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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1955)
Postal Clerks Hold District Session; HearVice-President - Chris Christensen, Portland, national vice-president of the Federation of Post Office Clerks, who recently returned to Oregon from attending com mittee meetings on postal legis lation in "Washington, D.C., ad dressed the district session of the federation here Sunday. Clerks and the women's auxili ary met at the Jackson hotel.- The 70 members in attend ance represented Portland, Eu gene, Salem, Corvallis, Grants Pass, Ashland, Klamath Falls, Central Point and Medford. Discussed Legislation Christensen discussed the forthcoming legislation concern ing pay raises and re-classification. A question and answer period was .conducted following his talk. : : . -' State officers in attendance included Norman Rue, Salem, president of the state federation; Mrs. Doris Buckridge,. Eugene, state auxiliary president; John L. Ellis, -state secretary-treasurer, Corvallis; Budd Gail, Med ford, state vice-president; sev enth district; Harel Buckridge, Eugene, national state represen tative; Ruby Rue, Salem, state secretary-treasurer of the aux iliary; . W. D. Heatherington, state legislative representative, Corvallis; Jewel Crocker, Med ford, president of Auxiliary 342; Geneva Hargitt, Grants Pass, auxiliary vice-president, district 7, and Harold D. Hicks, Klamath Falls, state vice-president. -Coffee Hour . ; The session was preceded by a coffee hour. Guests were wel comed to .Medford by Post master Moore . Hamilton, Ray Allred of Central Point, state past president, acted as toast master. Also present were Mrs. Allred, past president of the state auxiliary, and E. A. Ker linger, president of the Grants Pass Clerks local; J. Boyce Kel logg, president of the Medford local, and Virginia Hunt, presi dent of the auxiliary in Grants Pass. , Post office supervisors were represented by Earl .York,, su perintendent of mails, and ' Stan ley G. Sherwood, assistant , su perintendent of mails, Medford post office. ' ; Larry Rose,, president of the Medford chapter of the National Association, of Letter Carriers and a membe of the' state execu tive board, represented his or ganization. : The meeting was opened by Kellogg. . R. G. -Beach, . retired member, led the organization in prayer, and the business session was conducted by Budd Gail, as presiding officer of District 7. Members of the Ladies Aux iliary in a separate meeting dis cussed methods of helping ob tain the results desired by the postal workers. The banquet, which concluded the activities of the' district ses sion, was attended by 50 guests. EX-COMMANDER DIES Los Angeles U.R) Funeral services will be held Friday for Verne S. White Sr., past na tional commander of the Mili tary Order of the Purple Heart, who died Monday. CAB To Investigate New Mexico Crash Albuquerque, N. M. (U.R) The Civil Aeronautics Board starts its investigation today in to the crash - of a Trans-World airliner in the Sandia moun tains Saturday, killing 13 pas sengers, and its three , member crew. - Phil Goldstein1, CAB investi gator from California,' and TWA General Operations Manager Frank Busonv of Kansas City are due here today to check the instruments. It was believed the plane's pilot Capt, I.. R. Spong, flying blind through heavy snow, clouds, could have read his instruments. backwards.. J Rescuers who braved .. the treacherous 500 foot peak to re trieve the remains . of the vic tims said there was .nothing, left of the instruments except a mass of tangled wires. Tiny fragments of the wreck age were' strewn about a five mile area. , Gold hill grange .' ; At the -last meeting of Gold Hill Grange, Feb. 17 six ;ap plications for membership were received. Nina Dusenberry was elected and installed : as execu tive committeewoman to fill - a vacancy. - . - ' The lecturer's program com memorated, the birthday s of George .Washington. The hall was decorated with cherry trees, red hatchets, etc. with Old Glory in. the background.- Taking part in tableaux, depicting events in the life of Washington,' were Mildred Wright, Vada Page, Icie Walker-and Hal Bishop, A. A. Walker gave a reading on "Washington, : the Man.' -; Intiie dining room the tables were decorated in the - same theme. The attendance prize was won by Mrs. Elliott. Glenn' and Edna Chase serv ed members and guests with delightful ice cream pies, some thing rather , new in this com munity. .. . : ; . V At. the 'next meeting, Mar. 3, Wednesday, February 23, 1181 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE HVH Rev. ' and Mrs. Dierdorff and Mrs. Harriet Elliott, will serve. HEC win meet at the hall Thursday,: Feb. 24, as will also the Juvenile Grange. Dead Una for Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday - STUFFED CAT .' Lee,' N. H. (U.PJ--The moun tain.' lion that came1 to dinner 99 years " ago ' is still hanging around. He was - shot in this town, stuffed and sent to the Woodman Museum at Dover. Announcing The Sale of Our Business ''LEONARD'S FLOWERS" Mr. and Mrs. Clark Thomas The new owners will take over March 1st' and operate' under. the same name. r ' . -: ' We wish to thank you very much for your generous patronage and hope you will continue to buy flowers at 4th and Bartletr. urly and Vee Leonard - -, That was. the last authentic rec ord of one of the big cats in New Hampshire's forests. : Relieve suffering fast effectively with Jftf ftpyffi Now Being Featured At Your Favorite Store - 117 S. 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