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SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 17. I960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. A 3 Robber Hits Airline Office in Portland Portland - WPII - A gunman, carrying a .38 caliber revol ver, held up the Northwest Airlines ticket office in down twon Portland Friday. He escaped with $150. Police said the gunman an swered the description as the same man who robbed the J. C. Penney Co. downtown store's lay-away department last Friday. A total of $225 was taken in that holdup. Extension Service Astoria Navy Workers To Receive Pay Hike Washington -(DPI)- The Navy Department has approved a wage increase for the Astoria area, Rep. Walter Norblad an nounced Saturday. Norblad said the raise, av eraging seven cents hourly, would affect about 180 un graded Navy employees. It Is scheduled to become effective the first pay period after Dec. 10. Salem Woman Fails In Killing Attempt Salem - (UPD - A 28-year-old Salem divorcee went berserk early Saturday and tried to kill her 8-year-old daughter, according to Salem police. Af ter that, she intended to kill her son and then herself. Police Sgt. Kenneth Keusch er said Mrs. Diane Harrison, a key punch operator for the state, said in a statement she planned to kill both the girl, Jacqueline, her 6-year-old son, Douglas, and then herself be cause she thought she had a venereal disease. Keuscher said a charge of assault with Intent to kill against the woman was pend ing but steps were also being taken to commit her to th. state hospital. . , icial Succumbs Corvallis - IUPD - James R. Beck, Corvallis, the assistant director of the Oregon State Extension service, died at his home of an apparent heart at tack Friday night. Ho was 64. Beck, appointed assistant director in 1947, was a mem ber of the Oregon State facul ty for 38 years. He is survived by his widow, Ruth E., and two chil dren, Mrs. Robert Frazier of Cincinnati, Ohio, and James R. Beck, Seattle. Edinburgh, Scotland - HOT -Robin Lorimer, 42, sat in a post hole four hours Friday night protesting against Edin burgh new lamp post lighting plan. Station K-BOY ,. j Sundays - 9:45 A.M. " LARGEST CROP Sugar cane comprises the largest crop of Cuba. f CHRISTIAN "1 SOENCE '"j MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK IN 1935 The Medford branch of the U.S. National bank is currently commemorat ing the 25th anniversary of the firm's establishment Dec. 2, 1935. Branch Manager Allan F. Perry can also boast that his father, J. A. Perry, was a stockholder in the original bank, which opened April 30, 1906. During the past 25 U.S. National To Observe 25 Years In City This Week years several noteworthy advancements for customer con venience have been made, and the next quarter of a cen tury should also see growth and success, according to Perry. The Medford National bank shown above is located at Central ave. and Main St., the location of the present U.S. National bank branch. This week the Medford branch of the U. S. National bank will observe its 25th an niversary of its establishment, Dec. 2, 1935. After 25 years, with six times as many em ployees and after undergoing two major remodeling jobs, the organization reviews a pe riod of "banking success." Friday, Dec. 2, not only will commemorate an anniversary for the Medford branch, but also marks the passage of 25 years of service for U. S. Na tional on the part of Allan F. Perry, manager, whose far ''y roots go back into Medford's banking history. His father, J. A. Perry, was a stockholder in the original Medford Na tional bank, which was open ed April 30, 1906. Actually, a banking history of Medford is not complete without a mention of its origi nation, which in this case oc curred in the old mining town of Jacksonville. In 1856, C. C. Beekman opened a bank which enjoyed a very "rare" 56 years of existence. During that time, with the exception of a limited period, there were no loans on the books. Dividends Paid Despite this unusual con dition, a consistent dividend was paid to stockholders through income received from exchange, express charges, and for keeping of gold dust and coin. ( Miners from the hills of Jackson and Josephine coun ties would come to Jackson ville with as much as $4,000 to $5,000 of gold dust in a leather pouch. This was usu ally deposited in the bank for safe keeping, or exchanged for gold coin. The bank, in turn, would send the gold dust to San Francisco. A charge of 1 per cent a month was made for this serv ice of safe keeping. Sometimes miners took a receipt, but more often they did not, mere ly leaving the gold dust with their name attached for fear a receipt, if taken, would be lost in the hills. Gold gave way to pears, and in 1912 this area's first bank discontinued, still paying all its depositers in full. Normal Growth A period of normal growth followed the opening of the Medford National bank in 1906, and it was not until the early 1930's that a need for the advantages of consolida tion became apparent. Conse quently, In December, 1935, the Medford bank became a branch of U. S. National. The first manager of the Medford branch, George Frey, stayed with the bank until his death in 1946. At that time Allan Perry, who had previ ously been note teller and as sistant manager, took over the manager's position. Medford hasn't stopped growing and neither has the bank. In 1955, a bank-from-your-car facility was installed and a major expansion proj ect completed. "From all indications, our next 25 years of business will be marked with the same type of growth and success that seems to be associated with the Medford area," Manager Perry predicts. RAIL MILEAGE New Zealand miles of railway. has 3,400 Group To Discuss All County Roads A meeting of the Jackson County planning advisory group has been called for 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the county court room by County Judge Earl Miller. "Present freeway, county roads and streets in the coun ty's communities will be dis cussed," the county judge ex plained. "This meeting is important and. representatives of your community are urged to be present with all the informa tion that can be obtained on present streets and roads in your community and what you think should be done for their future development and coordination with the county and state highway program." The organization is an ad visory group aimed at better coordination of thinking and programming for an orderly well-balanced long range de velopment plan for the entire county. Such matters are covered as proper land use development patterns; a future study for better and more road develop ment; study for a broadened sewage system and a coordi nated program of highways, roads and street locations and their expansion to meet the needs of the county's citizens, Judge Miller said. Boys Find Corpse Hanging From Tree Portland-IUPD-The corpse of a man, believed to have been dead for about six months, was found in a wooded area here Friday. The corpse was found dang ling by its neck by two young boys in an area between John son creek and Crystal Springs blvd. near NE 35th ave. Crowd Jeers U.S. Governors During Sao Paulo Visit Sao Paulo, Brazil - (UPD -Twenty-eight touring U. S. governors Saturday received their first taste of anti-Americanism in their visit to Ar gentina and Brazil from a small group of students who shouted "Cuba yes, Yankees no" outside their hotel. The Sao Paulo university students picketed the hotel with pro-Castro placards, jeer ed the governors as they de parted for Santos and argued with passersby. There was no violence and police did not try to disperse the demonstrators. Complete Tour The governors, who yester day completed a ten-city good will tour of Argentina and Brazil were greeted by signs proclaiming: "We want Cas tro! Long live Cubal Get out of Cubal Vote for China (Com munist) China at the United Nations!" One sidewalk observer shouted at the students: "For get Cuba! Save Hungary! Freedom for Hungarians!" Later the governors held a news conference. Gov. Orville L. Freeman of Minnesota said that Ameri cans felt great sympathy for Fidel Castro and received him with open arms after the rev olution but that "when Castro stepped up his attacks and lies against the United States the sympathy faded." 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