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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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Man Charged With 3
Kidnaping of Son
Lillooet, B.C. U.R) An 0
international search was laun
ched Saturday for ati American 0
father charged with kidnaping r
his 13-year-old son In a seaplane -after
taking the boy q from a
schoolyard here.
Police said border authorities
had been asked to join in the
hunt for Gordon Bryan, 40, Ta-
coma, Wash., and his son Ken
neth. The boy was taken from
a schoolyard Wednesday, and po- c
lice reported that shortly there
after a . man was seen putting
him ' aboard a private plane c
which took off immediately off
nearby Seton lake.
Officers said Bryan had been '
divorced from his wife for 11 '
years and that she had been
living here since with Kenneth
and a daughter Eileen, 15.
Police did not say whether the
plane was known to have head
ed south toward the . United
States border, some 150 miles
away. 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." ' '
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