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X FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, April 28, 1S57 ff! ee Festival Pird WHEELCHAIR FLOAT This model of the domicilliary buildings at Camp White, shown above, will help decorate one of the floats in the disabled veteran's wheelchair parade today at 2 p.m. Veteran O. R. Kipfer, above, who spent three days building the model, points to the spot in front of the administration building where the parade will be held. The ceremonies, today will include the appearance of the Pear 1$ - ST- .&l I CHIC SALES One of the float entries in the wheelchair parade scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Camp White, is this replica of a "Chic Sales" outbuilding. Mrs. Clyde Fichtner, an American Le gion auxiliary volunteer, is shown above helping disabled veteran Herbert Walbridge put the finishing touches on the float. Other entries in the parade will include an 11 foot canoe, a surry with a fringe on top and a jail house. Flowers for the decoration of the floats were donated to the disabled veterans by American Le gion auxiliary units in Oregon and local auxiliary members have been helping build the floats. The wheelchair parade, which ties in with the Pear Blossom Festival, will be the first one ever held in this part of the state. Realty Board Agrees To $250 Scholarship The Medford Realty board Friday agreed to present a $250 scholarship to a Medford High school senior planning to begin a business administration, ac counting, law or related course in college next fall. In future years seniors In all Jackson county high schools will be eligible to apply for the annual scholarships. The . Medford High school Boy Scouls Pack 8 Den 10 of Pack 8, Jackson school, recently made a tour through the Medford fire sta tion. Special interest was shown in the big fire truck with the life net and in the men demonstra ting the pole sliding. Cubs making the tour were Bill Bennett, Alan Petersen, Dale Durkee, Jim Dodge, Tom Courtright, Lance Stanley, Ricky Shoup, Jack Rice and Bob Lon gen. Accompanying the group were Mrs. D.' J. Durkee, den mother, and Mrs. C. E. Bennett. SYNOL GIVES QUICK REllEF From Nasal Congestion - Nasal Mucus Associated with or resulting from heod cold Don't be mrerobte Don't suffer the distress orvd discomfort of nosot passog fitted with STICKY TENACIOUS MUCUS which at times may be very difficult to expell. SYNOL gives quick tempor ary palliative relief from nasal congestion associated with or re sulting from head colds. SYNOL is a vapor which goes right into the nasal passages end starts to relieve this miserable congestion and mucus in a matter of minutes. ' Find out about this fine ni bay fist Tttt product write todav no SYNOL gave me wonderful, blessed relf. Signed, REV. J. B. PIERCE, EltZA BETHTON, TENN. mm w I cannot cx-aise wonderful SYNOL too highly. Signed; MRS. THOMAS RESPOLE, 270 WASHINGTON ST., BELLA IRE, OHIO. NATIONAL PRODUCTS OttAWg 4 rOCTQN, lfQJtN'A Blossom queen and her court. Judges of the wheelchair float entries will be Mayor John Snyder; County Judge Rodney Keating; Wal lace Pianka, chief medical officer at- Camp White; H. Jaffrey, assistant manager of Camp' White, and Eugene Orr, of the American Le gion. Disabled veteran Perry Erickson will man this float. scholarship committee will screen applicants this year and present a list of six to the Med ford Realty board. Basis for award will include financial need, character and indications that the winner will benefit from the training. No Restriction No restrictions will be im posed as to the college the win ner may attend, except that it must be an accredited school of higher education in the state of Oregon. All student applicants recom mended by Medford High school will be interviewed by a realty board committee of five mem bers. This committee will make the final award decision and will also select an alternate win ner. Funds for the scholarship will be placed in trust with Med ford High school for disburse ment to the successful applicant at the appropriate times. Members of the scholarship committee include Bertha W. Gammill, Chris Barker, William Frohnmayer, William Fasel and Cap Vandagrift. The group also unanimously voted Friday to support a high dam on the Rogue river. obligation. Northwest District Convention, Rose Show Slated Here The Medford Rose Society will be host to the American Rose Society, Pacific Northwest Dis trict convention and Rose Show June 7 and 8. Convention headquarters will be at the Medford .hotel. All pro grams and business meetings will be held in the courthouse auditorium. The Rose Show will be staged in the Medford High school caf eteria on South Oakdale ave. Mrs. Nat Schoen, district di rector, met with the local chair men of the convention and rose show pril 22 and completed plans for the show and the con vention program. Chairmen in Charge Chairmen in charge are Mrs. Nat Schoen, program chairman; Carl Norris and Mrs. L. G. Gent n e r, . convention c o chairmen; Mrs. Daniel Heffner, judging school, E. E. Vehrs of Grants Pass, ARS Rosarian for -this dis trict, will be hospitality chair man, and Mrs. Wallace R. Pea body and Mrs. Carl Norris, rose show cochairmen. Hotels and food, Miss' Grace Stuhr and Eldred Peyton; pub licity, Mrs. Ranald Axtell; trans portation, Mrs. Ward Spatz; dec orations, Mrs. John Holmer; signs, Mrs. George Renaker; re gistration secretaries, Mrs. Perry Duncan and Mrs. Bert F. Sim mons; information, Miss Claire Hanley; public addresss system, Wallace R. Peabody. The program of the convention is planned to give the local Ros arians as well as their guests an opportunity of hearing outstand ing speakers on rose culture. Those who are interested in judging roses, either for their own enjoyment or to become judges at Rose shows, will have an opportunity to take one of the National Rose Society Exam inations Saturday morning, June 8. Officers Installed At CJ Legion Post . Cave Junction New officers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary were installed at ceremonies conducted by Dan and Virginia Krotz, district commander and president, and their visiting teams . Thursday at the American Legion hall. Installed as officers of the auxiliary were Alice Beem, pres ident; Minnie Mills, senior vice president; Mabel Ramsey, junior vice-president; Isabel Mellows, treasurer; Lucille Arnold, chap lain; Pricilla Mellow, conduct ress; Irene George, guard; Lu cille Arnold, secretary; Char lotte Tryon and Joyce Chamber lain, trustees; Charlotte Tryon, patriotic instructor and Minnie Mills, historian. ' Post officers for the coming wear are Bernie Cornett, com mander; Edward George, senior vice commander; Al Mellow, junior vice commander C. Y. Arnold", chaplain; Dave Charri berlain. quartermaster; Edward Piersall, judge advocate and Clarance Alber.s urgeon. A 'STARRY' ROLE Detroit (U.R) Actor Harvey Daniels, 24, of Fitchburg, Mass., was hospitalized in good condi tion after overplaying his part. Daniels struck himself with a baseball bat Thursday during a roadshow version of the musical comedy, "Damn Yankees." 150 Floats, Other Units Compete for Division Prizes About 10,000 people lined Medford streets Saturday after noon to view more than 150 floats and marching units of the fourth annual Pear Blossom Fes tival parade proceed down Main st. from the Library park to Hawthorne park. The crowd was the largest ever to view the Pear Blossom parade, according to theMedford police department. Last year about 6000 watched the event, officers estimated. Grand marshal of the parade was Oregon's Governor Robert D. Holmes, with Michigan's gov ernor G. Mennen Williams as special guest. Guests Introduced At Hawthorne park guests were introduced and 18 prizes totaling $335 were presented to winning parade participants., Awards were presented by Jay Pierce, chairman of the 1957 Pear Blossom Festival commit tee. Medford Mayor John Snider introduced Governor Holmes and Williams at the park. Con gressman Charles O. Porter., who was master of ceremonies at the Roosevelt Memorial din ner last night, also participated in Festival activities. Ray Johnson, vice president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, was introduced and spoke on behalf of the cham ber. Russ Jamison, Festival com mittee publicity chairman, was master of ceremonies for the event. Dick Walsh was parade chairman. Special Trophies Special trophies were present ed the Festival King, Harold El lis 6, and Queen Linda Estrama- do, 3, by Governor's Holmes and Williams. Bracelets with names engraved on them were present-, ed the princesses of the Royal Court and the princes received rings also with their names en graved. After making the presenta tions Governor Holmes referred to Jackson county as the win ter pear capitol of the world. He noted that the $15,000,000 coun ty pear industry with 10,000 acres of "beautiful" orchards served as a "sound base" for the local economy. Winners of floats were an nounced after other ceremonies. Elliott Becken was chairman of the judging committee. Otto Wil- da was chairman ofithe sweep stakes judging committee. Sweepstakes Floats winning $50 prizes in the sweepstakes judging were entered by the Women of the Moose, for the best design; the Medford unit of the American Legion auxiliary for the ' best theme portrayal and originality; and to Cub Scout Pack One, for the best comic float. Judging for other awards were done in five divisions. They were commercial ' float, organ izational float, costumed walk ing groups, and for best deco rated bicycles, tricycles and oth er vehicles. . . , ' First place prizes of $25 went to Matlack's Super market, com mercial; Central Point Jayceet tes, organizational; and to Gen eil Spruill, individual. Awards of $15 went to sec ond place winners. They were KMED, commercial; Gold Hill Grange, organizational; and the Ryan Triplets, individual. Third Place Awards Ten. dollar third place awards were "presented to the Brownell Motel and Cleaning Bar entry, commercial; the Central Point Garden club, organizational; and Beverly Johnson, individual. Awards for the best costumed walking groups went to the First Methodist Church Sunday school, first place, $10; Mrs. George Davy, second place, $5; and to Karen Ewaldsen, third place. $2.50. Other awards were for the best decorated bicycles and tri cycles. First place prize of $10 went to Bill Keyes. Myers Rub-a-dub won the $5 second place prize and Sally Polk won the $2.50 third place prize. Judges for various divisions included Warren Wolf and Don Darneille,- commercial floats; Catherine Fonken and Margaret Nesheim, individual floats; El eanor Hamilton and Laura York, costumed walking groups, and Marjorie Blaar and Hazeldean Hohensee, best decorated bi cycles, tricycles and other vehi cles.' Bands Participating Bands participating 'in the pa rade were the Hedrick and Mc Loughlin Junior High schools and Crater High school of Cen tral Point. The Central Point Junior High school band pre sented a concert at 1:45 pjn. at Hawthorne park prior to cere monies. After Festival ceremonies the Grants Pass- Cavemen jumped onto the-Hawthorne park band stand and pretended to hold Gov ernors Holmes and Williams un til presented boxes of Jackson county pears. About 20 law enforcement of- GROUND BREAKING A. S. V. Carpenter lifted the first shovelful of dirt last Wednes day in preparation for construction of the new Red Cross chapter house near Haw thorne park. The building and site are a gift to the local chapter from Mr. and Mrs. Car penter. Others attending ground breaking Construction of New Red Cross House to Start in Early May Construction of the new Jack son county American Red Cross chapter house will start early in May on a Hawthorne st. site, facing Hawthorne park. Ground breaking ceremonies for the building wtere held last Wednesday. The chapter build ing and lot are a gift from Mr. and Mrs. A.S.V. Carpenter, ( life members of the local Red Cross chapter. Carpenter lifted the first shovelful of dirt at the con struction site. Also present were Harlow Carpenter and designer of the structure; Manville Heisel, first vice chairman of the Red Cross board of directors; and Seth Bullis, chairman of the building committee. Expresses Gratitude Mrs. Helen A. Wilson, execu tive secretary of the chapter, exprssed gratitude to the Car penters for their contribution. She pointel out. it would have been impossible for the local chapter alone to acquire funds for such a structure. Construction is expected to be completed about Sept. 1, accord ing to Myers D. Jones, con tractor. The project will consist of three single-floor' buildings joined by covered walks. One building will house the audi torium, classrooms, rest rooms and kitchen facilities; one -will house general offices, a confer ence room and storage facilities; and the other will be a storage and parage building. Cost estimates for the project have not been completed, Jones said. Building Committee Members of the Red Cross building committee include Seth Bullis, chairman; Elwood Hed berg, Ed Branchfield, Mrs. Rob ert W. Shepherd and Jack Craw ford. In charge of furnishings are Otto Ewaldson and Mrs. John N. Winton. Officers of the chapter board of directors are Eugene Thorn- More Interest Is Needed for Jubilee Cave Junction Unless more interest is shown by Illinois Val: ley organizations, the annual La bor Day Jubilee may not be held this September. That is the word from Don Ad ams, general chairman for the three-day event, who has called two meetings recently with no visible results. Because of con flicting engagements only a handful of committee members turned out for Wednesday's plan ning session, which was finally adjourned for lack of a quorum. A new date for making pre liminary Jubilee arrangements is set for Friday, May 10, at 8 p.m. in the Legion hall. Adams urges all committee members to attend, as well as others who have ideas or suggestions for the celebration. ficers acted as security guards on Main st. intersections during the parade. Ten city police of ficers were assisted by members of the state police,' Jackson coun ty sheriff's posse and sheriffs deputies. like, chairman; Manville Heisel, first vice chairman; Dr. Elmo Stevenson, second vice chair man; Mrs. E. Al Littrell, third vice chairman; Mrs. W. E. Thomas, secretary; and Elwood Hedberg, treasurer. Radioactive Fallout Possible in Southern Oregon, Hicks Says By Maj. Gen. J. H. Hicks (Rel.) Director, Civil Defense Jackson County -In the event of a nuclear at tack on this country," southern Oregon can experience . lethal radioactive fallout. Until recent ly, Portand was the only poten tial nuclear bomb target listed by the Federal Civil Defense Agency. Now Eugene and Salem have been named as potential targets because of their large populations. Also, Klamath Falls becomes a target when the Air Force jet interceptor base is placed in operation there in the near future. Accordingly, south ern Oregon is now in an area that can possibly receive a se vere radioactive fallout as a re sult of bombing attacks on the above targets. - Sometimes during the next three to five years guided mis siles carrying nuclear warheads will become operational. A slight error in navigation can cause misses to measure in hundreds of miles. For example, a recent test missile fired from the Flor ida coast was lost complejely. When the missile age does ar rive, no city or community in the U.S. can consider itself safe from either direct hits or radio active fallout. No Warning Odor This radioactive fallout is a danger that cannot .be seen or heard, and it has no warning odor. Fallout intensity over any large area is not uniform. Local hot spots may exist and it is es sential that residents be warned and evacuted for safety. The only means of determining the fallout intensity is by measure ment with counter type instru ments. This condition has been recog nized by the county court and county budget committee, and funds have been made available in the fiscal year 1958 budget to procure a limited amount of counter type instruments. These instruments will be placed in the Red Fir Slabwood SUMMER SPECIAL 3 $3300 Loads J J 1 LOAD $12.00 Immediate Delivery . Ph. SP 3-5878 or SP 2-5055 PHELPS FUEL GO. 1337 So. Peach St. Save this ad for reference ' ceremonies included, left to right, Harlow Carpenter, designer, A. S. V. Carpenter, Man ville Heisel, Mrs. Carpenter and Seth Bullis Construction will start early in May and be completed about Sept. 1, according to Myers D. Jones, contractor. Open House Slated At CP Junior High Central Point Annual open house for Central Point junior high and elementary schools will be held on Thursday, May 2. Rooms will be open to the public from 6:30 to 8:20 p.m. A junior high band concert at 8:30 p.m. will conclude the evening. The open house activities will include the Jewett primary school. various . communities of Jackson county. In order that trained operators are available throughout, the county, an instruction class will be held at the Medford High school with Ryder Berg of the Medford High school staff in charge of the course. The class will start Monday at 8 p.m. and will be given in room 216, Med ford High school. Maj. Gen. John Hargreaves, the radio logical medical representative from Ore gon Civil Defense agency will be present for the opening of this course and will give an ad dress on nuclear radiation. Only a litnited coverage of Jackson county- will be possible with the istruments provided. However, many Jackson county residents have Geiger counters, scintilometers, and other meas uring devices that could be used in an emergency to measure the intensity of the fallout. The owners of these instru ments can help themselves and the Civil Defense agencies throughout the county by taking this instruction course in fallout, and by- making their instru ments and services available in an emergency. Httw, ffc crMfen "An!' mtf bitiA Wevtrfof-tk YMeMy "BeAh". Top jM&iy HOME OWNERS SPECIALTIES 114 EAST 11TH Call SP 3-5213 j ml i k r ALSO b2r i 1 Aluminum Window iSr ';i Screens Three Directors Elected to Board Of Tree Farm Groilfjp Three new members of J the board of directors of the SoJjuth ern Oregon Conservation O an Tree Farm association wwere elected at the group's aiftnual meeting Friday night. f They are Leo Hoag, Prospect; Ray Offord, Jacksonville, and Barnard Parent, Medford. fJ James Pack, sales managed for Moore Timber Products co mpa ny. Grants Pass", chairma .n of SOCTFA's traffic committetje, re ported on hearings held in San Francisco last month on aJ'PPli cations for the end of the frt eight rate differential between J rail roads in northern Californiifr and in interstate commerce. ft " The committee has been vork ing for more than a year t b tain a revision of the differen tial, which has worked hard ship on lumber shippers ojutside of California. Progress Made i L. L. (Doc) Simpson, secJ'etary- manager of SOCTFA, relPorted on progress being made ii iron ing out. difficulties and lTTiisun' derstandings which have ed Oregon lumber haulers plagu- bring-burn-Many ing salvage timber out of ed-out areas in California state laws and hauling Jegula- tions conflict, he said. Simpson said that prog ress at arriving at an understand ng was made last week in Yrekaf when Donald G. Neave of the lOregon motor vehicle departmen Capt. R. O. Rust of the Ca lifornia Highway patrol office in Yreka, and representatives of tV e Call- fornia motor vehicle department discussed the problem. Tlfie meet ing was arranged througll the as sistance of State Rep. Al I-.ittrell, Simpson said. Truckers may obtain Icurrent information on inter-stat truck ing of logs from Simpfcon, or from Darrell Davis, Kind Truck ing company, secretary I of the Oregon Log and Lumber I Truck ers, the SOCTFA official Atated. PASTOR TO RETREAT I The Rev. Richard M.l Jones will attend the MinisterJ's Re treat for American Baptist min isters in Oregon, MJn ay through Wednesday next week at Linfield coUe ,R Mc Minnville. Principal sp, fcJrs at the retreat will be Dr. i p f Bell, pastor of the First K ptist church, Poenix, Ariz., t a Dr. Charles Carmen, executive sec retary of the minister's Jcouncil of the American Baptist con vention. Mr. Jones expectis to re turn Thursday May 2. . BOOKIES, POLICE COMPETE ' Boston U.R) It's a ne :k-and-neck race between book-; nakers and police officers in Massachu setts. State Crime Commi ssioner Joseph Ford said "state ax fig ures show there is one j bookie for every police officer." He said there are 10,000 Tcemen in the state. " Finance HOME IMPROVEMENTS through U.S. NATIONAL M&k needed home improvement! now... finance the cost with ; FHA loan through this bank. HO DOWN PATMfNT 3 MONTHS TO AT MST ACTION Atk yew contractor or MoT v ...or thl. bank. 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