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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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