Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 11, 1959, Image 10

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Newspaper Page Text10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. ft t 4 r 4BRIYING AT BQSTSUM, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller is greeted by Clifford A. Handall (left), Milwaukee, presi dent, Rotary Internatieaal, at opening of N. Y. convention. Illinois Valley Qreakfast Scheduled "OTITIS Tl ETTSfTW f 0JW AMWww--- I Cj,ve Jundtion-The first of the- Centennial om-oi-aoor ; breakfasts sponsored by the :- Illinois Valley Lion's club will be held Sunday, June 14, ' (t'the swimming pool of the Lucky Clover motel, just south of Cave Junction. The event will be repeated ; on the first Sunday in July, August and September, ac- cording to the committee in charge. Walter Freman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walt Freeman and 4nn Tfora McDermott, daugh ter of Mr. an Mrs. James IcDermott"were winners of ; - the American Legion Awards, " ($10 highest honors conferred 4n eighth grade graduates, at ' gigKerby grade school com- : mencement exercises recently 4ft the school gymnasium. Principal' Arch Johnson pre dated diplomas to the 49 graduates: Jack Backes, jphomas Berkner, Richard doorman, Dickie Bush, James Campbell, William Coleman, 3trry Cox, Billy De M-sse-aHn, Linda Dickey, Ernie .odd, Carole Felton, Walter freeman, Edward Gill, Jack $reen, Linda Green, Peck r fcfcssler, David Hill, Sheila ogue, Thomas Holm, Wil lm rgy, Ann Nora McDer fiottv Verne McDonald, .Vir Ml McQuire, Margaret " Jffckey. .' George Martin, Michael Iartin,vCarol Mayfield, Dta nis Nielsen, Michael Or ton, . tfrtin Pickle, Billy Piper, gune Plumlee, Judy Pathr, Ntacy Prevatt, Alan Kei- , (Shl, Lynn Riggtn, Jack fcott, Carol Seifert, Ivan huey, Jackie Sowell, Mary nn Sowell, Ktra .Stem, : n-ry Trefethan, itney Tjrth rtt. Charles VlKttci. w"iV fifm Wilhelm, Dorothy Wil fiwms, George Vhutad and William Wright. -f '. Two of the velley lookout Rations have been . manned ; Hr the summer season, at cording to the stats fire war4- V yi for this district, John Mo. The first to be manned was Waldo by Martin Sachse last Monday. Freda Thayer took up her post on Tennessee on , Jriday. Th$ Glen Morrison Post American Legion elected offi cers recently. Post command er is A. A. Winchester. Other I fficeri are Earl Sturgis,! vice 0hza Cafe Plans 'Grand Opening Soon Ashland - The Plaza cafe, 23 North Main st., will hold its grand opening soon, ac cording to Mrs. John Compag noni, who is partner in the cafe with her husband, an engineer with the Medford city engineer's office,, and Ying, Koon Woo. The cafe was to be open today to serve coffee and doughnuts at, a chamber of commerce function, but the owners wer not sure that they would be ready for full time operation tomorrow. - Chinese and American food will be served in the restaur ant, and also will be prepared to take out. Brcotheasy Complete Set Regularly $1250 N0W $7M Limited-Time Offer fjreatheasy x AT YOUR DRUG STORE Uunday, Jun 11, 1959 i 1 , , .aS mmmanHpr Harold Haslock. , 7 finance officer; Robert Wilson, adjutant; sum naiurjtK, ser geant at arms; ies nenry, chaplain; and Tom Owens, two-year member of the excu tive board. Donna and Anna Jordon "of Eureka, Calif., have arrived for a three week's vacation with their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lewis of Kerby. . Mrs. Carma Lewis Varner, who completed her high school , credits through toe general extension division of the University of Oregon, re ceived her diploma recently from the Illinois Valley High school. . On Sunday, Mr. 'and Mrs. Dale Brown and daughters with Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rians and sons, spent the day in Crescent City. The Bob Rauschs visited with their children, Mr. and Mrs. Mick Swift and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Elder Jr., in Redding, Calif., last week end. 'Sparkle Week' - Named in Ashland Ashland Mavor Richard L Neil this week called upon-J Ashland citizens to "Make Ashland Sparkle" and pro claimed the week of June 15 21 as "Sparkle week." Mayor Neil asked residents to bend every effort toward improving the city's appear ance and urged that they "en thusiastically join with the chamber of commerce,, spon sors of this week, in exerting even a greater effort to make our town as attractive as pos sible for this Centennial year." The proclamation is the re sult of a plea by. the Ashland Garden club which was pre sented at the city council's last meeting. Communications For Defense Tested Colorado Springs, Colo.-(UPD -The North American Air De fense Command Wednesday tested , a new means of reas suring Americans and Cana dians in the event of a sneak attack. NORAD used ' its special teleohone network, which by passes major targets and pop ulation centers,- for a voice fidelitv test. It assumed that the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada might be forced to depend on military communi cations to advise a fleeing, Danic-stricken populace that the governments remained in tact in the wake of a possible atomic attack.. "We believe that in the event of such a devastating sneak attack existing . com munications would suffer se vere damage and the heads of government would be forced to use all surviving means of communications, up to barbed wire fences, if they could transmit over them," a NORAD spokesman explain ed." , Portland Standard Stations Up Prices Portland - (CPD - Standard Stations, Incorporated, Wed nesday raised retail prices by twa cents per gallon on all grades of .gasoline in Port land and Vancouver, Wash. G. H. Rogers, retail division manager for Standard Oil Company of California, said the -raise hiked Chevron, or regular to 30.9 cents a gallon, Attempted Flights To Venus, Mars in 20 To 25 Years Seen San Diego -CTD- Man will be attempting flights to Venus or Mars in 20 to 25 years. That's the prediction of J. R. Dempsey, vice president of Convair Division of General Dynamics Corp. and manager of Convair Astronautics. In a meeting of American Rocket Society members .to whom science fiction -is sup posed to be a twice-told shaggy dog story, Dempsey Wednesday recited the "eve ryday miracles" with confi dence. Atmosphere Dens "It probably will be Mars," he said. "For one thing, you can see it. The atmosphere of Venus is dense. It would be like flying over clouds, at 30,000 feet." s Dempsey, a former pilot, sees, at least four steps into space. First, he said, are manned flights, planned in1 Project Mercury. Then, perhaps a two-man capsule followed by a space laboratory and final flights, first to the moon then to the planets. ...' Right now, Dempsey said, Convair is working on the Centaur missile which, if it were developed today, would permit scientists to send a missile around the moon, or land instruments on it. The first fli?ht of Centaur, which he sak is capable of putting a payioad of four or five tons in orbit around the earth, is expected in the early 1960s. - - ,160 Days On Way Dempsey said the first trip to Mars probably would be a flight to pass near the planet and then return. He estimated Medford Receives NSC Certificate Medford was one of five Oregon-cities receiving certi ficates of achievement' from the National Safety Council following its annual inventory of traffic safety activities for 1958. , Other Oregon cities receivr ing the award were Pendleton, Portland, Salem and Spring field. ' ... - The council's highest award for traffic safety went to: De troit, Mich., for the third con secutive year for its outstand ing performance in accident prevention." No tate received the highest award "because none attained an adequate per formance level," the council said. - ' Medford's award was based on its school traffic safety education program. A total of 256 cities, received certifi cates of achievement r on the basis of one or more areas of traffic safety. Cub Scouts Pack 4 Cub Scout . Pack 4, West Side "and Oak Grove schools, held a picnic recently at the West Side school with 100 at tending. The boys and their fathers played baseball prior to the picnic, and then the group gathered around a bon fire to roast wieners. Donald Ludwig led the group in the Cub promise, after which C. F. Shinn con ducted the bobcat ceremony for his son, David Shinn. Mrs. Shinn presented the pin to her son. Acting Chairman W. H, Howell presented awards to the following boys: .Ben Bel knap, bear badge and gold arrow; Henry Kessee, bear badge and gold arrow; Greg Collins, bear badge; Andrew Christenson, gold arrow; Tommy Howell, silver arrow; Ricky Howell, silver: arrow; Forest Hamilton, wolf badge; Alan Harnsberger, wolf badge; Terry Haight, wolf badge; Phil Luschen, wolf badgeand gold arrow; Gary Black, wolf badge, gold arrow and two silver arrows; Dean Rott, wolf badge and gold arrow; Glenn Hobbs, wolf badge and gold arrow; Andy 4 Lamb, ;wolf badge, gold arrow and silver arrow; Harry Withrow, gold arrow; Mark Tuttle, gold ar row. Brian Kellington and Andy' Lamb both earned neck erchief slides in -connection with the Scoutennial. Mrs. Lamb, den mother, presented a den chief cord to Dick Hoover. - - - - . Mr. Wobbe, commissioner, complimented the . group on their participation - in the Scoutennial. Mr. Phillips, in stitutional representative, an nounced the Webeio activities planned at Camp McLdugh lin and those eligible to at tend are asked to contact Cub master. George1 Bryant. A get-to-gether-will be held in July with Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig being in charge. The Akeila doll for attend ance, was won by Den' 1, and the achievement flag by Den 5.-- the time for a one-way trip to be about 160 days. At a luncheon earlier, the executive . outlined . Cony-air's plans for Project Outpost, a program for putting a space laboratory into orbit. "There, is . increasing sup port in official circles for the project," he said, adding that he expected the program to be undertaken within a few years. Scientists need an orbiting laboratory to investigate the "scores of basic questions on human needs and equipment in space" and to train crews, he said. Sfudent.Leaves On AFS Program Miss Carolyn Mencke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mencke, 2141 East Jack son st., will be one of 47 high school students leaving Port land Friday on overseas trips sponsored by the American Field Service. Miss Mencke, a Medford High school senior, left for Portland earlier this week with her parents. She was se lected by the AFS headquar ters in New York to spend the greater' part of. the sum mer in Europe. AFS representatives here said Miss Mencke is 'expected to stay with a family in Fin land. From Portland the group will travel by train to Wash ington, D. C, and New York. Over 800 students will sail from New York June 18. Their charter ship will arrive in Rotterdam, The Nether lands, June 27, with trips to individual countries to fol low. . . Students will return home late in August. Selections for the trip are made on reports sent to New York by local AFS offices in cooperation with high school personnel. :. Another student from this area, Miss Julie Townley, Montague, Calif., is scheduled to spend the summer in The Netherlands. Pulp and Paper Workers Vote Pact Portland -(DPD- Two ; 'unions representing a b o u t 20,000 workers - in the West Coast pulp and paper industry have voted Jo accept a new con tract proposal calling for a total package of llVi cents an hour increase, a union .of ficial said today. Ballots were counted Wednesday and an official said the proposal carried by a 'igood margin." The unions are the Inter national Brotherhood of Paper Makers and the Pulp, Sulphite and Pape.r Mill 'Workers. They represent workers at 46 plants in Oregon, Washington and California. The new contract runs from June 1 of this year to June 1 of next year. It calls for addi tional paid holidays, making seven in all; an adjustment in the health and welfare pro gram and a 3 per' cent wage increase. The basic scale for men will be $2.12 an hour and for women Sl.SO1 an hour, a. union official said.- Continental Can Strike Settled Portland - (DPD - A three week strike at the Continen tal Can Company here ended Wednesday when Machinists and Teamsters 'agreed to - a new contract in negotiations conducted by Federal Media tor George Walker. Some union members were back on their jobs Wednes day afternoon. The basic agreement calls for a pay hike of from 11 to 13 cents an hour retroactive to May 15, with an additional 2 cents in hour to start with the return to work of em ployees. - 1 ' , 1 HERTZ TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE McAndrew at Court Phone SP 3-9068 mm ...BW I ftfyUfT'TtA -A Ml 21 PLASTIC BAG WARNING More than 50 schoolchil dren in Morristown, N. J., are busy on a campaign to call . attention to the suffocation perils of dry cleaners' plastie : bags. Here-two kids finish one of the placards which will be placed in public display around the town. EAGLE POINT Buffet Dinner Held Eagle Point Mr. and Mrs. Ace Winker of Ashland served a Sunday evening buffet sup per to friends and relatives as a farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ragsdale and John Ka slab, Needles, B.C., Canada, who were area visitors for the graduation of Mr. and Mrs. Russel Ragsdale from South ern Oregon college. - i' Mr. and Mrs. Lester McFall Workers Called Off Picketed Jobs Ontario -(UPD- An employer Wednesday ordered off the job six men who crossed a Pile Drivers picket line at a High way 30 freeway project near here. '. The men crossed the line to drive three piles on one Of sev eral structures on the project. The employers, Pacific Con crete company, Portland, called the men off the job. In a statement issued in Port land, the firm said its bar gaining rights were in the hands of Associated General Contractors and that the ac tion was not condoned. The Portland Pile Drivers Union halted structural work on the Highway 30 project May 20. The union began pick eting in Portland May: 6 and the dispute has halted work on some $15 million worth of contracts. . J , GREECE SAYS NO . Athens, Greece (UPD T h c Greek government Wednesday rejected a Communist propos al for a "summit" conference of Balkan nations to discuss the creation of a nuclear-free "peace zone" in the area. Cape Canaveral, Fla.-(UPD-A 1956 convertible parked at the Air Force missile test center has a sticker on its bumper that reads: " "Made at Cape Canaveral from used rocket parts." 'RESIDENTS OF MEDFORD When in San Francisco Stop at the , Progressive Hotel Drake Wiltshire MOT It D n AKl A WILTSHim ) V Overlooking San Francisco's Union Square -& TV and Radio in All Rooms (no charge) jfr Beautiful Modern Rooms -- Charcoal Room Restaurant , Cameo Cocktail Lounge . 250 Rooms With Tub and Shower - . FROM $6.50 HOTEL DRAKE WILTSHIRE 340 Stockton St., San Francisco ..'i -r- Write us for reservations or see your travel agent and family visited Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Raymond, 812 Gar field st., Medford, Friday. Week end guests at the Ray monds were Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Merrill and sons, ' Martin Drew, and Daniel John, , of Coos Bay. Mrs. Oscar' Frei, health chairman announced that she still has appointments open for the well child conference Wednesday, June 17, at the Eagle Point Elementary school for children from 6 months to 6 years. The con ference is primarily for those children not . under regular health supervision by a fam ily physician. Immunizations will be offered. The attending physician will be Dr. A. E. Merkel. Appointments may be made by calling Mrs. Frei at Hlllcrest 6-3381. . Mr. and Mrs. Louis Culy re turned last week end after spending a vacation at the home of their son and daugh ter - in - law, Mr. and Mrs. David Jackson, and family, San Leandro, Calif., returning home with Mrs. Anne Davies, Oakland, Calif., who is visit ing her sister-in-law, Mrs. Scott Boyer. Boyer is confined at the Rogue Valley' hospital. Umatilla Indians To Pick Princesses Pendleton -(DPI) Four young princesses and one older prin cess iwill be chosen here Sun day in a. special Indian cele bration by the Umatilla In dian Confederation. ; ,' Four princesses will be from the ages of 16 to 25 and one princess from 50 to 60 years. They will be named the princesses of Peace, Unity, Ceremony and Understanding. . The princesses chosen will participate in the National In dian Encampment here July 18-26, a feature. of Oregon's Centennial celebration. The shorelines of Norway and its islands are rising at a rate of about one-foot to each 10-year period. ; Game wardens of the U.S. in Alaska travel mostly by plane. Mileage runs near 400, 000 miles per year. OREGON FOOD STOKE: Armour Star Picnic Ham vriftfc Dromhim Rarnn Jumbo Cantaloupe 239' BANANAS il-.-ia'! , CARROTS 2 "S. h. 25 JilrjJi PEACHES Gold Hill Freestone SfllDER'S CATSUP BOYSEHBERRIES c.1. p. PINEAPPLE Market, Crushed PEARS Treasure by Hunts. 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