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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1964)
Mospital I 1 i - w -r. -. " huu sa 1 f . V . .,-. , r . .... A CONSTRUCTION AND DESTRUCTION Two of the biggest new, stories in Klamath County during the year concerned both construction and destruction. On the "eon ,tuPtioLn".,jide was the $834 000 addition to the Kiamath Falls Post Office. The sides of the buildings are being extended out and the interior of the building is being re- v k HOSPITAL BORN A new hospital was born Nov. 2 when ground was broken on a hillside site for the $3 million Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital. The ground breaking was the culmination nf months of work to raise fundi for the hospital. The four-story structure is now rising, built by a Rosoburg firm under a $2.09 million contract. Shown here breaking ground are, Irft to right, Boyd Sanderson, hospital administrator; Congressman Al Ullman, and Jim Stilwcll, head of the fund-raising campaign. -1-1 1 ' ' .44 DEER HASSLE The Oregon Game Commission and the Oregon Fish and Game Council hassled bitterly during 1963 over, the status of the Oregon deer herd and the best methods for maintaining end improving the herd. Here, a group of interested eitiiem inspect some bitter brush, a prime deer food, during a "show me" tour o.f; ranqelands in the county in AdhI conducted b.v the commiitinn wkirk .alii.;..: it.r h daer herd ii of adequate viKiivKu uim io sD'iiei or ; if ?i 4 it i v J -t , , ' J N "" I1 i . Wj l t site. Tie cyu.rTiflcIf" rrfa'ininii me c o nj r3,v;i.iT',,5- . i.'. f '4 1 4 vVHa5H Jtoy wf-ewr r. .1 .-u 'l-l i-.Avs.y. the taii ff d. jrfl jt'Kd:;ha; Toppedloffll modeled. The work began the work is being done by the Work Savr Body Company of Seattle, the post office is being housed in a Klamath Avenue garage. Photo at left was taken from the roof ot the post office, showing wooden forms for concrete being built. At right is the School Problem Also Made News By DAN WALTKKS The community bonds Innclli cr -to build a hospital. 11 splits over the host way of educating Us children. A new campus rises on a hill side. And an old lumber mill burns in the cold nilit nir. These are I he elements of news the constant explosions of mind and matter as man seeks to live with man and these are the elements nf the news of Klamath - 10fi:i. II was like other years in the way that each man is like an other. But it was dillcront in the same way. Life came to many almost. I, (XII) babies born in Klamath Vallcv Hospital. And death also came to some peacefully, to others vio lently. II is perhaps significant that the m o s t outstanding news event of the year is also a ban ner of community pride. A campaign to raise funds for construction of t h e 141 - bed I'reshvlerian Intercommunity Hospital in Klamath Falls opened in March. Virtually every scRincut of Ihe community got behind the campaign with time, effort and money. Weyerhaeuser Company and its employes donated more than in jht cent of the goal. Auctions, a Mardi Cirns, a car wash and pennies from school children money from all wont inlo the pot. April 21, it was announced thai more than $1 million in cash and pledges had been raised, Willi that total assured. I h e hospital site was dedicated Mav l'i. with Arizona's Son. Barry (loldwater delivering an ad dress. Hovd Sanderson was named hospital administrator d u r i n s ' l lie summer and federal funds i to aid construction were pledged in August Todd Construction Cumpanv oi iioseiHU'g was awarded the w m minion contract tor con- s.'iicuoo ami ground was nroK- en .soy. s. hoik on me tour- siory mowing is now under wav the culmination of months of effort on behalf nf Ihe commu nityand indications are thai the hospital will ho operated on a debt-free basis Another news story that pro vided continuing Interest throughout the year was that of school district Woiig;fnizit-ion. It was a, cI'ii.iA'a'ot'ivJ year for school i'ii'iu-. which bait -bur n fHi-'if 4 iijsaussion Kr ssSvii a.!! j ii'.nis) lit V jstion Bifril?. fl itiWii ;.rs i Jime W.hi'!Kffi,ci(ylifli to tw-mn i mix-- aw late in the summer and i ynroJ 4.1 ..... ulm ' But after this show of public opinion, school officials and in terested citizens worked on a plan to divide the county inlo two districts resulting in the county court's adoption of the so-called Wiard Street Plan. The plan, which was unveiled in its entirety Dee. 10, lias yet to face the public in three hear ings next month, and then at the polls. T lirce of Ihe persons who were mixed up in the school re organization problem during the year were placed in that posi tion in May with their election or reelection In local school boards. Ilollin Cantrall was roe'sct ed to the city elementary school board and Conrad Borsting was reelected to his seal on Ihe Klamath Union High S c h o o I board. Lou Kcllison was elected to a spot on the KU board for the lirsl lime. Tint election, on May 7, also saw the approval by the vot ers of the largest budgets in history for both city school dis tricts. And in another big election. Klamath County citizens voted "no" o-l on t h e legislature's Jim million tax measure Oct. 15. It was a banner year for con struction, not only of the new hospital, but of a new cam pus In,- Oregon Technical Insti tute nearhv. a new lire station at Mitchell Street and Shasta Way. an Vft'll 00(1 addition an l remo,n!in 'r'v at the Khm"'h I'alU Post Ollice, a bridge over Ihe Link River for Highway !17 at the end of Main Street, and 1 an overpass on Washburn Was lii carry traffic over railroad ' tracks. ! The new campus for OTI is being built on a site north nf Klamath Falls and is sched uled to be completed in time Inr occuoancv in the r.ill I'M. Two classroom kniMinr. have been completed and ministration building, a libraiv catcteria and a gymnasium partially completed. Work cd late in Ihe vear on dormitory Also slated for construction near Ihe OTI-bospital complex ' is a new fire station and a new Baptist church. The year saw tile completion of a new high school at Chilo q u i n. Ihe enlargement of the high school at C.iichrist and the announcement of plans for con struction of a new high school at Henley next year. Construction was completed on Hie Klamath Extension Project, w hich brought Hxxisands of ad ditional acres unties ImgaWon. The fnniliiies vwne dMli'aaleyl in. iMi1H)orai.iiS!jj)i News' Events tn PAGE 8 A f - y NEW GYMNASIUM The gymnasium of the Oregon Technical Institute campus is shown in this photo. Each of the four pillars in the building contains a staircase 5 i it 1 , - - FIRST COUNTY PARK Klamath County dedicated fM first park in July Hagelstein Park, 10 miles north of SMwrneth Falls on Highwev 97. shown in thit Danarmie oij. Bat launching facilities were added during the j fff destruction" of a train which occurred when a Northern Pacific freight derailed near Algoma Nov. 4. More than 25 cars of the train left the tracks and two cars were thrown into Upper Klamath Lake. HERALD 1 4 it a 1 s'. If - , T I i . vr. s w.. ,- e,i ,'U u i. '.i'TriSE'. AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Oregon to the upsfairs gymnasium. new campus northeast of be finished by next fall. year to the park, slated to become the firit In a series ot parks administered by the county government. Land tor the park was donated by William Hagelstein ' Wednesday, January 1, 1M4 V The gym and the rest of the Klamath Falls is scheduled to "3
