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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1957 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE NINE. BASIN Mount Shasta Knights of Co- lumDUs wui sponsor a inanxsgiv ing ball to be held in St. An thony's Parish Hall on Saturday evening, November 23. Held Up Jerold Oates was the attendant on duty at Frosty's station in Chiloquin when it was held up Thursday evening. He re ported the event and the license number of the two gunmen to po lice.( Card Party Lost River Grange 846 will hold a card party at 8 p.m. Friday, November 22, at the Olene Grange Hall and everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served. Choir Member Janet Elmore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Eliiiore, Malin, has been named again as one of the 60 members of the college a cappella choir at Lewis and Clark College in Port land. Miss Elmore is a senior hu man development major. During the first two weeks in March, the choir will make a tour starting east through Oregon and southern Idaho, and going as far as Salt Lake City, Utah. The return trip will be through Nevada and South ern Oregon and home through the Willamette Valley. . Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schlegel, their children, Mclvin ana Nancy, ana Mr. ana Mrs. ti ven Stanley, "were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs Harry Henderickson and family in Tulelake. Mrs. Stanley is the former Alice Schlegel. The visitors visited with many of their old friends. Overseas Pfc. Richard Henry Jr.. son of Mrs. Lavinia Henry Beatty, recently completed the ar mored crewman course at the aev enth Army Tank Training Center in Germany. Henry is regularly assigned as a gunner in Head quarters Company of the 8th Di vision's 5th Infantry. He entered the Army in March 1956, received basic training at Fort Carson, Col orado, and arrived in Europe in November, 19a6. Germany Pfc. John Arnold Jr., 23, son of Mrs. Carrie Groth, Al turas, recently participated with units of the 10th Infantry Division Artillery in "Operation Counter punch," a command post exercise in Germany. Arnold, a switchboard operator in Headquarters Battery of division artillery, arrived over seas last November. He entered the Army in May 1956 and com pleted basic training at Fort Ord. Success The coffee hour held at the Bonanza Library the after noon of November 11, was a suc cess in spite of the heavy rain. Mrs. Reg Thomas and Mrs. Charles Dalton were hostesses. The money will go toward the floor covering fund. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Graves of Langell Valley last week were Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Holter of Everett, Wash ington. She is the mother of Don Thorn, son-in-law of Ernest Graves, who with his wife, the former Mary Jo Graves and their two children are visiting here from Florida. Wake -.Up J Money Sell those unused items stored in your - garage or attic for cash with a . HERALD AND NEWS CLASSIFIED AD! 10 Words, 4 times 1.50 Use the Phone ... Say "Charge it" CALL TU 4-8111 - BRIEFS er Frank Shaw and family. Houseguests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hazen Peacock and family of Bonanza are her par ents Mr. and Mrs. Li E. Woods, of Briggs, Idaho. Home Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Mor ris have returned to their home in Langell Valley after visiting rela tives and friends at Eugene and Cottage Grove. Bob Werner is home and in school after a week in a Klamath Falls hospital. Pneumonia Mary Anne Leavitt Wac at Fort McPhearson, Georgia, and . Ronald Ketchum," USN, San Diego, have both been hospitalized with pneumonia. Mary is the daughter of the Les Leavitts of Langell Valley and Ronald the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ketchum Sr. of Bonanza. Trip Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Peter son and Johnnie of Bonanza are visiting at Boise and Caldwell. Stacia ind Jimmy are staying with M and Mrs. F. H. Brown while their parents are away. Richard Burnett of the USS Duncan sailed from San Diego No vember 9. for Hawaii. Tokyo and other foreign ports and will return in May. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burnett of Langell Val ley. Alluras Construction of two T- type hangars at the Alturas air port will begin at once by Gibbons and bwick, contractors. Richard Anklin headed Uie Al turas FFA Chapter which took first in beef judging at a recent field day at Montague. Anklin also won individual honors for beef judging. Meeting The 16 chambers of commerce of the 1CCCNC repre senting Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama coun ties are meeting today at Anderson. Polio The next scheduled polio immunization clinic in Modoc County will be held at Canby on Wednesday with registration at the Canby school from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Alturas Hearing for Walt Bish op, who entered plea of guilty to writing fictitious checks, has been continued to November 27. Shirley Fielder is held under simi lar charges and hearing has been set for December 5. Funeral was last week for Mrs. Gussie Shirk, pioneer school teacher of Surprise Valley who died at Santa Rosa. Services were eld at Cednrville with the Rev. Roger Smith, of the Cedarville Community Church, officiating. Bicycle Check at Alturas will be held one day this -week at the local school. It was postponed last week because of inclement weath- Basketball season at Alturas will open on November 30 with the Modoc-Lassen jamboree at Bicber. The MUHS Braves will open league competition on December 6 at Fall River. La ., 1 . 1111111113 JULIANA, THE COW, will play an important part in the operetta, "The Magic Bean Stalk," to bo presented by students of the upper grades of Pelican School on Friday, November 22, in the school auditorium. Hidden beneath bossy's hide ae Richard Mc Swain and Carl Pennington. Topside are, left to right, Ricky Anderson, announcer; Johnny Baugh, Jack of the Bean Stalk, and Marcis Mickelson, Jack's mother. The op eretta will be direccted by Mrs. Jane Craig assisted by the faculty. PXA. CONGER PTA Mrs. Eileen Rogers By "Prevention is more important than treatment, and the earlier that problems are spotted the eas ier they are to take care of," said Mildred Lowden, social psy chiatric representative of the Klamath County Health Depart ment when she spoke to mem bers at the Joseph Conger PTA meeting Wednesday, November 13, in the school gymnasium. The entertainment was supplied by Mrs. Emily Priest's fourth grade students under the direction of Mrs. Irma Wood, librarian. They presented a skit, "Exploring with Books, and Claudia Mal- comb's sixth grade students re cited a poem, "Not Just a Book." Mrs. Jane Craig's girls ensemble sang, "Hark the Vesper" and Visiting Mrs. G. P. Wu of Bonanza is visiting her new grand son "Scotty" at Corvallis. He is the first born of Mr. and Mrs. Will Wu. " Pittsburg visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hricziscse of Langell Valley were Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Martin and three children. Jimmy attended Bonan za school before going to Califor nia. r- ' North Bend visitors for the long weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Haley Shaw and Johnnie of Lan gell Valley, who visited his broth er Frank Shaw and family. Buick's Me i i ' I " " ' ' , , f ' ' '1 1 ' - - -1 NEWS "Marainia." Mrs. Dorothy Sud bury, program chairman, intro duced public health nurse, Mrs. May Speirs. , , The meeting was conducted by the president, Mrs. R. L. Meyers. During the business meeting the association decided to give, as a gift to the school a public ad dress system. James Scott, principal, an nounced December 13 as the date for the Christmas program. Miss Robleigh Marr's first and third grade room has won the membership drive by 157 per cent. Mrs. Priest's fourth grade won the room count with the most parents present and the special prize was won by Mrs: Helen McCornack. Refreshments were servd by the seventh grade mothers. - ' The next meeting is scheduled for January 15, 1958. 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Medford. "A pound of mistletoe should make about 16 sprigs which could sell for 20 or 25 cents each," he said. "In the past, we have had some success in having Boy Scouts, Lions, Jaycees and church groups sell the mistletoe as a fund raising project for their own groups." THE MAGIC TOUCH BERLIN, Conn. I When. air rifle wielding boys recently shat tered scores of windows in homes. schools and public places. Police Chief H. Theodore Strand an nounced that parents would be held liable for the damage. When better automobiles Speakers Set For Session I ALTURAS A guest speaker at the Modoc County Teachers In stitute on November 26 and 27 will be Dr. Milton Silverman, sci ence editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. He has scheduled three lectures, for Tuesday morning and after noon and Wednesday morning. A question and answer period will follow each lecture. Other speakers include Dr. Ar thur H. Parmelce Jr. of UCLA, associate professor in the depart ment of pediatrics. He is a school physician and head of the family medicine division at UCLA medi cal center. Parents and other school pa trons are invited to hear the speak ers. Monday and Tuesday morn ing sessions will begin at 9:30 and end at 11:45. Afternoon ses sions will start at 1:30. The in stitute closes with the Wednesday morning session. Beck's Council Begins Case SEATTLE tfl The defense, cebuffed in a bid for a directed verdict of acquittal, was sched uled to start presenting Its" case Tuesday in the grand larceny trial of Dave Beck Jr., son of the retiring president of the Interna tional Teamsters Union. . , Charles S. Burdell, young Beck's attorney, hinted Monday after King County Superior Judge George H. Revelle turned down the motion for .acquittal that he may submit the case to the jury without offering a defense wit ness. Burdell had asked for a direct ed verdict of acquittal on the grounds the prosecution had not submitted sufficient evidence of grand larceny. Young Beck is ac cused of misappropriating the pro ceeds from the sale of two union owned cars. Dave Beck Sr. is scheduled to go on trial Dec 2 on charges he misappropriated the proceeds from the sale of one union-owned car. Burdell submitted his motion for acquittal after the prosecution wound up its case against young Beck. MAKE YOUR DRIVEWAYS AND AlUYS USABLE THIS WINTER .:. Put On CINDERS From GRAHAM BROS. 2501 Bichn Cax Crai'tsmoxistiip built Bulck will build thtm Police Plan Lie Test To Check 'Horror Story' By DION HENDERSON WAUTOMA. Wis. W-A diffident little man who admitted In puz zlcd tones yesterday that he hac opened fresh graves over a period of years to collect human heads and finally butchered a neighbor woman "while in a daze-like" faces a polygraph test of his story. Edward Gem. a 51-year-old Plainfield bachelor handyman, is scheduled to go to Madison today for a lie detector test at the state crime laboratory. He is being held under $10,000 bond for the armed robbery of Mrs. Bermce Worden last Satur day. Dist. Atty. Earl Kileen said the filing of a murder charge in the death of Uie 58-year-old widow, whose disemboweled corpse was found hanging like a deer carcass in Gein's woodshed Saturday night awaits only a complete sift ing of the gruesome remnants found on his secluded farm, about 120 miles northwest of Milwaukee. Here are some of the questions the lie detector test may answer: Did Gem mould hideous death Union Plans Phone Strike SEATTLE (1 A final effort was to be made Tuesday to head off an authorized strike of 8,000 members of the Communications Workers of America against the Pacific Telephone t Telegraph Co. in Washington and Idaho. No date for the strike has been set, but the contract between the union and company expires at midnight Tuesday. It was original ly scheduled to expire Sunday midnight, but was extended for further negotiations. A union leader Monday said no progress has been made. The company s spokesman said further negotiations were to be held Tuesday under the direction of federal conciliator Albin Peter son. At issue are wages, length of contract, a company demand for a no-strike clause and a union demand for a guarantee against management employes doing work in the jurisdiction of union mem bers. Phone TU 2-4441 nasks from the faces of new-bur-ed dead? . .-i Did he fabricate upholstery for furniture in his cluttered farm house from human skin? ; Did he intend to eat the one vic tim he admits killing, the one ot whom he said, almost apologet ically, "I am not too sure that I killed her?" "That is what I can't remem ber," Gein said in a question-end- answer session with Waushara County officers. A "daze, he said, came on him when he did such things as dig MP the graves from which he (bok at least 10 heads. . . ; ; Once, he said, the daze left him while he was digging in a burial mound. , :. "I quit then," he said, v '. Investigators, who found airs. Worden's decapitated corpse, dis covered the heads of four other persons -in Gein's house Sunday and found six more there yester day. Some were packaged neatly in plastic bags, others were tossed under furniture. In a signed statement. Gein said he had not "collected any for two or three years." KUeen said Gein took him to cemeteries he had visited. At Madison last night. Charles Wilson, state crime laboratory di rector, said that when all the hu man segments had been collected from Gein s farm, technicians would study them in an effort to identify the victims of the grave robberies. ; . Gein said ho had followed death notices published in the local news paper and then opened the graves from 1044 to 1952. Ho indicated that on other occasions he snapped out of his "daze" and went home without violating a grave. In his statement. Gein recalled visiting the Worden hardware store Saturday morning and pay ing 99 cents for some antifreeze.' He also remembered transporting Mrs. Worden's body to his farm home. - Asked whether he remembered killing her, he said, "No, that is what I can t remember: my me mory is a little vague." Gein said he did remember hanging the body from its heels in the shed and butchering it "be cause I thought I was dressing out a deer." In the statement, he said, "That is as close as I can remember. I was in a regular daze-like and I can't swear to it." No Extra Charge Lay Away 4 DAY SALE STARK'S REBUILT KIRBY ' LATE MODEL VACUUM CLEANERS Big Selection aritn Prices Plus Mi Special "Bonui" Deal 1 With avtry Stork Rtbullt Kirby sold on this ipacial tola you will t the following Free Set of attachments Free Power Polisher Free Handi Butlor Converts Kirby to grinder, etc. ACT NOW This Special for 4 days only Wed. Thurs. Fri, and Sat.! 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