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-
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