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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Marie Schlotfeldt, 3249 So. th
ft., has been asked to serve as
Klamath district representative of
Aerial Phenomena Research
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DEBBIE REYNOLDS
TONY RANDALL
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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.
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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-
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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.
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HERALD ANT) NEWS. KLAMATH
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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