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WEDNESDAY. JULY 11. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON IP' HT" ' " r . Kiii 1 . 4 W LI M h, , ir - 1 a t, -TV."" 1 i"j -i"C - - L t.-.-iJ. . ' in - 1n),n1ViTiblfi'T- i-f" SWITCHING CENTER Medford direct dis tance dialed calls will be channeled through the sectional switching center located in this building in Portland. range iNews Bulla Falls The regular meeting of the Butte Falls Grange met at the Community hall on July 2. R e p r e scntatives of the Grange, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fulton, reported on the state convention held at Grants Pass, June 18 through 22. Mrs. Leonard Stralton re ported on the success of the X-ray unit in Butte Falls. A total of 232 persons partici pated. Mrs. Elga Abbott, chairman of the Home Economics club, read a quarterly report to be submitted to the stale Grange. Mrs. James Arnold will be hostess at the next regular meeting of the Home Eco nomics club, July 10 in the park. Mrs. Roy Green reported on i fhe "Grabbng" sale held at I our last regular meeting. During a portion of the Lecturer's hour a silent auc tion was held. Refreshments were held In the basement where Ernest Smith showed the members a few of his large collection of slides. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had just returned from anoth er visit to Yellowstone and among the scenic pictures from the local area were some from this trip and another trip ten years ago. Charge To Be Made On Public Use Roads First Step in Direct Distance Dialing Here Started in 1940 (Editor's note: Thii ii lh second of four articles on lht conquest of distance by the human voice. It is the story behind direct distance dialing telephone service, due July IS in Medford, Grants Pass, Ashland, Cen tral Point, Gold Hill. Jack sonville Rogue River, Phoenix and Talent.) Thirty-five years ago tele phone engineers could already read the handwriting on the wall. The fast growth of dis tance calling, plus the coun try's population explosion, warned them that a way for telephone users to make their own distance calls had to be developed. Four steps were necessary: Charges for improvements I and repairs will be assessed I abutting property owners can be dangerous if not prop- Health Officials Warn of Summer Food Poisoning The advent of summer and its higher temperatures brought a warning today from the Oregon state board of health. The board asked picnickers especially to be aware of the problem of transmitting food infections or poisonings. Even though the Oregon state board of health receives hun dreds of food poisoning re ports a year, hundreds more are apparently unreported. Those who become afflicted suffer from a gastrointestinal upset and in some cases may become seriously ill. Symp toms generally include ab dominal pain, cramps, diar rhea, and vomiting. Most people are aware that such foods as cream pastries and ham can cause food in- tection or poisoning tf im properly handled, but they fail to realize that many other products, such as potato salad, rice cakes, and poultry also 1. Local dial telephone service. 2. A national telephone number system. 3. A network of sectional switching centers to route the calls automatically. 4. A means of automatical ly timing and billing the calls. First Step Accomplished The first step, local dial service, took place in Med ford in 1940, and has since been accomplished in most nearby communities. At the same time, local call ing areas have been expanded to the greatest practical lim its through extended service and large exchange areas. Steps number two and three, the national phone numbering system and sec tional switching centers, came in the 1950's. AWARDED WINGS Second Lt. James K. Korth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Korth, route 1. Talent, recent ly was awarded the silver wings of a United States Air Force naviga r following graduation from navigator training at James Connally Air Force base, Texas. Korth attended Phoenix High school and Stanford uni versity. He is now being reas signed to a unit of the Oregon Air National guard. The sectional switching cen ter for Oregon is in Portland. Almost all long distance calls in or out of the state are channeled through this $10 million center. First activated in 1955, the center has been expanded almost continuous ly since that time. The national telephone numbering system was intro duced in Medford in 1957. How Plan Works Here, is how the national number plan works: The U.S. and Canada are divided into more than 100 "areas", each with. Its own three-digit code number. Medford is in area 503, which coincides with boundaries of the state of Oregon. Washington has two code areas, one on each side of the Cascades. Within a code area, each telephone has a distinct num ber. A Gold Hill phone num ber, for example, is different from any other in Oregon, al though it is probably dupli cated many times outside of area 503. Gold Hill telephones, like others in the area, have been receiving DDD calls for sev eral years, ever since adopt ing seven-digit phone num bers. And starting July 15 Gold Hill and the other comnv ties in the valley that h been receiving DDD calls "turn the tables' and dial other way. FALSE TEET That Loosen Need Not Embarrc Many wearn of falM teeth t uftered real embairstunent beci their plat dropped, slipped or i bled at Just the wrong time. Do live In fear of thii happening to Just aprlnkle a little FASTEE the alkaline (non-acid) powder your plates. Hold false teeth n firmly, so they feel more oomf able. Does not sour. Checks "p odor breath". Get PASTECTH drug counters everywhere. GRAHAM PREACHES Seattle -IDPH- Evangelist Bil ly Graham persuaded an esti mated 1,650 World's Fair vis itors to make "decisions for Christ," Sunday following a sermon he preached at the fairgrounds. only for public use roads, or those roads which do not meet county standards to be desig nated as county roads. The county court has sicned a resolution declaring all improvements and repairs performed by the Jackson county road department on public use roads will be charged to abutting properties to comply with state law. Judge Earl Miller said he re ceived a number of phone calls from people living along county roads wondering if they would be charged for re pairs on their particular roads. SxFibpijiJr "BEST BUY of THE WEEK" 17.6 Cu. Ft. 616 Lb. Capacity Freezer Basket Storage Adjustable Automatic Temperature Control or Filters to Written Warranty 19.6 Cu. Ft. 686 Lb. 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Thus, if a meal is prepared tonight, re- Ifrigerated until morning, then put in your hot car until i you're ready to cat in the ! afternoon, an attack of food poisoning could well follow. The three best ways to pre vent food poisoning or infec tion are: 1) keep everything coming In contact with food as clean as possible; 2) do not handle food with bare hands if you have even a small skin infection; and 3) keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold from the time of preparation to the time of serving. Prefab Homes Probe Launched Anchorage, Alaska - UIPI) -A team of Federal Housing Administration engineers and inspectors are investigating al-1 legedly unsatisfactorily built homes which were approved by F11A officials here. The five-man team was ordered to Alaska by the Washington. D. C. FH A office1 following complaints to Al aska congressmen from buy-' ers of the prefrabricated homes. j The complaints resulted in i introduction of a bill in the i Senate recently by Sen. Ern-1 est Gruening (D-Alaska). The bill would empower the FIIA to reimburse homeowners for repairs due to faulty construc tion of FHA-approved build ings Gruening has accused tlie local FHA office of being remiss in its duties. A top FHA official. Thomas A. Gray, lone commissioner of operations for the western slates, arrived here last week ! end to take charge of the in-; vesication. j About 30 buyers of SO homes sold here last fall are suing the distributers. Modern Homes Inc., a subsidiary of Centex Corp. The homes are manufactured by Midwest Home Manufacturing Corp. j and Indiana Co. MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER STORE ON LEAVE . W'ildervllle - James T. Han cgan, machinist's mate third class. I'SN. has arrived heme on a 10 d.iy leave from San Piogo, Calif. Hanegan will be stationed at Stockton. Calif This is the first time In 15 years of service that he has been stationed on the West C o a s t. Previously Hanegan had been stationed in the Far Fast. Italy, and on the VrMxf-' Coast. 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