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Sunday May 22, 1955
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT Clouds of smoke hover over the forest fire that raged for
hours behind Lakehurst, N. J. Naval Air Station, threatening blimps and hangars before
being brought under control Twelve buildings and thousands of acres of woodland
were destroyed-
Nomination Bids
Being Circulated
For School Posts
Nominating petitions are be
ing circulated in Oak Grove
school district on behalf of can
didates for each of three va
cancies on the school board, ac
cording to school officials.
The three declared candidates
are Edwin A. Olsen, 66 Clover
lane, for the five-year term; Roy
C. Elmgren, 3300 Jacksonville
highway, for the four-year term,
and G. W. Kellington. 87 Perry
dale ave., for the three-year term.
Olsen is the father of two
children, and for the past few
years he has been associated with
the Hi-Way Lumber company.
Elmgren is the father of five
children. He is a forest super
visor for Elk Lumber company.
Kellington, the father of three
children, is associated in the
Medford law firm of Roberts,
Kellington and Branchfield.
New Law
Oak Grove, like other second
and third class districts, will be
electing three-directors this year
to bring its board up to five
members in accordance with a
measure passed at this year's
session of the state legislature.
In the past, second and third
class districts have had three
member boards.
The election in all Jackson
county school districts will be
held June 20. Polls will be open
from 2 to 8 p.m.
A Nkhoi's Worth of ... .
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Pra 'tatm Writw
Ex-Medford Man
Gets High Position
C. B. McCracken, San Fran
cisco, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
McCracken, 620 West 11th st.,
Medford, has been named Dodge
truck sales manager for the
western states, it was announced
Saturday by the Dodge division
f the Chrysler corporation.
McCracken, who has had 29
years of experience in trucking
and truck sales, is a graduate of
Medford High school in 1925 and
of Oregon State college. From
1926 to 1937 was associated with
motor freight company here.
Ho joined the Dodge organization
in 1948 as district truck manager
for Los Angeles, and has been
promoted several times since.
In his new position, he will be
In charge of truck sales in the
Los Angels, San Francisco, Port
land and Denver regions.
Dead line Sunday - Classified 1 at
noon Saturday; 1 a. m. Monday for
Monday: other daya 5:30 oreviousday.
Ml
Washington (U.R Maj. Gen.
B. E. Gates and the Pentagon
haven't always seen eye to eye,
because the
"old man" is a
firm enemy of
red tape.
"Hungry"
Gates, who
commands the
15,000 airmen
at Chanute
Airforce
Base outside
of R a n t o u 1,
111., takes
Herman NichoU great glee in
rattling the other brass in Wash
ington. "Why should I write a letter,
with seven or eight copies to get
permission to knock over an old
building on my base?" he asks.
"By the time I get an answer
from Washington I can tear the
thing down myself and no cost
to the taxpayers."
Well, folks here will learn to
miss "Hungry" Gates, a man I
call a close friend.
This Sunday, the boys at bis
base out in Illinois will fall in
and parade before him at Chan
ute as he retires. There isn't a
lad among 'em who wouldn't
stand up for the general.
From the Start
Retirement for "Hungry" adds
up to 38 years in the air. He has
been up in the Jennies of World
War I the B-25s and others of
World War II and is no come
lately to the jet.
"It's a lot more fun to fly than
walk," the general once told me.
When the "old man" officially
steps down from his post at Cha
nute, which is in the air training
command, something really fine
goes out of the Air Force. As of
this minute, Gen. Gates is the
last World War I pilot still on
active duty.
In 1917, Gen. Gates left a Mon
tana ranch to learn something
about flying machines. He
learned all right, and his many
years in the blue yonder took
him from Texas to the Philip
pines to Alabama to the Penta
gon td Brazil, the Mexican bor
der scuffs where his great appe
tite won him his nick name and
finally to Chanute.
Gates plans to stick around
his base.
"As a floater," he said, "I kind
of consider Rantoul as home base.
My hat has been hung here be
fore." Indeed it has.
In 1921 he helped opn a tech
nical school at Chanute. The gen
eral then was a second lieuten
ant. He already has bought a house
in Rantoul, right outside the
base. He will be handy, and if I
am not mistaken he will be busy.
In 1949, "Hungry" got hungry
for his old base and requested a
transfer to "clean up Chanute."
Clean it up he did. Some of the
buildings were run down. They
were ripped apart and new ones
built.
The officers had a nice club
and the little guys didn't. The
little guys presented the general
with their problem.
"Okay, go ahead and build
your own club," Gates said. "I'll
help you." ,
Today, the GIs have their club,
which is the envy of boys with
silver and gold on their should
ers. The boys built and paid for
through various enterprises
everything they got.
"You got to pay, if you want
something," says the general.
His philosophy is that if you
want to win wars you have to
know something about people.
He will be missed sorely.
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