Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 20, 1960, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Text. CHARRED REMAINS After two serious fires, Jacksonville's historic Britt house is little more than a fire-charred skelton. The old home will be destroyed prior to June 1, according to a recent agreement between the Jacksonville city council and Southern Oregon college, owner of the house. Both the council and college agreed the house is a safety hazard and must come down. Community Club Names New Officers; Rombach President Phoenix New officers for the Phoenix Community club were elected and installed Monday night in the Phoenix Community clubhouse. Voted in unanimously were Bill Rombach, president, Mrs. George McCray, secretary, and Mrs. J. D. Lubbers, treas urer. . No nominations were made from the floor. The new president an nounced that another meeting would be held Monday, May 2, at 8 p.m. in the clubhouse to get the year's plans under way. "I hope to get better ac quainted with everyone in this community since I have not lived here very long. One thing I want to change soon, with your approval, is the practice of holding only four meetings a year," Rombach said. "Meeting like this is not adequate to keep interest alive in something as vital as this club should be to the com munity." Mora Meetings Rombach said he planned to set up more frequent meetings for the next three or four months although this is the busiest time of the year for everyone. "We have a lot of things started, but they were never completed," he remarked. We don t have any money- making projects although the club is in good financial con dition. However, you have to spend it and then replace it to get anything done. And a few people can't do it all. The . more people we can get to come .to the meetings the better." Rombach discussed the pos sibility of establishing a neighbor-to-neighbor system of noti fying everyone in Phoenix of meetings and club events. This, however, will be worked out later. Support Needed The retiring president, Al len Harris, turned the club records over to Rombach and remarked, "We have had a lot of fun while I was in office and some disappointments, but with good support I'm sure the community club can be made into a going thing." Mayor Arthur MacKintosh, retiring club treasurer, turned his books over with the club funds and suggested that an audit be made to protect both Only One Candidate For Board Position Gold Hill-Halbert S. Deuel, well known Gold Hill man and Jackson county orchard ist, is the only candidate seek' ing election for a five-year term as director on the Dis trict 6 school board, according to Charles A. Meyer, District 6C superintendent. C. Norman Gail, chairman of the board, is the retiring director. Gail's position as chairman will be occupied by William Askwith, senior member of the board. Ask with is manager of Cheney Stud mills. Central Point. BOB WALTERS. Regional Editor CORRESPONDENTS: Applegate Valley Maude Ziegler, TW 9-1333 Butte Falls Mary Jo Harris, TO 5-2128 Central Point Doris Hughes, NO 4-1106 Eagle Point Dottie Harbison, HI 8-3274 -Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kill. UL 5-1 12E Grandview-Lone Pine Dot Simmons, SP 2-9S76 Happy Camp Happy Camp H.S. Journalism Class Hornbrook Kamerine Chapman, GR S-3S8S Illinois Valley Katherine Scoti, 5203 Jacksonville Bette Hoskins, TW S-I209 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 him and the incoming club treasurer. Next event on the club cal endar is the annual Phoenix Volunteer Firemen's dinner p.t on by the auxiliary at the community club. The dinner will be free of charge to all firemen and their wives and will be held this Saturday night in the community clubhouse. Out on a Limb By BOB WALTERS Applegate Group Opposes Dog Law Applegate Valley The Ap plegate farm bureau will op pose leashing of all dogs in Jackson county, which will be one of five dog law proposals on the May ballot, according to a decision of the group made at a meeting at the home of the president, Martin Grier, Thursday. Members felt that many of the . dogs are invaluable as farm helpers, that the meas ure would limit effective watch dogs, and that there is no need to penalize farmers due to the nuisance caused by dogs in more populated areas. Members also went on rec ord as favoring a state wide system of electric dial weigh ing scales at auction and sales yards as now are used in Mon tana. The group also favored having existing scales cleaned and balanced every hour dur ing a sale. The local bureau, organized in February, has a member ship of 17, and in order to strengthen the membership each person is expected to bring several prospective members to the May 12 meet ing. IV Group Seeking Athletic Director Illinois Valley -The board of directors of I.V. Recreation, Inc., is seeking an athletic di rector to head the valley's summer recreation program. Qualified persons interest ed should send applications to Leslie Adkins, board chair man, I.V. Recreation, Inc. Cave Junction no later than May 1. Lull " Jul kk . CLIFFORD W. CURL Congratulations to distinguished members of the BMA Million Dollar Club CLIFFORD W CURL We're proud to congratulate Cliff Curl of Medford for hit achievement In producing more than one million dollars of life Insurance during 1959. This outstanding accomplishment earns him membership In BMA't Million Dollar Club, placing him among the top five per cent of the Company's nation wide field force. Congratulations, too, to the friends and neighbors of Cliff Curl whoso future security is strengthened and assured by the BMA life and dis ability income protection they have obtained through the sound counsel and advice Cliff hat offered, H. G. "Bud" Horn, Regional Manager Business Men's Assurance BMA Portland Branch Office 411 Executive Building, Portland, Oregon Blue Bonnet? This business of picking a name for our sports car has gotten out of hand. To begin with, we hadn't planned to give it a name at all. It seemed adequate to refer to it as simply a car. Enter Society Editor Olive Starcher, shoeless (when driv ing) owner of a Triumph named Doll T. "What," she questioned, only a few minutes after we'd driven it off the dealer's lot, "have you named it?" "Named it?" we countered. "Does it have to have a name?" "Of course," says Potpourri with a withering glare. "In that case," we said, "its name is Ralph." "Ralph?" That name obviously didn't go over too well, al though City Hall Reporter Greg Noket has since re fused to call it anything else. He's a minority of one, however. . Then, after a brief encoun ter with one of Medford's Finest ("Goes along nicely, doesn't it?" said the cop as he handed us a ticket), we named it Remember B.R. The initials stand for Basic Rule. "You should call it VBR," says Church Editor Peg Hut chinson. "That's how the po lice mark a speeding citation in their records. It means Vio lation of Basic Rule." This suggestion was nixed because it wouldn't be fair to the car. It shouldn't have to spend the rest of its life with stigma like that lust be cause it got one measly speed ing ticket. We say "it" got the ticket for good reason. When the officer pulled us over, we were en route to a hospital. The young lady in the pas senger's seat had lust suf fered a heart attack and we were racing against time to save her lite. She passed away while the cop was writing the ticket, Pity. Anyway, that's another story. Next came E.A., who de livered his suggestion in the form of a poem: "Oh little Blue Bonnet, Come toot your horn. A cop's in the way. Show him your scorn. Oh little Blue Bonnet, Body of tin. Skid like your namesake of margarine." Blue Bonnet was an ideal name, he said, because the car is blue and the hood of a sports car la referred to as a bonnet. This also would im press young ladies, he added, by making them think I was dating Brigitte Bardot. He even provided some sample dialogue: She: Where were you last night? Walters: (casually) Oh, I was out with BB. She: (terribly impressed) Ohhhhll Digging even deeper, he said we could call it MM. Which doesn't stand for Marilyn Monroe, but for Merely Margarine. These, and a few other sug gestions we don't care to re peat, have been tossed at us during the past two months. We still haven't named it. Why? We're waiting for a sug gestion from the U.S. National Bank. After all, it's their car. We just drive it. SherifPsOffice Checks 253 Cases Yreka - Cases Investigated by the Siskiyou county sher iff's office during March nunv bered 233, according to the monthly report released by Sheriff A. C. Cottar. Investigated, the report said, were five assaults, eight burglaries, six peace disturb ances, one bad check case, five Intoxication charges, four cases of failure to provide, 15 thefts and 164 miscellaneous criminal cases. One hundred and seventeen persons, including 104 adults and 13 juveniles, were book ed at county jail last month Average daily jail population during March was 60 persona. The sheriffs civil depart ment last month handled 29 cases and collected Just over $173 in county fees. Eagle PoinWMayor Ed Put- man, Sheriff Oran Chastain, Dave Hannaford, Don Kim mel, Larry Davis, and City Recorder Mrs. Kenneth Van nice attended the League of Oregon Cities dinner last Wednesday evening it Kim's restaurant. 400 Expected at Crater FFA Event Gold Hill John Castor, president of Crater Chapter Future Farmers of America, says he expects approximately 400 parents and guests to at tend the annual parent-son banquet slated for next Thurs day at 7:30 p.m. at the Crater High school gymnasium . Purpose of the banquet is to get FFA members and their parents together to learn more about the FFA. The state FFA president, Dennis Wood from Molalla, and Crater's state officer Da vid Foote, state reporter, will present speeches. Ralph Morgan, state advis or also will attend the ban quet. This is his last year as state advisor. The chapter will present six foundation awards to out standing boys in the chapter. Star farmer of the chapter will be given to the boy with outstanding supervised farm ing project. Other foundation awards are farm electricity, farm mechanics, public speak ing, dairy, farm safety, and soil and water management. The Safeway initial project award will be given to the sophomore boy who had the most outstanding supervised farming project as a freshman. Regional Calendar Sams Valley The mid week adult Bible study group of Sams Valley Community church will meet at 8 o'clock tonight at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester James in Sams Valley. fflttgional News Phoenix FFA Sets Parent-Son Banquet for Tomorrow Night Phoenix The Phoenix FFA chapter will hold its third annual parent-son ban quet in the grade school cafe tria at 7:30 tomorrow even ing, according to Jack Dube, chapter adviser and vocation al agriculture instructor at Phoenix high school. An awards ceremony will follow the banquet. The ac tivity is held each year to honor the parents and to make awards to members for out standing a c c o m plishments, Dube said. Last summer, guided by the newly elected chapter offic ers, a busy schedule of ac tivities was started. Leading off the season's accomplish ments, three chapter mem bers won third place in live stock judging at the Jose- Grandview The United Foursquare Missionary Wom en will meet at 10 a.m. tomor row at the home of Mrs. Jack Babb, 2456 Obispo dr., for sewing and mending. Lunch eon will be served at noon. . Rogue River "B r o t h e r Goose," a three-act comedy, will be presented by students of Rogue River High school in the school gymnasium tomor row and Friday. Starting time both nights will be 8 p.m. Lone Pine Lone Pine home extension unit will meet at Roxy Ann Grange hall at 10:30 tomorrow morning. The cancer film "Man Alive" will be shown. A question and an swer session will follow. Gold Hill Gold Hill Gar den club will meet at 1 p.m. Friday at the home of Mrs. George Smith on . Sardine Creek rd. 1 Rogue River A specie program is planned for the meeting of the Rogue River PTA at 8 o'clock tonight in the school cafeteria.- John Harr will explain the curricu lum for next year. Entertain ment will be provided by the grade school band. Gold Hill The adult Bible study group ox the Gold Hill Christian church will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Al lison in Gold Hill. Panel Discussion Set (or Tomorrow Illinois Valley -The Jose phine County Juvenile Ad visory council will conduct a panel discussion entitled "Why an Advisory Council?" at tomorrow night's combined PTA meeting. The meeting will begin at 8 p.m. at the Evergreen Ele mentary school. Dr. William J. Moore will moderate and panelists will be Robert Byrd, Fred Grey, Norman L. Gates, Mrs. Robert Hummel, Mrs. Robert Bottel, O. C. Wilson, Mrs. Garland Benge and John Wetteran Council activities and search, including the need for a family guidance clinic, "shelter home" for Juvenile offenders and additional rec reational facilities, will be dis cussed. School Superintendent El mer Fleming will speak brief ly on the school budget. , Eagle Point New officers will be elected by the Eagle Point Jayceettes at their meet ing at 8 o'clock tomorrow night at the home of Mrs. Dick Wallace just north of the Butte Falls junction on Crater Lake highway. Gold Hill Hanby Elemen tary school will present its combined choral and band concert at the school gymna sium at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. The public is invited. Council Asked for Water Extension Cave i Junction - The Cave Junction city council at its meeting last week heard a re quest from the Illinois Valley rural fire protection district for city water extension to the new firehouse now under construction. Harold Moore and Robert Martin, representing the dis trict, were present to answer questions about the proposed 1,500-foot extension from the nearest water main. The council decided to with, hold a decision until water users on the line have been canvassed. A motion lo grade Lester and Palmer streets also was passed by the council. phlne county fair. Twenty-one chapter members exhibited either livestock, crops or shop projects at the Jackson Coun ty 4-H and FFA fair. Awards won included first place awards in the shop contest, livestock and dairy judging. Other Awards Other awards won included grand championship for the shop exhibit, grand champion ship in the fat lamb exhibit, grand championship in swine showmanship, beef showman ship, in beef exhibition, and in Hereford steer class. Seven members attended the district leadership train ing session for FFA officers at Grants Pass in September. Twelve members also attend ed in September the Oregon State fair and entered live stock and dairy Judging and beef showmanship contests. Phoenix public speaker Resort Ready for Fishing Season Applegate Valley Every thing is in readiness for open ing of fishing season at Squaw Lakes Saturday, say resort managers, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mitchell, who are starting their third season at the lake Several improvements have been made including a new 50 foot boat dock and enlarge ment of the sun deck at the store in anticipation of larg er crowds. Water from springs has been piped to the camp grounds surrounding the big lake. Road conditions have been I Improved with graveling of rough spots last fall, A lunch counter will be in operation, and Mr. and JHrs. Henry Bur- meister, parents of Mrs. Mit chell, will assist at headquart ers. Visitors already have been driving to the lakes during week-ends this month. The re sort is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Harr. MAIL TRIBUNE, Modforo, Or, I Wtaasidiy, Apr... 20, 1 960 A HissssssHBBiBssseVissVM Leon Small and the chapter's parliamentary team advanced to the state finals at the state convention In Pendleton last month. At this convention two chapter members received the state farmer degree which is the highest degree awarded to member on the state level. Fund Activities Listed Various fund-rasing activi ties conducted by the group during the year included wood - cutting, candy sales, pear picking, custom tractor work, custom shop construc tion and recreational activi ties. The chapter has assisted also in community service projects including aid to the needy and construction of a tool storage house to assist the local lions club with its cemetery improvement project. The 40 students enrolled In Phoenix FFA chapter 35 have total Investment in farm projects of $18,000, Dube said. Twenty-one of the 40 live on farms. 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