Friday, Feb. 7, 1941
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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It's An III Wind-
While the high wind Wednesday evening left con­
siderable damage in its wake it brought to light weak­
nesses in construction that might have saved property
owners extensive loss. Unprepared for wind of such
velocity as that which swept over the valley for no less
that 10 hours, roofs of buildings, glass fronts, signs,
telephone and electric light poles suffered no little
damage.
Perhaps property owners have dwelt under the
somewhat false belief that "it can’t happen here’’ and
have not been as particular as they might in construc­
tion work. The wind has brought these defects to pub­
lic attention in a forcible manner and it is to be ex­
pected that more care will be exercised in making re­
pairs and replacements.
Regions east of the Cascade mountains would not
be unduly disturbed by a windstorm such as visited
this vicinity Wednesday, as such blows are expected
around this time of year and are looked upon as the
break-up of winter. To them it is the "chinook” and
more often than not it is welcomed as a relief from the
rigors of winter. Occasionally the chinook strikes with
violence and leaves a trail of destruction behind, but
such a storm is accepted more in the light of a novelty
than a disaster and repairs are made without com­
plaint. That seems to be the spirit in which Wednes­
day’s storm was taken here—something like the man­
ner the British accept Hitler’s daily bombing raids.
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This paper was inclined to disagree with Governor
Charles A. Sprague in his contention for larger trucks
until seeing one day this week an army air corps supply
transport pass through Ashland. The length of this
outfit must have been in excess of the limit prescribed
by Oregon law, but whether or not that was the case,
it demonstrated the necessity for moving large quan­
tities of army supplies at the greatest possible speed.
Neighboring states already have a higher load limit
than Oregon and in case of national necessity it is not
likely that cargoes being shipped from one of these
states to another, across Oregon, would go to the trou­
ble of reloading into smaller trucks to meet this state’s
limit requirements. As much as The Miner regrets to
see further usurpation of the highways by the trucks,
it appears inevitable in view of the course national
affairs are taking. Perhaps the governor views the
situation in this light and is not to be criticized too
harshly for his stand.
Uy SCHOOL STUDENTS
IL SCHOOL STUDEN I B
Room I
Nancy Graber and Harold Fow­
ler are celebrating their birthdays
this week
Jimmy Layton from the Lincoln
school entered our room Monday
We are glad to have Jimmy with
ua
The Grocery Store
Tuesday morning 10. second
grade went With Mrs Willits to
visit a grocery store Shermans
father had invited them to come
tv his store. Ln the store they saw
milk, fresh vegetables. canned
goods. groceries, candy and nuts
There were many other things',
too. The children guessed about
the weight of a big sweet potato.
Mr. Moseley weighed it on his
scales. It weighed a little over
two pound». Mr. Moseley gave
each of the children u candy bur
and some pecans. Everyone had a
good time.
Room 5 had a class meeting
Tuesday, h’eb. 4. The password
was to explain the word "scrape "
Charles Adams was elected news
paper reporter. The program was
Tap dance. Jeanette Hannah; ac­
cordion solo, Thelma Winkleman;
God Bless America, Marlys Wil-
cox, Jacquie Donne Lowe; "Amer-
tea" was sung by all of the boys
and girls
Norma June Simmonds of Room [
6 made a trip to Crescent City
Sunday. She enjoyed the aquarium
and the beach.
While the nation's industrial machine labors at an
ever-increasing pace to arm us. other important factors
must not be overlooked. Building and maintaining the
country’s morale is as important to national defense as
expanding production.
That is why it is encouraging to note that the
theme for Boy Scout week is "Strengthening and Invig­
orating Democracy.” Positive measures are the order
of the day. The million and one half boys and men
who make up the American Scout movement are pursu­
ing a nation-wide program of action to make scouting
a signal and effective asset to our country’ in this na­
tional emergency. By emphasizing doubly their regu­ Drill Team
lar program of education and energetic activity the The Washington drill team has
been learning some new drills. We
members of the Boy Scouts of America hope to perform are
trying to learn some that we
an important part in the task of revitalizing the ideals saw the high sch«x>l girls do.
Room 5
and practices of American democracy.
We visited the Ashland public
In the week of Feb. 7-13, the public will be able to library this morning. Miss Mason
told us that Andrew Carnegie
judge the results so far of intensive intra-organization- gave
the city of Ashland $17,000
al activity which the Boy Scouts have carried on calmly to build our library. We played a
book game. She taught us J
since early in September. A nation-wide roll call and good
how to find titles and books in
inventory, completed in December in every one of the the card catalogue and on the
book shelves.
47,000 Scout units, is the basis of an extensive plan Junior
Safety Volunteer Club
designed to make scouting more effective with those The Washington school is going
start a junior safety volunteer
already enrolled as Scouts and to extend the benefits to
patrol as soon as they get the
of Scout training to the thousands and thousands of uniforms. The officers will wear
helmets and yellow belts.
boys who are eager to be better equipped to serve their yellow
Mr. Corthell will choose about 12
fellow men and their country.
boys from the fifth and sixth
to become safety officers
In many communities older Scouts are making ready grades
Roger Flaharty.
to act in emergency service corps, trained to apply Room I
We drew names Tuesday for:
Scout training in assisting the Red Cross and other Valentine
day.
For each name
existing agencies in times of disaster. In many of the drawn a valentine will be made by
the pupil who drew the name.
545 local councils, too, plans for rapid and efficient Then
everyone will get a valen- I
concentration of Scout units for community service on tine. Mr. Bishop put his name in '
the hat and we let him draw a i
short notice have been adopted and put into practice. name,
so that he would get one,
In countless minor ways, members of the Boy Scouts too. We are going to have a pretty
valentine box.
are helping to make democracy a living, vital creed.
Kama Henson is absent from
The Boy Scout motto is “Be Prepared.” It is a school.
She has the measles. Jo­
Brown and Virginia Lilly
healthy sign, one that bodes well for the future of our anne
have bad colds and have
nation and the Scout movement, that they are living both
been gone for a few days. We
hope all three will be well >oon
up to it in every sense of the phrase.
for we miss them at school very
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Lincoln School
Washington School
much.
Rooms five and six plan to re­
member February birthdays with
a combined program. Geraldine
Lathrop. Carmela Daly and Paul
Morris were appointed by Room
6 president, Edith Turnbull, to
work with Jacquie Donne Lowe,
Roger Flaharty and Thelma Win­
kleman, appointed by Room 5
president, Marlys Wilcox
A small group of violins
played at a joint meeting of the
P-TA of Ashland Wednesday af­
ternoon. Feb. 5, at the Civic club
house. Those playing were Bonnie
Frohreich. Mary Margaret White,
Orville Renzema, Ronald Scofield
and Dwight Schneider. They play­
ed
"Lightly
Row,"
"London
Bridge." "Auld Lang Syne" and
“Merrily We Roll Along.” Miss
Hager directed them, with Mrs.
Willits accompanying at the piano.
The Chickagam! Camp Fire
group of Washington school elect­
ed officers at their meeting last
week. Results of the election were
as follows: President, Marlys Wil­
cox; vice president, Jacquie Donne
Lowe; secretary, Marjorie Mes­
senger; treasurer. Norma Sim­
mons; scribe, Joyce Reinbold, and
song leaders, Ruth Ager and Edith
Turnbull.
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Room 5
Miss Ito»«*, a student teacher of
th«» fourth grade, made a iM-autlful
valentine box of red and white
crepe paper The boys and girls
ure going to open It on Valentine's
day.
U«llta Moor«» from Washington
school entered th«» fourth grade of
Uncoin sch«Mil Monday morning,
Feb 3 The children of the fouith
grade hope that units will Ilk«»
LiiKMiln school.
The fourth grade of Lincoln
school is studying about Eskimos
They have some interesting pic­
tures showing the ways they live
The boys and guts plan to have n
good lime making things
Room 6
The Home club of Uncoln school
Is going to miike models of houses
They al»«> are going to furnish
them with tiny furniture Most of
the houses ure going to ,H' nmile
of stucco Tile girli« are making
their plans now
Pupils of Room 6 chose a com­
mittee to make a Valentine box
Th«» chairman la Elmer Blunck
Helpers are Carl Surber. Ronald
Nance. Dorthy Kiser ami Maxine
Riley
James Rose went to Creacenl
| City to visit his cousins over the
week-end He went <»n Saturday
and stayed until Monday. Feb 3
Th«» boys and girls of Room 6
have some signs of spring They
are pussy willows, cat tails and
violets
H im un ti elected a new president,
vice president and secrelaty The
names of the officers are Edward
| Bea re, president; Carl Surber,
vice president, and Rena Ruaaell.
’ secretary These officers will have
a term of six weeks
lx»roy Moore came back to Un-
lloom 7
Tuemlay, R«s>m 7 went over to
| the high school to see two {de­
lures The name of one was "Peo­
ple of Mexico" and the other was
"Cattleman " Th«» picture of Mex­
ico was interesting to the children
because they are studying about
that country The |>icture of the
Cattleman was interesting to
them too because they had been
studying about the western states
Room 8
Tuesday. Jan 28. the sixth
' grade went to the library Miss
Mason, librarian, shnwrd the chil­
dren how to use the catalogs, and
how to find txs»ks on the shelves
The members of the El«»ctri-
clans' club went to the telegraph
office Jan 31 They saw how the
operator receives and sends mes­
sages with the Morse etale He
also showed them a naval observ­
atory time clock and told them
how it worked
coin from Washington Momlay.
The children are glad he returned
turned.
I EXAMINER COMING
A traveling examiner of opera-
1 tors anil chauffeur» will be at the
I Ashland city hall between the
! houra of 1 p m and 5 p. m. Fri­
day Feb 14 All those wishing
. permits or licenses to drive cars
are asked to get in touch with the
examiner during these hours.
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THE WINDS CAME
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the rope by which they were raised or lowered. Every
few days a man came to change the carbons and gave
the burend ones to children for ‘pencils." Remember?
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