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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 19H3
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEUFOKD, OKEGUN
Regional
Roundup
By Cleve Twilchell
Regional Editor
You can't say the Mail Trib
une isn't an informative news
paper. Consider the following
little item which appeared on
the reRional page Monday:
"The tongue of the gecko
lizard is so long that the reptile
can use it to wash its eyes."
Gems of information such as
this are known in the newspaper
profession as "fillers." As the
name implies, they're used to fill
small holes at the bottom of
longer stories. Fillers usually
are selected by the make-up
man on the basis of how well
they fit the hole he is attempting
to fill. Occasionally they happen
to land in a poetically appro
priate spot.
We still remember one in the
Boston Globe about 10 years
ago. It loiiowca a new siuijr
reporting the marriage of Joe
DiMaseio and Marilyn Monroe
Remarked the filler, "Geese
have been known to live as long
as 30 years."
Prejudice and Names
On a more serious note, we've
been reading with interest a
copy of the Harper's Weekly of
May III, IB65 which R. E. Neal
nn, author of "Tablets," brought
in last week. Mr. Ncalon had
honed we would be able to re
produce the front page of the
paper in the Mail Tribune, but
unfortunately most of the type
is so small that it would not
show up unless the photo-engraving
were enormous.
The old paper Is interesting,
however, because of the paral
lel it offers, ft was published at
a time similar to the present
day during the period follow
ing the assassination of a presi
dent. On the front of the single
sheet is a picture of President
Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's suc
cessor. A brtet ecmortai on me
back of the sheet caught our
eye. Entitled "Mr. Edwin
Booth. " II reads in part:
"Surely every generous heart
will sympathize with the pecu
liarly crushing blow which has
befallen Mr Edwin Booth. A
gentleman whose retiring cour
tesy has universally command
ed respect an actor whose
genius and success have de
lighted his country a citizen
whose sole vole was cast for
Abraham Lincoln a man
whose character has made hosts
of friends it is a cruel fate
which identifies his name with
the national sorrow . . .
"Mr. Booth at once, and nat
urally, withdrew from his pres
ent professional engagements
But he should understand that
he is not lo be ruined by the
crimes of any one who bears
his name. The powers which he
has always so nobly used are
not to be lost to us by any of
fenses but his own. When the
bitterness of the hour has some
what passed, and the event
which now afflicts us can be
more calmly contemplated, he
will resume his work, we hope,
sure of the approval of those
whose kind thoughts he most
values, and of the public which
he charms and instructs. Mean
while it is our duty to lake core
that no train of prejudice at
taches to his name."
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POI'ULAItlTY CONTEST Prospect High School's annual queen
competition is entering its final stages. The queen's identity will
be announced at the school's annual snn-hall dance Friday night.
Competing for the honor are Becky Pitts, upper left, a junior;
Barbara Beck, upper right, senior; Sharon McElmurry, lower left,
freshman, and Dianna Moore, lower right, sophomore.
Television Test
Set At Prospect
PROSPECT A lelrvsion
translator station being installed
on Flounce Rock by Ihe United
Radio Corporation of Medford
will be tested this week end.
The test will start Friday af
ternoon. Residents may partic
ipate in the test by tuning in
Channel 4. They are advised to
beam their antennas toward the
rock.
The lest is sponsored by the
Prospect Lions Club.
Josephine Jobless
Totals In Uptrend
During November
GRANTS PASS Although , Comparing September and
employment in I h e Josephine ' February logging employment
County, Glendale and Rogue totals, Silfftcr eslimalcd that a
Iliver areas continued high clur- lib per cent seasonal drop ap-
District 6 Hires
Firm To Draw
Plans For School
Members of the Board of Di
rectors of School District 6 have
decided to hire the architec
tural firm of Edson and Pappas
I lo draw plans for the proposed
elementary school building, to
he located on the West Pine
Strecn sile in Central Point
Action to hire the firm was
taken at a special meeting held
Dec. 13.
Board members interviewed
representatives of several archi
tectural firms at two previous
regular meetings, and during
the past month have traveled to
Grants Pass and Eagle Point to
view work done by the various
firms.
At the November meeting the
hoard of directors heard a build-
Civil Defense
Proposed For
Shelter
Montague
Regional News
MONTAGUE Jim Grigsby, 0, and the remainder could be; the sixth grade mothers, and the
Montague City Councilman and housed in private homes where eithth grade won Ihe prize for
Civil Defense chairman for Ihe j space is available. , having the most parents in at-
Monlaeue Parent Teacher As
sociation, gave a talk on civil
defense and disaster at a recent
meeting of the unit.
Grigsby outlined future plans :
for Civil Defense, which is mak-1
ing a gradual transition in its
program, concentrating mainly
of
After the first of Ihe year a
canvass of the town will be made
to determine how many people
could be handled by this means,
and an unrehearsed disaster
drill will be held.
During the business session,
conducted by Foster, it was an
tendance.
on what to do in case
emergency or disaster.
He said that he has been
working with Bob Soule, Civil
Defense Director for Siskiyou
County, in mapping out plans
for a shelter to be constructed
in Montague. Grigsby noted
that if the city can prove it has j Santa Claus.
the "Wherewithal! to match Foster announced
an ; nounced the annual community
Christmas party will be on
Thursday evening, December 19.
Mrs. Albert Clement has charge
of the program. So far the pro
gram plans include selections by
the school band, Glee Club, com
munity singing and of course,
ILLINOIS VALLEY - The Il
linois Valley High School chorus,
led by Van Johnson, will be seen
on television Sunday at 1:30
p.m. on channel 5. The program
was taped Dec. 6 at the studios
in Medford.
ing recommendation report pre-1 government funds, which have
scntcd by C. A. Meyer, superin-! be carrjc(j 0ut.
lendent of district 6 schools
Following that report board
members were of the opinion
that a bond issue was imminent
and would probably be placed
before the voters in January or
February.
ing much of November,
ployment totals started on an j
uptrend the middle of the month,
almost equalling those of last
year hy the month's end, ac
cording to Don St iff lor, mana
ger of the Grants Pass ollice of
the State Employment Service.
Logging in Skid
With employment remaining
strong in the plywood and saw
mill industries; logging employ
ment, dependent on the weather,
started its usual seasonal skid.
Santa Claus to Hand
Out Candy Canes
In Phoenix Tonight
PHOENIX - Darrell Paxson,
Phoenix mayor, will be Santa
Claus at 7 o'clock tonight al the
Phoenix community Christmas
tree and pass nut mill randy
canes purchased by the Phoenix
Volunteer Fire Department and
auxiliary.
A 100 voice combined choir
representing all Ihe Phoenix
churches will sing around Ihe
Christmas tree until II o'clock.
The 10 foot tree was cut above
Butte Falls hv Ihe Phoenix fire
department and transported by
Haggard Lumber Company.
Phoenix. The lights for Ihe tree
were purchased hy the lire de
partment and auxiliary.
pears normal lor this area s
loggers. Dollar value of city
building permits also look a
seasonal dip from $21fl.otni dur
ing October to $70,050 (or No
vember. Except for logging and other
industries dependent on weather
conditions, however, local em
ployment should remain rela
tively high during December,
said Stiffler.
Retail Expansion
Retail employment will ex
pand, and service industries
.should ri'iiKiin stable along with
plywood and sawmill industries.
During Ihe week ending Nov.
2D, Stiffler added. Ihe percent
age of covered unemployment
for Josephine Comity workers
was 9.7 per cent. One year ago
Ihe rate was III. 7 per cent for Ihe
same week; two years ago it
was 1S.7 per cent, and three
years ago it was III .5 per cent.
HOME SA Eli
O'BRIEN - Illinois Valley
Volunteer Firemen were called
lo a flue fire al Ihe home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Edwards
above O'ltrion Wednesday
morning abciul 7 o'clock. The
volunteers arrived in lime lo
save the Edwards home bid had
to go lo Cave Junction otter Ihe
fire was nut In refill Ihe lank
truck because die water be
tween here and there was frozen.
Talent Program
Slated Thursday
TALENT The Talent Junior
High and Talent Elementary
Schools will combine their ef
forts in producing this year's an
nual Christmas program.
The program will be presented
lo the students of both schools
on Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m.
Taking part in the program
will be the junior high choir,
fifth and sixth grade choir and
the junior high brass choir. The
brass choir will accompany the
students m an assembly sing,
performing several of the bet
ter known Christmas carols.
Highlighting the program will
be a surprise Christmas hoote-
nanny which will be offered by
persons whose identity will re
main a secret until the time of
the performance.
Also featured will he several
of Ihe junior high drama stu
dents, presenting Christmas
readings from "The Gift of the
Magi," "Dear Virginia" and
other selected Christmas poems.
He said that when the build
ing is completed, the govern
will supply all nee d s, in
cluding a portahle hospital unit
with surgery facilities.
Grigsby pointed out that the
main concern in time of disas
ter is for evacuees, Montague
heing able to handle between
6,000 and 8,000. Surveys reveal
that the school could hold 322;
the old school building, 180; the
auditorium, 188; the Methodist
Church, BO; the Baptist Church,
that plans
are being made (or (he annual
Spring show, the chiet fund
raising project. Mrs. Arnold
Paul is lo make posters and
Mrs. Jim Dow is to handle the
advertising.
A request was made for used
clothing to he used in case of
an emergancy. No meeting will
be held hy Ihe unit in Decem
ber, the next one being on Jan
uary 16, 1064.
School will he dismissed for
the Christmas holidays on Dec.
20 and will reopen Jan. 6.
Refreshments were served hv
on Chriitmot Day
Thiir old, familiar enrol play.
And wild and iwaet
Tht words rtptar
Of ptact on tartd goodwill lo mini
. . . Longfellow
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Eagle Point Lions
Holding Christmas
Decoration Contest
EAC'.I-E POINT-Eagle Point
Lions Club members are again
snonsorinc the annual Christmas
lighting and decorating contest i
for homes in Eagle Point and
surrounding area.
All homes in Eagle Point will :
automatically be judged in the !
contest, and homeowners outside
the city who wish In lake part
in Ihe contest are asked to reg
ister at Ihe Town and Country
market by Saturday, Dec. 21.
Nat Elzel is chairman of Ihe
event.
Three cash prizes, $1.50, $7..i0
and $5, will he awarded lop win
ners. Judging is .scheduled for
"shortly before Christmas,"
Elel announced.
The project has been spon
sored hy the IJnns Club for a
number of years as part of the
group's civic activities.
Numerous Displays Viewed
At Siskiyou Scout-0 Rama
RegionalCalendar
APPLEGATE V A L I, K Y -2
p.m., Garden Club will meet
with Mrs Holland Smith There
will he a discussion of Christmas
decorations, gift exchange and
plant sale.
WHITE CITY-Thursday, 7 .10
lo 8 30 a m , Kiwamans will
meet at the A and V Restaurant
for a business session and break
fast. t
PnoSPIXT-Sunday, S p m ,
Christmas cantata "Love's
Transcending." presented hy
community choir and junior
choir, at Nazarene Chapel in the
Pines. Public welcome.
By llOltlS ItoiUNSON I
Mall Tribune Correspondi'iil
YI1EKA The Scoiil-O Uama
held by the Siskiyou Silver Tip
District of Hoy Scouts of Ameri
ca whs interesting and educa
tional both In the scouts and
strings, when struck made mu
sical tones.
An old wooden cigar bo held
a row of straight pins stuck in
Ihe lid, when a slick was pulled
across them Ihey made light
tones. A harmonica made with
ma siraws arrnnucd a vary-
the public. The event was held ing lengths in stripsof cardboard
at the Wincma hall at the Siski
you County Fairgrounds Satur
day Dec. 7 all day and evening.
i Troop 20 of Duusmuir had a
typical mountain scene with cv-
1 ergreen trees, a lent and all
kinds of scouting ciUipmcnl on
display. A campiue and big pot
of beans cooking which they
I claimed were real good
A very interesting booth call-
' ed "Adventure in Sound" dis
played various was of making
I sound many of these articles
I were made by the cub scouts
Hnttlcs Idled to varying degrees
I With water were h u n g by
Hemorrhoids Cured Painlessly
By Non-Surgical Method
The non-aurgu-al. electronic , nient will tip ctoo wittinul
method for treatment of Hem- additional fre."
nrrhoida (l'deal dmploprd hy I'nlirnK ptprrirnee little, it
doctor of the Real-Oliver nv pain Their treatment re
Sandy Blvd. Clinic has been o otores no lnnpitalintion and
BucccMful and prrmmieot in dip not employ limn or in
nature that (lie following po. ! jeetmnv
icy in offered their patient: I Write today lur a Imt. ilv
'After all avmptomi of Hem- . srriptise Ixwklet. youm without
orrhoid . . . have nuhf-ided and
th patient has been din-:
charsed, if ha should ever have
a recurrence, all lurther treat-1
obligation: The Henl-Oln or
Sandy Rlxd Clinic. Chiroprai -tie
Phvsiriann. 202 N. K.
Sandy Blvd., Portland 12, lire.
mane surprising sounds when
breath was blown across the
lops
oilier sound deuces were
drums, loli-phnno and miliar, all
hand made hy scouts The booth
hail on display a record player,
tape recoidcr and radio. Den
mothers and cub scouts took
turns demons! latum the articles
on display in the public
A hot rod I ace with little cars
cub scouts had made ( r o m
blocks of pine wood created
quite a bit o( ovileinen:. The
bins caned out the cars from
small blocks of wood, added
little wheels and a weight to
make for greater speed. A long
ramp built like a playground
I slide was used as the race
I track. The hus let the cars go
at the top and would see which
car rolled the longest distance.
Competition was keen and the
linvs showed skill m the making
of the cais
l ull Si;c kaxak
Tionp M ot Klamath (tivci
displayed a lull ie kayak
which they had built and used
last siiMlrnel
Tinop ;t oi icka arranged a
booth In look like a scout camp
in the mountains I bey had then
lenl with siou: (lac, beside it.
la camptue rJowinc tn front of
'it, and different types of packs
wore hung from Ihe wall, also
a shovel and ax.
The boys made many hikes
last year so they made a map
of Siskiyou Counlv showing the
places of interest ibev had hiked
lo and what they had done on
each trip. The made eight trips
last year.
A demonstration of arrow
head making and bead work
yvas given by Ihe Order of Ihe
Arroyy. a delegaiion of scouts
from Ashland They were not
in competition with Ihe local
scouts, but came to help make
the Scoul-D-Rama more inter
esling Troop mi of Yieka had a small
theater set up where they shiny,
ed pictures laken of their hike
up Ml Shasta For the past
dye or si years the boys haye
made the annual trek up Mt
Shasta on Labor Day.
Ashland Visitor
To bring the days activities
10 a close two boys from Ash
land put on an interpretive
dance of the Eagle. John W ood
as the Eagle was dressed in a
feather costume of an Eagle and
danced about Ihe itru m m e r
Stiue Itiunet also in costume
Lester Fasig. district Com
missioner of Siher Tip District
of Northern Calitninia. present
ed certificates of awards to Ihe
1 1 oops
A special certihcale of appre
ciation was presented Ihe hoys
from Ashland for then help in
making the cyenl a success He
also thanked Ihe si nutmastrrs
and den mntheis fur their wotk
with Ihe scouts. I
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