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8 h , , MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. ORE. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 17. 1180 Out on a limb CONTEST WINNERS Eagle Point FFA members Elvin Hawkins, Don Festka and Steve Geren comprised the chap ter s team which won first place in the livestock Judging contest at the Josephine County Dairy and Livestock Fair last week. The boys judged two classes ol beef, sheep and 6wine. Geren took first place in individual livestock judging and Pestka. was runnerup. Hawkins is chapter president, Missionary Tells Of Troubles in Congo By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Mail Tribune Correspondent ; Hornbrook News direct from the trouble-torn Belgian Congo has been received here in a letter to Mrs. Frank Bear, written - by a cousin Father Willlbrord Flick, a Sa- . cred Heart missionary priest, ' Called St. Willibrord, his mission is located in the vil lage of Bomili, near Leopold- ville. The letter was written July 29, and received by Mrs. Bear Aug. 10. t In thanking his cousin for a gilt.ot money sne naa sent him, Father Flick commented that the American dollar was worth 80 francs, and they are highly valued and can be used anywhere-nobody wants Congolese money anymore." Referring to the strife in the Congo, . he wrote that "things are going badly here since July 7-hate against the Belgians and all the white race is terrific. Missionaries have not been molested a great deal as yet, but here and there some 'of' the convents have been moiested and threatened, especially the sis ters' convents, where in some cases, animalistic passions and brutalities have been let loose on white women and the nuns in the convents, resulting in a good many nuns returning to their native homes. Father Flick was to have taken his vacation at this time and expected to be in his home town of Reidfleld, Lux embourg, on Aug. 8 for the annual village festival, called the Kirmes, in honor of St Alphonses, but on "account of the disturbances and all the evacuation that is taking place, all plane reservations are being held for women and children," consequently no missionaries were taking their vacations, .which are given them every five years." "Not wanting to be a" weak ling nor a traitor to my church," the priest wrote, "I have written my bishop that I will remain at my mission post until everything is set tled and back to normal in the Congo." - Father Flick has been at the mission at Bomili for 23 years, ever since he was ordained in 1937 at the age of 24 years. Headquarters for the Sacred Heart missionary order are in Rome, and, through the bishop of the City of Luxembourg in the province of Luxembourg, Father Flick had been grant ed permission from the gen eral superior to spend part of his vacation In America, and he had planned, and still does, that part of it will be spent here at the Bear home. His last vacation, five years ago, and his first in America, was spent in Seattle and Auburn, Wash., where the Bears lived before moving to Hornbrook. Although he writes some English, his letter was written in German, as he finds that language easier and more na tural for him. While in this country five years ago, he at tended school in Milwaukee, Wis., for six weeks, learning the English language well enough to get by here. He also had help acquiring the use of the language from a Sacred Heart order brother from Detroit who joined him at the mission post two years ago. This was the first English speaking help he has ever had. He has seven Congolese ordained priests in his mission territory working under him. United Nations soldiers have arrived," he continued in his letter, "and have taken over,' and here in the Congo, at Stanleyville, we have the East Province soldiers from Ethiopia, and troops from Mo rocco. In the province of Kircc, Irish soldiers are sta tioned to maintain order." In concluding his letter. Father Flick wrote, "Whether you will get this letter I can not tell, as there has been a great disrupting of mail serv ice. Pray for us that God will guide us and protect us and bless this country so that peace may return to the Con go and life may be resumed on a normal basis. We expect peace to come during the win ter. In the meantime, we will wail in patience and put all our trust in God. Ir 101 WALTIRS Bells on Her Toes My French teacher has a roommate this summer. Her name's Ann . Hackney and she's an actress. An actress from Texas, no less. I was . relaxing in their apartment the other day, mun ching a handful peas and sipping when it occurred someone should Miss Hackney. tall, slender blonde, ed to volunteer. "Ann," says I, ."I'd like to interview you." "Why. honey lah-yum," sne drawls, "that sho would be sweet of y'all." ... After a few questions and answers, though, I Bad the feeling we weren't getting things quite "right." She sounded like Just what she ii a nice, pretty, normal American girl.. . "Ann," says I, "at the rate we're going, the read ers won't think you're an actress. You're too sincere. Can't you sound just a little phony?" "Dahhhllling," she ex claims. And away we went. Miss Ann Hackney, noted star of the Oregon Shake spearean Festival production of "Taming of the Shrew," greeted me at the door of her lavish Ashland apartment. She was wearing a long green lghtgown, a brown cashmere coat, a. Siamese cat, bells on her toes, platinum curlers In her hair and a straw hat. Almost frantically, I began firing the kind of questions a reporter is supposed to ask an actress. "What kind of toothpaste do you use, Miss Hackney?" "Baking soda and salt." "Why are you chewing that orange peel, Miss Hackney?" "It inspires me, dahhlling." "How old are . you,. . Miss Hackney?" "Sixteen." I I A i I 1 I of black-eyed , a I v I I cactus water, Jgm fv - f I interview - Since she's a r ' w. I v 71 II I I decid- -m& A l II ANN HACKNEY Wading in Honey Rural Reflections By MAUDE ZIEGLER Brown Appoints Ban Superior Court Judge Yreka - Attorney J. Everett Barr has been appointed su perior court judge of Siskiyou county by Uovernor "fat Brown. He succeeds the late Judge James M. Allen, The new judge lives with his family at 53 North Orange St., Yreka. Happy Camp A women's softball team is being orga nized In Happy Camp. The first practice was held last Tuesday at the elementary school with about 15 women turning out. Sis Griffin, who also is a Little League coach, is coaching the team. Plans are underway to try to get games with Fort Jones and Etna. DON'T BAKE YOUR SOIL For soil protection from tun baking uta FOREST LOAM Bark Mulch on your lawn, shrubs or flowers. As low as $7.00 for 100 cu. ft. truck load. You'll delight at these and other FOREST LOAM benefits-KEEPS SOIL LIGHT AND FRIABLE, long lasting, enriches soil, HELPS TO PREVENT WEEDS, clean and easy to apply, CONSERVES WATER. Best of all-FOREST LOAM IS INEXPENSIVE. Call today for more information. TimberP MIDFORD RODIJcfs Company CROON Sage & McAndrews Road SP 2-8086 "Where were you appear ing before coming to Ash land, Miss Hackney?" "Why, Stratford, deaahh boy. Naturally." "Oh. How old were you when you started there?" "One." "One? Did you have a speaking pari?" "Of course. I said 'Why'd ya kill him?' in 'Julius Caesar.' " "What was your next part?" "Cleopatra, I was three at the time." "A three-year-old Cleo patra? Were you . . . ahhh i , . convincing?" "Apparently so, dahhl ling. Parliament held a special session to pass a child labor law." "Did you ever find time for school, Miss Hackney?" I studied for about ten years. The Royal Family's tutor, you know. Elizabeth and I are great friends." "Why did you decide to leave Stratford and come to Ashland?" 'I'm bringing culture to the West. You might say I'm a pioneer." "What will you do when the Festival ends, Miss Hackney?" I really can t say, my deaaahh. I have so many of fers, I think I'll just toss a coin. But whatever I do will be big. Really big." "Do you have an agent, Mi Hackney?" Yei, my Daddy. Hat caretaker at Stratford, you know." "Is he in Aihland with you?" "No. he'i still in England. Trouble with the shrubs." "Miss Hackney, do you have any advice for aspiring young actresses? "First, I would suggest that her Daddy get a caretaker's Job. It's inspiring." "Anything else?" "Yes. She should bypass childish babblings such as 'da-da' and 'ma-ma' and con centrate on 'Hall, Caesari and 'Out, damned spot.' " "Any success secrets you'd like to pass along? "Just one, deaahh. I always step in a vat of honey before a show. Some actresses do yogi, some prefer to con template in silence. I wade in honey." Applegate Valley - Anoth er's enthusiasm is always re freshing, and Henrietta Le Piniec's fervent desire for parks in the Applegate is such that she affectionately visual izes even little roadside plots with shade trees where motor ists can change a tire. "Hennie" is. a member of the Jackson county narks and recreation committee and has traveled long mountain roads studying advisable locations for recreation areas. Wishing to dot the locality with Darks not only because tourists are the country's third largest bus iness, "Hennie" looks ahead to enjoyment of the parks by the iasi growing Medford popula tion as well. t She has the interests of lo cal people at heart, too, and would not submit anyone to the Inconvenience of a park near his home, for she be lieves all persons enjoy the privacy of their own property without neighboring vacationists. Hennie" spends some time prospecting, too, and much time with her registered! bay quarter norse, -fee Wee." EPHS Principal Resigns Because Oflll Health By DOTTIE HARBISON Mail Tribune Correipondent Eagle Point Eagle Point School Principal Shy Cal laghan has announced his re. signation after being advised to rest for a year according Regional News ' " ' T i Bob Walters. Regional Editor Correspondent: Applegate Valley - Maude Ziegler; Butte Fall - Mary Jo Harrli; Central Point -Viola Cook; Eagle Point - Dottie Harbiion; Gold Hlll-Sami Valley - Mary KeU; Grandvlew-Lone Pine -Dot Simmom; Happy Camp - Hazel Davli; Hornbrook - Katherlne Chapman; Illinois Valley - Kather ine Scott; Jacksonville - Bette Koiktns; McLeod - Caroline Harding; Meadows - Nellie Bergman; Phoe nix - Helen Nlkodym: Proipect - Frances Ring; Shady Cove - Evalyn Watson; Table Rock -RE i.taiuii, a icii e- uu wuti, tuiu'wicn - lute, m, nuuuua - Ann AaucnOaTCH. X rCJU - DCUlt) Boyd Jrraaer. .'t ' . x. . , - - Board Asked to Co-Sponsor Flood Control Project By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Mail Tribune Correipondent Hornbrook-A delegation of interested Hornbrook reii dents attended the meeting of the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors at the court house in Yreka last Tuesday. . Fred Mitchell, spokesman of the group, presented a request to the board to co-sponsor a flood control project, in the Cotton wood creek watershed. Mitchell introduced Randall F. Reeves of the state division of soil control, who outlines the flood control program to the board, and explained that local sponsors are needed who have the power to instigate condemnation procedures, and taxation powers. Backing of the board is needed primarily to lend pres tige to the request of the local group. After outlining briefly the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention act (Public Law 566) as it applies to the project in question. Reeves informed the board that If approved, this would be the first project of its kind in Cal ifornia north of southern Tehama county, where the planning stage is almost com pleted on a similar project on cnamplln slough. Will Draft Proposal Reeves' office will draft a proposal to be preserved to the board of supervisors in approximately two to three months. The meeting with the board of supervisors followed two previous meetings held in July. On July 10 at a public meeting at the Grange hall here, John Lenz, an engineer with the U.S. Soil Conserva tion service, explained Public Law S66 in full and presented the results of a preliminary survey made by his office of the Cottonwood creek water shed. He presented a chart show ing the location of the five proposed possible dam sites in the area and outlined the pro- cedure for getting the project underway. Aski Inveitigaiion The second meeting was held July 13 when the group met with the Shasta Valley Soil Conservation - district board to apply for a small wa tershed investigation. At this meeting the Shasta Valley district passed a resolution to act as co-sponsor of a flood control and irrigation project under the Small Watershed act. The group made a formal request to the California State Soil Conservation com mission to conduct a recon naissance investigation of the feasibility of the project. In the delegate from Horn brook at Tuesday's meeting were Fred Mitchell, Rob Cum mins, Marion Grieb, Glen Robertson, Robert Larson and Frank Cardoza. Mark Antony Hotel 'Packing Them In' By BOB WALTERS Mail Tribune Regional Editor Ashland' The 1 Oregon Shakespearean Festival isn't the only -place that's packing them In this summer. Ashland's "new" Mark An tony hotel has a full house al most every night, too; Harold S., Hulse, the hotel's busy but apparently happy general manager, said yester day an average of 90 per cent of the SO rooms have been oc cupied each night since the Festival opened July 25. And there's a long waiting list for rooms from now until the final curtain comes down Sept. J. Business also is booming in the coffee shop and restaurant adjacent to the hotel lobby. Anyone who has tried to find an empty booth during the noon hour will bear witness to that. Much Work To Do Hulse is pleased with the way local residents as well as Festival visitors have wel comed the Mark Antony but added that we still have an awful lot of work to do." The main dining room. cocktail lounge and ballroom are expected to be completed in about six weeks. The ball room will accommodate 250 persons, the dining room 100 and the lounge 40. The ballroom will be 78 feet long and 30 feet wide and one wall will be composed of a row of glass doors. Just out side the ballroom and to the rear of the hotel will . be a covered patio and a swimming pool, both of which are to be ready for next season. Between the lobby and the coffee shop is a small banquet room, The Tempest Room. It will be used for the first time when the Ashland Kiwanis club gathers there today. . Motel Setup Popular Hulse said one of the hotel's most popular attractions is the 26-room motel setup on the third floor. Guests may park to the rear of the building. walk up a ramp leading di rectly to the third floor and contact the main lobby by telephone for a room without having to go into the lobby. The hotel has three large air conditioners, one for the ball room, another for the dining room and a third for the lobby and coffe shop. The parking lot at the rear of the hotel will be leveled and black-topped and will ac commodate more than 100 cars. Traniformeri Needed So much electrical power is being used simultaneously, Hulse explained, that two new transformation had to be in stalled shortly after the hotel's opening to supplement the two already In use. Eagle Point - The exercise class originally scheduled for tomorrow morning will be held Friday morning at the graae scnool gymnasium from 9 to 10 a.m. for this week only. "One more thing, Miis Hackney. Do you have a mei lage for our readers here in outhern Oregon?" "But of courie, dahhlling. Tell them I'm Just a home body at heart." GALLERY OFFICER DIES New York (UPD Charles Retz, 57, assistant vice presi dent of Parke Bernet Galler ies Inc., died Tuesday. PLAYWRIGHT DIES New York-OIPD-Carl M. Leo. 63, playwright and scenario writer, died Monday. SHY CALLAGHAN Princial Reiigm lo Superintendent Glenn D. Hale. Hale said he does not yet have a replacement. Callaghan moved to Eagle Point 13 years ago with his wife and two daughters, El len and Joanne, and a year later was a coach and social studies teacher. He has been principal of the high school for the past four years. Mrs. Callaehan will rnn- tinue to teach' in the Eagle Point Grade school where sho has taught for the past 13 years and the family will con tinue to live in their home nn South B st. Ellen will be at tending Southern Oregon col lege in Asniand. Read what the experts say: CARTOONIST DIES Santa Monica, Calif.-OIPD- Jefferson Machamer, 60. syn dicate cartoonist for the Chi cago Tribune, died Tuesday. CLOGSTON'S Metal Weather Stripping and Screens Ittlmarai Gladly Phone SP 3-1014 Evenings Get your free copy of tho article from CAR LIFI Magazine. ..at your OLDS Dealer's now! DARRELL MILLER CO., 415 S. RIVERSIDE Another project being con sidered, is a sun deck atop the nine-story building. It origi nally had been planned to op erate a small bar there and to have colored pennants flying when the sun deck is open. The management, however, is still debating the idea. "At the moment," Hulse said, "the sun deck is just our conversation piece for the future." Smoky Bear Reading Club Ends Saturday; the 85 active registered mem. bers, 35 are eligible for certit Eagle Polnt-Mra.-Jessie Ty cer, Eagle Point librarian, said she would like to remind all members of the Smoky Bear Reading club ' that' this Saturday is the last day of the Club.; ''- She urged all. members to try for their certificates. Of icates at present. Mrs. Tycer said she would like to- invito all memners of the club to be at the library at 10 a.m. Satur day. .Their parents also are welcome. ; ANNOUNCEMENT E.G.SOMMERP.A. Public Accountant announces the opening of his offices for the practice of general accounting. 314 East 6th Medford SP 3-7990 Ashland MU 5-6626 mdw, mmM Barry & Brindley Business Service We 3P Specialize ' 6 O Mimeographing O Public Stenography O Addressing & Mailing O Notary Public COME IN OR CALL Phone SP 3-8231 314 EAST 6TH STREET Emime S...).S1 The man who found Adolf Eichroann answers these provocative questions.. 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