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One of Toughest Road
Projects Slated to Start
By JERRY REYNOLDS
United Pratt Corretpendenl
Sacramento, Calif. U.R) In
trie of the toughest road-building
jobs ever undertaken, Cali
fornia will carve a four lane su
perhighway at the granite sum
mit of the Sierras.
"Work on the $6 million federally-aided
project will start this
wmmer. The result will be one
at the world'! highest freeways,
Cglong the craggy Donner Sum
ariit route used by travelers into
(California for more than 110
Sears.
Engineers have decided to
push construction around the
(Block in a race against mother
Mature. They will blast at night
amid peaks towering 9,000 feet
above sea level. Dangerous as
4his might seem, it is considered
fess perilous than trying to work
in the 26-foot snow drifts winter
brings. Work will be suspended
Between mid-November and the
criiddle of March.
(ix Unils Planned
Summer will see the start of
qjix units, including the expan
sion of U.S. 40 to four lanes at
ire 6,000-foot level of the high
way linking Floriston, Calif.,
Sjid the Nevada border.
Part of the project is construc
tion of the freeway which will
carry 30,000 spectators a day
from Floriston to the site of the
1960 Winter Olympic Games at
Squaw Valley.
The new highway across the
Sierra Nevada range will be
come part of the strategic trans
School News
McLOUGHLIN JUNIOR HIGH
The Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company sponsored
an educational assembly on
April 17. Mr. Seavey, a company
staff specialist, gave a 30-minute
demonstration of new trends in
electronic power use. He also
explained the principle of long
range dialing in telephone calls.
His assistant, Pat, explained the
system soon to be in use in our
area.
The McLoughlin band will
march in the Blossom Festival
parade on April 27.
Counselors from the senior
high school will register ninth
graders, during school hours
next week.
The Southern Oregon Music
Contest will be held in Medford
April 26 and 27 at the senior
high school.
Elmer Ayres is chairman for
the two day festival of band,
ortfiestra and choir groups.
Spheols from Jackson, Jose
phine, Douglas, Klamath, Lake,
Oaa Curry counties will parti
cipate. The concert band, cadet
tpttd and orchestra will repre
afatt McLoughlin. An evening
acert will be held for the pub
is on April 26 at the Hedrick
$ptior High school.
. large percentage of Mc
Laughlin students attended the
Good Friday services at the First
Church of the Nazarene. The
girls' chorus sang "Were You
There?". "There's a Green Hill
Far Away" and "Psalm Forty-
two", directed by Ray Lewis
and accompanied by Mrs. Mar
garet Brown.
Tournaments are continuing
in badminton, ping-pong and
sjiuffle-board in the girl's PE
dasses.
Practices are being held for
th operetta "Miss Starlight"
which will be presented May 3
A selected group of band and
orchestra students presented a
program over KYJC on April 18.
PLEASED
About the Performance Pontiac
made at the Daylona Beach
Races, it Bob Larimer, Sales
Representative of Dean ft Tay
lor Pontiac. He wants you to
call him phone 2-5241, for an
appointment tor a Demonstra
tion ride in the '57 Pontiac to he
can give you an application to
win FREE a '57 Pontiac. Bob
has been telling locally for many
years and will give you that
personal touch you like to have
when selecting your new car.
We know you will be impressed
with the Pontiac at well at the
ale tervice Bob will give you.
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continental network for military
transport in case of emergency.
But it also will bring 1.5 million
vacationers and travelers into
California each month.
Every obstacle nature can
throw in the bulldozers' way
will face construction crews
one of the heaviest snowfalls in
the country, 56 feet a year, and
precipitious 9,000-foot granite
crags which hover over the 7,
1 00-foot Donner Pass.
Man-Made Obstacle
There will be a man-made ob
stacle, too. The California di
vision of highways is consider
ing stationing "public relations"
men to salve irritated motorists
delayed on the present highway
by one-way traffic and complete
stops for blasting.
One alternative to the 24-hour
summertime construction is a
proposal to halt all .traffic at
night and do all the blasting
then.
The highway is open the year
News Briefs
SHOT TO DEATH
Brookline, Mass. (U.R) An
attractive 18-year-old girl was
shot to death in her apartment
Saturday by a former boy friend
who flew here from California.
Police said Jack Chester, 22,
a Lancaster, Calif., factory
worker, ran up to iwo policemen
guarding the Boston A. A. mara
thon route and told them he had
killed Miss Beatrice (Bebe) Fish
man with a volley of .45 pistol
bullets.
MURDER-SUICIDE
West Hollywood (U.R) A
78-year-old' man and his wife,
both suffering from cancer, died
Saturday in an apparent murder-suicide
pact because they did
not want to be a financial bur
den to their son who is working
his way through law school, au
thorities reported.
The husband apparently shot
the wife and then himself, sher
iff's deputies said.
CONFESSES
New York (U.R) A 22-year-
old oil burner repair man Sat
urday confessed to the murders
of two Brooklyn women 19-year-old
Patricia Ruland and
Mrs. Dorothy Campbell, 53, po
lice said.
The man, Identified by police
as Thomas Joseph Higgins, said
he beat Miss Ruland to death
with a claw hammer after what
he termed a "necking session."
He also admitted that he was
the slayer of Mrs. Campbell. Mrs.
Campbell was found beaten to
death earlier this year.
REACH AGREEMENT
Los Angeles (U.R) Repre
sentatives of the Chrysler Cor
poration and the United Auto
Workers Union Saturday reached
an agreement designed to settle
a more than month-long strike
of 4,000 workers at the company
plant here.
No details were announced.
The strike was over an alleged
production speedup.
SUBMITS RESIGNATION
Phoenix U.R John P.
Frank, Phoenix attorney, has
submitted his resignation as
special counsel for the Arizona
Interstate Stream commission in
the state's suit for Colorado river
water, it was announced Satur
day. Wayne Akin, chairman of the
Arizona Interstate Stream com
mission, said Frank gave his
private practice here as the prin
cipal reason for relinquishing
the $24,000 a year position.
ANNOUNCE CAMPAIGN
Washington U.R) American
plywood importers announced
an "all out" campaign Saturday
to block legislation they said
would impose "industry killing"
quotas on their product.
Representatives of three im
port organizations said the cam
paign is a "factual counter at
tack" against the "extensive
progaganda and lobbying cam-
THIS ONE FIGURES
Hollywood (U.R) Director
Delbert Mann stopped produc
tion on the movie, "The Bache
lor Party," so actors portraying
bookkeepers could go to school.
Mann sent them to business
school to learn the proper hand
ling of computers.
EAVESDROPPING USELESS
Memphis, Tenn (U.R) The
judge dismissed a case against
R. R. Edmonds, who had been ac
cused by Mrs. Marion Slavri
onas of listening in on her tele
phone conversations, because the
charges were "all Greek." "Why
should I listen in on her," Ed
monds protested, all she speaks
is Greek and I don't understand
Greek."
STRANGE HIDEOUT
Los Angeles (U.R) Edward
O'Brien was rudely awakened
Friday by three strange bedfel
lows. The bedfellows: An auto
mobile and two auto theft sus
pects who crashed into his bed
room while attempting to elude
police.
The deep sea diving record of'
600 feet.is held by a British Roy
al Navy teaman.
Sunday, April 21, 1957
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Soon
round except during blizzards
of the kind which in 1952 stran
ded the City of San Francisco
passenger train in 26-foot drifts
for days. Most closings last only
a few hours, but it all amounts
to a $300,000 annual snow re
moval bill.
Donner Pass was named for
the Donner Party which attemp
ted to cross it in the winter of
1846. The party traveled from
Wyoming across to Great Salt
Desert in the summer and ar
rived at the towering spine off
the Sierra in the fall.
Only a few members of the
party climbed the granite sum
mit and made it to Sacramento
for help during the winter. Oth
ers camped at Donner Lake near
the Summit, fought off the huge
snow drifts and subsisted par
tially on the flesh of their own
dead. Of the 90 persons who set
out on that first trip, only 43
survived.
paign" of the domestic industry.
Domestic producers, they said,
are attempting to kill off import
competition by appealing direct
ly to Congress.
MISSILE LAUNCHING
Washington aU.R) The Navy
announced Saturday that it will
build i 2 million dollar land
bassed missile launcher which
can roll, pitch and heave like a
ship.
The Navy said that the re
search launcher will be used to
reproduce ship motions to enable
the checking of guidance and
fire-control systems and actual
firing procedures for ship
launched missiles.
Charles Reynolds
Takes Chairmanship
Portland (U.R) Charles H.
Reynolds, since 1949 a member
of the State Highway commis
sion, took over officially as its
chairman Friday as the commis
sion held a one-day meeting here.
Reynolds, a 60-year-old La
Grande insurance man, succeeds
Ben Chandler of Coos Bay who
left the commission March 21.
Reynolds was born in La
Grande and is a graduate of Ore
gon State where he was quarter
back on the football team.
Also present Friday for his
first session was Robert Chess
man, publisher of the Astorian
Budget, who was named to the
commission to ,fill the vacancy
left by Chandler.
Astoria Publisher
Joins Highway Group
Salem '(U.R) Robert B. Chess
man, 36, publisher of the As
torian Budget, Thursday was
sworn in as a member of the
State Highway Commission.
Chessman was appointed by
Gov. Robert D. Holmes to suc
ceed Ben R. Chandler of Coos
Bay who had asked to be reliev
ed of his duties.
Charles H. Reynolds of La
Grande, a long-time member of
the commission, was elected
chairman.
Chessman's father, the late
Merle Chessman, served on the
highway commission for more
than 10 years.
A COOL OCCUPATION
Madison, Wis. (U.R) The
Wisconsin state bureau of per
sonnel is offering an interesting,
$325-a-month summer job
"shade tree inspector."
LOCKED OUT. THEN IN
Rochdale, England (U.R)
Clare Leach, 75, arrived home
without her keys and found her
front door locked so she decided
to slid- down the coal chute into
the cellar. Police found her in
the cellar 31 hours later. That
door was locked too.
CHAUFFEUR ARRESTED
Taipei, Formosa (U.R) Police
reported Saturday that chauffeur
Hsien Shou-shan was arrested
for pawning his employer's car
at a pawn shop for $360.
About one-half of the known
coal reserves of the world are
located in the North American
continent.
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GOLD HILL
Man Arrives
By MRS. CLYDE KELL
Gold Hill Egon Kristensen,
formerly of Denmark, arrived
Monday, April 15, for a visit
with his uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. S. M. Christensen at
their home on the old pacific
highway.
This is his first visit to the
United States. He came to Ed
monton, Canada, two years ago,
where he has been employed as
a hyster operator. He spent one
year before this in Ireland, after
leaving Denmark, where he was
a farmer. Kristensen is the first
relative S. M. Christensen has
seen since he left Denmark in
March 1912. Christensen, known
to all his friends as 'Chris' spent
some time in Montana and Illi
nois before coming to Gold Hill.
He was employed at the Ideal
Cement company 33 years before
his retirement three years ago.
He and Mrs. Christensen keep
busy now caring for their small
farm on the banks of the Rogue
river north of the Gold Hill city
limits.
While in southern Oregon,
Egon Kristensen will also visit
with the Christensen's four
daughters and their families, Mr.
and Mrs. Roland Washburn and
three children, Patty, Carol and
Larry of Gold Hill, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam ones and two children, Bil
ly and Marie, old pacific high
way 99, Gold Hill, Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Johnson and two sons, Mike
and Curtis of Medford, and With
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Chapman
and son, Dennis, also of Med
ford. The Christensen's son, Lt.
George Christensen, has .recent
ly finished flight school and is
now a pilot. He is stationed at
Fort Rucker, Ala., where he will
teach pilot instruction. At this
time Lt. Christensen and Mrs.
Christensen are vacationing one
week in Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale" Knox and
son, Jackie, of Oakridge, Ore.,
spent the week end of April 13
and 14 visiting in Rogue River
with her mother, Mrs. Rena Pal
merton and in Gold Hill. While
here they visited with her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Mabel Davis and
son, Dick, and at the home of
Mrs. Knox's aunt and uncle, Mr.
and Mrs. William Ferguson. Mrs.
Knox is the former Francis Da
vis. Mrs. Jessie Hays has'bought
the former Judge Neevil's home
on Second avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Melford Hood
went to Jefferson, Ore., Friday,
April 12, where they spent the
week end visiting it the home
of Mrs., Hood's mother, Mrs. F.
B. Jones. The Hood's daughters,
Helen and Susan, joined them
Sunday at Jefferson and accom
panied them home.
Miss Helen and Susan Hood
left Wednesday, April 10, for
Portland where they attended
the Grand Bethel of Oregon.
Miss Donna Burnett of the Up
per River road and Miss Gail
Collins also were in Portland
for the occasion. Miss Collins
was chosen to the office of grand
third messenger of Job's Daugh
ter at this meeting. Gail is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Cillins of 494 Sixth street, Gold
Hill. Miss Burnett and Miss Col
lins also returned to their homes
Sunday, April 14.
Several members of Amethyst
Rebekah lodge went to Central
Point Wednesday evening fol
lowing the regular lodge meet
ing, to attend lodge at the Mt.
Pitt Rebekah lodge. This was
Friendship night at the Central
Point lodge. Members of Ame
thyst lodge provided an Elvis
Presley skit for their part of the
entertainment.
Amethyst Rebekah Friendship
held its regular April meeting at
the home of Mrs. Paul Molloy
on Second avenue Monday, Ap
ril 15.
. Mrs. Donald Morrow, presi
dent of the group, conducted
the business session. Plans were
made for a picnic for members'
families in the near future.
Following the meeting, re
freshments were served by the
hostess.
Installation of officers for the
ensuing year will be held at the
next meeting of the Past Noble
Grands club, which will meet
Thursday evening, April 25, at
the home of Mrs. Jameg Clem
ents. Mrs. Ernie Cooper went to Eu
gene last weekend to attend the
Hayward relays. She was joined
there by her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rossi
From Canada
and family.Mrs. Cooper accom
panied the Rossis to their home
in Empire, Ore., where she vis
ited until Sunday.
Mrs. Ruby Quakenbush re
turned Monday, April 15, to her
home after spending the week
end visiting at the homes of
her two daughters, Mr. and Mrs.
Loyd Hawkins in Oakland, Calif.
Mrs. Hawkins is the former Eu
gena Quakenbush. Mrs. Quaken
bush also visited with her son,
Bart Quakenbush who is attend
ing the Contra Costa Junior col
legs. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ellicson,
of Eugene, Ore., have moved to
Gold Hill, and are living in the
small home of Mr. and Mrs. Al
va Walker on the river;
Orvile Nevile of east Oakland,
Calif., was in Gold Hill several
days recently on business. While
in southern Oregon he was a
guest at the home of Mr. Henry
Lytke and his daughter, Mrs.
Ann Simpson in Medford.
Mrs. ' Ed Knapp of the Old
Stage road was notified last
week that she has been elected
to the board of directors of the
Jackson County Cancer associa
tion. Mrs. Knapp is the president
of the Gold Hill Health unit.
Mrs. Leroy Dungey returned
to her home April 17 from a vis
it with her son, Gene Governor,
.at Laytonville, Calif. Gene is at
tending high school there this
year.
Mrs. Kay Crowell of the Jack
Son county Juvenile department,
Medford, attended the last meet
ing of the Gold Hill Junior Po
lice Thursday evening, April 18.
She presented a talk on the var
ious activities of the juvenile
work in the department concern
ing the youngsters and their
care.
The officers of the Junior Po
lice were awarded their badges
at this meeting and all mem
bers were sworn in by Mayor
Ernie Cooper, who attended the
meeting. Cooper is one of the
three advisory board members.
Three new members joined
the group at this time.
The boys will practice base
ball Saturday afternoon at 2.
Following the practice the boys
plan to work on the recreation
room at the city hall.
Refreshments were furnished
by Mrs. Lee Malone, Mrs. Ernie
Cooper and Mrs. Clarence Hunt
ley. They were served by Mrs.
Cooper and Mrs. Malone, follow;
ing the meeting.
Congratulations are extended
to Linda Estremado and her par
ents, Mr. and- Mrs. Joe Estrema
do of Galls creek road upon
three-year-old Linda becoming
Queen of the fourth annual Pear
Blossom Festival. Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Foley of Pacific High
way 99 North, parents of Ken
neth Foley, who will be a prince
this year, are also to be congrat
ulated. The youngsters were
sponsored by the Gold Hill
Grange.
Communist Hungary
Executes Counter-Rebel
Vienna (U.R) The Com
munist Hungarian government
Friday night announced the ex
ecution of another of last Octo
ber's so-called "counter-revolu
tionists."
Budapest Radio said Istvan I
Micsinai was executed shortly j
after he was sentenced to death ;
for taking part "in the murder;
of a police officer." j
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Northern California; Clearing
and colder most areas.
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Women's hairdos hide if
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BUTTE FALLS
Play, Breakfast Scheduled
By MARY JO HARRIS
Butt- Falls Headling activi
ties for the coming week are the
junior-senior play and fisher
man's breakfast.
The junior-senior play will be
presented April 26 at 8 p.m. at
the high school gym. The play,
"The Dead of Night" by J. C.
McMullen, is under the d:rection
of L. O. Machlan. Admission will
be reserved seats 75 cents, gen
eral admission 50 cents and stud
ents 35 cent.
The . cast includes Juanita
Sheppard, Gene Henshaw, Don
ald Ellis, Kay Brown, Monte
Facey, Joyce Irwin, Jim Irwin,
Patricia Moore, Bill Irwin and
Bruce Pingle. Following the
play will be a cake auction spon
sored by the junior-senior class.
Proceeds from this evenings en
tertainment will be used for the
junior-senior banquet and prom
and the senior skip day.
The Fisherman's Breakfast,
sponsored by the Butte Falls
Lions club, is scheduled for the
first day of fishing season, Sat
urday, A p r i 1 27. The first
breakfasts will be served at 4
p.m. at the city park, weather
permitting. In case of bad weath
er breakfast will be served at
the Union hall.
The breakfast menu will con
sist of ham and eggs, sausage
and and all of the hot cakes
and coffee a person can hold.
The price has been set at $1.00
per adult and 50 cents per child
under 12. Chairman of this pro
ject are Page Stauffer and Glenn
Cathey.
Jesse Smith received injuries
from an accident while playing
baseball this past week. Jesse
was taken to Medford where five
stitches were taken in the cut
above his eye. Jess is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald (Porky)
Smith. He is now convalescing
at his home.
With the onset of spring, the
usual cold, flu and other early
spring complaints have descend
ed on this community. Two
womer now under doctors care
are Mrs. Porky Smith and Mrs.
Page Stauffer.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Taunton
left here Friday, April 12, for
the Chicago area via San Fran
cisco. The Tauntons will return
to Butte Falls May .10 for a
short visit before journeying on.
Thursday evening, April 18,
was-birthday night for Mrs. Ran
dall Perkins at a regular Mt.
Pitt club meeting. Members at
tending this meeting were Mrs.
Lee, Jolliffe, Mrs. Gene Irwin,
Mrs. Virgil Conley, Mrs. Randall
Perkins, Mrs. Mammie Poole,
Mrs. "Henry Tygart, Mrs. Wil
liam L. Harris and Mrs. Trudy
Buttram, hostess.
Election and installation of of
ficers was held at this same
meeting. Incoming officers are
Mrs. Lee Jolliffe, president; Mrs.
F. E. Poole, vice-president; Mrs.
Randall Perkins, secretary and
Mrs. Don Jolliffe,- treasurer.
Next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Charles (Red)
Capello Thursday, May 2.
The talent show and cake auc
tion held Friday evening, April
12, at the high school has been
reported as a success. This pro
ject is an annual affair given
by the Butte Falls PTA to raise
money.
Winners of the talent show
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were, first prize, Darwin Moore,
pianist; second prize, Mrs. Wil
liam L. Harris, soprano soloist,
accompanied by Mrs. Roger Har
ris, and third prize, Miss Juanita
Sheppard who put on an act in
pantomine of Elvis Presley.
PTA members wish to extend
their thanks to everyone con
tributing towards this project in
making it a success. A special
thanks is due to all those par
ticipating in the talent show.
A Gun Shoot sponsored by the
Butte Falls Gun club is sched
uled for Easter Sunday at the
rifle range. This shoot will start
at approximately 10 a.m. Mem
bers of the Mt. Pitt club will
serve in the refreshment booth.
Hot dogs, chili, Easter eggs, cup
cakes and coffee will be sold.
Some of the spring wild flow
ers have blossomed out much
earlier than usual this year. Two
favorities of all are lamb tongues
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Niagara Falls, N.Y. (U.R) Six
well-trained, 80-pound German
shepherd sentry dogs are part
of the security force guarding
operations at this F-86D Sabre
jet Air Force base.
The dogs, with airmen han
dlers, have been assigned here
for security patrol, principally
at night. The men, all volun
teers, received eight weeks of
special training with the dogs
at Ft. Carson, Colo.
By use of the special security.
Air Force officials hope to pre
vent possible espionage or sabo
tage. The F-96D's, part of the
15th Fighter Group, are heavily
equipped with radar and arma
ment. They maintain a 24-hour
vigil over the Buffalo-Niagara
area.
and orchids. The orchids have
appeared in great abundance in
April whereas normally very
few are seen before May.
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