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.
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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.
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