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.
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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. Shuman, Champaign, 111., told
a news conference yesterday that
"as everyone knows, the prod
ucts we sell to European coun
tries are simply being recon
signed and sold to Russia any
way," despite a ban on the prac
tice. ' 1
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