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2 D WEDNESDAY, ecial Regional Roundup by Cleve Twilchell Mail Tribune Regional Editor In a column Nov. 20 we were discussing the proposed route of a freeway which the California Division of Highways plans to constmct from Crescent City to Gasquct to replace the presrni U. S. 199 highway between those points. While an nouncing the project, the California officials stressed that every effort will bs made to protect both the Redwoods and the Smith River Canyon. In connection with that project, we feel the following ma terial will be of interest. It is taken from a letter to Mail Tri bune staff member Peggyann Hutchinson from Sam Hclwcr, district engineer at Eureka for the California Division of High ways, and from a talk Helwer gave for several organizations in that area. Here are the highlights. Avoid Groves If Possible "Our efforts to preserve the Redwood groves start in the ery first stage, or conception of a project. Every effort is made to avoid the groves completely, or to locate the route where it will do the least possible damage where it is impossible to avoid them altogether. These studies are made in coopera tion with the California Division of Beaches and Parks. The cnnsl ruction of the Redwood Parks Bypass and the preservation of the Avenue of the Giants is positive evidence of this policy. Highway construction costs are materially increased due to this careful selection of routes. "Due to the immense expanse of Redwood groves and estab lished parks, it is not always possibly to avoid them com pletely. In some instances, outer fringes of park lands are i lvolved in highway construction. Where this becomes neces sary, every effort is made to protect the bordering trees and other natural features of the area. . . ." Contractors Protect the Trees Helwer goci on to explain that a provision is made in every construction contract involving projects through state parks to safeguard the park features. Contractors are directed to pro tect all trees and other natural features. In some cases trunks of trees are wrapped in burlap or even protected with heavy timbers to prevent injury to the bark. Some people often ask, "Why bother to build freeways tnrough the Redwood country at all?". The following remarks from Hclwer's speech shed some interesting light on that ques tion: "Throughout the years, leaders In the promotion and de v lopmcnt of tliis vast area (the Redwood Empire) have all recognized that the most import single factor still lacking for realization of this development is adequate transportation. This ii true whether you consider development as the utilization of these natural resources or whether you consider development as (he conservation of these resources to be set aside as a vast park or recreational area. Until the average citizen can reach this area in comfort, convenience and safely, it will not be possible to fully realize and develop the tremendous potential of its resources. In spite of an accelerated highway program in the last seven years, we still get letters from people who have visited this area who state they were so frightened on our narrow, crooked roads they will never return. Redwood Empire Depends On Highways "No other area in California is so dependent on highways for Its transportation neds. Railroads are non-existent between Eureka and Grants Pass, and all of you know what the rail road service is between Eureka and San Francisco. Even the service of the one-cvery-othcr-day passenger car was seriously threatened just recently. This minimum facility is being operated at a loss, because this Is no longer the way people want to travel. This leaves the Redwood Highway as the transportation and economic lifeline of the entire Redwood Em pire. Its devt'jpmcnt to adequate standards is absolutely es sential. "This fact was recognized by the California Slate Legislature in 10 when it designated the Redwood Highway as part of a 12,500-milo system of highways to be constructed as freeways and expressways. Ultimalcly the Redwood Highway will be a freeway from San Francisco to the Oregon Line. . . ." Featured In Pacific Pnwcrland The November-December issue of Pacific Powcrland, (he publication put out by Pacific Power nnd Light Company and distributed with its bills, contains a photograph of our Prospect correspondent, Velda Barr. She is shown talking to Jim Wilson, district lineman for the Prospect, Union Creek, Trail, Shady Cove and Butte Falls area. Tho photo accompanies an articlu about Wilson's work and his hobby, exploring tho back country of the Upper Rogue area. Siskiyou Historians YREKA A Christmas pro gram entitled "A Gift to Our Families" will bo presented at the next meeting of the Siskiyou County Historical Society Sat uidny at 2 p.m. at the county museum. A panel composed of Rita Prather and Norman Fiock of Montague and Rosemary Fran son and Hazel Pollock of Yroka will present the program. Each Charlie Suffers Uneasy Bladder tJnwi? rating or drinling may he t source ol mtld, hut annnymn bladder KNlJtioni m.AuiR you Ircl rrMlfw, Xtnse, and uncomfortahle. And it KMlrss nigh;, with nigging backache, hfadiche or muscular ache ind paint due to aver-excrlinn, Miain or emo tional upset, aie adding to your mikeiy don't wait-try Doan a 1'iJl. Doan'i Pill act i wavi for weedy relief. I They hive a wwlhing c licet on bladder itniahons. 2 A fast pain jrlirvniR action on duuk'ur tvickuche, hciitlfulic, miiH'iilar tuhrti and pain. y A uomlerlully mild diuretic action thru the kidneys, lending to increase ihe output of the 15 mile of kidney tuhrn. So. set the Kama hannv idiel millions bave enjoyed for over 60 yen 5. lor conven ient, ak lor the Urtte tire, Get . L '.ill's today 1 Doan's '- ! jrWW v? fx' " i o WGood-Time" DECEMBER 11, 1963 Creative Writing Seminar Launched. By Phoenix High To Meet Saturday participant has written a family history or traced a family tree. Christmas music will be pro vided by a choir from the Yrcka High School Music Department, under the direction of Dnnicl Soarcs, vocal music director RegionalCalendar GOLD HILL - Thursday, 7 p.m., Gold Hill Lions Club will meet at the El Rogue Cafe for a no-host dinner and business meeting. At that time the Com munity Christmas Program Commitlce, Alva A. Walker chairman and Jack J. Cannon, will give a report of arrange ments, and final details will be discussed. ROGUE RIVER - Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Rogue River City Council's final meeting of year, in city hall. WHITE CITY - Thursday, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Kiwanians will meet at the A and W restaurant for a business session and breakfast. Reception Planned To Honor Minister GOLD HILL Everyone In Gold Hill and vicinity Is invited to attend a reception hollering The Rev. and Mrs. William Stacy and family. He is the new minister of Gold Hill Community Methodist Church. Tho reception is planned (or Sunday, Dec. IS from 2 to 4 p.m. at the church. The wom an's society is host of the event. ATTENDING CLASSES O'ltHIEN - Mrs. David Wil son and Mrs. Walter Freeman of O'Brien, both teachers at Kerliy, have been attending mathematics classes at Grants Pass on n new theory of mathe matics required for teachers. Thirty lessons of three hours each are required lo complete. Ihe course. TREE DOWNED The Phoenix Christmas tree lay on the ground Sunday in the woods above Butte Falls as the Phoenix Volunteer Firemen and Auxiliary prepared to carry it to the flat bed truck donated by Haggard Lumber Company, of Phoenix. This is the second annual Christmas tree cut and erect Prospect Lions Sell Timber To Aid Community PROSPECT The Prospect Lions Club recently purchased a timber blowdown sale from the Prospect Ranger District. All Uie logging and other work involved in the sale was donat ed. The money derived from this timber is going into the club's community betterment fund to pay for community projects. Logging of the timber was done last Saturday and Sunday. D. M. (Bud) Chandler did the falling and bucking of the trees, Lewis Bidcn donated the fork lift caterpillar which loaded the logs on trucks driven by Cliff Chapman, Larry Lacy, Clarence llcdgepath, Earl Bliss and L. L. Lambert, all of Prospect. Other men who helped includ ed Hud Denny, Harold Hixon, Frank Hammer, Roscoe Larson, Hoy Vaughn, Sherman Poole and George Hubbard. Vic Chap man served as logging boss. Eight loads of logs were hauled to the Olson Lawyer mill, which payed a premium price for them. L. E. Clevcnburg was chair man for the event. Tho Lady Lions served the men hamburgers and coffee. Christmas Program Eyed For Gold Hill Sams Valley Youth GOLD HILL A community Christmas program (or all chil dren in tlic area of Gold Hill and Sams Valley is being arranged. It was sparked by the Gold Hill Lions Club. Assisting the Lions with their project will lie oilier sponsoring groups. Final details will be announced later as will thj date for the event, which will include a visit by Santa himself. In the meantime all children who wish to participate may contact the Lions Club Commit tee, which has charge of ar rangements. Alva A. Walker is chairman, and Jack J. Cannon will assist him. It was indicated that the pro gram would consist of such numbers as recitations, vocal and instrumental. It was stated that the Gold Hill Grange will donate Ihe use of its hall for the children's Christmas program and furnish a tree. Prospect Lady Lions Plan Bazaar Friday PROSPECT - Friday, Dec. 13 is the date set for the annual Lnrisimas uaznar 01 uie rros- poet Lions Auxiliary. It will start at l'.':30 p.m. Chairmen of Ihe event this year are Zella Ash and Tressic Vaughn. Hand made items, baked goods, candies and stuff ed (mils will be featured. Gold Hill Chamber Postpones Meetings Iiulu hill uecausc of the busy Christmas season, Gold Hill Chamber of Commerce will not mm until alter Ihe New Year commences. The annual meeting for elec-! organizations totals 210, school lion of officers for l!M will be officials said, about 25 per cent held Thursday, Jan. Id. At that I of the high school s entire stu lime Ihe nominating committee, idenl body. Richard Ahlwtt, Virginia Plum-1 The public is invited, renorlcd mer and Jack J. Cannon will I Norman Carothers, music de present a slale of olficcrs. ' parlmenl director. i I A. I I II III 1 I I I I , . - CHOPPING CHRISTMAS TREE Everett Blake, of the Phoenix Volunteer Fire Department, swings his axe Willi the blade biting deep into a fir tree in the Ranchcria area of the Rogue River Nalional Forest. The picture was taken Sunday as firemen and their wives went after the annual town Christmas tree. It was erected Tuesday night in the lot next lo the Phoenix Grange. The firemen and the auxiliary financed the lights and strung litem. The tree is aboul 'III fed tall. An extension ladder was hook ed onh the back of tho fire truck to reach the top of the lice Tuesday night. Regional News High Costs Cited As Reason for Defeat of Bonds TALENT Most residents of the South Talent Sanitary Dis- tri,. t ,,,. Iht Ihnii- . . i . area needs a sewer system, but its eviuciucu uy uie vine hi h bona election Monday, they arc apprehensive about the cost. A proposal to authorize sale of $135,000 in bonds to construct a system was soundly defeated at the polls Monday, 93-37, ac- I cording to unofficial returns. As one resident of the district , put it, "The people are in favor ot a sewer system but not the price. The sanitary board had esti- mated that it would have been necessary to charge h? o vh niDi,iM11.nn,wl f scwer connection I Crater High Plans Concert Sunday CENTRAL POINT - The Cra ter High School Music Depart ment will present a free winter concert of insDirational choral and instrumental music Sunday at 2 p m. at the school. Thp ,.OIK.orl b;im cnoir Lilva. ii,,,.. ,i ., ..i.,.. n .. m ..... ! ticipatc. Membership of these MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, ed by the local fire department. A Christ mas sing around the tree and distribution of candy by Santa Claus is planned for 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18. All church choirs in the area have been invited. The fire department is still looking for a Santa, however. r. -itjnK : ..... . v month service charge, plus a 15 mill property tax levy in "rOCr 10 )a.V order lo pay off S135.000 in bonds, if all of them had to be i so jh addition n, i,nri mm, would onlv have financed in- : stnllution of sewer lines lo each ixrsnn s properly line. Each owner would then have been responsible tor running lines from the scwer connection to nls "N''- The city ot Talent is also af - fccled by the defeat of the bond issue, as its city council had ciucrca uiio an agreement wim the South Talent district to ex pand Ihe city's sewage treat- ment plant. The district planned to use the city's treatment plant, ' wa" T r,Ui'1SC l' Xprdin:1 " lo oav nail of the cost. A spokesman for the citv ON LEAVE said Tuesday that Talent will 1 TALENT RM2 Don Skun proceed with improvements to drick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal Us scwer system but only lo the ler Skundrick, Hid Pacific High extent necesary lo meet its own way South, is home on 30-day needs. leave from the Navv. 1960 CHEY. 1 z-TON PICKUP 3 Spaed, Heater, Posi Traction, Camper $1399 PAUL LEA MOTORS 12TH AND RIVERSIDE MEDFORD, OREGON PHOENIX-A group of Inter ested Phoenix High School stu dents is exploring the field of creative writing in a special study program here. The program, launched this fall b; the high school, is called a "creative writing seminar course study." The students, numbering from 14 to 20, get together an aver age of twice a month. They meet in the evening in private homes. They are studying both prose and poetry how to write, why to write and how to understand what has been written. Alternate Emphasis This year's study is concen trating on poetry. Next year the emphasis will be on prose. The emphasis will alternate from year to year in the future. The purposes and objectives of the seminar are three-fold: To help students develop their own talents in creative writing; to introduce to them and famil arize them with the techniques available to them for writing creatively; and to help establish a basis for an intellectual and aesthetic appreciation of liter ature in general. The participating students were selected by the teachers according to their promise and desire to further develop their abilities. Most are seniors and juniors. There is one sophomore in the group, however. The Leaders Leading the discussions are Mrs. Laura Fett and Mrs. Janet Clark, Phoenix High School English teachers. They are con ducting most of the meetings, but on some occasions there will be special guest speakers. "All of the students taking part are talented in creative writing," Mrs. Clark explained. "At the end of the year we hope to publish an anthology of their work." A number of the students vol untarily do creative writing be tween meetings of the group. Their works are then mimeo graphed and distributed to other students so that they can then criticize each other's work. Students Like It Student reaction to the pro gram appears to be highly fav orable. "I have always wanted to do something like this," said one. "It gives those of us who en joy writing a chance to do more of it." Although most of the students are taking part to improve their writing ability, one of the group said she enjoys the seminar be cause it helps to make her a bet ter reader. "I'm getting to un derstand poetry better and to be able to interpret what I'm reading," she remarked. Three sessions of the seminar have been held so far. On Nov. 5 the group discussed the role of the artist in society, specifically the poet: who is he, what he creates and how. A Nov. 19 meeting dealt with Talent To Trade 1913 Fire Truck In On 1934 Model TALENT Talent is losing: an old friend. i The 50-year-old LaFrance fire truck is going to be traded in ! on a "newer" model, j The old truck, which Talent i acquired ill 1913, was brought out of retirement last summer to be used as an auxiliary pumper for the city's volunteer i fire department. I But last night the Talent City ' Council decided the time had come lo get a better auxiliary ; truck. Tho "nnwer" mortal the citv is acquiring is a 1934 Mack ' "k, which the Talent Rural Fire Protection District had I borrowed this year while await- , mg Ihe arrival ot its two new trucks, which finally were de- livered a couple of weeks ago. The city of Talent is buying the 1934 vehicle from Fyr Fyter , Sales and Service of Medford for $1,900. It will be allowed 1 $700 off for trading in the 1913 truck. The council in other action last night also ordered paving of three streets in the city. Fair view Street, the extension of ! Vallev View Road bv the Talen poetics, the methods and char acteristics of poetry, metaphors, ellipses, rhymes, rhythms, in versions, symbolisms and so forth. Study Purposes The third meeting was held last night, for the purpose of studying poetic forms and the purposes of poetry. On Dec. 17 tne seminar wm meet to discuss how poetry is created. A Jan. 7 session will deal with the relationship between the poet and his audience and such questions as what determines the relationship, can u De al tered, and when and how are nnems Dublished? The rhythm and rhyme of poetry will be studied on Jan. 21, using masters of the sonnet and free verse narrative to il lustrate how rhythm and rhyme influence the meaning ot a poem. Evaluate Progress On Feb. 4 the group will stop and make an evaluation of the seminar up to that point. Stu dents will discuss what they have learned and how new con cepts have aided them in their own writing. Dr. Arthur Kreisman of South ern Oregon College will be a guest on Feb. 18 to talk on Ruch PTA Slates Program Friday APPLEGATE VALLEY Ruch Parent Techer Association is preparing costumes, scenery, and treats for the Christmas program to be presented by Ruch school Friday, Dec. 11 at 8:00 p.m. The traditional Christmas story will be presented in mu sic and song, and the program is in the charge of Miss Ann Van Valzah, third grade teacher. The choruses of both primary and upper grade pupils are di rected by Mrs. Ilene Ogicr, fourth grade teacher. PTA women in charge of making costumes and revision materials on hand are Mrs. Wil liam Davis, Mrs. Neil Suttell, and Mrs. Gordon Talbot. Those supervising scenery and paint ing of back drops are Mrs. John Cameron, Mrs. Clarence Wil liams, and Mrs. Jack Fitch. Officers of the Ruch PTA Chapter elected earlier in the year are Mrs. Glenn Bailey, president; Mrs. Jack Fitch, vice president; Mrs. Jack McKinney, secretary; and Mrs. Ernest Sta lun, secretary. Committe chairman include Mrs. Glen Travis, parliamenta rian; Mrs. Art Goss, member ship; Mrs. Harlan Cantrall and Mrs. William Bethany, refresh ment; Mrs. Neil Suttell, publi city; ways and means, Mrs. Martin Gricr and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hart; Louis Straubc, budget and finance. Your Name ..... f r Address Gift subscription made out to: Name Address Mail with S6.00 Check to. Mercy Flights, Box COURTESY MEDFORD MAIL "How a Poem Means" in rela tion to one specific poet. The March 9 session will be devoted to the subject matter of poetry, particularly to how subjects popular in one period of history have been ignored in others. The subject matter of poetry in modern society will be dis cussed April 7 with study of a number of contemporary poets and how they give their poems meaning. 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