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Sunday, July 3, 195S
BENEFIT FOR NURSES TRAINING Med
ford's Mayor Earl Miller is given the first
free ticket for a drawing en a "brand new"
Model T Ford to be given away by the 40
and 8 organization here in a project to raise
funds to start three local girls in nurses
trainings. Donations to the group's child
welfare fund are solicited at the time the
tickets are given. The group shown above
it standing in front of the completely-renovated
old Ford, which is equipped with "old
timer" license plaes, and. is all ready to go.
Left to right, above, are Col. H. J. Meiring,
Ernie Winkle, both 40 and 8 leaders. Mayor
Miller, Clyde Fichtner, head of the child wel
fare committee; Bud Fisher, Post 15 Legion
commander, and Gene Orr, Legion official
and 40 and 8 member. (Brainerd photo)
AO and 8 Planning
To Raise Funds for
Nurses Training
A program of nurses training
In Jackson county is being plan
ned under the sponsorship , of
the 40 and 8 here, is was an
nounced last week.
Costs of tht program will be
underwritten by the American
Legion's fun and honor 'organi
zation, and projects are . under
way to raise the money, which
Is administered by the child
welfare committee of the ' 40
and 8. The program will allow
for training as a nurse in any
class A hospital, according , to
Ernest Winkle, 40 and 8 presi
dent "The goal is three girls",
Winkle added. "They will re
ceive training at hospitals either
In Portland or Eugene".
To Give Away Ford
The current fund-raising plan
Is a "give-away" project, with
the big prize a "brand-new"
Model T Ford. The Ford is com
plete with a new paint job, new
tires, new battery, and a reno
vated starter, generator, runn
ing gear and motor, with paints
and labor mostly donated by
Mitchell's Paint. Shop, Staats
Service Station, Nickle Silver
Battery Co., Electric Supply Co,
and Macks Garage. It is equip
ped witn via rimers license
plates and is "all ready to go
Free tickets for the drawing
en July 30 are available from
any member of the 40 and 8 in
Medford, Ashland and Central
Point. Donation to the fund are
solicited.
Mayor Receives First
Mayor Earl Miller, recipient
of the first ticket to be given
away by the 40 and 8, lauded
the- group for their program,: de
claring that the entire commu
nity should get back of the
nurses training program.'
"My dollar may be the one
that, would start a girl in nurses
training who later might be the
nurse to save my life", Mayor
Miller said.
Ernie Winkle, chief of the
40 and! 8 here, urged everyone
to get the free tickets on -the
Model T. All donations will be
used in their entirety for this
program, with no deductions
for expenses or administration
costs, Winkle added. Nurses
training programs are 1 being
sponsored by the 40 and 8 ail
over the state.
Multnomah Welfare
Chairman. Selected
Salem (U.R) 7 Gov. Paul
Patterson today announced the
appointment of W. Talbot Sin-,
clair to be chairman of the Mult
nomah County Public Welfare
commission. He succeeds Natt
McDougall Jr., resigned.
Gov. Patterson did. not indi
cate whom he would appoint to
bring the ' seven-member com-
Lnission to full strength.
Guernsey Breeders
Tour 3-Js Farm
Gold Hill The Three .Jays
Guernsey farm" was visited by
a number of officials and
breeders of guernsey cattle re
cently. ...
The farm,' owned and operated
by Mr. and Mrs. John Jaksch
and son Johnnie, has been oper
ated as a dairy farm the past
three years.
The guests included E. J.
Meadows, Portland, field rep
resentative , of the American
Guernsey association: Harold
Ewalt, dairy specialist from OSC
Corvallis; Earle Jossy, Jackson
county agricluture agent; Keith
Hockersmith, of the Grange Co-
Op; R. J. McCarty, county agent,
Josephine county, and son Jim
my; and others from Josephine
county.
The tour included the milking
parlor, the cooler, the pasteur
izer room, and the walk-in cold
storage room,
After viewing the 20-acre
farm and the herd of 28 guern
sey cattle, the guests gathered
in the Jaksch yard for a picnic
lunch. ..
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Corps of Engineers Lists
Expenditures tor Region
Totalling $270,500,000
Portland (U.R) Civil and
military expenditures by the
Army Corps of Engineers in the
Pacific Northwest and Alaska
during the fiscal year ending
June 30 totalled $270,500,000.
Col. L. H. Foote, North Pacific
Division Engineer, said civil ex
penditures during the period
amounted to $135,000,000 or
more than one. quarter dt the
nationwide Corps expenditures.
Slight Decline
Army and Air Force construc
tion projects in the Northwest
and Alaska accounted for an
other $135,000,000, Col. Foote
said, which represented a slight
decline from the previous fiscal
PrtO&i'tiCT QuLfcu oONicaiAnTs The young ladies shown
above are the six candidates for queen, of the fifth annual Hill
Billy Jamboree in Prospect. Inset at left is Genivra Mather; top
center is Sue Colley; left above is JoAnn Cooper; left below is
Janet Bean; right above is Mary Ann Hubbard, and right below
is Beverly Beans. (Large photo by Brainerd)
Prospect Sets Fifth
Annual Hill-Billy
Jamboree July 23-24
Prospect The fifth annual
Hill-Billy Jamboree will be con
ducted here July 23 and 24, it
was announced last week. Plans
for the community-wide event
are well along, sponsors said.
The jamboree is a unique plan
of the small mountain commun
ity, and raises funds for a "com
munity fund" to "keep things
going" during the winter months,
when logging shut-downs often
create unemployment here.
is administered by the commun
ity club, and is used to. finance
activities and charities.
The jamobree will begin at
noon on Saturday, the 23rd, with
a Darade through town, ending
at the Jamboree grounds, where
entertainment is planned
throughout the afternoon.
Square and ballroom dancing
will be featured in the evening,
following the crowning of the
Jamboree queen.
On Sunday, a variety of con
tests and entertainment will be
featured in , conjunction with a
community - wide old-fashioned
"family picnic." .
Six girls of the Prospect area
are competing in the queen con-
Ho Delay Planned
On Coast Highway
Portland CJ.R) Preliminary
work on the new' coast highway
route between Astoria and Sea
side will not be delayed, despite
Friday's objections by a Clatsop
county delegation, the state
highway commission announced.
Chief Highway Engineer R
H. Baldock's recommendation
that the road should be rebuilt
over a proposed two-lane bridge
across Youngs bay southwest
ward from Smith point, was ap
proved Thursday by the commis
sion. The decision was protested by
Francis H. Harrington, a Port
land attorney representing Clats
op County Development League.
" Harrington - said the group
wanted time to present figures
on an alternate route along the
Lewis and . Clark river which
had also been considered for the
relocation.
The commission plans to
formally - approve the Smith
Point rule when It meets July
Four Ashlanders Hurt
In Car-Truck Mishap
Boise, Ida. U.R) Four vaca
tioning Ashland, Ore., residents
suffered minor injuries Friday
when their car collided with an
oil truck tanker west of here.
Suffering cuts - and - bruises
were Mr.' and Mrs. Shelby M.
Wilcox, Mrs. Mabel Ross and
Mrs. Nora Laurent, all of Ash
Their car hit a telephone pole
after the collision and was de
molished. The'Oregonians were
enroute to,-North Dakota on a
vacation. ; .
Two Seattle Fishermen
Believed Lost at Sea
Seattle U.PJ A treacherous
early-season storm on Alaska's
Bristol bay has apparently
claimed the lives of two veteran
Seattle fishermen.
The capsized gillnet boat of
Martin Jurseth. 50. and Nels
Aurdal,. 57, was found Wednes
day. .Word of the incident
reached the Alaska Fishermen's
Union here Friday. -
The two partners: were -out
on one, of the year s first trips
when caught by the storm. They
were fishing out of Egegik for
the Alaska Packer Association
Lithia Warehouse
Destroyed by Fire
Ashland OJ.R)' Fire late
Friday destroyed the warehouse
of the White Fir Lumber com
pany here on a site adjacent to
the Southern Pacific railroad
tracks.
The building was owned by
Dave Whittle and was used by
the lumber company for storage
Tt ' - A ! Ti r
purposes, wnue i ir manage
Jiid Moores said the , loss was
covered by insurance but he was
unable to estimate exact dam
ages.- '-" . .-..'
Quick action by railroad crews
saved several box cars on a near
by siding. "
test. The one selling the largest
number of jamboree tickets will
be the queen, and the other girls
will be members of her court.
Six Girls
The girls are . Sue Colley
daughter 1 of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Colley, Prospect, sponsored by
the Lettermen's club; JoAnn
Cooper, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Al Cooper, sponsored by
the Shady Cove-Trail Lions club:
Mary Ann Hubbard, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Hubbard
sponsored by the Prospect Lions
club auxiliary; Genivra, Mather,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.- R
Mather, sponsored by the Pros
pect Parent Teacher association,
and Janet and Beverly Bean,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs.. Rich
ard Bean. Janet is sponsored by
the Prospect 4-H club, and Bever
ly by the Prospect Lions club
80-Year-Old Makes
Cross Country Jaunt
On Motorscooter .
Portland (U.R) -Eighty-year-old
Burt - Thompson of
Enid, Okla.. is convinced the
best way to travel from Okla
homa -to Portland without
being bothered by hitchhikers
is to make the trip in a motor
scooter. And. he's done just
that. .
Thompson, who quips that
he's too young to drive a car,
arrived hero Friday to visit his
foster son, Leo Schneider. Ifs
his second trip to the Pacific
Northwest on his ancient, um
brella - equipped . scooter.
Thompson said that last time;
the trip cost him about $40 for
gas and oiL .
"But I had to change spark
plugs oyer so often. This time
I'm burning ethyl and climb
ing the hills in high. I can
make high onto 25 miles an
hour now," he says.
Thompson expects to put
about 5000 miles on his speed
ometer this trip, . returning
home by way of Casper, Wyo.
year. , . - " -
Larges single cost item on the
Corps' production sheet was The
Dalles dam, where construction
activity reached its peak dur
ing the fiscal year. A total of
$63,000,000 was spent on the
project, with 4,200 workers em
ployed at the site. y
Corps spending on other dam
projects included: Chief Joseph,
$25,000,000; Lookout Point, $6,
000,000; Albeni Falls, $2,000,000;
Lucky Peak, $1,600,000, and De
troit, $500,000.
Pipeline Project
The,- Corps of 'Engineers re
ported that workjon the $35,000,-
uuu peiroieum proaucis pipeline
between Haines, Alaska, and
Army and Air Force installa
tions near Big Delta-and Fair
banks, Alaska was rapidly near-
ing completion. ?.. .,
The bulk of the division's mil
itary construction .work was, in
the Alaska, regidnt; most ' of the
civil spendingvwas done on pro
jects in the-Portland district,
where The Dalles, .Lookout Point
and Detroit dams were under
construction. -"V. -
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GUEST STAR Miss Norma
Robinson, (above), Vancouver,
Wash., this -week was the guest
star at the annual "Miss Canada"
contest in London, Ont. She is
to return this week end to Med
ford, where she is appearing at
the Rogue Valley Country club.
Last year Miss Robinson was a
contestant in. the -Miss Canada
contest, -and -won first place in
the talent .contest and second
place in the beauty contest Her
summer guest appearance at the
clftb is with Abby Green, Glenn
Parker and Keith Mirick.
Wilsonville Youngster
Dies After Quarry Fall
Wilsonville, Ore. (U.R) - An
11-year-old boy was fatally, in
jured in a quarry' here Friday
when he fell from a rock crusher
on which he had been playing.
David Lee Wilson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Wilson of Wilson
ville, was rushed to a Portland
hospital, but died in surgery.
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