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2 0. TP MEDFOKD (OREGON) MAII. TBIBUNK Sunday. February 17, 1957 SHADY COVE-TRAIL Couple Open New Firm Br EVALYN P. WATSON comes word of the birth of a Shidy Cove-Trail Mr. and baby girl, weighing nine pounds, Mrs. Tom Quail of Central ' to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Figu Point, formerly of Shady Cove, . eroa. The baby girl, the couple's held an open house at their i first child, has been named new business, the East Side Dry Brenda Gail and is the first Cleaners, located on Pine st. in grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Central Point, all day Saturday. Frank Busch of Trail. Mrs. with relatives and friends in the area and spent Wednesday eve ning visiting with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Trusty of Elk creek. Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Willson are leaving their home in Eagle Point and moving to Oakridge, where Willson is employed. The Quails have been em ployed by Mrs. Quail's parents, the Athel Dudleyes of the Shady Cove Cleaners for several years and have had an opportunity to learn all the phases of the cleaning business. They plan to specialize in rug and upholstery ' cleaning and made a trip to Mountain View, Calif., where they studied the methods of rag Cleaning at the Rug Master's shop, owned and operated by Larry Shea, former owner of the Cove Variety shop in Shady . Cove. Tom Quail received his training in the cleaning business under the GI bill. From California comes word of I'm death of Mrs. Lottie Kapp. 89-year-old mother of Mrs. Bill Massey of Trail, who was called down there last week when her mother became critically ill and was taken to a Los Angeles hos pital suffering from pneumonia. Mrs. gapp, who was well known in the area, as she had lived with her daughter and husband a good deal of the time, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 9. She had been very ac tive up to a short time before her death, etaking care of her own house and keeping up with various activities, including the Daylight fihapter of the Eastern Star, of which she was a mem ber. She was particularly liked by many for her keen sense of humor. SheGis survived by four chil dren, William Cotter, Mrs. Ed IWemie, Phil Coffer, all of Cal ifornia, eand Mrs. Bill Massey of Trail. Mrs. Massey will stay in California for awhile. Her ad dress there is co Mrs. Niemie, 4234 Kraft avenue. North Hol lywood. Calif. She is planning to stop off to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Shea n Mountain View, Calif., on her way home. Returninr from the Veteran's hospital in Portland via Mercy Flights on Tuesday evening was George Pfeifer, of Shady Cove, who has spent many rronths in Portland undergoing treatment. Carroll Watson drove Mrs. Pfei fer in to the airport to meet the plane bringing him home and Mrs. Pfeifer will have Mr. Pleasant of Camp White to help take care of her husband so that he can now stay at home. From Linwood, New Jersey, Busch went back to help out while the baby is small. The Figureoa's address is 1930 Shore Road, Linwood, New Jersey. Newcomers to Shady Cove are Mr. and Mrs. Philip Nevins and two small daughters from Livermore, Calif. The Nevins, who bought the Hammel ranch some time ago have now taken possession. Nevins mother came up to help with the moving and getting settled. I Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Strother j have returned to their home in Shady Cove after an absence of several months. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Vander lip of Shady Cove entertained with a dinner party on Saturday evening. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Blair of Eagle Point, formerly of Shady Cove, and Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Howe of Trail. Other newcomers to Shady Cove are Mr. and Mrs. Al John son who have bought the Jack Thomas house on Indian creek. Al Johnson lived on Indian creek years ago when his par ents had a ranch there. How ever, they are new to the area now, having been living in Med ford and on Butte Creek road. Newcomers to Trail are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crouch from Oroville, Calif., who are rent ing the Bill Wert house above Elder's mill and just below the Lloyd Oliver ranch. Crouch is a nephew of Mrs. Jerry O'Day of Butte Falls highway. HORNBROOK $111 Raised For New Hall Dr. and Mrs. Verne Wilson of Shady Cove made a short trip to Portland recently. Vernon Baldwin arrived in Grants Pass this week from Quonset Point, R.I., where he is stationed in the Navy. He will be married on Sunday, Feb. 17 to Miss Muriel Burgess, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Bur gess of Grants Pass. The mar riage will be held at 8 p.m. on Sunday at the Seventh Day Ad ventist church in Grants Pass. Vernon's brother, Don Baldwin, who is attending college in Walla Walla, will be best man. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lane of King City, Calif., are expected to arrive Friday for the wedding. Mrs. M. L. Lane of Shady Cove is returning to stay with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Shepherd of Shady Cove, after a vacation spent in California where she visited with a brother and family in Belmont, Calif., her son and family, Roy Lane in Morro Bay, Calif., and attended the wedding of her grandson, Howard Mc Carten, in San Francisco, where she was the honored guest. Mrs. O. O. Willson of Oak ridge, Ore., and her mother, Mrs. White of Albany, are visiting A meeting of the Country Playhouse was held on Satur day evening, Feb. 9 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hanson. It was pointed out that eligi bility is not confined to resi dents of Elk Creek or those who own property there, but takes in anyone who is a resident or owns property in the Elk-Trail area. A number of new mem bers were taken in at this meet ing. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Work, Mr. and Mrs. Tucker, Roy Porcher and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Shimek. Honorary memberships have been con ferred on Gene Ash, Carl Han son and Dudley Geary. Plans are underway for the building of a new clubhouse to replace the old own known as the Elk-Trail Social club which was destroyed by fire. A 4-H Forestry club is being organized as a project of the Rogue-Elk Extension Unit and the first meeting will be held on Saturday evening, Feb. 16 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hanson of Elk Creek-Trail. A great deal of interest has al ready been shown in this pro ject. The leader will be Mrs. Audrey Collier of Laurelhurst road, Trail, and Mrs. Oscar Han son will be her helper. Ralph Herzog of San Jose flew up to this area on business, stay ing with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Clark while here. The Herzog's' own the house formerly owned by the Sublette's on Big Butte creek and have only been down in California for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Robertson of Shady Cove are vacationing in The Dalles, Ore. Mrs. Ernest Sackett of Shady Cove assisted in serving at an open house held on Saturday, Feb. 2 in Grants Pass by her By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN Hornbrook The observance of annual National Boy Scout week has been the focal point of several activities in town the past week. On Sunday a group'of Scouts attended the Methodist church. After services. Scoutmaster Al Gregory presented ten merit badges to Bob Paine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lauran Paine. Cub Pack 38, which is sponsored by the Methodist church, was given a potluck dinner Tuesday even ing at the church by the com mittee, assisted by the Women's society. Frank Ward is chairman of the committee with Alec Rut ledge and Wayne Cummins com mittee members, and S. D. Ha worth institutional representa tive. Cub master is Frank Hen ley, and den mothers are Mrs. Alberta Hutchins, Mrs. Gertrude Henley, and Mrs. Chadwick. There were 56 persons attend ing the dinner. Rev. Lewis A. Manning of the Methodist church gave the address of welcome, pointing out the benefits derived from scouting, and commending the leaders for their work. He then introduced the Cubmaster who presented awards to the fol lowing boys: Bobcat pins to Dale Farmer and Mike Turnbow; wolf pins to Steve Farmer and Richard Hogan; den chief card to Lauran Paine Jr., and den ner's badge to George Chadwick. Wednesday evening a movie was presented at the school at which the price of admission was an item of food to be used by the Boy Scouts at their annual spring camporee to be held later in the spring. Bryan Willingham, who is em ployed at the California State Quarantine station, returned last week from a two weeks vacation in which he drove to San Fran cisco and Boja, Calif. Enroute he visited his grandmother in Pomona, and other relatives and friends in southern California. Al Gregory Sr., is a patient in the Siskiyou County General hospital in Yreka. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jacobs have returned home after a parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Seefeldt on the opening of their new business, the Christian Sup ply Center. The Seefeldt's. who moved to Grants Pass from Spokane, Wash., were formerly in the furnace and heating business. Their youngest daughter, Pat, who is a senior in high school, moved down here but has re turned to Spokane to stay'with her brother and family and fin ish her last year of school. month's vacation spent in Mex ico and Yucatan. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith, who were in charge of Jacob's store during his ab sence, have returned to their home in Modesto, Calif. Ed Smith, owner of the T. Jones co., has returned to his job of managing the store, after bL-g absent for four weeks due to injuries sustained New Year's eve in a car accident. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chapman returned home last Sunday from a week spent in Medford, dur ing which time he was a medical patient at Sacred Heart hospital. He is convalescing from his ill ness, and hopes to be back on the job in about three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wyatt and sons Stephen and Paul of Cen tral Point, Ore., and Mrs. Marge Snyder and children Karen and Victor of Medford were Sunday visitors at the home of Mrs. Min nie Bloomingcamp and son Char les. Mrs. Wyatt and Mrs. Snyder are daughters of Mrs. Blooming camp. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Klontz of Auburn, Wash, visited for two days this week at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bear. They were enroute to Los Angeles, Palm Springs, and Phoenix, Ariz. Ermin Bear and Charles Pow er are spending a few days at Crescent City. Last week, they drove to Reno, Nev., for a short vacation. On Monday, Charles reports to San Francisco for physical examination prior to his induction in the army. Mrs. Wayne Cummins has re ceived word from her son, A2c Raymond Moffett, that he is in Morocco" participating in a bas ketball tournament. His perm anent base is in northern Italy. The Auction Bridge club met on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Bertha Bradley. Following a valentine dessert lunchqe n the members playing were Mrs. Grace Quigley, who took high score, Mrs. Will Rogers of Klam ath river who placed second, Mrs. Henley Clawson, Mrs. Mar shall Horn, Mrs. Lester Nye, Mrs. Frank Ohlund, and Mrs. Laura Swinnerton, who was a substitute player, and the host ess. Seven members of the Wom en's Society of the Hornbrook Methodist church attended the sub-district meeting of the WSCS held Feb. 14- at the Meth odist church in Yreka. They were the Rev. and Mrs. Lewis A. Manning, Mrs. Clarence Gow ing, president of the local group,, Mrs. Bertha Bradley, Mrs. Hen ley Clawson, Mrs. S. D. Haworth and Mrs. Laura Swinnerton. Other churches represented were Montague, Mt. Shasta, Dunsmuir. Hamiv Camn Ft. Jones, Etna and Greenview. Principal speaker on the pro gram was Miss Pope, from the General Conference headquart ers in ftcw York City, and a member of Christ Church in New York of which the Rev. Kaiph Sackman is pastor. Also addressing the group was Mrs. Wheeler. Dromntinnal epppetan. of the California-Nevada confer ence, whose home is at Green ville, Plumas county, Calif. The annual silver tea spon sored by the Women's society of the Methodist church will be given in the Fireside room of the church on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m. . A welcome sight in this area the past few days has been the return of the robins anri th meadowlarks, with their prom ise 01 spring "just around the corner." A stretch of "typical" California . weather. long and unusually cold, brought on a rasn of frozen and broken water pipes and forced many local residents back to the days of primitive plumbing, and the almost-forgotten method of ob taining water by gathering snow, of which the supply was practically endless, and melting it on the stove. George Sloan, who is actine "water commis sioner" during the illness of tiarry cnapman, rates a pat on the back for his efforts in thaw ine out and renairin? hrokpn water mains, and keeping the water supply nowing. While some were unhappy with the situation, most of the people took it in their stride, and recognized the fact that enn- tinuous days and nights of be low freezings temepratures were bound to make water pipes freeze. Kerby Woman Retires After 50 Years Cave Junction Dolly Dun can, a Kerby businesswoman for more than 50 years, has retired. Mrs. Duncan has operated her magazine store at Kerby since 1928. For 23 years before that she was the only operator for the Bell telephone company here. Her hours at the phone office were from 8 a.m.' until 8 p.m., with Sunday afternoons off, but the switchboard was in her home and she was on call for emergencies at any time. . After a serious fall last year, Mrs. Duncan moved to the home of her son and family, th George Alton Duncans. Friends kept her magazine store open until January, when she decided she would close the business. She hopes to return to her home in Kerby soon. Margaret Truman Expecting in June New York (IIP) Margaret Truman Daniel is going to have a baby. Her husband, Clifton Daniel, confirmed Fridav that fnrmer President Harry S. Truman will Become a grandfather for the first time late in June. The former President's daugh ter, who will be 33 Sunday and Daniel, 44, an editor of the New York Times, were married at Independence, Mo., last April. uney Kept house in what had been Mrs. Daniel's hotel apart ment until three weeks aeo when they moved to a Manhattan apartment with room for the baby, friends' said. Mrs. Norma Pickard, Mrs. Pat Harlow, and Miss Barbara Burns left Friday morning for San San Francisco, where v they will be ioined bv Mr. Pickard. anrl will then drivp nn to Ft Cirri for open house this weekend. The Pickard s son Butch is undergoing basic training at Ft. Ord. from Toketee Falls, Ore. A POtluck luncheon was hplri at the school house Valentine's Mrs. Carl Finch has been ill, but is recovering now. Mr. and Mrs. McCanna have moved to Hornbrook from Cop- Council Discusses Pole Relocation Cave Junction Replacement and relocation of electric power poles on Cave Junction's Main st. was discussed by the city council last week. W. J. Moyer, of the California Oregon Power company attend ed the meeting. He said Copco has appropriated money for the new poles, and is awaiting the council's decision as to where they should be placed. The poles are presently situated at the edge of the highway shoulder and make parking difficult in some parts of the town. Appointed to meet with state highway engineers and telephone and power company officials was a five-man committee wbich will submit its findings and rec ommendations at a March coun cil meeting. I CHRISTIAN I SCIENCE 1 HEALSv Station KWIN 1400 K.C. Sunday 10:15 A.M. Copco News Mr. and Mrs. I Jack , Clay baugh from Tokettee j Falls spent last weekend visit ing friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. William Kessee and children have moved to Klamath Falls where he will re sume his work with Copco. Mr. and Mrs. Morrie Chappie and boys are visiting relatives at Toledo, Ore. 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