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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON)
American Air
Takes Radar
By ARTHUR HIGBEE
United Press Correspondent
Tripoli, Libya (U.R) X minus
90.
Ninety minutes to launching
time. Ninety minutes until an
American Air Force guided mis
sile flashes into the sky with an
ear-shattering roar on a radar
ride to the target.
The target is a huge "X" mark
ed with whitelime far out in the
desert. The Air Force isn't say
ing how far but it's a lot more
than a hundred miles.
q Nobody will get hurt, not this
time. The nearest sign of human
life to the target is a camel trail
10 miles distant. And this time
the stubby-winged Matador car
ries only a block of cement in
its nose.
Dozen of Platforms v
But if the day came, Matadors
with atomic warheads could be
launched against enemy armies
in Europe. There are dozen of
launching platforms around the
forests and fields of Western
Germany, each about the size of
. a baseball infield.
The American airmen have
been brought here to Wheelus
Base because heavily-populated
Germany is no place for firing
HORNBROOK
Pioneer Residence Burns
By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN
Hornbrook Another link in
the chain of early day history of
this area was broken March 16
when the old home on the for
mer E. R. Srieve ranch burned
to the ground.
Although the local fire de
partment responded, and was as
sisted by many volunteers, lack
of facilities at the scene made it
impossible to control the fire,
which was believed started by
defective wiring in the attic.
The house, long a landmark,
was an interesting example of
the type of construction much
In use at the time of its erection.
Well over 100 years old, it
was built of 1 by 12 pine lum
ber which had been reclaimed
from old sluice boxes, the boards
placed vertically and the cracks
between covered with batten
board. The builder was W. H.
Smith, a prominent pioneer who
was active in developing many
enterprises in the Henley-Horn-brook
district, and was pur
chased from him in 1899 by the
Grieve family, in whose posses
sion it has remained ever since.
It hsd been continuously oc
cupied up until the past few
months, but was vacant at the
time of the fire. Present owner
of the ranch is Luke Lang of
Yreka who bought it from his
father-in-law, E. R. Grieve,
when he retired last year and
moved to Nevada City.
Mrs. Fred Cavin, who frac
tured her hip in a fall some time
ago and has not been too well
since, is enjoying a little vaca
tion with her sisters, one of
whom lives in Chico, Calif .: and
the other in Willows.
A3c Raymond Moffett, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Cum
mins of old Highway 99, has
finished radar school at Keesler
Air Force base in Mississippi
and is spending a 30-day leave
at home. At the end of his leave,
he goes to New York to be
"processed" in preparation for
being transferred to Italy.
Mrs. Mollie Cole, Hornbrook
justice of the peace, returned
March 16 from a two week's
visit with her daughters, Mrs.
Gladys Seagrave and Mrs. Helen
Clark, both of San Carlos, Calif.
Frank Stables, chairman of
the 1956 Siskiyou county Red
Cross drive, reported on March
14 that Copco, 16 miles up the
Klamath river from Hornbrook,
was the first in the county to
complete the drive, and that
thfir quota was more than
filled. Mrs. Agnes Finch was
chairman of the Cdpco com
mittee. Mrs. Lester Nye of Henley rd.
was hostess on March 13 for the
Contract Bridge club. Following
a dessert luncheon, members
playing were Mrs. James Hodge,
Mrs. Marshall Horn, Mrs. Bertha
Bradley, Mrs. Dave Holland who
won second. Mrs. Duane Ham
ner, Mrs. Laura Swinnerton,
and the hostess, Mrs. Fred Mills,
a guest player, won high score.
Mike Barnum, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Barnum, returned
home Sunday after taking part
in "Operation Icicle," the fourth
annual adventure trip to Camp
McLoughlin, the Scout camp at
Lake of the Woods. Mike's dad,
who is employed by the Forest
Service, has long been active
and interested in Scouting, and
Mike himself has taken a lead
ing part in the Scout movement
ever since he first became a
Cub.
Funeral services, were held
MarcS) 16 at the Henley-Horn-brook
cemetery for Mrs. Iva
Holzhauser who died in Grants
Pass, Ore. Mrs. Holzhauser lived
iere for many years prior to
moving to southern Oregon 12
years ago, and had numerous
friends here. Mr; Holzhauser
died in January 1954. Survivors
include a son, Richard of Eagle
Point, and a daughter Julie
Starr, of Fresno, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nelson and
small twin daughters are mov
ing to Yreka. Nelson is connec
MAIL TRIBUNE
Force Guided
Ride Over Libya Desert
Matadors even in practice. But
here they have a desert three
times as big as Texas.
X minus 30. The Matador,
brought in seven pieces to the
launching site on a trailer, has
been assembled on the rubber
tired platform. Each one of these
missiles costs about S85.000 plus
the warhead, or half to a fifth
the cost of a fighter plane. But
the Matador makes only one
flight.
A New Breed
X minus 15. The launching
crew makes final checks. Missile
men are an eager bunch. Maj.
Benjamin F. Smotherman, Fort
Worth, Tex., chief of the 12th
Air Force tactical missile branch,
calls them "a new breed in mil
itary circles, as new as their
weapons."
Airman 1c Ernest Steele of
Great Falls, S. C, puts it this
way: "There's no kick like
watching that missile take off."
X minus seven minutes. The
men button on the final fuselage
panel. The launching vehicle,
cradling the 39-foot Matador on
two huge Y-shaped racks, raises
it to firing position. Painted an
atomic orange it looks deadly in
the African sun and is.
ted with Willamette Builders
Supply and he and his wife are
active members of the local
Grange.
MSgt. and Mrs. Samuel W.
Henderson and daughter of
Dixon, Calif., were week end
visitors at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. James W. Hodge on Old
Highway 99. Henderson is a
brother of Mrs. Oliver Hodge,
also of Dixon. At present, Ser
geant Henderson is stationed at
Hamilton, but on March 25 is
being transferred to Manila, P.I.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnson
and family of Portland, are
moving into the Mendes house
next door to the James Hodge
residence. Johnson is a nephew
of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Johnson
who moved here recently from
Oakland, Calif.
On March 16, Mrs. Minnie
Bloomingcamp attended a lay
ette shower for her daughter,
Mrs. Dick Wyatt of Central
Point, Ore. Mrs. Bloomingcamp
stayed overnight with her
daughter, then Mrs. Wyatt came
home with her mother the next
day and returned to Central
Point Sunday.
Frank Lowe is in the South
ern Pacific hospital in San Fran
cisco where he is recuperating
from surgery performed March
17. He is expected to remain a
week or ten days. During his
absence, Mrs. Lowe is being vis
ited by her sister, Mrs. Joe Gil
more of Klamath Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. James Farmer
of Portland, visited over the
week end with their brother and
their families, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Farmer, and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Farmer. On returning to
Portland Monday, Jim received
word that their father was seri
ously ill, so he returned here,
and he, Bob and Bill left Tues
day morning for Nashville,
Tenn., their former home, to
visit their father. ,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Farmer
and family enjoyed visits from
several friends last week. On
Tuesday Mrs. Frank Kassik Sr.
and son Frank Jr., of Bogus, and
Mrs. Orine Willis of Montague
spent the evening with them,
and guests on Thursday were
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Labate and
three daughters of Yreka.
Mrs. L. C. Wals.h entertained
the Sewing club at her home on
March 20. Members present be
side the hostess were Mrs. Mar
shall Horn, Mrs. James Hodge,
Mrs. S. D. Haworth, and Mrs.
Harry Chapman. The meeting
was in the form of a birthday
party honoring Mrs. Horn.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Klontz of
Seattle, Wash., were overnight
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Bear March 20.
Klontz is a brother of Mrs. Bear.
The Klontzes have been spend
ing the past five weeks at Palm
Springs from which point they
visited friends and relatives in
other California cities. They .also
spent some time in Mexico, and
made a tour of Disneyland.
Ronnie Hagen of Seattle, a
University of Washington stu
dent, has been spending his
spring vacation here with his
friend, Leonard Bear, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Bear. Ronnie
enjoyed a complete change of
occupation on his vacation, as
he could be seen every day run
ning the tractor and helping in
the spring seeding and disking
on the ranch.
Mrs. Harry Chapman and son
Oliver Fick were week end
guests in Canyonville. Ore., at
the home of Mr. and Mrs
Charles Rimell and daughter,
Joyce.
The Hornbrook Grange re
quests that all members make a
special effort to come out- and
enjoy "Fun night" on Friday,
March 23, at the Grange hall.
Rio de Janeiro (U.R) Brazil
Thursday eliminated visa re
quirements for travelers from
other American nations who re
main in the country less than 30
days.
Friday, March 23, 1956
Missile
X minus three. The jet engines
rev up with a rush. The launch
ing officer, Capt. Russell E.
Selby, Ludington, Mich., a for
mer bomber flight engineer, is
last on the platform. He pulls
the safety plug from the fuselage
and sprints to a sandbagged
trench 100 feet away.
From now until the Matador
dives on its target it will be
under remote electronic control.
Selby dose the launching. Then
the operation center 10 miles
back takes over by radar.
X minus two. Twisting a dial,
Selby revs the engine up to full
power. A master sergeant starts
the second count: "Thirty, 29,
28. . ." Selby's thumbs are poised
over two jet buttons.
X hour.
Selby presses the buttons. The
rocket bottle attached to the Mat
ador's tail ignites with the thun
derclap of a 16-inch gun. The
Matador strains forward for a
split instant and then surges into
space in blinding yellow flame.
Within seconds it has drop
ped its burned-out rocket bottle
and streaks for its target.
Selby lights a cigar.
"Do a lot of sweating for that
) one last second."
Chrysler Vins
Mobilgas Drive
Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.R)
An Imperial Southampton av
eraged 21.04 miles per gallon
over the 1468-mile stretch from
Los Angeles to Colorado Springs
yesterday to win the Mobilgas
Economy Run sweepstakes.
The big luxury car, manufac
tured by Chrysler Corporation,
was driven across the finish line
here by Mel Alsbury Jr.
The winner of the sweepstakes
was decided by the ton-mile per
formance of the cars. This is cal
culated by multiplying the total
weight of the car and its load
by the miles traveled, and divid
ing the result by the number of
gallons of gasoline consumed.
The drivers also were required
to average 41.257 miles an hour
on the trip.
Followed by Pontiac
. The . ton-mile performance of
the Imperial was 61.37 followed
by a 51.72 ton-mile mark turn
ed in by a'Pontiac that averaged
21.10 miles per gallon to win
second place in the sweepstakes
and first place in the" low med
ium price class.
Other winners, and their per
formance, in the four-day eco
nomy run were:
Medium price class: Oldsmo
bile 88, 50.80 ton-mile mark and
19.70 miles per gallon.
High medium price class:
Oldsmobile 98, 50.94 ton-mile
mark and 18.6 miles per gal
lon. .
Low price class: Ford Custom
line Victoria 8, 47.76 ton-mile
mark and 20.52 miles per gallon.
Special limited displacement
class: Rambler DeLuxe 6, 48.22
ton-mile mark and 24.35. miles
per gallon.
Diamond Match Plans
Plant at Red Bluff
New York (U.R) Diamond
Match Co. said today it will re
lease shortly,, probably within a
week, further details on its plans
for a $5 million integrated for
est products plant at Red Bluff,
Calif. i
The company already. has ac
quired a 375-acre site to build
on, adjacent to its principal tim
ber holdings, totaling 220,000
acres, on the western slope of
the Sierra.
At a press conference last Jan
uary Robert G. Fairburn, pres
ident, said construction would
start this summer. He indicated
the plant would employ at least
1200 persons, including woods
personnel.
Fairburn said the mill would
be part of the company's over
all program to achieve increaseo.
utilization of their resources.
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ATTEND DAV MEETING Members of Dis
abled American Veterans chapters and auxil
iaries from Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, Rose
burg, Oakland and Coquille attended a meet
ing in Medford March 18 of district 5, depart-,
ment of Oregon DAV. Included were (above,
left to right) Mrs. Edward Neff, Medford,
commander of the district auxiliary; Miss
Disfricl 5 of DAV
Holds Meeting Here
Members of Disabled Ameri
can Veterans chapters and auxil
iaries from Klamath Falls,
Grants Pass, Roseburg, Oakland
and Coquille attended a meeting
of district 5, Department of Ore
gon DAV Sunday, March 18.
Also attending were Depart
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ment Commander and Mrs. Arch
L. Brewster, Salem, and Gerald
S. Kelsey, national service offi
cer in charge of the Portland of
fice of DAV. Mrs. Brewster is
commander of the state auxil
iary. .
An intensive campaign of ser
vice and welfare work for vet
erans was outlined at the meet
ing and a campaign for in
creased membership was started.
Resolutions were passed rec
ommending certain liberalization
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STREETS
Irene Poteet, Klamath Falls, district com
mander elect, to be installed at the state con
vention; Baden Robinson, district commander,
who is receiving the new district charter from
Department Commander Arch L. Brewster,
Salem; and Mrs. Brewster.
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of existing veterans' benefits, as
well as one endorsing the selec
tion of the department senior
vice commander, George Sim-
mons,. Medford, as state com
mander at the June election at
the convention in Salem.
Simmons has been active in
the Jackson county chapter since
World War II.
Kentucky produces more coal
in a year than France and Spain
combined.
per month
Laughs of
', New York (U.R) A man
wearing -a false nose, false
glasses, false moustache and
false eyebrows tried to hold up
bank Teller William B 1 a h a
Thursday but apparently he
overdid the makeup.
Blaha took one look at the
stickup man, said "Are you kid
ding?" and laughed. The would
be bandit fled.
Palferion, N. J. (U.R) Expert
counsel on dice rolling came
from an unexpected source in
court Thursday.
A question arose as io wheth
er a bet could be placed while
the dice were rolling and the de
fense asked for a conference in
the issue. Judge Howard Barret
said it was customary to bet only
before shooting and added, "I am
an . authority on the matter."
Santa Monica, Calif. (U.R)
Mrs. Letha Juanita Lebert, 29,
was granted a divorce after tes
tifying her husband, Richard, 29,
turned her over his knee and
spanked her with a shoe when
she asked him about lipstick
stains on his shirt.
Oklahoma City (U.R) Robert
Simms Pope joy, 18, paid a $7
fine for taking a bite out of
someone else's hamburger.
The youth told Judge James
Demopolos he thought he saw a
friend eating a hamburger in a
restaurant, picked it up and look
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Amarillo. Tex. (U.R) Leon
Ray Hays, 23, returned to the
local jail eight -hours after he
broke out and told officers he
escaped "to see what you fellowi
would do."
France Proposes
Big Three Meeting
Paris (U.R) France has pro
posed a Big Three conference
on the Middle East, it was an
nounced today.
Foreign Minister Christian
Pinneau told the Foreign Affairs
Commission of the National As
sembly that notes went out sev
eral days ago to Washington and
London, informed sources said. -
The foreign ministry confirm
ed this report.
The announcement here came
shortly after officials said in
Washington that President Eisen
hower's administration may ask
Congress for standby authority
to use American military forces
in the Middle East if U.N. peace
moves fail.
Astoria (U.R)' Marvin J. Hal
le tt, 19-year-old airman sta
tioned at the Portland air base,
died in Seaside hospital Wednes
day from injuries suffered in a
beach accident Sunday.
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