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FOURTEEN -MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, January 22, 1956 130,000 Drivers" Paid Fines During 1955, Report Shows Nearly 130,000 drivers paid fines for violation of Oregon trafifc laws during 1955, Secre tary of State Earl T. Newbry has reported. The year-end report, covering traffic cases handled by the state's district, municipal and justice courts, disclosed that 129,064 abstracts reporting con victions of traffic misdeeds were processed by the state office. The total, 4,495 cases were re ferred to the financial responsi bility office for further action. Most of the latter consisted of drivers convicted of driving while intoxicated, a charge which called for mandatory li cense suspension under Oregon law. Los Licenses Recommendation of convicting judges resulted in loss of licens es for 1,535 drivers. Suspensions were for such charges as reckless driving, 617; violation of basic rule, 361; no operator's license, 83; hit and run, 68; failure to stop, 43; fail ure to yield right-of-way, 24; and miscellaneous traffic charg es, 339. The 1955 figures for total number of convictions showed a slight increase over 1954. Fatal accidents reported in November, 1955, totaled 24 for the state, with two persons kill ed in Jackson county, and 25 persons killed and 21 injured in the state. March of Dimes Coming Events ' Events scheduled throughout Jackson county in the next few days to raise March of Dimes funds for the fight against polio include the following: Jan. 24 Modern dance at Oasis, Eagle Point, 8 p.m. to 12 p.m. Music by Dick Spain, Bill Lively and Rogue Valley Boys. Crater high school Fresh man class Dutch auction and box social, 7:30 p.m., Crater high gym, Central Point. Jan. 25 Square dance spon sored by Jackson County square dance association at YMCA, 9 p.m. Policemen vs. Firemen basketball game at Medf ord high school, preliminary Yel low Cab vs. Hawkinson's, 7:30 p.m. Grater Lions club auction, KBES-TV,- 9:30 p.m. Jan. 26 Radio auction, at KWIN, Ashland. Jan. : 27 Radio , auction, KWIN, Ashland. Yoggi Hussane and Texas wrestling, with lady referees, 8:30 p.m., Ashland junior high gym, sponsored by Ashland Lions club. Phoenix Lady Lions dance at Commun ity clubhouse'. Music by Melody Wranglers. Local talent show at intermission. Modern dance at Rogue River. Baked food sale by Crater high school students. 'Fireball' Route Traced; Headed For Oregon Coast Bend U.R) A brilliant green fireball with a fiery iail that blazed over the eastern Pacific at 5:24 p.m. Jan. 8, apparently had the southwestern Oregon coast as its target, but possibly never reached land. . western Oregon coast as its target, but possibly never xeach This was the conclusion announced here.. Saturday by Phil F. Brogan, Northwest director of the American Meteor Society who charted the path of the tailed meteor after studying re ports received from observations in widely scattered areas. The object, traveling at a terrific speed, was observed from near Jefferson on the north to Medford on the south. It was also sighted on Oregon's high desert, east of Bend, and reported from Lakeview and Klamath Falls. Brogan said the fireball apparently became visible about 70 miles above the earth, as it bored into the atmosphere, moving in a southeasterly direction. It was about 300 miles off the coast when sighted by an observer near Cheshire and another observer in Corvallis; A heavy cloud bank in southwestern Oregon, on the coast, hid the fireball from possible observers. Brogan said data relative to the fireball-are being for warded to Dr. Charles P. Olivier of the University of Pennsyl vania for further study; He is AMS national director. OverWeight Attack To Start in County Disbursements for First Half of Fiscal Year Are $4,651,289 .Disbursements totaling $4,651, 289.58 for operating the county government in the first half of the current fiscal year were re corded by Karl L. Janouch, Jack son county treasurer. - In a semi-annual cash balance statement as of Dec. 31, Janouch listed $3,302,064.63 cash balance, of which $1,740,000 is in time deposits and $685,859.07 of school district funds in savings accounts. Time deposits draw IVi per cent interest and savings accounts 2 per cent. Six Month Balance The' balance at the close of the first six months of the fiscal years was $3,957,202.62, includ ing the time deposits and savings accounts. In addition the county has-$32,406.38 invested in school and U. S. bonds. The Medford irrigation district purchased $20,000 of U. S. bonds for $19, 310.45, using a surplus in the dis trict's sinking fund. A total of $1,975,325.82 tax WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Recur rent rains Sunday; snow level 4 or 5 thousand feet; precipita tion moderate to locally heavy north portion; little change in temperature; southerly winds 15-35 above Point Arena near coast and west to northwest winds 1.0-20 below Point Arena. Jacksonville School Play Practice Starts Jacksonville Jacksonville High school juniors arid seniors interested in the annual junior and senior play met with Thayer Tarvin last week at the school. Tarvin, who will direct the play, is a member of the Footlighters, Medford's little theater group, and directed the play last year. The play selected this year is "It's Great to Be Crazy," by Donald Peyton. There will be 10 characters in the cast, which in cludes Pat Moore, Betty Stevens, Letti Ann Diedrick, Fred Straube, Oteka -Sheppard, John Beams, Nancy Adams, Norman Powlowski, Sonja Smith, Bob Clark, Tommy King, Carolee Thurman, Roberta Wicksten and Vicki Tweedy. The play is a comedy. Thelma Wall will be in charge of back stage make-up, and student man ager is Phyllis Stevens. A practice schedule was set up for the next six weeks with March 9 the date for -the public evening performance. An after noon performance will' be held for the student body on March 8. A coordinated attack on obes ity common overweight will be undertaken in Jackson coun ty soon. Joint sponsors of the movement are the Oregon Heart society and the Jackson County Medical society. It is planned to organize four groups of 20 persons each, three of them in Medford and one in Ashland. The groups will meet periodically for 16 to 20 weeks, with the aim of having each member lose one pound per week. 'Reducing Loves Company "Reducing loves company" is the way the project is describ ed. The program here is an ex tension of a pilot program start ed in Portland, where six groups were organized, and where five and the medical society are of them attained the objective strongly in favor of the program. of weight reduction. Other groups are now in prog ress in Corvallis, Eugene, As toria, La Grande, Albany and elsewhere. Originated in Oregon, the program is being adopted by Washington and Florida groups, and the U. S. public health ser vice. The groups will be carefully supervised by physicians, for it is known that indiscriminate re ducing can be harmful. Those wishing to participate should consult their family physician for referral. Obesity is classed as one of the most important of the nation's medical problems, and both the heart association Steering Commitiee Chairman Dr. Ralph Hibbs, representa tive of the medical, society, is chairman of the steering commit tee for the project. Other mem bers are Dr. Loren Messenger, psychology professor at South ern Oregon college; Mrs. Robert Sleeter, secretary of the group; Miss Dorothy Husky, county health educator; Miss Dorothy Collard, public health nurse; Miss Beverly Bennett, of the SOC physical education depart ment, Allen Hatch of the child guidance clinic, and Miss Celia Use Tribune Want Ads For Action, Walker, of the welfare depart ment. The weight reduction classes will begin as soon as enough in terested persons are found to form them. RECOVERS nSHING ROD . Traverse City, Mich. (U.R) Hart Stewart was skating on nearby Torch Lake when he looked down through the ice and saw a glass flyrod. It was the same rod he lost last summer while fishing. He chopped a hole in the ice and recovered it. , mm Wm Slabs and Rough Blox Dandy to Burn with Dry Wood Big Double Load or Single Load MEDFORD FUEL CO. Tel. 2-2111 Court & McAndrews 1 1 receipts was turned over to the treasurer by the tax collector, including $1,648,122.93 for cur rent year taxes and the balance for delinquent taxes paid for the years 1948-1955 inclusive. Slightly over 30 per cent of the fiscal years taxes have been received. School Fund Receipt School funds received 72.2 per cent of tax payments to the treasurer; cities 13.2 per cent; county libraries,' 8.9 per cent; irrigation districts, 3.1; rural fire districts, 1.3; state forest fire tax, 1; and water, sanitary and other districts, .3. The major portion of the re ceipts recorded during the six month period were from O and C funds, amounting to $1,373, 541.11. Local national forest receipts amounted to $191,510.16; school bond sales, $150,984.74; state payments to the county for mo tor vehicle licenses,, alcoholic and amusement device taxes, $296,901.99; and interest earned on time deposits- and bond pur chases, $14,618.34. Of the total disbursements, 48.2 per cent went for public school purposes; 7.8 per cent to cities, irrigation, rural fire, wa ter, and other districts and 44 per cent to county government. The latter included $685,859.07 O&C receipts to school districts and $94,848.03 for courthouse construction, improvement and maintenance. . Save by Renting a BEE HIVE U-DRIVE Vans Stakes and Pickup Trucks . Also Avis RENT-A-CAR DBM'S SIGNAL TUNE-UP & REPAIR 6th & Grape Phone 3-3261 24 BIKES AWARDED . 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