TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON)
WOMAN BUILDER Shown is Mrs. James
Peacher, 53, of 2454 Delta Waters rd., who is
building her own house on Springbrook rd.
She has built two previously, utilizing only
a few days a week. She hopes to have the pres
Womtin Building ITDnnirdl '.Home
Mrs. James Peacher, 2454
Delta Waters rd., has an un
usual formula for women who
think life begins at 50.
The 53 - year - old woman
"would rather do carpentry
work than cook."
And, this isn't the first time
she's spent all her spare hours
building a house. She has con
structed two previously. Inci
dentally, she has managed to
raise her four children during
the years.
' . She only spends about 2Vfc
days each week working on
her. present project, which is
located on Springbrook at
Roberts rds. She hopes to be
done by fall, and will have
worked in it two years next
August. Her first two houses
took about the same time and
were also built on a part time
basis.
Raises Funds
The energetic woman baby
sits to earn building funds
and also works in the annual
pear harvest as a sorter, with
lewage Ssposal IPireseimts Sotoms Klealtlii
Gflazairdl Dun
The people of Jackson county
face "a serious health hazard
and tough problem" in working
out a sanitary sewage system, de
clared Robert Hart, county sani
tarian, to the Jackson County
Public Health association last
week
Speaking on a . panel at the'
erouD's meeting. Hart said that
up to 95 per cent of the soil m
Jackson county is unsuitable and
unsafe for septic tank type of
sewage disposal. Also, the prob
lem has increased with rapid ex
pansion in the fringe areas and
with FHA and GI building loans
being refused in many areas be
. cause of inadequate sewage pro
vision. Large Audience
The meeting was attended by
a large group of interested citi
zens representing many areas of
the county as well as civic oi
ganizations. Purpose of the meet
ing was to share information as
to the seriousness of the sewage
problem and to make plans for
initial steps toward correction.
. In addition to Hart, those ap
pearing on the panel were Rob
ert Duff, Medf ord city manager,
Dr. A. E. Merkel, county health
officer and Mrs. A. C. Uridel,
chairman of the Association's
sanitation committee. Miss Dor
othy Huskey, health educator,
was in charge of the discussion
program.
Study Outlined
Mrs. Chester Guches, president
of the association, outlined the
health association's study to de
termine the most pressing health
problems in the county. Inade
quate sewage disposal was
found to be the most urgent.
Hart displayed a map of the
county showing the city of Med
ford to be surrounded by many
new housing developments with
no provision for sewage disposal.
He stated in many areas septic
tank effluent is running into the
streets, onto neighbor's property,
is producing obnoxious odors
and a health hazard, and is a
source of contamination for
water supplies.
Declaring that many new large
subdivisions during the past few
years had intensified the situa
' tion, he stated there are now no
laws which control it. The only
control we now have is that pro
vided for FHA and GI loan ap
plications or an abatement for
control of a public nuisance.
In the former case, there is
nothing to prevent the builder
from obtaining financing from a
private source, though at a high
er interest rate, and going ahead
with improper installations. An
abatement is impractical, he
stated, from the standpoint that
there is .no solution in . many
cases and since it often involves
a. whole area.
Hart stated in many subdivis
ions improper installations of
sewage, disposal units creating a
health hazard have caused the
remainder of the division to be
unapproved for further loans,
Some subdivisions might also be
approved for a few homes but
not for further development.
When this happens, he said,
the land becomes useless, hav
MAIL TRIBUNE
ent two-bedroom structure (above) done by
next August, two years after she started it.
Mrs. Peacher baby-sits and works in the local
fruit industry to earn enough money for her
building "hobby."
the aid of wrecked material
from an old house purchased
for $400, she hopes to com
plete her two-bedroom new
one for a cost of a little over
$1,000, excluding her own
labor and help from her son-in-law,
William Schroeder,
who lives next to her new
home.
The new house will be 26
by 36 feet, including kitchen,
utility room, living room, bath
and two bedrooms. Mrs.
Peacher had help from Schroe
der on the framework, but
made all her own doors, wood
work and did the plaster work.
She installed her own switch
boxes, but had some help on
the main line wiring.
One of the major jobs to
be completed is a fireplace.
She intends to work in the
fruit to earn enough money
to install this.
Cut Flooring
Much frame and floor ma
terial was used from the old
house, with. Mrs. Peacher cut-'
Jacksomi County, Speakers Say
ing already been cut up and of
no value for farming. Each pro
posed subdivision should be
thoroughly, analyzed before sub
dividing, he stated.
Much of the trouble Hart de
clared to be lack of understand
ing on the part of the builder
where construction is completed
before plans made for sewage,
disposal. He emphasized that
the county sanitarians are avail
able for consultation on this and
suggested that' anyone planning
to build ask for such help by
calling the health department in
the courthouse. He also cited
practices of some in construct
ing below minimum units in
order to reduce costs and urged
buyers to check this.
Duff, speaking in the absence
of Vern Thorpe, who was unable
to attend, ' stated " that the city
of Medf ord has been aware of
the problem for a number of
years and has made an extensive
study of it. He stated the city
felt the fringe areas to actually
be a part of the city life since
it is the hub of business, social
and school activities.
"Of course, the city is also
vitally interested from the stand
point of health," he stated.
He called attention to the fact
that there are very few suit
able building sites left within
the city limits and with a pre
dicted increase in population,
the city needs room for expan
sion. Anticipating this, the city
acquired the large Camp White
disposal unit and has made plans
for further construction so it
will be in a position to furnish
facilities when called upon to
do so, he stated.
Only Service Left .
- "Because the city is already
supplying water and fire protec
tion to, so many areas, sewage
disposal is about the only service
we nave leu to oner tor an
nexation to help share the bur
den in paying for such facilities,
he stated. In discussing annexa
tion to the city, Duff stated, he
personally felt this to be the
answer for certain areas, though
it would not be . practical for
others. - .
Dr. Merkel stated the valley
has had an almost unbelievable
growth during the 17 years he
has been here and estimated
there are more than 9,000 people
living within the. fringe areas.
"I marvel that we have been
getting along as well as we have
without an epidemic," he stated.
"However, it is an extremely
dangerous situation and should
a typhoid carrier happen to come
into the valley, perhaps, from
some other district, we could
have an epidemic in no time.
Epidemic in 1934 -
Dr. Merkel cited the epidemic
oi typnoia in is34 whicn re
sulted in an expansion of the
Medf ord water system to an out
lying area. He also pointed out
that . water contamination ac
counts for many other diseases.
The doctor reiterated that Jack
son county soil, with many areas
of hard pan, is just not suitable
for sewage drainage which an
area become heavily populated
and the saturation point has
Sunday February 20, 1SSS
ting over 1,000 feet herself
of flooring.
All the walls of the house
are insulated, with the ceil
ing scheduled for the same
treatment next spring. .
A garage, 14 by 22 feet,
is planned sometime in the
future.
She also finds time for other
work too. She is active in the
local chapter of the auxiliary
of the Disabled American vet
erans, and is a past command
er. She is formerly from Port
land and has lived here for
eight years. ,
Her first husband died and
she later married Peacher who
who is a retired disabled vet
erans. The couple lives on
acres on Delta Waters rd.
Mrs. Peacher, who built
her 'first house 30 years ago
this coming April,' commented
on any future project thusly,
"I don't know if I'll ever start
another house, but if my
health holds out, who knows."
now been reached.
Dr. Merkel pointed put that
this is a state-wide problem with
the large metropolitan centers
such as Portland have a much'
worse problem than here. He
said steps are now underway, for
some state legislation which may
be presented at this session to
provide controls.
Possible Solution
Mrs. Uridel listed the possible
solutions which ,have come to
the attention of , the sanitation
committee. These include city
annexation, county zoning in
dividual sanitary districts, a met
ropolitan or county district,
state-wide legislation and small
temporary disposal units which
are now under experimentation
by the state board of helath.
City annexation, she stated,
would only come if the people
m a district asked to become a
part of the city and school dis
tricts would not necessarily have
to be transferred. .
'.Walter Sutherland,' former
county sanitarian who retired re
cently and who has given the
matter considerable study, spoke
for county zoning and stated if
we had had county zonmg six or
seven years ago : we would not
now "be in the mess we're in."
Other Speakers .
Others, who expressed interest
in finding solutions were Irving
Allen, attorney for . the Table
Rock district, Earl ' Yoakley of
Four Corners, Mrs. Eva Seg
gesenman of Shady Cove, Jimmy
Dunlevy and Dr. C. D. Lemley
of the Verde Hills district and
Mrs. John Hensen of Lozier lane
Conclusions drawn were that
action would have to come from
the people, not from the county
or state officials. It was decided
to form a committee, composed
Medford Residents
Ashland More than ) 260
members of Ashland Elks Lodge
No. 944 a 1 1 e n d e d an "old
timers" night last week when
three living charter ; members
were singled out for special rec
ognition. : -
They were .Thomas J. Fuson,
Medford, and Barney Miller and
Amos Nininger, both Ashland.
Each of the , three gave brief
talks. They were introduced by
Henry Enders, chairman of the
special event committee. ,.
First in' Area".' ' "
Enders told the members that
Ashland was the first Elks lodge
organization in - southern Ore
gon, and that members of the
local lodge took demits and be
came charter members of the
Lakeview, Medford, Klamath
Falls and Grants Pass lodges..
Three persons were introdu
ced by Enders who were origin
al Ashland lodge members. They
were - Earl Gaddis, Medford,
Charles R. Miller, Klamath
Falls, and Walter Newcomb,
Grants Pass.
Longtime Members
. Membership pins were pre
sented as follows: 50 years; Fu
son, Nininger and Miller; 45
years, A. M. Dryud, . Walter
Winston Foley
Club Member
Winston Foley, 17, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Foley, route 1,
box 325, Central Point, is the
Jackson County 4-H club mem
ber of the month for February.
Winston is m his ninth year
of 4-H club work and has car
ried projects in swine, poultry,
beef, bees, garden, fishing and
crops. He has exhibited the re
serve champion hog in 1950 and
the grand champion market hog
in 1952; at the county fair. His
breeding stock brought him
championships in '48 and '49 in
swine.
Received Championships
In his poultry project he had
both Indian Rivers and Reds and
received championship in 1951
and '52 in market birds. Garden
ing won him a championship in
1952 and in 1953 and '54 his ex
hibit for bee keeping walked off
. WINSTON FOLEY
4-H Member of Month
with top honors at the fair.
Winston exhibited at state fair
three years. He placed first with
a Berkshire Gilt in 1952 and
second in showmanship and in
1953 had the grand champion
bee exhibit for the state of Ore-
of people from all parts of the
county to go into the matter in
more detail and to obtain further
information on each of the sug
gested solutions.
Those present agreed It will
be an. educational job in each
community for those aware of
the problem and more informa
tion is needed. The central com.
mittee is to obtain all informa
tion possible to be presented to
each community..
It was agreed,- too, that the
solution may be expensive but
that it' would, be far more ex
pensive to neglect.
850 Chest X-Rays .
During the business portion
of the meeting Mrs. Jack Walk
er, case finding chairman, stated
850 chest x-rays had been taken
since opening of the Community
hospital clinic each Wednesday
afternoons from 3 to 6 p. m. Of
the 850 taken at the "out-patient"
clinic, 50 have been found
to have enlarged hearts, one an
enlarged thyroid, several en
physemas, 17 have been referred
for further study and four have
been suggestive of tuberculosis.
'Mrs. M. O. Grove, county seal
sale chairman, reported the total
to date lacked a few hundred
dollars of reaching last year's
amount but returns are still be
ing received.
Mrs. Melvin Hall of the As-,
sociation's mental health com
mittee called attention to the
bill before the legislature which
effects the pilot school program
for mentally retarded children
at Phoenix. In explaining the
bill, she urged that those in
terested write legislators asking
that the school be continued in
stead of passage of a new bill
which . puts the matter under
jurisdiction of individual school
districts. -
Honored at Ashland
Newcomb and I. R. Frideg'ar;
40 years,; Earl Hosier and Ralph
Burgess; 35 years, M. E. Ply
mate,. P. R. Hardy, V. G. Barnt
house, . Walter L. James, M. S.
Hamaker and Frank Dunphy; 30
years, Melvin Kaegi, C. A. Cor
nelius, Carl A. McCune and
Harry McNair, and, 25 years,
Dr. R. L. Burdlc,
TO INCREASE DUES
New York (U.R) Delegates
to the CIO . Transport Workers
convention voted Friday to in
crease membership, " dues and
raise the salary of union Presi
dent Michael J. Quill.
PARK VIEW NURSING HOME
906 WEST MAIN STREET
Medford, Oregon ' Phono 2-6938
Post operatives, chronics and convalescents
Specialized care with kindness .
Under Registered Nurse Supervision
NURSES ON DUTY 24 HOURS DAILY
County 4-H
for February
gon. His bee demonstration in
1951 won him a trip to compete
at the state fair in Salem.
Does Judging
Always interested in crops,
Winston has . done considerable
judging. The team he was on
representing Jackson county
went to the state fair in 1951
and placed in . the red ribbon
group. In 1952 they went to the
Pacific International in Port
land and was the champion
crops judging team from seven
western states. .
His - activities in club work
other than his exhibits includes
attending 4-H summer school in
1951 and three years at the an
nual 4-H summer camp. Win
ston has been the president of
his local community club in the
Howard district, served two
years as vice-president and two
years as secretary. He is now
serving as a junior leader for
Mrs. Everett Gibson, leader of
the Howard club.
Farm Near Gold Hill ' - .
The Foleys . have over' 200
acres that they are farming on
the Old Stage rd. two miles
south of Gold Hill. They are
raising barley, oats, wheat, and
alfalfa along with 15 head of
beef cattle and about 12 head of
pigs. '.'
Mrs. Foley is a teacher m the
Medford junior high school and
an older brother, Benson, is now
a freshman at Oregon State col
lege. His younger brother, John,
14, is a freshman at Crater high
in Central Point. Winston's hob
bies are strictly those of an out
doorsman with fishing, hunting
and trapping heading the list.
His skill is shown by the num
ber of steelhead he catches and
by the shooting of his buck this
past year.
A senior at Medford high
school, Winston is an average
student taking a college prepar
atory course. His spare time at
school he spends in the wood
working shop. After graduation
from high school this year, he
plans to work as a carpenter's
apprentice with hopes of attend
ing Oregon Tech. at Klamath
Falls in the future.
Jacksonville IRL
Club Has Annual
Dinner Program
Jacksonville The Internat
ional Relations league club of
Jacksonville high school held its
annual smorgasbord dinner last
week, featuring a variety of for
eign dishes, according to Clyde
Sutherland, school superinten
dent.
Featured guests were Gloria
Pedilla, Honduras, a student at
Southern Oregon college, and
Guillermo Domingues,- Colom
bia, senior -student at Crater high
school in : Central Point. De-
Wayne Johnson,' Southern Ore
gon college instructor, was the
main speaker, along with the stu
dent from Honduras. . "
Mrs. Inch Speaker
Mrs. Una B. Inch, assistant to
the county rural school board,
also spoke on the history of IRL.
Club President . Allen Swearin-
gen presided.
Sutherland reported that both
foreign students made interest
ing comments on the habits and
customs of their native lands.'
Six members of the high
school club will attend the an
nual IRL state meeting at the
University of Oregon,' Feb. 24-
27. Included are Swearingen,
Sydney . Sutherland, Norman
Pawlowski, Shirley .Schultz,
Phylis Stevens and Tom King.
The . conference is . sponsored
by the Oregon Education asso
ciation and the UO political sci
ence department. ;
Weather Bureau Lists
Arctic5 Job Openings
The U." S. weather bureau is
now seeking applications, for per-;
sons who can qualify as cooks,
station mechanics and airstrip
mechanics for duty at joint U. S.
Canadian weather stations in the
Arctic. .- ;
; The positions are located at
Isachsen, Mould Bay, Alert and
Eureka, all in the northwest ter
ritory of Canada.
Salaries for. the jobs range
from $5,340, plus Arctic bonus,
down to $4,340. ." Applicants
should be physically and men
tally suited for a "considerable
amount" of physical labor and
have the characteristics neces
sary' to enable them to live under
isolated conditions, officials said.
Additional information can be
obtained by writing to chief, U.
S.. Weather bureau, Attention:
Arctic operations' project, -Washington,
D. C. :
Swans (Gove Binl to BUT IPItaotog
(Editor's note: The Mail
Tribune's city editor recently
noticed a paragraph in Emmet
Nealon's Table Rock corre
spondence which reported that
several swans were in resi
dence at Table Top ranch. He
passed the information along
to Reporter Harry A. Nord
wick, with the suggestion that
it might make a good picture
for the paper. Herewith are
Reporter Nordwick's notes on
his adventures, which, it is
probably evident, he did not
intend for publication.)
By H. A. (FLYAWAY)
NORDWICK
Mail Tribune Bird Expert,
Pro Tem
H. A. Nordwick, "The Mail
Tribune's finest" photographer
of curbs, gutters and fire hy
drants, attempted a new "first"
km -crs o o fts, h
ROGUE RIVER TRUCK Pictured are three
city officials of Rogue River and the city's
new fire truck which arrived in. town last
week. The truck, built by American. LaFrance
company on' a Ford chassis, was purchased
with part of the money from a $15,000 bond
issue voted last year. It is equipped with a
600-pound high pressure fog and spray system
SEARCH DELAYED
Rome (U.R) Snow, rain
and low clouds foiled plans Sat
urday for a "maximum" air
search; for a Belgian airliner
missing since last Sunday with
29 persons aboard. Officials said
the search probably would be
abandoned until Monday.;
WEATHER
By United Press . .
Northern California: Clear
Sunday; .
DINE OUT
THIS WEEK!
Holiday I nn Coffee Shop
Steak House Cafe
Maury's Corner
Eaton's Dinner House
Trailways Cafe
Hotel Medford
Lulu's Cafe
El Rogue Cafe
Red Streak Cafe
Rogue Valley Country Club
Busy bee Gate
Other restaurants or cafes wishing to cooperate and bt included en our future ads Call Med
ford 2-8212. Ad paid by Milk Producers lcao,ue and Jackson County Pomona Grange. '
TABLE TOP RANCH SWANS
Or Someone's Clothing -
. on Line?
this week, with results that
would make Osa Johnson and
Walt Disney shudder.
..Venturing from inantimate
objects to wildlife, Nordwick,
armed with camera and little
else, ventured out to Table
Top ranch, nestled between
the Rogue valley's two Table
Rocks, for a "closeup" shot
of white swans wintering in
the fields.
As he approached, : the
swans, about 19 of them, were
peacefully- scattered about 200
yards from the highway. Tak-
ing no . chances, Nordwick
took a long-range shot from
a sheltering fence. Then, care
fully checking the wind, " he
casually sauntered into the
field, attempting to sidle near
the swans for a close - shot,
without the aid of a telephoto
lens, which he doesn't have.
At about 100 yards, the
REVIVAL MEETINGS
FOURSQUARE CHURCH
East Jackson A Biddla Rd.
Starting Sunday, Feb. 20 .at 7:30 P.M. Every night Except Monday.
Special speaker Rev. H. L.! Hoover. This, Man is an Able Speaker,
being in the Ministry for thirty-two years. Subject for Sunday Night:
; THE LIVING CHURCH" ;1.
Whether you choose a hamburger, piump and juicy . . .
or golden brown, tender, fried chicken, you'll find it
cooked at its decilious best at your favorite restaurant.;
For real enjoyment make a date with yourself and your
family to oat out this week!
DON'T FORGET TO ASK FOR -
Top Notch Cafe '
Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop
Al White's Rogue Restaurant
Groceteria
Hotel Jackson
Brown's Cafe
Wimer Cafe .
Whistle Stop Cafe
Big Y Super Market
Kim's Restaurant
birds flapped their wings and
cast inquiring, glances at Nord
wick," who was nearing from
what he hoped was down
wind. Shortly thereafter the .
birds decided they'd had
. enough, and took flight, much
to the consternation of the
photographer, who quickly
snapped a shot of the flying
group . . which was so far
away that it was not possible
to tell, on a small print, wheth
er the white objects are swans
or ' someone's clothing on a
line. (Secpicture.) .
When last viewed in the
sky, the swans were hightail
ing due south, possibly for
warmer and less objectionable
situations.
' Nordwick was last seen
dressed as a pheasant, crawl
ing in the hay stubble of. the
field.
and has a 500-gallon tank capacity. The city
is also building a concrete-block fire hall on
city propertyi which was expected to be com
pleted by this week. Pictured, (left to right)
' are Councilman Harold E. Sander,' Mayor
.Phil B. Engle, and Councilman Shade Combs.
The latter's Dalmatian dog, Micky, is shown
perched on the truck's hood.- ; .
"The Pick-UpThat
Never Lets You
- . Down"
AT NO
EXTRA COST!