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oo 0 Q o O MEDFORD Tribune Births, Deaths Show increase In CouHfy During Past Yea P SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1961 PAGES 1 to 8 Loan Association Notes Increase in Loans During '60 Assets of the Jackson Coun ty Federal Savings and Loan association increased by $1, 538,211 during 1960, and total savings increased by $1,579, 104 during the same period, according to W. J. Warner, association president. The reserves of the associa tion on Dec. 31 were 10.29 per cent of the total savings, according to Warner. In addi tion, the firm paid out $592,- 619 in dividends to its inves tors. Warner said that although there was a general decline in the demand for good loans during the year, mortgage loans totaled $3,048,590 at the year's end, or $794,276 more than the previous y e a r's figure. At the association's annual meeting, Rollin D. Watson was elected assistant secre eary. Watson joined the staff at Jackson County Federal in 1959, and has been in charge of the loan department since that time. Warner and John P. Moffat were reelected to the board of directors. Other reelected officers are Warner, president; H. J. Field, first vice president; Glen O. Taylor, second vice president and attorney; Pletsch, secretary - treasurer; Paul G. Antony, assistant sec retary; Irene J. Childs, assist ant secretary; and James Fredericks, assistant treasurer. t n - i ill i'l ft V Library Club To Send Alba Books Two packages of books will be sent by CARE to schools with junior high age studen in Alba, Italy, Medford's sis ter city, for the McLoughlin Junior High school Library club. Members of (lie club, during the recent Book Week, collect ed money from home rooms for CARE book packages for children overseas. The room contributing the most money decided where the books should be sent. CARE will send the books to Nicola Enrichens, educa tion director for Alba, and the secretary of the McLough lin Library club will write a letter to him telling of the project and the books to be sent. Prior to requesting the books be sent to Alba, the club corresponded with CARE officials in New York to de termine if it was possible to have books sent to Alba. The McLoughlin Library club is made of 25 students from the seventh, eighth and ninth grades who wojk as li brary assistants, checking out books, slipping books, shelv ing books, reading shelves, processing new books, and do ing other work necessary in the library. Officers for the first semes ter are Cynthia Taylor, pres ident; Ruth Peters, vice presi dent; Ron Smitlv secretary; Mary Bannister, treasurer; and Corla Earl, reporter. SAILING AWAY Bubbles the cat looks a little disturbed as she sails across a pond created by drought-breaking rains at Tujunga, Calif. Bubbles' mistress, Therese Gray, 4, was playing with the pan as a boat in her yard when Bubbles strolled by. The youngster decided on a game of rub-a-dub-dub before her father came to the rescue of Bubbles. (UPI Telephoto) Births and deaths showed i groups remained comparative- slight increases during I960 j ly constant except that the 50 in Jackson county, according! to 69 age group showed a to the Jackson county public marked increase of 20 per health department. -cent over 1959. Jackson county recorded i)6 j Totals showed that 110 peo- more births in 1960 than in pie in the 50 to 59 age group 1959, and 13 more deaths. A died in 1960, compared to 76 total of 1.445 people were in 1959: 162 died in the 60-69 born in 1960. compared to age eroup compared to 140 1,349 in 1959. A total of 430 people died in 1960, compared to 417 in 1959. Deaths due to genito uri nary causes decreased 61 per cent, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jack son county public health offi cer, noted. Deaths by age Planners Schedule Hearing on Request Medford's city planning commission Thursday night called for a public hearing on a request to rezone approxi mately 11 acres of land east of the Medford Shopping cen ter. The hearing is set for Feb. 9. Mark A. Goldy, real estate broker and financier, told the commission that he would like the property rezoned from single-family to multiple- fam ily. Goldy said the land fronts on the shopping center, Cra ter Lake ave., and south of Stevens st. It was indicated that an apartment type de velopment might be erected there. in 1959. Most of the deaths were recorded in llie iU plus Group, 327. in I960, compared to 348 in 1959. The 50 to 69 age groups were the next highest. Hccorded by Age Groupi The number of deaths re corded by age groups dropped in the 40-49 asc bracket, 38 ill 1960, compared to 42 in 1959. Fewest deaths were recorded in the one to four age group, two in 1960. compared to five in 1959. Deaths in the one to nine age groups dropped 50 per cent during the last year. The number of deaths occur ring under one year of age was 35 in I960 and 39 in 1959. The one to four ace group had four deaths in 1960 and eight in 1959. "There was one maternal death in Jackson county this past year. However, due to the fact that she was in this county only 24 hours before death, and that death was at tributed to other causes, the final allocating and coding may not be charged as a ma ternal death in Jackson coun ty," Dr. Merkel said. The public health officer also noted that the deaths in infants under one month was reduced. In 1960 the rate was 19.3 per 1,000 live births, and 23.5 in 1959. Heart DeallM Most deaths recorded in the two years wete attributed directly to heart of circula tion, 430 in 1960 and 417 in 1959. Cancer and tumors ranked as the next greatest causes, S2 in mou ana oi in 1959. Accidents and violence resulted in 68 deaths in Jack son county in 1960 and 67 in 1959. Other more prevalent causes of deaths listed were: 51 due to respiratory diseases in 1960 and 44 in 1959: diseases of early infancy. 29 in 9tiO and 33 in 1959: genito urinary, 12 in 1960 and 20 in 1959: di seases of the nervous system, 9 in 1960 and 10 in 1959; di seases of tile digestive system, 9in 1960, 10 In 1959; ill de-1 diseases of the endrg-ine sys fincd causes, 9 In 1960 and 8 tern, diabetes, alcoholism, dif in 1959. iscascs of the skin, septicemiai One and two deaths 'were I meningococcal meningitis, epi-o noted in the following forjlepsy, diseases of the blood, 1960: barbiturate intoxicution, i childbirth, and flu meningitis; Mortgage 0! LOANS for Etas- jisnsSSESX Looking lor money lo borrow? Commonwealth oilers mortgage loans on homes, commercial and industrial property, ap.ttimcnts and projects for senior citiiens. Wc repieseni 17 life insurance companies, eastern sav ings banks and pension funds, We h.ie the money, terms and rates to meet your requirements. 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Debits for December, 1960, totaled $93,850,465, $84,472, 219 for November, 1960, and $105,551,879 for December, 1959. Bank debits represent the dollar value of checks drawn against the deposit accounts of individuals and business firms. Bank debits are considered food indicators of current business activity. The value for this purpoie can be im paired if they include large checks used lo transfer funds for the purchase of certain kinds of capital assets that are not "business activity." The data is collected and ompilM hy the bureau of business research of tha Uni versity of Orcnon. U.S. Flans Announced tor 'Youth Corps' Washington -fl'PD- The State Department announced plans Saturday to launch President Kennedy's "Youth Corps" pro gram b sending about 150 young American teachers to four B8.i' territories in east Africa. 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