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Local and Parents Visit Mr. and Mrs. L'illis Hill, Salem, visited for he week-end with their son and laushter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Z. W. Hill. They left for their ome Monday. Jailed Joseph Dexter Atch- ley, 30, Dunsmuir, Calif., was arrested Saturday and placed n Jackson county jail on a charge of nonsupport, according ho a sheriffs office report. Mother 111 Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Lane, 217 Portland ave., left Sunday evenine for wasmngton. state where they were called hv the serious illness of his mother. Lane is with" the First National bank note department. m m w Auto Sfolen Wilford Lee Longan, 110 East 11th St., re nnrtpri tn citv Dolice Sunday that his car was stolen from where it was parked in front nf his residence. He panted me car about 10 a.m. and noticed it was gone at 1 p.m. Student Visits Alfred Lea- vitt, a junior student at Oregon State college, left Sunday for Corvallis after spending the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Leavitt, 39 Sum mit tve. Cars Stripped Keggan Town- end, route 2, box 79, Central Point, manager of Olsen's Serv ice station, 1258 South Riverside ave., reported to city police Sat urday that someone has been stripping parts from wrecked ve hicles at the station. mm Rummage Townsend club members will sponsor a rum mage sale Wednesday and Thurs day, Nov. 9 and 10, at 106 North Ivy st. Included in the articles will be a good assortment of men's clothing, those in charge point out. Sale hours will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stays in Georgia Peggy Cab ler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cabler, Jacksonville, has un dergone evaluation at the Geor gia Warm Springs Foundation for polio patients, and has been informed that she is to remain for further treatment, according to word received here. Miss Cab lers trip to the foundation is being paid for by Jackson county March of Dimes funds. At Communily William Kal lerson, 122 Tripp st., and Judy Frink, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Frink, Cen tral Pofnt, are in Community hospital for medical care, the hospital reported this morning. Janet Davies, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Davies, route 2, box 230K, Medford, underwent a tonsillectomy at the hospital, according to the-report. Dairy ' Conference Three Jackson county men have re turned from a conference of Dairy Herd Improvement asso ciation supervisors at Corvallis The importance of dairy herd improvement work done within the local units was stressed at the conference. Those attending from Jackson county were Earle F. Jossy, county beef and dairy cattle agent; Glen Inlow, Ashland; and Marvin Wick, Medford. Crash Memento Mrs. Talbert Sehorn, 832 Summit ave., has a memento of the recent United Air lines plane disaster near Longmont, Colo. The plane ex ploded in mid-air Tuesday, Nov, 1, and on it with other mail was a letter to Mrs. Sehorn. She received it Saturday, Nov. 5 with a stamp on it indicating that the letter had been delayed It was mailed Oct. 31 from her mother, Mrs. H. P. Foster, Win- stead, Conn. Business Names Assumed The business name, R. & L, Snack Bar, has been assumed by Russell E. and Lotus A. Conger, 542 Pearl si, according to rec ords in the Jackson county re corder's office. The business name. Robinson, Potter and Shepherd, has been retired by V. J. Robinson, Winifred J. Rob- inron, A. N. Potter Jr., Charlotte Potter and Robert W. Shepherd, and assumed by V. J. Robinson, A. N. Potter Jr., Charlotte Pot ter, Robert W. Shepherd and John P. Ripley, according to rec ords in the county recorder's of fice. PLUS FIRST RUN mm Personal To Meet The board of trus tees of Phoenix Presbyterian church will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the church. Mineral Club The Roxy Ann Gem and Mineral club will meet in the Pythian building. Fifth and Grape sts., at 8 p.m. Friday. Officers for the coming year will be nominated. Auto Accident Cars driven by George Norman Fisk, 604 South Ivy st., and William James White, route 1, box 110, Eagle Point, collided at the corner of West Main and Holly sts. at 6:15 p.m., Saturday, according to city police. Inipecioru Fire Marshal Tru man Nelson reported seven in spections of business occupan cies and one garage, and one complaint in the residential area. Seven orders or recommenda tions were issued for removal of fire hazards. Undergo Surgery Mrs. Mel- vin Wier, Phoenix, and Mrs Gary Poole, Jacksonville, under went major surgery at Osteo pathic hospital Monday morning, the hospital reported today. Mrs. Clair Coiner, 1112 Bens lane, is a medical patient in the same hospital. Bad Checks Medford police reported today that two ficti tious checks totaling $45 were passed at a local restaurant re cently. One check was made payable to the restaurant and the other to cash. Both were drawn on the Bank of America, Hollywood, Calif. At Roseville Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wright, 320 King st., ar rived home Sunday evening from Roseville, Calif., where they visited her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. William L Hull and family. The Wrights were accompanied by their chil dren, Jerry, Jacky and Jean. At Corvallis Mrs. Nettie El- lenberg, 119 North Central ave., spent several days in Corvallis with her mother, Mrs. Ida How ard, and her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. How ard of Portland, who also were visiting with Mrs. Howard. Mrs. Ellenburg returned Sunday. Mercy Flight Donald W. Jones, 1116 Queen Anne ave., was flown to Portland yesterday in a Mercy Flights air ambu lance plane. He had been at Sacred Heart hospital, and was scheduled for surgery at Eman uel hospital there. He was the 418th patient carried by planes of the non-profit air ambulance service. Visit Here Mrs. Irene Wind ley, Seattle, and her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodgers, Napa, Calif., are visiting at the home of Mrs. Windley's sister, Mrs. Henry Se verson, 113 North Ivy st. They arrived Saturday and Mrs. Wind- ley expects to make an extended visit while the Hodgers will be here about a week. Injures Back Marie Francis Hoffer, 13-year-old eighth-grader at Hedrick Junior High school, was taken to Sacred Heart hos pital by Medford' Ambulance service yesterday about 5 p.m. for treatment of a back injury suffered while playing on the school ground it was reported this morning. The attending phy sician stated that the girl was hospitalized overnight for ob servation and was to be released today. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .Fred Hoffer, 778 Gil man rd. Hospitalized Several new natients were reported this morning by Sacred Heart hos pital. Medical patients listed were Wayne Maxson, 208 Clark st.; Jeanette Capello, 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Capello, Butte Falls; Charles Shepherd, Central Point; Oscar Whorley, Grants Pass and Elton Rozell, Route 2, Medford. In the hospital for surgery are Norman Purdy, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Purdy, Ashland; Marlene Schell, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schell, 420 Western ave.; Mrs. James Stephen and Mrs. Alfred Hanenkrat, both Jacksonville and Alfred Hunziker, Ashland. TOMITE! SHOW STARTS 7 P.M. SHOWING OF TIPPING SCALES at one-fourth his father's weight, John Lee Shoemaker gets final adoption papers in Los Angeles Champion jockey Wee Willie Shoemaker weighs 98 pounds young son, 25 pounds. Jockey and wife, Virginia Lucille, have been married five years, have no children. (International) R. D. Church Chairman of R. D. Church, Medford, was reelected chairman of the Big Pines district, Boy Scouts of Am erica, at the First Recognition banquest and the annual meeting of the district held last night. Seventy-eight Scouters and their wives attended the banquet at News About Servicemen AT GUAM Ralph E. Murphy,' a Marine corps private, whose home is in Central Point, is serving with Marine barracks at the Navy base at Guam, Marianas islands. Before entering the service in March, 1954, he attended Cra ter high school. IN EXERCISE Taking part n a major am phibious exercise on the south east coast with Commander Transport Amphibious Squadron 6 was Eugene A. Sinks, a Navy seaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sinks, Medford. The ex ercise involves 80 ships, 347 air craft and 42,000 Navy and Mar ine corps personnel. The exer cise was started Oct. 19 and closed Nov. 3 with an amphib ious assault on Onslow Beach, N.C. FROM BERMUDA Ronald White is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Orval White, 1207 West 10th st., and other -relatives. He just arrived from Bermuda on a 30-day leave where he is serving with the Navy construction battalion. He has been there for about two years and will return there at the end of his 30-day leave, Dec. 2. He is a Medford Senior high school graduate and has been in Bermuda for most of that time. RETURNED Roy B. Conner, a Navy boat swain's mate second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Con ner, 1060 Barnett rd., whose wife lives at Santa Cruz, Calif., and Duane C. Gleaves, a Navy gun ner's mate third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Gleaves, 1170 West McAndrews rd., returned Nov. 1 to San Diego, Calif. They had been on the destroyer escort USS William Seiverling in the Pacific. They participated in the Russian return of lend - lease vessels to the United States at Maizuru, Japan, and also visit ed ports of Nagasaki and Kobe, Japan, and Hon Kong, B.C.C., and participated in anti-submarine exercises off Okinawa. They also experienced three typhoons during the trip. From Meeting C. E. Hed berg, manager of Medford branch, First National bank, and W. E. Nissen, operations officer, have returned from' Portland where they attended a meeting of bank managers at the firm's home 'office. Potluck Dinner The Dis abled American Veterans and auxiliary will hold a potluck din ner and social starting at 6:30 p.m. today at the Central Point Grange. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Brewster, state commanders of the DAV and auxiliary, will be present. New on Staff Leonard Hol zinger, Grants Pass, has joined the photographic staff of the Landis-Shangle studio. He re cently received a discharge from the Army after serving for two years as an Army photographer, mainly in Alaska. He now is a member of the 417th aviation engineer Army reserve unit of Medford. Investment Company Ar ticles of incorporation were filed Saturday in the county recorder's office for Pyramid Investments Incorporated. Purpose of the new corporation, whose office is located at 485 East Main st., Ashland, is to acquire, manage, lease, exchange and otherwise deal in property to lend money, engage in financing: and to is sue bonds. The articles of in corporation were signed by Dale Williams, Leo Zupan, and Alfred H. Lohman, all of Ashland. Reelected BSA District the Roxy Ann Grange hall. Leonard Mayfield, Medford city superintendent of schools, was the main speaker. He com plimented Scouters present on the time given and interest shown in the program. He stated that the biggest prob lem in good Scouting is in ob taining adequate and trained leadership. The home, church, school and community must work together in rearing our young people today. Scouting is a leader in this field, Mayfield said. He also stated that studies made recently indicate it is not necessarily true that wealthy communties are good ones in which to rear children,, or poor communities bad places to rear them. It is dependent upon the volunteer leadership given to the activities of the youth. Med ford, he stated, is one . of the better communities in this re spect. . Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of the Crater Lake Area council, installed Church as district chairman and N. H. "Duke" Gladfelter as district commis sioner. Committeemen Named Dr. Abner Clark, Eugene Pet erson, Dr. Ralph Hibbs, Sam Harbison, Sherrel Doty and Ry der Berg, Medford, and Art Rupp, Central Point, were elect ed members-at-large of the dist rict committee to serve with representatives from each of the institutions that sponsor a Scout week. A movie called "They Also Serve," depicting the organiza tion and duties of the district committee and how it helps Scouting, was shown. A flag ceremony was present ed by Cubs Harold Gould and Johnny Gilbertson, of Pack 6; John and Jim Lacy of Troop 3; and Dick Clark and Ken Baker of Squadron 14. 'BLACK MARIA' GOING Newark, N. J. (U.P.) Police Director Mariano J. Pinaldi an nounced that the traditional box like "Black Marias" will be parly replaced by station wag ons. Station wagons sell for less and operate at a lower cost. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 4:56 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:54 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair tonight. Patches of morning fog. Increasing high cloudiness Wednesday. Low to night 35. high Wednesday 65. Western Oregon: Clearing partially tonight. Patches night and morning fog mostly on the coast. Cloudy Wed nesday with rain on coast in morning spreading inland during the day. Lit tle chage in temperature. Low tonight 40-48, high Wednesday 55-65 north half. 62-70 south half. Northern California Fair tonight and Wednesday. LitUe change in tem perature. FIVE-DAT FORECAST (Through Sunday) Western Oregon Temperatures ave raging slighly above normal. Cooler by Thursday or Friday. Recurring rains. Precipitation total averaging 1 to 2 inches over the interior, and 2 to 4 inches over the coast, except little or no precipitation extreme southern Oregon interior until end of week. Northern California No precipita tion. Temperatures above normal inland. LOCAL DATA ' TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 51; above normal 5. Record high this date 72 in 1953. Record low this date 21 in 1920. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month .01 inch.. .55 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 3.03 inches, :0B inch, below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 42, highest this a.m. 100. CITY High Low Pree. Brookings 63 48 Crater Lake 53 33 Grants Pass . 61 40 Klamath Falls 59 27 MEDFORD 67 33 Portland 60 49 T Seattle Spokane Yakima so 44 54 48 32 35 49 54 48 50 59 23 Eureka Red Bluff Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles .... 58 84 78 81 83 Phoenix Denver Chicago 82 39 . 34 78 52 43 52 20 31 58 39 37 .01 T Miami New York J20 .17 Washingotn, D.C. Q OUR FAMOUS DINNERS Specializing in Prims Ribs of Beef and ether delectable dishes O ALA CARTE MENU FOR RESERVATIONS - Obituaries DOROTHY MILLS -. Mrs. Dorothy Mills, wife of D. C. Mills, died yesterday at her home in The Dalles. The re mains are being returned to Medford for services and inter ment, with Conger-Morris fu neral home in charge of funeral arrangements. E. C. JOHNSON Funeral services ror Emil C. "Ed" Johnson, 86, who died Sunday at his home on Central Point Market rd., will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Wednes day at 2:30 p.m., with Elder W. E. Atkin of the Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating. Committal will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. The deceased was born Sept. 7, 1869, in Jonesberg, Norway. He came to Medford five and one-half years ago. On Jan. 27, 1901, at Holdman, Ore.,"he was married to Lydia Ann Hoyt, who survives. Other survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Joseph LaFon, Fairbanks, Alaska; Mrs. Donald LaFon, Gold Hill; Mrs. Delbert Townsend, Murray, Ida., and Mrs. Edward Walker, Compton, Calif.; two sons, Emil L.', Central Point, and Percy, Gold Hill; a sister, Mrs. Katrina Valentine, Pasadena, Calif.; a' brother, Charles, New Jersey and thirteen grandchildren. CONRAD PEDERSON Remains of Conrad J. Peder- son, 63, who died Monday at the home of his niece, Mrs. Oscar W. Larson, Medford, are being forwarded today to Glendive, Mont., for interment. Conger Morris funeral home was in charge of local funeral arrange ments. The deceased was born Dec. 21, 1886, at Baldwin, Wis. He was a veteran of World War I, serving from Sept. 22, 1917, to August 21, 1920, as a Sergeant Co. "A" first North Dakota in fantry, National Guard, also Field Remount Squadron No. 312, and the quartermaster corps. f He was a member of the Cath olic Church, Van Houten Post 1640, VFW; Dawson Post 28, American Legion, and Lodge 1324, B.P.O. Elks, all of Glen dive. Besides his niece, lurvivors include a daughter, Miss Andre Pederson, Forsyth. Mont two brothers, Richard J., Amery, Wis., and Cns N., Eau Claire, Wis., and several nieces and nephews. WARREN BEARD Warren G. Beard, 71, died to day at his home, 119 Newtown st. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments. Births MARTIN To Mr. and Mrs. Lou L., Box 368M, Medford, Nov. 7, 1955, a boy, 7V2 pounds, at Community hospital. HULL To Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell. Central Point, Nov,. 8, 1955, a girl. 8 pounds, at Commu nity hospital. FERNS To Mr. and Mrs. William, Prospect, Nov. 8. 1955, a boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. KEELING To Mr. and Mrs. Homer, Central Point, Nov. 5, 1955, a girl, 9 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. McGINTY To Mr. and Mrs. Edward, 103 King st.. Nov. 5, 1955, a girl. 7V2 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. NEWMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Earle, Rt. 1, Box 361D, Nov. 6. 1955, a boy, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. ELLIS To Mr. and Mrs. Le land, Butte Falls. Nov. 7, 1955, a boy, 5Vi pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. DRESSLER To Mr. and Mrs. Francis, 1022 W. Ninth st., Nov. 7. 1955, a boy, 8 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. HORNECKER To Mr. and Mrs. Ted, P.O. Box 1541, Nov. 7, 1955, a boy, 8 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. KENDALL To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, 314 N. Central ave.. Nov. 7, 1955, a girl, 5V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U P.) CatUe 250. Good choice steers S19-22.50: good heifers S17-19; canner-cutter cows S6.50-7.50; utility cows $9-10.50. Calves 50. Good vealers S1S-18.50: choice S20 or above; good-choice heavy calves $15.50-16.50; cull-utility calves and vealers $7-12. Hogs 150. U.S. No. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb. largelv $15-15.50; sows from 300-500 lb. S12-13.50. Sheep 300. Mostly choice wooled lambs S18; good-choice grades around $17-1730; good-choice nearby feeder lambs S14-15.50; good-choice slaughter ewes $3-4, culls down to $130. The North Portland livestock mar ket will be colsed to trading Friday, Veterans' Day. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Dead line tor Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday. DINING INN CENTRAL POINT Phone NOrmandy 4-2513 Tuesday, Norember 8, 195S Groups Named To Improve Fire Fighting Discussion of Labor Day week end fires in this area has re sulted in appointment of five sub-committees designed to in crease Jackson county forest fire fighting efficiency. They were named at the first meeting of a newly formed Fire Committee held recently. Formation of the Fire Com mittee by the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association grew out of a realiza tion of intense forest fire danger in the county and the need for close cooperation between pri- James Pryde, Traffic Expert Succumbs Olympia, Wash. James A. Pryde, chief of the Washington state patrol, died in a hospital here last week end after several months of illness which includ ed pneumonia and later compli cations. He was 47. He has been head of the state patrol since 1941 except for a five-year period when he was consultant for the National As sociation of Chiefs of Police and the traffic institute at North western university. Survivors in clude a wife and three children. Funeral services were to be held this afternoon. Chief Pryde was a Medford visitor less than a year ago when he spoke for the Rogue Valley Knife and Fork club. He was acknowledged as one of the na tion's leading traffic safety auth orities. N. D. FOUNDATION Grand Forks, N. D. U.R) Dr. Robert ,D. Campbell has made an initial contribution of $5,000 for the establishment of a foundation for the University of North Dakota. After the death of the doctor and his wife, an additional $165,000 in stocks and securities will be trans ferred to the foundation. Control of the foundation will be admin istered by trustees serving life time memberships. Wall Street Chicago CU.R) With the New York stock exchange closed for the election holiday, trading in stocks centered on the Midwest exchange today, with prices tending higher in the continua tion of the trend which had lifted the New York market in five consecutive sessions. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 55-56c; A large 50-52c; AA medium, 44-47c; A me dium, 44-46c; small, 38 cartons, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 66c lb.: cartons. 67c; A prints, 66c; cartons. 67c; B prints. 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, Oregon singles. 4012-451sc; 5-lb. loaves, 46 M-Wc. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39'2-41c lb. Farm Market Some dealers advanced quotations for Brooks district yellow onions to $2.50 for 50 lb. while Central Point offerings sold to $2.75 and large Idaho whites topped market at $3.50 a 50-lb. sack today. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2 z to 4 lbs.. 22-23c; at farm, 21-22c; roast ers, 24c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light hens. 18c; heavy hens, all wts., 20-21c; old roosters, ll-14c. Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, 34 35c lb.; whole drawn, 42-44c; cut up, 47-49c; hens, light type. New York style, 8-30c; cut ups, 41-46c; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style, 31-33c; whole drawn, 40-41c. Turkeys To producers for A grade young hens, f.o.b. farm, N.Y. dressed, 36-37c lb.; A grade toms. 28-29c; A grade hens, eviscerated, 401a-41c lb.; eviscerated toms. 31 ',2-32 lie lb.; fry ers, turkeys, liveweight 6',i-10 lbi., 34c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers. A grade young hens, 53-54c lb. eviscer ated; A grade young toms. 45-52c lb.; eviscerated depending on weight; fryer-roaster, pan-ready, -57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. SVi-' lbs.. 25-26C up; 5-6 lbs., 20-21c; colored pelts, 4c under; old does, 10-14c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to re tailers, 58-61c; cut up, 62-65c. PORTLAND HA.Y, GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. trucks. Portland and Seattle. $36-38 ton. Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white, $72 ton: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, $49.50; No. 2 Western barley, $46.50-47 f.o.b. Port land. Coast delivery; soybean meal S79 ton, delivered Portland: standard millrun, S44.50-45.50 cars: No. 2 yel low corn. Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Portland, $59.50. REM TO OWN! Brand New Full 88 Note WURLITZER SPINET PIANO Finished in Beautiful Wur-Ion Finish $ n 95 FOR A LIMITED Ren! U per. Mo. TIME ONLY! Through the Cooperation of the World's Largest Piano Manufacturing Co. PURUCKER PIANO HOUSE 111 North Central Phone 2-5702 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Efficiency vate industry and federal, state and county agencies to combat the menace. Members Named , Members of the committee, which met at the association office, are George Flanagan, chairman, Elk Lumber company; Jack Crump, vice-chairman, Sun ny Valley Lumber company; Robert Kline, Kline Logging company; Eugene Burrill, Eu gene F. Burrill Lumber com pany: Herb Hill, Fir Milling and Planing company; Ted Maul, State Forest Patrol; Jack Wood, U. S. Forest Service; E. K. Peter son, Bureau of Land Manage ment; Nils Edin, Alley Lumber company; and Howard Russell, Hunter and Best Sawmill, Inc. Art Davies, association presi dent, and L. C. "Doc" Simpson, forester, are ex-offico members. The integrated program, which will utilize forest service, state, and private industry facilities for combatting fires, is one of the most advanced steps yet taken in the formation of coop erative fire plans. Fire Plan Slated A fire plan will be drawn up by the group, listing the loca tion and number of available fire tools and available trained personnel. The plan will be dis tributed to private industry, For est Service, and state fire con trol agencies. The sub-committees were ap pointed after a detailed discus sion of the La.bor Day week end fires and action taken to combat them". On Labor Day week end, Sept. 5, fires in the Sykes creek, Blackwell hill and Timber moun tain areas of Jackson county "exploded" and burned over 10,000 acres of timberland. More than 1000 men fought to con trol the blazes. The sub-committees are de signed to carry out the purpose of the Fire Committee by in creased training of all types of fire fighting personnel; review ing forest fire fighting equip ment; and coordinating fire fighting communications. The five committees are the organization and training com mittee, fire equipment commit tee, communications committee, fire-ama committee, and the co operative agreement committee. Crump Chairman Jack Crump is chairman of the organization and training committee which will train all types of personnel but especially men badly needed as supervisors and foremen to direct fire fight ing operations. Other members of the committee are Jack Wood, Ted Maul, and E. K. Peterson. The fire equipment commit tee will catalog existing equip ment and its location, and ob tain the type of equipment need ed to back up state and Forest Service' equipment. Committee members are Eugene Burrill, chairman; Doyle Stockton. State Forest Patrol: Herb Hild; and Howard Russell. A communications committee, headed by Robert Kline, will act to coordinate three existing sys tems of communication between fire fighters belonging to pri vate industry, forest service and the state. It will also organize additional equipment, such as mobile trailers eauipned with electrical systems for broadcast ing. Other members are Nils Edin; Tom Winniford, Southern Oregon College and tree farm association radio technician: and Harold Howard, U. ' S. Forest Service radio technician. Plan Display The fire-ama sub-committee is charged with the job of making preliminarv rjlans for a public disnlay of fire fighting tools and equipment owned by private industry, Forest service, Bureau of Land Management, and the forest patrol. Committee mem bers are Sam Taylor, chairman, Elk Lumber company: and Spen cer (Tenny) Moore, U. S. Forest Service. The cooperative agreement committee will revamp a fire fighting agreement -which has been in effect in . the county since 1952 to include innova tions of the new program. The committee is composed of George Flanagan, chairman; Eu gene Burrill, Sam Taylor, Jack Crump, and Robert Kline. EXCEPTION Sioux Falls, S. D. (U.R) Prisoners cannot serve on juries, but one man who listed his ad dress as '"penitentiary" wasn't excused when his name was picked for jury duty. He is Wil liam Brennan, superintendent of the state prison farm. TURKEY DINNER Central Point Grange Hall FRIDAY NIGHT, NOV. 1 1 Serving 6 to 8 p.m. Adults $1.50 - Children 75c Hot Lunches Served Every Day! Or Enjoy A Delicious Shrimp Salad 50c Cr 65c WHITE'S CLOCK & CANDY KETTLE Main & Bartlett - Ph. 2-6766 NOW PLAYING SAY MILLAND JOAN tJ COLLINS FARLEY GRANGER SS ir.-.- :.: THE GIRL IN THE Red Velvet Swing AGAINST THE HOUSE Doors Open 6:45 P.M. INow! 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