Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1957)
SIT MEDrOPD (OHEGOIf) MAIL TBIBOTTK Sunday. January 17, 1957 First Row of Cornice Pear Trees In Valley Are Being Cut Down The first row of cornice pear trees to be grown in the Rogue valley has been cut down at the old J. A. Whitman orchard block, located north of Stewart ave.. between the Southern Pacific railway tracks and South Oak dale ave. Officials of the Medford Ice and Storage company, who have to.,..- . ys l . 7", m-7 . t, 4 , 1 ,' t t I , f 'S f -J 4. i t-y,' . it,, ft' ' t V' i- r, M f r fc K v 1 - .1" 40 j" .1. ' i ' i- ' : . - i i'ffh?Jl4 t4- - 7; I PORTION OF TREE This portion of a tree from the Rogue valley's "mother row" of cornice pears will be on exhibit at the county agents' office before being offered to the Jack sonville museum. Pencil points to the union of the winter nelis root stock and the comic grafting. Though the point of union is clearly visible on the outside of the tree, C. B. Cordy, county horticulture agent, says the union is barely visible on the inside of the tree. "It was a good job of graft ing." Cordy stated. ,i . . r - - ' vi 'V " Hi r-l ' w z T,... L o P :--Jt! 7: fr1:: Ix-t; ? i ALL THAT'S LEFT Here is all that remains of the first row of cornice pears in the Rogue valley. The trees were planted 60 years ago on the old J. A. Whitman orchard block, located north of Stewart ave., between the Southern Pacific railroad tracks and South Oakdale ave. The lot has been purchased by Medford Ice and Storage company and will probably be used for industrial development, company officiate indicated. Nearly all early cornice plantings in the valley were budded from these trees which are now visible above only as piles of wood. At left of photo is Stewart ave. DON'T LET ARTHRITIC RHEUMATIC PAIN RUIN YOUR IIFE! There's no need to suffer you CAN get relief QUICKLY with AR-PAX-EX. Most pain will sub side . . . YOU, and your loved ones can rejoice like thousands who are now relieved. Everywhere, victims of sciatica, lumbago and neuralgia are dis covering our "wonder-tablet" and thanking heaven for the SURE RELIEF AR-PAX-EX brings. Aching muscles, stiff joints may become limber again. "I'm sorrv I didn't try AR-PAX-EX months ago. Think of the agonies I couid . have avoided." writes one. Yes, indeed! But thousands who r-ad this will XOT art . . . will I'OUBT our HONEST WORDS. We sav BELIEVE have faith in AR-PAX-EX. We sincerelv tell you AR-PAX-EX will quickly relieve much pain or your MONEY BACK! WAINSCOTT'S PHARMACY 322 East Main OLD BEFORE YOUR TIME? Hw Hop for fib Twi-Ovf Tba REAL eivit of that "(featured oaf feeling, irritaMe mrraa, aleepleaetaeaa, conatipa Uon and digests va disturbances may ba due to inm-poor blood or a lack of nature's vital minerals and vitamins in vour system. If o, fel STRONGER and YOUNGER fuse G new iron rich, vitamin-rich Wood-boSdans; Drag-NOT Tablets. STOP SUFFERING Id a nhort tim you will notice a wondrous chance: lazy organs will go back to work sod tba black wapte and impurities will becin to leave vour swtem. Yoa wifi enjov new PEP and VITAL. ITY, feel and LOOK younger. Get Draft-NOT Tablets today. See results m 7 davs or your money back. Only $1.98 for a month's supply. WAINSCOTT'S PHARMACY 322 East Main Ullman Takes Steps For Owyhee Reservoir Ontario (U.R) Congress man Al Ullman has notified Democratic party officials here that he has taken steps toward creation of the much-sought Owyhee reservoir recreation area. Ullman said that a study is being made to determine what agency should undertake the project. He indicated that the program should be carried out jointly between the federal and state governments and said he had conferred with Gov. Rob ert Holmes to determine to what extent the state would partici pate. He said as soon as this was determined and the overall study completed, he would in troduce a bill to authorize funds for the federal government's share of the cost of providing suitable recreation facilities and access roads. Petitions are now being cir culated in a number of Malheur county towns urging the State Highway department to build access roads and also urging the State Park commission to in corporate the site in the state park system. purchased the property, laid no plans have been made for utiliza tion of the tract. They indicated, however, that it would be cleared for industrial develop ment. The cornice trees were grafted on winter nelis seedling roois in 1897, according to C. B. Cordy, county horticulture agent. Seeds for the original planting were "tramped'' from winter nelis pears by Ted Hill of Central Point. Early Trees According to Cordy, nearly all early commercial cornice trees in the Rogue valley, :ncluding those in the Hill (Oakdale), Hollywood and Hillcrest or chards, were budded from this mother row. Later cornice or chards originated from outside sources. Approximately 150 trees, in cluding other pear varieties and apples, were planted on the Whitman block, which original ly consisted of about 60 acres. Much of the land is now sub divided into home sites. ' The valley's first commercial fruit packing house was erected at the site by Whitman in about' 1900. The packing house was destroyed by fire in 1912. Because of the historical sig nificance of this 60-year-old cornice row, Cordy has salvaged portions of the tree stumps. They are on exhibit at the county agents' office and will subse quently be offered to the Jack sonville museum. Grange News Central Point Grang The lecturer'i program was open to the public at the Grange hall Friday, Jan. 18. . The choir from the Crater high school music department, under the direction of Norman Carothers. sang several numbers. The FFA boys of the school gave a demonstration on parlia mentary procedure, under the direction of agriculture instruc tor, Edward Griggs. Team" mem bers were Bob Elden, John Cas ter, Dave Mack, Robert Lichti and George Gilman. Visitors for the evening were Mrs. McFarland, assistant agri culture instructor, and Lottie Cingcade, of the Eagle Point Grange. During the business meeting on February 15, and instead to have an open house and social meeting. In charge of the pro gram will be the lecturer and recreation committee. Members also voted to meet Monday evening at the Grange hall to discuss the remodeling of the kitchen. The refreshment committee was Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Bohn ert, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dunn and Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Floux. After lunch, the recreation committee, Mrs. Charles Jant zer, and Benton Boyce provided mixers and dancing. The next meeting will be on Feb. 1. Phoanix Granga Phoenix Grange met Tuesday, Janu. 22 at 8 p.m. Following the officers' seating drill Master Dee Hendrickson turned the meeting over to Lec turer Ethel Carr, who presented Jack Dube, instructor of voca- NEWS NOTES from Crater High School Pat Mtdltj By PAT MEDLEY Carolee Brantley was chosen as "Miss March of Dimes" for Crater High school last Friday at the sopho more March of Dimes dance.: C a r o lee was the junior can didate for the March of Dimes queen, and the en thusiastic jun iors pushed their princess on to victory by selling the most tickets. Proceeds will go to the March of Dimes. Caro lee s court was made up of Con nie McDonough, the freshman princess: sophomore princess Donna Burnett; and the senior princess, Irma Penwell. The coronation took place at the sophomore "platter party," the dance held Friday night, where there was music only as long as the nickels held out. Re quests were played only with a nickel donation, which went into the March of Dimes fund. . The sophomores also sponsor ed the varsity-faculty basketball game last Tuesday. This was the wildest, funniest, and "cheat in'est" game ever held in the Crater High gymnasium. The faculty team looked a little rusty, but managed to boost their score from 10 to 20 with out ever making , a basket (a trick the varsity squad has never mastered). The starting fire "Legs Lamb in .loud Ha waiian trunks; "Warden War ren" in a jailbird suit and cow boy gloves; "Naughty Knapp" who wore a beautiful black track suit; "Knees Nau" in a baseball cap, baseball socks, ten nis shoes, track sweat pants and boxer trunks, and topped off with a torn pajama shirt. Cap tain of the faculty was "Little Red Lacy" who looked attrac tive in a pair of long red under wear topped off with a pair of yellow boxer trunks. The varsity fought hard, but to no avail. The faculty had them whipped before the game ever began. To help raise the faculty score, "Legs Lamb" carried on his own private little game in the oppo site corner of the gym, raising the score by 8 or 10 points. Help ing him was "Somethin' Suther land" who had jumped up from the sidelines to help his team when they needed him. The fact that the varsity was often op posed by six or seven faculty players was an important aspect of the lively game. Jo Rettmann, the assistant librarian, and Carol Harris, who teaches typing and bookkeeping, were the towel managers, yell leaders and coaches. When the dismissal bell rang, the score was faculty 27, varsity 20. Another score for the March of Dimes chart, also. A student or teacher at Cra ter High could certainly keep his sweet tooth satisfied . last week. Candy sales, pie and cake sales, and other kinds of sales have been going on. The juniors and seniors have been responsi ble for most of them, operating on the theory that "The way to someone's purse is through his stomach." Luggage Day found the weak er sex struggling along the crowded halls beneath a stack of books. The boys purchased tickets which entitled them to present a load of books or sim ilar articles to some unsuspect ing girl to carry. The .tickets also served as admittance slips to class if a girl was late. Lug gage Day and the movie which will be held tomorrow make up the Girls League contribution to the March of Dimes. Sally Elden has been chosen as the Elk's Leadership finalist from Crater High school. Sally has been one of the most active girls in school since she entered as a freshman. Among her activi ties are cheer leader, co-editor pf the annual, dlass offices, of fices in various organizations, and many others. She is Honor ed Queen of Jobs Daughters Bethel 38, and is active in many community affairs. Sally was chosen from a group of students in competition for the award. As finalist from Crater High school, she will compete with finalists from other county schools for the Elks Leadership Award. Winners of the Odd Fellows safe driving contest were an nounced at an assembly last Tuesday. The two first place winners were Tom Nix and Joan Morriss, both juniors. Taking second place were Carl Koell ner, a senior, and Joan Dobrot, a junior. Martha Davis and Max Fredericks, seniors, came in third. These winners were pre sented checks for $5, $4, $3,. respectively. tional agriculture at Phoenix High school. Phoenix Grange helped to pro mote this course at the school and this is the first year it has been in operation. Parents and Grange members learned how much had been accomplished this year. Dube has a full time, year around job, and he told of the acreage' the class hoped to farm and the opportunities for stu dents who, after a four year course, can qualify for further advancement in the field of agri culture. There are 60 students now en rolled. Dube introduced five of them: Jack Hofbur, John White side, Tommy Bryan, Leon Small and Tommy Atchison, who each gave a talk. Jack Hofbur spoke on inade quate facilities at the state fair grounds for FFA and 4-H mem bers. Lack of space for exhibits, lack of housing, sanitation, sleeping and cafeteria accomo dations were some of the sub jects mentioned. A measure is to come before the state legislature to remedy the situation. He urged everyone to write their state congressman to support this measure. John Whiteside spoke on or ganization of FFA and said the first chapter was organized in Nov., 1928 in Virginia. There are now 8.990 chapters with 22.000 members. Oregon was the 35th state to organize a chapter. Tommy Bryan outlined activ ities such as FFA contests at fairs,, public speaking and par liamentary procedure. Leon Small told of shop ac tivities, farm mechanics, and safety measures when working around machinery. He also spoke on contour farming and its pur pose. Tommy Atchison talked on supervised farming, farm enter prises and projects which the FFA student may enter. Dube then held a question and answer program, after which the students and their instructor were escorted to the dining room for refreshments and a short Grange meeting was held. HEC chairman Coral Schroe der reported a group of women would sew and mend at Camp' White the second Thursday of each month from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. The proceeds from the Koffee Klatches held at the Melvin Latties, S. E. Cox, Oscar Gysin and Olin Poe homes, together with the proceeds from the penny march, amounted to S60 and will be turned ovel: to the MOD. On the display table was a Grange scrapbook, compiled by Mrs. Dee Hendrickson dating from 1948. Mrs. Herman De Groot and Melvin Lattie were reported to be ill. Ethel Carr reminded us again of the chest x-ray. Mable Quackenbush and Sol Cox were presented their attend ance bars. . An HEC conference has been called by Anna Roberts, Pomona HEC chairman, to be held in Phoenix Grange hall Tuesday, Feb. 5, with a potluck dinner at noon and the meeting at 1 p.m. All HEC chairmen and anyone interested in HEC work is urged to be present. Refreshment committee Mr. and Mrs. Al. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barneburg and Mr. and Mrs. Bennet Austin served sand wiches, pickles and coffee fol lowing the meeting. Gertrude Lewin, Publicity Chairman. chosen over 19 others. As a prize, he will receive his a-.uual without charge. News About Books "Christian Books, Heralds of Truth," is the theme of the 17th annual celebration of Catholic Book Week, Feb. 17 to 23. The purpose of the observance is to evoke the interest of the gen eral reading public in Catholic authors. Among the books recommend ed by the Catholic Book Week committee is "The Nun's Story," by Kathryn Hulme. This is the dramatic portrayal of a young Belgian girl who became a Sis ter, did psychiatric and surgical j nursing in several hospital, staf fed y her order, but eventually discovered that she was not able to live the religous life. "The Presence of Grace," by James F. Powers in a collection of short stories which center chiefly on priestly personalities and clerical foibles. Artistically the author's work is considered to represent some of the finest achievements in the contempor ary short story. In "Profiles in Courage," John F. Kennedy, one of America's keen-witted intellectuals as well as a sound stateman, examines the complex problem of. politics and ethics. There is heroism and rascality in "The Last Hurrah," by Edwin O'Connor, a story of the American politician who by patronage and connivance was as much a tribal chieftain as an elected office-holder. "Son of Dust," by H. F. M. Prescott, author of "The Man on a Donkey," is a study in the con trast between love and lust set in the high noon of Christendom, the Middle Ages. "The Spear," in Louis De Wohl's story of that title, was the one which pierced Jesus' side as he hung on the cross. This novel tells the story of the Roman centur ion who wielded the spear. Hugh Ross Williamson writes impressively of the Canon of the Mass in his latest book, "The Great . Prayer." Romano Guidaro offers some inspiration al thoughts in his "Meditations Before Mass. "Another rich source of material on Catholic worship is Francis Xavier Weis er's "Holyday Book." which deals not only with liturgy of the holy days but with the his torical background, legend, and pagan derivations. The books listed above were included in a brochure of "The best in Catholic reading for adults" published by the Cath olic Library association, Vil lanova. Penn.. and are all avail able at the Medford Public li brary or through Jackson coun ty library agencies. Two Escape Injury In Crash Landing Portland OJ.R) Two men escaped injury Friday night as they brought their small pri vate airplane in for a crash landing at the Portland airport after its landing gear failed to react properly . Pilot of the craft was Norman W. Ralston, 40, of Hillsboro, a partner in a flying service and also a pilot for the Buck Moun tain logging company. Aboard the craft with him was 21-year-old Jack A. Erick son of Forest Grove. The two were on a flight from Garberville, Calif., to Hillsboro at the time. When they started to land at Hillsboro, Ralston no ticed that the front wheel of the tricycle landing gear failed to drop completely down and lock into place. I Take a Tip from Ben Franklin Be a Steady Saver! "Little strokes fell great oaks," Franklin said. And small amounts, saved regularly add up to a lot . . . sooner than you think. See for yourself. Save her and keep saving! A DIVhOEND AT THE RATE OF 3 PER ANNUM AND AN EXTRA DIVIDEND AT THE RATE OF X PER ANNUM WAS DECLARED ON SAVINGS SHARE ACCOUNTS - FOR THE SIX-MONTH PE RIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1956. INVEST WHERE YOUR SAVINGS EARN MORE! SAVINGS 126 East Main Mtdford " " P LOAN ASSOC 140 ATION "Wher You Ara Paid To Sav" USE TRIBUNE WANT ADS Columbus, O. (U.R) Police chaplain, Rev. Alber H. Heinz, said Saturday thieves broke into his car and took S3 worth of candy and 2,000 copies of sheet music" titled, "Not Mine, But Thine." Marylou Medley and Bob Elden have been chosen by the student council as the exchange students Medford. The student exchange will take piace during the month of February. The students will make reports to their student body when the ex change is ended. Bob is a senior and Marylou is a junior. The 1957 Constellation will feature a cover designed by Ed Logan. In a recent annual cover design contest, Ed's entry was Construction Starts On Highway Relocation Cave Junction The Tom Lillebo Construction company has started pouring concrete for the culvert extension in front of the Illinois Valley Ranger sta tion as part of relocation work on Highway 199 south of Cave Junction. Work on two new bridges which will be a part of the new four-mile stretch of highway will probably be completed this summer by the Lillebo company. The state highway department is at present levelling and grad ing the new highway right-of-way. Complete Selection RECORDS Pop - Western - Classical Singles - EP's and LP's All Speeds BIG "Y Record & Book Shop North Entrance Big Y Market at home or away relax-refresh with milk! XL . . ? You Never Outgrow Your Need for ' Milk MILK producers league How This Newspaper Helps Advertisers. f7 J By Having Our Temperature Taken Regularly Every newspaper has an editorial ther mometer. It'i called "circulation." The paper's ups and downs in its efforts to satisfy the greatest number of editorial interests is reflected in its circulation. So that there is no possibility that the . calibrations on our thermometer become blurred by self-satisfaction, we have our temperature taken regularly by a trained A.B.C. circulation auditor. When he leaves, there's no question of how we feel. And, we're feeling quite healthy today, thank you an indication that we're doing our job of providing an interested audience for your sales messages. We would welcome the opportunity of showing you the A.B.C. facts on our circulation, and to explain just how our editorial program is helping to build reader interest for your advertising messages. Call us this week. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE This newspaperis a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, a nonprofit, cooperative association of publishers, advertisers, and advertising agencies. Our circulation is audited at regular intervals by experienced A.B.C. circulation auditors and their re ports are made available to our advertisers without obligation. c... -s i s i i i a 1 I i i i i i i I 1 i i i i i i
