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GOLD HILL Student Readinq Survey Br MRS. SAM ELLIOTT Gold Hill Linsley D. Dotson, son of Mrs. Maybell Raineg, .student in California, will head a fluoridation survery which be gins in Pomona next week. Fifty students from a sociol ogy class of Mt. San Antonio col lege will question residents about fluoridation and whether or not they approve. The project is strictly a service, and takes neither side in the fluoridation issue. Linsley D. Dotson was born in . Central Point in 1932 and grad uated from Central Point High school. Mr. and Mrs. Corky Lentz are spending the Easter holidays with Mrs. Lentz's mother, Mrs. Robert Bowen. Mrs. Lentz is a graduate from Crater High school and has lived in Sweet Home since her marriage. Phyllis and Billy Boye, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Boye, have returned from California where they have been visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Jarris, in San Diego, and their brother George Boye of North Hollywood. Mrs. Carl Boye, who recently returned from the Sacred Heart hospital in Medford where she underwent major surgery, is now improving rapidly. Many Gold Hill people have expressed their appreciation of the General Motors Parade of Progress and are looking for ward to seeing it next year. Mrs. Jack Cline, who has not seen her parents for some time, left this week for Iowa to spend a few weeks with them. Robert Balch, who has been scoutmaster in Gold Hill, has stated that not having time enough to do the work justice, he is giving it up. James Cow ard is to take over this important job. The Home Economics club of the Gold Hill Grange will hold a rummage sale Tuesday, April 3, and Wednesday, April 4, in the building at 108 North Ivy st. in Medford. They express the hope that this sale will be well attended. All clothing is clean, pressed and will not need mend ing. Mrs. Hans Jacobsen and daughter, Jeniffer, Daily City, Calif., spent last week with her aunt, Mrs. Nora Wait and Mrs. Robert Sutherland, and also her lister, Mrs. Lily Dusenberry and Mrs. Ivan Smith. HILT Accident Victim Is Buried By MRS. JOHN H. GREEN Hilt Funeral for Norman R. Dutro, 38, who was accidently killed March 24, was held in Yreka Wednesday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Harold Coleman of the Methodist church offi ciating. Mr. Dutro was born Dec. 11, 1917, served in the United States artillery during World War II in Europe, and was a member of Yreka Aerie F.O.E. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. William Dutro of Hilt and a sister, Mrs. Vera Fray of Marysville. Pall bearer were Gilbert Lu per, Audamar DeClerk, Elmer Dragoo, John Devilla, Louis Oakley and R. Cavin. Interment was in Evergreen cemetery beside . his brother, Ernie Dutro, who was killed in action in World War II. Conducting military rites at graveside were veterans from Hilt. Miss Liana Rossetto, Redding, a former resident, is spending a week with her uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. J. Michelon. The James Luellen family took up rsidence in Phoenix, Ore., this week. Mr. and Mrs. Brewolf moved to Hilt recently from Central Point. SAVAGE CREEK ROGUE RIVER By CHRISTINA MARSHALL Savage Creek-Rogue River The Savage Creek Women's club met at the home of Wynn Hinch March 27. The group meets every two weeks on Tuesdays. Among those present were Libby Dodge, Catherine Burkhart, Hilda Ra cine of Foots Creek, Lois Black man and guests Mr. and Mrs. Crevy and children who are from Seattle, Wash. An afternoon of sewing, visit ing and planning was enjoyed. Refreshments were served. Mrs. Eva Sherman, a Savage Creek resident, has been visiting relatives In California, recently. Clarence Mitchell and daugh ter Marilynn have returned from Oregon City where they spent some time recently following the illness and death of Marian Mitchell, their wife and mother. Norman Speer, former Tribune carrier for this area, is now em ployed by Kelt Chevrolet in Grants Pass. Promotion of Valley Vacations Continues The active promotion of vaca tion possibilities of Jackson county will be continued in two major travel marks during the coming summer. Don P. McNeil, manager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce,' was advised yester day by officials of the Pacific Northwest Travel association that 30-foot displays of the trav el organization will be placed in the foyer of the Union depot in St. Paul, Minn., and Union sta tion in Dallas, Tex. The one display will go on ex hibition in St. Paul at the close of the Minneapolis travel show where it is also being used. The other will begin its "selling job" in Dallas at the close of the Dal las outdoor and travel show. Other events in which PNTA is participating include those in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and Dallas. Williams to Present Recorded Discussion Thomas Williams, superin tendent of Crater Lake National park, will present a recorded talk by Conrad L. Woirth, direc tor of the national park service, at the Monday noon meeting of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce roundtable. The talk, accompanied by color slides, will discuss the pro posed plans for improvement and betterment of the parks. All persons interested are in vited to the weekly Juncheon roundtable discussions. Highway Committee 1 Sets Six Hearings Salem OJ.R) The joint House and Senate Legislative Highway Interim committee an nounced Saturday it will con duct six more hearings to sup plement the nine held previous ly in southern, central and east ern Oregon. New hearings were set for Corvallis. April 23; Coquille, Ap ril 23; Coquille, April 24; Reeds port, April 24, and Tillamook, April 25. The committee is dealing with such matters as farm plate re gistration programs, transfer of the weighmasters from the high way department to the state po lice, Highway Commission prac tices in acquiring property and control of access, establishment of a state parks department not under the Highway commission and compulsory vehicle inspection. Grange Use Tribune Want Ads For Best Results Phoenix Granga At the meeting of Phoenix Grange March 27, Bellview Grange was well represented. Guests for the evening were Master Ralph Mickel -and Mrs. Mickel, and 20 others, all mem bers of Bellview Grange. Mickel, during his short talk later in the evening, extended an invitation to members of Phoenix Grange to return their visit soon. Mrs. Paul Force of Eagle Point, and Brother Arnold of Central Point Grange, were guests also. The lecturer's program pre ceded the short business meet ing and consisted of colored films by Conger-Morris, show ing fishing from motorboats in the Everglades, and water sports. Dee Hendrickson reporting on horticulture said that 13,240 car loads of fruit and vegetables sold in one week on Eastern markets, and that in spite of such an abundance of everything, the plight of many people in the vicinity of Yakima, Wash:, was pitiful, due to unemployment caused by bad weather condi tions in that state cutting down on fruit and vegetable produo tion. In other sections of the Northwest, weather conditions had been more favorable, crops 1 1 A, li V large ana ineir quainy good. HEC Chairman Velma John- son reported on the dinner serv ed to the Democratic social club March 24. She also suggested an ice-box for the kitchen would be a help in serving dinners. Ladies of: Phoenix Grange who go to Camp White to do mending on the first Wednesday in every month were reminded that April 4 would be the next date for that service. Chaplain Gertrude Lewin re- ported Charles Johnson of the executive board as being ill, and Mrs. Enid Caster had been hurt, though not seriously, in a car accident. Master Melvin Lattie announc ed the ballots for election of state officers had arrived and election would be held at the April 10 meeting. Lecturer Dee Hendrickson an nounced the program for the next meeting would be a mys tery program at 8 p.m. He urged all who attend to be prompt. It is for Grangers only. Cake with whipped cream and coffee was served following the meeting by the Oscar Gysins, Clarence Hunters and Bennet Austins. Hagenstein Speaks at 10th SOCTFA Meeting The tremendous increase in wood products utilization, the establishment of . sound tree farming practices, the barriers to industry progress and the forest products stake in local govern ment were reviewed Friday night at the 10th annual meet ing of the Southern Oregon Con servation and Tree Farm asso ciation. The speaker was Bill Hagen stein of the Industrial Forestry association, Portland, who com plimented SOCTFA members for the progress made in coop erative forestry in Jackson coun ty during the past nine years. Fuiur Told He discussed the "tremen dous" future of chemicals in the industry, pointing out that thel alcohol, a potential by-product of wood, is largely being dis carded now. But in the Puget Sound area alone, if it were util ized there would be enough to provide all the synthetic rubber being made in this nation today. Organic chemistry has a big part in the industry's future, he said, and he characterized the douglas fir resin, from the Rogue basin to the Canadian bor der, as the "organic chemistry basket of the world." He touched on the forestry hearings held here recently by a congressional committee, say ing that politics should not enter into forestry. "We can't afford to have political tampering with our economy," he said. 40-Year Supply As to Jackson county, he said there are some 20 billion feet of standing timber, which, at an average cut of 500 million board feet annually, should last for 40 years. But he also pointed out that some areas, including Jack son county, have an overinstalled capacity which only partly can be overcome by more up-to-date inventories and increases in the allowable cut. One major difficulty, he said, is the barrier of distance to the markets, and high freight rates, a difficulty which can be ex pected 'to grow, rather than diminish. Hagenstein pointed out that county governments are de pendent for their tax income on stable economies, and the fact that stability in the forest in dustry, on which local govern ment depends for much of its income, depends in great part on fair and equitable taxing procedures. ; Foresters Needed He added that trained forest ers are badly needed, and that there is a shortage of trained woods technicians. Hagenstein concluded with an appeal for solidarity and unity in the Industry in working to ward a solution of its many problems. Art Davies, Jacksonville log ger who is retiring president of SOCTFA, presided at the meet ing, during which past presi dents were introduced. They in cluded E. W. Pease, A. W. Lin gass, Richard Reynen, B. Sam Taylor, Jack Crump and Glenn Hunter. New Directors Three new , directors were elected, two for regular terms and one to fill an unexpired term. Those named were A. C. Smith, Grants Pass, Ben Nork, Bob Kline and Mel McGrew, all Medford. Two amendments to the by laws were passed, providing no director could serve two suc ceeding terms on the board, and that a director must serve at least a year before being named an officer. Sunday, April 1, IS58 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Vets May Protect Social Security Veterans with total disability may protect their" social security status through 1954 amendments to the Social Security act known as a disability "freeze," accord ing to Veterans Service Officer Charles Holbrook. The freeze protects the work er by reducing the requirement for quarters of coverage in his insured status and by preventing the dilution of his average monthly wage, thus increasing the amount of benefits that will be payable when the worker reaches age 65 or dies. Applications must be filed in order to obtain the freeze, Hol brook said, and veterans eligible should contact Holbrook in the courthouse or call at the social security office. Materie Honored (or 25 Years of Service Joseph J. Materie, manager of Montgomery Ward store in Med ford, Saturday was honored on the occasion of his 25th anniver sary with the firm. The manager was presented a watch by M. R. Yost, district manager for the firm with of fices in the local store. The pre sentation was made during the morning coffee break at the store and employees participated. Materie, a resident of Medford since May, 1951, when he was transferred here by' the comp any, first worked for the firm at Walla Walla in 1931 when he was employed as a salesman and department head. In 1942 he was promoted to assistant man ager at Albany and then was transferred to Eugene. In 1944 he became store manager at Sa lem and later at Oiympia, Wash., and Grants Pass before coming here. Many Companies Offering Premiums To Get Business New York (U.P.) Competi tion for the consumer's dollar was never hotter and industry is spending $1.7 billion this year in a program to lure them in. Splashy ads tell the story: "Buy four tires and get a fifth one free." "A wallet free with every watch." "A 825,000 accident life insur ance policy free with each new car." Companies making everything from breakfast cereals to televis ion sets are offering premiums and incentives of all kinds - to get extra sales or extra incen tive among their salesmen. The record $1.7 billion ear marked for that purpose in 1956 represents an increase of $200 million over 1955. And this ex penditure is over and above the $7.5 billion to be spent for ad vertising in newspapers and oth er media. Industry spokesmen say the premium boom is part of indus try's effort to keep production lines humming without resorting to price wars. "Premium wars are a lot healthier than price war," one spokesman said. "They're also good medicine for many sales ills." Search Base for Army Knife Slayer Costa Mesa, Calif. flJ.R) Military and civilian officers Saturday questioned nearly 50 enlisted men at the Army's guided missile site in nearby Santa Ana in a search for the knife slayer of an 18-year-old soldier's wife. Authorities said there was a "strong possibility"' that the vic tim, Mrs. Oleta C. Johnson, may have been killed by the same person who fatally stabbed Mrs. Barbara Jepson, 18, in Van Nuys, Calif., two months ago. Mrs. Johnson died Thursday. There were striking similari ties in the two deaths. Both wo men were stabbed in the chest. Both died while their husbands were away. Their bodies were partially disrobed, but there were no indications of actual sexual assault. Moreover, nearly 50 soldiers were transferred to the Santa Ana missile base just two weeks ago from a missile base just six blocks from the Van Nuys slay ing. Police continued to question the dead woman's husband. Pvt. Harold Johnson, 19, and his buddy, Pvt. Henry Garcia, 19, both based at the Santa Ana scheduled to take lie detector tests Monday. Arguments Scheduled In Anderson Case Salem (U.R) Arguments in the the appealed murder case of James Quinton Anderson will be heard by the State Supreme Court here April 11. Anderson was convicted of the second degree murder of Richard David Miller in Klamath county Nov. 5, 1954, following a drinking party. He was tried in Harney County Circuit Court on a change of venue. Anderson's brief contends the Klamath county district attorney tried the case even though Klam ath county had lost jurisdiction of the case when it was trans ferred to Harney county. The brief claims no jurors were e lected by Harney county . officials. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED li your picture tub dull and waaW Most picture tube can ba raftered to original brightnata at anry t traction of tha cost e( replacement. For furthet information CALL Electronic Service IS N. GRAPE PH. S-Wl Ike Threalener to Face Trial Soon Denver U.R A Secret Service agent said Saturday a j six-foot Kentuckian will be ; bruoght to trial in two or three weeks for allegedly threatening the life of President Eisen-I hower. i Earl E. Schoel, agent in charge ' of the U. S. Secret Service of-! fice here, said Sam Stepp, 35-year-old jobs laborer from Inez, Ky., has admitted threatening the President's life in a Buena Vista, Colo., bar last Monday-night. Stepp waived preliminary j hearing before U. S. Commis- J sioner Harold S. Oakes late Fri-i day and was taken to Denver county jail when he failed to post a $1,000 bond. Schoel said Stepp was over heard at the bar saying "Presi dent Eisenhower is a German S.O.B. and if. I ever get close enough to kill him I'll kill him. I have a .30-.30 bullet for him." Stepp denied making that ex act statement but did say he threatened the life of the Presi dent, Schoel said. 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