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NEy tLANT Timbcrib Construction com- ment was opened Dec. 1. The company man-
pany has m'ed its office and plant from ufactures and sells pre-cut buildings made
rants Pass to the Mason-Ehrman industrial from glued laminated wood. It is an affiliate
tract north of Medford. The local establish- of Timber Structures Inc., Portland.
Timberib Construction Firm
Opens Office,
Timberib Construction com
pany, dealers in glued laminated
wood structures, has opened an
office and plant at the inter
section of Sage rd. and Sherman
Way in the Mason-Ehrman in
dustrial tract north, of Medford.
The compare is an affiliate of
Timber -Structures Inc., Port
O land, which supplies all mater
ials for the local firm. Timberib
Construction company's office
was located in Grants Pass for
about seven years before the
ledford establishment .was
o opened Dec. 1.
Wood Durable .
The firm manufactures pre
cut buildings for commercial or
farm use. The structures are
made from timber portions join
0 ed with specially patented glues.
According to conpany officials,
wood processed in thfc manner
; ig) especially durable since it is
free0nf knots or other defects
and the glue itself is stronger
' than wood. The buiMings are
available in a o variety of izes
and designs, according to repre
Sgntativeso of the fcrm.
OO o Preecut buildings are usually
. delivered by the company and
: erected by the purchaser. The
O purchaser is also supplied with
' drawus for foundation con
struction. Company representa
tives explained thgy also erect
; the buildings when this service
is requested. Buildings are spe
, ciall? desifired i? a purchaser's
t : particular needs can not be met
through previously used build
ing styles0
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Nearly 300 Timberib buildirrgs
have bci erected in southern
Oregon in recent years. Most of
these have been farm buildings.
J The company has not yet manu
factured pre-cut residential struc
; tures, though it was indicated
q future expansion may include
this service.
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was recently installed and pro
duction is getting under way.
Two to 10 people will be em
ployed there, depending upon
the volume of orders received.
Local Plant
The office portion of the new
establishment is made with Tim
Frame, a heavy standard glued
laminated framing. The rear
utility portion of the building is
made with Timberib.
Owner and general manager
of the plant is B. A. Sakraida.
Others assisting in the operation
are Don W. Stetson, designer
estimator: Ed Sakraida. sales
manager and brother of the own
er and general manager; and
Harold Brown, pre-cutting super
intendent. The Medford office fills orders
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Christmas Tree Fire
Kills Seven Persons
Minneapolis. Minn. (U.R)
Defective wiring on a Christ
mas tree set off fire in Doctors'
Memorial hospital Sunday that
killed seven persons and criti
cally injured six others.
Seventy-nine patients were in
the hospital Sunday when the
gayly decorated tree exploded
in flames and set the lobby
afire. Dense clouds of smoke
billowed through the five-story
building, trapping patients in
their rooms.
Firemen blamed the blaze on
defective wiring on the tree.
They said most of the victims
died of asphyxiation.
Killed were Mary Balliet. 4B:
Ella Mullirj, 82; Mrs. Lydia Beck
en,' 6; Carolyn Vale, 72; Mrs.
Sara Stone, 59; Clarence O.
Green, 53, all of Minneapolis.
Cily of Medford
Fiies Suit in Equity
The city of Medford has filed
a $1,077.15 suit in equity in
circuit court here against Earl
Fehl, Loretta I. Callamy and
Delbert Fehl, of Medford, heirs
of property owned by the late
Amanda M. Fehl.
The property is alleged to have
received city improvements on
which assessments were never
paid.
The complaint states that in
1941 and 1952 the tract was
among city property benefited
by construction including con
crete curbs, gutters, driveways
and paving on Dakota ave., from
King to Peach sts., and on Beek
man st. along a portion of Da
kota ave.
The city is asking judgment in
the amount of S773.70, costs of
projects, plus 6 per cent per
annum interest, totaling S203.45,
and $100 attorney's fees.
City Attorney E. R. Bashaw
is representing the city.
Mrs. America Back
Home in Portland
Portland U.R Mrs. Chris
Maletis Jr., otherwise known as
Mrs. America, arrived home yes
terday for the biggest welcome
yet since she left on a European
tour.
Mrs. Maletis and her husband
were met by their three sons,
ages 2 and 5.
"The trip was wonderful but
we did miss our boys so much,"
Mrs. Maletis said.
She and her husband arrived
back in the United States last
week and drove from Detroit in
a new car.
Canada geese fly about 55
miles per hour.
Iron Curtain Athletes
Reach San Francisco
For Life in States
San Francisco (U.R) Thirty
eight athletes who refused to re
turn to their Iron Curtain home
lands after the Olympic Games
were scheduled to arrive here to
day in time to spend their first
Christmas in the United States.
On hand to greet the 34 Hun
garians and four Romanians
when their Pan American World
Airways clipper 'landed ta 10
a.m. (PST) at the San Francisco
International Airport were Gov.
Goodwin J. Knight and his wife,
and a large delegation from the
local Hungarian community.
Going To New York
The athletes will spend Christ
mas here, then leave for New
York on Thursday.
Among the Hungarian athletes
were Laszlo Nadori, the chief of
staff of the Hungarian Sports
Ministry, and Laszlo Tabori, one
of nine men in the world who
have run the mile in less than
four minutes.
Others include Margit Karo
doni, woman gymnast gold medal
winner; Kato Szoke, girl sprinter
who won two gold medals in the
Helsinki Olyripic Games; Lidia
Domollsy, the world's woman
foils champion; Jozsef Gerlach,
world's epee champion: Mihaly
Igloi, track coach, and Ervin Za
bor, a water poloist who was
slugged by the Russians during
the Melbourne competition.
HILTS
PTA Sees Christmas Skits
By MRS. M. F. CAVIN
Hilts The regular meeting of
the Hilts PTA was held Thurs
day, Dec. 20, at the schoolhouse,
with the business meeting being
conducted by Mrs. Victor Van
De Weghe, vice president.
The program was presented by
the four lower grades. Mrs. R.
Smith's first graders presented
a short skit entitled "Christmas
Dolls." There was a tap dance by
Carleen De Clerck, Yvonne Van
De Weghe, and Paddy Ann Oak
ley and several songs were sung
by the entire group.
Mrs. E. Wesner's second and
third graders presented a choral
entiled "Twas the Night Before
Christmas." Santa Clauses were
Stephen Bernhiesel and Johnny
Hazeltine. Several songs were
sung by the group.
Mrs. B. Rohrer's third and
fourth graders presented two
skits entitled "Christmas Card
Greeting" and "Star of Bethle
hem." A song "Away In A Man
ger," by Paula Eastman and
Joyce Johnson was accompanied
by Barbara De Clerck and a tap
dance was given by Le Wana
Trinca.
Refreshments were served at
the close of the program.
The second and third grades
assisted by their teacher, Mrs. E.
Wesner and room mother, Mrs.
Jimmie Cain, entertained their
mothers at a Christmas party
Friday afternoon.
Each mother was presented a
gift, a woven pot holder, that the
children had made in school.
The children had drawn names
so they also received a gift from
the person having their name.
Ice cream and cookies were
served.
Mrs. Frank Graves entertained
the Hilts Bridge club with a
luncheon at her home Tuesday,
Dec. 18. Christmas greens were
used as decoration.
Three tables of bridge were
played by Mrs. Ernest Spannaus,
Mrs. Fred Haymes, Mrs. Frank
Ohlund, Mrs. Wm. Wiley, Mrs.
Art Blanchard, Mrs. Malcolm
Robinson, Mrs. M. G. King, Mrs.
Al Simmen, Mrs. Evan Maupin,
and Mrs. Fred Bayliss and Mrs.
Florence Clark of Medford.
Gifts were exchanged at the
close of the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Burns
and son, Bob, and Mrs. Evan
Maupin were recent Yreka busi
ness visitors.
Recent guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Maupin were
Mr. Maupin's sister, Mrs. John
McCulley and son, Edward, of
Malin, Ore.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Lindner
and daughter Linda of Mt. Shas
ta were weekend guests at the
M. M. Seif home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Palone
and daughter, Patty, of Klamath
Falls, visited recently at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Spannaus.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Burns
and son, Don, have gone to Riv
erside. Calif., to spend the holi
days with relatives.
The Hilts Community Canasta
club held their Christmas party
at the home of Mrs. A. Simmen
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The four Romanians were all
members of that country's water
pblo team.
Adoptions Volunteered
Sports Illustrated, the maga
zine sponsoring the refugees, said
a large number of Americans
have volunteered to "adopt" in
dividuals in the group.
Among them was former Cali
fornia state Sen. Sanborn Young,
Los Gatos, who invited one of
the group to stay with him and
promised to send the youth
through four years of college.
The Metropolitan Miami Swim
ming Association of Miami, Fla,.
guaranteed positions to the swim
mers in the group.
The athletes have been granted
political asylum1 in the United
States by the attorney general's
office under a special section of
the immigration law.
Death Takes Washington
State House Member
Pasco :U.P.) State Rep. Ole
H. Olson, 55, chairman of the
House Appropriations Commit
tee who announced his resigna
tion Dec. 13, died at the home of
his brother here yesterday.
Cancer, for which Olson twice
underwent major surgery in re
cent months, was the cause of
death, doctors said.
Thursday afternoon. Friendship
pals were revealed and names
drawn for the new year.
After the exchange of gifts, re
freshments were served. Present
were Mrs. Art Blanchard, Mrs.
M. G. King, Mrs. Ernest Span
naus, Mrs. Fred Haymes, Mrs.
Frank Ohlund, Mrs. Wm. Wiley,
Mrs. Warren Fox, Mrs. O. Bern
hiesel, Mrs. M. Robinson, Mrs.
Frank Ayris, Mrs. Evan Maupin,
Mrs. Donivan Ward, Mrs. Italo
Marin, Mrs. Gilbert Luper, Mrs.
Frank Graves and Mrs. Joe Cas-
ton.
High score went to Mrs. Evan
Maupin and low to Mrs. D. Ward.
Johnny Smith has been ap
pointed and approved by the
county board of education to fill
the vacancy on the Hilts school
board left by Blair Smith, who
recently moved to Callahan.
ADnliratinnc -fnr i-rmlr -fnr
cafeteria to open at the Hilts
scnoot in January were submit
ted to the school board. Mrs.
Frank Benson's was accepted.
Mrs. Don Powers, who under
went minor surgery at the Yreka
hospital last week returned to
her home Saturday.
Santa Claus was in town Tues
day evening at the Community
Center listening to the wishes of
our children. Each child received
a candy cane after their talk
with Santa.
Mr. and Mrs. Orrin B. Anent
of Theodore, Ala., and Mrs.
Audrey Rease of Ashland, were
dinner guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Spannaus,
Sunday. Mrs. Anent and Mrs.
Rease are sisters of Mrs. Span
naus. The community Christmas pro
gram was held at the club house
on Thursday evening, Dec. 20.
A Christmas carol program with
slides of famous paintings was
presented by the fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth grades and
members of the community. In
terpreter was Robert Trinca, snd
the Scripture passages were read
by the Rev. John Shaw. Piano
accompaniment was by Mrs. M.
F. Cavin. (
At the close of the program
Santa Claus arrived and a sack
of candy, nuts, popcorn balls and
fruit were presented to each
child. Approximately 200 chil
dren were present.
Mrs. Don Powers entertained
her eight-year-old son, David,
with a birthday party Wednes
day evening.
Games were played and re
freshments of ice cream and
cake were served. Present were
Janet Benson, Jeri Lynn Green,
Paula Eastman, Terry, Robby
and Paddy Ann Oakley, Stephen
and Ronnie Bernheisel, and
Alona Bernheisel.
Marcia Cavin sent a gift but
was unable to attend.
LONG DISTANCE
Green Bay, Wis. (U.R1
Brown County traffic officer
Frank Jansen says he is able to
receive and send voice messag
es from Hudson Bay to as far
below the equator as central
South America with the tiny
radio he has in his patrol car.
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MARKET
1202 Nettft RfcrmHte
OPEN EVERY
NIGHT TIL
MIDNIGHT
Monday, December 24, 1958
Gold Hill Woman Strong Supporter Of
Mrs. Verna Van Houten, Gold
Hill, is an enthusiastic supporter
of Christmas seals.
She is a "grandmother" to a
good many people besides the
immediate members of her fam
ily. She's raised her own fam
ily and many other children of
her sisters and friends.
Sick Child
When a boy, 15-months-old, the
son of a young friend, acted sick
ly, she suspected he might have
tuberculosis. As Mrs. Van Hout
en described the child, he did not
respond to affection. He only
"fussed."
The mother of the child, at
Thornton's Ruling
Salem (U.R) The state at
torney general's office handed
down an opinion Saturday that
poses s job conflict for a newly
elected Democratic member of
the State House of Representa
tives. The opinion was made in the
case of Thomas R. Monaghan, a
teacher at Ardenwald school in
Clackamas county. It had been
requested by Arthur Kiesz, Mil
waukie school superintendent.
"In our opinion a person may
not perform the services of a
teacher in the public schools of
Oregon, with or without com
pensation, while holding the of
fice of senator or representa
tive in the state legislature," at
torney general's office said.
Monaghan immediately said
C)priot Constable
Ambushed in Mountains
Nicosia, Cyprus (U.R)
Gunmen of the Eoka extremist
organization ambushed a Cypriot
Greek special constable Sunday
as he, drove his wife and two
friends across a lonely pass in
the south Cyprus mountains..
The attackers tossed a bomb
at the car and opened fire with
sub-machine guns. The two
women and the other man were
slightly injured when the car
crashed. The constable, who was
unhurt, returned the attackers'
fire.
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VIaY GLADNESS reign in our house0. .G
may good cheer and happiness be perma
nent guests throughout Christmas and the whole
New Year . . . This is our sincere wish for oi3r
friends and neighbors throughout the Rogtie
River Valley!
CRATER INN MOTEL
Bill and Mary Schei
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MKDPOBD (OBEGON) MAIL TlRlSE THJtEB
Mrs. Van Kouten's - insistence,
took him in for a blood est and
x-ray! It was discovered that? the
child did have TB, as well as
the mother. They are both tin
der treatment now and- report
edly responding well.. 0
Always Alert
"People just don't realize how
easily it can happen," Mrs. Van
Houten stated.- "I know, as ny
father and brother died of tuber
culosis. So, I'm always on th
alert."
She' recommended yearly x
rays for everyone as a good pre
caution, and particularly stress
ed the preventive work that the
Poses Job Conflict
he would not let the opinion
keep him from serving in the
Legislature. He said he would
resign from the Legislature, if
necessary, after the session and
resume his teaching duties.
The attorney general's Wfice
indicated that the school board
eould grant the teacher an un
paid leave of absence during the
term in the Legislature if it so
desired.
JOHNSTON & STEWART WILL BE
Closed Wednesday'
To Prepare For The
'57 First Great Sho
Sale Of The Year!
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Sale Starts Thursday Morning
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