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ASHLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1939
EARL ROGERS IS
NAMED AS HEAD
OF JUNIOR HIGH
EXPERT declare« that justi-
sl noise doesn’t bother p«»ple
they're used to II 'rhe guy
bly never got home late for
r on the day hl» wife burned
nul l, K«d a runner in a new
had her I mmi I
Sumlay wax bright and
Ashland anil many a ral-
.laden lady walked a good
into her new shoe»
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imedian« Fred Allen and Jack
y probably will never refer to
recent court appearances on
fun program» They learned
smuggling is no Joke
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batable Issue« usually Inspire
schools of thought, but most
he arguments come from the
ley-players.
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comes man, and with powder
etumeth.
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uasohni says he won't take
CC. but when he gets Into the
g pan as he surely must, he'll
hr had some
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xmblc with crackpots like
k Wood, there’s never a win
handy to throw ’em out of
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trou|>e of male dancers ap-
Mcdford theater this
Bk and husbands of southern
Lon cooked their own dinners
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fcurupcan dictators appear to be
Ling a chip on their shoulders,
■ to the windward it smells like
low chip
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bne difference between America
P Germany la where people do
lir concentrating here It's done
[public IlbrarlM, there tn camps
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bpinions on the outcome of
rlil hostilities differ Some bc-
vr war is certain within a few
k*ks while the avowed pacifists
•ar It won’t com? for h I moat a
P]ARL ROGERS, for 11 year«
rueniber of the Ashland Junior
high school faculty and athletic
<-oach, Friday afternoon was nam
ed a« Muccmaor
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to — Principal 11a
M yers whose resignation was ac-
copied recently Miss Myers had
served in the local system for 30
years and will retire at the close
of the spring term
Rogers, well known as health
and science instructor, ax well ns
coacli at the junior high school,
has enjoyed outstanding success
with his athletic team« ami will
continue, in a measure, a« an ad-
visor ami assistant to his xucces
»or, who Is yet to be named Supt -
Elect Theo J Norby at the May
meeting will submit a recommend
ation for the opening to the school
board
Filling the vacancy created by
the resignation of Mias Grace Peck
will be Ml«« Margaret Macy, grad
uate of Willamette university, who
will teach English and history at
the same school.
Accorihng to Norby, Rogers’
duties ■« principal will occupy the
larger share of his time, but Rog.
era expects to be able to devote
some of hi« attention to a contin
uance of the athletic development
at the junior high school. Rogers'
basket ball team this year again
claimed the mythical state cham
pionship by right of the most out
standing record among junior high
school of Oregon Rogers coached
such star« as Bob Hardy, who has
been a regular University of Ore
gon "player for the last two years
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That such ideal ski slopes and
low conditions existed almost
Ithin a stone's throw from this
ty came as a surprise to a num-
tr of Ashland ChBAbM* of Com-
rce members Tuesday night
en they viewed motion pictures
the McDonald basin area shown
Kenneth Denman and Aubrey
'fris, members of the Rogue
lownien The exhibitors explain
that the basin, possessing every
Ulted type of ski slope, nestles
nong 7000-foot peaks at the
OO-foot level making for perfect
ow conditions for an unusually
’K season,
Benmnn and Norris urged local
operation In the effort to secure
t construction of a forest service
nd to the area, located 23 miles
>m Ashland via Talent and
ngner gap. The members pre»
I Voted to request that the
amber membership Join in en-
rsenient of the project.
Post master John H Fuller spoke
Inefly to the open forum gather-
m explaining the coming state
Mtmasters convention to be held
r Ashland in June. Fuller declar-
F that many outstanding postal
FPartinent heads would be here
i"r the sessions, ax well as post-
pasteiH and their families from
l . over the state.
An effort is
ng made to have Postmaster
p „
Karlpy here at that time,
uiler wax assured full cooper-
irr°n
*oca> booster group in
anging an outstanding civic
ter^amc ior the voting postmaa-
I’OSTS BAIL HERE
Lfik«. J ” -'''»»»cjr,
' uiliujiu
wer
Dorney, x Portland
beer
Ieri top“.”’ Thursday morning post-
n.n, u ,al1 ln A"hland police court
hia arre*t on charges of
rUnkenness the night before
‘••■-'■s FORESTRY JOB
k Johnson, Ashland high
Mn/i’ an<l <>sc graduate, left
he
inr Car,abad. N. M . where
nark ' aflsume duties as national
hv vu ranKer. He was accompanied
s wife, Johnson is the son of
tti» ci'iy MrR Robert Johnson of
KDWARD MARTIN BATY
M,o»i
ral a,>rvlccR
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--------- for Edward
of m . Baty. seven-year-old
»on
died a a!Kl Mra- p- M Baty, who
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,r r ll l ,0
10, ' were held tn
in Klam-
ath
Of th a» APril 12 under direction
r&1 chapj/ I>Odge and Son" Fune‘
NEWEST ASHLAND IMPROVEMENT!
SELBY CHEVROLET
PAINT fi BODY REPAIR
STORAGE
REST ROOMS
AAA SERVICE
«soil«
T he
newly remodeled and redecorated front of the Selby Chevrolet company, above is shown as
Lloyd Selby prepired for his formal ojvenlng fr >m 3 o'clock to 6 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, April
15. at which time visitors will be shown this city’s latest business improvement which Includes not
only the front modernization but also streamlining of showroom, offices, service, lubrication and
imint and body departments. Shown in the picture are Verne Hastings, car sales; Frank Culp, service
manager, and Selby, standing beside a 19.89 Chevrolet sedan. New computing pumps, included In
the Improvements, are shown In the new drive-ln entrance. (Bushnell photo.)
Mrs. Forsythe Named
To State I’-TA Post
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I LOYD SELBY. Ashland Chevro-
Mm B C Forsythe of Ashland
let dealer, will hold open ho'ise
wax elected regional vice president from
3 o’clock to 6 o'clock Satur
of the Oregon Parent-Teachers as day afternoon,
15, in his
sociation this week during wwrtorui newly remodeled April
quarters
100.
of the convention of the congress East Main street. Selby, who at came
of parents and teachers held in here recently from Tule Ixike and
Klamath Falls this week
Mrs.
Falls, where he was well
Clarence W Walls of Portland wax Klamath
known in the automobile business,
named president.
the late Dan F. Kay a^
The congress approved plans for succeeds
Chevrolet sales and service fran
completion of a $2000 fund-raising chise holder.
campaign to commemorate Dr
The building has been remodeled
John Mclxiughlln through pur
and redecorated in addition to of
chase of a bust
fice remodeling and other improve
ments in the service department.
Dilley Elected
i An enclosed paint and body room,
specially equipped lubrication de
Bellview
partment and service departments
; have been provided making for
Ralph Dilley, former SONS stu I greater efficiency.
dent now teaching at Mt. Pitt
Back shop personnel includes
ach<x>), has been named principal
for next year by the Bellview i the new service manager, Frank
school board to succeed Jack Raid Culp from Stockton. Calif., who
ing He will teach the seventh and has been associated with Selby for
the last year; William Kerr, parts
eighth grades
Two other Bellview teachers manager, with the Kay Chevrolet
were reelected for the following company for a number of years,
Prince, lubrication ex
year, Miss Eunice Hager, first, se- and Arthur
who has been with Selby for
cond and third grades, and Miss pert
Julia Quimby, fourth, fifth and the last three years
The Saturday afternoon formal
sixth grades.
opening will include interesting
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and informative inspections of the
BICYCLE RECOVERED
A bicycle belonging to Keith display rooms, offices and back
Haines stolen Tuesday night while shop Refreshments will be served
the youth attended a Boy Scout between the hours of 3 and 6 p.
meeting was recovered by city po rn., to which the general public is
invited.
lice early Wednesday.
Qas Users Get
Rate Cut Here
Number 15
TO CRYSTALLIZE
JULY 4 PLANS AT
MONDAY SESSION
ASHLAND’S July 4 celebration
committee, under the chairman
ship of H. L. Claycomb and assist
ant chairmanship of I. C. Erwin,
will meet in the Chamber of Com
merce office at 7:30 p. m. Monday,
April 17, to formulate definite
plans for this year’s Independence
day observance.
Monday night’s session also will
result in sub-committee appoint
ments for the big event which an
nually attracts thousands of visit
ors to this city. According to Clay
comb, already two carnival outfits
have asked for dating here during
the holiday week and they will be
contacted further concerning fi
nancial details.
A larger parade than ever is be
ing talked by the committeemen,
while wrestling matches in the
Elizabethan theater, bathing beau
ty contest and diving show, special
kiddies events and other tradi
tional attractions have been out
lined in general. Exhibition soft-
ball games and championship log
birling features were suggested at
the committee's first meeting last
Monday night.
Ashland’s Lithia park, as usual,
will be the focal point of many
visitors during the holiday, which
may be spread out to include a
three-day program—Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday—July 4 occur
ring on Tuesday this year.
Champ McShain Will
Meet Lott in Return
Romp in Armory Ring
World light-heavyweight wrest-
I ling champion Danny McShain will
go to the post again at Medford
armory Monday night when he
>
faces Jimmy Lott, the Alabama
sonnenburg king who won a foul
Elementary Principals
decision over him last week. Lott,
not saying anything about Mc
Gather at
Shain, was dissatisfied with the
way he won and requested Mack
Saturday
Lillard to give him another chance
to show the mean titleholder that
The Southern Oregon College of
he’s not quite As tough as he
Education Saturday will be host
thinks he is.
to a hundred elementary school
Pete Belcastro, the wild W’op
principals from southern Oregon
A reduction in rate was today from Weed, Calif., returns to the
counties for their second annual
North Bartlett street arena of
regional conference sponsored by announced by the local gas com cauliflowered ears to face Vern
pany,
directly
affecting
those
con
the department of elementary
Clark from Detroit. Clark has yet
school principals of the Oregon sumers whose use of gas is con to be beaten in Medford where he
State Teachers association and fined to the purposes of domestic tamed bad boy Joe Smolinski last
the state department of education. cooking and refrigeration or one Monday. He will have just such
of them alone. The new reduction, another job to do when he gets
SOCE President Walter Redford according
to I. F. Andres, manager
will deliver the welcoming address of the California-Pacific Utilities in the ririg with Pete for the
at 10 a. m. in the administration company, is the second lowering Italian will stop at nothing for a
building of the college, followed of rates made by his company victory.
by discussion panels on subjects within the past eight months.
Another rematch is scheduled
the opening bout when Ken
related to school work.
"During the past year,” said for
Dr. Cecil J. S. Bowling of the Andres, "there has been a decided Ackles, the youngster from Chica
SOCE faculty will be principal and gratifying trend towards the go. locks grips with Phil Romano,
speaker at a noon luncheon in the use of our new butane gas for the big Aztec Indian. Ackles dis
Lithia hotel, and Rex Putnam, cooking, water heating, refrigera played some clever work on the
state superintendent of public in tion and home heating.
This last card but was outsmarted by
struction, will explain recent movement to gas has been partic Romans for the odd fall. This go
will get under way at 8:30 p. m.
school legislation.
ularly evident in the cooking and sharp.
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refrigeration field, and our com
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pany's volume has reached a point
BALL
CLUB ORGANIZES
where
we
have
been
able
to
justify
Island Will
I
a lower rate for our customers.”
The Ashland-Talent baseball
As evidence of a definite trend club Thursday night elected I. C.
Get Landscape Work towards
the use of the new butane Erwin president, Stanley Robbins
The tiny park island in the city gas, he stated that of 29,000 homes secretary-treasurer and Charlie
plaza will be landscaped and beau built during 1938 in an area where Skeeters manager. A tentative
tified. according to a decision of this fuel is available over 91 per game was arranged with Hilt to
the city council Tuesday evening, cent of the dwellings.installed gas be played there April 23.
(Continued on page 5)
and Park Supt. Chester Corry’s 1
plans for improving the triangle
were to be carried out starting
late this week.
Officers
Be
Laying of flagstones, shrubbery |
Installed
and hedges will be included in the ;
By MAUDE POOL
I Mrs. Al Floyd, exhibition commit work.
tee; Mrs. Lee Port, Mrs. J R Mc
Recently elected officers of the
The council also authorized the
A/j RS. A T. LATHROP of Cen- Cracken of Valley View. Mrs Jen
American Veterans of the
tral Point, Jackson county nie Hutchinson, Mrs. Mabel C. repair of broken curbs along Sis Disabled
World war, chapter No. 8, will be
delegate to the Associated Country Mack, hostesses; Mrs. Bertha kiyou boulevard esplanade, with installed in special joint ceremon
Women of the World conference Glasgo, Mrs. O. C. Maust, Mrs. work to get under way next week. ies in the Medford armory Satur
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iri London next month, will be Nora Strauss and Mrs. I. C. Wil
day, April 15, according to Raleigh
honor guest at a silver tea given liams, refreshment and serving
MOUNTAINS GET SNOW
Freeman, chaplain.
at the historic home of Mrs. Effie committee; Mrs. Bertha Young,
The new commander, Carold J.
Montains,
which
surround
Ash
Birdseye on the Pacific highway Mrs. Mabel Thornton, registra- land in stockade fashion, this Parker, will be inaugurated, as
south of Grants Pass Sunday, 1 tion. Mrs Leila Ousterhout and week received welcome blanket will other officers including Luth
April 16. The tea is sponsored by Mrs. Rita Myers will assist Mrs. ings of snow, with the precipita er Tingley, senior vice commander;
the mem tiers of the county exten Lahrop in pouring.
Miss Claire tion starting Tuesday and contin Homer Brown, junior vice com
sion committee and alumni and the Hanley is in charge of costuming. uing throughout the week. Scat mander; Raleigh Freeman, chap
public is cordially invited. Hours
The following articles are a few tered showers brought some need lain; Harvey Cassman, treasurer;
will be from 10 a. m. to 7 p. m. ’ of the varied collection which will ed moisture to city and valley Otto DeJamett, adjutant; L. H.
TINY JONES observing that
The Birdseye home, built In i be exhibited:
soil, although ranchers and stock- Allred, officer of the day; Frank CHARLIE (G-Man) WARREN
1854, and the only dwelling in
Strong-box—Once chained be- men are inviting additional down- Holbrook, service officer; George has gained in weight since join
Oregon of that age standing as neath the driver’s seat on the fall.
Shuler, sergeant-at-arms, and Cliff ing the Ashland garbage system.
JACK BENTLEY coyly but
when first built, was the inspira Wells Fargo express and was used
Lockman, hospital chairman.
tion for collection of an extensive to ship gold out of Jacksonville.
Many notables of the DAV will toning his shirt over pajama
exhibit of historic articles from It cost $1 to send a letter in this
be in attendance for the initiation, tops of a brilliant hue.
Larry Porter
KEITH HAINES being lectur
pioneer homes of southern Oregon, j box.
including State Commander Ker
and Companion
rigan, Capt. Cicero Hogan, Lyle ed about locking his bicycle by
which Is in charge of Miss Alice
I*lpe of peace- Smoked at foot
parent, DR. (He Should
Hanley, pioneer Jacksonville farm of Table Rock during Indian treaty
Are Invited to Be Guests of the Dailey and Floyd Dover. Ladies his
woman and club worker. All arti i by Col. John T. Ross in 1853.
of the auxiliary are arranging en Know) HAINES.
MANLEY BROWER wishing
and details.
cles will be authentically labeled
Southern Oregon Miner tertainment
Buckskin suit Worn by Col.
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he had cut the tree down instead
and will be placed on display both Ross at time the treaty was made.
To See Their Choice of
of merely pruning it, after a
MARGARET ANN NAYLOR
indoors and out so that guests may Both suit and pipe are in posses
the
Following
head-on
meeting.
Funeral
services
for
Margaret
view them at their leisure.
sion of John E. Ross of Central
MARY DRU EBNOTHER be
Ann Naylor, 67, who died at her
Mrs. Lathrop, now in Corvallis Point, only living son of Col. Ross.
Varsity
Theater
home on Harrison street April 5, ing promised an office job when
where she is sending her three
Grape vlne-Mission vine was
were held at 10 a. m. at the Lit- and if a typewriter becomes
Programs:
younger children to college, will planted by Clara Fleming Birdseye
willer
Funeral home April 8, with available.
come south for the event and will in 1856. It was given to her by
(Friday and Saturday)
GAY NEBEKER developing
Dr. D. M. Brower officiating. In
tie one of those chosen to pour. Granville Sears, then a resident of
“WIFE. HUSBAND AND
an allergy to open mouths.
terment was at Prospect.
She is state president of the Ore the old stage road north of Jack
FRIEND" plus
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WALTER LEVERETTE miss
gon state council, having been sonville.
THE JONES FAMILY in
ing a party in his honor to at
MARGARET ADA WINTERS
elected at their annual meeting in
Soap trough Hewn from a p:ne
"BORROWING TROUBLE”
Funeral services for Margaret tend the Lithia theater.
log in the 70's by Sam Mathis,
Corvallis this year.
HARRY HOXIE biting his
A<ia Winters. 23. who died at her
(Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday)
Members of the county exten first mayor of Rogue River.
home on Beach street April 8. words off with a windy accent.
SHIRLEY
TEMPLE
in
Melodian
Came
from
Boston
sion committee and alumni who
LEE RYAN caught between a
were held at 2 p. m. April 11 at
"THE LITTLE PRINCESS"
will preside at the tea, dressing in around Cape Horn about 1854 for
repair
bill and a new car sales
the
Litwiller
Funeral
home
with
•
quaint pastel costumes include: community church in Jacksonville,
man.
the
Rev.
James
Morgan
officiat
Call at The Miner Office
Mrs. Effie Birdseye, general now claimed to be the oldest pro Please
HARRY CHIPMAN sighing a
ing. Interment was in Mountain
for Your Guest Tickets
chairman; Miss Alice Hanley, Mis. testant church west of the Rock f
sigh as a blond goes by.
J1 View cemetery.
ies.
Reeds
made
in
Austria
in
173b.
Alice Ricks, Mra. Zuba. Gates and
Of
KI PICTURES
ARE SURPRISE
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,
Will
For Sessions
SOCE
COOKING AND
REFRIGERATION
COSTS TO DROP
Head
School
Historic Home, Collection
Scene of Meeting Sunday
Plaza
DAV
To
Saturday