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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
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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.
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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
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heavy drainage of wafer from
Beall Lane, the water, follow
ed its natural drainage for the
past 20 or 25 years.
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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.
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