Medford
iribune
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 16, 1958
No. 177
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HOOP CONTEST-A1I the students of Howard school had
the chance to show their skill in the use of the hula-hoop
last "week and yesterday a final contest was held to
determine the top three twirlers in each grade. Some
spun them on one leg, on a diagonal between neck and
underarm and around their shoulders as well as in the
conventional way. They were judged on all-around skill
and their ability to do "fancy" maneuvers with the hoops.
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NONCHALANT-Smiling happily, and look
ing as if he could keep his hoop spinning
ail day long, Jimmie Josephson, a second
grader at Howard school, shows his stuff
in the hula-hoop contest held at the school
yesterday. The ability of the smaller young
sters to work the hoops is still amazing to
Fishing Hole, Train Included in
Suggestions of Park
A fishing hole' where Med-i
ford's youngsters can match
wits with bluegills or bass.
A railroad locomotive, a
IsTavy bomber or an Army
tank for them to explore and
pretend to operate.
A public building where
teen-agers and others can hold
parties.
These and other ideas were
discussed last night by the
city's recently appointed Park
and Recreation commission.
Meet With- Duff ,.
Eight of the commission's
nine members met with City
Manager Robert A. Duff and
Planning Technician Ned
Langford in the city hall coun
cil chamber.
It was their second official
meeting. - Last week they
gathered to elect Jerry Poulos
president, Mrs. Edith Eden,
vice president, and Mrs. Owen
Kunkel, secretary.
Mrs. Kunkel reported that
Dr. Lynn Rodney, of the Uni
versity of Oregon's recreation
department, was "very inter
ested". helping the commis
sion get its bearings and
"would be very happy" to
work with it.
Last night's meeting was
adjourned tentatively to next
Wednesday or whenever else
Dr. Rodney could attend.
But the lack of an expert
Make Medford Beautiful
DILAPIDATED-A number of buildings in varying states, of
direnair line Medford's north-south thoroughfares. This par
S Structure with its tiny "For Sale" sign by the door
is saein- needs paint. Improving its appearance would help
4ll ft-and help sell visitors on Medford. This scene is one of
a series appearing in connection with the city's "Make
Medford Beautiful" campaign.
most grown-ups. Although he didn't win a'
prize in the contest, he figured nothing was
lost because he would have spent the rest
of the lunch period spinning the hoop any
way. Girls outnumbered the boys three to
one in- the -contest.
advisor failed to inhibit those
present in bringing up and
discussing a variety of pro-,
jects. t ; '
Negotiations Start
Verl G.' 'Walker, reported
that negotiations were under
way for acquiring a locomo
tive. He said the Southern
Pacific had declined but two
other possibilities are being
explored. " - , .. . ' - ,
Navy bombers and Army
tanks were also discussed as
possible acquisitions for play
grounds. ,
- Walker also suggested the
fishing hole. He said he
thought overflow water from
the city's reservoir on the east
side could be used.
Poulos said he was interest
ed in erecting small buildings
in park areas for party use or
as museums. He suggested
such a building adjacent to
the proposed West Jackson
st. pool.
Another proposal was pos
sible uses of three city-owned
lots on Effie and Bessie sts:
The commission agreed to ac
company Duff on a tour of
the area and to look into the
possibility of acquiring ad:
jacent lots for park purposes.
Zone Adjacent Land
Langford then described
need for deciding how to zone
and develop land adjacent to
Trying to pick the winners, above is Bill Colley, physical
education teacher, who was in charge of the contest. Also
a judge was School Principal Harold Boner. First place
winners in each grade were: first grade, Tina Johnson;
second, Kathy Frohreich; third, Sandra Poling; fourth,
Linda Wolfe; fifth, Diane Millard; sixth, Carol Millard;
and seventh, Tanya Johnson. .
Group
the proposed freeway's off-
ramps.
. He called the commission's
attention also to a - strip of
land between the freeway's
right of way and Biddle rd:
from East Jackson st. to
Crater Lake highway. '
He described this strip as
being from 80 to 100 feet in
width and a potential problem
in development.
: The commission members
resolved to recommend to the
city council that it ask the
state highway commission to
buy the strip, develop it and
maintain it as a roadside park
area. "
Next they agreed to con
sider recommending to the
council that sub-dividers 1 be
required to set aside a certain
area within a sub-division, or
the' equivalent in cash, for
municipal park and recreation
purposes.
Mrs. Eden said this has
been put into effect elsewhere
and suggested that the com
mission decided on the proper
percentage for such a require
ment. Mrs. Kunkel brought up the
possibility of placing a levy
on building permits for park
and recreation funds.
The sum of $5,000 has been
set aside in the city's 1958-59
budget for the commission's
use.
The proposed municipal
swimming pool in the Jackson
County Housing authority's
now-defunct housing area on
West Jackson st. was dis
cussed. . Duff, a member of the au
thority, said, "I'm sure it will
be in operation by next June."
He said the authority had
not turned over the funds to
the city yet since it had not
received payment from the
U. S. government for a por
tion of the .area purchased for
a reserve armory.
The authority resolved
earlier in the year to dissolve
itself and turn over cash on
hand plus revenue from sale
of buildings and land to the
city provided the money be
used for a swimming pool. The
total sum has been estimated
at. $75,000. - :
Taipei-rUPD-Nationalist Chi
na is still making aerial re
connaissance flights over the
Formosa Strait although they
have stopped flights over the
mainland, , the . air. force said
today.
Classes Slated
To Slart at New
School Oct. 27
' Classes are scheduled to get
under way at the new Wilson
school Oct. 27, according to
Medford School Superintend
ent Leonard B. Mayfield.
Mayfield, in his report to
the school board Tuesday
night, solicited suggestions
and comments from board
members relating to the Busi
ness Education day slated for
Nov. 20. -
Medford businesses and pro
fessional men are to visit
schools on that date, return
ing a visit to their establish
ments by teachers and school
officials in September. The
BE day program is sponsored
by the Jackson County Cham
ber of Commerce.
Mayfield also reported that
schools are to hold open house
Nov. 12 and 13 to mark Na
tional Education week.
Turned Over to Bank
Elliott, Becken, assistant su
perintendent, reported ..today
the school's million - dollar
bond issue for construction
and school additions, sold last
month to the U.S. National
bank of Portland,, is being
turned over to the bank.
He said Wilson Slater, board
clerk, has been dispatched to
Portland to sign the - bonds
and present them to the pur
chaser. Mayfield described to the
board a critical water situa
tion at West Side school, caus
ed by a well drying up. He
said a redwood storage tank
has been purchased from
Phoenix at an estimated cost
of $360. ' : -
Becken said today that a
new pump and three steel
storage tanks will relieve the
situation further.
He reported that the board
Tuesday night approved de
velopment of the practical
nursing program provided sat
isfactory financing by partici
pating school districts could
be worked out.
Becken said the city school
reorganization committee un
der the leadership of Keith
Hockersmith is "more active
now." -
The board accepted "in
principle" the proposed merit
salary based on overall teach
ing qualifications, Becken re
ported. A joint committee of
teachers and administrators
has been studying the project,
he said.
He reported the study of
high school student fee sched
ules, comparing Medford's to
others in the state, is "still
under way."
Problems
Problems of taxation and
management for owners of
small forest areas were dis
cussed by about 65 persons at
a meeting here : yesterday
afternoon. . .
. The gathering, sponsored
by the state and federal for
estry departments, was to
gain opinions as to why the
woodlots and small - forests
of the nation are not 'as pro
ductive as they might be. It
was one of a series through
out the nation, motivated by
recent forest service inven
tory of America's timber re
sources,, which, pointed out
that the small .woodlots and
forests of the nation are the
least productive segment of
the woods-products industry.
Small-lot timber owners do
not gain much by paying
taxes under the terms of the
Reforestation Act, the meet
ing was told. ,
Explains Payment
- County Assessor Ray Schu
macher explained that under!
Mrs. Eisenhower to
Christen Nation's
First Jet Liner
Washington - (UPD - Mrs.
Dwight D. Eisenhower will
christen the nation's ' first
commercial World Airways
clipper America, in color
ful pre-inaugural flight cere
monies today at Washington
National Airport.
The First Lady will
smash a bottle of water, col
lected from the seven seas,
across the nose of Pan Am's
giant Boeing 707-121 jet
shortly after 4 p.m. Three
hours later the America will
leave Baltimore's Friendship
International Airport for a
flight to the Brussels
World's Fair.-
The airline's first com
.mercial jet flight with pay
ing passengers is scheduled
for Oct. 26 when daily serv
ice between New York,
Paris and Rome will be
inaugurated.
Flury Arraigned
In Circuit Court;
Case Continued
Ted R. Flury, 54, of route
1, box 586, Eagle Point, secretary-manager
of the Eagle
Point Irrigation district, was
arraigned in circuit court
Wednesday afternoon. The
case was continued until Oct'
24 for him to enter a plea.
Flury, who is charged with
the acceptance of considera
tion by public official for
services rendered for a per
son dealing with a public
body, was arrested by Jack
son -county sheriff's deputies
on a grand jury indictment
Wednesday morning.
He was -released on $250
bond following his appear
ance in -circuit court before
Judge Edward C. Kelly.
Representing Flury at the
court appearance Wednesday
was Frank P. Farrell, attor
ney for the irrigation district.
Request Investigation
District Attorney Thomas
J. Reeder requested a grand
jury investigation of the dis
trict following complaints by
Mrs. Ann Todd, Eagle Point
water-user and candidate for
a seat on the board in the
general election next month.
Flury is charged with re
ceiving $4,050 from the Cali
fornia Oregon Power com
pany between the dates of
Jan. 1, 1955, and Oct. 1, 1958
while he was .an official of
the district.
A contract between the
power company and the irri
gation district allows the com
pany to use district water for
a power station at Nichols
Gap in return for paying the
district for maintenance and
improvement work on the
main canal bringing the water
to the station.
Oregon Youth Named
FFA National Head
Kansas City, Mo. (UPD
Adin Hester, 19, of Aurora,
Ore., today was elected na
tional president of the Fu
ture Farmers of America as
11,000 FFA members in at
tendance closed the group's
31st convention. ,
Hester, an Oregon State
college freshman majoring in
agricultural education, suc
ceeds Howard Downing of
Nicholasville, Ky.
of Small Woodlots Discussed
the Reforestation Act a tim
ber owner pays 2Vi cents an
acre of trees east of the Cas
cades and 5 cents an acre west
of the Cascades to come under
the act. Then when the tim
ber is cut he pays a 12V& per
cent yield tax.
Schumacher also explained
the regular taxing program.
Figuring an average valuation
of $10 a acre,' an assessment
of 30 per cent of this would
impose a tax of 60 mills, he
said. This would amount to
1.8 cents per acre.
Schumacher told the group
if taxation is one of their
problems they can be sure
that the county assessor is in
terested in helping them by
appealing to the state legisla
ture It is difficult to obtain loans
for growing trees, one small
woodlot owner said. Not
enough time is allowed under
loan conditions for normal
growth and harvest of trees.
It takes at least 25 years to
grow and harvest timber but
'Baby' Nuclear
Device Fired at
Yucca Flat Site
Follows Large Blast
Underground Today
Atomic Test Site, Nev.-OIPD
-The Atomic Energy commis
sion fired a "baby" nuclear
device today, following up the
largest underground explo
sion ever held in this coun
try. The eighth shot in a series
increased from 10 to 13 be
fore a proposed Oct. 31 inter
national ban on atomic tests
banged like a giant firecrack
er from beneath a .balloon
tethered 500 feet over Yucca
Flat at 6:20 a.m. (p.s.t.).
It followed by only a few
hours Wednesday night's giant
subterranean . detonation that
caused the ground on the Ne
vada Test Site to ripple to
ward observers.
The daylight shot, named
Dona Ana, was the sub-kilo-ton
range, or less than 1,000
tons of high explosive. ,
Dirfy Cloud Rises
Dona Ana, which was de
scribed as bne of a series of
small shots, was the fourth
shot from a balloon in the
current series and marked the
first time in AEC history that
three shots were fired within
24 hours.
After a brief fireball, . a
dirty looking cloud in mush
room shape rose to about
5,000 feet and began drifting
to the west. There was a
rumble in the shock wave,
but just about all the activity
was gone from the shot with
in two minutes.
Meantime, the AEC said
Wednesday night's under
ground test which went off
at 10 p.m. (p.s.t.), had a range
in kilotons from, three to
seven, with a best estimate
of yield somewhere' between
five and six kilotons. The
largest previous underground
shot was 1.7 kilotons.
Radiation Contained
A monitoriug survey this
morning showed that 1 radia
tion was "completely contain
ed," the AEC reported."
Voters' Pamphlets
Received by County
Voters' pamphlets for the
general election' Nov. 4, fac
simile sample ballots, and a
list of precinct polling stations
have been received by the
county elections department.
'' The voting information
items will be mailed locally
to all of the registered voters
in the county, it was reported,
with mailing to be completed
by the end of next week. The
majority of the envelopes
have been addressed, elections
department officials said tor
day. .
The county will be reim
bursed by the state for mail
ing costs, according to County
Clerk Bereth P. Hopkins. She
said the facsimile sample bal
lot and list of precinct pollfng
stations were included in the
mailing this year as some vot
ers have complained in the
past that they did not know
their polling place.
Each of the coifnty's nearly
36,000 registered voters will
receive the voters informa
tion material.'
the longest term extended in
usual loans is seven years.
Work on Problems
The forest research center
at Roseburg is working on the
problems of y both the small
woodlot owner and the larger
timber tract owners, the
group was toln. One of the
problems most people seem
interested in is the advisabil
ity of burning timber slash.
Jack Mace, soil bank forester,
said' the state forestry service
is' looking for timber harvest
demonstration land. Such . an
area would demonstrate the
different stages of timber
growth and harvest opera
tions, he said. :
This area might be used
also to educate school chil
dren in forest conservation, it
was explained. Tours have
been conducted recently in
Josephine county for sixth
graders, a state forestry
spokesman said.
Those woodlot owners need
ing advice on sales contracts
can obtain it from any fores
"We Have A Kind Of
Of Our
Candidates to Give
T wo-M i n u te Ta I !cs
Candidates for governor,
congressional representative,
and labor commissioner will
speak for two minutes each in
their behalf at the League of
Women Voters Candidates
Fair at Hedrick Junior High
school tomorrow night, Mrs.
City to Consider
Buying Lot Home
Purchase' of an $11,000 lot
and residence at South Holly
st. and : Melrose ave.-' as the
first right of way acquisition
for' extending Melrose east
ward is scheduled for 'consid
eration by Medford's city
council tonight.
The council authorized City
Manager Robert A. Duff Aug.
7 to negotiate for right of way
necessary to extend Melrose
across the Southern Pacific
railroad tracks to intersect
Sbuth Pacific highway oppo
site Barnett rd.
The purpose of this exten
sion, it is understood, . is to
provide a safer grade crossing
than the one at. Stewart ave.
to the south. The tracks run
close to the highway at the
latter location. !
Allowing a variance for a
house trailer at 515 Park pi.
No. 5 because of hardship con
ditions is the subject of a pub
lic hearing on the council's
agenda. The variance would
permit the trailer's presence
for a limited period as an ex
ception to the city's zoning
ordinance.
The council is slated to call
for hearings to be held at a
subsequent meeting on three
zone-change requests and the
fate of the Clark st. grade
crossing. The planing com
mission Monday night recom
mended that the requests be
approved and that the Clark
st. crossing be "maintained,
improved and lighted."
The council meets at 7i30
p.m. in the city hall council
chamber.
ter, it was explained. Wood
lot owners need education on
the various timber grades, it
was 'admitted.
Suggest Study
' Another woodlot owner
suggested further study be
made on utilizing southern
Oregon forest produncts. Tim
ber of this area seems better
adapted to pulp mill .use than
anything else, a member of
the audience commented.
Both Jackson and Josephine
county chambers bf commerce
have made extensive studies
of such a problem, it was ex
plained. ... ......
Jackson county needs a for
estry committee, to. help the
small woodlot owners to mu
tually solve marketing prob
lems, it was suggested. .Jose
phine county has one already.
Jackson county has 2,779
owners of commercial forest
land. The majority of the
Owners are in the 100 to 500
acre class. A total of 649 own
ers in this group have a total
of 106,00Cacres.
Two-China Policy
Own" '
t V 1
Thomas Rutter, chairman of
the fair, announced today.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes, La
bor Commissioner Norman O.
Nilsen, Rep. Charles O. Port
er, and Congressional Candi
date Paul E. Geddes, will be
introduced at 9 p.m., she said.
Gubernatorial candidate Mark
Hatfield will be represented
by his cousin, James Hatfield,
Mrs. Rutter saicL." ' '
Other .candidates -who will
meet voters at individual
booths include Dr. Edwin Dur
no and Gordon Hudson lor
state senator; Mrs. Evelyn
Nye, Melvin J. Lattie, Robert
B. Duncan, and Mrs. Mar i jane
B. Duncan, for state represen
tative; . Mrs. Bereth P. Hop
kins, and Ernest Marvin Mad
den, for county clerk; Earl M.
Miller and C. Scott Hamilton,
for county judge; Chester H.
Wendt and Frank Christian,
for county commissioner; and
Joseph D. Walsh and Larry
Sheehan, for sheriff.
In a non-partisan judicial
booth will be Circuit Court
Judge Edward C. Kelly, up for
reelection, District Court
Judge James M. Main, candi
date for circuit judge, and
candidate for district court
judge, E. Roy Bashaw.
Candidates for city council
positions who will appear in
a non-partisan booth include
William Doenbach, Fred " E.
Robinson and Roy P. Wilkes,
ward I; Donald Hansen, ward
II; and George Edward Stacey
and Stan Stark, ward IV. .
"The Shadows," a rock n'
roll group from St.. Mary's
High school, will provide en
tertainment. . i
Booths at which Fair visit
ors may try their hands in
clude a voters' I. Q. test, an
automatic voting machine, and
a straw ballot run by radio
station KMED. Exhibits will
include a proposal for off
street parking in Medford,
maps of the Emigrant dam
arid Howard Prairie areas, and
architectural drawings of the
county detention home and
farm buildings.
Door prizes will be award
ed after introduction of major
candidates, and prizes will be
awarded the oldest and oldest
voter present.
A gavel will be presented
by the Medford Mail Tribune
to the political partyvhaving
the most members attending
the Fair, The gavel was won
in 1956 by the Democrats.
School Opening
Plans Gel Setback
St. Louis, Mo.-UPD-Plans to
open Little Rock (Ark.) High,
schools as private segregated
institutions suffered another
setback when a three-man
U.S. appellate court here- in
definitely extended a restrain
ing order barring such action.
The court Wednesday charg
ed that proposals to lease Lit
tle Rock's four high schools
were "for the purpose appar
ently of nullifying racial inte
gration." In extending the cur
rent restraining order, the
court said it was acting to
prevent irreparable injury to
the educational integration
rights" of the Negro students
involved.
Mystery Figure
Sought by Agents
As Mastermind
Guards Placed Near
Atlanta Papers
Atlanta-TOPD-Authorities to
day sought- a . mystery figure
thought to be the mastermind
of dynamiting in the South. A
major break in the case ap
peared imminent. '
There were reports the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation
was ready to make a wide
scale move against bombers
who have labeled themselves
"The Confederate Under
ground." The FBI here and in
Washington declined to com
ment on the reports.
Guards were placed, mean
while, at the offices of the
Atlanta newspapers and a lo
cal radio station, where tele
phone bomb threats were re
ceived late Wednesday. In
vestigators went over both
buildings thoroughly, but no
explosives were found.
GiTt Sketchy Information
Officers declined to give
more than sketchy informa
tion about the persons whose
trail they were following. He
was described, however, as
being a key figure in a hard
core racist group believed to
have been in operation since
well before integration be
came a sore issue in the South
in 1954.
Stacks of confiscated items
piled up at Atlanta police
headquarters as officers con
tinued raids on the homes of
persons known to have parti
cipated : in past anti-Seminie
1, i. f j i i . 4
dcuvajf. luusi ui me material
was not identified, but it was
known to include racist litera
ture and several crude Swas
tikas, the symbols of Hitler
ism.' . "
., Authorities moved their
base of operations to an un
disclosed spot .Wednesday
complaining ' that newsmen
were interfering with the in
vestigation. '
Work Around Clock
The Atlanta detective force
has been working around the
clock since a heavy charge of
dynamite ripped a gaping
hole in a Jewish temple here
Sunday and severely damaged
the interior.
Local authorities said many
of their findings nave in
volved persons in cities
throughout the southeast and
in the north, and that the FBI
has given valuable assistance:
at points outside the state.
President Eisenhnwfe
Wednesday termed the bombi s.
ti .u : , i A . i '
and Baby Face Nelsons"
whose use of the term "Con-
xcrixdabc la cui 1113 111 U LU llic
Old South. ' .
Hunter Drowns in
Klamath Lake
Klamath Falls (UPD One
hunter was dead and two oth
ers were missing and feared
drowned today after their
capsized 14-foot boat was :
found in Klamath lake.
The body of James Cline,
44, operator of Monroe's moor
age, was found floating just
off the west shore of upper
Klamath lake.
Earlier the boat in which.
Cline and Hal Furman, 45,
and Furman's son, Hal Jr.,
18, had set out in at 4 p.m.
Tuesday was found swamped
between Buck island and
Eagle point in the southern
part of the lake. The trio had
told relatives they planned
to cross to the opposite shore
to hunt deer and would re
turn home late Tuesday.
State police assigned boats
and planes to the search for
the two missing men.
Furman is the . brother of
Glen Furman, route 2, box.
492M, Sams Valley, according
to local sources.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy and warm
through Friday. Slight chance
of light rain Friday evening.
Low tonight 45. High Friday 78.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday go
Lowest this Morning 46
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
5:29 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow
a-m.
The Moon sets 8:50 p.m.
tonight and rides low.
First Quarter . Sunday
SATURN, seen below the
Moon tonight, is in the constel
lation, Ophiuchus, where it has
been since late in 1956. Next
year it will be In Sagittarius.