Local Employment Level
Continues Decline Trend
The employment situation
Klamath County continued to be
: dismal last month, according to
Klamath Falls office of the Stale
Department of Employment.
According to Guy Barker, office.
' manager, layoffs and hires prac-
tically offset each other during
the month. Unemployment was
-still more than 10 per cent of
the eligible work force, and was
running from 300 to 400 men high
er than in 1960.
There were 1,497 unemployed
workers claiming benefits at the
end of February this vear com-
pared to 1,153 at the same time
lUll JVC, lite IIU1I1MVI JL nvin'
ers registered for jobs was 1,879
this year and 1,412 last year.
"Although conditions have been
difficult for many workers and
businessmen during the past
year," Barker said, "there have
remained many sound basic eco
nomic factors holding Klamath
Basin economy above depression
level." Barker said the lumber
Industry appears to be holding its
own and several large construc
tion projects are planned for the
- summer.
' Barker said there are skilled
men and women available for
many kinds of work. Several qua!
ified stenographers and some ex
perieneed fales people and typists
are registered at the office.
Homeowners or businessmen
needing temporary help or work
ers for odd jobs are asked to call
the employment office at TU
4-7701. .
Don Wells
Dies Friday
' Donald B. Wells, 43, bookkcep
- er for 13 years for the Union
' Oil Company, died Friday, March
3, in the Marine Corps Hospital
' in Seattle. He had, been critical
; ly ill for some months.
Wells, born Sept. 3, 1917, spent
most of his life in Klamath Falls.
He was a veteran of the Coast
Guard and served during World
War II in much of the war area
and during the Korean War in
Alaska. He was a member ot the
retired Coast Guard reserves at
uie lime oi ueam.
Wells was a member of Klam
ath Falls Lodge 1247, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks, and
of Klamath Falls Lodge, Loyal
Order of Moose.
. He was also a member of the
First Christian Church and of the
Klamath Falls Stamp and Coin
Club.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Vivian Wells; two daugh-!
ters, Donna Lynn and Dorothy:
Lee; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Wells, all of Klamath Falls, and a
brother, Lloyd, Crescent City.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by O'Hair's Memorial
Chapel.
SHA Students
Top Winners In
Essay Contest
' Sacred Heart Academy students
picked the cash plums for the
1961 Americanism essay contest
sponsored by the American Le
gion Auxiliary. First prize in the
senior and junior divisions of $10
each and a second place prize of
$5 will go to the winners after
reading of their essays on "What
My Flag Means To Me," at a
meeting of the sponsors on March
7. Mrs. Loy Barker, contest chair'
man, will present the awards. The
public is invited.
First place essay entries go' to
Pni-t 9tlri fnt. data mmml Uinn
tinva vnafaA
tht amu enni juuuch in ine junior Division
appeal for support of;-
Crippled Children and Adults. Inc. '"cy. 'nine senior Division
Bob Diller is chairman of the I wcre, M,rs- H?d Goble and
mrs. can urqunari.
First prize winner in the junior
division is Maria Clark, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clark, 819
Plum Street. Second place winner
is Larry Wilkinson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Wilkinson, 918 Ad
dison Street. Both are eighth
grade students.
Evelyn Anderson, a junior at
Sacred Heart Academy, took first
place in the senior division. She
is a junior and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. I. H. Anderson of 3725
Shasta Way.
Mail Easter
Seal Appeal
Easter Seals
many homes for
versary appeal
work of the Oregon Society for
local campaign.
Spring colors . of green and
blue predominate on the attrac-
tive little stickers which include
two designs, one the lily symbol
of Easter, the other a picture of
a crippled boy on crutches sym
bolizing all children who have re
ceived care and treatment
through Easter Seal services for
40 years. . Both bear the mes-
sago "Help Crippled Children
Easter Seals 1961." The cam
paign closes Easter Sunday.
Diller urges all residents of
Klamath County to answer the
appeal of the 26,000 letters that
have been mailed out. "Easter
Seals have a three-fold objec
tive, he says. "They brighten i n. . I .
envelopes, tell the story of aid' IN DUI qiUI y
tt iha riinnlfiH anA tnnct imnnr.
tant, finance an all-out fight on CI1GPG6 HCTG
WINNERS IN THE 1961 American Legion Auxiliary Americanism essay contest have
been announced by Mrs. Loy Barker, contest chairman. Left to right are Larry Wilkin
son, second place winner in the junior division; Maria Clark; first prize, junior division,
and Evelyn Anderson, first place in the senior division. Winners get cash prizes. All
are students at Sacred Heart Academy.
Man Released
Snow Covers
State Areas
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fresh snow piled up Saturday
In the mountains and through;
most of Eastern Oregon. Fore
casters said all of the state will
get at least a few snow flurries
Sunday.
Judge Orders
Monday Trial
Mrs. Jane E. Rood, a bartender
at the Suburban Tavern, 46:10
South Sixth Street, was arraigned
in district court Friday afternoon
on three counts of unlawfully op
erntlng a game of chance.
Tliree citations were issued to
Mrs. Rood Thursday night after
she allegedly made payments to
state police officers for free
games on pinball machines. Tuo
of the citutions involved pinball
machines and the third charge
alleged that an officer purchased
lottery tickets (punchboard tick
ets!. ' ,
Accompanying Mrs. Rood to
court were her attorney, David
Vandenberg Jr., and tavern own
er Albert J. Franceschinl, 20f!0j
Portland Street. Franceschinl has
owned . the tavern for Hie past 10
years. He declined comment on
tlio arrest. '
Mrs. Rood was released on her
own recoenlianns. She has not
been ' officially arrested and no
ball Is set. Judgo linl F. Coe
continued the case until Mon
day at 9 a.m. for the entry of
a plea.
District Attorney Dale T. Crab
tree appeared for the state.
Davis Nominated For Chairman
SALEM (AP) - Robert G. Da-1
vis, 36, general manager of South
ern Oregon Plywood Corp. at
Grants Pass, was nominated Fri
day for Republican state chair
man, Davis, a lawyer, was picked by
a special nominating committee
headed by Wayne Giesy, Corval
lis. The Republican State Central
Committee will meet here March
11 to elect a new chairman to
succeed Peter Gunnar, who re
signed. . Davis has been active In politi
cal campaigns, but never has held
a party office.
Davis was district attorney of!
Douglas county from 1948 to 1951,
and served in 1959 as Douglas
County circuit judge. He Is a Uni
versity of Oregon Law School
graduate. .
FUNERALS
Two men were arrested Friday
and charged with a boarding
house burglary in Sacramento, but
the fugitive complaints filed by
the W.imath County District At
torney's Office were ruled invalid.
District Court Judge Hal F. Coe
ruled that the complaints were not
issued properly. Howard Moran,
one of the men, was released,
His companion, Richard L. Brown,
35, 1500 Oak Avenue, was held
penging a charge of buying, re-
ceiving and concealing stolen prop
erty.
Defense attorneys Richard J.
Smith and David Card contended
that the district attorney failed
to follow the proper form in draw
ing the complaints and issuing
warrants. Thev argued, and tlw
judge agreed, that the complaints
had to be signed by a com
plainant from Sacramento, where
the alleged crime was committed
Deputy District Attorney Sam
McKcen said he couldn't under
stand their argument so ' he
couldn't refute it.
Moron and Brown were charged
by city police alter several arti
cles reported stolen from a Sac-
amento .boarding house turned
up in Klamath Falls pawn shops.
Among the articles were a tele
vision set, a radio &nd an elec
tric shaver. Brown was already
serving 10 days in the city jail
on a drunk charge.
KLAMATH
SUNDAY
rROSPKRITY RKRKKAH No
104 mrmlxTs will attend First
Methodist Church 11 a.m. service.
RIDGE RIDERS III 'C KAROO
BREAKFAST, falrRrounds, 8 a.m.
OH1LLIR
Puntrtl itrvlctt lor PrnK "Babt '
Mautoltum, Redding, California, Monday. 1(0 nooil, public invited.
Mr en 6. mi. a? 11 a.m. Ktcuation
of tnt Holy Reary ftl Mourn SliAila
Mtmoflal Chapel, Mount Simla. Cali
fornia, Sunday, March 5, at I p.m
Rav. Jam! Caiay officiating. WardV
Klamath Funeral Horn In charge ot ar-rartgamants.
Jury Finds
Welch Guilty
In Burglary
A lo-man, two - woman lury
deliberated almost four hours Fri
day night before finding Robert
Dean Welch, 18-year-old Spring
field youth, guilty of the Jan. 2
burglary of Ihe Kingsley Field
commissary.
Foreman Guy Barker announced
the verdict at 9:45 p.m. to cul
minate a three-day trial. The
jury voted 10-2 for conviction.
. Welch showed little emotion
when the verdict was announced.
His mother, Mrs. Esther Mae
Turck of Springifcld, was in the
courtroom.
Welch had been charged with
burglary not in a dwelling along
Willi Tommy Lee Ellis, 25, 757A
McGuire Street, and Everett Gene
men, ai. urn jonnsor, oireei. Ai-t.ommi(CP. Counly j,, R. r
len previously pieanca guilty ana ,Bob, vv'alker, ro - chairman of
Welfare Commission Sets
Surplus Food Distribution
An agreement is expected toJ
be signed Thursday between
Klamath County and the State
Welfare Cimmisnon for the dis
tribution of surplus foods to wel
fare recipients and other low in
come families.
The County Welfare Commis
sion and county court decided Fri
day to initiate a surplus foods
program in the county after a
meeting with Mrs. Lucille Leon
ard, welfare director for Modoc
County, Ca'if.
Bill Smythe, director of field
service for the State Welfare Com
mission, will present the surplus
food agreements to the county
agencies Thursday afternoon. He
is expected to meet Willi Reuben
Larson, chairman of the County
Welfare Commission: Mrs. Julia
Brawn, county welfare administra
tor; Everett Metier, co-chairman
of Ihe commission's surplus foods
was placed on probation for five
years. Ellis has pleaded not guil
ty and will go on trial Monday.
Defense Attorney Glenn D. Ra
mirez had contended throughout)
the trial that Welch did not com-!
mit the crime charged in the in
dictment that is, breaking and
entering the commissary. Ramir-
the committee, and
the coiuity court.
the rest of
research costs and problems in
administration.
Cornmeal, all-purpose flour, dry
milk, rice, lard, butler, dried
eggs and pea beans are surplus
foods now available. Pork and
gravy and peanut butter are due
to be added to the list soon.
Larson said the food would prob
ably be stored in the basement
of the Veterans Memorial Build
ing. There is sufficient storage,
he said, and the welfare office
is upstairs. Jail trusties will be
recruited lo do most of the heavy
work. Repackaging, originally
thought to be a major problem,
required with the pea beans
and rice. Trusties could be li
censed as food handlers to put
tliese Hems m paper bags, Lar
son said.
It is expected that the program
will serve approximately 1,500
families in the Klamath County
Families on general assistance
and low income families will be
eligible. A low income family of
lour, lor example, is one in which
Unique Dance!
Team Feature!
Of Concert
Comedy and musical satire at
its finest are in store for mem
bers of the Community Concert
series when Myra Kinch and her
company present "The Light Fan
tastic." a dance revue, on Mon
day, March 13, at Mills Audito
rium. An evening of hilarious dances
is in store to provide concert
goers with the lighter touch per
formed by this brilliant company
of four.
Miss Kinch and her company
have been acclaimed in New York
and wherever they have appeared
on tour. Brilliant dance invention
and stunning costumes highlight a
unique, dclightlul experience
which places the accent on com
edy.
Community - Concert officials
urged all members to plan for
this next to last number of the
current series. The doors at Mills
Auditorium will open at 7:30 p.m
with the program slated for 8
p.m.
PAGE 4 A ' Sunday, March 5, 1961
HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Orcfoa
Men Returned
To Face Charge
Two ycing men arrested in
Klamath Falls Thursday were re
turned to Yreka Friday to face
larceny charges.
Dale A. Gibson. 20, Lakeview,
and Robert J. Schalow, 21, Mac
doel, were arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Del Summers on a Siski
you County felony warrant.
Summers said the pair was
surprised recently in an attempt
ed; burglary at the Kandra Ranch
near Macdoel. The men had al
legedly gained entry to a potato
cellar and a warehouse.
The pair was traced to Klam
ath Falls through a car left on
the ranch.
I 7i !
FIRST GLANCE gives the impression that this scene it
taken from a dramatic production of a giant spectacular.
However, closer inspection will reveal the comedy that
it actually portrays. It's a scene from the Myra Kinch
dance revue, presentation of the Community Concert
series scheduled for Monday, March 13, at Mills Auditorium.
REVIVAL CONTINUES
with
Rev. JOHNNY HOSKINS
Hear These Outstanding Messages Nightly
7:30 Except Mon. & Sat.
ASSEMBLY of GOD
8th and Oak Pastor Lloyd Fosner
ez said Welch merely "came into been made available and goverr-
contact with bad company
Deputy District Attorney Rob
ert M. Redding said Welch sat
truck outside the commis
sary and acted as a "lookout"
while the other two men entered
the building and attacked the
safe.
Ellis and Allen are said to have
used a meat cleaver, claw ham
mer, screwdriver and crowbar on
the safe without success. They did
succeed, however, in knocking the
dial off the safe. They allegedly
look some meat and cheese on
their way out of the building.
Welch testified in his own be
half, lie said he met Ellis and
Allen the afternoon of Jan. 2. El
lis allegedly gave him some cig
arettes that tasted kind of fun
ny." Welch said he knew of the
burglary plan but said he didn't
want any part of it
mental red tape has been ironed
out after on order by President
John F. Kennedy. I
a month. The
one person.
limit is $114 for
Klamath Counlv considered a llle to,al income is less than $226
similar program two years ago
but decided against it on the ba
sis that the costs of administer
ing the program were more than
the food was worth. Since then,
however, more commodities have
Drunk Charges
Are Dismissed
Drank
cliarges
Mrs. Leonard said the cost oflKlamath
the program in Modoc County has
been only about 15 per cent ot
the value of the food. In addi
tion, Mrs. Leonard said, the sur
plus food program has cut down
on welfare costs. A bill is pend
ing in the Oregon Legislature to
provide $400,000 a year to the
counties for surplus food programs.
There arc still some problems
to be ironed out in Klamath Coun
ty but the commission felt that it
vas best to proceed immediately
The motion to start the program
was made by County Commission
er Frank F. Canong.
Oregon was one of eight states
not using government surpluses as
of January. Since then pilot
The youth was returned lo the : Drar.,m, "i,,,,. -.i.ku.hi
county Jail to await sentencing in Maiion and Po,k countics to
next wcck.
and disorderly conduct
against a Pl-year-old
Falls man were d i s-
missed Friday when Municipal
Court Judge Clarence Humble
granted a demurrer by Defense
Attorney David Vandenberg Jr.
Dewey Mason, 816 Oak Street,
was arrested last Sunday night
after a city police officer said
he saw Mason staggering down
the street. The disorderly charge
was filed after Mason allegedly
wrestled with Ihe arresting offi
cer. Results of a blood alcohol
test showed Mason had a read
ing of .005 well . under the .150
required for evidence of intoxication.
Vandenberg filed the demurrers
on the grounds that tlie taqts
stated in the complaints did no'
constitute crimes. The city did
not oppose Ihe motions and they
were granted.
Homes need a Spring Tonic, Too!
Everything but the
Good Night
Kiss!
famous
MONDAY
AAUW GREAT BOOKS CLl'B
home of Mrs. Ira Kostcnbadcr.
1874 Melrose. Marx and Engcls
the subject.
KITIIS CLASS OF '47 Reunion
Committee, meeting. 7:30 p.m..
First Methodist Church, members
bring up to date address lists,
for Inlormntlon call TU 4-7428.
KWAl'NA
Willard Hotel,
welcome.
TOASTMISTRESS,
7:30 p.m., guest
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURS
ES, county library, 7:30 p.m.
KLAMATH
CLl'B, 2 p.m.
torlum.
FALLS' GARDEN
, city library audl-
Et'LAI.ONA CHAPTER of DAR.
Roland E. Wright,
Street, 8 p.m.
4 homo of Mrs
MAYOR BOB VEATCH bought ticket to the three act
comedy "Tender Trap" from young Gall-Putnam for the
opening night at Oregon Technical Institute, March 3.
Play by the Klamath Civic Theater was repeated Satur
day night and will be given again March 10-11. A per
centage of the proceedi will go to the New March of
Dimes. Sail, stricken with polio whan he was a small
boy, was aided by Klamath County polio fund. Fund il
now used for other research.
NEIGHHOHS OF WOODCRAFT.
KC Hall. 8 p.m., officers and
guards wear formals.
JOR'S DAUGHTERS BKTHKL
No. 81, Scottish Rite Temple. 7:30
p.m.
IIKNLEV JOB'S DAL'GIITKRS
Rethcl No. SI, Henley Grange
Hall, initiation, 7:30 p.m.
LC. Proctor, 61
Lakeview, Dies
LAKEVIKW-Lconard C. Proc
tor, 61, box factory superintendent
for tho American Forest Products
Company here fine? 1931, died
Thursday, March 2, in Lakeview.
Proctor was bom July 1, 1899,
in Mclson, Ohio,
Funeral services will be con
ducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the
Elks Lodge here. The Rev. Wil
liam H. Snyder will officiate. In
terment will be in Sunset Park!
Cemetery. The family asks that
memorial contributions be donat
ed to the cancer fund.
Survivors include the widow,
Helen, Lakeview; his mother, Ly-
dia Nash, Corning. Calif.; a son.
Ralph Ticc. Lakeview ; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Mina Decker, LaVarge,
Wyo., and Mrs. George Raker.
Drain, Ore.; a brother, Harold
P. Proctor, Corning, and a sister,
Mrs. Mina Clark, Bucyrus, Ohio.
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