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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
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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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