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FOURTEEN MEDFORD OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, December 8, 1957 mr'w??m57r wwTr ' aftr ji i 1 1 icti" ,1 mi. ,i i. , i,i ii Trim tt I COURT ROOBf Juvenile delinquents will be tried Friday of y eacliv week in this special courtroom at the detention home by Circuit Judge Edward Kelly and a group of juvenile officers. A room adjacent to this one will serve as the judges chambers. ; y t 1 iif! : r 1 1 " f' , ,A . I ' .: .:' . - 'i s- ,. a i , - . M ft jgdf.' iODCR tlTCHEN This modern kitchen at the Juvenile De tention home behind the Medford armory is where food will be prepared for occupants of the institution. The kitchen is equipped (with a large food freezer, a commercial-type refrigerator and an (automatic dishwasher. Other equipment includes an automatic hashing machine and clothes-dryer. Pori-er Says Oregon Cheated Out of Funds Fop Federal Washington Congressman Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) has notified Sens. Albert Gore (D Tenn.) and Richard L. Neuberger (lOre.) that Oregon has been "cheated out of $1,693,885 a year" because of a new formula apoted by the U. S. forest service and the bureau of public roads on apportionment of federal for est highway funds to the states. He asked for a full investigation of the matter. Gore is chairman, and Neuber ger is a member, of the subcom mittee on public roads of the sen ate committee on public works. The subcommittee is currently holding a series of hearings in western states on the forest high way program and on forest de velopment roads and trails. It is scheduled to hold a hearing in Portland Dec. 11. In a letter to the two senators Porter noted that the new for mula was announced in. the fed eral register of Nov. 6. Appears to Benefit "At first look, this formula ap pears to benefit the state of Ore gon in that the amount of for est highway funds to be appor tioned to Oregon for the next fiscal year will be increased by about 5173,000 over the current year," Representative Porter said. "However, on consideration it becomes obvious that Oregon has fared badly under ". this amendment." Under the original formula, in use since 1922, Oregon would have received about S6, 000,000 for its forest highway system for Qhe year starting next July 1. However, under the new formu la, just announced Oregon will receive only $4,306,115. The long-standing formula call ed for dividing up the forest highway fund among the various states on the basis of 50 points for the national forest area with in each state and 50 points for the national forest value within each state. The new formula al lows 75 points for area and only 25 points for value. "Oregon's national forest lands are more valuable than the for est lands of any other state," Porter said. "The forest service itself proved this in its reeval uation of all the national forest lands during the past several months." . Porter said that, in his opin ion, the reevaluation was long overdue and the result, a gen eral upgrading of the valueoof Oregon's vast timberland, was "no surprise." "Why the forest service and the bureau of public roads have now taken it upon themselves to cut back Oregon's rightful share of these funds, based on the up dated valuations, is a mystery to me," Porter said. "The two agen cies have agreed arbitrarily, without consultation with any committee of Congress, to aban don' the time-honored formula for determining the apportion ment of this fund." "It is a matter," Porter said, "in which the administration has verstepped its discretion and perhaps its authority. It is a mat ter which deserves investigation Highways by the Public Works committee of the Senate in connection with its current hearings in the West on bills affecting the forest highway program." The federal highway fund of $30 million a year is authorized by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. The fund is used for the construction and maintenance of arterial highways which are within or adjacent to federal forest lands. Barker-Hart Agency Announce Expansion Expansion plans for the Barker-Hart Agency, dealing in in surance and real estate, have been announced by Chris Bark er, Medford, co-owner of the firm. A formal opening will be held Tuesday, Dec. 10, in the new of fices at 617 East Main st., Med ford. Floyd Hart Jr., Medford, partner in the agency, will serve as manager of the office. Barker has operated his own agency in Central Point since 1954. Hart joined the firm in 1956 and became a partner in the operation in 1957. Both men have been active in civic affairs in Jackson county. The Central Point office will remain under the management of Barker, who will act as gen eral manager of the enlarged op eration. Authority Granted Firm to Operate Line Temporary authority has been granted the Oregon Nevada Call fornia Fast Freight lines to oper ate the Southern California Freight lines, according to Car rol J. Roush, president of the firm. The line will offer service be tween Washington and the Mexi can and Arizona borders, he said. Through rates with connect ing carriers to many points is now possible ,he added. There will be a saving in shipment times through the new arrange ment, Roush said. Local offices of the Oregon Nevada California Fast Freight lines are at 443 South Riverside ave. 85 Cases of Flu Reported Last Week Eighty-five cases of influenza were reported in Jackson county during the week ending Friday, according to the Jackson county health department. Of the total, 55 of 'them were in Medford, 13 in Ashland, 12 in Rogue River, three in Trail and two in Phoenix.- - Other communicable diseases reported last week included five mumps, one strep throat, one infectious mononucleosis, one German measles, and five pneumonia. 'Gov. Holmes Will Give Address Next Sunday Afternoon Gov. Robert Holmes will give the dedication address at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at the new Jackson county juvenile deten tion home, and Lane County Circuit Judge William S. Fort. who has handled most juvenile cases in Lane county, will be principal speaker, according to Kay Crowell, director of the ju venile department. Open house is scheduled at the detention home between 2 and 9 '. p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Dec. 14, 15 and 16 After dedication and open house, the detention home will be plac ed into use. Construction of the building was completed recently, and rooms, and administrative rooms have been furnished. Remaining to be completed is landscaping, and the Medford Junior Cham ber of Commerce today plans to plant shrubbery and trees, some of which have been donated by various garden clubs in this area. The planting is scheduled to start between 1:30 and 2 p.m. today. Culmination of work The new juvenile home is the culmination of 12 years of work by county officials to secure a Deuer juvenile counselor pro gram for Jackson county. The low fireproof building is located 2V2 miles from the county courthouse in the old fairgrounds area. The structure is of poured concrete and bal salt with white gravel roof de signed to fit harmoniously and inconspicuously into its sur roundings. Across the front of the build ing are located a juvenile court room, judge's chamber, and of fices for professional staff. The reception area will serve three functions, court, counselling and detention. Its attractiveness is brought out by the window walls, birch panelling, vinyl tile flooring, and attractive drap eries. The section housing the deten tion home staff connects the administrative area with the de tention area. It consists of a living room and bedroom with connecting bath on one side for the superintendent and his wife, the matron, Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Swan, Medford." Across the corridor is a room and bath for relief help. Also located in the corridor is the superintendent's office for admitting new arriv als. This is away from the gen eral reception area. Living Quartess Behind the staff living quar ters are those for the children. These include four rooms for girls at one end and eight rooms for boys at the other end. This wing is poured with concrete, and has security windows and steel doors fixed with hinges and locks on the corridor side. Each pair of single rooms has a toilet and wash basin. A plumbing access closet be tween each pair of rooms makes clogged plumbing easily accessi ble without entering the rooms. Curtains have been eliminated since they are dangerous for disturbed children, being easily converted into instruments for hanging or can be ignited, ju venile authorities said. Walls are pastel-colored, peach for the girls, cream for the boys. Bed spreads will be gay and color ful. The simple furniture, which includes a bed, and desk with stool, is considered by county juvenile authorities to be ade quate for a child's needs. Show ers highlighted . with bright-colored tile are provided for each of the units. Behind the children's quarters is. the recreation room and the kitchen. The recreation room has a view of Roxy Ann butte from its large window wall and will serve as both living and dining room for children. The galley type kitchen occupies one cor ner of the living room and is separated from the main room by glass walls so the matron may keep an eye on group ac tivities. Kitchen equipment in cludes a dishwasher, both for hygiene and because children de test washing dishes, more than anj other chore, according to the county juvenile officials. Radiant Heat Radiant heat filtering through concealed copper tubing in the cement floor heats the building. The two people on the staff will be custodians primarily, ac cording to Mrs. Kay Crowell, di rector of the Jackson county juvenile department. The near ness of the detention quarters to professional offices will per mit counselling of children by a professional staff without de lay when emergencies arise, she added. "Arrangements will be made with public school systems for a visiting teacher when contin uation of formal education is indicated," Mrs. Crowell said. "Planners realize many children when apprehended are too dis turbed to benefit from formal ed ucation." In many cases, cause JUVENILE OFFICERS Pictured above in one of the offices of the new Juvenile Detention home are, left to right, juvenile officers Larry Tweedy and Miss Joanne. Sorg and chief juvenile probation officer Mrs. Kay Crowell. Dedication of the new home will take place Sunday, Dec. 15. Open house will be held follow ing the dedication ceremonies. ' -r-Vi HHBI I ' tr.n'l,'--- CHILDREN'S QUARTERS rooms that will house juvenile delinquents at the new Detention home line the hallway in the picture above. There are no door knobs on the inside of the doors but automatic equipment unlocks them all in case of a fire or other emergency.. Other features of the rooms are special beds which are anchored to the floor and stainless steel mirrors. Boy's quarters are on one side of the building and girl's on the other. for their detention arises from rebellion in the classrooms, of ficials said. "An attempt at for mal education is futile until em otional tension and blocking has been substantially reduced," she added. Firm, Impartial "It is also most important that a child learns adults can be in terested, friendly, and kind and care for his needs at the same time be firm and impartial," she explained. Community resources will be drawn upon which include medi cal care and physical examina tions from the county health de partment, psychological and psychiatric services from the child guidance clinic, religious guidance from members of the ministerial association, and the local Catholic parish on an indi vidual child basis, and recrea tion direction from Southern Oregon college, either provided by student teaching experience or on an hourly fee schedule. The story behind the construc tion of the new detention home is a 12-year history,- Mrs. Cro well said. When the juvenile court came under the circuit court, Circuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna asked citizens and civic groups inter ested in control of juvenile de linquency and welfare to send delegates to a meeting to dis cuss the situation. The resulting group became known as the "advisory council to the juvenile court." Arising out of this committee was a steering committee known as the "executive committee of the ju venile court's advispry council." Executive Committee The executive committee is composed of nine members, three elected each year to serve for three years. The members consult directly with the juven ile court judge and the juvenile department pertaining to policy, procedure and personnel. .The committee and its subcommit tees on program, personnel, de tention home plans, and deten tion program meet as frequently as needed. It also meets regu larly for a half hour before the regular monthly meeting of the advisory council. The advisory council serves as a liason group between the ju venile court and the community. Reports are made to it by the judge, executive committee and the juvenile department staff. Methods and experiments tried elsewhere are discussed in the program outlined by a subcom mittee of the executive commit tee and the department staff. Outside speakers are brought in to broaden the group's range of knowledge. Experts in various fields have been appointed to serve as non voting consultants. The director of the juvenile department also serves the executive committee in this capacity. The council's first achievement . in.. -1- .iillM.n.feliMliniiii.nM- The doorways to the individual was inobtaining community ac ceptance of the need for quali fied personnel. The National Probation ard Parole associa tion (NPPA) was asked to sur vey Jackson county's detention needs and to make recommenda tions. The survey was paid for by popular subscription. Deten tion quarters like the present one were recommended as a re sult of the survey. In July of 1952 the juvenile department director resigned and Mrs. Kay Crowell was se lected. After an all-out campaign a special tax measure was passed by a 3 to 1 margin Nov. 2, 1954. This special tax is used to finance the building construc tion and its operation. Mrs. Crowell said it would be "impossible to give credit to all those persons to whom credit is due for this project but some of the most active ones include: Officials Listed "H. K. Hanna, judge, circuit court, Jackson county; Edward C. Kelly, ji'.dge, circuit court, Jackson county; Rodney - Keat ing, judge, county court, Jackson county; Chester Wendt, county commissioner; Ralph James, county commissioner; L. G. Morthland, former county com missioner. "Others deserving special mention are William Abbott, James McGoodwin, Mrs. Victor Birdseye, Anthony Lausmann, j Robert Duncan, all former chairmen of the advisory coun cil and ; executive committee; Erie Allen Jr. Mrs. Henry Padg ham, Mrs. Blanche Lyman, Mrs. Una B. Inch, Dr. William Miller, Dr. Elmo Stevenson, Mrs.' Dun bar Carpenter, Miss Dana Platz, Mrs. Clarence Drummond,' Mrs. Maude . House. Dr. Frederick Trost, Frank Durante,. Mrs. B. C. Tennant, Kenneth McHugh, Wayne Welty, all past and pres ent members of executive com mittee. "Support and help has always been willingly given by repre sentatives of civic organizations, and law enforcement agencies," according to Mrs. Crowell. Holmes To Speak In New York City - Salem (IP! The governors' conference of states with fair employment practices laws will be addressed next week in New York City by Gov. Robert D. Holmes. The conference, scheduled for the Waldorf Astoria hotel, has been called to discuss three FEP topics including federal-state co operation and the elimination of discrimination in employment. Gov. Holmes will speak at a luncheon session presided over by New York Gov. Averell Har riman. State Labor Commission er. Norman Nilsen also will rep resent Oregon at the meet. COMFORTABLE QUARTERS This picture shows a corner of a cubicle in the Camp White Domiciliary. The beds have attractive striped counterpanes to match the dynamic color scheme of the whole room. A table and chair and a locker for clothing and miscellaneous gear can be seen in the corner beside the bed. Domiciliary officials say beds would be of the hospital type and the rooms plainer than this ward if a veterans hospital is estab lished there as proposed by the veterans groups here and the Eagle Point Grange. ' 'S EXAMINE OVEN Miss Gladys McCracken, chief dietician at Camp White Domiciliary, left, peers into the new propane rotary oven used in the Camp White kitchen. . Talking to her is Don Pulley, chief cook at Camp White White for seven years. The large oven will hold 105 pies or 16 roast pans each pan contain ing 100 servings of meat. With equipment such as this in the kitchen already, officials at the Domiciliary estimate little addi tional equipment would be needed if a veterans hospital is estab lished there. The idea has long been advocated by the American Legion here and now by the Eagle Point Grange. At the Grange Shady Cove Grange Shady Cove Grange will meet Saturday evening, Dec. 7, at 8 p.m. in the music room of the Shady Cove school. . . . The 'HEC of the Shady Cove Grange will meet Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. at the Lewis Dusenberry home in Trail. Ther.e will be in stallation of officers as well as the Christmas, party and ex change of gifts. Butte Falls Grange L. D. Boggon, of the high school faculty, presented the film "Power of Liquids" by the Shell Oil company, to members of the Butte Falls Grange. The Grange then met in regu lar session with Master Elga Abbott presiding. Past Master Ted Fredenburg conferred the first and second degree obligation to Eugene Wright, Mr. and Mrs, Robert Wills and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Laird. Mrs. Jim Arnold reminded members that the Bloodmobile will be in Shady Cove Dec. 10, from 3 to 7 p.m. Every one is urged to donate blood. The Eagle Point Grange is holding an installation of offic ers Sunday, Dec. 22, at 1 p.m., and extended an invitation to the Butte Falls Grange. Officers to be installed are master. Elga Abbott; overseer, Roy Green;. WE HAVE AMPLE OFF STREET PARKING MAIN Look The best Comer-Morris "Your TV Weatherman" KBES-TV Monday Thru Friday 6:00 p.m. Member National Selected Morticians by invitation lecturer, Maud Arnold; steward, Everett Moore; assistant steward, Dean Stockton; chaplain, Kizzie Edmondson; lady assistant ste ward, Velma Casey; treasurer, Ted Fredenburg; secretary, Min nie Green; Flora, Zella Dean; Ceres, Lucy Smith; Pamona, Margy Stockton; gate keeper, Robert Elsom. At the close of the Grange, home made pie, ice cream and coffee were served by Mrs. Jim Arnold and Mrs. L. Casey. The HEC of the Butte Falls Grange will meet Dec. 10, 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Elga Abbott. All ladies of the Grange are urged to attend and bring fin ished articles for the bazaar. Also small gift wrapped Christ mas packages which will be sold at the bazaar. The bazaar will be in conjunc tion with the Butte Falls Garden : club Christmas sale Dec. 13, at the city hall and will start at 10:30 a.m. Temperature Hits 81 At Kingsville, Tex. New York UP) The highest reported temperature in the na tion Friday was 81 degrees,- at Kingsville, Tex. Lowest reported today was seven below zero at International Falls, Minn. PARKING Conger - SERVICE STATION STREET for the directional sign in front of Conger-Morris costs no more, why accent less? WEST MAIN AT SIXTH ASHLAND MORTUARY 4th and C Streets Ashland Rules for Mailing From Offices Listed Residents of areas served by second, third or fourth class post offices may send parcels up to 70 pounds and 100 inches, length plus girth, between other second, third or fourth class post offices, according to post office regulations. According to regulations the size and weight limits are larger for residents of a second or lower class post office if they send the item to another office which is not first class. This does not mean Medford residents can' mail parcels at a second class post office at the lower rates, according to Med ford post office officials. They said such practice is a federal violation. People preparing parcels for mailing during the Christmas season should contact the post ui.j.ice 11 mey are in aouoi aDoui the size, weight or contend re quirement, officials added. Polio Cases Drop Health Board Says i Portland HP) The State Board of Health said Saturday the number of polio cases in Or egon has dropped from an aver age of 337 for the five years pri or to 1956 to only 42 in the first 10 months of 1957. The board added that with im munization of more Qchildren through Salk vaccine, polio is becoming an affliction of older people. Of the 1956 count, more than 58 per cent of the paralytic type were among persons more than 20 years old. ioikurijoa cm! THE ZENITH -WM.OMAT" SUF-ON HEAKINO AID Worn entire ly at the ear. Plugs in stantly into tiny, light weight ear mold. 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