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riX MEDFORD (OREGOIT) MAIL TRIBUNE Cafe Employees Take Chest X'Rays; Others Will Join in Program The Top Notch cafe, 27 South Central ave., and owned by Louis J. Ruhl, was the first cafe in Jackson county to provide chest x-rays for all members of its staff, according to the Jackson County Public Health associa tion. Ruhl, cooperating with the program for x-raying all food service personnel, made arrange ments through Bill Hoxie, e member of the x-ray committee for his employees to visit the out patient clinic at the Community Hospital last Wednesday. Others Cooperate Other food handling groups who have had 100 per cent par ticipation in the plan to further protect the health of their cus tomers and employees, include the Big Y, Groceteria and Qual ity markets. A number of others are making arrangements for x-rays in the near future. "It is hoped everyone in the food industry will have an x-ray during the next few months to help us locate unknown cases of tuberculosis, lung cancer, heart conditions and other diseases," Mrs. Jack Walker, case finding chairman, stated Buy At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Flues Drain Tile ' 727 . W. McAndrews Phone 2-4107 HERE'S No catch to this ad. Save almost $30. Rotary Tiller deal of the year. We have two brand new 2Vi Ji.p. tiller to 90 at a real bargain. First come, first served. We can't mention the trade name but you'll recog nize them on sight. These. machines dig over 8 inches deep and over 20 inches wide. They are not f cheap 2 cycle machine but a standard .nake with a well known 4 cycle motor. Why buy a second hand machine when you can get a bargain like this. $129.95 Takes either ef them and we'll give you S&H Green Stamps too. JOHNSON'S BERRY FARM 2400 Hiway 66, Ashland Phone 9-5611 Look Choose . 1 gives you so much for your money in wonderful new automatic ranges SEE THE NEW UTILITY California-Pacific MEDFORD, OREGON Last week 166 persons had chest x-rays at the out-patient clinics at Community hospital on Wednesday and Sacred Heart hospital on Thursday, Mrs. Walk er reported. Shows Cancer Toe Because early lung cancer is one of the conditions revealed by a chest x-ray, members of the local chapter of the American Cancer society have arranged to help at the out-patient clinic the second Wednesday of each month. Those who assisted last week included Mrs. Ralph Thompson, Mrs. L. W. Bates, Mrs. Fred Burich and Mrs. Lawrence Ellis. Earl York, business agent for the local Teamsters Union, and Hoxie, secretary of the Culinary Union No. 329, have been ap pointed members of the chest x-ray committee of the Jackson County Public Health associa tion, according to Mrs. Walker. Making Contacts Realizing the importance of finding unknown cases of tuber culosis before others become in fected, Hoxie and York are pres ently heading the committee to contact personnel of the food service industry and arranging for x-rays for them. Hoxie stated he is pleased with the cooperation he is receiving from members of the local Cul inary union and from employers in the food industry. The two men will also explain the x-ray program to members of the Central Labor Council in Jackson county. Approximately one-third of the sugar consumed in the world is produced from sugar beets, and two thirds from sugar cane. I, A STEAL to the Future! GAS Appliances! only (Dixy ; M w WW GAS RANGES For 1955 SEE the wonderful new features on . these new automatic gas ranges . . the built-in griddles, clock controls! and giant new ovens. You'll under stand why MORE people cook with ' GAS! PRICES START AT $11 WU 2 SERVICE Utilities Company Sunday. April 17, I9SS I McClellan Seeking Accurate Data on Jailing of Airmen Washington OJ.R) Sen. John J. McClellan said Saturday his subcommittee's B t 11 V of the jailing of American airmen by Red China "may be one way to get inuic dUL-u ic unuiiimnuu for the people.' The Arkansas Democrat an- nounced Friday that tfie Senate permanent Investigating sub committee will hold a closed door meeting Monday with State Department and Air Force offi cials. It will "discuss all aspects of the detention and imprison ment of American airmen by the Chinese Communists Not Investigation McClellan said the meetings will be a "conference" rather than an investigation. "Whether we want to go into it full scale will be decided by the subcom- mittee after the Monday sessions, he told newsmen. . The investigating group an- nounced plans to look into the Table Top Ranch the past win case of the imprisoned fliers ter were moved last week to only one day after demands by Senate Republican Leader Wil- liam F. Knowland, of Califor- nia and Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.) for the senate to hold such hearings. Wanted Closed Session But Knowland and Morse sug gested a joint closed door meet ing by the foreign relations and armed services committees. In announcing the meeting, McClellan said "all phases of the capture, detention and sub sequent imprisonment of the 11 American fliers shot down dur ing the Korean War, as well as uie iuui niutntaii xignier puois Wh?uarls0 k0wn t0 -be he.1,CJ uy me miiese wnimunisis, win be fully explored with a view to determining if public hear ings will be held. First Traffic Crosses New Columbia Bridge Umatilla, Ore. (U.R) Traffic rolled across the new five mil lion dollar toll bridge between Oregon and Washington Satur day. Govs. Paul Patterson of Ore- gon and Arthur Langlie of Wash- has accepted a position as prin ington were the first to cross the cipal of the Washington school bridge at dedication ceremonies in Medford. Friday, after Mrs. -William Switzler, widow 01 the "father of the bridge" cut the ribbon, "77(5)50 PHONE 2-5284 In ancl Around Table Roc! Table Rock Mr. and Mrs. George F. Joseph of Yakima. Wash., owners of the Modoc Orchards here, are spending a few weeks at the orchard during me smudging season. Gordon Kershaw of Medford has leased eight acres of land on the Orville Hamilton farm and has a crew of men Drerjarine the land and planting peach seed j UI16 "ccs iui iiuiacrjr grafted into different varieties of rfwarf rwaarW troco 1WV Vat. snaw hag another nurery ven. ture in the Wagner Creek dis- trict where he is growing apple stock. Reasons for renting land m this district according to Mr, Kershaw is that the nurserv bus- iness requires a supply of irri gation water that will be on water that tap whenever needed The irrigation of orchards-, clover fields and - pastures is going ahead here made nec essary by the lack of rain usual ly experienced at this season. Among local people who vis ited the last blood bank in Med ford were Mrs. Alan Fleischer, Mrs. J. L. Nealson, Miss Lucile Smith and Everett Brown. The Klinele and Carter cattle which have been on feed at the home pastures in the Lake Creek area, Several from here attended the pre-Easter services at the Church of Christ at Central Point, Sunday, April 3. Those present were surprised to hear the announcement of the en gagement of John Heverling of Central Point, and Miss Mar- lene Isbell of San Jose, Calif., whose marriage will take place at San Jose, May 30. Heberling, well known here, is a former resident of the community. Floyd Doland and son Floyd Jr. of Sams Valley were recent visitors. Floyd Jr. expects x.:. - hnrno ;n , npar fll. re from New York City where she is employed as a cashier. After being told by Mrs. Wal ter Timm, airplane spotter at TouVelle Park, that she had seen at different times what she believed to be a bald eagle, we made inquiries and learned that several persons in the Sams Val ley district had seen bald eagles this spring in the Sams Valley hills. Bob Sage, local teacher, now serving at principal of the ele mentary schools at Gold Hill, A recent guest speaker at. the local Sunday school was John Heberlin, senior student at the San Jose Bible College. Mrs. Ray Bosworth left Mon day by train for Kansas City, Mo., to take an examination course in teachers training in the Unity School of Christianity near Kansas City. She will be gone eight weeks returning about the middle of June. Mrs. Bosworth has been taking a correspondence course from the same school, and it will take an other year of the written work and another trip to Kansas City to complete her course and get her final degree. Gus Koellner of Sams Valley was a business visitor here Mon day. He had a bale of hay along with him, bought at the rate of $45 per ton to treat his cattle which he says, have already eaten their heads off. David Doran and family of Medford were visitors at the local Sunday school last Sun day. David is still using crutches from the auto accident last fall. He says his under-pinning still feels so shaky that it reminds him of the song, . "This Old House." Mrs. Frances Peason of Pros' pect was a visitor here at t the J. S. Richardson home the first of the week. Mrs. Roland Shope of Sams Valley was a recent visitor here with friends. She had a letter recently received from relatives in Arkansas stating that drouth and freezing weather had de stroyed all peaches, fruit, and truck - gardens. Potatoes and truck gardens will be replanted, according to the letter. Easter Sunday dinner guests at the R. . Nealson home were Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Leavitt of the Old Stage road. E. P. reports that the digger squirrels are ransacking his bird house and carrying off the bird feed. He says these are a different breed of squirrel than the bushy tailed ones that caused so much ex citement recently at Washing ton, D. C. Attendance at the local Sun day school last Sunday was in creased somewhat by visitors from other places, and several of our male population whom we were glad to see, but do not see very often at Sunday school except on special occasions. After the regular lesson, an' ap propriate Easter program was given, with members of the dif ferent classes taking part. Fol lowing the. session, youngsters AT took part in an Easter egg hunt. Strips of fluffy ice, 30 to 40 ft. wide and Y mile long on the green grass was a spectacular sight here Friday rrforning at the Table Top Ranch, where water flow from sprinklers dur ing the nigRt had frozen when temperatures dropped to 24. Walter Pirkey, recent pur chaser of the Stanley Vaughn farm, has leased the farm land on the Don Wheeler place which adjoins his property and will soon begin preparing the soil for the planting of crcps. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bishop and family were . Sunday dinner guests with relatives at the Nor man Matteson home in Medford. , Recent visitors here with rel atives were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cleaves of Coos Bay, at the Ed win Taylor home, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bigham of Beagle at the Frank Myers home and Mar garet and Roger Sharp of Med ford at the Ray Doran home. Mr. and Mrs. John Morris left Friday for Corvallis to spend the week-end with their daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Brood. An accident that injured one person and damaged two cars extensively happened early Thursday near the Stanley Vaughn place on the Table Rock- Sams Valley road. Mrs. T. O. Price, Sams Valley, a nurse at Sacred Heart hospital was bruised and shaken up when her car struck a parked car at the right side of the highway be longing to D. M. Mahoney, em ployee of the Table Top Ranch. Mrs. Bert Pierce suffered an eye injury recently caused Dy flying grease while frying chicken in her home. Not to be outdone, Mr. Pierce has acquired a badly swollen eye brought about by carrying a colony of bees in a hive with a sliding top that slid far enough to let some of the bees out, the escapees in some way got under Bert's veil and gave him a bad time before he could let loose of the hive and free his hands. Mrs. R. E. Carley, of Sams Valley, a recent caller here, says the house on the old Abbott farm that burned recently was en veloped in flames before being discovered by a passer-by who brought the news to her home where she telephoned the State Forest Patrol which had a truck out there, a distance of some ten to twelve miles, in less than fif teen minutes. The house and contents which were insured were a total loss. The last meeting of the Table Rock Ladies club was held last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Aubrey Taylor who was assisted by Mrs. E. E. Robinson. There was good attendance of local members and members from Central Point and Medford dis tricts. Several members were kept away on account of illness. Next meeting of Table Rock Community Club will be held Friday, April 29. Mrs. Alan Fleisher and Mrs. J. S. Rich ardson will be in charge of the program. Mrs. E. W. Robinson is chairman of the refreshment committee. BP A Awards Contract For Vancouver Job Portland (U.R) Bonneville Power Administration has awarded a $73,951 contract to Pennsylvania Transformer Com pany of Cononsburg, Penn., for purchase of a 12,000 kilovolt ampere single phase transformer bank to be installed at Mill Plain substation, Vancouver, Wash. The installation will double the substation's capacity, to meet eastern Vancouver s increased industrial 'load. 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