SUNDAY, JANUARY 25. 19r)
ITFRAIT) AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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Jaycee Windup
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desire of young men to make their
voices heard.
In any case, a strong foundation
was molded around a valid idea:
The thought of utilizing the young
manpower of the community for
public service. There has been
growth and accomplishment since.
And all of this has taken some
management. It has boiled down
to some specifics. For instance
when a national corporation, spend
ing better than SUoO.OOO annually,
replaces its board of directors
each year, there is a need some
where for continuity.
When 200,000 members each pay
$2 a year into a national "kitty"
there is a need for specialized
services to the contributors.
Organizational continuity a nd
service to the membership are
prerequisites and requirements for
a national headquarters. The Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce has
what is considered one of the
finest staff operations of any or
ganization of its size in the coun
try. The dues dollars of the Jaycee
members in hundreds of towns
and cities, along with other in
comes, are supporting a full-time
paid staff of 50 people in the na
tional headquarters in Tulsa.
In the course of a year, thou
sands of ideas rebound throughout
the 22,730 square feet of head
quarters office space. Project ideas
may walk in the front door with a
visiting Jaycee, pour in. with the
daily bundles of mail, or some
limes seem to jump out of the
woodwork.
It is said of the Junior Cham
ber, "Where is there a university
offering a comparable course in
leadership training?" It could be
said of the national staff, "Where
is there a half-million-dollar cor
poration to offer young men ex
ecutive responsibilities and admin
istrative experience in a fast
paced organization influenced only
by enthusiasm to build?
From the local, stale, and na
tional arms of the organization
flow the ideas and efforts of young
men devoted to community im
provements. The four-cent postage
stamp is the link in this nation
wide chain of command which
runs one of the fastest-growing
young men's organizations in the
nation.
What is a Jaycee? He is the
young man on the way up, play
ing an active and prominent part
in blueprinting America s tomor
row.
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THE PERMANENT TROPHY for the annual homo lighting contest sponsored by the Klam
ath Falls Junior Chamber of Commerce went this year to Felix Peace, center. Shown
awarding the trophy are Sam Ritchey, Copco manager, left, and John DeShazo, Jaycee
chairman for the program. In addition Peace won a savings bond.
THE COVER
This week's cover shot
was taken by Herald
and News photogra
pher Don Kettler and
shows one of the local
winter scenes the ice
formation on the old
Rock Creek flume
along Rock Creek.
Wheat Surplus
Gain Seen
Wheat and feed grain surpluses
appear likely to pile higher in the
year ahead and will undoubtedly
force drastic changes in farm pro
grams, says an Oregon State Col
lege marketing specialist.
Record carry-over of wheat,
corn, sorghums, oats, and barley
are in prospect for mid-1959, re
port Ray Teal, OSC extension
seed marketing specialist.
Corn farmers in the 16 commer
cial corn-growing states recently
voted in a new support program
that lifts corn acreage restric
tions for the first time, since 1938
Teal says the national average
support price for 1959 crop will be
about St. 12 to si. 15 a bushel
Minus acreage allotments, corn
production could increase greatly
and put added pressure on other
surplus feed grains. Teal says
some farm groups are now dis
cussing such "corrective" pro
grams as "bushel allotments"
rather than acreage allotments for
feed grains of alt kinds.
Under a bushel allotment pro
gram, a farmer could elect to
plant more acres with less fertil
izer or fewer acres with more
fertilizer as best suited his situa
tion.
For 1959, however, there will be
little change in the wheat program
over 1958, the specialist explains.
The national average support level
announced last May was $1.81 a
bushel, only one cent less than for
Food Tests
Carried On
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Tests on whether irradiated foods
are wholesome and safe to eat will
be extended into the sixth yeur
at Oregon State College this win
ter with a new $28,750 grant from
the office of the surgeon general.
Department of the Army.
White rats are used as test ani
mals. They are being fed pork,
peaches, carrots and jam irradi
ated for preservation at the Idaho -
Falls, Idaho, atomic energy instal
lation.
Irradiated foods will keep for
vastly longer periods than others
and do not require refrigeration.
They show considerable promise
for military and home use in tho
future.
To date in the OSC tests, no dif
ferences whatever have been
found between rats on irradiated
and non-irradiated diets. Length ot
life, weight gains, body tissue com
position, and number of off-spring
arc compared. Dr. Edward C
Buhl, agricultural chemist, is lead
er of the project. Since it was
started in 1954, OSC has received
grants totaling more than $200,000
for the tests.
THE COLORFUL CHRISTMAS LIGHTING PROGRAM is another of the many Jaycee ac
tivities in the' Klamath Basin. A program of long standing, it is one that has brought
much Christmas spirit to the area. This picture shows the Felix Peace home, winner of
first place in home decorations this year. This was the third win for Peace and gave
him permanent possession of the trophy. -
Jaycee Activities Reach
Peak Around Christmas
Thft t.Tnvrw nrtiviHK reach a
furious pace during the Christmas
holiday season. First comes the
Christmas parade down Main
Street, then the Christmas shop
ping tour, which many Jaycees
say they enjoy working on more
than any other project, me neuo
Santa project, the Christmas light
ing contest and last, but not least,
but most important, the Jaycee
Tom and Jerry party.
The parly nas oecome a nece
Litir oc tin, uhnlo ffronn is in dire
need for relaxation alter complet
ing all Hie Christmas projects.
Many of our citizens are well
acquainted with the annual Christ-ni.-arin
Thic vpar's narade
was sponsored by me iviamam
iriic kinphnnk Accnrintinn. De
pendable Les Snivcly was selected
ichairman and he out-did himself
putting together the largest paraae
in history. .
The Ilello Santa is a project
many citizens are not so familiar
with. The Jaycees, through various
Ar ,nnnini,3linn tell all
children that Santa Claus, although
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it would otherwise.
The Tom and Jerry party is
definitely not a service project,
but it does exemplify the proverb
that "all work and no play would
make Jack a dull boy,"
to them if they will just dial his
telephone number. Ho! Ho! Ho:
says jolly old St. Nick, and a
good time is had oy an. some
times a few 18-year-olds call too.
The Christmas lighting contest
this year for the most beautiful
all-around display was won for the
third time by Felix Peace. The
beautiful trophy, which he had
won the two previous years, has
now found a permanent home.
This contest includes a beautiful
plaque for the other winners for
the most beautiful porch, roof
and window display.
The thought of the Jaycees is
that a contest of this sort helps
make Klamath Fails more beauti
ful riurine the holiday season.
The shopping tour is enjoyea ny
the Javcees primarily because the
youngsters, who are taken out to
mirchase Bills lor menioers oi
iheir own families, entertain the
.l.iveees bv just being excited in
making decisions anoui wnai uiey
are going to buy for whom.
All the Jaycees sincerely love
this project as it makes Christmas
mean a little more to them than
Zoo Lion
Likes Home
CAIRO, Egypt UPI "Bolbol,"
a lion at the Cairo Zoological Gar
dens, is a stubborn lion. Stubborn
like a mule.
And that's why "Bolbol" (his
name means nightingale) is still
at the Cairo Zoological Gardens.
When zoo officials decided tc
move him ;o the Alexandria Zoc
they didn't reckon with "Bolbol's"
strong attachment to h i s Cairc
home. The lion plainly refused U
leave his cage.
They tried persuasion but failed
miserably. They tried to prick
him out of the cage with iror
spears. The guards waved revolv
ers menacingly. They ope.ied ur
on him with water hoses. The;
starved him and tried to lure hin
into a waiting truck by placin;
meat outside the cage.
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