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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1959)
PAGE 2 A Business News By FLORENCE JENKINS Tom Williams. Crater tik tit Innal Park superintendent, an Bounces two bid openings for work to be done at the Oregon Caves tome 55 miles from Grants Pass . . . bids will be opened at his offica in the park at 3 p.m. on June 23 for construction of a 4.000 foot aerial cable power line (to be hung in rreesi, 2.400 volt capacity, uncle chase, to connect with Cop co transmission line about three quarters of a mile from Oregon Caves, to serve the residence ol nark nersonnel at the Caves at 1 D.m. on June 25, bids will be opened in the Crater Lake Na tional Park offices. Federal Bldg., Medtord, by Williams for construe tion of a 3-bedroom frame resi dence with 2-car earage and facili ties to be located about a -mile nd a half below Oregon Caves . . . work includes installation of oil furnace for heating and electric cooking facilities. 1.200 foot water line. 5,000 gallon water tank and a 1.000 gallon septic tan ana oi r-osal field . . . Plans and speci fications on both bid invitations available only from Western Office Division of Design k Construction. National Park Service, woo ueary St., San Francisco. o- Boat and boat motor' sales are reported up this year by 10 to 50 per cent oy various nianuiac turers. . . . Klamath Basin resi dents will have an opportunity to see the latest in boats ana motors t the Klamath Yacht Club's first boat show on June 13 and 14 . . II uveitis free and to be an nounced and discussed over public address system so all can hear. . . . Oregon State Police ill nnlain state rules and regu lations applying to operation of hnati. . . . U.S. Coast Guard has been Invited to do the same job at tha federal level . . . refresh ments and meals will be available at the club, according to Tom n'Ham. who Is in charge of pub licity for the event . . . plans call for six local distributors to put on demonstrations. 0 Fouiser's Leon's. 525 Main St has been named the exclusive h.adauarters for "Frenchies by Nalhan," it is announced this week by Bert Foulger . . . this Is the offi cial shoe of the National Cheer leaders Association, according to Foulger. Tha father of the first baby born here after 12:01 a.m. on Fathers Dav will receive a beef roast, weighing the same amount as the Infant, according to Mrs. Homer DeLamatrr. president of Klamath County Cow Belles ... the Cow Belles' annual promotion, "Beet for Father Day." results each vear in a hie Jimp in consump tion of beef during June ... the beef promotion -Is a year-around project and there will be a Beef stew Dinner later in tne year, nirs DeLamater says. June is Dairy Month and the Klamath Country has the finest dairy products available anywhere . . . remember the dairy people's admonition . . . "You never out grow your need for milk." Klamath Fenre Co.. 1740 River aide St., Klamath Falls, has been awarded a contract for construc tion of 20 miles of barbed wire fence near Cedarville for the Bu reau of Land Management and James H. Davis, according to Mark Carman of the local com pany. . . . Klamath Fence Co. has added a new department in addition to fence construction. Car man states ... it now has for sal a complete line of cham link w,re and fittings, both wholesale A nationwide conference of high- level plywood executives win oe held In Atlantic City on June 15, 16 and 17, sponsored by National Plywood Distributors Assn. . . . Portland office is at 530 Terminal Sales Bldg. o Marple's Business Roundup, pub lished by Ellloi Marple. 407 Bay Bldg., Seattle, a twice-a-month business letter, observed its tenth anniversary in May with a double sue issue ... the double issue was chosen to giva perspective to present-day developments by highlighting some of the changes of the past Id years . . . "the second section looks to the chal lenge of the next 10 years." o Marie Schlotfeldt, 3249 So. th ft., has been asked to serve as Klamath district representative of Aerial Phenomena Research OeiM 11: aierous ww coMfor wn DEBBIE REYNOLDS TONY RANDALL PAUL DOUGLAS ir HI miO CLAUK UH Mitl If ml outAtcon . mfoCX08 JJ Group, whose national headquar- lers are at 51W nndlay St , e attle 18. . . . -Mrs. Schlotfeldt turned in the most complete de scription of the last "fire ball " reported over Klamath Falls about two years ago and was later asked to take a compass reading of the site from which she witnessed the phenomena . . . the is a business department employe of tha Her ald and News. Bids will be opened at 1 p.m. on June 9 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 878 Interior Bldg., Port land, for cinder base and crushed rock surfacing of S 25 miles of Bray Mill-Lone Pine Road, Klam ath Indian Reservation, six miles northeast of Chiloquin 'KIR P-2! . . . quantities, 23.500 cubic yards special subbase, grading B; 11,000 cubic yards crushed aggregate base, grading E ... at the same hour, the bureau will open bids for construction of reinforced concrete bridge on Ivory Pine Road on the reservation, three miles north of Beatty: KIR S-55'1) . . . plans with bureau office at Portland. Ray Summers and Keith George, from the Portland offict of John- son-Lieber Co. were Klamath Falls visitors during last week . . . they were introducing to local stores Container Corporation s new Pak a Picnic heavy waxed contain er for all outdoor eating . . . with disposable plates, cups, bowls and utensils, now the food - containers can be equally disposable ... the merchandise is expected to reach Klamath Falls in two or three weeks. 0 Bob Korris, federal game man agemenuagent. is home from six weeks m Canada where he cooper ated in a bird count and inspected nesting of waterfowl in the north . . . dry conditions prevail there. too, Norns said. Don't plan on quick whirl through Oregon's Centennall Ex position. . . . John Hyatt, exposi tion operations director, says it will take at least three days to- cover the attractions in the big 11 acre building and tha surrounding at tractions outside ... there will be something for everybody at the exposition opening on June 10 and running for 100 days ... a major feature will be the International Trade Fair with 21 foreign nations exhibiting as well as a large num ber of importers . . . from June 9 through 14 there will be an art festival in the Park Blocks In Portland. . . . Rose Festival activ ities will be held the same date with the grand floral parade on June 13 . . . Ice Capades at the Centennial Exposition Arena will open to the public the evening of June 12 ana run to tne w. William Wales. Jr., local civ and structural engineer, recently attended the invitational Pre stressed Concrete Seminar at Eu- ene. sponsored by Prestressed Concrete Producers Association of Oregon . . . representatives from Morse Bros. Preslressing. Harris- burg. Ross Island Sand k Gravel and Empire Prestressed Concrete of Oregon, both of Portland. formed the panel . . . principal talks on history, development and forecast for prestressed concrete were given by Dr. T. Y. Linn, professor of civil engineering. Uni versity of California at Berkeley and partner in T. Y. Linn k Assoc iates . . . prestressing concrete has really gained acceptance just since 1951. . . . loo.ooo pounds of tension per square inch is applied the beams, etc.. are heavy. weighing about 150 pounds per cu bic foot. . . . Dr. Linn indicated that the savings in labor and materi als through the use of precast concrete are more than offset by lr,n,Bort,tioll c0, i( hauling dis- loPIN DAILY 7OQ " .1 . v - ... . W rv -ir buck... r onaHo ' TftiBoof All the swhVy drama el Tennessee Williams' fvlM' Prixe Play It naw an tfce servant Ftorur o 8:05 & 10:35 TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY ALAN LUJD ; AND THEN STARTING THURSDAY AtOVHD THf WORLD IN 10 DAYS" - I I K' r be k x , PARADE organizers for the Klamath Falls Junior Chamber of Commerce are, from left, John DeShaio, chairman; John Hailbronner, music chairman and Bill Bright, chairman of floats. They need entries for their annual Fourth of July Parade. Dean Of Oregon Papers Celebrates 90th Birthday GRANTS PASS (L'PD Amos E. Voorhics. the dean of Oregon news paper publishers, celebrated h i s 90th birthday Saturday feeling much better "than so many much younger men I see." Voorhies is sun ousy every aay at the Grants Pass Courier, which he purchased 62 years ago when it was a struggling weekly. And re cently he served as grand marshal of the city's Centennial parade on Memorial Day. He now shares the publishing load with his son, Earle E. Voorhies. and his grandson, John E. Voor hics. His own working routine in cludes the filing of photographs used in his picture-conscious after noon paper, compiling of items from the paper of 30, 40. SO and 80 years ago used as a Saturday feature, and supervision of a 75th anniversary edition scheduled for publication April 3, 10M). He is known affectionately as "The Boss" to evervone in his own shop and to nearly everyone in town. Born on a farm near ireonviue. Michigan, Voorhies went to Port land alter graduating from high school and worked as a printing apprentice. Working on the Port land Sun when it ceased publica tion In 1895, he came to uranis Pass as printing foreman on the Oregon Observer. He lost his too tne next year Be cause of a depression. But he recalled today that a spokesman for a group of five local businessmen came to him and said: "Amos, you have made good here and we don't want you to leave. We know you and we want you to stay. If you will get Mr. (C. S.I Price to go in with you we will sign your note for $400." "This was halt tne tirst pay ment on the purchase of the Rogue River Courier, a struggling weekly paper then for sale," Voorhies said. Those men had also assured me in writing mat tney wouia con tinue hacking the nolo If at any tance exceeds 80 to 100 miles . . . it was reported at the seminar that four of the big precast concrete beams for the West Side Bypass broke on the 300-mile trip from Portland to Klamath Falls. trine Mr I - B,tV...I i I taCARSOtf As gootir... Juorra Anderson HERALD ANT) NEWS. KLAMATH ----11 lainiii ,i i mmmmtmTm?mm"m ' . - efT'l ( I W i k V h i I 111 WitriA kS time I had financial difficulties. I had not solicited their help and it was all a sudden pleasing shock. 1 wds a lung lime udyiuu inai ' note as I used all the money 1 ' "I was a long time paying that could collect as first payment on labor-saving improvements for the Louner. "At one time a prominent at torney called at the office and ad vised my one office irl to collect her pay every week, for I was broke. In fact everyone in town except myself knew I was broke, and even I suspected it, but I kept on. "It has been a great satisfac tion to feel that I had the confi dence of such friends." The Rogue River Courier be came a daily in 1910, and changed its name to the Grants Pass Couri er in 1919. Of his birthday Voorhies said: "There is a certain satisfaction in having reached within three years of the age of my father, who lived to be 93. I am now in much better physical condition than sa many much younger men I see that I have no complaints. "During the years that have passed there has been much hard work, many pleasure the memo ries of many frienksa both still alive and those whrflave passed on." r Asked if he had any advice for young publishers, he said: "In the new-paper business you cannot please everyone, some times not even yourself. You just have to have a determination to SMRDCT U ef: 4i1: n I ,- , i .i- - . I " ' "RIO DRAVO FALLS, ORFGOV work for the best interests of the community. "There are more good people than bad people in every commu nity." Voorhies' roots go back more than half a century in many areas of Grants Pass life. He has been clerk of the Bethany Presbyterian Church congregation for 50 years and a member for 64 years. He has been a Shriner and an Elk for 50 years, a member of the Oregon n . , , Press Association for a?" is a former president. And he has lived on the corner of Second and Southwest B streets here for 59 years. He has one great-grandchild Sandra Voorhies, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Voorhies. Stork Due Star's Wife HOLLYWOOD (AP) Mickey Rooney and the blonde starlet he said he secretly married in Mexico are expecting a baby in October. "I'm so happy I could bust!" the actor said by telephone Friday from Las Vegas, where he is ap pearing. Rooncy, 38. said he married Barbara Thomason. 22. Dec. 1 after a quickie Mexican divorce from Elaine Mahnken. his fourth wife. She divorced him in Santa Monica. Calif., May 18, but the decree won't be final in California for one year. Rooney said the coming birth announcement, only two days aft er his announcement of the Mexi can divorce and remarriage, made this week kind of hectic. He said his wife told him about the baby three months ago, while their marriage was still secret SDK) .?4lM (Hf. f?Ai (M l m I o f ll Shewn t 12:55 . 4:04 - 7:17 10:21 Ccr Opan TaWy t 12:30 Jaycees Make For Fourth Of July Parade0pjonLgW ; The Klamath Basin Junior I for the best all-around entry, aj ' - Chamber of Commerce Is deep into preparation for its annual Fourth of July Parade. Chairman John DeShazo an nounced that the theme of this year s parade will be "Parade of Time." to tie in with the state Centennial celebration. Winning entries win be those which best depict a phase of Ore- ory, modern or antique. As before, all types of organizations in the community are invited to submit parade entries. An entry blank is furnished on page 4A for that purpose, or they may acquired at Radio Station KFLW. 327 Main Street: at the Klamath Falls Branch of the First National Bank, comer of Sixth and Main streets: at Leo's Camera Shop. 836 Main Street, or at Rog ers. Jewelry. 717 Mam Street. Entries should be mailed to the Klamath Jaycees Parade Chair man. P.O. Box 407, Klamath Fallsr as soon as possible and no later than June 25. Twelve trophies will be award ed, including a grand prize trophy Plane Sags; Pilot Killed AKRON. Ohio (API Part of an inflatable airplane apparently col lapsed, and the Army lieutenant who was learning to fly it plunged several hundred feet to his death Two persons said they saw Lt Malcolm B. Wallace, 26, bail out after the tail of the craft col lapsed Friday. Because he was too low, his parachute did not open. military authorities said. Mrs. Warner L. Hughes, who lives near Goodyear Aircraft Corp.'s Wingfoot Lake, southwest of Akron, said the motor "sounded like it was missing. I saw the tail collapse and the wings fall off aft erwards. But a Goodyear spokesman said this was wrong, the wings did not fall off. He would not say whether they had deflated. An investigator said it had been determined the motor was missing before the crash. The body of the plane, made of neoprene - impregnated cloth, ' as are the wings ana tail assemmy, was still inflated after the crash. It landed about 500 feet from where the officer's body struck waist-deep water in a swamp area. Military authorities refused to give details concerning the crash, and the scene was seaieo ou. Planned mainly for rescue work observation and transportation the entire craft when deflated can be packed in a space tha size ol a wheelbarrow bed. Bottled air is used to inflate it, with the engine supplying air after lt has started. The greatest works of Beetho ven, noted composer, were com posed during his final years of total deafness. JaCaB Preparation;SolonsPaSS trophy for the float which best describes the theme and trophiesi for the best commercial, organiz ational and community floats. Other awards will go to the best musical group, the best mounted group, to those wearing best cos tumes, to the best matched pair of horses, to the most humorous and the most unusual entries, and to the best marching group. Others working on the parade are John Heilbronner, music chair man. Bill Bright, floats chairman and Frank Griffiths, publicity. The local Jaycees will also oper ate a concession stand during the National Championship Intercol legiate Rodeo to be sponsored by Oregon Technical Institute on the Fourth of July. Log Crossings Requests Okayed The state Public utilities Lorn- mission recently granted requests for four logging access crossings of public highways to lumber com panies in Klamath Falls and Gil christ. Weyerhaeuser Timber Company of Klamath Falls submitted re quests for three of the crossings. They are on the Ashland-Klamath Falls Highway 66 near mile post 37, nine miles east of Pinehurst and 13 miles east of Pinehurst. The Gilchrist Lumber Company was allowed to build a crossing on Highway 31 near Lapme. Crossings must be constructed and maintained to specifications put forth by state law "DENNIS THE MENACE" 'OOPS! Xxi ALMOST LOST" Ihey fought back to , . back at TECHNICOLOR0 CONQUEST OF THE EARTH'S LAST FRONTIER! IIISIV fca. - . V TT If ML I - "0 THE SEVEN CITIES OF ANTARCTICA racMsticoLO SUNDAY. JUNE 7. 199 A law pased by the 1959 Oregon- Legislature will permit county weN fare departments to place children' for adoption. Mrs. Julia Brown, county wel fare administrator, said the law becomes effective next January 1. At present, Mrs. Brown said, private agencies only are permit!' led to handle adoptions in tha state. Hera are other laws, affecting welfare administration: Administrators of estates of de-. cedents who had been on publie welfare must notify the State Pub--; lie Welfare Administration 10 days ' before accounts are settled. A 10-member joint interim com mittee was established to study the administration of public wel fare in the state. The committee is to be composed of four repre sentatives, three state senators and three members named by tha governor. It is to report to tha 1961 session." A bill sponsored by Sen. Harry Boiv in and Reps. Carl Yancey and John Kerbow, all of Klamath County, changes the name of tha Aid to Permanently and Totally Disabled program to Aid to Dis abled. ATTENDING WORKSHOP Jim 'Alien of the Herald and News retail advertising staff will be in Portland all of this week at tending the Bureau of Advertis ing Workshop. The workshop is an advanced training course for a selected group of newspaper ad vertising men. IT DOWN THAT HOLE.' - 1 cm icce ii si ill Hill. life v- IMJl J.l.l.irr-T
