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o 0 o MAIL TRIBUNE, Mrfforrf, Or. Sunday, Jvn 7. 19S9 Jack Thompson Appears Secure As Elections Head ., Salem (TPI - Jack F.' Thomp son appeared yesterday to have secured his Job as state elections director. Thompson was the choice of Secretary of State Howell Ap pling for the post and receiv ed an interim appointment. However, permanent ap pointment hinged on, civil service exams and the state civil service commission an nounced Riday that Thomp son topped all candidates in the competitive exam. He is a registered Democrat, while Appling is a Republi can. A dispute developed earlier this year when Appling gave Thompson the temporary ap pointment and at the same time asked the civil service commission to relax its qual ifications for the job. State Sen. Monroe Sweet land (D-Milwaukie) charged that this was an attempt to "rig" the examination so that Appling's man would be in. The secretary replied that this was "cheap, political pop pycock." "It is very gratifying to have our judgment of Mr. Thompson confirmed in such a rigorous competition con ducted by the civil service commission," Appling com mented. Thompson served five years TEST FLIGHT Test Pilot Scott Crospfield, shown at the controls of the X-15 rocket plane, will guide the stub-winged craft on a free-flight, non-powered glide to earth at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.,. to test flight characteristics. The X-15, designed to carry a man into orbit around the earth, will be carried aloft by a giant B-52 bqmber and released for its glide at about 38,000 feet. - Damage Suit in Court is $60,039 Damages totalling $60, 039.67 were awarded by , a Jackson county circuit court jury Friday to Leslie N. Pru ett, 3628 South Pacific high way. Court observers claimed as an administrator in the federal service in Japan, in addition to wartime service in the Marine Corps. this is the largest known per sonal injury verdict ever awarded in a contested case here. Pruett was seeking $100, 000 in damages from M. C. Lininger and Sons, 3959 Ham rick rd., as a result of an industrial accident. Pruett claimed he" received severe third degree electrical burns on his hands, feet and legs on July 27, 1954, when a crane operated by another man allegedly hit a power line. Pruett's attorneys were Bernard P. Kelly and Hugh Collins, both of Medforji. Cir cuit Court Judge James M. Main p r e si d e d. The jury brought in the verdict' after being out ZA hours. Arizona has the largest stand of yellow pine in the U.S. OPflN MPNDAY NIGHT FLOORCOVERIHe (Specialists in Wall to Wali"Carpet? : iVDffl)g Away ( " s Ml Wo aro now giving Silver Dollar Stamps go an additional Savings to YOU For' 1 Week p By we will give with EACH SQUARE YARD of wall-to-wall carpet selected from our stocks. (25 rolls to choose from.) 500 Silver Dollar Stamps (1 COMPLETE BOOK) . Example: 40 yds. 20,000 Stamps You May Redeem For Cash at Any Silver Dollar Stamp Dealer OR APPLY ON YOUR PURCHASE AT FULL VALUE E.Z. Home Improvement Terms o Nothing Down o No Payments 'till Aug. 1st o payments To Fit Your Budget Bring in Your Room Sizes For FREE Estimate (Or we will measure for you) DYKE'S ftOOfiGOVEBIHG 1220 North! Ph. - SP 3-3912 North! North! Riverside McLoughlin Students Get Awards at Assembly Climaxing the year's activ ities, McLoughlin Junior High school students were present ed school letters, pins, and cer tificates by Glenn Linn, prin cipal, at the awards assembly last week. Valerie Knights won the Cub Scouts Pack I Picnic Cub Scouts of St. . Mary's school held their annual pic nic at TouVelle State park Saturday, June 6. Parents and friends of Cub Scouts helped make it one of the biggest events on the Scouting cal endar. Each club furnished a hot dish of some type while hot dogs, ice cream, punch and coffee were purchased with unit funds. General chairman for the picnic was Mrs. John Leavens with Mrs. Lester S tins on and Mrs. Frank Gritsch assisting her. ' During the afternoon the Cubs played games with rib bons for contest winners. El bert Nelson and Hal Krueger had charge of the game ac tivity. Charles H a c k e 1 1 who is scoutmaster for Troop 1 was present to receive the Cubs who were graduating into Boy Scouting. A group of Boy Scouts performed the ceremony which enabled the Cubs to join their unit. The following awards were presented to the Cubs of Pack 1 during the evening . cere monies. Bobcats, John Gritsch, John Hackett, Jerry Jones, Mike Mahar, Sammy Naumes, Tom my Owmgs, Gary .Pullman, Danny Ratty, and Greg Scher- zinger. Wolf badge, David Patterson. Gold arrow (under Wolf), David Budreau, Mike Brophy, and William Bates. Silver arrow (under Wolf), Dorian Corliss, John Leavens (2), Tommy Nave (2), Stephen Rossi, Robert Scherzinger, and William Bates. Bear badge, Louis Mahar. Silver arrow (under Bear), Randy Dibble, Patrick Man- nelly, Danny Stinson, Steven Rose, Jerry Gritsch, Chris Ol son, and Steven Williams. . Lion, Patrick Mannelly, Charles Darland, Eric Jensen, Douglas Nelson, William Pruett, James Batzer, Larry Hochstatter, John Lowry, and David Nicoletti. ' Webelows, Bob Anderson, Tom Clark, Mark Froeber, Richard Hanawalt, Eric John son, James Naumes,. Larry Spielbusch, Glen Stewart, Steven Strobel, Dennis Sul livan, Greg VanDyke, and Stephen Whinihan. Indian Centennial Planned in Madras Madras - Plans for an In dian Centennial celebration June 25-27 have been an nounced by the confederation Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation in central Ore gon. Linton Winishut, chairman of the Warm Springs Centen nial committee, outlined the three-day program in a letter inviting Gov. Mark Hatfield to be a guest speaker June 26. A parade will open morn ing festivities all three days. It will be followed by a beauty contest, with a win ner to be announced each morning. Evenings will be devoted to tribal and other dances, starting at 7 p.m. and run- coveted Daughters of the American Revolution award and will have her name en graved on the plaque. Elaine Davenport and Don Kengla were runners-up. Future Homemakers awards went to JoAnne Kibler, Carolyn Kieff, Sheryl Martin, and Wyllajo Mills. Several art and shop stu dents won national and state recognition for their work. Those receiving awards were Dave Jackson, soap carving, and Harold Huettle, linoleum ! block print. Jerry Niedermey er, Dennis Gaster, Dave Elm gren and Jerry Zemlicka won woodworking awards. Scholarship Awards Scholarship awards went to Valerie Knights and Elaine Davenport, seventh grade; Sharon Baize, eighth grade; and Marsha Watson and Rich ard Knights, ninth grade. Joel Gregory was named to the star reporter award and will have his name ? engraved on the plague. Lois Stedman was the runner-up. The busiest students win ning awards were the students winning activity letters. They were John Alansky, Judy Chastain, Leaine Davenport, Karen Ekberg, Joel Gregory, Dennis Gaster, Wallace Huff man, Richard ' Knights, Valr erie Knights, Julie Latham, Linda Mattson, Ruth Milligan, Claudia Owen, Cheryl Stew art, Lois Stedman, Ronald Smith, Sharon Hale, Frank Van Pelt, Cheryl Vessey, Mar sha Watson, and Carl Wash burn. The Booster Sportsmanship award went to Minda Ells and Dennis Gaster. Baby sitting certificates were presented to those who qualified. National Poetry awards, orchestra and band letters, majorettes, and yell leaders, were also presented as well as to the golf, track and tennis team members. NEW OFFICER - Clarence Young, president of Rogue Valley State bank, recently wis elected treasurer of the Oregon Bankers association at the 54th annual convention in Portland. Western Moonion Wire Sent by ike Washington- (DPD -President Eisenhower used the moon as a messenger service yester day to send greetings to Can adian Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker and scientists at a new U.S.-Canadian research laboratory. The message, bounced off the moon, traveled about 500,000 miles in 2.7 seconds last Wednesday, the White House announced. It was taped and played yesterday at the official opening of the laboratory at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The President said the event marked "another major d- vance along the road of coop- erative ventures betweenrjour , two countries in defense re search and other fields." ,.. .Diefenbaker, who heard, the message, agreed that the laboratory is a "significant milestone in our mutual co operation in the defense sciences." Diameter of the sun is 884, 100 miles. Its average distance from the earth is 92.9 million miles. It is about 1V4 times as dense as the earth at water' level. Graduate Receives Preaching Award Philip Armour Getchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bayard M. Getchell, 28 Ashland ave., Medford, received his bache lor of divinity degree in cere monies held last evening by the Chudch Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley. He was also awarded the alumni preaching prize. , Mr. Getchell is a candidate from the diocese of Oregon and is a member of St. Mark's Episcopal church here. Early next week he will take his canonical' examination. Airport Dedication Set in Grants Pass Grants Pass - Grants Pass' new airport will be dedicated next Sunday. The airport is located six miles northwest of the city. Events will include fly-ins by visiting pilots, a chuck wagon breakfast and lunch, pilot competition, a jet fly over, parachute juknps, Naval reserve center dedication and Elks Flag Day ceremony. . Helicopter rides will be available. Pilot competition includes spot landings, ribbon cutting, bombings, and prizes to the oldest, youngest and the most distant pilots. Buffalo herds in North America at the time of the white man's arrival have been estimated as high as 60,000, 000 animals. ? piBmiHiimaiiii lilB!!l!ll!!iH!!li!lil!IIIIIIIII!!!a!i!IIBail0li!lljllBii!1 I A Tribute To The Farmer i From the soil comes - the sustenance f the world. From the hard working man-who tills tht soil comes tht fruits of Nature in ; "bountiful rray. God lovts the Farmer, someone hat said, because he is in such close communion with tht good earth.. He plows it. He plants it. He worries over it. And lo, then his smiting fields re lush and abundant with tassels, tomatoes and all the things we eat. Fat cows and porkers give us milk and meat. And Mrs. Farmer has chickens and turkeys fort the market.' Without the Farmer there would be no life or living. Let's salute his sun up to sunset existence-. . . and be grateful for his bounty! . ., I Medford Pharmacy 101 North Central,Corner 6th Ph. 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