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Launched Aug. 17
'tojpmreing' Shot
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Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPD
0-The T?nited States is plan-
ning to launch the first of
four moon rockets Aug. 17
with the hope it will circle
the iobn in a "boomerang"
Ohot, United Press Interna
tional iiarned today.
Q Sources close to the project
said scientists are still work
ing furious to verify their
computations for the venture,
which will require split
sec&d timing.
Closest to Earth
B$ if the present schedule
is fgllowed, a three-stage Air
Force rocket will be fired
soono?ter dawn on the morn
ing of th 17th a Sunday
ThPifcfc will then be about
220,0a JBiles from the earth,
th cfott it ever gets.
IP shot is successful,
the rj)ket' last stage will be
caught in the moon's gravita
tional pull and will circle it
at least once and possibly
several tines. It will then
head back toward earth and
burn ud when it reaches the
atmosphere.
Would Explore Dark Side
The rocket, packed with in
strumentation including tele-viaion-like
"ground scanning"
devices, would thus explore
for the first time the "dark
side" of the moon, that por
tion of the sphere which never
faces the earth.
Balloon Flight
Sets Retord
Minneapolis, Minn. (UPD
Jjg'o spaci explorers who set
an erjtfuranct record in a bal
loon flight to the stratosphere
said Sunday night their own
concern was getting back to
earth s?ly.
r? Navy Cmrs. Malcolm Ross
,.and Lee Lewis (ret.)
plummeted into a North Da
kota Mature Sunday after-
noo$ boca 3,000 feet into
th m a' then bumped
along Oha fround before com
ing to 6 StO.
' The carried 12,000 insects
TioitKft) in bottles as part of
an gf gariment on the effect of
cosmic ay on reproduction.
0 8ot J, and Lewis, 45, be
gn jheir historic flight Sat
urfi! soared to an alti
4iM& l?,000 feet before be
ni"M treir descent Sunday
momiAS.
Sit tpact riders were aloft
0 rgcorft 14 hours and 39 min
utes, taking by more than
twfthous the previous mark
st1tst year by Lt. Col. Davis
Simons of the Air Force.
Portend (UPD Conrad
N. Hilto, president of Hilton
Hotels, Inc., arrives here
Wednesday to kick off a funds
campaign aimed at raising $3
t million in local capital toward
' consfruction of a $10 million
Hilton fcotel here.
Valley Residents Swelter
As Heat Nears Record
og-e river valley resi
dents sweltered in the hottest
amjperatures in the Pacific
fortrrweFt yesterday.
Weather bureau thermome
rs registered 108 degrees at
Gfbnts Pass and 105 at Med
ford. Temperatures were expect
ed to rise into the 100s again
th afternoon but cooler air
and jftsulting cloudiness are
expected to hold mercury
(Readings down into the high
0s on Tuesday
Yesterday's 105 recorded at
the airport weather station
here compared to the 115 all
time high for Medford and
vigjnity on July 20, 1946 and
1 the 106 top temperature
for July 27 in 1939.
The mercury was expected
to rise to 102 at the airport
this afternoon, equalling the
July 28 all-time high in 1923
and giving Medford its third
straight day of 100 or above
temperatures. Saturday's high
was an ven 100. Prediction
for Tuesday is 95 to 98.
Fire Danger Increases
Along with the extreme
heat
and accompanying low
humidities, fire danger in
southern Oregon forests is in
creasir "J. Wests were soaked
in some spots by recent thun
derstorms but 'nave been rap
idly drying since. The weath-
Medford
18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY
City Population
Passes 25,O0
Medford's population has unofficially passed the 25.000
mark, according to City Manager Robert A. Duff.
Duff recently submitted the figure of 25,274 as of June
30 to the state census board. The board's approval would
make it official.
"It's very pleasing news," Mayor John Snider said today.
"It confirms our confidence in the progress of Medford, and
of Jackson county as a whole."
When official, this milestone would mean increased rev
enue from per capita state tax funds, a new symbol on road
maps and a source of considerable civic pride.
Duff explained the gain from last year, when the official
figure including new annexations was 23,571, as largely the
result of growth within the city limits. He said annexations
since then brought only minor population gains in them
selves. Medford's population has more than doubled since 1930
since 1940, in fact. The fiqure in 1930 was 11,007. In 1940
it was only 11.281. But by 1950 it rose to 17.305. and in
1956 it reached 20.083. Annexed areas and new residents
have both contributed to the rapid growth.
Medford remains the fourth largest city in Oregon, how
ever. ' Portland, Eugene and Salem in that order hold a
comfortable lead. But Medford in turn leads its .nearest com
petitor. Klamath Falls, by a comfortable margin last year
it was over 4.000.
ON FESTIVAL STAGE "King Lear," a tragedy, will be
the second performance of this year's Shakespearean Fes
tival in Ashland tomorrow night. Shown above is one of
its dramatic scenes are, left to right, Elizabeth Hiller, as
Goneril, Harold Gould as Edmund, and Rachel Weller as
Regan. Tonight's season opener is "Much Ado About Nothing-"
(Dwaine Smith photo.)
Shakespearean Fete
To Stage Premiere
Ashland The Oregon
Shakespearean Festival will
open its longest season at 6
o'clock this evening in Lithia
park, Ashland.
Following the colorful ban-
er bureau reported low hu
midity at 20 per cent yester
day and said that today's read
ing would be about the same.
The southwest district of
the state forestry department
said that one lightning fire,
a holdover from recent storms,
was spotted in the Anderson
creek area yesterday and was
being mopped up by crews to
day. A small spot fire in grass
and brush also was reported
in the Grave creek- area of
Josephine county. It was term
ed a "smoker" fire.
Two hold-over lightning
fires Sunday caused fire
fighting crews from Rogue
Rogue River National forest
quarters to hurry to the Lake
of the Woods and Mt. Thielsen
areas. Both fires were under
a quarter of an acre in size,
officials said today.
Sunday was considered a
high fire hazard day with low
humidity and wind, officials
explained. Only areas in
Rogue Rver National forest
closed to campers and sports
men are those in which timber
sale operations are being con
ducted. This is because of the
inflammability of the slash,
it was explained.
Officials urged everyone
planning trips into the woods
to be careful with cigarettes,
pipes and camp fires.
quet,. "The Feasting of the
Tribe of Will," the audience
will move to the theater to
see the first night perform
ance, "Much Ado About Noth
ing." . .
Over 750 dignitaries, guests
and first-nighters are expect
ed to be "piped to the table"
for the opening night banquet
adjacent to the theater, Gen
eral Manager William Patton
said. This annual event, is
staged with costumed dancers,
Elizabethan singers, a kilty
band, flaming torches and
banners and a complete menu
in the Elizabethan manner.
Governor Expected
Gov. Robert D. Holmes and
Mrs. Holmes are expected to
attend the celebration, and re
main in Ashland for the first
full round of plays. Others
expected to attend are Secre
tary of State-Mark Hatfield,
State Treasurer Sig Unander
and Chancellor Jqhn R. Rich
ards of the Oregon state sys
tem of higher education, and
their wives.
Formal opening ceremonies
will start at 8:30 p.m., today.
Four Shakespearean plays
will be offered during the
season in nightly rotation
through Sept. 4.
Three other "opening
nights" which will follow are
"King Lear" on Tuesday "The
Merchant of Venice" on Wed
nesday and "Troilus and Cres
sida." With the latter perfor
mance, the Oregon Shake
spearean Festival will have
offered all 37 plays in the
Shakespearean canon, Patton
said.
The general manager said
that at opening time advance
ticket sales continue to double
the totals registered last year
at this time.
Tribune
28, 1958 No. 110
Capt. Paul Parson
To Retire Sept. 1
From State Police
Capt. Paul Parson, com
mander of the Medford district
of the Oregon State Police,
will retire on Sept. 1, it was
announced today by H. G.
(Fod) Maison, superintendent
of the force.
Captain Parson has held the
post for the past 14 years. He
will be succeeded by Lt. Paul
Morgan, second in command
for 11 years.
Captain Parson will be on
leave from Aug. 1 to Sept. 1.
Maison said he will retain, a
commission in the state police
reserve for recall to. active
duty in case of need.
The Medford district in
cludes seven southwestern and
southern Oregon counties, and
has just under 100 officers as
signed to it.
34 Years in Police Work-
Maison termed Parson's
34 years in police work as
an "outstanding career in law
enforcement." It "began in
1924 when he became chief of
police of Forest Grove. After
five years, he was appointed
to the staff of the sheriff of
Washington "county, and
stayed there until entering the
state police as a traffic patroL
man when the organization
was formed on Aug. 1, 1931.
First Served in St. Helens
. He first served in St. Hel
ens, later serving in Astoria,
Bend, and, in 1935, Klamath
Falls. He was promoted to
corporal the same year, 1935,
and was transferred to Rose-
burg. In 1937. he was promot
ed to sergeant.
In 1939 he was commis
sioned lieutenant, and became
assistant commander of the
Baker district, remaining
there until 1944 when he was
promoted to captain and
moved to Medford. He has
been here continuously ever
since.
Captain and Mrs. Parson
make their home at 2846 Mer
riman rd. He said he has no
present plans for his retire
ment, other than to take it
easy for a while, and work
around his place. The Parsons
have two children, Paul E.
Parson, Medford, and Mrs.
Jack Winchester, Eugene.
Lieutenant Morgan, whose
home is at 726 Broad st., also
has been with the state police
since it was formed in 1931,
and has been in Medford as
assistant district commander
since 1947.
Mercury Reaches
102 at Portland
Portland (UPD Portland
had the hottest day Sunday
ir over two years. The mer
cury soared to 102 at the air
port, sending thousands of
persons to beaches and parks.
The highest temperature in
the Northwest Sunday was a
108 reading at Grants Pass.
In Salem and Roseburg it was
104 and at Eugene, 103.
At least one Oregon resi
dent was cool but he man
aged it the hard way. Ray De
Fir of Portland water - skied,
on one ski, from Portland to
Astoria and back on the Co
lumbia river.
The trip took him seven
hours.
Tavern Burglarized,
Total of $137 Taken
The Homestead Tavern,
Rogue River, was burglarized
early this morning and about
SI 37 in nickels, dimes and
quarters was taken, accord
ing to the Jackson county
sheriff's office.
Sheriff's deputies and the
Rogue River police depart
ment are cooperating in the
investigation. At press time
no further information was
available.
Thief Steals Pies;
Neglects $50 Cash
. A thief with an oversized
sweet tooth stole 16 cherry,
apple and blackberry pies
Saturday night from the
Barbecue grill, 201 West
Main St., according to city
police. He apparently ig
nored the cash register,
which contained $50.
4 w wx. ssr"
CLAIRE CHENNAULT
'Flying Tiger' Dies
Claire Chennault,
Veteran Flier,
Dies of Cancer
New 'Orleans (UPB Family
and friends of Lt. Gen. Claire
L. Chennai It paid their last
respects today to the famed
"Flying Tiger" prior to his
burial in Washington's Arling
ton National Cemetery.
Chennault, 67, died Sunday
of lung cancer at Ochsner
Clinic. His second wife, Anna,
was at his side.
The weatherbeaten, oldtime
airman had been reported im
proving from the bilateral ail
ment and only Sunday morn
ing was removed from the
critical list. But death came
suddenly later in the day.
Will Lie in State
The body will lie in state
until funeral services at 3
p.m. (e.d.t.) then will be flown
to Washington by the 14th Air
Force, which absorbed the
Flying Tigers during World
War II. It will lie in state in
the capital Tuesday night un
til another service at 10 a.m.
(e.d.t.), Wednesday and burial
at Arlington.
Chennault gained his great
est fame in China, where be
fore and during World War 1
his American volunteer group
Flying Tigers wrote one of
the most brilliant chapters in
aviation history at 20-to-l odds
against the Japanese.
District 62 Sets
Meet With County
Representatives from school
district 62, Evans Valley, will
meet with the county assessor
and representatives from the
district attorney's office and
superintendent of schools of
fice Tuesday morning to map
out the next steps .to be taken
in formulating an acceptable
1958-59 school budget.
Voters in the Evans Valley
district have rejected the pro
posed school budget three
times this year. Before an
other budget can be submitted
to the voters the board must
get an extension from the as
sessor, Ray Schumacher, of
the date they must submit an
approved budget to his office.
James Martin, chairman of
the school board, indicated
earlier that an extension of
time will be requested from
Schumacher. According to the
superintendent o f county
schools office the meeting at
10 a.m. tomorrow in the sup
erintendent's office will de
termine whether an extension
will be requested.
Marine in Lebanon
Victim of Gunshot
Beirut, Lebanon (UPB A
U.S. Marine killed Sunday
was accidentally shot by one
of his own buddies while on
an unauthorized : visit to a
small village, a Marine
spokesman said today. It had
been reported he was killed
by a rebel sniper.
The Marine, a private first
class who was not identified,
was killed by a single bullet
through the head around
noon Sunday.
. Today, a spokesman an
nounced:
"Four Marines left the air
port area on an unauthorized
visit to a small village about
half a mile from the airport
perimeter Sunday. At, some
time during the visit while
climbing over a seven-foot
wall, the revolver of one
Marine banged against the
wall and discharged a bullet
which entered the head of the
man below him and killed
him instantly."
Vancouver Has Fifth
Industrial Blaze
Vancouver, Wash. (UPB A
fire swept through the offices
and stockroom of the Crown
Distributing Co., here Sunday.
It was the fifth major indus
trial fire in Vancouver in re
cent weeks. Damage was esti
mated at $10,500.
Eight Violent Deaths
Listed Over Week End
Auto Collisions
Account for Four;
VaterTakes Three
Portlander Dies
After Taking Drink
By United Press International
At least" four persons died
in Oregon over the week end
as a result of traffic collisions,
three others drowned and a
Portland man died after drink
ing a liquid thought to be
wine. ,
The body of a Florence man
and his car were recovered
from the Siuslaw river Sun
day 11 miles east of Florence
after the vehicle left Highway
36 and crashed through a
guard rail Saturday afternoon.
The victim was Leslie Owen
Hughes, 44.
Dies of Injuries
A 79-year-old Gold Hill
resident, George Potter, was
killed Saturday in an auto-
pickup truck collision near
Gold Hill.
Mrs Anna M. Wiese. 63,
McMinnville, died Satur'day of
injuries suffered in a head-on
collision July 20. She had
been a passenger in a car
driven by her son, Arnold A.
Wiese, 23.
The fourth traffic victim
was James Winkler. 23, of
Portland, who was killed in a
one-car crash in North Port
land. Henrv Both. 22, Roseburg,
drowned Sunday in the Ump-
qua river. He was swimming
with friends when he appar
ently suffered a cramp, caus
ing him to go under. The body
was recovered.
A 36-year-old Toledo farmer
and his niece drowned in the
Siletz" river during a family
nir-nif. The bodies of Vernon
Graves and five-year-old Lynn
Thomas were recovered. ...
Tn Portland, two swallows
of a liquid thought to be wine
brought death to one man ana
made his companion seriously
ill. Police said Edward J. Cal-
lopy, 60, was dead a few mm
ntps after arrival at a Port
land hospital. His companion,
Albert Wiley, 36, also of orx
land, was reDorted in satisfac
tory condition after his stom
ach was pumped out.
Grants Pass Gi
Strangles Self
Grants Pass (UPD An 11-
year-old girl accidentally
strangled herself wnne trying
to crawl through a bedroom
t. her home near
. The girl, Marnette nonon,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mar
tin Horton, Newhope road, ap
parently locked herself out of
the house and was trying to
re-enter, according to Jose
phine County Coroner Virgil
Hull.
Hull said the girl had been
left alone by her parents
while they shopped. He said
Marnette apparently climbed
on a sawhorse to reach the
first floor window, and in
struggling to get through the
window kicked the sawhorse
down. The window dropped
pinning her neck to the sill,
Hull said.
Her parents found her
body when they returned
home about 6 p.m.
U. S. Alen Outclass
Russians in Track
Moscow (UPB The United
States men's track and field
team, aided by a world record
breaking performance by Ra
rer Johnson in the concluding
decathlon event, outclassed
Russia's greatest athletes to
day in a , historic track and
field meet.
Under the U.S. system of
scoring, the Yanks won the
men's tpam title with 126
points to Russia's 109. Russia
won the women's division,
63-44.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Clear tonight. Part
ly cloudv Tuesday with a chance
of evening thunderstorms over
mountains east and south l ow
tonight 62. Slightly cooler Tues
day with high 95-98. TEV
Highest Yesterday 1J;
Lowest This Morning 6a
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
Sunrise tomorrow
Moonrise today
Moonset tomorrow
Full Moon -
PROMINENT STAR
Arcturus, in the west
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, due south
Jupiter, sets
Mars, low in east
Venus, rises -
7:36 p.m.
5:00 a.m.
6:00 p.m.
4:09 a.m.
.. July 30
10:25 p.m.
9:01 p.m.
10:25 p.m.
.12:48 a.m.
. 3:15 a.m.
"Stay Right Where You
Meeting Scheduled
On Basin
Target date for public hear
ings on Rogue river basin de
velopment is expected to be
given by the Army Corps of
Engineers during a public
meeting Monday, Aug. 4, in
Grants Pass, according to Bill
Jess, Eagle Point, president
of the Rogue Basin Flood Con
trol and Water Resources as
sociation.
Target date for completion
of the basin study and present
progress reports are also ex
pected to be given by the
corps representatives, accord
ing to Jess, Eagle Point. The
meeting will start at 8 p.m.
in the county courthouse in
Grants Pass. ,
. The engineers have been
core-drilling on proposed dam
sites at Lost Creek on the
mainstem of the Rogue river,
on the Elk Creek site and on
the Copper site on the Apple
gate river, Jess said. Corps
recommendations will be
based, at least in part, on
what the drillings reveal in
samples of bedrock, Jess ex
plained. When representatives of the
Bureau of Reclamation drilled
into bedrock, at the Lost
creek site in the late 1940's
engineers felt the geological
structure there would support
a dam of 50,000 acre feet of
water, Jess said. Exploratory
ririlline bv the corps will de
termine if the alternate da,m
at Lost creek might be cap
able of supporting a dam con
taining 100,000 acre leei or
water, Jess said.
The corps now plans to
hold a series of public hear
in es some time in September,
Jess said he understood. One
would be held in Josephine
county, one in Jackson county
and another in Curry county,
Jess said.
Following the public hear
ings the engineers will make
recommendations and alter
nate recommendations based
on the response of the area's
peopled These will be forward-
Youths Escape Injury as Boat
Swept Over Savage Rapids Dam
Grants Pass (UPD Two va-
cationing California teen
agers were swept over the
Savage Rapids dam on the
Rogue river late Sunday after
noon but miraculously es
caped serious injury.
Joan Smith, 14, and her
brother Larry, 16, were boat
ing at the time. They and
their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard C. Smith, 9232 Court
Ave., North Downey, Calif.,
are staying at a nearby vaca
tion cabin.
The teen-agers had put their
outboard motor-powered boat
into the river about one-quarter
mile above the dam, police
said.
The pair, unfamiliar with
the river went downstream
and didn't realize until they
were near the lip of the dam
that they -were in danger, ac
cording to witnesses. The boat
was lifted by its own wake
over the top of an unused
spillway and fell about 25
feet.
Larry was thrown from the
boat to nearby rocks, suffer-
Are I'll Come To You"
Program
ed to Washington and taken
to Congress. If the plans do
not interest people of this
area they will be pigeonholed.
Jess explained.
"This is merely another step
in a long procedure," Jess said
of the meeting on Aug. 4.
Members . of the associa
tion's board of directors are
Jess, president; Jackson Coun
ty Commission Ralph James;
Miles Williams, Shady Cove;
A. W. Walker, Gold Hill;
Claude Eaker, Gold Hill; Fay
Bristol, Grants Pass; Howard
Norwood, Rogue River; Ben
Hilton, Grants Pass; Raymond
Lathrop, Josephine county
judge; Conrad Nystrom, Mer
lin; Francis Krouse, Apple
gate; Bud Randolph, Cave
Junction; Dick Woodcock,
Medford; Foster Luce, Hogue
River; and Jennings Pierce,
Medford.
Wally Martin, Grants Pass,
is secretary of the association.
i
Eisenhower Asks
For Debt Increase
Washington (UPD President
Eisenhower asked Congress to
day for a $10 billion increase
in the permanent 1 national
debt limit to $285 billion.
In identical letters to the
House and Senate, he also
asked that the temporary
debit limit be boosted to $288
billion.
The nresent temporary
limit is $280 billion. Authority
for the present temporary
limit expires next June 30,
after which the limit reverts
to its present $275 billion
permanent ceiling.
House Group Approves
Social Security Hike
Washington (UPD The
House Ways and Means Com
mittee today approved by
voice vote a bill to increase
social security benefits and
taxes.
ing a cut over his right eye
and a gash on the head.
Joan was thrown into the
main stream of water below
the dam and was swept down
stream about 60 feet before
being rescued by an unidenti
fied man.
Miss Yamhill
At Miss Oregon Pageant
Seaside (UPD Mary Ellen
Vinton, 18, flame - haired
beauty from Yamhill, was
crowned Miss Oregon of 1958
Sunday at "the climax of the
12th annual pageant at this
coastal resort town.
$1,000 Scholarship
Miss Vinton, who competed
with other state lovelies as
the representative from Yam
hill county, received the
crown from Jo Hansen, As
toria, 1957 winner, and Gov.
Robert D. Holmes, who gave
her a bouquet of red roses.
Miss Oregon of 1958, daugh
Russian Premier
Suggests Moscow
For Conference
Full Security
Would Be Guaranteed
Washington (IPD Presi
dent Eisenhower stood pat
today on his conditions for
a possible summit confer
ence on the Mid-East.
Moscow (UPD Soviet Pre
mier Nikita Khrushchev today
agreed to hold a summit con
ference in Geneva or any
other city in Europe if New
York is not satisfactory from
a security standpoint. He call
ed on President Eisenhower
to name the time and place.
Can Assure Safety
If security is a problem in
New York, site of the world
headquarters of the United
Nations, Khrushchev said "the
Soviet government , would
guarantee full security" to the
visiting dignitaries in the So
viet capital.
The State Department said
in Washington last Thursday
that "as a responsible govern
ment, we will be able to assure
his (Khrushchev's) safety" in
New York.
Khrushchev made his offer
in letters to the Big Three,
with his replies contained in
notes handed to the U.S., Brit
ish and French ambassadors
here. 1
Answers Eisenhower
In his reply to President Ei
senhower, Khrushchev attack
ed the President's message of
last Friday which insisted that
the top level talks be held ac
cording to U. N. Security
Council rules.
"You well know that the
Security Council has for a
long time been engaged in the 4
discussion of the situation in
the Lebanon and Jordan area
and so far has decided noth
ing," Khrushchev said.
If the latest letters from the
West mean any departure
from immediate summit talks
and a prompt end to "aggres
sion" in the Middle . East,
Khrushchev said, "we cannot
accept this."
"We insist on an. immediate ....
cessation of the aggression and
an urgent withdrawal of the
troops of the interventionists
in the territories of Lebanon
and Jordan," he said.
The U.S. has said that its
forces are in Lebanon and
British troops are in Jordan
at the request of the responsi
ble governments of those
lands. But the Soviet Union
has called the moves "aggres
sion." . -
The letter to Eisenhower
was seven pages long. Near
its beginning, Khrushchev re
ferred to the President's let
ter of July 25 and said:
"It is clear now that the
government of the United
States is working toward de
laying the convocation of the
conference of heads of govern
ment and does not desire that
this conference undertake ur
gent measures towards the
peaceful solution of the mili
tary conflict that has arisen
in the Middle Eastern area."
Subsidy for Mineral
Producers Approved
Washington (UPD The
House Interior Committee to
day approved, 17 to 4, a new
five-year program of govern
ment subsidies for mineral
producers.
Olympia (UPD A shut
down has been imposed on all
logging operations in Wash
ington. Both were taken to Jose
phine General Hospital here
where their conditions were
repqrted as good.
The Savage Rapids dam is
the main water storage facility
for the Grants Pass irrigation
district.
Wins Crown
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gale B.
Vinton, won a $1,000 scholar
ship along with the title and
will represent the state at the
Miss America contest in At
lantic City, N.J.
Runnerup was Rose Thrush,
Miss Coos County, who won
a $500 scholarship. Other fin
alists were Miss Portland,
Sandra Wheeler; Miss Spring
field, Raydonia Snyder, and
Miss Hillsboro, Dana Ralston.
Miss The Dalles, Helen
Honald, was selected as "Miss
Congeniality" by the contest
ants themselves.