4-H
CLUB
NEWS
Phoanix Club
On April 3, 1958, a meeting
of the Phoenix Beef, Swine
and Dairy club was held at
the Holmes home. We talked
about the skating party that
will be held at the Ashland
Skat-way. We had a movie
about judging beef steers.
Spencer Buffington,
Reporter
Absentee Ballots Available
Notary Signature Needed
Teena Paige Sewing Club
The regular meeting of the
Tenna Paige Sewing club was
held at 7 p.m. on April 7 at
the home of Mrs. C. A. Asfr
ton, our leader, with Glenva
Brown serving refreshments
t ourteen members were
present at the meeting at
which some of the girls wore
dresses which they had made.
Others of the group told what
project they were working on.
We discussed fitting of pat
terns and Mrs. A. E. Sidener,
our assistant leader, showed
us how to tape a pattern to
give a better fit.
We discussed the 4-H sum
mer school and requirements
what you needed to become
eligible for a scholarship. We
also talked about the moth
er's tea which we plan to
have at our next regular meet
ing. Carol Myers, Pat McCue,
Nancy McKay and Elaine Mc
Kay are to serve on that com
mittee.
The next meeting will be
held at the McKay home on
May 5 at 7 p.m.
Caroline Sidener,
Reporter.
Conference Set
For Industrial
Forestry Men
A number of problems in
industrial forestry operation
will be discussed at the an
nual meeting of the Industrial
Forestry association sched-
ued fpr the Multnomah hotel,
Portland, Thursday, April 17,
according to President Nils B.
Hult, Junction City.
Topics for discussion in
clude problems of government
timber, tree farm taxes, start
ing new forests by planting
and seeding, preventing forest
fires, improving trees through
genetics and closer wood uti
lization. , VirgU T. Heath, State Su
pervisor, Bureau of Land
Management, and Walter H.
Lund, Assistant Regional For
ester, U.S. Forest Service, will
address the association's mem
bers at the annual lunchon on
management problems of gov
ernment timber, Hult said.
The association leader said
IFA represents more than
7,000,000 acres of private for
ests in western Oregon and
Washington's Douglas fir re
gion. Its members operate
250 wood-using plants em
ploying more than 63,000
people.
The association founded the
now nation-wide tree farm
program in 1941 and has cer
tified more than 5,366,000
acres as West Coast tree
farms. The association also
operates the Col. W. B. Gree
ley forest nursery at Nisqual
ly, Wash., which grows mil
lions of trees nuually for tree
farmers. The association's for
est tree improvement pro
gram, started in 1954, is also
centered at Nisqually.
Eight association foresters,
located at Medford, Eugene,
Portland, Nisqually and
Seattle, are available to . all
private forest owners to help
them study tree farm oppor
tunities, Hult said.
The meeting will conclude
with election of board of di
rectors and officers for 1958,
rein uledtiVi m we eiZof-te
Bereth P. Hopkins, county
clerk, announced Saturday
that absentee ballots are now
available. Her office will start
mailing them immediately to
electors whose applications
are on file immediately.
Applications from service
voters should reach the clerk's
office before April 25 to en
sure enough time for mailing
out and return of the marked
ballots. Civilians may apply
for absentee ballots up to five
days before election, she said.
If it is convenient, the elec
tor may come to the clerk's
office to apply and while there
mark his (or her) ballot and
sign the affidavit on the en
velope before the county clerk
or a deputy. Otherwise, the
elector must arrange to have
the affidavit signed before a
notary public
No ballot mailed in is valid
unless it carries a notary's sig
nature AND SEAL except in
cases where service voters
sign before a commissioned
oficer, Mrs. Hopkins added
The service voter's ballot
must be mailed in the return
envelope furnished with the
ballot and must carry the
name of the service voter in
his own handwriting and must
be witnessed by a commis
sioned or warrant officer (no
noncommissioned officer be-
CENTRAL POINT
Schools Plan Open House
By DORIS HUGHES
Central Point Annual open
house for Central Point
schools will be held on Thurs
day evening, April 24, from
6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Stu
dents at Central Point ele
mentary and Junior High
school and Jewett elementary
schools will have work on
display.
Both cafeterias will be open
throughout the evening with
cake, pie, milk and coffee be
ing sold by the Parent Teach
ers association. Following
open house, there will be a
concert by the Central Point
Junior High school band un
der the direction of Harry
Meyers.
New officers have been
elected by the Crater FFA
chapter, and are to be in
stalled June 1. Elected were
Allen Barnes, president; John
Caster, vice-president; Don
Ryan, secretary; Mike Red
mon, treasurer; Don Denning,
reporter; Kenneth Wood, sen-
tmal , and Pete Melstead, as
sistant treasurer. President
Allen Barnes also serves as
president of Rogue-Umpqua
district. He received his State
Farmer degree this year.
Crater Chapter boys have
been working on plans for the
parent-son banquet which will
be Monday evenng, April 21,
at 7:30 p.m. in the Crater
High school gymnasium. The
boys expect an attendance of
about 400 persons.
Featured highlights of the
banquet will be a talk by Ed
Manary, State FFA president,
installation of honorary mem
bers, and the presentation of
FFA Foundation awards.
are presented to boys who
have done outstanding work J
in farming. Dave Mack will
give the speech that won him
honors at FFA State. Dave
will leave Central Point, Sat
urday, April 26, for Helena,
Mont., where he wilL partici
pate in the Regional Public
Speaking Contest.
A committee meeting of
Good Bike Light
Required By Law
Bicycle riders are remind
ed of the city ordinance which
requires all bicycles to have
lights on the front in working
order by Police Chief Charles
P. Champlin today.
He said this violation is the
heaviest recorded by his of
ficers in enforcing the ordin
ance. Riders at night should
also obey all traffic laws even
more carefully than during
the day and should attempt
to wear light colored clothing,
he added.
Champlin also warned bi
cycle riders to keep their bi
cycle in good operating condi
tion, secure a 1958 license, not
to ride double and to stay off
the downtown sidewalks.
Deadline Given
On Well Signup
Less than four months re
main for well owners to regis
ter claims for rights to ap
propriate ground water, Lewis
A. Stanley, state engineer, an
nounced in Salem Friday. The
1955 legislature set a deadline
of Aug. 3, 1958 for well own
ers to file registration state
ments. Exempted uses of ground
water include that used for
stock water; ground water for
watering lawn or non-commercial
garden not exceeding one
half acre; that used for single
or group domestic purposes in
an amount not exceeding 15,
000 gallons per day; and that
for any single industrial or
commercial purpose not ex
ceeding 5,000 gallons per day.
Failure of any person to
register his well by Aug. 3
will deprive him of his right
to continued use of ground
water from that well, Stanley
said.
Forms and further informa
tion, and permits to appropri
ate ground water, can be ob
tained by writing Stanley at
Salem.
Boy Scout Troop 40 was held
April 7 at the home of Earl
Yoakley. a film on Boy Scout
camping was shown by Del
Wright, camping councilman
from the Medford office. Com
mitteemen attending the
meeting were A. D. Van Horn,
chairman; Earl Yoakley, Bob
Morris, Ken, Toner, Jim Back
en and Scout Master George
Ray
A balloon and bubble gum
parade led the way to the
Girl Scout play day held at
the Central Point park
Wednesday, April 9. The af
fair was sponsored by troop
190 who invited the fifth
grade troop to participate as
guests
The first event at the park
was the regular flag cere
mony with the girls repeating
the pledge of allegiance, the
Girl Scout promise, and the
reviewing of the Girl Scout
laws. Several songs were
sung before playing the many
games planned by the Skunk
Patrol. These were led by
Gloria Thompson and Anita
Townsend, patrol leader and
scribe. Edith Voil, program
aide, worked with this patrol.
How to roll a bed that will
stay tied until a girl reaches
camp was demonstrated by
Mrs. Bruce Stewart who is
the neighborhood chairman
in charge of all Girl Scouting
in the Central Point area.
The Wishing Mundlin Pa
trol, with Donna Thompson as
patrol leader and Barbara
Beck as patrol scribe, pre
pared and. served a picnic
supper at the home of Mrs. I
Ralph Mundlin, leader of
Troop 190. Funds for the food
were available from the cook
ie sale held recently under
the supervision of Mrs. Wayne
Thompson. The fifth grade
Girl Scouts in elegant cos
tumes presented the play,
Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs.
The fifth grade Girl Scout
Troop is led . by Mrs. Art
St. Germain and Mrs. Bruce
Stewart. Sharon Trautman is
the program aid working
with these girls who will re
ceive their sacond class rank
badge this spring.
Wishes built the campfire
planned by the Helpers pa
trol, whose leader is Vicki
Caldwell and" scribe is Ruth
Harger. After lighting the
fire, girls in each troop placed
a stick of wood on the fire
and made a Girl Scout wish
as it burned. The Medford
Fuel company furnished wood
for the campfire. Name tags
for the play day were made
by Karen Bowdoin and Elaine
Johnson of the Helpers patrol
who planned the schedule of
events. In a circle by the
campfire the Girl Scouts
closed the play day by sing
ing Taps.
low the rank of sergeant may
serve as a witness), she ex
plained.
Period For Applying
During the five days im
mediately preceding the elec
tion, electors may. apply for
and VOTE AN ABSENTEE
ballot in the office of the
county clerk provided an affi
davit accompanies the appli
cation. It must state the na
ture of the emergency which
makes it impossible to vote in
person on the day of election
she said. If an elector be
comes ill and bedridden at
home or in a hospital after
5 p.m. the day before election
he may send in an application
for an absentee ballot by an
agent of his choice. The appli
cation must bear the signa
ture of the applicant and must
be accompanied by an affi
davit signed by his physician
or a practitioner stating the
patient is able to mark his
own ballot but that it would
be injurious to his health or
person to leave his bed and
go to the polls, Mrs. Hopkins
said.
The. affidavit on the back of
the envelope in which the bal
lot is returned by the agent to
the county clerk's office must
bear the signature of the elec
tor and must be signed before
a notary public and carry his
official seal, i
Persons whose jobs require
tha they leave home before
the polls open and who run
the risk of being delayed after
work for any reason so that
they may find it impossible to
get tq their polling place on
election day should use the
absentee ballot, Mrs. Hopkins
urged.
Anyone employed by the
railroads or trucking or trans
portation companies, travel
ing salesmen or other business
men whose duties may require
sudden trips out of town
should take advantage of the
absentee 'voter service also,
she added.
Students, teachers and gov
ernment workers together
with servicemen must apply
as early as possible to assure
return of the ballot to the
clerk's office before 8 pjn.
election day.
Ballots Will be Checked
Absentee ballots will be
counted the day following the
election by a special election
board appointed for the pur
pose. Poll books will be
checked by the board to en
sure against any possibility of
an elector voting in person
and by absentee ballot. If an
elector who has applied for
an absentee ballot and has
marked it and mailed it back
to the county clerk wishes, he
Personal Income,
Retail Sales Down
Washington (IP) The gov
ernment reported Friday that
personal income and retail
sales two important econom
ic indicators continued to de
cline in March but at a slow
er rate than earlier this year.
Government econom ists
said these figures, along with
unemployment and employ
ment statistics announced
earlier this wek, provide new
evidence that the general busi
ness decline, though continu
ing, is slowing down.
- Personal income in March
was at a seasonally adjusted
annual rate of $341,500,000,
000, about $300,000,000 under
February rate.
Total retail sales in March
were one per cent below
February and two per cent
below March, 1957.
County Shop Addition
Now Ready For Roofing
The 33-foot long addition
to the county shops at the
fairgrounds which was start
ed early this year, is ready for
roofing, according to County
Engineer Paul Rynning.
The $20,000 project is t)f re
inforced concrete and has
been built partly by county
employees during slack times.
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may vote in person but he
must declare he has received
and marked such a ballot. His
absentee ballot will be in
validated by the board acting
upon the evidence supplied by
the poll book which will
carry the signatures of every
one voting in person, the
county clerk said.
County clerk Bereth P.
Hopkins stated her office de
sires to make absentee voter
service available to all elig
ible applicants. Abuse of ab
sentee voter privileges could
result in a return to the old
restrictive regulations which
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added. Only those who can
not, for a valid reason, vote
in person on election day in
the precinct in which they arc
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