Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 17, 1957, Image 2

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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.
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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.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Turner
and boys have moved to Copco
WE'LL BE
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In Our NEW LARGER LOCATION
East 8th and Front Streets
West of the Hotel Jackson, Former Location of Rogue Service It
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