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EDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1960
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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.
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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
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