MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
WEDNE8DAY. JANUARY 1. lltS
Rural
Reflections
By MAUDE ZIEGIER
Applegate Valley - Christ
mas was not so crowded this
year but there was time or
touches just a little out o(
the ordinary. One of these
was a bit of caroling one dark
night from amidst hay bales
In a pickup truck by young
people and oldsters of the
Copper area.
One appreciative neighbor
(aid there hadn't been carol
ing in 50 years in this sparse
ly settled community. The
fingers were treated to hot
arinks at the Don Hackett
home.
Birthday Party
Another resident farther
down the valley, Ellen Chil
ders, had a surprise birthday
party the Sunday before
Christmas. Since hers has
been a birthday always sand
wiched in with Christmas and
unnoticed, this grandmother
said it was her first birthday
party since she was nine
years old. Relatives from
Jacksonville were hosts, also
bringing the cake and ice
cream.
Pat Maddox over Sterling
way was reminiscing, a bit
and saying she believes all
the time spent with Christ
mas programs at schools is
well worthwhile for the har
vest of warm memories it will
afford in later years.
Pat went over some high
spots of her own childhood
spent near the beach in Wash
ington, where one had Indian
princesses among the school
mates, and sight of Indian
' people sitting along the
streets smoking their pipes
was common.
Dug Clams
That was where barefoot
children dug clams for Fri
day menus, and sea shellfish
and animals were caught
alive, and shells were not
broken by rugged cliffs. Pat
has experienced much living,
having been born in Minne
sota, and having attended
high school in California. She
Jikes the hibiscus and palm
trees of the south, but she
prefers living in the Apple
gate area where the blackber
ries are handy. "They are
part of the enchantment of
the Applegate," she says.
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RegionalCalendar
Central Point - Thursday,
7:30 p.m., Crater Boosters will
meet at Pioneer club. All
men of the community invited
to attend whether they have
youngsters at Crater or not.
Central Point - Thursday,
7:30 p.m., Junior Chamber of
Commerce board members,
will meet at the home of Gay
Hallet, 347 Mt.nzanita st.
Prospect - Thurs day, 8
p.m.. Prospect Home Exten
sion unit, at home of Mrs.
Dean Boyer. Mrs. Gordon An
derson will instruct project
on line and dcs;gn in clothing.
WITH FEW LESSONS-Mrs. Bertha Lorton of Phoenix in
front of one of her art works. Five years ago she couldn't
paint a stroke. Today she paints nature scenes and land
scapes despite the fact that she has had practically no lessons.
ON GARAGE DOOR-This waterfall scene covers the garage
door at the Lorton residence, at 507 Church st., Phoenix,
Phoenix Resident Paints
Landscapes Despite
Having Had No Training
By BERTHA HANSCOM
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Phoenix - Five years ago.
Mrs. Bertha Lorton of 507
Church St., Phoenix, could
not paint a stroke.
Today, although she has
had practically no lessons,
she can take up a brush and
a few colors, and put beauti
ful nature scenes on canvas.
Mrs. Lorton lost her moth
er when still a child. She
lived near the Yakima In
dian reservation, and was
taken under the wing of an
Indian woman wiio taught
her to love these people and
their simple way of life.
It was here she learned the
CANTATA PRESENTED
Wilderville - A Christmas
cantata was presented by 350
children of the Murphy and
Fruitdale schools. The theme
was "Christmas in Sweden,"
the scene an Alpine village in
Sweden. Mrs. William Wood
ward directed and produced
the music and the settings for
the cantata.
5 Adult Courses
Set At IV High
Illinois Valley - Five adult
classes will be offered at Il
linois Valley High school
starting in January, provided
enough interest is shown. The
courses will run for 30 hours
and m-;et once a week.
The proposed ourses are:
general clothing, home gar
dening and landscaping, typ
ing, farm and business law,
and farm welding.
The general clothing class
is designed to help women
sew for themselves and their
families. This includes begin
ners as well as experienced
seamstresses. The instructor
will be Mrs. Nita Westbrook.
The home gardening and
landscaping class will be con
cerned with problems center
ed around the family garden
and landscaping around the
home. The instructor, Kjeld
H. Grimsgaard. has a Bachelor
of Science degree in agricul
ture from the University of
Norway, and has been on the
staff of Long Beach City col
lege and South Bay Adult
schools.
The farm and business law
and other items suggested by
the class. The course will be
taught by Mr. Larry Cushing,
who has been practicing law
locally for 10 years.
The farm welding class will
be a beginning instruction
program in arc and oxy-acet-ylene
welding. The course will
consist of actual welding with
mild steel, light metals, gal
vanized metal, and hard sur
facing. The instructor, Lowell
Camp, has taught welding in
the Los Angeles area for
three years as well as weld
ing classes locally.
The typing class will be de
signed for people who do not
know how to type. The course
will progress according to the
speed of the class with a goal
of mastering the fundamen
tals and then going on to let
ter typing and manuscripts.
The course will be taught by
Odlyn Knutson who is the
commerce instructor at Illi
nois Valley High school.
There will be no pre-rcgis-tration
required for t h e
courses. Persons should just
come to the course or courses
class is designed for all peo-j they'd like to take and bring
pie interested in their rights j a friend if possible. The min
and the riehts of others. The imum number of students
course will co cr probate, in
heritance, real property pur
chases and sales, leases, roads
and rights of way, liabilities.
mut be met in order to of
fer the course.
The courses, rooms where
they will be offered, mini
mum number of students, day
of the week thry will meet,
date they will start and hours
are ai follows:
General clothing, home eco
nomics room, 15, Monday,
Jan. 14. 7-10 p.m.:
Home gardening and land
scaping, vo-ag room, 15, Mon-
Air Force Display
On At CP Library
Central Point - The regu
lar weekly display at the city
library in Central Point this
week is a scene of the United
ci .t, Air Fnrrp air Dower.
depicting 17 planes scaled a0 , dav- Jan- 14- 710 P m-;
iJ;, . - in-h I Farm and business law. v
tr. Mh.i vn Hnrn. citv g room, 11. Thurday, Jan.
librarian, says any individual,
group, or organization wish
ing to have displays or hobby
Items exhibited at the library
may call 664-3228.
10. 810 p.m
Farme welding, vo-ag shop,
11. Tuesday. Jan. 8. 7 9 p.m.;
Typing, typing room, 15,
Tuesday, Jan 8, 7-10 p.m.
real beauty of the surround
ing hills, the mystic loveli
ness to be seen in a tree, a
flower, the deep streams, in
lakes and in meadows.
Her paintings are land
scapes, and she says when
she paints a waterfall, tree,
or mountain she must feel
she is there. Only then can
she really paint.
Her first step in painting
in oils began five years ago
when, sitting in front of her
fireplace, she had a desire
to paint a picture above the
mantel on the wall. , She
gathered together all the left
over paints she had from
decorating her house, and by
mixing the colors she man
aged to produce the shades
she needed. After finding an
old brush, she began to paint.
Her neighbors came in each
day to watch her paint this
first picture. She had nothing
to work from but says she
could actually see the finish
ed picture in her mind, a
blue lake rimmed by moun
tains, blue sky with fleecy
white clouds.
Mrs. Lorton's pictures arc
large. One, a waterfall scene
covers the garage door. Other
paintings, one of buffalo, an
other of an old waterwheel,
Mrs. Lorton says are not fin
ished. To the casual observer,
however, they look finished
indeed. Mrs. Lorton likes to
have visitors come in and see
her pictures, and when talk
ing to her one feels this wo
man is doing something she
really likes to do.
Regional News
Montague Lighting
Winners Picked
ntr.nl a si ia The Montague
.rininiiv outdoor decorat
ing contest for the holiday
season program was a aisunci
success, states Mrs. Morris
Prather, chairman.
ifst was sponsored
by the Shasta Valley Garden
club and prize money wis
furnished by Pacific Power
and Light company, Monta
gue Rotary club, the Shasta
Improvement club, and the
sponsors.
First nrize for members in
town went to Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Dow for a rooftop, win
dow and door display. First
for non-members in town
was won by Mr. and Mrs.
Marlin Johnson which also
featured a rooftop display
well lighted.
First fnr members in the
rnuntrv went to the Morris
Prathers with a huge star
atop their house containing
75 lights which enables view
ers to see it for many miles.
First for non-members in the
country went to the Orlo Da
vises in Little Shasta who
have a huge Christmas card
with a ranch theme.
A snnnial award was given
to the Montague Methodist
church for a Nativity scene
and to the elementary school
for a large painted window
done by the children.
Second places went to the
Paul Weddlcs for non-mem.
NORTHERN CALIF.
Television Log
KVIP-TV (Channel 7)
Wednesday
5:00 Broken Arrow
5:30 Mickey Mouse Club
6:00 Newsbcat Northitat
6:15 Huntley-Brinkley
6:30 International Showtime
7:30 Wagon Train
8:30 Coins My Way
9:30 Our Man Hissing
10:00 Naked City
11 :0O News Final
11:10 S port sea st
11:15 Tonight Show
12:25 Late Newi
Thursday
9:30 Educational
10:00 Price ii Right
10 :30 Concentration
11:00 Jane Wyman
1 1 :30 Yours Kor a Son
12:00 Ernie Ford Show
12:30 Father Knows Best
1:00 Lorctta Young
1:30 TV Binso
2:00 Day in Court
2:24 Midday Report
2:30 Seven Key
3:00 Queen for a Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust
4:00 American Bandstand
4:30 Discovery
4:55 Bandstand Newt
5:00 Super Car
5:30 Mickey Mouse Club
6 :00 Newsbeat Northstate
6:15 Huntley-Brinkley
6:30 Father Knows Best
7:00 Guestward Ho
7:30 Ozzie and Harriet
B:00 Donna Reed
8:30 Leave It To Beaver
9:00 Mv 3 Sons
9:30 McHale's Navy
10:00 Fred Astnire Premiere
11:00 News Final
11:10 Sportscast
11:15 Tonight Show
12:25 Late Newt
Friday
9:30 Educational
10:00 Price la Rifiht
10 :30 Concentration
11:00 Jane Wyman
11:30 Yours For a Sont
12:00 Ernie Ford Show
12:30 Father Knows Best
1:00 Loretta Young
1:30 TV Bingo
2:00 Day in Court
2:24 Midday Report
2:30 Seven Keys
3:00 Queen lor a Day
3:30 Who Do You Truit
4 :00 American Bandstand
4:30 Discovery
4:55 Bandstand News
5:00 Jill's Party Time
5:30 Mickey Mouse Club
6:00 Newsbeat
Lady Mail Carrier Used
In Central Pt. First Time
By MARY ALICE BRUSHA
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Central Point - Residents of
Central Point got their first
glimpse of a lady mail carrier
here during the Christmas
season.
The Central Point post of
fice found incoming mail be
fore and after Christmas a
trifle heavy, but Ben Fagonc,
a Central Point letter carrier
and president of the Medford
branch of the National Asso
ciation of Letter carriers,
quickly solved the problem.
Mrs. Clinton Charley, a
window clerk at the Central
Point post office, was the
answer. She was sent outside
l3
as a letter carrier. Walking
from house to house she help
ed the other carriers disperse
the influx of mail.
According to Jack Eidswick,
inspector in charge at the
Medford PoM Office, lady
mail carriers are quite com
mon in other parts of the
country, and particularly dur
ing the last world war they
were not an uncommon sight.
But it was a novelty in Cen
tral Point.
Mrs. Charley is married and
is the mother of two children,
a grown son and daughter.
She lives at Rt. I, Box 195
Eagle Point. She has been a
postal employee for 10 years.
yt Hi "
, msm
FIRST TIME Lady mail carriers are a common sight in
other parts of the country, but when Mrs. Clinton Charley
was called into service to walk from house to house last
wtck. It was the first time a woman had delivered mail In
Central Point
bers in the country, to Mrs.
Frank Kouts, member in
town, and to Ward Foster, a
non member in town for a re
ligious theme.
Third place was won by
Ree Bowen. fourth by the
Stanley Wendts and fifth by
Mrs. Ruby Rice for the best
decorated growing tree.
Honorable mention was
made to the displays of W. T.
Warren, Lloyd Jones, Spen
cer Messner, Joe Burch Sr.,
J. S. Duncan, Mildred Price,
Lloyd Callahan, Gene Lan
ning, Lloyd Churchill, Jack
Churchill, Dick Tyler, the
Methodist Parsonage, Monta
gue Hardware, Loren Fetters,
Walter Bray, Rod Barba, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Hessig.
A secret committee from
the members of the garden
club had the difficult task of
judging. It was noted that
much more decorating was
done and many more lights
used than ever before.
Mrs. Prather feels that the
endeavor was well worth
while and wishes to thank all
the perticipants who re
sponded. All entries showed
a lot of thought and effort.
and have helped give the
community a very festive air.
The entries were first
viewed and judged during the
fog which put them to a su
preme test.
Community Club Board Takes Issue With
Move of Phoenix Offices Into Building
Phoenix - The city of Phoc
nix's action in moving city
offices into the community
club building here "effective
ly prevents" the community
from using the structure for
its intended purpose, the com
munity club board declared
today.
In a statement signed by
all seven members, the board
observed that tl i city moved
its offices inlo the commun
ity club "without any notice
to the board."
The statement went on to
say, however, that the board
inlcnds "to take no further
action regarding the city's
conduct because of the ap
parent apathy of the Phoenix
community."
In October, 1962, over 200
questionaircs were sent out
to parents of junior high
school students to determine
the extent of their interest in
community club affairs, the
board pointed out. Only eight
replies were received.
The city of Phoenix took
over permanent control of the
community club in the winter
of lU(il, stating that club af-
Gold Hill Author Will
Have 4th Book Published
Cold Hill Mrs. Ivy Doher
ty, Upper River road Gold
Hill has been notified by the
Review and Herald Publish
ing association, Washington,
D. C. that her book entitled
"My Carpet Never Wears
Out" has been accepted and
will be publshcd sometime
during the eutumn of 1S63.
This book is a sequel to
"No Need For A Magic Car
pet," which was released for
sale on Nov. 14, 1BC2 by the
same publishing company.
Theme for the two books is
"Life Can Be Wonderful
Wherever One Is," and based
on true experiences of the
author's three youngsters.
Mrs. Doherty was informed
that "My Carpet Never Wears
Out" has, as was "No Need
For A Magic Carpet'1 been
selected for a childrcns' book
club for the young peoples
department of the General
Conference of the Seventh
Day Adventist churches
throughout the English speak
ing world.
Other books written by
Mrs. Doherty are "The Extra
Mile," published in May 1902,
and "Susan Haskell, Mission
ary," published in 1U58.
fairs were in a lamentable
state and that there was no
active, recognized group in
charge of the hall.
City officials indicated tnat
control would be returned to
a duly elected board after
club affairs were put in order,
the board members' statement
said.
A seven member board sub
sequently was elected in
March, 1962, at a meeting at
tended by representatives of
21 youth and adult organiza
tions in the Phoenix area.
"By August of 1962, club
books and records had been
audited and brought up to
date, all legal obligations had
been met and plans for the
future operation of the or
ganization had been formu
lated," the statement said.
"A letter was written to
the Phoenix city council ad
vising it that its conditions
had been met and ' requested
an audience with the council
regarding return of the facil
ities to the rlub corporation.
"To date the city has not
formally acknowledged the
letter.
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"1
All
In informal conversations,
the mayor of Phoenix has
stated she felt the club should
pay a bill which the former
club president acknowledged
to be his personal obligation.
She gave this as the reason
why the board had not been
answered," the board state
ment said.
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