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TtW MXDFORD (OMSOV) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, February 26, 1S58 scemEuer FioocJ Rehabilitation by Paed Oross TotaSedl S100900 Disaster Worker Reviews Work Done In Jackson County Policies and procedures ; in Red Cross rehabilitation aid . to 172 Jackson and Josephine county families have been re viewed in a final report on re habilitation by Miss Josephna McNamara, disaster worker from the Red Cross area office, San Francisco. She spent over six weeks in the area, along with several .other professional Red Cross workers, processing applications from flood victims. Total aid given in the county : after the December disaster was over $100,000. Meets Needs "Red Cross meets needs, not losses," Miss McNamara said, "and assistance must be disaster related; through gifts, not loans; and as a supplement to a fam ily's own resources." Normal channels of trade are used, with each recipient al lowed to choose his vendor. Red Cross often works with govern ment agencies, such as federal housing administration, farm home administration, and small busines administration. Functions of the organization lean . toward rehabilitation - of families, rather than responsibil ties for warning, reserve and . evacuation.. i Describing steps taken by per sons needing Red Cross aid, she said families first register at disaster headquarters, after which a worker visits the dam aged home, surveys the situa tion and discusses the help needed by the family. The ap plication indicates what the family's resources are, the state of their liabilities, amount of damage to home, furnishings, clothing and other items. Verify Situation It is necesary to state what the family can do for them selves; what they cannot do; and what they wish Red Cross to consider. Organization workers verify , the financial situation, ownership of property, and other related problems before developing with the family a rehabilitation plan. Red Cross representatives make recommendations for aid to a local citizens' advisory com mittee and the family is soon advised that an award has been set up for ' necessary aid. Help might include repair of a home, or household furnishings or oc cupational supplies, such as farm equipment. Although sometimes families are given cash, asistance usually is in the form of disbursing or ders for food, clothing, or fur nishings, or contracts for repair, with Red Cross paying the mer chant or contractor of the fam ily's choice. Return to Normal . She said the end result should be a return to normal living for both the family and community. ceiving aid after December's flood was a family of five, wage earner aged 39, wife, 34, and three school-age children. At the time of the flood they were buy ing their home, Miss McNamara said, paving $35 a month. Take home pay was just sufficient to meet : living expenses. Monthly payments included those for a car and essential household items. , , With their home and lot both washed away, and only clothing and household furnishings saved, the family faced economical dis aster, she declared. Red Cross assisted in paying off the mort gage on the damaged property and made the down-payment on a new home. Aid totaled $2,500. A bank loan woul not have been posible, for the family had no drawing power or collateral. Since the person holding the 'mortgage could not absorb a loss, either, Red Cross helped two families in such a case. 'Small Farmer' Another case situation de scribed by Miss McNamara in volved a "small farmer" . who received assistance to repair flood-damaged fences and feed his stock. Total award was $1,622. In another case, an elderly widow suffered a total destruc tion of her home and furnish- ings and was given an award equal to her equity to permit purchase of another home in the south. She received $2,715. A young student ' received $1,063 from Red Cross, to re place . clothing and . household furnishings lost by flooding, and without aid .would have been forced to drop out of school, the report stated. t A somewhat unusual situation appeared on applications after a navy veteran and his wife and child lost their newly-purchased furniture, plus their car and trailer. They had only time to save themselves, according to the report, and later received aid in the amount of $1,500 to re- SURVEY DAMAGE Mis Josephine Mc Namara, Red Cross disaster worker from San Francisco, and.Seth Bullis, Jackson county Red Cross disaster . chairman, are . shown above surveying a -section of the badly-flooded area along Jackson creek. Miss McNamara was in charge of rehabilitation work. Plans for Memorial hospital Expected to Be Finished Soon Plans and specifications for the Rogue Valley, Memorial hos pital are expected to be com pleted in the near future, a spokesman for the hospital board of directors has announced. Sufficient funds to proceed with construction were sub scribed during the recent fund raising campaign, and the date for first payments on subscrip tion contracts has been set for June' 1, the spokesman said. Many contracts, he said, speci fied first payment to made on different dates. The hospital, costing an esti mated $1,900,000, will be built at the corner of Barnett and Murphy roads in an area which recently was annexed to the city. Already Paid Some 499 subscribers already have paid $184,700 on subscrip tion contracts, according to cam paign office officials. A total of $975,486 was subscribed during the campaign which ended Feb. 6. Otto J. Frohnmayer, general chairman of the campaign, said the business office at 28 South Bartlett street, Medford, will re main open to receive payments on contracts, and to receive con tributions for memorials and memberships for the hospital. Diamond Flynn will serve as supervisor of employees in the office with an accountant and an attorney being available for necessary technical advice.' Hospital spokesmen) said the memorial and membership sub scription list will remain, open for those who desire to subscribe in the current financing ' cam paign. Several organizations and businesses recently have sub scribed, officials said. Continue Campaign i , The special -women's commit tee of the hospital financing cam paign, and the Founders Service organization, will continue an active campaign to raise funds or additional . furnishings and equipping the hospital. Pieces of equipment r a' n g e from $40 to $2,500, hospital of ficials said, and a list is avail able at campaign headquarters. A list of equipment and names of subscribers , for equipment will be posted in the lobby of the hospital. The Founders Service organi zation has adopted a financing plan which will provide for a continuous program to eliminate community hospital financing campaigns, hospital officials said. Directors will appoint three trustees for the foundation to invest funds to be used for in creasing service, purchasing new equipment and build additions to meet growing needs. place clothing and furniture. Older Couple An older couple who had moved to the valley for health reasons received $1,910 from the Red Cross to assist in repair to their inundated home and pur chase or repair of clothing, fuel, furnishings and tools. Small businesses often receive help from the small business administration,- but several county firms were rehabilitated by Red Cross. Needs ranged from $2,000 to $20,000 and aid ranged from $2,000 to $7,500. Many had suf ficient resources to meet their losses, while others could meet only part of the requirements to return to normal business. In cluded in those assisted were a refrigeration repair, service sta tion, b a r b e r, several motels, lodge and cafe. . Red Cross help was referred to by Miss McNamara as "a neighborly expresion of good will," and she said rehabilita tion aid is given with no thought of repayment. "Families helped cannot meet .the added respon sibility of further debt." - " Red Cross philosophy is to return . the victim to a normal pre-disaster state,- with' all the help needed from the organiza tion, and at the same time using what they can of their own resources. Spokesmen said there will be, continuous appeals to individ uals, organizations, businesses and industries to make annual j gifts to the foundation. Foundation funds will be used for additions, and hospital of ficials, said that within two years after the new hospital is open, an addition probably will be necessary to meet increased serv ices,, both at Rogue .Valley Me morial and at Sacred Heart hospital. A continuous program to establish a foundation will make possible expansion without having community financing campaigns. Periodically, names of sub scribers to the foundation will be included in the memorial list in the hospital lobby along with names of organizations donating memorial funds. Organizations Subscribe Among organizations which have subscribed for memorials and memberships " include the. Adult Bible class, First Chris tian church; American Legion auxiliary; Beta Sigma Phi; Cen tral Point Camp of Royal Neigh bors of America; Central Point Junior High school student body; Crater High school Future Farmers of America; crew 19 of the campaign workers; Church of the Brethern; Eagle Point Dairy club; Evans Valley Home Extension unit; First Presby terian church; Grandmother club member 113; Griffin Creek Community school club; Home Economics club, of Eagle Point Grange; Jackson County Shrine club; Medford Extension unit; Medford Junior Service league; Olive Rebekah lodge; Oregon State Nurses association, district 4; Camp 4713, Royal Neighbors of America and Mistletoe club;' Women of the Moose, Medford;: Zonita International of Medford; and Westminister Guild of the Presbyterian church. Six Injured In One-Car Accident Six young people were hurt n o n e seriously! in a one-car automobile accident late Friday night, according to state police. Officers reported that a con vertible car driven by Paul Robert Knox, 23, of Wallers Old Inn, Rogue River, overturned at the intersection of South Stage rd. and Sunset dr. at about 11:45 p.m. The car skidded on slick pavement and rolled over into a field, the report said. A physician driving by stop ped to help the car's occupants, and aided in their hospitaliza tion. All were treated for in juries termed not too serious. They were the driver, minor facial cuts; Shirley Irene Smith, 21, of 3092 Jacksonville high way, possible hip injuries; Betty Jean McNeill, 20, same address; Paul Garth Williams, 19, Grants Pass; Thomas Orville Martt, 22, Grants Pass, and Claudette Lea McKinney, 19, of 1112 East Main st., Medford. All were treated at Sacred Heart hospital except Miss McKinney, who was taken to Osteopathic hospital. The car was badly damaged, and had to be towed away. 432 Service Firms Listed In Jackson County in '54 Receipts of 432 service estab lishments in Jackson county in the 1954 census of . business amounted to about $7,724,000, according to a preliminary re port covering service trades pub lished by the bureau of the cen sus; U. S. department of com merce. - A total of 248 businesses in Medford reported $4,364,000 re ceipts. The 55 Ashland busi nesses in the report had $705,000 receipts. . The combined yearly payroll of the county's service establish ments was $1,726,000. There were employees,, of whom 636 worked full time in the pay period ending nearest Nov. 15. Proprietors actively employed in the operation of unincorporat ed businesses numbered 489, the report showed. Personal Services , Establishments providing per sonal services numbered 125 in the county with $1,967,000 re ceipts; 75 in Medford with $1,464,000 receipts; and 23 in Ashland with $280,000 receipts. Establishments . primarily en gaged in automotive repair, parking and other automotive services numbered 64 in the county with $1,224,000 receipts; 42 in Medford with $882,000; and two in Ashland with re ceipts not reported. Listed as "all other services" in the preliminary report were 243 establishments in the coun ty with $4,553,000 receipts. There were 131 listed in Med ford with $3,040,000; and 30 in Ashland. "Personal services" group in cludes such businesses as barber and beauty shops, cleaning and dyeing plants, laundries and laundy services, garment altera tion and repair, funeral services, photographic studios,, and shoe repair shops, as well as other personal services. "All other selected services" group includes business services, miscellaneous repair, amusement and recreation services, motion pictures, hotels, tourist courts, motels and camps. ..' WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with showers likely extreme north late Sunday; Appointments Open For Landscape Clinic Hours are still open for ap pointments by county homeown ers who '. wish to take part in the landscape clinic to be held in the courthouse auditorium March 8 and 9. .." County Horticultural Agent C. B. Cordy said that half-hour appointments may be made by howeowners calling the office before the clinic date for con sultation with one of four land scape architects taking part in the program. .- A display of shrubs will be provided at the auditorium by Southern Oregon Nursery Cent er and the Garden Center nurs ery. ' The clinic is for planning basic landscape plantings, either for those with new homes and no plantings, or for those with es tablished yards who need help in rearrangement. Cordv urged all owners of modest homes, who wish the t service, to call the county agent s office. . " University .of Rhode Island in 1898 offered, the first complete course of study in poultry husbandry. 'Blue Bucket Mine1 Subject of Letter By Medford Resident Editor's note: The following story by Lancaster Pollard, Ore gon historian, appeared in The Oregonian, Sunday, Feb. 19, this year, .and is, reprinted here with the permission of the author, The Oregonfon, and. Earl E. Wal lace, 832 Wabash ave., Medford. It concerns the "Blue Bucket Mine," its location and discoverer. By LANCASTER POLLARD Oregon Historian This story should; I think, con clude the discussion about the "Blue Bucket mine" and its dis coverer or disciverers. It is based on a letter from Earl E. Wallace, who lives in Medford. Of the many communications I've received, it seems to cover the subject most impartially. . Especially is this so when you keep in mind that "Will Herren" was one of Wallace's' own fam ily, the brother . of his grand mother, from whom he got his information: . Wallace points out that every family on the Stephen H. Meek "lost train" between the Snake river and The Dalles had its own buckets, painted in different colon. The Helm family buck ets were painted blue, hence the name of the "mine." It seems safe to conclude that the Helm family did contribute the name. Wallace's account rung: Yellow Pebbles Found "After passing 1 Wagon Tire mountain and traveling north, the train came, in a few days, to a smalL creek with small 'pot holes,' in which there was some water and about which there were some willows and grass plots for. their oxen. "Ai they made camp, two men volunteered "to go down this creek in search of more water. One of them was Helms. While they were gone, Will Herren walked to one of the pot holes. While there he picked up some yellow pebbles. Curious, he took them to! his wagon and ham mered them flat on the wagon tire. He then tossed them in his tool box. ' Party Launches Search "In the meantime, Helms and his partner returned to the wagon train. Will Herren showed him some of the gold Helms re marked that 'if that's gold, down where we were we - could have filled that old blue bucket'." By all accounts it was after the discovery of gold in Califor nia . before anyone again at tempted to find the Blue Bucket mine. It is a matter of record that Herren once made an at tempt to locate the site, as did Meek. Helm visited the area and thought that he had located the site near present Canyon City. By -Wallace'6 -family - tradition, about 1852 " a party of men left Oregon City in search of the mine. They followed the old tire tracks and discovered the John Day diggings and also Canyon creek, which was very' rich in nuggets. It's reasonable to be lieve that that was the "Blue Bucket," as miners did actually pick . gold from the creek by hand. Although this seems to be the most reasonable . explanation, perhaps I ought to mention that among several correspondents one has a mining claim in the area its location by his request is withheld another, a college professor, has spent several sum mer holidays . scientifically and hopefully prospecting the . pre sumed area; several others main tain that they know where, the mine is and who was its discov erer. It has been fun to hunt for lost treasure from an armchair,.-but from now on the search for the "Blue Bucket mine" is surrc-i-dered to hardy men in jeeps. Friday Appear Two Sentenced In Circuit Court Here Albert Lee Wilcox, 29, Grants Pass, was sentenced to two years in the Oregon penitentiary Fri day in a circuit court appear-; ance for probationviolation. He had previously received a three year suspended sentence ' on a charge of obtaining money un der false pretenses. .' - :: Francisco S. Morales, . 24, Springfield,.' charged with non support, -received a :six-month sentence, which was suspended on the condition he comply with payments ; for support and re main on- good behavior. Five Continued Five other cases were con tinued awaiting reports' from the federal bureau of investigation. They are D. J.. Stoke, 34, 330 North Holly st., . charged with obtaining . money . under false pretenses;' Stephen W. Agee, 50, 1217- West -Ninth st., obtaining money under false, pretenses; Howard Leslie Osborne, 30, 728 Summit ave., making false state ment in writing to secure bene fit; Robert Lee Smith, obtain ing money under false pretenses; and James Franklin Rogers, 18, Tacoma, charged with grand lar ceny. . - r Rogers was extradited by sher iffs deputies in connection with the theft, of mechanics tools owned by Robert Little, Bullock rd. , . ' , no u oav STARTS Wednesday FEBRUARY 29 MARCH 1,2,3 Comedy! Dancing! it Music! ir Songs! Medford Kiwanis Cl ub Presents the 8th ANNUAL Kuwaitis Diapers (STT TT JniOliU their biggest, happiest production featuring holidays in other lands . . . Comedy sketches. , Take a cruise on the 'Good ; ship Happiness it ID) 0 ? On the Stage at the . ivmsuiui u gcmui nn iir . i a Siligh Sehool . Auditorium Buy Your Ticket From Any Member or at la) wAw A Main at Central Get your tickets now for this terrific show. You will thor oughly enjoy the. entertainment and at the same time be helping a worthy cause. This is the only Kiwanis Fund Raising Program for the entire year, to raise money for their underprivileged children work. WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS Students Night 50 STUDENTS & CHILDREN Curtain at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Curtain Time is at 8:15 p.m. GENERAL ADMISSION $1.10 RESERVED SEATS $1.65 Reserved Seats Are On Sale at BARKER'S ONLY 0 i
