J MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, November 30, 1V38
Largest Balloon
Ever Launched
Reaches Montana
'. Bozeman, Mont.-tTPD - The
.largest balloon ever success
fully launched dropped a 250
pound load of cosmic ray
'plates somewhere in a snow
covered forest about 55 miles
louth of here yesterday.
The unmanned balloon
went up from the Tillamook
county airport in Oregon at
12:53 pjn. (PST) Friday and
its load of instruments for
stdy of cosmic rays was re
leased at 135,000 feet about
1:15 p.m. (MST) today.
C. P. Merrell, Minneapolis,
project engineer for General
Mills, said a search plane was
to scan the area in hopes of
finding the instruments. He
said the load was lost on des
cent because of a heavy over
cast.
The load fell in a hilly,
' wooded area that was cover
ed by snow from recent
storms. However, Merrell
. said, pilots should be able to
spot it easily.
The load has an orange and
white parachute 28-feet in di
ameter and a gondola covered
. with a highly reflective alum
inum foil.
Merrell said the package was
completely covered with re
ward tags, all instructing the
finder where to call. The
: amount of the reward will
depend on the amount of ef
fort expended by the finder,
Winston Churchill
Celebrating 85th
Westerham, England - (CPU
Sir Winston Churchill's
youngest grandchildren burst
in on the grand old man of
Britain yesterday with a sur
prise present on the eve of
his 84th birthday.
They turned up for tea at
Chartwell Manor, Churchill's
country home here, and pre
sented him with a cyclamen
plant bought with savings
from their own allowances.
Today, he begins his 85th
year. He will spend the day
at Chartwell, surrounded by
his son and daughters. One
of the presents will be a 30
pound birthday cake topped
by eight pounds of liquor
filled chocolates.
Russia Warns Japan:
'Risking Involvement'
Moscow -EPD- The Soviet
Union has warned Japan it is
"risking involvement in war"
by allowing the United States
to use it as a staging area for
troops and equipment destin
ed for Formosa.
In Tokyo, a government
spokesman advised Russia not
to "interfere" with Japan's in
ternal affiars.
ILLINOIS VALLEY
Open House Scheduled
he said.
The balloon was launched
by the office of naval research
sTid General Mills for a cos
mic ray study by Prof. Mar
cel Schein of the University
of Chicago.
BUTTE FALLS
Band Program Progresses
By MARY JO HARRIS
Butte Falls-The Butte Falls
band program has advanced
rapidly, with most students
showing good progress. Al
though this is their first year,
they hope to produce a pep
band to play at basketball
games.
The high school band has
11 members with Edwin El
lis, Patsy Facey and Dannie
Rem sen on clarinet; Martha
Dalton playing trombone, Le
Roy Thompson on the mello
phone, and David Baker and
Raymond Abbott on saxo
phone. The drum section is
composed of Jeannette Capel
lo, Dixie McConochie and
Earlena Vasseur.
The, grade school band has
21 members. The clarinet sec
tion is composed of Joe Boyd,
Billy Dalton, Sharon Smith,
June Reddell and Jimmy Dris
kell with Mike Stratton as
first chair clarinet and stu
dent conductor. The cornet
section is made up of Steve
Stratton, Eugene Simmonds,
Dalene McAlister, Arthur
Rambo and Pete Webber with
Ramey Johnson as first chair
cornet. Jerry Brown is at
mellophone while John Cham
bers plays the baritone horn.
The saxophone section is
made up of Neil Ellis and
Danny Edmondson and John
Capello and Mildren Sutton
play the drums.
Saturday mornings are re
versed for pep band practice
and Dean Boggan, director,
hopes to produce a band cap
able of playing satisfactory
music in the near future.
This year two periods of
industrial arts are again of
fered to high school students.
There are 15 freshmen and
sophomores in one class and
eight juniors and seniors in
the other class.
, At present, the beginning or
first year students are doing
elementary drafting. During
this period, accuracy in mea
surement, neatness of lines
and lettering, methodical and
logical working order and
planning are practiced.
Students who have had one
year of industrial arts are
making some of the most used
joints. The program as offer
ed here has all students using
all tools in the shop by the
end of the second year.
The advanced class is pri
marily doing woodwork. Sev
eral of these students do wel
ding, leathercraft and metal
etching to break the steady
diet of woodwork.
It is planned to have the
lapidary equipment mounted
and operable by the end of
the Christmas vacation. .
Although small in size, the
Butte Falls High school now
makes available to students
in industrial arts experiences
in drafting, leathercraft, metal
etching, oxyacetylene and arc
welding, woodworking and
soon lapidary.
Recently spending several
days with Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Wells was Miss Ella Mae
Grimm of Eugene. Miss
Grimm and Mrs. Wells are
sisters.
The William Harris family
recently visited Mrs. Harris's
family, the Vern Helbigs, at
Grants Pass.
A guest in the Francis L.
Brown home is H. D. Wurtz,
of York, Neb., Mrs. Brown's
father.
Members of the Home Ex
tension will meet Thursday,
Dec. 4, at 10 ajn. at the home
of Mrs. George Bray. "Hand
dipped chocolates' will be
demonstrated by Mrs. Alva
Webster.
All members are asked to
make their favorite candy and
bring their recipe to the meet
ing. Candies will be sold as
a money-making project.
Plans are being made for
the Jamboree planned by the
grade school scheduled Dec.
5 at 6:30 p.m, at the high
school gym. The six teams
participating are Slk-Trail,
Prospect, Shady Cove, Sams
Valley, Eagle Point and
Butte Falls.
There will be three rounds
of play per team and the
championship finals will be
played by the two teams hav
ing the most wins.
Grade school cheer leaders
are Joan Ruddick, Pauline
Clymer, Virginia Baker and
Judy Burg.
Both grade school and high
school students had Thursday
and Friday, Nov. 27 and 28
off for the Thanksgiving holi
days. School will resume on
Monday morning, Dec. 1. The
school pictures will be taken
Tuesday, Dec. 2.
The Butte Falls Lions aux
iliary will hold its Christmas
exchange party Tuesday, Dec
2, following a short business
meeting at Scotties cafe.
Each member is asked to
bring a gift, which will be
numbered and exchanged at
the party.
By RUTH RAUSCH
Cave Junction An open
house at the fire department
in Cave Junction- is slated for
1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20,
according to a spokesman for
the Illinois Valley volunteer
firemen.
The purpose of the . open
house is to raise. money for
additional equipment needed
for the firemen. Asbestos suits
as well as breathing equip
ment used by firemen in en
tering burning buildings, are
among the desired items.
The old pond landing at
Cabax mill in Kerby is being
torn down and replaced by a
modern type steel landing. A
new high lone pole is also be
ing installed to handle logs
at the pond.
These and other extensive
repairs and overhaul jobs will
be done during the annual
shut-down for this purpose.
The mill closed Nov. 20 and
will probably not re-open un
til after the first of the year.
The mill-wide repair work
will keep the mechanics busy
most of the time during the
construction work on the new
landing, according to manager
Casey Piller.
The Bob Rauschs spent the
holiday weekend with their
daughter and son-in-law, Ro
nine and Howard Elder Jr., of
Keddmg, Calif.
A bazaar, sponsored by the
St. Patrick's Altar society will
be held in the building next
to the bakery on Friday and
Saturday, Dec. 5 and 6.
On Friday, the hours are
to be from 1 p.m. to 9 pjn.
to accomodate those who can
not shop during the day. On
Saturday, the bazaar will be
open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mrs. Robert (Helen) Bottel,
as guest speaker, related her
experiences as a syndicated
columnist at the meeting of
the Grants Pass Rotary Anns
last Friday at the home of
Mrs. J. R. Calvert. Jr.
An appeal for parents to
attend the Cub Scouts com
mittee meetings, held at 7
p.m. on the first Friday of
each month at the Episcopal
church, has been made by Ver
non Larson institutional repre
sentative for the Cub Scouts
In making the appeal, Lar
son also said that a number
of Cub dens in the valley are
open for members. If anyone
is interested in having his son
join the Cub Scouts, contact
any of the following persons:
Bob Breckenridge, O'Brien;
Mrs. Harold Mackey, Kerby;
Mrs. Tony Stava and Mrs.
William Box, Cave Junction;
Mrs. Bohen, Selma or Vernon
Larson.
Lloyd Burnett, technician
Illinois Valley Soil Conserva
tion District and M. A. Sprag
ue, a supervisor, will attend
the regional convention of the
SCD in Spokane, Wash., Dec.
3. .
Ardene Hoover was elected
president of the Sage Saddlers
4-H club at the meeting held
on Monday, Nov. 24 at the
home of the leader, Mrs. C.
C. Hoover. The purpose of the
meeting was to re-organize
the club and hold election of
officers.
Elected to serve with the
new president was Arlene
Hoover, vice-president; Clark
England, secretary; Lorraine
Steimer, treasurer; Jim Burch,
song leader and Barbara Shep-"
ard, news reporter.
It was voted to hold the
next meeting on Monday, Dec.
8. Refreshments were served
as the business meeting ad
journed. Elections of officers will be
the main item of business
when the St. Mathias Guild
meets on Wednesday, Dec. 3,
at 1:30 p.m. at the church. A
report on the recent bazaar
will also be given.
Larry Cushing. Cave Junc
tion attorney and member, of
the advisory board for the
Southern Oregon College
foundation, has recently been
named to the board of trus
tees of the college.
The last sealer cap was ap
plied on the new high school
stage this week, making it
possible for the premiere
showing of the high school
PTA sponsored minstrel show
given on the new addition to
the school.
Only some minor, finishing
work is still to be done and
the whole project will be completed.
The high school is getting
a new driver's training car
equipped with dual controls
on a rental basis from Mock
Ford Sales in Grants Pass.
Any farm owner can con
tact the boys of the Illinois
Valley Future Farmers organ
ization to take soil samples
for testing. There will be no
additional charge for this ser
vice. The usual fee of S2.50
for mailing and wrapping
costs in sending it to the state
laboratories is the only cost
involved.
When the soil tests are re
turned, the county agent will
then make recommendations
for suitable fertilizers.
Atlas Missile Spans Ocean
On First Full-Range Flight
Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (UPD
The Air Force confirmed yes
terday that the nation took
a giant stride forward in mis
sile development Friday night
with the first ocean-hurdling,
6,300-inile flight of a power
ful intercontinental Atlas.
The highly successful hop
of the massive war rocket
bolstered the claim of those
who contended the United
States never trailed Russia in
the missile race, and also dem
onstrated the Atlas' capabili
ties as the launching vehicle
for huge satellites.
In a terse statement issued
jointly by the Pentagon and
by the Ah Force here, of
ficials said the "Atlas inter
continental ballistic missile
launched Friday was success
fully test fired for the first
time over the .full intercont
inental range, a distance of
approximately 5,500 nautical
miles."
That distance, the equival
ent of 6,325 statute miles, put
the impact area of the nose
cone aeoui ouu v" -
southwest coast of Africa and
miles soumeasi
island in the
about 1,100
of Ascension
South Atlantic.
Additional Significance
The Air Force's feat as
sumed additional significance
in view of defense secretary
Neil H. McElroy's recent
statement that "the farther
you go down the road with
ICBM, the less interesting it
is to employ additional inter
mediate range- ballistic mis
siles." A radio Moscow broadcast,
monitored in London yester
day, reported without com
ment on the successful firing
of the U. S. ICBM. The Soviets
hav claimed oossession of
such missiles for more than
a year, and it has been spec
ulated that they used them
to hurl their heavy satellites
into orbit.
The intermediate range
weapons would have to be
based abroad. Atlases based in
the United States could reach
the world bkZ anywhere in
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Carson City, Nev. (DPD field confirmed he would at-
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There have been persist.,,
reports that the Atlufu
used to fire a satellite bigger
Sputnik III within the X
year.
Spain had an eight per cent
overall increase in its pain
crops last year.
Gov.-elect Mark Hatfield of
Oregon, who handed the GOP
one of its few wins in this
year's elections, will tell the
Western Republican confer
ence in Honolulu how he did
it, it was announced yester
day. Arrangements chairman Mrs.
Kenneth Johnson, Nevada
GOP national committeewom
an and conference vice chair
man, said the youthful Hat-
tend the week-long session in
the island territory Dec 8-15.
Hatfield, who unseated in
cumbent Democratic Gov.
Robert Holmes, was termed
"one of the trend stoppers in
the west" by Mrs. Johnson.
Known as a strong advo
cate of statehood for Hawaii,
Hatfield leaves Portland Dec.
7 for the islands with Ore
gon's 10-member delegation,
Mrs. Johnson said.
You and your friends are invited to attend
it
ASSIGNMENT: MANKIND
A FREE color film in sound of "A day in the life of the
Monitor," narrated by England's distinguished actor-director,
Anthony Quayle. "
This is the first motion picture ever produced about The
Christian Science Monitor and its world-wide staff.
8 P.M., Monday, December 1st
at -.-
First Church of Christ, Scientist
100 Windsor Ave.
Medford, Or.
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The Bill Baskins had with
them this holiday week their
son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
William Baskin, Jr., Larry,
and Todd from Whittier, Calif.
The family arrived last Sat
urday, and expect to stay un
til Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Phil
lips with their daughter's fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Stevens of Grants Pass, spent
Thanksgiving Day with a sec
ond daughter's family, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Milton of Rogue
River.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eddy
shared their turkey with the
Wes Peters family.
Election of oficers will be
the main item of business
when the Illinois Valley Dem
ocratic club meets Monday
evening in the Auxiliary
rooms of the American Le
gion hall.
Lee Brennan of Hazel's
Beauty salon, left Wednesday
evening for an extended holi
day weekend with friends in
Medford. She will be back in
the shop on Tuesday, Dec. 2.
DC-8 Jetliner
In Maiden Flight
Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif.-(DPD - A DC-8 jetliner,
described by Douglas Air
craft Co. as the most powerful
and fastest jet transport ever
flown, was tested successfully
yesterday.
Test Pilot A. G. Heimer
dinger tested the white, blue-and-red-trimmed
jet in a 55
minute maiden flight from
Long Beach municipal air
port to this desert test center.
Spokesmen for the plane
firm said the plane was pow
ered by four Pratt & Whitney
(J-75) turbojet engines cap
able of driving it at 585 miles
an hour with 135 passengers
and cargo.
U.S. Base In Cuba
Pressured By Rebels
Havana -IUPD- The U.S. Na
val base at Guantanamo on
the southeast coast of Oriente
Province was under new
pressure yesterday from the
Cuban Rebels who have cut
off the base water supplies
twice this week.
Informed sources said Reb
el troops moved into positions
near the Yateras Aqueduct
eight miles east of the base
after Cuban Army troops
were withdrawn 11 days ago.
"The Campbells Are Com
ing," a three-act comedy by
Jay Tobias, was presented to ;
the public Nov. 17 by the ;
students of Butte Falls High
under the direction of Mrs. i
Bob Cupples. !
Members of the cast were
Priscilla Poole, Martha Dal
ton, Linda Webster, Ira Ram
bo, Darrell Hawkins, Ken Ka
din, Jerry Ferguson, Linda
Hawkins, Raymond Abbott
and Jeanette Capello.
Both the afternoon and eve
ning performances showed a
financial profit for the Stu
dent Body Fund.
the
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
of Southern Oregon
presents in concert
The Symphony Orchestra
Richard D. Werner, Musical Director and Conductor
Benefit of the
Shakespeare Festival Building Fund ,
This Afternoon at Three p.m., November 30
at
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