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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1957
No. 80
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LlOg1 08 THC PIPE Members of the Mc
intosh Girls' Pipe Band from Vernon, B.C.,
fj short lfsson on the bagpipe to Nick
Tiier, Jleciford Lions club. The girls entertain
Lior her Pridy and Saturday during
U33rO annua! Lions convention. From
Girl
i Bagpipe Band
Pfays During Parade
At Lions Convention
An attractive bit of ScotfSnd
urprised Medford in the sun
yesterday. A girls' pipe band,
complete with feathered cap,
kilt, bagpipe and drum staged
an impromptu parade at 11:30
am. with members of state
LionJ clubs who were here for
their 33rd annual convention.
The 22 girls and leader H. G
Foote, a straight, grey-haired
rarpenler. marched at the head
of a block long pack of Lions
through downtown streets.
The bagpipes squealed and
drums ranped awake the busi
ness section. From office win
dows and sidewalks stares fol
lowed the colorful unit.
From Apple CoShlry
O It was the Mcintosh Girls'
Tip Band, from the apple coun
try around Okanagan lake,
Vernon, British Columbia. The
15 pipers marched ahead in
green doublets and Mcintosh
tartan plaid kilts, the seven
drummers behind in red doub
lets and kills.
From botiom to top, the girls
were dressed in black leatSer
fhnes with silver buckles, Mc
intosh Tartan hose, kill, doublet,
a cloth shoulder sash called a
"plaid." and Balmoral caps with
black cock feather.
Foote. a carpenter now but a
veteran of 2 years in the gro
cery business, started the band
with his daughter 12 years ago.
Thedaughter is in Scotland tak
insHadvanccd piping and danc
ing. The girls in the band, pre
dominantly blue-eyed, and pre
dominantly pretty, are aged
from 13 to 18. They came here
on a Greyhound bus with Foote.
his wife, and a chaperone.
"My wife handles the busi
ness end. I lr the band, and
3;'e chaperone sres they're in
niIir," Foote explained.
Leave for San Francisco
They left for San Francisco
last nigrit)wncre ,nc" w'" Per"
form at the annual Lions Inter
national convention. they'll b
the "ambassadors" for Lions dis
trict 19-D in British Columbia,
which helped send them to Med
ford. The leader said he had 22 girl
beginners at Vernon, in addi
tion to the travelling troupe. It
takes about one and a half years
to Team 4,he bagpipe.
foote nd his pipe major, 17-yftir-old
brunette Bette Apsey.
wfm will enter her 12th year at
Vernon High school this fall,
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and the older girls, like Bette;
spend an average of three nights
a week instrucing the beginners.
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Bette has been in the band
seven years. She hopes to be
still with it when the whole unit
visits Scotland in 1959. There,
Foote stated, they will "see the
country, and by all means at
tend the Highland Games."
The trip will take $25,000,
Foote estimated. But he is con
fident they can raise it. They re
ceive donations for their per
formances, put on cooking sales
and such to raise funds.
Hie San Francisco tour is
about the last they can make
until afler Scotland as a non
profit venture, Foote said.
Gold Hill Woman
Drcwns in River
Gold Hill Mrs. Lavern D.
Smith 47. of route 1, box 204.
Gold Hill, apparently drowned
in the Rogue river at Gold Hill
about 11:50 a.m. Saturday.
State police said Mrs. Smith's
husband. Nelson Leroy Smith,
reporter! he left her standing on
the boat dock at the Edgewater
Motel and Cafe. He said he re
turned a short time later and
could not find her. Smith and
another man, whose name was
not reported, got a small boat
and found the body downstream
near the Kock-a-Bye motel.
Medford Ambulance service
and L. B. Hall Ambulance serv
ice from Grants Pass were call
ed to the scene. Efforts to revive
the woman with a resuscitator
were abandoned after about 30
minutes.
Mrs. Smith and her husband
were co-owners of the Edgewa
ter Motel and Cafe. They have
one daughter, Sandra, a
student
: Crater Hign school.
The body was taken to Conger
Morris Funeral home, where in
vestigation of the accident is
peiding, according to Coroner
Carlos Morris.
Rodeo Star Injured
in Roseburg Show
Koseburg IP Casey
Tibbs. r.ationally-known Roder.
champion, was injured Saturday
while riding a bucking horse in
the 13th annual Douglas County
Rodeo here, and was taken to a
Roseburg hospital.
The 28-year-old Tibbs said he
pulled a muscle on the inside of
his leg whiie riding the horse,
and grabbed the rodeo ground's
fence and pulled himself out of
the saddle.
It appeared to the spectators
that the horse crushed him up
ainst the fence, but he said
the inury occurred when the
horse went into violent twists
'.tfitre Tibbs grabbed the fence.
M"cow if Official Soviet
rewspapers have opened an at
tack on the Xw American dis
armament plan.
left to right: Carol Watson, drum major; Ma
rion Lee, drum sergeant; Gier; H. G. Foote,
band leader, and Bette Apsey, pipe major.
The band was on its way to the convention of
Lioni International at San Francisco.
Four Killed, 13
Injured When Shell
Explodes in Troops
Ft. Sill, Okla. npi Four
men were killed and 13 injured
Saturday when a mortar shell
fell short and exploded in the
midst of a company of ground
troops during a public firing
demonstration at the Ft. Sill
artillery base.
Approximately 300 soldiers
and civilians witnessed the ac
cident from bleacher seats about
a mile from the blast.
A Board of Investigation im
mediately began an inquiry to
determine who, or what, was
responsible. The Base Public In
formation office said the 4.2
inch mortar shell was fired from
Battery C of the 522nd Infantry
batallion.
Don SI ires, Albuquerque,
N.M., a civilian who saw the ac
cident through field glasses, said
he was "watching this platoon
move forward when a blast hit
the vicinity."
Mock Attack
All of the injured were mem
bers of Company B of the 622nd
Infantry battalion. The foot sol
diers were making a mock at
tack on Adam's hill under cover
of artillery and mortar fire
when the shell exploded among
the men, instead of ahead of
them.
The mishap occurred on the
Fort Sill east range in the
Wichita mountains.
Names of casualties were
withheld until their families had
been notified.
Of those hurt, two were class
ed as serious. Twelve remained
hospitalized and two were treat
cd and released.
The public had been invited
to the demonstration by the
Army. Such demonstrations arc
held here about once each quar
ter. Las Vegas (in The fifth
experimental atomic explosion
in a 20-shot series was scheduled
by the Atomic Energy commis-
slon 'or tne after-dawn hours
of Sunday.
Large Tent City at Ft. Lewis Serves
As Base of Operations for Guardsmen
ft. Lewis. Wash. A large
tent city on the rocky terrain
at Ft. Lewis, is serving as the
base of operations for more than
9.000 Oregon and Washington
National Guard troops stationed
at northeast Ft. Lewis during the
Guard's annua! summer camp.
Medford units. Company A
and Headquarters company, 1st
battalion, 186th infantry regi
ment. Oregon National Guard,
stsrted the "active duty" period
last Sunday with a series of "re
frrher classes."
Troops attending the courses
were member? of the commun
ications, pioneer and ammuni
tion and intelligence sections.
Later they attended orientation
ceremonies at a large training
field, conducted by Col. Robert
L. Irving, regimental command
er. Earl last week tactical train
ing, field maneuvers and class
room instruction began for Com
pany A i 110 enlisted men and
U.S. Troops Wir
Start Withdraw
From Japan '
Pull-Out Sche
In 'Easy Stac
Washington
can combat tro
through 12 year
and alliance, w
their bases and p--month,
informed sources sw
Saturday.
The pull-out will be sched
uiea in easy stages, movin?
some 15,000 troops of the First
Cavalry division and about 8,000
Leathernecks of the 3rd Marine
Division to new posts in the
United States or the Pacific.
American-equipped troops of
the new Japanese army will
move into the honky-tonk circl
ed bases where GI slang has be
come part of the Japanese lang
uage. First Result
The withdrawal appeared tc
be the first concrete result ol
a world-wide review of U. S
military dispositions overseas
promised by Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles and Defense
Secretary Charles E. Wilson af
ter the anti-American riots in
Formosa.
It had long been considered,
however, as a step to meet re
duced Army budgets, improve
relations with Japan, and spur
Japan's own rearmament on the
side of the free world.
American officials said they
hoped the pull-out would make
Japan take more seriously its
own defense responsibilities The
Japanese officials said it would
reduce the incidents and friction
between GI's and Japanese that
frequently have strained Wash
ington Tokyo relations.
The decision to withdraw the
troops was announced in a joint
communique Friday by Presi
dent Eisenhower and Japanese
Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi
Orders to start the withdraw
al were ready and were issued
immediately.
Air Force, Navy and Army
logistical forces based in Japan
estimated to total about 50.
000 men were not affected
But a simultaneous Air Force
withdrawal is expected. Under
the Allied decision to abrogate
part of the Korean armistice and
match the Communist build-up
in North Korea one or more
modernized U. S. Air Force
wings will return to their old
bases in South Korea.
Matsonia Arrives in
San Francisco
San Francisco W The
Luxury Liner Matsonia, newest
member of Matson's Pacific fleet
of passenger liners, was shower
ed with orchids dropped from
helicopters Saturday as she
steamed through the Golden
Gate.
The 22 - million - dollar liner
was escorted to pier 35 by a
Flotilla of pleasure craft. The
municipal band and a crowd of
San Franciscans were on the
dock to greet the ship, her cap
tain, Hans O. Matthieson, Good
will ambassadors Hilo Hattie,
and the others aboard.
Ten Miners Trapped
In Coal Mine Explosion
Sapporo, Japan (W Ten
miners were trapped and killed
when a gas explosion ripped
through a coal mine in the vil
lage of Izumi Friday night, it
was reported Saturday.
Twenty miners escaped the
cave-in on the shaft 1,000 feet
below the surface. One was hos
pitalized with first-degree burns.
six officers and 90 enlisted men
and 10 officers of Headquarters
company.
Company A riflemen partici
pated in an all-day "firing" prob
lem Wednesday, held at the
Continental A r rrry command
range. Range activities included
repelling simulated enemy at
tacks, concealed firing, squad
tactical training and a series of
assaults on stationary and bob
bing tragets. Capt. Bert Reibe
is company commander.
Intelligence section personnel,
communications and P and A
troops have been undergoing
field problem assignments and
practice in mine warfare. Intell
igence members have completed
several compass courses through
thickly vegetated areas, one at
nighttime. The unit is command
ed by Capt. S. J. Fagone.
Pistol Team Wins
Meanw-hile. the first batallion's
.45 caliber pistol team won for
the second consecutive year the
ouse Trying to
ction
Autopsy Reveals
Eureka Man Slain
While Aboard Boat
Santa Rosa, Calif. IP) Fish
ermen Saturday hauled from the
sea the badly decomposed body
of a Eureka man who apparently
was murdered while aboard his
boat off the Sonoma county
coast.
The crew of the fishing boat
"Sonny Mike" hauled in the
body of Elwood V. Rost, 39
when it was found floating
about a mile off the coast near
Bodega Bay. Sheriff's deputies
said the body had been in the
water for about a week.
Autopsy Ordered
A coroner's autopsy, ordered
after Rost's wife, Arvilla, said
she feared foul play, revealed
that the victim had died from
an eight-inch knife wound in the
back of his neck. He had been
missing since June 11.
Authorities were investigating
a radio call presumably sent by
the dead man on June 11, ap
parently only a short time be
fore he was murdered. It was
the last word of the man.
His wife, however, did not
report him missing until June
16.
Sheriff's deputies said that
Rost left for Stockton on June
1 1 to repossess the 46-foot fish
ing boat, "the Judy-Ann," own
ed by an unidentified woman
of Field's Landing, Calif., who
was reported to have sold it to
two other men, also unident
ified. No word was heard from
Rost until his body was found
Saturday.
No trace of the boat has been
found.
Litwiller's Funeral home In
Ashland is in charge of arrange
ments. Three Witnesses
Called by Defense
Portland 1P Three witness
es were called by the defense
Friday to testify in the perjury
trail of Mayor Terry D. Schrunk
after the state rested its case
and Judge James W. Crawford
turned down a defense move for
outright dismissal of the per
jury charges.
The owner of a private club
Howard Merle Eastman and
two sheriff's deputies. Edward
G rohs and Gordon Neumann,
declared under oath they did not
see Schrunk pick up anything
near an afterhours joint, the
8212 Club, in north Portland in
1955.
Eastman, operator of "Merle's
Club." testified he and his wife
talked to the former Multnomah
county sheriff the night of the
alleged S500 pay-of, and that
he did not see Schrunk with
Clifford O. Bennett, operator of
the 8212 the man who is ac
cused of Instigating the bribe.
Grohs, who had gone with
Schrunk to raid the club; said
he was with Schrunk all the
time.
The mayor is charged with
perjuring himself before a grand
jury by denying he received the
bribe.
regiment's pistol team trophy,
defeating several other bat
talions in the regiment.
Individual medals were pre
sented to three Medford Guards
men participating in the pistol
match. The 10-man team includ
ed Capt. Horace Pendergrass.
who fired the best score. He is
battalion intelligence officer.
Others were 2nd It. Paul Blair
and S '3c Bobby Lyons, both of
Headquarters company.
Guard troops were issued week
end passes following Saturday's
Governor's Day Review, honor
ing both Oregon and Washing
ton governors and Maj. Gen.
George S. Cook, division com
mander. They will return to
dutv about 6 a.m. Monday.
This week a two-day two
night bivouac, held in a wooded
area several miles from tent
city, will climax this year's sum
mer camp program. Troops will
return to Medford by train about
noon Saturday, June 29.
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Heavy Rains Swell
Minnesota Rivers;
Flood Warnings Out
By UNITED PRESS
Emergency flood warnings
were posted Saturday on sec
tions of the Minnesota and Red
wood rivers in Minnesota." and
temperatures over much of the
east shot upward.
Meanwhile, residents of Far
go, N.D., and Hutchison, Kan.,
cleaned up damage caused by
tornadoes which caused death
and heavy damage.
Heavy rains Friday night and
early Saturday swelled Minne
sota rivers. Weathermen issued
a flood warning for the Minne
sota river from Mankato to St.
Paul, and for Marshal on the
Redwood.
The Minnesota was expec
ted to crest at Mankato around
22.5 or 23 Saturday night or
early Sunday, about four feet
above flood stage.
Crests Expected
Crests were expected to 'be
four, to seven feet over natural
banks of the Minnesota, and
weathermen warned that high
water and flooding would pro
gress along the river until pos
sibly around Thursday.
At Marshall, heavy rain con-
EP Officials lo
Discuss Sewer Plant
Eagle Point Formulation
of plans for a sewage system
disposal plant for Eagle Point
will be discussed at a city coun
cil meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
City Attorney B. Kent Black
hurst will be present.
Some type sewer system has
been discussed off and on in
Eagle Point for several years.
The last legislature made it pos
sible for smaller cities to ob
tain funds for construction of
disposal plants.
A bill was passed authorizing
cities to make sewer service
charges on water bills to be
used in a sinking fund for fu
ture construction of a disposal
plant. A minimum and maxi
mum sewer service charge also
will be discussed at Tuesday's
meeting.
Sports Bulletins
Camp White Medford
Cheney Studs chalked up win
number 5 in the Rogue Val
ley Baseball league by whip
ping Camp White 12 to 3 at
Ricker field here last night.
Vancouver IIP) Charlie
Beamon got his third vic
tory over the Seattle Rainiers
and his fifth of the season with
a six hit 4-0 shutout for the
Vancouver Mouniies at Capil
ano Stadium last night.
Portland HP The Port
land Beavers dumped the Hol
lywood Stars 4-1 before 4.828
fans in a Pacific Coast league
baseball game in Multnomah
stadium here last night, the
Bevos' fifth consecutive vic
tory over the harrsssed
twinkt.
coimyoini
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linued to swell the Redwood
river, and a crest of nine feet,
two feel above flood stage, was
expected Saturday night.
The Mississippi river at St.
Paul was inching slowly upward
from the run-off of other swol
len streams. A crest of abotu
14.5 feet, six inches above flood
stage, would probably occur on
Tuesday or Wednesday, weath
ermen said.
Scattered thunderstorms in
terrupted fair weather about the
eastern half of the nation, as
temperatures and humidity
climbed. Similar conditions pre
vailed west of the Rockies.
Sheehan Elected
36-E Governor
Larry Sheehan, Rogue River,
was elected district governor of
southern Oregon district 36-E
at the Saturday morning busi
ness meeting of the 33rd annual
state Lions convention here.
The meeting was held in the
Craterian theatre.
Other district governors elec
ted were district 36-0, Robert
Scherer, Wellington Park; dis
trict 36-R, Gerald Murray, Eu
gene; district 36-G, Keith Park
ison, Redmond.
The group voted to hold next
year's slate convention in Eu
gene, and the 1959 convention
in Corvallis.
The Lions attended a break
fast at Hedrick Junior High
school yesterday morning, and
an award luncheoji at the same
place in the afternoon. A variety
show was scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
and ending the three day con
vention, a governor's ball at
9:30 p.m.
The Vernon, B.C., Mcintosh
Girls' Pipe Band, en route to
San Francisco for the Interna
tional convention, led the Lions
in a parade downtown at 11:30
a.m. after the business meeting
and elections. About 850 men
and women registered for the
convention which began here on
Thursday.
Ashland Loop Road
May Open This Week
The Ashland'loop road should
be open for traffic some time
this week, according to the
Rogue River National forest of
fice. The road, which leaves from
Ashland and runs along the sum
mit of the Siskiyous on the
south side of Ashland, Wagner
and Dutchman peaks, into the
Applegate area, is usually one
of the last in the county to be
opened because of drifts of snow
which are slow in melting.
Some of the route can be trav
eled now, but forest service of
ficials cautioned that conditions
are not yet good enough for
easy driving.
Get
Senate Approves
High Dam on Snake
River, 45 to 38
Committee Action 0
Sought by Sponsors 'j
Washington (ID Hous
sponsors of the Senate-approvect'
Hells Canyon bill tried to
change committee schedules Sat
urday to pave the way foirva
house vote on the bill befcije
Congress adjourns for the 'Sum
mer. A
Hep. Al Ullman (D-Ore.).oa0
sponsor of the plan to authorize
construction of a "high" dam at
Hells Canyon on the Snake riv
er in the Pacific Northwest, said
Slat Democratic Chairman
Robert Boyer of Medford
said Saturday "The people of
Oregon can bS extremely
proud of Senator! Wayne
Morse and Richard Neuberger
for the valiant fight they have
led and won in the U.S. Sen
ate to bring about passage of
the Hell's Canyon bill.
"The leadership of these
two senators was a great fac
tor in our tremendous victory
in the battle for our natural
resources. I know I speak for
the people of Oregon in ex
pressing our congratulation!
to Morse and Neuberger on
this Joyous occasion."
the "biggest hurdle at the mo
ment" was arranging a time
table for committee action on it.
Passes Senate
The bill passed the Senate by
a 45-38 vote Friday and next
will be considered by a House
Interior subcommittee headed
by Rep. Wayne N. Aspinall ID
Colo.). Aspinall said . the first open
dates on his crowded calendar
are July 18 and 19. But he said
he would "trade" with sponsors
of other bills for earlier dates if
he can.
Ullman said the July 18-19
dates would "virtually elimin
ate" chances of a House vote
this session and that the spon
sors were trying to arrange ear
lier hearings.
"We're certainly going to do
everything possible to get a vote
this session," he added.
Pledge Bitter Fight
Administration leaders pledg
ed a bitter fight to head off the
bill. And even if it does get
through it is likely to be vetoed
by President Eisenhower.
The measure would authorize
500 million dollars to build one
high dam in the canyon. The ad
ministration already has autho
rized Idaho Power company to
build thfee privately-owned low
dams.
A major factor in Senate de
bate on the bill was a rapid tax
write-off benefit granted Idaho
Power company, and then can
celled by the company in a sur
prise move on the eve of the
Senate vole.
House Republican Whip Les
lie C. Arends said "we intend to
do everything possible" to de
feat the bill.
"If the economy attitude of
the House means anything it
should show itself in the con
sideration of this multi-million-dollar
project," Arends said.
"There is no sense in the fed
eral government doing what pri
vate enterprise itself can do."
Curtain of Secrecy
Remains on Cargo
New York IP) A curtain of
secrecy remained Saturday
around cargo shifting operations
of a "mystery ship" flying the
Israeli flag at a U.S. Navy am
munition depot.
The whitish-grey vessel dock
ed at the Navy depot at Earle,
N.J, late Friday. An unofficial
source told the United Press that
it was flying the Israeli flag.
Efforts to identify the ship
and (he nature of its cargo dre,w
evasive or non-committal ans
wers, yet the cargo shift was be
ing made under strictest security
measures.
The extraordinary secrecy sur
rounding the ship recalled a dis
closure by the United Press in
February. 1956, of a shipment of
18 M41 Walker Bulldog tanks
which was being loaded aboard
a Liberian freighter for transport
to Saudi Arabia.
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