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TWO MEDFORD (OREGOrT) MAIL TRIBUNE 'It Wasn't Funny Young Morgan Says About Family Being Stranded in Woods "It wasn't funny until we got home." according to 16-year-old Phil Morgan, who with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mor gan ef Medford, spent Thurs day night in the woods, while law officers and friends search ed for the missing family. The trio, with a quart of wa ter and eight cookies, was found Friday morning walking down a logging road a few miles from their stalled car -on Cobleigh rd. in the Butte Falls area. Sought Sine Thursday They had been sought since Thursday night after Morgan failed to return home and his partner, Harold Snodgrsss of the Chapel Mortuary, called the sheriffs office.. Young Morgan said the fam ily had been fishing in Big Butte creek near the fish hatch ery at Butte Falls and decided to try their luck on the creek along the Cobleigh rd. When they made a wrong turn off the route and their auto transmission was damaged by a rock, they found themselves Crosby Defeated For Teamster Post Portland W Clyde C. Cros by, Teamsters international rep resentative in Oregon, was de feated Friday night for member ship on the policy committee of the Joint Council of Teamsters o. 37. The post went to Cliff Evan , secretary of the Cannery arehousemen and Food Pro cessors Local 809, by a vote of 97 to 63. Previous members of the three-man policy committee were Crosby, Jack Estabrook, secretary of Warehousemen Lo cal 206, and R. R. Mikesell of t'f Joint Council. An earlier vote resulted in the election of Fred Lowe, secretary treasurer of the Eugene Team sters, and Lloyd Hildreth, secre tary of Warehousemen Local 223. MHday night's election was after an error in tabulating rults of the previous voting. Members of the policy com mittee, together with similar committee members from other locals In the West, make up the policy committee of the Western Conference of Teamsters under the general chairmanship of Frank Brewster. Hungarian Refugee Reunited Wilh Wife Portland IB A Hungar ian refugee now living in Port land was reunited with his wife at Portland airport Friday aft ernoon, after being separated since November 5, 1956, during the revolt in Budapest. Mike Feodorov. 27. said his wife "didn't expect to see me again ever," and for him, "the days had lead feet." His wife, after the insurrec tion, ended up in a refugee camp In Paris. Feodorov, a mechanic, had come to America, and after locating his wife, began taking steps to get her admitted to the United States. Bend Conservationist Receives Fellowship Portland IW The Soil Con servation service said Friday that Earl N. Jones, area conser vationist In Bend, has been awarded a conservation fellow ship in the graduate school of public administration at Har vard. Jones was chose by a private ly endowed organization called Resources for the Future for his outstanding work in conserva tion and administration. He re ceived a $3000 grant to finance his studies at Harvard. Medford Ambulance Service FROM THE TIME YOU CALL MEDFORD TO EUGENE ......3 HOURS MEDFORD TO SALEM ...4! HOURS MEDFORD TO PORTLAND SVt HOURS WE GO SOUTH, TOO! Patient it handled only one here and one again at destination WE RENT SICK ROOM SUPPLIES Wheel Chain Walkers Crutches Hospital Bed with Mattress Commode Oxygen Equipment Phone SP 2-7151 Anytime - Day or Night stranded on a logging road an unknown distance from Butte Falls at 2 p.m. They spent the night in their car, which for tunately stalled near a small creek. Philip said their biggest wor ry was not knowing exactly how far they'd have to walk, and the biggest surprise came Portlander Named To Capitol Planning Group by Governor Salem M William H. Giv ler, dean of the Portland Art Museum school, has been named to the seven-member Capitol Planning Commission late Fri day by Gov. Robert D Holmes. At the same time the governor announced reappointments of Charles A. Sprague, Salem news paper publisher and ex-governor, and Dr. George W. Gleeson, dean of the Oregon State Col lege engineering school, to the commission. The group meets Monday with the state Board of Control to hear a progress report from arch itects on a master plan for the Capitol Hall. To Present Ideas Eugene architects Wilmsen and Endicott, Herman Brook maii, Portland, and Francis Keally, New York architect who designed the capital, will all pre sent ideas. . . The 1955 Legislature approp riated $50,000 to establish the master plan with assistance from the planning commission. Also appointed by the gover nor was Dr. L. M. Koger, On tario, to the State Board of Vet erinary' Medical Examiners. He succeeds Dr. S. E. Philips. Med ford. Dr.' Clarence F. Millison, Portland, and- Dr. C. R. How arth, St. Helens, were both re appointed. Set for : a job on the State Board of Eexaminers in Watch making and Clockmaking was Jacob C. Renie, Klamath Falls, while W.' Roy Stevenson, Ma dras grower, -was reappointed to a three-year term on the Ladino Clover Commission. ; Dr. Heafheringfon, Family Moving Soon Dr. J. Scott Heatherington and his wife and three sons are mov ing next Wednesday to West Linn. , Dr. Heatherington has prac ticed as an osteopathic physician and surgeon in Medford for the past 12 years. He will join Dr. E. L. Burnham in osteopathic practice in Oregon City. Dr. C. D. Lemley, who has been working in Dr. Heathering ton's office for the past six weeks, will take over the office here. He was for three years previous with Dr. George S. Jen nings in the Hawthorne Osteo pathic Clinic. Dr. Heatherington came to Medford after interning in De troit, Mich. Originally from Kan sas, he was graduated from the Des Moines Still College of Os teopathy and Surgery. The doctor has been active in the First Methodist church here, and has been on the board of di rectors of Rotary club, the Sal vation Army, and the Rogue Valley Manor. The Heatherington residence is at 12 Black Oak dr. Radio Moscow Reports North Poe Thunderstorm London ilfl Radio Moscow reported a thunderstorm in the North Pole area Saturday. It said it was the first known to have been witnessed there. The broadcast said that for more than 15 minutes the Soviet scientific camp at the North Pole was lit up by continual lightning flashes. Sunder. Julr J. 1SJT when, on being found after a hike af several hours, they dis covered they had been but three miles from the Butte Falls-Pros pect road. "and we had been walking the long way back to ward Butte Falls." Writing Identified They were found by Jess Rog ers, in a Medford corporation mobile logging unit late Friday morning, ending the overnight aerial and ground search. A sheriff's deputy, not taking chances on possible foul play to the family, had returned to Med ford with a note left at the car by Mrs. Morgan to have her writing identified. Searchers included state po lice, three ground search units of the Civil Air Patrol and three planes owned by the CAP, Max Terzenbach, Medford, and the Haupert Tractor company. Cuban Rebel Force Seizes Sugar Mill Once Used by Army : Santiago, Cuba Cuban Rebel Fidel Castro and a force of 100 men attacked an captured a former Army headquarters at a sugar mill in Orientes Province Saturday. Juan Muniz, an official of the Estrada Palma sugar mill, 68 miles west of the main Orientes City of Santiago, told the United Press by telephone that the reb els burned down barracks and "shot around" the mill for two hours before withdrawing. Until last Wednesday the mill had been the headquarters of Cuban Army forces under Col. Upedro Barrera, asigned to the "extermination" of the Castro forces in the Maestra mountains of . Orientes Province. Barrera moved his headquarters to Maf fo, close to Santiago, and left only six soldiers at the mill. Escape During Attack , The soldiers left behind es caped during the rebel attack, the mill official said. Before the rebels left they took four shotguns owned by mill employees. The attack was one of the boldest rebel raids yet against the forces -of President Fulgencio Batista. Castro's forces struck one day after the fourth anniversary of the "July 26 movement," which was Castro's original revolt against Batista. In July 26, 1953, he attacked government forces at Santiago and suffered con siderable losses. Grange Notes Central Point Grange The Central Point Grange met Friday, July 19, with all officers present except the two assistant stewards, who are Mr. and Mrs. C. Morehouse. Mrs. Morehouse was reported being at Sacred Heart hospital for medical treat ment. Mrs. Mary Catey, who makes her home at the Jackson county farm home, was also re ported ill. The members voted to have booster night on Oct. 9. Jose phine Tombs, an international farm exchange student from Tewkesbury, Gloucester shire, England, talked and showed slides from her home country. She also used the display table to exhibit pictures and pam phlets. Delmar Smith showed slides taken at interesting places near by. Robert Warren, a new mem ber, talked on "The House Fly As a Pest in Former Years to Now." Meredith Jensen had charge of the juvenile program On "In ventions of Nature." Mrs. Gaston Floux won the cake furnished by the juveniles, as a means of raising money for their pledge to the new hospital. This will be the last cake as they have raised their quota. The next regular meeting will be Friday, Aug. 2. Floyd Charlie will be in charge of a 4-H pro gram, which will start at 8 p.m. All relatives and friends of the 4-H group will be welcome. The serving committee was Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wendt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Conger and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Conger. Russia Said Willing To Discuss Exchange I Washington UTI The Soviet I Union said Saturday it is willing : to discuss a U.S. proposal to exchange uncensored radio and television broadcasts. But it said such talks should also consider the question of bradening "in their entirety" other contacts cultural, scien tific and economic between the two countries. The Russian stand was taken in a note delivered to the Ameri can ambassador in Moscow. It was in reply to a U.S. note of June 24 proposing a "regular exchange of uncensored radio and television broadcasts." j The idea was for the two na .' tions to exchange film and voice recordings of talks by leaders in government and private life, in cultural, scientific and other fields. i ' AT RESERVE TRAINING Col. William H. Prentice, right, commanding officer of the 417th engineer aviation brigade, shows gas station project being constructed by the 417th at the firing center in Yakima, Wash., to Gen. Willard G. Wyman, con tinental Army commanding general. The 417th, from the Med-ford-Grants Pass area, is undergoing two weeks summer reserve training. Lt. Col. Virgil J. Gass, commander, 1st battle group, 22nd infantry, is shown behind Col. Prentice. Morgan Enlarges On PNPC Protest Salem Wl Public Utilities Commissioner Howard Morgan has enlarged on his protest of Pacific Northwest Power Com pany's attempts to gain permits for two dams On the Snake river. In a letter to the Federal Pow er Commission, Morgan again called for reopening of hearings On the application to build at the Pleasant Valley and Moun tain Sheep sites. An FPC examiner has recom mended 50-year licenses to build the two dams. Morgan told the FPC he was "astonished" at the failure of the examiner "to understand the overwhelming necessity of addi tional upstream storage in the Columbia Basin in order to 'firm up' the power supply of this re gion during periods of low river-flow." . t Enclosed in ' the letter were charts which, Morgan said, showed the dangers , of insuffi cient up-stream storage and the value of controlled release of water from such upstream dams as Hungry Horse for down stream power production. Benefication is any process by which the yield of metal from ore is increased. You, too, can banish Laundry Problems . . w,th the new Westiiirocjjhouse Laundromat With the revolving agS- i tator that washes clean er, rinse better and cleans itself. Now Only. Matching The only dryer that blows warm air directly on to clothes, not through the machin ery. Now Only Easy TROWBRIDGE & FLYNN ELECTRIC CO. 214 West Main Street Phone SP 3-6241 Judge Dismisses Gypsy Woman's Suit Portland HPI Oregon Fed eral Court Chief Judge Claude McColloch has dismissed the suit against Mrs. Mary Ristick, Port land gypsy, who sought to pre vent the city from causing her to be evicted from her down town living quarters. Judge McColloch dismissed the case because both the woman's attorney and the city's attorney failed to move for a further ex tension of a restraining order issued by the judge last month. Mrs. Ristick said in her com plaint the city housing code dis criminated because it has only been invoked against tenants of gypsy or oriental blood. Ue Mail Tribune Want Ads The Low Cost Way to Sell JIM'S MEATS "KISSTV ALL MEATS ARE INSPECTED TOP QUALITY LOCKER MEATS CHOICE BEEF - Cut and Double Wrapped Half or Whole BEEF Bind QUARTER 51 lb Now J Dryer Terms TOY (w5 About 4000 Acres Burned in Eastern Oregon Grass Fires Portland (IP More than a dozen grassland and forest fires which had plagued eastern Ore gon the past week were either extinguished or under control today, according to Guy John son, forest service regional fire dispatcher at Portland. About 4000 acres of grassland had been blackened by the blazes, Virgil T. Heath, bureau of land management official, said. Four fires that burned 2200 acres of grass and brush in the Vale-Jordan district of eastern Oregon were brought under con trol. Otis Valley Fire Stopped Darrel Fulwider, bureau of land management range man ager, said an 800-acre blaze 12 miles northwest of Juntura in the Otis valley was stopped within a mile of the Altnow ranch. Fire patrols were released Saturday on the 700-acre fire two miles north of the town of Malheur and the 600-acre Tub mountain blaze 12 miles north east of Vale. The fourth fire burned 100 acres 25 miles north west of Drewsey. Fulwider said the fires, which were started by lightning Thurs day night and Friday morning, caused only light damage to the cattle and sheep ranges. Rally Scheduled To Support Rights Bill Portland OTI Representa tive of the Oregon AFL-CIO, the Republican and Democratic parties, the Urban league and most of Oregon's congressional delegation were to rally today to demonstrate support of the civil rights bill now before the US. Senate. Phil Reynolds, president of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People here, said members of the groups will meet at the Van couver Avenue Baptist church in Portland at 8 p.m. Master of ceremonies for the gathering will be Oregon state senator Monroe Sweetland. U. S. Senators Richard L. Neuberger and Wayne Morse and represen tative Edith Green will be repre sented at the rally also, Reynolds said. Front QUARTER ... 37 Family Budget Sift ORDER, 21 lbs 1 u TIM priced lower Clarence Edwards To -Speak at Roundtable Clarence Edwards, who with his brother, Edward, owns the Kadee Metal Products company of Medford, will talk on the plastics and die-casting industry at a luncheon of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Roundtable Monday. The local firm manufactures model railroad parts for adult hobbyists which are shipped throughout the United States and overseas. Ben Newman Resigns As Chamber President Grants Pass The resignation of Ben Newman, former Med ford resident, as president of the Grants Pass and Josephine County Chamber of Commerce was announced Friday. ( Newman, who has been man ager of the Grants Pass Hub-bard-Wray store since 1945, said he plans to return to Medford to manage the Medford division of the firm. The change was said to be due to the retirement of Tom Wray, Med.ford, partner in the firm with Newman and Chester and Roland Hubbard. Charles M. Packer, assistant manager of the Grants Pass branch of the First National Bank of Portland, will succeed Newman as chamber president. Summer Special 10 Cash Discount ON GARDEN AND SPRINKLER HOSES Have a Lawn your' neighbors envy Wafer with a Sappltx SpriMtr Delivers a fine gentle spray that assures a beautiful, lush tand of grass. SPRINKLES V3 MORE AREA THAN OTHER FLEXIBLE SPRINKLERS. Flush-out coupling and end cap. PACKED ON FREE STORAGE REEL SPECIALISTS Free Parking than ever! IN y-: -y-y--y i :t 'W?' 0 Complaint Filed in Shaking of Employee Portland W An assault ;nd battery complaint has been filed in city court here as an out growth of a "shaking" that caused an impromptu walkout at the American Can Co. plant here Thursday night. Mary Fuller signed a com plaint against Alex Kniss. a fore man at the plant, who allegedly "shook" Mrs. Fuller in a "disci plinary action." In her com plaint, Mrs. Fuller indicated the action was taken on advice of officials in the AFL-CIO United Sleel Workers. Richard K. Frederick, plant manager, said a meeting would be held with union officials con cerning the dispute. Use Mail Tribune Want Ada The Low Cost Way to SeU - tiini TME 50fr.$5 25 ft. $38 GET YOURS NOW! QUALITY AT LOWEST PRICES HOMiWAKiSI . Free Delivery I CHRISTIAN I SCIENCE M Station Sunday KWIN 10:15 1400 K.C. AM. . rm m ! hi yOU CAM SESUftE. if rrsAstiiighoiise
