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. :
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