MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE-
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY i. 1961
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Personally,
Speaking
By junn biAttunu q
A historical event took
place at the Jacksonville city
council meeting last night.
Mrs. Ruth Walker was ap
pointed to fill thiOremaining
one year of the unex
term of former Councilman
John Caird.
Mayor E. O. Graham and
members of the council are to
be commended. In anointing
Mrs. Walker, a woman thus
occupies a council scat for the
first time in history, accord
ing to city officials. In our
opinion, it was a logical
choice. Three council positions
were up for election in No
vember. Four candidates were
, running. Mrs. Walker was the
one not to be elected. How
ever, the margin of her loss
was extremely small.
Anyene could haw bee
S(.piffi,iod t fUl Cairo's une
fird tern. Grafeaat a-ad tin
w-i;Hkc e 1 e e t s i Ips.
V-iHtee. Thai? wfaBwim& was'
...
Bftts Vf'alfti mi
tttfertedi hr. inieses m eity
attains by placing h rae
in trout of Hie people m the
1 e o t i o m Why shouldn't
-siomee-tte w;ho had shown an
interest in the government
of Jacksonville be ap
pointed? In addition Mis
Walker lost by a small mac
thin. The people who voted
for her should' h Msog?
niedi
...
This reasoning demonstrates
'ne point. The council dis
counted completely the faot
Wiat Mrs. Walker was a mem
ber of the fair sex. This is as
it should be. The idea some
hold that women are Incapa
ble of making responsible and
wise decisions on complex
governmental problems is ri
diculous. In many cases, wom
en are better informed on is
sues. I-n most cases they are
equally as well informed as
male government officials.
...
More and more people
are becoming aware of this
fact. The most recent ex
ample of confidence we are
placing in women was the
election of Mrs, Maurine
Neuberger as U.S. Senator
from Oregon. Congress
woman Edilh Green is an
other example,
...
The people of Phoenix
placed leadership of their city
government in the hands of
Miss Fay Carver last Novem
ber, and Portland had a fe
male mayor some years ago.
To say that women are in
capable of intelligently par
ticipating i-n government is
unjustifiable in our opinion.
And it appears that a few
thousand other people are of
the same opinion.
...
This year is a rare one nu
merically. The last yoar like
it. was 1861. Other similar
years have been in 1691, 1111,
1001, 986, 888, 609, 111, 96,
&8, 69, 11 and the year 1.
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Eagle Point
Mayor and 3
By DOTTIE HARBISON
Eagle Point Correspondent
Eagle Point M ayfir Ed
Putman took the oath as
mayor for the city of Eagle
Point last night at their coun
cil meeting. City recorder
and treasurer Marion Vannice
installed Mrs. Laura A. Me
Fall, Donald Kimmel, and
"gieodore Hoffman asnnew
piredOJcouncnmen.
Elected to the office of
president to preside in the
SOC President To
Meet With PTA
Gold Hill-A Lights on for
Education program will be
held in Gold Hill under the
sponsorship of, the GoffI I-fiTl
Parent-Teacher a ss o c i ation
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the
multi-purpose room of the
Patrick ElaGxtry s-clvtol.
ElM J0VO5S5il, )H.-OK.iVt
e( Southern Otfcasxa seUoge,
will be f&a't?osl apea.kor. Tk
frosra'M is l eoajunetisti
with tlw statoirMa program.
S'tereiwcwi will inform tlwe
PA members etf otfueatie
legislation facing tls-e 19tl
session of like state logislaiwe.
. Gilbert Maok, principal oif
Gold Hill schools, urgos aM
people- in thcGpJJ. Hill and
Sams Valley area to attend.
Membors of the Sams Val
ley PTA will be spocial guests.
Refreshments will be served
following the meeting..
School Board Head
Featured Speaker
Jacksonville Edward
Branchficld, chairman of the
Medford school board and lo
cal attorney; will be the
speaker at the Jacksonville
Elementary Parent - Teachers
association meeting to be held
in the school gym, Jan. 5 at
8 p.m.
The program will coincide
with the Lights on for Educa
tion program which is being
observed by schools through
out Oregon to discuss legis
lative measures and issues
that the 1961 Oregon legisla
ture will be considering.
There will tie a brief panel
discussion immediately fol
lowing the speaker. Panel
members will be John Neider
meyer, Mrs. Jean Long and
C. L. McBeth. Refreshments
will be served by the fifth
grade mothers in the cafeteria
following the meeting.
FIRST HOOP GAME
Lone Pine-The Lone Pine
intermediate grade school
boys will play their first bas
ketball game of the season
Thursday, Jan. 12, from 4 to 5
p.m., with Oak Grove school
at Lone Pine.
These years ail have one
thing in common. They can
be turned upside down, back
ward or forward and still read
the same. When will the next
such yoar oocur? Quick men
tal calculations by the re
gional and sports editors indi
cate it won't come until 6009.
HOURS
Installs
Councilmen
mayor's absence wm council-1
man Ernest Gregg. i
Putman appointed the fol
lowing committees and offi
cials for the new fiscal year:
police chief, Oran Chastain;
assistant police chief, Bob
Moore; water and street super
intendent, David Hannaford;
recorder and treasurer, Marian
Vannice; judij, William C.
Rice Jr.; attorneys, F.-f-rell
and Blackhurst; building in
spector", J. D. Erown; budget
committee, Ernest Gregg,
Laura McFall and0Theodore
Hoffman; fire department,
Bill Hunting and Don Kim
mel; water department, Le
land Meyers, Bill Hunting
and Laura McFall; street de
partment, Don Kimmel, Le
land iSeyers and Bill Hunt
ing; sewage department, Ern
est Gregg, Leland Meyer and
Theodore Hoffman; disaster
relief, Oran Chastain and Ed
fuiman; park com.Kiono
Don Kimmel ami Ls.Vaw.-4 Mey
ers; saaitjti, Tkeiitre
HecTman and Laura JftePall;
porsWwol, d Fwtmatt af
tSraa - Ch-a&ttiM; pJiG a,')!,
Tbee4ere W t f nam (eelweJ)
w-i-d Enwt GreiiS (civ-ie); juw
nil ppoWww, Laiwra JaWall;
t - aj ad Boy Seoul,
Tlwodore HofroaJ; etoction,
Laura IttelFall and eivil tte
6ene, Bavid Hannaford.
Mayor Putman welcomed
the new council members and
thanked retiring councilman
Oscar Frei for his service in
the past with the council. Don
MeGovern and Shy Callaghan
also retired but were not
present.
Putman announced that
Charles Hoover of the Eagle
Point Grange had contacted
him to ask that the planning
commission and street com
mittee work with them in re
gard to trees needed for Eagle
Point.
Ernest Gregg stated that
the street committee and the
planning commission had an
invitation to meet with the
Lions to discuss the possibility
of street markers for Eagle
Point streets and the possibil
ity of giving each of the
streets a name instead of
being called by alphabetical
letters.
A motion was passed to
lease the large unused vault
or safe to the city merchants
for $1 a year and they will
move it to a different estab
lishment and maintain its up
keep. This request was made
by the merchants due to the
absence of a bank in Eagle
Point and the need for a safe
place to keep money in over
week ends and overnight.
David Hannaford read the
report submitted by Building
Inspector Jake Brown for the
past year which stated that
$83,000 in new building per
mits was issued and $15,380
worth of permits for addition
and repairs to buildings were
issued in 1960.
The councilman voted to in
struct the attorney to draw
up a contract with Ed Cham
berlain for a one year lease
rental of the property located
just south of the new commu
nity building where part of
the city gravel was dumped
on his place for both parties
to sign. '
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Regional News
John Stafford, Regional Editor
Correspondent!: Upper Applegate Valley Maude Ziegler; Lower Aplegate Valley Jeanette
Head; Butte Fall Mary Jo Harris; Central Point Doiores Armstrong: Eagle Point Dottie Hitrbi
on. Cold Hill-Sitms Valley Mary Kelt; Grandv lew-Lone Pine Dot bimmons; Happy Camp Hazel
Davis1' Bettv Reedy; Hornbrook Kalherine Chap nan; Illinois Valley (Catherine Scott; Jackson
ville Bette Hoskim; McLeod Caroline Harding; Murphv Mrs. R J. Millemann; Prospect Velda
Barr; Shady Cove Evelyn Watson; Table Rock R K Nealon; Tiller-Drew Viola Rogers; Williams
Lauretta McPherson; Vreka Doris Robinson and Betty Calkins.
Ruth Walker
At Jacksonville Council
Jacksonville - The Jackson
ville city council unanimously
voted to appoint Mrs. Ruth
Walker to fill the remaining
one year of the unexpired
council term of John Caird at
its meeting in the city hall
Tuesday night.
Members of the council in
dicated that it was the first
GM Hill - Gold Will city
were sworn t tbir r;p
tive O'fficw 14 mIkMi. 9imi
Leeor, presittotvt ( tlw city
o u t i L, fiik(u iliae
(t'h.
New 1m Mw wmwi'l k RkH
ard Straus. H replace Harry
Foley.
Other oouncilmen elected
were Virgil Gribble and Cecil
VanHorn. Council terms are
for four years. Also taking
the oath was Mayor Milton
Steinmetz and Recorder-Treasurer
Ferd Jones, botli for two
year terms.
Steinmetz conducted the
council session. He gave a
report of his investigation on
the city's legal rights in re
gard to the city hall building
and property. He found that
the land was deeded to school
District 57 by the Cavanough
family years ago. Years later
a city election was held for
the transfer of the deed from
the school district to the city.
Steinmetz said no stipulations
were made for the building
and property. He stated the
deed is clear. The city council
has the right to do with the
building and properly what
they consider best for the
city without a vote of the
people, according to Stein
metz. Study Ordinances
The council studied several
ordinances relative to the en
forcement of violations of
overparking of vehicles and
obstructions on the city
streets.
The council directed Police
Chief Roy Harrison to enforce
ordinances 207, 217 and 228.
These apply to all violations
of street obstruction and over
parking of vehicles.
City Recorder Ferd Jones
reported $994 is in the water
fund at this time. The council
authorized Jones to order
needed water receipt books
estimated to cost about $100.
Steinmetz and councilmen
discussed policies in regard to
sending city fire fighting
equipment out of the city lim
its on calls. They said the city
is not authorized to send fire
fighting equipment on such
calls.
Appointed CowciJomian
time in Jacksonvill$hislory a
woman has held a council po
sition. Mjvor p. O. Graham
administered the oath of of
fice to the new councilwoman.
Graham also installed Vance
Adams, Lind McBeth and
Ggorge Brewer as councilmen
foretwo year tenfts.
The three join iacumVMta
Jsli Cogswell, rm S
CpsnrM't Wplt a) Traitor
Court, iw&nd th counoil to
Uv)l tlw oummorchil zoning
ordiitaiwe to inoluck? the prop
erty b recently purchased
along Second awe. and the
Xogue river.
Olaf Lokken asked that his
property at the corner of Sev
enth st. and Second ave. be
changed to a commercial zone.
The city officials studied ordi
nances and found that prop
erty from the corner of Sev
enth st. on both sides of Sec
ond ave. to the city limits is
all residential property due
to an ordinance made in 1950
switching business property to
residential. The council will
have the zoning issue investi
gated by City Attorney Ber
nard Kelly before any action
is taken to amend the zoning
ordinance.
The council told Cogswell
and Lokken that they must
get signatures from adjoining
property owners.
Water Ordinance
Action was taken to enforce
the city water ordinance. Po
lice Chief Harrison was au
thorized to shut water off
when users are delinquent in
payments. The council stress
ed that property owners are
responsible for water rent.
The council asked that
Mark Boyden, county survey
or. make an estimate on cost
of needed surveying work and
inspection of a water and sew
er maD which has been
brought ud to date by Stein
metz and Ernest Kell, city
maintenance employee.
The council directed Jones
to seek information in regard
to minimum standards requir
ed by the state for audit re
ports in compliance with the
new stale statutes.
MEN INJURED
Applegate Valley -Two lo
cal farmers have been victims
of .minor accidents. Harlan
Cantrall sustained a head
wound requiring stitches
when he was struck by a tree
limb, and Lance Offenbacher
received a mangled finger
while working with machinery.
2
Mating
John abb and Don Wendt
on the council. Wendt Stfi
ciatedin0installation of Gra
ham as mayor foa two year
term,
Following installation cere -
monies, Graham discussed
council prccedurw anil poli
cies with tin nsvly ela.'t!
officii!.
&4y SMrMfeto
Grals rGCG0t.;4 tfet
Mattfelcr reports be submitted
t ll council from building
s)ec(or Chester Pursell and
ttie city police court. He
stressed that those residents
who plan on constructing new
buildings or tearing down old
ones must obtain a cily permit
from Pursell.
Graham also reminded the
council of the city trailer
ordinance. The ordinance
comes under the building code
and states that trailers people
are living in can't be parked
in the city longer than seven
days.
After seven days a $100 dol
lar fine is levied for each addi
tional day,
A plan to use county wel
fare department workers for
various city projects was also
discussed. It was agreed that
if the workers can be used,
the first project would be im
proving the appearance of the
Jacksonville cemetery.
oranam recommended an
ordinance be studied regard
ing removal of old car bodies
from the cily. He said the old
bodies are detracting from the
beauty ofthe city in addition
10 presenting a hazard.
It was agreed to ask Everett
Rcvenor to work with the
council and mayor in planning
proposes new cily sewer
system.
Committees Appointed
The following committees
were appointed for 1961:
Lights and water, Adams,
Wendt and McBeth; streets,
Crabb, Wendt and McBeth;
sanitation, McBeth, Walker
and Wendt; finance, Walker,
Crabb and Graham; timber,
wiiDo, Aaams and Graham
cemetery, Cily Superinten
dent Albert Hackert and
Crabb, Wendt and Graham;
building, Brewer, Crabb,
Graham, and Walker, and
parks and playgrounds,
Adams, Brewer, Walker and
McBeth.
The next regular council
meeting will be held Jan. 17.
Itow
How is it you know you're taking no chances
when you let a youngster take your shopping list?
Isn't it for the same reason that you buy 10
of your family's food without actually seeing it?
You know that
A good brand is your best guarantee
. . and that the name on the label is your best
ibuy.ing guide. You have learned to oo.unt on good
Sheriff's Deputy
Assigned to EPID
Meeting Tuesday
Eagle Point - SomcthingQ)
new was aaciea ai me moniu
ly meeting of the board of
directors of the Eagle Point
Irrigation District Tuesday
afternoon at the district of
fice in Eagle Point. O
At the request of district
officials, and Mrs. Ann Todd,
a deputy of the Jackson
county sheriffs department
was present at the meeting to
maintain order.
The meeting featured a bat-
lie of words between Mrs.
Pfodd and board members. At
one point, Mrs. Todd saidDto
Philii Nevin, board chairman,
"Otfiously you are prejudiced
and bis:?!." Nevjn replied "If
you re sot of. order once
xior I trill hate you removed
frc the mecti rooca." Then
Wrs. Toc-kl challenged Kevin
to carry out the threat. Noth
ing happened and the meet
ing was adjourned shortly
thereafter.
Bills Read
At the request of Paul Con
rad and Howard Todd, dis
trict bills were read aloud.
The directors discussed pro
gress on securing a right ot
way for an irrigation siphon
across McNeil creek where the
creek meets the Butte Falls
highway. District Manager
Larry Silviera said negotia
tions are still in progress.
Silviera reported that tenta
tive 1961 irrigation schedules
have been prepared. Cards
will be sent to land owners
prior to the irrigation season
telling when and how much
water they'll be allowed.
He said the tentative irriga
tion interval will be 12 days.
Silviera also reported thai
an irrigation contract has
been sent lo H. B. Murphy,
president of Pinnacle Packing
Co. The company has land in
the district and needs irriga
tion for proposed orchards.
Mrs. Todd objected to the
board's action in sending the
contract.
Then another verbal battle
followed. It ended with Nevin
stating that the board mem
bers are elected by a major
ity of the district members
and have the authority to
make decisions they feel are
needed.
In other aclion the district
swore in board members
Nevin, Ed Greenwood and
Albert Bigham,
Mrs. Todd submitted 11
letters of protest to the board
Members said the letters were
out of the board's subject
area, and dismissed the meet
ing.
BLIND AT BIRTH
Minnctpolls Only about
10 per cent of the blind per
sons in the U. S. were born
sightless.
i
send a child
HCw medford mail tribune
Tree Hazard Removed
From EP Park Area
Eagle Point-Pedestrians,
motorists and residents liv
ing along the South C Si.
city park in Eagle Point can
now relax the next time a
heavy wind whips through
the area.
It was brought to the at
tention of cily councilmen
last month that the trees in
the park and along the
street had grown so high
thai they presented a haz
ard during the heavy winds
prevalent at that lime. The
council voted to have these
trees in the pr and a!og
the highway topped, pruned
and all deadwood cut out
by' professional tree sur
geons. RQirenlatives from
Joe's Tree Seivice presented
an estimate on the work
and were hired for the job.
Mayor Ed Putmai? stated
thatall work has been com
peted this weekwith the
exception of burning the
fettit wa trimings. Ie
fbbti tWat tkis xoi only im-IKev-ea
tWs beta t4 tW park
WrA reaeves tUa taosed, m t
will im.jH'e'W, k-ttj W ttf
Ifee lre4.
For Youth Rally
Illinois Valley A delega
tion of young people from the
Cave Junction Community
church attended a southern
Oregon and northern Califor
nia youth rally at the Central
Point Community church re
cently.
The Rev. Ray Price was
speaker for afternoon and
evening services. More than
10 churches were represented
at the rally. A basketball tour
nament was held between the
church teams. An evening din
ner followed the day's activi
ties. The Rev. and Mrs. Gene
Denning and Mr. and Mrs.
George Martin accompanied
the Illinois Valley young peo
ple.
Hemorrhoids Cured Painlessly
By Non-Surgical Method
The non-surgical, electronic
method for the treatment of
Hemorrhoids (Piles) devel
oped by doctors at the Dean
Clinic has been so successful
and permanent in nature that
the following policy is offered
their patients : "After all symp
toms of Hemorrhoids . . . have
subsided and the patient has
been discharged, if he should
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Safety Council
LeaderSpeaker
Lone Pine Lights on for
Education program is sched
uled for Thursday, Jan. 5,
from 7 p.m. lo 8 p.m. in the
Lone Pine school gymnasium.
The main speaker will be
Ralph Mathews, head of the
school bus transportation, and
president of the Medford Safe
ty council. He has chosen th
topic, "Highway safety and
school bus laws." O
The purpose of the meeting
is to inform the public and
stimulate interest in the needs
of education aniP welfare of
youth in Oregon. It is sponsor
ed by tlie Oregon School
Board association, PTA and
Oregon Education association.
InfuAnation can be obtained
on how to write Oregon leg
islature procedure and "how
a bill becomes a law." 0
A question and answer pe
riod will follow.
Refreshments will be served
by the PTA and child car
will be provided during tht
meeting.
JbfavwtMiM Program
At- Html SisSm! Set
Applegate Valley - Resi
dents of Ruch and Uppsr val
ley aroas are reminded to at
tend the Lights on for Educa
tion program at Ruch school
at 8 p.m. Thursday, according;
to Rex Davi, program chair
man. Issues i the 1964 legisla
ture pertaining to children
and youth will be discussed
by a panel comprised of Dr.
A. E. Merkcl, Larry Tweedy
and Glenn Smith, with Boyd
Gibson as moderator.
The program is be4ng ob
served throughout Oregon.
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