TUESDAY, JULY S, 1000
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Medford Couple Write
Of Seeing 'America First'
Killtor'a Niilni Klulll valley rl-
HeitlN, Air. mid Mn, Alitiua I'ruut,
Mr, ami Mn, rarnill Miller. Mr.
jiitd Mra, Auiua Ittiwinrr, ami Mr,
nil Mn. A. Allen, are tiiurlni
I'iiintltn thla allltllilnr. 'I'll I'rilllla
left MiMlfiirtl lal imilllh travtllna
liy trnlii anil itUhp lit New York,
lite lluivinara uaveletl via Canada
li)iilltK at lite Ntratftirit HIiaMi.
alteareall theater, The twit vmliilea
met lit New Vurk ami will lluvel
tiiKelher to Kitilaml, The Allrna
jiml Mllleri left Halt lram-Ui-n liy
frelaltler. ailing thriinih the I'alla
lita I'anal to Kilriite. The fiinr ruil
lilea will meet In the Halite anil
will lour Hie einillnenl toialhnr,
Mra. I'lulll, itameil "Jiitirnallit" Ittr
the annul, la reimrllitii on lltelr
Journey, ller (Iril letter, lelllni or
their trlt arrima the United Hlatei,
U printed today,
In luokluit back, we are
lomuwhut overwhelmed by
our flint trek avruwi the en
tlro U.S.A. Wo ciune by bu,
truln uiul pinna, mukliiK fur
vnrlud linproMlona, nnd prob
ably ut the bout time of the
yeur, In June, when ull 1b
fresh nnd meen,
Even nrld outturn Oruilun
at nlulit, will) tlio ingcbrufh
tiiilhud In while moonlight,
)i reived no bunutlful we cuuld
lint cko our eyed all nlxlit,
and even watched dawn break
t'roi the rim rock. We
wouldn't luivo mimed u (Initio
lleeulciui moment of It.
The rcition for our ihort
cut night bun trip ncromi cant
cm Orcuim wan bccnimc Al
liiui and I wanted to Include
the Teton mountain! In our
lllnerary. It liitti been mild Hint
to tte the Toton lit to bo born
nilaln, nnd certainly wo can
not Improve on tfnit phrnae.
Our first Klimpic of the
glcnmlng ulaclal crcitta, under
pnrtlnK mint, was fantantlcnlly
beautiful, During tho ensuing
two dny there, we watched
the JaKKcd peak undergo nil
many varylnii moods us does
Crater lake.
We marveled at the remark
ably unspoiled charm of nil
the Jnckson Hole area and
felt grateful that tho late
John D. Rockefeller Jr. had
the foresight and tnsto to buy
up thousands- of the bent acres
nd give them to tho govern
ment for protection. But later,
in talking with Jackson resi
dents, wo found that they ure
very unhappy about this. Ac
cording to local sources,
Itockefollcr's philanthropy e
ultcd In 03 per cent of the
taxable land being lost to tho
county, resulting In Its near
bankruptcy, so tlint the pcoplo
cannot build schools, etc.
Which, It seems, falls Into the
eternal bnttle between scenic
conservation and economic
"progress,"
Our argument to this Is that
progress, as such, shouldn't
be tlirusl upon the few such
blessed areas In our country.
Surely thoro Is sufficient
apace elsewhere for tho pur
suits of home, school, town,
etc. We were especially Inter
ested In this Issue since it
closely resembles that of tho
Oregon Seashore.
Toured Parks
We rented a car nnd toured
both Teton National pnrk nnd
Yellowstone, whero our real
treat was the grnnd canyon
rather tlinn Old Faithful. The
exquisite colors of buff, sien
na, and rose staining tho can
yo nwnlls seem quite unbelievable.
Our final glimpse of the
Tutons was during dinner ul
famed Jackson lodge. Under
the glow of lute sun tho crys
tal peaks assumed nil uncanny
El Greco sliver lustro, unci as
we viewed them Ihrough the
UO-fool picture window, we
couldn't help remarking
"Switzerland will have to be
good to cquitl this!"
All through Nubrimkii, by
train, I associated tho fertile
fields mid blowing grasses
with the writings of Wllln
Gather, Into which sho has
projected her deop lovo for
tho Nobrasku country, De
spite tho monotony of tho
level land, 11 docs have power
ful beauty.
En route to the Chicago air
port, our obliging taxi-driver
drove us along Lake Shore
drlvo, on unexpected treat.
During our smooth flight to
Washington, D.C, we wore
able, for the first time, to
look down upon Ohio, the
blrthslnto of my father, hav
ing, In the night passed
through Iowa, my mother's
state - which added a person
al satisfaction.
We cased down over the
great green acres of the capi
tal city, with such landmarks
looming aa tho Washington
monument nnd the capltol
domo. Thnt Washington per
mits no skyscrapers built,
which might detract from the
capital buildings themselves,
makes, wo feel, for a plcnsanl
conformity.
Wo liked, the wide, clean,
trccshnded streets and the
musical voices of Negro por
ters nnd taxi drivers. The
whole atmosphere seems a
rich blending of north and
south.
With our limited time we
concentrated on the National
Art Gallery, the White House,
Lincoln Memorial, regretting
that we must forego Mount
Vernon.
Attend Session
During a session of con
gress, we watched Senators
Lyndon Johnson, Richard Rus
sell of Georgia, and Stunrt
Symington In action.
The capltol grounds with
their magnificent elms, mag
nolia and cucumber trees
wc found lovely. The singing
mocking birds stopped us
time and again during our
strolls. But wo found tho
heavy humid beat wilting to
the westerner. Only briefly
during our two-day stay did a
breeze spring up to set In mo
tion tho leaves of trees and
water in pools to relieve the
almost unbearable sultriness.
Now York wo find huge
and noisy boyond description.
Despite tho best of planning
In fighting one's way about,
particularly In Grand Central
station one is forced at times
simply to "be a sheep" and
follow, hoping all will turn
out all right.
With sidewalk grills vibrat
ing underfoot from the roar
ing subways beneath, nnd
countless vents . of escaping
steam, one feels thnt some gi
gantic combustion is about to
take place. With Its seething
subterranean forces, It re
minded us of nothing so much
us our recont visit to Yellowstone
Wo located tho grimy old
Metropolitan Opera limine and
Carnegie hull, simply to eyo
them, and, like ull tourists,
wont to tho top of Empire
Stale building, and explored
Rockefeller center,
After raucous Broudwuy
and 42nd streets, such avenues
ns Park and Madison seemed
refreshingly wide, culm, and
cloun, On Fifth avenuo wo ad
mired the huge planter-tubs of
greenery.
Attend Productions
That night, after standing
in line for over an hour to sco
a British film featuring Peter
Sellars, whoso popularity Is
compared to that of Alec
Gulness, wo emerged at 2:30
u.m. to find the streets more
packed with crushing crowds
than when wc entered the the
atre at midnight. Another
worldl
On our second day we were
Joined by the Angus Bowmers
who arrived by plane from
Stratford, Canada. That night
wo had dinner nt Llndy's and
went to another British film.
At 7 a.m. wc taxied to the
pier to attend a fruit auction,
squired by u Mr. Wood, fruit
broker, who hnndlcs among
other fruits of tho country,
Oregon pears. This date was
set up for us by Carroll Mil
ler, one of our traveling com
panions, of Pinnacle Packing
company. It proved a fascin
ating experience, with the
staccato cries of the auction
eer nnd lightning gestures of
bidders seeming quicker than
the eye or cur could follow.
Afterwards Mr. Wood took
us to breakfast.
Thnt night we four attended
a musical, "Take Me Along,"
bused on Eugene O'Neill's
"Ah Wilderness," starring
Jackie Gleason and featuring
Walter Pidgeon. A wnstcd
evening, we nil fell.
Our long-standing dinner in
vitation to the Richard Gra
hams was cancelled because
of Dick's acting engagement In
Chicago In a summer-stock
package - production of "The
Golden Fleecing." Later the
play moves to Toronto, Ot
tawa, Syrncusc and Konne
bunk Port, Maine, where his
wife, Jane, nnd daughters will
Join him.
Former Festival Actors
Next morning wc entrained
for Bridgeport and there rent
ed a cor In which to tour New
England, welcoming the Inde
pendence of driving our own
car again.
Wo arrived In Stratford in
time for the afternoon per
formance of "The Tempest."
Angus took pride In tho work
of William Ball, one of his for
mer actors at the Ashland
Festival, who directed. In all,
seven former Bowmcr-actors
are working this summer at
Stratford, Conn., Including
Joyce Ebert, who did a lovely
Miranda, Ted van Grlcthuy
sen, Patrick Hlncs, Claude
Jenkins and his wife, Ellen
Kay, and Tom Ryan, book
holder. The theatre itself is a rather
nondescript building of silver
gray teak, with bnrn-red doors
and white trim. Except for a
few llon-shleld-deslgns there
Is no Elizabethan touch. One
wing rises ruthur in the stylo
of u gruln-mlll, As Aliiius
quipped, "It has all tho grace
and charm of the old Medford
natatorlum."
Obviously, as In so much
mdocrn building, the interior
Is designed with little thought
of tho exterior; It Is simply
left to take care of Itself. But
the' grounds ure lovely with
plno trees and spacious green
lawn sloping down to the
Housatonlu river. Following
the afternoon performance,
probably us entertaining us
this dlfflcult-to-glvo play can
bc-wlth some purts really out-stundlng-we
four were Joined
by Patrick Hlncs for a pastra
mi picnic on one of the rustic
tables near the theater, and
enjoyed much theater discus
sion and gossip.
Twelfth Night
Angus was deeply disap
pointed in the evening per
formance of "Twelfth Night"
slurring Kathcrlne Hepburn
and Robert Ryan and directed
by Jack Lundau. Specific
flaws in strcss-which distort
ed the entire meaning and
which even the director failed
to correct-Angus felt were un
forgivable. Too, the produc
tion tended to play up the ro
mantic theme, making it al
most saccharine, which cer
tainly Shakespeare did not In
tend. Both productions were
dolled up In the manner of an
operetta or musical. There are,
of course, many ways to do
Shakespeare, and as Angus
pointed out, this Is the "mod
ern way." It reminded Almus
and me of certain arrangers
who feel they must "do some
thing" with the music of Bach
or Beethoven. The result can
only be lamentable. Mind you,
wc all came to Stratford to
enjoy rather than to criticize.
For our part, we'll take Bow-mer-Shakespearc.
From Stratford we headed
for Cape Cod, on the New
England jaunt which we four
had long anticipated. On East
Sandwich we found a beach
collage with fireplace, so
charming that we stayed a
anda we looked out on tha
very point where tho Pilgrims
first landed In 1020,
Later, wo trumped th e
misty nurrow streets of Prov-
Incelown, peeped into the
Playhouse, a remote off-shoot
of the early Playhouse to
which Eugene O'Neill brought
his rejected plays and got his
sturt. We munched salt water
tuffy and explored quuinl
shops, which reminded us
somewhat of an earlier Cur
mcl. Difficult us It was to pull
ourselves away wc pushed on
to Plymouth, where we clam
bered aboard the replica ship
Mayflower II and explored it
thoroughly. Its wax figures of
the Pllgrlms-dcpictlng their
Incredibly primitive mode of
life-were touchingly realistic.
In Cambridge
At Cambridge we walked
the Harvard university
grounds. In Boston we located
famous Beacon slrcet, the
Mother Church of Christ, Sci
entist which we entered, and
scanned Bunker Hill Monu
ment. A few miles onward we
arrived at Lexington.
For brevity's sake we must
lump Now Hampshire, Ver
mont, and Rhode Island as un
forgettably green and lush,
and picturesque with their
stceplcd churches, green
shuttcred, immense houses,
and old Inns. But Maine, we
felt was, well, out of this
world. With its stunning
groves of white birches, dra
matic "rock-bound coast," and
its clear blue watery charm in
general-its lakes, rivers,
coves, bays, sounds-It is, next
to Oregon, our favorite state.
Bar Harbor, situated in Acad
ia National park, is undoubt
edly Maine's loveliest attrac
tion. We started back to New
York by way of the Berk-
shires - green and rolling -not
really mountains by west
ern standard. Our stop at Tan-
glewood, Mass., summer home
of the Boston Symphony, lent
a pleasant closing note to our
tour. We inspected the stage
of the huge concert theater
there, and admired the unique
acoustical decor (which An-
Legion Convention
To Start Thursday
Seaside IUPD - Upwards of
3,000 persons are expected
here Thursday for the open
ing of the American Legion's
throe-day state convention.
Featured speaker at this
year's convention will be Ste
phen M. Chndwlck, a past na
tional commander, from Se
attle. He will speak at a Joint
memorial session Thursday.
Other speakers will include
Corydon Thomas Hill, a na
tional vice commander of the
Legion, and William R. Burke,
a candidate for national com
mandcr. Both are from Los
Angeles.
Fred E. Bennett of Nyssa Is
Oregon commander. Auxiliary
sessions will be conducted by
Mrs. Jack George of Eugene,
department president.
gus and Almus busied them
selves in analyzing scientifically).
We passed through much
history-making country, aside
from its Revolutionary back-
ground-for instance, near the
home where Melville wrote
"Moby Dick, ' and the house
In which William Cullen Bry
ant lived.
Now we feel happy that we
decided to see America first,
and very grateful for our ac
quaintance with its lovely
corner known as New Eng
land.
After viewing so much, one
might ask: "Why go to Eu
rope?" But then, we are going
to Europe not simply for scen
ery but to absorb some of its
culture-its theater, art, music,
and to study the ways of its
people.
We sailed on the Liberte
Thursday, June 30 at 10:30
a.m., and land in England on
July 6, stay in London two
days and see two Shaespear-
ean plays.
We then fly to the Hague to
meet the Jim Aliens and the
Caroll Millers and take de
livery of our German-made
bus.
Five Injured in
Accidents in Area
During Week End
One person was frlously
injured and four others re
ceived minor injuries In July
4 traffic accidents in the coun
ty. No fatalities were report
ed in Jackson county.
Donald Lee Coffman, 35,
of 170 Wilson rd Central
Point, was reported In fair
condition In Sacred Heart hos
pital today. He is being treat
ed for compound fractures of
his left leg, a severe cut on
his forehead, and possible In
ternal injuries, state police
said.
Coffman's motorcycle was
struck by a car driven by
uonaia Duffy MacKintosh, 19,
Phoenix, at the intersection
of Table Rock and Wilson rds.
about noon yesterday.
Traveling North
State police said it appear
ed the motorcycle was travel
ing north on Table Rock rd.
intending to make a left turn
onto Wilson rd. when the sta
tion wagon driven by Mac
tosh struck the motorcycle.
Officers said a complaint
would be filed against Mac
Kintosh charging violation of
basic rule.
Another accident occurred
about 2:50 p.m. yesterday on
the Valley rd., IVi miles east
of Highway 99. A car driven
by Willmae Holt, 25, of route
3, box 236 D, Medford, went
off a curve onto the road
shoulder and turned over, po
lice said. The driver was
treated at Rogue Valley hos
pital lor minor cuts and
bruises and released, officer
reported. Passengers Jim Earl
Holt, 25, Jimmie Wade Holt,
4, and Laura Diane Holt, 4
monms, all sullered minor
cuts and bruises, but appar
ently were not taken to the
hospital, they added.
A one-car accident occurred
about 3 o'clock this morning
on nignway ua, north of Mill-
Oregonian Missing
As Vessel Sinks
Seattle - fOPD - The 22-foot
pleasure cruiser Teresa with
an Oregon man aboard sank
off Wcstport bar at Grays
Harbor Sunday and no trace
has been found of the oper
ator of the boat.
Coast Guard headquarters
here said it received a May
Day distress message from the
Teresa about 5 p.m. Sunday.
The message said the boat was
sinking fast.
A search Sunday and an
all night search by a beach
patrol failed to turn up any
sign of the missing vessel.
However, today A. R. Meyers
of Vancouver, Wash., reported
he had sighted the wreckage
of a boat one-fourth mile
north of Oysterville approach
to Long Beach, Wash.
A Coast Guard helicopter
investigated and found the
overturned Teresa. No body
was found. The owner of the
boat was Horace E. Eells of
Mllwaukie, Ore.
RETURNS STOLEN TOOLS
Lincoln, England - (WD - A
former airman-turned carpenter-turned
honest sent the
Waddlngto'n RAF Station a
package Monday containing
eight blades for a carpenter's
plane and this unsigned note:
"I was stationed at Wadding
ton in 1914 and took these
things. But I never had any
use for them."
Three Men Loot
Golf Club Safe
Portland - (UPD - Three men '
escaped with an undetermin
ed amount of money from a
safe at the Riverside Golt and
Country club early today af
ter handcuffing a janitor to
an Intake pipe.
The Janitor, E 1 d r I d g
Brown, told police he had Just
finished cleaning behl i the
bar In the lounge when one
of the three men, wearing a
handkerichlef over hla face,
approached with a gun and
ordered him to unlock the of
fice door.
Brown said the other two
men wore stockings over their
faces. One, he said, carried
tools and the other a briefcase.
er's gulch in the Gold Hill
area when the driver appar
ently fell asleep at the wheel,
state polic said.
A car driven by Gary Ver
non Lanham, route 1, box
388E, Qold Hill, was north
bound when the driver ap
parently dozed at the wheel,
they said. The car crossed the
southbound lane," and went in
to a five-foot ditch where it
traveled 100 feet. No injuries
were reported.
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STATEMENT OF CONDITION
JUNE 30, 1960
ASSETS
First Mortgage Loans
Share Loans
Real Estate Sold on Contract
Real Estate in Judgment
Investments and Securities
MaU nn Hnnrl nnct In Ronlti
Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment, less depreciation
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2,000.00
9,352.15
35,627.72
441,400.00
124,987.90
8,613.86
28,240.00
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Advances from Federal Home Loan Bank
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Other Liabilities
Specific Reserves
General Reserves .
Undivided Profits
...$329,595.54
16,559.79
Total Liabilities
..$4,636,632.89
.. 265,000.00
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