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SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, April 15. 1956 Mobile Home Owners Schedule Meeting The monthly meeting of the Jackson County chapter, Oregon Mobile Home Owners, Inc., will be held in the Carpenter' hall 122'. West Main st., at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19. State President Donald Stone, Drain, and State Secretary-Treasurer Raymond A. Neves, Rose burg, will be present with other state and county officers and members. A new organizational project will be discussed and all court owners, members and mobile home executives are welcome. A secretary-treasurer will be elec ted to replace Mary M. Barnes, who resigned due to illness. Grange -'ll' ,, r,i,i MlfW,- .MMMifrr-ri(i Phoenix Grange At the meeting of Phoenix Grange April 10. a surprise visit by Gold Hill Juvenile Grange was the main event of the lec ture program. Attending in a body and in re galia, they demonstrated their Grange work, opening the meet ing with a seating drill, present ed the flag, escorted honored guests to the master's station, also presented little four year oid Connie Jean Hanscom as their choice for queen of the Pear Blossom festival. The meet ing was closed with a retiring drill. Juvenile patron Harold Dens- more and a number of parents accompanied the group. After this demonstration. Mas ter Melvin Lattie called the reg ular meeting to order. Visitors present were Mrs. Nina Dusen berry, Mrs. Grace Bruce and Mrs. Lucy Eddington, all of Gold Hill, and Mrs. Paul Force of Eagle Point. Secretary Leslia Lattie read a communication from State Grange secretary ad vising us Phoenix Grange would receive a pennant as having all dues paid on time for the year 1956, making five years in suc cession Phoenix Grange has won this recognition. Petitions were received to cir culate for signatures to get a bill on the ballot to elect a lieu tenant governor for the state of Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Olin Poe were elected alternate delegates to State Grange when it meets in Pendleton in June. It was voted to allow the Phoe nix 4-H club the use of the Grange hall April 11, 13 and 20 for practice and the use of the kitchen and dining room, the evening of the 13th for a pie so cial. Escorted to the masters sta tion and presented with second year recognition bars for regu lar attendance were Mr. and Mrs. Hendrickson, Mr. and Mrs. Densmore. Mr. and Mrs. Hock ersmith, Mr. and Mrs. Lewin, Mrs. Hixon, Mr. and Mrs. Poe and Mrs. Lattie. Master Lattie also is eligible and Mrs. Sol Cox who was not present because of illness. Charles Hockersmith reported on social security for farmers, also that farmers could get a re fund on gas tax for gas used on the farm. Mervin Hixon reported on a grain sprouting machine which is being demonstrated to dairy men. Jake Arnold reporting on hor ticulture reported to apply dor mant spray. Also that he had seen demonstrated a hot-air ma chine which burns butane, for orchard heating. He said he thought this might be a step in the right direction. Master Lattie reported on his recent trip to Portland and said that reports regarding the fruit tree situation in Yakima and Hood River districts were not good, with trees and bloom in a weak condition due to severe winter weather. Many d'anjous are being grubbed out due to a new disease attacking the si ready weakened trees. HEC chairman announced the change of the next meeting, on Wednesday,' April 18, which was to have been a potluck at noon a: the home of Mrs. Sol Cox, would be instead a 1 p.m. des sert luncheon at the home of Mrs. Lester Carr, on Fern Val ley rd. Mr. and Mrs. John Bow dish had a display of rocks, crystal, ptirified wood, silica, and a number of small hand made articles made from the same material. Bowdish gave an informative talk as he called attention to the various speci mens. Charles Hockersmith will have charge of the lecture hour at the next meting, 8 p.m., April 24. It will be a demonstration put on by 4-H club members. It will be open to the public. It is also candidates' night All candidates are invited and will be allowed a limited time to speak. This will also be open to the public. Serving refreshments at the last meeting were the Walter Germers, A. J. Chapmans and Merle Simmonses. RECEIVES WEATHER PIN J. Ludo Grieve, Prospect, (above, left) was awarded a 30-year service pin April 6 by R. D. Church, meteproligist in charge of the local U.S. weather bureau office representing the chief of the bureau. Grieve was honored for outstanding service to the bureau and his fellow citizens for his work recording temperature, precipitation and general weather notes for the prospect area. He is foreman of the California Power company plant at Prospect. Prospect Man Awarded 30-Pin for Service With Weather Bureau J. Ludo Grieve, foreman of the California Oregon Power company plant at Prospect and cooperative weather observer 4-H Club News Gold Hill Sewing Club The Dashing Seamstresses met April 12 in the Hanby school sewing room in Gold Hill. The meeting was called to order by Dianne Jore, president. Flag sa lute was led by Nancy Student, and the 4-H pledge by Judy Hig gins. Refreshments were served by Judith Force. Roll call was answered by members naming their favorite project for the year. Some of the members worked on their peasant aprons, while others worked on skirts, with the help of the leaders, Mrs. Al Beman and Mrs. John Jore. Judith Force, Reporter ' Upper Rogue Club The Upper Rogue Sheep and Dairy club met at the home of Linda Jockel, March 19. The next meeting will be at the home of Velma Peile, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. John Cox Jr. Reporter Westside Club The Westside 4-H club will hold its regular meeting at the Westside school April 16, at 7:30. Miss Hatten will show pictures of Norway. Evelyn Niedermeyer, Reporter. for the U.S. weather bureau, was awarded the 30-year service pin for outstanding service recently. Grieve, who was honored at the regular monthly meeting of Copco Old Timers, was pre sented the pin by R. D. Church, meteorologist in charge of the local weather bureau, who rep resented the chief of the U.S. weather bureau. Climatic Conditions As a member of the corps of about 10,000 men and women who daily record temperature, precipitation and general weather notes for localities throughout the nation, Grieve has helped record climatic con ditions of the Prospect area, Church said. A total of 250 cooperative ob servers have served in Oregon for 40 to 50 years, with a few serving as high as 60 years. In acknowledging the work of the cooperators, Church said the bureau extends "its grateful thanks to the individual citizens and firms and corporations who have observed and reported the weather for their government." Isolated Locations Factories, mills, power com panies, nurseries, railroads and a host of other organizations are among those who record weather conditions in isolated locations or fill in other necessary posi tions. Such observers in the Rogue river area serve at Kerby, Cop per, Buncom, Ashland, Talent, Williams. Lake Creek, Fish Lake, Grants Pass, Modoc or chard, Butte Falls, Trail, Crater Lake and Prospect. Eagle Poinl Grange Eagle Point Grange will meet in the Grange hall, Tuesday, April 17. at 8 p.m. The HEC is in charge of the program. t Their Very Own! 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