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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
WATERY KINGDOM Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Batte look over the large aquarium In their
Central Point home. In addition to this
large tank, one of the largest individually
owned aquariums in Southern Oregon or
northern California, the Battles also have
more than 40 small aquariums.
Central Point Couple Plan
To Found Aquarium Society
Br MARY ALICE BRUSHA
Central Point Everything
a tropical fish needs to make
him happy can be found In
the vast breeding kingdom
supplied by Wayne and Kath-
ryn Battle in their nome at
40 South Second St., here.
The wet kingdom over
which the Battles rule con.
sists of more than 40 small
acquariums and one large one
that Battle believes Is the
largest individually owned
acquarium in southern Ore
gon and northern California,
This gigantic tank stands
five feet high and is seven
feet long. There are 150
pounds of sand in the bottom
. of the tank and numerous
types of greenery.
Different kinds of fish huts
are displayed along the bot
tom, and almost all the resi
dents of the tank can travel
through all the little housing
units-that Is all but the huge
White Kissing Gouramie, who
seems to say when to his cha
grin he is left outside, "OK,
I'm the biggest," and leisure
ly continues his investigation
of his empire.
150 Gallons
The tank is filled with 150
gallons of water, which Is
kept at 70 degree tempera
ture by two 250 watt heat
ers and is equipped with a
self-filtering unit. Lighting is
furnished by two flouresceni
lighting units,
The Batties breed and
nurse all these hundreds of
tropical fish. They say they
actually know the exact
number.
The smaller aquariums are
used solely for breeding pur
poses.
Battle is past president of
the tropical fish club associ
ated with the Steinhart Aqua
rium at San Francisco. He has
studied fish for some 12
years.
Organise Club
Now his ambition Is to
organize a similar club here
in the Rogue valley, o be
called the Rogue Valley
Aquarium society. The first
meeting of the organization
will be held next Sunday,
March 24 at 5 p.m. at the Bat
ties' home, 40 South Second
St., Central Point.
All persons interested in
tropical fish are invited to at
tend this meeting, or stop by
at the Battles' home anytime.
Battle feels that having
home aquariums can be of
great benefit both to children
and adults.
'In the first place the life
cycles of tropical fish are a
clean and wholesale way to
introduce children to birth.
life and death. The fascina
tion of birth and life can be
Regional Calendar
Jacksonville - Thursday, 8
p.m., Jacksonville City Coun
cil will meet In place of last
night, when a quorum was
not present. '
Gold Hill - Wednesday, 8
p.m.. Amethyst Rebekah lodge
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Thomas Z. Smith, on First
avenue.
Barbed Wire Fence
Erected Around
IV Airport Runway
Illinois Valley - According
to James Allen of the local
U.S. aerial project, improve
ments are being made at the
Illinois Valley airport.
At present a four-strand
barbed wire fence Is being
erected around the air run
way. At. a later date 1,000
feet of black top will be add
ed to the runway as a parking
ramp for airplanes.
Tentative plans in the fu
ture call for building of a
warehouse on the project
grounds. The aerlnl project Is
located four miles south of
Cove Junction on Highway
199 on the area known as
Rough and Ready Flats.
Gold Hill - Thursday, 12
noon, Gold Hill Chamber of
Commerce will meet In the
council's chamber at the city
hall.
Gold Hill - Thursday,
March 21 at 8 p.m., Gold Hill
Grange will meet at the hall,
Sams Valley - The regular
meeting of Sams Valley Par
ent-Teacher association will
not be held Thursday, March
21 due to spring vacation in
the school. Instead the next
meeting will be held Thurs
day, March 27 at 8 p.m. in
the school auditorium.
Rogue River - Friday, 1 to
p.m., civic improvement
club will hold building fund
project card party. Refresh
ments will be served. For
reservations call Mrs. Frank
Cook, 582-1183.
Cave Junction - Thursday,
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., driver's li
cense examiner will be at
city hall.
Cave Junction - Wednes
day, 8 p.m., American Legion
post will hold its social night.
Reading of Americanism es
says is on the program.
readily seen in the aquari
um," he said.
"Many tropical fish, such
as the Betta, the famous Sia
mese fighting fish, build a
floating nest of bubbles to
protect the eggs. By cross
breeding, the children can ex
periment and even breed
their own fish. For Instance,
by crossbreeding, you can
breed fish with differing
colors and physical charac
teristics." Study Pollution
"The study of water pollu
tion can be made simple and
easy with an aquarium," he
went on. "By introducing for
eign elements to the water,
effect on the fish may be
studied. Amounts of acidity
and alkalinity can be studied,
evaluated and adjusted. Wat
er can be taken from different
sources in the community,
and the resulting effect on
fish and acquatic plants can
be determined. The filtration
equipment of the aquarium is
a study in itself.
"Studies of diseases, in
psychology can be made in
aquarium. Getting the fish to
mate and court at a certain
time, inducing crossbreeding
and fish movements by psy
chology can be educational
and fun for the children."
Student Tells of
Visit To Norway
Shady Cove -Guest speak
er at a recent meeting of the
Shady Cove Rotary club was
Garner Haupert. student body
president at Medford High
school and American Field
Service student.
He spoke on his stay in
Norway for the complete sum
mer last year. Ha lived there
with a family in the central
part near Lake Mjosen.
The people with whom he
stayed raised mink and blue
fox, having 5,000 mink and
250 blue fox when he was
there.
Of special Interest was Mr.
Haupcrt's telling of an over
night trip taken a long way
up into the mountains to a
Lake Mylebye to a fishing
and hunting lodge. This lodge
has been in the family of one
of Shady Cove Rotarians, A.
Myklebye, for generations
and the lake was named for
one of his ancestors. Mr. My
klebye came from Norway to
the U.S. as a young man.
'Roadeo' Slated
In Eagle Point
By DOTTIE HARBISON
Mall Tribune Correspondent
Eagle Point-More than 100
Eagle Point youngsters are ex
pected to wheel their bicycles
through a test driving course,
submit them to a safety in
spection and have them mark
ed with reflective tape during
the Eagle Point Junior Cham
ber of Commerce Bicycle
"Roadeo' 'to be held Saturday
at the Eagle Point Grade
School playground.
Harold Hanscom, Jaycee
chapter president, said the bi
cycle safety committee re
sponsible for the program has
secured a new bicycle to be
used as a prize. The bicycle, a
red and white Columbia with
white sidewalls and twin
headlights was donated by the
Toy World of the Medford
Shopping center. It will be
given to the boy or girl scor
ing highest in the riding skills
portion of the roadeo.
Six Eagle Point policemen
will be on hand to assist the
Jaycees, according to Assist
ant Police Chief Robert
Moore, who has assisted in the
planning and promotion of
the program.
Registration of bicycles will
begin at 1 p.m. A permanent
file of the registered bicycles
will be kept in the city hall to
aid the police department in
identifying and recovering
stolen bicycles in the future.
Committee chairman Keith
Krambeal announced that the
Roadea will be open to all
Eagle Point area youngsters
up through the eighth grade.
There will be no charge or
registration fee for partici
pants. A special assembly was
held for all youngsters in both
the grade and primary schools
at Eagle Point last week with
a film featuring J 1 m m e n y
Cricket showing the young
sters both bad and correct bi
cycle riding.
At this time Moore told the
youngsters that the police de
partment had had several
complaints on bicycle viola
tions and improper riding and
useage of them by youngsters
in Eagle Point.
He pointel out to the youths
that following the Roadeo in
which all present will be giv
en additional instruction and
practice on safe riding, all vio
lators will be apprehended by
the police department.
He explained further that
this was primarily for their
own protection as the Browns
boro highway running
through Eagle Point will soon
be used as a through street for
heavy traffic from the Klam
ath Falls and Lake of the
Woods road, and precaution
and preventative measures
now may avoid serious acci
dents with cars, pedestrians
as well as bicycle riders later
on.
Siskiyou Shrine Members
Attend Annual Crab Feed
Siskiyou County - Siskiyou
County Shrine club members,
ladies and guests, 160 in num
ber, attended the annual grab
feed In legion hall at Green
view March 9.
Perry Harris American Le
gion post . and auxiliary
served the dinner, arrange
ments for which were han
dled by Robert Banning of
fort Jones, instrumental
music was furnished during
the social hour preceding the
festivities.
Ben Bisagno, president of
the club, presided at the brief
introduction and announce
ment period.
Banning was presented his
jeweled fez, having obtained
three members for the Shrine
in recent weeks.
The De Molay show and
band from Sacramento will
appear in Yreka High school
gymnasium on April 13, un
der the sponsorship of the
local club. Proceeds will be
divided among the De Molay,
Rainbow Girls and Job's
Daughters of Siskiyou county
as well as the travel expenses
of the group.
This band plans to make
a continental tour this sum
mer when it will play in most
of the larger cities in the
Polio Clinic Planned
In Happy Camp Soon
Happy Camp - Sabin oral
vaccine clinics for type III
polio will be held during Ihe
week of March 25-29, Dr. F.
W. Martin, county health of
f i c e r announced recently.
Make-up clinics for all three
types of Sabin vaccine will
be held the week of April 22.
Type III clinic will be held
in Happy Camp at the ele
mentary school March 26
from 2 to 7:30 p.m.
The make-up clinic for all
three types will be held in
Happy Camp on April 23 from
3 to 7:30 p.m.
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at the California State Fair
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well received wherever it has
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Members were reminded to
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TESTS SCHEDULED Margy Martin and Alexander Fidura
look on as Eagle Point Assistant Chief of Police Robert
Moore shows them the necessary equipment for safe opera
tion of bicycles. This bike will be given away to the win
ner of the "Roadeo" Saturay afternoon.
IOCF Building Fund Has
Reached $616.22 Figure
Gold Hill The IOOF and
Rebekah lodges building fund
in Gold Hill has reached
$616.22, according to Mrs.
Charles Stripling, general
chairman of the project.
She said at least $3,000 will
have to be raised before any
work is commenced. Plans
are still indifinite as to just
what will be done, since this
depends on finances, she said.
The old building is badly
in need of repair and remod
eling. Heavy wind and rain
storms during recent years
have caused extensive dam
age to the interior and ex
terior of the building.
All proceeds raised from
various benefits staged by the
Oddfellows and Rebekahs is
ear-marked for the IOOF
building improvement proj
ect. Mrs. Stripling stated of the
$616.22 total, $157 of that
figure was contributed by
cash donations from different
individuals and groups. Al
though some cash donations
were made by members of the
lodges, many were made by
persons who are not members
of either fraternal group, she
said.
Various proiects held to
benefit the building fund net
ted $459.22 after expenses
were paid. The first fund rais
er was a food sale held Jan.
26. Others took place during
the month of February. The
cash donations were also re
ceived during that period, she
said.
The March events started
with an old fashioned box
social held March 2. A bene
fit dance is planned on Satur
day, March 23, at the Ameri
can Legion hall in Central
Point. The Melodious Four
will provide music.
Spring Clean-Up Now
On In Jacksonville
Jacksonville - Jacksonville
city officials announced this
week that a general spring
clean up campaign is now un
derway here through March
30.
All residents are urged to
clean up their property and
remove all cans, trash and
other rubbish and do their
burning before summer fire
restrictions become effective
April 1.
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