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?X MIDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE JACKSONVILLE Many Visitors By MRS. C. S. HOSKINS Jacksonville Resident here celebrated a quiet Fourth of July holiday with picnics, swim ming parties and family gather ings. A family picnic was held at the home of John Hackert. Old Stage rd. In honor of his daugh ter Mrs. James Manning, and her three children, Jimmie, Lon nie and Janette, of Baltimore. Md. Mrs. Manning has been vis iting in Los Angeles and toured Disneyland as the result of win ning first prize in a 'Name the Beaver' contest on a TV station in Baltimore. The Beaver is a puppet on a children's show and Mrs. Man ning's suggested name was "Eb enezer." The prize Included a round trip ticket for herself and son, Jimmie, to Los Angeles and Disneyland. Relatives attending the picnic were Mrs. Anna Wolff. Robert Wolff and sons,' Central Point; Mr. and Mrs. Don Wolff and family, Roseburg; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boardman and family, Grants Pass; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Burnfiel and their granddaugh ter, Theresa, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moore and son, Medford; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Heckert, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hackert and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nieder meyer and son, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hackert, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harris and family, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Godward and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Offenbacher and family. Other guests includ ed Miss Jannice Stafford, her mother, Mrs. Stafford, and sons, of Grants Pass, and Mrs. Kay O'Shea of Jacksonville. Mrs. Manning will be joined here July 10 by her husband who will accompany them back to Los Angeles and to Baltimore. Mrs. Manning is the former Marjorie Heckert of Jackson ville. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fields and children have recently mov ed back to Jacksonville after living in Brookings. Mr. and Mrs. George Ruud of North Dakota were recent visit ors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dolen, Old Military rd. Ruud is the son of Mrs. Tom Dolen. The Ruud's are touring the country enroute home. If you are "out on a limb," so to speak, in this important matter of health, don't try to "save" doctor bills by prescribing for your self. If your business is selling stocks, you wouldn't attempt to fix clocks. So why fumble with the most delicate and precious of all mechanisms? Let an experienced physician diagnose your condition. Then heed his sea soned counsel. And, of course, you'll bring his prescription to this professional phar macy for prompt, precise compounding! Central jte2 Drug Main & Central Open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. & ujiii-ai You get more insurance for Bill money unexcelled nation-wide service from thousands of Far mers Insurance Group agents, ad justers and claims offices. Claims payments are prompt Over Fourth A last week's visitor at the Dolen's was Mrs. Norman Ray mond of Tunte, Calif. She is Mrs. Dolen's daughter. Mrs. Bertha Bond, who has been a house guest at the home of Mrs. Floyd Pence for several months has left for a visit at the home of her sister in San Francisco and expects to be gone for several weeks. Miss Martha Whitney recently returned from visiting at the home of her aunt Dr. and Mrs. Jack Dennison in Los Angeles, Calif. While there she also visit ed Disneyland and other points of interest. Mrs. Frank Tilley of Portland, was a July 4 visitor at the home of Mrs. James Fret well and daughter, Joan. Mrs. Tilley is a retired dentist. The Quintin Jordons, Henry Jordons and Jesse Groves fam ilies spent the fourth at Squaw lake picnicing and fishing. The newly organized Candle light Circle of the Presbyterian church fed the Lions club last Thursday. Mrs. Austin Low of Troutdale, Ore., is a house guest at the Ted Hewlett home. She plan to assist Mrs. Hewlett with her new daughter. Hollie, who was born recently. Visitors at the home of Mrs. Frank Janosky over the fourth were her son and wife Mr. and Mrs. Harold Godley of Los Angeles. Godley is employed at Douglas Aircraft. Also, July 4 visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Godley and children from New Port, Ore. They also visited at the home of Mrs. Donald Godley's mother Martha Mit chell. Mrs. Janosky her brother, Huston Grants, and his wife, Ann, Mr. and Mrs. Harold God ley all made a trip to Crater Lake. CAPITAL FIREWORKS STILL WAITING Washington (U.R) The na tion's capital planned to make another try last night at cele brating the Fourth of July. The annual fireworks display and ceremonies at the Washington Monument have been rained out since Wednesday. Phone 2-9431 Closed Sundays Sift-'' .. t - Pay-as-you-go" plan. Pay your low iSfllA Premium onlv once .a year instead of &jpl. the usual 3 to 5 years in advance. vur iow cost memoes coverage for dam . age by Windstorm, Hail, Smoke, Ex plosion, Riot, Motor Vehicle and Fall. ing Aircraft Pays your rent up to 10 of your dwelling coverage (within limits! if you must rent being repaired. Theft, Burglary, Robbery, and Hold-up Insurance against loss can be written at comparable savings. (2Sfi 1 p your ,nsureo- personal yffjMlQ Property in case it is destroyed by fire ivrlAr while at some otner location than your ifiS residence. ""ESfcgi- 1 S Phone for full information about this more ijm.i i irj a i j iin i less Sunday, July I, 1958 HORNBROOK Little League By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN Hornbrook Pitchers Loren Cummins and Steve McMaster of the Hornbrook Little League held the Montague Little Leaguers scoreless to the 6th and final inning of the game played Thursday, July 5. In the 6th, Montague pushed across one run to give Hornbrook the vic tory, 6-1. This was their fifth win against two losses. Young Cummins was the start ing pitcher, and gave up only one hit. He also played shortstop dur ing the last three innings, when McMaster, who caught in the f'rst three innings, took over as pitcher. Lauran Paine, second baseman, caught while Steve pitched. McMaster scored two runs when he got a home run with one man on. The game marked the end of the first half of the Little League season, with seven games yet to be played. Benny Raymond, Leonard and Edmin Bear drove to Seattle the first of the week and spent the July 4 there, returning on Thurs day. The Birthday club held a picnic July 4 at Orr lake to cele brate the birthday of Ralph Ben nett. Members present besides Bennett, were Mrs. Bennett and their three children, Douglas Benjamin and Marsha; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene French and daugh ter, Nancy of Yreka; Mr. and Mrs. Lauran Paine and son, Lornie; Mr. and Mrs. Al Kutsky and son, Timmy, who is spend ing the summer here after be ing in school in San Francisco during the winter; and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walsh and daughter, Sharee. Miss Ann Webb of Redding, Calif., is a visitor at the home of her grandparents, Lawrence Breceda. Another visitor is Ray Conley of Bakersfield, Calif., a brother of Mrs. Breceda's. On July 4, the Brecedas and their guests and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jacobs went on a picnic up Beaver creek. Ditch creek was the scene of another July 4 picnic when Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greene treated their two granddaughters, Linda and Lydia Greene, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Greene, to a day in the woods. S u z a n , Joan and Megan, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Al Kutsky, are spending a few weeks in Portland at the home of their maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Bailey. Bob Paine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paine, is at the Boy Scout camp at Lake of the Woods for the next six weeks. He is on the staff this year, serving on a "Waterfront" job, and also teach ing canoeing to younger Scouts, and passing them on their tests for canoeing Merit badges. Mike Barnum, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Barnum, is also at camp, where he is active in the archery group. Mrs. Eunice Autenrieth of Yreka, visual aid instructor in the grammar schools, was a guest on Thursday, July 5 at the home of Mrs. Loren Cummins. Miss Kate Bailey of Ft. Jones, Calif., is spending two weeks with her sister, Mrs. Mary Kurt. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alec Rutledge are Miss Chrysta Richards and her moth er, Mrs. Alice Richards, of Stock ton, Calif. Miss Richards, librar ian at Stockton college, is a col lege friend of Mrs. Rutledge, and also of Mrs. Ruth Cummins. The three attended Chico State to gether. Non-denominational church services are being held each Sun day morning at the Grange hall by the Rev. Gordon Titus, head of the Student Missionary coun cil for this area. Sunday school is at 10 a.m., followed by the worship service at 11. Rev. Titus is assisted by Mrs. Titus, both of whom are graduates of the 1 while burned home is complete, lower cost protection. Look in phone directory, under Farmers Insurance Group. Don Edwards District Agent 414 E. Main Ph. 3-5361 Team Wins Bible Institute of Los Angeles. All those interested in funda mental Bible teaching are invit ed to attend. The closing program of the Daily Vacation Bible school was held Thursday evening at the Grange hall. Some of the chil dren sang hymns, and others re cited scripture verse they had memorized. Miss Mary Ann Mc Donald and Miss Carolyn Hepp, who conducted the school, are at present holding a D.V.B.S. at Grenada, Calif., returning to Hornbrook each week end. Recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Lauran Paine at their ranch up the Klamath river were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Richards and sons Ronnie and Gary of Chatsworth. Calif. Richards was a member of the Counter Intelligence corps during World War II and from 1946 to 1950 was a criminal in vestigator for the Los Angeles police department. At the out break of the Korean war, he was recalled by the Army and again served in the C.I.C. for the duration. He is currently with the Los Angeles police force, serving in the Van Nuys area. GOLD HILL Council Holds By MRS. SAM ELLIOTT Gold Hill Mayor Milton Stienmetz flew home Friday from Santa Rosa, Calif., where he is presently employed to spend the week with his family and to hold the final meeting of the fiscal year of the Gold Hill council June 29. The coun cil passed an ordinance levy ing taxes for 1956-57. Virgil Gribble was appointed on the council to replace Bob Cook who resigned. On July 2 the regular meeting of the council held the first meet ing of the new fiscal year. New Delos Walker, Ernie Cooper, committees named are finance, Virgil Gribble; nuisance,' Delos Walker, Ernie Cooper, Virgil Gribble; water and lights, Fred Lewis, Virgil Gribble, Harry Folev: sanitation, Virgil Grib ble. Ernie Cooper, Delos Walk er, fire exposure, Fred Lewis, Harry Foley, Delos Walker; equipment, Ernie Cooper, Fred Lewis, Harry Foley; streets, sidewalks and drainage, Floyd Lance, Ernie Cooper and Fred Lewis; police, Ernie Cooper and Delos Walker. Plans were laid out for 300 feet of 6-inch sewer line and a 3-inch water line on Second ave. City Recorder Ferd Jones now has the blue prints. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cum mings, of the Red Shutters has announced the arrival of two asiatic cobras. The cobras are not over 6 feet long, but it is on extra large hood which makes the cobras of the Malayan pen ninsual interesting. The Rev. and Mrs. Harold Walton and son, Chris, are at tending "Family Week" at the Dead Indian Soda Springs camp this week. Rev. Walton will con duct evening worship at the camp Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Al French and daughter, Bonnie, of Kinlynille, Calif., while enroute to Crater Lake, made a special stop-over with friends, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Routh. Mrs. Alta Ven Eman of Los Angeles spent the week in Gold Hill with her sister, Mrs. Roy Boardman, and family. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Castleman of Blackwell Hill held a family reunion over the July 4 holi days. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fisher, and children, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Castleman, Whitthier, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. George Castleman, Lubbock, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sheffler and son, Jimmy and Gary, Eugene; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Oliver and sons, Greggory and Chuck, Belmont, Calif.; and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Fisher and sons, Donald and Jackie, Gold Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Martin had as guests July 4 their niece rnd her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitesides, Klarney, Manatoba, Canada. The White sides arrived here via Okla homa and Colorado and while they were here the Martins took them around the valley to see friends and relatives and Crater Lake. They also took a side trip down the Redwood Highway. The Whitesides in tend to return home via Yellow? stone National park. New hours have been an nounced by Mrs. Jewell Routh, city librarian, so that the library may be used by more people. Beginning July 2 the hours will be Mondays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Wednesday and Fridays 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The later hours will enable people who work to use Toothpaste Suntan Lotion Mosquito Repellent Sundries Magazines Film We Have It. News Director is r Gunman's Target Denver (U.R) The news di rector of a Denver television sta tion reported to police Saturday that a mysterious assailant fired a shot through the windshield of his car a few hours after he had made a telecast threatening to make public a list of alleged nar cotics peddlers. Tom Carlisle, 30, said the shot was fired from a car parked near his home in suburban Lakewood at about 1:30 a.m. Carlisle said he believed the bullet, which left a hole in the car windshield and then apparently passed out an open window of the automo bile, came from a .38 or .45-cali-ber pistol. Carlisle said he had received telephoned threats "warning me to lay off" a series of programs his station, KBTV, has been run ning for five weeks on alleged narcotics sales in the "Denver area. He said the calls had been made recently and that he had not been particularly concerned. 1st Meeting the library which has accum ulated a variety of reading ma terial. The Gold Hill branch of the Jackson County Library re ceives 50 new books monthly from the county library besides the several hundred books that have been received as gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Mack of Sams Valley were called to Portland by the death of Mrs. Mack's father, George A. Can- z'er, who lived at Springdale east of Portland. Canzler died June 23. Mrs. John Avena of Sacra mento, Calif., and Mrs. W. I. Kesterson of Klamath Falls ar rived in the valley to spend the veek with their mother, Mrs. Carrie Puhl. While here they helped her celebrate her 79 birthday. They returned home Saturday. Mrs. Edith Thompson return ed Wednesday from a trip to St. Joseph, Mis. She was ac companied with her son and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Swind ler, and grandsons, Robert and Lexie, of Redding. While in St, Joseph they visited another son and family. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Wasburn andjchildren, Carrol, Patty and Larry, spent this weekend . with Washburns parents, Mr. and Mrs A. C. Lanham of Red Bluff, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hoare are the parents of a baby boy born June 30. Mrs. Florence Livingston of Lampman rd. returned this week from visiting her son and his family in Redmond, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Livingston. . Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Ennis re turned to their trailer home at the 49 Pines Friday from a short business trip in Portland. Mrs. Liter is spending several days in Portland where she is visiting friends and relatives. Mrs. Floyd Romine has return ed home from Salem where she has been visiting her sister Mrs. Robert Painter and family and her brother, Cecil McCormick and family. Mrs. Romine is still in the recuperating stage from her illness this past winter. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moffett and daughter from Areata, Calif., spent the week end and July 4 at the home of Helen Shoe maker and son, Louis. Mrs. Mof fett is a sister of Everett Den ny. ' Jane Cook is now at her home and is being cared for by a nurse in the day time. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jones were week end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Van Houten to see their new grand daughter born June 24. Mrs. Clara Gost, . Harriett Baker, Edith Himes and Clara Boling called at the home of Helen Shoemaker on their way home from the Veterans of For eign Wars convention in Rose burg. ' Mrs. Ida Carlson of Burling ton, Wash., is caring for her sister, Mrs. Dick Hike Van Houten of Gold Hill, who is confined to her home with a broken leg. Mr. and Mrs. William I. Scott of Sacramento, Calif., re the parents of a baby girl. Her name is Susan Katherine Scott, born June 24 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Van Houten, Gold Hill. Fish in a farm pond will keep it relatively free from mosqui toes. W UK MARKET 1202 North Rirenid OPEN EVERY NIGHT TIL MIDNIGHT yflr? ILLINOIS VALLEY Club Sponsors By FRANK STRICKLAND ' and FREDA TAYER Illinois Valley At the regu lar meeting July 2 in the Com munity hall, Cave Junction, the Democratic club voted funds to co-sponsor a Democratic booth at the Josephine County Fair. The Fair, which is held at Grants Pass, has designated Aug. 10 as "Democrat Day. Candi date Wayne L. Morse and Rob ert Holmes are expected to give addresses. The club made tentative ar rangements to have another Democrat picnic in Cave Junc tion in late August or in connec tion with the Cave Junction Jubilee on Labor Day. An nouncement of the exact date will be made later. President Ralph Messenger presided at the meeting. Mrs. Messenger served cake and cof fee to those present. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Webster, parents of Lucille Owen, are here from Long Beach, Calif., to make an extended visit at the Owen home Also spending about six weeks with the Owens is Miss Travis Ann Garrett, from Houston, Texas. Miss Garrett is a niece of Lucille's. Last Sunday's Medford Mail Tribune had an item in Potpourri about the "Here I Is" cafe in Central Point. There has been a cafe of that name about a mile south of Grants Pass on the Redwood highway for sev- Farmers Urge Hells Canyon Project Chippewa Falls, Wis. (U.R) The Wisconsin Farmers Union Saturday urged Wisconsin's con gressional delegation to vote in favor of federal construction of the Hells Canyon Dam in Idaho. Farmers Union President K. W. Hones wrote letters to each Wisconsin representative and Senator asking their support for the measure. "The Hells Canyon Dam is of vital importance to the farmers if this state from the standpoint of the development of phosphate production," Hones said. Cheap power from the Hells Canyon Dam could "easily make a difference of $6 a ton on super triple phosphate and Wisconsin farmers use thousands of tons each year," Hones said. The Farmers Union and the co ops, Hones said, own millions of tons of phosphate rock in the Hells Canyon area "but without a rate comparable to the Ten nessee Valley Authority, we can not develop our phosphate mines." RESOURCES Cash on Hand and Due from Bank $ 129,203,727.10 United Slates Government Bonds 247,997,551.44 Municipal and Other Bonds 72,290,940.03 Loans and Discounts Net 343,145,885.14 Stock in Federal Reserve Bank 1,200,000.00 Bank Premises (Including Branches) 10,688,660.76 Customers' Liability on Acceptances... 13,927.34 Interest Earned 2,894,519.64 Other Resources 762,658.32 $ 808,197,869.77 LIABILITIES Capital $ 20,000,000.00 Surplus 20,000,000.00 Undivided Profits 19,005,621.36 59,005,621.36 Reserves for Interest, Taxes, etc 3,583,677.77 Acceptances 13,927.34 Dividends Declared 650,000.00 Deposits 734,360,620.12 Interest Collected Not Earned 4,903,955.23 Other Liabilities 5,680,067.95 $ 808,197,869.77 TftM (fafemtrrf Jncvtf 62 branch! h Oroo HEA0 OFFICfc PORTLAND, OREOON OREGON'S Fair Booth eral years. The owner of the cafe was in the news a year or two ago, when she was reunited with a daughter after thinking she was lost when just a baby. The Here I Is cafe was closed for some time after the mother and daughter reunion. There was a stork shower for Mrs. Fred (Margie) Current Wednesday at the Henry Gam- niel home on Rockydale rd. Pres ent were Bernie Tibbs, the hon- orees mother; Delia Hager, Ksthryn DeMersseman, Francis Swearinger, Flora Lewis, Mary Hubbard, Aileen Prather, Frieda Thayer, and the cohostesses, Hazel Mickey and Mildred Gam mel. Refreshments of cake, cof fee, koolaid, ice cream and mix ed nuts were served following the games and gift presentation. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hefner and Mr. and Mrs. William Cath- cart, all of Pasadena, Calif., were guests last week at the Fay Arrants home in Cave Junction. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Randolph en tertained Fay and her company at a dinner party one evening before they left for their Calif ornia home. Mrs. Floyd Edgar, of Alliance, Neb., has returned to her home after a short visit with her daughter and husband, the E. K. Dietrichs. The Dietrichs are newcomers to the valley, mov ing her from Oxnard, Calif. Mrs. C. T. Oliphant Jr., with her daughters, Barbara Ellen, Janet and Alexandra, are here from Berkeley, Calif., to spend the summer at the home of the Robert Oliphants at Esterly. Mrs. C. T. Oliphant Jr. is the daughter of the Robert Oli phants. Greyback recreation area was ATTENTION! 4-H Club & FFA MEMBERS The month of July is Club discount month at the Med ford Feed & Seed. 10 discount will be given on all merchandise (with the exception of feed) in preparation for the coming fair. Merchandise will include such items as pails, tubs, curry combs, brushes, show sticks, show canes, show halters, rope, etc. Also if there is something you may want that we do not stock we will be glad to order, allowing discount! Medford Feed & Seed Co. 330 North Fir Street I' The United States National Bank OF PORTLAND DIRECT BRANCH THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL OWN STATEWIDE BANK . MEDFORD t popular picnic spot over tht Fourth of July. The Ashby Fulks, Thelma and Martin Mau rere, Martelle Lewis and her two boys; Grace and Joe Hudron, Daisey and Ole Nassen, were one of the picnicing groups. MOVING?!' Save by Renting a BEE HIVE U- DRIVE Vans Stakes and Pickup Trucks Also Avii RENT-A-CAR JUMPS SIGNAL TUNE-UP & REPAIR 6h It Grip Phone 3-3261 Be Choosy Buy Jacuxzi ij H.P. Deep $Q jr 00 Well Pump 7U V, H.P. Shal- $QQ50 lew Well Pump OrW WE GIVE S&H GREEN STAMPS SISKIYOU HARDWARE 225 West Main OF BANK OP PORTLAND rVhrti d.. !.-,. cp.n BRANCH i