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EIGHT MEDFOHD (OHEGOW) MAIL TRIBUWg
Sunder- October 31, 1854
Local National Guard Units Looking Fdrward
To Army Inspection; Now Seeking Recruits
Conduct Meetings
At Old Armory Site;
Enthusiasm Noted
Veterans and Rookies ;
For Two Companies
With federal Inspection only
few short weeks away, Med-
r ford'f tw6 National Guard units
thpun davs are busy putting a
high polish on equipment, get-
. ting records in apple pie oraer,
and making evwy bjtof training
count.
- At Tno same time, the two
unit. Headauarters company
and Company A, are In the mid
dle" of a recruiting drive that ap
: pears to be gaining momentum
. as it goes along. : -Although
both units are still
below the strength they would
like to have by the time the
Sixth Army brass arrives in
town to look them over, officers
of both hope, and expect, to be
: in pretty good shape 0y xnai
time. - . .
Both Growing '
As things stand right now,
each company has approximate
ly 51 officers and men, and both
are growing. Last Monday night,
for example, Headquarters com
pany had eight new recruits, the
largest number in some time,
taking their first drill instruc
tion from Sgt. Sam Bailey, 1374
Grand ave., who has; been a
member of Headquarters com
pany since it was formed on
June 26, 1047.
They are getting the same fun
damentals that many veterans
' got on their first day in the serv
ice. How to stand at attention
and at ease, how to do an about
face, and other basic Informa
tion. These recruits will get 2
weeks of this type of training
before being assigned to a- Job
with the Guard.
Things To Halp Them.' '
"We're trying to teach these
kids things that might help
them some day," Sergeant Bai
ley said. He knows what he's
talking about. The sergeant, a
veteran of 12 years in the serv
ice, went into the Guard in 1940
at Klamath Falls, was at Ft.
Stevens on the north Oregon
coast when It was shelled by a
Japanese submarine, and later
served in the Pacific, y
Bailey and several other non
coms and officers commented on
how good It seemed to have a
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IN WEAPONS ROOM Shown above in the
weapons room at the Medford armory are three
members of Company A, 1st Battalion, 186th
Infantry, as they get ready for federal inspec
tion, which is scheduled in a few weeks. They
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are, left to right, Lt. Alex Austin, 923 Murry st.,
" Sgt. Chuck Clemans, 408 Crater Lake ave., and
Cpl. Arlo Emmons, Box 93, Central Point.
Company A is one of two Oregon National
Suard units serving the Medford area.
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DRILL PERIOD Shown above are members was partly .destroyed by fire about two years
of Company A, one of the two local units of ago. Keeping a watchful eye on the proceedings
the Oregon National Guard, as they go .through ' are Lt. Bert Riebe, 1117 Reddy St., t right, and
close order drills in what formerly was the . Lt. Bart Garred, 924 Grant St., center,
basement of the old armory building, which '. '. t 1 (Brainerd photo) ; .
big class of recruits, it's pretty with," one officer noted,
tough on a drill instructor when What ideas about the National
he has only one man to work Guard do some of the new men
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Ike sends a personal message
to the voters Of Oregon:
WASHINGTON, D. C,
OCTOBER 28, 1954
ED G. BOEHNKE, CHAIRMAN
REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMM. OF OREGON
NOTHING WOUID GIVE ME GREATER PERSONAL PLEASURE THAN TO COME TO
OREGON TO BRING THIS MESSAGE TO YOU AND TO OTHERS IN YOUR STATE
WHO BELIEVE WITH US IN THE EFFORTS WE ARE MAKING TO BUILD AN AMERICA
STRONG AND PROSPEROUS 'IN A WORLD AT PEACE. BUT WITH ONLY ONE
FREE DAY AVAILABLE TO ME BEFORE NOVEMBER SECOND, I AM ABLE TO
VISIT ONLY A FEW STATES. SO I MUST USE THIS MEANS TO BRING YOU
THESE THOUGHTS. WILL YOU PLEASE CONVEY TO ONE AND ALL IN OREGON
MY CONVICTION THAT VOTING IS NOT ONLY A PRIVILEGE OF EVERY CITIZEN
BUT HIS FIRST DUTY. ONLY IF EVERY QUALIFIED VOTER CASTS A BALLOT CAN
PUBLIC SERVANTS HAVE CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR ACTS REFLECT
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. THIS IS THE FIRST ESSENTIAL OF FREE GOVERNMENT.
YET, I HEAR CONSTANTLY ABOUT COMPLACENCY AND APATHY TOWARD
THIS CRITICAL ELECTION. FRIENDS TELL ME THIS IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE
SATISFIED, ON THE WHOLE, WITH THE KIND OF GOVERNMENT AND KIND
OF PROGRAM THEY ARE GETTING THAT MANY CITIZENS GO TO THE POLLS
ONLY WHEN THEY ARE ANGRY OR .APPREHENSIVE ABOUT. THE COURSE OF
EVENTS. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE TO ME THAT GOOD GOVERNMENT CANNOT
COMMAND AS MUCH ZEALOUS SUPPORT AS BAD GOVERNMENT COMMANDS
OPPOSITION. LET US, THEREFORE, DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO
PERSUADE EVERY VOTER TO EXPRESS HIMSELF ON ELECTION DAY.
SO LET'S ROLL UP A TREMENDOUS VOTE CONFIDENT THAT THE OVERWHELM
ING MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SUPPORT GOOD GOVERNMENT
AND WILL VOTE ACCORDINGLY. MY WARM CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON
.YOUR SPLENDID W6RK IN OUR COMMON CAUSE. BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT
TUESDAY LET US, WITH ENTHUSIASM AND THE WILL TO WIN, DO THE JOB
THAT WILL DRIVE US THROUGH TO VICTORY- ' ' "--..
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR, GUY CORDON
FOR CONGRESS:
1st District-. . . . .Walter Norbbd
2nd District. ....Sam Coon
3rd District..... Tom Lawson McCall
4th District Harris Ellsworth
Repub'lt.n $tt Ctn'ral Comm., U BotSnkt, Chmn., Ctnlral Bldj., Portl.nJ, OrtiM,
have? Here are, some comments
from the newer members, some
of whom have, just started, and
others who have been in almost
year.
New Mn's Comments
Dale McClanahan, 17-year-old
Medford High school senior,
who lives at 2304 Spring St.,
says "I imagine I'd have to go
in anyway, and I thought I
might as well go in here." Like
many other new members. Dale
"heard some of the other fel
lows talking -about it," and de
cided to take a look.
Alton Stone, 19, of 323 New
town st.. another Medford High
senior, worked with a National
Guard corporal who talked him
into going down to the armory
and looking around. "I had no
Intention of joining when I first
came down, but I liked it," Al
ton says. "Then I went to sum-
I mer camp and I like that a lot.
After I joined I wished that 1
had gotten In sooner." Alton has
convinced three of his friends
that the Guard is a good thing,
and says, "After others find out
about it, I expect they'll join."
Aiktd Questions
One of the three Alton talked
into joining the Guard was Dan
Morris, - 17-ycar-old Medford
High senior, who lives at 3423
Madrona st. Dan says "I knew
Lieutenant Fa gone (Lt. Ben Fa-
gone, commanding omcer oi
Headquarters company) so 1
came down to the armory and
asked some questions about the
Guard. I clan to .so into the Air
! tfnr'A T rionlriari thi. train
ing would do me some good."
Dan also plans to attend college
at the University of Oregon,
where his two brothers are now
'enrolled.
Jim Westensee, 17-year-old
Medford High sophomore,
whose home is at 300 South Co
lumbus ave., was on his fourth
night of training last Monday.
"It's a lot of fun, and the drilling
isn't bad," he said. "Some of the
kids talked to me about It, and
my dad thought it would be a
good idea." Jim, like most of
the other younger ' members,
likes the Idea of the pay and
the change to get in military
training while staying at home.
. How about the older Guards
men and their Ideas on the
matterT , .
Retirement Benefits
A good example is Riley L.
Applegate, 2262 Delta Water rd.,
a veteran of World War II who
is pioneer and ammunition ser
geant for Headquarters com
pany. Applegate. who served in
Europe and the Philippines, arid
was on his way to Japan when
the war ended, says "I'm plan
ning to stay in for retirement at
20 years. I couldn't invest
enough money to set myself up
that good any other way."
One of the real veterans oi
Company A Is Sgt. Frank
Richey, who lives in Phoenix.
Richey is now on his second en
listment in the National Guard.
In addition, he was just discharg
ed after serving a hitch in the
Air Force, and is also a veteran
of four years in the Navy. .
The Marine corps is about we
only thing Richey 'has missed,
but Company A has a veteran Of
three years with the-MarinSs in
Japan and Korea. He is Pfc.
Troy M. Garrison, 21; of 69 Arn
old lane, who has - been in the
Guard for about a month. Garri
son plans to attend a cooks and
bakers school at Ft. Ord, Calif.,
this year as a part of his Guard
training. M ,.
Service School
A member of Headquarters
company who already has com
pleted a service school tnrougn
the National Guard is Sgt. Daun
Chaney, 23, Shady Cave, who
took a two-month course at me
chanics school at Ft. Ord.
Chaney is planning to get more
service shoollng if possible.
The members of both compan
ies represent many occupations,
and many communities in Jack
son county. ,
Occupations Include log truck
driver, insurance salesman, far
mer, banker, nign.scnooi sru,-
dents, shoe salesmen, postman,
fireman, policeman, mechanic,
and mill worker. They come
from Medford, Jacksonville, Ash
land, Shady Cove, Lake Creek,
Central Point, Prospect, and nu
merous other communities.
Routine at Meetings
What do they do at meeingsT
Both companies spend the first
few minutes of each meeting in
close order drill. During good
weather, drills are held in what
formerly was tne basement or
the main ; armory building,
which was destroyed by fire
more than two' years ago. In cold
or rainy weather they drill in
side In the largest room avail
able to them.
After drills, in general tne
routine includes work on rec
ords or eouipment, and training
classes, including such infoma-
tion as the Guard's role in queu
ing "domestic disturbances," and
how to figure elevation when
firlnff a rifle. Moving pictures
are frequently used for training
purposes. .
After the regular drill period,
which, incidentally, is good for
a full day's pay for only two
hours work, the uuarasmen
usually have coffee and dough
nuts to end the day.
New Armory
' Guardsmen are looking for
word to the day when they can
move into the new armory to be
built at the Jackson county fair
grounds. Not only will it im
prove the uuara s faculties,
with particular emphasis on
drill area, but it will allow the
Guard to become more a part
of community activities through
public use of the armory build
ing. .
AH but two of the local Guard
officers have reached their pres
ent rank after serving as en
listed men, and this is a point of
pride for most of them. One
commented recently, "If anyone
had told me five years ago
when I joined the Guard that I
would have a commission now,
I wouldn't have believed them."
This excellent chance to get
a commission, and. to hold lt if
called into service with the
regular Ay, is only one of the
talking points Guardsmen use
in selling new men on the ad
vantage of enlisting.
Other Benefits
' Qthers, of course, include the
pay, and retirement benefits
which count both service in the
Guard and any other military
service. '
But, they point out, one of
the most important to young
men is the fact that they can
complete their military obliga
tion at home, without training
and service far away. However,
to gain this benefit, young men
must enlist in the Guard before
reaching the age of 18Va and
must miss no more than five
Guard meetings a year.
The name of any draft eli
gible Guardsman who misses
more than five meetings a year
immediately must be sent to his
local draft board.
Those who wish to enlist In
any branch of the military serv
ice while -still members of the
Guard will be released immedi
ately to doi so.
The Federal Reserve Bank
System was opened Nov. 16,
1914.
Morse, Neuberger Join Forces
At Eugene Meet; Cordon Kaps
Priest Rapids Dam rower nan
mm. involved Imlchi have a falling i
B UNITED PRESS
Sen.' .Guy Cordon Friday
inaheri out his omxeitlon in
connection with the Priest Rap
ids dam In Washington state
while Richard L. neuberger,
his Democratic opponent, and
Independent Senator f Wayne
Morse appeared on the same
platform togetner tor tne iirav
time in the 1954 campaign. -As
the heated battle for the
Senate seat neared its climax,
Cordon charged that Neuberger
and Morse apparently stand
with pnntnr from Washington
state in attempts to get more
power for Oregon s neignDor.
In a statement, Cordon referred
to a charge by Neuberger that
six of seven GOP senators who
visited Oregon this week had
voted with Cordon to exclude
the preference clause from the
Priest Rapids dam bill.
Cites Own Plsn
rnrrtnn unlet the Priest RaDlds
proposal was not a federal pro-
Rescuers Reach
Crashed C47 Plane
Nice. France U.R A United
States Air Force paratroop res
cue team Saturday reached the
wreckage of a C47 that crashed
in the Alps last Sunday and re
ported there were no survivors
among the 21 American airmen
aboard.
Wreckaees of nlanes strewn
throuohout the area caused con
fusion to participants in the big
gest combined air search effort
conducted in Europe by the U. S.
Air Force with the assistance of
the British French -and Italians.
An American Air Force pilot
finally spotted the crash scene
Friday afternoon.
U. S. Air Force headquarters
at Wiesbaden. Germany, re
ported this morning a helicopter
crew which examined the wreck
age saw no sign of life.
i ject but was one which involved
public power Domes in
ington. "I obtained a provision
i v.nr he said, "which
required that a.falr share of the
power must be aeiivereu w
Oregon. Sens. Magwson anu
Morse tried to superimpose the
preference clause and that
would have nuimiea w
effect of the provision for an
.iinimnf nf rawer to Oregon.
He said if the preference clause
were allowed to stand, tne nam
never would be built..
Cordon said that the puonc
power partners in Washington
would have to turn w fv
capital for financing, that they
could not get this without firm
contracts for sale of power and
that with the preference clause
such contracts were impossible.
Sen. Warren Magnuson and
Henry Jackson, Washington
Democrats, were in Oregon Wed
nesday speaking In behalf of
Oregon Democrats.
Would Vote With Morse '
Neuberger, who also attacked
Cordon's foreign policy in a tele
vised Portland speech, appeared
in Eugene with Morse Friday
night. Neuberger Joked about
speculation that he and Morse
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mlg'uv have a falling out If both'
Senate.
"I'll vote with Wm. ... ;
about three or four times as of
ten as ioraon voies with Elsen
hower," he said. ,
Morse, in Introducing w...
berger, said, "He is a man who
has an international reputation
as a great writer and author- a
" --a 1 u.uuciil OX
government, and a brilliant man
JLUC1C lO 1JV BUUOHVUW lUr Ur&int
in public service."
. Morse alen hflri rtrntcA M
seph K. Carson Jr., the Demo-
crauc jivinjcG Buvcrnor,
Vote for
PAUL
MEYERS
TO REPRESENT
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Meyers for Council Committee,
Jim Dunlevy, Chairman.
Company's Stud Service
To Continue, is Report
Emmett M. Gott, Medford dis
tributor for the Curtiss Candy
co., pointed out last week that
the stud service operated by
the' firm is continuing despite
the recent sale of the company's
farm in Illinois.
- He said there has been some
misunderstanding over sale of
the farm, but that the service
will be continued and eventual
ly expanded.
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Republican Candidate for
COUNTY
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Dedicated To
Serve ALL the
People of ALL
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COUNTY WIDE
CHET WENDT i a county-wide candidate. He it not sponsored by the
special interest or a special area.
COMPETENT
CHET WENDT it the type of man we need in public service. He I expe
rienced, fair and conscientiout. He is not seeking retirement and If nom
inated and elected to the position of County Commissioner CHET
WENDT plant to devote hit FULL time to this FULL time job.
LIFE-LONG RESIDENT
CHET WENDT wat born in Jacksonville, Oregon, he hat grown up with
Jackson County and knowt Itt people and its problemt. He it a Republi
can, and active in hit Church and the variout civic, fraternal and agricul
tural societies to which he belong.. CHET WENDT it married and hat
two children and it physically and mentally healthy.
For County Commissioner Vote for One
114 - X - Chester H. Wend t. Republican
ttM Adv.-Wend! for Count, Commluion Committee