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! ! I i i ) 'Buzz Session Building Plan Highlight Meeting By DORIS HUGHES Central Point The annual "buzz session" and a discus sion of plans for a school cafe teria and library highlighted Thursday night's meeting of the Central Point Parent Teacher association at the jun ior high school. Charles A. Meyer spoke concerning the bond issue giving the school board credit for many hours of work on school problems. He said plans include converting the present junior high school li brary to a lunch room. At present, school officials are faced with the problem of feeding 500 students in space designed to accommo date 100. The space which is now the stage of the library would house the cafeteria's kitchen Folding tables would facili tate the rooms being used for various other activities. It is planned to add a 42 foot by 35 foot library com plete with workroom and storeroom to take care of the carding and care of books and the storing of films and pro jection and recording equip ment. In speaking of crowded con ditions, Meyer also mention ed the fact that Central Point Elementary and Junior High school has reached within 60 or 70 youngsters of the en- o rollment which made neces sary the building of the H. P Jewett Elementary school George Johns, principal of Central Point Elementary and Junior High school displayed arts and crafts which students of the junior high school had made. Ceramics, cooper work and leather tooling were in cluded. The eighth grade shop classes, under the direction of Robert Murphy, had laminat ed woods of their choice and had built coffee tables or fash ioned fruit and nut bowls and other objects. BiH Brewster, principal, spoke briefly concerning pro gress m reading at the Jewett Elementary school. Mrs. Stan ley Parrish, PTA ways and means chairman, thanked the members for their participa tion in the chili dinner which was given recently to raise funds. In closing the business ses sion, Mrs. C. E. Chamberlain turned the meeting over to Mrs. Clifford Bailey, program chairman, who introduced the "buzz session." Previously collected questions concern ing the school and activities were distributed to the six groups. After a brief discus sion period, representatives from each circle reported on reactions to the questions. Rural Reflections By MAUDE ZIEGLER Applegate Valley The curving road and beautiful paths that were nice for leis urely walking are all gone now. say two local ladies who are lamenting the advent of the new road on Carbury. But both ladies admit the nec essity of wide and straight roads. LeRoy (Dutch) Offenbacher, whose farm lies "across the river," was busy sawing drift logs from his bridge after Monday's high water. V? 0 lit r YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNT INVITED Main & Bartlett Streets Phone SP 2-6428 r ill Hro 1 Talent's Application Must Be Submitted Talent -The city of Talent must have its application in for inclusion in the Talent ir rigation district by the TID board meeting on April 6, ac cording to Walter Hoffbuhr, TID manager. The Talent city council Tuesday night discussed the proposal to tie in the city wa ter system with the Talent ir rigation district but did not take any action. According to the proposal, the city of Tal ent would draw about 300 acre feet of water from Wag ner creek near Talent. The irrigation district would re place the water to take care of prior irrigation rights on the creek and charge the city an estimated annual rate of $1,500 to S2.000. "In other words." Hoffbuhr explained, "the city of Talent would be included the same as a piece of land would be, We want them in by April 6 if they're coming in so we can include them with the other land which will be served by the Talent project water." Because of a serious water shortage last summer, city water was rationed for more Hornbrook Group Plans Dinner, Dance Hornbrook-The Vaquerras, Hornbrook's girls' mounted drill team, is sponsoring a spaghetti feed and dance this Saturday from 6 p.m. to mid night. Proceeds will be added to the treasury to help defray travel expenses for the group when it travels around this Jack Wayne is the girls' ad visor and the captain and co- captain, respectively, are Jan et Ferguson of Hilts and Don na Spearin. Other members of the team are Darlene Spearin, Lulabelle Whitten, Penny Barnum, Gerry Elmore, Lin da Blankenship, Jeannie Car doza and Barbara De Clerck, also of Hilts. Citizens Decide to Remodel Building Hilts Citizens attending a public meeting here last week decided to remodel the com munity center building for use as a recreation hall. Ear lier, the old hotel building had been considered as a pros pective site. N Material will be furnished by the Fruit Growers Supply company and the labor will be voluntary. A committee, under the chairmanship of Don Powers, was appointed to canvass the town to determine whether residents were strongly in fav or of the project. Other com mittee members are Robert Goodwin, Mrs. Audomar De Clerck, Tony Marin, Mrs. James Cain, Mrs. Itala Marin and W. E. Tallis. MEDFORD At Famous Label WOOL SKIRTS Sizes 8 to 18 Regularly to $22.98 FRIDAY & SATURDAY ONLY (5)88 than two months, a city offi cial said. Talent has four wells. To tie in with the Talent irrigation district the city will need a diversion out of Health Unit Drives1 Donations By MARY KELL Gold Hill-Committee chair men gave reports at a meet ing of the Gold Hill Health Mrs. G. T. Mulkey Attends Education Meet in Salem By MARY KELL Gold Hill Mrs. Grover T. Mulkey returned to her home here after attending an edu cation conference in Salem last week as delegate repre senting the Jackson County Farm bureau. Secretary of State Howell Appling gave the opening ad dress on the goals of educa tion. School board members and teachers from various sections of the state participated in group discussions, which cov ered different phases of edu cation, she said. John Houn sell was general chairman. Topics discussed included '.'Education for What," Schools, How Big," "Educa tion, What to Teach," "Who Pays How Much," "Educa tion, Who Controls and Influ ences," "Teachers As Keys," 'Quality Education," and 'What's New and Good." Among those who led the group discussions were Wil liam Bade, manager of Ore gon Tax Research consulta tion; W. D. Purvine, presi dent of Oregon Technical in stitute; Dr. R. E. Lieuallen, president of Oregon College of Education at Monmouth; Gardner Knapp. past presi dent of Oregon School Board assocition and Llewillyn Grif fith, administrative consult ant from the office of public instruction from the state of Washington. Others participating were J. L. Turnbull, Oregon dep uty superintendent; D. D. Williams, director of school planning; Dr. Benjamin Sim mons, director of curriculum of Oregon schools and Dr. W. Patch, director of reorgani zation. Mrs. Day Elected IV Bank President Cave Junction Mrs. Mar tha Sparks Day was elected president of the Bank of Il linois Valley at the recent 10th annual meeting of stock holders. She succeeds Dr. A. N. Col lins, who had served in the position for more than seven I years. Because of ill health, I he decided not to be a candi date for re-election. Lewis N. Krauss, president of the Illinois Valley Cham ber of Commerce, was the only new member elected to the board of directors. Re elected board members were C. G. Broeffle, Mrs. Day, Ray mond L. Frost, K. C. Hamil ton, William McLean, Roy Wells and Gordon C. White. Hamilton was elected chair man. A three-year comparative report by the management in dicated the bank during 1959 had experienced its best year since 1956. A dividend of 8 per cent was paid at par value of the stock. 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 Hilts Mrs. M. F. Cavin Hornbrook Katherine Chapman, GR 5-3586 Illinois Valley Margaret Crowl Jacksonville BeUe Hoskins, TW 9-1209 McLeod Caroline Harding, TR 8-2260 Meadows Nellie Bergman, HI 6-1267 Phoenix-Talent Joe Cowley, KE 5-2918 Prospect Frances Ring. UN 9-2211 Rogue River Myrtle Whipple, JU 2-1141 Shady Cove Evalyn Walson. TR 8-2351 Table Rock R. E. Nealon. TA 6-2097 Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers Yreka-Montague Carol Petersen to TID bv April 6 M m Wagner creek, filtration and chlorination plant and a pipe line to tie in with the exist ing system, Hoffbuhr said. This will probably take a bond issue. unit at the home of Mrs. E. C. Hoffman on highway 99 north last week. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Roy Cameron and Mrs. J. G. Kofahl. The session was conducted by Mrs. Ted Schoe nemann, president. In the absence of Mrs. De- los Walker, seal sale chair man, Mrs. Schoenemann re ported that residents of this area had mailed $228.50 to the Christmas Seal sale. Mrs. Wilmer Bailey, local chairman of the March of Dimes, stated that more than $250 was contributed by local residents during January. It was announced that per sons who wish may still mail their contributions to either of these projects. Mrs. Nora Wait and Mrs. Robert Sutherland turned in six pairs of washable cotton slippers which they had com pleted for patients at Rogue Valley hospital in Medford in conjunction with the unit's project for the hospital auxil iary. Mrs. E s t e 1 1 e Pitts brought slippers to the meet ing that she had cut out. These were distributed among the members to sew. One visitor, Mrs. Henry F. Pilarski, a recent newcomer to this community, attended the meeting. Mrs. George Dorman will be hostess at her home in Gold Hill for the next meet ing, March 1, at 1 p.m. Mrs. Albert Gascon and Mrs. Loyd Dusenberry will be co-hostesses. Shady Cove Club Prints News Sheet Shady Cove - The Shady Cove Rotary club recently began publishing a monthly Rotary news sheet which is distributed to the public through members and may be obtained at members' places of business. Peter Nashed is manager and editor of the publication. News items are contributed by club members. Shady Cove's Rotary club was organized in 1948 with a membership of 27 and Lee Yancey as the first president. Three charter members, Ray Briggs, Ed Houston, Carroll Watson, are still active in the organization. Current presi dent is Ken Oliver. The club meets for dinner at the Rogue River lodge each Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Visiting Rotarians are welcome. According to the first edi tion of the news sheet, the first Rotary club was organ ized in Chicago Feb. 23, 1905. Members originally rotated their meetings from one mem ber's business establishment to another, thus the name "Rotary." Rotarians now number some 480,000, the news sheet said. There are more than 10, 200 clubs scattered across 114 countries and geographical regions. NEW RESIDENTS Cave Junction Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Frye and daugh ter Beverly have moved to Cave Junction from Powers, Ore. Frye, a veteran of 23 years with the forest service, will serve here as fire control officer. Tablets By R. E. NEALON The Wafer Boy Table Rock-The recent rain storm about spoiled our story about the serious water short age, and the desperate situa tion of farmers with empty irrigation reservoirs, almost before it soaked in. Ray Wyatt, our merchant, and keeper of rain measure ments, tells us that his rain gauge records 3.22 inches of rain fell during this last storm, and 4.55 inches since the first of Jan. The Good Book says the rain falls on the just and un just alike, but it looked like about six inches fell in our barn yard. . The recent rain storm mud died the waters of Rogue riv er, which got near the slop ping over stage on the north bank below the Bybee bridge, and started the little creeks in the Sams Valley hills flow ing toward the thirsty irriga tion reservoirs which are slow ly filling. Much more rain or snow will be needed to assure enough water for pastures and growing crops such as clover and other short .rooted vegetation. Many of us who have resided here for many years believe we will get plenty of moisture sooner or later. Maybe some late enough to damage the alfalfa hay. The road from the Table Rock Store to the junction with the Dodge bridge road, designated as a market road, will be paved next spring by the state, and probably will be contracted with bids called for, according to Commission er Ralph James. Vernon Gebhard, local citi zen, recently received tne Central Point Junior Cham ber of Commerce award as the outstanding young farm er of the year. Verne is quite a busy young man, taking time off as pilot for the Mer cy Flights when needed. . According to Orville Ham ilton, superintendent of Modoc Orchards, the water table in their wells used for drinking and household purposes is get ting dangerously low. Ben Peek, herdsman at the Reter "Table Top Ranch," re turned Sunday from a trip to the Red Bluff auction sale of registered bulls. He is as proud as a boy with a new pair of red top boots, one of his bulls having scored a mi nus I., which means almost perfect, and three others that were right close to the top, and all brought a price better than the average. All the ani mals were fed a ration of hay and grain grown on the ranch, the home ground feed having salt and minerals added. None of the high potency feeds that are at present causing so much apprehension were used. George Guthrie, the fast moving caretaker of TouVelle Park, reports that during the past year, 44,412 cars passed over the counting cable at the south entrance, and 37,920 cars at the north entrance, making a total of 82,332 cars. Figuring 3M passengers to the car, the figure the park serv ice uses, means a total of 267, 579 people visited this popu lar park in 1959. There were 150 group pic nics, 15 per cent increase over last year. Money allowed by the state park administration for improvements, include: a new pump house, 15 new sta tionary tables, $200 worth of new trees and $1500 for bank control, to prevent top soil from eroding during high wa ter. Mr. Guthrie thinks as much of the trees and sur roundings as if they were his own, and sometimes gets peev ed when kids destroy trees or equipment. We asked him about the age of kids that were inclined to do damage, and he replied: From 6 to 7, and 40 to 50 years. The care taker should know in advance of all coming picnics. A new development is tak ing place in the Camp White area where Charley Hoover is leveling the desert land for farm use, and believes it will produce crops and grow fruit trees, the same as other parts of the valley. He has engaged Steve Wilson, logger, sawmill man, roadbuilder, with the know how, ingenuity and equipment to do about any thing that comes his way, so Charley says. The equipment being used on this job is a huge caterpillar, known as a D9. that weighs equipped, some 46 tons, cost S70.000. Pulls a ripper, that cuts a strip about 8 ft. wide and tears through the gravel-like ce ment hardpan to a depth of some 4 ft., traveling" four miles an hour. There is also a dirt carrier implement that will pack off a 38 yard load of dirt, and is used for filling pot holes. Steve has built some 30 miles of mountain roads with the caterpiller doing most of the work. The contract calls for the ripping and leveling of 1,000 3 EP Cubs Tell of Jubilee Banqet Eagle Point Cub Scout Pack 48 of Eagle Point has extended an invitation to all former Cubs in the Eagle Point area to attend the 50th year Jubilee Reunion banquet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16 in the grade school gymnasi um. The banquet will be a pot luck and each family is asked to bring its own food and table service. Special awards and recogni tion will be given to present and past Cub Scouts and lead ers during a program im mediately following the ban quet. There will be a prize for the Cub bringing the most visitors, and an award for the former Eagle Point Cub who ! travels the furthest distance, i over 100 miles, to attend the : banquet. Anniversary Plaque A 50th anniversary plaque is being prepared to include the signature of each Cub and former Cub who attends. The plaque will be placed in the new Community Scout build ing. Anyone who has an old uni form, craftwork or photo graphs of Cubs and Cub ac tivities is asked to bring them ! for display purposes. The ar-! tides should be tagged with the owner's name and the year and location concerned. Persons having such ar ticles but who will be unable to attend are asked to con tact Mrs. Clyde Bunker at Hlllcrest 6-3896. For addition al information about the ban quet and program, contact Chairman Elmer Binker at TAlbot 6-4401. Medford ESA Adopts SQC Speech Clinic Ashland - The Medford chapter of Epsilon Sigma Al pha service sorority has adopt ed the speech clinic at South ern Oregon college as its new est project, it was announced. Leon C. Mulling, director of the clinic, spoke to the group this week concerning the needs of the clinic. Mrs. Jeanne Gilbert, ESA president, announced that the women would collect toys, games and rhymes and would make puppets. and other ma terials which can be used in aiding the speech develop ment of children. acres, but with weather that will dry the top soil, so that it will hold up the weight of the caterpillar. The job can be done in an estimated 1,000 hours, so it may not be too long before we will know if Charley's dream of making the desert bloom like a rose will come true. Charley gave Steve quite a build up, said he was a man of good habits, and with his know-how op timism, energy and speed, he j tackles anything that comes his way, and always makes it go. We spoke about his being our nephew, and Charley said it didn't seem possible. They tell in Sams Valley that Steve, when a young lad, could change a tire on a model T without a jack or anything to hold the axle up. As to speed, we remember one time when he needed a truck, and they were hard "to get, with only two in stock, where he bought his trucks. With much per suasion, he got them to sell him one. (Too bad, Lloyd Dy er wasn't around.) He took the truck to his shop at Trail, and a short time later they phoned him that the truck belonged to Copco, who had ordered it i some time before, and he would have to bring it back. In reply, Steve said he couldn't bring it back, as he had already cut the rear end out of it. Tir Allpn's repent editorial reminds us of the half dozen battles we've been in as a member of the Oregon State Grange, helping to defeat that obnoxious form of taxation. The Grange has opposed it for many reasons, besides its be ing regressive, unfair, and puts the burden of taxation on those least able to bear it. During one of the sales tax campaigns here, the Grange sponsored a debate on the is sue, Ed Kelly took the nega tive, a Medford lawyer de fended the sales tax. At that time there was a sales tax on cigarettes to be voted onThe affirmative speaker went all out telling of the necessity and the great boost a general sales tax would bring to the state's economic welfare, but said he couldn't support a sales tax on cigarettes as it would be discriminating, as he might be the only person in a room full of people that would have to pay the tax. (He smoked). A great argument, but as good as any he gave. This goes to show that the last sentence in Eric's editori al was correct. The ideal tax is the one someone else has to pay. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Friday, Feb. 12, 1960 B Mercury SAV1 See your dealer tomorrow he'll show you how you can save during Dealer Days! Ford . I y. '"Try - ,"5s5"s!s Chevrolet I Oldsmobile -j4E35S.?SS I Rsmbler I . Pontiac I Dod9e fas3srmpi I 2M ,mperial Falcon Over 500 To Choose in meidfmgd mm see them during PiALIS AYS! Medford Is Southern Oregon's Auto Shopping Center Chrysler Valiant iM . 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