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SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. v ... ; : j ? J l & "trT1 ill Ml T ! REST ROOM FACILITIES Bob Johnston, manager of Johnston Stores, Medford, concessionarie at Howard Prair- .ie reservoir, (left) and Robert Haworth, city-county parks .and recreation director, examine the foundation and basic Grandma Moses One Month Shy Of 100th Birthday Manchester, Vt.-IUPII-Artistsr friends and , neigbhors paid homage in words and music Saturday night to Grandma Moses a month before her 100th birthday. The frail, little artist whose real name Is Mrs. Anna Mary Robertson Moses, came 45 miles by automobile from the home of her son in Hooslck Falls, N.Y. to the southern Vermont art center. She was presented a por trait of herself painted by Dean Faussctt in a simple ceremony preceding a public tribute to her in the center's theater. The portrait was un veiled by a great grandson of the woman who gained fame for paintings of typically American rural themes, many of her works have been re produced as Christmas cards. More than 600 persons thronged the theater to pay personal tribute to the artist and attend a program that in cluded a "Grandma Moses memory book musicale," A 24-voice chorus directed by Hugh Ross of the Berk shire music center chanted songs of the past century as photographic slides depicted the times and works of Grand ma Moses. Jackie Bell and Lynelte Mettey of Manchester and Susan Bagg, a summer resi dent of Dorset, portrayed Grandma Moses at different periods In her life. Grandma Moses, whose painting career did not begin until she was 77, has many friends in this town at the foot of Ml. Equinox in the Green mountains. She paints landscapes from memory. "I just start a pic ture and add to it as I go," she once said. When fame came to Grand ma Moses, she accented it with traditional Ytfnkee mod esty. Though some paintings were sold for big fees, Grand ma Moses painted other can vasses for gifts to friends and neigbhors. A score of her paintings were exhibited at the center in commemoration of the forthcoming centennial of her birth. Oregon Professor Dies in Portland Portland-IUPII-Dr. Merrill G. Swenson, 67, head of the pros thetics department at the Uni versity of Ore en n rionti.1 school, died of an apparent neart attack here Friday night. He was on vacation frnm his post when the apparent attack occurred. - Dr. Swenson, a native of Gaylord, Minn., was a gradu ate of the University of Min nesota dental school and his teaching career Included posi tions at the University of Min nesota, University of Denver, Medical College of Virginia and New York university. Survivors include his wid ow, Cora; a son, Jack; two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services are sched uled Monday. Rockford, Ill.-IUPU-A wire on a house-to-house toy tele phone apparently caused the death of a nine-month-old girl Friday. Authorities said Ann Louise Shull apparently reached from her crib and took hold of the toy phone. The wire became tangled around her neck and strangled j her. lyy-i Stocks Advance in Three Of Five Sessions, But Still Finish Low on Light Volume By HENRY J. BECHTOLD UPI Financial Editor New York - IUPD - Stocks advanced on average in three of the five sessions last week but still managed to finish slightly lower on continued light volume. The list finished slightly higher on Monday, thanks mainly to an 8-point gain in Proctor & Gamble; fell the next two sessions; and rose on Thursday and Friday, with the best gain registered in the closing session. The market's movements last week were a disappoint ment to the more bullish seg ment of the trading com munity who had hoped the previous week's late rally fol lowing the margin cut would touch off the long awaited, traditional summer rally. But there was nothing stimulating in the business news background to fuel any such rise and the market quickly settled back Into the slow downdrift underway be fore the margin reduction. Encouraging Newt Items The Thursday afternoon and Friday rallies were con sidered by brokers to be only technical since they were not touched off by any specific news development. But some analysis say there are enough encouraging news items around to influence some buying and possibly ex tend the advance through a few sessions. Year-to-year gains in freight loadings, another gasoline price rise, good July store sales, and the first increase in New York City bank loans to business were cited as pos sible buying stimulants. But there also is room for some pessimism when one con siders declining profit mar gins In many firms, scattered dividend cuts, and a dragging rate of new orders for durable goods. The steel industry, which last week received some cn couoragement from two of its top executives in regard to a steady rise In steel operations for the rest of the year, was told by Iron Age magazine that the rise will not be as big as anticipated. The magazine pointed out that the steel mills, In effect, are borrowing from future business by pressuring cus tomers to place orders now which normally would have been made late this month-, or even in early fall. Avco Most Active The slowdown in the econ omy continued to have its end effect on corporate dividend payments. Standard and Poor's reported dividend ac tion in July compared un favorably with a year aRo for the fourth consecutive month. The weekly business statis tics showed steel production, retail sales, electricity output, coal production and bank clearings all up from the week before. Carloadings slipped on the week teit ran above a year ago. Crude oil output slipped. Sales last week totaled 12, 843,800 shares, for a daily average of 2,588.000 shares, against 13,863.740 shares, or 2,772,748 shares per day a week earlier. Avco was by far the most active stock with volume of 527,800 shares. It finished up VA points, Boeing was run ner-up with sales of 244,100 shares and a gain of 5i. American Motors, Standard , . ..... - plumbing of one of the rcslroom facilities being construct-. ed at Howard Prairie reservoir. At extreme left with. his. back to the camera is Sid Wilkinson, Medford resident, Oil New Jersey and Ampex rounded out the top five. North American Aviation and Douglas also were active and strong in response to the government's announced in tention to spend a huge sum for new jet transports. The Dow-Jones averages at Friday's close showed 30 in dustrials off 2.44 to 614.20; 20 rails off 0.62 to 134.64; 15 utilities unchanged at 92.83; and 65 slocks off 0.66 to '203.26. BIub Chipi Down Procter and Gamble, up sharply early in the week in response to a favorable en dorsement for its Crest tooth paste by the American Dental association, finished by only iVi. A good earnings report and announcement that the company was entering the electronics field boosted Lionel 4 points. S. H. Kress fell 3i as directors omitted the dividend. Munsingwear jumped 6 on a raised dividend. The aircrafts showed Doug las up 5, General Dynamics up 4, North American up more than 2, and Beech, Ben- Dallas Voters School Desegregation in Vote on Test Dallas, Tex. -IUPU- Dallas voters, in the face of a fed eral court order to start school integration in 1961, Saturday rejected desegregation by a 4-lo-l margin in a referendum that apparently has little meaning. Complete but unofficial re turns from all of the city's 134 precincts showed a vole of 30,324 "against" integration, and 7,416 "for." While the vote was about 12,000 short of pre-election es timates, It still was a record turnout for a school election in Dallas. The previous high was 26,000 for a school board trustee election in 1958. Federal District Judge T. Whitfield Davidson suggested the referendum to sample pub lic sentiment on mixing the races. He had indicated that if the vote was "for" integra tion, he would order immedi ate and sweeping integration of the schools. It had been predicted that possibly 50,000 voters would cast ballots Saturday, but this estimate appeared too high. White voting was moderate to heavy, but voting in Negro districts was light. There was some organized support against integration. A small airplane flew over Dal Porter Takes Fight to Supr Washington - IUPII -Ren. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) has appealed to the Supreme Court in his 14-month fight for a passport to travel to Red China. Porter's attorneys filed a petition Friday asking the high court to review lower court rulings upholding the State Department's refusal to issue him the passport. The Supreme Court will de cide later whether to consider the case. In his petition, Porter said he wants to visit Red China for the more knowledgeable performance of his congres- dix and Martin up more than 3 each. The blue chip . industrial average was pulled down by losses of 3V4 in General Elec tric, 2 in Union Carbide, 2VS in Du Pont and 1 in Eastman Kodak. Oils were helped by the gasoline price boosts. Hono lulu gained 4, Amerada 3, and Richfield VA. With the auto industry now pausing be fore the start of the 1961 models, auto stocks dipped slightly. Steels showed Republic down 1V4 on a lower earnings report; U.S. Steel up Va, and' Bethlehem off Va. Upjohn jumped 273 in the drugs while Vick fell Va and American Home Products Beckman rose 3Vi and Var ian lost 2 in the electronics. Polaroid featured on the up side with a rise of 10 14. American News gained 5V4, Houston Lightning rose 3V& and Vendo rose 5, while Minneapolis Honeywell fell 4V, and McGraw Hill drop ped 6. Reject Referendum las today, trailing a sign that said, "Vote against integra tion." Several Negro election judges felt there was no point in voting, and the ballot itself -marked "for" and "against" -as confusing to some persons, both Negro and white. Texas' two largest cities -Houston and Dallas - have now expressed themselves as against integration, but both are under orders to integrate. Federal Judge Ben C. Con nally ordered Houston schools to start "stair-step" integra tion next month. The Dallas district is under orders to start a "pepper-and-salt" plan of integration in September, 1961. Under the "pepper-and-salt" plan, favored by Judge Davidson, no one would be compelled to attend an inte grated school. But certain schools would be set aside for integration. The other schools would remain segregated. The referendum was at least an attempt to comply with a state law which forbids inte gration without a favorable vole in the district. This law was passed by the legislature In 1957 in an attempt to stave off mixing. Passport em Cc&wt sional functioie" He said he needed first hand information 'concerning the most popu lous country of the world wlse activities and purposes almost dally confront the Con gress." The U. S. Court of Appeals dismissed Porter's passport suit on grounds his congres sional status alone did not ex empt him from the State De partment's ban on travel to Communist China. Porter contended that any member of Congress should be allowed to visit any nation in pursuit of legislative duties. Road, Restrooms Among Work at Howard Prairie By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Staff Writer Work on recreation facili ties is nearing completion at Howard Prairie reservoir. Two miles of road into the lake has been asphalted. Work is nearing completion on large, modern and comfort able restroom facilities. Many of the picnic tables and benches have been put in place under the trees. With them are small, neat concrete outdoor fireplaces. Near the lake shore is a small wooden concession stand set on skids so it can be moved around the reser voir as recreational water use shifts from one part of the lake to another. Future Problems As these facilities are com pleted, people like Bob John ston, of Johnston stores, which runs the concession, and City County Recreation Director Bob Haworth ponder on how much the lake will be used and what future problems will arise. They know that these fa cilities are a good beginning. But more facilities will be needed. Showers may be added to the restroom facilities or a separate shower building be erected near the trailer house area at the west side of the lake. Washing machines may be added if the area gets the hoped-for electricity. Johnston sees his initial try as a concessionaire as a non- profitable, experimental one for this short summer season He plans many more improve ments if he is fortunate enough to get the bid as a long lease concessionaire. Has Staple Goods Now the small store near the lake shore holds a few staple goods such as soups, canned vegetables, canned milk, matches and occasional fresh fruit. ' Since there are no telephone connections messages must be sent to the Johnston stores in Medford and supplies brought in the next day or two. Lack of telephone commu nications also complicates the boat reservation problem. Fishermen and other outdoors men can reserve boats by call ing the Johnston store in Med ford not later than Wednesday to use the boats on week ends. However, Johnston says those wanting to go boating in mid-week can be pretty sure of getting boats by merely driving to Howard Prairie. Permanent Store Possible Later a permanent store, moorage and dock and res taurant facilities may be pos sible. More launching facili ties are needed than the single concrete ramp now far above the water - line due to the heavy draw-down for irriga tion needs. A similar water recreation spot in the state of Washington has six or eight ramps side by side, Haworth noted. Next summer, Johnston, who has an 18-months lease, plans to move in 35 trailers which will contain the bare necessities. People using these neat, modern, comparatively inexpensive trailer - houses will have to do their bathing, cooking and take care of other necessities outside the trailers. Twenty - five deluxe type trailers with' all the modern conveniences including show ers will be brought in later. These trailer homes can be used in place of cabins. Estimates Attendance Haworth estimates during peak days 5I,000 people will use the recreation area. He estimated 2,800 recreationists used the area during last Memorial Day. He figures 10, 000 people will use the facili ties during a long holiday. Reading reports on other outdoor camping and general recreation areas, 10,000 peo ple doesn't seem a large num ber of people. An article in the June issue of Outdoor Life refers to Ihe "Crisis' in Camp ing." Michigan, for instance, according to the article, re ported it had to turn vaway !ol0,247 camping families, not just persons, from state parks during the past season. Wait on Roadside In March, Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller told the New York legislature that "many fami nes must wait on the roadside, sometimes for as long as two or three Says, to gain admis sionOp a public campsite." "Over 107,000 persons." he said, "were either without accomodations at campsites, or were moved to inadequate camping locations (during the last year)," Rockefeller said. The governor recommend ed a bond issue to be paid off by fees and other charges for use of the facilities. Haworth and Johnston r"H... ' ..v'.:'''".-. '; 1 - ( t-TTzr" - -' : .; . :m : , ,, . .r "i-jor - OKAY, SHOVE OFF1 Art Nelson shoves their fishing poles out angling for the big off Ted Schopf, Southern Oregon college ones in Howard Prairie reservoir. Last week athletic director, sitting amidships and Cliff a boom was run out into deeper water mak McClane bending over motor. After the ing it easier on. the small boat handlers, three men were water-borne they soon had " . : . CARETAKERS CABIN This . large com- lie,-. Bob Johnston, of Johnston stores, Med- fortable looking cabin is being used by the ford, hopes to have housetrailers located caretaker and concession operator at How-' north: of the picnic grounds. , ard Prairie reservoir. For the general pub- . ' i- PICNIC TABLE AND BENCHES This is . chain which anchors each unit to the gound. one of the many picnic , table-bench units ' Next to it is the one-piece outdoor fireplace which have been located . at the picnic , which also goes with each table and. bench grounds at Howard Prairie reservoir.' Notice unit. ... ' ' ' the one unit, sturdy construction and the ,. ' : point out that southern Ore-b gon is witnin a two-day arive of San Francisco and Port land, large metropolitan areas. It will be only a matter of time before people discover the southern Oregon scenery, and what is now a spacious outdoor recreation area. Out of State Visitors Wyoming, a state with wide open spaces and a permanent population of only about 300, 000, had out-of-state visitors totaling 6 million during the combined travel seasons of 1957-58. It was estimated that 50 per cent of all visitors to Yellow stone National Park (which is predominantly in Wyoming and under federal control) were campers, and mostly from out of state. Yellowstone has more than 900,000 visitors a year and a half million are campers. C. B. Colby, who wrote the article for Outdoor Life, said his family visited 16 states, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexi co, Colorado, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New YoTk, Idaho and Indiana. He reported he was startled at both conditions found In the outdoor camping areas and replies from officials in charge of, these outdoor facilities. : Set Up Camp A family, possibly your family, drives to Howard Prairie. You set up a tent at the camping area on the west side of the lake or move into one of the rental trailers, or perhaps you have one with you. First thing you want is refrigeration for your food. You- need ice, groceries, fresh cold water and a place to cook your food, shower and launder your clothes. Decent sanitary facilities are a must; especially if you go camping as a family. The money which went into the recreational development of Howard Prairie is federal! More' money ' will' be needed for ' its further development, and that of its sister, reservoir areas of Hiatt and Emigrant lakes. ' : ' : Now a boat-launching ramp is the only facility contem plated for Emigrant. ' Local- recreational officials know, however, that much O ii O o Jo Hotick, Funeral Director . - .-, . r more-will be needed, since it is within easy reach of faml lies out for a picnic after work. .'It is also expected to draw many swimmers and water-skiers. Ready This Fall Raising of the dam and en largement of the reservoir area ' will , be completed in time for the more hardy SISKIYOU FUNERAL SERVICE You are invited by to See and Inspect Our New Garden Crypt Mausoleum CEMETERY, MORTUARY, CREMATORY, MAUSOLEUM SP ignified e 605 Highland Dr. water-skiers to use it this fall, county officials say. Emigrant win neea picnic tables, outdoor stoves or fire Dlaces and teilet facilities. It will need shade trees for the picnickers and swimmers who want to get out of the sun.- It will need more boat ramps, to mention only a few needed facilities. Outdoor recreation authori ties point out that only a com paratively small part of the overall population uses sucti outdobr areas. However, they are for the use of anyone who wants to use them. Such rec reation projects are not proved vote-getters so are not popular with many legislators. With increasing numbers us ing recreation areas, this view may soon change. Local recreation promoters are concerned with the lack of long-range,, extensive plan ning for Howard Prairie and Emigrant lake areas, particu larly. Because of the great in crease in outdoor recreation and the predicted population increases it's. like flying a jet airnlane, they point out. Coun ty recreation authorities must see far ahead to an objective. Grand Jury to Consider Evidence In Murder Case A Jackson county grand jury will be called Tuesday, Aug. 16, to consider evidence against Keith Duane Adams, 32, accused of murdering his wife in her residence Thurs day, District Attorney Thom as J. Reeder said Friday. Adams was arraigned in district court Friday, formal ly charged with first degree murder and bound over to the grand jury. He is accused of fatally beating and strangling Mrs. Hazel Jean Adams, 28, while she lay sleeping at her resi dence at 1205 Withington St., about 1 a.m. Thursday. The couple had been divorced only since Monday. Adams admitted the killing in a signed statement to Med ford police. " f Reeder said he now has evi- . dence that Adams choked his wife the Saturday previous to the alleged .murder. Adams has admitted it, he said. "Mrs. Adams was advised to sign a complaint then but didn't want Adams to have a record," Reeder said. "She was afraid it would reflect on the children." Meanwhile, relatives have asked to take the children, Reeder added. Adams is be. ing held in the county jail without bail. Man Charged With Molesting Girl Medford police arrested a 36-year-old Canton, Wash., man Saturday afternoon on a charge of "immoral acts." John Dennis Fuller is ac cused of molesting a 9-year-old Medford girl in a down town department store about 12:25 p.m. He was apprehend ed shortly after the incident by a witness to the act and a city police officer. Police said the girl was not harmed. Fuller was confined in the city jail. 2 - 5488 Centrally Located In A Quiet Non Commercial Atmosphere All Within Siskiyou Memorial Park Reverent Sincere
