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o O o o o f : j- ; ' i e ft Pm v :-SZSm (Continued from Page fi) C3 - reported . . . Rat problem shows increase in city . . . Chamber ap prove job evaluation study . . . Medford again fog bound . . . Sheriffs deputies promoted . . . Youth ordered to -get haircut . . . Car pulled from Rogue river c . . County road program work starts. oCdecember O O Fifteen youths involved in il- Jegal "car borrowing ". . . . EcKly O ofWilliam S. Larch recovered fromRogue river . , ...Medford Opear district storage facilities in creased3. . . County gets 3219, 226.65; fa national forest land receipts . . . Local contributions taken for refugees . . . City manager authorized to negotiate for property for Medford's ar terial street program . . . Safe burglarized at Rogue River school. Gold Hill school entered . Y .oRadio system- installed by JT&T at Crater Lake' . . . Elk "creek swells duing storm, other mail streams rise in county . . . Fourth polio case reported here, 15-year-old Central Point girl . . LeRoy E. Wells, named juvenile counseipr . . . Mental patient escape! from hospital for short time . J6-year-61d' Central ; '-rl't Save onWinter NeeKt o !, .: v0 ..... . .L "'. .. 3t is VU.U..'.K -.o-V-;- vr U f r Get Your FREE Copy Today Start te New Year off with savings . . . by shopping Wards new Sale Book for th seasonal items you need! Value-wise home- makers will want to take advantage of Wards low sale prices on sheets, spreads, towels, and table linens. And that's not all e there's clothing and shoes, appliances, and auto supplies, alt priced to give you more than ever for your money at Montgomery Ward. Get a Free copy of Wards Midwinter Sale o Book at our Catalog Desk today. Shop for extra savmgsl erg i o CONSTRUCTION STARTS Campaign Provides Hospital Funds Point boy arrested after armed robbery at sport shop . . . Laun dry association to clean clothing for refugees . . . Woody Smith stalled here by truck trouble with load of Christmas trees . . . M. M. Huggins elected Chamber of Commerce president . . . Med ford exceeds United Medford Crusade quota and Red Cross tag day quota for refugees . . . Donald E. Day resigns as physi cal director at YMCA . . . school district buys Oak Grove prop erty for yard expansion . . . UN collects ton of clothing for refu gees . . . Eugene man admits Rogue River, Gold Hill school burglaries . . . Patents on 23 Al Sarcna mining claims filed . . . Hearing called on Kenwood Grandview annexation plan . . . Rogue Valley hospital area re zoning plan referred to city planning commission . . . State to design Bear creek bridges . . . Outgoing mail sets new record in Medford . . . Ashland cab driver robbed of $13.85 . . . Snow, freezing conditions make driving hazardous . . . Medford school census shows 29 3 rise . . Holiday sales under '55 record . . . 1,578 calls made to Snnta during Kiwanis project ... 40 enter yule lighting contest . Shop by Phone 2-8075 or 2-4546 117 S. Central U.S. court upholds Jensen death sentence . . . Free polio yaccine campaign planned in county . . LeRoy V. Krieger, Albany, dies here from accidental gunshot . . . Catholic church parish house damaged in blaze . . . Mrs. Deana J. Hughes, Wolf Creek, dies after truck plunges over Highway 99 overpass north of Central Point. New System Processes Hungarian Refugees Camp Kilmer N.J. lU.P.l Hungarian refugees hustled through a newly-streamlined processing program Saturday but relief officials predicted it will be "at least a week" before the new system picks up full speed. Under the new system, refu gees will remain at this recep tion center a maximum of four or five days before being sent on to new homes and jobs across the nation. A total of 13,355 Hungarians have arrived here to date, with 6,727 already settled in new homes and 6,628 remaining in camp. ILLINOIS VALLEY Liquor Consumption Down By FRANK STRICKLAND Cave Junction Retail liquor sales in southern Oregon are off almost 50 per cent this year. After all that has been said and done to prevent people from buying and consuming intoxi cating drinks, this section of the state apparently has unwittingly stumbled upon the surest way to acomplish the seemingly impos sible task, namely: do away with jobs so the people will not have money to buy liquor. The no-job effect is working like a top here in the Illinois Valley but the remedy is worse than the disease. It is punching holes in our economy. It is gen erally understood, however, that the people are not worrying too much about the sudden slump in liquor traffic, but they are wor rying considerably about the county's 1,100 unemployed bread winners. As much as many of the people here would like to see in toxicating liquor done away with entirely, they do not believe that mass unemployment is the best way to do it. They believe the scarcity of jobs here in southwest Oregon is not the result of some thing someone has deliberately done, but something the people, themselves, have ' failed to do, and that is to recognize and pro mote this region as a resort area. It is the considered opinion of some of the valley's leading cit izens that if local people would band together and think out ways and means to create work for unemployed persons the pres ent situation would be improved. They say when all the people of a community the size of Cave Junction put their minds to it most any kind of public project within reason can be accom plished. It was pointed out at a meet ing of a few local citizens last week that for the first time in the history of Cave Junction the combined efforts of the town's civic, fraternal and social organ izations were used in the promo tion and staging of the annual jubilee this year and it turned out to be a grand sucess. socially as well as financially. It served, they said, as a striking example of what can be accomplished with region -wide cooperation. Reference was made to the Ore gon Shakespearean Festival at Ashland, a highly successful project started by ambitious cit izens and built with region-wide cooperation. It was also pointed out that through similar collective efforts, parks, lakes, streets, sidewalks, swimming pools, bridle paths, zoos, and playgrounds have been constructed all ove rthe United States, creating temporary em ployment for local people and paying out handsomely in in crease revenue to the city, coun ty and state governments in volved. The consensus here is that the people of the Illinois Valley, by and large, would as soon have full employment, and leave the job of reducing the consumption of liquor to the experts. Quite a few unsigned letters severely criticizing the adminis tration's Hungarian refugee splurge have been received re cently by Cave Junction people. The letters, which have no re turn address on the envelopes, and which were mimeographed on plain sheets of white paper, open with two questions, "Do you and your fellow workers all have jobs?" then continues, "If not, you should be Hungarian DPs." Bearing Portland, Ore., post marks and apparently addressed with an addressograph, it indi cates that mass distribution was carried out. The writer claims that this country is bringing from Hun gary only the elite or "Big land lord crowd" while the working class of the ill-fated country are busy convicing the USSR that it should start withdrawing its troops from Hungary. The writer, while touching on many phases of the refugee pro gram, fails to state specifically what he would have the recipient do about the administration's Hungarian airlift, except for stating "It's time we American workers started fighting for our interests." The writer may have been moved by press photographs showing many Hungarian DPs arriving in America seem to be better dressed and better fed than some American wage earn ers. On the other hand, the let ters could be Communist in spired. It's up to the recipient to interpret it as he pleases. Christmas of 1956 marked a big event in the lives of a young Cave Junction couple. Amidst the usual holiday gaiety and the comings and goings of neighbor hood friends, the paternal grandparents-to-be, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Dietrich, arrived on the scene from Bayard, Nebr. Then came Mr. and" Mrs. F. E. Edgar, the maternal grandparents - to - be, from Alliance. Neb., followed by their son, Maynard, who ar rived a few days later to round out a family reunion. After ex change of greetings and Christ mas presents the biggest gift of all arrived, 8-pound Jimmy, born Dec. 17 to the young couple, Mr. and Mrs. M. Dietrich, who moved here from Oxnard, Calif., where young Dietrich served in the U.S. Navy. Little Jimmy was brought home from the hospital the fourth day after Christmas to find two grandmas, two and papa waiting to greet him. What greater reception could a fellow who has just arrived in a new and strange world expect? By HELEN BOTTEL Mr. and Mrs. William Raines of Cave Junction and Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Carter of Kerby are winners in the Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce home Christmas decorations contest. They were awarded turkeys last week for their displays. The Raines front portico on River street has been trans formed into a fairy land by Raines who has brought in car loads of moss, ferns, greenery, even toadstools, to make a sanc tuary for the tiny animals that hide in its depth. Three outside Christmas trees add color and brightness to the effect, which is further enhanced by another tinseled tree framed in their pic ture window. Simplicity is the keynote of the Bethlehem scene, on display in the Carter garage at Kerby. Life-sized paper mache figures made by Mrs. Carter and her daughter Betty depict Mary, Joseph and an angel grouped around the manger. Bill Carter is part-owner of the Illinois market in Cave Junc tion, while Mrs. Bill Raines is employed there as a clerk. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Preston, owners of the O'Brien Store, cel ebrated their 25th wedding anni versary on Christmas day by giving boxes of candy to their friends. They were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Rogers. Services at Immanuel Metho dist church in Cave Junction had special meaning Sunday when members and friends worshiped for the first time in the new church building. Nearly completed are the so cial hall and educational build ing, which will be used as a tem porary sanctuary and class rooms until the other wing of the church' can be erected. The new church was made possibjle through contributions of money, services and materials by Valley people. Presentation of awards, and introduction . of the new Cub committee were highlights of Il linois Valley Pack 20 Christmas party held Friday evening, Dec. 21 at Kerby grade school. Members of the pack commit tee are Ralph Millard, chairman; Wayne Petch, secretary; Howard Yarbrough, program; Bob Breck enridge, cubmaster; Palmer Lovejoy, assistant!cubmaster; and Ralph Messenger, institutional representative. Introduction was made by Cubmaster Brecken ridge who gave a report on the charter review held Thursday evening at Evergreen school. Kerby Parent Teachers associa- ht J 6 FULL COLOR MOVIES At The Sunday, December 30, 1954 tion is sponsor of the group. Unique and valuable chairs, fashioned by hand from moose and elk antlers were described by their owner, Dewey Piersall, to Illinois Valley Troop 20 Boy Scouts at their Christmas party held Thursday night in the rumpus room of the Tommy Owens home here. Boys and their leaders gath ered about the Owens fireplace to roast wieners and hear of Piersall's experiences on the Al can highway, as well as Owens' description of hunting trips, trophies of which are hung in the den of his newly-completed home on the Illinois river. Receiving first class neckker chiefs and special slides were Dan DeMersseman and Mike Hanby, who passed their require ments at Camp McLaughlin this summer. Stainless steel slides, made by Scoutmaster Gene Pul ley, are given to each boy in the troop when he achieves his first class award. Presentations were made by Scoutmasters Ralph Huber and Pulley. Christmas gifts from the troop were four light-weight trail tents, one to each of the four patrols. Special recognition was given to new Eagle Scouts Loren Mer edith and Carl (Trip) Hammer, who passed their requirements before a board of review last week. The newly - formed O'Brien fire department fought its first local fire, a small chimney blaze at the Ellis Ballard home, Thurs day afternoon, Dec. 20. Volun teers Karl Preston, Vibert Kirk and Vestor McDonald suppressed the fire with the aid of the O'Brien pumper. Damage to the wall behind the wood stove was reported. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Phillips of Rough and Ready Flats spent Christmas with their daughters and families, Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene Stevens of Grants Pass, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Milton of Wolf Creek, at the Stevens home in Grants Pass. Homer's birthday was also celebrated during the holidays. At the Phillips home Satur day was Fred Drake of Turlock, son of the former owner of the Siskiyou Daily News, on which Homer worked for several years as shop forenjan. The elder Mr. Drake is now district judge at Turlock, Calif. . Husbands were guests at a tur key dinner given Tuesday, Dec. 18 by the Civic Women's League at the O'Brien home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Woodbury. A Christ mas party and gift exchange was held during the evening. Former residents of O'Brien Mr. and Mrs. Carl (Bud) Wieting and their children, Marilyn and Here Mgeia.-Mutitr QawHj ojJj Stm AIL Voj AY, FREE UIHCH FREE Show Starts 1:30 "HEAVEN A gay, exciting, colorful family show . . . PLUS A NEW TOM GORDON hit PLUS "Oddities in Farming" PLUS "Making Tractor History" PLUS "Whafs New for 1957" GET YOUR FREE TICKETS NOW AT Hubbard-Wray Co. MEDFORB (OREGON! MAIL TRIBUNE SITvTW Ricky, arrived last week from Phoenix, Ariz., to spend Christ mas with Bud's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wieting at Siskiyou Mountain Camp resort. With them came Mrs. Wieting Sr. who had been visiting at Phoenix. The family will be here until Jan. 1. Also guests for Christmas din ner at the Wietings were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson of Siskiyou Mountain Camp. Six of Mrs. B. F. Robinson's ten children and their families were with her at Cave Junction this year for Christmas. Dinner guests at the Robinson home in cluded Mr. and Mrs. William Woodbury of O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stow, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Robinson, and their fam ilies, all of Cave Junction. Eldo Swift left this week for Hayward, Calif., to visit his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swift, and four sisters and their fam ilies, all of whom live in the Bay area. Eldo, a senior at Illinois Valley high school, is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Rausch. His parents were former res idents of the Valley. Mrs. Jessie Parsons of O'Brien has been staying at a Grants Pass rest home with her husband who has been a patient there for more than a month. She hopes he will be able to come home this week. At the Jimmy Quinn home in O'Brien for Christmas were Mrs. Quinn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Versteegen of Medford, who will stay all this week; Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Cameron, Mrs. Quinn's aunt and unclS, a friend, Josie Widner, all of Medford, and Quinn's parents, Esther and Li onel Quinn of O'Brien. Geologist Not Paid For Taking Maps Pittsburgh (U.R) A mild bespectacled geologist who stole j valuable survey maps from Gulf I Oil Corp. because he was dazzled j by promises of wealth was not paid "one red cent" for his theft, an attorney said Saturday. Alexander Cooper, counsel for Thomas B. Smith, 47, who admit ted stealing the maps for a New York racket ring, said his client was victimized by the smooth talk of a confidence man. "Smith was taken in by some fast talking and got nothing "in return," Cooper said. There's a lot more to this thing than what has come to the surface." Smith, who was fired last Jan uary from his S8,500-a-year job as a Gulf regional geologist, was a trusted employee for 25 years. He escaped federal grand jury indictment because the govern ment credited him with helping Farmers 2nd Their JA SERVED AT OUR 1 1:30 a.m. to 1 o By West Side Extension Unit TO BETSY" Move Starts fo Have Alaskan Governor O KAchican, Alaska UF9 0 Sen. Robert E. Ellis, Ketfflikan, Saturday jpnfirmed that a mov was under way by Alaska fi!gis lators to fiave an A;skan ap pointed governor. O O Ellis predicted lenjjeni) of Qh next Territorial Legislature session would issue a statement promising more cooperation with a native governor than "outsider." O Democrats are in control of both houses of thg Legislature and the next governor is expect ed to be a Republican. Ellis statement was seen Ss a tacit; warning to the administration to give an Alaskan firstooJgid- eration for tge gofers orsrip. Salem (U.R) Frank Ram-O sey. CorvalJts contractor, w a named by Gov. Elmo SmSh Sat- q urday as a member of the Gov ernor's State Committee on Cbh dren and Youth. 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