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o o ( ) o 1 mUTIWIW, HtMut, . lw A tfiUt. My V. UW Bronze Plaques To Be Dedicated At Memorial Park Four bronze military plaques, one for each branch of the service, will be dcdi cated in ceremonies at Hill crest Memorial park on North Phoenix rd. at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 29. Hillcrest Memorial park was founded by Conger-Morris Funeral home in Septem ber, 19S8, and is managed by William Driscoll. Lt. Col. Otto Ewaldsen, Army reserve, will be master of ceremonies, and Brig. Gen. William H. Prentice will make the dedication address. Accepting plaques will be Lt. Col. Donald H. Whalin, commanding officer of Head quarters and headquarters de tachment 382 quartermaster battalion, Army reserve; Maj. Robert Rix, Marine reserve; Lt. Richard A. Schuchard, commanding officer, Naval reserve electronics division 13-5; and Lt. Coi. Edward B. Jacobson, Air Force reserve. Capt. Gordon C. Hays, com manding officer Headquarters battery, second gun battalion, 249th artillery, will raise col ors, and taps will be sounded by Bob Heids and Ray Smith, Medford High school. The firing squad and color guard will consist of members of the Ashland National Guard unit and invocation will be by the Rev. William S. Walsh, an Army retired lieutenant colonel. Plaques will be placed on the flag pole base near the chapel entrance, and names of servicement buried in the park will be inscribed on the plaque designating the branch of service in which they served. ,: -; 1.11 ; ' -AW. . Trailers, Mobile Homes Turn Into Billion Dollar Industry LONG-RANGE RADAR - The award of a $14 million contract for the production of the ANSPS-30, one of the Navy's longest range radars, has been announced by Gen eral Electric's military electronics depart ment. Shown installed atop the mast of the USS Macon, the new radar features a three dimensional capability which simultaneous ly detects range azimuth and height of a target. (UPI Telephoto) Three Accidents )rted in Area tate Police Repor ByStc State police reported three automobile accidents yester day. A one - car accident oc curred about 8:45 a.m. yester day on Blackwell rd. when a car driven by Howard Eugene Freeman, 18, of Gold Hill, rolled over, state police said. The car apparently failed to make a curve. The driver lost control, and the car rolled over, police said. There were no injuries, police added. Charles Fred Wade, 77, of 1083 Ellendale dr., Medford was Informed by state police that a complaint would be filed against him charging im proper changing of lanes fol lowing a two-car accident about 10:30 a.m. yesterday. The accident occurred at the intersection of Harry and David's Bear Creek orchards and the South Pacific high way. Wade's car was struck in the right rear fender by a car driven by Michael Guy Duggan, route 2, box 325, Central Point, police said. Slippery road conditions were blamed for a one-car ac cident on the Phoenix bypass yesterday afternoon, state po lice said. Evidently Genevieve Salo ma Pressnall, 41, of 181 Oak st., Ashland, applied the car brakes, the car went into a spin, knocked down a high way sign post, and landed bot tom up in a ditch. No injuries were reported. Death Takes Seven-Tenths of Second When Speeding Car Smashes Into Tree Trailers Hold Millions New York -IUP!- Mobile home or trailer dwellers num ber more than 3,500.000, about equal to the population of Chicago, the nation's second largest city, according to the American' Finance Confer ence, national association of independent sales finance companits. ' Columbus, Ohio - (UPI) - How fast can you die in a speeding car? The Ohio Highway Safety Department released this in formation, prepared at the Madigan Army Hospital, Ta coma, Wash., answering that question in an effort to get motorists to slow down dur ing the Memorial Day week end. This is the slow-motion, split-second reconstruction of what happens when a car, traveling 55 miles an hour, crashes into a solid, immov able tree: 110 of a Second The front bumper and chrome "frosting" of the grill work collapse. Slivers of steel penetrate the tree to a depth of 1V4 in ches or more. 210 of a Second The hood crumples as It rises, smashing into the windshield. Spinning rear wheels leave the ground. The fenders come Into con tact with the tree, forcing the rear parts out over the front doors. The heavy structural mem bers of the car begin to act as a brake on the terrific for ward momentum of the 2'4 ton car. i But the driver's body con tinues to move forward at the vehicle's original speed (20 times the normal force of gravity, his body weighs 3,200 pounds.) His legs, ramrod straight, snap at the knee joints.. 310 of a Second The driver's body is now off the seat, torso upright, broken knees pressing against the dash board. The plastic and steel frame of the steering wheel begins to bend under his terrible death grip. His head is now near the sun visor, his chest above the steering column. 410 of a Second The car's front 24 Inches have been demolished but the rear end is still traveling at an estimated speed of 35 miles per hour. The driver's body is still traveling 55 miles per hour. The half -ton motor block crunches into the tree. The rear of the car, like a bucking horse, rises high enough to scrape bark off low branches. 510 of a Second The driver's fear - frozen hands bend the steering col umn into an almost vertical position. The force of gravity im pales him on the steering shaft. Jagged steel punctures lung and intercostal arteries. Blood spurts into his lungs. 610 of a Second The driver's feet are ripped from his tightly-laced shoes. -The brake pedal shears off at the floor boards. The chassis bends in the middle, shearing body bolts. The driver's head smashes into the windshield. DANCE 9 'TIL 1 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT Jacksonville Community Hall Old Tim and Western Music as Played ly The Westerners Men, $1.00 Ladies, 50c EVERYONE WELCOME Landon Plans To Support Nixon New York-(UPl)-Alf M. Lan don, Republican candidate for President in 1936. said Thurs day night he was supporting Vice President Richard M. Nixon for President and In terior Secretary Frederick A. Seaton for the GOP vice presi dential nomination. Landon spoke only a few hours after another 1936 can didate made known his na tional choice. John Nance (Cactus Jack) Garner, who was Franklin D. Roosevelt's running mate in 1932 and 1936, announced in Austin, Tex., that he would actively support sen. Lyndon B. John son, Tex., for the Democratic nomination. The rear of the car begins its downward fall, spinning wheels digging into the ground. 710 of a Second The entire, writhing body of the car is forced out of shape. Hinges tear, doors spring open. In one last convulsion, the seat rams forward, pinning the driver against the cruel steel of the steering shaft. Blood leaps from his mouth, shock has frozen his heart. He is now dead. Time elapsed, seven-tenths of a second. By ELMER C. WALZER UPI Financial Editor New York - d'Pli - Trailers and mobile homes are being built faster than space to park them become available, ac cording to the trade. And the whole indus try, including m a intenance, this year will become a bil lion dollar in dustry, James Brunskill, president of Trailer Coach Association, says. Last year there were 114, 400 mobile homes built and 34,200 travel trailers - a total fa n m Elmer Wilier Former Diplomat Dies in New York New York - flJPD - William Morgan Shuster, B3, book pub lisher, former diplomat and one-time center of an interna tional dispute, died Tuesday. Shuster's work as coUectjr of Cuban customs, a member of the Phillippines Commis sion and as Philippines sec retary of public instruction so impressed the shaky Persian government that in 1910 it invested him with strong pow ers as its treasurer-general. Persia, now Iran, was then the center of a power strug gle between Great Britain and Russia. Seeking to solve Persia's financial troubles, Shuster let it be known he would not recognize European nations' extra-territorial rights in Persia. Russia threatened war un less Shuster was fired. He was dismissed on Christmas Day, 1911, after Russia sent troops into Persia. The Dreamland Orchestra's Return Was a BIG SUCCESS! They'll Be Here Again This SATURDAY NIGHT Playing your favorite dance music. Join the congenial crowd for an evening of pleasure Meet new friends. Enjoy our snack bar serving REAL COFFEE Always Good Music. Men $1.00 Ladies 50c Gresham Nurse To Be Color Girl Gresham - IUPD - A young Gresham nurse will be hon ored as Color Girl at Annapo lis Naval Academy June 7. Marilyn Moen, nursing stu dent at the University of Ore gon Medical School, was se lected to be Color Girl by John V. Dirkson of Troutdale. commander of Company 13 at the academy in Maryland. Dirkson was permitted to choose the color girl because his company of 150 men ranks at the top of 24 companies at the school. Miss Moen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Moen of Gresham. DANCE EVERY SATURDAY NITE Central Point Legion Hall Good Music by Gus Woody's Rangers WESTERN - POP - OLD TIME Popular Prices: $1.00-$1.50 IIMNCCIE Every Saturday Nite Beautiful Gold Nill Grange Muilc br Doyle Smith t The Music Makers 'VfRY SATURDAY NIGHT Larga Dining Facilities Free Check Ream Dancing 9 P.M. to 1 A.M. Lumber Index In Sharp Decline Portland -(DPI)- Crow's Lum ber Price Index registered a sharp decline in the two week period ending May 26 with green fir dimension contribut ing heavily to the lower price level. A heavy supply of transit cars, coupled with light buy ing across the country, result ed in weaker prices at the mill level, Crows' said. The lower prices were evi dent in most grades of green dimension, boards and tim bers, but not all Items of kiln-dried stock lost ground. Pine area prices continued to slant downwards with No. 3 and 4 common boards in most species on the slow side. HDAMCIE VFW Hall in Rogue River EVERY SATURDAY NITE- 9 to 1 Music by Bobby Burton & Rythm Masters Featuring Ray Hanson (The Gettincst Gee-tar Man) Hardwood Floor Enlarged Dining Facilities Check Room Free Large Parking Area SPONSORED BY VFW -EVERYONE WELCOME Umn'e Unrurn nipe I InulnwnnH Pallf ilttti XT-. Henrietta F. Webb, 85, moth er of construction industry j leader Del . Webb, died Wednesday. I WELCOME ELKS Special Dinner Memorial Day ROAST TURKEY AND DRESSING P ROAST LEG O' PORK, wapplesauce VIRGINIA BAKED HAM wyamt fci 50 Complete Dinner Southern Fried Chicken $1.75 Children Always Welcome See All of Historic Jacksonville JUBILEE CLUB AND RESTAURANT Jacksonville, Ore. TW 9-1(304 of 148,600 units valued at $690,850,000, up 11 per cent over 1958 and a record high. At the present time there are 1,200,000 of these units in use and only 542,896 spaces to park them. There are 13.338 mobile home parkj in the It S con taining from 20 to 1,200 spaces with the average park holding about 46. One of the biggest of these parks is "Trailer Estates," Kennedy Receives Surnrise Gilt Washington-IUPH-Sen. John F. Kennedy (D.-Mass.) got a surprise birthday gift Thurs day. It was a well-worn golf club. A card attached to the No. 7 iron with some yellow ribbon read: "Happy birthday to my successor." It was signed: "Ike." Of course, it was all a joke too. Kennedy's staff decided to honor their boss in advance of his 43rd birthday Sunday because he will be out of town campaigning. They thought the gift would bring a chuckle. And it did. What kind of a party do you throw for a potential presidential candidate and possible President of the United States? And the son of a multi-millionaire at that. Well, it made a bean supper look like a royal ball. The celebration was short, lasting about a half hour. The main dish was "cokes." owned by Mobilife Corp., which recently sold 200,000 shares of its stock and became a public owned company. Trailer Estates is in Sara sota, Fla. It now houses about 1,200 once mobile homes and has a population of more than 2,000 persons. The words trailer and mo bile homes are loosely used interchangeably. A trailer unit is one that can be towed around by a family car. When the unit gets so big - say 10 feet wide by 60 or 70 feet long - it has to be moved by a special contractor it then becomes a mobile home. When e:iher of these is an chored to a lot, say at Trailer Estates, it is immobilized and becomes a permanent home no longer movable from place to place. Trailer Estates made money at first on the sale of lots. Now nearly all of them are gone and the income comes from services to the residents of the site. They pay not to exceed $120 a year in most instances for maintenance of the community beach, shuf- fleboard courts, auditorium, water, sewage treatment, gar bage disposal facilities, gar bage collection, central tele vision antenna system, recre ational program and other community facilities. Additional fees are charged for use of the boat marina. The company also derives ad ditional revenue from the operation for its own account of the laundromat, post office and general store, from com munity newspaper adverti ing and from rental of a ma rina supply concession. Mobilife, according to its president, Sydney Adler, has 1,500 trailer sites completed and 5,000 in the works. Of the latter, 2,000 are planned for Tucson, Ariz., 1,500 more in Florida, and 1,500 in Michi gan. Lots were originally sold at $898 each for inside lots and $998 for corners in the Sara sola development. Si&es run from 2,400 square feet up. To day, Adler says, inside lots are selling at a minimum cf $1,298 and marine waterfront locations are going at $4,498. Booming Enterprise "Mobile home living will continue to boom in the com ing years, as an increasingly large proportion of the popu lation retires," says Adler. "Florida and the Trailer Es tates area will continue to be a trailer residence center. "Trailerites today are above average in income. They re quire top quality services as offered by Trailer Estates. The income of these mobile home residents is insulated against deflation. "The inherent economies of Trailer Estates living after lot and trailers are purchased make it an especially attrae tive way ot life for that kv fixed income in Umee of in flation." He holde that mobile horn living is especially appealing to the retired person because a mobile home it relatively small, easy to care tor and unusually economical. Some Owners Belize Just now only about 10 per cent of the owners of mobile homes and trailers are retired, according to a Michigan Stat University survey. Thil sur vey shows 37 per cent are owned by skilled workers, 20 per cent by service personnel, and 18 per cent by profession al people. The other 15 per cent are held by people from all walks of life. This same survey showed that the typical buyer of a mobile home is impressed lesa by the prospect of mobility than by economy, comfort, convenience and ease of house keeping. It is estimated the average price of a mobile home runa at $5,500. This includes fur niture and appliances. Eactt is sold something like on auto mobile - about 25 per cent down and tl e remainder up to 84 months - 7 years at the most, against 20 to 30 yeara for a regular house. DIVERS BUY AIR New York tUPll Skin div-, ing has created a $150 million ! business - filling skin diver tanks with compressed air, ac cording to Ingersoll-Rand Co., compressor manufac- turer. The company estimates that seven million skin divers in the nation buy an average of 15 tankfuls of air a year at a cost of $1.50 per refill. WELCOME ELKS! TABU Dinner House and Lounge Featuring ITALIAN DINNERS Corner 10th & South Riverside HI ELKS! WELCOME TO MEDFORD Open for Breakfast 7 A.M. J BROILEF is K f 'I :! of Beet u Jus L VI' 'n V A 'Elks' Special TOO vw CTnmolete ninnpr 'J Others from 1.50 up. 1206 No. RIVERSIDE TRY OUR CAFETERIA-STYLE LUNCH SERVED MONDAY THRU SATURDAY MERCHANTS LUNCH 85c MEMO TO ADVERTISERS ! of Qw anon In the same way that sterling on silver signifies a standard of known value, so is the A.B.C. em blem a symbol of integrity for the circulation of newspapers and periodicals. 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