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a 1 s re E 8 J. 2 5 . 2 C MAIL TRIBUNE Or. Sunday, No. 29, 1959 Little Cancer Victim Gets Wish for Pony 5 " Whiteville, N. C. - (tJPD - A 2 ' partially blinded eight-year-Jj old boy who doctor say may 5" die at any time from cancer, y was given the pony he al- ways wanted Thursday. 1 "Gee, it sure is great to own a pony," Mike Blackmon j; of Brunswick said. H "Even if I can't ride it, Al- len and Larry (his younger Z brothers) can," he said. 5 Cumberland County Sheriff 2- W. G. Clark of Fayettevflle , gave the bed - ridden boy a S Shetland pony. V But Mike cannot see it be cause of his partial blindness caused by a cancer growth. Mike, son of Mr. and Mrs. Belton Blackmon, has under gone operations at Duke Hos pital in, Durham for the can cer. " - y, : Doctors expect the. boy to die in a short time. j Increase Noted 1 In Canned Pears Z ' Portland - Nine per cent - more pears were canned in 1959 than during the previous year, according to reports by the Northwest Canners and , Freezers association. The Pa Z ; cific Northwest canned pear Z. pack totaled 4,647,489 cases, the report said. ,1 The report was compiled Z from figures submitted by Oregon and Washington can- ners. No commercial pear pack was reported from Idaho Z or Montana. I The bulk of the pears canned were halves, it was Z . reported. They totaled 4,183, Z ' S9S cases.- L1ANY GIFTS ARE WORTH THE GIVING... BUT JHE BEST OF ALL IS " M; ,L UORE TIME FOR LIVING... , 0 WITH A , KltclieiiAid . DISHWASHER MAKE TOUR ROME HAPPIES WITH A yew APPLIANCE THERE'S A XitchenAId MODEL FOR EVERY KITCHEN! .Choose from: Built-in ( Free-standing cabinet (illustrated) Dishwasher-sink combination Portable Convertible-portable SP 24011 100 E. SIXTH OPEN MONDAY & FRIDAY im CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY SHADY COVE-TRAIL Benefit Shower Set Shady Cove-Trail-The Trail Community church is spon soring a shower for the Rus sell Cooper family of Trail who lost everything in a fire Nov. 20. v The shower will be held at the church at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1. Those who cannot at tend may leave gifts at the Trail store. Cause of the fire was not immediately known. Every one was away from the house with Cooper working, and the three boys in school. Mrs. Cooper - was in California where she had been called, to help as her daughter, Shirley Cushman, was undergoing major surgery. The Cooper family Sunday moved into a home in Shady Cove which they had purchas ed from the Bob Colpitts. Another daughter of the Coop er's, Mrs. Raymond Anderson of Trail, is now confined to the . Rogue Valley hospital where she underwent an emergency appendectomy last week. Mrs. Anton Anderson, her mother-in-law, is staying at her . home duringher ab sence and taking care of the children. Dr. Leonard Mayfield, Med ford superintendent of schools, will speak ' concern ing his recent trip to Russia at 8:15. p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1 at the Elk-Trail school. Every one in the community is in vited to attend. Dr. Mayfield is being sponsored as a guest speaker by the Shady Cove Rotary club. x Dr. and Mrs. Verne Wilson and Miss Marge Sandfort of Medford brought Thanksgiv ing dinner to the Ed Strother home in Shady Cove. IRONRITE SALES GO. NIGHTS TIL CHRISTMAS! WAY Qe paid L CyE BALLSY I Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kelley of Shady Cove were Thanks giving guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Arant of Medford. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whel den of Trail were guests for Thanksgiving dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Field of Medford. The Fields, who were former neighbors of the Welden's, have moved into their new home in Med ford but still keep their home at Trail for summers and oc casional weekend visits. Newcomers' to Shady Cove from the Coos Bay region are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore and son, Dale, who have rent ed the Ward home in the Cove. Moore owns trucks and is employed in logging. Medford Rotary club mem bers Bill Caldwell, Shelby Turtle, Alan Perry, Dr. Jack Price and Sharon Eichelberg attended the dinner meeting of the Shady Cove Rotary club recently and held an in doctrination and instruction class for new members. Mem bers who have joined recent ly are Bob Work, principal of Elk-Trail school; Roy Nolan, teacher at the Elk - Trail school and Peter Nashed, math teacher and shop in structor at the Prospect high school. ' Colleen Hope of Medford started her teenage ballroom dancing class last Saturday evening at the VFW hall in Shady Cove with a good num ber of youngsters turning out for the class. The basic steps of ballroom dancing as well as some of the newer ones will be taught. The class will be held on the first and third Saturdays of the month start ing at 7:30 and will continue for eight weeks. Dale Sattler of Shady Cove discovered recently , that run ning ,the Mobil station in Shady Cove is not just taking care of cars for gas, oil and repairs. He received a tele phone call from a party who had landed his one - seater plane at the Shady Cove air nort without enough gas to make it on to the next field. Dale obligingly went up with a five-gallon can of gas. Bob Rogers,, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rogers of Elk Creek. Trail, soent a week re cently visiting his family. Bob is employed at the veterans Home in Yountsville, Calif. You may see almost any thing swimming down the river is what Mrs. Harold Bressler of Shady Cove thouffht the other day when she happened to glance out of her breakfast nook window and saw a doe swimming downstream. The doe climb ed out on the bank some dis stance downstream from their house. Mrs. Mary Chapman of Shady Cove has returned home after a 5-week absence spent visiting her sister in Las Vegas nd her daughter in California. Mrs. Alfred Echegoyan and boys, Dan, Phil and David of Los Angeles, have been visit ing with Mrs. Echegoyan's mother, Mrs. Jane Kelsey of for your greater convenience . . . EAGLE POINT Panel Discussion Set By DOTTIE HARBISON Eagle Point - "Family Coun seling" will be the topic dis cussed by a panel which in cludes Mrs. Henry Padgham of the Family Counseling Ser vice in Medford, and James Pullman of the Jackson Coun ty Welfare commission at the next meeting of the Eagle Point Parent-Teacher-Student association Wednesday, Dec. 2, in the high school library. A counselling service was available for a 4-month trial period and the need for its contmuance ' and promotion was recommended by the of ficials. A question box was placed in the high school li brary where anyone may drop in anonymous questions to be discussed. A question and an- Space Scientists Turn Attention To Next Probe Cape Canaveral, Fla.-(UPD-American space scientists Fri day swallowed the disappoint ment of their Thanksgiving Day moonshot failure and pushed ahead with plans for the next U. S. moon probe. Informed sources said an other payload already was available but that no specific vehicle had been chosen for the attempt to orbit the moon. It could be -another Atlas Able, biggest rocket ever built in the free world, but an Air Force Thor-Able or. an Army Juno II appeared more like ly. Around Christmas Tim The, next "ideal" time for a moonshot would be a four day period around Christmas when the moon makes a com paratively close approach of 221,000 miles from earth. But sources indicated a mid-January date might be more fea sible. U. S. space emphasis mean while shifted to an expected mid-December launching of a Thor-Able to hurl a sun-satellite toward the orbit of the planet Venus. That probe will carry a transmitter capable of radiating signals back to earth from 50 million miles in space. 372-Pound Ball It was a 98-foot Atlas-Able that was aimed . toward i. the moon Thursday in an effort roughly equivalent to hitting a fly in the left eye with a rifle at a distance of six miles. The bullet was a 372-pound ball of electronic equipment tucked away in the rocket's bulging top. the Cottage Kitchen. Mrs. Kelsey was in California visit ing the Echeyogans and came back with them. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schulz of Shady Cove entertained at their home with a potluck dinner and pinochle party for their neighborhood get - to gether. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Wentjar of Central Point; Dr. and Mrs. Verne Wilson of Medford; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Huffman of Prospect; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bauer; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bartuss and the host and host ess of Shady Cove. COPCO has made arrangements for you to pay your electric service bills at either branch of the ROGUE VALLEY STATE BANK in Medford. . ( . When accompanied by service bills, payments may now be made at the ROGUE VALLEY STATE BANK 4 Main Branch, 110? Court Street East Medford Branch, 701 E. Jackson St. Payments made by mail should be addressed to: COPCO, 276 West Main Street, Medford, Oregon swer period will follow the panel discussion. Everyone is asked to bring cookies, fruit -, cakes, fancy pickles, relishes or anything that might be used for Christ mas gifts for the baked foods sale which is to be held at the meeting. The square dancing class has changed its lessons from Monday nights to Wednesday nights with the next lesson starting at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, in the grade school gymnasium. Everyone is re minded that this will be the last chance to take lessons as no more couples will be ac cepted after Wednesday. Four more couples are heeded for A1 ' f wis ciass. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bitter- ling, co-chairmen of the com munity card party held in the Eagle Point Grange hall Fri day, Nov. 19, reported it a huge success. Grange officials announced that it would be held each month with' the next party set for Dec. 18 at 8 p.m. in the Grange hall. Mrs. Hugh Laird won first place.-Irs. Paul Force, sec ond place and Mrs. John Huff man took consolation prize for the women with Cecil Kee taking first place, Robert Meyer second place and Hugh Laird receiving consolation prize for the men's division. Pack 48 held its monthly meeting at the high school li brary Tuesday, Nov. 24. Cubmaster Ted Hoffman introduced- Elmer Binker as the pack's new treasurer and had him give a few words of explanation on' the new toy mending and distribution pro ject to be carried out through out .the year. Hoffman ex plained the Christmas sale of trees and craftwork, Christ mas centerpieces, corsages, decorations, etc. that are to be sold at the booth along the Eagle Point Junction on high way 62 with the proceeds be ing donated to the Boy and Cub Scouts lor Boys Life, badges, craft and other need ed materials. Elbert Hefley, Den Dad from .Den 1, presented $12 to the cubmaster for presenta tion, to the pack treasurer as proceeds from the sale of soft drinks at the talent show. Ted Hoffman, assisted by Den Chiefs Donald Hanscom, Arthur Harbison and Steven Cook, met with the Cub Scouts and smaller children while a film concerning the advancements in Cub Scout ing and the part, both cubs and parents must play to make the program successful, was shown to parents. Nineteen boys of Den 1 par ticipated in a skit based on activities at an "Old Country Store." Activities included ev erything from visiting, check er playing, trading and shop ping to the bank robbery, with everyone available being deputized to form a posse and the old country doctor being called in to treat a gunshot wound. The den had an old fashion ed taffy pull and provided taf fy as their share of the re freshment for the pack meet ing. Craft work also was dis played. Eight boys from Den 3 di vided into cops and robbers with the robbers confiscating several items from Den l's store and being chased and caught red handed by the IT FITS! -p Connie McDonough, Crater FFA chapter sweet heart, center, seems jubilant that a western style hat fits her. She is flanked by John Caster, chapter president, left, and Allen Barnes, last year's president, right. The dance drew a crewd estimated at 200 persons. Two vocal groups and a dance band provided the music. The theme was "Cow boy Land." , cops. They were placed in a jail with the following in scription on the wall: "These Boys Didn't Have "Cub Scout Training." Den 3 displayed some ever green centerpieces, door swatches, corsages, and craft work they are making for the Christmas booth along with old fashioned cracker and flour barrels, an old pump style churn, a handmade quilt and home made cookies. Den 5 displayed an old type store, with everything being made by the youngsters themselves. The walls were made from an old sheet with everything being drawn upon it. They displayed a barrel of apples which they served as their part of the refreshments for the meeting. Donald Covey, Johnny White and Ronnie Pech were inducted into the Cub Sc6uts and each was presented a Bobcat pin w,ith his parents pinning it on upside down un til a good deed has been per formed. One year pins were presented to Ronnie Wilson, John Dover and Ricky Trim ble. Mrs. Lester McFall prepar ed and served a surprise birth day dinner in honor of her husband's birthday Saturday, Nov. 21. Those attending the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Simmons and daugh ter, Sharon; Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Hannaford and children, Janet, Jimmy and Jerry; Mr. and Mrs. J.' D. Brown, Mrs. Marvin Ragsdale, Clarence Webster, Roy Hisey of Red mond, Oregon; Mr. and Mrs. Lester McFall and their eight children. Mrs. McFall had a decorated cake fors her hus band, v-j :j -, Mrs. Opal Clark of North Dayton, Ore., left Tuesday, Nov. 24 for Los Altos, Calif., to visit her daughter, Miss Vi ola Clark, after spending some time with another daughter and her family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Vickoren, Brownsboro rd. Mrs. Copley's first grade students made 50-star flags for Veterans Day and have each completed a phonic pic ture book for the letters P, J, and D in the alphabet. They also have made a word train from colored construction pa per with the words they have learned during the year. A "beatnik" birthday party was given in honor of Miss Carol Vickoren's 16th birth day Saturday, Nov. 21, at her home on Brownsboro rd. The beatnik heme was carried out in decorations, such as tri- colored lights,- abstract paint ings, and bongos while the beatnik-attired guests retired on cushions on the floor. ', Several humorous games were enjoyed by 15 teenagers, including the reading of pro gressive poetry to jazz music Refreshments were served by the co-hostesses, Miss Car ol Vickoren, sister to Helen, and Miss Judy Sanderson of Trail, while Miss Vickoren opened her gifts. - A surprise house warming party was held for Mrs. El bert Hefley at her 119 North C st. home Friday, Nov. 19. A table cloth and centerpiece for the dining room were pre sented to her by Mesdames Larry Dover, John Sinders, Jim Martinson, Bennie. Hef ley, Don Kimmel, Ben Gard ener, Ron Matteisen, Merle McGraw, Clarence Kelley, Dean Collins, Roy Knobel, Kenneth Dufour, Allen Brandhorst, Willis Morrison and Miss Velva Chris, an out-of-state visitor. , Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Dufour, and Mrs. Brandhorst were co hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McFad den of Eagle Point had as CORN REMOVER Cim Sniifctr rW horn pais mnd pmd. m tot, colleuM, warn. 4 Mronf add MlidwrM. Wkw w hv MM fry Mm Try njwww&m WWW'j wasiv pain, Hrwtll, swelling firif mt mcmmJ application, told ramaot taU . aa uniy bock fwaronl. Exclusively at WESTERN THRIFT 1 " IS'SSS guests for dinner Sunday, Nov. 15, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Le Marr, Mrs Cleo Pruesse, all of Sacramento; Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hathaway and Mrs. E. L. Flury of Downey, Calif.; Mrs. Porter; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hess, , Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Flury, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Benbo and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thorton, all of Med ford. Other guests to visit the Jesse McFaddens recently were Grant Todd of San Di ego, Mrs. Phillip Todd of Kla math Falls, and the Rev. and Mrs. Robert McFadden of Yreka. Miss Velva Chriss of Los Angeles arrived Nov. 14, for a few days visit with her sis ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Hefley at their new home on South C st. Miss Chriss left for home Nov. 21 and her mother, Mrs. N. M. Chriss, arrived the same day to visit with her daughter and family, the Bennie Hefleys. Mrs. N. M. Chriss and her grandson, Mark Hefley, both celebrated their birthdate Monday, Nov. 23. Mrs. Robert Holman was hostess to the South B st. cof fee party at her home Tues day, Nov. 24. Those attending were Mrs. David Kahl, Mrs. Donald Harper, Mrs. Bill White,. Mrs. Jack Grow, Mrs. Phillip Hannaford, Mrs. Har old Claus, Mrs. Lester McFall, Mrs. David Harbison, Mrs. Harry Thompson, Mrs. Leland Meyers, Mrs. Elmer Harnish, Mrs. Rick Wolgamott, and 12 children. The next coffee party will be held at Mrs. Lel lan(TMeyers' home. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hin son, former . residents of Ea gle Point, are visiting Mrs. Hinson's . father, Mr. George Putman and other members of the family in Eagle . Point. Hinson left Eagle Point in 1957 and has been moving about once a year in his work in construction of dams and they are presently Iqcated in Espanola, N.M. Mrs. Hinson (Minnie) was city recorder for True dual channel stereo amplifier and separate volume control for each sound channel. Twin detachable speaker enclosures for extended stereo effect. 4-speed turntable with 45 RPM adapter. Stereo cartridge with dual sapphire needles. TROWBRIDGE & FLYfltl 214 West. Main BIG V APPLIANCE Harvard Survey Covers Smoking By Teenagers. Boston (Science Service) When, where and if junior and senior high school stu dents smoke is the target of a study launched here. More than 7,000 students from the seventh through, the 12th years in the Newton, Mass., schools have filled out initial questionnaires pre pared by the staff of the de partment of epidemiology of the Harvard school of public health. The study will seek the an swers to such questions as when are smoking . habits formed; what ,are the' influ ences that lead to the estab lishment of such habits; do young people smoke because their parents smoke Follow-up Interviews The entire survey will ex tend over a 3-year period. It will include' follow-up inter views with a selected group of parents and students, Dr. Eva J. Salber, research asso ciate in epidemiology and director of the study, report ed. , V The questions asked each student separates them into three groups: those who have never smoked, those who have smoked and stopped, and those who now smoke. Related to Activities 'Beyond the statistical evi dence seeking out the length of time smokers have smoked and the extent of their smok ing, the Harvard survey also seeks to relate the habit, or lack of habit, to book read ing (apart from class assign ments), television viewing (the average number of hours during the week and over the weekend), k driving habits and extracurricular activities such as dances, clubs and ath letics. Although no direct attempt is made to link cigarette smok ing with the onset or preva lence of lung cancer, two of the questions deal with this topic: Have you ever heard that lung cancer may be caused by- smoking? Do you believe that smoking causes lung cancer? Eagle Point for several years. The .Hinsons are planning on returning to New Mexico Sun day. ' ' ' 1 :- ' ,K' - Ellen Callaghan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shy Callag han, 124 South B st., Carol West, daughter of Mr; and Mrs. Lester West, 124 Ajax ave., Camp White, and Dean Tibbetts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Tibbetts of Stevens rd. spent the four-day holiday with their parents. A gift that keeps on giving . . . WestSiighouse Portable Stereo 7A Phonograph Uy j 5 Model 52 MPS Phone Phone SP 3-3052 Co-Chairman for Heart Fund Named Portland R. L. Burke, Eu gene businessman, and Eddie Mays, Portland restaurateur, have been appointed co-chairmen of the 1960 Heart Fund, Dr. Roger H. Keane, president of the Oregon Heart associa tion, announced Friday. Importance of the 1960 drive has been underscored by new figures which the Ore gon state board of health released- showing diseases of heart had increased 11.8 per cent in the first nine, months of 1959, compared to the same period in 1958, Dr. Keane said. In addition, arterioscle rosis jumped 18.7 per cent in the same period, Dr. Keane said. Money from the drive, which opens Feb. 1, provides the financial support of the Heart Association's research, education and community service program three wea pons which can reduce this upward swing of heart disease deaths, Dr. Keane emphasized. 'Reregulafingr Dam CK'd for Copco San Francisco The Califor nia Oregon Power Co. has been granted authority to build a 65-foot high "reregulat-' ing" dam on the Klamath ri ver in Siskiyou county, Calif., it has been announced by the state public utilities commis sion. A Copco spokesman said the $1,981,490 project is intended to correct harmful results' from the periodic releasing of water from behind its dams and hydraulic plants No. 1 and 2 upstream. Fluctuations in flow of the Klamath river re sulting from the variations in rate of discharge from the hy dro power plants have brought complaints of loss of human life and destruction of fish. Oregon Health Council to Meet Salem - Plans for its 1960 state conference next Feb. 18 at the Marion hotel in Salem have been announced by the Oregon Health Council, com posed of 44 official, voluntary and civic organizations inter ested in public health. Council Chairman George J. Sirnio, Salem, said the con ference will emphasize prob lems of the aging, fluoridation of public water supplies, the blood bank program, and community responsibility for the health of migrant work ers. ' - Conference delegates will discuss aging problems as a preliminary to the 1960 State Conference on Aging, which is 'scheduled in Salem on April 29 and 30, Sirnio said. SP 3-6241 CENTER r i
