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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) Years hievement of Local Bigham Family 13 Family Members Honored Recently For Leadership Seventy-four years of 4-H club c leadership by one Jackson coun ,ty family was given recognition during thp nast. wppIc at thf 21st annual Oregon 4-H Leaders con ference at Corvallis. CJ Honored were 13 members of the Bigham family, two of whom, Mrs. Mary Bigham Myers c Central Point, and J. W. (Bill) a Bigham, Eagle Point, headed the d Jackson rountv rlplppatinn tn thp conference. Started in. 1120 c The family's Interest in 4-H club work" started in 1920, when Mrs. John Bigham became inter ested in the program. She served as a club leader for three years before giving up the work be- :: cause of other responsibilities. 1 Since that time, Mrs. Bigham's children, o grandchildren, and great ? grandchildren have be come associated with 4-H clubs. The number of years they have , compiled as active 4-H club members is almost equal to their number of years as 4-H leaders. ; Leading :the list is Mrs. John Bigham's daughter, Mrs. Myers, who has served as a leader of livestock and clothing clubs in the Table Rock community for 0 years. Now Most Active Mosfc active member of the family today is Bill Bigham, who has 16 years as a leader. At the present time, he is community leader of the Antelope 4-H club, and, as chairman of the county lair ooara, devotes much of his time to c Jackson county young sters. " Bills brother, Elbert, has il years of service.- He is the beef club leader at Antelope, and his club has taken more top rib bons than, that of any other beef club in Jackson county; The champion steer of 1954 was owned by a member of the An telope club. 9 Another brother,- Earl, has seven years of leadership in gen eral livestock work at Sams Val ley. . Q - Seven "of Mrs. John Bigham's grandchildren also have service as club leaders. They include: Mrs. Mary Myers' son, Ivan Myers, 5 years; Bill Bigham's 1 year, and Mrs. Clara Mae Sch- leieh. 2 vfarsr Elhprt Risrham's r daughter, Bernice Bigham, 1 year; Earl Bigham's son, Ken neth Bigham, 2 years, and Mrs. Lila Bigham Smith's son, Wayne Smith, 2 ' years, and daughter, Lucille Smith, 4 years, c The family's many years of Bervice to 4-H club work was recognized by county officials recently when the new 4-H clu dormitory at the county fair grounds was named Bigham hall. PROTECTIVE COLORING North Sullivan, Me. (U.R) The deer weren't at a complete disadvantage during the hunting season. Von Grant watched two hunters walk down a woods road, their guns ready. He no ticed a deer, which had frozen into immobility at their ap proach, suddenly shake its head and reveal perfect comouflage after they were 50 feet past. Longtime Messenger for US Supreme Court Found Dead Washington U.R) George Raleigh Robinson, true to . Su preme Court tradition, never talked much about his work. The solemn, dignified 70-year-old Negro was a messenger for four Chief Justices of the United States. " e He never referred to them as anything but "The Chief." ' Familiar Sight Clad in a black suit and vest, Robinson's stooped figure "was a familiar sight m the marble corridor of the justices' cham bers. - The only thing he ever told his friends about Chief Justices Charles Evans. Hughes, Harlan Fiske Stone, Fred M. Vinson, and Earl Warren was that they were all "fine men." A new Chief Justice was al SEE THE ALL NEW 1955 TRIUMPH RACER Daytona Beach n Alloy Engine SPECIAL U N.T.C. Approved White's Cycle Shop 36 SOUTH-BARTLETT MAIL TRIBUNE of 4-H HAVE LONG 4-H SERVICE These four members of the Bigham family represent many years of service to the 4-H movement in Jackson county. Left to right they are Earl Bigham, J. W. (Bill) Bigham, Mrs. Mary Big CofC Highway Committee Works for Program of Roads (Editor's note: The following is the second of a series of articles prepared by and published at the request of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerre, describing the chamber's committee urbaniza tion and personnel. It is hoped that through these, articles, residents of Medford can obtain a better idea of what the chamber does and how it docs it.) Recently appointed chairman of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Highway Commit tee was C. A. (Chet) Hubbard, president of . Hubbard Bros. Hardware. Hubbard attended school in Medford and at Oregon State college, and has been asso ciated with the Hubbard store since 1930. He served two years with the U.S. Air Corps during World War II, and has served as presi dent of the Chamber of Com merce, chairman of several chamber committees, and has held chairs in the Masonic lodge. At present he is connected with the Shrine and the Kiwanis club. . . Meet With Commission Already the Highway Com mittee has met with Highway Commission in Portland to dis cuss future highway programs Halt in Shipments Of Copper Ordered - Washington 4U.R) The Com merce Department Saturday halted export of domestic cop per and curbed shipment of cop per scrap out of the country in order to ease a U.S. shortage of the vital metal. Both previously could be ex ported without limit under gov ernment license. Under the more stringent licensing rules ' effective Satur day refined domestic copper "will not generally be approved for export," the department's Bureau of Foreign Commerce said. ways "as fine a man as the chief .before him." Mrs. Margaret Snead, one of Robinson's new friends outside the job and his cousin, said that he never told any stories or re lated any anecedotes about his job.' Found Dead Friday Robinson did not ap pear at work. As he had always phoned them when he was sick, the Supreme Court police went to his apartment. They found him dead, apparently of a heart attack. "He was a fine, devoted pub lic servant and had the affec tion of everyone at the court. He served four Chief Justices, and he will be very much missed by his friends and associates at the court," said Mr. Warren. PHONE 3-4381 Sunday, February 8, 1955 Service Is Notable BIGHAM HALL O . C. A. (CHET) HUBBARD Heads Highway Committee and plans for southern Oregon. Among the matters brought be fore the commission by three members of the committee were improvements on the Flounce Rock section of the Crater Lake highway, possibilities of progress toward the development of a new route to Klamath Falls via Lake Creek and Lake O' Woods, and the matter of reinforcing the Diamond Lake highway to per mit heavy commercial hauling. Accompanying Hubbard to Portland were Ernie De Voe and Bob Root. , Dr. Raymond Smith Said Seriously III Dr. Raymond G. Smith, Med ford dentist, is seriously ill in a hospital in Mazatlan, Mexico, it was learned here Friday by friends. Dr. and Mrs. Smith, who live at 1015 Reddy ave., were traveling in Mexico when he suffered a paralytic stroke according to a wire received by Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Phipps. The Phipps report that a nephew of the stricken, man was to fly from Portland today to be with the Smiths. Air Force Men Worried by New 'Hot Weather Uniform' Washington (U.Ri Air Force men worried Saturday about ex posing their knobby knees to the public as word spread that shorts will become a part of their hot weather uniform. "I have fairly attractive legs myself, but I don't know how some of the other boys af e going to look," one Washington pilot said jokingly. The Air Force made shorts the newest note in military fashion to add to the comfort of its men in the summer ahead. The com fort angle appealed to the air men, but the problem of appear ance was a hot subject of bar racks debate. Women Keep Shorts Some airmen said shorts ought to be left on the gals in the service but officials said mili tary females will be kept in skirts except when they go to the gym. T-Sgt. George A. Bishop of Lake .Worth, Fla., stationed at Hensley Air Force Base, Dallas, Tex., said he couldn't approve of shorts "for the best interests of the Air Force." "I wore that kind of dress in ham Myers and Elbert Bigham. They are shown in front of Bigham hall, the new 4-H dormitory at the Jackson county fairgrounds, which was named in honor of the achieve ments of the family. Fire Causes Minor Damage at Hotel Four Medford city fire trucks answered a general alarm yes terday morning at the Medford hotel where fire damage was termed minor in a linen closet, according to city firemen. The fire started in a cleaning bag hung in a linen closet on the second floor, they said. Smoke damage occurred on the second floor and fire damage was confined to the door and a small spot on the closet's floor. Exact cause of the fire in the bag was not listed. The alarm was sounded at 9:38 a.m.j with the trucks returning at 10:13 a.m. The aerial ladder truck and one other responded from the central fire station, as well as one each from each sub station. Thirteen regulars and five volunteers attended the call. A flue fire in the city's rural district at 12:37 p.m. was ex tinguished with no damage re sulting to the Warren Holbrook residence at 2306 Table Rock rd., they added. Commercial Planes Enroute to Formosa Los Angeles (U.R) A fleet of five commercial C54 aircraft was en route from here to For mosa Saturday, resuming the civilian transport airlife that ended after the Korean hostil ities. An Air Force spokesman in Washington said the air lift was part of routine contracts prev iously committed to transport supplies under the Mutual De fense Assistance program. The contracts are with flying tiger line, the organization which per formed a similar airlift to Korea beginning in July, 1950, shortly before the outbreak of fighting there. Flying Tiger spokesmen said the five planes were loaded by Military Air Transport Service crews at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. MATS officers requested the company to be prepared for an "elastic" schedule of similar shipments in the immediate fu ture. the Johnston Islands, but under extenuating circumstances and without the fearful consquen ces of public opinion." Airman 3-c Eugene Woods of Newport, Pa., stationed at Ham ilton Air Force Base, San Fran cisco, said, 'T think shorts are a good idea for hot weather, but I wouldn't want to . wear them around here." Legs Not Right "I haven't got the legs for them," moaned T-Sgt. Robert Rundall at Mitchel Air Force Base, N.Y. But the eomfort-minded air men were elated. "A bullseye for hot weather morale," said Lt. Col. L. : H. Avila at Mitchel. "I'm all for them, I like cool clothes," said T-Sgt. Arthur F. Davo of Minneapolis, a clothing store salesman stationed in Dal las. - The concensus in the nation's capital was that the shorts will not be worn in the Pentagon which is air-conditioned and fill ed with top ranking officers who might lose some of their dignity with exposed legs. Paralyzed Sergeant Testifies at Trial Of Major Nugent . Fort Sill, Okla. U.R) A sergeant who is partially par alyzed told a court martial board hearing charges of col laboration against Maj. Am brose Nugent that the accused man said Korean's would shoot officer prisoners if enlisted men failed to sign propaganda articles. The testimony came from M. Sgt. John Porter, 36 - year - old Negro career soldier from Fieldsboro, N. J., Friday as the court martial ended its second week. Trial of Nugent, 45-year-old Merrill, Wis., career officer on 13 counts of collaborating with his Communist captors was re cessed for the weekend follow ing Porter's testimony. Another witness Friday was Maj. Harold L. Kaschko, 36, who is stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash. Kaschko, whose wife lives at Paisley, Ore., said he met Nugent in June, 1951, at Camp 12 when he was on the Central Committee. Kaschko, who presided at the meeting of the Peace Commit tee before Nugent was chosen to head it, said the Koreans toud the American's they had to write propaganda speeches. Hells Canyon Group Says Idaho Power Not Facing Issues Washington (U.R) The Na tional Hell's Canyon Association, which favors a single high dam, charged Friday that Idaho Pow er's position "does not face the issues or come to grips with the record." Idaho Power, seeking govern ment approval to build three dams in the Hells Canyon area, told the Federal Power Commis sion Friday that public power ad vocates have built a "mythical dam in the sky." Lengthy hearings have been held by the FPC on Idaho Pow er's application to construct the dams. Opponents filed briefs after the hearings to the effect that Idaho Power made major departures from its original plea that are inconsistent with the record. . A brief to be presented Mon day by association attorneys said the FPC staff agreed the high dam would ' "provide greater floor control, navigation and rec reational benefits than the three dam plan," but "spins off in an other direction to endorse the three dam plan." Professor To Speak For UN Association Professor DeWayne Johnson of Southern Oregon college will speak for a meeting of Medford chapter, Oregon United Nations association, Thursday, February 10. It will be held at 8 p.m. at the Medford YMCA. Johnson's topic will be "UNESCO Defense of Peace." Anyone interested in United Nations is invited to attend the meeting. Little Girl Receives Wish To Belong to Chicago (U.R) Grace Marie Schiavone, who has lived in five different homes in the last eight of her 11 years, Saturday had her fondest wish, "to belong to somebody." Judge Samuel B. Epstein Fri day awarded . custody of Grace to her father, Armando Schia vone Jr., of Reseda, Calif. Since her parents were di vorced in 1947, Grace had lived with five different persons, none of them her parents. AVE! Safely--Profitably--Easily Through Your Friendly, Home-Owned Savings and Loan Association The. current dividend rote Is 3 Per Annum Savings invested on or before the 10th of February, earn dividends from February 1. cmomm SAVINGS 126 East Main Medford SCHOOL HOUSE BLOWN APART This is all that is left of the school house at Com merce Landing, Miss., after unseasonal tornadoes roared across Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama. The storms cut a 60-mile long swath of death and destruction through the Mississippi River cotton country. The school teacher and two children died here. In the three states, at least 30 persons were killed and more than 133 were injured. Widow Saves Lives of Six As $4,500,000 Fire Sweeps Through Pennsylvania Town Carbondale, Pa. '(U.R) A 52-year-old widow won praise Sat urday for saving the lives of six persons in a $4,500,000 fire that nearly wiped out this city's business district. Four other fires in northeast Pennsylvania communities left more than 400 persons homeless and caused another $1,150,000 damage. Aroused Residents Fire Chief Joseph Healey said that Mrs. Sophie W. Farnham, the widow, aroused residents of an apartment by her shouts and then went to the aid of Mrs. Marie Tresslar and her two chil dren, Donna, 11 and Thomas, 6 Healey said when the Tress lars found their escape blocked by flames on the first floor, Mrs. Farnham led them out a second story window, across the roof of two adjacent buildings and then down, to safety. "She undoubtedly saved the lives of the Tresslars and the other residents," Healey said. Tn annthfli -Tiro r-i r n 'Poorlirtrr 42 children were led to safety by their teacher when fire gutted the one-room Trostle Grade school Friday. The Carbondale fire, worst in the city's 103-year history, de stroyed 29 business establish' ments and at least two others were badly damaged, More than 225 firemen from Carbondale and surrounding communities battled the blaze which still was burning this morning but was "under con trol." Start Inquiry Fire Marshall William Mur phy said an investigation would begin . Saturday to attempt to determine the cause of the blaze. Aitnougn 40 persons were homeless here, there were no deaths and only seven persons were treated for minor injuries at Carbondale Hospital and re leased Somebody' Besides her father, whom she hardly knows, those seeking cus tody of Grace were her mater nial grandmother, Mrs. Grace McCarty, Chicago, Mrs. Helen Ruys, Chicago, and Louella Lyn ch, Ikader, Iowa. The girl's mother, the court was told, is in a mental hospital. Epstein, who let Grace decide where she wanted to live, said she told him "she wants more than anything else to belong to somebody." LOAN ASSOC since iqoq The Carbondale fire was brought under control the first time a few hours after it broke out Friday but erupted again later in the day. Seventy families totalling nearly 300 persons were left homeless at Shenandoah where another million dollar fire leveled a city block. Scores of other families were evacuated in the freezing weather from adjoining blocks as a precau tionary measure. Only two buildings were left standing in the block. It was LShenandoah's worst fire since 1883 when seven blocks were razed by fire. Scientists Seek Data on Thermal Barrier in Rocket White Sands, N. M. U.R) Navv scientists hope to learn important new things about the "thermal barrier as soon as I they find instruments carried on a near-record rocket flight. Search Started Search crews began scouring this . desert area Saturday for the instrument-laden nose of a Viking rocket which Friday blasted to a height of 144 miles from the Earth's surface, only 14 miles less than a record flight by another Viking last May. The Navy dispatched the com plex and expensive rocket in a joint experiment with the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Co. to col lect data on the thermal barrier and its effect on Earth-launched rockets. The thermal barrier, unlike the sound barrier, becomes more and more of a problem to fast- flying aircraft as velocity in creases, and is most threaten ing when a rocket tries to re turn to the Earth's atmosphere. 4,100 MPH Speed Friday's rocket, the 12th fired in the single-stage rocket series, accelerated to a maximum vel ocity of 4,100 miles an hour, ex hausting its fuel in 103.5 sec onds and coasting to its maxi mum height in 290 to 300 sec onds. After that, the nose and its load of instruments was blown free and began falling to Earth. It may be days, however, be fore the instruments are found. The last time a Viking was fir ed, the nose buried itself 50 feet in the desert sand and was not found for a week. This symbol, indicating the insur- ; . ing of your savings by the. Federal . Savings and Loan Insurance Corp., : plus sound management, means the safety of money invested with us. 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A Royal Canadian mount ed police spokesman said the case was largely "one of cust ody," and indicated that thec charge against Clark might be reduced to abduction. ' " Mrs. Winnifred Bryan said she hadn't heard from her son, "and I don't know where he is." Police at international border" points were alerted to be on the ' lookout for the plane, described only as "a small plane with floats." ' ' ' Til. GOOD NEWS TRAVELS FAST! Everybody's talking about our button guarantee. We will launder FREE any shirt you find we've returned with a button missing, plus S niore. Our percentage of missing buttons is so small that we can afford this offer to am press you with the fact that extra skill and care are used on everything you entrust to us: 9 for FREE IF WE MISS A BUTTON! ONE, DAY SERVICE! fit MedfarrJ Domestic Laundry 8 and & jf .. 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