Jacksonville Plans
To Seek U.S. Aid
for Sewer Survey
Jacksonville The city coun
cil at Jacksonville last week ap
proved . a motion to apply for
federal aid to finance a planning
survey for a city sewer system.
City Recorder B. J. Christian
son reported that if a federal
agreement were approved, the
city would have to repay the
survey cost only if the system
were installed. The same method
was employed under the water
system improvement, with the
survey cost repaid by the bond
issue.
Surrey Team Approved
The Corvallis firm of Cornell,
' Howland, Hayes and Merrif ield
was approved by the council
to do the survey engineering.
City Attorney Ervin Hogan
told the council that the U, S.
hotel deed to the city was now
written to give the city clear
title, for use of the property
for rental or other purpose to
help pay for its maintenance.
New city officers were sworn
In at the meeting. Included were
Mayor John Keaveny, Council-
men Arthur Davies, Everett Ra-
venor and Ray Wilson. Christ-
ianson was reappointed city re
corder and Anna Coleman, trea
surer. Outgoing Mayor A. C. Van
Galder expressed his appreci
ation to the council and city
officers for cooperation during
his term of office. Van Galder
was appointed mayor in Sep
tember, 1953, when Albert Hack
ert resigned to become city su
perintendent. Fire Chief Louis Applebaker
recommended to the council that
the old Bartley residence be con
demned as a residence. A four-
member committee was named
to inspect the premises and re
port back at the next regular
meeting.
Recommendation
Of U.S.-Philippines
Treaty Scheduled
Washington U.R) A bi
lateral Filipino-American treaty
on atomic matters will be recom
mended this month by the Joint
Congressional committee on at
omic energy, it was learned Sat
urday. ''-."' ----- -'
The accord with the Philip
pines would be one of JO such
interlocking, bilateral agree
ments designed to accelerate
peaceful applications of atomic
energy, Rep.' ,J a m e s E. van
Zandt (R-PatoldtheUnited
Press. - . -
The others recommended, he
said, would be with Australia,
New Zealand, Thailand,; India,
Pakistan, Iran, Turkey. Greece
and Spain. - '
Van Zandt was a member of
congressional atomic subcommit
tee which recently tourea tne
ten ations. They conferred in
Manila with President Ramon
Magsaysay and other top Phil
ippine leaders.--
Van Zandt said that the pro
posed treaties would govern the
exchange of atomic information,
trainees and materials. . .
Three out of four. traffic, acci-i
dents occur, in clear " weather
and on dry pavement, reports
the Automobile Club of New
York.
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Sixth and Central
Attorney for Ooe-Musf-Go'
Club Plans To Start Appeal
Madison, Wis. (U.R) An
attorney who has been retained
as a counsel for the "Joe Must
Go" club said Saturday the club
will seek to reverse its convic
tion on charges of violating Wis
consin's election laws "within
four or five days.'
The club unsuccessfully tried
to recall Sen. Joseph McCarthy
last year,
Attorney Willard S. Stanton
said the anti-McCarthy group
will either seek a re-hearing of
its conviction of a week ago or
appeal directly to" the state su
preme -court.
R. Tresham Named
Council President
At Eagle Point
Eagle ' Point Councilman
Ray Tresham was unanimously
named ' president of . the Eagle
Point city council at the first
1955 meeting of the group last
week.
Mayor Don Ashpole, who be
gan his first elected term, ap
pointed the following officers:
Minnie G. Hinson, recorder
treasurer; Sam F. Coy, muni
cipal judge; Harold Ottosen,
police chief; Dave Kahl, fire
chief: B. Kent Blackhurst, city
attorney; Oliver McNeel, build
ing inspector; Dr. A. Erin Mer-
kel, health officer, and Art
Besaw, Civil Defense. .
Council committee appoint
ments included the following
chairmen: . fire, Jake Olsen;
water, A. C. Kent; streets, Ray
Barrow; parks, Kent; garbage,
Fred Arens; police, Olsen; ju
venile problems, Shy Callaghan;
Boy Scouts and teenage, Olsen,
and the mayor, personnel.
City ' building permits report
ed were" four $6,000 new resi
dences, constructed by Sandy
Clave at ,13 West "F" st. and
202, 204 and 206 West "E" sts.
Ralph Keeslar, 841 South "C" st
$500, erect flue and workshop,
and Ethel Leopard, 301 South
B st, $100, enclose porch with
glass.
Municipal . court records re
ported were: Monte L. Riddell,
parked, onwrong side of street,
$z.ao ana $1 costs; Kenneth A.
Edwards, 16, of 104 Division rd.,
Camp White, reckless driving,
$25 and $4.50 costs, and failure
to report an accident, $10; Ralph
E." Osborne, parked in no park
ing zone, $2.50 and $1 costs, and
Ralph Leon Hackney, failure to
stop at stop sign, $5 and $1 costs.
Policy on Courtroom
Photos Gets Study
Portland (U.PJ Courtroom
hews photography drew the at
tention of Oregon district judg
es at the annual association con
vention here Friday, but the jur
ists did not take a final stand.
Both sides of the controversial
subject were presented by dis
trict judges during a discussion
of Canon ' 35 of the American
Bar association, which prohibits
picture-taking in court sessions,
The judges : also considered
donning robes for court appear
ances, but left the choice up to
individual courts. The associa
tion resolved to seek enabling
legislation to extend parole
board services to district courts
in misdemeanor cases.
Medford's Bargain Corner
LeRoy Gore, a Sauk City,
Wis., newspaper editor who
founded the club, indicated earl
ier he would go to the high
court.
Circuit Judge Bruce Beilfuss
found the club guilty on 21
counts of violating the state
corrupt practices act, which bans
political contributions by cor
porations. He fined the club
$4,200.
Following the ruling at Bara-
boo, Wis., Gore and four other
leaders were charged with sim
ilar offenses. They pleaded in
nocent in Baraboo justice court
and face preliminary hearing
Feb. 4.
O&C Advisors to
Propose Changes
In Rules for Roads
Portland The O and C
advisory board of the Bureau
of Land . Management has rec
ommended to the BLM director
and Interior Secretary Douglas
McKay that the controversial
O and C land road rules be re
examined and revamped.
Hart On Team
The action was taken by an
8 to 4 vote and supported the
stand of the special McKay sur
vey team of a year ago. Floyd
Hart, Medford, headed the spe
cial team and is a newly-reap-pointed
board member.
Proposed changes would not
give up the reasonable access
action to BLM timber that would
curtail competition.
The majority, report resulted
from a year-long' study by a sub
committee headed by Frank Se
ver. Opposition to the overturn
ing came from the head of the
CIO Woodworkers and the Wes
tern Forest Industries - associa
tion's executive vice-president.
They contended that the "present
regulations were okay.
Attack Regulations
Certain timber groups have
attacked BLM's right-of-way
regulations for about five years
as too restrictive and complica
ted; whereas, others have sup
ported them as assurance that
O and C timber will be open to
competitive bidding because of
unimpaired access.
The board reelected Charles
A. Sprague, Salem publisher, as
its chairman.
Gold Hill Council
Reelects Lester;
Officials Sworn In
Gold Hill Fred Lester was
reelected president of. the Gold
Hill citycouncil at an organiza
tional meeting last week. . .
New officials were sworn In
and Mayor Harry Smith named
the following council committee
chairmen: finance, Floyd G.
Lance; water and lights, Fred
Lewis; sanitation, Milton Stein
metz; .fire, Lewis; nuisances,
Charles B. Bell; police, Lester;
streets, sidewalks and drainage,
Lester, and equipment (new com
mittee), Carl G. Whitford.
Start First Terms
Lance; Bell and Whitford are
newly-elected councilmeh, and
Smith is starting his first term
as mayor. Outgoing-Mayor O. W.
Newland opened the session and
expressed his appreciation for
cooperation daring his two terms
of office. " v
Department appointments will
he made at the next regular
meeting by the new mayor.
The council voted to advertize
for bids on purchase of a com
munitor for the sewage plant,
as soon as specifications can be
drawn up.
The group also approved estab
lishment of several valves on
the city's water mains to allow
work on portions of' the mains,
without shutting off all the city's
water supply.
Flying Finn Twins
Must Go To Prison
' San Francisco (U.R) The
Ninth IT. S. Court of Appeals
has upheld the one-year sent
ences giving the famed flying
Finn twins, Charles and George,
who were convicted of interfer
ing with 'a federal officer. '
The court said it was "an out
rage to the dignity of the United
States" when the -40-year-old
twins handcuffed U. S. Attorney
Laughlin E. Waters in front of
the Biltmore Hotel in Los An
geles last Jan. 21. i
In upholding the one year
sentence Friday, the court said,
"persons are net to be lightly
permitted to reduce the majesty
of the U. S. government, Whose
officer Waters was, to the level i
of a carnival."
"It should be said that dur
ing the outrage, which it was,
the U. S. attorney comported
himself with dignity," the court
said.
YOUNGSTER DIES
John Day (U.R) Five-year-old
Debbie Sue Moore died Fri
day night in a John Day hospit
al of burns suffered when her
nightgown caught fire when she
got too close to a cook stove in
her home at Seneca.
Judge Approves
Trip To Funeral
For Dr. Sheppard
Cleveland, O. (U.R) - For
the third time in six months. Dr.
Samuel H. Sheppard on Monday
afternoon will visit the funeral
bier of a member of his family.
Permission to attend the final
rites for his mother, Mrs. Ethel
Niles Sheppard, -64, who com
mitted suicide Friday, was
granted yesterday by common
pleas Judge "Harry A. Hanna. He
told the sheriff to take "such
precautionary measures as were
necessary" to transport Dr. Sam,
the convicted wife-murder, to
and from his cell at Cuyahoga
county jail.
The last time the 31-year-old
esteopathic brain-surgeon- visit
ed the outside world was also to
view one of his family in. death.
That was on the night of Oct. 27,
when he was whisked by depu
ties to an East side funeral
home where the body of his
wife's grandfather, Harry Far
sons Blake, lay at rest.
Attended Wife's Funeral
And on July 7, Dr. Sam left
his hospital bed to 'attend the
funeral of his wife, Marilyn,
who had been murdered in her
bed three days earlier. He ulti
mately was indicted for the
crime, and on Dec. 21 was found
guilty of second-degree murder.
The request to attend his mo
ther's funeral was made by Wil
liam J. Corrigan, Dr. Sheppard's
chief attorney. -
"It was all right with me,"
Judge Hanna said, "providing
the sheriff did not think there
was any danger in the move."
Sheriff Joseph M. Sweeney
gave his full approval, and said
Dr. Sheppard would be hand
cuffed to a deputy the full time
he is away from his cell. r
Judge Hanna, presiding over
the current session of common
pleas court, said the prisoner
A Great Discovery Is About to Be
The hand you see here is about to turn the
ignition key in a new 1955 Cadillac
, , It is the hand of a man who has never
driven a Cadillac before but who finally
decided to see for himself if all the wonder
ful things he's heard about the car are true.
Well, he's about to make an important
discovery! He's about to learn that, in
1955,' Cadillac actually surpasses its own
great teputation!
.
JleTl sense it the instant he turns the
key and hears the eager answer of that
250-horsepower Cadillac engine.
He'll sense it again when he touches his
foot to the accelerator and brings that
dynamic engine into action. It will set him
instantly in motion and will carry him
High School
By BARBARA ROACH
After the whirl of activities
during Christmas vacation, back
to school on Monday meant a
i welcome rest
i.u -iiiuafc stu
dents.
Three bus
loads oi weary
band members
arrived back
at the school
1 a.m., Monday
from their ex
cursion to San
Francisco and
the East-West Shrine game.
Though groggy, they managed to
appear at school Monday morn
ing full of stories of their visits
to the Shrine hospital, Fleisch
aker zoo, Playland, and a ferry
ride to Oakland. The group
stayed in the Whitcomb hotel and
witnessed New Year's eve cele
brations on Market st.
Ed.Manley, MHS senior and
honor student, has been awarded
the Bausch-Lomb honorary sci
ence award. Ed is president of
the History, Economics and Civ
ics association, vice-president of
the Phy-Chem club, and assistant
editor of the annual. Actual
award of the medal will be made
at graduation. Last year's award
went "to Jerry Peterson, who is
now studying engineering at Ore
gon State college.
Mrs. Nancy Howell has been
added to the office force to re
place Mrs. Mildred Bigham as
assistant office secretary. Mrs.
Howell is formerly of New Jer
sey and moved here in June. -
would be allowed to attend both
the services at the suburban
Lakewood Saxton funeral home
and at the graveside in Sunset
Memorial park.
Fourteen U. S. National
Guardsmen won the Medal of
Honor , during World War II.
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1 43 SOUTH RIVERSIDE MEDFORD
Sunday, January 8, XSS5
News Notes
Sophomore journalism stu
dents began eagerly this week
their work on the cub edition of
Hi-Times. Production of. the pa
per is considered a major part of
their semester grade. The four
page edition, under the editor
ship of Juday Lobdell, will be
issued Jan. 21. Other editors are
Denise Bruning, assistant editor;
Carol Dyke, feature editor;
Chuck DeLorme, sports editor;
Lois Kelly, exchange editor;
Nancy Eck, photograph editor;
Ruth Hunter, society editor;
Katharine Stewart and Pat Rice,
copy editors; Dennis Wyatt and
Harold O'Connors, assistant ad
vertising managers.
Milton Guyman,. representa
tive of the Oregon Game com
mission, presented , an assembly
Wednesday morning in the audi
torium. His talk on "How to Pre
serve Waterfowl" was followed
by a movie showing the habits
and travels of waterfowl in
North America.
Robert Stedman's seventh per
iod drama class is preparing to
present the frivolous all-girl com
edy "On to Washington," to the
Girls' League next week. Cast
members are Vona Mae Ruther
ford, Beverly Newbry, Lorraine
Croucher, My ma Schevinius,
Judy Finegan, Donna Heide
mann, : Joanne Martin, Eleanor
Martin, and Barbara Roach.. The
class will also produce at a later
date "Augie Evans, Private Eye,"
Earl Knight taking the title roil.
' Jan. 21 has been proclaimed
by the student council March of
Dimes day. Money-raising activ
ities and donations that day will
be sponsored by Order of M, Pep
club and Girls' and Boys' league.
Mike DeVore, Kathy Guiley and
Melissa Jennings , are general
committee , members. v
As a spirit booster for the
Grants Pass games, Friday was
"color day" at Medford high.
forward with a surge of power that is a
revelation all in itself.
And then out on the" open road the
full proof of Cadillac's greatness will begin
to unfold itself! r
He'll discover its incredible ease of steer- -ing
and handling so marvelous that the
car seems almost to read his mind.
He'll discover its amazing levelness of
ride so great that even the road's roughest
spots are difficult to perceive.
He'll discover its marvelous balance on
the curves and. corners its incredible
quietness of operation its extraordinary
agility in the traffic lanes and the reassur-.
ing action of its big, powerful brakes.
And. so it will go mile after mile and
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN
Students (most of them) donned
patriotic red and black dress for
the occasion.
Jerry Couch, basketball man
ager, showed up at school Friday
ALL STOCK WALLPAPER . .'.
FOR ONE WEEK ONLY!
revelation after revelation until the. dis
covery is complete . . . and the drive is ended.
And even then, one final, confirming fact
will await him. For -he will find that his
travel has scarcely moved the needle on the
fuel indicator! .
Yes, the evidence will be abundant and
the verdict without question: This is the
greatest motor car performance of. all time!
If you haven't as yet taken a drive in a
1955 Cadillac,- you ough$ to do so sooa
' It's an education in all the things a motor
car should be and do and you owe it to
yourself to get the report firsthand.
Stop in soon, won't yon? We'll be most
happy to give you the keys any time!
PHONE 2-6264
morning with his ears cut. long
and his hair cut especially short.
The team had turned barber at
the Thursday night practice, to
enforce their proclamation. "Med
ford highers have crew cuts!"
FRAKE fir SMITH
315 E. Main Phone 2-4564
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