Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1960)
MArt. TRIBUNE. Mtdfori, Or. A' " Sundiy, April 10, 10 VFW Auxiliary's Essay Contest Won By Medford Girl Diane Mohr. daughter 01 Dr. and Mrs. Virgil Mohr, 1806 Eait Main St., Is first place Medford winner in the annual national essay contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary. Crater Lake auxiliary to VFW post 1833 announced the Med ford winners today. "Civil Defense An Ameri can Tradition" was this year's topic. V ' r ' .. I i JOE HOSICK Elks Exalted Ruler Exalted Ruler of Local Elks Named Joe R. Hoslck, 1516 Jasper st., Medford, was Installed as exalted ruler of the Medford Elks lodge at ceremonies in the temple last week. Other officers who will serve during the golden anni versary year include Murrey Dumas, leading night; Montle Morris, loyal knight; Marvin Trautman, lecturing knight; Richard G. Phair, secretary; Jack Sanderson, treasurer; George Bruse, esquire; Leo Radke, assistant esquire; George W. Howard, tiler; Leo tiarl Carlson, chaplain; F. H. van Pelt, parliamentarian: Howard Berg, inner guard; Jerry Dyrud, organist; Wayne Chase, trustee; and Bill Ruck, alternate delegate. Hoslck came to southern Oregon soon after he was in ducted into the Army, and was stationed at Camp White. Following service overseas, he returned to Medford to live. He has been employed In the funeral service Industry since that time, and it now co own er of Siskiyou Funeral Service. The Medford Elks lodge will be host for the state Elks convention which opens May 26. Other local winners, all seniors at Medford High school, are Paul Moore, son of Mr, and Mrs. Sherman Moore. 717 North Riverside ave.. second; and Dean God dard. son of Mrs. Fay F. God- dard, S07 King St., third. Honorable Mention Winning honorable mention were Bonnie Allingham, daughter of Mrs. Kathleen Power, 158 Renault ave Anne Mathews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph B. Mat thews, 601 Dakota ave.; and Lauren C. Stayton, son of Mr, and Mrs. Charles Stayton, 123 Elm St. The winners and their par ents will be honored and the students presented with checks at a special meeting of the auxiliary early next month.' The winning essay will be entered in state competition. Each state winner will receive $100 from the National Civil Defense program, as well as prizes from the VFW.. Local judges were the county civil defense director, Ma. Gen. J. H. Hicks, Sam Harbison and Ray Lamberg. Traces History Miss Mohr's essay traced the history of American civil defense from the time of the pilgrims and the later settle, ment of the west. She explained warning sys tems of World War II and de cried the present public indif ference to possible nuclear attack. Her essay warns: "Throughout history we have seen examples of civil defense at work. This tradi tion has given us foresight into what must be done for survival. If people face reality and prepare themselves for whatever might come, our population can, and will, survive." COAL OUTPUT Washlngton-About 200 min ing firms irt the U.S. produce more than one million tons each year on a basil of each unit. Daily coal output is said to be in excess of one million tons. Trio Robs Two Portland Firms Portland -HIPD- A loan com pany office and a supermarket were robbed here Thursday afternoon. In each case three answering the same descrip tions pulled off the holdups Police said $150 was taken from the Hollywood Branch of Local Loan Company about 2 p.m. Three hours later an undetermined amount of cash was taken by a trio from a food store. In each case, witnesses told police one man had an auto matic pistol and another a sawed - off shotgun, No one could say for certain whether the third man was armed. 4-H NEWS Phoenix Whls Knits The meeting of the Phoenix Whiz Knits 4-H club was call ed to order recently by Presi dent Diane BoU. Ten mem bers were present and one was absent. Gail House served refresh ments and Marilyn Kantor will provide them at the next meeting. Linda Cox, Reporter mm-l i '""' " ' mm I"" l I"":1""' """""" ' '"' """'J' "i r . : i fas ln-4t4-1 ESSAY WINNERS Winners of the Crater second place; Miss Diane Mohr, first; and Lake auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars Dean Goddard, third. This year's topic was essay contest are, left to right, Paul Moore, "Civil Defense An American Tradition." Orchard Heating Methods Are Reviewed for Chamber Board Elements ' involved In a more acceptable method of orchard heating were re viewed last week at the Med ford Chamber of Commerce board of directors meeting. The presentation was made by Dunbar Carpenter, chair man of the air pollution com, mittce of the Fruit Growers League. A census revaled that there are 111,000 orchard heaters in the Rogue valley, 61,000 of which are the smoke reduction or the improved type of heater which contrib utes less to air pollution," Carpenter explained. The fruit industry is con cerned about the atmospheric problems in this area," he said. "We are and have been doing something about it. Five years ago 90 per cent of all orchard heaters were the open pot type as compared with only 45 per cent today. The remaining open type heaters are being replaced at 20 per cent per year, which will re sult in a total cost oi saau.uuu during a five-year period. The smoke reduction type unit does not appear to be as effl- cent and therefore it may re quire more heaters per acre, he said. Considerable Hase "Considerable .hare In the valley has occurred this spring even though no orchard heating has been necessary," he staled. Many think the heating season has passed, he said. "This is not true. April is usually the month we have to heat the orchards." Carpenter cited other years in which light to heavy orch ard heating occurred in April and on some occasion even into May. "It is always our hope that light frost condi tions will permit us w gei through the season without any orchard heating." Following Carpenter s re port, the board of directors ex tended a unanimous vote of confidence to the pear indus try for its voluntary program of converting to smoke re duction units on a systematic basis. Industrial Tour Glenn L. Jackson reported on the governor's Industrial tour in which members of the planning and development commission and Oregon's bus iness executives contacted eastern firms during the month of March. "Basically, our problem is one of creating confidence in Oregon's business climate," he said. "Recognizing that we are a state of small popula tion, we attempted to re establish the image of Oregon in its proper relationship, that of a relatively stable business climate whose growth poten tial offers real opportunity for selected industries seeking to remain competitive," he noted. Oregon is low man on the Totem pole, it was learned, In the field of military purchas es. Not only does Oregon rank low among the states in mili tary establishments, but In military purchases, excluding these , establishments, only 2 10th oi one per cent of the procurement budget, is spent with Oregon industries. A con certed effort was made on this trip to begin correction of this problem, Jackson noted. Committee Reports John Pietsch brought board members up to date on studies currently being- made by members of the committee on governmental operations with respect to bills pending in Congress. Don McNeil, chamber man ager, reported on a trip to The World Acclaimed Carpet tl Dry Cleaning Method! Cj ...NOW... f$ Do It Yourself or We Will Do It Professionally ' j if Wall-to-Wall Carpet Can Be J Vf Dry Cleaned in Your Own Home J&i 1 Rooms Ready For Immediate Us With The Exclusive HOST Dry Clean Process! Instant Use of the Room Restores Original Colors & Textures No Furniture Stains No Dangerous Fumes Easy to Do-lt-Yourself Ask Our Routcman or Call SP 2-6165 No Wet Carpet No Musty Odor No Rust Marks No Shrinkage No Fire Haiard iutta& omestic LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS $0-32 lKtdlMtf Your Professional laundry Serving the Rogue Valley for Over SO Years We Give and Redeem SILVER DOLLAR STAMPS DIAL SP 2-6165 For FREE Pickup and Delivery Service Coos Bay with managers from Klamath Falls and the Grants Pass chambers. The purpose of this visit was to observe plans for a Coos Bay trade fair this summer In connec tion with port developments. Representatives from the sou thern Oregon chambers had been invited to attend the meeting. The manager presented plan to join forces with Grants Past and Josephine county chamber in prepare tlon for a 1981 color tourist folder financed through ad vertising allotment of the two counties. It was pointed out that currently both chambers publish color folders adver tising essentially the same points of interest, such as Crater Lake, Oregon Caves, and the Rogue river. This is done at a higher unit cost for each chamber. The board voted unanimous ly favoring the principle of a combined Rogue valley fold er and authorized the cham ber's tourist committee to work with Grants Pass in ex ploring the matter with coun ty officials. Atlas Missile Explodes on Pad Cape Canaveral. Fla. - (UPD - An Atlas intercontinental mis sile exploded on its launching pad Thursday night shortly after its engines ignited for a planned 5,000-mile flight to test a new guidance system. It was the secon-I straight failure for the Atlas. A simi lar explosion occurred March 10. There were no injuries in either blast. Lithia Hotel to Be Remodeled in Time For 1960 Festival Ashland-Remodellng of the Lithia hotel in Ashland will start in approximately 10 days and be completed in time for the Shakespearean Festival or by July 1, according to Ar min Rlchter, Medford contrac tor on the job. The nine - story, 100 room hotel will be redesigned by Jack Edson, Medford archi tect, to resemble the same architecture as the English Tu dor theme of the Shakespear ean Festival theater in Ash land, Richter said. "We will also construct a fine restaurant, cocktail lounge, coffee shop, refurbish all the rooms and improve the parking lot in the rear of the hotel," Richter said. "A swim ming pool will be constructed in the future if we are not able to include it in the pres ent remodeling." Hotel patrons will enter the hotel from the parking lot at the third floor level. Bill hops will be called by pressing a buzzer near the rear entrance. Guests then will not have to carry their bags down to the first floor and then have the excess of $100,000 Is being In vested In the remodeling. Sale of the hotel which was con structed in 1925 was for ap proximately 860,000, it has been estimated. Richter said he met with various townspeople and rep resentatives of the Shakes pearean Festival theater to get their ideas on what should be done with the hotel. The public was also asked for new name suggestions for the hotel and responded with over 400 letters the first day. More are still coming in. Richter added. Hotel repre sentatives will decide on a name about April 15. Stubblefield Girl In Poor Condition Portland - (UPD - Jeanett Stubblefield, 10 -month - old former Siamese twin, remain ed in serious condition today with pneumonia. Doctors said the baby girl's breathing had improved. She was brought here earlier in the week by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Stubblefield. Upon arrival doctor perform ed another tracheotomy to help her breathe. Jeanett was separated from her twin sister, Denett, last October. She was released from the hospital in February, Denett went home two months earlier. The girls were born joined at the abdomen. 'Bell Ringers' to Conduct Fund Drive The May campaign of the Mental Health; association of Oregon will be held in the Medford area May 9 when "Bell Ringers" will solicit funds from door-to-door, ac cording to Mrs. John Dick son, chairman of the "Bell Ringers" here. Lester Anderson, vice presi dent of the Lumbermen's Buy ing Service of Eugene, is chairman of the state-wide campaign. Local representatives of the association noted that a men tal health committee is being organized in this area. bellhops carry them to their rooms, the contractor ex plained. "The hotel will be design ed to cater to Shakespearean Festival patrons, to general travelers, and salesmen. A hotel bus service will trans port travelers to and from the j Medford airport or will carry elderly people to various loca tions," Richter said. Four private office suites will be located off the mezza nine, also, the contractor said. Richter said he contacted the new owners of the hotel, Jack Pumphrey and William Sutton in Sacramento, follow ing announcement of the sale of the hotel on March 24 by Emma Cooley, executrix of the Charles Cooley estate. General Cost . General cost of the hotel renovation has not been figur ed yet, Richter said. However, other sources Indicated that in QUALITY LIVING ROOM SET IN COLONIAL MAPLE Including , DAVENO ROCKER COFFEE TABLE 2 LAMP TABLES Specof $279.50 Your Choice of Fabric and Color Nothing Down on Approved Credit ONLY $3.50 PER WEEK CONTINENTAL Interiors 1 222 S. Riverside SP 2-4056 FORMERLY MODERN FURNITURE x M y Little Easter cover-up. .. the black wool topper 12.98 and 16.98 Smart, venatll. black with . bright whit, pearl-look but tons in 100 pur. woof wl a soft zlbellne flnlih. Just Hie perfect lengths just the right fashion cover for Easter prints and suits. Misses sizes 8 to lo. Such a pretty snowing under any Ea$fer suit and with their minimum of sleeve these eon play their fresh ingenue role with all your summer skirts. Of course they are easy-care need little or no Ironing and at thit little price, have them all) 32-38. (o) linen-look rayon, white, lilac, beige, (b) Dacron Polyester and cotton, white. , (c) Brentshire wash and wear cotton, white, blue, maize, green. Buy now, pay later, use Wardi credit plant. Si : 4 Jl .y?- Suit-able frostings for Easter... lace-lovely sleeveless blouses 298
