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.Two-Car Accident
: Reported in Ashland
Ashland - Two teen-agers
were; .Involved in a two-car
accident Thursday afternoon
' on Lithla Way in Ashland.
' About 4:20 p.m. a car driv
en by Barbara K. Lees, 18, of
092 Ross lane, Medford, ran
i Into the rear of a car driven
by John Arlie King, 18, of
3450 Crest St., Klamath Falls,
! police report. King was stop
., ped for a traffic light at Scc
; ond st. and Lithla Way when
the Lees car was unable to
' stop, and ran into the rear of
: the King vehicle, police said.
The Lees car was damaged ex-
tcnslvely, according to police.
; No injuries were reported.
Miss Lees was cited for
' faulty brakes, police said.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 19BI
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
SEEK MORE AID ,
Ankara, Turkey-iUPII-Turk-lh
' President Gen. Ccmal
. Gursel said his government
will start negotiations with
West Germany next month on
additional aid. Gursel said
normal aid from Germany
will continue. The German
promise of aid was believed
, in line with Bonn promises to
lighten the American foreign
aid burden by extending fur
ther help to Greece and
Turkey.
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RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONIES -Mayor John W. Snider
and directors of the Jackson County Federal Savings and
Loan association are shown as the new building at 2 East
Main St., Mcdford, was officially opened Tuesday. Pictured
(left. to right, front) John Moffat; Mayor Snider; H. J.
Field; Glen O. Taylor; W. J. Warner, president of the
board of directors; E. H. Singmaster; and John Pletsch,
secretary-treasurer. (Brainerd Photo)
They'll Do It Every Time
ltltft4 V. I. tH Mil
By Jimmy Hatlo
The foosters were childless
AND THEy WERE AKTl-EVEfrBODV
ELSEiS KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Then they were blessed with
a ripsnorter of their own
. now listen to them
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A HAPPY, PROSPEROUS
In this New Year, may there come to you all the most pre
cious things in life , V love, health, happiness and enduring
friendships. '
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, Ahen th problem of home financing or savings enters the
picture in the coming year, our services are here to help
speed your progress to new goals.
We wish to thank everyone who helped make our open house
success. We invito you, who haven't seen our new home, .
to come In soon.
CF
JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSN.
Home Office - 2 E. Main, Medford
Ashland Branch -337 E. Main, Ashland
Oregon Supreme
Court Decisions
Salem - IUPI) - The Oregon
Supreme Court Thursday
ruled in favor of the publisher
of the Central Oregonian af
ter Crook County Judge Harry
Fowler sought a $50,000 judg
ment for a satire printed about
the judge.
Publisher Edward A. Don
nelly was cleared and Circuit
Judge E. H. Howell was up
held. Judge Fowler had ap
pealed Howell's verdict.
The high court in a de
cision written by Justice
George Rossman said the Cen
tral Oregonian, a Princville
newspaper, published a hu
morous but somewhat deroga
tory satire regarding the
judge with respect to a hear
ing which the county court
had conducted in connection
with a bond filed by the coun
ty sheriff.
Donnelly was one of the
sureties on the bond.
Nothing Improper Hinted
The court said that although
the article said Judge Fowler
was "ready to wheel - and
deal - right off the bottom of
the deck" It did not say the
judge on this or any other oc
casion had done anything im
proper, unlawful, irregulnr
or unethical.
"Assuming that the words
Implied a readiness to engage
in sharp practices," the de
cision said, "yet the article
did not intimate that this
culminated in anything ex
cept the judge's impartial dis
charge of his duty."
Fowler, had charged Don
nelly intended to defame him
and sought $25,000 general
damages and $25,000 punitive
damages.
The high court added that
the complaint made no al
legation that the article was
falso in any particular and
that in the absence of special
circumstances, a defamatory
publication In order1 to be
actionable must be false.
Justice Kenneth O'Connell
filed a dissenting opinion.
Judge Sloper Affirmed
Other decisions:
Butte Motor Co., appellant
vs. Delfred J. Strand and
Hartford Accident & Indem
nity Co.; appeal from Marion
county; opinion by Chief Jus
tice Willlnm McAllister; Judge
Val D. Sloper affirmed; action
against a used car dealer and
his bonding company for
value of three cars converted
by the dealer, judgment for
the bonding company af
firmed. Warner Motor Company,
appellant vs. Deltrcd J.
Strand and Hartford Accident
& Indemnity Company; ap
peal from Marion county;
opinion by Chief Justice Wil
liam McAllister; Judge Val D.
Sloper affirmed; action simi
lar to that Involving Butte
Falls Motor above but court
held the bond not sufficiently
broad to cover conduct of the
defaulting used car dealer
and affirmed a judgment for
the surety company.
State Highway Commission,
appellant vs. Charles W. Park
er, et al; appeal from Lincoln
county; opinion by Justice
George Rossman; Judge Rich
ard Anderson reversed; appeal
by the commission from a
Judgment . tor Parker for
1 $1,000 in a condemnation ac
tion, new trial ordered.
Judge Main Reveried
Marilyn W. Chambers for
the estate of Grayce G. Wil
son vs. Charles Zipper, appel
lant; appeal from Multnomah
county; opinion er curiifm;
Judge James R. Main re
versed; decree granting spe
cific performance of a prop
erty settlement after di
i vorce reversed.
Homer Suitter, cross-appel
lant vs. Ivan Thompson and
Mary Thompson, appellants,
and National Industrial Prod
ucts Corp., et al; appeal from
Baker county; opinion by Jus
tice William Perry; Judge W.
F. Brownton affirmed; decree
to determine the rights of
various claimants under two
mining claims in Baker coun
ty affirmed. '
Floyd K. Dover, appellant
vs. Calvin Clark Horger and
Elizabeth Horger; appeal from
Multnomah county; opinion
by Justice Gordon Sloan;
Judge William L. Dickson af
firmed; an order refusing to
admit a will for probate af
firmed. Carl D. Miller and Flora D.
Miller vs. E. A. Engclson and
Marion A. Engclson, appel
lants; appeal from Linn coun
ty; opinion by Justice Ken
neth O'Connell; Judge Victor
Olliver reversed; an order ap
proving an accounting filed
by purchasers on a fore
closed mortgage reversed,
case remanded for further
proceedings.
City of Eugene, appellant
vs. Warren C. Wiley and Gene
B. Wiley, et al; appeal from
Lane county; opinion by Jus
tice Kenneth O'Connell; Judge
Alfred T. Goodwin reversed;
judgment for the Wileys for
$1,500 in a condemnation ac
tion reversed and case re
manded. Property Division Affirmed
Dora Prince, appellant vs.
Paul Prince; appeal ' from
Marion county; opinion by
Judge Joseph Felton affirm
ed; divorce decree dividing
property between the parties
affirmed.
State Unemployment Com
pensation Commission vs. El
wood M. Brown of Brown's
Barber Shop, appellant; ap
peal froni Washington county;
opinion by Justice pro tern
Dal King; Judge Glen Heiber
affirmed; action by the com
mission against a Tigard bar
ber to recover payroll con
tributions, Judgment for the
commission affirmed.
Harold Carpenter vs. L. D.
Kraninger- of Business Sales
Co., appellant; appeal from
Multnomah county; opinion
by Justice Pro Tern Dal King;
Judge James R. Bain reversed;
action against a real e.statc
broker to recover a $1,000 de
posit, judgment for the de
positor reversed and new
trial ordered.
Oswego Police
Subdue Logger
Oswego -HOT- Eight officers
used tear gas Thursday night
to capture a 4-t-year-old log
ger who shut nimscii msinc
an Oswego woman's residence
and refused to surrender to
police.
Officers said Jonn winis
Thompson was subdued after
police smashed the glass from
rear door of the downtown
residence and tossed five
rounds of tear gas into the
house.
The capture came shortly
after Greta Nan Swartsfager,
34. fled her home and told po
lice Thompson had threatened
her. The women said she had
seen the logger several times
in recent weeks.
Oswego Police Chief Rus
sell A. Thorn said Thompson
apparently was provoked by
'Jealousy.
Thorn said Miss Swartsfag
er managed to leave the house
and run to the police station
when a neighbor boy stopped
by.
Letter Reminds Residents of
Confidence Man's Activities
By GREG NOKES
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
Could you be deceived by a
confidence man?
Most readers will imme
diately think: "Who me? Why
of course not. I could tell a
confidence. man as soon as he
opened his mouth."
But, several "very" promi
nent Medford citizens will dis
agree, because they were tak
en in by just such a confi
dence man-lock, stock and
barrel.
The incident took place
three years ago this month
when a Canadian ex-convict
named Robert Arthur Meu
nier came to Medford. Meu
nier represented himself as
the founder of a non-existent,
"Canadian Boy's Town" near
Toronto.
Addresses Congregation
Meunier was eventually ar
rested by Medford police. But
before he was, he had ad
dressed the congregation at a
Medford church; become quite
well-thought of at the local
YMCA; and spoke to the en
tire Medford High school stu
dent body on youth prob
lems. The Mail Tribune was re
minded of Meunier last week
when a letter was received
asking that the Tribune send
Meunier clippings of news
stories written when he was
arrested here. A New York
publisher is planning to do
his life story.
Meunier has apparently
been continuing his "conning
ways" since leaving Medford,
because the letter was sent
from the Ontario reformatory
(prison) in Millbrook, Ontario.
But, being behind there is
nothing new to Meunier as
he has, by his own admission,
spent more than 18 years in
various prisons.
Meunier is now 36 years
old; he is dark and stands at
only five feet, two inches. But
what he lacks in height, he
makes up for in his gift of
gab.
Hitchhikes Ride
Meunier's Medford esca
pade began on Jan, 11, when
he hitchhiked a ride near
Roseburg with a logging truck
driver from Central Point.
Although he had been re
leased only several weeks
earlier from a prison In New
Brunswick, he had no diffi
culty In convincing the driv
er that he represented a Ca
nadian youth camp and was
on a tour to find out how sim
ilar institutions operated in
the United States.
Much impressed, the logger
transported Meunier to the
YMCA where he was intro
duced to several YMCA offi
cials. Also impressed, the of
ficials introduced Meunier to
a number of persons, includ
ing several influential citi
zens. .
Invited io Meeting
One of these citizens was
minister who invited Meunier
to address an evening meet
ing at a local church. Meu
nier was only too glad to ac
cept, and when he made his
talk, a more reverent man
was not to be found.
From the church Meunier
was taken the next day (Mon
day) to Medford High school
where he was introduced to
the faculty and was taken on
a tour of several classrooms.
Later the same day he spoke
on youth problems before an
assembly of the entire student
body.
That night he was a dinner
guest at a prominent Medford
attorney's home. Following
the dinner he was taken to a
bus depot by a group of high
school students who intended
to see him off on a trip to
Los Angeles.
Becomes Suspicious
In the meantime, however,
a clerk at the Holland hotel,
where Meunier had been
staying, became suspicious be
cause Meunier had checked
out without telling anyone.
Also, the clerk was holding a
$40 check written by Meunier
on a Canadian bank, and he
began to doubt its validity.
The clerk contacted Med
ford police who went to the
bus depot and apprehended
Meunier for questioning just
prior to his departure for Los
Angeles.
Meunier agreed to go with
police to the station and
straighten everything out. Po
lice and the confidence-man
were followed to the police
department by an indignant
crowd of high school students
who were sure there must
have been some mistake.
But, upon questioning, Meu
nier admitted that the check
was a phony, and he was ar
rested on a charge of defraud
ing an innkeeper (hotel clerk).
He then told all.
Inmate at Prisons
He said he had been an in
mate at prisons in New Bruns
wick, Saskatchewan, British
Columbia and Idaho. In addi
tion, he told police he had es
caped from prisons twice and
once had even set fire to a
jail.
Since his release several
weeks earlier from the New
Brunswick prison, Meunier
said he had been transporting
heroin from Canada to the
U.S.
He indicated that his reason
for being in Medford was to
set up a "home-base" which
would afford him good refer
ences and friends to aid him
in future illicit activities in
Chicago.
He nearly succeeded. A
YMCA official here had al
ready written a YMCA offi
cial in Chicago telling him
what a fine person Meunier
was.
Many Professions
Posing as a youth camp di
rector was only one o the
many professions adopted by
Meunier during his career.
Others include a doctor, a doc
tor of psychiatry, an Earl, a
Duke, a Member of Parlia
ment, a lawyer and a scout
master. When Medford police nab
bed Meunier they found on
him forged documents and pa
pers attesting to various col
lege degrees, letters of recom
mendation, wills and docu
ments indicating power of at
torney. Capsules of Dope
Meunier told police later
that between the time he was
brought to the station and the
time of his arrest, he had,
flushed three capsules of dope
down the police station toilet.
Meunier was fined $100 and
sentenced to 30 days in the
city jail on the defrauding an
innkeeper charge. He was
later turned over to the U.S.
Immigration service and was
sentenced to 20 months on
McNeil island prison on a
charge of illegal entry into
the U.S.
Shortly before his release
from McNeil island, Meunier
wrote a letter to the police
department in which he apolo
gized for the trouble he caused
the city and said: "I miss so
much the ' many friends I
made ..."
It is doubtful, however, that
his many friends miss him.
Christmas Tree
Lift Set in CP
Central Polnt-A Christmas
tree lift In the Central Point
area will be sponsored by the
Lions club today, according
to Bill Colley, chairman.
Residents are asked to place
the trees near the curb in
front of their homes, and do
nations attached to the tree
are to be used for community
improvement and youth pro
grams by the Lions.
Trees will be picked up be
tween 1 and 3 p.m., according
to Colley. If missed, residents
may telephone NOrmandy
4-1248 to have their trees
taken. ,
USEFUL TONSILS
St. Louis - Tonsils, often
removed as infection centers,
are strategically placed where
the small white corpuseles ot
the blood are formed.
IRRIGATION
to 60 H.P.
From
$
29
50
up
V3 H.P. Shallow
Well $ggo
V4 H.P. DEEP WELL
With 42 Gallon Tank
and
JfiM Charger
15450
Complete
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MEDFORD, OREGON
We Give S&H Green Mamp.
Winter Hours Set
For Claims Offices
Salem - New winter hours
were announced today for re
gional unemployment claims
offices of the state employ
ment department throughout
Oregon.
In the Shady Cove area the
school band room will open
Wednesdays of even num
bered weeks at 1 p.m. The
community hall in Prospect
will be open the same days
beginning at 1:30 p.m. until
work is finished. Unemploy
ment offices for residents in
Cave Junction will be open
at the American Legion Aux
iliary hall Thursdays from
9:30 to 11:30 a.m. :
The offices are placed In I
operation not only as a con-1
venience to the uncmploy-!
ment compensation claimants,
but as a time and expense
saver in serving the Increased
number of claimants during
the winter months, employ
ment officials stress.
Reter Reappointed
To Reserve Bank
San Francisco-Raymond R.
Reter of Reter Fruit company,
Medford, was recently reap
pointed director of the Port
land branch of the Federal
Reserve system.
The ' announcement came
this week after the Board of
Governors met here to name
officers for the coming year.
F. B. Whitman of San Fran
cisco was also redesignated as
chairman of the Board.
Reter will hold the office
for a two-year term beginning
Jan. 1.
HUGE CRATER
Phoenix - Meteor crater.
fSVcst of Winslow, Ariz., is
large enough to provide play
ing space for 20 football
games at one time and two
million spectators could
watch from its sloping sides.
CH
MOOSE
RISTMAS
TREE LIFT
Monday, January 2
Benefit for
SACRED
HEART
HOSPITAL
Let's Keep
Sacred Heart Open!
Place your donation in an envelope and attach to your tree. Make
checks payable to Sacred Heart Hospital or Medford Moose Lodge.
Have tree on or near front porch in plain sight, the trees will be
picked up tomorrow starting at 1:00 p.m. until dark; The pick-up
will be made by Crater Lake Motors, Courtesy Chevrolet, City
Sanitary Service, Medford Motors, Jay Allen Co., Darrell Miller,
Huffman Truck & Auto Parts and many individuals!
You Are Invited to the Big
CHRISTMAS TREE BURN
at the End of Ellendale Drive Just Below the
Hiway Ready Mix Plant
Put Your Tree Out Tomorrow . .
KEEP SACRED HEART OPEN!
Courtesy Medford Mail Tribune
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