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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8. I960 10 A. MEBTORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOBD. ORE. Academic Talent Topic Of Chamber Luncheon Ashland - The Ashland Chamber of Commerce was told that Americans aren't placing as much value on de velopment of academic talent as they should at Its meet ing this week. , , . , ,' Speaking at the chamber luncheon in the Mark ' An tony hotel, Harold Cloer, di rector of guidance services of student affairs at Southern Oregon college, said that SO, 000 students who drop out of high school could finish col lege.! .: . . . .' ' t Cloer also said that studies $ijS69c ' ELLIS GROCERY 820 Crater Lake Ave. show that 30 per cent of the top ability students in high school don't go on for any advanced training. He said that 8,000 doctor's degrees are awarded each year. However, studies show that 30,000 people could be receiving the degree each year. ' 1 ' , "The problem is one of motivation," Cloer said. He called for more interest in academic affairs on the local level. Any solution to the problem must come at a local level, Cloer observed. I He praised the Merit Schol arship foundation, a national scholarship orga n i z a t i o n. Cloer said the Merit officials had conducted a study which showed that students favored social recognition of their ability more than monetary recognition. EPISCOPAL BISHOP DIES Albany, N.Y.-iUPII-The Rt. Rev. Frederick L. Barry, 63, bishop of the Protestant Epis copal diocese of Albany, died Wednesday. pt, ' "r ' i T""""T" " , s r a. ' "HI" l.t'l, tZ'l REAL OLD TIMER-This 50-year-old Hup mobilewill take part in the Golden Anni versary Homecoming rally at the Univer sity of Illinois this week end. The car, built in 1910 when the V of I had the world's first homecoming, belongs to Arne Amaliksen, U of I senior. It was first owned by his wife's great-grandfather. (UPI Telephoto) New All-Time High in Mail Volume Reached During Year ; A new all-time high in the nation's mail volume was WEISFIELD'S JES b. ; thi wrs unofir cubit jimun a"BPr' -Jjk Q.''.v raisiNr .. . Til 12, THI MAUTIFUL NIW 1961 MQ Buiov , 2 i P WATCHES tJ . . ( IH THI IATIII ITTlir m " Mf ; rH LADIII AND MIN ! jfjlj ss-,.i::. ' USI WIMMILD'f MMOOS I BTfT .- Hllf low iasy cmoit uu$ : jffLIF M - y CHOOII WORLD FAMOUS ULOVA QUALITY, STYLI AND PUrORMANCI . . . r t Hf rf r ! ' ' oNtfldntIiif ntmflH . MISS AMERICA Youth nd bouty art Mpturtd In Kin I7.twtl watch with btautfful matehid tipamton bractlat, (IN ATOM Tha teuHv look top lavat tn , rarformanea but not fn prlct. Hat 7-Jawak $hocLiIitnt rnovamant. YOUR CHOICE I . I.. ONLY 75 A WEEK DIAMOND U PITITI qoso r,r 97 wn Tklt liny latfl.i' w.l.k li III -M, Ik. lit. .1 1 arllllol Anna. . A dtlic.lt arj kina an niniti bMutv .1 U Milt. ROYAL cum. 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Stlf-wlaJing, . watttproaf, tnatk-railitant. !- laova Yaur Porchlight on for Cralor Lion, llghtbulb Sq-0t. 10 and 11 122 EAST MAIN Phone SP 3-5348 STORI HOURS: :30 to 5:10 Shop Msndiyi 'Til p.m. 1 reached during fiocal year 1960. which continued the steady upward trend of t h e nast seven years at a rate ex ceeding the population growth, according to lnforma tion from the ' annual report of the post office department. .Although subject to last minute revisions, the year's total volume of mail handled by the post office department is estimated at 63.6 billion pieces, which Includes one bil lion pieces of parcel post. This is an increase of 25 per cent over the corresponding fig ures for 1953 when the total volume was 50.9 billion pieces. During the same period, the report shows, the -revenue of the department also has shown an increase from $2,001,714, 000 in fiscal 1053 to $3,276, 800,000 in fiscal 1960. Medford Receipts In Medford, receipts of the post office climbed from $529,- 776 in 1953 to $770,636 last year. At the present rate of increase so far this year, re ceipts this year will exceed $800,000 at the Medford of fice, and the volume of mail handled is running 14 per cent more than last year. The Medford postmaster pointed out that there isn't much the department can do about how much mail must be handled , each day, or how many people make use of the postal service, but the depart ment is constantly busy de vising ways for handling the mail more efficiently and eco nomically. These are the objectives out lined by President Eisenhow er when he swore Postmaster General Arthur Summerfleld into office in 1953, he said. "The human element still plays a vital part in the han dling of mail," the postmaster said, "so we do make mis takes, but statistics in the de partment's annual report give proof that we are making progress on a nation-wide ba sis. While the mail volume showed an increase of 16 bil lion pieces handled annually, the employment increase dur ing the seven - year period amounted to only 11 per cent. Numbir of Carriers The number of carriers employed by the post office depart ment has increased steadily, due to the ever ex panding growth of established cities, as well as the establish ment of foot carrier service in hundreds of growing towns and cities throughout the. na tion. ' "More than 800 cities have been given carrier service where carrier service did not exist seven years ago, Central Point being one This required the equivalent of 31,000 addi tional letter carriers to serve approximately 9 million more families. Total number of em ployees in the post office de partment has increased from 506,520 in 1953 to 562,868 June 30 this, year. The work load during Vthis period has increased 25 per cent," he said. Included among items cited by the postmaster as recent accomplishments by the de partment were the following: Established the first large scale program of automatic mail handling by machinery on a nation-wide basis. Developed the "airlift" pro gram which speeds up the de livery of approximately one letter out of every 17 on a "space available" basis. Continued development of faster machines for letter sort ing, parcel post sorting, and for mail culling, facing and cancelling. '. Continued with plans for a new automatic postal substa tion which will vend stamps, envelopes, post cards, and writing paper, and which will have money changers for both coins and bills. Grange News The Booster Night Program was held recently by the Shady Cove Grange. A potluck supper was held in the cafeteria at the Shady Cove school. The program was held in the school gym. It consisted of the welcome address by Master Cecil Kee. Pledge to the flag, and Prayer by chap lain Nellie Motsenbakcr. Lecturer Delia A. Little- field Introduced the follow ing guests and members: Po mona Master Bob Blttcrling, who spoke on "The Grange Pomona Lecturer Mrs. Mable Wertz, who spoke on the lec turer's program: Chcii Wat son, who gave a piano solo; Mrs. Mary Cassel and Mrs Johnny Minor, who gave a skit; and Mrs Earl Sheppard, who showed slides of Holland. Belgium, France, Switzerland and the Rhine. The slides were taken by SP4 and Mrs. William Little- field. He is stationed in France in the Armed Forces. William Shepherd of the Shady Cove School was in troduced and presented a gift of the carpenter tools for the school. guests were Mrs. Shepherd and son, Eight Space Firms Eye Boardman Site Portland OJPD Seven other i space project concerns as well as Aerojet General Corp. are interested in Oregon's pro posed space - age industrial park at the Boardman Bomb ing Range, Gerald Frank, chairman of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Eco nomic Development, said Wed nesday, j Frank spoke at a discussion j series sponsored by the Ore-j gon Department of Planning and Development. ; He also said he has found that "a great deal of misin formation is being peddled" concerning Oregon's progress in winning industries and at tracting capital. He predicted a 310 per cent growth in in dustry would occur in Oregon during the next 10 years with employment for 10,000 more persons. Fire Smoulders in Ship at Astoria Astoria OJPD A fire smol dered for two hours Wednes day in the storage room of the ship Tinian, moored at Clifton, before firemen wear ing gas masks were able to got through to extinguish it. Damage was slight and was confined to the one com partment, according to As toria firemen. The Tinian Is a converted Navy tank landing ship owned by the Columbia Ri ver Packers Association. Hillsboro Collision Victim Identified Hillsboro-niPB-A man killed in a two-car collision early Wednesday was Identified by state police as Everett T. Smith, who recently moved to Portland from California, Five other persons were in jured in the accident. Other William Danny. There will be a pot-luck supper in the school cafeter ia Oct. 8 at 6:30 p.m.; a so cial evening will follow. Refreshments were served by the C. Watsons and D. weitmans. Several tables of! cards were played by the; members. j The next regular meeting I will be Oct. IS. t I STOP! Don't Buy Any Compact . 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