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MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Or.
A Monday, March 28, 1960
Out .on
a Limb
By BOB WALTERS
A Guided Tour
When we first came to
southern Oregon a few
months ago, we saw a sign
alongside highway 99 which
pointed in the general direc
tion of a good-sized chunk cf
snow-capped rock. "Mt. Mc
Loughlin," the sign read.
Thinking this a handy b!t
of information, we filed it
mentally and a few days later
commented -to an acquaint
ance about how beautiful we
thought Mt. McLoughlin was.
The comment was received
with a cold-eyed stare.
"You mean Mt Pitt,"
snapped the friend. End of
conversation.
Since then, we've been un
able to get a reasonable ex
planation of why we should
call Mt. McLoughlin Mt. Pitt.
Decided, however, that it's
probably wiser to go along
with the Oregonians of long
standing. If you can't beat
'em, join 'em. Or something
like that.
But a few problems remain
We're expecting visits from
a relative or friend or two
this summer and feel we
should have some pat answers
for the questions that are
bound to come.
The one about the moun
tain will be easy. We'll just
glare at the questioner for the
proper period of time (at
least a minute and a half) and
say, "It's Mt. Pitt." Nothing
more.
Other questions could be
trickier, though, so we've
worked out a few replies:
Visitor: "How did Klamath
Falls get its name? I don't
see a waterfall."
Walters: "Well, there was
this little tribe of Indians liv
ing down around Los Ange
les, see, and they decided
they'd pack up and move.
They were losing about two
ponies a day on the freeway.
So the Indians-there were 43
of them, plus a Chinese cook
and an Italian public relations
man-told their leader, a big,
burly guy named Klamath,
that they'd follow him until
he was too tired to go any
further. They agreed to make
their new home wherever he
stopped.
"So they walked for days
and days and finally ole
Klamath couldn't take anoth
er step. He dropped flat on
his face from exhaustion.
" 'Look," whooped one of
the tribe. 'Klamath falls!'
"And that's where they set
tle, see?"
Visitor: "Oh. Well, how
about Grants Pass?"
Walters (with a yawn):
"Simple. There was this guy
named Grant, see, who was a
private in the Union army
during the Civil war. He was
stationed back East some
where and one day his com
manding officer told him to
take the week end off because
the troops were going into
battle pretty soon.
"Now Grant wasn't over
joyed about the possibility of
getting shot in the head, so
he married his grade school
sweetheart and they climbed
in her covered wagon (which
was why he married her; he
couldn't afford a wagon on a
private's salary) and they
headed West. They came to
Oregon, built a little cabin up
the highway a piece and start
ed having little Grants.
"Pretty soon other travel
ers and their families began
settling there and now it's a
thriving community. And all
because the army gave Grant
a pass!"
Visitor: "Say, that's really
interesting. Now tell me about
Gold Hill-did they really find
gold there?"
Walters: "No, the name's a
mistake, in fact.
"Many, many years ago this
area was having probably the
coldest winter in its history
and the coldest place was
about 13 miles north of Med
ford. No one even wanted to
go up there, because every
one who did came back say
ing that it was 'just colder'n
h-!"
"A lot of people have made
their home there and the win
ters have been pretty mild
since then, of course, but that
description of the area seem
ed to stick. People started
running their words together,
though, and pretty soon
everyone was calling it Gold
Hill."
Visitor: "Amazing! You
know, I just can't understand
how you've learned so much
about southern Oregon in
such a short time!"
Walters: "Easy. I'm a liar."
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THE JIM FOSSENS AND THEIR PREFABRICATED HOME
Houses Go Up in Double Quick Tim
Applegate Resident Builds
Prefab Homes in Spare Time
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Applegate Valley - There is
no stormy weather that is go
ing to beat Jim Fossen out of
a day's work.
He is a builder of houses in
the winter, as a side line, and
does his own prefabricating in
the comfort of a shop. When
the weather clears he sets the
house up and has the roof
on in a few days. Fossen
works at logging for eight or
nine months of the year, and
has carpentry as a winter oc
cupation. He doesn't know just how
nor when he got started at
the business of prefabrication,
but ever since his year each
of shop and mechanical draw
ing in high school in Aikin,
Minn., he has studied build
ers' magazines and has gain
ed experience at remodeling
and building from time to
time. ,
Secret of Plan
He says the secret of his
unique building plan is the
"W" truss rafters allowing
ceiling joists and rafters built
in one unit. This allows flexi
bility in placing partitions be
cause the trusses are self-sup
porting
He builds the sides in panels
District 6 Schools Work
On Choral Music Program
By MARY KELL
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Gold Hill-Charles A. Mey
er, superintendent of District
6 schools, has announced that
he is interested in developing
a choral music curriculum
program that will coordinate
with the elementary schools
throughout the district, which
includes Central Point, Sams
Valley and Gold Hill.
Principals of the various
schools and music teachers
met with him recently to dis
cuss preliminary plans for
such a program, giving con
sideration to the classroom
singing aspect. The committee
includes Russell Carr, Sams
Valley Elementary school;
Bill Brewster, Jewett Elemen
tary school; George Johns,
Central Point Elementary and
Junior High schools; Arthur
Straus, Crater High school,
and Gilbert A. Mack, Patrick
and Hanby Elementary schools
in Gold Hill. Music teachers
Mrs. Ruth Brewster, Marvin
Throne, Mrs. Joanne Sousa
and Norman Carothers, .as
well as Bob Lawrence, as a
music consultant, from the
county office complete the
committee.
Program Suggested
The superintendent suggest
ed that a program be worked
out that would help to keep
the same enthusiasm among
children of all ages as is
found in the primary depart
ment. He said the proposed
program would coordinate
classroom singing in grades
one through eight throughout
the district, and he wants to
cordinate vocal music in the
junior high grades so that it
will correlate with the Crater
High school program.
1 The Oregon Education sys
tem recommends that music
should be a continuing pro
g r a m in the elementary
grades, with consideration
given to the variation of in
terests and abilities.
The committee indicated
they would prefer a program
that would include supervised
music in each classroom, with
the classroom teacher acting
the role of instructor for the
morning opening exercises,
and instruction by the regular
music teacher twice a week
for classroom music. The spe
cial music teacher of each
school would continue to di
rect the choral groups which
already are a pari of each
school's curriculum.
Second Meeting Held
A second planning meeting
was held in the band room at
Crater High school last Wed
nesday by the regular music
teachers of District 6 schools
to outline a program that will
be presented for approval at
the next meeting of the Dis
trict 6 Music Curriculum com
mittee, which will be held in
the band room at Crater High
school this Wednesday at
3:30 p.m.
Marvin Throne, music
teacher at Hanby Elementary
school, said other music teach
ers who are preparing the
new curriculum program are
Mrs. Joan Sousa, Central
Point Elementary school and
Mrs. Lorna Meyer, Junior
High school; Mrs. Ruth Brew
ster, Sams Valley and Jewett
Elementary schools; and Mrs.
Marie Brannock, Patrick Ele
mentary school. Bob Law
rence also met with them
last Wednesday.
A combined cuorus consist
ing of elementary and 'Junior
high pupils from the different
schools of District 6 will pre
sent a Music Festival on May
13 at the Central Point Ele
mentary and Junior High
schools.
SC Fire Chief
Warns of Hazards
Shady Cove - Trail - Athel
Dudley, acting fire chief of
the Shady Cove - Trail fire
department . he would
like to remind ' residents
to see that a; . ry grass
around buildings and all oth
er fire hazards are removed
before the hot, dry summer
sets in when the fire danger
will be at its peak.
Those who have a great
deal of dry grass to burn are
requested to get in touch with
the volunteer fire department
and arrange to have some
help standing by. Another
aid -in preventing fires, the
chief said, is to see that all
old bottles and other pieces
of broken glass, and tin cans
are picked up since many
grass fires are started from
sun rays reflecting on them.
BF Residents Meet
To Discuss Hazards
Butte Falls-The Butte Falls
town council met recently
with property owners to dis
cuss probable fire hazards to
the town with the fire season
rapidly approaching.
A decision was made to
burn all brush and waste ma
terials from the old railroad
line to the property lines cir
cling Butte Falls. Volunteer
help is requested and several
volunteers have worked to
get the project underway.
Lone Pine - Lone Pine safe
ty patrol members went to the
I Bedford police station on a
f ;!d trip recently. They were
iven instructions on safety
and how to prevent accidents.
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 Dotfie Harbison, HI 6-3274
Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell. UL 5-1126
Grandview-Lone Pine Dot Simmons. SP 2-9676
Happy Camp Happy Camp H.S. Journalism
t Class; Deanna Dunn
Ho'rnbrook Kalherine Chapman, GR 5-3586
Illinois Valley Katherine Scott. 5203
Jacksonville Bette Hoskins, TW 94209
McLeod Caroline Harding, TR 8-2260
Meadows Nellie Bergman, HI 6-1267
Montague Carol Peterson
Phoenix-Talent Joe Cowley; KE 5-2918
Prospect Frances Ring. UN 9-2211
Rogue River Cecile Camden, UL 5-1569
Shady Cove Evalyn Watson, TR 8-2351
Table Rock R. E. Nealon. TA 6-2097 -Tiller-Drew
Viola Rogers
Yreka Ruth Middleton, VI 2-2807 .
four by eight feet or eight by
eight with openings for doors
and windows and spray paints
the priming coat on exterior
walls. This is done in a shop
owned by his father, Ed Fos
sen, Upper Applegate dairy
man, and all the walls can be
set up in one day.
The Fossen homes go up in
double quick time, too, be
cause Fossen's family, includ
ing his wife, his parents, and
his brother, Don, turn out in
the old fashioned way in lend
ing a hand.
Pre-Cuis Lumber
Fossen has built two rental
houses at Ruch, and is start
ing to build his own home
there, and since it is a split
level design and too compli
cated for pre-fabrication, he
is pre-cutting the lumber. His
next job will be to build his
own shop on his Ruch prop
erty which he purchased from
the Buckley estate. He also
has designed and built two
pre-cut rental houses for his
father
Fossen, who is 31, is em
ployed with T. W. McFadden,
Timber Products contract log
ger. The Fossens came here
from Minnesota eight years
ago. They have a son and
daughter, aged nine and eight.
Rural Reflections
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Applegate Valley -Dana
Gearhardt is wondering how
she is going to go about mak
ing kangaroo steaks and kan
garoo tail brawn as she stud
ies the recipes in a cook book
received from her letter
friend in southern Australia,
where kangaroo is a favorite
wild meat.
Her cook book is in the
form of calendars with pud
dings, cakes and meat dishes
for every day of the year.
The Australians make their
hamburgers by mixing a prep
aration similar to American
meat loaf, Dana says.
DEMONSTRATION GIVEN
Lone Pine - The Lone Pine
school staff met recently with
Oak Grove and Wilson school
staffs at Wilson school for, an
artificial respiration demon
stration o n mouth-to-mouth
breathing. The demonstration
was given by a representative
from the California Oregon
Power' company.
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IV Firemen Build New Firehall
By KATHERINE SCOTT
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Illinois Valley - The Illinois
Valley volunteer fire depart
ment is erecting a new and
larger firehouse at a site one
fourth of a mile east of Cave
Junction on the Oregon Caves
highway.
There are three units in the
valley and each has its own
equipment and members. One
is located in Cave Junction,
one in Selma and one in
O'Brien. Members in the val
ley department number in the
40s.
AH units hold a combina
tion business and social meet
ing the first Tuesday of each
month and each unit has an
individual monthly meeting.
Selma unit meets the second
Wednesday of each month,
Cave Junction the third Tues
day and O'Brien on the third
Friday.
Dates for drills are set at
the unit meetings and the
board of directors meet the
last Tuesday of each month.
The depart ment also is
starting a training program
for men 18-21 years of age
who are interested in becom
ing firemen. Training sessions
will be conducted in the
O'Brien firehall the second
Tuesday of each month.
Butte Falls PTA Stages
Program to Raise Funds
Butte Falls-The Butte Falls
PTA recently held its annual
money making project for the
year, a combination Spaghetti
dinner, slave sale and auc
tion, at Butte Falls High
school.
Randall Perkins showed
forest service movies and
William B. Hunter, superin
tendent of Butte Falls schools,
was master of ceremonies for
the evening. Remainder of the
program consisted of two
numbers by the Mothersing
ers, a piano selection by Mrs.
Leth Meadows and a duet by
Mrs. Virgil Conley and Mrs.
William Harris.
Everett Elrod of Shady
Cove served as auctioneer for
the evening.
Project chairmen included
Andy Hamstra and Leonard
Stratton, slave sale and auc
tion: Mrs. Leonard Stratton,
publicity; Mrs. Harry Dalton,
dinner and cooking; Mrs. Vir
gil Conley and Mrs. Henry
Tygart, purchasing; Mrs.
Duane Burton, set-up; Mrs.
Bill Lytle, serving, and Mrs.
Randall Perkins, decorations.
Proceeds will be used to
meet budget requirements for
the year.
Regional Calendar
Applegate Valley - The Ap
plegate Farm Bureau group
will hold their first meeting
at the home of the president,
Martin Grier, at 8 p.m. to
morrow. All members and
persons wishing to become
members are invited.
Come in and sign up
chicks, to be given away
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