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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1962)
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL THIBUNL. MEDFORD, OREGON Astoria Boy's Sleuthing Pays Off NO MONEY DOWN ON ANY GIFT-PURCHASE AT WARDS Astoria, Ore. - IIIPD - A 14 year-old Astoria boy did T mi- ' a :' j iv - " - 1 ? j -i COLD RECEPTION Helena Cristina, 19, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, gets a cold reception in New York on arrival from Europe aboard the liner Cristoforo Colombo. The tem perature in the city dipped to its lowest point in nine months, a cool 18 degrees. Helena told reporters that back home in Argentina the weather is just the opposite, summery. (UPI) good deed - but it took a lit tie sleuthing. Russell Hickman found an expensive camera near local tourist attraction, the Astor Column. He advertised locally. No answer. He took a roll of film from the camera and developed it. One shot showed an auto. Numbers on the license were legible, but the name of the state was not. Russell checked with police. They told him the colors Indi cated a Nevada licen.se. He wrote the Nevada Motor Vehicle department, which said the license numbers be longed to a family named Pittman In Las Vegas. He wrote the Plltmans, who said yes, indeed, they had lost the camera. Russell shipped the camera to the Pittmans. Pittman thanked the youth and sent him $15 for his ef forts. Warnock Honored by Interior Department For Federal Service Robert C. Warnock, super intendent of the blister rust control for the Mcdford bu reau of land management of fice until his retirement last April, 1s one of the 30 U.S. employees of the U.S. depart ment of interior who were to be r ognized today in Wash ington, D.C., for their out standing contributions to the Federal government by grant ing them the highest honor (lie department can bestow, Its Distinguished Service award. Warnock Is In Washington to receive the citation. He hart been with the BLM for 32 years upon retirement. He joined the interior de partmcnt in June. 103A, with the O&C administration of the former General Land of fice. Congress passed in 1937 the O&C sustained yield act to establish a policy of per manent forest production. Warnock assisted in the early program and through effective forest management techniques made a distinct contribution for many years to the nation's forest and tim ber resources of the North west, according to the Interior department. At the lime of his retire ment April 2B. he was an outstanding forestry techni cian at (lie local office. His construction ability and out standing supervision of men In Civilian Conservation corps camps greatly advanr-ed the resources management pro gram of the bureau in Oregon He became camp superin tendent of the Medford Air port Revetment Construction ai'tivlly, the only wrr effort performed hy the CCC organ ization during World War II. Through his coordination of nlher Government agencies, Warnock achieved spectacu lar results in the construction of underground revetments In which fighler planes were hidden and ready for acllon. He supervised a conscientious objector camp in the construc tion of timber access roads. His work on that project was the forerunner of a road program designed to tap hun dreds of millions of dollars of valuable limber In the bureau's blister rust activity he achieved another highlight of his career by ob taining In 1961 the only artifi cially pollinated sugar pine cones in Oregon. This notable accomplishment in control of the disease received recogni tion in other agencies and was significant In the research for pollination of blister rust re sistant trees. In recognition of his prom inent role in the management and conservation of the coun try's lands and natural re sources, the department of in terior has granted to Warnock its highest honor. The Warnocks live at 20II9 Orchard Home dr. and have two daughter, Miss Roberta Jeanne Warnock, a senior at Soulhern Oregon college, and Mrs. Kenneth (Colleen) Struck, 1121 Spring at., Med ford. Grange News Upper Rogue Grange The December meeting of Upper Rogue Grange was pre. ceded by the annual Christ mas dinner for members and guests. The dining room tables were decorated in the Christ' mas theme, and a large light ed tree stood in the corner of the room. During the business meet ing, George Moore, agricul ture chairman, reported that the National Grange was mak ing an effort to have the gov ernment tag all imported meat being sold in the mar kets of this country. He commented on the large feeder sales of the pas', month at local auctions, and stated that a big percentage of the sales were to out of stale buy ers. He also reported th t be cause of the decrease in range permits, many local cattlemen were selling stock and raising feed. Roy Vaughn reported that the Prospect airport was used recently by Mercy Flights when they were unable to land at the Medford airport because of the fog. The pa tient was taken from Pros pect to Medford hy ambulance. All incoming officers are reminded to attend installa tion ceremonies at the Cen tral Point Grange hall Sun day, Dec. 30, at 1:30 p.m. New York-llPII-The nation's new federal highway program will have consumed 30 mil lion tons of sleel by the time it is finished in 1972, Steel- ways magazine estimates. lrv!?wri,''"!Tr,l(l r !WW''I'''',''',1 iV ' T-"TiViit.i I, '.., I I TESTIMONY HEARD Paul G. Hoffman, foreign aid ad ministrator during the Truman administration and now direc tor of the UN Special Fund, is shown as he appeared before 1 the House-Senate economic committee. Hoffman said efforts to put political strings on economic assistance to "have-not" nations usually fail to win friends and sun-red in wasting! money. (UPI) ; ENROLL NOW! 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