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Early-Day Tree Topper Still Tops at Topping Br WALTER C. EVA i Olympia, Wash. - ATI - A eventy-year-old lumberjack, i Swantee Kyllonen, who hat been topping trees lince the dayi of the highline and the ; donkey engine, aays he isn't ; ready to quit yet. But he admits he is trying to slow down a little. Perched on a springboard 10 feet in the air, Kyllonen chops the tops off of trees. Shunning the elimbing spurs and belt and saw used by the more cautious youngsters of a later generation. ; Kyllonen says he is the only person left in the country who knows how to use the Steel tipped springboards which are inserted into notches cut into the sides of the trees. (rai-Ratirtd . : Claiming to be semi-retired, he still performs at logging hows as often as every other month. Each summer he dem onstrates his skill at a big how in Areata, Calif., and at I : i ' DIVIDEND j NOTICE The Board of Director! has de aUred a dividend of 6c per hare atom not investment income, pay able June 28, 1963, to ahaieholdera mt record Juno 13, 1963. f ' Pacific Northwest Company Inatment Adviser and Underwriter : Edmund i. Htm. Vir Prm. t Mr. STO Ruhrer Bldi . S S. Central Ava. Medfoid, On., Telephone 773-7319 an international logging show in Hayward, Wis. Kyllonen says he no longer works more than 70 feet above the ground, not because he can't go higher, but be cause it throws too much of a scare into the spectators. As for himself, Kyllonen ad mits he isn't as good as he was 10 years ago, but he says he isn't going to quit until he starts feeling shaky up there. Bom on a homestead in Puget sound logging country north of Seattle, Kyllonen learned to cut the tops of trees in 1914, at about the time that loggers started using safety ropes. Tends Garden Nowadays, after SO years of logging in the Pacific Northwest, Kyllonen says he does just what he wants to do most of the time, such as put tering around the house and tending the garden. Not much demand exists for tree-toppers anymore, but he still gets requests from the state parks system for little jobs. And sometimes city offi cials want him to remove dead tree tops which are endanger ing passers-by. Also he is often in demand LAND IN NEED New York - (UPB - At least 3 million acres of land for home construction will be needed between now and 1970, according to Allied Chemical's Barrett division. About $650 billion will be spent for residential construc tion on this land before the end of the decade. CLASS GIFTS Eugene Contributions totaling $31,000 have been presented to the University of Oregon by alumni of the class of 1913. The alumni gift to the university was announced at the annual Alumni Day luncheon. by homeowners to remove trees in congested areas where they can't be allowed to fall by themselves. In these cases, Kyllonen takes them down in sections beginning with the top. Still as straight and springy as the trees he tops, Kyllonen says he stays young by lead ing simple life. He gets up early never sleeping more than four or five hours - and works hard and doesn't waste his time worrying. Youth fined for Illegal Possession A 20 year old Medford youth was fined $10 in mu nicipal court Wednesday on a charge of illegal possession of alcoholic beverages. Fined was Gary Craig Winetrout. 2156 West Hill side dr. The youth was appre hended by city police about 3:43 a.m. at Eighth st. and Riverside ave. He was lodged in city jail pending his court appearance. SECTION E Medford PAGES 1 to 8 Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1963 mmm r 0 'M s Two Graduate From Dental School Portland - Among the 65 graduating seniors of the Uni versity of Oregon Dental school, Portland, who will re ceive doctor of dental medi cine degrees today are Ernest John Wisely and Albert R. Eaton. Wisely, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wisely of 97 Bigham lane. Central Point, was graduated from Medford High school in 1950, served two years with the U.S. Army and was graduated from Southern Oregon College in 1957 with a bachelor of sci ence degree. Wisely and his wife, Anna, are the parents of a daughter, Juanice, age 7. Eaton is the son of the late Albert R. Eaton, Eagle Point, and Mrs. Mildred C. Palmer, San Francisco. He was gradu ated from Eagle Point High school in 1953 and attended Southern Oregon college be fore entering dental school, where he is a member of Delta Sigma Delta national dental fraternity. He served with the U.S. Army three years before completing his formal education. S0TH ANNIVERSARY New York -fllPt- The Re hearsal club, which has been a non-profit home for fledg ling actresses since 1913, cel ebrated its fiftieth anniver sary May 15. More than 10,000 young women have found ac comodations at the club while trying for stage careers. BR Area Engineer To Retire June 30 Lee McAllister, Salem, area engineer for the bureau of reclamation, will retire ef fective June 30, according to Regional Director H. T. Nel son, Boise, Idaho. McAllister, who is well known in the southern Ore gon area, was active in the initial Talent project plan ning and preliminary work on the Rogue Basin project. An area engineer of the lower Columbia river de velopment office, McAllister has been responsible for the ' Belgrade, Yugoslavia -tUTO-Yugoslavia and Ind o n e s I a signed an agreement Wednes day to extend their trade re lations following three days of negotiations. bureau's enaineerlne and economic , investigations of water resource development on the main stem of the Co lumbia river and its tributaries. THE DANMOORE HOTEL 1217 SW MorrisM St. ' PORTLAND, OREGON All traatMwt (uatta. AH rim wkej mm, return. Rate not kith. Mot low. Fro aarae, m locatioa Vi block from hotel. Open until 10 .. TV's tmt radios. Reputation tor ckanlinou. CHILDREN UNDER SEVEN NO CHARGI REPUBLICAN MEETING - Former Presi dent Dwight Eisenhower, left, chats with House Minority Leader Rep. Charles Hal leck (R-Ind.) during a meeting of some 160 Republican members of Congress in Wash ington. 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