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1 G 0 Q q TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Installations in Old Camp White Area Play Important Part in National Guard Program "When the Oregon National Guard reorganized following World War II, the state military department utilized about 470 acres of land and 41 buildings formerly part of Camp White The National Guard depot, lo Ocated seven miles northwest of Medford on Table Rock rd., is a service and concentration center Ofor equipment assigned to units wfrom Meaford, Ashland, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Burns and Lakeview. Center Established " Some 44 acres at the Table Rock rd. site were taken over by the guard August 23, 1946, but It was not until last year that the service and9 concentration centers were established. The Guard also took over and main tains a 420-acre rifle range on Antelope rd. about two miles east of Crater Lake highway. Of 21 buildings at the Table Rock rd. site, 10 f them are used for storage of trucks, anti aircraft guns, dump trucks, and various size trailers, in addition to salvage Material from other Camp White buildings which were torn down when the mili tary camp was disbanded. Fed eral property assigned to Guard units includes equipment which cannot be stored at armory loca tions because of limited space. The service center was organ ized to serve and maintain trucks, and other equipment of Guard units. Trucks and. jeeps used regularly by Guard units in gSouthern Oregon are brought to the depot here for service and (maintenance by Sfc. Charles D. Herman, senior service center mechanic. Herman, who also gives vehicles used daily by units ga e.OOOmile check, is a memDer "of the Ashland unit. Storage for Vehicles The concentration center (ervej as a point for storage of garmy vehicles, antiaircraft artil lery and other equipment assign ed National Guard units. The equipment is used only during Annual field training periods during summer months. Sgt. Vir gil D. Cool is the concentration mechanic who once a month starts each vehicle and. keeps each vehicle prepared to be moved on call at all times. Cool jlso gives each truck, jeep and other vehicles a 6,000-mile check. Antiaircraft artillery stored at the depot is mechanically main tained by Sgt. Dick Worthen Both Worthen and Cool also are members of the Ashland Na tional Guard unit. All equipment, including a bulldozer and dump truck for depot maintenance and an army wrecker. Is ready to move when emergency arises. Besides Herman, Cool and Worthen, all of whom were transferred to the Ashland unit from the 3670th Ordinance com pany at Camp Withycomb, Ore., recently, two full-time employees maintain buildings and grounds, both at the Table Rock rd. site Cnd the rifle range. They are Sfc. Loyal Good nough and MSgt. Jack Burns. Goodnough is a member of head quarters company, first battal- (lon 186th infantry, and Burns is with company A, 186th' infan try, both of Medford. In Charge of Areas Charles J. Myers, 640 Oakdale Sr., Medford, is depot superin tendent in charge of the Camp White areas. Myers was ap pointed superintendent when buildings were taken over for -National Guard purposes in 1946. q In addition to storage facili ties, one building has been con verted into a six point indoor small bore rifle range, and other buildings house carpentry and plumbing shops. The depot also (Jnaintains its own fire depart ment. Recently, the Central Point Rural Fe Protection district T.M. Reg. The New Taste Thrill Sold Exclusively at JACK'S DRIVE-UP 911 North Riverside You'll Always F Reliability - Uniformity Full Strength IN EVERY 10 AD OF c? 34c TRU-MIX CONCRETE Tru-Mix Concrete Co. FAST. PROMPT DELIVERY . McAndrewt Read . Phono 2-5271 L - ' .1 1 - C , ' '" ' STORAGE FACILITIES Concentration cen ter mechanic Virgil Cool, left and ground maintenance men, Loyal Goodnough and Jack Burns look over equipment stored at the National Guard depot seven miles northwest' of Medford on Table Rock rd. Cool services vehicles assigned to Southern Oregon Guard units and keeps them ready to be moved upon SERVICE DEPARTMENT National Guard Depot Superintend ent Charles J. Meyers, right, looks on as two mechanics repair truck'in the service center. Richard H. Warthen, left, is anti-aircraft mechanic at the depot, but his work extends to other equip ment as well. Charles D- Herman, center, is chief service center mechanic and services trucks and ern Oregon National Guard units. it f 111111111 i ,5, ,,Mii, M in -' NATIONAL, GUARD STORAGE Vehicles assigned to National Guard units at Medford, Grants Pass, Ashland, Klamath Falls, Burns and Lakeview are stored in buildings shown above which were constructed in 1942, when Camp White was activated. Larger buildings house anti-aircraft artillery, trucks and other equipment, and smaller structures have been converted into various shops for servicing equipment. V (Brainerd photo) was authorized to use one build ing as a shop and a grease rack for maintenance of the depart ment's fire equipment. In return for use of Camp White facilities, the department will provide ad ditional fire protection for the National Guard depot. Use Rifle Rang The rifle range is' used throughout summer months by Guard units from Medford, Rose- burg, Grants Pass, Ashland, ,Yre- ka and Shasta, Calif., as well as by various reserve units, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, veterans organizations and po lice departments in Southern Oregon. Recently 90 men from the 184th infantry division of the California National Guard camped overnight at the range for target practice. Myers said any group of 12 or more people may apply for! use of the range, which is main tained by the National Guard. Both the range and depot were acquired when Lamp White was abandoned following World War II. Camp White, capable of accommodating more than 50,000 troops, was named for the late Major General George A. White, adjutant gen- Sunday, Auguii 28, 1953 jeeps used regularly by South (Brainerd photo) eral of Oregon, and was one of the largest military training camps activated during World War II. The - camp was con structed in 1942. Oswego Man Claims Wrongful Jailing . Portland (U.R) Jack Hurd of Oswego Friday charged that he was wrongfully jailed because he asked a Portland municipal judge if he could appeal a $9 traffic fine. Hurd claimed he was held in the "drunk tank" for two hours and permission to put up bond was delayed. He had pleaded innocent to a charge of passing through a red light Thursday in the court of Municipal Judge Philip M. Bagley. The Oswego man claimed that when he asked the judge if he could appeal the $9 fine, the judge sentenced him to 24 hours in jail. Judge Bagley, however, Sat urday said he told Hurd appeals could not be rendered in cases where the fine was less than $20. He said he levied the heavier penalty to allow Hurd to appeal. RUMMAGE SALE! filon., Aug. 29 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. FEIIL BUILDING - 6th & Ivy Sponsored by BETHEL NO. 55 - JOB'S DAUGHTERS call at all times. Goodnough and Burns main tain buildings, grounds and a 420-acre rifle range two miles east of Crater Lake highway on Antelope rd. Equipment stored at the depot here is assigned to units at Medford, Grants Pass, Ashland, Klamath Falls, Burns and Lakeview. Only part of the equipment is shown above. (Brainerd photo) Area Bank Debits Up 19.5 Per Cent Eugene Bank debits in south ern Oregon for July showed a gain of 19.5 per cent over July a year ago. A rise of 20.9 per cent for July over June was also reported. The debits represent the dol lar value of checks drawn against the deposit accounts of individ uals and business firms. The fig ures are collected monthly from 149 Oregon banks and branches by the University of Oregon bu reau of business research. Totals for the state show an increase of 11.2 per cent for July, 1955 over the same month, 1954. Bank debits are regarded as good indicators of current busi ness activity, according to the bureau. Farming Said Most Hazardous Occupation y Portland (U.R) An American Medical association off ical Fri day characterized farming as the most hazardous occupation in the United States. Aubrey Gates, field director for the AMA council on world health, said farming had surpas sed mining to become the most dangerous occupation. Gates said that while the num ber of doctors is keeping pace with the general population growth, few desire to establish rural practices. He said doctors .were urgently needed in rural communities. Gates was in Portland to meet with the Oregon Rural Health council to discuss the National Conference on Rural Health con- vention scheduled to be held here netx March. Injured Released From Hospital Two young Gold Hill men in jured in a motorcycle pick-up truck collision Friday afternoon were discharged yesterday after being treated in Medford hos pitals. Thomas West, 21, and Louis Nichols, 15 were riding a motor cycle at Seven Oaks north of Central Point when the accident occurred. State police said the cycle was having throttle trouble and the two young men had stopped at the end of a traffic island on old highway 99 at a clover leaf junction. The clutch slipped into gear and the motorcycle shot out in front of a pick-up operated by William Victor. Kidson, 26, of route 2, box 705, Central Point. Kidson was unable to stop in time, and struck the cycle, throwing the two riders about 35 feet, officers said. West was taken to Sacred Heart hospital and Nichols to Community by Medford Am bulance service vehicles. Try this dressing for vegetable or potato salads. Beat the con tents of a six-ounce glass of chive cheese until smooth, then blend in mayonnaise until the dressing is of the desired consistency. , County Red To Provide Of Natural, A disaster as recognized by the American National Red Cross is a situation in which five or more families are deprived of the basic necessities of life. The Jackson county chapter of Red Cross is prepared to meet either natural or war-caused dis asterSj and more than 300 vol unteers are Teady throughout the county to participate in a program which is being organi zed to provide clothing, food and lodging for as many as 33,000 additional people. Enlarging Facilities The disaster plan was organi zed two years ago, but presently additional work is being done to enlarge facilities because of Jackson county's participation in the national civil defense pro gram. During war-caused dis asters, Jackson county would primarily handle 33,000 evacuees from metropolitan Portland. The county plan comprises many committees which are re sponsible to the disaster chair man, Seth Bullis, whose " prin cipal responsibility is direction and coordination of subcommit tee activity and purchasing nec essary supplies in the event of a natural disaster. Assisting Bullis are Mrs. Leonard Mayfield, Mrs. Edith Eden and Mrs. John Day as vice-chairman, who would be delegated responsibilities com parable with Bullis'. Natural disasters occur each year, usually during specific sea sons such as tornadoes in the spring, floods from late winter rains and melting snow and hur ricanes in late summer and early fall. Flash foods, forest fires, ex plosions, transportation wrecks, fires and similar catastrophes also are included in natural dis asters. When a natural disaster oc curs locally, the chapter; chair man, Eugene Thorndike, notifies local authorities that the Red Cross is assuming its responsibil ity for relief operations. The de vastated area is quickly surveyed to determine the number of fam ilies affected, including persons killed and injured, homes de stroyed and damaged, and spec ial problems of relief, communi cations and transportation. " - Disaster relief work includes the emergency period, when immediate needs for basic nec essities of food, clothing, shelter and medical aid are given prior ity, and -the family rehabilita tion period, when rebuilding and repairing homes and providing household furnishings and other rehabilitation needs are pro vided.. A. D. (Del) Harvey is chair man of ' the survey committee, and once a survey is made, other ' subcommittees become activated under previously or ganized plans. Chairmen Listed Among those groups, . and their chairmen, are the food committee under Col. Herman Meiring: lodging committee under Harry Watson: clothing committee under John Graff; transportation under H. H. (Hank) Pringle; communications under Kenneth MacDonald; and registration and information under Mrs. Frank Fairweather. The food subcommittee is re: sponsible for obtaining, prepar ing and serving food to disaster victims and workers, and for re ceiving and dispensing donated food. :. Responsibilities of the cloth ing committee include receiving and sorting donated clothing and obtaining new clothing for disas ter victims, especially during the emergency period. Lodging facilities for victims, as well as obtaining necessary, supplies, equipment and person nel to operate such, centers would be arranged by the lodging committee. The committee on registration and information Is responsible for taking applications request ing assistance, granting emer gency relief, refering victims to other agencies when necessary, answering inquiries of relatives and friends concerning welfare of victims, and keeping records of people who receive assistance. Responsibilities of the committee during war, are assumed by gov- renmentai welfare agencies, but are handled by Red Cross during naturaj disasters. Liaison Office ' Committees on transportation and communication act as a liai son office to obtain from gov ernmental, agencies necessary transportation and communica tion equipment under an agree ment with the county civil de dense director. Like registration and information committees, transportation and communica tion, as well as evacuation, medi cal aid, and rescue are assumed bv governmental agencies dur ing war-caused ; disasters Volunteer special service groups will have assignments in line with their training. Nurses aids and Gray Ladies will work with medical division and staff aids will assist in medical and registration departments. Mrs. John Day is chairman of special services, with Mrs. Tom Emmeni chairman .of Nurses Cross Prepared Relief in Case War Disasters aids; Mrs. Harry Poston and Mrs. Ralph Bardwell in charge of Gray ladies; Mrs. W. J. More land, chairman of staff aids; Mrs. Eugene Orr, chairman of motor corps; Mrs. Frank Fairweather, chairman of social welfare; Mrs. C. H. Paske, chairman of produc tion and supply, and Mrs. John W. Burba, chairman of blood bank. , The production and supply service makes garments, surgical dressings, and provides books, magazines, flowers and supple mentary supplies for hospitals and other institutions. The motor corps transports personnel, drive mobile canteens, furnishes sup plemental ambulance service, as sists in moving supplies and maintains a messenger service. Cooperates With Others The Red Cross also cooperates with local medical and nursing personnel during natural disas ters, assisting with emergency first aid to injured, furnishing services, arranging for local hos pital care, and setting up emer gency stations and providing needed medical and hospital sup plies if needed. Rehabilitation assistance to families according to need is fi nanced -by Red Cross funds dur ing natural disaster, but rehabili tation and financing are assumed by governmental agencies during war-caused disasters. The local chapter has assisted residents of the Rogue valley as well as others during compara tively recent natural disasters. The Rogue river disaster three years ago, which flooded and damaged homes in the Shady Cove-Rogue River areas, and the Vanport flood of 1948 received Jackson county assistance. During the Rogue river flood, the local chapter of Red Cross expended its entire disaster fund, and received additional fi nancial assistance from the na tional fund. During natural disas ters, the' Red Cross finances all relief work for . refugees, and only a small percentage of funds raised locally are transferred into the national disaster fund. Jackson county residents re sponded to an appeal from Red Cross officials at Vanport in 1948 for clothing, and several truckloads were shipped there within two days. Volunteers enrolled under the Red Cross disaster plan serve as members of the civil defense or ganization during war - caused disasters working under the name, direction and insignia of civil defense. The Red Cross, during war - caused disaster, would organize, mass care facil ities for lodging, cothing and food, while other responsibilities would be assumed by govern mental agencies under the civil defense plan. Mass Care Mass care, which Includes lodging, clothing and feeding, would be provided some 33,000 refugees from metropolitan Port land under the state civil defense plan. To handle the influx of evacuees, Jackson county has been divided into 15 districts. each of which would function on the same basis as the county- wide group. A subcommittee on lodging would be responsible for provid ing temporary lodging on a col lective basis during time of war- caused disaster as well as main tenance of morale. Surveys of eating facilities, source of food, auxiliary water, supplies, food preparation and distribution and survey of equipment would be done by the subcommittee on food. The clothing subcommittee is responsible for surveying needs, collection and processing of used clothing in, addition to surveying equipment. Betore evacuees arrive in Jackson county, these subcom mittees would start operations. In addition, the food subcommit tee would be responsible for mobile canteen service which would be used to feed first aiders and other civil defense personnel while they are on duty, and un able to be fed elsewhere. Feeding of medical patients and staff personnel in hospitals and emergency hospitals would be done by the medical service of the civil defense plan. ' County-wide organization and cooperation would be assured by the county-wide mass care com mittee. The section chief of mass care would assist chairmen of subcommittees and advise dis trict chairmen of progress made in districts to insure adequate preparedness. Sections Chiefs The 15 district mass care sec tion chiefs , are: Mrs. C. O. Ger hardt, Lower Applegate; Robert Webb, Upper Applegate? the Rev. John Fuiten, Butte Falls; James Glenn, Central Point; Mrs. Earle Jossy, Eagle Point; John Stieber, Gold Hill; Ike Dunfprd, Jackson ville; Mrs. J. D. Arens, Lake Creek; Mrs. James H. Grieve. Prospect; Mrs. Charles Babcock, Rogue River; Mrs. E. W. Seges senman, Shady Cove; Joe Wil son, Wimer; Mrs. M. O. Grove, Phoenix; Mrs. H. R. Jordon, Ash land; and Leonard Uayfield, Medford and vicinity. j Included in the Medford and vicinity district are the city of Medford, West Side, Lone Pine, Roxy Anne, Griffin Creek, Oak Grove and Howard. The district chiefs have the same responsibilities for lodging, feeding and clothing in their dis trict as county officers have. Since civil defense authorities have notified local officials that 33,000 people from metropolitan Portland would be evacuated into Jackson county in the event of a war-caused disaster, , addi tional surveys of facilities are being conducted. Churches, Granges, schools and other public buildings are important as lodging and feed ing units during disasters. Volunteers who serve on lodging and feeding subcommit tees are those who ordinarily use facilities in which refugees are lodged or fed.. Managers of buildings designated as lodging units are in charge of prepara tions for receiving evacuees. Each Grange in Jackson coun ty has its lodging chairman and canteen chairman and assistant who are familiar with facilities and are experienced in preparing and serving food to large groups of people. Additional surveys are being conducted of available buildings in Medford and vicinity for lodging and feeding evacuees. Assisting Watson on the lodging committee and Col. Meiring on the food committee are William Schei, Mrs. Wilson Waite, Col. Charles Stafford, John Bunker and John McDuffy. Buildings Utilised Buildings which have both sleeping and eating facilities are utilized wherever possible. The food chairman notifies the can teen chairman of the number which may be fed in designated buildings. Food, bedding and other supplies and equipment for disaster victims are furnished by governmental agencies during war-caused disasters. Soon after the county disaster plan was organized, members of Roxy Anne Grange conducted a test to determine . how efficient and quickly food could be pre pared and served a group of 80 people. Those who participated in the test included Mrs. Orie Moore, chairman of the canteen committee, Mrs. Ivan Wolfe and Mrs. Kenneth Shaw, vice-chair-; men, and Mrs. Al Sims, Mrs. J. G. Cameron, Mrs. Jack Burns and Mrs. Bruce Moffatt. Mrs. Moffatt has since moved to Pros pect The Red Cross, because disas ters are unpredictable, desires that one member, of each family be grained in home nursing and emergency first aid . to assist ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT w mom Why go thru another winter ' without a modern, clean eeerat inf, fuel saving, oil hoater. Why wait until tha anew fhea and kna $15 on year oM heater. iUY year new Spark Oil Heater during the month et August and get an extra 1S u - heater. This oHer h nude peteifcle Be cause the Factory it snaring in this extra SI 5. There have been na increase! rn Suark prices. Cent in today ant select the stza Sajrk Oil Heater you need, in the lovely Ntutra-tcite faked Enamel Finish and get tk't erra $15 for yoer old hoator. Telephone. 2-5295 SAMSON FEED & 4th and where needed during disaaten. Medford has been designated as one of three locations selected as emergency blood donor sta tions during war-caused disas ters. The other two are Coos Bay and Klamath Falls, The three were" selected because they are outside the "fall out" area of metropolitan Portland," the most logical Oregon target during enemy attack. Local registered nurses will be trained by Red Cross instructors to assume work of blood-mobile teams from Portland, because regular blood-mobile teams will be expendable during war-caused disasters and remain in Port land. Nurses for this training will be selected by Dr. Edwin Durno, chairman of medical and nursing aid for Jackson County Red Cross. Nyssa Orders New Water Restrictions Nyssa (U.R) A special session of the city council here' Friday issued an order imposing further water restrictions for the next month with provision for $300 fines and 100 days in Jail for violatprs. Mayor Paul House said that in view of the still critical water shortage which" has sent pres sures down to zero in some parts of the city, the order will go into effect Monday. He said city police will patrol for violators. House said that the only way to describe the situation was "dangerous" because low water pressure would make it impos sible to fight fires in many sec tions of the city. Nyssa's new water system, will not be ready for another month and water restrictions have been in force all summer. Shortages developed a year ago when gas from an under ground storage tank seeped into one of the city's main wells, forcing the city to close it down. PROMOTED Portland District Ranger H. Donald Miller of the Chesnim nus district of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest at Enter prise has been promoted to take charge of wildlife management in the Southeastern region at Alanta, Ga., Regional Forester J. Herbert Stone announced Sat urday. Dead line Sunday Classified ia at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other day 5:30 previous day. TRICK it NOW PLAYING r HAMMOND ORGAN Nightly atjhe MEDFORD Hotel Lounge pro cEirfl Qgnr? (HUD tiWSSil eras 9 SEED CO., Agents Front 5H. IIIU3 ' ' J
