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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, August 3, I9S2 Shriners' Circus DueSept.17-18; Office Open Here Hillah temple will present the famed Polack Brothers Shrine circus here September 17 and 18, it was reported Saturday by Ron Gancjee, chairman for the Medlord area, .proceeds win to Shrine charities. An office has been opened at 32 North Grape street, Gandee said. Arrangements are being made to bring every underpriv ileged child in Jackson and Jose phine counties to sees the show. Workers Listed Sam Steinbaugh is general chairman for the show. ' Area chairmen are Tom Knox, Grants Pass, Phil Stansbury, Ashland and Gandee. Other chairmen and co-chairmen are Sam Gil bert and Ray Frisbee, Medford underonvilesed children com mittee; Herb Gray, Medford, publicity committee: Glenn Linn, Medford, School commit te: Don Lane, Medford, and Noble Stanton. Grants Pass, ad vertising committee; Jack Fitz gerald, Medford, ground com mittee; Jack Walker, Medford ushering committee, and George Stacev and John Graff, both Medford, auditing committee. Other committee members are Otis Johnson, Walter New combe, Amos Voorhies, Carl Brown and Ralph Jones, all Grants Pass, and Tony Franco Verne Smith, Graham Dean Raloh Koozer, Herman May berry, Harry Morris, Henry En- ders and Ike Fridegar, all Ash land. Vegetable Growers id to Field Day All vegetable growers in the Rogue River valley are invited to attend the Vegetable Crops Field day at the Corvallis ex periment station. August 5 at 12:30 p.m., according to C. B Cordy, county agent in horticul ture. Cordy described this as an op portunity for vegetable growers throughout the state to visit the experiment station and see the work that is being carried on there. He explained that the vegetable department at Oregon State college has been enlarged in the last few years, and they are now conducting a lot of new experimental work. Some of the points of interest will be the vegetable insect control experi ments which are being carried on in cooperation with the ento mology department. Weed Control The control of weeds in vege table crops will also be shown. The county agent pointed out that there are a lot of new devel opments in the line of weed con trol in vegetable crops, and sci entists are developing new chemicals which will kill weeds selectively that is, they will kill out the weeds and leave the "vegetables. New methods and materials for vegetable disease control will also be shown. These tests will be carried on by the plant pathologists in cooperation with the vegetable gardening depart ment, Cordy continued. There will also be demonstra tions concerning vegetable var iety and hybridization, and fertilizers. PRISONERS WANTED Ithaca, Mich. iU.R) Grati ot County authorities are none too happy about the small popu lation at the county jail. There are only four prisoners left. A few more would help because there aren't enough left to main tain the courthouse grounds. Don't bargain with your HEARING- " " f HOW DOES IT SMELL? That's the first question asked by purchasers of boxes of soap from the YMCA, according to Salesman Phil Morgan (right). Phil, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morgan, 1 King street, was the first Medford boy to earn his YMCA membership fee by selling 24 boxes of the soap. He is shown above selling his 24th box to Verne Shangle at Shangle's studio, 134 West Main street. Phil sold the soap in less than two hours. The opportunity to earn the member ship fee by selling soap is open to any boy or girl in Medford. Community Club and Youth Center Sets Organization Phoenix An important orga nizational meeting for the Phoe nix Community Club and Youth Center will be held Monday, August 11, 8 p.m., in the club building, according to O. E. Frazier, temporary president. The club is now in the process of reorganization, Frazier said, and if it is to continue and oper ate for the benefit of this com munity it must have the coop eration of all. At the annual meeting in June at which the new officers were to be elected, all nominees for the entire slate of officers declined office, forcing a post ponement of election until new nominees could be obtained. Decline Again At a special meeting two weeks later, the president con tinued, there was a repetition, all nominees declining to run. Following this, there was a lengthy discussion as to the ad visability of changing the poli cies of the club and operating under a board of directors, com posed of one member from each local club and a member of the city government. This proposed board of directors would in turn elect from its own ranks a chair-, man and secretary-treasurer. Frazier said that "in this man ner it was felt that the Commu nity club would actually exist as such and be operated by the clubs who originally sponsored and organized it. ."In order to facilitate this re organization," he continued, and also in order to comply with existing by-laws, a grouD of members agreed to accept of fice in a temporary capacity un til such reorganization could be completed." The officers are, be sides Frazier, A. H. MacKintosh, vice - president; Mrs. M. O. Grove, secretary-treasurer, and Mark Norton and Leonard Half hill, directors. Committee Named A committee has also been ap pointed to paint the building, plan a kitchen addition and gravel the ground in front of the structure from revenues re-! ceived from the last May fes-; tival. A benefit is also being plan-! ned to raise funds for Victor I Medcalf, festival participant. who suffered a leg injury during the festivities. Frazier pointed out that a physician had already donated. $100 in medical atten tion and the club has paid a $100 hospital bill for the injured man. The temporary president con cluded by "urgently requesting" the presidents of all Phoenix clubs to send a representative from their club to the August 11th meeting. "They should come prepared with ideas and discussion from their clubs as to future operating policies for the Community club," he added. Plenty of Workers Seen for Harvest Salem (U.R) No serious shortage of harvest workers is expected in Oregon this season, the State unemployment Com pensation Commission said Sat urday. Unemployment in the state is running from 15 to 30 per cent higher thtfn a year ago, the commission reported. .McMinnville was the only Ore gon area reporting an actual shortage of harvest help this week, although Salem, Eugene and a few other Willamette val ley points expected heavier de mands by the middle of the month. Claims for compensation filed with the commission since the beginning of the benefit year, July 1. totalled 14,787, compared with 12,603 this time last year. Payments to insured workers were 31 per cent higher than at the same time last year. Retail Food Price Up 1.2 Per Cent To Set New Record Washington (U.R) The gov ernment Friday reported retail food prices climbed 1.2 per cent in the first two weeks of July to a new record high. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an 18 per cent hike in the price of eggs over the two-' week period while all dairy prices rose almost 2 per cent The increase pushed the retail food price index to 235.1 per cent of 1935-39 prices. This was 1.2 per cent above record highs set last January and again on June 30. Higher Than June The bureau said food prices on July 15 were 1.5 per cent higher than a month earlier and 15.8 per cent above food costs before the Korean war. At the same time, the bureau reported a 3-10 of one per cent increase in all wholesale prices for the week ended July 29. The j increase was due to higher prices for hogs, pork, rubber, waste paper and animal feeds. Salem Man To Serve On Agriculture Staff Salem (U.R) E. A. "Ted'; Bamford of Salem has been ad' ded to the staff of the State Department of Agriculture as chief accountant and business manager, Director E. L. Peterson said Saturday. Bamford has been supervisor of the withholding department of the State Tax Commision's in come division since 1948. He set up and organized the withhold ing tax machinery for the state. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads OUTING MADE EASY j Memphis, Tenn (U.R) Mrs. I D. F. 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Lots of stor age space. $12.95 Down On FHA Terms COME IN AND SEE IT TOMORROW AT grain & GMr The Crosley Shelvador Store 225 East Sixth Korea War Vels May Obtain Forms For Severance Pay Salem (U.R) Veterans who saw service during the Korean war emergency can now obtain forms on which to apply for mus tering out pay under the Veter-1 ans Readjustment Assistance . Act. i The Oregon Department of i Veterans Affairs said it has re produced a supply of the applica tion blanks for distribution to j county service officers. Mustering Out Pay Under the terms of the new "GI bill," veterans discharged after June 27, 1950, can receive mustering out pay whether or not they received a similar pay ment at the end of World War II service. Payments range from $100 for veterans with less than 60 days' active service to $300 for those with 60 days or more of active service, some of it outside the United States. Payments will be made in a lump sum. Movie Actress Finds Army Life Is Tough Ft. Lee, Va. (U.R) Actress Rosalind Russell was learning Saturday that life-can be rough in the army. The brunette actress suffered a broken knee cap and cuts on her right leg that required 17 stitches when she leaped and missed the rear of a moving Army truck. The mishap occur red during the filming of a pic ture, "Never Wave At a Wac," at this WAC post. The scene was supposed to show Miss Russell hitching a ride. A real WAC tore off part of her slip and applied a tourniquet to the actress' leg to stop the A dispute over working cond itions has been settled between Agreement Reached In Lumber Dispute Myrtle Creek, Ore. (U.PJ the Fir Manufacturing Company and the -AFL Lumber and Saw mill Workers Union and camp pany officials said work would resume ' at the plywood plant here Siinday. The plant, which employs 350 men, has been idle since July 24. flow of blood. Miss Russell grim aced with pain, but wisecracked as Army doctors sewed up the gashes. FAVORS BEER DIET' ""Great Bend, Kan. 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You'll find that SHARING' your faith does something for you, and for your friends as well ... it grows when it's shared . . . and your friendships grow, too. Take someone to church this week ... you'll bath be richer for it A . fwl LA (Contributed in behalf of the Religion in American Life Program by Medford Mail Tribune
