MEDrOBD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
MONDAY. JANUARY 14, 1963
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Regional Roundup
by Clove Twltch.ll
Mail Tribune X.gional Iditer
The election next Friday to determine whether
proposed Talent Rural Fire Protection district Is to be
formed will climax not few hours of work by a small
group of individual!, among them John Tompkins of
Talent, a former city councilman. -
Human beings have an astonishing ability to offer
only criticism when public spirited persons step forward
and assume responsibility or civic projects without
thought of remuneration. It is somewhat amazing to us
that there still are people will ing to subject themselves
to the abuse that often accompanies volunteer civic work.
Regardless of whether one favors or opposes the
formation of a new fire protection distict, or any new
proposal, some recognition should be made of the ef
fort that has gone Into it.
In the case of the Talent Rural Fire Protection dis
trict, at least 500 hours of volunteer work have been
expended. We arrive at that figure because there were
more than 500 signatures on the final petitions which
qualified the measure for the ballot. We recall hearing
a petition circulator in southern California estimate that
it takes an average of one hour to get each signature
by the time you knock on someone's door, explain that
you're not a salesman, go over the proposal sought by
the petition and answer questions.
Tompkins told us one day. that he spent an entire
two weeks' vacation last year going from door to door
with a petition. If you divide 24 hours into 500 hours,
you will note that the time spent gathering 500 signa
tures would equal almost three entire weeks, day
and night.
Tompkins, incidentally. Is the same John Tompkins .
who figured in the city of Talent election case In circuit
court last week and here is another example where
civic repsonsibillty is often rewarded with abuse.
Tompkins was on the city council for two years as
the result of an appointment. He ran for reelection last
November and was defeated. Forty-five of the ballots
used in that election were incorrectly printed, however,
and were not counted into the final results. Tompkins
and other city officials felt that some legal opinion
should be obtained as to whether the 45 incorrect ballots
could be thrown out or whether the election should be
held over again. But in order to get the matter. Into
court, someone had to officially contest the election.
And so Tompkins volunteered to act as the guinea pig
and do the contesting. As a result he has been criticized
by fellow residents as a "poor loser!"
Change of Haait
' Last week was an interesting one in Siskiyou county.
The county board of supervisors, which previously had
voted 3-2 not to approve a $4,300,000 federal Area Re
development administration loan application by Sis
kiyou Hardwood company, reversed its stand, by a 3-2
margin.
The supervisor who changed his mind was Earl Ager,
who was quoted as saying he did so because he felt
it impossible to refuse to certify that the proposed loan
would fulfill three specific requirements. These require
ments were that it be within the approved overall
economic development plan for the area, that it result
In new employment opportunities, and that the necessary
resources for its operation are available. The two super
visors opposing certification of the loan application
stated their belief that Siskiyou Hardwood company's
proposed wood products plant at Yreka would force
other mills in the county to close down, and thereby
merely transfer employment opportunities from one part
of the county to another.
The change of stand by the board of supervisors
undoubtably removes another roadblock In the
way of eventual approval of the loan application.
United Press International reported from Sacramento
Friday, three days after the supervisors' reversed de
cision, that the California State Department of Finance
planned to approve the application,- From the state
level, it would then go to federal officials for final
approval. '
RegionalCalendar
Wilderville Tuesday,
7:30 p.m., Ed Anschenbrenner,
Methodist church superintend
ent from Eugene, will attend
board meeting at Wilderville
Methodist church. I
Ashland Tuesday, noon,
Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon at Mark Antony, Bill Pat
ton will be Installed president
for coming year. Year end re
ports will be made.
Gold Hill Thursday, 1
p.m., Gold Hill Chamber of
Commerce will meet in the
council's chamber at the city
hall. This will be annual meet
ing and election of officers for
1D63.
Gold Hill Thursday, 8
p.m.. Gold Hill Grange will
meet at the Grange hall on
corner Sixth ave. and Fourth
St.
BROGDENS RETURN
O'Brien-Mr. and Mrs. Oren
Brogden and their daughter,
Kathy returned from Wash
ington to their trailer house
In O'Brien. Brogden has been
recovering from a back In
Jury. The family will be leav
ing for California soon, where
he will be employed in construction.
KVIP-TV (Channel 7)
Monday
6:15 Huntley BrinlUty
6:30 Gallant Men
7:30 Trie Dakota
8:30-Rif)eman
0:00 Stonev Burke
10:00 Ben Capey
ll:0O ABC Late Newt .
11:10 sporucast
11:15 TbniBht Show
1:Z3 iaie newi
Tuesday
s:au caucauonai
10:00 Price U night
10 :30 Concentration
11:00 Jane Wyrnan
1 1 :30 Youri For a Song
12:00 Ernie Ford Show
12:30 Father Knowi Bent
i:oo Lareua Young
1:30 TV Bingo
2 DO Day in Court
2 54 Midday Report
2:30 Seven Keya
3:00 Queen For a Day
3:30 Who Do Vou Trust
4:00 American Band tend
4:30 Discovery
4 :5.V Bandstand New
8:00 Cartoon Time
5:30 Mickey Mouse Club
6:00 Newsbeat Northiiate
8:13 Huntley-Brinkley
6:30 Laramie
7:30 Combat
6:30 Hawaiian Eyej
9:30 Untouchable!
lo:30 Don't Call Me Charlie
11:00 ABC Newa Final
1 1 : 10 SporUcast
11:15 Tonight Show
18:25 Late News
Wednesday
9:30 educational
10 00 Price ia Right
10:30 Concentration
11:00 June Wyrnan
11:30 Youri for a Song
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 Repo.'t
2:30 Seven Keys
3:00 Queen (or a Day
3:30 Who Do You Trust
4:uo American Bandstand
4:30 Discovery
4:55 Bandstand News
5:00 Broken Arrow
530 Mickey Mouse Club
Br LXURAZNE LAWS
MU Tribun Corrttpondtnt
Rogue River The first
regular council meeting of
the year was held Tuesday
evening, Jan. 8, in the coun-
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NEW OFFICIALS Sworn in at Rogue Riv
er last week were, from left to right, new
mayor John B. H. Leyen and councilman
Loyd Morrow, Roy Strickland and Foy
James, elected In November. Strickland was
the lone incumbent. Administering oath is
Orva Jean Cruise, reelected recorder-treasurer.
New Mayor, Councilmen Sworn
Into Office At Rogue River
Cancer Society
To Show Films
At Crater High
Central Point - Represen
tatives of the American Can
cer society will be at Crater
High school Tuesday conduct
ing two separate sessions.
An 8:45 class will include
freshmen and sophomores,
and at 9:45, juniors and sen
iors. Films will be shown to
the students, and any ques
tions they may have will be
answered by the visitors.
Two popcorn sales will be
conducted at the school Wed
nesday by the Medical Mind
ed Maids and the Girl's Ath
letic association.
Dance PIann4
On Thursday, the Crater
Boosters' club will sponsor a
wrestling demonstration, to
be held in the Crater gym.
The public is invited to at
tend, starting at 7:30 p.m. The
pep assembly of the Girl's
Athletic association, will
sponsor a dance following the
event, in the multi-purpose
room.
The District Parliamentary
contest will be held Saturday
at Myrtle Point. Winners of
this event, will be eligible to
compete in the state contest.
Future Teachers of Ameri
ca (FTA) will conduct a cake
sale, Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the
seventh period, 3:16 p.m.
Prospect Church
Has New Minister
Prospect - The annual Epi'
phany candlelighting service
was held Jan. 8 at the Church
of the Good Shepherd in Prospect.
The church now has a new
minister, the Rev. Stanley A.
Welch, from Corning and Or
land, Calif. He replaces the
Rev. John Powers, who has
gone to Albany, Ore.
1 chambers at the Rogue
River city hall.
A new Mayor, two new
councilmen and reelected city
recorder-treasurer and one
reelected councilman were
sworn in.
Issuing the oath to the re
corder-treasurer Mrs. Orva
Jean Cruise was councilman
Arty Laws, and Mrs. Cruise
in turn administered the oath
to the new mayor, John B. H.
Leyen, and to the three new
councilmen, Loyd Morrow,
Foy James and re-elected
councilman Roy Strickland.
Orvis Reeter. George
Magerle and Arty Laws are
in midterm as councilmen.
Because of the absence of
some of the council members
this was a short meeting and a
special meeting is scheduled
for a later date.
Mayor Leyen, who is back
In office after having served
as mayor several years ago,
announced the following com
mittee appointments:
Water committee: Arty
Laws, chairman, George Mag
erle, Loyd Morrow.
Street committee: Foy
James, chairman, Orvis
Reeter, George Magerle.
Police committee: Roy
Strickland, chairman, Orvis
Reeter, Loyd Morrow.
Finance committee: Loyd
Morrow, chairman, Roy
Strickland, Foy James.
Sanitation committee:
George Magerle, chairman,
Arty Laws, Roy Strickland.
Fire committee: Orvis
Reeter, chairman, Foy James,
Arty Laws.
Library committee: John B.
H. Leyen.
Regional
News
Mitchell Sanitarium
Owner Will Retire
Jacksonville Mrs. Bessie
Mitchell, long time owner and
manager of the Mitchell san
itarium here has announced
her retirement.
Her son Robert Mitchell has
purchased the sanitarium and
will manage it. He is also the
proprietor of the Thrifty Mar
ket here. ,
Classroom Teachers Have
Meeting At Central Point,
Discuss Events for 1963
Central Polnt-The Jackson
County Classroom teachers
held their executive ..eetlng
Tuesday at Crater High school
with John Kucklcr. Phoenix
High teacher, presiding.
Because of fog a quorum
was not present. For that rea
son all official business was
postponed.
President Kuckler appoint
ed the following OEA-CTA
nominating committee: Elsie
Turner, Eagle Point, second
grade teacher, chairman, Shir-
Icy Kannaslo, Phoenix, fourth
grade teacher, Helen Becker,
Prospect, second grade teach
er, Dean Roberts, Gold Hill,
eighth grade teacher, and
Frank Kock, Ashland, sixth
grade teacher.
The next dinner meeting of
the Jackson County OEA
CTA, will be held at Mo
Loughlin Junior High school
Feb. 23, at which time a
"Teachers Educational Pro
fessional Workshop" will be
held.
Ethic in the teaching pro
fession will be discussed. Mrs.
Mildred Black, Gold Hill,
sixtli grade teacher, chairman
of the OEA-TEPS Committee,
is also chairman of this re
gional workshop, which will
include Josephine, Jackson
and Lake counties
Mrs. Zelma Foote, Jewett
school first grade teacher and
regional director for the OEA
Department Classroom teach
eri, reported that tentative
plans are being made con
cerning the fall state con
vention to be held in Jackson
county Oct. 25. c
Art Display Slated
At Jacksonville
Library This Week
Jacksonville Mrs. Arthu:
Roberts, Jacksonville librari
an, announced this week that
she has arranged for an art
display at the library featur
ing paintings .and works of
sculpture by recent new resi
dents here, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
and Catherine Harrell, for
merly of Loa Angeles.
Harrell is an honor grad
uate of Otis Art institute and
has had one man art shows
in Downey and Bakersfleld,
Calif., and the Los Angeles
County Museum showing con
temporary paintings on the
United States. He also showed
paintings in the festival of
arts in 1954 and 1955 with
Charles Mooshian and Rob
ert Carmean.
Katherine Harrell also at
tended Otis Art institute and
is a sculptress. Her display at
the library will Include a fe
male figure in teak wood, a
native girl in birch and a
nude in birch wood.
Harrell's exhibit will In
clude a figure study from life
done In black conte crayon,
a drawing of Michael Ange
lo's Medici (Madonna head)
done in red conte crayon, the
head of a girl from life In
pencil, a copy of a copy by
Ruben of Leonardo da Vin
ci's "Battle of Anghiarl" in
charcoal, the head of a Swed
ish woman In carbon pencil
with white crayon and a
drawing of a male nude fig
ure in grey wash and brush
drawing.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrell have
purchased a home here and
plan to open an art studio
across from the Jacksonville
Museum in the near future.
They have a school age daugh
ter and a pre-school age sort.
Everyone interested is in
vited to view this art display
any day during library hours.
Central Point Happy
Bluebirds Convene
Central Polnt-The Happy
Bluebirds of Central Point
met January 10 at the home
of Mrs. L. E. Lull, 3353 Mili
tary rd.
The group will begin its
first project of the new year.
Movies will be constructed in
shoe boxes.
City Procedures Explained
To New Gold Hill Councilmen
FOR LONELY MEN On Sunday, Dec. 30, Ray Chinca, own
er of the Mt. Shasta Veterans club, served his 12th annual
holiday dinner to old. lonely men. Eighteen attended, includ
ing Joe Mueller, 82. left, and Harry Starr, 88. Chinca cooks
this meal every year, for all who attend and can qualify.
The only provision is that the diners must all live alone.
Money, or lack of it, has no bearing. Chinca says he feels
it is a hollow gesture to wish a happy occasion to folk if
one does not do what he can to make it a happy time. And
so he gives these men the finest meal possible at no cost
in an effort to help combat the lonely hours they endure.
Gold Hill Mayor Milton
Steinmetz commenced h i
third consecutive two year
term in that position during
the January session of the
Gold Hill city council last
week. Richard Straus, coun
cilman, who was the only of
ficial not taking the oath, ad
ministered the obligation to
the mayor for the 1963-1984
term.
The newly elected city offi
cials were sworn in by the
mayor. Taking the oath were
Ferd Jones, city recorder
treasurer; two two-year term
councilmen, Hilton Brignall
and Leonard L. Martin; and
three four-year term council
members, Mrs. Dorothy Meis
ter, Roland Washburn and
Ronald Kallsta.
Retiring councilmen Delos
Walker. Kendal Dufur and
Ozzle Newland surrendered
their scats to the new offi
cials. Walker and Dufur had
each served about six years
on the council. Newland, with
several years experience, had
been appointed to the unex
pired term vacated several
months ago by the resignation
of Cecil Van Horn.
Another retiring council
man, Stanley Newnham, was
not present for the last meet
ing. He was serving on ap
pointment the unexpired term
of Virgil Cribble.
Committees named by the
mayor were:
Finance: chairman Richard
Straus, Dorothy Meister and
Roland Washburn.
Water and lights: chairman
Hilton Brignall, Roland Wash
burn and Richard Straus.
Sanitation: chairman Hilton
Brignall, Leonard L. Martin
and Ronald Kalista.
Equipment: chairman Leon
ard L. Martin, Roland Wash
burn and Ronald Kallsta.
Fire exposure: chairman
Ronald Kallsta, Roland Wash
burn and Hilton Brignall. -
Nuisance: chairman Leon
ard L. Martin, Dorothy Meis
ter and Richard Straus.
Police: chairman Hilton
Brignall and Leonard L. Mar
tin. -
Policies and procedures
were explained to the new
council. Mayor Steinmetz in
formed the council that It Is
not his policy to "conduct" or
discuss city business on the
street with citizens or mem
bers of the council. The coun
cil meetings are the place to
do this, he said.
He reminded committees to
bring their business and prob
lems betore tne council ai
regular meetings. He said all
citizens are welcome to attend
the council meetings and
urged to do so. So there is
no reason to become involved
in city business on the street,
he said.
With the exception of the
recorder treasurer, police
chief and maintenance man,
all are serving without pay.
The many hours that will be
spent at council meetings and
committee work will be do
nated by the mayor and coun
cil members, during their re
spective terms of office.
Recorder-treasurer Jones,
who his served in that post
for several consecutive terms,
told the new council of pro
cedures. He reminded them
that regular meetings are held
the first Monday of each
month at 7 p.m., except on
certain occasions when there
Is a conflict of dates.
Payment of labor, salaries,
etc. is taken care of on due
date, he said. He reviewed
the water ordinance concern
ing enforcement regulations.
The new council agreed with
the opinion of the former
council that the water ordi
nance should be strictly en
forced.
New council members were
informed that the water col
lections go Into the general
fund from which city expens
es are paid.
Householders are charged a
set rata of $3, which if paid
by the 15th is reduced to
$2.70. Local residents are not
metered. However, businesses
are metered and pay accord
ing to what they use, includ
ing the Ideal Cement compa
ny.
Mayor Steinmetz appointed
the street committee, Straus,
Meister, and Kalista, to in
vestigate reports that a tree
along Second ave. ii consid
ered to be a hazard since the
storm last October.
The committee was author
ized to take necessary steps
to eliminate the condition if
the tree Is determined a haz
ard, a report to be given at
next regular council meeting.
Other hazards because of trees
were pointed out, and will be
investigated, it was said.
Steinmetz reported that t
California resident had pur
chased property formerly
owned by the Richardsona
and has proposed construction
of two rows of new houses
between the home on the riv
er bank and Second ave. The
proposal has been referred to
the planning commission, com
posed of H. D. Force, chair
man, Donald Morrow and Paul
Molloy, for consideration, he
said.
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business, we hive made buying errors.
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the iay it's my fault
judge.
so you be the
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