GOLD HILL
Vacation Travelers Many
By MPS. CLYDE KELL
Gold Hill Several local fair.
il.e hb house aiests from out
of town la.'t week and others
have tone on scation to various
.'dr. and Mrs. Paul Thompson
bad as house guests last week
ori hr sister and family, Mr.
t4 Mrs. Neal Bush and son.
Canny, of Hillsboro. Ore. They
t'to visitd Mrs. Bush s mother,
ilrt. Minnie Byerly. and another
iia'er and family, Mr. and Mrs.
H D. force, jsck. Judy and
tae nil of Gold HiH
Other iest in the Thompson
oaro over the week end were
tneir mn and daushter-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs Pete Thompson
JWid children, Pamela and Kevin,
from Seattle. Wash. Mrs. Thomp
son and the youngsters had spent
the previous two weeks visiting
1er rtrents, Mr. and Mrs. Vir
p ft'neht. at White Ci'y and
9 th Thompson home.
and riaushters. Karen and Joyce,
of Medford. Mr. Seely is the
former Charlotte Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Walker
and family, of Medford. were
aUo visitors at the Clyde Walker
home while Leo was here.
be explained during the match
j by an athletic instructor. Ac
cording to Mrs. Jaksch tennis
lessons are given once a week
on Saturdays at 4 p.m. instead
of twice a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith,
of Sardine creek, attended the
commencement exercises at Ore
gon State college June 3. where
their son, Douglas Smith, was
among the graduates. He was an
education major.
j Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Smith
i are spending a short time at the
'home of his parents.
j Misss Laurene Kell was host
; to a family dinner at her home
' in Medford June 8. Present wer
her brother-in-law and sister.
; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gray of
Portland, Mrs. Lenard Kell and
children, David. Eileen, Paul
and Jol ny, Clarence Kell and
Miss Kell's father Charlie Kell.
all of Gold Hill and Mrs Marion
Cunningham of Medford. The
occasion was Mrs. Gray's birthday.
8,11 force, of Portland, spent
the week end of June 8 and 9
visitir his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
H. D. force. Bill is employed
by United Press.
Jenny Lou and Spike Thomp
son left June 9 by plane for
Tucson, Ariz . where they were
met by their mother. Mrs. Sam
Ledbettrr. They accompanied
their mother from Arizona to
Senora, Mexico, where they will
upend the summer. Their father.
Creighton Thompson, also lives
in Mexico.
The yongsters make their
home with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thompson,
during the winter months, and
attend the Hanby school.
Jan and Debbie, twin daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Pety
of Allegany, Ore., are visiting
this week in the home of their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Smith. Mrs. Pety is
the former Marion Smith.
Dave Parker and Williard
Waterhous will leave June 14
for Ft. Lewis by train with
other National Guardsmen for
two weeks of tactical, field and
classroom training.
Dave was among the seniors
who graduated from Crater High
school this year. He is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Parker of
Lampman rd.
Willard has completed his
junior year at Crater High
school. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Waterhouse.
Amethyst Rebekah lodge will
observe homecoming at the next
meeting. Wednesday, June 19
at 8 p.m. in the Odd Fellows
hall. This will be the last regu
lar meeting of the lodge until
September. All members are
urged 'to attend.
Mrs. Lester Parker, noble
grand requests all members who
I plan to help decorate the hall
I and dining room for this meet
i ing to be at the hall at 2 p.m
the afternoon of June 19. Those
j having flowers are asked to
bring them at this time.
! Mrs. Norman Gail, good of
the order chairman is in charge
of the program for this meeting
Refreshments will be served by
Mrs. Wilbur Martin. Mrs. J
Les Graffis. Mrs. Roy Borno-
jman, and Mrs. Cecil Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gaskin
and family have moved to Cen
tral Point.
Jo Pankey left recently by
p'tn for Alaska, where he will
visit hi brother. Theron "Punk"
Parrlrev. ieron is a former res
idem of Gold Hill.
Mrs. Lanard McMahan has an
jounced that her parents, Mr.
an ri Howard L. Taylor, of
Bedford, ho are well known
i8 th community, received
ori of the arrival of a great
tadr:B. The baby's parents
ara Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mc-
cfaddan of Davenport. Ia. Mrs.
,Mt6An ia a granddaughter of
;Wa Taylors.
T b freat-areat-grandparents
ra Mr. nrtd Mrs. George T. Tay
lor, who recently celebrated
liieir 39tfi wadding anniversary
at tha McMahan home'. They are
bote 83 ears old.
firfoent house guests in the
hoana at Ur. and Mrs. Clyde
"Walter were their son and
daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs.
La Walter and children David,
wmi Paul, from Los Gatos.
Cal'-f. Leo attended the local
achonl. Ha ie now employed as
a chef ia a large college near
jMm noma.
During their tav, the visitors
nd Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Walker
Wer dinner guests in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Seely
Mr. and Mrs. Reed McKay,
of Shady Cove, were visitors at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.
Wigle on Sunday. June 9. They
recently returned from Arizona,
where they spent the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lyman
went to Corvallis to attend the
graduation exercises of Oregon
State college June 3. Their
daughter. Miss Shirley Lyman,
was among the graduates. She
majored in home economics.
Robert Batch was also among
the graduates at Oregon State
college. He majored in engi
neering. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Balch, recently
moved to Medford.
The Gold Hill Garden club
will meet Friday, June 21. it
the home of Mrs. Ernest Gregorv
on Highway 99 north. A potluck
picnic luncheon will be held at
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Maen
were honored at a no-host house
warming party given recently in
their home on Fourth avenue.
j Pierce lo Address 1
i
j Engineers Meeting
I Archie Pierce of the Tucker
i Sno-Cat corpation will be the
mains peaker at the annual la
Idies night program of the Rogue
! Valley section, Professional En
gineers of Oregon, Monday eve
ning at the Medford hotel.
Section members, guests and
women are invited to the soc
ial hour at 6:30 p.m.. accord
ing to James K. Hoey, local con
stulting engineer. The dinner
; meeting will start at 7:30 p.m.
! Back From Tour
I Pierce has just returned from
i an observation tour of "Oper
ation Deep Freeze," at the South
! Pole. He will show slides of this
i operation as well as the return
trip, which took him through
parts of Asia and Europe.
No meeting has been planned
for the section for July, Hoey
said. John C. Boyle, vice presi
dent and chief engineer of the
California Oregon Power com
pany has invited the Rogue Val
ley section engineers to tour
the Big Bend hydro-electric pro
ject on the Klamath river during
August. This trip will be con
eluded with a dinner in Klam
ath Falls to interest engineers
in that area in the program of
the Professional Engineers of
Oregon.
Joint Meet
In September a joint meetinp
will be held with the Mid-Wil
lamette and Southwest section;
of the PEO at Roseburg. It is
hoped enough members will be
attending the annual convention
of the state organization in Eu
gene in October to have a meet
ing there at that time, members
said. Other summer plans will
be discussed Monday evening.
Sunday, June IS. 19S7
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBOKI THHHX
Harold Elickson was killed in
a truck accident on Highway
101 recently. According to
friends, no details have been
learned concerning the accident.
He was proprietor of the Elick
son's Lime Distributing com
pany. It has been announced that
amateur tennis matches will be
held at the Hanby school in Gold
Hill Wednesday evening, June
19, at 6:40 p.m.
According to Jose Corona
who is tennis instructor for the
Gold Hill area, some of the out
standing amateur tennis players
in the Rogue valley will play
in these matches. They are Jim
Gordon, a former high school
state champion from Medford.
Jerry Kalapus, district winner
from Medford, and the 1955 Ore
gon state high school champion:
Howard Duggan of Sams Vallev:
Todd Tibbutt of Medford and
Ogden Kellogg from Gold Hill
There will be no admission
charge. Points of the game will
Individual gifts were present
ed and refreshments served bv
those attending the party. Pres
ent for the occasion were Mr
and Mrs. Jess Baker and daugh
ters. Fleeta and Faye. Mr. and
Mrs. Pete ivlunday and .daugh
ters. Lyndel and Wanda, Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Beihn, Mr. and
Mrs. Lenard Andrews and son,
Stephen, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Alii
son. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Freeman and daughter, Pamela,
and their son, Howard. Billy J
Miller, and the honored family
Mr. and Mrs. Maerz, their
daughter. Miss Anna Marie
Maerz, and their sons, Larry
and Kenneth Maerz.
Byron Brown is convalescing
at his home following surgery
on his foot.
Ronnie Brown left by charter
ed bus for Disneyland June 11.
He will return June 15. Ronnie
earned this trip by selling sub
scriptions for the Oregonian. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Byron
Brown.
Mrs. Naoma Haviland of the
Truck cafe returned June 11
after attending her daughter's
graduation at Kovina High
school in Los Angeles.
John Rains left June 14 to
return to Point Mugu. Calif..
where he is stationed with the
Navy. He is in the operations
VOTE MONDAY, JUNE 17
' To Re-Elect
Otto A. Ewaldsen
FOR A SECOND TERM
To The Medford School Board
AND MAINTAIN OUR HIGH EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
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--Ai o EXPERIENCED
O UNBIASED
O ECONOMICAL
O UNDERSTANDING
O UP-TO-DATE
O SINCERE
rUt FOLLOWING AXE SUPPORTING THE ELECTION OF OTTO EWALDSEN
fra X L'H
Mr. Mrs. Cole Kolmes
Air. A Mrs. Keith Hockersmith
Mr. S. Mrs. Albert Puhl
ick House
4lr. A: Mrs Wm Prentice
Mr. & Mrs Hugh Coleman
John Plouch
Mr & Mrs. C. Pierce
Frank Van Dvke
Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Lovejoy
Mr. & Mrs. . 3. Thierolf
Mr. & Mrs. E. S. De Voe
Mr. & Mrs. P3ui Rynning
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Srennen
?.!r. & Mrs. John Mason
Mr. and Mrs. John Mason
Mr. & Mrs John G. Crawford
Mr. Gene Thorndvkt
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Graff
Mr. & Mrs. Fred E. Robinson
Bert and Jim Pree
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Operand
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Jewett
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Frake
Mr. & Mrs. Ward Hammond
Mr. & Mrs. Scott V. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. F. H. Van Pelt
Mr. & Mrs. Tony Manno
Dr. & Mrs. J. Scott Heatherington
Mr. & Mrs. George K. Bruse
Mr. & Mrs. William Frohnmaver
Mr. & Mrs. Harrv Barker
Mr. & Mrs. Al Dumas
Mr. & Mrs. Ed. Feldman
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Underwood
Mr. & Mrs. John Garner
Mr. &- Mrs. Edgar Sims
Paid Political Adv.
Victor Bower Dies
Of Heart Attack
Victor A. Bower, 71. of 729
West 13th st., apparently suf
fered a heart attack while op
erating a car on North Ivy St..
yesterday afternoon, according
to reports from city police and
the county coroner's office. Hff
was dead when a deputy coron
er arrived.
Police reported that the Bow
er auto, headed north on Ivy !
st struck a parked car near tar I
southeast corner of the Ivy and :
Fifth St. section, continued on
and came to rest on the curb ;
and sidewalk at the northeas
corner.
Mrs. Bower wai riding with
her husband and tried to steer
the vehicle away from the park
ed car, according to police. They
said Mrs. Bower apparently was
unhurt. The 1954 Pontiac sedan
rolled slowly across the inter
section and officers stated that
; it was stopped by hand by Miss
uiana uiaire rcusseil, n, oi zui
North Ivy st.
Only minor damage was re
ported to the Bower car and to
the parked 1951 Ford. Police
were summoned about 1:30 pm.
Survivors of Mr. Bower in
addition to his wife include a
step-son, State Police Sgt. Floyd
Crafts.
The body is at Conger-Morri.-,
funeral home.
Jet Plane Rushes
Blood to Soldiers
Tacoma IP1 Eighteen pints
of rare-type blood flown from
the Red Cross in Portland by an
ir Force jet to Madigan Army
lospital near here saved the life
,'f a Ft. Lewis soldier suffering
from a bleeding stomach ulcer.
Madigan Army doctor said last
light.
John Betts Jr., the soldier, had
.cen admitted to the hospital
June 12 in what was described
as a "precarious'' condition.
Portland's Red Cross had a
quantity of the special blood
type on hand, and when the sol
dier's condition apparently be
came worse, arrangements were
made for an F-89 jet interceptor
from the Portland airbase to de
liver it to McChord field Satur
day afternoon.
Lieutenant Colonel Lewig E.
Wolfard. Madigan staff doctor,
said Betts' condition is "serious."
"but added that the mercy flight
saved the GI's life.
office department. While in
southern Oregon he was a guest
in the home of his mother, Mrs.
Maybelle Rains.
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Mrs. Millie Walker returned
June 7 after a month's visit at
the home of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Paine and daughter, Katherine
Anne, at Hood River, Ore. Mrs
Paine is the former Sybil
Walker.
The Paines accompanied Mrs
Walker to her home, where
they were overnight guests. En
route to Gold Hill they were
guests in the homes of Mr. and
Mrs Floyd "Dott" Eddings at
Oakridge and Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Brewer and family, ana
Mrs. Ralph Darling in Ft. Klam
ath The Eddings, Mrs. Brewei
and Mrs. Darling are all former
residents of Gold Hill.
Mrs. George Hatch, of Med
ford, has sold her home there.
She left June 14 for Portland
to make her home. The late Rev.
George Hatch was the former
pastor of the Community Meth
odist church.
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