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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1961)
o 4-H HEWS LOOKOLT Editor's Note: The following articles were written by Modoc County 4-H Club reporters as a project to .observe National 4-H Club Week, -March 4-11. LOOKOUT This year in our 4-H Club we started something new. We are having project tours every month. The members have to attend 80 per cent of these meetings. These meetings are good for the new members as well as the old er ones. They learn about live stock and how to feed and judge them. We have had two meetings. They wert held at the Marcel Kresge ranch. Later we intend to have a field day where all the stock will be groomed, weighed and shown At the first project meeting we studied the parts of sheep, hog: and steers. We learned how to pick a good animal. We were shown some different rations for We had our seconTproject tour l -d(Mrs,George la nd we covered different 'u " . m 1,c"a i H Sfskiycu Chambers Discuss Location For State Park MeCLOUD Chamber of com-! posed. He spoke against the sug- morce members f i om Yreka, ! nested par set-up. He said he ad Weed. Mount Shasta. Dunsmuir ' vocates multiple use of the na and McCloud met at McCloud lastjtional forest. He objected to large areas beini, made into state parks, week to consider selection for a state park in Siskiyou County. Carl Clements, Dunsmuir pub lisher, was chairman of the meet- lkuokl Baughman. California SHARON BRAY iGirl Picked For Study YREKA Sharon Bray, 16, Oroson Tower Company official of Dunsmuir. described his ideas on the feasibility of a 16.0OO-acrc forest service area near Castle Crags State Park. He stated it is one of the most scenic and primi tive regions in the county cent primitive and 50 per School, was chosen by the Amer ican Field Service as a foreign exchange student nndnr the AmprJ lean Field Service summer pro gram. An official announcement was Feb. breeds of livestock and how they may be recognized. We had problem on how to figure the cost! of our feed lor one day ana tne profit we would make for one day. , We arrived at a profit of 19 cents a day with a steer gaining!"' "-S. V i. nnnnrf, a dav at 25 cents a Yreka AFS chaPler- pound for the animal. Mrs- Ja Meamber. local stu- At our next project meeting we dent selection chairman, had re are to visit each 4-H member at celved l from the AFS head his home and see their projects quarters in New York, and hear reports and histories ofi Miss Bray is active in school care thev give their animals. land community affairs. She pointing out that scenic country will be spoiled by the presence of a large number of people having access to the area He suggested encouragment of private capital investment in rec reation projects to increase the tax base. He asked for federal development of parks. The site agreed upon by the ma jority attending the meeting was I. ...J il. ---..n- -a All nuns in miiu ill mic vcistitr su per , . , ,-i;.,ii f'l'tll I " JMIG Ml,.", IItlllHilJ legged-ovcr or burned-over land. Barney Hoffman, president of Mount Shasta Chamber of Com merce, stated that people from all states travel U.S. Highway 99. When they stop in this part of the county they stay three days and ask, "what else can we do?" Joe Belcastro, president of the Weed chamber, stated his group will back anything the county in Shasta County and mostly Siskiyou County. Camp Fire Girls Meet ETNA Kathy Webster, pres ident of the Ahwahnce Camp planning commission approves. f"'fi Girls, was presented a mem W. A. Ban, Siskiyou County bership pin at the family night1 supervisor of Mount Shasta, slat-dinner held at the Congregational i HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Oregon Sunday, March 5, 1961 PAGE T A rare I M. U fil W m:i vat . : ivvn-itf r. mm TULELAKE Maurice Strantz, cause of the wide, shallow basin: manager of the Tulelake Irriga- that the USBR wanted to get tlio lion District, recently snoke to land n1" discussion in shape Tulelake Grange members or flood control problems and oth- nn, is under construction four Photo by Peggy Walsh. SHASTA ROYAL MOTEL, 'planned as a plush resort and miles north of Dunsmuir. New Dunsmuir Mote! To Be Ready Soon ed he has assurance of state of- released by James B. McAdamsificials that they will cooperate oi Montague, president of the Barr said some specific site should be presented the plannin; Church on Feb. 17. Trail seeker rank awards were received by O'Lene Botts, Kathy Webster, Lynctte Hayden, DUNSMUIR The first units dollars. It is being built by a of Shasta Royal Motel will be;''!'"10" headed by Louis Be- ready for occupancy early commission. The forest service Belinda Hobson. Wood gatherer The leaders who helped with our tour were Glenn Kresge and Bud Khnuse. Some of the other club activi- member of the local Methodist ties this vear have been com-jVouth Fellowship Council and bined with the Bieber and Provi dence 4-H Clubs. We had a Valen tine's Day party1 at Lookout, rank awards were given to Ear line Carver, Charlotte and Char lcne Facey and Susan Norman. W'ohelo call was given by Mrs. Branson. Kathy Webster thanked the leaders and mothers for their help during the year. Mrs. Luck- of a park site and that water lensmeyer and Mrs. Towne were abounds west of Highway 99 and given a gift from the group. has agreed to bring Castle Lake Road up to a minimum standard, he said. He also outlined possible road connections in the 26 sections of land in the proposed park site. secretary of the California Schol- 0lbcl1 Apperson Jr., Mount arshin Federation. Yreka H i e h Shasta publisher, said water is School charter. She is an active, deciding factor in selection subdistrict treasurer of the MYF. She is also active with Job's Daughters, Bethel 69, and is cur- wilh both of the clubs being well rently junior princess. represented. Everyone had a good. Miss Bray was named student time and a large crowd attended We have a lot of fun with club ivork and have learned a lot of useful things about planning, lead ing, and carrying out our 4-H pro gram. Mike Duncan, News Reporter. MODOC TOILERS TULELAKE Our Modoc Toil ers 4-H Club has 27 members this year. Jerry MacKen is our com munity leader. Our officers are Don Osborne, president; Lyle Peckham, vice president; Shirley Zeiders, secre tary; Rita Williams, treasurer; Cheryl Bradley and Janice Lillar, song leaders; Billy Dart and Joe Bolesta, sergeants-at-arms and Kim Workman, reporter. . We have five project groups which are horse, sheep, beef, swine and clothing. All these groups have fine leaders who have them well organized. Kim Workman, News Reporter. of the month during February by the Yreka Rotary Club. She plays the French horn in the YUHS band. She likes play ing the piano, art, swimming and water skiing. She is also art ed itor of the school paper, "Bonan za." Her destination under the pro gram has not been . announced. May, Rex Tophigh, contractor, stated today. This part of a resort develop ment four miles north of Duns muir consists of 70 deluxe motel units plus a restaurant and lounge. Its construction is expected to cost in excess of a half million lotti of San Francisco and Stew art MacKenzie, formerly of Red Bluff. MacKenzie is here super vising construction. Shasta Royal plans call for an Olympic-size swimming pool and golf course when fully complet ed. A dining room and assembly building designed to house small conventions is also part of the master plan. Tophigh Construction Company of Mount Shasta is general con tractor for this initial construc tion. The motel will have its own water system. It is being built in a scenic wooded area. Rcod Cenfro! Problems Topic For Grange Speech er subjects pertinent to handling of lands under U.S. Bureau of Reclamation jurisdiction. He was accompanied by Cliff Lawrence, chief of Development lid Activities, USBR, Klamath Falls. His topic, "Disposition of Sump Land," included the infor mation that it would take from two to four years for ideas on disposition to be worked out, that the Clear Lake Reservoir provid ed the poorest storage area be- I.ACKS INTEREST WASHINGTON (UPI)-A travel agency's plan for a 15-day trip to the ancestral home of President Kennedy's family has collapsed. The Lanseair Agency of Wash ington oltered the tour late in January, billed as "a Kennedy tour to Ireland for all good men and ladies of the name of Ken nedy and their friends." . Far less than the expected 50 persons signed up. No one named Kennedy wanted to go. for revenue returns and said that hunters are opposed to home steading. Grangers, concerned with fu ture handling of the large acre ages of fine farming land not yet released by the USBR, sought in formation pn plans of the pnv ernment agency and the TID. Lands known as the League of Nations and the Frog Pond are still leased by the USBR to ranch ers. In answer to queries. Strantz stated that disposition of the land is "still in the thinking stage." and that he questioned if any branch of the federal government would favor homestead ing. His answer to a query "would hunters have priority on the land" brought a negative answer. Sixty grangers and other Inter ested listeners were present for the potluck dinner and meeting. WANT TO LEARN TO DRIVE? Phone TU 4-7690 not to the cast A minimum amount of com mercial timber is on the pro posed park land. Ice skating, ski ing, fishing and an area to accom-iLuckensmeyer, modate an estimated 2,000 camp sites are available in the select ed region, Apperson said. Charlence Dudley, Scott VaJey rancher, was the only one New Bobcats Join Pack MOUNT SHASTA The sym bolic arrow of the Webelo fash ioned into a scale was used to introduce bobcats into Pack 37, Cub Scouts, at the Blue and Gold Banquet given Feb. 24 at the Community Methodist Church. New bobcats are Bruce Birimi sa, Tim Freeman, Robert Light ner, Keith Herbert, Robert Brown, Mike Baldwin, Paul Weav er, Dale Small, Koss Pera, Dale Hodes, Chris Hakala, Sammy Murdock, Even Salmon, J i m School Play In Rehearsal The Camp Fire Girls are spon sored by the Etna Women's Club. Committeewomen in charge are Mrs. Lois Berry, Mi's. Verna Mrs. Marion Towne, Mrs. Vernon Branson, Mrs. Delmar Botts and Mrs. Don-! aid King. Candlelighting ceremony was op- presented by Charlene Facey, Be linda Hobson, Debbie Meyers, Kathy Webster, Nadine Zink, Lyn Siskiyou 4-H Clubs Plan Window Displays For Week YREKA A number of 4-H club is sponsored by the U.S. clubs in Siskiyou County are pre-1 Department of Agriculture. Land paring window displays to publi- grant colleges in each stale di cize National 4-H Club Week, reel local programs. March 4 through 11. I The University of California ad- Of the 35,193 4-H Club mem-1 ministers the program here, bers in California last year, 400 through the farm advisers of the were Siskivou County residents. Club officials offer those and ette Hayden. O'Lene Botts and the following statistics to make aware of the club s Susan Norman. Diamond Group WARNER MOUNTAIN ALTURAS This year the for mer Pioneer 4-H Club of Alturas was HivirfpH infn pa;l and wpct branches. Our east side branch maey; Alan Brownell, is known as the Warner Mountain Club and has 36 members. These members are enrolled in the following projects: iter, of ceremonies, explained the Hogs, one; beef, 14: sheep, 10;!scale balanced only with the forestry, two; cooking, 10 and I proper weight of boy, leader and clothing, 16. parent participation. Our club meets every second Other awards announced includ W'ednesday night of each month ed Skip Chase, wolf and assist at St. Michael's Episcopal Churchlant denneri Jimmy Luddon, den-j Hall in Alturas. Iner; Wayne Smutz, lion; Bobby! Besides our regular meetings, Soles, lien, Ronald Burgess, gold our club has already had one of arrow. the five livestock meetings sug gested before the annual Junior Livestock Show. This year our club also had a representative at the Junior Mem ber Show Committee meeting plan DUNSMUIR -under way for Dunsmuir High School s annual all-school play. The play will be presented on March 10 and 11. "Girl Crazy" was a big hit on Broadway as a musical and stu dents feel they have made a hap py selection in choosing the dra matic version of the famous pro duction. Leading roles are being played by Gary Girdler, Marcia (Jordon, Richard Kelby, George Drake, Larry Rochester, Sandra Smith, and Merlyn Bell. Two faculty members. Howard Williams and David Blount, are also members of the cast. Some musical numbers and dancing are included in the play, Wayne Kartn Lee, publicity, director, ex- Cook, Mike Cook and Pat Barn-!0iained. Mrs. Reva Coon is the um. director. Harold Walsh, serving as mas- Scholarship Exam Set DUNSMUIR Junior students! at the Dunsmuir High School plan to take the National Merit Schol arship Qualifying Test at the high school Tuesday, March 7, Delwin Clarence Brown, cub-iPoe, principal, announced today. This examination of education- Rehearsals are Difhtr WaIcaM Girl Crazy,"," "BIJ're, .i The appointment of Leo Weis field to a fourth term as presi dent of the Diamond Council of America was announced at the recent annual meeting of the coun cil. The meeting "took place in New York City's Waldorf Hotel The Diamond Council of Amer ica is an association ot jew elers throughout the United States, with a primary purpose of edu cating the men and women of the jewelry business in the study. of gemology and diamontology. Weisficld is well known through out the Northwest primarily for! Ins jurisdiction over 31 jewelry stores bearing his name, includ ing the Klamath Falls branch. Besides actively taking part in many civic and stale committees, Wcisfield is presently director for the Retail Jewelers of America and a member of the National Jewelers Association. the public status: Of the 9,729 adult volunteer leaders in the state last year, 132 were in Siskiyou County. Clnthinc Droiects both in the county and state arc most popu lar of the club's Home Econom ics Division projects. But Siskiyou youngsters under taking agricultural projects fa vored beef culture, while slate wide, most livestock clubs spe cialized in raising sheep. In the nation are more than two million club members. The Agricultural Extension Service in each county, v Siskiyou County farm advisers are M. V. Maxwell, Setlg Nelson and Bill Ruddiman. The 4-H program is designed primarily to educate youngsters in citizenship and the skills of agriculture and homemaking. w w 1111)1111 Him winiiniiiimni. raiMiiiii-rijftiii-irtitttiaai-iiiiin- mi WOW! LOOK! Deluxe Fowler 52 Gal; Vater Heater Fait Recovery 10-Year Warranty Reg 74.95 Less $15 Cal-Ore Bonus .. 15.00 You Pay Only Wash All Day and Never Run Out of Hot Water! Vern Owens' Cascade Home Furnishings 412 Main S!IW Ph. TU 4-8365 L. Engdahl gave the Rev. H. invocation. master, introduced the guests Mrs. Harold Walsh led the cub songs. Shower A Mistake MANILA (AP) Tomas de Guzman, accused of armed rob bery, might still be at large to day if he hadn't taken a shower. For two weeks he wore a wig. But he tossed off the toupe to bathe in an outdoor stall. Two de tectives nassinff hv Raw his dist al oeveiopmeni is mc i.im mng scalp above the enclosure. in ine acvtrnui annum luiujycui-ivM Demonstration MeCLOUD Allan Carter gave a demonstration of rock cutting. shaping, grininding, plishing and mounting of a stone at the Feb ruary meeting, of the Southern Siskiyou Gem and Mineral Soci ety meeting at the Lair, Feb. 23. A field trip to . Stoncy Creek is being planned by the group. A request for finished works was made for outstanding pieces to enter in the McCloud Lumber jack Fiesta and Yreka Fair exhibits. for four-year Merit Scholarships provided by the National Merit ning the year's livestock show and;Ce(jarvje Fair, and we take part sale to De new tne lirst part of ; the dress revue and livestock sla.-chin rnrnnmiinn Junc- Ishow in Alturas. I Many students who do not ex- No doubt each 4-H'er has learned 0ne way we serve our commu- pect to win a scholarship take a great many things from his ni(v ,s b fu,.nishing lrasn barrels'tTie test in order to learn more 4-H experience, and 4-H has meant i j..' ,u ..i, .. ahi ihir individual strnnuihs a variety of things to all of us. Wp arp taiipht tho nrnnitr i-ulinnu to feed our animals and the care , n cooking, sewing, ana Keep and grooming of show animals. "Z lbe,r livestock. There arc Then, after all the work and wor-!usua,'y several livcslocl( tours dur' Ty. we also learn how unpredict-"1 ear' able an animal can be just about Our club has open meetings dur the time everything appears under i"S which members give demon control, istrations on what they have We learn to help each other and ,canl;d tnelr projects. and dumping them quite often. about All our members learn through I a vreaknesses in areas meas- ureu in nils mi cc-nuui n-si, uc share at the pens at show time and also to keep accurate records.! Our 4-H Club, besides trying to teach us practical things to be used in our everyday life, has tried to serve the community by giving gifts to the hospital such as Christmas and Thanksgiving Day gifts made by 4-H members. Paul Dolby. ' News Reporter. LIKELY LIKELY Our 4-H Club puts on several events during the year. We have a jamboree that the members put on assort of a tal ent show. We have a dance ev ery year in April and our judg ing day is in May. The members help plan all these events. We also enter a booth at the Jessie Sphar, News Reporter. explained. Scholarship stipends are based upon financial need and vary from $100 to $1,500. Eight hun dred thirty-one scholarships were given in the nation last year to Merit Scholars. Final selections are based on school records, test scores, activities, leadership and outside accomplishments. ALL ALONE DENVER (UPI) State Sen. Dale Tursi, D-Pueblo, after hear ing numerous colleagues explain that a drunk driving measure un der debate would in no way af fect them personally, commented: "I guess I'm the only drunk in twice a month, this place." ported today. Heart Fund Drive MeCLOUD Donations to the Heart Fund drive put on by the local Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges totaled $512.25 with more funds yet unreported. Cotton candy sales at Die lo cal schools will increase the to tals, lodge officials said. 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