MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfori, Or.
Sunday, Otc 6. 1959
Social Security
Taxes To Go Up
Starting in 1960
Persons at work - employ
ment or self - employment -covered
by social security are
reminded that the social se
curity tax rate will be in
creased beginning with 1960,
Edward Jacobson, district
manager of the Medford so
cial security office, has an
nounced. When employed people get
their first pay envelopes or
pay checks in January, they
will find 3 per cent instead of
2'i per cent deducted for so
cial security tax purposes.
When self - employed per
sons file their 1960 tax re
turns early in 1961, they must
pay 4V4 per cent instead of
33i per cent social security
tax. This increase will not
apply to self-employment re
turns on 1959 earnings which
must be filed on or before
April 15, 1960.
The increases in social se
curity tax rates apply to
wages or self-employment in
come for 1960 through 1962.
The increased social securi
ty taxes which become effec
tive Jan. 1, 1960, were en
acted by Congress to assure
the continuing self-supporting
nature of the old-age and
rirvivors trust fund and the
disability trust fund in which
the social security taxes of
employees, their employers,
and the self-employed are de
posited. Before amending the law
to provide for the increased
tax rates, Congress appoint
ed an advisory council on so
cial security financing to in
vestigate the trust funds,
Jacobson said.
This council was made up
of representatives from busi
ness, education, government,
and leading insurance com
panies. They recently report
ed "It is our judgment, based
on the best available cost esti
mates, that the contribution
(social security tax) schedule
enacted into law in the 1958
session of Congress, makes
adequate provision for financ
ing the program on a sound
actuarial basis."
Three Accidents
Reported to Police
Three traffic accidents were
reported to city police Friday,
none of them resulting in any
Injuries. ... '
A trailer partially broke
away from the car that was
pulling it and struck a car
driven by Fred Lee Keene,
528 Fairmont it, which in
turn struck a parked car
owned by James Marion Mor
ris, Rogue River. Driver of
the car pulling the runaway
trailer was Paul Max Dalton,
4069 South Pacific highway,
police said.
The accident ocurred Fri
day evening on South River
side ave., between Central
ave. and Barnett rd.
City police reported a ve
hicle operated by Elbert Ray
Young, 409 North Central
ave., collided with a bicycle
operated by Michael James
Dunphy, 450 Clover lane, Fri
day afternoon on private
property at 439 North Central
ave. No citations were issued.
A car operated by William
Meredith Luce, 3766 South
Pacific highway, hit a parked
car owned by Carl David
Campfield, 1832 North River
side ave., Friday afternoon,
, according to city police.
Coast Guard Seeks
Experienced Men
The U.S. Coast Guard needs
additional experienced per
sonnel to meet its future
needs, according to the re
cruiting station in Eugene.
The Coast Guard is inter
ested in men who have pre
viously served in some branch
of the armed forces and have
completed some type of tech
nical training.
Further information can be
obtained by contacting the
U.S. Coast Guard sub-recruiting
station, Room 13, post
office, Eugene.
TODAY Audrey Sims
Demonstrates
Christmas Decorations
Including Flocking Tree, etc., on
KBES-TV
Following Pro Football Approximately 4:30
SIMS CYCLE and HOBBY SHOP
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PROGRESS AWARD Clarence Young,
second from left, is shown above presenting
an "Award of Progress" to E. B. DeVoe of
the Lumbermen's Realty company on behalf
of the Jackson county chamber of com
merce at the firm's open house Saturday.
Others pictured are, left to right, back row.
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BREEZEWAY Unique feature of recently
cooipletea Lumbermen's Realty building
on" West Main st. is "open air" walkway
that divides the building from east to west,
providing access to the building from the
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NEW BUILDING Rock facing on the exterior of the new
Lumbermen's Realty company building on West Main st,
Medfc-d, accords rustic look, which is combined with modern
design. The building houses the offices of DeVoe Lumber
Sales, Jnc, Forestglen Lumber company, Wickes ' Lumber
company. Union Pacific railroad and Chicago and North
western railroad. One office suite is still unoccupied. Stone
planters will contain shrubbery when landscaping is complete.
4-Foof-Long Cougar
Gold Hill - A 4-foot long
cougar was seen within the
city limits .of Gold Hill last
week by a couple who watch
ed the animal along Rogue
river for about 30 minutes.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Mar
tin, who have lived here for
many years, saw the animal
from a large picture window
while having lunch. They live
across the river from Gold
Hill on Upper River rd. about
mid-way between the railroad
bridge and. the hydroelectric
plant.
The Martins said that for
several weeks they have
watched deer along the river
bank, but had .not seen deer
since Nov. 28. Early this
week, they saw the cougar.
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They said they went out
side and watched the cougar
saunter back and forth on the
large rocks about 30 minutes
before it went back up Sams
Valley rd. and out of sight.
Martin attempted to contact
local hunters during the time,
but was unable to find one.
Another resident ' several
hours later took his hounds
to the location. Because of the
risk involved along the Sams
Valley rd., the hounds were
taken onto a mountain near
Gold Hill, but attempts to
track the animal were unsuc
cessful because of the time
lapse.
About two months ago a
cougar was seen near the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Chave
ner Thompson, Highway 99,
Gerald Latham", first vice president of the
chamber of commerce; Robert Schott and
Jim Fairchild, members of the firm. Front
row, Firm Member Eugene DeVoe and Ron
Gandee, who is on the Progress Awards
committee for the chamber. ,
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ends as well as from the front. Large win
dow areas along breezeway provide indirect
light to offices. Some of the offices have
been finished in natural pine paneling that
has been treated with different stains.
Awards Banquet
Set for Jan. 29
The annual awards ban
quet of the Medford Safety
Council will be held Friday,
Jan. 29, according to Capt.
Clyde Fichtner, chairman of
the banquet planning com
mittee. The banquet was originally
scheduled the preceding week,
but was changed recently to
allow more time for compil
ing data on the award recom
mendations for 1959 and to
coincide with the schedule of
the speaker, Roseburg Police
Chief Vernon M. Murdoch Jr.,
who will discuss the commun
ity effort following the Aug.
7 disaster.
Berry Bigham, chairman of
the awards committee, has re
quested community coopera
tion in making recommenda
tions for safety awards to be
presented at the banquet. Big
ham asked that names, firms,
individuals or organizations
who have made outstanding
contributions in the field of
safety in 1959 be submitted
to the committee prior to the
December membership meet
ing, Dec. 11. "
Recommendations for
awards should include name,
address and pertinent data
concerning . the reason for
nomination, and they should
be mailed to the Medford
Safety Council, post office box
614, Medford.
Council members assisting
in preparations for the ban
quet include Irean Grigsby,
Rudy Tetreault and Greg Orr.
Holiday Enlistment
Program Offered
A Christmas Enlistment
Program is being offered to
all young men who are plan
ning to enlist in the Army
this month, it was announced
by the U.S. Army recruiting
service.
Interested persons can join
the Army now and stay home
during the holidays but still
be on the Army payroll, the
announcement said. When the
holidays are over, the recruit
will then report to Ft. Ord,
Calif., it added.
Interested parties can con
tact the U.S. Army recruiting
station, post office building,
Medford, for more informa
tion. south. The animal was trailed
and killed a few miles from
Gold Hill.
Three Foremen"
Retire From Hilts
Company Branch
Hilts Three foremen, rep
resenting a total of 88 years
of service with Fruit Grow
ers Supplay ocmpany, Hilts,
were honored at a banquet
Friday at the Tally-Ho Dining
Room in Talent.
Honored were Louis Al
phonse, wittf 41 years serv
ice; Arthur B. Hall, with 31
years service; and Ernest
Schuler, who has been with
the company 16 years. Attend
tending the banquet were
more than 70 executives, sup
ervisors and clerical person
nel and their wives.
Best wishes for the future
were extended on behalf of
the company by Mel Barron,
resident manager of the cor
poration, and Roy Utke, di
rector of industrial relations
from the company's head of
fice in Los Angeles.
Electric Shop
Alphonse, foreman of the
electric shop and power house,
started work for the firm in
1916 and has been with the
company constantly with the
exception of one year. He
plans to retire at his ranch
five miles south of Hilts
where he has a herd of pure
bred Herefords.
Hall was first employed by
the company in Susanville
from 1922 to 1926, and work
ed for the T and G railroad
in Goldfield, Nev., until 1928,
when he rejoined the Fruit
Growers Supply company. He
was transferred to the local
mill in 1938 to become ma
chine shop foreman. He plans
to move to Lake county where
he recently purchased a ranch.
Schuler was employed by
the company as a sawfiler in
1943, and became logging
foreman of the company's op
peration in Scott Valley in
1945. His home is in Grenada,
Calif., and plans to continue
living there following retire
ment. '
ILLINOIS VALLEY
Vacations to Start
By MARGARET M. CROWL
Cave Junction Christmas
vacation for Illinois Valley
students will start the after
noon of Dec. 18 and last
through Jan. 3. This is the
longest Christmas vacation
the schools have had.
Sunday at 5 p.m. the Meth
odist Youth Fellowship will
meet in the Ed DeMerssemen
home and at 7:30 the regular
monthly board meeting will
be held in the church.
' Mrs. Edna Thrush, Mrs. Don
Orton and Mrs. Harold Crowl
recently went to Grants Pass
to the regular meeting of the
Toastmistress club. Mrs.
Crowl and Mrs. Thrush were
accepted as members. The
next meeting will be at 8 p.m.
Dec. 15, at the home of Ruth
Rausch on Highway 99 south
of Grants Pass. This is the
Christmas meeting and there
will be a gift exchange. Each
member is asked to bring a
guest.
The Episcopal Guild at the
parish hall met Dec. 2. Mrs.
Basham and Mrs. Wayne
Petsch were hostesses.
Report on the bazaar
in November showed
S200 cleared after all
held
over
bills
were paid.
Money was voted from the
treasury to be sent to two In
dian missions in Arizona.
The new folding doors for
the church have arrived and
Mrs. Basham was appointed
to get a cost estimate for hav
ing them installed.
The next meeting will be
Jan. 6 with Mrs. Harry Smith
and Mrs. Margaret Monroe
hostesses.
The Ladies Missionary soci
ety of the Community church
held its regular .meeting in the
fellowship room of the church
with 14 members present. The
day's work was mending for
the James Boys Home.
Following potluck lunch at
noon the regular business
meeting was held. Plans foe
the Christmas party at the
next meeting Dec. 16, were
made. Members will give gifts
of money to be tied on the
Missionary Christmas tree.
After prayer and devotions,
the rest of the afternoon was
spent sewing.
DIPLOMATS. FALLS
The Hague -IUPD- Dr. Joseph
M. A. H. Luns, foreign min
ister of The Netherlands, fell
down the stairs in his home
Friday night and suffered a
brain concussion. The foreign
minister will have to remain
in bed for some time, a For
eign Ministry spokesman re
ported. CAPITOL HILL GAG
Washington -(UPD- Jokesters
on Capitol Hill have come up
with a new name for the prac
tice of putting relatives on
congressional payrolls. They
call it - payrola.
i inc. inree foremen of
ers Supply company, Hilts, Calif., were hon- Louis Alphonse. Barron is resident manager
ored at a banquet at the TallyHo in Talent of the company at Hilts. The three men re
Friday night on their retirement from the tiring represent 88 years of service to the
firm. Shown above, left to right, are Ernest company. -
Ike To Find Most Difficult Job
Of Tour When He Reaches Paris
By K. C. THALER
Paris - (UPD - President Ei
senhower will run into the
most difficult job of his 11
nation tour when he reaches
Paris, Western diplomats pre
dicted today.
The dramatic aspects of his
trip ' have tended to over
shadow the serious policy dif
ferences in the non-Communist,
Allied camp, and it is
these with which he will have
to struggle in Paris in late
December.
Eisenhower will, of course,
be confronted with many po
tentially explosive problems
in some of the most hotly-
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bow
ers plan to vacation in Cali
fornia where they will spend
Christmas with relatives.
Two young people of the Il
linois Valley will be confirm
ed today at St. Luke's Episco
pal church, Grants Pass, by
Bishop J. W. F. Carman, Port
land, at 9:30 a.m.
Confirmed will be Sandra
K. and William D. Piper, chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Pi
per, Kerby.
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Peters
are parents of a daughter. Pe
ters is principal of the Illinois
Valley High school. Sheryl
Arlene weighed 9 pounds.
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the Fruit Grow- Scnuler.- Arthur B. Hall, Mel Barron, and
controversial areas of the
world in his journey from In
dia to Morocco.
Greatest Challenge
But in Paris, at the sched
uled meetings with the NATO
leaders and at the Western
Big Four Summit talks, he is
expected to face his greatest
challenge. This involves weld
ing the Allies into a solid
front of agreement for the
later crucial summit meeting
with the Soviet Union, and
moves to keep the NATO alli
ance itself from falling apart.
European diplomacy, full
of praise for Eisenhower's
trip, hopes it may do some
thing to loosen the dangerous
Afro-Asian groupings against
the West.
There are grave problems
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Talent Sheep Club
The Talent Sheep 4-H club
met at the home of the Bag
leys Nov. 29 with seven mem
bers present."
Officers were ejected for
the coming year. They are
Sherry Wilkins, president;
Kathy Zapell, vice president;
and Starlene Wilkins, secre
tary. Ronald Whillock was ap
pointed junior leader.
The next meeting ' will be
held Dec. 13 at the Wilkins
home. Refreshments were
served by Mrs. Bagley.
Margaret Whillock,
Reporter
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which must 'merit his consid
eration. Must Solve Differences
Nevertheless, diplomats feel
Paris will be his most import
ant stop, for it will be here
that limited time and -Allied
differences call for firm and
fast decisions on the future
of the North Atlantic Alliance.
The Western Allies, with an
East-West summit in the of-
ling - next spring, oilier in
their policy toward the Soviet
Union and their assessment of
Soviet designs.
Out of all this. Eisenhower's
tasks will include attempts to
have the Western Allies reach
a common policy on Berlin,
disarmament and nuclear
weapons tests bans. "
In addition, allied differ
ences are tending to under
mine the NATO defense front.
All of these are among the
differences which await re
conciliation and possible solu
tion during the President's
Paris stopover.
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Study of County
Superintendent's
Role Is Planned
A study of the role of the
county superintendent's office
under school district reorgani
zation will be made soon bv
the legffelative committee of
the Oregon Superintendents'
association, according to Alf
B. Mekvold, Jackson county
superintendent and committee
chairman.
Mekvold said the study was
decided upon during the com
mittee's meeting in Eugene
last week.
Specifically, the committee
will' study the problem of the
intermediate unit between the
state department of education
and the school districts under
the reorganization plan.
The committee has written
letters asking assistance in
the study from representatives
of the Oregon District Super
intendents' association. Ore
g6n School 3oard association,
state department of education,
Oregon Educational associa
tion, state board of education,
Oregon Parent Teachers asso
cition and elementary princi
pals and secondary principals
association.
"We also hope to have Dr.
Charles O. Fitzwater, special
ist on county and rural school
administration of the U.S. of
fice of education, to come to
Oregon and tell of the devel
opments in other states re
gar d i n g the intermediate
unit," Mekvold said.
In May, the Jackson county
school administrators met and
went on record stating, "There
is a definite place and need
for an intermediate unit in a
state public school program."
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