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JIV- . . 1-4. "V - w 1 i . ' i !'l ? 1 .1 hi! t'-i i i ' ) ; 11 . ! v . i' J i ! j B in h ! i 2 g - SUNDAY. MAY 8, 1993 V MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, OREGON ' Versatility of Man's Hands Exemplified by Ashland Resident Br EVA HAMILTON Mail Tribune 8UfI Wrltar The versatility of i man's hand, aa described in the old nursery school aong, "What a Wonderful Machine la the Human Hand," is exemplified bv an Ashlander, who will celebrate hia 91st birthday ne:;t July. Ed Turner, retired south ern Oregon farmer, doesn't nose as any masculine Grand ma Moses, but at the age of 84 he did start an artistic BRILL METAL WORKS CemmtrcUl Industrial RnMmtial Sht Metal Work Siilaltu, GilvinlMd mi Copper Fsbrlcatlo 2287 West Main PHONI 772-6660 endeavor, which developed into a profitable hobby. In th: pattern of his ances tors, his descendants, and the contemporaries In his family, he put his hands to the task of creating. There was a rea son for the particular creation he chose - a cane. He was tern pnrerlly incapacitated and needed a cane. So he made one. And the one he made was not an ordinary cane. It was so admired he decided to make more canes. He made them for friends and relatives, Then he made them to sell supplying markets from Ash land to Pasadena, Calii., his boyhood home. Had Made 200 Canes Before the project was can celled by his recent confine ment to a wheelchair he had made 200 canes, all by hand- Turner made most of the canes of myrtle wood with burl handles. His choice prod ucts, however, were carved frc.-n fiddle back maple, which is something very special. It results from a condition that occurs in the maple. The beau- Experience plus -j-Service... the essentials of COMMERCE LEADERSHIP! Experience and aervlce, coupled with' th ability to provide long-term, low-interest money for real estate loans, establishes Com merce aa the logical "first step" in your plans. "Experience Make lh Difference" COMMERCE INVESTMENT INCORPORATID 207 U.S. BANK BLDG., IN MEDFOBD ' Msln & Central ' 773-7272 i ri ' a $ ml J: tiful grain that showed up under the hand polishing he gave it, made the long search for this particular wood worthwhile. Turner said he could make a cane a day when he wasn't interrupted by hunting and fishing, hia favorite sports. Tools Were Simple The tools he used were sim ple, a coping saw, a rasp, a wood file and sandpaper. At the start, he made the dowel pins, with which he at tached the handles of the canes. These were made from hickory ax handles because hickory is strong and tough. Then, r.i sales increased, hs modernized and bought ready made birch dowel pins. The canes sold for a good price and the making of them was a welcome challenge to a man of varied skills. But simple as the manufacture was, Turner commented this week, he couldn't carry it on from the wheelchair. Sitting erect, his skin the tawnv shade of the outdoor man's (tawnier beneeth his snow white hair), Turner com plained that life in a wheel chair is limited. Anchored is Chair I'm anchored right here," he explained. "I can't go any place in this." mat i not easy tor a man who remembers vividly steer ing a high wheeled bike in the first Pasadena Rose pa rade; gullding horses over Oregon mountain passes; boat through rough and icy waters while playing a fish on the line; and shooting his buck in the snowy Steen mountains at age 87. As soon "as the weather settles" his wife is going to take him for a drive over the freeway which he is anxious to see. Where now stands the fa mous Rose Bowl, Turner and his playmates hunted rabbits and quail and collected bird eggs, he recalls. Later, with other Beau Brummels of Pasadena's Gay Nineties, he serenaded pretty ahirtwaiated girls in hammocks. Mandolin and guitar clubs were then the rage. Turner still has his guitar. Moves to Pasadena He cama to Pasadena as a child with his parents in 1875. His father was one of Pasadena's first councilmen, MOORE'S LTOY'SALE (OPEN TODAY NOON TO 4 P.M.) MOTHER WOULD LOVE THESE- 3 PC. WEB GROUP Chaise i 2 Chairs m mjj 20.00 Value Only 1 3 19.93 FOLDING PA0DID- CHAISI lOUNGE. 14 99 17.95 HAMMOCKS Complete with stand . 9.9S CHAISE PADS . 14 8 95 99 '4.9S HEMP DOOR MATS. 199 FREE Special Gift For Mother 1 PAIR Dl'PONT lit QUALITY NYLON HOSE With Each Patio Purchats of $10 or Mora OFFER GOOD UNTIL MOTHER S. DAY 1 9.9S RATTAN SERVER 1A9S CART Only l 239.00 Vsl. RATTAN pc. IAOO Group wFoam Cushions IOV 22.95 HEMP HAMMOCK Complete With Stand 18 99 MOTHER WOUID LOVE THIS 29.95 PLASTIC CORD GLIDER s)T95 Pries Gesd Til Mother's Day At 59.93 Folding 3 pt. Radwssd C193 Table A Bench Grsup , , 9T RATTAN BASKET CHAIRS 4.93 Value ONLY $195 WIN FREE CASH AND MERCHANDISE IN OUR NEXT DRAWING, MAY 31, NO PURCHASE REQUIRED JUST COME IN AND REGISTER. 9.95 WEB CHAISI. J77 29.95 INNERSPRINO CHAISI LOUNGE 22 77 4.95 WEB CHAIRS. L77 14.95 Value BARBECUE wMstor Spit 4 Hood 11 99 YOU GET QUALITY - SELECTION - PLUS PRICE AT MOORE'S PATIO & TOY SHOP 816 SO. RIVERSIDE - MEDFORD RWBMsJJesBBMBMBMB WJ OfrmmrVtplf ipiijM Wflss ' "v (WhlU.nd Lock. Photo) ED TURNER Hands A Wonderful Machine and while he feels closely al lied with southern California history he has also watched Oregon grow for quite a few years. In 1908, he toured southern 0"gon in a covered wagon with his wife and three little daughter!,. They climax ed the trip by purchasing a ranch at Fort Klamath. The trip is subject of some of his most told stories. He purchased the wagon and a team of horses in Roseburg, to which city the family had moved by train from California. The first day out, the Turners' home on wheels turned over on the South Fork of the Umpqua en route to Trail. There was no road through the area at that time. 'Didn t break a thing. I just put the wagon back on its wheels and continued up' Rogue river - first to the Tucker place, now the Pear son ranch; then to Mill Creek ranch, Union Creek, Annie Springs and Crater Lake," Turner outlined the trip Three Days at Lake The family spent three days at Crater Lake and saw only two other persons there. They caught some fish which were poor. That was many years before fresh shrimp were placed in the lake as food for fish, Turner explained Reviewing the fishing trip to Crater Lake reminded Turner of another one of his avocations, one shared by his present wife. It is "harvest ing" and selling worms for bait. They have gathered as many as 70 dozen a night from their lawn, he said. The Turners continued from Crater lake to Fort Klamath where a reclamation project was going in, and where the hunting and fishing opportu nities fascinated Turner. He purchased a ranch on a tip from Rube White, the livery stable owner. planning to sell the camping (-outfit and take the train to Pasadena. They "didn't get a nibble," Turner said. So, he decided to drive the horses with the wagon down to Pasa dena: It took 30 days and in the whole trip the Turners met just one automobile, that one in Bakrfleld, Calif. Returns to Oregon The next spring Turner re turned to Oregon to stay. The family made the trip by stage from northern California to Keno. At Keno the boat was boarded for Klamath Tails where the family waited nine days for a wagon in which to continue to the ranch. Later the education of his daughters revived Turner's early link with California, tie sent them to Pasadena to high school and cn to Stan ford university. The Ashland home of the Turners contains many proofs of the versatility of family hands. On the walls are paintings by Charles Lewis Turner, Ed's brother, whose works were exhibited in east and west Two which won prizes at the Chicago Institute of Art are in the Ashland collection. Also framed and hanging is a drawing of the old library in Pasadena, this one done by Ed, himself, and treasured by his family. Large Painting One of the largest paint- in as in his living room is a nortrait of Mother Turner, the strong influence in his life, for his father, Edson Turner, who survived three years of the bloodiest fighting in the Civil War, was killed in California in a runaway when Ed was in grammar school. Was his father, also, an artist or musician? "He couldn't have been," Turner replied. "Several of his fingers were shot off in the battle of Peach Tree Creek in Georgia." That was the battle in which the elder Turner found the field glasses given to the Pasadena museum. On exhibit in the same museum are an old Wellington muzzle loader, the Turner family spinning wheel and an 1812 counter- After the purchase, the Turners drove to Ashland, 1 pane, woven of wool spun by Former Wisconsin Residents Plan to Greet Sen. Nelson U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, guest apeaker for the 13th annual Roosevelt Me morial dinner, will be greeted v large turnout of former Wisconsin residents when he arrives at Hedrick Junior High school Saturday evening, according to Td Philips, gen eral chairman. Attorney Philips reported a good sale of tickets to former Wisconslnites. A special Wis consin table Is being arranged and decorated near the head table to accommodate these dinner guests, Philips said. Mrs. Ralph Poston and Ray Lambery .re co-chairman of the ticket committee. Have Stale Motif The decorations committee, headed by Mrs. Jean A. Mills, who has researched and car ried out the state motifs for past Roosevelt Memorial din ners, is being assisted this year by Mrs. Jerry Chrlstcan. The decorations will illustrate the highlights of Wisconsin's po litical history, industry and scenery. The primary decorations will be on the Roosevelt Me morial theme with Wisconsin providing the secondary mo tif. Philips said. Five areas of interest in the life of Presi dent Roosevelt will be stress ed at separate tables. These will center about the White House, Roosevelt's Hyde Park home, the Little White House at Warm Springs, Ga., Roose velt's Navy career, his home life and his famous pet, Fala. Reports from persons to whom special invitations have been extended reveal that Fourth District Congressman Robert B. Duncan tentatively plans to be in Medford to in troduce Senator Nelson. State Representative James A. Red den will be hereto act as mas ter of ceremonies. Mrs. Red den also will attend the din ner. Othera Are Expected Others expected are Oregon Attorney General and Mrs. Robert Y. Thornton, Salem; C. Girard Davidson, Demo cratic national committeeman, and Mrs. Davidson, Portland; and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Adel helm of Portland. Mrs. Adel shcim is Democratic state 'ice chairman. Delegations from Coos Bay, Douglas county, Klamath, Lane and Josephine counties also have written for reser vations, according to Philips. The dinner, which will be served buffet style, will begin at 6:30 p.m., according to Mrs. Frank Christian, co-chairman. A special provision is being made for elderly people, un able to stand in line. They will be encouraged to take their places at tables while relatives, assisted by a volun teer group helping with the serving, may bring served plates to the tables Mrs. Christian said. Tickets are available at th Labor Temple, from Jean A. Mills, North Central garage, 315 N. Central ave., Medford; from Tex Phillips, Courtesy Chevrolet; Medford Pharma cy, Attorney Bonnie Philips, Goldy building; and Attorney Gerald Scarmell, old First Na tional Bank building, Ash land, for persons who have not been contacted by the Roosevelt Memorial Dinner committee. For ticket delivery persons are asked to call Mrs. Poston, 773-4760 or Mrs. Edward Mc Ginty, 772-4749, Philips said. Lyle Newmans Sell Holiday Inn Motel Mr. and Mrs. Lyle New man, owners and managers of the Holiday Inn Motel, 617 North Riverside ave., for the past five years have sold the business to Mr. and Mrs. Dan iel F. Halby, formerly of Long Beach, Cant. The Newmans h t moved to the Applegate area on Highway 238. The Halbys nave three children. BEDDING PLANTS By in flit or dozen ZINNIAS 10 Varieties PETUNIAS 21 Variallas OPEN TODAY! 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. MARIGOLDS I Varieties PERENNIALS A Real Atsortm.ni ASTERS VEGETABLE sv.ri.ti.. 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He got a job surveying for the city of Pasadena. In the city office and in the field, he again found his hands suit ed to the intricate work he was required to do. But al ways within him was that strange conflict of interest, the pull of the mountains, the rivers and the ranch. I4i marl, a trin Into Canada to see what it had to offer, took the boat from San Fran cisco just before the historic earthquake. He returned to find the city a shambles. He shot a few ducks in Canada. Things were wide open there, no seasons or regulations observed. Returns to California But it wasn't quite what he was 'looking for. He returned to California. The yearning to hunt and fish continued un til he bought that Fort Klam ath ranch where it was so well satisfied until his wife, the girls' mother, died. The sun quit shining. He sold the ranch and remained in a world apart until he found Chloe. Km" artistic abilities are di rected chiefly to knitting. Her ribbon knit, have traveled 'round th. world. But it is as a companion on the trail, In th. boat on a lake or in th. open field In pursuit of pheasants that has been his greatest consort. He broke his hip soon after that hunting trip in the Steen mountains. He was helping remove giant walnut trees, which had died, from his yard. A guy rope broke and he waa thrown to the ground. Het came through that. The hip healed so well he was able to abandon his cane. He will come through this too (he referred to his pres. ent illness), with such a com petent chauffeur for his wheelchair. ir SMALL ENGINE REPAIRS ic Lawn Mower Sharpening it: ir MOTOR TUNE-UP. TILLERS AND LAWN MOWERS FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY SISKIYOU HARDWARE 225 Wast Main Phone 772-2939 DAINTY BOUDOIR DUO Brass Finished Metal tor Bedroom, Bath, Powder Boom TACli CHAIR SCROLLWORK VANITY TABLE with adjustable mirror, mar-proof plastic simulated wood top. Total height 51", table height 29", 33" wide, 13" deep. White or pink. 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