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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27. I860 6 A MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. bu irch Used First Time' in Yeoirs Caliohoo C imtKi Mr hi I n ml mi I 'i CALLAHAN CHURCH-Thls is the Catholic first time in about 35 years, masB was said church of Sis. John and Paul in Callahan, in the church Nov. 6. The Rev. William Calif., which was built about 1858. For the Brodcrick of the Ft. Jones parish officiated. t' i H i'iMt CHURCH ALTAR This Is the altar in the Catholic church at Callahan, Calif. The church was built in 1858, and a new facing being put on the front of the sanctuary is shown above. Hand-hewn wooden celling joists and hand-made wooden pews and kneeling benches still are in the church. State Marriages, Births Increase; Divorces Drop Portland - flJPD - Marriages and births have Increased in Oreoon in 1060. according to the Oregon slate bonrd of health, but the divorce rate Is on the decline. In a report for the first threc-qunrlers of the yenr, the bonrd said 8,081 couples were mnrrled, compnrcd to 7,718 at the same lime last year There wore '28,1)59 babies born, 1,709 more than a year ago. But the divorce rate for the same period dropped to 4,239, 223 fewer divorces than In the first nine months of 1959. Accidental Deaths Up The board said deaths from accidents In the state Increas ed slightly, from 842 during the first nine months of 1959, to 853 this yenr. But the re port listed a 9.7 per cent drop In motor vehicle accident fa talities, and a 19 per cent decline In occupational fatal! . tics. On the other hand, the board said, home and public accidents Increased in 1960 over 1959. Home accidents rose from 157 to 182, while public nccldcnts Increased from 172 to 199. The bonrd said 74 of the homo accident deaths were caused by falls, and 74 of the public accident fatalities were from drownings. ' ' In the working category, the board said, manufacturing accidents increased slightly this year, but logging, con- j k "... , . ijjtai&rlto lit i County Takes Over Recreation Area The completed Howard Prairie recreation facilities were officially turned over to Jackson county on Nov. 18, County Judge Earl Miller said. The county has the re sponsibility for maintenance now that the bureau of recla mation has completed the work. A total of $150,000 was ex pended for Howard Prairie and Emigrant lnkcst Of the total $10,000 was allocated for Emigrant and will be used mostly for construction of a boat ramp. The bureau constructed a concrete boat ramp and sot up picnic tables and benches, and outdoor fireplaces at Howard Prairie. The county spent ap proximately $1,700 for con struction of two showers and restrooms and $1,500 to widen the existing boat ramp. County Shop Land Sold for Freeway The Jackson county court signed an agreement last week with the state highway commission for a freeway right-of-way through the east side of the county shops area on Bamelt rd. i The state highway commis sion will pay the county $7,057 for this smnll section of right-of-way for the new Pacific freeway. The paint building behind the main shop bulldlngj will have to be re moved to make room, the county court explained, but is being used very little now, anyway. struction, and agriculture fa talities declined. Use Permit Sought For Trailer From Adjustment Board The Jackson county plan ning commission's board of adjustment last week heard arguments for and against granting a use permit for a trailer coach on Pioneer rd. in a zoned area. Following an Inspection of the promises, the adjustment board recommended a use permit for two years. Owners of the trailer coach are Mr, and Mrs. Jim E. Guches. When the permit expires Mr. and Mrs. Guches can again apply to the .board of adjustment lor a renewal of the use permit and another hearing will be held, Board Chairman Robert Boycr said. Other board members arc Victor Blrdscye and BUI Duggan. A letter read at the hearing stated tlie couple was un aware of a zoning ordinance before moving the trailer coach onto the property. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Suit, also of Pioneer rd., who sold them the property, said they also were unaware of the ordi nance. Establish Precedent Residents of the zoned area who opposed the permit re quest said they were not op posed to the specific trailer coach and Us location, but were afraid It could establish a precedent to permit other trailer coaches to come into the area. Those who appeared against granting the permit were Waller Nunley, Al Morin, Li. u. Melville, Don Korth Robert Keeney. C. J. Hunter! Richard Reum, and Mr. and Mrs. Clint Vroman. Those ap pcarlng fpr the trailer were Mrs. Jim E. Guches, Mrs. Jnck Suit, Mrs. Alden Bar clough, Mrs. Roscoe Owens and Mr. and Mrs. ,L. R Thomas. Boyer said an investigation of the premises under ques tion showed this was one of the more valuable pieces of property in the area and the trailer was of the $7,000 to $8,000 class. A letter to the Guches from Planning Technician Jack Eaton informed them they would be granted a use per mit provided the sewage dis posal system meets the appro val of the couunty health de partment. A permit will be is sued when the sanitarian noti fies the board of adjustment that the sanitary facilities meet requirements, Eaton said. The board also recommend ed screen planting and land scaping to enhance the pro perty's appearance. Movement To Help Restore 102-Year Church Started By KATHERINE CHAPMAN Mail Tribune Correspondent Hornbrook - For the first time in some 35 years, Mass was said Nov. 6 in the Catho lic church of Saints John and Paul at Callahan, Calif. The Rev. William Broder ick of the Ft. Jones parish of ficiated. This historic little church is in the process of being re stored and renovated, but ba sically it remains much the same as when it was built 102 years ago - the same hand- hewn wooden ceiling joists -the same hand-made wooden pews and knceling-benches and the same wooden altar. Joe Serpa of Ft. Jones spear headed the drive for funds to restore the church, and also has done much of the actual physical work of restoration, aided by many of his friends and neighbors. A fund-raising barbecue followed the services on Nov. 6. This was sponsored by the Fort Jones Parish as sociation, with Chairman Joe Verdanega in charge of the ar rangements. Work To Proceed Work on the church will proceed as more donations are received, Serpa said. Since there is no heating system and no electricity in the building, Father Broder- ick stated that mass will be said approximately only once month during the winter until some method of heating is arranged. Father Broderick also serves the Ft. Jones, Etna and Happy Camp parishes. Although the church has a seating capacity of only 65 to 70, it was estimated that about 100 persons received the sac rament of the mass at the re opening. Among many who came a long distance to attend the service were Mrs. Max M. Sel zer and her brother, Ambrose Swartz, both of San Francisco. At the time of his death on Christmas day, 1959, Mrs. Sei zor's late husband was a vice president of the Bank of America at their Montgomery street headquarters in San Francisco. He was 73 years of age, and in his youth had served as altar boy at the Cal lahan church. Raised in Callahan . - He had been raised in Cal lahan by his grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. Edwin Roach, who helped build the early -day church, and took care of the Itinerant priests who served the parish. A favorite f; 1 lly anecdote concerns Grandfath er Roach telling his neighbor one day that "between the coyotes and the priests, he hardly had any chickens left at all." A daughter, Margaret Roach taught in the little one-room school at Hornbrook several years before the turn of the century, about 1894 or 1895, as recalled by Mrs. Zela El more of Hornbrook. A bronze plaque mounted on a boulder of native stone stands in front of the church and bears the Inscription: "Church of Saints John and Paul, Callahan, Siskiyou County, California. Erected about 1858, Father James Croke, a misssionary priest held first services here. First Catholic church in Scott valley. Ddicated by Escholitzia Parlor No. 112 NDGW, 1952." NDGW Is the Native D..agh tcrs of the Golden West. In Southern End The town of Callahan, known originally as Calla han's ranch, lies at the south ern end of Scott valley and Is surrounded by the heavily- timbered Scott and Trinity mountain ranges. A legend is told as to how the area came into the hands of the pioneer from Ireland. In the early days, it is said, a man could claim as his prop erty as much land as his horse could walk In one day. Anoth er man, whose name has been lost in the repeated telling of the talc, started out one day and walked his horse from McCannahce Gulch to the southern tip of the valley which was "quite a fur piece." Shortly thereafter along came a fine broth of a lad from the ould country" and offered to trade four horses and a mule (all his earthly goods) for the piece of land. The deal was closed, and Ma thias Bernard Callahan, in 1851, became the owner, and a new town was born and given his name. First Stage The first stage station in Sis kiyou county was built here in 1854. At that time the sur rounding county was teming with gold seekers and Colla- han was a center for supplies. Most of the buildings In the town are old and picturesque and retain much of their early day atmosphere. Today, most of the "gold" " r- - 1; , V '4- ;A4 . , am ix Kiwi..; - 1" U . j LEADER OF WORK Joe Serpa of Ft. Jones stands beside the monument in front of the Calif. Serpa spearheaded the movement to restore the his toric church, and was in charge of gathering donations for the work. m trvt ii r t r 1 " - " - CHURCH ORGAN This Is the small organ in the Catholic church at Callahan, Calif. Work on restoring and renovating the church will continue as funds become available. Local Welfare Costs Show 1960 Decrease Local public welfare ad ministrator James Pullman said Friday he has noted a decrease in costs of all public welfare programs during the current fiscal year except medical care. The aid to de pendent children load is the lowest in several years, he said. "Welfare department work ers feel this winter will be a rough one, but there are no indications in the community to show this will be so," Pull man commented. "There has been no great flood of appli cations for assistance." For the five-month period July through November, In 1958 the general assistance program cost $30,000, in 1959 it cost $16,771 and in 1960 it cost $19,638. Dependent Children Covering the same period, the aid to dependent children program was $100,000 in 1958, $90,000 In 1959 and $90,000 in 1960. "General assistance costs in Jackson county are higher due to more liberal policy and in creased cost of families where the father is in the welfare work program," Pullman said. "We feel the work program has been successful," the wel fare administrator said. "We have averaged six men a day for the last month." He noted that this program is somewhat difficult to ad minister since personnel is constantly changing. Crews have been used around the county courthouse on odd jobs, for brush and trash clear ing along county roads and in recreation areas in the Talent project, and for rehabilitating the former Southern Oregon branch e x pcriment station just south of Phoenix on the South Pacific highway for a county dog pound. Good Workers "Those In the work program have been good workers." Pullman said. "They have been encouraged to get Jobs outside the work program when they can. Most of those able to work have gotten pri vate Jobs, a few have quit on the job and a few have re fused to work." passing through the little vil lage is in the form of logs from the nearby mountains. 1 ,v; i: n 1 , Catholic church at Callahan, 5 , tap TY - - - - - - -f---"'--Y -..--, Those who have refused to work have been cut off from general assistance if they are ablerbodied men. Those in the program are paid on a per diem basis with welfare funds and by the county court which provides transporta tion, equipment and super vision. "As a whole, the men are much happier working than ju.st receiving a dole," Pull man commented. Chief of Police Nabs 3 Burglary Suspects Salem - flJPD - Woodburn Police Chief Leonard Fuller went aboard a loaded Portland-bound bus at Woodburn Friday and arrested three armed men in connection with a burglary Thursday at the Hrubetz and Bushnell Manu facturing Co. in Salem. Held in Salem city jail on charges of burglary not in a dwelling were Richard Victor Mineo, 30, and Louis Robert Piesik, 24, both of Portland, and James Julius Wederski Jr., 23, transient. Salem police passed on a tip that the men hoped to board the bus at Woodward and Marion county sheriff's deputies relayed it tn Thief Fuller. Bond was set at S2.500 parh All three had guns when ar rested, police said. BRANDT STILL CONTROLS Hanover, Germany 0IPD The West German Socialist party closed out its national convention Friday with West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt clearly in control for next year's parliamentary elections. HELP US! We need clothing, shoes, dishts, furniture, and bedding. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! The Salvation Army 30 N. Holly SPring 3-7335 The Week in Gov. Brown Guarded Because of Chessman By United Press International The sensational Caryl Chessman case, which grab bed world wide headlines a few months ago, forced extra security for California Gov. Edmund G. Brown last week in a South America trip. Brown was in Brazil with 27 other state governors but California's chief executive got the most attention - and guards. Five Brazilian secret servicemen trailed the gover nor. The reason: A furor raised in Brazil by the Caryl Chess man case. Chessman, convicted as Los Angeles' "Red Light" bandit, was executed early this year jn San Quentin's gas chamber after Brown once had repriev ed him tq take the case against capital punishment before the 1960 legislature. Received Brazil Petitions During the period between Chessman's two execution dates, Brown received peti tions signed by 3 million per sons from Brazil urging him to grant executive clemency to Chessman, convicted of kidnaping, robbery and forced sex perversion. Brown said he had not re quested special protection in Brazil and did not know about it beforehand. He said there had been no incidents during the governors' two-day stay in Rio de Janeiro. Meanwhile, the state divi sion of Industrial safety an nounced that, in its opinion, two recent tunnel explosions which killed two men and injured 10 were caused by violations of state safety or ders. Studied Explosion Division chief Thomas N. Saunders said safety engi neers studied explosions at an irrigation district tunnel near Oroville and a utility district project tunnel near Placervllle. The Oroville ex plosion killed two men and injured seven and the Placer ville blast injured three. In other news around the state: Holiday: California again led the nation in Thanksgiv ing holiday traffic fatalities By Friday a total of 13 had died on the state's highways. Finch-Tregoff: Los Angeles District Attorney William B. McKesson said he was confi dent Swedish maid Marie Ann Lindholm, 20, would return from Sweden for the third Finch-Tregoff trial in Janu ary. Miss Lindholm, one of New Shopping Center Planned for Eugene Eugene fUPD Work on a $5 million shopping center here is scheduled to begin early in 1961, according to an an nouncement from Alcan Pacif ic Co. The announcement said the center would occupy 25 acres, and would include 45 stores, Occupancy is scheduled to be gin about Sept. 1, 1961. A record of 7,209 dogs of 117 breeds were entered from the 1960 Cruft's Dog Show at London. , H V. -3. M 5 L-ki Joa Hosick Funeral Director SISKIYOU I 1 o SP 2-5488 605 California two key witnesses, left the United States and said she won't return unless her ex penses are paid for the third trial. Dr. R. Bernard Finch and his pretty mistress, Car ole Tregoff, are charged with murder in the slaying of Finch's wife. Two juries have failed to reach a verdict. Boy: A major tragedy was narrowly averted when two-year-old Todd Duncan fell in a muddy 10-foot hole in Gil roy. He was rescued nearly Gasoline Dealers Start Plans for More Unification To better serve the commu nity and formulate services and activities are the major goals of local gasoline deal ers in a current attempt to create an association that will strengthen their industry. Late last week some 26 members of the Jackson Coun ty Gasoline Dealers associ ation, a division of the In dustry Council of Southern Oregon, met to discuss pre liminary plans for unifica tion. More extensive feder ation plans will be made at a meeting Wednesday night. Fred Morlan, secretary treasurer of the ICSO, said the group is assisting in "for mulating an association for better public and labor rela tions and general economic policies." The spokesman felt this re organization of Jackson coun ty gasoline outlets would prove to be advantageous to both the public and the deal ers themselves. The forma tion of the Association should make the fuel industry "stronger" in the community, according to Morlan. He pointed out the ICSO is a non-profit organization or ganized in 1948 to assist south ern Oregon firms in organiza tion procedures and better employer-employee-customer re lations. Morlan reported a member ship in the new dealers' asso ciation was about 25 per cent of the total independent out lets in the area. The member ship campaign was only waged a short time ago, he continued. Another spokesman for the fuel brokers said the Wednes day night meeting would be the first time a complete ex planation and discussion of specific policies and activi ties would be held. He noted that at the Friday night meeting plans were intro duced to the group. Full scale reorganization may, however, be expected soon, according to association officials. El Teniente in Chile is the largest underground copper mine. Some 212 miles of tun- nels burrow into the side of an ancient volcano to reach the ore. The mountain has yielded 10 billion pounds of copper. Mortuary or Cemetery We invite you to compare our service and our prices the most reasonabla in Southern Oregon. 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