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
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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.
Mrs. Arthur Cribb, librarian,
Thursday, August 8, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TLEVTH
announces nine other young
sters also won pins last week.
They are Debbie Milner, Roxie
Milner, Kay Welsh, Mike Milner,
Dorothy Wylie, Mattie Wylie.
Shirley McNeil, Anita White and
Carrie Brownson.
Mrs. Marvin Cross left Friday
for Oak Harbor, Wash., where
she will attend the wedding of
her daughter, Lylabelle, Aug. 9.
Mr. Cross will join her later
this week.
Attending a reunion, which
has been a custom 'in the family
for more than 100 years, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Freeman spent a re
cent week end at McMinnville,
Ore., at the home of her brother,
William Perry.
Portland Families Face
Evacuation for E-R Site
Porland 0PI Portland
Housing Authority officials said
today more than half of the
families now living at the site
of the proposed Exposition-Recreation
center here have no re
location plans.
Plans call for the proposed
center to be located on a 25
acre site on the east bank of
the Williamettj river between
the Broadway and Steel bridges.
Clearing is scheduled in six
months. ,
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