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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1956)
Segregation Leaders Plan To Fight Return Of Autherine Lucy Tuscaloosa, Ala. U.P.) Segre gation leaders today planned or ganized opposition today to the return to classes of Autherire Lucy, the University of Ala bama's first Negro student. Word was spread inviting all "interested persons" to a mass meeting tonight to form a local White Citizens Council, an or ganization which has already spread over much of the South. Saek Lawful Means The councils, claiming mem bership of top white leadership in communities already having chapters, have the announced goal of seeking to preserve all forms of racial segregation by lawful means. Attorney Hugh Locke told a Birmingham, Ala., council at its meeting Thursday night that Miss Lucy "is not in Alabama to get an education that is real ridiculous. She is a tool of people who want to blacken the white race of the South." Miss Lucy was excluded from class after rioting broke out dur ing her three days on the campus. A federal court hear ing set for Feb. 29 is expected to determine whether , she will return. Student Transfers The 26-year-old woman was disclosed Thursday night to have transferred last Tuesday to the bi-racial Talladega College at Talladega, Ala., 110 miles east of here to "rest" and keep up With her classwork as an unof ficial student. Arthur D. Gray, president of the integrated liberal arts col lege said she did not enroll and planned to remain only about 10 days. The college, never exclusive ly white, has only - six white students among its predominant ly Negro student body at present. Gray said white students first enrolled there 50 years ago. GRANDVIEW-LONE PINE Open House at Sage Home By LILLIAN KNIGHT Grandview - Lone Pine Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Ford of Crater Lake ave. attended open house at the new home of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Sage on -the east side of Medford, Sunday, Feb. 12. The occasion was for the teachers of the Washington school to see the Sage's new home. Sage is prin cipal of the Washington school and Mrs. Ford is a teacher at the school. Mrs. Ed Bemis and three boys returned home from Sunland, Calif., where she was called by the illness of her mother. She left her mother very much im proved. ' Keith Frazier had the misfor tune to sprain his foot very badly while playing at home, but is still able to attend school on crutches. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Frazier of Camp Prescott rd. Mrs. William Frazier is re pneumonia and is now able to do her own work. Calvin Dalton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dalton, has been home on leave from the Marine base at San Diego for the past two weeks. He returned Thursday to his base. Leland Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Nelson, joined the Navy and left last week for his training at the Navy base in San Diego. Ronald Nelsqn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Nelson, and Jonnie Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Icel Johnson, joined the Navy and will take their basic training at San Diego, Jonnie leaving about Feb. 21 and Ronald leav ing about the first week in March. : Chester Ernst,, son of Mrs. Jere Kreischer, and his Japanese bride, arrived at the home of his mother Feb. 2. He recently re ceived his discharge from the service and they plan to make their home here. - Mrs. Forrest Jackson and baby son, Norman Dale, are home from a Medford hospital. Mother and baby are doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fogelquist and son-in-law, Walter Gavin, returned the first of the week from Portland where they vis ited with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fogelquist and family, brother of Floyd, and attended to busi ness matters while there. Mrs. Wallace Johnson of Cor vallis visited last week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Icel Johnson. ' The Rev. and Mrs. Martin Brown, daughter and son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Knight, Springbrook rd., were visitors at her parents home Thursday, and spent the night with them. Rev. and Mrs. Brown are from Cave Junction where he is pastor of the Bridgeview church. ., Tuesday afternoon visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Knight were Mr ..and Mrs. Ken neth Stockbff of Medford. ' The Grandview Market has received a 'face-lifting.' They have rearranged the entire in terior of the store, ' also refin- ished the floors and changed the entrance , to another part of the building, making it much more convenient for shoppers, to find merchandise. The new . arrange ment will greatly expedite the checking-out system for custom ers, thus eliminating a lot of delay. Friday, February 17, 195S 'MEDTORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Italian Acknowledges Crater Information ' An acknowledgment from Mi lan, Italy, has been received by the Jackson County chamber of commerce for sending to Y. de Bendennt information on Crater lake and southern Oregon. De Bendennt wrote the cham ber in December asking for in iormation concerning the crater which he apparently wanted for a study of earth craters and craters on the moon. He wrote in acknowledgment, "I have received your most agreeable packet and I am very very gay for it inclused. Unfor tunately we are too much far, and I send to you this small part of my city, but I shall you always remember." Rainier Man Named. Dairy Industry Head Corvallis (U.R) John Tolles- haug, Rainier, Ore., was elected president of Oregon Dairy In dustries at the close of the group's 45th annual short course and convention here last night. Tolleshaug succeeds Arthur Huriburt, Portland, who moved to the board of directors. Gill Yoder, Eugene, was elected new j vice-president; Ellis Rackleff , I Eugene, was reelected treasurer, and G. lH. Wilster and J. O. Young, Corvallis, were reelected secretaries. Oregon's champion butter, cheese and ice cream makers were also announced at last night's banquet. John " Haedinger, Portland, won the cheddar cheese sweep stakes trophy. Duane Ehnes, Mc Minnville, and Curtis Jensen, Eu gene, tied for the butter sweep stakes, championship. Jerald Johnson, Eugene, won the ' cottage cheese trophy. In the ice cream division; Ken neth Jordan, Portland, won first place for vanilla; Ralph Lash, Grants Pass, took first for choco late, and Ladell Weaver, Port land was first for strawberry. JET PILOT LOST Yokosuka, Japan (U.R) The U.S. Navy announced toiay that a jet pilot from the aircraft car rier Bancock who crashed at sea near Iwo Jima during maneuvers Thursday has been given up fox lost. The Hancock and two de stroyers swept the area of the crash for several hours without finding any trace of the missing man. DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN BUY A TOP VALUE" USED CAR at DICK KNIGHT CO. HOW AND MAKE NO PAYMENTS FOR SEE 75 DAYS OUR CLASSIFIED AD TODAY THEN RUSH DOWN' TO DICK KNIGHT CO. 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