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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1962)
Month (Continued from page 6A) cession contract . . . Candi- dales appear at Eagle Point polilical rally . . . O. H. Bcngt- son permanently disbarred by .. T-ii ,;.,ji, b i vote in Jackson county. April Glenn L. Jackson named chairman of Oregon Highway commission . . . State Water Resources board recommends Congressional authorization of Rogue Basin project . . .Home Rule charter causes explosion in Democratic Central com mittee . . . State education project receives S3. 5 million in Ford Foundation funds . . .'Skin rash reported afflict ing children in county schools . . . Bids to be asked on new Medford High school grand stand Water supply pros pects improving . . . Indica tions show Medford will re main on standard time . . . Paving experiment planned on Medford-Ashland free way . . .American Legion presents plan for ball park to Jackson county budget committee . . . Tame deer es cape from Lithia park as re sult of fence slashing . . . Sen. Wayne Morse to speak at 12th annual Roosevelt Me morial dinner . . . Copies of Home Rule charter circulated . . . State Welfare commis sion plans regional session here . . . United Nations as sociation sponsored peace cen ter opens for duration of Holy Week . . . Orchard heating general in valley. . . Freeway construction stopped by strike. . . King and Queen of Pear Blossom festival se lected . Grants Pass mill destroyed by fire .. .Families served by County food sur plus center show no decrease . . . Bob Bosworth designs Oregon's representation at Seattle World's fair . . .City council approves off-street parking under freeway via duct . . . Doug Robertson serves as mayor during Stu dent Government day . . . Lakes jammed with recrca lion seekers . . . Budget re quest for detention home classes stalemated . . .Med ford students honored at scholastic recognition dinner . . . First two floors of new Rogue Valley hospital wing now in use. . . First Sabin Oral Polio vaccine clinic slated in valley . . . Church sponsored float wins first place in annual Pear Blossom Festival parade . . . Building fund campaign planned by lo cal Salvation Army. May Housing development for retired scheduled for con struction in Ashland . . . Sab in vaccine importance stress ed by Dr. A. Erin Merkel . . . Dedication set for Rogue River-Grants pass freeway section . . . Graff and James awarded contract for con struction of new grandstand at high school . . . George F. Putnam Sr.. long time Eagle Point resident, dies at home . . . Forest service range an alysis criticized by Jackson county cattlemen . . .Job ac tivity in county high, John J. Patton, local state employ ment service manager says . . . Hail storm damages about 100 acres of pears in Talent area. . . Two debates sched uled on county home rule charter . . . Finalists named , in Miss Rogue valley pageant j Tentative county budget I total nrooosed . . . 17.000 at-. lend first day of Jackson i counlv polio clinics . . . Early day Jacksonville houses raz-1 l i g it',.. ' i - V- -t '-. .... - . Among Structures hospital by Month Review of Happenings in Area During Past Year I cd ... All number calling system installed by Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone company . . . Policy on Mexi- can nationals in fruit harvest ot to change . . . Voters se- lect candidates at primary election . . Charles P. Champlin urges salary raise for senior patrolmen . . . Garner T. Haupert, Med ford student, to live in Nor way during summer under i American Field Service pro-1 gram . . . City of Medford budget approved by commit tee .. . "Ride and Shop" pro posal made by Medford Mer chants, Evergreen bus lints . . . C. C. Beekman home. Jacksonville, to be opened to public . . . Continuous strip paving to be utilized for Medford-Ashland portion of free way . . . Orchard labor situ ation declared "hopeful." June Gov. Mark O. Hatfield ded icates Grants Pass-Rogue Riv er freeway strip. . . Martha Louise Wyatt named Miss Rogue Valley . . . Sabin oral polio clinic scries continues . . . Local swimming pools open for business, schedule classes . . . Final eanva made of May primary elec tions; winners stand . . Rogue River State park 10 open July 1 . . . Oregon Shakespearean festival sea son preparations begin . . . Freeway contractor to restore Bear Creek bank bordering Hawthorne park. . . 540 at tend opening of Hawthorne Convalescent and Rehabilita tion center . . . Rogue River National forest allowable cut tentatively increased . . .C. T. Jackson appointed director of Veterans Administration Domiciliary, White City . . . Secretary of Interior Stewart Udall recommends authoriza tion of Rogue Basin projects . . . Five-year contract signed by county court and Bob Johnston, Howard Prairie con cessionnairc . . ."Geronimo" is winner of annual Rogue River Rooster Crowing con- e , ., .... r-n.,nu n..v.. ards nackine nlant destroyed i hy fire . . . Holiday House trict . . . Southern Oregon di trailer manufacturing firm rcct distance dialing to corn destroyed by second major nu,nT jlv 5 . . . pino Dut- urc . . . naymona neicr, Wayne Morse to confer on harvest labor problems . . . School board approves plans for new Medford High school to be constructed by 1965 . . . Hugh P. Jennings named chairman of Jackson County Republican Central commit tee .. . Jean A. Mills named chairman of Jackson County Democratic Central Commit tee . . . Verne Alhanas, Ash land novelist, dies of heart at tack . . . S167.683 set as goal for Jackson County United Crusade . . . Paul Bettiol named interim sheriff . . . Public hearing held in Tal ent Sanitary district . . . Medford man arrested for splitting S20 bills . . . Forest fire burns 200 acres north of Rogue River . . . Sears ware house. White City, burns . . . Medford Gospel Mission holds last service . . . County budg et increased following hear ing . . . Strike called against Rogue Valley Creamery . . . "Goal Getter" Days give pub lic opportunity to contribute to Salvation Army building fund. July Oregon state police crack down on illegal salmon ang- lers on Rogue River Southern Oregon cities plan ' Fourth of Julv activities . . . Ned Langford appointed di-; : rector for city planning ... Medford High school Thes-; ( , 111 il completed, Of Started, dll rillg the year WHS the r .m. ""Tart., vj'l! A five took its toll of shown here. pian troupe receive superior rating at National Dramatic A.-I.- .Tin fcrnni'P 1 111 i VPl'sit V of Indiana Negotiations : settle strike at Rogue 'Valley j1 Creamery . . . Sewer service rates to be increased in Med ford area . . . LcRoy Sanford McGahucy to die in gas cham ber Aug. 20 . . . City popula tion rises to 23.750 . . . Seven inch alligator loose on city streets . . . Crater High school football stadium fund short S5.000 . . . Ross Youngblood district manager of bureau of land management, transfer red to Fairbanks, Alaska, dis to, Alba, Italy, lawyer, to visit in Medford . . . Grants Pass area fires believed work of arsonist . . . Bids for fed eral building tentatively scheduled lo bo called in March. . . 10,464 direct dis tance dialing calls made in Medford Monday . . . County planning commission approve redevelopment plan for Phoe nix area . . . Capacity crowd expected at first night open- inn of "Comedy of Errors and Feast of the Tribe of Will . . . Martha Louise Wy att, 19. Jacksonville, chosen Mi;s Oregon at Seaside . . . Oregon state board of high er education approves plans for Southern Oregon college j buildings . . . Dr. Richard i Gilkcy assumes post as di- i rector of Jackson county cur- riculum materials center Eartlctt pear crop estimated at 28.000 tons . . . City to re ceive two awards for traffic safety . . . 3.555 see first round of plays at Ashland Shakespearean festival . . . Alba crowd cheers as Sister City mayors talk by tele phone via Telslar . . .Bureau of land management sets al lowable timber cut at 98 mil lion board feet . . . Lightning causes 13 fires on state and federal property from storm Textron to establish plant in Grants Pass . . . Tempera-; tores of 100 degrees for 10 days set record in valley. r : . ' f.T ''1Ll1,nt ;Pf,. - "fir r kt 1 MEDFORD Duilchngs in 19o2, including ihe ouige Coach Orchards packing nouse Auaust " Activities slated for annual un .ciint.l n I til rl Iflll .11111. Chester Wendl re-1 turns lo county ouicc aucr study tour of England and Europe . . . Mayor Snider pro poses city park be named "Park of Alba;" proclaims Aug. 18 Alba day . . .Claude Walter Chase arraigned for set ting fire to forest land . . . Children's parade culminates activities of Medford summer recreation program . . . "A Thieves Ballad" presented by Ashland Shakespearean festi val . . . "Winter type" rain boosts precipitation above normal . . . McGrcw Brothers Sawmill plans move to Ash land site . . . Moore Hamilton, 58, Medford postmaster, dies . . . Donna Wilson, Prospect High school junior, chosen as queen of annual Prospect Jamboree . . . E. Ron Rice elected 1963 Pacific North west Kiwanis District Gover nor in Yakima meeting . . . Harvest starts for Bartletl pears and area peaches . . . Dinner honors Pino Dutlo. Alba lawyer . . . Medford youth sentenced to repair Rogue Valley country club golf course as result of van dalism . . . City council ap proves revised fire code, sets three year grace period Candidate dearlh noted in Central Point election . . . 4-H and Future Farmers of America county fair climaxes . . . Public hearing called on proposal lo join Phoenix and Medford school districts . . . American Field service for- eign exchange students arrive for school year stay . . .; Earthquake fell throughout area: no damage reported . . . Mexican Nationals arrive to aid in pear harvest . . .Fred Robinson joins Jimmy Dun - levy and Bill Singler as can didates for mayor . . . Poor- man's Creek fire burns 425 1 acres before controlled . . . Transient arrested after set ting fire to box car; second ! transient burned . . . Crop- duster rims OUt Of gas. lands in vacant field near city . . . tlr scason 0( use js ;02 days, I activity center for the Jack Sacred Heart hospital award-; .i,.,, t1Pr WPr(. more llian ! son Counlv Association for ; ed S623.000 in Hill-Burton act funds . . . Large crop of Bart- : lelts contains small pears . . Mayor John Snider receives t J W , Lm -- .. .. .(, : , i ' T ' t- J l '. Ilfitr Mllg U lUlglle Vailty MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. American Municipal .issoci- ation award in recognition of Sister city program. September Mrs. Kay Cruwcll resigns as Jackson cnunly juvenile officer . . . Eleven injured in multiple-car accident near Grants Pass . . . Martha Wy att, Miss Oregon, starts of ficial competition in Miss Am erica pageant in Atlantic City, N. J. . . . Shakespearean Fes tival ends season with plays viewed by 44.708 . . . 503,118 people visit Crater Lake Na tional park during year . . . Police recover three of five paintings missing from Mark Antony hotel in Ashland . . . Marty Wyatt among top 10 finalists in Miss America con test . . . Local bakers indi cated for violation of balloon bread regulations . .. United fund campaigns to begin pro grams in Medford and Ash-land-Talcnl area . . . Junior Chamber of Commerce spon sors seat bell program . . . Rural school board votes against annexation of Phoe - Recreation Visits in District Recreation visits on the Butte Falls district of the Rogue River National forest increased this year, according to District Ranger Randall F. Perkins who recently evalu- alcd recreation use on Ihe district. Visitor registers were stalled in each campground lo gather information on dis- lance people traveled to camp, type of use, length of slay, and suggestions for ad- ditional facilities. This type 1 of information of great value in long-term planning of recreation facilities, Per kins noted. Spot-checking showed that only sixty per cent of visitors will sign a register, however. The register at Whiskey Snrinm nniinmnd liiu;nrf ! 2.ioo man-days of use, and that an average of 10 people sponsors a workshop group used the campground each 1 for about 15 Jackson county day. 1 children. Other information was Purpose of the workshop gained from the registers on is lo fill an educational gap the trails at the entrance to , left between the point where the Sky Lakes Limited area, the public school system can The one on the Seven Lakes handle Ihe children and the trail leading into (he Seven time they are eligible for state Lakes Basin showed that the or private schools, according length of season was 103 days to W. S. Scalberg. coordina and that 766 persons used the I ting chairman of the project, facilities, or an average of! The children have been 7 5 people per day, Perkins meeting in various churches reported. in the valley. Since it is over a five-mile In order to have a Christ hike into the lakes, tins is ! mas tree picked up by the considered a great deal of M o o s e lodge, homeowners use. The Seven Lakes trail ' should place It in their front is only one of three trails into i yards or on the porch on New the basin. The other two I Year's day. Those wishing lo routes arc shorter, easier, and aid in Ihe construction of the make the basin more acces- j activity center may pin to the ?ible. he noted. ! Iree an envelope containing The Blue Canyon Irail reg- I Iheir donation. ister provided more Informa- lion. The length of season was i ArrarrAr'r Offira ,110 days uilh 970 man-days HjjCiiUI 3 UllltC ' of use. This is an average of ' nine nr-onle ncr dav The Blur Canyon trail is only one of ! . three possible trails inlo the j The Jackson county as.ses i Blue Canyon an a. with the i Mr' office plans to mail 5, 3B4 Canyon most accessible from j personal property statements Four Mile lake. Perkins said. Monday, County Assessor I This amount of use is taxing I Thad Hutlen has reported, the recreation and sanitary This represents a total as facilities to the limit, he said, j scsscd valuation (the value on and maintenance of facilities is becoming increasingly dif - ficult. " The Butte Falls diitrict re- ceived $3,400 for the con - struction of Four-Bit Ford and Snowshoe campgrounds. Six stoves and six tables were instill led at Four-Bit '""l , .iiijr gr..unri.. hi- nail New l.nlets w" nl'""' '" Four-Hit Ford OK.EUON nix to Medford school district . . . Mrs. Ella Percy, resident of Jackson county farm home receives note of congratula tion on 100th birthday from President John F. Kennedy . . . Grants Pass boy, 15, steals airplane, flics to Redding, Calif. . . . Kenneth G. Den man, local lawyer, dies at age of 58 . . . Medford school dis trict personnel to visit east ern schools as part of Ore gon program . . . Thirty area residents to camp out, partic ipate in activities before and after dedication of Winnemu-cca-to-the-sca highway . . . Twenty-fouir candidates for office accept invitation to Medford League of Women Voters' candidates fair . . . Southern Oregon college en rollment sets record of 1, 592 . . . Corporation of coun ty citizens to be formed to construct ski resort on Ml Ashland if entrance road is assured . . . Department of Health, Education and Wel fare approves $60,257 grant for construction of Jackson county health center . . .Five ' Jackson county high school J campground. ated for campground road , construction totaling $13,600. ! New campground roads were j constructed and surfaced in Whiskey Springs, Willow j Prairie, Parker Meadows, Snowshoe and Four-Bil Ford Activity Center Planned by Group An activity center for men tally retarded children is the major goal of the ninth an nual Medford Moose lodge Christmas tree lift scheduled Jan. 1. Proceeds from the lift will be used lo help construct an I Retarded Children, which now 'Mailing Statements i which taxes are based) of ! $12,831,730 Total true cash i value is $50 million. ', llatten said this means an i increase in assessed valuation of 3 to 6 per rent over lasl ; year's S10 to $11 million. ; llalten plain to attend the Western Oregon Assessor's as - ( .,,u,M, iiii.UMK til U : lleach I'hurMlay and Friday.: Jan 3 and 4 ' I students named semi-finalists j in National M l it Scholarship couipetilion. October Robert L. Ryles found guilty of setting fire to box ear . . . Oregon teen-agers run out of gas, money on way to fight Castro . . . Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., to construct S5U0.000 plant in White City Industrial area . . . Fire guts apartment over Jacksonville market . . . Heavy rain shuis down construction projects, harvesting, and fire danger . . . Area lakes may be opened for bird hunting . . . C. C. Hoov er calls on valley residents to help save pear crop . . . 601) attend Candidates Fair . . . City planners suggest off street parking nt new post of fice . . . Power outages re ported in area as result of windstorm . . . Winds report ed up to 58 miles per hour during ncai -hurricane slorjn . . . Red Cross reports emer gency situation in northwest blood supply . . . United Cru sade reaches 55 per cent of goal . . . Grants Pass wo man, two sons, found shot to death in automobile . . . Fi nal arrangements made for Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to Medford . . . Tentative groundbreaking ceremonies set for Sacred Heart hospital . . . Grants Pass woman ad mits being mother of child "abandoned" in Medford park Bids to be opened on slate highway projects in Jackson county for an esti mated total of more than $2.7 million . . . Two paintings missing from Ashland art ex hibit recovered in Fairfield, Calif. . . . U. S. Department of Agriculture to buy 51,120 boxes of Biirtlctt pears . . . Civil defense office receives inquiries about fallout shel ters as result of Cuban crisis . . . Hart's Jewelry, Grants Pass, victim of $10,000 jewel robbery . . . Fair grounds committee adopts name of Greater Jackson County Fair grounds Planning committee, elects Hugh Jennings as chair man . . . General office building to be built at West Eighth and Ivy sis. November Medford to host Kith annu al convention of Oregon Dry Cleaners Association, Inc. . . Storm causes extensive dam age in Rogue River National campgrounds. Vandalism was not a prob lem on the district this year, there being only scattered in cidents, Perkins reported. The mosl common acl was shooting holes in garbage cans and using signs as tar gets. The most serious aels were I carelessness and thoughtless ness of campers, such as strewing garbage over entire TRAFFIC CONTROL - Conlrol of traffic traffic soon Is necessary to prevent deterioration of rcc- prevents new trees from becoming cstab reation sites In the Bulle Falls district of lished. Parking spurs arc provided by each Rogue River National forest. Uncontrolled camp unit. I r V.WMTMiwnmw imm i m ? . . . ..- . v..-. -. ! CONVENIENCE Stoves and IH1)!H-S 1(1 IOC 150110 THUS OlSiriCl Ol ((otitic River National forest are arranged in mmIi a nianni-r that smoke will norm- N JA i. tJUMBKH forest . . Voter turnout ex-1 peeled to be 70 per cent . . . j llatlield, Duncan, Morse win slate offices; Dunlevy wins in a y o r's post . . . Uniform daylight saving time approved jlrec installed at intersection of by voters . . . Claude War-j Highway 90 and Crater Lake ren Chase and Harry Sluinbo highway . . . County Clerk change pleas lo guilty in cir- Marvin Madden recommend cuit court . . . Ralph Bales, Cd to fill postmaster vacancy Medford, state policeman ,, ia, .!, r. ,,,, ii.. .,.: slain near Arlington . . . Med- ford to receive $14,700 federal grant toward purchase of Bear creek park land . . . Speakers stand in Medford Library park to be dedicated . . Arrest of three juveniles may stop beginnings of teen age burglary gang . . . Nor walk, Conn., school official tours Medford schools, pre sents Norwalk school plan . . . Chlorine added to Medford water to maintain purity since heavy October rains . . . Med ford residents attend Mall workshop on rejuvenation of downtown districts at Pomo na, Calif. . . . Rogue Valley hospital ends fiscal year in debt for first time since con struction of new building . . . Pacific Northwest Bell Tele phone company pays $289,001 in taxes to Jackson county . . . 350 young people expect ed lo attend 15th annual Unit ed Presbyterian Youth Assem bly for Oregon here . . . Laur ance V. Espcy elected presi dent of Oregon County Parks association, works on program for new year . . . Hunters, missing overnight, found by sheriff's deputies in Long Prairie area . . . Oregon Orchard, Inc., sues insurance firm for hail damage to pears Possible lease of historic U. S. Hotel in Jacksonville considered by Siskiyou Pio neer Sites foundation . . . Oregon Reclamation Congress holds Medford conference . . . Oregon Association for Health, Physical Education and Rec reation draws about 250 men and women to 45th annual conclave . . . Exchange show ing of 10 representative pieces of art arranged between Med ford and Alba, Italy . . . James Callan, project engi neer for Talent division, Rogue River Basin project. assigned to Snowy Mountains authority in Australia. December Medford High school Black Tornado Is victor over North Salem Vikings for slate A-l football championship About 100 homes exjieualed camping areas, leaving un clean tables, hitching horses within the campground, park ing cars alongside tables in stead of using designated parking areas, and trimming trees within the campground for making bough beds, Per kins pointed nut. These acts add many man hours to the task of mainte nance, and increase mainte nance casts by nearly 30 per Y" tables al the 30. 1963 due to flooding in county, 3.77 inches of rainfall dur- ing WeeK end . . . Mercy Flights transports 1,500th pa lienl . . Community Christmas .rnlra. rn; r.irl gang a Medford High school broken up; reports exagger ated, police say . . . County man arrested for possessing mash . . . Rogue Valley li brary to receive book-of-thc-month club library cash award for second consecutive year . . . Guide dog raised by Ashland boy given to Musi cian George Shearing . . . Mercy Flights plane seeds air port fog with dry ice lo land plane . . . Public meeting held in Eagle Point; initiate plans to seek flood control measures on Little Butte creek . . . Annual allowable timber cut in Rogue River National forest increased by 58. 8 million board feet . . . Lawrence L. Tweedy appoint ed director of Jackson county juvenile court and detention home . . . Jackson and Jose phine counties designated a disaster areas by Small Busi ness Administration ts result of Dec. 2 flood . . . Flood loss in county estimated at $1,136,530 . . . Asa Hanamoln. San Francisco public park planning specialist, arrives to study development of Barnelt park site . . . Oregon coun ties to be served by medical investigators starting Jan. 1; Dr. A. Erin Merkel will as sume post of Jackson rnunty medical investigator . . . Fall out shelters in valley marked with signs . . . Hatfield to dedicate 15.4 miles of Inter state 5 . . . Jlaudc Walter Chase placed on probation for . part in case on setting fire to forest . . . Lake Creek family victims of holiday pri vate airplane accident . . . Ashland woman among group of school teachers volunteer ing for Peace Corps . . . Pop ulation of Jackson county shows 7.5 per cent increast . . . Special committee rec ommends against financial compensation for elected city officials . . . Mercy Flights plane makes belly landing when pilot pulls gear lever by mistake . , . Lease of Rogue Flying service can celled because ol non-pay- I ment of rent. Increase cent. During the past season, nearly $1,000 spent on clean up could have been saved had campers been more consid erate, he added. Visitors are using camp grounds in increasing num bers. Records indicate thai more than 20.000 went lo the Butte Falls district to enjoy the scenery, swim, hike, pick berries, and take pic tures, Perkins noted. v..-t.i creates dusty conditions and - rr.wi ally blow away from the tables. Tables are placed nearesl the parking spurs to reduce Ihe distance groceries must be carried.
