TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, January IS. 19S7
Casting Parly for
Kiwanis Kapers Is
Tentatively Slated
Jan. 25 has been set as ten
tative date for the casting party
for the ninth annual Medford
KiwanU Kapers, cochairmen
William C. Stram and Jack Fitz
gerald have announced.
The party will be held under
the direction of Dr. Abner Clark
president of the service club
and talent committee chairman
for the Kapers.
"Guys 'N Disguise" is the
theme for the 1957 show which
is sft for Feb. 20, 21. 22 and 23
at Medford High school auditor
ium. The Kapers will require 75
singers, dancers and comedians
and a mixed chorus of 50 voices.
Dr. Stram and Fitzgerald have
said that most of the performers
will be Kiwanians and their
wives.
Acts, Scene
The show will depict "How a
Ham Gets To Be a Ham" through
six scenes of the first act. Sec
ond act, "Gentlemen Be Seat
ed," will have a minstrel theme.
Olson and Johnson type gags
between the scenes will add va
riety to the first act. In the
second act gags will be part of
the scene and will be on the
stage rather than in the aud
ience.
Through a policy established
last week by Kiwanis directors.
the club has broadened the scope
of its community service to in
clude youth, welfare and phil
anthropic activities. Funds to
support this community service
are obtained through production
of the annual Kiwanis Kapers.
Grange Notes
Phoenix Grange
The first meeting of 1957 of
Phoenix Grange was held Tues
day, Jan. 8 with new officers at
their stations and Master Dee
Hendrickson presiding.
He appointed Mrs. Florence
Hartley musician with Myrtle
Hixon to substitute when nec
essary. Charles Hackersmith of the
agriculture committee reported
on supply and price of wheat
and hay, and quoted the. num
ber of acres formerly in wheat
which was now under the soil
bank and which would appreci
ably decrease the surplus wheat.
Melvin Lattie spoke regard
ing taxes and formation of the
new state legislature.
On horticulture Jake Arnold
said pruning was behind sched
ule in many orchards due to un
favorable weather.
Vaughn Quackenbush gave an
informative account of new
ideas he got at the recent horti
culture meeting at Corvallis. In
cluded were smudge pots of dif
ferent structures showing the
proper ways of operating them
to get maximum benefits.
He also told of a disease call
ed "pear tree decline" of both
quick and slow types and stated
they know very little of either
the cause or the cure of the
disease.
Coral Schroeder, HEC chair
man, announced the next meet
ing of the club will be Wednes
day, Jan. 16. at the home of
Mrs. George Hartley.
Mrs. Velma Johnson post HEC
chairman, gave her final report
for the year 1956. which includ
ed many items benefiting the
Grange and improving the
Grange kitchen.
Chaplain Gertrude Leivin re
ported Ralph Swingle had been
at the Sacred Heart hospital for
surgery on his hand but was
now at home.
Secretary Lesbia Lattie read
letters of thanks from the War
ren Loffer and Anderson fami
lies, also from Mrs. Bernice Jen
osky who has been quite ill for
some time, but is improving.
Vaughn Quackenbush of the
music committee, in his re
port, told what he considered
to be the best musical programs
on TV.
The March of Dimes was dis
cussed and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Lattie volunteered to have the
initial koffee klatch at their
home on north Phoenix road.
Monday, Jan. 14. from 2:30
to 5 p.m. Mrs. Mark Norton
will be cohostess. Anyone inter
ested is invited, the number at
tending is not limited.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Arnold,
Mrs. Charles Johnson and
Vauehn Quackenbush were es
corted to the masters station and
presented their attendance pins.
The program for the evening
was under the direction of the
recreation committee, of which
Mrs. Mervin Hixon is chairman
and consisted of. a reading by
Mrs. Sylvia Bates and a game
of "chit chat."
The meeting was adjourned
at 10:05 p.m. and refreshments
rf coffee and sweet fruit rolls
were served by the committee
for refreshments, the Dee Hen
riricksons, Chet Parkers and J.
Greens.
Publicity Chairman,
Gertrude E. Leivin.
GOLD HILL
Volunteers Answer Alarm
MRS. CLYDE KELL
Gold Hill Firemen stood
by at the flue fire Wednesday
morning, Jan. 10, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Lenard E. Gaskin,
at 560 First avenue. According
to firemen, there was no dam
age. The residence is owned by
Fred Lewis of Gold Hill.
Among those who responded
to the alarm were Deloes Walk
er, Jack Arnold, Mayor Emie
Cooper. Virgil Gribble, fire
chief Clyde Kell, assistant chief
Wilmer Bailey, Donald Morrow,
Bill Dungey and Howard Bur-dett.
No business session was held
at the last meeting of the Vol
unteer Firemen due to the small
attendance. A discussion was
held concerning the plans for a
partition in a part of the hall.
Members of the department
present were the president,
Floyd Lance, Jack Arnold,
Vaughn Whitmore, chief of po
lice Floyd C. Taylor and the
fire chief Clyde Kell.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Walker of
Sams Valley are the new man
agers of the El Rogue cafe, hav
ing leased it from Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Walker. The business was
formerly under the management
of Mrs. A. A. Walker and her
sister, Mrs. Ruby Qaukenbush,
who will still be employed
there.
Carl Christensen, returned to
his home Jan. 5, from the Sacred
Heart hospital, where he has
been a patient for several days.
Howard Christensen of Palo Al
to, Calif., returned to his home
Wednesday, following a visit
here with his parents, Mr. and
Vs. Carl Christensen, during
his father's illness. The Christ
ensens live at Cogswell's trail
er park.
Lee H. Marsden returned to
his home at 404 Seventh street
Jan. 8, after being in the Sacred
Heart hospital several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Kellogg
have returned to their home on
Sardine Creek following a trip
to La Jolla, Calif., where they
visited with Kellogg's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Kellogg.
Two of the Kellogg children,
Dan and Cynthia remained with
their grandparents to attend
nursery school for a month.
John Cupp from Winters, Cal
ifornia has returned to his home
after visiting his sister, Mrs. Ma
bel Davis and Dick and his
brother Ralph Cupp, who lives
at the home of Mrs. Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis A. Cult
ter and daughters Kay and
Kathy, of Dugway, Utah, spent
a week recently at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Les
Graffis. whose home is on high
way 99 north.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Gregory of
highway 99 north entertained
friends at a 5 p.m. dinner party
at their home Saturday, Jan. 5.
Guests included Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Cameron. Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Kofahl and Mrs. Helen Wegner
of Litchfield, Minn.
Mr. and Mrs. Mace Freeland
have returned to their home on
highway 99 north following a
two weeks trip to Van Nuyes,
Calif. They returned Friday,
Jan. 4. While in California they
visited with their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Johnson and family.
The January meeting of the
Rogue Valley Herb society will
be held at the home of Mrs.
John Hoist, at Madroaks on the
Lampman road. The exact date
of this meeting will be announc
ed at a later date.
The Clutters are both em
ployed in civil service work.
New comers to Gold Hill are
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Bailey
and sons, Tim and Dennis. The
boys have enrolled at Crater
High School. The Bailey's trad
ed property in Redondo Beach,
Calif., in exchange for the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Starr
on the Upper River road. The
Starrs, who had made their
home in Gold Hill the past eight
years, have moved to Redondo
Beach.
Bailey owns the B. and F. Ma
chine company in Lynwood,
Calif.
Of interest to people of this
community is the fact that, Mr.
and Mrs. Bailey traveled to vari
out places, even as far as Ten
nessee, looking for a suitable
location. They were impressed
by the quietness and natural
beauty of this area.
Recent guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Hoffman
were friends from the island of
Guam, Mr. and Mrs. Harry East
man, who have lived on the is
land since 1946. The Eastmans
visited with the Hoffmans for
two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman also, I"
lived in Guam for a number of
years.
Other guests at the Hoffmans
were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mc
Kay of San Francisco. Mrs. Mc
Kay is a daughter of the East
mans and is a teacher of Spanish
and English at Jackson, Calif.
Mrs. Helen Wegner of Litch
field. Minn., is spending the win
ter at the home of her sister, Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Hoffman.
NEWS NOTES from
Crater High School
By PAT MEDLEY
Everyone is talking about the
March of Dimes. Last year Cra
ter High won the county trophy
collecting the
U jT
most money,
and this year
they are de
termined t o
win again.
The k i c k
off assembly
was held Fri
day with class
competi t i o n
to see which
class could
get the most
money laid on the floor during
a set period of time. Coins tink-
Pt Medley
SHADY COVE-TRAIL
Family Attends Funeral
By EVALYN P. WATSON
Shady Cove-Trail Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Learning of SBady Cove
left Friday for Weed, Calif., to
attend the funeral services on
Saturday for Michael Bortalaz
zo, nephew of Mrs. Learning,
who was killed Monday when
struck by a pick-up truck as he
crossed the street in front of his
home. The Learnings went to
Weed Monday night upon learn
ing of the accident.
The Bartolazzo family lived
in Jacksonville for a period of
time and had only returned to
Weeij, their former home, re
cently. . 1
Mrs. Jim Cassal of Trail has
written many of her friends
here that the operation on her
eye was to be performed Tues
day at St. Vincent's hospital in
Portland. She has been staying
at the Commerce hotel there.
Mrs. Edwin Strother of Shady
Cove is convalescing at Em
manuel hospital in Portland fol
lowing surgery, and expects to
be confined to the hospital for
another two weeks. Her address
there is Room 305, Emmanuel
hospital 2800 N. Gantenbein
ave., - Portland, Ore.
The March of Dimes Drive is
underway this month. Letters
have been sent to all the clubs
and. organizations who partici
pate in the fund raising events.
The seventh and eighth grades
at the Shady Cove school are
getting the envelopes ready for
mailing. The Shady Cove Boy
Scout troop will sell Blue
News About
Servicemen
IN OPERATION
Specialist Third Class Gur
man V. Marney, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Kemit, V. Marney, route 1,
Medford, is participating with
the 187th airborne infantry com
bat group in "operation market
II" at Ft. Bragg. N. C. The oper
ation is designed to test the com
bat efficiency of the new divi
sion under simulated atomic
warfare conditions.
COMPLETES TRAINING
Darwin Bean, Prospect, re
cently completed basic training
at Lackland Air Force base, San
Antonio, Tex., and is now train
ing to be a weather observer at
Chanute Air Force base, Illinois.
RETURNS TO BASE
Merle Nyberg, Navy photog
rapher, has returned to the Na
val Shipyard at San Francisco,
Calif., after visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Nyberg, Cen
tral Point, during the hoUdays.
He also visited the Ben Day's in
Salem while on leave.
Gresham Man Killed
By Dynamite Explosion
Camas, Wash. U.R) Oscar
Roy Sedig, 62, Gresham, Ore.,
was killed Friday when a
charge of dynamite exploded
prematurely. Sedig was prepar
ing to blast a stump on a clear
ing project here.
Coroner Paul Mylan said the
explosion was caused by a faul
ty fuse.
Sedig was powder man for
the Badger Construction Com
pany of Gresham.
Crutches. Announcements of
other events will be made as
soon as the chairman is inform
ed of them by the organizations.
The free polio shots for every
one from- 1 to 20 will be given
at the Shady Cove School on
Jan. 21. The doctors are donat
ing their time and the serum
free of charge. The polio shots
will also be given at the Elk
Trail school Jan. 17 from 9:30
to 11:30. As a part of the polio
drive the seventh and eighth
grade students of the Elk-Trail
school are making posters for
display in public places to in
form people of the need for
these shots.
Waters of the Great Salt lake
in Utah are said to be about 23
per cent salt in content. By way
of contrast the salt content of
the Atlantic ocean is about 3.5
per cent.
JIM'S MEATS
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All MEATS ARE INSPECTED
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CUT - WRAPPED
Vi or Whole Beef 33c lb.
Hind Quarter 39c lb.
Front Quarter 32c lb.
Family Budget Order 24-lbs. $10.00
Eugene Rogers, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Rogers has return
ed to his studies at Pacific Union
college after spending the holi
days with his family at Elk
creek. Trail. He returned to
school by way of Paradise,
Calif., and visited at the home of
Miss Jean Yeoman and family.
Jean accompanied him to St.
Helena, Calif., where she is a
pre-nursing student at the sana
torium there. Rogers and Miss
Yeoman recently announced
their engagement and the wed
ding is planned for sometime
late in August of this year.
Arlene Rogers, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers of
Milo Academy at Canyonville,
Ore., spent the school holidays
at home and, then returned to
start the mid-winter term at the
Academy.
Mr. and Mrs. Daun Chaney
made a trip to Estacada, Ore.,
where they visited with Chan
ey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Chaney.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hanson
of Elk creek, Trail entertained
at their home with a new year's
eve party. Cards were played
during the evening. Guests at
tending were Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Shimek, Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Case
bier and daughter, Jolene of
Trail; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Lacey and son. Norris of Central
Point: and Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Merriman and sons, Lynn and
Danny and Vance of Ashland.
Miss Agnes Oliver, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Oliver
of Trail has left for Washing
ton, D. C, to accept a position
in the Navy civil service. She
graduated from the Northwest
Air college in Spokane Dec. 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cross of
Shady Cove made a trip to San
Francisco where they attended
the funeral of Cross's mother,
Mrs. Gertrude Jory of that
city. Mrs. Jory had visited with
her son and wife on several oc
casions and was well known in
the area.
Mr. and Mrs. Hammons and
son, Frazier, and Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Pfeirer and son. Bill, made
a trip to Sheridan, Ore., during
the holiday season where they
visited with Hammon's father,
J. W. Hammons.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hoffman
and sons of Applegate had din
ner on new year's day and spent
the day and evening visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson
and family of Shady Cove. Leo
Hoffman and John Wilson at
tended college together in California.
led into cans and the class offi
cers scrambled around on the
floor arranging the money into
long lines, with the coins just
touching each other. The jun
iors won with four long lines
across the gym floor, but word
has it that all their folding stuff
had been changed into pennies
for the occasion. Junior Class
President Randy Campbell was
comfortably seated, and the pres
idents from the other three
classes bowed before Randy, re
peating an oath to the effect that
the "juniors are superior" to
whatever class they represented.
Senior Class President John
Greb almost choked on his
words, but the juniors cheered
wildly and cast triumphant looks
toward the senior section. The
juniors won the contest for the
largest amount of money, also
Further class competition will
follow in the race for the most
March of Dimes money. Among
the events to raise proceeds are
a March of Dimes dance spon
sored by the junior class. Each
class will sell tickets for their
candidate for Miss March of
Dimes, who will reign over the
dance. Girls League is sponsor
ing luggage day, when girls
carry the boys' books to class
with the presentation of a tick
et purchased for a nickel. The
boy must purchase a new ticket
for each time he goes bookless to
class. Last year classes conduct
ed everything from bottle drives
to car-washes, all of which will
be repeated again.
Eligible students have filled
out applications for the Elks
Leadership Award. Clarence
Mellbye, vice principal, notified
all students who qualified for
the honor award. From these ap
plications, the most outstanding
will be sent to the Elks judging
committee.
ketball player, Neil Green, who
was seated in a chair, and it was
only then that students realized
how difficult it would be to
shoot baskets from a sitting po
sition. After his explanation of
the game and the demonstration
Chase spoke to the assembly
briefly.
THE HARDER THEY FALL
Chicago U.R) A would
be purse snatcher got painful
proof of the adage about the
bigger they are. James Higgins,
11, tackled and brought down
the 155-pound laborer as he fled
the scene of a theft. James
weighs 63 pounds.
The Odd Fellows essay ton
test is underway. The faculty
committee has selected 20 es
says from the junior class and 20
from the senior class to com
pete for the six cash prizes. The
essays are titled "Make Every
Day Safe Driving Day."
The Crater agriculture chap
ter made a field trip to the Hub-bard-Wray
building to inspect
John Deere farm machinery
last Tuesday. The 70 boys and
ag teachers, Bill McFarlane and
Ed Griggs, were served lunch
during the inspection. After the
group had been through the en
tire building, they went to the
Craterian Theatre, where they
were shown several movies on
farming and related subjects.
Cal Giesler of the state game
commission presented an inter
esting program on hunting safe
ty. He illustrated his talk with
a large chart, then a movie was
shown - entitled "Trigger-happy
Harry."
passed and no one can tell you
where the time has gone.
New York City replaced Phila
delphia as the nation's financial
center sometime in the period
from 1830 to 1840.
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
HEALS
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KWIN
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Sunday
10:15
A.M.
Joyce Pestka has been appoint- ;
ed the Girls League movie chair
man. Movies are one of the ways
in which the Girls League raises
money to finance a scholarship
to a deserving girl.
The first semester will end
next week at Crater High school.
The past week has been one of
the busiest all year. Term pa-'
pers and semester notebooks are
getting most of the attention in
the classroom. Sophomores are
asking "How do you make foot
notes?" and more experienced
students just look smug and keep
typing. Half a school year has
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Sara Richards, a senior, has
been selected as the "Homemak
er of Tomorrow" as a result of
her high score on the Betty
Crocker homemaking test, held
last month. Sara was presented
with a "Homemaker of Tomor
row" pin, especially designed by
Trifari. She is now eligible to
compete in the state contest for
Oregon's Homemaker of Tomor
row, and should she win, she
will be in competition for the
national contest. The first place
national winner will receive
among other prizes, a $5,000
scholarship.
The girls of month for No
vember and December were pre
sented at the Girls League meet
ing last Wednesday. Irma Pen
well received the honor for No
vember and Karen Johnson was
named for December. The two
girls were introduced, and the
league president fastened the
Girl of the Month discs around
their necks.
Myrta Otterdale, from the Pa
cific Telephone Company, was
the guest speaker at the Girls
League meeting. She talked to
the girls about careers with the
company, discussing such things
as the salary, working condi
tions, and chances for advancement.
Salk polio vaccinations will
be administered without cost to
Crater High students beginning
Jan. 24. Because the vaccin
ations must be given in a series
with the second vacination two
months after the first, and the
last one seven months after the
second, only two vaccinations
can be given during this year.
The third will be given at the
beginning of the next school
year.
National Torch Honor Society
has selected 20 new members,
from the junior and senior class
es. The new members held a
meeting to discuss plans for in
stallation. At the same meeting,
the society pin was selected and
orders taken.
The Rev. Jack Chase, a mem
ber of the Wheelers basketball
team, presented an assembly last
Tuesday. Chase demonstrated
the game of wheelchair basket
ball, played by men otherwise
unable to participate in the ac
tive sport. Mr. Chase was par
alyzed from polio, but this in no
way hampers his skill in the
game of basketball. He held a
shooting match with varsity bas-
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Hollywood U.R) The
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Todd. Starlets Patti Lawler and
Stasia Lamont were on hand to
sell reserved seat tickets for
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80 Days."
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