OCTOBER 7, 1956
ITERA1J) AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OK1GON
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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." ':'.
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