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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1958
No. 35
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RECEIVES PIN Dick Leigh, outgoing
president of the Jackson county unit of the
Oregon Educational association, presents
Mrs. Una B. Inch, assistant county school
superintendent, a retirement pin. Mrs. Viola
Pomeroy, Eagle Point, newly elected presi
dent of the OEA and Mrs. Harry Crater,
Newberg, NEA director of Oregon, look on
Mitchell Ur;es
Early Decision
On Tax Reduction
"Washington (IP) Secretary
of Labor James P. Mitchell
said today the administration
should decide "within 30 to 60
days" whether to cut taxes to
bolster the economy.
Mitchell said he did not see
any short-term improvement
in the business slump and that
unemployment this month
would not be much different
from the 5,120,000 jobless recorded-
for April.
He said he preferred a tax
cut to a large scale public
works program to combat the
recession.
Mitchell was asked at a
news conference if the April
unemployment figures indi
cated a tax cut was necessary.
Mitchell was asked if the
administration would oppose
an increase in steel prices
forecast for July.
"A continual spiral of price
increases is undesirable," he
said.' '" " " " ' " " " -Eisenhower's
Position
Mitchell reminded newsmen
that President Eisenhower has
advocated restraint on the part
of management and labor in
setting prices and wage de
mands. But he said the gov
ernment was not prepared to
go beyond that point. He said
price control would result if
the administration interfered
In such matters.
: Mitchell spoke on taxes and
the state of the economy as
seven widely divergent groups
joined in urging either tax re
lief or tax reform as an anti
recession shot in the arm.
League Candidates
Program Thursday
Jackson county voters will
have a chance to question
candidates for election in the
May 16 primaries tonight at
the League of Women Voters
"Meet Your Candidates" pro
gram. Set for 7:30 pm. in the
Hedrick junior high school
cafetorium, the program will
feature candidates for county,
judicial, and state legislative
offices. After speaking briefly
in their own behalf, candi
dates will answer written
questions from the audience
and will be available later for
individual questioning.
All Jackson county voters
are invited to attend, accord
ing to Mrs. Thomas Rutter,
chairman of the event. At the
close of the formal program,
coffee and cookies will be
served by members of the
Lady Lions clubs of the Rogue
River valley.
The League never endorses
or opposes any candidate, Mrs.
Rutter emphasized. Instead,
the League's aim is to get out
an informed vote by acquaint
ing all voters with all candi
dates and issues.
Hammarslcjold Points Up
Urgency for Disarmament
United Na lions, N.Y. (IB
Secretary-General Dag Ham
marskjold said today there is
a "sense of urgency" that de
mands agreement upon dis
armament lest "human impa
tience or human failure" may
lead to war.
No Foreseeable Time Limit
He told a news conference
there is "no foreseeable time
limit" but the development of
the East -West arms race
"makes it impossible to look
with equanimity upon the dip
lomatic game" being con
ducted -while governments"
discuss and write letters'
aboujr the situation. w
as Leigh presents pin. Others gaining retire
ment pins at the Jackson county unit of the
OEA meting were Olive Curry, Medford,
health nurse; Eldon Corthel, Ashland High
school; Mrs. Mary Norvell, Lincoln school;
and Scott Brill, Medford High school shop
teacher. Mrs. Inch served 27 years in the
superintendent's office.
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RETIRES Shelby M. Tuttle,
manager of Southern Oregon
Sales, Inc., Medford, has an
nounced he will retire May
31. He has been with the
firm since it was established
in 1926. Tuttle will be retain
ed as a company consultant,
according to Mrs. Marian V.
Riegel, company president.
James J. Finegan, sales man
ager, will assume the manag
er's position June 1. He join
ed the staff in the New York
sales office in 1928, and was
named assistant sales manag
er there in 1933. Finegan
moved to Medford as sales
manager here in 1942.
Mail Closing Times
Change With DST
Closing times for air mail
out of Medford have changed
since other states went on
Daylight Saving Time, Post
master Moore Hamilton has
announced.
Closing times for north
bound flights now are 5:20
and 7 a.m., and 2:15, 5:10 and
6:05 pjn. Closing times for
southbound flights now are 7
and 11:30 ajn., and 2:15 arid
5:10 p.m. The flight which
carries mail after the 2:15
p.m. closing time goes .only
to Crescent City and Eureka,
Hamilton said.
The greatest change in
closing times is in the morn
ing for both north and south
bound mail. Prior to Daylight
Saving Time, closing time
was 10:15 a.m., and now it is
7 a.m. The earlier northbound
flight remained the same.
The 2:1 " j.m. closing time for
noIi and southbound mail
previously was 4:35 pjn.
Russ Defense Minisfer
Appeals for Vigilance
Moscow (IP) Defense
Minister Marshal Rodion Ma
linovsky appealed today to
Soviet armed forces for vigil
ance against the "threat of a
new war" by American Stra
tegic Air Force bombers fly
ing toward the Russian fron
tiers with nuclear weapons.
After Malinovsky's speech
the Soviets held one of the
briefest May Day military dis
plays in recent years. Western
military sources said no new
weapons were seen.
This, he said, is why he
made his unusual intervention
in the U. N. Security Council
last Monday when he wel
comed the U. S. proposal for
an Arctic "open skies" inspec
tor system and appealed to the
Soviet Union to treat it in
good faith.
Sees No Difference
Hammarskjold r e c ailed
that he had previously wel
comed Russia's announcement
that '1 would suspend nuclear
tests and he saw no difference
in the importance of that
statement, made at a news
conference, and his support of
the American proposal in the
Security Council.
Adlai Optimistic
About Future of
Nation's Economy
Chicago (IP) Adlai E. Ste
venson is optimistic over the
natior s economic future.
Stevenson said Wednesday
he believed the current reces
sion will "eo&n level off and
improve." He termed a tax
cut now a "last measure," and
said he wishes anti-recession
measures "had been taken
much sooner."
"I think a tax reduction
would have had a better ef
fect if it had been taken some
time earlier," he said.
"A tax cut now would only
further inflation, which might
be just as dangerous as the
deflation about to take place."
'Great Misgivings'
A source close to Stevenson
today interpreted this to mean
Stevenson "has great misgiv
ings about a tax cut at this
time but nevertheless feels
something has to be done."
The source said Stevenson
felt that "if we were to choose
between increased" spending
for public improvements and
a tax cut, we'd favor the in
creased spending" but that the
current situation called for
prompt action.
The source felt the best way
to describe Stevenscn's atti
tude was that Stevenson was
"guardedly in favor of a tax
reduction."
Stevenson, the Democratic
presidential candidate in 1952
and 1956, made his remarks
in answer to questions from
an audience of more than 70
foreign newspaper editors.
Council To Consider
TV Franchise Today
The Medford city council
tonight will consider grant
ing a television franchise to
Trimble Television, Inc., for
operation of a closed circuit
system to show Portland tele
vision . in Medford.
' Authorization for the city
manager to file an applica
tion with the federal govern
ment for a grant in construc
tion of the Kenwood-Grand-
view sewage treatment works
will be discussed. The city
may be eligible for federal
participation in construction
costs, according to city offic
ials.
Four recently completed
sections of storm sewer, a
curb and gutter project and
a paving project will be con
sidered for acceptance at the
council meeting. Plans ind
specifications for paving sec
tions of Willamette ave. and
Siskiyou blvd. also will be
considered.
Unander To Appear
On Television Here
State Treasurer Sig Unand
er will be in Medford to ap
pear on a television question
and answer program here
this evening. He is here in
connection with his campaign
for the Republican nomina
tion for governor.
He is on a campaign tour
in eastern Oregon, and will
stop in Medford this evening
enroute to Baker, where he
has a series of meetings to
morrow.
WEATHER -
FORECAST: Fair thugh Fri
day. Low tonight 36. High
Friday 78.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday ..' 81
Lowest this Morring 39
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
5:07 a.m.
' Sunset
7:11 pjn.
5:23 p.m.
4:33 a.m.
The Moon rises
sets Friday
and is in Perigee.
Full Moon May 3
Highlight of the phenomena in
the skies above this month will
be the continued closer ap
proach of Jupiter to Spica.
Spica is the star seen close to
the Moon tonight.
D'Autremont
Pleads Guilty to
Assault Charge
Appears in Federal
Court This Morning
Hugh D'Autremont, 54,
pleaded guilty in U. S. district
court, Portland, this morning
to assault with the intent to
rob a mail train. He was ar
raigned at 11 a.m. on the 1923
federal indictment prior to
entering the plea before Fed
eral Judge Gus Solomon.
D'Autremont is the young-
gest of three brothers serving
life sentences for murder for
the killing of train crew
members during the attempt
ed robbery of a Southern Pa
cific mail car near Ashland
in 1923.
All outstanding indictments
against D'Autremont have
either been dismissed or acted
on by the courts in which
they were made.
In Jackson County
Earlier this year he appear
ed in Jackson county circuit
court before Circuit Court
Judge H. K. Hanna and plead
ed guilty to one count of sec
ond degree murder and to
stopping a railroad train with
the intent of robbery. Three
pending first degree murder
indictments against him were
dismissed by the court.
According to information
received from Portland today,
D'Autremont was taken to
the federal courthouse in
Portland by the U. S. marshal
from the Oregon state peni
tentiary this morning and is
being held in a cell in the
distict court building. He
was returned to Salem this
afternoon.
Sentencing was postponed
by Judge Solomen pending
receipts of pre-sentencing re
ports by the federal "parole
and probation officer.
As long as any indictments
were pending, D'Autremont
was unable to be considered
for parole. Heig -serving-two
life sentences consecutively
plus 20 years. It was reported
that . maximum sentence on
the federal charge is 25
years.
Chamber Board
Suggests Funds for
Indigent Patients
The board of directors of
the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce yesterday voted
to recommend that the county
set aside $25,007) per year to
pay indigent patient costs at
both Medford medical hos
pitals. The vote approved a recom
mendation of the chamber's
committee on governmental
operations, which has been
studying the problems which
both hospitals have in caring
for people who cannot meet
the cost of their treatment.
The hospitals, both non
profit organizations, have
borne considerable losses in
the past, as the result of such
cases. The chamber's recom
mendation is that the funds be
made available to the hospital
only in cases where other
steps to secure payment have
been unsuccessful, and only
upon proper proof of the cir
cumstances. Held Over
Should the sum not be used
up in one year, the recommen
dation suggested the remain
der be held over for the en
suing year, to be applied to
ward bringing the hospital
fund for that year up to $25,
000 again.
The board also voted to go
on record opposing the excise
tax on transportation and
communications, as "inimical,
discriminatory and grossly
unfair."
Members also voted to sup
port Dick Alley of Medford
as a nominee for appointment
to the state board of aeronau
tics, approved the plan of Pik
Pak corporation to use its
Medford - made toothpick
packets for regional and cen
tennial promotion, and con
sidered the possibility of
maintaining Jackson - Jose
phine county booths at the
Rose festival in Portland and
at the state capitol.
New Plywood Plant
Due at Coos Bay
Portland W Georgia Pa
cific Corporation today an
nounced that it will build a
new plywood plant costing
more than $2 million at Coos
Bay, Ore.
The plant will provide jobs
for 260 persons in the Coss
Eiy area.
chool
All -school districts in Jack
son county will hold their an
nual school meetings and elec
tions Monday, May 5, from 2
to 8 o'clock, according to Alf
B. Mekvold, county . school
superintendent.
All districts will vote on a
local board member for a five
year term, on a rural board
member-at-large, and on the
question of authorizing the
county rural board to levy
$334,377.66 in excess of the 6
per cent limitation, Mekvold
said.
He explained that where
vacancies have occurred, ad
ditional members will be
elected for shorter terms. The
names of candidates who have
presented proper nominating
petitions will appear on the
ballot. However, blank spaces
will be provided for write-in
votes. The total required levy
by the county rural board is
$2,004,303.07. Present tax
base of the county, rural dist
rict is $1,669,925.41. This rep
resents 83.3 per cent of the
total levy, the county school
Benson Rejects
:SeJ-Hep';pian
On Dairy Products
Washington (IB Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra T.
Benson turned thumbs down
today' on a "self-help" plan
designed to support market
prices for dairy products at
higher levels with little cost
to the government.
T li e proposed legislation
was advanced by . group of
major dairy producer organi
zations and introduced by 10
Republican" congressmen from
dairy - producing areas in
Ohio, New York, Michigan,
Washington and Wisconsin.
Would Raise Prices
Benson, appearing before
the House Agriculture com
mittee, said that in the plan's
first year of operation it
would raise retail prices
about 2 cents a quart for
milk, 11 'cents a pound for
butter and 9 cents ' a pound
for cheese.
Starting next April 1, the
plan would raise supports for
dairy products to 90 per cent
of parity, compared to the
present level of 75 per cent.
Benson said this would re
duce consumption by 8 to 10
per cent for cheese and but
ter and 3 per. cent for whole
milk.
.Benson complained that the
plan "is not truly self-help"
and would delegate too much
authority to a "super board"
of producer representatives to
establish the level of prices.
Tax on Farmers
At present, the government
buys up "surplus" dairy prod
ucts which can't be marketed
at the support price. Under
the new plan the funds to buy
up surpluses would be raised
by a tax on dairy farmers.
Farmers would initially be
taxed up to 25 cents for every
100 pounds of whole milk
about one-half cent a quart
which they marketed.
When heavy surpluses ac
cumulated, each farmer
would be given a marketing
quota. Over the quota sales
would be taxed at a higher
rate to discourage over-production.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansa City 6 8 0
Boston 7 14 0
Burnetle, Herbert (4),
Gorman (7) and Smith;
Fornieles, Wall (6), DeLock
(8) and White, Daley (8).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 4 3 7 3
Milwaukee 2 9 0
Burdette, Trowbridge 8.
and Crandtll; Hobbie, May
er 7. Elstoia 7. Drabowsky
9. and S. Taylor. '
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superintendent said. It is the
maximum . amount which the
county rural board can place
oh the county levy without a
favorable vote, he explained.
Four Districts
Residents of four districts
will vote on authorization of
levies in excess of the 6 per
cent limitation in local dist
rict budgets. These are dist
rict 6C, Lone Pine, Butte Falls
and Pinehurst. And other dist
tricts ttwill call a separate
election later to vote on their
district budgets, Mekvold said.
Nominating petitions have
been presented for incumbent.
Elwood Hedberg as rural
board member-at-large.
Election of one rural board
Zone member for a three
year term will occur in Zone
2, Zone 3, and Zone 5. In
Zone 2, which is Medford dist
rict 549C, Gerald Latham's
name appears on the ballet.
Voting in Zone 3 will be
Eagle. Point, Lone Pine, Elk
Trail, Prospect, Shady Cove,
and Butte Falls. Name on the
ballot is Edith Hoag.
In Zone 5, voting will be
residents of Ashland, Talent,
and Pinehurst. The name on
the ballot is Clarence Hold
ridge. Elementary Districts -
. Residents of nine . elemen
tary districts will vote on au
thorization of a levy of '$212,
650 to cover the cost of tui
tion and some transportation
for high school pupils. These
districts are Griffin Creek,
Ruch, Lone Pine, Applegate,
Elk-Trail, Evans Valley,
Shady Cove, Pinehurst, and
Howard. " i
Unless there is a total fa
vorable vote on this levy,
only $200,430.39 will be avail
able to cover the estimated
costs of $320,650, Mekvold
said. New laws state that twcT
receipts not included in the
district budgets are "offsets:"
They are additional state ba
sic funds, and the county rur
al equalized levy, the superin
tendent explained.
Equalized Levy.
AH taxes raised by the
county rural equalized levy
will be used to reduce local
levies, he added. It is not an
additional levy and it does not
permit any district to raise or
spend any more money than
the total amount determined
by the district budget commit
tee as shown in the published
budget, he emphasized.
"Offsets" will be certified
directly to the assessor who
will reduce the certified local
district levy.
The districts and the reduc
tions are: (the state basic off
set appears in the first figure,
the rural district offset in the
second figure and 'he third
figure is the total reduction.)
Reductions Listed
Jacksonville $21,514, $51,-
013.36, and $72,527.36; Grif
fin Creek $7,808, $38,795.45,
$46,603.45; Ruch $1,841,
$15,384.04, $17,199.04; Phoe
nix $14,445, $99,536.54,
$113,981.54; Ashland $101,-
134; $313,781.69, $414,915.69;
Central Point $90,986, $260,-
877.20, $351,863.20; Eagle
Point $8,169, $95,120, $103,
289. .Lone Pine $6,599,
$35,044.52, $41,643.52; Talent
$26,436, $59,873.84; $86,
309.84; Rogue River $15,280,
$44,298.50, $59,57.8.50; Apple
gate $1,979, $12,112.20, $14,-
091.20; Elk-Trail $1,191,
$14,054.22, $15,245.22; Pros
pect $2,868, $32,526.94, $35,-
394.94; Evans Valley $1,927,
$14,107.08, $16,034.08; Shady
Cove $5,932; $19,684.52, $25,-
616.52; Butte Falls $1,660,
$18,715.47, $20,375.47;
Pinehurst $245, $2,871.92,
$3,116.92; Howard, $5,676,
$41,027.21, $46,703.21; Med-
f o r d $53,581, $706,456.13,
$760,037.13; and non-high dist
rict $28,397, $82,430.29 and
$110,827.29.
Illustrating how this affects
a local district budget, Mefr
void used Howard as an ex
ample. The required certified
district operating levy is
$135,466.43. Total offsets are
$46,703.21 and the net re
quired levy to be placed on
the tax rolls is $8,763.22.
outlay
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SSID W .E1BBE
Ceremonies Mark
'Law Day' in Area
Ceremonies were held in
Jackson county circuit court
this morning observing "Law
Day, U.S.A." Judges H. K.
Hanna and Edward C. Kelly
presided, and about 50 mem
bers of the Jackson -County
Bar association and the pub
lic attended.
, A proclamation signed by
President Eisenhower design
ating May 1 as Law Day was
read by Judge Kelly, and
Frank P. Farrell, president of
the county bar association, ex
pressed the group's apprecia
tion for cooperation of the
court in the services.
Paul W. Havilahd, chair
man of the local bar commit
tee, noted that attorneys and
judges "are the beneficiaries
of the richest heritage of
liberty under law in the his
tory of civilized peoples."
He said law is the "intangi
ble force that makes freedom
and progress possible. It is
law that brings order into the
affairs of men," he added.
Security for Citizens
"Law gives, the .individual
citizen security he could ob
tain in no other way; it pro
tects the family and other
groups organized for the ad
vancement of common in
tersts; it permits the growth
of great cities and the de
velopment of enterprises,
large and small."
The court, Haviland con
tinued, is one 'of the corner
stones of "our structure of
government under law." The
judges are subject to control
only by the law of the land
and are accountable only to
their own consciences and to
God, he said.
, "No American judge can be
overruled by an avu rity on
earth save that of a superior
court dedicated to the living
American ideal of equal just
ice under law."
The county bar association
Conservation
Planned in
Jackson county will observe
the conservation of Oregon's
natural 'resources during the
week of May 11-14, according
to John Gribble, Medford.
Gribble is chairman of the
Jackson county committee ar
ranging for the observance of
Conservation Week, which
has been proclaimed by Gov.
Robert D. Holmes to start Sun
day, May 11. During the week,
many, organizations in the
county and state will stress
the importance of conserving
natural resources.
All ministers in the county
are being asked to deliver a
soil stewardship message in
their sermons either on May
11, or May 18, Gribble re
ported. Special attention will
be given to conservation in
city and county, schools dur
ing the week. Conservation
talks will be made before
civic clubs and other groups.
Grange meetings during the
week alsowill stress the im
expressed its appreciation to
Judges Hanna and Kelly and
Judge James Mann of district
court "for the devoted man
ner in which they have con
tinued to- preserve the great
heritage we as Americans and
citizens of Jackson county en
joy." Elections School
Started By Clerk
The first in a series of
schools of instruction for elec
tion boards started at 9:30
a.m. today at Hedrick Junior
High school, Mrs. Bereth P.
Hopkins, county clerk, has an
nounced. The school was for
election boards in precincts
30, 31, 42, 45, 45A, 46, 46A,
and 46B.
A second session for elec
tion officials was scheduled to
start at 1:30 o'clock this after
noon in the Roosevelt school
cafeteria for precincts 43, 44,
56, 56A,.'and 56B.
Starting at 9:30 a.m. Friday,
in the Oak Grove school gym
nasium, Mrs. Hopkins will
conduct a school for board of
ficials from precincts 58, 58A,
64, 65, 66, 6 , 68, and 87.
At 1:30 p.m. Friday, in the
Jackson school teacher's lunch
room, instruction will be
given for officials from pre
cincts 50, 51 and 52, and at
3:30 p.m. Friday in, the Lin
coln school sack lunch room
for precincts 34, 37 and 38.
Mrs. Hopkins said all elec
tion board officials are re
quired to attend a school of
instruction to prepare for
election day duties. If a mem
ber cannot attend the meet
ing assigned his precinct, ar
rangements may be made with
Election Supervisor Mrs. Af
ton Carter to attend one of
the other scheduled sessions.'
Week Activities Are
County Week
portance of conservation of
natural resources. Grange
meetings, all starting at 8:30
p.m., will be held at Enter
prise, Evans Creek, Phoenix,
May 13; Gold' Hill, Upper
Rogue, May 15; Roxy Ann,
and Lake Creek, May 16. Con
servation talks will be made
and movies will be shown at
some of the meetings.
As a special feature of the
week, all FFA chapters in the-
county will join in a land
judging contest at Eagle Point
Wednesday, May 14.
Two observational nurseries
in Jackson county, one on the
Birdseye farm in the Rogue
Soil Conservation district, and
the other on the Ryan farm
in the Sams , Valley-Beagle
SCD, will be open for inspec
tion during the week.
Members of the committee
assisting Gribble with plans
for observance of Conserva
tion Week in Jackson county
are Robert Bitterling, master
State Benefits
Will Be Extended
By 50 Per Cent
Final 370 to 17 Vote
Sanctions Measure
Washington (IP) The
House today passed President
Eisenhower's proposal to ex
tend state unemployment com
pensation benefits by 50 per
cent. It killed a more liberal
Democratic plan.
The substitute was approved
tentatively by a 194 to 95 non
record vote. Then, the House
confirmed this action on a roll
call of 222 to 164. The bill
then was passed overwhelm
ingly 370 to 17.
On the roll call accepting
the President's plan as a sub
stitute, 162 Republicans and
60 Democrats voted "yes" and
147 Democrats and 17 Repub
licans voted "no."
A coalition of Republicans
and southern Democrats back
ed this plan as a substitute
for the Democratic proposal.
The Democrats .proposed to
provide 16 weeks of federal
relief payments for almost all
the unemployed.
Republicans allowed a
southern Democrat to carry
the ball in their drive to de
feat the Democratic plan. Rep.
A. S. Herlong Jr. (D-Fla.) of
fered the substitute plan.
Unlike the Democratic pro
posal, the substitute provided
no aid. or the jobless who
aren't covered by state unem
ployment . compensation pro
grams. Democratic Leader John W.
McCormack (Mass.) told foes
of the Democratic plan in ad
vance of the vote that hun
dreds of thousands of these
jobless throughout the coun
try would be "watching their
vote" on this issue. '
Ashland Youth Gets
Merit Scholarship
Larry Dwight Neal, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roy Neal,
of 310 Bridge st., Ashland, has
won a National Merit Schol
arship, it was announced to
day. Neal plans to major in jour
nalism and social science at
Stanford university, and plans
a career in writing, law or
teaching in college. .
He was Oregon state after
dinner debate champion in
1957, and has been active in
the DeMolay, National Thes
pian Society, National Honor
Society, Methodist Youth Fel
lowship, and the Ashland
High school paper, of which
he was snorts pditnr
Nine other Oregon students
were among those listed for
Merit Scholarships. .
About 600 such scholar
ships, in addition to Merit
Scholarships being awarded
by business and industrial cor
porations, were awarded to
day. Scholarships are awarded
following national tests con
ducted among eligible high
school students.
of May 11
of Pomona Grange: Morris
Davies, chairman of the coun
ty American Farm Bureau;
Ben Tucker, county agent;
Howard Hopkins, forest serv
ice; Robert Lonzway, repre
sentative of the Soil Conserva
tion Service; Alf B. Mekvold,
superintendent of Jackson
county schools; Leonard May
field, superintendent of Med
ford schools; Tom Williams
and Warren Fairbanks, Na
tional Park service; Curtis
Neshein, state forestry depart
ment; Bruce Greeves, chair
man of the- Sams Valley
Beagle Soil Conservation dis
trict; Chet Jensen, chairman
of the Rogue SCD; Paul Wei
land, and Tom Rickard, Izaak
Walton league; Charles Shep
herd, state game commission;
William Jess, chairman of the
State Water Resources Board,
and the Rev. Clynton Cris
man, secretary of the Minis
terial association.