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LJl WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY . 19(3 BEDFORD MAIL 1RIBUME. MEDFORD. OREGON Regional Roundup by CUv Twitch.ll Mail Tribun Regional Editor I J , i f f 'ST! The proud old U. S. National Bank building in Grants Pass Is gradually giving way to the efforts of Grants Pass wrecking contractor John Sims, but the battle still isn't over. Much of the 15-inch thick masonry walls are still standing. Meanwhile, this little saga of a staunch 35-year-old building versus the efforts of man has been creating quite a bit of attention. The photo above was transmitted by United Press Telephoto last Monday, undoubtedly to all Oregon subscribers to the service and possibly be yond. Sims' crew has been trying to knock the building down for over a month now. The heavy concrete walls are so liberally reinforced by steel that it is rough going. From what we hear, we understand that the new owners of the downtown property have not yet decided what type of business they will put in. But apparently almost everyone else in Grants Pass has. The rumors have been flying thick and fast. Rumored uses include a clothing store, and branch of a large Port land department store. We haven't yet heard anyone sug gest a parking lot or a turkish bath, however. Out of the Mouths of Babes Dept. From Charlotte Davis, our Montague correspondent, comes this little item: Jess R. Grisham, Siskiyou County Agricultural com missioner, recently lectured to the children at one of the county's schools on the subject of insects. After the lec ture was over, one of the small fry was heard to comment to Mr. Grisham, "I never knew about a louse until you came here." Road Troubles In Proiptct Last week the roads In Prospect were so Icy and slick, reports Velda Barr, our Prospect correspondent, that the little Crcen Briar school bus that goes to Union Creek to pick up the children there was wrecked. The bus, fortunately empty except for the driver, skidded and overturned, smashing one side of the vehicle. The driver, Mr. Boyer, is now using his car to transport the children. This week the Prospect area has a different problem. Rain and balmy weather have turned dirt roads into streams of mud. Laurelhurst road in particular is re ported virtually impassable. "People In low cars can't get through and it's a mess," says Mrs. Barr. "The mail man (who has to travel it daily) told me it was awful." Regional Calendar Eaele Point - Wednesday, 8:30 P.m.. Eagle Point Com' munity building, Eagle Point Garden club dinner meeting for husbands and guests. ' Eagle Point - Wednesday, 8 p.m., Eagle Point Scout Community building, execu tive board meeting of the E.P.S.C. building. Eagle Point - Thursday, 8 p.m.. Eagle Point Jaycecttes meet at the home of presi dent, Mrs. Ralph Humphrey, 190 Avenue G in White City. Prospect-Saturday, a dance sponsored by the Prospect Lions club will be held at the Prospect Community hall. Everyone is welcome. a a Lone Pine-Thursday, third grade Bluebirds, 2:35 to 3:45 p.m., Lone Pine school cafe teria. Mrs. Yvonne Earnest, leader. a a a Lone Pine - Friday, 2:35 to 3:45 p.m., second grade Blue' birds. Lone Pine school cafe teria. Mrs. Eugene King, lead- Korby-Tbursday, 10 a.m., the Josephine county health nurse will show a film on personal hygiene for all fifth and sixth grade girls at Kerby school. Gold Hill Awaits Federal Grant For Study Of Sewage Treatment N. California Television log Progrfttni lilted below ire received from the television nations and the Mall Tribune iiiumnt no renpnnlhlUty except to make changes as supplied KVIP-TV (Channel 7) Wednesday 5 oo Broken Arrow 3:30 Mickey Mouse Club 6:00 -Newibeat Norlhstate oils Huntley-Brlnfcley B 30 International Showtime 7:30 Wagon Train 8:30 Gome My Way 9:30 Our Man Higgins 10:00 Naked City 11:011 Nw Ptt 11:10 Spnrtscast 11-1 a Tonight Show U 2a i-ate News Thursday 9 jo fc. ducat ion il 10 00 Vttoe is Right 10 30 Concentration 11:00 Jane Wynian 1 ) :3lt Your I or a Song lii.liu Ernie Kord hhow 12 2"- - fz'hcr K"" Rri! 1:00- Lsrstta Young 1 30 TV Bingo 2:00 Day in Court 3. j-t Midday Heporl 2 30 Seven Keys 3 Oft Qui on fur a Duv 3 30 Who Do You Timt 4 00 American Bandstand 4-n nui'ovfry 4 55 Bandstand News 5 00 Super Car 9 30 Mli key Mouse Cluh 0 00 Ncwsbeat NorlhiUU 6: IS Huntiev-itrlnklev a 30 Father Knows Best 7 00 Cuet ward Ho T 30 Ottie and Harriet 8 00 Donna Reed 8:30 Leave It To Beaver 9 Oo My 3 Sons 9 30 Mcllale's Navy lotio Freti Atair Premiere J 1:00 News Final 11:10 Sportscast 11:15 Tonight Show 12.25-UU News I00F Building Fund Committee Elects, Plans Benefits Gold Hill The building fund committee nf inn P and Rcbekah lodges in Gold Mill elected officers and plan ned benefits at a committee meeting held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Walker, January 28. Mrs. Charles V. Stripling Was elected onnrral chairman of the building fund commit tee; Mrs. Walker, secretary and Raymond Thompson, treasurer. Mrs. Paul Mnllnv and 11. D. Force are also mem bers of the committee. Mrs. Stripling reported that the first benefit, a recent food sale, raised $76.21 towards the Dunning fund. The first cash donation $10.00 whs given by the Past Noble Grands club. Plans for the second benefit were made during the commit tee meeting for a dance Satur day from 8 to 1 p.m. at the lioia hiii Unitize hall. All proceeds will go towards the building fund for Improve ments to the I.O.O.F. build ing, Mrs. Stripling said. Mrs. Molloy was named by the chairman to take ciiHruf of a talent show that will be held sometime in the next month or su. 9-30 Education! innn Price la Rieht 10 :30 Concentration 11:00 Jane WW roan Iran Vniirfl For a Sone 12:00 Ernie Ford Show 11 JO Fattier Krnmi Beit OO Loretta Younf 1 :3U TV Blnjo 3 iiO Day In Court 3 24 Mldilav Report J 30 Seven Keya 3 00 Queen (or a Dav 3.30 Who Do You Truit 4 00 American Banditantf 4 30 Discovery 4 Si Bandstand Newi 5 00 Jill's Party Time 9 JO Mickey Mouaa Club 00 Newabeat Heins Open Meat Counter At Market Jacksonville -Dick and Helen Ilein have announced that as of Feb. 1 they will be operating a meat counter in conlunction w-i 1 1 the Thrifty Food Market at 108 "". Cali fornia st., Jacksonville. The Heins formerly operat ed the Jacksonville Cold Storage plant and are the owners and operators of the Par a-Dice Ranch at t. 1, Highway 238, west of here. Recently they have operated from the Medford Ice and Storage building in Medford but are now In process of moving to the Thrifty Market location. Br MARY KELL Mail Tribunt Correspondent Gold Hill - According to Mayor Milton Steinmetz the city of Gold Hill is awaiting final action by the govern ment for a federal grant to pay engineering services for preliminary investigation ana report of the city i sewage treatment plant. Mayor Steinmetz reported that he had been notified by letter Jan. 29 that the Hous ing and Home Finance Agen cy of the federal government had completed its review of the city's application and found it complete and in form to be acted upon. The letter, written by L. L, Durkee, director Northwest operations, stated that one basic element of the program is that no part of the advance can be used to pay for plan ning completed prior to the date of a formal offer by the federal government to make an advance. He advised the mayor that the city would be notified promptly if and when they are able to approve the re quest. Steinmetz explained that U the grant is made, the govern' ment would finance the study. Repayment would be made by the city if anything defi nite is started as a result of the engineering survey. The mayor said the people of Gold Hill will be informed as this progresses. First major business for 1963 by the new council was to authorize Steinmetz to sign an engineering services agree ment for preliminary investi gation and report of the city's sewage treatment plant. The agreement signed January 7, 1963 is between the city and R. T. Worthington & Asso ciates, Corvallis. It was mail ed to R'chard T, Worthing ton, engineer and The Hous ing Se Home Finance Agency of the federal government for further review and recom mendations following the Jan uary council meeting. Signing of the agreement took place after the mayor explained previous study that had been given by the retir ing councilmen and himself in regard to Hie application for federal assistance for plan ning improvements at the city sewage disposal plant. The former council during the December, 1962 regular council session approved a resolution to apply for a loan from the government to do necessary engineering study of the disposal plant, and ut that time the mayor had been authorized to file an applica tion for the city in regard to a federal grant for public works. Like An Aulo Steinmetz, a retired civil engineer, told the new coun cil that in the past he has donated his time to do en gineering work for the city in many cases. However, now he feels the people should pick up the expense of en gineering fees. He said the sewage plant is just like an automobile, It needs main- tainance and repairs. He feels it is necessary to have a com plete engineering report of the city's sewage plant to de termine cost of sewage plant improvements. The retiring council had made efforts to comply with recommendations f o r im provements that were made by the slate May 15, 1962, to bring the plant up to date. He stressed that the plant which was built some 30 years ago is operating fine at this thne, but problems arise from time to time that are unforeseen. Necessary routine replacement of parts for the machinery is much more ex pensive now than was a few years aKt, he added. He point ed out that detergents and other household items com monly tHerJ by the hr.iocwii'e today were unheard of when the plant was constructed. These create a real problem, he said. Thorough study has been Eagle Point Band Slates Pops Concert Easle Point - The Eagle Point High school band Ls bavin' iU annum rhill-spu-ghctti dinner and pops con cert this evening at o p.m. in the grade school cafeteria. Serving of the dinner will last until 7.,(o p m. allowing everyone time to move to the multi-purpose room at the high school for the pops con cert at 8 p.m. Music selections will in clude In Li from current popu lar Broadway and television favorites. Such numbers will Include selections from "Mr. Lucky," the television pro gram; a salute to Hawaii, with "Songs of the Islands;" and "GirI," from movie fame. given during the past months by the retiring council and Mayor Steinmetz as to now funds can be obtaineo for this nurpose with the least ex pense to the people. Plans to consider a pro posed sewage charge were dropped several months ago by the council when a Urge crowd of citizens visited regular council session to in' dicate strong opposition to any sewer charge or levy. Voters Nixed A sum of $4,000 earmarked by the council which included monies for recommended im provements at the disposal plant was turned down by the voters at the 1962-63 budget election. Instead the amount received In the budget for 1962-63 sewage purposes was $2,400. Of that amount there remains a balance- of $1,460 to cover maintainance and small repairs. This amount does not provide for the rising cost of parts, ex pense of recommended im provements and future plan ning that is needed, according to present city officials, and former ones who have studied the factors. It was the opinion of the mayor and council that the public should be informed at this time of the steps that have been taken by the coun cil and problems that do exist, so that the people in Gold Hill can better understand why the council authorized the mayor to sign the agree- ment. They stressed accurate information will be released as it is available. The engineering work con templated will comply with the requirements of the Com' munity Facilities administra' tion. Housing & Home . Fi nance Agency of the United States government. The agreement stipulates that the engineer is to furnish and perform the various pro fessional engineering services required for the project, and shall commence and complete his work within 30 days after the city receives notification from the Housing & Home Fi nance Agency of the United States government that an ap plication for advance for pub lic works planning has been approved. Services To Include According to the agreement engineering services to be per formed will include a review of the city potential for fu ture development of residen tial and commercial areas; re- So. Talent Sanitary District Board To Meet Thursday Talent The board of di rectors of the recently created South Talent Sanitary district will hold its first meeting Thursday night. The meeting will start at 8 p.m. in the Talent city hall. Future meetings will be held the first Thursday of each month. Election of the board mem bers, Donald E. Grimes. Wil liam K. Kerns and Everett M. Schmelzer, was certified by the Jackson County Court last week. Business at Thursday night's meeting will include election of a president and secretary. Central Point Lions Plan Breakfast To Aid Club Projects Central Point-The Central Point Lions club will sponsor a breakfast Sunday at Crater High school, to be held in the cafeteria. The breakfast will consist of hotcakes, bacon, ham and cges, with milk or coffee. nrtrl wi.u he cpryed fi'tl 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The price will be $1 for adults and 73 cents for children. Proceeds from the break fast will be used for com munity projects ana activities, as well as for the Beaver Buys State program. Shady Cove Garden Club To Hear Talk Shady Cove - The Shady Cove Garden club will meet at the home of Mrs. ". C. Col lo way, the second house to the right on Arkansas rd.. between Shady Cove and Eagle Point, on Monday. A talk on seed propaga tion will be featured. The money made from this benefit event will be used to help buy pep band uniforms for the high school pep band. Tickets for both dinner and concert arc $1.00 for adults, 50 cents for students. Pre schoolers may eat free. Why"Good.Time Charlie" Suffers Uneasy Bladder llnwUr ratine or drinking msT ba a i'utrf nuM. lyi! inni'vtnc Middtr lirl. tilH.ns-niakine you fi-rl nMllms. I.na, an.l u.if.Mtitirtann. And tf rastksa nights, tth naccma harkarhs, hrariacn or mut culsrsttt. and r,atnsdutoovar.rtln, strain or tautUnl mai. are adding to vt'r m(rr-don'l wait-trr Ltoan's I'llk. lonn's I'llat art I way for rrdr re. Ilef. 1 - That have a aopthine arTart ea hlsd,lr irt nations. I-A fa.t pain-rtlia-Ina action on nsrfftnf barkarha, haad arha, muscular achra and pains, a-A sMin.lerfullr mild diuratle action thru tfca ktrin.ys, tending to tnrrras tha output of lha 1 milaa of kidnar tubas. So, gal the same happr rrltal millions hate enjorad fr over yaara. f or ronvrnienre, bus the large atae. liet Poena rilla todarl view of population trends of the city and determine prob able long range growth; de termine the present and esti mated future collecting sys tem requirements of the sew age treatment plant; investi gate physical features of the existing sewage treatment plant, and report on the con dition of the various com ponents and their ability to perform the intended func tions; determine what modi fications In the existing treat ment facility are essential and required, and prepare a pre liminary design arrangement of the recommended modifica tions; Prepare estimates of cost on the recommended modifi cations and preliminary de sign arrangements; investi gate the financial condition of the city as related to potential indebtedness and. financing for the improvements contem plated; offer recommendations on project financing, sewage connection fees, rate struc tures, and system operating costs; compile the above in formation in report form, and offer recommendations to the city for a fixed program, ini tiating the contemplated proj ect; submit the completed en gineering report to the Ore gon State Board of Health for review and approval. As compensation for the above described engineering services, the city will pay the engineer the lump sum of $900 within 30 days after completion of the work re ceipt of advance planning fund disbursement from the United States government. Superintendent Addresses Kerby PTA Illinois Valley-Elmer Flem ing, Josephine County school superintendent, was guest speaker at a recent Kerby PTA meeting, participating in a panel which answered ques tions concerning the operation of the district. Other members of the panel included Bert Easterbrook, school board member from the Illinois Valley area, and members of the local school advisory committee, Mrs. Charles Versteeg, chairman, school principal. Robert Ham bty and Ralph Millard. The local advisory commit tee is elected by the people, it was explained. Members mut live in the zone served by the school with which they are connected. The senior member of the committee is elected its chairman. 13 Committees Answering other questions, Fleming noted that in 1954 a total of 54 separate schools were brought under one gov erning district, with 13 local advisory committees repre senting the county's elemen tary schools. There are five persons on each committee, one of whom is a school board member. These representatives of Ihe board help make up the school budget, decide how the schools are to be operated and help in the consideration of hiring teachers recommended by the superintendent, Flem ing explained. The assistant superintend ent of Josephine county, Wes Peters, is responsible for help ing select school text books and seeing that classes are properly taught. Peters also oversees purchasing of school slBBaBafiBS4a1aBaaBBaaV.W VmiUmMtaiSiu'stm, , iU.t mlufm laaaaat ataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aeafcaw PTA PANEL Answering questions about school district operations at recent Kerby PTA meeting were, left to right, Bert Eas- supplies and school bus ex penses, it was noted. This year he is coordinator of the school curriculum. Prior to the panel discus sion, a short PTA business meeting was held, with dis cussion of prizes to be offered at the science fair to be held in March at Kerby school. Fleming recommended award ing ribbons as prizes, as these are what other county schools give. Refreshments of doughnuts, coffee and punch were served Regional News by Mrs. Ralph Millard, Mrs. Floyd Briggs, Mrs. Kenneth Brown, Mrs. William Wood- terbrook, Ralph Millard, Mrs. Charles Ver steeg, Robert Hambly and Elmer Fleming, superintendent of Josephine county schools. bury and Mrs. Delbert Scott. The next Kerby PTA meet ing will be held Feb. 28. 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