S outhern O regon M iner
The Paper That Has Something To Say—And Says It!
Volume VII
ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1938
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Number 19
- ASHLAND ASSURED TOP ATTRACTIONS
Worm-Baiting Anglers To Vie Here
In Second Annual Rod Rendezvous
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PROGRAM FOR
JULY 4TH TO BE
EXTENDED DAY
Yf AKING the decision to set a
contemplated Independence
day attraction- songfest of the
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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
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■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.
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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m
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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
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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
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Koozer said Monday that he plans
Health
City.
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In
addition
to
the
officials
of
the
derby
association
fullback
position,
Leonard
War
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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
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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
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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
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Following are statements pre
using
reverses,
lat-
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out
of
town
by
the
po-
Delivery Tuesday of The Look escorted
pared
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for
the
occasion
by
Mayor
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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
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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
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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
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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
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First National Bank
(Friday, Saturday)
FRANK VAN DYKE blowing
p. m. Monday, May 16, was issued
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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
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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