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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1953)
TWO MEDrOBO (OBZGOX) MAIL TBlBUHg Howard School Will Open September 8; Rooms Re decoraled Howard school will reopen on Tuesday, Sept 18, it was announced today, with elaiaei in session until 2:30 pm. Lunch will be served that day at the regular price of 20 cents. ' Schoolrooms have been re decorated during the summer, locker rooms have been im proved, and the new addition has been painted. Beginning first graders who have not had preschool exam inations and been registered must bring a record of their health examination and a birth certificate, school authorities said. Children who have their sixth birthdays between Nov. 15 and Dec 31 must have a school readiness test, which can be arranged by telephoning the school, 2-8912, for an appoint ment. Enrollment Up An increase in enrollment Is Tterted this Tear. One new teacher. Robert Lawrence, will teach music and the eighth grade. xw hi eh school students in the district must get non-high school slips from the clerk, Mrs. Ruth Stocks, at 2411 Table Rock rd. All students are to get bus tickets at the school after Aug. 26. Students who were in school last year may get slips for ad mission at the school. The bus route will be the same as last year. High school students of the district may attend either Med ford junior high school, senior high school, or Crater high school. Stevenson Sees Prestige Declined New York OJJPJ Adlai 2. Stevenson said today after a six month world tour that the prestige and the moral Influence of the United States abroad has declined. But he added that he doubted anything had been lost that cannot be regained. At a press conference a few tours after the 1952 Democratic presidential candidate arrived here by plane from Europe Stev enson said the most important task facing the Eisenhower ad ministration is '"holding togeth er the alliance of the free." He said he found an impres sion abroad that U. S. faith in cooperation is being replaced by a readiness to go it alone.' "Umlaterialism is Just the new face of isolationism, and it spells disaster," he said, "Just now, unhappily, our prestige and moral influence have declin ed, together with faith in our judgment and our leadership." before you buy hear the SPINET MODEL Hammond Organ Want beautiful erfu ante far Tot bo, for null chaica ar dupel, for duel ar bag raoT Th Spinet Model Hanml Or ! bring jeu thoiuudt of rich, beautiful tosae. .. k elf -era tilled, , with ton equipment right hi too crotole, d equal far all aadlaav urn encloeorea. The Spinet Model Hut send Orgu he the wonderful Selectno Vibrato, anOabla an either or both menu, u well tt Vibrato Chora efleet. Eiet af all argaaa t play, area far the begiaaar. Anilahb oa eonTenieat ten. Cawplafn vrifb $1285 rahCalatf We Now Have a Limited Number of HAMMOND Spinet Organs Available oa a Rental Purchase Nan The Purucker Piano House 111 N. Central 24702 Central Fire District Marking Year, Full Central Point The Central Point Rural Tire Protection dis trict, which is celebrating the completion of Its building and equipment Saturday with an open house, is little more than one year old. An outgrowth of the Central Point Volunteer Tire depart ment, the protection district is a voluntary and cooperative or ganization, formed under Ore gon state fire laws. It has the responsibility for fire protec tion in an area of some 85 square to board members, firemen of the CP volunteers grew tired of refusing to answer alarms outside the city limits, and so. under the leadership of Jack Tharp, then the chief, took the problem to the residents of the area surrounding ( the com munity. Funds Raised Funds for the purchase of the first fire truck were raised through donations, and a non profit corporation was formed with Richard Krupp as presi dent, Harry Tonn as vice-president and MerrU Harsh as secretary-treasurer. A number of fires were fought and consider able property saved through this organization. . But this type of department was limited by lack of sufficient funds to meet increasing de mands, and it could not provide the protection needed to bring down insurance rates. It was then that the group decided to reorganize as a Rural Fire Pro tection District, as provided under Oregon's laws. In July of last year the first board of directors was named, including Albert Thompson, chairman; Claud Hoover, vice chairman; Dr. Alvln Roberts, secretary treasurer, and Dave D'Armond and Bill Lingaas. The new district purchased the assets of the rural fire department, and in October construction of the new fire hall, on Highway 99 just north of Central Point, was started. William Laing was architect and construction con tractor waa Lloyd Whiteside. The present board of directors is the same, except that Lingaas' term expired Jn January and he asked to withdraw. Larry Hull was named to succeed him on the board. Building Occupied The building was occupied in April of this year, and Richard Krupp was named fire chief and Harry Tonn assistant chief- A new pumper truck has been delivered to the department. completing the equipment now necessary. The occasion has been selected as an appropriate time for the open house to be held Saturday afternoon and evening. Firemen and repre sentatives of the equipment companies will be on hand to display the equipment and ex plain its operation. The district now has three trucks and a jeep. The trucks were furnished by the Crater Lake Motors company, and the new pumper truck was equipped by the Howard Cooper corpora' tion, Portland. It is on a 1952 Ford chassis, and has a 600-gal- lon-per-minute pump, carries 1,- 000 gallons of water and 1,300 feet of fire hose, plus the usual complement of auxiliary equip ment such as ladders, axes, fire extinguishers and so on. The older pumper truck is on a 1950 model Ford chassis, and can pump 750 gallons per min ute and carries 500 gallons of water. It too has regular auxi liary equipment 1.000-GalIon Tanker The tank truck carries 1,000 gallons of water, and has a 1953 Ford truck chassis. The jeep was built up last winter by the volunteer firemen, and was designed by them. It incorporates ideas and features designed especially for the dis trict, and includes a pumping unit which can be removed from the jeep and carried where needed by one man- It is used for grass fires, and can go over rough ground to save the heavier equipment. The new pump truck will be tested next week by engineers of the Oregon Insurance Rating bureau, who will also grade the district for possible Insurance rate reductions. It is expected that within 30 days thereafter authority will arrive for an actual Insurance policy rate re duction. One company, the BEEF PRICES AT THE Shady Cove Lockers Rent a locker and store up your Winter beef supply now while prices arc down. We do cutting, wrapping, and custom curing. Stop in and tee ut, you'll be glad you did. PHONE SHADY COVE 2144. Thursday. August SO. ISIS Rural Equipment Grange Mutual, has already authorized a 10 per cent reduc tion. All Have Radios All of the trucks are equipped with radios, and there la a stationary station at the build ing, permitting instant communi cations at all times. There is also a walkie-talkie used on big fires. The district has its own radio frequency. All of the firemen are volun teers living in the immediate vicinity, and membership is open to anyone who desires to serve. Present firemen include repre sentatives from business, agricul ture and labor. Some of the fire men find it impossible to answer all alarms, but this difficulty is overcome by having many men whose jobs permit attend ance- Weekly meetings are held on alternating Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and their families often enjoy a social evening with the women serving refreshments. In the event of large fires, where the volunteers are out for long period of time, wives provide the firemen with food and dry cloth ing. Custodians Mr. and Mrs. Nat Grishom are custodians of the district build ing, making their home there, and also serve as dispatchers. Present personnel of the dis trict includes Richard Krupp, chief; Harry Tonn, assistant chief; L. C. Lisenbee, district chief; Richard L. Grisby, James Francis Cain, Tom Thomas and Dexter A. Benston,, captains; arid Nat Grishom, Bob Mclvor, Glen Higgenbotham, Paul Mc- Ouat, Don Bohnert, Harvey Tonn, Gordon Carrigan, Douglas Harsh, Roy Bratton and Frank Bruce- Don Braind is bookkeeper. (See story and picture on Page 1.) Morse Demands G. M. Corp. Probe Washington (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse plans to demand a congressional investigation of hig charge that General Motors Corp. "is receiving favored treatment by the Defense de partment." . The Oregon Independent said secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson "is discriminating in fa vor' of the huge corporation which he formerly headed in the awarding of defense con tracts. He said that he haa been conducting his own inquiry and will ask the Senate Armed Ser vices committee to make a "full and complete investigation" af ter congress meets in January. Morse said that some comp anies manufacturing aircraft jet engines have been barred from participating in future con tract bidding. He said he had "talked to some of these people in my office." Hood River Lumber Fire Loss $100,000 Hood River (U.R) The Parkdale Lumber company mill at Parkdale was swept by fire of undetermined origin early to day with loss estimated at more than $100,000. The fire was reported about 4:30 a.m. Firemen succeeded in saving a cold deck and the of fice but much of the mill was destroyed. Charles Bronson and Mr.- and Mrs. R. C. Rolles. owners, said they had not decided if they would rebuild. The mill, fourth largest in Hood River county, employed 20 men. There was no insurance. Parkdale is 17 miles south of here. Crash of B-50 Bomber Takes Lives of Two Tucson (U.R) A Boeinr B-30 bomber crashed into the desert north of here early today, killing two of the 12 crewmembers and seriously injuring two others. Deputy Sheriff Bud Eaves, first person to reach the crash scene, said all of the men para chuted but one, whose body was found in the wreckage. The oth er crewman died in the fall to earth after his parachute was ripped open. Eaves said witnesses told him the plane crashed on a mountain slope and then exploded, scat tering wreckage over an area nearly a mile square. ARE DOWN F LEASED WITH TEST DIVE in new submarine-shaped bathysphere in which he hopes to descend 12,000 or more, feet under surface of sea. Prof. Auguste Piccard (left) talks to newsmen at Castell I mare, Italy. He stands with son, Jacques (right) on deck of craft. (lttnat. Smt4ph$u) Southwest Violence Erupts By UNITED PRESS More than 50,000 employees of the six state Southwestern Bell Telephone System went on strike early today as order was re stored in Indiana after new tele phone strike violence there. The Southwest strike began at 8 a.m. after a fruitless all night attempt by CIO Communi cations Workers of America of ficials and representatives of the utility to write a new contract. A union spokesman said he was "sorry" the sessions broke down without agreement. Apart en Wages A company spokesman said it had offered raises that would have cost Southewestern Bell Jacksonville School Opening Sept. 14 Jacksonville Because of the late fruit harvest, Jackson ville school officials have moved the opening date for school from Sept. 8 to Sept 14. Clyde F. Sutherland, superintendent of schools, announced today. This is for both elementary and high school, he said. The cafeteria will operate on opening day of school so stu dents may purchase their lunch es, the superintendent said. In the past years the cafeteria has not always opened on the first day, he explained. , High school fees also were announced. The book fee will be $7; student body tickets entit ling high school students to at tend athletic games, and physi cal education, $3; towel fee, $2.25. Books for the elementary grades are furnished, he added. Flower Shop IVY 3&4"pots35c jl Laundromat lPfVv, (fWi fruit workers A yStti (rtjH'ft UeJ leave Your Wash S, A TO, ) t W( y. laundromat jf j' jy"- rfD f ;r? It-. ..... - aJ'aarm-iawiar-lar ' , .aTiii.it, v',, I I I. at jjjj Phone Workers Strike; $7,000,000 a year and done its "level best" to avert the strike Negotiators in the Southwest ern Bell dispute had been in ses sion more than 20 hours when the strike began. The union said the company finally advanced a wage offer of 4V4 cents, but it was rejected. Elderly Seattle Man Found Safe In Siskiyou Wilds Grants Pass U.R) A 74-year-old Seattle man who was missing for two days in wild southwestern Oregon today was reported safe and apparently in good condition. The man, Jim Stone, walked to safety last night when he was met by forest searchers at the mouth of Bald Face creek in eastern Curry county just north of the California border. Ranger Winston Tuttle said Stone appeared in good condi tion, although he was weak and hungry. His partner, Morris Seliger, 45, Grants Pass, made his way to Baker chrome mine at Sour dough camp on Bald Face creek Tuesday night. He and Stone had been prospecting in the area and ran out of food. They started out of the mountains but Stone was unable to endure the trip and Seliger left him Mon day to get help. The trip to Sourdough camp look Seliger a day and a half and he was without food during that time. Police said Seliger suffered from hunger and exposure. V HI NEIGHBOR B in Indiana The union demanded 7VS cents. Violence in Indiana The Southwest strike affects long distance and manual ex changes in Missouri, Texas, Ok lahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and parts of Illinois. Meanwhile, ill will between striking Indiana Bell workers, police and non-striking workers erupted into new demonstra tions and violence in the Hoosier state. At Elwood, Ind., non-striking telephone operators barricaded themselves in the second floor of the exchange building as an gry strikers, tossed a barrage of eggs and firecrackers into and against the building. Mass Demonstrations Window breaking and other violence also flared at Alexan dria, and company officials said they feared the union was "try ing to shut us down." At Kokomo, Ind., some 250 strikers marched on the Bell building there and staged a short . demonstration following a mass meeting called to protest police "discrimination" against CWA pickets. 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