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Portland Said Due
New Post Office
Washington W) Sen.
Richard . L. Neuberger (D
Ore.), said today Postmaster
General Arthur Summerfield
has told him that Portland is
definitely on the list for con
struction of new post office
facilities.
The Oregon Democrat said
Summerfield gave him the
assurance at a Senate Post Of
fice Committee hearing. Neu
berger quoted Summerfield as
saying plans for a new Port
land post office are "about
ready."
Oregon Insurance Firms Disclose 'Gimmick' Selling
DIRECTING KIWANIS KAPERS Robert E. D'Arcy, above,
of Lassen Productions, ..Hollywood, Calif., is professional
director of the Medford Kiwanis Kapers which will be pre
sented Feb. 26, 27 and 28 and March 1 at Medford High
chsol auditorium. The show, "Krazy Kapers of 1958," has a
magazine revue theme and will have all local talent under
D'Arcy's supervision. D'Arcy has a long background in
radio, television, movie and stage show business. He has
been with the Lassen firm since 1951 as producer-director
shows of civic organizations in southern California. He is
a graduate of Don Martin's School of Radio and Television
and has served on the staffs of radio station KPKW, Pasco,
Wash., and television stations KFI, Los Angeles, KRCA,
Hollywood, and KCOP, Los Angeles. Between civic pre
sentations, D'Arcy has worked in the production of motion
pictures, including "Spirit of St. Louis," "The King and I,"
"Pal Joey" and "Jeanie Engles," and television shows,
"Dragnet," "Badge 714," "Wells Fargo," "Wagon Train"
and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." Funds from the Kiwanis
club performances will be used to finance the county-wide
dental clinic which the service group is sponsoring. Re
hearsals are now in full swing and tickets are available
from any Kiwanian.
CENTRAL POINT
Benefit Dance Scheduled
By DORIS HUGHES
Central Point The Cen
tral Point Volunteer Fire
department will hold a Val
entine dance at the Central
Point American Legion hall
on Pine st. Dancing will be
from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. Fri
day, Feb. 14. Proceeds from
the dance will be used to
pay for firemen's suits.
" Den 11 Cub Scouts with
Mrs. Harold Wilson, Den
Mother, and Mrs. Mike John
son visited the Pacific Tele
phone company in Medford
Friday. The boys went on a
guided tour throughout the
building. After seeing the
operators at the switchboard,
the boys were shown various
equipment such as the tele
type and micro-wave.
Boys going on the tour
were John Wilson, Jim Wil
son, Donald Davis, Ronald
Larson, Roger Hyland, Hugh
Hunter, Rex Johnson and Dan
Huftling.
The Central Point Home
Extension Unit will meet Feb.
19 at 10:30 a.m. at the home
of Mrs. Leo Ghelardi on the
Old Staee rd. There will he
a planned luncheon at noon.
Mrs. Ed Knapp and Mrs.
Thomas tiray will give the
demonstration which will be
on "pie making."
Among Central Point fath
ers attending Dad's Week
End on the Campus at Ore
gon State college were Oli-
via , F
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ver Obenchain, Julius Do-
brot, Stanley Parrish, and
Archie Purdy.
Pack 40 Cub Scouts tied
for first place in the Cub
exhibit contest. All Dens in
Pack 40 Cub Scouts Dartiei-
pated in the display which is
in a window of the Crater
Department Store.
The American Legion and
auxilliary will hold a meet
ing Thursday, Feb. 13, at 8
p.m. The meeting will be
held at Meyers Holland Post
129.
Mrs. Ruby Colgan and
Mrs. Grace Ivey took over
the managership of the Mill
cafe on Highway 99 in Cen
tral Point recently.
George Johns, principal of
Jewett Elementary school,
reported that Valentine party
plans are underway in all the
rooms. There will be Valen
tine exchanging and parties
in the last hour of school
Friday.
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Mrs. Nina Huffman, a for
mer Central Point teacher, is
substituting for Miss Ha Mae
Higinbotham at Jewett Ele
mentary school. Miss Higin
botham, who is recuperating
from .surgery, will be. at.
home for about six weeks.
Dinner guests Sunday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Wend 1 1 Panter were Mr. and
Mrs. George Atkins and
Dale Atkins. of Medford. Mr
and Mrs. George Atkins are
Mrs. Panter's parents. Dale
Atkins is her brother.
SPEAKER TONIGHT Mrs.
Helen Kevorkian, associated
.with the Conservative Bap
tist Foreign Mission society in
Belgian Congo, will speak at
First Baptist church at 7:30
T.m. today. She is one of the
several speakers scheduled
during the church's "Missions
on the March" conference this
week. Mrs. Kevorkian has
been a teacher in the Bible
school in the Congo for six
years and is currently on fur
lough in the United States.
She is scheduled to return to
Africa later this year. The
public is invited to attend.
FINALLY PAYS UP
McGuire Air Force Base,
N. J . (IP! The McGuire Base
exchange officer has received
and anonymous! note from an
airman in San Antonio, Tex.,
who wrote:
"This dollar is for one cup
taken from a cafeteria two
years ago."
PYRAMIDS DISCOVERED
Cairo (IP! Italian archaeol
ogists have discovered 15
small pyramids dating" back
35 centuries near the Egyptian-Sudanese
border town of
Wadi, Haifa, it was reported
today.
Indigo is obtained from a
number of plants.
Portland (IP) Several
Oregon insurance firms and
the state insurance commis
sioner revealed today ,an in
surance "gimmick" used by
a few new car salesmen to
boost their commissions on
new car sales.
One insurance firm said it
had refunded about $10,000
to policy holders for the over
charges and another firm said
it would refund at least that
much to new car buyers who
had suffered the overcharge
when buying package deal in
surance on their new cars.
Expensive Insurance
State Insurance Commis
sioner Hug H. Earle explain
ed that the most expensive
type of insurance available,
whether it was needed or not.
For example, many were
charged the higher insurance
rate applicable to cars used
by male drivers under 25,
WHO'S HEN-PECKED?
Shimoda, Japan (IP)
Twenty men who married
heiresses and adopted their
wives' names gathered here to
protest against society gossip
that they were hen-pecked
fortune hunters. The meeting
was broken up by a flood of
telephone calls from angry
wives demanding that their
husbands return home.
even though the car was not
used by such high-liability
motorists, he said.
Lyle Janz of the Portland
Better Business Bureau esti
mated that such charges could
be as much as 20 to 30 per
cent over correctly written
insurance policies.
The deals were handled by
car salesmen who acted as
agents for the insurance com
panies. MARRIAGE FINISHED
Laurel, Miss. (IPi J. A.
Lowe, 92, says he is all
through with matters matri
monial, now that he has div
orced his 82-year-old wife.
Thursday, February 13, 1S58
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN
La Grande Youth
Dies in Car Wreck
La Grande (IP! Eugene
Leroy Springer, 16, was kill
ed Wednesday evening in a
one car accident about 16
miles west of here on High
way 30, State Police reported.
Officers said the youth was
eastbound in his father's
pickup truck. Witnesses said
he passed a truck and trailer
and that the pickup skidded
about 35 feet and rolled over
a 35-foot cliff. He was dead
on arrival at a La Grande
hospital. -
: Saco, Me. (IP) Asked what
made their marriage a success,
Fredson Reed, 87, and his 85-
year-old wife Lena, on their
65th wedding anniversary, re
plied: "It was God's will."
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