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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1958)
V Man Appears on Charges of Assault Robert E. Gardner, 315 Newton st., was given until Sept. 26 in district court Fri day to enter a plea on charges j of assault while not being armed with a dangerous weapon. Gardner had asked District Court Judge James Main that an attorney be appointed. The complaint was signed by Hugh Messer, also of Med ford, who charges that Gard ner Thursday struck him on the head and face with his fist. District Attorney Thomas J. Keeder said today he is 53rd year Medford Price 10 cents Tribune Third Section MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1958 Pages 1 - 8 Girl Escapes Drowning In Baker Reservoir Baker, Ore. - (UPD - Donnel Roper, 3, escaped drowning in the city reservoir Thursday after she shifted a dump truck out of gear and it backed over an embankment into 16 feet of water. She had been in the water an estimated four continuing his investigation of ' five minutes when fished out the case. , by her father. $ 00 OFF on each gallon A J ON THESE FABULOUS or I """"Sli W't ;, ' J Matched to Western living ...Immune to Western weather Sunfast 1 Colors- to beautify and protect (Si TtIM i COLORS EXTERIOR HOUSE COLORS Modern colors in a smooth, glossy finish that gives years of wear. We Give S&H Green Stamps Buy Now & Save at MEDFORD PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE Corner 6th & Holly Phone SP 2-9321 Diagonally across from Post Office RESUMING witness stand before Senate probers, James Hoffa, Teamster boss, admits union funds helped promoter get bank loan. Rural Traffic in State Declines Oregon highway traffic for August decreased 1 per cent from August, 1957, according to the state highway depart ment's monthly traffic count recorded on 52 rural counter locations in the state. Five locations reflecting ur ban traffic trends showed an increase of 5.4 per cent, the commission said. A substantial increase was noted on Highway 66, five miles of Ashland. The average daily traffic during August was 1,349, compared to 1,145 during August last year, an increase of 17.8 per cent, the commission said. Traffic on Highway 62 four miles south of Shady Cove showed an increase of 1 per cent. Average traffic last month was 2,510, compared to 2,486 the previous August. Portland -(UPD- Retail food costs in Portland remained about the same in August as in July, according to the Depart ment of Labor's Bureau of Statistics. MONDAY DOOR BUSTERS - 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Fabulous New Bed Pillows The ultimate in sleeping comfort SLEEP IN CLOUD-LIKE' LUXURY! Special Introductory Offer 2 pillows 2.77 Flood Damage SALE We had a water leak in our basement store room , water damaged several hundred pair of slippers and shoes stored there. OUR LOSS YOUR GAIN! 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IRWIN UPI Correspondent Chicago-UPD - A flagpole maker recalled with nostalgia Friday the zany "good old days" when flagpole sitters really sat because that was all they had room to do. Ralph Watkins said present day sitters - are "a bunch of pikers" compared to such old masters as "Shipwreck" Kelly and "Hold 'Em Joe" Powers. Back in the roaring 20s, Watkins reminisced, Kelly and Powers clung to bosun's chairs or equally skimpy perches while they waged their famous battle for the world sitting championship. Not Excited Watkins couldn't get excit ed about the efforts of Mauri Rose Kirby, 17-year-old girl who ensconced herself with books, radio and telephone Aug. 16 in a little hut atop a utlity pole in Indianapolis and announced she would try to crack the modern sitting 'rec ord of 169 days aloft. "The sitters today are a bunch of pikers," said Wat kins, whose company claims to be the oldest manufacturers of flagpoles in the United States. "They practically live in houses with all the com forts of home." Powers touched off the see saw contest with Kelly by sit ting for 16 days and two hours on the flagpole atop the 42-story Morrison Hotel in Chicago. Kelly came right back by roosting on a pole atop a Ne wark N.J., hotel for 18 days and incidentally earning up to $500 a day while acquiring a callous and a suntan. The pair kept right, on whomping each other until Powers beat Kelly, 52 days to 51, aboard a building on Chi cago's Northwest Sid. , Champion Slander Kelly, not to be outdone, shinnied right back up and became the champion flagpole stander with a nine hour and 47 minute stint above the Ho tel Belvedere in New York. After World War II a new generation took up flagpole sitting. Ozzie Hamilton Os borne slid down a Long Beach, Calif., flagpole in Sep- Salmon Fishermen Have Good Start Astoria (UPD Commercial fishermen here reported Fri day that the fall salmon sea son was off to a good start with many boats bringing can ners 700-pound loads and other boats laden with about a ton of fish. Quality was reported good. There were also indications that the albacore run was holding up well with tuna boats getting good catches about 100 miles off the Ore gon coast in waters south of Newport. Otter trawlers were making substantial catches of bottom fish. tember 1948 with a new mark of 52 days, 13 hours and 58 minutes. The next month Milton Van Nolan completed a 70-day ride in a horse saddle atop a San Francisco pole. His mark was topped in 1949 by Qharlie Lupica, who- spent 117 days aloft in Cleveland in a vain attempt to root his beloved Indians to an American League pennant. At last report the modern record was 169 days set by Kathleen (Flagpole Kitty) Donham in Tacoma Park, Wash., in 1955, That's only the modern rec ord. The all-time, world rec ord actually was etched for posterity some 1,400 years ago by Simeon the Younger, who thought he could atone for the world's sins by staying aloft. He stuck it out atop a pillar for 68 years. He would have done better except he died up there. . Crafer Student Is Named lo Post at District Meeting Central Point John Cas ter, Crater High school, was elected vice president of the Rogue-Umpqua district of the Future Farmers of America at a recent district meeting at Crater High school here. Other officers are Bill Hub bard, Eagle Point, secretary; Mike Redmond, Crater, treas urer; Don Ryan, Crater, re porter; and Leon Small, Phoe nix, sentinel. A president was not elected because the current president, Allen Barnes, will retire in the spring. Barnes presided at the combined leadership and officer training session. ' Ralph L. Morgan, state FFA advisor, and Ed Manary, state president from Sheridan, gave short talks. Other guests were Roger Schonborn, Molalla, state secretary, and LeRoy Lim, Canby, Oregon state sen tinel. ' Morgan commented on the problem of leadership throughout the state and men tioned several amendments to the national FFA constitution to be considered at the nation al FFA convention in Kansas City next month. Manary spoke on the responsibilities of the district and chapter of ficers. The district voted to pur chase a district parliamentary banner. Later, officers of each chapter represented con ferred on a program of work of their chapters. Main topics of the programs are supervised farming, cooperation,, com munity service, leadership, earnings and savings, recrea tion, conduct of meetings, and scholarship. The district meeting next year will be held in Marsh field. 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