MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY. JUNE 13. 1913
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Locals
Accident - William Robert
3ean, 16, of 411 Church St.,
Phoenix, escaped injury
Wednesday morning when the
car he was driving missed a
curve on Hillsinger rd. and
crossed two ditches. He was
cited by Jackson county
sheriffs deputies for operat
ing a vehicle without a li
cense. Convalescing Convalesc
ing at Sacred Heart hospital
following surgery is Keith E.
Schoettle, 11, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Schoettle, box 212,
Eagle Point.
Return Horn Mrs. Dwain
Hamner and her mother, Mrs.
Hattie Holland, both of Horn
brook, have returned from
Los Angeles, where they were
called by the death of Mrs.
Hamner's sister, Mrs. William
Eastman. They were accom
panied south by Mrs. Ham
ner's brother, Dave Holland,
Corvallis. Mrs. Eastman and
her husband had visited Horn-
brook a few years ago prior
to leaving for Amman, Jor
dan, where be was sent by
the U. S. State department.
Hospitalized - H. H. Cor
liss, 938 South Holly St., is
reported in good condition at
Good Samaritan hospital,
Portland where he has been
confined the past few days
as a medical patient. '
To Elect-Members of Car-
penters Local have called a
5 special meeting for Friday,
June 14 at 8 p.m., in the Car
penters hall, when officers
will be elected.
' Trail Riders-The Trail Rid
ers will hold an overnight
trail ride Saturday night.
tfuue lo ai me ijiiy oien na
.ing stables at Howard Prairie
lake. All persons are to take
their own provisions and ta
ble service, according to Mrs.
Roy Vague. Trail Riders' sec
retary.
Dinner - The Upper Rogue
Grange will serve a ham din
ner on Father's Day, Sunday,
June 16, from noon to 5
p.m. Homemade pies will be
included in the menu.
Freshmen Receive
Scholarships
Several local men and
women who will be freshmen
at the University of Oregon
this fall have been awarded
scholarships from the UO
scholarship fund.
They were: Patricia Ann
McCann, Grants . Pass, who
was given the University of
Oregon Mothers scholarship;
Lorean Dale Stafford, also
Grants Pass, received the Wil
liam W. Strout scholarship;
and Richard Arthur Coulter,
Phoenix, received the Joseph
Kinsman Starr scholarship.
Ashland Activities
On July 4 Given
Representatives
Ashland - Fourth of July
celebration plans took final
form Wednesday when repre
sentatives of civic groups met
for luncheon in the Mark An
tony hotel.
Clint Lorber, general chair
man, announced that invita
tions have been sent to south
ern Oregon and northern Cali
fornia and said that entries
are being received for the
morning parade. This year's
theme is to be "Ring the Bells
for Liberty."
''It will be first come first
served,1" he declared, explain
ing that floats and units will
be assigned places in the line
of march as entries are re
ceived. The National Guard
and Army tanks will head the ;
parade which is to form at
the Triangle park on Siskiyou
blvd. at 10 a.m. July 4. There
will be riders from many
parts of the valley including
the Ashland Wranglers who
will present a horseshow in
the afternoon.
According to Mrs. V e 1 m a
Jones, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, tentative
arrangements are being made
for a holiday excursion by
train from Grants Pass to Ash.
land. It is hoped that several
passenger coaches will be
made available for the gala
trip.
Parade Applications
Parade applications may be
had at the Chamber of Com
merce office on the Plaza and
must be entered with fee pay
ment by July 1 to be eligible
for prizes. Cash awards and
ribbons will be presented fol
lowing the parade at the But
ler Memorial bandshell in
Lithia park where there will
be a concert by the city band
and a patriotic address by
John vonKuhlmann of Ash
land. During the afternoon there
will be entertainment in the
park where booths and food
concessions will be set tip and
manned by local service clubs
and other groups under the
sponsorship of the Ashland
Lions club.
Night time fireworks are
scheduled at Emigran lake
where the Jaycees will be in
charge and members of De
Molay will handle the park
ing of cars.
Throughout the day char
coal broiled chicken, barbe
cued beef and home-cooked
foods will be served in Lithia
park. '
Portland Livestock
Portland (UPD USDA Cattle
50; canner-cutter Holstein cowi
13.50-14; medium-good feeder
steers 625-1000 lb . 18-20; good
feeder heifers 520 lb. 18.
Calves none; no early test.
Hons 50; 1. 2 and 3 at 190-220
lb. steady at 18.25-19; sows too
few to test trade.
Sheep 50; choice spring slaueh
ter lambs steady at 21.25; not
enough other classes to establish
trade.
FISH FRY
MOOSE HALL
11 NEWTOWN
Friday, June 14th
Net proceeds for Bliss Heine's Moose Juniors to buy
additional equipment.
Dinner Music by Bliss Heine t Ralph Ettel
TICKETS $1.00
p . . . X
RESCUED FROM GULF-Russcll C. Swift, 54, of West
Springfield, Pa., was rescued after being adrift in a 39-inch-square
bait box in the Gulf of Mexico, for six days without
food or water. Swift told the Coast Guard his 30-foot snap
per boat- was on its inaugural run when it sank and he
could not wave to fishermen for fear his bait box would
overturn. Doctors said he was in surprisingly good condi
tion, but sunburned and blistered. (UPD
Junior High School
Name Change Voted
By School Board
Grants Pass-The Josephine
County Unit school board
voted this week to change the
name ot Monument Junior
High school to Fleming Junior
High . in honor of the late
County School Superintendent
Elmer W. Fleming.
Fleming, who died unex
pectedly in April, was largely
responsible for the construc
tion of the new junior high
school near Merlin : which
opened last fall. It serves all
county junior ,high students
north of the Rogue river.
Suggestion for the name
change came originally from
ninth grade pupils at the
school. Action on the proposal
was deferred by the board un
til it could be determined that
county Parent Teacher asso
ciation groups were also in
favor of the change.
The board pointed out that
the only expense involved
would be in the changing of a
few letters on the front of
the school. Present materials
such as ' athletic equipment,
stationery and reports would
be continued until supplies
are exhausted, (hen; replaced
with the new name as needed.
Most athletic equipment has
been stenciled with the nick
name "Rogues'" which is not
being changed.
Thousands Greet
Festival Fleet ,
Portland -(LTD- A crowd of
thousands lined bridges and
the seawall of downtown Port
land to greet the Rose Festival
"task force" of nine United
States Navy ships and fivs
from the Canadian navy Wed
nesday. ; . ,
Flagship for the fleet was
the USS Berkeley, a guided
missile destroyer. It entered
Portland Harbor shortly after
3 p.m.
Rose Festival Queen Linda
Jackson and her court made
another round of appearances
throughout the city.
Today's events included the
opening of the 75th annual
Portland Rose Show. Forty
three trophies will be award
ed to the best of over 5,000
entries. More than 20,000
blooms were on display at the
Sheraton Motor hotel.
Portland's sister city, Sap
poro, Japan, has elected ils
Rose Queen and she was
scheduled to arrive at Inter
national airport at 11:53 a.m.
today. She is 19-year-old Yoko
Yamamoto.
Boys Appear For
Curfew Violation
Four area teen - age boys
were placed on 90 days pro
bation in Medford municipal
court this morning after they
entered pleas of guilty to
charges of curfew violation.
The sentence was imposed
by Judge Justin-Smith Jr. on
a 17-year-old from Prospect,
a 17-year-old from Eagle Point
and two boys from Jackson
ville, aged 16 and 17. -
A 7
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Register and Tribune
Syndicate, .)
Cows Now Have Cause To
Worry About Hide Market
Seems like, just when cne
branch of our economy gets
firmly on its feet with its head
in the clouds and is making
money hand over fist, along
comes an imitation, or an im
provement, on what may have
been a good product in the
first place. Whammo, the new
material or product comes out
and knocks the props out from
under one that was doing al
right. :
Maybe this is the way of
progress, but when it happens,
somebody else gets hurt. The
industry now threatened is
one that has to do with the
hides of cattle, from which
leather is made.
Man has found many uses
for the hide of the cow, one
of the most important of
which is in the manufacture of
shoes. And, for a very import
ant reason, leather is porous
to some considerable extent.
It is actually perforated with
thousands of tiny pores, or
holes, which allow the feet
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Kennedy Planning
Visit To Britain
Gatwick, England - (UPD -White
House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger confirmed
when he arrived from Rome
today that President Kennedy
still is coming to "Britain at
the end of this month.
"Yes, . sir," , Salinger said
when queried about the visit.
"I would not be here if he
were not coming."
Asked if there had been
any difficulty because of the
British government crisis
over the Profumo scandal,
Salinger said, "I am not say
ing anything on that."
Salinger and a group of
U.S. security officials arrived
at Gatwick Airport, 27 miles
south of London, aboard Ken
nedy's private plane to make
arrangements for the Presi
dent's visit June 29-30 for
consultations with Prime Min
ister Harold Macmillan. They
were on a similar mission in
Italy, which Kennedy also
will visit. -
Former Miss USA
Takes Overdose
Hollywood - lUM - Lcona
Gage, 24, who reigned briefly
as Miss U.S.A. in the , 1957
Miss Universe contest until
it was discovered ' she was
married and a mother of two
was under treatment today
for an overdose of barbitu
rates and was reported in
good condition.
Police said Miss Gage took
the drug because of despond
ency over marital' difficulties
with her fourth husband, Gun-
ther Collatz, Investigators said
she left a note . to Collatz,
from whom she had separated
a week ago,, saying she was
sorry "things . didn't t, work
out." ,;-
The shapely brunette Iost
her Miss U.S.A. crown the
day after she won . it when
it was discovered she was wed
in,,. .1964-, fo Air Force Sgt.
Gene Ennis. v..
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California jCars
Collide This' Morning
, Two California cars collid
ed about 7 o'clock today at
Riverside and! Stewart aves.,
according to Medford city po
lice. No injuries were report
ed, officers said. .
Drivers involved were
George Edward Kurtz, 36, Po
mona, Calif., and John Jay
Whitsoh, 17, El Sobrante, Cal
if. Whitson was cited for dis
obeying a traffic signal.
London - (UPD t Viscount
Cunningham of Hyndhopc, 80.
the bold and colorful admiral
of the fleet who commanded
Britain's World War II Medi
terranean fleet, died Wednes
day in a taxicab. Death was
believed due to a heart attack.
Subcommittee To
Hear Negro Leader
Washington rtlPD A House
subcommittee responsible, for
writing new civil rights legis
lation today was scheduled
to hear testimony from a Ne
gro leader experienced in
court battles and street dem
onstrations. ,
Roy Wilkins, executive -di
rector of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement
of Colored People, was ex.
peeled to lead off testimony
before the House . judiciary
subcommittee headed by
Emanuel Cetlcr (D-N.YJ. .
The subcommittee has been
considering only President
Kennedy's original 1963 civil
rights request. . The measure
calls for increased assurance
that Negroes will' be treated
equally when registering to
Obituaries
THOMAS F. HIGGINS
Thomas F. Higgins, 81, for
merly of Medford, died June
2 at a Portland hospital.
Mr. Higgins was born in
Portland July 8, 1881. He was
superintendent of the city
nark In Medford for many
years until his Retirement In
1948. He had been a resident
of Portland for the past three
years.
He is survived by nis wue
Mary, and five sons, a sister
and five grandchildren
JOHN WILLIAM HALL
John W. Hall, 79, of 464
Bush St.. Central Point, died
early this morning in a local
hosDital. Funeral arrange.
ments will be announced by
Perl F.uneral home. ,
Weather
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinitvr Fair to
night and Friday. Chance of aft
ernoon and evening ahowert. Low
tonight 53. High Friday S8
Western Oreeon: Partly cloudy
tonight .ind Friday. Chance of few
Investment Funds
Noon quotations "on selected
fund Bid
Bullork 13112
Chemical Fund . II 31
Colonial Ener i .. 12.41
Eaton Howlld Stk 14 02
IS 34
Fundamental Invest. fl9l
r.rnuD Sec Avla Klec 7 20
Group Sec Com Stk 13 4.1
Hamilton C7
Keystone B-3
Kevttnne B-4
Keystone K-2
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Kev.lone S J .;, i.. 13 11
scattered thunderihOMers during :
in north portions. Low (nntght 4ft
58. High both days 75-85. Near
SO on coast.
Northern California: Fair both
davs except scattered thunder
showers in Sierra Nevadas. Foe on
coast. Otherwise little change tn
temperature.
LOCAL DAT. J...:.; .i " .1417
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day 71: above normal . .,, Inv enh Stk S 2
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PRECIPITATION 24 hours tolSiV.".
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GEORGE BELTON
Funeral services for George
Belton, 87, of 201 Portland
ave., who died Monday, will
he conducted Friday at 1 p.m
in the Chapel In the Trees
mnrtuarv. within Siskiyou
vote. A second bill would Memorial park. The Rev. Ray-
continue the Civil Rights mond E. Brandt ot the Cav
Commission.
However, the hearing may
touch on new civil rights bills
at which President Kennedy
hinted during his television
address Tuesday night. The
enclosed in leather to breathe.
Attempts to make a substi
tute for the uppers of shoes
have resulted in failure; plas
tic materials have pivved too
warm, and therefore uncom
fortable. Leather Needed
The soles of shoes can be
made ot synthetic materials,
but the uppers needed leather.
So leather has been a multi
million dollar a year indus
try, and nearly 90 per cent of
the 700 million dollars worth
of leather went Into the manu
facture of shoes, especially the
uppers.
Over the past few years.
many materials have been
tried that were hoped to be
suitable, but most proved to
be unsatisfactory due to the
lack of breathing pores-a nat
ural part of leather.
But the boys with the test
tubes, the drawing boards and
the active imaginations kept
on looking, experimenting and
trying out various synthetics.
It was a challenge. They had
lready perfected materials
that could be made into cloth
ing, and a host of other arti
cles, so why not a material
that could "breathe" as well
leather?
Search Continued
The search went on for
years. In the meantime, back
at the ranch, or in the pasture
and the barnyard, the cattle,
source of hundreds ot millions
of dollars worth of leather,
kept on eating, giving milk,
yielding meat and munching
grass, with never a worried
look on a single bovine face.
And all the time, the cattle
were being held together with
cowhide, the same material,
that, after processing, went
into the manufacture ot the
uppers for shoes.
If the cattle had any
thou glit in the matter at all,
they gave no sign. They prob
ably figured their position in
the economy of the hide bus
iness was secure. Right up to
the present It was, but now
things are beginning to look a
little dubious for the hide bus
iness.
At last, it seems the busy
bovs in the lab have come up
with something ana most oi
the results, so far, have been
highly encouraging. They've
developed a plastic material,
a synthetic that la literally
peppered with thousands ot
microscopic holes through
which human feet can
breathe," and as comfortably
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AND ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS
ANNE BANCROFT
test Actress
PATTY DUKE
Best Supporting Actreu
President Is expected to ask
Congress next week to out
law racial discrimination in
hotels, restaurants, theaters
and other public accommo
dations ana to give me gov- .-- r,.hnrf nt Rail
eminent new authority to
push' school desegregation
cases. '
European Markets
Plywood Answer
Gearhart - (UPII - Exports lo
European markets can pro
vide the answer to the excess
manufacturing capacity of
the plywood industry, the
Douglas Fir Plywood Associa
tion was told Wednesday.
Dan Goldyj deputy assist
ant secretary of commerce,
made the comments at the
closing session of the group's
three-day convention. He
said, however, there arc head
aches and adjustments ahead
for those : who would com
pete in Europe. '
He said there are problems
that must be solved in com
petitive shipping rates, con-
airy Lutheran church, Grants
Pass, will oltlclale. j-rwaie
Interment will toiiow in om-
kivou Memorial park
Mr. Belton was born Apr
12 Ifi7fi in Croswell, Mich.
the son of the late Henry and I ag it tne uppers were made of
Mary J. Belton. un lviuy , natural leather. Somebody
1900, in Pembino, Wis., ne i wjns ancj somebody loses.
was married io miss ii .
amuiiiuuii, viii on, ... -.. ( . -
Mr. Bolton was a momoer i j-i AMlf panar IC
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A BRILLIANT BOLT
OF ENTERTAINMENT I
ANNE
BANCROFT
uav 'trainmen,' ne imu
worked for the railroad since
1886, and had been a train
master for the Great North
ern railroad. On Aug. 21).
1939. he retired from the
Southern Pacific railroad in
Klamath Falls. He had been
a resident of Oregon for the
past 39 years, and a resident
of this community for the
past 23 years.
Survivors besides his wife
include one son. George Bel
ton Jr., Portland; five daugh
ters, Mrs. Muriel Joncschict,
Jackson. Calif.; Mrs. Vivian
Bakke, Portland; Mrs. Lillian
O'Brien, and Mrs. Frances
Huerby, SHnla Rosa. Calif.,
and Mrs. Mavis Westlund,
Klamalh Falls; two brothers,
Frank Belton, Edmonton, Al
berta, Canada, and Harry Bel
ton. Troy, Monl.: two sisters,
Mrs. Mary McDonald, Dapp,
Alberta, Canada, lind Mrs.
Margaret Cox, Troy, Mont.;
seven grandchildren, and 15
great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements arc
entrusted . to Siskiyou rune-
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f I X A ' worker ! DUKE
V? iirnrJ" if victor jory
of the DFPA.
forming to European stand
ards and sizes, and cultivation i ra scrvicc, directors of Chap
of the market. :. cl In the Trees mortuary.
Jackson C. Beaman, presi-
dent ot Southern Oregon Ply-! Portland PrOfJucs
wood, was elected president, n,ir,iH iupii Dairy markri:
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Western Stocks
By United Press Interna! lonsl
inch below normal.
Total since Sept. t. 25 Inches.
8 9 lnche above normal.
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Assigned by Navy
Radioman First Class Ste
phen M. Udell has reported lo
the Naval Reserve Electron
ics Division 13-5 here as sta
tionkeeper. He replaces Don
ald R. LaPratt, also a radio
man first class, who left re
cently to attend advanced ra
dio school at the U. S. Naval
Training Center, San Diego.
Udell arrived here from Ihe
aircralt carrier USS Kear
sargc, where he was stationed
for four years.
Married, the couple has
three boys. Udell is a member
of the Council Pines district,
Boy Scouts of America.
Schooner Owner
Planning Lawsuit
Astoria-IUPII-The owner of
the 71-loot scuooner iiuruiy.ii
said Wednesday he planned
to file a claim against the
Oregon Highway department:
after he lost the top 20 feet
of his mast and some rigging
in a collision with the Inter-1
state Bridce between Port-'
land and Vancouver, Wash.
Col. II. F. Palmer of Hono
lulu said the span was noli
raljtcd high enough to let his
boat pps through. ;
The boat continued to As
toria for repairs and planned
to depart for Honolulu Fri-1
day, about a week behind
schedule. Col. Palmer said he i
would file a claim for the
cost of repairs and overtime
for hi crew members.
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