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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.
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Jegal "car borrowing ". . . . EcKly
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Saturday jpnfirmed that a mov
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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. RaSisey i) the
chairman of the ofralTis Citi
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testimony.
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