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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."
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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." ,
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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
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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!
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JEWISH: United Jewish Appeal Special Fund.
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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
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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.
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