HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PACE SEVEN
THUKbDAY, JAN. I, 1948
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EC la math Chamber Spends
Busy Year With Barracks
Use 0 cay The High Poinv
II r rilAlll.rlrt l(. MI AIIK, Mansirr
Klamath County ( hmnlirr of
Commerce
HlllCCWilUl Cllllllllllllllul III nil 18-
iiKil 1 1 1 1 ellorl to renin iruip-lliiie
iiu (il the Kliinmtli Kalis Murine
llairarks tnuikrd tlm lilull point !
tlm IU47 Kluiiiiilh County chiiinhrr
nt cniiiiurrie year. The lull mory nf
tlm clliiiiifoi'r'a unlet but tmiMiiiit
I'liiuimiun to Inliiv nn riliiiatiiimil
Institution tu Klamath Kulls lllln
fntir panes f tlm rliiimhiii'ii nnniiiil
report, pilnlcd In Oiliiln'r. It cull he
biillnt iliiwn tu tt lew puriiuriiphs
fur tills yriir-rml suiiitimry.
The rlmmtxT of coiiimcrre became
the Ul KuDlxntlon tn work nut thl
strutruy for bilnulnu nlHiut llir idea
nf it srliixil first cuiirelvril by Dr. 1,.
T. CiHtUftihall, hrnlnr lurtllriil nift
ier of His Murine lliirrurk. It
ilnclilnl Unit tlm unly sufr mrthixl
nf approach was to aril the tilm on
Us turrit, oinlltliitf nil rinntitmiil or
piillllinl appeal,
a Olislat-lrs I'lin t'p
Tlm i' It amber I hen folluwrd
tluimifh "it IIU" line. trlhiiK the
iiinry of thn Iturrurk unit Kn imimi
hllltlra to lllnir nnil mini proplp.
The iHMalulllty of crrntliiK a collrite
brnni-h ku (Implied In June of 1046
In favor of iryluu ta develop a tech
nical mid vocational lii'.tttute here,
niter the atatr boaid of hlh'her edu
cation hud tabled the mutter tem
porarily. Thta wnn only one of a
Itreitl innny iiUfitiu-lcs tluit kept op.
plnif up. Others were delays In rlos
Inn nriiiillalloiiN with the WAA
whirl) prevented itcllliiK the school
started tiefnrn the lrKirluttire con
vened, nruuinrnt over termii of the
tritiiJifrr nnd iinfitvniuble nrtlon by
Ihe Iriilaluturc s ways unit means
committee.
The ways nnd means group urant
ed a sccund cnunic to the pioimmih!
by reconsidering IU tinlavuiuulc ac
tion. 'Hie chutiiuer ftenl n delegutitui
ol leu iuriuurr to balrm, well
treniftiirnrd Hlth lints nnd phulo
Biaplis of the IJuMack. to make a
laal appeal for approval of the voca
tional achiKil. The committee re
Vered ll aland unci within lean than
week the iicccaaury legislation to
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I
IIAHI.r.H HTAIIK
lllti luixk mlwied the cluiiuljcr'i an
nual meeting on OrMurr 20 becauw
county for the guliluni.e of the city
and county plunnlnK conimluilonii
and vurlouii chuinter ol commerce
coinmllteeii, 'I'hlii would Include a
complete eronomlc-lndunlrlul Btudy
together with nurveyii ol ntrceta and
hlghwnyn, parka and recreiillou,
uiiilug, lighting uud kindred aub
Jecw. Cninmiiiilty iiilvertlnliig kept Ihe
world thinking ubout Klmunth
county und Klumutli rullii during
1047. A new Infurinutloniil folder wua
publlnhcd thin nummer and htui been
uiied to unnwer the thounundH of In
qulrlc about Una arm which are
received every year. Mngur-lne arti
cle and picturea have appeared In
I h e National (leogniphlc. Life,
Newnweck, Bnlurday Kvenlug Pont,
Colller't. IxkiIc. I'lc. Holiday, Huiuet,
Ientherneck, County Officer, Ameri
can Clly nuigiizlne nnd many npnrtj,
cuinern and trade mitgnztnen, fea
turing this area.
The Queen for a luy project tu
Mny wua nponiiored by the chamber
of commerce. Lovely (luy Wlllliim
on and her alnter-ln-luw. Clulrc
Km well. pent four daj. here an
gui'MA of the community and had
a thoroughly enjoyable time. Klam
ath county got Into thin protect be
fore It became common for the
the CAI1 hearing fell on that mime ( queenn" to be given trlpa to recrea
day. No drclnlon ho been handed
down yet In thin ciim.
The ihiiinber him taken an active
Intercut lu nutlonnl nnd tnte lrgm
lallon during 1047. When mntter of
great Importiiuce are pending, the
inrmlwiihlp In polled to determine
how they feel, Henatiim Cordon and
Mnn.e and C'nngrcMinnn Htockmnn
have extire.uied ntiong approvul of
thin nirlluxl of advUlug them of the
altitude of their coiuitltueiitii. The
exact rrnullA of thce votea, together
with write-In comment, are will to
the congrrmilonal delegation.
Kate I'robe Onpoed
The thainber opiHel Kenale Hill
ITJ'I which would rruulre the Inter
mate Commerce commtnMon to make
tlouul nieui. thereby gaining
maximum of benrllt for thin na
tional advertising. The Mobile to
Klamath Fiilln Week in September
gave thb bnaln a further plug on t
nntlonnl, Mute and local bnMn.
Inteatrlty contacui were made with
Portland. Tulelnke, Uikevlew. Mer
rill, Dorr In, Ahuran. llend nnd Me
Mlnnvllle, either through our vlxlt
lug civic grotii In I hone commuiu-
llcn or through entertaining delega
tion from lhoe cltle.
Memorial Kervlre
In the Kant pace remaining we
uliould mention that the chamber
of commerce apohAored the memor
ial ervlce held nt the Pelican thea
tre for Governor Earl Knell, Mar
liull Cornell, llobcrt 8. Farrell Jr.
and Cliff Hogue. It ha kept contact
with the veteran admlulatratlon re
garding the conatructlon of the
Klamath fall veteran hotpltal,
which now appear to be dated lor
letting of bid next lummer.
The chamber office provide free
rental tcrvlce to landlord and per
xjii wuihlng to locate homing here.
Travel Information, directory aervlce
and fact about the community are
offered to the general public. An
employment aervlce for office work
er la maintained for the mutual
benefit of employer and girl wish
1 1 iK office job.
The chamber of commerce board
room 1 ued for meeting nearly 300
times a yeur by non-profit orguntza
lion entirely apart from the chnm
ber's own ue of the room. This 1
another evidence of the chamber
desire to cooperate with other local
organizations.
The Klamath Merchant assocla
lion ha worked throughout the
year on solicitation control. It h-'.
been estimated that f 150.000 Is taken
out of the community annually
through questionable and undesir
able solicitation. The amount Is
considerably less than It would be If
tho merchants' group did not carry
on Its work, handled through the
chamber of commerce office. The
merchant also provided street dec
orations this Christmas for the first
time since the war.
U.S. Warns Ships Away From
Eniwetok Atomic Test Area
'Young Man'
G 7' r
Bob Walker of Merrill was Judged
"Outstanding Young Man of the
Year" when the selection for 1946
m made early In January of 1947,
Walker's selection wa made on the
basis of hi participation and lead
ership in community and county
affairs. Naming the "Outstanding
Young Man of 1947" will take place
at Ihe annual Junior chamber of
commerce banquet here January 13.
Tugboat Strike
Called Off Today
NEW YORK. Jan. I tJPi A
threatened strike of 3500 tugboat
workers In New York harbor was
averted early today when operators
and AFL union representatives
reached agreement on a contract
calling for 10-cent hourly wage In
creases. The agreement was reached alter
14 hours of continuous negotiations
at a session called by Mayor Wil
liam O'Dwyer. O'Dwyer, fearful of
a repetition of the walkout two
years ago which tied up the harbor
for 13 days and caused a day-long
city wide business shutdown. Inter
vened In the dispute Tuesday.
County Clerk
Issues 365
Nuptial Tags
The county clerk' office Issued
one marriage license for every day
In the year during 1047 363 of
them which was fewer than the
number of wedding permit granted
here In 104 or 1045. I
The number of divorce decree
granted In circuit court were off
this past year, too, with only 263
coming out of Uie court. In 1946
the year of decision, apparently
there were 446 divorce granted here
and only 363 marriage. Totals for
1045 were 502 marriage license, a
peak year, and 345 divorces.
Wives Win Out
Virtually all of the divorce de
cree turned out In eourt during
1047 were default, uncontested ac
tions, and they went to wives In a
ratio of four to one. The default
divorce suit are generally cut and
dried In advance, needing only the
official papers and the court ap
pearance to make them valid. Occa
sionally a divorce rait is contested
where the custody of children or
of property la Involved.
Cruel and innuman treatment,
which In Oregon covers a multitude
of sins, was the allegation In proba
bly 00 per cent of the 360-odd suits
for divorce started this year in the
local court. Desertion for a period
of a year was listed in most of the
remainder, while several suits were
for annulment of marriages on
some legal Infraction.
The other Oregon grounds for
divorce adultery and conviction
for a felonious crime were not
specifically charged In any divorce
actions started here this year.
If
Granddad" Southwell
Celebrates 98th Birthday
There arc 114.000 blind persons
in the United States.
SPEAKER
PORTLAND, Jan. 1 iJV-Senator
Leverelt Saltonstali (R-Mass.)) will
speak at the Multnomah county re
publican central committee' annual
banquet observing Lincoln's birth
day The banquet program will be
February 11, the eve of the birthday
of the first republican president.
Iy MAX MARVIN
HENLEY Ben "Ornnddnd" South
well, a lung-time resident of Klam
ath Falls, celebrated his 98th birth
day Saturday, December 26. On this
occasion his son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Southwell,
honored him with a birthday dinner
and party. The beautifully deco
rated four-layer birthday cake was
baked by a neighbor, Mrs. O. D.
Reeder.
An evening of checkers, pinochle
and Chinese checkers was enjoyed.
Ben Southwell entertained the group
by playing on his violin.
Southwell, originally from Scott,
111., came across the plain In '52.
His uncle, grandmother and cousins
who were In the same wagon train
were massacred, and an aunt wa
shot but recovered.
Southwell settled in Cottage Grove
and after farming In different lo
cations In Oregon, moved to Klam
ath Falls.
A a boy Southwell liked to hunt
and fish. He has many interesting
stories of encounters with wild ani
mals, Including the time a wild
bear chased him over a fence.
"When I came here," he said, "it
was nothing to shoot a panther or
a bear. Killing a deer was a easy
as killing a rabbit now." Southwell
holds a pioneer hunting license and
killed his last deer about 11 years
ago.
Still retaining a very clear mind
for his age, Southwell enjoy life
and takes an Interest In present
day happenings. His friends have
always admired his witty sayings.
Enjoying comparatively good
health for hi years, "Granddad"
Southwell takes care of a flock of
chickens, prune the apple trees
and makes the family garden. Last
year his garden at his son's, Frank
Southwell's place In the Henley
district, was admired by everyone
who saw It.
Asked If he had any advice to
give the young people, he replied
he didn't believe they needed any.
"Good grub" was the answer when
questioned aa to what made him
live so long. "Guess IU never pass
on." he said, "looks like I won't."
Southwell owns a violin which,
according to the date inside, is 257
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"GRANDDAD" SOUTHWELL
year old and was made In Cremona,
Italy. He still plays this violin which
he bought when he was ID years old
and which he has used many times
to play for dance. "I once refused
a thousand dollars for that violin,"
he commented after proudly dis
playing it.
Neighbors and relatives who gath
ered on his birthday to wish blm
many more happy years, were Mr.
and Mrs. O. D. Reeder. Dwaine and
Donnie; Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
McClay and Jlmmie; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank. Southwell, Steve and Dave,
and another son and his wife, Mr.
and Mrs. John Southwell of Ashland.
SEWING MACHINE
REPAIRING
Ezatrt Oaarant Wark
(All Makaal
Beaaaaakla Frlcw rraa Iitlmataa
Sewing Machin Servic
Tsar Indtatnacnt Dtalar
rkua am stli aa.la Wan
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 iPi The
full investigation of freight rate , United Stnte put nil. nation on
applicable to the wculcrn state. A 1)otlce xlliy l0 k,p tllcr ,hl,Mi
careful study nf Ihls bill and the . . , ...
tal.h.h and llnamc the vocational rxlnilng he.lule of riile applicable j,;nlwelot wcalKm, ltillll(.
I area, starting one month from now.
The state department wa busy
relaying to embolics and legation
a formal warning from the atomic
l'hool had been lliuurd imt ih to the Kiamuih bantu matic it
eulon wa about to clnae. I Patent that Klamath stood to
Since then, the chamber has
maintained a clone Interest in the
Oregon Vocational school and haa
aided 11 In many waya to get off to
a good atari. The mini aulwlaiitial
contribution to IU aucceu autre It
opening on July lo n u the printing
nf 10.000 cople of an Illustrated
folder denlgnril lo promote enroll
ment at OVS. Thce have been d!-
ke
more than II might gain through
aurh an Inventlgatlon. While there
are Inequities in some rate, we alao
enjoy favnrnble rules on the major
priMlurt of this area. In a general
Investigation, competing area might
forre nn upward revision of our
favorable rulea which would prove
much more ro.itly lhan the gains in
rntra now tiulavnriible. 'Pie best ap-
irlbuled lo school aupi-rliilriiilriib. ! ,'r,mch lo w"lk '"r vl"'
and prim ipuh. veteran nini-rm nnd
other In a position lo wild cmollrca
lo the school.
Land laaua
Another arcompllahiiirnt which
ran be traced directly to chamber
of commerce action la the Inirease
In Ilia amount of timber land alio-
energy commt.wlon. In something
of an understatement, that notice
md "hazards'' will exist In n 3D.
000 squnre mile area surrounding
the Pacific atoll beginning January
31 and "throughout the calendar
year 1048 ."
I he total urea is roughly half that
el n.Mdr lor the Iliktnl atom bomb
lfldll'lililiil Itieftlil! Ie II U It fiefliled
'the rhamber serkMo cooperate in experiments of lOIC. How ever. Ihe
eiiviii. fr ii.. hen-fii r,f in. ! cominlviloiis iiiiiiuuncmicnt said
rated to the Klamath master unit
by the O. A C. land adnilnlMn.tloil. i lrr rour(
iriuci i . o. uiimeora nun r rana
Jrnkliu led U e attack for the cham
ber, assisted by five other Klamath
representative. Oral presentation,
barked by a brief, resulted In the
addition of 18.702 acres tn the Klam
ath unit Tin area Includes about
264.IM.000 board feel.
Hitchcock and Jenkins uguln car
ried the ball tor Klamath county
before a civil aeronautics examiner
at Las Vegas In presenting the need
for feeder air servlre to connect,
Klnmnlh Falls. Lakrvlcw, Alturas,
Susanvllle and Reno. The New York
attorney for a major a! line re
marked that this was the best pre
sentation this attorney had ever
heard In a CAD hearing by any
group of communities. President
j even though they are onored by
some other group. Tho chamber
I lined up about 20 entries for the
! Klnmiith Ilnaln Potato festival par
! ade nt Merrill, and also made ar
I rangrmcnta In 8an Prnnctsro for a
that "If necevsary, warnings of any
hazards outside the designated
danger area will be given In the
event that such dsngers are created
by activities conducted within the
danger area."
visit there by the festival queen and ' Tnl ' " mean that Ihe
i jw.ouu-square nine area is a dosic
School cooperation uLso was an i lo " temporarily as
Important part of Ihe chamber s of- ,rM re hc10!,luV W"d" CV
flee activity. Football tickets were rrm"' wh,c" m,!"1 lloacllve
sold for Ihe Pelicans regular home do1"" or w"1"' H""" move
games, plus tickets for games nt
westward from the Marshall Islands
through most of the year.
At the sute department it was
explained that while Individual
countries were being warned of the
"danger area" there was no need for
a similar notice to the United Na
tions. The UN was notified of this coun
try's Intention to create a restricted
zone around the Eniwetok area a
month ago when the United States
publicly disclosed selection of the
atoll for Its atomic proving grounds
site.
While atomic energy commission
officials described the latest notice
ns simply a safety measure, It
nevertheless will serve to advise all
i countries how close any curious ob
server might approach to the highly
secret cluster of Coral Islands where
the United States will try out new
atomic weapons.
Bend and The Dalles. The chamber
handled tickets for Ihe Henley
Amity clnM "H" championship game,
and the advance sale of Ihe Gilbert
and Sullivan operetta .sponsored
by the school music department.
Survey Effort
The rhamber Is playing a lending
part In the current effort to secure
a comprehensive survey cf Klnmatn
I AJ Get Well
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Frtm Vaitr CavlS
Oi la a CI
Fill FY'C "" T,r
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DUCKS & GEESE
PICKED
Poultry & Meat
Center
919 E. Main
24 HOUR SERVICE
for
Top Quality Heating Oils
Dependable Check ond Fill Sorvict
Larry Gocrget
BASIN OIL CO.
1IU0 Klnmnlh I Former Location M. A M. Market)
Office Phone 6696 Nigh Is. Sunday. Holidays Phone 6041
GREETINGS
For you ond yours we're
wishing this little guy grows
into the most successful of
all his ancestors!
MKRGF.K
6EATTLK. Jaa 1 i-PI Merger
of the Boeing Aircraft company and
Boeing Airplane company under
the latter name was announced to
day by company officials. The mer
ger involves no change in person
nel or business conduct.
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ompare
lit, ion
till all ollieri
III, HIA. THI Nt W
Maqnavox
Kail raoaaarink
MUSIC CO.
t'lna Musical InilramenU
MERRILL
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BALDY'S BAND
"JUST GOOD DANCE MUSIC"
DANCING 10-2 $1.00 PER PERSON
THIS WILL BE THE FINAL DANCE
FOR ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS
PRE-INVENTORY CLEARANCE
WOOL MITTENS
BOYS' HELMETS
POLO SHIRTS
TRAINING PANTS
GIRLS' DRESSES
COVERALLS
SKIRTS
RAINCOATS
2
FOR
1.00
99
BOYS' BIB TOP PANTS
2-PC. KNIT SUITS
SWEATERS
STOCKING CAPS
GLOVES
Every Table a Bargain Table
at
oo
SPENCER'S
S9 Jf Li ' i
Continues...
Through Monday With New Price Cuts Daily
SLIPS -99 HATS 99
Satin or crepe . . . some slightly wiled . . . H close-out on all of our better faU hats,
white or tearose Including a few Dobbs. Shop early
Group 1
Vals. to 14.95
4.99
DRESSES
Group 2
Vals. to 22.95
8.99
Group 3
Vals. to 29.35
12.99
SKIRTS
t69
New longer lengths in gabardine, all wanted -J
faU shades
PAJAMAS
Ys, and (own, (oo! Prints . . . crepes . ,
Satins and flannelettes. All in one rrand buy.
3
69
BLOUSES
A clean-up of better blouses. Some sllfhtly
soiled. Values to 5.95
2
99
NYLONS
All new dark shades. First
quality . . . limited quantity.
1.29
Group 1
Vals. (o 6.95
3.00
SHOES
Group 2
Vals. to 9.95
4.00
Group 3
Vals. to 13.95
6.00
SLIPPERS
Broken lota In scuffs or closed
Uppers with heels. Values ta
2.95.
69c
SWEATERS A89
All wool In cardigans or pullovers ... lota fm
of color. Values to 5.95 ... tsiooM
CARDIGANS
Lovely lWc wool coat sweaters In both short
or lonr sleeves. Koret and Lady Yarn brands.
Limited stock. Regular 10.95 .
4
99
GOWNS
Rayon (owns In prints or solid colors
lies 32 to 40. Values to 3.95
2
49
NEGLIGEE SETS 099
Sheen and satins , . . white . , . black . . .
pastels . . . values to 39.95. All must tot
9
COATS 1 p .
All Fall and Winter styles are Included. Shop 7
early for best selection .
HATS
All are new fall styles. Black, brown, colort,
Values to 6.95. Shop early for best selections.
99
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LEONS
Phone 5497
619 Main
525 Main