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SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 1956
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
PAGE FIVE
BY
Thae
Charlie Schuss, proprietor of the
Klamath Billiards and the Chuck
Wagon, and that famous eleventh
century poet-astronomer, Omar
Khayyam, had one thing In com
mon. They both were intensely In
terested in wine.
Omar used the juice of the grape
to inspire immortal verse. Schuss
took a mercenary attitude toward
the ancient beverage.
From his point of view, wine was
made to sell, not to drink. In 1939
he operated wine stores in Klam
ath Falls, Medford, Bend, Salem
and Coos Bay under the banner of
the Schuss Vintage Company.
OPENS TAVERN ,
. However. Schuss didn't stay in
the wine business long. He decided
to center his activities'! Klamath
Air Force Institutes New
'Base Of Choice' Program
Ex-servicemen from the Klanv
: th Falls area who would have giv
;. en the Government Issue shirts off
their backs to be assigned a par-.-'
ticular base or post during their
: last "hitch were kept in mind
when the Air Force drew up the
:. "Base of Choice provisions for its
new Prior Service Program.
"Portland AFB, Hamilton AFB,
and as soon as it is activated,
the new Air Base at Klamath Falls
are typical of the Air Force bases
In this area for which prior service
. men from Klamath Falls may be
: eligible to enlist." said Sgt. Don
Adams, local U.S. Air Force recruiter-salesman.
"More than 40
different Air Force bases and or-
gtmltstions are located in the Far
West states alone, for which qual
i ified prior servicemen may enlist."
Assignment to a particular Air
; Force base organization is open to
. "vets" with the proper service
skills and who have returned from
overseas military duty within the
J past 12 months, Sergeant Adams
explained.
"However," he added, "a wide
'Friendly Atmosphere' Said
Needed To Attract Industry
DUNSMUIR "A friendly atmos
' phere is a community's most im
" portant quality In attracting Indus
I try and growth." Arthur St. Clair,
industrial development expert for
the California Department of Em
. ployment, told the Dunsmuir
; Chamber of Commerce on Wednes
day evening.
"And everyone has to work at
II," he added.
St. Clair pointed out that being
on one of the state's busiest high
ways was an asset not to be over
- looked. Some traveler, properly
: impressed, is apt io be just the
man to bring the Industry the town
is seeking. He told the chamber
of commerce members that dis
' tance from a large city presents a
difficulty in attracting industry but
this can be overcome by having a
statistical survey on tile with
, banks and railroad companies re
ceiving inquiries on prospective in
dustrial sites.
These statistics should include
all of southern Siskiyou County. St.
: Clair said, as any development in
the area would bring gain to Duns
muir. In planning for action, St. Clair
said, all organizations should be
included as boosters for the town.
He suggested a paint-up. dress-up
campaign to give the community
i a thriving look and told how coop
eration among the merchants by
using a central "theme" could
: help a town's appearance. '
Preparation of an industrial sur-
' vey listing such factors as wea-
; ther. population, housing, transpor
tation, raw materials and available
power is a must, St. Clair stated.
' He also said that a survey should
be made to see If money could be
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LYLE DOWNM
CHARLIE SCHUSS
Falls and opened Schuss' Tavern,
now operated by Skeets O'Connell,
In 1950 with his father, Joseph
Schuss, he bought the Klamath
Billiards from Louis Soukoup. A
year . later he opened the Chuck
Wagon Cafe.
Charles Schuss was born in Che
halis, Washington, August 8. 1908.
He attended grammar and high
school there. In 1926 he entered the
school of business administration
at the University of Washington.
He spent-three years in that insti
tution and then transferred to the
University of Southern California,
from wbtch he was graduated in
1930.
HAD BIG IDEAS
Schuss admits he had big ideas
in those days. The ink on his
variety ' of job specialists exist
which may qualify prior service
men and women to seleot a par
ticular base within the United
States or a particular overseas the
ater." . .
Provisions of the new Prior Serv
ice Program also allow qualified
exservicemen from other branches
fof the service, as well as Air Force
"vets," to enlist for a selected Air
Force base or organisation, many
In trie same rank held at time of
discharge. .
"Of course." Sergeant Adams
said, "the prior serviceman is also
provided transportation to this base
for himself and his dependents ai
government expense, as well as
movement of his household goods,
within the regular limits."
Specific details on the "Base of
Choice" opportunities open to vet
erans, as well as the other bene
fits of the Air Force's new Prior
Service Program, may be obtained
from Sergeant Adams at the U.S.
Air Force Recruiting Station. !n
the post office building, in Klam
ath Falls.
raised locally to build a plant for
a prospective industry.
St. Clair addressed a capacity
crowd at a dinner meeting of the
chamber of commerce at the Trav
elers Hotel. He was Introduced bv
Dr. H. A. Meredith, chamber pres
ident. The occasion was also a
ladies night.
St. Clair had spent the day tour.
!ng possible industrial sites in the
area with Chapman Wentworth,
Dunsmuir News publisher.
He arrived In Dunsmuir from his
Sacramento office on Tuesday and
conierred with a citizen s commit'
tee on industrial growth. This com
mlttee Is composed of Beverly
Mason, cnairman. H. A. Meredith,
James Lockart. Mayor Fred Lloyd,
J. Morgan Jones and Chap Went'
worth.
FEAR EXPRESSED
HONO KONO. ifi The Hong
Kong Catholic headquarters an
nounced Friday the vicar general
of Wuchow, Msg. Benjamin Tsol
was arrested Nov. 1. Wuchow
Catholics fear he has been exe
culed. the announcement added
M'gr. Tsol is the third Chinese
priest from Wuchow to be de
tained. Gl'ERRILLAS ACTIVE
TAIPEI, Formosa. m A Na
tionalist Cabinet minister said Fri
day Guerrilla forces are active
against the Communists in Slnki
ang, Tibet and Mongolia. Liu Lien
Ke. chairman of the Mongolian
and Tibetan Affairs Commission,
told a news conference the main
land guerrillas number in the
thousands.
OFFICE SPACE
City Center
Maid street entrance. Quiet
Tennentt. Drewt Menstorc.
Now
diploma had hardly dried before
he decided to put his business
training to work on a large scale.
He entrained for New York City.
At that time, business experts
were a drug on the market, so he
took a job as a clerk in an Atlantic
It Pacific chain grocery store on
Long Island. When he servered his
connection with A&P, Schuss was
manager of one of the firm's stores
at Forest Hills, Long Island.
"I decided they might need some
business experts in the Far West."
he explained. "So I headed back
to the Pacific Coast."
In 1934, Schuss obtained a strong
incentive to settle down by marry'
ing Myrtle Colllster of Klamath
Falls. Most of his time has since
been spent in the Klamath Basin
except during World War n when
he was in the U.S. Air Force. He
didn't leave the United States, but
was stationed at air bases in Klam
ath Falls, Lincoln. Nebraska, Salt
Lake City and Ephrata, Washing
ton. REAL CHARACTERS
Since .taking over the Klamath
Billiards, Schuss said he has been
doing post-graduate work in the
study of human nature. The Bil
lards is a sort of a mccca for
working men from all over the
country.
We get some real characters at
our place," he declared. "Getting
too well acquainted with some of
them has been very costly."
Schuss recalled how a short
lime after he acquired the Klam
ath' Billards, he hired a down-and-out
self-styled janitor to clean out
the place at night.
"He worked one shift," Schuss
added, "and took off with J3.000
cached In a storeroom."
Mr. and Mrs. Schuss, who reside
at 230 Washington Street, have one
daughter. Donna Lee Schuss. She
is a student at Fremont School.
Schuss is a past president of
Oregon Licensed Beverage Asso
ciation. (Listen to Charlie Schuss Sunday
10:15 p.m., radio station KFLW.)
Klamath Gets
Liquor Money
Issuance of liquor licenses during
1965 resulted In allocation this
month of 3607.415.50 to counties,
incorporated cities and the general
fund of the state. The Oregon
liquor control commission reports
that warrants totalling 5363,186.90.
representing 60 per cent of license
fees collected, arc being allocated
to localities. Of this amount Klam
ath County received $4,790.55: Bo.
nanza $123.27: Cnlloouin $92.45;
Klamath Falls $6,844.52; M a 1 1 n
Siiiu.su; Merrill 8764.27.
Forty per cent of the earned 11
cense revenue, or $242,124.60. plus
revenue from out of state license-,
and sale of lists, bring the total
distribution to the general fund to
$244,228.60.
Distributions are made in ac
cordance with the liquor control
act which specilies that 60 per
cent of license fees return to the
locality in which the licensed out
let Is located, and the remainder
go to the general fund of the stale.
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Broader Limits Announced
In Filing For Dependents
(Editor's Note: What dependents
are you entitled to claim in liliuj
your federal income tax returns
Based on questions most frequent
ly asked by taxpayers In (his slate,
the tax information committee of
the Oregon Association of Public
Assountants has prcpnred this dis
cussion of vital dependency consid
eiatlons. The Herald and News pre
sents it as another reader service.)
Under the 1954 tax code, broad
er limits have been established
whereby a person may be claimed
as a dependent for tax purposes.
To claim an Individual as a de
pendent on your federal return,
there are five general tests which
should be considered:
1. Relationship In seneral, the
dependent claimed must be closely
related to you. This relatlonshio
may include: Your child, or chil
dren's descendants (legally rdopted
child is considered a child by
blood); stepchild ibut not his
descendants): your brother, sister,
half-brother, half-sister, stepbroth
er or stepsister; your parent,'
grandparent or other direct ances
tor (but not foster parent); your
steptauier or stepmother; your
orotner s or sister s son or daugh
ter (i.e., direct neohew or niece):
your father's or mother's brother
or sister (direct uncle or aunt);
or your son-in-law. daughter-in-law,
father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law,
or sister-in-law.
Further, an exemption for a de
pendent who is not related to you
in any manner may be obtained if
the person claimed is a member
or your household and lives in your
nome tor the entire taxable year
It is also possible to claim a cousin
who, during the year, received in
stitutional care for a physical or
mental deficiency but who was a
member of your household prior
to such institutional care.
2. Support The individual
claimed as a dependent generally
must receive more than one-half
his support from you. There are
two exceptions; A) When two or
more persons join in the support
of another Individual and all other
tests are met, except for the sup
port provision, they may agree by
means of a .multiple support ac
cord to allow one who contributes
more than one-half of the depen
Mabel Elizabeth
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Mabel Biehn Recalls Many
Of City's 'Growing Pains'
Motorists and pedestrians who
travel up and down Blehn Street
in the western section of Klamath
Falls may never ponder on
"whence came the name" that is
so closely linked with the swad
dling clothes days of the city.
The street honors Louie Biehn
who came to Linkville with the
Oregon State Militia in the wake
of the Indian war, and his wife
Alice, who raised a family of 11
sons and daughters. Louie Biehn
hauled the first piano into the
town for Molly Reamcs. laid the
corner -stone for the old Central
School and cut Ice from Upper
Klamath Lake for sale to towns
folk. A daughter. Mabel Elizabeth
Blehn Ward, eldest child, now man
ager ol the Ziglcr Motel on High-
j way 97 recalls many of the grow
ing pains of the new town in pre
raflroad days. She was born on
February 8, 1900, and was mar
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We'll check vour eves
scientifically ... fit you
with proper glosses in at
tractive frames.
WILLIAM T. HODSON, O.D.
VISION SPECIALIST . . . with officci at
715 Moin Street
dent's support to claim the exemp
tion. All who contribute more than
10 per cent must agree In written
form that they will not claim the
same dependency exemption. (B)
Now in the case of a son, daughter
or stepchild who is a student and
received a scholarship, the ameunt
of the grant need not be consid
ered in delerming whether you
have furnished more than one-half
the support.
3. Dependent's gross Income
This figure must be less than $600
for the calendar year in which your
taxable year begins before you
are entitled to claim the individual
as a dependent. However, your
child may receive gross Income of
S600 or more and still be claimed
as a dependent, provided (A) he
is less than 19 years of age or
B) a student who is regularly eiv
rolled full time in a school for at
least five calendar months of your
tax year. A recognized, super
vised, full -time on-farm training
course can qualify, but not night
school training while working days,
nor correspondence courses, nor
other on-Job training "courses.
' 4. Citizenship and residence
The dependent must qualify under
specific provisions of law concern'
Ing citizenship and residence. He
must be a citizen or resident of
this country, or a resident of Can
ada. Mexico, the Canal Zone, or
the Republic of Panama. A person
living outside any of these boun
daries must be a citizen of the
U.S. to qualify as a dependent.
5. Joint returns Tile dependent
must not file a joint return with
his or her spouj-e.
Each qualification must be fully
met as apolied to each individual
claimed, except as specifically pro
vided in the foregoing tests. Often
unusual or borderline cases may
arise, the public accountants who
prepared this series have found in
such cases professional assistance
will prove wise.
RESIDENT DIES
VATICAN CITY, iff) Tile Vati
can city's oldest resident, 91-year-old
Maria Bonattl, died Thursday
night after receiving the blessing
of Pope Pius XII. A widow, she
was the mother of Pietro Bonattl.
custodian of the Vatican's famed
Sistine Chapel.
Blehn Ward
ried on February 3. 1918 to Walter
Ward, a Colorado boy.
She is the mother of five chit
drcn. three daughters end two
sons, Mrs. E. W. Zlgler. Mrs.
Doris Cohen. Mi's. Richard Snyder,
all of Klamath Falls. Vernon Ward,
Rosebuig. and Jack Ward, Eugene
Four other daughters and a son
of Louie and Alice Blehn. also live
in Klamath Falls. Mrs. Jack (Mil
dred) Bonner. Mrs. A. H. (Emma)
Davis, Mrs. William (Babe) Cody,
Mrs. LaCrle Ray and John Blehn
Other members of the family live
In Oakland, Gold Hill and Los
Angrlcs.
Mrs. Ward Is number one greet
er of guests at the Zigler motel and
has made many friends from coast
I to coast. She is a member of the
First Presbyterian Church, the
! Klamath Falls Chapter, Women of
the Moose, the Eagles Auxiliary,
ithe Pelican School PTA and Is a
j collector of line china cups and
I saucers.
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That bumpy, bone-Jolting street we live on Isn't any more!
No sir. It has a smooth oovering of crushed rock... thanks to a
fine display of community spirit. When I got home Monday night
after work, Hike Beldraine was there to meet me. "Can you be at
a meeting at my shop tonight?" -he asked.
I was there, along with 21 other residents on the street,
plus county commissioner Ed Gowen. Aocording to Gowen, most of
the streets in the south suburbs ere private streets.. .and the
oounty has no oontrol over them. If anything is to be done to
get rid' of the bumps, the property owners must do it themselves.
And so it was. With some suggestions from Jim Fisher and
price quotations from gravel-man Al Sohrleber, the property
owners voted to have the street graveled. By Wednesday evening
the Job was finished. Now you can drive down the street with
out breaking your baok and without putting your car in the gar
age three days for repairs. One thing to remember... the re are
about 30 kids that live on that street... kids that might take a
notion to dart aoross it. So drive oarefully, won't you? .
One thing thet the kids are looking forward to is Valentines
Say whiah oomes up in a oouple of weeks. And you won't find a
better selection of Valentines than at WOOD'S DRTO STORE in the
Uedioal-Dental building. Will Wood has .valentines that say Just
about anything you want to say. Best of all, prices start at a
penny. , '
There is no better way to say "Be My Vanentine" than witba r
heart-shaped bo of chocolates. At WOOD'S DRUO STORE you'll find
a fine aeleotlon by Miss Saylors, Taylors, Classic and Mary Allss,
Only 75r for a big half-pound box.
Keep in mind, too, that for preaorlptiona you oan't beat the
servioe at WOOD'S DRUG STORE in the Medical-Dental Building. ,
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' Out to see fellow ez-Kansan Dean Miller at JAY HAWK FETR0L
' SUM PRODUCTS the other day. Dean was telling me about that fine
Rocket Fuel Oil he sells. It burns hot and olean... that's why
people like it so well.
It seems that a lot of people are oalllng 6788 to take ad- 9
vantage of Dean's free delivery of that top-notch Rooket fuel oil.
Tou see, Denn has a direct oonneotion with the refinery and oan
sell fuel oil quite a bit lower than other plaoea in town. That's
at JAY HAWK PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, 2135 South 6th.
Clipped this the other day: , When it comes to paying taxes,
you've got to hand it to the inoome tax boys.. .if you don't, they
will come and get it. ,,
B. K. Teed of MONARCH TIRE SERVICE, INC. , 315 South 6th, Is
taking a little vacation and his partner, Everett (Asia) Miner is
taking advantage of his absence by making some wild deals on those
fine General tires. January isn't too hot of a month in the tire
business, anyhow, so the boys will go along way in making a deal.
Of course MONARCH has a good stook of sawdust tires in most
all sizes, and from the looka of the weather, we'll be needing
sawdust tires for along, long time yet. So if you need new tires,
sawdust tires or used tires, be sure to see MONARCH TIRE SERVICE,
INC., your General Tire Dealer, at 315 South 6th.
Sorry... if you missed MODEL SHOE STORE'S big olearance sale
'last week, you sure passed up some good bargains. But all Is not
lost! A gigantic Children's Shoe Sale starts Monday at AREUCKLE'S
' MODEL SHOE STORE, 717 Main.
All Buster Brown shoes (look for Tige in there, too) are in
cluded. Infants to size 3 Growing Girl shoes were prioed to 8.95
and are now in groups of $2 and $4. Prices are also slashed on
other children's shoes, sizes 3 to 6.
Here's something of interest to the ladies. I mean little
ladies who wear size 4B shoes. MODEL has Just reoelved more than
30 styles in this size shoe... from flats to evening sandals. They
are all top quality by Life Stride and sell regularlly for 12.50,
but manager Orville Rehling says he'll let them all go for only
6.50 And If you buy three or more pairs at once, you pay only
5 per pairT Can you beat that?
Pit
Gotta close now and go out and see if I oan sell enough ads
to feed the kids this week. There's nothing harder to fill up
than the tumays of a couple of pre-school kids.
Sljaoerely,
Time '
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By Jimmy Harlo
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