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Medford League Of Women Voters Schedules Tour A tour of the Jackson coun ty courthouse to see "county government in action" is be ing planned by the Medford League of Women Voters for Friday,' Feb. 27, beginning at 10:45 a.m. An informal Juncheon, with the county's elected adminis trative officials as guests, will be served in the courthouse auditorium at 12 noon. Mrs. Dunbar Carpenter and Mrs. John Ousterhout, chair man of the League's "Know Your County" committee, are in charge of the event. Res ervations for the tour and luncheon may be made by calling the League president, Mrs. Hugh Collins, Spring 2 9997. Elected officials attending as guests of the group include County Judge Earl Miller, Commissioners Chester Wendt and Ralph James, Sheriff Joseph Walsh, County Clerk Marvin Madden, Treasurer Karl Janouch, Assessor Ray Schumacher and Surveyor Paul Rynning. The guided tour of the county offices, along with brief discussions of the duties of each, is a part of the League's study of Jackson county government. Sections of the study already complet ed concern county history, geography, population and ec onomy, derivation of county powers, and descriptions of administrative offices. Sections on county finance, planning, personnel and ad ministration of justice are nearing completion and will be presented tc League mem bers during February and May. BAYARD E. LAWRENCE New York -IUPIU Bayard E. Lawrence, 54, deputy general manager of the Africa Di vision of the Caltex West corporation, died Friday after a long illness. Lawrence, who began his career with the Texas company in 1927, served with the company's affiliates in Malaya, Thai land, Japan and South Africa ARTHRITIS -RHEUMATISM VITAL FACTS EXPLAINED FftEE DESCRIPTIVE BOOK ' Aa a public service to all read era of this paper, a new 36-page highly illustrated book on Ar thritis and Rheumatism will be mailed ABSOLUTELY FREE to all who write for it. This FREE BOOK fully ex plains the causes, ill-effects and danger in neglect ef these pain ful and crippling conditions. It also describes a successfully proTen drugless method of treat ment which has been applied in many thousands of cases. This book is'yours WITHOUT COST or obligation. It may be the means of saving years of untold misery. Don't delay. Send for your FREE BOOK today. Address The Ball Clinic, Dept. 2609, Excelsior Springs, Mo. MEMORY GARDENS MEMORIAL SERVICE PLAN Protects YOUR FAMILY: No need, now, to leave the burden ef funeral bills on the shoulders of your loved ones. 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Babysitting Service Not Deductible Taxpayers may not. deduct from federal income tax child care amounts paid for baby sitters when the taxpayer goes out socially, or money paid to children or depend ents for caring for other chil dren. In a story in Friday's edi tion concerning income tax deductions, the word not was left from the story which in dicated that the items were deductible. Suspension Are Listed by State Salem - The department of motor vehicles has released names of drivers whose li censes were ordered suspend ed during the period begin ning Feb. 2, and ending Feb. 6. Length of suspension varies, depending on charges involv ed, recommendation of court, discretionary action by the department or requirements of Oregon law. The depart ment said some of the licens es involving financial respons ibility and court recommen dations may have been re-instated after suspension was ordered. 1 The department warned drivers that the penalty for driving while suspended is a jail sentence of no less than two days and up to six months, and there may be imposed a fine up to $500. Under licens ing procedures, this will also result in an additional year of suspension. Those suspended ni Jackson county were: Driving While Suspended Includes any conviction for violation of traffic laws, involving operation of motor vehicle, while driving privileges were under suspen sion) Edwards. Alfred George. 34. of juj tawaras st., weatora. switcnea license plates. 1 year. Green, John Dale. 37, of 132 Sixth st., Ashland, no operator's li cense, 1 year. I 119. Rogue River, no operator's li cense hi possession, l year. Discretionary Action of Department VonderHellen. William Wright. 80. of box 1026. Medford, failure to appear tor examination, 1 year. Financial Responsibility (Failure to show proof of financial re sponsibility) Alfstad. Gary Norman. 22, of box 85. Star Route. Ashland. Driskell. Donald Dudley, box 338, Rogue River Jones. Frederick Lee. 28. of 401 North Barkeley way, Medford. Lachance, Jack Andrew, 32, of box 298. Shady Cove. Larkin, Harold Leroy, 19, of route 1, box 314A. Medford. Martin. George F.. 57. of SC Star Route box 86, Eagle Point. May. L,ynn iranK. 18. of 7iz South Modoc ave., Medford. May. Martin Aubrv. 41. of 712 South Modoc ave., Medford. McFall, Donna May, 26, of route 1, box 188. Rogue River. Mull. Lee Manuel, 45, of route 2. box 206. Medford. Mull. Mary Jone, 32, of route 2, box 206, Medford. BIG FAVOR? Anaheim, Calif. -0JPD Di rectors of Aanaheim Memor ial hospital thought they were doing all employees a big favor when they voted to increase annual holidays from six to seven days by adding each worker's birthday. The action didn't impress dieti cian Ethel Kripps. She was born Feb. 29, 1916. Bill (or Early Opening of Polls Passed in Senate Salem -OD- Only one bill, providing for opening of vot ing polls at 6 a.m. instead of 8 a.m., was considered and passed by the Senate Friday. Sen. Dan Dimick (D-Rose-burg) told the Senate that the judiciary committee had found no conflicts in the bill and recommended its passage unanimously. "We found by testimony at a hearing that Oregon stands way down the line of states as to the number of eligible voters who fail to exercise their right of franchise," Dim ick said. Only four votes were cast against the measure. A resolution adopted by the Idaho Legislature' congratu lating Oregon on its centen nial celebration was read in the Senate and the House. Senate Dresident Walter J. Pearson warned senators that next Monday, the 36th day of the session, would be the last day in which bills could be introduced without going through the Senate Rules committee. Bills have been going through the House Rules com mittee since the 25th day of the session. Because of the illness of Sen. Boyd Overhulse (D-Mad-ras) his position on the rules committee was shifted to Sen. Alice Corbett (D - Portland) and her post on the resolu tions committee given to Ov erhulse. Congressmen Celebrate 100th Washington -ftiPD- Members of the Oregon Congressional delegation launched their own Centennial celebration here Friday. It included a huge birthday cake with 100 candles, the passing around of Oregon fruits and other products in Congress and a luncheon. The cake - cutting, under the auspicies of the senior member,- Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), attracted two Tex ans, Sen. Lyndon Johnson, Senate majority leader, and House Speaker Sam Rayburn, and other dignitaries. Slices of the four-tiered cake trim med with blue and gold frost ing were distributed .-. ia . the Senate restaurant. A luncheon hosted by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D Ore.) included the showing of a movie. Among those present were Charles H. Helt zell, former Oregon state pub 1 i c utilities commissioner, former Portland Mayor Doro thy McCullough Lee and Ab bott Mills, a member of the board of governors. Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.) presented every member of the House and Senate with gifts of Oregon fruit and products on behalf of the Ore gon Centennial commission. Fire Foremen's Training Slated The annual fire foremen's training school, sponsored by the Southern Oregon Conser vation and Tree Farm associ ation, will be held in Medford May 6 and in Grants Pass, May 7, Dale C. Prentice, secretary-manager, has announc ed. The school is conducted in cooperation with the state de partment of forestry, the for est service and the bureau of land management. Prentice said the school this year probably will concen trate on the small smoke-chaser type of crew leadership. He pointed out that last year's experience with lightning fires brought to the associ ation's attention the need for more training of foremen for this size crew. Map reading, smoke chas ing problems, safety and some record keeping are among the items' tentatively planned for the one-day training course, he said. The association encouraged mill employees to attend the course since the mill crew must back up the loggers dur ing fires. Those attending the school will meet at the state depart ment of forestry headquarters at 8a.m. and transportation will be furnished to the field. Hot lunches will be served by the forest service and state department of forestry. Windshields Tell your insurance agent Selby's will install your wind shield while you rest in a comfortable waiting room. Cokes are on the house. Phone SP 3-3613 SELBY ms 303 North Bartlett Foreign Tours Se! For France, Spain Salem-Franch and SDanish study tours in EuroDe will be sponsored this summer by Willamette university and Students' International Tra vel association. Clarence A Kraft, associate professor of bpamsh, has announced. Mrs. Paule Guindollet Dray ton, Willamette French in structor and former Univer sity of Paris student, will Be in charge of the French tour. Tour members will live in French homes in Grenoble for one month while they at tend university classes there. Kraft will lead the Spanish tour to Santander, Spain. In addition to summer school classes, the tour will feature week end excursions to points of interest in northern Spain and. will end with a trin tn Paris. Tour members must be high school graduates. Cost of the tours range from $926 to $1,261, with departure from Montreal June 18. Additional information may be obtained from the tour leaders, Kraft said. Another Tremendous VALUE-PACKED Another CARP OPEN MONDAY EVENINGS Phoenix High Gets Radiological Items Phoenix Phoenix High school has been selected to receive a high school kit con taining radiological detection instruments from the state of fice of civil defense, E. M. Skipworth, vice principal, has announced. The instruments will be used to train students and in terested adults in the use of radiation counters in detect ing radioactive matters. The high school physics depart ment will be in charge of the instruments, he said. Miss Hopkins Heads YWCA Group E u g e n e J i 1 1 Hopkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Hopkins, 1353 East McAndrews rd., Med ford, has been elected vice president of the senior cabinet of the Young Woman's Chris tion association at the Uni versity of Oregon. ' Miss Hopkins is a junior majoring in history. She is a member of University house, a women's cooperative Westore Special OREGON: 1859-1959 ET WIEIEIKS & (D) 24 Persons Donate At Special Drawing Twenty-four persons donat ed A negative type blood at a special drawing prior to the regular Bloodmobile visit to Medford last week, the Jack son county chapter, Ameri can Red Cross, has reported. ' It was the third such draw ing in Medford recently. Blood taken at the drawing was flown to Portland for open heart surgery on a five-year-old: Arrangements had been made for the Civil Air Patrol to fly the blood to Portland, but because of weather condi tions, the blood was carried by West Coast airlines. Med ford police provided an escort for the blood to the airport. FLOORED BY FISH , San Pedro, Calif. - (DPD, Pete Shellet, 69, a retired longshoreman, walked down to the dock Friday to see if any of the fish catch struck his fancy. A 10-pound frozen halibut bounced out of a pass ing truck and made quite an impression on Shellet's head. ALL 9 PIECES . . . Purchase! All Wool Tweed 12-Ft. Widths Just Dr. Heatherington Hails New Hospital Gladstone - Dr. J. Scott Heatherington, president of the Oregon Osteopathic asso ciation and formerly of Med ford, hailed the opening of I the new Portland Osteopathic hospital as "a great forward step for the profession in Ore gon and the Pacific North west." The hospital was open ed last week. "That it has happened at the beginning of Oregon's centennial year holds even greater significance," Dr. Heatherington observed. "This new hospital is symbolic of the growth and acceptance of osteopathic medicine, and of the earnest desire of osteo pathic physicians and sur geons to serve the public with the latest scientific methods and technical equipment." AVALANCHE KILLS 7 Toyama, Japan -(UPD- An avalanche- destroyed a con struction camp barracks in Toyama Prefecture yesterday," killing seven laborers and in juring two others. Sixty-two other men sleeping in the barracks, escaped. Choice of Blond or Walnut V5 Sq. Yd. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, February IS, 19S9 7 MAY TAKE TIME Chicago -(DPD- The vice chancellor of Austria, which is negotiating the end of its occupying forces, said he sees hope for a peaceful solution to the Berlin crisis. But "it may take time," Dr. Bruno Pitterman said Friday during a stopover on his nationwide tour. POPE TO BROADCAST Tokyo - (UPD - Pope John XXIII will inaugurate a regu lar Vatican Radio broadcast service to Japan with a speech on Monday, it was announced yesterday. Geo. Grabow 1365 Kings Highway, Medford Phone SP 2-8560 Watch and Clock Repairing INCLUDES: 2 LAMPS o 1 BED o 1 DRESSER, 1 MATTRESS 1 BOX SPRINGS 2 PILLOWS 1 BED SPREAD lArEasy Termsr No carrying charges or interest means additional savings for you! At Weeks & Orr you pay only for the merchandise. Shop and save at Southern Oregon's Oldest and Largest Furniture Store... Forest Service to Withdraw 55 Acres Portland The forest serv ice is seeking withdrawal of about 55 acres of public land in Siskiyou National forest as a recreation area, Vrigil T. Heath, state supervisor of the bureau of land management, has announced. The land is adjacent to the Elk river in north central Curry county and is known as the Sunshine Bar area. The proposed withdrawal is to preserve the natural scenic and recreational values for the public, including develop ment of a campground. ' j J jj J T
