Subscription Rates
For Mercy Flights
Will Be Increased
Family subscriptions to the
pre-paid air ambulance serv
ice of Mercy Flights, Inc., will
be increased $1 per year
from $4 to So effective Jan.
1, it was announced today by
the board of directors of the
non-profit air ambulance cor
poration. Rising costs of operation
and maintenance were cited as
the reason for the increase. At
the same time, subscription
costs for single persons will
go from 82 to $3.
Mercy Flights, the only or
ganization of it type in the
United States, was organized
and started service here nine
years ago next month. Its first
plane was purchased through
donations, but within a few
years it was found that gifts
and at-cost fees for transpor-
- H. A. Grant, Central
Point, was flown lo San
Francisco today for emer
gency surgery at the Ma
rine hospital there. He was
the 895th patient carried by
Mercy Flights, Inc., planes
in the past nine years. As a
subscriber, the flight cost
him nothing. ,
tationof patients was not
enough to maintain the serv
ice. At this time the prepaid
plan was placed in effect, of
fering free air transportation
within a 400-mile distance of
Medford in cases of medical
emergencies to all subscrib
ers. At first the subscriptions
were $2 for a family unit, $1
for an individual, but three
years ago rising costs made an
increase to $4 and $2 neces
sary. All subscribers fly. free in
medical emergencies, ' and all
non-subscribers living in Jack
son county are carried at cost.
Higher charges are mode for
non-subscribers in other areas,
but Mercy Flights policy does
not permit competition with
commercial air ambulance
services.
In its nine years, the cor
poration's planes have car
ried 895 patients, many of
whose lives have been saved
by quick transportation to
medical facilities. With the
completion of Rogue Valley
Memorial hospital, an increas
ing number of flights have
been made from other areas to
Medford, although many
flights still are made from
here to medical centers in
Portland and San Francisco
for conditions requiring med
ical services not readily avail
able here.
. The air ambulance service
National Airlines
Has Strike Threat
By United Press International
Federal mediators moved
today to forestall a threatened
strike of 1,500 administrative
workers which could cripple
a third airline during the Jan
uary back to work travel rush.
Officials of National Air
lines announced Monday in
Miami that a government ar
biter would be asked to help
settle a dispute over a Nation
al ticket agent's firing in New
York.
, Meanwhile international
representative Pat Cain, Air
Line Agents association, said
about 1,500 agents and other
clerical workers would walk
out in the next two weeks un
less a settlement is reached,
Most Oregon Roads
Said Free of. Snow
Salem - (UPD Most Oregon
pavements were free of snow
today but the State Highway
Department reported icy spots
at some locations. Ice was
reported at Green Springs,
Lapine, Willamette pass, Che
mult, and Baker.
' Chain were required at
Austin where packed snow
was on the road. There was
slush at Seneca.
now has three planes in serv
ice, a light twin-engine Cess
na, used for short-haul flights,
particularly into small air
fields, and two twin-engine
Beechcraft planes, used for
longer or bad-weather flights.
The service also has its own
hangar, built largely with do
nated materials and labor. Its
pilots serve voluntarily, and
receive only token expense
payments for their time.
The corporation is governed
by a 12 -member board of
trustees. George Milligan,
principal founder of Mercy
Flights, is its chairman.
Destructive Winds
Lash So. California
Los Angeles - (UPD - Destruc
tive winds of up to 75 miles
an hour lashed across south
ern California Monday, fell
ing trees, toppling Ipads from
trucks and pitting car exteri
ors. The U.S. Weather Bureau
said strong desert winds
would continue today.
The hot, dry winds sucked
the humidity from large sec
tions of forest and brush
lands and caused extremely
dangerous fire conditions in
the southland which already
has had two disastrous fires
this month that blackened
more than 80,000 . acres of
brush and destroyed upwards
of 50 homes.
Two separate fires raged
out of control in the Santa
Paula area about 80 miles
north of here.
Prineville Man Dies
Of Auto Crash Injuries
Prineville (UPD Robert
Toney, 34, Prineville, was in
jured-fatally Monday night
in a two . car collision in
downtown Prineville.
Neither Benjamin Brook
ings, 23, Bend, driver of the
second car, nor his passenger,
Mike Larson, Bend, was in
jured. Toney is survived by his
widow and three children. He
has been employed at the
First National Bank here for
the past 2Vz years.
Court Records
Otho Cox. box 205, Talent, drunk
in public, $10.
Jockobuvnst Solokas, transient,
vagrancy, 5 davs.
Harry Artis Allan. 30 South Cen
tral ave., drunk in public. $10.
Ernest Hall Williams, Camp
White, drunk in public. $15.
Frank Lee Johnson, transient,
drunk in public, $10.
William Foster Doak. 847 East
Ninth st.. drunk in public, $10.
Mariland Jane Doak, drunk in
public. $10.
David Russell Monia. 47 Laurel
st.. Central Point, operating a ve
hicle while operator's license sus
pended. $75.
Richard Clarence Clark, dis
obeyed red light. $5.
William Harvey Walker, dis
obeyed red light, $5.
Richard Clarence Clark, viola
tion of basic rule. $10.
John Jackson Harding, violation
of basic rule. $10.
Charles Preston Labe, violation
of basic rule, $10.
Leo Carol Blackburn, violation
of basic rule. $10.
Lloyd Mortensen Miles, violation
of basic rule. $10.
Allen Leroy Whitehead, viola
tion of basic rule. $10.
Henry Alan Dahlke, excessive
tire noise. $5.
Clem B. Rose, disobeyed stop
sign. $5.
Paul Bradley Newcomb, dis
obeyed stop sign. $5.
Darrell La Verne Fariss Jr., dis
obeyed red light. $5.
Richard Eugene Salter, disobeyed
stop sign. $5.
Robert Lewis Taylor, wrong way
on one way street, $5.
Check of Clue
In Missing Family
Proves Fruitless
Portland-(UPD-A report that
a station wagon similar to the
one belonging to the missing
Ken Martin family was seen
here Monday night touched
off a brief flurry of excite
ment. Police set up roadblocks at
Cascade Locks and on the Mt.
Hood highway after a service
station attendant east of here
reported selling gasoline to
two men in a 1954 Ford sta
tion wagon painted cream
with a red trim. This was the
type of car Martin was driv
ing when he and his wife and
three daughters, of Portland,
vanished Dec. 7 after going on
a Christmas tree hunting trip.
Search Fruitless
However, search for a ve
hicle bearing the Martin's li
cense n u m b e r IG-7 1 5(5
proved fruitless. The attend
ant had said the digits 7156
"seemed to stick" in his mind.
Later a similar vehicle was re
ported to have stopped at a
Troutdale store.
Meanwhile, authorities were
ready to write off as a possible
clue an abandoned 1951 car
found east of Cascade Locks,
the car, belonging to Mario
Alvarez of Los Angeles, was
reported Monday to have been
in Los Angeles Dec. 9, two
days after the Martins dis
appeared. Alvarez said he
loaned the car to Lester Price.
A service station operator in
Los Angeles reported selling
Price gasoline Dec. 9 and said
he had a credit slip signed by
Price. Price also picked up
his pay check Dec. 8 at a
printing firm, according to a
spokesman for the firm.
Leads Being Checked
Two other possible leads
still were being checked out.
A woman's glove found near
the highway east of Cascade
locks was sent to the FBI lab
for checking.
Two hunters reported they
had seen a vehicle resembling
the Martin car in the Lolo
Pass area northwest of Mt.
Hood Dec. 7. A re-check of
this area was scheduled.
The best clues to the Mar
tin's disappearance was a
credit slip indicating they
purchased gasoline at Cascade
Locks, east of here on the Co
lumbia River highway, the
day they vanished.
DISTRICT COURT
Dwight H. Findley. passing with
insufficient clearance, $15.
Walter R. Speare Jr., no horn, $10.
Edmond R. Birge, sifting and
leaking loads. $15.
Raymond G. Hilton, overwidth,
$15.
Charles Bowe, route 1. box 164F,
Eagle Point, drunk on public high
way, $30.
Melvin H. Lewis. Camp White do
miciliary, drunk on public highway,
$30.
Alva F. Muse, switched license
tabs. $30.
Harold C. McCotlom, failure to
yield right of way, $15.
CIRCUIT COl'RT
May Louise Van Hoosen vs. Merle
E. Van Hoosen. divorce complaint.
Iris L. Hurd vs. Robert L. Hurd,
divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATION
Jerry Wayne Turner and Verda
Louise Conner, both 1013 North
Central ave, Medford.
New Year's
5 Eve Party
Reserve A
Table Now
Sparkling entertainment dancing, delicious
drinks your choice of steak, prime rib,
chicken or prawns.
Complete dinner fun, favors, hats and
noisemakers at $5.00 per person.
Highway 99 at Gold Hill Overpass
Abboll fo Teach -Underwriters
Class
C. W. (Bill) Abbott will in
struct a local class of the Life
Underwriters Training Coun
cil's course in accident sick
ness insurance, the Rogue Val
ley Life Underwriters associa
tion, sponsors of the course,
has announced.
Enrollment is open to all
qualified insurance men who
have been licensed to write
life insurance for one year or
more. The course will consist
of a 12-week period of train
ing with classes to start in
February. The final examina
tion will be held in May and a
certificate will be awarded
those who successfully com
plete the course, the associa
tion said.
Purpose of the course is to
better equip life insurance
agents to advise their clients
concerning their need for all
forms of health and accident
insurance coverage. The Feb
ruary class will be the first
organized by the Rogue Valley
association.
Abbott will attend a two
day regional instructors con
ference in San Francisco early
next month.
Block Alford Move
Appears Doomed
Washington-(UPD-Some House
Democrats said today Speaker
Sam Rayburn may have
doomed a drive to deny Dem
ocratic recognition to Rep.-
elect Dale Alford, the Little
Rock segregationist.
Rayburn was disclosed Mon
day to have warned a sponsor
of the anti-Alford move that it
would be a "major operation"
to bar Alford from the party if
he presented himself as a
Democrat.
Rep. Lee Metcalf (D-Mont.)
said he interpreted Rayburn's
remark, in a letter to John A.
Blatnik (D-Minn.), as mean
ing, "Don't try it, fellows."
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
A GAMBLING GAG had it that the way the kiddies in Las
Vegas learned to count was, "One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king.' Now they've
shifted the scene to Cape
CanaveraL There the bright
young things recite, "Ten,
nine, eight, seven, six, five,
four, three, two, one, zero
ch darn it to hemlock!"
X customer bought a copy
of John O'Hara's" new novel,
"From the Terrace," but when
he got home he found that by
some mechanical error, it was
the pages of The Memoirs of
Casanova" that were bound
Into the O'Hara cover. The
bookseller readily exchanged
the defective copy for a per
fect one, and assured his cus
tomer, "This isn't the first time Casanova's been found under the
wrong covers!"
In Chicago, a merchant decided to stop advertising to save money.
His wily ad executive asked, "Why don't you also stop your watch
to save time ?"
O 195$, by Bennett Cert Distributed by Kins Features Syndicate.
CENTRAL POINT
Holiday Celebrated
By DORIS HUGHES
Central Point A White
Christmas was celebrated by
the Central Point elementary
and junior high school Tues
day. The 850 students marched
around the 16-ft. Christmas
tree, placing beneath it their
gifts of wrapped canned food
for the needyi All tree decor
ations, including many un
usual ornaments as well as
the traditional chains and
stars, were made by the stu
dents. The assembly sang, "O Lit
tle Town of Bethlehem," and
"Oh Come All Ye Faithful."
The Junior High chorus sang
special numbers and each
class sang Christmas carols as
students from another room
placed their gifts beneath the
tree. Mrs. Mary Gardner led
the singing accompanied on
the piano by Mrs, Lorna
Meyer.
Charles A. Meyer, principal,
commended the children on
their unselfish desire to give
to others in preference to a
gift exchange among themselves.
Don Denning, Crater Fu
ture Farmers of America re
porter, announced that a spe
cial project at the agriculture
shop was being constructed by
Pete Melsted. Melsted, who is
the Chapter treasurer, is con
structing a utility trailer 8
feet long and 4 feet wide. He
has been working on the trail
er two weeks. His late start on
the project was due to the
fact that he was preparing a
speech for the District Soil
Conservation Public Speaking
contest. He placed third in the
contest. He will use the trailer
to haul implements around the
farm.
Mrs. John Blackford report
ed that her daughter-in-law
and granddaughter, Mrs. Don
Morgan and daughter Cynthia,
are visiting here over the hol
idays from Davis, Calif. Mor
gan, who is in his final year
at the veterinary school there,
will be here for New Year's
day. He remained at the
school to be on duty at the
vetbarn during the Christmas
holidays.
John Blackford is recuper
ating from an injured elbow.
Last week while sawing a
limb from a tree, Blackford
slipped and fell from the
roof of the house. He was
knocked unconscious in the
fall. Boys, who were passing
by, saw the accident and re
ported it to state police who
were near and aid was sum
moned. Blackford escaped ser
ious injury in the fall.
Dance Scheduled
Af Medford YMCA
A dance will be held at the
Young Men's Christian asso-i
ciation on New Year's Eve
for high school and college
students.
Sponsored by the YMCA
youth council, it is one of the
regularly scheduled dance ac
tivities at the' YMCA. Chair
man for the dance will be
Miss Dewanda Winchell. Ad
ult advisor is Mrs. Edith Bak
er. . Dance activities will get un
derway at 8:30 p.m. Music
will be supplied by record.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.
Meyer and daughter, Charla
Jo, are spending the Christmas
vacation visiting Mrs. Meyer's
folks in Salem and Meyer's
mother at Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Clark
and son of Seattle were holi
day guests at the home of
Clark's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Clark. This was the first
trip for the Clark's grandson,
David, to Central Point. He
was born Oct. 21.
Celebrating Christmas eve
at the home of Mrs. Millie
Johnson were her five chil
dren and their families. Pres
ent were Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Johnson and Elaine and Lar
ry of Central Point, Mr. and
Mrs. P. E. Simmons and sons,
Elwin and Terry, of Medford,
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Johnson of
Eureka, Calif., Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hughes and sons,
Sammy and Jimmy, of Central
Point, and Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Hooker of Medford.
Jerry Leonard, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Leonard
of Snowy Butte rd., is home
on vacation from the Salem
academy.
Mrs. Jean Miller of Albany
was a guest Christmas day at
the home of her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Don Millers, 118 South Ninth
st.
The Rock Busters 4-H rock
and mineral club had a Christ
mas party Monday at the
home of their leader, Mrs. L.
C. Johnson. The members had
a gift exchange. Games were
played and refreshments
served. Attending were Gary
Schwab, Jimmy Rozelle, Rod
ney Curtis, Stephen Ryerson
and Larry Johnson. ,
Guests for dinner Christmas
dayat the Clifford Bailey
home were Mrs. Bailey's fath
er, Jim Jones, of the Green
Springs, her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Jones Jr., and Peggy and Julia
of Central Point, Bailey's fath
er, Saylor H. Bailey, and sons,
Dick and Ed Bailey, of Moun
tain View.
Mrs. G.A.Roach and daugh
ters, Carol and Shirley, spent
Christmas Day visiting Roach,
who is in Salem. Roach is re
ported to be much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold R.
Hughes and sons, Pat and
Gary, spent the holidays visit
ing relatives in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wyatt
and children, Stevie, Paul and
Teresa, spent Christmas in
their new home in Medford.
The Wyatts, whose residence
was on Alder st. in Central
Point, had a new home built
on Sunrise ave. in Medford.
Weather .
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Consider
able cloudiness this afternoon with
fog or low cloudiness tonight and
Wednesday morning becoming
partly cloudy Wednesday after
noon. Low tonight 37; high tomor
row 48.
Western Oregon: Considerable
cloudiness with occasional light
drizzle, but partly sunny periods
tnis atternoon ana weanesaay. io
cal valley fog during night and
morning hours. Mild temperatures.
Low tonight 42-50; high tomorrow
48-58.
Northern California: Tair tonight
and Wednesday, except fog night
and morning in central vauey. lit
tle change in temperature.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
44; above normal 7.
Record high tins date 61 in 1926.
Record low this date 9 in 1916.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to
midnight, .01 inch.
Midnight to 10 a.m., trace.
Total this month 2.51 inches, .44
inch below norma.
Total since Sept. 1, 4.84 inches,
3.34 inches below normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday
80, highest this a.m. 98.
High 4:30 24-
Clty Yester- a.m. hr.
day Low Prec.
Brookings 60 49 .07
Crater Lake 37 32 .15
Grants Pass 49 40 .03
Klamath Falls 41 32
MEDFORD 48 40 .01
Portland 54 45 2.2
Seattle 52 51 .47
Spokane 39 34. .29
Yakima 42 35
Eureka.... 57 46
Red Bluff 66
Sacramento , 54 37
San Francisco 53 50
Los Angeles 71 46
Phoenix 60 42
Denver 30 10
Chicago 41 29
Miami Beach 70 54
New York 41 37
Washington. D. C. 47 41 1.02
EXPENSIVE TAXES
Detroit-ffiPD-When Boleslaw
Gawel pays his taxes, the city
loses money. Because of a
veteran's exemption, Gawel's
tax is only seven cents. The
city treasurer says it costs the
city 50 cents to bill him.
We Will Be
CLOSED
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
January 2nd & 3rd
FOR INVENTORY
Sims Cycle & Hobby Shop
Banning New Car
Sales Included in
Anti-Smog Plans
, Los Angeles ttlPD City offi
cials smarting under the com
bined effects of eye-irritating
smog and citizen complaints
about air pollution, have un
leashed a series of anti-smog
proposals including banning
sale of new autos in this
sprawling car-dependent city.
Councilman Everett G.
Burkhalter, who took the lead
Monday in an attack on the
auto industry, announced he
would investigate the possi
bility of stopping the sale of
new cars in the city until an
anti-smog device is developed.
Progress Report Asked
In other anti-smog actions:
-Three leading auto manu
facturing representatives will
be asked to appear here be
fore the county board of su
pervisors to report on progress
the auto industry is making
in developing anti-smog de
vices for autos.
-A study of downtown traf
fic policemen was proposed to
see if smog-caused exhaust
emitted by autos affected offi
cers' health.
-Burkhalter will seek funds
and the use of city-owned cars
to test anti-smog devices now
being developed.
Mayor Norris Poulson start
ed the present wave of anti
smog action when he refused
acceptance of a large Cadillac
last week and chose instead
a small rambler. He said, big
cars with their heavier en
gines are among the major
causes of the area's smog
problem.
Burkhalter was named head
of a specal city council com
mittee appointed to go before
the county board of super
visors to get action in the fight
against smog. The supervisors
direct the smog fight through
the Air Pollution Control District.
Easton, Md.-(DPD- Capt. Wal
ter N. Davis, 86, a leading
marine salvage expert, died
Sunday after a short illness.
Methodist Homes
Plans Hospital
Portland-flJPD-Oregon Meth
odist" Homes, Inc., announced
Monday a S3 million hospital
and health center for the
chrorucally ill will be built.
The Methodist group also
built Willamette View Manor.
Willamette View Manor, in
preparation for construction
of the hospital, has been trans
ferred to a new corporation,
and Oregon Methodist Homes
will devote its full effort to
building and operating the
Riverview hospital and Health
Center. Site of the hospital
and health center is near Wil
lamette View Manor, a retire
ment home for the elderly.
The new hospital will have
a maximum capacity of 300
beds. First unit to be built will
have a capacity of 140 beds.
Construction will start next
fall.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, December SO, 195S
Vermont Boy Top
Cherry Pie Baker
Burlington, Vt. -4UPD- Philip
Gassett, 17, a farm boy, won
the state cherry pie baking
contest. His prize was a string
of pearls.
Former Phoenix
Resident Dies
Phoenix W ord has been
received here of the death of
Robert E. Fowler, 68, former
Phoenix resident, in the Vet
erans administration hospital
in Portland recently.
He is survived by a son, Da
vid; a daughter, Mrs. Wanda
Rutter, both of Klamath
Falls.
Mr. Fowler lived in this
area about 12 years. He en
tered the Veterans hospital
Nov. 1.
Assault Charges
Bring Six Years
Portland (UPD Pvt. Alfred
Gust, 21, Houston, Tex., Mon
day was sentenced to six
years in prison for assault
with a deadly weapon.
Gust was arrested in Au
gust after three women were
slashed on downtown Port
land streets wtih a knife. He
was stationed at Fort Lewis,
Wash., at the time of the at
tacks. '
One of the victims was 19-year-old
Patricia Grimes who
later told police she was in
love with Gust.
Gust's attorney announced
Monday that Miss Grimes and
the youth are engaged to be
married. After hearing of the
sentence the young woman
said she would wait until he is
released and then marry him.
LAST CHANCE for fresh-killed Turkeys! We are killing
the last of our hens for the New Year . . . now is a good
time to order for your New Year's
dinner or to put in your freezer.
We Will Deliver FREE in
Medford & Central Point.
We also will have smoked Turkeys for your New Year's Party ...
Only 85c a pound.
Turkeys may be picked up at Savage Turkey Farm, ft
w Village Dairysmith, Quality Market or Rose Grocery "
Ve Wish You All a Happy Hew Year!
TURKEY FARM
PHONE NO 4-1411 - On Old Highway 99
4 Miles North of Central Point
SAVAGE
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