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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NEWS NOTES from Crater High School By PAT MEDLEY Central Point The holidays are over and Crater High is back in session. These school days are no less KvKjm exciting, how- ever, than were the vaca tion days. Two contests are adding sus pense to t h e curric u 1 u m. First there is the contest for the best year book cover, and second. Pat Medley the annual safe -driving essay contest, sponsored by the Odd Fellows lodge. Art students submitted de signs for the 1957 Constellation cover. Twenty of the best de signs were turned over to the journalism classes who voted on four entries as finalists. A com mittee composed of four faculty members and five students voted on the winning design. The journalism classes are voting be tween two different three-color schemes. President Eisenhower de clared Dec. 15, 1955. as safe driving day for the nation. The event, being unsuccessful, was not scheduled again this year. Cut Grange News Gold Hil Grange Gold Hil! Grange held its first meeting of 1957 oi. Jan. 3 with our new Master, Hal Bishop, in the chair, the attendance of of ficers and members was good. Committee reports were giv en and new business discussed. The New Year"s eve dance surpassed all expectation with the hall filled to capacity. The Master called for an of ficers, meeting at his home Jan. 9. There will be an officer's din ner Jan 27. This dinner is to be potluck. It was decided to give some kind of entertainment to raise funds for the March of Dimes. The date is to be announced later. The grange closed at 10:30 p.m. and retired to the dining room for a lunch served by the 1IEC. rooks Electric & Plumbina til r MttkZal 1016 N. Riverside lent x oita com- 7- ... . . . v y ir , ion automatically l" y Units With 8 or 9 Warm Air and 1 Return Air Outlet Installed in Your Existing Home for Nothing Down $22.95 per We Give $&H G reen Stamps On All Retail Sales BROOKS ELECTRIC & PLUMBING The Central Point Odd Fellows lodge, however, feels that the subject is worthy of mention again this year, and is conduct ing a contest among Crater High school juniors and seniors for the best essay on the subject "Make Every Day Safe-Driving Day." The best essays will be given to a committee of faculty members for a first elimination before they are submitted for competition in the actual con test. Six cash prizes will be given, three for boys and three for girls. The girls of the month for November and December have been chosen. They will be an nounced at the next Girls League meeting. Both girls will be presented a sterling silver disc on a long chain bearing the inscription "Girl of the Month". Friday was black and white day at Crater High school. The Pep Club looked sharp in their uniforms and the rest of the students sported clothing of the appropriate colors. A dance was held after the Crater - Medford game Friday night. The Future Homemakers of America sponsored the dance, which was held in the school cafctorium. The event was well attended by students from both schools. Eagle Point Grangt Home Economics chairman, Lillian Force, reported the last HEC meeting was held at the home of Amelia Jones with 18 ladies present. It was reported that Melroy Charley had his leg injured in a recent automobile accident, and that Harry Miller had been very ill and in the hospital but was now home. Secretary Agnes Hubbell ask ed that everyone interested in getting their year pins, or bars, to contact her and report all Po mona or other Grange meetings attendtH so she can have these reports to send in to State Grange. The lecturers program includ ed a new years resolution that C. F. Davies had written several years ago, singing and a reading by Helen Olsen. Serving Cummittee for this meeting was Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Announce the Opening of Their Medford We nn i rvi ii from 20000 B.T.U. to 200,000 B.T.U. Available for All Types of Fuel! OPENING SPECIAL! 80,000 B.T.U. Sunday January 8. 1937 EAGLE POINT Town To Get AC Agency Eagle Point The Allis Chal- mers farm equipment company will establish an agency in the Herbert Pruett garage on C st. in the near future it was an nounced recently. The present garage is being made larger to accommodate the new merchan dise. Pruett, who is experienced in this field, will be able to as sist the farmers with their farm problems. Caesar Muzzioli is conducting an accordion class each Tuesday in the Eagle Point Grange hall. Muzzioli was formerly with the Shep Fields and his Rippling Rythm orchestra. He also play ed over NBC and CBS radio net works and for the Chevrolet television show in Boston, Mass. His students range in age from 5 to 48. He recently conducted a concert with 42 of his students performing for the Veterans at Camp White. Boy Scout troop 48, represent ed by Herman Bost, Jim Acker man and Sammy Charters and assisted by the Moose Lodge conducted their annual Christ mas tree pickup last Sunday. They netted $8.27 for the March of Dimes. Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hefley and children, Cheryle, Michael and Steven have returned from southern California, where they spent the Christmas holidays. While in the south, they spent a day at Disney Land, and Knotts Berry farm. Bob Bumgardner of Crescent City visited with his grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Brown over the holidays. Mrs. A. M. Shaw entertained her brothers. Tommy Dykes of Port Orford, and W. H. Shaw of Crescent City over the holi days. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Sim mons entertained Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Philliber and son Neil. Mr. and Mrs, C. B. Jensen had as their guests, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Blackwell of Fields Landing. Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Buchanan of Eureka. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Huebner entertained Ruth Paul, of Sierra Madre and Mrs. Hatley and daughter. Don and Frances McGovern were host and hostess to 25 peo ple on New Years. Eldon and Doris Jackson have rented an apartment in the Flor- Davies. W. E. gusta Perry. Davies and Au- Are the Franchise t for 0 FURNACES Gas Furnace Month on Approved Credit! ey building until their home can be repaired from the fire dam ages of a week ago. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Straus entertained Mrs. Nora Straus of Medford. Mr. and Mrs. James McDowell and family of Will its, Calif.,' Mr. and Mrs. Eldred Jack of Talent and children, Mr. and Mrs. James Jack and three children of Medford, Mr. and Mrs. E. Jack and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Vestal of Central Point, Mr. Millie Vestal of H o o d Riv er, Mr. and Mrs. Les Hartley, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Jack of Cen tral Point and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stanley of Ft. Klamatli, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knox of Medford. The equipment sheds of the Eagle Point Irrigation district have been completed and are now ready to house the trucks, and oil tanks. The old post office building, formerly owned by the Rogue Valley State bank has been sold to Johnny Johnson, former own er of the Crystal Meat market in Medford. The Northwest Man ufacturing company has the con tract to expand the building. There will be 100 warm room lockers and a complete butcher shop, with wholesale and retail sales, also custom cutting and wrapping. John Sparks has had a shoe repair shop in this build- Chinese Walks 2,000 Miles; Deported Again Singapore (U.R) A Chin ese, banished from Singapore, hiked nearly 2,000 miles from Swatow, China, to Malaya only to be deported again Saturday. Tan Ah Tong, 35, was deport ed from Singapore in 1953 after having served a seven year pris on term for extortion. Court Records . MUNICIPAL COURT Hobert H. Corliss, violation of basic rule. SlO. George W. Sconyera, failure to yield ripht of way, $5. Peter John Petko. failure to yield right of way. SlO. Ronald Lewis Ansted, failure to obev stop sign. $5 Harrv Finch, violation of basic rule. SlO. Harry Raymond Prentice, failure to obey stop sign. S5. Irsel O. Chapman, expired vehicle license, SlO. Roy B. Gibbons, failure to obey stop sign. So. Paul Van Mitchell, violation of basic rule. SlO. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATION Oran Winfred VanDyke. !... Creek, and Thelnia Irene Cummins Miller. Lake Creek. New Dealers 0)00 Phone 2-5209 4-H Club News- CENTRAL POINT CLUB The new Central Point cook ing club held its second meeting at the home of the leader, Ern estyn Charley. During the bus iness meeting it was decided to iname the club Dough Nuts. It will meet the third Monday of i each month. I After the meeting was ad journed, members divided into couples and made cookies and orange floats, which were used as refreshments. Members then played games suggested by Sher ri Burelson and Tari Martin, the game committee members. Mike Charley, Reporter. APPLEGATE FISHING CLUB The Applegate Fishing club held an organizational meeting at the Applegate school Friday, Dec. 21. Dana Gebhardt is the leader and Philip Krouse is the junior leader.: Officers are president, Mike Harris; vice president, Da vid Provell: secretary and re porter, Vincent Freemantle: and sergeant-at-arms is Jim Christen sen. Meetings will be held the sec ond and fourth Wednesdays of every month. Vincent Freemantle, Reporter. CLOTHING 8c COOKING CLUB At the last meeting members discussed having both cooking and clothing activities in the club. After Miss Marjorie Hat tan, county 4-H agent, returns from her vacation, a meeting will be held with mothers at tending. It will be decided at that time whether or not both cooking and clothing will be in cluded in the program. Mrs. Carol Reynders and Dor na Miller have volunteered to relp with this club. Dona Brown and Jean Row den will be junior leaders. Bonnie Freemantle, Reporter. BUSY BEES The Busy Bees 4-H club of Butte Falls met Dec. 20 at the home of the leader, Mrs. W. Edmondson. After the business meeting a Christmas party was held. Refreshments were served and gifts exchanged. Kathy Olson, Reporter PHOENIX SHEEP CLUB The Phoenix sheep club met at the home of the leader, Charles Swingle, on Dec. 22. A Christmas party was held. Officers for the club are, presi dent, Jim Martin; vice president, Wayne Distworth; secretary, Virginia Daugherty: and re porter, Rene Johnson. Rene Johnson, Reporter Plan's Near Complete For TV MOD Auction Plans are nearing completion for the second annual Crater Lions club TV March of Dimes auction on KBES-TV, according to John Lusk, president of the club. The auction is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 25. , . - . Club members will solicit mer chandise for the auction from merchants in the Medford area. Grants Pass, Ashland and Cen tral Point, Lusk said. During the two-hour auction the Lions will take bids on the merchandise from area resi dents. Time is being donated by the station. Entertainment by local talent will be provided between bid ding, Lusk said. Ernie Hood, Medford, is in charge of musical direction. Merchandise will be. stored at Franklin's Transfer and Storage warehouse, 340 North Fir St., Medford. Proceeds from the auction will go to the March of Dimes. Last year, $6,000 went to the local MOD drive from auction funds. Robert Dickey is chairman of the project. TOO MUCH HOLIDAY CHEER Passaic, NJ. (UP) Two girls, aged 5 and 7, admitted to juvenile authorities that they concocted a story of being beat en unconscious by older chil dren. The girls, who were found unconscious, later said they were overcome after sampling the contents of a fancy holiday whisky decanter. Because of uniform drainage, Kansas has no natural lakes. Major Mills in IV To Be Reopened Cave Junction All major mills in the Illinois Valley, with the exception of Moore Timber Products at .O'Brien, will be in production again by Jan. 7. Rough and Ready Lumber company on the Redwood high way near Cave Junction called employees back to its saw mill last week. The planer started production on Wednesday. The mill has been closed down since Nov. 21. Cabax Mills at Kerby. closed since the middle of November, will reopen Jan. 7. The management of Moore Timber Products has announced the closing of its saw mill at O'Brien and its planning mill in Grants Pass for an indefinite period, probably to extend until February. Expected to be in production by Feb. 1 is the new S75.000 band saw mill at Cabax Mills in Kerby. The new mill will cut up to 20 feet, and will have a 40,000 board feet capacity. It replaces a circular mill which burned down last October as it was be ing dismantled. According to Mill Superinten dent C. R. Piller, the new addi tion to Cabax will employ seven or eight men. Sam Arnett and company from Springfield are doing the buil ding. "The Gretel" Iwixsntw THE No Money Down! Low Easy Terms for men with an I 1 KA jj easy to read (tern i jjj I I CCg 5 fw' water and shock reiitt watch it anti-magnetic, y Anti - magnetic man'a watch' with expansion band, both water X&ALBr Ban on Exports lo Poland Are Eased Washington (U.R) The United States Saturday eased its strict ban on exports to Com munist Poland in recognition of its partial break with Moscow. Secretary of Commerce Sin clair Weeks announced the gov ernment will permit exporters to sell surplus U. S. farm products to Poland for U. S. dollars at world market prices. This was the first concrete ac tion the United States has taken to cooperate with Poland since it broke from Moscow's domin ation and won some measure of independence. 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