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.
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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.
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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