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.-a I I if 23 Miles of Paved Last A total of 23 miles of roads were paved during the past calendar year, according to Paul Rynnir.g, county engi neer. Rynning estimated that ap proximately 15 miles had a mat coating applied. The mat coating consists of heavy as phalt with rock on top. An estimated 12 miles of dust oil ing had been spread on county roads. People living along the roads paid for the oil, Ryn ning explained, and the coun ty applied it. Heaviest construction for the year included grading and rock surfacing four miles of the road between Butte Falls and Prospect, grading and rocking five miles on the Dead Indian rd. and reballasting 214 miles of it with rock. Other projects included con structing five miles of Apple gate rd. and grading and BUTTE FALLS Wei! Baby Clinic Set By MARY JO HARRIS Mrs. Driskell and Linda are Butte Falls The new date I brother and sisters of Mrs. for the well baby clinic has Irwin been set for Thursday, Jan.' , 16, from 1 until 3 p.m. TheLtMr- JJ Rogers, clinic wil be held in the Butte Wr: ,and, Mrs- ,BU Rodgers Faii w,t, v,.,oi aHHm-;m i and family went to Pasadena for. children six months to i four years of age. The attend ing physician will be Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson coun ty health department. Residents have enjoyed a fairly mild winter so far, but men have had more snow and mud to contend with in the logging operations. As a re sult many residents have suf fered severe colds, sore throats and flu which has put several in the hospital over the past few weeks. Mrs. Doug Finch recently entered Sacred Heart hospital with a serious respiratory condition. Mrs. Finch is now convalescing at her home and is reported much improved. Charles (Red) Capello re cently entered Sacred Heart hospital where he underwent surgery for acute appendici tis. He was released from the hospital Tuesday, Jan. 7, and Is now at his home convales cing. Mrs. Clyde Moore recently ntered Rogue Valley hospital for a one-night stay. She un derwent surgery to have a icrew removed from her leg. One year ago Mrs. Moore suf fered a badly broken leg as a result of falling on icy roads. The next regular meeting of the PTA will meet Monday night, Jan. 13, at the Butte Falls High school. The ladies of the Grange HEC will meet Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 1:30 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Everett Moore. Installa tion of officers will be held at that time. Mrs. Green will act as installing officer. Offi cers to be installed are Mrs. Elga Abbott, chairman; Mrs. Everett Moore, vice-chairman; Mrs. Jim Arnold, secretary-treasurer. Members, new and old are urged to attend. ; The Butte Falls Lions aux ; Hiary met Monday evening, ! Jan. 6, at Scotties cafe. One ! jighlight of the evening was j the drawing of secret pals by i members present. Absent members will draw at the next meeting which is sched ; uled Feb. 3. Following bas ! ketball season, the auxiliary I will meet on Tuesday nights. ; A Lion'O party will be ; held Jan. 25 in the Union Hall i for the March of Dimes. This ! party will be sponsored by the Lions auxiliary. ; Visiting in the Everett ! Moore home for the holidays !was Gordon Moore of Sacra Imento, Calif. He is a gradu- ate of Butte Falls High school and is working now as tech nician in the motor vehicle ; department of California. ; Moore is a son of the Everett ; Moores. Mr. and Mrs. Phar ;oah Dyer. Mr. and Mrs. Joe ;Dyer and daughter, Sallv. spent Christmas Day in Med ford at the home of Mr. and I Mrs. Booth Dyer. Joe and ! Booth are sons of Pharoah. ; Mr. and Mrs. Gene Irwin I went to Brookings to spend : the holidays with Mrs. Irwin's ', parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ellis. Additional guests were Mrs. Don Driskell and chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. Barney ; Ellis and girls and Miss Linda ; Ellis of Brookings. Barney, Soles Rentals Folding VHEEL 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 3-5345 1 Block East Hawthorne Park County Roads Were Year, Rynning Says eravel surfacing it. Thompson Creek rd. was graded and gravelled for about two miles. Adams rd. near Talent was graded and rock-surfaced for about a mile, the county engi neer said. Several places were widened on the Sterling rd. About four miles of the North River rd. between Rock Point and Rogue River were graded and rocked. Evans Creek rd. was widened in several places. Some right-of-way clearing was done on the Meadows rd. Two miles of the Nick Young rd. near Eagle Point was reballasted. The road to Fish lake from the hatcheiy at Butte Falls also was widened. Rynning said county crews crushed 250,000 cubic yards of rock-gravel last year. Much of it was used on roads during the year and the remainder put in stock piles for future to spend the Christmas holi- aays wiin tne boo noagers family. Bill and Bob are sons of the Jess Rodgers. The Jess Rodgers saw their grandson, Robert Dale, born Oct. 11. While there the Rodgers toured Disneyland and re turned home via Las Vegas and Reno. Visiting the Ed Malloys for the holiday season were Ward, Ralph and Renee Mal- loy of Santa Rosa, Calif. While here the Malloy chil dren visited classes at school. Ward, Ralph and Renee are children of Ed Malloy. Guests in the Ed Malloy home for Christmas Day were R. R. Kidwell of Klamath Falls, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wil son and family of Medford and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Black, also of Medford. Mrs. Malloy, Mrs. Wilson and Kidwell are the daughters and son of the Blacks. During the day, Mrs. D. Bridges, a sister of Mrs. Malloy, of Detroit, Mich., called. New Year's Day guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pharoah Dyer were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Casey of Medford. Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Harris were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bar ber and daughter, Pat, of Cen tral Point. Mrs. Barber is a daughter of the Harris's. Mrs. Martha Dorif has re turned to her home in Butte Falls after visiting her daugh ter in Hawaii during the hol idays. Salem OP) "Appointment of Walter R. Alvin, 72, Salem, to a vacancy on the Capitol Planning Commission has been announced by Gov. Rob ert D. Holmes. MOW DS THE-TIME TO TRADE YOUR- RANGE & WATER HEATER COPCO'S TRADE-IN BONUS' ENDS JAN. 1.5th KELVINATOR'S FINEST DELUXE 40" RANGE Reg. Price $449.95 Sn n rr old range MILIi $18 MONTH use. Several bridges were con structed. They included a con crete bridge over Jackson creek into Jacksonville, a con crete structure over Kane's creek on Foley lane, one over Snider creek on Tresham lane, another across Willow creek on the Fish Lake rd. near Butte Falls and one over Dry creek on Bigham rd. Many small bridges were built over irrigation canals during the year, Rynning said. A wooden bridge was con structed over Willow creek on the Geppert rd. and another across Trail creek near Trail. In cooperation with the fed eral government and the state highway department V2 miles each was constructed on the Table Rock rd. and on the Central Point Market rd. Now under construction is the Old Stage rd.. from Jacksonville to Ross lane, also being done on a cooperative basis. Rynning estimated Jackson county has 1,000 miles of county road and 250 bridges. Current policy is to replace wood bridges with concrete or steel structures when located on a "permanent r o a d." Bridges on "semi-permanent" roads are replaced with struc tures of pressure creosoted timbers. Other roads receive untreated wood structures, the county engineer explained. Other Construction Other construction included a new storage building of steel constructed in the Apple gate valley for maintenance crews there. The county engineer esti mated that 12,905 tons of trucking were weighed at the county weighing stations dur ing the year. Most tonnage re corded was on the Dead In dian rd. with 7,025 tons weighed. Applegate rd. had 2,959 tons pass over that road and Table Rock rd. 2,683 tons weighed. Purpose of the weighing is to make sure trucks comply with the weight limits set on the roads. Over-capacity loads tend to break the surfacing, he explained. Good Cooperation "The county is authorized to pull 'em in when they are within five miles of the scale," Rynning said. "Most people cooperate pretty well. Only a few don't. We receive fine co operation when requested from the state police in enforc ing these weight limits." '' To do the work the county road department has 160 men working full time. The total includes four maintenance crews at Eagle Point, Ashland, Gold Hill and Applegate, and crews for bridge construction, bridge maintenance and road construction plus two rock crusher crews and the em ployees in the county shop. The county shop does all the maintenance and repair work on county equipment and employs 12 regular men. The main shop on Barnett rd. is now expanding by adding 34 feet on one end, Rynning said. ...L! C. H. TAYLOR Resigns Directorship Long-Time RRVID Director Resigns Because of Health C. H. Taylor, Central Point, who has been a member of the board of directors of the Rogue River Valley Irrigation district since he and his fam ily came to the valley in 1931, retired as vicepresident of the board recently, according to company officials. Taylor gave ill health as the reason for his retirement. During the time Taylor served on the board he was active in laying the ground work for the extensive $279, 000 irrigation . rehabilitation program planned by the dis trict, appropriations for which will be voted on by residents of the district Tuesday, Jan. 14. Also during the period Tay lor was in office he saw the district retire $210,000 in bonds and become free of in debtedness. Resident of Canada Taylor, born in London, England, was a resident of Canada for several years be fore moving with his family to their r -esent ranch at the corner of Taylor and Old Stages rds., west of Central Point. The Taylors have two sons, Charles, who operates an orchard adjacent to his father's ranch, and Alfred, who now lives in Portland. At a recent meeting of the district's officers, Leonard Freman of Central Point was elected to fill Taylor's office as vice president of the board. Otto Bohnert was elected president and Gordon Ker shaw a board member. Har old Sexton was reappointed as secretaryrmanager of, the dis trict. Rev. Philpot to Hold Revival Services Here The Rev. J. H. Philpot of Fredonia, Kan., will spea'.-: at the mid-winter revival at Uie Medford Pilgrim Holi"ss church on East Jackson st. at 7:30 p.m. each evening Jan. 15 through 26. No services are scheduled Saturday nights. Mr. Philpot was minister at the local church in 1956. Jim and Aletha Sheets of Sa lem will be in charge of the music for the services. And NO MONEY DOWN ILLINOIS VALLEY Rainfall Figures Listed By HELEN BOTTEL Cave Junction Rainfall for 1957, as reported at the offi cial weather station at Red wood Highway Inspection sta tion was more than 30 per cent greater than at the U.S. Forest Service Ranger Station in Cave Junction, some 16 miles to the north. According to figures re leased recently, total precipi tation at the state line was 86.38 inches. At Cave Junc tion, the 1957 figure was 56.14, while in the Deer Creelc area, the official re port made by M. A. Sprague stood at 19.10 inches. Gary Meredith and Stan Love, Illinois Valley High school seniors, went to Eu gene last week to be inter viewed for possible West Point and Air Force academy appointments. Meredith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Meredith of Cave Junction, was one of 10 youths interviewed from this district for West Point. Love, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Love of O'Brien, was among four boys seeking appointment to the Colorado Springs Air Force academy. Kerbyville Lodge 55, Inter national Order of Odd Fel lows, will install officers Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 8 p.m. at the IOOF hall in Kerby. Mrs. J. W. England has been named by Illinois Val ley Grange Master Jiggs Mor ris to represent the local Grange on the Josephine County Fair board. She will work with other Grange committees on planning booths for the fair. Mrs. -Ralph Messenger of Cave Junction .has been nam ed chairman of the arthritis and rheumatism foundation fund drive in Josephine coun ty during January. Mrs. Mes senger is planning to organ ize a number of coffee hours as the valley's part of the drive. The High school Parent Teacher meeting scheduled Jan. 16 has been postponed until a later date because of Troop 20's Court of Honor that night. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wagy are spending this week in Fairfield, Calif. Their two sons are staying with their grandparents on the Redwood highway. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Prairie of O'Brien were in Whittier, Calif., for the holidays, visit ing their sons and families, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and Mr. and Mrs. Don Prairie. At the Jack Williams and Fred Pleuger homes during the holidays were Mr. and Mrs. Herman Berg of Los Angeles, and their grandson, Lauren Langhoffer, of Sacra mento; and William F. Pleu ger of Los Angeles, father of Mrs. Williams, Fred Pleuger, and Mrs. Berg. Mr. and Mrs. Thelmar Shaw and family of O'Brien returned last week from Ar kansas where they had been- 30" KELVIN ATOR SPACE SAVER With the BIG Oven ON SALE Your Old Range $8 MONTH visiting friends and relatives. Home from Springfield. Ore., are the Don Ortons of O'Brien, who spent the holi days with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ether ton of Merrill, Ore., spent the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Etherton in Cave Junction. Here for the New Year's holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs Morris were Mrs. Mor ris' son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wad leigh, and children, Greg and Debbie, of Carson City, Nev. Mr. and Mrs. Don Rosen berg and family spent the holidays in Pasadena and Altadena, visiting Don's mother, Mrs. Dollie Rosen berg, and his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Rosenberg. Illinois Valley volunteer firemen were called to the Orand Pickle home at Illinois Motel south of Cave Junction Medical Assistants Hear Disaster Talk Dr. James C. Luce, medical director of civil defense in Jackson county, discussed the degree of preparedness in the case of a small disaster in the county at a meeting of the Jackson County Medical Assistants association Thurs day. He discussed bombs and ra diation, under what condition martial law might be invok ed and what position civil defense would be called on to assist. The importance of the program was stressed and Dr. Luce urged the group to ac quaint itself with the pro gram. The group is made up of women employed in doctor's offices in any capacity and in hospital business offices. General Alarm Fire Sweeps Small Hotel East St. Louis, 111. (IP) A general alarm fire swept a small hotel here Saturday. At least four persons died. One was hospitalized for smoke in halation. . The bodies of three were burned and the fourth appar ently died of smoke inhala tion. None was immediately iden tified. PLANE DEVELOPER DIES , Newtown, Conn. (IP) Serge E. Gluhareff, 54, de veloper with Igor Sikorsky of amphibious airplanes, died here Wednesday. Gluhareff came to this country from Rus sia in 1924 and joined the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corp. as an engineering draftsman. He was project engineer for the first success ful single-engine amphibian plane in the country, Pan American's four-engined fly ing boats, the twin-engined Navy .amphibians, and assist ed in the development of the first Sikorsky helicopters. 40 Sunday, January 12, 1958 Tuesday to combat a chimney fire. Marine Pvt. Floyd Mathews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bird, formerly of Cave Junc tion, and Marine Pvt. Charles P. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Johnson of Cave Junction, have complet ed four weeks of combat train ing at the Marine Corps base, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Ad kins and family spent the Christmas vacation in Boise, Ida., visiting Mrs. Adkins' parents. The Rev. Don Brown, pas tor of the Selma Baptist church, was elected president CONVENIENT FIRM-O-REST SAVE 3 W Tru-balance construction for .SjT JSf J - ' '' J$zy firm support! S J TtSTEn 1 JW Smart woven stripe ticking! S jf, ' -JmT J'iW-JJi f A . r LSZ HI TOO 6FT A BfW KIELVIUATOEl EUCTtlC WATEK HE ATE 1 1 GAL PORCELAIN TABLETOP Quick Recovery $99 40 GAL UPRIGHT HEATER Quick Recovery 89 Exchange Requires Your Old 112 South MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL' TRIBUNE THREE of the Illinois Valley Minis terial association recently. He succeeds the Rev. Martin Brown of Bridgeview. New vice-president i the Rev. Robert Kingsbury of Immanuel Methodist church, Cave Junction, while the secretary-treasurer is Arthur Drews of O'Brien Community church. Rough and Ready Mill on the Redwood highway has ex- i tended its annual holiday shut-down to include part of January. Repair work is still going on at the mill, which is owned by Lew Krauss of Selma. Opening date has not been announced. Moores Mill and O'Brien and Cabax Mills at Kerby TERMS! Prices Low as Possible Consistent with Good Quality We Carry Our Own Contracts fimirannttMii- MEDFORD GRANTS PASS ASHLAND IntWty pjo otic I No work, no bother, no fan or mum. Oceans of hot water any time. Sale. Clean, Cool. More hot water at lowest cost I i wornurtf I78 TIMS TO GET 9 95 Exchange 95 Exchange Water Heating Equipment Riverside are still closed for an indeff: nite period. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Boyi went skiing recently at Rain; bow Lodge, Donner Summit; Calif. The couple went on trj Tonopah, Nev., to visit friends, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walters, before returning home. HELP US! Wo Need Clothing, Shoes, Dishes, Furniture. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army SPring 2-4230 Free Customer Parking 341 N. Central '"W 'Art' I
