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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1959)
EAGLE POINT City Purchases Radar By DOTTIE HARBISON Eagle Point Harold Otto sen, Eagle Point chief of po lice, has issued notice that the speed of automobiles will be checked by radar in Eagle Point. Roads will be posted and citations will be issued, he said. Master Sargeant and Mrs. Roger Tresham and family are guests at the home of Tresh- am's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tresh am, of Eagle Point and Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Tresham of Sams Valley. The Treshams were living in Hawaii and are enroute to Mountain Home, Idaho, where he will be sta tioned. Leland Meyers was sworn in as city councilman by City Recorder Laura McFall, Aug. 4 at the city council meeting Meyers will replace Lenn Hickman, who resigned be cause of night work. Mrs. Cella Johnston and Mrs. Ruth Hoger, nieces of Ed and Frank Chamberlain, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Chamberiain and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chamberlain, of Eagle Point. Mrs. Frank Chamberlain prepared break fast Sunday for 12 relatives in honor of the guests before they returned to their home in Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Don Anderson were hosts for a surprise, an niversary dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Charters, August 5. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Charters and children, Steve, Sam, Sandra, Scotty, and Sheila, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Higday and children, Betty Ann and Mike, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Anderson and family. Paulette, Richard, and Ron ald, and Mr. Bill Cavin and daughter, Joanna. Mist Marie Deatherage of Milo is visiting her cousin, Sandra Charters, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Charters, Stevens road. Mrs. William Lacy and chil dren, Cindy and Allen, of Van couver, Wash., visited Mrs. Lacy's parents, Mr. and Mm. Jake Olsen, Eagle Point, re cently. Bill Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Clark, has re turned from Sacred Heart hos pital where he " underwent surgery. Clark was in an auto accident about a year ago and due to the severity of the break a ten Inch pin was in serted in his leg. The pin was removed. No mom dog days... 7 big household tii...4(fomffi39fr Cam air conditioning makes any summer comfortably cool circulates dean, dehumidified air all year long. Gat beating : keeps your home cozOy warm on the coldest winter days. - For comfort and convenience, you'll want economical gas cooking, bouse beating, water beating', air conditioning, incineration, clothes drying and refrigeration. Gas equipment n saves space and money costs to operate year after year. Gas . through modern, fast, dean, dependable, sOent, safe servica. Ask your local gas company or appliance dealer to show you bow easy it is to enjoy the perfect service of hmm!hi gag equipment. CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC UTILITIES Ph. SP 2-5284, Medford tor tin tops ia TV rafertajiiEca w. The Eagle Point Jayceettes are sponsoring a Welcome Wagon in Eagle Point. Cooper ation of residents is asked in helping to locate new resi dents in Browns boro, Camp White, Lake Creek to the store, and the lower Butte Falls area as well as Eagle Point. Mike Palm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Palm, of Eagle Point, went to Forest Grove recently where he visited Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Marr. While there, he visited Jentzen beach and the Oregon Centen nial Exposition in Portland. Mrs. Miles Helmen and Sandra and Michael of Bode, Iowa, are visiting Mrs. Hel men's sisters, Mrs. Ora Mevig and Miss Yetta Olsen and brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Clave, and children, Patty, Rusty, and Michael. Bertland Stanley and daugh ter Linda, were overnight guests at the home of his mother, Mrs. Gertrude Stan ley, recently. Larry Smith of Tillamook is spending a few days with his aunt, Mrs. Ben Boren, Eagle Point, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Clifford, Central Point. Mr; and Mrs. Don Ashpole have returned from spending a few days ' on the coast at Crescent City and Eureka. Scoutmaster Lester Y. Mar shal', took three - Scouts to Camp McLoughlin Saturday where they passed the board of review to advance in rank and receive their awards at the council fire. Edward and Donald Hanscom both re ceived his star badge. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brown were hosts to a berbecue sup per at their home Friday, Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Chamberlain, Mrs. Alma G.' Meyers, and Mr. and -Mrs. Lester McFall and children. . . " ' r Mr. and Mrs. Harold Han scom were hosts to a potluck dinner at their home on Ste vens rd. recently. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hansom and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Y. Mar shall,Mr. and Mrs. David Har bison and family and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hanscom and children attended. Mrs. Don Kimmel and Mrs. Jack Fortin were cohostesses for a party given in honor of Mrs. Lottie Van Scoy's 82nd birthday at the home of Mrs. does the less to buy, has to install and gives you more free time. COMPANY Ph. MU 5-5291, Ashland witeii "flayboua 90" CBS-TV Donald Kimmel Aug. 8. Miss Yetta Olson and Mrs, Fortin made the birthday cakes. Those present were Mrs. Edward Chamberlain, Mrs. Frank Putman, Mrs, Charley Cearley, Mrs. Augus ta Perry. Mrs. Ray Chamber lain, Mrs. Walter Young, Mrs, Lester McFall, Mrs. Don Kim mel and Sherri, Marty Hefley, Mrs. Frank Chamberlain, Mrs C. Lusk, Mrs. Art Kent, Miss Yetta Olson, Mrs. Miles Hel- man, Mrs. Percy Haley, Mrs Harold Zundell, Mrs. Gert rude Stanley, Mrs. Amy Brown, Mrs. Alice Self, Mrs Mattie Brown, Mrs. Roy Ash- pole, Mrs. Alma G. Meyer, Mrs. Jessie Tycer, Mrs. Jake Brown, Mrs. Kenneth Porter, Mrs.' George Holmes, Mrs. Lyle . Van Scoy, Mrs. Nora Strauss, Mrs. Geo. McLean, Mrs. Christine Linder, Mrs R. T. Weidman, Mrs. Sandy Clave, Mrs. Ora Mevig, and Mrs. Jack Fortin. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Nelson and family spent last weekend in Sutherlin visiting Glenn's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Soper. Mary and Leon Soper came home from the Nelson's to spend a couple of weeks with their aunt and uncle. Mr. and Mrs. David Kahl of Eagle Point went to Requa, Calif., over the weekend where they met Mrs. Kahl's brother-in-law and sister, Mr and Mrs. Russell McCoy of Lakewood, Calif.,', and their son, Airman Second Class Ronald McCoy, who took them on a tour of the air base in Requa. t Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Brunner visited Mrs. Brunner's sisters in Coquille last week end While there the Brunners at tended a family birthday party for her cousin at Sunset Bay. . Mr. and Mrs. Jack, Barton and family have, purchased the Boggs place on Crater Lake highway and .: moved from, their home in Central Point to their new home Sat urday. Wayne Oden, infant son of Mrs. Joyce Oden, Butte Falls, was released from the hospital where he spent a week as a medical patient. They are staying with Mrs Odens parents, Mr. and" "Mrs, Bob Cowden, C st., Eagle Point. Mrs. Vern Bonebrake and children, Patty, Mary, Steven, Terresa, and Carolyn, of Rose- burg ares pending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bar.- rows vern is a former .agie Point teacher and hopes to join the family this week end. Patty stayed overnight at the Barrows home and left with the group from, the Commu nity church for camp at. Lake of the Woods. The family will return Jo Roseburg Sunday. Mrs. Bonebreak reported that the fire did not damage their home, but the jar from the explosion knocked the youngsters out of bed. Vern left his office at the Junior high school an hour prior to the explosion where he had been working on his term theme paper, which was de stroyed. The Rev. and Mrs. Mun shaw and family and Mr. and Mrs. Don Pulley and family accompanied a group of girls from the Eagle Point Commu nity church to Bible camp where they will spend the week. Attending Bible camp are Darla and Marsha Pulley, Sandra Charters, Susan Hays, Trudy Walch, Vicki Vaughan, Petra Chamberlain, Linda Moore, Patty Bonebrake of Roseburg, ,. Laurinda McFall, Mary Alice Peska, Viola Mil ler, Cheryl Hefley and Rhon da Kelly. Don Pulley is camp cook. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Per due of Eale Point went .to Portland Aug. 2 and returned Aug. 13. Perdue had an ap pointment - at the Portland Medical clinic to undergo an extensive examintion on a previously injured knee. The Women's Missionary Society of the Eagle Point Commnity church will meet at the home of Mrs. Gertrude Stanley on Brophy rd. from 1 pjn. Wednesday, Aug. 19. Mr. and Mrs. Lenn Hickman and family and Floyd Hick man of Eagle Point spent the day Sunday vsiting Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Gee and family in Roseburg. Boy Scout Troop 48 held its regular meeting Tuesday at the Boy Scout building. New officers were elected with the following boys taking offices: senior patrol leader, Steven Cook; assistant senior patrol leader, Eddie Hanscom; scribe, John Linder; senior scout pa tiol leader, John Linder; as sistant, Eddie Hanscom; flam ing arrow patrol leader, Ar thur Harbison; assistant, Ste ven Jorde; flying Eagle patrol leader, Donald Hanscom, as sistant, Terry Nelson. The boys worked on their first aid merit badges. The Eagle Point fire depart ment were called about 9 a.m. to put out a grass fire at the end of North B st., Tuesday. The firemen were already I MAIL TRIBUNE, MsdW, Or. A I A... 1 iaa 3 Man Confesses He Started Pair Of Costly Fires Tonasket, Wash. (UPD - Fire men early Saturday brought under control a roaring blaze which ripped through a cold storage annex here causing an estimated $160,000 damage. A mentally-retarded man was taken into custody in, con nection with the fire. Police Chief Lloyd Atchin son said the man was turned over to Okanogan C o u n t y Prosecutor John Hancock af ter admitting he set the fire and also the $450,000 fire which destroyed the United Growers warehouse here last month. Atchinson declined to identify the man pending fur ther investigation. The cold-storage building, which caught fire shortly be fore 8 p.m. Friday, was an annex to the United Growers warehouse, located across the street. Firemen from Oroville, Om ak and Okanogan aided the fire department here in bring ing the blaze under control by 2 a.m. Mop-up operations con tinued through the morning. Fire officials said the annex housed the Tonasket Tribune office and contained supplies for installation in a new ware house. Freezing and air-conditioning equipment was also housed in the annex. Atchinson said the Tribune office and printing shop were saved due to' a fire-wall. He added, however, that water damage was extensive to the newspaper plant. The remain der of the 100-by-80-foot an nex buriled to the ground. The officers said the man told them he started the fire, by igniting a box full of paper and setting it inside the build ing.; He said he started the fire last month the same way. Youth Killed As Skiff Flips . Astorja-flJPI) - - . Donnie Mc Dowell, 18, of Portland, died Saturday when a speeding 14- foot skiff powered by a 30 horsepower outboard motor overturned at the Clatsop Spit near the mouth of the Colum bia river. The victim's companion, Charles Dison, 42, also of Port land, was pulled from the wa ter by crewmembers of a Coast Guard patrol boat and taken to the Fowler clinic here. - Coast Guard officials in Se attle said two patrol boats be. ban chasing the skiff when it was spotted racing toward the turbulent Spit area. The Coast Guard wanted to warn Mc Dowell and Dison to stay out of the rough surf but the small boat overturned before the pa trol boats could catch up. The patrol boats and two helicopters searched the. area but were unable to find Mc Dowell's body. The skiff was dashed against a jetty and smashed. Bliss Heine's Juniors Serenade Businesses The '59ers group of Bliss Heine's Juniors honored the Centennial last Tuesday and Thursday by serenading 19 downtown business offices and public officials. The young drummers received treats at five of their stops. Participating were Jack Webster, captain, Vickie Web ster, Ronnie Webster at the bass drum, Linda De Vore, Kathy De Vore, Mitchell Haw kins, Mike Tusow and Jimmie Tusow. Balsa wood, said to be the lightest known, weighs only seven pounds to the cubic foot of measure. - ; burning grass elsewhere but were able to get both f ires ex tinguished before property damages resulted. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fick of Jacksonville and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bohl of Medford were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brown of Eagle Point. Mrs. Fick and Mrs. Brown are sisters. 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