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. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 11)63 g J White Dogwood Trees (Planted in City Park cat Goid Hill nu mapv k pi i in.. : . .. aw By MARY KELL, Mall Tribune Correspondent GOLD HILL - White dog wood trees planted recently in the Gold Hill City Park have a historic background. Twenty trees, 14 white and 6 pink dogwood, were shipped here in October from North Carolina by Mrs. Meta Pelton Simon, Oakland, Calif, as a gift to the Gold Hill Park. She feels her search for suitable dogwood trees for the local park has ended in success. She selected them while in the east. In a letter to Donald Morrow, Gold Hill, Mrs. Simon related New "Yansen" Portable RECORD PLAYER 4 Speed $18.95 With S Tube Radio $29.95 2 TRANSISTOR RADIO $2.88 6 TRANSISTOR RADIO $7.58 D TRANSISTOR W RADIO V9.9U ELECTRIC RADIOS Most Makes Save $ REPOSSESSED Whitt Automatic Sewing Machine Guarantee Still Good Payment $7.90 Tape Recorders 7 makes $18 up SINGER ZIG-ZAG Used Leu Than 30 Day. 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A law yer, Army colonel, and chief judge, Henderson was author of the Cumberland Pact and Gov ernor of the Transylvania Territory. Ashland was acauired bv the White family from a former North Carolina Governor, A.M. Scales, in 1900. The old estate is now occupied bv Lt. Col. Henry E. White, retired Vance county lawyer. Mrs. Simon hoDes that a suit able plaaue will be olaced in the park for the white dogwoods. The trees were Dlanted bv Leslie Cook, a long time Gold Hill resident. Among Previous Gifts Among previous gifts to the park landscaping by Mrs. Si mon have been rose bushes, scotchbloom, and a weeping wil low tree. Mrs. Simon is interest 5 "K W" -if i r" at 1U. e k lJ L'L CHECKING TREE Donald Morrow, left, Delos Walker, center, and H. D. Force are shown admiring one of 14 white dogwood trees planted in the west end of the Gold Hill City Park. The park has been developed over a period of years mostly from donated labor. (Bob Routh Photo) Course in Detecting Check Passers Ends The last of three sessions on detecting bad check passers for merchants and bank personnel was concluded here Thursday night with an overall attendance of 200 persons, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's office. Klamath Falls police agencies held similar sessions last year and noticed a marked decline in bad check cases for approxi mately two months, it was reported. James A. Benbrook, special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Portland, told the business people to get enough information from each check- SIGN TELLS FEELINGS DALLAS (UPI)-A sign was posted on the door of County uerK lilynn Byrd's olllce Fri day. It said: "Due to the disgrace that has fallen on Dallas this office is not in a position to do any work today. This office is closed out of respect." casher so they can get their money from him. "Take plenty of time to veri fy the check. Time is something a check artist can't afford," the FBI man advised. Business people should be par ticularly wary of checks made out for much more than the purchase. Identifying informa- i tion to be written on the check I should include the number of the driver's license, and if pos-1 sible, the license number of the car. Social security cards are eas ily falsified and are not consid ered good identification, t h e FBI man said. Discharge pa pers are often falsified, also, he added. He recommended, among oth er things, that the check cash er's home or alleged place of business be called and that a reference be checked. Paul Bettiol, undershcriff, out lined proper procedure when a check is presented and pointed out things which will warn a clerk that a bad check is being passed. Claire Alderson, of the Oregon Crime Bureau, told how he checks signatures. A cramped style of writing or a decided slant may indicate an attempted forgery, he warned. BANK TERMS CASH DISCOUNT OR LAY-A-WAY Trade In Anything, Boats Guns Diamond., Watches You name it, We Trade It! Picnic tables and benches were given to the park by the ed in Gold Hill, having spent Lions Club. During the summer considerable time at Pelton Or- tourists from all parts of the chards in Sams Valley. United States use the tables. H. D. Force. DOStmaster. Said Since the nark was rnmnletprl. he had visualized a park at the the Lions Club members have location as he looked out of the lighted a large tree to spark the windows of the old Gold Hill Christmas season each year. A Post Office. spokesman for the club said he Several vears of effort on the hopes some of the trees given part of various civic minded by the Boyes will be large, individuals was necessary to enough to use for decorations secure and develop the property this year. A large Santa and for a city park. two Pa'r of reindeer were a The site, which extends from 8'" ,ur lne u,al ",K" Fifth Street to Fourth Street be tween Second Avenue and the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks, has undergone many changes since efforts were first started about the mid 1950s to do something about the weed patch and old scrap Iron that had disfigured the area for so many years. Development Started After negotiations were com pleted with railroad company officials to use the land, the Gold Hill Lions Club started development of the park as a club project. It involved consid erable expenditures by the Lions Club, and Individual cash donations by interested people. Equipment and man - hours were donated when preliminary ground work was being done. Donald Morrow, Force, and Delos Walker donated their time to dig ditches for the irrigation system pipelines throughout the park. . Ideal Cement Company at Gold Hill furnished men and equipment for hauling and lev eling fill dirt, which was also donated by the cement com pany. H. S. Deuel, owner of Del Rio Orchards, seeded the lawn The Lions Club turned the park over to the City of Gold Hill after ground work was completed. The city has main tained it and paid the annual rent to the railroad for the park site property since March, 1S58. People Express Interest During this period many poo pie have expressed an interest in helping to make the park more beautiful. A row of 20 to 30 evergreen trees are along the edge of the park adjacent to the railroad tracks. These were gifts to the park several years ago by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boye and Ar nold Boye, Gold Hill. The bright foliage of a Sumack tree adds color during the early autumn. This tree was a gift from Mrs. Ferd Jones, Gold Hill. Members of the Gold Hill Garden Club have as a project each year that of purchasing and planting flowers in the planter at the base of the flag pole. Bricks for the planter and drinking fountain in the park were provided Dy tne Lions Club, and George Tilley, Gold Hill, donated his masonory skill to do the job. American Flag Presented After the flag pole was put up several years ago, the Al bert Beman family, former Gold Hill residents, presented an American Flag to tne parK This was replaced recently by a 50 star American Flag pur chased by the city, as a result of action by council members and Mayor Richard atraus, ken, Jerry Jeroloman, and Charles Rodgers, Gold Hill. Bench Is Presented A large bench, which had been used many years in the Southern Pacific passenger de pot in Medford, was presented to the city for the park by the company about two years ago. Among events that have taken place in the park since it was turned over to the city was the dldication ceremony for the new Gold Hill Post Office. Another event was a 30-minute program presented in the park when the "Sea to -Winne-mucca" caravan stopped in Gold Hill en route from Cres cent City, Calif, to Winnemucca, Nev. The Lions Club annual picnic for wives and children of mem bers is held in the park each year, and a large crowd of children take part in the Easter Egg Hunt each spring. One end of the park is held in reserve for youngsters to play, and for this reason the new trees were planted at the west end. Announcing ... Foster's Medical Center Pharmacy 33 North Central Downtown Medford Now Owned and Operated by Bob Christian 24 HOUR SERVICE - FREE DELIVERY Phone 772-62398:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 779-1338 After 6 p.m. iT.-i i Even her best friend doesn't know... 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