Medford mail tribune., July 07, 1959, Image 5

In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Last week end, the high
ways of America were full of
cars. The National Safety
Council believes that 45 MIL
LION of them took to the
roads over the Fourth of July
weekend and travel led NINE
BILLION car miles.
The traffic death toll in the
United States from 6 p.m. Fri
day to midnight Sunday was
somewhere in the neighbor-
270, with, another 13,000 per
sons suffering disabling in
juries.
The moral that is normally
drawn from these statistics is
that the automobile is a KIL
LER - because of the speed
that it makes possible, a dead
ly and merciless killer.
TJmmmmmmm. I wonder.
Among those who will
read this piece will be many
who can recall a day when
cars 'were few and far be
tween and horse-drawn vehi
cles were numerous. In that
period of our nation's history,
there were no WEEK ENDS.
The economics of those days
forhaHe such luxuries. The
MACHINE- with its fabulous
capacity to multiply human
effort and GET THINGS
DONE FASTER, had not yet
come into universal use. The
be accomplished by strong
backs and busy hands, with
only a few rudimentary tools
to help.
Consequently, Sundays and
big national holidays were
about all the time that could
be spared from work.
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In those bygone days-
The dusty country roads on
the Fourth of July would be
FULL of horse-drawn vehicles
and the dusty streets of the
county-seat towns would be
simply CRAWLING with
them. '
Don't think those days
didn't have traffic jams. They
did. Unless you've driven a
dozen miles on a dusty road,
with a horse-drawn vehicle
about every 20 yards and the
gay young blades with their
' top buggies and their three
minute trotters weaving in
and out and trying to GET
AHEAD through chocking
clouds of dust, you've just
haven't seen traffic, jams.
TJut, you say-
"You're talking about
the DISCOMFORS of slow,
crawling traffic on dusty,
Knmnw ftiinT-ir rciAw , anil
streets. -
"What about the DAN
GERS? "What a bout the crippling
Injuries? .
"What about the DEATHS?"
SHADY COVE-TRAIL
Many Visitors in Area
By EVALYN P. WATSON
Shady Cove-Trail - One of
the notable events of the fish
ing season, at least for the
younger set, was the catching
of a 4 pound, 22-inclr, salmon
off the Shady Cove bridge
June 25 by 8-year-old David
Elder, son of. Mr. and Mrs.
Gilbert Elder of Shady Cove.
A good prediction is that Da
vid will turn out to be quite
a fisherman when- he grows
up.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Stafford
of Trail entertained with a
dinner party in their home
June 26. Guests were Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Waters and grand
daughters, Rosemary and Pat
ty of Paramount, Calif.; Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Rose and Mrs.
Ella Deal of Long Beach,
Calif.; and Floyd Waters of
Camp White. The group is
staying at Sunset - on - the
Rogue while here.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Mc
Whorter of Shady Cove have
had a lot of company within
a short period, including Mc-
Whorter's son and grand
daughter, M. E. McWhorter
and Alice McWhorter of Napa,
Calif.; his daughter and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Allen and children, Diane and
Carolyn of Vallejo, Calif.; and
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Smith and children, Jimmy
and Donna, Mrs. Smith's
mother, Mrs. Nina Morgan
and Donna's girl friend, Sue
Bailey, all of Myrtle Point.
Mrs. Zane Bidwell and
children, Carolyn, Sandra,
Deana and Zane Jr., are leav
ing soon to spend several
weeks in Salem, visiting with
Mr. Bidwell's father, R. V.
Bidwell and Mrs. Bidwell's
mother, Mrs. Donna Tierce. .
Nutt c Shady Cove.
Mr., and Mrs. E.. R. Sheri
dan of Minneapolis, Minn.,
and Col. and Mrs. Jack Fuller
of La Mesa are visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kindschi
of Trail. Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs.
Fuller and Mrs. Kindschi are
sisters. .
Tid you ever see a runaway?
J Especially a runaway on
the jam-packed public square
of a county seat town on a
Fourth of July . . with the
street full of men, women and
CHILDREN . . . the fear-mad
dened horses tearing through
the crowd . . . people scream
ing as they struggled to get
out of the way . . . maybe
some young hero making a
death-defying dive at the
horses' bit in an effort to
pull them down . . . some
times going down himself un
der the iron-shod hoofs or the
iron, tires. - ' .
If you've neveT seen that,
you don't know, what excite
ment is . .'. and often serious,
crippling injury . . . and,
sometimes, DEATH. .
There was hazard on the
highways then.
A thought in closing:
Suppose our population
had grown as it has grown.
Suppose the automobile had
never been invented.
, Suppose that on this Fourth
of July weekend that came to
a close Sunday night there
had been 45 MILLION horse
drawn vehicle varying all
the way from team - drawn
spring wagons to red-wheeled
rubber - tired buggies drawn
by fancy trotters - on our
highways.
In that event, there would
have been a lot of traffic fa
talities maybe as many as
350. - -i
. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Strangland of Los Angeles
spent their honeymoon , in
Shady Cove and visited with
Mrs. Strangland's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Abell.
Both are students at the Uni
versity of Southern Califor
nia in Los Angeles. They flew
back to Laguna Beach, where
they will be living. Other
houes guests of the Abells are
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Crunk of
San Fernando, who are spend
ing two weeks visiting here.
Mr. Crunk is a teacher in the
San Fernando High school.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brewster
of Trail made a vacation trip
to Portland where they saw
the Centennial exposition and
the Ice Capades.
Mrs. Ernest Segessenman,
over ali chairman for the
Bloodmobile wishes to thank
all those who helped with the
Bloodmobile as well as all
those who donated blood, and
especially those who made
their donations in the name
of. her sister, Mrs.' E. C. Vos
son of Eugene, who died the
latter part of June. ; ' .
J. W. Hammons of Sheri
dan, Ore.; spent several days
visiting with his daughter and
family, Mr. and - Mrs. Dick
Pf eif er and son, Bill, of Shady
Cove and with his daughter-in-law
and family, Mrs. Bob
Hammons and son, Frazier.
While here he also went up
to Sacred Heart hospital to
see his son, Bob, who is con
fined there receiving treat
ment for injuries sustained in
a logging accident near Butte
Falls. He suffered a broken
jaw and damage to ribs in the
accident.
- Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fehlei
sen of Mill Valley, Calif., are
visiting with their niece and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. ' Dalg Sawyer, ; Shady
Cove, were Mr. and Mrs. Kel
lar Hutton, Dale's sister and
husband, from Yucaipa, Calif.,
Herbert Sawyers, Gold Hill,
and Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Schulz, Medford.
Jerry Quinlin, Shady Cove,
not only : reported a news
item to the local correspond
ent but had the proof of his
story with him. When he ar
rived he was carying the tail
of a timber rattler with eight
rattles intact. , It measured
two feet long and was killed
in Dead Horse canyon.
Mrs. Adeline Carl, Shady
Cove, is visiting with her,
friends, Mr. and Mrs. Peter
son, Medford. .
Mrs. Floyd Moffat of Trail
is on a trip to Albany, Ga.,
where she is spending some
time visiting with her son,
Alonzo Moffatt.
Mr.-and Mrs. Jack Pfeifer,
Grants Pass, spent the week
end visiting with Jack's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Pfeifer, Shady Cove.
Mrs. Emma Merritt, Central
Point, is now living with her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. John Stille, Shady
Cove.
Dr. and Mrs. -Carl Acker
man and children, Peggy and
Paul, Moses Lake, Wash.,
spent a few days visiting at
the home of Mrs. Ackerman's
parents, Dr. and Mrs. Harold
Reith, Shady Cove. Other
house guests of the Reith's
have been Mrs. Reith's broth
er and sister-in-law, Dr. and
Mrs. Ed Rippey, Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Thrash
er and daughter, Glenda and
Billy Simpson of Abingdon,
111., are house guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Roger Simpson of
Trail. Mrs. Thrasher is a sis
ter of Roger Simpson and
Billy is his brother.
Timmy Meyer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence : Meyer,
Shady Cove, is confined to
Sacred Heart hospital for
treatment of injuries sus
tained when he was hit by a
truck while riding a bike on
Rogue River dr. He suffered a
broken hip and a big gash on
his leg. He expects to have
surgery this week, however,
he is able to have visitors. :
The new Episcopal minister
and his wife, the Rev. and
Mrs. John S. Power, are now
in residence in Prospect and
are conducting services both
at the Church of the Good
Shepherd and at St. Martin's
in- Shady Cove. Mr. Power
has set aside one afternoon a
week to make calls on the
church members in his dis
trict and become acquainted
with the families.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bishop
and children, Jack Gail and
Robbie of Sepulveda, Calif.,
were house guests in the home
of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Bishop, Shady Cove.
Mr. and Mrs.s O. R. Berk
heimer, Central Point, are the
parents of a boy born in Sa
cred Heart hospital. This is
the couple's first child and
has been named Wilbur Lew
is. Maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Meyer,
Shady Cove, and .paternal
grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Berkheimer, San
Diego.
Mr. and Mrs. George East
man and sons, Bill and Dick
of Placerville, Calif., have
been - visiting with George's
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Eastman of the
Bar GM Ranch, Trail.
Pfc. David Easley, U. S.
Marine Corps, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wendell Stalker is home
on a 25-day furlough to visit
with his parents and friends.
He has .been stationed in Oki
nawa for the past 15 months.
Other guests of the Stalkers
have been Stalker's mother,
Mrs. J. L. Stalker, Prairie
City, Ore., and his brother",
John Stalker, Portland. Mrs.
Stalker Sr. was here to at
tend the funeral of a friend,
Mrs. Lucille Bishop, Medford.
Mrs. Herbert Wilcox of
Trail is confined to Rogue
Valley hospital'where she was
taken following a heart attack
at her home above the Cot
tage Kitchen on the Rogue.
She cannot have visitors at
this time. .
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Strother, Shady Cove, have
been their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Ali San
doz and children, Joli and
Fraser.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lane
and children, Linda and Bill
of Rivermines, Mo., spent
three days visiting with
Lane's sister and brother-inlay,
and Mr. and Mrs. William
Shepherd, Shady Cove, en
route to southern California.
While there 'they plan to visit
Disneyland.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mat
tern and boys who were
renters of Mrs. Louis Lang's
house have now moved to
Eagle Point whsre they are
living In an apartment.
Mrs. Bob Edminster and
daughter. Suzanne, Merced.
Calif., spent a few days visit
ing at the home of Mrs. Ed-
minster's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Scott Brill, Trail.
Mrs. Isabelle Scott, Phila
delphia, Pa., and Mrs. Joy
Windsor and daughter, Dee,
Providence, R.I., are vacation
ing in Shady Cove visiting
with Mrs. Scott's daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Hammons, Shady Cove. Mrs.
Windsor and Mrs. Hammons
attended school together and
were later neighbors in Arizona.
Mrs. Florence Ross and
grandson, Steven Aird of
Salt Lake City, Utah, have
been visiting with the Herb
Wilcox's and Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Wilcox and family of
Trail. Mrs. Ross is the moth
er of Mrs. Harry Wilcox.
Mrs. John Lowery and chil
dren, Steven, Johnny and
Edith, and Mrs. Jesse Lowery
and children, Dale, Geneva
and Sharon, have returned
from a trip to Arkansas where
they visited in West Fork
with Mrs! Jesse Lowery's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmet
Dearduff and in Prairie
Grove, Ark., with Mrs. John
Lowery's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Rush. John and
Jesse's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
N. R. Lowery of West Fork,
Ark., returned home with
them for a visit.
Newcomers to Trail are Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Bench of
Petaluma, Calif., who are liv
ing next to the Charles More
heads in Trail. Bench is a son
of Mrs. Morehead. Other
guests of the Moreheads have
been Mr. Morehead's daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. August Barizon, San
Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Velasco
of Oakland, Calif., are house
guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. L.
Williams of Shady Cove. Mrs.
Velasco and Mrs. Williams are
sisters.
Mrs. Lucile Broomfield of
Dunsmuir, Calif., has pur
chased the old post office
building and store from Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Kennedy of
Shady Cove and are having it
remodeled and redecorated to
make it suitable for a restau
rant. Mrs. Broomfield plans to
open a restaurant there to be
known as the, "Holiday Inn."
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Barlow
of Elk Creek, Trail have pur
chased the Leon Douglas
ranch, formerly the old Mario
Lanza place. '
-Mr. and Mrs. Val A. Bubb
of Inglewood, Calif., have pur
chased a house in the Cove
from Mr', and Mrs. Johnny
Jones of Panama City, Fla.
The Bubbs formerly lived in
Eagle Point where Bubb was
graduated from the Eagle
Point High school in 1953.
They own the cabin next to
the Johnny Jones property.
Nancy Jenkins of. North
Hollywood, Calif., is a house
guest of Mr. and Mrs. George
Pearson and daughter, Joyce
Pearson of Sierra Manor,
Trail.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Whip
ple of Sam Himas, Calif., are
visiting with their daughter
and family, Mr. and" Mrs.
James Smith of Shady Cove
and helping them move into
their new home. The Smiths
have purchased the residence
of Mr. ,and Mrs. Blaine Wil
liams across from the Assem
bly of God Church in Shady
Cove. Mrs. Smith will teach
the first grade this coming
year in the Shady Cove
school. .
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Tullis of
Los Angeles are visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fagalde
of Shady Cove. Tullis is em
ployed by Columbia Pictures.
Mrs. Myrtle Tierce of Jef
ferson, Ore., has been visiting
with her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Tierce of Trail and her niece
and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Zane Bidwell, Shady Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Wis
niewski and-children of Long
Beach, Calif., spent several
days visiting with Mrs. Wis
niewski's mother, Mrs. Mary
Chapman, Shady Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Darrohn
and son, Jack have moved
into one of Les Morgan's
houses near Trail. They for
merly lived in the Segessen
man house in the Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Perica and
daughters, Sandy and Gail
Bryden, and son, Joey Perica
of Alton, 111., have been visit
ing with Mrs. Perica's sister
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tony
Miller of Trail.
Newcomers to Trail are Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Gaston from
Santa Monica, Calif., who pur
chased a piece of land from
the U. R. Waglers next to
them on Big Butte creek and
are building a home there.
Ernie Roach of Leroy, Sas
katchewan, Canada, is visiting
with his sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Se
gessenman of Shady Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Crain Jr.
and children, Carol and Earl,
North Hollywood, Calif., are
staying for a two weeks va
cation at the Nate Edwards
cabin on Big Butte creek.
Mr. and Mrs. George Proch
now of Springfield, Ore., have
been visiting with their
daughter , and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. George Field of
Shady Cove.
The Carroll Watsons of
Shady Cove ; : found a rare
snake on the rock walk of
their home one night last
week. The snake, whose id
entific name is deodophus am
abilis, is a snake in miniature.
Although this particular one
measured eight inches when
stretched out it was about V
as thick as a pencil. In color
it is slate black with a vivid
orange band around the neck
and an orange under belly. It
is a non-poisonous species.
Anyone capturing non-poisonous
snakes are asked to
contact Carroll Watson, TRin
ity 8-2351, or TRinity 8-2273.
Linda and Deborah Shep
pard of Quines Creek, Ore.,
are visiting with their aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Sheppard of Shady Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mey
er of Shady Cove have had
word that their daughter,
Mrs. Andrew Douglas, is con
fined to the Veterans Admin
istration hospital in Salisbury,
N. C, for treatment. Mrs.
Douglas was injured while
serving in the armed services
during the Korean war.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Welch
of Shady Cove have sold their
home on the river next to
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Motschen-
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Coronado, Calif., and Hutch-'
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They also own a home on the.
Tiller-Trail highway and will,
stay there for a while before"
moving into their new home.-
Scott Mclntyre of La ParJ
Bolivia, flew up to the United
States and is visiting with his.
aunt and husband, Brig. Gen.
and Mrs, J. P. Vachon at Tot
tering - on - the - Rogue. Scott
went from the U.S. to Lima,
Peru when he was 6 months
old and lived there for 10
years before going to Bolivia
to live where he has been for
the past three years. His fath
er is in charge of the Point
Four International Coopera
tion administration under the
U.S. State Department.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.
Boren of Salton City, Calif.,
are visiting with Mrs. Borens.
parents; Mr. and Mrs.- Guy
Gwynn of the Rainbow Motel
and Trailer Court, Shady '
Cove.
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