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14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, March 8, 1959 Norbiad's Post Office Suggestions Help Keep Alive Economy Watchdog Image By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington (Special) - The favorite public announcement of Rep. Walter Norblad (R Ore.) these days is one which invariably goes something t5 Ik I 7r?r r I Uv I on ki ess- ma n Walter Norblad has ecommended to the Post Office Depart ment that the post office at so-and-so, Ore gon, be closed. Only three served by this Closing it will save the taxpayers SZ.OOO a year." This sort of announcement, Issued every week or two from Norbiad's office, helps keep alive the image of Ore- A. Robe Smith families are post office. gon's only Republican in Con gress as the watchdog of econ omy, the vigilant foe of gov ernment waste, the congress man who caught the Army sewing suspender buttons on G.I. trousers long after sus penders had gone out of style as part of the soldier's uni form. Does the congressman know what he is talking about? Does the Post Office Department follow his recommendation? The answer is "yes" to both questions. Actually, the mechanics of changes in the postal setup in Oregon closing a small post office here, converting a post office to a rural station there - are such that the depart ment itself takes the initiative in deciding where changes should be made in the interest of economy. Postal officials here, receiving the suggested changes from the Portland HILTS Guests Are Listed By MRS. M. F. CAVIN Hilts-Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Freemeyer and Cindy last week were Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bonner and son, Bruce, of Red Bluff. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Killings worth and children of Horn brook have moved into the house vacated by the Al Perry family. Mr. and Mrs. Diamond New man of Lakeview visited over the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Smith. Newman is Mrs. Smith's brother. Woodrow Smith of Medf ord was in town Thursday on business. Mrs. Smith accom panied him and visited at the home of Mrs. Don Ward. Mrs. Clinton Gano and son of Corning called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donivan Ward and family on Wednesday and Thursday. She was visiting In Horn brook at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett El more, and was accompanied by Mrs. Jack Williams of Corning who was an overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs. Art Hall in Hilts. Sp 4 Raymond Middleton arrived Tuesday night on a 22 day furlough which he will spend with his wife, Lynn, and daughters, Kathy and ReyLin. Middleton recently returned from Alaska and will return to Ft. Bragg, N.C., where he is training with the paratroop ers. Middleton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Middleton. Cheryl, and Mrs. Pearl Marin, all of Medford. Mrs. Roy Rushton of Med ford visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Williams, on Monday, driving them to Yre ka in the afternoon on busi Mr. and Mrs. M. G. King drove to the Rogers Rogue Ri ver ranch near Eagle Point Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Evan Maupin, former Hilts residents. Mrs. Fred Haynes accompa nied her mother, Mrs. Gwen Evans, to Redding Tuesday. Mrs. Evans left Oroville by train on Wednesday to return to her home in Ogden, Utah, after spending several months here with her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Silf drove to Mt. Shasta Saturday to attend a family dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Lindner and to celebrate Mrs. Lindner's birthday. She is their daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Ozzie Bern heisel' spent the week end in Happy Camp at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bern heisel, and family. Calling at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Thompson and daughter, Marilyn, on Sunday were Mrs. George Potucek and son, Kenny, and daughter, Court Records DISTRICT COURT Omar C. Hinze. possession of un tagged venison, $105. Clifford D. Hulen, unnecessary noise, $15. John L. K-jcher., violation of basic rule, $15. Edward H. Bergeson, Jr., inade ouate muffler. $15. Joseph H. Santos, - violation of basic rule. szo. Thomas R. Caldwell, unnecessary noise. S15. Leonard W. Howell, overwidth. $10. Virgil L. Brown, defective clear ance lights. $6. John D. Trude, violation of basic rule. $15. Arthur W. Coulter, overlength, $10, and Insufficient binder chains, $15. Bojana H. Vincent, no operator's license, $10. Garth A. Boss, violation of basic rule. $15. James A. Westensee. no public utilities commission license. $10. Howard R. Lockwood, overwidth, S3. Waymon Bidders, no operators li cense. S10. David E. Rasmussen, driving while embraced. $7.50. Orval J. Schwartz, truck speeding, 15. Earl Miller, overlength, $15. CIRCUIT COURT Vera N. Poole vs. Erford H. Poole, divorce complaint. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Ralph B. Stout. Grants Pass, and Kathyrn Elaine Ritchey Hill, Eugene. Cake and coffee were served all day at the Hilts store Sat urday and a fishing creel and approximately thirty dollars in cash were presented to Frank Ayris from the people of the community. Ayris has been the butcher at the Hilts store for the past 4V6 years and is retiring. He and his wife have purchased a home near Central Point to which they moved Sunday. regional office, write Nor blad a letter, outlining their proposed change, its effect in terms of service and financial savings. Contact Man Norblad is their contact man because he is a Republi can, and there is a touch of the old spoils system in the way the Post Office Depart ment is run. If Norblad ap proves, the change is made. If he objects, they leave mat ters unchanged. No other member of the Oregon delega tion has this power of ap proval, including two Sen. Richard L. Neuberger and Rep. Charles O. Porter-who are on the Post Office com mittees of Congress. Both are Democrats. Norblad says that since he has had this authority, start ing in 1953 when the Eisen hower administration took of fice, 48 post offices in his congressional district have been discontinued or convert ed to rural stations at a sav ing of $78,491 annually. After the defeat of two Republican congressional colleagues from Oregon in 1956, Norblad has had this position for the entire state. In those two years, he approved changes in 26 post offices outside his own dis trict at an estimated saving of $48,325 a year. Only One Protest There was only one in stance, Norblad says, in which he protested a change. That was at Hammond in Clacka mas county where, he said, "there was too much activity to warrant a conversion." Postal officials dropped their plans. Postal officials say there is nothing unusual about these many changes in Oregon. It is part of a nationwide trend to ward fewer, larger postal sta tions. Around the turn of this century there were more than 75,000 post offices in the na tion. Now there are just over 36,000. Urbanization is the cause of the closing of many small rural offices. Norbiad's file of corre spondence with the depart ment reveals some striking examples, such as the case of Duncan, Umatilla county, where gross receipts of the post office in 1957 were $47. Postmaster's salary alone was $447 plus allowances. "In addition to the post master and his mother, the office serves only one fam ily," Norblad was advised, "An average of only one money order a month is is sued at the Duncan post of fice." So last spring, a consolida tion of the postal districts of Duncan and Gibbon was ef fected, with a saving esti mated at $800. "It may be only a few hun dred dollars," observed Nor blad concerning the saving, "but there must be hundreds of these throughout the coun try." Infrequent Success Rep. Al Ullman and Charles Porter have tried to stop clos ures or conversions on some occasions when local citizens rose up in protest but with only infrequent success. They say they are usually notified only after the decision ' has been made. Porter was successful in helping stop closing of the Umpqua post office 18 miles from Roseburg. Postal of ficials said only nine families called for their mail from this office. But Porter got a petition signed by 150 per sons who said they used the Umpqua post office. After that, the department prom ised "no further action at this time." But when Porter objected to converting the Eastside post office into a rural station of Coos Bay, he got no place in supporting protests of resi dents. He wrote Eastside's mayor as follows: "I know that you and the city council understand that, as a Democratic representa tive, I have very little to say about decisions made by the Post Office Department, which is controlled by a Re publican administration. The postmaster general and his assistants listen t0 Republican Representatives and politic ians, and the final decision in this matter was entirely out of my hands." List of Changes The offices of several Demo crats suggested that Norblad On Monday morning Walt Adams assumed the duties of the new butcher. He and Mrs. Adams are making their home temporarily at the State Line until the house which has been reserved for them is re paired. They came to this area from Redding where he was employed at the Farmer's Market. Plans Being Made. For Science Fair Yreka - Final preparations are being made for the third annual Siskiyou County Science Fair which is sched uled March 12 through 14 in the old high school gymnas ium at Yreka. Entries so far received in dicate that the number of junior division exhibits, grades 7 through 9, will be comparable to those of last year, according to Keneth G. Young, director of curriculum for Siskiyou county schools. Young said it is doubtful if the senior division will match the 1958 number of entries, but contestants will be striv ing to maintain the quality shown last year, when Siski you students took 9 of the 33 awards at the reginal event in Chico. "A team from Southern Ore gon college in Ashland, con sisting of three professors, will judge the junior division entries. ; About 70 per cent of the milk produced in' the U.S. is used for the manufacture of various dairy products. MEDFORD EC AL SP PURCHAS "Mobilheat" The Oil to Burn S&H GREEN STAMPS TOO MEDFORD FUEL GO. Tel. SP 2-2111 SUMMER FABRICS NYLON DRESS SHEERS t DRIP-DRY ARNEL AND COTTON CREASE RESISTANT RAYON JACQUARDS COTTON ACETATE CHECKS -CREASE RESISTANT A GAY ASSORTMENT OF NEW SUMMER COLORS AND TEXTURES 1.69 VALUE YARDAGE - STREET FLOOR was quick to approve closure of post offices outside his own constituents, Norblad denies this, saying he blocked only one change in his district. ' In the past two years, the following post offices outside Norbiad's district have been dropped or made rural sta tions: (D) means discontinued, (C) means converted. Ada, Lane county (D), $1,- 8o0 saving; Blackbutte, Lane, (D), $2700; Coburg, Lane, (C), $3000; Denmark, Curry, (C), $1000; Duncan, Umatilla, (D), $800; Eastside, Coos, (C), $1, 000;Gaylord, Coos, (C), $1000; Goshen, Lane, (C), $1400; Granite, Grant, (D), $630; Harber, Curry, (C), $6400; Hardman, Morrow, (D); Hau ser, Coos, (D) $3700; Holland, Josephine, (C) $1625; Holley; Linn, (C) $2000; Mabel, Lane, (D) $200; Maryville, Gilliam, (C) $1450- Mohawk Lane, (C) $1000; Oretech, Klamath, (C) $2000; Pine, Baker, (con solidated) $1950; Robinette, Baker, (D); Saginaw, Lane, (C) $2300; Takilma, Joseph ine, (C) $820; Wamic, Wasco, (C) $4800; Wonder, Josephine, (C) $1600; Worden, Klamath, (D) $1500. 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