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6 A MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. MONDAY. JULY 11, 10GO Out on a Limb By BOB WALTERS Reunion Slated for Ex-Residents of Now Vacant Town The lookout I've often wondered why anyone would want to cxtle himself to a forest service lookout stntion. To me, it would be one of the dullest Job Imaginable. Like every thing else, though, it's simply matter of individual tastes. Last Sunday I met a man who apparently couldn't be more satisfied in his work. His chief complaint, in fact, was that he had to come down from the mountains every two weeks to pick up supplies. Teacher and I were driving long a narrow little road on the other side of Talent - we didn't know where it led and didn't especially care. Our ac cidental d e s t i nation turned out to be the lookout tower atop Anderson Butte. We marveled at the view -which gets to be a habit in southern Oregon - and then climbed to the tower where we were greeted by a friend ly old gentleman who imme diately apologized for the poor visibility. It seemed fine to us but by his standards it was pretty limited. ' He pointed out all the sights, told us where the numerous other towers were and explained how much fur ther we could have seen had It been a "clear day." He also told us why he's quite happy right where he is. ' . In th first place, he doesn't have much use for cities and from his con Tersation I took "city" to mean any place that has a few stores, homes and, of course, people. "Down there." he said, pointing to the valley, "they push, shove and step all over you. When they come up here, it's not the same ihey're polite and friendly. Everyone who comes up here is nice." 1 He said .he and his fam ily live at the tower four months every year. The Test of their time is spent at their home in a secluded, wooded area near a lake in California or traveling throughout the West. . They usually slay in trail er parks, he said, "where people are people." No mat : ter what their needs, there's ; always someone around . who can accommodate them. He described it as an , informal, cooperative a r -rangement thai works for the benefit of everyone. There's entertain mtnl " too. he said, "and it doesn't cost a penny." He said the v people, many of them re ; tired, often stage their own amateur talent shows. Oth , er nights they'll have group f singing Or sit around a big tire toasting marshmallows. , To our lookout friend, this Is the life. He doesn't miss what we call "civilization" at all and asks only that he be allowed to go his own way at his own pace. , I can't say I agree with his views, but I certainly respect them. Our push-push-push so ciety being what it is, it's kind of refreshing to meet gomeone who just couldn't care less. i The rat race is not for him. Youth Crusade Set In Rogue River Rogue River - A non-denominational Youth Crusade will be held here Thursday and Friday. Glenn Frye, dean of the Cannon Beach Youth conference,! will be featured speaker. The crusade wili be held in the Rogue River VFW hall "and will get underway each evening at 8 p.m. All young people are invited. Russ Carr of Medford will be the song leader. Musical entertainment will be provided by local tal ent. ; By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Mail Tribune Correspondent Hornbrook - The third an nual reunion picnic for for mer residents of the town of Tennant, Calif., has been set for Aug. 14 on Antelope creek in the Tennant area. Mrs Henley Clawson, secretary of the group, is sending out invi. tations this week to all former residents whose addresses are available. However, she stresses the point that all persons who at any time lived in the now- deserted town-are invited to attend. This year's event promises to be of special interest, as Mrs. Clawson has recently been advised that the entire town has been sold to a cou ple from San Francisco. Their names are Stephen and Libby McNeill, producers of the mu sical show and record album, "My Enchanted City," a story of San Francisco. To Reopen Town They intend reopening the town for music festivals with leading actors and actresses from all over the country. No definite date for the open ing has been set as yet. Ask ing price for the property was $430,000. The town of Tennant is lo cated in Siskiyou county's sce nic mountain meadow coun try. It may be reached by driving 28 miles north of Weed. Calif., on highway 97 then turning right on a solid packed, all - weather gravel road, maintained by the coun ty, and traveling this road for 11 miles. The property consists of 100 acres of land, 100 two and three bedroom houses with cedar shake exteriors and as. bestos roofing. These are well- built houses, each with its own water, bath, and sewer connections, and have their own lots, 60 by 130 feet with an alley. Each house has a bedroom and many have ga rages and woodsheds. Each has approximately 800 square feet. In addition, there is a sev en - bedroom house, called "The Mansion"; a 52-room dormitory fully equipped with beds, mattresses, linen, and blankets, a church build ing with a capacity of 200, serving as a community hall also. Community Hall This building is complete ly outfitted with stage, dress ing rooms with outside en trance, piano, steel-lined pro jection booth, kitchen and dining room upstairs with ta bles, chairs, stoves, sinks, sil verware, etc. There also is a four-room school building with gymna sium; general store building with fixtures, walk-in freezer, marble soda fountain, two gas pumps with underground storage tanks, truck - level loading docks; an administra tion building; cafe building; library complete with books; power house; swimming pool; tennis court; an 8,00U-square foot multi-purpose building; storage shed, building sites, and last but surely not least, beautiful trout-filled Antelope creek runs through the property. Located in a veritable sportsman's paradise, the town is within an hour's drive of the Mt. Shasta ski lift, the Tulelake Wildlife reserve and the Lava Beds National mon ument. ....... The town was built about 35 years ago for a lumber camp for the International Pa per company. Three years ago they moved their men and their families out of the town to newer and larger fields of lumbering, and donated the town to the Veterans of For eign Wars, who were unable to find a use for it in their organization. First Reunion Held It was then acquired from the VFW by a group of in vestors headed by Ray A. Nel son of Oakland, Calif. Tills investment group subsequent ly placed it on the market. Norman F. Cook, sales man ager for the Johnnie White company Reators of Hayward BOB WALTERS, Regional Editor CORRESPONDENTS) Applegale Valley Maude Ziegler, TW 8-1333 Butte Falls Mary Jo Harris, TO 5-2128 Central Point Viola Cook, NO 4-1334 Eagle Point Dottie Harbison, HI 6-3274 Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell. UL 5-1126 Grandview-Lone Pine Dot Simmons, SP 2-9678 Happy Camp Hasel Davis, GY 3-2387 Hornbrook Kalnerlne Chapman, GR 5-3586 Illinois Valley Katharine Scolt, 5203 Jacksonville Beth. Hoskins, TW 9-1209 McLeod Caroline Harding, TR 8-2260 Meadows Nellie Bergman, HI 6-1267 Montague Carol Peterson Phoenix Helen Nikodym, KE 5-1398 Prospect Frances Ring. UN 9-2211 Shady Cove Evalyn Watson, TR 8-2351 Table Rock R E. Nealon, TA 6-2097 Talent Bill Young, KE 5-1253 Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers Williams Bonnie Mitchell, PR 2283 Yreka Bessie Boyd Fraser . Calif., handled the sale of the property. During the years 1945 to 1954, Mr. and Mrs. Clawson made their home in Tennant, and it was largely through his efforts three years ago that a reunion was planned. The first one was held at the Clawson home here and was attended by 104 former resi dents of Tennant, all of whom had such a good time they voted to make it an annual event. Last year's get-together was held at the Reynolds ranch on Antelope creek. There arc tentative plans to hold this year's picnic in the town it self, but this is dependent on obtaining the consent of the new owners. Cook has been in touch with Mrs. Clawson by tele phone and by letter, and plans to be on hand for the picnic, as he hopes to be able to contact a number of the town's "old-timers," with the plan in mind of a book and movie being made that will tell the story of the pictur esque old town. Begional em Station Reports Heavy Traffic Over State Line By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Mail Tribune Cortepsondent Hornbrook Think the highways were crowded over the recent holiday week end? Then ask any inspector at any quarantine station of the Cali fornia department of agricul ture, and he'U verify that fact for you. Figures released last week by the Hornbrook station show the following number of cars checked through: July 1- 1,809; July 2-2,311; July 3 1,506; July 4-1,564- July 5- 1.527. making a grand total of 8,829 cars for the five-day period. Compared with the 1959 count of 6,536 cars for the same five-day period, this year's count shows an increase of 2,793. And because the cherry season is in full swing now, inspections at this time must be particularly thor ough. This is the only fruit grown in Oregon and Wash ington that is prohibited in California all fruits of any variety of cherry. This is be cause of the prevalence of the cherry fruit fly. Persons traveling into Cali fornia are cautioned against bringing cherries from these two states. Records of the bu reau of plant quarantine show that danger, of pest introduc tion is directly related to travel trends the more trav elers, the greater the hazard. Btu to dispel any ideas that all plant material inspection at the many California bord er stations is rejected, records show that roughly not more than 2 per cent of plant ma terial inspected is refused en try into the state 98 per cent is passed. In fact, persons entering from Oregon and Washington are encouraged to buy pears and apples in those states and bring them in. But cherries Joanne Callaghan Reigns as Queen Of EP Celebration Eagle Point - A safe, acci dent free Fourth of July cele bration was held in Eagle Point with Joanne Callaghan reigning as queen. Miss Callaghan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Calla ghan, 124 South B St., was crowned queen by last year's queen, Norma Noble, at cere monies held in front of t h e high school. Princesses receiv ing banners were Charlotte Zimmerlee, Sandra Smith, Carolyn Hart and Mavis Cou sien. Donald McGovern was mas ter of ceremonies and Mayor Ed Putman dedicated the new city park as "Little Butte park." Mrs. Helen Adams of White City received the door prize with Miss Callaghan drawing the name at the dance Mon day evening. Prises Awarded ' Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Peck received the queen and king crowns and trophies for out standing costumes at the Mar- di Gras ball. Gordon dressed as a female "beatnik" and Mrs. Peck as the male "beat nik" with both playing the part throughout the evening. Mrs. Gordon Peck present ed the winning parade awards and ribbons to the following winners: Cub Scout Pack 48 with the "Spirit of 76", first; Krambeal youngsters, second. and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford as old-timers, third, in the walk ing division; Cub Scout Den 1 float "Cubs on the Moon. first; Miss Tonya Nelson, Miss America of 1970, sec ond; the Rooster Booster club of Rogue River, third, in the motor powered division; Ea gle Point School band; first, and Town and Country Dress shop with the Edge Sisters and their accordions, second, in the band division; Alleta Miller and the.Bicycllsts, first, in the miscellaneous division; Mr. and Mrs. Porter, first; the Walter Kurz family, sec ond, and the Desert Pegasus Horse club, third, in the mounted division. Annual Pre-Fair Set by GH 4-H Club Gold Hill - The annual Gold. Hill 4-H Lamb Fair will be held here in the new city park on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Ci Norman Gail, leader of the Gold Hill 4-H club,, said the pre-fair is held each year in preparation for the Jackson County 4-H Fair, which is slated this summer for Au gust 13-20. The Gold Hill club will be hosts for Wednesday's county-wide competition. Two trophies will be given, one for the best livestock judge, won last year by Linda Gibson of the Westside 4-H club, and the other for the best sheep showman, won last year by Terry Gail of the Gold Hill Livestock 4-H club The trophys are now on dis play at Gail's Gold Hill mar- kel. The Gold Hill Lions club and the Gold Hill 4-H club are co-sponsors of the pre-fair. A food booth will be pro. vlded on the grounds by moth ers of Gold Hill 4-H club members. Bible School Starts Illinois Valley - Immanuel Methodist church in Cave Junction began a week-long Bible school at 9 a.m. today. There are kindergarten, pri mary and junior classes. The Rev. John McMurtrey will give a sermonettc each morning and at 11 a.m. Fri day, last day of the school, parents are Invited. EP Council Calls Town Meeting to Discuss Reelection Rural Reflections By MAUDE ZIEGLER Applegate Valley - A most delightful and refreshing thing to do on a hot, hot sum mer day is to drive up the val ley making door to door calls observing what occupies local folks at the moment. The first 74-year-old was toying with the notion of get ting on her short overalls and splashing in the irrigation ditch. Another housewife was out having a tooth extracted and another had taken her child to town for surgery. One young lady had just turned 21, and was very much expecting to vote in Novem ber: A young man was anx iously awaiting enlistment in the Navy this month, and another young lady was plan ning study in Europe next year. One homemaker was telling how her pet lizzard got in the house and skidded around on the linoleum before she could boost him out with a broom Another served coffee and doughnuts which her husband pretended to have whipped up. A farmer said he had too many Irons in the fire, but was expecting to tear down his attractive green house and build a new one. Another one was milking his cows as the afternoon passed into evening. Martha, the pet sheep who has made the news columns once before, extended a sheepish farewell at the front gate. By DOTTIE HARBISON Mail Tribune Correspondent Eagle Point -The Eagle Point city council has called a special town meeting for Aug. 15 to discuss the reelec tion necessary for the Eagle Point Sewage Lagoon system. The city attorney, city coun cil, engineers and all people connected with the project will be present to answer questions. Due to a technicality it will be necessary to hold a reelec tion. Accordng to City Attor ney Gregg Horneckcr, the city was advised by Schuyler in 1952 at the time the fire truck bond was purchased that an "initiative and referendum" ordinance was now being re quired in the cities' charters and Eagle Point should add it to their charter. This information evidently was not passed on to cither the present councllmcn or the present attorney as no such ordinance can be found. ine lire irucjc oonn was pass- j ed under the city s present charter and the sewage bond was applied for in almost the same way called for by the initiative and referendum or dinance. Election Planned - However, since the recom mendation for this ordinance to be adopted had been made in plenty of time prior to the application of the sewage I bond, the councilmcn had the attorney prepare the proper ordinance and passed the or dinance at their regular meet ing Tuesday evening. A new election will be held the first of February. The election will be handled Iden tically to the previous elec tion, with at least 10 days notice being given and with at least three notices being post ed. The council voted to accept the $11,000 in federal aid and engineers already have start ed work on surveying. Appli cation has also been made by the council for a $30,000 state sanitation federal grant. Lower Interest The city attorney stated that this technicality may have saved money for the city of Eagle Point at it now is el igible for a winter bond issue in which the Interest is lower since it has dropped since the first application was made. Donald McGovern gave a report on sanitation service and was Instructed to set up regulations to be presented to the council before bids are called for. Ray Barrows submitted a draft prepared for the new streets and plpllnes to be plac ed in his subdivision. Summer Swimming Lessons Popular in Central Point; 44 Children Register By VIOLA COOK Mall Tribune Correspondent Control Point - Sunmiur swimming lessons for chil dren of Central Point tiro In popular di'immcl with 44 chil dren signed up for the first session, One session will bo for both Central Point and Gold Hill children but only Central Point children will ultond tho other lessons because of the cost of transportation from Gold Hill. Bus will leave Central Point city hall at ID a.m. and return from Hawthorne pool nt 11:19 for the week of July 11 to 15. Tho rest of the sea son the bus will leavo the city hall at H::i() a.m. und return from the pool tit 11:15 a.m. Registrations for the July 2.1 Aiig. 5 session are being ac cepted at the city hall. Local registration will close July 21). Swimming for Gold Hill children will be from 9 a.m. to II a.m. dally from July 18 20. Hie bus will leave Gold Hill at 8 a.m. mid como to Central Point via Old Stage rd. and Scenic ave., picking up swimmers cu route, then continuing on to Jackson pool for swimming lessons. The bus will leave Jackson pool for Gold. Hill via Central Point, Scenic ave. and Old Stage rd. at 11 a.m. SHORT ROUTE EAST via Crater lake Leaves Medford al 9:45 a.m. Daily Soe Crntor lake at no extra farel lowoit but fares to many polntsl Save up to a day on Air Ride Trail ways Thru Buses to: BOISE, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, DENVER, DALLAS. BUS DEPOT FIFTH AND FRONT STREETS Phone SP 3-1853 rr ,n """"" Drew Correspondent Explains Club Name (Editors noiei Recently Out on a Limb asked Cor respondent Viola Rogers how Club 227 in Tiller Drew got its name. Her ex planation follows.) Tiller Drew-Five years ago the people of the com munity around Drew got to gether, paid memberships, and bought a building for recreational purposes. Then they discovered if they were to have by-laws, pay taxes on the property, and carry insurance, they needed to have a name. Everything has a name. Several names were sub mitted, among them Club 227. At that time the Tiller Trail highway was number ed 227 and the building was situated along that high way. Since the lime of in corporation the powers that be have changed the high way number to 42. Although the reason for the name has vanished the need for the community club is as great as ever, since Drew is a long drive from any recreational center. CP BASEBALL GAMES Central Point - Approxi mately 130 boys are taking part in the daily baseball games and instruction held for the 12 teams under the local recreation program. About 35 youngsters are tak ing part in other activities. Announcing . . . DR. PAUL D. BRAY Chiropractic and Naturopathic Physician Has returned to Medford to Resume Practice 317 LOZIER LANE Phone SP 2-5082 M'A SMmmBtiimmtmsiS!! 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