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
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today.
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logical and engineering study
showed private finance could
handle the job, the British and
French governments then would
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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
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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
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'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.
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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.
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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
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Big Family
Pays Off!
But there's real saving when
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"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."
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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
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ought to pass the word along to John!
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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.
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Phone 3-53 K, Medford. Ore con