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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, Match 14, 195S Substandard Ore. Libraries Subject Of Portland Meet Misses Cora Mason, Ashland, anl Helen Webster, Medford, librarians of the public libraries in their cities, will be in Port land this week end to attend a meeting of the Oregon Library association's library develop ment committee. The concern of this committee is improvement of library serv ice for Oregon, which now ranks low among the United States. Some 343,000 residents of Ore gon are now entirely without local public library service. Three counties of Oregon have (0 tax-supported public library service at all, and many of the othe (including .Jackson coun ty and Medford, but not Ash land) fall short, of the SI. 50 per capita support wjiich is accepted nationally by the American Li brary asssociation as the essen tial requirement for minimum service, according to Miss Web ster. Group Working During the past several weeks the county area subcommittee, under the chairmanship of Miss Mason, has organized groups of interested persons throughout the state to work towards better men of library service in their areas. At the Portland meeting a study will be made of library standards and of legislation to be prepared for an interim com mittee study, o Chairman of the library de velopment committee is Miss Eleanor Brown, Deschutes coun ty librarian. Other members in clude Miss Eleanor Stephens, librarian of - the Oregon State Library, Miss Eloise Ebert of the Oregon State library. Dr. Carl Hintz,. president of the Oregon Library association, Henry Dren nan, Umatilla county librarian, Miss Carol Trimble, librarian, Douglas county library, and Mrs. Warren A. McMinimee, trustee of the State library, Salem, and also of the Tillamook Public library. RETURNING TO CAPITAL after tour of Midwest, Vice President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon are non-committal on storm centering on whether he will be selected by Republican Party as teammate of President Eisenhower. (International) Singer Eydie Cor me Faces Problems of Voice, Love By WILLIAM EWALD United Press Correspondent New York (U.P.) Eydie Gorme, a curvy singer with Steve Allen's "Tonight," owned up today to a double problem her voice goes sour by day and her love life goes sour by night. "It's a funny thing," said Eydie, "and it's probably men tal, about my voice I mean. But I can't seem to sing as well in the day as I do at night. I think my voice needs time to settle." Her larynx, in fact, is so sleepy in the morning that Miss Gorme almost never cuts rec ords except in the late, late af ternoon. "I get frog," she ex plained. "I sound awful." "Once I went all the way to Chicago," said the Bronx-born vocalist, "to audition for 'The Breakfast Club.' It cost me S500 to make the trip and I still couldn't sing. I couldn't even make the last note of the song." Happily for Eydie, the pecu liar habits of her voice present no problem since she works the night watchman shift on TV. However, as a singing star of the NBC-TV "Tonight" show, her only hours cut into her social life. "It's wonderful making a lot SAVE! SAVE! THIS WEEK ONLY NEW SINGER Portable $99.95 NEW SINGER CABINET MODEL $129.95 Singer Sewing Machine Co. 318 East Main Phone 2-7153 of money," said Eydie, "but it almost kills my. social life com pletely. I do get to go out, but it has to be on my terms. "If I go to dinner, I have to be at the studio by 8 o'clock. And week end dates are very difficult for me to make be cause I wind up working. I was supposed to see a Broadway show this week end, but it looks as if I won't make it now I'm scheduled to sing out of town." Another complication, point ed out Eydie, is the nature of the "Tonight" show. Within the next several months, it's sched uled to wheel out to Texas, Cali fornia and Las Vegas, Nevada. Picks Own Songs Eydie has been with the Steve Allen crew almost since "To night" was launched as a local show some two and a half years ago. Before that,. Eydie (it's short for Edith, her straight handle) had crooned .with the bands of Tex Benecke and Tom my Tucker. . Because of her long hitch with the Allen entourage, Eydie is permitted to pick her own songs and work out their staging. Us ually, she and Steve Lawrence, a baritone who also works for Allen, pair off and ' thrash out their routines together. Despite their close associa tion, there is no hint of romance between Lawrence and Miss Gorme. Besides, there wouldn't be time. "I can count on one hand the dates I've had with fellows in the past month," said Eydie. "But really, I'm not too concerned about it. But maybe it will make a difference in 20 years. ' "By the way, you make me very sad. Why did you bring this .up anyway?" APPLEGATE - JACKSONVILLE Minstrel Show Due Friday MERCY FLIGHTS NEEDS YOU! DO YOU NEED MERCY FLIGHTS? Anyone in Southern Oregon at any time may find himself in immediate need of the services of Mercy Flight. Ask any of the more than 430 patients who learned this from experience. Yet without the subscriber system Mercy Flight could not. keep their planes available to meet the urgent requests. It's a fact. Mercy Flights planes are operated at a yearly loss of more than $10,000 and this loss is covered by the subscriber fees of $4 a year per family. However, those subscribers who do have need of a flight, more than get their money's worth. In a medical emergency, they can be taken anyvhere within a 400-mile radius of Medford, and still not have to pay a cent. We urge every family in Southern Oregon and Northern California, within a 150-mile radius of Medford, to join Mercy Flights now. We believe it is safe to say that there is not a resident in this area who does not know someone who has been flown as a patient by Mercy Flights. If you want to say "thanks" for that service, and at the same time protect yourself and loved ones, join today. Mercy Flights, Inc. is a non-profit corporation serving you. Simply send your name, address, and $4 to Mercy Flights, Inc. P. O. Box 522 Medford, Oregon Your subscriber card, good for one year, will be sent to you. By HELGA MITCHELL Applegate-Jacksonville The Applegate Minstrel show is scheduled for Friday, March 16 at 8 p.m. at the Applegate school. Only 500 seats are available and everyone is urged to come early. Admission prices are adults 75 cents, children 25 cents. Boyd Gibson, principal of the Ruch school, reported that at the last board meeting the present school staff was reelected. This staff includes the teachers, cooks, bus drivers and janitors. The Ruch school will have two days vacation this week, and various plans have been made by the teachers. Mrs. Ruth Granby, Kenneth Nivens, and Boyd Gibson are planning to go to Portland to attend the Oregon Education association conference. Mrs. Lucile Mc Kemie and Marvin Throne are planning to go to San Fran cisco, while Mrs. Cleo Shannon and Mrs. Ina Pursel will "just relax." The Ruch school attended a basketball play night at the Howard school last Friday. Ten schools participated. "Our boys showed up well," Gibson stated. The Ruch school also played basket and volley ball games at the Griffin creek school last week. The basketball score was 19-18, the volleyball score was 28-25, both in Griffin Creek's favor. Annette Nelson of Sterling Creek recently suffered an acute attack of appendicitis and was taken to the Community hos pital. She came home last Satur day, and will soon be back in school. A bridal shower for Miss Dorian Phillips of Medford, a former Upper Applegate resi dent, was held at the home of Mrs. Ben Twiss of Upper Apple gate last Monday. All white dec orations were used. A 35-year-old white tablecloth bordered with 4-inch Venetian lace was used. The gifts were placed be neath a white umbrella with white streamers. : The refresh ments consisted of a white cake, ice cream and coffee. Guests at tending this event were Mes dames Nelda Hall (sister of the bride), Bea Fosser, Babe Gole man, Mariann Groves, Thelma Hard, Billie Cooper, Mary Eek, Opal Mitchell, Ella Childers, Kitty Fay Hawkins, and Hazel Byrnes. Miss Phillips received many beautiful and practical gifts. Mrs. France of Highway 238, Jacksonville, took a trip to Sheldon, Iowa, last week, to at tend her parents' wedding an niversary. , The 4-H Applegate Fisher man's club took a trip to Butte Falls last Saturday to visit the fish hatchery. Twenty - four youngsters and seven adults par ticipated in this excursion. On their way home, they got side tracked by some exceptionally good specimens of rocks, and the little fishermen temporarily be came "rock hounds." There will be a Home Exten sion unit meeting at the home of Mrs. Gapen . in the Applegate, Friday, March 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4-H demonstrations will be given. The last Applegate-Jacksonville headline, "Tobogganist Is Hospitalized" drew the attention of several local people and some out-of-town visitors, who were not informed of Leroy Offen bacher's mishap. As a result. Leroy had many visitors, includ ing Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lee and their son, Danny, La Grande, Ore. The Lees and the Off en bachers were former school mates in Jacksonville High school, and hadn't seen each other for a year. The Lees also visited their father, Paul Lee Sr. of Humbug Creek. Friends and neighbors will be glad to know lhat Leroy is getting along fine now, and will soon be up and around. I ' Tuesday, March 20, the Little Applegate Knitting club will meet at the home of Mrs. O. Buck. All interested friends and neighbors are welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Sikes, former residents of this area, cam for a brief visit from Sacra mento. They visited the "Top o' the Hill" residences. Mr. and Mrs. Loftus of the Little Applegate came home last week from Chicago, where they have been since December. They visited their daughter and son in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hoyt of 'Chicago. On their re turn trip, they went by way of San Francisco, where they visit ed their son, Donald. From there, they went , to Vallejo Calif., and visited former resi dents of the Little Applegate, Mr. and Mrs. Lea Wright Mrs. Harley Hall of the' Little Applegate was elated when she reported that 25 people attend- ! ed the American Sunday school 1 at-the home of Mrs. Winning- ham last Sunday. Mr. Wilcox is the assistant superintendent. Plans are being made for eve ning adult Bible classes, Mrs. Hall stated, either Monday or Thursday night, depending on the preference of the interested majority. Persons interested in these classes may contact Mrs. Hall by telephoning Jacksonville 9-8439. Mr. and Mrs. John Byrne of Upper Applegate recently went to San Jose, Calif., due to the death of his sister, Mrs. Harold Watson. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Webb of Upper Applegate are taking a week end trip to visit his broth er, Maurice Webb, and family of Sacramento. Mrs. Verl Walker of Medford visited Mrs. Nellie Rose on the Upper Applegate last Saturday. Mrs. Joe Farrand of Upper Applegate recently received a phone call from Ferndale, 20 miles from Eureka, Calif. Her daughter, Mrs. Josephine Rocha called to inform her that her grandson, Ronnie, was going to have a tonsillectomy. Mrs. Ferrand recently had the task of mailing three gifts to her three grandsons in California, who all have birthdays this month. Mr. and Mrs. George Sample of Sterling Creek went to Yreka, Calif., last Sunday to visit her brother, Fred Tufts. Mrs. C. A. Day and her five children .of Lake Creek visited her mother, Margaret Nussbaum of Highway 238, Jacksonville, last Saturday. Accompanying the Day family were some friends, Mr. and Mrs. House holder and their two boys from Lake Creek. Mrs. Walter White, who re sides on Highway 238, Jackson ville, related how she recently was looking for someone whom she could hire to do some work inside her home. The same day, the new minister of the Ruch Community church paid her a visit, and she asked the Rev. Earl Best if he knew of some one whom she could hire to do her job. Mr. Best immediately offered his services to her, upon which she inquired how much he would charge. To her amaze ment, he said it would cost her nothing. Then Mr. Best proceed ed to work for two hours, put ting masonite on Mrs. White's bedroom walls. Mrs. White, who was very much impressed by Mr. Best's generosity, remarked, "I never met a minister who is so kind and helpful." The Rev. and Mrs. Best re- PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED It your picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tubes can be restored to original brightness at only fraction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18 N. GRAPE ' PH. 3-1971 Morning Blaze Guts Cathedral, Rectory . Trenton, N. J. (U.P.) A spec tacular early morning fire gutted St. Mary's Cathedral and its rec tory today. A Catholic priest and a house keeper were killed and another housekeeper was missing. Four other persons were hospitalized. The bodies of Monsignor Rich ard T. Crean and housekeeper Mary Dunellon were recovered from the ruins of the church, one of the oldest and largest in Tren ton. Missing was housekeeper Mary Brenner. cently returned from the Mult nomah School of the Bible, and are residing at Ruch, where they have started the Community church, which is non-denominational. The first Sunday services were held on March 4, and 46 attended the Sunday school. The following Sunday, they had 62 in Sunday school.- Services are, Sunday school, 10 a.m., Wor ship service, 11 a.m., and a Sun day evening Bible study in the book of Ephesians at 8 p.m. - In recent visits and contacts, several talented.individuals were discovered in this area. Among them is Mrs. Walter Rhodes of Upper Applegate, who is a na time of London, England. Mrs. Rhodes has written poetry ever since she's been old enough to write. Mrs. Rhodes was a war bride and came to the United States in 1946, and has been residing in Upper Applegate since 1952. She was a medical secretary in a London hospital, the largest medical teaching center of the world. Her other talents are painting and- embroidery. She is employed at the Myron Cor coran Construction company. TRAGEDY is mirrored in eyes of John L. Twyman, 36, truck driver, who found entire fam ily of his wife and 11 children and grandchildren, dead in the ashes of his home at Ox ford, Pa. (International) Minturn Added .to List Of Official Candidates Salem (U.R) James B. Min turn, Prineville Republican who filed for the' office 'of Crook county district attorney, has been added to the official list of candidates in the May 18 pri mary election. ' v! : ' Elections Chief Dave O'Hara said Minturn's name .was inad vertently excluded from the long list of candidates. He was the only candidate of either party to file for the post. ' Pelton Dam Opponents , To Testify at Hearing Portland (U.R) Opponentj to construction of Pelton Dam on the Deschutes river will voice their views before the U. S. Sen ate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce in Washing ton next Tuesday. The executive ; board of the Save - the - Deschutes committee yesterday named Rollin E. Bowles, Portland attorney and committee chairman, to accept the invitation tendered by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger to appear before the committee and give both oral and written testimony. 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