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rr IViEDFORD United Pros rull 12 Pages ADVENT WREATH Lighting candles In the Advent wreath is part of the tradi tion in many local churches and is becom ing more of a family ritual in the home. A large wreath, containing 26 candles for each day in Advent, was part of the Sunday evening service at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran church since Sunday, Nov. 30, Valley Churches to Observe (Christ's IBnrth at Services Medford and county churches will observe Christ's birth with services tonight and Christmas day. Holy com munion will be included in many of the events while other churches will celebrate the birth with hymns and sermon. The traditional midnight Eucharist will be celebrated at St, Mack's ..Episcopal -Church, at 11 o'clock tonight. Gounod's setting of the holy communion will be sung by the senior choir under the direction of John Drystdale with Mrs. Ernest C. Conrad, organist. Other music will include Introit, "Joy, Joy, Joy," "March of the Wise Men" with Mrs. William F. Herman taking the solo lead, and Christmas hymns and carols. Organ Prelude Music Organ prelude music will include "Christmas Medita tions" and for the postlude Tlie Hallelujah Chorus." une Kevi George R. V. Bolster, rector, will deliver the Christ mas sermon based on the question "What Child is This?" Christmas day, . the holy Eucharist will be celebrated again at 10 a.m. with a musical setting by St. Mark's Choristers, directed by Mrs. Ann Wirkkula, with Miss Lou Elsa Voegtly at the console. The Rev. John Smith Power will deliver a meditation on "God's Christmas Gift." "O Radiant Night" will be the Christmas program to night at 7 o'clock at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran church, 1020 East Mam st. Tomorrow at 8 a.m. the Christmas day worship serv ice will be held. . At First Baptist church, the Rev. James Neely will con duct a short Christmas wor ship and prayer service at Ike's Christmas Message U.S. Might Will Never Break Peace Washington DPD President Elsenhower promised in a Christmas message to- the world Tuesday that U. S. mil itary power will never be used "to break the peace." The chief executive spoke at the annual Christmas pag eant of peace shortly before throwing a switch which lighted the nation's Christmas tree, south of the White House grounds. The President said the na tional honor was behind his peace pledge given as "no less than a sacred obligation" to the other nations of the world. The biblical Christmas mes sage of "peace on earth, good will toward men," was the theme of Eisenhower's brief 53rd Year leased Wira when the first candle was lighted. Each succeeding Sunday seven more candles were lighted and the remaining four will be lighted at the Christmas service tomor row morning. One of the acolytes who lighted the candles is Gregory Kingman, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kingman, Ashland st., Medford. 7:45 tonight and at Zion Lutheran the Rev. H. C. Coov- ert will give a sermonette at 11 o'clock. Midnight High Masses Midnight high masses will be held at' Sacred Heart Catholic church and at St. Mary's gymnasium in Med ford; St. Joseph's church in Jacksonville and in Our Lady of. Fatima .Catholic . church -in Shady Cove. - At Sacred Heart church the mass will be preceded by the blessing of the Infant Jesus after His image is carried from the sacristy, in proces sion, and placed in the sanc tuary manger. The men's choir will sing. The Rev. Carl Mai will be celebrant. The student's mass will be held in the school gymnasium with a visiting Benedictine priest from Mt. Angel as celebrant. The Rev. William McLeod will sing the mass at Jackson ville church and Rev. John Ilg will be celebrant for the Shady Cove high mass at mid night. Traditional Service The traditional Christmas eve service will be held at 11 o'clock at First Methodist church. Dr. George G. Rose berry will preach on "The Stars Still Shine." The combined choir of the church will sing "Christ is Coming to the Earth Tonight," "O Holy Night" and "Joy to the World." A girl's trio will also sing "Christmas Medley." Church of the Good Shep herd, Episcopal, will observe holy communion tonight at 11:45 o'clock. The Rev. W. Bruce MacHenry, vicar, will speak. Holy Communion At Grace Lutheran church, Ashland, the Christmas eve service will be held at 7 speech. It followed by four days the broadcast of a sim ilar message from the new Atlas satellite hurtling about the earth. The President said he want ed with the approach of Christmas and the New Year to give his solemn word "that the people of the United States and their government do not want war." "The people of the United States do not wish to enslave or control any other nation or any other people," he said. Eisenhower said America was and would continue to be strong "because that is the only way in today's world that peace can be protected but the United States will MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1958 o'clock and Christmas day at 10:30 ajn. Holy communion will be included in the latter service with the pastor, the Rev. E. Paul Riedel, speaking on "God Sent His Only Be gotten Son Into the World." The First Presbyterian church, Jacksonville, will hold a candlelight communion service from 7:30 until 8:15 tonight at the---church. The pastor, the Rev. King K. Jon e.i Jr., will speak. Christmas day divine wor ship will be held at Ascension Lutheran church, 2501 Bar nett rd., at 10:30 ajn. The Rev. Elvin S. Tollefson, pas tor, will speak on "What Christmas Gave Me" and the senior choir will sing "Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel." Richard Melum, soloist, will sing "O Holy Night." During the service new "members will be received by the church. Services Tomorrow Services at Apostolic Faith church tomorrow will be held at 10:30 a.m. Low masses will be offered at Sacred Heart Catholic church Christmas day at 6, 7, 8:30 and 10 ajn. High mass will be held at 11:30 a.m. At Jacksonville the two masses will be held in suc cession, the first beginning at 9 a.m. Other services scheduled for Christmas day are a Christamas communion at 11 a.m. at Ashland First Congre gational church and a service at 10 ajn. at St. Martin's Episcopal church, Shady Cove. The service will in clude holy communion and a sermon. The Salvation Army will hold their annual Christmas dinner for single men and women tomorrow at 2 pjn. Pledges never use its strength to break the peace." As his words faded into the early dusk of winter, the President pressed a button lighting the thousands of bulbs on a towering 75-foot spruce from Montana. , The President closed his brief participation in the cere mony by saying "to the men, women and children of Amer ica and to all peoples through out the world A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Good night - and peace be with you." The President and First Lady plan a family dinner at the White House Christmas Day. They will leave for their Gettysburg, Pa., farm Friday, Judge Calls for Depositions in Water Users Case Circuit Judge Edward C. Kelly yesterday called for the taking of depositions Jan. 19 in the case of Mrs. Ann Todd and other water users against the Eagle Point Irrigation dis trict and California Oregon Power company. But he informed the plain tiffs they would have to file an amended complaint. The complaint seeks to nullify the district's contract with Copco whereby Copco is guaranteed a portion of the district's wa ter for power use in return for financing maintenance and improvement of the district's main canal above the power station. Acting on a defend ants' motion to strike the original complaint, he point ed out that all seven plain tiffs had not properly sub scribed to it. He suggested that the plain tiffs sue . in their own name as individual citizens rather than in the name of the dis trict on their relation. Explains to Plaintiffs Judge Kelly told the plain tiffs that properly they should be suing for an injunction against fulfillment of the con tract. Turning to a plaintiffs mo tion for a temporary restrain ing order against experiment ing with the capacity of the main canal's flume, he said this was a inatter not pertain ing to the complaint. He added that it was "total ly inconsistent" fori the plain tiffs to seek nullification of the contract on the, one hand and stand on their rights un der it on the other. He ad vised them to file a separate suit on. this matter. Jfihey wished to pursue it. Judge Kelly urged the plaintiffs to give "serious thought" to procuring an at torney. Otherwise, . he told them, they could expect to be "continually victimized by their lack of skill in law." He said it is one thing to defend one's self, but another Turkey Dinner Set At Detention Home A turkey dinner will be served Christmas day to the seven children now at the Jackson county detention home, according to Mrs. Kay Crowell, director of the juve nile department. "Sensible gifts lor eacn child and crafts materials were provided by a $65 gift from the Rotary, Kiwams ana Elks clubs of Medford. Boy Scouts ' provided, a Christmas tree and the Med ford Jacettes gave outdoor liehts. a table centerpiece, nut cups and magazine subscrip tions. Homemade eindy was brought to the home by 4-H club members at St. Mary's school. ' Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Swan, superintendent and matron, will be in charge of Christmas observances. State Police Intensify Patroliina of Highways By United Press International State police today began in tensive Datrolling of Oregon's highways at the start of the long Christmas weekend. . ui ficers reported no fatalities up to mid-day but cautioned motorists to be careful during holiday travel. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with rain tonight; showery Thursday. Gusty southerly winds In the valley tonight. Low tonight 35; high tomorrow 40. Temp. Highest Yesterday 45 Lowest this Morning 31 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:43 p.m. 7:39 ajn. 4:04 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow Moonrise today Moonset tomorrow 6:56 ajn. Riding high and nearly Full, the Moon is now becoming especially prominent. Its addi tional light at this time helps create a beauty in the night landscapes that is only seen in the Winter. "to take the initiative in liti gation against two of the best law firms" in the city." Frank Farrell of Farrell and Blackhurst represents the dis trict. George Roberts of Rob erts, Kellington and Branch field represents Copco. Over-rules Challenge But Judge Kelly over-ruled Roberts' challenge that Mrs. Todd was practicing law with out authority. He informed Roberts that the plaintiffs were appearing in their own behalf. - "The courts are free and open to everybody not only to lawyers," he commented. Mrs. Todd said after the hearing that she took Judge Kelly's advice to mean they should get legal guidance. But, she said, they could not af ford to hire an attorney to appear for them in court. On the matter of a plain tiff's request that the court order the district to make is records available for inspec tion, Judge Kelly asked the parties to arrange for such inspection among themselves. He recommended that the dis trict set up a schedule of hours for inspection. Judge' Kelly postponed the taking of depositions to Jan, 19 because Ted Flury, one witness, is currently under indictment. His trail is sched uled to begin Jan. 14. Flury. secretary-manager of the dis trict, is charged with receiv ing a salary from Copco while employed as secretiary-man-ager of the district, in viola tion of an Oregon statute. NonWhifes Said Ordered To Move By Oregon Police Portland -(DPD- A University of Oregon professor says he has received unverified re ports that police of six or eight Oregon towns have been ordering non-white citizens to "move on by. sundown." Dr. Joel V. Berreman told the Oregon Advisory commit tee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Tuesday that although he had not been able to document the rumors he felt there must have been "incidents" from which the rumors stemmed. Dr. Berreman is a member of the Oregon committee. Names of the towns were not mentioned. Warnings in Vogue Some members of civil rights organizations present said they have heard that Ne groes seeking housing in the towns had been intimiated and that "vamoose" warnings have been in vogue for the past year. Citizens of Mexi can birth also have been "tossed around," they said. Charles A. Sprague, former governor and chairman of the committee, said it was the opinion of the group that dis crimination against Orientals has been pretty well "squelcht ed." Toys for Weed's Needy Sent by Appreciative Dad Weed. Calif. -(DPD Frank McMillian, Burlingame, sent a large box of toys to Dr. H. L. Vidricksen, Weed, this year to be distributed to nee,dy children of this community for the ninth year in a row. Payment For Love The toys are McMillian's payment for the gift of love which helped bring his little daughter back from near death here in 1949. That year McMillian, his wife and three children were driving from Tacoma, Wash., to California for Christmas. A two-car collision at Grass Lake north of Weed on High way 97 killed four persons in cluding Mrs McMillian, their Price RIBUNE United Prea Two Convalescent Homes to Expand Two convalescent homes in Medford plan to expand in the near future, the operators told the Jackson county court yesterday. Mrs. Fred Milledge of the Milledge Convalescent home told the county court that she has purchased approximately two acres on Barnett rd. not far from Rogue Valley hos pital. A 53-bed one-floor nursing home will be built as soon as financing can be ar ranged, she told the court. She plans to vacate her pres ent site at 12 South Orange st. Mrs. Helen Dabish of the Glen Cove Convalesc ent home, 120 Laurel st., said she is planinng to move to a new location in the near future, also. The new home -would have beds for 42 patients in a one- floor "L" shaped building. It would have a patio and each room would have large doors so patients could be moved out onto the patio in their beds, Mrs. Walkins said. Made at Meetings The announcements were made at a meeting called by Cunty Judge Rodney Keating for operators of all . nursing and convalescent homes in the county to meet with James Pullman, county public wel fare administrator, and Mr. and Mrs. Millard Hoffman, operators of the county farm home. Purpose of the meeting was to straighten out any wrong impressions the home opera tors may have had regarding county policy in placing pa tients in such homes, Keat ing said. . Pullman said that approxi mately over-all costs of keep ing a welfare patient in a nursing home is $191 a month, MDeiBn Salem -01PD- The Oregon Supreme Court today up held the power .of Gov. Robert D. Holmes to com mute the death sentence of Billy Junior Nunn. Nunn is in Oregon State penitentiary for the first degree murder of 14-year-old Alvin Eacrei, Klamath Falls. son and one daughter and the woman driver of the other car. McMillian and his 3-year-old daughter, Jeanene, were taken to a Weed hospital in serious condition. Children Bring Gifts On Christmas McMillian could recall only the weeks of shadowed semi-consciousness as they both lay in the hos pital. Then the children of Weed began to brings gifts to the little girl and doctors told McMillian that children were praying daily for her. Jeanene, recovered, and McMillian said he will con tinue to send the toys each year. 10 Cents Full Uwd Win No. 236 as compared to $130 in the county farm home. This in cludes doctors bills, medicine, clothing and incidentals, he said. The nursing home operators said , their rates vary greatly according to the condition of the patients. Some range as low as $101, and up to $124 a month, the operators said. Largest Number The largest number of pa tients kept in local nursing and convalescent homes is 16, the operators said. Pullman said anything with a capacity for less than 20 patients is risky financially and could not guarantee good buildings and service for patients. Mrs. Milledge said she ob jected to the statement in a recent news story because it implied no between-meal re freshments are given in any of the nursing homes. She said milk and coffee are always available in her home between meals. Judge Keating said he thought the story in the Mail Tribune was a fair one "from all respects." Keating explained to the operators that private patients are admitted to the county farm home on a priority basis and only when there, are ho welfare patients waiting to be admitted. All cases are voted on by all three ' members of the county before any patients are admitted to the county farm home. Mrs. Milledge compliment ed the Hoffmans on being good managers. She said she had never been in the farm home. Postal Employees Speeding Deliveries By United Press International Postal employees worked at top speed today to clear post offices of every last piece of mail by Christmas Eve. A spot check by United Press International showed post offices were getting the hundreds of millions of holi day greeting cards and letters delivered despite strikes against American and Eastern Airlines. . Russia Expected To Sign Test Ban Agreement by Washington -DPD- U. S. ne gotiators believe Russia will sign a controlled and inspect ed nuclear test ban by March if there is ever to be such a pact. 1 This was reported today by State Department sources in volved in the Geneva negoi ations among the ' United States, Britain and Russia. Major Hurdles Ahead These sources acknowledg ed that major hurdles are still ahead. But they cited some evidence that the Russians are moving toward agreement on international control and inspection to police a nuclear test suspension. Enough Nuclear Weapons Three factors were listed as indicating that the Rus sians may be sincerely inter ested in an internationally IftesKrainf On Freight M loses Judge Powerless To Intervene in Ruling San Francisco -TOPD- A fed eral judge has refused to order four railroads not to cut freight rates on lumber shipments between Oregon and Southern California-Arizona. Judge Willis W. .Ritter, visiting jurist from Utah, ruled Tuesday he had no pow er to intervene in the matter, which he held was in the province of the . Interstate Commerce Commission. Restraint AsI.M Six Northern California lumber mills and nine truck ing firms had asked the court Monday to issue a restraining order in the case. The lumber mills claimed the rate cuts eliminated preferences over Southern Oregon mills which they, the California firms, have enjoyed. The truckers complained the railroads were cutting their prices so low- that , the truckers could not compete. The reductions, which went Into effect Sunday, average about 20 per cent on carloads of a minimum 34,000 pounds. The railroads involved were the Southern Pacific, North western Pacific, Santa Fe and Western Pacific. Marvin Handler,' Portland, representing Northern Cali fornia mills and truckers, told the court Tuesday that if the new rail rates remain in effect, "We'll have to go out of business." Delay Won't Hurt Handler said another month or two delay would not hurt railroads "as much as it will hurt us." "Oh, you won't have to go out of business," Ritter an swered. Charles W. Burke, South- Prospect Man Killed at Work Robert Stanley Johnston, 29. Prospect, was killed Tuesday morning in a logging accident , at Skeeter and Skeeter Logging operations about 9 miles north of Union Creek, according to Medford Ambulance service. Johnston was believed to have been killed almost in stantly when be was struck by a log which rolled from a truck he was helping to load. He was dead on arrival of the ambulance, according to Dep uty County Coroner, Dayle Waltermire, who operated the ambulance. Survivors include Johns ton's wife and three children and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Johnston, all of Pros pect. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Morris Funeral home. Atlas Missile Fired in Florida Cape Canaveral, Fla. - (DPD -The Air Force Tuesday night fired an Atlas intercontinen tal missile designed to better its already proven perform ance as a potential weapon. controlled test ban at this time: 1. The Soviet Union appar ently has a big enough stock pile of nuclear weapons that it feels relatively equal to Britain and the U. S. should a sudden war occur.' 2. The Russians - obviously would welcome the opportun ity for renewed worldwide propaganda campaign in which they could claim the initiative for achieving a test ban. Implications Realized 3. There is strong evidence that top Russian scientists fa vor an agreement for inspec tion and Control because they realize better than Soviet pol iticians the terrible implica tions of a continued nuclear arms race. State Department sources said the two major hurdles ern Pacific railroad attorney, argued his company should not have to suffer indefinite ly. The reductions were orig inally scheduled to have be come effective last May 21, but the ICC suspended them while it held hearings. Meanwhile, the California Public Utilities Commission took under submission a simi lar 'request from the same lumber and trucking firms to halt increases within the state. Final oral arguments were held Tuesday. Lumber industry sources in Medford reported that infor mation from Washington, D.C., has indicated that it will be at least two or three months before the ICC can be expected to- complete a re view of the lengthy testimony of the hearings on the freight rate reductions.- Until such a time, the reductions will be in effect. New Lead Found -In Search for Portland Family Portland - (DPD - A new lead in the mysterious disappear ance of the Kenneth R. Mar tin family of Portland two weeks ago turned up late Tuesday, the Multnomah county sheriffs office report ed. Officers said a gasoline credit card receipt issued in Cascade Locks came in the mail Tuesday to the Martin home here and an investiga tion was launched on the basis of the receipt. The' receipt" indicatedf that Martin purchased $5 worth of gasoline at a service station in Cascade Locks Dec. 7, the day the Martins and their three daughters vanished while on a trip to get a Christ mas tree. Car Went East The service station opera tor on duty that day. Dean Baxter, was contacted in Che- halis, Wash- where he is spending a vacation. Hood River county authorities said the man said he "believes" he remembers the sale and that the Martin's red and white station wagon went east on the Columbia River highway after the gasoline purchase. In another development. John Essberg, a life insurance salesman, said he saw a ve hicle answering the descrip tion of the Martin station wagon heading east on High way 30 about five miles east of The Dalles on Dec. 7. He said it was about 10:30 p.m. Reward Doubled A total of $1,000 has been raised by relatives and friends for information leading to the discovery of the family. Originally $500 was raised by friends and relatives but Portland attorney Lawrence Lister announced Tuesday that additional contributions have been made, doubling the reward money. Nuclear Next March which must be surmounted before agreement can be ach ieved are: 1. How to make the inter national control and inspec tion system work free of a Russian veto but at the same time assure the Soviet Union that the control commission does not have a "built-in ma jority" in favor of Britain and the U. S. Insist On Nationals 2. The nationality of those who would man the 180 con trol posts to be scattered throughout the world and the inspection teams.' The Rus sians still insist most of the inspectors in their territory should be Soviet nationals with only a few foreign ob servers. Britain and the U. S. want the commission and in spectors to be completely in ternational in composition. if 2
