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1,600 Freshmen
Expected at UO
Eugene More than 1,200
freshmen have already been ad
mitted to the university for fall
term, - according to J. Spencer
Carlson, director of admissions
and counselling, who estimated
that around 400 more will be
admitted by the time the term
opens on Sept. 26.
N4w students are now being
admitted at a rate of 15 per cent
higher than at this time last
,year, Carlson says, and he ex
pects the total of new students
to reach 2,300 to 2,400. Total
enrollmcait for the fall will prob
ably surpass the 4,900 mark, he
believes.
Graduate student applications
are up over 1954, records show
while those of transfer students
have dropped slightly.
Enrollment for fall term, 1954
was 4,439.
Registration and orientation of
new students has been set for
the week of Sept. 18. Classes
are scheduled to start on Mon
day, Sept. 26.
Kenneth Bigham Named Winner
Of 'Better Farming1 Contest
Old Central Point
Building Torn Down
Central Point One of the
oldest buildings in Central Point,
the old Pioneer club which was
constructed in 1880's, is being
o lorn down to make way for im
provements at Pioneer Tavern-
Cafe.
Ed Colpitts, owner of the
building, said expansion plans
for the tavern-cafe call for din
ing room and possibly a dance
cfioor in the future.
The second floor of the frame
structure housed the Woodman
tt the World lodge, and the
ground floor was a confection
ery-Ice cream parlor and city
post office operated by Postmast-
,rrSam Moore.
0 Colpitts purchased the build
ing, one ot the nrst duiii in oen-
ral Point, in 1947 and operated
ihe Pioneer club there . until
1952, when he opened a new
tavern-cafe just west of the
ftuilding.
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VFW Representative
For Camp Appointed
Cmi White George Perry,
Murphy, Ore., has been appoint
ed VFW representative at Camp
White for the coming year, Com
mander Garry L. Hanson, of the
department of Oregon, has noti
fied the Veterans Administration
Volunteer Advisory committee
at a recent meeting in the Elks
temple.
Other new members of the ad
visory committee introduced at
the meeting included Mrs. Ruth
Gordon, representing the Ameri
can Red Cross, and her alternate,
Marie Rehling; Mrs. Vada Page,
representing the Military Order
of Lady Bugs, and James Grigs
by, representing the Elks.
Acting Chairman Franklin
Qlrard welcomed the new mem
biers to the committee and intro
duced George Perry, of the VFW,
and Miss Rae Boyles, the new
librarian at Camp White.
"Manager E. K. Ricker ad
dressed the group and announced
that the budget for the fiscal
year has been approved and is
now in effect."
Kenneth Bigham, 1954 grad
uate from Crater High school,
has been named winner of the
"Better Farming" contest for the
southwest district of Oregon, ac
cording to Leonard Kunzman,
vocational-agricultural instruct
or at the school.
Gets Cash Award
Bigham, son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. L. Bigham, Sams Valley, re
ceived a $25 cash award from
the Future Farmers of American
sponsored contest, Kunzman
said. The award is judged on
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KENNETH BIGHAM
Receives Award
the basis of a personal visit from
a committee from the state de
partment of agriculture which
tours the state to choose win
ners.
Bigham was selected on the
farming program he has devel
oped, and on a working knowl
edge of farming including fer
tilization, feeding, farm records,
breeding and farm management,
Kunzman added.
The Bigham boy owns seven
head of registered Hereford beef
valued at $1,500, five Guernsey
dairy animals, a poultry house
and 20 acres of land adjoining
the family farm. Last year he
farmed 11 acres of oats and bar
ley from rented acreage also
near the home plot.
Ski lift on Shasta '
Possibility Studied
D u n s m u i r Possibility of
building a ski lift on the slopes
of,-Mt. Shasta will be discussed
at meeting in Sacramento Aug.
it was reported here this
weijk.
team of Forest Service of
ficials and others interested in
spected possible sites recently,
and recommended development
of Panther Meadows as a skiing
area.
4-H Club News
Upper Rogue Livestock Club
CThe last meeting was held at
the home of Mary and Judy Lee
Kv, Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
tJ.Ve straightened out our rec
ord books. We also talked about
tr)4-H fair.
Ljt&freshments were served by
Mrs. Lee Key.
Linda Jackel, Reporter
Wagner Creek Club
The Wagner -creek 4-H club
meeting was held Aug. 5 at the
Don Sommers home. The mem
bers worked on their record
books and filled out slips for spe
cial awards. When the members
were almost done they were
served Koolade and cookies by
Mrs. Sommer.
Daryl Zapell, reporter.
Of 270 public buildings in De
troit, 40 of them are over 50
years old.
Court Records
DISTRICT COURT
Francis Allen Miller, overwidtrp. $15.
Richard Lee Mayberry. overload,
$113.
Glen Ronald HaiRht. overload. S5S.
Leonard Eugene Steege. improper
muffler. S15.
CWfcXIT COURT
Hnby Ruth Howell vs. Sam Howell,
divorce complaint.
Allen Adams vs. Shirley Adams, di
vorce complaint.
M.APRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
fcfbert Archie Gouley. 22. Portland,
and Janice Marilyn Wadley, 22. Ashland.
Despondent Mother
Kills Sons, Self
Phoenix XU.R) The coroner's
office said today it did not ex
pect to hold an inquest into the
brutal murder-suicide in which a
"good" mother cut off the heads
of her two young sons and then
took her own life.
Sheriffs investigators said
Mrs. Shirley Zumstein, 25, killed
her two sons, Roy Jr., 5, and
Dennis, 4, and then cut her own
throat yesterday in apparent de
spondency over her husband be
ing out of work.
The three bodies were found
in the living room -of the fam
ily's small frame house on the
desert near the Phoenix suburb
nf KiinnvsiHp. . I
' The medical examiner, Dr.
Daniel J. Condon, said the two
boys apparently had been struck
on the head with a hammer be
fore the decapitation. He said
both a seven-inch hunting knife
and a pair of scissors were used
in their slaying. The mother, he
said, probably used the knife to
cut her throat.
Hurricane Connie Blamed
For Death in San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico (U.R)
Hurricane Connie led to the
death of one worker and the
hospitalization of six others
Thursday.
The workers, all water re
source authority employees,
were poisoned .while cleaning
organic matter out of a huge
tube. The decomposed matter
accumulated by a high tide re
sulting from the hurricane pro
duced poison gases. Fulgencio
Riviera died shortly after being
taken to a hospital.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday; other days 5:30 previous day.
NEED
BACK-TO-SCHOOL
CASH?
From kindrstlM
to collea. kids cost
money... money
invested in thsir
futures. My we help?
Add up ill the anticipated back-te-seheol
expenses and brine, the figures to your
Hearty PF office for a friendly discussion.
A PF back-to-school loan may be just the
answer to your arithmetic problem.
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Frank Wilkinson, Manager
PHONE 3-3989
16 S. Central Medford
Besides this award, Bigham
has won the "State Farmer De
gree." This is the highest degree
that can be reached on a state
level, Kunzman stated. The
young farmer, in order to attain
this prize, must be among the
top two per cent of vocational
agricultural students.
During high school, Bigham
held the office of vice-president
of the FFA chapter in the school.
Prior to his enrollment in the
vocational agriculture class, he
was a member of the 4-H for
nine years. All of his livestock
and a sample of his crops will
be shown in the FFA section
of the Oregon State Fair to be
held Sept. 3 to 10 in Salem.
Supervising Health
Nurses To Aleef Here
About 20 supervising nurses
in county health departments of
the state are expected to be here
Friday for an all day meeting in
the courthouse little auditorium.
Miss Ruth Peffley, state direc
tor of public health nursing, will
preside. Dr. A. E. Merkel, county
health officer, and Miss Dorothy
Collard, supervising public
health nurse for the county, will
make local arrangements.
Dead line for Sunday Classified is
at noon Saturday.
Sunday, August 14, I95S
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE fEVdf
Indian Farm Expert Visits in County
Dr, D. L. Reddy, a farm expert
from India, visited Jackson coun
ty farms and dairies Wednesday.
Dr. Reddy is a veterinarian and
manager of one of the govern
ment foreign farms in his home
country.
Earl Jossy, county agricultural
agent, accompanied Dr. Reddy
on tours of various valley farms
and dairies, and the Grange Co
Op warehouse. The doctor asked
if it "might be possible to see
a lumber factory," and was
happy to be shown through Elk
lumber company's mill, Jossy
said.
Dr. Reddy is in this country
on a Point Four exchange pro
gram and has been connected
with Oregon State college the
past three months. He is in- Seat
tle this week attending a dairy
men's meeting, and will soon
visit California and then con
tinue east.
MAYBE COLOR BLIND
Edinburg, Tex. 0J.R) Edin
burg police proudly announced
Thursday that there hadn't been
a single traffic accident on
Courthouse Square during the
three months that its traffic
lights were missing because of
new construction. Then they re
placed the lights. Within the
hour two cars collided on the
square.
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