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35 Local Students Will Visit OSC on Senior Week End Corvallis Thirty-five seniors from the Medford area will visit Oregon State college this week end for a preview of college edu cational opportunities and stu dent activities. The program gives graduating seniors a chance to explore ca reer possibilities in the various fields of study and to get ac quainted with college life. Talks with staff members in the var ious schools on job prospects are part of the program. The senior week end is part of the program conducted by all state system schools. Seniors are guests in the OSC living groups. Special events include student entertainment shows, a style show, dances, boxing and track and baseball contests. Local seniors who have noti fied OSC they will participate are listed below. Others may be included, since all seniors have been invited. They include Frank Bash, Larry Brown, Jon Clifford, June Couey, John Day, Charles Kanehl. Darlene Kraening, Lan ora Kyker, Henry Owen, Betty Naylor, Glen Peterson, Guy Parker, Suzanne Reichstein, Dor othy Rhymes, Elaine Sorum, Lloyd Shreeve, Jack Terzenbach, Sally Walker, Donald Weber, and Mary White, all Medford High school. Eagle Point High school stu dents include Kenneth Bitterling, Bill Caldwell, Pat Dickenson, Kay McCorkle, Amy Johnson, Eldon Mason, Carla Ragsdale, Jerry Tuttle, William Wayman, Alice Wilson and Marcia Wood ward. Other students are Jim Mc Abee, Dale Walter and Jay Wood, Talent High School; and Carl Garner, Phoenix High school. Song Writer Pays Dad's Old Debts Savannah, Ga. (U.R) When band leader-song writer Johnny Mercer was 18, his father's real estate and insurance firm here went on the rocks, leaving in vestors high and dry to the tune cf approximately one million dollars. Prior to his death in 1940, George A. Mercer used all his talent and personal property in an effort to pay off the indebted ness and reduced the 1 amount to $300,000. Yesterday, the late Mercer's son Johnny, sent a check for $300,000 to the Chatham Sav ings Bank, the liquidating agent for the former G. A. Mercer Company. Bank President George W Hunt said today that letters to all certificate holders of the defunct firm are being prepared. The chetk from Mercer, he said, is sufficient to pay off all claims. "This deed on the part of Johnny Mercer can be attributed to the bigness of his heart, his love for his father and his de sjre to clear the company s name," Hunt said. The Mercer company folded in 1927 when it was unable to liquidate assets rapidly enough to meet the demands of certifi cate holders. ; Meanwhile, young Johnny went on to success in the music world, achieving wealth along with fame. Railroad Fined $200 . Portland (U.R) The South- cm Pacific Company has been fined S200 by U. S. Judge Claude McColloch for improper mixing of cars containing explosives with other cars in the train. The railroad company pleaded no contest to a four count informa tion. Handy TtS Nutraliz Excess Acid Fast! A handy roll of Tnms costs only a dime but it's worth its weight in gold whenever acid indigestion strikes. That's why millions always carry Turns wherever they go for top speed relief from gas, heart burn, acid stomach. Tunis re quire no water, no mixing. Tak them anvwhere. Get a handy rou oi lums today. TUMI Mt TM TUMMT (AcWStiS I never let it spoil rny fun! .J - , j -If!' ' - ' ! ' ' M&'k'.yijftt-i"-; '',:f' . . -Hi . - ' , (, INHERITING TRADITION of ill-fated predecessor, raft Lehi II is taken over by Coast Guard to satisfy judgment of $820 in fines levied because of deficiencies in Lehi I which was abandoned in Pacific last summer after trouble-filled voyage. Departure for Hawaii is delayed, (International) Measures in Oregon Legislature Salem (U.R) The so-called ''balanced plan" for electing state senators has been intro duced at a hearing here as a compromise to opposition to a bill to have each country repre sented by one, senator. Under the plan, which was defeated in the 1950 general election, each of the 18 coun tries west of the Cascades would be represented by one senator, while the eastern counties would divide 12 senator seats. Opponents to the compromise amendment said it was, in es sence, the same as the plan de feated soundly in 1950. Under present membership based on population there are 24 senators from western Ore gon and six from eastern Ore gon.' The resolution would leave ths House apportioned by popula tion: Opponents to the measure in troduced by Reps. Giesy and Stunz included Mrs. Ronald K. Campbell of Corvallis. presi dent of "the League of "Women Voters of Oregon; Elmer Mc Clure, master of the state Grange and Ken Reinke, chairman cf the Multnomah County Demo cratic Central Committee. Speakers for the bill included Giles ' French, Moro publisher and former state representative; George Dewey, secretary of the Oregon Farm Bureau Federa tion; Sen. John P. Hounsell (R Hood River) and Rep. Joe Rog ers (D-Independence). Salem (U.R) A building program recommendation has been stalled in the House Ways and Means Committee and con sideration did not get beyond the first item in the 26-project proposal. Sen. Gene Brown (R-Grants Pass), in discussion on the pro posed Portland mental hospital, said he feared the state was try ing to provide the best in mental treatment when it should be content with lower standards in proportion to its wealth. Oregon now ranks 24th in the standards of treatment offered to mental patients in the nation. Two hours of discussion re vealed some opposition to the $14,900,000 building program CAB Opens Hearing In Crash of Airliner Seattle (U.R) The Civil Aeronautics Board has opened a hearing into last month's crash of a Pan American airways transport in the Pacific. The crash took the lives of two ercw members and two passen gers. . There were 19 survivors of the crash which occurred March 26. Thirteen of the survivors were among-, the 33 witnesses who were summoned to testify at the hearing here. It is expected to continue fo two or three days. Presiding . over the four-man CAB inquiry panel was Robert W. Chrisp, chief of the board's hearing and reports division, bu reau of safety investigation. The airliner, a Boeing strato- cruiser, crasnea aoout zo mues west of North Bend, Ore., after one of its four engines had torn out of the wing. Coos Bay Youth Pleads Guilty To Watch Theft Portland (U.R) Jackie D. Maxey, 20,-Coos Bay, has plead ed guilty to theft of five gov ernment owned wrist watches from a Marine Corps store in San Diego and U: S." Judge Claude McColloch imposed a one year probation. Maxey was discharged from the Marines last February after combat service in Korea. among members of the joint committee and a meeting of the Senate Taxation Committee brought out other objections that the total was too high. There was no mention of financing plans. Senate Taxation Committee members said they would be unable to complete work on their revenue measure until they knew whether the proposed building program was to be financed out of current appropriations or by a bond ifsue. Sen. Rudie Wilhelm (R-Port-land), chairman of the Senate Assessment and Taxation Com mittee, told members he would expect a final decision on income tax increases by Thursday. Sen. Phil Lowry (R-Medford), indicated he would prefer a sales tax over an income tax in crease that might go as high as 60 or 70 per cent. He said he would rather delay action on the income tax bill until the house sales tax proposal had been studied. Salem (U.R) The Senate has approved a budget of S5, 777,390 for the State Unemploy ment Compensation Commission. The measure, House bill 656, provides for $4,422,617 for sal aries and . wages; $259,228 for other personal services; $1,029, 529 for materials and services, and $66,016 for capital outlay. The bill now goes to the gov ernor. The Senate also passed a House approved appropriation of $183,783 to the State Board of Education for the Indian edu cation and training program. This is to finance the program frcm the first of this year to June 30, 1955. Salem (U.R) Authorization for the use of $174,000 in wel fare funds for the case of wel fare patients at the University of Oregon medical school out patient clinic has been approved by the House. Members also voted for an m Ton don't want gadgets if yon have trouble hearing you need the help . of an experienced, local hearing aid expert, backed by a nationwide organization producing fine in struments year in and year oat That's what you will get lor your money when you place your trust in Sonotone, world's leading hear ing aid manufacturer and distrib utor. No high pressure selling but friendly help in finding the right hearing. We have helped hundreds of your neighbors we can help yon. Before you buy any hearing instru ment, find how good hearing can be the Sonotone way. C. R. Adamson District Manager 839 East Jackson Blvd. IfiTTH (TCffi iiTffi wmm A 4? ill' appropriation measure to pro vide $3000 for development of parking areas in the vicinity of the state capitol building. Prop erty already owned by the state would be used. " ft' - . . r JaS0 tlTcrVA VP ''"' ' i'hrj&0t : Every cut of Beef Safeway )USUA( )M ' ' V'H'f Se,ls is nothi"9 le" ,han v9!E v s2p - or one reason . . . PROPER AGING is reason No. 1 why youU find your best meat value at Safeway! For example: Each Pot Roast you buy at Safeway is aged so you taste its full natural tenderness and flavor. To assure you properly aged meat, Safeway built in this area a million dollar Central Meat Plant. Here Safeway meats are held in air-conditioned aging rooms, at controlled temperatures, the exact number of days required to develop peak goodness. Around Hollywood Hollywood (U.R) Recipe for a comedian: George Gobel started being funny when he was a boy because his school mates teased him about his size. - "A good many comics start cut with a complex when they're small," is the theory he ad vanced today. "I was the smallest kid in my j class (He's only 5'5" today). You figure out some defense for this and you start getting laughs. ' The chuckles George won helped mold his personality. He was, and is, quiet but with a pixie-ish expression, when he talks, the slow, dry humor and relaxed quips work easily into his conversation. Though Gobel's success ap pears sudden, he worked 20 years to reach the top. First Job at 12 His first job was at the age of 12. He was a boy soprano in an Episcopal church in Chicago, where his father ran a neighbor hood grocery store. One day the choir sang on a Chicago radio station. The program director invited George to sing alone on other shows. He graduated to the famed "National Barn Dance" network program as "Little Georgie Go bel" with a guitar. He earned $15 a week. Later he toured county fairs with that show, working with such stars as Gene Autry and Pat Buttram. During that period George developed his Midwestern drawl and sim ple, folksy approach. "Things were pretty tough then and I was able to help my folks," he said. "I was too old to start learning anything else. ?eciasc Wednesday, April 20, 19SS By ALINE MOSBY United Prest Correspondent I was kinda stuck with show bus iness. I kinda drifted into it." After high school he sang and strummed his guitar on the radio in Chattanooga and St. Louis. Then he formed a trio and played cocktail lounges in the Midwest. It was the GIs who made a comic out of Gobel. Comic Emerges During the war he instructed B-29 pilots at Frederick, Okla. He also entertained at post par ties and the students roared at his jokes. Thereafter he did mere talking and less singing. George wanted to be a pilot after the war, but the only offer was with a charter service at S275 a month. He decided to be a comedian. He worked at con ventions and - hotels, first in small towns and gradually in big cities in the Midwest and South. It took eight years of strenuous stands before his agent got him guest spots on the Gary Moore and Ed Sullivan TV programs. When he was appearing at the Statler hotel here, an NBC exe cutive signed him for the Hoagy Carmichael summer show. Gobel won his own program which started a year later, on Oct. 2. On Oct. 3 he was a star finally at the age of 34. "Every time you move up a step you get a little more con fidence," he says. "This is what I need more than anything else. ' I'm glad it took years to get there. I would have been un glued completely if it really had happened to me overnight." About nine-tenths of all the people of the U.S were living in family units during the 1950 federal census. acily 'st c dy Safewr can NOTE OUR "PERFECT EATING" TRIM: As photo above shows, each Pot Roast you buy at Safeway provides all the good-eating meat that belongs on a true Pot Roast. There's lots of lean pot-roasting meat and very little bone in proportion to meat; ' the fat is trimmed close before your purchase is weighed, so you save money. Safeway meat-taimming means better eating and better ...AND TOP GRADES ONLY! Each Pot Roast you buy at Safeway is from U. S. Government top grades of beef (actually, only meat of the top grades is improved by aging!). This tender, juicy meat is packed in sterilized boxes at our Central Meat Plant and delivered to Safeway stores by refrigerated trucks. At Safeway meat counters and at our self-service meat sections, you get the same quality! MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Accountants Planning Post Tax-Season Meet The post-tax season meeting of the board of governors of the Oregon Association of Public Ac countants will be held in Eugene Saturday, according to R. A. Brewer, Medford, a member of the board. A sizable southern Oregon delegation will be in attendance, he said. Among topics on the agenda will be the 1955 Southern Oregon-Northern California Tax conference, which has been spon sored by the three chapters of the OAPA in this area. We Fill the Bill! 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