HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
THURSDAY. APRIL 16. 1953
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RESIDENTS of the Olene community received and mailed letters Sn this small building,
ttill standing on the George Stevenson ranch near the Lakeview Highway.-The office,
established November 24, 1884, was given the Indian name "Olene," meaning "eddy in a
fiver" by the late Captain Oliver C. Applegate. At that time there were riffles in Lost
River near' the spot. A water wheel placed in the river there at a later date lifted the
water to the land for Irrigation. Old-timers say the first postmaster was Gilbert Anderson.
f MRS. ELSIE EGGERS has been Olene postmaster for 15
- years and will continue in that capacity when Olene office
- Is changed from its present status to a rural station, trib
utary to the post office at Klamath Falls. All incoming
and outgoing mail has been hand-stamped since the office
. was instituted. Mrs. Eggers gets many requests for col
lector's hand-stamped envelopes, is receiving such re
quests new for the last to be marked when the office
. officially closes April 30 and reopens under new system.
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Altamont Junior
High News
By NANCY NICOL
A talent assembly was held on
March 13. The participants were
Caiman Peebler, JoAnn Mussel-
man, JoAnn Brown, Kothy Mux
dock, Dennis Hamilton, Rick Mur
ray, Dale Rhoades, Mike Preston,
Neil' Alexander, RoseAnn Deariog,
Virginia Hubbard, Jean Waldcn
Karon Sloan, Ronnie Oliver, Susan
dlassow, and Jerry Waller.
The radio script which was used
in the speech festival was present
cd for the student body.
Coach Jim McGown presented
tne tollowinc Boys with red "A
letters for playing basketball this
season: Dale Thurman, Dour
Pyles. Tom Sh.inholtzer. Randon
Adams. Kelly Alii ion. Alan Clark
John Oltcrhcin, David Spencer and
manager, Hick Murray.
Annual Hicks Day was held April
I. The students of the seventh and
eighth grades came to school in
costume. Ellon Frewing and Ron
Nelson were chosen as winners
lor the best costume. The 8C sec-
lion won the skit.
On April 2, Allamont's Student
Council visited Fremont's and Pre
mont will visit us on April 16.
CONELRAD
Test Slated
KOTI-TV and Klamath Falls
three radio stations will be
dead," for practical purposes, for
half an hour Friday moriing.
At that time, 8:30. to 9, the
broadcasting power of KFLW,
KFJI and KLAl) will be diverted
from their normal positions on the
dial and directed to CONELRAD
frequencies instead.
The idea is to test the station's
usefulness in a civil defense emer
gency. To get an idea of how
weM It works, dial either 640 or
1240 kilocycles the CONELRAD
frequencies.
State Civil Defense headquarters
says the exercise is part of Oper
ation Alert 19a9, a nationwide test
of all radio stations that, is to
last two days.
CONELRAD is an abbreviation
for "CONtrol of ELcctromagnetic
RADiation and, very briefly, is
to serve two purposes in time of
attack.
In the first olace. listeners will
know where to dial (640 or 1240)
for f Hal civil defense information.
Secondly, the idea would prevent
enemy location of a city by fol
lowing radio signals. Broadcasts
CONELRAD frequencies are
shared by all stations which alter
nate signals so no one station is
on the air for more than a few
seconds at a time.
For purpose of the exercise Fri
day morning, state civil defense
headquarters said, the emphasis
will be on post-attack needs. Mes
sages regarding rehabilitation of
survivors, reconstruction of dam
ned facilities and recovery from
attack will be emphasized.
The exercise lasts only half an
hour, after which normal program
ming will be resumed.
California Weather
United Press International
San Francisco Bay Area: Fair
through Friday except morning
fog near coast: high today San
Francisco 68. Oakland 72. San
Mateo .74, San Rafael 75: low to
night 44-50; westerly winds 8-16
m.p.h. ailernoons.
Mt. Shasta-Siskiyou area: Fair
ard warmer through Friday
Sierra Nevada: Fair and warm
cr through Friday.
Sacramento Valley: Fair
through Friday: high both days
74-82; low tonight 45-55; northerly
winds 7-14 m.p.h.; low humidity
Northwestern California: Fair
and warmer through Friday: high
loday and "low tonight likiah 80
42, Santa Rosa 79-40, Napa 78-42:
coastal winds west to northwest
2-25 m.p.h.
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FEATURE AT
Service Not
By Post Office Cutback
By RUTH KING i
April 30 will mark the final day
for the operation of the Olene Post
Office as an independent office.
When closing time comes on that
day, Mrs. Elsie Eggers, postmas
ter for the last IS years will de
stroy the old hand stamp with
which letters have been marked
Olene" and the next morning.
May 1, will stamp the first letter,
Olene plural station.
The official change, ordered by,
the Post Office Department, Rural
Appointments and Post Office Divi
sion, Washington D.C., as a cut
back in postal operation costs, will
make scarcely a dent in the rou
tine that patrons at Olene have
followed for many years.
The 27 mail boxes that have
been rented at the post office locat
ed in a tiny corner in the Olene
Store, will continue to have mail
tucked by Mrs. Eggers into their
yawning openings. Letters may still
be mailed out at the office and
those patrons who have been
served by Rural Route 2, Klamath
Palls, will receive mail from the
rural mail carrier.
The only change will be the
transfcr.of book work, the ordering
of supply stock by the Klamath
rails Post Office, and a smaller
paycheck for Mrs. Eggers.
The history of the Olene office
dates back to November 24, 1834
when Gilbert Anderson passed out
the first mail in a tiny "L" shaped
frame building that still stands
on the George Stevenson ranch on
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DENNIS THE MENACE
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CITY
Rummage Sale The Business
and Professional Women's Club
will hold a rummage sale on April
24 and 25 at the Pelican Theater
Building. Anyone having rummage
they wish to have picked up may
call TU 4-9005.
Speaker at the Klamath Associ
ation for Retarded Children meet
ing at Fremont School Friday eve
ning at 7:30 will be Mrs. Joy Hills
Gubser of Salem, assistant superin
tendent of the Oregon State De
partment of Education in charge of
special services. The meeting is
open to the public.
AAUW Club will hold a luncheon
at Rcames Country Club at 12:30
p.m. on Saturday to hear Mrs. Joy
Hills Gubser of Salem speak on
"The Gifted Child." All interested
persons are invited to call Mrs.
C. S. Dibble. TU 2-4038, for reser
vations. Rummage Sale will be given by
Friendship Court No. 11 Order of
Amaranth. Friday and Saturday.
April 17 and 18, in Clyde and Art's
Towing Service, 734 Klamath Ave
nue.
Mayflower Club of lhe Congre-
7:00 AND 10:31
Affected
State Highway 66 East of Klam
ath Falls.
The name Olene, meaning "eddy
in a river, in the Klamath Indian
language, was suggested to the
post otfice department by the late
Capt. Oliver C. Applegate. The ed
dies later disappeared with the
placing of a water wheel in the
river to raise water for irrigation
to the land.
Some time later, the office was
moved to the site of the present
Olene Store and post office and
later yet, about IS years ago, it
was incorporated into the present
building when Mrs. Eggers bought
he property.
The second building was put up
by Charles Gray.
The change to become ellective
this year was contemplated by
Washington three years ago but
failed at the 11th hour when Ore
gon legislators in Oregon said
"Nay" to the U.S. Post Office
Department. Then, as she will now,
Mrs. Eggers complied with the law
of the department and made out
reams of reports and was pre
pared to destroy the old stamp.
Names ot the various postmas
ters down through the years can
not all be recalled by those who
have lived here since the first
Olene office was opened but some
of those first patrons still receive
mail under that postmark.
The change marks the steady
tramp of progress and adds anoth
er milepost to history of the Klam
ath country.
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BRIEFS
gational Church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Olive Johnson, 2210
Radcliffe Avenue, Friday at 1 p.m
Teachers Retired Teachers will
gather for a no-host dessert at the
Winema Hotel Saturday at 1 p.m.
A meeting will be conducted at the
YMCA headquarters at 3 p.m.
Kathleen Ward will show pictures
of her India trip.
First. Aid Class which has been
postponedafor two weeks because
of the illness of the instructor, will
meet tonight at 7:30 at the new
armory for the first lesson.
Speaker Dr. David Bryn-Jones,
professor, minister, traveler and
author, will be guest speaker at
the First Presbyterian Church to
night at 7:30 in the dining room.
Everyone is invited.
Talent Show There will be no
regular meeting of the Riverside
PTA this month. A talent show will
be presented on Friday, April 17, at
the school at 7:30 p.m. Refresh
ments will be served after the show.
Children who will enter the first
grade at Fairview School are in
vited to visit the classes on Wed
nesday. April 22, from 9:30 a.m.
to 11 o'clock. Parents will be wel
comed by the principal, school
nurse and members of the PTA.
Food Sale will be given by the
Youth Soldiers for Christ Church at
the Big Y Market on South Sixth!
Street and the Market Basket. Shas
ta nay and Division Street, on
Saturday, April 18. starting at 9:30
a.m. All proceeds will go to remod
eling of the church.
Police Nab Youth
On Drunk Charge
Klamath Falls police arrested
Harold Chester. 19. ot Klamath
Falls, at 445 Market Street at 1:45
a.m. Thursday following a knifing
incident involving Charlene Hood of
Klamath Falls.
Police charged Chester with
drunkenness. The Hood girl told of
ficers at Klamath Valley Hospital
she would appear at the station
when possible to sign a complaint
against Chester charging him with
assault with a deadly weapon.
She told officers Chester slashed
her face shortly after midnight. No
details of the knifing were
available.
Some 235.000 Americans died of
cancer last year. But 75.000 lives
could have been saved thrdugh
earlier treatment, the American
Cancer Society says.
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THE OLENE POST OFFICE was moved in laler years to its present location on -Highway
66 east of Klamath Falls. This building wai used for several veers. Identity of lone
man not known nor is exact date when 'post office was moved from original location.
This building was incorporated into the present Olene Store which houses the post office.
Champs Back
In Red Bluff
fED BLUFF - This city will
again become the bronc-stomping
capital of the world this week
when four cowboy champions who
have won the world's bronc riding
championship nine out of the last
10 years return to compete on
April 18 and 19.
The champions include Marty
Wood, Bowness, Alberta, Canada,
current champion fend past cham
pions Deb Copenhaver, Post Falls,
Idaho; Casey Tibbs, Nemo, South
Dakota and Bill Lindcrman. Wal
la Walla, Washington. All four
have been money winners at Red
Bluff in recent years.
. Canada Will also be represented
in the bronc riding by two for
mer Canadian champions, Bob
Robinson,. Calgary and Lyle Smith,
Donalda, Alberta. Robinson was
Canadian champion in 1955 and
1956, with Smith the titleholdef in
1954.
Other event champions who will
compete at Red Bluff include Har
ley May, Oakdale, California; Har
ry Charters, Melba, Idaho and
Wilbur Plaugher, Prather, Califor
nia, steer wrestling.
Dean Oliver, Boise, Idaho, cham
pion calf roper will have tough
competition from Dale Smith, Cen
tral, Arizona and John Bowman,
Oakdale, California, both former
champions. , . '
Competing for the first time at
Red Bluff will be Benny Reynolds,
Melrose, Montana, 1958 "Rookie
Cowboy of the Year." Young Rey
nolds, is a real -comer and is a
threat to the All Around Champion
ship title held for the past three
years by- Jim- Shoulders'. Reyn
olds won a host of fans with his
"yup" and "nope" answers last
year on the TV quiz .program
"Name that Tune."
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif; (AP)
Veteran actor Edmund Lowe
was discharged from Doctors Hos
pital Wednesday after a month's
treatment for a chronic virus in
fection and vascular complica
tions. The 67-year-old actor plans
to resume a movie' role in about
three weeks of additional rest.
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OFFICIAL VISIT
MOUNT SHASTA Mrs. Lucile
Gaynor, Weed, who is deputy
worthy matron of OES District
2, will pay her official visit to
Sissons Chapter No. 175 OES Wed
nesday evening, April 22. Mrs.
Eugenia Astmann, worthy matron
of Sissons Chapter, has arranged
an interesting program to honor
the visiting dignitary. Mrs. Ast
mann urges all members of the
order to attend this important
meeting.
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