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I -- 5 1 - SIX MEDrOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. October 21, 195B News About Books From the Library With an important capital im provement program to be de cided by tiie voters of Medford at the coming election, with a notable revival of local interest in city and county planning, two volumes recently added to the Medford Public library should be of special interest. Whether what worries you about your town is the school shortage, the agony of fighting traffic, the exasperating lack of parking. "Community Planning" tells you how other towns have found cures for the same com plaints. City planning is not the speculative art of producing imaginary cities, according to its editor. Herbert L. Marx Jr., but basically a salvage operation. Planners take conditions as they are and attempt to guide future growth so as to eliminate exist ing problems and to avoid fore seeable new ones. Chapters on Parks Included in tins volume are chapters on parks, public trans portation, annexation. A chap ter of interest is that on the parking problem, written by Charles T. McGavin, chief of the technical staff of the District of Columbia Motor Vehicle Park ing Agency, who tells how Wash ington, D.C., in six years made a net gain of 18,000 off-street parking spaces and caught up with the growth in traffic. He makes the interesting com ment that there are now enough cars in the United States to seat every one of its inhabtants at the same time one car for every 3Vi persons. Carol Aronovici, one of Amer ica's foremost authorities on community planning, writes on "Community Building" as a icience, a technique, and an art. She sees our expanding tech nology not as a threat to individ ual life but as an encouragement to cooperative effort. Feeling that a constructive balance must be reached between the profes sional planner and a well-in- , formed body of laymen, she in-! j eludes in her book chapters on j the city planner as technician ' and as humanist. 'Other Subjects j Other subjects covered are i j zoning, finance, the law as it I affects planning, the uses of I land, and the road. (This book was donated to the library by ! the American Legion Post 15, ! as a memorial to the late Dia- i : mond L. Flynn, former mayor nf Merifnrrf i An interesting review of the history of town planning since the days when towns were plan ed for kings and dukes is pre sented by one of the library's older books, "Your City To morrow", by Guy Greer. The author's emphasis, however, is on what can be done here and now in the United States to cope with urban conditions and problems. In conclusion he paints an inspiring picture of what the-city of the future can be, if we wish to make it so. Streamflow Said Above Prediction Spring and summer stream flow has generally equalled or slightly exceeded the much-above-average flows predicted last' April, according to the U. S. Department of Agriculture soil conservation service. The USDA 1956 fall water supply summary stated the irri gation season of 1956 in Oregon has been one of abundant to sat isfactory water supplies except on some smaller streams which are not tributaries with high ele vation watersheds.' This is in contrast to the serious water shortage of last year. Water storage in most Oregon reservoirs is currently well above the usual amount of car ryover held for the following Top Herds, Cows Listed in DHIA R. L. and Blanche Wyant owned a herd of 35 cows which rated first in the top five herds in the September summary of the Jackson County Dairy Herd Improvement association. The herd produced an aver age of 719 pounds of milk with an average butterfat of 41.1. There were six dry cows. Other top herds were owned by E. B. Poyer, whose 12 cows produced an average of 723 pounds of milk with 39.2 pounds of butterfat; M. B. Caster, 31 cows, 874 pounds milk, 37 pounds butterfat; Cliff and Vel ma Moore, 21 cows, 656 pounds of milk, 36.3 pounds butterfat; and Glenn and Edna Chase, 24 cows, 872 pounds of milk, 35.9 pounds butterfat. Top individual cow, Cinderel la, was owned by Richard and Elizabeth Westerberg. The cow produced 1,107 pounds of milk with an average of 88.6 pounds of butterfat. She was in milk 121 days. Other top cows were owned by J. E. Parsons, P. K. kelson the Wyants, Clarence and Sadie Williams, the Chases, Ruth Wy ant, and Gilman's Dairy farm. ATHLETIC NOTE Buffalo, N.Y. (U.R) Mem bers of the Country Club of Buffalo decided the long climb up the stairs to the clubhouse terrace and locker rooms was too arduous after 18 holes. A cable car was installed to lift weary golfers the 45 feet to the terrace. season, the summary said. Pres ent storage in 25 reservoirs is 123 per cent of the average (1938-52) compared with last season when it was 66 per cent of average. Watershed soils are generally average to a little above average in moisture content. Coupled with normal fall rains and an average mountain snow cover, water supplies for next season should be satisfactory, according to the report. III III Hill llllllllllll I NO MONEY MtD DOWN ffl 1.00 A WEEK CsSSJJIJ NO CREDIT CHARGE 3 r ITha Dainty "Milady" Shockpraaf jjfr aTTJ B watch offers all thata features: 15 aTBQ 0 SI $NtrfOF Shock-guard 17-Jowel Rustproof Hairspring Unbreakable Mainspring Smart Modern Styling Attractive Dial e Trim Band WEISFIELD'S PURCHASED ENTIRE PRODUCTION OF THE FABULOUS "MILADY" LONGINES - WITTNAUER SHOCKPROOF WATCHES Bocetusa "Milady" thoctproof watch.1 art sold only at Wtisfiold'i you tav. mora . . . when you pur cHtt on of thoM It-acttv'rty watcW. Th watch rou can w.ar ovorywhor. Proof aqain, your doR.r uys mort at Wtitfield's. r iif .?)" Jwltrs. 1?2 F. Main Medford. Or. 'Iraw send ine the follow-inj! watches 85 adver ser! The Ladies jhockproof "Milady" .t S39 T5 The shock-proof Watch for Icn at $39. TS I ste enclosing S and Aill nend $ ... per n-rek or S yer month unti. entire amount is paid. N'AME . . PRONE ADDRESS HOW LONG 3ITY.. ZONE... STATE . Iv it: z.:zjft:1 " .. ----- iiar 11 v ititX '- ... a - ' " . -r-r,-j T- . - rfs " A . i iL -aBt ' "t 11 n"tr 'MVfPl NEW POST OFFICE Jacksonville's new post office building, at 204 East California St., is now complete, inside and out, since the in stallation of fixtures last week. The building was finished last June, but customer boxes. sorting tables and other fixtures in use since then, were one from the old post office, and were 30 years old, according to postmaster Leon Matheny. The Jacksonville post office is now rated as second class. fBtBfUIMaMlltaafBaDVaVaaDaHa "NEW FANGLED" BOXES Jacksonville residents had to get used to the new dial-type boxes installed in the post office building last week. A total of 300 boxes, which open like a small safe, were installed. The building will accommodate an additional 200 when needed. Above, postmaster Leon Matheny helps George Bish, 78-year-old Jacksonville resi dent, figure out the combination to his box. Red Cross Disaster Plan Aided by Funds From United Crusade (Editor's note: This Is an other in series of articles concerning agencies served through contributions to the United Medford Crusade). In the million dollar Christ mas flood last year, Medford was virtually isolated, schools were closed, bridges washed out, and more than 100 families were evacuated along Rogue river. The Jackson county chapter of the Red Cross swung into ac tion and basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter, and med ical aid were provided immediately. Disaster Plan Less than four months pre viously. Red Cross had an nounced completion of its dis aster plan with 300 volunteers trained to participate in the program in either natural or war-caused disaster. The local Red Cross chapter was designated the official flood relief agency, handling funds from National Red Cross and channeling federal amergency monies. In the weeks that followed the disaster, family rehabilita tion continued. Provisions for re building and repairing homes and business establishments and replacement of household fur nishings and other rehabilita tion needs were made. These took the form of out right, non-reimbursable cash grants, purchase orders for fur niture and necessities, and low interest loans from other agen cies. In Rogue River 175 families and businesses were aided, and in Shady Cove, 107. Expenditure Excess In Jackson county alone the expenditure was in excess of $114,705.00. By building and maintaining a strong organization across the nation the Red Cross is able to achieve, in an emergency, what could scarcely be done in an iso lated community. Out of each dollar for dis aster invested in Red Cross, five cents goes for administration costs, 20 cents to emergency funds, and 75 cents to rehabili-. tation. Uh Mail Tribune Want Aria p THERE EMPLOYED p lOW LONG - REDIT REFERENCE .... (Firm Name and Where Located) I I 122 E. Main Phone 3-5348 Medford, Oregon Stora Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Open Wednesday Until 9 p.m. 5C 8 Exposure Roll... PENNYWISE 323 E. Main Use Tribune Want Ads Easy. Just Dial 2-6141 ELECT A Responsible District Attorney f "3- ' THOMAS J. N REEDER Democratic Nomine Is Responsible His record proves it: Farmer mist ant Attorney den tret tor the State of Oregon Former Deputy District Attorney for Jackson Ceunty Engaged in own law practice in Medford Combat Infantryman of World War Two in 1944-1945 Former chairman of Medford March of Dimei Former State Chairman of Safety Committee for Oregon Junior Chamber of Commerce Active in numerous other church and civic causes. Pd. Political ad. 4-H Club News CLUB ORGANIZED The Seven Busy Bees 4-H Sew ing club was organized last week at the home of the leader, Mrs. Don Burelson, Central Point. The group consists of 9-year- old girls starting beginners' sew ing and 4-H club work. Election of officers was held at the first meeting. New officers are Sherry Bur elson, president; Tari Martin, vice-president; Terri King, secre tary; Suzzane Monsey, news re porter; Nancy Cavin, song lead er; Terry St. Germain, games; Patty Callendar, refreshments; Patty Callendar, refreshments. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Burelson. Suzanne Monsey, Reporter FREE NOTES Sioux Falls, S.D. UJ) The South Dakota Horticultural So ciety uses a cross-section of a walnut tree to record its annual meetings since 1884. including the site, date and retiring president. An average person reads si lently twice as fast as aloud. Overstocked Regular $107.00 Oct. 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