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Rehabilitation of
Mental Patients
Eyed Irr Program
Salem UK A major experi
mental program to rehabilitate
formerly mentally ill persons so
they can again lead useful lives
In society has been approved by
) the State Board of Control.
The board decided that two
Willamette valley counties would
be used to test effectiveness of
the poram. The federal gov
ernment will provide about S75,-
qGOO a p?ar for three years with
the) state patching the money
at advut half that amount.
Reiulrs To Bo Watched
Dr. John James, Portland State
college professr and coordin
ator nyhe program, said results
Qwou! be watched by mental
health aiiorities all over the
q country.
One county in the Williamette
YliJZcy wI e used to test ef
fectiveness of jatensive rehabili
tation. A similar neighboring
county where no effort is made
rjll be used as a control. Pre
liminary wrk would start this
O spring in preparation for a full
seal? program starting Sept. 1.
Jackson Program 'Successful'
Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state
health officer, said a limited
program on follcnVup of released
patients gas started last year in
Jackson and Umatilla c8unties."
Dr.'-Dean Brooks, superintend
ent of the state hospital, said
that up to now it has been
"fightjng a losing battle" on the
admi.-Sion rate. For the past 10
years 100 additional beds have
had to be added to the mental
hospitals, he said.
It is hoped the program might
cut readmission rates, now be
tween 40 and 45 per cent.
Throng
af Funeral
For Eugene Polieman
Eugene (U.R) Some 500
persons, including 150 uniform
ed policemen from the city, state
and county police departments
here, attended the funeral yes
terday of Charles C. Sanders, a
itate policeman who was killed
In a gun battle in a lesidential
section here Friday night.
Deputy Sheriff David Hefner,
whose spine was shattered in
the same gun battle with Al
bert Wachsmuth, is still reported
In critical condition.
Wachsmuth was formally
charged with first degree murd
er of Sanders Monday. He Is in
the hospital with minor injuries.
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comely sisters In getting passing
grades on driving tests. Deputy
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women will give tests to women
applicants.
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CAVE JUNCTION
Scouts Hold Honor Court
BY HELEN BOTTEL
Cave Junction Awards, ad
vancement pins and merit
badges were presented to mem
bers of Illinois Valley Boy Scout
Troop 20 at court of honor Thu
rsday night at the American
Legion hall.
The court was opened with a
fanfare by bugler Stan Love.
Loren Meredith and Carl Ham
mer Jr. led the color ceremony.
Neighborhood chairman, Or
ville Mert th, introduced Les
Henry, chairman of the Court
and Art Kellert, clerk, who pre
sented the boys their awards.
Three Scouts, Dorman Cox,
Marvin Jones and Thomas Berk
ner qualified for the tenderfoot
rank and received their pins
after candles were lit for each
of the 12 Scout laws. Explorers
Gary Meredith and Mike White
ley assisted in the ceremony.
Daniel Starks received his
second class pin from District
Forest Ranger Ray Ellstrom,
who presented him the troop
compass to keep for one week
before returning it to the group
at the next meeting night.
The first class investiture serv
ice for Terry Messenger was con
ducted by Rick Rauber who read
the meaning of the first class
badge as Mike Whiteley, Gary
Meredith, Stan Love, Carl Ham
mer and Loren Meredith pre
sented the various parts fo the
badge on cards. Scoutmaster
Gene Pulley and his assistant,
Ralph Huber, conducted the
knighthood ceremony for Terry,
after which he was given a first
class neckerchief by Huber and
a handmade first class slide by
Pulley.
Merit badges were presented
to the following scouts by David
Wilson, representing the Amer
ican Legion, sponsors of the
troop, and Ole Ballard, a mem
ber of the troop committee: Dan
DeMersseman, cooking; Bob Pra
ther, home repairs; Dan Slanak
er, forestry, citizenship in the
nation and safety; Stan Love,
camping, life saving, public
speaking and cooking; Mike
Hanby; citizenship in the home,
scholarship, read ing, athletics
and music; Leroy Slanaker,
cooking, camping, citizenship in
the Nation, farm mechanics and
public speaking.
Badges received by Stan Love,
Dan and Leroy Slanaker Thurs
day have now qualified them for
the Eagle rank. An Eagle board
of review is to be held in March,
with the Eagle court planned
for April.
Junior assistant scoutmaster
emblems were presented by
Scoutmaster Pulley to Stan
Love, Mike Whiteley and Dan
Slanaker.
Neighborhood chairman Or-
ville Meredith awarded Roar
ing Rogue District junior leader
training course certificates to
Gary Meredith, Mike Whiteley,
Leroy Slanaker, Dan Slanaker,
Loren Meredith, Noel Turner,
Dan DeMersseman, Leland Ros
enberg,. Carl Hammer Jr., Mike
Hanby, Gerald Gibbons, Stan
Love and Rick Rauber.
Ray Ellstrom made the pre
sentation of 100 per cent one-
year attendance pins to Mike
Hanby, Bob Prather, Charles
Tucker, Charles Baird, Charles
Versteeg, Steve Hanby, Bill Pip
er, Jim Burch, Dan Starks, Jack
Green, Jim McKmnon and Stan
Love.
Two year attendance bars
went to Terry Messenger, Gerald
Gibbons, and Bill DeMersseman
while three year bars were won
by Noel Turner, Dan DeMers
seman, Carl Hammer Jr., Dan
and Leroy Slanaker and Bob
Ellstrom.
Highest award of the evening
came to Dan DeMersseman and
Mike Hanby, who were present
ed with Star pins by Orville
Meredith. They are the sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. DeMersseman
and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Han
by. Eagle Scout Gary Meredith
told of his Report to the Nation
trip and described the highlights
of the 12-day trek to Washing
ton, D.C. In his 30-minute talk
he gave his impressions of the
high officials he had met and
said each hour of the day had
been filled with unf orgetable ex
periences. He especially men
tioned Boy Scout headquarters
and the Schiff Scout Reserva
tion in New Jersey.
As mementos of his trip. Gary
presented Scoutmasters P u lley
Wednesday. February 27, 1957
and Huber with official Boy
Scout pocket knives and a dup
licate copy of the 15 millionth
Scout handbook which he had
given to President Eisenhower.
American Legion Auxiliary
members observed Lincoln's and
Washington's birthdays Wednes
day at their meeting at the Leg
ion hall.
Legion ladies and their friends
have already started sewing
Easter dresses and shirts for
children of veterans at Roseburg
hospital.
Each year the Auxiliary sends
new clothing to the hospital,
from which the men choose suit
able outfits for their families
who might not otherwise have
Easter wear.
Assistance in this work was
asked by President Marjorie
Logan. The clothes should be
turned in to Child Welfare Luc
ille Arnold early in April.
County Judge Raymond Lath
rop and Merle Griffin, tax as
sessor, emphasized the need for
a State sales tax levey Thurs
day night at an open meeting
called by the Illinois Valley
Grange.
The two county officilas dis
cussed both local and state" taxes,
told how the tax dollar is spent,
and agreed that the picture was
dark, without much hope of re
lief in sight. Griffin, just back
from Salem, said letters from
voters carried a great deal of
weight with legislators.
Mrs. Harry Ott called atten
tion to House bill 319, which
would ask for a four per cent
tax on the net profit of all min
erals taken from the ground or
water. She urged those present
to write the State Tax Commis
sion condemning tne proposed
bill before it comes up for dis
cussion at a hearing March 4 in
Salem.
A through highway from the
Oregon Caves to Williams was
considered. Although a vote was
not taken, it was generally
agreed the Grange would throw
its weight behind a movement to
build this four miles of new
State highway. The road would
eliminate the dead end at the
Caves Chateau, and would allow
travel from Williams to the
Coast; or Grants Pass via the
Redwood highway.
Some 50 people attended the
meeting which was preceded by
a potluck dinner.
At the next Grange meeting,
March 7, Allen Eastgate, a re
presentative of the Pacific Fruit
Company, will be the principal
speaker. A film on apple grow
ing will show best methods of
spraying, picking, storage, grad
ing and marketing of the fruit.
Everyone interested in apple
growing, whether a Grange
member or not, is invited to at
tend. A potluck dinner is plan
ned for 6:30 p.m.
Methods of pest and insect
control in garden plants was dis
cussed by Dr. L. G. Gentner, en
tomologist at the Southern Ore
gon Experiment Station at the
Friday meeting of the Illinois
Valley Garden club.
A humorous skit was put on
by members of the club as part
of the program. Tentative plans
for the club's spring plant sale
were made. Assisting the hostess,
Mrs. James Payne, were Mrs.
Harry O. Smith and Margaret
Heald.
Mr. and Mrs. James Payne
spent Sunday in Grants Pass at
the home of their daughter a'nd
family, the Glenn Halms.
Portland Smashes
Call Girl Ring
Portland (U.R) Police vice
officers today claimed to have
broken what they described as
a "call girl ring" here after a
series of raids through the city
Monday night.
Police armed with secret grand
jury indictments arrested seven
men including three bellhops
and three cab drivers and a man
officers listed as a "procurer."
He was identified as Eric Lee
Caldwell, 32.
He was booked on a charge
of receiving the earnings of a
prostitute and was held on $10,
000 bail on each of five counts
of the charge.
Officers said a downtown
Portland hotel was the center
for the operation.
Bellhops arrested and held in
lieu of $10,000 bail were John
ny Penny, 29; Orville R. Booker,
26, and Maurice Clifton Davis,
22.
The cab drivers, held under
the same bail, were Harold B.
Benge, 36; Emil Joseph McFeron,
30, and Lawrence Leo, 34.
Officers also said that a young
woman had been arrested and
charged with vagrancy by drug
addiction.
Umatilla Democratic
Chairman Quits Post
Pendleton (U.R) Henry
Dixon, 40-year-old Milton-Free
water rancher, yesterday submit
ted his resignation as Umatilla
County Democratic Central
Committee chairman.
Dixon said he was moving out
of the county. Vice Chairman
Mrs. Daphne Branstetter will
serve as acting chairman until a
successor is chosen.
Reapportionment
Of Legislature in
House Resolution
Salem (U,R) A resolution
amending the Oregon constitu
tion to reapportion the state
T ooislature settine membership
of the Senate and increasing the
House of Representatives irom
B0 in 85 members was introduc
ed in the House here Tuesday.
The resolution by Rep. George
Annala, Hood River Democrat,
Sen. Harry Boivin, Klamath
Fll Democrat, and others, pro
vides that the Senate shall be
apportioned after the next fed
eral census on a straight 'pop
ulation basis.
The House would be appor
tioned' one representative per
cniintv pyrent that each county
over 30,000 population would
have one additional representa
tive and counties over 75,000
population would have further
additional representatives per
30,000 population up to a limit
of 12.
Senate Would Star At 30
Signing the resolution were
27 representatives and seven
senators. They asked that the
secretary of state apportion the
Legislature if the legislators
themselves fail to do so and
that the Supreme Court do the
job if the secretary of state fails
to do so.
- Until the next . census, the
Senate would remain at 30 mem
bers but the House would be
apportioned on an interim basis
to reduce Multnomah, Marion
and T.anp county representation
and increase other counties or
groups of counties.
Irish Extremists
Stage Series of Raids
Belfast, Northern Ireland (U.R)
Irish Republican Army ex
tremists blew up a bridge, tele
phone exchange and electric
transformers today in their most
widespread series of raids in re
cent months.
Electricity supplies were cut
off, in large areas of County
Derry and County Tyrone. Bomb
damage to a telephone exchange
in Drumenny stopped telephone
service in County Tyrone. Police
reported no casualties.
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Lodge Observes 59th Year
BY MRS. CLYDE KELL
Gold Hill Amethyst Rebakah
lodge celebrated it's 59th an
niversary and honored Mrs. Car
rie Puhl, one of its two living
charter members, at a meeting
Wednesday evening, Feb. 20 in
the IOOF hall. Noble grand Mrs.
Lester Parker officiated. ,
Mrs. Norman Gail, good of the
order ' chairman, was in charge
of the program, which included
special music of the 1898 era.
"Old Gray Bonnet" was sung by
Mrs. Gail and Mrs. Paul Molley,
who were accompanied at the
piano by Mrs. Tom Smith. Violin
selections by Mrs. Gail and Mrs.
Molley included "Silver Threads
Among The Gold," which was
requested by the lodge as a trib
ute to Mrs. Puhl.
Mrs. Paul Thompson and Mrs.
Wilmer Bailey provided comedy
in the evening's entertainment
when they appeared as a gay
nineties couple and waltzed
around the hall.
Thirty Rebekahs formed a
circle around Mrs. Puhl while
the gift presentation was made
by Mrs. J. Les Graffis, president
of the Past Noble Grands club,
and Mrs. Harry Quinn.
During the business session,
a donation was made to the
March of Dimes. Further discus
sion was held concerning the
need of new stoves for the hall.
A committee of three was named
to discuss the matter with the
Odd Fellows before the next
lodge meeting. Those on the com
mittee are Mrs. A. A. Walker,
Mrs. Wilmer Bailey and Mrs.
Cecil Johnson.
Mrs. John Novak of Medford
and Mrs. Rena Palmerton from
Rogue River both past noble
grands of Amethyst lodge were
present for this meeting. ,
Mrs. Parker appointed, Mrs.
Jerry Herrington, Mrs. Charles
Bell and Mrs. Molloy to be in
charge of refreshments for the
month of March.
Mrs. Lester Thompson's side
is leading in the contest with 46
points. Mrs. Clyde Kell's side
has a total of 34 points. Both,
captains urge all members to at
tend the meetings. Mrs. Gail an
nounced that both teams will
be expected to furnish entertain
ment at the March 6 meeting.
Following the close of lodge,
refreshments were served in the
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dining room. Tables were dec
orated in the Valentine motive.
A committee made up of Mrs.
Wilmer Bailey, Mrs. Daniel
Stewart, Mrs. William Hittle,
Mrs. William Ferguson and Mrs.
J. Les Graffis served decorated
Valentine cakes with jello and
coffee.
Mrs. Graffis announced that
the next meeting of the Past
Noble Grands will be held at
her home on Highway 99 north
Thursday evening Feb. 28.
Amthyst Rebekah Friendship
club went to Medford recently
for a dinner and theater party
All of the new officers were
present.
Next ' meeting of the group
will be March 18. The place will
be announced at a later date.
Women of the Community
Methodist church in Gold Hill
have been busy the past several
weeks with plans to raise money
for the parsonage fund.
Over $30 profit was realized
from a dinner which' was given
recently by Group Two of the
Women's Society. Center pieces
on the white clothed tables were
arrangements of red roses flank
ed by candles. The Valentine
motive was used along with
other decorations.
Ladies working with the plan
ning, preparation and serving
of the dinner were Mrs. Wilbur
Martin, Mrs. Sam Jones, Mrs.
George Dorman, Mrs. M. Sim
mons, Mrs. Melvin Burnett, Mrs.
Harriet Elliott, and Mrs. Tom
Smith.
Group Three of the Women's
Society made plans for a smorg
asbord dinner at a recent meet
ing held at the home of Mrs.
Erwin Huffman, chairman. The
profit from this dinner, which
is scheduled for March 2 at the
church, will go into the parson
age fund.
Baked ham, Swedish meat
balls, roast turkey, homemade
cakes a n d a variety of other
foods will be served.
Group Three is made up of the
following ladies: Mrs. J. H. Kof
ahl, Mrs. Roy Eskew, Mrs. Mil
lie Walker, Mrs. Grace Bruce,
Mrs. George Smith, Mrs. Lester
Parker, Mrs. Melford Hood, Mrs.
Frank Carter, Mrs. Maybelle
I Rains, and Mrs. Roy Cameron
and Mrs. Huffman.
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