A NicficJ's Worth of
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!' ia..s no
thsr.e about
the prceni
ti!f.nt. R i r h-
r,f. b;n k jnt
The of f ; -a!
itlVe of t;ie
V. P. :s located
S of the Cap
it in J85N it
?;'ier clips and
1;'. by as and
eiee'.nci'y came
Hrmjt. Nlihot
in the Sena'e
h? &je.-: : e oiivp for e . er-'
vren sine John C. Breckenncige
of Kentucky.
The n.eino sas that a!mo.-t .
every article in the off.ee is of
'"historical interest .'' I iot a copy
wrpn I riropred h to chr:.v nvr
A few t"in;s v. ith the present m
t'linben'. The f j r d-k V' i i.. the
rcii'T of t.ft -wte v.as f.r-t usd
b Pre.oent V.h.Iirn ?.Trplir'ley.
ft had been stnreri m the Wnite
U'!i5t' basement for many year
after McKiniey was .snot by an
a--.-i-.-in on Sept i. 1!H1.
One day m 1917 Prf.-.dent
V.'oodrow Wil.on was looking
Ground roomc in the bi;t Penn
sylvania a e mansion which he
bad nf. er s'tii before. He came
i:p"n tite fir-k. V.'ibru,, who
ua-nt s!;p"r.-ti',oi.s. bad the
ri-k moed t- is office and
labored over it for trie, rest of
his second term
Valuable Painting
In the V. P.'s office ynu also
vriJl find a larye picture of
Oeornc Washington. It is retard
ed a one of the mo-t valuable
paintings in the Capitol build-,
ins. Rembrandt Pearle was the
artist and art critic believe it
Mould be worth at least half a
million riollais op ihf open tnar
ke'. Ititeretin abo j- the chan
delier which bans mrr the vice
president's d"k. it is well chain
ed up and not likely to drop
slassy hobble fin the head of any
assistant leader i
Tills fixture was hoiislit b
Thomas Jefferson in Paris whpn i
he was ambassador to France 1
from tiie colonial government, i
It is marie of Bohemian crvstals.
w. NICHOLS
Jtur Writer
with ' r r : : n
L i . a . - It '
cand.es ur;t
aiong
Stop That Noise!
The memo sa s the chandelier
hung in t.-.e White House until
Teddy For..? vlt becan.e Presi
fjet.t '. :,; ; r. later. With all
t:.e ".'.'i r dov. s : .on t.-.c wind made
the pri-i: - t:rr;;n and Mr. Roose
. e:? ...! ;fj .-ar.d no tinkling of
pr:n So he snipped i' to the
Capitol to hang in the vice pres
ident's office.
The Doily Mad -on m.rror is
a t: ii. g : bci'.o.d. .Man;, tnou--ands
of lad;.- v:-:tors iia'.e look
ed into ;t and wondered if may
bp they wouldn't have made a
pretty first lady. Legend has it
that Doily, wife of President
James Madison, picked up the
mirror in Pans for $50 in Amer
ican money. When she got back
to the states, she charged the
S.'tO tab one on customs to the
official a' count meaning the
taxpa ' ers
Dolly lived to regret tms over
sight. There uas an investigation
that cost ti-.e taxpayers S2.H00.
Things finally was: charged off.
McLEOD
Dog Takes Prizes at Show
! Friday, July 27, 1358
KECFOr.D (0F.EG0N) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
STATE CHAIRMAN N. Thom
as Stoddard, above. Portland
realtor, has been reappointed
Oregon chairman of the March
of Dimes, it was announced to
day by Basil O Connor, president
of the National Foundation for j
Infantile Paralysis.
RAPID ADVANCE ' j
Littleton. Colo. 'U P The j
KB I arrester! teller LeRoy K. j
Greob Thursday on charges he
embezzled SH8U from a bank
here. Giebb had been working;
at the bank for one month.
Pickin' Pears
Nevs and Notes
From Camp White
By BILL HURN
The VA Domiciliary nod of
recognition for the current week
-"es lo the United Spanish War
Veterans auxiliary, department
of Oregon, and their card is the j
one on display on the plaque of ;
dining hall corridor.
VFW auxiliary, department of
Oregon, and Grants Pass iiicm-j
hei s sponsored a recreation after-1
nomi al buildinc 218 center Fri-j
dav. Lelia Birch and Edith Mer
ritt of Shady Cove w ith their j
cue t. Sandra Rundv. and Cirants :
Tass mernliers Lillian Williams, j
Gladys Kastan. Martha Bishop.'
Mary Hale and Gertrude Snores
assisted at the party.
American Legion auxiliary of:
Medford Post 15 held a cigarette!
spread Monday evening at the
theater conducted by Thclma ;
Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Merle 1
J.-rman. Xettie Fllenburg and
Hugh Williams, with Mrs. Stan
ley, an Arizona member as a
guest.
By CAROLINE L. HARDING
McLeod Pepe-Le Moko of
Rancho Pest completed his
screen work in tiie motion pic
ture "Gootiby My Lady" which
was recently show n in Medford.
He is now concentrating on mak
ing championship in the snow
ing which he did in Santa Moni
ca and Long Beach, Calif.,
where he was best of winners.
In Contra Costa and San Fran
cisco. Calif., flog shows he was
best of breed 111 ail major shows
and won championship in Van
couver. Wasii. Showman han
dling this dog was Porter Wash
ington of Beverly Hills. Calif.,
and owners are Mr. and Mrs.
Nate Edwards of Van Xuvs.
Calif.
The dog is the Bark less Basen
gi. a hunting dog of Africa. Mr.
and Mrs. Edwards have been
staying at their cottage on Butte
creek and attending various
shows from here. Mrs. Fred
Bambaberger of West Holly,
wood. Calif., is also staying at
the cottage. She i Mrs. Ed
wards' mother. Edwards is a pic
ture producer for .John Wayn3
and will leave for Europe Aug.
1 on business.
Dinner guests at tiie home of
Mrs. Leo Hoag on Thursday.
July 19. were Mrs. Harry Hard
ing. Mrs. Sherman Poole. Mrs.
Bill Houten. and Steve and Robe
Hoag.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Close of
Medford spent the weekend of
July 20 at Harciings Paradise on
Butte creek
; Mrs. Paul Lorranca has re
j turned to her home here after
spending a week in Roseburg
1 recently.
Miss Doris Darroiin. who has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Wal
' ter Hillman. in Van Nuys. Calif.,
i has returned to her home here
; Her brother. Jack, who spent
1 the winter in California, came
with her.
: Colonel and Mrs. Elrod and
son from Vermo. Calif., are vis
; iting friends and former neigh
i bors. The Elrods used to live
j here. Col. Elrod is now sta
: tinned at Barstow, Calif.
Mrs. Edna Sherer of San
Francisco. Calif., attended the
i wedding of her son, Keith, to
I Miss Carolee Thurman of Jack
i sonville in Medford on Wednes
day. July 11. Mrs. Sherer visited
I wi;h friends in Prospect for a
j lew days.
j Miss Jacueline and Josephine
; Hume held a swimming party in
I Butte creek Wednesday. July 25,
to celebrate their 13th birthday.
J Word has been received from
! Georgia that a baby boy was
! born to Mr. and Mrs. Deloy Gil-
lispie July 18 weighing 9 pounds.
5 ounces. This is their first child
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dale and
daughter. Virginia, of Oakland.
Calif., have been house guests
i of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Carlton.
I Also visiting on the Carlton
: ranch are their son. Jack, and
family of Shady Cove, and their
daughter. Mrs. Claud Garrett
Standard Declares
Quarterly Dividend
San Francisco ill.? Stand
ard Oil Company of California,
which split its slock last May.
declared an increased quarterly
dividend of 45 cents a share
Thursday payable Sept. 10 to
stockholders of record on Aug.
10.
R. G. Foliis. chairman of the
beard, said the new rate is
equivalent to 90 cents a share on
the number of shares outstand
ing before the stock split and
represents a 20 per cent increase
over the former dividend of 75
cents. Tiie new rate is based on
63.224.386 shares outstanding.
Foliis said net income for the
second quarter was S60.556.309
compared with S56.212.191 for
the second quarter last year.
Earnings per share increased
from 89 cents last year to 06
cents for an equivalent number
of shares this year.
Sales and other operating rev
enues. Foliis said, totaled S352.
701.180 during the second quar
ter, compared with S315.282.461
for the same period last year.
and family of Ashland, and Mrs.
Bud Netherland and family of
Medford on the 4th of July cele
brating Herb Carlton's birthday.
During the recent electric storm
lightning struck one of the Carl
tons' cows and killed it.
STILL THEY ROLL IN!
Wc Sold a Row or Two of
USED RANGES WEDNESDAY
BUT...
Ve Sold a Row or Two of Brand New
HOTPOINT APPLIANCES, TOO!
SO...
We must continue our fabulous USED
APPLIANCE SALE thru SATURDAY
. . . as we have more in.
CONTINUE TO SAVE $ $ $ on
USED RANGES $
Priced from
1 V cr up
BE SURE TO SEE OUR OTHER
GOOD USED APPLIANCE BUYS!
CITY APPLIANCE INC.
"Jackson County's Exclusive Hotpoint Dc.ilcr"
127 No. Central Avenue Medtord Fhone 3-5306
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j.i4iLjiiiui mm minnJ n .iiill m .j hi in i mi 11 m u . i u m
E. K. Ricker. manager VA
Domiciliary, has announced the
transfer of H. J. Heitkemper,
personel officer to American
Lake VA Hospital effective July
29. Mr. and Mrs. Heitkemper and
four children came here from
Vancouver hospital in May, 1952.
Part of this last years extra
assignment for Heitkemper was
to serve on the central office set
up as a member of the wage
survev team.
5AVWfl
STinoo : - ,
James and Marian Cech were
escorts for the second Crater
Lake trip of this season. On Wed
nesday, the American Gold Star
Mothers, department of Oregon,
sponsored the day's tour, refresh
ments and entertainment for 28
members. including Chaplain
Eskay and Photographer Payne
on the bus trip.
A Kerl Cross Infirmary visita
tion with a view-master showing
was made Wednesday morning
with Mrs. Martin Luther of Med
ford in charge.
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120 East Main St.
A display spread has been in
stalled in the main corridor from
building 200 featuring the In
centive Award Honor Roll, its
aims, purposes and possibilities.
The summary of the fiscal year
July 1. 1955 to June 30, 1956
shows that this VA Domiciliary
was recognized on seven awards
on suggestions with prizes rang
ing from S10 to S50 and that four
superior performance designa
tions were made with cash
awards from S120 to S350 with
still three superior performance
and two suggestions by members
of this facility carried over on
the pending list.
Performance citings and
checks were handed Clarence J.
Bryan, canteen: Enid L. Brown,
managers office, and Beulali
Keyser. personnel. Six operators
comprising the boiler-room crew
shared a S250 award.
Suggestions accepted and
awarded were from Elmer Rick
ey and Melvin Lewis (2) of nurs
ing service: Merle Dotson and
Walter Wills of supply; Lilah
McCullough, personnel and
Frank Kichardson, engineers.
Mrs. Violet Carlson, alternate
VAVS national representative of
DAV Auxiliary from Spokane.
Wash.: Mrs. Bertha Neff, VAVS
representative, DAV auxiliary' o
Medford. with Mrs. J. N. Peacher
and Mrs. Ruth Elliott, volunteer
workers of Medford, were taken
on a tour of the facility Tuesday.
It was Mrs. Carlson's first visit
to this station.
Emergency Ruled
Following Storm
Beaver Falls, Pa. ;ll.R: Se
vere thunderstorms, backed by
wind, rain and lightning, batter
ed the Upper Ohio Valley Thurs
day night.
A state of pmrrgency was de
clared in Beaver Falls. Some 100
families and a Girl Scout camp
were evacuted near Wheeling.
W. Va. Pittsburgh was drenched
under more than in inch of rain
in 15 minutes. A school in Steu
benville. Ohio, was struck by
lightning.
No casualties were reported.
Edward C. Corcoran, mayor ol
Beaer Falls, ordered the city
into a state pf emergency short
ly afer the storms struck. The
Weather Bureau reported 3 3
ir.che of ram fell in little more
than three hours
"Anyone driving through the
ci'y without authorized business
motives would be liable to ar
rest." Corcoran said.
At least a half dozen sas lines
broke m the northern end of the
community, prompting police to
urse residents not to smoke or
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