Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, January 20, 1954, Page 7, Image 7

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    HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE SEVEN
BASIN BRIEFS
at Moore , of directors.
r.e Annual
Vw: . tonight at Wlllnrd
.... Horace Red
fi. k ol Dimes dance at
KhiU Saturday. Jan. 23.
lw Knot open to the public.
F'"J ita contest Is also for
& AU proceeds of the
only.
will
go to the polio cam-
ip- .
Luar- of the Oregon State
M" is olanned for
!T Jan. 21. P-m' sharp'
EJVri to take pies. W. r. up
(l U secretary.
I j cabinet meeting of the
M -T...? A.Wm Fire Girls will
Wesday, Pebj l pm
","V Ave. Chllooutn rep-
1 W"".. .,.i.h rofresh.
LiUttvea win -
. th women's Assn,
HeeunK .hrfin church
' 'oUVdav. Jan. SI, 1:30
Mr. W. R Boyd will be in
t,rrt ol aevuwwi'i. wv-t -- -
Sn sbir and the program topic
Christ Calls Us to United
1 . ,. i..,.Aecsd wi l hfi Mrs.
" left uuofcwam-w
i": T. -j ifi-f. Art. Mnore.
OOeuer auu
F idols - for "Lo And uenoia,"
ntPri in Mills School audi-
L Saturday night ;Ja 23
E'v,.t- Federal Savings and
L. Curtain time will be 8 p.m.
Cits will also be sold at the
a for tne season umi. mwuuw
, alher olays that had long
hi runs on Broadway.
Lmlen Mr. and Mrs. Rob
L a r.rav. 129 Hillside Avenue,
I, enjoying an extended visit in
kj Angeles and other southern
lifomla cmes.
Ll Books group will hold
ertra meeting, inuisaay, Jan.
I o.m. in tne nign scnooi to
Leu- "John Woolman's Jour
C" leaders will be Mrs. Flor
Eci Fielke and Mrs. Frank Kahl.
n,mn State Mothers Club
LUmeet, Thursday, Jan. 21, 7:30
b. at the YMCA. Mrs. Clarence
lird will show her films of her
taopem trip last year. .
Flteld Dolores Kidder has
eta elected by the six Horizon
inks of the Camp Fire Qiris coun-
to serve as leader aavisor
the cabinet In 1954. Mrs. Glen
ireher, Chiioquln, will continue as
kbinet advisor, which also gives
tr a seat on the Camp Fire board
Visiting Dr. and Mrs. Earl
Spry. Tulelake, are in Los Angeles,
guests of Dr. Spry's mother, Mrs.
R. J. Northrup, Wichita, Kas., and
are also visuuig nis brother, Dr.
Weldon Spry.
Remember the silver tea for
the benefit of the Methodist Home,
Salem, to be given Thursday, Jan.
21, from 2-4 p.m. In the parlors of
thi. First Methodist Church.
Meeting The Ground Observer
Corps will meet tonight, 7:30 p.m.
at tnc phoi s Lcunge, steel hangar,
at the airport. All members and in
terested persons are urged to be
present.
Visitors Mr. and Mrs. T. H
Dye, Grangeville, Ida. parents of
Rex Dye, are expected to arrive
today for a visit with their son and
a brother of T. H. Dye, A. E. Dye,
and family, 803 Lincoln Street.
Word has been received by
Mrs. Mae Anderson, 345 No. 10th
Street from Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Dalton, pioneer residents of Mer
rill, now living in Pacific Grove,
Calif., that their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Willis
(Louise Dalton) are In the slide
area at Sierra Madre, Calif. The
young coupl i who own a home
there, are apprehensive of the sit
uation. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton oper
ated one of the first mercantile
stores in Merrill and later owned
other property and interests.
State Land Board Is looking
for applicants for property apprais
al work with starting pay at
a month. Applicants must nave ap
pralsal experience or equivalent
college) training. Appry to state
Civil Service Commission, Salem.
From Portland comes word
that Dodge will hold its first factory-dealer
meeting Friday over
Ihe largest closed circuit TV facil
ities ever employed by an auto
company to bring its people to
gether for a business meeting. The
meeting will be beamed from New
York into 30 major cities and In
a few areas, where TV cable fa
cilities are not available. Dodge
dealers will view kinescope re
cordings of the conference after
Jan. 22.
Feb. T Is the last filing date
for state civil service applications
for a timekeeper examinations. Ap
plicants should be high school
graduates or have equivalent ex-,
perience and available for travel.
Write State Civil Service Commis
sion, Salem.
Weyerhaeuser.. opening Its
Klamath Falls plant for the pro
duction of the new Weyerhaeuser
whole-wood fiber hardboard. devot
ed the cover picture and four pages
in Weyerhaeuser Magazine, distrib
uted today, to an Illustrated ac
count of Its new operation here.
Witnesses
In Shooting
Fail To Show
Two women who were held as
material witnesses In the rooming
house shooting affray Jan. 8 at
opnng and Elm streets In which a
bandit was slain, failed to appear
weanesaay to enter pleas to vag.
rancy charges in District Court.
The women, Tinka Taylor and
Tersy Miller, who were bound and
gagged by two bandits in the room
ing house holdup, were represent
ed by Attorney Edwin E. Drlscoll.
He asked Judge D. E. Van Vactor
tot continue the case until Jan. 27.
After Judge Van Vactor ascer
tained that District Attorney Frank
AldersOn had no objections, We
continuance was allowed.
The women are at liberty under
$50 ball each on the vagrancy
charges. They also posted $500
bail each to guarantee their ap
pearance in the case of Raymond
J. Hoainei of Portland one of the
alleged gunman, held in the Coun
ty Jail pending grand jury action.
Edwin Coyle, also of Portland,
was slain by Policeman James
O'Neal. O'Neal shot Coyle when he
menaced the policeman with a pis
tol. Bodinet, who also was armed,
dropped his gun and surrendered
after Coyle had been shot. Bodinet
was charged with robbery and his
ball was set at $15,000. .
The two alleged robbers are re
ported to have also participated in
a rooming house holdup- In Lake
view a few days prior to the Klam
ath Falls shooting.
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PVT. NORMAN L. WIN
TER,' 21, son of Mr. and
Mrs. N. F. Winter, Merrill,
is serving in Germany,
where he is a member o
the honor guard of the 1st
Infantry Division's 33rd
Field Artillery Battalion.
Young Winter has been in
the service since January
1953 and in Germany since
July. His wife, Lilly, also
resides in Merrill.
C.LEdgren
Dies At 68
Carl Leander Edgren, resident of
Klamath Falls for 34 years, died
Jan. 19 in Klamath Valley Hospital
following major surgery. He ap
peared to be on the road to recover
when he was stricken with a heart
attack.
Mr. Edgren, native of Arvika,
Varmland, Sweden, was 68-years-old.
During his entire lifetime he
was identified with the lumbering
industry and at the time of his
last Illness was employed by the
Zambonie Lumber Co., Montgom
ery creek, Calif, when in Klamath
Falls he made his home at 1143
Pine Street.
Survivors Include two sisters,
Mrs. Christine Olson, Sand Point,
Ida., and Mrs. Signe Hbkanson,
Prlneville: a brother, Ounnar of
Sweden and a newphew In Cali
fornia who came here to, make fu
neral arrangements.
The body was forwarded to the
Moon Mortuary, San point, iaa.,
for final rites and later Interment.
Ward's Klamath Funeral Home
was In charge of arrangements.
Dimes Auction
Nets Profit
Lions roared to a $351.50 mark
for the March of Dimes with their
radio auction broadcast Tuesday
night over KFLW, and the club
members expect to chalk up even
more oi the Thursday night auc
tion from 7 to 8 p.m. over the same
station.
KFJI turned in 170 from their
recent request program which fea
tured the "Hucksters," popular
Klamath Falls trio. Any musical
request was played which was re
ceived with a .pledge of H or more'
to the March of Dimes.
The Police Department reports
S15.30 from' the last take on park
ing meters. Dimes in the slot don't
register the meter, but they do go
to the polio fund to help crippled
children. i
The public is urged to tune in to
the Thursday night radio auction,
when many more valuable mer
chandise items will be sold, pro
ceeds going to the March of
Dimes. Contributions may be taken
to the city fire hall or telephoned
to Tom or Bob Perkins, 7222, or
3184.
Judge On
Stand In
Odd Case
MEDFORD Circuit Jvdsm H.
K. Hanna of Medford was called
as a witness Wednesday at the
habeas corpus hearing - through
which Gerald T. Macomber; Ore
gon State Prison lifer, is trying to
gain freedom. Judge David R. Van
denberg of Klamath Falls is pre
siding at the hearing.
I Judge Hanna was called to the
1 witness stand by Assistant Attor
ney General wolf a. von uuerstedt
to refute charges by Macomber
that he was denied bis constitution
al rights and "railroaded" to- pris
on. Judge Hanna sentenced Ma
comber to life imprisonment, for
wounding a state policeman.
Macomber, known to police as a
dangerous and fast-shooting hood
lum, has been felled three times by
law enforcement officers' bullets.
He once escaped from the state
prison. He was wounded three
times by possemen - who recap
tured him.
Judge Hanna categorically de
nied the petitioner's charges that
he was refused a chance to obtain
legal counsel and was not given the
right to have his case investigated
by a grand Jury. The Judge also
denied Macomber's assertion that
he was refused medical attention.
Lieut. Paul Morgan of the Ore
gon State Police also was called
as a witness by von Otterstedt.
Morgan had engaged in a gun duel
with Macomoer.
The state was expected to com
plete its case Wednesday afternoon.'
Judge vandenberg will then decide
whether Macomber Is entitled to
writ of habeas corpus.
Russ Avery Named Chief
Of Klamath Falls GOC Unii
COSTLY
MURCIA, Spain Wl It's going
to cost money to stay illiterate in
Murcia.
The city has set up a new tax to
be collected from those who can'
read and write and who fail to
show up at one of 48 new schools
opened here to fight illiteracy.
The Western Air Defense Force,
with headquarters at Hamilton Air
Force Base, Hamilton, Calif., has
selected Buss Avery, airport man
ager, as new supervisor lor tne
Klamath Falls Ground Observer
Corps and Mrs. Walter Jones as
chief observer.
.very and Mrs. Jones, replace
1
and future operations will be dis
cussed and delegation of author
ity will be dispersed to a great
number of volunteers.
All QOC members and those who
wish to become members of this
necessary defense organization are
cordially invited.
Regular meetings of the GOC will
be held every third Wednesday be
ginning in February at 8 p.m. at
the Pilots Lounge in the steel hang
ar at the airport. Two hour sessions
of an aviation ground school win
be conducted by members of
Klamath Air Search and Rescue
Unit, and thnre will be training in
flyinff and ground rescue units.
These are open to the public. .
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LOTION
Elks Plan Dance
Here On Friday
The Elks Club will be the scene
of -an Informal dance for-members
and their ladies. Friday evening,
Jan. 22. Johnnie Reitz orchestra
from Portland will '. provide . the
music. ;
The committee in charge for Fri
day's dance Is Mr. and Mrs. Ever
ett Ball, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Du
rant, Mr. and Mrs. Al Longe, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Colfelt, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Stewart and Mr. and
Mrs. Jessee Crabtree.
RUSS . AVERY, airport
manager, recently selected
supervisor of the local
Ground Observer Corps,
succeeding John Barker.
Mrs. Walter Jones has been
' appointed chief observer to
replace Mrs. John Barker.
John Barker and Mrs. John Bark
er. -The change became effective
Jan. 15.
The new supervisor has ex
pressed his thanks to Mr. and Mrs.
Barker for their time and ettorts
in achieving an efficient 24 hour
observation post.
"This is a big Job and some
times, one may think, a thank'ess
one," Avery said, "but one can
always take confidence in the
knowledge that he . is handling
major and necessary role in the
defense of ' his country and the
freedom she represents. One bomb
can mean one city and one city,
many, many lives. One alert ob
server at the right moment could
save those lives, and it could be
you. This knowledge should be its
own reward."
Avery announced that a general
reorganization meeting of GOC will
be held tonight at 7:30 In the Pilots
Lounge in the steel hangar. Former
NEED SEEN -
NEW DELHI Wl The release of
Korean War prisoners' which be-
a-an Wednesday does not lessen me
need for a U. N. General Assem-.
bly discussion of ,the whole Ko
rean problem, Mrs. Vijaya L'aksh
mi Pandit told a press conference
here Wednesday. Mrs. Pandit is
president of the u. n. Assemoiy.
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