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o EDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1960 O O O MEDFORlMAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. Out on a Limb By BOB WALTERS Short-Changed Monday night I had my first chance to see just how silly e limousine situation at Medford airport really is. I had just returned from Portland and, frankly, had forgotten all about the hassle between Medford Airport Limousine service and Yellow Cab company's limousine serv ice. So I got in a vehicle op erated by the former organi zation and assumed I'd be tak en home. So did the other passenger. We told the driver where we wanted to m nH ha he was sorry but he couldn't tane us to a private address. Thus the other Dassenepr rii. embarked at a school next to nis nome and I was dropped off at a church about half a block from my apartment house. The driver said this was ail he could do since the city council had ruled that neither limousine service could de liver passengers to private ad dresses. He said he was just trying to "go by the law." Talked to our city hall re porter about it yesterday and then called Medford City At torney Joel Reeder, who said he believed the driver was stretching the point a bit and that the other passenger and I actually could have been taken to our doors. So at the moment it seems no one really understands the rules. The driver, who said he was acting on orders from his boss, apparently doesn't, and I'm inclined to wonder if the city does. The city realizes it has a problem, though, and I'm sure they're trying to do the right thing by both firms. To add to the general con fusion, there also have been rumors that some drivers have been jacking their prices to deliver passengers to private addresses. And there's the question of whether drivers are allowed to stand inside the terminal building or must wait outside. Monday night, they were inside. It's all just a bit ridiculous and I don't envy the city of ficials who have to try to hammer out a solution that will be saisfactory to all par ties concerned. And that "all parties" in cludes passengers. Competi tion is just dandy, but right now the passengers the ones footing the bill for "services rendered" are getting short changed. Figuratively, at least. Kayaks Take First, Second Places In Labor Day Boat Race On Klamath River By HAZEL DAVIS Mail Tribun. Correspondent Happy Camp Kayaks proved to be the fastest boats in the Klamath River Boat Race over the Labor Day week end. Kayaks took first ana second places and a two man rowboat finished third in the 64-mile race from high way aa to Clear creek about eight miles south of Happy Camp. Coming in first was Paris Rogers, of Mill Valley, Calif., in a 28-pound blue kayak. His total lapsed time was 10 hours,' 5 minutes. He led the race all the way, handling his boat with the greatest of ease. Besides taking $300 for first prize he picked up two spot prizes of $25 each. Rogers said that he thinks tiful river and that he would like to race here again. He has competed in and won many races on western rivers and rates the kayak above other boats. . Clow Race For Second Taking the $200 second place money was Rich Cham bers of Salem, Ore., with his 60 pound red kayak. His total lapsed time was 11 hours, 20 minutes and 40 seconds. Third place went to two hard working oarsmen who finished second in the first lap of the race to Happy Camp but lost the next day to the second kayak in the last eight miles of the race. Picking up $100 were Jerry Patterson and John Walker of Trinidad. They passed all the other boats on the river but could the Klamath is a very beau-1 not catch the lightweight kayaks. Their time was 11 hours, 22 minutes and 27 sec onds. Consolation prizes went to Oscar Taylor and Tom wil liams of Requa who finished fourth, and Kenny Frank Klamath, and Clarence Peters of Requa, who finished fifth. 14 Boatt Entered A total of 14 boats entered the water at the Swallows Re sort Sunday at 7 a.m. They were put in the water at 2 minute Intervals. There were four kayaks and 10 rowboats entered. Competitors included the following: Tom Colburn and Morres Wood, Yreka, kayak. Harold Guilt and Dave Hut- ton, Happy Camp, canoe, spon sored by Happy Camp Union station. , District 6 Teachers Attend In-Service Curriculum Meetings Today, Tomorrow One of the local funeral homes sends an employee by the Mail Tribune office just about every day lo drop off information for ,ihe pa per's obituary columns. Yesterday the following ex change took place: Undertaker: "Working hard? Wire editor: "You bet." Undertaker: "Well, they say there's no rest for the wicked." I could have sworn the temperature dropped a hun dred degrees. ' Or maybe 98.6 would be more spe cific. Whenever we hear a police siren, someone in the news room automatically reaches for a telephone. Such was the case one day a week or so ago when a siren wound up just before press time. Ths rpnorter asked the Med ford police department what the trouble was and this, he says, is what he was tola: "Some woman is acting ir rational over at the bus de- Never did find out what she was doing, but I suspect she was dunking a fried egg in a cup of coffee. Then again, she may have been reading "War and Peace" while standing on her head and singing me n ...nttQn War f!hant." After all, how irrational can you get? By MARY KELL Mail Tribune Correspondent Gold Hill-Charles A. Mey er, superintendent of District 6 schools, has announced that in - service curriculum meet ings were held today from 1 to 3 p.m. in Central Point. They also are scheduled for tomorrow during the same hours. These sessions are a con tinuation of the curriculum study that Meyer instituted last spring in music, math, and writing activities of lan guage arts on the elementary and junior high school level. Crater High also elected de partment heads and began improvement plans in all areas of the high school cur riculum last spring. Teachers of the various de partments at Crater High will meet again tomorrow from 1 to 3 p.m. in the first period room assignments of depart ment heads at the high school. Music teachers also will meet again tomorrow in the Crater music room. To continue and develop their study of math, and lan guage arts activities all teach ers of grades one through eight will meet again tomor row from.l to 3 p.m. at the Central Point Junior High and Elementary, school in desig nated rooms with elementary curriculum chairman. ' Joint Action Meyer said it is necessary for all teachers in District 6 to attend these meetings with out exception because of their importance to the school pro gram. Overall curriculum planning involving the selec tion of policies and patterns should be done, he said, by joint action of teachers, prin cipals and the superintend According to Meyer, the same basic materials, objec tives and philosophy in each grade and school throughout the district will be the ulti mate goal of this curriculum study. This is important be cause ninth graders from all District 6 schools, Gold Hill, Sams Valley, and Central Point, enter Crater High school. It is necessary, he said, that each pupil come to the secondary school with a simi lar background of education al experience. Curriculum study to be effective must be continuous and ever alert to the changing needs of a changing world. Curriculum improvement in District 6 win be a continuous part of the educational program, he added. Meyer said the teacher has tween the child and the educa- IV Schools To Open This Monday Illinois Valley - Schools in the Illinois Valley will have their first full day of classes thic Mnndav. snimn Kerbv and Ever- ' green had registratio ntoday f or first graders and all new ftirfants. A spokesman for the grade schools stated tnai an ue ' rias will be open on the first day of school. wo.lov Peters. Illinois Val Ipv Hleh school principal said that registration will continue during week days between the a vital role because the cur riculum is the sum total of classroom and school activi ties. It is shaped and made ef fective by the teacher, and in all probability, the classroom teacher is the most important person in the total curriculum study and "improvement" process. Meyer emphasized that the curriculum is the link be tional policy of the school. He stressed that the experience Yule Spirit Comes Early to Yreka By BESSIE BOYD FRASER Mail Tribune. Correspondent Yreka-It was during 100 degree temperatures in Au gust that Yreka broke out with the Christmas spirit. There for all passing mo torists to see hanging on a light pole across from the Yreka Inn, is the first Christmas decoration a plastic tree in outline, adorned with three red lights. With only about 112 days left till Santa's day. Yreka won't be unprepared. Rumor has it that each week another tree will be hoisted to another pole, so by Dec. 25 Main it. should look like the "forest primeval." Registration Plans Changed for School Lone Pine - plans for regis tering first grade students at Lone Pine school have been changed from an announce ment made earlier. Lee Merriman, principal, has announced that all chil dren entering the first grade must register in the first grade room, Friday, Sept. 9, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Those who registered last spring also are requested to come at this time and bring their Golden rod slips and birth certificates or other evi dence of age. The children will be weighed,, measured, and assigned. Insurance and lunch arrangements also will be taken care of at that time. Anyone having further questions is asked to call the school office at SP 2-8669. . Improvement Plans Listed By Ranger Illinois Valley Improved parking areas and restrooms for the area near Illinois river falls west of Selma are under study, according to Ranger Cliff Fink. Fink stated that he and C.R. Shepard of the state- game commission have had talks about the present problems confronting visitors to that area and that they hope action to make the needed improve ments there can be accom plished before ateelhead sea son opens. At present the game com mission is having the Mann Construction Co. construct fish ladders to permit steel head and salmon to negotiate the falls to spawning grounds further up the river. Ranger Fink said prelimi nary studies show that costs of planned Improvements will be between $1,000 and $1,500. Fink added that this is just an estimate. A site plan will have to be accomplished and it is possible, he added, that the improvements will be jointly sponsored by the forest serv ice an dthe state game commission. Profits Listed For Carnival, Dances Happy Camp Two dances during the Labor Day week end boat races netted more than $200 profit for the Hap py Camp fire department. Music was provided both nights by Slim King of Sacra mento. An estimated $300 to $400 profit was received from the carnival held by the Happy Camp Lions club over the week end. Cloudy weather threatened the carnival for a while and Saturday's donkey baseball game was nearly rained out. for teaching and learning must be organized and con stant judging and evaluation is necessary to ascertain whether the objectives are attained. Better Music Program The superintendent stated that a better planned and or ganized music program is re sulting in District 6 by coop erative group work of the ele mentary and high school mu sic departments. The children, he said, are the beneficiaries of this continual music pro gram which starts in grade one and continues throughout the high school years. Last spring he suggested that a program be worked out that would help to keep the same enthusiasm among children of all ages as is found in the pri mary department. The pro- g r a m coordinates classroom singing in grades one through eight throughout the district and the junior high program correlate with that of Crater High school. The first combined District 6 chorus was held in Central Point last May with young sters from Sams Valley, Gold Hill and Central Point par ticipating. . Registration for high school students will continue at Cra ter High Thursday morning between 9 a.m. and noon. All elementary teachers in the district will work in their re spective rooms at the differ ent schools tomorrow morn ing as they did today. The only departments which do not have meetings Sched uled for Thursday afternoon are junior and senior shop, homemaking, and physical education. These teachers met with their department heads today at Crater. Meyer Addresses Group The opening day of the ln- scrvice program for District 6 teachers began with a general assembly at Crater High gym nasium Tuesday morning. The superintendent addressed the group on plans relevant to the school, and new teachers in the district were introduced by principals of their respec tive schools. Over 2,400 students will en ter schools in the district. Opening day of school is Mon day, Sept." 12. The districts administra. tive and faculty staff consists of eight administrators head ed by Superintendent Meyer and includes five principals, two vice principals and 105 teachers. Regional Calendar Eagle Point Mrs. James Wilson's physical education class will not meet this Thurs day morning and all ladies are asked to watch for a no tice concerning a new meeting place now that school will be starting next week. Williams School will start In the Williams area this Mon day and pupils may register on opening day. . Gold Hill - Mrs. Jerry Her rington. president of the Gold Hill Parent-Teacher associa tion, has announced that the first meeting of the year will be held Monday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. All parents are in vited to join the organization Rich Chambers, Salem, Ore., kayak. John Walker and Jerry Pat terson, Trinidad, canoe, spon sored by Rogue River Boat shop of Grants Pass. Curtis Peters, Hornbrook, in a row boat. In the last man ual race on the Klamath, Pet ers finished in fourth place. Harold Peters and Ray Con- raa, Happy Camp, row boat. Paris Rogers, Mill Valley kayak. Bill Lloyd, Seiad Valley, row boat, sponsored by Seiad valley store. John Coats and Norman Hatcher, Yreka, kayak, Wilbur Bridenstine and Earl Sakota, Happy Camp, row boat. William Morgan and Bruce Meinders, Yreka, canoe. Tom Williams and Oscar Taylor, Requa, canoe. Ronnie Gensaw, Requa, and Oscar Gensaw, Klamath, fish ing boat. Denny Frank, Klamath, and Clarence Peters, Requa, row boat. One entry, Mac McKellar of Yreka, was unable to enter as he had been called to a fire. He was to have raced a one- man kayak. The Happy Camp Lions club said it would re turn his $10 entry fee. The race was followed by more than 100 cars along the road during both days of the Hornbrook . Parents Club Sets Carnival By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Mail Tribune Correspondent Hornbrook - The Parent's club held their first meeting of the new school year at the grammar school Thursday afternoon, with the president, Mrs. George Smith, presiding As their first money-raising venture, the annual Hallo we'en carnival was discussed and preliminary planning set in motion. The date of the carnival will be announced later. Room mothers were ap pointed for the ensuing year. They are: first and second grade, Mrs. Ray Blankenship and Mrs. Morris Wood; third and fourth grades, Mrs. George Smith and Mrs. Har- ley Baker; fifth and sixth grades, Mrs. Marion Grieb and Mrs. Paul Greene; and seventh and eighth grades, Mrs. Thomas Btircell and Mrs. Curtis Peters. The regular meetings of the Parents club are held on the first Thursday of each month at 3 p.m. at the school house. A plant has been bought and will be awarded each month to the room having the most parents in attendance at the meetings. B 3 Four Bid For Dam Construction Illinois Valley Joe Ollis of Cave Junction has submitted low bid for construction of the dam at the new recreation lake on Mcmullen creek three miles east of Selma on Deer Creek road. Four contractors submitted bids for the earthen dam which will provide a 160-acre lake on the more than 300 hundred ly.res of land set aside for the county park. Submitting bids were Floyd and Harvey Selma, $24,000, Mike Wells, $22,400, Comer Brothers, Grants Pass, $21,- 265, and Joe Ollis, $16,475. Ollis is expected to start construction of the dam short ly after the formal award notice is given. Don McGreg or, park board president, stat ed earlier this summer that hopes were to have water in ttie laKe wis year. Ollis was awarded the clear ing contract in late July for the lake site ana tne Biacn Construction Co. of Grants Pass won the award for the spillway Aug. 17. The lake is the first in tne county 10: oe devoted entirely for recreation. Rural Reflections By MAUDE ZIEGLER Petitions Available For EP Offices Eagle Point - Mayor Ed Putman has issued a reminder that petitions for the offices of councilman and mayor are available from the city record er. The ordinance states a legal voter's name may appear on only one candidate's petition. In case a name appears more than once, the first ap plication received with that name on will be honored. Deadline for filing is tomorrow. FFA Sign Erected At Crater High Gold Hill - Howard Misncr landscaDe chairman, and Glenn Johnsky, assistant land scape chairman of the Crater High Future rarmers or America chapter, were in charge of the design and con struction of a new sign that was recently erected near the Crater High school agricul ture shop. The sign is made of red wood, with yellow lettering. Inscribed are the words Crater Chanter Future Farmers of America. After school starts, Warren Holbroock, art in structor at Crater, and some of his students will paint the F.F.A. emblem on the sign. A three-foot granite stone plant er was placed beneath the 8 by 4 foot sign which was erected on 10-inch poles that hold it nine feet above the ground. Flowering plants that will bloom most of the year have been planted. . The Crater Chapter Is also planning other landscaping jobs to beautify the agricul ture building at tne scnooi, 'Get Out the Vote' Campaign Begins Hombrook-For the benefit and convenience of all per sons who have not yet regis tered to vote in the general election in November, Mrs. Lillian Mariow, notary public, will be at the school house the evening of Sept. 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. to accept registration. This is the first step in a 'Get Out the Vote" campaign being undertaken by the Par ents club as its main civic project for the fall season. Damaged Freighter Being Unloaded Coos Bay - 0IPD - Stevedores worked to remove the deck cargo of lumber from the stricken 13,000-ton freighter "Kalamas" here Tuesday while the ship continued to take water, The ship struck Simpson reef off Cape Arago Saturday and wbs towed to Coos Bay harbor by two Sause Brothers tugs. Damage was extensive and two holds were flooded. The vessel was en route from Cres cent City, Calif., to Coos Bay with a shipment of lumber Arms Collectors Schedule Meeting Members of the Jefferson State Arms collectors will meet' Saturday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the basement of the Jackson hotel, Medford. The meeting will feature individual collection special- tics and the annual election of officers. A field trip to Herman's House of Guns, Dorris, Calif., a collection of more than 750 antique weapons, was the highlight of the August meet ing. Meeting Set for Prospective Students Ashland-Talcnt persons who have expressed an interest in ttending Southern Oregon college this fall are invited lo attend a pre-reglstration party at the Britt Student cen ter Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to answer questions that prospective students may have concerning his career at col lege. Refreshments will be Applegate Valley - A little bundle of old fashioned neigh borliness was spilled out the other day when Lee Canaday and his family stopped to help a stranger fix a flat. 'I seldom pass up anyone looking like they are in trouble," said Lee as he wrenched loose hub cap and bolts. "I just know doggone well how good it feels to have someone help when I am hav ing trouble," came the Arizona-Colorado drawl. Lee was having to get home to finish breaking that brown mule. "He just bucked me off saddle and all," Lee said, "but the black one the kids ride already." Lee's mules are the pro verbial government mules at Hutton guard station, where Lee is smoke chaser and pack er. The mules are new ones on the district, coming from Siskiyou county last spring. Speaking of neighborliness, there was more of it at the Friday night B and B auction, I where several Annleeatc people were running around with their little paddles, buy ing what tiieir neighbors were offering, such folks as Charley and Delores Thomas, hud Friel, Ed and Ev Fossen, and Dave Webb. Bill and Mat- tie Fugere of Lozier Lane were enjoying the excitement, too. ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO PLAY IN THE BANDI Start thxn on tht rood to W I popularity and JSEZmJr A With a OLDS -CONN OR SELMER Band Instrument from PURUCKER'S Mothers! Dads! Here's the best dollar for - dollar band Instrument value ever for your youngster genuine Olds, Conn and Selmer band Instruments at prices no high er than you'd pay for unknown, In ferior makes. See them now! In vestigate our TRIAL - RENTAL PLAN. PHONE SP 3-7538 PURUCKER . Music House 111 North Central Regional News Bob Walters, Regional Editor Correspondents: Applegate Valley - Maude Ziegier; Butte Falli vioia iook; taRie Point . Dottie Harbison: Gold Hill-Sams Vallev - Marv Rmnrivi.ie D n.. - Mary Jo Harris; Central Point j-Mji aiiuiiiuns; nappy .amp - niizei uavis: nornorooK - namerine Chapman: Illinois Vallev - Kather. ine Scott; Jacksonville - Bette Hosktns; McLeod - Caroline Hardins; Meadows - Nellie Bergman- Phoe nix - Helen Nlkodym; Prospect - Frances Ring; Shady Cove - Evalv. Watson- Tahle Rock - R Boeyd0FrLaerent BlU YUn8; TUler-DreW " Vio'a Hoe"i -SL - Bessfe ZUcUic beat allxtiuA you to netjulcUe eacit noatn to the deHted t&np&iatute ..." GEORGE F. CRAIN Contractor e Klamath Falls j " j FOR FULL INFORMATION ON SAFE, CLEAN, ECONOMICAL ELECTRIC HEAT, VISIT A CALORE ELECTRICAL LEAGUE DEALER OR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR! 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I Heat-by-Wire -rfc-1 I (NOT FIRE) I "- ' m 7a What Kind of First Lady Would She Be? How she became known as one of Wash ington's champion secret-keepers. How she escaped the curiosity seekers to gain some privacy for, her family. Why she is the woman who said, "I have given up everything I ever loved." Read this unusually startling candid inter view by Peer J. Oppenheimer in the September 11th Issue of 0 Weekly Medford Mail Tribune Membership U $1 for both parents. hours of 9 a m. to noon aim 3 and paper. served. to 3 p.m. at the mgn icnooj. . 9. m
