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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1956)
OCTOBER 7, 1956 ITERA1J) AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OK1GON PAGK FTV I REST: THIS IS PART of a beautiful collection of Jade, owned by Mrs. Eric G. Clarice, Portland, to be shown at the October 8 meeting of the Klamath Falls Library Club. Mrs; Clarke will talk on jade, one of the most beautiful of minerals. The meeting in the city library will start at 2 p.m. and is open to both members and non-members. Library Club To Present Program Concerning Jade "Jade, love of emperors, pawn of fools," and one of prehistoric man's mediums of barter, will be the subject of an interesting program to be presented, Monday, October 8 at a meeting of the Klamath Falls Library Club, to be held at 2 p.m. in the library building. The speaker, Mrs. Eric G. Clarke, Portland, is a past presi- 1st National Figures Told Loans and discounts soared to a new all-time record high at First National Bank, of Portland as the active demand for money to fi nance business continued, it was revealed in figures released in response to the bank call by the comptroller of the currency. Statement of condition figures for the three offices of First Na tional in the Klamath Falls area were reported by the branch man agers. On September 26, 1956, de posit at the Klamath Falls branch were $17,229,486, and loans were $12,996,659, according to vice pres ident and manager R. H. Tisdale. Released at the same time were comparable totals for the branch for September 30, 1955. .On that date, deposits were $17,315,639 and loans were $12,028,891. At First National's South Sixth Street branch, manager Myron E. Shannon reports that deposits on September 26, 1956 were $2,864,283 and loans were $2,680,005. One year ago on the same date, depos its were $2,715,121 and loans were $1,957,078. ' J. B. Lampkins, manager of First National's Merrill branch, said that deposits there on Sep: tcmber 26, 1956 totaled $2,373,892 and loans were $1,821,710. One year ago the branch reported de posits -of $2,680,647 and loans of $1,924,477. The statewide bank reported loans and discounts ot $444,118,880, a gain of $15,999,744 over one year ago and up $17,518,361 since the June 30 bank call. Deposits on September 26. the day of the call, were $784,804,569. This is a drop of $25,803,986 from one year ago, but a gain of $10,427,781 since June 30. "The statewide increase in loans and decrease in deposits is a re flection of the Federal Reserve Board's continuing policy limiting the supply of money lo combat Inflation," C. B. Stephenson, First National president, said. "T h e availability of money has become progressively tighter since April, J!55. Demands for consumer credit and funds for business ex pansion have accountea lor ine majority of current heavy loan Remand," the bank president concluded. dent of the Portland Zonta Club and member of the board of the Women's League of Lewis and Clark College. Mrs. Clarke will bring part of her renowned collection of jade, gathered over many years and colored slides to illustrate her talk. Both she and her husband, were born in China, Mrs. Clarke, the daughter of American Presbyter ian missionaries, Mr. Clarke, the son of English pioneers of the China Inland Mission in Peking. It was on their honeymoon, atop the sacred mountain T'ai-shan, at the summit, whimsically called the South Gate of Heaven, that their interest in jade became a motivat ing force in their two lives. She bought her first piece of jade from a Chinese jade authority, a on oi Deauly she still wears, its apple green color comple mented by coral and pearls. Mrs. Clarke brought her collec tion to the United States in 1939 for display in New York with her exquisite textiles, porcelains and bronzes, gathered in the Orient, She and her husband returned to China, only to be caught in the maelstrom of war in 1941. The couple was sent to the Lung hwa internment camp near Shanghai. She carried two of her most prized pieces of jade between two pieces of bread behind the barricade. She still prizes one. phoenix; the second, a dragon, was sold for passage back to the United States, at the end of the war. Part of the original collection is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Many of the pieces left ir their home in China were confis catcd by the Japanese. Today, it is difficult to get jade out oi China. Mrs. Clarke will tell of the part that jewel-jade has played in their lives. All members of the Library Club are urged to be present. Other's interested are invited. Non-members will pay a small fee. ,. iV ' , ft 4 jlAVlJ 1 I w I ill If . mmm,ik .4 GOP Women Hold Meeting Mrs. Douclas McKay, wife o( the Republican candidate for Unit ed States senator, will be guest of honur at a eolfee hour arranged by the Wood River Unit of the Oregon Council of Republican Women. It will be held at 4 p.m. next Wednesday in the Masonic hall at Chiloquin. Mrs. Guy Stnieer, president ol the unit, and Mrs. William Lor enz. chairman of the coffee hour committee, announced that al! residents of the area" are invited to attend. - Mrs. McKay is also lo be guest at several other codec hours in various sections of the county. A luncheon in her honor is planned for Mrs. McKay at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Winrma Hotel. Reservations fur the dollar lunch eon can be made by calling the hotel. tec v A a lo. WILLIAM H. FINCH, cal commercial artist, has joined the faculty at Ore gon Technical Institute this year as an instructor of commercial illustration and design. He received hii for mal training at California Peninsula Junior College, Monterey, and did free lance commercial art work in California, returning to Klamath Falls in 1954. Me has been working as adver tising display manager at Sears, Roebuck and Com pany here. Mr. and Mrs. Finch and their -family liva on the OTI campus. ROBERT EACRET, 17, v son, Mr. and Mrs. John Eacret of 3055 Lodi Street has enlisted in the Air Force and is stationed at Lack land Indoctrination Center, San Antonio, Texas. He at tended Klamath Union High School before enlisting. Photo by Miller-Williams Altamont Junior High News By KEITH SMITH Well, here we are. well on our way into another school year! Our classes have been assigned and both teachers and pupils have be come acquainted with each other. There are 182 pupils In the eighth grade and 180 in the sev enth grade, a total of 362 com pared to 347 at this time, last year- Last week we had our election for student body officers. After a vigorous campaign the following people were elected: president, Fred SUlwell; first vice president, Richard DePew; second vice pres ident, Delores Lummus; secre tary, Trudy Turpin; treasurer, Janet Riskus, and news reporter, Keith Smith. Our faculty advisers are Mr. Harvey Denham, Mrs. Thompson, and Mrs. Murray. We planned a "Get Acquainted" potluck dinner, held Thursday, Oc tober 4, for the room representa tives and officers of the council. The yell leaders were elected at the same time as the officers. They are Helma Alcorn, Raenell Kern, Sue Phair, Judy Purser, and Linda Heyden. We saw them in action at our first football game Friday, October 6, with Fre mont at Wright Field. We have two new teachers on our faculty this year. Henry Ced ros and H. J. Hendrickson. Mr. Cedros is teaching literature and has a seventh grade home room; he is also one of the coaches. Mr. Hendrickson is teaching sci ence in the seventh and eigntn grades and has a seventh grade home room. We will soon have a complete schedule of activities. In addition to band, glee-club, and boys chorus there will be arts, crafts, dramatics, and service groups. We all hope, and we are going to try our best to make this a fine school year for everybody. KLAMATH FALLS GARDEN CLUB Mrs. Will Wood, Klamath Falls, spoke on "Cone Bearing Trees of the Pacific Coast, at the recent meeting of the Klamath Falls Garden Club. She illustrated her talk with branches of the various pines; sugar, western, jeffery, lodgepole, knotcom, digger and larch and of incense cedar, and Douglas fir. She had also on dis play, numerous novelties -made from cones and demonstrated the decorating uses of pine. The garden club will study Lu pines during the coming year. ( J ROBERT W. SCOTT Local Man Wins Praise PORTLAND AIR BASE -1- First Lieutenant Robert W. Scott,' for mer resident of Klamath : Falls, has been commended here for ac complishments in the Information Services Field ; . Lieutenant Scott has been sta tioned at Portland Air Base for two years serving in such capaci ties as intelligence officer,- offi cers' open mess manager, and since July of last year, informa tion services officer, for . the air base. ...'ill. , : In this latter role. Lieutenant Scott has received letters- of com mendation for initiating programs resulting in excellent relations be tween this command and the lo cal community. An endorsement to one of these letters by Colonel George F. Ceuleers, Portland Air Base Commander, stated :r "Your accomplishments in the ' Informa tion Services Field reflect consid erable credit not only upon your self and this command, but also upon the United States Air Force.' Lieutenant Scott winds -up hit service career soon, leaving this week for a hunting trip in the Klamath area, then to Spokane, Washington, where he : will be come manager of Premium Box Company. , . , , .. With him will be hit wife, the former Carmel Finnigan of Klam ath Falls, son Robbie, 3,- and daughter Bonny, 2. He Is the ion of Mr. and Mrs. Warren C; Scott, 1958 Fremont Street, Klamath Falls. , Jet Base Funds Given Approximately $2 million has been released by the Air Force for construction of ammunition storage facilities, base chapel, air craft shelters, jet test cell and recreation workshop at the Klam ath Falls Air Force Base. Announcement was made of the allocation of funds and plans for construction by Colonel Paul W. Stephens, U.S. Air Force installa tions representative for the North Pacific region, from his headquar ters at the custom house, Portland. - The chapel will be a one-story wood f r.a m e, . cement-asbestos shingle structure of approximate 2,000 square feet, capable of seat ing ISO persons. The recreation workshop is to be of the tame construction as the chapel and will have approximate ly 2,800 square feet of floor area. The jet test Cell is to be a sound- insulated, isolated structure for the testing of jet engines. Construction for the Air Force will be by the . district public works office, 13th Naval District, Seattle. Mayor Jailed In Election Ruckus CHICAGO OB The mayor of a suburban village is in jail for con tempt of court and the judge who jailed him says he won't get out until, he signs payroll checks for expenses in a special election. Herbert C. Polchow, 40, mayor of Chicago Ridge, 'sent to jail yes terday by Circuit Judge Harry M. Fisher, said: "I'll rot in Jail be fore I Day those expenses. It was not a legal election. I'll definitely stay in jail until the next election for- mayor next April u neces sary." ':'. M the magnificent ' television THE ONLV GUARANTEED SERVICE TV NOW! 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