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EIGHT MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. Mar 11. 1355 tt - ' 1 . i" a " " - ( in iiiiuri . Sm hi i i r,imm nm J 1 i M rhMiiTi faf CELEBRATING 10TH ANNIVEBSART of their labor federation, 200,000 Catholic workers crowd St. Peters Square In Rome to receive blessing of His Holiness Pope Pius XIL (tnternatumaij E. H. Hedrick Given PTA Service Avard; New Teachers Elected . H. Hedrick, veteran super intendent of schools in Medford who will retire Aug. 1, was hon ored by the Medford Council of Parents and Teachers last night. He was presented with the spec ial service pin of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers. The presentation was made by Mrs. W. G. Ardry. president of the council here, in recognition of and appreciation for Hedrick s "outstanding cooperation" with the PTA through his many years of service. Accompanying Mrs. Ardry to present the award at a meeting of the board of School District Veterans Hour Show Due Friday Camp WhiteThe last in the current series of Veterans hour programs will be presented at the Domiciliary theater - here Friday at 7 pm. ' The program, sponsored by District 13, American Legion, and radio station KYJC, under the supervision of the post hos pital committee of Myers-Hol land post, American Legion, Central Point, includes a variety show and radio quiz. Franklin "Jerry" Cirard, re creation director at the camp, will be director and master of ceremonies. Five domiciliary members will be contestants for prizes in the quiz. The Green Valley boys, di rected by Carl Aitkins, will play during the variety show, which also will feature 4-year-old Viki Aitkins, Sandra and Sharon Laing, dancers, and Mrs. C. R. Alexander and her Hawaiian orchestra. Refreshments will be served after the program by the Legion auxiliary of Central Point, and the public is invited to attend. 49 were Mrs. Roland Holmes, in coming president of the city PTA council, and Mrs. G. T. Haupert. During the meeting, the board opened bids for asphalt tiling and counter tops at the new Jefferson school. Bids were made by Barnard's, Laurine and Dyke, and S and W. Floor Cover ings. They were taken under ad visement by the board. It also selected a route for a new street south of Jefferson school which will connect the school site to Garfield st. The resignation of Roy Lund- borg, commerical instructor at the Medford High school, was ac cepted. He will take a post as commercial instructor at Beaver ton Union High school. The board also elected a num ber of new teachers for the coming school year, among them Ward R. Smith, who will be band director at the new junior high school on the east side. He comes here from Walla Walla, Wash., where he held a similar post. He has had a number of years of experience in Montana and Washington in the direction of secondary , school . bands, the board was told, and has had suc cess in obtaining good ratings for his instrumental groups at music festivals. He was highly recom mended on the basis of exper ience and training. Other elections included Mrs. Ellen Meek, Miss Alpha Jane Clinkenbeard and Mrs. Marjor- le Blair, elementary; Roland Weatherf ord, elementary physi cal education, health and coach ing; Mrs. Lola Work and Mrs. Mary Anderson, primary; Mrs. Patricia Stewart, intermediate; Miss Jeanne -Darby, girls physi cal education, junior high; Miss Anne Gentle, homemaking, jun ior high; Miss Catherine Fonken, art, junior high; Monte Kounz, math and science, junior high; and Karl A. Kahle, Bruce Nel son and Robert G. Work, junior high. Employing Persons With Handicaps Said Good Business ; f The program to encourage employment of physically handi capped people is not an appeal for charity or sympathy but is an effort to show industry that it is good business to tap this great reservoir of useful labor, it was emphasized yesterday by Victor E. Newman, interviewer with the state employment serv ice here, in a brief address be fore the Medford Rotary club. Newman spoke at a. luncheon meeting at the Jackson hotel. Emphasis is placed on ability Lrather than disability of thous ands of physically handicapped persons in the U.S., the speaker said. The nation-wide drive to provide useful employment to this important segment of the country's population depends upon wide-spread publicity, to find jobs and make employers aware of qualifications of those who have become handicapped by accidents, disease or war service. Film showing successful em ployment of physically handi capped people in business and industry was shown. Clifford J. Hanson, Rotary program chair man, introduced the speaker. you get - t at our SPRING Maytag Automatic saves 9 gallons of hot water per load with Automatic Water lvel Control Exclusive Maytag agita tor washing action Exclusive Double -Spin Tubs. No dirt streaks. Come in help us celebrate Maytaf's 9 millionth washer ... far mere then any ether make. YOUNGER APPLIANCE CO. 31 North Barton Phono 2-6419 Food, Drug Clerks Accept Wage Boosts Portland U.R) Wage in creases ranging from 5 to 7 cents an hour were accepted late yesterday by more than 1500 AFL food and drug clerks in chain and independent refail stores in the Portland area. The agreement included in creases of premium pay for Sun day work from 50 to 62V& cents an hour. Union secretary Gordon Swope said the two-year agree ment is retroactive to May 1. It can be reopened in one year for wage negotiations, he said. Grocery and vegetable clerks will receive an hourly 6-cent in crease. Covered are stores in Port land, Hillsboro, Milwaukie, Gresham, Oswego, Forest Grove and Beaverton. Bonanza Student Gets SOC Student Body Job Ashland James Womack, Bonanza, was elected president of the student body of Southern Oregon college in run-off elec tions this week. Womack de feated Charles Weir, Grants Pass. Other officers are Robert My- rick, Ashland, second vice-president; Leon McDougall, Medford, first vice-president; Barbara Havlina, Malin, secretary; James Stuckey, Ashland, treasurer; and four representatives - at large, Isobel Carr, Medford; John Rawls, Grants Pass; Anna May Walters, Grants Pass; and Riley Winchell, Medford. There are 'five' recognized pulpwood producing regions in the United States, correspond ing roughly to the principal for est regions. (Four ADcataz CoonviicSs .'in biliary? After IStemonsfration ffoir IPirDvoDeges San Francisco (U.R) Four Alcatraz convicts, . part of a group of eight that staged a minor riot on the "Rock" two weeks ago, remained in solitary confinement today until they "straighten out." Warden . Paul Madigan said the four are on a restricted diet Graduation Week Activities Listed By Rogue River HS Rogue River Activities for Rogue River High school gradua tion week have been announced by Principal James Hayden. The week will start Monday, May 23, following baccalaureate services Sunday night, May 22. The Rev. Ray Prinzing will de liver the baccalaureate sermon in the high school gymnasium, and the Rev. Don Mainwaring of Wimer will" read the invoca tion and benediction. Services will start at 8 p.m., and Rogue River churches will not hold night services so residents may attend baccalaureate. Senior Breakfast Monday, May 23, the annual senior breakfast will be held at 10 a.m. in the VFW building. The breakfast is sponsored by the Rogue River civic club. Seniors will practice for commencement Monday afternoon in the high school gymnasium. Final examinations will be held Tuesday, May 24, and Wednesday morning, May 25, be fore school officially closes the afternoon of May 25, when eighth grade graduation will be held. High school graduation will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 26, in the high school gymnasium with four seniors chosen by the senior class as speakers. They are Yvette Stevens, Lee Irwin, Charles Davis, Jack Herberger and Bob Hoover, two of whom will be valedictorian and saluta torian. The two highest class members will be announced later. More Power Seen In Columbia Region Portland (U.PJ Bonne ville Power Administration re ported today that restoration of interruptible industrial power loads will be made soon if the indicated spring runoff in the Columbia river headwaters continues. Yesterday morning, a flow of 136,000 second-feet at Grand Coulee was recorded. It was the second highest flow since last September. Warmer weather over the re gion plus added generating cap acity from filling reservoirs is expected to provide enough re serve to carry all loads with little or so steam generation by early next week, BPA spokes men said. Klamath Indian Timber Order Signed Washington (U.p) Secre tary of Interior Douglas McKay has signed a contract for dispos al of 806,000 acres of timber- land and other properties of the Klamath Indian tribe in south ern Oregon. Property of the 2070-member tribe will be dispersed accord ing to regulations to direct the termination of federal super vision of Indian reservations. Three Oregon - businessmen were a second party to the con tract. T. B. Watters, Klamath Falls; W. L. Phillips, Salem, and Eugene Favell, Lakeview, were appointed by Secretary McKay to direct the end of federal con trols on the Klamath Indians. . MEDFORD FIRM FILES Salem U.R) Articles of in corporation were filed here to day for the Simplot-De Voe Lumber Co. of Medford. They were signed by J. R. Simplot E. J. De Voe, John M. Dahl and Henry J. Davis. U Mall Tribune Want Ads i s Oops, our error Forty tongue lashes would b too good for us! But really, we didn't have an inkling that modern you still scrubbed wood floors. We thought you knew that Bruce Cleaning Wax thoroughly cleans and waxes floors in one heavenly easy operation. And that messy soap-and-water scrubbing can ruin your floor's beauty . . . and yours too! And mat .Bruce-waxed floors glow with pride month after month. Try Bruce Cleaning Wax for wood floors or Bruce Floor Cleaner with lighter wax base for both linoleum and wood. We're willing to take full blame for the sparkling, easy results too. - cleaning W Si of 2100 calories a day. The other four have been returned to their cells. - Madigan said the disturbance occurred on April 25 when the eight began smashing wash ba sins and toilets and tore up their mattresses in their cells. Madigan .said it was appar ently a spontaneous and un planned demonstration that be gan in a attempt "to gain more privileges" in the disciplinary section. The rioters demanded dessert at each meal, to be allowed newspapers and to receive com missary privileges. Prisoners under discipline receive none of these. Rest Quiet Twenty-five other prisoners in the disciplinary block did not Join the demonstration and re mained quietly in their cells. Madigan said guards took the rioters from their cells, marched them swiftly down -a flight of stairs and placed them in soli- Thomson Receives 8 Years in Prison Newport, Ore. (U.R) Rich ard Thomson, 27, convicted of assault with a dangerous weap on, was sentenced to eight years in the state penitentiary yester day afternoon for an attack on his business partner in Septem ber. 1953. xi woo j. uuuisuii 5 sccuna Trial. Earlier he was sentenced to 20 years for assault with intent to kill, but the Oregon Supreme Court sent the case back for re trial after Thomson had served nearly a year of the sentence. Thomson was accused of hit ting James Meuler with a piece of pipe in a car at Otter Crest. Judge Fred McHenry said he had taken' into account the time Thomson had already served in passing sentence. The trial jury had reduced the charge against him to assault with a dangerous weapon. Thomson was calm when sen tence was passed and thanked the court for their time and trouble. CHAIRMAN NAMED . Portland (U.R) Multnomah county Republicans last y night elected Francis I. Smith new chairman of their central com mittee. Smith, an attorney, re places Phil Englehart who quit because "of the pressure of pri vate business. ;. tarv cells Madigan said neither guards nor prisoners suffered any phy sical injuries. He said it was a "minor incident." He did not disclose the names of the prisoners, but - said no prison "celebrities" were in volved. ' The malcontents, he said, had already been denied opportuni ties to work in the prison be cause of their , "bad behavior and continued resistance to author ity." Unique Place "Alcatraz holds a unique place in the federal prison system in that the inmates confined are generally those who have failed to adjust and respond to the many advantages available in other institutions", he said. "On occasion, an attempt is made to carry on their obstreper ous behavior upon transfer to this Institution." Madigan assumed the Job of running the nation's tightest maximum security prison last Jan. 18. The last reported incident at the prison was a short-lived "kitchen riot" in 1953. In May, 1946, a bloody three-day mutiny resulted in the deaths of five guards and inmates and injuries to 13. fYPEWRITERS & rtDDING MACHINES Repaired MEDFORD OFFICE EQUIPMENT COMPANY 41 S. Grape Mmm 2-4100 75 Gal. Finest Pure Prepared Outside Paint if Reg. $6.38 Gallon gal. SAVE $1 .43 PER GALLON 100 GALS. FLAT Wall Paint In Whit and Colors $309 gal. Was $4.88 Gallon SAVE 99c PER GALLON GLOSS ENAMEL . . . . Vs OFF! WALLPAPER . . . . . .16 OFF! These Are Rare Bargains! Supply Is Limited! WfiLLIPAIPEIS STOKE 6th and Holly Diagonally Across from Post Office . Phone 2-9321 nwoiiffiisaaPM1 ill S R's new gravity switching yard at Houston sounds like science fiction. For on this mam moth maze of tracks the wizard hands of elec- , tricity, radar and electronics do a giant's share of the work, putting together freight trains day and night, under any conditions of visibility, i Men are important in the act, too, but thai system of automatic control called automa tionis the astonishing thing. It is part of the drama of modern railroading of the pro ; gressive ways and means sought by Southern Pacific to. bring you finer freight and passen ger train service. The pictures below show you how radar and an electronic brain team up to improve this vital yard operation. Cars from inevmingfreigkt trains art uncoupled and nudged one at a time over the crest of a small artificial kill, ealledth4"hump.H An electronic ccmpultr instantly note the car's weight, speed, rollabilit'y, dis tance to rolL,and other factors includ ing even wind resistance, then, like m mechanical brain, gives the all-important answer to... I Towerman "orders "each carlo its sched uled track position in yard through an automaticswitchingsystem, which limes end sets switches ahead of tar. ...the"retarder,"er electric brake, set in the track, which exerts necessary pressure to release the car at precisely the right speed... Starting its roll downhill, the car is clocked for speed by radar and is aw UmaticaUj weighed. Speeds vary, de pending an loads and other factors. ...so that it will roll to its near or ro mote destination in the switching yard and there couple smoothly and safely into a newly formed train. nil tLQVSlfiKSFlfil D. J. Russell, President, San Francisco THE WESTS LARGEST TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM A
