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S outhern O regon M iner The Paper That Has Something To Say—And Says It! Volume VII ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1938 < Number 19 - ASHLAND ASSURED TOP ATTRACTIONS Worm-Baiting Anglers To Vie Here In Second Annual Rod Rendezvous 0 PROGRAM FOR JULY 4TH TO BE EXTENDED DAY Yf AKING the decision to set a contemplated Independence day attraction- songfest of the ♦ combined choirs of all local churches -up one day to Sunday Plebe Drivers Will afternoon, July 3, the Chamber of Commerce July 4 committee Mon Ignore ‘Friday 13’ day night appointed a committee of three to call on Mayor T. S. Jinx Here Today Wiley in an effort to enlist his co operation in making the musical 4 CLAIM of u I mhi I four adult innovation a feature of the 1938 driving r * ««<•***■ ■itiidrntM will take and future celebrations. Io the streets ut 10:30 o'clock According to tentative plans, the this morning and 25 high massed choral organization will OII.L GRENBEMER. , former lo- M-hool and SONS “learners” present a program of patriotic OADIO still has two fundamental reaidenl, 'present deputy will do the same this after numbers at 2 p. m. July 3. An flaws which should be con sheriff and noted narrator of fish noon with no rrsjHxt what electric organ will be donated for quered static ami Herbert Hoo yarns extraordinary, Thursday soever for the had luck which the occasion by Walter H. Lev made the official Ashland an- ver. Is siip|M>wd to attend Friday erette. nouncement of the second annual A PROBABLE total of nearly 300 eighth-grade students from various the 13th. 111 national catfish derby which will Instructors will I m * careful Chairman H. L. Claycomb and county schools will make the annual trek to Ashland Friday. May Reck lean driving la the one thing b«* held Sunday afternoon at Emi enough, however, to see that 27. for Jackson county school day when commencement exercises Leverette, in telephone conference that'a all It's cracked up to be grant lake south of this city on the neophlte gaMiline twiggy will be held at 10 a. m. in the Ashland Junior high schobl gymnasium, with Mack Lillard after the meet the Klamath Falls highway. pilots keep out of the thick according to advice from the office of County School Supt. C. R ing, sec,.red the promise of the 111 "There will be a colossal galaxy Bowman. est traffic until next week Medford wrestling impresario to Figuring how to aplke a rumor when the last of a wriei of John Casteel, member of the speech department at the Univer promote mat bouts in the Shakes has made many people bite their of catfish and mayors t<x» big to put under canvas ami unsurpassed lessons will be given. Today's sity of Oregon, will deliver th< commencement address and other talks pearean theater Monday evening. nails by any animal act since the days July 4 Lillard said the matches lesson will I m - In the nature by county, city and school offic 111 of P. T, Barnum." Grenbcmer of "semi-finals” In the mu ials are planned. will be of metropolitan caliber. Most of the 60 country schools nicipal safety council sch<»ol Plymouth r<x.'k wus painter! red claimed. Chester E. Corry, chairman of First of the city executives to which has run for several embraced by the county system by pranksters the other day and the sub-committee in charge of weeks. will participate in the event. In Indignant residents of one Massa wield authority will be Mayor T decoration, announced his appoint 8. Wiley of Ashland who, at 1:45 Dr. Arthur Taylor, educa addition to the graduating eighth chusetts town turned purple ment of Bob Dodge and Elmer |>. m will officiate at the corona tion chairman for the council, graders, Ashland will have the op Biegel as members of his group 111 tion of Queen Pearl Wisotskl, will I m * in Portland and very portunity of playing host to a and outlined plans for dressing up Just when the new diesel-|>ow- Medford Kiri, which will formally sorry, he sa.vs, that he will be throng of parents, relatives and the city. cred streamline trains were taking open the unable to see his “brainchild” friends of the graduating classes Ashland Activians in meeting the bows, along come 18 rickety Mayor Charlea C Fumas. Med take its first unassisted stejM». Tiie exercises, which are sched Wednesday night expressed re oki boxcars near Colorado Hpring» ford, will start the derby. Mayor —•--------- uled from 10 a. m. until noon, will grets at being unable to assume to set a new record when they J A Slover of Grants Paas will I be followed immediately by a mass POSTMASTER J H FULLER leadership for the big street par coasted IK miles in nine minutes be chief of judges. Mayor A L ! Thursday viewed the prospect picnic lunch in Lithia park. Fol ade and Claycomb Thursday was to average 120 miles an hour from Herzog, Yreka, will be clerk of lowing the picnic, various enter of managing the local angle of searching for some guiding hand a standing start. National Airmail week, May 15 the course and Mayor Clifton tainment features are being plan- for the colorful march which will Richmond of Klamath Falla will < lied including games at the park to 21, with pleasure since he has offer $200 in prizes to firms and 1 1 1 the cachet (rubber playground, swimming at resorts teceived People come mid peoplr go In a be in charge of prize presentation | organizations entering floats. V. On the judges committee will i in the vicinity of Ashland, and stamp) which will be placed on all D. Miller, organizer of several suc mnull town, too, but nothing ever I m * Fred Fick. Al Ihche and Ed airmail letters originating in Ash suitable cinematic fare at the Var happens but blessed events cessful parades in the past, had at land during that period. Lamport. Medford, and Sheriff A sity and Lithia theaters. first declined the job but hopes 1 1 1 Design for the stamp, planned C Burk of Marion county who List of graduates and program were being held that he might yet There's only one thing deader will fly down from Salem to par of events will be announced later by Fuller, consists of a scene in help. than yesterdays newspaper and ticipate I ED by Big Jack Weaver, who by the superintendent’s office. Lithia park and bears the slogan. Finance committee head. Ralph that's today's Twiddling« plunged and tore from his Ashland. Oregon—the Home and President Frank Perl and other • Koozer said Monday that he plans Health City. ” In addition to the officials of the derby association fullback position, Leonard War 111 Alumni Feed And stamp, other publicity will come to a meeting in the near future with One definite thing airmail week, still were in the air Thursday ren’s senior football eleven downed the city if senders of letters will his aides, Fred Tayler and Norman starting Munday, already has ac about a contemplated badger fight the lighter varsity team of Coach Dance Set May 27 Skeet O ’ Connell, 6-0, in the Ash take advantage of the offer by the Kerr, to map out a fund campaign. which was to have been put on as complished : A lot of un know Another meeting is scheduled Chamber of Commerce to provide land premier of night football on a feature of the lengthy program now that a cachet Isn't something Ashland high school alumni in pamphlets, descriptive of for 7:30 p. m. Monday, May 16. you put in a bureau drawer to spectators Southern Oregon Hu the newly-lighted high school field meeting Monday night at the Lith small Lithia park. These pamphlets, in the Chamber of Commerce of mane society officials indicated Tuesday evening McNair went make it smell nice. distaste for the scrap thia .week over the center of the line in the ia hotel set Friday night. May 27 which may be obtained at the fice to arrange a more definite 1 1 1 and may rule it illegal middle of the second quarter for a as the date for their annual ban chamber office or at the post of program for this year’s fete, which Perhaps the moat stupid thing Catfishing for prizes will start two-yard gain and the lone touch quet and dance which will be held fice, will mail at no extra charge. is calculated to be Ashland’s larg in the Elks club Subcommittees one can do is to think himself in promptly at 2 p m and will con down. Wednesday. May 18. a car will est undertaking as a host city tellectual. Although the graduates piled up and detailed plans will be an be stationed on local streets ad since the fabulous Independence tinue until 4 o'clock. Concessions vertising promotion of airmail. day doings of a dozen years ago. and attractive setting will make a total of eight first downs to two nounced later. John Edwards heads the organi The following day. Thursday, it Band music, fireworks, athletic the lakeshore an ideal spot for for the high school, play was close Sunday outing. enough throughout to be inter zation. Bert Wright is vice presi will set out at 8:30 a. m. bearing contests, picnics, etc., will be in —•------------ esting. Both teams played as fig dent and Mrs. Arthur Myers is etters and will pick up other mail cluded on much larger scale than at Talent and way points en route last year and committeemen have ured. with the seniors depending secretary-treasurer. DKt'NK FLOATED » to the Medford airport. All of the heads together to secure a nation mainly upon power and the oc C. J. Jessiman. Medford. was casional spectacular broken-field additional letters also will bear the ally-known figure as main speaker given a 10-day suspended sent- for July 4. Ashland cachet. dashes of Jamie McNair and the enee in city court Tuesday and O'Connellmen ------------•------------ Following are statements pre using reverses, lat- I out of town by the po- Delivery Tuesday of The Look escorted pared * for the occasion by Mayor • Jack Moore. Medford man. and erals and forward passes. One of out, Talent high school annual, lice He was arrested Monday af- T S. Wiley. Dr. Walter Rodford 1 his two sons, Jimmie and Eddie. (Continued on page 6) waa the signal for concentration temoon for being drunk. and J. W McCoy: I called in Ashland Thursday. Jim of all efforts in The Miner shop on mie Moore has been employed un completion of the Rogue Annual. About 1000 persons filled the Urge Participation til recently in Mt. Shasta City Ashland high school book, for de grandstand and lined up along the TRIANGLE! "Proclamation: May 15-21 has and Eddie is from Portland. livery to students early today. sidelines Tuesday night to witness ------------ •------------ dedication ceremonies and the sen been designated as airmail week May IS. By LARRY HUNTER All printing, designing and bind ior-varsity football game at the ¡ in commemoration of the 20th an ing of both books was done by newly lighted Ashland high school niversary of airmail service, and line with other cities throughout The Miner, only engraving of pic athletic field. The senior squad I . in the country, I urge all of our peo- won the gridiron contest, 6-0. tures calling for outaidc work. The Talent book. 100 copies of Frank Van Dyke acted as mas ' pie to assist our local postal de _ \ i which were ordered, consists of 32 ter of ceremonies for the occasion partment to make this occasion a great success by sending the spe pages with many illustrations. It and introduced Mayor T. S Wiley was bound In handsome black and R. L. Burdic, school board cial airmail letters featuring Ash Uy Our covers on which the title appeared chairman, who made appropriate land as the 'home and health city.’ T S WILEY Mayor.” KEYHOLE remarks. Folk dances by students in orange. tf REPORTE« The Rogue Annual was made up of Washington and Lincoln grade "Airmail week is indeed a sig of S2 pages and cover of red vel schools added color to the affair nificant historic occasion which our with dark blue lettering. For and music by the Ashland high ty-four halftone cuts were used school band and Virgil Jackson's should be observed with pride by to illuminate the book, including Pep band was supplemented by all Americans. College students panels of Individual photographs the uniformed Grants Pass high who are looking forward to future of the 87 graduating seniors. school band directed by Martin progress in America should be stimulated and challenged by the Trepte, special guest artists. Iauui than seven days after copy occasion of airmail week. was in hands of The Miner, 275 WALTER REDFORD.” copies of the Ashland book were • Clifford and Earl Avery, former HOWARD MAYBERRY giv state highway employes, returned ready for delivery. Especial credit Southern Oregon Nor ing his father a stem lecture for the rapid production was due Tuesday from South Dakota where President mal school. on smoking. Jack Forsythe, student editor, they have been visiting their par ‘’Hundreds of thousands of dol- LINN NEELEY outraged at ents. who devoted many extra hours to , lais in the form of drafts and being mistaken for BILL AL his task of producing the book. ! checks are sent daily by airmail LEN John’ McLain, business manager, from the larger centers, east to EDDIE JONAS leading the obtained cooperation of 87 busi Ivan W. Farmer west and west to east. heckling squad. ness men and individuals of the "In addition to speeding up busi and Companion WILBUR BUSHNELL trying city in defraying some expense of ness to the extent of several days handstands in a dark room. Are Invited to Be Guests of the the production. in transit, an actual saving to DOC HAINES calling a cop a ------------ •------------ Southern Oregon Miner those customers who handle sub liar. stantial out-of-town items is ef DOROHTY MATHES throw To See Their Choice of fected through early availability ing an awful scare into The the Following of funds or in service charges Miner office. Varsity Theater which are based upon the earning PARKER HESS poised at the balances of commercial accounts edge of a fight scene with motor Call to regular meeting of the Programs: idling. J. W. McCOY.” Ashland safety council at 7:30 i First National Bank (Friday, Saturday) FRANK VAN DYKE blowing p. m. Monday, May 16, was issued ----- _•------------ THE GIRL OF THE a microphone over with one this week to members by Mrs. B. SCOUTS PLAN HIKE GOLDEN WEST' lusty baritone blast C. Forsythe, secretary. Chairman Scouts of the Active club-spon RALPH KOOZER grabbing C. M. Litwiller will preside. <Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) sored troop 12, BSA, will meet to hat when meeting tapered into 0 Al) Interested persons in the TEST PILOT” night at the barbecue pit in Lithia gossip session. city, as well as active members of park for a wiener roast and troop FOSTER THOMPSON put the council, arc urged to be pres (Wednesday. Thursday) get-together, according to Bill ting the finger on himself. ent at the city council chamber at "I MET MY LOVE” Ausland, scoutmaster. Another ac SHORTY BALDWIN trying that time to advance ideas and tivity planned for the boys is a to change his luck. enter discussion relative to mak Please Call at The Miner Office hike which will start from the city GRACE PECK wondering ing Ashland a safer city for mot for Your Guest Tickets library Saturday morning. May 21. about slings for broken noeea. orists and pedestrians. RURAL GRADE GRADS WILL GET DIPLOMAS IN JUNIOR HI GYM 27TH CATFISH DERBY AT EMIGRANT TO DRAW HOPEFULS ASHLAND AIR MAIL CACHET TO GET AROUND SENIORS WIN IN NIGHT FOOTBALL PREMIER 6 TO 0 TWO YEARBOOKS ARE DELIVERED 1000 SEE NEW ARCS TAKE BOW Mr. and Mrs. Donald Duck, Who reside in Lithia park, Do not depend upon Old Lady. Luck To steady the keel of their marital bark. Peace was the thing, Soft was the weather— And Mrs. D. Duck even essayed to sing In the sun while she preened a recalci trant feather. Then one “Madame X’’ (And she had what it takes) Started flaunting at Donald her goggle- eyed hex That had worked many times on plenty of drakes. Safety Council Meet Is Set for Monday She was tan and terrific, She was “love and a dime,” And she flashed a specific, “Gome and see me sometime!” There was no fuss and bother, No time out to cry— Just a brief, “Come on, kids, let’s go call on your father.” And Mrs. D. Duck swam her family by! SEEN IN A DAZE
