Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 23, 1960, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextJ 0 A FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE. Regional News John Stafford, Regional Editor Correspondents: Upper Applcgate Valley Maude Ziegler; Lower Applegate Valley Jeanette Head; Butte Falls Mary Jo Harris; Central Point Dolores Armstrong; Eagle Point Dottie Harbi on; Gold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kell; Grandview-Lone Pine Dot bimmons; Happy Camp Hazel Davis Bettv Reedy; Hornbrook Katherlne Chapman; Illinois Valley Katherine Scott; Jackson ville Bette Hoskins; McLeod Caroline Harding; Murphy Mrs. IU J. Millemann; Proapect Velda Barr; Shady Cove Evelyn Watson; Table Rock R E Nealon: Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers; Williams Ann Kaizenbach; Yreka Dor... Roblmon. Addition Planned For Yreka School Yreka - The Yreka elemen tary school district plans to build a six classroom addition to the Jackson Street school at an estimated cost of $172,- 000. They will use cash on hand and $72,000 contributed by the county school board forest reserve funds. More than a year ago a bond issue was defeated by voters of the elementary district which brought a halt to the building program. Presently the school is op erating at a population of about 120 students over the maximum for facilities avail able, according to Hobcrjt Reynolds, district superinten dent. "The .addition will al leviate those conditions," Reynolds said. Students have been meeting in the Gold Street school be cause of the Jackson class room shortage. Construction of the addition will start this spring. An architect is draw ing plans for the addition at the present time. NO. 6 IN A SERIES Nealon Started Writing Table Rock News in 1914 Food Pours In For Baskets for Needy Yreka-Food came pouring In from the collection boxes at the elementary and high schools in Yreka recently for the food baskets for the needy. About 450 cans of food were collected, Mrs. Richard John son, chairman, reported. George Wacker is in charge of purchasing fresh meat and vegetables for the baskets for which $265 had been donated. Following the city council meeting last week, Harry Crebbins reported he was able to collect $5 from each city de partment head which brought a total, of $55 for the food baskets. Mrs. Richard Johnson, Mrs. Richard Kclley, Bob Dias and Jerry Edwards have the task of filling the baskets for dis tribution. Sanfa Claus Visits Children in Yreka Yreka-Santa Claus visited the children of the Yreka Pythian families at the Pyth ian Christinas party held re cently at the Pythian hall. About 75 members and chil dren enjoyed the program which included music by Mr. and Mrs. Jim Freeman with accordion and violin and car oling by the audience. There was an exchange of gifts around the big Christmas tree in the center of the room. R. E. Nealon has been work ing for the Mail Tribune in various capacities since 1909. Nealon started selling sub scriptions 51 years ago. Today he is more noted as author of Tablets, a Friday regional fea ture. In 1914 Nealon started writ ing Table Rock news because he says, "the correspondent had moved away and we didn't think such an outstanding community, should hide its light under a bushel." "I like to talk to people and being a reporter gives me a better chance to do this," Nealon says. "To me people are the most interesting things in the world." Nealon has been active in Table Rock and Jackson coun ty affairs for a long time. He has been a U.S. mail carrier, census taker, county commis sioner, county Grange deputy, school board member, insur ance salesman and telephone company president and line man. He also has been inter ested in Table Rock Communi ty club affairs. Nealon received officer's training in the late stages of World War I and helped main tain a local observation post during World War II. He cast his first vote in 1906 when Oregon had a poll tax. Hobby Is Farming When asked if he had any hobbies, Nealon' said, "Since a hobby is something one does without getting much of any financial gain, my hobby must be farming." Nealon and his wife Doris were married In 1933. "I did n't marry young for various reasons," he says. "One of our relatives said: to marry with out a home or a good income was poor business because when poverty comes in the door love flies out the win dow," Nealon's most recent writ ing thrill came when one of his political comments appear ing in Tablets was sent to Washington and he received letters of praise from various congressional members. Table Rock residents mav give news Items to Nealon by phoning TAlbot 6-2097. Mill iiii iW.if-ili'riifiti'-'lf''?4 1 R. E. NEALON N. California Television Log Programi listed below are received from the television stations and the Mall Tribune assumes no responsibility except to make changes as supplied. The gifts were distributed by Santa Claus. The crowd ad journed to the dining room following the program and was served refreshments of ice cream and cookies at ta bles attractively decorated in keeping with the holiday sea son. ' KIEM-TV (Channel 3) FRIDAY 4:00 Matinee 3:30 Hucklcborry Hound 0:00 Shell News 6:10 Wenlher 0:15 Douglns Edwards Newi 0:30 Two Faces West 7:00 Senhunt 7:30 Rawhide 8:30 Route 00 0:30 Garland Touch 10:00 Twilight Zone 10:30 Late Movie SATURDAY 12:00 Magic Land of Allakazam 12:30 Mighty Mouse i:uo SKy King 1 :30 Matinee 3:00 King Leonardo 3:30 Lone Ranger 4:00 TB A 4:45 Dan Smoot Report 5:00 Reading Out Loud omu wny reHcneri' 6:00 Price is Right 6:30 Tab Hunter 7:00 Ann Sothern 7:30 Perry Mason 8:30 Checkmate 0:30 Have Gun. Will Travel 10:00 Gunsmoke 10:30 Manhunt 11 -.00 Late Movie 1 :0Q News & Weather KVIP-TV (Channel 7) SATURDAY ' 11:00 Basketball 1 :00 Western Action Hour 3:00 Big Picture 3:30 Why Teacher 4 :00 A Star Shall Rise 4:30 Enforcers 4:45 Learn to Draw 5:00 Disc Date 11:00 Lawrence Wclk 7:00 Year End Sports Review 8:00 Hitchcock Presents . 8:30 Tall Man 9 :00 Untouchables 10:00 RoarinR Twenties 1 1 :00 Christmas Program 12:45 Late News and Sinn Oft Yreka - Siskiyou county is dependent upon the timber, recreation, agriculture and mining industries according to a report ompiled by the Citi zen's Advisory committee for Siskiyou County development organized by State Sen. Ran dolph Collier. id Z ml a -i u X u HEARD THE WORD? It's the THUIIDERBIRD! Med ford's newest, most modern innovation in one-stop super mar ket shopping under one roof, for the entire family! Greater CASH SAVINGS in EVERY DEPARTMENT is your KEY to lower cost living . . . and the doors will be open SOON! So WATCH FOR IT the New THUNDERBIRD Market! 24,000 sq. ft. Thunderbird Market LOZIER LANE ROSS LANE Tablets Table Rock - The local Sun day school is preparing a spe cial Christmas program for this Sunday. Everyone cordially invited. Sunday school starts at 10 a.m. and closes at 11:30, Santa Claus at the Ernest Smith home has his team of reindeer all hitched to the sleigh and ready at a second's notice to dash away up the wall to the top of the house and down the chimney. All the reindeer in the team ex cepto.g Rudolph, the red nose, are on hand and have been patiently waiting the go sig nal. A high wind one night caused them to scatter in sev eral directions, but the old white bearded driver has them in place again and ready to take off. The Smith's, Ernest and Lois, put in their spare time improving their home and lot and have made it beautiful setting, especially at Christmas time with their unique decorations, lighting effects and flowers. Lewis Kilbourn, who drives a car while seated on the right side as he picks up and de livers mail, is back on the job after several weeks vacation part of the time being spent in a Portland hospital where he was a surgery patient. We thought maybe he was hav ing his left leg lengthened so he could better reach the pedals, but he said he rem edied that by getting a smal ler car. He got back on the route in time for the Christ mas rush. Preparations are being made for the annual Christ mas tree and program to be held Friday evening, Dec. 23, at the schoolhouse. An appro priate program of music, songs, play and a visit from Santa Claus will be among the features. Christmas trees back In the nineties At home, we always had a Christmas tree except maybe for one year when we were snowed in. Trees were easy lo get in those days. One could take a hatchet and go in any direction and get a good tree in a short time. Decora tions were simple and in expensive, consisting mostly of iir boughs, Oregon grape and mistletoe. Popcorn and red berries were strung to decorate the tree. Not much money was spent for pres ents. One year mother sent to Weinstock and Lubin at Sacramento for them. When they came, there were a dozen lead pencils so each youngster could have a pencil. This was something those days. A french harp, now called a harmonica, sling shots and cap pistols for the boys, little orna ments, dodads and rubber dolls tor the girls, were presents with striped candy and peanuts for all. The recent editorial, con cerning the county court's ability lo make decisions brings back memories of when we served on the court. We were all new at this business and at the beginning of the term Rev. Baird of the First Christian church of Mcdford came to our meeting and started us out with prayer. A month or so later he came to visit us and stated that he started us off with a prayer and we had been fight ing ever since. We knew what we wanted, but we didn't all want the same tiling. One year when prepara tions were being made for the annual community Christmas tree entertainment, Mrs. Pen dleton was in charge of the decorations. The Pendleton family lived in the same house now occupied by the J. Sanford Rlchardsons. Some half-dozen of the younger sot gathered at Mrs. Pendleton's homo one night to pop and string corn. Roy Nichols was given a popper and a pan of corn, which he proceeded to shake and pop over the coals in the fireplace. With the fire place filled with coals, things were getting quite warm and the pan of shelled corn Roy was told to pop seemed to be holding out far too well. The next time he went to refill the popper he tilted the pan so that a goodly amount of corn fell in the hot ashes. Imagine his surprise and em barrassment when the corn in the ashes began to pop and jump out on the floor. Al ready too warm, the perspira tion began to appear on his face. However, Mrs. Pendle ton was very nice about it and didn't scold or complain. t The community Ira at the schoolhouse was usual ly attended by all local people and generally some Christmas Gathering Eagle Point-The annual Eagle Point community Christmas tree gathering will be held tonight at 7:30 for all children in the com munity al the Christmas tree next to the city hall on Main st. 500 Attend School Christmas Program Yreka - More than 500 chil dren and parents crowded into the multi-purpose room of the Jackson street school Dec. 15 to see Santa Claus. Santa distributed candy and cookies to the children. The audience was entertained by the elementary glee club, and the girls from the Yreka High school glee club, under the direction of Daniel Soarcs, music instructor. There was one solo on the program sung by Larry Jim Glenn, an ele mentary student who sang "Oh Holy Night." The Rev. Harold Coleman of the Yreka Methodist church gave the inspirational. The flag was presented by Brown ie Troop 200. from the Agate and Chap eral districts helped. The decorations were simple and inexpensive, the tree lights were small can dles set in a little tin clamp fastened to the outer limbs. White popcorn and red lau rel berries were strung and draped over the tree. Gen erally, there was a large . beautiful doll near the top thai kept all the little girls guessing as to who would get it. . ' Santa Claus was always a part of the program and wore his own face but false whis kers, white hair. Jokes were common and seemed to add to the merriment and a bunch of mistletoe was hung in a con spicuous place so the fair la ladies could "accidentally" walk under it. One joke we thought detracted from the Christmas spirit a bit, was when a lady gift wrapped a bar of soap and put it on the tree for a young fellow who wasn't too particular about washing his neck and ears. To each and everyone we send out heartfelt best wishes for a happy and joyous Christ mas. May the good Lord bless and keep you throughout the year. New Fire Plan Is Being Proposed Yreka - Proposed plans for a new fire control program for the Klamath forest were explained by Lee Morford, dispatcher, at the Yreka Lions club meeting Wednesday. The proposed plan would enlarge some current fire sta tions and create new stations in other areas, Morford said. The proposal bases the need for fire protection crews and facilities on the inflammabil ity and value of various areas, he explained. A recent study of the Klam- Community Program To Be Held Tonight Gold Hill - The community Christmas program, sponsored by the Odd Fellows lodge will be held tonight at 7:30 in the I.O.O.F. building. All young sters of the Gold Hill area are invited to participate. The program is unrehearsed. Mrs. A. A. Walker is chairman of the event. Santa . Claus will arrive with treats immediately after the program. Children will have an opportunity to climb upon his knee for a chat be fore he departs for the north pole. Members of Amethyst Re- bckah lodge will assist the Odd Fellows with arrange ments. Past Noble Grands will provide several new orna ments for the tree that will decorate the hall for the occasion. ath national forest showed that most areas must be reached within 30 minutes for maximum protection, accord ing to Morford. The national forest was zoned recently. Morford said areas that had been developed into residen tial districts had top priority and other lands were zoned by value of the timber. Morford said lack of ade quate fire control . has cut down Siskiyou county's lum ber industry potential. The Haystack burn of 1955 cut timber values in the county from 10 million to three mil lion. . In the last 10 years Klam ath national forest has had more burned acres of forest land than in the 20 years be fore, Morford said. He blamed deteriorating equipment and personnel turnover that re sulted in inexperienced em ployees for the huge losses. Morford said the forest had a 55 per cent turnover of key personnel five years ago. The growth of the lumber industry in Siskiyou county in the 1950s has presented a new problem in fire control work, Morford said. He recalled that fires that started when the Klamath for est was organized in 1905 were allowed to burn through the entire summer. Timber losses from these burns can still be seen, he added. NOW OPEN "Fresher Made DONUTS All Kinds: Cake, Raised Rolls and Turnovers v.. a Come in and Try Our Coffee and Donuts ... or buy a dozen or more Donuts to take home. 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