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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1959)
PAGE "FOURTEEN HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON MONDAY. JUNE 1. 1959 Lone Negro Senior Fails To Win Graduation Credit FRONT ROYAL, Va. 'AP-The Mt senior among 31 Negroes at tVarren County Hih School here won't win the diploma she had county school board, which de cided it could not waive a state requirement of 16 credits for grad uation. Miss Rhodes has only IS. Already promised a $1,000 col lege scholarship by Negro Elks. Miss Rhodes is hoping she'll be unlikely there'll be one at Warren County High. The county thinks there wouldn't be enough students to justify the expense. The girl also has another alter native, which was pointed out by the school board. She can take a "high school completion" exami- nation offered hy the state and. if she passes, claim a certificate which would be the equivalent el a high school diploma. Miss Rhodes says she won't de coveted next month because she has one too few credits for grad uation. cide about taking the state exam Ann Rhode. 17, learned the bad able to pick up the needed credit until she knows for sure about the news officially F r I d a y from the I at summer school, but it seems summer school. i .. ; A "... ... .;.;f,.V..-i ... . .)-. " THE ANNUAL KFPA. Klamath Indian Reservation fir school was held in Klamath Falls last week with lookouts, fir crewmen and 'equipment operators and dispatchers from both services attending. Classes in all fields of fire control and fire suppression were held at KFPA headquarters at the Weed-Ashland junction. Following the school all look outs of both services were manned for the summer fir season. The picture above shows most of th attending group posed in front of some of KFPA's heavy equipment. I! X !-A !'? in i"f'A LAKEVIEW HIGH School boys who are going to Beaver Boys' State at Oregon State College in Corvallis from June 14 to June 20 are Bob Ackerman, Larry Welch and Milton Davis, all juniors. The boys ere sponsored by the Elks and Eagles lodges and the American Legion. Shown' here are Bob, left, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Ackerman, and Larry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Welch. - Photo by Jo Oeely Production Advances Told In Operations Of Sawmill PORTLAND (AP) - Logger, nd mill workers of the Inter national Woodworkers of America who voluntarily skipped wage Increase last year drew a sharp boost this year. , The Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. and union negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a two- year contract. The agreement, yet to be rati tied by some 8.000 Oregon and Washington workers, provides for an immediate 7'j-cent an hour cross the board wage increase tt also calls for wage adjust ments ranging up to 17 '1 cents an hour and a 2li per cent increase in June, 1960, for employes paid by the hour, with a five-cent an hour boost for piecework employ es at that time too. The union's Northwest negotiat ing committee chairman, Harvey Nelson, said the contract also would pay about VM cents an hour into health and welfare and pro vide a third week of vacation aft er 10 years of continuous service Nelson said the lowest wage scale in the current contract to expire June 1 is 11.82'j an hour but he did not recall the highest. Most of the skilled and semi skilled workers covered by the new contract would receive a chunk of the 174 cents of wage adjustments, he said. He said he did not know how many would get the full amount He said the tolal benclits in the contract with Weyerhaeuser are "as near equal ... as possible to those negotiated only the day before with Georgia-Pacific Corp . which he said carried a package wage increase equivalent to an . added 234 cents an hour more. "I feel it is a lair and reason ble agreement," Nelson said. He said he believed similar pacta would be reached with Simpson Logging Co.. Forest The Welcome Wa&on Hostess Will Knock on Your Door with Gifts & Greetings from iTriendly Business, Neighbors and Your Civic and Social Welfare Leaders dn the occasion of: Arrival of Newcomers to Klamath Falls No cost or obligation Phena TU 2-0834 Products Operators Inc. and In ternational Paper Co.. three ma jor firms still negotiating with the union. The IWA the year before pass ed a wage Increase voluntarily in view of the recession and the de pressed lumber market. First Lady Of The Land Hosts Elderly Guests WASHINGTON (AP) The First Lady had a smile, a handshake, a say word for each of her special guests even a kiss for some. All of them were at least 65, some over 90. Some were in wheelchairs. Some walked with crutches or Canes. Some were blind. But all waited with an expectant smile as they lined up to meet their hostess. Mrs. Eisenhower didn't disap point them. Under a tree near the Presi dent's golfing green, she stood on a square of pale green carpet in her pink silk dress and told them "1 am awfully happy you came Mrs. bisenhower complimented the women on what they were wearing.- worried that wheelchairs were sticking in ruts in the grass and vat the tKl-degree heat might be too much for the elderly guests. But they took it all in happy stride, . enjoying refreshments served at two bright red and white slriped awning stands. They sat on chairs and listened to the Marine Corps band in scarlet and white uniforms playing on a knoll across the lawn. A chipper lady of 93 even passed herself off as 80. It was wonderful for you lo give us this day, said blind Mrs. Alice Mott. formerly of Riverside, Calif. Floyd Jones, lying paralyzed on a wheelchair, held up a mirror so he could see Mrs. Eisenhower as she greeted him. With an embrace and a kiss Mrs. Kisenhower greeted 89-year- old Rebecca Clark, mother of famed Gen. Mark Clark. Mrs. Clark smilingly revealed sue had known Mrs. Eisenhower since she was a girl. A few had brought gifts for Mrs. r.isennowcr. Among them was Mrs. Eleanor V. Gerodette, whose fHther once headed the U.S. Bureau of Printing and Engrav ing. She cave the first ladv a photograph of the Gettysburg bat tlefield, made from an engraving. She said it had 'been in the family 50 years and she'd lone wanted to get it to President Eisenhower "but I didn't know how. Maj. A. C. Ehey. Livingston Tex., a White House aide, intro duced each of the guests by name to Mrs. Eisenhower. After the last of 514 guests had met Mrs. Kisenhower, the First Lady left the party, waving good bye. When some of the elderlv guests tried to thank her for the special treat, Mrs. Eisenhower said with a smile, "the pleasure's The phrase "according to Hnvle" stems from tdmond Hoyle (1672- 1769), who was an authority on card games.- Wmw 1 A Wards T 1 SimflkKy I J - y J wie-soc Crease-resistant drip dry cottons Sell nationally at 98c to 1.39 in fashion-new prints and solids Fa mod '. Governed cettons xclusiv at Wards Designer print First qualify, high . count, combd yarns -. 1 maximum shrinkage. The good behavior of these Governed cottons makes every day a Jtoliday; from the iron. Stay parade-pretty because they're mercerized for high sheen . . vat-dyed for color brightness. Priced right too, 36". 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