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TWELVE MEDPORD (OREGON) High School Annex Construction Near Completion at EP . Eagle Point Construction is expected to be completed by the last of February on the new Eagle Point high school annex and shop expansion program, according to Glenn D. Hale, school superintendent The new annex will include four classrooms, library and up stairs stack room and spacious halls to house students' lockers. Science Rooms Two of the classrooms are ad joining and will be used for science subjects. Bessonette and Graff are the contractors. Shop expansion includes en larging the woodworking sec tion and adding a metal shop. Workers are getting . the , floor ' for the latter ready for install a tion. The new annex will be the second addition to the original high school, which was con structed of Camp White build ings. The first addition included two classrooms. Six Camo Building ; , The original, structure was made of three Camp : White huildines on each side of a hall which were roofed together. The school's large gymnasium was also purchased from Camp White with a stage added later Hale reported that the expan sion is necessary to take care of the expanding school enroll ment From 25 to 35 additional students each year are expected in the immediate future at the high school. Enrollment' is 25p. Musicians uni Reelects Maple Alvin "Alley" Maple has been re-elected president of the Med ford Musicians union for 1955. J. Vernon Marshall was re-elected secretary-treasurer and busi ness agent for the 12th consecu tive year. Other officers are, Dale New man, vice - president; Charles Riggins, sergeant-at-arms, and Herb Alford and Marshall, dele gates to the Central Labor coun- Executive board members are, Robert R. Padgett, chairman, and Oiva A. Martolin, subord inate member, in addition to the officers. The local union was organized in 1942, with 15 members. This month there are 136 active mem bers of the" local. Portland Holdup Man Arrested by Police Portland (U.R) Portland police yesterday arrested a 64-year-old holdup man who came out of almost 25 years "retire ment" last Wednesday night to rob a Fred Meyer. store . ... " .... Elmer W. - Loveeren was charged with armed robbery and is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail. He told officers he purchased an over-and-under rifle-shotgun two years ago, but didn't decide to use it until Wednesday night when he walked through a check stand at the Fred Meyer store with the weapon in a shopping bag. When the checker looked as if he might call out, Lovegren said he "cocked the gun and told him to start digging." The check er handed over $285 in a paper bag. ..S AWL SAW kef MAIL TRIBUNE March of Dimes Coin Cards Mailed; Early Return Requested The battle against dreaded in fantile paralysis was carried into every home in Jackson county today. Mail men are delivering March of Dimes contribution en velopes from the Jackson coun ty chapter of the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis. Bob Smith, county campaign chairman, said today: "We are hopeful that residents of the Boost in Number Of Jobless Slated In Next 2 Months Washington (U.R) Unem ployment will jump considerably this' month and next, mainly be cause of seasonal factors, and possibly top the 1954 peak of 3,725,000 jobless, government economists predict. The number of unemployed probably will climb by 750,000 persons between December and February, they said. That would bring the total to around 3,500,- 000. They added that the ranks of jobless might be swelled. by 1,000,000 persons, and raise the total to about 3,800,000. Express No Alarm However, these economists ex pressed no alarm. In citing sea sonal factors for the indicated increase, they said unemploy ment usually reaches its peak in the first two months of the year. "Winter lulls in construc tion, mining, farming and the post-Christmas doldrums in many factories, transportation, and trade cause the jobless increase. President Eisenhower told Congress last week that the 1955 economic outlook is good. There have been general predic tions that business will pick up in 1955 over 1954 levels. Automobile production is get ting a watchful eye. One gov ernment economist said he does not think the industry can keep up the current high production rate through the year. This could mean some .unemployment prob lems later, he said. Registration Closes Tuesday for Classes Tuesday is the final .day for registering for adult evening classes to be given during the coming semester, according to city schools officials. Registra tions may be made by telephon ing Medford 2-9992. The classes are open to any one 16 years of age or older not regularly attending school. The final class schedule, to be determined by the number of registrations, will be announced later. . The classes include radio, workshop, parliamentary, prj cedures, clothing construction, tailoring, cake decorating, draw ing and sketching (basic and ad vanced), watercolor painting workshop (basic and advanced) and hooked and braided rug courses. . WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Consid erable cloudiness; intermittent rain today; mainly south of San Francisco and Modesto; occasion al ram most of area tonight; snow in mountains; little change in temperature; variable wind 10-20 MPH near coast. ATT TTIHHE ra w Monday, January 10, 1955 county will help us to strike a decisive blow against polio with their dimes and dollars. We are asking that they lose no time in returning the envelopes." $64,000,000 Sought The annual March of Dimes drive, which will be climaxed on January 31 with the Mothers' March; seeks to raise $64,000,000 in the nation to care for an esti mated 94,000 past, present and 1955 victims of polio. - Big share of the funds will go toward costs of hospital, medi cal and rehabilitation care of patients. V . However, $9,000,000 will be set aside for the purchase of a standby supply of the new Salk vaccine now being evaluated at the University of Michigan. Thousands of school children took part in nationwide testing of the Salk vaccine last spring. If it proves effective, it will be licensed by the biologists control laboratory of the National Insti tutes of Health. -Supply To Be Available When the go-ahead comes, the National . Foundation plans to make its supply, available to all first and second graders in pub lic, parochial and private schools in the United States plus all children through the fourth grade in the 1954 vaccine field trial areas. "While the Foundation tells us that possibly 18,000.000 chil dren may receive protection next spring, there are approximately 48,000,000 children under the age of 15. So new cases must be expected in 1955," Smith said. Grange Upper Rogue Grange Upper Rogue Grange met Jan. 6 in regular session. Fol lowing are the newly elected officers: Master. Herb Carleton: overseer, Harold Barber; lectur er. Carl Richardson: chaDlain. Peg Anderton; treasurer, May Richardson: secretary. Caroline Harding; steward, Arnold Win slow; assistant steward, Robert Darrohn; lady assistant steward, Mae Darrohn: Pomona. Tressie Vaughan; Ceres, Georgia Grieve; Flora, Meryle Carleton; gate keeper, Harry Harding; execu tive committee, Ranald Axtell Bruce Grieve, Mable Hanson; pianist, Anne Gillespie; Home Economics chairman, Dorothy Tockstein. . Bruce Grieve, -agriculture committeeman, gave an enter taining report of farm life in Finland. Herb Carleton told of a forthcoming livestock meeting to discuss among - other things vaccination of stock for brucel losis. : . r A candlelighting -. ceremony symbolic of hope for the New Year was put on by Lecturer Carl Richardson. Mr. and Mrs. Carleton made brief reports of their trip to Spokane to Nation al Grange and on td Three Hills, Canada, to visit their son Jack who is attending college there. The Grange was happy 'to wel come back Roy Vaughan who has been in the hospital in Salem for a number of weeks. A social hour followed the meeting and refreshments were served by the Lee Merrimans. Home Economics committee will meet Thursday, Jan. 13, at 1 o'clock. Helen Axtell and May Richardson will be hostesses for the dessert luncheon. Dorothy Tockstein, chairman of the com mittee. hoDes there will be a good turnout of ladies to help plan the club s program for tne coming year. 1Z ma Sheppard To Attend Funeral for Mother Clegeland, O. (U.R) Dr. Sam uel H. Sheppard goes in hand cuffs today to the funeral of his mother, a suicide. The convicted wife-slayer was to leave Cuyahoga County jail for the services chained to Chief Jailer Michael A. Uccello and county detective David Yettra. After the private services at the Saxton funeral home in suburban Lakewood, Sheppard was to accompany his mother's body to its grave in Sunset Me morial Park. , ' - 1 '- Then . the 31-year-old -osteo-pathis brain surgeon will be re turned to the special observation cell where he was placed Friday after Mrs. Ethel Niles Sheppard, 64, fired a fatal bullet into her brain. The cell is reserved' for prisoners who might have some reason to harm themselves. Jail officials said Sheppard never had shown any inclination to ward self-destruction, but the move was customary. The Dalles (U.R) The Ore gon State Game Commission plans to buy the Wasco Electric Cooperative's hydro power plant at Oak Springs this summer, ac cording to Co-op Manager Eric Johnson - 111 mmmw mwm mmm IPrietsafl H ie Lonesi - e iv s ImVmU&mA AH minimum down payment. " Yes! This is the Deluxe WV 35 model for 1955! Porcelain top and porcelain tub the exclusive pulsator live-water action and Rapid Spin-dry! And for this special event, Leonard Electric Co. will install a genuine -Frigidaire Suds Savor with your new washer for only $3.50! No laundry trays necessary). Phone right now to reserve yours or come in and see it today! F : LIVE-WATER WASHING- j SPIN GETS V" V v v GETS CLOTHES - I OUT MORE WATER L wdguddX fcSJ We Carry Our .LcBdDDnsDirdl IE Air Force Officer Donates $25,000 To Japanese Kids San Francisco (U.PJ Think of it an Air Force captain with $25,000! More than that, he donated the money to charity. The officer, Capt. Cullen W. Irish II, leaves for Japan today where he will "have the pleas ure" of watching t Japanese or phans benefit from these dol lars. ' He gave the money to the children of two orphanages .as a gesture of international good will. .Won Money in Contest 'Actually, Irish and his wife, Desse, had twice that amount, money they won in a contest sponsored by an automobile manufacturer. , Just one year ago Irish re turned from a tour of duty in Japan as a provost ' marshal. They visited 'a Vallejo, Calif., auto agency to buy a new car and while there Mrs. Irish filled out a contest blank and dropped it in a box. The couple moved to Otis Air Force base, Mass. Six months later they received a telephone call from a representative of the Own Contracts O NO 309 EAST MAIN - Modford'. auto firm telling them they had won $50,000 to be donated to any charity of their choice. T They gave $10,000 to the Air Force Aid society; $10,000 to the Chico State Medical school in the name of Irish's father, a retired Army doctor now prac ticing medicine in Los Angeles, and $5000 to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Home for Chil dren at Eaton Rapids, Mich. To Help Japanese ' The remaining $25,000, they decided, should be used to "help maintain the maximum .friendly relations with the - Japanese people." This is important, Irish said, because he and his wife had learned to admire and respect the Japanese for their "friendli ness, honesty and industry.". : '. The couple conferred with the State Department and Japanese diplomats in Washington, then agreed to give the money to two orphanages in Japan with CARE as administrator of the fund. Then Irish requested and was granted a new - assignment . in Japan "so I can have the pleas ure of watching the money be ing spent.".' NEW ELECTRIC DRYER dries clothes without; fading or snagging. 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