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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1957)
CO o o o o o MedfordvTribuxi SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1957 o o 0 o o o o Winter Vacations o o o o o o o o o o TOife Jill ' J-- : XS-'.i At 2 John Austbo, 1003 West Main street, checks his skis after returning from Sun Valley. Raised in Minnesota, this member of Rogue Snowmen can scarcely remember when he did not know how to ski. By Olive Starcher Wintertime is vacation time for many Rogue valley residents. Some travel to winter resorts for snow sports, while others go south in search of warmer weather and sunshine. Others choose the winter months as a time to travel, particularly to the , other side of the equator where January and February are warm months. Ski enthusiasts of southern Oregon often go to Sun Valley, Idaho, and a number of members of the local ski club, Rogue Snowmen, were at Sun Valley during the latter part of January. Others plan to ski at the Idaho resort this month, and some have traveled to Squaw valley in California. O J Like most vacationers. Miss Virginia Larson of 101 Crater lake avenue, was tired when she arrived home from a ski vacation at Sun Valley and was reluctant to unpack. Miss Larson, on the staff of United States National bank here, learned to ski only two years ago, and is a member of Rogue Snowmen. On the return trip Miss Larson visited her parents in Portland. 7 y.Mj.. 5 i i 1 ii4 ! Q..0-i- - - ; 'fe" '23t, ST- ! (Sun Valley photos by Sun Val ley News Bureau) Sinwn during a skiing holiday at Sun Valley ore Allen Prigge (left) and Robert Gilmore, . Ptcspect. They arg pictured at Dollar mountain, popular intermediate skiers slope, just before (parting g run down the mountain. This was the second vacation for both men at the rsort and they returned to Prospect January 21. 1 1 1 ' -1 ; c : v- - - .x h : T : -J; ; c ' mmj; -:; . ' IMS ' '' ' V ' ' ' fel -1. ; , -,-s,.o: CJ co . O Tn lei n n timA ni it J-iptwp(. n aLi mn on Q 9rm.fnn ItM-Uw mi mii-itn .t .aM Valley are Bill Brooks (left), 415 Oak street, Medfortf, and Howard Dugan, O Gold Hill. Both are experienced skiers and enjoyed tNg oTencetl runs on the mountain. They are-pictured two-thirds the wap up o Mountain, 6fid O ; n tL. kn,Ln,nill.J rtrnlrk.. .U C . L . : L ' k I C O Valley. Mr. Brooks is a past officer of (quia Inyvaen. o o t fc I ' III I I rvfS -TPS , 'It '" i l- i ; ar-r": ' . A j;Kl -iSK ' J -7- tiMrriigi"Ut'' """"" "'--"lli liii i 'rg TTZT3.i "rj 0 Mr. and Mrs. Jay Giese, who left recently to spend four months trveliig, plan to take manv pictures while away. The couple motored to Los Angeles and from tnere took PcaoAmerican airways to Honolulu. Later they will continue south, stopping at the Piji islands and Tohift and planned to spend a few weeks in New Zealand and Australia. They will wtrn haune bav way of the Orient, with stops scheduled m China ana O O O 9