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LOOK OVER PLANS M-yor John Snider to right, are Eugene Orr, secretary-treasurer
looks over plans for the new Veterans Me- of the building fund; Melvin McElhiney,
morial building and convention center, commander of the local American Legion
which will be constructed at 533 Edwards post, and Granville Brittsan, chairman of
St., Medford. Explaining the building, left the fund raising campaign.
Fund Campaign
For Vets Building
Gets Under Way
A campaign to raise funds
for construction of a Veterans
Memorial building and con
vention hall at 533 Edwards
st., Medford, got under way
this morning.
The building will be con
structed as a community
project by the local American
Legion post, and will be op
erated on a non-profit bapis
for organizations convening
here and for a meeting place
for area groups.
Eugene Orr, secretary-
treasurer of the building fund,
said about $20,000 is needed
before actual construction can
start. The structure, which
will be 48 by 80 feet, is ex
pected ,to cost about $42,000
when completed." About $30,
000 is needed to have enough
money to provide furnishings.
Land for the building is
now owned by the local
American Legion post.
Start Construction
Orr said the committee
hopes to have enough money
raised to start construction in
October.
Medford Mayor John Sni
der this morning gave his sup
port to the campaign, and ex
pressed his approval for such
a structure.
Orr said, the hall will facil
itate about 200 persons. The
building will include two
halls, one 33 by 37 feet and
another 25 by 28 feet, and
storage facilities, kitchen,
rest rooms, and parking facil
ities. Orr said the Legion hopes
to sponsor free . teen-age
dances at the hall, which will
be available for groups on a
nominal fee basis.
Granville Brittsan, Med
ford, is chairman of the fund
raising committee. Campaign
headquarters have been es
tablished at 114 West Main
st., Medford.
Rangeland Burning
In Pendleton Region
Pendleton OJPD Two fires,
southeast and northeast of
here, covered " an estimated
2,500 to 3,000 acres of mostly
grassland and rangeland late
Tuesday and early today.
Portland -UPD- Attendance
at the Oregon Centennial Ex
position reached 843,805 Tues
day. Tuesday's crowd was
9,306.
Local School Board
Establishes Faculty
Scholarship Fund
The Medford school board
last night established a Fac
ulty Scholarship Fund."
The fund will be controlled
and supervised by the clerk
through the direction of the
school board. Contributions to
the faculty scholarship fund
will be tax-deductable.
Establishment of the fund
is an outgrowth of contribu
tions being made to help fi
nance Dr. Leonard B. May
field's trip to Russia in Oc
tober. Dr. Mayfield, superin
tendent of Medford schools,
was one of 30 administrators
in the country to be invited
to visit and study the Soviet
educational system.
However, Attorney Gener-
Grand Jury to
Consider Evidence
The Jacksonjcounty grand
jury will meet Thursday, Aug.
20, at 10 a.m. to consider evi
dence in the case of Mrs.
Esther Elizabeth Lonch, who
is charged with second degree
murder, according to District
Attorney Thomas J. Reeder.
The 31 -year -old Medford
woman is charged with second
degree murder in connection
with the death of William B.
Simmons, 62, a retired rail
road switchman and Camp
White Domiciliary member.
She is being held in the Jack
son county jail.
Police said Mrs. Lonch ad
mitted hitting Simmons with
a shovel after he had made
advances at her in the course
of a day-long party at the
house at 2122 Crater Lake
highway.
The woman had been living
in a house trailer at the rear
of 708 Cedar st. with a daugh
ter about 14 months old,
police said. Her three other
children were reported in
foster homes. Her husband is
reported to be in California.
BULLETIN
Washington - (I'PD - The
House, in the first major
lest in its bitter floor fight
over labor reform legisla
tion, today overwhelming
ly rejected a mild bill en
dorsed by the AFL-CIO.
The vote was 245-132.
al Robert Y. Thornton ruled
that public funds could not
be used for such travel. Two
anonymous donors presented
Dr. Mayfield with funds toi
taling $1,500 of the $1,700
needed for the trip. That
money will be placed in the
scholarship fund. The fund
will be used for similar pur
poses by faculty members
and administrators.
Dr. Mayfield plans to
leave Oct. 3. He plans to at
tend a meeting of educators
in Chicago en route back from
Russia. He will be gone about
a month.
The board last night also
voted to participate in the
county-wide visual-aids and
curriculum materials center
program. The school district,
administrators ndted,; helps
finance vthe program, and
should get something in re
turn. The board previously
voted not to participate in
the program, but Dr. May
field said more information
about the program became
available since the board took
the earlier action.
Resignations Accepted
The resignations of four
teachers were accepted, and
eight teachers were elected.
Resignations were accepted
from Mrs. Trudy Williams,
who taught at Hoover school,
and who is moving to Rose
burg; Mr. and Mrs. Jon.Ja
cobsen, who were elected
earlier this year but who
now find they will be unable
to teach here; and Mrs. Char
lotte Hannan, who also was
elected earlier Ihis year. Mrs.
Hannan plans to accompany
her husband to Spain, where
he plans to study.
Elected 'were Mrs. Janet
Goodrich, commercial, high
school; Mrs. Judy Huck, Grif
fin Creek intermediate; Mar
vin D. Miner, high school Eng
lish; Miss Marjo Murray, sec
ond grade, Washington; Miss
Ruth Osborn, homemaking,
McLoughlin Junior High;
Mrs. Frances Scannell, first
grade, Jefferson; Jack Berg,
science, mathmatics, track
coach, McLoughlin; and Don
Wendt, intermediate, coach,
Lincoln.
Reviews Activity
Keith Hockersmith, chair
man of the Jackson County
Reorganization committee, re
viewed recent activity of the
group, noting recent hearings
held in Pinehurst and Ash
land on the committee's rec
ommendation the districts be
combined.
Hockersmith said the com
mittee must have its report
of reorganization recommen
dations into the state board
of education early in Oc
tober. The board set Sept. 3 as
the annual school visitation.
The board will meet at 8
ajn. at the school superin
tendent's office and tour the
district's facilities and view
renovation, maintenance and
construction work during the
past year.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable high
cloudiness tonight and Thurs
day. Low tonight 48. High
Thursday 88-90.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 91
Lowest this Morning 53
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:18 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:15 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow 12:22 a.m.
Full Moon Aug. 18
Appearing to radiate from the
constellation, Perseus, shooting
stars of the Perseid meteor
shower are now at their great
est numbers. They will be
more noticeable after the
Moon goes down.
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Roseburg Firms
Set Saturday for
Mass Reopening
Junior High School
Must Be Rebuilt
Roseburg UP& Merchants
today set Saturday as the date
for a mass reopening of busi
nesses in the shattered down
town section of Roseburg.
As cleanup work continued
and investigations got under
way, the death toll still was
listed at 12. Coroner C. H.
Babbitt said the 10th body
may have been that of Ralph
Wiggins, a logger.
Nine other bodies previous
ly were identified and two
persons, Martin Lust, 42, and
Wayne Townsend, are miss
ing and presumed dead.
School Closed
The local school board said
Central Junior High school,
which was near the blast area,
would not reopen this year
and that it would cost $540,
000 to rebuild it. No decision
has been made on whether to
rebuild it or build a new
school.
F. E. Landsburg, district In
terstate Commerce , Commis
sion director in Portland, said
a public hearing may be held
here early next month. He
said a decision would be made
in Washington, D.C., after a
preliminary report is sent
there.
Landsburg said primary
purpose of the public hearing
would be to determine if
amendments should be made
in federal ICC. laws covering
handling and . transportation
of explosives." He said his cur
rent investigation was solely
to gather facts. ' -
Sen. Richard L.' Neuberger
(D-Ore.) said the ICC has ad
vised him that it had jurisdic
tion over the truck which car
ried the explosives.
Jonel C. Hill, public utility
commissioner said the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph
company handled 10,000 out
going calls on Friday.
March on American
Embassy Broken Up
Santiago, Chile - (UPD - One
of the heaviest concentrations
of police ever seen in Santi
ago bioke up a Ccmmunist
led "march on the U. S. em
bassy" here Tuesday night.
A crowd of about 2,500
persons, who had been at
tending a Red-organized meet
ing on the eve of the open
ing of the Western Hemis
phere foreign ministers' con
ference here started down
Merced st. toward the em
bassy when the meeting broke
up.
Scores of police, on the
alert for trouble, quickly
headed off the crowd. There
was no maor outbreak of
violence, and no casualties
were reported.
Police on foot and on
horseback had been posted to
guard the embassy, where
U. S. Secretary of State Chris
tian A. Herter will live for
the five-day duration of the
conference.
Auto-Pedestrian
Mishap Hurts Girl
Sandra Carol Fierling, 5Vi,
Grand View, Idaho, was re
hased by Rogue Valley Me
morial hospital early this aft
ernoon following treatment
for injuries received in an ac
cident, the hospital reported.
State police were notified
of the auto-pedestrian mishap
on South Stage rd. at Voor
hies crossing about 12:15 p.m.
The girl was taken to the hos
pital by Medford Ambulance
service. She is the daughter
of Mr. and "Mrs. Jimmy Tier
ling and has been visiting at
the home of her grandmother,
Mrs. Alvira Fierling, 22 Reed
lane.
DECREASE ERROR
The decrease in the prop
erty tax levy in Jacksonville
this year is 27.4 mills, a drop
from the 1958-59 levy of 108
mills to 80.6 mills this year.
A typographical error in a
story yestrday made the mil
lage decrease read 2.4 mills.
Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1959
flke To Quiz Nikita on Meeting
Gettysburg, Pa.-(DPD-President Eisenhower said today he
would ask Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev why he
blocked progress at the Geneva conference which might
have led to a Big Four summit conference.
United Nations, N. Y.-(UPD-Soviet Premier Nikita Khru
shchev will address the U. N. General Assembly when he
comes to the United States next month but the date and
time have not yet been worked out, it was reported today.
U. N. sources said Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold
invited the Soviet leader to make a speech and Khrushchev
accepted. ;
Eisenhower told a news conference here that his condi
tions for attending a summit meeting remain the same
there must be some progress on East-West problems that he
can see.
Officials Believe
Fires Deliberately
Set Saturday
The forest fire that threat
ened Ashland's water supply
and the city itself over the
week end was deliberately set,
according to District Warden
Curt Nesheim of the state
forestry department.
Nesheim said yesterday that
Norris R. Joyce, the depart
ment's chief investigator,
would continue his probe in
cooperation with state police
and the Jackson county sher
iff's office.
"We are certain," Nesheim
said, "that the fires were in
cendiary, and were set by two
unidentified persons."
Separate Fires ;
Two separate fires begun
about 1 p.m. Saturday in the
Jackson Hot Springs-Ashland
Mine rd. , area. They burned
toward each other, and joined
shortly afterward. A little
after 5 p.m., the combined
blaze "blew up." Spurred by
strong winds, it sped across
some 1,000 acres in one hour.
Only determined efforts by
forestry crews and volunteers
prevented it from entering
Ashland.
Accurate mapping has re
duced the acreage estimate to
some 4,000 acres, Nesheim re
ported. He explained that the
earlier official estimate of
5,000 acres was based on less
thorough surveys of the blaze.
An authoritative report on
the number of man-made
structures destroyed by flames
was still not vaailable.
Nesheim said that the state
forestry department had about
60 men working in the fire
area today. "We'll stay with
it until it's out," he said.
"Everything is progressing
and looking good," Nesheim
reported.
Mopping Up '
"A terrific job of mopping
up" remains to be done on
the fire area, Supervisor. Car
roll Brown of Rogue River
National forest stated this
morning. He reported that,
"to be safe," the forest service
will have crews patrolling its
portion of the burn area until
the fall rains come.
, Mop up was continuing to
day with about 250 men on
the Rogue forest sector. Some
30 two and three-man crews
were falling snags. Brown
pointed out that some of these
snags could still be on fire.
He remarked that snags "kick
out sparks" and are "the worst
fire spreaders."
Today, however, was to be
the last day of the large crew
on Rogue forest land. Brown
said that just about all the
loggers and the "overhead"
personnel from other forests
would be released today. Start
ing Thursday the work which
remains will be handled by
the Rogue forest's own crew.
Final Swimming
Classes Scheduled
Registration for the fourth
and final swimming session at
the Hawthorne park pool will
begin Thursday and continue
through Sunday, Aug.' 16.
Registration must be made
in person at the pool from 1
until 5 p.m. and 7 until 9 pjn.
each day, it was reported.
Classes will be offered for jun
ior and senior life saving, in
termediate and swimmers,
adult beginners, beginners,
and elementary diving.
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WEE CHARMER This little pajama-clad
girl, found . wandering in Hawthorne park
by Medford police officers, created a regular
"riot" in the police department this morn
ing and won the hearts of everyone as they
tried time after time to find out who she
belonged to. Described as a real "character"
by officers, the little miss chattered away
on sundry subjects, laughed and got into
mischief, but could not (or would not) iden
tify herself. While officer B. E. Stevens,
above, was touring the neighborhood with
Petition to Change
Barnett Rd. Area
To Medford Filed
A petition to change a por
tion of the Barnett rd. area
from the Phoenix school dis
trict to the Medford district
will be considered by the
county boundary board on
Sept. 3, according to the coun
ty court.
The area proposed for the
change extends north of the
center-line of Barnett rd. and
north to the Eagle Point
school district boundary line.
Approximately 100 property
owners would be affected by
the change.
The petition contained six
signatures of property owners
of the Phoenix school district
and three signatures of Med
ford school district property
owners. Only three signatures
from each of the two affected
school districts are required
to bring the matter before the
boundary board, according to
Alf B. Mekvold, county school
superintendent.
Hospital in Medford
The area switch would
move the new Rogue Valley
hospital into the Medford
school district but would not
Senate Rejects Bid
To Override Veto
Washington-OIPD-The Senate
rejected today an attempt by
Democrats to override Presi
dent Eisenhower's veto of
their -.1,375,000,000 multi-program
housing bill.
SEWER PROGRESS
The major portion of the
Berrydale sewer line is ex
pected to be installed by Sept.
1, city officials reported to
day. The construction is pro
gressing on schedule with the
two pumping stations on the
system . expected to be com
pleted next month.
The President said he has instructed his aides' to invite
Khrushchev - if he wishes - to inspect some military in
stallations, in order to get some idea of this country's might.
But the President said he certainly will bring no pressure
on the Soviet leader and if he does not want to see military
installations, that's perfectly all right, with Eisenhower.
He told more than 50 newsmen attending the unusual
press session in a gymnasium-press room that he hopes his
talks with Khrushchev in Washington and Moscow will
improve the atmosphere between East and West.
Eisenhower said the cold war, which began in 1945 and
was intensified after the Korean war, has become such a
rigid stalemate that he and everyone else should' make every
effort to break the deadlock. That, he added,. is what he is
trying to do. .
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affect Rogue Valley Manor
which is south of the proposed
new boundary.
The petition was approved
by the Jackson county school
district reorganization com
mittee at its last meeting. It
also has the approval of offi
cials of both school districts,
Mekvold said.
"Due to the geographical
location of the area described
in respect to Hoover school
we feel the children would
benefit from the proposed
transfer from District 4 to
District 549C," the petition
stated. Hoover school is ap
proximately a half mile from
Barnett rd. and the Phoenix
elementary school is about 4
miles away.
School Problems in Western States
Are About the Same, Dr. Mayfield Says
School problems in most of
the 13 western states appear
to be about the same if not
more complex and serious
than those in Oregon, Dr.
Leonard B. Mayfield, superin
tendent of the Medford dis
trict, told the school board
last night.
Dr. Mayfield reported . to
the board on an administra
tive seminar he attended at
Stanford university July 27
Aug. 1. He noted there were
21 school superintendents
from 13 states participating
along with six members of the
Stanford university staff.
"It was interesting to note,"
Dr. Mayfield said, "that the
public education problems
facing the schools in the
states represented were simi
lar to ours in Oregon."
Among the problems dis
cussed was that of financial
burdens brought about by in-
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her to see if she would recognize her home,
she took his hat off and threw it out the
police car window.' Stevens said he took her
to breakfast and she insisted on being fed
bite by bite. It turns out that she is Terrie
Wilson, 2V2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Wilson, 714 East Jackson st., who had just
moved into the neighborhood. Officer Stev
ens finally located the little girl's home by
inquiring house to house in the area. Terrie
had taken an early-morning stroll unbe
known to 'her mother.
American Helps
Smash Castro Plot
Havana -(UPD- An American-
born revolutionary helped
smash a gigantic plot against
Fidel Castro by pretending to
join the conspiracy and then
trapping its leaders at a se
cret midnight meeting, it was
reported today.
Informed sources said Maj.
William Morgan of Ohio, a
commandante of the Cuban
rural police, worked as an
undercover agent with Army
commandante Eloy Guitierrez
Menoyo.
They played along with the
conspirators and passed the
information to Castro.
Castro was reported direct
ing a continuing mopup oper
ation in which more than
2,000 persons have been ar
rested, at least 1,000 of them
soldiers.
flation, increased number of
students and additional- serv
ices expected of the schools.
Dr. Mayfield said the ad
ministrators believe that state
aid should probably approach
approximately 50 per cent of
the total cost of public educa
tion. They also agreed, he
said, that there should always
be. a reasonable local tax re
sponsibility for financing
schools.
Superintendents considered
desirable some form of equali
zation for collecting and dis
tributing state funds, but
there was no agreement on
the best method to do'this, Dr.
Mayfield said.
. "There was general agree
ment," he continued, "that if
educational opport unities
were to be equalized through
out the nation there would
have to be some type of fed
eral aid." However, among
Firemen Turn
Pressure Hoses
On Demonstrators
Police Arrest 20
Foes of Integration
Little Rock, Ark. (UPD
Firemen turned high pressure
hoses twice today on about
1,000 segregationist demon
strators at Central . High
School. Police bloodied the
heads of two men, cracked
another across the ribs and
arrested 20 other persons.
Despite the yelling, cursing
demonstrators, Negroes Eliza
beth Eckf ord and . Jefferson
Thomas integrated Central
just before it opened for its
fall term. They avoided the
bulk of the crowd and ent
ered unharmed.
Others Integrate -
Three other Negroes inte
grated Hall High School in
the wealthiest area of Little
Rock this morning without a
hand being raised against
them.
The demonstrators arrested
at Central included six wom
en and girls. Police Chief
Gene Smith ordered three
boys and an old man, who
were among those seized, ar
rested for using U. S. flags
to whip up the demonstrators.
Police formed a human bar
ricade across the streets in
front of Central and enforced
Smith's orders that there
would be "no foolishness."
Demonstrators Held Back . .
Smith personally jerked
loose the wires of a sound
truck that was playing a
parody on "Dixie."
Firemen drove most of the
demonstrators back with
stinging streams of water
from their hoses. The demon
strators never got closer than
a block to "Central.
The scene at Central was
reminiscent o the - bloody
battle in September, 1957.
just before President Eisen
hower ordered 1,000 para-
rj troopers to Little Rock to
keep the peace and protect
nine Negroes who integrated '
the school.
All four of Little Rock's
high school were closed last
year. The School Board ord
ered limited integration at
two this year.
Local Theaters
Included in Sale
ElectroVision Corporation,
Hollywood, Calif., has pur
chased 20 Robert L. Lippert
theaters, Edwin F. Zabel,
president, has announced.
The purchase includes the
Varsity in Ashland, the Cra
terian. Esquire, Holly, Star
lite drive-in, Valley drive-in
and Rogue drive-in theaters
in Medford, and the Broadway
and Drive-In in Yreka.
Theaters obtained in the
sale increase ElectroVision's
holdings to 34 motion picture
houses and drive-ins. The
theaters are located in south
ern Oregon and throughout
California.
Bob Corbin, district man
ager of the Oregon-California
Theaters, said there would be
no change in management or
policy because of the sale. He
still will be in charge of the
aters in Medford, Ashland and
Yreka, Calif.
Charles J. Maestri, who was
with the Lippert organization
for 15 years, was appointed
vice president in charge of
theater operations in central
and northern California and
southern Oregon.
Purchase price for the 20
theaters was not disclosed.
administrators there was no
agreement on how this could
be equitably or politically
done.
Administrators agreed, Dr.
Mayfield said, that public
schools should resist assuming
additional responsibilities for
caring for children which are
generally considered non-educational
in nature unless the
state finances the program in
its entirety. This included
such classes and activities as
driver training, health exam
inations and treatment, he
added.
Dr. Mayfield said most
states indicated that programs
or reorganization of districts
are under way. He said Ore
gon's program appears to be
ahead of most other states,
and Oregon's law for reorgan
ization "has more teeth in it
than most other states' laws."