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SUNDAY, JULY 81, 1000
Local MavcaS Unit Rated Among Top do U.
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RECRUIT CLASS Ensign Robert Semon Is
shown above instructing Navy recruits in
the Navy rating and advancement system
during a seaman recruit class at the Med
ford Electronics division of the U.S. Naval
Reserve training center in the Federal
building. Being instructed are (left to right)
recruits Kent Johnson, Dennis Kight and
James Evanson. They are thtree of the 22
recruits in the class which is taught the
basic Naval recruit training course. The
Medford unit was commended last week by
the 13th Naval District headquarters in
Seattle as having produced the best recruit
ing results of any of the 27 electronics divi
sions in the district during the past five
months. During this time the unit has re
cruited 17 new men and added 18 returning
Navy veterans to its ranks. This brings the
total unit strength to seven officers and 78
men compared to the district average of five
officers and 40 men.
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PERFECT SCORE Lt. Loren L. Sawyer,
unit training officer and Radioman First
Class Robert Churchill are shown above
looking at the first perfect score ever made
on an application for enlistment at the local
unit. The score was made by Robert T. Wil
liams, who enlisted with the Medford unit
with four other men July 25. Churchill is
a reservist on active duty. He Is from Butte,
Mont., and has administered the local unit
for more than two years. The unit has the
largest number of personnel of any elec
tronics division in the 13th Naval district,
which covers the Pacific Northwest and
parts of Montana, but Churchill emphasizes
that there is always room for more.
Cause of Fire
Said Controversial
Jacksonville - A small fire
on South Third st. here Fri
day afternoon was extinguish
ed by volunteer firemen and
rain, but the exact cause re
mains controversial, accord
ing to Bette Hoskins, Mail
Tribune correspondent.
At the height of the thun
derstorm, a large pine tree
snapped in half and knocked
a power line down which at
the same tim-s caused a small
fire in a grassy area near the
edge of a forest. The heavy
rain limited the fire until vol
unteer firemen from Jackson
ville could be summoned.
Many residents say the
wind caused the tree to fall
on the electric power lines,
while others attribute it to
lightening.
California - Oregon Power
company officials said Satur
day they received a report
nboul 5:15 Friday afternoon
that lightening had hit a tree
and broken either a limb or
the top of the tree, which
then fell on a 2,400-volt power
line. COPCO spokesmen also
rioted that the report said a
house was on fire. Trouble
shooters found no house on
iiro. '
Power service was reported
ly out in the area for about an
hour,
Local electrical personnel
report that power outage re
sulting from the storm was
little compared to the Wednes
day night storm. Only scatter
ed "transformer-fuse outages"
were reported, mostly In
Jacksonville, Central Point,
Ashland, and surrounding
teas, '
Former Grants
Pass Mayor Dies
Grants Pass-flJPD-Morris M
Milbank, former mayor of
Grants Pass, died at the
Josephine General hospital
here Saturday, as a result of a
heart attack. He was 60.
Milbank had entefed the
hospital Wednesday after suf
fering a heart attack.
He was mayor of this south
ern Oregon city from 1948 to
1952. Milbank, president and
principal owner of the Rogue
River Box Factory, Inc., also
was a former president of the
Oregon League of Cities.
He is survived by his wid
ow, Margaret, W., a son and
two daughters.
4-H NEWS
Westside Hayburners
The Westside Hayburners
4-H Horse club held their reg
ular meeting at the home of
Martha Humphrey, July 26,
at 10 am.
The member's record books
were checked by our Junior
leader, Penny Sampert, and
our president, Linda Smith.
The different horsemanship
tests were taken by the dif
ferent horse club members. '
Discussed was the Desert
Pegasus Horse show to be
held at Dunn's at 1 o'clock
this afternoon. It will be open
to all 4-H horse club mem
bers. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Roxy
Terry, Aug. 8, at 10 a.m. The
club members are to bring a
sack lunch.
The meeting was adjourn
ed and refreshments served,
Bonnie Cheney,
Reporter
Milk Producers
End Conference
Ashland - William Canapa
Reno, Nev., was chosen pres
ident at the concluding of the
Western States Milk confer
ence held in Ashland Satur
day.
Canapa replaces Richard
Westerberg of Ashland who
had been president since the
conferences were started five
years ago.
Other new officers include
Andrew Anderson of Albu
querque, N.M., vice president,
and Merrett Nash of Seattle,
Wash.
One of the topics of dis
cussion at the three day con
ference was the use of pesti
cides. The group also agreed that
the trend seems to be toward
a more uniform standard of
operation in the different
western producer organiza
tions. The Oregon Milk Pro
ducers code of operation
seems to be the favorite meth
od of unifying producers.
Thirty-five delegates from
10 western states attended
the conference.
Big Wind Destroys
School Framework
Prineville - IUPD - A violent
wind of cyclone intensity flat
tened the completed frame
work of the $443,000 Crook
county Junior high school
here Friday night.
All but the south wall of
the construction project was
blown to the ground.
County School Superintend
ent Cecil Sly said no damage
estimate could be Immediate
ly given but did say that com
pletion of the building would
be delayed at least a month.
Reserve Division
Top Contender For
National Award
By GREG NOKES
Mall Tribune Staff Writer
Medford's Naval Reserve
Electronics division never
sees a ship or even water in
the course or its regular train
ing, but it Is rated as one of
the top electronics divisions
in the U. S.
One might think that being
landlocked would depress a
Navy unit. And it might de
press some, but not Med
ford's - they are lending con
tenders for both their dis
trict and national perform
ance trophies.
An electronics unit Is con
sidered to be at full strength
when it has 59 reservists.
Medford's unit has 85. In fact,
it was the only Naval Reserve
unit of any kind in the 13th
Naval district to be at full
strength Inst year.
Consider Second Unili
Because of the unit's size,
consideration is being given
to the formation of a second
electronics unit here which
would bring the local reserv
ists classification up to Battalion.
This month marks the 10th
anniversary of the unit's es
tablishment in Medford. The
establishment of a second
unit here would be a fitting
commemoration of this anni
versary.
Judging from the units
present size and performance,
it is hard to believe that just
two years ago its perform
ance was rated so poor that
the district headquarters in
Seattle recommended an ex
tensive reorganization.
The reorganization was ef
fected and Naval Reserve Lt.
R. A. Schuchard was made
commanding officer.
Rises to Second Place
Under Lieutenant Schu-
chard's command the unit
rose, in just one year to place
second in district competi
tion. It was bested by anoth
er landlocked group in Great
Falls, Mont.
Radioman First Class Rob
ert D. Churchill, the regular
Navy man assigned to admin
ister the unit, expresses com
plete confidence that the unit
will walk away with the dis
trict competition this year and
even place well toward the
top in national competition.
Headquarters for the local
unit is in the Federal build
ing on North Riverside ave.
However, the Navy just re
cently appropriated $60,000
for a new Medford Naval Re
serve center.
Radicman Churchill says
that the new reserve center
is evidence that the Navy re
gards Medford's unit as a
growing and permanent unit.
He said construction should
start sometime during the
present fiscal year.
Unit's Performance
The district trophy for
which Medford's unit is com
peting with the 27 other elec
tronic units in the northwest,
Is awarded on the basis of a
unit's performance in five
basic categories. These are
p e r s onnel, administration,
training, organization and
leadership and over-all per
formance.
If the Medford group
should win district competi
tion, then it will compete with
other districts for the nation
al title. If it qualifies for na
tion competition it will be
honored with a national , inspection.
National inspection means
that some of the top brass
from Naval reserve headquar
ters in Omaha, Neb., .will
come to Medford to make a
unit Inspection for compari
son purposes with other dis
trict winners.
Of the 85 men in the unit,
30 are non-rated, w h i ch
means seamen or seamen ap
prentices, seven are officers
and the rest are In between.
The non-rated men are serv
ing out their military obliga
tion, Churchill said, and the
rest are career reservists.
There are seven oificcrs in
the unit, five lieutenants, one
lieutenant Junior grade and
one ensign.
Primary Jurisdiction
Primary Jurisdiction of me
unit is in Jackson county al
though lt draws reservists
from as far away as Yrena.
Meetings are held two nights
a week on Monday ana wea-
nesday,
The unit Is authorized io
train four specialties for per
sonnel. They are radioman,
radarman, electronics techni
cian and signalmant
Non-rated seamen are In
structed in basic naval re
cruit training courses until
they qualify for a rating and
one of the four specialties.
The rated reservists are in
structed in the four special
ties. Instruction is dona by re-
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RADAR PROBLEM Three of the nine ra
dnrmcn in the Medford Electronics Division
of the U.S. Navy Reserve are shown above
attempting to plot a radar problem during
the course of instruction at the local unit's
training center In the Federal building on
North Riverside ave. From left to right
they are Thomas Mcrrimnn, radarman third
class; Robert C. Johnson, radarman first
class and Instructor; and Harry J. Gibson,
rndurnian third class from Ruston, La., who
is on temporary duty with the local unit.
In the comer of the plotting tnblo can be
soon a black oval which represents a ship.
The problem is to guide this ship through
the hypothetical sea without running Into
anything or getting attacked by the enemy.
Three types of radar problems aro studied
by llio group submarine, aircraft and sur
face radar problems.
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RADIO DRILL Shown above receiving messages on the two
way radio circuit at the Medford unit's Naval reserve train
ing quarters are (front) Ron Miller, radioman seaman, arid
John Laferrlere (rear) radicman third class. The unit has a
radio frequency that operates for four nights each week.
This circuit is hooked into 13th Naval district headquarters
in Seattle so the unit is always in constant contact with all
other units In the district. The two men above are In the
act of receiving messages from the district headquarters.
Laferrlere was recently given a medal for 10 years duty in
the Navy.
serve officers or petty officers.
Reserve Majors
Elect to Retire
Major Glen V. Allen, 951
South Stage rd., and Mujor
Chester W. Sllllman, 62 Wln
cma Way, Medford, have
elected to transfer lo the re
tired reserve, according to un
announcement by the com
manding general of the Army
corps, Seattle.
The transfer was made un
der the provisions of the Re
serve Officer Personnel act
which became effective In
July. It states that all reserve
officers with 28 years of of
ficer service, up to tho grade
of lieutenant colonel, or 30
years of officer service and
five years in grade, whichever
Is greater, for colonels, with
certain age requirements, will
rctlro from the ready reserve.
HOAXERS GOOFED
Tujunga, Calif. - Two teen
age boys were arrested here
for placing 15 telephone calls
warning that a bomb had been
hidden In the auditorium of
Mt. Gleaion Junior High
school. The warnings caused
no fright among students and
teachers. There Is no audi
torium at the recently built
school.
Quotes From the News
By United Prett international
OneUlii, N.Y. Stale Trooper Citnl. Harold J. Mulli'i', fol
lowing thu arrest of iloaf-nnilo Karl Lcahoy on cliargi'S of
killing his I wo young sons:
"The boy (Leahey) lold ui he wi under lot ot lenilon
at home. You can Imagine how It would be lor him no! lo
be able lo hear or talk lo anyone,"
West Los Aiigelvs -tlHiik nicisongor Lawrence liohlilim,
10, who loslslod two bamllls and saw oiiii bystuwter klllrcl
and (hive wounded when they Iflocl to help him:
"It was all my fault. I wi ol"fl D ,,,r0 "nd 1
got somebody killed and all thou people hurl. I should have
given them the dammed money."
Denver A White Ilmi.se upokesmiin, after bride Hetty
Steed won President Klsenhnwer's sympathy when she wept
because her alininn husband was restricted to base:
"Her huiband will be oil bue tonight,"
Windsor, Out. Gordon Dickinson, 14, who with his two
sisters hud boon kept prisoner 11 years by llielr mother,
from a hospital bed:
"I hop'e they don't make ui go beck home, I don't know
why Mummy kepi me In all Die lime. I guen she didn't
like me,"
State AFL-CIO Conclave
To Hear 15 Resolutions
On Portland Paper Strike
Pendleton - HIPD - Fifteen of
the fill resolutions to ba Intro
duced at (lie 5th annua! con
vention of the Oregon AFL
CIO here Aug. 1-8 deal with
the Portland newspaper
strike, according to the re
search and education depart
ment of tho Oregon AFL
CIO. A copy of the resolutions to
be Introduced Indicates sup
port of convicted dynamiter
Levi McDonald, resolutions to
obtain legislative support to
end "strike-breaking" and a
proposal to officially recog
nize Portland as "City of
Scabs."
Resolutions No. 1 Is "united
action to win newspaper
strike." The second resolution
is handed the weight of parlia
mentary amcnltlos - election
ot officers and dbtrict board
members.
Resolution 50, to be Intro
duced by the Oregon Stale
Council of Carpenters asks
for mass support of "enact
ment by the state legislature
of a law ... to prevent the
importation of strike-break
ers.
A resolution to be Intro
duced by the Portland Web
Pressmen union admonishes
union members to refer to
Portland as "City of Scabs"
and to address all malls, fol
lowing the name and street
address to "Portland, 'City of
Scnbs,' Oregon."
Another resolution to be
Introduced by Pressmen asks
support for Levi McDonald,
convicted in Multnomah and
Clackamas counties for hiring
the bombing of newspaper
trucks.
The union n.iks the con
vention to enlist the aid and
support of the American labor
movement and let It be known
"thai we will not desert our
own In the faco of persecution
and prosecution Instigated by
the enemies of organized
labor."
Investigation of the news
paper strike by the state legis
lature: request Gov. Mark
Hatfield to use Ills authority
to settle the strike; cuin-el
newspaper subscriptions; out
law professional strikebreak
ing and 1'ondcmuullon of
strike insurance, arc Included
In other resolutions.
Two resolutions to Ims pro-,
posed refer to McDonald;
seven refer to strikebreakers.
Cyclist Injured
In Collision Here
Jon Kent Wood, 6-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Cleveland Wood, received luc
erntlnns on his chin, multiple
contusions and a slmplo frac
ture of his right leg after col-
lldlnr; with a car while rid-'
Ing his bicycle In front of his
home Friday.
Driver of the car was Gor
don Edward Reeves, 54 Long
Island dr., Eugene.
Young Wood was taken lo
the Rogue Valley Memorial
hospital following tho accident.
Operates Radio Circuit
The group operates its own
radio circuit for four nights
each week. This circuit Is
hooked into the 13th Naval
district's circuit at Seattle, so
the unit is always in constant
Contact with all other units in
the district.
During the summer each
reservist must serve two
weeks active duty. The local
reservists do not spend their
active duty as a unit, but each
man is assigned to a specific
station or ship.
Churchill points out tUat
although the unit is a more
than full strength, there is
always room for more. This
will be especially, so, if the
Navy decides to establish a
second electronics unit here.
Landlocked or not. Medford
can be proud that its little
Navy Is one of the best or
eanized. best trained, and
best manned of all the coun
try's reserve Naval units. .
Resolution Asks
Labor Law Repeal
Pendlcton-(UPD-A resolution
seeking repeal of the Landum
Griffin labor reform bill was
scheduled for Introduction by
the Southwestern Oregon Cen
tral Labor Trades council at
the 5th annual convention of
the Oregon AFL-CIO which
opens here Monday. ,
The bill, passed by the last
session of Congress, is term
ed "restrictive class legisla
tion" by tho union.
The measure Is "highly det
rimental to the rights of lab
or ,. , and threatens the very
existence of many Unions,"
the resolution contends,
The resolution asks for the
"outright repeal of the Lan-
drum-Griffin bill and that a
new law be enacted which
will protect tha ' legitimate
rights of labor."
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