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Newspaper Page Texto O u o o MAIL TRIBUNE, Madford, Or. 'A Friday, May 20, 190 Regional Calendar App!ft Valley - A film "Window, of the Soul," will be shown at Ruch Community church at 8 o'clock Monday evening. It is a new Moody science film. Eagle Point - A baton show featuring high school, grade school and future majorettes will be held In the grade school gymnasium at 8 o'clock Saturday night. Performances will be led by future drum major Kevin Kimmcl and mu sic will be provided by the high school band. Special ac robatic routines will feature Debbie Oakes and Lynda Harnish. Refreshments will be served. A small charge will be made for admission. The public is invited. Happy Camp - There will be a music concert by James Tristan's classes at Happy Camp High school this Tues day. An award will be pre sented to the school's out standing pupil of the year. Applegate Valley - This Sunday is cleanup day at Log Town cemetery. Work hours are in the forenoon and after noon and there will be a pot luck dinner and business meet ing. Happy Camp - The annual cemetery cleanup day will be tomorrow. A dinner will be served to workers by women of Happy Camp Grange at the Grange hall. Grange Chairman Mrs. Bernice Sut cliffe will be in charge of the dinner. Rural Reflections Br MAUDE ZIEGLEB Applegate Valley -Two little bears who lived in the community for a while and won their way into the hearts of everyone who knew them have journeyed on now to larger fields of endeavor. After all, they were bears, and their slaps and bites were 1 little overBEARing. But behind them they have left vivid impressions as real personalities. They attended various functions, such as ladies club events and mission ary meetings, and accepted baby sitting courtesies along with other children. One little bruin received a pair of soak ers knit for him by an ad mirer between her sessions of commercial knitting, and the other bruin wore pajamas quite often. One bear would lie on the floor and cry when he got a spanking, and the other en joyed climbing and conse quently the kitchen curtains were torn down. He also could turn on the kitchen faucet and get a drink. The Big Switch is to Dodge Dart The Car That's All New All 1960 DODGE DART DELIVERED IN MEDFORD Dodge Economy Engine Solid Unibody Construc tion Electric Wiperi Torion Air Ride 750x14 Tire, PARSON MOTOR GO. Dodge-Dodge 315 East 5th - Next to Gold Hill Woman Remembers Oregon Life in Pioneer Days By MARY KZuh Mail Tribuna Correspondent Gold Hill-Mrs. Lillie Mac- Kay, daughter of an Indian War Scout and member of one of Oregon's well-known pioneer families, celebrated her 87th birthday anniversary recently. She was honored at a party given at the home of her nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Kendal Dufur in Gold Hill, in observance of the occasion. In an interview with this correspondent, Mrs. MacKay, who has a sharp sense of humor and is actually more interested in keeping abreast with modern times than living in the past, told some interest ing stories of incidents that occurred during her child hood days in this area. She also related some phases of her life in regard to some of the narratives that have been written about her fa mous father, .. W. Hayes, who died in 1027 at the age of 85 years. He was one of Ore gon's pioneer men who help ed to make the Rogue Valley a safer and better place for early settlers lo establish their homes during those historic days. Mrs. MacKuy, a dauuhlcr of Mr. and Mrs. James Willis Hayes, was born April 24, 1873 at "Moonville," which is now known as Sams Val ley. At the time of her birth her father was operating the general store and post office in Moonville. She was a small child when he sold his business there and moved his family to Rock Point, an old stage station on New Personnel Check in At Cow Creek District By VIOLA ROGERS Mail Tribune Correspondent Tiller-Drew - New person nel at the Cow Creek district of the Umpo.ua National For est at Tiller are Charles E. Summer Classes Slated at Jewett Central Point - Bill Brew ster, principal, announced that summer school classes will be offered at the H. P. Jewett Elementary school for grades one to four for those children who would benefit by addi tional time in class. Classes will start each morning beginning June 27 and continue six weeks until August 5. Hours will be from 9 a.m. to noon five days per week. Transportation lo and from school must be furnished by parents, Brewster said. Enrollment is limited. INCLUDES: Slant 6 Safety Rim Wheel SEE IT TODAY AT Dart-Dodge Truck Headquertere Greyhound the California and Oresor. Stage Company lines. It was at that time one of Jackson county's busy townsites. Mrs. MacKay said she will never forget the memory of her father during those years at Rock Point, when besides his blacksmith shop business he served as a messenger (police guard) on the stage whenever there was a payroll to be taken through. The sawed-off shotgun he carried made a deep impres sion on her and the other children In her Home because they knew it was to be used for serious business, and they were fearful of it as well be cause the gun was such an odd-looking thing. Her father, J. W. Hayes, who was born in 1842 in Ken tucky, came across the plains to Oregon by oxen team with his parents when he was 11 years old. His family settled about 21) miles from Grants Pass, just beyond Hayes hill which was named after the Hayes family later. She said the Indians called her father the "black devil." He served when he was about 14 years old as a scout in the Rogue River war in 1853-56 under Mike Bushey. It Is said that J. W. Hayes, known to his friends as "Bill," was among the best scouts that ever followed an Indian trail, lie was described as tall and wore his black hair long. When he wanted lo get in formation, he let his hair fall down over his shoulders, put a blanket over his shoulders, and moccasins on his feet and Casnn and Roger E. Williams. Cason will work in the en gineering department. He for merly worked in the Mt. Hood National Forest and in the Klamath National Forest in California. He is married and has a 2-year-old son. Williams is a forester who had worked for the Cow Creek District from 1055-57. After two years In the Army he is bark in Tiller again. He and his wife will live at the ranger station. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bur- back Jr. and daughter are be ing transferred from Tiller to the Diamond Lake district where his work will be rec reation development. According to Ranger John Wilson, the tree planting pro gram for the year Is finished and work crews are now busy with trail and telephone main tenance getting ready for fire season. The blister rust con trol program also is under way. $55.60 PER MONTH Gaaoline, Oil and License New Lustre-Bond Enamel New Car Service High Style High Performance Low Price Tag Phone) SP 3.3687 ted through the Indian camps. Mrs. MacKay told of the unforgetable fear that her mother, the former Sophronia Cook, who had crossed the plains from Missouri, had of the Indians, and remembers so well the times when she was a small child in Rock Point. Her mother put heavy blankets over the windows of their home when Indians were passing through the area because she was afraid the Indians would "peek in the windows " Mrs. MacKay commenced her school days in the historic Rock Point school building that was destroyed by fire the summer of 1959. She said church services were held in the school building as well as funerals when she wag a youngster. She says speaking of fu nerals reminds her of a lime when she was about 10 years old. She was picking red lilies with a group of children in the vicinity of the Rock Point cemetery. As they scampered about the grave yard looking for wild flowers, they came upon an open grave, and need less to say the red lilies were forgotten. She ran with the others as fast as their legs would take them to their homes to spread the word. Since there were no reports of any death, the townspeo ple of Rock Point, including her parents, decided that a grave robbing had taken place. Dug Own Grave About a month later, she said the character, as she re ferred to him, who was re sponsible for the bewildering situation casually told the worried townsfolk that he had dug his own grave so that it would be ready for him when he died, although he was in perfect health at the time. His name was John Satterfield, a man who loved to fish in the Rogue river and attended to his own business, even to planting a garden and har vesting vegetables on his own plot in the cemetery, she said. When he died he was buried in a coffin that he had made and stored in the loft of his home. She said that he also carved his own headstone for his grave. She remembers the first train that passed through Rock Point after the railroad was built In 188:1. She said it was not a passenger train, but just flu tears with lots of people riding on them. About 1883 her father mov ed his family to Central Point where he was engaged for about 10 years as a man of many trades - blacksmith, warehouseman for the rail road, livery stable hand, hard ware merchant selling agri culture implements, and op erating a dance hall over the livery stable. When she was a teen-ager living in Central Point, her father would hitch up the horses and take her and her friends to Willow Springs where popular dances of the era were held at the location where the Willow Springs Grange hall is now. The Hayes family returned In the late 80s or early 1800 era to the J. W. Hayes ranch in the Rock Point area. He later went into the blacksmith trade In Gold Hill, continuing in this occupation until his retirement. He established the Hayes home in Gold Hill at the residence which is now known as the "old John Hayes home." Discovers Mine Her husband, Joseph R. MacKay, a mining engineer, discovered the .famous old Corporal G. Gold Mine in the vicinity of the Rock Point area In 1904. He named It after a nephew of his, Sam Gillis, who was among the First California Volunteers that fought in the Spanish American War. Having some of the sart pioneer spirit as her father, she said the most interesting years of her lite were when she accompanied her husband on his mining expeditions to remote areas in Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California. After his death in 1922. she and their adopted son, Rich ard MacKay, returned to Gold Hill where she has made her home most of the time since then. She does her own house work and leisure hours in doors are spent crocheting and knitting. Always fond of children, one of her favorite pastimes is to walk when weather permits to the Dufur home to visit her grand nephew, five-year-old Johny Dufur, and grandnicce. Can dace Dufur, whn is two years old. Her fevorite hobby is working in her flower gar den. Her aim Richard renides In North Hllhlandi, Calif , wilh Mi wile, Ton I and their two youngster. Joe and Toni. Mrt. MacKa. one of eight children, tit cue a iter living. Mrs, J. Frank Schmidt of Jroulriale. Ore Slio is the for mer txlua Hayes of. tic id liiti, o Regional News Tablets New Product: D.F.D. Table Rock - Sanford Rich ardson, who takes pride in raising the first sweet corn of the season, planted his corn, and went with his wife to Portland for a week's visit, re turning Wednesday. He checked his corn, and found it had come up all right, being helped by some friendly pheasants. George Guthrie, caretak er at TouVelle park, reports some 400 people attended the Sears picnic for em ployees and families last Sunday. This was the larg est attended picnic so far this year. We have met lately a half dozen registered RoDublkans who are in a fix, as they can't. go Nixon, so are going to write in a Democratic candi date on their Republican bal lot, which won't be counted toward his election. This sit uation was brought about by the heavy Republican major ity in the county and state in past years. During that time if a Republican got the nomina tion he was more than likely to be elected, so to be sure of getting good officials, one had to vote a Republican primary ballot. Land leveling equipment belonging to William O. Day. of Medford, has been in use here for several days on farm lands. The machine was operated by Ernest McEvers of Sams Valley, who claims he can level land and give it the proper slope for irrigation without it being staked, Gilbert Elder, of the Big Y area, celebrated his 89th birth day last Sunday with relatives and friends at the home of his son, Jesse Elder and fam ily, west side Table Rockers. Irrigation wilh sprinklers started Tuesday on the J, L. Nealon farm, where the con sistent westerly winds are drying the surface soil and blowing us a lot of dust. We have heard some skepti cal reactions to our story about the Hoover sub-division. Some thought it might be a bit over-drawn as to buildings and upkeep of premises, and might end up as a "china town." Others thought selling building supplies at wholesale might work a hardship on other dealers. Then one good lady wondered if we were not bringing too many people into an already crowded valley. In answer to the first, they have a zoning ordinance that will keep premises clean of rubbish and buildings painted. As to the second, if someone hadn't possessed courage and vision, the land would still be vacant, and no one would be selling building supplies there. As to the last, we don't need to worry about getting too many people in the valley, if they have some sort of income, but if jobs should slacken, those depending on work might be in difficulty. Bill Duggan. the Sams Valley Bensonlied farmer, member of the county plan ning commission and build er of smog-proof homes for Californians, was a brief caller here Wednesday on his way to deliver petitions to the planning commission In Medford. BOB WALTERS. Regional Editor CORRESPONDENTS: Applegate Valley Maude Ziegler, TW 9-1333 Butte Falls Mary Jo Harris, TO 3-2128 Central Point Doris Hughes, NO 4-1108 Eagle Point Dottie Harbison, HI 6-3274 Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell. UL 51126 Grandview-Lone Pine Dot Simmons, SP 2-967 Happy Camp Vivian E. Stevenson Hornbrook Karherlne Chapman, GR 5-358 Illinois Valley Kitherine Scott, 5203 Jacksonville Bette Hoskins, TW 9-1209 McLeod Caroline Harding, TR 8-2260 Meadows Nellie Bergman. HI 6-1267 Montague Carol Peterson Phoenix Helen Nikodym. KE 5139 Prospect Frances Ring. UN 9-2211 Rogue River Cecile Camden, JU 2-3379 Shady Cove Evalyn Watson. TR 9-2351 Table Rock R. E. Nealon. TA 9-2097 Talent Joe Cowley. KE 5-2919 Tiller-Drew Viola Refers Williams Bonnie Mitchell. PR 2263 Yreka Hulk Middleioa, VI 2-2807 TROWBRIDGE (r FLYNN lecommende Your Attendance it MEDFORD ACTIVI CLUI'S ACTIVE VARIETIES fcterfey, Day 21 ly R. I. NIAL0H It must be that our friend Clifford, the Forest Acres scribe, since he shed his cen tennial beard, got somewhat out of balance. Of course we never missed the melon he snitched, but what is confus ing to us is that we have no son or grandson. So F. J. must have got the melon from someone's patch that might not be so lenient with him as we might. This takes us back many years, when an adjoining neighbor named Hansen had a melon patch in the lower field near the woods. To protect the melons from snitchers, he put up a sign that read: "These melons are poisoned." Coming to his patch the next day he found near the sign, the rinds of a big melon that had been eaten and a sign, "This one wasn't." In a telephone conversa tion with Mrs. Fred Sander of Medford, friends here of the Val Ware family, learned that Mrs. Ware passed away May 15, at Long Beach, Calif., where she and her husband had resided since leaving here. In the June 6, 1919 issue of the M.T., an item in the Table Rock Tablets tells of a hard frost the night before that did heavy damage to fruit, crops, and gardens. This might suggest that we not empty our smudge pots too soon. While attending the Roos evelt memorial dinner lest Saturday, we met a lot of fine people, and many ca pable looking candidates, all eble and willing to serve their country. The dinner was all you could wish for, and the program that lasted more than an hour was high ly interesting and instruc tive the whole way through. During the introducing of Presidential candidates, if our applause meter was working correctly, Kennedy had the edge on Morse with Johnson next. The mention of Mrs. Roosevelt's name was loudly applauded. Such a meeting as this we would hate to miss and only wish more Republicans would at tend. The ladies were very kind in not obstructing any one's vision by wearing mostly small hats. They had small head pieces about the sise of one's hand, looked like they might have been knitted and pasted on their heads. It seems there's no bird on "Nellie's" hat any more. Thought for the day: As a good American citizen, be sure you go to the polls and vote for your favorite candi date. There is no charge. 'SKIP DAY' HELD Butte Falls Last Friday was "skip day" for seventh and eighth grade students of Butte Falls Grade school. Ac companied by Principal Leon ard Stratton and room moth ers Mrs. William Lytle, Mrs. Ray Chambers and Mrs. Orbie Ruddick, they went by bus to tin' House of Mystery, Lithia Paik, Twin Plunges swim ming pool and TouVelle park. Yreka-The FBI arrested 37-year-old Harry F. Clark of Dunsmuir this week as a de serter from the Air Force. He will be held In county jail pending arrival of Air Force officials. 7:30 p.m. Medford High j School Auditorium! Hunter and Best Operations Listed Applegate Valley - Mr. and i Mrs. Glenn Hunter of Ruch left recently for Gold Beach, wnere tney win remain tor the summer looking after business interests. Some months ago the firm of Hunter and Best, which includes Hunter's son. B. J. Hunter, and Glenn Best, purchased property with 250 feet of riv er frontage on the Rogue at Gold Beach, and started busi ness changes on the property. They erected a new build ing to house a salmon cannery which they lease to another party. At present they are converting the old cannery building to a center for sell ing fishing gear with a view to handling commercial fish ing equipment in the future. They also own a boat dock. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Best have been at the business site, located at Wedderman across the river from Gold Beach, since its purchase. B. J. Hunt er and his family are remain ing at Ruch, where he man ages the Hunter and Best Christmas tree farm, where the third season of tree grow ing is underway. Eighty-five acres are planted on the 450 acre holdings. Maurer to Head Activity Program Illinois Valley - The sum mer recreation board has elected Larry Maurer to di rect this summer's youth ac tivity program, sponsored by the Lions club. Maurer will set up a pro gram which will include golf, swimming, baseball, archery, Softball and other sports. It will be open to both youths and adults. At the same board meeting, Illinois Valley High school's vocational agriculture depart ment was awarded concession rights at all spectator sports programs. Maurer said the program will be a success if there is enough individual interest ei ther to participate in it or sup port it. He said he hoped Il linois Valley residents would "again rally behind the pro gram this year." HOP uuuu what happens to paint AFTER you buy it? 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Others attending the horse show from here included Gerry's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Orson Coleman, and her brother, Johnny; Miss Penny Barnum, Miss Linda Blanken ship, and Miss Lulabclle Whit ten, all members of the Va querras and "Skip" Wayne. ONE OUT OF EVERY SIX CARS ROAD WILL END UP IN A PAIR SHOP THIS YEAR! Over nine million cjrs are doomed lo ex- Uf neniive bodv reoairi became of acci- E ' mane) v. unlet vou mrm adeauatelv in- lurcDi vnvcK wiin your jiuic rat in aiBI" fJ-W'- s . . a find out how you can get top-notch ffT ..-, .:u c..i. t.. .,. m. W &' ! i ' t il I. .. j.L. Cl.l. C proiaiiiun wiin iaie renin wwniawi iim todav. I fi VIRGIL R. WILKES ill C...&U ham fAiM j-oov3 (NlUiANCI I J mm WE CARE because our reputation is at stake! Therefore.. .when you buy Sherwin- Whuams Paints you will be sure to get. HELP IN SELECTING COLORS Consult our new Color Harmony Guide the easiest-to-use yet most authentic method of se lecting correct color harmonics ever devised. 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Company trucks bring liquified gas from the Shell Oil company at Mar tinez, Calif., near Oakland, Adams said. The new bulk plant instal lation will be operated in ad dition to the present one on Bolz rd. It will have larger storage capacity and will pro vide the company with two ways for delivery, by truck and by rail. The clearing op eration started Tuesday. The new plant should be in stalled in about 60 days, Adams predicted. CARDS J? ,217 E. Main ON THE BODY RE- (Plf I a. Li- . .j.A.a F rHnieH & STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY Horn Office: Bloomington, iflinote 9944 covi IARTH . . Store Hours: A.M.te J;30 P.M. tiH S P.M. Satureayt ft 1 Cevieit Ofrttreet Paikif ovit I IAIIH , iDccrac:::::. 5' 'on oocd o O OG OO OO GO 0 o c ::. C3 f-3 Gt'DC c 3c:dc::dcd cdC ) e r? O CO OC:3 0 !