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White Man Faces
Charge of SJaying
'Respected' Negro,
Sumner, Miss. -U.R A white
man charged with murdering a
"highly respected" Negro will
be arraigned tomorrow in the
courtroom in which the Emmett
Till "wolf whistle murder case"
was tried.
. A Tallahatchie county grand
jury yesterday indicted Elmer
Kimbell, 34-year-old cotton girt
operator, tor the murder of Clin
ton Melton last Dec. 3, at nearby
Glendora, Miss.
Kimbell will be arraigned be
fore Circt Judge Curtis Swan
gOQwho conducted the trial of
two white men who were ac
quitted of murdering Emmett
Till, 14-year-od Negro boy from
Chicago.
J. W. Kellum, Kimbell's attor
ney, said Kimbell probably will
be tried within the next three
weeks.
Melton, 33, was shot to death
at a filling station where he
worked as an attendant. Kimbell
said he fired in self defense.
Melton's white employer, Lee
McGarrh, told authorities Mel
ton was unarmed.
White residents afterward
praised the slain man as having
been one of the most "highly re
spected" Negroes in the community.
Grange
Enterprise Grange
Members of Enterprise Grange
met in the hall Feb. 28 wth Mas
ter Gladys Boulter in the chair.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read by Secretary Mildred
Wood.
Report9were heard from Agri
culture Chairman Harold Wood.
He spoke on sex determination
rD eggs, being carried out by
dipping the eggs in hormone
solution. This new method in
sures the hatcheries of more-pul
lets for laying flocks or more
cockrellsor the table. The old
method of hormone injections
caused spoilage in many eggs
The hormone Solution is an im
provement in the poultry bus!
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Brother David Blair, legisla
ture chairman made arrange
ments for a "Political Rally" the
fourth Tuesday Of April at Enter
prise Grange hall. All candidates
will be invited, giving the pub
lic the opportunity of seeing and
hearing their prospective state
and county officials. Blair also
reminded petitioners that, the
petition can be notarized in
Rogue River and given to him. If
they are notarized at the. county
court house, leave them there
and he will pick them up later.
Due to the absence of Gladys
Barrie, HEC chairman, the mas
ter gave a report on the HEC
and ways and means committee.
On March 13 a St. Patrick's
Day potluck supper, followed by
a program arranged by Lecturer
Grace Heer, is planned. Each
member is to try and bring a
prospective Granger as his
guest. Remember the "Wearing
of the Green" as there will be
fines and penalties for not doing
so. A short business 'meeting
will close the meeting. -
Brothers C. W. Jensen, dairy
chairman, spoke of the hazards
to young dairy and beef cattle
of fallen pine trees. Because of
the recent snow storm in Evans
Valley much damage was done
to trees and shrubs. He advised
cleaning up or keeping cattle
away from fallen pines as the
cattle like the pine needles.
They make-the animals very sick
and often cause death, especially
to young heifers.
W. B. Tucker, county agent,
was guqg speeaker. Because of
a fault in the slide projector, he
was unable to show some of the
slides he had brought. He spoke
on marion blue grass, giving its
history and the experiments be
ing carried out here in Jackson
county as a seed crop. He also
mentioned corn as a coming agri
culturaWprogram because of the
new hyDrfd varieties that ma
ture earlier, enabling the farm
er earlier drying and silage.
Tucker als reminded the
Grangers that March 13 from
1 to 8 p.m. is the time set to
vote on the Inclusion of this ter
ritory within the Rogue Soil
Conservation district. The poll
ing will be at the Enterprise
Grange hall. All eligible voters
who will be absent on that day
may apply in person r mail the
absentee ballot to James Mar
.tin. Tucker said he believed all
ballots were in the mail.
Refreshments were served by
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wales and
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Badcock.
o Remember our next meeting
will start at 7:30 p.m. with a pot
luck supper.
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ENTRENCHED Snow makes the going tough even for
this huge bull elk at Bumping Lake near Yakima, Wash.,
where almost 36 feet of snow covers the mountains. The
heavy snow fall threatens a disastrous flood for Yakima
if the run-off is quick.
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BOB DICKEY
Easter Seal Chairman
Medford Attorney .
Named Chairman of
East Sea! Campaign
Medford Attorney Bob Dickey
has been designated Jackson
county chairman of the Oregon
Society for Crippled Children
and Adults, Inq., according to
State President Ernest M. Jach
etta, Portland.
The society is an affiliate of
the national society, and, is bet
ter known as the Easter Seal
Agency." Its 1956 campaign will
be launched March 10 and con
tinue through April 10, 1956.
Easter Seal Sales
Included in the drive will be
an advanced appeal for special
gifts, the sale of Easter Seals,
and on March 24, National Crip
pled Children's day, the annual
lily sale will be held. Supple
menting these activities will be
special events and coin contain
ers. George C. Flanagan of Elk
Lumber company is heading the
committee for advanced gifts.
Elwood Hedberg of the First Na
tional bank is Jackson county
treasurer. '
Mfs. Ivan Harrington, 224
King st., Medford, is chairman of
the mail campaign. Chairman of
the lily sale will be Mrs. Lyman
Smith, 31Z Howard st., Med
ford, who will be assisted by the
members of the Epsilon Sigma
Alpha sorority and girls at Med
ford High school.
Richard Woodcock, Pepsi Cola
Bottling company, is serving as
chairman of coin container dis
tribution. Some of the services per
formed by the Oregon society
are the maintenance of its Chil
dren's hospital in Eugene, the
operation of its summer camp
on North lake of Ten Mile lakes
and its Craft shop for the handi
capped in Portland.
The pressure in the strat
osphere chamber on the Naval
Air Test Center,' Patuxent River,
Md., changes from sea level to
70,000 feet above in six minutes.
Temperature ranges from -55 to
90 degrees Centigrade in 45 min
utes. The chamber is used to test
aircraft instruments.
Police Overpower
Violent Father
Philadelphia (U.R) An "ex
tremely violent" man, who held
a priest and two policemen as
hostages with two revolvers
during a three-hour ride through
the city and suburbs, was over
powered today after being per
suaded to return home to talk
to his wife.
Joseph Madera, father of two
children, was overpowered in a
brief scuffle on the lawn of his
home in the Abbotsford housing
project.
The Priest and the two detec
tives he held at gunpoint during
the wild ride were not injured.
The three men were taken as
hostages when they went to Rey
burn Plaza in central Philadel
phia after Madera telephoned -a
newspaper that he intended to
commit suicide there.
Police said he apparently was
"demented" and had been hav
ing a "rough time" lately ob
taining work.
Suit Against Poirier
Continued Until June
The case of the state of Oregon
vs. Lee Poirier, Jacksonville',
was continued until June 12 after
a hearing Saturday before Cir
cuit Court Judge Orval J. Mil
lard. A complaint seeking a tem
porary restraining order against
Poirier was filed in circuit court
Feb. 23 by Attorney General
Robert Y. Thornton for the state
board of dental examiners.
The board charged that Poirier
is practicing dentistry without a
certificate from the board.' He
was fined $200 in district court
June 13, 1955, for practicing
dentistry without a license. .
His attorney, O. H. Bengtson,
filed an appeal.
Englishmen Sought
As Gold Thieves
Paris "(U.R) Officials, were
looking for two Englishmen to
day as suspects in the robbery
of $175,000 worth of gold from
Geneva airport several weeks
ago.
Police said photographs and
descriptions have been circulat
ed throughout Europe. They said
the pair also is wanted in con
nection with the theft of gold in
London and two jewelry thefts
on the French Riviera.
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Cisfsop, Grant Eyed As Disaster Areas
Salem U.R) Gov. Elmo
Smith today recommended to
President Eisenhower that two
additional Oregon counties
Clatsop and Grant be desig
nated as disaster areas which
would qualify them for assist
ance under the federal emer
gency feed program.
Clatsop county dairymen and
cattlemen reported to the gover
nor that 75 per cent of their in
dustry members were presently
out of silage and hay and were
faced with some six weeks to
two months before many retard
ed pastures start to produce.
Grant county ranchers report
ed that two years of drought
plus a long, hard winter had cut
hay yields below normal and
that some ranchers were com
pletely dependent upon dry land
hay for winter feed supply.
The Naval Air Test Center,
Patuxent River, Md., tests all
new Navy aircraft before they
are delivered to operating squadrons.
Tuesday, March 6, 1956
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Victim of Leukemia Waits Sister's Fate
Grand Rapids, Mich. (U.R)
Two-year-old Kathleen Jo Van
Lopik, whose identical twin sis
ter died of leukemia nine days
ago, today went home to await
death from the same disease.
Kathleen and her sister,
Eileen, were hospitalized two
weeks ago when it was learned
both girls suffered from the in
curable blood disease. Doctors
said it was "once-in-a-million"
medical rarity that both were
stricken.
It was Eileen's fourth and
last trip to the hospital. Criti
cally ill, she was placed in an
oxygen tent in which she died
Feb. 26.
A plot for Kathleen was mark
ed beside her sister's grave.
The twin's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Van Lopik, both 25,
say Kathleen has not yet missed
her sister. When shown a photo
graph of herself and a nurse
Monday, thev said she cried,
"that's Eileen""
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