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S MAIL TRIBUNE. Mcdfoni. Oregon, Tuetaiy, November 18. 1958 Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF- A SECTION FOREMAN on the Erie Railroad was well known for driving his men hard. He stamped over to a veteran member of his squad and reared, "How often must I tell you to lift your pick higher off the ground?" "It's you I'm trying to protect, sir,' was the diplo matic reply. "You hang right over my shoulder so much, Pm afraid of hitting you in the eye!" The teacher of a sixth-grade class in Brooklyn couldn't understand why all the kids began hoarding pennies at the same time. Then she spotted the new sign in a stamp and coin shop block away: "We pay 123 for 1900 pennies." Have you beard about the big-shot business magnate who was on the verge of committing suicide until he discovered that the cleaning woman had bung the graph behind his desk upside down? e 19M. by Bennett Cert Distributed by Kiss Features Syndicate. Man Blames High-Jest Salisbury, England -HHPD The Rev. John Wansey was fined $8.40 for speeding to day despite his plea that high test gasoline made him drive faster than the 30 mile per hour limit. "A premium motor fuel had been put into the tank, not by me, and I was unac customed to its unque pow ers," he said in a letter to the court. "It made me travel at a higher speed when the accel- GasoJine for Speeding erator pedal was in the nor mal position for 30 mph." CONFER WITH LEADERS' Washington - (UPD - Vice President Richard M. Nixon will confer with Labor Party leader Hugh Gaitskell as well as Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan during his visit to England next months during his vis it to England next week the White House announced Monday. CHOOSE NOW CARDS at ILLINOIS VALLEY Fund Canteen Held By RUTH RAUSCH Cave Junction The city emergency fund canteen sponsored by the American Legion auxiliary Saturday by Mrs. Fred Salvage, assisted by Mrs. Jack Spitz, netted $16 for the distress fund. The coffee and cookies of fered were all donated. Ame lia Dick, city recorder, donat ed the coffee, Phil Kellar do nated the sugar and cream and the home made cookies were donated by Mesdames Clem Arnold, E. V. Cooke, Les Henry, Gilbert Clayton and Irene McCasland A total of 110 persons at tended the Illinois Valley football boosters club ban quet Saturday. Carl Hammer was named chairman for next year. Speeches were made by Vernon Larson, and both coaches. With Larry Cushing as master of ceremonies, 'awards' were made to team members. New neighbors in the val ley are Mr. and Mrs. C. G Ewing who have moved to O'Brien from Torrance Calif., where Ewing was a paint con tractor. Ewing said that years ago while working on the building of Camp White, he planned to retire to this area. Gordon McHatten, former valleyite and employee of the quarantine station befpre leaving for Alaska was in O'Brien recently visiting friends. At present, McHatten who is captain of a fishing boat in Alaska, is with his parents in Chico, Calif. Immanuel Methodist WSCS meeting Monday night at the church made plans for a pot luck dinner following the worship services Sunday, Nov. 30 when the Rev. Rob ert Kingsbury will officiate. Other business discussed included the annual Christ mas card selling by the so ciety. Mrs. George Cook was appointed - shut-in chairman and will be in charge of send ing cards to shut-in members. The Illinois Valley Repub lican Women's club will meet next Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Harry O. Smith. Mrs. Gordon Leonard and two children spent the week end with Mrs.' Leonard's sis ter, Miss Margaret Morris, in Bend. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith spent the long holiday week end in Reno, Nev. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Don Gibbs of Kerby Nov. 10, was a 9 pound, 11 ounce girl. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Smith were in Glendale last Friday where Mrs. Smith conducted a program on planting for permanence at the Glendale Garden club meeting. The Smiths were luncheon guests of Mrs. Millard Gilbreath. The Past President's club of the American Legion auxil iary will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Irene McCasland. Mrs. Nellie Floyd Dean of Portland, sister of Harry Floyd, is visiting the Floyds in Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Les Hoff have sold their property on the west fork of the Illinois river to Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Reagle of San Jose, Calif., who plan to establish a rest home on the property. Until the Reagles can close out their California business. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Erickson of Los Gatos, Calif., will care for the property. The Reagles plan to move here early in 1959. He is a brother of Mrs. Les Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Hoff left on Thursday for Temecula, Calif., just south of San Diego where they will make their home. REPORTER SUCCUMBS Columbia, S.C.-OJPD-Robert V. Ackerman, 43, a reporter on the Columbia State, died Monday of uremic poisoning. v jt nimm. .... 'Mm,. i uf m.mm v w it" war MS?5 . . . when you join First National's Christmas 0ufc This month, Oregon people who joined First National's Christmas Club a year ago will receive checks totaling $2,000,000! You can enjoy the holidays with extra money, too. Just join First National Bank of Oregon's Christmas Club now. Save a little each week (50c, $1.00, $2.00, etc) and next year you will receive a check for the full amount saved ... plus interest! It's a sure way to a merrier Christmas! f'JZHM 1 HI m . " . 3 153 O "fl"" National Bank of Oregon 0ITIAN9 MatH notiAiMresiT ihjuiamci cotroiATioa Awards Given At Applegale 4-H Achievement Richard Bottger, Applegate Valley 4-H club member, re ceived a S25 cash award for sheep project from Gitzen and Gitzen during the annual Applegate-Ruch 4-H potluck dinner and achievement pro gram Saturday in the Apple- gate school cafeteria. The money was given to apply to the purchase of a registered ewe lamb. Chester Irish, First Nation al Bank of Oregon, Medford branch,, presented award cards and pins to 4-H club members for years of 4-H club work. Rdmelle Fossen was award ed the J. C. Penny summer school ' scholarship, a county medal for dairy production. Philip Krouse, Applegate, was winner in the citizenship program of the national awards contest. Truman El more, Applegate, was an nounced as county medal winner in the swine project in the national awards pro gram. Pins Presented Club members' pins and cards presented by Irish in cluded: Tenth year Charles El more. Ninth year Truman El more. Eighth year Philip Krouse. Seventh year Russell El more. Sixth year David Chris tensen and Romells Fossen. Fifth year Gary Fossen and La Verne Guches. Fourth year Lona Buf fington, Jim Christensen, Michael Elmore, Mary Her- riott, Sally Herriott, Thomas Herriott, Norman Hoffman, David Pittock, Virgil Pro- well, Jean Rowden and Rob ert Ziegler. Third year Mary Ann Barker, Mary Anne Cantrall, Phillip Dahl, Ricky Davis, Harris, Terry Langley, Billy Piete and Robert Piete. Second year Madge Bar ker, William Dahl, Robert Hill, Sharon Larson, Dee An na Miller, Margaret Nelson, Byron Palmer and Arlene Tansey. First year Louis Barker, Linda Bettencourt, Richard Bottger, John Dahl, Tony Dahl, Carol Jean Deter, Lelah Mae Deter, Donald Gibson, Jim Horn, Randy Hvall, Duke Janssen, Martin Janssen, Kathy Larson, Alberta Nel son, Annette Nelson, Wayne Oliver, Thomas Piete, Jeff Saunders, Lynn Saunders, Robert Strube and Linda Pit tock. ' . , m TROOPS CUT Defense Secy. McElroy is shown at a press conference in Wash ington in which he an nounced a forthcoming 55,-000-man slash in the Army and Marine Corps. 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