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itUfed'TreaBureii Gamer & Ives Print of Winter Scene Worth $600 tfi (fcye caught a picture on tli a picture that sent a slig,.t chill through me. It towed a New England farm fgjuse in a valley" backed by hi Jh, wood-covered hills. There as an ox in the barn yard, a boy standing near a well sweep, and, farther along, a man ibout to lead his horse and sleigh through the barn yard gate from the road. The scene was obviously out of the middle of the last century. Nonetheless, there were many things to it that reminded me of New England of today. The same frigid sky, the suppressed, frozen beauty of a January twilight, the feeling of snug rtess the sight of a lighted win OLD OAKEN BUCKET GLASSWARE EASY TO RECOGNIZE One of the easiest types of collected glassware' to recognize is the kind known as the "old oaken bucket" design. The reason is those three words are a perfect description of it one that admits of no possibility for mistake. An "old oaken bucket" sugar bowl, for example, looks far more like a bucket than it does any sugar bowl you ever saw. In fact, without being forewarn ed, one would naturally con sider it as a miniature bucket and probably nothing else. And except for the inevitable addition of a spout and a han dle, the water pitcher made in this design would also be easily . mistaken for a small bucket done in glass. There are various other pieces of table glassware done in this design, but so far as I know, none of them are valued so OKINAWA TOUR OF DUTY George, a friend of mine and the owner of a bookstore seem ed puzzled over the large green ' and gold volume he was hold ing. . "I don't know what to price it at," he said. The title,, done in gold let-' . tcrs, was "Okinawa." Below that was a line of Japanese charac ters, and under them were the words "by Yamada No. 1." I opened the volume. Its- 40 numbered leaves, not pages, im mediately enchanted me. They were printed in both English and Japanese, the English being only slightly and not unpleasantly japannized. But interesting as the writ ing was, it was far less so than the pictures. All of them illustrated things In Okinawan life. Some were in color, some in ' black and white. But all were beautiful. I turned to the title page. It read "Okinawa Her Beauties and Traditions." But instead News About Books From the Library Some of the finest books in the Medford Public library's col lection bear the inscription, "in memory of " They are books which have been thoughtfully presented as memorials to some friends or relative, or to the de parted member of an organiza tion. A book memorial pays a trib ute of simplicity and dignity to the person whose name appears in the inscription. Its title is se lected to suit the personality, the interests, or the reading tastes of the individual to be honored. Many of these memorial books gre so expensive and of such spe cialized subject matter that they could not have been purchased through the library's regular book funds. '.Legion Memorials During the past five years the American Legion has given 29 book gifts as memorials to Le gionnaires. The most' recent of these was presented in memory of Everett C. Ferguson, and the title selected was "A Business of Your Own," by Thomas Murphy. In memory of Floyd Hart, who P ILE'5 (HEMORRHOIDS) Fistula, Colitis, Pruritus (itch ing). Prolapse. Treated without surgery, or loss ot time from wosje. t W'M pay you to invest igate orre problem ot this no tug?. EUt. IttRMAN WEXLER Chiropractic Physician -44 E. Main Pioneer Bldg. Ph. 2-3391 Ashland, Oreg. dow gives . and which blunts the icy edges of the cold.. I stepped closer for a look at the title. "New England Win ter Scene painted by F. H. Dur- rie." it said. And then, looking closer still, I saw that is was a lithograph done by Currier & Ives in 1861. I asked my host about it at breakfast. He laughed. He told me how he had found that and several others in the bunkhouse when he and his wife had bdught the place back in 1946. "Since that one catalogues at S600, I'd kind of like to see the others," I said. "That much!" he exclaimed "I kind of think I'd like you to see the others, too." highly as the sugar bowl and pitcher. Those two pieces, especially when found in color, have an exceptionally and steadily in creasing value one that would undoubtedly surprise the Pitts burgh firm that produced it. over a period of several years, back in the 1880s. In addition to clear glass, this design is found in yellow,' blue. amber and amythest. Amythest is the rarest, as the wile of a friend of mine learned recently when she came across a sugar bowl in that color priced at S30. Though she wanted it, she refused to buy it because the price was higher than that quot ed in anyof the catalogues de scribing it. She wished she had, however, when she saw the same price some days later, in a decorator's shop and with a price tag of $65; NETS GI JAPANESE ART of saying anything further about "Yamada No. 1" there was another line that said "paint ed by Shinzan Yamada. Pub lished Oct. 1952." Yamada was obviously an artist of whom I had never heard. I leafed back to a black-and-white of an Okinawan bull fight, cne fought between bulls. The caption assured me that the fight was stopped "whenever one of the bulls shows a tendency to retire." "Well, Pink," George said, how much do you think I should ask for it?" I offered him $10. George smiled. "That means it's worth S30 at least. Well, I got it in a footlocker full of junk." The book went so fast at the $30 price he now regrets it. "It was another GI who bought it," he said. "The fellow just pounced "on it." (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) was interested in forest conser vation and Oregon history, six books on these subjects were presented to the library by Rob ertson E. Collins. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Banks, of North Bend, recently placed in the library Coming's "Dictionary of Oregon History" in memory of Judge Francis L. Touvelle. Books on western subjects are regularly purchased in memory of Mrs. Ella J. Smith, who left the library a bequest for this col lection. Shelved. Used Memorial gift books are shelv ed and used just as other books in the library's collection; it is believed that only in use is their purpose served. However, to set it apart, there is placed in each volume a memorial gift plate j bearing the name of the person being honored and the name of the donor. The memorial gift is also recorded in special white and gold ledger maintained for the purpose, which is always available for examination. The idea of books as memor ials has been widely adopted in cities across the country. In some communities collections have been built up to honor war heroes or distinguished citizens. Some libraries have received memorial gifts other than books: buildings, bookmobiles, or furn ishings. The librarians will gladly as sist persons who wish to choose a suitable book or books for a lasting memorial. Canyonville lU.R) Opal Weis, 20, of Myrtle Creek, died Friday of injuries suffered in an auto accident- April 11.- - APPLEGATE-JACKSONVILLE Electrical Exhibit Shown By HELGA MITCHELL Applegate-Jacksonville Mini ature electrical exhibits and ex amples of the tricks of electri city were shown to 4-H young sters at a safety demonstration at the general 4-H meeting in Ruch Thursday. The show was put on by Claud Haggard of Medford, Copco safety engineer, Haggard showed how electri city is made with magnets, ex periments with static electricity and subjected himself to suffi cient current to "freeze" his hands to equipment being used. In showing how to release vic tims from fallen power lines, he advised lifting the wires with a dry stick, rope, or piece of cloth ing, providing any zipper in the garment is left open. He was as sisted in the demonstration by his young son, Merrill. Members of the 4-H sheep club conducted the business meeting with Madge Barker pre siding Mary Anne Cantrall talk ed on the raising of sheep. The lower Applegate exten sion unit will meet Tuesday, April 23 at the home of Mrs. Earl Hvall with Mrs. Ethel Hau feerud as cohostess. Mrs. Leonard Miller and Mrs. Howard Piete will lead the demonstration on foam rubber. The luncheon com mittee is comprised of Mes dames Piete, Charles Elmore, Jack Baker, Charlotte Fowler, George Brown and William Lor sung. H. H. Farley of Sterling will leave in a few days for Lebanon, Tenn., to make his home. Far ley came here from Tennessee 45 years ago. He sold his home to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown of Los Angeles. Mrs. Brown is a daughter of R. B. Maddox of Jacksonville. Miss Jackie Jensen of Copper district spent the week end as a guest of Miss Lona Buffington. Mrs. Maude Port of Eugene, accompanied by her sister, Mrs Edwin Dunn of Ashland, visited at the home of Mrs. Mettie Buck and other friends here Tuesday. Mrs. Port, who is spending sev eral weeks in Ashland, came from Eugene by plane, accom panying her son Lee of the State forestry office in Salem, who was going south on a business trip. Mrs. George Frago, accompan ied by her daughters, Mrs. Mor ris Byrne and Mrs. Larry Snopl, motored to Santa Cruz last week visiting Mrs. Frago's mother, Mrs. A. Pimental. Miss Barbara Taylor and Miss Claudia O'Brien of the Provi dence school of nursing in Port land spent the week end here with Miss Taylor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Taylor. Billy Hard invited a group of friends to his home Wednesday for an after-school party honor ing his 14th birthday. Mrs. Tru man Hard was hostess. Those attending were Misses Helen Christian, Judy Wilson, Sharon Snopl, D i a n n e Winningham, Lona Buffington, Bonita Hard, David Gregory, Bobby Ziegler, David Webb, and Jerry Win ningham. Glenn Travis spent one night at Rogue Valley Memorial hos pital, where he received treat ment for facial injuries sustained in an accident at a local saw mill. A group of local people at tending a birthday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Far rand Monday evening, honoring Mr. Farrand, were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Buck and Mr. and Mrs. Estel Cox. Also attending were Mrs. Davis' brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Van Bibben of Elmonte, Calif., who spent the week end at the Davis home. The Ruch 4-H beef club, with their leader, Armin Richter, re cently visited the Bohnert Here ford farm near Central Point. The club expects to have a train ing demonstration at the Richter ranch in May. Much was accomplished when ladies of the Upper Applegate extension unit met at the little country school house now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Smith, for a day of re-upholstering fur niture in plastics and fabrics. Ten women participated in the workshop and learned webbing and tying of springs. New members joining the Ap plegate valley garden club at their last meeting were Mrs. Elizabeth Vessel, Mrs. Truman Hard, and Mrs. Wilfred Pearson. Mrs. Matthew Winningham has been confined to her" home by illness for the last two weeks- Mr. and Mrs. Donald .O'Brien and son Mike of Portland spent the week end with relatives here. Ruth Rebekah lodge of Jack sonville will meet here at1 the home of Mrs. Louis Jones Tues day, April 23. A potluck dinner will be a feature of the meeting. Mrs. William Lorsung. who is visiting relatives in Hillsboro, Ore., will remain there longer than expected, due to the illness of her brother-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steiger and son will return to Susanville, Calif., tomorrow after spending a week here with Mrs. Steiger's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams. Steiger is on a brief vacation from Lassen Junior college, where he is majoring in forestry. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kam mann and sons Ricky and Greg ory of Monterey, Calif, were guests for a short time last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Webb. Mr. and Mrs Kammann are former teachers at Ruch school. The Rev. and Mrs. Thornton Gapen recently changed their residence at Applegate, and are living near Parker's nursery. They have listed their telephone number as Provolt, 2506. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Houston and two children, who have re sided on the Lewis Crammer place on Little Applegate for some time, left recently for Wrangle, Alaska. The home is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John Hoskins. The Crammer ranch is leased for several years to Bert Hlikill. Rural Reflection: In their un molested liberty, Applegate dogs believe they have something to "howl" about as reports of con finement from other tail wag gers come in from various points of Jackson county. HILTS Party Honors By MRS. M. F. CAVIN Hilts A luncheon was given at the Firemen's hall Thursday noon, honoring Miss JoAnn Burns, bride-elect of William Paulsen of the bay area Fore men and office personnel were invited and a gift was presented to her from the group. Mrs. John Barbera and daughter Pauline arrived Friday from their home in Redding to spend the week here. Judy and Deana, Mrs. Barbera's older daughters, are spending a few days in Sacramento and will join the family here on Thurs day. - ' " Herman Bauman, director of limber management for Fruit Growers Supply co., is in town this week. Bauman, former resi dent manager, now lives in Glendale. The Hilts Elementary school closed Tuesday for Easter vaca tion. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Cavin were visitors in Medford on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Opdyke and daughter Eloise, of Cole Creek Ranch, Montague, were week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gould and family. Mrs. Millie Luper of Sacra mento is visiting at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Luper and children. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Black of Yreka were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Cavin and daughter, Marcia, Friday evening. Dean Wilcox and Miss Ruth Ann Peters of Ashland spent Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilcox and family. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer . Dragoo and family moved to a home in Talent, Ore., last week end. Dragoo has accepted a position as electricion's helper with a firm in Medford. Mrs. Robert Goodwin re tured to the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. Bernhei sel on Monday, after spending several days as a patient in the Ashland General hospital, where she underwent surgery. Mrs. Joe Castori was hostess to the Hilts Community club on Thursday afternoon at her home northeast of town. Canasta was played by Mrs. Ernest Span naus, Mrs. Frank Ayris, Mrs. M. G. King, Mrs. Frank Graves, Mrs. Evan Maupin, Mrs. Doni van Ward, Mrs. Malcolm Robin son and Mrs. Art Blanchard. High prize went to Mrs. Maupin, second high to Mrs. Ayris, and low to Mrs. Spannaus. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Matchke left Saturday for Sparta, a small community near Woodland, where Matchke has secured em ployment. Their youngest son, David, is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cecato until the end of the school term. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stickney of Medford and Mrs. Anna Wolff of Central Point ' were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Van de Weghe and family. After attend ing church in Yreka they visited at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Burns and Mr. and Mrs. Florin Van de Wegne in Horn brook. Mr. and Mrs. Evan Maupin were dinner guests Sunday at the home of his mother, Mrs. Charles Maupin in Ashland. Maria Mitchelon, teacher at the Biggs Elementary school is spending the Easter vacation at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Michelon. Another son and daughter-in- EAGLE POINT First Jaycees By MRS. THOMASINE SMITH Eagle Point A group of 14 young men from the community were present at a special meet ing at the Eagle Point High school Wednesday, April 17, and unanimously decided to organ ize a Junior Chamber of Com merce in Eagle Poit. Bert Simmons, elected temp orary chairman of the group, immediately called an organiza tional meeting for Wednesday, April 24, at Eagle Point High school and placed a call to all young men twenty-one through thirty-five to attend. Simmons announced that any one wanting additional details or wanting transportation to the next meeting could call Charles Martin at 6-3004 or John Ouster hout at 6-4835. Other temporary officers elected were Jim Wal lis, chariman of membership committee and Pete Flury, chair man of .By-Laws committee.' Homer Billupps, Dick Strat ton. Dale Bartley, Rick Trailer and Mohn Smock, members of the Central Point Jaycees, spon sors of the new club, told the local group of the many fields of Jaycee activities. Included in these were the Teen-age Road-E-O, a safe driving program for young people, the voice of dem ocracy, a speech writing contest, Bride-Elect law, Mr. and Mrs. Gino Miche lon and family of Weed, Calif., are also guests at the Michelon home. Gino is vice principal at the Weed elementary school. Mrs A. Barbera and Mrs. T. Regan of Redding visited Sun day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Barbera. Cheryl Smith, a student at Chico State college, is spending the week of spring vacation at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith. r Mrs. Ernest Spannaus and her sister, Mrs. Audrey Rease, of Ashland spent Monday visiting in Klamath Falls. Mrs. Pat Putman and son Johnny, who have been staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Nunes while her husband is serving with the armed forces in Georgia, left . Wednes day for Salinas, where she will make her home. Her sister Bar bara, of Yreka, will accompany her home there also for an in definite time. Vicky Van de Weghe left Tuesday evening to visit in Med ford with Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stickney. He will also spend a few days with his grandmother, Mrs. Anna Wolff, in Central Point. Mr. and Mrs. Orvis Rider left Wednesday for Redding where they will make their home. Rider has been employed as elec trician on the maintenance crew for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hol comb and family of Oak Harbor, Wash., were week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gould and family. Hoi comb is a machinist's mate second class in the Navy. Attending the Double "H", club square dance held at the Moose hall Saturday night in Medford were Mr. and Mrs. Donivan Ward and Mr. and Mrs. John Barbera. 4 CLUB NEWS Phoenix 4-H Beef Club A meeting of the Phoenix 4-H Beef club was held April 10, at the residence of David Holmes, route 3, box 208, Medford. The meeting was called to order by Wany Dits worth. The club discussed a skating party and what date it should be held. After the meeting was adjourned Norman Ditsworth spoke briefly to the club. Scott E. Holmes, Reporter. Man Accused of Seeking Wife Killer Detroit U.R) Junies Dan iels, 53, Toledo, Ohio, Friday began a 2-20 year prison sen tence for trying to find someone to kill his wife so he could col lect her insurance. Daniels, sentenced Thursday by recorder's judge O. Z. Ide, admitted telling a friend he wanted to hire a gunman. The friend went to police who sent an officer to approach Daniels. The Toledo man was arrested when he gave the officer S900. Daniels, who pleaded guilty to the charge, came to Detroit from Toledo Jan. 22, where his wife, Julia, 38, lives. POISON OAK? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOL You must ba satisfied or your money cheerfully refunded. Get a bottle to day at WESTERN THRIFT. Sunday, April 21, 1957 Meeting Set and junior golf and tennis tourn aments. The Central Point Jaycees pointed out that besides the many youth projects, Jaycee chapters provide their commun ities with Christmas activities programs, get out and vote campaigns, clean up, fix up, paint up campaigns, as well as a great 4 number of other pro grams. Other local men present were Delvin Elder, Dick Chamberlain, Ted Greb, Don Kimmel, Eddie Kimmel, Charles Martin, Dave Harbison, Stan Smith, Larry Perry, Vern Bonebrake and Ger ald Knudsen. Mrs. Cella Johnston, Fortuna, Calif., is spending a week's Vaca tion with her uncles and fami lies, the E. R. and F. A. Cham berlains. Mrs. Johnston is a tea cher, at the Garfield school at Freswater, Calif. The Eagle Point Garden club's annual flower show will be held at the Eagle Point Grange hall Thursday, April 25, from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. A program will be pre sented during the afternoon with a silver tea being held in con nection with the show. Plants will be offered for sale during the afternoon and evening. All exhibits must be in by noon. Ellen Hay entertained the girls of her room at an Easter egg hunt at her home Friday night after school. The Eagle Point chapter of Vocational Agriculture had their second annual Parent and Son Banquet Thursday, April 18, with 205 members and honored guests present. Serving as toast master was Robert Hayes, presi dent of the chapter, who intro duced important guests, Allen Lee, state supervisor of agricul tural education, Roy Chapin, state FFA,president and Russell Joy, state FFA treasurer. Don Geren, representing the Eagle Point Lions club, present ed the chapter star farmer award to Monty Axtell, public speak ing award to Ron Hanson, farm mechanics award to John and George Minter, Farm electrifica tion award to the Minter twins. 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Nat Etzel, vocational agricul ture instructor, presented from the Safeway stores the FFA Greenhand awards to David Hughes and Art Gardener. Pre sentation of honorary degrees, 'which are presented to adults of j the community contributing most to the FFA program, went to Bill Bigham and John Ouster-, hout. These men were voted in by the boys at an earlier meet ing. Vocational A g r i c u lture in structors and FFA officers from other Ag chapters of southern Oregon attended the banquet as honored guests. IV Builders Supply il fm tssss 1 1 $50oo Wm "Sftar i Need Ready CASH? COUNT ON US WHEN YOU NEED MONEY. ' Borrow The American Way! LOANS S25 to S1.500 AUTO. SALARY FURNITURE For Any Worthwhile Purposa PAYMENTS TO FIT YOUR BUDGET! American Finance Corp.
