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I lie Paper I hat lias Something To Say—And Says It!
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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1939
HluH SCHOOL IS
SET FOR OPEN
HOUSE TONIGHT
■ill recurring passenger plane
Eashc« in this country, many
I hlivc decided to Confine thcl
■ting "t fate to crossing th«
■t <>n a busy aftrrn<«»n.
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Irhiips the reason somc hhh I-
Kronien are «•* adept at ma«-
Ig the trick of harking 20 year«
E,., 1« because it’s all done
■ mirrors.
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Rung men of two continent«
■clicking their he«d« together,
Bn America it's because of the
Kg weather.
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Itler has done one great serv-
lor the United States he has
L us somebody to cuss besides
Town leader«.
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L old wheeze about «tonogra-
L sitting on the U> m ' knee to
L dictation probably would pro-
ly land Its cracker In a con­
trition camp in Germany
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Lmc fish, generally speaking,
[the ones which succumb to the
L devised by fishermen.
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one-track mind isn't so Isol
t can be kept from jumping
rails
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be season is arriving whrn one
dies flies IM well
the devil
>n he doesn't keep his mouth
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,\ PEEK into the intimate life of
l>iK‘i iwhoul «tudentx and facul-
| ty member« win br afforded par-
I «’nta and other intrrr«ted person«
I of the city tonight, March 31
wili
. when
LI . Ashland
C — high «<h<x.l Will
Hold open house starting at 7 30
«clock Under th<- leadership of
Miss Graz e Peek, teacher, an In­
tel rating program will be given
'i’iic high school orchestra, with
VS anl Croft as director, will open
the entertainment with music, fol­
lowed by opening remarks by
Principal B C. Forsythe
Lois
Welch will deliver the welcoming
address <>n behalf of students, and
Ixiis White will follow with two
v.x-ai solos Shirley Willard will
give a recitation and Beron Wray
u saxophone solo The glee club
directed by Mi«s Marjorie Scobert.
will sing two nuniix-rs and the
quartet, also directed by Miss Sco
bert, will add to the program.
Jeanette Burton will follow with
a lap dance and Joan Whitmore
will play piano «olo Sch<xd Supt
George A Brisczx- will deliver a
brief dosing speech.
Following the program parent«
and
students
will
circulate
through the rooms of the build­
ings. which will lx- ready with dis­
plays of classwork
The open
house will be staged for the pur-
pose of better acquainting parents
with educational methods and
practices of the high school.
According to Miss Peck, children
under 12 years of age will not be
admitted unless accompanied by
parents.
Running Stop-Line
Costs Young Driver
^17.50 in City Court
Number 13
Play Series Nears Final Curtain!
|)IRE<TED by Angus Boumer, the Southern Oregon College of Education’« dramatic* student« will
present at 8:30 o’clock tonight and Saturday evening their last |>erformances of “Dangerous Cor­
ner’’ by -I. B. Priestly, in the IJthia hotel ballroom. The play series, given in the intimate manner, has
attracted widespread interest. The cast, shown above with part of the audience in the background, is
as follows: left to right (sitting) Ethel May Robinett and -lames Parsons, (standing) Jeannette Fields,
John Barker, Jean Moore and Robert Sage. Not shown, Helen Lois Winningham.
SPRING FOOTBALL SHOW
WILL REVEAL AHS GRIDIRON
PROSPECTS NEXT SEASON
PLAN MILITARY
FESTIVAL HERE
FOR GUARDSMEN
Inaugurating a "first” for
southern Oregon, Battery B of the
Ashland national guard, command­
ed by Capt. H H Bentley, will
hold a military festival in this city
about April 29 or May 6 or 13,
Captain Bentley announced here
th« week Invitations to partici­
pate in the review and program
have been sent to Battery D. Kla­
math Falls; Co. A, 184th Infantry,
Medford; Headquarters Co., 186th
Infantry, Medford, and Co. C,
Grants Pass.
The festival will be held on the
high school field about 8 o’ckxik
on the evening selected by Maj.­
Gen. George A White, commander
of the 41st division including Ore­
gon, Washington and Idaho, who
will be the main speaker. Follow­
ing drill exhibitions and stunts by
the various national guard units,
presentation services will be held
for presentation of service medals
and awards, marksmanship and
gunners' medals.
Following the special drills and
presentations on the lighted ath-
letic filed, the guardsmen will pa­
rade through town to the armory,
where a military ball will be held.
Captain Bentley expects to be
able to announce definite date for
I the event within a few days. “We
[ are trying to start a military get-
together which probably will be­
come an annual affair in southern
Oregon,” explained the local com­
mander.
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Mayor Wiley Appoints
Hospital Investigators
Lccordirig to Clark Wood'«
Following a Saturday night talk
ba in his Weston lx«<ler. the
given
here in the Ashland hotel
ban log ”U disappearing.”
to about 25 interested persons by
Robert I^eRoy Adams, 17. was
p-ka, Clark, Ashland ladles got
Dr. A. O. Waller, Dr. Irvin Fox
|r wearing long skirts years aiwMisl $15 fine and $2 50 costs
in city police court by Judge C. O.
and Graham Smith, Eugene men.
Prcxnall Friday afternoon, March
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on the possibility of Ashland se­
24, when he pleaded guilty to
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curing funds for erection of an
the thumb thst Inst week was speeding and failure to «top at the
infantile paralysis hospital, Mayor
King page* in a seed catalog intersection of Iowa and Siskiyou
T. S. Wiley appointed a committee
t week is rubbing liniment
IxHilevsnl Adam« was apprehend­
including H C. Galey, C. M. Ut-
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ed by Chief C. 1*. Talent when the
willer, H. L. Claycomb, Dr. Har­
!he wolf that used to be at the young driver Sped through the
vey Woods, Dr. C. A. Haines, Wal­
stop-line
ahead
of
him
and
swerved
ir is still there, but he’a got a
Arthur Decker, 17, confessed
ter Leverette, Lew Hansen and
■h with the tax collector on around children coming from
window peeper and petty thief,
Senator’ George W. Dunn to in­
school.
end of It
was remanded to the custody of
The
Steady improvement of the busi­ vestigate the proposition.
In addition to the fine, Adams'
his father by County Judge Earl ness appearance on Main street committee will determine whether
driving permit was suspended for
Day Tuesday. Decker was to take continued this week when the J ,D. the interest of high government
No, Junior. those people with 60 days, with the exception that
a job in the woods, and report to Mars and Son shoe shop at the officials can be gained on the po­
Igs around their nones aren't he may drive on his morning pa­
(ragni, they're Just Medforditea per route only while actually en- rpHE Ashland high school Griz- Judge Day when he returns to corner of East Main and Oak lio hospital for this city.
1 zlie«' first team for next year town, and was instructed td be in
underwent exterior repairs.
The Eugene men had explained
ring the «muilging «canon
gaged at that employment. The and this year's graduating seniors his home by 10 o’clock each eve­ streets
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The
work
followed
closely
on
that
that
the project already had re­
assessed
by
Judge
stiff fine was
will conclude two weeks of inten- ning.
of the remodeling of the Selby ceived federal approval and grants
Presnall after <’hi«f Talent had sive spring football practice Tues-
Decker's arrest by local police
company building and fo restablishment at McCreadie
explained that Adams was a pas- day night. April 4. when they came as the result of complaints Chevrolet
the Greyhound Tavern, formerly Springs near Eugene but that local
senger with Dale Jorgensen, an- will square off under the local that a peeping Tom had fright­ N ininger's.
support for the project there had
other youth, when the latter field lights to determine which is ened several local women.
crumbled.
The
Mars
building,
erected
in
struck and killed a man on East superior, the has-beens or the
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Charles Hylton, 15, local incor­ 1886, is being streamlined prepar­
Main street last summer. About will-be's. Kickoff has been set for
rigible, is being held in the juve­ atory to application of a light-col­
HERD IS SECOND
two weeks ago Talent had cau­ 8 p. m.
nile ward of the county jail for ored stucco finish. Fancy orna­
The Jersey herd of J. R. Me-
tioned both boys about speeding
■A meeting of the Ashland Camp after
Coach
Skeet
O'Connell
has
been
appearance
in court Tuesday, mental brick trimmings of an era Cracken, Ashland, were rated sec-
it
had
been
reported
that
■re board of sponsors was held
with the problem of handl­ April 4.
long since passed are being chis­ ond among cattle of the same
they had been seen driving a faced
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ing more than three full teams of
■ednealay night In the public 11- truck
eled away.
I classification in a national survey
at
an
excessive
speed
material while Leonard
■ary to make plans for the actlv-
FASHION SHOW SUCCESS
Mars also has remodeled his res­ by the American Jersey Cattle
"Reckless drivers in Ashland varsity
for the remainder of the will have to watch their step,” de- Warren, graduate coach of the
A spring fashion show sponsored idence on Nutley street, as well as club following recent inspection by
seniors, has had difficulty in get­
■)<x>l year and to plan for camp
|
dared
Chief
Talent,
"because
by
the Ashland Music Study club financed the erection of the new T. R. Warren of Portland. The
■ A L Coggins was appointed to their appearance in court will lx* ting enough turnout to form a
Shell Oil company station at East cattle had averaged 490 pounds of
■ke care of arrangements for a the signal for stern punishment.” full eleven About 14 seniors are in the Civic clubhouse Monday Main street and Siskiyou boule­ butterfat for last year, and 502
available for the game, while next night was declared a success by vard. now in progress.
low to be sponsored by the girls.
pounds annually for the two pre­
fall's varsity outfit .is said to be a large crowd in attendance. Miss
B>e board advocated continuance
vious years.
the most dkely looking bunch of Marjorie Scobert directed a mu-
■ the bean-hole luncheon with the
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TRACKERS
TO
COMPETE
players seen here for several sical program featuring high
■(«vision that some local eating
seasons.
school students, while styles were
The Southern Oregon College of
■re be securer! to prepare the
Bans and coffee, as this wax too
Although it has been difficult to modeled by Fortmiller’s depart­ Education's mile relay track team
Surprising their many friends give a nonpartisan comparison be­ ment store with Mrs Marchial is planning to compete at Mon­
jrg'" a responsibility for the girls
■>e following committee was ap- last Friday evening, Donald Caton tween the two teams, it is thought Stansbury and Marcella Scribner mouth April 21 and at Arcata
April 29 against Humboldt State.
Binted for the bean-hole: Henry anil Evelyn Bentley, SONS stu­ by many that the game will end in charge.
P'i'-rs. Mr«. B. C. Forsythe, dents. were united in marriage by in a tie or a close score. The sen­
■ank Davis anil Eleanor Coombc. Justice of the Peace Harry Ken­ iors will have seven lettermen to
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was decide«! the summer nedy of Hilt, Calif. Caton is the strengthen their ranks, although
■mp should be held at the Boy son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Caton the varsity line will easily out­
Bout camp site at I^akc o' the and is well known here, while his weigh the graduating challengers,
foods again. Each girl Is to pro- bride is the daughter of Mr. and averaging more than 175 pounds.
lae her own transportation to Mrs S. W Bentley of Marshfield.
Rivalry between the two outfits
The ceremony was witnesses by has been keen, and the players
fnp U1*H year. A camp committee
Dorothy
Seimann,
SONS
student
F’posed of Henry Enders, Mr.
have been making their boasts and
PKgl'is and Dr. W. J Crandall from Cottage Grove, and Bert placing their small change on the
F" appointed. George Icenhower Mitchell of Hilt. The young couple barrel-head in anticipation of
F1* Henry Endors were named a will continue their studies at the Tuesday night's exhibition, which
Pmmlttee to find a truck for local college.
will take the form of a grudge
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pnsportation of bedding and f(xxl
battle. Neither outfit has been
MPplies.
ORDINANCE OKEHED
modest in vocal descriptions of
EDGAR FOWLER trying to
¡George A. Briscoe*« letter of
The Ashland city council Tues­ what they'll do to the other, and
convince a customer that the
day
evening
in
an
adjourned
meet
­
r,lP,ation was read and accepted
fans are expected to enjoy an un­
best things come in small pack­
f. the board, his resignation to ing approved an ordinance allow­ usually earnest and aggressive
ages.
place June 1. The board ex- ing a franchise for city garbage display of football.
ROY FRAZIER, fire extin­
r™*’,l a very hearty vote of disposal, winning bidder for which
guisher in band, running into his
For the seniors, Coach Leonard
Fknk.s to Mr. Briscoe for his un- was William Ross and sons. The Warren will line up Jessel, quar­
own trap.
efforts in furthering the new contract will take effect about ter; Charles Warren, left half;
CHARLES PETRI promising
, ir<! I,rogram He was a April 1.
not to ¡un BEN TANNER
Gregory, right half; Harris, full­
jembor of the original board of r
through the Tidings’ press be­
back; Don Gettling, right end;
ponsors in Ashland, and in appre-
cause he’d make a bad impres­
Harry Chipman
Leigh, right tackle; Jack Williams,
l [* n
everything he has done
sion.
right guard; Bud Curtis, left
and Companion
LEE ASHCRAFT and MIKE
lri* vo^e<i him an honorary
guard; Bob Farlow, center; Jack
mber of the Camp Fire board
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
WOLCOTT trying to grasp the
Bentley, left tackle, and Dale
ponsors Mr. Norby, the incom-
technique of becoming kennel
Southern Oregon Miner Hemmelwrite, left end.
developers.
i ni?^rinten<le,1t. W,U1 nominated
The
varsity
squad
will
include
•m the vacancy.
BERT MILLER sticking his
To See Their Choice of
Ardis Warren, halfback; Vernon
neck out for a kangaroo court in
the Following
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Rush or Martin Herrin, fullback;
LGNEH FINGER HERE
the fire hall.
Varsity Theater
CLINT BAUGHMAN declar­
L e^ner Danford, employe of
Bob Weaver, halfback; Ed Bost­
ing that it IS TOO a car!
Programs:
L ,V electric department, suf-
wick, quarter; Jacoby, left end;
ARTHUR COGGINS rushing
L ,
e ,OBS of two fingers on
(Saturday Only)
Richard Westerbcrg, left tackle;
the swimming season by falling
lent I* tlan^ *n a power saw acci-
"LISTEN. DARLING,’’
Earl Schilling, left guard; Janies
gracefully into his mill pond.
hv ?
city warehouse Mon-
plus "SHARPSHOOTERS’’
L. I. MOON preparing to tell
'«y afternoon.
I Smith, center; Don Nosier, right
all via KMED.
guard; Lyndel Newbry. right tack­
(Sunday, Monday)
CLAIRE TAYLOR deciding
s< HOOI.S TO ( IXISE
le, and Bud Silver, right end.
"ARKANSAS TRAVELER’’
not to raise little birds.
Ashland school« will be closed
Tuesday night's spring training
BILL WIMER and CLIFF
(Tuesday Through Thursday)
,,
^rtday, April 6, according
climax should give a clear picture
Commemorating Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, churches
LAW-
BROMLEY
putting
"THE CITADEL" plus
**' A- Briscoe, as a new
of what Ashland football fans can throughout the nation Join in Palm Sunday observances on April 2. The
RENCE WILSON into reverse.
"ST. LOUIS BLUES”
iere °n
Kafl^er observance
expect from the O’Connellmen dur­ picture Is typical of the distribution of palms in Catholic churches through­
CHARLIE (Horse) WOLT-
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ing next fall’s gridiron season. It
ERS regretting a gambol on the
Please Call at The Miner Office is expected that the game will be out the nation. On this day is held the traditional Procession of Palms
¡avM1i?\Mnrlan (Jould spent Sun-
green with the younger set.
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for Your Guest Tickets
well scouted by inquisitive rivals. in the Vatican City.
SENIOR-VARSITY
GAME IS SET FOR
TUESDAY NIGHT
Young SONS Couple
In Surprise Wedlock
Window Peeper Gets
Lecture from Judge
ANOTHER FRONT
GETS UPLIFTING
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Nation Observes Palm Sunday
Iay visiting in Ashland.