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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1957
No. 50
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FINISHING TOUCHES The final preparations for the dedi
cation of the new Medford Memorial Armory are being made
this week. Shown above are workmen in the process of paving
the parking area around the big new building at the'fair
grounds south of Medford.- The dedication will be next
Saturday, May 25. when Maj. Gen. Thomas E.. Rilca, adjutant
general of the Oregon military department, and Gov. Robert
Holmes will be here for the ceremonies. A public open house
will "start at 7 p.m.. and will include displays and demonstra-
Unidentified Man
Struck by Car at
Fifth, Riverside
An unidentified man between
60 and 70 years old was struck
at the intersection of Fifth st.
and Riverside ave. about 8:15
p.m. yesterday, according to
Medford police.
He was undergoing surgery
for head and compound leg in
juries at Rogue Valley hospital
at press time.
Police said driver of the car
was Miss Marcia Lee Presgrave,
18, of 409 South Peach st Med
ford. She was traveling north
on Riverside ave. at the time of
the accident, they said.
Police said the man, who car
ried no identification, weighed
about 150 pounds, was bald and
had not shaved in about two
days.
The investigation was continu
ing late last night.
Crime Conference
Scheduled in Medford
The 1958 Western States
Crime conference, for law en
forcement agencies from federal
to local levels, will be held in
Medford.
Selection of Medford as the
site for next year's conference
was reported by Chief Deputy
Sheriff Joe Walsh and Medford
Police Lt. Lyle Perkins. They
returned Friday night from a
three-day Western States Crime
conference in Salt Lake City,
Utah.
The 1958 conference will be
sponsored by the Medford po
lice department and sheriffs of
fices of Jackson and Josephine
counties. Expected to attend the
session are 175 to 200 officers
from about V western states.
At tly annual conferences, of
ficers exchange information on
interestate activities of known
criminals.
Thousands Flee Homes
In Southwest Storms
BY UNITED PRESS
Thousands of persons fled
their homes Saturday in the
flood-ravaged southwest, ' and
vokmteers worked to exacuate
citizens from the danger areas.
The Cimarron and Arkansas
rivtrs were
SHI!
levels i history.
Tula braced for a heavy flow
of water, . perhaps reaching
recocrf depth of 25 to 26 feet.
Sports Bulletin
It. Mary's of Medford was
tkird with 28 points last 'sight
i lkae Oregon high school B
track meet at Springfield. Jim
Darlwad took a first for the
Ceasaders in the high hurdles
sod she St. Mary's half - mil
retay team was victor. Wal
loyra, tn the meet with 32
saiiE and Monro was second
watl &. Cove was fourth with
tf-ytarie. all by Jim Puckell.
Berrydale Residents
May Vote Wednesday
- Registered voter? in the Ber- at the receptionists desk on the
rydale district may" go to a poll
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Wed
nesday, May 22, at Howard
school to vote on a proposal to
annex to the city of Medford.
Election officers will be Lor
rain E. Dusenberry, chairman;
Ilene Ottoman, judge; Enid
Friend, clerk; Martilla Berteau,
clerk; and Blanche Doty, clerk.
They were appointed by Neva
Samuels, city recorder.
Sample ballots for the special
election are available at the po
lice station in the city hall and
Seven Arrested
On Liquor Charges
Sheriffs deputies Friday night
arrested a group of seven people,
including five teenagers, and
lodged them in the county jail
on charges involving liquor, v
Lyle Marvin Mitchell, 23,
Wilderville, Ore., was charged
with . furnishing alcoholic bev
erages to minors. Marvin James
Varja, 18, Wonder, Ore., was
j charged with being drunk on a
public highway.
Charged with illegal posses
sion of alcoholic beverages were
James Howard Day, 20, of 417
King st., Medford, a 17-year-old
Medford boy, a 17-year-old Med
ford girl, and two 16-year-old
girls, one from Central Point
and the other from Medford.
Deputies said they stopped
the youths, who were riding in a
car, at the intersection-of lOak
dale ave. and Eighth st. They
reported finding 19 bottles and
three cans of beer in the car
as well as a large number of
empty beer containers.
According to the officers, Mit
chell admitted to them that he
had" purchased the beer and
furnished it to the minors. The
beer was confiscated by the of
ficers as evidence in the case.
Bill Authorizes New
Circuit Judges
Salem IP) Three new Cir
cuit Court judges for Oregon
were approved by the House
Friday in Senate bill 245 which
now goes to the governor.
Rep. George Laymen, New
berg Republican, said the judges
would be placed in the three
most over-burdened districts in
the state.
One judge would go to the
first district of Josephine and
Jackson counties; one to the
second district of Coos. Curry,
Douglas and Lane counties: and
one to the 21st disrtict in Linn,
Benton and Lincoln counties.
tions of military equipment, including two Army helicopters.
The ceremonies will be at 8 p.m., and will be followed by a
free public dance, with music provided by the -234th Oregon
National Guard band. The Armory will house the two Med
ford Guard units, Headquarters company and Company A,
a rifle unit, both part of the 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry
regiment, 41st Division, the Oregon - Washington Guard
division. (Kenn Knackstedt photo.)
city hall's second floor.
Submit Proposal
The Medford city council sub
mitted the annexation proposal
to Berrydale in April after area
residents petitioned the council
through the Berrydale Sanita
tion committee. Main purpose of
annexation is to solve what the
committee has termed a "dang
erous sanitation" problem" in the
area.
Last week the council, repre
senting Medford voters, cleared
the way for Berrydale residents
to become members of the city
when they approved the propos
al following a public hearing.
Berrydale voters rejected a
proposal to annex a larger por
tion of the area last November.
Since that time, the proposed
boundaries have been revised,
resulting in a much smaller an
nexation area.
Boundaries Reviewed
Boundaries of the annexation
area run roughly north from the
Big Y junction along Highway
99 to Gore st., west to Lynn st.,
then parallel to the Pacific hign
way to a point north of Mace
rd., east and south across the
Crater Lake highway, then west
to highway again, and - south
along Riverside ave. to McAn
drews rd.
An "island" area east of Riv
erside ave., north of McAndrews
rd. and west of the Kenwood
Grand view boundary - were ex
cluded from the annexation area
after residents petitioned the
city council to be excluded.
Thursday the council decided
the city of Medford would not
assume bonded indebtedness of
the Midway and Elk City water
districts if the Berrydale area
is annexed to Medford.
The Berrydale area is respon
sible for repayment x of about
70 per cent, or $52,000, of the
$74,000 Midway . water district
debt and about 40 per cent, or
$75,000, of the $187,000 Elk
City water district debt.
. Millage rate for debt repay
ment in the Midway district is
1.4 and in the Elk City district
9.3.
Estimated Expenditures
City Manager Robert Duff es
timated expenditures and rev
enue of the Berrydale area
would "just about balance"
should tlie district be annexed.
Estimated expenses in the
area would be about $40,000 to
the city, and about $6,100 to
the water department, with city
revenue estimated at $46,675.
. The additional cost to the wa
ter department could be absorb
ed without water rate increases,
according to Robert Lee, city
water superintendent.. Duff said
there would be no immediate
increase in city taxes as a re
sult of the annexation.
Population of the district pro
posed for annexation is estimat
ed at about 1,250.
(Sea Stories on Pages 8--nd 7)
Governor Gets Bill
Exempting Orchard
Trees from Taxes:
Salem Iff) -A bill exempt
ing orchard trees and other de
ciduous shrubs and crops from
ad .valorum taxes squeeked by
the House 32-25 Friday and went
to the governor for signature.
Rep. Fayette Bristol, Grants
Pass Republican, said that for 95
years growing crops had been
considered exempt . from such
taxation and that farmers should
not be required to pay ad valor
um taxes on growing crops.
Bristol said the tax problem
arose in Jackson and Hood River
counties where the value of pear
and apple trees was added tp the
regular property ' taxes by asses
sors. Opposes Exemption
Rep. George Annala, Hood Riv
er Democrat, opposed the exemp
tion on grounds it would reduce
the assessed valuation of his
county by five per cent by tak
ing the trees off the tax rolls.
He said six counties assess orch
ard crops.
Rep. Vernon Cook, Gresham
Democrat, also opposed the bilL
He said the State Tax commis
sion docs not assess trees sepa
rately from property but that an
orchard is considered like a
house or barn or other improve
ments in determining true cash
value of property.- -
He called Senate bill 311 a
subsidy of pear "and apple grow
ers and said it should either be
extended to all farmers or drop
ped entirely.
Defending the bill was . Rep.
Robert Steward, Keating Demo
crat who will take over the State
Agriculture Department shortly.
Steward said the practice of tax
ing crops might spread to seed
and grass ' growers and would
ha2 a bad effect on soil conser
vation practices.
1,000 Music Students Will
Participate in
Approximately 1,000 music
students from fifth through 12th
grades in all of Medford's public
schools will" participate in the
Spring Music Festival Thursday,
May 23, at the Medford High
school stadium. "
.. Featured in the program will
be the combined elementary or
chestra, combined elementary
chorus, Hedrick Junior High
school, McLoughlin Junior High
school, senior high school a cap
pella choir, massed chorus and
brass ensemble.
Dances will be presented by
students of Roosevelt school, Jef
ferson school, Lincoln school,
Washington school and a group
from Miss Pat s Studio.
Patriotic, religious, traditional
and general songs will be pre
sented, including songs of the
northeast, south, central plains
and west. Dances will carry out
SSemiiniv
IPimewmrooinioo,
Joint Proposal for
McAllister Road Is
Approved by Slate
Highway Will Be on
State Forest System
The state highway commis
sion Friday accepted a joint pro
posal by the Jackson and Klam
ath county courts to place the
McAllister Springs rd. on the
forest highway .system.
The commission's approval
was given in Portland at a 15
minute meeting attended by
Jackson County Judge Rodney
Keating, County Engineer Paul
Rynning, M. M. Huggins, Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce president, Glenn-Jackson,
chamber member, Don McNeil,
chamber manager, and the
Klamath county court and 'en
gineer. The McAllister Springs rd. ex
tends from Eagle Point to Klam
ath Falls by wa"y of Lake of the
Woods.
Federal Funds
Action at- Friday's meeting
opens the way for the road to
be. constructed with federal
funds under supervision of the
bureau of public roads. After
construction is completed, the
state will maintain the road. It
would be an all-weather, easy
grade road, - eventually - of a
higher standard than the Green
Springs route. -
Before federal construction
funds are appropriated, the road
will be placed on the state
secondary highway system.
There has as yet been no indi
cation' when actual construction
can get under way, although'
engineering surveys are expect
ed to start late this summer.
Confirmation of the agree
ment will be sent to members of
both Jackson and Klamath coun
ty courts for signature.
Commend Klamath Court
Local delegates to the meet
ing commended members of the
Klamath county court for con
cessions they made to expedite
the agreement. Among "stum
bling blocks" to the project has
been a disagreement concerning
a 21-mile stretch of road from
the McAllister Springs rd. junc
tion to Ft. Klamath.
The Klamath county court,
original owners of the stretch,
have been promoting state main
tenance of this road section.
However, they agreed on Fri
day to ' withdraw this proposal
and resume management of the
road in order to reach agree
ment on the larger McAllister
Springs rd. project.
Proposed County
Budget Not Signed
One signature is still missing
from the proposed 1957-58 Jack
son county budget, it was report
ed Saturday..
Signing of the $2,990,446.72
proposed budget for next year
was scheduled for last Thurs
day. However, one member of
the budget committee could not
be reached that afternoon and
still had not been contacted Sat
urday. Committee members said they
were hopeful the final signature
would be on the budget Monday.
Public hearing on the budget
has been set for Monday, June
17.
Festival
themes of the various program
sections.
Instrumental portion of the
program will include marches,
waltzes, novelty, patriotic and
general numbers.
Featured in the finale will be
the massed chorus and brass en
semble in "Battle Hymn of the
Republic."
In charge of the program are
J. L. Dyrud, vocal supervisor
and program coordinator; I. A.
Mirick, instrumental superisor;
and Lee Ragsdale, director of
physical education.
Accompanist will be Mrs. Ma
rian. Montgomery. Assisting with
the orchestra performances will
be John Drysdale, Elmer Ayres
! and Mrs. Audrey Bartlett. In
charge of band performances
will be Albert Huntemann, Ron
ald Bartlett and Mrs. Virginia
Wester field.
JHc ef SwffieiroirDg
Election on Budget
For County's Rural
Schools is Monday
Residents of rural school dis
tricts in the county will vote
Monday from 2 to 8 p.m. on
the proposed 1957-58 county
rural school budget of $1,844,
777.55. The districts include Jackson
ville, Griffin Creek, Ruch.-Lone
Pine, Talent, Rogue River, Apple
gate, Elk-Trail Prospect, Evans
Valley, Shady Cove, Butte Falls,
Pinehurst and Howard schools.
,The total budget includes esti
mated operational costs of $1,
523,366.55; rural operating and
emergency fund of $47,961; and
non-high tuition and transporta-
Five Of Six Hurt
In Accident Are
Still Hospitalized
Five of the six Grants Pass
High school girls injured in a
two-vehicle collision on Highway
99 Friday were still hospitalized
Saturday.
Jo Ann Wood, 17, route 1, box
103, Rogue River, was discharg
ed from Sacred Heart hospital
Friday night.
Listed as "holding her own"
at Rogue Valley hospital was
Sharon Plantz, 16, of 225 Lin
coln rd., Grants Pass, driver of
the car , which struck the. rear
of a cement, truck on Blackwell
hill. The other girls were passen
gers in the car.
Condition Said 'Fair'
Condition of Yvonne Erickson,
17, of 1248 Shroeder lane,
Grants Pass, was reported "fair"
by officials at Rogue Valley hos
pital. .The other three, all pa
tients at Sacred Heart hospital,
were reported in "good" condi
tion. They are Virginia Splie
thof, 16, of 200 Lewis ave., Char
lene Palmer, 16, route 2, box
328B, and Dixie Lee Turk, 17,
of 1417 East Park st., all of
Grants Pass.
Lester Dusenberry, 704 Palm
St., Medford, driver . of the
truck, was not reported injured.
According to state police, the
girls were en route to Jackson
Hot Springs on a senior class
"skip day" when the accident
occurred. Police said the cem
ent truck, operating at an esti
mated speed of 17 miles per
hour, was knocked 117 feet up
the hill by the impact of the
crash. The car traveled about
275 feet along the highway
shoulder before striking the
truck, police reported. .The ac
cident occurred at 9:57 ajn.
New Meter Times
Go Into Effect
A change in "working hours"
for all parking meters in Med
ford will go into effect tomor
row. .'
Motorists will start depositing
coins in the meters at 8 a.m. in
stead of 9 a.m., and will be re
quired to make deposits until 6
p.m. instead of 5 p.m. '
Time limits of about 50 park
ing meters in the city have also
been readjusted from 12 min
utes to 3Q minutes. Rates on
the former 12-minute meters are
now changed to 5 cents for 30
minutes and 10 cents for an
hour.
The changes are the result of
a new parking meter ordinance
recently adopted by the. city
council. City crews began read
justment of time limits on the
12-minute -meters last week.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy and
slightly warmer today and
Mondav. Scattered showers
this afternoon and evenim.
High todav S-"0, low tonight
40. hifh Monday 14.
nirhest yesterday 4
Lowest yesterday SO
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise - 4: t.m,
Sunset ":30 p.m.
Mnonrlie Monday 12:04 a.m.
VENUS, the brightest planet,
now sets shortly after sunst.
.For the next tthree weeks eVn
tts will sink below the horizon
a little later and a little furth
er north, each evening.
U
Pctir
lion operating and emergency
fund of $273,450.
Estimated receipts for the year
total $544,359.54. Amount to be
collected by taxation is $1,300,-
418.01.
Within Limitation '
Tax base within the 6 per
cent limitation is $213,603.37,
which represents 16.4 per cent
of the total amount to be levied
and is the full amount the rural
board can levy without voter
approval.
School officials pointed out the
first obligation on this levy with
in the 6 per cent limitation is
the rural board operating and
emergency fund of 2.52 mills.
This leaves only 13.9 mills that
can be levied within the 6 per
cent limitation on the district
budgets. In the event the rural
levy should fail, the amount in
excess would have to be raised
by a special vote in each district.
Total estimated increase in
mills is from 54.7 for the current
year to 68.4 mills for the 1957-
58 year. Of this total, loss of
assessed valuation from with
drawal of area in the rural dis
trict - causes a millage increase
from 54.7 to 61.1.
The non-high budget accounts
for 4.5 mills of this increase, it
was explained. The current bud
get for the non-high is increased
in the proposed budget by $23.
000. Officials' said this budget
increase is due to an anticipated
enrollment increase of 14.1 per
cent in 1957-58.
Increase Salaries -
Salary increases for the 1957
58 year amount to approximately
2.1 mills, covering the 208 teach
ers in the rural district. Some
of the larger increases in the
total levy were on the increased
non-high budget, newly adopted
textbooksi library and school bus
operation. Costs have also gone
up in many items such as school
furniture, light power and fuel,
it was noted.
School officials said, "On the
whole, rural school boards have
in the current year followed
the policy of postponing items
of maintenance, repair and
equipment with the possibility
in mind that legislation now
pending would make some im
provements in the school support
structure. Bus purchases .have
been spread over two and three
years on lease-purchase agree
ments. New textbook adoptions
would cost approximately $12
per pupil. Approximately $7 per
child was allowed in the current
budgets and the balance deferred
for the next budget."
Body of Unidentified
Man Found at Vancouver
Vancouver, Wash. (If) The
body of an unidentified man
was found in a hobo jungle here
Saturday and police said he had
been beaten to death,.
The man had been bound
hand and foot, police said and
he was naked except for a torn
shirt.
"It't Time To Get Into. My Roomier-Than-Ever
Car And Get The Kids At The More-Crowded
Than-Ever School"
Soys
Boy Rescued from
Well After Being
Buried 24 Hours
Spot Found on Lung
After Examination
Manorville, N.Y. HP) Seven-year-old
Benny Hooper, who sur
vived 24 hours of being buried
alive in a backyard well, was
found to be suffering from pneu
monia late Saturday.
Dr. Joseph Kris said, after X
raying the boy, Benny had a
spot of pneumonia on his right
lung.
The boy was rushed to a hos
pital Friday night after he was
rescued and was immediately
placed in the oxygen tent in an
effort to ward off pneumonia.
He also was given shots of pen
icillin. '
A tube which pumped life
preserving oxygen into the chill,
dark shaft throughout Benny's
entrapment and which despite
sifting sand miraculously hov
ered less than an inch from his
mouth was believed by doctors
to have kept the boy alive in
what even the most optimistic
feared had become a sandy
grave.
Jacket Also Helped
Another fortune of chance)
the billowing of Benny's jacket
as he became wedged in the
darkened Well shaft also help
ed save the life of the sandy
haired second-grader, doctors
, said. Miraculously, the jacket
worn because of an unseasonable
chill had created an air pock
et, catching the potentially
death-dealing sandslides that, oc
curred sporadically . during 23
huurs of frantic rescue oper
ations. -
The rescue was climaxed at
7:31 Friday night when. a 38-year-old
Negro construction
worker, Samuel Woodson,
braved a cave-in 25 feet below
the surface and freed the half
conscious boy from his trap.
From the pit of the emergency
crater, came the cry of Dr. J.
H. Kris, the Hooper family's
physician.
"The boy s alive. He's alive.'
Spectators fell on their knees.
many with their heads skyward,
in silent prayer. Some scream
ed deliriously. Others applaud
ed.
Mother Embraces Son
" As two workmen gently lift
ed Benny ' from "the crater, his
mother, tears streaming down
her face, ran from the house
where she had been under a
physician's care for shock since -learning
of the tragedy while at
work as a telephone operator.
Beaming with joy, she em
braced the blanket-warpped form
of the son she had all but given
up for dead. Then, as the boy
was placed in an ambulance,
Mrs. Hooper, sobbing aloud, em
braced her weeping husband.
Both, then climbed into the am
bulance along with Dr. Kris, to
accompany the faintly smiling
boy to the hospital.
.- An ambulance attendant held
an oxygen mask over the boy's
face during the 15-mile trip to
the hospital. At the hospital, he
was placed in an oxygen tent.
Placed on a strict liquid diet,
young Benny was given tea and,
later ginger ale, but no solids.