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t.v...LiAY. JUL 8. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON P.O. Box 252 By NOM-AA CLARK CHILDREN PREPARE FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES The children of Sunnyside Kindergarten in Wembley, Western Australia, are doing their part to make a success of the VII Commonwealth Games that will be opened at Perth in November by the Duke of Edinborough. After saving pennies dur ing the last term, they pre sented them to Lord Mayor Sir Harry Howard for the Games Fund and were later served cakes and soft drinks in the Lord Mayor's chamber while Sir Harry told them the storv of his mayoral chain. Mrs. Jess Evans, director of the kindergarten writes: "Every term the children save pennies, and when their Mickey Mouse Castle is full, we go to town and hand them over to some worthy cause. So the chil dren have the pleasure of seeing what their pennies cen do and are also reward ed for the virtue of helping others. no good, even with a time limit. "Back in the old days we used to feel that a bucket of water hung over a branch and slowly tipped was a good shower for a camp holiday We won't be suffering that anyway, although we have a yard full of trees with good branches. "November here Is h e month of approaching sum mer, and the weather is warm with occasional cold nights. But most of the rain will be over, so I hope our visitors will enjoy our sun ny West." Local Buildings Included in Study Of Fallout Shelters Two Medford school build ings are included among five Oregon schools and hospitals which will take part in a na tionwide study of how to in corporate fallout shelters into proposed and existing designs. The local buildings are Hed- rick Junior High school and the new grandstand under construction at the Medford "The Commonwealth Games swimming pool caused quite a riot here. Sir Harry, Chair man of the Games Organiz ing Council, wanted io build it in our Kings .Park. Al though there are 00 acres, 11 apparenlly couldn't be done ps (lie park had been set aside , t,,r na(,,.,l nrt. lanH in the heart of the city. So another Hteh school athletic field. place had to be found, and a spot was located for it about two miles out of town. "My kindergarten children will use it as they grow old er, so they gave their pen nies to help pay for it. Of course, they think that bag of pennies bought it all. ' hi i:StmrZ?rrr I r- linear1 JMJmfem Mf.--W-r-;- : - iA. w BIRDING ty JOSEPH HICKS Complaint Seeks $30,000 Damages land, July iu, isou, mm stopped in the inside lane while waiting for traffic to GETS FINAL CHECK equipment to supply additional electric serv ice into the White City industrial area east of Medford got a final check-out by crews of Pacific Power and Light company recent ly. Twin-bucket crane lifts workers safely New substation to reach terminal posts for 66,000-volt lines. The equipment and a new transmission cir cuit provides alternate route for power supply to keep industry's wheels turning at White City if the normal service feed line is disrupted. THE WEEK IN CALIFORNIA "Now we have started saving aqain for a new project, but we are un decided as io what it will be. Perhans we will buy a guide dog for someone who is blind, or we may send the pennies to Korea for the children there. "We are looking forward to November and our Com monwealth Games, and I be lieve the overseas visitors will be far more than we first anticipated. Our kindergarten Is going to house quite a few, and although there will he little inconveniences, we'll have fun, I am sure. Some people will have to bathe in the Kindy Paddle Pool, be cause one bathroom will be Col. Sterling K. Eisiminger, U. S. Army district engineer, Portland, said contracts have been awarded for the studies, which are designed to provide technical data and cost infor mation to the office of civil defense and school districts and hospitals . To Accomodate Crowds The pilot study is designed to determine what will be nec essary to convert large build ings into fallout shelters to accomodate large 'groups of 50 or more persons. Architects for the local stud ies are Robert Kecney and William Siebcrt, both of Med ford. Architects, school offi cials and representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers discussed the program here re cently. 1 Hedrii'k Junior High school lends itself to fallout shelter facilities because it is a multi story building, and the new grandstand could become s shelter because it Is rein forced concrete Attempted Escape From Prison, Life Jacket Dominate Stories tL n - ij i 1 I 1 t i; i i V', 1 4 4 0 -k 1 .iff" vA 1 14. iMMtMlfeeiMki Life can bloom after fifty Your savings invested with us ran help make life bloom Inter for you, too. Here, vour sav ings earn excellent returns, safe from market fflpH';') llllllUfsiiuim huh iiinmeil ny infl l Cueral Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. Inveitment made by the tenth earns as of the first. wing and LOAN ASSOCIATION 201 West 6th Free Customer Perking In Our lot Robert F. Kyle, Mgr. By United Press International Prisons and prisoners dom inated a large share of Cali fornia news last week. Six death row inmates at San Quentin prison took two guards hostage In a bold es cape attempt. But they sur rendered three hours later amid a barrage of tear gas shells. Later in the week, execu tion dates were set for two of the would - be escapees, Luis Moya and Augustine Baldonado. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Edward Henderson ordered the two in mates to die with Mrs. Eliza beth Duncan Aug. 8. It car ried out, it would be the sec ond triple execution In Cali fornia history. Mrs. Duncan was convicted of hiring Moya and Baldonado to kill Olga Duncan, her daughter-in-law in 1958. Meanwhile, a bloodstained life jacket was reported to have been found In San Fran cisco Bay, touching off spec ulation that it belonged to one of three convicts who es caped June 11 from Alca traz Federal Penitentiary. And in Washington, Federal Prison Director James V. Bonnet said some prisoners on Alcatraz would be trans ferred to a new maximum se curity prison near Marion, 111., within the next two years. The six San Quentin death row inmates got out of their cells by the classic method of sawing their bars with hack saw blades. Prison authori ties theorized the convicted murderers worked on the bars for several months. But it was not certain how the blades were smuggled Into the coll block. "We gambled and lost," Moya said. "We were going out (lie gates." Others in the plot were Clyde Bales. Manuel Chavez, Willard Winhoven and David Biekley. The six surrendered two guns they had taken from one of the hostages, who was struck on the head by the inmates but not Injured seri ously. "We wanted to get out," Warden Fred Dickson quoted the inmates as saying. "We didn't have much to lose. We are all going to executed any way." Dickson said the plans of the six went awry when they discovered ttiat the hostage guards did not have keys to the two heavy doors which seal off death row. He said the convicts then planned to use their hostages to persuade officials to open the doors. But San Quentin policy Is that even the Warden could be shot and guards would still not be aulliorized to open the gates and let Inmates walk out Klsewhere. there were these developments: Holiday: Once again Cali fornia led the nalion in trif- fic deaths during the Fourth and third in the traffic toll, with 14 and 10 fatalities re spectively. Fire: A brush fire charrea 1,850 acres, threatened 20 homes and forced temporary evacuation of 12 families in rugged terrain near Escondi- do. The blaze was only one of four widely separated fires in San Diego county. Everyman: Three pacifists discovered that tackling the federal government is one thing but battling the Pa cific Ocean is something else again. The trio sailed from San Francisco Bay for the Pacific nuclear zone but turn ed back because of seasick A spokesman for the Com mittee for Non-Violent Ac tion said the three "implied that while the government is 230,000-VolfLine Energized Friday By Power Firm Pacific Power and Light company's newest transmis sion circuit, a 55-mile-long section of the 230,000-volt ca pacity work network for the Copco division power system, went into service Friday fol lowing energizing tests of the Medford-to-Roseburg facility. Built at a cost of $2,000,000, the line reaches from the Lone Pine substation near Medford to the Dixonville substation near Roseburg, and completes the large capacity transmis sion system needed to transfer large amounts of electric pow er from the company's hydro electric plants on the Rogue, Klamath and Umpqua rivers to load centers of southern Oregon and northern Cali fornia. "A quarter of a million homes could be supplied at one time with the amount of energy this network can now deliver to all sections of the Copco division of Pacific Power," Frank Bash, vice president and Copco division manager reported. Sections Completed Other sections of the 2,10,-000-volt network were com pleted earlier. Bash said. The PP&L executive report ed the construction of the 100-mile-long. 2:)0.00n-vnlt line which will provide a larger capacity interconnection be tween the Copco system and the company's Willamette val ley system is rapidly nearing completion. The Dixonville substation will be the southern terminus for the line and the Fry sub station near Albany, largest on the sy.steni, will be the northern terminus. "When the $5,200,000 Dix-onville-Fry line Is placed In service it will provide for fully integrated operation of not their master, the sea is. They said is was just too much to cope with." The three skippered their trimaran sailboat Everyman I out of Sausalito despite a fed eral court order forbidding the voyage. Government officials instituted contempt proceed ings and warrants were issued for the sailors arrest. They were protesting against nu clear testing. Girl: A pretty 11-year-old girl who disappeared a few blocks from the scene of an unsolved 1961 kidnaping was iounn nead her nude body afloat in the ocean near Co rona Del Mar. A coroner's autopsy said Dorothy Gale Brown, of Torrance, apparent ly died of drowning. Investi gators questioned known sex offenders and others with criminal records. Con struciion: Agreement was reached by southern Cal ifornia contractors and the AFL-CIO operating engineers union on a new three-year contract. The settlement re lieved strike threats in the construction industry. Details of the pact were not released. Garibaldi: Bob Garibaldi, one of the most sought-after college pitchers in the histo ry of professional baseball, signed a contract with the San Francisco Giants for a bonus presumed to be about $125,000. Garibaldi, 19, was a star sophomore hurlcr for Santa Clara university. The height of the nesting season occurred in mid-June. At that time many parent birds were busy carrying in sects, worms, and other food to their young. The killdeers and other species were performing their "broken wing" act to lure one away from their nest. Swallows generally cir cled you with distress cries if you approached their nests. The outstanding event was on June 21, when we sighted a family of six blue-grey gnatcatchers on Roxy Ann. For the past three years, there have been a few gnafcacthers on Roxy Ann in the spring. This sighting, however, is the first evidence that they actually nest there. The gnatcatchers, young and old, travel through the brush and trees much like bushtits, busy, and inquisitive to my simulated call. As "Birds of Oregon" have no record of gnatcatchers, next year I hope to find a nest to further substantiate this breeding record. On the same trip to Roxy Ann, my daughter, Betty Jo, and I saw young families of white-breasted nuthatches and lark sparrows. There were also young birds of both Bewick's wrens, and house wrens. During this hot, dry weather, the spring at the picnic site on Roxy Ann attracts many species of birds. I suggest this site as a restful and excellent observation area for "birders." The bluebird nest boxes I erected so hopefully at our cabin on the Rogue were a total loss In so far as attracting bluebirds. However, there were compensations. Four pair of tree swallows nested in two bluebird nest boxes, one wren nest box, and one titmouse nest box. The fact that the swallows could nest in a box as small as one built for a wren really surprised me. I enjoyed watch ing the swallows feed their young and perform their spec tacular flying feats while pursuing insects. These nests attracted other nesting birds, for I discovered two oriole-nests and one American goldfinch nest, all of which were within 20 feet of the swallow nests. A variance here, one oriole nest was in the top of a tall oak tree, while the other was at the end of an oak limb about eight feet from the ground. Two pair of house wrens raised families near our cabin. One pair occupied a wren box and the other a bluebird box. The wrens added a lot of cheery singing to the overall symphony of sound, which included the double notes of the Bullock s orioles, and the liquid twitter of the swallows. One particular Bullock's oriole had a beautiful song to offer, similar to a meadowlark but more subdued. About the middle of June, A. Reynolds, who lives on Griffin Creek, called me for information concerning a bird that whistled and sang most of the night. I was delighted to get this information since I know the night singing bird we have in this are is called the chat, but I was not sure regarding the exact time of the year it would perform. June 21 was a beautiful moonlight night, so I listened outside my cabin at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. for the chat with no success. However at 3 a.m. my wife called me as one had started to sing and call near the cabin. Even in the day time the call of the chat is loud, striking, and interesting. At s a.m. the clear repeated whistles, alternated with soft notes dominated the night. It would be interesting to know if the chat sings on cloudy nights and if he sings during July as well as June. In looking back over the migration this spring, I am still puzzled by two occurrences. About May 18 to May 25, the valley was flooded with Western wood peewees. The next week the peewees were gone and vast numbers of western kingbirds were present. Never before have I noted such waves of these two species. Otherwise the spring migration seemed normal, although the weather was much colder than usual. Most of the migrants arrived on approximately the same dates they have arrived in former years. One other oddity, though, I haven't yet seen a western flycatcher, although they should be resident by now. One of our experienced birders, Ralph Browning of Phoenix, after graduating from Phoenix High school recently left on a year's birding trip around the United States. His objective is to identify as many of the nation's birds as possible. His itinerary has been well arranged even to obtaining permission to visit the whooping crane refuge in Texas. Anv information received from him will be relayed through this column. Each month I receive many interesting telephone calls and letters concerning birds in this country. My telephone number is 773-5230 and I am generally available after 7 p.m. for such calls. A complaint seeking $30, 000 general damage and $1, 387.05 for medical expenses has been filed In Jackson county circuit court by Mrs. Minerva E. Martinec, 4260 Highway 99 South, Ashland, against William G. Norris Jr., Lindsay, Calif. According to the complaint, Mrs. Martinec was driving south on Siskiyou blvd., Ash- clear to make a left turn when her vehicle was hit from behind by a car driven by Norris. Mrs. Martinec charges that she suffered sprains, a frac ture, cerebral concussion, con tusions and abrasions in th accident. TF1 DUAL CYCLE WASHER 159 No Trade Needed Matching DRYER v., 11995 Dual Cycle Rotary Timer 5 Fresh Water Rinses Built-in Sediment Remover Simple Single Hose Hookup to Mixer Faucet iWW l K TRANSFER t? rRNITURE CO 1 . I Ashland Sawmill Plans Io Reopen Ashland Operation of the Paul Workman Lumber company, Ashland sawmill, is scheduled to resume Monday under control of Parker In dustries, Ashland. Parker Industries repre sents a group of investors at tempting to boost the econ omy of the Ashland area by creating employment. Gene Tepper will be super intendent of the mill. Members of Parker Indus tries have asked creditors of the lumber company delay re quests for payment of bills until the mill has operated long enough to gain sufficient revenue for payment. Cred itors will be reimbursed from a trust fund created by the lease money paid by the in vestors to Paul Workman Lumber company. The Jackson county court has been asked as one of the mill's creditors not to attach or garnishee the operation. Spokesmen said the invest ment group has a verbal un derstanding with District At torney Alan Holmes that such an agreement can be worked out. Activity of the mill will support about 50 area fam ilies, spokesmen said. Veterans Service Office Plans To Move Plans have been made to move the Jackson county vet erans service office from the third floor of the Jackson county courthouse to the first floor of the same building. The move is being made so the office may be more easily available to disabled veterans using wheelchairs and pros thetic appliances. of July holiday. Fatalities I Pacific Power . hydroelectic were recorded at the rate of Plants In the Copco division one every 7.1 minutes w ith the company's large Twenty - four persons died ! power sources on northern on the stale's highways he- i streams, particularly its three tween ft p m. Tuesdav ind 1 major plants on the Lewis midnight Wednesday. The I river north of Portland." Bush worst accident occurred in said. Modesto where an autonio- "The broader base of the bile crashed into a crowd combined hydroelectric gen dispersing from a holiday pa- j crating resources of the com rade jpany. totaliug more than 1. ln addition, one person ' 000.000 kilowatts of generat dnnvnrd and another burned ing capability, will provide to drain in southern Cali-1 additional reserves for the de f.irnia, where It of the traf ! prnriahtr power supply that fie ricalhs took plare New jnnr customers require," he ad York and Texas were second ded SALE! SWIMMING POOLS 331 OFF! All jiiei and typei. At low a $26. 88 per month INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL CO. 391 Clover lane-l block past Thunderbird Mkt. 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