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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1960)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1360 MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1960 Chamber Warns Gift Buyers of Schemes Used by Promoters Don McNeil, manager of the Medford Chamber of Com merce, has warned Christmas gift buyers against "oppor tunistic promoters who seek to capitalize on giftgiving by offering supposedly high priced perfumes at alleged bargain prices. lead the public into believing the sprays contain nationally known fragrances, the cham ber manager said. The National Better Busi ness Bureau said in many cases an "A" is said to stand for "Arpege" and "C" for "Chanel No. 5," but upon in- McNcil cited the National ! vestigation, the products have Better Business Bureau, with which the local chamber is affiliated through member ship, as stating that a variety of schemes employed during previous shopping seasons are making their appearance again. Confusion exists, he said in the sale of famous brand! of cologne and toilet water rebottled in purse-size con taincrs by companies which have no connection with th original manufacturers. Similar in Site "The purse-size containers generally are similar in size and appearance to those use to sell small quantities genuine perfumes," McNc said, "thus the public gets the impression that it is purchas ing expensive perfume at low price." There also has been a sub stantial sale pf spray contain ers which are not labeled with brand names, but are marked with initials to mis Scout News Pack 35 Jacksonville - Jacksonville Cub Scout Pack 35 held their regular meeting at the Pres byterian church Dec. 14. New Cub Scouts Initiated Into the pack were John Bean, Jeff Welch, Jeff Griffin, Clif ford Holden, John Snow, Mike O'Grady, Mike Igo, Den ny Heyerman, Gene Backes, David Hueners and Charlie Losg. The new Scouts receiv ed their Bobcat pins after par ticipating in the candle light ceremony and giving the Cub Scout promise. Awards were presented to the following boys: Gary Worden, gold arrow and bear badge; Dave John son, gold and silver arrow and bear badge;. Bruce Huen ers, silver arrow; Pat Owen, silver arrow; Gail Allen, sil ver arrow; Tommy Rolie, gold arrow; Billy Ray King, lion badge. Dave Johnson, one and two year pins; and Gary Matheny and Ricky Welch, three-year pins and graduating certifi cates. These boys were wel comed Into Boy Scout Troop 35 by Woody Davis, assistant Scoutmaster. Specia) 50th anniversary awards were given to David Johnson and Tommy Rolie. Denner badges were award ed to Brian Stone, Den 1: Tommy Tolie, Den 2; Dan Davis, Den 4, and Bob Glath ar, Webelo den. Assistant denner badges were awarded to: Rick Cabler, Den 1; Henry Johnson, Den 2; Gail Allen, Den 4, and Dave Johnson, Webelo den, The Barncburg cup was presented to Glenn Gilman, den chief, by Harry Barne- burg. Gilman had the most parents of Cubs from his den present. Mrs. Don Stoner was pre. scnlcd a certificate of nppre elation for acting as den moth er for two years. Webelo badges were award ed to Henry James, Bill Hin kle and Bob Glathar. In re turn, each boy presented his mother a gold Webelo badge for her three years of encour agement to him In Scout work. been concocted to simulate those fragrances. 'Counterfeit Labels' McNeil also warned that there has been some "counter feit labels of well-known brands used on cheap imita tions of the genuine article which are offered at bargain prices. Prime targets of Christmas perfume hoaxes, McNeil said. have been business executives who buy gifts in quantity, as well as individual consumers He warned that sales may be attempted in offices, at fac tory gates, on the street, door- to-door, or in some stores McNeil said "gift shoppers can best protect themselves against Yulctidc rackets by avoiding; fly-by-night opera tors, and by making the! Christmas perfume purchases from dealers whose reliability is well known to them. Such dealers do not knowingly par ticipate in these hoaxes Christmas, or at any other time. Duncan Says Fiscal Conference To Result In Better Legislation Salem -IUPII- House Speaker Robert Duncan (D-Medford) said at the close of a five-day legislative fiscal conference here late Friday the meeting may cut length of the 1961 Legislature by a week to 10 days. The average for recent legis lative sessions has been 115 days. "It was a very, very valu- Ex-Con Questioned In Eugene Slaying Eugone-IUPD-An ex-convict arrested in California Friday was brought here for question ing in connection with the murder of seven - year - old Alice Louise Lee of Dexter, (he Lane County Sheriff's of fice said Friday night. The sheriff's office said Donald Orrie Norlhey, 35, was living in nearby Trent when the child was brutally slain last August, but left soon af terward. Alice's nude body was found half-buried in the area more than two weeks after she disappared from a bean field where her parents were working. Investigators believ ed she was strangled. Car Not Stolen; Owner Is Cited A car reported by its own er to be stolen turned out not to have been stolen and was involved in a hit and run acci dent, Medford police reported Saturday, James Willis Griffith, 609 Oak si., told police Saturday morning he had parked his car near the Eagles lodge, 217 West Main st., about 8:30 p.m Friday. When he came out of the lodge, the car was gone, he said. Later that morning police received a call that a dam aged vehicle was in the ditch near 205 Taft St., Medford Upon inspection the car ap peared it had struck the rear of another vehicle. Another report had come in that morning that a car be longing to Alice Hancock, 173 Wilson rd., Central Point, had been struck in the rear on Central ave. and Third st. The right rear fender was dam aged, the tail light broken and the trunk dented. Police put the reports to gether. Then, they called Grif fith in for questioning. He ad mitted that he had struck the other car, failed to leave his name and address at the acci dent scene and had falsely reported his ear stolen. Med ford police charged him with failure to leave his name and address at the scene of an accident. able meeting and I'm sorry we . ed anyway, paying their own didn't have enough funds to have the entire legislature participate, particularly the new members," Duncan said. He emphasized that while the session may be shortened, the fiscal meeting should also result in better legislation. 35 Attend Thirty-five of the legisla ture's 90 members attended the meeting. Several others who were not officially dele gates to the conlorence attend- Ghana's national colors - red, green, yellow and black appear on the new stamps Norlhey was picked up In Issued in Accra to mark the Dolano, Calif., on Oregon third anniversary of the new warrants charging non-sup- country's independence. port, larceny ana parole violation. 27 Flu Cases Are Reported in County Twenty-seven cases of in fluenza were reported In Jack sonson county last week, ac cording to Dr. A. Erin Mcr kel, public health physician. Ten cases were reported in Medford. Other influenza cases were reported in Jack sonville, 5; Ashland, 8; Rogue River, 2; and Applogate, 2. Other communicable diseas es reported include mumps, Medford 6, Phoenix 4; whoop ing cough, Medford 3; pink eye, Evans Valley 4; pneumo nia, Ashland 1, Medford 3; measles, Medford 2, and Ger man measles, Medford 1. In making a dollar's worth of nickels, the U.S. mint uses 12 cents worth of metal. Foresters Receive Incentive Awards Four foresters of the Med ford district bureau of land management were granted awards last week for their m a n a g emcnt improvement suggestions. The awards of $25 each were granted by the Area I Incentive Awards com mittee with presentations dur ing ceremonies in the Med ford district office. Bernard J. Mayer and Wil liam E. McLaughlin received awards for suggestions they made jointly with Francis J. Horak of Roseburg pertain ing to the radial line method of , establishing permanent plots for forest type maps. Hugh R. Shera was reward ed for his suggestion that a photographic process be used to copy timber cruising data written on plastic tally card Jj. Douglas Morrison sug gested a new method for es tablishing and maintaining records of permanent inven tory sample plots. Morrison, who also receiv ed an incentive award in April, is a graduate of Oregon State college. Shera graduat ed from the University of California. Mayer is a gradu ate of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology. McLaughlin received his bachelor of science degree from the University of New Hampshire and a masters de gree from Syracuse university. Mayer and Morrison are foresters in the Glendale unit; Shera is in the Trail unit and McLoughlin is in the Apple- gate unit of the Medford dis trict. All four men are members of the Siskiyou Chapter of the Society of American Foresters. expenses. The 35 are expected to make up the ways and means, tax and fiscal committees of the regular session. Idea was to give these key people a pre view of the state's financial picture. Duncan said he hopes to see enough funds provided so that in 1963 all legislators would be able to attend a similar ad vance meeting. The afternoon was devoted to Gov. Mark Hatfield's gov ernment reorganization pro gram calling for a partial cabinet system. 'Bold Program' State Finance Director Free man Holmer termed it a "bold program" but one which takes a businessmaniiKe approacn. He said about 20 bills have been drafted to implement it and are in the hands of affect ed state agencies. When these tern.' mendations. A 1 1. indications are that many are not. Rep. Grace O. Peck (D-Port- land) said one of these is the Oregon Commission for the Blind, which strongly opposes Hatfield's plan to put the com mission under a new division of vocational rehabilitation The commission would be re tained as an advisory body. Rep. George Van Hoomis sen (D-Portland) noted that Hatfield's plan makes no recommendaticm for a full- time parole board. Holmer said the governor will mention this in his mes sage to the legislature. Called Major Surgery - State fiscal officer Kenneth Bragg described the reorgani zation plan as "major surgery" and added that "ultimately. there must be a choice be tween boards and commis sions and a full cabinet sys- bills are returned, they will be re-drafted and submitted to the legislature. Holmer noted that not all agencies affected by the re organization are in sympathy with the governor's recom- Hatfield's plan takes away the policy-making power of several agencies and leaves them with appeals or advisory functions. Bragg said if Hatfield's plan is adopted a "rigorous lollow- Give... Gift Certificates Your Choice of Styles and Fabrics For: AUTO SEAT COVERS CHAIRS RECOVERED 9 FURNITURE RECOVERED BOAT TOPS and UPHOLSTERY by Expert Craftsmen MIKE'S secInterer 621 E. 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