Local and
Flu Fix-Medford firemen
were called to extinguish a
flue fire at the residence of
John H. Hawkins, 1925 Grand
view ave., Saturday. No dam
age resulted.
Bicycl Gono Steven
George Lewis, 2133 East Jack
son st, told city police that
someone took his bicycle from
Hedrick Junior High school
Friday afternoon: ' -
Stolen Bicyd Michael
James Paup, 721 South Holly
st., told city police his bicycle
was taken from St. Mary's
school, sometime Friday after
noon. Petty Theft - Two boys,
aged 10 and 11, were arrested
on petty theft charges here
Friday, Central Point police
reported. They were question
ed by police and released in
custody of their parents.
Grandson - Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph R. Williams, Munich,
Germany, are the parents of a
boy, born Noy- 19. The, baby,
the first child for the couple,
. is a grandson of Mrs. Hazel
Wolf, 322 Benson st., Med
ford. Mr. Williams is current
ly stationed with the Army in
Germany. Mrs. Williams is
the former Helen Wolf. ;
AWOL - Anthony Kenneth
Rutkowski, AWOL from the
VS. Marine corps stationed at
Camp Pendleton, Calif., since
Oct. 9, was apprehended by
city police Friday evening
when he was observed hitch
hiking on South . Riverside
ave. He was taken .to the
county jail, police said. .
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Members will be notified of
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Sawdust FireTwo Medford
fire department trucks were
sent Friday night to the Jesse
Mitchell residence, 1032 North
Fifth st., to extinguish a chim
ney fire. Firemen stood by
while the chimney burned it
self out. No damage was re
ported. Caught Five juvenile
boys admitted to city police
Friday night they broke the
window of a car belonging to
Jack Aubury Griner, 111 Wil
lamette st., because they "had
words with him." They were
released to the custody of
tfieir parents, officers, said.
Pushed - A juvenile boy ad
mitted to city police Friday
night that he pushed a person
through a plate glass window
at 36 South Bartlett st., be
cause he was bothering some
girls. Police told the juvenile
he might be held responsible
for the window, and released
him. The person who was
pushed through the window
has not been located, accord
ing to city police.
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Medford and vicinity: Mostly
cloudy through Monday morning,
becoming partly cloudy Monday
afternoon. Chance of a few showers
late this evening. High Sunday 56;
low Monday morning 38. High
Monday 60. .
Western Oregon: Partly cloudy
in the extreme south. Mostly
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day and Monday. Periods of rain
botn days. Mild temperatures. High
both davs 52-62. Low Sunday night
38 to 48. .
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By JOE COWLEY
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
Portland County home
rule does not set the type of
county government for each
county. It does give the county
broader powers, according to
Sam Haley, Oregon legislative
counsel.
"Cpunty charter does not
mean county reorganization,"
the attorney told county offi
cials attending the 54th an
nual convention of the Asso
ciation of Oregon Counties.
"It gives the counties a wider
"VANGUARD." A dog raised as a 4-H project by Dale Mit
chell of Williams, was presented to Alfred McKerson at the
Nov. 14, graduation exercises of Guide Dogs for the Blind,
Inc. The Dean Mitchell family drove to San Rafael, Calif.,
to see the dog once more before it left for Ardmore, Okla.,
with its blind master.
OBITUARIES
WILSON CARSON
Wilson Carson, 78, died
Saturday morning in a local
hospital. Funeral arrange
ments will be announced by
Conger-Morris, funeral direc
tors. JENNIE R. FINCH
Funeral services for Mrs.
Jennie R. Finch, 68, of 530
South Grape st., who died
Thursday, will be held at Conger-Morris
Funeral home
downtown chapel Monday at
1:30 pjn. The Rev. Henry
Brown, of the Mt. Pitt Nazar
ene church, will officiate, as
sisted' by the Rev. George
Walston of the Advent Chris
tian church. Committal will
be in Siskiyou Memorial park.
Mrs. Finch was born March
15, 1881, in Port Ewen, N.Y.
She first came to Lakeview,
Ore., in 1914, and resided
there until 1946, when she
moved to Medford. Her hus
band, Burton A. Finch, died
in 1950.
Survivors include a son,
Douglas B. Finch, Butte Falls;
two daughters, Mrs. Frank
Dupray and Mrs. Lloyd Ar
nold, Medford; a sister, Mrs.
Edward Hotaling, Port Ewen,
N.Y.; seven grandchildren,
and two great granddaugh
ters. An older son, Breynton
Finch, died in 1953.
Pallbearers will include
Bryan Gossett, Charles Eller,
Wayne Ash, Travis Coffman,
John Klukkert, and Warren
Arnold.
JOHN F. WINGATE
The body of John F. Win
gate, 59, who died at the Vet
erans Administration Domi
ciliary, Camp White, Friday,
will be forwarded by Perl Fu
neral home Monday to the
Greenlake Funeral home, Se
attle, Wash., for services and
interment.
Mr. Wingate was born at
Wilbur, Wash. July 4, 1900,
and was a veteran of World
War I.
He was an auditor and a
member of the Seattle Shrine
club.
Survivors Include one son,
John W. Wingate Jr., and one
daughter, Mrs. Norma Arm
strong, both of Seattle, and
one sister, Alma Margeson of
Seattle. - ,
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"Home Rule-
range of power on matters of
local concern."
An appropriation was in
cluded in this year's AOC
budget to finance a study and
report to guide committees in
.the counties considering home
rule, Kenneth C. Tollenaar,
AOC executive secretary-, told
the 100 persons attending the
section meeting on home rule
in the Imperial hotel Thurs
day afternoon. This was lat
er approved by the convention-goers.
This study will include a
G. EMORY PURDIN
G. Emory Purdin, native of
Jackson county, died Thurs
day at .his home in Klamath
Falls. Funeral services will be
held Monday, Nov. 23, at 2
p.m. in Klamath Falls with
the Elks lodge conducting the
service. ,
Mr. Purdin was born in Ea
gle Point and lived there and
in Medford before moving to
Klamath Falls. He is a veter
an of World War I.
Survivors include his wife,
Violet Purdin; one son, Wil
liam Purdin, Boston, Mass.;
three brothers and two sisters;
Fred Purdin and Mrs. A. W.
Lingaas, both Medford; Lyle
Purdin, Wheeler, Ore.; Mrs. A.
P. Talent, Newberg, Ore.; and
Lee D. Purdin, Escondido,
Calif.
WALTER MILLER
" Ashland - Walter Alonzo
Miller, 77, died Friday at the
family home, 4780 Highway
66. Funeral arrangements will
be announced by Litwillers.
Survivors include the wid
ow, Ada, and three daughters.
JERRY FERLEN
Ashland-Jerry Arthur Fer
len, 79, of 417Vfc Palm st.,
Ashland, died Friday. Funeral
services have tentatively been
set for Tuesday, Nov. 24, at
1:30 pjn. at Litwiller's Moun
tain View chapel with the
Rev. R. L. Cornwall, officiat
ing. Survivors include the
widow, Clara, and several
stepchildren.
FRANK J. SEVCIK
Word Has been received
here of the death Saturday,
Nov. 21, of Frank J. Sevcik,
91, of St. Paul, Nebr.
Among his .survivors is a
son, R. L. Sevcik, 26 Willam
ette ave., who left this morn
ing to attend the funeral in
St. Paul. Other survivors in
clude his widow, a daughter,
both St Paul, and a niece,
Washington, D. C.
Births
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published analysis of the va
rious types of county govern
ment which could operate un
der the home rule charter, he
explained. Examples will in
clude . all the areas of the
United States in which home
rule has been tried.
Judging by the questions
and remarks from the audi
ence the county oficials were
afraid county home rule
would mean a county-manager
type of government. This
would not be necessary, Haley
explained.
The important thing would
be for county officials and the
committee setting up home
rule to study state law. They
should determine whether the
charter and ordinances au
thorized by it or state law
would cover certain situations
or areas of county govern
ment, he said.
Aimed in this direction is
senate joint resolution 48 to
be placed before the people in
November, 1960. SJR 48
amends the Oregon state con
stitution. It requires home
rule counties to pay for local
improvements by taxing only
the property benefited unless
otherwise provided by law or
charter.
Adopts Resolution
The AOC adopted a resolu
tion Friday which authorizes
and directs its staff to work
actively for adoption of SJR
48 by preparing' whatever
analysis, explanations and
publicity may be required for
adoption of SJR 48.
Continuing his talk as part
'of the panel on home rule,
Haley suggested county offi
cials "scrutinize" the home
rule provisions since wide
gaps probably exist in the
measure.
These should be corrected
before the next legislative ses
sion meets since enabling leg
islation will not be drafted,
probably, until after the legis
lature convenes. Then it will
be too late to cover all possible
problems. Notes, pointing out
these problems, could be sent
to Kenneth C. Tollenaar, AOC
executive secretary, the coun
sel suggested.
Major Loopholes
One of the major loopholes
in the county home rule
amendment was foreseen by
the house after the introduc
tion of the proposed constitu
tional amendment at the 1957
session. This was SJR 48. The
house amendment was added
to prevent a county authoriz
ing some facility in a subur
ban area which would bene
fit only that area but which
all the taxpayers would have
to pay for.
The county home rule
amendment adopted in No
vember, 1958, did two things,
the legislative counsel ex
plained. First, it repealed a former
section which allowed the
state legislature to provide for
a county manager form of
government. Second, it creat
ed a new section. This re
quires the legislature to pro
vide a method for adopting
county charters. It further re
serves the initiative and ref
erendum powers for county
voters on adoption of a char
ter and county laws, or ordi
nances, the counsel explained.
Analyzing Amendment
Analyzing the home rule
amendment further,. Haley
pointed to one part of it which
indicates that the state legis
lature is not required to spe
cify optional forms of county
charters. It merely gives the
voters a method by which
they can adopt, amend, revise
or repeal their own charters.
If the voters want to revise
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a charter they can do it by
submitting a single proposi
tion or charter instead of a
series of separate amendments
which must be voted on sepa
rately. One sentence in this county
charter amendment of 1958
states, "A county charter may
provide' for the exercise by
the county of authority over
matters of county concern."
This means the county may
establish a law or take other
action if it decides the matter
is something over which a
county should have authority.
Broad Phrase
This is a broad phrase, Ha
ley pointed out. Decisions of
the state supreme court on
the city home rule amend
ment should show how this
phrase should be interpreted,
he said. These decisions should
point out the boundaries of
authority between cities,
counties and the state.
One sentence in the amend
ment requires the .charter to
prescribe the organization of
the county, government. This
does not mean that the organi
zation has to be the county
manager type, the counsel em
phasized. . .
Such a charter must desig
nate the number of officers,
their election or appointment,
qualifications, term of office,
pay and powers and duties.
This does not affect judges of
the various courts (district or
circuit) justices of the peace
or district attorneys.
"This sentence exempts
judges acting in their judicial
capacity (but not county judg
es transacting county busi
ness)," Haley explained.
Summarizes Legislation
Summarizing the enabling
legislation which provides for
home rule, the attorney point
ed out that a county charter
may be adopted by two meth
ods: First, by approval at any
"legally called election" of
the people a charter submit
ted by a county charter com
mittee. Second, by initiative
petition.
A charter committee, on
the other hand, is established
by county court action or by
petition. Members of the char
ter committee must be ap
pointed, at least 60 days after
the committee is set up. Only
one committee may exist at
one time, Haley pointed out.
At first any registered voter
could serve on the charter
committee. However, the leg
islature's local government
committee decided such mem
bers must not have any in
terests which would conflict
with their duties and they
could not serve on the com
mittee if they were appointed
public officers.
The appointed committee
members must meet and or
ganize within 80 days after
their terms begin. This sub
section of the amendment con
tains a quorum provision and
authorizes the committee to
make rules for its operations.
Such rules must not prohibit
Faculty Member Is
Honored by APA
Ashland - Recently honor
ed by the American Psyche
logical association was Dr.
Harold A, Cloer, Southern
Oregon college director of
guidance. At SOC since 1952,
Cloer was notified by the
APA board of directors that
he had been elected to mem
bership, effective Jan. 1.
The purpose of the APA,
as outlined in the organiza
tion's dictionary, "is to ad
vance psychology as a sci
ence, as a profession, and as
a means of promoting human
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the public from attending
committee meetings, however.
Appropriate Money
The county must appropri
ate money for the committee's
operation. However, commit
tee members must serve with
out pay. Also, copies of the
proposed charter must be
available for the public to
read. '
Surveying the charter
amendment, the legislative
counsel poised a few ques
tions: What are "matters of
county concern?" Can use of
home rule authority by a
county affect city authority
within that county? Or, does
the county home rule amend
ment merely grant authority
in the area formerly occupied
by the state? Does this leave
to the cities and county ex
clusively authority within
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