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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1958)
I 12 MA ft TRIBUNE, M.Jforrf, Or, Sunday, Dntrib 7, 1958 TABLE ROCK Tree Planting Complete By R. E. NEALON Table Rock Bob Sage, the farmer - school principal, recently finished setting some 3,000 little fir trees which in some 10 years will be ready for market as Christmas trees, and perhaps prove Ezra Ben son's contention that this will be a more remunerative way of farming This is, we believe, the first attempt here to grow the local fir trees on a commercial basis. Years ago, back in the 90 s, this same pumice soil and surrounding pumice land was covered with large pine trees. Many of there were girdled and burned by land owners. A saw mill was erected about 1890 by J. B. Welch on what is now the J. S. Richard son farm, and most of .these trees were made into lumber. Two large pines along the Table Rock road and a grove of smaller pines on the J. L Nealon farm are all that is left of this pine forest that covered some 200 acres. E. E. Robinson, returned Saturday from an extended elk hunt in eastern Oregon where he was accompanied by Harry Reed of Medford. According to reports neither one bagged an elk. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Pierce and daughters, Anita and Rita spent the week end with rela tives at Wapato, Wash. Wayne Wyatt, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wyatt, has applied for entry in the U.S. Air Force, and will take his final examination in January. Mrs. Julia Myers, 97, Table Rock's oldest citizen, died Nov. 26, at the home of her ion. Frank R. Myers. Mrs. Myers was a member" of the West Main Church of Christ of Medford and had made her home here at the Myers home for the past six years, coming here from Rogue River, where she, with her family, had settled in their pioneer home when the town was known as Wood ville. She leaves many rela tives and friends. At the last meeting of the Table Rock Community club, a bounteous Thanksgiving dinner was enjoyed by those present. The election of of ficers resulted in the follow ing being chosen for the club's guidance for the next year: Norman Matteson, presi dent; Donna Dunn, vice-president; Joyce Robinson, secretary-treasurer. The next meet ing will be the Christmas meeting with the usual tree and program. The regular local Ladies club meeting for December has been postponed until Dec. 17, and will be held at the home of Mrs. Ernest Smith, With Mrs. Jim Gann assisting. Among holiday visitors here with relatives were Mr. and Mrs. Homer Edgecomb and son, Jerry, of Susanville, Calif.: Mrs. Emma Houston and Miss Kathleen Houston of Trail; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Leavitt, Old Stage road; and Mr. and Mrs. John Dodge of Medford. Mr. and Mrs. A. B., Collett of Portland were recent visit ors here at the F. R. Myers home. Albert Allen Jr., chief de signer and construction en gineer at the Rogue Woods boat plant, reports that they are now turning out fiber ,-glass boats which are strong er than the wood type and less expensive to build from the labor angle. wnen we expressed sur prise at the arrival of Christ mas cards already, our better half put her index finger on the calendars' figure 3, and thumb on 25, and said, see, its only from here to there, until Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Richard son have returned to then home among the big oaks, after a month's absence, Mrs. Richardson being a patient of the St. Vincent hospital much of the time. We were among some 150 people who attended the gold en wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Wilson last Sunday at the Grange hall in Central Point. We were reminded that the wed ding took place back in the horse and buggy days, and Mrs. Wilson was the first to break the family circle in the Nealon family of 10 children. The newly weds left the old home where the wedding took place, behind high stepping carriage horses for their new home in Sams Valley. Most of those who attended the affair were folks who make their home living by the sweat of their brow", and seeing them at a place like this, with pressed suits, white shirts and ties on the men and sparkling costume jewel ry, lovely gowns and beauty parlor hair do's adorning the 'better halves , it was hard to tell who was who. With the help of Mrs. Stein- metz, we were able to pick out some of our close rela tives. Someone said they counted 60 Wilsons there, but we counted 30, and gave it up. We had to wear a white shirt, as our better half insists that we look sick, if on occa sions like this we don't. Wear ing a white shirt reminds me of what my uncle said one time. He used to sell men's suits, which ranged in price from $7 to $40 and one of his prospective customers wanted one of his best suits, which it seemed he didn't want him to have. When asked why, he said, "my best suit on him would look like a $40 saddle on a hog." A $40 soddle those days was tops, in price anyway, and a hog, nowdays called a swine, was a lowly animal that could be bought for three to four cents on the hoof, and was perfectly contented to lie in a mud hole on a hot day. The man wanting the suit didn't keep his beard and mustache trimmed or his shoes shined. Grange News Butt Falls Grange First and second degree obligations were conferred upon Mrs. James and Harold Arnold at the last meeting of the Butte Falls Grange Dec. 1 The ways and means com mittee reported that a part of the coin saving cards" have been turned in. So far the amount is about $22, but a complete total will be an nounced later. The social night will be a potluck dinner Dec. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the high school auditorium. Entertainment will follow the dinner. Each person at tending wishing to partici pate in a Christmas gift ex change should bring a gift not to exceed $1 in cost. Emogene Abbott reported on the information she found on the first grave in the Butte Falls cemetery. The monument will be ordered as soon as all the information can be attained. Installation of officers will be Saturday, Dec. 6, at the high school auditorium. Wom en are asked to bring cookies for refreshments. A donation of $10 was giv en to the town basketball team. Twenty-one members were present, and one guest, Mrs. Neathammer, Mrs. Ross Arent's mother. Refreshments were served by Ted Fredenburg and Rob ert Elsom. Bellview Grange The regular meeting of the Bellview Grange held Tues day conducted by Master rranK jwaiin opened with a memorial for the late William L. Stewart. The charter was draped by the Chaplain, Mrs Clinton Baughman. New members taking the first and second degrees were Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Fry- rear. Included in the meetings and special events scheduled for the following weeks are: installation of new officers for 1959 in the Central Point Grange hall, Dec. 7, or the Eagle Point Grange hall Dec. 21 at 1:30 p.m.; the Home Eco nomics Christmas party with covered dish luncheon Dec. 11 at 12:30 in the Grange hall; the Grange Christmas party scheduled Tuesday, Dec. 16, beginning with a covered dish dinner at 6:30 with the pro gram at the conclusion of the dinner hour. Members are asked to bring their own table service to both parties. Mrs. Ralph Jennings, legis lative chairman, explained the importance of writing to Con gresmen with reference to the O and C monies'now allocated to Jackson county. Don Nich ols reported on the activities of the 4-H members, also out lined the Soil Conservation program in this area. An allotment was pledged over a three-year period by the Grange for the new Shake spearean building program. During the lecturer's hour, Mrs. Henry Lindsay and Frank Malin played the parts in a skit written by Lecturer Fran ces Worth. At the conclusion 'of the meeting, refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Ches ter Applegate, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Applegate, Frances Worth and Alta Alvis. Boy Scouts Troop 18 Boy Scout Troop 18 held an election for new officers. Those elected were senior patrol leader, Danny Kadin; scribe, Frank Schuchard; roll keeper, Larry Shore; patrol leader, flaming arrow, Dean Hansen; patrol leader, flying eagle, Danny Hertager; patrol leader, skunk, Gary Christen sin; quartermaster, Bobby Jones; librarian, Warren Ful mer; and reporter, Richard Rose. Pack 48, Eagle Point Pack 48, Eagle Point, held its monthly meeting Wednes day, Nov. 19, at the Eagle Point grade school. Colors were presented by Den 5. A skit, "The Meaning of Thanksgiving," was put on by Den 4 with boys from Dens 2 and 3 participating. Jerry Bunker received a bobcat pin. Wolf awards went to Timmy Dufour, Arlen Har per and Jamie Hanscom, who also received a gold arrow. Bear awards went to Billie Draper and John Wealty. Den 1 received the award for best attendance. Each den had a display table. Refreshments were served by Den 6. i A new camera takes pic tures in darkness and can be sent over enemy lines at low altitude in a pilotless plane. R YITAMIHS VI GUERNSEY jEXT1Uj v( proteims JMALYrl Theft Dashes Hopes Of Holiday Journey Vancouver, Wash. (UPD A thief stole $164 dollars from an old-age pensioner here Fri day and dashed her Christmas hopes of a trip to Nebraska to visit with her children. Mrs. Martha Walling, 78, told police she left her purse on a shelf in Dell's grocery while she took a sack of sugar to a cart. In the time she was gone, a thief took the purse, lifted the money, and while she looked around the store for the purse, he returned it to the shelf, without the money. 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