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n Car, on littoral SNOW Snow belatedly has fallen in the from time to time on the surrounding hills, higher elevations of the Siskiyou and Cas- The picture above, taken a year ago by cade mountains, with more than 30 inches Staff Photographer Bob Vroman, shows on the ground at Crater lake. But no snow what the pretty white stuff looks like when has yet fallen in Medford, even though it falls on Roxy Ann Butte to the east of December is almost over, and only a little Medford. Superintendent To Arrive for Gospel Mission William Howard, Bakers-field- Calif., businessman and secretary of the Gospel Mis sion there for the past live years, is expected, to arrive in the valley next week to assume duties as superintend ent of the recently-organized Medford Gospel Mission. The local mission wDl be located at 35 South Front st., formerly the San Louis hotel. Remodeling will start Satur day, Jan, 3, according to Glenn McCullough, vice presi dent. The Medford Gospel Mis sion will operate for the pur pose of reaching the "un fortunate" with Jthe. preaching of the gospel, .and to assist in the feeding, tlothing, and lodging of those who are in need. To Accommodate 30 The mission, including chap el, is planned to accommodate 30 men in addition to" staff. Jack Batzer, supervising con tractor, will be in charge of ho instruction work at the building. Workers who wish to volunteer their services may contact McCullough at SPring 3-3191. Carpenters and plumbers are especially neea ed, it was reported. Tt was said that the ma inritv nf the materials needed are being donated but the mission is still in need of kitchen and laundry equip ment. Persons having items to donate may also contact officers. The local mission was for m;iiv nrpanized in October at a meeting at the Medford hotel attended by approxi mately 65 persons from valley churches ana organizations. Vr-tA Rnhinson was elected temporary president with Mc- Cullough, vice president; wii- liam H. MCtt.iniey, secretary, and Helmer Tinseth, treasur er. Election of directors and officers will be held Jan. 19, it was reported. Portland - (UPD - The Oregon -octennial Commission has denied a hearing for Floyd Maxwell, who was fired last week as Centennial director. The decision was taken in an 8-1 vote. McAllister Elected as Oregon Chief Justice alem -UJFD- Associate ouo- McAllister of lice V iiiiain Medford was elected to a two year term as chief justice of the state supreme court to day. McAllister succeeds Chief Justice William Perry under the court's system of choosing its own leader, and rotating the position. The new chief justice was appointed to the high court in August. 1956, and was elec ted the following November over Circuit Judge David Vandenberg of Klamath Falls. McAllister is a former Med ford attorney. He was a mem bers of the State Board of Higher Education for several years and served in the State House of Representatives from 1937 through 1943.. He was speaker during" his, last term. He served in the state senate in 1949. McAllister, 53, was raised in the Portland area and was graduated from Willamette 21 Appointed City Officials End Term In Office Wednesday Twenty -one municipal of ficials in Medford will reach the end of their appointed terms as 1959 begins this week. In addition, Paul Meyers, Ward IV city councilman, yields his seat to Stan Stark after a four-year term as elect ed representative. Meyers, who also served as president of the council and thus as act ing mayor on occasion, did not run for reelection. One new official in a key city hall post has already been named. He is Joel Reeder, who replaces Roy Bashaw as city attorney. Bashaw moves to the district' court bench in January. Reeder was appointed by City Manager Robert A. Duff, as provided in the city charter. The others are to be appointed by Mayor John W. Snider. In all cases, the city councilmen are asked to ap prove. Rotating Offices Mavor Snider has an nounced a policy of rotating offices as much as possible to let the maximum number of County Road Crews Prepare for Spring A one-half mile section of Evans Creek rd. near the Meadows rd. intersection is being cleared by county road crews in preparation for re construction work this spring, according to County Engin eer Paul Rynning. Plans call for widening and straightening the route and imDrovins the erade. he said. The county moved a rock crusher to a granite site on Tolman creek rd. recently to provide maintenance gravel for the area south of Ashland. The other crusher is in the Wimer area. Rynning plans to leave Jan. 17 for. Dallas. Texas, to at tend the annual convention of American Road Builders. He is on the board of directors of the county division. i- - . " milieu, iu tuc uai m. & WILLIAM MCALLISTER Medford Man Picked . f v; I(t lit? interested citizens participate in city government. The one-year term of Miss Noreen Kelly as municipal judge is one of those expiring. Four terms on the planning commission also terminate, in cluding those of Chairman M. Thomas Wray, Earl Miller, Hugh Coleman and Charles Crary. Miller, who assumes the of fice of county judge next month, and Coleman have al ready resigned. Crary, named to fill the unexpired term of Donald G. Root, who resigned last summer, may be reap pointed since he has been with the phwiriers a shbrt time. The' normal term of appointment is four years. Others appointed to serve out terms now expiring in clude Mrs. Moore Hamilton on the library board and Tom Rickard and Nick Gier on the citizens' budget committee. A third term expiring on the budget committee is that of Russell Brown. . Water Commission Five-vear terms on the water commission are termin ating for Seth Bullis and Harry Skyrman. Robert Cor- bin's six-year term on the civil service commission is also drawing to a close. One-year terms on the Med ford state athletic commis sion expire for Robert Dickey, Ed Milne, Richard Jewett, Tony Boitano and Dr. Russell Barnes. Edward Ford. L. C. Mc- Louehlin and Medford Build ing Inspector Oliver R. Mc- Neel are completing one-year terms on the board of plumb ing examiners. Fishing Trip Fatal to Two A Mfdford man and his 10- year-old son were drowned in the Illinois river this morn ing while on a fishing trip, according to Josephine coun ty sheriffs deputies and local relatives. Drowned were David C. Mi- senhimer, 36, of 915. South Newtown st. and his son, John, below the Illinois River falls. Officials, who are still searching for the bodies, re nnrtod the river is higher than normal due to recent rains. According to reports receiv ed the boy fell off of a crude ladder-like walk constructed out to some "rocks for fish ing. The father,, who jumped into the river, was able to reach the boy but both were carried out of view by the swift carrent. Mrs. Misenhimer was treat ed at Josephine general hos pital for severe shock, it was reported. A daughter, Carla, 12, was also reported to have accompanied the family on the fishing trip. Misenhimer, who has made his home in the valley for the past 20 years, is employed at Elk Lumber company. The drownings were report ed to Josephine county sher iffs deputies by Delmar F, Diltz, Grants Pass mailman, from Cave Junction, who was also fishing in the area. Cuban Warplanes Thrown Into Fight Against Rebels Victory Predicted In 'Matter of Hours' Havana, Cuba-flJPD-The gov ernment threw a strong force of warplanes into the fight against rebel troops in Cen tral Cuba today in an effort to smash the rebellion. The plane roared off into overcast skies in an almost steady stream from air strips at the Camp Columbia Air Force Base outside Havana. Starting well before dawn, the fighters, bombers and transport aircraft took off and landed through the day. Rebels Predict Victory The sharp step-up in air action by President Fulgencio Batista's forces coincided with a rebel radio prediction of vic tory in the central part of the island within "a matter of hours." It came, too, shortly after the first plea by the Roman Catholic Church for an end tb the civil strife. Rebel forces driving across the central "waist" of Cuba in an attempt to cut the island in two broadcast appeals to government troops to end the bitter fighting and join the rebel cause. 'Enough of War Archbishop Enrique Perez Serantes of Santiago de Cuba called for an end to the civil strife in a pastoral letter read from the' pulpits of all Cath olic churches in Oriente Prov ince. The pastoral letter, entitled "Enough of War," said the fighting had degenerated into a "civil war" and added that "we ask the Almighty to make us the gift of peace we so earnestly desire." Innocent Pleas Received in Case Wallie Wong, 825 North Central ,aye.. ,prri.er:..of . ,the Chungking 1 1nnr' entered a pleo of innocent in district court this morning to a charge of possessing, displaying and operating a game of chance. Also entering her plea through her attorney, but not appearing, was Louella Lee Browne, 106 Vilas rd.. Cen tral Point. Her attorney, War ren Lesseg, entered her plea of innocent to a charge of illegally paying off on a pin ball machine. The plea is sub ject to confirmation from the defendant by wire, according to Judge Pro Tem A. E. Piaz za. Wong was represented by Ken Denman, local attorney. Bail was continued at $150. Louella Browne, who is free on $100 bail, through her attorney waived the right to a formal arraignment. Bail was continued. Trial date will be set Tues day, Dec. 30, by Judge James M. Main who is on vacation, it was reported. Louella Browne, waitress at the restaurant, was arrested by city police Dec. 13 after the department received a complaint that a pinball ma chine was paying off in the Chungking Inn. Formal com plaints were filed against the owner and waitress Dec. 16. 3 Grid Games On Local Television Station KBES-TV will car ry two football games and part of a third here New Year's day. according to a station spokesman. The Rose Parade at Pasadena, Calif., will not be seen locally. The station will carry the Orange Bowl game from Mi ami, Fla., between Oklahoma and Syracuse, starting at 9:45 a.m. Following that game, the station will show the Cotton Bowl game from Dallas, Tex., between Texas Christian and Air Force Academy. . At 3 p.m. the station will cut into the Rose Bowl game between California and Iowa, which will be . in progress at the time. 72-Ounce Baby Battles For Life in Chicago Chicago-dlPDr-A 12-ounce girl -who if she survives will tie the all-time record for light weight babies-battled for life today in an incubator at a hospital here, under constant watch of a nurse. She was born Sunday to Mrs. Mabel Hanses, 23, Chi cago. The administrator's of fice at Swedish Covenant hos pital said the child was 3'2 months premature. Her con dition was critical. Price 10 Cents Medford 20 Pages Oregon Reports Five Fatalities In Long Week End Three Tiny Children Among Auto Victims By United Press International Oregon counted five traffic victims today from the long Christmas week end which started at 6 p.m. Wednesday and ended at midnight Sun day. Three of the victims were tiny children. Dale Falkenberg, four months, died in a Portland hospital Saturday after being thrown from a car in a col lision on Harbor dr. Friday. On Christmas day Edward and Stephan Lewis, infant sons of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lewis, Los Angeles, were kill ed in a two-car collision on the Salem freeway near Wood burn. ' Mrs. Julia Brown, 60, Tilla mook, died from injuries suf fered in a. week end collision at Tillamook. Mrs. Mabel . Alice Clark, Stockton, Calif., was killed Wednesday night in a two-car collision south of Bend. Another victim was Harry E. Gipson, 72, Salem, who died Saturday from injuries suffered Wednesday afternoon when he was struck by a ar. This accident occurred before 6 p.m. A California woman, was killed Saturday when a car plunged 150 feet into a can yon off the Redwood high way just south of the Ore gon border. The dead woman was taken to Crescent City and the coroner's office with held identification pending notification of next of kin. Dover D. Monnin, 56, Cres cent City, was injured. Check Poll Books For Ncr.-Voters A total of 8,686 non-voters, or 44.4 per cent of the total number of voters registered in Jackson county, will be re moved from the poll books if they don't reregister within 90 days, County Clerk Bereth Hopkins reported today. All 'of the 8,686 failed to vote at least once in the past two years, Mrs. Hopkins stat ed. Notices will go out Friday from the clerk's office notify ing each that his name will be removed from the books if he does not reregister within 90 days. Of the non-voters, 3,646 were Republican, 4,655 Dem ocrats and 385 were listed as miscellaneous. If all are re moved, it will leave a total of 14,051 Republicans, 12,258 Democratics and 423 miscel laneous voters registered in the county. By the time the non-voters are reinstated or removed from the poll books at the end of the 90:day period, they will have cost the county 376 man hours and approximately 560, according to the clerk. Of prospective voter., who registered during the last week prior to the deadline, 466 Democrats failed to vote, along with 219 Republicans and 13 miscellaneous regis trants. Snow Reported On Diamond Lake Cut-off Thirty-two inches of snow were reported on the Dia mond Lake cut-off this morn ing by state police, with chains requested for travel ing through the area. State police said that they were discouraging travel on that road. . ' . Other highways out of the valley were reported clear, police said, with rain report ed on both the Siskiyou Sum mit" and Green Springs. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New Vork -"(CPU - Dow Jones final slock averages: 30 industrials 577.31, up 4.58; 20 railroads 156.86, off 1.14; utilities 90.26, up 1.04', and 65 stocks 200.59, up 1.35. Sales today were about 3,730,000 shares compared with 3,050,000 shares last Wednesday. - Mm MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1958 ay ura "Might As Well Start Things Off With A Bang" CONGRESS pJ j 1959 Pear Blossom Festival and Sports Fair Dates Told The 1959 Pear Blossom Festival is to be held April 10 to 12 in Medford,' accord ing to John Watkins, president of the festival association. The announcement also in cludes names of those serving on' varjous festival commit tees.' All events are to be based on the Centennial theme to help promote Oregon's state wide celebration, Watkins stated. The festival is to be held in conjunction with the Crater Lions' Sports Fair, he said. Service clubs and business groups .working on production of the festival and fair plan to meet here Jan. 20 to start developing detailed plans. Medford Mayor John Snider is to serve on three commit tees: centennial coordination, activity cordination and grand marshal. Russ Jamison is the other member of the centennial co ordination and grand marshal committees, and is also serv ing on the publicity commit tee. Others named to the activ ity" coordination committee include Cliff McGinty, Fred Beck and Robert Boyer. The membership committee con sists of Ed Barnett and Don McNeil. Named to the parade com mittee are Sgt. Raymond Seely of the Medford police Annual Christmas Treelift Announced The annual Christmas Tree- lift SDonsored bv Moose Lodge will be conducted in the Medford area Sunday, Jan. 4. Members of Boy Scout troops 8 and 9 will aid the lodge in picking up. Christ mas trees and accepting don ations throughout the area. . Donations this year will go to the City of Medford to be used exclusively for play ground equipment to be in stalled in the new West Jack son park, according to Lodge members. Persons who wish the Scouts to remove their trees are requested to place the trees in front of their homes with donations fastened to them. WEATHER FORECAST: Valley for or low overcast forming tonight and continuing through Tuesday noon. Otherwise considerable high cloudiness through Tues day. Low tonight 35-38. High Tuesday 42-45. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 43 Lowest This Morning 39 Prec. to 5 p.m. Yesterday 01 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 4:46 p.m. 7:40 a.m. 8:57 p.m. Jan. 2 Sunrise tomorrow Moonrise tonight Last Quarter PROMINENT STAR Regnlus, near the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 5:09 p.m. Mars, high in southeast Jupiter, rises Mercury, rises . 7:08 p.m. 4:36 a.m. 6:23 a.m. Tribune ffc 0 department and Hal Gardner. Jay Pierce and Granvil Britt san are included on- the gifts and awards committee. Other members of the pub licity committee are Frank Wilson and Mrs. Julie Tum mers.4 f-t--' ' '""".. On the junior king and queen and senior queen com mittee are McGinty, Brittsan, Beck, Howard Boyd and Boyer. Art Wood and Sgt. Seely are members of the floats-construction committee. Named to the budget and finance committee are Elliott Becken, Gene Orr and Ron Gandee. Pierce and Gene Farrell are to serve on the floats-rules committee. Others interested in offer ing their services in planning the annual festival are invited to contact John Watkins at SPring 3-5304 or Mrs. Murray Gardiner at SPring 2-6171. GOP Credits Labor For Democrat Vote Washington -(UPD -The Re publican high command cred its organized labor with pro ducing about half of the esti mated six million vote major ity that Democratic congres sional candidates piled up in 1958 elections. GOP strategists are con vinced that a Democratic trend would have left them with a three million vote defi cit in any event but that la bor's political activity virtual ly doubled the Democratic majority. Party managers are groping for some effective counter measures before the 1960 presidential election. Angus Bowmer To Direct Big Oregon 'Birthday Party' at Salem Salem -(UPD- Plans were un folded here today for a big "birthday party" for Oregon here at the state capital Feb. 14. It will mark Oregon's 100th anniversary as a state. Invited have been Presi dent Eisenohwer, Vice-President Richard Nixcn, gover nors of all 49 states, cabinet members, ambassadors to Spain, France, the U.S.S.R., Great Britain and many oth ers. The President has indicat ed he will be unable to attend. The Spanish ambassador has said that he will be here for the centennial celebration. Detials of" the program are still to be worked out, but they will include an elaborate banquet for dignitaries and guests. Music for dancing will be provided by conductor David Rose, who has already been contracted according to Wil lard Marshall, Marion county centennial commission chairman. 53rd Year No. 240 Final Count Below Predictions Made By Safety Council California Leads With 60 Fatalities By United Press International Motorists in closing hours of the Christmas holidays heeded "get scared" warnings and saved the nation from what traffic experts predicted might be a record toll. A United Press Internation al count at 8:30 a.m. (p.s.t.) showed at least 597 persons killed in traffic mishaps dur ing the holiday period be tween 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and midnight Sunday. Eight persons were killed in plane accidents, 96 in fires, and 100 from miscellaneous causes for an overall total of 801. California Has 60 Deaths California led the states in traffic deaths with 60. Texas had 46, Illinois 38, New York 34, Ohio 27, and North Caro lina and Pennsylvania 25 each. Five states, Delaware, Ver mont, Rhode Island, Wyoming and New Hampshire, reported no fatalities, and North and South Dakota and Utah had one each. . Early in the holiday period the rate was climbing at a pace higher than in 1956 when 712 persons lost their lives on streets and highways during a four-day Christmas observance. But the rate slackened off during the final two days, and safety experts attributed it to strict traffic enforcement and extra precautions by mo torists. Currency Reform In West Europe London -(UPD -West Europe today demonstrated its post war economic recovery by putting into effect currency reforms that were likened to a sick man' being able to throw away his crutches. The British pound sterling and the currencies of 10 other West European nations be came "externally converti ble," or almost free curren cies, when markets opened today. There was no major reaction, and the currencies remained firm, with no sign of panicky buying. The currency reforms meant that foreign firms which have huge sums tied up in pounds sterling or other European currencies, could now use them as they see fit and ex change them for U.S. and Canadian dollars. This was of particular importance to the United States and Canada, and first reaction was that trade should step up enormously. Ladoga, Ind. -(UPD- A gun man robbed the Ladoga State bank of $2,100 today while the bank's Board of Directors was holding a business meet ing in the back room. Marshall stated that Holly wood celebrities and a metro politan opera star were ex pected. ANGUS BOWMER Has Ltav of Abttnc Step, A.' TirlWiMxr II Portland Family Mystery Deepens; Police Seek Man FBI Reported Entering Case Portland -(UPD-An abandon ed car near Cascade Locks and a black glove found on the Columbia river highway were the latest possible clues today in the deepening mys tery of what happened to the five-member Ken Martin fam ily of Portland. Police also wanted to ques tion one man about the case. Martin, his wife, and their three daughters vanished Dec. 7 on a trip to get a Christmas tree. Nearly three weeks of search over a wide area pro duced only one concrete piece of evidence as to where the family went-a gasoline credit card receipt which indicated they bought gasoline in Cas cade Locks the day they van ished. Car Important Of the two new leads, po lice considered the abandoned car more important. The FBI was reported to have joined the investigation in connection with the car, but the Portland office would not comment. Meanwhile, Multnomah County Sheriff Francis Lam bert started national distribu tion of 6,000 circulars asking cooperation of other law en forcement agencies and the public in finding a trace of the family. The circular offers a $1000 reward. The glove was found east of Cascade Locks Sunday and was sent to Portland where Mrs. Charlotte Dorsey, a sis ter of Martin, said it was a style Mrs. Martin would wear and was about her size. 'But it was not positively identi fied as belonging to Mrs. Martin. The car was found earlier about seven miles east of Cas cade Locks and was ordered towed away by state police Dec. 18. The car was reported by. several Hood. River resi dents to have been on the highway at least since Dec. 8, the day following the dis appearance of the Martins. , Owned by Californian Police said the car was own ed by Mario Alvarez of Ven ice, Calif., who told authori ties he had loaned the car to a friend, identified by po lice as Lester Kenneth Price, the man officers want to ques tion. Police said Price had a record which includes car theft and bad checks. Alvarez said in California he later tried to report the car, a 1951 sedan, stolen. Cul ver City police said they re fused to accept the stolen car report because Alvarez had given Price permission to take the car. There were conflicting re ports on time regarding the 1951 car. Alvarez said he had seen his car as late as iJec. 9. Two state police officers did not see the car until the , night of Dec. 10 although they passed the area earlier. But at least six persons reported seeing the car east of Cascade Locks Dec. 8. The Martins were driving a late model wmte ana rea station wagon. Two Small Planes Sought in Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska -(UPD A search for two missing small planes will get under way here as soon as the weather clears, the Civil Air Patrol said today. Portion of Angus Bowmer, director of the Ashland Shakespearean Festival, will head the first phase of the observance in the Capitol Mall and the rotunda of the capitol building. Tentative plans call for the largest birthday cake in Ore gon, with 100 candles on top, to serve 2,000 persons. Maj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, Oregon adjutant general, will be in charge of military salut es to foreign dignitaries. Flag raising ceremonies with the Portland symphony orchestra in the background are scheduled along with a talk from Malcolm Bauer, president of the Oregon His torical society. Members of the x Oregon Centennial commission said they are still working on invi tations of more guests and on entertainment. Bowmer was granted six weeks leave of absence from Southern Oregon collega
