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EIGHT MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. June 23. 1957
Five Timber Tracts
Auctioned by
Five tracts of timber contain-,
ing a n estimated 23.623.000
board feet were sold June 20 by
the Medford district of the bu-
thousand for that sale.
The two tracts in Josephine
county were purchased by Bate
reau of land management for . Southern Oregon P! ine-
of Grants Pass without ODDOsi-
$673,510 80
One other tract, which con
tains an estimated 3,947.000
bard feet received no bids. This
ti'g.a 11 be available for pur-
(cJ3Se for i additional 90 days,
rCCtroir( to District Forester E.
(K Pe'r)n.
Of the tracts sold are
(To3ie4 Jackson county and
ttyft ma Josephine county. The
(Stri Vt received no bid is lo-
in the West Fork Cow
cneeij rea of Douglas county.
Continental Timber company
of Medford purchased an esti
mated 2,205,000 board feet of
timber located on Elk creek for
63,017.30. Their bid of S32.10
per thousand board feet for
Douglas fir, the major species,
topped the final offer of Olson
Ros Lumber company of White
City.
Out-Bidi Medco
Olson-Ross Lumber company
then out-bid Medford corpora
tion for a tract containing an es
timated 11.558.000 board feet lo
cated between Butte Falls and
Prospect. The hich bid for
Douglas fir in this sale was $34
per thousand board feet and the
total price for the sale was $338,
559.85. Fred Starnes of Ashland was
the only bidder for a tract con
taining an estimated 113.000
board feet of salvage windfall
timber in the Dead Indian area.
Douglas fir brought $22.85 per
tion in either sale. Eate Lumber
company paid S24.45 per thou
sand for Douglas fir and $43.45
for sugar pine, the two major
species in a tract containing an
estimated 2.119.999 board feet
on Reuben creek. The tract pur
chased by Southern Oregon Ply
woods Inc. contains an estimated
7,634,000 board feet on West
Fork Williams creek. The price
for Douglas fir was $26.35 per
thousand in that sale.
Special Sale
A special sale of five small
salvage sales in northern Jack
son county has been advertised
by the bureau for June 26. The
five tracts contain an estimated
volume of 827,000 board feet.
A regular scheduled sale to
be held on July 18 will contain
two tracts with an estimated vol
ume of 5,970,000 board feet. The
largest tract is located on Pleas
ant creek in northwest Jackson
county and contains an esti
mated 5,903.000 board feet. The
remaining- 67,000 board feet is
located on a road being con
structed to Haymaker Mountain
in southwest Klamath county.
Further information regard
ing these proposed sales or the
three tracts that have received
no bids and which are still avail
able for purchase may be se
cured from the office of the dis
trict forester in the Medford
city hall.
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ELOPEMENT FAILS Christina Wennerstrom, 16-year-old
daughter of a Swedish diplomat, and U. S. Senate
page boy, Huw Karren Williams, hold hands after their
arrest for speeding at Williamsport, Pa. The young couple
eloped from Washington, D. C. June 2 but were never
married because a West Virginia judge refused them a
license for being too young. Christina is being held in
communicado at the Swedish Embassy by her mother for
her return to Sweden.
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Dr. Erickson Speaks
At Society Meeting
Dr. Harold M. Erickson, Ore
gon state health officer, was
among guest speakers Wednes
day night at a meeting of the
Jackson county Medical society.
The meeting was held at the
Rogue Valley Country club.
Hosts were Dr. John Reid and
William Sammons of Ashland.
Dr. Erickson outlined current
activities of the state board of
health, including a progress re
port on a study of the influenza
epidemic in the orient. He also
commented on "excellent re
sults" of the Salk vaccine pro
gram, and praised the local so
ciety for its efforts in the recent
Jackson county vaccination
drive.
Other speakers were Dr. Rus
sell Kaufman, president of the
state medical society; Clyde Fo
ley, executive secretary; and
Richard Layton, who discussed
various functions of the state
organization.
Prior to the meeting, guests
were conducted on a tour of the
valley and went through the
new Rogue Valley Memorial
hospital building. Dr. Edwin
Durno conducted the tours.
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Odd Fellow Lodges
Approve Move to
Retain Delegate
Gold Hill The proposed
sponsorship to retain a delegate
to the United Nations Pilgrim'
age for Youth has been approved
by nine of the 14 Odd Fellow
and Rebekah lodges in district
10.
The lodges" have been con
tacted during the past 12 days
the others will be visited soon to
get their approval or rejection of
the proposition, according to
Ellsworth Robinson, special dis
trict deputy grand master for
district 10.
He is a member of the Subor
dinate and Mt. Pitt Rebekah
lodges in Central Point. The
lodges are in favor of the pil
grimage because of the many op
portunities offered to the young
people through the project.
Lodges in District
The lodges which make up dis
trict 10 are the Subordinate and
Rebekah lodges of Ashland, Med
ford, Central Point, Jacksonville,
Gold Hill, Grants Pass, and
Kerby.
The pilgrimage which is spon
sored by the Odd Fellows has
been in operation the past five
years. It is endorsed by the Sov-
erign Grand Lodge. One student
would be selected as a delegate
from those eligible contestants in
high school within district 10.
Miss Fran Cooper of Grants
Pass was the first delegate sent
to the United Nations Pilgrimage
from district 10. Pat Foley, a
Crater High school student from
Gold Hill, was the second from
this district and Miss Pat Abbott
of Ashland was the third dele
gate. Harley Looney, chairman of
the state joint youth committee,
will be in Central Point July 20
to meet with delegates appointed
from each Odd Fellow and Re
bekah lodge in district 10 in
favor of sponsoring a delegate to
the United Nation's Pilgrimage.
Portland Gypsies
Given Encouragement
CENTRAL POINT
Canadians Are Visitors
By DORIS HUGHES
Central Point Mr. and Mrs.
Urual Walker and two children
of Saskatchewan, Canada, made
a surprise visit to the G. F.
Brood home on Gebhard rd. last
week. Walker is Mrs. Brood's
cousin. She had not seen him
for 45 years.
When the Walkers arrived,
the Broods were having a family
dinner. At the dinner were Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Brood and
children, of Medford, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Gillaspey and chil
dren of Centra! Point, Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Wilson and children
of Central Point, Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Brood of Medford and Mr.
and Mrs. A. O. Walker and son,
Bill, and his wife of Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hoagland
and sons, Bobbie and David, of
Channel Lake, Calif., are visit
ing Hoagland's mother, Mrs. Lu
Ellis Bodine and his grandmoth
er, Mrs. Emma Gleason Jones,
in Central Point. They have
been going on fishing and sight
seeing trips around southern
Oregon.
Mrs. Ingrid Kurz and son,
George, are in Portland where
George is having a medical
check up.
Dennis Kottke, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Kottke, who has been
ill is much improved. He is home
from Portland, where Mrs. Kott
ke had taken him for medical
treatment.
Portland (W Portland gyp
sies, fighting the city's attempt
to oust them from their down
town store building residences,
were given encouragement from
Judge Claude McColloch. Thurs
day. - The federal judge continued
for 10 days an order restraining
the city from evicting some 20
to 30 families living in such
quarters.
The injunction was issued on
the petition of Mrs. Mary Ristick
who asserts the city's attempt to
evict her under terms of the mu
nicipal housing code is a viola
tion of her federal constitutional
rights.
State Employees
Campaign Approved
Salem The state board of con
trol has authorized a campaign
among state employees to en
courage purchase of U. S. Treas
ury and E bonds through payroll
deductions, it was announced
Friday.
Last year a similar campaign
resulted in approximately 2,400
state employees signing up to
buy E bonds on this installment
plan, according to George W.
Mimnaugh, state director.
.The new campaign will get un
der way on July 1 and continue
until the end of that month. Gov.
Robert D. Holmes has appointed
State Treasurer Sig Unander as
general chairman, a position
which Unander also filled last
year.
Recent guests at the John
Smock home were Mrs. Smock's
sister and family, Mr. and Mrs.
F. L. Warner and family of
Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. O. N. Larimore and son
of Pasco, Wash., were dinner
guests at the HJ. Stout home
on Freeland rd. Mrs. Larimore
formerly lived in Central Point.
Mrs. James Hayes, Chairman
of the Welfare committee of the
PTA, has reported that clothing,
bedding, and items which people
wish to give to the needy, may
be left at her place. She also
stated that trunks, no longer use
ful for travel, would be wel
comed to store clothing in until
it is required. Mrs. Hayes lives
at 253 North Fifth, at the corner
of Maple street.
The Navy Mothers met last
Wednesday at the home of Mrs.
L. D. Booth. After the meeting,
strawberry short cake with ice
cream was served.
Word has been received re
cently from Mr. Jim Dow from
Phoenix, Ariz. He stated that he
is on his way to North Carolina
to visit his daughter and had
stopped at Phoenix to visit his
son. He wrote that he is having
a good trip, except his hound,
which he is taking with him,
chewed up his hat and his sleep
ing bag.
James, Daniel and Miki Ann
Hayes, of Central Point, went
to Crescent City last weekend
with their grandmother and
uncle, Mrs. Daisy Reinhart and
son, Joe, of Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard McCay
and three daughters are on a
three week's vacation. They are
visiting in Austin, Minn.
The next meeting of the Navy
Mother's club will be July 10,
at the home of Mrs. Homer
Brown on the Old Stage rd. It
will be an all day meeting with
a potluck lunch at noon.
Recent guests at the James
Hayes home were Jack Mohar,
from Long Beach, and Mrs. Wil
liam Moore, from Blythe.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Rich
ardson visited Mrs. E. C. Faber
recently. The Richardsons had
been vacationing in California
and were flying back to Wash
ington when, due to weather
conditions, their plane was
grounded in Redding. They rent
ed a car and drove on up to
Central Point to visit relatives
and friends. The Richardsons
were managers of the Central
Point Telephone office for many
years. They plan to visit the
Rogue River valley again in the
fall. .
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Lacey and
son, from Bremerton, Wash., are
spending their vacation with his
brother and family, the Cecil
Laceys on Taylor road. Lacey
works for the Navy housing
project at Bremerton.
Mrs. Harold R. Hughes and
sons, Pat and Gary, are visiting
Mrs. Hughes' parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Olson, near Portland.
Mrs. Claud Ullom of Scenic
avenue, is confined to her bed
with the flu.
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
Jim Ricks, of Central Point,
returned Friday with his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter C.
Ricks Sr., of Medford, after a
vacation. They were sight see
ing and visiting friends in Cali
fornia, Nevada, Arizona, New
Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho
and eastern Oregon. Jim took
four reels of movie film and re
ported that one of the highlights
of his trip was a swim in Salt
lake. Jim is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Ricks.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Mey
er and Charla Jo returned Tues
day from Salem. Mrs. Meyer's
grandmother, who had been
very ill, passed away while they
were there. During their stay in
Salem the Meyers visited the
Leonard Kunzmans and the
Clarence Mellbyes.
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Webster
and daughters, Pamela and
Lorie, are on a tour of Europe.
Webster is with the Royal Ca
nadian Air Force, stationed in
England. He attended Centra)
Point schools and plans to be
back here in August visiting
his sister, Mrs. John Clark, of
Central Point, and other rela
tives in the valley.
Mr. and Mrs. John Summer
field and son Darryl have re
turned from their vacation. Mrs..
Summerfield's father, who had
been visiting with them, went
with them as far as Seattle.
Wash! They went on to Bremer
ton and then on to Kimberly,
Idaho, where they visited relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hill's
daughter, Judy, is very ill with
tonsilitis.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ayres, of
Central Point, were dinner
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Myres on the Old
Pacific highway.
Mrs. Clifford Bailey received
word that her brother. Tommy
Jones, underwent surgery last
week at the Navy hospital in
San Francisco and is progress
ing nicely.
Miss D a 1 e n e Higinbotham,
is spending a two week's visit at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Smith, of Griffin creek.
The Smiths are Dalene's grandparents.
The Central Point Rebeccas
held their last regular meeting
of the season Wednesday even
ing. Viola Trautman of Everett,
Wash., was a visitor. Mrs. Peggy
Wilson is Noble Grand of the
Rebeccas. A special meeting will
be held July 11 in honor of the
state president, Mrs. Mary Bark
er, who will be visiting from
Sutherlin. The degree team will
practice on June 28 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Odd Fellows Hall. All
Conductor to Appeal Decision of Judge
Ashland Marion S. Felter,
Ashland, Southern Pacific rail
road conductor, will appeal to
the U.S. circuit court a decision
handed down May 21 by U.S.
District Judge Edward P. Mur
phy, San Francisco.
The district judge ruled
against SP conductors who
sought to bar the railroad from
taking dues from their salaries
in a check-off system after they
had changed unions.
Felter filed the original case
those taking part are urged to
attend.
The Central Point Rebeccas
and Odd Fellows are to meet at
Taylors Pickle ranch Sunday
for a picnic at noon. The Odd
Fellows will furnish barbecued
beef, rolls, coffee and ice cream.
The Rebeccas are asked to brim;
a salad, a hot dish or a dessert.
before Judge Murphy after 51
SP men changed from the Broth
erhood of Railroad Trainmen to
the Order of Railway Conduc
tors and the railroad deducted
union dues for both unions
Felter's action was to prevent
deduction of dues from the un
ion the group had left.
EASY DOES IT
Indianapolis Wl Are the
drivers of delicate cargoes more
careful than other truckers?
Murphy Trucking Co., Denver,
Ind., won first prize in a traffic
safety contest for firms whose
vehicles travel less than a mil
lion miles a year. Murphy hauls
egss to eastern markets 4tf
million of them last year.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Traut
man and son, Jim, of Everett,
Wash., are visiting relatives in
the Central Point area.
Mrs. Dale Higinbotham Is
home from the hospital with her
new baby. They have named the
little girl Karon Marie.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ayres
returned recently from a trip to
Eugene. They visited the Ayres'
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. John Tharp.
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The next meeting of the Jay
cettes will be June 26 at the
home of Mrs. Chester Ayres.
127 N. Ninth street. Mrs. Don
aid A. Faber and Mrs. Melvin
Anhorn will be co-hostesses. The
meeting will begin at 8 p.m.
Ladies from the Eagle Point
area, who are interested in or
ganizing a Jaycetle club, have
been invited.
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