Buying Telescope
Launches Career
RoseviHe. Calif. V In
1931 Carl Wells bought a six
inch telescope for his teenage
son, never dreaming that it
would someday bring Weils
wide recognition.
The gift launched the 17-v?ar-old
Wells on a spare
time career as an astronomer
and telescope maker that
since has grown to major
proportions.
The retired railroad con
ductor presently is expermi
menting with metal mirrors
for the National Astronomi
cal Observatory of Phoenix,
Ariz., for possible use in pho
tographing the sun.
"- Glass mirrors in this area
tend to become heat-warped.
The federally sponsored ob
servatory hopes to find a
heat-resistant metal that can
be ground like glass. Wells
has sent the observatory a
disk of nickel-coated copper
and another of titanium. He's
working on one made of
beryllium a poisonous met
al that requires careful hand
ling. Wells, working at his home
made grinding and polishing
machine, recalls various in
cidents in connecton with his
hobby. He was technical ad
visor when the University of
Nevada built its observatory.
He made the telescope used
there. Recently he finished a
10-inch Maksutov correcting
lens which he intends to do
nate to the University of
California.
Wells also worked for the
U. S. Bureau of Standards,
took part in secret projects
for the Office of Naval Re
search and made optical
equipment for the armed ser
vices. In 1916, there were 791,000
people employed by automo
bile makers.
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Longest Single Line
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Bingham, Utah 0? One
of the longest singie-line mine
tunnels in the nation is being
constructed here at a cost of
S12,000,000.
The 3V2-mile ore-haulage
tunnel being built by Kenne
cott Copper company was
started last November, 1956,
and is expected to be com
pleted by 1960.
Construction crews have
completed drilling 2,790 feet
of the project and are push
ing forward at an average
rate of 25 feet a day.
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Loma say they plan a S400,
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that will transform the fam
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81-acre scenic park.
The monument, located on
the most southwesterly point
in the United States, now
covers less ' than half an
acre. In spite of its small size,
it has attracted the highest
annual visitor attendance of
the 83 national monuments in
the nation, 'surpassing even
the Statue of Liberty in New
York, which ranks second.
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ment plans are a new visit
center and museum overlook
ing picturesque San Diego
harbor and a change in loca
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Portuguese explorer Juan
Rodriquez Cabrillo. Cabrillo's
landing on the point in 1542
marked the first contact by
Europ'eans with this part of
the New World.
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Portugal in 1940, will be
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away from its present loca
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lighthouse to make way for
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'MOON ROCKET' A combined Thor-yanguard rocket,
forerunner of the .Air Force's moon rocket, blasts off
from launching pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., during test
of a new intercontinental ballistic missile nose cone. The
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cone, a small hemisphere designed to prevent missile
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HILTS
Party Honors Youngster
By MRS. M. F. CAVIN
Hilts A party was given
April 18 at 7 p.m. honoring
the second birthday of David
Frye, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Frye.
Baskets of candy and bal
loons were given as favors,
and ica . cream, cake, and
punch were served.
Guests were Jackie Sandi-
ford, S t e v i e De Avilla,
Frankie Marin, Stevie Cec
cato, Gloria Chase, Lynn
Davenport and Celia and Don
na White.
Parents present were John
ny De Avilla, Mr. and Mrs
Roger Cecato, Mrs. Sue Dav
enport, and Davy's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Frye.
Mario Michelon was a re
cent weekend visitor in Chico,
Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Hall visit
ed recently at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Williams
in Corning. The Williams are
former residents of this com
munity.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Sletten
and girls of Empire, were
weekend guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayris
Mrs. Sletten is their daugh
ter. The Rev. and Mrs. Harold
Courts and son Ronald of
Riverside, visited recently at
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Vern Burns and family.
Mrs. Charles Sprague, and
family Mrs.. R. Smith and
Miss Joan Smith were busi
ness visitors in Ashland
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Span
naus and children of Or.oville,
visited last weekend at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Spannaus.i
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gibson
and children, who live on
the Dead Indian road, were
weekend guests at the Robert
Ferguson home.
JMr. and Mrs. Robert Jorgen
son and children of Willows,
visited last weekend at the
home of Mrs. Jorgenson's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Graves.
Mrs. Bessie Dunaway of
Sacramento, visited Wednes
day at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Vieira. Mrs. Duna
way and her late husband
operated the Club hotel here
for many years.
Miss Dorethea De Clerck
of Yreka, visited Wednesday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Audomar De Clerck.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jack
son of Prineville were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Ozzie Bern
heisel for several days last
week.
The regular meeting of the
Hilts PTA was held Thursday
evening, April 24,, in the
school cafeteria.
Fifth and sixth grade girls
presented the Maypole dance
and the boys sang and played
various instruments. The first
and second grade girls wore
fancy hats and sang '"Easter
Parade", then the boys dress
ed as rabbits joined the girls
and the entire group sang,
"Here Comes Peter Cotton
tail". The numbers were an
nounced by Pat Fox.
A playlet entitled "A Very
Late Spring", presented by
part of the third and fourth
grades, was announced by
Cathy Whittaker. A -spring
scene for the background was
drawn and colored by the oth
er members of the class.
Installation of officers was
held with Mrs. Edna Barr of
Yreka, president of the 25th
District, California Congress
of PTA, acting as installing
officer.
Those installed were: presi
dent, Tony Marin; vice presi
dents, Mrs. Mel Barron and
Mrs. Lome Martin; secretary,
Mrs. Les Chase; historian,
Mrs. Rodney Eastman, and au
ditor, Mrs. William Tallis.
Each officer was presented
a membership pin, and out
going president Mrs. Don
Ward, received her past presi
dent's pin.
It was decided that the
school picnic would be held
in the fall at the beginning
of the school, term and that t
the PTA would pay for the j
admission to the swimming
dooI and buy the ice cream. !
It was also decided that the
PTA would buy the flowers
for the graduating class.
Hostesses were Mrs. L. E.
Jeter and Mrs. Alec Rutledge.
Mr. and Mrs. Havey Smith
are the parents of a son born
April 18 at the Ashland Gen
eral hospital. The baby weigh
ed nine pounds, 15 ounces
and has been' named Mark
Anthony. 1
It was wrongly stated in
this column recently that Mrs.
Evan Maupin was a patient
at Ashland General hospital
following a stroke. She was
instead a patient for a nervous
condition at Siskiyou county
hnsnital in Yreka and went to
Ashland to recuperate at the
home of her husband's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mannin
Mrs Maunin is now at her
home, the A. P. cattle ranch
in .Gazelle, Calif.
More than 64 per cent of the
rural roads in this country are
surfaced. .
The first four-wheel auto
mobile brake was invented by
Otto Zachow and William Bes
serdich in Los Angeles, and
placed into service, July, 1929.
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ried them to Wisconsin, New
England, Quebec, Gaspe, Nova
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former English teacher, typed
and read proof on "Take Us
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while her husband drove the
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White is an artist who
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and serves as president of
the Chagrin Falls, (Ohio), Art
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left the wholesaler in the mid
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price and to average his mark
up "has been curtailed to a
considerable degree with the
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and pre-selling of merchan
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by following the manufactur
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found this practice in' 33 per
cent of the hardware stores,
69 per cent of the drug stores
and 20 per cent of the dry
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Alton reported that in some
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