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NEW OFFICES - Headquartesrs for the
Jackson County Public Welfare commission
and the Oregon State Tax Commission is
this building recently completed at the cor
ner of Fourth and Grape sts., Medford. The
building, owned by the firm of Wilson
McCabe, is leased to the two agencies. The
modern building affords more efficient op
eration and will be directly responsible for
a saving in operating cost of several thous
and dollars a year, according to James
Pullman, welfare administrator. Rows of
scanlon maple and Modesto ash have been
planted in the parking along two sides of
the building under the Medford street tree
program.
Joint Ways, Means Committee
May Finish Budgets This Week
Salem -(UPfl- Robert Stew
ard, secretary of the Joint
Ways and Means committee,
said yesterday there was a
possibility the committee
could complete work on its
budgets this week.
Some 30 budgets remain to
be acted on and 15 of those
are scheduled on Tuesday'
agenda. '
Stewards said he was pleas
ed with the progress of Ways
and Means in disposing of its
. bills.
Big budgets to be acted on
Include higher education, ed
ucation and welfare.
So far the committee has
approved appropriations to
taling $42,993,421, a cut of
about one million dollars front
ex-Gov. Robert D. Holmes'
budget recommendations.
Still to be decided on is the
institution of higher educa
tion building program, with
on possible solution a long
range $50 million bonding
program.
Three hearings were set
for Monday, including one on
House Bill 646 regulating
trading stamps and putting a
$6,000 annual fee on sellers
of the stamps.
This hearing will be held
at 8 ajn. before the House
Committee on State and Fed
eral affairs.
The Senate Elections com
mittee meets at 8:30 a.m. on
Monday to discuss a bill (SB
482) making it illegal for any
person owning the majority
of stock in a financial insti
tution, insurance company or
public utility company to con
tribute money to promote the
success or defeat of any mea
sure submitted to the people.
The bill would be an am
endment to the Corrupt Prac
tices act.
Auction Bill
The House Commerce and
Utilities committees will hear
two bills regulating auctions,
particularly jewelry auctions,
at 1 p.m. Monday.
Before s adjourning Friday,
the 89th day of the session,
Plans for Benefit
Program in Ashland
Hearing Completion
, Ashland-Plam for the Ash
land High school band bene
fit program which will be
presented Saturday, April 18,
in Churchill hall on the
Southern Oregon college cam
pus, are nearing completion,
Thelma Tabor, president of
the Ashland High Band Boost
ers club, has announced.
The program is being pre
sented to raise funds to send
the Ashland band, majorettes,
and flag girls and the float
to the Junior Rose parade in
Portland.
Cooperating with the band
boosters club in ' sponsoring
the show is the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce.
The program will include
the melodrama, "He Ain't
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staged by the Southern Or
egon collge Players. Perform
ances will be given at 2:30
n.m. and at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
in Churchill hall, April 18.
Included In Cast
. Included in the cast for the
melodrama will be Joan Tay
lor, Ashland; Patricia Brown,
Prineville; Carolyn Edwards,
Gold Hill; Barbara Stamper,
Medford; Mervyn Newell,
North Bend; Wallace Gober,
Klamath Falls; and John Nor
lin. Gold Beach.
Dr. Dorothy Stolp of South
ern Oregon college is direct
ing the play, which was writ
ten by. Wilbur Braun.
Also on the program will
be a dance in Churchill hall
auditorium starting at 9:30
D.m.. and a box social at
11:30' P-m. Bill Bray of Mid
way Auction Yards. Medford,
will be auctioneer during the
box social.
Participating in the booster
campaign are the Ashland
Rotary club, which has charge
of .ticket sales in the down
town area; the Garden club,
H7h5rv will he rt rharse of
decorations; and the Sorop
timists club, which will pre
pare 15 complimentary box
lunches for the high school
dance band.
the House Tax committee dis
cussed the "free port" bill
which has already passed the
Senate.
The bill (SB 424) would ex
empt from taxation personal
property in transit through
Oregon to out-of-state destin
ations. Such property in Ore
gon warehouses consigned out
of state would, also be tax
free.
Senators who passed the
bill thought it would stimu
late commerce and the ware
house business.
Construction in
Forest Progressing
Butte Falls-Construction of
an office addition and equip
ment storage building is un
der way at the Butte Falls
ranger station, according to
Carroll Brown, superintend
end of the Rogue River Na
tional forest.
The work is being done by
the Rogue Valley Construction
company.
The new Prospect Ranger
station is nearing completion.
It includes an office and four
residences. Contractors are
Fordyce Brothers.
Bids will be opened at the
Regional forester's offices, 229
Oregon st., Portland, April 16
for construction of a new resi
dence at Star Ranger station
on the Applegate river. Plans,
specifications and bid forms
may be obtained at the super
visor's office in the post office
building in Medford or from
the district ranger, Star Ran
ger station.
Boy Scout Troop
Holds Court of
Honor In Medford
Approximately 100 persons
attended the annual charter
dinner of Troop 8 last week
at the St. Mark's Guild hall.
Invocations was given by
Scoutmaster Elwood Hedberg.
After a potluck dinner pre
pared by mothers and troop
committee members ' guests
were introduced. They in
cluded Col. W. H. Paine, Mrs
Winifred Vail, Mr. and Mrs.
Judso.n Compton, Mr. and Mrs.
Darl Gleed, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
McDougall, Mr. and Mrs.R. D.
Church, Rev. and Mrs. George
R. V. Bolster, and Mrs. Elwood
Hedberg.
At a Court of Honor, awards
were given. Harry Barneburg
and his team from the troop
held a tenderfoot investiture
and presented the following
boys with their Tenderfoot
badges, neckerchiefs and
slides: Bill Kirby, James Bry
an, Mike McDonald, Gary
Harper and Ted Dawson.
Others were: second class
scouts, Ward Conger and Jim
Brinson; first class scouts, Bob
Bennett, Steve Davis and
Tim O'Mara and Billy Ed
wards. Merit badges: Tim. O'Mara,
scholarship, citizenship in
the nation, cooking and soil
and water conservation; Billy
Edwards, citizenship in the
community, home repairs and
soil and water conservation;
Steve, Swartzley, citizenship
in the community; Steve '
Davis, home repairs.-
Service awards: one year
service stars, Steve Davis, Bob
Bennett, Larry Humphreys,
Jim Moir, Johnny Johnson
and Dale Powell; . two-year
service stars, Don Kengla and
John Moir; three-year service
stars, Billy Edwards, Steve
Swartzley, Tim O'Mara and
Tom LeFaive.
Perfect attendance awards:
one-year, Bob Bennett and
Dale Powell; two-year, Tim
O'Mara; three-year, Steve
Swartzley-
Post 8 awards: organization:
advisor, Bob Frick; president,
Joe LeFaive; vice president,
Bill Dahlstrom; secretary
treasurer, Gene Lantz; repre
sentatives, Richard Knight
and Terry Coulter; cooking,
Joe LeFaive; operation icicle,
Joe LeFaive, Gene Lantz,
Richard .Knight and Terry
Coulter.
Service awards: 5-year serv
ice star, Joe LeFaive and Gene
Lantz; five-year perfect at
tendance, Joe LeFaive and
Gene Lantz.
Southern Oregon Gets 'Corvette'
Ashland - Southern Oregon
college's library has a Cormac
"Corvette," an all-purpose, all
automatic copying machine
that makes copies up to 11
inches wide by any length,
Miss Myrtle Funkhouser, li
brarian, has announced.
Producing dry, black-on-white
facsimilies from opaque
or translucent originals, from
pencil, ink or colors, the ma
chine needs no dark room fa
cilities. In addition, the library now
has the new Cormac book
printer which copies any page
size up to 11 by 17 inches clear
to the binding, without dam
age to the book or binding.
Students may make ar
rangements for copying ma
terial at the circulation desk,
with either Mrs. Mildred John
son or Mrs. Helen Sinko, and
requests for material should
be made three days in advance
of the time needed, Miss
Funkhouser said.
In producing copies for in
dividuals, the library plans to
follow the policy in practice
at the Oregon State college
library, charging 20 cents per
page for on - campus service
and 25 cents per page for off
campus service requiring mail
ing, she announced.
Progress on Work Of Project Aired
Cave Junction The latest
developments from the re
gional office of the bureau of
reclamation in Boise, Ida., on
the progress of the work on
the Sucker Creek Irrigation
project were heard at a meet
ing of the chamber of com
merce board of directors.
Regional Director Harold
Nelson said in a letter that
the regional office .is suffici
ently assured of the inten
tions of the people to develop
the land for the irrigation
project in view of the over
whelming vote irt favor of
the district. ;
On this basis, the regional
director made his report to
the commissioner's office in
Washington, D. C, in which
he outlined the additional
survey work to be done, re
sulting from changes in the
original boundaries of the
newly formed irrigation dis
trict. The report noted that an
appropriation of $40,000
would be needed and a period
of six or seven months in
which to make the new sur
vey. The chamber board voted
to lend its support in any way
possible in order to get the
Sunday, April 12, 1959 S
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon
necessary appropriations con
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session of Congress.
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frozen food. Plenty of park
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Mrs. Bell Takes Over
Club Managership
Mrs. Margaret Bell, Central
Point, former assistant mana
ger of the Medford Health
club, is now manager of the
club, according to Gerry
Washburn, representative of
the P. !.W. Investment com
pany,. Eugene.
The Eugene company pur
chased the club last month
from the Health-All corpora
tion, which started the club
here last year.
It was reported that new
equipment has been added at
the club,, located at 3 West
Sixth st.
Elizabethton, Tenn. (DPD -Mrs.
Ann Snavely called po
lice to rout a skunk colony
under her house and ended up
in full retreat herself. The po
lice fired tear gas pellets un
der the house, chasing out
Mrs. Snavely but not the
skunks.
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20 lbs. Ground Beef
10 lbs. Round Steak
10 lbs. Rib Steak
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10 lbs. T-Bone Steak
6 lbs. Pork Shoulder Roast
18 lbs. Pork Chops
6 lbs. Ham
6 lbs. Fryer
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Wafer May Be
Limited in Ashland
Ashland Mayor Richard
Neill last week told the coun
cil that Ashland residents may
be asked to conserve water
"if we have a dry summer."
He said the council and city
would be "sticking its neck
ouf'if it granted a petition re
questing city water outside the
city when residents within the
city may have to conserve
water this summer.
Carlton Abbott, represent
ing Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Padrta of Oregon City, re
quested the water be extend
ed for domestic purposes only
to property betwen the rail
road, the cemetery and an old
eating establishment.
Abbott said the Padrtas
planned to open a green house
and nursery on the property,
and Talent Irrigation district
water was available for use.
But, he said, Mrs. Padrta said
she did not care to drink wat
er from a well so near the
cemetery.
Music Fraternity
Initiates Members
Ashland - Members of Delta
Phi Alpha, honorary music
fraternity at Southern Oregon
college, recently initiated
Aleen Bessonette, Ashland;
Karen Elle, Lakeview; Eliza
beth Pramann, Phoenix; Shei
la Adler, Medford; and Julie
Joy, Ashland, Miss Helene M.
Robinson, faculty adviser, has
announced.
Candlelight ceremonies
were read by officers, May
nard Hadley, Medford; Lorna
Vance, Roseburg; Donna Mc
Farland, Klamath Falls; Car
ole Osterman, Lakeview; and
Miss Robinson.
Delta Phi Alpha is the only
undergraduate music honorary
of more than local scope in
the United States which ac
cepts both men and women
students. The purposes of the
organization are to stimulate
appreciation of good music
and of high standards of per
formance, and t to develop
qualities of leadership through
musical activities, Miss Robin
son explained.
WRONG IMPRESSION
Manchester, England (UPD
Ernest C. Horner, 45, pleaded
guilty Friday after police ar
rested him for being drunk
when he applied for a jani-,
tor's job at a police station.
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