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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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