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Candidates For County, State
Offices, Precincts Are Listed
Twenty-three persons filed
candidacies for county and state
offices before the filing deadline
Friday at 5 p.m. A total of 153
have filed for Republican pre
cinct committeemen and 73 for
Democratic committeemen.
Candidates who will appear
on the May 18 primary include:
State representative Incum
bents E. H. Mann and E. A. Lit
trell; and Robert Duncan and
Robert Boyer, Democrats.
District attorney Incumbent
Walter Nunley and George Rode,
Republicans; and Thomas J
Reeder, Democrat.
Assessor Candidates
County assessor Ray J. Schu
macher and Andrew Hawver,
Democrats; and Allen D. Curry,
and John Henry Tizekker, Re
publicans. County commissioner Ralph
A. James, Democrat, and L. G
(Shy) Morthland, incumbent,
and Melvin J. Lattie, Republi
cans. County treasurer Karl L.
Janouch, Democrat, and Anna
R. Scott, Republican.
County surveyor Paul R.
Rynning, incumbent, Republican.
District judge (non-partisan)
Rawles Moore, incumbent, and
O. Hilding Bengtson.
County school superintendent
(non-partisan) Alf B. Mekvold.
Justice of Peace
Justice of peace, Ashland dis
trict (non-partisan) Incumbent
Nellie W. Burns, Ida B. George
and L. Peers (Lee) Wilmeth.
The latest date on which a
candidate may withdraw is Mon
day, March 12, and reasons must
be stated under oath and filed
with the clerk, according to state
law. '
Filing for Republican Precinct
Committeeman in Ashland were:
Precinct 1 Arnold H. Baud
er, 220 Harrison st.; 2 Dorothy
Busch, Ridge rd., and Ben T.
Lombard, 327 Ridge rd.; 3 G
" H. Billings, 142 Church st., and
Tempa Cunningham, 83 Pine st.;
4 Layton E. Schell, 154 Oak
st., and Doris L. Morgan, 66
North Second st.; 5 Clarence
Williams, 707 Helman st.; 6
Francis S. Chasm, 156 Seventh
st., and Leah Stringer, 155
Seventh st.; 7 Clinton Baugha-
man, 100 Lincoln st., and Mary
Kathryn Merrill, 631 Siskiyou
St.; 8 Ruth MacCollister, 295
Grant st.; 9 E. H. Singmaster,
285 Beach st.; 10 Paul Finnell,
121 Nob Hill, and Faith McCul
lough, 137 Church st.; 11 Aub
rey C. Miles, 94 Third st., and
Ernestine Hartley, 130 Third st.
Precinct 12 Violet Hazelrigg
and Alan Hazelrigg, 404 Wight
man st.; 1 Frank DeBolt, 950
Garden way; 14 R. R. Lytle
and Elizabeth Westerberg, rt. 1;
16 Charles L. Wilson, 873 Clay
st., and Nellie I. Dunn, rt. 1,
box 480; 17 Clyde and Mildred
Laird, st. rt., box 90.
Others included: Precinct 19
Burrell Wyant and Ella D. Ty
rell, Lake Creek; 20 May
Curtis, Butte Falls; 21 Thomas
H. Shearin, 18 West Sixth st..
Eagle Point and Doreen
' Vaughan, rt. 1, box 670, Eagle
Point; 22 Evelyn and John E.
Ousterhout, rt. 1, Eagle Point;
23 R. B. Grieve and Edna G.
Clever.berg, Prospect; 24 Helen
Axtell and DeLoss Barber,
Trail.
Precinct 28 Marian Bossier,
1913 Hazel st., and John Chit-
wood, 434 Berrydale ave.; 29
Chester Irish, 2925 Cummings
rd., John Benson Jr., Box 1175,
and Lu Arant, 3687 Table Rock
rd.; 29A Robert E. Nelson,
1645 East McAndrews rd. 30
Emmett Gott, 2283 Buckshot rd.;
31 Samuel L. Stevens, rt. 3,
box 72; 32 Clare and J. E. Rus
sell, 204 North Ivy st.; 33
George and Ethel Tucker, 119
South Ivy st.; 34 Grace Pan
key, 321 Apple st., and Dale
Flowers, 306 Apple st.; 35 Carl
H. W. Oestrick, 30 South Cen
tral ave.; 36 Carold .J. Parker,
610 South Central ave., and
Delie M. Whisenant, 418 Arcadia
st.; 37 Glenn Stewart, 317
Maple st., Leila A. Morrow, 531
North Bartlett st.; 38 Eva and
Granvi' Brittsan, 1129 Niantic
st.
Precinct 39 Betty J.' Alto-
bello, 1004 South Grape st., and
Carl Fichtner, 613 South Holly
st.; 40 Stephen and Evelyn!
son, 580 Pierce Road.
Nye, 816 West 10th St.; 41 Irene
and Myrle M. Merriman, 304
King st.; 42 Kenneth and Mar
garet Denman, 104 Geneva St.;
43 Mary and Richard House,
15 Corning Court; 44 Phyllis
W. Skinner, 30 Portland ave.,
and R. M. Johnson, 325 Van
couver ave.
Precinct 45 Albert James,
1426 Euclid ave., Donna Carol
Robinson, 1409 Euclid ave., and
Louis R. Cranston, 1320 East
Jackson st.; 45A Wilson and
June Slater, 310 Mary st.; 46
William BarUett, 131 Valley
View, Edith Braley, 245 Valley
View, and George K. Bruse, 1811
East Main st.; 46A Robert A.
Johnson, 20 Valley View dr.,
and Doris M. Root, 341 Saginaw
dr.; 47 Don M. Wilson, 734
West 14th St.; 47A A. E. Piazza,
932 Mt. Pitt ave., and Vivian S.
Lobdell, 1007 Murray st.; 48 H.
G. and Ida M. Wilson, 7 Chest
nut st; 49 Marina S. Gates,
729 West 4th st., and Joe Hosick,
845 Palm st.
Precinct 50 Catherine Lynch,
139 Kenwood ave.; 51 Eudora
S. Pierce, 516 West Jackson st.;
52 Lee VanAusdall, 338 Fair
mont st., and "A" Peterson, 523
Fairmont st.; 53 Clayton Lewis,
143 North Ivy st.; 54 Elmo and
Verneita M. Atterbury, 1002
West 11th st.; 55 Donald and
Rosemary Lue, 341 O'Gara st.
Precinct 55A Gerald T. Lath
am, 815 Park ave., and Claire
M. Richard, 901 Newtown st.;
56 Robert A. Elliott, 432 Ard
more st., Ruth Haviland, 125
White Oak dr., and Robert
Dickey, 53 Modoc ave.; 56A
Clif D. Ouellette, 1532 Terrace
dr., and Kathleen Bash, 1325
Bundy st.; 57 Jane Buffington,
rt. 3, box 207. 1
Precinct 58 Clark J. Walker,
1765 Stewart ave.; SQ--Susan V.
Holmes, rt, 3, box 208; 60 H.
Fred Kaller, P. O. box 1521,
Medford; 61 Bert and Kathryn
Stancliffe, 115 Third st., Phoe
nix; 62 C. Richard Nagel, rt.
1, box 541, Talent; 63 Fred
erick R. Barbeau, rt. 1, box 285,
Talent; 64 William E. Bracker,
rt. 1, box 369E and Maude
Daugherty, 2251 Kings highway;
65 John Gates, rt. 2, box 455,
Jacksonville, Marguerita A.
Burch, P. O. box 285; 66 Roy
V. Martin, rt. 1, box 805, ana
Lois Fretwell, P. O. box 127,
Jacksonville; 67 Lewis Conger,
rt. 2, box 513, Medford.
Precinct 68 J. A. McDougall,
315 Perrydale ave., and Verna
Norris, 103 Lozier . lane; 69
Joseph Richard Krupp Jr., rt. 1,
box 82, Riley Cook, rt. 2, box
425E, and Luella S. Stine, rt. 2,
box 424, Central Point; 70 Don
ald E. Faber, box 5, and Virginia
C. Welch, 559 Hazel st., Central
Point; 71 Richard L. Stratton,
box 217, Donald E. Braund, box
261, and Beulah Faber, box 125,
Central Point.
Precinct 72 Harry Elden, rt.
1, box 487, and Harriett L. Ken
dall, P. O. box 306; 73 Linn
Nesmith and William C. Hurn, j
Camp White; 73 A H. F.
Swingle, rt. 2, box 210, and Doris
Hoover, rt. 2, box 206; 76 I
Charles White, box 107, and :
Stella Miller, P. O. box 332, !
Rogue River; 77 T. C. and 1
Patte Liene Hopkins, P. O. box
274, Rogue River; 771 A Verlie
and Chas. E. Babcock, 4970 S. i
Pacific highway, Grants Pass, !
78 Dale and Lucille S. Collins, j
494 Sixth st., Gold Hill; 80 j
Fred Streitz, rt. 1, box 278, and
Eleanor S. Bolt, Homestead on :
Rogue, Gold Hill. . j
Precinct 81 John Horner, st.
rt. 1, box 82, Jacksonville and
Vivian Adams, Random Acres, j
Applegate; 82 Leon Offenbach- j
er, box 67, rt. 1, and Henriette I
LePiniec, rt. 1, box 61, Jack-
sonville; 83 D. B. and Evelyn ,
J. Winningham, rt. 2, box 53A:
84 Freida and Michael C.
Loftus, rt. 2. box 34.
Filing for Democratic Pre
cinct Committeeman were: For
Precinct 1 Lucille Dozier, 160
Sherman st., Ashland; 2 Ger
trude Wilmeth, 168 Meade st.,
Ashland; . 10 Alvin V. Miller,
160 Scenic dr., Ashland; 13
Sidney E. Ainsworth, 1135 Fern
st., Ashland; 14 Myrtle New-'
town, Rt. 1, Box 112, Ashland;
25 Ray Briggs, Shady Cove;
31Mary Ann and Leslie E. Wil-
Precinct 34 Darlyne M.
Rudd, 119 North Central ave.;
33 Allen E. and Dorothy S.
Gebhard, 1519 North Riverside
ave.; 39 Priscilla A. Deather
age, 641 J st., and Robert A.
Boyer, 649 J st.; 42 Marie Ul
rich, 839 Minnesota ave.; 43
Gertrude and Jesse D. Wagner,
112 Cottage st.; 44 C. A. and
Marion C. Lusk, 10 Portland
ave.; 45 Ann E. and Harold
Woods, 1307 E. Main st.; 46A
Marie M. Bosworth, 2425 East
Main st.; 47A Marcus L. Mc
Kenzie, 1J.17 Winchester ave.,
and Cora E. Chastain, 1124 Stew
art ave.
Precinct 48 Lona M. Damer
on, 336 Plum st; 49 Mary
Greiner and Edward C. Kelly,
906 W. 4th St.; 40 Frank De
Souza, 30 Western ave., and
Laurene K. Kell, 852 Palm st.;
51 Margaret Eakin, 712 Victory
st., 52 James and Luella Main,
543 Haven st.; 53 Clyde C.
Fichtner, 227 Oakdale ave., and
Mary Higgins, 60 North Peach
st.; 54 Ilda W. Vickoren, 728
West 11th st.; 56 Jean and
Charles Shepherd, 711 Modoc
ave.; 56A Robert Duncan, 1500
Terrace Drive; 57 Guy D. 'Cor
liss, Rt. 3, and Anita A. Corliss,
1564 Myers lane; 58 George A.
Watson, 1638 Stewart ave., and
Elsie Werner, 1840 Stewart ave.;
60 Louise and Marcus Norton,'
Phoenix.
Precinct 61 Warren Loffer,
2475 Houston rd., Medford; 62
Wanda L. Kane, rt. 1, box 407A,
and John Spangler, rt. 1, box
364, Talent; 63 Merton G. Buel,
rt. 1, box 113, Talent; 65 Lulu
Saulsberry, Box 53, Jackson
ville; 66 Neva Clarke, 904
South Third st., and Lloyd Whit
ney, 105 Pine st., Jacksonville;
68 Ira E. and Pauline McDon
ald, 110 Lozier Lane; 70 C.
Scott and Frances Hamilton, rt.
1, box 589, Central Point; 72
Karl Janouch, rt. 1, box 240, and
Homer Jeffries, rt. 1, box 543;
74 Donna Straus, rt. 2, box
400, Gold Hill.
Precinct 75 Jessie M. and
Joseph Deckelman, rt. 1, box
51A, Rogue River; 76 Edna E.
and Lawrence J. Sheehan, box
555, Rogue River; 77 Alyce M.
DeWeese, box 551, and Henry
G. Corgin, 5664 Foothill blvd.,
Grants .Pass: 77 Faye E. Gau
thier and W. H. Gauthier, 4399
South Pacific Highway, Grants
Pass.
Precinct 78 Frank and Henri
etta Carter, rt. 1, box 23 A, Gold
Hill; 79 Ida M. and Earl H,
Cook, box 444, Gold Hill; 80
Lee F. McLaughlin, rt. 1, box
343, and Royal Cameron, rt. 1,
box 198, Gold Hill;. 82 Boyd
Hamilton, rt. 1,- box 53-, . and
Margaret Cantrall. rt. 1, box 54,
Jacksonville. .-
Gold Hill Schools
Named at Election
Gold Hill The names of two
pioneer teachers in Gold Hill
were chosen Friday night as
names for the two Gold Hill
grade schools.
"Margaret E. Patrick" was se
lected as the name of the new
primary school under construc
tion in an election following a
school chili supper and "A. J.
Hamby" was selected for the
present school.
Others voted on included Riv
er View, Riverside and Echo
Mountain for the new school
and. Hillside, Valley View, Bea
con ; Hill, Mountain View and
Nugget for the other.
In the basketball games which
followed Sams Valley freshmen
lost to the Gold Hill eighth
grade and the Nazarene college
won over a team of Sams Val
ley and Gold Hill players.
Tumbling by thev third and
fourth grades and square danc
ing by the fourth and eighth
graders entertained between
games.
A cake walk terminated the
evening.
Corvallis Man Held
For Stealing Cream
Corvallis U.R A 26-year-old
Corvallis milk trucker was
held in Benton -county jail here
Saturday on a charge of having
stolen cream valued up to S4,000
in the last year.
William R. Durbin . waived
preliminary hearing in district
court on a grand larceny charge
and he was bound over to the
grand jury. Bail was set at
$4,000.
Police said Durbin was sus
pected of stealing the cream
from the Medo-Land creamery
and selling it to another cream
ery -in Junction City. Durbin
held a contract to haul dairy
products from the Corvallis
Medo-Land plant to the. com
panies . Eugene plant. Officers
said he would take from one to
four milk cans full of pasteur
ized cream at a time and sell
them under a fictitious name.
Stolen Billfolds Are
Found In Ashland Creek
Ashland Twenty billfolds, a
ring and a set of car keys, stolen
last November from a dessing
room in Southern Oregon college
gym, were recovered Thursday
by Ashland police. The loot was
found in a creek by Highway 99
near Crowson rd.
Approximately $365 in cash,
18 wrist watches, several rings
and other personal effects includ
ing the wallets, were taken from
the college - during a game be
tween the SOC raiders apd the
Seattle Ramblers.
Employment Clinic
For Vets Slated Here
An employment clinic for vet
erans, service officers, employ
ment chairmen and other veter
ans organization officers will be
held at 8 p.m., March 20 in the
courthouse auditorium.
George A. Reid, regional fed
eral employment representative
from Seattle, will head the clin
ic, according to County Veterans
Officer Charles Holbrook.
Reid will discuss job oppor
tunities and examination quali
fications, as well as rights and
benefits of veterans pref erance
in federal employment.
Other representatives attend
ing will be J. Richard Smurth
waite Jr., veteran employment
representative, U. S. department
of labor; Earl Lovell, director,
state employment service; Ar
thur Chamberlain, Seattle, field
representative, bureau of re-employment
rights; Roy Carver,
state supervisor, bureau of ap
prenticeship; H. C. Saalfeld, di
rector, Oregon department of
veterans affairs; Jess Bell, chair
man, governor's committee; Na
tional employment of the phys
ically handicapped; C. F. Feike,
state director, division of voca
tional rehabilitation; and Wil
liam Sexson contact chief, vet
erans regional office, Portland.
Search Continues
For Escaped Rapist
Sale m (U.P.) State police
said Saturday the search was
continuing for Ralph John
Hultz, 56, a convicted rapist,
who escaped from state prison
here Thursday night while on
a work detail outside the prison
walls.
A thorough search of the Sa
lem area by prison officials and
police failed to turn up the mis
sing man. 4
He was erving a life term on
a conviction from Marion county
in 1946.
Sunday, March 11, 1956
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
In Medford's Schools
Use Tribune Want Ads
Co-Chairmen Listed
For Ashland Drive
Ashland Bill Stults and Sid
ney Ainsworth, Ashland, have
accepted positions ?s co-chair
men for the local March cam
paign for the American Red
Cross.
A goal of $5,000 has been set
for the Ashland area.
Dr. Arthur Taylor is in charge
of the drive at Southern Oregon
college and Mrs. F. E. Holt and
Mrs. Joyce Fuller for the Ash
land residential area. !
The Ashland program is part
of a county drive in areas out
side the United Medford Crus
ade territory.
.
Puerto Rico, with 544. persons
per square mile, is about 4,000
times more densely populated
than Alaska. .
HEDRICK JUNIOR HIGH
On Friday, March 2, Claude
Haggard, safety director of the
California Oregon Power com
pany, presented an interesting
and educational lecture on elec
tricity. The lecture was illustra
ted by slides and actual demon
strations. He proved electricity,
though dangerous, can be hand
died safely if proper precau
tions are observed.
On March 9 the speech depart
ment of Hedrick Junior High
school under the instruction of
Jerome McDougall presented an
assembly. Proceeds from ticket
sales will be used to help defray
expenses of the trip to the Lin
field speech contest. -
Mary LaBar gave the oration
which won second place at Lin
field; Bert Simmons and Roddy
Cjraig debated the topic of "Con
servation of Air;" Ted Lawson
gave a serious reading with
which he placed second, and
Jeff Barnes gave a humorous
reading.. -
McDougall gave a humorous
interpretation of Edgar Allen
Poe's poem, "The Raven" using
vocal punctuation marks.
Miss Wheaton told the students
about the baby sitting' course
which begins March 12. A short
skit presented by John Frohn
mayer and Judy Lambert proved
that everyone can benefit by at
tending the course.
The City Council of PTA is
going all out to give students an
opportunity to take beneficial
courses. Such a course beginning
March 12 will be sponsored by
the citizens of Medford through
the City Council of PTA. The
course will be given at Hedrick
Junior High first, then at Mc
Loughlin Junior High, and final
ly at the Medford High school.
It will benefit baby sitters and
students who would like to baby
sit. At the end of the five ses
sions all the students who have
attended and completed the re
quirements will receive a certificate.
Their names will be placed on
a preferred list in the office.
When people call the school in
quiring about babysitters, the
names of the students having
completed the requirements will
be given.
The sessions will be held in
the cafetorium. There will be a
different speaker attach session.
The scenes, beggining with the
arrival of Columbus and ending
with the arrival of the pioneers
in Oregon, were portrayed by
appropriate songs, dances and
tableaux
The program opened with
four numbers each by the Jack
son school band and orchestra.
Jerry Piland, a sixth grade
student, was the narrator.
Thp nappant wac urall
I ceived by a capacity audience of
parents and friends of the school.
JACKSON SCHOOL
Jackson school students in the
fourth, fifth and sixth grades
presented a pageant entitled "Of
Thee We Sing," depicting five
periods of American history, recently.
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Three Counties Get
Disaster Status
Salem (U.R Clatsop, Col
umbia and Tillamook counties
were designated disaster areas
by Scretary of Agriculture Ezra
Benson, Gov. Elmo Smith was
informed ' Saturday.
As disaster areas, the three
counties are eligible for assist
ance under the Department of
Agriculture's emergency feed
grain program.
Gov. Smith had requested that
the counties be declared disaster
areas following receipt of peti
tions from local dairymen and
stockmen asking for assistance
because of damage by high
water and cold weather.
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