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O O SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, February 24. 1957 t 7, L fa, tW JraL T If ?a" f i- r lev. UiM. f V 1? - , ,l - jr "4 1 M ft t mm if if. 42 li 4 6, 7 1 I zt L S fr-i" ar Mail's fc.r 'T f & ?z mi PEAR SHIPPING EXPERTS Among speak ers at the eighth annual pear shipper's perish able loss prevention short course held at the -Courthouse Wednesday and Thursday were hippin experts from throughout the United States, fictured above, left to right, front row, T. A. Merrill, of the horticulture department of Washington State college; Dr. S. B. Apple of the horticulture department of Oregon State college; back row, Dr. G. W. Woodbury, agriculture department of the University of Idaho; Govert A. Dyke, chairman of the short course committee, Spokane, Wash., and V. T. Jessen, of the Railroad Perishable Inspection agency, Jersey City, N.J. The men are shown as they were taking a coffee break at the Bear Creek Orchards cafeteria during a tour of the plant. :'z v ri , r 7 1 1 vASt'1 Mil flM&fp? J i I 1 il l : iTiT 'dn O SAFETY ROPE Dick Grey, plant manager at Bear Crck Orchards, explains how the use of a small rope makes "no end" shipping pos sible by stabilizing the top layers of packed fruit boxes for handling. The rope is removed when handling is finished. ill M:fM Wliiht - ' If... I MA'Mllh 1 f 332rtV ' 'r I NEW SHIPPING METHOD The use of "on end" handling of fruit boxes was demonstrated to groups of northwest pear ship-' Jers when they went on tours of local packing plants during the perishable loss prevention short course in Medford Wednesday and Thursday. ThS method is new, and provides more protec tion against bruising. Above, a Bear Creek Orchards lift truck Q-aeratorhows how S boxes of packed fruit can be handled at aime with the um of pallette. Juvenile Department Lists Need for Shelter Home There is an immediate need for a shelter home in the Med ford area for the temporary care of up to fi teenagers, the Jackson County Juvenile de partment has announced. These children need tempor ary care from a period of a few hours to several weeks while the juvenile department is making plansofor their care, it was ex plained. Payment r their board is two dollars a day. Department officials said most of these children have been de linquent and need a home in which to stay if they are not able to return to their own homes while the court is considering their cases. Meet Requirements Foster homes for the juvenile department must meet require ments of the state public wel fare commission and the Jack son county public welfare com mission. The foster family must include a husband and wife, and a doctor's statement is required of the foster family's health. For the shelter home, the ju venile department is looking for a family having adequate sleep ing facilities for five children and who would be available at almost any time to accept a child in their home. Income of the fos ter family must be sufficient for full maintenance of the appli cant's own family without board payments made on behalf of the foster child. The welfare department em phasized there are adequate homes available at the present time for the care of one or two children under 10 years of age vn a longer time basis. venile officer, and Miss Celia Walker, child welfare supervisor for the county public welfare commission, will meet with all persons interested Tuesday, Feb. 26. af 1:30 p.m., in the welfare commission office, 304 Lever ette building, Medford. Addi tional information may be ob tained before the meeting from Miss Walker, phone 2-5261 Mon- Legislation Report Given at Meeting Leonard Mayfield, superin tendent of Medford schools, re ported on school legislation sub mitted to the state legislature at a recent meeting of the Jackson County School Superintendents' association in the courthouse conference room. Mayfield's report was centered around the key district formula, which is concerned with redis tribution and equalization of ba sic school support funds. Dick House, Medford insur ance man, spoke to the group on athletic insurance for county schools. Discussion was held in regard to scheduling athletic events during school hours. Members agreed such events should be held during the latter part of the day in all cases. Current policy of the superintendents' associa tion is to schedule only one ath letic event per week during school hours. Kenneth Vannice, Prospect schools, chairman of the association, said this policy will continue. County school superintendents form the B class districts will meet soon to discuss and estab lish policies for scheduling of school athletic events. Next reg ular meeting of the association will be Monday, March 18. Lutheran Church to Participate in Rally St. . Peter Evangelical Luther an church, 1020 East Main St., Medford along with other Lu theran congregations in South ern Oregon, will participate in a mass rally service at 3:30 p. m. today at St. Paul's Lutheran church, Grants Pass. The Rev. Oswald A. Waech, secretary for missions in the United States, will be main speaker. The Cherub and Junior and Senior choirs from St. Peter Evangelical church wall join chil dren's and adult choirs from Sutherlin, Ashland, and Grants Pass in furnishing music for the service. The rally marks the beginning of the Preaching, Teaching, Reaching mission, which is be ing held in more than 160 Luth eran churches in Oregon. Each evening, at 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, guest mission ers will conduct services in the local congregations. Grange Notes Eagle Point Grange A meeting was held Feb. 19 at the Eagle Point Grange hall, preceding the regular Grange meeting, to introduce Mr. Gil- son, deputy fire marshal from Salem, and Mr. Robles, deputy fire marshal from Grants Pass. This meeting was held to famil iarize the community of the need of, and ways of organizing a rural fire district around Eagle Point. Gilson and Robles, after a brief talk, answered questions concerning rural fire districts, local and statewide. After the fire meeting Master Cliff Moore opened the Grange in regular form. Mr. and Mrs. Har-nlH Fereuson and Mr. and Mrs. Miles Williams were elected to become members of this or der. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Myers obligated in the first and second degrees. It was voted to try to have a degree team at the March 5 meeting to confer de grees on these candidates. Due to the late hour, commit tee reports were kept to a min imum. The legislative committee held a short discussion of bills coming before the state legisla ture. Visitors introduced were Mr. and Mrs. Murray Bartling from the Lake Creek Grange and Rob ert Bush from the Gold Hill Grange. Mrs. Bartling, Master of the Lake Creek Grange, was es corted to the Master's station. Mrs. Paul Force reported the next HEC meeting would be at her home Feb. 27 at 1 p.m., and that the display table was old autograph albums. Chaplain Augusta Perry re ported Mrs. John Clarke would be in the hospital at Los An geles for three weeks treatment. Master Cliff Moore presented Mrs. Lester Wertz a Past Master pin. Serving committee for this meeting was Mr. and Mrs. Otis Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wertz. Cora Bitterling, Publicity. Enterprise Grange Members of Enterprise Grange held open house last Friday evening, inviting their neighbors and friends to a Valentine party. Various card games were played, with .high score player receiving a prize. At the last regular meeting of Enterprise Grange, members elected David S. Blair as their lecturer. Also, members voted against the banks closing on Sat urday and asked their secretary, Enid Stone, to write their repre sentative and let him know how they felt about the bill. Dairy chairman Chester Jen sen reported that the same trend of larger and fewer distributors seems to be following the dairy industry. HEC chairman Lottie Martin reported $80 has been turned over to March of Dimes. Mem bers also voted to let the Evans Valley PTA use the Grange hall for Principals dinner in April. Master Gladys Boulter an nounced that efforts were being made to organize a first aid class. She reminded members that those who took the same course three years ago, should take it again as their cards will expire in April. She said those interested in Scout camp-outs and hikes must have First Aid to qualify as lead ers. All those interested may get in touch with Mrs. Leo Cooper. Hosts and hostes for the eve ning were Leo Orvis and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Badcock. Gladys Boulter, Master. 4 CLUB -n NEWS PHOENIX BEEF CLUB The Phoenix 4-H beef meet ing was held at the Harris home Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 7:30 p.m. A snow party was suggested and the club decided to have one. Suggestions were also made on teaching calves to lead. Scott Holmes, Reporter Westside Cooking Club The Westside Cooking club met Tuesday, Feb. 19 at the home of the leader, Mrs. Barnes. Donna Debricks, president, called the meeting to order. Seven of the 11 members were present. Mrs. Barnes explained the new books and passed out Grange Central Point Grange The grangers of Central Point held a social meeting last Friday night. Over a hundred members and invited guests attended a pot luck dinner at 6:30 p.m., fol lowed by a trip through Eng land, Ireland and Scotland via pictures taken by Mrs. Frank Perl on her trip through Europe last year. She plans to show pic tures of the rest of her trip at a later meeting. A skit, "The Course of True Love" written by Mrs. Scott Hamilton, was enacted by six Grange members. Mrs. Effie Kurtz led in group singing. The party ended with square and ballroon dancing. There will be a St. Patrick's party given in honor of the men who are working on the new kitchen at the Grange hall. The date will be announced later. The next regular meeting will be at 8 p.m. Friday, March 1. Valley View People Favor Formation of Rural Fire Group Formation of a Vailev View Rural Fire Protective associa tion was favored by a vote of 33 to 5 at a meeting of district residents Wednesday evening. Forty-three residents of the district attended the meeting. Five abstained from voting on formation of the association. The vote followed a panel dis cussion by fire protection offic ials, including W. p. Roble and Mervin Gilson, state deputy fire marshals; Charles Davis, Ash land fire chief; Gordon Barker, Medford fire chief; Carl Norris, Medford Rural Fire district; and some of the old record books. Carolyn Barnes, Mary Van de Camp and Donna Debrick gave a demonstration on making muf fins. Mrs. Barnes served refresh ments. Next meeting will be at the Kellows hime March 19. Mary Head, Reporter Sidney Ainsworth, Ashland at torney and legal adviser for the district. Mrs. James Gilson, pres ident of the Valley View Com munity club, presided. Widen Boundaries The group decided to widen boundaries of the proposed fire district to include all rural dis tracts circling the city of Ash land. An invitation to join the Valley View association will be extended by Dee Newton and A. L. Lemley. If accepted by the Ashland city council, the plan would pro vide additional service from the Ashland city fire department in case of emergency. Fire equip ment would be housed in the city fire station and manned by trained personnel. Twenty-four hour protection would be pro vided. When other rural districts in dicate their decisions on joining the proposed district, Ainsworth and Davis will establish legal boundary lines. Petitions will then be presented to the county court. If approved by the court, a special election on formation of the district will be held. Final plans . for the proposed district will be discussed at a general meeting to be held later, it was stated. CHARLES D. HOLBROOK TAX SERVICE Jackson Hotel Building PHONE 2-5969 Eveningi by Appointment Phone 2-8840 Eves. Lake Creek Grange Final voting approved the changing of our meeting night to the second Friday of the month. Opening hour will be 8:30 p.m. Worthy Master Pearl Bartling and husband, Murray Bartling, attended the Grange council meeting held recently at Central Point Grange hall. Lake Creek Extension unit asked for the use of the hall for a pie social on Saturday, Feb. 23. To which all residents of the community are invited. Insurance agent Bartling an nounced that Nat Etzel, FFA in structor at Eagle Point High school, will be our guest at the March meeting. He will bring several of his students and give a demonstration of parliament ary procedure. The meeting will be open to the public and will start at 8 p.m. Lecturer Faye Burrell had prepared a program that includ ed a reading by Mrs. Ed Myer, of the article "I Am the Ameri can Flag." Mr. and Mrs. Carl Webb presented a comedy skit. Supper partners were found by the matching of husbands and wivs names pinned on the back of their coat collars. All of the names were of notable person ages, such as the Eisenhowers and the Rainiers. Members are reminded to send their dues to the secretary. Dues are payable on Jan. 1. The next Grange meeting will be March 8 at 8:30 p.m. Ellyn Charley, Secretary. 1 Live Oak Grange Charles White, Master of Live Oak Grange, attended the recent state convention of the agricul tural stabilization and conserva tion committee in Gearhart, Ore., and gave a report at the Grange meeting Thursday, Feb. 14. One of the highlights of his report was that approximately $3,000, 000 had been spent in the state in repairing flood damage. Agricultural committee chair man Ray Frantz reported that market on hogs had dropped slightly and would continue a downward trend, and a low price on eggs had been reached. Legislative chairman Larry Shee han spoke on tax measures now under consideration in the state legislature, and reported defeat on the saels tax proposals. A past master's pin was presented to Ray Frantz. The literary program under Cassie Golding's direction con sisted of group singing and sketches on Oregon history com memorating the state's 98th birthday. The refreshment tables were decorated in St. Valentine's day theme and cakes and coffee were served by Letsy Miller and Beth Potter. Edna Sheehan, ' Publicity. day, Feb. 25, from 8 a.m. until noon. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture rube dull and weak' Most picture tubes can be restored to original brightness at only fraction of the cost of replacement. For further Information CALL Electronic Service 18. N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 where do they get tUe energy? Do at smart JL ft IV athletes do ... 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