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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.
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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.
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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.
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CLUB
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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
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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.
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Westside Beef Club
The Westside 4-H Beef meet
ing was called to order by Dan
ny Gilman, chairman. The meet
ing was held at Leslie Kellow's
At each meeting a new chairman
will be appointed and have
charge of the program. Mrs. Van
de Kamp showed us how to use
our record books. There are
three members and we would
like to have more. Our leader
told us how to use horn weights
on Herefords, the rest of the
meeting was general discussion.
The next meeting will be Feb. 27
at Linda Gibson's house.
Linda Gibson,
Reporter
Westside Pig Wranglers
Thp Westsirip 4-H Pie Wran
glers held their meeting Feb. 16
at the home of the leader, Gale
Perdue. We discussed wnat
hreed of oias we want and
where they can be obtained. The
next meeting will be at Per
dues March 9.
Clint Gibson,
Reporter
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