embership Drive by
YM
A month-long membership
drive by the Medford Young
Men's Christian association
will end Friday, March 31,
and Indications are that the
drive will be successful, ac
cording to YMCA officials.
Uoal in the drive ii 1,000
new members and a total of
$7,000, the amount needed to
complete the budget for the
new year, officials said.
A victory banquet is sched
uled r riday, April 7, and dur
mg the week following the
concentrated drive, YMCA of
ficials will try to have all re
ports gathered and included
to determine the member
ships obtained this month.
ine nieorord ymua is in
its 17th year. It first opened
in what is now the federal
building on North Riverside
ave., and was located in two
other buildings before mov
ing into its present location
in 1949.
Services Expanded
Since the YMCA moved
into its present building, its
services have expanded to in
clude almost all types of re
creation, club activities and
other programs for both
youth and adults.
Ground for the building
was broken in 1947, and Bes
sonette and Graff Construc
tion company proceeded with
construction. Although finan
cial assistance was slow, vol
unteer labor and materials
accounted for much of the
work on the building.
The local carpenters union
mustered about 50 men, all of
them volunteers, and laid
5,720 square feet of hardwood
floor in three areas of the
building in less than four
hours. The floors finished
were in the gymnasium, the
social hall and the handball
court.
The plasterers and painting
contractors volunteered much
of their work, as did several
other individuals and organi
zations in the area.
Governor Participates
As a result, a building
valued in 1951 at $206,000
cost the community less than
$120,000 when built. The
building was dedicated May
22, 1949, in ceremonies in
which the late Gov. Douglas
McKay participated.
Funds for operation of the
YMCA and its activities are
derived from two sources.
Membership dues, fees and
projects account for about 60
per cent of the total opera
tion, including camping. Con
tributions through the United
Medford Crusade account for
about 40 per cent of the total
operational costs.
Fees for youth membership
have consistently been able
to remain low because of the
community support through
the United Medford Crusade,
YMCA officials noted.
Present enrollment of mem
bers totals 1,682 persons,
with 800 of them youths
under 18 years old.
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The Week in
Attempts To Stop Wilkinson
From Speaking End in Failure
By United Press International
Frank Wilkinson, who faces
prison for defying the House
Committee on Un - American
Activities, spoke at the Uni
versity of California despite
efforts to cancel his appear-
ice.
An overflow crowd of 5,000
students gathered at the uni
versity's Wheeler hall to hear
the speech. Four thousand of
them had to stand outside and
listen to Wilkinson over loud
speakers. There were no demonstra
tions. Wilkinson has been sen-
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cial hall and
other facilites
activities for
California
tenced to a year in prison on
a contempt of Congress charge
for refusing to testify before
the Committee on Un-American
activities about possible
Communist affiliations.
Brings Objections
His scheduled appearance at
the university brought objec
tions from two Baptist mini
sters who went to Sacramento
with an 80-car caravan in a
vain attempt to have Gov. Ed
mund G. Brown forbid the
speech.
Brown said he had no au
thority to silence Wilkinson.
"I think you are on dangerous
ground," he said. "You are
moving from one danger to
another by censoring people."
President Clark Kerr of the
university also refused to in
terfere, saying the university
was "not engaged in making
ideas safe for students, but in
making students safe for
ideas."
As Wilkinson finished his
speech, a student asked him,
"Are you a Communist?"
He replied that his princi
ples could "best be served by
declining to answer until
such time as the courts de
clare such questions, under
compulsion, to be unconsti
tional." Wilkinson said his case was
a test made along with about
40 others. He planned to go ea
east next week, but did not
know when he would be or
dered to begin his jail term,
he said.
He denied that he helped
incite the demonstrations
against House Committee on
Un-American Activities hear
ings in San Francisco last
May, but said he was present.
Wilkinson was graduated
from the University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles in 1936.
He is chairman of a Los An
geles committee to preserve
American freedoms, and a rep
resentative of the American
Committee to Abolish the
House Committee on Un
American Activities.
His appearance at the uni
versity was sponsored by
SLATE, a student political or
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was done by volunteer help. Bessonette and
Graff Construction company had the con
tract for building the structure.
a swimming pool, along with
for all types of recreation and
groups and individuals.
Elsewhere, there were these
developments:
Crash: A six-man test crew
was killed when a four-engine
Super - Constellation
crashed and burned in a rice
field near Gridley, Calif., on
a shakedown flight from Mc
Clellan Air Force base at Sac
ramento. An Air Force spokes
man said there were no clas
sified weapons aboard the
plane and the cause of the
crash was not known. 'There
was no word from the plane
at all - it just disappeared,"
he said. The crash happened
in a swamp area three miles
from the nearest paved road
and 300 yards from the near
est dirt road. Heavy rains
made the crash scene impass
able to vehicles.
Veterans: A state official
charged that California's
home for veterans in Yount
ville was run under a loose ad
ministration that encouraged
drunkenness among the aged
inmates. The charge came
from Joseph H. Farber, direct
or of the department of vet
erans affairs, whose report on
the Napa county institution
went to Gov. Edmund G.
Brown. Farber said his nine
month Investigation showed
that 1,854 inmates of the home
"come and go as they please"
and many "consume a lot of
alcohol in Yountville tav
erns." Brown said he enthusi
astically end orsed reforms
proposed by Farber.
Reward: Douglas W. John
son of Los Angedes chose $10,
000 for "urgent" family needs
rather than security as a $90--a
- week guard as his reward
for returning S240.000 he
found laying in the middle of
the street. Most of the money
will go for a house for John
son and his family. Johnson,
50, part-time maintenance Job
ber for building contractors,
took 10 days to make up his
mind. He was looking for a
job on March 10 when he saw
a canvas bag containing $240,
000 In unmarked bills in the
middle of the street. It had
fallen through the open door
of a Brink's armored car.
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Open House Slated At VA Domiciliary
White City Southern Ovs-
gon and northern California
residents will be welcomed
Sunday, April 9, between
noon and 5 p.m. at an "open
house" and reception at the
Veterans Administration,
White City, Manager Henry
C. Herzog has announced.
"We are doing our utmost
to make this open house and
reception worthy of the sup
port we receive throughout
this large territory," Herzog
said. "We feel this is the op
portunity for the public to
meet the staff of this large
Veterans Administration fa
cility and to become personal
ly acquainted with the instal
lation, its programs and ob
jectives." Conducted tours which will
show the public the domicili
ary library, dining rooms, a
representative ward housing
members and the newly dec
orated and refurbished build
ings for hobbyists and recrea
tion. The areas which are
used by representatives of the
22 volunteer organizations
providing services which in
clude recreation and games
through free sewing and re
pairing work are Included on
the tours.
Herzog poined out that
most communities are rapid
ly becoming more and more
aware of the approaching
problems of the aged and the
retired as the United States
and local populations age.
"We also feel that officials
and residents will be inter
ested in the multitude of ac
tivities sponsored by the Vet
erans Administration and the
nationwide organizations of
volunteer workers for the dis
abled retired," he said.
"The problems of retire
ment are urgent and real to
all citizens and here at White
City we are prepared to show
the various programs of re
creation, entertainment, hob
bies, gardening, arts and
crafts, music, art, writing and
a host of other activities
which point the way towards
happier and more productive
retirements."
The annual arts, crafts and
hobby fair exhibits will be
shown on the floor of the
theater building, Herzog
pointed out. Refreshments
will be served throughout the
afternoon in this area, he
said.
During 1960's reception
more than 2,500 people, in
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Jackson County Federal has allocated $550,000
for high percentage loans for the construction or
purchase of homes less than TO years old ... in
approved areas.
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$300,000 for 700 VETERANS LOANS
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cluding the officials of gov
ernments, civic and fraternal
organizations, visited the VA
domiciliary. Veterans organi
zations and auxiliary mem
bers work the year around
pointing efforts to the success
ful display of domiciliary
memebrs' arts and crafts.
Herzog stressed.
"Fine hand weaving, loom
work and hand arts and crafts
of all kinds bring back a part
of history that is swiftly dis
appearing from our lives," he
further pointed out.
"We have men here who
have been master craftsmen
one is a descendant of the
fine masters of Switzerland,
O. R. Kipfer Sr. w hose
skills have come down
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has about 550 miles of devel
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an estimated 250,000 persons
in the import-export business.
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through the centuries from
the historical guilds. Live
demonstrations will be given
throughout the afternoon on
the theater floor including
metal spinning, knitting,
leather tooling and loom
work."
Ample parking spaces,
guides and all assistances;
will be offered the public, I
Herzog concluded. I
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