10 MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dkrd, Oregon, Sunday, April 6, 1958
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17 Candidates to
Compete for 1958
Festival Royally
A king and queen of the
1858 Pear Blossom Festival
will be selected starting at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April
9, at Lincoln school in Med-ford.
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Seventeen contestants, 10
girls and seven boys, will
compete for honors to reign
over Festival activities the
week end of April 12 and 13.
Linda Estremado, Gold Hill,
and Hal Ellis, Medford, queen
and king of last year's festival
will crown their successors.
Entertainment will include
selections by the Medford
High school string ensemble,
and dances by the Thurston
Dancing school and Colleen
Hope's Dance Studio. James
Dunlevy, manager' of Rogue
Valley Country club, will be
master of ceremonies.
Participate in Judging
Those attending the cere
i monies will be asked to par
ticipate in the preliminary se
lection of finalists, but final
judging will be handled by
representatives of all incor
porated cities in Jackson
county, according to Fred
Beck, president of the Festi
1 association.
. Candidates, whose pictures
are shown on this page, are
(listed candidate's name,
sponsor, and parents):
Queen Marlies Gorden,
Central Point Jayceettes, Mr.
and Mrs. Milton Gorden, Cen
tral Point; Kathy Nuich, Jack
son County Cow Belles, Mr.
and Mrs. John Nuich, Med
ford; La Donna Lull, The
Flower Mart, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Lull, Medford; Sherry
Lynn Giles, Omar's Steak
House, Mrs. Bertha S. Giles,
Medford; Judy Clark, Chuck's
Market, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Clark, Medford; Nancy Tom
jack, Medford Lady Lions,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Tomjack,
Medford; Dawn Selby, Mod
ern Tile company, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Selby, Medford;
A 1 y c e Gaynell Krambeal,
Eagle Point Jayceettes, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Keith Krambeal,
Eagle Point; Linda Ellis, Med
ford Lady Lions, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold E. Ellis, Med
ford; and Patricia Veal, Med
ford 20-30 club, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard J. Veal.
King Steven C. Morrison,
individually sponsored, Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Morrison, Ash
land; Michael Watkins, Med
ford 20-30 club, Mr. and Mrs.
John Watkins, Medford; Scott
Sundby, Medford Aerie Eagles
Mr. and Mrs. George Sundby,
Central Point; Bobby Mc
Lean, Matlack's Super Mar
ket, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Mc
Lean, Medford; Clay Charley,
Jackson County Cow Belles,
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Charley
Medford; Richey Shafer, Cen
tral Point Jayceettes, Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford E. Shafer, Cen
tral Point; and Craig Theodore
Flury, Eagle Point Jaycess,
Mr. and Mrs. Pete W. Flury,
Eagle Point.
Granis Pass Men
Have Low Bids
On Air Station
Seattle, Wash. Grants
Pass "contractors were appar
ent low and second low bid
ders for construction of a gap
filler facility to be known as
Placer Air Force station near
the village of Placer, some
eight miles due east of Wolf
Creek.
Bids were opened Thursday
afternoon in the office of the
U.S. Army Engineer District,
Seattle, officials said.
Ausland Construction Co.
bid 540,465, and Clyde C.
Hamilton offered $46,554.
John Kovtynovich of Eugene
were third with a figure of
$52,165. Tweleve contractors
were in competition. H. Barn
hart of Medford topped the
list with a bid of $68,386. The
government estimate was
$54,342 it was reported.
Other contractors of this
region who bid were Donald
W. Thompson, North Bend;
John M. Steinmueller, Jr., Eu
gene; and Harold W. Salter,
Rogue River.
The Army Engineers is the
construction agency, for most
of the Air Force installations
as well as for the Army. They
presently are working on a
number of gap filler stations
in Oregon, to complete the de
fense warning and control
system in the state officials
said. A gap fillpr station is a
small, unmanned unit which
consists mainly of a concrete
communications building and
a radar tower. Work on the
Placer job will start within
10 calendar days after the suc
cessful bidder has received
notice to proceed, and is to
be completed within 120 cal
endar days. j
ALYCE KRAMBEAL
Eagle Point Jayceettei
PATRICIA VEAL
Medford 20-30 Club
GRAIG FLURY
Eagle Point Jayceettes
Ex-Hornbrook
Resident Dies in
Sacramento
Hornbrook
Mrs. Susan
Horn Roberts, 80, died March
27, at Sacramento, Calif.,
where she had made her home
for many years. She had been
ill about five weeks.
Mrs. Roberts . was born
Oct. 9, 1877, in Ft. Jones, one
of five children of pioneer
Scott Valley residents, David
and Clara Jane Horn. When
she was a child, the family
moved to a ranch on the Klam
ath river which extended sev
eral miles up Cottonwood
creek.
At the time of the building
of the railroad through north
ern California, a subdivision
point was needed between
Dunsmuir and Ashland, and
the Southern Pacific made a
deal with Mrs. Roberts' father
for some of his ranch land,
and the town which sprang
up there was named Horn
brook, after her father.
The 3000 foot peak at the
north of the town also bears
his name. Horn's Peak. Mrs.
Roberts was preceded in death
by her husband, Willis Roberts
and by a sister, Mrs. Dora
Hall, and two brothers, David
Marshall Horn and Hardman
Horn.
She is survived by a sister,
Mrs. George Condrey of Weed,
Calif., and a son, David Rob
erts, who is with the National
Georgraphical Society. She
was a 50-year members of Co
lumbia Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, of-Sacramento.
Funeral services were held in
the chapel of the James Gar
lick funeral home in Sacra
mento, followed by cremation
and internment in the family
plot in the Henly-Hornbrook
cemetery.
Rolling Log Kills
Wyerhaeuser Loader
Oakland, Ore. OP) A
loader for the Weyerhaeuser
Timber company was killed
Friday 30 miles east of here
at a Weyehaeuser site when
a log became dislodged from
a stack and rolled over him.
The victim was identified
as Keith Krewson of Suther
lin. Douglas county coroner
L. L. Powers said the accident
occurred about 10:30 a.m.
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about 67 per cent is underlain
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Medford Lady Lions
. MICHAEL WATKINS
. Medford 20-30 Club
Memorial Corner
Honors Donation
To Local Library
Honoring the many indi
viduals of Medford and Jack
son county to whose memories
book donations have been
placed in the public library
collection, a memorial corner
has been set up this week in
the Medford Public Library
headquarters.
A memorial gift ledger, in
which are inscribed the names
of persons who have been
thus honored by their friends
and admirers, lists the donors
of the book memorials and
the titles of the books select
ed in each case. Above the
lectern bearing the memorial
ledger there has been hung
a plaque in tribute to the late
Mrs. Ella J. Smith, whose gen
erous bequest has made it
possible for the library to
build a substantial collection
of books concerning the Pa
cific Northwest.
Inscription Reads
The inscription on the
plaque reads as follows: "In
grateful memory to Ella J.
Smith, a long time resident
of Jackson County, whose
generous bequest to this li
brary has made it possible
to render fuller service to its
patrons."
All books purchased by
means of Mrs. Smith's be
quest are listed in the memo
rial ledger, as are books pur
chased by Robertson E. Col
lins in memory of Floyd
Narcotics Head
To Leave Bureau
Portland (IP) Jack M.
Merrill, former head of the
Federal Narcotis bureau here
has resigned from his post in
Seattle where he was trans
ferred from Portland a year
ago.
The Oregon Journal said
Merrall revealed in a court
disposition that he had once
borrowed money from James
B. Elkins, key figure in the
Portland vice controversy.
Merrill said the loan was
made "many years ago" and
that it did not affect his work
as a narcotics agent. He de
clined further comment, say
ing it was best that his depos
ition be aired in court before
he issued a further statement.
The deposition taken from
Merrill was in connection
with a libel suit filed by the
Portland City Commissioner
Stanley Earl against the
Hearst Publishing company.
UBIKE- MUG
Slabs and Rough Blox Green
Dandy to Burn with Dry Wood
Big Double Load or Single Load
MEDFORD FUEL COMPANY
Telephone SP 2-2111
SHERRY LYNN GILES
Omar's Sleak House
BOBBY McLEAN
Matlack's Super Market
Hart. Other pages name de
parted members of the Ameri
can Legion to be memorial
ized by the American Legion
Memorial Fund. During the
past five years 32 persons
have been honored in this
way by the Lekion.
Also included in the ledger
is a sample of the memorial
bookplate placed in each book
which the library, receives
through such gifts and a leaf
let explaining the procedure
for honoring individuals in
this way.
Largest Non-Atom
Blast Eliminates
Sailing'Hazard
Campbell River, B. C. (tPI
Engineers set off- the larg
est non-atomic blast in his
tory Saturday in an effort
to blow the top off of Ripple
Rock, for almost 200 years
the worst navigation hazard
off the West Coast.
The waters of Seymour
Narrows, just off the coast of
British Columbia, billowed
high into the air as the 2,
700,000 pounds of high ex
plosive were detonated at 9:31
a.m. (PST).
Tons of water spewed into
the air in a stemless mush
room shape as the Nitramex-2-H
tore its way through the
heart of the rock.
In a job that took more
than two years, a tunnel was
drilled from nearby Quadra
Island under the channel and
up into the submerged peaks
so that explosives could be
packed into the rock.
The twin peaks have cost
more then 150 lives and
countless shipping losses since
the narrows first were chart
ed in 1792.
Observers in nearby bunk
ers could see little after the
initial explosion as smoke ob
scured the channel. The
ground trembled as the shock
hit the watchers six seconds
after the blast. A few sec
onds later waves to four to
five feet high smashed against
the shores of Quadra Island
and Vancouver Island, on
either side of the narrows.
Syracuse, N. Y. (IP) De
partment of Water workers
used a mine detector to lo
cate a loaded revolver Frank
Lombardo accidentally drop
ped in a snow drift at a busy
intersection.
Court & McAndrews
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MARLIES GORDEN
Central Point Jayceetes
STEVEN C. MORRISON
Individually Sponsored
Ashland Woman
Ashland Mrs. Reta Aleta
Champion, 52, of 130 Fourth
st., died early Saturday morn
ing of a self-inflicted gunshot
wound.
She was found by her- hus
band in the attic of their
home about 2 a.m., according
to Ashland police. Mrs.
Champion was born on July
5, 1905 in Weaverville, Calif,
and married Joseph Champ
ions on October 29, 1925 in
Yreka, Calif. They had lived
in Dunsmuir before moving
to Ashland 15 years ago.
She is survived by her hus
band, Joseph; daughters, Mrs.
Maxine Stringer and Miss
Shirley Champion, both of
iwiMitiiiM
. KATHY NUICH
Jackson County Cow Belles
SCOTT SUNDBY
Medford Aerie Eagles
Dies Of Wounds Early Saturday
Ashland; and three grand
children. Survivors also include her
mother, Mrs. Louise Brown,
Eureka; brothers, Eugene
Brown, Eureka; Floyd Brown,
Eureka; Raymond Brown,
Eureka; Melvin Brown, Wea
verville; Merle Brown, U. S.
Army in Germany; sisters,
Marion Brown, Eureka; Mrs1.
Armeda Spencer, Portland;
Mrs. Maxine McKnight, El
Certio, Calif.; Mrs. Francis
Muldany, Loleta, Calif., and
one sister and brother had
died previously.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by Litwillers'
Funeral home in Ashland.
STEBTBtfl
JUDY CLARK
Chuck's Market
CLAY CHARLEY
Jackson County Cow Belles
Dirty Yard Brings
Jail Term for Man
Milwaukie, Ore (IP) Leo
Fontana, 71, who lives on a
$78.75 monthly pension and
who had 19 dogs, was serving
a 90-day term in jail today for
refusing to clean up his yard.
Authorities said the city
Thursday completed the re
moval of 60 truckloads of
junk, plus the dogs, from his
place. Most of the junk was
badly-weathered odds and
ends of lumber and old machinery.
DAWN SELBY
Modern Tile Company
RICKY SHAFER
Central Point Jayceettes
Dynamite Blast
Kills Farmer
Creswell (IPI A 66-year-old
farmer, Floyd G. Miller,
was killed Friday morning
by a dynamite blast as he
cleared stumps on his prop
erty near here.
Lane county coroner Fred
Buell said apparently Miller
was killed when he approach
ed a stump to investigate a
charge that did not explode,
and the dynamite exploded
just as he reached to adjust
the fuse.
The body was found by
Miller's wife about 1:00 p.m.,
when he failed to come to
the house for lunch.
Although the story of the death
and ascension of Christ has been
retold for many centuries, it is al
ways an enlightening and uplift
ing story tKjat gives mankind the
very highest standards by which
to guide his life.
The faith of the masses has ever
been strengthened year after year,
in times of recession and oppres
sion or disaster and death, by this
story of a miraculous life after
death.
On this Easter,day, we joyfully
join the millions in remembrance
of the story of that morning when
He arose to give the world a prom
ise of eternal life . . .
. . . and on the lighter side of
this Day, we are happy to see our
youngsters romp and play on the
lawns, hunting Easter eggs and
enjoying the health provided by
good, wholesome diets supple
mented by God's most perfect gift
in food-MILK.
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MILK producers
LINDA ELLIS
Medford Lady Eagles
LA DONNA LULL
The Flower Mart
Medford Man Accepted
At Northrop Institute
M. Jarold Christensen, son
of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Chris
tensen, 178 Winema way,
Medford, has been accepted
by Northrop Aeronautical In
stitute, Inglewood, Calif., for
enrollment in the aeronautical
engineering course.
He is a graduate of Rogui
River academy, and was en
rolled in Walla Walla col
lege, Walla Walla, Wash,
prior to going to Inglewood.
Waterville, Me. (IP) .
Police here had to improvis
when the regular police cruis
er and patrol wagon were
tied up for repairs. The de
partment hired a taxicab to
patrol the city streets.
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