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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. SUNDAY. MARCH 26. 1961 ome Lake Facilities Will Be Avai Sable1 .EAGLE SCOUT AWARD David LaFever and his mother, Mrs. Harry LaFever, 785 Head rd.; Central Point, are shown admiring "the Eagle Scout award just presented to "the youth. Shown also are Dr. George Rose berry of the First Methodist church, Med ford, and Bob Hawkins, scoutmaster of Scout Troop 7, Medford. The special court of honor was held last week. Other mem bers of the troop also received many awards including first class, second class, star rank, SOth anniversary, and merit badges. (Knackstedt photo) Central Point Girl Gets Recognition ", Marcia Jo Miller, 9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Miller, 118 South Ninth tt., Central Point, recently re oeived national recognition for her achievements in baton twirling, - Officials of the National Ba ton Twirling association in Jonesville, Wis., have includ ed her in the 1961 edition of "Who's Who in Baton Twirl ing" on the merits of her skill, l.e a d e r ship, and reputable achievements beyond the lo cal area. " Miss Miller is one of 1,400 Outstanding young men and women to be honored in the fwirling field, which now boasts more than 500,000 par ticipants in the United States and Canada. : The 11th' annual edition of the publication contains over 500 pages of pictures and bi ographical histories of Amer ica's twirling stars, the story of the evolution of the art of fwirling, and selected refer ence material. Eagle Scout Award Ceremonies Held David LaFever, member of the Boy Scouts of America, Medford Troop 7, was pre sented the Eagle Scout award at a special Eagle Court of Honor held Wednesday eve ning. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry LaFever, 785 Head rd., Central Point, and is a student at Crater High school. At the recent meeting of the Scouts, sponsored by the First Methodist church, Med ford, awards presented includ ed first class, second class, star rank, 50th anniversary awards, and merit badges. Scout officials presiding were Dr. George Rosenberry, First Methodist minister; Dolph Bills, Glen Duysen, Roy Rolls, and Ronald Lamb, committeemen; Leo Taylor, Scouter and committee man; and Bob Hawkins, Scoutmas ter. Give Testimonials During the program, the committee of Troop 7, the minister of the church, Ron ald Lamb of Crater High r u '- , tv mm j s HOUSEWARE GUTS 50 Off! Vi PRICE CLEARANCE! "California Ivy" Metlox Poppytrail DINNERWARE CLOSE-OUT to make room tor New Pattern!. Hurryl Quantities limited. Stainless Steel VOLLRATH 2 Quart SAUCE PAN Reg. 4.50 $088 Am em) 7 Pa Cook & Srr SU from $12-99 COOK & SERVE TOOLS Designed to switch from cooking to serving as graciously as you change from coot to hostess. install asphalt tile solder thaw frozen pipes remove paint sweat copper tubing repair gutters HUNDREDS OF OTHER USES... $C95 Reg. D $6.95 Torch Kill INSTANT IH3HTINO BERNzQmaTIC PROPANE TORCH SPECIAL! Electric Trivet- Reg. 3.98 $4)88 school, and Hawkins each gave testimonials concerning LaFever's achievements. He is the second Eagle Scout in his family. Receiving second class awards were Danny Hawkins, Bt on Wells, William Park, Rocky James, Arthur Hill Bill Bittle, Danny Veal, Sammy Coulter, Henry Muller, Jack Rice, Don Stroh, and Billy Centers. First class awards were pre sented to Edward Butchino, Larry Duysen, Dean Hall, Ricky Howell, Warren Rolls, and Bradley Thompson. Those Scouts receiving mer it badges include Wayne Tay lor, eight; David LaFever, five; Ricky Howell, Jerry Hobbs, Richard Moyer, Mike Minnis, and Larry Duysen, three; Warren Rolls, Darrel Wells, and David Dollcn, two; and Dean Hall, Vern Beers lee, Paul Lewis, Edward Butchino, James Moyer, Alex Mackinicki, Danny Hawkins, and Molvin Taylor, each one. Star Rank Award Richard Moyer, Mike Min nis, Jerry Hobbs, and Wayne Taylor each earned the star rank award. Scouts receiving the 50th anniversary award were Da vid LaFever, Melvin Taylor, Vern Beerslee, David Doolen, Paul Lewis, Darrel Wells, Mike Minnis, Richard Moyer, and James Moyer. Also, Wayne Taylor, War ren Rolls, Dean Hall, Danny Hawkins, Jerry Hobbs, Larry Duysen, Ed Butchino, Al Moy er, Robert Hawkins, and Leo Taylor. Troop 7 was also presented the 50th anniersary presiden tial streamer award. Officer Promoted To Assistant Warden John Langrell, safety offi cer for the slate department of forestry, has been promoted to assistant district warden ef fective Monday. He will be responsible for the operation of the Grants Pass unit of the southwest Or egon district. Prior to joining the depart ment, Langrell had worked several summers in fire con trol work, and is a member of the state fire team. After graduating from Oregon Stale college, he joined the depart ment and began work as a technical assistant in Salem The new assistant district warden served in the Armed Forces from 1950 to 1955, Is married, and has two, children Adequacy Will Remain Matter Of Dispute on Fishing Date By JOE COWLEY Mail Tribune Staff Writer Some facilities will be avail able for public use at Howard Prane when the fishing sea son opens April 22. But, whether these facilities will be adequate remains a matter of dispute. City-County Parks and Rec reation Director Robert L. Haworth said Friday a mini mum of facilities would be available, but with careful handling these should be suf ficient for the summer recrea tion season. County, Judge Earl Miller's statements seem to agree with this. How ever, Concessionaire Bob Johnston, of Johnston Stores, Medford, vigorously disagrees. Johnston feels any complaints concerning inade quate facilities will come to him, since he and his staff will be at the public recrea tion area while the county court and recreation director will be in their offices some distance from the area. County Engineer Robert J. Carstensen said he will start work on the boat launching ramp extension as soon as a week of dry weather permits. Construction Planned He had planned to start construction of the rock-fill and cinder covered extension tomorrow. How ever, wet weather has kept the ground so saturated that it would be impossible to move in heavy equipment required without tearing up the entrance road, he explained. The ramp extension will not be the full 650 feet as sug gested in January, but will go to the present edge of the wa ter. Carstensen feels this will be sufficient as it is estimated that the lake water will be five feet deep at the end of ramp June. 1. How far down the lake is drawn during the rest of the summer must be faced when the problem aris es, the county engineer feels. Both the county judge and me recreation director sup port Carstensen s theories. After all, he is the county engineer," the two men agree No Accurate Estimate Talent Irrigation district of ficials said Saturday there is no way to make an accurate estimate of how far down Howard Prairie lake waters might be draw for irrigation. This will depend on the amount of water fed into the lake by tributaries, they point ed out. The concessionaire said various officials" last Jan uary thought a 650-foot exten sion of the boat-launching ramp was necessary to carry boats on trailers across the expected mud flat exposed when the water recedes. Now the water is up to some 300 feet of the existing boat ramp. This means if crews started work now the ramp could be extended only about 300 feet. Recreation Director Haworth admitted Friday that pushing material off into the water to Brock To Start With SNF April 1 Grants Pass-Howard Brock, assistant district warden for the Grants Pass unit of south west Oregon, will begin work April 1 for the Siskiyou Na tional forest. Oregon state department of forestry officials said that he will have his office at the SNF headquarters in the Grants Pass post office build ing. Brock has served as the as sistant district warden since 1952, after serving as a techni cal assistant in Medford. extend the ramp last summer was not satisfactory. Johnston argued further Friday that he has been ad vised by a "competent con tractor" that work could be done at Howard Prairie in spite of the wet weather. He declined to give the contract or's name. Johnston claimed the work could have been done earlier this winter when the soil as Howard Prairie was compara tively dry. Engineer Directed Speaking before the Med ford Chamber of Commerce Round Table, Haworth earier this year had said the county engineer had been directed to start work on the boat ramp. Friday, Judge Miller and Ha worth said no deadline or starting time had been set for the boat ramp work. Plans for the added facilities were not completed in time to avoid the wet weather, both men an swered Friday. The concessionaire said Fri day the existing parking area will not be adequate this sea son, construction and place ment of dock anchors in the boat basin should have been done earlier, and power equip ment should be installed be fore fishing season opens. Johnston estimated there were 300 cars in the developed recreation area at one time at Howard Prairie during the ice-skating season. Skaters were using 60 per cent of the available parking space al that time plus the ramp facili ties, which will not be avail able for parking this fishing season. Boat trailers attached to most of the cars "will com pound the problem," he point ed out. No Power Equipment Judge Miller and Haworth Friday said power equipment would not be installed this season. "This means our gas supply facilities will be scverly lim ited, since fire-prevention reg ulations require us to store gas below ground and pump it up electrically," Johnston said. This means, also, no hot water and lights in the public reslrooms and no lights in the traffic areas "An incinerator should be built and operating to prevent a long costly run to the gar bage pit located near the dam last year," the concessionaire pointed out further. "This pit has been unhealthy and ill smelling." Haworth said Friday the Jackson county parks and rec reation commission had agreed earlier lhat "certain things will be needed" for the com ing season, such as power plants, additional camping space, additional parking space, extension of the boat launching ramp to meet the water-line and dock facilities. "The commission after studying this situation recom mended, with cost estimates, that these facilities be made available on or before April 22," Haworth staled. "How ever, the commission recog nizes full well the county has limited funds for this work during the current fiscal year and has pointed out to the court that additional funds have to be made available to meet these needs." Haworth said Friday morn ing, before he met with the county court that afternoon, lhat he can'l say if the weath er has been a factor in pre venting the boat ramp work. He noted that earlier this win ter a D-8 Caterpillar tractor hauled two ice-skating shel ters off the lake shore with out difficulty. 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