MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MfcUr'OhO. ORE.
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1961
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Lenten
Message
By
THE REV.
DR. JOHN F. WILLIAMS
Pastor. First United Presby
terian Church, Franklin, Ind.
(Written for UPI)
LENT - "a time of peni
tence and of self-denial." Pen
itence for what, and to what
end shall we deny self? To be
penitent simply because we
regret either the commission
or omission of certain acts,
and to deny self simply to de
velop a little pride in will
power, these are hardly wor
thy motives.
To really be penitent be
cause we so casually fall short
of the example of our Christ,
and to deny self that we might
more nearly approach the self
lessness of our Christ, would
more likely produce for us the
spiritual potential the season
contains.
The possibility of a more
definite identification with
the realities in our Master's
life should then eventuate in
less of the ncbulousncss of
faith and deepening of faith
in the specifics of our avowed
discipleship.
So may it be that Lent
could become for us the "great
adventure" in seeking the
Holy Grail of Christian devotion.
Four Appear in
District Court,
Clifford Ray Willoughby,
918 Maple Park dr., Medford,
has been bound over to the
grand jury on charges of
forgery. District Court Judge
L. 'L. Sawyer said Friday.
Willoughby waived the
right to an attorney and pre
liminary hearing when he ap
peared in district court. He is
charged with forging a name
to a check for wood.
Ernest W. Small, Phoenix,
was bound over to the grand
jury on charges of obtaining
money under false pretenses.
He also waived right to a pre
liminary hearing in district
court Friday. He is charged
with giving a bad check for
$10 to a Phoenix tavern Feb.
11.
Earl Wayne Taylor, Third
st. and Central ave., Medford,
was bound over on charges
of burglary not in a dwelling.
He waived a preliminary
hearing and was bound over
to the grand jury. He is charg
ed with burglarizing a drive
in theater Feb. 13.
Del Raymond Beebe, 15
North Riverside ave., Med
ford, was bound over to the
grand jury on charges of ob
taining money under - false
pretenses. He is charged with
issuing a bad check for $10
to a Medford market Jan. 21.
. He waived right to a prelim-
inary hearing.
Patio Partners
Confessed Bank Embezzler
Gets 15 Years in Penitentiary
Sioux City, Iowa -1UP1I- Mrs.
Burnice Iverson Geiger, who
admitted embezzling $2 mil
lion from the accounts of her
friends and neighbors at the
Sheldon National Bank, Fri
day was sentenced to 15 years
in prison by a federal judge.
Mrs. Geiger, the slightly
graying only daughter of the
bank president, stood im
passively before U.S. District
Judge Henry N. Graven as he
pronounced sentence, her
hands gripping the table. She
could have received a prison
term of 175 years.
She remained tight - lipped
until the end about the big
remaining questions in the
case, why she took the money
and what she did with it.
Nothing To Say
When the judge asked if she
had anything to say in her
own behalf, Mrs. Geiger re
plied, "No Sir, I have not."
Graven asked again if she
had anything to say that might
mitigate the punishment and
then said "Do you have any
information for the court"
To both questions, the wom
an replied, "No, Sir."
However, Dist. Atty. F. E.
Van Alstine shed some light
on these questions in his pre
sentation to the court.
"Mrs. Geiger got to indulg
ing in speculation of her own
and the money was disposed
of in various ways," he told
the court.
He said one of the principal
ways was speculation on the
Board of Trade which
amounted at times to $1,000 a
month over a period of many
years.
Ledger Sheets Withdrawn
He explained that she had
withdrawn customers' ledger
sheets from bank files to cover
shortages. Some of the money
was loaned to local people,
and some, for one reason or
another, were allowed to draw
on their accounts at the bank
without records being kept of
the credit, he said.
Van Alstine also said that
up to January of 1960, the
shortage at the Sheldon Na
tional Bank was about $1 mil
lion. He said a little more than
an additional $1 million was
withdrawn in the past year.
He said Mrs. Geiger's hus
band, operator of a Sheldon
hardware store, had no ap
parent knowledge of his wife's
speculation. ;
When household expenses
ran higher than income from
the store and her salary from
the bank, they were "taken
care of" by the bank, Van Al
stine said, meaning by Mrs.
Geiger's embezzlements.
Van Alstine also said "one
of the people who drew on
Mrs. Geiger for about $140,
000 to $150,000 has been the
subject of an FBI investiga
tion in San Francisco."
Ruled Accidental
He said the person died a
few days ago "in an accidental
fire in his apartment."
He did not identify this per
son but he apparently was re
ferring to Samuel Marvin
Harris, 54, a widower, who
died last Saturday morning in
his apartment in San Francis
co. The death was ruled acci
dental. Harris once did some in
terior decorating at the Geiger
home in Sheldon and was
named in four of the 35' counts
to which Mrs. Geiger pleaded
guilty. The total amount in
volved in the Harris counts
was $1,652.53.
Judge Graven sentenced
Mrs. Geiger to five years on
each of the first three counts
against her with the terms to
run consecutively, a total of
15 years. On counts 4 through
35, he sentenced her to five
years each with the terms to
run concurrently witli Count
one.
No fines or costs were as
sessed. She could have been
fined a total of $175,000.
KENNEDY BRIEFED-President Kennedy flew by helicopter
to the Atomic Energy Commission's headquarters at Ger
mnntown, Md., for an inspection of the installation and
briefing by officials. Dr. Glenn Seabord, AEC chairman,
shows ihe Chief Executive a 3!i-pound piece of natural
uranium. (UPI Telcphoto)
Venezuela Jobless
In Demonstration
Caracas, Venezuela - (DPI) -Hundreds
of unemployed per
sons tried to storm the Presi
dential Palace of President
Romulo Betancourt Friday
and were beaten back by po
lice and national guardsmen
using teargas bombs.
The crowds formed in front
of a union headquarters in
the Paraiso section of Caracas
and were intercepted by po
lice as they ncarcd the El Si
lcncio area, the big square
where major outbreaks broke
out last November against the
government.
Those outbreaks led the
government to suspend consti
tutional guarantees in the
country and to prohibit future
demonstrations as Friday's.
Salem -lUPli- Gov. Mark Hat
field Friday sent a telegram to
President Kennedy confirm
ing that Oregon is doing all
it can to stimulate the economy.
CENSUS DIRECTOR - Presi
dent Kennedy has named
Richard M. Scnminon, above,
of Washington, to succeed
Robert A. Burgess as U.S. cen
sus director. Scammon has
been director of elections re
search for the Governmental
Affairs Institute In Washing
ton. (UPI Telcphoto)
Halsey Man Faces
Embezzling Charge
Portland - IUPD - A federal
grand jury Thursday indicted
A. Ray Martin, an employee
of the Halsey branch of the
Bank of Lebanon, on charges
of embezzling more than
$9,000.
One of seven counts against
Martin claimed he embezzled
56,300 in March of 1959. Tho
remaining counts charge em
bezzlement of more than
$3,000 from June to August,
1960.
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Police Chief Talks
To County Motor
Court Association
Medford Police Chief
Charles Champlin told the
Jackson County Motor Court
association last week the Med
ford police department will
continue to cooperate with the
motel and trailer court oper
ators. The police department is
continuing to work out a bet
ter calling system for motels
on check flashes and other in
formation, the police chief
said at a recent meeting.
During 1958, the police han
dled 225 fictitious checks, in
1959, 258 checks and in 1960,
more than 400. Many of the
400 were passed by travelers
going through Medford, he
pointed out.
The police chief emphasized
that all' checks should be ex
amined carefully as to dates
and other information. If a
check is post-dated, there has
been no crime committed un
der Oregon law, he said. The
case would be civil, not crim
inal. Registration Cards
Tamper-proof locks on mo
tel units, and complete filling
out of registration cards were
stressed by the chief. Each
registration card should have
the guest's correct license
number and state in which is
sued. The group discussed House
Bills 1010, 1024 and 1173
which affect motor and trailer
courts. The group decided to
oppose all three bills and
write letters to legislators.
Miss Ila Estelle presented
Max Weston a plaque for his
work and leadership of the as
sociation for the last two
years.
Guests introduced by Hale
Hearrell, president, were
Charles Hendry, D. H. Van de
Sande and Ray Lambert.
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The Mental Health Associa
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meet tomorrow, Feb. 20, at
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group.
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Mental Health association,
will discuss mental health leg
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the advisory committee on
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Oregon and the Governor's
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