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Some Jobless Slack Taken Up By ELMER C. WALZER UPI Financial Editor New York-iUPD- Indications are that employment isn't ris ing as fast as production is picking up. ihis stems from greater use of auto mation, oper ation of more efficient plants, and more empha sis on increas ed labor pro- Elmer waize aucuvuy. Some of the slack in em ployment is being taken up by new businesses started during the recession by some of the unemployed. Take leathercraft for exam ple. In 1948, people making their own sandals, wallets, belts and brief cases spent less than $2 million for equip ment. This year they are spending $13 million. Tandy Leather Co., a divi sion of General American In dustries, with 87 stores throughout the country, re ports an overall rise in sales of three per cent. ' Gain in Depressed Cities In some cities, hard hit by unemployment, the gain has been larger. The company's Pittsburgh sales rose 30 per cent; St. Louis, 19 per cent; Buffalo, 17 per cent, and Chi cago, 10 per cent. In Detroit where auto unemployment was highest, sales were up two per cent. According to Tandy com pany executives, many who formerly used leathercraft as a hobby have turned it into a paying business by selling their products. Additional leisure from un employment or reduced work ing hours has given more time to the home production of leather goods. Some workers who have been working full time are leather work to supplement their regular Incomes. The Tandy company sells a number of kits for do-it-yourself craftsmen. These include kits for belts, wallets, mocca sins, and others. The com pany notes that where one or two kits were formerly pur chased, the recession period saw demand for quantities. The most popular kits in clude wallets, moccasins, san dals, and quick -draw pistol holders, the last influenced by the craze for TV Westerns. Tandy expects the demand to continue with new enter prisers in business. The com pany plans to open 28 addi tional stores in the next 18 months. The company finds in let MONEY At Crater Finance you may borrow for any worth while purpose on your FURNITURE - AUTO SALARY and repay in monthly ln stallments. You may choose the terms most suit able to you up to 24 months. Leant may b paid in ad vance or in full at any time. Crater Finance CORPORATION 135 Pine Street Central Point Phone NO 4-1273 Frank Wilkinson, Mgr. Convenient Parking M I I III lint' If BUY THE PAIR for $395 AT YOUR SERVICE FOR THE YEARS AHEAD By New Businesses ters it receives that many people whose incomes cannot keep up with increased living costs have turned the leather hobby into a part-time busi ness. Many another craft where do-it-yourself has built a hob by is being transferred to regular or part time business. Older people at or near re tirement are delving into these lines to help fight in roads of inflation and also to give them a higher standard of living. Government workers with New Lucy-Desi TV Show Checks in for Season; Second Half Catches Fire UPI Correspondent Br WILLIAM EWALD New York - (LTD - CBS-TV's "Lucille Ball- Desi Arnaz Show" checked in for the sea son Monday night with an hour that con tained some pretty inspir ed fun. "Lucy Goes to Mexic o" was its name and although it seemed like a pretty wet pile of kin dling at first. William Ewald it caught fire over its last half, particularly a bit in which Miss Ball played bullfighter. The Ball-Arnaz combine has been around for many moons now, but as a team Lucy and Desi remain fresh and en gagingly wacky. Unlike most all of TV's family comedies, their's is not child-centered. As a result, they manage to sidestep the sticky sisperings that pass for wholesomeness on most of TV's situation com edies. In Untamed Fashion Unhampered by the need to pour large gobs of self-conscious cant into their scripts, Lucy and Desi can operate like Phil Silvers "Sgt. Bilko" in a relatively untamed fashion. They are wild, wool ly and at their best, wonder ful. CBS-TV's "Danny Thomas Show' also sailed in for the fall Monday night with Jack Benny as guest. Benny gave the piece some lilt without him it would have been a pretty soggy chunk of sponge, wallowing in platitudes and sentimentality like most Thomas shows. CBS-TV had another family show on Monday night, "Fa ther Knows Best." Its plot was an improbable wishwash about a sub teen-ager who cre ated havoc in the Anderson's household when he began courting their daughter. Ev erybody is so well adjusted in this series, I suspect they're all sick. Gifted Comedienne Ann Sothern also moved in Monday night with a new CBS-TV show that has some thing or other to do with a lady who runs a hotel. Miss Sothern is a gifted comedi enne who manages to mix softness wtih raspishness. It's the sort of thing Eve Arden has and it gives both the girls a pleasantly flintly quality. As for Miss Sothern's new se ries, it is a pretty standard situation comedy, perhaps a cut above the "Donna Reed Show" and "Ed Wynn Show," which also debuted this sea son. Fascinating Interview One short note: Johnny Carson's chat with Boxcar Betty, the hobo, on Monday JOHNSTON STOR- Being traditionally low incomes are among the many using the Tandy kits to increase their incomes, the company notes. These various hobbies turned to profit may take j away the sting of unemploy ment prospects in the future! when industries through use of automation get along with fewer workers. Also, as one of the hobby ists pointed out, this is one way that real skills of handi craft can be carried on now that so much is being done by machinery. night's NBC-TV "Jack Paar Show" was one of the most fascinating interviews I've ever seen on TV. I believe Carson did it to spoof Paar's talks with Elsa Maxwell, but Betty oozed so much primitive charm, the interview prompt ly soared beyond a mere spoof. School News.. Phoenix High School Enrollment at PHS totals 208 students so far this year, an increase over last year's enrollment, according to Eris Furry, office secretary. There are 57 freshmen, 47 sopho mores, 60 juniors and 44 sen iors. Tom Troxel was . elected student body president for the school year 1958-59. Other student body officers are El- aon Mitchell, vice president; Pat Imhausen, secretary; Fran ces Hensley, treasurer. Class officers elected are as follows: Seniors: Don Mackintosh, president; Dean Casebolt, vice president; Ida Marie Bolz, sec retary; Sharee Skipworth, treasurer; Butch Blessing, rep resentative. Juniors: George Hand, pres ident; Lewis Cook, vide presi dent; Donna Demmer, secre tary; Darlene Palmer, treas urer; Joyce Hunter, class rep resentative. . Sophomores: Othar Richey, president; Shearen Poole, vice president; Frances Kivet, sec retary; Beverly . Johnson, treasurer; Gerald Sloper, class representative. Freshmen; Cheryl Bowman, president; Gary Colfax, vice president; Jackie Howard, sec retary; Thresa Six, treasurer; Kay DeMers, representative. This year PHS has two new song leaders to assist the rally squad. They are Lola Good and Susan Walker. Their uni forms are royal blue cordu roy jumpers and white blouses. Two new courses, Spanish and art, are being offered at Phoenix High sclibol this year. Forty-three students are en rolled in the two Spanish classes, instructed by Mrs. Mary Lucille Offutt. The art class has 14 stu dents enrolled and is conduct ed by Miss Katherine Carter. The purpose of the class, Miss Carter says, is to help the members better express them selves in the many art forms according to their interests. Two new classrooms have been added to the high school plant, along with several oth er improvements. The addition of the two classrooms was necessary for more classroom space for the Holnoinl Automatic WASHER All Porcelain 2 Wash Temp. 2 Wash Cycles Holnoinl Pushbutton Temp. Control All Porcelain throughout SAVE 1958 Model Your Old Washer wilt make the down payment ' iiUMwum " v. 1 mmmm ' DISASTER AREA A team of firefighters moves into a danger area near Monrovia, Calif., where a raging brush fire has swept 3000 acres, has destroyed at least eight homes and is periling others. Five hundred men have been called out to battle the flames, and there is fear that a change of wind would shift the fire back toward Monrovia and hundreds of homes. Governor Knight has declared the region a disaster area, because of "condi tions of extreme peril." Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Washington-Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter of the U.S. Supreme court, in denouncing Arkansas officials for maintaining integration of schools in Little Rock would set off violence: "Violent resistance to law cannot be made a legal reason for its suspension without loosening the fabric of our society. What could this mean but to acknowledge that disorder un der the aegis of a state has moral superiority over the Con stitution. Friedberg, Germany-A U.S. Army spokesman on the as signment of singer Elvis Presley as a "scout" jeep driver: "The assignment of scout jeep driver is given to soldiers of above normal capability." Washington-Associate White Wheaton on the illness of Pope 'The President is naturally the Pope's condition and hopes New York-Milwaukee Braves Manager Fred Haney on Monday's loss to the New York Yankees: "They kicked hell out of couldn't score?" BRITAIN RULED FAVORITE St. Andrews, Scotland -TOPD -Based on practice scores, Britain ruled a slight favorite over the United States today on the eve of the World Am ateur golf team championship. Twenty-seven other nations also will be represented in the four-day competition that starts Wednesday over the rugged old course at St. An drews, but it still shaped up as a close match between the Yanks and those players rep resenting the "home coun tries." new Spanish class . ana ior geography classes. Also, it has a dual purpose, as it serves as a band and chorus room. Space, was also provid ed for band risers and instru ment storage. ' A removable center . partition enables the whole building to be used at one time if necessary. The high school band this year consists of 30 members. Bright new uniforms make a colorful ensemble. 'Each uni form is a triumphant royal blue trimmed in copen blue. 1958 Model SAVE $65 Automatic S $50 $19 ' , ' " , i v. :-v-:::-SK:k;: : :?. House Press Secretary Anne Pius XII: very deeply concerned about very much that he will rally." us. How could we win if we General Assembly Nears Debate End United Nations, N.Y. -0IPD-The General Assembly plans to wind up its annual policy debate today, clearing the way for a disarmament de bate in its main political com mittee. Since the assembly opened Sept. 16, there has been a daily parade of foreign min isters and chief delegates to its rostrum to review their countries' policies in the an nual "general debate." Israel's Foreign Minister, Mrs. Golda Meir, Dr. Mah moud Fawzi, foreign minister of the United Arab Republic, and Indian Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Menen- who perennially demands that he be the last speaker in the debate-were today's headliners. Also listed to be heard in two sessions were representatives of Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Yemen, Lebanon and Alban ia. Delv'd Instl'd DRYER Delv'd Instl'd Month for the Pair 80 APPLEGATE VALLEY Centennial Plans Set By MAUD ZIEGLER Applegate Valley With a wealth of pioneer lore of its own, the Applegate valley will play a prominent part in Oregon Centennial activities, according to plans announced at the first meeting of the Applegate Centennial commit tee at the Robert Sorber home recently. Sorber is Centennial chair man for this district, and has selected the following com mittee from valley organiza tions: Harlan Cantrall, Ruch Parent Teacher association; Mrs. Chester Kubli and. Mrs. Edna Sawyer, home extension units; Mrs. Edward J. Hen derson and Boyd Gibson, Applegate and Ruch schools; Armin Richter, 4-H clubs; Mrs. Lance Offenbacher, Grange. The local committee works directly under Ernie Hood, Jackson county chairman, and is part of a state organi zation headed by Gov. Robert D. Holmes. A three-point plan was pro posed, including signs placed at historic sights such as Sterling and Blue Ledge mines, Log Town, feature stories on historic happenings here, and encouragement of schools and organizations to center programs and other functions on the Centennial theme. Sorber pointed out the mis taken idea of many that the Centennial celebration is for Portland area only, stating that all areas of the state will have their own means of cele bration to attract visitors. The next meeting of the committee will be-Oct. 28th at a.m. at the Sorber home. - An outstanding event of the late summer was celebration of the golden wedding anni versary of Mr. and Mrs. Nel son Pursel Aug. 31. A dinner on the lawn at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Fred West, was attended by several relatives, including some from Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Pursel were married in Medford and have spent their married life in this county. Mrs. Pursel was retired two years ago after 40 years in the teaching profes sion, and Pursel was in the farming and sawmill business. Attending from Iowa were Mrs. Pursel's sister, Mrs. Blanche Ronfeldt of Smith land; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Ron feldt and son, Clayton, and Mr. and Mrs. George Ron feldt. Others ' attending were Mr and Mrs. Frank Silva of Grants Pass; Mr. and Mrs, Discover how wonderful A glorious new world of convenience opens up when you get a bedside phone. Imagine no more scrambling out of bed when the phone rings! And what a secure feeling you have with a phone at your fingertips at night. Choose from a whole paint box of modern colors to go with cur 'Tablt model phonts come m these S Rom Pink, Cherry Red, Pastel Yellow, Working together to serve you better ' PflCifiC Telephone Claud Medley, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bailey and children, Mrs. Edna Pursel, Art Put ney, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Wick and son, and Miss Dee Ann Clark of Medford; Mr. and Mrs. George Pursel of Phoenix; Mr. and Mrs. Fred West and son, Gary. Mr. and Mrs. John Eek, ac companied by Mrs. Eek's brother, Cpl. Harvey N. Dut ton, returned Sunday from a hunting trip to Lakeview, where they killed a forked horn deer. Corporal Dutton, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dutton, is in Army guided missile training, and is being transferred from Con necticut to El Paso, Tex. Mr. and Mrs. Lea Wright, having resided in Los Angeles for the past eight years, have repurchased their former home on Little Applegate, and are residing there. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Karberg of Santa Cruz, Calif., spent the week end as guests of Mrs. Karberg's niece, Mrs. Lyle Hard. They also visited her brother, Joe Maxfield, in Medford. John Ramsey, who enlisted in the Navy in August, is nearing completion of his ba sic training at San Diego Na val base. He expects to study electronics. Many in the community are anticipating Grange booster night Friday, when a country fair and silent auc tion will be featured. A pro gram will be presented, in cluding numbers from the Ruch church and PTA. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Scott, taking advantage of Indian summer, invited a group of friends to their home for an outdoor dinner recently. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Milton Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dunshee, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Buck, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Saltmarsh, and r.- and Mrs. Lloyd Nordwick. At dessert served later in the evening the group was joined by Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lat tie of Phoenix. Mrs. Monett B. Davis of Washington, D.C., arrived last week to spend some time as a guest of Mrs. Jack O'Brien. A group of friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dunshee late last month in celebration of their 12th wedding anniversary t The couple were residing in California at the time of their marriage. color with matching springcordt: Ivory, Aqua Uue, White, Light Beige and Light MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon. Tuesday, October 7, 1958 S Mary Larry Jansson and sons, Larry and Duke, left Saturday for San Francisco. The Ruch PTA meeting Fri day was postponed owing to illness and many being gone on hunting trips. An extension' unit work shop to teach sewing men's shirts will be held at the home of Mrs. Otis Buck Thursday, Oct. 11 at 10:30 a.m. Mrs. Rol land Smith will be the in structor, and anyone inter ested in this project is invited to attend. A workshop on tin can craft was held at the Grange hall Tuesday, taught by Mrs. Mike Loftus, where 13 women were registered. Making children's toys will be given later in the month by Mrs. Buck. A preview of these projects was given at the regular meeting last week. PUT IT TO THE TEST! . Come in for a demonstration and discover i Jeep' 4-wheel drive vehicles go more places do more jobs cost less to own! FIRST .IN $ nnnd ...one ei Come In for demonstration . Tune-In MAVERICK Sunday Afternoons 5:30 P.M. MEDFORD MOTORS, INC. 225 South Riverside a bedside phone can be! tains and bedspreads to spark your whole room! An extension costs so little, too: only $1.25 a month after in stallation. Why not call your telephone business office today, and ask about a handy extension phone in color. It'll brighten your bedroom . . . brighten your life, as well! Moss Green, Grey. Mrs. Ida Ballard has re turned to Yuka City, Calif., after spending two months visiting relatives here and in Jacksonville, including her sister, Mrs. Louis Straube. Rural reflections: It always is interesting to look in on the pre-school set. Robie Bay lor, pajama clad one evening, was observed doing a number of things, such as expertly handling the Hula hoop, im mediately thereafter climbing to the kitchen cupboard top shelf to treat everyone to a chew of gum, after which he leaped the coffee table, the while talking about his girl friend, Lorna Snopl. Grand Rapids, Mich. -UPD-Mallar Stom, 90, furniture de signer and civic leader in Grand Rapids and Hastings, Mich., died here Monday. Tht 'Jp' Tract 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES BY WILLYS MOTORS... WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES tnt (rowing iwistK inaustritt Medford, Ore. The men and women of i Medford 112 South Riverside n N. MM St., M. 24101
