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ASHLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1939
METHODISTS IN
OBSERVANCE OF
75TH YEAR HERE
UMIE EMBARGO BUM' has asked
1 thi support of Henry Ford,
<’ol Charles IJmtbrrgh ami Her
bert Hoover in fighting neutrality
law revision, verifying the sus
|>lclon that Earl Browder and Fritz.
Kuhn would lie unable to blca-k 1t
alone
In
Ersatz
to
< ¡ermany
get u slug for his thoughts instead
of a penny.
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This has been a most unusual
hunting season for southern Ore-
gon. with more deer going through
town feet first that
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All Europe is cringing around
anti-aircraft guns but what thia
country seems to require la some
kind of anti-hot air equipment to
defend us against propaganda de
partments of the several belliger
ents and our own argumentativ«-
congressmen
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If men can beat be Judged by
the company they keep, then cer
tain emttargo senators arc likely
to find themselves sharing Hitler'*
jMipularity here
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Fewer radios would be played
continuously day and night If more
jtvople could stand to be alone with
their thought*
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Frequently we hear of vigorous
drives to eliminate unsightly road
side billboards but what the coun
try really nerds la something done
about the unkempt thumbs that
flank our highways
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75th anniversary of the
founding ■ .i ths Ashland Math
odist church In 1MD4 is being cele
brutvd ti! Is week in a series of
special programs and events, IW
cording to Rev Melville T Wire
pastor, At 8 15 o'clock Wednesday
evening, Hept 27, a musical con
cert observing the 10th anniver
sary of the iustallation of the
church organ was given by Ilans
Hoerlein and George M11<I<I<<X <>f
Medford.
Today’s part In the observance
will take the form of un exhibit
of pioneer relics un<l pictures in
the early days of the Ashland
church The display, in charge of
Mi* Mabel Lowther, will be held
In the church auditorium from 3
to 5 p m Assisting Mrs lx>wth<-r
are Mrs Wire und l-awrence
Powell.
At 6:30 o'clock tonight, Sept
29. an anniversary banquet will be
held in social hall of the church
Those attending are being asked
to bring their own table service
•nd food At 8 p m Dr Walter
Redford, president of Southern
Oregon College of Education, will
preside at an historical meeting
Church uchool and rally day ac
tivities will get under way at 9 30
a m Sunday, Oct 1. to be fol
lowed by regular church service at
11 o'clock. An anniversary sermon
win i«- delivered i>v Dr William
Wallace Youngson of Portland on
'"n>e Church's One Foundation ”
At the 7 30 p m. service the gen
eral topic will be "Looking For
ward." with three-minute address
es by Ruth Froman and Gaylord
Vestal Sermon, "Greeting the Un-
forscen’’ by Dr Sydney W Hall,
will conclude the anniversary cele
bration
City-Wide Enrollment
For P-TA Will Start
Monday, October 2nd
Vain people who continually
point with pride to their ancestry
usually do so because l<s>king back
is more flattering
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than looking
Annual Parent-Teacher enroll
ahead
ment will get under way in all
Axhlund achooia Monday, OcL 2,
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belligerent
submarines and will continue through Friday.
With
off both coasts. Oct 6. Teachers of each school
already sighted
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the chap who Ixiaatfl he'll never will work with pupils in securing
shoulder a musket until our land members under the leadership of
tiicii unit chairman, Mr« p H
is Invaded might get his wish
Stansbury, Washington school;
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Mrs l-arkin Grubb, Idncoln. and
Republican congressmen bury Mrs Bert H Smith junior urlimi
ing the political hatchet during high school. Mis C II Putney
the present time of stress was a will be general chairman.
notable bit of statesmanship, but
All parents and friends inter
was eclipsed right here In south ested arc invited to Join through
ern <hregon Ait (Hie) Powell, some boy or girl attending Ash
pilot of tin- Control Point Amorl land public schools The aims and
can, has come out in favor of purposes of the Parent-Teacher
President
Roosevelt's
revision axnociation are health of the child
That is news, like the Bremen be and parent education.
ing discovered In Bear creek
Study clubs will be conducted
in all the units this year with
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Although the deer hunting sea Mr* Arthur Taylor as leader for
son is most disastrous for the deer, the Junior-senior unit. Mrs. Harry
there are compensations For once I-evage, Lincoln, and Mrs Earl
successful hunters van pass the Rogers. Washington If necessary,
buck at home and the little lady more clubs will be organized. The
P-TA chorus will be held under
won't give 'em fits for it.
the directorship of Miss Lucie
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I^uiden, member of the SOCE
Likelihood that Hitler mny with faculty.
draw from trouble-making and
Mrs 11. C. Forsythe will lie
yield to his repressed desire to heard over kmei > at i 30 p m
paint In oils is as great ax that Monday, Oct , 2. extolling the aims
of a triumphant hunter with a and purposes of the P-TA. Each
buck slung over each front fender member, on Joining, will be given
sneaking up back streets <>n his a tag signifying their membership
way home.
in the organization This tag is
to lie worn during the entire week.
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off
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One certain way to kill
rodents would be to let them in
on how humans die who die like
nits Their shame would be fatal.
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History may not I m » repeating it
self during the second world war,
but Berlin dispatches claiming the
capture of Warsaw certainly are.
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Tragedy and humor arc conccd-
cd to bear a close relationship but
so fill' we ii;iv<■ been unabte to see
anything funny
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about the Euro
pean war.
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The obvious answer for people
who persist in greeting friends
with "Whatta ya know?" is "How
to say hello."
111
An old axiom has It that as a
man eats, so is he, bringing to
mind the sorry plight of Clark
Wood at Weston, who drank until
he liquidated his brain.
111
This country is quite likely to
remain aloof from the second
world war. well remembering that
about all we got for our Iasi fight
to save freedom was liberty steak.
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Dropping leaflets on Germany
may be good military strategy
but it appears to us that greater
effectiveness could be gained by
dropping the printing presses.
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l>R. BROWER SERIOUSLY ILL
Word was received late last
night by Ashland relatives of the
serious illness of Dr. D. M. Brow
er, well known local man, in an
Albany hospital. Dr. Brower was
visiting relatives when stricken.
Sports Writer Braves
Prognostications For
Week-End Grid Tilts
By HAIlltY CHIPMAN
Th< 1939 football season gets
under way in full force Satui'lay
when all of the major grid teams
of the nation will swing into
action. The following 'is a list of
this writer's fond guesses:
California will take its double
header from California A&M
and Pacific but Alonzo Staggs
outfit will put up the stiffer bat-
tie
Oregon State should get into
the Stanford Indian's hair at Palo
Alto.
Pitt is coming to Seattle by
plane for its game with Washing
ton but will fly right into a hunch
of tough Huskies who are set to
trim ’em.
Southern California's mighty
Trojans are too strong for Oregon.
Texas Christian will have a
close call at the hands of UCLA
but will emerge victorious tonight.
Idaho’s Vandals take on Mon
tana State at home and should
take the win despite the fact that
it will be State’s third game as
against Idaho's opener.
Montana State thumped Port
land last week and Montana is
going to uphold the honors this
Saturday,
Gonzaga will drop her second
straight start of the year, this
time to St. Mary’s Sunday.
And last but not least, the one
wo most hate to see, the Grants
Pass Cavemen are going to smear
Skeet O’Connell’s Ashland high
Grizzlies.
Number 39
Large Maps Suitable
LIONS’ SLOGAN
For Pin-Sticking War
Followers Are Ready ! CONTEST OPEN
4 RE YOU' iui avid follower
<>f war progress I-
In Eiir
Do
unpronounceable
ope ?
nan lea of cities puzzle you,
and Is your conception of bcl-
ligerent geography Miim-whut
gorldi-d
Then you are the reader
The Miner is looking for.
Through s|M-«'lal arriuigeiiM-nt
with a Fortland concern, this
w«M-k we are aide to offer
large, complete maps of the
war zone, including th«- Brit
ish Isles on the w««st luid the
Russian border on the east,
the Baltic states on the north
mid th«* Bnlkiuis in the s«mth.
These maps, 19 by 24 Inchea
In size, are suitable for mount
ing on heavy cardboard or on
a nail and are large enough
the accomodate colored pins,
|H-n<il marks or imy other
scheme of locating Eurojiean
happenings.
Th«- ma|is will tie given free
with <-<uh new or renewal one
year subscription brought to
The Miner offl«-e, or they may
I m - purchased outright at 50
cents each.
The
complete
map
was
draft«-«! less than two weeks
ago iuk I Is the most up-to-
date now available.
It will
help you to brush up on your
geography and enable you to
properly understand history
now in the making and its sig
nificance in Euro|M- and to
the rest of the world.
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COMING WEEK IS
SET FOR LETTER
WRITING DRIVE
!• OCTOBER 1ST
A CONTEST to produce the moat
fitting slogan for Ashland as
an outstanding community will get
under way here Sunday, Oct. I,
and will conclude with the award
of a 115 cash prize to the winner
Nov. I. according to R. I. Fla
herty, president of the Ashland
Lions club which is sponsoring the
contest and posting prize money.
The contest will be open to all
residents of the immediate Ash
land trading area (except Lions
ami their families) with entries to
be mailed to Mons Club Secretary
Ned Mars. Should more than one
person submit the winning slogan,
the entry first received will be
given the prize money by a Judg
ing committee to be named later
from Lions club members, Cham
ber of Commerce officials and one
outsider. Each entry will be num
bered in the order of its receipt
by the Lions secretary.
The Ashland service club con
ceived the contest in an effort to
provide some descriptive, pungent
phrase by which this city may be
come known, explainer! Dr. G B
Hull, publicity chairman, this
week
At their last meeting held Tues-
day evening in the Lithia hotel.
local Lions received Jack Merritt
ax pianist for the club, and were
hosts to Syd Reed, local car dealer
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Medford Cops Playoff
Series off Merchants
The 10-hit pitching of Harry
Leggett gave the Medford Craters
a 5 to 4 victory over the Grants
Pass Merchants and also the
Southern Oregon Baseball league's
Shaughnessy playoff title, two
games in three
The Medfordites pounced on the
IVITH national letter writing
of Steve Crippen early
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set b*as
by r»z»aial
postal j.MizUnlai
officials offerings
for Oct 1 to 7, Ashland's Post- in the game and came up with
three runs in the opening frame
master John Fuller was busy this and
two more tallies spiked the
week reminding local putter-offers platter
in the second inning. Here
that the occasion would be a moat
tightened and allowed but
appropriate time to catch up on Crippen
scattered blows the rest of
their postponed correspondence. four
Fuller .plan» to make results of I the afternoon. His teammates col
his campaign known to the pos lected a run in their half of the
it was not until the
tal heads at the national post first and
frame that the Merchants
masters annual convention in eighth
were able to again score when
Washington, D. C., he said yes they
put three across. A desperate
terday.
inning rally by the Merchants
This year's letter writing week last
by the superior
is the second annual affair and was cut of short
Leggett.
wax devised to focus attention on flinging
Batteries: Medford—Leggett to
mail services of the post office de Calvert;
Grants Pass—Crippen to
partment In Illustration of the
occasion. Fuller submitted the fol Woods.
lowing description of "The Phan
tom letter" which should strike a
< bord with many read
ers:
"I am the letter you MEANT to
write.
"But you were too busy, or you
kept putting it off. or you excused
At 3:45 o’clock this afternoon
yourself by claiming you 'didn't
the Ashland Junior high school
know what so say.’
football machine will swing into
"So I never was written.
"And because I never was writ action again at the high school
ten there is a question in the mind field when they face their bitter
of one of your friends; or a pleas rivals. Medford Junior high. Coach
ant bond with some one has been Al Simpson of the local school has
broken; or there is loneliness in reduced the weight of his team
the heart of one who thinks of. considerably compared to his
starting lineup against Chiloquin
you.
"It was such an easy thing to last week but, in doing so, has
have done that letter which made a faster outfit.
Simpson has changed his sys
should have been written But you
let the time pass, and somewhere tem slightly and has stressed de
a friend, or a family, or even an ception in plays as well as teach
ing the boys five new’ formations.
acquaintance, is the poorer.
“The word that would have Several scrimmages with the high
brought cheer to the sick one was school this week have added nec
not written: the gracious thank- essary polish to the Juniors and
you for a favor done or a gift ex Simpson is looking forward to a
changed was never mailed; the tough as well as exciting ball
happy ones who wished to know game today.
Little Jamey Moseley has edged
that you shared their happiness;
and the unhappy ones who so out Caton for the left half spot
craved a word of sympathy are while Monroe’s playing has put
King on the bench. Athanas has
wondering at your silence.
had more fire in his workouts for
"I am Just a phantom letter."
the right end post and for that
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JUDGE MEIKLE HERE
Judge Theresa Meikle of San guson, who opened against Chil
Francisco is viRiting in Ashland oquin.
Coach Simpson has announced
with her mother. Mrs. J. F.
Meikle. Judge Meikle recently re his starting lineup as follows:
turned to the United States from Monroe, left end; Morris, left
a vacation trip in Europe, which tackle; Surber, left guard; Bar
ended in Italy when war broke ker, center; Clawson, right guard;
Decker, right tackle; Athanas,
out in Europe.
right end; Elam, quarter; Mose-
ley, left half; Ross, right half:
McElfresh, fullback.
Dr. R. E. Poston
JUNIORS WILL
MEET MEDFORD
and Companion
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
Southern Oregon Miner
To See Their Choice of
the Following
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Programs:
(Friday ami Saturday)
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4«
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IHND"
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MOON"
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
"MAN ABOUT TOWN"
Please Call at The Miner Office
for Your Guest Tickets
BATTERY B IS
EXPANDED TO
NEW STRENGTH
FOOTBALL
Ijist Week's Football Scores:
At Yreka 6. Ashland 6.
At Ashland Junior high 0. Chil-
oquin Frosh 20.
At Klamath Falls 21, Franklin
(Portland) 21.
At Medford 26. Weed 19.
At North Bend 7, Grants Pass
13.
Giunes Tonight:
Ashland at Grants Pass.
Corvallis at Medford.
Klamath Falls at The Dalles.
Medford Junior high at Ash-
land Junior high, 3:45 p. m.
SIX-MAN COUNTY LEAGUE
Scores Last Week:
At Jacksonville 51, Talent 7.
At Gold Hill 18. Phoenix 0.
Games Today:
Jacksonville at Phoenix.
Gold Hill at Talent.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 28.
They're scaring people around
here unnecessarily. Gates to the
White House have been clanged
shut and armed policemen stand
there to shoo the throng of tour
ists away. Heretofore tourists
could enter and wander around the
grounds, feeding peanuts to the
gray squirrels. That’s out now.
'1 he famed east room of the White
House, visited by several thousand
tourists daily, is barred
Ropes and barricades are in the
corridors of the sprawling capitol
building to curb visitors. Even
members of congress have to iden
tify themselves to young law stud
ents who compose the capitol po
lice. Last year these youths were
unarmed; they were so green that
it was not considered safe for them
to carry weapons. They have been
rearmed. Guards at the doors of
public buildings give the double-O
to every many or woman entering
the place. The policeman watching
the faded Constitution and Declar
ation turns gimlet eyes on visitors
scanning the documents as though
he expected someone to steal the
papers and ruin the country by
leaving it minus the Constitution.
Knots of women wander
through senate and house of
fice buddings carry ing small
American flags and banners
with the legend "Keep us out
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REGISTRATION
NEARS 300 PEAK
With enrollment figures already
past the 265 mark find still climb
ing. Registrar Marshall Woodell
yesterday expected a record at
tendance for the fail quarter at
Southern Oregon College of Edu
cation of between 275 and 300
students. With registration open
ing Monday and classes starting
Thursday of this week, attendance
to date has shown a 26 per cent
increase over the same period last
year.
Much interest at the institution
has been shown in the student
training program of the Civil
Aeronautics authority, which has
authorized a minimum of 10 stud-
ents at SOCE. About 30 applica
tion blanks already have been dis
tributed by the school and stud
ents now are undergoing flight
examinations by Dr. James C.
Hayes. Medford physician as
signed to the work in this district.
One of every 10 students may be
a woman. Woodell said.
Students at the college will en
joy the season’s first mixer to
night, Sept. 29, in the auditorium
with music starting at 9 p. m.
Class officers elected Thursday
by the various classes follow:
Freshman: Donald Monteith,
president; Jack Williams, vice
president; Shirley Willard, secre
tary, and Jean Leonard, treasurer.
Junior: William Winters, presi
dent; Harry Fredericks, vice pres
ident, and Muriel Stocks, secre
tary-treasurer. Senior: Darrell
Davis, president; Jack Kemnitzer,
vice president: Nan Goeller, sec
retary-treasurer; Ralph Brickey,
sergeant-at-arms; Margaret Har
rison, social chairman, and Wanda
Wyant, chairman of announcement
committee.
£,X_>LLOW1NG receipt of special
orders to increase strength of
Ashland's Battery B, 249th Coast
Artillery, from 53 enlisted men to
85 early Sunday, Capt. H. B.
Bentley, commander, immediately
launched a recruiting drive intend
ed the bring the local unit up to
new quota within the week. Yes
terday 16 of the 35 needed men
ha<l been signed. Captain Bentley
announced.
The increase here came as the
result of Presidential orders ex
panding the United States' peace
time military services, including
the National Guard, regular army,
marines and navy. Local officers
are eager to comply with the ex
pansion order as quickly as pos
sible to maintain a long-standing
fine record here. Thursday night
guardsmen held special drills in
the armory to which interested
persons were invited.
Pointing out special advantages
enjoyed in the coast artillery,
Captain Bentley declared "There
13 a mistaken impression that the
Oregon National Guard soon will
mobilize, which is untrue. We
merely are increasing our strength
as authorized by peace time meas
ures and are able to offer what
we believe are desirable advant
ages to single men of thia area
between the ages of 20 and 38
years. Interesting training, drills,
education, physical development
and summer camp-- as well as
liberal pay— are a part of coast
artillery work.”
Captain Bentley, together with
First Lieut. Roy Clary as recruit
ing officer, and Second Lieut.
Lynn Neeley, supply and mess of
ficer, are conducting the intens
ive enlistment campaign through
the week and are maintaining an
information and recruiting office
in the armory until 11 p. m. each
night.
Ashland men already having
enlisted by yesterday included the
following: William A. Hoxie, W.
L. Hewitt. Harvey McNerney, E.
Hilkey, Ralph Lamb, J. M. Wur-
zer, H H Smith, C. C. Shaw, R.
H. Shaw, G. R. Engle, E V. Rost,
E. J. Schamitz, Lloyd Rodgers,
T. M. Winkler, R. L. Pederson and
Jack Balding.
Primary Council Will
Meet Saturday Noon
Jackson County Primary Teach
ers' council will meet in the court
house auditorium in Medford at
11:15 a. m. Saturday, Sept 30,
with Miss Frances Fitzgerald of
Talent as chairman.
Miss Marguarita Moore of the
Evans Valley school, \yho attend
ed the Swope summer school in
Long Beach, will speak on modem
primary education.
All primary teachers are urged
to attend this first meeting as
plans for the future • programs of
the year are to be discussed.
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• Lewis Rose of San Francisco
visited in Ashland several days
this week at the home of his
mother. Mrs. S. L. Rose.
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ALCIE PRETTYMAX DIES
IN CAR SMASHl P HERE
Alcie Toby Prettyman. 24, died
early Thursday morning in his car
about two miles south of Ashland
on the Klamath Falls highway as
the result of injuries received
when his car struck a culvert,
left the road and came to rest
against a telephone pole, He was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Community hospital by Dr. R. E.
Poston, who was called by city
police.
Prettyman came to Ashland
two years ago from Oklahoma,
residing at 501 Mountain avenue.
He is survived by his wife here
and other immediate relatives in
Oklahoma.
Arrangements,
in
charge of Lltwiller Funeral par-
lor, had not been announced yes-
terday.
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GET NEW PAINT
The laying on of paint has be
come almost universal in th- Ash
land business district, with Larry
Porter's Wardrobe cleaning plant
on North Main street receiving
new coatings over the week-end.
The Kaegi building on East Main
street housing the White House
grocery and East Side market also
has been receiving new paint, both
outside and in upstairs apart
ments.
BYRD NOSLER borrowing a
RUBY engagement ring for
GENEVIEVE PATTERSON.
GEORGE NICHOLS busier
than his bees.
JERRY STRUVE looking and
waiting for a seven-footer.
BEULAH and KENT ASH
CRAFT somewhat startled to
see I EE ASHCRAFTS dog
TONY coming through their
transom after a cigar.
JACK WILLIAMS chasing
STAN DAVIS and his only pair
of pants in the immediate neigh
borhood down the highway.
MYRTLE HOLMAN offering
to accompany SADIE MILLER
home.
PAT DOW searching for a
lost fowl.
JOHN BARKER courteously
refilling sugar bowls with salt.
LUCILLE SMITH and HEN
RY METZ deciding their im
promptu wiring ability is fuse
and far between.
PARKER HESS buying a
dime-store necklace to use as a
fob for his Ingersoll so he can
lay claim to a 21-jewel watch.
JOHN BALDWIN overesti
mating his deer hunting ability
and losing several bucks as a
consequence.