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Local and In Salem Alf B. Mekvold, Jackson county school superin tendent, was in Salem yesterday, attending a meeting of the legis lative committee of the Oregon county school superintendent's organization. Signals Painted Vernon Thorpe, city director of public works said that a crew of two men is busy now painting posts, control boxes and light heads of the city traffic signals. Kiwanian Meet Postponed A spring meeting of Kiwanis club officials in Division 15 of the Pacific northwest district has been postponed until May 1, members of the Medford club were notified last week. The meeting was to have been held today at the Jackson hotel. Runaways Two Portland boys, ages 14 and 15, are being held in the county jail on run away charges, city police said. They were picked up yesterday at 3:20 a.m. at the Greyhound bus depot and their parents and Portland authorities were no tified. Posts Bail Theodore Roose velt Longworth, 52, Milwaukie, Ore., posted bail yesterday on a charge of driving a motor ve hicle while under influence of intoxicating liquor, city police reported. They said that he was arrested at Fourth and Bartlett sts. about 1:40 a.m. Property Purchased Proper ty located at 1132 Court st. has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Ivan C. Brewington, who will operate a nursery there, it was announced Saturday. It will be known as the Court Street Nursery. The Bewingstons for merly lived at 2605 Tennessee dr., Medford. The sale was handled through Leslie Kellow Real Estate office. Son Born Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Pitts, Gardena, Calif., are parents of a son, Steven Mark, born March 19. The parents are former Medford residents. The mother is the former Miss Wil ma Hall and the infant's father is a son of Mrs. Verlenia Pitts, 532 South Fir st. Visits Here Mrs. R. L. (Lun etta) Bussey, former Medford resident, visited here the end of the week. She served as court reporter for Judge William Fort of Eugene who was here on court business. While here she visited her mother, Mrs. D. W. Mansfield at Ashland, and her father, T. R. Pollock, at Jack-: Eonville. Hospitalized Grover N. Bry ant, 619 South Central ave., an electrician at Timber Products company, was taken to Commun ity hospital Saturday morning from work by Medford Ambu lance service for treatment of what ' appeared to be shock, it was reported. He was improved later in the day, the hospital said. CARD OF THANKS Sincerely appreciated are all kind expressions of sympathy and beautiful floral offerings during the illness and passing of our beloved wife and mother. Einar C. Johnson and children. GETTING CONFUSED? Some folks are wondering if we've started a store in Medford Let's get it straight right here about names. Any similarity is purely coinciden tal. Dad tells me his folks came from Sweden and that the name is spelled J-O-H-N-S-O-N, not Johnsen or Johnston. The nearest relatives are in Massachusetts. (Don't you wish yours lived that far away?) HOPE THAT MAKES IT CLEAR Before we forget, better tell you we've been selling Merry Tillers out here on Hiway 66 for over 5 years. We don't have a regular place of business, we're gardeners like you. We can't afford a huge advertising program and we try to pass the savings on to you. We'd like to have you check our terms and low interest payments. S&H Green Stamps are given too plus free berry plants to our customers. We have the new Cascade Blackberry plus several varieties of strawberry plants. FREE DEMONSTRATIONS ON YOUR PLACE Did you know that you need never replace Merry Tiller tines? We've learned a few tricks from our experience with Merry Tiller that we'd like to pass on to you. DROP OUT OR CALL US. JOHN-SON'S BERRY FARM 2400 Hwy. 66, Ashland, Ore. Taste alone proves Sunnybank margarine naturally better! Personal Assumes Nam Theodore F. Pohlmann, route 1, box 6, Gold Hill, has assumed the business name "Ted's Radio and T.V. Fixit Shop" according to county clerk's records. Health Group A meeting of the Nutrition Study group is scheduled for Tuesday March 29, at 7:30 p.m., in the home of Mrs. H. P. Bosworth, -2425 East Main st. Anyone interested i3 invited. Rummage Pythian Sisters and Pythian Sunshine girls will sponsor a rummage sale Mon day and Tuesday, March 28 and 29, at the Pythian building, Grape and Fifth sts. Rummage and Plants Wo men's association members of the Jacksonville Presbyterian church have planned a rummage and plant sale for Wednesday and Thursday, March 30 and 31, in the Fehl building on North Ivy st., Medford. Costume jew elry will be included. Elected Allen D. Sterton, 718 West 14th st., Medford, a certified public accountant, has been elected a member of the American Institute of Account ants, national professional soc iety of CPAs. Sterton is office manager of the Home Appliance company. Automotive Clinic About 80 men are expected to attend an automotive clinic Tuesday, March 29, at the Jackson hotel, sponsored by the Littrell Parts company. Fleet truck operators and mechanics from southern Oregon are invited. H. A. Ste phens, Portland, of the Gray Rock division of the United States Asbestos corporation, will be the main speaker for the edu cational session. At Ballroom Ray Price and his Cherokee Cowboys band will play for dancing from 9 pjn. to 1 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, at the Rogue Valley Ballroom. A mem ber of the cast of Grand Ole Opry, Price is making many per sonal appearances throughout the country with his band in ad dition. He is a vocalist and ac companies himself with the guitar. Appointed E. A. Anderson, a resident of Medford for five years, has been appointed as an agent for the Allstate Insurance company. He will conduct his business from his home at 826 East Jackson st. He has recently returned from the regional office in Seattle where he has been undergoing intensive training. Anderson previously was em ployed by Montgomery Ward and Western Auto. Picture in Magazine A pic ture of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Walk er, Box 130, Gold Hill, appears in the current issue of the Ce ment Mixer, house publication of the Ideal Cement company. They are shown as they celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last Sept. 8. The picture is ac companied by a letter from Walker telling of his activities since retiring from service with the company. Phone 9-5611 News About Servicemen MARINE RECRUITERS A Marine Corps recruitment team, headed by Capt. W. J. Sk varil, San Francisco, will be on the Southern Oregon college campus tomorrow, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., to interview students in the freshman, sophomore and junior class interested in apply ing for the platoon leaders class program. They will be in the campus coffee shop. The program permits those joining to enlist and work to ward a commission on gradua tion. Such students attend two six-week summer training ses sions at Quantico, Va., and on successful completion of the training and on graduation, he is commissioned. NEW RATING Cecil Thames, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Thames, 3286 Lone Pine rd., recenty was promoted to electrician's mate fireman with the Navy, according to news received by his parents. He is serving on the LST 799 landing ship tanker now at San Francis co. He is a Medford High school graduate and attended Oregon State college before entering the service April 26, 1954. The ship on which he serves is employed in detecting and destroying enemy mines, and it is one of the many Navy ships to be awarded the Navy accomodation medal. IN ALASKA Second Lt. Edwin W. Dey, whose wife, Carol, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Dev, live on the star route out of Prospect, recently arrived in Alaska and is serving with the 71st Infantry division. He is a member of the 4th regiment, and previously was stationed at Ft. Sill, Okla. He is a 1954 graduate of Oregon State college, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fra ternity, and joined the Army last September. Births GIBSON To Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, 1218C West Main st., March 22, 1955, a girl, 6 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. BLANK To Mr. and Mrs. Don, 1122 North Central ave., March 22, 1955, a girl, 734 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. DOWLESS To Mr. and Mrs. William R., route 1, box 4, Gold Hill, March 22, 1955, a boy, IV2 pounds, at Community hospital. BAILEY To Mr. and Mrs. Glen F., 3089 Madrona lane, March 23, 1955, a boy, 634 pounds, at Community hospital. WEISS To DrT and Mrs. Ralph R., 621 West 11th st., March 17, 1955, a girl, 9 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. LEHMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald, 2763 Howard ave., March 25, 1955, a boy, 8V4 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. HOLLO WAY To Mr. and Mrs. Harold, 625 Clark st., March 25, 1955, a boy, 8 pounds, at Community hospital. BRADBURY To Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin, 240 Charlotte Ann rd., March 25, 1955, boy, 8Vfc pounds, .at Sacred Heart hos pital. PEREZ To Mr. and Mrs. Joe, 406 King st., March 25, 1955, girl, 614 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. MORRIS To Mr. and Mrs. Charles, route 2, box 201, Cen tral Point, March 25, boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. Garage Fire A garage fire reported "in the 300 block of Oakdale" was checked out by firemen Friday afternoon. The call did not specify whether it was north or south Oakdale, and firemen finally located the scene in the garage of Edward Carlyon, 327 South Oakdale ave. It had been extinguished by the time pumpers from the main and west side stations arrived. The fire marshal was checking on a re port the fire had been started by a small boy who ran away when discovered. ...you can JS: J INSTRUCTOR Leonard I. Lindas, above, will instruct a police class in criminal proc esses at the advanced training school here tomorrw. Lindas, who has been a regular instruc tor in the annual classes, is on the staff of the state attorney general. The classes are spon sored by the Oregon Association of City Police Officers and the Oregon State Sheriffs associa tion. School Shop Eagle Point are Expanded Eagle Point Approximately 95 students are making use of Eagle Point High school's recent ly expanded shop facilities, ac cording to Don McGovern, shop instructor. The addition, completed last month, is 110 feet long, by 25 feet wide, and doubles the floor space which is available for clas ses. Since completion of the addi tion, rooms for lumber storage, painting, and a fireproof spray booth have been added to the shop facilities. The school's met al shop also has been enlarged. Add Projects The increased working area allows students more room for projects, including boat building, according to McGovern. At the Obituary DONNA DILLON Funeral services for Donna Elaine Dillon, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dillon, Gold Hill, are pending at Conger Morris funeral home. The child died Saturday. CLARENCE McRAE Funeral services for Clarence Burdett McRae, 70, of 621 Cherry st.; who died Thursday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. with the Rev. Dr. D. Kirkland West of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. McRae was born April 2, 1884, in Chatfield, Minn., and had lived in Medford since 1924, coming here from Montague, Mont. On Sept. 28, 1911, in Kalispell, Mont., he was married to Ellen T. Johnson, who sur vives. Other survivors include a brother, Archie, Mesa, Ariz., and a sister, Mrs. Leona Webb, Guam. ETTA CLOSE Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Belle Close, a resident of the Medford area for the past 40 years, who died Friday, will be conducted at 1:30 p. m. Monday in Chapel Mortuary, with the Rev. F. Wildon Colbaugh of the Medford Assembly of God church officiating. Interment will be in the Granite Hill cemetery at Grants Pass. The deceased was born in Rochester, Minn., on Oct. 7, 1870. She was married on Sept. 18, 1892, at Lake Crystal, Minn., to Perry Foote Close, who preceded her in death in October of. 1951 in Medford. In 19i0 the couple came from North Dakota to the Medford area, where Mr. Close operated the Riverside garage for a number of years, and then became postmaster at Siltcoos, Ore., for 15 years before return ing to Medford, where the fam ily lived at 718 Welch st. Survivors include three sons, Ruben V., Frank W., and Arthur P.; one daughter, Mrs. Jessie Gideon; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, all of Medford. Sunnybank appeals to your sense of taste . . . giving you the flavor difference of wholesome ingredients that are naturally better.! Make your own taste test! Try Sunnybank over hot foods and as a delicious spread. You'll agree where flavor counts count on Sunnybank! X& at SAFEWAY Labor Court (DaDfled 0 DndustriaQ Peace (Editor's not: This is an other in a series of articles written for The Mail Tribune by Walter Matiila, a Portland newspapermaa now visiting Scandinavia.) By WALTER MATTILA Mail Tribune Special Writer Stockholm, Sweden (By Air Mail) An American industrial ist touring this far-advanced industrial .country will not be exposed to jurisdictional union disputes in the country's large shipyards, chemical, metallurgi cal or any other plant. Nor will the American visitor find a factory closed by a labor dispute over terms of a labor contract. And he won't come across a plant being picketed ty employ ees who charge their boss would not negotiate with them. Such disputes are lacking in Sweden in part because organ ized labor has developed more rapidly there with respect to Facilities at present time, six boys are work ing on boats, and two actually are under construction. The in structor expects that six or more boats will be built by shop class members next year. Class members also are con structing articles of furniture, with cedar chests, gun racks, and coffee tables the most frequent items. Those specializing in met al work projects are building horse trailers, stock trailers, and other similar items. Tentative plans call for addi tion of some new equipment, in cluding welding equipment, next year, the instructor said. Quisenberry Closing Broker Office Mar. 31 . W. F. Quisenberry, who has conducted a stock brokerage and investment counseling service for the past year with offices in the Fluhrer building, announc ed today that because of health considerations he will close his office March 31. After that, he said, he may be reached at his home, 800 South Oakdale ave. Here's paint I can really recommend JL. Week-End Hot Shots Boys' T-Shirts Imported cotton knit, short sleeves. White, yellow, multi stripes. Sizes 4-6-8. ea. BAMBOO RAKES f tutelar. March 27, 193S negotiating. Since 1902 employ ees have had the right to elect their collective bargaining agent for negotiating with employers. Greatest Contributor But the greatest contributor to industrial peace in the natur ally aggressive period of early labor contract making in Swe den has been the Labor Court It was the answer for dealing with increasing labor disputes of the period following the end of Warld War I. The public came to regard these controver sies as very costly and not alto gether necessary. With their long history in public admini stration, the Swedes inquired into the possibility of elimin ating certain of these disputes. This reform program devel oped the Labor Court which held its first sesion on Jan. 28, 1929. It was made up of three impartial members, and five who represented employers, workers and salaried employ ees. Binding on Both Parties Its jurisdiction was limited to disputes concerning the appli cation and interpretation of col lective agreements already signed. These are considered binding on both parties under Swedish law. There is no restriction in the Labor Court act to negotiating for wages or working condi tions, and the strike is still a weapon of the unions, and the lockout of the employers, in disputes over new agreements. What the Labor Court act dees is to eliminate strikes or lockouts after a contract is signed. If union jurisdictional disputes should develop, they are handled by the federation of labor unions. There is no ap peal from either decision. At first the Labor Court was bitterly opposed by labor un ions. They feared the court was prejudiced in favor of manage ment and that its very purpose hindered vigorous organization al effort by unions. Has Eminent Jurists The labor unions finally cal led a one-day general strike against the court proposal in 1928. But today they have ap pealed more often to that body than employers. Its judges are among Sweden's most eminent jurists. Labor now supports it PA I "W?'. VI : Jut c o Utility Outside White . . . . ' (Net our bast, but look at tha prica) o Crown Outside White . . . (An axcallent housa or outbuilding point) o 100 Pure Outside White. (Bettor than othor $6.00 paints) o One Coat (This is aw pndo and oy turn proof 2 coats in I ) 'we maintain the largest selection of outside paints in town... there must be a reason! Other paints also available See us now. OPEN SUNDAYS . OPEN WEEKDAYS 1951 MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TKXBTXNS 8EYEK Greatest (Domtiralbutor Throughout Sweden as a fine institution in the ad ministering of justice in mod ern industry. At the 25th anniversary of the court, when King Gustaf Adolph and many government people attended its session, Axel Strand, head of Sweden's labor federation, said, "Twenty five years ago nobody would have dreamed that the president of the Labor Federation would to day be present to offer his fel icitations. But the fears that were then felt in labor circles have not come true. We have for a long time emphasized the positive importance of the La bor Court and have advocated that its authority be extended to spheres not covered by col lective agreements." On the same occasion Gunnar Dahlman, president of the court, said, "About 1,500,000 employ ees in Sweden have their em ployment and wage conditions regulated by collective agree ments. The fact that the Labor Court has been able to fulfill its function is due to the strength of the labor organiza tions, themselves, and to their willingness to negotiate. In fact they settle among themselves the great majority of controver sies." Right Not Restricted The court has not humored Swedish labor to win respect. It has repeatedly held that an employer's right to discharge an employee shall not be restric ted. Yet it legally approves the basic agreement, which unions OPPORTUNITY THIS AREA Nationally known company has immediate opening for ambitious person to own and operate local distributorship.' Experience and full time not necessary. Applicant must flive three character references before Medford and vi cinity interview can be arranged. Write giving telephone and address to Box 3281 D Medford Mail Tribune. Applicant Must Have $10,000 (Which Is Secured) Our Liberal Financial Assistance Enables Rapid Expansion This is NOT a vending machine operation. Extremely high return for those who are conscientious. No high pressure men wanted as no selling is required. 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