MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
FRIDAY. MARCH 29. 1963
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Appieiait: Myrtle Krousa Provolt J4M
Applegate Valley Maud? Zteele? 899-I333
Ah ana r..th McCuUouih 48a-0714
S"",' ft"" ary Jo Harri. 8694 126
Central Point: Mary Colley. 664-3183
Dtroy Ina Hayei 6-3a57
Eagle Point Dotlie Haroiren. 446-3274
7 Z H"l, Mary Kell 855-1126
Jarkonvllle Betty Hoskini 899-1209
one Pine. Dol Simmons 772-8676
Phoenix. Bertha Hanscom. 535-J468
Prospect. Velda Barr 669-2212
?h?J "lv: Lauraine Law.. 582-3451
Shady Cove Evalyn Wataon 878-2351
TOle Rock. R E. Nealon. 826-2097
Regional Editor
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JOSEPHINE COUNTY
Grants Pass: Priscilla Aveiill. 479-2522
Illinois Valley Kathertne Scott.
Cave Junction 5203
O'Brien Lethk Cooke O'Brien 2231
Wilderville: Genevieve Bnggi. 476-6913
Williams: snitley Fucher. Provolt 2709
DOUGLAS COUNTV
Tiller-Drew . Viola Rogers (no phone
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Happy Camp Hazel Davit. GY 3-2387
Hornbrook Katharine Chapman. GR 5-3588
Montague: Mrs Orlo Davis. GL 9-3257
Yreka- Doris Romnson VI 2-3897
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EAGLE POINT DELEGATION - Five of the
six members of Eagle Point FFA who at
tended the state FFA convention are shown
here as they were about to leave. Left to
right, they are: Jeffrey Keefe, Leonard Han
son, Mike Charley, Rick Chamberlain and
Les Harper.
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Eagle Pt. Future
Farmers Attend
State Convention
GUST SCHEFSTROM
Rogue River Delegate
Gusi Schefsfrom
Picked To Attend
Beaver Boys State
Rogue River - Gust Schef
strom, a junior at Rogue Riv
er High school, has been
selected by the Rogue River
Republican Women's club to
attend Beaver Boys State this j
summer.
He has held several posi
tions of leadership at school
including freshman class
president, sophomore class
vice president, and is this
year's student body vice presi
dent. Gust has also been active
in athletics and is a member
of the varsity football, basket
ball, and track teams. He has
received recognition as the
most valuable football player
for the 1962 season.
His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Harold V. Schefstrom,
Route 1, Gold Hill. Beaver
Boys State will be held at
Oregon State University in
June. Boys are selected to at
tend on the basis of character,
service, and leadership.
Eagle Point-Six Eagle Point
Future Farmers attended the
35th annual state FFA con
vention held March 20-22 at
The Dalles High school, The
Dalles, Oregon.
Jeffrey Keefe and Leonard
Hanson, two junior members,
attended as delegates. Rick
Chamberlain, Mike Charley
and Les Harper, sophomores,
attended as' alternate dele
gates. Delvin Ford entered
the state talent contest. Chap
ter Advisor Nat, Etzel accom
panied the boys to the con
vention. The convention opened
Wednesday, March 20, with
registrations, followed by a
tour of The Dalles Dam, and a
beef barbecue. Wednesday
evening marked the start of
the convention sessions with
the State FFA Parliamentary
contest won by the Albany
chapter.
Clyde Beard, The Dalles
High school principal pre
sented the keynote address
Thursday, evening. Other ad
dresses were given by Leon
Minear, state superintendent
of public instruction; Jerry
Diefenderer, national presi
dent of the Pacific region
FFA; Andrienne .Ellison, the
Oregon dairy princess; Flint
Freeman, president of the
California FFA; and O. I.
Paulson, assistant superintend
ent of the vocational agricul
ture. Allan Bray of the Crater
Chapter placed first in the
state public speaking contest
on Thursday evening. (
Election of officers high'
lighted the last day, Friday.
Newly elected state officers
included Pat Neal of Crater,
state president; Russ Bowman
of La Grande, vice president;
Randy Martinac of Albany,
secretary; and Don Lewis of
Illinois Valley, reporter.
Tablets
By R. E. NEALON ,
Mail Tribune Table Rock Correspondent
Early last Sunday morning,
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Matte
son in a race to beat the stork
to the hospital lost the race,
and little Miss Elizabeth Ann
was born in the car about one
mile short of the hospital, and
became the first baby to be
born on the new freeway.
Rock-a-bye baby on the free
way. Mother and babe are do
ing nicely, they say.
Residents Urged
To Finish Burning
Jacksonville - Police Chief
Frank Carter reminded resi
dent today that the city's
cleanup drive must be com
pleted by April 1, the date
after which burning permits
will be required.
Carter urged residents to
finish their burning by that
date.
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A letter from Mrs. Frances
Pearson, of Prospect, states
that she too, is interested in
the fate of the old Agate
school bell mentioned in last
week's Tablets. Ini the years
1909 and 1910, Mrs. Pearson
taught in the Agate school. A
new schoolhouse had recently
been built. In those days pro
viding of furnishings was left
to community fund raising
benefits, so the teachers gave
a school entertainment and
box social, the proceeds to be
used for the purchase of a bell.
The entertainment and box
social proved quite a success
netting $107. Lee Watkins,
one of the directors, and Mrs.
Pearson proceeded by horse
and buggy into Medford to
shop for a bell. After shopping
around the order was given
to D. T. Lawton, who gave
them such a good deal that
they had enough money left
to buy a glass enclosed book
case. It was a red letter day
when the sonorous peals of
that bell resounded through
out the Agate area. As prin
cipal of the school, Mrs. Pear
son was accorded the proud
honor of being the first to ring
the bell. Quoting from her let
ter she says: should you suc
ceed in locating that bell
please let us know. If it is re
covered, it seems fitting to me
that it be mounted on a ce
ment base in White City bear
ing an inscription honoring
those progressive citizens of
good old Agate.
Owing to limited space we
have not given the complete
contents of this interesting let
ter which reveals some past
history of the Agate area.
Names have changed since
this took place. Frances Pear
son, the principal, was then
Miss Frances Aiken, and tVie
Talent District
Buys New Trucks
Employs 2 Men
Talent - The recently form
ed Talent Rural Fire Protec
tion district will have two
new fire trucks and two full
time men within a iew
months, if voters approve the
district b o a r d's proposed
budget.
Board Chairman Eddie
Heim announced that two
new 1,000 -gallon pumper
trucks are being ordered by
the district, at a cost of
around" $18,000 - each. The
trucks are expected to be de
livered on or about July 1.
Also as of July 1, Ralph
Conner, chief of the old Tal
ent city and rural fire depart
ments, will be employed as
full-time fire chief, the dis
trict board has decided, Heim
said, Bob Burnett will be
employed as night fireman as
of the same date.
Purchase of the new trucks
and hiring of the full-time
men are both contingent on
voter approval of the district
budget, however, Heim add
ed. A proposed budget has
been drawn up and will be
submitted to the voters at a
date to be announced later.
Burning permits will be
required in the district after
April 1, Heim added. They
may be picked up from Conner.
other teacher was Miss Al
berta Stacey, now living in
Sacramento, Calif.
We note that according to
law, it is illegal to allow two
roosters to engage in a fight,
using beak and spurs, batter
each other to a knock down
and drag out finish for the
amusement of onlookers. On
the other hand two men in a
ring can beat each other to
death while a blood-thirsty
audience pays a high price for
an admission ticket. It makes
us wonder when roosters be
came more important than
human beings. The recent
death of Davey Moore shows,
in our opinion, that it is high
time a stop was put to these
encounters and the gambling
and swindling that goes with
them. Calling them boxing
matches is a misnomer. As
they are run now, they are
nothing more or less than a
fight, to knock the other out,
if you have to kill him to do
it. If two men were beating
each other with ball bats, with
one killing the other, it would
be called murder. In our way
of looking at it, it is murder
regardless of the weapons
used. Duels with pistols were
outlawed long ago, although
that would be a far more
painless way to be killed. In
this case the man who killed
Moore should be charged with
manslaughter, and the pro
moters and those who help
out such affairs by attending
them should at least have to
take care of the widow and
her children.
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Sams Valley - Saturday,
7:30 p.m., Sams Valley
Grange hall, pinocle party for
adults and games for' chll
dren. Public invited. Proceeds
will benefit the H.E.C. of the
Grange.
Gold Hill - Monday, 7 p.m.,
Gold Hill city council, coun
cil room at city hall, Second
ave.
Gold Hill - Tuesday after
school, Girl Scout troop 55,
Scout room at old city hall.
Gold Hill - Tuesday, 7 p.m.,
Boy Scout troop 43, Scout
hall on Fourth ave.
Eagle Point - Saturday, S
p.m.. Eagle Point Jayceeites
sponsored district 9 talent
show, at Eagle Point primary
school multi-purpose room
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Eagle Point - Saturday, 8
a.m. to 6 p.m., auto safety
check and seat belt clinic
sponsored by Eagle Point
Jaycees, on Main st. In front
of county shops. Ten-point
car safety check offered. Seat
belts Installed for $5.
Shady Cove - Saturday,
7:30 p.m., open meeting on
"Doe Killing - Should Be?
Should Not Be?", Shady Cove
school gym. Speakers on hand
from state fish and game
council. Public invited.
Lone Pine - Tuesday, 7:30
to 9 ,p.m., PTA executive
meeting. Lone Pine school
cafeteria.
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Gold Hill-Tuesday, 8 p.m.,
Odd Fellows lodge 129,
I.O.O.F. building.-
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Gold Hill-Gold Hill Health
unit will not meet Tuesday,
April 2. Meeting postponed to
Tuesday, April 9 at 11:30 a.m.
when the group will have a
combined luncheon - meeting
at North's Chuck Wagon in
Medford.
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COWBOY BOOK
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Happy Camp-Attending the
most recent regular meeting
of the Happy Camp Elemen
tary School District board of
trustees were a number of
interested parents in addition
to several candidates for the
board in next month's elec
tion.
Four of the five new candi
dates in the running for three
seats on the board were pres
ent, along with two Incum
bents who have refiled.
John Sugden, superintend
ent of the school, introduced:
W. N. Simmons, retiring board
member after two terms, who
is seeking a seat on the Siski
you County Board of Educa
tion and is endorsed by the lo
cal board of trustees; Hazel
Davis and George Chambers,
board members, both of whom
has refiled, each having one
term behind them: and new
MR. COVERS
Horses Once Belonging
To Sen. Kerr, Desi Arnaz
Now At Talent Area Ranch
Talent-A thoroughbred race
horse who once belonged to
the late Senator Robert S.
Kerr of Oklahoma and a' stal
lion purchased from Desi Ar
naz are among the noteworthy
horses owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Antonio Beebe here.
Beebe, a retired southern
California music agent, and
Parent-Teacher
Meetings Slated .
Central Point- Jewett El
ementary school has sched
uled its next round of parent-
teacher conferences for the
week of April 1 trough 12
In lieu of report cards the
conference system is used at
the end of the first and third
report periods during the
school year. Regular report
cards are used at the second
and fourth report periods.
Parent conferences were
used for the first time at Jew
ett school last fall. Gratify-
ing results were obtained at
that time when more than
98 per cent of the parents of
pupils were able to participate
in a conference with their
children's teachers, according
to William Brewster, principal
of that school.
Conferences are scheduled
after school each day, each
lasts about 25 minutes. This
allows for a time of commu
nication between parent and
teacher, when many aspects
of the child's achievement
can be discussed and a more
complete report of school
progress made, Brewster con
tinued. "Teachers feel that the par
ent - teacher conference sys
tem of reporting helps in
crease the quality of educa
tion offered by the school,"
Brewster said.
his wife moved up here seven
years ago and now operate
Owl s Roost ranch on Rapp
lane.
The race horse, named
'Cowboy Book," has won
more than $80,000 In his seven
years of life. All of the races
were in California, at such
tracks as Santa Anita, Holly
wood and Tanforan. Jockeys
Johnnie Longdon, Willie Shoe
maker and others have ridden
him.
Cowboy Book's mother, Vic
tory Call, was of the Man O
War strain. 1
The stallion purchased from 1
Desi Arnaz is named "Mr.
Covers." He has colts on the
track in Arizona this year,
Mrs. Beebe reports.
The Beebes find the Rogue
River valley a good place to
raise and keep horses. "Horses
do real well here," they ex
plain.. "It doesn't get too cold
or too hot for them."
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Candidates for Happy Camp
School Board Are Introduced
trustee candidates Joan Rich
ardson, Mrs. LaVonne Walt
ers, George Coombes, and
Tom Crocker.
The other candidate, WU
lard Titus, was not present at
the meeting, nor was George
Chambers, although both
were named by Sugden as be
ing candidates in the coming
school election to be held in
mid-April.
A policy was adopted for
classified employees sick
leave: All full time employees
be given ten days sick leave
a year, accumulative to SO
days. All part time classified
employees be given one day
each month of full time em
ployment accumulative to 25
days. After three consecutive
days' illness, a doctor's note
must be turned into the super
intendent to verify the ab
sences. This policy was made
retroactive to July 1, 1962.
'Mother Goose' Play
Scheduled Saturday
Night At Ruch Gym
By MAUDE ZIEGLER
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Applegate Valley - Re
hearsals have been held this
week for the musical presen
tation, "Mother Goose Lives
Again," to be given by Ap
plegate Valley people at Ruch
school gym Saturday at 8 p.m.
Proceeds will be used for
new flooring In the Upper
Applegate grange hall. ,
The play was written by the
late Mrs. Edna Sawyer, and
is given as a tribute in her
memory. It is being directed
by Mrs. Clifton Childers.
The prologue and epilogue
were written by Mrs. Ralph
W. Smith of Upper Applegate.
R. J. Ritchey of Medford will
act as master of ceremonies
with Boyd Gibson, Ruch
school principal, as narrator.
Mrs. Claude Williams will be
the pianist. Ralph Ettel of
Medford will lead group sing-
I lug Willi uauju avuuiiiiaiir
ment.
"Mother Goose ' is present
ed in pantomine by a cast of
40 characters, Including chil
dren and adults.1 The' first
scenes portray early versions
of Mother Goose In France
and England, and with the
appearance of Father iTlme,
portrayed by Hester Knutzen,
the pantomine moves along to
more modern versions. ,
A portion of the cast In
cludes Mrs, Omar Culy as
Mother Goose; Mrs. James
Eek, Mother Hubbard; Martin
urier, Jack-Be-Nimble; Mrs.
Glenn Saltmarsh and Louis
Barker, the old woman and
the peddlerr Dorris McDon
ough. Tommy Tucker; Mrs.
Kenneth Paine, Miss Muffett.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred West
portray Jack Sprat and his
wife; Bill Barker, Jack-in-the
Box; Mrs. Lora Scott, the old
woman in the shoe; Mrs. C.
U. uearnarat, tne larmer's
wife of the Three Blind Mice
tale; and Deborah and Paul
McBeth, with Winnie Barker
as the mice. '
Children of Applegate
school will do the dance of
the mulberry bush.
In other board action, a
contract for the use of Siski
you County Audio-Visual ma
terial was signed by the board
for the 1963-64 school term.
Sugden reported to the
board concerning the progress
on the meetings of the guid
ance council regarding the
promotion or retention of a
number of students in the
school. According to Sugden,
the general reaction of the
first council meeting seemed
very favorable.
It was announced that re
port cards would be given
out during the week of April
1. Parent Teacher Conferences
will be held for grades one
to four including Mrs. Lavin's
class.
Sugden reported also on re
cent action of the Siskiyou
County Augmented Redisrict
ing committee held in Yreka,
which he and Mrs. Davis at
tended. Sugden stated that the
committee had voted to stop
further study of a County
Wide Unified School district
and to make the county mas
ter plan to be "Stay As Ve
Are." ' , .
From here, explained Sug
den, it is up to the original
Committee on School District
Organization, of which Mrs.
Davis is a member, to decide
what the next step will be.
The committee must submit
a study to the State Depart
ment of Education as a rec
ommendation as to how the
county school district or dis
tricts should be set up by Sep
tember of this year.
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Prospect - Prospect resi
dents were reminded that the
scheduled meeting to discuss
formation of a fire protec
tion district will lake place
tonight at 7:30 at the Pros
pect Community Hall.
The public is urged to at
tend.
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chief) L. C. LIsenbee, Central
Point Rural Fire Protection
district chief, and W. P. Roble,
deputy state fire marshal.
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Jacksonville - An exhibit
of petrified wood from the
Sweet Home area is now on
display at the Jacksonville
library. The exhibit Is by Del
mar Smith of the Crater Rock
museum, Central Point.
Children Needed For
King, Queen Contest
Cave Junction - At the last
meeting of the Lions club
here, reports were made on
the progress of planning for
this year's "Skimming Low"
program.
The king and queen con
test is in progress and chil
dren are needed for it. Ac
cording to Chairman Bob
Newton, sponsors are avail
able but not enough children.
Sponsors place photos of the
children (pre-schoolers) in
their business establishments
along with collection Jars.
Money deposited In the Jars
is equivalent to votes for the
candidate whose picture ap
pears next to the jar. The
king and queen are chosen on
the basis of the amount of
money deposited in the jars.
Profit from this promotion
goes into the club's Skimming
Low fund. And profit from
the entire event is used for
the community'! summer rec
reation program, which in
cludes swimming and base
ball for young people and
Softball for adults.
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