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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medferd, Or. A Friday. February 5, 1960 Tablets By R. E. NEALON A Man up a Tree Table Rock - If you read Bob Walters' column. Out on a Limb, in Monday's M.T., you learned that we are supposed to write a column for each Friday's regional page. This came as a surprise, but not as big a one as the word that we were to get pay. In all the time we have been connected with the M.T.S the only pay we ever got was a long time ago, when . S.S Smith was with the paper. A rival Medford editor used to call him "Sunset" Smith. He paid us a commission on get- tine new subscribers, and col- lecting from delinquent sub scribers. If they were long standing, tough to collect, and outlawed (which fact we kept under our hat) he gave us the full amount. Maybe we shouldn't have been surprised at striking pay dirt, after all these years of writing. Perhaps we are in the category of our Texas friend, George Loftin. When we ask ed him why he didn t come to church, he said when he was a boy his mother dragged him all over Texas to attend camp meetings, and listen to Baptist preachers, and he figured he was graduated. George has rented his big farm at Beagle to Ezra Ben son for five years-they call it soil bank. Ezra will keep it out of production, to keep down the surplus buttercup seed. But Ezra doesn't know that George is working hammer and tongs to enrich and build up his soil, so that at the end of five years it will produce three times as much as now. But in the meantime, a Demo cratic President might get in, Benson be kicked out, and the soil bank busted. The funny part of this is that George can't help in the election be cause he wouldn't vote for a Republican if he were going to be hanged. If. by chance, you have been reading this, just keep on. You may find some thing you like. For instance, the Table Rock Ladies club will meet Wednesday. Feb. iu. ai ine nome oi firs, ver- non Gebhard, who will be assisted by Mrs. E. E. Robin sen. Each lady is asked io bring a homemade valen tine. This is a good place lo go, and all ladies are in vited. Some 42 persons attended last Sunday's session of the Table Rock Sunday School, including several visitors from the Meadows district, and Garland Shinn, Am. S.S. Un ion missionary and family. This is another good place to go; is non-denominational, has excellent teachers, meets each Sunday at 10 a.m. and closes at 11:30. Bob Sage, the Medford school principal, and Christ- ' mas tree grower, received some good news the other day. He learned that a man - from the forest service has inspected his grove, and found that these trees had come through the first year with a remarkable high per centage of survivals. This made him feel somewhat recompensed for his work last summer, keeping down weeds, trying to water them '. from a well that gave forth more sand than water, shad ing the little firs with shin- . gles, and spraying them ' with some dope that gave Ezra the bunny rabbit, a pain in his lummy when he . tried to clip off the buds. If the local ground hog got up as early as we did on Feb 2, he didn't see his shadow, and according to the old adage he remained out, so we can '.look for six weeks of good weather. This is said to be an old time belief, but we search ed in Harper's Weekly, of Feb. 1861, but could find no mention of Ground hog's day. Farmers in the Sams Val ' ley district, who depend on their irrigation reservoirs for water for their growing .' crops, are hoping for much rain during the next two months, as at this lime the reservoirs are practically dry, which forecasts almost a disaster, if weather condi tions continue as they are. Seeing the large number of enormous road building ma - chines, and scores of other trucks and heavy equipment being used by the county road crew in this area for the past several weeks, makes an old timer think of the first road grading done on the local road back in the nineties. "Josh" Patterson of Talent graded the roads through here with an iron wheel grader, pulled by 10 mules. He sat on the back seat and manipu lated, the blade and levers, while the "muleskinner" sat George SSI -Mews Gardner Tells CP Jaycees Of Need for New Industry Central Point Hal Gard ner, recently named one of the three outstanding young men in Oregon, last night stressed the need for new in dustry when he gave the Cen tral Point Junior Chamber of Commerce a "citizen's view of area development." Gardner, an accountant for the California Oregon Power Students, Parents Hear Teen Problems By DOTTIE HARBISON Eagle Point-A group of lo cal parents and teen-agers found areas, of agreement as well as disagreement when they discussed such problems as allowances, dating ana driving during a recent meet ing of the Eagle Point High School Parent-Student-Teacher association. In reply to the question, "What do you think a stu dent should do if he is em ployed by his father but re ceives little or no wages for his work?" it was pointed out that the care and feeding of a teen-ager was no small com pensation in itself. AH agreed, however, that a teen-ager should have a reasonable wage for his services, or the need for money could lead to his getting into difficulty. "What should determine amount of allowance given a teen-ager?" was another ques tion posed. This depends on tVio tippH it was stated, but hayi a definite sum cf money regularly teaches re sponsibility. A student point ed out, however, that there are several ways a high school student can earn money so that he need not depend on an allowance. 'Going Steady' Parents and students ap peared to agree that a 14-year- old freshman was rather young for "going steady" but should be allowed dates on special occassions with par ental approval of the "date," place and circumstances. Group activities and having friends to one's home were approved. Three angles were brought out to the question "How old should a teen-ager "be before owning his own car?" Stu dents held that since 16 is le gal driving age, a teen-ager should be allowed a car then if his parents believe he is mature enough. Parents con tended that a student is old enough when he can support and operate a car, and one parent pointed out that since a boy cannot legally own a car until 21, or a girl at 18, the parents are responsible and thus have final say in the matter. Davies Moderates COUPLE GETS HELP Applegate Valley - Mr. and Mrs. John Deter, whose home was destroyed by fire a week ago, are living in a residence at the Martin Grier (Preston) ranch. Many friends have given assistance since their loss. in front holding the lines and seeing that each mule did his part. They would travel about a mile, then come back grad ing on the other side of the road. It would now be called a slow process, buk it was then considered rather expensive, but fast. The blade operator got from $2.50 to $3 a day of 10 hours. The "skinner" $2, and the mules their feed and shoes. Yes, it is amazing what a few comforting words can do. Even a nod of the head and a pleasant smile can do wonders. We remember one lime at Bill Bray's auc tion. Bill was straining his vocal cords in trying to sell some swine. Charley Hoov er, sitting in his usual place, spied a lady friend across the ring, nodded and smil ed, and when he went lo leave for home, found he had bought a litter of Po land China pigs. Our thought for the day: How can a person believe what he sees in this age of tricks when T.V. shows are rigged, and the ladies hair fixed. Johns Wins Jaycee Award company in Medford, said what this area needs is an in dustry with a big payroll, no smoke and one that offers year-around employment. Such an industry, he said, "represents the Marilyn Mon roe of new industry in this valley." He added that, after consultations with numerous local officials, "it is my Clarence Davies served as moderator and parents on the panel were Mrs. Kay Crow ell, Jackson county court ju venile department director; Mrs. Raymond Charters, Mrs. Tony Miller, George Arnold, Martin Jorde and Don Geren. Students participating were Beverly Tresham and Gerry Hugo, seniors; Josephine Hume and Tom Perdue, jun iors; Bonnie Goehring and Pat Meyer, sophomores, and Helen Vickoren and Charles Pomeroy, freshmen. The program proved so popular with those attending that a motion was passed to repeat it at the March meeting. Bacon Lists Ideas To Improve Reading By MARY KELL Gold Hill - Omar Bacon, head librarian at the Public Library of Medford and Jack son County, made several sug gestions ' as to how reading may be improved in this area when he addressed the Gold Hill city council Monday night. As a step forward, Bacon suggested that the branch li brary here be open 20 hours a week instead of 10. On this proposal, the council passed a resolution to write to the county court. Bacon said eight new sets of Fire Chief Praises Gold Hill Residents Gold Hill Clyde Kell, chief of the Gold Hill Volun teer Fire department, said Tuesday he wishes to com mend local residents for their cooperation in helping pre vents fires during the past year. The department answered six alarms during 1959, one less than in the previous year. Among these was a grass fire last July 31, the first such fire in nearly three years. There were several false alarms, Kell stated, when the system was set off accidental ly while telephone company employees were working on the line. AWARD PLANNED Applegate Valley - Apple gate Cattlemen's association has joined other organizations and firms in awarding a $25 4-H summer school scholarship to a deserving 4-H boy or girl. The decision was made at their annual meeting held here re cently. PROPERTIES BOUGHT Rogue River - Ed Kron, partner in the Main Building Supply Co., has purchased the Tillie Zimmers and Cora Hawk properties which adjoin the lumber yard on Broadway. BOB WALTERS, Regional Editor CORRESPONDENTS: Applegate Valley Maude Ziegler. TW 9-1333 Butte Falls Mary Jo Harris, TO 5-2126 Central Point Doris Hughes, NO 4-1106 Eagle Point Dottie Harbison, HI 6-3274 Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell. UL 5-1126 Hills Mrs. M. F. Cavin Hornbrook Kalherine Chapman, GR 5-3586 Illinois Valley Margaret Crowl Jacksonville Betle Hoskins, TW 9-1209 Phoenix-Talent Joe Cowley, KE 5-2918 McLeod Caroline Harding, TR 8-2260 - Meadows Nellie Bergman, HI 6-1267 - Prospect Frances Ring, UN 9-2211 Rogue River Myrtle Whipple, JU 2-1141 Shady Cove Evalyn Watson. TR 8-2251 Table Rock R. E. Nealon. TA 6-2097 Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers Yreka-Montague Carol Pelersen understanding that severals firm are thinking very seri ously" of setting up .plants here. Principal Speaker Gardner was the principal speaker at the Central Point Jaycees' third annual Dis tinguished Service Award banquet at the Crater High school cafetorium. He is chairman of the 1960 United Medford Crusade, a past president of the Medford Jaycees and a candidate for the Medford Jaycees Distin guished Service award. Gardner listed numerous factors which, he said are in this area's favor as attractions for industry. . He cited the moderate climate, the schools "they're the b e s t" and Oregon's tax picture, which he said "is good." Tourists Important He cited the importance of this area as a tourist center as well as a rest haven, add ing that it is "rapidly becom ing the "Little Mayo" of the Pacific Northwest." . "Area development," Gard ner told his audience, 'is you. The Rogue Valley is destined to become what you who live here make it." If local residents work hard to "sell" the area, he conclud ed, "we'll have our cake and eat it, too." encyclopedia for juveniles have been received at the Medford library. One will be brought to the Gold Hill branch soon, he said, and a second set will be brought here later in the spring. Books may now be borrow ed in Medford and returned to the local branch if it is more convenient for the borrower, he said, and anyone living in an isolated area may write and receive requests by mail from the Medford library. Mrs. Roulh Praised Bacon praised Mrs. Jewel Routh, local librarian, for her work here. Bacon was- accom panied to the council meeting by Mrs. Moore Hamilton, of Medford, a member of the li brary board, and Mrs. Routh. In other action Monday, the council authorized the city recorder to write letters to the county court in Medford and state sanitation authorities in Portland regarding air pollu tion problems in this area. The council took' action in compliance with a request from the local fire chief that the thermostat be repaired on an electric heater at the fire hall and that more adequate lighting be installed in front of the building. Rural Reflections By MAUDE ZIEGLER Applegate Valley - Of the many projects from which to choose to be of service to man kind or to keep life interest ing, Mrs. Paul Pearce com ments about her huge pile of mending which she is con stantly doing as a member of the Dorcas society, the relief organization of the Seventh Day Adventist church. She remarks that every thing is utilized, as donated clothing is made ready for the needy. If coats are beyond repair, they are prepared for quilt pieces, and even coat linings are used as fillers, she says. School Principal 'Distinguished Citizen' of CP Three Others Feted At Annual Banquet Central Point George Johns, principal of Central Point Elementary and Junior High schools, last night re ceived the Central Point Jun ior Chamber of Commerce's third annual Distinguished Service award. Johns, who won out over Chester Ayers in the two-man contest, was presented a plaque by Dr. Bruce Turner, winner of the award in 1959. The presentation was the final event of the Jaycees' banquet at the Crater High school cafetorium. Johns, a graduate of the University of Oregon, received his master's degree in ele mentary education at South ern Oregon college. He began teaching in this area in 1951 and in 1956 was named prin cipal of Jewett Elementary school. He assumed his pres ent position last year. Other Awards Three other awards were presented during last night's two-hour program, which was attended by more than 75 per sons. The Outstanding Young Farmer award went to Vernon Gebhard; Dan Earhart re ceived the Life Membership award and Bill Abbott was named winner of the Senior Citizen award. The latter three presenta tions were made, respectively, by Ernie Kennedy, Jerry Wing and Eloy Sutton. Sutton is president of the Central Point Jaycees, Wing is first vice president and Kennedy is sec ond vice president. Guests Introduced Rick Traylor, master of ceremonies, introduced guests at the banquet, including Cen tral Point Mayor Freeman Mason, Jaycee State Vice President Glenn Nelson and Medford Jaycee President Larry Allen. Sutton reviewed the Jay cees' activities during 1959 and Gay Hallett reported on the polio vaccination program sponsored by the organization. Anyone Can Get Flu She Catches Mumps Tiller Flu and virus in fections have been prev elanl in the community this winter but the first report ed case, of mumps is Gina Kay Killian's. She fs the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Killian Jr. 60 Persons Attend Cub Pack Meeting Prospect Sixty persons turned out here recently for the first local Cub Scout pack meeting of the year. Eight Cubs received advancement awards. Webelos awards went to Jerry Hooper and James Gar rett while Wolf badges were awarded to Danny Bishop and Ronnie Bean; a Bear badge to Glen Cloud, and Lion badges to Steve Winningham and Jim Cloud. Glen Burge, who was absent, also earned a Wolf badge. It was announced that all Cubs would wear their uni forms from Feb. 7-13 in ob servance of Scout Week. Den No. 2 presented a skit entitled "How Music Made Everyone Happy." The next pack meeting will be held Feb. 25, anniversary of the Cub Scouts' founding day. Jacksonville March Nels Drive $232 Jacksonville - The March of Dimes Mothers March here collected $232 from the 300 homes contacted here last week, Chairman Mrs. E. O. Graham has reported. She said it was the most successful Mareh ever held here. Participating were 25 marchers, representing the Royal Neighbors, Rebekahs, the Garden club, PTA, Legion Auxiliary, Lions Auxiliary and TAP. Mrs. Graham said she wishes to express her thanks for the response from Jacksonville residents. KINDERGARTEN CLASSES Eagle Point - Mrs. Emory Cunningham would like to give notice to parents of stu dents attending kindergarten that she will hold the classes only during February because of the small enrollment this year. Anyone who would like to enroll a youngster between the ages of 4 and 6 is asked to contact her. Classes are held from S.30 a.m. to noon. Regional Calendar! Gold Hill - Pupils of Hanby Elementary school will attend the monthly skating party in Grants Pass tonight. Buses will leave at 6:20 p.m. and parents are asked to meet their youngsters when the buses return at 10 p.m. Jacksonville - The Jackson ville PTA will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the elementary school multi-purpose room. All past presidents of the PTA will be honored. Fathers will be counted double for room count. Gold Hill - Crater High school FFA of District 6C will compete in contests between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. tomorrow at Eagle Point High school. Contests will include record books; rope work; grass, le gume and weed identification; agricultural mathematics; oxy gen - acetylene cutting; arc welding; spelling; stunts and talent. Eagle Point - The Eagle Point Lions Auxiliary ipeet ing for Monday has been can celled. Eagle Point-All adult lead ers and committeemen, in cluding the new registrations, of Eagle Point Cub Scout pack 48 will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Peck on Ball rd. at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Scouts Entertain Tiller-Drew PTA Tiller-Drew Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of Troop 91 entertained members of the Tiller-Drew PTA at the group's meeting in the school gymnasium Tuesday night. Nine Cubs, John Lenley, Jess Lehnherr, Billy Marshall, David Keller, Bobby Peter man, Donell Tumey, David Cook, Charlie Porter and Carl Wilson, explained the Cub Scout program and later gave their "grand howl" to honor Mrs. Jim L. Jenks, PTA resi dent; Olin Bivvens, cubmaster and Mrs. Walter Cook and Mrs. John Wilson, den moth ers.. Boy Scouts Jon Liligren, Jimmy Jenks, Ivan Wilson and Joe Ellis gave a wireless demonstration and told about their campout at Fish lake last November. PTA members discussed plans for the Founder's Day tea to be held Feb. 25 in the school gymnasium and a tal ent show slated for sometime in April. Mrs. Howard Midkiff re ported on the voting for con solidation and urged all mem bers to vote for board mem hers at the end of the month in order to have representa tion 'on the new seven-man board for the combined dis tricts. The next PTA meeting will be Tuesday night, March 1. 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Dave Hannaford said the city has enough pipe to sup ply the 500 feet of water main and that the building permit had been granted by the city. Acting Mayor Chy Callag- han presided at the meeting, which was attended by Coun- cilmen Gregg, Oscar Frei and Bill Hunting. Rumored Speed Raise Larry Davis spoke in oppo sition to a rumored raise in the speed limit on South C st. and complimented Orin Chastain for controlling traf fic there. The council agreed that speed in excess of 25 miles per hour would be dan gerous. Dottie Harbison, Mail Trib une Eagle Point correspond ent, appeared before the council and was promised full cooperation in receiving news of activities of the council and the police and fire depart ments. Two representatives from the Medford Library board discussed the improved serv ices at the Medford library and all branch libraries in the county. Bills were presented before the council and payment ap proved. Eagle Point Hard ware was accepted as low bid der for pumping gas for the city and a new contract or dered drafted for 1960. Hannaford Reports Dave Hannaford gave a re port on delinquent water users with a motion being made, seconded and carried to enforce the city ordinance and discontinue water to those parties being three or more months behind in bills who had been contacted twice since the previous meeting and had made no attempt to meet with the council and make further arrangements. Dave Hannaford expressed the fire department's wish to have permission to buy two smoke-masks at approximate ly $68 each and two salvage tarps at $165 for which the money had previously been budgeted. . Orin Chastain told the council about the proposed pool hall in Eagle Point. The council informally approved the pool hall on the conditions that Chastain would keep close watch and the city at torney could change the ordi nance now in effect govern- It could be yours. It could be your neighbor's. 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Contract for the job went to the R and H construction company of Central Point on their bid of $48,557.71 in No vember, according to Dick Schlochter, Medford district engineer for the bureau of land management. City Councilmen Named to Groups Gold Hill - Mayor Milton Steinmetz has announced com mittee assignments for the city council. They include finance -Kendal Dufur, chairman; Ce cil Van Horn and Virgil Grib- ble; sanitation Virgii Grib ble, chairman; Fred Lester and Delos Walker; police Fred Lester, chairman, and Virgil Gribble; street drain age and sidewalks - Virgil Gribble, chairman; Cecil Van Horn and Kendal Dufur; wa ter and lights - Fred Lester, chairman; Delos Walker and Harry Foley; equipment -Harry Foley, chairman; Ken dal Dufur and Delos Walker; nuisance - Fred Lester, chair man; Delos Walker and Harry Foley; fire exposure - Ken dal Dufur, chairman; Harry Foley and Cecil Van Horn. ing pool halls within the city a motion was made, sec onded and carried to increase Dave Hannaford's salary by $15 a month. On chilly mornings... cool evenings.., TOflSTMflSTER AUTOMATIC HEATER t-keeps you "warm as toast" t saves fuel bills, too! Revolutionary heater pro vides cheery warmth the instant you turn it on! Ther mostatic control automati cally maintains desired room temperature. 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A half mile of road will be built in the area, which later will be extended to seven miles as timber sales progress. Schlochter said the bridge which is 243 feet long, will be completed in the spring. The R and H construction company recently completed the Eighth street bridge over Bear creek in Medford. Sporting Goods Store Opens at Shady Cove Shady Cove-Snooks Sport ing Goods store was opened here Monday by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Snook, longtime Jackson county residents and residents of Shady Cove for the past two years. The store will be open six days a week as well as Sun days during the hunting and fishing seasons. Snook said the store will handle well-known brands of fishing and sporting equipment It is located next to Shady Cove Cleaners. Reg. Price $19.95 mmsi& 1 r
