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Regional News ( - w"."-.""." man ' wn u" y fmwft fc iimiiiiinin Miiiear- i'-'-- -- NEW BENCH Judge Norman R. Matteson ol Gold Justice court has a new court bench and witness box. Gold Hill Court Has New Bench Gold Hill A new court bench and witness box has been installed at the Gold Hill district justice court o Judge Norman R. Matteson. When improvements at the court are complete there will be six jury chairs and chairs for spectators. It will be strictly a court room pattern ed to other court rooms in compliance with the state of Oregon judicial system, Judge Matteson said. Facilities will be used for no other purpose. The new court bench was built in the cabinet shop by county employees at the Jack son county courthouse in Medford. It is comprised of three sections which were transported leparately and as sembled after being brought to Gold Hill. Court business here has in creased in volume, Matteson said, and individuals do have a right to have their case tried in a more dignified man ner than has been the custom in the past. Matteson will no longer have his insurance agency in the court room. Facilities for the insurance business are be ing made at Gold Hill Laun dromat and Dry Cleaners. Matteson expects to have the new arrangement completed by July 1. Derby-George Burg is con valescing at his home, Box 160 Butte Falls highway, Ea gle Point, after several days as a medical patient at Sacred Heart hospital. Hill Officers of Talent Lions Club and Auxiliary Installed Talent - The Talent Lion's club and Ladies auxiliary met at the Tally Ho Friday to hold installation of officers. International counselor Lar ry Sheehan of Rogue River in stalled the following officers: president, Charley Davis; first vice president, George Ncrton; second vice president, Les Davis; lion tamer, Wayne Reed; tail twister, George Gliem; secretary, Frank Christian; treasurer, Lewis Hunt; directors, Earl Story, Clifford Dukes and Charles Cory each for three years. Wayne Reed, retiring presi dent was presented a past president's pin and a gift. There were six past presidents present. Perfect attendance awards were presented to Earl Story and Charles Davis, one year; Wayne Reed and Cliff Dukes, two years; Charles Cory, three years; Lewis Hunt, F. W. Gil bert and Les Davis, four years; Bill Young, five years; George Gleim, six years; AI Grabber, eight years; George Nerton, nine years; Frank Christian and Wayne Reich stein, 11 years. Mrs. Larry Sheehan install ed the auxiliary officers; pres ident, Mrs. Henry Bechtold; vice president, Mrs. Frank Christian; secretary, Mrs. George Nerton; treasurer, Mrs. Ellis Milhoan; tail twist er, Mrs. Charley Cory. Mrs. Wayne Reed, retiring president was presented a past president's pin and a gift. There was a total attend ance of 31. New Information On Old Cemetery Comes to Light Eagle Point - Additional in formation has come to light concerning the old cemetery on Mrs. M. B. Hansen's prop erty in this area. The ceme tery is believed to be the old est in Eagle Point. As many as 20 persons are presumed to have bee.- buried there. Original research indi cated that all buried there were related in some way, but subsequent information has revealed that at least four were not related to the Mat thews family which first homesteaded the property. Mrs. W. E. Hammel of Eagle Point reports that both her mother, Beatrice Minter, and her uncle, Dave Moser, were buried .t the cemetery, her mother in 1902 and uncle in 1896. Neither was related to the Matthews family and apparently both were buried there because it happened to be the nearest cemetery. Woodson Tucker, who was killed by John Matthews, the original owner of the home stead, in a hunting accident in 1857 and became the first per son to be uried in the ceme tery, also was no relation to the Matthews family. A fourth unrelated individ ual buried there was a man whose name is believed to have been Hall. He was killed by an Indian arrow in the Table Rock area. Latest research indicates that the most recent burial at the cemetery took place in 1906 when Polk Matthews was laid to rest. Originally it was thought that the most recent burial had been some 71 years ago. Party For Gold Hill Youth Slated Tonight Gold Hill-The first commu- nity party for young people of the Gold Hill area will be held tonight at 7:30 at the Gold Hill Grange hall. Ralph James, chairman of the youth center activity, said interest shown by young peo ple on this occasion will de termine whether or not fu ture activities will be held. CATTLE TOUR Cave Junction - Monday, 10:30 a.m. Rogue Valley Pure bred Dairy Cattle association tour through Illivale Farms, followed by picnic lunch at noon at Lake Selmac, then tour of Ed Palmer's Jersey Ranch and Rogue Guernsey farm. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Tablets By R. E. Mail Tribune Tabic Table Rock Twenty nine grandmothers, members of the Crater Grandmothers Club No. 510, of Central Point, attended Monday's meeting at the J- S. Richard son home. After partaking of a pot luck lunch, they were entertained with an appropriate program arranged by Jean Barnes, which closed with these lines: In age's greeting there are no tears, I love my Beautiful Autumn years! Mrs. William Bishop and daughters Gail and Joyce, left Bethel, Kansas, June 19, by motor car or Table Rock, and other points to spend a vacation with rela tives and friends. The Bert Pierce family accompanied by Barbara Wheeler, returned Saturday from a trip to points in Washington, where they visited relatives and attended the World's Fair. Bert says reports about conditions and prices there were somewhat exaggerated. Organic Gardens We were very much interested in reading Cleve Twichell's Regional Roundup in the M. T. of June 20. Many things mentioned we have known of and in a way .connected with as the last few years. Many of our cus tomers have inquired about fertilizers used, and even the feed used to fatten stock. Closer to home, we have an organic farm on Pumice Lane known as the Table Rock Organic Gardens, operated by Dave and Henry Rowell. They sell carrots to Telford for making carrot juice. If you missed reading the Regional Roundup of June 20, we would advise you to look at it, as there are many things mentioned you should know. Many Accidents Here of late there have been so many fires, air plane crashes and traffic accidents that a person with traveling relatives and friends is almost afraid to listen to the first radio news each morning. Some good and otherwise law-abiding citizen will drive a car along the highways deliberately violating the law. We say deliberately because he has staring him in the face a mechanical gadget with not the brains he has, but tell ing him accurately each mile what speed he is going. He is not only disobeying Christ's command to obey the laws but is also running the risk of breaking the commandment, "Thou Shalt Not Kill." Daily vacational Bible school began here Monday, and will continue until Friday with a program in the evening. Thought for the day So live that when you come to die, even the undertaker will be sorry. Fire Suppression Crew Stationed at Applegate V a 1 1 e y A 25- man regional fire suppression crew, subject to dispatch any where in United States as an initial attack crew, is sta tioned at the Star Ranger fire suppression camp. The men are receiving ad ditional training this week in use of tools, fire fighting tech niques, and safety measures. They will be supervised by Robert Webb, ranger assistant general, with Pete Gregory as their foreman. It is expected that the men will be sent principally to fires in California and the Pa cific Northwest. When not on fire duty they will be on work schedule around the Applegate district, and will be restricted to remain with - NEALON Rock Correspondent Star Camp in an hour's travel time from Medford airport. The men are from various parts of United States, and are required to have at least one year's previous experi ence in fire fighting. Their group will be known as the Star regional suppression crew. They will be the first to ar- rive at a designated fire, and will be released when addi tional crews arrive. The Star camp was selected as their base due to the Central loca tion between California and Oregon. A similar crew is sta tioned at Redmond, Ore. Monty acey of Butte f alls I is foreman of the local sup- 1 pression crew. Historical Society Thanks PP&L For Signs to Museum The Southern Historical So- lety passed a resolution dur ing its annual meeting recent ly in Jacksonville to thank the Pacific Power and Light company and District Mana ger Frank Benesh for provid ing four roadside signs direct ing tourists to the pioneer mu seum and historic Jackson ville. It also went on record ex tending appreciation to the Jackson county court for erecting the signs in appropri ate locations on Highway 99. Another resolution was passed thanking Mail Tribune Advertising Manager Herb Grey for layout and design work on the advertisement run for the Jacksonville muse um, Raymond R. Reter, of Re ter Fruit company, the How ard Cooper company, the county court and the Jackson county fair board for provid ing suitable sites for the tour ist signs. Regional Calendar Eagle Point-Monday, 8 p.m, All organizational representa tives and interested persons are requested to attend an im portant meeting of the Scout Community building commit tee, in the dining hall of the building. Eagle Point - Sunday, 11 a.m., Rev. Joseph Munshaw, former pastor of Eagle Point Community Bible church, will be guest speaker at the church. At 5:30 p.m. Monday he and his family will be hon ored at a pot-luck reception at the church. Talent-Saturday, 9:30 a.m. 4-H livestock prefair for Tal ent-Phoenix area will be held at Talent City hall, featuring judging contests and show manship contests in each kind of livestock. Open to all 4-H members. Hunter Safety Class Set in Eagle Point Eagle Point-A new hunter safety course is starting in Eagle Point on Tuesday eve nings at 7 p.m. for all young' sters 12 and older. The class will meet in the Scout-com munity building with Theo dore Hoffman as Instructor. All persons wishing to take the course, free of charge, are asked to either get in contact with him nr rnmp in thp meet. ing Tuesday evening. Do not bring a gun. Eagle Point to Pick By DOTTIE HARBISON Eagle Point One of five iris from Eagle Point High school will be crowned queen of the 1962 Fourth of July celebration and be given the official title of Miss Eagle Point for 1962-63 by the Eagle Point Jayceettes. Miss Marcia Ackerman, re tiring queen of 1961-62 will present the queen with her crown during the intermis sion activities of the Queen's Ball Tuesday evening at the Scout Community building. The Barney Beaton - Hal row Trio will provide music for the ball which is sched- led from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets may be purchased from any of the following queen candidates: Kathy Mur phy of Shady Cove; Kathy McGuire, Sandi Wallis, Che ryl Hanscom, and Connie Gregg, all of Eagle Point. Se lection of the queen will be made on the basis of ticket sales. Eagle Point merchants are backing the holiday celebra tion with merchants in other areas of the valley also lend ing their support. Following is a list of dona tions being made by mer chants for special prizes: The Valley Aviation company is giving three 20 minute scenic ides over Medford in a Josephine County News Williams Williams B e f o r e school closed for summer vacation, recent weeks found the school and band activities of Wil liams elementary school pick ing up momentum. The band, under the direc tion of J. L. Jameson, enter tained for the Williams Grange program at their last family fun night potluck din ner meeting. They played four arrangements, "Showboy march," "Auralee," "Sonora overture," and "Pomp .and Circumstance." Barbara Webb, Judy Bige- low, Linda Rigel and Lani Thomas played, "A Country Story," as a clarinet quartet. "Azure Skies" was the saxophone trio arrangement played by Robert Rippee, Harriet Fischer and Frances Hyde, accompanied by Mrs. G. Howard Collins. Members of the Williams band joined with other Jose phine County district school bands to march in the Memo rial day parade in Grants Pass. Another extra-curricular I activity recently was a trip to FRIDAY, JUNE 22. 3 tV&f AWAIT CORONATION One of these Eagle Point High school girls will be crowned queen of the Fourth of July celebration in Eagle Point July 3 and 4. The contestants, left to right, are Kathy McGuire, Cheryl Hanscom, Kathy Murphy, Connie Gregg and Sandi Wallis. Becchcraft Debonair; Browns Market, merchandise certifi cate; Vans Shop, jewelry; Ea gle Point Hardware, set of ice tea glasses; Olsen's, set of "Evening in Paris" cologne; Brook's Cafe, hamburgers and malts for two; Town and Country Lockers, merchan dise; Eagle Point Garage, lu brication job; Eagle Market, travel clock; Bud's Drive Up, two 1-quart containers of soft Pupils Wind Up Year the Jacksonville museum and tourist attractions, taken by the third and fourth graders, their teacher, Mrs. Inez Blan chard and Mr. Jack Collier and Mrs. Frank Hyde helped supply transportation. The group was taken on a regular tour of the historic town and museum items were told about and explained to them. Murphy eighth graders joined Williams seventh and eighth graders, their teachers, Mrs. Orville Lewman and Mrs. Alvin Lisonbee and cha- perones for a science field trip to the Oregon coast. They left on a Friday afternoon and re turned Saturday afternoon via school bus, driven by Alvin Anderson, Williams and nu merous station wagons be decked with sleeping bags. warm clothes and cook-out gear. Wednesday, June 6, brought about graduation when 12 eighth graders received their diplomas during an evening program. Those to achieve the awards were, Benny Daw son, Clyde Lathrop, Teresa Lewman, Jcrra Morrison, Ro- 1S62 6 S Queen 3 4, I ! ( freeze; Little Butte Grocery, one watermelon; Perry's Shell Station, five gallons of gas; Rogue River lodge, chick en dinner for two; Lever Brothers, one gift box; Louisa's Beauty Salon, one shampoo and hair set. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kram beal and Mrs. Jack Hall are in charge of the dance with Mrs. Krambeal in charge of the queen contest. bert Rippee, Ronald Stone, Gertrude Jcsscn, James Leff- ler, Timothy Mitchell, Rex Morton, Larry Saunders and Barbara Webb. Recognition was also given to the sixth and seventh graders that will also be leav ing Williams elementary school to attend Lincoln Sav age Junior high school, to be completed at Murphy in time for fall registration. A party for the three grades was given in the school gymnasium after the gradua tion ceremonies. Games were played and refreshments were served by the parents of the group. Mrs. Lynn Stone made nd decorated a large cake for the special event. Budget Meeting Illinois Valley There will be a public meeting on the proposed budget for the city of Cave Junction Monday. Chairman Fred Salvage, Leslie Pierson, Mrs. Beryl Hines, George Simmons and members of the city council are to submit the budget to the public.
