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5 . . "v s SIDESWIPE Two New York Central in fog and darkness early Friday. Three of passenger trains stand at crazy angles near the 470 passengers on the two trains were Westfield, N.Y., after the two trains, one of injured. them the 20th Century Limited, sideswiped (UPI Telephoto) Ed LaShane Named Boise Manager Ed LeShane, station man ager for West Coast Air lines for the past 12 years, has been promoted to station manager for the firm at Boise, Ida. The change is effective Feb. 1. LeShane and his wife have lived tX 120 Mistletoe st. He came here directly after serv ice in the Air Force during World War II. During his stay here, Le Shane has won two service awards from the airline. The first was in the form of an air trip to Europe, won about three years ago. The second was a trip to Hawaii, this year. LeShane will be in full charge of the Boise terminal, which is considerably larger than the company's station here. His successor will be Don Kocina, who will arrive on Feb. 1. He has been station manager at Omak, Wash. He lived in Medford until re cently as station agent for West Coast, before being pro m o t e d and transferred to Omak. Kocina is married and they have four children. Making of soap was mainly a household art in pioneer days, the housewife making it from fats saved from cooking. Voris Installed New President of Board Ashland-Robert Voris, who was installed as president of the Ashland Real Estate board recently, said the board has pledged that it would con centrate on development of the city through razing shacks, improvement of city streets and a general cleanup of Ashland. Robert Jensen, state real es tate commissioner, installed officers of the board, thers installed are Mrs. Annetta Curtis, vice president; and Mrs. Louise Meyers, secretary-treasurer. Outgoing pres ident is William Wright. A modern automobile has 20 to 40 electric lights. look to the Future... ...NATURAL-ly Ot's GAS! 14 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Or. Sunday, Jan. 31, 1960 GIVE YOURSELF A GOLD STAR ..own range everybody's talking about! v.v ,n. 'Kf. ,L- m FEBRUARY TRADE-IN SPECIAL! THE BURNER-WTOtA-BRAm mg ulates flame automatically, pot watches thermostatically. Food Just can't bum! AUTOMATIC MEAT THERMOMETER turns oven off automatically when roast is done the way ycm want it BUILT-IN ROTISSERIE turns, auto matically. Brings the fun and flavor of outdoor cooking right indoors. AUTOMSnC OVEJI coo whole meais by ftseft. Ctock control tvcns ove oo aod off at proper times. 0FF On All Ranges On our display floor See us Monday! 'CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC UTILITIES COMPANY -i.lll:Ha:l;.'H:JII.'IWiA.4JJJiHJ;I.M;lj.- Pickin' Pears News and Notes From Camp White By WALTER TOWNSEND The Rev. Thomas McCam ant of Medford, lectured on birds at a meeting of the Camp White Garden club re cently. Music was ' furnished for the program by Eve Prentice, Ted Jennings and Fred Cho quette. Officers and members of various garden clubs in the valley were present.' Mrs. Laura Hoyland, presi dent of Talent Garden club, and Mrs. Marjorie Lockwood, chairman of Garden Therapy for Siskiyou District attended, together with Mrs. Elfa Long, Mae Baldwin, Ruth Mosser and Stella Barrett, all gar deners from Talent. Ira Pollard, president of the Camp White Garden club, ar ranged the meeting, and sent out the invitations. The Ash land Garden club members who came were Mrs. Fred Whited, Mrs. Clarence Mathes, Mrs. R. A. Foster, Mrs. J. C. Ottinger, Mrs. Moe Russell and Mrs. Roy Hays. President Pollard intro duced William Groves, who spoke on the cultural aspects of garden development at Camp White. Harry Hagan also was called on to express his views. He spoke at some length on landscaping. Palmer was mentioned by the president as an outstand ing member working with plots. He read a paper on the "art" of gardening. Snyder was referred to as the first member of the gar den club. He ..talked on the "practical" approach to flow ers, which he has been grow ing for the past five years. President Pollard expressed his appreciation to the visit ing ladies for their coopera tion and help during the past year. Mrs. Lockwood introduced the officers and visiting mem bers of the Talent gardeners. The Ashland group was also introduced by their president. She invited the Camp White growers to return the visit at their meeting to be held in the spring. It was announced by Ira Pollard that a second gift in money had been received from the Astoria Garden club, with the provision that it was to be applied on the Camp White greenhouse. Speaking for the growers in his club, Pollard expressed his appre ciation to the Astoria donors, and said they had also sent a "check" in 1959. After the business of the meeting, a lecture on birds, accompanied by slides, was made by Mr. McCamant. He mentioned the habits and characteristics of many birds in the valley, such as the meadowlark, mourning dove, valley quail, western blue bird, and others. All the birds are familiar to those who live in the val ley, and especially in the GOLD CENTER Rapid City - The Black hills of South Dakota are reported to be the richest 100 square miles in the world, producing one-twelfth of the total gold output to be found in the U.S. Camp White area, he said. Refreshments were served. A variety show from South ern Oregon college was pre sented under the sponsorship of the Ashland Elks recently. The performers were well re ceived in the crowded theater. The performers included Judy Thrift and Pat Hilton, both sophomores, and residents of Oregon. Pat Olsen, a trumpet play er, from Bandon, tried to find some one in the audience from his home town. There also was a troupe of freshmen, all from Hawaii. The five girls did Hawaiian dances. 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