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1st taiversary off i SO Here To Be Marked Unit To Receive Flag, Volunteers To Receive Wings Air Force, Other Officials, To Attend The first anniversary of the formal organization of the Med ford Ground Observer corps post will be observed Monday, Feb. 29, at a meeting which will be attended by Air Force, civil defense, county and city offi cials. The meeting, scheduled to start at 8 p.m., will be held at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall, 42 North Front st. Part of the anniversary cere monies will include presentation of a flag to the GOC by offi cials of the VFW, and presenta tion of GOC wings to about 35 volunteer ; workers from the Medford post. The Medford observer post, located at McAndrews rd. and Jackson st., was started on Nov. 5, 1953, and was dedicated in ; February, . 1954. The post was constructed by members of the Medford Moose lodge, who also secured donations of building materials. -. About .35 members of the Moose lodge worked on the building, and the lodge still takes an active part in opera tion . of the post by providing observers who have charge of the post for a 24-hour period on alternate Sundays. Air Force Sgt. Fred Wheatley was in charge of organizing the post, and the first post super visor was Mrs. Joy Dievei. John Keener served as the first chief observer. Earl A. Sterigere is present post supervisor. . When Mrs. Diever moved from Medford, Harley Harper was appointed post supervisor, and Mrs. Lucille Brock was named chief observer. Since organization of the post a year ago, approximately 125 volunteer workers have received their wings, which are awarded for from 30 to 36 hours of at tendance at the post. Mrs. Brock has wings with a bar, signifying completion of more than 250 hours of volunteer service. The Medford GOC post now has approximately 275 regular volunteers who serve two-hour shifts at the post. The volun teers include teenagers from junior and senior high school. One teenage group with boys taking regular shifts is Air Squadron 14, Boy Scouts of America, sponsored by the American Legion post. Other groups providing vol unteers, in addition to the Moose lodge and the Airscout group, are the Seventh Day Adventist church, the Medford Active club, the Medford Exchange club and the First National bank. City police also aid in making the operation of the post a suc cess by providing transporta tion for those needing it, and by checking the post at night. Day captains are responsible for having enough observers to fill each hour of the day, and GOC officials point out that more day captains are needed. Those now serving in this ca pacity are Mrs. Stanley Parish and Mr. and Mrs. John Dickson. Among the Air Force officials attending Monday's meeting will be Lt. Col. Albert B. Spore, wing commander at : McChord Field, Wash.; Maj. George W. Manussier, squadron command er of GOC at McChord Field; Maj. Robert E. Stafford, detach ment commander of the Air Fil ter center, Portland; and Capt. Walter Andes, USAF and civil defense liasion officer, Salem. Others to Attend - - Others scheduled to attend will be Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks (USAF-Ret), and Lt. Lew Ayres and Sgt. Bernard . Moore, Air Force men who work with the GOC in the Medford area. .'Col. Charles Stafford, Jackson coun ty civil defense director, will represent the, civil defense agency. Entertainment for the meeting will be provided by pupils of the Colleen Hope Dance studio, and by Eve Prentice's accordion band. -Refreshments will be served by a committee headed by Mrs. Ray A: Daniels, social chairman. Others on the committee are Mrs. E. C. Coffman and Mrs. John Dickson. The meeting will be open to the public. MEDFORDftTRIBUNE united Press hull Leased wire United Press full Leased Wir Section Two MEDFORD, OREGONTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1955 Pages 1-8 School Officials Slate Interviews Corvallis Two Medford High school officials, Vern Wolthoff and DeVere Taylor; student counselors, will visit Oregon State college Saturday for a series of individual interviews with recent local graduates. ; '' The interviews are designed to cover student progress in col lege and the student's sugges tions for improvements in both the high school . training ... and counseling for college, and the OSC guidance and orientation program for new students. OSC started the discussions two years ago to help in plan ning new student programs. -College officials and high school representatives review interview findings at the end of the day. Eight schools participated, in the 1953 interviews, but the pro gram drew such wide approval that the number was increased to 16 last year. This year, nearly 40 high schools accepted invita tions to take p"art. Central Point Grange Central Point Grange will meet Friday night, Feb. 18. Lec ture hour will have a patriotic theme. . Plans are being made for addi tional cupboards in the .Grange kitchen, after removal of the old gas range and wood range. HER WANDS FUUL This little Chinese girl looks in des- ?eraticw for aid as she carries her baby brother ashore at aipeh, Formosa. . Baby brother is tagged "marked for evacuatin" and quite obviosuly unhappy about the whole ; thing. rA?y were among the many Nationalist civilians evacuated from the Tachen Islands. Portland U.R) Thomas A. McClay has been appointed to the newly-formed 1 position of forest economist at the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. Portland (U.R) The sec ond generator at Lookout Point dam' near Eugene went on the line yesterday. It has an installed capacity of 40,000 kilowatts. ' City Officials Set Trip To Get Sweeper Central Point Recorder-Coordinator Arden Pinkham and Ira Brock will go to Silverton tomorrow, to pick up the used street sweeper purchased by the city. . 1 ' A bid of $650 was accepted by Silverton for the sweeper, with $150 down. " Pinkham and Brock plan to take a city truck to the Willam ette valley city near Salem, and carry the sweeper back to Cen tral Point. .-. .." . Last, week end, employees and firemen removed the old metal fire hall and limbed the tree on the site of the proposed new fire hall-library building on Pine st. Food Sale To Russia Seen As Aid for Peace Washington (U.R) The pres-. ident of the American Farm Bu reau ; Federation thinks direct sale of American food surpluses to Russia and her satellites would improve prospects for peace. The farm bureau chief, Charles B. 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