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CA MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, August 19, IMS FAMILY TROUPE The Borden family,' Wally Borden and his wife,. Ruth, and their children, Dick, 16; Mike, 15, Sandy, 12; Gary 11, and Sherry, 10, will be en tertainment features during the Friday and Saturday matinees at the Kiwanis County fair. The family, now of Medford, has made a number of television appear ances and recently entertained at the Manhattan Beach hotel in New York. The children are talented singers and each member of the group plays one or more instruments. . Borden Family Will Entertain At Fair The musically inclined Bor den Family, seven strong, will be one of the entertain meqt features Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 23 and 24 at the Kiwanis County fair. Each member of the family plays one or more musical instruments and all of the youngsters are talented sing ers. Dick. 16, and Mike, 15, formed the nucleus of the Deadline to File Entries in County Fair Is Extended The deadline for filing en tries in competition at the county fair in Medford has been extended, according to Art Savard, general chairman of the Kiwanis Club spon sored community event, Aug. 21-24.- ' Those planning to enter competition in any of the de partments will be able to bring their exhibits to the Armory for registration on Thursday morning, Aug. 21, even though they have not: filed an application of entry. Registrations hours will be from 9 a.m. until noon Thurs day only, Savard stated. Decision by Commit! The decision to lift the deadline was made by the committee in charge because of the difficulty in getting en try information to all inter ested parties in J a c k so n county. Savard extended the grati tude of the Kiwanis club to various home extension units, garden clubs and Grange reDresentatives' who are working on the plans for the county fair and encouraged everyone to give them their cooperation. Judging of the various departments and divisions in competition will begin promptly at 1 p.m. Thursday, and all award ribbons will be in place in time for the for mal opening of the county fair set for 5:30 pjn., Thurs day. troupe about eight years ago. when they started singing in school programs. From singing- they both turned to play ing musical instruments. Dick now specializes on the accordion, but plays the trom bone and cornet as well. Mike plays a number of stringed instruments. Musically Inclined " Wally Borden and his wife, Ruth, were also musically in clined and soon joined their sons in public entertainment; he playing the guitar and she the - piano. The rest of the family joined the group -as soon as they were old enough. Eleven-year-old Gary han dles the drums and the ac cordion; and Sandy, 12, and Sherry, 10,- are both talented singers and also play several instruments. The B.o rdens, originally from Bemidji, Minn., are now residents of Medford, having moved here from Prineville. Recently they appeared on the NBC-TV show "Two for the Money" and entertained at the Manhattan Beach hotel in New York. ' " They will perform at the matinees beginning at 3 pjn. Boy Caught Between Elevator Doors Gulfport. Miss. (LTD Eleven-year-old Craig Jones probably will think twice in the future before trying a solo flight in an elevator and then undoubtedly will de cide against it. Craig sneaked into an of fice building elevator Mon day, anxious to rise in the world. Alone, he pushed the operating button. But then he had qualms about his trip and tried to jump out before the doors closed. He got past the inside door, but the outside door slammed in his face. He managed to clutch the outside door, where he remained clinging terrified for 15 minutes while the self operated elevator soared past him. Firemen finally rescued him unharmed. Boredom May . Get Best Of Flagpole Sitter Indianapolis. Ind. rtiPI Mauri Rose Kirby. 17, con fessed today "boredom" might thwart her quest for a new record by spending six months atop a 71-foot flagpole. Mauri Rose completed 48 hours on the pole with' the help of books, a radio and a book-writing project, but pin ned her hopes on a telephone that "rings so often" she has no time for reading. Government Worker Turnover Listed Washington (UPI) Near ly one-fourth of the employees who were working for the federal government in Jan uary, 1957, weren't around by the end of the year. Civil Service Commission statistics show that more than 22 per cent of the government workers went off the payroll voluntarily or involuntarily during the calendar year. The total governmental turnover was 23.5 per cent. This was still only about half the turnover ratefor private industry. ' Forty per cent of thtose who left jobs with Uncle Sam quit. But the rate was drop ping sharply toward the end of 1957, when the recession took hold. Story on Pears in Valley in Magazine A special feature story of the pear harvest in the Rogue valley will appear in the September issue of the SP Bulletin, according to a spokesman for the Medford Pear Shippers associatibn. The publication, published by the Southern Pacific com pany, receives wide distribu tion in six western states. The article, written by Bill Robertson, assistant ed itor of the SP employee mag azine, will cover all phases of pear production locally as well as information on the Pear Blossom festival. Robertson, accompanied by Francis Hanson, staff photo grapher for Southern Pacific. spent several days in the Med ford area last week securing information and pictures for the story. They visited several orchards, toured local packing plants and interviewed many shippers and growers as well as the county agent. TRAWLER CUT IN TWO Brest, France (UPD The 7,650 - ton Portuguese ship Timor radioed Monday night it had slashed the French trawler Agneau Pascal in two in a collision about 50 miles from the Breton coast. One man was missing and feared dead. Broker Wants Moon Office for Sales If there is a man in the moon, Pauline. Riggs Haines wants to sell him a house. , A Downey, Calif., broker, Mrs. Haines recently wrote the Slate Division of Real Es tate: "Enclosed please find $1 .. . . I wish to be the first to apply for a branch office on the moon. "My children insist ihis will come in my time. It is hard to believe, but I want to be ready." ' ' Real Estate Commissioner F. W. Griesinger showed that his ' imagination was at least equal to Mrs. Haines'. He decided that pending an nexation of all or part of the moon's surface to the state of California, her application for a branch office will be kept on file under "Moonbeams.1 Man Dies of Wound From Hunting Rifle Messina, Sicily (UPD Car- melo Lubica, 77, died Monday night of a wound received when his dog accidentally dis charged a hunting rifle. Police said the freak acci dent occurred 17 days ago when the dog tipped over the gun Lubica had leaned against a wall in his home at Longi. lis lMr ADJUSTS SHOW HALTER Linda Gigson, 13, of Central Point, tugs on the halter over th head of her Hereford steer. She plans to show the Hereford at the Jackson County 4-H and FFA County Fair. Her mother, not shown, Mrs. Everett Gibson, president of the county 4-H leaders, said the family keeps seven sheep, two horses, one steer, and one pig, most of it on l'i acres in the Central Point area. Some of it is kept on a neighbor's land. Phoenix Man County Chairman For Red Hat Days ' Mark Norton, Phoenix, is one of 36 county chairmen for Red Hat Days observance in Oregon, Gov. Robert D. Hol mes announced recently. The county leaders will as sist the 27 sponsoring agencies for the governor's Red Hat Days committee in the state wide observance. State chairman is Rollin E. Bowles, Portland lawyer and newly appointed member of the state game commission. Serving with him on the state committee are W. O. Kelsay of Rosebure, Ben Buisman. Arthur K. Roberts and George Brown, all of Portland Ed Sullivan of Herford, and J. E. Rutledge of Klamath Falls. Secretary is R. C. Holloway. Sponsoring Agencies Listed Sponsoring agencies of Red Hat r)ays, created to promote safety, courtesy and responsi bility among Oregon's sports men, include: Associated Forest Industries of Oregon, Keep Oregon Green asocia tion, Oregon Cattlemen's as sociation, Oregon division of the Izaak Walton League, Ore gon Duck Hunters association, Oregon Farm Bureau Feder ation, Oregon Forest Fire as sociation, Oregon state board of forestry, Oregon state de partment of .agriculture, Ore gon State Labor Council Oregon state game commis sion, Oregon State Grange, Oregon state police depart ment, Oregon Wildlife Fed eration, Oregon Woolgrower's association, U. S. Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U. S. Forest Service, U. S. Soil Coast Lumbermen's associa tion, Western Division of Out door Writers' association, Western Forest Industries as sociation, Western Forestry and Conservation association, Aw? - - ?r S mm . llf K 'bfe llll ": KILLED AT BORDER - -Tiberias, Israel (CPU -Israeli border police shot arid fatally wounded an armed Jordanian guardsman cross ing into Israel, it was report ed Monday night. v London (UPD Soviet Rus sia exported 2,000 Soviet made rock 'n' roll guitars to London Monday in exchange for British razor blades. JOINT ACCOUNTS PREFERRED New York (UPD The American Bankers Associa tion says about eight out of 10 young married couples fa vor joint checking accounts. One reason, according to the ABA, is that this prevents ex travagant buying since the husband always knows what his wife has been spending, and vice versa. STAND SHEEPI Linda Gibson, 13, of - at the Jackson County 4-H and FFA Fair Central Point, pulls at a leg of a Suffolk this week. sheep as she gets it ready for exhibition Area Pears to Be Displayed at Salem Famous Medford pears will again grace the Jackson coun ty exhibit at the Oregon State Fair through the cooperation of the Medford Pear Shippers association, according to Del mar Smith, who is in charge of the exhibit arrangements. Smith reported that' the in dustry group had agreed to furnish a mass display of both regular Bartletts and the new red Bartletts for exhibit at the Jackson county booth. Other segments of the agri cultural economy of the area will be contacted for assist ance in supplying needed ex hibit items, Smith concluded. Western Pine association Ore gon Bow Hunters, Industrial Forestry association, Cooper ative Extension Service.. Newsman Retires After 53 Years Metamora, 111.' (UPI) William (Uncle Will) Ryan, 80, has retired after serving 53 Vz years as editor and pub lisher of the oldest newspaper in Woodford County, 111. Ryan, who was orphaned at the age of 5, started his newspaper career as a printer in Avoca," Minn. ' Later he worked as a printer in Mon tana and California. He bought the Herald for $400 in 1904 and was proud of the fact that he has printed more than 2,800 issues of the paper without a miss despite one fire that destroyed his type and subscription list. Circulation has jumped from 480 in 1904 to 1,400 at present. The weekly has been sold, to a group headed by Illinois State Rep. Paul Simon. Woodshed Burned In Local Orchard Central Point Fire at the 401 orchard east of here destroyed a large woodshed and damaged a frame apart ment structure Saturday night. Central Point rural fire men, who were called about 10:15 p.m., said that the blaze started in the woodshed and spread to the other building by radiant heat. The fire ex tended slightly intoone of the three apartments, in the form er Camp White structure but otherwise was confined to the attic. The two buildings were not attached. Five Central Point rural fire department vehicles were dispatched to the blaze. SEE THE ' SENSATIONAL NEW Vibra King Cushion! t On Display At the KIWANIS COUNTY FAIR The VIBRA KING Relax-O-Matic cushion with it variable speed, automatic vibration, works gently and safely to ease tensions and relax tired muscles. The VIBRA KING helps you feel relaxed and look younger. THE VIBRA KING RELAXES YOUR: Feet Back Hips Thighs Neck Shoulders Stomach Calves K. W. BRAMHALL, Distributor 710 N. Riverside Phone SP 2-7726 '-'V wTX fit?,' '''Sim ill MmtL.. " .,,jJlb- THERE'S LOTS TO DO At the COUNTY FAIR Games and rides, Grange Exhibit, Home Extension Unit Pro jects, Land Products Section, Home Economics Section, Com mercial Displays, Floral Section and Garden Club exhibits, guided missile exhibit and Talent Search and Miss Jackson County Beauty Pageant (produced by Medford Junior Cham ber of Commerce in cooperation with the Kiwanis club). Concession will be operated by Jackson County Service Clubs. and featuring- MDSS MCA m mnsQN as- FFOCDfiL HOSTESS Courtesy of Pepsi-Cola Bottling tJompany of Medford CCOWAMD MEDFORD ARMORY AUGUST 21-22-23-24 Hours: Aug. 21 and 22 5:30 to 10:30 pm. August 23 and 24' 12 noon to 10:30 p.m. AND DON'T MISS THE 4-H, F.F.A. FAIR -FAIRGROUNDS ALL WEEK!
