Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1958)
t 11 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford', Oregon. Wednesday, April 30, 1958 Bank Manager Says Campaign Will Keep The Economy Strong "Action bv the Medford Automobile Dealers associa tion in staging the 10-day "Keep Medford's Economy Rolling" campaign is certain ly a commendable program that will help keep our city's economy s t r o n g," Elwood Hedberg, vice president and manager of the Medford , branch of First National Bank of Portland, said. These merchandising ef forts are a good sign of the strength of our business com munity, Hedberg said. "For the great part, the course of our nation's economy depends on what individual citizens do. For that reason the deal ers campaign to promote a lively trade in the goods our people need can help to re store the steady growth of our economy," Hedberg con tinued. Business seems to be in bet ter condition than is business Mayor Supports Program to Help Medford's "Keep Medford's Economy Rolling .... You Auto Buy Now" campaign, scheduled for May 1 through 10 received endorsement from Medford Mayor John Snid er. "The automobile dealers of this area are to be commend ed," he said, "for developing what seems to me to be the ideal answer to recession psy chology: more sales. I feel certain that the whole bus iness picture here will be benefited by this all-out ef fort. My best wishes go to the planning committee of the dealers group and to all of the business community for a most successful campaign." Planned Display Many of the new car deal ers have planned unusual dis plays, in addition to the full line floor models that virtu ally all of them will be show ing at values. Demonstratiton rides will be featured highlights of the sales presentations by most dealers. A parade, contests, incen tive awards to the public, new car buyers and to salesmen will be a part of the 10-day promotional period. Cochairmen of the planning group, Hugh Coleman and Darrell Miller, said, "we are confident that this investment of money and the time of over a hundred community leaders, will be well spent. It can create a lasting benefit for the community." - i V ' Whizzing down the turnpike in your new 1958 Flashmobile can give you a mighty satisfying feeling. Satisfying, too, is the wonderful taste of fresh, cold milk with every meal! Milk is good and good for you! After all, it's nature's most perfect food! Enjoy some with every meal and with those in-between snacks, too! Drink at Least Glasses of MILK a Day! sentiment, Hedberg said There is littla mathematical proof that a severe recession lies ahead, but there is evi dence that we can talk our selves into one, he believes. The present local promotion should be of great help to our business atmosphere, he added. , Bank deposits are up 24 million in Oregon for the first three months, compared to the same period in 1957. It is a gain of cash in savings accounts, while there has been a decline in total checking account deposit balances. . . . This is another sign that some have adopted a wait and - see attitude, the local banker said. He feels that spending today for reason able needs is a healthy stimu lant to our economy. From such spending comes business activities that mean work, wages and continued payrolls. If under normal circum stances you would buy a new car now, go on and do it, Hed berg advised, Don't be in fluenced by talk of recession, because recessions are con tinued by those who stop do ing what they normally do without particular reason, thus causing unemployment and more recession, he con cluded. The local promotion pro gram wilf continue through May 10, with dealers agree ing to remain open until 9 p. m. each evening during the campaign. They will not open on Sunday; it was stated. Mobile Homes Show Increase in Sales Chicago (IP) Sales of mo bile homes showed an in creasse for the third straight year, according to the Mo bile Homes Manufacturers as sociation. Robert McMackin, associa tion president, said that the number of mobile homes shipped to dealers during 1957 totaled approximately 140,300 units. He said the increase :vas slightly more than 600 units over the number pro duced" in 1956. McMakin noted that over size units measuring 10 feet in width continued to grow in popularity as the industry turned out an estimated 50, 500 of the larger rolling homes in 1957. He said the figure compared with a 1956 total of just over 29,500. Travel trailers popular with outdoor" enthusiasts, account ed for 11 per cent of ship ments, McMakin said. - MILKfrroIucers Civil Service Jobs Available During Summer for Pupils Washington (IP) Attention high school and college stu dents scouting summer jobs: UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU! A Civil Service Commission list of summer job openings with the government range from typists to park rangers, from veterinarians to engi neers, from weather men to graders of meats. A student anxious to get three-months free of his pro fessor, however, may find his teacher working right beside him. A number of govern ment agencies are also look ing for college professors to fill summer jobs. Most summer -workers are hired either as student assist ants or student trainees. Student trainees must pass a civil-service test. Frequent ly, they became full-time gov ernment employees after grad uation. Minimum age usually is 16. No Examination No civil service examina tion is required for student as sistants. They must seek em ployment related to their field of studies and are not allowed to work more, than 130 days a year. High school students gen erally are paid $246 a month. College freshmen and sopho mores get $264 and college juniors $284. Summertime typists and stenographers, hired under a different program, must pass a civil service test. Teachers primarily are hired for jobs "of a scientific, professional, or analytical na ture." They sometimes are re tained as consultants after the summer season is over. Post offices around the country hire their own sum mertime workers. Work-Study Training Some federal agencies offer work-study training programs to college' students in pairs. One student works while his partner attends classes. At the end of each school quarter they swap places. It usually takes five years to finish college under this plan 36 months in school and 24 months on the job. Stu dents are paid $347 to $306 a month during their work periods. Further information can be obtained from the Civil Serv ice commission here or from its 11 regional offices through out the country. The agency for which the student would like to work also can supply the data. The first automobile with left-hang steering was the Northern Four-Cylinder, pro duced in 1907 by the North American Car company, Detroit. GET OUT OF THE RUT! YOU AUTO buy mm Those old car blues got you down? Are you pining to be shining in a sleek, modern motor marvel of the highway? Be blue no longer. "Auto Buy" Week is in town. During this festive event Med ford dealers will roll out the biggest bargains since the Dutch picked up Man hattan Island for $24! It's all part of keeping Medford's economy healthy. If everyone who needs a newer car makes that purchase now it can't help but re flect in a boost in local and nationai economy. f league $w:f MP 4 CONGRATULATIONS ARE GIVEN Mary M. Smith (left), Huntsville, Ala., named "Miss Secretary of 1958" by Miss Leatrice Youth, Honolulu, runner-up, during meeting in Washington, D. C, of National Association and Council of Business Schools. Winner is married. (International) IMMIGRATION 'ERROR' Mrs. William Heikkila is shown at a press conference in San Francisco holding a radio photo of her husband as he stood before the passport examiner's window in Helsinki, Finland. Heikkila will be returned to this country at U. S. Government expense, after being forcibly deported "cloak-and-dagger" manner. The U. S. Immigration Service has admitted that the affair was "and error in judgment" oft. . NLA Talcphot IN PLANE CRASH DRAMA An intensive air and ground search is being conducted in snowy central Oregon pla teau country for the wife (right) of orchestra leader Bruce Davis (left), 36, of Fresno, Calif., who stumbled into a Danville, Ore., ranch home after walking more than three days from the scene of his wrecked plane. The Davises bad been objects of an intensive search since they were last heard from while on a flight from Fresno to Spokane, Wash. Davis said he believed his wife's con dition was good and that no bones were broken. How ever, he said, she was unable to walk. An entirely new type of semi-conductor amplifier can handle higher frequencies than the transistor and oper ate at higher temperatures. In size, it is "four pinheads long and one pinhead wide." What You Need Now! and Get the Money from Oregon Finance MEDFORD'S OWN HOME OWNED FINANCE COMPANY GREGOH F1HANCE COMPANY Where You Deal Direct With the Management OUR 30th YEAR Gene Thomas, Manager 45 So. Central Medford SP 2-4433 Loans Made to Residents . ' ! ' ' ' . . AT -?X "S,mx&-.-.-:-"-h.:4 . The level of the Mississip pi river between dikes in New Orleans is normally about three feet above sea lev el and is also often well above the average level of the city's streets. of All Surrounding Towns Chamber Board Supports Drive - The board of directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce voted unani mously to endorse a community-wide program to stimu late consumer buying pro posed by the Medfcrd Auto mobile Dealers association and supported by other busi ness groups. Endorsement came at a meeting of chamber directors recently in Medford. The pre sentation of the program was made by Bob Taylor, Medford automobile dealer, and Russ Jamison, public relations con sultant and second vice presi dent of the Chamber of Com merce. The program ..will be pat terned after, similiar pro grams which have been staged successfully in more than 100 cities across the country and being considered by "perhaps 300" more, Taylor stated. The local program will be conduted during the period May 1 through May 10 and will be the first such promo tion staged in this area on such an ambitious sc'ale, spokesmen said. It will be termed the "Keep Medford's Economy Rolling You Auto Buy Now" cam paign to reflect the optimis tic business outlook for the area. Candy Industry Sets Two Records in Year Chicago (IP) The aver age American munched his way through 17 pounds of candy in 1956 ar.d helped the candy industry set two rec ords. The 17-pound figure is higher than tLie preceding two years, bui the all - time record is 20 pounds per per son se"t in 1944. The records, according to Encyclopaedia B r i t a nnica, were in overall sales more than three million pounds and wholesale cost, $1,200,-000,000. A SPORTSMAN'S DREAM Many Other Sizes to Choose .From! EH TERMS TOSUIT This Week Only At...:. 225 East Sixth Street SOWING SEEDS " RABlSHtS CORK SOWlNC FOR SUCCESSION OF Gardening has a language all its own. You don't need to join the army to "drill." It simply means that seed is sown in a furrow cut in the soil with a hoe or stick. "Broadcast has nothing to do with radio or tele vision. It means to scatter seed over a wide area of ground. A "hill" is not a hill at all. To gardeners it means that a few seeds are planted in a little circle. -- ' Most ' vegetables are seeded in drills (or furrows, if you pre fer) although a few, such as leaf lettuce (see diagram) are broadcast and some, such as cu :umbers and squash, are planted in hills. Annual flowers for. the most part are seeded outdoors by the broadcast method. Seeds large enough to pick up in the fin gers, such as marigolds and zin nias, may be placed three to a hill, the hills being spaced about a foot apart as shown in the diagram. i Before sowing any seed out doors the soil should be turned over, fertilized and raked smooth. As a rule, the smaller the seed, the shallower it is planted. -. Tiny petunias' and snapdra gon seeds can be pressed gently into the soil after the seed is broadcast from the packet. Nasturtiums, sunflowers, beans and com can either be pressed into the soil about a half-inch or if they are sown in drills, the furrowed soil should be pushed back over them to about that depth. Fabricated metal products are made by more than 16,000 U. S. factories. Now -You Can KEEP All You Can Catch ... and still have ample storage space for all the normal family food requirements. What's more you'll be able to enjoy deliciously fresh fish and game any time of the year! The finest food storage ... at the lowest cost per cubic foofJ Guaranteed to Outperform All Others! Greater Capacityl This magnificent 25 cubic foot freezer thai requires a minimum of floor space, stores 875 pounds of food! All that game you bagged in season alt that catch you landed perfectly preserved and ready-to-serve! ' fastest freezing! Only fast freezing retains peak flavor and vitamin content. AndAmana-maiic freezing is the' fastest method known. Keeps foods colder, fresher, longer. fxcluslve features! Only Amana gives you six fast freezing surfaces, so that all foods are on or directly below a prime freezing surface. Bven-zero temperatures throughout automatically, fabulous "Stor-in-Door" alone holds 110 packages and canst , ' -- You Oughta Buy NOW! Regular Price .' . . . Save Yourself . . SPECIAL SALE . . . SEED SOWlNC HCTMOOS FOR VEGETABLES SOWlNC FLOWER SEEDS IN 'HILLS IN BORDERS. CROPS But to remove any doubt from your mind as to the depth of planting seeds, instructions are always given on the back of each seed packet. In the vegetable garden, & narrow drill for carrots and beets can be made in the soil with a pointed stick. Medium sized drills for radishes and onions can be made by drawing the hoe on edge along & taut cord between stakes that mark the row. Wide drills for peas and beans are made by using the full width of the hoe. The distance between rows varies with the crop to be planted. Carrots, beets, beans and lettuce are spaced from 18 to 24 inches apart. Corn and tomato rows go 36 inches apart. To conserve space or to make the most of it, radish and let tuce that go in the ground a month or more before corn and tomatoes, are planted between the proposed cor4 and tomato rows. This is one form of suc cession planting. After the seed is sown and covered, with soil, it should be watered with a fine sprinkler. Keep the ground moist at all times until germination. It's not necessary to sprinkle the entire garden . . . just the seeded drills or patches. Why encourage weed seeds to germinate be tween the rows? So, in the garden vernacular, let's all get in and drill and broadcast and plant in bills. First pure nickel is believed to have been prepared in about 1804. COME TRUE! NEW KING-SIZE . -. . fQ00 . $ Phone SP 3-5433 59W5 I i, . u 1 Andy's IEST BIIIVS!" Traveling Alarm Clock Thin Models Size 2V4 x 3 x 1 ',4 Imparted - Genuine Leather Luminous now yr Miniature Alarm Clock Imported Luminous Small Sire 2't" Diameter Rlngi nlorged Rings in to show dotoii J Perfect Position As Low as Both rings Imported Alarm Clock Luminous - 40 Hour - Fully Guar. SIZf TV DtAMETEt Your Friendly Credit Jeweler S & H Green ' Stamps 15 North Central Vtermsv t fin zzf fM 525 &, 588 NOW S Anidv's m
