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, , s$ J.- 3f '', . 1 ' " V .& if: PREPARES FOR MINISTRY John Pluto, ates at. Springfield, 111. He is shown here ' 42-year-old insurance agent at Milwaukee, with his family, Michael, 11, left, and Geof- Wis., will prepare for the Lutheran ministry frey, 12, right. Sitting with Mrs. Pluto is in a special five-year course for older gradu- George, 6. . (UPI Telephoto) Man To Quit Good Business for Ministry Career Milwaukee, Wis., - (DM - John' Pluto is looking, for ward happily to giving up a five-figure income and one of the best insurance careers In Wisconsin. Late this month, the brawny, ex-marine will sell his home, quit his job, and move his wife and three chil dren to Springfield, HI. There he will begin studies at Con J cordia seminary for the Lu theran ministry. , This is no hasty decision," Pluto, 43, said. "It came to me over a period of several years. My family is in full accord with my decision." Hu No Fara The 6-feet. 1--inch,. 195 pound former Marine corpor al last entered a classroom at the University of Indiana ex tension division in East Chi cago in 1941. But he is, not concerned about re-adapting himself to his studies. . - "I have no fears about be ing able to keep my grades up, I have no fears about fin . ancial matters, I have no fears about any other things," he said. "I don't believe it will be difficult at all. I will be doing the Lord's work and the Lord will be behind, me." , JH1EY COEDS! (6 yrs. old to 60) COLOR ME and Give Me A Name . 1 DRESS RIGHT VV CANT AFFORD - HT K NOT TO! V Vj - INSTRUCTIONS Color rm,' Giv m a nam and then roturn m to either DrWe In Cleaner or KBES-TV. Watch "The Vikinjs" KfES-TY 6:30 p.m. Mondays. PRIZES Turkeys Westem Sets My Rooeter Name Is- My Name Is DRIVE III GLEANERS THREE LOCATIONS 844 South Riverside 702 West Main 6114 t. Jackson Pluto will resien his job with the insurance division of the Aid Association for Lutherans here, effective Nov. 26. His six years in the insurance business had brought him a "five figure" income and financial inde pendence. Leading Salesman: "For three years in a row I was the-leading insurance man for my company in Wis consin," he. said. "I was a million dollar producer and my income was among the upper one per cent of the in surance salesmen in the na tion." ; The Chicago-born insur ance' man said he did ' not view . .his decision to change careers a sacrifice. 'Til be giving up riches for greater riches," -he said. "It is only through the grace of the Lord that I am able to An anvthine ." His fellow insurance sales men didn't appear astonished bv his decision, Pluto said. Life-Long Church Man "They wished me the Lord's blessing. None of them thought I was making a mis take. Many of them told me they wished they, could do FRESHEN THE IMPRESSION my. Free Cleaning My Address Is Insurance the same thing," he said. Pluto and his wife, Doris, 41, were married when he got out of the service. They have three , sons,.- Geoffrey, 12, MichaeL 11, and George, 6. He has been a life-long member of the Missouri Syn od The five Plutos will occupy a dormitory apartment at the seminary in Springfield. "I will be in school for five years," he said. "After that I am willing to do whatever the Lord dictates. Western Leaders Present Officers Los Angeles TJPD Republi can leaders from 13 western states were on record today giving their unqualified sup port in the "months and years ahead" to President Eisenr hower arid Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The resolution was taken to mean by some Republicans that Nixon-was the choice of western "GOP leaders for the party's presidential nomina tion next year. The vote of confidence was given Sunday at the closing session pf the four-day West ern Republican Conference by governors, senators, represen tatives and other GOP leaders in attendance. Conference chairman Wel lington. D. Rankin of Helena, Mont., read the group's by laws, forbidding endorsement of any candidate for the presi dency before the Republican National Convention, after which'the group unanimously voted the resolution. Shows Feelings ' Edward S. Shattuck, na tional committeeman from California, said the resolution showed that western Republi cans "hope that the leadership of the present administration will be carried forward after 1960." "The talk! I had with in dividual members of the con ference convinced me that every one of the 13 western states is 100 per cent in fav or of , the nomination of Dick Nixon for President" The conferees voted to ask the national party to begin using a slogan similar to the one used by the GOP during the Hawaiian election, "The Republican Party - the party of the people." Another pro posal urged the GOP be called "The family party." New officers elected at the final general session were Shattuck, chairman, to re place Rankin; Ray Johnson, Carson City, Nev., first vice president; Wallaway, second vice president; Mrs. Collis P. Moore, Moro, Ore., secretary, and Jaren Jones, Salt Lake City, treasurer. ; College Students Attend OSC Luau 4 Ashland - Southern Oregon tuuege siuaenis irom xiawau attended the annual Oregon State college "Luau" present ed by the OSC Hawaiian club Saturday. Object of the trip is to gain ideas for a future luau on the'SOC campus un der the sponsorship of the college's Hawaiian club. Students attending were Carolyn Y a m a d a Claire Ching, Theo Chang, Linda Moore,- Bobbie Coelho, Ber nard De Costa, JoAnn Morita, Beryl Tom, Ellis Vance, Jean Matsumura, Joyce Takenaka, Jim Evans, Ray Nolte, Mae Fujiyoshi, Michie Kohatser, Barbara Rapoza, Margot Ger dot, and Margie Tarn. Of GOP Support School McLoughlin Junior High By Jerry Braun, Rhoda Work, Sarah Matthews, Virginia Goddard and Paula Harper Mac speech students pre sented a broadcast over radio station KYJC at 6:30 Saturday evening, Nov. 14. The pro gram included a series of read ings in tribute to Armed Forces Day. Students partici pating were Mary Barr, Eliza beth Clark, Vivian Little, Lin da Micheals, Susan Krieger, and David Miller. Jack Henry is the instructor Jack Teeters, art teacher, has started an art exhibit which is to last all year. The all-year art show can be seen in "Breezeway Gallery,' tne connecting breezeway to the cafeteria. The gallery now has seventh -and eighth grade ex hibits, which include a variety of techniques. Some are wa ter colors, colored construc tion paper designs, pen and ink grawings, tempra paint ing, and crayon and charcoal drawings. One of Mr. Teeters' classes has initiated a new technique called roller paint ing, which consists of using a roller such as is used in paint ing walls in houses. Miss Dortha Martin's class turned in 100 per cent room membership in the recent PTA membership drive. Mrs. Mar jorie Votaws class was second with 83 per cent and not far behind were Mrs. Eula Foley's group, Howard Gang's, and Elmer Ayres' classes. Total membership at the present time is 570. Orchestra students got new music this week, "Mood Melo dies," -'"Pro-Gram-Time," and "Gypsy Holiday", are the se lections. A symphony orches tra with brass, woodwinds and drums in addition to strings is being organized. McLoughlin Library club members collected $34.25 on the money drive for CARE Book Week. Ray Lewis' room and Mrs. Maude Robinson's rooms tied for first place with Mrs. Eula Foley's room next. The books will be sent to In dia this year. In the main hall showcase, Vern Voss's shop students have displayed 4wooden pop corn bowls showing the steps involved in their making from the original blue prints to the finished products. Some of the kinds of wood used were walnut, beech, mahogany, and cedar. Students who wonted nn the Droiect were Richie Bennett, Gary Highland, Bar ry Deubert, Lynn Shreeve, and Jim Snodgrass. ,.. ' Medford High School Edited by Jim traice. Staff: Diana Mohr, Edonna Pact, and Rita McBeih. The University of Oregon at Eugene was host to the Fu ture Teachers of America's annual convention Nov. 14 and 15. John Mast, MHS FTA advi sor, and his wife accompan ied the six elected delegates plus four dthers from Med ford. The group left the high school Friday morning. . Those attending the confer ence included Nancy Hinman, Jean Pletsch, De Anne Tay lor, Jeannine James, Nancy Van Valzah, Nancy Donahue, Barbara W h a 1 i n, Mildred Boyd, Mary Kay Harris and Martha Watson. The purpose of the conven tion was to elect state offi cers and to make amendments to the FTA constitution. Nancy Hinman, MHS junior, was a candidate for state sec retary-treasurer. Between 85 and 100 busi nessmen and industry repres entatives from the local area will visit Medford schools Nov. 19, Education-Business day. This is a follow up 'to the Business-Education day Sept. 10, when 356 teachers and school administrators visited Medford business and indus trial firms. WORLD REFUGEE YEAR 1959-1960 To Be Lonely, Homeless, Loveless- that's what makes life hard for millions of older refugees. Not the memories of hate and want. These they can forget But the loss of love, warmth, family, friends. The utter aloneness of solitary, destitute old age. Often their only refuge and strength is the material help and love generated by your faith's Overseas Aid. Gin Thank by Ghing this Thanksgiving . . . and make your gift generous! PROTESTANT: Share Our Surplus Appeal. 'x ' CATHOLIC: BlshepC Thanksgivlnc Clothing Collection. JEWISH: United Jewish Appeal Special Fund. Published at a public teniae in cooperation with The Advertising Council and the Newspaper Advertisinff Executives Association. IMIevs I Members of the pep band went to Coos Bay to play at the Medford-Marshfield game. They left school at 11:45 aon. Friday. Although the rally squad attended ,the Pep club didn't go to the game as a group, but many went in private cars. "Dino." Medford Senior High's first dramatic produc tion of the year, was pre sented Nov. 12 and 13 in the auditorium. Near- capacity crowds attended both per formances. The annual back-to-school night for the parents of all sophomores was held Nov. 10. Among those parents attend ing were those who made up the first sophomore class of Medford Senior High, school in 1931. Future Teachers of Ameri ca handled registration and Claudine Kratzberg's home making classes decorated the cafeteria and were in charge of the refreshments. Because of the program, the meeting of the International Relations league that was scheduled for that night was cancelled. Report cards for all Med ford High students will be issued Nov. 18 and are to be signed by the parents and re turned by Nov. 20. Sams Valley School Jeanetle King, Editor On Thursday, Oct. 20, un der the direction of Niles Smith, the teacher, the fifth and sixth grades gave a play in the school auditorium. It was called "Pumpkin Is the Password." All the students in Mr. Smith's room partici pated. On Friday the school Hal loween program - took place All those who had costumes stood on the stage to show them to . the audience and judges. Prizes were given to the following: prettiest, Kitty McRae; ugliest,,. Danny Nel son; most unusual, Nan Min- chow; funniest, Johnny Hunt. Halloween songs were sung, and some cartoons were shown. After the assembly each room had a party. Nov. 2-6 was v book week. The third and fourth grades dressed up as storybook characters. ... The seventh and eighth have had experiments in making oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen. In the following weejc tne eighth graders are planning to dissect starfish. Howard School Nov. 1-7 was book . week. Theme for this week was "Explorine With Books." In tne nau tnere were pictures of people of folklore. Some of them are, Old Stormalong, Paul Bunyan. Pecos Bill, and Johnny Appleseed. In the li- Drary, tnere was a picture of Black Beauty under a tree, with green hills in the back ground. Mrs. Flossie Murray's fourth grade goes into Mrs. Elva Ed- ler's room to listen to Stand ard Hour Broadcast on Thurs day. We are writing letters to get material from the nation al narks. so we can mak a booklet' about our parks. We are watching the mail, hoping that literature will soon start coming in. Jack Bailev's class elected new officers Oct. 26. The new officers are Nikki Marshall. president; Pat Poole, vice president: and Mary Wong, secretary. Rons Id Quackenbush's room has ; a new' girl. Her name is Susie Mathews, who came from Roosevelt. Class officers are Jarfc Hurst, president; Lynn West- wood, vice president; and Su san Tungate, secretary. SNAKE LOVERS London (DPD - Great Brit ain's national snake charming competition will be held here Dec. 4. Ex-State By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington A one - time leader in the conservative faction of Oregon's Democra tic party, Thomas R. Mahoney, is having in come tax dif ficulties with the federal government. The former state senator from Portland has been noti fied by the In ternal Reve- a. Boot, smith n u e Service that he owes Uncle Sam $16, 967.06 in back taxes and pen alties. Mahoney is fighting the claim, which will probably come up in the winter ses sion of U.S. Tax Court held at Portland next February and March. The tax collecting agency has charged that .Mahoney failed to file a timely declara tion of estimated tax; sub- Sodium Vapor Shot Expected in East ' Wallops Island, Va. (DPD Note to skywatchers: If you see a yellow glow light up the sky " over the Eastern coast tonight, have no fear, it's not a flying saucer. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is planning another sodium vapor experiment. The last one on' Aug. 17 created a sensation when peo ple from Birmingham, Ala., to Dayton, Ohio, saw 'it light up the night sky. NASA,, which hopes to launch the experiment about 5 pjn. e.s.tl if weather condi tions are right, said the couds will have a yellow glow and last up to 20 minutes. Tonight's high altitude wind test with the sodium cloud and two others like it at dawn and dusk Tuesday are billed as American contributions to the observance of Internation al Rocket Week. Police Will Have No Trouble Finding Car Oklahoma City -IUPD- Wit nesses said they would have no trouble identifying- the get-away car used by two men who robbed a theater Sunday night. Large red letters on the back of the car spelled out the word "Wanted." Make wash-day info leisure Jay, by putting an elecfric washer and dryer (or combination) in your laundry. All you have to do is put in your soiled clothes, turn d dial and walk away to pJeasanter things. Your laundry comes out so clean, soft, and wrinkle-free that you often eliminate hours of ironing as well. Senator Mas Tax Troubles stantially underestimated his income; failed to file returns on time; claimed deductions, including expenses incurred during the legislative session at Salem, which IRS found were not verified or justified; claimed his mother as a de pendent when he did not pro vide over half of her support as the law requires. Deficiencies Disclosed IRS said the disputed in come was ' for the taxable years 1949 through 1952 when the Portland attorney's tax returns "disclosed deficiencies in tax aggregating $12,159.10 and penalties aggregating $4, 817.96." . - The tax collector claims that: In 1949, Mahoney had an adjusted net income of $13, 351.16 but that he filed an in come tax return showing only $5,704.55 as his net income. In 1950, he had an adjust ed net income of $13,967.07 but his return showed, orily $2,424.94. In 1951, his adjusted.net income was $19,004.19 but his return showed $4,568.96. In 1952, the report said his adjusted net income was $17, 341.86 but he reported only Four-Year-Old Suffocates in Chest . Moonachie, N.J. (UPD A 4- year-old girl suffocated Sat urday when1 she and her old er sister became trapped in their 'mother's hope chest in the attic of their home. Police said the victim, Mar garet Ferdon, . and ber sister Bernice, 7, climbed into the chest to see what the inside looked like. The lid slammed shut and locked the girls in side. . . Their brother, Raymond, 11, discovered the girls in the chest, police said. Neighbors tried to revive both girls by m o u t h-to-mouth breathing. Police later applied oxygen and revived Bernice, but e forts to save Margaret failed. . Their mother, Mrs. Margar et Ferdon, 29, was washing clothes at the time of the ac cident HOLD TIRE HEARINGS Washington (DPD A House small business subcommittee will hold hearings here Dec 9-11 on practices by gasoline wholesalers and retailers in buying and selling auto tires, batteries and accessories. Americans ' receive free about. 300 million highway maps every year. LAUNDRY $4,058.81. Ruled Against Deductions The chief area of conten tion between Mahoney and the government lies in the the area of expenses he deducted as necessary for his business which the tax agents ruled against. In its notification to Ma honey, IRS said: "In the absence of adequate records, your taxable net in come has been computed by reference- to your bank de posits and withdrawals with proper adjustment for nontax able recepits and for personal and other nontaxable amounts paid." IRS reported that H. found Mahoney had made deposits into two accounts which total ed $26,123.10 in 1949, rose JN0JV...F0R : (1f: flip KINDS OF INSURANCE IN ONE CONVENIENT POLICY ATA SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED COST. ASK U8 AB0UT7HE MONEY-SAVING TRAVELERS PACKAGED PROTECTION PLAN FOR HOMEOWNERS FIRE trreuitfo COVERAGE ADDITIONAL EXTENDED COVERABE k DON STATHQS, INSUROR nl ' Professional Insurance Protection f V 1005 East Main Ph. SP 3-6658 Representing The Travelers, Hartford, Connecticut o 1 LEISURE... TO in minutes with electric laundry equipment! Be Weather-Wise... WEATHERIZE With Electric Laundry Equipment. See Your CalOre Electrical League Dealer. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 10 Monday, Nov. 16, 1959 to $41,425.74 in 1950, fell off to $37,445.54 in 1951 and then went up to $58,657.20 in 1952. In those years IRS allowed Mahoney business deductions ranging from $9,739.64 in 1949 'to $34,820.62 in 1952. Among the deductions dis allowed, but contested by the former state senator, were $1,470 and $1,755 which he reported as "away-from-home expenses . . i in connection with employment of petition er, Thomas R. Mahoney, as a legislator at Salem." Mahoney claims such expenses were al lowable deductions during the legislative sessions of 1949 and 1951 repsectively. THEFT y COUPREHENBIVE ' PERSONAL UABIUTf PERSONAL PROPERTf GLASS BREAK ABB hrrl Insurance Jl AGENT I MM I. S iiivii tob fruit v y mi
