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TaOks Scheduled
On Reorganization
' Public meetings are planned
for Butte Falls, Prospect and
Elk-Trail school districts to
discuss possible reorganiza
tion and consolidation of
those districts with the Shady
Cove district, a member of
the county reorganization
board said this mornine.
A meeting is scheduled for
8 p.m. today in the Prospect
school district lor the hign
school cafeteria.
Butte Falls is scheduled to
hold its public meeting at 8
p.m. Wednesday. Elk-Trail
school district plans to hold a
meeting sponsored by tne
Parent - Teacher association
there March 7 to discuss
school district reorganization
and the proposal to build a
high school for the four
school districts in Shady
Cove. Shady Cove will not
3lda meetine at this time
-school official said. School
officials there said they will
await the outcome of the other
public meetings in the other
school districts.
; All four school district
boards are to meet later to
discuss the opinions of voters
in their districts on the pos
sible reorganization, it was
explained. School oinciais De
lieve a broader curriculum
could be obtained through the
suggested consolidation, ac
cording to Douglas D. Finch,
Butte Falls, a member of the
county reorganization board.
First Meeting Held
The four school boards held
their first of a series of meet
ings Monday, Feb. 10. A name
for the proposed union high
school was among the many
things discussed, a school of
ficial said.
If the plan is piit.ihtb oper
ation the-Rfgh school would
be under one board, a govern
ing body of seven men. This
board would include repre
sentatives from Butte Falls,
Prospect, Shady Cove and Elk
Trail districts. Grade school
would remain the same in
their own districts. The indi
vidual high school buildings
would be utilized, it was ex
plained. Butte Falls high school
now has about 40 pupils .and
Prospect approximately 75
pupils, it was reported. Shady
Cove and Elk-Trail districts
now send their pupils to Eagle
Point high school.
"Under the Reorganization
Act passed by the recent state
legislature it is possible to
use existing procedure for
consolidating districts provid
ed it meets the approval of the
county school reorganization
committee. The committee
must be satisfied that such
changes will fit into the total
Wilford Reported
In Fair Condition
John Stanley Wilford. 50,
of route 3, box 234, Medford,
was reported still in fair con
dition at Sacred Heart hos
pital this morning. Wilford
was injured in the four ve
hicle accident Friday on High
way 99 when John Edwin
Smith. 30, Portland, was
fatally injured.
Wilford, driver of a pro
duce truck, and Ruth Kath
ryne Gilman 40, of 4230 Hill
singer rd., Medford, were
taken to Sacred Heart hos
pital following the accident.
Mrs. Gilman was treated for
shock and released, according
..to state police.
Airman on Simulated Space Journey
Would Like
San Antonio, Tex. UP)
Space doctors and scien
tists today studied reams of
technical data obtained frm
successful test "spaceman"
Donald G. Farrell, who says
he would like to follow up
his simulated seven-day
flight to the moon with a real
one.
Farrell stepped out of the
three by five foot steel shell
seven days to the minute
from the time he was her
metically sealed in.
Ready for Another Month
With a grin he said he was
ready to go back in for an
other month of solitude if
necessary.
However, Farrell said one
major factor was left unan
swered in his experiment at
Snow
off Emergeinicv
Dlan which has to be drawn
up to put all areas in the
county into administration dis
tricts, each of which are to
furnish education for grades
1 through 12," according to
Alf B. Mekvold, county
school superintendent.
- FRANK CHRISTIAN
Files Candidacy
Christian Files
His Candidacy
For Commissioner
Frank Christian, Talent
mayor and retired building
contractor, who last week an
nounced., his candidacy for
county commissioner on the
Democratic ticketf has " filed
with the elections department
of the- county clerk's office.
Christian was born in Cen
tral Idaho where he attended
school and later moved to
Alberta, Canada.
He worked as a cowboy and
certified public accountant in
Alberta, where he was mar
ried. During the 1930s he
moved to Forks, Wash., where
he worked for a logging com
pany and later purchased a
service station.
The family moved to
Myrtle Creek in 1945 where
he was stockholder in the. Fir
Manufacturing company. Aft
er the company was destroy
ed by fire he invested in a
plywood plant that was built
on the former company's site.
After selling his stock in the
plywood plant he turned to
subdivision development in
the Myrtle Creek area and
came to Talent in 1950. Since
that time he has subdivided
part of the land he owns in
the Talent area and has built
several duplexes. He lives at
314 West Main st.. Talent.
He has been mayor of Tal
ent for two years. His term
expires in November of this
year He is on the board of
the Camp Fire Girls, Ashland
Elks lodge, and is a member
of the Jackson County Sher
iff's Posse.
New Numbers Given
For Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart hospital now
has two telephone numbers
since the completion of a new
switchboard last week, hospit
al officials have reported.
During the daytime the
number will be SPring 3-6611
with the number during the
hours from 10 p.m. until 7
a.m., SPring 2-5113.
To Take Real
the School of Aviation Medi
cine here to determine man's
ability to face the monotony
and boredome of outer space.
At no time, Farrell said,
did he feel as if he were truly
in space. In front of the chair
he sat in was a panic button.
A push on it would have
caused the scientists watch
ing from outside the chamber
to open the door and release
him.
No Panic Button
A man soaring into outer
space would have no panic
button to push if terror shoud
overcome him.
Farrell, after a 30-minute
conference and an impromptu
speech by Senate Majority
Leader Lyndon B. Johnson,
was hustled off to a hospital
' a
IBriimgs
Indiana Reports
18-Foot Drifts;
Boston Buried
Gulf Coast Receives
Two To Three Inches
Boston (IP) The East
Coast blizzard centered over
northern New England today
with sharpened i n t e n s i ty.
Sub-freezing winds blew over
its white wake on tha hurri
cane path from Alabama to
Boston.
The death toll for the 10
day cold wave that began
Feb. 6 rose to 223.
It was a numbing Monday
from the Gulf Coast, where
two to three inches of snow
fell in the week end storm, to
the Northeast where official
depths of 42 . inches were
blown into towering drifts on
gale force winds.
The worst snow in the na
tion,, however, was outside
the sweeping storm path in
the northwestern corner of
Indiana where a Lake Michi
gan squall dumped four to
i five feet of snow. Drifts blew
to 18 feet. Michigan City,
Ind., was virtually isolated in
zero temperatures, and a full
state of emergency was de
clared with aid summoned
from as far away as Chicago.
Boston Buried
Boston was buried under
18 inches of snow, a 24-hour
fall that broke a 37-year rec
ord by l'2 inches. Up to 27
inches fell in suburban areas.
Accompanying high tides
forced 50 families from their
homes in Quincy.
In Washington, blanketed
with 14 inches of snow, its
heaviest fall in 22 years, all
bfit the most essential govern
ment officials were asked to
take a day's leave to reduce
the ice-packed traffic snarl.
The thermometer was down
to 8 degrees and not expect
ed to top freezing today. All
schools were closed in the
capital and its surrounding
Virginia and Maryland su
burbs. Commuter travel was ham
pered into virtually every
Eastern seaboard city. Bus
schedules were abandoned in
some hard-hit areas.
In the Southeast, a new cold
wave moved into northern
and -central Florida after a
two-day respite, bringing the
10th freeze of a bitter winter
to its fruit and vegetable
growers.
Damage Reported
To Medford Home
Medford police report
about $200 worth of damage
to a new home under con
struction at 440 Lynwood ave
has been cleared with the
questioning of two Medford
children.
Police said the children,
aged 5 and 3 year old, poured
glue on the walls and floors
of the front room, drove nails
into the woodwork and dam
aged the wall plaster. The
damage was discovered about
7:45 a.m. today when con
tractors arrived at the build'
ing.
Clayton A. ' Morrison, the
building contractor, told po
lice the damage apparently
took place during Sunday.
The children were released to
their parents after question
ing. Pendleton IIP) The fifth
annual convention of the
Pacific Northwest City Man
agers association opened here
today.
Moon Trip
from 72 hours of tests, after
which he will be flown to
New York.
When he stepped out of the
chamber, the airman was ask
ed by a doctor if he was "wob
bly." "Slightly, Sir," the six
foot, 181-pounder replied.
Missed Cigarettes
Farrell said he missed cig
arettes more than anything
else, The atmosphere in the
cabin was equal to that at
18,000 feet, forcing him to
use oxygen and therefore
give up smoking because of
the fire h?zard.
He lost four pounds, de
spite increasing his caloric in
take in the chamber from
2,500 to 3,400. This puzzled
the doctors, who had predict
ed Farrell would gain.
PAUL GEDDES
'Much Left Undone'
Paul Geddes To
Seek Nomination
As Porter Foe
Roseburg (IP Paul
Geddes, Roseburg attorney
and former' state senator, to
day announced that he would
seek the Republican, nomina
tion for a chance to unseat
Democratic C o n g r e s sman
Charles Porter in the Fourth
Congressional District.
Geddes explained in his an
nouncement, "I had intended
to retire from any active
participation 'in the political
field, but I have been pre
vailed upon to become a can
didate by many people in both
parties who are interested in
good government and who be
lieve that this area should
have adequate and favorable
representation in Congress.
. Geddes, who is 51, has
served as deputy district at
torney for Douglas county.
Roseburg city attorney, presi
dent of the Douglas county
bar association, member of
the state Board of Bar exam
iners, member of the Board
of Governors and president of
the Oregon State Bar.
He asserted that "much has
been left undone to overcome
and eliminate the many dis
advantages such as adverse
freight rates, lack of defense
industries, lack of flood con
trol, lack of encouragement
for mineral development and
poor markets," by the present
representative in Congress.
Porter defeated Harris Ells
worth, another Roseburg Re
publican, in the 1956 elections
and is the first Democrat to
represent the district.
Students To Take
Public Offices
Medford high school stu
dents will assume city offices
and Crater, Phoenix, Jackson
ville, Eagle Point, Prospect
and Butte Falls high school
students will take over the
county offices on the annual
Student government days
Wednesday and Thursday this
week. ...
The event is sponsored by
the Medford Elks elub to
bring a better understanding
of city and county government
to the students. All elective
and most major appointive of
fices will be filled by the stu
dents on Thursday
The group will take part in
several radio and television
programs during Wednesday
in addition to tours of the sta
tions. A banquet is slated
Wednesday evening at the
Elks building.
Students will take over the
offices on Thursday morning
and tour other government of
fices during the afternoon,
The day will be closed with a
council meeting in the city
hall by students.
Wiley Smith's Suit On
Tax Study Tossed Out
Salem (IP! Circuit Judge
Val D. Sloper today tossed out
of court a suit filed by Mult
nomah County Assessor Wiley
Smith who had sought to pre
vent the state from spending
$35,000 on a general survey
of Oregon's tax structure.
The judge refused to grant
Smith an injunction on
grounds there were not
enough facts to warrent ac
tion.
WEATHER
Forecast Generally cloudy
tonight and Tuesday. Oc
casional light rain tonight
and Tuesday morning, be
coming steady and heavi
er Tuesdav afternoon and
night. Low tonight 48. High
Tuesday near SO.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 60
Lowest This Morning 50
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 02
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
7:06 a.m.
Sunset
5:46 p.m.
The Moon rises shortly be
fore sunrise (Tuesday) and
will be in conjunction with
the Sun (New Moon) 7:38
a.m.
Venus rises S:32 a.m.
and today begins an east
ward movement among the
stars that will continue until
August, 1959.
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Crescent City
Fire Ruins Sifted
For More Victims
Three Known Dead
In Block-Long Fire
Crescent City, Calif. ' (IP)
Firemen poked through
rain-soaked ashes today in a
search for possible additional
victims of a fire that killed
three persons as it swept
through a block of business
buildings in this logging com
munity. One person was listed as
missing in the fire and four
others were injured, two ser
iously. The victims were
among 14 guests at the Bay
City hotel, where the fire
broke out at 2:45' a.m. Sun
day. Property damage was esti
mated at more than $250,000.
"If it hadn't been raining,
the fire would have gone
clear through the town," one
fireman said. .
Started in Hotel
The fire apparently broke
out in the hotel room occu
pied by Stanton Moss, an ad
vertising executive. Fanned
by strong wind it spread rap
idly through the old hotel and
through a series of one-story
shops and offices.
.le names stopped just
short of the Surf hotel, al
most a block away. Twenty
persons fled from that hotel
because of heat and thick
smoke.
Tentatively identified as fa
tal victims were Bobby Book
er, 22, an airman at Requa
Air Force Base, Klamath; El
mer Wasankari, 53, of Cres
cent City; and William Maug
han, a logger.
Missing was Mrs. Marjorie
Sharp, 38, another guest in
the hotel.
Injured -in Leap
George Schrader, 72, a
sheet metal worker, was in
critical condition with inter
nal injuries from a second
floor leap. John R. Pittman,
23, suffered a fractured leg
and pelvis in jumping from
the third floor. Harley Good
win, 29, of Santa Rosa, was
burned on the face; and Otis
Bradley, 49, a logger, suffer
ed an injured foot and pos
sible head injury.
Rogue Receding,
Storm Forecast
Rogue basin streams, swol
len by week end rains, con
tinued to recede today.
The Medford station of the
U.S. weather bureau pointed
out, however, that any appre
ciable precipitation from a
storm expected Tuesday could
bring streams "up into the
danger area." Front of the
new storm this morning was
out in the Pacific ocean about
1,200 miles west of here.
Streams of the area rose
with 1.58 inches of rain on
Friday and Saturday but be
gan to fall yesterday morning.
Rogue river crested below
flood level between 6 and 7
ajn. in this area on Sunday.
Crest was 16.85 feet at
Grants Pass where flood stage
is-22 feet. Highest: reading
obtained at Dodge bridge was
7.09 at 6:10 a.m. yesterday.
At 7:15 a.m. the measurement
was 7.08. Flood stage is con
sidered to be nine feet. Read
ing was 12.5 at Grants Pass
and 5.9 at Dodge bridge this
morning. . .
A weather bureau spokes
man stated that soils of this
area are so saturated that any
considerable rainfall is re
flected in the rivers shortly
after the precipitation starts.
Forecast for the vicinity is
for only occasional light rain
tonight but steady and heavier
fall is predicted for Tuesday
afternoon and night.
Medford vicinity had only
05 of an inch of rain yester
day and .02 this morning.
Total for the month of 3.05
inches up to midnight last
night was 1.87 more than nor
mal. Tabulation for the sea
son (since Sept. 1, 1957) was
listed at 17.32 inches, which
was 5.27 above normal.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (IP Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 442.27, off
2.17; 20 railroads 107.01,
off 0.69; 15 utilities . 72.12.
up 0.07, and 65 stocks
151.31: off 0.61. Sales to
day were about 1,700,000
shares compared with if
070,000 shuM Friday.
...-irOKD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1958
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"Here, Together Under One Tent-
North Korea Admits
Hijacking Airliner
On Routine Flight
Seoul, Korea (IP) The
North ; Korean propaganda
radio admitted today that a
Korean National Airlines
plane with 32 persons aboard
was hijacked in the air and
forced to land in the ''Red-held
north.
A broadcast by Pyongyang
Radio said the plane, which
disappeared on a routine
flight from Pusan to Seoul,
arrived in North Korea at
about 2 p.m.. Sunday.
The DC3, owned by. the Ko
rean National Airlines, was
piloted by an American,, and
had aboard another American
and two Germans as well as
a number of Koreans.
The Communist broadcast
did not say . where the plane
landed, but U.N. radar track
ing units said they, folowed
the . aircraft . across the de
militarized zone into North
Korea, where it apparently
landed at the Sunan Air Base,
20 miles north of the North
Korean capital of Pyong
Yang. ,
In describing the flight to
the north, the Red-run radio
said that "the people on the
plane were against the oc
cupation of South Korea by
the U.S. imperialist aggres
sive forces."
It added that those aboard
could no longer "put up, with
the daily pressure of the
Fascist Syngman Rhee gov
ernment and decided to
heroically escape to North
Korea."
It identified one of the
passengers as Hwang Hae Soo
and quoted him as saying he
wanted to escape "imperial
ist oppression."
Hwang was not listed on
the plane's manifest, held by
airlines authorities in Seoul.
But apparently he was one of
several Communist agents
who boarded the plane under
assumed names and then
forced the pilot to fly to
North Korea, presumably at
gunpoint.
Gen. George Decker, U.N.
commander in Korea, de
Another Ashland
Safe Burglarized
Ashland The Ashland po
lice department r e p o r te d
about $37 was taken from an
open safe during Saturday
afternoon at the . Groceteria
market, 300 East Main st.
Police said the thief appar
ently walked back to the safe,
which was open, and took
the money. Store officials
said the theft took place dur
ing a rush period and was not
discovered until Saturday
evening.
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TO TV
manded the immediate return
of the plane and its occupants.
His command asked for an
emergency meeting of the
Military Armistice Commis
sion at Panmunjom.
Scouts To Assist
In Promotion Of
Mercy Flights
Approximately 45.000 door
knob "hangers" telling the
story of Mercy Flights, will
be distributed March 2 to 8
throughout Jackson, Jose
phine and Siskiyou counties
by Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts,
and Explorers of the Crater
Lake council, according to
Boy Scout officials.
A letter from Mercy Flights
will be sent to every pack,
troop and Explorer unit this
week and materials will be
distributed at the next dis
trict roundtable or by neigh
borhood commissioners, ac
cording to Tom Oliver, coun
cil activities chairman.
The material will tell how
Mercy Flights operates, and
will invite subscriptions to
the air-ambulance Service's
pre-payment plan.
District activities chairman
who will assist with this
"good turn" for the non-profit
air ambulance organization
are Ed Culbertson, Big Pines;
Homer Hought, . Roaring
Rogue; and Phil Osborne, Sis
kiyou. "We expect this good turn
will do more to assure our
continued service than any
other group effort put forth
since- our original fund drive
in 1949," a Mercy Flights of
ficial wrote. "At that time the
children of Jackson county
personally donated $1100 of
the $34000 fund which pur
chased the first air ambu
lance." The air ambulance service
has grown from the original
one-plane operation carrying
13 patients the first year to
the present three-plane opera
tion which now carries an
average of 150 patients a
year. It has grown from the
original coverage of only
Jackson county to picking up
emergency cases from air
ports at Grants Pass, Cave
Junction, Happy Camp, Mon
tague and Mt. Shasta.
"Additional subscriptions
allow Mercy Flights to oper
ate the best available type of
aircraft for the service, which
in turn benefits those' resi
dents who ultimately use it,"
a Mercy Flights official said.,
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Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 256
Schwartz Claims
Kin Partner of
Airline Officials
'White House Clique'
Explanation Asked
Washington (IP) Ber
nard Schwartz, ousted coun
sel for a House Investigating
subcommittee, today linked
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower's
brother-in-law to the success
ful bidder for a hotly disputed
Miami, Fla., television chan
nel. Schwartz, testifying under
oath, told the House Subcom
mittee on Legislative Over
sight that George Gordon
Moore was a partner in a
Dominican Republic shipyard
with two officials of National
Airlines.
A National Airlines subsi
diary, Public Service Tele
vision, Inc., was awarded the
controversial channel 10 sta
tion in Miami by members of
the Federal Communications
Commission who overruled
recommendations of their own
field examiner.
Asked to Explain
Schwartz was called before
the subcommittee to explain
under oath his charge that, a
"White House clique" had
brought improper pressure on
the FCC and other federal
regulatory agencies to influ
ence their decisions.
Schwartz related Moore's
alleged connections with Na
tional Airlines, when Chair
man Oren Harris (D.Ark.) told
him the subcommittee "would
like - to know what Colonel
Moore's interest was in this."
The former counsel, who
was fired in an internal row
over the way he had conduct
ed the inquiry, testified that
Moore and two officials of
the airline, were partners in a
shipyard in the Dominican
Republic.
Guests of Official
He also read parts of a
sworn statement from Col. A.
Frank Katzentine, an unsuc
cessful bidder for the Miami
station, that Moore and his
wife, Mrs. Eisenhower's sister,
once were "house guests" of
G. T, Baker, president of the
airline.
Schwartz added that sub
committee investigators have
confirmed that the Moores
have been guests of the Bak
er's Florida home.
In testimony last week,
Schwartz swore that FCC
Commissioner Richard Mack
had received $2,650 from
Thurman A. Whiteside, whom
he described as a National
Airlines attorney, in return
for his "pledge" to vote for
the airlines' subsidiary in the
TV channel case.
Mack has descri bed
Schwartz's charges as "with
out foundation" and demand
ed an early opportunity to
tell his .side. Whiteside has
announced Schwartz as a liar.
Tokyo (IP) Leaders of
Indonesia's rebel government
have launched an economic
blockade of their rivals by
ordering U. S. and British oil
companies on Sumatra not to
do business with the Jakarta
regime.
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Crusade Dinner Scheduled
For Hedrick
The United Medford Cru
sade annual dinner has been
scheduled for Thursday,
March 6 at 7 p.m. at Hedrick
Junior High school, according
to Edward Branchtield, UMC
president.
Branchfield said the an
nual meeting will be shorter
than usual and will consist of
recognition of several 1957-
1958 campaign workers, with
comments by Robert A. John
son, 1957-1958 campaign man
ager and Dick Travis, 1958-
1959 campaign manager.
The president will submit
Less Publicized
Contacts Seen
To Break Impasse
Attacks Against U.S.
Policies Criticized
Washington (IP) Presi
dent Eisenhower told Soviet
Premier Nikolai Bulganin to
day that the U.S. and Russia
seem to have come to an
impasse in trying to arrange
a summit conference.
He suggested that it could
be broken by "less formal and
less publicized contacts" to
determine whether such a top
level meeting can profitably
be held.
The President said the two
leaders seemed to be writing
speeches to each other. He
questioned "whether we shall
get anywhere by continuing"
the process.
Critical of Attacks
The President was sharply
critical of Soviet attacks
against' U.S. policy. He was
especially critical of what he
called a "rather bitter speech"
by Communist party boss
Nikita Khrushchev in Minsk,
Jan. 22.
. He told Bulganin that the
cumulative effect of the So- ,
viet Premier's last three let
ters to him seeking a summit
conference "is to leave con
siderable puzzlement as to
what you think another such
meeting could contribute to
a genuine settlement of our
problems."
"Perhaps the impasse to
which we seem to have come
can be broken by less formal
and less publicized contacts
through which we would con
tinue to seek to find out
whether there can be a top
level meeting which, in the
words of .my letter to you of
Jan. 12, 1958 'would hold
good hope of advancing the
cause of peace and justice in
the world, " Eisenhower said.
The President said . ex
changes of views through am
bassadors or foreign ministers
may serve better to determine
the prospects of a productive
summit meeting, than anything
else. .
Livestock Area
Formed in County
Salem The state depart
ment of agriculture has issued
an order declaring all of Jack
son county a livestock district
in which it is illegal to permit
horses to run at large.'
Seventeen districts exist in
the county in which it is il
legal to permit cattle, mules,
sheep, swine and goats to run
at large.
The order also point out
no livestock districts are al
lowed on public roads pass
ing through federal lands or
in land subject to Oregon
laws but entirely inclosed by
federal land, unless otherwise
provided by federal rules and
regulations.
A complete description of
the livestock districts may be
seen in the formal order at
the office of . the Jackson
county clerk in Medford or
at the -state department of ag
riculture in Salem.
Smoke Damage '
HiisC. P. Home
Central - Point A fire, ap
parently caused by electric
wiring, caused considerable
smoke damage to a home in
Central Point before being
discovered about 11 a.m. Sun
day, Central Point firemen
said. "
Officials said the fire .was
in the ceiling wiring of the
utility room of. the Victor
Noel home, 231 North Second
st. The Noels were on vaca
tion in Mexico and the fire
was not discovered until a
neighbor saw smoke coming
from a kitchen vent. The fire
apparently had smoldered
about 24 hours before being
discovered, officials added.
Junior High
a concise summary of the
year's activities. The Rev.
George Bolster, Rector of St.
Mark's Episcopal church, will
speak on "A Contributor
Looks at the United Funds."
Several children of the
local youth agencies will be
guests at the meeting. Musical
selections will be presented
during the dinner.
Tickets are available from
any UMC board . member,
several plant chapter leaders
and the UMC office in the
Leverette building. Phone SP
3-4287. Reservations must be
in by Feb. 28. .. -