Resourceful Group of Oregon Eighth
Raises Funds For Month-Long tour of
Graders
Nation
Br YVONNE FRANKLIN
- Mail Tribune
Washington Buroau
' Washington -Special)-Cyn-ics
who worry about what the
younger generation is coming
to should take a look at the
youngsters from around Col
ton, Oregon, who resourceful
ly planned and made money
for a month's campus; trip
across the continent to Wash
ington, D. C, in a borrowed
school bus.
Around their campsite 30
miles from Washington, in the
last hour before dark, after
an exhausting day of touring
the Capital, the 22 students
and four adults explained how
it all had happened.
Roger Bishop's 8th graders
began talking about the Unit
ed Nations in history class last
October and somewhere tin
idea was born to make a trip
east to see it and their coun
try. The students wrote letters
to airlines and buses and
found it would cost $3,000 to
charter a bus and more to fly,
which was too much. They
thought they might be able
to raise enough money if they
could use a school bus.
So they sent a delegation
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Medford
Tribune
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1963
Oregon Medicare,
Public Assistance
Rules Liberalized
Salem - (UPI) - The medical
aid to the aged and public
asistance programs were lib
eralized, and Increased fees
for nursing home care were
approved Friday at a lengthy
.meeting of the State Public
Welfare commission.
Nursing home rates were
Increased $3 monthly, effect
ive July 1, for three types of
care. The present rates are
$145 per month for moderate
care, $160 nonth for maxi
mum care, and $192 a month
for exceptional care.
A 10 per cent Increase in
doctor's fees was approved
for medical care under the
public assistance program.
Benefits and eligibility re
quirements under the medi
cal aid to the aged program
were liberalized.
No Settlement
01 Lumber
Strikes In Sight
Portland-niPH-The North
west lumber strike-shutdown
headed into July today with
no settlement In sight.
The International Wood
workers of America IWA met
Friday with the Georgia-Pa
ciflc Corp, No progress was
reported.
Georgia-Pacific Is negotlat
lug separately.
The IWA and the Lumber
and Sawmill Workers Union
LSW went on strike June 3
against two members of the
"Big Six," St. Regis and U.S.
Plywood. The other four -Weyerhaeuser,
International
Paper, Rayonler and Crown
Zellerbach then announced a
shutdown at plants where
members of the two unions
are employed.
A dispute over wages led
to the closure, which has af
fected some 19,000 men,
No Progress
The IWA . mot Thursday
with the Big Six and the LSW
has a meeting with the same
group next Monday. But no
progress was reported after
Thursday's meeting and the
two unions then held Joint
news conference In which
they threatened to spread the
strike.
Another big employer
group, Timber Operators
Council TOC, and the two
unions have reached a stale
mate.
Karl Glos, executive vice
president of the TOC, Issued
a statement raying "It would
be regretable If the strike
spreads."
Glos said, "... the LWS
hy refusing to modify Its in
itial 60-cent hourly wage de
mands Is clearly unrealistic
In my opinion." He added,
"Tlio IWA, too, thus far has
held to a position which we
consider unrealistic under the
circumstances."
Glos said the TOC had of
fered a IS-cent hourly hike
over three years which later
was increased to about 20
cents an hour.
The TOC and LSW met on
Monday and the TOC last met
with the IWA on May 29. No
other meetings have been
scheduled.
Georgia-Pacific meets with
the LSW on July 10.
The annual income ceiling
for eligibility was upped from
$1,900 to $1,730 for a single
person, and from $2,000 to
$2,300 for a couple,
A single person can have
liquid assets of up to $1,300
and a couple $2,000 and still
be eligible.
The $100 dedut table fea
ture has been removed, and
persons enrolled in the pro
gram have medical benefits
paid with their first cost.
As a policy matter, people
out of work because of cur
rent labor disputes will be
placed under the general as
sistance program, rather th n
being enrolled In the Aid to
Dependent Children (ADP)
program.
The commission decided to
extend the food stamp pro
gram for several more montri
on a trial basis.'
The commission also agreed
to sign a contract to have the
of five students to talk to the
school board about borrowing
one. Evin Frank, a bubbling
yet serious blonde, explained
to the board why they wanted
to go: to learn to accept re
sponsibility, to learn to live
together, to learn the value of
a dollar, and to see their
American heritage.
Gary Garbctt (who was
pointed out as "our best alh
Icte") presented the plan for
using the bus and the expect
ed cost of operation. Sandy
Bolkan showed maps of their
itinerary, Charlcne Gall told
how they expected to raise
the money, and Alice Swan-
son summarized the entire
venture.
Not surprisingly, the board
said they'd have to think
about such a "wild Idea," but
by springtime they had talked
themselves into it and agreed
to lease the bus to the class
for a dollar, provided they
met all expenses of running
it.
The boys and girls raised
$1,200 by candy sales, holding
a circus and other means, and
at the end of the semester
they each borrowed $30 from
their parents to meet uncx
pected expenses. They will
pay this back upon their re
turn by working In the fields
picking beans.
Lfi June 3
They left home June 3 lit
their Jaunty school bus that
seemed a little wayward to
startled car occupants not
used to such sights on the
super highways. There were
11 boys and 11 girls. The four
adults were Roger Bishop, 8th
grade teacher and father of
Susan; C. H. Wllcken, father
of Chuck; Mrs. Sid Garbett
and Mrs. Carl Swanson, moth
ers of Gary and Alice, respec
tively. The ladles slept in the
back of the bus in sleeping
bags; the men in a half-tent
near the two tents for the
youngsters. The men spelled
each other driving.
The two mothers got up
each morning at 3:30 to pre
pare breakfast and are usually
the lust to retire. They carried
a large supply of canned foods
as an emergency, but prefer-
secretary of state do statisti
cal work on data processing red to buy fresh meats, vege
equlpment to be purchased tables and fruits dally to give
by the secretary of state's of
fice.
Agriculture Dept.
Activities Reviewed
Salem -(IIPII- Future plans
for the slute department of ag
riculture, the department's im
age, and a review of depart
ment activities were aired at
a conference of dairy and con
sumer services and plant divi
sion employees of the depart
ment this week In Salem.
Stale Agriculture Director
James F. Short said the de
partment would be alert to
lmprovlnj services within the
scope of Its assigned respon
sibility.
Ho added "There was no
thought of artificial expansion
In the department."
Short said he Is convinced
the public is best served by
the agencies closest to home
and whenever possible gov
ernment service should be
hold at tho state level.
He said he had striven to
Improve slnte services where
there was a duplication of
state and federal service, with
the Idea of checking erosion
of state services.
the kids a good diet. At half
way point estimated costs
were $2 per day per person
Traffic In State
Shows Increase
Salem - UPD - Traffic vol
time throughout Oregon show
ed a net guilt for May, 1963
as compared to May, 1962
the state highway department
noted Saturday.
A i 9 per cent Increase was
recorded on rural highways,
and a 1.8 increase was noted
for urban highways.
Traffic for the first five
months this year showed a 3.7
per cent rural Increase, and
urban traffic was up SB per
cent over the same period
last year.
for everything! The food was
praised as being great.
The youngsters were still
filled with excitement over
the day they had just spent
in which they met Oregon's
two senators and toured the
historic shrines of Washing
ton. It was a toss-up as to
whether Williamsburg, Vir
ginia, a beautifully recon
structed colonial town, or
Washington had impressed
them most.
Impresstd
Don Calvin, a handsome
newcomer to Colton, who said
he plans maybe to study law,
said he was most impressed
with having met Senator
Wayne Morse and Sen. Mau
rine Neubcrger that morning.
He said Morse had talked to
the students for about 20 min
utes about civil rights and the
message was still with Don,
who thoughtfully shook his
head and said.
"Why, there are Negro chil
dren here in Washington who
don t have enough food to eat
while we re sending food overseas."
for Steve Hcndrickson, a
touslc-haircd tall boy, Wil
liamsburg was the high point,
"The reconstruction gave you
the feeling that you really
were back In colonial days,
he said. Many girls echoed
the sentiment.
Itinerary Outlined
Larry Wulf obligingly got
out his diary and explained
their itinerary. They were
roughly to follow the Lewis
and Clark trail from the west
to the east and, as they start
their homeward trek this
week, they expect to follow
the Oregon Trail. Their trip
east had taken them through
Yellowstone, the Plains States,
Michigan, Niagara Falls and
Canada, New York state, Bos
ton, New York City, Williams
burg, Va., and Washington,
D. C. They expect to be home
July 5.
They camped in public
campgrounds except for three
nights in private camps which
cost them 30 cents a person.
Some camps were primitive,
such as in South Dakota
where the boys had to carry
water from a hand pump a
half mile to their campsite.
The girls giggled In telling
about the few (cold) showers
they had had, explaining that
they had even washed their
hair in lakes, and they dressed
in the crowded tent in the
bus.
Some Difficulties
Kathleen Vraspir, a pretty
girl with long dark hair, show
ed the reporter the girls' tent
which had 11 sleeping bags
close together and a few small
suitcases stacked around. She
laughed that it was a little
difficult dressing for church
on Sunday under such condi
tions, but they did manage to
make themselves presentable.
Susan Bishop, who the day
of the interview had climbed
to the top of the Washington
Monument with the 11 boys
in 90 degree weather, still had
an infectious, happy grin and
bounce in telling about her
adventures.
She said that Boston had
been a disappointment. "I ex
pected it would be something
like Williamsburg," she said,
"but it was so built up." The
students didn t like the city
slums of the east, nor the
polluted Potomac river which
they had seen that day when
they toured Mount Vernon.
Their word was "ick" for the
crowded cities of the east
they liked the wide open
spaces of Oregon. Chuck Wil
cken said it really made him
appreciate all they had ' in
Oregon.
Boston Exciting
Steve Fox said that having
a police escort to guide them
around Boston was exciting;
they were taken to the Old
North Church and Paul Re-
vere's house. Larry Wult de
scribed their boat trip around
Manhattan Island in New
York where they saw the Stat
ue of Liberty, the Empire
State building and the United
Nations. For age 14 they seem
ed mature and knowledgeable
about their experiences,
Evin Frank loved Williams
burg and Mount Vernon, She
thought cooking in one of
the fireplaces would be
neat."
"People are getting lazy,"
she said. "Pretty soon we're
going to have so many auto
matic things that we re going
to sit around and get fat. I
think people should get out
and do things. I think they
should travel more and see
what America looks like."
Well, 22 Intrepid youngsters
State CD Staff Moves
Br ZAN STARK
United Press International
Salem - (u.., - Oregon's
Civil Defense agency, emascu
lated by the legislature and
scorned by the federal gov
ernment, moved Saturday in
to its new headquarters.
The new three - member
coordinating staff is moving
into a SO-by-DO foot office
in the basement of the Capi
tol building.
Teletypes, radio transmit
ters and telephone lines will
be moved into a nearby com
munications center in few
days.
The agency, which includ
ed 18 staffers before the leg
islative cutback, is moving
out of small offices in the
finance building.
Cost $38,000
The new offices and com
munications center cost $36,
000. The work was ordered
before the legislature slash
ed the agency's funds and cut
it to a three-member coordin
ating staff attached to the
governor's office.
As a result of the legisla
tive cutback, federal authori
ties refused to authorize
Corvallis Youth Gets
Boys State Honor
Corvallis - IUPD - James
Roger Hamlin, Corvallis. was
selected as first citizen of
Beaver Boys State, the week-
long citizenship training pro
gram sponsored by the Amer
ican Legion.
Hamlin succeeds Douz Me-
Carty of Portland. He will ac
company Jerry Ota of PorU
land, Boys State governor, to
Boys Nation In Washington,
D. C. this summer.
Named alternate first citi
zens were Mike Brooks of
Eugene and Mike Wright, Salem.
Elected to the three posi.
tions on the Boys State- Su
preme Court were Rick Van
Camp, Klamath Falls; John
Sullivan, Portland, and Roger
Randall, Cottage Grove.
matching funds to bolster the lonesome
state agency.
Oregon is the first state
to turn its back on civil de
fense. The city of Portland drop
ped its CD organization. The
Multnomah, Klamath, Lin
coln, Dti.-hutes, Lane and
Coos county organizations
either have been dropped
or have been drastically cut
back.
It was believed a major
reason for the loss of federal
funds was the fear that it
matching moneys were pro
vided in spite of the cutback,
other states would follow
Oregon's example and dump
the entire program back in
the laps of the federal gov
ernment. Won't Be Lonesome
Oregon's three - member
staff isn't expected to be too
in its giant 4,300
square looi omce. inert
were indications that at least
one other state agency would
be moved into the same of
fice space.
Only seven of Oregon's
18 - member staff remained
on the job this week. The
EIGHTH DEATH
Burney, Calif.-(ITS -Shasta)
county recorded its eighth,
traffic fatality of the month
Saturday when. Jay D. Dunn,
31, of Redding was killed in
a one-car accident on U.S. 299
about five miles west of here.
others were laid off, or got
discouraged and quit.
When Sandslrom opens
his office Monday morning,
the first day of the 1963-63
biennium, his staff will in
clude radio technician Joseph
Vogt and bookkeeper Donna
Casey.
COFFEE
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TO BE TRAINED
Washington-ffllPt-Twenty un
employed persons will be
trained as foresters during a
37-week training session in
Oregon in September, the De
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare announced Friday.
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Cross said that was the rea
son Hatfield canceled a press
conference scheduled Friday
afternoon in Portland.
Hatfield returned Friday
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