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i Quotes From the New; Br UNITED PRESS San Francisco Seismologist Walter C. Marion of the Univer sity of California on the prediction of Mexican scientist Dr. Jose Mariano Ponton that San Francisco will be hit by the worst earth quake in its history today: "As far as we are able to determine by modern seismology, there is no scientific basis whatsoever for such a statement. You can be very well assured that San Francisco will be there tomorrow." Gettysburg David Eisenhower after being cautioned by Presi dent Eisenhower about pulling too hard on his pony's reins: "I have to ba tough with him so he'll know who's driving him." Vatican City Pope Pius XII's warned him he is overworking: "There Is no rest for a Pope." Washington Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D.-Mo.) on the use of secret informers by the government in cases where persons are accused of Communist activities: "While a state has a duly to protect itself against subversion, a democracy cannot save itself by abrogating the process of demo cratic government." . Bombay Soviet Communist party chief Nikita Khrushchev on the reason why the time is not ripe for the solution of cold war problems: "The Western powers will get nowhere as long as they 'speak from positions of strength." West Point, N.Y. Coach Earl Blaik of Army, ordering light workout on the eve of Saturday's big game against Navy: "What they don't know now, we can't teach them." Annapolis, Md. Coach Eddie Erdelatz of Navy: "It could be an even more thrilling game than last year's 27-20 game." HORNBROOK Many Thanksgiving Visitors Hornbrook Thanksgiving, traditionally the season of the year for reunions of families and friends, was the occasion for many gatherings among Horn brook residents. Some took place here, while others trav eled, to distant places, but in either event, all agreed it was good to get together again. One group, convening at tne heme of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Breceda, consisted of their son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Breceda from Ashland, Ore., and Mrs. Breceda's sister, Mrs. Max ine Herr and daughters, Judy and Jackie, of San Francisco. Mrs. Herr and children came up the Redwood Highway to Can yonville, Ore., where they picked up their son and brother, James, who is a junior at Canyonville Bible academy, then down to Hornbrook. Jimmy has been elected a cheer leader at the school. . A gathering of friends and relatives took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Cummins who hosted the following: Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Haworth, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cummins, parents of the host. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lauran Paine on the Kla math river were Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walsh and daughter Sharon and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Visher and daughters, Sally and Peggy, of the Black Mountain ranch. Present also were two sons of the Paine's, Lauran and Bob. Paine is a well known novelist and historian, his work being published regularly in a national magazine. Among family groups gather ing to celebrate the day were members of the family of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Chapman. From Lodi, Calif., were their son and family Mr. and Mrs. W. B. (Bill) Chapman and children, Johnny and Kitty. Also present were their daughter and family Mr. and Mrs. Herb Dungey and Mary Pat of Medford, and Miss Joyce Rimell of Canyonville, Ore., fiancee of their son, Oliver Fick. Missing from the gathering was another son, Frank Fick, who is a student at Pillsbury Military academy in Minnesota, and a daughter, Mrs. Madeline Chap man Burtner, who with her four children, is now in Japan with her husband, M'Sgt. Edwin R. Burtner of the air force. Miss Terry King celebrated her first Thanksgiving day with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Funk. Miss King, only six weeks old, was accompanied bv her parents, Mr. and Mrs Alfred King, the former Chris Funk. Her daddy is now out of the Armv and is employed by the Black Mountain mill. Others present were Mrs. Funk's sister and her family. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Nichols and four children from Montague, Calif. Spending the school holiday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. CP Council Requests Water Rate Hearing Central Point The Central Point city council recently re quested a hearing before the Medford Water commission re garding proposed new rates on a new city water contract. The council ordered a letter written to the commission ex plaining that the council intends to negotiate a new contract, but desires a hearing to present local facts on the rate increase. Council members pointed out that according to figures com piled by Medford officials, the rate increase woulc be .8.9 per cent, but figures compiled by Central Point officials indicate an increase amounting to 23.72 per cent. The -iew 10-year contract with Medford provides 800 gallons per "-lute maximum except for a 2.000 gallon per minute emer gency fire use. - reply to doctors who have Chas. Brunk, were their sons, John and Mike, who are stu dents at St. Mary's academy, Medford. During the football sea son, Brunk served as line coach for the' St. Mary's Crusaders. Mrs. Bertha Bradley was a dinner guest on Thanksgiving at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rogers. Viown the Klamath river. Journeying to Grants Pass were Mr. . and Mrs. Ralph Ben nett and children, Douglas, Ben jamin, and Marsha, where they were guests of Mrs. Bennett's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Sa main. Mrs. Charles Broderick and family of Springfield, Ore., spent Thanksgiving weekend with her husband at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Bennett. Mrs. Broderick is a teacher in the Springfield schools while Broderick is connected with the Black Mountain mill in Hornbrook. Mrs. C. F. Gelston of San Fran cisco, is a guest at Beaver Creek lodge on the Klamath river, the home of her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Dee Barker. Also home for the holiday week end are the Barker's two sons, John and Clark, from the South ern Oregon College at Ashland. Hunting Lodge Fire Fatal to Idaho Man Fruitland, Ida. (U.R) Donald N. Davidson, 55, prominent Boise businessman and a member of a pioneer Idaho family, died in Ontario, Ore., hospital yester day from the effects of suffoca tion following a hunting lodge fire near here. Davidson hod gone to the lodge to hunt ducks. Payette County Sheriff Ray Stephens said the cause of the fire had not been determined. The frame structure was situ ated in Whitney bottom three miles south of here. It was de stroyed before firemen from the New Plymouth rural fire, pro tection district arrived on the scene. Frank Davidson told Malheur, Ore., County Coroner George Beechler he left his uncle in his room in the cabin when he went out to hunt at mid-morning Davidson said he returned and found it on fire. With the help of caretaker Russell Hita he car ried his uncle out of the cabin, he said. The victim was taken to the WITH V fbalUr0 -- AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC ' BASEBOARD HEAT 1 J Put your heat where you need it most- I between you end the weather at floor I I level. Be warm from head to toe any- J 1 where in the room. U. L. APPROVEDsssl GENTLEST HEAT IN THE WORLD! Installs easily in new or existing homes. See it today ELECTRONIC SERVICE CO. HITZLER & KELSOE 18 North Grape Phone 3-1917 Education Conference Will Tackle School Improvement Matter Washington (U.R) The Whitebe participants they wouldn t be House Conference on Education comes to grips next week with one of the nation's most pressing problems: What can be done to improve our schools' Discussions by delegates to the conference will culminate the greatest mass look in history at the nation's educational system. Well over half a million citizens have tackled the same subject at a series of state and local con ferences in the past year. School systems need help. The nation is short 260,000 class rooms and 141,300 qualified teachers this year. Unless some thing is done the situation will get worse as millions more child ren flock to school in the next 10 years. Asked for Recommendations . Conference delegates will be asked to make specific recom mendations to solve the schools' problems and to include their views on the touchy subject of federal aid to education. The conference, initiated nearly two years ago, comes at a time when the administration is considering revising its pro posal for federal aid to school construction. Administration of ficials will watch with interest the delegates' stand. The conference committee has been accused of "stacking" the session both for and against fed eral aid. Committee officials deny both allegations. Wide Interest Range The committee said it scrupu lously abstained "from any inter ference in selection of the 1400 delegates from the 53 states and territories. About 300 other dele gates were chosen to represent a wide range of national educa tion, labor, business, religious, farm, welfare and other groups interested in children and schools. The remaining 300 parti cipants will be members of Con gress, governors, state education chiefs and foreign observers. Two Democratic members of Congress, incidentally, turned down invitations to sit as observ ers. Reps. Cleveland M. Bailey (W. Va.) and Frank Thompson Jr., (N.J) said if they couldn't Grange Sams Valley Juvenile Grange Juvenile Grange held its reg ular meeting Saturday, Nov. 19 with Pomona Juvenile Chairman.: Anne Carley .presiding as ma tron. Election of officers was held with the following elected: Master, Mickey Duggan; over seer, James Shope; lecturer, Vernola Hutchinson; chaplain, Dixie Tuggan; steward, Tommie Sh.je; assistant steward, Her schel Mack; lady-assistant stew ard, Patty Straus; secretary, Hazel Swindler treasurer, Frank Fitzgerald; ceres, Connie Mc Donough; p o m o n a, Shirley Swindler; flora, Dede Fitzgerald; gatekeeper, Walter Fitzgerald. New officers will be installed at Live Oak Grange, Rogue Riv er, Sunday, Nov. 27, at 1:30 p.m. This year, for the first time in Jackson county, there- will be a juvenile installing team. From Sams Valley the juvenile install ing officer will be Herschel Mack. Mickey Duggan will act as marshall. Our new matron for 1956 will be Rosellen Dug gan with a committee composed of chairman Ona' Fitzgerald, Guela Straus and Ruth Doland. The December meeting will be a joint Christmas party with the subordinate grange Saturday, Dec. 17. Next regular meeting will be Saturday, Jan. 28, which is also the subordinate grange meeting night. Ontario hospital, where he died two hours later. observers They are members of the House Education and Labor Committee. Wind, Rain, Storm Mar Thanksgiving Holiday in Oregon About the only thing that marred Thanksgiving 1955 in Oregon was a wind and rain storm that caused a few out ages in the Portland area just as hundreds of holiday dinners were being prepared. By early today the motor ve hicles division teletype office at Salem -had received no reports of a fatal accident in the state. Last year nine persons lost their lives on the highways during the Thanksgiving -week-end. Quiet Holiday Around the state the holiday was one of quiet, thanks-filled observances among families, most of whom stayed at home, off the highways and out of the blustery weather. Police said the heaviest traffic of the day in most communites was noted at church time late in the morning Thursday. The power outage in Portland General Electric lines was caused when the wind topped a b'0-foot fir tree which took out 57,000 and 12,500-volt lines three miles west of Oswego. When the lines hit the wet ground, two loud explosions were heard and houses in the vicinity were shaken. Traffic was cleared from a nearby highway. 52 MODEL chr, owners cm.. tf00Z I local delJ U 1 tecal 1 MAIN & FIR STREETS 24 Freight Cars Derailed in Wyoming Omaha, Neb. (U.R) The last 24 cars of an eastbound 87-car Union Pacific freight train de railed near Wamsutter, Wyo., yesterday, but normal traffic was resumed on the line early today. The railroad reported no in juries, and damage had not been estimated. Several of the 24 cars derailed were loaded, one with canned fish. Officials said they were un able to determine the cause of the derailment, which occurred at 2:15 p.m. Traffic on the east bound line was restored at 3 p.m. Traffic on the eastbound line was restored at 3 a.m. to day. Crews from Green River and Rawlins, Wyo., worked over night to clear the lines. Walla Walla To Lose Northern Pacific Service Walla Walla U.R) Northern Pacific Railway has announced plans to discontinue passenger service to and from Walla Walla. Officials of the line said the operation was losing too much money to make continued serv ice feasible. The announcement followed by a month similar action by Union Pacific railroad. Perle Mesta's Party Has Unexpected Guests Washington (U.R) Some un expected guests turned up dur ing the dinner hour Thursday at the home of Washington hostess Perle Mesta. They were 10 policemen who rushed there in answer to a bur glar alarm. 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