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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.'
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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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served. The anniversary pot
luck dinner will be Mar. 26.
The display table was filled
with relics and pictures of
long ago. At the close of the
Grange, Lecturer Mrs. Clyde
Sturgill presented a program
concerning Oregon history
and Lincoln's bithday. Wil
liam Darby read a paper pre
pared by John Darby of the
early history of Griffin Creek.
Mrs. Iva 'Harper gave a
reading and Mrs. Roy Casey
read a story of the early life
of Abraham Lincoln.
The lecturer announced a
program of Oregon's history
will be continued through the
year, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Kamping served refreshments.
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