IX MZOrORD (OREGON) mail tribune
Sunday, July 17, 19SS
Unwed Mothers Tell of Adoption
Arrangements Made by Attorneys
Chica'so (U.R) Three un
married mothers testified before
Senate investigators Saturday
about giving their children up
for adoption through lawyers in
New York and Chicago.
The women gave their testi
mony anonymously, seated be
hind a screen in the federal
court room where the Kefauver
subcommittee hearings on "black
market adoptions were being
heard.
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.)
the subcommittee chairman, gave
each Of the. women fictitious
names for purposes of the testi
mony. .
Referred to Attorney
"Miss Williams." 28. New
York, sobbed as she told of giv
ing birth to a child in 1949,
when she was unmarried. She
aid her doctor referred her to
attorney Marcus Siegal, Brook
lyn, for help in placing the child.
She said after Siegal had ar
ranged the adoption and she had
given up the child, she decided
she wanted the baby back. Siegal
then showed her a death certifi
cate and told her the child was
dead, she said.
Later. Miss Williams testified.
she learned that Siegal had ar
ranged to have another baby
buried in the name of her child,
and her baby actually was alive
and healthy in the home of foster
parents.
A "Miss Rogers" from a town
near Duluth, Minn., testified in
a Swedish accent about giving
birth to illegitimate boy twins
in August, 1954.
Adoption Suggested
Miss Rogers, 30, said a Mrs.
Agnes Brechtels of Duluth sug
gested she place the children for
adoption in Chicago. She said ar
rangements for the trip were
made in the office of Duluth at
torney Martin Friedman.
-The girl said the adoption was
handled here by Edward L. S.
Arkema.
' She said a man who posed as a
judge took her consent to the
adoption in Arkema's office.
Since then, the woman testified,
he has learned the "Judge" was
clerk of the court here.
Kefauver emphasized there
was no apparent law violation on
the nart of attorneys who han
dled the adoptions, but that the
hearings are aimed at determ
ining whether there should be
stricter laws on adoption.
The subcommittee Saturday
heard a string of witnesses test
ify about operators of "commer
cial maternity homes" in Mon
treal, Texas, and Oklahoma.
A one-time "carnival shill"
and a mystery witness, hidden
by a screen, combined to testify
concerning a home run by a Sara
Wieman of Montreal.
"Bouncer Testifies
Eugene Harry Miner, 44, wh6
described himself, as a former
boxer, wrestler, weight-lifter
and "shill" in a carnival, told the
subcommittee that he acted as a
"bouncer" in the Weiman home.
He testified he smuggled
babies across the border for
adoption into the United States.
But he objected to the term
"smuggling."
"That ain't smuggling, mister,"
he fired back at a committee
lawyer who used the term,
''that's giving a baby a home."
Subcommittee Special Counsel
Ernest A. Mitler asked Miner
what business -the woman was in.
"Sara's business was making
with -the babies," Miner said.
"She's selling babies to some
American people."
Miner said girls who were
waiting to have bebies were liv
ing in the home. He said one of
his jobs was to keep the girls
happy.
"I make with the nylons, box
chocolates and stuff," Miner
said, "But Sara paid for it, not
me."
Home Said in Slum Area
The mystery witness, described
as a "professional man of means"
from New Jersey, testified he ob
tained a baby from the Wieman
Home which, he said, was in a
slum area and filled with "filthy
dirt."
He said delivery of the baby
apparently had been "misman
aged." The baby, he said, looked
like he was "dying." He said he
"virtually kidnaped" the child
and took him to his hotel and
called a pediatrician.
Kefauver and other witnesses
agreed that a Federal law, per
haps similar to the Federal kid
nap law, was needed to stamp
out abuses.
Sen. William Langer (R-N.D.)
said childless couples need not
turn to Vblack marketeers" to
adopt children if they become
impatient with regular adoptive
procedures.
. He noted that under the Ref
ugee Act "there are over 3000
babies available in Europe up
to 10 years of age."
Table Rock
Bliss Heine's Juniors
Set Open House Today
The paper plant , and packing:
materials factory operated by
Bliss Heine's Juniors will bold
open house from 1 to. 6 p.m.
today. It is located behind the
Patterson Plumbing company,
127 West Jackson st.
Businessmen, fruit men and
the public of the valley are' in
vited to inspect the operation
and see how the paper collected
in period drives is procesed for
resale.
More than 80 tons of paper
and some 100 bales of - shredded
paper are now on hand. During
the open house guides will be
present to explain the work and
the uses for the different grades
of paper.
Meteorological Aids
Needed by Government
Robert D. Church, meteorolo
gist at the Medf ord weather bur
eau, announced Saturday that
men are needed for weather
bureau jobs at Sexton Summit,
Meacham, and Burns, Ore., and
at Tatoosh island and Stampede
pass. Wash.
The positions are those of
meteorological a i d s, (G S - 4,
weather observers), and pay $3,
415 per year to sart, with train
ing on the job. Educational
minimum is high school gradua
tion with completion of physics
and algebra courses. Unmarried
men are needed at the stations,
except the one at Burns.
Those interested may contact
Church at the bureau at the
Medford airport
Table Rock Ray B. Speer
of Ross Lane has leased the Ray
Baker, farm for a number of
years, and will be moving with
his family into the house in the
house in the near future. The
family consists of Mr. and Mrs.
Speer and a grown son and
daughter.
The Daily Vacation Bible
school began sessions at tne
schoolhouse Monday morning
with the Rev. Alan Hill, Amer
ican Sunday School Union mis'
sionary in charge, and the fol
lowing teachers reporting for
duty: Mrs. John Morris, and
Mrs. Dale Schulz, also a class
is being taught by Mr. Hill.
The daily average attendance
so far has been about 30 chil
dren, from ages 3 to 14, and
coming from this and the Sams
Valley district.
Mrs. . E. Robinson is- now
convalesing at her home, after
several days spent in the Com
munity hospital where she un
derwent major surgery.
Recent births of interest to
Table Rock folk are Craig Stev
en, 8 pounds, 3 ounces, born
June 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Dean
Inglis and David Shane 7 pounds
3 ounces, born July 1, to Mr.
and Mrs. David Doran.
Several local and Sams Val
ley farmers attended the field
day meet held recently' at Tal
ent, and learned how to raise
more of what they already have
too much of. With the dry sub
soil caused by the lack of the
usual amount of rain last win
ter and spring, and the contin-.
ual afternoon winds, local far
mers are operating sprinkler
systems day and night in an ef
ort to keep crops from 'drying
out.
O. T. Wilson, Central Point
resident and Sams Valley far
mer, dropped in the other morn
ing carrying a 25 pound rock
taken -from his son's mine in
the Trail district, which he .said
contained so much uranium that
it would make a geiger coun
ter rattle like a snare drum. We
were getting excited, thinking
that some in-law was about to
hit the jack-pot, until we learn
ed that the ore would have to
be shipped to Colorado and the
freight charge would eat up all
the profit.
David Doran, local boy, who
with his family spent several
months here at the home of his
parents since being seriously in
jured last fall in an auto acci
dent, has returned to his work
as a barber in the Fred Fry
barber shop in Medford.
Kenneth iWyatt, who has
been spending some of his vaca
tion time at the home of his
parents here, has accepted the
position of school' psychologist
at San Morenco, Calif., a city
near Oakland with 22 schools.
We were pleased to get a re
port from the Mail Tribune of
fice Thursday stating that
"Fergy" Ferguson, . managing
editor of the Mail Tribune, a
patient in a Portland hospital,
is much improved in health and
is expected home in a few days.
Bob Sage has donned his tin
hat and taken to the woods
again to spend his between the
school terms vacation and is at
present driving the water wa
gon fof the Steve Wilson road
gang.
Mrs. Delmar Dolley, and
young son, Douglas John, born
June 9, are visiting- at the home
of Mrs. Dolley 's parents, while
preparations are being made to
leave next month for . Iran
where Mrs. Dooley and son will
join her husband who left here
June 28 for that country, where
he will train students to be
come teachers of agriculture for
the Near East foundation spon
sored by American business
firms.
Miss Janice Bunten, Carson
City, Nev., leit Saturday for her
home after several weeks visit
with her grandparents at the
Arthur Doty home. Other re
cent visitors at the Doty home
were the Tom Poulton and Don
Sinren families of Lakeview,
Oregon.
Recent callers at the J. S.
Mrs. Robert Tucker and son Rob
ert Jr., Moultrie, Ga. Mr. Tuck
er, former Central Point boy
Richardson farm were Mr. and
and pupil of Mrs. Richardson,
is now engaged in farming and
cattle raising in Colquitt coun
ty. Asked their opinion about
segregation in the schools in
the South, the Tuckers express
ed regret that the issue is caus
sing so much concern, as they
believ the Negro' schools are
well taken care of at present
with facilities equal to the
schools for white children, and
in most cases preferred by the
Negroes as they are. Other re
cent, visitors at the. Richardson
home were Mr. and Mrs. . J.
Maury Cowgill, San Bernadino,
Calif., and Mr. Cowgill's moth
er, Mrs. Sally Cowgill, Central
Point, and the Don Whitney
family, Central Point.
-Mrs. Anna Jacobson and son
Manley are taking a motor trip
and at the present time are
headed toward Montana where
they will visit with friends and
relatives for some time and ex
pect to be gone about ' two
months.
Charley Given, farmer ' and
stockman from up Eagle Point
way, was down this way Thurs
day looking for pasture for his
cattle.
The light crop of hay locally
and. the fear of high, prices la
ter is believed to have been the
cause of nearly 700 cattle be
ing put through the Bill Bray
auction yard July 8. The sale
started about noon and it was
almost 11 o'clock that night be
fore the long line of critters had
gone over the auction block.
We were-recently handed a
copy of the June issue of the
Christian Herald which has a
story, by Sen. Richard Neuberg
er telling why he doesn't drink
intoxicating liquor. For a man
living in a city where more
liquor is consumed than any
othet city in the U.S. his story
is remarkable and we would
recommend the reading of it by
those who feel that to be pop
life, one must indulge in such
things.
M. A. Blackwood, local med
icine man, painter, pruner, pear
picker, and ' paper hanger, re
ports that the Blackwood fam
ily will soon be moving from
their present home on the Tou
Velle ranch, as the lessee wants
the house for ranch help.
We recently received a let
ter addressed to the Table Rock
Chamber of Commerce which
we were going to send ' to
George Loft in, known as the
Sams Valley Chamber of Com
merce, but our better half got
ahold of it and sent it to the
Medford chamber.
Local mosquitos were given
a working over early Thursday
morning that they will rememb
er for sometime, if there are
any left. An aeroplane charter
ed by the Table Top farms
turned loose two tons of DDT
on breeding places and maturn
ity wards.
Robert L. Godwin, Salem, su
pervising engineer for Oregon
state tax commission, was a bus
iness visitor here recently in
connection with assessment
adjustments asked for by lo
cal land owners, who had ap
peared before the equalization
board at the court house. When
shown land here unreasonably
assessed he readily agreed that
corrections should be made.
Godwin stated that the valua
tion for assessment purposes is
derived from the cash value as
shown by the selling price witb
location and other conditions
that might influence the selling
price taken into consideration.
As to assessing orchards, ac
cording to Godwin, - if assess
ment, values are to be based on
selling prices - then there is
something radically wrong with
orchards that sell irom- $1,200
to $1,500 per acre are assessed
the same as ordinary farm land
that wouldn't sell for one fourth
that amount.
A larger number of voters
than usual made the trip to the
voting booth at the recent rural
fire district election. Some who
are allergic to any fund raising
for school purposes were out in
force because they thought they
would save a few dollars in fire
insurance cost.
Charles Hilkey, Sams Valley
fanner, says he and his neigh
bors are enjoying good fishing
in the irrigation reservoir,
where some 15,000 fish were
planted and are- now in fine
shape, but may not survive the
summer, as it is expected that
the reservoir, which was only
60 per cent filled last winter,
will be drained by the end of
the summer.
We are sorry to report that
Edwin Taylor is a patient of the
Community hospital, where he
underwent surgery Friday morning.
One of the surest signs, for
Table Rockers that summer has
arrived is when Willard Hows
ley takes off his shoes to mow
the Elmer Hull lawn, and since
this has happened twice in the
last two weeks, they are look
ing for much warm weather
ahead.
Dead Una for Sunday- Class! fl ad la
at noon Saturday
The
Provident Life
Insurance Co.
... ' .
Is Pleased To Extend Its
Congratulations
To Its
Medford Manager
GLENN McCULLOUGH
In recognition of his having been made a
member of the exclusive "Millionaires Club"
for having reached a million dollars-of life
insurance in force, the Provident Life I nsur
'ance Company presented Glenn with a solid
gold watch. " ); " . '
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DRAMA OVER THE SEA In this dramatic picture made
by Cpl. James Whitt, of Boise, Idaho, paratroopers jettison
everything movable (except their rifles) from a crippled
Globemaster over the Pacific. With two engines out and
with 87 aboard, the plane reached safety of Hamilton Field,
CaL, blew two tires upon landing.
Shady Cove and Trail
Shady Cove-Trail J. W. Ham
mons, Sheridan, Ore., has been
visiting with his daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Pfeifer, Shady Cove, and with
his son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Hammons, Shady Cove.
Hammon's, his daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Pfeifer, and his daughter-in-law's
mother, Mrs. Isabelle Scott, Phil
adelphia, Pa., who is visiting the
Hammons, were guests at - the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Kelley, Shady Cove, for the
showing of pictures of the Kel
leys' trip through the southern
states, Florida and Cuba.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sawyer and
daughter, Sandy, are on a
month's vacation trip to Mon
Wyoming and Utah. Mrs. Saw-
Verne Wilson, Shady Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bartuss of
Shady Cove spent Sunday visit
ing at Union creek with Comdr.
Sawyer's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
and Mrs. Charles Goebel, San
Francisco, who vacation at their
summer home at Union creek ev
ery year. .-
Mrs. W.: J. Shumway,' Lovell,
Wyo., is visiting her sister and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. . Frank
Cook, Shady Cove. f
The next show attraction at
the VFW. hall in Shady Cove
July 18 will be "Song of India."
Mr. and Mrs. . Dick Bartuss,
Shady Cove, entertained Sunday
with a dinner in honor of the
birthdays of Dick Bartuss and
Frank Blaar, Medford. Guests
present were Comdr. and Mrs.
Charles Goebel, Union Creek;
the Rev. and Mrs. Rolo Dunham
and daughter Carolyn, and Mrs.
Dunham's mother, North Holly
wood; Dr. and Mrs. Verne- Wil
son and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Strother, Shady Cove; Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Blaar, Medford, and
the host and hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Brown and
children, Stockton, Calif., are
visiting with Mrs. Brown's sister
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Ody, Trail. Other recent guests
of the Ody's have been Mrs.
Robert Grey and children of
Stockton, Cailf.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pitts and
family, Los Angeles, are visit
ing his brother and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Pitts, Elk
Creek, Trail.
The regular meeting of Our
Lady of Fatima club was held
Six Quartz Location
Notices filed Friday
Six quartz location notices
were filed with the county clerk
Friday, four naming nickel and
othed minerals.
Boyd Kline, 522 Franquette
ave.. Warren Gam ill, and Ham
ilton Ecker staked a claim to be
known as "Wild Cat' in the Mis
souri flats mining district
Robert L. Wells, box 273,
Jacksonville, and W. R. Bishop
specified nickel and other min
erals in four claims in the Steam
boat mining district, to be known
as "Whiskey Ridge Nos. 15, 16,
17, and 18."
"Golden Streak" claim in the
Humbug district was filed by
Grace DeHaas, Applegate.
Although the sap of all maples
contain sugar, it is the sugar
maple that is tapped commercial
ly and that forms the basis of
the maple syrup and maple sug
ar industry.
at the home of Mrs. Carroll Wat
son July 12. A report was given
on the Father's day dinner held
at the VFW hall and it was con
sidered to have been a success.
Plans were made for coming
events. ' -
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yer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Myklebye, are taking care of
the Sawyer's place.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Velasco,
Oakland, Calif., who have been
visiting Mrs. Velasco's sister and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. O. L.
Williams, Shady Cove, plan to
return the last of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Grey King and
family, Portland, were recent
visitors at the home of King's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom King,
Shady Cove. '
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Towle,
Oakland, Calif., visited with
Mrs. Towle's sister and husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Strother
Shady Cove.
The Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Dun
ham and daughter, Carolyn,
North. Hollywood, Calif., are
house guests of Dr. and Mrs.
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