APPLEGATE-JACKSONVILLE
Suspension Bridge Complete
.... By HELGA MITCHELL
-Applegate- Jacksonville
The new suspension foot bridge
on the Applegate river just be
pond Ruch was completed last
Friday, according to Wesley
Hartman, foreman on the proj
ect.. The concrete slab founda
tions on either side of the river
are the height of the highest
water level reached during the
recent flood. "It is the nicest foot
bridge built in this area of the
Applegate," Hartman stated.
The adult Bible class will meet
at the home of Mrs. Harley Hall
on the Little Applegate on Mon
day, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. Allen
Hill is the instructor.
The "Spring Fling" auction
will be held at the Applegate
school on Saturday, April 21, at
8 p.m. An assortment of foods
will be on sale.
The Applegate Home Exten
sion unit was to meet at the
home of Mrs. Earl Hvall on
Friday, April 20. The project
will be on making draperies.
Mrs. Arion Christensen will be
the co-hostess. Mesdames Carl
Herriott, Ed Goodwin, O. Row
den, Blanche Lorsung, Thornton
Gapen and Dora Krouse will be
on the refreshment committee.
The "cat" work on the road
to Squaw lake has been com
pleted, and Bert Harr has be
gun grading it. Unless there are
heavy rains, the road should be
good enough to permit travel
to the lake by opening day of
the fishing season.
Services at the Ruch Com
munity church for Sunday, April
22, include Sunday school, 10
a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m.
with the Rev. Earl Best speak
ing on "Christ the Revealer of
God"; Bible study, 8 p.m. At
tendance in the church has been
on the Increase. Last Sunday
there were 79 persons in Sunday
school.
An extra lesson on basket
weaving finishes was to be given
in the workshop at the home of
Mrs. Harry Davis of Beaver
Creek road on Friday, April 20.
Everyone attending is asked to
bring a sack lunch.
The Little Applegate Sewing
club meet at the home of Mrs.
Glenn Saltmarsh on Thursday,
April 26.
The late Mrs. Emma Blanken
ship, who died last Sunday, was
a well known former resident
in this area. .
A special class for the sixth,
seventh, and eighth grade stud
ents in the Ruch school will be
given on Friday, April 27, at 3
p.m. A demonstration on the
techniques of artifical respira
tion will be given by Leroy Wil
liams'Tof Medford. Williams
urges all mothers of pre-schoolers
to attend this meeting, stat
ing that small children are able
to be taught "safety" by means
of a doll.
The Ruch school boys and
girls will play a Softball game
with the Griffin Creek students
today. Last Friday, the Ruch
boys won, and the Ruch girls
lost In a ball game with Evans
Valley.
Last Monday, the Applegate
and Ruch PTAs sponsored a
dinner, for the Jackson County
Teachers association, and 70
teachers attended this event.
Mrs. Fred Nelson, the Apple-
gate school cook, and Mrs. Eli
abeth Vessell, the Ruch school
cook, prepared the dinner. Both
schools helped furnish the pink
and green table decorations.
Green place mats with painted
apple blossoms were made by
the upper grade Ruch students.
Ruch school teachers assisting
on the table decorations were
Mesdames Ray Offenbacher, W.
Shannon and Mary Overstreet.
Representatives of the Apple
gate school were Mesdames Ed
Goodwin, Fred Nielsen, and Carl
Herriott. After dinner, the Ruch
grade school band played selec
tions under the direction of
Marvin Throne. Guests present
were Miss Irene Hallberg of the
state department of Education
at Salem, and Mrs. Nna B. Inch,
assistant county school superin
tendent. A band recital was given last
Wednesday at the Ruch school
by .the Griffin Creek grade
school band, under the direction
of Steve Whipple.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hack
worth of Uppr Applegate, rec
ently purchased five acres of
land from Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Guetzlaff on "Top o' the Hill'.
Larry- Hackworth is building a
two car garage. The Hackworths
have one daughter, Cindy.
Mrs. H. L. Liles of Sterling
Creek recently left for Sweet
Home, Ore., to visit her sister,
Mrs. Kizzie McRath. "
A luncheon was held at the
home of Mrs. Henry Pawlowski
recently. Guests attending were
Mesdames Paul Gandt of Fern
Valley, Clifford McGinty of Med
ford, Julia Gandt, A. Pawlowski,
and Francis Mitchell. After the
luncheon the hostess entertain
ed by playing the piano.
The Parish Workers guild of
St. Peter's Lutheran church in
Medford recently met at the
home of Mrs. Edwin Guetzlaff.
Members attending were Mes
dames John Gemaehlich, Her
man Korpi, Harvey Brandau,
Hugh Huntley, Joe Jarvis. Ken
neth F. Korby, Homer Pleyer,
L. T. Yandel, and Miss Ruby
Mack. A review of the work
done for the past month was
discussed, and refreshments were
served. ' 1
J. L. Liles of Grants Pass
visited his sister, Mrs. Mansel
Milam of Sterling Creek, last
Saturday.
Mansel Milam, who Is employ
ed in Klamath Falls, came home
for the week end "and did some
more work on his house.
Edward Milam is now doing
orchard work in Medford for
Eddie Ernest.
A meeting of the representa
tives from all the American
Union Sunday schools as held
at the Allen Hill residence in
Central Point last April 12. Mrs.
Ray Widner and Mrs. Harley
Hall of Little Applegate attend
ed the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Don P'Brien
and son, Michael, of Portland,
visited his father, Jack O'Brien,
and grandfather, Jim O'Brien,
last Friday. On Saturday, the
Don O'Briens visited his mother,
Mrs. Rolland Smith, and on Sun
dav they visited her mother,
Mrs. Effie Cafebolt in Medford.
Don is employed at the First
National bank in Portland, and
was recently promoted to as
sistant cashier.
Last Thursday, the Rev. and
Mrs. Thornton Gapen took their
daughter, Virginia, to Portland
for a pre-nurses' examination.
While there, the Gapens visited
her sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Ellison. Bob Tolle
drove the school bus during the
absence of Mr. .Gapen, who gen
erally drives the Applegate
school bus.
While cutting kindling wood
last Thursday evening, 13-year-old
Larry Guches, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bud Guches, cut his
hand, which will be in a cast
for six weeks.
Terry Langley and Billy
Peite are back in the Applegate
school after having a bout with
the measles.
The 4-H Applegate Fishermens
club are busy working on their
float for the Pear Blossom fes
tival. 'A square dance was held at
the Little Applegate school
house last Saturday. Guests at
tending were Mr.' and Mrs. Fred
West, Mr. and Mrs. Chuch Chit
tock, Mr. and Mrs. Lance Of
fenbacher, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Gettling and family, Mr. nd
Mrs. Glenn Bailey, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Franz and grandson,
Glenn, Mr. and Mrs. Estel Cox
and Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Smith.
On this occasion, the square
dancing group's fifth annivers
ary was celebrated in conjunc
tion with several guests' birth
days. Sandwiches, cake, ice
cream and coffee were served.
Miss Mildred Milam of Sterl
ing Creek recently heard from
her fiance, Petty Officer Char
ley Meeds, who phoned her one
evening from Honolulu, Hawaii,
to wish her a "happy birthday".
Meeds paid $14 for the seven
minute phone call, but the en
gaged couple throught it was
well worth it. Miss Milam is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Mansel Milam, and Charley
Meed's mother is Mrs. Jane
Meeds of Forest Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde' Stewart
have sold their home in Jack
sonville and will move back
to their home on "Top o'the
Hill" this week end.
Mrs. M. W. Couch, who under
went surgery recently, is up and
around again, and has caused
her friends and neighbors to
marvel at her speedy recovery.
Mrs. Couch said she had re
ceived several visitors, tele
grams and cards.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Harding
of Mapleton, Ore., have moved
their trailer to the residence of
Mr. -and Mrs. Bill DeShazo Fri
day.' The Hardings have a 9-year
old boy, Steve, and an. 8-year old
girl, Linda. Willis Harding is
working on the new logging
road on the California border
for the A. L. Harding Construc
tion company, and they plan to
stay here for approxiamtely one
year. Harding, who is a pianist,
has a spinet piano in his 40 foot
trailer. This is the first time
the Hardlings have been in this
section of Oregon, and Mrs.
Harding commented, "The Ap
plegate valley is beautiful."
Mrs. Ray Widner of Upper
Applegate will leave April 19
on an extended trip across the
country. First she will drive to
North Hollywood, where she will
pick up her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Allen Kramer, who will accom
pany her on a portion of the
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ner's son, Don From there, they
will continue to Pittsburg, Kan.,
and Mrs. Kramer will remain
there to visit her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Widner. Mrs.
Widner will continue on alone
to Springfield, Mo., to visit her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Nicholson. Mrs. Widner expects
to be back by May 8.
Mrs. William P. McNew of
Sterling Creek will be leaving
for Portland on April 24 to go
to the new state medical hos
pital. Mrs. 'McNew's mother,
Mrs. George Paulson of Eugene,
will accompany her.
Rural Reflections: The Little
Friday, April 28, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN
The Homestake gold mine at
Lead, S.D., gets less than a third
of an ounce of gold from a ton
of ore.
Applegate Knitting club, which
met at the home of Mrs. Wilfred
Pearson last Tuesday, literally
became a hen party, when two
little chicks came strutting into
the living room. The little
chicks, who have been disown
ed by their mother, have now
taken up their abode in the
Pearson home, and assume that
they too are members of the
household.
Parents' Conversation
Blamed for Delinquency
Kingston, R. I. (U.P.) Par
ents who make no bones about
"getting away" with things with
in earshot of their children may
be passing on anti-social atti
tudes, according to Dr. John B.
Mitchell, University of Rhode
Island socialogist.
"Youngsters," Dr. Mitchell
said, "learn delinquent behavior
from the casual conversation of
parents and relatives. 'Getting
by' with things against the law,
'beating' someone in a business
In the days of Blackston
there were 160 different felonie
for which the penalty was death
in England. The trend continued
until there were '220 capital
crimes, including the shooting of
a rabbit, the theft of a pocket
handkerchief, and the cutting
down of a cherry tree.
South Carolina has 45 state
senators and 124 member representatives.
deal and not abiding by rules of
fair play are attitudes that chil
dren can learn from the fathers
and mothers.
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