Former Pelican Butte Fire
Lookouts Return To Tower
By HL'TII KING
, The road to the Pelican Butte
Jire lookout tower on the West
kide of Upper Klamath Lake is
still rocky and steep and the view
of the lake country and the Cas
cade Mountains is as awesome as
it was 12 years ai,o to the cou
ple who honeymooned there.
Last week, Rev. K. Daniel Mon
tague, his wife Zoe, ( pronounced
Zo-eei and their three lively
small fry returned to the honey
moon cotlase atop the high buttc,
8,000 feet above sea level, where
tlx Montagues spent the first
summer of their married life.
They have been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Leonard and their
familir nf 111 V..rM. V ll. fp.
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nie pasior oi at. garnaoas
Kpiscopal Church in Glen Ellyn,
111., a suburb of Chicago, and his
wile laughed as they recalled
those days after tlielr marriage in
White Plains, N.Y.. and their
trip to Klamath Falls to visit kin.
This year they were accom
panied by son. Dan, 11, and
daughters, Melanie, 9, and small
Martha, near to being 7.
The young couple had met while
gliding the University of Chi
ta f, and after the wedding de
cided on coming to Klamath
Kails. They needed work. A let
ter came West to District Ranger
Bob Cooper, then with the Rogue
River National Forest. There was
only one spot for summer employ
ment to be filled and that was
Pelican Butte. The newlyweds ac
cepted. They bought a Model A Ford for
$100 in Klamath Falls and headed
up the mountain road. A mile
and a half down the trail theyj
encountered snow, a drift too high
to plow through, so Dan de
cided to top it with the "jitney."
They had reputation, remember,
of going anywhere at any time
Sonic Booms Will Result
From Kingsey Intercepts
In preparing for a defense cx-i
ercise of the Pacific Northwest
area, Kingsley Field has an
nounced that its aircraft will
cause a number of sonic booms
in the Medford. Ashland, Grants
Pass areas in the next two
weeks.
The F-101 fighters, speeding to
ward the ocean to make simulated
bomber Intercepts, will exceed the
speed of sound between the hours
of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. The planes
are assigned the responsibility of
protecting the area from attack
ing enemy bombers, and will be
utilizing the Semi-Automat-ic
Ground Environment System
(SAGE' to perform the missions.
Sonic booms, a sometime effect
of the supersonic jet. are made as
the jet flics faster than the speed
of sound 760 miles per hour. The
booms slay with Ihc aircraft dur
ing its entire flight, following
along behind very much like a
shadow.
Tlie sonic boom problem now
is unique to the military. But
within a decade, a multitude of
citizens will be passengers aboard
civilian airliners which will fly
coast-to-coasl laster than sound.
Tlie problem then will be immeas
urably more intense than il is
now.
Runaway Girl
In Custody
A lo-ycar-old girl who ran away
from her home in Oxnard. Calif.,
to be with her father in Klamath
Falls is in the Klamath County
Juvenile Home, Klamath County
Juvenile Officer Francis Mathews
has reported.
Mathews said the girl was re
mi'-ted missini! bv her mother and
(.icln.faiher last Wednesday and;
was later located in Klamath!
County where she was taken into!
custody by the county juvenile of
fice, Mathews said.
The girl was to he returned toj
Oxnard but a message Mathews
received later from the girls par
ents indicated that she should be
turned over to her father. Police
began seeking the girl's father on certainly enough for us to con
Thursday but as nf late Friday, tinue our own high-speed clforts
he had not been found.
Farewell Party
CHILOQUIN The Chiloquin
community is sponsoring a fare
well family politick dinner honor
, ing. the Frank Hale and Al Sam
pits families. Friends and inter
ested persons are invited. The din
ner will be held Tuesday. July
30. al 6:30 p.m. in the Masonic
Hall.
PARTY
GOODS
For YflUf
Annivtrttry Pfrty
SHAW
Stofionery
729 Main
under any conditions. But theorist is spending the -summer of
snow bank foiled them. Dan tried
to build a road over the drift but
the car was stranded, straddling
the crust, until summer heat
melted the snow. They hiked the
rest of the way to their destina
tion. During the rest u' the summer,
they haunted junk yards, they re
call, looking for cheap, used 21
inch tires to replace the ones that
were cut to ribbons on the rocky
road up the mountain.
Thev made the best of the flies
that hid in crevices of the old'af.0 after completing service
wooden tower, tlie times they had
to crawl under the covers to keep
warm when the icicles hung from
the catwalk, and the smoky lan-
'tei n ",a' sttac;' wnen "le B'nt'
blew.
They overlooked the wind that
blew the wash away the one time
the bride hung out the sheets and
pillowcases, they saw cougar
tracks, a bob cat and deer and
missed the bear that slid down
the mountain.
Zoe stood fire watch while her
husband was on the fire line, and
they laugh now about the twisted
jack they used that failed to do
its duty . . . about the late night
drive, the one time they were re
leased to see a show in town
when the car's wiring caught on
fire. To save the car from going
up in smoke, Dan pulled loose
the wires which in turn shut off
the lights. The rest of the way up
the mountain was driven by flash
light shined through the w i n d
srlield. They spotted 22 fires that sum
mer and had a snow storm ba-
o, e mey .e.i
Hie liny wood stove mat oaKeu.,
the sour dough bread and w armed
them front and back if they stood
close by the fire box, is still hid-
den away in a niche at tne tow
er where fire lookout Gail Sea-
One familiar form of the sonic
boom is thunder. It is created
by a bolt of lightning streaking
from cne area to another again
faster, than the speed of sound.
The sound is scientifically ex
plained this way: When an object
travels faster than sound, a shock
wave is generated, similar to
the wake of a molorbuat
The waves are strongest at their
point of origin in this case, the
plane's nose. After leaving the
craft, the wave travels like a
cone in all directions and becomes
weaker as the distance increases.
The sound slaps against the
ground ' as a wave does the
shore, but is greatly reduced in
intensity because of the dis
tance it has traveled.
The primary disadvantage to
the sonic boom then, is the
startling characteristic when we
humane intAriMVt it .1c a Innfl
"bang." The wave can do slight
damage, too, to dwellings winch i
have existing plaster cracks, and
has been known to break a num
ber of windows.
It cannot, however, start cracks
in plaster, etc., as the pressure
required to do that is consider
ably more than the sonic boom
has.
For damage, the military serv
ices have instituted a claims sys
tem, and Ihe government will
pay for damage proved to have
been caused by a sonic boom. If
a home is damaged, the resident
may telephone or wrile lo the
Base Claims Officer, 4(13th Fight
er Group. Kingsley Field, Ore.,
for adjustment.
In spite of its disadvantages,
which are outweighed by speed
of utmost importance to fighter
planes, the sonic boom must be
lived with. At the present time
scientists have no answer as to
how we'll conauer it. even though
they've researched the phenome -
non for almost 10 vears.
At this very moment, there arc
sonic booms over Russia. Thc
very know ledge that thc potential
agressors of the United Slates
have high performance aircraft is
to curtail their thoughts about
sending a mass bomber invasion
to destrov this nation.
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It wasn't all sweetness and light
in that honemton lrakout, the
Montagues recalled when they
came down last week from the
tower.
They remembered the day that
Zoe shot a boot of her husband s
square at him when he meddled
in her housewifely chores. It all
started when he told her how to
wrap the garbage.
Later in a sermon, he preached
on "How to get along." Keverend
.Montague was ordained a year
the Navy, stationed in Japan, and
earlier preparation or a career
in international economics.
The family is seeing much of tlie
West on this trip, will return to
Illinois by way of Yellowstone, to
St. Barnabas Church and the
fourth grade that Mrs. Montague
will teach when September rolls
around.
Women Fly
In Derby
Two Bakersfield women, re
lated to a Klamath Falls man,
Read Willard, Hew in the recent
17th annual 2,-iOO-milc Powder
Puff Derby that originated in Ba
kersfield, Calif., and ended in At
lantic City, N.J.
Mrs. Bertha Hull Haycock, the
pilot, Willard's cousin, and Mrs.
Priscilla Hall Spencer, co-pilot,
his sister, flew a new Piper Com
anche owned by Mr. and Mrs:
Haycock.
They were disqualified when1
j( lu,.nc( ba(.k , j;.,,
a(ter MicxinR (hcy had a
gas tank leak. The trouble proved
to be a stuck fuel gauge and the
two fliers were not short of fuel.
They carried the Key to the!
City of Bakersfield from Mayor
Gene Winer to the mayor of At
lantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard attended
a farewell dinner in Bakersfield
for the lady fliers. He was an
employe of the Klamath Fall:
Post Office as a route driver be-
fore retiring.
A.l.C. BRUCE BLONDIN
Blondlll Is
Top Airman
A.l.C. Bruce 11. Blondin, wea
pons mechanic for the 408th Con
solidated Maintenance Squadron,
has been named Airman of the
Year for the period from July 1
12 through June 30. 1963, the
Kingsley Field Information Office
has announced.
The 20-year-old airman was sc
lected ahead of 11 oilier nomi
noes hy a six-man selection
board. Each of the candidates had
been a recipient of the Airman
of the Month award during one of
the past 12 months.
As winner of the award, Air
man Blondin was awarded a $7o
check, a three-day pass, and a
three-month excuse from Squad
ron duties. Col. Edwin J. Witzcn
burger, commanding officer of1
the air field, made the presenta
tion and congratulated the airman
jdurinP!
.office.
brief ceremony in his
A graduate of Buys Town. Nch..
Airman Blondin entered thc Air
Force in February, 19fil and came
to Kingsley Field from Lowry
AFB, Colo., in October of the
same year.
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Today
10 TILL 7
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South 6th &
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Monday thru Sat,
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I HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Orr.
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VISITORS Rev. and Mrs. F. Daniel Montaque and children, Martha, left, Dan, II,
and Melanie, 9, right, have been guests in the home of Mrs, Montague's sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leonard. Rev. and Mrs. Montague returned to
Pelican Butte Fire Lookout where they spent 10 weeks after their marriage in New
York 12 years ago. They are en route home to a Chicago suburb, Glen Ellyn.
Coinword Players Foiled
Again;
EXPLANATIONS ACROSS
1. The direction of the WAND
or archery target might force an
archer to face the sun and ac
count for his poor score. Any real
archer would allow for the WIND.
0 Tho man ul,n ic Plfk'Fn r
jselected by his male instcad oj
doing the selecting shows indif-
ference and would deserve what
he gels, good or bad. The man
who is PECKED or constantly ir
ritated may have merely
made an unfortunate mistake.
An intelligent girl would nev-
ef be seen on the beach with a
silly ROBE. A silly RUBE could
be a relative or someone an intel
ligent girl felt sorry for and
was unwilling to hurt.
7. Any CORNER may suddenly
reveal the Happiness we seek if,
walking around it, we meet some
one important to us. Any CA
REER could not offer happiness
to all people.
8. Walking down a slippery
HALL that had just been washed,
a man complaining. He would be
less likely to hear a shout if he
was walking down a slippery
HILL.
10. A couple with arthritis mav
know a similar PAIR or couple
w ith the same trouble. If a couple
with arthritis knew a similar
PAIN, the PAIN would have to
be compared wilh some other per
son s PAIN.
11. Little children who SLOP
should be reprimanded. Little chil
dren who SLAP may be playing
i game where they SLAP their
hands together.
13. British FAGS or freshmen
it school serve boys in advanced
lorms and this habit can obscure
their vision causing them to ex
pect this servility when tliey leave
school. British FOGS can obscure
anvone's vision.
16. The SNEAKER or rubber-
soled shoe that blisters is often
small and narrow. The SPEAKER
who blisters or verbally scorches
someone deserving it is often big
and broad-minded in his effort to
eventually perform a kindness,
17. The value of a MAN should
not he based upon color hut a
MAP might require color to be of
value to someone who did not
want one in black and white.
13. A city might put considcr-
able money in an ANTELOPE one ierson would not be worth
ier its zoo. An employe of the while to another.
KLAMATH COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
FRI., SAT.,
AUG. 2 AUG. 3
2:30 8:15 P.M. DAILY
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL
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Sunday,
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A ction Ahead
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Im!a1nI 1a!nItIe1lopeI
citv might put a check into an
ENVELOPE for a zoo.
EXPLANATION'S DOWN
1. A sailor's courage could de
pend upon his WORSHIP and the
religious beliefs surrounding it.
Almost any sailor would have con
fidence in a WARSHIP today but
this would not necessarily give
him courage.
2. Queen Elizabeth might be
stow dedication upon a new
PEER if she wrote a book and
the PEER a was close friend or
relative. She is not as likely to be
stow dedication upon a PIER as
to nave someone oi less import-
dull (JO Jl.
3. Ihc CORE or inside reason
for an emotional upset is nearly
always obvious. When a CURE is
established, it is known and is
always obvious.
4. Mothers no longer have lo re
sort to Ihe okl-lushioned D1A-
l'l-.lt now that they nave necnmc,.as ,,. ,m.sn, . hrar th rfn.
disposable. The old-fashioned DIP -
PER is still in use m many places
with no real substitute.
G. A sour businessman might
have no scruples about BILKING
or cheating his partner. Scruples
would not be involved if he were
merely BALKING or objecting.
8. When a strict father is
awav. his children may e prone
to REBEL or resist other author
ity. Children are apt to play in
their own fashion but not to ItLV
EL or carouse.
11. Most crustaceans or shelled
arthropods including lobsters and
crabs have the same SMELL
They differ widely in the shape
and texture of the SHELL.
12. All of us should try to find
some worthwhile PEACE in this
world lor ourselves and for oth
ers. A worthwhile PLACE lo
Edition
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KLAMATH AUDITORIUM
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PAGE 5-
Kl. Advertised beer nearly al
ways shows some FOAM when we
pour it. As wo do so. it has very
little FORM.
14. An abbreviation for Steam
ship is SS.
15. People who starve them
selves are usually grouchy,
sulky and MEAN due to hunger
They are not LEAN but usually
stout and trying to reduce.
Judge Okays
Hoffa Trial
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPH A1
federal judge ruled Friday that
leamstcrs President James R
Hoffa must stand trial here on
charges of attempting, lo fix
jury.
U.S. District Court Judge
Frank Gray, Jr. refused lo throw
out a five-count indictment charg
ing the labor leader with conspir
ing in alleged attempts lo bribe
..,.,, .,.., i,im nn ,.,!1,.I,ns -
khai-lniT in an lllpnal lnhnr nau.
off.
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Gray also denied a defense mo-
lion to move the trial to another
city. Thc trial date was not im
mediately determined.
Hoffa, who allcnded the pre
dial hearings earlier in the week,
cjsions annou,K.c(. He went t0
Detroit by plune Thursday night.
The union boss could be sen
tenced lo 25 years in prison and
filled $25,000 if convicted. He and
10 co-defendants in the case have
pleaded innocent
The defense had asked Gray lo
throw out the indictment on a
variety of grounds, including al
leged leaks of grand jury lesti-;
mony, vague wording of charges
and the possibilily federal agents
illegally obtained evidence by
wiretapping.
The change of venue motion
was based on grounds that the
public in the middle Tennessee
district had been "prejudiced" by
news accounts of the Teamsters
chief's earlier trial
July !8, 19ti
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Special Units
Participate In
Military Plan
'Scrounging" has been a tradi
tional military operation ever
since warfare has consisted of
flinging spears and arrows at
one s enemies.
Translated to more polite lan
guage, scrounging means the
acquisition by begging, borrow
ing, or discretely obtaining, of
needed military equipment. Those
military units that "don't have"
scrounge from those that "do
have."
Such was tlie operation carried
out this past week by members
of the 8639th Air Force Reserve
Recovery Group of Vancouver
Barracks, Wash., and three Re
covery Squadrons under it the
9608th of Redmond, Ore., the
9tMh)th of Salem, and the 9610th of
Eugene
These units arc assigned the
job of operating emergency mil
itary airfields at civilian locations
in times of war or national emer
gency. To do tne jon. tney neea
literally tons of communications
equipment radio sending and re
ceiving sets, teletypes, and the
like.
But in setting up the recovery
program two years ago, the budget-minded
Air Force told the re
covery units, in effect, "find your
own equipment." For two years
the recovery group and squadrons
have been doing just that for
the most part "scrounging" sur
plus equipment from other A i r
Force unils.
But last week they carried out
the biggest "scrounging" opera
tion so far. Using a C-47 from
Kingsley Field In Klamath Falls,
where the group and three squad
rons were on two weeks' active
duty, personnel from the com
munications sections of the four
outfits flew lo McClellan Air
Force Base in Sacramento.
There they obtained some 6.000
pounds of needed communications
eauiDment four large radio trans
mitters, power supply units lor ra-i
dio and teletypes, receivers and
miscellaneous snare parts. All had
been declared surplus by McClel
lan AFB. Part of the equipment
n... in Kinxslnv the
........
balance sent by truck.
Once back at their home sta
tions the group and squadrons
will revamo the equipment ana
nut it in working order. It will
be used with other equipment al
ready obtained to establish a
functioning communications net
work between thc four units and
other recovery units across the
counlrv.
The four units were to finish
un their two weeks of active duly
training Sunday, July zb, ana le
turn home. Some 150 reservists
participated in the two-week lour.
Man Killed
In Accident
An Elklon man was killed about
10 a.m. Friday when he lost con
trol of his car while negotiating
a curve and skidded into the path
of another automobile proceeding
in the opposite direction, on
Highway 58, near Odcll Junction,
according lo information received
by Stale Police al Klamatn tans.
Dead is rrca Le uicmusum.
53, who was traveling east when
he collided with a westbound car
operated by II. Alden Bunker, of!
Winston Mountain School, Lenox,
Mass., resulting in injuries to the,
driver and his passengers,
including his wife, Judith, 27,
and Lucille Perry, 16, also of Len
nox. Those injured were transferred
to a hospital at Eugene by an
Oakridge ambulance. Thc extent
of their injuries is unknown.
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FOLLY OF FOOD Bruce Mackey of Alturas couldn't
understand why the hawk he found in his corral Monday
eveninq showed little or no inclination to escape un
til he dlicoverad that tha bird was so stuffed with food
it couldn't leave the ground. Sometime later Bruce lent
a helping hand by throwing his feathered friend into the
air for a successful take-off over the barn and a flight
to freedom.
American Legion In State
Shows Increase In Roster
Tlie Department of Oregon,
American Legion, announces its
total membership in the state ex
ceeds ils status of a year ago,
stopping a 10-ycar plunge and reg-
Officers Set
Crackdown On
'Litter-bugs'
ALTURAS Local game war
dens and the Modoc County Jus
tice Court will crack down on lit
terbugs. Wardens here said last
week that although Modoc camp
ers have a record of leaving un
usually clean camps in the past,
there are certain instances where
lilter is beginning to build up at
an alarming rate.
Abuses of the liltcrbug 1 a w
were noted at such spots as
South F'ork, Smith Flat and Dor-
ris Reservoir.
"We (eel that people here
should have fair warning of the
high fines that may be assessed!
violators of tiic law " wm-rtpns
ti. r:
"'"' """ '"
and thc tou.t 1)as assuleu us
they will back us all thc way
Thc wardens pointed out that1
if people have room lo take it
with them, they should have
room to take it back. A shovel,'
wardens said, is sometimes eas
ier. All litter should be deeply
buried if not carried home,
Ella Hall Gets
Kingsley Award
Ella Hall, resigning coordinalorlannounce for the alternate NEC
of Hie Kingsley Field Family Serv
ices volunteers, has been selected
Volunleer of the Month. Mrs. Hall
has been instrumental in increas
ing the number of volunteers,
planning and directing orientation
programs, and coordinating thc
efforts of her chairmen and their
staffs.
I'he Family Services group is a
volunteer organization which aids
newly-assigned military personnel
and their dependents to settle
in the Klamath Falls area.
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"At the Windmill"
istering a "dramatic recovery"
which is also reflected in an up
turn in the Legion's national mem
bership status. As of last week,
the Legion easily claimed its ti
tle as the world's largest veter
ans organization with nearly 2,
800.000 members.
Some 3,000 Legionnaires and
their families will Irck to Pendle
ton for a state convention sched
uled from Aug. 1 through Aug. 3.
Many Legion leaders will how
ever, be in the eastern Oregon
city earlier for a Department Ex
ecutive Commiltee meeting which
convenes at the Tapadera Mo
tel on Wednesday, July 31.
The Department of Oregon's
membership chairman, William
R. Stevens, who is also vice com
mander and the only announced
candidate for department com
mander, attributed the rise in Le
gion membership lo "the need
for a stronger America in these
turbulent times." Stevens said the
Legion will embark on a revital
ized program in the forthcoming
year, commensurate with the role
asked of the Legion and the needs
li.f thp cnunlrv jis flip lninn an.
V ' '
uraises incm.
The newly-elected Department
Executive Committee will hold its
first session Sunday, Aug. 4, In
Pendleton, at thc call of the new
department commander.
Offices to be filled by election
at Pendleton are these: Depart
ment commander, department
vice commander, national execu
tive committeeman, NEC alter
nate, department chaplain, de
partment historian: nine district
commanders and nine district
vice commanders.
Candidates who've chosen lo
post are: Richard C. Younts,
Portland; A. C. Fricscn. Salem,
and Clyde Dickey. Portland.
Charles R. Draper, Albany, and
Karl Wagner, Eugene, seek Ihe
NEC position.
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