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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1960)
Out on a Limb By BOB WALTERS A Gentle Knock Just as we were about to leave tor a friend's house one night last week, there came a gentle knocking at the door. We decided to open same, since that seems to be the ac cepted procedure. There, damp and probably a little chilled, stood a lady with a big white badge on her lapel. "I," she announced "am the census taker." "And you're one of the lucky ones," she added, which meant that we were one of those who had to answer a few extra questions. The quiz moved along smoothly for the most part but we did hit a rough spot or two. "Where were you living on April 1, 1955? Street address, city, county and state, please." We thought It over for a minute and then told her that on April 1, 1955, we were liv ing aboard an aircraft carrier. She obviously wasn't too pleased with the answer, but managed somehow to carry on. "Ahhh," she said, "what city, county and state would that be?" "I don't know. The ship was In the Pacific, probably some where between Japan and the Philippines." She scrawled something in her huge record book and moved hurriedly to the next question. "What was your net Income during 1959?" "Do you want the dollars and yen in separate figures?" we asked. "What?" "Well, I worked for an Eng lish language newspaper in Tokyo last summer and was paid in yen." 1 "No, no, please," she said, a little shaken. "Just your net Income in dollars. That's all I want, please." We gave her an approxi mate figure and the rest of the interview moved along at a much faster pace. ' What bothered us was that when she arrived she seemed to be glad to get in from the cold, the wind and the rain. But when she left, she looked almost happy about going back outside. , Can't understand it. One of our female report ers says she was having trouble deciding what io wear to work the other day. "This skirl's too tight. Isn't it?" she asked her hus band. "Definitely," came the re ply. "It looks Just fine." A friend of ours says the item in last Monday's column about a church reporter cov ering a baseball game remind ed her of a minister she once knew. On the rare occasions when the gentleman became so en raged he could barely control himself, she says, he'd grit his teeth and say, "Nellie Green!" So we tried it one morning after whacking our elbow on the bathroom door. It didn't do much good. But a few other words helped. Mr. Table Rock leemi to think we have something against adjectives. Not io. What Mr. Naalon prob ably refers to is a letter to correspondents advising them that adjectives such as "beautiful," "lovely." "ex cellent," and so on, don't belong in straight news stories. Since "Tablets" is col umn, not a news story as such, Mr. N. can loss in as many adjectives as he likes. And, if we know our man, there's sure to be a re? ply to this on Friday. We thought BB (Blue Bon net) or MM (Merely Margar ine) might suffice as a name for our sports car, but George Longie, known at the Tribune as The Printer with the Gold' en Touch, came up with this: "Too bad you're not Norwe gian. You could call the car Ole." "Ole?" "Sure. That's short for oleo margarine." Equipment Stolen From Tool House Illinois Valiey-A tool house en the Knoptic creek tract and owned by Moore Timber Products company was bur glarized recently, Thieves sawed a heavy-duty padlock off the door and re moved a power saw, an elec tric drill and a pair of rubber boot j. Site of the tool house is about 15 miles from O'Brien Both Oregon and California authorities are investigating the theft. Hornbrook Voters Nix Tax Increase By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Mail Tribune Correspondent Hornbrook - In the special elementary school tax elec tion held last Tuesday, Horn brook voters defeated the pro posed increase by a vote of 71 to 30. Of five districts vot ing on tax increases, only one, Hilts, favored the measure. Others voting against the Rangers Introduce Knob Cone Pine In Applegafe Area By MAUDE ZIEGLER Mail Tribune Correspondent Applegate Valley - A long range view of the timber situ ation is taken by forest men, and the knob cone pine is be ing introduced here as a pos sible alternate species of tim ber, should the common types be hit by disease or insect destruction in epidemic pro portions. The knob cone is common to the southwest Cascades and southwestern Sierra Nevada mountains, and a small num ber of two-year-old trees are being planted in the O'Brien creek area of Carbury creek. Should the weather turn dry the planting will stop imme diately. The condition of planting, explains Ranger Neil Suttell, is in relation to another pro ject, in the area, that of re claiming brush land and fit ting the soil to produce tim ber. Brush eradication is un der contract to the J and R Equipment company at Ruch, and is accomplished by a brush blade attached to trac tors, which windrows the brush. Joe Jewell, project forester, is supervising the work. As the brush is cleared, the ground is left in good condi tion for a seed bed, and forest service crews also are plant ing ponderosa pine seed in the cleared areas. Crews already have com pleted brush control and planting on 115 acres and are now working on another 20 acres. Next they will move on to the final 50 of the total of 185 acres Involved. Many Attend Open House at School Tiller - Drew - In spite of rain, sleet and snow, a large crowd of parents and friends attended the open house at the Days Creek school last Thurs day evening.. A program in the school gymnasium preceded the open house. The program consisted of several numbers by the school band, a piano selection played by Linda Long, a clari net solo by Richard Harter, The Blue Tail Fly sung py the male sextet, and several numbers by, the high school chorus. Willard Brenner, mu sic instructor, conducted the band and chorus. Following the program par ents visited the various rooms and refreshments were served in the cafeteria by the home economics class. Tavern Burglars Get Cash, Liquor Yreka - An undetermined amount of cash, liquor and other items were taken dur ing a burglary Thursday night of the Fletcher bar in Monta gue. Sheriff's deputies investi gating the case said entry was gained by prying a lock off a door. IV Students Repay Non-Interest Bonds Illinois Valley - Another $200 In bonds is being paid off by the Illinois Valley High school student body. Holders of the bonds are being noti tied and checks delivered when bonds are surrendered. When the lights were In stalled at the football field, $1,000 worth of non-Interest bearing bonds were sold to finance the project. Holders of the bonds are local rest dents who gave a helping hand to finance the school's modern athletic facilities. The student body has un dertaken payment for the bonds and, after this year, it will owe but $400 of the or iginal amount. Funds for re payment came largely from gate receipts from athletic events. SALE APPROVED Gold Hill The Gold hill city council recently approved selling 50 yards of gravel to Harold Salter, building con tractor, with the city reserv ing the right to designate the site from which the gravel will be taken. proposal, besides Hornbrook, were Gazelle, Grenada and Klamath River Union. If passed, the bill would have boosted the maximum tax rate from .80 to 1.30, or approximately 61.7 per cent. The increase would have re mained in effect for an un specified period of time, and would have provided money for all school purposes. Return to Office On establishment of trustee areas in the newly -formed Yreka Union High school dis tricts, voters in Hornbrook cast 45 votes for and 44 against. Local voters also fa vored the return to office of all five incumbents on the board of the high school dis trict. This vote coincided with all other districts balloting. Incumbents are Elvyn T. Dougherty, Gazelle; Dr. Don ald Meamber, Yreka; Delbert Pilliard, Yreka; Sally Rey nolds, Little Shasta, and Douglas Whittaker, Hilts. Rural Reflections By MAUDE ZIEGLER Applegate Valley-There Is a great deal of activity in the community these days in the way of dinners, programs, etc., and somehow through most of it, there has been woven some ephemeral qual ity a little hard to catch up with. There is a personality contributing a great deal that is unannounced anu unmen tioned on printed programs. At the Red Cross program he was traveling incognito through the audience and across the stage at unearthy moments and at the PTA din ner and show he was singing a little song he had made up in the shower a short while before. Hidden talents ought to be recognized in the name of Larry Tweedy. Board To Review Assessments Property taxpayers have until May 16 to file petitions with the Jackson county board of equalization to review as sessments, according to Ches ter H. Wendt, chairman of the board, and County Assessor Ray Schumacher. The board, composed of wendt, council commissioner, and E. H. Singmaster and Ar nold Bohnert, will meet in the county court room Monday, May a, to make the annual re view of assessments. Oregon law provides that a property owner may appear in person or be represented by an attorney before the board when it considers petitions for reductions of assessments. Taxpayers may determine the assessed value of their property by contacting the as sessor s office. By dividing this figure by the county ratio of 25 per cent, taxpayers can arrive at the true cash value. A taxpayer planning to ap peal to the board of equaliza tion should first review his assessment with Schumacher. If the assessor feels the assess ment is correct and the tax payer disagrees, he may place his case before the board on or before May 16. Forms for this purpose may be obtained from the assessor or the coun ty clerk, who serves as secre tary to the board. If the board sustains the as sessor, the taxpayer has 30 days after the board's notice is sent to him or published, in which to continue his appeal to the state tax commission. Thereafter he may take his case to circuit court. FORCE APPOINTED Gold Hill Appointment of H. D. Force to the Jackson County Advisory Planning committee was approved rec ently by the Gold Hill city council. Force replaces Ralph Bell. Health Clinics Set Yreka-Heallh clinics will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Jackson Street school and tomorrow morning at the Gold Street school. Shots of all kinds will b given. BOB WALTERS. Regional Editor CORRESPONDENTS: Applegate Valley Maude Ziegler. TW 9-1333 Butte Falls Mary Jo Harris, TO 9-2126 Central Point Doris Hughes, NO 4-1108 Eagle Point Dottie Harbison, HI 6-3274 Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell. UL 5-1128 Grandview-Lone Pine Dot Simmons, SP 2-9676 Happy Camp Happy Camp H.S. Journalism Class Hornbrook Kamerlne Chapman, GR 4-3586 Illinois Valley Katharine Scott, 5203 Jacksonville Bette Hoskins, TW 91209 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 Wation, TR 8-2351 Table Rock R E. Nealon, TA 6-2097 Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers Yreka Ruth Middleton, VI 2-2807 ,t Yreka PTA Installs Officers; Mrs. Caldwell New President By RUTH MIDDLETON Mall Tribune Correspondent Yreka- President Mrs. Fred Caldwell and seven other new officers were installed by the Yreka PTA at its meeting last Thursday night at Jackson street school. Other officers installed were Mrs. Stanford Cooley, first vice president; Mrs. Rob ert Jenott, second vice presi dent; Mrs. James Robinson, third vice president; Robert Reynolds, fourth vice presi dent; Mrs. John Jackson, sec retary; Mrs. Robert Stewart, treasurer, and Mrs. Earl House, historian. Officiating during installa IV Man Named To Science Board Illinois Valley-Clement Y. Arnold Jr., son of the local postmaster, has been appoint ed to the Board of Science Education of the Oregon Academy of Science for 1960 61. The younger Arnold is di rector of science education at Philomath Junior-Senior High school. The board is a 12-man state wide group which will study various aspects of high school science education, Arnold is one of five high school in structors on the board. The oilier seven are from science departments of Oregon col leges. Arnold, a gradaute of Ker- by High school, is in his fourth year at Philomath. He received a master of science degree from Oregon State col lege and attended National Science Foundation summer institutes the past two sum mers. He Is president-elect of the Benton Educational asso ciation for 1960-61. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Clement Y. Arnold Sr. of Cave Junction. Ashlender Draws Sentence in Weed Yreka-Ralph W. Harris, 31-year-old Ashland man, was sentenced to 15 days in jail last week on a charge of fur nishing alcoholic beverages to minors. Harris was arrested by Weed police and appeared in Weed justice court. Regional Calendar Eagle Point Eagle Point firemen will meet at the fire hall at 7 o'clock tonight for fire drill Eagle Point The Lions Auxiliary will elect officers at its potluck dinner meeting at the home of Mrs. Glenn D. Hale at 7 o'clock tonight. Eagle Point The South B Street coffee party will hold its monthly get-together at the home of Mrs. Arthur Kent, 233 South B St., at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Eagle Point The Scout Community Center Building committee will meet at o'clock tonight at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kimmel at the end of South B st. REQUEST OPPOSED Gold Hill The Gold Hill city council recently opposed a request to build a residence in a business zone and rec ommended that In the future persons should investigate be fore making purchases of lots for homes In business zones. Regional tion ceremonies was Mrs. Al bert Bryan, past district presi dent. Dr. Cloer Speaks Guest speaker at the meet ing was Dr. Harold Cloer, di rector of adult education at Southern Oregon college. His topic was "Preface to a Life." Members elected Mrs. Ed gar Meek to accompany Mrs. Request Made by EP Fire Chief Eagle Point "Please don't hang up the telephone until the fire department can an swer your call!" That's the word from Eagle Point Fire Chief Dave Kahl, who said that some local resi dents apparently don't under stand the new method of re porting a fire. Two or three times lately, Kahl said, persons have dialed the telephone number and failed to wait long enough to relay their name, location of the fire and other necessary information. By the time a fireman reached the phone, no one was on the line. The fire department's new number, distributed to each Eagle Point resident, auto matically sets off the fire siren when it is dialed but does not tell the firemen where the fire is. The infor mation cannot be relayed by telephone operators as the calls are direct. Kahl requested that callers stay on the line until fire men have all the information they need. WERE YOU COUNTED? The enumeration of Ameiicani in the 1960 Census li now almost finished. At you know, It is very important that the Census be complete and correct. IF you believe that you were, not counted, pltast fill out the form below and mail It lmmcdlatefy"io: U.S. Census District Office On April 1, Thii address I am listing PLEASE LISTi 1. Evtryont who uiually lives in Ihls household, whalhtr reloled Io you or not. i. All ptnom staying here who hove no other home. Write names in Hiii order (If jon Caldwell to the May 4-6 PTA convention In San Francisco. Alternate delegates elected were Mrs. Jenott and Mrs. Dick Johnson. Plans for this year's eighth grade graduation dance, which will be sponsored by the PTA, were discussed. The dance pre viously had been sponsored by the Knights of Pythias. School Principal Reynolds announced that registration for kindergarten and first grade pupils who had not yet attended school would be held May 2 through May 6 at the Jackson Street school. Kindergarten pupils must have been born on or before Dec. 1, 1955, and first graders on or before Dec. 1, 1954. Days Creek Carnival Set for This Friday Tiller-Drew The Days Creek carnival, the major fund raising project of the Days Creek student body, will be held this Friday. During the evening the king and queen of the carni val will be crowned. They will be chosen by votes bought at a penny each. The rest of the court has been chosen by ballot from the ninth, tenth, and eleventh grades. Junior prince .and princess are Jerry Perkins and Dar- lene Parks; sophomore prince and princess are Richard Bon- ney and his sister, Bonnie Bonney; and freshman prince and princess are Fred VanNor man and Lana Midkiff. it Room 460, Lane County Court House Building, Eugene, Oregon I have checked with the members of my household, and I believe that one (or more) of us was NOT counted, here in the 1960 Census. 1960, 1 lived at (Houm Number) it located between , below the name and required information For myself and each member NnMEt OF PERSONS UVINfl IN THIS HOUSEHOLD ON APRIL 1, ISM, AND THOSE STAYING HERE WHO HAVE NO OTHER HOME Head of household on Rrst line Wile of head Unmanied children, oldest first Married children and their families Other relatives Others not related la head of household lies more than I omou, DM an additional ihMt) ! First name Nam of person who filled this form: Former Gold Hill Youth Advances To Eagle Scout By MARY KELL Mail Tribune Correspondent Gold Hill - Willard Water- house, an Inactive associate advisor of Boy Scout Explor er Post 43, Gold Hill, who now resides in Huntington Park, Calif., recently receiv ed his Eagle Scout award. He had been eligible for the honor for the past 15 months. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Waterhouse, of Hunting ton Park. At the age of 13, Willard commenced his work in Scout ing when he became a mem ber of Boy Scout Troop 43. He credits Vaughn Whitmore, who has served as advisor of Explorer Post 43 for many years, as being an inspiration to him through his years in Scouting in Gold Hill. Crater Graduate Willard, a graduate of Cra ter High school, was a mem ber of the Future Farmers of America during high school, and clerked in Gail's Gold Hill market three years while he attended high school. He is now a student In secondary education at Los Angeles City college. After going to Huntington Park he transferred to U. S. Army Reserves in California from the 186 Infantry of Ore gon National Guard, Medford, of which he was clerk for company A. Willard and Mrs. Water- house returned to their home in California last week end after a week's visit with rela tives and friends here. TO STUDY CODE Gold Hill-City Councilmen Cecil Van Horn, Delos Waik er and Virgil Gribble recent ly were appointed by Mayor Milton Steinmetz to serve on a committee to revise the local building code and ordin ances to comply with the code recommended by the county. OUR "GOOF" Is Your Gravyl BE A K-BOY Blooper-Snooper UNITED STATES OF AMERICA i960 Census of Population (tiirut't tsr UwU (Our) (Nun oi Street or iUd) PLEASE BE SURE TO LIST All members of your family Hying with you, Includ ing babiei. All other relatives living here. e) Lodgers and boarders living here. Servants, hired handi, others not related to you who are living here. Anyone else slaying here but who has no other home. ALSO LIST- PtMOnt who uiuQH iie-n hi uui who art away temporarily on builntti, on vacation, or In a Jtntral hospital. What Is the relationship of each person to the head of this household 7 (For example, wife, son, daughter, grandson, mother-in-law, lodger, lodger's wife) (P3) Male or Female (Mor F) Middle Initial (Pi) Head CONFIDINTIAL The Ceniui it by 13 U.S.C 6, ?, Ml, 221-4. accurately, and guoranttes that ment. The Census report cannot be used tor purposes of rotation, mveiTigoTion. w. Mundey, April 25, 190 Former Forest Ranger to Operate Grayback Camp By KATHERINE SCOTT Mail Tribune Correspondent Illinois Valley - joe Tel vick, who recently resigned from the forest service, has signed a contract to operate Grayback camp from May 15 to Sept. 30. The camp will be operated on a concession basis this year with government-regulated charges for camping and pic nicking. A number of over night visitors already have u 8 e d the camping facilities this spring. Government-set prices for a party of not more than six adults are $1 per night or $6 per week. A party of from 7 Permits Required To Burn Trash Phoenix Permits for burn ing trash will be required from Tuesday on, according to Fire Chief Leo Furry. Permits may be obtained from Phoenix city hall or from the police chief, he ad ded. Persons using incinera tors with covers do not need permits. The announcement was made Saturday night during the annual dinner in the Phoe nix Community club sponsor ed by the Phoenix Volunteer fireme.i's auxiliary for aux iliary members and their hus-. bands. The auxiliary also promised the fire department two wool blankets for the emergency and first aid truck. Furry said the department would buy three sets of turnout pants and boots and buy some more later to protect the clothing of volunteers going to fires. CLOGSTON'S Metal Weaiher Stripping and Screens Eatlmatea Gladly Phone SP 1-1014 Evenings (8UU (Nun of Stmt or of my household. DO NOT LIST- College students who are away at college (or who are here only on vacation). t) Persons stationed Armed Forces. Persons away In Institutions, such as a san itarium, nursing home, home for the aged, mental hospital. Tney will b counttd thtre. Is this person- White Negro American Indian Japanese Chinese Filipino Hawaiian Part Hawaiian Aleut Eskimo (et.)7 P?J When was Ihls person born? e Month Year required by the United States Conititutien end further outhorned The law requires that the inquiries be answered oomplstily and the Information furnished will be accorded confidential treat MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, 3 to 12 persons would nav S2 a night or $12 a week. Chil dren under 12 years of age are admitted free. Camping parties will be as signed a campsite with table and other facilities. Picnick ing parties of not more thn six adults will be charged 50 cents per day, and parties ar riving in trailers will be con sidered overnight campers. Crews at Work Telvick will sell only fire wood. Crews already are get ting the camp ready for sum mer by adding new tables and running a water line under the highway in preparation for the addition to be con structed on the opposite side of the road. Officials expressed the need for a man in attendance last summer when many persons were using the camp's facili ties, but the forest service could not spare personnel to handle the work. Telvick gave the govern ment a bond to cover his ope rations and provided liability insurance in the contract. This plan Is being carried out in many sections of the country where facilities are heavily used and charges are strictly regulated. WE FILL ALL PRESCRIPTIONS Be with Trailing accuracy from fresh stocks of pure, ,JOlent drugs. Leave your Prescription here while you PARK & SHOP Open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily Closed Sundays Green Stamps CENTRAL DRUG Main and Central FREE 1EUVERY or anywhere else, M (ApMtcHttt Number or Location) Roud) away from here In the Is this I Man-led Widowed Divorced Separated Single (never married)? (leave blank for children born alter March 31. 1940 Z2
