SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. January 6, 1957
NEWS NOTES from
Medford High School
Edited by Jams Boyd: staff: Lin
da Robertson. Kay Nicodemui,
and Bob Bright
"To be or not to be," seniors
may be seen muttering to them
selves as they practice their dra
matics lessons. Tryouts for the
senior play will be held Monday
after school. At 3:05 p.m. ten
girls and nine boys will be se
lected for roles in the comedy
fantasy, "Mrs. McThing."
This year, due to Robert Sted
man's illness, Mrs. Zapell, the
drama and sophomore English
instructor, will direct the senior
play. Mrs. Zapell has been active
in the Footlighters since 1947
and now serves as its secretary.
Play books are now available
in the library. These books may
be checked out for use in that
room.
"Teens Against Polio" chair
men have been selected. These
girls will spearhead the activities
of Medford High in the March
of Dimes campaign. Jacque Col
ton, senior; Shirley Lilly, junior;
and Linda Smith, sophomore,
are now making plans for their
month long drives.
The "Teens - Against Polio"
campaign will be competitive,
with each class trying to top the
others. Last year the sophomores
won the drive.
These students will be assigned
to one teacher and will study her
teaching style.
On Jan. 12 the college board
test will be given in the MHS li
brary. This test will serve as a
college entrance exam for many
of the students taking the test.
Others will be taking the test in
an attempt to win scholarships
such as he General Motors na
tioonal scholarship or the Merit
Scholarship.
Wednesday, the merit scholar
ship finalists will be announced
throughout the country. Nation
ally, 7.492 students have been
selected as finalists. Another
7,000 will receive letters of
merit.
Square dance music may be
heard resounding from the gym.
The physical education classes
started their annual dancing
classes this week. It is safe to
forecast that there will be many
bruised toes between now and
the iend of the classes.
During the Christmas holi
days, Jim Gordon received sec
ond place in a state-wide poster
contest sponsored by the Art Di
rectors club and backed by the
printers association. Jim re
ceived $50 for this honor.
The posters in the contest were
related to Oregon Printing
Month, which is January. The
contest was judged by profes
sional commercial artists in Port
land. First or third place winners
are not known at this time. Oth
er entries from MHS were Bob
Micheltree, Sharon Picard and
Bill Henderson.
The International Relations
league is sponsoring a clothing
drive. The students of Medford
High are asked to bring worn but
usable clothing to Room 205
Monday and Tuesday mornings.
This clothing will be used in the
Hungarian relief movement. IRL
members will pack the clothing
for shipment Tuesday after
school.
Registration for second semes
ter classes will begin Jan. 7. All
students must see their counselor
by Jan. 17 and register for the
second semester. To speed this
process the second period teach
ers have been asked to see that
every student has a "complete,
correct, and up-to-date copy of
his present schedule." This sched
ule must be shown to the coun
selor when a student registers.
The junior girls will have a
chance to show their talents in
the Girls' league competition as
sembly, Jan. 9. The sophomores
will have a chance to retaliate
in February and the seniors will
follow in March. The winning
class will receive a prize.
Fifty-two members of the Fu
ture Teachers of America will
take part in the second Medford
city schools observance of the
school year. This Thursday the
future teachers will report to
one of the seven schools to be
observed at 8:30 a.m. and will
return to senior high at 1 p.m.
$5.3 Million in
Contracts Awarded
To Ross Companies
Washington The defense
department has disclosed that
more than S3. 3 million in con
tracts are held by firms in which
the wife of Assistant Defense
Secretary Robert Tripp Ross and
her brother hold an interest.
Pentagon records also showed
that in addition to the current
contracts, the companies in
which Ross' relatives are inter
ested received 56,917.000 in con
tracts completed in the 1951-56
period.
Two congressional subcommit
tees opened preliminary investi
gations Friday to determine if a
"conflict of interests" is involved
in an S884.150 Army contract
awarded to a firm headed by
Mrs. Ross.
Ross said he has had nothing
to do with the various firms
since February, 1952, when he
was elected to Congress from
Queens county, N. Y. He became
an administration official two
years later.
The congressional inquiries
are being made by the staffs of
a House Government Operations
subcommittee, headed by Rep.
Chet Holifield (D-Calif) and the
Senate Investigating subcommit
tee headed by Sen. John L. Mc-
Clellan (D-Ark).
Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga)
of the House Armed Services
committee also was known to be
considering the case. Vinson said
he would have no statement un
til his committee is formally or
ganized.
The defense department Thurs
day night disclosed in answer to
press queries that the Army last
November awarded an $884,150
contract for 249,000 pairs of
men's trousers to Wynn Enter
prises, Inc. of New York and
Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. Ross is
president of the firm.
Partnership Power
Policy Essential,
Fred Seaton Says
. Washington U.R) Secre
tary of Interior Fred A. Seaton
says it "is essential" that the ad
ministration continue its part
nership power policy.
Partnerships with local groups
"is the basic concept of the pow
er policy," Seaton told a news
conference Friday. "We have no
intention of retreating from it."
He said the Federal Power
commission estimates it will cost
S40 billion over the next 10
years just to provide enough ad
ditional power "to keep up."
He said the price tag over the
next 20 years will be S94 billion.
"That is why the partnership
policy is essential," he said. "It
is just impossible to get that
much federal money."
Plans to Remain
Seaton also said he plans to
remain in the cabinet. He said
the president "asked me to stay
on and I plan to."
He also said:
The administration expects to
push for statehood for Hawaii
and Alaska in the current session
of Congress. He said Hawaii
should be granted outright state
hood. Alaska, he said, should be
made a state while "recognizing
that provision for adequate na
tional defense must be made.
The administration will con
tinue to oppose any plan to con
struct a high dam at Hells Can
yon on the Snake River on the
Idaho-Oregon border. He said
he had not had a chance to study
a Bureau of Reclamation report
on a proposed high dam at the
Mountain Sheep-Pleasant Valley
site on the Snake River below
Hells Canyon.
HORNBROOK
Accident Injures Three
BUTTE FALLS
By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN
Hornbrook The New Year
brought a note of sadness to
Hornbrook residents when they
learned that Ed Smith, popular
owner and manager of the T.
Jones company, had been in
jured in an automobile acci-den.
He and Mrs. Smith, who
teaches in the local grammar
school, and their son Bob, an
employee of Copco in Medford,
were en route to Yreka about
7:30 p.m. New Year's eve when
a car backed out from in front
Bur-Bel resort directly in front
of them.
Smith swerved to the left to
avoid being struck by the car,
and in doing so. lost control
of his car, which overturned,
barely missing going into the
Klamath river. Smith was knock
unconscious and could not be
moved from the car until the
tow car arrived from Yreka to
right it. He was still uncons
cious when removed to Girdner's
ambulance which took him to
the hospital in Yreka. Besides
a head injury, he also received
five broken ribs. Bob sustained
head cuts, and Mrs. Smith severe
bruises'. Their injuries were not
severe enough to require them
to be hospitalized. The acci
dent marred the Smith's plans
for a family reunion on New
Year's day, to which nineteen
members had been invited.
A number of young people
from here attended the New
Year's eve dance in Montague
Monday. Among them were
Sharee Walsh, Linda Mason,
Mary Lee Rutledge, Nancy Mc
Master, Bob Paine, Bill Holland,
Les Phillips, Darold Crawford,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Blankenship
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Lavran Paine and
son Lornie, and Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Chapman.
The Rev. Gordan Titus of
the Community Bible church
held a watch-night service at
the church New Year's eve.
Recent callers at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. James Hodge
were Mr. and Mrs. John Duncan
of Rio Linda, Calif. The Dun
cans are former Hornbrook resi
dents where he was section fore
man of the SP railroad. Their
children attended the local gram
mar school and. Yreka High.
Their son, Bill, is a lieutenant
in the California Highway pa
trol, and is stationed in Yreka.
Other guests were R. S. Daniels
and son Gene, of Dunsmuir.
Gene, a first year student at
Stanford, and his father, had
been spending some of his holi
day time fishing on the Scott
river. ,
Mrs. Gladys Jones and son
Willis, student at Southern Ore
gon college had as visitors last
week Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Van
Lindt of Ashland, and on Sun
day drove to Grenada, Calif.,
where they visited Mr. and Mrs.
Don True.
Mrs. George Shattuck and her
son and his family, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Shattuck and
their son, all of Port Orchard,
Wash., were overnight guests
last week at the home of Mrs.
Bertha Bradley.
Tree Lift Nets $19.75
By MARY JO HARRIS
Butte Falls The Lodge Or
der of Moose held their annual
Christmas tree lift in Butte Falls
Sunday, Dec. 30. John Summer
field, Governor from Medford
Lodge LOOM, Dick Morehouse
of Boy Scout, Troop 40 and Dar
ryl J. Summerfield of the Cub
Scout's Den Four, Troop 40, all
of Central Point, picked up trees
and donations for the March of
Dimes. Final count showed
$19.75 had been donated towards
this cause.
Mrs.
Children in Harlem
Hospital Forced Out
New York (U.R) Patients
from several children's wards in
Harlem Hospital were evacuated
Saturday when fire in a new an
nex under construction licked
one wall of the seven-story hos
pital. The fire burned fiercely for
2li hours before it was brought
under control at 6 a.m. EST.
The young patients were tak
en to other hospitals for safety
and other patients moved to the
other side of the hospital. Fire
men fought the blaze from the
roof and windows of the hospi
tal. No one was injured in the fire.
Some 100 firemen fought the
blaze.
Medical Examination
Of Officer Completed
Naples, Italy (U.R) A group
of Scotland Yard's top medical
detectives who examined the
body of a kidnaped British army
officer said Saturday their find
ings will be disclosed only aft
er they report to the United Na
tions. The British experts, headed by
Scotland Yard pathologist Fran
ces Camp, flew here from Lon
don Friday to examine the body
of Lt. Anthony Moorhouse, who
died in Port Said after he was
kidnaped by Egyptian guerrillas.
The Egyptian government
claims Moorhouse suffocated
when he was stuffed into a metal
locker to escape detection by
British troops who were search
ing for him. The medical team
examined the body four hours
Friday in an effort to pin down
the exact cause of death.
Police Guard Uni
Official's Home
Montreal. Que. (U.R) Police
Saturday guarded the home rail
road union offical William E
Gamble who was threatened
with violence for starting a
strike that has crippled the Can
adian Pacific Railway and left
some 70.000 men unemployed.
Gamble, Canadian vice pres
ident of the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Firemen and Engine
men, told police two men tele
phoned his wife and threatened
to harm him and blow up his
suburban Dorval, Que., home.
There was no sign of an end
to the strike which was called
Wednesday by the Cleveland
headquarters of the brotherhood
to protest CPR plans to eliminate
firemen from some diesel trains.
Gamble said the union was
prepared to operate relief trains
carrying emergency supplies if
their crews include men selected
from his 2.800 striking firemen.
Railway president Norris R.
Crump did not reply.
There was no sign that either
side had further negotiations in
mind. It was reported in Ottawa
that the tie-up would be discuss
ed at a cabinet meeting schedul
ed for Monday. Some sources
said the cabinet might consider
drafting legislation for Parlia
ment to step in, as it did during
a nationwide CPR and Cana
dian National Railway strike in
1950, but this couid not be confirmed.
51f500Workers
Said Without Jobs
Salem (U.R) About 51,500
Oregon workmen were unable to
find jobs as the new year opened,
the State Unemployment Com
pensation commission reported
Saturday.
The commission said they paid
a total of $20,085,069 in benefits
during 1956.
Both figures were somewhat
above the post-war average and
pointed to heavy payments dur
ing the remaining winter months.
Most of the increase of 12,700
in jobseekers during the past
month came from downstate
Oregon with lumbering, food
processing and construction
mainly responsible. The year
end total was 4,700 more than
a year ago.
Tillamook and Hood River of
fices reported more than double
the number of unemployed Dec.
1, while Baker, Bend, Lebanon,
Salem and Eugene also had big
increases. Widest margin over a
year ago came from Toledo,
North Bend, Roseburg and Eu
gene. Little change was noted in the
four-county Portland metropoli
tan area which had 16,500 per
sons out of work compared with
14.500 a month ago and 16,200
last year.
GOOD CONDITION
New York U.R) Band
leader Jimmy Dorsey, 52, was
reported in good condition Sat
urday after undergoing surgery
for removal of a wart on his
left lung.
Pat Hossick of Yreka
was a guest New Year's day,
and overnight, of Miss Sharee
Walsh.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walsh en
tertained New Year's eve for a
group of friends which included
Indian Girls Die
After Home Burns
Redmond (U.R) Two small
Indian girls died early Saturday
of burns suffered in a fire at the
home of their aunt on the Warm
Springs reservation while their
parents were being held in jail
on charges of child neglect and
contributing to the delinquency
of a minor.
The victims were identified as
Carol Hunt, 3, and her sister, Ag
nes, 5.
They were burned when fire
broke out at the home of Evelyn
Polk, Hunt's sister, about 11:30
p.m. Friday. Police at Warm
Springs said Ellery Wolf suffer
ed slight burns when he entered
the flaming house to rescue the
two girls.
The girls were brought to Red
mond hospital by ambulance
where Agnes died at 5:15 a.m
and Carol at 7:15 a.m. .
The parents, Ernest and La-
vena Hunt, were serving a six
months sentence in Rocky Butte
jail in Portland on the charges.
They were sentenced Nov. 9 at
Warm Springs.
Authorities said the girls were
alone in the house when the fire
started from an explosion in an
oil heater. An 11-year-old girl
had been baby sitting but went
next door to watch television
The house was destroyed.
The Bob Driskell family spent
the holidays in Brookings and
Central Point visiting with their
families. At Central Point they
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Hodgson, Mrs. Driskell s parents.
They visited the Don Driskell
family and Mrs. Helen Driskell,
brother and mother of Bob, in
Brookings.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hilkey
and family of Gold Hill spent
Christmas with Mrs. Hilkey's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Moore
of Butte Falls. Also present were
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Moore and
family of Eagle Point and Mrs.
Frace Guyette and daughter,
Diane of Medford. Mrs. Guyette
and Jim are both children of the
Ben Moores.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Rodgers and
daughters, of Medford, spent
Christmas with Ron's parents
here, the Jim Rodgers.
Ralph Malloy spent the holi
day with his parents here, the
Ed Malloys. Renee and Ward
Malloy visited in Berkeley,
Calif, over the holidays with
their mother, Mrs. Eliz. H. Mal
loy. Ralph and Renee will remain
In Berkeley to finish out this
term of school and Ward will
continue the year here in Butte
Falls.
I Alan Stops at Crash;
Finds Daughter Dead
Wheaton, 111. (U.R) A. J.
Swaitoski stopped his car beside
the scene of an auto wreck Fri
day and inquired whether any
one had been injured.
He was told that his 19-year-old
daughter, Mary Ann, was
killed when her station wagon
smacked into a gasoline truck.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Black of
Medford spent Christmas Day
here with the Ed Malloy family.
Mr. and Mrs. Black are the
parents of Mrs. Ed Malloy.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gidney
and family of Medford spent
Christmas here with Mr. and
Mrs. Mel Arnold. Mrs. Arnold
and Mrs. Gidney are sisters.
Lane County Forms
Group for Refugees
Eugene (U.R) The Lane
County committee for Hungarian
Refugees was organized here
last week. At least 30 persons
offered long-range housing ar
rangements for refugees, and six
offered jobs for them.
The group is making an effort
this week end to bring up to one
dozen the number of refugees to
be placed in Eugene homes
while jobs are sought for them.
Stephen Batori, Eugene elec
trical engineer who was born in
Hungary, is temporary chairman
of the committee.
The first refugee in Lane
county is Tibor Kepes, 23-year-old
electrician. He is staying
with Batori and working at the
Automatic Controls and Com
munications company plant
where Batori is secretary and
chief engineer.
Kepes escaped from Budapest
with a group captured by the
Russians. They stole a Russian
vehicle and made it to the river
between Hungary and Austria.
There they were ferried across
the river by Austrian fishermen
after a brief gun battle with Red
border guards. He said he wants
to become an American citizen
as soon as he can.
Frank Irwin and Mrs. Earl
Eddings are now home after be
ing hospitalized following an ac
cident which occurred Nov. 16
near Crescent City.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Olson and
daughter. Cathy recently visited
with their son and family, the
Ben Olsons at Seaside, Ore.
Both Olson families then
motored to Portland to spend
Christmas with the Eric Sund-
holm family. Mrs. Olson Sr. and
Mrs. Sundholm are sisters.
The Olsons reported the trip
home was slow because of heavy
fog.
Pre-holiday guests in the Page
Stauffer home were Mr. and
Mrs. Marden Pillette and family
of Klamath Falls. Page is an
uncle of the Pillettes. Pilleite
teaches in the Klamath Falls
School system.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Dickey of
Brogan, Ore. spent New Years
at the Page Stauffer residence.
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Machlan
sponsored a dance at the High
School for teen-agers recently.
Couples danced to records and
one of the favorites of the even
ing was the broom dance. Re
freshments were served by the
Machlans. Machlan is Superin-
tendant of Schools here.
Vernon Arnold spent the holi
days here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Mel Arnold. Vernon is
attending the Southern Oregon
College in Ashland.
THIEVES STEAL BATHTUB
Newark, N. J. k'U.R) Thieves
left the kitchen sink but took the
bathtub when they broke into
the home of Mrs. Sadie Restaino
Friday.
Reddick was hospitalized over
the holidays. Reba Ann is home
once again and is reported to be
much improved.
Sgt. L. W. Hargraves, U. S.
Army, is home on sick leave
from Ft. Carson, Colorado. Sgt.
Hargraves will report to Fitz
simmons Hospital, Denver, Colo.,
soon where he recently had a
disc removed from his back.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Brown and
daughter of Klamath Falls spent
Christmas vacation visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brown and
friends in Butte Falls.
Also visiting with the Brown's
during the Christmas vacation
were Mr. and Mrs. Max Richman
and children of Redding, Calif.,
and Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Seargeant
and children of Medford. Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Brown are the parents
of Don, Mrs. Richman and Mrs.
Seargeant.
Darwin Moore, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Moore and Donald
(Dude) Henshaw, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Henshaw recently left
here to go to Oregon Technical
Institute in Klamath Falls.
Reddick,
Mrs. Orb
Little Reba Ann
daughter of Mr. a.id
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The Keith Scotts spent Christ
mas with Mr. and Mrs. J. Acker
man at Salem. Mrs. Scott is a
daughter of the Ackermans.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Jolliffe of
Redding spent the holidays here
visiting with friends and their j
sons, the Don and Lee Jolliffe
families. Also visiting here was
Harry Gibson, the boy's grand
father. The Jolliffes, Mr. Gibson and
the Charles Fergusons spent j
Christmas at the Don Jolhffe
residence while New Years was
spent at the Ferguson home. The
Fergusons are the parents of
Mrs. Lee Jolliffe.
Two Portland Youths
Arrested in Pasco
Pasco, Wash. U.R) Two
18 -year - old Portland youths
were apprehended here Friday
night after they had stolen five
cars on their eastward trek from i
their home town, police re- ,
ported. !
State police said Dennis Eu- '
gene Barnes and Patrick Lee j
Ball stole a car in Portland,
another in Vancouver, Wash., a
third at Bonneville, a fourth at
The Dalles, and a fifth at Pendle
ton. They were in the Pendleton
car when they were apprehend
ed in Pasco.
The Jim Rodgers had pre
holiday guests from Brookings,
their son and family, the Cecil
Rodgers. From here the Cecil
Rodgers went to Medford to
spend Christmas with Mrs.
Rodger's mother and sister, Mrs.
William Thomas and Joan.
AIRLINES NEED
MEN and WOMEN
We need Reservatiomsts, Station Agents, y -m
Passenger Agents, Stewards, Kadio Op- Jjij "V
public contact position. If you are 18 or C& L
over, a Hieh School Graduate or eauiva- v
lent and have a good personality, U. S.
Citizen, don t miss this opportunity. Good -
salaries, rapid promotion, free travel pas-
ses, security. Preliminary training need'
not interfere with present employment.
AIRLINE TRAINING DIVISION
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Argentina Government
To Protect Movies
Buenos Aires (U.R) The
government moved Saturday to
insure freedom of expression in
motion pictures in Argentina.
A clause in a new motion pic
ture code provides that no film
can be banned or cut "without
a court order, issued by a com
petent judge after due process
of law."
ROGUE VALLEY STATE BANK
MEDFORD OREGON
CONDENSED STATEMENT DECEMBER 31, 1956
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts - - - $ 976,437.41
United States Bonds - - 1,723,603.87
Municipal Bonds and
Warrants 185,309.96
Building and Fixtures - - 65,857.67
Cash & Due From Banks 919,887.27
Stock in Federal Reserve
Bank 4,800.00
Total $3,875,901.18
OFFICERS
W. H. Young President
Clarence H. Young - - - Exec. V. Pres. & Mgr.
Leonard Bradshawi V. President
Ralph E. Pierce - -' V. President
Neal A. Curry Cashier
Gertrude F. McCorkle ----- Asst. Cashier
Ron E. Cordon - -- -- -- -- - Asst. Cashier
LIABILITIES
Capital ------'.-
Surplus - -- -- -- -- -
Undivided Profits -. - -Deposits
- -- -- -- --
Interest Collected,
Not Earned - - - - -
$ 100,000.00
60,000.00
37,633.73
3,654,717.33
23,550.12
Total. $3,875,901.18
DIRECTORS
W. H. Young
Clarence H. Young
Leonard Bradshaw
Ralph E. Pierce
J. H. Stanley
Frank P. Farrell
2Vi Interest Paid on SAVINGS ACCOUNTS Effective Jan. 1, 1957
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Member Federal Reserve System
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