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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.
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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
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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
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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
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