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I TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) PRESENT SCHOOL There is a great deal of difference between the Lone Pine school today and the tiny wooden structure that students attended when the district was first formed in 1857. Modern classrooms, a gym nasium, and a landscaped front yard make it one of southern Oregon's most attractive Lone Pine 1 00th Anniversary The 100th anniversary of the Lone Pine school will be held Saturday afternoon and evening, Sept. 14. A barbecue, homecom ing, and general reunion of for mer teachers and students will highlight the celebration. Dr. Arthur S. Taylor, histor ian at Southern Oregon college for the Oregon Historical Soci ety, will be one of the speakers. Master of ceremonies will be Richard Schuchard. Presentation of the football field to the school district will be made. Open house will fol low and ceremonies will follow the barbecue, which will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Original District The original school district 10 was formed by the division of district 5 by a line running from the mountain bounding the val ley on the East and crossing the bridge over the gulch at the northwest corner of the Con drees' farm. It then extended up the gulch to the mountain bound ing the valley on the west and leaving the Sampsons' farm in district 5 and thence bounded by the mountain to the place of beginning, including all the ter ritory in the upper part of the valley within the line. This district was organized and recorded Feb. 10, 1857, by John Flinn who was the superin tendent of common schools in Jackson county, Oregon terri tory, at that time. It was known as the Tolman district and since then has been known as the Dunn district, South Prairie, Red Top, and Lone Pine. First Building The first building used for the district was a frame one-room building located on what was then the W. A. Stewart proper ty, now owned and farmed by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kershaw. There were 32 registered pupils with an average attendance of half thai many. The first clerk for the district was Patrick Dunn. The school fund for the entire year was $104.68. In 1866 this district . became known as the Tolman district. In 1875 it became known as South Prairie. The average daily attendance was approxi mately the same. In 1887 a building was con structed across the road from the original structure on an acre of ground donated to the dis trict by Jesse Richardson. This was a one-room building with shiplap siding and painted white. The roof of this building was painted red and the school be came known as the Red Top school. It was also known and registered as the Lone Pine school because of the one lone pine tree that stood on the grounds. The grounds were en closed by a board fence. Water was carried to the school in buckets by pupils from the springhouse about a quarter of a mile from the building. Alcorn Sees 'Tough' Time for Republicans Minneapolis (IPl Meade Alcorn, Republican national chairman, said today the GOP faces a "very tough battle" in the 1958 elections, particularly in the farm belt. He said the party has "reason able prospects" for making gains in the House. The Senate, he added, will be "extremely diffi cult" since most of the seats at issue are in the traditionally Democratic Souths Alcorn was here to help kick off a Minnesota GOP "The Peo ple Speak" conference today and give a banquet speech tonight. He described farm area states as "the real battleground" of 1958. Alcorn told a news con ference the party is going all out to regain heavy losses suf fered in 1956 in these tradition ally strong GOP states. "Washington OP The Public Health service Thursday re leased 1,724.672 new shots of Asian flu vaccine 1,338.272 for civilians and 386,400 for the armed services. MAIL TRIBUNE School to Observe I " " """"1! 111! OLD SCHOOL This old one room school building, which stood where the Lone Pine school is now, served students of school district 10, east of Medford, from 1889 to 1925. After a new school was built, the building was moved to the back of the school property and served as a play room for the children dur ing wet weather. The district, now known as Lone Pine, is cele brating its 100th anniversary tomorrow. A barbecue dinner, be ginning at 5:30 p.m. is scheduled at the school. The public Is invited. Some of the older families in the community and the valley, the Richardsons, the Phipps, the Hockersmiths, the Castors, the Childers, and the Colemans, to name a few, attended school at this time. School was in session three months in the Spring and three months in the Fall. Teach ers received approximately $65 a month. Present Building The present building was start ed in 1926. The one-room build ing was moved to the back of the lot and used as a playroom in bad weather. The new building was partitioned into four rooms for the growing community. In 1933 two additional rooms were built on the south side and a lunch room added on the north side. Teachers were receiving about $100 a month for a nine month term. In 1938 the grounds were landscaped by Dewey Vincent. Seed for the lawn, two oak trees, one a chestnut oak and the other a scarlet oak, both having been sent here from Ohio, and shrub bery from the Hillcrest Orchard were furnished by Reginald Par sons. Charge for the grader and work of the lawn area was about $24. There was an additional need for playgrounds so a small Beck Allowed To Attend Convention Seattle (IP) Jaunty Team sters boss Dave Beck planned to leave for New York today with a U.S. district court judge's permission to attend the union's Sept. 30 Miami convention. Judge George H. Boldt grant ed Beck's request following his plea of innocent Thursday in Tacoma to charges of cheating the government out of $184,000 in income taxes for 1951-53. Judge Boldt also okeyed requests of Beck's son. Dave Jr., Fred Verschueren Sr. and Norman J. Gessert to attend the conven tion. The trio also had pleaded innocent to charges of conspiring with the elder Beck to evade his taxes. Beck Jr. said he was a Team ster organizer in an affidavit seeking permission to appear at the convention. Gessert, a cousin of Mrs. Beck Sr., said he had to go since he was a "general or ganizer" for the union. Ver schueren is a Teamster auditor. All three said they would leave next week. Judge Boldt said Chicago labor relations consultant Nathan Shefferman and his son, Shelton, will be arraigned in Tacoma Oct. 15 on conspiracy charges simi lar to those involving Beck Jr., Verschueren and Gessert. Both had been granted a continuance at their attorney's request. Friday. September 13. 1S57 schools. A barbecue dinner at the school to morrow evening, sponsored by the Lone Pine PTA, is to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the district and raise money for construction of a new turf field south of the classrooms built last year. The school now has an en rollment of about 275 students. Saturday ! amount of ground to the East was purchased by the school board. In 1948 the gymnasium and the cafeteria were added to this building. Mrs. Alice Trask, now of Sutter, Calif., and Mrs. Paul ine Crocker were the first man agers of the cafeteria. In 1944 Mrs. Crocker took sole manager ship and was there until 1954. Her husband, Herbert, was cus todian for 14 years from 1940 to 1954. Two rooms and two basement rooms were added in 1952. This year the new addition of six rooms was completed. The first Parent Teacher as sociation was organized by Mrs. J. L. Kershaw about 1920 but was dropped for lack of interest. A few years later it was reor ganized by Mrs. Mabel Thornton. The pine tree became diseased and was cut down in the fall of 1946. The forest service planted a small pine tree in the center of the lawn on the grounds a short time later. When you buy . . . buy from YOUR If dependent Insurance U AGENT Mmry to Jiftf ? ''iff When you need an immediate answer, you don't wont to write letters and wait doys for your answer. This agency prides itself on its readiness to help you at three o'clock in the morning as well as three in the after- s 1 -w7 wi .1.- DON STATHOS, INSUROR Professional Insurance Protection 220 South Central, Medford PHONE SP 2-2677 VA Reviews Points Vets Should Follow t To Start College Veterans planning to start school this fall under the Ko rean GI Bill are urged by the Veterans administration to fol low an eight-point check list, S. T. Brannock, officer in charge of the VA office, Medford, said today. VA regional offices and cen ters will process papers of en rolling veterans as quickly as possible. Incorrect applications slow the process both for the VA and veteran, Brannock said. The eight-point check list in cludes: 1. Veterans are allowed only one change of course. 2. Veterans not sure of their training goal may request VA vocational counseling. 3. Veterans should be sure their course has been Gl-ap-proved by the state in which the school is located. VA regional offices and centers can furnish information about approved courses. 4. Veterans should complete arrangements for admittance to school before filing applications with VA. 5. Applications should be com pletely filled out and signed. It should be sent, along with a pho tostat or certified copy of the veteran's separation paper, to the VA regional office or center serving his area. 6. The application should go to VA as soon as possible. 7. Veterans with dependents should have necessary proof of dependency ready when VA re quests it. For a wife, this would be a photostat of the marriage certificate; for a child, a photo stat of the birth certificate. 8. Veterans should take along enough money of their own to tide them over the first two months of their training. It takes that long, ordinarily, for the veteran's first check to reach him. Before VA may make a pay ment, it must receive a certifica tion signed by the veteran and his school, stating that he has completed a month's schooling The law allows VA 20 days after receipt of the certification to get checks in the mail, Bran nock stated. Proxmire Urges Ike To Fire Benson Washington (IP) Sen. "Wil liam Proxmire (D-Wis.) has urged President Eisenhower to fire Ag riculture Secretary Ezra T. Ben son. Benson should be replaced im mediately "with someone who will act promptly and with de termination to raise farmers' in come to a fair level," Proxmire said in a telegram to the Presi dent. Proxmire was a surprise Democratic winner over former Republican Gov. Walter Kohler in a special election Aug. 27 to fill .the seat of the late Sen Joseph R. McCarthy. He told the President his two to one victory as an "unmistak able repudiation of Secretary Benson and the farm policies which he has advocated." Washington (IP) Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson said today President Eisenhow er has asked him to remain in the Cabinet indefinitely "and I have consented." insurance an agent . .". . . . who is as close as the near est phone, ready to help you on any insurance problem re gardless of the hour or day. - - ym McLEOD Swinging Bridge Is Built Br CAROLINE L. HARDING McLeod Neighbors helped Harry Harding build a swinging bridge across Butte creek Sun day. Harding's other bridge was destroyed by high water in the December flood two years ago. Those helping were the L. C. Smith family," Hume family and Dussenberry family. After the completion of the bridge there was a picnic and a swimming party. Mr. and Mrs. L. Smith and family have moved from the Martin place to the Smallwood ranch at Shady Cove and Harry Smith is attending Eagle Point High school. Mr. and Mrs. Turner and fam ily have also moved from the Finstrom place on Rogue river to Shady Cove and Bill Tamer is also attending Eagle Point High school. Former residents Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse are now living in San Luis, Calif. Visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Tockstein are Mr. and Mrs. Everett McNeil Socialists Urged Ousier of Adenauer Bonn, Germany OPi The opposition Socialists appealed to West German voters Thursday night to oust Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in the general elec tions Sunday and end "one party rule." The Socialists announced that in no circumstances would they join Adenauer's Christian Demo crats in a coalition government after the voting. The Christian Democrats hit back with a warning that the "freedom and unity of our peo ple" is at stake. They remind ed voters of the booming econ omy and told them they never had it so good. 1 The latest public opinion straw poll makes the 81-year-old Ade nauer an odds-on favorite to win a third term. To the 1L liyilllli rS Ik V mmmm'miMitvmm) u . .... ........ .. H.i.uuujuijk wmmmmmmmgmt The man you see above watching a beautiful new 1957 Cadillac as it takes the sweep o the boulevard is representative of a goodly number of American motorists. He is a gentleman who would like ever so much to own a Cadillac car but who feels the time is not quite propitious for him to do so. Well, we have some sound advice for this gentleman, and for those like him, and it is this: Come in, sir, and see or yourself! First of all, you will find that today's Cadillac' car is exceptionally practical to own and to en;oy. In fact, its relatively modest cost, its wonderful efficiency of operation, its great dependability and its marvelous resale value mark it unmistakably as one of motordom's soundest investments. VISIT of Ukiah, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. George Kerns of Santa Cruz, Calif., have been visiting friends here. Mrs. Kerns, the former Ersie Tate, lived here several years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Matteson and daughter, Caroline of Sams Val ley, who have been living at the McLeod guard station all sum mer, are staying there this win ter. Caroline will attend Eagle Point Jligh school. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cham berlain have returned from a trip through Alaska. Chamber lain met his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Cham berlain, of Rye, N.Y., at Banff, Canada, and they all made the trip together. Hatfield Urges Delay In Bids at MacLaren Salem (IP) Delay in award ing bids for construction of ad ditional segregation units at Mac Laren school for boys was urged by Secretary of State Mark Hat field today. Hatfield said that in conduct ing interviews with five candi dates for superintendent, all had been unanimous in opposing the $273,000 project. Bids are to be opened Sept. 24. "The unanimous opinion of these men is that we were build ing an institution-within-an-in-stitution and that 'rehabilitation and administrative problems would be magnfied as a result," Hatfield said. "It seems only good manage ment to await the selection of the new superintendent before taking binding action on the pro posal of his predecessor." GIANT MUSHROOM Chicago ttPt Steak lovers who like their meat "smothered in mushrooms" almost had their wish until hotel cooks ruled against it. They decided not to serve guests a six-pound mush room more than two feet in diameter that came from a Wis consin forest. Man Postponing a D YOUR AUTHORIZED CADILLAC DEALER Freighter Crewmen Ordered To Appear Portland OP) Five members of the crew of the Norwegian freighter Thorshall were order ed to appear in federal court here today to show cause why they should not testify at a Coast Guard inquiry into the disaster. Capt. Mathias Mathiesen, cap tain of the freighter, responded to a Coast Guard subpoena order ing him to appear at the hearing in Coos Bay but the other four members did not appear. Mathiesen refused to answer any questions at the hearing. The Norwegian freighter and the army dredge Rossell were involved in a collision in the channel of Coos Harbor Tuesday that took the lives of four crew members of the dredge. An investigation into the cause of the accident indicated the Thorshall had defective steering gear. One of the bodies of the four dead has not been recovered. Mayor of Detroit Heart Attack Victim Detroit OPI Mayor Albert E. Cobo, who started out in the candy business and ran for gov ernor in 1956, died Thursday night of a heart attack. Cobo, 63, was stricken at his home Thursday. Doctors at Henry Ford hospital, where he was taken, said he rallied sev eral times before he dropped into a coma. His condition was described as an "acute coronary occlusion." Cobo, a native Detroiter who I Am Pleased to Announce the Opening of My New DENTAL OFFICE at 922 E. Main Dr. H. H. Bresee o Phone SP 2-2756 (Formerly in Medical Center Bldg.) And then you will discover that your dealer is currently prepared to give you a most generous allowance on your present car. In fact, the transi tion to Cadillac is easier today than it has been in many, many years. And, as if this were not sufficiently gratifying in itself, your dealer can assure you of prompt delivery on your favorite model. In short, if you are the man postponing his dream of a Cadillac, then the odds are that the "golden moment'.' has arrived! You should visit your dealer today take the wheel for yourself experience the marvels of Fleetwood luxury and listen to the revealing facts about Cadillac practicality. - He'll be waiting to welcome you soon! Suggestions Pay Off For State Employees Salem (IP) Ten state em ployees were awarded $530 in cash prizes today for suggestions to save the state money and im prove service. Top winners were two State Game Commission employees. Receiving $240 was Ray A. Hall, a conservation aide from Grants Pass, for his suggestion that deflectors be attached to. fish screens to eliminate exces sive wear upon machinery due to water infiltration. The idea will save an estimated $2400 an nually. Robert U. Mace, a Portland biologist, was given $175 for suggesting a new system of issu ing game tags and permits. Mace's suggestion, effective Jan. 1, 1958, will benefit the state approximately $2,000 yearly. described himself as a "small business backer at heart," was mayor in Detroit's non-partisan government since 1949. He did not seek reelection to the post this year and was scheduled to step down Jan. 3. RADIANT GLASS HEAT "The Sunshina Heat" Foi Free Estimate PHONE SP 2-9854 CLEAN . SAFE - MODERN 619 E. 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