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The Gold News TK> M o st Thoroughly Read W eekly in Southern Oregon, Published in ths Biggest L ittle Te -i Outstanding Events During41 Scouts to Collect Paper Starting This Saturday (¿OLD HILL, OREGON____ T h u rsd ay , Ja n u a ry S, Robinson Thanks Friends For Christmas Package h / j j Women of the State To be Mobilized T. A. (Roby) Robinson who Is Starting Saturday, Jan u ary 10. The G overnor of Oregon has ask the Hoy Scouts, Girl Scouts and stationed w ith the United States ed for a Mobilization of Women in Cubs of Gold Hill ure to begin act arm y ut Fort Stevens, Oregon sends Hie stale and Mrs. Sadie O rr Dun ive participation in tin- national Hie follow ing thanks Io his friends bar has been appointed head of this ill Gold HUI. drive to collect w aste paper. | committee for Oregon. Mrs. How Plans have been made to divide To my many friends in Gold Hill ard Hill has been appointed to up Hie eity so that the paper may I w ant to express my thanks amt head Hie Gold Hill district. lie gathered by Ihi' various S c o u ts' appreciation lo r the package re- A house to house canvass will be uml the en tire city covered w ith 1 reived C hristm as evening to hrigiil- made and blanks can also he secur the leust am ount of confusion. I eu u C hristm as otherw ise dulled by ed al the Gold Hill News office. II lias been suggested that eaeli being aw ay from my loved ones, I The m obilization is being held to iiousewife provide a box or ilesig- j speak lint only for invse hut for list the women who have liad e x -' mile some pluee about the home Hie entire fire departm ent of Fort perience in industry, and to learn | w here the pa|ier may he arcum ulat- Stevens with whom it was shared, if thev would go to work again, ft ed for collection cacti Saturday. They like myself, being soldiers is also to fiml out if there a r e : Should the supply saved necessitate unable to go home surely apprec- women, who if no, experience«!, eolleetion more often than once a iate the thoughtfulness of you peo would be w illing to go away and week, arrangem ents may then be pie und your kind rem em brance learn a job. These women will re- made to care for it. So witli th is I hope you all had a I pluee men called to the army Tiie Seouls will store th eir paper Merry C hristm us and wish you I -------------------------- in Hie Scout ball and Hie Cubs in happiness throughout the coining ' Gold H ill W in« T w n Hie Grunge hall. W hen a sufficient i vear. We of Uncle Sam’s armed D i .. ■■ amount lias been secured arrange- forces will do all in our pow er to B a s k e t b a ll G a m e s menls will he made to get it to keep this u safe country fo r such a 1 M idford from w hich place it will fine people Io live in. h '«“ basketball squad lie shipped in carload lots Io Hie _ _ _ _ _ , defeated Sams Valley high in Hie During the y ear 1911 muiiy In teresting events took place in Gold Hill. It is interesting to look back over these events. F eb ru ary 6. Many outstanding speukers ap|>eur ut the Methodist church Preaching Mission through out the week. l-ehruury 10. Funeral services held (or Hubert Lee Look, pioneer resident w h o passed aw ay F e b r u ary li. F eb ru ary 13. Gobi Hill Heavers muke it th re e straight victories w hen they defeat Phoenix, Kerby and Hogue River. March I. Employees of the Pacif ic P ortland C e m e n t Plant receive a substantial raise in wages. March 10. (a m e n t plant em ploy ees form union and join w ith the American Federation of Labor. paper mills to lM- , «inverted in.,, C a n t o n m e n t S c h e d u le d to March 17 ! u ncial services held shipping containers, callo u s or pa- c - - • n £ d IH11,0,11,1. nine m illion Ions of 5 t a r t ln d e f e n s e P r o g r a m for well Into i esaku t, W alter [w h ich will be required fo r 1042. I .... ~ . . . . Dungey. ; ... I he arm y cantonm ent to he built April I. P ark ers st irt w ork this I ra p e r conservation w ill Rreath I , , , . . . . i » » store •> i 1 u »elp -i. our . w ar effort r# « as .i . in-1 in Jackson county is scheduled to week i on a modern combined the • paper ■ «t.»»«t ««■ ii>v• st 11*«» »»«*»•* > near «<>•>*• fu tu r e and upurtmeiil ut the Gold Hill Au tustrv is being called upon to sup according to word received We, to Park. ply approxim ately 1.600 tons o f, , , .. ncsdiiv , * from t.ol. t.eeil It. Moor,, y * April IN. Sponsored by the city wood pulp per day for Hie m anu riel engineer F. S. engineers’ council Hie City of Gold Hill is I facture of smokeless pow der. O ther ........... . .......«'•■""’ ■. «»«"«, | ,,ffi,.,. in purH and. lie stales that given a thorough cleaning on th r commodities made from wood pulp , , ,i • , . .. w ord from tin- W ashington office, annual Clean-up day. intitule rayon, p asties am cclln- W ashington, D. C. gives Hie infor April IK. Students of the high mation lliut Hie Medford canton- sehotd present a very interesting iu rayon cord tires for its new 82 mennt is approved for early con production 'A Heady Made Family.' ton Douglas B-,9 Super Bomber, April 24. It looks like a huildiiig and also in parachute suits. Plast struction. Until the final construc tion orders are received by area boom h as hit Gold Hill when six ies are being used as a substitute new homes are being built und five for aluminum and o th er metals, as engineers located in Medford, m m ore an- being com pletely rem od well as in gun stocks, m achine gun eontraets can be let or men em ploy ed for the actual w ork on the pro- eled. cartridge boxes, etc. Most all of us April 30. Huge crow d attends Hie are fam iliar w ith cellophane and j«et. home talent play of Goldie Inc., the how it is used. Says Washington Official gate receipts am ounting to 9121.00 May 2. business men hold m eet W ar D raft Reaches 45; Standard First Aid ing and form new Commercial club. Class Starts Tonight Men Must Register from May 28. G raduation exercises held 20 to 44 on February 16 for 14 graduating seniors. A standard first aid course is tc !•»• given in Gold Hill under it.e May 30. I.urge eta«« starts first President Roosevelt announced direction of J. H. Meehan of Med aid course under the direction of J. Monday that on F ebruary Hi, 1942 ford and a m eeting Io organize the 11. Meehan. all male citizens and some aliens of class is being held tonight, T h u rs June 5. Meetings held in Go,it Hill «he United States betw een tlie ages to discuss problem s of the propos- day, at 7:30 in the school building of 21) and 44 must register for ac ed arm y cantonm ent. This is a very im portant meeting tive m ilitary duly upon call of Hie June 16. Don Ferguson elected di and everyone interested is urged to governm ent. T his of course will in attend. re c to r and Mrs. Lloyd Miller re clude only those who have no, reg A rtual instruction in the class elected clerk of local school dis istered previously. trict. will begin next Tuesday nigh, a, 7 R egistration is to be made he- o’clock and classes will be held July 8. II. D. Force and Jewel tween Hie hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p. eaeli Tuesday. Those w ho have al Kouth installed us Noble Grands of in. on the designated day. An ready tuken the two courses given the Odd Fellow s and Rebekah .■ounceinent of place mid o ther <le- I here as well as the beginners are lodges. ails will he given later in Hie urged to lake the course w hich is July 10. 100 residents sign up for News. given free by the Bed C.ross. civilian defense at first registration Tin- president in his proclam ation held here. o tlie people of Hie nation stated August 28. Gay crow d of over GRANGERS ENJOY ANNUAL luit tlie drastic m easures w ere es- 2000 people attend the ninth annual NEW YEARS DINNER cntial for com plete victory in the N orthw est Jackson county fair a, On Jan. 5 betw een 65 and 70 ,resent crisis. Male citizens rang- Gold Hill. Open air «lance on te n G rangers and tin-ir fam ilies and 2 ng in age from IK to 64 w ere in- nis court nets the fair $187.00. visitors, Mr. and Mrs. Apolio of Septem ber 8. School opens with ludct, in tlie sw eeping proclam a- M edtord met at Grange hall at 1 lion for w ar pow er for some type m any new teachers, few er students >f m ilitary service. o’clock to enjoy Hie Granite annual and several im provem ents on the New Years turkey dinner w ith all buildings. Claud M. Scot, left by train Sun- the trim m ings, witli Jesse Eisli as Septem ber 25. G raduating class of la.v on a business trip to San F ra n toastm aster and John Gray, lectur 1941 makes a very good record witli cisco. er, conducting tin- program . Jesse all student attending college or reg Fish hail a w itty little story to tell u larly employed. as he called on each of the outgoing SEW YEARS PARTY ENJOYED O ctober 1, Curl Davis opening on \T GEORGE JACOBS HOME and incoming officers for a speech. the mound for the Brooklyn Dodg Mr. Apolio favored w ith a nice se ers in the W orld Series, rem inding Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Jacobs held lection on his accordion. After din m any of the days when he used to Dpen House New Years Day at th eir ner, that all seemed to enjoy, was pitch for Gold Hill. home near Delta Farm in T lie C o l- over, the group went down stairs O etobcr 10. Otto Fuhrm an elected ony. From one o'clock on the Jac- w here tlie ‘C hristensen Sisters T rie' chairm an of the 19-42 fair in Gold obs entertained th eir friends at played several accordion selections Hill. icir home. Invited guests included and Mrs. Wiglc at the piano, Mr. O ctober 23. Many residents p a d ir. and Mrs. Paul Smith und Mr. Perry, violin and G arland I.anee, the I.O.O.F. lodge hull to eapaei, nil Mrs. Everett Brayton of Med- harm onica, played for a group Io n, a costume party honoring ih< ord, Mr. and Mrs. Art Thompson, enjoy square dancing w ith John school facility. liss Mary S. W alsh, Elmer Feldon Gray as caller. Don', forget Pomona O ctober 30. Gold Hill holds firs .einicr of P ortland. Mr. and Mrs. I ineels w ith the Gold lliil Grange at blackout w hich proved very suc ■'red McGregor of G renada, Calif- : 1« a. in. on Jan. 24 for an all «lav cessful. Advanced firs, aid course trnia, Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Talbot, meeting. All G rangers are urged to sta rte d under the direction of J. B. Jr. ami Mrs. H arry E llsw orth and he on hand. Meehan. Gold Hill Grange me, tn regular J r. and Mrs. Harold Keibel, Mr. November 4. Many enjoy first in«l Mrs. Abe Abel, P erry Booth session Jail. I w ith sm aller attend recreatio n m eeting a, the Gold Hill ind Miss Ruth Neely of G rants ance than usual due to the holiday. Grnnge hall. Pass, and from Gold Hill, Mr. anil Bertha P otter, Patricia Marsden November 6. W illiam Howes Mrs. Clarence Cook, Mr. and Mrs. and K atherine Hayes w ere obligat elected Master of Gold Hill grnnge W illiam Dodds, Al Kiesey, Mrs ed in the third and fourth degrees. for fifth term . Nellie G. Heed, Mr. and Mrs. Jack L ecturers program was short and November 14. Students entertain Harr, C. W. Martin, Kendall Dufur, consisted of a talk by Master Wm. tow nspeople nt nnnuul school c a rn i Mr. and Mrs. Cap Eddington, Mr. Howes on agriculture, certified val. and Mrs. Linsley Dorman, Mr. anil seed and m arketing; harm onica so N ovem ber 18. Biggest fire of the Mrs. Jim Blevins, Jess G ilchrist, lo by G arland Lance and a quiz. y e a r destroys four cabins at the Mrs. Daisy G ilchrist, and Mr. and D onuts and coffee w ere served bv Beaver Auto Court. John Gray and Jack Pinkerton. Jane Mrs. Delos W alker. November 27. Many residents en Marsden, Josephine Loeffler and joy delicious turkey d in n er served Bessie Davis will serve at H. E. C. by, the Ladies Aid of the Methodist tack by the Japs on Pearl H arbour. Jan. 13 and Grange Jan. 15, likely church. ' December 20. Many attend lo d g e' at hall. December 1. Funeral services are hall dance w hich is given ,o raise _____________ held for P erry W ail, resident h ere money for the annual C hristm as j Burnham D ufur of P ortland has fo r m any years. tree for the Gold Hill children. Al been visiting relatives here and re- D e c e m b e r 7. T h e U n ite d S la t e i ,1 this event m any residents gathered turned to his home last Wednes« «tunned by the brutal surprise at« to welcome Santa. day, 111 in tbe State *’■' J score o , Jtf to 1 — Wednesday evening the Beavers LANDERS LEASES LOCAL NEWS AND GLENDALE LOG THIS WEEK FROM WALLACE G. IVERSON Beginning w ith this issue the Gold Hill News has a new editor, Fred Landers of Tex as, w ho has leased the local paper and job office for the duration of the p resen ' w a i. Mr. Landers has had many years experience in new s paper w ork and comes to Gold Hill highly recom m ended. I urge that the business men and all the people of Gold Hill extend Mr. L anders the same fine cooperation they hase giver, the News for the past five years. I am sure he will give you a very good paper. —W allace G. Iverson iduyed the Medford Ju nior high learn on the local floor and won from them 25 to Hi. Tin- second leum lost th eir game. This Friday evening the Beavers travel to Phoenix w tiere they plajf MORE DEFENSE WORKERS the Phoenix high tram . NEEDED IN THIS DISTRICT The Li-Herman's elul, held a PO LIC IES OF PAPERS TO R E M A IN T H E SAME URGES SUPPORT OF NEW EDITOR -d With this issue of the Gold Hilt News, Fred Landers of Texas takes over the editing and publishing of the paper, having leased the News from Wallace Iverson for the d u ra tion of the present w orld conflict. In the transaction Mr. Landers wilt also publish the Glendale Log of Glendale, Oregon, having also leased tha, publication from Iver son. I'red Landers who has been liv ing in Oregon tor the pas, three years, is a Texan. He published weeklies in the agricultural sec- 1 tions of tha, state, also in the great oil field d istricts in the southw est ern p a r, of Texas. He is fam iliar w ith the m echanical requirem ents of the country w eekly and w ill handle the job printing and the shop w ork of the plant in a sim il a r m anner to w hich i, has been run by Mr. Iverson, giving each de partm ent of the paper his personal supervision. Mr. Landers is m ar ried, having a wife and tw in sons, the boys being six years of age. For the present the family w ill not move to Gold Hill bu, will rem ain a, Phoenix, Oregon, w here the children are in school. Mr. Iverson, who has been pub lishing the Gold Hill News for the past five years, is making his a r rangem ents to enlist in the service of the United States for the d u ra tion of the present w orld conflict, after w hich he expects to retu rn to Gold Hill and resume h is connec tions w ith the publishing of the News and Glendale Log. Date of his departure has not been defin itely se, and he w ill w ork w ith Mr. Landers fo r a short iime to fam il iarize him w ith the News plan t and the Gold Hill community. meeting W ednesday to set a tem More w orkers are needed for civ porary date for a school sm oker. ilian defense in Gold Hill and any one interested in helping w ith this LOCAL IT E M S phase of the national em ergency is urged to register at the office of Mr. and Mrs. Silas Flem ing of J o h n A. Chisholm, at an early date Miller’s Gulch spent the holidays Il is reported th at they need more w ith th eir son in law and daugh air craft observers. ter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Floch of E veryone who has signed up as a Pendleton. After th eir visit there firs, aider should also register a, they drove on north into W ashing Mr. Chisholm ’s office as soon as ton visiting friends und relatives possible. and returned to th e ir home on New Year’s day. SQUARE DANCE MONDAY A letter was received from Chas. The Square Dance club w ill Hing, stationed at Camp -Huberts, meet Monday evening at 7:3« at C alifornia, that he had received Ms fhe school gym if i, can be serur- Christm aa box from the com m unity ed. If no, there then at the I.O.O.F. and sen, many thanks for it. H e ! hall. Bring your se, and 10 cents lias been in service over fifteen jn-r m em ber and learn to square m onths and is glad to be w here he i(ance. is. He has been moved several times and his greatest pastim e is fishing. HEALTH UNIT MEETING ______ • He asked for news of Gold Hill and its vicinity. His address is: P.F.C. The members of the Gold Hill Charles Hing, Co. C 84 Inf. Tug. unit of the Jackson County H ealth Bn., Camp Holier,s. C alifornia. Association me, Tuesday afternoon A few members of the Garden ut the home of Mrs. George T ulare. Mrs. C atherine Law and daugh Club me, in session las, Friday af The ladies made bandages for the ternoon al Hie W.R.C. room . A local Bed Cross Relief w ork and ter, Mrs. Vivian Norman Barto, en short business meeting was held af refreshm ents w ere served at the joyed Christm as dinner w ith Mr. and Mrs. John Kieper and son in ter w hich the m em bers adjourned close of the meeting. until the next m eeting w hich will Members present included Mrs. th e ir new home near G rants Pass. lie held at the same place on J a n H ow ard Hill, Mrs. Art Boye, Mrs. This makes the third Christm as in uary 16. The m em bers w ent on rec Hoy Cameron, Mrs. A. Meunier, Mrs. succession that this group has eat ord as being in favor of co n trib u t George Tulare. Mrs Paul Throne. en dinner together. The tw o years ing to the Bed Cross relief fund. Mrs. George Smith and guests Mrs. previous Mr. and Mrs. Charles W il Wesley Hohinson had as his Noel Kellogg. Mrs. Jack Frost, Mrs. lis w ere included in the party. guests last week Mrs. A. W. Evans J. W. Bryan and Miss Helen Parish. They w rote from Los Angeles th a, The next meeting will be Ja n u they w ere visiting th e ir daughter and Lenore Clement of Yreka, Cat ary 2« a, the home of Mrs. H ow ard and son in law and baby, the H art ifornia. w ho came w ith lteece Ev- ans on W ednesday. That same e v e -1 Hill in the Colony. Dr. Merkel w ill family, during the holidays. They ning, the b ro th er, K earney Robin speak at this m eeting w hich starts sold th e ir home on Evans Creek and expect to locate in California. son of Dayton. Oregon, arriv ed and a, 1:06 o’clock. We are all greatly interested in staved until Sunday afternoon. the young men w ho are risking W hile here thev visited w ith other L O C A L IT E M S th eir lives for th eir country and es relatives and friends. Mrs. Evans. Lenore and Mrs. Florence Adams _____ ______ W ord was received this w eek. pecially so in the young men from returned to Yreka w ith Heece Ev- from Olive T u rner tha, she is s t i l l ! ’’111 *' >n,n,un,*> • G ne such young ans Saturday evening. located at Los Angeles and is feel-! " ‘iin‘ , ° is wel1 known by several Hill, is Kelly Clement, C reighton Thomp- ing fine. H er bro th er Fred T u rn e r | people p t ” p ‘ in ,n and an<’ near near Gold Hill, W ard Diemler, w ho purchased a son, Shannon T hornton, Delmar is now in the CCC and is located ranch up Evans Creek three years Chapman and Jill Martin retu rn ed in th e ir camp at Jolon near King ago. He decided he would like a Sunday to Corvallis ,o resum e tlieir I City, California. j ear of travel before settling down studies nt OSC. Bill Force and L eonard Kell of the U.- S. army several interesting Champlin G arrison and Mrs. G arri would like to take this m eans of and visited points, finally taking a position at son returned to Eugene w here the thanking the people of Gold Hill the governm ent store in Wake Is boys resumed th eir studies Monday for the fine Christm as box. land. Just before the P ear' H arb o r m orning. Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Gillespi of tragedy, Mrs. Barto received a let Mrs. Leona Sullivan and daugh Ashland w ere recent visitors at the ter from him full of happiness and ters of Portland have been visiting home of Mr. and Mrs Dave W inn good cheer but no w ord since. If w ith Mrs. Sullivan’s parents Mr. and family. The W inns and Mr. anyone who has returned from and Mrs. Carl Lentz. Mr. Sullivan and Mrs. Paul T hrone and Marvin Wake Island knows anything con is stationed in Hawaii at the p res w ere dinner guests of the Gillsepis cerning W ard Diemler. Mrs. Barto ent time. on New Years Day. would appreciate i, if they would Hill Pomeroy of the Meadows New Years day Mr. and Mrs. Ar, communicate w ith her. was in Gold Hill transacting busi Gorham and Donna w ere visitors ness Monday. a, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo WINONA DUNGEY EMPLOYED Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hall and son W illiams in Medford. AT MEDFORD BANK W ayne of Klamath Falls w ere r e Fores, Moore of Astoria, fath er cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. E arl | of E arl Moore w as here Sunday Miss W inona Dungey, w ho has Moore and family. Mr. Hall and ,o attend the funeral of his b ro th been w ording for the past two Mrs. Moore are b ro th e r and sister er, Russell Moore. The funeral w as years at the News office, started Jim E strem ado of Galls Creek held at C entral Point and w as also w ork T hursday of this week at the w as unfortunate in having a fin attended by Mr. and Mrs. Al P a n U. S. N ational Bank in Medford. ger cu, off by a wood saw recently key. She has been replaced at »he w hile cutting wood. Miss Elaine P ark er w as hostess News office by Mrs. Cleo Sw indler. The I.O.O.F. lodge w ill hold a recently at her hom e to several girl dance on the night of Jan u ary 17. fiends at a costume p arty. Those Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Holderness An orchestra from Medford w ill present w ere Jerauldine Smith, E i w ere business visitors in Medford play. Chairm an H arry Newnhnm leen Frost, Yvonne Moore, Joyce Monday afternoon. Mrs. Holderness says there will be prizes, contests Robbins, Josephine Robinson, Pa- attended the m onthly meeting of and other attractions for the dan©- trieia Marsden, Joyce Colvin, Bdro the Girl Scout Leaders A ssociation w d Belly Mulli«, meeting. Montgomery Hill