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0 1 A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. " Sunday, Sept. 13, 1959 Wards Charge Plan Being Extended Montgomery Ward Has an nounced that its revolving charge plan for credit cus tomers is being extended to all catalog customers to sup plement the time payment plans which have been avail able for many years. : Andrew Lamb, Ward treas urer of Chicago, said that under the plan customers will receive, in addition, to a monthly statement, a state ment of the amount of new ' purchases , t h a t may be ' charged without increasing their scheduled monthly pay ments. " . ' . , A revolving charge plan was first introduced in some of Ward's retail stores two years ago, he said. The plan offers alt customers a 30-day charge account without serv ice charge or a 10-month pay ment schedule ' with a small service charge. ftk'Sy to Of reached -?jjP mm '. sW'g" I .-.-.". We hope you'll have a most -p' : ; id successful school year. Do stop in and visit us whenever you feel that we can be helpful with your money mat ters. We will be proud to serve you, who serve, our community so well in a vital role. . . Your funds are insured here up to $10,000 by'-. Federal ; Deposit Insurance Corporation 'J ,Your-; savings earn interest at 3 semi-annually.. r , ; 1 109 COURT STJlEET If You Live Outside Bedford - ' ''--':';::'" 'V, : ;'( .:: V-'". V" f .. . . ... and, whether YOUR hey er jlrl is " Scour or not, be sure to give him or her the proper nourishments, too give them MILK, nature's most perfect food that builds bodies (young or old) that will endure rigor ous outings with ; energy to spare. Keep plenty of MILK for the whoe family! . Wm AT LEAST 3V GLASSES OF MILK A DAY! Consoli In Talent, ' Wednesday from 2 to 8 , p.m., Phoenix - and Talent j school districts' residents will vote on proposed consolida tion of the two districts. ' iThis is a step which will affect 1,242 pupils , and 34 teachers of both districts.- It is the . second time consolida tion has been presented to the districts' voters. vA'similar proposal was de feated at the polls last spring with' Phoenix patrpns voting it down 425 to. 412 and Talent voting 239 hy favor and 119 opposed. A majority of votes was needed in each of the two districts for the proposal to pass. ' .-. Neither, the Talent nor Phoenix school board has of ficially and publicly gone on record favoring the consolida tion proposal. However, both boards say there is a need for a high school between Med ford and Ashland. , - f ; ; MEDFORD US MILlUrrdrsWu ration Vote Phoenix If the majority of votes, is favorable in both districts,- each district will continue to pay off its own bonded and any other indebtedness, Ern est James, Phoenix superin tendent, said. The schools would continue to operate separately the rest of the school year, he added. Teacher assignments, use of present facilities, and other problems would be worked out by the school boards and administration. State depart ment of education officials would be asked .to advise or confirm - school organization plans for the combined dis trict as they are formulated during the year, James said Phoenix has an average daily enrollment of 596 pupils in grades 1 through 8, accord ing to last year's enrollment figures, and Talent 329. Phoe nix last year had an average daily high school enrollment of 189 and Talent 129. . If consolidation is approved, and when final arrangements are - made, the Talent High school may be converted to a junior high for the consoli dated district to serve pupils of seventh, eighth and ninth grades from both Talent and Phoenix areas. Talent High school pupils would be taken to Phoenix High school. Lower Grades Grades 1 through 6 would remain as they - are unless a more-equal pupil distribution in classes would require shift ing some to either Talent or Phoenix. However, no definite plans have been worked out for pupil distribution, accord ing to officials of both dis tricts. Should consolidation be ap proved, current teacher con tracts must be honored, ac cording to Alf B. Mekvold, county school superintendent. According to tentative plans, it . is possible that teachers could be shifted around so all teachers could be used. Talent High school teachers, for in stance, might be used in ei ther the-Phoenix High school or in. the proposed junior high school. Both districts , now have elementary schools, cov ering grades one " through eighth - and four - year high schools. Neither now has a junior high. "Should the consolidation vote be successful, instruction would be continued, by the present teaching staff of both schools, who would be placed where they would be of great- ... WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE BOY SCOUT FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN now in progress in the Cra ter Lake Council Area. ScMts from Butte Falls, Prospect,- Rogue River, Jackson ville, Gold Hill, Phoenix, Central Point and the Siskiyou County Area will be soliciting your contributions to this worthy cause. All donations will be used to carry on the fine work of these young citizens, purchase equipment and provide the. necessary nourishment for them on their camping trips mm. w Slated Sept. 1 6 est value," according to a leaf let issued by both districts. "All of these teachers are, of course, fully qualified and certificated by the Oregon state department of education which requires they must be teaching in their major or minor fields of preparation." If Successful If the consolidation vote is successful, the same curricu lum will be offered in Phoe nix as in the past which pro vides: a college preparatory course including four years of English, four years of mathe matics, three and probably four years of science, two years of a foreign language plus a third year now contem plated and four years of social studies besides vocational ag riculture and shop courses economics would be affected, jects, according to the Phot nix school superintendent. .. Also, another foreign lan guage could be offered, and expanded, programs in com mercial subjects and home economics would be effected. Talent now teaches four years of English plus speech, four years of mathematics, four years of social science, three years of physical science alternating between ' physics and chemistry;, - commercial studies, including typing, shorthand and office prac tices, shop and . mechanical drawin, three years of home economics, music, band, chor us, health and physical educa tion and German. Can Postpone Date The boundary board can postpone the effective date of consolidation to July 1, 1960, or it can make it effective im mediately. Phoenix as the more populous district would assume administration of the joint district. ' Normal procedure follow ing such a consolidation is for the boundary board to can vass the votes within 10. days. Then it notifies the respective school district "boards of . re sults and if the vote is favor able declares consolidation' in 10 days. It is up to . the joint school district administration wheth er the patterns of operation are changed, the county school superintendent said. This in cludes school bus routes and shift of, pupils. ' .. -Final Plans ': . j V: Final ; plan tfor combining the various school districts in the county must be in the hands of the state department of education by Oct. 7, Mek vold said. . If approved, the consolidation of Phoenix and Talent would be in that plan, he explained. If the election fails, the reorganization com mittee will propose - its own plan. . x If ! the state . department of education approves and re turns the county schools' reor ganization plan- "this c fall, which Mekvold thinks it pos sibly will, then a board elec tion in the new joint district could be held in the winter. If it returns the plan by the Jan.: 7 deadline, the elections would be held later. . - The county reorganization committee would determine if the district would be appor tiohed in from, five to nine zones-with a board member elected from each zone,. If not zoned the joint district would have a seven-man board. Each district normally carries a five-man board. -Disqualified it (As a sidelight to the pro1 posed .consolidation, Jack Hollbuhr was automatically disqualified as a member of the Phoenix board when the area north of Barnett rd. was 'recently annexed to the Med ford school district by action of the county school boundary board. Since he lives in that area, Hoffbuhr is now a resi dent of the Medford school district and not the Phoenix district.) . If-the ; consolidation vote is unfavorable, it is possible an other vote will be held later to combine Phoenix with Medford. The county reorgan ization board will authorize an election on the program it recommends to the state un der he 1957 law. Reorganiza tion under the 1957 law is mandatory. For the 1959-60 school year Phoenix , has an assessed val uation of $4,919,779.83 and Talent $1,618,341.74. The com bined districts would have an assessed valuation' of $6,538, 121.57. This compares to the previous year's combined as sessed valuation of $6,380, 724.78 The combined assessed valuation brings the proposed joint district up , near Ash land's $10,981,118.46 and Cen tral Point's $9,085,967.80 as sessed valuation. Per Census Child Phoenix-Talent, then, would have a combined assessed val uation per census child of $3,714, compared to "Central Points' $3,307 and Ashland's $3,269. This is based on the 1958 school census figures, I the . latest figures available, TRAILER-Michael Redmond's award-win-., and Mike is at the corner of the trailer. The ning trailer is picture above with a tractor, picture was taken at Crater High school LeRoy Chastain, a friend, is on the tractor, shop. (Knackstedt photo) Ashland Car Theft Reported Solved Ashland - Two stolen car cases here last week end have been solved by. the" confession of an 18 - year - old California youth in Seattle, city police reported Friday. Police said Ronald TJoyle Wilburn,l8, of Tulare, Calif., was in custody in Washing ton and had reportedly admit ed the thefts. One case came to light last Friday night when two cars collided on Siskiyou blvd. in front of the Top Hat drive-in restaurant. The driver of one car. departed, and police later ascertained that this car had been stolen from Fresno, Calif. The next morning, R. E. Van Vleet, 734 Elcader st., notified city police that his 1958 station wagon had been stolen during th night from in front of his residence. Police said they received word from federal authorities that this vehicle had been re covered in Seattle. Apparent ly, as one police official ex plained it, Wilburn had aban doned the first car after the collision and then had stolen the s e c o n d and continued northward. Court action was pending. Hearing on Names Changes Starts A public hearing on possi ble changes in certain road names, including Uptorf rd., in the Central Point area was started by the Jackson coun ty court Friday morning. : - The hearing was continued "under : advisement.'' Com missioner Chester Wendt was not present; : ' The road changes, it is un derstood, are being studied in the light of a county planning commission policy recommen dation. according to the county school superintendent's office. County .Judge Earl Miller and County School Superin tendent' Alf B. , Mekvold will attend the regular Talent and Phoenix school board meet ings Monday night to instruct on election procedures. This will include the district school board members, election board, clerks and administra tors: The meeting wilLstart in Talent at 7:30 p.m. and at 8:30 pjn. in Phoenix, Mek vold said. Medford Residents Enjoy Our FREE LAWN CdDUKISEyNG SEIWI1CE Building a New Lawn? Renovating An Old Lawn? Have Any Lawn Problem? If So We Offer You a Service You've Been Looking For. Our Expert Lawn Consultant Is Ready To Help You! We Have Set Aside Wednesday and Thursday of Each Week for This Purpose.. He Will Come To Your Horn For .Consultation. SJUST PHONE SP 2-2460 FOR APPOINTMENT TWO LOCATIONS 6TH & BARTLETT ' -i-A I Stepfather Slain By Angry Youth In Shasta County Central ,Vailey-(0PD-A 19-year-old youth fired nine pistol bullets at his stepfath er Friday night while the vic tim's wife watched in hor ror, Shasta CQiinty officers re ported, -r , The fatal shooting of lum ber worker Lawrence Dark, 42, was the violent eruption, officers said, of a petty argu ment ab6ut the youth's new car. , Sheriff's deputies booked Gary- Jennings on-- suspicion of murder and took him to DeWitt state hospital at Au burn for a, psychiatric exam ination. . , Sheriff John Balma said Jennings emptied a .22 caliber pistol at his stepfather, seven miles north of Redding. Money for Clothes Balma said Dark had repri manded his stepson for spend ing money for clothes instead of insurance rornis new car, The" argument developed in to a fight. Balma said, and then , into the fatal - shooting. Mrs. Odie V. Dark told authorities that her husband fell after the first shot, but her son continued to fire at the body. Tried lo Grab " She said she tried to grab the pistol, but Jennings kept on firing: until the magazine was empty. The Shasta county coroner's office said the first bullet went through Dark's heart and killld him instantly. Only two of the-nine bullets in the magazine entered Dark's body. ' r . Dark's -10-year -. old -son, Cecil,' was another witness to the fatal shooting, v Mrs. Dark, was reported hospitalized for treatment of shock. Local Youth Accepted To Oregon Technical Klamath Falls -Roger B. Hooper, Medford, has been accepted for a fall enrollment in drafting technology at Ore gon Technical Institute here. The fall term starts Sept. 21 with freshman orientation. Classes begin Monday, Sept. 28, Rober L. Smith, dean of students, said. About 60 percent of Amer ica's families own their homes. Your Seedsman Since 1910 TO SERVE YOU 10TH & S. FIR Weston Elected To Head Group Ashland - Max Weston of the Brownell motel, Medford, was elected president of the Jackson County Motel associ ation, at a meeting in Lithia park last week. Other officers are Miss Ila Estelie of the Colonial motel, Asnland. vice president; Mrs. Irene. Batten, 99 Motel, Med ford, secretary; and Mrs. Mar jorie Wade, Para-Dise motel, Talent, treasurer. The newly organized check flash alert system was ex plained and the association expressed its appreciation to Medford police and the Jack son county sheriff's office for making the system possible for more adequate protection to motel operators. Ed Bolt, president "of the Oregon Motor., Court associ ation, attended the meeting, and, invited the 30 attending to plan to attend the state as sociation meeting in Salem in November. Electric Company Gets 'Deafer Merit Award' ' Feldman and Olson Electric company, Medford, has been awarded the Sawn Manufac turing company's "dealer merit award" for maintaining high standards of perform ance and for effective instal lation and promotion of Swan electric-heat products in this area. : The Vancouver, Wash., firm officials said "the award has extra-special significance to Feldman and Olson Electric company as it carries with it an increase of 50 . per cent in their advertising allow ance." ' I L NOW! Own. Cabinet mi Gleaming white double bowl sink with 2 roomy drawers and plenty of cabinet space below. It you are planning to build or remodel , your kitchen, see" how well this Youngstown will meet your, needs! - l ,1 MjS , U Delivery: y o u - v i ta Nothing Down 36 Mo. to Pay! Easy Terms on Remodeling... at your Youngstown Kitchen Center SMITH DYNGE LUMBER CO. Corner 8th & Medford Youfh Wins $400 in National Welding Michael R. Redmond, route 4, box 323, Medford, has won the second award of $400 in the annual national welding award competition sponsored by The James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation of Cleve land, Ohio. Redmond's - winning ; entry was a . tilt-bed trailer for transporting equipment " he uses for custom hay work. The trailer was built as a shop project at Crater High schoqL Central Point. . . The high school will receive a matching $400 award from the Foundation to be used for the improvement of the shop mechanics course. William H. MacFarlane was Redmond's shop instructor. Redmond lives on a 24-acre farm where he raises alfalfa hay -and polled Hereford cat tle. For the last several years he has also been contracting for custom hay work around the valley. He owns a tractor, mower, rake and baler.' Cost of Trailer , The trailer cost $482.82 -to build. . Redmond has . ." since found that its low bed makes the tractor an ideal carrier for baled - hay. By making stake bed holes, the unit can also be used for hauling such bulk materials as corn, or for trans porting livestock. ' "Due to the expansion of my WEST COAST LIFE INSURANCE CO. Home Office San Francisco MEDFORD AGENCY- 205-6 Medical Center Building Youngstown Kitchens a nd enjoy this Sink Fir Phone Competition business," Redmond said in his entry, "and the increasing road travel with my tractor, I felt it was necessary to ob tain some form of fast trans portation for my equipment. After much deliberation, it was decided that tilt-bed im plement trailer would best serve my needs." c The Foundation annually awards 57,000 in cash to stu- -dents and high schools in com petition for farm - boys to make welded shop projects and write an entry describing them. Awards are made on the basis of usefulness and quality of the projects and how well and completely it is described. Longview Youth ; Dies in Car Crash Longview, Wash.-UPD-A20-year-old Longview youth, John Stearns, was killed Sat urday when a car in which he was riding crashed here. The victim was hurled 64 feet into some bushes. Police said the car was operated by John Williams, 17, of Long view. He was taken to a hos pital here with injuries and described in good condition. Stearns was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stearns of Portland.. . ' WEST COAST LIFE. INSURANCE COMPANY Man of the; Month C. W. "Bill' Abbflft - ' - ' ,' ' r Congratulation to C. W. . "Bill" Abbott far being the Leading Agent in Service and Sales during August. See Mr. Abbott for ' information . about West Coast Lifei Out standing Portfolio ef Life, Accident and Sick- ' ness Plans. . ' SP 3-3876 66" Modern SPECIAL! $41 M88 FLASH BULLETIN Steel Strike shows iy indication ef arly settlement. What will be its effect en Prices? Deliveries? We Dont Know, but we sincerely advise you to buy now. 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