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WILLIAM GATES
Dies in Palm Springs
William A. Gates,
Groceteria Head,
Dies in California
William A. Gates, 78, presi
dent of the Groceteria, Super
Food markets, died today in a
Palm Springs hospital. Funeral
arrangements are pending
through Perl funeral home.
Youngest of a family of six,
Mr. Gates was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Gates. He was
born May 16, 1878, at Winamac,
Ind., and came to Medford in
1915.
From 1915 to 1920 he was asso
ciated with his brother, the late
C. E. Gates, in the automobile
business. In 1920 he established
the present business in which
he was a partner until 1939.
Since that time he has been
president of the firm.
Mr. Gates was interested in
encouraging athletic activities.
baseball in particular. His hob
bies included egyptology and
archaeology, and he made scien
tific studies on the subjects.
He was a past president of
the Medford Rotary club; was
a past director of the Chamber
of Commerce; a Scottish Rite
Mason; a member of the Hillah
temple of the Shrine; was a
member of Elks lodge, and the
Methodist church. He was a for
mer president and director of
Bagley Canning company. For
three years Mr. Gates was presi
dent of the State Grocers asso
ciation. His wife died on May 15,
1947. Survivors include an adopt
ed daughter, Mrs. Paul Smith
of Medford; and several nieces
and nephews. Mrs. A. C. Dean
and George Gates, both of Med
ford; Mrs. Marie Thielman, Bend;
Parker Gates, in Illinois: John
Gates, in California, and Marian
Gates, who lives in the east.
It is the desire of the family
that those wishing to honor Mr.
Gates' memory, in lieu of flow
ers make donations to the Rogue
Valley Memorial hospital, which
can be mailed to the hospital
campaign office at 28 South Bart
lett st.
Mail Box Painting .
Gets Under Way Here
All city mail boxes will be
painted red, white and blue
stripes by the end of next week,
Moore Hamilton, postmaster,
said today.
The project is part of a policy
being carried out by post offices
throughout the nation, he said.
Hamilton said that he would
appreciate it if people would re
frain from touching the newly
painted collectibn boxes to see
if they are wet.
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Speech in Texas
Includes Plea for
Unity in Europe
World Communism
Said 'Gigantic Failure'
Waco, Tex. (U.R) President
Eisenhower proposed an "intel
lectual point four," a worldwide
belt of technical and scientific
schools, today to relieve world
tensions.
The President spoke before
11,200 persons, including 665
graduates of Baylor university,
in the Heart O' Texas Coliseum
His speech was a long-advertised
White House statement on for
eign affairs.
PUadi for Unit
Mr. Eisenhower also pleaded
for European unity and seemed
to be asking support for his for
eign policy. He said that world
Communism is a "gigantic fail
ure." And he advised the hundreds
of millions of persons behind the
iron curtain to "walk fearlessly
in the fullness of human free
dom" behind the leadership of
the West.
As to his "intellectual point
four program," he suggested that
the great universities of the
country join, "strongly support
ed," with private foundations
the devoted task of a broad edu
cational "program.
He said that the whole world
would be stronger, "if there ex
isted adequate institutions of
modern techniques and sciences
in areas of the world where the
hunger for knowledge and the
ability to use knowledge are un
satisfied because educational fa
cilities are often not equal to
the existing need."
Moving Cautiously
The original point four pro
gram concerned agricultural and
manufacturing techniques, to
raise production in backward
areas of the world. Mr. Eisen
hower flew to Waco to accept an
honorary doctorate of laws from
Baylor, in addition to making
the speech.
The President, on the basis of
the prepared text of his speech,
seemed, however, to be moving
cautiously in his pronouncement
on foreign policy.
He called world Communism
"cruel, intolerant and atheistic;"
a doctrine of '.'lure, intimidation
and force."
Gigantic Failura
"Communism is, in deepest
sense, a gigantic failure," he
said.
He attempted to encourage the
aspirations of people still pinned
down behind the so-called iron
curtain of Russian influence.
The chief executive said that
beyond the iron curtain there
are "hundreds of millions"
moved by their religions and as
pirations of freedom" that can
not be answered merely by more
steel and bigger bombers."
Big Housing Program
Passed by Senate
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate has passed a housing pro
gram calling for construction of
$135,000 public housing units
during each of the next four
years.
But Chairman Albert Rains of
the House subcommittee on hous
ing predicted today the House
will severely slash the Senate
program. .
He predicted Congress will
send President Eisenhower a bill
calling for somewhere between
45.000 to 60,000 units. . .
That would be more to the
President's liking. He requested
a bill calling for only 35,000
units during each of the next
two years.
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Bulletin
John Grova, about 32.
Grants Pass, was killed about
12:30 p.m. today in truck
loading accident above Per
sist, according to a report
from the Trail area. The ac
cident reportedly occurred on
the pole and piling operation
of J. H. Baxter company.
Grants Pats.
Kootenai Nearly
Reaches Top of
Protective Dikes
Bonners Ferry, Ida. HU.R)-
The relentless Kootenai river
flowed . today at a level almost
even with the tops of dikes
which protect the Bonners Ferry
area from flood waters while
about 1,000 weary flood fighters
worked to bolster those levees
which had not been breached.
Two more dikes burst yester
day as the river rose to a record
level of 37 feet at Bonners Fer
ry. The swirling waters threat
ened to overtop the complex net
work of levees protecting rich
wheat producing land, but the
river level dropped as flood wa
ters spilled over another 700
acres through the holed dikes
and stood at 36.7 feet at 6:10
a.m. (PST) today. Yesterday wss
the first time on record that the
river rose above 36 feet.
9,200 Acres Inundated
Yesterday's breaches in the
dikes raised the total area in
undated by flood waters to 9,200
acres. If the entire diking sys
tem ' gave way, the Kootenai
could flood about 40,000 acres
in the Bonners Ferry area.
Bonners Ferry itself was not
believed in any imminent dan
ger, Lt. Col. A. L. Zacherle,
Army engineer in charge of
flood control operations, said.
The main city dikes werebol
stered with sandbags to with
stand a flood stage, higher than
37 feet.
Work crews made up of sol
diers, national guardsmen and
residents struggled to keep in
tact the dikes which have taken
a beating from the swollen riv
er for nearly a week.
"The longer the water re
mains so high, the more ' soft
ened the dikes will become and
the chances of washouts will in
crease," Zacherle said. "It's a
continual- battle against boils,
seepage and threats of overtop
ping. Portland U.R) The weather
bureau said today the Columbia
river rnay crest between the 24
and 25-foot mark at Vancouver,
Wash., during the week from
Memorial day to June 5.
This would put the stream 9
to 10 feet over flood stage but
would fall short of the 1948
level when Vanport was inun
date. Late News Briefs
ROSE BOWL PACT VOTED
Minneapolis, Minn. U.R)
The Big Ten voted today to re
new its Rose Bowl contract with
the Pacific Coast conference for
an indefinite period.
ASKS AMENDMENT
Washington U.R) Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger today called
for an amendment to the law re
leasing Klamath Indians in Ore
gon from federal wardship. He
said the present law might "up-,
set the economic stability of the
Klamath Falls area and result in
destruction of one of the nation's
finest stands pi timber."
GREEKS, XURKS CLASH
Nicosia, Cyprus ftJ.R) Greeks
and Turks clashed in mass bat
tle with knives and clubs on the
streets of Larnca today. Britain
sent its Middlesx regiment into
action to stop it.
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
Detroit (U.R) Some 2,700 of
the Ford Motor company's new
stockholders gave Henry Ford
II and. the auto firm a vote of
confidence Thursday.
Search Continues for
Man Missing in Rogue
Grants Pass (U.R) Search
continued today for Phil . John
son, 45-year-old Salem man miss
ing and feared drowned after a
boating . mishap on the Rogue
river in wild country west of
here.
Johnson was lost Wednesday
as he tried to swim back to a
boat which had capsized. His
companions. Dr. Charles Mills
and Richard F. Chambers, also
of Salem, were sot harmed.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
GLENN LINN
General Chairman
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Pacific Coast Shriners' Annual
Spring Ceremonial Here Saturday
Several hundred Shriners
from various Pacific coast
temples will gather in Medford
tomorrow for Hillah Temple's
annual spring ceremonial.
Dr. George F. Guldagen of Eu-
Traffic on Highway 99
southbound will be rerouted
starting at 2 p.m. tomorrow
for the duration of the
Shriners' parade in the down
town area.
Vehicles traveling south
will be rerouted east on Jack
son st. to Riverside ave. and
south on Riverside ave. Both
north and south traffic will
use Riverside ave. instead of
just northbound traffic. Med
ford Police Chief Charles
Champlin said.
gene, Hillah's illustrious poten
tate, will preside over ritualistic
work. Convention arrangements
Directors of Chamber
Ask Further Study of
Bear Creek
The board of directors of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce yesterday voted to
ask the state highway commis
sion to give further considera
tion to a route down Bear creek
for a proposed Highway 99 free
way in the Medford area.
' The board acted at the request
of the chamber's roundtable
committee, which last week dis
cussed the various proposed
routes,' and suggested that per
haps agreement could be reach
ed on the Bear creek route by
New Sales Tax Bill
Said in Preparation
Salem (U.R) State Sen. John
P. Hounsell of Hood River said
today he was drafting a new two
per cent sales tax bill with no
exemptions, designed to meet the
financial needs of the state and
also give relief to school dis
tricts. Sen. Hounsell said he would
present the bill later to the Leg
islative Interim Tax Study Com
mittee of which he is a member.
The committee met here today
to study the sales tax bill intro
duced in the 1955 Legislature.
That bill was passed by the
House but defeated by the Sen
ate. State Sen. Rudie Wilhelm Jr.,
chairman of the tax study com
mittee, said it would be several
months before the committee,
would begin on its recommenda
tions to the 1957 Legislature.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair
and warm
through Saturday and
day. Low tonisht 48.
Sun-
High
Saturday 90.
TEMPERATURE
Hijchest Yesterday - '2
Lowest This Morning 42
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
4:41 a.m.
1:36 p.m.
S:49 p.m.
Sunset
The Moon rises
and rides low.
Last Quarter
June 1
PROMINENT STAR
Arcturus, high In south
10:19 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, in southeast 8:44 p.m.
Venus, sets : 9:58 p.m.
Jupiter, in the west 10:35 p.m.
Mars, in southeast 2:54 a.m.
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FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1956
RAY FRISBIE
Director of Divan
are being handled by Hillah
Temple Director Glenn Linn,
general chairman for the 1956
spring ceremonial, and assist
ants, Noble Ray Frisbie, director
of the Hillah Temple ritualistic
divan, and Noble Paul Selby, in
charge of the ceremonial parade
Saturday.
Special Train
A special train with 400
Shriners of Ben Ali Temple,
Sacramento, will arrive in Med
ford Friday at 5 p.m. to parti
cipate in the southern Oregon
ceremonial.
The California delegation with
five uniformed units, will be
headed by Ben Ali Illustrious
Potentate Clifford A. Mott, and
will be escorted ; to hotels by
HiHanr'Temple marchinsf!t - Mts.
Pre-ceremon'ial activities tonight
will include a Camel Corps boil
at the Walker building . near
Bear Creek bridge starting at
7:30 p.m.
Freeway
those who have objected to two
other proposals the Hillcrest
route east of Medford, and the
Genessee st. route in east Med
ford. West Side Location
The highway commission last
week announced thai it would
make further studies of a pro
posed west side location, in view
of objections raised to the Hill
crest and Genessee proposals. If,
in addition, it agrees to the re
quest for the Bear creek route
study, it will mean it will have
four routes under consideration.
The commission plans to con
duct a public hearing on the
proposals here after its studies
are completed.
The board also voted unani
mously in favor of a resolution
favoring the proposal that Pres
cott park, on Roxy Ann butte,
east of town, be incorporated in
the state park system. The reso
lution pointed out the advan
tages and potentialities of the
park, now owned by the city,
and the fact that Medford can
not afford to keep it and develop
it to its full possibilities.
The resolution asked the city
to cooperate in effectuating the
proposal, and asked the highway
commission to give it the fullest
possible consideration
Phoenix May
With Queen
Phoenix The Phoenix May
festival will begin at 10:30 a.m.
Saturday at the Community club
grounds with the Cub and Boy
Scouts leading the .flag salute
and the Phoenix High school
band playing the Star Spangled
Banner. Harry Canasto is band
leader. Curt Fisher, acting master of
ceremonies for the coronation of
the queen, will introduce Mayor
Dan Adams of Phoenix who will
introduce visiting mayors. Mrs.
George Smith, queen chairman,
will introduce last years queen
Miss Sharon James. Miss James
will introduce and crown this
years queen, selected on the
basis of most Festival tickets
sold.
The parad. will leave the
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PAUL SELBY
Parade Chairman
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. candidates will register in
the lobby of the Medford hotel,
and between 9 and 11 a.m. uni
formed units will put on stunts
and demonstrations on down
town streets.
Initiation Set
Camel corps luncheon and
initiation will be held at 11 a.m.
in the Pioneer room of the Jack
son hotel. At 12:30 p.m. the Ben
Ali and Hillah temple bands and
chanters will present a joint
concert . in the Library park
across from .the Medford hotel
and the play, ''Little Mary," will
be shown by the California
Shriners. :r ; - . v. .i
Potentates of the two temples
- Hvill -visit -candidates at 1 p.m
and at 1:15 p.m. candidates will
undergo pre-initiation . physical
examinations.
Marching units, shrine digni
taries, candidates and nobles
will parade on Medford streets
starting 2:30 p.m., with bands,
drum corps, singing groups and
motorcycle escorts participating.
The parade will start at the
Medford hotel, move east on
Main st. to Bartlett st., north to
Sixth, west to Oakdale, and
south to : the Medford High
school where most ceremonial
activities will be held.
Reception Slated
Opening pageant and flag
ceremonials will be at 3:30 p.m.,
followed by the reception of
Hillah Temple's divan, Ben Ali
guests, rajahs and other digni
taries. The Hillah . ritualistic divan
will present the ceremonial's
first section at 4:30 p.m., follow
ed by initiation of novices start
ing 5:10 p.m. Hospitality hour
for all Shriners begins at 6 p.m.
at the Myron Root building,
Monroe and Grape' sts. A barbe
cue supper will follow at 6:30
p.m. at the high school field.
Special entertainment ' will cli
max the ceremonial at, the uni
formed units" oasis in the Myron
Root building.
' Ben Ali temple's special train
will leave Medford for Sacra
mento Sunday morning at 10
a.m. ,
Medford Police Chief
Father of Daughter ,
'-. A daughter, Anne Louise, was
born : May . 24 to Mrs. Charles
Champlin, wife of the chief of
police of Medford, - at Sacred
Heart hospital. The infant weigh
ed' 7 pounds 11 ounces. The
Champlins have another daugh
ter, Judy, 5V4. . .
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Festival Activities Open
Crowning, Parade at 11 a.m.
community grounds' at 11 a.m,
led by a National. Guard unit,
followed by the queen and her
court. Floats and other entries
will follow. During the noon
hour entertainment will be pro
vided by the Ashland Kiltie
band. Awards for the parade
will follow. : rr . "
At 1 p.m. after entertain
ment by the Colleen Hope Dance
studio, princesses will be pre
sented gifts by Mrs. Mary Lub
bers and Mrs. Georgia Smith.
From 2 to 5 p.m. entertain
ment will be provided by the
May Pole. Dancers of third grade
students. Miss Pat's studio. Cea
sar Muzzioli's Accordion band,
Mrs. Alexander's Hawaiian
band, and Mis Kay Fisher will
Military Officials
Studying Possible
Soviet Invitation
Washington (U.R) The
United States seemed to be all
but telling Russia outright today
that an invitation for U.S. mili
tary chiefs to visit the Soviet
Union would be welcome'.
A military spokesman who
said the idea had a "lot of merit"
made it clear, however, that this
country probably would attach
certain terms or conditions to
any acceptance of an invitation.
He did not specify except to
say there would be "no purpose"
in a visit calling for the Joint
Chiefs of Staff to "check their
shoes at the border," undergo
wining, dining and a night at the
opera, and nothing more.
Officials Assess Meaning
Top officials at the White
House, State Department and
Defense Department were trying
today to assess the meaning of a
reported Russian suggestion that
a military visit to inspect Red
armed forces would be welcome.
It could be another move in
the Russian plan to convince the
world of its interest in disarma
ment.. There would be merit
fr.i the Soviet propaganda
standpoint, officials granted, in
a dramatic move following closely-
on the heels of Russia's an
nounced intention of reducing
its armed forces by 1,200,000
men. And yet the Soviets would
be committed to nothing.
The Russian Embassy says it
already has invited Gen. Nathan
F. Twining, Air Force chiet ot
staff, to Moscow for the June 24
Aviation Day celebrations,
where hot new aircraft often are
exhibited.:
Deny Formal Invitation
Probably because nothing has
been received in writing, the
Fire-Ama Program
Changes Reported
Fire-Ama demonstrations - of
air drop of supplies and fire
fighting techniques will begin at
the Elk Lumber company at
p.m. Saturday, rather than 2:30
p.m. as previously scheduled,
Fire-Ama officials said today.
The change in schedule, they
explained, was made to allow
residents of the area to watch
the Shrine parade, which begins
at 2:30 p.m., and to witness Fire
Ama events later.
Fire-Ama displays of equip
ment will be open to the public
at noon Saturday. Participating
agencies are sponsoring exhibits
of fire equipment used in com
batting forest fires.
State, federal and private in
dustry groups will have a full
complement of equipment and
men on hand and most of the
equipment dealers will have
showings of modern fire-fighting
vehicles and tools, officials said.
Extent of fire caches and the
radio network necessary to pro
vide communication with units
will be shown on two maps of
the area.
Plywood Prices
In Sharp Decline
Portland U.R) The biggest
drop in plywood prices since Oc
tober of 1953 was reported here
today.
New mill price lists mailed to
wholesalers and jobbers pegged
quarter-inch AD index grade at
$76 per 1000 square feet. The
level a few weeks ago was $88
but the market has dropped
from that to $80 in the past few
weeks. Most of the industry was
expected to be at the $76 level
soon.
The drops until today had
been mostly on the basis of ad
ditional discounts on the heels
of a continuing trend of high
production. .
sing at 8 p.m. Prizes win De
awarded the oldest person,
youngest mother, and mother of
the largest family present.
Dances Scheduled .
There will be a modern and
square dance Saturday between
9 p.m. and 1 a.m. Vern Marshall
will provide music for the mod
ern dance and Harold Evans and
Eldon Bean will be callers for
square dances. The modern
dance will be held in the Com
munity club building and the
square dance in the grade school
gymnasium.
Prizes will be given at 10 p.m.
They are a 12-foot aluminum
boat, a 12 gauge shot gun, a tele
vision set, a barbecue and a
Schwinn bicycle.
U.S. government denies that a
formal invitation has been made.
But officials have taken every
opportunity newsmen have of
fered to say that any Soviet in
vitation would get serious con
sideration. And the official reaction hat
been based largely on the pros
pect that not only Twining, but
lus Army, Navy and Marin
counterparts and Adm. Arthur
W. Radford, joint chiefs chair
man, likewise may be invited.
So far there has been only a
verbal exchange on a low level"
about a possible visit. Pentagon
sources reported. The exchange
took place between a Russian
air attache and an Air Force
foreign liaison officer, it was
said. But an official said the re
sult would be "highly meaning
ful." Construction Bids
Due on Deadwood
Tunnel in Cascades
Bids will be opened at 10 a.m.,
July 2, by the bureau of recla
mation here for Deadwood tun-.
nel in the $22,000,000 Talent pro
ject. The tunnel will carry water
into Howard Prairie reservoir
under the Cascade summit and
Dead Indian rd. It will be .7 of
a mile long.
Bids will be received on two
schedules, bureau of reclama
tion officials said. One is for a
5-foot 6-inch tunnel, and the
other is for a 6-foot diameter
tunnel, both horseshoe-shaped.
Rehabilitation Jobs
The Talent project and re
habilitation jobs in the Medford
and Rogue River Valley Irriga
tion - districts are expected to
take four to five years to com
nlptp. .
Bidders will have 500 days to
complete the tunnel, which is
the first construction in the Tal
ent project.
Other work on which bids are
expected to be called soon in
clude removal of a woodstave
pipe siphon near Phoenix across
Bear Creek and for construction
of a 48-inch precast concrete
pressure pipe about 1,860 feet
long. The work is part of the
rehabilitation work in the Med
ford Irrigation district.
Canal work bids are expect
ed on construction of two pre
cast concrete siphons 1,100 feet
and 325 feet long with concrete
bench flumes 320 and 140 feet
to replace five wood and bent
metal flumes in. the main canal
near Medford.
Balderstone Takes
Ashland School Job
Ashland Harold Balderstone,
who has been superintendent of
elementary and union high
school districts at Silverton for
the past four years, has been ap
pointed superintendent of schools
in Ashland.
Balderstone, who has signed
a three-year contract, will begin
duties July 1.
He taught in junior high
school at Thief River Falls,
Minn., in 1937, and became an
Army air corps instructor in
1942.
In 1946 Balderstone became
superintendent of schools at
Comstock, Minn., and resigned
the position in 1950 to attend the
University of Oregon. He was a
graduate assistant at U. O.
He is a member of the Oregon
Education association. National
Education association, Oregon
Superintendents' association, Phi
Delta Kappa and the Silverton
Rotary club.
first Catch Reported
In Spring Salmon Run
Shady Cove The first of
the spring run of salmon hav.
reached the upper reaches of
the Rogue river, and the first
catch of the season was re
ported this week.
Making the catch a 15
pounder - was Frank Dolen
shek, who lives on the river
near Trail.
He also reported the first
catch of the 1955 season, which
he landed a week earlier last
year. This year's catch was
made Monday.
Portland (U.R) Linda Lee
Patterson has been chosen prin
cess of the 1956 Portland Rose
Festival court by students at
Roosevelt high school.