Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 29, 1956, Image 7

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    ROGUE RIVER
Editor Honored at Dinner
Br MRS. MYRTLE WHIPPLE
Maxwell Thayer, publisher of
The Times. v.a3 honored Monday
night, July 16 by the Rojue
River Lions v. hen they held
"Max Thayer nisr.t '. in recog
nition of a job '.'. done by a
community er.terprr-e.
M. J. Frey, publ.sher of the
Portland Oreaoman and presi
dent of the Oregon Newspaper
Publishers association, mad the
formal presentation of the
plaque awarded by the National
Editorial association to Thayer
for the best news story the
Flood Story in a mali weekly
d'iring the year 1355.
Mrs. Fry was aiso present at
this meetinc.
The Rot' je River Ho! by club
met Tuesday, at the home of
Mrs. Harold Ha: i!t. 1414 Play
ford lane. Gran's Pass. A lunch
eon was .served a- 1 p m. by the
hostess. N.ne members were
present and two visitors, Mrs.
Hazel Starr of Wimer and Mrs.
Marie Lcr of Los Anceles. Calif.
Robert H. Worrall of West
Evans Creek has recently re
turned to his home irom a Med
ford hospital where he had
maior sureery.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Miller and
son, Russell, were business visit
ors to Klamath Falls one day las
week. Russell is laid up with a
; broken arm which he received
in a wreck July 3 r.ear Chemult.
John B Leyen received word
of the dea'h of his hrvh'T. Chris
V.'. Leyen. of Kansas City, Mo.,
on Sunday. J ;ly 15. He was
buried at Clarksviile. Iowa.
Earl Weaver of Weaver 5 Ca-h
Market had a iu"s rrct i:l',y
his brothf r, Alva L. Wf ,'jvcr.
chief deputy sheriff of Florence,
Ariz., and Jim Diffon, also of
Florence.
Mrs. A. E. Miller left this week
for California to spend a few
weeks visiting her brother and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brady
and children. Patrick and Kath
leen, of Yakima, Wash., returned
home Friday ni;ht, July 20 after
spending a week visiting in
. Rogue River. While here they
visited their grandparents. Mr.
! and Mrs. Fred Dencler, and Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Whipple. Mrs.
; Brady's mother. Mrs. Juanita
Scott, and Mrs. Brady's son, Neil
: Thompson and family, in Grants
j Pass, and other relatives. While
, here a family picnic was held
; Sunday, July 15 at the home of
! an aunt, Mrs. Belle Hart,
i Mrs. Hattie Harris has re
turned to her home In Lewison.
Idaho, after spending a month
with her sisters. Mrs. Zorah
Wiley and Mrs. James Whipple
and families.
After spending some days in
a Grants Pass hospital, Mrs. Mae
Shults is recuperating at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. R. C.
Cummings. at Keno, Ore.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rhoten of
Ft Bragq. Calif., spent the week
end at the home of their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rhoten of
Wimer and Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Miller of Rogue River.
Mr. and .Mrs. Lloyd Smith and
Bob liollms were Ashland visit
ors Sunday where they attend
ed the Montana picnic held in
the Ashland park.
Mrs. Marie Lerg will return
to her home in Los Angeles,
Calif . this weekend after spend
ing the past two months with
her sister, Mrs. Walter Shock,
who has been ill and in a Med
ford hospital.
FIRE DEBT REPAID
Salem, Mass. (U.R' After
42 years, the great Salem fire
is officially out. Mayor Francis
X. Collins recently burned the
last SI. 000 loan note to show
that Salem has paid off the last
penny of the millions it bor
rowed for its rehabilitation. The
fire in 1914 destroyed 1,800
buildings and left 18,000 persons
homeless.
Former Ashland Man
Is Found Guilty
Arthur King Wilson, former
resident of Ashland, president of
the Coast Redwood company of
Areata. Calif , has been found
guilty on six charges of wil
fully evading the payment of
taxes withheld from wages of
employees during the year 1952.
According to the internal rev
enue service. Wilson's corpora
tion withheld income and social !
security taxes of $118,000 from
April to December. 1952, and !
failed to pay the money to the'
director of internal revenue.
S Ralph C. Granquist, Portland,
district director of the service,
said this was the first of its kind
: prosecuted under the criminal
statutes in which failure to pay
! withholding taxes was involved,
j Granquist stated that the in
j ternal revenue service will now
; begin to employ criminal sanc
i tions against other employers
I who wilfully fail to turn over
taxes withheld from employees'
wages.
Wilson will be sentenced Aug.
2. Maximum penalty he could
receive is a sentence of 30 years
in jail and a S60.000 fine.
Salem U.R; Farm Woodland
owners grossed SI. 830. 511 dur
ing the last fiscal year.
Grange Notes
Phoenix Grange
Phoenix Grange met Tuesday
evening July 24. Master Melvin
Lattie called the meeting to or
der at 8 p.m.
Visitors present were Mr. and
Mrs. Wroe. newcomers to Jack
son county and formerly of
Reedsport and members of
Smith River Grange: Mrs. Violet
Herman, Mrs. Lena Foster, Mrs.
Lallie Cotter and son. Everet
Cotter, all from Grants Pass and
members of Rogue River Valley
Grange.
Mrs. Olin Poe arranged the
display table of antiques and
relics and gave a short history
of some of the articles.
H E C. chairman Velma John
son thanked all who assisted
with the S O S. dinner served by
the Phoenix Grange recently.
It was reported Mrs. Walter
Grochocki was now home from
the hospital and was soon to
have the cast removed from her
ankle and a lighter one substi
tuted. Also it was reported Mrs. Ar
thur Diedrich had had a light
heart attack, and that Cal Lusk
had been quite ill but was im
proving. Lusk is a charter mem
ber of Phoenix Grange but at
present a member of Eagle Point
Grange.
Other committee reports were
dispensed with and only urgent
Sunday, July 29, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
business attended to and the
meeting was turned over to Lec
turer Dee Hendrickson who con
ducted what he called a "game
of politics." Mrs. A. O. Floyd,
chairman of the Recreation com
mittee then presented the mem
bers of the Camp White orches
tra who played several selec
tions. The program for the meeting
Aug. 14 will be put on by the
Legislative committee, Charles
Johnson, chairman.
Meeting was adjourned at an
early hour and refreshments of
ice cold watermelon, iced tea
and coffee were 'served by the
committee the Bert Stancliffs
Delmo Sloans, and Arthur Died-richs.
HE MADE IT
Holland, Mich. (U.R) Ed
Prins, head of the custodial staff
for Holland's Public Schools, has
been awarded a bacheolr of arts
degree by Hope college after 10
yars of attending college part-time.
OFFICE OF
Anna G. Benglson
SWEDISH MASSEUSE
16 South Newtown
WILL BE
CLOSED
UNTIL AUGUST 10th
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