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RTAnrn rottlb TALKED Roeue River valley city officials and representatives of press and radio were guests of the Coca-Cola Bottling company of Medford at a dinner Tuesday night at the Medford hotel. Plans of the company to market new and larger sized Coca Cola bottles (shown on the table with some of the smaller sfze), were infor mally discussed. "In the above photo by Paul Smith, shown clockwise are Wayne Jamison, manager of the Coca Cola Bottling company of Medford; Herb Grey, Medford Mail Trib une; Graham Dean, Ashland Tidings; Mayor Richard Neill of Ashland; Reid Box, owner of the Medford and North Bend Coca Cola Bottling plants: James Dunlevy, KYJC;-Mayor Earl Miller of Medford; Daren Flickinger, KWIN, and Clarence Wilson, KBOY. Coca Cola To Market Bigger Bottle Here O - New 12 ounce "big brother' bottles of Cofca-Cola will soon go on sale here, according to Wayne Jamison, manager of the Coca Cola Bottling company of Med ford. This is one of the test areas for the new bigger bottles. However, Jamison said, the Vbig brother" is definitely not going to replace the standard 6V4 ounce bottle designed some 40 years ago. In . introducing the larger container to Medford, Jamison gave some of the history behind the world famous drink. Didn't Plan Bottles Although 80 per cent of all "coke is now sold in bottles, the inventor never intended it to be more than a soda fountain beverage. In 1886, John S. Pem berton, an Atlanta druggist, con cocted a soft drink syrup in his back yard, using a three legged iron pot, heated by wood. fire. He took a jug of the syrup to Jacobs' Pharmacy where soda water was added, and Coco-Cola put on sale. First year. profits totalled $3. Twenty-five gallons were sold, bringing in $50, of which $47 went for advertising. Bottled in 1899 Two years later, Pemberton died and Coca-Cola rights went to a 37-year-old drug salesman, Asa Candler. But it wasn't until 3 1899 that two young lawyers, Ben Thomas and Joseph White Bead, hit upon the idea of bot tling -coke." They went to Candler. Com pletely enveloped by his soda fountain work, he gave them bottling rights to -virtually the entire country free. Now the soft drink is sold in bottles in over 70 countries. Jamison said the secret of Coca-Cola's, success is best sum med up in the way the trade mark is phonetically translated from Chinese: "Make man mouth happy." Astoria Strike Closes Bars, Cafes Astoria U.R) Bartenders and Culinary workers here be gan the Fdurth of July week end by striking all public res taurants and bars at this Colum bia River port in a dispute over health and welfare benefits. Walt Lofgren, secretary for local 311, AFL Bartenders and Culinary Workers Union, said the strike was called when a union negotiating committee and a group of employers reached an "impasse" in talks Friday. The union wage- committee in dicated the strike would prob ably spread to the nearby resort town of Seaside if negotiations were unsuccessful. Three . Astoria restaurants were picketed. The rest were closed. M. E. Reynolds, spokesman for a group of employers, said man agement was "ready to negotiate and reach a settlement." Union demands were for a health and welfare plan to be administered by employers. Further details were not disclosed. Chicago Motor trucks haul more than 11 billion tons of freight in the United States dur ing each operating year. Judge Postpones Hearing on New Trial for fongs Portland (U.R) Circuit Judge Alfred P.' Dobson Friday post poned a Tuesday hearing for reconsideration of his granting a new trial to Wey Him and Sherry Fong, alleged murderers of. a 16-year-old Portland high school girl, Diane Hank. Requested by DA The postponement was re quested by the district attorney s office which also announced it was going ahead with plans for a motion to reverse the new-trial decision. Meanwhile, Multnomah Coun ty Circuit Judge Eugene K. Op penheimer came to the defense of Judge Dobson for what Op penheimer called "his courage ous decision" in throwing out the murder conviction of the couple. Took Difficult War He said "the easy way out" for Judge Dobson would have been to deny the Fong's motion for a new trial and to shift the re sponsibility for the decision to the state supreme court. Judge Dobson ordered the new trial last Wednesday on the basis of insufficient . evidence and. failure of the jury to give the case adequate consideration. Eleven members of the trial jury denounced' the judges' de cision while Judge Oppenheimer and others came to his defense. Albany The population of New York state increased by 10 per cent from 1940-50. Num ber over 65 increased by 39.3 per cent. "A Certain Voice In Thee Uncertain Tim" (V t- '' 1 . W t "THE OF Ff Hear Gordon Dalrymple, - Dynamic Champion of Bible Inspiration and Fundamentalism The word of God clearly indicates there is a point beyond which no person dare pass if he intends to reach, the kingdom of God. What is it? Hear a tremendous Bible revelation for this hour. And learn the truth about the Sabbath! ALSO THE GREAT FILM ; Story of an enterprising nine-year-old who discovers that the end does not justify . the means. He's caught in a threefold dilemma making the extra $1.00 he needs to buy his grandpa's birthday present, a bargain he can't break, and an acute case of disturbed conscience.; You'll want to hear how this one comes out. TONIGHT-JULY 3-7:30 P.M. ALL SEATS. FREE PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK DATE Fri., July 8 7:30 p.m. Sun., July 10 7:30 p.m. LECTURES FILMS "GOD'S LAST WARNING MESSAGE" A great ' impassioned - appeal: - Prepare to meet Thy God. Every person in Medford should hear this message. A clarion call comes from God in this crisis hour what is it? Hear this unforgettable prophetic' lecture. "CLASS WAR AHEAD?" ; During a trip through Europe a few years ago ,Mr. Oalrymple had the opportunity of viewing the growth of Communism first hand. Using a prophetic background along with numerous interesting eperiences, he will reveal a number of startling things . about the hammer and the sickle. Beauti- " fully illustrated. . ' "THE WAY HE SHOULD GO" Conflicting ideas on child train-; ing cause dissension until , Cousin Martha discovers the fruits of "old fashioned reli gious training." Another great Fisher film. . "WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN?" -Moving story of ' a hesitant , Christian who was unable to answer the question: "What is a Christian?" . ; MEDFORD CRUSADE FOR CHRIST Esquire Theatre 416 E. Main Kaser Murder Trial Adjourned After Brother Testifies Salem (U.R) Harvey Kaser testified Saturday at the first degree murder trial of Casper Oveross that the .30-30 rifle used to kill his brother, .Ervin, was almost "an exact replica" of a gun once owned by Oveross. Judge George Duncan ad journed the trial at 11:40 a.m. after the testimony of Harvey Kaser's wife, Edith. Trial will resume Tuesday. Kaser was on the witness stand in Marion County Circuit Court until the court recessed briefly at 10:45 a.m. The session was one of the most heated to date, with a flurry of state ob jections to questions asked by Defense Attorney Bruce Williams. Murder Weapon Kaser testified that in 1949 Oveross showed him a rifle he had just purchased'. In response to a Question, Kaser said the murder weapon, which was found in' Pudding Creek several weeks after the shooting, "would look like an exact replica" of the rifle Oveross showed him if the murder weapon were "brand new." Kaser said he had not seen Oveross' rifle since the Silver- ton carpenter showed it to him. Oveross had claimed he sold the weapon long before Ervin Kaser was shot from ambush as he drove up to his home the night of Feb. 17. Oveross Threat . The murdered man's brother also told of a nighttime visit by Oveross last September. Oveross complained that Ervin had been out with his wife, Ethel. , "If I ever catch them together I'U kill him," Harvey quoted Oveross as saying. When Mrs Kaser threatened to call police, Oveross allegedly threatened to "drag you all through the mud Late Friday State Crime Lab oratory technician Ray Prouty, who said the weapon found in Pudding Creek was the murder weapon, was cross-examined. Mealcufters Strike In Coast Cities 'Coos Bay (U.R) AFL meat- cutters Friday struck 21 grocery stores and meat markets in Myrtle Point, Coquille, Coos Bay, North Bend, Empire and Reedsport to support a demand for higher wages. The strike was called shortly after noon after employers made what they said was their final offer. H. E. Carlson, representing the Oregon Independent Grocers and Meat Dealers association, declined to reveal the offer made to the union but said it would have granted them a substantial wage increase. - Carlson asserted that the offer, if it had been accepted,, would have, made the meatcutters in the six coastal cities the highest paid in Oregon. carison s association repre sents 17 of 21 markets. The other' four are Safeway stores, The union's contract with the stores expired June 16 and ne gotiations have been conducted since that time but to no avail, Here for1 'discussions today was Robert McClelland, federal me diator from Portland. Pensioner's Deposit Box Holds $19,000 Vancouver, 'Wash. (U.R) John Herman Gum, 82-year-old Vancouver man accused of draw ing public welfare assistance in both Washington and Oregon, was found Friday to have $19, 000 in a safe deposit box in a Portland bank. Gum, who had protested his innocence and said he was pen niless, was charged with first degree perjury but declined to enter a plea before Superior Judge Guthrie Langsdorf in Van couver. rubiic welfare officials in Oregon and Washington said the aged man had drawn thousands of dollars in assistance from both states simultaneously since 1938 by maintaining a double ad dress. - Police drilled into the safety deposit box with Gum's permis sion .when he told them he had lost the key. Bonneville Power Awards Contract Portland (U.R) Bonneville Power Administration an nounced award of a $604,311 contract for transmission tower steel Friday to Bethlehem Pa cific Coast Steel corporation, San Francisco, Calif. The steel will be used in 143 towers on the Sultan-Covington section of the Chief Joseph-Cov ington transmission line. The facility is one of three super high voltage 345,000 volt lines under construction by the ad ministration to transmit power from Chief Joseph and McNary dams to coast load centers. - Bonneville could not accept a lower ' Italian bid - because - the plants were tooled to produce steel based on metric dimensions. Sunday, July 3, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Miss Helen Webster Arrives To Assume Duties of Librarian Miss Helen E. Webster, for merly of Medford, returned here last week and on Friday assumed j her new duties as librarian fori the Medford public library. She succeeds Miss E. Faye Woolsey, who has been with the Medford library, which also serves as the Jackson county li brary, for 35 years. Miss Woolsey is retiring under the provisions of the state employees retire ment system and the social secur ity laws. Well Known Here Miss Webster is well known in the valley, having been a staff member of radio station KMED from 1951 to 1953, conducting a broadcast called "Neighbor Lady" on that station. Before that she was librarian at the Camp White Veterans Adminis tration domiciliary for two years. Since leaving Medford, Miss Webster has traveled extensive ly, in Mexico, South America, Africa and Europe. She was li brarian at the VA hospital at Moses Lake, Wash., for a time, and until coming to Medford was head of the Grays Harbor county library at Montesano, Wash. . Other Experience Her earlier experience includ-; ed library work at the VA hos pitals at Ft. Harrison, Mont., Fort Meade, S. D., and Fayetteville, Ark., and in the Long Beach, Calif., public library, and the University of California library in Los Angeles. She was gradu ated from UCLA with a bache lor of arts degree, and received her certificate of librarianship from the University of California at Berkeley, after two years of graduate work. Miss Webster has also been ac tive in professional groups and other organizations, including the Business and Professional Women's club, Author's Guild, ' and American Women in Radio and Television. Cite Library Growth The library has grown consid erably during the time Miss Woolsey has been in charge, members of the library board pointed out .Saturday. A large new wing was completed about six years ago. Miss Woolsey has announced no immediate plans, although ; she has indicated she may wish to do some traveling soon. Members of the board ex pressed their gratitude to Miss Woolsey,' and praised her long, effective and faithful service to the library, which serves all of Jackson county except Ashland, which has its own library. High Public Service "Miss Woolsey's loyalty to the Medford library for 35 years is an example ofthe highest type of public service," according to Eric Allen Jr., president of the library board. ."Her service spans years when the library, with public support, was able to grow, as well as thg" depression years when appropriations were only barely sufficient to let the li brary get by,", he added. ; "Her devotion" to the library and her quiet, self-effacing con cept of public service have been an inspiration to the members of the board," Allen concluded. Other board members are Mrs! W. H. Fluhrer, Mrs. Walter Inch, Elwood Hedberg and Jack. Fitz gerald. : . . . .. Three Escape From Polk County Jail Dallas, Ore.- (U.R) Three Polk county jail prisoners, each Sailor Arraigned on Negligent Homicide . Astoria U.R) Frederick Wil liam Ford, 26-year-old Tongue Point, sailor, was arraigned in Justice court here Saturday on a negligent homicide charge in connection with the traffic death of a Gearhart youth. Ford allegedly was driving a vehicle which struck and killed 17-year-old Thomas Earl Phil- brook as the youth Mtras walking to work along the highway Fri day morning. , ; r Ford was given time to con sider his plea. Justice J. -W. Pietarila set bail at $1000. The sailor is from Providence, Wis. armed and considered dangerous by police, escaped sometime Fri day night and were still at large at mid-day Saturday. Raymond Lester Lowe. 22, an ex-convict; Burton LeRoy Bry son, 20, and Alfred Peterson, 46, a parolee who has 18 years to serve on a habitual criminal count, apparently made their es cape by .cutting through a vent pipe with hacksaw blades passed in from the outside. The .three were awaiting trial on felony charges. Polk County Sheriff Tony Neufeldt said he considered the trio dangerous. Before leaving the prison build ing they rifled the sheriffs desk and took three revolvers. It was the third jailbreak from the Polk county jail this year. There is no night jailer. McCourf To Referee Mediation Board Case Portland (U.R) Former District Attorney John McCourt of Multnomah county will spend a month in Chicago, 111., refer eeing a number of cases for the national mediation board, ac cording to board member Robert O. Boyd. Boyd said the disputes arose from railroads operating water transportation facilities on the Mississippi and elsewhere. : In Portland to hear two minor cases, Boyd said the board works on disputes rising between op erators and unions in the rail road and airline fields. He said a bill is now in Congress pro viding for similar mediaton in maritime disputes. Portland Planned Hospital by Kaiser Portland (U.R) Kaiser Foun dation Northern Hospitals plans a 125-bed four-story hospital here according, to a report ap proved Friday by the city plan ning commission. The city council will consider the proposed hospital July 7. The hospital on North Greeley avenue between North Sumner and North Alberta streets would be patronized by clients of the Permanent prepaid medical plan. It would be built so that two ad ditional floors could be added, giving space for 50 more beds. At present, the Kaiser founda. tion has a hospital near Van couver, Wash., for Portland pa tients. " ; ' , Judge Recalls Facts For Drunken Driver Portland (U.R) After leading county .police on a 90-mile-an-hour chase through town and finally rolling his car over several times, a 25-year-old motorist was hailed into court Here Friday for drunken driving. John G. Bush, appearing rather pale, listened to testi mony with : an abstract air. Then he told the judge he did not recall the car overturning. The judge ' responded with SO-days, $200 and no driving for a year. i How fines Haw Changed ' Far cry from the old-fashioned "general store" Is the streamlined super-market of todayl Stores have changed to keep up with the pace of the times and with' our expanding population. Another important aspect of our changing times is ENLIGHTENED HOME FINANCING , At no time in history has it been easier for stable, deserving fam ilies to have homes of their own. To , keep up with population growth, we are building more homes than ever before . . and financing the greater portion of them through home-owned Sav ings and Loan Associations like JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL Why? Many Reasons. ' Here Are Some: Pay-Like-Rent Home Loans which make owning a home as easy as paying rent . . . ... LOW DOWN PAYMENTS V . . A VARIETY Of LOAN PLANS . . individual plans which help each family get. the home to fit , its physical needs and its financial situation ... Friendly Counseling ... on a. variety of important mat. ters in home building, pur chasing or repairing . . . offer ed without charge. The tr a i n ed personnel of JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL have the latest information on . building restrictions and taxes . . . on materials and plans.' Ask them. Supplying this and like information is part of their service. .. : .- And Remember, When You Build or Buy a Home . . Or Remodel or Repair the. Home You Now Have, You Make . a Big, Long-Term Investment. It Pays to Deal With People You Know, In Home Owned, Home Managed Institution Which Has Been a Part of the Community for a Long Time ... And Will Be Here for Many Years to Come. a ' ' , - AW n. rvsr SAVINGS 126 East Main St. 1 Medford P LOAN ASSOC - v.? sine iqoq ATION Where You Are Paid to Save
