Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 18, 1955, Image 14

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Newspaper Page TextTWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Theyll Do It Every Time VcRMlM LETS7W BILLS ACCUMULATE Wednesday, May 18, 195S . 1 1 AIM LETSTUE BILLS ACCUMULATE FOR ASES AMD FINALLY RWS UP OU THE LAST MY OF THE CURRENT AOttU By Jimmy Hatlo So THE MAILS CROSSED ME 6ETS ANOTHER DUNNING LETTER ON THE SECOND D4y OF THE NEXT MONTH I7 ILOOK-THISISTHE FIFTH BILL DOCTOR PROBER SENT.' MLL von PML-f PPTP W AUVOUTTHE$!S CHECK? V3f i WA OKAVOKAY' a irr uohmdikT 11 c I ilc ivlric -rtA 600D for rr.'HERE ' NOW ARE YOU SATISFIED?? owfxujrio vie a WLLWHEN 1 4LRE4Dy , 2 'YmifS1. ' othat.you vniucK.v nu WONDER VOU CAN v iviniek Vacations ' Iff V ' H . " I ' 5 16 nr 35 3-18 OP THS MATl? WT lb PETER J. ALBANESE. COLUMBUS 19.OUIO April Bond Sales Triple Those in '54 Sales of U. S. savings bonds in Jackson cjunty were more than three times as large during April, 1955, as they were during the same' month of 1954, accord ing to figures released today by j Morris Leonard Sr., county bond sales chairman. Last month, sales amounted to S136.093, compared to $38,645 in April, 1954. Sales last month brought this year's total for the first four months of 1955 to S436, 937, compared with $328,314 for the same period of 1954. Statewide, April sales were almost double those of a year ago. This year's total for the month was 54.123,936, compared with $2,456,477 in April, 1954. Sales for the first four months of 1955 throughout tht state were $17,394,816. compared with $12,526,576 in the same period of 1954. During the first four months of this year, Jackson county ranked ninth among the state's 36 counties in the amount of bond sales. Clover Transport a&ion Enters Mew Era sn IPacBtfSc MoE'tfowesft Pickin' Pears News and Notes From Camp White By SID HOLLINGSWORTH Mr. and Mrs. Harry Birch have represented Steelhead Post and Auxiliary of the VFW at Camp White for a number of years. . They have been members of the Shady Cove Post since 1952, and participated in all VFW affairs at their headquarters here. During the past two years, Mrs. Birch has been hospital chairman for the department, in charge of the entire auxiliary program at the domiciliary, as the VAVS representative. It has been an active two years, and much has been accomplished through the cooperation shown by this group, and the enthusiasm manifested in every undertak ing. Lelia Birch was appointed hos pital chairman in June of 1953. It was a year of transition at Camp White, and at the very start of her term she toflk the lead in providing entertainment and the facilities provided by the CFW for the welfare of the men. One of the first gestures made was the formal presentation of the pioneer TV set, donated by the Steelhead Auxiliary, and placed in the Green Room. This was followed by the department get installed in the theater. Man ager Ricker was on hand to ac cept these gifts for the VA. Mrs. Birch has been first in to many of the innovations of this busy two year period, that It is difficult to keep the record of her achievements. Her group was first to volunteer for the ward work in games and pro grams. When the dances, usually held every Monday night fell by the wayside, her auxiliary spon aored arrangements- for two scheduled dances a month, a fea- Increase Seen for Production oi Paper Portland (U.R) Totalpro duction of the Northwest's pa per industry should jump 55 per cent in the next decade, J. D. Zellerbach corporation, told the Portland Chamber of Com merce members forum. He added that this would pro vide 37,000 jobs and an annual payroll of one hundred, seventy five million dollars. The head of the nation's larg est pulp and paper manufactur ing firm also said the wood in dustries will see an increasing shift of emphasis from lumber to other forest products in the years ahead. Japanese Weathermen Blame H-Bomb Tests Tokyo ;u.R) Japanese me teorologists are claiming H bomb tests for last year's cool summer, warm winter and other weather shenanigans. The scientists of the govern ment Meteorological Research Institute claimed the tests caus ed the jet stream over Japan to shift to the south last summer and to the north last winter. YOUNG YEGGS HELD Chicago (U.R) Two of the police department's youngest burglars on record, boys 5 and 6 years old, confessed they broke into a barber shop and took $17.34 from a cash register. A police officer asked the 5-year-old if his father didn't give him an allowance. He was told, "yes, but not enough." ture of the program during the past year. When the quarantine was lift ed a month ago, the ladies of the auxiliary were on hand at 11 o'clock, the hour the quarantine ended on that "good" Friday. It happens that Friday is the VFW day at Camp White, when candy and other items are passed around to the members in one section of the buildings. ' It hag just been learned that Mrs. Lelia Birch has been elect ed president of her auxiliary and she is now making her report for the year as hospital chairman. She has some very interesting things to report. In the first place, she has 96 VFW volunteers on her Ifst. Gifts last year were contributed by 61 of the auxil iaries, 9 of them from California, and one from Washington. Among the features in their program is the making of Christ mas baskets, to be distributed among the members and the per sonnel alike. Her associates have started work on these novelties for the next Christmas event. They are ingeniously made and filled with fruit and nuts and candy. Another innovation at Camp White is the CFW gift room, set aside for the auxiliary to furnish gifts for the men to send to their families. This project was started last year and 270 gifts were of fered, wrapped and mailed at the request of members interested. In addition to these extra duties, the VFW auxiliary spon sors two of the birthday parties each year, and a number of va riety shows on the regular pro gram oi events. The April birth day party had to be cancelled but a special party was arranged for them this Tuesday night by me auxiliary. Mrs. Birch also serves on var ious committees, including the picnic park committee. She has attended every VAVS meeting during her term. She is now in terested in the encouragement of singing by the men who attend her ward parties. . She has plans for a Field Day event on Labor Day, and is work ing out the details with Special Services Chief Frank Glonning at the present time. It will ef fectively round out the summer of outdoor games, now getting started, including croquet, shuf fleboard, horseshoes, and some that are being added to the card. Prizes will be provided by the auxiliary. With such a record, it would be natural to inquire what type of individual this live wire lady of the VFW Auxiliary really is. No one meeting her for the firet time can understand how she ! does if. And being quiet and j unassuming, no one is likely to know. She lets the resul.s speak for themselves. She did give away one secret and it is this: She started in with out any experience whatever. She had never belonged to any organization before she joined the VFW Auxiliary at Shady Cove. Her home is in Medford, but before coming to Oregon she lived at Centralia. Washinptnn "You can say, however, thatl i was born in Curry County, Ore gon," she was quick to add. "I had no previous experience of this sort, unless working in a real estate office can be called such experience. I like the work, as we all do, because we feel that we are doing something worth while. And we do try, in all that we do for these men in the Home and the Infirmary." PH. 2-9070 IF NO ANSWER PH. 2-9661 REPAIR "We Service All Makes" AUTHORIZED RCA VICTOR SERVICE Siskiyou Vaccination Program Postponed Yreka, Calif. (U.R) Siskiyou county health officer Dr. S. E. Lamb today postponed the coun ty's school polio vaccination pro gram indefinitely pending clari fication of the Salk vaccine con troversy by the government. Walla Walla (U.R) The fu ture of river transportation has entered a bright new era in the Pacific Northwest and it may not be long until boats and barges ply the Columbia-Snake river system from the coast to Wenatchee and Lewiston, Ida. This is the belief of Herbert C. West, executive vice president of the Inland Empire Waterways Association, who says the day of the 10,000-ton cargo haul orr the system is just around the bend. "After John Day Dam is com pleted, ocean-going barges will be able to navigate safely with full cargoes all the way to Ken- CLEAN WINDOWS Wausau, Wis. (U.R) Charles Fiet nursed a cut on his nose and explained to friends he got it when he walked right through a plate glass window in the new Marathon County courthouse. "The glass was so clean I didn't see it," he said. Gene Symondsr Body On Way fo Home Town Manila, P.I. (U.R) The body of Gene Symonds, United Press manager for Southeast Asia, left by plane for San Francisco Tues day night en route to Dayton, O.. his home town. Symonds was beaten uncon- j scious last Tuesday while try ing to get an on-the-spot story of riotous strikes in Singapore. He died the following day. His body was flown here from Singapore cn the first leg of a trip to the United States. newick and Pasco on the Mc Nary pool," he says. "Construction of locks in the proposed Priest Rapids Dams on the Columbia east of Yakima, plus minor clearing of shoals just above the McNary Dam res ervoir backwater, would make river navigation to the doorstep of Wenatchee a reality," he says. The Coast Guard already is studying the feasibility of in stalling navigation markers on the Snake so full-scale barge traffic can be conducted from Lewiston to the river's conflu ence with the Columbia near Pasco. West points out the future of port districts on the Columbia Snake system east of Vancouver is tied up directly with improve ment of navigation conditions and with how barge operators feel about increasing the size of the cargoes they haul. Increased Cargoes Seen At least one company looks forward to increased cargoes. Most firms haye been using barges with a capacity of from 500 to 1,000 tons, but Inland Navigation Company is building bigger ones. Its "Kiska Island," la r g e s t barge ever put into service on the Columbia, was launched in March. It is a former LST landing ship tank hull 327 feet long with a dry cargo capacity of 4,600 tons. It draws 15 feet when loaded, which will confine its operations to the reach below Celilo Falls mini .me Lmies iuck ana aam is completed. Barg.-j Available "Until the John Day Dam is built, it won't be practical to use our big new barges above The Dalles because of the neces sity of reducing loads to main tain a minimum draft necessary over the Columbia's treacher ous channel," a company spokes man says. The company also says it has equipment and shallow-draft barges capable of navigating the Snake to Lewiston. The spokes man says some shoal clearing and establishment of navigation markers would provide six to eight months of access to the rich agricultural region of east ern Washington. By popular demand . . . POISON OAK LOTION Now Available In All Drug B & H is the only natural antidote for the treatment and relief of poison oak. Sold on a money back guarantee! It is colorless when applied and leaves no unsightly coating. Don'f Suffer -Use B&H 117 S. 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