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o o OO o O o0 oGo o o o o ftnCTTEN MEDFORD OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Y.'ednesday. Dtnmlut I, 19 J6 GC1V . jig J -'V . , ' " ' "NEW NAM& Harold Holmes, left, president of th MedfordpPear Shippers association, plaofcs tlie organization's nw name plate on the business office door at 147 North Holly St., RIedff), wJhassitsanee from-R. A. Pat terson, manager of Uie Oregon-Washington-' California PeaiCburoau. The organization, for merly the Rogue River Vajlcy Traffic asso ciation, adopted the new'name Dec. 1.. Mem bers .approved the change last month, and final clearance was granted by the Oregon corporation commission Dec. 1. (Landis-Shanglc Photo) Shippers Group Gets New Simplified Name Harold nil an- Members of ihe n&ge River Valley Traffic association have approved chaining the name of the corporation to Medford Pear Shippers association Holuies, president, jounced. The change wasOapprovcd at the November meeting" of the group, andQtinal clearance was granted by the corporation com mission of Oregon, Dec. V, The change was made in an effort to better reflect the objective and scope of the association, Holmes aaid. 0 The association is comprised of packers and shippers,. in the fruit industry (-with primary en phasis on pears. Holmes pointed nut that this area is known s the Medford district throughout the fruit industry, nd forcthat, reason the gpoup favored the terminology Medford rather than flngue.Rivcr.valley. Simelilies Nam Holmes said the new name al.o simplifies the group's name far. trade identification. The association was organized in 1927 when -a group of Med ford "pear shippers'' formed to combat local growing and pro duction problems and to present a united front in dealing with a troublesome riiarketing situation In eastern states. The association has grown. to includq, research projects and trade promotion; and some of t)ie charter members were responsi blcfor tUe formalion'of the Ore-' ggn-WasUington-California Pear, bureau, a trfcde promotion organ ization for the pear industry on tiieest coast. Ttie 'association office is at lii North Holly str, Medford, O O News About Books Ffcom the Library Day; Miracle in the Moun- Karie Of the new titles added to the Medford Public tibrary during thp past two weeks the majority, 1-vJ. were placed in the, jcWor department for introduction dur ing National Children's Bock Week. G The 43 new titles addr to the adult ddspiartroent of the li brarjPare: e Advnxur: Arctic Frontiers Caswell; Grizzlies in Their Back Yard tains. History: T5e Middle East in Cold War, McClcllan; Days to Remember, Tlunther, 0 Sporti: YciterdayJ in Sports, Durant; The Best of ' Baseball, Offit: The Heart ef the unter, Marshall. . Fin artt-liiaratura: The Best Hays of 19SS-5ff. Mantle; World Theatcr0in Picturesf Prtdeaux; Music in American Life. Barzun; Corsages of Pods and Cones, Lochry. i . Or non-bclion: Complete Jackson, Josephine" Men at Conference Three Central' Point men and, one from Grants Fs are among those attending the 16th annual conveTition of the Oregon Seed Growers league in Eugene. The invention started Mon- riaand is Scheduled to end to- q LocaP delegates .are Arnold and Otto Bohnert. Central Point, and DorvPattcrrt.J also of Cen tral pftnt.rassistant manager of O tlP ,,cksdn0 C o u n t y Granje . O Co-op. J , Wallace , UK-. Gmuts Pas. inal;er of the Josephine Grow ers association, of which many Jadlcon county seed growers are (Itfetfcbers. is also attending the (-jiessiixt llice. is also district 3 di-recto-r of'the Icagti. Arr,61d Bohnert is a member ofQlie league's seed market in formatm interim committee and is tl1 league's , Jackson county 0- rercsent'auve. O Forty ol the states supervise n the aoirnting practices' M one orOali of: the tub-governaient Oq aqejivi's-0 ' "Betty has them buzzing! o o o od o ' Woiltedl OUGLAS Fm POLES AND PILING P fnr Beliverv lo Our Grants Pass Yard QContdct u for prices and q Qjpecihcations OO. BAXTER & CO. mM Pudart Timber Co. P W Be? 247 Phon. GE 6 Gnnfl Pass. Orcoa Secretary's Handbook.', Doris; Satellite! Bergaust; 'The- Ameri can Presidency, ftossiter; When They Were, Girls, Pririgfe; The UofT'cfay Book, Weiser. Fiction: Company Man, Brjr nett; The Head of -Apollo, Cor bett; .Five" a.m., putourd; In spector Queen's Own Case: No yembe'r Sorfg, Queen; Summer hills, Stevenson; Might as iVell Be Dead. Stout. 4t" f-'Ji-is- 1 2 ' IB. c- A - r 5.'.-, IWats me hoit she dors it! Alt. those, youngsters, that- big home anfl everything as neat as o'piFii'lrt she has more jree timet than any of um! Give up. girls? -Then I'll let the iat out of the bay. Betty's no ?!iKTvonian!'5he simply finds the quickest, ea.-jest kjv to do every household .there'. For- example, ?fte uses new, .longer-wearing Brure Sr'f-Polishing If n.r' on her floors. Cowboys and Indians? Betty den"t care. Slit doesn't een. rroan when dad forgets to take off his grimy work shoes. Bruce's bridif, hard hine resists stulfs and dirt. Wears much longer. Trv it! Like Brtlv, yeu'U ftnil new Bruce Self-Policing Itai aei)ou time and hard work. For floors, use. BRUCE! fti"S W91 - MoBf Ckontr Aiholr T,li Cltttw iska Irlt iu lull fu i.WoLainj Wtr TIMES HAVE CHANGED Today's h'omemaker- spends less than fhreg hours a day pre paring meals in an all -gas kitchen. The housewife' of yes teryear had to work nine hours a day in a hot, smoky kitchen to cook her family's lood. Stevenson Not To Be Candidate Again . Washington U.fi) Adlai E. Stevenson will not run. again for the presidency but ex'pects to be c'ome an influential "elder statesman" ' in the Democratic, party. ' . ; Stevenson',' who suffered two overwhelming defeats . at the hands of President Eisenhower, removed .himself, from the fu ture presidential picture . in a one-page statement issued Tues day night. 'i will not run again for the presidency," Stevenson declared in a statement released through the Democratic" National com mittee. But fie said he would continue to help the Democratic party "wherever l can", and called on party leaders to exercise "strong, searching and constructive op position" lo Mr. Eisenhower. Accepts Advisory Post ' Stevenson said he was accept ing membership or. a-new advi sory committee being" named to help plan the Democratic party's future strategy. It' is there that he will continue. to exercise in fluence on party affairs. . He said' he would return to his. Chicago law practice Jan. 1. A great debate is going, on within .the party over whether it should continue to follow a moderate course as urged by Democratic' congressional icad-ers-Senate Democratic. 'Leader- Lyndon B. Johnson and House Speaker Sam Rayburn or d more liberal course advocated by 'a group of Northern and. Weslern senators. Stand Nol Announced Stevenson has not said. where he will stand in" this battle. He vvo'n this year's Democratic nom ination a as moderate candidate, acceptable to both North and South. . . .. .. .Tire Democrats' other ' "elder, statesman," former President Harry S. Truman, is a' strong advocate of a broad .liberal par ty program. Mr. Truman op posed Stevenson's, nomination' this year and predicted that he .would not win the election be cause of his stand ior "modera tion."' In bowing out from the' 1960 presidential .fight, Stevenson faid the Democrats are "fortu nately blessed with . many able men" worthy of the nomination four years hence. Talent-Man Fined in.-. Yreka, Calif., Court Yreka Leonard T.. Powers, 23, of Talent, was sentenced -to 72' i days in -jail or a $290 fine in Yreka last week end. '. He was arrested by Yrc"ka po lice on charges of driving while intoxicated and driving on the wrong side of the road. Dunlap Among Winners In Sriep Cor?f John Dunlap, 3278 Delta Wa ters rd.,. Medford. has been noti fied by the Oregon Purebred Sheep Breeders association that he is aftiong winners in the 1956 Orejon sheep production con test. . . The' association and Oregon State college jointly sponsor the annual contest to. promote better flock management and market ing. Dunlap will learn details of the award at the annual nircP insi of the association in Cor vallis Monday, Dec. 10. o THE "OLD SYSTEM Early0 a. Auditioning "sys trmsQ installed b-Q ancient Egyptian cphar?ohs and Roman nobles consisteg of usirig slaves to bring lccs of ice and snow from. mountain0 r a ig e s to be placed on palace tof:tops. Use Mail Tribune lnAds JIM. 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