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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 1955 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE TOREK ws . . ak. mn i - ' - m i i r . (VI .W " LAiLLJL THERE'S NO VOID in he home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Davit because of lack of children. They aren't sure, but the Davises think that they have taken care of 40 or SO since they decided to take foster children back in 1944. They live near Agency Lake, but previously resided in San Francisco. The couple has five children at present. In the background is their garden. Foster Home For Youths Provided By Agency Couple By JOE RIGERT Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Davis don't live in a shoe, although they've had many children, they still know what to do. They just take in some more. The Davises have provided a foster home for youths since 1&44, during which time they have taken care of more than they can re member. Mrs. Davis thinks that the num ber must be 40 or 50. but she isn't sure. Of one thing she is certain, though. That is, she would be lost if there weren't some around the house. Right now there are five in the roomy Duvis home near Agency Lake, where they have lived for most of their four years in this area after having moved up from San Francisco. The Davis family has numbered up to eight in the past. It all began in 1944 when an 18-month-old girl was virtually de posited on their doorstep in San Francisco. Some relatives of the child's parents had asked Mr. and Mrs. Davis if they would care for her. The amiable couple consented, although at the time the two had no intention of looking for any more. The juvenile authorities in San Francisco heard about them later, however, and asked if they wanted to take in some others. At this time Davis, a painter, broke, his back in a fall from a ladder and was faced with a lengthy period of convalescence. Mrs. Da vis, a registered nurse, decided that rather than work away from home, she could take in children and care for her husband at the same time. "They investigated us like the FBI before they would let us have any children," related Davis. In a short time the Davises had a large family and no desire to have it any other way. Some of the children they kept only for a couple of years if parents de sired to take them back. Others stayed with the Davises until they were of ae;e and able to go out on their own. The couple has taken in children from 18 months to 12 years old. "We treat them all as if they were our own children," said Mrs. Davis. "And we sure hate to see them leave. We thought about adopting some of them, but the way we started out it wouldn't be fair to adopt some and not others. But we let them stay with us as long as they want, and if they want to take our name it is all right with us." Two of the five children living with the Davises now have done just that. Thev are Mickey. 16, and Judy, 12. The five have been with Mr. and Mrs. Davis for eight years. The oldest is Jeannette, 17. Diane is 16 and Jimmy is 12. Mrs. Davis says that they get along better together than do most children of the same family de spite the fact that they have all come from different environments. The couple moved to this area four years ago after Davis had made a fishing trip here from San Francisco. "I liked the hunting and fishing and the tax structure," he re marked, 'so we decided to move." This posed a problem, because welfare authorities are reluctant to allow foster parents to take children in their care to another state. They made an exception in this case, however, which was the first time they had ever done so, re vealed Davis. "We had to go before the court to do it." he said, "and then had to get the approval of the county, state and federal welfare depart ments." Davis is still able to do only light work because of his back. He is presently employed by a road construction company, which means he is away from home dur ing the week. He finds time on weekends to take the family on trips, which are usually to choice fishing or hunt ing areas. One of his latest jaunts was to the Steens Mountains where they pulled out trout by the "truck- full." And he has the pictures to prove it. j Opportunities like this convince Davis that life in the city does not compare to the wide, open spaces, f He has seen considerable of the latter, particularly when he was with the Army in the late 1930'3. He spent much of a four-year hitch in China, and took part In the dinosaur-egg hunt Into Outer Mongolia, made by Dr. Roy Chapman An drews in 1928. Mrs. Davis also has spent some time in China, be fore they were married. The Davises are rather proud of the fact that none of the children who have been in their care have turned .out bad after leaving. 'We think that's a good aver age." said Mrs. Davis. "Also, there weren't any that went away that didn't want to come back. The older ones still keep in touch with us, but we have lost track or the younger ones. It is better if they forget us entirely if they go back to their parents." Mrs. Davis then asked the writer and Herald and News photographer Don Kettler If we would care for a dich of huckleberry cobbler. After tasting that . . . well. It'i no wonder the children hate to leave. SERVICE CLUB CALENDAR Sept. 12 through Sept. 17 WILLARD HOTKL Monday: Life Underwriter, Spruce., noon. BPW Board meeting, Spruce, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday: Toaslmasters, Spruce, 6 a.m. Lions, Pine Grove, noon. Klamath County Insurance Agen cy. Cedar, 6:30 p.m. 20-30, Spruce, 7 p.m. Wednesday: Wedding Breakfast, Pine Grove, 10 a.m. Reality Board, Spruce, noon. Sojourners, Pine Grove, 1:30 p.m. Crater Lake Machinery Co. buf fet, Pine Grove, 6:30 p.m. York-rile, Spruce, 8:30 p.m. Thursday: Klwanis, Pine Grove, noon. Crater Lake Machinery Co., 8:30 a.m. all day meeting. Knue and Fork, Pine Grove, 6:45 p.m. Friday: Rotary, Pine Grove, noon. Crater Lake Machinery Co., 8:30 a.m. all day meeting. Saturday; American Association of Univer sity Women, Pine Grove, 12:30 p.m. Yreka Board Rejects Bids YREKA The Siskiyou County Baird of Supervisors this week rejected bids for the construction of an Addition to the Siskiyou County General Hospital and an administration building for the county sheriif's department. Both measures passed unani mously. Supervisors indicated that they still incended to construct the buiidings, but not in the immediate future. However, they ordeud that cost estimated for various' meth ods of construction of both build in be obtained. The H. Barnhart Construction Company of Medford submitted a lone bid of $154,528 for the con struction of the hosoital annex for Indigent chronic old persons. The board had acjepted a planning commission ceiling recommenda tion of S100.000 for the building. The supervisors instructed R. J. Keeney ot Medford, architect on the hospital Job. to get an esti mate on a prefabricated building. A bid of '$32,306 was submitted by the E. R. CumminRR Construc tion Company of Yreka for the sheriff's building. Supervisors said that the bid was too hiih for the county's financial situation. The current budget has allowed $15. 00(1 for the building. A repreren'-ative of the Cummins firm told the supervisors that the building could not be constructed for 515.000. The bid did not allow for the use of countv prisoners, and was for the complete building. An estimate on a nrrf?brictcd shell was pet at $9,030 by a steel firm, and the Cummins Comoinv was asked to submit its estimate for the shell of the building at a future meeting. Three Motorists Hurt In Crash t'FMLY mm iSL BY LYLE DOWNING Master Sergeant Charles A. West J Ml. Teachers Plan Meeting, Skit WEED A skit will he present. ed by teachers of the Weed Union Elementary School following the regular business meeting of the Weed PTA Tuesday, September 13, and preceding a reception held In honor of the faculties of the ele mentary and Weed High School. The business meeting Is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in the stage room of the St. Michaels Hall with the Reverend George Telle, president, presiding. The reception win be held In the adjoining banquet room and the public is invited to attend both affairs. Leno Len-il, principal of the ele mentary school, will make the In troduction of new teachers. Host esses for the evening will be mem bers of the Weed High School Mothers Club and PTA room rep resentatives ind members. Mrs. Blues Ewer, vice president of the Weed PTA. has acted as general chairman of the reception and nas been assisted by Mrs. Sam Uanim, hospitality chairman. THEM , NOW , Although he hasn't gone "from f in Arlington Cemetery. He also as an apprentice aviation mnchltv the hallo of Monteznma to the: stood as an honor guard for John,ist for tho Consolidated Aircralt snores of TrtDOll Master Set. Phlllln SoiiKn while the tnmnns ; Rnmoi-athm in Ran riirffn. pc.ou.,, ...j,,,. ,,,: varies Anarew west nas oeen a onna leader s body lay in state in However with the outbreak of seriously, in a two-car accident at lot of other places where the Ma- Washington, D C. World War II West reenllsted and south Sixth Street and Homednle I rines have landed. -While I was stationed at the been with the ' jZlnef ever ttTi," J... The sergeant, who has been on i Marine Barracks in Washington' since. . '"V.. " "i1" recruiting dulv In Klamath Kails ! irom 1930 to 103J.'- he said, "l 'good'' Saturday afternoon at) since June, 1954, spent most ot met quite a few world famous Klamath Valley Hospital where nis )1(e n ihe'Mrjn C3,.p, people. I was a member of an lor, Jvwtft o i according to him it has paid oil. Injured were: George Damon, ol Corning, California, bruises and la cerations; Lawrence Jarvis, 336 Broad Street, abrasions, cuts, pos sible neck Injury: and Harriet Jar vis, wife of the latter, slight lnjur- "I've had more fun and seen more things In the Mnrincs than I could have enjoyed if I'd been a millionaire," he declared. "The Marine Corps also provided me with the equivalent of a unlver- ies to ankle, arm and chest and 1 sitv education." lacerations and abrasions. But It wasn't all fun and travel Wol.i( yynl. u curred when the car traveling north some of the toughest engagements on Homedale driven by Damon, hit i of World War II in the South the Jarvis car broadside at the 1 Pacific and also saw service In Intersection. I Korea. He holds the Navy Cross. honor guard for tho King of Slam who was visiting President Hoover. I also guarded President Hoover when he dedicated the Masonic Shrine In Washington." Sergeant West also toured the nation with representatives of the other armed services In a war bond and recruiting drive during Sergeant West's first assignment after Joining the Marines in 1920 was in Nicaragua. LOTS OF TROUBLE "I've never regretted a day of it, ' tie declared. "From my ex perience nnd what I have learned I am convinced that a young man couldn't do better than Joining the Marines. Unless a young fcl low's got a rich father to work hts way through college, he'd be smart to Join our outfit. I received three years schooling t the university level. It is the policy of the Ma line Corps, It a school Is avail able, to partially finance a young man's education and allow him time to attend classes." Distant horizons are again beck' Yreka Tax Rate Set YREKA The Yreka city coun cil Tuesday night set the 1955-56 tax rate at $1.50 per $100, which. Is the slime as last year, Councilmen. estimated that the city would send about $218,842 next .ear, as compared with $236,106 for last. year. Councilman Harry Friedman recommended that the rale be raised five cents, as the funds would be needed for planned city projects. However, he agreed that the rate should not be raised with out a full council present. Two councilmen. Mayor Adair Wilson and Jack Meamber, were unable to attend the meeting as they were aiding In fighting the lorest fires In the county. When the councilmen indicated they wished to delay the tax rate, city attorney J. P. Correla said that the law requires that the rate be set be fore September 6, the date ot the meeting. Total assessed valuation for the city Is $4,810,777 as compared to $4,548,930 last year, A breakdown of the tax Tate shows that the general rate is $1, the sewer tax la .I3'j, live cents is for advertising, four cents Is for reservoir and eight cents u lor the library. ing east on South Sixth Police said Damon did not halt for the stop sign. Dhi honrta tun xiaiieiiKr lnu oning Sergeant West. His wife and Families Vacate Homes Near Fire SUMMER LAKE The forest fire near here which has burned a distance of more than six miles since Tuesday morning, forced sev eral residents from their homes. According to the Herald and News correspondent at Summer Lake, the fire came within a few feet of the homes of Jess Penin ton, Millie Grlsel, Les Elder and Bud Pernoll and the Summer Lake lodge. All families were moved out. Firefighters got to each place Just in time to backfire. A large crew of men have remained on duty during the nights. The hill sides and fields are "dry as tin der,:' It is reported. I OFFICE SPACE City Ctntar Air Conditiontd & Quid DREWS Manstore Furnace & Stove ir Cleaning it Repairing Guaranteed All Makes & Models Call 2-2666 DUFFS Heating Service Co. Outing Enjoyed By Camp Fire Girls CHILOQUIN An ovemltrht trio to Huckleberry Mountain was the last summer activity of the Chilo quin Camp Fire Girls. Fifteen peo ple represenlincr the two local groups left Friday morning, Sep tember 2. and returned Saturday with berries enough for pies and Jam for their families. Making the trip were Doris nnd Agatha DiUlto, Norma Souers, Lin da Cline, Sherryl Gorbet, Jinny Lynn Doak. Sheila and Millie Rid die. Cherry Micki and Gerry Wolff. Mrs. Eddie Richardson and Dianna, Mrs. Glen Klrcher, Mrs. Gerald Wolff. Inml. ...;tk V.I.. -.IC ....... Jl.. Ciloar Clor DnriMa Unoi-t anri t Presidential citation. plained. "The Marines were sent monlh Zea and. He ex- TALKS PEACE m,-,. i Co ih. r,w! pects to loin them in December The sergeant would rather talk'tinn was held ' ll,al I don't decide to sign about his peace-time exploits I Alter his return from Central! up tor all0;hcr '" ln tn Mi man wnat. nappeneo auring me America and a two-year stint ati "'h MEETING war. He Is proud of the fact that he stood as an honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Siskiyou Concert Member Drive On DUNSMUIR The Southern Sis kiyou Community Concert Associ ation opens Its 1953 membership drive September 12. Mrs. Claudia Mather is chairman of the mem bership drive ln Dunsmuir. Mrs. Wallace Wait. Mt. Shasta. Is president of the association, and Ehe hopes for at least four con certs this season. The success ot and ' the membership drive will deter I mine the number of concerts. I the Marine Barracks in Washing ton, West was shipped to China. Ho served . with -the Fourth Marine Regiment there from 1932 to 11)35., At that time he decided he wanted a civilinn career. He left the Marines and went to work WOODLAND (UP) The North em California Postmasters Assn.. -will meet at Richardson Springs en ho added. Sent. 26. Otto O. Niemann, lmme- (Lislcn to Family Alhum, Sunday, ' dlale past president, announced 9 p.m.. Radio Station KH.W.) today. PEYTON - NEW 3 Bedroom SPACEMAKER City tinil ifirrr linn In and r(rt for bv builder $10,995 Open Tnnlvht 4 UN ifatJr Crnrr Wantlnnd init Wnnhhiirit Phnn tWM. aiU2. Ev. Coiiravc 2-0!lM S-P-E-C-l-A-L-S pipe fl 7 pipe Attemritoin) Farmers-Miners-Lumber Mills WE HAVE 1 MILLION ft. of D PIP WE MUST SELL AT ONCE ALL SIZES '2-INCH TO 12-INCH OR MORE. THIS IS ALL GOOD STRAIGHT PIPE. We Buy Scrap Iron and Metal! mm SALVAGE , . - ::j PIPE Phone 2-1677 801 Broad PIPE DUO-TONE Carpet Rugs According to Sizt 98c 1 $129 All La die i ond Mem Reg. 98 PLASTIC WALLETS Wrought Iron Tripod ASH TRAYS Reg. 1.19 $89 79c 98c CLOSE-OUT LAST OF MENS WORK PANTS & 2 For Price Of Broken Sizes SHIRTS 1 100 COUNT NAPKINS 3 Pkgs. 49c NEVER BEFORE AN OFFER LIKE THIS In all the yean of Le Coulrre history hoi there been an opportunity to buy a clock ot thii price ... for example, in 1936 thii same clock sold for $375 and before this offer wot made the price has been $175 ... so you can see for yourself there has never been an offer like if . . . see it today. NOW ONLY Plus Tax fjfte mcs exception at coc- in ait tc world f Perpetual motion that dream of oges has come true in the beautiful crystal and gilt case of the ATMOS clock! This most amazing creation runs silently ond accurately, year-in ond year-out, without hand-winding, without electricity! 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