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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, June 3. 1955 Water Safety, Ability To Swim Stressed in YMCA Training Class The importance of water safety and ability to swim was stressed here today by Donald E. Day in announcing the start of swimming classes at the Med ford YMCA. Day is physical di rector for the "Y." Noting that 5,000 to 7.000 Americans drown each year, Day declared, "Most of these deaths could be prevented if people wouldn't insiston taking foolish chances." Day listed several rules for water safety. Among them were these: 1) Learn to swim, and if you con't swim, stay away from the water and don't venture out in small boats. 2) Pay attention to warning signals. U& A Beat 3; If called upon to make a water rescue, use a boat. Swim to the person in trouble only as a last resort and then only if you are a qualified swimmer. 4) If yofir boat overturns, stick with it as long as it floats rather than striking out for shore. 5) Don't swim alone. 6) Don't swim immediately af ter strenuous exercise, or while overheated or tired. 7) Don't stay in the water or on an exposed beach during an eiectrical storm. If you're caught in the open, stay flat on the ground. 8) Don't swim so long that you become chilled and overheated. 9) Don't permit youngsters too great a freedom in floating about on rubber tubes, rafts, animal figures or water wings. These give a false sense of security and children may ridp them into deep water and fall off. 10) Don't swim at unprotected beaches or pools. 11) If you get into trouble, keep calm and take advantage of your natural buoyancy. Program To Start The YMCA summer swimming program will start Tuesday, June 7. It will include beginners classes for boys and girls, and youngsters will be able to swim at the "Y" pool four times a week. Classes will be operated under the supervision of trafn ed life guards and swimming in structors. All classes will be limited to 30 students. When the students can swim across the pool in the deep end. they will be graduated to the advanced non-swimmers c.'ass. They will remain in that group until they can jump into deep water, swim 25 feet, turn around and swim back to the starting point without stopping. Sr. Lawrence Traffic Passes Previous Mark Ogdensburg, N.Y. (U.P.) More people, more cars and more ferryboats crossed the main St. Lawrence river cross route between here and Pres cott. Ont.. in 1954 than in any Times have been scheduled to nrpv.-niI, ..pa- allow students to pass national' Qne ferryboat company said YMCA tests which are part of : its boats had traversed the route the National YMCA Aquatic one mile and a quarter some program. The YMCA has two qualified j 42,090 times, carrying foot and car passengers. 729,000 life guards. They are Edward Coyle and Jan Schliek. Day, who holds both the instructor and squatic director certificates issuel by the National YMCA Aquatic board, will teach the beginners and advanced swim ming classes. Autopsy Planned On Portland Girl Portland (U.R) Deputy Coroner Ross Woodward today said he would seek authority to perform an autopsy on a two-year-old girl who died at a local hospital yesterday. The victim was Patricia Tay lor. Her father, two brothers and a sister were reported to have come 'down with whooping cough. Mrs. James Conway, grand mother of the dead child, said Patricia went into convulsions after choking on a white bean. Three doctors who examined the child, however, found no trace of a bean in her respiratory system. Court Records POLICE COURT Leonard Stephen Lyon Jr., expired licensed plates. $5. . Arlene Ruth Hooper, failure to yield right of way, $10. DISTRICT COURT Percy O. Olson. 50. Camp White, drunk on a public highway, three davs in jail and court cosw. Anna E. Barnard, 24. Coquille, drunk on a public highway, S30. Lovd K. Thorp, overwidth load. $10. Christopher A. Holder Jr.. operating motor vehicle without driver's license, $15. James Le Prator. no operator ( licnse. $10 forfeited. Paul D. Culbertson, no license on trailer, $6. Robert D. Thorp, void foreign motor vehicle license S6. Wilbur E. Keister, violation of basic rule. $6. , . Richard W. Putney, violation of basic rule. $10 I Gene Sawyer, only one headlight, Robert T. Eryant, failure to stop at stop sign, $10. CIRCUIT COURT Carol Root vs. Alfred Eldon Root, divorce complaint, waiver and consent. Olive Mae Gonzales vs. Alfonso Pa dilla Gonzales, divorce complaint. Jacksonville School Graduation Held; 1st Briti Awards Listed Jacksonville Four Jackson ville high school graduating se niors and an alumnus were pre sented the First Britt Memorial fund scholarships during com mencement exercises Thursday evening at the school. The fund was recently set up through the will of the late Miss Amalia Britt of Jacksonville. The five students received S200 scholar ships to colleges of their choices. The students are Doris Wall, Robert Gemaehlich, Joann Thom as, and Bruce Boyd, all of this year's graudating class, and Lyle Hamilton, who graduated in 1954, now a college student. Other Awards Sydney Kay Sutherland re ceived a S300 scholarship to Lewis and Clark college given by the Elk Lumber company. Clyde F. Sutherland, superintendent of schools, presented the scholar ship to his daughter, and also made the other presentations. ORCHESTRA IN PHILIPPINES Manila, P. I. 'CU.RJ The 105 piece NBC Symphony of the Air Orchestra arrived by plane at Clark Air Force base Thursday night, three days ahead of schedule. MARRIAGE IJCENSE APPLICATIONS Dick Ray Jack, 2. of 1020 West 10th St., Medford. and Venita Deloris Gardner, 21. of 323 South Peach St., Medford. . Fred Lee Bennett. 21. of 820 Marsh all St., Medford, and Peggy Ann Gill aspev, 18, of route 3. box 173, Med ford. James Wilbur Kennett. 16. of 43 North Orange St.. Medford. and Jeanne Eloise Norton, Susanne Homes hall, Ashland. Claude DeVere Morgan. 22, of route 1. box 178. Gold Hill, and Nancy Mae Bennett. 17. of Box 325, Gold Hill. Edward LaVerne Jansen, 24. ot route 1. box 399E, Medford. and Nora Kav Bailey, 18. of route 1, box 497. Talent. Car Only Clue in Search for Slayer Of Kalamazoo Child Kalamazoo, Mich. U.P.) Po lice today pinned their hopes of finding the sex-slayer of eight-year-old Jeanie Singleton on re ports that a "1949 or 1950 two tone blue car" was seen in the area where her mutilated body was found. Services for the little lame girl were scheduled to be held this afternoon while police searched the area where the body was found for clues which might lead to the capture of her slayer. Wheat Allotment in County is Announced The total wheat allotment for Jackson county in 1956 will be 1.604 acres, it was announced today. This acreage is 59.5 per cent of the amount of wheat grown in the county during the 1951-1952 base period. It com pares with a 1955 allotment of 1851 acres. There will be approximately 140 farm allotments in the coun ty for 1956, ranging in size from 1 or 2 acres to about 95 acres. In addition, wheat also will be grown on small lots of 15 acres or less which do not come under the allotment. Support Rate The county support rate for 1955 will be about $1.99 per bushel, compared with $2.14 per bushel last year. On June 25, wheat producers will have a chance to vote in a referendum on whether they want quotas on the 1956 wheat crop. Approval by two-thirds of those voting is necessary to put quotas into effect. Regardless of the outcome of the referendum, acreage allot ments will still apply. This means growers must stay within their established acreage' allot ments in order to be eligible for price supports. Any wheat producer who will have in excess of 15 acres of wheat for harvest as grain in 1956 is eligible to vote in the referendum. If the national vote on quotas is "yes," price supports between 45 and 90 per cent of parity will be available for those who stay within their acreage allotment. Those who harvest more than the allotted acreage would lose the right to price supports and be subject to penalties on excess wheat. Result of "No" Vote If the vote is "no," price sup ports based on 50 per cent of parity. will be available to those who stay within allotments Others would not be eligible for price supports. There would be no restrictions on marketings. Under quotas, excess wheat is subject to a penalty equal to 45 per cent of the parity price. Pay ment of penalties can be avoided cr postponed by meeting certain requirements provided in the regulations. Further information concern ing allotments, quotas and the referendum is available at the Jackson county ASC office in the courthouse. i v 1 Li mners TOTS -Beg SWIMMING CLASSES .T. 0 Y.M.C.A. 0 Starting JUNE 6th MEMBER CLASS, MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY, TIME 9:00 A.M. Non-Member Class, Tuesday and Thursday, Time 9:00 A.M. Class Will Be Limited to 30. Register At The YMCA "We have been flooded with tips but the hottest tip thus far is the report by two separate persons of a mysterious automo bile seen in the vicinity where the body was found," Chief of Detectives Riley Stewart said. Search Ends The ravished body of the little girl was found in a pine grove 15 miles north of here. The dis covery ended a nine-day search by thousands of persons of all of Kalamazoo county and parts of neighboring Allegan and Barry counties. The widespread search for the little girl, who was crippled by rheumatic fever four years ago, started when she failed to return home from school May 23. Stewart said a set of footprints found at the murder scene would be of little use to police unless a suspect was apprehended. Footprints of a man and a child were seen leading to the spot where Jpanie's battered body was found. Only a man's footprints returned to a sandy road nearby. Prints Smeared1 But police said the footprints were partially destroyed by rain and only the size of the man's foot could be determined from them. Police said they were holding two persons for questioning about the case but refused to dis close their identity "because so far we have really nothing on them and we don't want to ruin ! the reputation of innocent persons." Teams of police, including de tectives who worked recently on the sex-slaying of Barbara Gaca in Detroit, made a door-to-door check of the vicinity where Jeanie's body was found in an effort to obtain bits of informa tion which might aid them in the search for the crippled girls slayer. They were conducting the in vestigation on the theory that both girls may have been slain by the same person because many details of the cases are similar. Communists Aim Propaganda at Evangelist Graham Paris UR) The Communists turned their "Yank go home" propaganda on Billy Graham to day even before the American evangelist had a chance to preach in this predorhinanlly Roman Catholic country. The fellow-traveling newspa per "Liberation'' ridiculed Gra ham's methods and approaeh in a report of his press conference Thursday. The French people should re-i pent' Read the Bible and follow me of the Protestant cults or even, as a last resort, the Catho lic church. That is the sense of the appeal Billy Graham will make to Parisians," the newspa per chided. The crusader's "organization of vast publicity campaigns . . . j could hardly fail since it con- j cerns the revelation of a super man like Clirist," Liberation said. Prelude to Crusade j Graham held the conference; as a prelude to his five-day cru- sade which begins Sunday in the vast Palais Des Sports. In answer to some of the con troversy caused by his appear ance here, the 37-ycar-old revi valist said he was not here to fight anybody but to "preach the Bible." He emphasized that his pri mary purpose was to re-awaken faith among the indifferent and that he would not engage in sec tarian disputes. "Wherever I have gone, I have always received the friendship of the Roman Catholic church," he told the newsmen. He added thaj it was true he had never been sponsored by the Catholic church and that there were no Catholics among the groups sponsoring him in Prance. Faculty awards went to Fred DeVos for citizenship; Harvey Hueners, activities: Carol Iver son. school spirit, Sydney Suth erland, scholarship, and Doris Wall, salutatorian. Miss Suther land gave the valedictorian ad dress and Miss Wall the saluta tory. Floyd Wyatt of the school board presented diplomas to the class of 36 students. Students who have attended the Jacksonville schools for the full 12 years were Carmen Da vies Cabler. Harvey Hueners, Harold Jordan, Richard Teal, Ronald Mclntyre, Joann Thomas, Glenn Backes and Richard San ford. For Attendance Perfect attendance awards for 1955 went to Linda Hardy, Phil Winningham, Romelle Fossen, Nancy Redhead. John L. Beams and Fred Corbin. Fred DeVos was the senior class president: Bobb Gemaeh lich, vice-president, and Jane Cooper, secretary - treasurer. Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, presi dent of Southern Oregon college, gave the commencement address on "Your Value." The Rev. W. D. Turnbull offered the invoca tion and benediction and the school band furnished musical selections directed by Leroy Mauroni. Brethren Church Has New Minister The Rev. Rommie Moore ar rived June 1 to become the pas tor of the Church of the Breth ren for the summer months. The Rev. and Mrs. C. V. Stern, who served the church for several months, left this week for the east. The Rev. Mr. Stern re tired from the work because of illness. The new minister is a graduate of Bridgewater college and is a senior at Bethany Biblical semi nary, Chicago, 111., graduate school of theology for the Brethren. He has taught in pub lic schools and was a director of athletics and coach. While attending Bethany semi nary he served as assistant min ister at the Montclair church in Chicago and also served as chap lain at the Bethany hospital, a Brethren institution in Chicgo. Mr. Moore will continue his senior studies at the seminary at the close of the summer months here. While in the east Mrs. Stern will represent the church at an annual conference of the Church of the Brethren which will be held in Grand Rapids, Mich. Three SOC Faculty Members To Resign Ashland Three faculty members at Southern Oregon college announced their resigna tions this week. They are Dr. Donald Mac Dougall, assistant professor of social science for the past six years; Dr. Donald Wilson, direc tor of the speech and hearing clinic at SOC for the past year, and Miss Dorothy Saeger, in structor in secretarial science for three years. Dr MacDougall, who is well known throughout the valley for his talks and public appearan ces, including a TV program, said his plans are indefinite at present. Dr. Wilson will join the faculty at Kent State uni versity in Ohio. Miss Saeger will leave Ashland, but has not an nounced her plans. (Vodka in orange juice) tag It leaves you breathless i i rmrnoff tCemaktt VODKA S0proef.Miiefrom100iriiBBtutrl spina, Ste. PierrtSmirnofiFU. Inc.. Hvtford. Gona. ( ACTRESS BECOMES MOTHER Hollywood U.R) Actress Martha Vickers, wife of actor Manuel Rojas, gave birth Thurs day to a six-pound, three-ounce daughter. Use Tribune Wanf Ads 1, AIR OFFICIAL IN KOREA Seoul, Korea (U.R) Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Lewis Thompson arrived in Korea Thursday night. He was expected to meet with U.S. and Republic of Korea military leaders on the buildup of the South Korean air force. 12,000 Volt Shock Kills Vancouver Man Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) Martin M. Waleske, 20, of Van couver, Wash., was killed in stantly yesterday when the trailer on which he was riding came into contact with a 12,000 volt transmission line north of here. A companion, Warde, Ford, 20, of Camas, Wash., was severely burned by the current, but was in satisfactory condition at Me morial Hospital here. DINE at the silver mm 403 East Main ... At Beautiful Hawthorne Park For Your Added Pleasure ROOT BEER BARREL and SWEDEN CREAM Has Been Newly Installed Brown's Cafe FOOD SERVED 6 A.M. - 9 P.M. Dining room Service-Families Welcome! Bill and Jane Invite You to Come in and Try Their Good Food Choice Steaks Mexican Food Merchants Lunches Served from 11:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. BREAKFAST SERVED ALL DAY Closed Sundays BUCK & SUNNY of the Rogue Valley Ballroom PRESENTS JIN PERSON SEE Capitol recorpiHg STARS SATURDAY, JUNE 4 ... Starting the . Summer Season of Dancing at the ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM With the Music of the Finest Stars in the Western Field Come Out and Enjoy Yourself! z J At the JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY HALL Saturday Night Musk by BILL LIVELY and the WESTERN SWING BAND LADIES ADMITTED FREE UNTIL 9 P.M. e e Advertising helped make the difference FOLKS USED TO BUY refrigeration in fifty pound pieces. Frozen foods were un heard of . . . ice cubes an impossibility . . . and that drip pan under the ice box always seemed to be overflowing. Today, a silent, white-enameled ice man stands in millions of kitchens. But to mass produce millions of refrigerators, manufacturers must be able to sell them by the millions. Only by advertising can a manufacturer ( talk to millions of people at one time. ADVERTISING TELLS the story of new refrigerators . . .. and helps sell them. The more it sells, the more must be made - keeping the production lines and the jobs going. The result: newer, better appliances at prices more people can afford to pay. Advertising helped make the difference -in refrigerators, and in our American way of hif. J MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE e
