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SECTION C PAGES 1 to 10 MedfordTribune Miracle Whip Cottage Brand Salad Dressing MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1961 Quart 53' Plans Discussed By Council to Raise Money For Center Plans to raise money for construction of. a new Senior Activity Center are being made by the Rogue Valley Council on Aging and a new Senior Center Building com mittee. Authorization of the com mittee was given by the coun cil Jan. 26 when it approved action taken by the executive board. The new committee will raise money and receive contributions for the purpose of buying or building ade quate quarters to house sen ior citizen activities in Med ford. John Gribble, treasurer of the council, was instructed to set up a special account for the building fund and to trans fer donations already received for the project.. Architectural plans for such a Center have been made by the J. E. McClellan company, Los Angeles, which developed the Medford Shopping center adjacent to the present crowd ed senior Center. The plans were presented to the council as a gift by Mark Goldy, the company's local representa tive, with assurances that all changes desired would be in corporated in the designs after study by the center commit tee. Cheaper Structure Discussion at the council meeting indicated that ' less elaborate and costly building would be acceptable," mem bers reported. Those using the center and officers of the Fifty Plus clubs stated that all they want is "a comfort able multiple-use center, on one floor, with easy access, which can be used every day of the week, and where we can feel at home and enjoy both social and educational activities." A public drive to obtain funds for the building was suggested as a project for May, National Senior Citizens month, with possible benefits planned by Center partici pants and Fifty Plus club members. Donations already received for the project in clude a $100 donation made last year by Mr, and Mrs. Al fred S. V. Carpenter, and $109 earned by. the". Center "in a Christmas sale headed by Dr. Frank Roberts. The council, a non-profit agency of the United Medford Crusade, is in the process of incorporation under Oregon laws, making donations tax exempt. It was organized in January, 1958, to study prob lems and desires of older citi zens of Jackson county and to promote, sponsor or initiate actions to meet such needs. The two Fifty Plus clubs, formed shortly after, meet weekly to bring companion ship and to combat loneliness for over 400 seniors each month. The Center opened in Oc tober, 1958, in a small room in the city warehouse to offer educational and cultural op portunities to older people. It has been open five days a week since that time and 4,727 persons over 50 years of age have registered there to learn to paint, carve, speak Spanish, discuss world problems, work in crafts, play in the orches tra, enjoy world travel meet ings and help others in the group to enjoy life. All tak? their part in running the Center, Fund Raising Benefit One of the first fund rais ing benefits will be an art exhibit and silver tea planned by the Tuesday oil painting class taught by Mrs. Victoria Staley. The event will be held Sunday afternoon, Feb. 25, at the Center. The public is in vited. Mrs. O. A. Eden and Eugene Thorndike, former members of the Medford parks and rec reation commission, are assist ing in forming the building committee. They were appoint ed by Russ Jamison, commis sion chairman to work with the council on aging to obtain more adequate facilities. Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the council will be held Thurs day , Feb. 23, at the Red Cross auditorium. Annual reports will be made and a speaker will discuss the Conference on Aging, which will be held in Salem Feb. 18. Officers will be elected. Mrs. C. A-. Thatcher Is chairman of the nominating committee, with Wilma Hoxie and Mrs. Chester Gutches as members. On the auditing committee are Dr. Frank Rob erts and Walter Hatch; budget committee, Mrs. Harry Fuller, chairman, and Omar Bacon James Pullman, John Gribble and Mr. Hatch. The general meeting and all other meetings of the council are open to the public. Envoy to Russia Told To Intensify Effort for Powers Washington (UPU Officials have disclosed that the Ameri can Ambassador to Moscow, Llewellyn E. Thompson, has been instructed to intensify efforts to see. Francis Gary Powers, imprisoned American U-2 spy plane pilot. Powers is serving a 10-year sentence in Russia on "aerial espionage" charges but no U.S. official has ben permit ted to interview him since he was downed 1300 miles inside the Societ Union last May 1. Thompson, during the Eisen hower administration, made repeated but futile efforts through the Kremlin to talk with the pilot. The capture of Powers led to collapse of the Pans Sum mit conference, a sharp break between President E i s e n howcr and Soviet Premier Ni- kita Khrushchev and a deep new chill in Soviet-American relations. -No Effort Now Officials said no effort was being made at present to get Powers released as were the two U.S. RB47 flier s but U.S. authorities want to check on his treatment and physical condition, as is customary under international law. An attempt to secure his re lease might be made at a later date, they indicated. They said they had no information to support Powers' statement in a recent letter to his father, Howard W. Powers of Pound, Va., that Khrushchev is "going to forget the U-2 inci dent and might let me come home." The evident desire of Khru shchev for more cordial rela tions with the new U.S. ad ministration has led to specu lation that the Soviet leader feels he has extracted all the propaganda he can from the Powers case and might make another gesture like the re lease of the RB47 airmen. However, President Ken nedy said in his new confer ence Wednesday that Powers "is in a different category' than those fliers. The RB47 airmen were the survivors of a plane brought down over the Barents Sea. Soviet officials claimed they were over Rus sian territory. Powers came down on what admittedly was a photographic intelligence mission. Powers Unmenlioned Kennedy said Thompson did not mention Powers dur ing his talks with Khrushchev and other officials Jan. 21 which led to the release of the RB47 airmen. One reason, of ficals said, was that the Unit ed States did not want to en danger the success of the dis cussion by injecting another matter. American officials in Mos cow, along with hundreds of other spectators, saw Powers in person during his trial in September, 1960, but only members of his family who went to Moscow were permit ted to see him alone. The Russians have repeat edly told the U.S. embassy that requests to see Powers were being referred to the "appropriate authorities." Half of all recorded gifts by Australians go to religious work. kidney 'n meat liver 'n meat chicken meaty mix chopped fish 5 Mtsi CAT FOODS for only IVORY SOAP Medium Size Bars 12 , 99' Nestle's Ever Ready COCOA . Only 89c White Star CHUNK TUNA 12 Size Bradshaws SPUN HONEY 2c 10 oz. C & H . ' KlJ VdJLrviU Li n -an IfTAMPM 10 ids. 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