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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1959)
14 MA ft TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Or. Sunday, J"" 28. 1939 Air Comisft iryeftoin) tefafts Heoiniiitnik IHlcSeifftlhi SSS8 II Ifc'xisW Waasfia- Bra -Protects Noted ; mr v.- nrnft.'Sii' mze-2!'-' i- ' i vaiiev is not witnont its ma- is m ' i .... ." r " tt - .-.- ! , .tJMET jor construction projects. ' pT Li - f --I'm ' ' i, , i r&v&i. W1. Throughout the valley! - 1 - a? i r1 there are now-homes, busU 1 ! Q fi) ' I i ""''"OS nesses and maris hpint ,1 ffr structed. There are under $X l J f-w. " ' T s snu& rr,. " -r , z construcuon, or recently I I I ' x, lir I f SaW-:. "'uiL.,y 'V'VV' . 4 opened,, new motels, new I I - . H E.H, t t&. Freeway construction in Bulldozer clears site for jCrestbrook rd. residence ' 1 Modoc's new cold storage plant, Voorheis crossing . . . Lumbermen's Realty office building on West Main street ... UO Dermatologist Going to Harvard Portland (CPD-Dr. Tnomas B. Fitzpatrik, who formerly headed the University of Ore gon's dermatology division, has been appointed to a simi lar position at Harvard. Dr. Fitzpatrick for the past year has been at Oxford Uni versity, England, on a leave of absence. H will continue t V- 7 7 Central Point area . . . Manor construction . . . typical of home building . , - research at Harvard into why seemingly harmless skin moles sometimes become ma lignant. ; Dr. Walter, C. Lobitz. Jr., former head of the Dartmouth college dermatology division, will succeed Dr. Fitzpatrick here. """"X I on of a bealthy economic it II'' WIMI!' 5 ' .1 1 1 ""'''gg'S 1" r B i tlnui, UMv Awgui. - SB B v J i I M r ' , Uervice stations, and nthpr fa- I I 1 it, , lh I STATISTICS STOLEN Palisades, N. J. -(LTD- Police suspected today that some young swain has suddenly add ed 40 choice listings to his "little black book." They re ported that 40 completed en try blanks for the Miss New York State beauty contest -complete with names, addres ses, phone numbers and vital statistics-were stolen from an amusement, park-here. Construction is an indica tion of a healthy economic condition, and! the Rogue valley is not without its ma jor construction projects. ' Throughout the valley there are now homes, busi nesses and roads being con structed." There are under construction, or recently opened, , new motejs, new service stations, and other fa cilities which will handle tourists, who bring in many thousands of dollars to this area. And from present plans, the valley's construction will continue a few more years. Manor Construction Work recently, started on the valley's largest construc tion projects-the Rogue Val ley Manor, a 10-story $5 million retirement home on Barneburg hill south of Med ford. ( Some time this fall, the Medford Shopping Center at the corner of East Jackson st. and Biddle rd. is expected to open. The Sears, Roebuck and company - store, -along with Safeway, and other shops is expected to draw hundreds of out-of-town shop pers each week. Within the next year, an addition will be constructed to Rogue Valley Memorial hospital, an addition estimat ed to cost about $1.5 million. Talent Project The House appropriations committee in Washington, D.C., earlier this month ap proved $2,747,788 for the Talertt project; an item which will assure this area of con tinued heavy construction. In the next few years, too, the Highway 99 freeway will be in various phases of con struction. An initial phase of the . four-lane divided high way is now under construc tion between the Seven Oaks area north of Central Point to a point south of Central Point. ' Those are a few of the large major construction projects started ' or planned in this area within the near future. There are many other projects which are under con struction, or expect to start soon. Construction Consistent Within the city of Medford, construction has been consist ent. Buildings which have been remodeled or built, or are now under construction, include: ( The Army reserve center on West Jackson st., estimat ed to cost about $229,000; Ce dar Lodge motel' -on North Riverside ave., $104,000; the new bureau of land manage ment office on South River side, $59,000; an addtion to the Lutheran church on Fourth st., $82,183; addition to Medford Bowling lanes, $59,000; Century building re modeling, $25,000; Morton Milling company feed mill, $25,000; 1005 East Main st., mall, $65,000; Rogue Valley State bank, East Jackson st., $40,000; foundation for Nye and Naumes cold storage plant, $35,000; Westminster Presbyterian church, $95,000; Myron Root cold storage plant, $29,000; Lumberman's Realty office building on West Main st., $73,000; and the Keith Babcock store on North Riverside, $38,000. These, of course, do not in clude buildings being con structed outside the Medford city limits. Nor does it in clude new homes within Med ford. During the first five months this year, 81 permits have been issued by the city for new home construction. Estimated value of the new homes is $1,040,400, with the average home costing about $12,844. The highest costing home for which a permit was issued was estimated to cost $25,000. Outside the Medford area, new motels, a new recrea tion center south of town, a new packing plant, other new businesses and many new homes are under construc tion. , i In Ashland, Southern Ore gon college is building sev eral new structures to handle the increased enrollment and new demands for students. On this page today are pic tures of some of the construc tion in the Rogue valley; con struction which indicates that the valley's economy is healthy. FLEMING DIVORCED ' Hollywood - (DPI - Actress Rhonda Fleming has been granted a divorce from Dr. Lewis V. Merrill, ending a marriage of seven years. The 36 -year -old actress received an interlocutory decree June 18 after she testified that her 42-year-old husband criticized everything she did. Medford Shopping Center construction, outside Si Bowling alley in recreation center development Twenty-one unit new motel along Highway 99 Pondosa Girl Named Miss Siskiyou at Yreka Ceremonies Yreka-Miss yicki McCol lum,'l6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wade McCollum, of Pon dosa, a senior at McCloud High school, was selected Miss Siskiyou County Friday night at the Miss Siskiyou pageant and dance1 at the Yreka Inn. Miss McCollum was one of nine contestants for the title. She will represent the county in the Maid of Cotton contest at the California State Fair in Sacramento this fall. She was sponsored by the McCloud Service club.. Other Contestants Other contestants were Sharon Walsh, Hornbrook, sponsored by the Yreka Cham ber of Commerce; Virginia Flook, Yreka, sponsored by the Yreka Lions club; Lindell Hamilton, Dorris, sponsored by the Dorris auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign - Wars; Sharon Comer, Tulelake, spon sored by the Tulelake Veter ans of Foreign Wars; Lois Wil liams, Weed, sponsored by the Weed Chamber of Commerce; Wanda Glenn, Montague, sponsored by the Montague Rotary club; Peggy Otten, Mt. Shasta, sponsored by the Mt. Shasta Lions club, and Linda Coppi, Dunsmuir, sponsored f 1 1 1 ' '' ' "A M U by the Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce. Dee Soletti of Weed was last year's winner. She was crown ed by Bill Ealy, Yreka, chair man of the Siskiyou board of supervisors. Judges included Colleen Hope, Medford dance studio operator; Robert Lindstrom, sales manager at television station KBES-TV, Medford; Lt. Therese Ledoux, of the Sacramento office of the Wom an's Army corps, and Sgt. Gil bert Bell, Redding, Army re cruiter for the Shasta-Siskiyou area. General chairman of the event was Charles O'Donnell, Yreka. Lebanon Man Held For Manslaughter Albany -UPD- A 25-year-old Lebanon man, Ivan Dale Het land, is in the Linn county jail here in lieu of $5,000 bond on a charge of man slaughter after a preliminary hearing in district court. Hetland was held" in con nection with the fatal beat ing of Red Cosner, Lebanon, a tavern owner. Cosner died J una 18. , and inside (inset)-. . . south of Medford . . . at Phoenix . New chapel makes i funeral procession unnecessary. Illlll New seating arrangement for family and friends. I New location high above the valley, get a gentle slop. I New panoramic view of ENTIRE valley. IjlHI New concept of memorial services makes two servictt un- I Illlll necessary. Bill Driscoll your host today, 1 to 5 p.m. I I llUrjEST-PARK VmSSSk Bill Driscoll, manager North Phoenix Road Phone SP 3-6162 or SP 2-7111 1 City Council Voles Insurance For Rail Journey Authorization for the in demnity agreement with Med- ' ford Corporation in connec tion with Saturday's rail ex cursion passed the Medford city council 6-1 at a special meeting Friday afternoon. The excursion marked the last run for "Old No. 4," the venerable logging locomotive being donated by Medco for Medford's parks and recrea tion program. Insurance cov erage was necessary for the specially-invited passengers. Only Councilman Ed Hall, Ward I, voted against the agreement, by which the city was to relieve Medco of any liability arising from excur sion' accidents. In connection with assuming . this liabilty, the city took out an insurance policy with a premium of $150 paid from municipal coffers. Against Premium Hall pointed out that the city could get the gift iron horse without having to pay this insurance premium. This would have involved delivery of the locomotive to the city by Medco without the "last trip" festivities. Councilman Don Hansen, Ward II, was not present at the meeting. City Parks and Recreation Director Robert It. Haworth told the councilmen "It'll cost us some money" to get the steam stallion from the Med co siding where it was brought Saturday to its proposed final destination, the city's West Jackson st. park site. He said this moving operation could, cost as much as $500. The councilmen apparently felt the locomotive woud be well worth it. Councilman Al Bradford, Ward II, called it a "prize asset." In one other piece of busi ness, the council Friday ac cepted formally a federal avia tion agency grant for resur facing work at Medford air port. Beaverton Student ' Never Absent, Tardy . Beaverton -(DPD- Beaverton high school graduate Patty Gray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald. Gray, Aloha, got a special pat on the back at commencement . from "officials from her . school, and from the state. In 12 years of school, Patty was never absent and never tardy. G
