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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1946)
tBAID NKWS, Blaasalfc rales, Or. TWBAT. Bm, M, . SM WEATHER WKArilKD NCIHTIirilN CALIFORNIA -- M.ll llMr Unlay, tonight and Wlitd.-. ita Variable Wind. Off VtMil tlllKliON Cloudy with iM'i'A.Umal light rain In norlliwe.1 end llitlit kiiiiw Iii northeast portion IHI etiermion or to. MIMfll, ClClIng Wllll0lHy MflltllllMIII ' e.ieitt for snow flurries In litmn eeal ronton. Continued colli MiMleiMl lo resit .ntlth.rly wlml. nil ruaal, bccom Inst IMMfltWMt Wednesday, Special Service A watch nlght M'rvice will bo held lo nlHht, Tuesday, m the Methodist church, Iho llcv. Victor IMillllpii announced toduy. Tilt; program fur New Year's Eve will begin at 8 p. m., when u M-rlod of fellowship will bo In-lit with guinea uml refreshments, ar ruimi'd by Iho yuuiiK tieople of the church. At li):.iu p. m. on nil film will bo shown, uml , from 11:30 p. m. lo 12:03 a. in., a devotional service will be conducted by the pastor. Young people and adultii of the con-git-gullon and the public arc cordially Invited. Ham For Holidays Mr. and Mr. Hay llunjuikrr of Simiiiim luiie enjoyed the presence over tin- holiday of their noun Don and Floyd from Willamette uni versity ut Kolcm, and Floyd's wife: Dule from the U. of O. nu-dlcul achool at Portland, nnd I.pe from Fort Klamath, Ainu here over the week end were Hetty Mne Jur-kmun unci Curol Dimitnd of Willamette untver ily. Auxiliary And Culld St. l'uiii's Women's auxiliary . and C.uild will meet on Thursday at the purlsh house of St. 1'uul's F.piscopul church. A corporate communion service will be held at 1 1:30 a. m. followed by a pol lock luncheon. Tho atixlllury will lve its iintitinl reporu and Install new officeni. Improving Kelutlveii of Dob C'llnc who In In Kinniiiiuiul hos pilul In Portland have received word that his condition in Im proved. Following on accident lust fall he underwent surgery on bin leg. lie la a nephew of Mm. ftay llunsuker. Returning to Work Mrs. Elsie Slemena, who wits painfully In jured in an automobile accident two month! aito, will return to her Job an deputy tux collector after the first of the year. Her position has been held by Max Saunders during her absence, Pelicans KU US' studio Pell cima program will be heard New Year's night over KFLW ut 7;45. In line with the day the broad cast will feature "Funmua Firsts." Co-directors aro Ben Miller and Hex Mills. Communion Service There will be a celebration of the holy communion at 10 a.m Wednes day. New Ycor's Day, ot St. I'uul'g Episcopal church It was announced by the Kev. F. C. Wis aenbach. To San Francisco Mr. and Mrs. Donald Golding left Mon day for San Francisco to attend the East-West game, nnd for Sun Jose where they will visit her brother, A. Chundler Berry and family. Turkey Dlnnar Dr. Wlllinm C. Bundrant has donuted four of his butlcry-rulscd turkeys to the Klumuth county Infirmary for New Year's Day dinner. 6-Year Presidential Term Proposed By WASHINGTON. Dec. 31 (!) Legislation to make the term of the president of the United Stutes six years and limit the tenure of office to one term will be proposed In the next con gress by Rep. Angolt (R-Ore). Angcll sold In a statement to duy he will Introduce a resolu tion on the first day of the new session to provide for an amend ment to the constitution which would allow a president und vice r resident one term of six ycurs. t would huvo to be approved by legislatures of three-fourths of tho stutes before It could be como effective. "There hus been some talk of limiting a president to two terms of four years each," An sell said, "but I believe one six Watch Party Junior mid senior teen-age groups of the Canteen are Invited to a watch party tonight, New Year's Eve, from 9:30 pin. lo 12:13 a.m., ut which time the youngsters will see tho New Year In ut the arm ory heudqiiurtcrs. There will be no Wednesday night cunlcen for the high school group, It was an nounced by Hubert Banister, di rector. Members of the Venture club will chaperone tonight. Par ents are invited to the affair. There will be noise makers and favors, dunclng and games. Pneumonia Mrs. Raleigh Crce-i, route 3 box 10U, la a patient ut Hillside hospital where she Is being treated for pneumonia. Her condition Is re ported good. Mrs. Green was ad mitted by umbulunce at 8 p, ni. Monday. Return Mr. and Mrs. Beverly Thomas and Sturlu Sue of the Knterprlse tructs have returned from Spokane whero they spent Christmas with Mrs. Thomas parents, Mr, and Mrs Henry i'nrvln. Treatment Lucille Ourley, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Gurley, 3222 Bristol, wus ad mitted to Hillside hospital Mon day for treatment. VFW Auxiliary The auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wurs will meet In regular session In library clubroom Thursday at 6 p.m. Rebekah Lodge to Install Prosperity Kebekuh lodge will meet in the IOOK hull Thiirsduy at 8 p.m. to Install the officers for 1047. Bevere Cold Mrs. C. A. f per, 3047 Cannon, wus admitted to llillsldo hospital Monday suf fering from a severe chest cold. 55lfioff Deaths Total For Basin There were S3 violent deaths reported in Klumuth county dur lug 1940, according to tho re port of the county coroner, L)r George 11. Adler. The figure showed a steady climb thruugh the wur veurs. In 1H4: the deaths by violence numbered 47, compared to 40 in 11)44 und 20 in 1043. Thirteen of the 1046 deaths weio attributed to automobile crushes, seven to logging acci dents and nine to drowning. Accidental 41 Automobiles 13 Drowning 8 Motorcycle 1 Shooting 3 Burns 1 Truin 2 Plune 1 Logging 7 Infant Accidents 4 Infections 4 Fall 1 Suicides - 6 Shooting 3 Hanging 1 Drowning 1 Asphyxiation 1 Homicides Shooting 2 Stubbing 2 Oregon Solon year term would be bettor, A K resident hardly has time to get Is program adopted by congress in ono four yeur term but he could easily do it in a six year term." Tho resolution also would pro vide that no person who has served as president before the effective date of the consult! tlonal amendment shall be eliu- ible for election as president or vice president. Angcll said he also would pro. nose legislation to tax property sold by the United Slates but title lor wntcti is ncid py me government for a certain period. Ho said such soles were of par ticular concern to Oregon where tho government owns about do per cent ol.uie lanct area Drawing Is Top News sequent sunsutlonal Instructions to the county grand Jury asking an investigation of stories of police brutality at Klamath Falls and Malin. The home of two military In stallations In the wur, Klumuth Fulls suw one the nuvui uir stu- tion resume us a busy munici pal airport, but fulc of the other, the Klumuth Fulls Murine Bur rucks, is undetermined as the year ends. The board of higher education considered a veterans college for the barracks, but finally voted not to try It this yeur. Then the stale vocational education department decided to put In u large vocutlonul school there. That is still the plun, but final action has not been taken and the plant stands idle. Mean while, the veterans administra tion authorized a hospital for Klamath Fulls, und preliminary pluns for the building to rise buck of Pacific Tcrruce are now being prepared. Years-long tulk about estab lishing more furm product proc essing plants in the Klamath basin at last materialized into two starch-glucose plants for con sumption of low-grude potatoes I'lunts went In at Hatfield, on tnc Oregon-California line, and at Merrill, the first being sponsored by the Northwest Chemurgic Co operative, and the lutter by the Slmplot people. It wus hoped these developments presage fur ther extension of the food proc essing Industry here. Highway and airplane acci dents featured the news on many duys of the yeur. Most sensa tional single wreck was that of a bus on highway No. 87 on bun mountain on October 17 when 23 were Injured. Hillside hospi tal was Jammed with patients from this wreck, none critically Injured. Many other accidents ended less happily, and the traf fic toll of the year produced muny major news event through the months: January 1 Wlllurd Williams stabbed Egbert Hugo Smith to death at Ueulty. 8 Orvllle Hamilton named police chief. 12 CIO lumber workers get wuge boost to par Willi AIL. 18 Marine Uurrncks closing announced for Murch 1. 22 Veterans hospital ap propriation asked. 23 Lions proixise vets' sclvoo) at Murine Barracks. 28 Ross Simmers fatally shot rjy Clyde Edward Todd. Paper Shortage Closes Newspaper CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 31 (P) Inability to secure news print has resulted in a seven- day suspension of publication by the Cordova Times. Normally a daily, the Times reduced Its editions a month ago to thrice weekly because of the paper shortage caused by the maritime strike. Supplies were exhausted baturday and publi cation was halted until January 3 when another shipment is ex pected by air. The first boat shipment is ex pected January 12. VITAL STATISTICS CHHISTIANSON Born t Kl.rn.th Valley noapltnl. Klamath rail.. Or., IXi comber Its. IMS. to Mr. and Mra. Ken. neth Chrtatl.iwon. 3AU3 Hadcllff., a boy Wellht: 7 pounds 14i ounce.. KASTON Born at Klamath Valley noapltal. Klamath rail., Ore.. Decemlier .KV tn Mr. and Mra. C. S. Eaaton. .HIS Harrow, a lrl. Weight: S pound. CAMPIIKI-L Tnm .t KI.rn.tJi Vatlnv hnapltnl. Kliuttalh rail.. Ore.. December . IMS. to Mr. and Mra. Dcnn Franklin campoeii, route l box 11MJ8, boy. Weight: 0 pound. 6ti ounce.. VEATCH Born at Klamath Vallev hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore., December Jii, iimu, to Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Veatch. roule 3 box I07H, a girl. Welfht: 7 nounrt. 94, ounce. FAUtSIIT Born at Kin math Valley hospital. Klamath Falls. Ore., December 2l. 1IHS, to Mr. and Mrs. William isunii. inae nimiia, a boy. weight: 7 bound. 14 ounce.. ABRAHAM Born at Klamath Irallev hoapllal, Klamath Falls, Ore.. December an. niso to nr. ana mrs. John Abraham. route at dox 744, a boy. weight: I pounds SV4 ounces. TlinNBAllUII Born at Klamath Val ley hospital. Klamath Falls. Ore., De cember 3R, IMS, to Mr. and Mrs. James Tumuauiin, ruieiaxe, t-aur., a boy. Welaht: U bound. 14 ounce.. Ill INTER Born at Klamath Valley hoapllal, Klamath Falls, Ore., December 2S. IIMS, to Mr. and Mrs. Leland Hunter. 4022 Shasla way, a girl. Weight: 0 Dounos a ounces. KERN Born nt Klamatli Valley ho. pllal, Klunutlh Falls, Ore,, December 27. III4S, to Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Kern, 2113 llomedale. a boy. Weight: S pounds 4 ounces. BUM.IVAN Born at Klamath Valley hospital, Klamnth Falls, Ore., December 27. 1IMH. to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sullivan. route 2 box 741, a boy. Weight: S pounds B ounces. S1IADLKY- Horn at Klamath Valtev hospital, Klamath Falls. Ore., December 211. 104(1. to Mr .and Mrs. Calvin Shad ier, Chllnquln, girl, Weight: 7 pounds in ounces. 28 Trial ot Earl Heuvel starts. 20 Mary Fraln. first 1U40 auto fatulily In city. February 2 Military housing opened to vets. S Negro church Issue before city council. o c. A. ijunacrson, 1 uie border patrolman, kills self play ing "Kussiun roulette." I I Plane lunds on ice in Upper Klamath lake. III Gov. Snell urges vets' school at MB. 19 Board of higher education saya MB school feasible. March 1 Dairymen threaten milk strike. 4 El Runcho Tule robbed, Charles Twigg murdered. 12 Ed Ryan named K.UJIS football coach. 16 Tulo WRA camp folds. 21 Bids taken for South 6th improvement. 2H Yets get leased land on Tule. 28 Dairymen vote down strike. 29 SP to ballast line. 30 KFLW inaugurates broad casting. April 5 Homestead drawing plans approved. 6 Warren Northwest gets South 6th Job at $:)0 1.000. 19 Klamath farm Income lor 1045 set at $25,776,661. 23 Seven sites considered for VA hospital. . 24 Airport commission ac cepts navy permit to use city airport. 26 City okchs airport use. May 1 Parking meters discussed. 6 Oregon State Hatchery burns. 13 Tule exam board named. 14 Buckaroo Days cancelled. 16 O'Connor's feed plant burned. 17 Primary election. 17 Election results (Vanden berg). 23 CAB okehs Klamath air service. 23 Tex Alnsworth, Glenn Harris stage pistol-knife duel, Harris being killed. 24 Railroad strike ties up yards here. 31 CIO pine raise of 5 cents announced. June 1 Consumers buy local heat ing plant. 4 Federal court holds first session here. 6 AFL pine workers get 5-cent raise. 7 Altamont bridge wreck tics up O. C. and E. 1 1 Barracks higher education school plan off. 14 Nine injured in Elks bus wreck, near Baker. 14 Rodeo association formed. 22 Flash flood and hail storm cause damage. July 2 Rodeo. 5 Lloyd David drowns in Williamson river. 12 SP tunnel caves in near Dorris. Klamath Basin Pioneers' Ranks Thinned During 7946 Once again it is the sad task to bid a farewell to many Klam ath county pioneers, men and women who added with the rich ness of their lives to the growth and life of the community. The year 1946 took a high toll of old timers and they will be missed from the scene where many had spent their entire lifetime. Through the courtesy of Whit lock's aud Wards, The Herald and News presents a list of those who passed during the year and it is with regret that space does not give us the opportunity to review their lives once more. January Herbert Lang, C. A. Larsen, Ross C. Simmers, J. O. Hamaker, Hazel Picard Ellis, Thomas Francis Boggs, William L. Evens, Mary Donelson, Frain. February Birdie John, Peter Rclnero, Edward Ray, Nelson Joseph Porter Sr., Arthur Max Fisher. March Mary Etta Malone, Bertha Beal Lotches, Daniel William McEvoy, Wilhelm Ludwig Ek, Gits Mclhase. April Allen J. Sloan, William Ash Carsley, Dr. Charles Francis Harris, Ross Richard Cain, Gar- 'ner J, Lundy. 22 Keith Gordon and John A. Henry lost on Upper Klamath lake. August 1 United Air Lines flight starts. 2 Land filing deadline set September 15. 9 Klamath Indians deny at tacking Fremont 100 years ago.- 12 115.5 mills tax rate an nounced. 15 CPA vetoes new city county Jail. 22 Centennial parade opens celebration. 29 Reclamation bureau sets up new district, presses survey of land and water resources of Klamath area. September 6 Lakeview boy kidnaped. 7 Ducks ravage grain fields. 16 2029 file for homesteads. 26 Orris E. Gerig of Bieber first Modoc deer casualty. 30 Fire hits Summer lake area. October 4 Claude Edward Metz killed In Tulelake plane crash. 7 Klamath Indians resist rec lamation bureau survey on res ervation. 9 State boards to take over MB for vocational school. 9 Spud crop said record. 10 Jack Chinn killed in Sam Wong farm fire. 12 Emergency board votes MB funds. 15 Council okehs parking meter trial. 17 Twenty-five hurt in bus crack-up on Sun mountain. November 1 Secretary of Interior Krug visits area. 1 Merrill spud festival. 5 Republicans win election. 16 Community Chest ends, $3131 short. 26 1305 qualify for home stead drawing. 28 Delbert Chandler shot Thanksgiving Day. 29 Senator Marshall Cornett clinches state senate presidency. ' 30 Centennial deficit report ed under $1000. December ' 2 Judge Vandenberg orders police brutality probe. 7 Mrs. Rufus Moore's home left to city. 11 Plumber strike settled. 14 Legion announces sports arena. 16 Mary McComb fatally shot, Don Yancey held. . 18 Homestead opening here in national limelight. 18 Police Officer Vern Wag ner indicted in brutality investi gation. 20 Henry V. Munday family burned out of home, given aid by KUHS students, others. 23 Herald and News produces Junior as paper shortage stop gap. 27 AFL lumber workers .get 15 cents raise. 27 Prices of dairy products go down. 28 Don Yancey indicted for murder in McComb case; Dink Lane indicted in connection with Chandler death November 28. May Alvin Lester Coan, Harrison Sidney Johnson, Irvin Charles Willard, Violet Lowry, Everett C. Lynch, Luana H. Henry, Frances C. Mackey, A Jacob Hickman, George W. Offield. June Theodosia E. Shattuck, John J. Keller, Emal Lionial Hammond. July Lloyd David, Winired Charles Bishop, Walter Daniel Cofer, Ruth Mildred Van Doren, Sue E. Chilcoate, Emma O'Neill. August A. J. Voye, Albert Richardson, Charles William Stanley, Annie Lotches Ortis, David Eli Noah September . Charles S. Burton, George Robert Lindley, Marion Stanley, Olive Weiser, Addie Elizabeth Sandcll. October Charles L. Hodges, James H. Owen, Elizabeth Ann O'Flaherty, Noah M. Cripe, Daisle Marie Carlson, Eliza Crawford, June Billy. November Mary Fannie Parker, Felix Jackie Jackson, Grace D. Reeder, Clara A. Moore. December Alice Louisa Lytle, Henry Miles Bagby, Mary L. McComb, Mary Gudcrian
