FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, January 24, 1 956 j
Church Group Heeds
Flood Aid Material
An appeal for scrap material
with which to make quilts, and
for bedding and clothing was
made Monday by the welfare
agency of Medford Seventh Day
Adventist church.
The agency has been sending
bedding and clothing to the flood
areas in California, as well as
aiding the Red Cross in Jackson
county, but its supplies are ex
hausted. A letter from Yuba City,
Calif., where many families lost
all their possessions in the late
December flood, contained a re
quest for additional bedding and
clothing, according to Mrs. A. J.
Miracle, president of the Dorcas
society of the Seventh Day Ad
ventist church.
Mrs. Miracle received a letter
from J. L. Brown, manager of
the Pacific coast office of the
World Welfare Service depot,
thanking the local society for
donations and describing the wel
fare work going on in California.
He wrote: "They have a fine
set-up on the Fair Grounds in
one of the large warehouses. The
Red Cross occupies one-half of
the building. Much good is being
done. Our people have shipped
in 17 van and truck loads of
clothing, bedding, shoes and
food. Our World Welfare Service
truck with 13,000 pounds of sup
plies arrived on the spot before
any other truck."
Oregon Counties Receive
Liquor License Money
Portland U.R) The Oregon
Liquor Control Commission said
today it was allocating this
month a total of 5607,415 from
liquor license fees during 1955
to counties, incorporated cities
and the state general fund.
Sixty per cent of the license
fees goes to cities and counties
and the rest to the state.
Auto Accident Fatal
To Mother at Eugene
Eugene (U.R) A mother of
four children was killed this
morning when her car crashed
through a guard rail at the east
ern edge of Eugene while she
was en route to work.
The victim was Mrs. Frances
Maxine Brown, 33, Springfield.
State police'said a witness in a
car behind told officers Mrs.
Brown's car apparently skidded
on a frosty spot on the road,
crashed through the rail and
landed upside down near the
railroad tracks below. She .was
alone in the car.
Survivors include her hus
band ajid the four children.
U. S. farmers sold 5309,000,
000 of hay during 1954.
Religious Instruction
Given Catholic Youth
. Central Point Catholic reli
gious instruction and inquiry is
held each Wednesday evening at
7:30 p.m., in the American Le
gion hall at Central Point.
The religious instruction is in
tended primarily for Catholic
high school students who attend
Crater high school, and for all
young persons and parents liv
ing in the Central Point area,
the Rev. Robert Tomisser, who is
in charge, announced.
A released school time for the
instruction is given each Wednes
day from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m., for Catholic chldren who
attend Central Point grade
school.
The childen will be met at the
school at 11:30 a.m., each
Wednesday and taken to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Batzer, where the instruction is
held. The children will be given
lunch early in the school cafe
teria on Wednesdays to enable
them to attend the instructions.
Catholic parents are asked to
inform school officials of their
desire to have their children
participate in the instruction.
Father Tomisser will be assisted
by Mrs. Robert Russell and Mrs.
Fred Shere, Central Point.
Eugene Man To Oppose
McClure as Grange Head
Portland '(U.R) Ralph Rogers
of Eugene will oppose incum
bent Elmer McClure of Milwau
kie for master of the Oregon
State Grange. McClure, piaster
since 1950, polled 3883 votes in
the Grange preferential primary
while Rogers won a place on the
final ballot in April with 1706
votes.
Halfway Becoming
Biggest Boom Town
Portland (U.R) Banker W.
W. Evans said here today that
Halfway, Ore., is on the way
to becoming Oregon's biggest
boom town.
Evans, president of the First
National Bank of Halfway, said
construction of Idaho Power
Company's Brownlee dam on
the Snake river had brought
such an influx of construction
workers that the town's facilities
were hardpressed to accomodate
them. Housing is critically short,
Evans said, and public facilities
such as restaurants have become
overcrowded. He said the bank
would have to add to its staff to
handle the increased business.
Morrison Knudsen company
has already brought hundreds of
construction workers to Half
way, although the Brownlee
project is barely started. Later,
the highway leading to the town
would have to be rebuilt as the
present route is inundated by
the dam, Evans said.
Occasional Snow
Possible in Oregon
Portland (U.R) Western
Oregon's warm but wet January
turned cold today. It was still
wet. As a result, said the weath
er bureau, the usual rain might
be mixed with occasional wet
snow through Wednesday. Heavy
precipitation wasn't expected.
The forecast called for scattered
showers.
Snow fell overnight in the
state's mountain passes and
chains .' were advised. Fourteen
inches of new snow was reported
at Timberline lodge.
The Willamette valley got
most of the precipitation in the
24 hours ending at 4:30 a.m. with
Salem reporting .56 of an inch;
Portland .48 - and Eugene .40.
Brookings had only .19, practi
cally a "dry" day for that south
west coastal town.
The five-day outlook for west
ern Oregon called for from 1 Vz
to 3 inches of precipitation in
western Oregon. Eastern Oregon
is expected to get about Vi to Vz
inch, mostly snow.
Births
RUTTER To, Dr. and Mrs.
Paul H., Phoenix, Jan. 24, 1956,
a girl, 8 pounds, at Osteopathic
hospital.
LESTER To Mr. and Mrs.
Elliott, 1080 South Stage rd.,
Jan. 24, 1956, a boy, 8 pounds, at
Osteopathic hospital.
KRUGGEL To Mr. and Mrs.
Robert, 510 Alice st, Jan. 23,
1956, a boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred
Heart hospital. .
LYNCH To Mr. and Mrs.
John, 2148 Woodlawn ave., Jan.
22, 1956, a boy, 8V4 pounds, at
Sacred Heart hospital.
GRIFFITH To Mr. and Mrs.
Ottie, P.O. Box 663, Eagle Point,
Jan. 22, 1956, a girl, 7Vz pounds,
at Sacred Heart hospital.
DRISCOLL To Mr. and Mrs.
William, 506 South Keeneway
dr., Jan. 23, 1956, a boy, 7
pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital.
CASTER To Mr. and Mrs.
Orville, 3955 Hilsinger rd., Jan.
20, 1956, a boy, 7V2 pounds, at
Community hospital.
HANSON To Mr. and Mrs.
Richard, 863 Marshall ave., Jan.
22, 1956, a boy, 8 pounds, at
Community hospital.
Geology Course Starts
Today at High School
Rocks and Minerals, a three
hour college course taught by
Max Shafer, field geologist for
the state repartment of geology,
under the direction of the Ore
gon State System of higher Edu
cation, will begin at 7 p.m. to
day at Medford" Senior high
school, room 23.
The course will be the same as
Geology 291 at University of
Oregon and will require the
same number of lecture hours,
laboratory and examinations.
The course will apply to local
conditions as nearly as possible.
About 15 students have indicated
they will take the course and
others may enroll at the first
meeting.
GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
Portland (U.R) A Circuit
Court jury last night returned a
manslaughter verdict against
Fulton E. Jackson, 36, who was
tried on a murder charge in con
nection with the slaying last
fall of Mrs. Mary Taylor, 37.
Sentence will be pronounced
Thursday.
Sales Force Formed
For Stevenson Tickets
Portland (U.R) - Co-chairmen
of Oregon's Stevenson-for-presi-dent
committee said today that
county representatives and
working committees were being
named to help promote ticket
sales for the Feb. 11 appearance
here of Adlai Stevenson, Demo
cratic presidential nomination,
candidate. I
Mrs. Elmer O. Berg of Salem
and Alfred H. Corbett of Port
land, co-chairmen, said forma
tion of the county working units
did not at this time necessarily
indicate a primary race in Ore
gon for Stevenson. They said
Stevenson already has declared
his intention of filing in five
states, which would give a re
gional test ' of strength against
other candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination.
There are about 1,917 heart
attacks among American citi
zens in an -average day.
Deed line for Sunday Classified is
at noon Saturday.
Veterans Asked To
Report Flood Damage
Charles Holbrook, county vet
erans service officer, has urged
veterans who have state loans
on homes which suffered flood
damage report wthin the next
few days to his office on the
third floor of the courthouse.
Holbrook is making a survey
on state-owned property dam
aged by recent floods. He asked
cooperation from each individ
ual holding a state loan, in or
der that a final figure will be
ready by the latter part of the
week, when officials will be
here for the report.
Portland Records 27th
Holdup Since Nov. I
Portland U.R) Portland
recorded its 27th holdup since
Nov. 1 today.
Police said a gunman carry
ing a paper bag held up a groc
ery store and escaped with
about 20 last night.
Fitcairn island has an area of
about 1,200 acres.
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GILLETTE To Mr. and Mrs i
Walter, 524 Oak st., Central,
Point, Jan. 23, 1956, a boy, ZVz '
pounds, at Community hospital, j
COHEN To Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert J., 780 Queen dr., Jan.
24, 1956, a boy, 7 pounds, at
Community hospital.
School Teachers Get
Pay Raise at Portland
Portland K'U.R) Portland
school teachers got a belated
Christmas present last night a
$200 across the board pay in
crease and a hint that they may
get more.
The school board indicated
that a further increase to be
submitted to voters in the May
primary election would be ap
proved. Amount of the addition
al raise and the form it will take
will be discussed at the Feb. 13
meeting of the board.
- Supt. J. W. Edwards indicated
last weekend the raise would be
approved.
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