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MONDAY.
Regional Roundup
by Cleve Twilchell
Mail Tribune Regional Editor
When Dallas Purcell bought some land and settled
In southern Oregon in lfltiO. he made news. He didn't
break into the news columns in a two paragraph item
on the society page the way many Californias who move
here do; he was front page news. One of our predecessors
in the regional editor's post, John Stafford, wrote two
lengthy articles about Dallas Purcell, one in December
of 1960, the other in July of 1961.
A robe, beard, sandals and an experiment in survival
made Purcell a little different from other Californians
who had moved to the Rogue valley. Purcell had given
up a profession as a psychologist in Southern California,
the stories reported, because a "voice" advised him to
move io an out-of-the-way place and prepare a safe home
for his family in the event of natural or nuclear disaster.
Purcell reported that he himself sought psychiatric care
when he started hearing this advice from the mysterious
voice. Subsequent investigation satisfied him that the
voice was not an hallucination, he said, and he decided
lo heed it.
Our Paths Had Crossed
We were not a resident of the Rogue valley when
Dallas Purcell moved here, but strangely enough, we
had crossed paths with him just a few months before he
moved here. We happened to be visiting a friend in
Monterey, Calif, who knew him, and so we were intro
duced to him in Santa Cruz, Calif, during the summer
of 1960. We remember very little about that meeting,
except that he mentioned something about a survival
program in the hills of Oregon.
And so it was no great surprise when we moved here
last December to learn that Dallas Purcell was in the
hills north of Central Point. We heard that the dirt road
leading to his mountain sanctuary was pretty rough to
negotiate during the rainy season, so we did not attempt
to visit him right away. Then after getting caught up in
various activities during the spring, we'll have to admit
that we forgot about paying him a visit. In midsummer,
however, we received a couple of phone calls from
readers interested in know
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DALLAS PURCELL
Pursuing Survival Test
our president tells us, so what is so odd about trying
to do something about it?"
"Some people think I talk too much about survival,"
he added. "They complain that it's negative thinking.
But I feel that it's positive thinking lo take action and
do something aboul it Instead of sitting back and ig
noring it."
Purccll's survival program is based on the Idea of
putting several month's supply of food away, rather than
learning to sat bark and moss. Hems thnt can be re
grown should be among those put away, lie says.
100 Pounds of Beam
He recommends a reserve supply of such as (he
following:
One hundred pounds of beans, 5(1 pounds of rice,
20 pounds of raisins and a fairly large supply of dried
carrots.
"That will take a family of four through a hard
winter," Purcell commented.
The Traunesian sanctuary homes arc set up so that
they can operate without most of the conveniences that
would probably be wiped out In the event of catastrophe.
Kerosene lamps are used Instead of electricity. Wood
healers warm the homes. Tank gas is used for stoves,
refrigerators and water healers, but the residents of the
sanctuary could get along by cooking on their wood
heaters and doing without refrigerators and water heal
ers if they were unable to gel more gas after a disaster.
Their weils are shallow and hand operated.
Purcell and the other families who reside In the
sanctuary appear to enjoy the near Inaccessibility of
their location. The people who come to see them arc only
those whose interest in what they arc doing is such
that they arc willing to drive two-and-a-half miles of
rough dirt road to get up there. In spile of the road.
Purcell says that people literally from all over the world
have come up to visit him as a result of the I960 and
llllil Mail Tribune articles.
Regional Calendar
Central Point Tuesday, I will meet al the home of Mrs.
(1:30 p.m., Central Point Lions I George Dorman.
will meet al Pioneer cafe. I ...
Ciold Hill Thursday, 7
Prospect Tuesday, 7.30
p.m. Prospect PTA will nieel
in school cafteria. The pro
grain will concern television.
Central Point - Tuesday,
8 p.m., Central Point Jaycecs
will meet In Fabcr building.
Gold Hill - Thursday. R
p.m., Past Noble Grands club
of Amethyst Rebekah
lodge
Free Parking During
Dollar Days Okayed
Ashland At last week's:
meeting of the Ashland rily j
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for free parking during the j
Dollar Davs business o-omo-
tion planned here Nov. 2 and
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In other action. U S Pipe :
and Foundry of Portland
awarded a contract for cast I
iron pipe on a hid of '
$11,248.16.
MRS. FDR STILL ILL
New York HI'li Mrs
Eleanor Roosevelt rested al
home Sunday still bothered
by Ihe effects of her anemia
condition for which she had
been under treatment for
three weeks at Coltunhia
Prrsbytcrian Medical Center.
The former First Lady was
discharged from the hospital
Thursday but will be in se
clusion al her home for a
while, her secretary said.
OCTOBER 22. 1962
ing how Purcell was coining
along. But vacation came
along next, and It was not
until the early part of this
month thai we finally made
It up lo the Traunesian
sanctuary just a few days
before the storm.
We wish we had made it
sooner, for we spent a most
Interesting afternoon at
Purccll's mountains home.
He seemed very comforta
ble and relaxed and as In
terested as ever In survival
programs.
"I don't say lo everyone
that they should come up
here to live," he explained.
"Rather, I say that tlicy
Should find a place away
from congested areas and
put some food away. Civil
defense officials tell us to
prepare for possible disas
ter, natural or otherwise,
p.m., Gold Hill Lions club will
meet at Kl Rogue cate on Sec
ond avc.
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Gold Hill - Thursday, H :tO
pin.. Gold Hill Grange will
hold booster night activities.
'Pointer Paw-Prints'
Picked as Name for
CP Junior High Paper
Central Point -After a
thorough discussion, the Cen
tral Point Junior High journ
alism class voted "Pointer
Paw-Prints" as its newspaper
name for this year
Eilene King, eighth grade,
submitted the name "Poinier
Prints." The paper slatf add
ed the word "Paw" in keeping
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decided to award her the one
dollar prize.
Slofe Campgrounds
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UOSed by MOrm
Salem Kit The big storm
in Oregon recently lus
closed many campground in
state parks earlier than usual,
the Oregon Highway depart
ment has announced
Those parks nol dosed by
the storm will end the 1062
camping season Oct 31.
Slate Highway Engineer
Forrest C ooper said that four
of the parks now closed are
those that normally slay open
the year around They arc
Harris Uracil, Beverly Beach,
Cape Lookout and lloncvman
Josephine Firm
High Bidder on
Klamath Timber
Happy Camp Josephine
Plywood Corporation of Hap
py Camp was the high bidder
for 21,750,000 board feet of
pine, fir and cedar timber in
the Camp Four unit, Ukonom
district, according to an an
nouncement by William M.
Gerson of the Klamalh Na
tional forest.
Species, volume in board
feet, advertised prices and
high bid rates were: Ponder
osa and Jeffrey pine 1,150,
000 bd. ft. advertised at S4.60
per M and bid at $4.70 per
M; Sugar pine 3,350,000 bd.
ft. advertised at $4.77 per
M and bid at $4.77 per M;
White and Red Fir 2,150,000
bd. ft. advertised at HJ2.60
per M and bid at S2.60 per
M; Douglas fir 14,700,000
bd. ft. advertised at $4.60 per
M and bid at $4 60 per M;
Incense celar 400,000 bd. it.
advertised at $2.60 per M and
bid at $2.60 per M.
Total advertised value was
$05,519.50. The value based
on the highest bid was $95,
634.50. The only other company
bidding was Humboldt Fir,
Inc. of Hoopa, California. Dis
trict Ranger George Coombes
will be responsible for admin
istration of this sale.
District 6 Teachers
Hear About SRA
Reading Laboratory
Central Point-Wayne Cul
ver, a representative of the
Science Research association
was principal speaker lo a
group of elementary school
teachers In School District 6
as well as representatives of
oilier Rogue valley schools at
a meeting al the Central
Point Elementary and Junior
High cafeteria recently.
Culver explained the SRA
Reading laboratory, a reading
method which is used with
the regular reading texts and
which allows children to ad
vance at their own rale, with
out the embarrassment of us
ing books obviously intended
for a lower grade.
He further stated thai more
able students, being able to
advance at their own rate,
would not he held bark by
their less able classmates.
Teachers were cautioned
that the SRA Reading Lab
was not a cure all which
would remedy all reading
problems, but merely a device
which Is a pari of the regular
reading program and not a
replacement for that pro
gram. Next Parents' Club
Meeting Set Nov. 1
Hornhrook'M rs . Thomas
Witt! Jr., president of the Pnr
cuts club, hits announced that
the next meeting of the club
will be on Thursday, Nov. 1,
and will he held in the eve
ning, at 7 ;i 0 in the school
house.
Guest speaker will be Joe
Turbovsky, school psycholo
gist and nuidanee counsellor
from Ihc office of the Siskiyou
County School super in ten
dent. All parents of school chil
dren are invited to attend, and
it is the hope of members of
the club that a nuod number
of fathers will be present.
Central Pt. Jaycees
Plan Meet Tuesday
Central Point - The Junior
Chamber of Commerce will
meel Tuesday at 8 p.m. in
the Faher building, accordini;
to a report from President K.
J. Christie.
Chairmen are being sought
(or the following ptojects:
Christinas tree sales, chil
dren's shopping tour aiid the
Christmas lighting contest.
All men of JC age are Invi'ed
to attend.
legion Hall Cleanup
Fund Rises to $70
Central Point - The fund
for the clean up campaign of
the American Legion hall has
riscir from $50 over the past
week to $70
There still remains about
$200 yet to be raised. Contri
butions can be left at the city
hall with I. vie Paul! or with
Marion R. Hull at 1H0 Big-
ham drive.
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Program On Old
Pioneer Trails
Given in Yreka
Yreka - The Siskiyou Coun
ty Historical society met at
the County Museum in Yreka
recently to view a program
of slides picturing some of
the trails and roads which
were used by pioneers coming
into northern California and
southern Oregon.
Presenting the program
were Mr. and Mrs. DcVere
I lei f rich of Klamath Falls.
Sixty members and guests
were present, among them
visitors from Colorado
Springs, San Francisco and
Medford.
Trails Divided
Starting with Topsy Grade
the pictures showed cabins,
landmarks and ranches such
as the "D" Ranch, J.F. Ranch
and Hotel at Lairds Landing.
It was near here that the
Applegate trail and the Yreka
trail divided. The Applegate
trail was started by a train
of 100 wagons who met with
misfortune near The Dalles,
Oregon, thus coming south to
this point, then over the
Topsy Grade, down the river
and back into southern Ore
gon. Other ranch sites of Van
Brimmer, Boyes, Mciss, Ball
and Cornell were shown.
The stopping place and re
sort at Soda Springs in the
Dunsmiur vicinity and the
stage station at Point of
Rocks near Rock Springs,
Wyoming were enjoyed. The
latter was erected in 1862 of
natural stone, had many years
of use, but will soon be de
stroyed for a super highway
will pass there.
Many scenes at Corrall
Springs of the military road
near Chemult were shown.
This was first In use in 1860.
In 1843 Fremont crossed the
Klamath Marsh, 80 miles
north of Klamalh Falls.
tone Pine PTA Plans
Spaghetti Dinner
At School Tuesday
Lone Pine The Lone Pine
school PTA membership com
mittee and executive board
will sponsor a spaghetti din
ner. Tuesday from 5:30 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. in the school cafe
teria. A price of $1.50 will be
charged per family. This in
cludes a PT A. membership
for parents for the school
year.
Mrs. Frank Catalano, presi
dent, encourages all parents to
bring their families and at
tend. N. California
Television Log
Program llstrrt below are
rrcelvrd from lite television
ttUitiutm and the Mull Tribune
assumes no responsibility except
to make chances aa supplied
KVIP-TV (Channel 7)
All limes riT
Monday
H:l)l) Nrwsbcnt Norli'-'uia
(i:l.V Huntlcy-Urinklcy
R .in (oiIIhiiI Men
7 :3l) Cheyenne
a.MU- Rifleman
9:00 Stonoy Burke
10:00 lien Cnwy
11:00 A 11C Late Newi
1 1:10 Sportjunsl
11 IS Comrtlv Cnperi
11 30 TuniKht Shuw
12 25 Lale Newt
Tt.fM.ay
9 :io KdueaMon: Discovery
10 .00 Price la Hiuht
10:110 Concent ra I it'll
11:00 Tennessee Krnle Kord
1 , :;ut S'ours for a Song
12 00 June Wyman Show
12 30 Ciimmilliitfe
12 .VV Mid Day Report
1 00 Lorella Young
1 :30 TV Hingo
Ii 00 Day in Court
2 30 S.-ven Key
3.00 (Jut-en tor a D.iv
3 30 Who Do Ynu Trust
4.00 American Bandstand
I 30 Discovery
4:30 Handstand Newt
.1 00 Car loon Time
j Mu-kev Mouse Chin
ti.OO Newvhoat Northnal
ti IS 1 hint ley- Hrmkley
H 30 Laramie
7 30 Combat
H ;. Hawaiian K
!1 30 IMUouchahle.o
10 30- thm l Call Me Charlie
1 1 :Oti Newt Final
II 10 SportM'tist
1113 Coined v Caper
1 1 ;ui Tonight Show
12 23 Late Newt
Wrdneiflav
i) ;to American Memoir
10 00 Price 1 Right
Hi ;to Concentration
1 1 00 Tennessee Krme Kord
1 1 '30 Yourtt for a Song
12 00 Jane Wynian Show
12 30 Camouflage
1J y M,n Da Report
1 00 l.oreila Young
1 30 TV Itlngn
2 00 Day In Court
2 ;tO Seven Keys
3 00 Queen for a Dav
3 ;I0 Who Do You Truat
4.00 American UaudBlanrl
4 3d Dxcoverv
4 SO--Handstand Newt
5 (HI Hi oken Arrow
A 30- Mu key Mouse Club
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For SHERIFF
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tars total law anloict:tnr
I ytart local buiinatsman
scars military Nltivo Ortgon
34 viait in Jackson County
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Coffee colored water drain
ing from the marsh was noted
in many of the pictures. Many
traces of the old roads are
still in evidence as well as
relics of early wagon trains,
some of which were on display
at the meeting.
Beaver Scenes
There were also pictures of
beaver activity near Pot Hole
Springs east of Clear Lake in
Modoc county.
The Tickner road coming
from Modoc county, built in
1871-72, mainly to facilitate
cattle drives to Montague was
named for a surveyor of that
early period. Antelope
Springs, Round Prairie and
Klamath Agency were also
included.
Sandwiches and coffee were
served by Inez Affleck, Hazel
Eller, and Pearl Freshour.
Ho rn brook Grange
Poster Contest
Slated This Week
Hornbrook H o r nbrook
Grange No. 391 is sponsoring
a poster contest for students
in grades five through eight
inclusive at Hornbrook school
on the theme "Get Out the
Vote."
A choice of ink, poster
paint or charcoal may be
ured, but the posters must
contain the words "Vole for
the Party of Your Choice
Nov. 6."
Judging will take place
Thursday, Oct. 25 at 4:45 p.m.
at the schoolliou.se. The win
ning posters will be on dis
play Friday, Oct. 26 at the
school and at the Grange hall
that same evening.
Judges will be Mrs. Ruth
Cummins, Mrs. Henley Claw
son and Mrs. Betty Walsh, art
teacher at the Hilt school.
The award for the best
potter will be $5 in cash. For
the second place winner it
will be $2.50.
Present plans call for ask
ing Ihe cooperation of mer
chants in Hornbrook, Monta
gue and Yreka in displaying
the posters.
Students making the prize
winning posters will be given
a choice of in which mer
chant's windows their work
will be placed.
Halloween Parade
Slated in Phoenix
Phoenix - All youngsters of
the Phoenix-Talent area are
invited to enter a Halloween
costume parade Saturday,
Oct. 27, sponsored by the
Ladies auxiliary of the Phoe
nix Fire department.
There will be five age
groups. Each group will re
ceive a first and second prize
for the funniest costume.
The Phoenix Junior High
school bands will be a fea
ture of the parade.
Judging the costumes will
be Mayor Fay Carver, Mrs
Beit ha Haiiscom and Fmmelt
Whitham of Ashland.
Second Sabin Polio
Clinic Planned in
Happy Camp Tuesday
Happy Camp - The second
Sabin oral Polio clinic will
be held here Tuesday at the
elementary school from 2
p m. to 8 p.m.
This clinic will be for Type
II which has been declared
safe. Accirding to the Siski
you County Health depart
ment. Type lit will not be
given until a later date when
and if it is declared safe.
At the first clinic here last
month when Type 1 was giv
en, more than t00 persons
took advantage of the mass
immunization program.
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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
FREEMAN MASON
Running For Reelection
Mayor Mason
01 Central Point
Seeks Third Term
Central Point-Mayor Free
man W. Mason of Central
Point is seeking re-election.
Twice elected to the office of
mayor, he is now a candidate
for a third, term.
Mason, until his first term
as mayor, was chairman of
the planning commision. He
is at present a member of the
Lions club, is a past president
of the American Field Serv
ice Foreign Exchange Student
organization, and is now its
secretary-treasurer of the
same.
The past four years under
his administration have seen
many changes and civic inv
provemcnts in the city.
Mason said a total of 168
single family dwellings and
seven duplexes has been
built, at a cost of $1,594,000.
This figure does not include
remodeling and numerous re
pair projects, or commercial
or business buildings..
Streets Paved
Over four-and-a-half miles
of rough gravel streets have
been paved and more streets
are in the process of being
surfaced and paved.
A much needed water res
ervoir is in completion stages,
Mason explained, adding "1
owe all the credit for growth
and development to the city
council. Without their co-op
eration, many of the above
mentioned projects would
have never been realized, and
I want to thank each and ev
eryone for the support given
me m these past four years.
A resident of Central Point
for the past 12 years. Mason
is married and is the father
of four children. Three are
graduates of Crater High
scnool; and one is now en
rolled there. He and his fam
ily reside at 920 Oak si.
Several Hornbrook
Residents See Final
World Series Games
Hornbrook - Mrs. Henley
Clawson and her sister. Mrs.
Albert Wedin of Yreka, drove
to San Francisco Oct. 11
where they waited out the
rain and storms in order to
attend the last two games of
the World Series.
They were joined there by
their brother-in-law. Guy
Kraft of Colton, Calif., and
their nephew, Mike Tyler, of
Sacramento, ooth of whom
had hoped to see the games
but were unable to -cmain
long enough.
On Sunday, Mr. Wedin
joined the group in San Fran
cisco, nnd attended the games
with Mrs. Wedin ana Mrs
Clawson, the three of them
returning home after the last
game
Boy Seouf Troop 40
Needs a Scoutmaster
Central Point - With the
recent resignation of the
Scoutmaster of Boy Scout
Troop 41) here the group is
'eft without a leader, accord
ing to John Snooks, District
Commissioner for the Scouts
in this area.
Anyone interested in vol
unteering should contact the
local organizer at 664-1845
Regional News
Gold Hill
Invited To
Honoring
By MARY KELL
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Gold Hill All adults in the
Gold Hill area are invited to
attend a community Hallo
ween party honoring teachers
and personnel of Patrick and
Hanby Elementary schools
and Crater high school.
The event will be held
Tuesday, October 30 at 8 p m.
at Gold Hill Grange hall. It
is sponsored by nine Gold Hill
organizations. Each group will
provide a program number.
Mrs. Daniel Stewart and
Mrs. Charles Stripling of
Amethyst Rebekah lodge are
co-chairmen. Other sponsor
ing groups are Odd Fellows
lodge; Health unit; Garden
New Chief Criminal
Deputy Is Employed
Yreka-Sheriff A. B. Cottar
of the Siskiyou County Sher
iff's department announced
that he has hired a 31-year-old
former investigator from Cos
ta Mesa, Calif., for the job of
chief criminal deputy in his
department.
Harold Ross Lane beg. n his
duties last week at the sher
iff's office.
Lane was formerly employ
ed a? a director of a southern
California industrial security
firm and served as a detective
with the Long Beach, Calif.,
police department.
Richard L. Newton, 31, of
Yreka is the former chief
criminal deputy and is now
operating a private investiga
lion service her . in Yreka.
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U.S. SENATOR ROBERT KERR OF OKLAHOMA
SAID OF THIS BILL:
". . . SENATOR MORSE'S ABLE SPONSORSHIP HAS
BEEN BRILLIANT IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL LEGISLA
TION, SOCIAL SECURITY AND ASSISTANCE."
U.S. SENATOR PAUL DOUGLAS OF ILLINOIS SAID:
". . . WAYNE MORSE HAS A GREAT DEPTH
OF FEELING FOR THE WELFARE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL MAN."
KEEP THIS GREAT DEMOCRAT
WORKING FOR OREGON AND YOU!
j SEE AND HEAR I
! U. S. SENATOR PAUL DOUGLAS
i Mon Oct 22, 8:25 pm i
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C-ot'olk Po-i at O-sjo.. Oo-s.-w luildlng. "Viand, Oxjo.. t. 0. Spa-cf, Cfcoi,o.
Adults
Party
Teachers
club; Grange; Past Noble
Grands club; Amethyst Re
bekah Friendship club; Parent-teacher
association; and
Lions club.
All adults are urged to at
tend whether or not they are
a member of an organization.
All women attending, except
teachers and school personnel
are to bring a pie, any kind,
to be served during the re
freshment hour.
Prizes will be awarded for
costumes in five categories
best man's; best woman's; best
couple; funniest costume; and
most original idea. Costumes
are not mandatory. Those who
do not wish lo costume are
urged lo come join the fun
anyway.
The grand-march and judg
ing of costumes will take
place at 8:30 p.m. Mrs. Stew
art stressed and urged all who
plan to participate in the mas
qurade to be there at that
time.
Various committees will be
named by the different or
ganizations. Alonfogoe Rotarians
View Illustrated
Talk on Telstar
Montague An illustrated
lecture on the Telstar was
given by Floyd Dill, manager
of Pacific Telephone in Yreka,
for the Montague Rotary Club
at its weekly dinner meeting
at the club room in the Mon
tague Auditorium October 15.
Tom Dickinson, president,
conducted the meeting, which
was well attended by local
members as well as several
from the Yreka club.
The group recently purchas
ed a large combination electric-wood
range for use in
the Community Club kitchen.
liiu iff Ii Hawl V"iA
RE-ELECT U. S. SENATOR
HE IS ONE OF THE SENATE'S STRONGEST
SUPPORTERS OF IMPROVEMENTS TO SOCIAL
SECURITY LEGISLATION."
PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S MEL. CARE PROPOSAL
IS A REVISION OF THE BILL SENATOR MORSE
URGED IN 1958.
Roland Washburn
Seeks Four Year
GH Council Term
r.oM Hill - Roland Wash
burn, who is seeking election
to a four-year seat on the Gold
Hill city council, has resided
here since 1942.
He says that he feels it an
obligation that everyone
should be interested in doin?
at one time or another. All
should do a share in city af
fairs, he added and, this seemi
the time he should run for
councilman, he explained.
The candidate has been as
sociated for the last year and
a half with the Bill Colley
Real Estate at Central Point.
Washburn said his previous
employment as a mill work
er at Double D and JeddelDh
Brothers made it impossible
for him to participate in city
affairs Drior to this time
Washburn graduated W'tn
Ihe rlass of 1946 from old
Gold Hill high school. He and
his wife, Beverly reside al
10d4 Second ave.
The rnunle has three young
sters: Carol, an eighth grader;
Patricia, a seventn graaer,
and Larry, a fifth grader, all
students at Hanby Elementary
school. Mrs. Washburn was
nresident of the Gold Hill
PTA during the 1961-62 school
year.
FINALLY TAMED
Keokuk, Iowa - HOT - Tha
Iowa Federation of Humana
Societies adopted a resolu
tion over the week end asking
the stale legislature to desig
nate dogs "domestic animals."
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