. (U.R) V. E. Messersmith, owner of Little Butch's cafe, literally fol lowed OPS orders to display his ceiling prices. He posted them on the ceiling of the cafe. At YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE NOW AT UP TO WW, iSS than other 2-Door Design , The most luxurious 2-door refrigerator money can buy. True Automatic Defrost, plus every luxury at a huge saving. BUILT-IN FREEZER for up to 70 lbs. of frozen foods. FULLY ADJUSTABLE SHELVES of exclusive Philco design. TWIN CRISPER DRAWERS hold up to 35 bushel. ano as president; Anne Gregory, vice-president; Donna Zumwalt, secretary; Geraldino G 1 1 m a n, treasurer; Bonnie Graves, his torian; Nancy McKinstry, re porter; and Reola Barnes, parli mcntarian. Drama club officers are Ellen West, president; Louise Bums, vice-president; De Maris Glutsch, secretary; and Leon McDougall, program chairman. Recently elected officers of Future Teachers of America in clude Isabel Carr, president; Loretta Kellcy, vice-president; Sallee Buffington, secretary; Darrelyn Ettel, treasurer; Janice Davis, historian; Marion Rice, li brarian; and Leon McDougall, .parliamentarian. Seventeen new members of Torch Honor society were in itiated at an assembly Wednes day morning. They include Rich ard Johnson, James Gunton, Charles Frost, Orlen Slansfield, Ronald Wolff, Tom Gail, Steve Nye, Russell Stockman, Vern Gleason, Jim McDonald, DcMar- is Glutsch, Irene Brewingron, Phyllis Rydbcrg, Harriett Camp bell, Jeanne Wilcox, Marion Rice, Alberta Puhl and Shirley Lynch. - June Darby, Dick Barnard, Johneva Pond and Dick Cram gave short descriptions of the re quirements for membership in Torch Honor which include character, scholarship, leader ship and service. Bill McAllister, president, pre sided at the initiation. Russell Stockman played "Im promptu" and "Ritual Dance of Fire." i Bunder. Mar " MEDFORD (OHEOON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE On The Side by e. v. Durimg (Distributed by King Fsarurts Syndicstt, wlity Inc.) say, and Grave authors noetc stile Thai honest wedlock Is a glorious tttlllK. him The senior class was awarded a half-holiday Friday afternoon as winner of the traffic safety contest, which ended May B. The following statement-appeared in the daily bulletin sent out from the office after an as sembly was cut short and stu dents requested to return to home rooms: "Because many of the people attending Medford High lack the common courtesy expected of a student of this institution, the three plays which were to have been presented by the drama classes will not be shown. Bob Bosworth, '51 was tapped for Skull and Dagger, sopho more men's honorary, at the Uni versity of Oregon during Junior week-end. Annual Vacation Bible School Set The annual vacation Bible school will be heid In Medford for two weeks beginning June 9, it was . announced Saturday by the Rev. Perry M. Johnson of the Temple Baptist church, presi dent of the Medford Ministerial association. Clarence Eklof, of St. Peter's Lutheran church, will be chair man this year, he said, and will be assisted by committeemen drawn from the 12 or 15 partici pating churches of the city. Hut U-Hh or judgment in most appears Who uisely weds In his maturer years. Pops. (It was none other than Aris totle who said: "The age of 18 is the best lime for women xo marry, and the age of 37 or a little less for men.") There are quite a few people who want to put on some weight. It is more difficult for this type of person to add weight than it is for plump people to lake off weight, yet they, the thin people, are almost totally neglected by the diet experts. One time Jimmy Stewart, the elongated cinema luminary, was trying desperately but unsuccessfully to add a few pounds to his frail frame. Finally he went to a world famous diet specialist. This specialist told him to drink eight ice cream sodas a day! Horses & Women. Just when 1 thought I was getting along nicely with the feminine subscribers I received a letter from four of the same who express a desire to slap my face on both sides. What a life! These subscribers were all born under Libra. They say they are "sick and tired" of my "con stantly pointing out that the stnrcazers sav Libra women don't care for housework." They say they like housework. Still, whats wrong with not liking housework? I know some very fine women who have a strong dislike for that task. Its all a matter of taste. Asking. Queries from clients. Q. My sister-in-law says if a runner going from first to third does not touch second, and the umpire sees that he doesn't touch the base, that the man is not called out unless a player of the team in tile field calls attention to it. How about it? A. Your sister- in-law is right. Must be a very smart girl. What is she, a green gray-eved blonde? In the situa tion you mention the umpire has to be appealed to before a deci sion is made. Q. Wasn't Kather- ine Dunham, the dancer, born in Chicago? A. No sir. She was born in Joliet, 111. By the way, how do you pronounce Joliet? At one time the name of this city was so frequently mispronounc ed by its residents that an at tempt was made to impose a $5 fine for every such mispronun ciation. Think of'the money the citv could collect if there were a law like that In Los Angeles Challenge A London newspaper runs "challenge" department. In this space is given to anybody who wants to challenge anybody else to any kind of competition. For example, a 70-ycar-old man chal lenged any man of his age to compete in a 100-yard dash. A golfer challenged anybody to meet him in a one-club golf match. That is, to play using only one club. Then there was a chal lenge by a family of man, wife NOW WHAT? Edmonton, Alia. (U.R) A job-hunter ran the following ad vcrtisemenl in the classified sec tion of a local newspaper Fri day: "Back East they say 'Go West, young man.' Well, I'm here. Now what?"1 A parade will be held preced ing the start of the school again this year, Mr. Johnson said. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads 4 Revolutionary New Philco Development See this sensational new advance in door storage, offeredexclusively by Philco. Like two refrigerators in one! Choice of sizes from 7 to 11 cu. ft. Prices un matched any wherelorvalue. Own a new 1952 Philto Refrigerator for at little at EXClUSIVMj miico im CHEESE KEEPER m IA w )o 1. 1 1 r tr-nj owns m fresh for weeki f 104 WEEKS TO PAY YOUNGERS APPLIANCE CO 31 NORTH BARTLETT STREET CLEANS OVEN GREASE LIKE MAGIC! 1 $PtCIAllST$ IM HOMEWAKISI S WIST th STRUT PHONI J. 5101 and two children to meet any similar family In England in a relay swimming race. How about you, sir? Do you want to chal lenge anybody to a competition? Do you want to compete for fun, money or stogies? School Reorganization Program Told to Grange Alt B. Mckvold, Jackson coun ty superintendent of schools, spoke last week before Wimer Grange members on the state school district reorganization law, he reported Friday. Mekvold explained the back ground of the law and told how it is set up and how it is In tended to work. The talk was folowed by a question and an swer period. Movie Sets Destroyed In Burbank Blaze Burbank, Calif. (U.R) Movie stars and studio officials of War ner Bros. Saturday poked through the still-smouldering rubble of eight acres of movie sets where they had made some of the best pictures in the world. Kathryn Grayson, Burt Lan caster, Gordon MacRae, Steve Cochran, Ray Bolger, Virginia City Manager Charter Trails in Clackamas Oregon City (U.R) A city manager charter for Clackamas county appeared headed for de feat Saturday on the basis of returns from Fridays balloting, With 27 precincts complete out of 127, the vote was 2663 against and 2173 for the charter. Mayo and others who helped 1,500 firemen battle the $1,500, 000 blaze Friday, gathered In groups talking about the fire and reminiscing on the films that had been made In the famous sets; The actors and actresses, along with their boss, Jack Warner, joined shoulder to shoulder with firemen and studio employees to fight the inferno and do their utmost to salvage what they could of valuable equipment. CAT IN MOUSE TRAP Cleveland, Ohio (U.R) A. T. 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