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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD, OREGON
SUNDAY, DEC EMBER 22, 1963
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By CLEVE TWITCHEI.L
Mall Tribune Staff Writer
HELLGATE CANYON - The
backwoods along the Rogue
river between Grants Pass and
the coast are inhabited here and
there by individuals the outside
world has labeled ' characters
Most of them keep to them
selvesand for that reason few
residents of the more populated
parts of Southern Oregon know
of them
But almost anyone who has
driven across the bridge at Hell
gate Canyon half a dozen times
or more probably has seen
Buckner Wilson Trevillian,
known by some as the "hermit
of Hellgate" and by others as
just "Prospector Buck.
A Familiar Sight
With his beard and walking
stick, he is a familiar sight
around the canyon. He fre
quently stands down along the
road by the bridge, stopping
tourists to tell them stories
about "Indian gold" in the
hills.
Buck himself lives in the hills
about a mile and a half up
above the canyon.
He occupies a house in the
woods which was constructed
of scrap materials gathered
from town and the surrounding
forest. The house is built around
several trees which are incor
porated into its design.
It's a split-level dwelling, and
as one observer put it, it may
not be the most elegant split
level in the world, but it can't
be beat for economy of cost
and upkeep.
'Modern' Guest House
Trevillian also maintains a
somewhat more "modern" guest
house. Here visitors are wel
come to stay overnight "as
long as they bring their own
grub."
Buck seems to delight in en
tertaining. He is full of yarns
about Indian days. Other resi
dents of the area don't take
the stories very seriously, but
they admit the fellow serves
as a rather intriguing one-man
chamber of commerce for the
area.
Although he admits to being
(57, he scoots up and down the
trail to and from his abode like
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HIDEAWAY IN THE HILLS There's no
place like home at least, none quite like
Buckner Wilson Trevillian's home near Hell
gate Canyon. His home, built of scrap materi
als, may be seen at right. At left is a more
modern guest house, which visitors are per
mitted to occupy if they bring their own
food.
Last Studebaker
Rolls Off Lines
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPD
The last Studebaker car pro
duced in the United States was
scheduled to roll off the assem
bly lines at the South Bend
plant Friday.
The milestone car ended fit
years of domestic automotive
production by the company,
which started in the highway
transportation field making cov
ered wagons. It came in the
same year other automakers
were posting records as the
best year ever.
Studebaker closed the plant to
photographers and planned no
fanfare for the event. "We're
still making and selling cars,"
a spokesman said, "and we're
not really ending production."
Automotive production in the
highly diversified company now
will be carried on at the Hamil
ton, Ont., plant.
In the Trove to Canada, about
6.000 Studebaker white collar
and hourly rated workers will
be thrown out of work at the
South Bend plant, the firm's
onlv U.S. carbuilding outlet.
However, Studebaker officials
have maintained the nameplale
will not die in this country. In
stead, they said, dealers will re
ceive cars built in Canada.
Parts and other necessary items
also will be supplied to dealers.
a mountain goat, leaving guests
half his age puffing along be
hind. He goes up and down at reg
ular intervals, and at least once
a week gets a ride into Merlin
or Grants Pass to obtain the
few supplies he needs.
Leaves Notes
Buck lets his acquaintances
know whether he's home or not
by leaving notes in his "mail
box," a tin can secured to a
spot along the trail just above
the Hellgate bridge. When he's
home he leaves a note to that
effect. Prospective visitors
thereby are assured that they
won't have to make the hike
up to his place for naught.
When he isn't entertaining
tourists and curiosity seekers,
Trevillian spends his time ex
ploring the area, prospecting
and feeding the animals in the
woods around him. "The deer
used to come right into the
house, so I had to build a fence,"
he remarked.
Trevillian says he was born in
Virginia and crossed the conti
nent as a boy. Since then he has
lived in various areas of the
west. Estimates of how long he
has lived in his Hellgate hide
away vary from four to 12
years. Oilier residents of the
area say he began appearing on
the road by the bridge regularly
about three years ago.
Beneficiaries Reminded
To Note Address Chanqe
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"Although one dnv is much
like every other for most peo
ple, the fourth of the month has
special meaning for some 19
million persons," according to
Edward B. .lacobson, district
manager of Social Security of
fice in Medford.
The fourth day of each month
is the day on which the 19 mil
lion expect to receive their
monthly social security checks.
"And on the fourth of every
month," he added, "the phones
at the social security offices
across the nation got busy as
calls come in about delayed
new address, but forget to notify
the post office and Hie social se
curity office.
Such forgetfulness can result
in delay, with the next social
security check going back to the
Treasury Department as unde
liverable, Jacobson noted.
With the millions of checks is
sued each month, work in get
ting a month's supply ready for
mailing gets started two or
three weeks before the mailing
Advance notice of a change of
I aocircss is desirable, hut even a
nho,.l,5 "
i siiruien cnange ot address need
inn iiirnii n ui-irty in kcviiii ine
monthly social security check,
if the post office serving the old
People call
whenever their chocks do. not
appear on schedule, he said.
But the delay, more often than
not, is the result of forgetfulness
of carelessness on the part of
the disappointed beneficiary,
Jacobson added.
Continually on Move
"Our nation is continually on
the move, with many thousands
of addresses being changed
each day," Jacobson said. Many
social security beneficiaries re
member to tell their kith and
kin, their magazine publishers
and their creditors about the
address is given a prompt re
port of the new address.
FOUND INNOCENT
GOLD HILL Clyde Leslie
Walker, Gold Hill, was found in
nocent of a charge of angling
for steelhead without having a
salmon-steelhead punch card in
possession by a six-man jury re
cently in Gold Mill .Justice
Court. The presiding judge was
Norman R. Matteson.
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HELLGATE MAILBOX Buck Trevillian, who resides in the hills
above Hellgate Canyon, keeps a "mailbox" down near the road
between Merlin and Galice. In it he leaves a note to lot visitors
know when he is at home. It's another mile hike uphill from
the mailbox to Trevillian's buildings.
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Aim of YMCA Noted
Al Dinner Meeting
The basic aim of the YMCA
World Service Committee is to
perpetuate the Democratic way
of life, (he Rev. Harvey Coov
ert, chairman of the Medford
committee, told guests at the
recent World Service dinner at
the YMCA.
World Service workers train
adult and young citizens of for
eign lands to be leaders and
teachers, Mr. Coovcrt explain
ed. This enables these people
to overcome their own needs,
he added.
The aims are achieved
through boys clubs, sports,
workshops, gymnasiums and
classrooms, Bob Jones, YMCA
secretary, stated.
A color film showing YMCA
work as it is carried on in
Africa was shown following the
dinner. Two YMCA Hi-Y groups !
reported on their efforts to raise
funds for the World Service
work.
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Term Suspended For
Careless Shooter
EUGENE (UPI) -Ole Fos
back, 41, Florence, convicted
last week of involuntary man
slaughter, has received a sus
pended sentence from Circuit
Judge Roland Rodman.
Fosback was convicted of ac
cidentally shooting William ,T.
Michalson. 2fi, Springfield while
ejecting shells from his rifle at
the Siuslaw Rod and Gun Club
in Florence.
According to Fosback, the
weapon slipped and discharged,
striking Michalson in the back.
He died a short time later at a
Florence hospital.
Dist. Atty. William Frye join
ed Defense Attorney Sid Nichol
son of Florence in requesting
the action on grounds the cir
cumstances of the case did not
warrent imprisonment.
308 Form, Home Loon
Appicafion Received
SALEM (LTD - The State
Veterans Department received
308 farm and home loan appli
cations in November, two more
than were received for Novem
ber of last year, but down from
the 431 requests received during '
October of this year.
KSCAPKK SOKillT
NYSSA. Ore. ( IT! (-Eastern !
Oregon officers Friday looked j
for Francisco Garcia, 31, who
escaped from the Nyssa city I
Jail .Thursday.
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