VOL. XI
Civilian Defense,
Commerce Office
To Join Forces
Secretary's Office Will
A nn I n I Supervisor in
Currylnx on Work
Definite plan» have noi been
completed fur the new civilian de
ft nae act-up in Ashland, but suffi
cient prog i ex» ha» been made by
the new xupervlxor, Elmer Hiegel,
to indicate the «cope of woik to
be cal ried on.
One alvp already taken ha>
been Joining with the Ashland
chamber of commerce In which the
accretary'a office will aaalat in
book woi k and other routine mat
ter«. thia cooperation on the pai t
ot the chamber la expected to
make the civilian defense progi a
mine effective thiough the con
venience of the xecretary'x office
and the fact that information may
be obtained there at any time dui
Ing office houra. Information and
record* of the Civilian defense'
council will be on file in the cham
ber of commerce office, according
to Allie I'attrraon, acting wen-
tury, who will have charge of the
work
Another feature of chamber of
commerce service which ha» tn _
authorised by the board of dire«,
tor* and which Mr«
Patterson
will Inaugurate Immediately ia a
charing house for dispensing in
formation relative to business and
the war. Aa much. Informative
matter aa can be accumulated will
be kept on file and buaineM prob
lems affected by war measures
will ire answered by the secretary
wherever possible Those not com
ing within the local scope will be
referred to •’Information Please."
radio program commanding ser
vices of experts in the various
branches of federal government
In thia connection, it might be
added that the chamber of com
merce contemplates sending Mrs
l*atteraon to the Western Institute
of Commercial and Trade Execu
tives to be held at latke Arrow
head. Calif The inatitule will open
Sunday, Aug 2 and continue to
Aug 7. inclusive Sponsors of the
school are Western Commercial
Secretaries' association. Western
Trade Association Executives, the
Chamber of Commerce of the ti
nned Slates, and the University
of Southern California Speakers
already lined up for the inatitute
who will lecture and hold open
foium on subjects to be selected
Just prior to the first of August
include Eric A. Johnston, preM-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, Ralph Brad
ford. secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States,
and Tom Wolfe, president Western
Air Lines. Late assignment of
subjects will be made to insure
their timeliness
Use of Forested
Areas Restricted
Users of forested areas, either
tegular or prospective, are remind
ed that there are restrictions gov
erning the forests and befoie en
tering any timbered section it is
advisable to get all necessary In
formation relative to boundaries,
camping privileges, and equipment
to carry and other matters.
Curtailed us«« of the forests has
been made necessary due to con
tingencies arising from the war
So many men have gone into the
service and with the withdrawal
of all CCC units forest protection
work is greatly hamfiered. Faced
with these conditions both the
state forestry department and th<
national forest service found it
advisable to limit use of the for-
calx The' order became effective
as of July 8.
In thia section, certain areas of
the Rogue forest have been closed
Users of these areas must hav<-
permits based on definite buxine»
necessity This does not mean that
vacationists and others will be
shut out of their favorite haunts
so long as these haunts are situ
ated along regularly traveled high
ways, and strict observance is
given regulations
Since regulations, boundaries
etc., are so numerous, It la con
sidered advisable for prospective
forest users to acquire necessary
Information, which is available
at the office of T J. Norby, fire
warden, at the chamber of com
merce rot>ma in Ashland. Norby
suggests that a visit to his office
will save time in the long run
and possibly prevent embarrass
ment.
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Gordon Tripp to
Join Father in
Logging Business
Gordon Tripp, for the past iwu
years instructor in instiumentai
music in the Ashland scnooi sys
tem and currently director of me
Asnland
Municipal
band,
has
Handed in his i eslgnation.. to the
scnooi board. He nas decided to
enter business witn his lather,
prominent Eugene logging con
tractor and ex|>ecla to enter upon
hi» new duties at the conclusion
of the »uniinar band concerts
Ine eider Tripp paid Ashland a
visit over the ]>ast week-end when
anangementa were made for his
son's change.
'ine Tripp logging concern con
ducts extensive logging operations
in tne Euene area Aside trorn log-
ung equipment, the company mu
its own road building machinery
to construct roads into units oi
Umber where operations aie car
ried on.
Incidentally, the father resided
in and near Ashland many years
ago. At that time he was engaged
in cruising most of the timber in
the Dead Indian area. He related
!• IK PER ON 1’1« Mi II AM
The '•Information Please" hour, that he walked over the hills from
which was so successful last year his work to Ashland on numerous
at Eugene, is the successor to the occasions.
dauly round table used at past
conferences A group of represen
tative secretaries will be quizzed
by the conductor, the questions
having been submitted by mem
The winner of the ma.n event
bers of the student body. Among wrestling match at Medford ar
those assigned to the quizz group mory next Monday night has been
la Dean Pieper, former Ashland virtually assured of a chance to
secretary now serving in the same meet the original French Angel
capacity with the Redding cham one week from Monday night, ac
ber of commerce.
cording to an announcement b>
Emphasis this year will be gi Promoter Mack Lillard early this
ven to war-time problems involv week. Lillard »aid he was practi
ing the stimulating of production, cally positive of having the famous
sub-contracting, housing and en Angel for July 20. Lillard said
tertainment of service men and earlier that the Swedish Angel
defense workers, preparations for would appear but last Monday an
the post war period, etc.
with the original French Ange),
With conditions changing al nounced that he was negotiating
most dally, the board of directors with the original French Angel.
believe the secretary should be up
Just who will clash in the top
to the minute on current events spot Monday night for the right
and feel that money spent in send to face the sensational French
ing Mrs. Patterson to I-ake Arrow man could not be learned today
head will be wisely invested.
but IJllard has promised to have
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three outstanuing bouts Monday
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Monday’s Winner
Meet French Angel
Anglers Urged to
Report Fish Caught
Anglers again are urged to re
report the results of each of their
fishing trips to the game commis
sion on the special orange colored
catch record cards furnished for
this purpose and which can be se
cured from all fishing resorts, li
cense dealers and Htate police.
The game department is partic
ularly anxious to have as com
plete information as possible on
this year’s fishing season and the
cooperation of all sportsmen is
needed. The cards are self-address
ed and stamped and require no
signature so that it is only neces
sary for the angler to indicate
in the spaces provided the num
ber of fish caught, species, loca
tion and other pertinent informa
tion.
The data so acquired will help
determine where
present fish
planting policies of the commis
sion are successful and where
changes should be made for the
future.
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• G. S. Butler departed Thursday
morning for Brookings, Oregon,
where he will enjoy a vacation for
three weeks. He was accompanied
Number 28
ASHLAND OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1942
HERE FROM WASHINGTON
Barnard D. Joy of Washington,
D. C. is spending the week in
Ashland with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert C. Joy, and other rel
atives. Mr. Joy is with the depart
ment of agriculture and has been
instructor in a short course at
Pullman, going from there to Cor
vallis where he worked in the 4-H
club office with H. C. Seymour for
a few days. He will go to Berke
ley for conferences at the Univer
sity of California from here.
A NON IN BORN
Thomas Gratton Parker is the
name given to the 8 pound 4 ounce
son born to Dr. and Mrs. Charles
M. Guilbert Friday, July 3 The
young man was bom in Portland
The Guilberts reside in Coquille
to which point they went at the
conclusion of Dr. Guilbert s pas
torate of Trinity Episcopal church
in this city.
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ADDRESSES LUNCHEON CLUB
Mrs. A. M. Storch of Long
Beach, Calif, was the guest speak
er at the regular luncheon meet
ing of the Rotary club at the I •-
mm uuici
hub HUUII,
thia
hotel this
noon. XK1IB.
Mrs. OLUrvIi
Storch
is visiting for a time with her
by his nurse, Mrs. Katie Scroggins. sister, Mrs. Stella Case Wagner. |
More Teachers
Named for Posts
At Ashland High
New Cartoon Sells War Bonds Civic Club House
Favored by USO
Ashland's Civic club hour« ap
pears to be slated for USO head
quarters for the duration of the
war. Thia fact wa» made evident
this week through a letter re
ceived by Dr. Ralph E. Poston,
president of the chamber of com
merce, from west coast headquar
ter» of the organization in San
Francisco.
Poston had intervened in behalf
of the club house and his presen
tation was such that the district
authorities assured him of their
interest and that definite reply
would be forthcoming shortly.
It is announced that equipment
already has been ordered for the
ciub house grounds, including
croquet sets, badminton and other
lawn games, This would seem to
assure definite selection of the
building, as well as the officials’
‘tatement that USO diteet'-rs will
be named shortly. This is taken
to mean that Mrs. Penny Fon
taine and Mrs. Helen Small of
Medford will be in charge.
Officials of the USO who have
visited Ashland and inspected the
Civic club house have been favor
ably impressed with its appoint
ments and its location virtually
in the city park. Expenditures for
equipment will be light, inasmuch
as the building is equipped with
facilities for the type of enter
taining required. In most instan
ces additional pieces are all that
is needed.
Junior Hostesses To Swing Into
Action Sunday With Soldier Party
Ashland will break into the bus
iness of entertaining soldiers Sun
day when the Junior Hostess
League will make its debut with
a party for 50 of the boys from
Camp White.
A program embracing a swim
party at Twin Plunges, treasure
hunt through Lithia park, supper
in the park followed by dancing
at Twin Plunges, is designed to
keep the young men entertained
between the houra ot 2 p. m. and
II p. m.
Accompanying the soldiers will
be three officers, while the two
USO directors, designated for the
Ashland center, Mrs. Fenny Fon
taine and Mrs. Helen Small, will
be on hand to advise and assist
the young women in their first
effort as USO hostesses
Funds for the swim party have
been provided through rubber
sales. The Plunges management
has made a special rate for the
soldiers on this occasion and is
asking for assistance in providing
swim suits for the boys. It is sug
gested that anyone having a suit
or trunks will be aiding in the
program by loaning them for this
party.
The Junior Hostess League is
providing food for the supper in
the park.
Plans for the entertainment
were laid in a meeting at the home
of Miss Marian Ady Tuesday eve
ning. Twenty girls were present
as were members of the USO
council including Mrs. Ralph Me
Culloch, Mrs John Broady, Mrs
Ha! McNair, Mrs. C. W. Fortmil
ler, Miss D. Virginia Hales. Miss
Dorothy Chappel, Mrs. Earl Lee-
ver, all of Ashland and Mrs. Pen-
ny Fontaine from Medford. Mrs
Fontaine gave a talk on USO
plans and helped the girls in ar
ranging their program.
Now .that Ashland is launched
on the ‘program of sod lie r enter-
tainmeqt, it seems pertinent to re
print a'letter received by USO
coast headquarters from Pvt.
Henry L. Ross, now on foreign 1
service with an infantry division ;
of the United States army. He;
write»: I
“Enclosed please find my check
for one dollar for my contribution
to your worthy organization.
"I am now in foreign service
and we have a USO in the neigh
boring town. It is by far the nic
est building in town. I believe that
the USO fills a more needed spot
in foreign service than it does at
home due to the armed forces be
ing in strange lands with strange
customs and habits. If a soldier or
sailor in the States ■wishes to go
to a show or to eat, etc., he can
go almost any place and be sure
of the best quality. However, here
and in most foreign bases one has
to be "ery careful in all his ac-
tiona, So the USO is the place
where he can relax and feel at
home.
"Thanks to your splendid organ
ization both in the States and here
for their splendid work.”
The Unconquered People . .
Imagine reading the following mothers baked.
Life was not so easy after the
government announcement in your
German conquerors came. The men
Southern Oregon Miner:
had to do what the rulers ordered.
“All men of Tai ent have been
Limits were set on worship in the
shot. The women have been
church and on schooling for the
deported to a concentration
children. The women didn't have
camp and the children sent to
such good things or so much to
appropriate centers of educa
fix for meals. But the people lived
tion. All buildings of the vil
on, they worked, they loved, they
lage were leveled to the
dreamed—oppression had been up
ground and the name of the
on them in the past, but "Wilson
village was immediately h I hi I-
street" seemed a reminder that to
Ished.’"
a people of unconquered spirit,
freedom at last returns.
Those are the words of an of
Then two men fatally wounded
ficial Nazi statement issued re Reinhard Heydrich who, as Nazi I
cently except that the town was "protector”
Czechoslovakia,
of
named Lidice—a quiet little com- earned the title of "hangman.''
munity of Czechoslovakia near That happened on a highway
Prague.
which doesn't even go through Li
In Lidice
(pronounced
Leed- dice. The Lidice people told the
eet-say 1 men and women lived Nazi secret police that they didn't
where their ancestors had lived for know anything about the two
more than 600 years. A Lidice son men.
brought his bride to his parents'
But the Gestapo agents learned
home; his children were born in that Lidice folk still dreamed of
the same room where his grand freedom. They claimed they found
father first saw light. Above the a radio,forbidden by German con
roofs of the town rose the spires querors. arms and munitions. Sev
of St. Margaret's church, a sym eral of the Lidice young men had
bol of faith since the church’s escaped to join United Nations
building in 1736.
forces fighting the Germans. And
In Lidice, a farmer with earth the Nazis follow their policy of
sticking to his boots greeted the bloody vengeance a policy which
coal-dusty miner who as a boy has meant the murder, in retalia
sat beside «him in school. On a tion for the death of Heydrich, ot
warm day the tapping of the shoe more than 700 innocent men and
repairman sounded through an women
So when you read or hear the
open door like a faint echo of the
blacksmith's hammer. A store name of Lidice imagine what it
mean
if Talent were
keeper going to the tailor shop would
paused on Wilson street named crushed to the earth, its name
for
an
American
president— scratched from all records, the
to gossip with a man carv bodies of all its men dumped into
ing wood before his front door. a common grave, their widows
Children laughed
k^iiiiuirn
lau^ucu emu
and piajcu
played vt
or imprisoned, the doubly-orphaned
were drawn to kitchens by the children in the hands of the venge
sweet scents of the cakes their, ful and merciless foreigners.
Vacancies Due to
Resignations Being
Filled, Norby States
Three more new teachers were
elected to the faculty of Ashland
high school this week, according
to Theo J. Norby, city superin-
tendent.
Replacing Miss Cornelia Hulst,
resigned, the board has elected
Miss Mary Jean Hendricks to
teach high school English. Miss
Hendricks received her B. A. and
masters degrees from the Univer
sity of Nebraska, attended sum
mer school at University of Calif
ornia and now is at Willamette
university to get her Oregon cer
tification. She has taught at Wa
terloo and Wahoo, Nebraska.
Leonard Warren, SOCE and
Asnland high graduate, who has
been teacniug at Jacksonville, has
ueen elected to teach physical edu
cation at Ashland junior high
scnooi, replacing Al Simpson wno
was elevated to the position of
football coach and science teacher
at the senior high school, succeed
ing frank O'Neil, now with the
navy.
Alexander Boyer, graduate of
State Teachers College, St. Cloud,
Minn., has been retained as in
structor in industrial arts at the
high school. He has done gradu
ate work at Oregon State college;
taught in elementary schools in
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Idano and was instructor in in
dustrial arts at McGill, Nev. high
school and the same course at
Although given small chance for Petersburg, Alaska. He is a mar
approval, the city council Tuesday ried man and has three children.
Latest resignation from the lo
night authorized Mayor Thornton
S. Wiley to file application with cal high school faculty is Miss
the Federal Works Agency for Ruth Woods, language teacher.
funds with which to construct an Miss Woods has accepted a anu
addition to the Community hos lar position on the Medford high
pital. It is proposed that the city school faculty. During her incum
submit a bond proposal in the bency here she was active in
sum of $35,000 as a local dona- dramatics, coaching most of the
tion toward the hospital project, high school plays. She is the third
with the FWA to be asked to teacher to resign and the board
is considering applications to fill
donate the balance.
City Attorney Frank Van Dyke the vancancies.
expressed the opinion that the
Monday, July 13, is the date
proposal has little chance of rec ' scheduled for starting instruction
ognition He pointed out that Med , in airplane sheet metal work at
ford, directly in the cantonment the high school. An experienced
area, with a crowded hospital, had instructor in the person of Harold
been placed on the deferred list. Van Hoosen has been chosen for
In cases where hospital assistance this course which is designed to
has been given by the FWA al give patriotic citizens training in
lowance has been made for wood work that may prove beneficial
en structures, suggesting that the in the war effort. Van Hoosen has
policy of the agency is not to been teaching this craft in the
provide funds for other than tem Portland schools for 16 years and
porary additions.
is credited with one year’s exper
K. P. Nims, manager of the ience at the Puget Sound navy
Community hospital, stated that yard and 14 years practical sheet
an increase of from 40 to 60 per metal
experience in Portland
cent has been experienced in re plants. He is married and with
cent months and that the hospital his wife and three children will
is virtually filled all the time, ’ reside in Ashland for the duration
with the demand growing for pri of the course.
vate rooms.
Citizens wishing to enroll in
An estimated $97,372.29 will be
required for building and equip this coruse have been advised to
ping the hospital addition. These apply at the high school where
figures are based on plans drawn Mr. Van Hoosen will interview
by William Lang, former Ashland them between the hours of 8 a. m.
architect now living at Medford, and 12, 1 to 5 p. m. and from 7
and include the following items: to 9 p. m. today (Thursday).
Construction cost, $59,787.18; hos
pital equipment, $25,000; kitchen THIS AND THAT
equipment, $3.644; contingencies,
(By Old Timer)
$5,040.70;
legal
administration, To the Editor:
$600, and engineer, architect and
Some of the "travel expense”
other costs,
$3.89021.
Some allotted the city solons could be
items, such as plumbing and heat utilized to good advantage by an
ing, are estimated on tentative official inspection tour of the city.
present costs and would have to We venture the opinion that such
be adjusted to current prices.
a tour would prove an eye bpener
and result in measures being ta-
ken for the betterment of the
community.
Council Applies
For Hospital Fund
Craters Split Series
With S. F. Draymen
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Hitler must yearn occasionally
for the good old days when every
thing came easy .
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t
Rumanian casualties in the first
year of war are put at 157,000.
A sorry reward for tagging along
with Adolph.
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The shell project at the city
park has, in the language
_ _ of the
late Grover Cleveland, fallen into
innocuous desuetude.
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CHAMBER TO RESUME
FORUM MEETINGS SOON
Arrangements are under way
to resume the chamber of com-
merce forums and plans announced
by Dr. Ralph E. Poston, chamber
president, call for one of these
meetings later in the month.. De
finite arrangements had not been
been concluded this morning but
an effort is being made to provide
an interesting program.
John —
P ~
Daugherty is chairman
of the forum committee and Dr. |
Waiter —
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Redford
man.
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Speaking of cherries : At a na-
tional defense pie party held at
Buhl, Idaho, 18 cherry pies were
auctioned at prices ranging from
$18.75 to $3.000. Purchasers, how
ever, received more than just
pies. Each was given war savings
bonds for the amount of his bid.
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No one has yet attempted to
look up McArthur's politics and
advance him as presidential tim-
ber.
The Medford Craters split even
with the Nangano Drayage base
ball team of San Francisco at the
Craters' park over the week-end.
Medford took the Staurday affair
6 to 5 but Sunday afternoon the
bay city club showed its strength
by trouncing Dutch Lieber's out
fit 11 to 5.
Nanango was a last-minute
substitute for the Owl Drug team
who found that bus connections
would not permit them to arrive
back in San Francisco early
enough for work Monday morning.
The second half of the Oregon-
California league gets under way
Saturday night and Sunday after
noon with the Craters entertain
ing Klamath Pelicans at Medford
and Grants Pass travelling to
Dorris. Klamath Falls now leads
the league with Medford second,
Dorris third, and Grants Pass
bringing up the rear.
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Some motorists have discovered
to their surprise that the old
backyard is twice as cool as the
country road.
Chickens are reported roosting
high. Soldiers are coming to the
city from Camp White.
ere
The Watch on the Rhine should
have been an alarm clock, judging
from what the RAF has done to
I that area.