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No Plan To Probe Plane Wreckage Story Until Mid-September Phoenix OP Federal officials indicated today they would wait until mid-September to investi gate first hand reports by a Colorado river adventurer that he had found human remains among wreckage from the 1956 Grand Canyon airliner collision. At the same time, a college professor said he believed the rings Robert Billingsley, 39, Ajo, Ariz., brought back with him were those of a California wom an killed in the June 30, 1956, accident, worst in history of commercial aviation. A total of 128 persons died in the collision. ExcluciT Interview Billingsley told Bill Close, news director of radio station KOY, Phoenix, in an exclusive interview Tuesday that he found enough human remains, to fill "10 or 12" burlap sacks. He brought back rings he said he found on a "mummified" hand at the site of wreckage from what appeared to be the crash. ,John McLaughlin, superin tendent of Grand Canyon Na tional Park, said he did n ex pect to speed up plans to enter the canyon about Sept. 16 with airliner representative The park has reached agreement Bond Chain , Letter Scheme Told Portland HP1 A treasury of ficial today warned that a new type "chain letter" scheme in volving United States series E savings bonds has hit this area. George W. Mimnaugh, Oregon state director of the savings bonds division of the Treasury Department, said: "We hear per sistent rumors that promoters let a prospect into the scheme on representation that his purchase of two $25 bonds for $W.50 will bring him $38,400 in bonds when his name reaches the top of a 10-name list." Mimnaugh said banks and is suing agents have been requested to refuse to issue bonds believed to figure in chain letter pro-' grams. .The Post Office Depart ment also has warned against taking part in such a plan mak ing use of the mails. Mimnaugh said the Treasury Department realized it would be a good "sales gimmick" for boifts but was opposing the plan because it is "against public in Mf. Hood To Have New Camping Parks Portland IW The Mt. Hood National Forest will have new camping parks and existing fa cilities rehabilitated this year ac cording to George Kansky; as sistant to Supervisor Harold Stone. The project will cost about $70,000 but Kansky said that plans for recreational use of the forest to be met properly ould cost, in the neighborhood of $500,000. He said that the July 4 use of the facilities indicated that with in a few years, 10 times the camp and park facilities now in existence would be needed. with the airlines on having the wreckage removed, although there was no talk prior to Bill ingsley's story of seeking more remains. Army and civilian per sonnel had scoured the wreck age for bodies and parts of bodies for seven to 10 days after the accident. Rings Believed Identified Wednesday night, Glenn D. Overman, dean of business ad ministration at Arizona State College at Tempe, said ' he be lieved the rings Billingsley found belonged to Mildred Wal lace Hatcher, a passenger on the TWA Constellation. The wom an's body was never identified, although that of her husband, William, was identified. The rings still had not been definitely identified as of this morning. The Hatchers, survived by three children, lived in Ventura. Boy Extricated From Narrow Well On Areata Farm Areata, Calif. (W A 3-year-old boy was extricated Wednes day from a narrow well into which he had fallen feet first while playing with other chil dren. The boy, Michael Swenson, and his companions were play ing near newly dug well which had been covered with boards. Becoming curious, the children pushed the boards aside and peered down the 15-foot-deep well. Little Michael, unaware of the danger, toddled too close to the side. Before he knew it, he had plunged to the bottom of the dry well even though, it was only seven inches in diameter. , Buckling Feared The danger was that the sides of the well might buckle, bury ing the child in an avalanche of sand. Michael began to wail. His companions called for help. A telephone call brought sheriff's deputies from Eureka and fire men from Areata to the scene, a farm on a road between Areata and Samoa. The rescuer lowered a rope with a loop into the well. They pulled Michael up, but just as he reached the top, he slipped back down. This happened three times. "Don't be scared," the rescuers called down to Michael. They lowered the rone again. This time it caught. Holding their breaths, they carefully pulled Michael to the top, and to safety. Firemen took him to a hos pital but he was unhurt. ILLINOIS VALLEY IV Chamber Slates Picnic By HELEN BOTTEL Cave Junction-i-Cole Rivers, of the Oregon Game commis sion, will speak at the annual Illinois Valley Chamber of Com merce picnic, Sunday at Gray back Forest camp. The construction of lish lad ders at the Illinois river falls will be discussed by Rivers in conjunction with his talk on commission policies. Proposed several years ago as a step in the improvement of salmon and steelhead spawning in the Rogue basin, the fish lad der project has been pushed by the local Chamber. Recently the board made a formal request to Rivers that every effort be made to speed up the work. New secretary for the Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce is Allan Markley, news editor of the Illinois Valley News, Mark ley was appointed recently to replace William J. McLean, who offered his resignation at a meet ing of the board of directors. The sale of the 283-acre ranch adjoining the Holland store has baan announced by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Floyd and Mrs. Saidie Smock. New owners 'are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sells of Santa Su sanna, Calif., who plan to run it as a cattle and stock ranch. . Errol Woodbury of Cave Junc tion has been hired as the man ager by Mr. and Mrs. Sells, who do not expect to live in the valley at present. Mrs. Erroll Stephens, 25, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Freeman of Cave Junction, is recuperating from polio at Port land Isolation hospital. Her doctors reported Saturday that Mrs. Stephens was out of danger and would suffer no paralysis from the disease. A nurse at Portland Veterans' hospital, Mrs. Stephens had re ceived her Salk polio vaccine shots a few months ago. She was taken to the hospital last Wednesday. Entertainment at the Illinois Valley Grange meeting last Thursday was provided by Oliver Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson, and Jean Beem, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Beem. Mrs. Ortis Seat, teacher at Evergreen school, is home from summer school at Southern Ore gon college, where she partici pated in two workshops. Bruce Manley Opens Cove Junction Office Cave Junction Bruce Man Icy, a.Medford attorney, and one of the directors of the Nickel Corporation of America, has rented offices above the Western Auto Supply store in Cave Junc tion. It is reported he plans to spend three days of each week in the Valley. Guests at the Marshall Bur rows home last week were Mr. and Mrs. Leo Elsesser of Ojai, Calif. In serious condition at Jose phine General hospital is Harvey Smith of Grants Pass, who lived in the Illinois Valley 25 years before he and his wife moved last fall. Smith recently under went surgery at the Sacred Heart hospital in Medford. The Zuleima Illinois .Valley Nile club entertained husbands and families at a potluck chicken dinner Sunday at the Bunch Floyd mine on Caves creek. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Tillert, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ollis, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Burr and son, Alan, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Piper and children, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Floyd, Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Kellert and granddaughter Joy Parkinson, and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Blue. The Rev. Willard Fenderson of Canyonville was guest min ister at the Cave Junction Com munity church last Sunday. Guest speaker at the Imman uel Methodist church Sunday was the Rev. Harold Mackey, minister of the Molalla, Ore., Methodist church. A car wash was conducted by junior class members all day Saturday at the Standard Ser vice station. Proceeds will go toward expenses for the Illinois Valley High school Junior-Senior Prom. Home from a southern Cali fornia vacation are Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Etherton and daughter Janice, who visited relatives in Norwalk, Long Beach, Lancaster and Thousand Oaks. Bill Nye and family left last week for Antioch, Calif, where he will teach next year. He is to be replaced at the Illinois Valley - High school shop by Wayne ThornhilL At the Frank- and Ken Hamil ton home recently were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colville and two sons of Winter Park, Fla.,,who are making a tour of western states. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hagen, the former Ethel Copley, of Camas, Wash., ; visited Mrs. Saidie Smock , and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Floyd at Holland last week end. Picnicking at the Clay Ram sey mine on the east fork of Althouse creek Sunday were 14 guests from Grants Pass and other cities. Included in the party were the Ramsey's son, Marvin, and family of Grants Pass, Mrs. Leona Gambel from the Coos Bay area and Mrs. Larry Lathem from Wyoming. and family arrived from Garden Grove for a few days visit. The IV Stitchers 4-H Sewing group' presented a preview of their entries at the county fair last Thursday at a mothers' tea given at the home of their lead er, Mrs. Robert Martin. Found guilty of driving while under the influence of liquor was Allen Weaver Bingham of Camp White, who was fined $250 and costs in the Cave Junc tion municipal court last week. Two other Camp White men were arrested by Policeman Ross Turpin at the same time and drew fines of $25 and costs for being drunk in an automo bile on the highway. They are Walter L. Hoppes and Dick Quinney. Guests at the Merlyn Mikkel sen home in Selma last week were Mr. and Mrs. Otto Mikkel sen of Klamath Falls, parents of Rev. Mikkelsen. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mel Dutcher of Kerby last week were their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Jones, and son, Gary Robert, of Alder wood Manor, Wash., and Mrs. Rosa Good of Everett, Wash. At the William Baskin home at Four Corners last week were two California families, each having six children. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ross and their children of Whittier, spent the week with the Baskins and their daughter, Marilyn Baumgardner, and sons. On Mon day Mr. and Mrs. Bill Coffin some like MOD, some like MEDIUM, some like WELL-AGED FAMILY PAK 3 distinctive flavors of real cheese in one handy new pack A brand new idea . . . and what a m-m-mouthwatering one it is! Mild, medium, well-aged . . . J4-lb. squares of each, individually wrapped, then tray-packed together. That's the Tillamook Family-Pak we're rushing to your grocer as fast as we can. Total weight V2 lbs. zJJllmook meznsredl cheese zged rtdturzly Mr. and Mrs. . Howard Davis have sold their property south of Cave Junction to Ray Eck hardt, an employee of the South ern California Gas company. The Riverside, Calif., man came to the Illinois Valley as a result of the advertisement appearing this spring in the Los Angeles Examiner. He and his family plan to move here when he re tires from his present work. Carl Spieth Real Estate Agency made the sale. Recuperating from minor surgery is Ralph W. McKinstry, state forestry department of Selma, who returned from a Medford hospital last week. At the Leonard Johnson home at Twin Pines motel for a month this summer were Miss Carol Smith of San Diego and Miss Georgia Podane of Oxnard, Calif.; The two left for then homes last week. Guests of the three Castle berry brothers last week were their sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. George Elliott, of Oregn City. . ( First to receive his pin for making ten visits to the Kerby Branch library this summer is Larry Welsh of Kerby. 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