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3 Kraff To Replace Flood Damaged Food Kraft Foods company an nounced yesterday that it will replace free of charge flood damaged retail food store and warehouse stocks of Kraft prod ucts. Branch managers reported that an assessment of losses by Kraft products in individual stores was proceeding rapidly and replacement of stocks has already been made in some stores. "We are most anxious to do everything that we can to re store as quickly as possible the normal course of business in the stricken communities," How ard G- Bergdoll, vice-president general manager of the com pany's western division, Sah Francisco, said. , Recommends Closing Two Post Offices Washington IU.R) Rep. Wal ter Xorblad (R-Ore.) has recom mended to the Post Office de partment that post offices at Blaine and Cherryville, Ore., be discontinued. Norblad said only eight per sons use the Cherryville office and that its receipts were S870, compared with expenditures of $2600. At Blaine, NorblaS said, only ten families use the office and that it had receipts of S350 per year and operating costs of $1600. A spoonful of lemon sherbet in a glass of chilled cranberry juce makes a refreshing appe tizer for lunch or dinner. S492 in KF.1ED Kash-Box Groceteria Mgr. Bill Gates looks on as the last KMED Kash Box Winner Mrs. Jack Wood receives her Kash-Box check from Ray Johnson, KMED Gen. Mgr. WANT TO WIN 49200 PLUS? SOLVE THIS RIDDLE SPECIFIC SPECK LIKE A SPOT ON THE MOON FILLED WITH THE BREEZE FROM A FRENZIED TUNE THE STITCH IN T!.' E FETCHED IT WITH SPEED THE STITCH THAT SAVES NINE WILL FILL THE NEED? HERE IS THE KEY Get Your Sales Slips From Groceteria 8:15 a.m. or Western Thrift 12:50 g.m 1440 KMED NBC "The Voice and Choice of the Rogue Vaeationand" w ijW f g ; - fTr.l' ,k np,i 'Women's Classic Bowling league staged a masquerade benefit Tuesday evening to raise funds for the Junior Bowling league and activ ities of both groups. Pictured above are mem bers of the Union club team selected as first place winners by three judges of a costume contest. Shown (left to right) are Mabel Clark, Eloda Ludwig, Evelyn Strauss, Ruth Iberius and Vera Cummings. (Brainerd photo) Grange, Phoenix Grange Phoenix Grange met Dec. 27 with Master Melvin Lattie pre siding. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Klarin were elected to member ship, initiation dateto be an nounced later. Chaplin Gertrude Lewin9 rep&ted the following on the sick list, Faye Lewis, Louise Norton, and Dorothy Lof fer. Announcement was made eof the election to be held in school District 4 on Jan. 16, to deter mine whether it willsbecbme a Class A district. Voting will" be in the Grade School Gymnasium from 2 tojB p. m. Attendance pins were pre sented to Mona Ferns and Mable Quackenbush. Serving committee consisted of the Johnsons, the Hixsons, and the Poes. Phoenix HEC met Dec. 21 at the home of Edith Poe for a covered dish luncheon and ex change of gifts. HEC chairman, Velma Johnson, appointed Myrt le aiid Sylvia Bates -to her stand ing committee. The Gas Appliance Manufac turers Association estimates, thai at lesfst 11 million homes throughout the country have at tics that can be converted eco nomically into good living quar ters to help relieve the housing shortage. A vaide variety of auto matic gas room heaters are avail able to heat the nev living space. MERCY FLIGHTS NEEDS YOU! . m 0 o Anyone in Southern Oregon at any time may fine? himself in immediate need of th services of Mercy Plights. Ask any of the more than 430 patients who learned this from experience. Yet without the subscribsr system Mercy Flights could not keep their planes available tq meet th ergertt requests It's a fact. Mercy Flights planes are operated at a -yearly loss of more than $10,000 and this loss is covered by th,subscriber fees of $4 a year per family. However, thossubscribers wjjo do'have need of a flight, more than get their money's worth. In a medical emergency, they cam be taken anywhere within a 400-mile radius "of Medfor, . and still not have to pay a cent. We urge every family in Southern O.regon arid NcaThern California, witHrn a 150Vmile radius of .Medford, to join Mercy Flights now. We believe it is safe to say that there is not a resident in this area who does not know someone who has been flown as a patient by Mercy Flights. lf you want to say "thanks" for that service, and at the t same time protect yourself and loved ones, join today. Mercy Flights, Inc. is a non-profitcorpojation serving you. Simply sencP your name, address, and $4 to Mercy Flights, Inc. P. O. Box 522 Medford, Oregon Your subscriber card, good for one year, -Will be sent to ydl). The Year of.,1 955 "Good One for Women of U.S. By GAY PAULEY United Press Correspondent New . York (U.fi) Almost ev ery vayyou look at 1955 as it goes .into history, it was one of the better years of our livesf More womerf employed than L ever before . . . personal income at anll-time high . . . cost of living near a standstill . . . con sumer spending s6aring . . : birth and death rate fairly steady . . . and many a . child saved from death or crippling by a won drous product of the test tube, theSalk vaccine. But it was not a year without its shadows too. There was the frightening problem of Juvenile crime; the mountainous task of providing more teachers and classrooms fer school children; personal suffering for a woman whose famous htisband had a heart attacfe. . First, loek t how the year affected the family budget. More Outside Job Approximately 1,100,000 more women- held jobs outside the home in 1855 than in 1851 This year's total, as estimated fey the women' bureau, the TJ. S. De partment ef Labor, was 20,500, 000. Personal income was at a new nigh. But consumer spend ing also set new "records, aiueh of it on-eredit buying. The Fed eral Reserve Board eafd 53 out of every "100 families owed mosey en an installment pur chase, o The coat of living, whleft im mediately ftfter World War II, climbed by leaps and bounds, settled down with oply fraction al changes irf the year. Helping to 'keep the family' budget in line was the recoEd supply of food at stable priees. Oa the medJeal front, the year was notable for the crippling blow etfuek at "the great crip pie?." ' . In April, results of the 1934 mass irioculatiens of ehildren with polio vaeeifie developed by Dr. Jonas Salk were announced. The vacclae was called safe and 80 to 0 per cent effective. The American Medical assoc4atien ealled. the results "one of the great eveats in tile history of raedieine." Birth Rate Dcowo . Tiie birth rate showed 3 very slight decline in 1955; the death rate r-eee a fraction. The Nation al Office of Vital Statistics said the birth rate through Septem ber the latest figure available was 24.6 per 1,000 persons, compared with 24.B in 1954. The death rate through September was 9.S per 1,000, compared with 9.2 last year. Marriage rates, curiously enough, were identical with death' rates. . A grim "statistic eame from J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI. He said that one out of evepy 18 teen-agers between the ages of IS and 17 is a Juvenile delin quent. Educating the younger set provided a king-size headache Sunday, January I, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN EAGLE POINT Families Visit at Christmas for federal, state and local offi-d cials. There was an increasing shortage of teachers and class rooms, as the number school age cniiaren grew. If love makes the world go round, then the old earth spun dizzily in 1955. Most publicized romance was thatbetween Britain's Princess Margaret'and Group Capt. Peter Townsead, a divorced common' er. Millions of words were used to tell Hheir love story, but it took only three paragraphs Oc tober 31 to write its unhappy enling. 8 Romance Department Margaret, in that three para graph statement, said in part:9 . ; I have -reached this deci sion entirely alone and in doing so, I have been strengthened by the unfailing support and devo tion of Group Captain Peter Townsend." Hollywood marriages included Kay Spreckles and Clark Gable; Joan Crawford and businessman Alfred Steele; Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher; Dorothy Towne and Jack Webb; Yvonne De Carlo and movii stunt man Robert Morgan; Phyllis Gates and Rock Hudson. Woqlworth heiress Barbara Hutton ' married her sixth hus band, the one-time German ten nis star, Baron Von Cramm. Nina (Honeybear) Warren, youngest daughter of ChiefsJus- tiee and Mrs Earl Warren eloped with Dr. Stuart Brien. cMarriages among the famous5 also ended. Actress Linda Chris tian divorced Tyrone Power; Mrs. Gregory Peck divorced her r&6vie idol -ftusband, and New York heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, divorced conductor Leopold Sto kowski. The year is one the nation's first lady undoubtedly was hap py to see end. Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Avho has had a slight heart condition since child ho9d, was with the President in Denver when,he suffered a cor onary thrombosis. Mamie Eisen hower never quit her vigil in the long 'weeks while her husband recuperated at an Army hospital. But as thelyear drew to a elose, and theVcsid611 health improved, the Eisenhowers made plans for their first holidays with, the whole family at the White House. I a Half a d o a e n inexpensive, large metal trays can be helpful during indoor repainting proj ects, particularly if you're re doing the kitchen, dining room or bath. Unload the Contents of a shelf or drawer onto a tray to save time. While the paint is drying, you can weed out un wanted items. By MRS. PEARL HENDERSON Eagle Point Several families in this community had relatives home for Christmas. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Harnish, whose two daughters and families came from Reno, Nev.; Mr. and Mrs. Neal Bal lard and children; and Mr. and Mrs. Rick' Wolgamot. The Wol gamots left for home Dec. 27, and the Ballards the 31st. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Groftholdt of Long Beach, Calif., left on their return home Dec. 26, after spending Christmas here ,with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Henderson, and Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, Medford. They arrived Dec. 21, and ,also called on some old friends while here. Mrs. Gertrude Stanley's son, Bertland, and " family of Ft. Klamath spent Christmas with her at her home on Brophy rd. On Dec. 29 she served dinner to two nephews, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Stanley of Seattle, Wash., Merrill Stanley of San Jose, Calif., and their mother Mrs. C. E. Stanley of Medford. Berfiand and family will return home Jan. 1 if yeather permits. Howard Short of the Long mountain district took violently ill early Christmas morning and was taken to Community hos pital where an emergency ap pendectomy was performed. It is reported that he is doing as well as can be expected at this time, hut will remain in the hospital for another week. Mr. and Mrs. John Derry and two small daughters of Eagle Point, are in Southern California spending the holidays with rela tives. It is not known when they will return. Mr. and Mrs. William Park ason and little daughter, of Co- lomma, boutn America, ana Charles .shpole, Atlanta, Ga., were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ashpole, Eagle Point, Dec. 30. Roy is an uncle to Mrs. Parkason and gharles, their fath er being the late Wilber Ashpole and their mother is Mrs. Beat rice Ashpole who lives in Poca tello, Id., and could not come at this time to be with them. A small oil stove exploded in the Eagle Point garage Thurs day forenoon, which caused a bit of alarm, but fortunately the fire was soon extinguished, do ing very little damage, much to the thankfulness of the manager, Roy Regester, as well as the en tire community. Eagle Point vicinity was for tunate in escaping with but min or damage- from the recent high Dead line Sunday Classified i at 4 . , , I noon Saturday; 10 a m Monday for waters, xur wmm an are uuiy Monday: other days 5:30 Drevious day. State Truckers Paid $1,000,000 In Taxes Salem U.R) Truckers in Oregon paid an average of more than $1,000,000 per month in weight-mile tax levies during 1955, according to figures in the Public Utilities commission of fices here. . Revenue from the tax, an all time high, reached 12,024,237 for the year. That was more than one million dollars higher than last year. Increased trucking activity also resulted in higher collec tions of gasoline taxes, the PUC reported. 9 ARh ACHINERY Now have ade quate machinery by financing through your local Production Credit Association, the or ganization owned by and operated for farmers and ranchers. You Pay Interest on Each Dollar Only the Time You Vse ttl Credit can be arranged for 3 years Southern Oregon Production Credit Association Holland Hofel Building PHONE 2-6940 "Credit as near as your mailbox or phontf' TOSS On THE ROGUE AND APPLEGATE To Provide Information at Once .On Property Damage Dye to the Recent Flood 0 0 9 Fresh cranberries can be froz en in an unopened package. When ready to use, rinse the ber ries in cold water and drain. Thawing js not necessary. Froz en berries are easier to chop or grind because they do not stick together. EWSABB B. ERIC 8BVAREID HOWARD K. SMITH DAVID QCHOENBSUN RICHARD C. HOTTELET BILL DOWNS ALEXANDER KENDRICK ROBERT C. PIERPOINT DANIEL SCHORR m Tbe best team of reportorial minds ia ajl broadcasting examines the year just past and the year ahead. Edward "R. Murrow is Chairman, and CBS newsmen from around thea world fly home for this important annual roundrable. Sunday, Jan. 1, 2:00-3:00 P.M. CBS Radio Dial 1230 KYJC n Furnish Factual Data on Acres of Soil Lost Fencing, Equipment, Livestock, Buildings, etc. Pictures if possible, showing before and after the flood. . MAIL OR BRING ITOFIATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO - CONTROL COMMITTEE e FLOOD Rogue Soil Conservation 33 North Riverside - Medford District MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
