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SWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE One of Nation's Oldest Military Posts Still in Use Barracks, one of the nation's oldest military posts still in use by the U.S. Army, is celebrating Its 200th anniversary this year. The post, located in the scenic Cumberland Valley, 18 miles West of Harrisburg, was" founded by the British on May 30, 1757. The following year it was used as a center of instruction to teach British and colonial troops the art of fighting Indians. Today the barracks is the site of the U.S. Army War College, the Army's senior educational institution, commanded by Maj. Gen. Max S. Johnson. An aver age of 200 senior officers make up the student body for the 10 month course conducted at the top post-graduate level to pre pare them for top staff and com mand positions in the army. The educational tradition of the barracks is long and dis tinguished. The post was the site of what was believed to be the Army's first school, an instruc tion center for artillerymen, es tablished in 1777. It served vari ously as an armory, recruiting and ordnance center during the intervening years, and in 1838 the School of Cavalry Practice was founded. Indian School The school was discontinued in 1861 after turning out hun dreds of cavalrymen who served both in the Union and Confed erate forces. The 17th Virginia Cavalry invaded the post briefly In June, 1863, but left it quietly after requisitioning supplies. However, Confederate Gen. J. E. B. Stuart swept into town on July 1 and, after firing on the city, burned the barracks. The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was established in 1897 and during its 39-year existence coach Glenn S. "Pop" Warner fostered some of the best ath letic teams in the country. Among its graduates were foot ball and track star Jim Thorpe, Philadelphia baseball pitcher Chief Bender, and Tewanima, also a track star. The school was discontinued in 1918 and General Hospital 31 took over the site. In 1920 the Army Medical Field Service School also was established at Carlisle and continued until 1946. In that year the Armed Forces Information School was established at the barracks. The barracks site was subse quently the home of School for Government of Occupied Areas, the Adjutant General's School, Chaplains School, Military Po lice School and the Army Se curity Agency School. The War College moved into the location In 1951 from its temporary loca tion at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Fewer Changes Filed In Labor Disputes Chicago (W The Commerce Clearing House reported that employers and employes alike contributed to labor harmony during 1956 by filing fewer charges of unfair labor practices. The CCH, after reviewing the National Labor Relations Board's annual report for the past fiscal year, reported it showed a drop of 14.7 per cent in the filing of such charges in federal courts. The decrease, the CCH said, reversed an upward trend start ing in 1953, and was marked by a total of 3,522 cases during 1956, compared to 4,362 for 1955. ALL IN THE EAK What you see in this girl's rar is Sonotone's new hear ting aid - complete. IT'S ' IWORN ENTIRELY IN rTHE EAR no cord, no ' extra "button." Weighs only .half an ounce. Women's hairdos hide it 'completely. ' On men, this amazing hearing aid is , barely noticeable from any angle. ' COMf IN, PHONE OK WftfTt. Mil DtMONSI&ATIQN NO OBLIGATION S0N0T0NE C. R. Adamson, Dist. Mgr. S39 E. Jackson Ph. SP 2-5904 fl ILLINOIS VALLEY Poppy Day Dance Planned BY HELEN BOTTEL i Cave Junction J. Van John son and his four-piece orchestra will play for the annual Amer ican Legion auxiliary Poppy Day dance Saturday, May 25, at the Cave Junction Legion hall. A midnight supper has been planned by members of the auxiliary, according to Mrs. Arthur Kellert, who is in charge of the affair. All proceeds will go toward the auxiliary's child welfare fund. First aid classes will begin at St Matthias Episcopal church in Cave Junction May 23, with an instructor from the State In dustrial Accident commission in charge. Registrations may be made through Mayor Carrol Banks at Banks Automotive. The course consists of one three-hour period each week for six weeks. Both afternoon and even ing sessions are planned, and Red Cross first aid certifi cates will be awarded at the conclusion of the lession. George W. Martin returned Monday from Sacramento where he visited his daughter and fami ly, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Coan, and children. S. S. Castleberry and Elwood Hussey were among a group of valley residents who attended the Del Norte Chamber of Com merce meeting Monday in Cres cent City. Possibility of a tunnel through Oregon mountain was discussed Castlebtrry reported the chamb er and various civic organiza tion are in favor of a tunnel, which has also ben mentioned favorably by tHe Redwood Em pire association. Miss Mariam Davis and Mrs. Jane Needham, visitors i om the Island of Norfolk, north of New Zealand in the south Pacif ic, entertained their hosts, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Villair and fri ends last week with pactures of life on the island. Guests includ ed Mrs. George Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Floyd and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hartwell. A pre-school round-up was combined with 'a mother's tea Friday at O'Brien school when about 30 parents attended a pro gram presented by first, second, third and fourth graders. Monica Marvin, county health nurse, discussed the necessity of early examinations for begin ning first grade children, and gave each parent a form for her physician to complete. Four new members were wel comed into the. Illinois Valley Flying club at a meeting recent ly at the high school. They are Bill Kuil, Clyde Walker, Larry Musil, and Wayne Foster. Four different planes are be ing considered by the group. Members were directed to con tact the owners for price. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Thrasher at Kerby last week end was Mrs. Arlene Ferguson of Benton, Calif. Among the Aerial Project smokejumper crew this summer will be Kenny Rosenberg, who graduated from Illinois Valley High school last year and is now attending Oregon State col lege;. Eldo Swift and Ron Cherry in this year's graduating class, and Bob Harrison, a senior at IVHS. They will begin work June 17, according to project supervisor James Allen. . Two summer men who report ed for work Wednesday are Jack Harter of South Dakota and Gideon Newton of Mon mouth, Ore. Both have been em ployed here for several sum mers. A film, "S k i p p y and the Three R's was presented at the Evergreen pre-school round up recently when County Health Nurse Martha Woolley met mothers of beginning first graders to explain health ex aminations and other requisites for next September. First grade teacher Naomi Seat reported almost 100 per cent response from mothers who brought about 25 . pre-schoolers to the meeting. O'Brien's pre-school round-up next Friday at 2 p.m. will be combined with a tea for mothers of all children in the school. Brownies and Cub Scouts, whose meeting date in on Friday, will not meet this week. Airman a p p r e n tice Frank Cavyell will graduate from Navy boot camp June 13 and plans a 15-day leave in the Il linois Valley where he will visit his wife, Bonnie and family. He is being transferred to Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Wednesday, Mar S2, 1957 Norman, Okla., for five weeks. and from there to Memphis, Tenn., where Mrs. Cavyell will join him. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Homer Snider at Lone Mountain Valley Sunday and Monday were Hom er's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice (Shady) Lane of South Fork, Calif. T. H. Benham from Coquille is doing mining claim assess ment work on the George Maid en property on Althouse creek this week for the owners who also live at Coquille. Green Garden school children and their parents held their an nual picnic last Friday. Instead of being held t the Grants Pass park, about 38 youngsters and mothers met at the Legion hall in Cave Junction for games, bub ble blowing, balloon popping, a big parade, arid potluck lunch eon. Reports on the state conven tion at Grants Pass were made by five delegates at the Blue Star Mother's meeting held Tues day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Nina Weber at Elk Creek Ranch. Attending the c o n v e n tion were Grace Kubli, Grace Cau sey, Nina Weber, Louise Wood bury and Zelda Foster. Mr. and Mrs. Don Orton, ho teach at Kerby and O'Brien schools, respectively, have been having their share of troubles. When both Orton children came down with measles (in two dif ferent weeks), their mother cal led in Mrs. William Schenck as her substitute. Don Orton was away from his classes last week after a session with the dentist. Cpl. Phillip Griffin, recently home from two and one-half years with the Army in Germany and England, was honored at a recent dinner here. His grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs. George Gray of Cave Junction, hosted the affair which was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Meryle Griffin, Phillip's par rents; Patty Griffin, his sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ortis Seat and son, Wendell, of Cave Junction and The Rev. and Mrs. F. W. Hop kins of Grants Pass. In Cave Junction on an ex tended visit is Arthur Falken hayn, father of Fire Chief Herb Falkenhayn, from La Sierra, Calif. ' Also visiting the Falkenhayns last week were Mr. and Mrs. R. I. McManes of Angivin, Calif. Temperature Control Needed for Tomatoes Davis. Calif. (IP) A vegeta ble crops specialist says critical temperature control is necessary for transcontinental shipping of green or pink-ripe tomatoes. The specialist, Leonard L. Morris, said green tomatoes rinen best at 68 decrees and for long distance rail shipment they should be held between oo ana 65 degrees. To help shippers maintain re frigerator car temperatures with in the desired range, a schedule of icing practices has been de vised by special ists of the University of California at Davis and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Morris said. In addition, a thermostatic de vice to regulaie temperatures in refrigertor cars is under devel opment by university agricul tural engineers. Morris said among tomato ship pers' problems is one of chilling the fruit in the field before har vest. Here is a loss in ripening ability in proportion to the num ber of hours during the week before harvest that fruit is chill ed below 60 degrees, Morris ex plained. ' Hollywood (in Singer Dennis Day finally caught up with his boss, Jack Benny Day is 39 today. "There's only one difference between us now," Day said "I still have my own hair." Mil FOR FINEST AUTOMATIC HOT WATER SERVICE plvs 10-YEAR REPLACEMENT potior Only $ 10 00 Down 10 00 Per Month TROWBRIDGE & FLYNN ELECTRIC COMPANY 214 W. Main Ph. SP 3-6241 Thell Do It Every ms sot &?zzez gig? 4Nl ERASER? I SAY- -T sXTJz?- ) AR Cut MISS R4TOOTIE, THE MEW DISM, DOESM'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK FOR IT, AHD PRESTO EUREKA WOW "ThAv Akin A ilAT no TTt 244 I E. 123 sr., (&pT n.y.55 McLEOD Attend Birthday Dinner By Carolina L. Harding McLeod Mrs. Pearl Adair and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ander ton were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Alworth at their home in ' Medford Friday, May 10. The occasion was Al worth's 83rd birthday. Guests at the Kobernick home in Roseburg Thursday evening, COKE and FOOD ... appetites! COKE and FUN... t rK mm m iimiii AbbkImJ any pastime pleasanter! Bottled under authority of The - May 9, were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lorrance and gr a n d a u ghter, Penny, of Shady Cove, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harding, of Mc Leod. Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Knudsen of Medford, spent the weekend of May 10 at their cabin on Butte creek. The graduation class of Elk- fun for hearty holiday Ice-cold Coca-Cola makes Coca - Cola Company by COCA-COLA Time By Jimmy Hatlo WHEM MISS POTHOOKS ( WHO'S BEEN! GROUND THE JOlMT 4B0UT THIRTY YEARS) WAMTS SOMETHlM5 SHE CAnT EVEN" 6ETAH 4N"SWER. Trail school spent Friday, May 18, on, the Oregon coast. The ' class was accompanied by their j teacher. Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Farrell, of Vancouver, B. C, have been the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Torrance and family. "&rr Ansolae IXTaeK ftW ! Charles W. Hamilton, believed here to be the oldest man in the state, died in Olympic Memorial Hospital today at the age of 107. Big thirsty holiday ahead ! At work or play . , going places or staying home . . . everybody'll be wanting Coke again and again. Coca-Cola ... so good in taste, in such good taste. Make sure there's plenty on hand ... ice-cold, all ready. Stock up . . . lots of Coke! m ftlTtf T.Aef.MA.K. c REGUlArt BOTTLING COMPANY of Congress Gets Plea For John Day Dam Funds Washington (IP! Congress had before it today a strong plea j to appropriate $8 million to ! begin construction of John Day dam on the Columbia river. A joint statement by Sens. Wayne Morse and Richard L. Neuberger, and Reps. Edith Green, Charles O. Porter and"Xl Ullman, all Oregon Democrats, urged approval of the project. JEW STATE FMl twiner! FEATURES! Careful drivers! Here' important newt from "th careful driver insurance company" Amenca'a larg est insurer of automobiles. 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