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19 MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dfori, Oregon. FrMy, April 17, 1939 OBITUARIES MRS. LEO LA K. OSWALD Grants Pass-Mrs. Leola Katherine Oswald, 44, of Highway 99 south, box 3855, Grants Pass, died April 16. She was born March 27, 1915, in Hamilton City, Calif. She married Charles B. Os wald and had made her home in Grants Pass for the past 214 years. Survivors include her hus band, Charles B. Oswald, Grants Pass; one son, Charles Kenneth Oswald, Eagle Point; her mother, Mrs: Katherine Long, Red Bluff, Calif.; three brothers, Nathan Long and Ollie Long, both Orland, Calif.; and Loyd Long, Red Bluff, Calif.; and two sisters, Mrs. J. Wallace Smith, Chico, and Miss Lena Long, San Francisco. Funeral services will be held in Chico, Calif., Satur day, April 18, at 2 p.m. with local arrangements by Hull and Hull Funeral home, Grants Pass. Interment will be in Willows, Calif. ber, 1943, and served as a ser geant in the 60th repair squad ron of the Air Force. Funeral services, with the Elks lodge officiating, will be held at Litwiller's Funeral home at 11 a.m. Monday, Apri 20. Interment will fol low at Mt. View cemetery. Funeral services for Albert T. Lehman, 73, who died April 13, at the Veterans Administration Domiciliary, Camp White, will be held at the Mikeworth's Peninsula Funeral home, Portland, this evening. Interment will be held in the Willamette Na . tional cemetery. Mr. Lehman was born Sept, 22, 185, in Iowa and was a Veteran of World War I. Perl Funeral home is in charge of local arrangements DIANNA LYNN BAKER Ashland-Dianna Lynn Bak er, seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Baker, 450 Guthrie St., Ashland, died early today in a local hospital. She was a first grade student at Lincoln school The child was born March 10, 1952, in Klamath Falls. Survivors, besides her par ents, include her brothers, Daniel and Kenneth; sisters, Karen and Shirley; and grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil lard Baker, Winston, and Mr. and Mrs. Banks Moist, Lewis town, Pa. Funeral services will' be an nounced by Litwiller's Fu neral home. WALTER H. O'TOOLE Ashland-Walter H. (Darby) O'Toole, Lithia hotel, Ash land, died Wednesday, April 15, in a local hospital.' He is survived by his wife, Lennie. Mr. O'Toole, who was born in Medford Feb. 11, 1913, was a member of the Ashland Elks lodge and the Veterans of For eign Wars. He entered the service in Medford in Octo- CARL R. ROUTH A requiem mass for Carl R. Routh, 60, of Gold Hill, who died Wednesday in a local hos pital, will be offered by the Rev. Father William McLeod at Sacred Heart Catholic church at 9 a.m. Monday. Reci tation of the Holy Rosary will be held Sunday at 7:30 pjn. in the Conger-Morris Funeral home. Committal will be pri vate in Rock Point cemetery at Gold Hill. Mr. Routh was born May 2, 1898, in Humansville, Mo., and was married on Oct. 2, 1918, in LaJunta, Colo., to Miss Jewel Robinson, who sur vives. He had lived in Gold Hill for the past 29 years. Surviving besides his wife, are one son, Carl R. Routh; his mother, Mrs. Sam Routh, both of Gold Hill; and four sisters, Sarah Larson of Bell, Calif.; Blanche Crutz of Du pont, Colo.; Rosa Kleypas of Temple, Texas, and Edith Thompson of Gold Hill. WILLIAM J. SMITH Services for William J. Smith, 88, of Gold Hill, who died Wednesday at a local hos pital, will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the Conger-Morris Funeral home. Clynton Cris man, pastor of Medford Friends church will officiate. Committal will be in Rock Point cemetery, Gold Hill. He had been a resident of Gold Hill for 65 years. Surviving are two sons, Ivan and George Smith of Gold Hill, and one daughter, Mrs. Irene Delgado, Walnut Creek, Calif. CHARLES SPENCER Graveside services for Charles Spencer, 86, of Gold Hill, who died Thursday in a local hospital, will be held at Rock Point cemetery in Gold Hill Saturday at 11 a.m. W. H. Burchman, Church of Christ, Grants Pass, will of ficiate. Conger - Morris is in charge of arrangements. MRS. RUTH B. CUSTARD Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth B. Custard, 66, of 1251 Kings highway, Medford, who died in a local hospital Thurs day, will be read in the Con ger-Morris funeral home by a Christian Scientist Saturday at 11 a.m. Committal will be urn : Model DA-620S f . GENERAL ELECTRIC A Real Bargain Store Special NEW WARRANTY SAVE $20 on this new, slightly damaged G-E DRYER 1959 Model GUARANTEED USED DRYERS Montgomery Ward, '3 temperatures Firestone, late model Marquette, late model G-E Dryer Bendix, late moder Westinghouso Automatic ' .$77.70 . 77.70 . 77.70 . 67.70 . 77.70 . 77.ro DONT WAIT -SAVE NOWl HOME APPLIANCE CO.' MMtfm 303 SO. FRONT ST. Ph. SP 2-5595 I New Director of Nursing at Rogue Valley Hospital Mrs. Mary A. Vanderlin has joined the staff of Rogue Val ley hospital as director of nursing, it was announced to day by the administrator, C. I. Gustafson. She arrived in Medford last week, and. is making her home at 873 Mur phy rd. The personnel committee of the board of directors of the hospital is giving a tea Wednesday afternoon, honor ing Mrs. Vanderlin. Hospital employees, members of the medical staff, board of direc tors and ladies' auxiliary are invited to meet her then in the board and conference room of the hospital. Mrs. Chester Guches is in charge of arrangements for the af fair, scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. In Profession Since 1946 Mrs. Vanderlin is a gradu ate of the University of Okla homa School of Nursing, Ok lahoma City, and has been active in the nursing profes sion since 1946. Her exper ience includes duty as a gen eral staff nurse in the oper ating room, and as health service nurse and instructor of personal hygiene at Uni versity hospital, Oklahoma City. For five years she served as a staff nurse at the Veterans Administration, hos pital, Muskogee, Okla. Since 1954, Mrs. Vanderlin has worked in California, first at Peralta hospital, Oakland, then at Eden hospital, Castro Valley, where she began as private in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Custard was born Feb. 15, 1893, at Lafayette, Mo., and married Jesse B. Custard, Jan. 16, 1917, at Liberty, Mo. They moved to Medford in 1938 and operated the Grif fin Creek store until 1954. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Edward C. Evanson, Medford; a grand son, James; three sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Shadow, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Lorine Goode, Viola, Wise; and Mrs. Berna- dine Lynch, Kansas City, Mo.; and two brothers, Austin Boulden, St. Louis; and John Boulden, Tulsa, Okla. FRANK DUFEK The body of Frank Dufek, 66, of 1531 South Peach st., who died Wednesday at his home, was forwarded today by Conger - Morris Funeral home to his former home in Merrill, Wis., for services and interment. Mr. Dufek was born March 1, '1893, at Antigo, Wis., and married at Grants Pass on Jan. 14, 1955, to Miss Lesta McVey, who survives. Mr. Du fek served in the United States Army from May 27, 1918, until April 23, 1919. Surviving besides his wife, are one brother, Adolph E. Dufek, Glendora, Calif., and three sisters, Mrs. Fanny Ki ley, San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Clara Michaels, Iron Moun tain, Mich.; and Mrs. Emma Gross, Glendora, Calif. RICHARD MARK DAVIS Graveside services for Rich ard M. Davis, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Da vis, Central Point, who' died April 14, were held 4his after noon at 3 o'clock in Siskiyou Memorial park. The Rev. Richard Jones, Eastwood Bap tist church, officiated. Conger-Morris was in charge of arrangements. Surviving besides the par ents are the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Chamber lain, Central Point, and Mrs. Mable Davis Matney, Gold Hill. DOUGLAS DECKER A requiem mass for Doug las Decker, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Decker, Central Point, who died Thursday, will be offered by the Rev. William McLeod at Sacred Heart Catholic church at 9 a.m. Saturday. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Conger-Morris Funeral home. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Surviving besides his par ents are one brother, Tony; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Mask, Rose burg; and Mr. and Mrs. James Santich, San Francisco; two great grandmothers, Mrs. Jo sephine Olson, Hugo, Ore., and Mrs. Gerrie Klein, Rose-burg. Buy Dmltlrt C....I,, At UUIIU6I9 UUIIIJ XL QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Til Bricks, Flue 727 W. MeAndrews Phone SP 3-4575 or SP 2-4107 City Council Awards Contract, Other Projects Considered A contract for constructing the Berrydale sanitary sewer system at a cost of $221, 912.75 was awarded by the Medford city council last night to Jeske Brothers Con struction company, Eugene. The Jeske Brothers bid, over five per cent below the engineer's estimate, includes the alternate of asbestos ce ment service connections. The contract does not in clude two pumping stations in the system, for which Den Herder jConstruction comp any, Lebanon, was apparent low bidder. City Manager Robert A. Duff asked that the contract for this part of the project be deferred until the pumps included in the bids are qualified and until bids are adjusted for a new site location. Other Projects The council approved, fol lowing public hearings, a san itary sewer project for an area east of South Riverside ave. and a water main pro ject for Mary st. between Saling'ave. and East Jackson st. Duff was authorized to call for bids on each. The sewer project would serve most of the area from the intersection of Spencer ave. and 12th st. south to Stewart ave., and from South Riverside ave. east to the pro posed Highway 99 freeway right of way. supervisor of surgical service and then became assistant di rector of nursing. She has been assistant director of nursing at Peninsula hospital, Burlingame, Calif., for the past two years. Duff estimated assessments for the sewer at $2.35 per front foot, S84 per acre and S45 per connection. He stated that property owners already served by a city sewer would not be assessed for the new project. 4 Property owners at the hearing spoke both for and against the sewer, with sev eral asking the council and city officials for clarifica tions. Duff stated that since the state in acquiring right- of way land for the freeway would assume any liens on properties it acquired, prop erty owners losing their lots would not be paying full sewer assessments as well. Harry Skyrman, Medford attorney representing mem bers of the Earhart family who own a large portion of property in this area, asked several questions and stated that the Earharts should have a voice in deciding the sewer route across their property. Paul Rynning, county road engineer representing the county court, stated that the court approved of the project since it would serve the coun ty shops and fairgrounds. Two owners of commercial properties in the area agreed a sewer was badly needed. Duff told the council with respect to the sanitary sewer needs of Eastover terrace that a third alternative for that area had proved unfeasible. Property owners turned down two previous proposals when bids submitted on them prov ed to be well above the engi neer's estimates. The council authorized Duff to sign the contract with R. A. Heintz Construction company for a sewer based on the second alternative since there appeared to be no other approach and the sani tation problem is serious. Estimated Cost . The estimated cost per lot based on bids for this second proposal, which involves in stalling a gravity line from Eastover terrace down to the Rogue Valley Country club, has been estimated by Duff at about $1,077. The council called for a public hearing May 7 ,on a proposed sanitary sewer for Springbrook rd. from a point ,600 feet south of West Rob erts rd. to a point 800 feet north . of Buckshot Hill rd. Plans and specifications for this project were approved as well. The councilmen agreed to Duff's recommendation that this project's cost be assess ed on the basis of an estimat ed $2.50 per front foot and $40 for connections. He ex plained that property owners in this are are already pay ing an acreage assessment since they are included in the Kenwood - Grandview sewer district. Taxiway Resurfacing The council approved plans and specifications for resur facing three taxiways at the Medford airport in connec tion with this year's federal airport aid project,' and auth orized calling for bids on the work. The prequali fication of eight contractors for bidding on city projects was approved. Three Buildings Planned at College Yreka Three buildings for the new College of the Siskiyous at Yreka are in sight today following opening of bids last-week by the col lege board. Construction of the col lege was in doubt earlier be cause of the tight budget. Redding Engineering Con tractors was low bidder at $101,967 for the three main buildings. D. L. Enloe, Mt. Shasta, was apparent low bid der at $4,086 for the drilling of a well. The board's estimate for the construction had been $100,000, but Dr. M. J. Green shields, college president, cal culated that the district could get by during the 1958-59 and 1959-60 fiscal years with $115,000 cost and be able to equip the school on a mini mum basis. The low bid was accepted subject to approval of the architect, Mario J. Ciampi, San Francisco, who will be asked to reduce the footings specified for the 'buildings. The district's building inspec tor told the board that the proposed buildings were "over-engineered" for the footings by Ciampi's consult ing engineer. ALMOST MADE IT Dubuque, Iowa -(LTD- Benny Russo was 36 inches away from freedom again today at the county jail. A jailer said he found him only six inches away Thursday, he had chis eled 30 inches into his cell wall with a f.teel bed slat. Chesterfield, England - (TF1 -Police Chief Constable W. E. Pitts said today he will not allow his patrol car squads to participate in a town road safety show. Last year, while taking part in the annual show, two of his patrol cars collided. 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