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IX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, July 8. 1953 Census Review Shows More Women Than Men In Medford; Other Popu Features Told Men. If you're looking for tnat supposed statistical para dise where the women outnum ber the men, you've found it It's Medford. Medford is one of five Oregon metropolitan areas where there are more women than men. That's the report of the recently published pamphlet, "General Characteristics of O r e g o n," which compiles data on Oregon shown in the 1950 United States census of population. 541 Mot Women According to the latest cen sus there are 541 more females than there are males in Medford 8,923 females, 8,382 males. At the age of 15 the women gain the numerical supremacy and they maintain it consistently. Medford boys and boy babies outnumber the girls and girl babies. But girls in the 15 to 19 age group take the lead and (with one exception) they out number the men in every age group up to and including 85 years and over. At 15 through 19 years of age there are 153 more Medford girls than boys. By the time the 85-and-o v e r classification is reached the numerical superior ity still remains, although it has dwindled to 14. The census fig ures for 1950 showed 53 Med ford women who were at least 85. Only 39 men had lived past that age. The only point between adol escence and old age where there are more males than females comes in the 45 to 49 age group. In 1950 573 men fell in this group as against only 548 women. Mora Batchelori Although there are more wom en in the city than men, there are more unmarried men than there are unmarried women. There also are more married men than there are married women, by the slight margin of eight. The population difference Is accounted for by the large number of women who were widowed or divorced. The total number of women who have lost husbands through 'death or the courts was nearly three times the number of men who lost wives these ways. Eugene, Salem, Portland and Pendleton are the other Oregon metropolitan centers registering more female than male citizens. Thus the state's four largest metropolitan areas Medford, Portland, Salem and Eugene fall in this classification. Figures Show Growth The census figures effectively show Medford's growth since 1940. The current census lists the population as 17,305; this is a 10-year increase of 6,024 per sons. There are at least 1,000 Medfordites in each five-year division to the age of 50, the records show. The 1940 census listed 1,008 Medford people in the 25-29 age group, but in no other division were there as many as 1,000 people. Over 2,000 Medford citizens came either from another coun ty or another country during the year immediately preceding the 1950 census. Nearly half the city's foreign born population of 558 came here from the British Common wealth. One hundred eighty-seen were born in Canada (16 of them in the French section), 70 in England and Wales and 17 in Scotland. From Scandinavia . More than a hundred were born in the Scandinavian coun tries; 46 in Sweden, 41 in Nor way and 22 in Denmark. Other Florence Chadwick Fails In Channel Swim Attempt San Pedro, Calif. (U.R) Channel swimmer Florence Chadwick, still exhausted from her vain attempt to conquer the Catalina Island Channel, shook her fist at the treacherous, 21 mile stretch of sea Saturday and vowed to battle it again, prob ably in September. "I definitely will make an other attempt," said the 32-year-old San Diego, Calif., stenogra pher only a few hours after she was pulled, numb and cold, from the channel Friday after fighting the currents for 15 hours and 51 minutes and 16 seconds. No Dale Set Miss Chadwick, only woman to swim the English Channel from both direction, said it was "too early" to set a definite date for her second attempt to master the choppy Catalina Channel, but she indicated it probably would be during the Labor Day holiday. Her muscles .surrendered to the strain when she was only a mile from her goal. Cabrillo Beach on the mainland. She plunged into the ocean at the isthmus of Catalina Island short ly before 9 p.m. Thursday night. Miss Chadwick is a former resident of Medford and the Rogue valley. She was employed as a stenographer here for Harvey and Watkins, contrac tors, during the construction of Camp White. She kept in train ing here by swimming in the Rogue river. FAILS IN CHANNEL TRY Florence Chadwick, famed channel swimmer who formerly lived in the Rogue valley, is shown above before attempting the 21-mile swim from Catalina island to San Pedro's Cabrillo beach. After battling the tricky channel currents for more than 15 hours, Miss Chadwick was forced to give up her attempt to become the first woman to make the swim. (International). foreign states that have contrib uted generously to the Medford population include Germany, 65, the Irish Free state, 17, and Russia, 12. Only 87 of Medford's foreign- born population over 21 years of age are aliens. The great ma jority, 427, have been natural ized. The average MedforS family man earns a yearly salary of $3,720, according to the census figures. The largest number of families fall in the $3,500-4,000 wage group. Only 175 of Med ford's listed 4,835 families have an annual income exceeding $10,000. Somehow, 225 families manage to survive on an annual income less than $500, the fig ures show. Most In Industry The bulk of the Medford working population is employed in industry; there are 4,670 Medford men and 1,935 women in what is termed "industry." Seven hundred twelve of the 1,063 people in manufacturing are employed processing furni ture, lumber and other wood products. Eighty-seven per cent of the Medford five to 17-year-old population attends school, the survey shows. There are only 50 Medford adults 25 males and 25 females who have not at tended school at least one year. At the other end of the scale there were in 1950 420 wom en and 410 men who had attend ed colleges or universities for at least four years. More adult Medford women than men have completed high school. Figures for people over 21 years old indicated that 1,910 women had halted their formal education after four years of high school. The men who went that far and stopped totaled 1,250. The medium number of school years completed by Med ford women is 12.1 (barely past the high school graduate level). The medium for Medford men is 11.9 years. Countv Trends Similar Population statistics for Jack son county showed trends simi lar to those in Medford with one major exception. County wide population figures show that the men have the numeri cal supremacy. There were 29, 815 Jackson county males and only 28,697 females. During middle-age the sex ratio remains about even. And at the age of 75 and on the wom en outnumber the men. But there are so many boy babies and little boys in the county that the males are able to take the population lead. Jackson county's population of 58,510 includes 33,466 rural people, but only about one-quarter or. the rural population is foun 1 on farms. The census sur vey lists only 9,951 farm dwell ers in Jackson county. The average Jackson county Convention Tickets Finally Passed Out Chicago (U.R) Precious tick ets to the Republican National Convention were in the hands of national committeemen and committeewomen Saturday and a party worker sighed, "it's a real relief to get these things off our hands." Burly Pinkerton detectives had guarded the tickets for two days and stood by Friday night as they were distributed to the na tional committee members. "A ticket to paradise would be almost easier to come by," said Pennsylvania Committee man G. Mason Owlett, who was in charge of distributing the tickets. The tickets, which are in greater demand than ever before in GOP history, will be handed over to convention delegates from each state by the national committee members. Police Seek Father Of Kidnapped Child Camden, N. J. (U.R) A two-year-old girl was snatched from the rear of her home Saturday by a man believed to be her fa ther and driven off in an auto mobile bearing North Carolina license tags. A state-wide police alarm was dispatched for the girl, Candace Wiles, and her father, Robert Lee Wiles of Goldhill, N. C, described as a professional base ball player with a St. Paul, Minn., team. The girl was placed in the custody of her mother, Marilyn, last year by a Camden judge after the parents had separated. Police throughout the state were ordered to search for the father and arrest him on a contempt of court charge. Change fo Electricity .Brings End to Idanha Idanha, Ore. (U.R) The Ra- melia Lumber Co. will close its mill here about July 14 while the plant switches from diesel to electric power. Idanha, the city whose first ordinance was to declare a family lives on an income of $3,210. This is $510 less than the medium yearly income for Medford families. Yet there are 1,015 families in the county who have a yearly income ex ceeding $10,000. One hundred seventy-five of them live in Medford, so Medford has more than a third of the county's families in the $10,000-and-up class. Ten is the medium number of years of school attended by Jackson county men over 21. The adult women have attend ed an average of 11.4 years. Four years of college is the boast of 1,005 men and 880 women in the county. There are 110 men and 25 women who have not attended at least one year of school. Jackson County Federal Savings & Loan Assn. 126 EAST MAIN STREET, MEDFORD DIRECTORS DR. R. E. GREEN GLENN O. TAYLOR 126 East Main Street W. J. WARNER Retired H. J. FIELD Norfield Shoe Co. RALPH BILLINGS Ashland JOHN H. PLETSCH 126 East Main Street Current dividend f 1 I J Annum Never Has SAVING Been of Greater Importance Than It Is Today! SAVE NOW for a FINER FUTURE! Semi-Annual FINANCIAL STATEMENT JUNE 30, 1952 ASSETS First Mortgage Loans ... , $5,703,260.76 Loans on Savings Accounts ................... 35,882.88 Properties Sold on Contract 14,990.15 Real Estate Owned and in Judgment 1 1,220.23 Investments and Securities ........... 99,500.00 United States Government Bonds . J... 442,560.98 Cash on Hand and in Banks .. 399,881.42 Office Building and Equipment . 43,050.42 Deferred Charges and other Assets 62.85 $6,750,409.69 LIABILITIES Savings Accounts Loans in Process .. Other Liabilities .. Specific Reserves General Reserves Undivided Profits ,.$6,002,899.58 . 131,150.47 - 89,659.38 5,291.05 . 254,134.35 . 267,274.86 $6,750,409.69 GROWTH IN ASSETS 1943 $1,229,806.28 1944 $1,330,288.65 1945 $1,463,515.02 1946 $1,921,388.26 1947 $2,689,235.08 1948 $3,361,859.98 1949 $4,304,583.06 1950 $5,311,210.48 1951 $6,251,344.26 SAVINGS INSURED UP TO $10,000 BY THE FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION WASHINGTON, D.C GOP Convention Difficulties Show Advantages of Oregon's System Chicago U.R) Oregon delegates to the Republican national convention said Satur day they were more enthusiastic than ever over their state's pri mary election system of binding them to the majority choice of the voter. State Sen. William E. Walsh of Coos Bay sat in on the con tests before the national com mittee as a member of the cre dentials committee. "This experience on contests from the South convinces me more than ever that in Oregon we have the soundest election system," Walsh said. Only One Flaw He said he could see only one flaw the provision which per mits candidates to run un pledged but hoped the legisla ture would change this to make the majority vote binding on all delegates. " Most of the Oregon delegation had arrived Saturday and the remainder were tlue for a Sun day morning breakfast of the bounty on cougars shot within the city limits, is practically on the Marion-Linn, county line, a few miles above the dam site city of Detroit. entire group at the Palmer House. Also on hand was F. E. Epton of Portland, a supporter of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and one of the group now spearheading talk of running MacArthur as a vice-presidential candidate on a ticket with Sen. Robert A. Taft. SEATTLE HEARING Washington (U.P.) A House subcommittee, headed by Rep. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) will conduct a hearing in Seattle July 14 on problems of small businessmen resulting from the defense program. Dead line Sunday Classifieds la at 5:30 p.m. for fallowing day: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: noon Saturday Grass' Fire Near Camp Brought Under Control A 75-acre grass fire on the Agate road near the Camp Whitt hospitalt was brought under con trol by two crews yesterday aft ernoon, according to the state forest patrol. The blaze started about S o'clock in the afternoon with con trol coming one hour later, the patrol reported. Grass conditions in the area were described as "pretty dry," although the grass wasn't burning too fast, they concluded. The Delaware river forms a natural boundary for parts cf four eastern states, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. King Nectar Berries 2L3 CRATE QUALITY MAMCET I J U We are proud to announce that we have purchased ' franklin's cafe and have taken over its ooeratian as af July first. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Franklin have been in business in this same location for the past 28 years and during that time they have constantly improved the restaurant both in up-to-date equipment and in ' arrangement for effi ciency, so that we consider franklin's cafe to be South ern Oregon's finest and best equipped restaurant. We are very proud to own and operate it. During the time we were operators of the Top Notch Cafe we realized that Mr. and Mrs. Franklin were com petitors of the highest business ethics and a very good influence on the entire restaurant industry in Medford, but not until working together with them in this business transaction did we find just how fair and just they. are. We wish them contentment and happiness during their vacation and the utmost success in all future business ventures (even if it's a restaurant). We humbly pledge ourselves to make every effort pos sible to uphold the worthy ethics, principles and reputa tion of this fine restaurant. Sincerely Harry Stratman Travis Mitchell (Operators of the Top Notch Cafe from 1948 through 1951) Sheila Franklin handing the keys to franklin's cafe to Harry Stratman. Travis Mitchell is giving her a check. To the patrons of franklin's cafe We wish to express our very real gratitude to the people of Medford and surrounding area for their patronage during the more than 27 years we have owned and operated franklin's cafe. It has been a pleasure to serve you there. Now that its ownership and operation are being assumed by Mr. Travis Mitchell and Mr. Harry Stratman, we extend them our best wishes for success and hope that you will continue to give to them the loyal support you have given us these many years. Signed Mr. and Mrs. Dale Franklin FOUNDED 1909 FEDERALIZED 1937
