TAGE 4 A
HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Friday, January 1, 1960
Community Looks Back
Over The Past 10 Years
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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