SOUTHERN OREGON MIN h J i Every large ship In the IIH Navy and many of the smaller ones publish a dally press sheet In mimeograph form • Pfc. Alden Powell Is visiting parents, Mr and Mrs A 1» Powell having arrived in Ashland • Bellview P TA will met Hl 2 Monday from Albuquerque, N M p. m. Fnday '1 he meeting la a week ahead of the regular time on acounl of Thanksgiving _ _ next week The main business will be imilig a lady to cook hot lunch, as no woman on the WI'A is avail­ able this year. • Miss Nancy Ring who is em- pioyed al Dunsmuir spent lhe week-end with her paren'ts, Mi and Mis M A Ring • l-.ail Warren and Eunice Kin- raid visited with E H Wilson Sunday evening. • Marvin Ring who I h teaching schrstl at Empire near Maishfieid had a few «lays vacation this week and was home until Wednesday • Mrs I E 1 «e.idinond nr.-i M George Helms attended the Ai mistice day parade in Modfoid Tuesday afternoon. • I E D'-adniond ind C M I. wilier ot Ashland spent Tuesday duck hunting in Klamath county • Mr. ami M ih Mod« ■ n attend* ! the Ai mistier day cciebi ation In Medford Tuesday. • Du i |.p. i Valley Comm u It . club met Wednesday afternoon with Mis. Bertha Wallis leading the Bible study and Mrs. Vai Ln- low in «-barge of the piogiam Mis Chamberlain, Mis Chariei May and Mis Edwin Dunn wen hostesses for th«- afternoon. • Th«- Bellview extension unit Will meet on the fourth Wednesday in­ stead of the third as was planned • Mi ind Mrr Wallet Bash vi Red in Klamath Falls Satuiday with Mr. and Mrs Robert Rosen­ baum and son. • Mrs llciman Helm was ho.*t< -- to the Embroidery club Wednes­ day afternoon of last week. 'Hie meeting opened with a 1 o’clock luncheon and the afternoon was spent In needlework and visiting • M> and Mrs Olson icccnt ar­ rivals from International Falls, Minn., have leased th«- Bellview service station from R. E. Bell and have taken possession. • Mim ployed at the Cameo beauty salon in Medford. • Wtlmei Warren who has been with the US army stationed at Fort Stevens has been discharged from the service and will be at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A Warren. • H 1. Gregory Mrs Grace lars and daughters Lucile Aiieen of Central Point were ner guests Tuesday of Mr. Mrs Mark True • Mrs Walter Davis and Mrs. Floy.i Paika ot <'entrai i*oint •• I ited Wednesday with Mr Parks who is employed at Copco. • A group of friends and neigh- bora surprised Mr. and zMrs. Ar- thur Bailey with an old-fashioned charivari at the home of Mrs Bai­ i ley’s parents. Mr. and Mrs Simp­ son, last Monday evening. The evening was spent in playing games and visiting. Mrs. Simpson served refreshments. • M i x R guests, Mrs. Cora Fleener and Miss Audry Dodge, and Miss Beth Hamaker visited Wednesday in Talent. Central Point and Med­ ford. Mrs Fleener and Miss Dodge left for their home in Washington by way of Klamath Falls Friday. ium NOW OPEN! LAY AWAY YOUR METZ 5c-10c-S1 STORE SIMPSON One swell Kuy For Screws and Bolts Give him a try. i He does his part in every sense To be prepared for your defense. SIMPSON HARDWARE DEMOCRACY’S WAY OF FINANCING DEFENSE WASHINGTON, I) C One hundred and sixty-five years of democracy have made America the richest, the freest, and the most ae- cure country in ali the world, and every patriotic man, woman and child in the nation wants to keep it that way. We are rich, we are free. lenge to our way of life breaks in on our democrat­ ic peace and contentment America realizes at Iasi that these terrible events hold a deadly threat to this hemisphere Whether we like it or not, or whether we may ever be called on to use our defense com- mon sense and common Provost Hijfh Scorer In Conference Piay The 20 points Bud Provost ci ed in the Medford gam«- last Fri day advenced him from seventh to first place as the leading scorei of the southern Orwgon high school football conference. Clin Junes, leading Medford's league scoring, wound up in second place and Ralph Koster, the Klamath Fails speed demon, finished third position. • Mis Lydia Powers ot Wagnei Creek underwent an eye operation for the removal of a cataract at Mer many Medford last week friends in the valley hope for a successful and speedy recovery. • Mr and Mrs John Gore and daughter Jeanett moved from th* old highway one mile south of Talent to Medford last week Jea netl teaches the third grade in the local school. They were unable to find a place to locate in Talent. • '1 the home of Mrs. Nettie Naugles from 10 a m until 4 p m. Thurs­ day. A potluck luncheon was served at noon. • During the training period U.S Navy recruits gain an average of fifteen pounds each. TAI.ENT NEWS • The T.rlcnt extension unit at the hon e of Mrs J. C Williams Wednesday for an all-day session Miss Furred home demonstration agent, gave h -sons on the car« of sick in the home The subject was an interesting one and listened to with much interest There was a goo<| attendance of members. A covered dish luncheon wax served at noon. • Talent Townsend club meets every second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Tuesday evening an oyster supper was served There was a very enjoyable pro­ gram following th«- supper. • M who reside south of Ta'ent re­ turned bom«- from Ix«s Angeles where they were 'ailed by th«- ser­ ious Illness of their son. They re­ port him as somewhat improved and he plans ori coming to Oregon as soon as his health permits. • Mr. and Mrs Fred Hodapp and two girls umd Mrs. Thresa Rob­ erts of the Central Point area visited friends in Talent Sunday • back to work on the T. I D after a peri'xl of two or three months lay off. • T - night with th«- election of officers as the main business Ear1 Yar- yan was elected master: Elton Pe­ tri. overseer: Mrs Nellie Borg, lecturer: James Wolters, steward; Alvin Smith, Assistant steward: Rev. C W Astelford, chaplain: Mrs. Stanley Robbins .treasurer: Robert Learning, gate keeper: Vi­ ola Smith, Ceres: Mrs. Anna Lu- nak, Pomona: Marveen Shumate. Flora: Marian Borg lady assistant steward; George Hartley, execu- live committee; Mrs Howard Holmes, musician The YGA meets at Central Point Nov 12 and the Talent HEC meets with Mrs. Nora Wolters in Talent Tuesday, Nov. 11. Refreshments will be served by the young people of the grange Remainder of th* evening will be spent in practicing for the square I dances which are to be held thru- out the county. • Mr and Mrs Joe Skeeters of Lincoln street. Ashland, spent last Tuesday at the home of their son and daughter-in-law. Mr.-and Mrs. i Charles Skeeters. • Mr and Mrs Paul Stelle and' children left Monday- for Portland where Mr. Stelle is employed. • Ml WI i Phoenix and Mr and Mrs Edward Inman of Medford were .»hopping | ami visiting in Talent Saturday afternoon • Harland Ixiwe of the 17th bomb group, stationed at Pendleton air base, is home on a 30-day fur­ lough. ONLY A JEWELRY CHRISTMAS 40 DAYS W Our stock of Fine Gift Jewelry is complete .. Make your Christmas selections now and use our Lay-away Plan! i RAMSEY JEWELRY STORE “Home of fletter Jewelry” Swedenborg Building - Ashland, Oregon JOIN THE THOUSANDS »bo go East through sunny California— through romantic San Francisco and glamorous Los Angeles. On roundtrip tickets to New York, Chicago and most other eastern cities, you can go this way for not lc extra rail fare. k\ i I T 1 t/1 Ilf Ê 1 ^7 Southern California All-Winter Sun Festival! WHEN YOU £0 EAST through California, you can see some of the 300 events of Southern California’s All-Winter Sun Festi­ val. From now until March, there'll be something doing every day in the land of palm trees and movie stars. For free list of Sun Festival events, see your S. P. agent or write J. A. Ormandy, 622 Pacific Building, Portland, Oregon. The Friendly Southern Pacific See your local S.P. agent or write J. A. ORMANDY, Gm. Pan. Agl., 622 Pacific Bldg., Portland, Ore. . * ree* the wire,., bud*i*n't heve enough ree*y money for the ticket, se t phene* the FIRST NATIONAL BANN. luckily the beys knew me, for I he* fíne nee* my eer there. The money wes wmtmg fier me en* t wes en my wey and we are secure because i caution demand that ours is a government of the build up a superlative de­ people, for the people, and fense with a maximum of by the people. The individ­ thoroughness. ual is supreme. He has al­ Accordingly, the Govern­ ways been so from the mo­ ment has issued a clarion ment the nation was found­ ed. To him belongs th«> call to American patriot­ credit for having created a ism and efficiency A great new way of life the Amer­ program is rapidly taking ican Way and on him form, and billions of dol­ must devolve the responsi­ lars are needed at once to bility for its perpetuation implement it. Necessarily, But normal times do not more taxes must be im­ always prevail uninterrupt­ posed. Taxes are govern­ ed either with individuals mentally-fixed contribu­ or with nations From with­ tions by the people for the in or from without, unex­ support of the nation. pected events sometimes America does not have to force us temporarily to and never will tax its peo­ change the entire pattern ple to the point of confis­ of life. And so It is now cation. Bleeding the people with America. Suddenly, white with taxes is a total­ from afar, an Impudent itarian presumption. 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