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1 ItWT ' J j; Boy Scouts Dinner Planned A potluck dinner will be given by the boys of Troop 16,. Boy Scouts of America, at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the Pythian building. Parents of the scouts, Knights of Pythias and Pythian sis ters are invited to attend and bring a hot dish, salads,' pies or cake. Coffee, rolls and soft drinks will be furnished. A scout investiture will be held afterward as will also presentation of merit badges. Mike Hayes is their new Scoutmaster with Larry La Fever as his assistant. Mrs. Paul Fullmer is chairman in charge of the dinner. Talisman lodge Knights of Pythias, sponsors Troop 16. An Eagle Scout troop is now being formed, with Emil O. Johnson Jr., as institutional representative. HONORED - Miss Constance Ames, second from left, business office supervisor, and Mrs. Mabel Clark, second from right, serv ice observer, were guests of honor at a recent dinner party attended by other workers of the Pacific Telephone and Tele ' graph company. The party was in recogni tion of continuous service fqr the company. Miss Ames has served 35 years, and Mrs. Clark has been with the company 30 years. Shown at let is J. M. Helfrich, district com mercial manager, Eugene; at center is Pa cific's general commercial manager, H. A. Gerrish, Portland; and at right is R. J. Summer, Portland, commercial results sup ervisor.fLandis Studio). Grange News Gold Hill Grange A film on "Cancer," will be shown at 8 p.m. Thursday, February 19 at Gold Hill Grange hall, preceding the regular meeting of the grange. This film is shown under the auspices of the American Cancer Society and a doctor will attend to answer ques tions. The showing of this film is for all who are interested. Grace Bruce, Publicity. Phoenix Grange A large crowd attended the celebration held by the Phoe nix Grange February 10, com memorating the 100th birth day of Oregon on Feb. 14. Program started with pres entation of the flag and the "Star Spangled Banner." Pen ny Simmonds of Phoenix sang "The Oregon Song." Mrs. Bert Stancliffe was narrator of the fashion show. Much credit is given Mrs. Stancliffe for her work in col lecting as many authentic dresses and numerous other pioneer articles. The waist she wore was 100 years old and the skirt was of the 1890 per iod. First in the parade was a dress 100 years old which be longed to a great grandmother of Mrs. T. V. Williams, Shown were replica dresses of the pioneers and a sunbon net typical of the wagon days. Dee Hendrickson wore a suit of 1852 which was worn by J. H. Stewart and loaned by Harry Barneburg for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barneburg modeled clothes that belonged to members of his pioneer family. Many elaborately made dresses of 1890 were bor rowed for the show. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cameron of Gold Hill wore authentic clothes of 1880. The 1900 period included the duster, hat. scarf and glasses associated with the first automobiles. Early 20s brought in the long waist and short skirt also the forerun ners of the slacks. , Many visitors came dressed in authentic clothes and pio neer, style dresses. They were invited . to join the parade. Noted was another very old - dress of 1854 worn by Mrs. Janosky of Jacksonville. The Midnighters" quartet entertained with three songs and Chris Woiff and his square dance group used old time numbers in keeping with the theme. Lecturer Dee Hendrickson introduced the sons and daughters of the pioneers of Jackson county and the na tives of Oregon. He concluded the program by giving a brief history of the Marcus Whit man story. Mrs. Olin Poe had charge of the display, of many pio neer antiques and relics. Refreshments of cake, but ter, honey and jelly were served by the chairman, Mrs. Mervin Huxson and assisted by her committee. At the next meeting Feb. 24 there will be a covered dish supper at 6:30 p.m. Members should bring their own table service. Committee in charge will be Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grochocki and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lacy. The HEC will provide the program with Mrs. George Drake in charge. The home economics club will meet Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the home of Mrs. Mark Smith for a dessert luncheon at 1 p.m. Co-hostess will be Mrs-Charles Lewis.-.- Griffin Creek Grange The Griffin Creek Grange met Feb. 12 with a good at tendance and many came dressed in Centennial cos tumes. Past Master Cyril Farns worth was escorted to the mas ter's station and presented a past master's pin. . Roy Levander and Clyde Sturgill of the agriculture committee reported on spray ing fruif trees and why the need of improving help for pear harvest. Lloyd Hamlin also reported on the beef and pork market. Discussions were heard on legislative measures and a committee appointed to secure a speaker to explain more thoroughly the Jackson Coun ty Planning program. , Chaplain Iva Harper re ported turning over S6 from the Grange to the March of Dimes. HEC Chairman Mrs. Roy LeVander announced the next HEC meeting would be at the home of Mrs. Orval Kel ly Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 1 96,293 Vehicles Enter Crater Park A total of 96,293 motor ve hicles with 333,893 people visited Crater Lake National, park during the calendar year 1958, Thomas J. Williams, park superintendent, has an nounced. The total was a 1 per cent increase over the 1957 travel year, but 7 per cent less than the 1956 visitations, the great est travel year since Highway 62 travel was excluded from the park total, Williams said. Present visitor figures include only those who actually go to the lake. Fifty-eight per cent of the 1958 visitors came from out side Oregon ,and of these, 49 per. cent came from Cali fornia, 12 per' cent from Washington, and 3" per cent from Canada. The remainder represents other states and foreign countries. ' Park campgrounds record ed 36,761. camper days during the year, an 8 per cent in crease over 1957 and 59 per cent greater than 1956, Wil liams reported. Lodge and cabin use decreased 5 per cent last year, he rioted BULLET BUMP Vicksburg, Miss.- (OTI) - The bump on the head of 9-year-old Jimmy Bruant wasn't due to a bee sting, after all. When the bump failed to go down, a doctor opened it and found a .22 caliber bullet imbedded m the scalp. Trial Date Set in District Court Trial of Annette Farmer, 127 Vz Almond st., Medford, on charges of issuing a false statement in writing to ob tain benefit, is scheduled for March 25 at 9:30 a.m., district court officials reported. Miss Farmer appeared in district court last week and pleaded innocent to the charges. She is being held on $500 bail i the Jackson county jail. She is charged with issuing a false check in Medford Feb. 8.' t 'jj RECEIVES AWARD - Jim Henson, son of . Mr. and Mrs. John Henson, receives the Eagle award in Boy Scouting at a recent Court of Honor at the First Presbyterian church. His mother pins the award on him as his father watches. Jerry Lausmann, left, Scoutmaster, presented the a ward.. Jim also received six additional merit badges. Rogue Valley Firm Submits Low Bid Rogue Valley Construction company, Medford, submitted an apparent low bid of $12,354 for work at the Butte Falls ranger station in the Rogue River National forest, accord ing to the contracting office in Portland. E. J. Fordyce and associ ates, Medford, was second with a bid of $14,109, and D. M. Blinkenstaff, Medford, was third with $14,279. Other bidders were Milton L. Powell, Brookings, $14, 630; Ausland Construction company, Grants Pass, $15, 380; Nelson Brothers Con struction company, Bend, $15,788; and King-King Con struction company, Longview, Wash., $19,694. Works includes expansion and renovation of an office building and construction of an equipment storage building. TAKES TOP COMMAND Washington -flJPD- Lt. Col. Margaret M. Henderson will become director of the Women Marines March 1, succeeding Col. Julia E. Hamblet, it was announced Friday. Miss Henderson, 48, a native of Cameron, Tex., will be 'prof moted to colonel on assum ing her new post. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, February 15, 195 3 Tentative Date Set For Meeting Series Feb. 21 is the tentative date for the first in a series of milk producers' meetings to ward legally bargaining for better milk prices, Dick West erberg, Ashland milk pro ducer and president of the Oregon Milk Producers, has announced. The meeting scheduled ten tatively for Salem will take steps toward establishing some type coordinating agen cy on a state-wide or regional basis which can be used with which to bargain with milk distributors, the OMP presi dent explained. Such a bargaining agency might represent southwest Washington, Oregon and northern California milk pro ducers, Westerberg said. Plans to hold the series of meetings resulted from deci sions made during previous Juke Box Operators Tell Gangster Fears Washington-DPI-New York juke box operators told the. Senate Rackets committee Fri day they "are frantically in need of help" to fight off gangster - u n i o n control of their business. Albert Denver, president of the Music Operators associ ation, testifed his group has been subjected "to every con ceivable form of intimidation, and pressure" from mobsters. . "The situation has been in- . tolerable," he said. Denver testified amid signs that the underworld is feeling the heat of the committee's expose of juke box racketeering. Mass of the earth is 81 times that of the moon. meetings of dairymen held in Portland, Eugene and Grants Pass recently. The American public spends 400 .million hours a week reading ts daily newspapers. 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