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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE 400 County Residents Join Guidance Clinic About 400 Jackson county res idents have joined and contrib uted to the Southern Oregon Child Guidance Clinic associa tioo in the fall membership campaign- Mrs. Carl Lawson, county ctiairman, announced this week. She said more residents will be announced as members later. The 400 does not include more than 300 Medford members. A membership campaign is held in Medford each April. Mrs. Lawson said the associa tion's goal of furthering the understanding of clinic opera tions and functions was helped by campaign workers and speak ers at various programs through out the county. Workers Listed Campaign workers under the direction of the Rev. Ross Knotts in Ashland included Mrs. Carl Hegler, Mrs. Harvey Woods, Dr. John McAulay, the Rev. Fred Plocher, Dr. and Mrs. Chris Hald, Mrs. Jim ' Busch, Mrs. Walter Weller- Mrs. Ben Lom bard, Ed Singmaster, Mrs.- Herb Cox. and Mrs. Jack Reid. Mrs. W. H. Young and Mrs. Glen Hale were assisted in Eagle Point by Mrs. Helen Barrow, High School By NELLIE RAWLINGS Parents relived their school days Nov. 10 as they took a turn at their sons' and daughters' schedules for a night. The choir and or chestra pro vided musical entertainment. The orchestra started with "Bugler's Hol iday," featur ing the cornet trio consisting of Bob Ayres, Dick Arnold and Dave Frohn mayer. Next, the choir came out with a lively rendition of "Dry Bones." In closing the combined group played and sang "Tribute to Romberg." The Marshfield student body extended an invitation to Med ford to attend the Sock Hop after the Friday night game. RRI1F Sales Total 57,000,000 Feel Timber sold in the Rogue Riv er National forest during the first three months of the fiscal year, July 1 to Sept. 30, totaled 57,000,000 board feet valued at $1,495,987. Timber cut during the same period of time totaled 49,000,000 board feet valued at $585,803. The sharp increase in the value of timber sold has been attributed to intense competition for the purchase of timber, ac cording to regional forester J. Herbert Stone. Sales in the entire Northwest region jumped to 1,050,000,000 board feet, an increase of 281, 000,000 board feet over last fis cal year's first quarter sales. s Bus-Auto Crash Kills One, Hurls Six Benson. Ariz. (U.R) One woman was killed Thursday night when a bus carrying 19 members and two coaches of the Wickenburg, Ariz., high school football team collided with a car 11 miles west of here. The Arizona Highway Patrol identified the dead woman : as Patsy Weining, about 17 years old, an occupant of the car. She was reported en route from Houston, Tex., tOf join her hus band. Fred, at Monterey, Calif. Sfx members of . the football team, en route here for a game with Benson, were hurt, but noae were injured seriously The bus was driven by Coach Ralph Moran, who said he swerv ed to avoid the car but was un able to do so. The driver of the car was identified as Cpl. Ar thur D. Sloan, 22, of Camp Pen dleton, Calif., in critical condi tion at Benson Hospital. Student Leader Sets Visit at SOC Campus Ashland Stan Glass, presi dent of the National Associated Students, and graduate of the University of Illinois, will be on the Southern Oregon college campus Monday, Nov. 14. Glass has recently returned from a European trip and is now touring the United States visit ing campuses of colleges and universities with the goal of as sisting student governments arid student leaders. President Glass will arrive by plane from San Francisco Mon day morning and will be met by student leaders and escorted to the SOC campus where a lunch :4 " " Floyd Warner, Mrs. Ruth Den ning and Mrs. Helen Gardner. Mrs. Phil Engle in Rogue River had Mrs. W. C. Zieser, Mrs. Jim Payten, Mrs. Doris Burkett. John Harr and John Marsters as as sistants. Dr. Loren Messenger directed the Talent group which consisted of Irving Thomas, Charles Jones, Mrs. Jack Suksdorf, Albert Gandt, Alvin Wheeler, Clarence Holdridge, Mrs. J. F. Christian and Mrs. John Baldwin. Mrs. John Bohnert worked in the Central Point area. Gold Hill Leader Mrs. C. Norman Gail led the Gold Hill drive for membership, which was conducted by the Gold Hill Health unit. The unit devoted the October meeting at the home of Mrs. Lester Parker to the clinic membership drive. Other community chairmen in cluded Mrs. William Ziegler, Ruch - Applegate; Mrs. Ruth Sawyers, Trail; Mrs. G. A. Hub bard, Prospect; Mrs. Frank Straus, Sams Valley; Mrs. Ann Briggs. Shady Cove; Mrs. Ar thur Grigg and Mrs. Helen Thomas, Phoenix: and Mrs. Fred Richardson, Jacksonville. News Notes To get students in the mood red and black hats with the familiar words (as of the past week) "Beat Marshfield" print ed on them sold for 5 cents apiece. Medford High's roof moved a few inches off its roots Friday afternoon as the spirited Pen Tt:am led the serpentine across the field to the stadium for an exciting Pep Assembly. Loyal students crawled out of bed early on their day of vaca tion to give the team a big send off as they left for the coast. Driving classes are in session again as many non-drivers learn the art of operating a car. Stu dents take this driving course during their study hall period. I.R.L. will be host for the Southern Oregon Convenion of I.R.L. clubs. The club president, Marilyn Olson, has appointed the fol lowing committees chairmen: Sandra Lain", invitations: Kay Christian, registrations; Deanna Campbell, programs; Jane Bash, decorations; Mira Frohnmayer, luncheon; Nancy McKeown, speakers; Bill Isaacs, refresh ments; and John Van Dyke, pro gram. The topic for this year's con vention will be African Nation alism. This topic will be subdi vided and discussed by dele gates from participating schools. Regular varsity basketball ! practice started last week. Many junior and senior boys turned out for the opening practices. The MHS basketball team has made a good record for itself, with first place twice and sec ond place four times in confer ence plays during the last six years. A total of 372 cars make urj Medford High's automobile pop ulation. Of this group, there are 127 daily and 145 occasional drivers. Three Grocery Stores Held Up al Portland Portland (U.R) Three gro cery stores were held up here Thursday night within a period of two hours, police reported. Officers said two of the rob beries occurred at Safeway stores with the bandit using the same technique. Each time the man dropped a number of bills as he left, apparently hop ing to stop anyone who followed him. It wasn't revealed how much was taken, but at one store the bandit dropped more than $100. Two men held up the Conley grocery at 6643 Southeast Har old st. It was the third holdup of the store this year. Owner Arthur Conley estimated loss at S14.50. --J&F. small investment . J&SP Y iseTyour dealer"soT iq&y BALFOUR GUTHRIE Sunday, November 13, 1955 ASC Election Set For Noy, 21-Dec. 2 In Jackson County The annual election, by mail ballot of Agricultural Stabiliza tion and Conservation commu nity committeemen will be held Nov. 21 to Dec. 2. Ballots containing the names of 10 nominees in each commu nity district will be mailed to all farmers known to the county ASC office. Voters will select five of the 10, three to serve as regular committee members and two as alternates. All commercial farmers in the county are eligible to vote, and anyone not receiving a ballot can obtain one by calling at the county ASC office at the court house or phoning Medford 2-5591. Dec. 2 Deadline Ballots must be completed and returned not later than 5 p.m. Dec. 2. Other nominees may be added to the 10 already selected by an election board in each of the seven districts, if a petition signed by at least 10 eligible farmers is submitted to the county ASC office prior to Nov. 18, the date when ballots will be mailed to farmers. Write-in votes are not permissible. Committeemen nominees for the seven districts are: Applegate Community Dist trict: Clarence Buck, Charles C. Chittock, A. D. Christensen, James F. Corson. Ed Finlev, W.H.R. Nostrand, L. C. Offen bacher, Frank Preston, Melvin Rowden and Fred West. Ashland Community Joe Du gan, Gilbert Hill, Alva L. Lem ley, Albert Lequieu, Joe Lewis. Robert R. Lytle, Don Nichols, Dewey Penrod, Jack Spangler, and Robert A. Wagner. Central Point Community M. A. Adams, Roy Colpitts- Scott Hamilton, Lloyd Hammond, Ho mer Jeffries, A. T. Lathrop, Ray Vogel, Wilton White, Robert Wolff, and Cleo Young. Eagle Point Community Ran- dell Axtell, Robert R. Bitterling, Merton Bradshaw, R. Bruce Grieve, Tony Huckaba, William L. Jess, Robert McDonald, John Ousterhout. Darrell Stanley, and M. H. Williams. Jacksonville-Medford Commu nity Oscar Gysin, M. L. Hixon, Charles Hockersmith, John Kes ler, Donald Korth, Melvin J. Lat tie, Roy LeVander, Otto Nieder meyer. Olin V. Poe, and Ralph Swingle. Rogue River Community Tom Boone, Glen Chase, Joseph Deckelman, Raymond C. Frantz, Leonard Goosey, Frank E. Hall, Otto Jones, William Krauss. Vern Orr, and Charles E. White. Sams Valley Community Burle Burreson, C. W. Duggan, Hubert Davidson, Jerry Fitzger ald, C. W. McDonough, R. E. Nealon. Earl Peffley, Murrell Quackenbush, Ray W. Ryan, and Albert L. Straus. Navy Pilot Killed In Mid-Air Collision Tracy, Calif. (U.R) One Navy pilot was killed and another par achuted to safety when their jet fighters collided at 20,000 feet and crashed near here Thurs day. The California Highway Pa trol identified the dead pilot as Lt (JG) Glenn Crawford. His body was found in the wreckage cf his plane which was torn by explosion as it smashed into the edge of an alfalfa field. The surviving flyer, Lt. (JG) Ross H. Person, 26, of Alameda, Calif., parachuted to safety. His plane crashed near the Standard Oil pumping plant on the south west side of town. A. Navy spokesman at Ala meda Naval Air Station said the two F9F6 Cougar jets collided a few miles southwest of town while on a routine training mis sion. WOOLFE NAMED Salem (U.R) Lloyd C. Woolfe has been amed chief geologist with .the Oregon State Highway department, Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock has an nounced. Woolfe, 35, former department division geologist, replaces Lewis Scott, who has accepted a position with the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads in Costa Rica. ! iiltritnUbrt UNUSUAL STATE VISITGuatemala President and Mrs. Carlos Castillo Armas pose with President and Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower after paying Ike a 20-minute visit in his suite at Fitzsimons Hospital in Denver. The visitors from Central America gave Ike and Mamie several gifts, including a marimba, native doll, Indian drum and a United States presidential flag, handmade by a group of Guatemalan nuns. GOLD HILL Gold Hill Mrs. A. A. Walker, fund raising chairman, has an nounced that a Thanksgiving eve dance has been planned at the Gold Hill Grange hall. The proceeds will be turned over to the trustees recently appointed by the county court for develop ment of Rock Point cemetery. The community-wide ticket sale will be made in the near future. Everyone will be asked to purchase tickets and have a part in the upkeep and restora tion so the cemetery may become an asset and pride of the commu nity for all. Weather permitting, a cemetery work day will be held Saturday, Nov. 19. Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Walker and family have moved into the Beck place on Blackwell hill. Walla Walla Merchant Gun Accident Victim Walla Walla (U.R) Sam Brown, 56, a feed and sporting goods store operator here, was accidentally shot and killed Thursday while he and a com panion were test-firing a rifle, police reported. Brown and Army Sgt. Henry D. Gilmore of Camp Hanford, were sighting-in a rifle at the gunnery range at the airbase north of here. Gilmore told police Brown was checking the hits in a target as Gilmore fired the new telescopic-sight rifle. On the last shot, Brown stay ed near the target, presumably out of range, Gilmore said. Brown's body was found behind the target,a bullet through his heart. The pair had planned to go hunting. An inquest was scheduled for Monday, police said. Salem (U.R) Frank M. Par cher. emergency welfare officer for the Oregon civil defense agency, has accepted a position with the welfare office of the ederal civil defense administra tion. PAINT WITH MEDFORD PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE Formerly Burgess Paint and . Wallpaper Store Corner 6th & Holly, Diagonally Across from the Post Office. We Give S&H Green Stamps PHONE 2-9321 . 1 Mrs. John Keefer of Portland was a recent visitor at the C. W. Martin home in Gold Hill. Miss Jill Martin is visiting with the Armstrong family in San Diego, Calif. The Arm strongs are former residents of Gold Hill. Joseph Morgan, who under Phone 2-5295 Can vu find fh You buy a refrigerator only two or three times in your lifetime. Yet you don't hesitate to buy one without getting so much as a look at the intricate "works" that makes it run. How do you dare make such an important purchase without having an expert check it over for you? What makes you so sure you're getting your money's worth when you say, "I'll take that one"? The answer's obvious. You look for the brand name on the refrigerator your "guarantee." You've learned to follow this first rule of safe and sound buying: A good brand is your best guarantee No matter what kind of product you want to went surgery last week in Med ford, has returned to driving the Gold Hill school bus. Mr. and Mrs. John Avena of Sacramento, Calif., have been recent visitors in Gold Hill where they visited with Mrs. Avena's mother, Mrs. Carrie Puhl. TRUCKS FOR HIRE - PADDED VAN with experienced driver and all equipment necessary for moving Pianos, Refrigerators, Electric Ranges and Other Household Goods. You will like our service. PHONE 2-5295 for moving rates. FURNITURE STORAGE DRY AND CLEAN -PHONE 2-5295 FOR RATES ANYWHERE FOR HIRE M in this p Eagle Point 4-H Slates Program Eagle Point The Eagle Point 4-H club achievement day pro gram will be held at. the Eagle Point Grange tomorrow night. A potluck supper will be served by club members' par ents and leaders starting at 7:30 p.m. Gene McCurley, agricul tural field representative of the First National Bank of Portland,.! Medford branch, will be present. Dead line for Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday. Brand New Full 88 Note WURLITZER SPINET PIANO Finished in Beautiful Wur-lon Finish Rent ntf per. Mo. Through the Cooperation of the World's Largest Piano Manufacturing Co. PURUCKER PIANO HOUSE 111 North Central Phone 2-5702 SAMSON CO it e au icfurel Grantee buy, you know a good brand won't let you down. You know the maker stands back of it guar antees it. And so, when you buy a good brand you know you're right. Read this newspaper to find out which are the good brands (and the stores that sell them.) The more good brands you know, the surer you are about all your shopping. 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