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History from the files of The
VUil Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
June 30, 1949 (Thursday)
Fire Chief Roy Elliott re
minds Medford residents that
the plume of smoke rising
from the neighbor's yard may
just be DDT spray and not a
fire after all.
Local landlords and tenants
meet to gather information on
the rental housing situation
here with an eye to rent de
control. 20 YEARS AGO
June 30. 1939 (Friday)
Fire causes serious damage
at the Medford Ice and Stor
age company plant on South
First.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "All the
talk in Congress about 'invisi
ble spending' is interesting,
' tuough it is a well known
trait of human nature, there
is no fun spending unless some
one is watching. What .is
really needed is some visible
prosperity."
30 YEARS AGO
June 30, 1929 (Sunday)
- Medford's new airport is to
be ready this week for planes
to land.
The first band concert of
the season draws .a large
crowd.
40 YEARS AGO
June 30, 1919 (Monday)
The road to Crater Lake is
opened for the summer sea
son. ) Four men and a bootlegger
are nabbed here for intoxica
tion. 50 YEARS AGO
June 30, 1909 (Wednesday)
George Lyman of Gold Hill
claims he has a champion
cherry tree.
Col. Mima Is growing fine
watermelons on a 20-acre
patch at his Seven Oaks ranch
near Central Point.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five oc
six is good.
1. Who said, "With malice
toward none, with charity for
all"?
2. What is the capital of
Nevada? 1
3. What country furnished
the setting for Kipling's poem,
"Mandalay"?
4. In what month does the
autumn equinox occur?
5. Is a bumoose a knot tied
by Boy Scouts, a hangman's
noose, or a cloak -like gar
ment? 6. Has any man of the Ro
man Catholic or Jewish faith
ever been President of the
S.? '
7. What proportion of hu
man blood is water?
8. What office was held by
Jefferson Davis before he be
came President of the Con
federate States of Ameridh?
9. Which was the only one
of the 13 American colonies
not invaded by the British?
10. What royal personage
visited America in 1860 and
introduced a double-breasted
froci . coat into our men's
styles?
Answers: 1. Abraham Lin
coln. 2. Carson City. 3. Bur
ma. 4. September. 5. Cloak
like garment. 6. No. 7. About
three fourths, t. U. S. Sen
ator. 9. New Hampshire. 10.
Prince Albert of Great Bri
tain, ' ' '
Notes on a Trip
I Medford to La Grande
The 500 or so" miles from Medford, in south
western Oregon, to La Grande, in northeastern
Oregon, make a long, hard drive in one day.
But the trip is rewarding. It takes one through
at least nine distinct types of scenery, each dif
ferent and each, in its own way, either interest
ing, spectacular or beautiful.
. The first few miles, from the floor of the
valley to the top of the Cascades at Crater Lake
(Highway 230 was closed by one of its endemic
slides) is familiar to Medford people, but is
nonetheless a beautiful section of country, cul
minating in the always-spectacular, alwavs-dif-
f erent vista of the great lake itself.
OING down the gentle
7 tains through the Jack Pine and Ponderosa
country, one gradually descends from the "high
Cascades" to the "high plateau," which stretches
along the east side of the range from border to
border, and which verges on the "high desert"
just to the east.
This is a green country, at this time of year,
with the highway running mile after mile through
stands of timber, interspersed with meadows and
farmlands, until it comes to the sagebrush and
rimrock country in the Bend-Redmond-Madras
area, much of which has now been reclaimed
through irrigation and converted into amazingly
fertile fields.
, Off to the left as one goes north are the snow
peaks of the Cascades McLoughlin (or Pitt),
Thielsen, the Three Sisters, Washington, Three
Fingered Jack, Jefferson, and away to the north,
Hood. Further north ' one can frequently see
Rainier, Adams and St. Helens, in Washington.
MORTH of Madras, as the car follows Highway
- 97 northeastward, one climbs through Cow
Canyon (once a major threat to life and limb,
now an easy grade on excellent highway) into
the "high desert," where sage brush grows along
side the snow drift fences.
- - The little town of Shaniko, smack in the
middle of nowhere, could, if it weren't for the
highway and a couple of service "stations, serve
as a setting for a western cow town movie.
But to the north the rolling hills change to
the bright and startling green of unripened
wheat, instead of the brown and light green of
sage. Grass Vailey, a tiny community tucked
down in a fold of the hills, appears to have plenty
of water this year, and the grass after which it
is named is breast-high. Moro, too, is green. And
the farms look prosperous many of them newly
remodeled, with big, dish-type, directional TV
antennas, pointed north. -
T WASCO, the last
on this route, one begins the descent through
a barren canyon to the Columbia. One comes
upon it suddenly at Biggs Junction wide and
brown, with the sere Washington hills on the
other side, and Sam Hill's amazing palace of
Maryhill (now a museum) visible in the distance.
Highway 30 eastbound along the river is in
vivid contrast to Highway 97. One is. a major
east-west thoroughfare:
traveled interregional highway. But both, for
much of the way, traverse barren hills.
There is a narrow strip of greenery along the
Columbia here, but above and beyond the escarp
ments of the gorge still are wheat and sage.
'.'
I EAVING the mighty river, one comes to flat
country, with only an occasional rounded
hill. Past the Army ordnance depdt and Air Force
firing range, one comes once again to green
fields wheat, mostly, but also a few fields of
peas or other crops. This in turn changes to hills
again before the sharp descent into the vallev of
the Umatilla at Pendleton.
The two major landmarks here are Eastern
Oregon State hospital, and the Pendleton Round
Up grounds. The city, once almost strictly a cow
town, is now more dependent on other forms of
agriculture, mostly wheat and peas.
Outside of Pendleton a recently -improved
highway climbs the grades and curves, through
Al- XT 1 11 T 1 T" , .1
me umauiia inaian .Reservation, to tne tops oi
the Blue Mountains, where much of the road is
now high-standard freeway (it will all be in a
few years), soaring across the top of the world
amiast trees ana aipme
THE Blue Mountains are among Oregon!s love
l, rri, j 1
as the Cascades or Steens or Wallowas, but for
rolling, green beauty they are hard to match.
lney remind one of Germany's Black Forest.
' The descent into the Grande Ronde valley
is now complicated somewhat by highway con-
1 i ii i m . . m
Btruction, out parts oi it remain attractive, n
curvy. The new freeway appears to slice down
the mountain almost in a straight line. A portion
of it is nearly ready for use.
The valley itself was green this June, and is
set off by the backdrop of the Wallowas, the
"Swiss alps" of Oregon.
I A GRANDE has four staple branches to its
1-1 economy the railroad (Union Pacific),
farming, lumbering, and Eastern Oregon college,
a school comparable in size and purpose to South
ern Oregon college in Ashland.
It is a pleasant little town, where the side
walks are rolled up at about 9 p.m. But the noise
of the switching in the railroad yards goes on all
night a sign of healthy economic activity, but
hardly designed to lull to sleep the guests on
the seventh floor of the Sacajawea hotel a block
and a half away. E.A.
;(To be continued) - - - ;
east slope of the moun-
of the few wheat towns
the other is a much-less-
meadows.
Dennis the
I THOUGHT MAY6S THEVD UKE
I'M TAKlNWfiATW.' ,
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Log Truck Regulation
To the Editor: House Bill 72
was vetoed at the end of the
session by Governor Hatfield.
"We of the Oregon Log &
Truckers League, have for
three years pressed for the
legislation contained in HB
72.
Briefly, this bill would have
required a new applicant for
a log hauler's permit to show
the need for his service before
granting of the permit. Were
he able to show the need, the
Public Utilities Commissioner
would grant the -permit. If
not, the permit would be de
nied. With the exception of
log and dump' trucks, all oth
er volume haulers enjoy this
protection. "
The second section of HB 72
gave, to the Public Utilities
Commissioner the . power .to
classify roads with respect to
surface and width, and to fix,
after, hearing, fair and just
rates for the haul as indicated
by the types of roads used.
Again, this protection is avail
able to other haulers exclud
ing log and dump trucks.
- Logging truck operators in
Oregon are completely unreg
ulated. There is no bar to the
entrance of additional oper
ators to this field .even though
it should be plain to the least
prudent observer that there is
an abundance and very prob
ably a surplus of operators
and equipment available at
any time during the year.
There is nothing to prevent
established operators in the
adjoining states from sending
their trucks into Oregon to
look for. hauling contract's
during the winter months
when work is not available in
their own states
It seems to be sharp prac
tice of many lumber compa
nies in Oregon to reduce the
hauling rates which they are
willing to pay during the win
ter months to a fraction of
the normal rates, knowing
that with a surplus of hauling
facilities in the market, and
with many of the operators
reduced to desperate circum
stances,- it is possible to have
their logs hauled below the
actual cost of operation dur
ing the winter months.
The people of Oregon have
the right to expect all trucks
on our highways to be well
maintained, safely loaded and
driven.
The operators of these
trucks have the right to expect
that their hauling agreements
be based upon the cost of the
haul plus a fair profit.
We do not doubt that Gov
ernor Hatfield had reasons,
perhaps to him important rea
sons, for vetoing HB 72. How
ever, the ones expressed to
date seem to be excuses, not
real reasons.
' Claude" P. Davis,
- President, Oregon Log
and Lumber Truckers
League, 1277 Commer
cial, Coos Bay, Ore. i
Butte Falls Development
. To the Editor: In regard to
the last trip of Medford Cor
poration's Shay locomotive,
why didn't the city of Med
ford arrange for about 15 or
20 cars for the trip and a
"come one, come all" invita
tion for those who might like
to make the trip? I'm sure that
would have been a better ar
rangement. As a matter of fact, I think
that if the people of Butte
Falls and way points between
Butte Falls and Medford were
to put out a little effort they
could make the Pacific & East
ern track a real tourist attrac
tion that would pay off, by
procuring one of the old 4-4-0
type locomotives and coaches
sufficient tc- serve customers
and run an excursion train on
Menace
A LITTLE &CBSZCISE WHILE
Saturday, Sundays,' and holi
days during the summer at
least. This arrangement would
not interfere with Medco us
age of the track on work days.
Butte Falls, especially, would
get a lot of customers if they
would put in a reasonable
amount of picnic and other
recreational facilities such as
picnic ; stoves and tables, a
well maintained ball park, a
good hotel, perhaps golf links,
skating rink, and swimming
pool and last but definitely
not least, plenty of shade. Also
a bus service from Butte Falls
to Willow Lake in season.
All these things should be
paying enterprises for Butte
Falls and vicinity. An optimis
tic instead of pessimistic at
titude would " work wonders,
if not miracles.
. Floyd R. McCabe, .
' Mt. Pitt Star rt.,
Butte Falls, Ore.
i
Way lo the Graveyard
To the Editor: President
Eisenhower has stated: "It is
not the goal of the American
people that the United States
should be the richest nation
in the graveyard of history."
That we are rapidly approach
ing the graveyard of history
seems to be implied in his
statement. John Augerhole,
Roadheaver and the Man at
the Gate Post, is inclined to
believe him. Surely, not so
far in the future disaster is
waiting, like Hector at the
walls of Troy. ,
The federal debt has no
limit, for as the debt grows
larger the limit is extended a
few. billions to keep it in the
clear. A flexible limit is no
limit at all. New sources of
revenue must be found; taxes
on present sources must be
raised to meet the require
ments of present governmen
tal operations. Union work
men force employers to pay
higher wages, their products
cost more and salaries of offi
cials must be raised in pro
portion. At election time about one
half of th registered voters
go to the polls and elect to
office those candidates who
promise a government-built
house on Easy- Street, and
dams in Hells Canyons; colos
sal school buildings on every
knoll, and ten lane highways
in every state. They vote for
unemployment pay, a yearly
wage and a pension. They vote
for subsidies to the World at
large and American wheat
growers, in particular. Abra
ham Lincoln once said, "If
the United States is ever de
stroyed it will be from the
inside." He was so right!
The goal of the American
people is well on the way to
ward attainment; the Ameri
can Republic has passed from
the world community of Na
tions and as a Democracy it
is on its way .to the graveyard
Of history.
Joseph J. Hall,
Shady Cove, Ore.
Portland State
Appoints Manager
Portland (OPD William T.
Lemman Jr. has been appoint
ed business manager at Port
land State college, President
Branford P. Millar said today.
Lemman, a graduate of the
University of Oregon, has
been fiscal officer for the Ag
ricultural Experiment Station
at Oregon State college. He
was formally assistant busi
ness manager at Portland
Lemman replaces Leslie B.
Newhouse, who resigned to
accept a position , with the In
ternational Cooperation Ad
ministration in Haiti. Lem
man's appointment is subject
to approval of the State Board
of Higher Education. r
France, Italy, Seek Greater NAIF Rolso
Ambitions
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
President Charles de Gaulle
is proceeding methodically to
ward his avowed goal of ob-
t a i n i n g for
France new
recognition as
a world pow
er and as a de-
cisive voice in
the affairs of
Europe.
A step in
that direction
was his recent
visit to Italy
Fbil Isewsom
which resulted in a joint
French-Italian call for a meet
ing of Western foreign minis
ters in Geneva prior to the
July 13 resumption of the Big
Four talks there.
An added starter would be
Italian Foreign Minister Giu
seppe Pella.
Up and Down Go the Flags;
Demand Brisk for 49 Stars
By FRANK ELEAZER
Washington- (DPD The way
things are going the most spir
ited patriotic display around
here on July
4 will take
ril o aw tVi a
roof of the
capitol.
Starting at
12:01 a. m.,
when the new
49 - star flag
becomes offi
cial, a crew of
maybe 10 cap
Frank Eleazer
ital police will lay aside their
law books and pistols and
Matter of Fact
HOFFA
WashingtonAAs a fairly im
portant product of American
society, James R. Hoffa both
demands and
richly repays
close study.
He can be
studied most
r e w ardingly
on the stand of
Senator Mc
Clellan's Spe
cial Commit
tee on Improp-
4nspb 4isop er jiaDor rrac
tices,' where the grim little
boss of the Teamsters' Union
is currently fighting the third
round of a long battle.
Hoffa in private is said to
be all shrewdness and genial
self-confidence. Hoffa in ac
tion on his special labor front,
deploying his battalions of at
tendant goons, is all triumph
ant rtithlessness. But Hoffa
on the stand is something else
again, watchful, unnatural and
ill at ease, yet deeply reveal
ing and somehow symbolic.
The revelation is by no
means instantaneous, to be
sure. The stocky little man
who enters the jammed hear
ing room with such aggressive
cockiness does not give him
self away at once. It is easier
to make a quick judgment
of Hoffa's lawyer, the tall,
smooth - mannered Edward
Bennett Williams, with his
handsome face just going into
looseness, than it is to judge!
Hoffa himself. j
THE evidence is there, to be
sure-in the compact, fight
er's body; in the abnormally
short, muscular arms; in the
stubby hands that seem shap
ed for a blunt instrument; and
above all, in the hard, strong
jawed face with quick, sharp
eyes that are always flicker
ing warily from side to side
as . though to detect danger
or seek out prey. But the
evidence is at first concealed,
so to say, by the carefully
tailored blue suit, the match
ing necktie, the white shirt
of such expensively transpar
ent stuff that it has to be
double-lined in front.
Watch Hoffa for a while,
however, now angrily drum
ming on the table with his
short, strong fingers, now
twisting his huge ruby ring,
now ostentatiously pretend
ing boredom, but always and
at all times physically gath
ered together, as though- for
the attack. You then see the
judged synchrony of the hu
man animal, he is a potenti
ally dangerous animal. Yetj
this is only the beginning of
the revelation of Hoffa on the
stand; so what he says is far
more meaningful than how
he looks.
The topic in debate between
him and the McClellan Com
mittee is always essentially
the same. It may be a con
victed murderer who is also
a high Teamsters' official.
(There are several scores of
known criminals in the union
high command, with convic
tions ranging from narcotics
dealing to homicide.)
-
IT MAY be another Team
sters' official who used $18,
500 of union funds .to buy
up a judge. It may be the
use of union funds to defend
this bribe-giver against an in
come tax charge, -on the pe
Keep Western Alliance Shaky
It would provide an inter
esting alignment.
On the one hand would be
France and Italy, solidly
aligned in their fields of spe
cial interests, including Medi
terranean defenses and a
greater voice in the North At
lantic Treaty Organization
(NATO). Italy probably also
could be counted upon to join
De Gaulle in his opposition to
a summit conference with So
viet Premier Nikita Khrush
chev. This in turn would align
them against Britain, which
alone among the Western
powers continues to press for
a meeting with the Russian
leader regardless of success or
failure of lower level nego
tiations. Relations Turn Cool
Also aligned against Britain
would be West Germany,
spell each other for hours run
ning flagsip and down a bat
tery of five flag poles.
According to capitol archi
tect J. George Stewart, this
could go on through -the
dawn's early light, all da,
and maybe into the night, de
pending on certain factors
like whether you, too, want to
get into the act.
Base on present indications,
at least 1,000 Scout troops,
Legion posts, chambers of
commerce, and ordinary tax
payers are hoping to acquire
the first 49-star flag to be
flown over the capitol.
By Joseph Alsop
culiar ground that he had em
bezzled his alleged income
which, being embezzled, was
not taxable. And the unvary
ing topic is always whether
these are good men to lead
a union, and whether these
are proper practices for a un
ion to indulge in.
In this bizarre and fre
quently horrifying debate,
Hoffa's opposition is very
formidable indeed. Most men
would be intimidated by this
serious and judicious Senator
McClellan and his young com
mittee counsel, Robert Ken
nedy, with his air of earnest
ness and his fine hawk-face.
But Hoffa is not intimidated.
Instead he leave his adver
saries, despite all the evidence
on their side to help them,
almost pawing the air in angry
frustration.
Partly it is Hoffa's English,
far more contorted and ob
scure than William Faulk
ner's. Partly it is Hoffa's
quickness, in shifting from one
defense to another. Partly it
is Hoffa's frequent, self-righteous
use of the great watch
words of democracy. Speak
ing of his subordinates who
have pleaded the Fifth
Amendment, for instance,, he
grandiloquently proclaims, "I
don't propose now or at any
time that the invoking of an
Amendment of the Constitu
tion of the United States
should become in any way or
shape or form the basis for
action against an individual."
BUT above all, the frustra
tion of McClellan and Ken
nedy derives from an essen
tially social cause. Like' the
Western debate with Khrush
chev, their debate with Hoffa
is an inherently impossible
conversation, because the
standards and values of the
participants, or their, ideas
about what is good and what
is bad, are so utterly at vari
ance. Other men of Hoffa's stripe
are at least mildly embarrass
ed by their departures from
accepted standards. Not so
Hoffa, who has simply reject
ed the accepted standards, and
has instead drawn a private
value system from his own ob
servations of those who are
fittest to survive and the best
methods of survival in the
jungle world of the Teamsters.
Hoffa, one may say, is a con
vinced Social Darwinian, who
is' rather proud of his convic
tions. . One must also say that Hof
fa's very existence reveals our
society's occasional perver
sion of certain of the publicly
accepted values and standards.
Too many people forget, after
all, that Hoffa's type of union-
ism would not exist, if a great
many respectable businessmen
did not positively prefer pur
chasable, corruptible unions
to independent and incorrup
tible unions. And one must
finally say that the only cure
for Hoffa is wise legislation,
patiently enforced without of
fense to the great democratic
watchwords which Hoffa so
grossly misuses.
Copyright 1959, New York
Herald Tribune Inc. .
The first chamber of com
merce in America was char
tered in New York City in
1768.
wnose -mounting annoyance
with Britain Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan's summit
maneuverings has led to hot
words and relations about as
cool as they can get among
friends.
Trying to preserve a bal
ance would be the United
States, which also is wary of
a summit meeting but not
with the same vehemence as
France and West Germany.
The above is only a partial
summary of the wheels-with-in-wheels
differences dividing
the Western Allies and giving
Khrushchev the confidence
that time is on his side.
West Germany's great pre
occupation is the reunifica
tion of .Germany and a settle
ment of the Berlin problem.
It fears that British anxiety
for peace may lead to a Ger
man "sellout."
Barring acts of God, like
thunderstorms, Stewart will
see to it they all get it, al
most. Specifically, each appli
cant will receive a 49-star flag
duly certified to have been
flown over the cspitol the
first day on which this was
legal. Of course the first, first
flag to be flown over the capi
tol will go to the new state0 of
Alaska.
Still Not Too Late
Stewart won't like me for
this, but actually it still isn't
too late to put your name in
the pot.
An air mail special to your
Congressman, enclosing $5.80
to cover the cost of a brand
new, beautiful 5 by 8 flag, or
$2.35 for one just as pretty
but only 3 by 5, is all that's
required. ,
Just tell him you want a
flag that has flown over tlje
capitol on the Fourth of July.
He will buy the flag in the
House stationery store (and
those prices are about half
what you would pay else
where) and pass it along in its
red, white and blue box to
the architect's office.
As of Monday, that office
was awash in red, white and
blue boxes, awaiting the his
toric day.
Of course, there are always
some people who have to be
different. They are asking for
the last' 48-star flag to be
flown over the heads of the
Congress on July 3. But to get
in on this you will have to
supply your own flag. The sta
tionery store is sold out of
these old-fashioned models.
Congress got into the flag
business so long ago nobody
remembers when. The origi
nal idea was to award some
worthy group the tattered re
mains of the big 8 by 12 flags
that fly rain or shine and 24
hours daily, from the East
and West fronts of the capitol.
Business Steps Up
But these didn't wear out
fast enough, to meet the de
mand. So along about 1937
some bright member just
bought a new flag and took
it to the people in, charge,
"Just let it flutter a min
ute, and then give me a letter
to certify that it did," he re
quested. The word got around and
Congress' flag business has
been flying high ever since.
Last year 2,850 emblems went
out, each with an appropriate
letter from Stewart, certify
ing to its historic flight.
Stewart, in his letter
doesn't actually say how long
the flag flew in its. honored
position. If asked,- he says sev
eral minutes afloat in the
breeze is what he shoots for
but when business is hum
ming, something less may
have to suffice. "
Counsel With ...
Mr. Insurance-Fred Brennan
I
Fred Brtnnae
Or Call
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27 NORTH HOLLY ST.
De Gaulle's great preoccu
pation, on the other hand, 9)
a settlement of the uprisirAin
Algiers. ,
He believes neither
United States nor Britain bff)
shown proper sympathy f dt
French problems in AlgieffJ
and Italian support fog)
France's Algiers position un
doubtedly was one of ttfi)
things he sought in Rome.
While Italy no longer is a
colonial power, French and
Italian cooperation on spheres
of influence in Africa goes
back to the year 1900.
Desire for Voice
Of special common interest
is the desire of both for a
greater voice in NATO af9s.
Italy long has been resent
ful at what she believes to hgi
one-sided decisions taken by
the United States and Britain
in NATO- affairs in which
Italy also is deeply involved.
Italy's army, one of the larg
est in Europe, is totally com
mitted to NATO. She has
agreed to U. S. missile bases
on her soil, and, besides the
Mediterranean, she also
guards an invasion route
from the north.
These, she believes, entitle
her to consultation.
On this particular point De
Gaulle would hit a sensitive
note and win Italy's hearty
cooperation.
De Gaulle realizes fully the
importance of France's stra
tegic position in European de
fenses and is using it to the
hilt in h current negotia
tions with the United States.
Tr?ere is little hope that any
of these issues can be settled
before- July 13. They give
ruirusncnev hope and they
count in part for the $vit3)
continued unyielding gtti(ttt
on issues of world pegc
Didj Accepted For
Band Room Addition9
Bids will be received
through July 9 for the con
struction of a band room ad
dition to the physical educa
tion activities building of the'
Elk-Trail elementary schooL
The building will be on a
concrete slab with block ma
sonry walls and will include
asbestos floor and acoustical
tile. '
Bids will be received by the
Eagle Point school district
board until 8 p.m. July 9, it
was reported.
Plans and specifications
are available from James K.
Hoey, 56 Quince st Medfoid,
ana iui-vjre xauiiuers - .ex
change, 40 South Fir st. - - ,
Porthnder Red '
Cross Representative
Portland-flJPD-Miss Ruth A.
Horn of Portland has been ap
pointed a Pacific Aea Red
Cross field representative, the
Portland - Multnomah County
Red Cross Chapter said today.
Miss Home will assist 17
Chapters in central Oregon
and southwest Wasington in
developing and coordinating
Red Cross programs.
CONSECUTIVE DIVIDEND
H J") Iff
MUTUAL, INC
This quarterly dividend of
ft per share is payable on
4 July 9, 1959 to share
holders of record as of June
25, 1959.
JSf . Fitzsmmoitt, CUnus
W. AMBlEl
tt Mo. Orange
Medford, SP 2-891
A VACATION CRASH
COULD Tit UP YOUR CASH!
Unless you arrange for the right
type of insurance protection be
fore' starting your trip. Acci
dents happen on highways,
waterways and even your own
patios so carry full protection.
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