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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1959)
PAGE FOURTEEN HERALD AND KEWS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON SUNDAY, JUNE 7, in?9 Chamber Of Commerce Triggered Park Nineteen Years Ago ' . .... . . . r- i a jf 4- -; -. - n w ) 1 v 1 j -ri : toi I -r; . . U 4 V THE MALIN PARK, looking from top of hill, where original settlers first saw their land, toward present high school and elementary school in background. Swimming pool top is to the left below the hill. Plans for building the park, now es timated to be a quarter of a million dollar investment, orig inated in the Malin Chamber of Commerce. It is considered by park and recreation authorities throughout the Northwest to be one of the finest parks in several states. Not one cent is owed on the property for improvements. Operation is on a current paid basis. Hundreds and hundreds of man hours of work have been donated by interested citizens to ground improvement, many of these hours by Mike M. Stastny, re tired Malin rancher and park board chairman and Emit Poliv ka, retired rancher and member of the board of directors. iest Wishes TO MAUD INI ON THEIR 50th ANNIVERSARY From Your . . . Pacific Supply Cooperative "We're Growing With The Klamath Basin" Our best wishes to the members of the prosperous, up-ond-coming ogriculturol community of which Malin is the center. Our longtime business association with the Malin community has been o pleasant one which we hope to continue. Again . . . Congratulations to Malin on a half century of progress! SAVE TIME.:. MAKE MONEY Drop In At The"Crce P"... Petroleum Products. Fertilizers, Chemicals. Feed & Seed Pacific Supply Cooperative ... Sure Sign for Farmers Kkmarti Foil Phone 2 4456 TuW1o.lt . fhone 7-1931 ' Hotfield - Phone Merrill 2189, Tulelok 7-1151 Furniture Wows Public MIAMI BEACH. Fla. (UPD- The furniture in Miami's new air terminal is as popular as its jet planes. "Everyone who sees the furni ture gets sort of goggle-eyed," said Frank Fitzgerald, chief en gineer for the aluminum firm (Adams Engineering Co.) which produced it. Travelers have ordered it for their homes, and the company plans to offer it to hotels, motels, doctors and other institutional buy ers. Chairs are gold anodized alu minum, couches are upholstered in turquoise, orange and "Maple sugar" colored plastic. No weld ing joints are noticeable. The makers claim the furniture will last just as long as those old wooden benches travelers once sat on and it won't show its age. John Block, 21-year-old appren tice jockey, is a brother of vet eran rider Henry Block. Nineteen years ago in 1M0. the board of directors of the Malin Chamber of Commerce talked about building a park to be used free of charge by all who came to seek relaxation. , By the fall of 1943 the proposal had caught the imagination of the Malm community and donations large and small began pouring in from public spirited citizens and merchants. Dick Henzel, Klamato County rancher headed a commit tee to handle the funds. Cash donations since then have approximated $160,000. As the project gained momentum a park district was formed to encompasse the area from Adams Point on the west, the state line south, east ' to include the Loveness Lumber Mill and north to the line of hills separating Malin from Poe Val ley. Land within this perimeter only, comprising the Malin Com munity Park and Recreation Dis trict, is on the tax rolls for park taxation. Officers were elected with Dick Henzel. president, M. M. Stastny, A. Kalina. directors, and T. A. (Ted) DeMerritt appointed as sec retary. Funds derived from tax millage for maintenance are approximate ly $12,000 annually. Area of the park is about 30 acres. Twelve acres have been landscaped and other sections ol the park are being readied for further plantings. The board, some years ago, bought an entire gar den nursery, moving shrubs and trees to the park location. Construction on the swimming pool was begun in the spring ol l!!48 and the pool was officially opened in July 1949. The pool is a Class "A" type, 105 by 45 feet, containing 200.000 gallons of soft water, automatically heated, chlor inated and filtered. Approximate ly 30.000 persons from Malin and surrounding areas use the pool eiich year. It is headquarters for a far reaching Red Cross youth swim program that brings children from southern Klamath County, north ern Siskiyou and Modoc counties for lessons under accredited in structors. In 1958, 820 children took 10 lessons each, transported to the pool by buses. The smail charge made for use of the pool makes it largely self supporting, paying for labor and chemicals. Airs. Artie Mae Johnson ana Mrs. Amy Kolkow are in charge of the pool and instruct the swim ming classes. In 1954 the building once occu pied by the Malin Cheese fac tory, located on the park ground. was bought and remodeled into a public meeting place and library It is now used nearly every day without charge for meetings and public functions. The building con tains two meeting rooms, public library and fully equipped kitchen. Cost of the land and cost ol con struction has totaled about $210,000 the pool and bath house. $125,000. The board of directors estimate (CntiiiaeJ a Page 15) PHARMACY Drugs Liquors Sundries Veterinary Supplies Medicines TMleloke, Calif. Ph. 7-1512
