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The Gold Hill News The M ost Thoroughly Read W eekly in Southern Oregon, Published in the Biggest L ittle Tow n in the State VOLUME XXXIX GOLÄ RILL. OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1937 NUMBER Clean-Up Set For Friday and Saturday, May 14-15 So W Services Held For Fred Cornutt hat 1 Hy Ye Editor V A practice ha* been developed in (mill llill whereby each spring un uniiuul elean-up week I* observed, 'ibis week the council bu* act aside the week of Muy 1U to 15 a* clean up week and I* ottering "tree trans* portstion to the dump yard" for all nildiisb. All llu \ ask It Ihul the rubbish be placed in strong contain er* and in a convenient place for the ¡ruck driver to pick it up. The city bn* followed this practice for ii number o f year* mid the coopera tion of the citizens is well nigli one hundred per cent. The result i* that lucre is a marked ubsence of the usual unsightly pile* of rubbish be hind the residences und in the al leys thut is present in many town*. Annual clean-up day •« - practice ibid uny town Blight follow with profit. Every mun who bu* tried to slip in the bouse at night without dis turbing the wife marvels at the skill along Ibis line shown by bur glars. The story is told (but an old stuge driver was driving one day w th a friend in the seat beside him. A big horse, fly lit on the right lend horse’s ear. The old driv er unleashed bis long whip und picked off the fly without touching the horse Th' fen' ■¿as repeated several limes Io the delight und i mizcinent of Hie friend who mar- viled at the old driver's skill. As II k y drove along the road they passed uniter a tree from the ov erhanging branch of which hung a hornet's nest about which a dozen or so hornet* were buzzing. "Let's see." said the friend, “if you can pick off one of the hornets.” "No|ie" said the old stage driver, “not them fellows, they're organiz ed.” It is the same way with a town. If the leadership of u town is at odds with curb other, if each plays the purl of u rugged individ ualist, if they do not pull together or ure not organized for the good of the whole community the town doesn't get ahead in the degree that it otherwise would. It blocks its own progress. It was about twenty yeurs ago that war was declured to abolish all wars. Most of the nations in volved have spent most of their time since getting ready for another war. They have worked out all the problems except where they will get the money. The wuy they have acted about the last accommodation the U S favored them with doesn't make it very easy for them to touch Uncle Sam again. After the long sit down exper ience, workmen of this country have had during the pust four years it was hardly to he expected that any man would resort to it volun tarily so soon after recovery set In. Gold H ill Takes P a rt In Music W eek A ffairs Observance of Music Week is being h e Id on a larger scale throughout the United States this year than ever before. This is the first year that the governors of every state have given a proclama tion for this national week. Several afiairs have been plan ned for Gold Hill for their part in observance of Music Week. This Thursday the high school band will go to Hogue Hiver where they will furnish music nt an as sembly. Thew will also present a program at the Alderbrook school. Hogue Itlver is to go to Wagner Creek. Medford senior high school will present a program in Gold Hill some time this week. Hoy Cameron of Sawyers Bar visited relatives here Monday. LIFE TIME RESIDENT OF THIS SECTION PASSES FOLLOWING LONG ILLNESS Funeral services were tiejd Tues day afternoon, May 4, at the Conger Funeral Parlor in Medford for Fred M. Cornutt, who passed away in a Medford hospital curly Saturday evening. Graveside services in ehurge of the Gold llill (bid Fel lows lodge were held nt (be Cen Iral Point cimetery. Members of the lodge acting us pallbearers were Hill llittle, Paul Thompson. Art Gorham, Tom West, Tom Cook und Warren Coppock. Hud Force acted as Noble Grand during the service und Hob Cook us Cha'dain, Fred M. Cornutt, 51, passed away at u Medford hospital early Satur day evening, after a long illness. He was born ut Central Point, De cember 2.3, 1885, and has been a resident of southern Oregon all his lifetime. At the time b» ‘•»cume II, Mr. Cornutt was living nt his ranch just below the Braden mine. He had been u member of the Gold Hill Odd Fellow* lodge for several years and had made many friemts in (iold Hill. Hr was also a mem ber of the Ml. Hood Itebeknh lodge of Klamath Falls. Mr. Cornutt was un uncle of Earl Moore of this city. He is survived by thre. »nos and one daughter, Charles and James of (¡old Hill anil Harry who lives with his mother in Klamath Falls, and Mrs. Bedford Biles of Graves Creek; one brother, James M. Cor nutt who lives on the Old Stage Hoad, und three sisters, Mrs. Lena Reynolds. Kerby; Mrs. Clark John son, Earlimart. California and Mrs. Lizzie Wilson of Grants Pass. Beaver« D efeat Grant« Pa«« H ig h In Clo»e Game The (iold Hill high school base- hull team defeated Ihe Grunts Puss high school teum in a close game played on the home diamond Wed nesday afternoon. The game was lied ut 7-all ut the end of the sev enth inning und remained the same during the eighth inning. Gold llill got one more run in the ninth frame and held the visitors score less to end the game 8 tn 7. The winning score was made when Vern Wulker singled through infield to get on first, sneaked to second and third und hit home sack on an overthrow at third. Batteries for (¡old Hill were Leo Walker and Korlh. Floyd Heck and Tbrpin pitched for (¡rants Puss. Garden Club Members To H ave Silver Tea Mrs. H. D. Force and Mrs. A. A. Wulker will entertain the ladies of tlie (¡old Hill Garden club ut the Walker home this Friday, May 7. Mrs. Williams of Medford will ad dress ■the group and will use the iris for her subject. The meeting will be in the form of a silver tea to raise funds to send the delegate, Mrs. Walter Mc Lean to the stale convention ut The Dalles, the latter part of Muy. The reguiur meeting will be held nt 2:00 o'clock followed by the tea. Everyone, whether a member of .lie club or not is cordially invited to a,lend. T w o Case« Brought Before Judge Reed Thi« W eek Two euses involving local people were brought before Judge H. D. Heed Wednesday of (his week. Dave Biles and Dale Hainner were brought before Judge Heed on a charge of disturbing the pence in a brawl at the former Bonney's Grill. They were each fined $10 and B r itt’s Rope A rm Breaker costs. Blain Biles was also brought Barred at M edford Bouts before Judge Heed and fined $25 After Monday's bouts nt the Med and costs for reckless driving. ford armory,’the local boxing coin- mission went into i onsultation und MAY FESTIVAL AT SCHOOL burred the questi. liable rope arm FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 4 breaker employed by Alvin Britt in all of his former mntehes here. The The outdoor May Festival of the hold has already been barred by Gold Hill grade school w ill be many stales. held at the school grounds Friday Monday night Britt lost his match afternoon, May 14, starting a, one with Toots Estes on a foul because o’clock. The public is cordially in of the urm breaker and his insist vited to attend. ence upon stunding on the bottom There will he a maypole dance, rope of the ring Io bring more pres folk dances, flag drills by the boys sure to bear on the suffering Estes. and a ball game or races and other Toots took Hie second fall of the sports. There will be a May queen match with a flying body scissors. and her attendants, selected from Britt look Hie first with his reverse the primary grades. body slums und was about to take • Miss Joyce Handley is in charge ii second with un arm breaker when of Ihe affair and she is being assist Referee Frisbee forced him to his ed by Ihe other grade teachers. corner and gave the match to Estes, linving warned Brit, repeatedly (hat he must desist from standing on the lopes during the hold. Pete Beleastro wen, nieaney after Cowboy Billie McEwen had taken a fall from him in the second round with a body press, turning on the henl with hair pulling, eye gouging, choking and scratching, taking his first fall in Ihe fourth round hy locking un arm around McEwen's head and bringing his knee into sharp contact with the Cowboy's chin time and again, tn the fifth round he hud half procured a Bos ton (.rati when he changed his mind and kneed McEwen's groin, sub duing him with n body press. Tlie nieaney Duke Pettygrove lost his hold with I’ ii I "popeye” O’Brien after a full had been taken by each, Pal taking the first with body slums off the ropes and Pettygrove retal iating with a fall by sonnenburgs. In Ihe third round Pettygrove again sonnWiierged. hid the wild Irish man sidestepped, permitting the Duke Io hurl himself through the ropes into the laps of the skurrying second row spectators, where he re mained, eolil, for the count. Plans Made For Senior Affairs SEVENTEEN MEMBER» OF GRAD UATING CLASS HAVE BUSY THREE WEEKS AHEAD With three more weeks of school the seventeen members of the senior class ot the (¡old Hill high school have entered the rush season of Hie school year. They are about to write “finis’* Io the high school days of the class of *37. Wednesday noon. May 12, mem bers of the class und the high school faculty will be entertained at a banquet by the women’s Belief corps. This is an annual luncheon honoring (he graduates. Friday, May 14. is the date set for the annual high school picnic, which will lake place at Ashland this year. Final plans are being put into shape fur this all-day uffair. Members of the junior class will entertuin the seniors at a theatre parly Friday evening. May 21. Final arrangements for this affair have not been completed. Baccalaureate services will be held in the high school gymnasium, Sunday evening May 23. Bcv. Bar- tham of the St. Marks Episcopal church of Medford will give th sermon. Commeneenient exercises will be held in the high school gymnasium Wednesday evening May 26. Ken neth Seott Wood, instructor in public speaking at Medford high school will be the speaker of the evening. Parents and friends of the graduates are cordially invited to both the Baccalaureate and Com mencement exercises. The members of the senior class are: Frieda Young, Helen Dorman, Edna and Vivian Dunlap, Frances Kearnes, Catherine King, M a r y Force. May Norris, Roberta Mullin. Delores Drennen Jack Martin, Leo Walker, LuVern Dungey. Haymond Muir, Horace Wilson, Kendal Duf- e and Janies Cornutt. Mrs. J. M. Ledgerwood of Myrtle The May meeting of the Gold Hill health unit was held on Tues day, May 4, at the Bicter home on the Paeilic highway. The hostess, Mrs. Kk-ter introduc ed a game entitled anatomy, which proved most interesting and in structive. Refreshments of delicious Ice cream, cake and lea were serv ed. The members present were much gratified by ihe resume’ of the work accomplished by the associa tion during the year, given by Miss Parish. She also stated that she had about completed her list of appoint ments for Hie children ot the (¡old Mill school to meet Dr. Dillehunt, Dr. Billinger and Dr. Foster at the clinic lo be held at the court house in Medford. Near Car Accident Here Late Wednesday Evening What could have been a serious accident was narrowily averted late Wednesday evening when a 28 Chevrolet coupe driven by a trav eling man struck one of the trees in front of the Al Pankey home. The bark was skinned from the tree and the front and back fencers were badly damaged and the door knob ripped from Ihe car. The driver of the c»r had ap parently dozed and left the road. He got his car stopped by the time he got to Coy’s Service Station. A state cop who came along ut this time advised the driver of Ihe car to gwt some sleep before driving further. REEDS PURCHASE BUILDING Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Reed complet ed a deal Wednesday whereby they became owners of the post office building. They purchased the prop erty from Harry Childers. It in cludes the post office and two up stairs office buildings. Tlie picture printing and the mim I. G. Neevel, owner of the Gold Hill Feed Store has spent the past week remodeling and pain-ling the front of his building. He has al ready given it two coals und will add Ihe finishing coat this week. The building is being painted white and cream. , Mr. Neevil recenlly purchased the property from Al Pankey and has made extensive repairs. Mrs. C. Vroman called on friends in town Friday. Two Days Set Aside by Council RUBBISH TO BE HAULED FREE OF CHARGE FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS With Hie city council and Hie Gold Hill Garden club working to gether, plans are being formulated this week for a clean-up drive in Gold Hill. Al the regular council meeting Monday evening, Friday and Saturday, May 14 and 15 were designated as the days when the truck will collect the rubbish. As in former years the city will furnish trucks (o haul away the winter’s occumulation of tin cans an rubbish. This courtesy is extend ed to the residents of Gold Hill by the taxpayers and there is no charge. During the coming week every one is urged to gather all rubbish, tin cans and other refuse and place them in containers in their alleys or close to the street in front of the house. The council urges the people to cooperate to the full ex tent in this effort to clean-up and beautify the city. The rubbish should be placed in a convenient place for the truck driver. The council is also cooperating (o get vacant lots and alleys clean ed. Residents are urged to see that alleys along Ihejr property are tak en care of. It is hoped that a great amount of work can be done at this time to benefit Gold Hill by making it a cleaner looking city. The city reservoir w ill be clean ed on Sunday, May 16. No water will be available that day and ev eryone is urged to" draw water for their own use on Saturday eve ning, May 15. FAIR DANCE SATURDAY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL IS NIGHT IS SUCCESSFUL NEARING COMPLETION eographing for Ihe school annual FEED STORE RECEIVING are well started. The color scheme NEW COAT OF PAINT Her D ay Creek visited Wednesday with Mrs. Susie Coy. H ealth U n it Member« H ear Resume’ O f Year« W o rk of Ihe hook will be cream and brown. The pages will be of the cream, the ink for the printing, borders, etc. brown, the paper, im itation leather covers in a rich dark brown and Ihe printing on the cover will be in gold. Each book will have more pages and more stylers work than last year. Since some extra copies are be ing made a few poeple who did not order an annual before may do so now al 75 cents a copy. S A R D IN E C R E E K N E W S The opening dance at the Gold Hill pavilion last Saturday night was very successful when dancers from all over this section gathered to dance lo the music furnished hy Merrill’s Gay-Nineties orchestra, ii was one of the largest crowds to at tend a local dance for some time. Funds raised will be used for the fair to be held here this fall. An other dance wTTl be given in the Gold Hill hall Saturay night, Muy 15. I he Spy-G lass By Mrs. F. N. Tygart Mr. and Mrs. George Hutchins of Riverside and Mr. and Mrs. Toni Peters and son of Medford were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Croft. JANET CHISHOLM and J E A N GARDNER showing their love for their recently acquired dog by nam ing him after two of their brothers, John Thomas. This being the first week in Mrs. Jess Lindsle.v and son Philip, May the deuling season has started Mrs. Homer Elhart and son Billy ol up again. Ashland spent Sunday at the Perry Wait home. ROMEO BLAIK proving the old saying that haste makes waste. Ho Mrs. F. N. Tygart accompanied was on the way to his girls house Mrs. S. N. Christensen mid children Saturday night and in taking a to the music festival in Ashland short cut ripped his pants while Thursday. climbing over a fence. Mr. mid Mrs. Bob Duscnberry and BRYAN WARD at the wrestling Mrs. Edith Starns of (¡runts Pass match Monday night trying to Jew were Monday cullers on Sardine a little boy out of a bottle of pop creek. ut half price. W. S. Campbell who has been in LAURA WALKER keeping an ur Portland returned to his rarfeh home expected date with a state cop h last week. the Rogue River bridge. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Duscnberry anil JACK FROST lost the 100 yar son Arthur were Saturday evening dash this week when Kenny Wart shoppers in Medford. who had given him five minute: start, finished a bowl of Chinesi Mrs. John Edington accompanied noodles first. by Mrs. John Hall, Mrs. Joe Bowe and Robert Clark of Sams Valley I.EE COOK demanding that it h molored to Roseburg Tuesday where put in the Spy Glass that he entigh they visited with Joe Howe who is the editor rumaging around in hi seriously ill. Mrs. Rowe stayed. trash pile.