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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. April 18, 1958 Cub Pack 6 Starts Doughnut Sale Here Members of Cub Pack 6 be gan a doughnut sale today. The Cubs are taking orders until next Thursday afternoon, April 24. They will deliver the doughnuts on Saturday, April 28. A contest is being held in con nection with the sale with first, second and third prizes being offered for boys selling the most doughnuts. Prizes also will go to the boys in each Cubbing rank with the most dozens sold. Baking will be done by the Ashland Groceteria bakery. Color Photos To Show Bruises in Beatings Omaha, Neb. (U.R; Black and white camera shots don't al ways show whether a beating victim has been badly bruised, or whether his face is merely smudged. So the Douglas county sher iff's office here is equipping its men with color cameras. Sher iff Patrick Corrigan reasons that a color photograph will clearly Doughnuts will be packaged by the dozen. . Proceeds will be used for pack activities. The pack is sponsored by Washington school Parent-Teacher association. YOUTHFUL CHIEF Pownal, Me. (U.R) Stephen J. Myers Jr., 15, is doing a man's job in this section of Maine. He is chief of the Five Towns Ground Observer post and directs the skyscanning activites of 25 adult volunteers. show how badly a victim has been cut or bruised. Some attorneys have volun teered the opinion that in a trial, the difference between a color photograph and a black and white shot could mean the differ ence between conviction and acquittal. Use Tribune Want Ads xjU ff Sturdy aluminum 1 Vl and blue package ffj "Wrap-, Cook Cover Cap with neWALCOAWRAP Aluminum Foil now at your store Pear Blossom Group To Make Final Plans A final meeting of the Pear Blossom association will be held Thursday to complete prepar ations for the annual festival Saturday, April 21. The Queen of the Festival will be named Thursday afternoon, according to Granvil Brittsan, vice-president of the association. Registration for the parade closes at noon Thursday, and res idents are urged to submit ap plications to the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, room 2, D'Anjou building. Leading the parade will . be the Medford High school march ing band. Other bands include McLoughlin Junior high, Talent, E. H. Hedrick Junior High, Bliss Heine's Juniors and the Eve Prentice Accordian band. Floats, walking groups and other en tries also will be included. The parade starts at 1:00 p.m. Saturday at the Library park and will proceed east on Main st. to Hawthorne park. Pickin' Pears News and Notes From Camp White Engineers Schedule Hanford Speaker H. W. Heacock, Hanford, Wash., of the Hanford Atomic Products operation, for General Electric company, will speak on essential differences of nuclear and conventional power plants at a joint meeting of Rogue Val ley section Professional En gineers of Oregon, and Ameri can Institute of Electrical En gineers, southern Oregon sub section, Monday, April 23. The dinner meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m., in the Jackson hotel. This is an' annual joint ses sion of the two groups. Member ship in the PEO for this section includes men from Jackson, Jose phine and some of Douglas counties. The AIEE includes men from those counties and Klamath county, and Siskiyou county in California. W, H. Fisher, chief electrical engineer for California Oregon Power company of the PEC chapter president, and Elwood Hedburg Jn, an engineer for the same company, is the sectional AIEE chairman. By BILL HURN With standing room at a prem ium in the Camp White theatre Monday night Veterans Admin istration Volunteer Service ob servance opened with a turn about party. The celebration of the 10th anniversary of VAVs was in rec ognition of appreciation for Rogue valley groups which have given time, materials and efforts to bring entertainment to Camp White domicilary members. Frank J. Glonning welcomed guests and presented E. K. Rick er, manager, who paid tribute to volunteers in a stirring recapitu lation of efforts, the 10 year his tory, growth and future goals embodied in the coordinated ser vice fields and praised the local field for their efforts. H. Jaffrey, assistant manager, and Glonning, Chief of Special Services, individual certificates were presented to 19 organiza tions and their 70 appendant lo cal chapters. The awards were in groupings from 2,000 hours of volunteer service to those in the first 100 hours, as well as to those for outstanding effort in particular fields of activity such as was accorded in tributes cited for the Medford Mail-Tribune and radio KWIN. Mrs. Marian Cech of Amer ican Gold Star Mothers was honored for 2,000 hours; Lois Krows of American Red Cross with 1,000 hours; 500 hour awards to Margaret Fabrick, Ma rie Rehling and Bertha Bardwell of ARC; Lelia Birch and Althea Turner of Shady Cove and Grants Pass chapters of VFW auxiliaries; Ardena Kretschmer and Gladys Fagen of Blue Star Mothers of America. In the 300 hour group Ruth Gordon, Jennie Creager, Lillian Salade, and El izabeth Yaple of ARC; Ivan Lusk and Chauncey Page of VFW and Military Order of Coo ties; Marge Brummond and Vada Page of VFW Aux. and Austia Barneberg of United Spanish War Vets Aux. were cited and awarded. Awards for 100 hours were given Harry Birch of VFW; Em il Kroeger of BPOE; Hazel Ram sey, Peg McWhorter, Eva Pit- PAW fy mm SUPER aa HOLIDAY COUPE seconds the motion I , (... and America votes i The Gear of the Year ) IT'S AN ECONOMY C H A M P I O N , TO O I Jetaway-equlpped Oldsmoblles rocketed to double victory In 19S6 Mobllgas Economy Run! 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'Standard on Sri Nmafy-fiflMj optional o txtre corf on off oMief nritt. O. DO DVU O D H EE tock, Gertrude Edmund and Patte Hopkins of VFW auxiliary; Josephine Ferris, Bessie Gentry, Frances Krieger and Lulu Tay lor of Blue Star Mothers; Doris Blayney, Beulah McEuen and Mary Hale of DAV Aux; Bertha Cobleigh of Navy Mothers Clubs of America; and Aimee Deuel, Mrs. A. L. McClure and Ruth Freed of ARC; with Berniece McDonough, unaffiliated. Recognition certificates for other unaffiliated volunteer workers with less than 100 hours were presented May Oland, Del la Meyer, Dadie Lewis, Retha Dow. Pearl Austin, Nellie Gib son, Opal Cox, Grace Jones and Goldie Brooks. Group citations were made to Oregon Federa tion of Garden Clubs through Mrs. A. O. Floyd of Medford; to Patty Hawkins and Lelia Birch for the VFW auxiliary units of Oregon and Thelma Williams to the state-wide Legion auxiliary groups. Radio KWIN was honored through its representative Norm Oberst and certificates were be ing sent to the Medford Mail Tribune and Medford Musician's union 597. A program wholly of Camo "mw. im.u b uj jell J Girard of special services was presented wtih a personal greet ing message via direct radio from H. V Higley, director of VA speaking from Mayflower hotel in Washington to Camp White. Refreshments were serv ed. Escorted tours through the fa cility to view displays and wel coming greetings symbolized by posters, pictures and exhibits op ened Monday with United Span ish War Veterans, headed by Barton P. Boland, department commander of Oregon as guests. DAV of Oregon was to be taken through on Tuesday. Lutheran Official Visits in Medford Alvin Randal, Portland, a rep resentative of the synodical board of the Pacific synod, Unit ed Lutheran Church in Amer ica was in Medford last night to prepare for an evangelism pro gram which will be a part of the two-year empasis of UCLA, the Rev. G. H. Hillerman of Zion Lutheran church, announced. The Medford program will re sult in a week of evangelism in early November in conjunction with ' a statewide evangelism program of Lutheran churches. Randall ' spoke at a dinner meeting at the Jackson hotel to members of the church council and the pastor. -A QUALITY PRODUCT brought to you by AN OLDSMOBILE QUALITY DEALER! DARNELL MILLER COMPANY - 415 S. Riverside Ave. PHONE 2-6209 GET OUT OF THE ORDINARY . . . INTO AN OLDS! GET TOP VALUE TODAY . . . TOP RESALE TOMORROW! Peace Off icers Set 'Crab Feedr Meeting . Several representatives of the federal treasury department, west coast branches, will speak at a regular meeting of South ern Oregon Peace Officers asso ciation of Jackson and Joseph ine counties, Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m., in the Elks club. A "crab feed" will be served. Coast guard activities, cus toms, alcohol tax unit, and treasury department secret serv ice work will be discussed. About 50 men are expected at the meeting which is open to all peace officers in southern Oregon district. The association is made up of about 75 men.- Sgt. Lyle Perkins, Medford police, is in charge of arrange ments. Robert Wieviesek, state police officer, and secretary treasurer of the group, -is in charge of invitations. House Numbering by Lions Club Success Members of the Phoenix Lions club, which last Saturday started a project of painting house numbers on curbs in front of Medford homes, today report ed excellent success and recep tion of the program. About 350 such numbers were painted last Saturday, and a crew of 12 club members, identified by Lions club caps, will extend the work next Sat urday. Last week's effort was in the area between Hawthorne, Jackson and Main sts. and Cra ter Lake ave. Thursday evening eight club members will cover this area, accepting donations from resi dents wishing to acknowledge the service, with proceeds going into the club's welfare project fund. Sig Unander Will Speak At Luncheon Tomorrow Sig Unander, Oregon state treasurer, will speak at a lunch eon meeting tomorrow at the Jackson hotel. The meeting is being sponsored by the Jackson County Young Republican club, which said the luncheon was open to the public. Unander is a candidate for re election. He is unopposed in the May 18 primary.". Also at the meeting, nominations for new of ficers will be accepted. WATCH WARDS f OS Extras! WARD WEEK SPECIALS Open Tonight Till 9 P.M. 3.98 Washable SKIRTS on SALE Cottons, Rayons Swirly cottons (some with 220 inch hemline sweeDs!) in gay prints, solid - Sizes 22 to C. Wool Sport Goats for Men-Save $5 Nubbies, weaves, plaids, textures, splashes . . . nothing but the newest pat terns and colors In 100 wool. Finely tailored. Sate Special! Compact Radio "Extra" radio. Tiny but mighty. Rich, full tone. Ebony finish. Fits any room . . . any budget. Low-Priced Gartop Luggage Carrier Heavy-gauge steel wire, chrom plated for rust resistance. 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