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HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Ore.
Sunday, February 26, 1961
Bids Received For County
Fuel, Food And Laundry
Bids were received Friday in!
county court for food and laun
dry services for jail prisoners and
for gasoline and diesel and fuel
oils.
Mrs. J. M. Eritton, wife of
Sheriff Murray (Red) Britton,
submitted the lone bid for jail
food. Her bid was 55 cents a
meal. Mrs. Britton attributed a
live-cent per meal increase in her
bid this year to "the higher cost
of food." She has supplied jail
food for several years.
Superior - Troy Laundry once
again was the lone bidder on the
contract for prisoner's laundry.
The bid included a wide range
of items and services.
Gas and oil bids were less than
irj I960. Shell Oil Company sub
rnittcd the apparent low bid of
19.49 cents a gallon for gasoline.
compared with last year's low of
21.05 cents (also by Shell). Six
other bids ranging up to 22.9
cents a Kallon were received.
The apparent low bid on diesel
oil was made bv Richfield Oil
Corporation 11.51 cents a gal
Ion. The low bid last year, by
the Texas Company, was 13.32
cents a gallon.
Fuel oil bids were also lower
this year. Shell Oil Company sub
mitted the apparent low bid ol
12.3 cents a gallon, compared to
last year's lows of 14.25 cents a
gallon by Western Oil and Burner
Company and Peyton and Com.
pany.
Savings to the county as a ra.
suit of lower gas and oil prices
would amount to approximately
$6,800. The county court is ex
pected to act en the bids next
Wednesday.
BASIN BRIEFS
: SUMMER LAKE
.MR. AND MRS. NORMAN TUR
NER of Lakeview were weekend
gliests of Mr. and Mrs. Van With
ers. . , - :
:MR. AND MRS. DICK MOSS
a)id family of Moses Lake, Wash.,
recently spent a week with his
grandmother, Mrs. Zilla Elder.
MR. AND MRS. NEWMAN
KIMES and sons of Klamath Falls
visited overnight Saturday with
Mrs. Kimes' parents, Mr. and;
Mrs. Guy Foster.
MR. AND MRS. BOB SMITH
of Portland were weekend guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith.
- MRS. DELMAR HAND was the
hostess on Feb. 15 for a meeting
of the guild women of Church of
Our Saviour. The women sched
uled March 1 and March 8 fori
painting the interior of the parish
nail. r
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: MR. AND MRS. JAMES FOS
TER attended the Sunshine Club:
progressive dinner and card par
ty in Paisley Wednesday evening
- MRS. ROY CARLO N substituted
at Paisley School last week for
Robert Buckley and Raymond
Dooley. . .
' MR. AND MRS. HUBERT WA
FERS recently had Mrs. Wagers'
mother, Mrs. Josephine Parkhurst,
as a guest. Mrs. Parkhurst teach
es at Kenf.- '
, MILES VERNON and Jerryi
Green of Paisley stayed overnight.
Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Evan
Carlon.
USS Cahildo, operating out of
Long Beach. The craft and crew
will participate in Pacific Fleet
amphibious force landing exer
cises soon.
"DENNIS THE MENACE"
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1 BEEN TRyNl TO TELL 30EV WHAT MAKES AN AIRPMNE
WORK. YOU WANNA EXPLAIN FOR AWHILE? -
FORT KLAMATH
THE ANNUAL blue and gold
dinner sponsored by Boy Scout
Troop 34 and Cub Scout Pack 34
will be held Friday, Feb. 24, at
6:30 p.m. in the CI Clubhouse.
Those attending arc asked toj,
Dring a not aisli, salad or cake
for the potluck banquet. Every
one is welcome.
MONDAY
THE OREGON REAL ESTATE
DEPARTMENT second of series
of certificate education programs,
Klamath Union High School, 7:30
p.m. Attendance limited to
censed brokers and salesmen
DEGREE OF HONOR, KC Hall,
p.m. Entertainment after the!
meeting.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
FILM, "Time and Two Women,"
Nickerson Hall, OTI Campus, 7:30
p.m.
n.. Tut AcunriATF.n PRESS Ifnr Ihe fnnrl distribution nrocraml
, ..... .. - , , . , ANNUAL CRAB FEED spon-
The Oregon State Welfare Com- is now before the legislature. H sored by Malin Cnamber 0f Com.
mission rriaay encouragcu uuuu-inas passca me acnaie, dui 11 isimcrce. Beginning 7 .p.m. Malin
tics to get into the surplus foodxpcctc(j meel opposition in the,Broadway Hall. Tickets available
Josephine County Starts
Distribution Of Surplus
Community CMan Confesses Killing
Medford Mother, Son
SUNDAY I BARBERSHOP CHORUS,
OREGON BEAUTICIAN ASSO- 'ard Hotel, S p.m.
CIATION Styling Committee dem
onstrations, Beauty College, 10
COW BELLE luncheon, Willard
PAST ORACLES potluck din
ner, Skasta Grange, 1:30 p.m.
Hotel, 12:30 p.m.
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS, Sa
cred Heart Parish Hall, 8 p.m.,
members bring articles of cloth-
MIDLAND GRANGE publ ic ing for layette.
spaghetti dinner, grange hall, 5
p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
FIRST CHURCH OF GOD, 2820
Altamont Drive, singspiration, 6
p.m. Social hour 5 p.m.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) Le Royigave this account of events after
Sanford McGahuey Saturday sign-pe double murder. McGahuey put
,a slaying of his girl friend and -Id s body in an apple bo
her 2-year-old son, Dist. Atty.
Mrs. Holt's body in a closet, put
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VETERANS OF WORLD WAR
I District No. 10 meeting, VFW
Hall. Lunch will be served.
County Dog
Tags Ready
With just three days remaining
until the March 1 deadline,
slightly more than half the dogs
in Klamath County are licensed.
This estimate was made Fri-I
day by County Clerk Charlie De
Lap, who will keep his office
open until 9 Wednesday night to
j. handle the last-minute flood of
license buyers. DcLap said licens
es for 3,500 of the county s esti
mated 6,000 dogs have been pur
chased.
After March 1, unlicensed dogs
are subject to be picked up oy
the county poundmaster. A $2
penalty charge will also be as
sessed. .
Poundmaster Don Libby warned
dog owners that their pets must
wear the tags that are issued with
the licenses.
Allen Holmes told a news confer
ence here.
Holmes said that McGahuey, 43,
admitted killing Mrs. Loris Holt,
32, in her Central Point, Ore.,
apartment the morning of Feb.
13 by beating her on the head
with a hammer, strangling her,
stabbing her twice in
1 in the closet and covered botn
I with blankets.
I The slayings were not discov
ered until Feb. 22. But before
they were discovered, McGahuey
returned to the scene of the crime
to remove any evidence that
might link him to it. He broke
in the front door, barricaded the Pnsse To Meet
'Dead Indian
Road Opened
Dead Indian Road has been
cleared of ice and snow and is
open for travel, Jack Kalinoski,
county engineer, said Friday.
County Road Department snow
plows operated on the road dur
ing the week to make it passable.
The road leads from Klamath
Falls to Lake of the Woods and
east to Ashland.
Kalinoski said the road would
be kept open, barring serious
storms and heavy snowfalls.
ihs nhoJidoor with furniture and then left
u,ilh a knifp anrl Ihon shnntinff al"gn " """" " culling
ko..j uim .oi the screen.
.1,.. Mn..h... ...iAi nn-jl McGahuey then
distribution program, but so tar,
only Josephine County has started.
In Grants P'-.ss Friday, me
Josephine County Court said it
make available to some
MERRILL
ANNUAL FIREMAN'S BALL
will be held Feb. 25 with Baldy
Evans furnishing the music. Danc
ing will be from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
MERRILL
MR. AND AntS. M. A. BOW
MAN have as houscgucsts
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Lcicvcr, e
hunting guide from Penticton
B.C., and Mrs. Bowman's broth
er, John Dillard, Monroe. '
LANGELL VALLEY
LINDA FERNLUND, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George Fern-
lund, was injured while skiing at
Warner Valley recently. She suf
fered a badly sprained knee.
Others in the party were Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Gift and Robin, Mrs.
Mickey O'Koefo and Cassio, Mrs.
Lula Pennor, Katie and Rickic
Walsh, Gene Pennington and Vir
ginia and Dale Noble.
House, whore some members say
the state can not afford the
money.
Mrs. Kathleen Bash of Medford,
at door and from directors.
NEEDS ONLY LIGHT
PHILLIPSBURG (UPD-A thief
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i, wenme ..H.v.u ."-,ariotlier wcilare commissioner, near here during the night and
low-income families from $4 to S5 i jd Msgn Coun(y reasonably Lried a ock from a lrap door to
close to adopting the distribution Saln entry to the cabin. Ihe state
I conservation commission reported
(JllglCl,,..
I VERN MAW and Gcorgo Car
lon were in Lakeview on school
business last Wednesday.
; GLENN HARVEY, George Car-i
Ion and Hubert Wagers attended
the Masonic Lodge crab toed In
Lakeview Friday evening.
MR. AND MRS. D. T. O'CON
NER were in Portland last week.
They visited her brother's family,
Mr. and Mrs. John O'Leary.
FORT ROCK
MR. AND MRS. LARRY BRY
ANT of Bakerslield, Calif., werci
weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Slitz.
iREV. ROBERT H. MULKEY
ol Bend, will lead the monthly
worship service of the Fort Rock
Community Sunday Scliool
Feb. 26 at 2:30 p.m. A social pe
riod will follow the service.
MR. AND MRS. BUD PARKS
and Mr. and Mrs.' George Lari
mer returned Sunday from attend-
ina the annual meeting of the
National Rural Electric Coopera
tive Association In Dallas, Tex.
The Parks visited her sister and
family and her parents prior to
the convention. A
' . MALIN
' MR. AND MRS. RICHARD
WEST of Brunswick, Ga., are vis
iting West's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lester West. Richard Wcst
has been In the Navy three years
and plans to enter school at Trcas
uie Island beginning March 2.
MRS. NORMA JEAN CARMACK
ajid son, Steven, are visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mlc
kfl, after spending two months vis
iting her husband's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Carmack of In
glewood, Calif. Her husband
Doyle, is with the Air Force and
ii stationed at Korea. He expects
tb return in May.
;FOUR H Girls of Malin have
Started a sewing class, which has
been divided into inree groups.
Norma Petrasek, leader for fifth
ipid sixth grade out-of-town girls.
(Jlara Scott, leader for fourth
grade, and Jenny Brady, leader
of sixth grade town gins, inesc
meetings will be conducted once
a week after school at the com
munity Hall.
: EARL F. WILSON, Navy radio
man third class, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Wilson, serving
aboard the dock landing ship.
BONANZA
MARTHA KELLER of San
Francisco was a recent visitor.
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Horton of Dairy. She had
been visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe heller Sr., Henley,
MR. AND MRS. MIKE DEAR
BORN, Mr. and Mrs. Art Mon
roe and Mrs. Claude Brown spent
Wednesday at Medlord.
LANGELL VALLEY Home Ex-
tension Unit will meet Wednes
day, March 1, at the home of
Charlotte C, rolls at 10 a.m. Lunch
eon served at noon. Project lead
ers for Parents Teen-age Rela
tionship are Colccn Nichols and
Maxine Brown. Any ladies inter
cstcd are invited to attend.
MRS. MARIE KELLER ot
Portland is spending two weeks
with the Rev. and Mrs. Eugene
Willis.
J. E. HOUSE has returned to
his home in Langell Valley after
spending several months with the
W. I. Houses in Medford.
MR. AND MRS. LLOYD
CRAWFORD and Tommy spent
the weekend at Ashland with Mr.
and Mrs. Mike Conley. They were
guests for Ihe SOC Fathers' Week
end.
COLEEN CARTE of Klamath
Falls spent a week at Dairy with
Mrs. Lester Jones.
MR. AND MRS. TED PEPPLE
of Grant; Pass spent the week
end with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Owen Pcpple.
MR. AND MRS. WALTER
RISSE and family have recently
moved to McMinnvillc. He will
work with the conservationist unit
there.
MR. AND MRS. CECIL HALEY
and Vei n recently visited Mr. and
Mrs. Carrol Howe at Salem. Thev
attended the bowling tournament
in Portland.
BONANZA WOMEN'S CLUB is
idVing a fun night March 3 to
aise money for the upkeep of
the library. There will be prizes,
games and refreshments. Place
will be announced later.
LLOYD AND ORAN HANK1NS
spent tlie weekend at Salem and
Portland and visited Oran's son.
worth of federal surplus food
starting April 1.
The Welfare Commission
adopted a resolution at its meet
ing at Portland to make available
to the counties any future funds
for distribution of surplus govern
ment food to the needy.
This, said a commissioner, will
assure the counties that they will
receive their share of any future
money available from the state, I
regardless of whether or not they,
have their food programs in ef-
feet.
Raymond A. Lathrop, a com
mission member who Is also a
Humble Oil
Ends Office
LAKEVIEW - Humble Oil and
Refining Company has closed
down its offices here.
In a statement issued by Frank
Pennington, remaining v reprcscn-
Josephine County judge, said the'3" f thc comPan)' hcre' H
the only item missing was
watt light bulb.
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the little boy, Rod Cameron Holt,
with one blow on the head with a
claw hammer.
McGahuey could not or would
not give a reason for slaying Mrs.
Holt, Holmes said. The district at
torney quoted the accused man as
saying that he killed the boy be
cause I was concerned about the
future welfare of the child with
the mother dead."
Holmes said that McGahuey
FUNERALS
Minnow Charge
Axel Erling Floren was fined
$25 in district court recently tor
using preserved minnows, not live
fish, for bait.
A previous reference to the fine
in the Herald and mews court
records stated incorrectly that
Floren was using live fish for
bait.
KLAMATH
DANIELS
Funeral services for Jules Daniels will
be held from me chapel ol Ward's Klam
ath Funeral Home Monday, February 27,
1961, at 2 p.m.. Rev. Vastle Johnson of
Ihe Church ol God and Christ officiating.
Concluding services and Interment in
Klamath Memorial Park.
McGahuey then caught s
freight train to California. He re
turned, via freight, two days ago
and went to a Medford restaurant.
There he was seen by Mrs. Holt's
estranged husband, Charles T.
Holt. Holt, who only a few hours
earlier had been released by po-!
lice after questioning about the
case, notified authorities and Mc
Gahuey was picked up and ques
tioned. He has been held since on
a check charge.
Holmes said that McGahuey
made an oral confession to jailer
Paul Hanlin and later made an
other statement which was trans
cribed and signed.
Members of the Klamath Coun
ty Sheriff's Posse will meet Tues
day, Feb. 28, at the county court
house at 7:30 p.m. and all those
members who will ride in the
Reno parade are urged especially
to be present.
The posse has been invited to
perform in special events there
March 11. The group will have a
practice drill Sunday.
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driveway
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ture company plans for the area
were left in an indefinite state.
The release said, "Humble Oil
and Refining Company has1 an
nounced thc closing of the local
office and all matters for Oregon
will be handled in the Eugene
otfice.
"The company is in the process
of evaluating all ot the informa
tion nn Iike Countv. and will.
Gary, who is receiving treatment ;in ,he ve,.y ncaP fllture maVe a
Initial food distribution will be
about 32 pounds per person, and
will average about 10 pounds of i
food a month after that.
This includes cornmcal, all
purpose flour, dry milk, rice,
butter, dried eggs, pork and
gravy, pea beans and peanut but
ler, Lathrop said.
A bill to appropriate stale funds
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iii s ii i iv y tv mj ii i 1 1 v
at a Portland hospital.
AIR. AND MRS. ERNEST
STRUCK have a new grandson
born Feb. 18 in Klamath Falls.
Thc proud parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Gary Atwood, their son-in-law
and daughter. Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Colwcll are paternal grandparents.
decision as to further explora
tion or releasing of all holdings
in Lake and Modoq counties."
BUILDS PROSPERITY
BI.Y
RF.V. AND MRS.
R. PRATT attended the annual
district council of thc Oregon Dis
trict Assemblies of God on Feb.
13. Rev. Pratt met the qualifica
tions for ordination and was or
dained on Feb. 10.
Firemen Combat
Spilled Chemical
Klamaln Falls firemen were
forced to don gas masks as thc
result of a jug of formaldehyde
CHARLES being broken in the basement of
Waggoner s Drugstore at Ninth
and Main Saturday afternoon.
The firemen used smoke cjec-j
tors to clear fumes from the base
ment and then mopped up the
Ichemical.
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