School
Hedrick Junior High
The ninth grade boys' rooting
section has been organized
again this year to help cheer
our team on to victory at bas
ketball games.
The boys who spearheaded
the organization were Spence
Webber, Les Bush, Craig Coop
er and Kuss f erguson. Faculty
advisor for the group is Dennis
Bateman.
There are about 25 members
In the group. Dour Johnson is
sergeant of arms, Spence Web
ber is president, Les Bush is
vice president, and Russ Fer
guson is faculty coordinator.
The annual canned food drive
is now on at Hedrick. Students
are bringing cans of food to
their home rooms to be turned
over to the Salvation Army for
distribution. The Red Cross is
helping in the promotion of the
canned food drive.
A Christmas program will be
presented Wednesday evening
by the Hedrick Junior High or
chestra and chorus. The orches
tra is directed by John Drys
dale, the seventh grade chorus
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Leaders are needed to keep us ahead in science
end development . , . business and jobs . . . living
standards.
Where do we get leaders? Colleges supply most
of them. But the cost of leadership has gone up.
Colleges feel the pinch. They need classrooms,
laboratories, able teachers.
To help America, we must help our colleges. Col
lege is America's best friend.
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News
is directed by Miss C o 1 1 e e n !
O'Meara. and Carroll Grabcr Saturday was returned today to
directs the eighth and ninth Corning, Calif., by Perl Funer
grade choruses. The program al Home. Funeral services were
will begin at 8 p. m. and the ; held at 2 o'clock this afternoon
public is invited to attend.
The seventh and eighth grade
wrestling teams coacned by Bill
Colley scored a total of 42 points
higher than the McLoughlin
team in matches last Wednes
day. Thursday the ninth grade
matches were held and the
Hedrick team eeked out a four
point victory. Marty Ramp
coaches the ninth grade team.
Weather
FORECASTS
Med ford and vicinity: Valley fos
tonicht and Wednesday, Ram late
Wednesdav and early Thursday.
Cloudy above the foe throuch
Wednesday. Low tonight near 30.
Hich Wednesday near 4(1 '
Western OreRon: Mostly cloudy
through Wednesday with fog in
southern valleys Cloudy with oc
casional rain Wednesday. Little
temperature changes. Low tonight
:)B-44 except ahotit 30 in southern
interior. High Wednesday 42-54, ex
cept 35-40 in fog areas.
Northern California: Rain begin
ning nenr coast. Point Arena north
ward tonight and spreading io the
vicinity of Monterey and Sacra
mento Wednesday. Warmer.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yester
dav 34; below normal 5
Record high this date fi4 in t!23.
Record low this date 16 in 1914.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to
midnight, none. Midnight to 10
a.m., none.
Total this month .12 inch, 114
inch below normal.
Total since Sept. 1. 7.04 Inches,
.14 inch above normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest
92'", highest this a.m.
High
CITY Venter
day Brookings .iA
Crater Ijikr. 4 1
Grants Pass 37
Howard Prairie .. 44
Klamath Falls .... 47
MEDFORD 3R
Portland 40
vesicrday
1 on .
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a.m. Itr.
Low rrc.
27
32
Seattle 4fi
Spokane - 2H
Yak i m a 3."i
Eureka S3
Red Bluff 3S1
40
2fi
Sacramento
30
.... 47
.... 71
San francisco
Los Angeles ...
Phoenix fi
Denver Ifi
Chicaco 21
Miami Beach .
New York .
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Washington, D. C.
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hold its lead?
( GENEVA V. RUTH .
The bodv of Geneva U. Ruth.
72. of 701 W. nth St.. who Hied
at the grave side al Sunset
Cemetery in Corning.
Mrg. Ruth was born Sept. 5,
1891, in Hancock. N. Y. She
ing, Calif., and in McCloud,
Calif., then moved to Medford
where she has lived for the
past 10 years.
She was a member of the
First Baptist Church. On April
3, 1917, she was married to Er
nest L. Ruth, who died in 1953.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Mrs. Doris E. Herman, Or
land, Calif.: two sons. Larry A.
Ruth, Ashland. Ore., Ernest C.
Ruth, Santa Barbara, Calif.;
two sisters, Mrs. Eunice Cole,
Ashland, Mrs. Tanny S. Wilder,
Orland. Calif., and four grand
children. MAUD CLIFF
Maude Cliff, 89. of Route 2,
Central Point, died Monday eve
ning in a local hospital. Funer
al arrangements will be an
nounced by Perl Funeral Home.
ELMER AND ELMA
LEATHERMAN
Funeral services for Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Leatherman, of
Butte Falls, who died Friday,
will be held at I p.m. Thursday
in Conger-Morris downtown
chapel.
The Rev. James Powers of the
Butte Falls Community Bible
Church will officiate. Commit
tal will be in Hillcrest Memorial
Park.
Mr. Lealherman was born
Nov. 16, 1!H0, in Alexandria,
Minn., and had been employed
for a number of years by the
Medford Corporation. He is
survived by two brothers, Wal
ter H. Leatherman, Bruce, Wis.;
and Irvin A. Leatherman,
Groveland, Calif.; and a half
sister. Mrs. Marie Boerner,
Pasadena, Calif.
Mrs. Leatherman was born
Aug. 24, 1(103, in Winger, Minn.
Her survivors include six sis
ters. Mrs. Olga Thies, Mrs. Hil
da Einess, Mrs. Amanda Scncg
slad, Mrs. Sophia Olson, Mrs.
Anna Ness, and Mrs. Ed Fler
moncr, all in Minnesota.
I.AVENA FORCE
Funeral services (or Mrs. La
vena Force, of 55R0 Table Rock
Road, who died Sunday, will
he held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in
Hillcrest Memorial Chapel on
the North Phoenix Road.
The Rev. D. E. Millard of
the New Age Church will offi
ciate. Committal will be in Hill
crest Memorial Park, with Conger-Morris
Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Force was horn Aug.
27, 1895, in Beagle, Ore., a
daughter of E. H. and Adelade
Pnmerny. early pioneers in
Southern Oregon. She was mar
ried June 21, 1922, in Jackson
ville, to Bruce 0. Force, who
survives.
Other survivors include a son,
Bruce C. Force, Medford; a
brother, Thomas Pnmeroy, and
two sisters. Mrs. Charles Plow-
Green Stamps Are
Stolen From Station
Three thefts were reported to
the Medford City Police the past
weekend, one Involving $900
worth of S & H Green Stamps.
Bud's Texaco Station, 529 E.
Main St., was broken into Sun
day and $900 worth of S & H
Green Stamps were taken, along
with six or seven cartons ot
cigarettes, police said.
Approximately $2 was taken
from a coin box and a soft drink
machine was broken into at
Tom's Texaco Station, Eighth
and Grape Streets, Medford po
lice said. Thomas Guy Lednicky i
1005 W. Main St., reported the
incident to the police early Sun
day morning.
Truck Reported
Rifled During Night
A truck owned by John Bow
man, Route ,1, Medford, North
Phoenix Road, was rifled last
night and a number of items ;
taken, stale police said.
Missing are 25 gallons of gas,
a 12 volt battery, an ice chest,
sockets and wrenches.
Theodore Fuget, 914 Lozier
: I.ane, reported lhat his house
j was entered last night and the
! deep freeze opened, but nothing
was taken, police said.
Village
and Garden Shop
Next to Piggly Wiggly
771 Stewart Avenue
TOYS - GAMES
AND
STUFFED ANIMALS
MKDFORD
man and
man and Mrs. Chester Logue,
all of Yacolt, Wash.
CARL NELSON
Funeral services for Carl Nel
son, 62, of 1103 Niantic St., who
died Monday, will be held at
2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Conger
Morris downtown chapel. The
Rev. Fredrick Ross Evans of
the First Christian Church will
officiate. Committal will be in
Eastwood Oddfellows Cemetery.
1901, in Beagle, a son of pioneer
1901, in Bagle, a son of pioneer
parents John and Anna Estclla
Nelson, his father having mov
ed to this country from Norway
in the lRSO's.
He was married March 27,
1!M3, in Medford, to Clara E.
Mettcrnich, who survives. He
was a veteran of World War II,
serving from Oct. 22, 1942, to
June 25, 1945.
Survivors, besides his widow,
include a step-son, Grant Mct
ternich, Medford; three step
daughters, Mrs. Nita B. Woods,
Coquille, Ore.; Mrs. Jeannette
Hardesty, Portland, Ore.; and
Mrs. Lucille Dusenbury, Cres
cent City, Calif.; six brothers,
Fred W. Nelson, Medford; Jacob
Nelson, Medford; John Nelson,
Central Point; Bert Nelson,
Eagle Point; Henry Nelson,
Medford; and Frank Nelson,
Eagle Point; and five sisters,
Mrs. Caroline Stevens, Med
ford: Mrs. Helen Schermerhorn,
Eagle Point; Mrs. Bern ice
Grebb, Corvallis; Mrs. Ora
Bennett, Thousand Oaks, Calif.;
and Mrs. Elzaheth Sims, Sweet
Home, Ore.
Casket bearers will include
his nephews, Fred Stevens,
Charles Nelson, Robert Nelson,
Leland Nelson, Dick Mulhollen,
James Mulhollen.
Locals
Tool Theft William Richard
Padgett, 40 Crater Lake ave.
has reported to Medford police
that a Thor impact wrench was
taken from the company Fri
day night. The air wrench is
valued at $144.50.
...
Auto Accident Vehicles
driven hv Ralph Newman, Jr.,
102 Elk St., and Lemuel Clar
ence Wilson, 25K4 Crater Lake
Ave., were involved in an acci
dent at Ninth and Bartletl
Streets Monday according to po
lice. Newman was cited for an
improper left turn, according to
police reports.
Coniplctcn Course Mike Ho
gan, Medford, was graduated
Friday from the Western School
of Heavy Equipment Operation
for operating engineers at Wei-
ser, Idaho. The school ts prin
cipally owned by members of
the Oregon and Idaho Chapters,
Associated General Contractors
of America.
Program Scheduled The first
and second grades of Howard
School will present its Christmas
program, "A Little Child," at
1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, in
the school gymnasium. Parents
are urged to attend and to espe
cially bring pre-school children.
...
Surgery Patient Jeffrey L.
Randolph, 17, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard E. Randolph, 120
Ashland Ave., Medford, is a
surgery patient at Sacred Heart
Hospital.
Smnke Investigated Medford
firemen investigated a report of
smoke at Bulldog's Beat, 300 N.
Peach St., at 4:51 p.m. Monday.
The smnke was found to have
been caused by a steam vent
malfunction. Then at 7:30
o'clock this morning firemen
were called to investigate smoke
al the residence of Dr. Leroy C.
Jensen, 1121 S. Oakdale Ave. No
smoke was found
Flue F 1 r e Ashland firemen
were summoned al 7 p.m. Mon
day when a flue fire was report
ed at Bt N. Main St. There was
no damage.
...
Speaker Listed Glen Ratcliff,
of Bend, will be speaker here
Wednesday, Dec. IB, at the
monthly luncheon of the Rogue
Valley Life Underwriters' Asso
,ri(.t m' fr o( The Kquitahlc
ciation, rrank w. Proulx, dis-
Life Assurance Society of the
United States, announced today.
The monthly meeting will he
held at the Rogue Valley Coun
try Cluh at noon. All life insur-!
ance underwriters are invited to
attend. The invitation i not de
pendent upon memhership.
i Proulx said.
Variety
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Until
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MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,
Construction of
Water Main Starts
Construction of a six-inch wa
ter main on Second Avenue be
tween Western Avenue and Mc
Andrcws Road was scheduled
to start today, according to Wa
ter Department Manager Bob
Lee.
The water department is doing
the job on a contract basis for
the Maple Park Water District.
The area is outside the city lim
its, Lee said.
The Medford water depart
ment, on a contract basis, sells
water, service and does some
construction work to districts
outside the city, according to
Lee. The cost of the present con
tract is estimated at $4,200 and
includes 710 feet of pipe and
construction.
The project is part of a plan
for general improvement started
10 years ago by Maple Park Wa
ter District for the installation of
fire hydrants. Fire hydrants are
scheduled to be installed
throughout the district by early
next year.
Fire hydrants will enable res
idents to apply for lower fire
insurance rates because they
will chunge the district from
class eight to class seven, and
could lower the rates approxi
mately $3.50 per house, Lee es
timated. Course Completed by
Member ot Reserve
Lt. Col. John F. Rush, com
mander, Second Batallion 414th
Regiment (BCT) has announced
that MSGT (E-7) Willard W.
Herzberg, Central Point, Com
pany G, has completed the
equipment maintenance course
at Fori Lewis, Wash.
First Lt. J. Bradley Morris,
Medford, Company E, has been
selected to attend materiel
readiness course for unit supply
officers in early February al
Fort Lewis, according to Lt.
Col. Rush.
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OREGON
Attention Called
To Human Rights
Observance Today
Today, Dec. 17, is the last
day in the week of observance
designed to call attention to the
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, adopted by the general
assembly of the United Nations
Dec. 10, 1958, Mrs. II. P. Bos
worth Jr., of Medford, who has
spent years working in the
United Nations Association pro
gram, reminded the public to
day. the Universay Declaration of
Human Rights, Mrs. Bosworth
explained, "Is not a treaty and
involves no legal obligations, lt
does, however, provide common
standards or goals toward which
all individuals and all nations
may well work."
Since 1949, Mrs. Bosworth re
called, the President of the
United States has issued a pro
clamation calling on the people
to observe Human Rights Day,
Dec. 10, and continue the ob
servance for one week.
"Since the tragedy of Presi
dent Kennedy's death it has
been suggested lhat every fam
ily, every service club and gov
ernmental body review the inci
dents that contributed to the
death of President Kennedy's
alleged killer," Mrs. Bosworth
staled.
Mrs. Bosworth asked for "a
deep understanding and passion
ate support of civil and human
righls as a proper observance
of this Human Rights Week,
with policemen, prosecutors,
lawyers, journalists and jurists,
participating and revealing their
own codes of conduct."
CHIETI, Italy (UPD-The en
tire population of Chieti wen1, i n
a 24-hour strike today lo dra
matize their demands h-it ihe
government give their tnw.i a
new university.
Births
BR1GGS - To Mr. and Mrs.
David Lee, 1417 S. Ivy St., Med
ford, Dec. 16, 1963, a boy, 8 'A
pounds, at Rogue Valley Hos
pital. RITCHIE - To Mr. and Mrs.
Harold C, 513 Laurel St., Cen
tral Point. Dec. 17, 1963, a girl,
64 pounds, at Rogue Valley
Hospital.
GAINES - To Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald W., P.O. Box 336, Shady
Cove, Dec. 14, 1963, a boy, S'a
pounds, at Rogue Valley Hos
pital. BISWELL - To Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice B., 1909 Hazel St., Med
ford, Dec. 17, 1963, a hoy, 5'3
pounds, at Rogue Valley Hos
pital. LAST NITE
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Tl'ESOAV. DECEMBER 17. 19B.1
Four Bicycles Are Reported Stolen
Four bicycle thefts were re
ported to the Medford City Po
lice during the weekend.
Kevin Anthony Crews, 292
Quince St.. reported the theft of
a rea ana wnite Bicycle from
his residence Saturday. Leona
Faye Rackleff, 1036 Winchester
Ave., reported the theft of a
bicycle from Washington School,
610 Poach St., which was owned
by David Lloyd Kackleff.
Robert Weldon Sage, 401 Ore
gon Terrace, reported Saturday
that a bicycle belonging to
Katherine Gail K e i k e n, 223
Willamette St., was stolen from
Roosevelt Grade School. The
bicycle has since been recov
ered, according to police.
Edward Robert Naumes, 620
Oakdale Drive, reported to the
police Sunday, the theft of his
bicycle from Holly Street be
tween Eleventh and Twelfth
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