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2 A SUNDAY. JANUARY 1. 1981 WEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. - - " - e- These business firms express sincere wishes that your future may be filled with happiness and success throughout the New Year. . . " YS Local Officers To Attend Meeting ! Three officers of the Ore gon Council of the Blind from Medford are expected to at tend a state executive board meeting here Jan. 8. Participating wii! be Ron Warner, president; Karen Warner, recording secretary, and Lydia Harris, correspond ing secretary, all of Medford. To be considered at t h e meeting are the loan and the endowment funds and plans for a spring seminar. A legis lative report also will be pre sented by Stanhope Pier, lob byist-elect at the state legislature. The membership of the OCB favors the retention of the present independent stat us of the organization, since It feels that it would not be able to perform its responsi bilities to the public adequate- . ly if it were integrated In a stale department. The Aid to the Blind bill also will be reintroduced at the coming legislative session, and would set up operating procedure In the Welfare com mission wich would allow it to give1 more personal and adequate service to the blind. Welfare Grants Receive Approval Portland -UIPli- The State Welfare Commission Friday approved emergency grants of $72,000 for December. This compares to $27,385 for No vember. Multnomah County received . $15,000 of the amount this month. Others included Lane $12,500; Coos $5,000 and Linn $7,700. t, - - : , The commission noted a gen eral rise, in general assistance rolls In reports from' counties studied at the meeting. The commission also noted a high turnover in state and county welfare workers. Sta tistics showed that turnover In some welfare case workers runs as high as 80 per cent for fiscal years ending in 1959 and I960. LIGHTING CONTEST WINNER-Livc animals were fea tured in this award-winning Christmas display by Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Pierce, Pierce Heights, Medford. : Winners of the home and yard division, the Pierces centered the ani mals around a manger scene. Sheep were furnished by Evelyn Nicdermeyer, Old Stage rd.; and the donkey, by Harold Bigclow, 5055 Crater Lake highway. The 1960 lighting contest was sponsored by the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. (Knackstcdt Photo) SB's Estranged Mate Given Release Again " Paris (UPn Jacques Cliar rlcr, 25, the estranged hus band of film star Brigttte Bar dot, was out of the French army Friday for the second time on grounds he suffered a case of nerves while In the scrvlne. Fire Damages Roof In Jacksonville Jacksonville - Sixteen fire men and two trucks respond ed about 8 p.m. Friday when fire broke out in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Gaddis, 700 Academy st., Jacksonville. Damage was limited to the roof and sheathing plus some water damage cause of the blaze has not been deter mined, according to the fire department. Kennedy Schedules Agricultural Meet Palm Beach, Fla. - IUM -President-elect John. F. Ken nedy Friday called a major agricultural conference in New York next Thursday to plan concerted administration action against what he called "tho farm crisis. ' itShmewhyoua m m 'ffPS """ CLEANER . . . H. D. CHRISTENSEN 601 E. Main St! Ph. SP 2-9169 'LIFE-LIKE' STATUES DISPLAYED Mrs. Burr Tyc, 102 Mistletoe st., Medford, used life-like statues depicting this traditional Christmas scene. Mr. and Mrs. Tyc were winners of the sweepstake award for the front entrance division of the annual ed- ford Junior Chamber of Commerce light ing contest. Although discouraged by poor weather, many local residents decorated out door trees, shrubs, and structures, as well as display sleighs and other Christmas scenes. (Knackstcdt photo) 'Lights On Panel Discussion Set at MHS on Thursday A three-member panel wll. discuss aspects of proposed state legislation affecting schools and youth at a "Lights on for Education" program in the library of Medford High school at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5. "Lights on for Education" programs will be held in all 17 schools in the Medford dis trict, most of them panel dis cussions. Moderator of the Medford High program will be Mrs. Le norc Zapell. high school Eng lish and drama instructor. Panel members will be: Medford Lawyer Frank Van Dyke, former speaker of the Oregon house of representa tives and former member of the Oregon state board of higher education, will discuss legislation dealing with high er education In Oregon. pAisittant Prolcnor diet Squire, assistant pro fessor of education at South ern Oregon college, former president of the Jackson coun ty division of the Oregon Edu cation association, and former member of the state teacher education and professional standards committee, will dis cuss legislation dealing with teacher certification and pro fessional practices. And Mrs. Maxine Smith, high school foreign language Instructor and former presi dent of the Jackson county division of the Oregon Educa tion association, will discuss legislation dealing with the general welfare of Oregon children and youth. Mrs. Smith also is immediate past president of the Oregon Edu cation association. Sponior Program Organizations sponsoring the state wide "Lights on for Education" program are the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers, the Oregon Education association and the Oregon School Boards associa tion. The program Is designed to stimulate Interest In and de termine goals of.' proposed school legislation as well as other legislation which relates to the welfare of Oregon youth, provide information on possible legislation in these fields to serve as resource ma terial in the 1961 session, in form citizens of where and how they may secure legisla tive information, provide an outline of the legislative pro cedure, and focus interest and attention on the needs of edu cation and the welfare of Ore gon youth. All the programs are open to tho public. Relative Quiet In Lumber Trading Portland (I'PP Trading in lumber and plywood was rela tively quiet last week. Crow's Lumber Market News Service said today. Price changes were negligible for the most part. Salem - ilTD -John F. Cush man, Hood River attorney, has been appointed Hood River county district attorney by Gov. Mark Hatfield. Jl CHRISTIAN J I SCIENCE J HEALS Station K-BOY Sundays -9:45 A.M. Glad greetings to you, our friends ond patronsl May 1961 be a banner year for you ... a year rich in health, happi ness and prosperity . . a year you'll long remember. OREGON CALIFORNIA THEATRES As we welcome 1961, we'd like to deliver our cheer iest greetings, seal ed w 1 1 h best wishes for your happiness, stamp ed with hopes for your success. HAMLIN MOTOR CO. Eighth and Front Streets Robertson SCHOOL of BUSINESS 40-42 No. Riverside ALL GOOD LUCK IN THE I IIEWYEJ R With the New Year just be ginning, we want to wish you a wonderful '611 May it bring you the best of everything! I DRUO CEIMTRf I Hurray for 19611 Cheer the arrival of the New Year with new hope and fresh enthus iasm . . . Happy New Year to you! CAL-ORE Machinery Co. 1105 Court St. S3 ,vl:3l'- May. 1961 bring you 365 days of health ana happiness. We hope the New Year will prove to be richly rewarding to you and yours in every way possible. Happy 19611 MORTON Milling Co. BACK IN BUSINESS AGAIN AT 500 ROSS LANE A toast to you for the New Yearl May your friends be many, may your favorite projects prosper, may your days be happy and may your health be the best. s & FLOOR COVER SHOP 709 South Riverside Greetings... From the JAY ALLEN Staff Jay Allen Monfy Wray Jerry Gleaves Bill Graham Rudy Bohnet Bub Crosby JAY ALLEN CO. 1078 Court Street We'd like to join all our friends in ringing in 1961. To each, may the New Year bring fulfillment of dearly cherished wishes; to all may it bring an abundant measure of the best things of life. o FIRST c FEDERAL Savings & Loan Ass'n of Medford 29 North Ivy Street ohm YU It Amidst the shouts of celebra tion, let our greeting ring clear , . , that you enjoy health, success and happiness' in 19611 M. C. 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