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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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PER ANNUM WAS DECLARED ON SAVINGS
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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.
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