MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON
Straus Reelected
To ASCS Office
Albert L. Straus, route 2,
box 400, Gold Hill, has been
reelected chairman of the
Jackson County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conserva
tion committee, according to
M. B. Caster, of the local
ASCS office.
Straus was elected by dele
gates from seven local agri
cultural communities who met
at the courthouse and elected
the county committee for
J963.
Straus has bjen a member
of the ASC committee for
15 years and chairman for
five years.
Other committee members
elected were Vernon Gebhard.
route 2, box 271, Central
Point, vice chairman; Donald
Nichols, 941 Green Springs
highway, Ashland, regular
member; George Jess Jr.,
route 1, box 346, Eagle Point,
first alternate; and John Nie
dermeyer, 1014 Old Stage rd.,
Medford, second alternate.
Bert Wilcox, county extension
agent, also is a regular com
mittee member.
The Jackson County ASC
committee administers the fed
eral farm programs in the
county, including the 1963
wheat stabilization, 1963 feed
grain, agricultural conserva
tion, wool incentive and con
servation reserve programs.
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1962
Juvenile Officials Investigate Group of Girls a t Medford High
Court Signs Orders
Renaming Officers
The Jackson county court
signed orders Friday reap
pointing county officials and
one committee member.
Arnold Bohnerl, Central
Point area farmer, was reap
pointed to three years on the
county budget committee.
Robert J. Carstensen was re
appointed county engineer for
four years. William S. Man
ning was reappointed con
stable for two years. Elmer
W. Donahoo was reappointed
for two years as county serv
ice officer.
The court also approved an
allowance for travel and
lodging to permit Manning to
visit various western Oregon
constable offices next week
to study their operations.
Manning said he expects
no small claims service will
be needed next week. Various
business firms of the area and
the district court have stated
no small claims summons
need be served until after
Christmas.
Jackson county juvenile
authorities are making fur
ther investigations of a group
of girls at Medford High
school which could have
developed into a "gang" be
fore processing the individual
cases, according to Juvenile
I Director Lawrence Twcedv.
Some the girls have been
ordered picked up and lodged.
The juvenile department
has not yet held individual
interviews with the girls and
their parents, he said. He
agreed with an earlier state
ment by Medford police that
the reports on the group were
greatly exaggerated, particu
larly the reputation of the
leader. The seven necklaces
shoplifted from local , stores
used to distinguish members
were returned, Tweedy added.
All of the boys who had
formed the beginnings of a
juvenile gang earlier and
were involved in local burg
laries have been returned to
their parents on probation,
Tweedy said. He noted all of
the boys have l.Q.'s of 140 or
better. An I.Q. of 100 is con
sidered average.
Home on Provation
Friday one 17-year-old boy
was sent home on probation.
A 17-year-old girl was held
over in detention for medical
reasons. A case involving a
17-year-old boy was continued
pending finding a home for
him. A 14-year-old boy was
released on probation to rela
tives. A 15-year-old girl was
sent home on probation. A
case of a boy on parole from
MacLaren School for Boys
was dismissed since he had
met the parole conditions.
Thursday night two teen
age girls were picked up by
state police on a back road in
Sams Valley on charges of
being runaways and released
to their parents.
Two 16-ycar-old boys who
ran away from Woodland,
Calif., and Sparks, Nev., were
picked up Friday and lodged
in the county jail because of
lack of room in the detention
home.
A 17-year-old boy is being
ncid in the county jail on a
felony charge, and a 16-year-old
boy is being held on a
felony charge in the deten
tion home.
Busy Week in Court
Friday, Dec. 7 started the
busy week in juvenile court
with seven cases processed.
One girl was committed to
Hillcrest School for Girls for
violation of probation. Anoth
er girl was released to ncr
parents as a ward of the court
and will be transferred under
the interstate compact to Cali
fornia authorities on charges
of being beyond parental con
trol. A 12-ycar-old girl was
granted probation, and two
girls received suspended com
mitments to Hillcrest, one for
violation of probation and the
other for being beyond par
ental control.
Thirteen other cases were
dismissed by the court having
met the terms of probation.
Suspended Committment
Monday, Dec. 10, a 15-year-old
girl received a suspended
committment to Hillcrest Fri
day she was committed to
Hillcrest after violating her
probation and following a
hearing in the judge's cham
bers
Tuesday, six cases were
heard. One was a Fairview
hearing for a minor child. A
17-year-old boy was remanded
to district court on auto theft
charges. A 17-ycar-old girl's
case was continued, a 16-year-old
boy and 17-year-old boy
were placed on probation, and
a 17-year-old boy was dismissed.
County Council To
Meet on Tuesday
The regular monthly meet
ing of the Jackson County Inter-Community
Council will
be held Tuesday, Dec. 18, at
the Jackson County Public Li
brary at noon.
The program will consist of
reports of the delegates to the
"Oregon Conference on Chil
dren and Youth" which was
held last month in Salem.
Fourteen delegates from Jack
son county attended the con
ference. Subjects to be discussed will
be youth employment, drop
outs, mental health in chil
dren, and children's services.
Those planning to attend
should take a sack lunch.
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