Medford mail tribune., February 14, 1960, Image 13

MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Swidey, Feb. 14, 1960 A
Meeting on 'Lobby'
Scheduled Monday
A meeting on the proposal
to. send the "Old Folks Lob
by" "to Washington, D.C., to
obtain increased social secur
ity pay will be held at the
Medford Girls Community
hall, 229 North Bartlett st., at
7:pjn Monday, Feb. 15, an
official of the National League
of Senior Citizens, announced.
Aim of the nation - wide
drive is to demand : federal
social security payments 'of
$173 a month.
The meeting will be spon
sored by the United Social
Security Organizations, Inc.,
headed by Grover Slayter,
president- The Oregon group
is affiliated with the national
organization which represents
seven states, the official ex
plained. Although the meet
ing is primarily for persons
60 years or older, the general
public is welcome.
Willamette Plans
Dorm for 240 Men
Salem - (UPD - Willamette
university is planning a new
men's dorm to cost some $1,
285,000, and to house 240 stu
dents. Construction plans have not
been drawn but the school's
board of trustees have given
the go-ahead for a funds
drive. The dorm, for indepen
dent students, will have a
wing for upperclassmen and
one for freshmen plus units
for social groups.
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hospital Friday.
Surgery Patient Mrs.
Lowell Reavis, 1935 Grand
view ave., Medford, was
listed as a surgery patient at
Medford Osteopathic hospital
Friday.
Council lo Meet The next
regular meeting of the Med
ford Building Trades council
will be held Wednesday, Feb,
17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Labor
Temple at 24 Vi South Grape
st., Medford, according to
John Snodgrass Jr., secre
tary.
DAV Meeting - The Dis
abled American Veterans and
auxiliary will hold a Wash
ington's birthday party at the
Girls Community club, North
Bartlett . st., Medford, start
ing at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb.
15.
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At Course - Millard Otis
Payton, Medford, an associate
of the Gordon Orput agency,
Portland, is attending a two
week course at the New Eng
land Mutual Life Insurance
company's home office in Bos
ton, company officials an
nounced. Payton lives at 2191
Canal st., Medford.
Dinner Planned Women
of the Rogue Valley Spiritual
ist church, mile north of
Rock Point bridge on High
way 99, are sponsoring a ham
dinner from 5:30 to 7:30
o'clock tonight.
Rummage Sale Women of
the Westminster Presbyterian
church will hold a rummage
sale at the Fehl building, 106
North Ivy st., Wednesday and
Thursday. The sale opens at
12:30 p.m. Wednesday and at
9 a.m.; Thursday. Closing
time will be 5 p.m. each day.
Persons wishing to contribute
rummage should : call Mrs.
Scott Davis, SPring 2-2768,
or Mrs-. Kenneth Denman at
SPring '2-2025.
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Reports (Given on City IFire, Police
departments Athfletic Commission
(Editor's note: This is the
second in a series of articles
describing the purposes,
1959 accomplishments, and
1960 plans of Medford's 17
departments, boards and
commissions as they were
reported at the city's Liv
ing Annual Report banquet
last week. This article gives
an account of the reports of
the fire department, police
department and Medford
state athletic commission.)
FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Medford fire depart
ment has 39 men, three fire
stations, eight pieces of fire
fighting apparatus and two
cars, Fire Chief Gordon Bark
er reported at the banquet.
It is the. main function of
the department to protect life
and property in and around
Medford, and not only is it
their dutyto extinguish fires,
but also to prevent and sup
press them, Barker pointed
out.
Fire prevention is conduct
ed by the fire marshal, who
makes regular inspections of
all public and business occu
pancies, and by firemen .who
make home inspections.
In-Service Training
. Fire suppression is carried
out through a rigid in-service
training program for firemen,
he said, which includes train
ing in the proper maintenance
and operation of firefighting
apparatus and instruction on
the location of city and rural
streets making it possible for
firemen to find the best pos
sible routes to a fire.
Training in first aid prac
tices and procedures and edu
cation in the chemistry of a
fire also come under the pro
gram, Barker added.
During 1959, the depart
ment responded to 1,025
alarms which is the greatest
number in its history, he said.
Of these, 886 were in the city
and 139 in the rural district.
Defective heating appliances
and chimneys were the great
est cause of fires last year and
fires caused by careless smok
ers were next, he pointed out.
There was also a notable in
crease, he said, in the number
of alarms which required first
aid and rescue work. ,
Largest Fire
. The $220,000 Morton Mill
ing company fire was the
largest of the year in terms
of actual fire loss, he said.
However, the total, loss of all
1959 fires, $246,722, is less
than would be expected conr
sidering the record number of
alarms reported. .. .
Chief Barker said, "Much
credit should be given to the
program of home inspection
which held dwelling fires to
a minimum in spite of the in
creased number of new
homes, and the inspection of
public and business buildings
should also be given credit
for the ! lessened number of
fires in the more congested
areas." '
In 1959, members of the
department attended a fire
chiefs conference, an arson
school, an atomic energy sem
inar and a League of Oregon
Cities conference, he pointed
out.
Barker said the rural fire
pro tection district recently
purchased a new 1,000-gallon
per minute pumper which is
designed for both city and
rural use.
The mutual aid agreement
between fire departments in
this area worked quite suc
cessfully last year, he pointed
out. The agreement now en
compasses 14 different de
partments with the recent ad
dition of Grants Pass.
Personnel Turnover .
One of the department's ac
complishments, Barker point
ed out, is that the turnover in
personnel has been held to a
minimum the past few. years.
He emphasized this point by
noting that .the total tenure of
the 39 firemen with theMed
ford department is 355 years.
Barker said that during
1960 much thought should be
given to building a new fire
station and drill ground in
the north or northeast section
of the city. It is needed, he
pointed out, because much of
this area is now four or more
miles .from the nearest fire
station.
During 1960 the department
wfll continue in-service train
ing, the inspection of build
ings and homes and continue
to provide the proper main
tenance of its buildings and
equipment. Barker said.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
In 1959 the operation of the
police department cost the
people of Medford S9.80
apiece, not counting any reve
nues the depart ment pro
duced. Chief of Police Charles
P. Champlin reported.
The police department, like
the fire department, has the
fundamental objective of pro
tecting lives and property, and
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NEW ENGINE-Fireman Ed Evans, " sitting
behind cab, and Medford Fire Chief Gordon
Barker, standing, displayed the city's new
1,000-gallon per minute pumper at the city's
annual report last week at the Rogue Val
ley Country club-. They drove the American
LaFrance truck from Elmira, N.Y., in eight
in order to do this tne de
partment is organized in three
shifts working' around, the
clock, he said.' ' V
The department has a total
of 37 men and three women
Three of these are assigned
to the detective division, five
to the service division' and the
rest to regular police duties.
The department operates
nine cars and two motor scoot
ers, Champlin added.'
20.000 Reports '
There were in excess of
20,000 reports handled by the
department in 1959, 6,000 of
which were traffic violations,
Champlin pointed out.
- Nearly 800 traffic accidents
were investigated by officers
last year and 43,000 parking
meter citations issued, he
noted.
Champlin said that a total
of 1,135 persons were arrest
ed in 1959. of which 199 were
tinder 21 years of age and 37
of those were under 15 years
of age. Of the total persons
arrested, 64 were women ana
24 of those were girls under
21 years. '
The department carried out
extensive training programs
last year, Champlin said, and
one of these, the firearms
training program, was increas
ed to six times a year. He add
ed that the department fires
the standard FBI practical
pistol Course.
Changes Seen
. .The year 1960 has already
seen some changes in the de
partment's basic organization
which, have resulted in more
clearly, defined, lines of re
sponsibility, Champlin said.
The department is explor
ing the possibility of entering
into a contract with the coun
ty whereby all arrested per
sons who are sentenced to the
city jail will serve their sen
tences in the county jail,
Champlin reported.
He said that he believes this
will be of great benefit due
to the fact that the present
city jail is inadequate. .
In the coming budget, the
department will request that
a uniformed policewoman be
added to the force which will
be a "first" for the department
if approved, he said.
It is planned that the po
licewoman would operate the
communications desk during
the day shtft, relieving one
policeman from office duties
for needed work in the field,
he pointed out.
Another 1960 "hope" is that
some remodeling will be done
in the department which will
increase the working space,
he said, and added that some
preliminary plans on the proj
ect are already under study.'
He finished his report by
saying, "We are honestly look
ing forward to the challenge
of 1960 as being year in
which we will be better able
to serve our citizens:"
MEDFORD STATE
ATHLETIC COMMISSION .
The Medford state athletic
commission is a city commis
sion required by the state
legislature.
'" The legislature assigns it
the duties of supervising pro
fessional boxing and wrestling
matches in Medford and regu
lating and licensing match
makers, managers and sec
onds, Commission Chairman
Victor David said in his re
port. The commission has had lit
tle to do in the past year,
David said, because no pro
moter has wanted to risk stag
ing any professional matches
in Medford due to the lack
of a stadium or arena in which
they could be located.
He said that Medford can
support these activities as
they have done in the past
with a smaller population, but
there will first have to be an
arena.
The armory is presently in
adequate for these purposes,
he said, because of the lack
of the necessary facilities.
David said the commission
is seeking to encourage the,
acquisition of the necessary
equipment lor we armory aa j
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OBITUARIES
DAISY M. HERD
. Funeral services for Mrs.
Daisy M. Herd, of 928 Board-
man st., who died Friday, will
be held at Conger-Morris Fu
neral home downtown chapel
Wednesday at 10 a.m. The
Rev. Wilton E. Martin, of the
First Church of God, will offi
ciate. Committal will be in
Siskiyou Memorial park.
Mrs. Herd was born Oct. 5,
1875, in Indiana, and was
married Jan. 24, 1923, in Los
Angeles, to Quiller Herd, who
died in 1952: She had lived
in Medford for the past 30
days.
Survivors include a number
of nieces and nephews, James
C. Stockman, Sacramento,
Calif.; John C. Stock man,
Medford; Mrs. Cora E g a n,
Mrs. Bill C. Hagen, and Mrs.
Marjorie Stockman, Medford;
and Mrs.- Jessie Stockman,
Sacramento.
BERT WILLIAMS
Funeral 'services for B e r t
Rudolph Williams, . 69, of
Prospect, who died Thursday,
will be held at Conger-Morris
Funeral home downtown
chapel Monday at 1:30 p.m.
James W. Lahrmann of the
Medford Congregation of Je
hovah's Witnesses will offici
ate. Committal will be in Sis
kiyou Memorial park.
Mr. Williams was born
Sept. 7, 1890, in Moscow, Ida.
Jle was married Feb. 11, 1911,
in Twin Falls, Ida., to Olive
May Cheney, who survives.
Other survivors include
three sons, Von Williams,
Central Point; Blaine Wil
liams, White City; and Gene
C. Williams," Prospect; three
daughters, Mrs. Amanda
Snodgrass, Grants Pass; Mrs.
Arlene Carrico, Prospect; and
Mrs. Corine Hibbaf d, Prinve-
ville; two brothers, Alton
Williams, Twin Falls, Ida.;
and James Williams, Arizona;
17 grandchildren and 11 great
grandchildren.
Pall bearers will be Bob
Mather, Paul Mather, Leon
Lawrence, Grant Lake, Eldon
Holmes and Ethen Robinson.
MARIAN BENEDICT
" Private funeral services for
Mrs. Marian Benedict, 70, of
Santa Barbara, Calif., and
mother of Mrs. John R. Dell
enback, who died in a local
hospital Wednesday, were
conducted Friday morning in
Chapel Mortuary.
The Rev. John O. Reynolds,
pastor of the Westminster
Presbyterian church, officiat
ed. The body was sent to
Greencastle.'Ind., where com
mittal services will be con
ducted Tuesday, with the Rec
tor funeral home in charge of
arrangements. -
Mrs. Benedict, the ' daugh
ter of Henry E. and Mary Mc
Cullough Ostrom, was born
in Milwaukee, Wise, Dec. 25,
1889. She was married in
Greencastle, Ind., Dec 16,
1914, . to the Rev. Paul Lud
low Benedict, D. D-, who be
came a prominent Methodist
minister in. Indiana and Illi
nois. He preceded her in death
is even considering the possi-;
bility of a. new arena.
It also is contacting various
matchmakers, he said, to try
and encourage them to bring
matches here. . !
David said he has hopes 1
that smaller cities, such as i
Medford, may get a "break" ;
because of the national re- i
alignment of the boxing pic- '
ture which may ease the cen- j
tralized " control' that boxing I
has had in the past.
.. pne thing the commission
is trying to do is to revive the
PAL club which has always
been the grass roots of boxing,
David pointed out." He-also
noted that a local athletic club
is being organized.
... Oilier , members of the com
mission besides David are
Carl Bismark, Paul Haviland;
Jay Elliott and' Dr. John T.'
Brandenburg.
days of driving with two one-day stops to
service and check the vehicle. The pumper
was purchased with Medford Rural Fire
Protection district money,' which was in a
fund created for new equipment when the
district contracted with the city several
years ago. - (Knackstedt Photo)
five years ago, -after which
Mrs. Benedict moved to Santa
Barbara. She was a member
1 of the First Methodist church
of Santa Barbara, and the
Kappa Kappa Gamma - soro
rity. ;
Besides her daughter, Mrs.
Mary Jane Dellenback, of
Medford, she is survived by
one son, Paul C. Benedict, In
dianapolis; one sister, Mrs.
Margaret Udell, Los Angeles;
one brother, Henry E. Ost
rum, Indianapolis; and three
grandchildren.
MRS. BEL RICHARDSON
Funeral services for Mrs.
Bei Florence Richardson, 79,
who died in an Ashland nurs
ing home Thursday, will be
read by a Christian Scientist
at Perl Funeral home Tuesday
at 1:30 p.m. Committal will
be in the Medford IOOF cem
etery. -
Mrs. Richardson was born
in Clinton, , Iowa - July 16,
18 8 0, and was a Christian
Scientist. She was the first
woman who worked in a Med
ford bank. ,
Her husband, Samuel T.
Richardson,' and one daugh
ter, Jeanette Richardson, pre
ceded her in death.
Survivors include two sons,
Louis L. Richardson, Mary-
ville. Mo.; Sam Richardson,
Medford; and one sister, Mrs.
Mildred Krein, Clinton, Iowa.
Pallbearers will be Don
Root, Dick Finch, Martin Lu
ther Jr., Dr. Martin Vorheis,
Warren. Bay liss, and Richard
Wray.
Hedrick Students
Win Art Awards
Hedrick Junior High school
students won six gold keys
and two blue ribbon awards
in the 12th annual Scholastic
Art Exhibition held at J. K.
Gill company, Portland.
Gold key and blue ribbon
award winners were Sharon
Urie, ninth grade, and Jim
Wise, eighth grade. Their
work will be forwarded to
New York City to the Na
tional Scholastic art juries, a
contest official said.
Other gold key winners
were Eleanore Alfonso, ninth
grade; David Billingsley,
ninth grade; Jeffery Hardrath,
eighth grade; and Michael
Vaughan, eighth grade. Art
instructor is Miss Kathy Fon
ken. Enjoy
This Sunday
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Births
VAN AUSDALL - To Mr.
and Mrs. Larry, 1518A Bryant
st, Medford, Feb. 11, 1960,
boy, 7'i pounds, at Medford
Osteopathic hospital.
POWERS - To Mr. and Mrs.
Boyd, post office box 18, Pros
pect, Feb. 11, 1960, boy, 814
pounds, at Medford Osteo
pathic hospital.
ASHER - To Mr. and Mrs.'
Leroy; 3057 Table Rock rd.,
Medford, Feb. 11, 1960, girl,
7?i pounds, at-Rogue Valley
hospital.
KNAPP - To Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Allison, Shady Cove, Feb.
12, 1960, girL 64 pounds, at
Rogue Valley hospital.
MARTIN - To Mr. and Mrs.
Lou Leland, 416 Ardmore
ave., Medford, Feb. 12, 1960,
boy, 814 pounds, at Rogue
Valley hospital. :
McELRATH - To Mr. and
Mrs. Horace M 150 Winena
Way, Medford, Feb. 13, 1960,
boy, 81 pounds, at Rogue
Valley hospital.
Group Reports on
Migrant Students
Salem -(UPD- The Advisory
Committee on Education of
Migrant Children was told
Saturday that about 1,500
children of migrant laborers
attend Oregon schools during
the regular school year. But
the bulk of the migrants are
in the state during the sum
mer and there is a need for
schooling of the children then.
Ronald G. Petrie. who is
administrating the pilot pro
gram of the Oregon Education
Department for migrant chil
dren education, gave the re
port.
Dr. Donald Balmer, Fort
land, committee chairman, cit
ed a Bureau of Labor report
that the state s migrant chil
dren are at least two grades
behind other children, on the
average.
Balmer said the problem is
a serious one because .mi
grants in some counties : are
"essential." As examples, he
said 85 per cent of all season
al work in Wasco county is
done by migrants and in Mal
heur county 81.8 per cent.
. -
Nixon Best for
Job -
Olympia - (UPD - Gov. Mark
Hatfield Friday night said
Vice President Richard Nixon
is the best-trained man for the
job of President in a Lincoln
day speech here.
Hatfield said Nixon's ex
perience in the Alger Hiss
case, his standing up to Khru
shchev on his Russian visit
and his courage at Caracas,
Venezuela, indicated Nixon's
fitness.
The Oregon Republican also
told about 200 guests that
I Gov. Nelson Rockefeller made
jhis own decision not to run
for tne presiaency aespue
Democrat charges to the con
trary. Rockefeller withdrew be
cause he was unwilling to take
too much time away from his
gubernatorial duties at Al
bany, Hatfield said.
Sir James Barrie's ever
popular play "Peter Pan" was
first performed in London in
1904.
The chief mosque at Mecca,
Arabian city where Moham
med was born, holds 35,000
worshipers.
Cape Cod, Mass., was once
so thickly settled that a house
with a shed was called a
"village."
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MYSTERY
Open
Throughout
the Year -
School in Roseburg
Sold for $205,000
Roseburg (UPD - Central
Junior high school, partially
destroyed in the explosion
and fire that struck Roseburg
Aug. 7, was sold Friday after
noon to two Portland men
for S205.000.: - .
I Abe Weiner and : Rirhar
Harper purchased the school
property and also some adja
cent property for S27.000.
. The two men said they in
tended to use the property for
retail development "which
will be in the best economic
interest of the city of Rose
burg and the expansion of
the business district"
Prompt Action Needed
When Water Spilled
Lincoln. Neb.-CPB -Prompt
action when water is spilled
on a carpet can prevent
brownish stains or loss of
color.
Water spots often seem to
disappear into the pile, but
if they are ignored, they can
develop into a real problem,
says Clara Leopold, extension'
home management specialist
at the University of Nebras
ka. Staining comes from water
soluble coloring matter that
often is in the carpet back
ing. Wet pile acts as a wick
to draw the color t
.face where it can react with
carpet dyes. Damage may not
I anuw up unin ine carpet is
' cleaned.
"First aid" for water spills
begins with blotting
much water as possible im-
meaiateiy, the expert said. To
speed up the drying process,
she advised directing a fan
against the back of the car-Pet-
If soap and water are used
to wash a fruit drink spot on
a rug. another snot
pear. Prevent this by using
a detergent recommended for
washing fine wearing apparel, j
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