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rOUHTEEN MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thuridar. Mar 17, 1958 APPLEGATE-JACKSONVILLE Area Notes Mothers Day By HELGA MITCHELL Applegate-Jacksonville Sev- eral Mothers day celebrations were held in the Applegate area Among them was a dinner held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Offenbacher. Guests attending were Mrs. Offenbach er s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rus sell Killingsworth of Medford and their daughter, Miss June Killingsworth, Mrs. Mary Over treet and her daughter, Kelly, and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Ger- hardt. Sunday afternoon visitors t the Offenbacher home were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Killingsworth and their three children of Med lord. Another Mothers day event was the Winningham family picnic," held at the home of Mr and Mrs. Chester McDonough of Ruch. Approximately 75 de acendents of the Winninghams attended, and came from Med- ford, Jacksonville, Trail, Grants Paw, Klamath Falls, Yreka, Up- per ppiegaie ana otner points. Years .ago, , this gathering was -an annual event held in Jack- sonville, and this reunion was the first held in several years A Mothers day dinner was also held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. , A. E. Ranney of Ruch. Guests present were Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Ranney of Jackson ville, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beery of 'Phoenix, and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Rowden of Applegate. Later in the day, the party went into Medford, and ate supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Martin. . . . A Jew local people took a Mothers day trip together to Crescent City. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Tolle and their, son Chris, and daughter, Tina, of Applegate,. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Offenbacher of Applegate, and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lugen beel and their daughter Linda of Grants Pass. The group visit ed the Offenbachers' son, Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Offenbacher, who reside in that city. It was a clear day- with no fog, .Mrs. Offen bacher commented, and the chil dren enjoyed bathing in the ocean ........ . . ; - The ' yellow helicopter whiz zing oyer the 'Top o' the Hill" on a truck last Sunday morning, lef. both youngsters and old sters wide eyed with curiosity, wondering where it was head ing.' The ' Applegate Home Exten sion unit will meet on Friday, May 18, at the home of Mrs. Francis Krouse on Missouri Flats ;rd. Mrs. Marcel Le Piniec will ;be cohostess. The lesson will be Ton garment finishes with Mrs. '.Francis Krouse and Mrs. Karl 'Herriott as ' leaders. The lunch eon committee consists of Mes dames Lance Offenbacher. Cur tis. Gerhardt, Bill Bird, Henry Head,,. Charles Gibson and Ches ter Kubli; , Miss. Alberta Erwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Erwin of Missouri Flats rd. had an ap pendectomy " at the Josephine General hospital in Grants Pass recently. Miss Erwin is a stu dent at the Applegate school. Recent visitors at the A. I. Ranney residence at Ruch were Mr. and Mrs. Russell Mitchell of Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Baum of Richmond, Calif., were week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mario Bortolazzo. Baum and Bortolazzo were stationed together nine years ago in the Coast Guard, and they hadn't seen each other in five years. The Ruch fifth and sixth grade students who won a magazine contest last fall went swimming at Jackson . Hot - Springs last Tuesday. The seventh grade stu dents were inivited to go with them. The Ruch first and second grade students went to Medford last Wednesday to visit the Med ford Fire Department, the City Library, and a bakery. They nad their -lunch in Hawthorne park later. On Thursday, the Ruch fourth and fifth grade students will go to Gold Hill and visit Mr. and Mrs. E. Moore and see their dis play of Indian artifacts. Later they will stop along the river and have lunch and then play ball. A birthday dinner party was held for Albert E. Bliss of Little Applegate on May 6 at his home. His nephew, David Bliss of Bon anza, Ore'., came down here for the occasion; purchased the food and a birthday cake; ' scouted about and invited neighbors, and then celebrated his uncle's birth day. Neighbors who attended this impromptu birthday party were Mrs. Andrew Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Loftus, and Mrs. W. V. Carpenter. Eighty- year-old Albert Bliss refers to his age as a "full four score years old." Pat Johnson recently came back from Parmee, Ida., where he was called by the death of his father, Theodore Johnson. Pat is presently employed -at the Fleming Brothers' orchard in Jacksonville. A week end house guest at the Clyde Stewart residence' on "Top the Hill," was Ronnie Green of Blue Lake, Calif. : Clyde Smith of Ruch recently went to work for the State For estry department on Table Rock rd. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Sikes of Sacramento, Calif., visited the Edgar Walkers and Chet Sny- ders on "Top o' the Hill" last week end. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kammerer, formerly of Portland, who pur chased- the Duval property on the Upper 'Applegate, are build ing a new nome. . Miss Grace Ly tie of Glen dale, Calif., is a .house guest at the Forbes Brown residence on Up per Applegate. Miss Lytle is a cousin of Mrs. Brown... . Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Car michael of Talent recently visit ed Mr. and Mrs. Forbes Brown. Carmichael is a brother of Mrs. Brown. - The - strawberry- season was heralded in at the Otis Buck residence of Little Applegate on May 8, when Mrs. Buck was tak ing her usual evening inspection tour of their strawberry patch. She said she was busily patting them on their little heads and tucking them in for the night, when what she thought was a red leaf turned out to be the first strawberry of the season. At the completion of her tour, she had counted five strawber ries. Last year they had red dened in June. A birthday party was held re cently for 13-year-old Rodney Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Snyder of "Top o' the Hill" at their home. Guestr attending this even were Mrs. Edgar Walker, and her three children, Bob, Calvin and Shirley, Claude Wilson, and Dave Ashton, who is a TV and radio entertainer. Ashton entertained at the party and recordings were made. Re freshments were served later. Mrs. Bert Harr reports ap proximately 400 people were at Squaw lake on opening day. Simultaneously, she commented on the recent stocking of the lake with a total of 6,006 trout. This figure is wholly inadequate, when one considers the potential number of fish that could be taken by the 400 people on open ing day alone. When asked how this situation could be remedied, Mrs. Harr stated, "If fishermen would only holler, scream, squawk or squeal, to the Game Commission," for much larger stocking than is usually done in Squaw lake, favorable results might.be obtained. As a result of the recent rain, several cars got stuck on the road to Squaw lake, and both the Harrs have been busy drag ging out the mud-bound victims with a tractor and a four-wheel drive. As a whole, the road is in good condition, and it is a few muddy spots that cause the difficulty. With the aid of the last few days' dry weather, the road should be in good condi tion shortly. The California poppies are in full bloom on "Top o' the Hill," and many people stop to eye the yellow speckled green field.. Mr. and Mrs. Chet Snyder and their children, together with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Walker and their children, had a wiener roast at McKee Bridge on Mothers' day. Mrs. Molly Foster of Forest Creek recently returned to the Mitchell sanitarium in Jackson ville.! Our "Cat Girl" created quite a stir among numerous people, as -a-result of her story in the paper recently. After Mrs. Curtis Gerhardt deposited . her school bus charges in " the Applegate Attitude of American Communists No Reflection on Democrat Party By LYLE C. WILSON United Pzms Corrcsponde-ai Washington (U.R) It is no re-' flection on the Democrats that the- Communist Party of the TInitiM States wants to play pat - a - c a k e with 'them in this campaign year. The new ly publi i h e d Communist Party political line for 1956 states that the Lyit c Wilson American Reds will follow "an independent course which influences the direction of the Democratic Party." American Communists cannot go it on their own. Th party leadership - hag been convinced of subversive activities and it generally is conceded that Com munists are bad citizens. They have lost their political oomph, and must tie to something stronger if they are to exert any influence at all. The .Communist Party line in free nations now is for a popular front a political alliance with other left-wing parties against the group or groups condemned by the Reds as Fascist beasts. In this campaign the only com- Three Crewmen Die As Bomber Plunges Aurora, Colo. U.R) Three crew members were killed and a fourth was critically injured today when a twin-engined B25 bomber failed - on takeoff and crashed into a wheat field less than a mile east of Lowry Air Force Base. Lowry officials declined to release names until the next of kin had been notified. There were only four men aboard the Air Force plane which was based at Lowry. - - The plane crashed near a densely populated area on the outskirts of Denver, but in the vacated field. The nearest build ings were several blocks from the crash site, a mile southeast of Denver and less than a mile south of Aurora. 'sMttPftas-A t' '"ilL,5" - 'v'' K J- ,; I: - . -: 5$ IE-E Ik II T L G. "SHY" en o rth laud. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER Those who know Shy know him to be capable, sincere, hard-working, but above all, they know him to be HONEST and a MAN OF HIS WORD. '. CERTIFIED' PROOF OF SINKING FUNDS This is to Certify that the 1955-5$ Budget of Jackson County carried only two items designated at sinking funds, namely: Court House Construction, Improvement and Maintenance Fund $390,887.63 1 Armory Fund (earmarked) "' , Total moneys budgeted in Sinking Funds 50, 687.63 Dated at Medford.Oregon this fcth day of May, 1956 County Clerk, Jackson County, Oregon I PLAGE YOUR "X" AFTER 91 On The Republican Ballot-Vote For L. G. Shy NORTHLAND for COMMISSIONER Paid Adv. Morrhland for County Commissioner Committee. Tom R. Williams, Secy. Burgess Meredith Collapses on Stage Waco, Tex. ;U.R) Actor Bur gess Meredith, starring in a col lege production of the Shake spearean tragedy MacBeth, col lapsed on stage during the final act Wednesday night. " - Meredith was taken to Hill crest hospital where Dr. . Ralph Coffelt said that he was a victim of heat prostration. The actor had taken ' his 12-year-old son fishing during the afternoon.." Coffelt said today that Mere dith probably would be able to return .to the show tonight. Meredith's understudy, Carl Childres, stepped in arid finished the play,' which bad only, about 15 minutes to run when' Mere dith fainted. ' ' -- Florida Prisoners Riot; One Killed. . Tallahassee, Fla. '(U.R) A "hard core" of rebellious prison ers at the Florida state prison farm rioted today and gunfire from guards left one convict dead and several others injured. Details of the riot- were scan ty. Prison Superintendent De witt Sinclair called Gov. Leroy Collins from the prison' at Rai ford to report the riot and said that it apparently .was under control. Collins said Sinclair "indicat ed" that he was slightly injured by flying glass. FOREST FIRE METERS Boston U.R) . Massachu setts has adopted a new idea in its efforts to curb forest fires. At 50 strategic points along state highways, .. signs will be posted being a picture of a meter with an arrow pointing to the forest fire danger rating lor the day. The . fire hazards will be gauged on a scale from one to five. school, she entered the school and found her story tacked up on the bulletin board. Members of the Applegate Fishermen's club were pasting her clipping in their year book; two letters arrived at the Gerhardt resi dence from interested Mail Tri bune - readers; friends offered their clipping to her; and many comments were made. One lady recalled the .time "Dana" didn't have time to drop off a bob cat at the house,- which she had just shot, since she had to drive the school bus on, schedule. . She just laid the beast on the floor of the bus and took the wide eyed 1 youngsters home, causing quite a commotion at every, stop as neighbors came running out to see her latest catch. Rural Reflections: Many fish-. ermen were literally whipping the 'Applegate' river on Mothers' day. in hopes of hooking a fish for "mother," but we heard that several mothers were . eating liver Sunday night. paratively left-wing outfit handy to this: We love Roosevelt and is the Democratic Party. The we re gonna vote for him. They Republicans, of. coursew are the probably did. Fascist beasts. American Communists know better" than openly to propose a popular front alliance with the Democratic Party. So without by-your-leave they just announce that they will play along, ex erting such influence as they can, which won't be much. There isn't much. the Democrats can do about that, either. European left - wing parties usually are being approached more directly, but without much success in the Communist play for revival of the popular front. Popular front was big political medicine before World War II, notably in France, and look what happened to France. ' The Com munists still are well bedded in the French governmental bu reaucracy. ! Would Sound Alarm The . Communists' pass at the Democrats would sound alarm I bells if there were any future to it in the way of a popular front or otherwise, but there isn't. It does appear from the voting records that the Roosevelt New Deal soaked up the Ameri can Socialist vote like a blotter beginning in the 1936 presiden tial election. The Truman Fair Deal apparently held that ground. The evidence of that is the fact that the Socialists have gone out of business as a political party. Communists retain their political identity. Communists have made politi cal passes before this. They were ballyhooing FDR for a fourth term in 1943-44. Mr.' Roosevelt repudiated them said he didn't want their support. To be honest about it, the maestro did not say he didn't want Communists votes counted for him if cast. But he did wave them away. The Red answer two days later was an editorial in their little newspaper which boiled down A MERRY OLD GAL Owosso, Mich. (U.R) Mrs. Florence Jarrard of nearby Lemmon was fined $20 Tuesday on ' drunk charges. Wednesday she again was fined $20 on drunk charges and sentenced to five days in jail, Mrs. Jarrard is 75 years old. Los Angeles (U.R'1 Tb de partment of Animal Regulations searched its books today for some mention of peacocks. A dog catcher recently found one of the fancy birds wandering along a downtown street and as yet the department doesn't know what to do with it. -? ANDREW HAWVER REPUBLICANS FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR 1 62-X-Andrew (Andy) Hawver DEPUTY ASSESSOR FOR 7 YEARS EXPERIENCED, CAPABLE ADMINISTRATOR KNOWS PROPERTY VALUES HERE TRAINED IN ALL TAX MATTERS FAMILY MAN - CHURCH MAN - VETERAN PO. ADV. REPUBLICANS FOR HAWVER COMMITTEE. KJnite- M AY 1 8, 1 9 5 6 NOMINATE for rtESHKNTrf tht UNITED STATES THE DEMOCRAT WHO CAN WIN IN NOVEMBER ELECT WILLIAM L, UES) JOS5LIN. DELEGATE AT LA ROE rIB ADV. OKGON KfFAUVtl COMMITTEI u : rrv. ELECT THIS DISTRICT DELEGATE: MARVIN T. WARUCK Jack Bain and William L. (Les) Josslin, co-chairmen 525 Failing Bldg. Portland 4. TAKE ALONG GOOD SEATING! PICNIC HAMS Ready to Ear Pound Banner Sliced BACON Pound FRIED CHICKEN COLD CUTS CHEESE SLICES JUMBO FRANKS Skinless WEIIIERS 19 . . Plump-Tender FRYERS 1 Pan-Ready Fresh E"h AGAIN THIS WEEK END Old Fashioned Franks . Piump-Tasry . Juicy 3 Pound 00 1 ...And DONT. FORGET The SALAD! Very Best STRAWBERRIES 3 100 bikrs. Red-Ripe-Sweet Criip-Solid-Large" LETTUCE 2 head. 29. NEW POTATOES IO,b.59V MAKE GOOD SALAD SALAD PRAISE DRESSING 59' Mail In Label For 50c REFUND A A Large Nulaid ' 2 EGGS 1 Dozen 03 Vacuum Pack Tint BLISS COFFEE 79V Roasting Ears FRESH CORN 5 FOR 49" LARGE CALIFORNIA BEST COLD DRUNKS BY THE CASE 1 " . CAN OR BOTTLE JUICY SUNKIST Lemons DOZ. 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