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One of the few iron artisans in
the United States owns and op
erates a s&op in te Metfford
area. Cecil Watson, a man who
has always worked with his
hands, makes much AT the orna
mental Iron in the Cogue stiver
valley. A story about his busi
ness appeus on page 14 of
today's Mnr Tribune. :
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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1959
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State Centennial
Exposition Ready
For June 10 Start
' The Oregon Centennial ex
position hrcortland - describ
ed as the greatest show on
the West Coast in 20 years -is
scheduled to open Wednes
day, June 10.
"It's going to open on time
and it's going to be big and
exciting," states Medford
Berl Cox Named
New Princii
ipal
For McLoughlin
-Berl Cox, principal of Ash
land Junior High school, has
been named principal of Mc
Loughlin Junior High school,
Frank C. Bash, chairman of
the Medford school board, has
announced. r
(x, who was dean of boys
at Springfield Junior High
schol before moving to Ash
land, nas Deen a principal m
elementary schools, a teacher,
football and basketball coach
at North Bend Junior High
school, and principal at Ham
ing elementary school is Coos
Bay. He went to Springfield
In 1955, and moved to Ash
land in 1956. '.
', He holds a b a c h e 1 o r of
science degree from Oregon
College of Education, and a
master of education degree
from the University w Ore
gon, j -
Hedxfck Principal !.
Cox will succeed GJe.n n
Linn, who will become prin
cipal at Hedrick Junior High
; Bruce Nelson will be assistM
ant principal and dean of
boys at Hedrick, and Miss
June Wheaton will-be dean
of girls there. Don Darneille
will be assistant principal and
dean of boys at McLoughlin
Junior High, and Mrs. Gladys
Van Dyke will be dean of girls
at McLoughlin. -
r Robert Sage will succeed
John Childers as principal at
Roosevelt school, Bash an
nounced. Childers resigned to
nursue his interest in com
mercial flying, school officials
aid.
At Washington q
Ronald Weatherford will be
principal at Washington
school, and Herbert Wing will
b ; Drincital at West Side
school.
John Crabbe, former prin
cipal at Jacksonville :High
High school, will be super
visor of distributive education
at Medford High school. Bash
said. " -
Boundary Board
Passes Transfers
. -
The Jackson county bound
ary board Friday approved
the transfer of a section of
land on Ward creek, east of
lgue River, from District 6C
to the Rogue River school dis
trict.
It also approved transfer of
land near Foots creek in what
used to be the Ruch school
district (now part of Medford
sfcnool district) to the Rogue
River school district.
It took under advisement
proposed transfer of property
belonging to Mr. and Mrs,
Harry White to the Rogue
River school district from
District 6C. "
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HYPERBOLIC - PARABOLOIDS .Thii ing, will show Centennial visitors the many
unique structure, the Forest Products build- uses of Oregon's timber resources.
(See Other Picture on Paga 15.)
Mayor John W. Snider, a Cen
tennial commission member
Jackson county is to be
featured Saturday, June 13,
which Mayor Snider describes
as "the most privileged day of
all" since it is the first "big
day" after the opening.
The Ashland High school
band is slated to play Friday
in the exposition band shell.
It is also expected to march
in the Junior Rose Festival
parade. The Shadows, a group
of local singing teen-agers, are
also to be heard at the ex
position Friday.. . . , .
Two Cases
The Jackson county unit of
the Northwest Mining council
is planning to provide two
cases of ores and minerals for
display in the exposition's
"Frontier Village." This dis
play, it is understood, may ap
pear later this summer at the
Siskiyou Summit tourist wel
come stockade
Lausmann's Lousy Loggers,
local musicians who perform
"anything, anyhow and any
way," plan to play at the
opening Wednesday.
Gov. Mark Hatfield is to
open the exposition officially
Wednesday noon by pressing
a button that will set off a
rocket burst and a 100-gun
Centennial salute.
Trad Fair
Opening the same day will
be the International Trade
Fair, which Mayor Snider re
ports is "the largest . trade
fair ever held on the West
Coast, with nearly 30 nation;
represented, and the second
largest ever held in the Unit
ed States." i
Such nations as Ghana, Bul
garia and Yugoslavia .are to
be represented. The fair it
self is slated to run for a fort
night, with national exhibits
to remain on view for the rest
of the summer. '
The exposition's architectu
ral curiosities range from In
dian teepees to the hyperbolic
paraboloids of the Forest Prod
ucts building. This $250,000
structure has been financed by
funds raised under the lead
ership of Tony Lausmann of
Medford's Kogap Lumber In
dustries. It will be given to
the Oregon 4-H clubs after
ward as a permanent installa
tion. - - -
Timber Resources
The Forest Products build
ing will feature non-commercial
exhibits of the many uses
of Oregon's timber resources.
Next to it is the Garden of
Tomorrow, a botanical ex
travaganza including 5,000 of
the newest Rose hybrids, a
floral clock and a mammoth
Centennial candle.
The Frontier Village-"com-plete
with gunfights in the
street at regular intervals," a
sawmill cutting logs through
out the day, a picturesque
Centennial railroad, a Reli
gion building, an atomic en
ergy exhibit, aqua shows and
hundreds of other displays of
art, education, natural re
sources and commercial en
terprises are being readied.
The exposition will last 100
days through Sept. 17, accord
ing to present plans.
"It will take two- (and pos
sibly three) days for the aver
age family to see everything,'
Mayor .Snider reports. "I don't
believe that anyone will have
a problem finding a place in
stay," he adds. "The access
roads - are good, and .welt
marked." Vc
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Atlas Explodes
After Launching
From Canaveral
Fifth Straight Failure
Bitter Disappointment
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPD
A 100 - ton Atlas ICBM ex
ploded in flight two minutes
after launching yesterday in
the fifth straight failure of
the nation's most advanced
intercontinental weapon.
It was a bitter disappoint
ment to the nation's missile
scientists trying to develop a
reliable 5,000-mile range bal
listic missile to put in the
hands of troops. Russia claims
to posses operational ICBMS.
In Washington, Air Force
officials said the latest Atlas
explosion might affect the na
tion's long range ICBM pro
gram - possibly a shift to the
never Titan ICBM for man
ning some missile squadrons
next year - if investigations
show serious flaws in the
Atlas.
The Titan is scheduled to
be ready for combat use in
May, 1960. The maximum
range of both the Atlas and
Titan is 6,300 statute miles
or more. Both cost about $2
million each to build.
Only One Full Range
The Atlas has made only
one full range flight of 6,300
miles. '" .
Yesterday's Atlas was the
combat type, believed devel
oped to the point that it
might be deployed to troops
at ICBM bases by July. It was
the third straightV'operation
al" type Atlas to blow up
within moments after blast
off on attempts to propel its
nose cone 5,000 miles at a
peak 16,000 mile per hour
speed.
The blowup came after the
Atlas' two booster engines
quit 90 seconds after 1 blast
off. In a successful test, the
boosters would have dropped
off the 85-foot-long war
rocket. ' -
The mighty missile explod
ed in flight over the ocean
out of visible range of ob
servers on the cape. :
The Atlas "exploded after
completion of the initial per
forming stage of its flight,"
the Air Force said. Cause of
the malfunction was not ex
plained immediately. ;
There was much signifi
cance attached . to the test,
planned over a full 5,000 mile
range to a target area near
Ascension Island in the South
Atlantic. The first two opera
tional type Atlases exployed
shortly after launching and
this was the third combat
type to be tested.
Elks Pick Medford
For 1960 Convention
Medford was selected as the
site of the 1960 convention of
the state Elks association yes
terday. A large delegation from the
Medford Elks lodge is attend
ing this year's convention this
week end in Klamath Falls,
and reported its efforts to se
cure next year's meeting for
Medford were successful in a
vote of convention delegates
Saturday morning.
It is expected that between
3,000 and 4,000 delegates will
attend the meeting next year.
Sports Bulletin
-' Roseburg Leckwood mot
ors defeated Central Point
Cheney ' Sfuds 19-10 here
last night in an American
Legion , J n n 1 e r baseball
gam, . .
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LOAD WAGON Personal gear goes aboard
a covered, wagon in the picture above, as
Jackson county 4-H "Empire Builders" get
set to start their 225-mile trek to Corvallis. '
In the' seat of the wagon are driver Ken
4-IKI CDub Members
For Wagon TreEt to
Forty-two 4-H club mem
bers from Jackson county will
rendezvous at Jacksonville
High school this afternoon to
make final plans for a 225
mile, trek by covered wagon
to Corvallis to attend the an
nual 4-H summer school.
The wagon train, which will
follow the old Applegate
Trail to Corvallis, will leave
from in front of the U.S.
Hotel in Jacksonville at 9
a jn. Monday, i .
Members of the train will
camp out tonight on the Jack
sonville High' school grounds
after a cook-out starting at 4
o'clock. A nominal charge will
be made for those who attend
PROTECTION - Gary Stewart, 3-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Vic Stewart, Ashland, shows his mother how he is
going to ward off Indians with his cap gun if any should
attack the .Jackson county 4-H wagon train. Gary, his par
ents and a brother, Ken, 17, all will make the trek. He is
the youngest "buckaroo" in the outfit. , .
School Budget Vote
Scheduled Tuesday
Medford school district pa
trons will vote Tuesday on
the proposed 1959-60 fiscal
year school budget
Estimated expenditures to
tal $3,771,866.29. Of this total,
$1,699,051.07 is the amount
above the 6 per cent limita
tion on which patrons will
vote. '
Polling places will be open
from 2 to 8 p Jn. at McLough
lin Junior Highk school, Hed
rick Junior High school, Jack
sonville High school, Griffin
Creek, Ruch, Lone Pine and
Howard schools.
- Voters living in the original
District 549C west of Bear
creek will vote at McLoughlin
Junior ; High, and patrons in
the original ; district east of
Bear creek will vote at Hed
rick Junior Hign, scnooi om
cials announced.
Necessary lo Balance ..
Total of estimated receipts
and available cash balance is
$1,326,766, leaving . $2,445,
100.29 necessary to balance
the budget, the school board
noted.
A total of $142,658.93 is the
estimated amount which will
not be collected and which
will be rebated on tax pay
ments, making the total
$2,587,759.22 for the estima
ted tax levies. Of these, $378,
175.26 is not affected by the
6 per cent limitation because
it is for the sinking fund and
bond interest, while $510,
532.89 is within the 6 per
cent limitation. , "
Estimated millge, based
upon budget figures for May
1 of this year with $45 mil
lion valuation, is 57.5 mills.
This represents an increase
of 10.7 mills, or 22.9 per cent,
over the millagt of tha origin
the cook-out and who are not
members of the wagon train.
. The public has been invited
to visit the grounds and par
ticipate in activities this after
noon and tonight, jand to the
buckaroo breakfast starting at
6 a.m. tomorrow at the Jack
sonville Community hall.
Brief Ceremony
. The wagon train will form
at the Jacksonville High
school grounds at 8:30 a.m.
tomorrow, and proceed to the
VS. Hotel, where brief cere
monies are scheduled. Med
ford, Mayor John Snider, a
member of the Oregon Cen
tennial Commission, will rep
resent Gov. Mark Hatfield.
al 549C district.
School officials pointed out,
however, that the estimated
57.7 mills still is, less than the
millage levied ' in, five dis
tricts which consolidated with
Medford recently. '
Millage This Year
Millages in those districts
during the 1958-59 year were:
Jacksonville, 85.2 mills; Grif
fin Creek, 75.9 mills; Howard,
66.5 mills; Lone Pine, 60.2
mills; and Ruch, 58.1 mills.
School officials noted that
the figures quoted for the cur
rent year do not include in
creases which probably would
have been necessary in most
school districts, next fiscal
year because of rises in con
struction costs, salaries and
maintenance.
The budget does not include
any major construction items,
although provision has been
made for renovation work,
minor additions and rehabili
tation work in many of. the
schools consolidated with
Medford.
The budget committee, in
considering the proposed bud
get, authorized school officials
to study classroom and build
ing needs for the new district
for both an immediate and a
long range program.
Increased costs, board mem
bers pointed out, are primari
ly from increased numbers of
students at all grade level's,
higher costs of equipment nd
teaching supplies. Increases
also are the result of a num
ber of capital outlays charg
ed to the proposed budget al
though the use of the items
will extend over a period of
time. This includes such items
as two new 79-passengcr bus
ts, textbooks and furniture.
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Stewart and Sharon Coffman, while stand
ing behind them, receiving a. bedroll, is
Matt Rode. On the ground, left trf right,
are Carolyn Sidener, Raymond Nougier and
Larry Sorum.
(See Other Picture on Page 15.)
To Meet
CorvaDBDS
A pony express rider will
deliver a letter of welcome
from Jack Creager, president
of the Jackson County Cen
tennial association, addressed
to 4-H club presidents of the
42nd annual summer school.
He also will present the wag
onmaster ah official Centen
nial "Train Boss" card direct
ing him to invite all Oregon
ians along the way to visit
Jackson county.
Jacksonville Mayor E. O.
Graham will present an invi
tation to visit Jacksonville
during the Gold Rush Jubilee,
Aug. 1 and 2.
The wagon train, which in
cludes six covered wagons,
and several saddle horses, will
be joined by three Curry
county 4- Hclub members at
Wolf Creek Wednesday, June
10, about 50 miles north of
Jacksonville.
Douglas County ' -
A delegation of Douglas
county 4-H members will join
the train at the Douglas coun
ty fairgrounds Friday, June
12, to bring the total number
of wagon train members to
55 youngsters and 11 adults.
Teenagers 14 years old and
older were chosen to make
the 13-day trip.
Adults accompanying the
4-H members are Mr. and
Mrs. Vic Stewart and Ray. In
low, of Ashland; Mrs. Clinton
Charley, Eagle Point; Mrs. El
ie Nouguier, Mrs. Jessie Jam
es, Glenn Klein and Marilou
Garner, Medford; Mr. and
Mrs1. Clyde Akey, and Mrs.
Ted Heilman, all of Camas
valley near Roseburg.
Youngsters making the trip
are: Phil Krouse, Virgil Prow
ell, David Pittock, Applegate;
Ken Stewart, Ashland; David
Foote, Dennis Cornutt, Lar
ry Toner, Nikki Hammond,
Linda Cornutt, Ruth Ellis,
Sally Bailey, Sharon Coff
man, Central Point; Patsy
Charley, Eagle Point; Terry
Gail, Gold Hill; Sandra Brew
ster, Grants Pass;
Medford Youngsters
Craig Wright, Matt Rode,
Raymond Nouguier, Larry So
rum, Pat Neal, Vernon Calk
ins, Chip Buffington, Penny
Sampert, Janet Young, Caro
lyn Sidener, Cecilia Fichtncr,
Susan Hall, Bonnie "Knapp,
Linda Smith, Pauline Denyer,
Marjorie Wonderly, Georgia
Mitchel, Susan Wright, Kay
DeMers, and Marsha Watson,
Medford.
Earl Bowen, Rogue River;
Gerald Reneau, Dean Som
mer, Carolyn Tiegs, Lucile
Lowry, Starlene Wilkins, and
Susan Thompson, Talent.
The Curry county delega
tion will include Mureen and
Russell Walker, Pistol River,
and Helen Lucas, Brookings.
The Douglas county delega
tion includes Jerry, Clifford
and Lynn Akey, Jerrie Lee
and Teddy Mae Heilman, Su
san and Mary White, Bette
Spencer, and Judy Dancer, all
of Camas Valley; Janice
Deeds, Drain; Loree Harris,
Glendale; and Joyce Larson,
Roseburg.
Wagons being used on the
trek were reconstructed by
Future Farmer of America
chapters at Crater High school
in Central Point, Eagle Point
and Phoenix High schools.
The 4-H summer school is
one of the largest programs
of its kind in the country,
and about 1,800 youngsters
from throughout Oregon at
tend classes in home econom
ics, agriculture, science, crea
tive arts, recreation and mu
sic. One of the features of this
year's program will be a Cen
tennial pageant which will
have parts for 300 to 400
youngsters.
Sen. Mansfield Asks
Patience for Geneva
Washington (UPD - Senate
Democratic whip Mike Mans
field called yesterday for "pa
tience and forbearance" in
the Geneva Big Four talks
and said the "stakes are too
high" to call them off now
with no results.
The1 Montana Democrat, a
member of the Senate Foreign
Relations committee, said he
felt that Secretary of State
Christian A. Herter would be
willing to stay at Geneva "if
any good results are possi
ble." . .4
He told reporters there has
been "too much talk about
the Vest picking up its mar
bles and coming home" and
"too much talk about the pos-
Auto Crash Kills
Grants Pass Man
Gary Lee Johnson, 22, of
Savage Creek rd., Grants Pass,
was killed early ; yesterday
morning when the car he was
operating went out of control
and crashed about a mile
south of Rogue River, accord
ing to state police.
Police said they believe the
accident occurred about 1
a.m., but "it was i not reported
until about 2:12 a.m., by a
passing motorist. They said a
resident in the area heard
what he throught was a crash
about 1 a.m., but could not
find anything and went back
to bed.
Police said the car, north
bound, went into the ditch on
the west side of Highway 99,
continued for about 252 feet
across a culvert, struck a
fence, glanced off a power
pole and came to rest on its
right side against a small tree.
Apparently no attempt had
been made to stop the vehicle
when it went onto the high
way shoulder, police said.
Johnson was the 12th person
killed in traffic accidents in
Jackson county this year. Last
year at this time, there were
only six traffic fatalities in
the county.
Hawthorne Pool
Opens Tomorrow
Medford's Hawthorne park
swimming pool is slated to
open tomorrow as expected,
according to City Parks and
Recreation Director Robert L.
Haworth.
The pool's hours are to be
from 1 to 9 p.m. Rates will
be 20 cents for children, 25
cents for students and 40 cents
for adults.
Four 10-day swimming in
struction courses and a spe
cial Red Cross safety instruc
tor's training course are
scheduled this summer.
38th
sibility of the talks ending
within a week or 10 days."
The Geneva conference.
convened in hopes of sus
taining Allied treaty rights in
Berlin and bringing about the
ultimate reunification of East
and West Germany, has been
deadlocked from the start.
Pessimism over the Outlook
increased yesterday after a
rocket-rattling speech by So
viet Premier Nikita Khrush
chev and a new threat of a
Berlin blockade by East Ger
many.
Mansfield said it is "true
that there have been ho re
sults so far, but what we need
is patience and forbearance
and using of every artifice at
our command."
400 Meeting
He noted that the Austrian
peace treaty was signed only
after 400 meetings and years
of negotiations.
The Senator said he haa
"very strong belief that Her
ter "will be the last to try
and break up the conference
and would be the first to be
willing to stay if good result
were possible.
Also, Mansfield said, Pres
ident Eisenhower at his press
conference Wednesday "went
as far as he could in stating
that he would be 'very lib
eral' in his interpretation of
the word 'progress . .
'-Very Liberal"
Eisenhower, who reported
ly conferred by telephone
with Herter just before the
news conference, emphasized
that he still was opposed to
a summit conference unless
some progress is made at Ge
neva. The president said he
saw no progress so far out
would be "very liberal" in
interpreting "progress."
Mansfield said he felt that
Eisenhower would have "unit
ed support in his interpreta
tion of progress."-
Ashland Voters
Approve Budget
Ashland - Ashland school
district patrons Friday ap
proved by about 4 to 1 a
1959-60 budget $624,202 above
the 6 per cent limitation. The
unofficial vote was 364 . yes,
90 no and 1 void, for a total
of 455 votes cast.
School Superintendent Stan
ley Jobe said the vote was
about average for the district.
Votes will be canvassed by
the school ' board Monday
night.
Total budget for the com
ing year is $1,225,000, which
includes about $130,000 for
improvements at Bell view
school, and interest costs on a
$1,275,000 bond issue for the
junior high school.
Construction of the new
junior high school is expected
to start this fall.
Parallel
West
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Gromyko Appears
Sfallina for Time
While Plans Laid
Khrushchev Throws
Cold Water on Talks
o
Geneva-flJPD -A rocket-rat
tling speech by Nikita S.
Khrushchev and the threat of
a new Berlin blockade yester
day paced the Western bit
three through a "very dis
couragine" session with Rus
sia at the Geneva foreign min- .
isters conference.
Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei A. Gromyko, at a secret
meeting with the Western min
isters in British Foreign Sec
retary Selwyn Lloyd's resi
dence, refused to discuss any
thing but his often-rejected
proposal to establish West
Berlin as a "free, demilitariz-
d city."
It eppeared that Gromyko
ram stalling for time while
nv diplomatic moves were
being prepared by Soviet Pre
mier Khj-ushchev in the Kren$
lin.
The two-hour meeting got
nowhere. "It was verjQ dis
couraging," a Western official
said. -
In Budapest, Khrushchev
threw cold water on Western
efforts to reach an interim
agreement at Geneva to guar
antee allied rightsrin Berlin
pending 'a possible sumirjg
conference. "The Soviet Un
ion will not, regardless of any
pressure, enter into an agree
ment which would perpetuate
the occupation regime of West
Berlin," Khrushchev said.
Secretary of state Christian
A. Herter and his British and
French colleagues hammered
for guarantees of free access
of military and civilian traffic
to West Berlin.
Brandt (Jnviled q
rn ttio e'H( TTertpr invited
West BeHin Mayor Willy
Brandt to Geneva nexi.Frida)
for consultations.
Observers presumed Brandt
would be asked for a fill-in
on the latest Communist mov
es against his outpost and and
the possibility ova new Red
In East Berlin, propaganda
chief Gerhart Eisler, a bail
jumping fugitive from U. S.
justice, threatened another
blockade of West Berlin if
West Germany goes through
with plans to hold a "provoca-
tive" presidential election in
the free half of the city.
It appeared West Germany
would cancel plans for the
election in West Berlin.
Rocket Bases
in musuuvviuii US111.UCV ig
nored the four-week-old Ge
neva talks to thrtttlten the
West with rocket bases in Al
bania and Bulgaria if the
West arms Greece and Italy
with rockets.
His failure to mention Ge
neva confirmed western opin
ion that the Sovigjs are ph
nini? new moves and mieht
define this week their terms
for an East-West summit con
ference, n
The leaders of Communist
East Germany will fly to Mos
cow Monday for meetmgs
with Khrushchev.
Observers said there Drob-.
ablv would be no break in
the Geneva talks before Wed
nesday - if then.
The foreign ministers sched
uled a day off today and
another secret meeting on
Monday. No semi-public ple
nary sessions were scheduled.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair today, vari
able cloudiness tonight and Mon
day. Possibly a few showers
over the mountains onQlonday.
High this afternoon 76 and low
48. High Monday 72.
TEMP.
Highest Saturday 71
Lowest Saturday 51
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset to9ay 7:46 p.m.
Sunre tomorrow 4:35 a.m.
Moonset tonight 8:41 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus and Mars, set 10:26 p.m.
(Venus, on the right. Is now
nearly 100 times as bright as
Mars)
Saturn, low in south
east 10:15 p.m.
Jupiter, due south 10:38 p.m.
(Jupiter is now nearly 10 timet
aa bright as Saturn)