If Medf ord should have a
major disaster such as hit
Roseburg last summer, the
city would find itself totally
unprepared to meet the prob
lems and responsibilities that
would result because there is
no overall plan or coordinat
ed force ready to put into
action.
The possibility of having
a plan providing for the co
ordination of the agencies
whih would be involved in
an emergency was the theme
of the disaster preparedness
j ing called by City Man
; Robert Duff in the city
.h' Monday afternoon.
. aff said he feels that Med
(fo i should be ready to face
'suc'i a disaster as it is always
:'possible that one could occur
here without warning,
f Discuss Manpower
J Approximately 35 persons,
representing various agencies
''throughout the city and coun
ty, discussed the individual
equipment and manpower
I that would be available in an
emergency. They also were
asked to present any prep
arations they might already
Jhave made for meeting a po
tential disaster.
? Mai. Gen. J. II. Hicks,
Jackson County Civil De
fense director, presented the
attitude of CD toward the
i idea of a community effort to
meet problems created by lo
cal disasters. He readily con
curred in the wisdom of such
a proposal, pointing out that
J CD has an emergency plan
I for national emergencies but
-not for local disasters such as
fires, floods, crashes, explo
sions and otners.
It is the CDs policy, he
said, to stay out of local dis-
: other agencies to help or the
: disaster is of great proportion.
'. Need For Command
Hicks pointed out the need
I for a definite chain of com
rmand in case of emergency
;such as that in Roseburg. He
rsaid that City Manager John
; Warburton assumed immedi
.'ate responsibility for meet-
ing problems in the Roseburg
explosion, and in many cases
5 had to assume authority
; which he did not legally have.
Duff called on the various
. police agencies in the area to
Umipirepsiifed
is
enumerate the facilities and
manpower that would be
available to them in case of
an emergency.
Jackson County Sheriff Joe
Walsh said the county has 16
regular officers and 40. addi
tional trained reserve officers
who could be called in case
of a disaster. He said that an
air reserve squadron and a
group of boats could also.be
called if needed.
Existing Plan
Capt. Paul Morgan, of the
Oregon state police, said that
a plan exists for their agency
to help any city in case of
need. It is their first duty, he
said, to contact and work
with the responsible agency
in time of disaster. He said
that in Roseburg it took only
20 minutes after the explo
sion for state police to have
the city blocked off.
In the seven counties of
this state police district, there
are 64 officers and if needed
an additional 240 men can be
brought in from outside, he
said. He noted that if it had
not been for reserve police in
Roseburg, the looting there
would have been tremendous.
State police also have 75
vehicles in this district with
the necessary radio equip
ment, and there are local con
trol points in all seven coun
ties, he said.
A representative from the
National Guard said that its
main purpose in an emergen
cy would be to patrol and
prevent looting. They also
have many vehicles ready for
use and a kitchen at the arm
ory which could feed some
200 to 300 persons.
Gets Salem Orders
He pointed out, however,
that the National Guard can
not be called out arbitrarily
but must normally get orders
from their Salem headquar
ters. They were called to the
scene in Roseburg by. War
burton, he said, due to the na
ture of the disaster, but at
the Ashland fire they had to
wait for directions from Sa
lem. It would only take one and
a half hours to have 75 to 90
men ready for use in Medf ord
or the county, he said. There
is also an extensive alert and
coordination plan that would
! be used in time of emergency,
the pointed out.
Medford Chief of Police
Charles P. Champlin said the
department has only the 37
man force available, and al
though there is no' city police
reserve at present, there are
preliminary studies being un
dertaken to consider the pos
sibility of having one.
:Receire Cooperation
In the past, Champlin said,
city police have always been
able to call on the sheriff's
office and state police for
needed assistance and have
always received the best of
cooperation.
The four main problems
facing city police in time of
disaster, he pointed out, are
traffic control, guard duty,
light rescue work, and identi
fication of the dead.
General Hicks said that
communications .is the area
in which CD can make its
greatest contribution to help
ing combat local disasters.
They have a responsibility xo
get to the scene of the inci
dent as soon as possible, set
up a communications center,
contact the proper authority,
find out what is needed, and
let the appropriate agencies
know where they fit in.
Dwight Albright, speaking
for the county CD radio net,
said that their facilities are
constantly monitoring radio
and television stations and
pointed out that often this is
the source of their initial noti
fication of an emergency.
Qualified Operators
There are some 20 qualified
amateur radio operators with
radio sets in the county who
can be used for communica
tion purposes in the event of
a disaster, Albright said. If
they are not able to use an
existing station near the
scene, then the CD has two or
three mobile units ready for
use. They also have point to
point contact with CD head
quarters in Salem in case CD
help - is needed, Albright
said.
Col. Arthur Savard, Med
ford CD director, said that
Medford has eight qualified
amateur radio operators with
radios, and there is a com
munications center at the air
port. Charles Thurston, head of
CD communications) said the
CD radio net is also affiliat
ed with Army units and 10
radio units can be moved into
the field on short notice. He
further pointed out that the
CD net is well supplemented
by communications facilities
from the sheriffs office, and
Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph units. The weather bur
eau and the hospitals are also
hooked in on the network, he
added. .
Wealth of Personnel
Thurston said that it would
be a mistake to overlook and
not use the wealth of com-
munications personnel
already in the area.
Frank Benesh, of the Cal
ifornia Oregon Power com
pany, and J. H. Creager, o
Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company, both told the
meeting that those companies
had adequate equipment and
manpower available for their
use in case of an emergency.
Benesh said that Copco has
55 people in the Medford dis
trict and could reach more.
His company has a radio sys
tem connecting points in
southern Oregon and north
ern California and these ra
dio units can be mobilized.
Creager said the telephone
company has connections for
emergency services and im
portant lines are tagged so
they can easily be reached. In
case of emergency call, there
is a special number that can
be dialed which will give that
call preference over others.
Heavy Equipment.
A spokesman for the coun
ty road department said that
agency has many pieces of
heavy equipment available,
but their best use would be in
clean-up operations as they
are often spread out over the
county and it would take time
for them all to get to one
place.
General Hicks said that CD
has a radiological set-up to
detect nuclear fall-out scat
tered at various points
throughout the county and
this is always available when
needed.
Carrol Brown, superinten
dent of the Rogue River Na
tional forest said it is the" pri
mary function of his organ
ization to put out fires in
time of emergency,' and other
duties as traffic control and
food supply are left to other
agencies. They notify the
state police first in case of
an emergency in their juris
diction, Brown said.
Gordon Barker, Medford
fire chief, said the fire de
partment has 39 regulars and
15 volunteers. He said there
is already a mutual aid pro
gram among fire fighting
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The second advertising and
sales promotion campaign in
behalf of the 1959-60 D An
jou, Bosc and Cornice winter
pear crop from the Medford
area will start late in Janu
ary, continuing into Febru
ary, R. A. (Dick) Patterson,
general manager of the Ore
gon - Washington - California
Pear bureau, Portland, has
announced.
The main theme is "All
Good Things Come in Pears,"
and the promotion will utilize
more than 75 radio stations in
40 of the nation's most popu
lated cities, and television in
New York City.
The promotion will have
as a secondary theme that of
"related food items," which
proved successful in the fall
campaign. Emphasis will be
planned to promote high
profit items which "go" with
pears, such as cheese, and
meat.
Display Material
Retailers in the nation are
tying in with the advertis
ing and making use of the dis
play and promotional mate
rial, with the in-store special
ty banners particularly popu
lar and effective.
According to Patterson, the
new campaign is aimed to
help retailers promote a var
iety of cheeses, salad ingre
dients, meat and lunch box
foods.
Radio and television pro
motion will be backed up by
the bureau's nine merchan
dising representatives cover
ing strategic population cen
ters in the U.S. They also are
devoting considerable effort
with the wholesale and retail
trade to stimulate the ripen
ing of winter pears.
Demonstrations Held
Throughout the fall and
early winter, the bureau's
merchandising representa
tives have conducted sample
demonstrations in many of
the nation's markets. In No
vember and December more
than 135 demonstrations were
held, lasting from two to
three days. From 400 to 800
persons were interviewed at
each demonstration. Women
demonstrators in the stores
have passed out samples of
ripe pears which have
brought the taste of west
coast winter pears to many
customers for the first time.
Movement and sale of win
ter pears from shipping points
exceeds last year, attesting to
the success of the year's pro
motion. Winter pears started
out at a fast clip and have
continued into the winter
months, Patterson said. As
early as Nov, 15, D'Anjou,
Bosc, and Cornice pears actu
ally shipped for the domestic
and export markets exceeded
the total for the same date
in 1958 by 539,315 boxes.
Burglar Returned
To Finish Bottle
St. Paul - Theron Petersen
found a burglar sitting in his
kitchen enjoying a bottle of
his best brandy.
The burglar got away, but
two jiights later he returned
and finished the bottle.
agencies in Jackson and Jo
sephine counties, who will
come to each other's aid in
time of disaster. He said that
the fire department needs po
lice assistance, especially for
traffic control.
Housing Facilities
The Red Cross has ample
facilities for feeding, cloth
ing, sheltering and giving
medical aid to disaster vic
tims, according to Mrs. Edith
Eden, of that organization)
She pointed out that the na
tional organization of the Red
Cross is not called in unless
the disaster has affected five
or more families. This is
based on the theory, she said,
that a city can handle four
families and less, but more
than that will require outside
assistance. The Red Cross is
always available to help, and
will come as soon as notified,
she pointed out.
The meeting also heard
from Capt. William Ricken
of the Salvation Army, con
cerning that organization's
preparedness and from Dr.
David Boals, concerning the
readiness of Red Cross med
ical facilities and organiza
tion. Dr. Boals pointed out that
communications is all im
portant in medical work, as
they will need to know where
people are needed to assist.
Need is to Coordinate
After each of the ' repre
sented agencies had an oppor
tunity to outline their indi
vidual organization and emer
gency facilities, Duff said
there was an apparent wealth
of manpower available in
time of emergency and said
he was surprised to see how
well plans had been made in
individual areas. The need
now is to coordinate the dif
ferent organizations to make
them a working force in time
of emergency, he concluded.
Mayor John Snider said
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that the moral fiber of a
community becomes quite vis
ible in time of emergency as
the fine performance and co
operation of the people in
Roseburg revealed. He said
he is confident that the same
high moral fiber would show
itself in Medford if such a
thing occurred here.
Colonel Savard said that it
would now be good for each
agency to go back and evalu
ate their individual needs and
capacities and meet again for
more concrete plans and ac
tion at a alter date.
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Cave Junction A record
crowd of over 300 attended
the New Year's Eve dance
sponsored by American Le
gion Post 70 at Cave Junc
tion. Music was provided by
the "Teamsters." Hats, horns
and confetti were distributed
and supper was prepared and
served by the auxiliary.
Monday evening 15 mem
bers of the Cave Junction
Bethel 36 and four adults at
tended ceremonies for instal
lation of officers at Bethel 13,
Grants Pass.
Tuesday evening, seven
girls from the Kerby Bethel
and four adults attended sim
lar ceremonies at Bethel 55,
Medford.
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in the law.
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