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Tuesday, March 26, 19S7 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL THIBUNE SEVEK ave Beck, Born Under Gemini, Proud of Labor, Business Careers Seattle UR Those who be lieve one's destiny is written in the stars, would :ay Dave Beck Is two persons in one because he was born under the sign of Gem ini, the twins. Beck is both Mr. Teamster, president of the nation's largest union, and a business man worth identical twins, the one depend-, borrowing, interest free, $300, ent upon the other, or wholly 000 to S400.000 in teamsters separate entities, is a matter intoilunds ?' Personal use And he which the Senate Rackets Com mittee is now inquiring. Proud of Success Patently proud of both ca reers. Beck will tell you his per- several million dollars or less sonal business success was, and than a million, depending upon is, not dependent "in any way, whose estimate you believe. shape or form" upon his posi- Whether ec'k, the teamster, tion as a union leader. Almost in and Beck the business man are the same breath," he will admit JACKSONVILLE Girl Scout Troop Active By MRS. C. S. HOSKINS Jacksonville During Girl Scout week the Jacksonville lixth grade Troop 168' partici pated in several local events. As a troop, accompanied by their leaders, they attended the rnorn ing services at the Assembly of God church in Jacksonville and a special Vesper service in the afternoon, with their families, at the Presbyterian church in Medford. The group was awarded a red ribbon for a window display in the Variety store in Jackson ville. The theme was a miniature of Camp L6w Echo at Lake of the Woods. They also had a dis play of arts and crafts and a tree leaf display for which they received a tree badge. Mrs. Pete Zimmerman, Mrs. Mrs. Harold Stags, Mrs. Jane Wedde, Mrs. Muck Griffin, Mrs. Mattie Hicks, Mrs. Stella Kim ball, of Medford, Mrs. Lora Youny, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rle.-ui Mrs. John Hamaker. Mrs. Marie Rasmussen, Mrs. Alice j the common, he-man variety of Fields, Medford. ' swear words to such' classic Ten of the group had perfect terms as tintinabulation, a word attendance. The instructor was'dc prominent in Edgar Allen the Rev. J. Robert Ashcroft, Pe's poem, The Bells. will add in his tough, taut man ner that he "paid back every cent." The climb up the success lad ders of labor and business was a long haul for B .ck who never finished high school and had his start in life as the son of a poor carpet salesman. The balding, blue eyed Beck of today is mostly a self made man. self educated and self pol ished. And although his stocky, relatively short frame carries a paunch at age 32, he still gives the impression he would be a rough man to meet on a picket line and would be at ease behind the wheel of the largest truck. Quotes Poe He has a large and well exer- cis d vocabulary, ranging from secretary of the department of i education of the Assemblies of j God in Springfield, Miss. Their text was taken from the book i 'The Spirit Himself by Ralph ' RigRs. Missionaries recently visiting at the Assembly church in Jack- j sonville were Miss Bonnie White arc ministering to the Navaho and Hopi Indians in Windslow, E. O. Graham and Mrs. Earnest ! Ariz., and gave a talk and show- Rasmussen, who has replaced Mrs. Milton Anderson since Christmas, are all active leaders and troop committee members working with the group which at present consists of nine girls. The troop also recently held a slumber party at the Pete Zimmerman residence and par ticipated in the annual Girl Scout cookie sale. Some of their other activities include skating at the Rogue Valley ballroom ere they are given lessons on specikl days to work towards tfrning skating badges. They take swimming instruction at the YMCA on Saturdays. ed films of the work they are doing there. Beck was born June 16, 1894, in Stockton, Calif. When he was three years old his parents moved to Seattle where Becft's father died when voune Dave was a towhead'ed paper boy. His mother, now 86, went to work in a laundry to support the family. Beck's high school career in- jded a iason as member c championship football team. He ncvir finished high school be cause he found it necessary to waSr Mrs. Lora Young is home from her lony stay in Yreka, Calif., and hopes to be at -home for awhile. - fr. ind Mrs. Frank Jones of Kinzue, Ore., recently visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Coleman on thOr way to Long Beach. Calif. Mrs. Jones is Mrs. Colcman'3 niece. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Martin and three children formerly of Jacksonville, now of Creswell, Ore., visited relatives and friends in Medford and Jackson ville over Jast week end. Mrs. Sofia Sokolowski an nounced this week that her home on Soutjj Oregon street has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Donald God ley. The Godleys and their four children are Jacksonville resi dents and will-move into their j now home about April 10, Mrs. Sokolowski and her three chil dren will live in a trailer house until their new home on Barnett road in Medford is completed. They will be living next door to Mrs. Sokolowski's mother, on Barnett road. Mrs. Emma Burge who has 'been in the Sacred Heart hos pital for the past two weeks recovering from surgery, was to move Saturday to the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Taylor, in Medtord. When fully recover ed she plans to live in a newly purchased trailer house on the same property at 904 N. Fifth street in Jacksonville. She has sold the property to her son Woodrow Davis. Mrs. Marie Grantham of Med ford has purchased the Fifth Street Market, formerly owned by Mrs. Emma Burge. Mrs. Grantham took over the busi ness consisting of a small gro cery, living quarters and Mobil station on March 5. She plans to live there with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thompson of Grants Pass, who will assist her in running the business. Mis. Grantham lived in Jacksonville for a short time'in 1952. Surprise mid-week guests at the Carl Hoskins residence were Hoskin's sister, Mrs. Grace Par sons, and her son, "Parsnip," and Hoskin's brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hoskins, all nf Blackfoot. Idaho. O While here they took a trip to Crescent City for a glimpse of the ocean and drove home through the Redwoods. After oleaving here they were to visit Vjs. Dale Hoskin's sister and family in Pendleton, Ore., be fore returning to Idaho. Fifteen officers, teachers and members from the Jacksonville Assembly of God church attend ed the training school held at the Ashland Assembly church five night last week. They were the Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Turn bull, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wall, I v.. I According to Joyce Hawkins, Jacksonville High school Junior Red Cross members attended the Junior Red Cross monthly coun cil meeting at Hedrick Junior High school March 19. The meet ing was called to order by its president, Barbara Swanson from Eagle Point. The subject of scrap books was discussed and it was decided that each school should bring three or four pages of pictures and items of local interest and these pages should be combined into a scrap book to be sent to some foreign country. The subject of Easter center pieces for each of the tables at Camp White was also discussed. One - hundred center pieces will be needed and they are to be made at the next coun cil meeting. Mrs. John Day, chairman of the Jackson County Red Cross, invited the council members to have their last meeting of the year at her home. Day will show pictures of his recent Alaska trip. After the business meeting was adjourned a movie was shown. IS YOUR RETIREMENT THE ONE THAT GOT MM? ... or mre you sure of 'landing leisure years of independence and contentment? Call me todav and let me tell you about SL'N LIFE in$urance and pcnMon plans. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA Charles E. Jones Local Agent PHONE 2-9772 i Jacksonville residents wanting to help make the Jacksonville rsana Boosters club have a suc cessful rummage sale April 12 and 13 may call one of the fol lowing telephone numbers for pick up of any articles you wish to donate. Mrs. W. McCormack. 9-8044; Mrs. E. O. Graham, 9-8008: Mrs. Fred Edcns, 9-8367 Mrs. John Niedermeyer, 3-1255. Retired Judge, 74, Files Divorce Suit Oakland, Calif. UPJ A 74- year old retired East Bay judge sued his 44-ycar-old wife for di vorce Monday, charging she had committed 3d- " ry with an Air Force sergeant. Charles A. uaie. former jus tice of the Pleasonton Judicial District and onetime Plcasanton City attorney, accused his wife Gladys, of intimacies with Sgt George E. Holt, stationed at Parks Air Force Base. Gale and his wife were mar ried on April 10, 1951, and sep arated on Jan. 12. Gale's first wife died in 1946. The suit aliened that the acts of adultery took place on Jan 2o to 26 and Feb. 22 to 23. as B i well as at "other times and . places." !( Mrs. Gale was once a deputy si sheriff stationed at Alameda H County's Santa Rita prison farm. : "It looks like a move to keep ;.( me out of his will." she charged. ? : j "He told me many times I was J 1 in his will for a million." DAVE BECK Proud of Careers go to work as a laundry truck driver. During World War I, Beck left his laundry route to serve in the Navy as machincgunner on anti-submarine airplanes over the North Pea. He married Dorothy Leschan der of Seattle in 1918, and re turned to his laundry route when mustered out of the Navy, largely through his leadership. The Becks had only one child. Warren David, who changed his name to Dave Beck Jr. after his graduation from the University of Washing in. Beck Jr. also has become a, successful business man with considerable help from his father. While making his laundry route one of the best in Seattle, with earnings of more than $100 a week Beck's never satisfied thirst for knowledge and desire to better himself kept him busy cramming .in a solid business education at University of Wash ington night classes. Rise To .Power He concentrated on public speaking, practicing orations on bundles of laundry as he drove his route,, and read the biogra phies of every successful man he could find. The call of the union pulled Beck away from his laundry truck in the early 1920s and dur ing 20 of the most hectic" years in American labor, Beck rose swiftly to power. His first jobs with the union were as organi zer and business agent. Beck demonstrated his ability and power in the early 1930s when the teamsters and long shoremen fought a labor war that sent many to hospitals with serious wounds from pick handles and brass knuckles. Teamsters through the west rallied around Beck when labor peace finally was achieved, With west coast teamsters united in a solid front, they soon organized the Western Confer ence of Teamsters and it was only natural that Beck should become chairman. Beck says or ganization of the Western Con ference is the outstanding high light of his labor career. His work in the Western Conference marked him as heir to the late Dan Tobin's Job which Beck took over in 1952. While Beck rose in labor's ranks he also was busy making money in real estate. His hold ings in the Seattle area today are extensive, and he recently has served as chairman of the boards of two sizeable firms, Northwest Securities Corp., which is said to handle $2 mil lion a year in auto loans and in surance, and Kellerblock, Inc., which owns an 18 story $3.5 million apartment house across the way from the Seattle team sters' offices. Business Must Prosper As for labor management re lations, Beck long has espoused the belief that "business must prosper, if labor is to prosper. As to racketeering in unions, Beck said two years ago: "I would say in all seriousness and frankness there has been and there undoubtedly is at the mo ment some racketeering within union. Yet, you cannot judge the medical profession or any thing else by the overt acts of a few." Fire Scare Forces Airliner To Land Detroit UR) An American Airlines DC6 carrying 15 per sons made an emergency land ing at Willow Run Airport Mon day night when the ship was thought to have a possible fire in one of its four engines. The plane, en route from Chi cago to New York, was given a quick inspection and no fire was found. It was pulled out of service, however, for a more thorough investigation. The pas sengers were placed in another American flight to New York. Temporary Insanity Plea in Cop's Death Eugene U.R) A plea of in nocent by reason of temporary insanity was entered here yester day by Albe"rt L. Wachsmuth, 65, to a first degree murder charge in connection with last month's slaying of State Policeman Charles Sanders. Tentative date for trial was set for April 15. 6k. wV A MRS. R. H. YOUNG, jVru Orleans, La.; "St. Joseph Aspirin For Children contains the dosage my doctor pre fers, end the pure orsnce flavor makes it so easy and pleasant to take.' 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