Pofl**
War time is <>ur time but it
seems just ns long from 1 o'clock
Io 6 as II did iimlei the old regime
1 1
1
Who can recall the good old
days wh<*n an emergency was
commonly thought of as an ap­
pendectomy ?
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We thought
was In Medford
plums but see
Washington, I*
f
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all of Hollywood
rating cantonment
where two urc in
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VOL. XI
ßfMwUütiy 7<>
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ASHLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1942
Number 7
INDUSTRY POOL
FAVORED HERE
PAPER DRIVE
TOTALS SI TORS
L»xal metal and wood wotkers,
A total of more than 51 tons of
machine shop operators and gai-
papei scrap whs collected by pu-
' pits of the four Ashland schools
age men meeting at the city hall
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Tuesday night, voted unanimously
1 in the drive which ended Monday
The
Medford Tribune didn't |
for the formation of preliminary
Tile Junior high school with 25
miner words In warning aliens of tons was first by a large margin.
plans for a defense >ndo Ties pool
the irstrictrd uirns tn the Feb 4
in Ashland A three-man commit­
Lincoln school was second with
Isaur It stMtrd "Interment is the moie than It tons Washington
tee was appointed to contact all
penalty for violations "
prospective members of such a
school, which had already made a
pool prior to an equipment survey
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sph-ndid collection Just a few
which will be made by an OPM
It would serin to us that with weeks before, added to Its previ­
representative before the incorpor­
oui fighting craft too numerous ous rvcoiil more than nine tons
ation of such a pool will be
to maneuver without colliding that more
authorized.
it is time to send some over to
Two carloads were shipped yes-
Harry Morris, who had confer­
help MacArthur
tviday and the day before ami
red with GPM officials in Portland
considerable quantities of the bet­
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last week, told the group that the
ter literature were retained for
With the west coast evacuating
equipment available in this area
later
shipment
to
the
lx>ys
of
Bat
all "furrtners" we are liable to la«
was more than .«ufficient to en­
lery B and the new cantonment
arnt hack to Mlsouri any time
able a pool to enter bids on many
Money received from sale of the
Hindu hate to go back thnr now
of the contracts offered by the
scrap will lx- used to purchase
us olii feet air pretty tenilei after
war productions office. Further­
bonds which willl be divided In
wearing shoes for a year.
more, he mdicated that the OPM
proportion to the amount each
welcomed the formation of such
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schtxil secured in the drive Later
p<x»Ls which are already in opera­
After u period spent with OUR these bonds will be a source of
tion in a number of Oregon cities.
"leased wire" (the wife overload­ revenue for sch<x>l activities and
If the pool receives the approval
ed the clothesline> and listening the purchase of needed extra-cur­
of the OPM. plans call for a cor­
foi boura last night to <>i’it ricular equipment, band uniforms,
poration in which the individual
"ticker" I the clock) We too have etc
members will share in whatever
come to the conclusion that we !
Tlie teachers of the schcxds ex-
defense work the pool is able. to
are at war and that In all proba­ I press great appreciation for th»-
get contracts for.
bility it
win m toi several cooperation they have had from
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weeks This idea seems to be in ¡the community They also indi-
keeping with conclusions reached I cate that the drive has had a defl-
by some of the BIG dally editors | nite value in teaching the young
| people the importance of their
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I contribution to national defense
About 65 boys accompanied by
To really economize. Uncle Hain
their fathers and volunteer "dads"
should engage a Nebrusku farmer I Every boy and girl who helped to
secure
paper
feels
an
honest
pride
will meet at the junior high school
and his hired man to run the fence
In worthwhile accomplishment
cafeteria at 6:15 tonight for the
around the Medford cantonment
community
father-son
banquet
the fanner could run as straight n
sponsored by the Ashland Boy
line by squinting one rye and look
Scouts.
what hours of labor It would suve
This dinner comes at the con­
the p»>i englnema am! the yards
clusion of Boy Scout week which
of blue prints and the sprinting
was observed by scouts through­
Xrum this office to that office
out the country as the 32nd an­
Of Course someone has to feed
A state-wide registration to de­
niversary of the founding of scout­
engineers
ing in America. Scouting has tak­
A Nebrusku fanner can live on termine the vocational experience,
en on added significance this year
Ituswtan thistle and buy defense skills and potential abilities of Or­
in view of the part the scouts are
stamps with the proceeds from egon women will begin Monday.
Feb 16 when some five or six
playing in civilian defense work.
hen cackle
thousand volunteer interviewers
The evening program will feat­
a
start their house-to-house canvass
ure a colored sound movie entitled
I IIIN AND TH IT
of "womanpower."
“Scout Trails to Citizenship," and
(Bv 01.1» TIMER)
Mrs Leonard Cnrpenter, Jack-
a brief address by K. A. Wells,
To the Fell tor:
son county chairman of the board
scout executive of the Crater Lake
It would be u giMsl thing if those for mobilization of women, empha­
Area Council.
THE
VOICE
OF
LINCOLN
DOWN
THE
AGE8
—
"1
always
feel
inclined,
when
I
happen
to
who would deify Lincoln would sizes the importance of this regis­
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say anything to soldiers, to impress upon them the importance of success in this contest. It is not
emulate some of his homely vir­ tration, pointing out that:
merely for today, but for all time bo come, that we should perpetuate for our children’s children that
tues.
"While the government expects
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great and free government which we have enjoyed all our lives. . . . Still, let us not be over
women to work in factories, on
Now If the defunct were a Jap farms and in stores and offices
sanguine of a speedy, final triumph. Let us be quite sober. Let us diligently apply the means, never
Forty-six men attended the first
or a Hun none of us would seri­ wherever they can take the place
dnuMimr that a Just God,Jn Ilis own good time, will give us ths rightful result.'*
class in cantonment carpentry
ously object to city unions' sanc­ of men who are fit for the army
which met at the junior high
tion of a 30 percent raise in the or navy in a gradual mobilization
school shop Wednesday night.
ak u
cost of grave digging.
of the nation’s fighting and pro­
The classes, which meet six
f r r
duction |x>wer for total war. no
nights a week and are to continue
B-r-r-r! No more all-w<x>l blank­ definite measures have been taken
for three weeks, are under the
Mayor Wiley yesterday appoint-
ets will be produced is a recent on a national scale to achieve such
supervision of Dexter Woodworth
, ed a committee to study local
OPM wool allocation order.
an end "
j needs and problems arising from
f r r
The higii-scoring SOCE basket- and J. E. Chamberlain. It has
Thus ah»- explained that the Or­
Southern Oregon will see the
Strange to note that since Hit­ egon women's census, if success­ I opening of the Play Box, the inti- | the construction of the Medford I ball team cinched the Oregon In- , been indicated that those quali­
championship
this | fying in this defense course are
ler has taken charge of his re­ ful, may form a pattern for a I mate theater on the campus of cantonment. The functioning of : tercollegiate
verse-gear army, so many of his similar enterprise on a national Southern Oregon College of Edu­ this committee will be similar to week when they won two games practically assured of an army
camp job.
that of the county coordinating
generals have "passed on.”
scale
cation, on Feb. 17. The opening board although confining its study from Mt. Angel, 74-54 and 55-50,
An auto mechanics course is
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and went on to defeat Eastern
Mrs Sadie Orr Dunbar, director show. "A Doll's House," will run
We are admonished to save pa- of the Oregon Board for the Mo­ for six weeks, followed a run of to local problems The committee Oregon twice by scores of 68-64 scheduled to begin next Wednes­
per. When you get hold of a piece bilization of Women, stresses the other classical plays and Broad­ members include G. M Green. C. anu a7-50. The Sons won the title day evening at the Richfield ser­
given in color and bearing Mor- fact that the board is not in a way hits including "The Little P Talent. Elmer Biegel. T. J. Nor­ by taking 16 games straight and vice station, North Main and Bush
genthau's autograph, invest it in position to offer any jobs, but Foxes" and "Ladies in Retire­ by and Dr. H. A. Woods.
did not lose a single conference streets. W. E. Kerr will be the
A housing survey was also be­ game. The only black mark on instructor of this class which will
a defense bond.
that the accumulated data will be ment.’"
gun yesterday to aid in the im­ their schedule is the two set-backs be limited to those between the
r < r
tabulated and fil»-«l in the various
Miss Frances Brobert in the role
In horse and buggy days there offices of the United States em­ of Nora, wdll play opposite Ik»n mediate problem of housing con­ handed them by Humboldt State ages of 17 and 24. Registration
Homeowners at Arcata. The Sons evened the may be made by calling 8301.
was no farm bloc to bleed Uncle ployment service Then the statis­ Dainlele in the opening of Ibsen's struction workers.
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Sam to the extent of a billion dol­ tics will be used in Job placement "A Doll's House ” Miss Brobert is are asked to take or mail listings count against Humboldt here.
of
their
available
space
to
the
lars a year.
The next games on the Sons'
work since the fundamental pur­ attending her first year at South­
< r <
pose of the women's survey is to ern Oregon College of Education, chamber of commerce which is schedule are the ones to be played
to
act
as
a
clearing
house
for
Sprinting In the Libyan desert create a supply of substitute labor transferring from Marylhurst in
at
the
Oregon
Intercollegiate
has let up, probably to give con­ for use when large numbers of Portland, where she majored in such information. In order that tournament to be staged in Port­
Although military regulations
the records may be more accurate land. the winner to go to Kansas prevented the disclosure of the lo­
testants a chance to recover their men are drawn Into military ser­ music.
and up-to-date, all earlier listings • City to represent Oregon in the cation, it was announced in Seattle
breath,
vice and heavy defense industries
Miss Brobert has taken an act­
discarded
< f <
national tourney.
Mrs Earl Leever is the Ashland ive part in drama at the college are being
Wednesday that the low bid on an
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A few bombs dropped on the district chairman for the regis­ and has appeared many times on
The Sons met Northwest Naza- army cantonment in the Pacific
tiamboo and paper houses of To­ tration.
rene at Nampa. Ida. last night. Northwest was $27,000.000.
the "Footlight Hit of the Week."
kyo might coo| the ardor of the
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They previously defeated Nampa
This bid was submitted by a
Southern Oregon College of Edu­
Japs,
on the local court.
combine of five large construction
cation's radio program.
f < <
Members of the l<x-al se-
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firms. Sound Const rution & En­
Old Sol is not operating on
lective service board announce
gineering Co., Seattle: Peter Kie-
C OF C DIRECTORS MEET
"war time."
that the city hall will I m * open
wit & Sons, Omaha: Morrison-
The
directors
of
the
Ashland
Elimination of the spring vaca­
•
for registration from 7 a. m.
Knudsen company, Boise. Ida;
chamber
of
commerce
are
meeting
tion for Ashland students was
( DI RT PROCEEDINGS
to I) p. in. Monday and em­
SOCE Coach Jean Eberhart's Ford Twait, Los Angeles, and
today noon at the Lithia hotel.
Cases appearing in the Justice favored by the school board at
plan to stick basketball referees Griffith company, Los Angeles.
phasize that this is a com­
Routine reports will be heard and
their
regular
meeting
Tuesday
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court of M T. Bums this past
up among the rafters in his
pulsory enrollment.
night. The reason given for this the group will study various as­
week were;
All unregistered men who
"crow's nest” officiating idea has (’. F. JACKSON INJI REl)
pects
of
the
army
cantonment
and
Charles Ray Unn of Medford was to permit an earlier closing
spread throughout the continent WHEN STRUCK BY CAR
attained their 20th birthday
its influences upon Ashland. Dean
wns fined $2 and costs for driving date at a time when students
C. F. Jackson, 86. is reported to
and is gaining special attention
on
or
before
l)e<-.
31,
1941
might be needed In harvest work. Pieper, chamber of commerce
with improper lights.
be recovering satisfactorily at the
in
the
midwest,
according
to
news
and
who
have
not
reached
manager, warned all members
Neil H. Holbrook, Ashland, was
Community hospital from injuries
Definite plans also were agreed
drifting into Ashland.
their 45th birthday oil or be­
that their ballots In the primary
fined $5 and costs for violation of upon for handling of students in
Several ex-Ashlanders have clip- he sustained last Thursday night
fore Feb. 16. 1942 an* re­
election
for
directors
must
be
the basic rule.
event of air raids Those within
i ped pictures and articles from far­ when he was struck by a car
quired to register.
turned in by 5 p. m. today in!
Maude Mabie Bamberger rec­ a short walking distance of school
away newspapers and mailed the driven by D. L. Halbert.
are to be sent home and the par- ' order to he counted
eived a fine of $5 for speeding
The accident occurred at the
press notices to friends and rela-
•
! tives living here. The idea, with corner of Union street and Siski­
Clarence Fahy was sentenced ents of others arc to be contacted I
MISSIONARIES
TO
SPEAK
to IK) days in the county Jail on to determine where they wish •
the exception of some skeptics, you boulevard when Mr. Jackson
Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Jenkins, for
a charge of destruction of public their children sent.
has been carried across the na­ stepped in front of the Halbert
The Rogue Valley Transit com­
property.
Among other business conduct-1 many years missionaries in the |
tion in sports columns and been car as he started to cross the
FOIt VICTORY: HI V BONDS
ed was granting of a leave of ab­ southeastern section of Africa, I pany began its bus service to the among the features in picture and street. Were it not for his advanc­
ed age his injuries would have
sence to Coach Frank O'Neil who will lie speakers at a specially ar­ cantonment area on Tuesday us­ leased wire services.
soon is to enter the United States ranged service at 11 o'clock Sun­ ing the Hotel Holland in Medford
"Crow's Nest" refereeing will be been considered minor.
as
a
temporary
terminal.
day at the Church of the Naza-
navy.
in use in the Oregon Intercolleg­
HARRY TRAVIN
The company has five buses in
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rene. The missionaries have spok­
iate championships in Portland JACK FORSYTHE TAKES
unci Companion
en in churches throughout the na­ service now and plans to have 16 next month when Southern Ore- BRIDE WEDNESDAY
The chapel of Trinity Episcopal
tion in the perbxi of furlough oc­ by the time the need for them . gon. Eastern Oregon, Monmouth.
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
casioned by the war. Sunday af- i arises. At present there are three I Mt Angel, Albany ami Portland church was the scene of a quiet
ternoon at 3 o'clock they will, scheduled runs to the cantonment | University play their annual tour­ wedding ceremony at high noon
A bid of $18 a ton for tomatoes speak at the Church of the Naza- each morning and evening.
To See Their Choice of
nament for the right to represent Wednesday, when Dr. Claude E.
A. L. Schneider, general man­
was offered by Ralph Koozer, rene in Medford in a rally where ;
the Following
the state of Oregon in the national Sayre read the impresive Epicopal
manager of the Bagley Canning several churches of this area will ager of the company, indicates tourney at Kansas City in March. service uniting Miss Erma jean
company, at a meeting of growers participate. District Supt. and that he hopes to be atjle to extend It has been indicated that the plan Cornett of Sheridan. Wyo., and
in Medford last Saturday.
Mrs. E. E Martin of Portland will the service to Ashland later, but will also be in partial use at the Jack Adelbert Forsythe, son of
This price is $1.50 above the accompany the missionaries Dr. but is not yet able to announce national tournament.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben C. Forsythe of
(Friday and Saturday)
minimum of $16.50 set By the Martin, who speializes in chil­ anything definite.
Ashland. Mr. Forsythe’s parents
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government for canneries who dren's work, will speak at the
were the only attendants. The
WINDSOR-ENDERS
• LAST OF THE DUANES"
might wish to sell to the govern­ church school hour, 9:45 Sunday. MATTIE IRENE BROWN
Miss Loree Windsor of Pendle­ young couple will make their home
"SLEEPER WEST"
Funeral
services
were
held ton and Lieutenant John Enders, in Klamath Falls where Mr. For­
ment and is the highest offer
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Monday at the J. P. Dodge and son of H. G. Enders of Ashland sythe is employed with an oil dis­
made here for many years
MRS. GUNTER HOSTESS
(Munday, Monday .'Tuesday)
Sons Funeral Chapel for Mrs were recently married in Texas. tributing company.
Koozer’s bid was conditional
TO NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB
Mattie Trene Brown, who passed Lieutenant Enders has received an 1
upon the procuring of a minimum
The marriage is the culmination
"POT ’O GOLD"
The Neighborhood club met at i away Thursday of last week Rev appointment to serve at West of a romance started when Mr.
of 300 acres under contract and
although only 155 acres were de­ the home of Mrs S C. Gunter last Earl F. Downing officiated. Sur­ Point as an instructor beginning Forsythe was working in Wyo­
clared by glowers attending the Friday afternoon. The time was vivors of Mrs. Brown are two March 1.
ming.
Please Call at The Miner Office
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meeting, it was felt that there spent on sewing and visiting De-! daughters. Mrs. Melvin Kaegi of
for Tour Ouest Tickets
would be no difficulty in securing licious refreshments were served. Ashland and Mrs. J. H. McMichael • I. C. Erwin attended an insut • • Bom to Mr. and Mrs W. J.
I ance school in Eugene last week. Cullop on Feb. 10, a daughter.
of Weed, Calif.
to 20 members and guests.
that acreage.
Father-Son Banquet
At Jr.-High Tonight
WOMEN PLAN
REGISTRATION
46 in Cantonment
Carpentry ( lass
IBSEN PLAY TO
OPEN PLAY BOX
I ' I Committee To
Study Camp Problems
SONS CINCH
CHAMPIONSHIP
Cantonment Cost
Set at $27,500,000
Board Eliminates
Spring Vacations
Registration of New
Age Group Monday
Officiating Plan
Gains Wide Interest
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Bus Service Begins
to Cantonment Area
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Southern Oregon Miner
Varsity Theater
Programs:
4
Koozer Offers Hi^h
Price for Tomatoes