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8 B FRIDAY. FEBRUAHY S. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Provolt Area May Get Toll Free Calls To Grants Pass Br SHIRLEY FISCHER Mail Tribunt Correspondent William 8 Subscribers within the service area of the Service Telephone company have received a personal let ter from Don F. Cibbs, owner and operator of the independ ent company, announcing his exchange of stock with anoth er independent, Sunnyside Telephone company of Clack amas, Oregon. Of major interest to parties concerned is the possibility of toll free calls to Grants Pass within the next few months. Calls of this nature were metered at different intervals recently and the traffic was Tablets By R. E. NEALON Mail Tribune Table Rock Correspondent News of the marriage of Jerry Rhodes, in Sunday's Mail Tribune, was read with interest by local people, as Jerry was a trusted and energetic worker on local farms before joining up with the U.S. Navy. He is at present stationed in Hawaii. With all the freezing, frosty weather we have had this winter, we thought we would have fewer insects this spring and summer, but Bert Pierce, bug expert at the Modoc Orchard, says this is not the case. He took a batch of dormant insects that had been out in the open ' during the freezing weather, put them in a warm place, whereupon they quickly revived and went to work. We heard Billy Graham in a recent sermon give some statistics which he said showed that the average children between the ages of four and 14 attended Sun day school for one hour each week, while they watched television four hours each day. This condition, he thought, was the cause of our large number of delinquent chil dren. While in a Medford store a while back,' we met two Negroes, about 18 or 20 years of age, who were buying groceries. These boys looked trim and capable, with hair cuts and clothes just like our local teenagers. Grand mother would have called them nice-looking colored boys. In a conversation we found them pleasant and intelligent. They had come from New York City to Cali fornia, where they said it was so crowded they decided to come to Oregon. We noticed some of our fairer sex looking at the colored boys with quite a little interest, : and we believe this is why the Southerns oppose inte gration so strongly. They believe that the young people going to the same school will bring about marriages and mixing of the races. Jovial T'me in Eagle Point Last Sunday, we with our better half went to Eagle Point to sample the blended ground hog dinner at the Eagle Point grange hall. On arrival we were given the glad hand and a warm welcome by Charley Hoover, who escorted us to the basement banquet hall, and seated us at the one of the long tables among friends mostly grangers, that we had met many times in grange halls. An aroma of sausage and gravy filled the air, and we were served by pleasant waiters who insisted that we try the many different steaming dishes of home cooked foods. While we watched the large servings of delicious home-cooked foods disappear, we thought of a speech Ben Day made some years ago at the Sams Valley grange. He said, "Never again will we farmers be troub led with surplus foods. Our problem from now on will be to produce enough food to feed the rapidly increasing population.'' Maybe his prophecy is coming true. All in all, this was a wonderful affair, with a sumplous dinner and a friendly, Jovial feeling prevaling among those present. Many were surprised at the efficient way the crowds were handled, going in, out, and through the halls. A recent letter from Mrs. H. VI. Garnett, Stafford shire, England (ells of a bursted water pipe during the cold weather there, which In her home sprayed water on the walls that froze into icicles as it hit. Mrs. Garnett Is the mother of Mrs. Donald Richardson, of Portland, and has visited here, and plans to come again to visit in March. ... . . . , Thought for the day Some manufacturers are mak ing peachy clothes for pear shaped women. termed "heavy enough" to substantiate a "no toll" basis for the subscribers. Service Telephone com pany serves Applegate Val ley, Provolt, Williams, Mur phy and Applegate. Through Gibus' efforts and accomplishments, many im provements have been rea lized and witnessed by sub scribers in the past 10 years if his ownership and opera-lion. For a few comparisons of interest, Thompson Creek subscribers will recall, 10 years prior, when there were 35 parties sharing a single line. Now there are five. Very few lines throughout the area will . serve more than five subscribers in the future. There were two switch boards. One at Provolt, another (part time) at Mur phy. The "part time" related to the instances when Mrs. Lillie, wife of a previous own.T, had an appointment or shopping trip and had to leave the board. Mr. Lillie would gladly replace her until a line needed repairing or attention of some nature He would then leave the switchboard and work on the damaged line. Ninety seven subscribers were being served a decade ago in comparison to approxi mately 380 today. Service Telephone company will retain its identity under the same name, while local manager will be Joseph Bet encourt, Murphy. Bcttencourt will continue to employ the same staff of operators and. linemen. Ad ditional help will be em ployed from the local com munity as a billing depart ment will be included at the Murphy office. Mrs. Herbert Quinn. Mur phy, will be sent to Portland for special training and in structions of billing proce dures. Gibbs will continue service operations and ownership with the Redwoods Tele phone compony, serving Illi nois Valley, Cave Junction, Selma and O'Brien. Phoenix Community Club Board States Conditions; Business License Enacted RegionalCalendar Cave Junction-Friday, 7:30 p.m., missionary volunteers of the Seventh-day Advcntist church here will meet at the church. Mrs. William Smith will show movies of animals. Eagle Point - Saturday, 8 p.m., Medford Trallrldcrs will meet at the scout community building. Central Point - Sunday, 10 a.m., Little Butte Mountain Men will conduct a shoot in the granite pit across road from L. W. Lull home on Military highway. By BERTHA HANSCOM I through public donations and Mail Tribune Correspondent subscriptions of the general rnoeuix me ouiira ui ui rectors of the Phoenix Com munity club met with the cily Grants Pass - Saturday, S p.m., Midway roping events will be held at the arena in Grants Pass. council here this week and laid down a set of conditions under which it would agree to continue with the operation of the club The city council took the board's demands uiuter con sideration and announced it would make a proposal of its own at a second meeting with the group. The conditions set down by the community club board were as follows: All community organiza tions should be allowed use uf the hall for non-profit activ ities free of any rental foe. The community club board should be maintained us un advisory group to the cily council much os the county parks and recreation commis sion is to the county court. Taenag Program Teenage members of the Phoenix School District 4. which includes Talent, should be allowed to ue the building two nights a week, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. as part of a teenage recreation program. Two adults would be on hund during this period at all times. This program would start with junior high school stu dents. A Saturday night dance would be held every other month from 0 p.m. to 12 p.m. for teenagers. S I x adults would be obtained as diaper ones by the community club hoard. The city would provide area, including residents out side the city. They feel the above proposal just and rea sonable. If the city council should not agree to these terms or any part of them, the board feels it has t-c right to dispose ot the equipment in the build ing belonging to the commun ity club as it sees fit after consulting member commun ity organizations If the city council should decide not to reinstate the Roiiuc Hivcr - Mondav. 7:3n i'uinmuiii(y"cltib as a ,.rc- i m'.iu.;-'"- liimkev haskt-tiiHll Central Point - Monday 8 p.m.. Crater High school chap ter of the American Held service will meet In the ad ministration building. Mayor Freeman Mason, secretary- treasurer, urges all persons Interested in the foreign stu dent exchange program to at tend. A Lim mil m.(,luM POLICEMAN PERFORMS MAGIC Traffic Lieutenant Carl S. Pike of Grand Rapids, Mich., a professional magician as well as a police officer, will present a "magic program feu luring sufety lessons at 33 high schools in Oregon during the next few weeks. He is scheduled to be at Crater High school at 10 a.m. next Tuesday New Talent Fire District Needs More Volunteers Talent Additional volun teer firemen are needed by the newly formed Talent Rur al Fire Protection district, ac cording to Eddie M. Heim, chairman of the district board. The district plans to em ploy several full-time paid firemen, but volunteers will still be needed in addition to them, Helm explained. Persons interested in vol unteering may contact Heim at 335-1261. Members of the district board of directors were sworn in at a meeting Tuesday night, after which they heard a presentation by two repre sentatives from Western States Fire Apparatus, Inc. concerning fire fighting equipment for the new dis trict. The area within the dis trict is presently rated in class 10 with respect to fire insurance, it was noted. The Western States representa tives stated thut with two well equipped fire trucks and a well trained fire depart ment, the classification could Central Point Council Seeking New Councilman, Attorney Central Point - The resig nations of Councilman Cliff Ayres and City Attorney Kent Blackhurst were accepted by the Central Point City council this week. Both resigned be cause of the press of other duties. Ayres was appointed to the council last full to fill the un expired term of Chet Ayres. The council will now have to appoint another successor. Blackhurst will remain as city attorney until a replace ment is found. City attorney here for the past 11 years, he told city officials he had en joyed the many years associa tion with the city. Frank Koch, and Amos Bishop, residents located in the vicinity of the Cheney Forest Products mill, com plained to the council that sawdust was again plaguing the area. Both men stated the situation for the past two months had gotten progres sively worse. be changed to class 8, there by bringing about a 58 per cent reduction in insurance premiums on structures. It would take at least a year and possibly two or three after acquisition of such equipment to obtain the change in rating, however, it was pointed out. The council explained it . done to correct the flood con- . .u i.,inn that all dition created in tnai aisir.ci was ui uic iiiip the previous conditions affect-1 ing the district near the mill had been corrected. The Cheney company last summer made the necessary installa tions of equipment needed to lessen the fall out. Bill Askwith, superinten dent of Cheney Forest Prod ucts, reported that everything has been done in order to correct the problem. The in creased fog this year hasn't helped, he said, and could pos sibly have been the cause for some of the recent complaints. "But," added Askwith, "Nothing can be done to re move it all, and naturally anyone living so near the mill will expect to get some fall out." He also explained the fact that the grates are cleaned every week end. Koch and Bishop maintain ed that the value of their property had greatly decreas ed. To this Askwith replied, "You have lowered the value of your own property by pub licizing it." Koch answered, "You cut out the sawdust and we will cut out the publicity." Another group bt unhappy people were residents from the Central Valley subdivi sion, requesting something be during the recent storm During the height of the flood an excess of water gave some of the property owners anxious moments. Dell Curry, one of the group, said th; existins drainage was not adequate to take care of such emergencies. Mayor Freeman Mason said the matter has already been brought to the attentfon of the flood committee. He sug gested that Myron Corcoran, subdivider of the Central Val ley project, be present at the next meeting of the flood con trol board at the county court. Corcoran stated the reason for the increase of water was due to a dyke which gave way and broke, and with the Regional News heavy drainage of wafer from Beall Lane, the water, follow ed its natural drainage for the past 20 or 25 years. Give the gift you would like to receive lfvrYf VAN DUYN 'jl 1-nU.ULMl hem AVAN 9 In th Medford Shopping Center 11 A GOOD 2nd GAR 1959 FIAT, 12,000 Series 4 Dr. Sedan, 4 Cyl., Standard Transmission A Real Gas Saver $499.00 LEA RAMBLER Fifth and Bartlett Phone 772-6185 tion center, then the bourd of directors suggested the com munity club sign be taken down and public notice given Unit the building is no longer In effect a community club. Si A Year In other matters, the city council passed a proposal to establish n business license re quirement in the city, the fee to be $5 per year plus $1 for ouch employee beginning July 1, lBb'U. There will be no charge for any additional em ployee hired after July I, 1HU3 up to June 30, lilti-1. This fee cannot lie increased for a per iod of five years. The money will he earmarked for a city park. Fire Chief Speaks Fire Chief Dave Haggard explained to the city council why the Phoenix Volunteer firemen did not fight the fire at the Rogue Valley Auction Saturday night. The barn in question was out of the city limits. Therefore, all the fire men could do was to stand by heal, lights, water, garbage ! to protect properly inside the collection and repair and! city. maintenance of tho building j Fire Chief Haggard alo as it docs now. The board complimented Medford Fire would assist the city in ob-1 man Newman Caster for the kilning any additional reve nue needed by helping to es tabllsh plans for a recreation district which would include the general Phoenix-Talent area. The board feels the city has obtained a city hall through minor expense to the city. Board members contend thai the city now uses a biulding and equipment o b t a i n cd excellent work he is doing in teaching the school the Phoe nix firemen are attending. Chief Haggard said the fire men have learned more from this school than from any other attended. He also suggested the cily buy a new fire truck since the city Is growing so rapidly, an other truck would give the city more protection. i game will be presented at Rogue River High school gym, sponsored by Rogue River Lettermen. Everyone invited. Prospect - Tuesday, Pros. pect Art association will meet ut home of Mrs. Archie Me- Killop. Mrs. Francis Pearson will speak. Location of meet ing changed from home of Mrs. Emmit Tucker Sr. Central Point - Tuesday. 7 p.m., District tiC school board will meet in administration building. Budget committee will meet immediately follow ing school board session, Shady Cove - M o n d a y. Shady Cove Garden club will meet at home of Mrs. W. C. Colloway, secon house to right of Arkansas rd., between Shady Cove and Eagle Point. A talk on seed propagation will be heard. Gold Hill - Saturday, ti i p.m. to 1 a.m., benefit dance at Gold Hill Grange hall. All j proceeds will go lo liie Odd i Fellow and Rcuckuh building fund. Sams Valley - SJturday, 8:30 p.m., Sains Valley Grange potluck dinner at hall. Meet ing for Grangers at 8 p.m. Gold Hill - Monday, 7:30 p.m., Golden Circle Women's group of Gold Hill Christian church will meet at the home of Mrs. Harvey Beaumont, Sams Valley rd. i ifflMM CAL0RE ELECTRICAL LEAGUE'S BO rn Ml for any old RANGE ! 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