MEDFORD MAIL TMBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1962
Shoppers Mall in Pomona Is
Reviewed at Chamber Lunch
A report on the shoppers
mall in Pomona, Calif., com
pleted last month through pri
vate enterprise initiative, was
made to the Medford Chamber
of Commerce Roundtable at
its Monday noon luncheon by
two members of a Medford
delegation which visited the
city last week.
Tile Medford group went to
Pomona to attend the United
Slates Mayors' Mall Work
shop, a program designed to
acquaint other communities in
the country with the results
of that city's attempts to re
juvenate its central business
district.
Medford Chamber of Com
merce Manager Don McNeil
discussed the events and ex
periences which led to the
installation of the mall, and
Mail Tribune Reporter George
Bell reviewed the design of
the mall, shoppers' reactions
to it, and the plans the city
has for the furtherance of its
revitalizalion program.
Defining The Problems
McNeil pointed out that "so
lutions occur only after people
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spend time defining the prob
lems." He observed this was es
pecially true in Pomona. "The
mall was not created in one
leap," he said, "but came
about only after many other
steps had been taken first."
The problem - a nation-wide
one - is that following World
War II, the auto became
"king" in this country, Mc
Neil said.
After taking steps such as
freeway construction to pro
vide greater mobility for the
vastly increased numbers of
motor vehicles, it gradually
became apparent to commun
ity leaders that central busi
ness districts were being
"choked" out of existence.
Didn't Solve Problem
Pomona was one of the first
cities in the nation to move
toward a municipal parking
program, McNeil said, but
city leaders rapidly discovered
that parking lots "didn't en
tirely solve the problem."
"They found they had to
help the people by separating
them from traffic when they
did their shopping," McNeil
said.
In 1955, as part of a Christ
mas sales promotion, mer
chants in Pomona conceived
the idea of installing a tem
porary mall in the central bus
iness district for three days.
They trucked in trees and
shrubs, blocked off the core
area to vehicle traffic and
took a variety of other meas
ures to effect an artificial mall
situation.
Pleased with the result, Po
mona leaders began a long
series of meetings and discus
sions centered on the feasibil
ity of installing a permanent
mall.
Cooperation Achieved
"Gradually, they hammered
out their differences, talked
over the problems and finally
sold themselves on the under
taking. Cooperation was
achieved out of understand
ing," McNeil said.
Millard Sheets, nationally
famous designer and artist, a
resident of Pomona, was en
gaged to draw up plans for
the mall. In April of this year,
bulldozers moved in and be
gan to tear up the paving on
nine blocks along Second st.,
the heart of Pomona's busi
ness district. The mall was
completed last month.
Bell drew attention to the
care the mall planners had
taken to insure their venture
would be beautiful and esthct
icallv appealing, as well as
rnmmprciallv attractive for
shoppers.
Waist -high, native stone
planters were installed along
the mall at regular intervals
and interesting flora were
planted in them. Several wa
ter fountains, featuring spe
cially designed pieces of sculp
ture, were built to add to the
eye appeal of the mall, Bell
said
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during last month indicates
general enthusiasm, Bell said.
The speaker noted that the
mall is just part of the
city's redevelopment program,
which also includes the con
struction of several under
passes beneath railroad tracks
adjacent to the core area, and
the erection of a civic and
government center in a loca
tion peripheral to the central
business district.
Whether a mall would be
the answer to Medford's prob
lems, which in some ways are
similar to Pomona's, is a mat
ter for study and deliberation
by the leaders of the commun
ity, Bell said.
But at the very least, the
mall, which has apparently
brought new life into Pomona,
deserves serious consideration
as an attractive partial solu
tion to problems of Medford's
core area. Bell said.
PART OF SOCIAL SCENE The holiday season is well un
der way and delectable appetizers are an important part of
the social scene. Many hostesses today offer small cups of
coffee for those who do not take cocktails. Today's food
clumn offers many suggestions for dinner preliminaries in
cluding this distinguished Quiche Lorraine.
Feeding the Family
By ZOLA VINCENT
Food Editoi
Navy Information
Team To Visit SOC
Ashland A Navy officer
information team from Port
land will be on the Southern
Oregon college campus at the
student center Tuesday and
Wednesday, Nov. 27 and 28,
to provide information to stu
dents on any of the 47 pro
grams leading to commissions
as Navy officers, Chief Ed
ward H. Hawkins, recruiter in
charge of the Navy Recruiting
branch station in Medford, has
announced.
Information and brochures
will be available on officer
candidate school, officer spe
cialty programs, WAVE offi
cer programs, medical and
dental, medical specialty and
aviation programs.
Mt. Hood Highway
Closed by Snowfall
Salem lliril The Oregon
Highway Department Monday
closed the Mt. Hood Loop
Highway because of snow.
The closure is indefinite.
Poultry Pointers
For Bird Watchers
Traditionally, Thanksgiving
day is turkey day and the
chances are that many fami
lies will be enjoying turkey
this week end even though it
is readily available at reason
able cost the year 'round. Oth
ers will find eating pleasure
ducklings, geese, fryer-
boilers, roasting chickens and
hens.
Whichever you're buying
read the label. For roasting,
broiling, frying and barbecu
ing, choose a young bird. For
creamed chicken or turkey,
for salad or other party ingre
dient uses, choose a mature
bird for firmer meat.
We're not going to take val
uable space telling anyone in
this area how to roast poultry
because everyone knows it's
the easiest thing in the world
to do, but we want to remind
you of the rules covering the
care of cooked turkey and of
fer some fine suggestions for
enjoying cold turkey.
Care of Cooked Turkey
Don't under any circumstan
ces, allow turkey, broth, stuff
ing or gravy to remain out of
the refrigerator after the meal
is served. It is a fallacy to be
lieve that placing hot foods
in the refrigerator causes
them to spoil.
Before refrigerating, remove
all stuffing from turkey and
put it in a covered bowl. It
desired, remove remaining
meal from the bones. Wrap or
cover well. If you plan to
make turkey soup, crack Ihe
bones, wrap well and refrig
erate. Small meal-size units,
properly wrapped, may be
frozen and held up to one
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Many Changes in Proposed
Constitution Controversial
Editor's note: The most
far-reaching item to be do
bated by the 1963 Legisla
ture will be a new Oregon
constitution. This is the sec
ond of three dispatches de
scribing the back ground,
and what lies ahead. Today:
Tha change.
month before using.
Do not freeze an uncooked,
stuffed turkey or a roasted,
stuffed turkey,
Cold Turkey Delights
Try Open-Face Sandwiches
Many people maintain that
they roast turkey for the joys
of eating turkey sandwiches.
Others say the same thing
about stuffings, exclaim over
the pleasures of the stuffing,
both hot and warmed over.
Turkey sandwiches are our
meat.
From skyscraper sandwich
to single-layer, open-face
treats, nothing beats Oregon
Turkey. The secrets are its na
tural ability to mix and matcn
flavorfully with other meats,
cheeses, fruits, vegetables,
spreads, breads and unlimited
sDecial concoctions, and its
confident appropriateness for
p v e r v sandwich occasion
Make these with buttered,
taasted bread, with hambur
ger rolls or English muffins.
Top with any ot tne lonow
ing combinations, adding each
ingredient in the order given,
and broil until hot and bub
bly. Deviled ham spread, tur
key and tomato slices, grated
cheese.
Turkey and tomato slices,
semi-broiled bacon, grated
cheese.
Turkey slices, cooked
brococli spears, cheese sauce.
Thin slices jellied cran
berry sauce, turkey slices,
drained peach slices, spoonful
mayonnaise (not salad dress
ing). Creamed turkey, cheese
slices, semi-broiled bacon.
Make Your Own
Turkey Sandwiches
Feature a platter of sliced
light and dark Oregon turkey
olus slices of Swiss, Monterey
Jack and cheddar cheese. Offer
assorted condiments; guaca
molc, canned pizza sauce,
thousand island dressing, cole
slaw, and whole cranberry
sauce. Supply plenty of sliced
bread or rolls, plus crisp let
tuce and thin tomato slices.
Tea-Time Turkey
Prepare a salad of finely
chopped turkey and celery,
moistened with mayonnaise
and seasoned with salt, pep
per, and dash of curry for
making turkey sandwiches for
tea-time.
Ribbons: Spread three slices
of wheat bread and two of
white with butter or margar
ine and turkey salad, and
stack alternately. Trim off
crusts and refrigerate stacks
several hours before slicing in
to one-half inch ribbons. Cut
into halves or thirds for serv
ing. Roll-Ups: Trim crusts off
sandwich spread slices and
roll lightly with rolling pin.
Spread with butter or margar
ine and turkey salad. Lay
spear of canned asparagus
across one end, roll up, chill.
Tuck a sprig of watercress or
parsley into one end before
serving.
Cornucopias: Trim crusts
off sandwich bread slices.
Spread with butter or margar
ine and turkey salad. Fold
cornucopia-style, pinching
rdges of bread together with
fingertips, using an extra bit
of butler to seal more firmly.
Garnish with watercress, pars
ley or endive.
Curried Cashews
Melt two tablespoons butler
or margarine In a frying pan.
Add one cup cashew nuts and
fry until lightly browned.
Drain on paper towels. Sprin
kle with one teaspoon curry
powder and salt to taste.
Makes one cup.
Famed Quiche Lorraine
Heads Appetiser Delights
The time between Thanks
giving and Christmas seems
shorter than usual somehow
this year. So we enter into the
spirit of this festive season
and suggest this famed French
and flavorful appetizer. It is
so easy to make; is thought by
many to be the most superla
tive of all appetizer off, ri
A golden cream and cheese pic
lhat comes right out of the
oven for serving in tiny
wedges.
Increasingly thoughtful
hostesses oiler demitasse :of-
fee a little stronger than
regular coffee and In small
I cups for those guests who do
: not take the usual party bev
erarjs but want a lively ac-
By DOUGLAS GRIPP
Salem - iUPH - It is hard to
say which of the proposed
changes in the Oregon consti
tution is the most contro
versial. There are many.
The 17 -member Constitu
tional R e vision commission,
set up by the 1961 Legislature,
wrote the new document. It is
being printed up now and will
be in the hands of all !)() legis
lators before they convene
here Jan. 14.
The biggest overhaul is in
the executive branch.
The governor would be the
only slate elected official. This
would eliminate the secretary
of state, state treasurer, attor
ney general and labor com
missioner as elected officials.
They could still be retained,
but as appointive offices.
There would be a lop of 20
executive departments under
the governor, but not neces
sarily in a cabinet system.
This contrasts with the pres
ent and far-flung 161 boards,
commissions and other state
agencies.
There would be a brand
new stale officer, a controller.
He would be his own boss.
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companiment for canapes or
hors d'houevres.
1 9-inch unbaked pie shell.
1 tablespoon butter
3 slices Canadian bacon,
4 inch thick and diced
medium onion, finely chop
ped cup grated Swiss cheese,
divided
eggs, slightly beaten
cup milk
cup heavy cream
Pinch grated nutmeg
teaspoon salt
teaspoon pepper
Prepare pie shell according
to favorite recipe or from a
popular pie crust mix. Heat
butter; add bacon and cook
five minutes: remove onion.
Cover bottom of pie shell with
bacon, onion and one-fourth
cup grated cheese. Combine
remaining cheese, eggs, milk,
cream, nutmeg, salt and pep
per; mix well. Pour over ba
con mixture.
Bake at 450 degrees, 15 min
utes; reduce heat to 350 de
grees. Continue baking 15
minutes longer or until cus
tard is well set. Serve warm,
cut in one-inch wedges.
His job would be post-auditing
-making sure lhat s'.Me funds
were properly and legally
spent. The secretary of stale
now has this job.
The controller would lie
non-partisan and would serve
a minimum eight year term.
The manner of his selection
has been left up to the legis
lature. One of the hottest changes
is in Ihe judicial branch.
II would make all judges
appointed by the governor -from
the supreme court on
down - instead of elected by
the people. The only excep
tion would be municipal
judges.
A judge would stand on his
record at an election Iwo years
after his appointmenl, but the
only question would be "yes"
or "no" on his retention, lie
would have no opposition on
the ballot. If the vole was
"yes," he would serve six
years and sland the same
voter tcsl every six thereafter.
If the voters ousted a judge,
the governor would appoint a
successor, and the yes-no cycle
would begin for him.
Actually, the governor ap
points about 00 per cent of all
judges now.
A state law commission
could be formed to advise the
governor on his judicial ap
poinlments. Bui the governor
wouldn't have to take its ad
vice. Legislative Changes
The judicial appointment-
law commission system is a
modification of the contro
versial "Missouri Plan" used
by about half a dozen stales,
including California.
The new constitution would
also make some major changes
in the legislative branch.
The legislature would meet
annually, instead of every two
years, ine limit on a (10 mem
ber house and 30 member sen
ate would be lifted, and the
legislature could increase its
membership during the rcgu
lar 10 year rcapportionmenl
with approval of the voters.
Liquor-by - the -drink and
capital punishment would be
transferred to the statutes. A
lot of deadwood would be
thrown out.
The present constitution has
23 articles, and the revision
commission cut them to 14.
The old has 237 sections and
the new has 160. Ninety-eight
old sections were lifted out in
their entirety, and some new
sections written.
The first test for Ihe new
constitution is the 1863 Legis
lature, and it Is a tough one.
A two-thirds majority of each
house is required for passage.
If solons pass il, the people
will render their decision,
probably at the 11)64 election.
Next: The outlook for passage.
DROPS RESEARCH JET
London - ifPn - Aviation
Minister Julian Amery an
nounced Monday that Britain
has discontinued development
of its revolutionary multi-jet
vertical takeoff plane. He said
the short SCI research plane
provided valuable data on
aero dynamics and piloting
problems of vertical takeoff.
He gave no reason for the dis-
, continuation.
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San Francisco 8.85
Sacramento 8.15
los Angeles 14.65
San Diego ... 17.05
Phoenix ... 26.35
Rd. Trip
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15.95
14.70
26.40
30.70
47.45
One way Rd. Trip
Eugene 5.05
Portland 7.45
Seattle . 11.40
Vanc'r, B.C. 16.25
Spokane 16.35
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