10 MA Ft TXIIUNI, Medferd, Oregon, Sunday, January 18, 1959
98 Building Permits
Issued During December
Ninety-eight Medford build
ing permits for projects with a
total valuation of $283,661
Cub Scout Groups
Visit Mail Tribune
Three groups of Cub Scouts
visited the Mail Tribune pub
lishing plant Friday and Sat
day. Den 3, Pack 4, West Side
school, visited the plant Fr
day afternoon. Included in
the group were Steve Shinn,
Ron Gustafson, Ralph Brind
ley, Bobby Kogy, Don Turn
er, Tom Titus, Dennis Phil
lips, David Culbertson, and
Gary Ray. They were accom
panied by Mrs. Ed Culbert
son, Den Mother, Mrs. George
Turner, assistant Den Mother,
and Mrs. C. F.:Shinn.
Members of Den 8, Pack S,
Jefferson school, visited the
plant Saturday morning. They
were Roger Blaylock, Mike
Carr, Mike Harding, Warren
Harris, Richard Ricken, Ron
nie Szpak, and Steve Wilkins,
accompanied by Mrs. Michael
Szpak, Den Mother.
Den Mother Mrs. Margaret
Smith accompanied a group
of Cub Scouts of Pack 5, Den
6, Jefferson school, through
the plant Saturday. Boys tour
ing the Mail -Tribune were
Tommy Wells, Howard Wells,
Homer Wells, Kenneth Smith,
Rickey Bishop and Gary Lee.
werei ssued last month, ac
cording to the city building
department s monthly report
. In December, 1957, only 35
permits with a value of $99,
765 were issued.
Last month's figures show
an increase in. permits but a
decline in over-all valuation
compared to Novembers 80
permits valued at $349,750.
Single Family
' Thirteen permits were is
sued for constructing single
family residences in Decemb-
ber. their total value $146,600
Permits for two new du
plex dwellings totaling $30,
000 were also issued.
New business construction
accounted for four permits
with a sum value of $34,000,
and business remodeling or
repairs for four more with a
similar valuation. In addition,
a $1,000 permit was issued for
remodeling a motel.
West Coast Airlines was is
sued a permit for constructing
jet fuel facilities valued at
$12,000 at Medford airport.
Receipts for permit fees
totaled $1,114.35, according to
the report. There were 891 in
spections during the month.
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Bill Proposed to
Set Hauling Rates
Salem-Rep. Clarence 'Bar
ton, Democrat of Coquille, has
announced that he-has. intro
duced a bill. in the state legis
lature which will set mini
mum rates for log hauling in
Oregon. ( '
The bill also would require
out-of-state truckers to obtain
a certificate of necessity and
convenience from, the Public
Utilities". Commissioner,. . h e
said. - v' ' V:
' Barton said log hauling was
one of the number one ' eco
nomic problems in .the,, timber
growing areas of .Oregon', and
that a complete revision of
existing statutes was long
overdue. ' .
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Medford High School
Edited by Barbara Nul
ton. Reporters, Paulina
Ashion, Margio Good, Peg
gy Fisch, Connetie Hinoily
and Tanya Endon.
Mr. Kenny, from the Ore
gon State Game commission
was the speaker at an assem
bly Jan. 12. The title of the
speech was "Waterfowl Management."
Accompanying the 20-min-
ute talk was a sound color
film which showed ' some of
the basic principles of re
source management and the
application of these principles
to the management of Ore
gon's fish and wildlife.
The film also showed the
use of flyways by waterfowl
and explained how each wild
life commission throughout
the continent does its share in
conserving waterfowl and
their nesting and feeding
grounds. . " c .,
There were two assemblies
one was in the first period of
the morning, and the other
immediately after the first.
The students were divided
into two groups for these as
semblies. '
It was decided at the Jan.
4 meeting of the Shutterbug
club that a special night
meeting would be held Feb.
17 to demonstrate the devel
oping and printing of pic
tures. A committee to arrange
for food also was appointed.
The halls of the schools are
covered with various slogans
and signs such as, "Don't be
hairy, vote for Larry," "Get
goin', vote for Rowan," "Big
Nort,' the man with the hon
est face," and many others.
These signs are helping pro
mote the annual Student Gov
ernment day. Those students,
who obtained petitions and
the 'signatures of : 15 seniors,
are running for mayor and
tw:.L councilmen from each
ward:
After the final elections on
Feb.' 4, the newly-elected
mayor and councilmen will
appoint fellow seniors to the
many appointive offices.
There are approximately six
candidates for each office
with the primary elections to
be held on Jan. 19.
sAs the senior class play
gets into full rehearsal swing,
various committees begin the
work of planning costumes,
light arrangements and scen
ery. Heading the entire pro
duction is Jim Fontaine as
stage manager.
In charge of the lights are
Robert Stedman and Ken
Peek, with Phil Morgan han
dling the sound problem.
, Prompters are Colleen Ri
ley and Bonnie Cox. Rose
mary Tokar is in charge of
props, with Cheryl Dunn,
Barbara Nelson, Jim Fon
taine, JoAnn Jamison, Carold
distance, Carmen Bernheisel,
Dee Anne Barnes, Marianne
Samuelson, Danusia Kosecka,
and Iverne Iverson working
under her.
Costume chairman is Karen
Fisher and assisting her will
be Vicki Palmer, Carol Hub
bard, Karen Culbertson, De
Wanda Winchell and Ann
Shelton. .,
The publicity committee is
headed by Marybeth Ramsey
with Leora Myers, Dave Hav
lidk and De Wanda Winchell
helping.
The final production ' dates
of the play, "The Diary of
Anne Frank," will be Feb. 26
and 27.
public speaking contest held
Thursday, Jan. 15, at Phoenix
High school.
Members of the team are
chairman John Caster, Pete
Melsted, Don Denning, Nath
an B a n r y, . Don Ryan, and
Dave Foote. Don Denning is
the public speaker.
Both will enter the section
al contest to be held in Febru
ary at Crater.
Speaking at the Spanish
club meeting Jan. 12 was
Walter Knight, a junior at
Lews and Clark college. He
spoke on his sophomore year
spent in Europe where he at
tended school in France on a
scholarship. He also spoke on
the opportunities for those
who desire to study abroad
for a year. '
Jim Fontaine led Tuesday's
International Relations league
discusson on Africa. This
meeting was one in the series
of conferences on "How the
United States Should Aid Un
derdeveloped Countries."
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Jackson School .
By Jan King and
Connie Biltla
. Jackson school - cheerlead
ers, Fay Konopasek, - Linda
Cosier,- Janet Kolkemo and
Karen Maxson, and student
body officers, Catherine Wat
son, Teresa Riggs, and Karyn
Fixsen, made a booklet which
contains the school song and
yells. The cover is green with
a yellow Indian on it, which
is the name of our team. '
Senior Mary Howard was
announced the December Girl
of the Month by Girls' League
Vice-President Arvella Prom,
Jan. 14. She is president of
Comettes, Secretary of FHA,
and a reporter on Crater
Comments. Mary is also in
GAA, Student Council, and
Quill and Scroll.
Newly, elected officers of
the Chess club are Nathan
Parrish, president; Bob Mor
ris, vice-president; and Edwin
Stuart, secretary -.treasurer.
Among the other activities
planned by the club are in
struction in the game of
chess.
Under consideration by the
Student "Council is the consti
tution of a proposed Spanish
club. The constitution was
prepared by Rosalie Wilson,
Darlene Tomlinson, and Con
nie Black.
Janet Scalberg was chosen
Future Homemaker of Crater
High school through the Bet
ty Crocker Homemaking con
test. She received the highest
score on the test which was
taken by all senior girls. She
now has the opportunity to
try to win the statewide con
test. She was awarded a Fu
ture Homemaker's pin.
Oak Grove School
The first grades have made
a colorful bulletin board
scene to remind us this is the
time of the year to feed the
birds.
The second grade is learn
ing to use rulers, to measure
liquids, , and how to read
weather thermometers. Each
student brought a Christmas
toy to school for "Show and
Tell Time.'-Michael Herrin.
In the varsity basketbaH
team, Don Perry is the coach
and A. T. Highland is cap
tain; In the Junior varsity,
Mr. perry is also coach and
Dowen Grimes is the captain..
Mrs. Grace Kirtley's third
grade is learning about rep
tiles and toads. They saw
filmstrips of these last week.
Helen Bigger and Linda
Jones are the champion hand
tennis players of our room.
-Luretta Bennett.
Hartman Says Way Seen Out of
Pear Decline in Northwest Area
Mrs. Florence Connor's
fifth grade is forming a Book
club and planning to write
about the gold rush days in
Jacksonville.-Paul Larson.
A plaque was awarded the
staff of Jackson school for
1959. This was the United
Fund award presented for
outstanding citizenship.
The school health room
will soon be painted pink and
brown. We are looking for
ward to this as it will bright
en up the room greatly.
The fifth and sixth grades
are having a ping-pong tour
nament. Mr. Perry put up a
tournament ladder to deter
mine the champion. First
they will have room winners
who will play off to deter
mine the school champion.
Crater High School
By Darlene Tomlinson
. Student Government Day
primary election nominations
are in and the Democratic
nominations are Vernola Hut
chinson, Donna Burnett, and
Joan Skov, county clerk;
Charley Warren, Mike - Red
mond, and Bill White, county
commissioner; Doug Davis,
John Caster, and Janet Scal
burg, county school superin
tendent; Allen Barnes, Jim
Eldred, ;and Glenna Heath,'
county treasurer; Byron Ro
minger, Chuck Turner, Gayle
Hagen, and Nelda Robbins,
county coroner.
The Republican nominations
are Betty Baker, Sylvia Yell,
Margaret Taylor, county
clerk; Arvella Prom, Richard
Hammersly; and Don ' Ryan,
county commissioner; Hersch
el Mack, Nathan Parrish, and
Alice Thompson, county
school superintendent; Elaine
Kroon, Alice Croxton, Sherry
Koellner, county treasurer;
Jim White, George Hunt, and
Gay Jones, county coroner. . -Students
running on the in
dependent ballot are Patty
Kime and Jim Hayes, county
clerk; Sharlette Hale and
Jean Governor, county com
missioner; John Cottier and
Margaret Pendleton, county
school superintendent; John
Burns and Bill Laton, county
treasurer; Bob Fowler and
Sharla Blake, county coroner.
The primary election will
be held Jan. 20.
Crater's FFA Parlimentary
Team and Public Speakers
Mrs. Dena DeKorte's fifth
grade is learning about sci
ence. Dick Howsley showed
that heat could change a solid
to a liquid. Christieann Ayers
and Beverly Biehn made a
candle which proved that heat
could change a solid to a
liqiud; let it cool and it's a
solid - again. Fred Hobbs
scratched a tin can and set
it outside. It rusted after a
while. James Westerf ield prov
ed that chemicals changed the
colors of flames. Kraig Par
sons made a barometer,
Sandra Rupp put an onion in
the front of the room, and
after awhile it began to smell
which proved that solid mole
cules do move.-Dick Howsley,
Kraig Parsons.
In art, we are making sten
cils. We cut a pattern out of
waxed cartons and dabbed
the inside of them with a
sponge on another piece of
paper, making a textured de
sign .-Janice Main.
James Hennebeck's sixth
grade is working on a play,
"Abe's Winkin Eye," to be
given at the school assembly
program Jan. 30. The class
has completed a mural on the
"Downfall of the Incas." The
battle scenes are realistic. It
has been put in the Art room.
-Don Adams, Nancy Elmgren.
REDS INTERRUPTED '
Berlin (DPD Police broke
up an unauthorized Commu
nist demonstration Friday out
side the Hilton Hotel in West
Berlin, where about a dozen
Reds gathered to lay a wreath
in memory of two Commu
nists, killed near the scene 40
years ago.
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"We are beginning to see
our way out," Prof. Henry
Hartman of the Oregon State
college horticulture depart
ment said Friday concerning
pear decline.
Speaking before the annual
meeting of the Jackson Coun
ty Fruit Growers' League
Professor Hartman said work
on pear decline will result
in development of better trees
better methods of growing
and better practices at less
cost will be worked out.
"There is no final conclu
sion yet although we have
some insight into pear de
cline," Professor , Hartman
said.
Sponsored Jointly . ..
The pear decline research
project is sponsored jointly
by the fruit growers league
and Oregon State college,
Hartman said. A considerable
portion of the financing is
and will be provided by the
league, he added.
Working on the project are
Dr. Roland Blake, horticult
urist at the Southern Oregon
Branch Experiment station,
Clifford B. Cordy, Jackson
vounty horticultural agent,
and OSC plant pathologists
and soil specialists.
Decline is not just one
thing or cause, the OSC hort-
lculturalist said. Different
types of the disease also ex
ist, he said.
Approximately 500 to 600
trees in the Jackson county
area have been affected by
decline, Professor Hartman
said.
To obtain information on
pear decline in this area the
researchers studied case his
tories and read published in
formation on the disease. Case
history information was ob
tained from owners of orch
ards with decline and those
who had orchards, with little
or no decline. Orchardists,
fortunately, had complete rec
ords on care of their orchards-amounts
of fertilizers
used, irrigation practices and
other information on orchard
operation.
Provide Background
By trying to fit their ob
servations .and- studies into
patterns, the decline investi
gators hoped to provide a
background for the disease,
Professor Hartman explained.
Washington and California
fruit trees have also suffered
from decline, the professor
said. Those studying the prob
lem in Washington believe
root-stock is the basis of the
trouble. It is true that Jap
anese root stock is more sus
ceptible to the disease, than
French root stock, but this
is not the primary cause. Pro
fessor Hartman said. Decline
has been observed also on
trees having French . root
stock.
California trees have suf
fered from a fungus disease
which attacked the tree roots,
but that problem does not af
fect this area, Professor Hart
man said.
Traced Decline
Kesearcners in this area
have traced quick decline to
what Professor Hartman calls
the "infernal triangle" - min
eral nitrogen, water and or
ganic matter. Flood irrigation
on top of late spring and sum
mer application of sulphate of
ammonia fertilizer turns ele-
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Live Oak Grange
At our first meeting of this
year all new officers were
present.
The charter was draped in
memory of our late member,
Cora Hawks.
Roy and Lyndall Cameron
declined their, offices, Mattie
Smith was elected Pomona
and Lloyd Smith as steward.
All officers not installed at
Central Point were installed
at this time by Frank Hall.
Mrs. Lorraine. Bradfield,
former member of the Grange
now living in Salem, was a
guest.
Mrs. Lillian Rawlson be
came a member, aemitting
from t Castle Grange in Cali
fornia, i .
Worthy Master Carl Chris-
tenson appointed Ray Frantz
chairman of the agriculture
committee .and Frank Hall,
chairman of the legislative.
At the : close of the meet
ing refreshments were serv
ed by the Charles Whites'
and Elizabeth Sheffield.
The HEC met Thursday,
Jan. 15, with 16 present for
potluck at noon. Most of the
afternoon was taken up in
a discussion and explanation
of the proposed subdivision
ordinance by Planning Tech
nician Jack Eaton and Edwin
Gebhard, member of the plan
ning commission.
All present voiced their op
inion that a matter of this
nature should be voted on
and not left for a few to decide.
Ashort meeting of the HEC
was held. Letsy Miller was
installed as chairman. Ar
rangements have been made
to hold a pirate party. Satur
day, Jan. 31. This will be
open to the public and a small
charge made for refreshment.
ments of the fertilizer into
toxic agents which may seri
ously damage or kill the feed
er roots, it is believed.
It is now recommended that
orchardists apply a minimum
of nitrogen, lightly disc under
organic material such as de
caying plant life arid water
should be applied only when
needed. No nitrogen fertilizer
should be applied this year in
orchards with decline, it is
recommended.
Traced Decline
Researchers in this area
have traced possible quick de
cline causes to improper bal
ance between water applica
tion and application of am
monia sulphates and ammonia
nitrates in fertilizer and soil
elements. Failure to keep this
delicate balance may result
in decline.
Flood irrigation of pear
trees cuts off the oxygen to
the roots. This and applica
tion of the ammonia sulphates
and ammonia nitrates at the
same time in fertilizers and
manure upsets nature's deli
cate balance, damaging the
Medical Society
Holds Annual Dinner
The annual banquet of the
Jackson County Medical So
ciety was held at the Rogue
Valley County club Friday
night. All 60 members attend
ed. Dr. Oscar Heyerman, out
going president, presented the
gavel to Dr. Florian Shasky,
president for 1959, who intro
duced President-Elect Dr. F.
T. Burich, Secretary Dr.
Duane Gillum, and Treasurer
Dr. Ralph Thompson.
' Delegates to the state medi
cal society are Dr. Shasky
and Dr. B. G. Cope.
Entertainment was furnish
ed by "The Shadows," local
singing group made up of stu
dents at St. Mary's high
school. . :
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James Stuart, a retiring mem
ber of parliament, was pre
sented with an oil portrait of
himself Friday and said his
wife told him "it shows you
rather hard and tough."
"Considering I have lived
with politicians and you for
more than a third of a cen
tury, what do you , expect7"
he replied. .
About 47 million Americans
live in the suburbs.
feeder roots and resulting in
quick decline.
For that reason it is now
recommended that orchard
ists don't apply even a mini
mum of nitrogen, manure or
turn under organic material
such as decaying plant life.
Water should be applied only
when needed, according to the
recommendations.
Prevention Sean
Researchers hope in this
way to prevent widespread
loss of fruit trees while they
continue to work toward the
final solution of the pear de
cline problem.
Paul Culbertson, chairman
of the experiment station
committee introduced the pro
fessor and told some of the
background of the pear de
cline problem.
The decline problem has be
come increasingly severe
within the last three years
in this area and has become
extremely important in Wash
ington for the last five years.
The problem is immediate
and a solution is needed, the
committee chairman and pear
grower said. An additional re
search program has begun
with a sizeable investment in
volved, Culbertson said. Pro
fessor Hartman inaugurated
the program in August and
has accomplished more results
in four months than those in
vestigating the problem in
Washington have in four
years.
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