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JACKSONVILLE Dog Bitten By Snake Br BETTE HOSKINS Jacksonville - Mrs. Arthur Backes at 308 . California st. reported this week that their family pet, a registered dachshund named Tena, was bitten by a rattlesnake when she made a shortcut through a blackberry patch behind the Backes residence. Mrs. Backes, her small daughter and the dog, were making their daily trek to turn on an irrigation pump when the mishap occurred. In the excitement of getting the dog back to the house to call veterinarian, the snake wasn't seen, but the veteri narian definitely established the fact that it was a rattle snake bite. He was able to save the dog by giving her snake-bite serum, but reported that she had a very close call. People in the area are warned to be. ' watchful that children don't play in the vicinity. Mrs. Alan Guches was host ess for a birthday party at her home at 101 D st., honor ing her son, Johnny, on his sixth birthday June 26. The 22 children present were Johnny's sister Evelyn, and his cousins, Jim, Pat, Byron, Mike and Sandra Guches and Leota and Leon Elrod of Med ford. Other Medford guests were Ricky and Ronnie Hart, Cin dy and Gwendy Hackworth, Bobby Steven and Cathy G em a e h lich. Jacksonville children present were Carson and Dorothy Stricklin, John ny and Dole Baker, Linea Al-' lison, Charles Kimball, Cathy and Becky Johnson and Sandra Godley. Assisting Mrs. Guches were Mrs. Dick Hart, Mrs. Eugene Gemaehlich, and her mother Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Larry Hack worth, Miss Norma Huffman and Mrs. Mac Griffin. Twc grandmothers present were Mrs. Inez Sheperd and Mrs. Ray Guches. Also present were Johnny's aunts, Mrs. Robert Guches, Mrs. Bud Guches, Mrs. Robert Elrod and Miss Oleta Shepherd. Outdoor games were play ed and a new swing set from . his parents initiated. Refresh- ! ments included a birthday J cake in the shape of a school ! bus with six candles on the ! hood. i Jacksonville Garden club held its final meeting for the summer on June 25, with 13 members and three visitors present. Mrs. A. G. Motschenbacher the club's delegate to the con vention of Federated Garden clubs, held recently in Port land, gave a report. Mrs. Har ry D. Smith from Cave Junc tion was the guest speaker, and lead a discussion on Hemeracallis, more common ly known as day lilies. She had many different blooms on display, some she had hybrid ized and others grown by a friend. - The club closed the year's meeting by planning an extra afternoon to visit at the for mer Britt property, by spe cial invitation of the present caretakers, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jones. The visit will be made in July. The committee for this meeting was the club's retir- in officers. Mrs. Blanche Motschenbacher and Mrs. Hat tie Hendrickson poured. Mrs. Gertrude Winningham won a prize. According to Mrs. John Spackman at 307V4 North Fourth st., Jacksonville, The Fifty-Plus club meets every Friday from 12:30 to 4 pjn. at the Episcopal Guild hall at the northeast corner of 5th and Oakdale in Medford. Visitors interested in be coming members are welcome to attend meetings or call Mrs. Spackman for further details at TW 9-1637. Mrs. Spackman stated that it is a club designed for men and women of 50 years or older, to help them stay in contact with the world. Many classes and projects are now underway, such as dancing, wood-carving and painting, with other classes to be formed as interest grows. These groups meet on separate days, with the en tire group meeting as a whole socially for singing, dancing, playing games and visiting over coffee breaks. Many residents here are eligible and welcome to attend. Mrs. Anna Rumley return ed this week from a two week's vacation visit with her sister, Mrs. Margert McCpl- lum, of Oakdale, Calif. .' Mrs. Earl Wall and daugh ter, Doris, returned home this, week from a visit to Cloverdale, Calif., where they visited Mrs. Wall's brother- in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Raybould. Miss Wall also visited a cousin, Don Hoddentyle, at Cloverdale. En route home they spent one night in Junction City, Calif., with Mrs. Wall's moth er, Mrs. E. S. Noe. Miss ' Valina Enns of Or. land, Calif., Miss Wall's roommate at Bible school, is here spending a two week's visit at the Wall residence. Last week end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hardy were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hardy and family of Klamath Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Hardy and fam ily of Grants Pass and Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Rolie of Ash land. i Here, for a week's visit with the C. L. Hardys is Mrs. Hardy's sister - in - law and brother, Mr. and . Mrs. Tom Bray of Los Angeles. Mrs. Judy Davis from Myr tle Point, spent a week's visit here at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Win ningham recently. - Ray Wilson celebrated his 77th birthday on June 25. A group of friends called at the Wilson home, including Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ross,' Mr. and Mrs. John Coble, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cook, Mrs. E. O. Gra ham and four children, Eddie, Melba, Linn and Pixie, all of Jacksonville, and Mr. , and Mrs. Joe McKnight,' the Wil- Freeway Crash Fatal to Five - Spokane (DPD Five persons met death on the Spokane freeway Friday when a speed ing sedan smashed into a con crete abutment and burst into flame. The dead were identified as Cathy Hunt, 23, and Robert Ross, 21, both Spokane; Rog er G. Bohnen and Robert Richter, both Fort Lewis. Richter's home was listed as Stevensville, Mont. The body of the fifth vic tim was tentatively identified as that of Evelyn Inyiart, Spokane. All five bodies were burned beyond recognition and it was several hours before they were identified, the Washing ton state patrol said. son's daughter and son-in-law of Lozier lane. Birthday re freshments were served in cluding a cake made by Miss Melba Graham. Mrs. Lyle Hamilton and daughter, Tammy, of Seattle, Wash., have been here this week visiting with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie T, Schultz, and other relatives in the area. Mineral Development in Area Stressed by Speaker This area, once famous for its gold, has good possibility for finding and developing other minerals, metals and rare earths, according to Dave Chase speaking at the North western Mining council meet ing last week. The possibilities for the small miner or prospector to find and develop these miner als is good, Chase said. He added that in the case of some of the rare earths , that are used with missiles projects the demand is great enough that the big companies are ready to develop and buy properties that show good promise. The speaker men tioned lithium and Columbian, two agents used in processing titanium, as being found in this area. Also, deposits of an timony are being found, he said, which can be shipped at a profit by the small miner. Some titanium is found here also. Chase spoke of the man ganese dike that runs through Jackson county that has pos sibility for development. Mines Quicksilver Chase, who mines quicksil ver in the Evans creek-area, feels that the, possibilities are very good for a good mine. He has built a retort and set up the necessary machinery to mine on a volume. He said the need for quicksilver is great at this time. The International Panning contest which the Mining council is sponsoring at the Jacksonville Gold Rush Jubi lee was discussed. The contest will have three divisions, men, women and juniors, un der 16 years. First prizes will be awarded in each division. The council will also have gold bearing dirt that people may pan and keep, the gold that they pan. ., It was reported that the council will have a gold dis play in the U.S. National bank, Medford branch; lobby for July. It will be a joint display with the Roxy Ann Gem and Mineral club. The mining council and the Gem and Mineral club also have a display of rocks, gems, minerals and metals found in southern Oregon. This dis play is located in the Stock ade on the Siskiyou .summit. The northern Mariana Is lands are volcanic and unin habited. Grange News Upper Applegate Grange Two candidates, Emma H. Duncan and Kermit Duncan, were obligated in the first and second degrees of the order by Worthy Master Kathleen Scovell when Upper Apple gate Grange met in regular session Friday evening, June 26. Edwin Ramsay is still con fined to his home with an eye infection that has plagued him since late April, and Pearl Byrne is also ill, according to the report of the relief com mittee. Home Economics chairman Edna Sawyer lannounced re ceipt of a ' cash award from state Grange for 18 new mem bers taken into Upper Apple gate Grange during the past year. . . . Legislative chairman Anna Scott reported that under changed postal regulations, patrons are now eligible for rural mail delivery service if there are two families in res idence per mile. Efforts are being made to get service ex tended farther into the Little Applegate area, she said, and if there are others qualifying for delivery service elsewhere in the Upper Applegate, she requested that they contact her at once in order that the necessary petitions may be completed and sent to the proper authority in Portland. A "come as you are" dance for the benefit of picnickers and others who spent July 4 in the Upper Applegate, was held the evening of the fourth in the Grange hall, according to Ethel West, Ways and Means committee chairman. Plans are also being com pleted for a barbecue for late July or early August, the date to be announced as soon as preliminary arrangements are made, she said. This event will be open to the public for HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS 1 Station KBOY 730 K.C. a stated charge. Use of the Grange hall was granted for a prliminary or ganization meeting of the farm bureau for Saturday evening, July 11. Regular meetings of the group will be held in the Ruch school cafe teria if and when the organi zation is completed, it was stated. The literary program ar ranged by Lecturer Vieva Saltmarsh, opened with a humorous reading by Flor ence Lance entitled, "The Reason I Know My Youth Has MAIL TRIBUNE, MIforj, Or. Sunday, July 5, 1959 Been Spent, My Get Up and Go Has Got Up and Went!" 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