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t j r Eagle Point High Student Wins Ford Foundation Contest ' Robert Hayes, a student at Eagle Point High school, recent ly was presented with a $100 from the Ford Foundation as a prize in a contest sponsored by the foundation to encourage ex cellence in industrial arts. The prize, one of only two awarded in Oregon, was for a yew bow he made, which was described as being "of unique design and perfect workman ship." It was sent to the foun dation headquarters at Dearborn, Mich., where it was displayed for two weeks. Then, it went to a museum in Chicago for 10 days, before being returned to Hayes. A junior at the school, Hayes plans to use the money to buy lumber for use in building a . boat. ' 1 - Certificates from the founda tion also went to Hayes, to the school and to Donald McGovern, industrial art instructor at the school. Presentation of the award and certificates was made re '. ccntly by Hugh Coleman, of Crater Lake Motors, Medford, local Ford distributor. LIKES MUSIC Boston (U.R) Bernice Francer, 13, who was missing from her Dorchester home four days, said she went to Provi dence, R.. I., and Boston hotels so she could be alone with her phonograph record collection. She carried a record player with her. Dead fine Sunday Classified hi at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Mondav fnr Monday: other daya 5:30 previous day. RECEIVES ARTS AWARD Robert Hayes, a junior at Eagle Point High schol, is shown receiving a $100 check and certificate as prizes he won-in an industrial arts contest sponsored by the Ford foundation. Making the presenta tion was Hugh Coleman, Medford. At left is William Caldwell, president of the high school student body, who received an award for the school, and Donald McGovern, industrial arts. instructor,rwho also received a certificate. (Brainerd photo) , Old Age Pensions, Legalized Lotteries Before U.S. Voters BY REX CHANEY United Praia Staff Correspondent Washington (U.R) An in crease in old age pensions in California . . , legalized lotteries in Michigan . . . new attempts to maintain segregated schools in Georgia and Louisiana . ... These and scores of other con-1 oath vof office a provision re- troversial issues will appear on various state ballots In the gen eral election ' voting next Tues day. South Carolina voters will be asked to decide whether it's all right to remove from the state's for UlJ for M&YfdDIB EXPERIENCED PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP! ' - O 8 Years City Councilman 0 3 Years President of Council O Chairman of Finance, Police and Fire Committees Past Executive Junior Chamber and Kiwanii Club Member Chamber.of Commerce 'Medford Euiineisman for 15 years VOTE for a MAN DEDICATED To The DEVELOPMENT of MEDFORD! M. Adv. Selby far Mayor Commit?.. Jim Ambler, Secretary quiring officials to swear that they have not and will not par ticipate in a duel or even sec ond one while they bold of fice. The state constitution has contained this provision since 1895. i San Francisco voters will get another chance to exercise their Judgment over operation of cable cars. The city will vote on whether the cars should con tinue to operate on their present scale, or be returned to the scale of operations before last Jan. 1 when the city Public Utilities Commission ordered the lines shortened. Pension Vole In California California voters generally will be asked to decide whether old age pensions should be in creased from the present $80 to $100 a month. In Michigan voters will decide whether the state legislature should be authorized to permit non-profit organizations to con duct legal lotteries, which Protestant church- groups have opposed. Michigan voters also have be fore them a proposal for an $80,000,000 . bond issue to pay bonuses to Korean war veterans, Georgia and Louisiana voters will decide on proposed const!' tutional amendments designed to permit the states to continue segregated public school systems. Mississippi has a proposition on its ballot which would require voters to demonstrate, to the satisfaction of county registrars, a "reasonable understanding of the duties and obligations of citizenship." Attempt To Check Negroes The Mississippi proposal is an admitted attempt to check the increasing number of Negro Voters. . Wisconsin will vote on a pro posal to establish a state-owned 12-station television network de voted to educational programs. Nevada will decide whether to repeal its "right- to work' act which outlaws closed shop agree ments, secondary boycotts and Jurisdictional strikes. Texans will vote for the sec ond time in five years on whether women should be permitted to serve on juries. The Texas con stitution now prohibits . tnem from serving. Several states, Including Ark ansas, Colorado and Ohio, will decide wheher state officials should be elected for four-year terms instead of two years. Illinois is one of several states which will vote on redistricting state legislatures., Montana voters will be asked to decide whether they would like to have , presidential preference, primary in presiden tial election years. In the states of Washington and Oregon vot ers will determine whether day light saving time should be made a permanent summer arrange ment, " Federal Fund Boost Will Cut Stale Costs Portland OJ.PJ The recent federal increase in old age and survivors' insurance will save Oregon's welfare program an estimated $30,000 a month, ac cording to Mrs. Loa Howard Mason, state welfare adminis trator. Mrs. Mason in a report Fri day to the State Public Welfare Commission also said changes in the federal program would give 1 the state approximately one per cent increase in federal share of funda for old age as sistance. The federal share for Septem ber amounted to $639,223, or 48.52 per cent of the tots! pro gram of $1,317,455, Mrs. Mason said. The October federal jhare, was estimated at about 49.75 per cent. New Social Security Law's Provisions Listed by Official The 1954 amendments to the Social Security act extend old age and survivors tnsuxnte to mora than 3,500,000 farm op erator! beginning Jan. 1, 1955f according to W. ,V. Nusbnum,' manager of the Medford Social Security office. : !- This is the largest single group brought under the program by the new law, he added. Next year practically all farm opera tors in business for themselves who clear as much as $400 in a year will begin to earn social security credits in much the same way as the self-employed business man has been earning them since 1951. . Eimpler Procedure '. " ' For the farm operators. Nus baum explained, the new amend ments provide a special simpli fied reporting procedure. Those farmers who -report on a cash basin and who nave a gross in come of $1,800 or less for the year may report either their actual net earnings or so per cent of the gross income. A farm operator who has an nual gross earnings Over $1,800 must figure' his actual net earn ings for the year. If that net is less than $900 for the year, the farm operator may either report $900 or the actual amount for old-age and survivors insur ance purposes. Report All Earnings The self-employed farmer who has net earnings of $400 or more in a taxable year after 1954 must report all such earnings up to $4,200 for social security purposes. The 3 per cent social security tax on these self-employment earnings will be paid once a year," . The tax applies to taxable years after 1954. A farmer must file a self-employment report and pay the tax even if his earn ings have not been high, enough to require payment of the federal Income tax. Monthly benefit payments for a retired worker at the age of 65 vary from $30 to $98.50. In 1956, benefits can go as high as $108.50 for a person who Sundar. October SI, 1154 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL THIBCHt KW K BP A Official Finally Gets Deer After Long Hunt, Then loses It Oregon Cltv p.R -Walter Hagg, a Bonneville Power Ad ministration engineer at. Eu gene, hunted deer for 12 day without luck, and th.n wh.n be did get one he didn't get 10 keep it. , ,- ... Hagg. returning home from a business trip Friday night, struck a d.er with his car as the animal bounded across the highway south of here. State police confiscated the deer. If it is found fit for hu man consumption, it will be distributed to state institutions as is the practice in such cues. Hagg, lamenting the fact that h. spent 12 fruitless days in the Klamath Falls area in quest of a 'dean said of the deer dispatched by his can ''It was the largest deer I ever saw. I was hunting in the wrong place before." WRONGS-WAY TOWN , Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) .South Fulton, Tenn., is about 85 miles north of Fulton, Tenn. A new record in -tree farming. helping assure a permanent sup ply ol southern pine, was set In the South last year when more than 400 new tree farms came into being. Total tree farm acre age now is 17,600,000. ' earned $4,200 or more a year The amount of the benefit de pends on ' the person's average monthly earnings under social security. 1 , ' ' Nusbaum stated that' a free leaflet explaining the social se curity to farmers is available by writing or calling at the Medford office at 33 North Riverside ave, DIES UN ACCIDENT ,; Montasano, Wash, (U.R; John F. Cole, 24, McChord field i&l pilot, was killed Instantly Friday afternoon in an auto truck collision two miles south of here. . t ' U( k . K ' I . , I f 1 ' ' V J x yr- Elect o. UlLSBu . Endorsed by LABOR and INDUSTRY STATE LABOR eOMMISSIONER " " ' Paid Adv. Jacjuoa County Dt mocrttlc Cmrral CmmhtM - There's a Lot for You in a snn O GLORIOUS VIEW OF THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY GIVE OREGON nicT'IffilcTIo) II If- IU i cw c ,a m C O u o iyp- piiMM - '""-"I" . i. .in in mi fimrm ryT7r: FT"' xll "' tl r ' ' I 1 i , ' ' -' I . l i , i Richard L. Neuberger Joseph K. Carson Jr. For U.S. Senator For Governor Elect him and stop ; With him, new Indus the giveaway .' tries, new payrolls for Oregon. - Charles O. Porter For Congress Tax relief for all . ' not the few. : Norman O. Nilsen State Labor Commissioner Endorsed by Labor and Industry ' JACKSON CO. NEEDS A CHANGE! I Ml JQlZ-j L f . E. J. Perry For Sheriff Courteous Efffcient ' Experienced Cecil M. Norris For County Clerk . v A Business man for a business job Ralph A. James A. A. Walker For County Commissioner For Justice of Peace . Bring County Court i Hill DWrict Closer to the People . Impartial Justice for all VOTE DEMOCRATIC FOR A RETURN TO PROSPERITY ' ti. Adv. Jickton County Dtmotnrie Cittral Commlttw, Rebrt Boy.r, Chairman
