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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Phoenix Couple 'Adopts' 1 Pinafore of Huck River Boot Renovated As Community Project iyiri in Bogota, Colombia ?UESSA, APRIL 1, IMS here are two stone place where ail the families do their washing and a tank to hold water. The family's food If, prin cipally boiled rice r pota toes, corn soup, an occasional vegetable, and a drink of brown sugar and water called agua de paneia. Maria has become close in sympathy with her father since her mother died, and helps him make the chocolate which he sells. Maria was in the first grade when her mother became il! and had to quit school. Th rou g h t he Fos t er Pa r cnts' Plan, with headquarters in New York City, the adopted" child receives $8 h month as a cash grant. Te remainder of the $15 monthly contribution is spent for food and new clothing, medical care, school fees and equip ment, and translations of letters. MARIA INES VARGAS One of Five Girls Mr. and Mrs. Keith R. Mc Alear, Phoenix, have finan cially "adopted"' Maria Ines Vargas, 9, a Colombian girl, who lives in Bogota. Maria Ines is the second oldest in a family of five girls. After the family fled from their native province due to political violence, the mother died. Due to the influ- of people into Bogota there is not enough work for all. so Ma ria's father is a peddler of candy. He makes about 70 cents a day. Maria's sisters are DLnar da, 12; Sicchernarda, 7; Ger trudis, 5, and Francisca. 2. Due to poverty, none of the girls are in school. They live in a house with two other families. The Vargas family rents a room which is 12 by 61-.' feet. Its floor is of rough boards and the walls are of brick, plaster, bamboo and papers. The kitchen, which is shared with the other fami lies, has an earth floor. Helps Make Candy In another area of the house Washington Bows On Auto Licenses Olympia, Wash, - fUPli - The I Washington Reciprocity com ! mission Monday voted to per mit Washington residents to 1 drive home from work in company-owned cars carryrng i Oregon or Idaho license plates. i In effect, the commission ! gave in to Oregon officials , who refused to ratify a plan winch would have required Oregon and Idaho corpora tions to purchase a Washing ton license plate for any ve hicle permanently assigned to an employee who lives in Washington The new agreement also permits season farm work contractors to operate in Washington for six months with an out-of-state license plate. The earlier agreement allowed only 90 days. Oregon passenger car plates cost a Hat S10 each while a Washington plate can cost up to Si 00 or more depending upon the value of the vehicle. Right for now and summer days ahead - a pretty pinafore of huck, in white or color! It's easy hck weaving. Pat tern 7126: children's sizes 2, 4. 6, 8 inciuded. Pattern, di rections for pinafore: easy-to-follow char! for huck weav ing. THIRTY-FIVE CENTS Sin coinsi for this pattern-add 15 cents for each pattern for first class mailing and special han dling. Send to Alice Brooks, Medford Mail Tribune, Nee dlecraft Dept. P. O. Box 163, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, PAT TERN NUMBER. 1963's Biggest Needlecraft Show stars smocked acces sories. - it's our new Needle craft Catalog! Plus over 200 fresh-to-you designs to knit, crochet, sew, weave, embroi der, quilt. Plus free pattern. Send 25c now! By TOM GRAY Louisville. Ky. - tfjJS vided with hinges for low A bridges. community project has given i With the exception of an an old lady of the rivers a engine room telegraph sys paint job and a future as the tern installed in the 1920's, "Belle of Louisville," a sym- ( the pilot house wheel and bo! of thts city's past during i other equipment is much the the romantic era of steam- same as that aboard steam boats. . boats in the days of Mark When the excursion steam-' Twain. er Avalon was purchased last summer for $34,000 by Jef ferson County Judge Marlow Cook at an auction in Cincin nati, she bore little resem blance to the river boat launched at Pittsburgh, Pa . in 1914, and "christened the idle-wild. Some of the Belle's equip ment recalls that golden era of steamboating. Her whistle once sounded on the Id America that ran between New Orleans and V!cksburg, Miss, The pilot house came from a fast Mississippi river packet boat of the 1880 s big orchestra to use the Belie as a s looking at night like floating stage for concerts j white birthday cake next summer. j "She s a beauty and a bar- UntU then the old riverboat I gain,'' Bates said, "You know is a big attraction for visitors j they don't buiid steamboats to the Louisville waterfront. I like her anymore." Sly Men Stnttnsed To light Ym Ttrm Klamath Fatfs - S - S. B, j tight yean is th state Xness, 38, who pteades gsUiy J tentiary Monday, to assault with a dangerous weapon in the woaadine of 1 More than half of i his estranged wife, Gloria, at victim are ataiss by Biy Feb, 26, was sentenced to ' arms. The weatherbeaten and -us-1 The boilers came off the ty sternwheeler was towed down the Ohio river and put Gordon C, Greene, now in a museum at Hannibal, Mo., the dry dock here. Cost of j site of many of Mark Twain's tales of steamboat days. Has History Even the new name has a history. The original Belie of Louisville was a fast packet that made a record run be tween Louisville and Cincin nati in the 58?0's. Since the Belle's boiler deck has no cabins for over- Bui community response to,'"" ""-"-" ": the Belle has surprised even j "J . vm renovating the boat, renamed the Belle of Louisville, is ex pected to total $17,000 by the time the project is completed next spring. Hurdle Removed A legal hurdle was removed when a suit challenging pur chase of the steamer by Cook with taxpayer's money was dismissed. some steamboat buffs here. More than 60 firms and or ganizations have contributed materials, equip m e n t and workmen. Paint ing parties have drawn volunteers, in cluding high school sorority girls. A local businessman even donated a calliope, operated electrically, for the Texas roof to replace one sold sepa rately when the steamer was purchased. o Allan L. Bates, a long-time student of steamboating and architect of the project, said every effort will bejadp to recreate the original condi tion the stearnsS5?""0 Repairs Made e The first step was to cneck the htRl by drilling holes and some steel plates were re placed. Rotted wood was strip ped away from stem to stern and decks, wallboards, ceil ings, stairways and window sashes repaired. Bates designed the fancy grill work installed around the top of the pilot house and atop the smoke stacks that were lengthened and pro of conventioneers, club mem bers and tourists. The dance floor will be available for din ner parties and civic meet ings. Floating Stag A steamboat museum fea turing historic material from the Ohio valley will be in stalled on the Belle for a two month exhibit early in 1963. Plans cal! for the Louisville Two Youffu to Work Out Court Fines Two Medford youths, ar rested for curfew violation early Sunday morning, were sentenced in municipal cgtrt to work off $10 fines in city parks. The boys, aged 16 and 17, were taken into custody at a local bowling alley aE 1:32 a.m. Sunday, Judge Don Denma) sen tenced the pair to .. their fines at the9ate at 9LM an hour. The boys ware re leased to the custody tif tfcair parents Sunday on the of juvenile authorities. What's in this free Cfrevro Travel Kit fm for y w? ! S . . easy to pfck up asy o carry A. MS W3tjj (nam SLffg'wn-fnis-riiw dMo-pcfefitf of turn -Cgsy ifeaftiy- -mm, mMiS 1 ! out tni o w Efftrr ihe.Cfirriation NTEST 1 lAAFPirK CO mmm m. w, ufnwt i.'W -rp A PERSONALIZED ROUTE MAP prepared especially for your trip, with fastest, most scenic or alternate route if you wish. 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