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Moose Governor To Visit Here Judge Louis K. Thaler, Ithaca, N.Y., supreme gover nor of the Loyal Order of Moose, will attend a meeting of the local Moose lodge Mon day, March 14, when initia tion for new candidates is scheduled. Thaler was elected supreme governor at the 1959 interna tional convention after serv ing as supreme junior gover nor. , He has been active in the New York Moose association, and has served as prelate, president, parliamentarian and chairman of the building committee. An active lawyer, he was elected special county judge and special surrogate of Tompkins county, N.Y., in 1945. His present term ex pires in 1961. Thaler also served as a dist rict deputy supreme governor and was a member of the Su preme Council. He has been awarded the Pilgrim Degree of Merit for his service to the Moose fraternity. HP 1 . LOUIS K. THALER Sets Medford Visit 4-H Club News Empire Builders The regular meeting of the Empire Builders was called to order March 7 in the court house auditorium by Presi dent Dave Foote. It was decided to have a party April 8 at the court house. Grants Pass Empire Builders will be invited to one of our meetings in the future and as of now we are collect ing stamps. To learn more about our new project come ' to our next meeting. The meeting was adjourned and refreshments were served. Marjorie Wonderly, Reporter rr- 1 r "T" 1 r ,,-f'-'"j NsStT iSI ft -' a - irlf'n in "i'i in HUNGRY SOLDIERS EAT Three of the four starving Russian soldiers rescued by the USS Kearsarge hungrily eat their first meal of soup and bread after they were brought aboard the U. S. ship. The soldiers, left to right, Pvt. Kruchkowsky, Pvt. Pop lavski and MSgt. Zygonschi, were adrift in their disabled landing craft for some 49 days with just a few cans of beef and a little vodka. (UPI Telephoto) Vacation Program Set at Local Y A special spring holiday program at the Medford YMCA for students starting school vacations Monday has been announced by David E. Curzon, physical director at the YMCA. The program will consist of junior Olympic contests for grade and junior high school boys, and a basketball tourna ment is planned for high school age youth. A program for girls is planned between 1 and 2:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The junior Olympics will be held for boys of ages 8 and 9 at 10 a.m.; boys 10 and 11 years "oId"at"lta.m.; and a free play time ls'scheduled at noo'n. Junior high boys junior Olympics are scheduled at 3:30 p.m. and High school boys at. 5 p.m. Tuesday and' Thursday ac tivities will be for YMCA members only, officials said. Grade school ,b6ys have activ ities scheduled between 2 and 3 p.m.,' junior high boys be tween 3 and 4 p.m., and high school youth ' between 4 and 5:15 p.m. . An outing for boys 8 years i old and over is planned Tues day and Thursday. Boys will leave the YMCA about-9:30 a.m. and return about 4 p.m. They must take lunch, and present Y membership cards. News About Books From the Library Following is a list of new books received at the Public Library of Medford and Jack son County during the past week. Gardening: The Evergreens, Beale; Shrubs and Vines for American Gardens, Wyman; The Japanese Art of Minia ture Trees and Landscapes, Yoshimura; The Gardener's World, K r u t c h; Tuberous Rooted Begonias, Otten; Be neath the Greenhouse Roof, Potter; Ground Cover Plants, Wyman; Trees for American Gardens, Wyman; Vegetable Production 'and Marketing, Work. The West: National Park Conference Proceedings, 1912, 1917, U.S. Dept. of the Interior; Cruisings in the Cas cades, Shields. Literature: Advertisements for Myself, Mailer; Green Grow the Lilacs, Riggs; The Tradition of the New, Rosen burg; The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems, Gordon. Science: A Natural History of New York City, Kieran; Principles of Guided Missiles and Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Dept. of the Navy; Project Satellite, Gatland; Behind the Sputniks, Krieger. Reference: Rural Route Maps, Jackson County; Tscheu Pub. Co.; The Sixth Antiques II We are "Winding-up" our 6th Annual mmm sal POSITIVELY ENDS TUESDAY NITE! Cash-in on these BARGAINS Deluxe EXA SPECIAL! POLAROID CASE Exa Camera, F2.8 lens, 135mm tele- $m am photo lens, flash unit, case, waist- iveg xi ?3 J f ,evel finder' Re9- Price $135-00- Sale Priced V Sae price $79.00 l-0nly Exakta Camera bargains galore F2.8 Meritor lens, case, flash unit, Still Remaining on Our Steinheil F4.5 telephoto' lens, 35mm nniE TABI E wide angle lens. Reg. price $389.95. 2 PRICE TABLE Sale Price $259.00 Look 'Em 0ver! " . Special Argus C44 Special Graflex Century Camera Outfit 35mm Camera Camera, case, flash unit, 100mm Case& Electronic Pi J AflF telephoto lens, flash extension brack- ..... 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Other non fiction: Child Growth and Development, Hurlock; My Universe and My Faith, Spilman; The Masks of God, Campbell; A Guide to Labor-Management Relations, U.S. Dept. of Labor; A Small Car in Your Family, Consum er Reports; Ceramics, Roy; Nomography, Levens; Blue print Reading for Electrical Trades, Delmar Pub.; Build ing Trades Blueprint Reading and Sketching, Delmar Pub.; Engineering Drawing, Lom bardo; Japanese Music and Musical Instruments, Malm; Rivers in the Desert, Glueck; My Life on the Mojave, Pax ton. Humor; Billy Liar, Water house; The Quest of 'Excali bar, Wibberley; The Great Alphonse, Levine; My Friends the Miss Boyds, Duncan; The Baron in the Trees, Calvino; All My Fathers, De La Fere. Serious fiction: False Coin, Swados; The Landscape of Dreams, Savory; A Dream of Falling, Rank; The Lincoln Lords, Hawley; The Dedica ted, Gibbs; Strike for a King dom, Gallie; Green Water, the Sea, Bawden. Historical romance: The Fresh and the Salt, Stringfel low; Enough Good Men, Mer cer; The G r e a tv Command, Jones; The Bridge on the Drina, Andric. Western stories: The Wild Breed, Young; Marshal of Broken Wheel, Joscelyn; Twin Guns, Evans; Outlaw Express, Field; Reckoning at Rimbow, Fox; Kennedy's Gold, Bonner. Mysteries: Killing at the Big Tree, McCarthy; The Country of the Strangers, Wees; Plot It Yourself, Stout; The Shivering Mountain, Somers; Swan Song, Robert son; Warning Bell, Ransome; Death on the Grass, O'Don nell; Send Another Hearse, Masur; Tiger on My Back, Gordon; The Devil's Own, Curtis; Bullet Proof, Dean; The Case of the Copper Cat, Douglas; Swing Away Climb er, Carr; Malignant Stars, Barry. Other fiction: Half Angel, Jefferies; Echo of A Bomb, Derby; The Strange One, Bod worth; Maid of Honor, Zimmerman. United Passenger Traffic About Same Pasenger traffic of United Air Lines at Medford last year was about at the previous year's level, K. W. Cook, ground services manager here, has announced. United Mainliners flew 45,097 passengers into and out of the Medford airport. Cargo volumes reached 213,525 pounds of air freight, an in crease of 21 per cent, and 31,364 pounds of express, a gain of 4 per cent, he said. , Mail was off 16 per cent at 82,104 pounds. Last year United carried 7,521,000 passengers over its 14,000-mile system linking 82 cities in 24 states and British Columbia, Cook said. Retarded Patients Subject of Program The severely retarded pa tients at the Oregon Fairview Home will be the subject of a documentary film report at 11:30 o'clock this morning over station KBES-TV. The film is the eighth in a series, "In Our Care," which concerns Oregon institutions. Today's film is the second in a two-part series on Fairview Home. The films are produced by the Oregon state board of control. Third in Series Of Police Agency Courses Slated Capt. Leland D. Weaver of the Salem police department will be in Medford this week to instruct a course in accident prevention techniques being offered to officers from Jack son county law enforcement agencies at the Medford city hall Wednesday, March 16. The course will be the third in a series of six being offered to provide city and county po lice officers with training in advanced police subjects. The first course, on surveillance, was held last Wednesday. Capt. Weaver, who has been with the Salem department since 1957, has completed courses in police work, fi nance and personnel adminis tration, and techniques of mu nicipal administration taught through the International City Managers' association. Completes Course He recently completed a course on traffic law enforce m e n t, administration and techniques at UCLA which was conducted by the Traffic Institute in cooperation with the International Chiefs of Po lice association. Weaver has received other training in the field of jail operation, industrial safety and police administration, con ducted by such agencies as the U. S. department of justice, bureau of prisons, Oregon state industrial accident com mission and the Oregon Asso ciation of Police Officers. The police training classes are being sponsored by the Oregon Association of City Police officers and the Ore gon State Sheriffs' association in cooperation with the FBI, Oregon state police, League of Oregon Cities and the bureau of municipal research. Pamphlet Tells of Vets Eligibility Eligibility r e q u i r ements and rates of payment under the new pension system ef fective July 1 are explained in the revised Veterans Ad ministration pamphlet, "Fed eral Benefits for Veterans and Dependants," now on sale at the U. S. Government Print ing office, Washington, D.C., S. T. Brannock, contact rep resentative, VA Domiciliary, Camp White, announced Sat urday. The booklet, also called VA Fact Sheet IS-1, lists all major benefits available to U. S. veterans, explains the nature of the benefits, eligi bility requirements, and -tells where eligible veterans and their dependents may apply for the benefits, Brannock said. A single copy may be pur chased from the printing of fice for 15 cents. A discount may be secured for quantity purchases. Grange News Gold Hill Grange Four charter members of the Gold Hill Grange were honored at the March 4 meet ing of the Grange to com memorate the 25th anniver sary. Those honored with 25 year silver pins, silver cer tificates and flowers were Earl Craft, now a member of the Griffin Creek Grange, Soren Christensen, Marie Christensen and Jim Estrama da. The program, arranged by Lecturer Icie Walker, includ ed a piano solo by Grace Bruce, courtesy drill by eight women, a duet by Betty Ma loy and Dorothy Esken, ac companied by Grace Bruce; melodies of old songs by Ester Fabrick accompanied by Foster Luce, and a read ing by Jessie Burk. The agricultural committee reported on livestock and that hay is a little more plentiful. Ways and means turned in a large sum of money from the dances held at the Grange. The home economics commit tee turned in the proceeds from the land bank dinner, Lions and dance lunches. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Tay lor were appointed to the youth committee with Mrs. D. Eskew, chairman of the standing committee. County Deputy Roscoe Roberts conferred the first and second degrees on Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stripling, Gold Hill, Live Oak Grange. A total of 131 persons were present. They included Grange Master Jerome Fritz gerald, Sams Valley; Lloyd Lacy, Phoenix; Herman Kam ping, Griffin Creek, Orie Moore, Roxy Ann, Ben Boyce, Central Point, Frank Hall, Live Oak Grange, and Ben Fulton, Butte Falls. Moore was honored for his birthday. STAMPS FOR CASH Syracuse, N.Y. - (UPD - The local Kennedy - for - President club has announced it will give trading stamps in return for campaign contributions. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. Q Sunday, March 13, 1960 A if; I 1 '".W 1-i.).it. , . ..1rir,Ji..-...MMMJ CAPT. LELAND WEAVER To Conduct Course School News H. P. Jewett School Bill Brewster, principal of the H. P. Jewett Elementary school, Central Point, said students of the school have been enjoying art classes the past few days with Warren Holbrook, art supervisor of District 6C. Several tech niques, using various mater ials such as finger paint, tem pera, chalk and water colors, have been used. The students expressed visually their con cepts of the springtime activi ties in which their classrooms are participating. The first tulips to be taken to Jewett school are going to be greeted by other gay tulips already there. Students in art craft are making papier-mache tulips from the cup-shaped di visions of . egg cartons. The children paint them in rain bow colors. Mrs. Viola Schwab's room has been studying about tele phoning. The class practiced with a set borrowed from the telephone company. A film was shown on telephone courtesy. Students in Mrs. Katherine Leavitt's room have been learning about the four sea sons. They have been keeping a weather chart. The children in the room have drawn pic tures of what they hope to do during spring vacation. Mrs. JLeavitt s second grade stu dents visited the Central Point library last week. BUY NOW Results of a fire drill last week were reassuring, Brew ster said. He considered the importance of students rapid ly vacating the cafeteria dur ing the lunch hour. The build ing was completely cleared in one minute and 35 seconds. Jackson School On Wednesday, March 9, the students and teachers at Jackson school observed a flag ceremony in memory of Orgeon's Junior Senator Rich ard L. Neuberger. After the flag salute, the Oregon state song was sung. The bulletin board is love ly. Mrs. Louella Schneider made the flowers. We like the Irish harp too.' Hugh Shurtleff and the pupils in his home room had charge of the student body assembly March 4. A play "The Last Snake in Ireland," was presented. Lar ry Russell was St. Patrick, Judy Rickard was the snake. Narrator was Paul Greeny. Others having parts were Gary Custance, Paul Chinn, Jack Young, Richard Cole, Alice Schafer, and Mike Clark. Piano duet by Earlene Pidcock and Susanne Cearley. Piano solos were by Billy Fredenburg and Virginia Mil ligan, clarinet solo by David Uhrine, accompanied by Ear lene Pidcock, Jeanne Ben nett was the M. C. Prompter was Steve Wilcox; curtains, Blane Hassel; scenery, Maria Ysunza, Virginia Milligan, Judy Richard and Anita Coff-man. Mrs. Merlyn Harvey, Mrs. Raymond Baker, and Mrs. James Medley will attend the OEA convention in Portland during spring vacation. SMASH DOPE RING Moscow - (UPD - A dope ring has been broken by Soviet police, it has been disclosed. Newspaper reports said a brother and sister headed the ring which bought opium from state and collective farms in the Kirchiz Republic where poppies are grown for pharmaceutical purposes. 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