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Meeting on Safely Fair Plans Slated For Monday Night Firms and organizations inter ested in participating in a "Safe ty Fair" in Medford in mid November have been ured to at tend a special planning meeting at 7 p.m. in the Pioneer room of the Jackson hotel. William M. Bell, state indus trial accident commission, chair man of the program committee, said details concerning contests and types of displays and dem onstrations will be announced at the no-host dinner meeting. Additional committee assign ments will be made and a gen eral discussion of the event is planned. The general discussion will be led by Myron Terpening, safety director of Bate Lumber com pany, Grants Pass, general chair man of the Southern Oregon Regional Safety committee. Accident Commission The safety fair will be under the auspices of the state indus trial acicdent commission. O. H. Smeltz is district supervisor of the commission. The industrial acicdent commission is making I an attempt to enlist the support of every segment of the com munity in order to plan a show which will be interesting and and informative to the public, Smeltz said. Groups and firms which al ready have indicated interest and support include Elk Lumber company, Medford corporation Medford Safety Council, Jose phine County Safety Council, police departments in Grants Pass and Medford, Ideal Cement company, California Oregon Power company, Bureau of recla mation, Bate Lumber company, Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm assocation, and other Individuals and organizations. dj - t Ilk ' o ft fgM . 1 4 ' Mir;' mi 1 s 4rff Shown her is a front view of the Dunbar Carpenter home. Foothills road, merit award winner in the 1957 Western Home Awards program, co-sponsored by the American In stitute of Architects and Sunset magazine. Designed by San Francisco architect, George T. Rockrise, the house sits on a flat-topped hill in Veritas orchards. The U-shaped plan en closes a garden court. A long porch-patio runs the full length ( of the house along the south side with paved terrace beyond and a view of the orchards. The living, dining, kitchen and family rooms which form the connecting part of the U look out to the south or into the inner court. The landscape archi tect was Lawrence Halprin. RADIANT GLASS HEAT "The Sunshine Heat" For Free Estimate PHONE SP 2-9854 CLEAN . SAFE - MODERN 619 E. Jackson MEDFORD. OREGON Portland Firm Plans Warehouse Expansion Portland One of the largest foreign car parts warehouses in the Pacific northwest will open in Portland by Riviera Motors, Inc., which will supply $300,000 worth of Volkswagen parts to serve Oregon, Utan and Mon tana. The firm's Oregon addition has been planned as another step in tne Volkswagen nationwide plan to make the car's service and parts supply comparable to any automobile on the road, of ficials of the firm said. Oregon cities with dealers serviced by. the new firm include Bend, Coos Bay, Corvallis, Eu gene, Klamath Falls, Pendleton, Portland Roseburg Salem, and Morse Motors in Medford. The Wisconsin state park sys tem was originated in 1900 with the purchase of the 675-acre In terstate Park near St. Croix Falls. FALL WEATHER IS COMING! Why Not Dress Up Your Drain Boards With a New Formica Top? IT'S DONE RIGHT by LAYRITE Layrite Linoleum 526 E. Main Ph. SP 3-2540 EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, September 12, 1157 The inner garden court of the Dunbar Carpenter home, one of the merit award win ners in the 1957 Western Home Awards pro gram, has attractive plantings and a pool with small fountain. Styled on contemporary lines. the home has "living areas" rather than rooms. The family numbers five persons, Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter and their three chil dren, Karen, Scott and Emily. M7 cmDD Th UNITED way is the best way to better our community The entire community benefits when you join your neighbors in giving the United woy. Your contribution helps support a whole year's work. tocof neofrh ond weffore ogencier, families, children, the aged, HI and handicapped . . . they all look to you for help. Aiding them makes every one hoppier . . . including you! You ore onfy osVed to g!ve once, so give generously. Enjoy the satisfac tion of extending a helping hand to those less fortunate than yourself. They're counting on you! GRAN DVI EW-LONE PINE Merry Maids Win Prizes By LILLIAN KNIGHT Grandview-Lone Pine Dur ing the recent 4-H fair here, the Lone Pine Merry Maids under leader Mrs. Bud Mitchell dis played some of their handiwork and Georgia Mitchell and Eve lyn Young took first prizes for their sewing. These same articles were dis played at the State fair in Salem where Doris Young and Susan Hall took first prizes in sewing. In the cooking group Jerita Leeper won first prize for her muffins and Sally Flett took sec ond. Georgia Mitchell took sec ond prize for her butter cake and Laurel Flett took third for her cookies. Doris Young also won a prize for her muffins, and Su san Hall for their cakes. MILKp 0 ers league toauc Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tegard of Tacoma, Wash., were recent visi tors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Cameron. They went from here to California and Mrs. Cam eron received word from them recently that they had a wreck and were in a San Jose hospital. Miss Barbara Davis, state child welfare representative, from Portland, called on Mrs. L. L. Poutre of 2653 Buckshot Hill road on Sept. 13. Mrs. Poutre op erates a state licensed home for mentally handicapped infants, which is the only one of its kind in southern Oregon. The license to operate the home was granted to Mrs. Poutre on March 1 of this year. She calls the home "the Doll House." The home is certified for eight ba bies, and at the present time Mrs. Poutre is caring for four. Grandview-Lone Pine Mr and Mrs. Jack Libolt and two children, Janet and Mike, of Eu reka, Calif., returned to their home after spending the Labor day weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Bud Mitchell and family. Libolt and Mrs. Mitchell are brother and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stroup and their two sons, John and Richard, took their boat to Shasta lake, where they spent most of the week of the Labor day holiday. Mrs. Walter Stroup, president of the Lone Pine PTA and gen eral chairman of the recent cen tennial committees, expressed her thanks to those who helped to make the centennial celebra tion possible and to all those who attended. Gold Hill Youths To Receive Awards Gold Hill Two Gold Hill youths will receive Eagle awards at a Boy Scout Court of Honor meeting Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 8 p.m. in the Gold Hill Grange hall on Sixth ave. Receiving the awards will be Charles Johnson and Richard Hammersley of Explorer Post 43. Both boys attend Crater High school, where Charles is a fresh man and Richard is a junior. Besides the presentation of the Eagle awards, advanced awards and merit badges will be. pre sented at the meeting to other scouts in Gold Hill Boy Scout Troop 43 and the Local Explor er Post 43. A special program has been arranged by Robert Schmidt, who is the Explorer advisor, and Jim Coward, the Scoutmaster of troop 43. Refreshments will be served with Mrs. Paul Molloy in charge. Mrs. Susan Cole Haynes of Ukiah, Calif., was a recent visi tor at the Bud Mitchell home. She was a former teacher of Bud's and this was their first meeting in 34 years. . Sales - Rentals Folding WHEEL CHAIRS Open Sundays and Holidays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m HUDSON'S PHARMACY 613 E MAIN PH. SP 3-534S 1 Block East of Hawthornn Park Carpenter Home Wins Western Award Menlo Park The Medford home of Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar Carpenter, designed by San Francisco architect, George T. Rockrise took a merit award in the 1957 Western Home Awards program, the awards committee announced today. The home was one of 28 award winners in the recent design competition co-sponsored by the American Institute of Architects and Sunset Magazine. Entrants included architects from the 11 Western states and Hawaii. The purpose of the program, was "to focus widespread public atten tion on outstanding Western res idential architecture." The Medford winner is lo cated in Veritas Orchards, Foot Hills road. Built on a flat-topped hill, the U-shaped house encloses a garden court. The bedrooms form one wing; family and ac tivity rooms form the connecting part; carport, storage and work rooms form the other wing. The living, dining, kitchen and fam ily rooms look out over the or chards to the south and into the inner court. A long porch-patio runs the full length of the house on the south with pavement be yond, offering varied outdoor dining and lounging areas. Many Entered Two-hundred eighty-five of the top homes in the West were en- j tered in the program, one of the I largest group of homes ever as sembled in a design competition. Homes built in the past 3 years and designed by a registered architect were eligible. Entries included both custom-built and subdivision-designed homes. Six Northwest architects won top awards. Three of the top 7 honor awards went to Paul Hay den Kirk of Seattle; one to Paul Thiry of Seattle. Awards of mer it went to: Ralph Anderson of Seattle; Bassetti and Morse of Seattle; two to Robert Bills brough Price of Tacoma and Ter ry and Moore of Seattle. The winning Pacific Northwest architects will receive their awards at the Northwest A.I.A. district meeting in Gearhart, Ore., October 18. The 28 award winning homes will be featured in the October Sunset, and in special exhibits of photographs and plans that will go on display in several cities. Included will be Meier &. Frank, Portland, October 14 through October 18; Macy's, San Francisco, September 23 through September 30. Members of the seven-man jury selecting the award win ners were: Carl Koch, architect, (jury chairman), lecturer at the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology; designer of the "Tech-Built" house. Thomas Church, pioneer of contemporary garden design, author of 'Gardens are for Peo ple." Harwell Hamilton Harris, arch itect, .designer of outstanding West Coast homes, formerly Di rector of the School of Archi tecture at the University of Texas. Proctor Mellquist, editor, writ er on architectural and planning subjects, editor of Sunset Magazine. Charles Eames, designer, for mer head of experimental de sign at Cranbrook Academy of Art; designer of the famous Eames modern furniture. Gardner Dailey, architect, pi oneer of contemporary archi tecture in California, designer of Honolulu's Surfrider hotel. George Pardee, developer of architect -designed, mass - built houses; president of the Home Builders Institute, Los Angeles. Attention! Peoples Market NOW OPEN TILL 11 P.M. Daily 304 N. Main, Ashland Across from Briscoe School RUDE AWAKENING Chicago (IP) Police dis missed charges against Robert Regilio, 19, who claimed he had no control over his speeding car. The youth said he fell asleep in his car and when he awoke two men and two women were in the car with police in hot pursuit. Easy to apply Dries quickly Covers more surface area Tough Durable No fading, peel ing or cracking For Everything You Want in a Paint . . . Ask for GLIDDEN PAINT ... It Costs Less to get the bestl S&H Green Stamps Too! 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