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New Layoffs Rise During First Week Of This Month Washington (IF) New lay offs of workers covered by unemployment compensation rose by nearly 80,000 during the first week in April, but the Labor Department said this did not indicate any ma jor surge in unemployment. The department's bureau of employment security said further layoffs in the auto in dustry in Michigan, New York, California, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Texas and 11 otner states were an impor tant factor" in the increase. The 79,900 rise pushed the total for those filing claims to 501,800 the highest figure since January when initial claims climbed past 600,000, The bureau said the num ber of new claims normally rises during the first week in April. But last week's total was nearly twice as high as the 260,000 total for the same week a year ago. On the brighter side, the bureau said the overall num ber of workers carried on job less benefit lists dropped by 2,900 to 3,276,500 in the week ended March 29. That was the fifth week in which total in sured unemployment had re mained virtually unchanged. As a result, the jobless rate stayed at 7.9 per cent of the 43 million workers covered by unemployment compensa tion, the same rate, reported for the week ending Feb. 22 The total for the same week a year ago was 1,508,000. GOLD HILL Health Clinic Scheduled Boy Scouis Jackson School Pack 8 Pack 8 of Jackson school held their monthly pack meeting Thursday evening in the school gym. The ilag ceremony was given by Den 11. A skit on television commercials was presented by Den 10. Appear ing were Jim Dodge, Bill Bennett, Don "Wicker and Dale Durkee. Bob Griffith substituted for Jack Rice who was 111. A style show was given by Den 4. with Bob Phillips, Jim Richey, Paul Chinn, Spence Webber and Jim Phil lips as models. A den movie was shown by Den 9 and a short comedy was shown. Twenty-nine boyg received awards. By MRS. CLYDE KELL Gold H i 1 1 A pre-school clinic for children entering the first grade at Patrick school in the fall will be held Wednesday, April 23, from 9:30 a.m. until 12 noon in the basement of the Gold Hill Community Methodist church at the corner of Fourth street and Fourth avenue. Dr. Erin Merkel, Jackson County Health officer will be the examining physician. Mrs. Melvin Burnett, clinic chairman stated that letters inviting parents with children in this age group to take ad vantage of the clinic were mailed early last week, along with information concerning the pre-school physical exami nations. Mrs. Burnett wishes to re mind parents that the yellow medical record blank must be filled out before the young ster is brought to the clinic. She said in case a letter was not received by a parent hav ing a youngster in this age group, further information may be had by contacting her. Appointments are not neces sary. Assisting Mrs. Burnett on the clinic committee are Mrs Ed Kapp, resident of the Gold Hill Health unit and Mrs Thomas Gray, vice-president elect of the unit. and Arnold Boye were Mr. and Mrs. Victor Sethers, Med ford, and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Schoenemann, Gold Hill. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Burnett had as their Easter dinner guests at their home in Rogue River, their son and daughter- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Burnett of Upper River road, Gold Hill, Miss Donna Bur nett. Gold Hill, Miss Barbara Walters, Central Point and Bruce Burnett, who attends college in Corvallis. M r s. Blanche Merriman has had as her house guest the past two weeks, her sister, Mrs. Leonard Martin of Fres no, Calif. Mrs. Gilma Mosier also of Fresno was an over night guest en route to Wood- burn for a visit with her fa ther. Mrs. Martin accompan ied Mrs. Mosier from Califor nia to Gold -fill. While in southern Oregon Mrs. Martin visited in the homes of two other sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Errol Miller, Gold Hill, and Mr. and Mrs John Breeding, Rogue River, The Gold Hill Health unit has scheduled it's annual pic nic for Tuesday, ' May 6, at the home of Mrs. W. S. Dick inson, Sardine creek, accord' ing to Mrs. Ed. Knapp, presi dent of the group. Easter Sunday dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boye and two children, Patty and Bobby, guests recently their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Smith. The young couple left Easter Sunday for Corvallis where Mrs. Smith wil continue her studies at Oregon State college. After a week in Corvallis Douglas will return to his base at Fort Ord, Calif., where he is with the Army Signal Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Arty Laws were hosts to a family dinner Easter at their home in Rogue River. Attending were Mrs, Laws parents. Mr. and Mrs Bill Force and Bill Kell, all of Gold Hill, and Elizabeth and Ronald Laws, Rogue River Mrs. Walter Doherty was among officers elected for the ensuing year in two different PTA organizations. She has been elected first vice-presi dent for the Crater High Par ent-Teacher association and will serve next year as that unit's program chairman Mrs. Doherty was elected as one of the two junior vice- Dresidents in the Jackson County Council of Parent- Teacher associations at a re cent council meeting. Mrs. Doherty has served the past year as vice president of the Gold Hill Parent-Teacher association, having been pro gram chairman as well. She is the school pianist in the Han- by school music department, Several Gold Hill girls who are members of Bethel 38 went to Medford where they attended the grand opening of the 1958 Grand Bethel Session International order of Job's Daughters at Hedrick Junior High, school in Med ford Thursday, April 10 at 8 p.m. Members attending were Miss Vickie Lester, Miss Les lie Meister, Miss Helen Hood, junior past honored queen Miss Susan Hood, guide; Miss Gail Collins, recorder of Bethel 38 and Grand Bethel third messenger; Miss Donna Burnett, junior princess; Miss Bonnie Knapp and Miss Terry Turner, choir members. Flight Training Set For College Salem (W Willamette university will start actual flight training for selected Air Force ROTC students next week. Top students who can meet Air Force physical and men tal requirements will be given 35 hours of ground in struction and 36 Vz hours of flight training. If they pass they will quali fy for a regular Civil Aero nautics administration pri vate pilot's license. Seven students already have qualified. Southern Gains Seen By G.O.P. New Orleans, La. (IP) National Chairman Meade Al corn said Saturday the "tre mendous gains" of the Re publican Party in the South in 1952 and 1956 can be ex panded in the future. The GOP' chairman said the Little Rock, Ark., school in tegration controversy and President Eisenhower's use of federal troops to restore order would not drive south erners away from the Repub lican ticket. . , "There is much more in volved than the single ques tion of civil rights," he said, adding that voters must think carefully before deciding to return the Democrats to power. Mrs. Paul Molloy was host ess for a meeting of the Ame thyst Rebekab Friendship club recently at her home on Second ave. A social evening and "do it yourself refresh- Mrs. Lloyd Smith of Ed monds, Wash., planned to ar rive in southern Oregon Fri day, April 11, for a visit in the homes of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Taylor, and family in Grants Pass and her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith, Sardine Creek road, Gold Hill. The visitor is a former resident of Gold Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith had as their house HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station KWIN 1400 K.C. Sundays 10:15 A.M. WE VALUE FOR EVERY DOLLAR , 1958 Model Hl.ll TERRIFIC IN-DOOR STORAGE 3 full-width shelvM 2 full-width egg shelves Sutter Server Own this new 1958 WESTINGHOUSE with Giant Frozen Storage Not only big refrigerator space with ruil-wwr SHIIVU ... but also an WT-IA01 FMlZlt and PIOZIN STOKAOI TRAY. Full width VIOITAWJ CRISPH. PIus.in-thi-doo shiivis for dairy prod ucts and many other articles. only m 95 Easy payments, too. Th. "Ship of Tomonw" fflftt In to foe bulK-to you CAD II suw-r.Wstinghouse TROWBRIDGE & FLYNN ELECTRIC COMPANY ments" were served by the group. Mrs. Molloy stated the next meeting will be held in the home of Mrs. Donald Morrow on Monday, April 21, at 8 p.m. Mayor Ernie Cooper presid ed at a meeting of the Gold Hill City Council Monday, April 7. At this time it was decided to schedule the meeting of the city budget committee for Monday, April 21, at 8 p.m. in the city hall. Budget commit tee members are Paul Molloy, Ozzie Newland, Donald Mor row, Paul Thompson, H. D. Force, and alternate W. S. Bower. ' Approval was given by the council for clearing fire haz ard conditions from 12th street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Further con sideration was given on the drainage problem which exists within the city. Superintendent Floyd Tay lor reported to the council at this meeting that the garbage dump has been mostly cov ered and that the funds re maining in the garbage bud get will be sufficient to com plete the job. The Council approved plac ing a 12-inch drain tile across Seventh ave. at it's intersec tion with Ninth street. HELP US! We Need Clothing, Shoes, Dishes, Furniture. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army SPring 3-7335 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Ore., Sunday, April 13, 195S t Slabs and Rough Blex Gron Dandy to Burn with. Dry Wood Big Double Load or Single Load MEDFORD FUEL COMPANY Telephone SP 2-2111 Court & McAndraws i saBHMSaaBSavaHalaHaHBaHaBBBBiB? ' 10 MILES TO END of CARPET . Over 70 miles of carpeting purchased by Weeks & Orr and other Westores to crash the price barriers! Carpet Mass Purchase by Western Group Deliveries are now being made he j fen fEarP J0 to 60 Western Furniture Stores in Oregon, Washington and Idaho on over 120 rolls of car pet. 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