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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 28. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Regional Roundup
by Cltva Twltthell
Mail Tribun Regional Editor
A number of interesting things happened around the
valley while we were away on vacation.
Ralph (Jiggs) Conners, chief of the Talent Rural Fire
Protection district, and previously chief of both the city
and rural departments In Talent before the rural district
was formed, resigned, effective Sept. 1. He resigned
because of lack of time for the job, which has now be
come full-time.
Formation of the Prospect Rural Fire Protection dis
trict was approved by the rather unanimous vote of 35
to 0 at an election Aug. 16.
We've also been trying to track down some informa
tion concerning reports we heard that a hootenanny
had been proposed in Jacksonville, to take place on the
Britt grounds. An informal meeting was held last week,
we understand, between members of the Britt festival
board and some Jacksonville City Councilmen. Some of
those present favored the idea, while others felt that a
hootenanny would tend to degrade the atmosphere of the
grounds, we were informed. No decision on the matter
was reported.
Before leaving on vacation, we learned that our
Merlin friend Daniel W. Fry, about whose flying saucer
encounter we wrote an article last January, had been
invited to address the teachers of Ashland School Dis
trict No. 5 on the afternoon of Sept. 3. Upon our return
we find that Medford School District No. 549C has
invited him to speak also, on the morning of the same
day. In addition, the teachers of District 6C at Central
Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley will sit in on the Ash
land meeting. The teachers are going to be in for an
interesting day. We hope to attend both meetings.
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Vacation on the Coast
"If you are searching for a three-day holiday and if
you wish to really see Oregon," writes Genevieve Briggs,
Wilderville correspondent, "the coast Is your answer. It
is now just two hours to Brookings (from Wilderville,
thanks to the Collier tunnel) and four hours and 30
minutes to Coos Bay over the most beautiful coast line
in the world, and the new highway is something that
engineers dream of.
"Leaving after 5 p.m., we arrived on the coast in time
for the most exquisite sunset one ever saw. The sun set
across the Pacific in a ball of fire with a halo of soft
golden, fleecy clouds. The peace and tranquility was re
freshing after the turmoil of the world more in keep
ing with the world God wanted it to be.
"Arriving at the home of Mrs. Arther Bollinger, who
Is a long time resident of Brookings, we spent the eve
ning talking of old times before the coming of the famed
lilies of Brookings. We saw many changes from the days
gone by new motels and new homes. Arising early the
next morning and watching the fishing fleet put out to
sea, we wandered on up the coast at an easy pace. The
whales were starting their southward journey and we
saw a few spouting in the distance, and the sea gulls told
us where the fish were running. Arriving at Gold Beach,
where there were dozens of sport fishing boats dotting
the ocean, we found the Pacific as calm as a mill pond.
The air was golden and warm and cozy.
Unheard-of Speed
"We wandered on to Bandon then on to Coos Bay
all within the time of three hours, unheard-of for those
who like us have lived here for many years and know
the hours of twisting and turning to make it from Brook
ings to Gold Beach alone.
"We found the motels In Bandon in many price
ranges, from $18 down to moderate, so take your choice.
This is true of most of the sea coast towns. That is the
fun of Oregon. You can pick the time and the place, from
Harris State park, with its beautiful picnic areas and
camping and trailer areas, to Humbug State park, nes
tling within the arms of the inlet with a merry creek
passing by, on to the most expensive hotels and motels.
"Have you heard the legend of Humbug mountain?
Here you can hear street cars and trains and music in
the air. All sorts of theories are advanced that this
mountain carries radio waves, why, no one knows.
"This way of living makes you feel that you are
away from the canned artificial world that we are all
forced to live in."
Patrick School Registration Friday
Gold Hill-Parents of young
sters who will enter first
grade at Patrick Elementary
school in Gold Hill are re
minded that registration date
has been set for Friday, Aug.
30, according to Gilbert A.
Mack, principal.
On that date between the
hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
first graders will register in
the rooms of teachers, Mrs.
Wilda Branks and Mrs. Bar
bara Toner. Parents are also
reminded to bring their
child's birth certificate on
registration dale.
Students other than first
graders attending Patrick will
register on September B.
THE MOST INTERESTING
PEOPLE I'VE MET
by Geoffrey Bocca
The men and women who have fascinated this
adventurous correspondent could not all be
judged for their virtue but they have all been
violently independent, tough and resilient.
Boeca provides a revealing glimpse
of eight of these people in the
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Labor Day Jubilee Slated In Illinois Valley) Regional News
Bv KATHERINE SCOTT I nection with the fair .Tiidcinc i .Turii Pralhnr. Haiiihler nfiMr. and Mrs. .lav Haves, is . nnnnre4 Mr A a a
By KATHERINE SCOTT
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Cave Junction - Residents
of the Illinois Valley are get
ting ready for the annual La
bor Day Jubilee celebration
here, to be held this year
from Saturday, Aug. 31
through Monday, Sept. 2.
Festivities will actually gel
under way Friday night with
a dance at the American Le
gion hall.
The queen's coronation ball
will be held Saturday at the
legion hall starting at 9 p.m.
The queen will receive her
crown early in the evening
and begin her reign over the
celebration.
A highlight of the jubilee
will be a country fair, spon
sored by the local grange,
with chairman K. H. Grims
gard in charge. Booths are
being set up by various val
ley organizations.
Sweepstakes and other
prizes will be awarded in con
nection with the .fair. Judging
will take place Saturday at
1 p.m.
12 in Contest
Twelve girls are competing
for queen of the Jubilee. They
are:
Bonnie Cox, formerly of
Medford, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Roy Cox. She has
lived here the past six months
and is employed at Hazel's
Beauty salon, which is also
her sponsor.
Glcnda Stava, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Stava.
Miss Stava will be a senior
in Illinois Valley High this
year. She is sponsored by the
Home Town Hardware.
Nancy Brunsvold, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Bruns
vold, sponsored by Hines
Ready to Wear. She will be
a junior this year.
Beverlee Frost, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Frost
of Selma, sponsored by Lake
Selmac Lost Resort.
Judi Pralher, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Prather,
sponsored by the Tip Top
Beauty shop.
Patsy Miller, daughter of
Mrs. Etta Miller of Selma.
Sponsor for Miss Miller is
Circle Star Riding Stable of
Selma.
Kathy Breckenridge, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Breckenridge, will represent
O'Brien with the Twin Pines
Motel and oo as her sponsor.
Miss Breckenridge is a high
school senior.
Vanita Johnson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Van Johnson.
Miss Johnson is employed at
the Woodland Deer Park,
which is also her sponsor.
She will be a high school
junior.
Janice Trefcthen, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Tre
fcthen. She is a junior and
her sponsor is Valley Drug.
Claudia Hayes, daughter of
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QUEEN CANDIDATES Girls competing group are pictured above, along with Mrs.
for queen of the Illinois Valley Labor Day Anderson (at end of table), chairman of the
Jubilee at Cave Junction met for a luncheon queen competition,
at the Todclope cafe Aug. 19. Some of the
Petitions Seek
Interim Zoning
n Shady Cove
Shady Cove - Shady Cove
Planning association members
re currently in the process
circulating petitions re-
uesting the Jackson County
Planning commission to draft
n interim zoning ordinance
to apply to the Shady Cove-
Trail area.
In the course of invesligat-
ng the mechanics ot incor
poration, it was determined
that incorporation is a lengthy
nd lime consuming proce
ure and that interim zoning
will be an invaluable aid in
halting the currently unor
ganized expansion of the area
here while proponents feel
the need for incorporation re
mains urgent, interim zoning
is a readily instituted stop-gap
measure to prevent further
undersirable land use mix
tures and can more effective
ly cover a larger area, they
assert.
Area Outlined
The area proposed for zon
ing is the Shady Cove-Trail
Rural Fire Protection district
plus two additional small
areas; one extending north
ward approximately 2 miles
from Dodge Bridge along
Rogue River drive, the other
covering approximately l'i
miles along the east bank of
the Rogue River between
Shady Cove and Trail.
Shady Cove Planning asso
ciation members are also
working on the preliminary
draft of an interim zoning or
dinance tailored to suit the
particular needs of this are.i.
Call Meeting
When this draft is complet
ed, a local public meeting
will be announced and held
to review the ordinance in de
tail and to receive the sug
gestions of residents con
cerned. In the meantime, any of
the members listed here are
available to answer any ques
tions and to accept signatures
of residents who may not
have been contacted previous
ly: Kenneth Oliver - V.F.W.;
Dr. D. L. Hayes, school: Rus
sell Stelle - Lions club; Ray
Chubb, businessmen; Jim Wil
son - Rotary club; Ed Hous
ton - GTangc; Arlene Walsh
- real estate, and Helen Duck
er - first district representative.
Prospect Seeks Home
Economics Teacher
Prospect Superintendent
and Mrs. Rnscoe Larson e(
Prospect School District No.
SO have retirrncd from Mc
Mlnnville, Ore. and other
points north, where he was
looking for home econom
ics teacher for the district
All other vacancies have
been filled, but with school
scheduled to start Friday, the
district was at last report
still without a home econom
ics teacher. It did not "have
one last year
Unusual Event In Plant
World Taking Place At
Eagle Pt. Couple's Home
By GAYNELL KRAMBEAL
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Eagle Point - An unusual
event in the plant world has
appeared at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Don McGovcrn,
Eagle Poinl.
Mrs. McGovern noticed two
buds forming on one of two
split leaf philodendrons she
has potted together in her liv
ing room. At the present time
one of the buds is opening
into full bloom with a flower
that appears to belong to the
lily family.
For this type of plant to
bloom is indeed a rarity, ac
cording to local florists. This
specimen, t h c Philodcndron
pertusum (synonym Monstera
dcliciosa), is a native of Mex
ico and Central America.
When it reaches the proper
ago it changes from the juve
nile stage to an adult stage,
where the leaves reach an im
mense size with a maximum
of perforations. The rank
stems between internodes dis
appear, and at this point the
flowers, and an edible fruit,
appear. However, this is rare
in captivity.
These plants were a house
warming gift to the McGov
crns in 1 956. Judging from the
size of the plants at that time,
Mrs. McGovern estimates the
age to be about ten years.
She attributes her excellent
luck to the fact that these
plants are located where they
receive a great deal of filtered
light and she sprays the leaves
with a light film of water
from time to time.
BLOOMING PH1LODENDRON Mrs Don MiC.ovrrn of
Eagle Point looks at Hr.e two buds which have formed y,n one
of two split leaf philodendrons she has m her living "room
The buds may he S'Wi in closeup in Ihe bottom photo
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Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hayes
sponsored by the Illinois Val
ley Cleaners. She is a junior
and is very active in the Job's
Daughters.
Sandy White, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Whitespon
sored by Williams Plumbing.
She will be a junior at Illi
nois Valley High school this
fall.
Also competing for queen
is Kay Warner.
On TV
The candidates made a trip
to Medford Tuesday to tape
a television interview. It will
be seen Thursday on channel
5 between 6 and 7 p.m., an
nounced Mrs. Andy Ander
son, contest chairman.
A queen's banquet will be
held tonight at 7:30 p.m. at
Immanuel Methodist church.
Guests at the banquet will in
clude the candidates' parents
and sponsors, jubilee direc
tors and chairmen, and all
who have donated gifts.
The girls were the guests of
Ray Davis at his Rogue Farm
Supply booth at the Josephine
County fair Aug. 22. Davis
promised the winning girl a
complete western outfit as a
prize. Mrs. Margie Gothe will
present all of the girls with
pastel portraits.
Vacant Lot T's Offered
Jacksonville - Owners of
vacant lots here who plan to
build at a later date may save
themselves some expense by
getting a "hook-on T" in
stalled now while the city's
sewer system is being con
structed, the city council has
announced.
Owners interested should
contact the city recorder's of
fice as soon as possible, inas
much as construction is pro
ceeding rapidly.
A "T" can be installed for
the price of $7.50 now, where
as it would cost considerably
more to dig up the ground and
do it at a later date, said
Mayor E. O. Graham at last
week's council meeting.
In other action last week,
the council named a commit
tee of Graham, Don Wendt
and George Brewer to study'
future development of the
Britt grounds.
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Medford Mail Tribune
August 18, 1963
The O&C Funds have built 13 camp and picnic sites and cooperated with the Accelerated Public Works
Program to provide an additional 7 sites as indicated.
Rogue River Trail
Kelsey Creek
Russian Creek
Whiskey Creek
Cold Springs
Little Applegate
Star Gulch
Salt Creek
Surveyor
Topsey
Tucker Flat
Horseshoe Bend
Big Slide
Rainey Falls
Shady Branch
Tunnel Ridge
Elderberry Flat
Battle Creek
Deer Creek
Gold Nugget
ROADS
(funds used from Accelerated Public
Works Program to alleviate unem
ployment and further conservation)
Funds paid by the Timber Industry for O & C Timber and administered by the Bureau of Land Manage
ment has accounted for over 500 miles of roads built and maintained in the Medford District (Jackson
Josephine and western Klamath Counties).
Each year approximately 50 miles of new road is added. Recent projects include the Almeda Bridge over
the Rogue River at Grave Creek to open a big area for recreation on the lower Rogue, the Keno access
road opens another huge area for hunters and fishermen and will make the Howard Prarie and Hyatt
Lake facilities more easily available to Klamath Falls residents.
The Galice Road and the Kelsey-Mule Creek system opened 140,000 acre area for hunters, fishermen and
timber removal.
O&C FUNDS-
Money paid by the local buyers of timber ts distributed in the following manner: One-fourth is
retained by the Government for administration of the lands and management costs, of the three
fourths left, one-fourth is spent on roads, reforestation, recreation and other capital developments
The balance one-half is then returned to the counties for administration of county government. This
applies only to those counties which have land formerly a part of the O & C Railroad grant and the
funds are distributed on a ratio of acreage
YOU Jackson County Taxpayers would bear this $2,356,903.21 load
without this timber sales program.
SOUTHERN OREGON
CONSERVATION &TREE FARfd
ASSOCIATION