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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1959)
Medford Tribune Because this tree was for "our park," the sand lot set was on hand to offer advice when city employees moved a tree to the new Union park recently. Youngsters, of the Plum, Twelfth and Thirteenth streets vicinity where the park is located are as enthusiastic as their elders over the planning and planting, for it is a "do it ourselves" project. Men of the crew are (left to right) John Dyer, Tom Mee and Fred Grow and the tree, a zelkova serrata, was one of six given to the park by Wililam Ferris, manager of Memory Garden Memorial park. Mrs. Estelle Willoughby and her two sons who live nearby will keep the six trees watered. ' , " :' j AS. iwT f; ifV: i.nf riirnrlinlil'lHSin" 1i i nlferf'jh.ir in-rlli-ri.ifl iia If -ift-") Vif St- -,. Girl Scouts and Brownies of Washington school yare helping to plant trees in the new park. Pictured during one planting workout are Scouts and Brownies Marilyn Roelfs, Nancy Davidson, Sara Myers, Susie Davidson, Linda Regan, .. Irene Groves, Judy Wheeler and Carol Riecke. Supervising were Mrs. Paul Kurovsky (at left) and Mrs. John Davidson. The tree is a Paul Scarlet hawthorne, one of six trees bought and planted by Troop 103, Troop 142, Troop 24, Troop 34 and Troop 95. The girls will also water and care for the trees until they are growing well. L -V,. -fv V1 --Xtl :H&yrMfcw f MEDFORD,. OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1959 Operation Park ' Paul Fullmer of the Stevens Tree Surgery company lives In the Union park neighborhood, so he volunteered to cut dead wood and mistletoe from the oak trees. A number of years ago six lots were dedicated to Medford by a property owner for a park, but since the city had no funds to develop the tract, residents of the area are doing the work themselves. Carpenters, brick masons, plumbers and welders are all lending their time and skill; material is being donated and the city is running a water line so that new trees may be watered and drinking fountains and taps can be supplied. , Last Saturday apprentices of Local 9 of the Bricklayers' union helped construct a form for the first outdoor .fireplace for Union park. At work here are (left to right) John Samples, Philip Stump, crew "boss"; Gordon Gwinn and Paul Weaver; the "sidewalk engineers" are Steve Shaffer, Thomas Keeton and Ray Davis. In a short time the new park will be ready for play and picnics; parents will be able to supervise and watch , . . . their children as they make use of the play area and equipment. Professional planning has been available for Union park. John Adams (right), landscape architect for Crater Lake park. United States Park service, volunteered his services and also aiding the project has been Ned Langford, pic tured here 'with Mrs. Langford and their three children. Mr. Langford is a consultant with the University of Oregon bureau of municipal research. Keeping in mind the existing paths and natural play areas of the tract, the two men laid out the park with a "tricycle freeway," picnic area and nearby tot lot, the latter to be equipped with sand boxes and big "crawl through" tile. , (All photos by John Williams) V--. ' --ss Sf pSfp Price Shaffer (left), unofficial chairman of the project, and John Green worked last Saturday at building picnic tables designed by Leland Mentzer and being made from donated materials. Both men and their families live in the neigh borhood. Also active in the project; are Mrs. Shaffer, the John N. Davidsons, R. H. Rians Jr., and both Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fullmer. The Leonard Carpenters, formerly of Medford and now of Carmel, Calif., helped to purchase needed trees.
