Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, June 19, 1945, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT HERALD AND NEWS Tuesday. June 19. 1945 VOTERS URGED TO VOTE FOR SCHOOL BILLS i Klamath county and city vot ers were urged to go to the polls on June 22 and 25, by Fred Peterson, county scnooi super fntonHunt Arnold Gralapp. city school superintendent, and Wy att Padgett,- principal and leg islative chairman of the Klam ath county council oi riA. ine executive board meeting of the council was held June 15 at the home of Mrs. Frank Peyton. . Gralapp urged a yes vote on June 22 on section 300 pertain ing to college buildings, and 302 urging the need for revenue for public schools. This measure is backed by the Oregon State Teachers association, the Ore gon Congress of PTA and the Klamath County Council of PTA. Peterson urged a yes vote for the state property tax and nublic school support measures. Harold Hendrickson, county juvenile officer, favored a yes vote on all school measures, ex plaining that the school stimu lates voluntary attendance ana lessens juvenile problems. Hendrickson . revealed . that the juvenile department needs ex tra help and office space, as well as a car to make possible prompt investigation and pre ventive measures. ' E. E. Hambrick. city recrea tion director, asked a yes vote on all school measures as a co operative plan for city develop ment. HamDricK stated mat par ents should awaken to the pres ent needs and stated that blue prints of future swimming pools and parKs do not Keep toaays children out of mischief or benefit them in any way. He stressed the importance, of a recreation program in the cam paign against juvenile delin quency. - - - It was announced that chil dren may register for ' swim ming instruction which is now in progress at tne natatorium, or at Mills summer play school, Boys between 8 and 18 should register at the city hall for 'camping at Lake o' the Woods on August 12 to 19, and girls from 10 to 18 years of age for the following week. There is a 50-cent registration charge and the fee is $9.50 for a week of supervised camping instruction. Hambrick made a plea to the parents to help find a truck that will be available to. haul equipment to the camp. Mrs. T.'C. Parker, represent ing the Klamath County Public Health Association, Inc., ex pressed the need not only to control tuberculosis but to erad icate it. A mobile unit expert ly: equipped,, will be -available .this fall. State-wide coverage is planned, and it is felt that edu cation is needed to arouse pub lic concern to win national health. The Klamath county council of PTA will again hold a school of- instruction this fall,, it. was announced at the meeting. Flashes of Life CUniOFWEEOS Fire Chief Keith Ambrose urged today that property hold ers clean up the grass and weeds adjoining their fences and build ings. He pointed out that the growth is green at this time and cuts easily. The chief said the department w uuiii- mure grass man usual this year, starting in mid July. He said it is important - nw ouu fiiiwa uk uieareu away, from property when the "He added that the growth on oai,i. is taiier ana wicker nan tintnl 41 1 "' luuax n us year - LURE KANSAS CITY, June 19 (IP) Michael Bennett Lyons, 21, and Kitty-Kat, his stuf'ed panda, were having a wonderful time following the trash man until two women decided he was lost and called the police. At headquarters he tried in vain to explain that he and the panda weren't lost. He just wanted to take Kitty-Kat for a ride and the truck kept leav ing without them. Police, un convinced, held him until his mother arrived. . LUCK C1TT t ivv prrv 10 (JP) Mrs. Wanda Carlei, Provo, Ulan, sat terror siricKen as a train approached her stalled car. rmccini, Wntnhmnn H. W. McComb ran to the car, jerked open ine aoor ana puiiea ana. Carlei from the car. A moment later the engine etr-i,Mr fhn nntnmnhilf hnVpH it 63 feet and dented one door and a fender. Mrs. Carlei climbed in and drove away. DOUBLE EMERGENCY DnPTT.ANn ni-A Jnno 1Q iJP Datmlmnn Pranlr Prntt Answpred an emergency call and then made one. He phoned his' wife for in structions while helping deliver a baby boy. . . INTERRUPTION HAMILTON MnnL. June 19 UP) Five motorists had their en joyment of Bitter Root valley scenic beauty rudely interrupted. A belligerent deer charged, smashed a door, bent a fender and fell dead. PURCHASE 0 F LAND D or COUNCIL OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE fe, & & 1 ".W MECHAM ON LEAVE Eighteen-year-old veteran of three major battles, Molvln ; ' A' petition was being circulat ed in Klamath Falls today ask ing the mayor and city council to assist in seeking Sunday bus schedules to Moore park in the summer months. Purpose of the proposal, sponsors said, if particularly to provide transportation to the park and Upper Klamath lake for service men, who lack other means of transportation. A. Rogers, 607 High, Is one of the sponsors. He said the council will be asked to negoti ate with the Klamath Bus com pany to put in the Sunday serv ice. - Baby Girl Dies From Eating Pills PORTLAND. June 19 UP) A 3-year-old girl who found two bottles of prettily-colored pills in the medicine chest and ate half a bottle of each died here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur John Markewikz. Portland, said their small daughter, Helen, ate the pills last Thursday, trunKing them candy. The pills were common home remedies, but to be taken one at a time. A recommendation for pur chasing eight acres adjoining the city dog pound was granted by the city council at the meeting Monday night. The city desired to purchase two additional acres to enlarge tne nog pound, out the owner refused to sell Just the two and the city must pur chase six additional acres to get the two they want.- The -extra acreage will be put up for sale by the city, it was stated. The city council moved to close all city hall offices on Fri day, June 22, election day. Cooperation of the city was granted in putting a banner from Waldorf billiard parlor, 610 Main, across to Craig's dress shop, 617 Main, Tuesday, adver tising tne Klamath uuckaroo Days rodeo, July 1 to 4. Bids Considered Gasoline and oil company bids submitted for the coming fiscal year were read and turned over to the finance committee, the mayor and the city engineer for study and comparison. Twenty building permits were approved. Four meat dealers' licenses were granted for the new year and four new bids for purchasing city property were read. The council approved the re quest for permission of Dr. Ralph Stearns and J. R. Shaw to pave the section of street be tween their residences at their own expense, subject to the city inspector's approval. Request tor a lease to erect billboards on two lots of city property in the railroad addition was granted, after it was deter mined that the signs would not obstruct the view and cause traffic hazards. The vacation of Adams street at the recreational park, which came before the council a few weeks ago. was recommended by the recreation committee last night. The ordinance that wells may not be drilled without state per- mission will be enforced, it was stated, and water pumped from wells cannot be dumped into sanitary sewers. It was recommended- that the city engineer, city attorney, and plumbing in spector study the ordinance and amend it, if necessary, to keep well water from being pumped into any city sewers, Repairs Approved Repairing city streets with the penetration type of pavement was approved, with the work not to exceed $9000. Paving of streets at Moore park was not included in the approval. The meeting adjourned alter first and second readings were heard on three bids for city property, and third and final readings on four bids. MEDICOS GRADUATE PORTLAND. June 19 (P) The first three-year graduates of the University of Oregon Medical school will receive diplomas Friday. Students receiving degrees ueder the streamlined war-time program include 51 army and 14 navy students and 10 civili ans. 1 1 H matt I MM Dave Mecham, Y 2c, was home recently on a five-day leave. Mecham. son of Mrs. E. W. Crapser, 445 Market, entered the service lust after his 17th birthday, enlisting from Klam ath Falls. He has served in the battles of Saipan, Luzon and Okinawa for which he wears three battle stars on his cam paign ribbons. KLAMATH MEN AID V-E Dav found SSgt. An drew W. McCollough, PFC Cor win F. Galbreath and PFC Wil liam F. O'Connor, all of Klum ath Falls, on the job, helping to ready more combat planes and equipment for immediate action wherever they might be need ed. All three are part of a crack air service command team that pitched in to back up the air assaults that helped knock Ger many out of the war. McCullough is a resident of 1882 Academy street, and prior to entering the service in April, 1942, was employed by the Weyerhaeuser Timber company. Overseas since September of 1943, he attended White Swan high school at White Swan, Wash. Galbreath, son of Frank Gal breath of 1934 Applegate in Klamath Falls, has been in Eu rope since . August, 1943. He joined the army in March, 1942, before which he was employed at the Ewauna Lumber com pany. He is a graduate of Cen tral high school in Klamath Falls. PFC O'Connor was employed by the Swan Island shipyard at Portland after graduating from Klamath Union high school. He joined the army in December, 1942, and has been overseas since August of 1943. KIDD PROMOTED Ellsworth L. Kldd of Bly has been promoted to the rank of master sergeant, it was an nounced recently. Sgt. Kidd is a special instrument mechanic with a unit of the 11th bomber command, based somewhere in the Marianas. MIKKELSEN GRADUATED DOUGLAS ARMY AIR FIELD, Ariz. A graduate of advanced pilot training class 13-B, Merlyn O. SI ik kelson of tliimath Falls, kpril 14 re vived his wings ind commission aa a second lieu tenant in the army air forces .it Douglas field, Ariz. I.t. Mikkcl- .... nl Mr. f i nltliT .....i m ...i nt i. n. Mikkelspn. graduated from Klamath Union mgn school. GETS JAP Capt. F. C. 'Fir" Klrkpatrlck. son of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Kirk Patrick, 1900 Esplanade, spent his birthday In tho Pacific war zono, and in a recent letter wrote, "Well, here's a coinci dence on my birthday, guess what I got? Another Jap! Can't figure who sent him to me, un less it was old To Jo himself!" This Is the second overseas stretch for tho captain who served 18 months the first time. Ho has tjcen over for four months now, and is looking for ward to a furlough home soon. He is a graduate of KUHS and attended University of Oregon before entering tho service. "Here's a laugh for you," he wrote his fattier, "I was straf ing a Jap position In a cliff and hit a n ammunition dump the other day. Well, the thing blew up right in my face, and the poor old plane was really torn up. Then to make matters worse it started smoking and I was going to land It in the water, but my second section leader called mo over the radio and said. 'What's wrong Kirk, are you chicken?' Well, 1 got so mad at that guy, tnat i orougni the thing back to the field and made It OK." Fiz-writes about returning to overseas combat for a third time after his expected fur lough, and says he'll jump at the chance, if there Is one. He has been made division execu tive officer of his outfit. He said the weather had been "foul" with rain, and the field disappeared as soon as they took off. Foxholes are full of water and the men are getting irritable, but "its still fun." ASHBY AWARDED Pvt. Cecil D. Ashby, 132 La guna, rifleman with the 8th army In Italy, has been award ed the Combat Infantryman badge for actual participation in combat against the enemy in Italy. .,.. PFC Stanley M. D. Larson of the United States army infantry has been awarded the Bronze Star for valorous conduct In action against the enemy while fighting with the 3rd infantry division in France. Hit father, Karl E. Larson, resides at 1734 Crescent In this city. Greenland, containing 826.000 square miles, is almost seven times as large as tne British Isles. r Do your drinks get isWzs this? Then always use this "PlN-P0tNT Cakbonatioh" kaapi drinks sparkling with Ufa, to tha hut sip. Aikfbr Canada Dry Watarwhan you'ra out Sam it la your home. P (Madam1 15 PKu deposit Where there's ' . fli r ""Mill you'll hear- CANADA;-DRY WATER Ji KUUNATH BUCMROO BAYS July 1-2-3-4 HVEMTS and PKOZ Bronc Riding Purse $800.00 Entrance Fee $10.00 Total purse with all entrance fees added will be split 80 for day monies and 40 for final prizes. Both . final and day monies will be split 403020 and 107. Calf Roping Purse $600.00 Entrance Fee $15.00 Total purse with all entrance fees added will be split 60 for day monies and 40 for final prizes. Both final and day monies will be split 403020 and 10. Steer Team Roping Purse $600.00 Entrance Fee $30.00 Total purse with all entrance fees added will be split .60 for day monies and 40 for final prizes. Both final and day monies will be split 40 30 20 and 10. Bull Dogging Purte $600.00 Entrance Fee $10.00 Total purse with all entrance fees added will be snlit 60 for day monies and 40 for final prizes. Both final and day monies will be split 403020 and 10. Brahma Bull Riding Purte $600.00 Entrance Fee $10.00 Total purse with all entrance fees added will be split . 60 for day monies and 40 for final prizes. Both final and day monies will be split 403020 and'10. Bareback Riding Purse $500.00 . Entrance Fee $10.00 Total purse with all entrance fees added will be split 60 for day monies and 40 for final prizes. Both final and day monies will be split 40 30 20 and. 10. Quarter-Mile Cow Horse Race Purse $150.00 Entrance Fee $10.00 Entrance fee added to purse and split daily 40 30 20 and 10, , Relay Race Purse $300.00 Entrance Fee $10.00 ' , Entrance fee added to purse and split daily 40 30 20 and 10. Must be three strings entering this event. Five-Eighths-Mile Free-For-AII Purse $300.00 ' Entrance Fee $20.00 , Purse plus entrance fees added split V each day and day monies results SO 30 20. No finals. . Best Reined Cow Horse Purte $200.00 Entrance Fee $20.00 Open' entrance to all horses. Must show on cattle. Event will be judged on best performance. Entry fee added to purse and split 403020 10 on last day. Musical Chair Men's Purie $5.00 each day. Klamath Fourth of July Committee Sponsored by the American Legion 1944 Scholastic Honor Winners On Job At Herald . Both tho- valodlctorlan and tho salututoriun of the Klamnth Union high school class of 1U44 are- doing summer work at The Herald and Now, Nancy Bennct, the valedictor ian, is working in the advertis ing department as saleswoman while on summer vucatlon from Mills college, Miss Bonnet did similar work hero last summer. She Is tho daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warron Bonnet. Mary Ellen Wright, daughter of , Mr. and Mrs. Leslie B. Wright, Is home from tho Uni versity of Oregon school of Jour nalism, nnd Is working on the news staff of tho paper. Miss Wright was salutatorlnn of tho 1IH4 KUHS class. GAUFORNIANS END LONG 58TH LEGISLATURE Surplus automotive equipment 104 scout cars will bo oifored for sulo by the office of surplus property, department of com merce a disposal agency desig nated by tho surplus property board Friday, Juno 20, at tho Mt. Rainier ordnance depot in Seattle, starting at 1 p. m. Automotive dealers only are ellgiblo to bid, but all interested persons nro Invited to attend the sale.. Inspection may bo made any weekday from 9 a. m. to 4 p. in., and since all sales through commerce's office of sur plus property are made on a "where f" and "as Is" basis, dealers aro urged to avail them selves of pre-salo Inspection privileges, to assure ultimate satlsfnctkm. Eor further Information, con tact cither the sub-office man ager, Mt. Rainier ordnance depot, or the automotive division of the off Ico of surplus property department of commerce, 2005 Fifth avenue, Seattle, Washington. 'Fog' Spray To Aid In Fighting Fires EUGENE, June 19 UP) A tank which sprays "fog" instead of water used in spraying Lalltornln orange groves has been put into service hero to combat forest -fire, The Eastern Lane Fire Patrol association has a truck with a 000-pound pressure tank, pro ducing a 80-foot spray of "fog." rlre warden Jim walker says the "fog" goes 10 times farther than straight water, and is more effective. WW JaWW A U M aw Mn SACRAMENTO, Juno 10 Ml Ending tho long SUth regular session at 11:30 last night, the slato's tired legislator were headed hnmoward today for what may bo only a six months respite, but with assurances of at leust thut much tliuo to rest. In the closing hours a mas of legislation was pushed through the two houses. Included was tho Important urban re-dovolop-mont and the governor's unem ployment rolicf "prcparodncss" measures. Also passed were the gover nor's hill providing $100,000 for institution of schools of In dustrial relations at tho Uni versity of California at Berkeley and Los Angeles and a measure for state Hemming of prlvato hos pitals and sanitariums. Governor Warren declared false the rumors current he In tended to cull tho legislature back ' Immediately to work. Changed economic conditions, however, he said, might muko it desirable to reconvene In about six months. Warren thanked the member for their achievement and praised such enuctmcnts as those for handling Juvenile delin quency, prison rehabilitation, beach and park acquisition, ox tension of unemnloymcnt Insur ance, the earir-uiking of postwar reserves, tax reduction and lib eration of old mo ponslons. I The governor has 30 days In which to act on a diii. ho con sign or veto a measure or to let It dlo by "pocket veto" merely by not signing It In the 30-day period, Sunday ana holidays ex eluded. - ?nniifiii it..... Purehi.j 'I Wank Culllvallni . YOURS MAY BE NEXT Let ui make certain that your Insurance provides the protec tion you'need today I No obligation this li a service. ' Hans Norland INSURANCE AGENCY Fire ' Auto Casualty HI N. 7th Ph, 1010 V OF THI BLEEDS Undta' Whliky,t,m( 65 S train aialttl talritt COODtRHAMvWOITUA fterla, llllaals Buy War Bonds Use Your Savings Lose No Interest Savings deposits that are entitled to in terest credit on June 30, 1945, may be withdrawn now. for the purpose of pur chasing war bonds at this hank without loss of interest credit for this period. The Japs must be finished off! That is our first job. We can accomplish it by putting over the Mighty Seventh in a blaze of glory. So, buy the biggest bond you can afford today. Take out your savings if you have to, but BUY THAT BOND! For the safety of America, for the boys in the service -we urge it. Klamath Falls Branch Office of His . United States National Bank 27 BRANCH OFFICES IN OREGON II. lout rih to Fow; fur ( wce tJlacA lace pin. plher the KBIL1 rcleoi n't n so a Hals "I in, Nigh N to Hon, N CO hi i it ikii o r, mli r mt DM! :.s l-NY mi u Nlh Mi rOD lei llvci Ihe here 111 hi Icfi tlmli iim bo Kuril t a Id Ti ikuoi One oh.n lent Praia Was IB). lil 0! 3001 'HER kint mths no we to bi 'iispn in uly 1 1 is si icon i om J ho was i mm hom. Km VJt spec evei ro a t Pa ariei t!tl i r. ol E3E EE MfMlfJt r. D. i. e.