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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
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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.
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