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Medford
News 1947 Medford-related
news items from
1947. Also see
descriptions
of Medford and
Jackson County
for this year.
Crash of Navy Plane on Richter
Mountain,
Porter Fire Head Local 1947 News Stories
Crash of a PBY Navy plane on Richter Mountain in the Trail district on
February 13, in which four men were killed and two survivors were
brought to Medford, and a fire at noon on October 7 which destroyed the
Porter Lumber Company plant on South Fir Street occupied the local
spotlight for 1947, a survey discloses.
Following is a month-by-month account of local news happenings for last year. January
W. A. Mentch, Jacksonville, loses thumb and finger as barrel of shotgun
blows up in New Year's celebration . . . Mr. and Mrs. Dale O'Harra,
Talent, parents of first baby born here in 1947--a son, Dale Grover, on
January 1 . . . Flames destroy Camp Prescott barracks housing 13 . . .
Resignation of entire school board prompts unusual election in Dewey
District No. 29, Claud Hoover, Richard Payne and Wilton White named to
board . . . Dwight L. Houghton named to city council replacing Thomas
G. Bradley, resigned . . . Women veterans of southern Oregon organize
American Legion post . . . Glenn Jackson elected president of county
Chamber of Commerce . . . Grocery clerks, butchers meet for wage talks
. . . Mrs. Dewey Vincent first choice as Medford Safety Council's
"Careful Driver of Day" . . . Pacific Fruit Company announces plans for
modern warehouse here . . . City council asks [that] more land and
equipment for municipal airport be listed in supplement to present
permit . . . KMED purchase hearing opens in city . . . Crusade against
popcorn in theaters starts flood of "letters to the editor" . . .
Medford Concrete Construction Company employees strike over secondary
boycott measure.
February
Charles F.
Coffman, Central Point, dies of injuries in train-auto crash, county's
first traffic fatality of 1947 . . . Camp White site proposed for
mental hospital . . . Medford Concrete, Tru-Mix Concrete and Lininger
Sand and Gravel crews end strike, granted 15 cents per hour wage
increase . . . Four dead in crash of PBY plane on Richter Mountain, two
survivors brought here . . . Smoke-like puffs on Mt. McLoughlin look
like series of explosions, said caused by winds whipping clouds of
vapor . . . Fourteen thousand four hundred forty-three dollars
collected in county March of Dimes campaign . . . Jerome A. Fellows
shot by neighbor in quarrel over barking dogs . . . Southwest Airlines
to extend feeder airline system to Medford . . . R. D. Locke, father of
Douglas Locke, Arcadia, Cal. flier believed lost near here, arrives to
aid in search. No trace found.
March
Medco logging
train derailed near Eagle Point, no injuries . . . W. J. Bowerman
elected head of city school teachers . . . Forrest Wilson charged with
murder in poker game shooting of John Camden . . . P. M. Kershaw,
pioneer businessman and orchardist, dies . . . Bread prices upped one
cent . . . Frank A. Rogers, former city superintendent, dies . . .
Robert L. Lippert theaters announce plans for drive-in theater south of
city . . . Camp White use as mental hospital frowned upon by state
investigating committee . . . Clyde Fichtner, traffic officer,
seriously injured in auto-motorcycle mishap . . . Jackson County
Sheriff's Posse votes to purchase land for clubhouse, riding stables
and arena . . . Mrs. James Mullins and son narrowly escape death in
early morning fire in home . . . Bill for state acquisition of Camp
White goes to Gov. Snell.
April
Gov. Snell
vetoes Camp White bill . . . Local business tax approved by city
council . . . Senators Morse and Cordon introduce bill to make Camp
White veterans' hospital . . . DAR holds state convention here . .
. County starts first major road improvement work since the war .
. . Carlos Morris succeeds Larry Schade as city councilman . . .
Rotarians elect Walter Leverette president . . . Forrest Wilson trial
for slaying of John Camden starts.
May
Forrest Wilson
gets life term in slaying . . . Flagrant violations of building
regulations cited here . . . Arnold J. Brown, Prospect, held in slaying
of brother-in-law . . . Oris C. Crawford, recently retired as city
treasurer, dies . . . Jackson County Pomona Grange joins in fight for
lower freight rates in states.
June
Crackdown due
on parents who neglect children, District Attorney George Neilson warns
. . . Don Lane, Springfield, named to succeed Frank Hull as manager of
Chamber of Commerce . . . DAV and auxiliary open state convention here
. . . Proposal to exceed six percent limitation beaten in local
election . . . Maxine Bursing, 16, named queen of sheriff posse roundup
. . . Wave of drunken driving in valley brings stiff penalties . . .
District attorney announces curb on shooting of firecrackers in city .
. . Fidelia Boone named queen of Catfish Derby . . . Rogue River basin
conservation committee organized to oppose building dams in Rogue River
. . . Beverlee Mooney named Miss Medford in beauty pageant . . . A. C.
Lucas named state president of Eagles.
July
Medford Radio
Corporation favored by FCC as purchasers of KMED . . . Mrs. Gertrude M.
Snead, Eagle Point, drowns in attempt to rescue boy in Rogue River . .
. Flying saucers reported seen in Medford region . . . Judge H. K.
Hanna plans advisory committee to aid in handling juvenile affairs . .
. Fire destroys four houses, warehouse at Prospect . . . West Coast
Airlines inaugurates service to Medford . . . A. S. Rosenbaum, former
district freight and passenger agent for Southern Pacific here, dies .
. . Medford woman receives phone request for $1,000 on threat of death.
August
Three
Pennsylvania people die in auto wreck at Cascade Gorge . . . Man killed
in truck-auto crash at Big Y intersection . . . Wave of bad check
passing in city . . . Medford observes V-J day with gala celebration .
. . DeWayne E. Toulouse, ex-Navy veteran, held by Klamath Falls police
for hit-run death of Donald E. Mosser Jr. near Ashland . . . Mail Tribune gets okay on radio station KYJC.
September
Allene Owens,
Valley View, named champion in state fair contest for best 4-H beef
breeding project on exhibit . . . Herman Hill, 36, Medford, dies in
auto-train crash north of city . . . Man captured in attempt to rob
Groceteria safe . . . Sarah VanMeter, pioneer local school teacher,
dies . . . Early morning fire destroys beer parlor in Merrick building.
October
Porter Lumber
Company plant destroyed in noon fire . . . Most local restaurants to
cooperate in meatless Tuesdays . . . Mail Tribune station
KYJC goes on air . . . John E. Richard named county juvenile officer .
. . Anti-jaywalking drive planned here . . . New mercury lighting
system being installed on Main Street . . . Medford joins state in
mourning for Governor Earl Snell, Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell
Jr. and Senate President Marshall Cornett, killed in plane crash near
Lakeview.
November
Paul Selby
named president of Kiwanis Club . . . Rep. Harris Ellsworth hears plea
for more freight cars from local lumbermen . . . Local milk, bread
prices increase . . . Charles W. Davis, resident here since 1905, dies
. . . Transients, lacking in funds, create problem here . . . Father
Francis W. Black, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, dies following stroke
. . . Gov. Thomas E. Dewey takes high honors in poll of GOP candidates
conducted here.
December
City to license
more firms in added revenue campaign . . . H. D. Christenson named
president of Crater Lake Council, Boy Scouts, succeeding Larry Schade .
. . Dr. Edwin R. Durno home gutted by early morning fire, fire
department reported delayed by lack of water in fireplugs . . . Medford
hums with Christmas preparations . . . Rep. O. H. Bengtson, Medford,
again named to head legislative interim committee on juvenile
delinquency . . . Youth, 13, detained in county jail for knifing fray
with cousin . . . Mrs. Lillian Hamlin fatally injured when struck by
car . . . DeWayne Toulouse given parole in hit-run case . . . Ward
McReynolds, Medford, named chief inspector of state drivers' license
examiners.
Medford Mail Tribune, January
5, 1948, page 8
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