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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO ,
Dec. 8, 1947 (Monday)
H.(p. Christenson of Medford,
elected president of Crater Lake
area council, Boy Scouts, at an
niral meeting.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: "Snow fell
Sunday in this burg, but prin
cipally in the nills where it
belongs."
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. -8, 1937 (Wednesday)
Season's first snow fell in
Medford in time for Santa Claus
to come into town tomorrow for
his first public 1937 visit.
Organized marketing of tur
keys explained at meeting of
Butchers local union 503, Amal-
t mated Meat Cutters, in the
gles hall on West Main st.
0
'.0 YEARS AGO
Dec. 8, 1927 (Thursday)
Water users of the Hopkins
lateral irrigation ditch discuss
the Public Water company's
raise of $4 per acre per year.
Word received by local au
thorities from, the state prison
at Salem says the De-Autremont
brothers, Hugh, Roy and Ray,
serving life sentences for the
Siskiyou tunnel murders, are
still employed in the lime plant;
they have been model prison
ers, according ot reports.
40 YEARS AGO
Dee. 8. 1917 (Saturday)
From local and personal col
umn: "The post office took on
. a holiday air this morning when
Postmaster Mims placed three
large wreaths of Oregon grape
and laurel berries on the wall
'. "You'd never have taken me
; alive and not before some of
you had bitten the dust, if I'd
had a gun," remarked John
" Henyon a Sheriff Davis of Mo-
O ' desto, Calif., Sheriff Smith of
Grants Pass and the large posse
. which surrounded him yesterday.
Qfer Your 1.0.7
Kinsr. or ten correct Is superior;
(even or eight is excellent: five or
six is good
" 1. Southern Sakalin and the
.- Kuriles were ceded to USSR at
. which conference?
2. Bible Did the "House of
Jehu" contains 5, 7, or 9 kings of
- Israel?
3. Which province in Ireland
' bears the same name as a man's
overcoat?
4. Is a pyrrhic victory one ob
tained at little or too great cost?
5. What is the slang term in
. "Poker meaning "pay up" or
"chip ift'"?
n.
6. Philippine Indepe nd e n c e
(-rj3ay fails on what month and
day?
7. Who was Jose de San Mar
tin? 8. "VVTio composed the "1812"
Overture"?
9. Did John Adams, John Q.
Adams, or T. Jefferson first oc
cupy the White House?
10. Is "Uncle Abner" a de
tective of: fiction, a comic strip
character, or an old time actor?
Answers: I. Yalta Conference
(Feb. 11. 1945). 2. Five. 3. Ul
ster. 5. Too great cost. 5. "Ante."
6. July. 7. Liberator of the South
American Republics. 8. Tschai
kowsky. 9. John Adams. 10. De
tective of fiction.
MAIL TRIBUJTE
Who Blundered?
What we would like to know about this American
Sputnik fizzle is who is responsible for fixing the
date, authorizing the world-wide advertising and the
Madison Avenue "build up."
The failure of the launching is not so surprising.
But the announcement of the date and the fanfare
of the great event about to take place with a regi
ment of star-reporters on hand to give an expectant
world all the fabulous details of the "greatest show
on earth" WAS.
IT IS claimed in some quarters this is the democratic
1 way. NONSENSE!
There are experiments going on all over the
country today which are classified as "top secret"
and no one outside knows anything about them, or
will until the experimental stage has PAST, and they
are well along in routine production.
That business-like procedure certainly should
have been followed in this case.
o
JNTIL some evidence to the contrary is presented,
it seems fair to assume that it was NOT followed,
because the responsible party or parties thrown
into a complete panic by Russia's two Sputniks took
not a. qualified risk, but an INEXCUSABLE fool
hardy risk on the off-chance that this time it might
succeed.
About as much sense to this sort of reasoning as
to Russian roulette. It is really a great pity. Whoever
is responsible for the sad affair is responsible for
delivering a blow to American prestige and morale
that may take many years from which to recover.
"THOSE administration apologists who claim all this
1 buildup and ballyhoo was essential in a democra
cy, might do a bit of researching back to the time the
first atomic bomb was in preparation.
That was in wartime but the same principle has
been carried out in secret U.S. armament experiments
ever since.
There were no press conferences called ; no dates
set for the "big explosion"; no world-wide broad
casts; there were plenty of experiments made but they
were made in secret, and the first thing the people of
this country knew about the atomic bomb was not be
fore the bomb had been successfully launched but
AFTER.
Why wasn't the same
in this case? It should have
democratic about it. It is plain prudence and common
sense.
That old saying "haste
a large factor in this regrettable national blunder.
R.W.R.
Two Points Cleared Up
We have been asked by a member of that cour
ageous but, we fear, increasing minority that seldom
misses an offering in the
tion of President Eisenhower and "The Indispensible
Man," we did not forget something? The "some
thing" was "Vice-President
No.
We purposely left him out' of the discussion
because we suffer from a profound allergy where
"Slick Dick" is concerned, and if we had brought
him in, the picture would have been distorted.
For it was our opinion
ter who the President's successor might be, for the
President with his prestige
it is, to resign and retire from public life, unless
physical disability compelled it, would at this time of
world crisis, be "UNFORTUNATE."
IN OTHER words, President Eisenhower is, because
here and abroad have in him, an asset to the country
at this particular time, which should be utilized, not
discarded.
So that's that. And we hope, clears up the ques
tion of "forgetfulness."
TPHE same source wondered if we noticed that the
same day we urged the President NOT to resign,
our favorite senator,. Wayne Morse, urged him to do
so. If so, "what have we got to say to that?"
Oh, not so much.
We have disagreed with Senator Morse before
and probably will again. Not very often and usually
regarding President Eisenhower only not as to
"Ike's" basic political beliefs, which this paper does
not share in, but as to the essential character and
characteristics of the man.
"IIELL that is what makes "hoss-races" differ
ences of opinion. Senator Morse is entitled to
his views and we thought he expressed them very
well in his statement last Wednesday and we are
entitled to ours.
So again that is that and we trust clears up that
particular point, to our communicant's satisfaction.
R.W.R.
Let Him Be
Speaking of Senator Morse's request that the
President resign, one of the senator's main conten
tions was that in the present crisis, the chief-executive
should not be in the President's age-bracket, but
young and in his prime. So while our senior senator
admitted, he had never thought much of Nixon
neither have we he would vastly prefer him to "Ike"
to take over the reins of government at this time.
'IXfELL there, of course, we part company com
pletely with the former Dean of the Oregon Law
School.
Sunday, December 8, 1957
general program followed
been. There is nothing un
makes waste," we fear was
column if, in our considera
Nixon."
and still is that no mat
and world-standing what
'See? THEm football in we mud
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Christmas at Fairview
To the Editor: Christmas for
Fairview!
With the welcome help of
willing hands and hearts of this
community, the local retarded
folks at the state residential
school, Fairview, in Salem, can
have a happy Christmas too.
And we want to remember the
families who have retarded folks
here at home.
Discarded toys, slightly used
color books, story books, balls,
stuffed toys, popcorn balls, dis
carded jewelry, music records,
Speaking from the allergic point-of-view, we
would far rather have "Ike" in a wheel-chair, than
"Dick" in striped pants and a morning-coat, in the
White House. We believe furthermore that the
former arrangement would be far better for the coun
try than the latter.
To those who now cry "prejudice," we admit it.
We are prejudiced, but only in the sense this depart
ment has always been PREJUDICED against the
Ku Klux Klan, rable-rousing, self-seeking, dangerous
demagogues and pulpit-thumbing evangelists, who
pretend to be concerned about mens souls, but are
only concerned about the night's gate-receipts.
They are all "phonies" and as often remarked in
this column, we don't LIKE "phonies" particularly
m the White House.
OOWEVER, we are not at the moment so con-
concerned with the above agonizing alternative,
as with the general principle of semi-senility, when
the allotted "three score and ten" is approaching or
has been passed.
Not much research is required to scotch this
assumption historically.
There is Premier Adenauer of West Germany,
for example, now in his eighties and ill, who less than
a year ago, had great difficulty recovering from a
severe attack of pneumonia. Yet who, with the best
interests of West Germany at heart and the allied
cause, would wish him to resign, if physical disabili
ties should not compel him to?
yHEN there was Gladstone, who after a stormy
public career of over 30 years at the age of 70,
conducted a vigorous campaign against Disraeli,
defeated him and went on. to be head of his govern
ment two more terms at the respective ages of 76 and
84, and in one of the most turbulent, critical and
eventful eras of the United Kingdom.
As we recall it no one suggested HE resign
because of age. -
FINALLY there was that doughty old pipe-smoking
veteran, Bismarck, in his 70s.
The German Chancellor was so powerful and had
everything so completely under his control, "that
young whippersnapper Kaiser Wilhem," put machine
guns at the windows of the imperial residence for
fear he would be overthrown.
He did finally demand Bismarck's resignation
after preparing for an outbreak for two, or three
years, but as far as recorded there were very few
in Germany who seconded the motion. It is more
over clear now in' retrospect that Germany would
have escaped one and perhaps two devastating na
tional catastrophes had the "old man" instead of
the "young man" remained at the helm.
17E ARE, of course, not maintaining that because
these three famous octogenarians did as remark
ably and successfully what they did after they had
passed the traditional alloted time, General Eisen
hower, should be expected to do the same. Not at all.
On the other hand the President has on three
separate occasions shown amazing vitality and recup
erative powers, he comes from very durable German
stock, and there is no evidential justification for pro
claiming "it can't be done," as far as he is concerned.
Finally, President Eisenhower is several years
away from the 70-mark, and even more important
gives every indication he not only feels like carrying
on but has to an astonishing degree shown the mental
and physical capacities to do so.
So our final word is "let him be."
When he shows some desire to quit his post will
be time enough to prepare for the agonizing Nixon
alternative. R.W.R.
story records, cosmetics (slightly
used lipsticks are welcome!) hair
ornaments, swim suits, beach
balls. And for the menfolks:
playing cards, checkers, puzzles,
clothing of all kinds.
The most useful stuffed toys
for our young retarded are
stuffed with nylon hose. This
makes a good use for old nylons,
makes the toys light weight and
washable and then, too, the chil
dren don't put the nylons up
their noses when the toy
"breaks," as they do beans or
shredded foam rubber.
A suggestion concerning the
balls: It's all right for some of
the color to be missing but the
balls must be big enough so the
kids can't flush them down the
toilet! Balls make an especially
welcome gift.
Last year, one group of wom
en, an H.E.C. unit, instead of ex
changing a dollar gift with each
other, gave $12 to buy gifts for
Fairview. We bought twelve
beautiful bright, permanently in
flated ruber balls. We gave six
to the women's cottage and six
to a girls' cottage. They are. still
having happy times with those
balls! You see, even though the
women are grown in body they
are stiU like little children. They,
too, need to play.
The swim suits (all sizes) and
beach balls are for the new
swimming pool at Fairview.
Forty-four years ago a wise su
perintendent at Fairview ex
plained the excellent therapeu
tic, healing qualities of a swim
ming pool, how the spastics
could make use of one.
Now about the costume jewel
ry. This is for the more ad
vanced young ladies. We espe
cially welcome damaged jewelry
from the stores. We do the re
pair work. And you, dear reader
(if you have got this far) feel free
to bring all kinds of discarded
jewelry.
There are 2,000 folks at Fair
view. There are 430 on the wait
ing list. There would be much
less pressure on Fairview if there
were more local facilities. A
Special Class in the public school
for the educable retarded, a
community training class for the
trainable, a sheltered workshop
for the older retarded folks. Tax
wise, Mr. Reader, it is much
cheaper to support community
services than to pay a thousand
dollars a year for care at Fair
view. There are many "forgotten"
children at Fairview orphans
because of the shame of their
mental handicap. You will be
truly sharing the Christmas spir
it when you remember them.
Neil and Violet Hachenberg,
(Phone GReenwood 6-6137)
519 S.E. 'H' St.,
Grants Pass, Ore.
It's All Because of Copco
To the Editor: This is also to
the people of Medford:
I'm leaving your fair city of
Medford. Do you know why? No
work in this town. Why isn't
there any work? As far as I'm
concerned it all boils down to
aear nttie uopco. Why you
folks haven't done something
about your heht bills I'll never
know. Do you think for one min
ute that your town will ever
grow and be healthy without in
dustry and do vou think industrv
will come in with those electric
rates? Sure Bill Dawkins stands
in front of the TV camera every
week and tries to explain in
some silly way how much taxes
they pay or how much money
the stockholders get. Baloney!
That doesn't help the little man
one bit. Now he is trying to push
more electrical products down
your throat if you need them or
not. He explained about all the
new buildings going up. Red
Cross, Armory, etc., but that
doesn't give anybody any work.
You all have friends in different
parts of the country, Seattle, San
Diego, St. Louis, Chicago, or
Florida, write to them, check
their bills against yours. He will
tell you people are coming in,
sure, but he doesn't tell you how
many are moving out. Why in
heavens name don't you folks
wake up? Get R.E.A. to come in.
Boy! They will jump then. Just
remember, no industry, no town.
Sorry to leave Medford but no
work, no eat and I'm used to
eating. They have a monopoly.
Mrs. Ray Johnson,
Rt. 2, Box 296,
Medford, Ore.
P.S. Mr. Editor, for your
town's sake will vou please Drint
mis letter?
A Nudists Lament
To the Editor:
On the hillsides of our valley,
not so very far away
Is a jolly little campground where
the nudists come to play.
Oh, 'tis fun to be a nudist, out
in the broiling sun,
Where you can stay until you're
rare, or possibly well done..
And then you take a little stroll
where poison oak grows thick
To gather up along the way a
chigger or a tick.
Then as the sun sinks lower
away out in the West
Comes out the small mosquito to
dance upon your chest.
Oh, the sun has cured your ail
ments and driven off your ills
And a penny saved is a pennv
earned in these days of mount
ing bills.
But now the weekend's over and
clothes you wear once more
And oh they are a nuisance for
you re feeling rather sore.
On Monday and on Tuesday you
just sit and itch and burn,
But 'round comes Wednesday
morning and the doctor takes
his turn
At giving shots and ointments to
heal your peeling hide
Just why his bill it is so big, I'm
sure you can't decide.
On Thursday and on Friday you
sit with your aches and pains
And hope that on this weekend it
just rains and rains and rains!
"Mrs. Shady Cove"
(Name on file.)
Waifs Happy
To the Editor: The members
of the board of directors of the
Southern Oregon Humane So
ciety wish to thank you for the
page one pictures and story
which appeared in last week's
Mail Tribune.
We are very happy that the
Humane Society has been
POTLUCK
(By M-T Staff and Contribution)
Potluck Column
Mail Tribune,
Medford, Ore.
Gentlemen:
In your column in last Sun
day's edition, you discussed the
best way for dog owners to keep
their pets warm at night in their
dog houses, but decided on no
solution.
For the benefit of other dog
owners who worry about this
problem, I have found the fol
lowing method to work per
fectly: At most any large drug store,
obtain an electric heating pad,
with three fixed heats. I have
found that the cheaper pads do
brought to the attention of the
public and I am sure the waifs
in the Shelter who found homes
because of the publicity, are
happiest of all.
Andrew Hawver, president
Southern Oregon Humane
Society,
2910 Table Rock rd.,
Medford, Ore.
To the Editor: The following
letter has been sent to Howard
Morgan, Oregon Public Utilities
Commissioner:
Dear Mr. Morgan:
I have just had a narrow
escape with a train, and called
the local PUC office here in
Medford. 'They said I should
send the complaint to you.
At 1 p.m. today, while travel
ing east on 11th st., I stopped at
the stop sign at the 11th st. rail
road crossing. The train signal
was not flashing, and I heard no
bell. Boxcars were parked along
the siding to the south of me, so
I proceeded with caution, be
cause vision was poor in that di
rection. Just as I approached the
main tracks, along came an en
gine traveling north at a speed
of 15 to 20 miles per hour, right
in front of me. There was no
flagman out, nor was there any
sign of warning whatsoever. The
train stopped just after it
crossed the street, one fellow got
out to change a switch. I was
frightened and afraid to continue
across, until the engineer waved
from the engine for me to pro
ceed.
This is quite a frightening ex
perience, and it seems to me
that more caution should be ex
ercised, particularly on the cross
ings that have such heavy traf
fic. I certainly hope there is
something you can do to elimin
ate such a hazard as this.
Mrs. Dorothy H. Stone
626 West Second St.
Medford, Ore.
Appreciate Workers
To the Editor. We would like
to take this opportunity to thank
our workers most sincerely, for
their part in the success of the
United Medford Crusade. Their
cooperation and hours of time
devoted to this worthwhile com
munity project are more than
appreciated. Aside from the fin
ancial success, we feel that, the
good-will and better understand
ing of the work of the participat
ing agencies is indeed of great
benefit to our community.
Mrs. E. J. DeVoe, Chairman
Mrs. Joe Hearin, CoChairman
Home Crusade Division
United Medford Crusade
Key to Christmas
,To the Editor: The Key to
Christmas is Christ. The day that
bears His name memorializes His
birth. Much deeper than the
sentiment attached to the arrival
of a child or the uhusal and
miraculous c i r c u mstances in
which His arrival took place is
the signifiance of His coming
and the purpose of His life.
Jesus was the prophesied Mes
siah. He was the longlooked-for
Deliverer. He was the Day
Spring from on High. Jesus was
Immanuel. The Saviour, The Son
of God among the sons of men
This day marks a season of
thoughtfulness for others. The
spirit of unselfishness crowds
out self-centered-ness, and sur
rounds us with an aura of fellow
ship in sharing. Such a spirit be
comes the day, for Jesus laid
aside His Glory for a while that
He might share with humankind
ever expectation Deity accorded
Him. He so gave of Himself as
to prove with His life and in
His death the Truth of His
words, "It is more blessed to
give than to receive."
This is a gladsome time! Our
hearts are made merry and light
by the many joyful things of
the Christmas season. Warm
sr-iles, thoughtful gifts, and the
exchange of pleasantries, all lift
us out of ourselves and make
us conscious of our fellowmen.
We find real joy in this. The
merriest hearts of all are those
in which the Christ has been
born anew and has matured a
soul into Godlikeness by the
force of His Presence. The angel
Chorus of "Peace on Earth" is
echoed by another which human
voices often raise, 'If you want
Joy, real Joy, wonderful Joy,
let Jesus come into your heart."
He is indeed the Key to the
merriest of Christmases.
May each of us find this Holi
day Season an enriching exper
ience worthy of the name it
bears.
Perry M. Johnson, pastor
Frist Baptist church
Phoenix, Ore.
not stand up under constant use
nearly as well.
Place the electric heatins? rad
in the dog house, and cover the
pad with a piece of burlap or
other porus material, and tack
the material securelv to th
floor of the dog house with large
headed roofing tacks, beins?
careful not to drive any tacks
into the pad itself. The burlap
keeps the pet from scratching or
moving the heating pad from its
proper position.
The heating pad can be hooked
up to any convenient outlet bv
boring a hole of proper size
about floor level at the back of
the doghouse and putting the
thermostat throush the hole and
fastening it to the back of the
doghouse. The thermostat need
only be set on its lowest settinz
in most cases and the pad turned
on and off as needed.
After several years use. I can
recommend this method to any
one who would like their pets to
be comfortable; especially those
with short haired dogs like my
own.
Sincerely.
Dennis C. Wyatt
Route 1, Box 30
Central Point, Ore.
Our city hall reporter
stumbled on a birthday ob
servance at the Medford po
lice station last week. Officer
Don Pursel, red-faced and em
barrassed, was listening to
"Happy Birthday" being sung
to him by the two office gals,
and four members of the force.
There was a cake, too a
large doughnut surmounted
with an eight-inch candle.
.
"Why I Am Thankful," by
Helen McKee, third grader at
the Griffin Creek school:
"I am thankful for my home
and family. I like to come home
from school and play in the sun
shine with the other children. I
am glad that I live in a free
country. I am thankful for God
and the gift of the world. I am
thankful for food and water.
"I am thankful for my clothes.
"I am thankful for our schools
and teachers and a good educa
tion. I am thankful for our Pres
ident Eisenhower. I am thank
ful that I can worship in the
church that I want to. I am
thankful that we have cars and
airplanes and other things to
travel in. I am thankful for
books and pictures." O
One of our reporters thinks
he's seen everything, after
watching a boy aged 13 or 14
come out of the movie "Jail
house Rock," who was display
ing to friends his water pistol,
which he kept in a small, detective-type
holster at hit belt.
Not all public servants are
pessimistic, we learn.
One such, asked about his ten
ure in office, declared, "I will
be sitting in this spot for a good
long time, and you can quote
me on that."
A man we know arrived
late for a mealtime meeting at
one of the local hotels, and a
waitress had to fix a place for
him. This she did, and brought
him a salad which was
graced by an olive seed, neat
ly cleaned of all the meat. He
wonders if maybe the infesta
tion of mice is worse than
reported.
A reporter who has been on
our start tor several montns
now, a college graduate, couldn't
decided whether to be compli
mented or insulted tm? other day
when he dropped in at a grocery
store on his way home for
lunch.
As he carried his purchases
to the cash register, , the cashier
asked him why he wasn't in
school. "What school?" our jan
replied flippantly. This irritated
the clerk, apparently, for he
again asked why he wasn't
school, why he was "cutting
school," and wasn't school good
enough for him, and so on.
Our man finally decided the
cashier was serious, and began
to be somewhat concerned about
having to explain things to a
truant officer. Then he told him
he'd finished college almost a
year ago, and left. But he still
has a hunch the man didnt be
lieve him.
Don Pulley, chief cook at
the Camp White domiciliary,
presides over the (preparation
of vast quantities of food each
day, so he looked a bit sur
prised when asked if he cooks
at home too. The inquirer was
surprised, in turn, at the an
swer: Yes, he does, sometimes.
Pulley estimates that his bak
ery turns out 105 pies (apple is
the favorite, lemon chiffon is a
close second) each day, and that
about 150 gallons of coffee are
made and consumed daily.
Our farm editor says, figuring
26 cups to a gallon, that's a lot
of coffee even for the city edi
tor, who is considered to be
quite a coffee hound.
A Medford woman, suffer
ing a pain ia the abdominal
area, received a prescription
from her doctor, which was
filled by a pharmacist. The
woman's husband thinks that
the druggist's choice of colors
for the pills was ill-considered.
They were pink and blue.
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