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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.
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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-
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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.