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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1959)
Armstrong Trapshoot Nelson Reed, Klamath Falls, look the Medford MaU Trib une trophy with the flip of i coin and Everett Armstrong, E j gene, was high overall for the two days in the Mail Tribune Trapshoot in g tourney t Medford Gun club Satur day and Sunday. Reed and L. A. Shepherdd Ophir, tied with 09s in Class A at 16 yards yesterday morn ing. Each broke 25 birds in al hoot-off and then flipped a coin for winner and runner up prizes in the class. Mendenhall trophy for Class B and lower in the event went to Harold Wooley, Drain. He fired a 97 to tie with Everett Gibson, Central Point, and Paul Culbertson, Medford. Wooley shattered 25 and Gibson and Culbertson each 24 in the extra then Gib son edged Culbertson 24 to 21 on a second 25 for winner and runner-up trophies in Class B. Armstrong smashed 429 of the 450 registered targets for overall honors. Wooley was runner-up with 426. v Salem Shamrocks Defeat Rogue Dairy Salem - The , Capital City Shamrocks needed 10 innings here yesterday to win their first game of the Northwest Women' Major Softball league. They beat Rogue Val ley Dairy Maids 2 to 1.. Vivian Reaves doubled home the winning run. Scor ing the tally was Charlotte Knaggie who had forced out Linda Mensar after a single by the latter batter. The Maids scored first in the battle with Dora Hickson getting on base on an, error and Bernice Bigham lashing a triple. Two errors, a walk and a hit by Phyllis Nybaake gained Salem a fifth inning counter. Maid pitcher Pat Barron came through with a six hit- ter, walking four and strik ing out five. Nybaake gave two free passes and walked two. Barron and Bigham for Rogue Valley and Reaves and Sue Hendrie for Salem each had two hits. Rogue Valley is now 4-4 in " the league and Salem is 1-4. The Dairy Maids have a non-league game with Klam Gaston Reaches c State B Final Drain - (CPU - Gaston gained the state class B high school baseball finals here Saturday by downing Yoncalla 11-0. Gary Linton tripled and singled to bring in three runs. The winning pitcher was Ladd Gooding for a record of 11 straight victories in class B play. Semifinals in Class A-l are scheduled for today and Tues day. Jefferson's city cham pions play at Tigard tonight at 8 p.m. The Dalles hosts Medford Tuesday night. Med ford beat North Bend, 4-1, Friday to gain the semifinals. Kennedy Decision Due Early in 1960 Washington-fliPl-Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) said he will decide "by the first of 1960" whether he will run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Kennedy warned his fellow Democrats Sunday that they would be "very contemptu ous" of the voters if they as sumed that any Democrat could win the presidency in 1960. "The t odds are with the Democrats but the candidate has to be as strong as the party is," he said. Kennedy is regarded by his Democratic colleagues as a front-runner for the nomina tion, even though he has not formally announced his can didacy. Beaverfon Boy's Body Located . Depoe Bay (UPD A body identified as that of Julian Piers Sloan, 10, of Beaverton, was found Sunday afternoon in the ocean about one-half mile south of here by three fishermen. The Sloan boy disappeared May 9 with a companion, Margaret Gray, 37, Portland, after the two set out for a walk while vacationing with the, youngster's mother. jThe body of Miss Gray washed up on the beach here May 17. The Lincoln county coroner's office said death in both cases was believed due to drownirig. Authorities the orized the two accidentally fell from a cliff into the sea The boy's body was found 300 yards offshore by Bob Bernson, Charles Chopin and Bill Baucom, all of Albany. Overall Winner Don Petersen, Medford, with 97 was winner and Wooley with 96 was next in the Jim Memorial handicap yesterday. Armstrong took Class I doubles with 48 of 50 and George Jantzer follow ed with 46. In Class n Wooley and DeForest Sober, Gold Beach, cracked 44 apiece and Wooley won 20 to 17 in the shoot-off. Dean Bubar, Roseburg, won the extra yesterday forthe Chester Wood handicap tro phy after each busted 48 on Saturday. Bert Pecfc, Central Point, and Sober each shot 95 in the Class C part of yesterday's 16-yard event. They tied with 24s in a run-off and Peck picked up the winner's hard ware on a coin toss. Jack L. Porter, Medford, claimed Class D with 94 and Ray Bartley, Myrtle Point, was next with 93. Shepherd's 99 made him high veteran. Don Clogston was top junior with 93 and Lucile Adams, Klamath Falls, high lady with 73. Maids 2-1 ath' Falls on Thursdav at Memorial stadium, Camp White. . LINESCORE: Dairy Maid 000 100 000 01 7 5 Salem 000 010 000 12 6 2 Barron and Main; Nybaake and Mantyla. Mickey Wright Cops Cavalier Virginia Beach, Va.- (DPD -Mickey Wright of Bonita, Calif., believes she played three of her most consistent rounds of golf this year in setting, a new LPBA circuit record and winning the Cava lier Women's invitational golf tournament. Miss Wright fired a steady one over par 70 Sunday for a 54-hole total of 207 and $997.50 in prize money. Mick ey, in her fifth year in pro golf, won by two strokes over Beverly Hanson of , Indio, Calif. Chuck Hunter Takes Crown Roseburg-flJPD-Chuck Hunt er of the University of Ore gon won the 12th annual Roseburg amateur golf cham pionship Sunday, defeating an Oregon teammate. Tom Shaw, 3 and 2. Search Called Off For Two Brothers Newport (DPD An exten sive Coast Guard search for two brothers missing in the surf three miles south of "the south jetty of Yaquina Bay was called off late Sunday. Missing are John Clark, 47, and Kenny Clark, 50, of Al bany. A Coast Guard cutter and a 40-foot patrol boat, along with a beach patrol, searched from Saturday afternoon when the men were reported missing, until late Sunday with negative results. The brothers were fishing with two companions, Harris Poore and Frank Nightengale also of Albany, off the surf in a 15-foot outboard skiff. Poore and Nightengale left the boat about noon Saturday and the Clark brothers went back to sea. - ' Late Saturday afternoon, their damaged and capsized boat was sighted by a Yac quina Bay resident who re ported it to the Coast Guard. A Coast Guard spokesman said the search was "hope less." He said the men did not have lifejackets and there was little chance they would be found soon. Elvis Presley Gels Promotion Frankfurt, Germany (UPD -Elvis Presley has been pro moted to specialist fourth class, a rank equivalent to that of corporal. The promotion means a $22.92 a month salary in crease for the millionaire sing-er-holdier. He now makes a total of $122.30 a month. Army officials said Elvis was promoted as soon as he became eligible because of the excellent service he has done so far. Presley is due to be dis charged in the spring of 1960. FROSH, ROOKS BILLED Portland (DPD Multnomah Stadium Director Harry Glickman announced Satuday that the University of Oregon Freshmen and the Oregon State College Rooks will meet in a football game at the sta dium Thursday night, Oct. 29. SPORTS Bout Suit To Trial New York-(DPD -The Eddie Machen - Ingemar Johansson return-bout suit was sched uled to go to trial today be fore Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman. Attorneys representing Machen, Johansson, and heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson were unable to reach an out-of-court settle men"; Friday during a huddle with Judge Kaufman, and he ordered it to trial. Hicks Set For Jordan ' Seattle-(DPD-Schoolboy Bob by Hicks will meet welter weight champion Don Jordan in a six-round exhibition next month, it was announced Fri day, r George Chemeres, Hick's manager, said the bout would be part of a ftgular boxing show. q Lanny Quintoli, Aberdeen Hoquiam prAioter, is inter ested in staging the program in the Grays Harbor area, Chemeres said. He added that a site has not been decided on as yet because other of fers have been received from Kennewick and Seattle. Jordan will count the ex hibition as part of his train ing for his title defense against Denny Moyer in Port land July 10. Chemeres said the meeting with Jordan would be a good test for the undefeated Hicks adn perhaps give some indi cation as to whether he is ready for bigger game. Seniors Honored At Annual Event Rogue River - The senior breakfast, an annual affair given by the Rogue River Civic Improvement club since 1942, was held Wednesday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars dining hall. The event was at tended by 61 seniors, faculty members and their wives, guests and club members. Each of the senior girls was presented a corsage of the class colors, white and ma roon, by Mrs. Jerusha Moore and Mrs. Victor Friend. The boys received white lapel flowers. Mrs. Cloyd Dick, who at tended the first senior break fast as a club member was mistress of ceremonies. Mrs. Lester Drum, club president, greeted the students and the Rev. Henry Holzinger, Wimer Community church, gave the invocation. Each senior spoke on their school years and told of their future plans. Ten seniors of the 27 students had attended Rogue River schools the en tire 12 years and 17 all four years of high school there. Music was furnished by the Rogue Rebels during the breakfast h6ur and for two dance numbers given by Kathleen Classick. Mothers of the graduates served the breakfast and Mrs. Rollan Steihl, Mrs. William White and Mrs. Moore decor ated the tables, using dog wood, the" class flower. Baskets of white and maroon iris banked the stage and fa vors for the girls were minia ture dolls in Centennial dress. The boys received small cov ered wagons. The Rev. E. D. Havemann, pastor of the Church of God, gave the benediction. Cemetery Group Elects New Director Ralph Ellis, Central Point, was elected for a three-year term to the board of directors of the Antioch Cemetery as sociation at its annual meet ing May 30. The cemetery is one of the older cemeteries in the coun ty and during World War H was covered with dirt to pro tect it from the shelling of the Army practice range..The association was formed to re establish the cemetery after the Army uncovered it. All persons with relatives or friends buried there may contact any of the directors. They include Orin Glass, 2m mett Nealon, Ralph Ellis, all Central Point, or the clerk, Mrs. Clarlotte R. Sweet. Boy Scouts Pack 4 Cub Scout Pack 4, Oak Grove and West Side schools, will hold a picnic Thursday at 6 p.m. at the West Side school. Baseball will be play ed and awards presented. Each family is asked to take their own service with the pack furnishing hot dogs and buns, coffee and cold drinks. Black Tornado Heads For Indian Ruckus A 17-Medford High school baseball squad headed for The Dalles this morning for the Oregon Class A-l baseball championship semi-finals. Black Tornado diamond men oppose TheTDalles Indi ans at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Winner will go into the titular game next Saturday at Multnomah stadium in Portland. Jeffer son of Portland and Tigard play tonight for the other fi nals berth. The Tornado crew was to have a workout under the lights this evening at the scene of the semi-finals. Mem bers of the host club will have the advantage of previous games under the arcs this sea son. Medford and The Dalles last met on the diamond in 1956. That game was also in the state semi-finals and Med ford won 2 to 1 on a dramatic hit by Ed Reinking which broke up a 1-all tie. On the Tornado travel ros ter this time are Dennis Barr, ILLINOIS VALl!EY Large Dam Being Built By RUTH RAUSCH Cave Junction-The largest irrigation storage reservoir yet to be constructed in the area served by the Illinois Valley Soil Conservation dis trict is now being built on the William J. Sowell place. The 22-foot-high earth fill dam will provide a water surface ,of five acres and a storage of 56 acre feet of water. The engineering work was provided by the engineers of the Soil Conservation ser vice. This is one of several irri gation storage reservoirs be ing planned by the SCD en gineers in the Illinois Valley. The birthdays of Mrs. Don Allen and Mrs. Jens Hansen were honored when the Illin ois Valley Civic Women's league met last Wednesday at the home of Mrs. V. Kirk in O'Brien. During the pot luck dinner social meeting, final arrange ments were made for the com ing .installation of new offic ers. Mrs. Carl Jolly and chil dren are planning a ten-day vacation in Seattle, and Ever ett, Wash., visiting friends and relatives as soon as school is closed. Visitors in the Valley Sat urday afternoon were Sena tor and Mrs. Don Cameron. They spent the afternoon with historian Johnny Valen. ' Ortis Seat and Al Hobart have already taken on their duties as additional summer help at the Redwood Quaran tine station. More men are ex pected to join the staff this month in preparation for the anticipated heavy summer traffic. A group of the high school FFA boys with advisor Wally Eichler, attended the Farm Festival held at Crater High school last Saturday. Two of the group, Howard Rigle and Joe Lewis, entered the greas ed pig contest which was won by a girl entry. Several awards were given at the Cub Scout picnic last Friday held in the Elk Creek recreational park. Recipients were Terry Cox, bear badge; Tommy Collister, wolf badge and gold arrow; Jimmy Holten, two silver ar rows; David Larson, lion badge; Roger Gammel, gold arrow; Robert Kihs, bear badge and gold arrow. Sharon Cooke left the Val ley last week for New York where she took a plane for Worms, Germany to. join her husband, Pfc. Jack Cooke who has been stationed there since the first of March. Pat and Frank Cooke are also in Germany and Frank is stationed about 12 miles from Jack Fatty sailed from New York the early part of March and was on hand to greet Sharon when she arriv ed. The Illinois Valley and Jo sephine county Centennial in formation booth is now com pleted and the keys are in the hands of the Centennial committee. The sub-committee handling the advertising, reports (all phases are in the final process and the highway banner and road signs are expected to be Phuie SP 3-4293 DAILY'S U-DRIVE Medford Airport Tom Laurence, Pat McLaugh lin and Herb Wheeler, pitch ers; Bob Pond, catcher; Low ell and Calvin Dean, Ray Konopasek, Ken Durkee and Dick Ragsdale, infielders, and George Ice, Jerry Anderson, Ken Jensen, Frank Petersen, Bob Quinney, Mike Parsons and Wayne Thompson, out fielders. ' The contingent includes head coach John Kovenz, as sistant ocach Frank Roelandt and managers Jim Casad and Doug Paddock. Coached by Noel Aronson, The Dalles has a record of 20 wins and three losses. The In dians were 6-0 in the Blue Mountain circuit against Pen dleton, Hermiston and La Grande. Leading hitter is Bob Alford with .386 and John Heldt has a .378 mark. Norm Marks heads in runs batted in with 25. Among the pitchers is Pete Briles (9-0), Heldt (7-0) and Ralph Sallee (3-0). Heldt is considered the No. 1 chucker. , finished and ready for instal lation next week. The Illinois Valley Centen nial events leaflet has gone to press and is expected to be' ready for distribution in approximately ten days. Liter ature requested from neigh boring cities and counties for distribution at the booth is being received. 'An added feature designed by the committee for the use of local residents is a pic torial mailing envelope. The envelope will contain one of the events folders and will ac commodate a personal note enclosure inviting friends and relatives to visit the Valley this summer. There will be no charge for the enveloDe and they can be obtained at the booth. Under consideration at the present time is an official dedication day for the booth, but no definite plans have been made. Recreation May Pass Lumbering Salem-(UPD-Thomas J. Wil liams, superintendent of Cra ter Lake National Park and Oregon Caves National Monu ment, told the opening ses sion of the 54th annual Ore gon Bankers Association con vention today that by the end of this state's second 100 years recreation will have surpass ed lumbering as a forest re source. Williams said logging prac tices would have to change in order to produce more and better timber on less acreage. "This can be done," he said, "but the industry will have to be forced to it." He suggested that banks ac quire foresters as staff offi cers to keep pace with "chang ing values in this major resource.-" Williams said the recrea tion industry, a $50 billion one last year, could increase at least 40 times over with the future population growth and greater percentage of "lei sure in prospect." "Hello! Is This the loan Co?" There are all sorts of reasons why YOU may need cosh immediately. An unexpected indebtedness, the desire to really "go places" or numerous others. 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Favors Open Discussion "I favor full and open dis cussion on this proposal," Neuberger said, but lie added that "certain comments" of the taxpayers association were designed "merelv to in- rflame public opinion without addmg anything to the sub stance of the debate." i The senator cited letters sent to newspapers and civic groups over the signature of John S. Parker of Florence, chairman of the Lane county group's information commit tee. Comparison 'Absurd' Neuberger said Parker had referred to Park Service of ficials i as "moving quietly among us like agents of a foreign power." Neuberger termed the com parison "absurd." He said the use of "hysterical charges against passage of my bill can only hinder reasonable discus sion of procedural questions involved." Partial Closures By Gas Dealers Portland -(UPD- Some Wil lamette valley gasoline deal ers were closed during the holiday week end, but a plan ned campaign against price policies of major oil compan ies was only partially success ful. - Charles L. Goforth, presi dent of the Oregon Gasoline Dealers Association, said the closure in Portland had fallen short of the 75 per cent hoped for and was closer to 50 per cent. He said, however, that 65 per cent of the gasoline sta tions in Salem were shut down Sunday and added he had been advised that the closure was 90 per .cent suc cessful in Eugene. Goforth said "threats of cancellation" of leases result ted in a number of Portland dealers remaining open. Goforth said "threats of cancellation" of leases result ed in a number of Portland dealers remaining open. The closure was organized to protest policies which dealers contend have caused a price war. 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