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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
The same charge of police
"discrimination" was hurled at
Indianapolis, and CIO leaders
hinted they might call about
75,000 auto workers and other
CIO members to a mass demon
stration at Indianapolis ex-
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