Friday, Sept. 19, 1941
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Page 4
TALENT NEWS
Southern Oregon Miner
NOTED QUARTET
• Mr anil tars O. Carver have
opened the Talent cafe, recently
operated by Mr. and Mra DeBord.
The Carvers are former residents
CHAS. M GIFFEN
of Talent and ran the cafe a cou
Published Every Friday
ple of years ago.
at 167 East Main Street
WILLIAM SAVIN
• Frank Maxon, a resident of
ASHLAND, OREGON
Publishers
Talent for many years. )>assed
¥
away last Friday evening at a
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Entered as second-class
local hospital. Funeral services
SUBSCRIITION
matter February 15.
were held Monday morning at the
RATES
1935, at the postoffice at
Litwiller Funeral home Interment
(In Advance)
Ashland. Oregon, under
was made in the Mountain View
ONE
YEAR
.......
$150
the act of March 3.1879.
cemetery at Ashland.
SIX MONTHS
80c
• Mr. and Mrs Nobel Green of
«Mailed Anywhere in the
Phoenix were callers in Talent
United States)
Monday afternoon.
• Rev. W. S. Wilber of Grants
l*ass is conducting a series of
THE TRUTH WIIX j
meetings at the Baptist church
evenings of this week.
• Mrs. Dick Morrow and daugh-
| ters Benny and Betty Lou of
Wagner creek were shopping and
Rising prices are definitely not the fault of retail visiting friends here Monday.
• Mr and Mrs. Alva Smith mov
merchandising, despite mistaken rumors to that effect, ed
to Medford this week. Mr.
which have recently gone into circulation. The truth Smith is employed at Groceteria i
2.
is that retail merchandising has done a remarkable No.
• Mr and Mrs. Wiley Hotchkiss
j of Denver, Colo, are visiting Mr.
job in holding price increases to the minimum.
brother and sister-in- The MimtiKMlppI G<m|>el Four
The figures tell the story. Today factory payrolls Hotchkiss'
law. Mr. and Mrs. Will Hotchkiss. quartet, one of the outMtcuidlng
They are looking for a location negro quartet» of America, will
are 50 percent greater than a year ago, and the aver and
plan on locating in the valley, ap|H-ur at the Anhliuid Church
age worker’s earnings are 22 percent greater. Yet re i • Mr
and Mrs. Fred Cook of of the Nazarvne, 3 p. m. Munday.
tail food prices have advanced only seven percent since Yamsey logging camp in Klamath This quartet, noted for It» ren
were week-end guests of dition of negro »plrltuala, has
June 1940. In the same period, wholesale food prices ' county
Mrs. Cook's parents, Mr. and Mrs
traveled a» a quartet for more
advanced 22 percent—an increase three times as great Walter Holmes in Valleyview and than 11 year» and his» »ung over
Mr. and Mrs Elmer Cook in Thl- station WDGX, MiniirapoUri, for
as that which took place in retail food prices.
I ent. Mr. Cook’s father accompan two yean. The quartet In now
them home for a visit.
working under the <.|Min»onhlp
Compared with 1929. factory workers have about a ied
• Mr. and Mrs. Allen Clark mov- of the Northwest Nazarene Col
42 percent greater food purchasing power. Other work I ed from the Brag orchard west of lege of .\iuii|MU Ida., and will
Phoenix into the home of his prvwent negro »plritual» a» well
ers’ food purchasing power is up 28 percent. Retail father.
Ben Clark.
an go»|>el »origw In their Sunday
food prices are some 20 percent under 1929 levels.
• The Community club held its appearance.
What is true of food, is true to a very large extent first meeting of the season at the
hall Wednesday afternoon.
of other commodities. The fact that price rises have so city
Mrs. C. W. Ix>ng is president of of the Parent-Teachers association
was held at the school house Fri
far been moderate, in the light of the inflationary ten the club.
Mrs Kenneth
• Talent school began Monday day afternoon.
dencies produced by the arms drive with its unprece with an increase of attendance. Brown .president, conducted the
meeting. Mrs Jo Goldpenny was
dented spending, is very largely the work of merchan A number of high school students appointed
secretary
by
Mrs
are working in the pear harvest
Brown and installed by Mis»
disers.
and will start later.
burg to fill the vacancy left
Prices will inevitably rise in the future. Higher • Mr. and Mrs Will Iamb of Gans
by Mrs. Kenneth Nelson. Plans
Reese
creek
and
their
daughter
costs of doing business, combined with increased pur and family of California were were discussed for work on a play
for the coming year The
chasing power and dwindling supplies, make that in guests of Tom Lamb and Mr and ground
P-TA creed was read by Mrs T
Mrs.
Roy
Estes
last
Thursday.
evitable. But to blame this on retail merchandising, is I • Claude Ward and family of Quamme; a poem entitled "When
’s Away," by Jean Henderson,
to put the cart before the horse. Generally speaking, Wagner creek are anxiously a Ma poem,
We Do Mean You,"
awaiting
a
visit
from
their
daugh
retail prices are being advanced when, and only when, ter, Mrs. Margaret Davis and in by Mrs. M "And
Bradfield, and a poem.
"Secretaries,” by Mrs. Jo Gold-
wholesale prices and operating overhead make it ab fant daughter whom they have penny
Music was played by Mrs
seen. Mr and Mrs Davis
solutely unavoidable. That is the progressive retail never
left here a couple of years ago John DeWitt at the piano. Hist-
policy today. And it will be the retail policy in the for South America and after esses were Mrs Franklin and Mrs
Blanchard.
Refreshments (
spending some time in Colombia, Art
Tutuie.
moved to Panama where Davis is were served.
employed in the Canal Zone. Mrs • A Girl Scout committee meet-
GEMS OF THOUGHT
Davis is coming by air transport ing was held Tuesday evening at
to Los Angeles where she will the Club hotel with Mrs. T Quam
No more important duty can be urged upon those who are
spend a few days visiting friends me. Mrs Sam Dunaway, Miss Lu
entering the great theatre of life than simple loyalty to their best
before continuing the journey here cille Gansburg, Mrs White and
convictions. —Chapin.
Mrs. Enzie Wright attending.
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He that respects himself is safe from others;
Mrs. John De Witt and Mrs Fred
HILT
NEWS
He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.—Longfellow.
Bayliss were unable to attend.
It is noft what he has. nor even what he does, which directly ex- , • The "Country Fair" given by • Louis Alphonse, Barbara and
presses the worth of a man, but what he is.—Amiel.
the Women’s Society of Christian Phyllis and Mrs Enzie Wright
Service at the hall Friday evening and Mrs. Julio Rossetti were in
a great success.
Attendance Medford and Ashland Saturday.
Up was
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New Books in Library X™?
the! tar exceeded the hopes and plans • Gordon Alphonse and Kenneth
I Inveri vs ra- liet
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of the ladies who worked on the Rogers of Stockton are hunting
The F following
list of nani
new Krv^b-a
books ’ ( Earth,
their vacation and plan to
has recently been added to the1 Longworth—Desk Drawer An- I project Music was furnished by during
return
to
College of the Pacific at
thology.
Louis
Alphonse
with
recordings
public library:
Stockton
next
Sunday.
McNeill
—
Wy'east
the
Moun-
'
played
over
his
loud
speaker
sys-
Abercrombie—How to Buy or
Build Your Home Wisely; Ander tain; Marquand—H. M Pulham, [ tern, and Bill Tallis very ably pre • Mr. and Mrs Richard Williams
and sons Roy and Russell and Ed
son—Dog-team Doctor; Appelhoff Esq. : Mel bo—Our Country's Na-1 sided as master of ceremonies
Bemheisel, accompanied
"
*--* ward Ekwall were Medford visi
—You Can Be Happily Married; tional Parks; Morton—Angle of1 Bethel
by Rita Sultana and Gladys tors Saturday.
Earth and Sky.
«
Arnim—Mr. Skeffington.
Quamme, and a court of fairies, • Mr. and Mrs Clinton Cobb re
O'Brien—Best Stories of 1941.
Capek—I Had a Dog and a Cat;
Shirer—Berlin Diary; Silverman clowns. Girl Scouts, and Boy turned Sunday from their vacation I
Cardwell — Mountain Medicine;
Cleaveland—No Life for a Lady; —Magic In a Bottle; Streeter— Scouts, was crowned queen of the trip.
• Bob Purvis and his small eon
Clendening — The Human Body; The Kaw i Rivers of America ser fair by Frank Ward.
Exhibits were put on by the Mike, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Cobb—Exit Laughing; Coatsworth ies).
Young—Behind the Rising Sun. Boy Scout troop. Girl Scout troop, Purvis, spent last week at Pendle
—The Trunk; Cronin—The Keys
Yreka Camera club, Mr. DeWitt ton, Ore, with Clyde Purvis and
Williams—Crater Lake.
to the City.
and Howard Trivelpiece, besides Mrs Inez Sowall of Klamath Falls
Derleth — Still Small Voice;
Dodd—Ambassador Dodd's Diary. BIRTHDAY SURPRISE PARTY booths of flowers, vegetables, pets, attending the Pendleton Round-
Ethridge—I’ll Sing One Song;
Mrs. Afton Hannah was guest art (which included the school i Up. They returned Sunday.
Fear No More. A book of poems of honor at a surprise birthday work and fancy work), fortune • Mr. and Mrs. Orman Lee spent
by English poets.
party held at the Madden home telling, and tea towels. The tea Sunday at Crater I^ake.
Fisher—Toilers of the Hills; last week. Guests included Mes- towels, made by the ladies, were • Mr and Mrs Don Ward and
Fletcher—South Star.
dames Helen Reigel, Fem Berry, i all sold out early in the evening. daughter Diane and Mr and Mrs
Grey—Twin Sombrero; Grissom Mabel Roberts, Will Darby, Row Mrs. Lucy Mendes presided over W. Gran and son Bill spent Sun
—Under Desert Skies.
ena Myers, Will Stennett, A. A. the fortune telling booth. Prize day picnicking and, fishing on
Handy—Father of the Blues; Madden. Afton Hannah and the ribbons were awarded for the best Beaver creek
Harding—Amazon Throne; Haycox Misses Voda Brower, Velma Brow exhibits. Judges were Mrs. King. • Mr and Mrs Frank Gracey of
Miss Gansburg, Frank Ohlund and Klamath Falls were visiting her
—Trail Town; Hedin—A Conquest er and Leona Ormand.
i Frank Ward.
parents, Mr. and Mrs H. Cleven
i
During the latter part of the ger, early this week, Walter Clev
evening cake, coffee and ice cream enger left for Klamath Falls with
them, planning to obtain work
were sold by the ladies.
WITH MODERN
• The first meeting of the term there.
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METHODIST FELLOWSHIP
MET MUNDAY AFTERNOON
At 4 o'clock Bunday afternoon
the Methodist Fellowship group oi
young folk» met nt the home of
Dr an<i Mra. G W Bruce and
laid plana for their fall anil winter
work Following the bUMiiirai sea
aion attended only by the officers,
27 young folks drove up Wagner
creek for a picnic dinner and wor
ship service Miss Wilma Froman,
president, led the worship pro
gram which consisted of hymns,
1 prayer and a discussion
At this meeting it was announc
ed that Mr and Mrs Kenneth A
Wood had accepted the stMinsoi
ship of the Methodist Fellowship
group in Ashland
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GUILD IIOI.DM SESSION
I
The Martha Gillette Guild of
the Presbyterian church met Fri
day evening with Mm F F. Whit
tle and Mra F. J. Ahlatrom an
hiiateaaes Ml«« Alta NorcroM led
the devotions and Mias Juanita
Demmer presided over the busi
ness meeting Ina trail of a regular
lesson atudy. members told Inter
eating account« of their summer
vacation«.
LODGE MET MONDAY
The Neighbors of Woodcraft
met nt the FOOF hall Monday
evening with Guardian Neighbor
llnrry Moore presiding Mi and
Mrs .1 II Philpot served refresh
ments during the social hour
Cart Before The Horse!
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CALIFORNIA for
no extra rail fare
If you're planning a trip East
and back this year, just remem
ber that Southern Pacific round
trip tickets take you Eu/ llnougb
California lot not Ic eatra rail
fare to most destinations. Add
San Francisco, I.os Angeles and
many other cities to your trip
at no additional ticket cost.
Fast, airconditioned trains all
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S’
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SUN
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Full Cream Milk
Churned Buttermilk
GOLD MiNNion Orange
SUNFREEZE ICE CREAM
ASHLAND ICE & STORAGE CO
For home delivery, Phone H7H1
CLEANING
EQUIPMENT
Permanent PRICES!
SUITS
PLAIN DRESSES
PLAIN COATS
$5“
OR ANY THREE FOR
FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY
COLLEGE CLEANERS
823 Siskiyou Blvd
Phone 6338
REMEMBER WHEN
a barber pole was a real red, white and blue wooden pole
as high as a man or higher? Those were the days when
father had his own gold initialed shaving mug in the barber
shop’s glass case. Remember?
Pays for three years insurance
on $1,000 dwelling or household
goods inside Ashland city limits.
Lower rates if building qualifies
Litwiller Funeral Home
C.M.Litwiller
We Never Close—Phone 4541
Brakes and steering inspected in an
instant with this simple machine—the
Weaver Brake and Alignment Tester.
Just drive on—you don’t need to move
out of your seat, or disturb your pas
sengers or load.
Four thermometer-like tubes show con
dition of each brake, and whether weak
out of adjustment, or O. K.
Dial shows condition of steering, and if
road friction is scuffing away your tires.
Use of this equipment is absolutely free
—we have installed it for your safety
drive in today.
is better to know us and not need us,
than to need us and not know us.”
DEPUTY COUNTY CORONER
SAFETY TEST
I. C. ERWIN
240 East Main Street
CLYDE N. CATON GARAGE
PHONE 5311
AT THE KLAMATH JUNCTION
(SlMkiyuu Boulevard and Indiana Street)