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TWELVE MEDFORD (OBEGOIT) Mechanical Considered editor' note: Thi i th second nf two art1rls draltng wiTh traffic ffty, wrttrn hy vtran driven of the In dianapolis speedway. BY LEE WALLARD 1951 Winner Indianapolii 500-Mila Race Written for United Presi At tne Indianapolis Motor Speedway our first concern is the mechanical condition of our car. Every vital part has been mag nafluxed (X-rayed) to make sure there are no faulty parts which might fail while running at 142 miles an hour. Our tires, brakes, ignition system everything about the car is mechanically perfect as we leave the starting line tor tne 500-mile grind. What about the mechanical condition of your car? You should be just as sure of it as we are, because highway conditions are, believe it or not, more hazardous than they are on the race track. And you are carrying passengers. . I guess" driving race cars for many years has made me more critical than most people. Maybe it s because race drivers are more safety-conscious than other drivers. O maybe it's because le .been talking safe driving to teenagers across the country Anyway,, in driving 15,000 miles fn 20 states in the last year for the Champion highway safety program, I saw. some tourists who added a lot of gray hairs to this old head. Check Car Maybe, without realizing it, you are driving an unsafe car. Have somenne check the tires and bralfcs. They are highly im portant. Have them check under the hood. Your radiator hose, your battry cables, fan belts, windshield washer c o n t a uier, spark plugs and wiring, if you want a carefre mind while traveling. Race drivers generally con cede that their success in a race is about 75 per cent dependent on the mechanical condition of the car. In many respects an autobomile race especially one lik? the Indianapolis 500-mile classic is a contest of mech anics. The car must be safe and dependable to compete with any degree of success. Iff true with highway driv ing, too. And three more points: 1. Stay under the speed limit. Stay below 60 miles an hour, I average 16 miles per gallon in my 8-cylinder car and about 41 miles per hour for a trip, with time out every hour or so for a rest break. 2. If you're out "Sunday driv ing" on a main express highway where cars are entitled to go 50 to 65 miles an hour, don't go 30 or 35. A car approaching you will have to make a quick stab for his brakes. The person be hind him will have to do the same. There are plenty of coun try oads for the Sunday driver to enjoy scenic drives. My advice to enjoy a casual, pleasurable drivs is this: take to the side . roads and stay off fast-mpving thoroughfares. 3. The little dingbats which hang from rear view mirrors are distracting. A glance at them at English Tunnel Channel Survey To Start in June London ilfi An 18-month survey for the proposed tunnel under the English channel be tween Britain and France will start in June, it was announced today. Officials said that if the geo logical and engineering study showed private finance could handle the job, the British and French governments then would be asked for permission to pro ceed. .. i S It s up to you: iou i juui & children to have a (rood start to- M J . n.i live S3 nr Aie. And it can be arranged! 1 I Call me today and let me tell H you how. i I SUN LIFE ASSURANCE 1 COMPANY OF CANADA f Charles E. Jones mz&im phone I t SP 2-9772 J MAIL TTUltWS Condition Imporant the wrong time can lead to ser ious trouble. And take a look at the back seat. Is it packed high w:th books, maps, hat, candy or tissue boxes? Then put them APPLEGATE-JACKSONVILLE Historic Rose Blooms By HELGA MITCHELL Applegate-Jacksonville The yellow Logtown rose, which was planted by the late pioneer, Mrs. John McKee 94 years ago, bloom ed once again last week on the side of highway 238. The Logtown rose, which in spired Fred Law, uncle of Glenn Smith, to write a poem about it in the year 1913, is one of the most cherished landmarks to old timers in this area. The rose des ignates the historical spot, where the ghost town, "Logtown" once flourished. The late Mr. and Mrs. McKee came to this area by ox team from Missouri in 1852, and neighboring f rie nds assisted them in building a hewn log house. One day in the year 1863, in her spare time, Mrs. McKee took a tiny slip of a yellow rose bush and planted it by the side of her house, unaware of the sig nificance it would have to resi dents of this area 94 years late. Today, the historical bush is sur rounded by white posts. The McKees had 13 children, 2 of which are John McKee and Mrs. Mary Higginbotham, both of Central Point. Mrs. Rolland Smith of Little Applegate is the granddaughter of the late Mrs. McKee. The Logtown cemetery asso ciation held their annual meet ing on May 19, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Adams. The morning hours were spent in cleaning the cemetery and dinner was held at the Adams' home. Officers elected were Mrs. Gertrude Winningham, chairman of the board of directors, Mrs. John Black, clerk and Glenn Smith and John Black were re elected to the board. About 24 local people attended this event. The association was organized in 1939 to preserve the pioneer cemetery which is the remains of Logtown. Anyone interested in this association is welcome to join. Mrs. Anna Scott attended the Rogue Valley grange last Satur day night. Graduating this week from the Jacksonville high school are Norman Pawlowski and Calvin Walker. The beef division of the Ruch 4-H clubs met at the ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Armin Richter on May 19. The meeting was in the nature of a rehearsal for the fair to be held later this year. County agent Glenn Klein did the judging, and Miss Shirley Dunlap used one of Richter's cows in demonstrating points to look for in a good dairy cow. The Richters have been using one of their barns for these meetings, complete with an arena and a grandstand made up of bales of hay. Unfortunately, the Richters' cows,, in the process of leading a contented life, con sumed the grandstand seats of the last meeting. Confronted with this dilemma, the Beef club solved the problem by obtaining bleachers from a school. The three daughters of Chester Kubli were home for his birth day recently. Staying two weeks were Lt. Col. Lorna Kubli, of Geiger Field, Spokane, en route to Honolulu, and Mrs. Thomas Rosmus of Atwater, Calif., Mrs. K. T. Norwood, of Pasadena, stayed only a few days. The Applegate Health Unit met at the Ruch school last Thursday, and the following of ficers were elected: chairman, Mrs. Lawrence Tweedy, vice chairman, Mrs. Rex Davis and secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Chester Kubli. Claude Haggard, safety engi neer of Copco, gave a talk and showed slides on accidents caus ed by electricity, due to faulty wiring and carelessness. Refresh ments were served while a ques tion and answer period was in session. Mrs. Edmund Ramsey re ported on a talk given by Dr. Chisholm at a recent child guid ance meeting, which she had at tended. The next meeting will be in the fall. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Farrand re cently received a surprise visit Shopping expenses? go to.HFC i i OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. Main PHONE: Wednesday, Mt It. 1937 of Auto for Safety away. A sudden stop and you could be the victim of what the newspapers might call a "freak" accident. Some of our worst ac cidents have been "freaks." from their daughter, Mrs. Joe Rocha and 2 boys, of Ferndale, Calif. Mrs. Rocha arrived here in time to celebrate her mother's birthday. Miss Marilyn Myhre, of Med ford, and Floyd Pawlowski will exchange marriage vows in the Zion Lutheran church in Med ford on Sunday, June 9. Last week the poppies on Top o the Hill were at the height of their glory, and many passersby stopped to view the yellow dot ted field. Recent visitors at the Armin Richter residence were Mr. and Mrs. Verne Shangle, of Medford, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Calloway of Eagle Point, Mrs. Otis Buck, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Valentine and Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Smith. Verne Shangle played a tape re cording of the Natural Foods group. Mrs. Ruth Granby, teacher of the first grade in Ruch, took her clas of 20 pupils on a field trip class of 20 pupils on a field trip to Beck's backery and the Med ford fire station recently. Ac companying them was Mrs. George Sample and Mrs. Buford Wells. Dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Sanford and son Dick last Saturday night were Mr. and Mrs. Don Sanford and family of Medford, Mr. and Mrs. Don Layman and family of Coouille, Miss Nancy Adams of Jacksonville and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bulson and family of Re mote, Ore.,-who were also house guests recently at the Sanford residence. Mrs. M. W. Couch was a pati ent for several days at the Rogue Valley Memorial hospital, but is home now, and feeling much bet ter. Mr. and Mrs. Couch cele brated their golden wedding an niversary on Sunday, May 26, but due to Mrs. Couch's recent illness, original plans for this event were .postponed. Willis Scott has been salmon fishing at Gold Beach during the month of May. He says fishing is good. Dolph Bevins was a dinner guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mansel Milam last Monday night and helped the Milams celebrate their 24th wedding an niversary. - Mrs. Lawrence Tweedy and Miss Alena Makinen of Medford attended a meeting of the State Tuberculosis and Health associ ation in Portland last week. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barker went on a business trip to Salem and are expected home on Tuesday. SSgt. and Mrs. Robert Misner recently arrived in this area and are staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wicksten. Mis ner was recently discharged from the Air Force in New York. Mrs. Henrietta LePiniec has been attending a geology class every week in the Medford Sen ior High school, and recently she completed her course. Last week, Mrs. LePiniec, together with her class went on a field trip in the Siskiyous, where they studied rock formations. Their instructor was Len Ramp, field geologist of the state of Oregon. Mrs. Girton Fleet and her sis ter, Mrs. Dorothy Peterson, both of La Jolla, Calif., will be spend ing the Memorial day holidays ajt the home of Mr. and Mrs. Armin Richter of the Circle G ranch. Attending the annual Jackson county Republican tea. at the home of Mrs. C. Rease Braley last Monday were Mrs. Anna Scott, Mrs. Lester Adams and Mrs. Adams' mother, Mrs. Pearl Flenner. Mrs. Maurice Cobbs, the for mer Mis Janice Couch, recently had two wedding showers given in her honor. The first one was given by the senior class of Jack sonville high school at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Couch. Guests attending were When you need cash for impor tant purchases items on special sale, appliances, furnish ings, clothing, repairs, etc. turn to HFC for dependable money service. You can borrow up to $1500 in one day from HFC, America's oldest and larg est consumer finance company. Phone or visit HFC today! St., 2nd Floor. SP 3-5301 'CONGRATULATORY KISS is given Senator McClellan (D), Ark., by wife, Norma, after he was named "Father of the Year" by National Fathers Day Committee at New York luncheon. They are parents of six. (International) On The Side (Distributed by King Busy Minister The Rev. Randolph Ray of the Church o the Transfiguration (The Little Church Around the Corner), Manhattan, officiated at 39 marriages in one day. If that isn't the record for marriages in one day in the same church, what is? Songwriting Carrie Jacobs Bond collected over S250.000 in royalties for her song "The End of a Perfect Day." On the other hand, H. P. Hanks sold the rights of "Silver Threads Among the Gold" for $15. Danks made only $12 profit on the deal as he had paid Ebcn Rexford $3 for the lyrics. Asides Edgar Wallace was probably the speediest writer in literary history. In one year, 1921, Wal lace wrote 26 novels and six plays: All the novels were pub lished. All the plays produced . . . Minnesota, "The Land of the Sky Blue Water" continues to point with pardonable pride that it has 10,000 lakes. That's a lot of lakes, but Florida, has 20,000 more lakes than Minnesota. Phobias Has your daughter any pho bias? Not androphobia I hope. That is a fear of men. Jane Rus sell once confessed she suffers from androphobia. However hers is just a mild case. Jane does not suffer in the presence of one man. But when near three men she gets nervous. Miss Jean Smith, Miss Linda Luper, Mrs. Ronald Lucier, Miss Jo Ann Fretwell, Mrs. H. Knut- zen and Cherry Rose. The sec ond shower was given by Mrs. B. J. Hunter at the Provolt Community church. There were 26 guests at this shower and the Rev. Lester Stephens presented Mr. and Mrs. Cobbs with a fam ily Bible. Mrs. Louis Straube and Mrs. Bill Barker were in Jacksonville recently and visited their sister, Mrs. Henry Paul of Yuba City, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Paul are staying with her mother, Mrs. Maggie West, in Jacksonville. Mrs. Edna Sawver will be spending the Memorial weekend in Portland, where she will visit her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jackson and other relatives. Rural Reflections: "You have to think like a gopher to trap one" commented Mrs. Robert Sorber in an improptu talk given in a recent Applegate-Valley Garden club meeting. In discus sing the problems of killing mice in the home, Mrs. Mansel Milam came up with this observation, "When you kill one, 40 more come to his funeral!" ALL IN THE EAR What you see in this girl's ear is Sonotone's new hear ing aid complete. IT'S WORN ENTIRELY IN THE 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. COf IN, PHONt O WRiTf. Mfl VIMONSTkATION-NO OBLIGATION S0N0T0NE C. R. Adamson, Dist. Mgr. 839 E. Jackson Ph. SP 2-5904 By E. V. Durling Features Syndicate, Inc.) Sidelights Dance experts appear agreed that most fat men are good dan cers while most plump women are very heavy on their feet when trying to trip the light fantastic . . . No unhappily mar ried man can succeed in life if he stays married. So claims an alleged expert on life among the married. The claim is not 100 per cent correct. Abraham Lin coln was unhappily married. Women It was Bellamy Brooks who said, "Women are wise offhand and fools on reflection. Take your wife's first advice, never ! her second" . . . That so many women suffer from ailments caused by ill-fitting shoes is not surprising when you consider that designers of feminine foot wear are confronted by the fact that the female sex has 85 dif ferent types of feet. Among The Married How many days are there be tween your birthday and that of the girl you married? The ref erence is to months and days, not years. For example, if your birthday is July 3 and your wife's July 30, there are 27 days between your birthdays. The chances for a divorce for a couple are greatly decreased if there are only 60 days or less between their birthdates. Or, so say the stargazers. 'GILDED' MISSILE . Washington llfl Republican House Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr., who sometimes gets his tongue twisted, gave his ' col leagues a possible clue Tuesday on why the newest weapons cost so much. Reading from a hand written paper, he referred to the weapons as "gilded" missiles. QMLZ "andjuot Walt 'til you Inaldo... lPfi yt tho prettloat oar we've ever owned Jj ANN It certainly is beautiful ... from any angle! SEE YOUR AUTHORIZES OLD8MOBILI QUALITY DEALER ' 'n'ey Your kid ... Drive So fty t Navy Man Expresses No Regrets7 Over Slaying of Officer San Francisco Ofl A 21 year-old mild appearing sailor had "no regrets" today over killing his division officer and wounding two other men during seven-hour rampage aboard a Navy attack transport. The sailor, Jimmie L. Hender son, of Marin City. Calif., said he was not sorry he shot and killed Ens. Arthur L. Morris," 26, of Stow, Ohio. T feel like Mr. Morris, he needed it," Henderson said. He -said he shot Morris' room mate, Ens. Richard V. Harrison, 23, of Grand Rapids, Mich., "be cause he got in the way." Harri son was shot in the abdomen and the arm, but was reported in satisfacorty condition at Oak Knoll Naval hospital. After the shooting. Hender son took Seaman R. W. Lakey, 20, Springfield, Ore., as hostage and seized control of the ship's bridge for more than six hours. He finally surrendered to the pleadings of his mother, two chaplains, his commanding of ficer and a Marine officer, as a dozen Navy and Marine sharp Second Nuclear Blast Called OH j Las Vegas, Nev. (IPi Atomic Energy commission scientists to-1 day called off the second blast ! in the 20-shot series of A-tests. The test of the second "midg et" nuclear device was post- : poned for 24 hours after a I weather evaluation meeting. The next weather session was ; scheduled for this afternoon. ! After a delay of nearly two : weeks, the AEC Tuesday set off the initial detonation in the United States' most extensive series of nuclear tests. Family Fares flX& Money on CITY of PORTLAND lo CHICAGO and EAST Big Family Pays Off! But there's real saving when two or more people in a fam ily group travel en Union D 3 BSB O "X f ,ITTY" shooters watched warily from the rigcing and decks of the U.S.S. Uvalde. Convicted By Court The tense drama had its be ginning Monday when a special court martial convicted Hender son on charges of failing to re turn a shipmate's watch which he had found. He was broken to seaman from third class dispensing clerk and sentenced to four months in the brig. Morris re ported him and Harrison de fended him at the court martial. His commanding officer. Capt. Robert O. Beer, who helped coax the bespectacled Henderson to surrender, said "he felt he was being persecuted . . . that the sentence was too severe." NOTICE! At Public Request We Will Extend Our Deliveries on GREEN UHSPLIT DOUGLAS FIR HEART WOOD To Cover the Month of June! Same SPECIAL PRICE of $9.00 pr cord in load f 2 cords delivered within 5 miles of our plant. PHONE SP 2-8086 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday thru Saturday TIMBER PRODUCTS COMPANY MEDFORD P.S. Now is the best time to get the best wood at the best , price. Pacific's Family Fare plan. Good when boarding ANY U. P. train on Monday. Tues day. Wednesday or THURS DAY.' Return any day and there's a generous baggage allowance. Ask us for details. But wnt I like best is the wonderful feeling I get when I'm driTj'ng. Heavenly comfort! And the things they're doing with colors nd fabric these day! Honeetly, I feel just like a queen! You abould! I'm not trying to pry, but IH bet it eort a king's ransom. Wouldn't you be surprised! It cost a lot less than we expected. And, Ed sayi it will cost less in the long run, too, because an Olds holds its value. Leave it to you to have your cake and eat it, tool And why not Ed, bless his practical streak, wanted an Olds for its extra value and the Rocket Engine. So, who am I to ay "no" to the prettieet thing on wheels? Yon ought to pass the word along to John! You can ay that again! I will tonight! Chiloquin Man Found Guilty at Klamath Klamath Falls IW Bennie Raymond Belgarde, 25, Chilo quin construction worker, was found guilty here Tuesday of voluntary manslaughter by an all-woman Circuit court jury that deliberated three hours and 37 minutes. Belgarde, formerly of Port land, was indicted for second degree murder March 25 in the death of his wife, Maxine Walk er Belgarde, 20. She was shot with a .45 caliber pistqj. Circuit Judge David R. Van denberg set June 3 for sentenc ing. Belgarde could get 15 years in prison. OYSTER "pXllTOFF Chicago (ID Lino Cavazos, who likes to eat tyster stew when he has a cold, says it really pays off. Cavazos was gulping some of his favorite remedy Monday when he almost swal lowed a pearl. IT 3 is' ffy R. D. TOOMEY, General Traffic Agent 2fl? Medical Center Pldt.. Phone 3-53 K, Medford. Ore con
