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
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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.
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MEDFORD
Duilchngs in 19o2, including ihe ouige Coach Orchards packing nouse
Auaust
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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
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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
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! 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.