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.
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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."
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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...
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any pastime pleasanter!
Bottled under authority of The
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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
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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.
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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
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ice-cold, all ready. Stock up . . . lots of Coke!
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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.
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