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TWTLTZ MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunder, April 7. 1957 Mew Myseiunnro ByDudDimg i - . , - J - gW CARRIAGE BUILDING A group of grid horse drawn carriages -owned by the Southern Oregon Historical society will soon Sfiave a new home. A special building is being fc-ected for them behind the Jacksonville giuseum where they will be on permanent display. The building is being financed by Six Illinois Valley Boys Receive Eagle Badges at Ceremony Cave Junction In the largest Eagle Scout Court of Honor ever held for a single troop in tne Crater Lake Area Council and one of the largest in the state, ix boys of Illinois Valley Troop 20 received Eagle badges last week. . They were Loren Meredith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Mer edith; Carl Hammer Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hammer; Mike Whitely, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Whitley, all of Cave Junction; Stan Love, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Love; and Dan and Leroy Slanaker, ions of Mrs. Hazel Slanaker, all of O'Brien. Sierenson Speaks Scoutmaster Eugene S. Pulley introduced Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college and vice president of the Crater Lake Area Council, Boy ftcouts of America. In his address, Dr. Stevenson congratulated Pulley and his as sistant, Ralph Huber, as "two gulled engineers are are pro ducing fine citizens of tomor- 8DW." In addition to their work in i 'Earning advancement in rank ad the required 21 merit bad- J5ps. Art Keller, executive com giittee member said all the boys feave been active as leaders of eir troop. They have participated in sev eral different Troop compsites Ifc the valley. Each has been varded the Keep Oregon Green Service Under Fire' medal. Phey have completed the junior BOaiers' training courses and the Cfhrest service junior fire guard Ogieool. All take part in extra-cur-cXteular activities at school, in asluding athletics, leadership in dubs and in the student council. QSfcest hold three-year perfect at QSaadance pins, and are members j6 the Order of the Arrow. Adult members of the Eagle (5irt, introduced by Dr. Stven- C&ga were Myron Terpening, Art 38Ilert, Lee Henry, Eugene Pul ler, Ralph Huber, Ray Ellstrom, QRs&vard Yarbrough, commander Otffi American Legion Post 70 (VfBich sponsors the Troop; SAFETY AWARD Medford district of California-Pacific Utilities company last week re ceived the company President's plaque for completing the year 1956 without an accident involving time loss. The plaque was presented to E. R. Hoppe, Medford district manager, by L. E. Cooper, gas and rate engineer of San Francisco. M. E. Sands, vice president, and M. S. Gardiner, assistant. division manager, Orville Meredith, neighborhood commissioner; Douglas Hanby, committeeman; Dave Wilson, in stitutional representatives; Mel Hogan, past president of the Crater Lake Area Council; Dick Lamb, scout executive; Jim. S. McDougall, Council commission er; Duke Middleton, Roaring Jtogue District commissioner; Wade Collins, his assistant; Duke Gladfelter, Big Pines commis sioner; Jim Grigsby, his assist ant; and Clifford Owens, m charge of music and sound ef fects. Of the 33 boys in Troop 20, seven are now Eagle Scouts, and four more probably will receive their badges this fall. The Troop was started by George Morey and Ralph Huber in 1947, and was re-organized in 1952 under its present leader ship, after Morey moved from the valley. Three years ago, Troop 70, the other Scout group in the valley, held an Eagle court for four of its members, which, until the present, was the largest court ever held here. Safety Council Sels Luncheon Meeting Aubrey Loper, president of the Medford Safety council, an nounced plans for a noon meet ing of the group Friday, April 12, at the Jackson hotel. The agenda will include a re port on the study being conduct ed to evaluate the need for an anti-jaywalking campaign in Medford, results of committee action on the dues structure of the council and discussion of the new organizational plan. Guest speaker at the noon meeting will be Dr. William J. Thompson, Medford optometrist and past-president of the council who will present a program on the relationship of vision, to safety. All members of the council and others interested in safety work in the community are in vited to attend the no-host lun cheon, Loper said. llltlfl 1 f r M funds donated to the society in memory of the late E. C. Furgeson, who was one of the main instigators of the establishment of the museum. Local business firms have, given generous discounts on the purchase of build ing materials so that none of the cost of the structure will come out of tax money. Life Saving Class Planned at YMCA Life saving will be taught for 10 weeks to anyone who -is an advanced swimmer and will be 12 years old by June 1, accord ing to Dr. W. H. Roberts, chair man of the Medford YMCA acquatic committee. Graduates of the corse will qualify for their junior or sen ior YMCA certificates and will also be awarded a similar Red Cross certificate, he said. Boys and girls who desire Scouting merit badges can qual ify for them by graduating from this course. It will include pre life . saving skills (advanced swimming) approaches and car ries, releases from holds, ele mentary rescues and artificial respiration. There is no charge for the course, but an Ashland or Med ford YMCA -membership is re quired. The .instructor will be Bill Warren, general secretary of the Ashland YMCA. Spray Applications Reviewed by Agent Pears should be sprayed or dusted when 25 per cent of the blossoms are open, according to C. B. Cordy, county horticulture agent. Where blight has been a prob lem, he recommended Wz bot tles of streptomycin (3,4-pound if in bulk) per acre, or 50 pounds of 1,000 parts per million dust. Applicationshould be repeated at five-day intervals during the bloom period. Where blight has not been too severe, one bottle or 8 ounces in bulk would be sufficient, he said. The county agent said one-half pound of 50 per cent or 3i pound 34 per cent neutral copper per 100 gallons or 25 pounds of 3 per cent dust per acre is also ef fective but causes some fruit ruoset. Applications should be repeated in five days, but neu tral copper should not be used when trees are wet. Seven pounds of ziram per acre is a good scab spray and will help control blight where it has not been a problem, Cordy stated. It may be used alone or in combination with copper or streptomycin, he said. participated in the presentation. Shown above, left to right, are Gardiner, Cooper, Hoppe and Sands. The Medford district was also commended for having worked 537 days to April 1, 1957, without an accident involv ing time loss. Each district employee was also presented a personal incentive .award, a key chain with a pendant showing the company's safety emblem. Early-Day Vehicles To Be Displayed in Society Structure Construction is well along on a new building to house a num ber of early-day horse-drawn ve hicles owned by the Southern Oregon Historical society, ac cording to the president, Miss Claire Hanley. The 24x80 foot structure is being built directly behind the Jacksonville museum, and will provide display space for 10 to 12 of the vehicles. Construction Fund Money for the construction of the building was donated to the Southern Oregon Historical so ciety by the Medford Mail Tri une, in memory of the late E. C. Ferguson, long-time former man aging editor of the paper. The gift has been supplemented by other donations, in labor and ma terial. Mr. Ferguson took a deep per sonal interest in the formation of the Southern Oregon Histor ical society, and through nu merous editorials and personal efforts, helped enactment of a state law to enable counties to provide a continuing levy to sup port museums. Mr. Ferguson was one of the first in this area to see the need for protecting the early-day artifacts from antique collectors and the families of pioneers. His interest in the so ciety continued until his death in January, 1956. Work Delayed Work on the new building was delayed because of wet weather but it should be finished about June 1, according to Miss Han ley. The lower half of the three walls of the building is of ce ment blocks, and the upper half will be of frame construction with a knotty pine exterior. The side of the building fac ing the museum will be left open and covered with a cyclone fence barrier, allowing visitors to view the carriages from a ramp on the outside. The roof will ex tend out over the ramp to pro vide protection from the weath er. Two vehicles, a buggy and a hack, now on display in the old jail building, will be moved into the new building, along with three others recently donated to the society by Mrs. Nion Tucker. These are a light buggy, a Wells Fargo freight wagon and a hunt ing carriage. According to Miss Mary Hanley, curator of the Jacksonville Museum, the so ciety hopes to obtain a stage coach to add to the collection. 1 An early-day engine and a pumper will remain in the old jail building, where they will be displayed with saddles, bridles and other articles con nected with horse travel in ear lier days. Planned Stveral Years The badly-needed carriage building had been planned for several years, according to Miss Mary Hanley, but no money was available through tax appropri ations to start construction. The generosity of many valley bus iness houses in giving discounts on the purchase of building ma terials, has made it possible to build and even better building than had originally been hoped for, Miss Hanley said. The names of these firms will be published at a later date. Lights inside the building will illuminate the carriages, and when an attendant is present, groups will be allowed to go in side to view them at close range. The Jacksonville museum is fast becoming one of southern Oregon's main tourist attract ions. In 1956, 34,325 persons visited the museum, and this year signs indicate an even greater number will view rel ics that are symbols of the his tory of southern Oregon. A plaque will be placed on the new carriage building as a tribute to Mr. Ferguson, with out whose help the Jacksonville Museum might still be a dream, Miss Hanley said. Gem, Mineral Club To Meet April 10 Roxy Ann Gem and Mineral eral club of Medford will meet April 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Red man hall, Fourth and Apple sts. Display will be April birth stones, diamonds, and curios, such as moonstones, clear cry stal, clear quartz or carved stones 'such as ivory, cameos or any carved stones. The display for which the club won a prize at . the Eugene show will be ex hibited at this meeting. The display placed at the U.S. National bank last month by Travelle Turpin and Leroy Tompkins will be replaced by John Ross's collection. Anyone intprosted in gems and minerals can attend the club meetings. Visiting and lunch hour will follow the program. Portland (U.R) Portland recorded its 14th traffic fatality of 1957 Friday night when Kath erine Braly, 65, died in a two car collision. FRONT VIEW One wall of the new carriage building will be left open to allow visitors to 'view the old vehicles through a wire barrier. The lower half of the other three walls is made of cement block and the upper half will be finished in knotty pine. The gable type roof will extend 'Out over a concrete ramp to provide protection from the weather. BUGGY. RIDE Sitting in the seat of an old buggy at the Jacksonville museum, James McCarty and Priscilla Graham, Jacksonville grade school students, get a chance to see first hand how transportation methods have changed. Miss Mary Hanley, above, curator, helps conduct thousands of Jackson county school children through the museum each year. The buggy in which the children are seated will soon occupy the new carriage barn now under construction. Roosevelt Listed in Demo Digest Medford seventh annual Roosevelt Memorial dinner is listed in a calendar of. "14 im portant Democratic Party din ners" scheduled throughout the nation, in the April issue of the Democratic Digest, national pub lication, according to County Chairman Larry Sheehan. The dinner is scheduled for Saturday evening, April 27, at McLoughlin Junior High school. Williams to Speak Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan, who will be guest speaker at the Medford dinner, and who was named recently by Mrs. Roosevelt as one of five presidential possibilities for 1960, is also scheduled for din ners in San Francisco and Port land, after his Medford appear ance. Other speakers scheduled for the most part in large cities all the way from Pennsylvania to Oregon, are Senators Albert Gore, Hubert Humphrey, John J. Sparkman and Warren Mag nuson; .Rep. Robert C. Byrd, Harley Staggers, Eugene Mc Carthy; Former Interior Secre tary Oscar Chapman and Mayor David Lawrence of Pittsburgh. Dut in Morning Governor Williams will arrive here by plane at 11:05 a.m. April 27, accompanied by one of his Michigan state aides. He .will be introduced at the Roosevelt Memorial dinner by Oregon's governor, Robert D. Holmes, who will be accompanied here by Mrs. Holmes. Congressman Charles O. Por The new Your children will be feeing their own family re sponsibilities in the coming years why not start preparing now for their future needs? There is no finer gift you can make to your son or daughter than a life insurance policy at a young age. For children the rate is low, the benefits high. If yours are-under 14H, ask us about a John Hancock Juvenile Policy. ' " , Jfflt f i MUTUALLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Li BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS ROY Room 27 Goldy Dinner ter will act as master of - cere monies of the dinner. Also pres ent will "be a large number of state and party officials, and members of the Oregon legisla ture, said Sheehan. Tickets Available Tickets for the dinner have been distributed to committee members this week and will be placed at several places of busi ness in Medford and Ashland, according to Attorney James T.edden, ticket chairman. He listed the places as Lamports, Walt Young's Stationery and the Labor Temple in Medford, McNair's Pharmacy, Southern Oregon . college and Magnolia Lumber company in Ashland. Co-chairman, of the ticket com mittee, is. Attorney - William V. Deatherage, with Attorney Sid ney Ainsworth in charge at Ash land. Final coordination of commit tee activity for the dinner will be arranged ' at the monthly meeting of the Jackson County Democratic Central committeev The meeting will be held at the Labor Temple, Wednesday at 8 p.m., Sheehan said. SEAMAN MISSING Barcelona, Spain (U.R) Two seamen . were missing and pre sumed dead Saturday after the Spanish fishing boat San Cris tobal sank off the . coast here. The boat collided with the car go ship Farnesio three miles off the coast. Fifteen of the San Cristobal's crewmen were saved. generation SMITH Bldg. Phone 2-9133 "S2 The vehicles now owned by the Jackson County Historical society that will ' be dis played in the new building are a Wells Fargo freight wagon, two old buggies, a hack, and a hunting wagon. The museum does not have a stage coach, but room is being saved for one, according to curator Miss Mary Hanley. 2,870 People Visit Museum In March; Gifts Are Donated Jacksonville A total of 2,870 people visited the Jacksonville museum during March, accord ing to museum officials. . The total was 522 more than the total of visitors for March 1956, and a 263 increase over totals for any March since the museum opened. Visitors came from 28 states, England, Scot land, ; Costa Rica, Argentina Alaska and Canada. Among visitors were 290 stu dents from Grants Pass Junior High school, students from Phoe nix, Lone Pine, Shady Cove, Howard school, Jacksonville eighth grade, a group from the Salem Academy, three Boy Scout groups. Brownies and Bluebirds. Gifts, Loam - Gifts and loans -during the month included 69 old pictures from R. Vinton Beall; picture collections from Charles Hoover and Mr. and Mrs. Herb Alford; rocks and two broad axes from Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Goss, Jack sonville; two beaded purses and Mrs. James R. Doolittle's blue silk dress from her great grand son, Ben Bones, Grants Pass; Maynard percussion carbine, 1865, from Fred Isham's collec tion; a weight used as a hitch ing post from Oliver Tice; old pillow shsftns from Mrs. Charles Hoover; an old pistol from Mrs. Lloyd Morrison, Harbor, Ore.; moccasin shaping stone from Russell Walker; and two show cases from E. L. Wilson of Ash land. Mrs. Jane Kessler, Medford, contributed a fan given to her great great grandmother, wife of William Aspdin, founder of the Portland Cement company, by a lady in waiting to Queen Vic toria as they walked through the Thames Tunnel. Cash from sale of books dur ing the month -totaled S10.50, cash from sale of cards $14.65 and donations $11.55. Portland (U.R) George Schoch, The Dalles dam reloca tions resident engineer, has been transferred from the Portland to the Walla Walla district, Corps of Engineers. He will have sim ilar duties at the Ice Harbor dam project on ths Snake river WEATHER By UNITED PRESS . Northern California Fair through Sunday - except .. partly cloudy in mountains and near north coast.. April 15th Your Income Tax Is Due! Come in and we'll show you how to pay off your income tax and or consolidate all your debts into one monthly payment. This it the intelligent, methodical way to "know where you stand" and solve that quandary of countless bills. LOANS '25" . ON AUTOMOBILE - Repay On Monthly Installments Fitted To Your Budget COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL FINANCE CORP. Phone 3-4564 Sparta Bldg. Medford Meteorologist Talks To Pear Shippers At Meet Thursday W. J. (Bill) Rogers, federal me teorologist m charge of the fruit frost reporting service of . theh U.S. Weather bureau, gave a re port to members of the Medford Pear Shippers association at their meeting, Thursday. Rogers noted that, to date, no orchard heating had been nec essary in this area, but critical stages in bloom and fruit devel opment have not been reached. He announced plans to establish a research project on the mat ter of the temperature at which heating is necessary to prevent damage in the various stages of development. This research will be conducted over several years in several controlled plats in the area. Meeting With Groweri A meeting with growers, or chard foremen and others who must determine when heaters are lighted was . requested by Rogers and has been tentative-' ly arranged for next week. The exact time and place will be an nounced later. The meeting will be held to discuss proper interpretation of thermometer readings, efficient use of orchard heaters and oth er factors relating to protection of the valley's pear crop. Other Guests Other guests of the shippers were Marvin Shearer, irrigation and drainage specialist from Ore gon State college, and Lewis Grant, who is in charge of the hail suppression project being conducted in- this area by the Water Resources Development corporation, Denver, Colo. Harold Holmes, president of the association and Raymond Re ter, Reter Fruit company, re ported on their attendance at the Northwest Horticulture council meeting held recently in Port land. Adult Classes Are Discussed at Crater Central Point Possible adult classes in agriculture for the coming year were discussed Wednesday at a meeting of the Crater Vocational - Agriculture advisory council. Farm welding, crops and soils, farm records, weed and insect control and veterinary medicine were considered as possible courses. It was decided to have one class next fall and two classes next winter. Further dis cussion will be held at the May 1 meeting of the council. ; Attending ' the meeting were Don Bohnert, chairman, Bill An horn, John Morris, Bert Caster, Elwood Abott, Ray Vocal and agriculture instructors Bill Mc Farlane and Ed Griggs. Anyone having suggestions for courses may contact any member of the advisory board of the Crater agriculture department, members said. Shy Morthland Serves As Special Bailiff Former County Commissioner L. G. (Shy) Morthland has been serving as special bailiff in cir cuit court this last week. Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna said Morthland's services were engaged while two courts were in session. He has been serving under Judge Val Sloper of Sa lem, who has been presiding in court here. Joe Cave is the regular bail iff in ' Judge Hanna's court. Judges from other parts of Ore gon are called to serve in Jack son county when the court dock et requires that two circuit court sessions be held simulanteously. FROM- '2.500 00 FURNITURE - SALARY
