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o FOURTEEN MEDFOPD (OP.EGOH) MAIL TPIBUNE o GOLD HILL Explorer Post Br MRS. CLYDE K ELL Cold Hill Explorer Post 4:i was organized rec-n!;." in Gold Hill for Eov Scouts 14 years of ag? and oidc-r. Th new post is sponsored bv the Cold HilK.VFW Post 7415 According to scout officials, it was through the efforts of Vajghn Whitmore that the char ter for the new Expiorer Post 43 wan obtained. All boys in this are. 14 and over are invited to become members of the Ex plorer group even though thev have not been a scout. The meet ings are held Wednesday, at 7:30 p.m. in the scout hall. Robert Schmidt is advisor to the group. CormitU-e institu tional representatives are James Martin, who is commander of the VFW Post. James Fi.sh.er. chairman, Adelbert "Mike" Tav lor. Paul Molloy and Thomas White. Thr?e boys who are now reg istered in the new' explorer group are Willard Waterhouse. Peter Dizick. Charles Johnson. John Elliott. Calvin Smith, Don ald Fisher, Charles Beil Jr.. Tom Richardson. Mark Schimdt. Rich ard Hammersley, and Wayne Olso. ' Galen Dizick accompanied four of the explorers on a cam ping trip u er the weekend They hiked 35 miles with packs of food on their backs. Tiie pur pose of the trip was to learn preparations to make for this type of Inking and campirn; The boys covered the rugged country above Lake Creek in cluding Chimney Rock. Climax Deer mountain. Sugar Loaf mountain and Fish Lake. Boys making the trip were Peter Dizick. Donald Tisher, Tom Kichardson, and Mark Schmidt. Past Noble Grands club oi Amethyst Rebekah lodge will meet this Thursday, June 27 at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs Lester Parker on Lampman rd. Mrs. Harry Newnham will be eo-hostess. Miss Mildred Gail arrived June 18 at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gail Miss Gail is a student at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she is majoring in studies of the far east. Enroute home Miss Gail was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Day and their daugh ter. Miss Vickie Day in Salem John Payne of Sams Valley, and her son, Howard Payne, of Phoenix, Ore., have returned to their homes following a trip to Albany. Calif., where they were railed by the illness of Frank Payne. Mr. and Mrs. . Elbert Maerz and their daughter. Miss Anna Maerz, and their two sons, Larry and Kenneth, returned to their home Sundey following a trip over the weekend to Sac ramento and-other places along the coast. Homecoming was observed the last meeting of Amethys' Rebekah lodge Wednesday even in. June 19. in the lOOF hall, with Mrs. Lester Parker, Noble Grand, presiding. Final plans were made for the official visit of the presi dent of Rebekah Assembly, Mrs Mary H. Barker. She will visit this lodge at a special meeting July 12. Rebekahs who plan to attend the dinner for the president at the Dardanelle on that date are requested to call Mrs. Parker before July S so she can make the reservations. Arrangements have been made for Mrs. Parker at the Oaks motel. It was also announced that a clean up day will be held at the hall all day on July 10. It will be a potluck affair and all Rebekahs are invited to come and help. Plans were made at this meet inc for the district convention OFFICE PARK Business Office Center 1133 So. Riverside Medford, Oregon iukt. Au'irtrM Mn No. 1 Office 6M Any Where, U.S.A. First, we wish to personally thank the business firms who tponsored the announcement of our open house and to those who have added special decorations and equipment. Again thank you all. Second, please let us impress upon you the growing demand for parking. Did you ever pretend to be a client or customer and attempt to reach your office during business hours? Just find a place to park, then walk from one to five blocks, possibly climb a flight or two of stairs, vit your turn to get in and transact your business, return via the same route to your car and hope there it no parking r- ticket. Try it some time most of your patrons go thru this nightmare. Our rooms and buildings speak for themselves. Completely air condiditioncd by CARRIER, automatic forced hot air heat, tile floor olr concrete slab and redecorated inside and out. Our plans for future expansion will still leave room for over sixty cart on our own property. Come our this evening after five and look us over we'll O buy you a cup of coffee. Sincerely, Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Williams Organized which will be held in Jackson- vi. ie on July 18. The lodge approved the pro posal to retain a delegate in the United Nations Pilgrimage, which was presented at thi meeting by Ellsworth Robinson, special district deputy grand master for district 10. The pil grimage is endorsed by the sovengn grand lodge and is sponsored by the Odd Fellows. Mrs. Cecil Johnson was ap pointed by the noble grand to meet with delegates from thi other Odd Fellows and Rebekan lodges in district 10 who favor tiie proposition. This meeting will be held in Central Point July 20. Harley Looney, chair man of ihe State Joint Youth committee will be present. There are 14 subordinate and Rebekah lodges in district 10. of which nine have approved the plan to sponsor a delegate to the pil grimage. Tiie other five lodges will be contacted soon. Other visitors present for this meeting of Amethyst Rebekah lodge were Mrs. Jurasha Moore and Mrs. 11a z e 1 White, both members of the Grants Pass Rebekah lodge. They live in Rogue River. Mrs. Rena Palmer ton of Rogue River was also present for this meeting She i? a past poble grand of this lodge, having been a resident of Gold Hill for many years. Following the close of lodge a program was presented by Mrs. Walter McLean. Mrs. Nor man Gail, good of the order chairman, presented decorated boxes containing birthday cards from the lodge and its mem bers to four Rebekahs who will celebrate their birthdays in July. George Haff will be 90 years old in July, Mrs. Carrie Puh! and Mrs. Hannah Will both be 80 and Mrs. Nina Dusea berry w ill be 71. Mrs. Parker was assisted with the decorations for this occasion by Mrs. Cecil Johnson, and Mrs George Dorman. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Wilbur Martin, and Mrs. J. Les Graffis. This was the last regular meet ing of Amethyst lodge. July ana August are vacation months The next regular meeting will be held the first Wedneseday in September. Allan Martin arrived Monday evening, June 17, by plane from Seattle for a two weeks visit with relatives in Gold Hill. He is slaying at the homes of his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Wil bur Martin and his father, Jim Martin and family. Allan also spent two days visiting in Med ford at the home of his aun, Mr. and Mrs. John Novak. A dinner was held June 18 in Allan s honor at the .home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Martin Present from Rogue River were his aunt, Mrs. Sid Baker and her three children, Judy, Jean and Jack. Mrs. Baker is the former Vernice Martin. Cecil Johnson was injured in an accident at Medco in Med ford on June 20. He was taken to the Sacred Heart hospital. Mrs. Joe Buchanan has re turned to her home from the Rogue Valley Memorial hos pital. She was a surgery pa tient. Mrs. Curtis Parker of Santa Rosa, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Nene Sordello and daughter. Sharry, and their two sons, Marty and Alan, from Tracy. Calif., were house guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul I Thompson the weekend of June ! 15 antl 16. Mrs. Sordello is the former Elaine Parker. While in : Gold Hill, they also visited in j the homes of Mrs. Parker's moth er. Mrs. Minnie Byerly, and a i brother-in-law and sister of Mr. I Parker. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Force and family. ! Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lamb and son. Russel. and their daugh ters. Carolyn and Susan attend- June 26, 1957 Wednesday. June 26. 1957 EST ,"C''V' 1 pfF - 'hBm -Mil sigl U - rga BACK ON THE JOB President Eisenhower, virtually re covered from his stomach upset, displays his famous grin as he returns to his dask in his White House office. SHADY COVE-TRAIL Program Given By Choir Shady Cove - Trail Residents of the area heard the 35-voice Renanah choir of the Simpson Bible college of San Francisco when they presented a concert of sacred music on Friday evening, June 21. at the Assembly of God church in Shady Cove. The choir was brought here through the sponsorship of the Trail Community church, of which the Rev. Ernest Evers is the pastor. Two members of the' choir are from this area. Miss Claudia Ash, daughter of Mr. i and Mrs. Wayne Ash of Trail, ' and Floyd Evers., son of the Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Evers. j Both of these young people I spoke briefly of their work at Simpson Bible college The in ! vocation was given by the Rev. , Charles McClintic, pastor of the Assembly of God church in Shady Cove. Several quartet I numbers were presented and Ruseell Marshall, director of the choir sang a special number. The Rev. P. S. Allen president of the ' Simpson Bible college gave a : talk on the aims and work of the i college and just what the op portunity of attending Simpson meant to the young people. The members of the choir and others from the college were lodged in the homes of various church members overnight. Out standing choral a r r a ngements sung by the group included "Hal lelujah, Amen" by Handel, "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" by Luther and a Negro spiritual "Good a Home in That Rock." Mr. and Mrs. Dale Jamison of Ontario, Calif., have been spend ing part of their vacation in the sunmmer home of their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thompson, next to the D o 1 f Larsons in Shady Cove. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Burling ame, of Las Vegas have been visiting Mrs. Burlingame's broth er and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Spurgeon of Big Butte creek. Trail. Another guest of the Spurgeon's has been Spurg eon's nephew, R. D. Wallace of Newton, Iowa. j Ray Mullen, of Shady Cove, ; i is leaving to attend the summer j i session at the University of Ore gon, where he-will major in I I secondary education. Mrs. Mul- i I len and children will spend i the summer with her parents, I i Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dailey in Tal I ent. ' Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rolland , have moved to Keno, Ore., w here ! Rolland is working on a job for led a family picnic held at the: I TouVelle park June 20. Others j ' present w ere Mrs. Lela Lamb ! of Central Point, and her House ' guests from California. They were her brother and sister-in-! law. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Peart. from Fresno, and Mrs. Peart's sisters. Miss Phylis Harvey and Miss Gladys Harvey, of San Francisco. The visitors left for their homes on June 21 after a two day stay with their relatives in Central Point and Gold Hill. Ray Z a c k, missionary to American Indians, presented a: talk on problems and conditions of the Indians at the last meet ing of the Women's Missionary Group of the Christian church. He serves the Indians at Tacoma, Bremerton, and Seattle, Wash. Refreshments were served fol lowing the meeting by Mrs. Les ter Beihn, hostess for the af fair, and Mrs. H. V. Munday, co hostess. This meeting was held in the church. The next meeting of the group will be held the second Friday in July at the home of Mrs. Clarence Freeman. Jim Martin was a patient Junej 19 in the Rogue Valley Memorial i hospital in Medford. where he underwent surgery. He return ed to his home the same dav I Mrs. Dale Smith is confined in the Rogue Valley Memonai .hospital following major sur-1 gery June 21. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bailey! and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Martin of Upper River road, had tho j road in front of their homes j oiled recently. ! Bill Fink was among the local j peopie confined in the Rogue i j Valley Memorial hospital last week. . J - 'P MorrisoJi-Knudsen construction company. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Vincent and family, of Shady Cove, are Bob's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Vin cent and Mr. and Mrs. George Eby. all of Oregon City. Also visiting the Vincent home is Homer Bowen of Yamhill, Ore. The Kenneth Vincents and George Ebys attended the Lions convention in Medford as deleg ates from the Oregon City Lion's club. Kenneth Vincent is also chairman from district 4, zone 1, for the Lions. W. R. Trusty and son, Billy Trusty, Jr., of Klamath Falls, spent a few days with Trusty's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Trusty of Elk Creek, Trail. Mr. and Mrs. .Orville Bryden and daughters. Sandra and Gail of Alton, III., are visiting at the home of Mrs. Bryden's sister and family, Mr. and Mis. Tony Miller, of Trail. Donald McLachlin of Morro Bay, Calif., is visiting with John Peterson of Shady Cove. The regular meeting of Our Lady of Falima club will be held on Wednesday evening, June 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Par ish hall. All members are urged to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smith and baby daughter. Katherine have moved from Shady Cove to Port Orford. Ore., where Smith is employed by the Bureau of Land Management. Mr. and Mrs. Travis Little field, of Shady Cove, spent the weekend visiting with Mrs. Lit tlefield's brother and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Dody of Coquille, Ore. Frances Johnson of Shady Cove is leaving for Los Angeles the last of this week on vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Chamber lain and family and Linda Ec cleston of Shady Cove attended the rodeo in Montague, Calif, on Sunday. Mrs. Lucile Allen, of Shady Cove, recently made a trip the Vancouver, Wash., Veteran's hospital where her father, Jes se Smith Sr., has been confined for several months following a heart attack Smith accompanied his daughter back to Shady Cove. Mr. and Mrs. M. Madsen of St. Louis, Mo, have sold their property in St. Louis and are moving to this area to be near their sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kelley and daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Ed win Gebhard, of Central Point. They are staying with the Kel leys for a few days until they can get located in Medford. Mrs. Edwin Gebhard, of St. Louis, visited with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kel ley on Friday on 'her way to Central Poinl, where she will make her home. Mrs. Gebhard was married to Edwin Gebhard in February but remained for the school term in St. Louis where she was an instructor in fine arts at Normandy High school. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Arent : and son, Michael, of Medford " were Sunday guests at Ihe home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kelley of Shady Cove. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kelley of Shady Cove entertained at their home recently, showing colored slides taken in Arizona. They al so showed pictures of scenes in southern California taken by Alan Minter. of Long Beach, brother of Mrs. Earl Sheppard, who is visiting them at present. Guests were Mrs. Kelley's sister and husband. Mr. and Mrs. M. Madsen, of St. Louis, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sheppard and daugh ter. Carole. Bill Littlefield of Shady Cove and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Minter of Long Beach. Sleepless? because of Acid Stomach? Eat 1 or 2 Turns at bedtime to neutralize acid fast! ShVleWy 10c a toft rC& tC 1 D El 1 ITSta7 . ILLINOIS VALLEY 70 Girls Attend Day Camp By HELEN BOTTEL , collge in Olympia last year with Cave Junction More than 70 David Arnold, is staying at the girls took part in Illinois Valley C. Y. Arnold home in Cave June Day camp at Camp Chinquapin tion this summer. Both are em sponsored by the local Girl Seoul ployed as smokejumpers at the organization. Older girls worked on badges, while Brownies learned camp craft and outdoor cooking. Arch ery v.-as a new feature this year Assisting Itol Colpitis and Lorene Yeargan at the camp were Ann Messenger, Marie. Breckenridge, Peggy Kuil, Clara Basham, Vriginia Steimer, Melva McDonald, Carrol Costello, Juna Knight and Dorothy Piller. About 20 members of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars. Veterans of World War I and the Amer ican Legion spent Sunday pre paring the VFW grounds for the July 4 celebration sponsored by the three groups. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cross spent a recent weekend at Myrtle Creek where they visit ed Cross' sister. Mrs. Lexie Mc Knight. On Sunday, the Cross family had as dinner guests their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Duane Cross of Grants Pass, and the Rev. and Mrs. John Utterback. Mike Whitley, Robert Wright and Grant Dickey, all Illinois Valley High school students. have taken summer assignments as lire iisiiiers at me cave Guard station. Manning the Kerby Peak lookout station is Ben Bleecha. j the second man to take sum ! mer services on State Fire Pa I trol lookouts here. Martin j Sachse is on Waldo Peak. Freida Thayer of Rockydale road has I taken the station at King moun j tain, near the corner where i Jackson. Josephine and Doug l las counties meet. Boy Scout Troop 70. reorgan ized recentiy under the leader ship of Bob Breckenrid cp and ; his assistant Dave Chamberlain. has changed its weekly meeting date from Monday until Thurs day. New officers are Stanton Kuil, patrol leader, Gary Camp bell, assistant patrol leader, and Roddy Bottel, scribe. Dennis Bottel is senior patrol leader. Visiting Dr. June Wilson is Ben Sheppard of Los Angeles Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Homer Phillips in Cave Junction last week was Leon Bowerman of Corvallis. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Johnson, owners of Q-Bar-X ranch, and Mr. and Mrs. Alec Latham of Woodstock. Calif., together with three grandchildren are spend ing a three-weeks vacation at the Kerby ranch. Michael Byrne of Shelton, Wash., who attended St. Martin's Cement Blocks Used in Apparent Suicide Hollywood ilP Sheriff's deputies said today attorney S. S. iSammy) Hahn, one of the "giants" of the legal profession I in Southern California, appar ! entiy committed suicide by tie ! ing cement blocks around his ! neck and diving into a swim j ming pool. i The attorney's body was found Tuesday in the swimming pool behind Hahn's summer home in upper San Fernando Valley Hahn, a famed criminal attor ney, who represented many mo vie stars, reportedly had been in poor health for several years The 68-year-old attorney had represented the greats and the near-greats of the film industry for more than 40 years. Among his clients were the late evange list Aimee Semple McPherson, i Brian Donlevy, Julie London, Jean Wallace and the most re cent, Jess Barker. READY-MIXED Planning to build a shed, crib, granary, feeding floor or per haps modernize around the house? When the forms are In and you're ready for concrete for that WALK, DRIVEWAY, TER RACE, STEPS, FOUNDATION OR WHAT HAVE YOU-call us! We'll deliver promptly the type and amount of concrete you need. For the best in Ready Mixed Concrete-CONTACT US TODAYI LIRIHGE 'CONCRETE is SERVICE is Siskiyou Aerial project Date for the potluck picnic and work day at the new Ma sonic Tree Farm near O'Brien has been changed from June 29 until Sunday, June 30. New officers of the American Legion post are Dr. C. G. Stem, commander; A. T. Hamrick, first vice commander; Tommy Ow ens, second vice commander; Al Mel low, adjutant; Les Henry, chap lain; Black Miller, finance of ficer; and Clyde Hayes and How ard Yearbrough, members of the executive board. Grants Pass guests who at tended the Blue Star Mothers meeting June 18 were Ardena Kretschmer. Jennie Smith, Betty Simmons, Ruth Harmon., presi dent, Ruth Gullison, treasurer and Karsa Reed. A potluck picnic is planned for July 10 at Elk Creek Forest camp, starting at 10:30 a.m. A mall amount of damage to one of the cabins at the Wish-U-Well motel occurred Thurs day at noon when fire apparent ly starting from a refrigerator motor. It was brought under con- i lroi by volunteer firemen. j Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cribb are home from a Va;liinptnn triri where thev visited Mrs. A. W. Cribb, who celebrated her 83rd birthday. Wayne G. Thornhill has been appointed by the County High school board as the new indus trial arts teacher at Illinois Val ley high school. He replaces Wil liam Nye who resigned at the end of the May term. Home from a week's camping at Harris beach near Brookings and Jcdediah Smith state park are the Robert Bottels. While in the coast area, they visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van Zee and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Clemmens at Smith Fiivcr. 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