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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 14. 113
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Architectural Archivist Visits Jacksonville Sites
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TEMPORARY FIRE HALL The Talent
Rural Fire Protection district's equipment
is being based at this ball on Old Pacific
' highway near Main st. until a new hall is
built on property recently purchased by the
district at the corner of Main and I sts. At
; present the district has two trucks, the old
Talent rural truck (right) which was housed
at the Talent city fire station until the rural
district was formed last year, and a truck
on loan, seen above at left. At the end of
this month, the department will receive
delivery on two new trucks it is buying.
When the new trucks arrive, the loaned
vehicle will be returned and the old truck
will be used In reserve.
971 Students, Adults Take
Part in Recreation Program
' Ashland-A total of 971 stu
dents and adults have partici
pated in tlie Ashland Recre
ation program now in its final
week.
The program headed by
Pierre Roberts included swim
ming, skaiing, baseball, track,
bowling, golf, tennis, and jun
ior theater work;
Roberts was selected by the
recreation committee, which
is headed by Dr. Alex Peter
son of Southern Oregon col
lege. In the nine -weeks swim
ming program, 60 per cent of
all, the beginning swimmers
learned to swim. In addition
to the instruction in junior
and senior life-saving for stu
dents, classes for women were
held. Seven instructors were
in charge of the 547 swimmers
who participated in the ses
sions at Jackson Hot springs
Skating Program
Thirty students took part in
the six-week skating program
held at the Ashland Skating
rink. They met once a week
For the six-week baseball
session, three leagues were
formed for the 140 students
who played.
Rondo lanes in Ashland was
the site for instruction in
bowling. The one-day-a-week
lessons were attended by 103
students.
Golf lessons were provided
by the golf instructor at the
Oak Knoll Golf course for 23
boys and girls.
Junior Theater Work
Bob Chapin, a Southern
Oregon college student, was
in charge of the seven-weeks
course in junior theater work
held at the high school. As
their culminating activity the
80 participants produced 4
one-act plays. , In addition
they made all the sets and pro
duced their own costumes.
Jim Songster directed the
programs in track and tennis.
Thirty - eight participants
took part in individual track
events, pentathlon, and were
in the All-Comers meet held
in Medford. Forty students
practiced tennis two times a
week and played with Phoe
nix twice.
Regional News
Talent Reading Club
Holds Book Party
ALICE BURNETT
Mail Tribune - Correspondent
Talent Nearly SO children
costumed to represent their
favorite characters from
books attended the Library
Book club party at the Talent
city hall recently.
Apparently the noble red
skin still compels more ad'
miration from children than
does the man from outer
space, according to the num
ber of children who came in
Indian attire. All of the cos
tumcs showed a great deal
of thought and effort and the
judges, including Omar Ba
con, librarian for Public Li
brary of Medford and Jackson
County, Mrs. Archie Estes,
Talent librarian, her assistant,
Mrs. William Sommer, Mrs.
Harry Flynn and Miss Evelyn
Haikkila, found the winners
hard to choose.
Winners under 10 were for
a girl, Debby, Jennings, as a
colored hobo boy, and Todd
Simpson, as a helicopter; hon
orable mention went to Eddie
Lonch, Indian, and Clancy
Stone as Mother Hubbard.
Winners over 10 were Leslie
Dean, cowboy, and Sally
Simpson, Scotch girl. Honor
able mention when to Elsye
Smith, a gypsy.
Gets New Members '
Glenda Evans was a win
ner for bringing in the most
new members to register for
the reading club, and Karen
Conner read the most books
from June 3 to Aug. 3. She
read 64 in that time.
Bacon presented certificates
to 58 children who had fin
ished reading at least 10
books.
Mrs. Ray Burnette was
chairman of the party com'
mittee for the Talent Feder
ated Women's club, a member
of the Oregon Federation of
Women's Clubs, who sponsor
ed the event. Members of the
club donated cookies and
punch for refreshments. Those
serving were Mrs. Burnette,
Mrs. Mae Lowe, Mrs. Flynn,
and Mrs. James Enberg as
sisted by the Misses Elsye
Smith and Evelyn Haikkila.
Prizes for the party were
donated by Talent merchants.
Jacksonville - Mrs. Preston
Par ish, Fredericksburg, Va.,
former architectural archivist
for colonial Williamsburg, was
in Jacksonville this week on
an extended tour of historical
landmarks and historical so
cieties across the country.
Mrs. Parish recently re
signed her post as architec
tural archivist. Prior to that
she was affiliated with Ken-
more Mansion, home of
George Washington's sister,
Mary Washington Lewis, wife
of Col. Fielding Lewis. Colo
nel Lewis was an ancestor ot
Merryweather Lewis of the
Lewis and Clark expedition
which explored the Pacific
Northwest.
Mrs. Parish said she was
pleased with the stagecoach,
the town of Jacksonville,
"which has more historic
value than any town visited,'
and the effort of the people to
preserve the town's historic
values.
Substance And Taste
"By the architecture alone,
one can see that the town was
created by men of substance
and taste," the former archiv
1st commented. "This is not
our heritage sprung from it
self, but a heritage uprooted
from the east and replanted
in the west. The settlers who
came here brought the best of
the good taste and substance
of their eastern heritage," she
said.
Mrs. Parish decried historic
"Honky Tonks," and urged
integrity in restoration.
In 1962, 70 million people
have visited museums includ
ing ones like Jacksonville's,
This is one-third of the popu
lation and more than the paid
admissions to all baseball
parks in the country, she
pointed out.
Caught In Movement
She quoted August Heck
sher. President Kennedy's
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Tuckers Donate
House for Club
Jacksonville - Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Tucker and family, Jack
sonville, have donated use of
the old "Jacksonville-Medford
Railroad lines" depot for the
headquarters of the Boosters'
club.
The Tuckers restored the
historic depot to its original
state last year. It and the
roundhouse were built in 1890
by Honeyman de Hart com
pany, Portland.
In 1891 a New Year's Eve
ball was given at the old U. S
hotel in honor of the new rail
road. In 1894 William Bar-
num, his wife and sons, John
and Bill, moved to Medford
from New York.
A third son, George, was
born in Medford. In 1904, Bar-
num acquired the "Jacksonville-Medford
line,'' and in
corporated it under the name
of "Rogue Valley Railway
company. At this time, he
moved to Jacksonville where
the roundhouse and the depot
were located.
RegionalCalendar
Gold Hill - Wednesday,
Aug. 14, 7:30 p.m.. Gold Hill
Volunteer Firemen's meeting
at Fire hall.
Gold Hill - Thursday, Aug.
15, noon, Gold Hill Chamber
of Commerce no host lunch
eon and business meeting at
Rogue Riveria restaurant.
Gold Hill - Friday, Aug. 18,
noon. Gold Hill Garden club
potluck picnic luncheon and
meeting at Ben Hur Lampman
park.
Prospect Aug. 18, the
Prospect Art association will
have an art exhibit on the
Pearson lawn.
Prospect Library
Holds Kids Parade
Prospect Kevin Burrill,
who protrayed Llndburg, won
first priie in the Prospect li
brary children's parade re
cently. Theme of the parade
was "Count Down and Blast
Off."
First prize in the second di
vision went to Mike Grieve,
who protrayed a little Mexi
can boy, and second prize
went to Gina Burrcll, who
represented Clara Barton.
First prize in the third di
vision was won by Dcbra
Love who was dressed as
Huckleberry Finn; second
went to Jimmy Goodman,
dressed as a scuba diver,
and third went to Mark Boy
er, who represented Toby
Tyler.
About 50 children partici
pated in the parade, after
which motion pictures were
shown. Mrs. George Ring was
mistress of ceremonies for the
event.
special consultant on the arts.
"You are caught up, whether
you like it or not, in one of
the great movements of this,
or any time - the search for
meaning and beauty in life,
the love of things that appeal
lo something more than nat
ural satisfactions."
Upon returning to Freder
icksburgh, Mrs. Parish said
she plans to start a two-man
foundation for American his
tory teachers from the east
to visit this area, see and
study the "magificent frontier
that took place here."
Jack Sutton, Grants Pass,
Siskiyou Pioneer Sites foun
dation president, Mrs. George
Brewer, leader in the Beek
man house preservation, and
Mrs. Houston Valentine, a di
rector of the Jacksonville
Boosters' club, toured Jack
sonville with Mrs. Parish.
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DELIVERING WITH EASE Mrs. Clifton Childers of Apple
gate Valley took over the job of delivering mail on route 2
out of Jacksonville as of July 1 on a two-year contract. Since
the route covers many miles (all through the Big Applegate
and Sterling areas) and all the boxes are on the right hand
side of the road, she ordered a Japanese right hand drive
Datsun pickup through a Medford auto dealer. The vehicle
was brought over from Tokyo on special order.
Voters Reminded
Of Forthcoming
District Election
Prospect Qualified voters
in the proposed Prospect
Rural Fire Protection district
are reminded by the Prospect
Volunteer Fire department
that Aug. 16 is the date set
for the district election.
On the date, voters will be
asked to vote for or against
formation of the district and
to elect a five-member board
of directors, which will take
office if the district formation
is approved.
The present acting board
of volunteer department is
recommending that the new
board be apportioned so that
each of the five general areas
of the district will have rep
rcsentation.
Candidates and the districts
they would represent arc: Rex
Normand of the Red Blanket
area; jack uenoiser oi ine
Cascade Gorge area; Madeline
Poole of the Wildwood area;
John Davidson of the Pacific
Power and Light area; Doug
Klmmons of the Prospect area
itself.
Every registered voter In
Gas Company Sends
Letter to Leyen
Rocue River Mayor John
Leyen, Rogue River, has re
ceived a letter from Murray
S. Gardiner, district manager
of the California-Pacific Utili
ties company expressing the
company's appreciation for
cooperation during installa
tion of a natural gas pipeline
through Rogue River.
Mavor Leyen observed
some of the construction of
the pipeline when it was
brought into Jackson county
recently. He and mayors mcn-
rd W. Straus. Gold Hill, ana
ames Dunlcvy. Medford, and
City Administrator Freeman
W. Mason, Central Point, vis
ited the construction site with
Gardiner.
In a letter read lo the Aug.
Rocue River council meet
ing, Gardiner said the com
pany expresses its apprecia
tion "to you for the courtesies
extended our contractor by
ocaieiiiis him In locating un
derground water pipes and
storm drains.
'He also highly commends
your police force for its as
sistance In directing traffic.
is our hope that the bene
fits securing to your com
munity by the distribution
system scheduled for 1964
ill more than offset any
ight inconveniences we have
lused," Gardiner said.
SNAKE KILLED
Tiller - Charles (Butch)
Zimmerman, 11, and his
brother. John. 7, killed their
first rattlesnake Wednesday.
They are the sons of Mr, and
Mrs. Joe Zimmerman .
Young People Clean
Up Church Grounds
Tiller-About 40 young peo
ple and their chaperons com
bined work and play recently.
They gathered at the South
Umpqua Community church
where they mowed, raked,
and cleaned up the tall grass
and weeds that were growing
up around the church and par
sonage. They also cleared the
rocks off the parking area and
dug a drainage ditch.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hughes
of Milo arc the sponsors of the
Youth Group of the church at
Tiller.
the Prospect area was urged
to vote on the proposal.
Those not located in the
district can be annexed later,
firemen said.
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