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Newspaper Page TextTAGE 4 A HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. Friday, January 1, 1960 Community Looks Back Over The Past 10 Years r I I I " " ' ' ' ; '"1 ' y NEWEST BUILDING on Weed's main street, this pumice block Littrel automotive parts house, is owned by Joe Acquilla and managed by Angelo Giorgis. It is another step in the Steady growth and progress of what is probably the largest unincorporated town in the country. Population has reached a husky 5,000 and the chamber of commerce has estab lished a committee to study tho possibility of incorporation. iiMniiiTnfiiiiiJiiiiiiimatiiwtnriii)iMi THE MAJOR FACTOR in the rapid and solid growth of Weed has been the merger of the Long-Bell Lumber Company with International Paper Company. The huge plant em ploys about 1,200 of the town s residents. Horo is a view of the box factory and planing mill area. Since the merger of the two companies in 1956, the capacity of the plywood plant has been doubled. A now planing mill will be ready for operation after January I, and future plans call for enlargomont of the offico quarters. World Cheers In 1960; Future Hopes Buoyant Py THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A high-hearted world cheered in 1!)C0 lorlny with buoyant hopes that good days lie ahead. In most countries, It was one o( the gayest celebrations In years. Many national leaders saw pros pects tor mounting prosperity, and a more stable peace. h such a mood, millions made merry with shouts, songs and shc-n.-'.nigans, while church bells tolled and bands played. Thousands turned New York's Times Square into a reveling sea of humanity. In Home, showers ol pots and buckets cascaded into the streets at midnight. Auto horns blared on tho ave nues of Paris, and fireworks banged a salute In German cities. Scottish bagpipes wailed. Cham pagne flowed in the restauran'.s of Vienna. It was a spirited farewell to the old decade, and a gladsome greet ing to the Sixties. Optimism, was the dominant note. British Prime Minister Harold Mncmillan, in a special message, looked forward in. 10 to "'relict Irani the heavy burden of arms." U.S. Secretary of Slate Christian A llertcr noted, despite unaltered conflicts, "a new atmosphere ol h'inefulness for the solution of world problems." In both East and West, there were predictions of economic health and growth. The projected spring summit conference under lined the outlook for peace. President Eisenhower, recently returned from his memorable world tour, observed the holiday with friends and family at his Au gusta, Ga., retreat. Across the nation, communities welcomed Iho new year with tradi tional festivities, frolic and church services. Parades and football games were Uic highlights in sev eral places today. Tor Hie Soviet Union, the cele bration was mostly in homes, but i:i rr . nil .Tv tff'-l ' , ft , Moscow's streets were crowded and sparkled with decorations. Premier Nikila Khrushchev teasled in the new year at a Kremlin parly with government officials, scholars and artists. A .Moscow radio commentator s; id in a broadcast beamed to North America: "two is dawning under happy auguries. Although the path to peace may he rough and thorny, mankind is neverthe less marching lurward along the path with steady strides." West German Chancellor Kon rad Adenauer predicted Western strength will hold lirm. and said the "acute threat to Berlin has been beaten back fur the mo ment." I'-ench President Charles de Gaulle foresaw "expansion and progress" as Hie keynotes of ltitill. Even in trouble spots, there was jubilance. Every amusement place in Taipei, on Formosa, was packed. All was quiet on the off shore islands, the Chinese Com munist guns silenced for the holi day In Cuba, despite government wa'nings of a possible yearend in vasion attempt by anti-revolutiun- ary forces, the country was in an exultant mood. It was the first anniversary of the banishment of dictator Fulgcn cio Batista, and Havana's plush casinos and night spots swarmed with celebrants. In Tokyo, Japanese launched the new year by scrubbing their homes, polishing their streets and stepping out in new hairdo's anil diess a tradition symbolizing a fresh start, in body and spirit. INSTALLATION PRACTICE All officers for I wo and install ing officers of Prosperity Iicbekah Lodge will practice for installation at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, January 3, a' the lOOF Hall. I Dog Patient Pnl To Death STANFORD, Calif. (UPH - A mongrel dog was painlessly put to death Thursday after living cisht days with the transplanted heart of another dog. Doctors who ) performed the he;.rt transplant at Stanford Med ical Center said they decided to end the dog's life when they found an inlection in its body. Tney said they wanted to remove the heart for microscopic study More it was affected. The surgeons said the dog would have died soon, at any rale cither from the infection or from the host-donor reaction involved in transplanting organs fiom one animal to another. The mongrel lived longer than any other animal which had un dergone such an operation. The previous record was seven and one-half hours. Participating in the operation vvue Dr. Norman Shiimvvay, Stan ford professor of surgery, and Dr Richard Lower, resident surgeon at the center. A veterinarian. Dr Raymond Slofer, also was in at tendance. Dry Year MOUNT SHASTA-Frnnk M. As hell, U.S. weather forecaster for the Mount Shasta area, announced at noon Wednesday, December 30 that with no more prospects for precipitation than existed then, the fiist half of the present weather year would go down as the third driest since records were begun in ltwtt. A light snow falling Wednesday v.as classed by Ashell as being n more than frost from clouds thai held life moisture. Nl'RSKS TO .MEET The Licensed Practical Nurses Association of Area 8 will conduct a regular monthly meeting Mon day. Jannaiy 4. beginning at 7 30 p.m. in the county library, 126 South Third Street. By LL'CILE GAYNOR WEED Weed, with a population of approximately 5.000, is probably the largest unincorporated town in the world. For 50 years it has been one of the major lumber manu facturing centers in the Pacific Northwest. Known as a company town, yet diversified with privately owned businesses and homes, the whole community thrives. Various tax districts are set up through the county to meet the needs of the unincorporated town. A steady progress has been not ed over the years. Several proj ects begun in the early 1050s, have added to the growth and develop ment of the tf'.vn. PRELIMINARY plans to formu late both the Weed Recreation Dis trict and the Weed-Shastina Fire Protection District were in their initial stages during the past dec ade. After the services were in operation, they were added to other tax districts, including the Shas- iina Sanitary District and the Weed Police Protection District. Remodeling of the sub-county courthouse at Weed was completed in early 1951 and the Weed Police and Weed Justice Court set up of fices there. Reorganization of the Weed Golf Club, improvement of the old course and building of the new clubhouse was underway in early 1951. Rural mail delivery in the out lying areas was inaugurated in 1952 and house-to-house foot delivery be gan in 1954. The improvement and rerouting of Highway 99 south of town and extensive building along the south entrance to Weed since 1932 are notable. The Golden Spur Motel, Dom's Drive-In Cafe, The Town House Motel and Andreazza Drive- In Liquor Store have all been con structed during that period. Other additions have been the Rizzo building for the Rizzo Liquor and Grocery and the Highway Cafe, numerous service stations and re modeling and building of the Y Cafc and Motel. An old landmark, the Log Cabin Hotel, has been torn down and in its place stands the Flying-A Service Station at the Main Street and Highway 99 arch way. The recent addition of new units to the Pilgrims' Rest Motel, now known as Hi-Lo Motel, indi cates future growth for the town. THE WEED Chamber of Com merce organized in 1954 and has been active in community better ment since that time. Improved main street lighting was one of the first projects undertaken by the chamber. Annual celebrations have been geared for proceeds to go to community projects. Merger of the Long-Bell Lumber Company' with International Paper Company November lti, 1956, was a major change here and is figur ing greatly in the progress of the town. Since then, the capacity, already large, of the plywood plant has been doubled; a new million dollar planing mill will be ready for operation after January 1; fu ture plans include cnlargment and modernization of IPC office quar ters. The IPC operation at Weed is an integrated wood products plant, processing 90 million board feet of timber products annually, with pine, fir and cedar the primary spe cies. About 1,200 employes work in the sawmill, planing mill, sash and door factory, box factory, plywood plant and the wood preserving plant. In 1958 floodlights were installed through the untiring efforts of the Weed Lions Club, at the Legion Field for the Weed High School gridiron classics. The same year, the scoreboard was furnished by the local Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union. A multipurpose room with cafeteria facilities to serve both Weed Elementary and Weed High School students and fac ulty was added, also in 195B. RE FACING OF numerous bust ness houses on Main Street has improved the business area dur ing the past five years. The Vet erans Building, Adams Grocery, Center Pharmacy, The Oasis. Gan- im's Men's Store, Santini's Appar el, California Oregon Power Com pany olfice building and Upton's Mortuary have all renovated their building fronts. Latest building on Main Street is the new Littrel Parts store owned by Joe Aquila. Serving the recreational and so cial needs of the community, par ishioners of the Holy Family Cath olic Church built a dual hall for church and community use in 1950 51. Company employes from the Ten mint mill operations moved here in 1957, ballooning the population. The selection of a Weed site tor the College of the Siskiyous in 1958 was a big move in the progress of Weed, and in September. 1959. the doors of the school opened to more than 100 students for its first year. The cluster of modernistic buildings in a picturesque setting, backed by a view of Alt. Shasta, is located at the southwest edge of Weed. Development of a hous ing project near the college cam pus is slated to begin early in the spring of I960. Doors to a new Weed High School opened for the first time in 1959, coini.ding with the college open ing. The greatest excitement here In years was created November 5, 1959. when the IPC offered is com pany-owned houses and lots in the sub-divisions for sale. Within the past month and a half nearly 90 per cent of the homes and lots have been sold. MANY CITIZENS feel the com pany owned property sale will be the first step toward incorporation for Weed. Weed Chamber of Com merce is taking measures through a fact-finding committee to study plans toward that end. An engineer's survey has been made for the installation of a new sewage disposal plant for the Shas tina Sanitary District and the proj ect will come before the people for a bond vote in the near future. The new Weed Clinic, Inc., local cd at Main and Alamo has opened offices. The modern clinic was built on the site of the old Weed Hos i!al, another old landmark. H. L iidricksen, M.D.; Victor Thomp- on, M.D. and Dr. L. L. Johnson, dentist, opened offices there this week. Another doctor is expected to join the medical sta.f after the first of the year. Announcement of a proposed new building for the First Western Bank in Weed has been made, construc tion to begin in early 1960. This latest structure to add to the ex pansion of the town will be built on Main Street directly west of the Weed Courthouse. During these past ten years the organization of the Weed Business and Professional Women's Club has lengthened the list of organizations in Weed and is taking a lively part in civic Improvement activi ties. Today Weed is a vigorous indus trial and college center, having successfully out-lived its past as a roaring lumber camp and company- owned mill town. Residents find it city of interesting contrasts where, side by side, are seen the quite old and the brand rcw, the ugly and the beautiful. Here the bustle and noise of the mill area contrast vividly with the serenity of nearby woods and streams; the bitter winds and blizzard snow of January are forgotten in mid-sum mer warmth and mild, pine-scented evenings. Here the millhand, the college professor, the rancher, railroader. merchant, office worker, housewife student ... all join in the recre ational and cultural activities found in Weed today. Oregon Weather By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 24 hours to 4:30 a.m. Friday Max. Min. Prep. Astoria . 43 23 Baker ' 26 18 T Bend 29 18 .06 Brookings 48 30 Burns 27 16 T Eugene 40 29 Lakeview 25 10 .04 Medlord 40 23 T Newport 43 26 North Bend 43 28 .01 Pendleton 27 22 .03 Portland Airport 40 22 T Redmond 29 19 ,11 Roseburg 38 32 Salem 40 v 19 T The Dalles 34 V 24 Eastern Oregon Fair and colder tonight with low zero to 15 above. Saturday fair but increas ing cloudiness in the north during afternoon and chance of snow by evening. High Saturday 25-35. Western Oregon Fair and cold again tonight with some patchy valley fog. Increasing cloudiness Saturday with rain likely in the extreme north by evening. Low tonight 20-30; high Saturday 35-45. Easterly coastal winds 5-15 miles an hour, becom ing southeasterly and 10-20 Satur day. Northern Oregon Beaches Fair through Saturday with vari able high cloudiness. Continued cold. Variable easterly beach wind 5-15 miles an hour. Temperature range 24-44. Grants Pass and vicinity Gen orally fair through Saturday ex cept patchy early morning fog. In creasing high cloudiness Saturday afternoon. Continued cold. Low to night 18-25; high Saturday 35-42. FDR'S CRIB CAMPOBELLO, New Brunswick (LTD A heavy wooden crib once used by the late President Frank lin D. Roosevelt as an infant was put back in use this summer Christopher C. Smith, 18-month old son of the head of the National Arts Foundation of New York, Dr, Carlton Smith, slept in the crib at the Roosevelts' summer cottage on this island. VALLEY PUMP AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY . COMPLETE PUMPING SERVICE ALL MAKES REPAIRED Call TU 4-9776 2175 So. 6th St. FATHER AND SON greeted I960 together for the first time in five years when Charles A. McFarlan, right, Cheney, Washington, visited here with his father, Charles D. McFar Ian, veteran announcer at KFLW. It was the first time since 1954 that they had been together. A third Charles McFarlan should have been added to the picture, however, since the McFarlans have a younger son named Charles. The older son, his wife Dona and three children will return soon to Cheney where he is a student at Eastern Washington. ' Government May Seek Touhy Killer CHICAGO (UPI) The federal government may be asked to en ter the search for the ambush kil lers of prohibition era gangster Roger Touhy. Walter Miller, 57, the ex-police ergcant who was Touhy s body guard and was wounded in the Dec. 16 attack, said Thursday he is sure one of the two gunmen carried a sawed-off shotgun. Miller's statement could open the search to federal investiga ors, since federal law bans own ership of any shotgun with a bar rel shorter than 18 inches. Robert Tieken, U. S. Attorney for northern Illinois, said he would ive Miller's statement "to the appropriate federal investigative agency" presumably the fire arms unit of the Internal Revenue Service's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division. But Francis Daggett, a Chicago member of the unit, said "we would have to recover the prima facie evidence the gun" before federal agents could join the Tou hy probe. At Loretto Hospital, where he is recovering from "arm and hip wounds. Miller recreated the scene of the shooting on the front steps of Touhy's sister's home, where the aging ex-hoodlum had been living since .his parole from Stateville Penitentiary 23 days before. "I heard the sound of footsteps as we came up to the porch," Miller said. "I had my hand on the revolver in my pocket. But before I could come up with it, the first blast hit me on the left arm and spun me around. I fell on top of Roger as he went down just before mo. I propped myself up on my left elbow ... by that time I had fired three shots. 1 had two shots left and 1 drew a bead on the big guy. "I let both slugs go. I saw him stagger. I saw a short-barreled shotgun in his hand." Soviets Mull Forces Slash MOSCOW (API Soviet Premier Nikila Khrushchev told the diplo matic corps at a New Year's re cept ion Thursday night that the Soviet Union might reduce its armed forces without waiting for a disarmament agreement with the West. The Soviets would then trust to rockets for defense, he said. After mentioning his proposals for total universal disarmament within four years, which he pre sented in an address before the United Nations in New York last September, Khrushchev said: "If our proposals are accepted we are ready to dissolve our army any time and all our mili tary will welcome this decision "But if the 'cold war' expon ents drag us into labyrinths of endless verbal discussions, should we adopt the way onto which they want to prod us? "Shouldn't we do some think ing for ourselves, reduce our armed forces unilaterally and en trust the defense of our borders to rockets? " In The- Day's lews (Continued from Pago 1) chilly hours. The Pasadena Rose Parade is a lovely and inspiring thing. For sheer beauty, it is one of the wonders of the world. So far as is known, there is no payola connected with it. No rack ets. No obscenity. JUST BEAUTY. As one who refuses to believe the world is going to hell in a hand basket, I'm glad of what happened in Pasadena last night and the early hours of this morn ing. The modern world isn't all bad Nor is America all bad. 'Marty' Weds Mexico Star CUERNAVACA, Mexico (UPI) Actor Ernest Borgnine and Mexican star Katy Jurado were married Thursday night beside swimming pool in the garden of the Jurados' luxurious Cuernava- ca home. A religious ceremony and an other civil ceremony in Califor nia will follow. The bride wore a black cock- .ail dress and the beefy Borgnine a dark blue suit. The civil ceremony performed before 25 persons including four witnesses and no bridesmaids. will be followed by a religious ceremony when Borgnine com pletes a film he is making here with Gina Lollobrigida. It was the second marriage for both. Stork Doubles For Santa Claus The stork doubled for Santa Claus and delivered a baby girl to a for mer Klamath Falls couple at Sa cred Heart Hospital in Mcdford Christmas Day. It was also the new mother's 21st birthday. The little girl, named Brenda Noel, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Dearing, 2999 Diane Street, Ashland. Mother is the for mer Nellie Steers whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steers of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Dearin; moved to Ashland last fall where he is attending Southern Oregon College. Typhoon Harriet Leaves 2 Dead MANILA I UPI) - Off season typhoon Harriet headed toward the China Sea today, leaving in her wake at least two dead and an expected heavy damage to crops and property in Central Philippines. Harriet slashed provinces in southern Luzon, the Philippines' largest island, with 120 miles per hour center winds and skirted this city of two million population oni .New Years Eve. ,ci-3 USE 4" RUBBER RING PIPE THE PROVEN PRODUCT THAT COSTS YOU LESS AT PEYTON & CO. 835 Marker St. TU 4-5149 Fire Damage Termed High Suburban firemen said damage was considerable to a home at 4442 Austin Street occupied by Don Echcr which caught fire Thursday evening. They said a bed was destroyed. Fire spread to a wall. Smoke dam age extended to the entire house, they said. They were not able to determine how the fire started. Suburban firemen also made a run to a workshop owned by Charles Boleyn, 3717 Summers Lane, at 2:16 a.m. Friday. A mem ber of the family had built a fire in a stove there, firemen said. A defective chimney set fire to the roof which burned off. Shop equipment and the remainder of the building were spared. Oregon Technical Institute Fira Department personnel said no dam age resulted from a chimney fira in a home occupied by Louis Na tale at Wocus Thursday at 2 p.m. The single run made by city firemen was a mercy mission. They freed a little girl locked in her home at 720 Jefferson Street. Firemen removed the door and Manuella Olcson, 3, was free. Her mother had been stranded outside by a faulty lock. She called the department. Press Agent Dies In Iowa Justus Edward Scholtzhauer. 57. widely known as veteran circus press agent Justus Edwards, and a familiar figure in Klamath Falls lor 11 years, died December 29 in Burlington, Iowa. Death in the Burlington Hospital was attributed to a heart condition. He had en tered the hospital Christmas Eve. For the last 11 years he had served as publicity director for the Polack Brothers Circus, sponsored here by the Klamath Falls Shrine Club. Edwards worked for several years for Midwest newspapers be lore turning to publicity work for the Russell Circus, the Clyde Beat- ty Circus and more recently for Polack Brothers. KF Man Held On Drunk Charge A local man is being held in the city jail on charges of drunk and disorderly conduct and for con tributing to the delinquency of a minor. No bail was set. He is John F. DeShazo, 30 , 2211 Main Street. Police were called to his home at 3:40 a.m. New Year's Day by a guest at the DeShazo home. Police said Mrs. DeShazo com plained of her husband beating her and making improper advances to ward a juvenile guest. Oh, The Blazes! OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (AP) -"Four hours to go and we'll com plete December without a fire call," Fire Chief Chauncey Eiden told Police Sgt. Clyde Fullmer at headquarters. An alarm came in at 10:30 p.m. Firemen extinguished the blaze in a chimney at Sgt. Fullmer's Ihome. 4" RUBBER RING SEWER PIPE Meets Specifications For South Suburban Sewer Connections. ONLY i"C Per Ft. Til Ring Included IT.