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12 iriHfi)ir QBympk Aft ho ft ft oil I Oukdr Typ MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. A . Sunday, Fb. 14, 1960 ! J YOUNG ATHLETE Sam got decked out in his track uni form for this photo, taken at Brighton-on-th-Beach in Eng land about two weeks before the 1908 Olpmpic Games start- ad in London. Ideas for Memorial Sought by Veterans Ideas for a veterans memo rial structure to be erected in Medford are sought by the Veterans Allied Council of Jackson County, according to Pat Graham, secretary. - ' Those with ideas are asked to mail "an intelligible sketch to Pat Graham, 175 Jeanette st., Medford, or tele phone SPring 2-4192. Graham is chairman of the VAC com mittee on Veterans memorial planning. Author of the plan accepted by the . committee will receive a Series E Sav ings Bond. ' At the last VAC meeting in Ashland, it was decided to ac cept the proposal of the Med ford ' Parks ' and Recreation committee to erect a suitable I speakers' stand in the ..city ; park at West Main and Holly ate. : - The stand will be construct ed so it can be dedicated as a useful memorial to veterans of any and all wars and con flicts,. Graham said.The VAC has agreed to have the speak ers' dias erected about July 1. """ ' BROAD JUMP-Sam competes in the broad jumped 23 feet, 4V& inches against the Uni jump during a minor track meet while a versity of Colorado at Boulder to set a state student at Stanford university. In 1910, he record which stood for many years. CLEARS THE BAR-As captain of the Stan ford university track team, Sam clears the bar at 12 feet in a 1912 meet against the University of California. His top mark in the pole vaule was 12 feet, 9?s inches, but during this meet he was hamrered by a torn thigh muscle (note bandage). RETURN FROM GERMANY . Shady Cove-Mr. and "Mrs. Franklin Peterson and chil dren f Trail recently re turned . from " a' ' month-long trip to West Germany where they visited Mrs. Peterson's relatives. Remedial Process Topic of Meeting Remedial procedures in reading and learning will be the topic of a joint meeting of the Medford special educa tion staff and members of the council for"-exceptional chil dren at 8 p.m. Feb. 16 in room 224 of tieanck Junior High school. Speakers will be Henry De Voss, remedial instructor in Medford secondary schools; Donald McLarrin. instructor in charge of the Howard and Jacksonville elementary read ing clinics; and Oliver Enck son, instructor in . charge of the Lincoln elementary read ing clinic and vice president of CEC, Southern Oregon chapter. The discussion will include a presentation of recent suc cessful remedial methods and interesting new techniques in the areas of reading and learning. Anyone interested is in vited to attend. ! 1 -JUJS3aR3t j MAYS Dodge Truck Immediate Delivery! 6 Cylinder Economy Engine H.D. 3-Speed Transmission - , . Heater and Defroster Modern Swoptlino Styling Turn Signals . ' Electric Windshield Wipers Gasoline Tank Outside. of Cab Serviced Ready To Go $53.7$ PER MONTH Parsons Motors Dodgo - Plymouth Headquarters 315 E. Srh Next to Greyhound - SP 3-3687 SAM AND SANDRA-Sam Bellah, two-time Olympic ath lete, poses with his 6-month-old colt Sandra on his 35-acre ranch about a mile south of Rogue River on Highway 99. He plans to sell the ranch but will keep his river-front acreage. 3 Elks Convention To Draw 2,500 The Oregon state Elks con- vention will be held in Med- jford May 26-28, according to ! Ed Gordon, convention gener al chairman and member of the host group, Medford Elks lodge. The state convention is ex pected to draw from 2,500 to 3,000 delegates, Gordon said. Cochairmen assisting Gordon will be Wayne Chase and Ray Offord. The local lodge has appoint- i ed 21 committees to handle convention a r r a n g ements, Gordon, announced. Committee assignments are coordinator, Bill Ruck; bowl ing, Frank Knox and Ken Phipps; decorating. Bill Pren tice and Bob Duff; advance promotions. Reese Alexander and Dave Brown; distinguish ed guests, Frank Van Pelt; golf, Jimmy Dunlevy and Ron Caperna; grand ball, Murray Gardiner and Jack Lynch; greeters. Joe Zarosinski and Clem Niehaus; housing. Dick Woodcock; smorgasbord. Ho mer Sullivan; parade, Joe Hosick and Budd Gail; police, Don Hansen: registration, Sul ly Knox and Marv Trautman; special events. Ray Pence: banquets. Monte Morris and Murrey Dumas; special en tertainment. Jack Walker; transportation, Russ Heysell and Paul Lea; trapshooting, Aubrey . Sanders, . Bert Peck. Acme Hardware fo Compete in Contest Tony Manno, owner of Ac me Hardware company, Med ford, was notified Saturday his firm has been invited to compete in the finals of the Brand Name Retailer of the Year contest sponsored by the Brand Names Foundation, Inc., New York, N. Y. Acme was the only Oregon store in the hardware-house-wares field and one of 20 in this category in the United States asked to compete as a finalist in the contest, a spokesman for the foundation explained. Three other Ore gon firms in other fields re ceived similar invitations. : The judges will select a first place winner and will award "Certificates of Distinction" to the runners-up, it was . ex plained. Brand Name Retailer of the Year awards will be presented on Brand Names day, May 6, in the grand ball room of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City. A total of 571 firms in 25 different categories of busi ness from the 50 states,, the District of Columbia, Canada and Puerto Rico have been in vited to compete. . Rogue River Man Recalls Years as American Entry By BOB WALTERS Mail Tribune Staff Writer It was a balmy July day in Stockholm, and several young Americans were ' chattering happily as they strolled down one of the city's main streets. Suddenly a huge Swede stepped from' a doorway and grabbed one of the foreigners by the shoulders and hoisted ; him into the air. "You Americans." he roar ed. "I like you, I like you, I like you!' i The year was 1912 and the American (who admits he was worried about what the Swedish giant intended to do with him) was Sam H. Bel lah, two-time Olympic ath lete and a Jackson county resident for the past 17 years. Olympic Games The coming Olympic Games, the winter segment of which begins this Thursday at Squaw Valley, are of in terest to most Americans, even those not usually sports-conscious. Naturally enough, they are of special interest to Sam Bellah. . Bellah competed as a pole vaulter and broad jumper in the 1908 Olympics in London and the 1912 games in Stock holm. He finished fifth in the pole vault both years and was a finalist in the broad jump in the London games. In 1912, he also was a member of the U. S. javelin team, a group which saw no action during the games. The javelin at that time was relatively new to U. S. athletes, Bellah says, and most of them were able to toss it only about 155 feet. The top American javelin man hit a mark of 160 feet. Watch Decathlon Members of the U. S. squad vere watching the decathlon, which includes the javelin throw as one of its 10 events, Bellah explains, and the Swedish athletes were almost effortlessly hitting marks of from 165 to 185 feet. "And those guys weren't even Sweden's specialists in the event," laughs Bellah. "We decided not to enter." In Bellah's athletic heydey, U. S. competitors won Olym pic berths if they made good showings in trials held on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the midwest. Bellah took first place in the Pa cific coast pole vault trials in both Olympic years, won the broad jump trials in 1908 and the javelin trials in 1912. Bellah was at -his vaulting best in the 1912 trials, cross ing the bar at 12 feet, 93s inches. The world -record at that time was five-eighths of an inch higher. Personal Mark Bellah set his personal mark in the broad jump while competing for Stanford uni versity against the Univer sity of Colorado at Boulder in 1910. He jumped 23 feet, 4V2 inches, a distance which stood as a state record for many years. Born in Metz, Calif., m 1887, Bellah spent his child hood on a Monterey county ranch on the coast. He entered Stanford in 1906.- where he studied engineering and was captain of the track team. Ha moved to Portland dur ing the summer of 1911 and has been an Oregonian ever since. He served as an engin eering consultant to numerous timber comDanies. his pri mary work being the plan ning and installation oi rail roads. He married the former Liv ette Lothrop, a native of Lou isiana then living in Port land, in 1919 and, two years later, set up a private engin eering firm in Portland. In 1943. he and his wife moved to the 35-acre ranch about a mile south of Rogue River where they now live. He plans to sell most of the land, he says, but will keep his house and his river-front acreage. Keeps in Shape Bellah, 5 feet, . 8V inches fall wpiffhed ' about 162 pounds in his prime and to- j day, nearly. 73 years old, he , scales a trim 150 pounds. He j has the firm handshake of CORN REMOVER nma i i hard canu. tah cam tax. eollav, worn. Ed Pease; finance, Frank Hussong and Bob Rix. Ladies' , committees are gen eral chairman, Melvina Little; and bowling, Vivian Knox. ttrana; acid mixfcjrM.. Wfcaa at har faited try On am. Tnr w luniea fetivf. wfecfc rliM nam, wwm, twclliag finr ar ncond appneatiaa tata rwaadiM aaaj m an athlete and still keeps in shape by hunting, fishing, horseback riding and "a lot of hiking." Sam says his good physical condition, probably saved his life eight years ago when; a tractor he was driving slipped in some gravel at the edge of the road and flipped over in a ditch. He was pinned under the tractor for 45 minutes, with the vehicle's steering wheel jammed against his chest. He suffered numerous frac tured ribs, he says, and his body from the waist to the shoulders was gene rally crushed. He was hospitalized for a month, and it was an other month ' before he was able -to walk. "I was hobbling around for about a year," Sam says, "but, all things considered, I feel fine now." Opinions on Games As a former Olympic ath lete, Bellah naturally has some opinions about recent games as well as those to come. For one thing, he feels too many events have . been added to the agenda since the Greeks started the whole thing a few thousand years ago: "I'd prefer to have it nar rowed down some," he says, adding that he doesn't think there is nearly as much inter est in the Winter Olympics as in the summer games. Most Americans, he feels, are not as familiar with skiing, ice skating and bobsledding as they are with track and field events and therefore are not as interested. Sam says v he believes the U. S. will "make a cerditable showing against Russia" in this year's Olympiad and that. as usual, U. S. athletes will win the majority of the track and field ' and swimming events. "In an Olympic year, he says, "you'll find a lot . of fellows you've never heard of coming to the front." Training Methods - But Sam also . has a few gripes about modern training methods, and some of the physical education instruct ors who handle that training. "I think there are too many of them who don't know how to train a man," he says. "A lot of athletes get burned out while they're still in high school." "I would run them and run them, and run them," he ex plains. "There's nothing that takes the place of speed and agility. They have to think fast and move fast with no wasted motion." Sam says some of today's top athletes he mentioned baseball stars Ted Williams and Stan Musial are still active "because they've taken care of themselves. A lot of that stems from what you call 'desire'.". Needs Brainpower "In the old days," he adds, "people thought of an athlete as just a dumbbell. Today he has to have brainpower. Part of that brainpower is know ing how to keep himself in condition." "The young athlete has got to learn to discipline himself; to take care of the body that he has, to build it and develop it." . . Sam feels proper training is why he's alive and "feeling fine" today. . , Nearly half a century since his last appearance in the Olympics, he also feels he's entitled to a little relaxation, including an occasional puff on a long, thick cigar. Art Association to Join State Alliance ford. The agenda will includi reading a revised copy of thi by-laws, he said. The recently formed Rogue i will join the Oregon Art Alli ance, . officers reported last week. The OAA is an association of several art groups, which joined to make available shows of good Oregon art to cities in the state. The Alliance, in cooperation with the general extension di vision of the state system of higher education, has collect ed available for loan many shows featuring artists such as Demetrios G. Jameson, Gordon Gilkey, Paul J. Gunn, Robert E. Huck, Shepard Le vine, Immanuel Piladakis, John H. Rock and Richard Trojan, all of Oregon State college; Portland painters Wesley Baxter, Louis Bunce, Percy Manser, Albert Pateck ey, and Charles Voorhies and others. Selected shows of oils, wa ter colors, collages, prints, drawings and other media are available through the alliance. To Schedule Show The local association, as a member of the OAA, will schedule and show publicly without charge the collected exhibits as soon as gallery space is found and other ar rangements completed. The exhibition committee also has planned selected films, lectures and invitation al one-man shows, in addition to local area exhibits. Eventually, the committee plans to start operation of a rental-sales gallery, featuring the works of local artists. A showing of recent trends in architecture and landscape architecture and design is al so being arranged, pending . the obtaining of showing fa cilities. The plans were announced i by Eugene Bennett, local art- ist who is temporary chair- ; man of the organization. Membership is growing rap idly, he reported, and anyone interested in joining can do so by contacting Mrs. Fred C. j Lorish or James A. Ragland, chairman of the membership committee. The next meeting of the Rogue Valley Art association will be held at 7:30 p.m. Mon day, Feb. 15, at Bennett's stu dio, 329 South Grape st., Med- Evtrtit ft Jennings WHEEL CHAIRS Fold la 10 Inckat IINTAU I All I TEKMS HOLLYWOOD rOlDINO Phone SP 3-534$ HUDSON'S PHARMACY 613 EAST MAIN 1 Block Ea of Hawthorn Park Open Sundays and Holidays 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. Weekdays: 8:30 a.m. 10 p.m. Film Will Show Training of Deaf A documentary film show ing the training of deaf chil dren from the beginning of elementary school through high school graduation will be shown at 11:30 o clock this morning over KBES-TV, Med ford. The film is entitled, "In Our Care," a story of an Ore gon state institution and re leased by the Oregon state board of control, Salem. The film shows old and new institutional facilities includ ing classrooms, dormitories, and recreation centers. The institution's superintendent, M. B. Clatterbuck, and two students will be interviewed. This film is one of a series produced for the Oregon state board of control by the de partment of educational tele vision. . . Angry Prisoner Goes Through Roof Maxton, N.C.-Arcnie Comp ton, 25, was so mad about be ing arrested for drunken driv ing that he went through the roof - literally. - Compton, tossed into jail near midnight, was missing the next morning. The shingle roof above his cell had a fresh hole in it. Conscience Speaks Seven Years Later Wadena, Minn. It took seven years for the man who took S40 out of Charles Paul's wallet to repent. Paul lost his wallet in No vember 1952 on a visit to New York City. 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