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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1957)
Variety of Fields to Stimulate Economy in Area Being Explored a wiae variety of fields to itimulate economy in southern Oregon are being explored through a program planned by tne Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. An explanation of the various chamber projects has been in stituted in recent weeks in con junction with the current mem bership drive, Frank Bash, head of the cham ber business program division. saia tnat "the chamber, through Joint cooperation of the Grants Pass organization, has retained Sandwell and company to con duct a Rogue River valley de velopment study which we ai ticipate will be completed this XE11." Pulp Wood Resource The study has just completed a compilation of pulp wood re source data available from pub lic records. The second step in the study will include an analy sis of data to determine suffi ciency of supply, site suitability, water supply, air- pollution, transportation factors, capital costs, manufacturing costs, gross return requirements and many other Items. "tJntil all phases of the pic ture have been evaluated by a competent firm such as Sand well, we are in no position to predict the degree of future promise in stabilized payrolls with regard to our basic natural resource, which is wood," Bash said. He stressed, however, that "the outlook is good.' More detailed examination of specific phases of the county's economy is under way by sub committees of the Business Pro gress division. Under ' the In dustrial developments sub-com mittee, headed by Bill Williams, chairman, and Bill Leever, vice chairman, contacts are being jnade with several new enter prises that have shown interest in the area. Miscellaneous Enterprises Sam Hersh, assisted by Mel Hall, Gene Ferrell 'and Joe Naumes, heads the miscel laneous enterprises group work ing to attract additional whole sale warehousing now servicing the trade area. They also are working to attract retired peo ple, and are studying possible attraction of state and federal offices and state technical schools. Another committee led by Bob Cunningham involves sta tistics and surveys, including in- Senate Passes Bill For Pension Increase : Washington Iff) The Senate Friday night unanimously pass ed a bill to grant an average 10 per cent increase in the pensions of disabled veterans and their dependents. The measure now goes back to the House, which passed a similar bill earlier this year. It was estimated that the in crease, which the administra tion opposed, would cost the government about 169 million dollars annually. Under the bill, the maximum pension for total disability would be in creased from $181 to $225 monthly, or approximately 24 per cent. The other proposed increases range from $2 for veterans with a 10 per cent service connected disability to a S16 increase to veterans with a 90 per cent dis ability. Use M-T Classified Ads ALL IN THE EAR ISP What you see in this girFs ear is Sonotone's new hear ing aid complete. IT'S WORN ENTIRELY IN THE EAR no cord, no extra "button." Weighs only ' half an ounce. Women's hairdos hide if completely.1 On ' men. this amazing hearing aid is barely noticeable from any angle. s COM iH. PHONf 0 WRITE. TUt DEMONSTRATION NO OBLIGATION S0N0T0NE C. R- Adamson, Dist. Mgr. 839 E. Jackson Ph. SP 2-5904 ventory and cataloging present industries in the county. A visitation committee head ed by Frank Benesh is studying local industries and their prob lems. The long-range job "is bigger than most people realize," Bash said. "They look on industrial promotion as one big campaign to bring in smoke stacks." Smaller Activities "Basically we look upon in dustrial promotion as a host of smaller activities, the sum total of which may tend to make our area attractive to industries," he explained. Assets would in clude good schools,' churches, housing facilities, recreation ad vantages, equitable city and county taK structure, well planned residential areas and shopping facilities. Industrial literature designed to give factual data-on this area is proving iiuccessful, according to Bill WilSiams, executive of Western Components, the recently-formed electronics firm announced ly Harry and David. He said it has been "most gratifying tc find that top execu tives of industry . across the country rank the factual data published b:r our . chamber of commerce among the finest they have seen." , t J.j J&A j t 7'" ? RECEIVE GAVEL Raymond Reter, Medford ifruit packer, ac cepts the president's gavel of the Internationa l Apple associa tion from S. B. Davis of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Reter was elected president at the association's 63rd annual convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is owner of; the Reter Fruit company in Medford. "' EAST EVANS CREEK-MEADOWS Club Meeting Postponed By NELLIE BERGMAN East Evans Creek The Busy Beavers 4-H club has postponed the next meeting of the club until after the fair. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Terry and brother, John, went to Los Angeles, Calif., recently to bring back their brother, Don, who has been there taking several weeks training in the Navy. Mrs. Noy of Central Point at tended Sunday school in Meadows. Howard Brooks was Sunday School teacher in the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Art Fitzgerald and family of Central Point. " Mr. and Mrs. Piter also were visitors at the Meadows Sunday school. : Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Ellis of Antioch rd. attended Sunday School in the Meadows Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Overstreet and son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Orral Carney, all of Med ford, vjsited Sunday at the home of friends Mr. and Mrs. Emery Stingley. Guy Bishop Jr. and family of Aberdeen, Ida., spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bishop. Bishop returned 'to Ida ho, while Mrs. Bishop went to Ashland to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dawson. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mattison and Carolyn visited briefly in the Meadows with friends on Wednesday. Sunday, August II, 195T MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE visited in Medford with her niece, Mrs. C. R. Krieger, recently. There have been several rat tlesnakes killed recently in the Meadows. Miss Dorothy Terry is work ing in Ashland during packing season. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bergman visited the John Eek family on on Little Applegate recently. TOKYO BIGGEST CITY Tokyo OH Tokyo, the world's largest city, now has more than 8,500,000 residents, the city's statistics bureau has announced. . Mrs. Gertrude Hunt left Tues day for Boure, Texas, to be with her mother after spending sev eral days with her son, Venson. She recently returned from a year's stay in Japan visiting a daughter. Bible study will be held in the Meadows by Allan Hill, Aug. 12-16 from 9 a.m. until noon. Mr. and Mrs. James Gregg visited at the Carl Bergman home recently. Truman Bishop, assisted by Bob MacAllister, is building an addition to his home on Ramsy Canyon rd. Mrs. Amos Mapleden has been ill the last week with a bad in fected foot. . Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bergman the Korenian Collection . has been moved to ' The Lithia Hotel, Ashland 1:00-7:30 Daily so that more people may enjoy it ' See Page 5, Society Section WLL THE HONEYMOON EW ? Will the attention you receive before you buy your insurance be there afterwards? 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