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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE MONDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1961 1.J N 1 "'1 A -saj SAFETY GRADUATE Seven boys completed the Eagle Point Hunter Safety course recently under the direction of Theodore Hoffman, instructor. Boys completing the course are, front row left to right. Eric Binker, Larry Harris and Lary Hickman. In rear are, front left, Victor Everett Hoffman and Mike Everett. Wayne Harbison is not pictured. Another course will be started in the near future. Those interested may contact Hoffman. High Winds In Ruch-Applegate Area By MAUDE ZIEGLER Mail Tribune Correspondent Applegate Valley - Friday's high winds selected barns as a target and lowered seven in the Ruch-Little Applegate area. A horse was pinned un der a barn at the Milton Hous ton ranch, and three struc tures were wrecked at the Louis Straube ranch. Consid- Siskiyou Artists Association Meets Yreka - Mrs. Calla Lukes, president, presided at a recent meeting of the Siskiyou Art ists association held at the Yreka Inn. During the business session, Kenneth Truelove, of Grena da, reported on the revised by laws of the art group. The revision of the bylaws was set up in accordance of regu lations governing the incor poration of non-profit organi zations, Mr. Truelove explain ed. Mrs. May O. Stevens re ported on the recommenda tions of the nominating com mittee for officers for the new year. Those recommended were: Kenneth Truelove, pres ident; Jack Klampfer, vice president; Mrs. Elsie Nelson, treasurer; Mrs. Ruby Church Ill, recording secretary, and Mrs. Avis Smith correspond in? secretary. A new director will also be elected. Mrs. Edson Foulke Jr., pres ident of Yreka Garden club, proposed that the artists group join the Garden club in sponsoring an art and flower festival. The matter was taken under advisement by a com mittee appointed by Mrs. Lukes. Bacon To Meet With Jacksonville Group Jacksonville - Omar Bacon, head librarian of the Medford and Jackson County Public li brary, will meet with the Jacksonville city council at the library here tonight at 8 o'clock. Library business and future plans will be discussed. Inter ested residents are welcome to attend. Children in the Jacksonville area are reminded to attend the library's "Story Time" each Saturday morning from 10 till 11. Mrs. Betty Bean was last week's volunteer reader. More volunteer read ers are needed, Mrs. Helen Roberts, librarian, said. Anyone interested may also contact the library for infor mation concerning the possi bility of forming a "Great De cisions" group here. r. confidentially CalOre Electrical league dealers ate 0k'in0 eatlu birds a $20 rty $ny old stove of range -traded now for a modern, flatneless elecfric range I pfaying this emblem Level Barns erable damage also was re ported at McKee bridge for est camp. At the Houston ranch a sad dle horse was pinned under neath the flattened timbers of a large barn for about an hour. Hous'ton, whose car was in use elsewhere, found that his telephone was out of or der and he walked about a mile to the Rolland Smith farm to get help and equip ment for freeing the horse. The animal appeared to have internal injuries, but is re covering. The barn was one of the old landmarks of the val ley, built more than 60 years ago for Arthur Kleinhammer who now lives in Ashland Equipment Damaged Major pieces of farm equip ment, including a hay chop per, corn planter, and eleva tor were damaged under the metal roof of a sheep barn that was shifted from its base at the Straube ranch. A large hay barn also was flattened, and a house sheltering weigh ing scales '.vas blown down. A barn at the former Louis Crammer ranch, now owned by Wayne Rcavis of Medford, was flattened, the wind de positing the metal roofing across the highway some dis tance away. Metal roofing also was carried across the highway at the Fred West dairy, where a loading shed was blown to bits around the barnyard. A new machine shed with metal roofing was . destroyed at a ranch near Ruch owned by J. J. Ossenbrugge of Med ford. A shed on a barn at the George Redhead ranch was twisted out of shape and had to be torn down. Most of the barns had been re roofed recently. A truck belonging to Mrs. Lillian Hukill was damaged by a falling tree a few min utes after Mrs. Hukill had been in the truck attempting to start the motor. A large number of falling trees damaged several tables, a fire piece, and a bridge scross an irrigation ditch at McKee park. In most in stances, farmers are leaving their damaged barns for the present in order to get crops planted. Two Assume New Post Office Duties Eagle Point - Mrs. Walter Howell and Mrs. Murray Bartling have both assumed new positions with the Eagle Point Post Office. Mrs. Howell is the new rural mail carrier for the Butte Falls Star route. She started work with the post office as a clerk in 1998 and changed to rural mail carrier in January of this year. Mrs. Bartling has been named clerk. She started her employment Jan. 28. hftniK I -Tg, Personally Speaking By JOHN STAFFORD To whom it may concern: The yellow kite in the tree next to the road to Roxy Ann park Sunday afternoon was mine. The person in the tree was me. And yes, I did man age to free the kite from the branches. I guess some people never grow up. At 23, I find myself returning to childhood pas times on occasion. Kites have always held a special place in my heart, along with yo yo's. My mother tell me it is here ditary. The kite and yo yo bug come from my father. He tells a story about one of the saddest moments in his life. He was working for a Detroit area newspaper many years ago. Detroit was the scene of a national yo yo tour nament and he volunteered to report the event. The yo yo enthusiasts were so pleased with his coverage that they gave him several yo yos. Some were of the whistling variety, some spun circles of flames and others were run-of-the-mill yo yos. However, his favorite was a diamond studded job. He has a gleam in his eye as he recalls coming home from a day at the office and operating a couple of yo yos. for relaxation. This went on for some time. There was only one problem. The sight of yo yos merrily bobbing up and down drove my mother to the breaking point. She finally put her foot down and issued an ultimatum. "The yo yos go or I do." This was a strong statement which good old dad took with a grain of salt. Finally he came home from the office one day and there wasn't a yo yo in sight. Ques tioning revealed they had all been reduced to ashes in the furnace. He was crushed. When we entered a Med ford super market Sunday we couldn't pass up pur chasing a kite. I took about an hour lo assemble it ac cording to directions. It was a masterpiece. There wasn't much wind in the valley so we enlisted the aid of a friend and drove to Roxy Ann park. There wasn't much wind there either. This observation came aft er running up and down hills towing the kite.. The faster we ran, .the higher the kite went. When we topped running the kite stopped ascending and came floating down. . ... The nice part of being an adult is that Rube Goldberg ideas are developed on a high er level. This was the case when we decided that by rid ing on the trunk of the car while it was going about 20 miles per hour we could pos sibly raise the kite to an alti tude where there was a strong wind. Our friend drove. His small son eyed us dubiously. Sure enough, as we drove up the road the kite started to respond by rising at a rapid rate. Progress was halted mo mentarily when we discov ered some power lines were in our path. We let the kite down and tried again after passing the wires. He had about 400 feet of string out when a large tree halted progress. The string didn't make it past the tree. Neither did the kite. It took some ingenious scheming to retrieve it. Our next try also met disaster in the form of an other tree. The kite was saved again. It is now safely stored in the quiet confines of the family laundry room, awaiting a strong wind. ... People never cease to amaxe us. An article sub mitted by Katherine Chap man, Hornbrook correspon dent, makes us wonder just what motivates some indi viduals. Portions of the ar ticle follow: Hornbrook The Horn brook volunteer fire depart ment was called out at 10:15 p.m. Monday in an swer to one of the weird est, most senseless acts of complete idiocy lei be seen around here in many a day. Someone, unknown at the present lime, had thrown an old lire, appar ently saturated with an in flammable liquid, at the base of the tall old pine tree that stands as a lone sentinel across the road from the cemetery. In a matter of seconds, flames leaped the length of the pitch-covered trunk to the lower branches. Quick action on the part of the firemen saved the tree from destruction. Bui the stalely old landmark will bear always its black ened bark as a monument to someone's utter stupid ity. Minutes before the fire flared up, a car was seen pausing momentarily near the tree, and then turning around and going back downtown. When the fire had been put out and the fire truck and all other cars had de parted. cu was observed 4 .f4Tle J WWW m CEDAR CHEST The Eagle Point Jayceettes sold a cedar chest recently to raise money for curtains in the new Eagle Point Scout-Community buildings. Mrs. Keith Krambeal, right, is shown presenting the chest to Mrs. Ethel Coy, purchaser. PTSA Functions Explained by Grants Pass Unit Grants Pass - The executive board of the Grants Pass High school PTSA had as its guest at a recent luncheon meeting Mrs. Jean Schmitt, member ship chairman of the Crater High school PTA. She was interested in con tacting several high schools who have PTSA's in opera tion. The Crater unit is inter ested in the possibility of en couraging students at the high school to become a part of the membership. Frank Thom as, Grants Pass High school principal, explained how sec tional meetings of the PTSA are planned. From the point of view of a school adminis trator, he felt that this system of devoting one meeting each year to the specific problems of each year of high school had resulted in better contact with the parents. As program chairman of the unit, he works with the coordinators of each year to plan the sectional meetings and organizes a panel to speak and discuss problems pertaining to that year. Talent Show After much discussion among the 10 board members it was decided that members of the PTSA will prepare and sell home-made candy at the talent show to be given by the senior class of the high school on March 10 at the Memorial gym. Members will be con tacted by phone to ask for donations of candy or ingre dients for making candy and in this project Mrs. Harriet Suhr and Mrs. Hazel Govrcau, co-chairmen of ways and means, will work with Mrs. Marge Rivers, Mrs. Pat Vor berg, and Mrs. Dorothy Bur nelte, sophomore, junior and senior co-ordinators. Mrs. Boyd Hlxon, Josephine county council president, spoke about the day she spent at the legislature together with a group of thirteen wo men from various PTA units in Josephine coimty. They attended several legislative discussions, including several committee meetings, with par ticular attention being paid to those bills being prepared for presentation to the legisla tors which pertain lo educa tion. The group was taken by Mrs. Sidney Bazett, wife of the newly elected legislator from Josephine county, to the home of Mrs. Mark Hatfield where they were her guests for afternoon tea. The next regular meeting of the PTSA will be on March 7 and it will be a senior sec tional meeting. Mrs. R. J. Millemann, president, remind ed the group that all mem bers should try to' attend, since some general unit busi ness would be conducted, in cluding reading and consider ing the reports tL a by-laws committee which recommends several changes in unit by laws, and the report of the nominating committee with its slate of officers for next year. coming from downtown and repeating iht maneuver of the original car. Wat it the person responsible for the fire coming to view the re suits of his handiwork? Pride must have filled his breast. One day last week we had to park some distance from the M.T. office. There were no parking meters in the area. It was early in the morning and sleep filled our eyes, causing us, unintentionally, to take more than one parking space. When we were through for the day and went to retrieve the car, there was a little printed message on the wind shield. It read as follows: "Thanks to you I had to park three blocks away. I hope you're happy you stu pid, inconsiderate moron." N. California Television Log Programs listed below are received from the television stations and the Mail Tribune tssunips no responsibility except to make chances as supplied Kl EM-TV (Channel 3) Monday: 4:00 Search for Tomorrow 4:15 Guiding Light 4:30 HSC Presents 5:00 Uncle Bill Cartoon 3:30 Magic Land of Allakazam 6:00 News 6:10 Weather 6:15 Douglas Edwards News 6:30 Calitomlans 7:00 Best of Post 7:30 To Tell The Truth 8:00 Pete and Gladys 8:30 Bringing Up Buddy 9:00 Danny Thomas Show 9:30 Andy Griffith 10:00 Hennessey 10:30 TBA 11:00 News and Weather Tuesday: '3:00 Brighter Day 3:15 Secret Storm 3:30 Edge of Night 4:00 Seach for Tomorrow 4:15 Guiding Light 4:30 Sky King 5:00 Uncle Bill Cartoons 5:30 Quick Draw McGraw 6:00 News 6:10 Weather 6:15 Douglas Edwards News 6:30 Championship Bowling 7:30 Circus Boy 8:00 Father Knows Best 8:30 Dobie Gillis 9:00 Tom Ewell Show 9:30 Red Skclton Show 10:00 Garry Moore Show 11:00 News and Weather KVIP-TV (Channel 7) Mondsy: 4:00 American Bandstand 5:00 Popcyc and Friends 5:30 Hln Tin Tin 6:00 Ncwsbeat Norlhslat. 6:15 NBC News 6:30 The Rebel 7:00 Lock Up 7:30 Cheyenne Show 6:30 Surfside 6 . 0:30 Adventures in Paradis. 10:30 Peter Gunn 11:00 11th Hour News 1 1 :15 Jack Paar 12:30 Late News and Sign Off Tuesday: 5:00 Popeye and Friends 5:30 Rln Tin Tin 6:00 Newsbeat Northstat. 6:15 NBC News 6:30 Highway Patrot 7:00 Leave It to Beaver 7:30 My 3 Sons , 6:00 Rifleman 6:30 Wyatt Earp 9:00 Stagecoach West 10:00 Thriller 11:00 11th Hour News 11:15 Jack Paar 12:30 Late News and Sign Off Regional Calendar Eagle Point - The Eagle Point Scout-Community build ing committee will meet to night at 8 o'clock in the new dining room of the community building. Central Point - A meeting of the Willow Springs H.E.U. is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the home of Mre. Belva Purdy, 3521 Oakpine way. Applegate Valley-Mrs. Rol land Smith will be hostess for the Upper Applegate H.E.U. meeting at her home Wednes day, March 1 at 10:30 a.m. Members are requested to bring articles for a silent auc tion for the 4-H scholarship benefit. PURCHASE ANNOUNCED Yreka-The Chaney Invest ment company has purchased the Yreka Transit Mixed Con crete company from Fred W. Burton. The plant is located on old highway 99, south of Yreka. Also included in the purchase was a portable mix er located at Fort Jones. Fire Destroys Home Of Applegate Family Applegate - Th Andrew Miller house on Humbug rd. near Applegate burntd to the ground last night. The family had been gone most of the afternoon and had been home for a short time when one of the chil dren discovered the fire. It apparently started in elec trical wiring. The Milltri have eight children ranging in ages from 2 lo 17. The house was totally de stroyed about l'a hours af ter the blase started. Dona tions for the family are be ing accepted at the Apple gate store. Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With Little Worry Est. talk, laugh or sneeze without r.r of tm.cure ftIM te.th dropping, slipping or vobbllng PASTEETH nolus plates firmer nd mure com fortably. This pleatant powder has no lummy, gooey, paity taste or feeling. Dosn t cause nauifa. Irs alkaline inon-acld) Chacki "nlste odor" Identuri breath). Ctt PASTUITH at or drug counter. REGIONAL NEWS Special Meeting Held for Hearing Complaints About Hornbrook School Hornbrook-The Hornbrook school system was criticized at a special meeting called to hear complaints about school management last week. A school trustee allegedly said he had been told by Yre ka High school faculty mem bers that Hornbrook .children entering high school were be low average. He went on lo say that he thought a better man could be found to replace principal Harley Baker. These charges were hotly disputed by many Hornbrook residents. They supported Ba ker's management of the school by complimenting him on the discipline he maintains. Baker introduced Yreka High school superintendent Tom Preece and high school principal Steven Pueyo. They said a review had been made of 21 Hornbrook youngsters entering the high school dur ing the past three years. Preece said the community should be proud of the stu dents. Of the group, only one is not achieving his capacity, Preece indicated. He went on to say that some arc doing work beyond what is expect ed of them. Well Prepared Pueyo said the students are prepared as well as they are expected to be and are equal to those from other schools. A discussion about teaching methods and text books used followed. Baker and Preece outlined the state series of text books used. Preece said the state books must be used in all schools. The value of sports in the school program was discussed. A few present indicated they fell too much emphasis was being placed on sports in the school program. Baker said the physical education pro gram does not use up any regular lesson time and only children who keep up their grades are allowed to partici pate. Several parents compli mented Baker on developing a sports program and remind ed parents that before Baker came to Hornbrook, the chil dren had no place to play any games. Paul Green said that in his opinion the school was In IT means Once a manufacturer was looking for a bet ter product. "I want to be sure that people NtFD it," he said. So h asked a lot of them about IT. The aniwers told him how to make it. Finally he GOT IT. But IT cost an awful lot to make. To sell it for less, he'd have to make IT by the million. Which meant IT had to be sold by (he million, too. John Stafford, Regional Editor Correspondents: Upper Applegate Valley Maude Ziegler; Lower Applegate Valley Jeanctte Henri; Hutu Kails Mary Jo Harris; Central Point Dolores Armstrong and Flo Vincent; Eagle Point Dottie Hnrbison; Cold Hill-Sams Valley Mary Kcll; Grandview. Lone Pine Doi Simmons; Happy Camp Hazel Davis. Betty Reedy; Hornbrook Katherine Chapman: Illinois Valley Knthcrine Scott; Jacksonville Bctte Hoskins; McLeod Caroline Harding; Murphy Mrs. R. J. Millemann; O'Brien Lothj, Cooke: Phoenix Mrs. Leo Furry; Prospect Velda Barr; Shady Cove Evelyn Watson; Table Rock R. E. Nealon; Tiller Orew Viola Rogers; Williams Shirley Fischer; Yreka Doris Rob inson and Betty Calkins. better shape than it had been in for years and "we certainly canot argue with the high school report." Robert Cummins was an other long - time Hornbrook resident who supported Ba ker. He suggested the school board offer contracts to the entire leaching staff. Community Social For EP Newcomers Eagle Point A community social honoring all newcomers to the Eagle Point area will mark the first anniversary of the Eagle Point Greeters. The social will be held Wed nesday, March 8. Special in vitations have been sent to all newcomers who have been called on since the last social was held. Newcomers lo the area within the past two years are urged to come to the social. Over 100 people were called on during the first year. All members of the community arc invited to help celebrate the Greeter's first anniver sary. ' The Greeters was organized by the Eagle Point Jayceettes last February. Their purpose was to call on newcomers and welcome them to the commun ity. They compiled a pamphlet with the aid of Eagle Point merchants and organizations to help acquaint newcomers with the many organizations and civic opportunities avail able in the community. A list of information that would be helpful moving into a new community was included for their benefit and many mer chants gave gift certificates to the newcomers. Mixer games, entertain ment, and refreshments will highlight entertainment. PURCHASES SHOP Shady Cove-Frank Linden who has been associated with Jack Martin in the Shady Cove Barber shop for four years, purchased the shop Feb. 6. Linden has had 30 years experience in barberlng. I better living for C ' 1 T ' ' ' ' ' ' MT 'f0rmi BUY IT ! MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Jack Wayne, trustee, was asked if complaints of parents were not supposed to be brought before the school board as a group. Wayne in dicated complaints must be made at a board meeting. It was suggested that those com plaining stand up. No one stood. Trustee Morris Wood suggested the complaints be rescinded and the records show the sentiment of the crowd. This was met with loud applause. Heavy Winds Cause Tiller Area Damage Tiller - Heavy winds tore through the Tiller area Fri day. Winds blew down trees in such numbers that at times tile sound of falling trees on mountainsides sounded like the roll of thunder. Several trees fell across highway 42. Roofs blew off buildings In several areas. The electricity went off in Drew al 1:30 p.m. Friday and hadn't been restored al 10:30 a.m Saturday. Gas lanterns and candles were dug out of storage. Fam ilies having electric stoves ate cold meals. GET A CASH LOAN TO OUTFIT YOUR WHOLE FAMILY CITY FINANCE COMPANY 185 E. Main St. Phone: MU. 9-5421, Ashland lift Imuranc avallablt on oil loom at low group ralt you So h let his advertising man SEE IT. Ads began to show IT to millions who might LIKE IT enough lo BUY IT. And they did. For IT was indeed a produce that they needed, at a price they could afford to pay. Then a big sign, more help wanted appeared on the factory door. Everybody . was happy, for now they had IT made. let's Eagle Point - The South B st. coffee party has been mov ed to the home of Mrs. Jack; Grow at 504 South B st. Tues day morning at 10 o'clock. WARDS hour WATER HEATER INSTALLATION Phone SP 3-7301 52-GALLON GLASS IINCD 1 ILECTRIC Reg. 104.95 Sale QQ88 Price 03 Less Cal- 1 COO Ore I League Bonus 7d88 Only II $5 Down $5 a Month Extra-big capacity and fast recovery give you plenty of hot water for all your house hold needs. Glass lined tank won't rust. Automatic controls from the friendliest people in town Get quick cash for overcoats to overshoes, dress suits to snow suits. Just pick up your phone, then pick up your loan. $25 to $1500 Keep Rolling Ahead Z4 u
