ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1M2
VOL. XI
is Pigs and—
Teacher Problem | Pigs
Records is Records
Nears Solution In
Local System
Selection of BucCMRor
To Gordon Tripp Still
Unsettled, Norby SayN
A ah land'n teaching
force 1»
about lined up. according to Supt,
Theo J. Norby, who atated that
hla one big, worry now ia to get
a successor to Gordon Tripp in
the instrumental department.. At
Tuesday night's meeting of the
district board, Norby presented
Mias Dorothy Burkett's contract
and it was approved.
Miss Burkett has taught at
Gold Hill for two years. She at
tended the American college at
Shanghai. China, as well as Am
erican schools. She haa been en
gaged to teach Kngllsh alxl Span
ish in Junior high school and to
act as librarian there.
Tuesday ■ meeting proved to be
a routine affair but was marked
by one outstanding feature. It
was the first time in 29 years
Fred Engle was not present to act
tn his capacity as either clerk or
director. In hla place was Mrs
Mary Carter, appointed to fill the
post of clerk upon the resigna
tion of Mr. Engle early in the
summer.
All teachers in the system will
hold first aid certificates, it was
reported to the board. Discussion
was held about the possibility of
instituting a course in pre-fUght
training and it was felt such a
course may be added at the high
school later.
AH metal and rubber scrap
around the various schools will be
collected and donated to the Vic
tory Scrap drive, the board decid
ed Before cosing it was stated
that bids for oil supplies for the
coming year will be announced
star.
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New Vicar Named
For Trinity Church
Dr. Claude E. Sayre, retiring vi
car of Trinity Episcopal church
Sunday read a letter to his con
gregation from Bishop Benjamin D
Dagwell announcing the appoint
ment of a new vicar. The bishop
has chosen A. H. MacDonnell to
succeed Dr Sayre
Mr. MacDonnell ia a native of
Baltimore. Md He was educated
in Mt. Vernon College of that city,
Johns Hopkins University, also of
Baltimore, and at Virginia Theo
logical Seminary at Alexandria. I
Va. Most of his pastoral duties
have been in New Jersey, but forj
the past five years he has been,
stationed In Nevada He will as- I
sume his new pastorate on Aug
30
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Noted Stars Signed
For Telephone Hour
Seven stars of the musical world
scheduled to appear soon in the
Telephone Hour ■‘Great Artist"
series, which ia heard over NBC at
9 o'clock every Monday night, in
clude John Charles Thomas, Aug.
1’, Helen Traubel, Aug. 24; Oscar
Levant, Aug. 31; Grace Moore,
Bept. 7; Marian Anderson Sept.
14; Lawrence Tibbetts, Sept. 21;
and LJIy Pons, Sept 28, it was an
nounced today by H. 8. Aikens,
manager of the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company.
The forthcoming appearance of
Helen Traubel, Oscar Levant and
Marian Anderaon will be their
first on the Bell System's radio
hour, Mr. Aikens said.
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More than half of the nation's
cigarets are manufactured in
North Carolina
THU AND THAT
(By Old Timer)
To the Editor
Our national debt ia calculated
at 80 billiona. It can't well be
helped, although there Is much
moaning over the legacy of debt
that will be left to posterity. Back
in the 1890's the national expendi
ture hit the billion dollar mark.
Every one conaidered that perfect
ly impoasible. It was put up to
Cxar Thomas B. Reed, then speak
er of the House of Representatives.
Nothing scared him. Hia rejoinder
was: "This is a billion dollar coun
try." All hands huahed forthwith.
America haa expanded 80 times
since then so let us keep our chins
up
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Gandhi's reported high blood
pressure might be relieved by
stringing him up with his own
breech clout.
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Uncle Zeke says "Bundles for
Britain" wax a swell idea but even
a better one is a Bundles« Amer
ica.
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Judas Laval continues to make
it plain that he is not deaf to hie
master's voice.
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Mussolini Is In line for the un
coveted honor—the sick man of
Europe.
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Goats might be used to mow
those neglected parking atrip»,
Yea, pigs ia plga these days
and so wr aay records ia records,
referring, naturally, to phono
graph recorda.
Saturday afternoon, Juat when
the Miner wax beginning to
think that all of the phono
graph recorda in thia vicinity
hud been gathered in, the door
opened and in walked Herman
Helm with a pear box full of re
cord# 100 or them. ITiere wax
nothing phenomenal about the
number, inasmuch ax Dr. C. C.
Dunham previously had brought
In that many, but these were
cylinder recorda of the type first
used by Thomae A. Edison fol
lowing hia Invention of the pho
nograph.
Thia generous donation to the
cauae of aoldier entertainment
repreaented a collection over the
yeara from 1008 when the Edi
son machine became the proper
ty of the Helm family. Machine
and conatantly Increasing record
aupply were moved from place
to place and finally landed in
Bellview some 13 years ago
when Mr. Helm took over the
Bellview Dairy He atated that
the machine still ia in good run
ning order and that it long has
been the Joy of hla young (laugh-
tera to play recorda on it in pre
ference to llatening to the radio.
But now, with the recorda gone,
it doubtleaa will become one of
thoae
home
museum
speci
men# another dust collector In
the attic.
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Quarterbacks Club
To Serve Sunday
Mere man will take a hand in
entertaining Sunday when the
weekly contingent of soldiers from
Camp White comes to Ashland to
spend the afternoon. The Down
Town Quarterbacks club, organi
sation of local businesa men form
ed two yeara ago to boost sth-
letica here, haa asked fur the pri
vilege of aerving lunch to the hos
teases and their guests.
Just what the eats will be has
not been divulged, but the aoldlerw
need not lose any sleep over it,
for when the Quarterbacks start
out to do a thing right it ia done
Just that way. The senior and Ju
nior hostesses will have no qualms
for many of them doubtless will
have a hand in the preparations
The usual routine is planned--
rwirnmlng for a couple of hours,
ing at Twin Plunges pavilion the
then lunch at the park and danc-
remainder of the evening.
Visitors last Sunday were treat
ed to lunch by the Fortnightly
Study club with watermelon for
dessert furnished by the Rotary
club.
The list of guests included the
following from Camp White:
You Just Can’t Keep a Good
Man Down-for Long
When a man has spent a half
century educating the youth of
the atate, has acquired a compe
tence sufficient to retire to a
peaceful little cottage where he
can tend hia garden sass and flow-
era and sit on the shady side of
the house and reflect over a long
and useful career, It would aeem
that not even a national emergen
cy ahould interrupt hia retirement.
But auch ia not the case of John
W. Kerns, who haa called Ashland
his home the paat three years and
who, with Mrs. Kerns may be
found at 301 Mountain avenue.
Realizing that a shortage of
teacher# faces nearly every school
In the state. Mr. Kerns let the po
wers that be know that he ia will
ing to dust off the old certificate
and enter the arena once more,
and along comes an offer from
Grande Ronde (yes. that's on the
reservation) to teach tn the ele
mentary school. He accepted and
then dropped Into the Miner office
to find out what kind of a place
he was getting into. (You see,
the writer once went to school to
him and he wanted to find out If
we remember our geography les
sons). That point was settled and
Mr and Mrs. Kems will leave for
the new Job early in September.
It was back in 1899 that the
school board at Enterprise went on
a atill hunt for a principal who
not only could and would whale
the tar out of the big bad boys
but might even give some of the
foolish parents a taste of his prow
ess if necessary. During the pre
vious school year one principal
had been run out by the "gas
houae gang" and his successor,
who wax the town's postmaster,
felt he could not neglect Uncle
j Sam's business any longer and be
sides he was gttting up in years
and didn't feel so scrappy. It was
up to the board to find a younger
man and they did.
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From out of Skamania county.
Wash., came a doughty little Irish
man He was a graduate of Ore-
Ashland Boy Making
Progress in Navy
An example of "local boy mak
ing good" ia found in the case of
Wayne Peterson, who is in course
of training for service in the Unit
ed States navy.
Peterson, member at the class
of '41. Ashland high school, was
turned down because of physical
defects when he first tried to en
list Later be was accepted and
sent to San Diego for preliminary
training. While in quarantine he
spent otherwise idle time in study
ing the aviation mechanics course
and at the end of the six-weeka
period asked to take the examina
tion given two-year college men.
The permission was granted and
he passed the test with a grade
of 87l« percent He was then sent
to Dearborn, Mich, for advanced
training in mechanics and now is
at Mihmi, Fla., taking the flying
course in preparation for entering
active service. All aviation mech
anics are required to learn opera
tion of all parts of a plane, includ
ing piloting and gunnery.
Young Peterson worked and
cared for an invalid mother during
hia high school days and had little
time for extra-curricular interests.
Since Joining the color# he has
been learning to play and states
it is very much to his liking. He
now rates third petty officer.
Wayne's address is: Wayne Pet
erson, M A. Petty Officer Third
Class, VN-1B7-ATD. Miami. Fla
Cecil Head, Thornburg. Iowa;
Comiah C. Sutherland. Rio Grand
City. Tex.; George A. Cerboakaa.
Li Paso, Tex.; John S. Moore,
Martin# Ferry, O.; Robert L. Jones
Newark, O.; Walter H Hutchens,
Buffalo Center, Iowa; Earl H. Ne-
ault, Maakgon, Mich ; Donald P.
Hecht, Yorkshire, O.; Howard Fri
ar, Huntington, Ind.; Leslie Lanis,
Beverly Hills, Calif.; Albert Mul-
lennlx, Gazetteville, Ark.; Robert
B. Allison. L oh Angeles; Eugene
E. Evansen, Minneapolis, Minn ;
Alex Balas. Akron (Rubber City),
O.; H. E. Running. St Paul. Minn.;
Curtis P Alien, Mt. Pleasant, Tex.;
Claude A. Choln, Canyon. Tex.; T.
A. Callender, Lincoln. III.; Calvin
Y. McCahl, Detroit, Mich.; George
W. Evans. New York City; Vin
cent J. Cole, Brooklyn. N. Y.; Ef-
raln A. Duran, Rio Grande City,
The Ozarks are believed to be
Tex.; Abe Badenstein,
Miami one of the
oldest
mountain
ranges in North America.
(Continued on page 8)
gon Normal School at Monmouth,
where he played football and en
gaged in other sports activities.
He was working on the family
farm when the school board
caught up with him and induced
him to sign a contract.
Came the opening day of school
All of the big boys were on their
good behavior—some of them even
had their hair combed -and the
little boys all sat up front where
the big boys thought they be
longed
Everything went along
smoothly for the first week. The
new “professor" didn't appe
be very tough; "guess we'll feel
him out." So, right in the midst
of class one day there was a,
thumping under the floor. There
wax snickering and whispering, I
but the principal didn’t even bat
an eyelash. This nefarious inter
ruption went on for some time i
without checking. That evening
the principal removed the offend
ing object and next morning in- |
formed the culprits that any
more such conduct would draw
fire from headquarters The noise
maker was again put into use and
this time the master went into ac
tion. It can’t be recalled Just what
occurred but several fellows bigger
than the principal himself decided 1
to remain out of school as long as
said principal stayed on the Job.
Not all of the crowd quit school
and some of the remaining big
boys decided they would find out
Just how much of a man the
"prof was. There was a livery
stable where the boys congregat
ed and where they had developed
a gymnasium in the hay loft.
(Continued on page 8)
Woman, 93, Knits
Socks for Victory
Harken to this, all you knit
ter# and also those of you who
do not knit!
Mrs. Sldna Wilkins, of Union
City. Pa., who is 93 years of age,
recently sent to a Red Cross
chapter 15 pairs of socks which
she had knit during the past few
months. The beautiful stitching
In these articles excited much
favorable comment from women
who examined them.
Mrs Wilkins wrote a note and
placed It in the toe of each pair
of socks. The note reads as fol
lows:
"Dear boys of the army:
Here’s hoping you will have
some comfort by my knitting
socks for your tired feet and
Victory. I am in my ninety-
third year. Best wishes from
Mra. Sldna Wilkins."
Mrs Wilkins has set some
pace for the women of the coun
try to follow.
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GOOD CONVENTION
WEATHER HOT
Mrs. Alice Patterson, secretary
of the Ashland chamber of com
merce, returned Sunday afternoon
from Lake Arrowhead, Calif.,
where she attended a meeting of
commercial secretaries.
Mrs. Patterson stated that the
convention was a decided success
and that she feels much good will
result from the coming together
of the various chamber of com
merce managers, secretaries and
business leaders. Her one com
plaint waa about the weather,
which was decidedly hot.
During Mra Patterson's ab
sence the local office was in
charge of Mrs. Elsie Myers.
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GUEST OF AUNT
Miss Miriam Frothingham of
Madison, Wis. is a guest this week
of her aunt, Miss Alice Wright, in
Bellview.
OUR GREEN WAY OF LIFE
What do the forwtry term«, "timber crapping” and
"traa farming,” mean ia practice by th* West Ceaat
lumber industry? Here ia an answer in pictures. Upper
left ia a block of med-bearing Douglas fir loft in tog
ging mven year« ago, Io provide natural reforestation
on a harvested area. An average of 1,000 young trees
per acre make a thriving new crap. Upper right shows
one of the 7 Vi million refotwetod acres ia the Douglas
fir region.
Protection of the slow-growing timber crap by in
dustry costs money. Six lank-pumper cars operated by
one lumber company for fire-fighting are illustrated
Their combined capacity is 60,000 gallons. Such equip
ment is common on logging operations.
In addition to 11 million acres of old growth in the
Douglas fir region there are more than 1 million
acres of second growth of saw timber mm . Peeta and
poles are a first harvest. Pictured are 40-foot poles
selectively taken from a 60-year-old stand of Douglas
fir. Such cropping helps pay tree-farming costs and
gives more growing room lor remaining trees.
Number 33
Have You Apples to
Spare for Drying?
Dried fruits are In great de
mand by the men m the ser
vice and there la an opportuni
ty for iinaJl or<tiardlit« to
participate In supplying them.
At preheat, early apples are
wanted ax well as volunteers
to betp jreel them for drying.
Tuesday of thix week a
small group gathered at the
home of Mrs. Ben Heath, 895
Terrace, where they peeled
and dried 175 pounds of apptex
la Mrs. Heath’s sun dryer.
This fruit will be turned over
to the Red Crons for shipment
to our boys in Alaska. Later,
peaches and pears will be
dried, but at present the de
mand is for apples.
If you have apples to spare,
bring them to the Miner of
fice where the City Delivery
Service will pick them up and
take them to the dryer.
Volunteers for work may
make arrangements by tele
phoning 7478.
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Four Professional
Men Re-Classified
Four of Ashland's professional
men, previously classified In 3-A
recently were notified that they
had been reclassified and placed
in 1-A This change was prompted
by urgent calls from the army for
more medical men and dentists
and affects Dr Harvey A. Woods,
Dr. Ralph E. Poston, Dr. G. B.
Hull and Dr. L W. Staffers, the
first two medical men and the last
two dentists.
Dr. Staffers went up for exam
ination Monday and returned with
a first lieutenant commission. He
is awaiting call for service. Doc
tors Woods and Hull went north
the past week-end for examina
tion and Dr. Poston is awaiting
word from Washington relative to
a commission, he having served in
WorkUHar I.
Ashland already has contributed
three dentists and one medical
man to the service, with but two
replacements, both of them den
tists.
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Sayres Depart for
New Portland Home
Dr. and Mra Claude E. Sayre
left Wednesday
afternoon
for
Portland where they will make
their home. Dr. Sayre has been
called to take the post of chap-
lainn at St. Helen’s Hall, as well
ai to instruct classes in the
school and part time duties at St.
Peter's church.
Dr. Sayre's successor to Trinity
Episcopal parish, A H MacDon
nell, will take over the duties
August 30 The two intervening
Sundays will be supplied by Arch
deacon White of Eugene so that
there will be no break in the
service#
LEAVE FOR SHERIDAN
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Gif
fen and small daughter left Fri
day morning for Sheridan, Ore
gon, where they expected to re
main with friends for some time
while seeking a new location. The
Miner erroneously reported they
were going to Oakland, Calif., al
though that had been their plan
all along. Mr. Giffen wanted to in
vestigate shipyard work in the
Portland area and they will stay
at Sheridan while looking around
All County Looking
Forward to Camp
Fete Saturday
Some Ashland Business
Houses to Close During
Camp White Ceremony
Camp White will be the focal
point for thousands of southern
Oregonians as well as hundreds of
people from over the state and
from California Saturday morn
ing when reactivation ceremonies
will again place the famous 91st
Division in the ranks of fighting
force# of Uncle Sam's great army
Major General Charles H. Ger
hardt, commander of the division,
has issued a blanket Invitation to
the public to attend and early re
ports indicate that the rexpon»e
will meet with the general's ap
proval. An effort is being made
to have a reunion of the old 91st
Division members and the camp
has prepared special entertainment
for these men. A program unique
in military annals will hold the
Interest of the throng for two
hours In the morning followed by
dinner, after which military ma
neuvers will be held.
A canvass of the business houses
early this week revealed that sev
eral will close for the morning,
although the response was not
general as had been expected. Bus
service will be available at 7:45
a. m., returning following the cer
emony.
In connection with the invitation
to the members of the regular 91st
Division, letters have been written
to governors of the Pacific coast
states urging them to grant time
off to all state employes who
fought with the 91st Division in
World War I to allow them to at
tend the ceremonial. It was point
ed out to Governors Sprague, Ol
son and Langlie that the occasion
will be a great day in the Uvea
of those men who gave the division
its great traditions.
The 115th Cavalry band from
Fort Lewis, directed by Warrant
Officer Karl Weihe and consisting
of 24 pieces, arrived at Camp
White by train Wednesday morn
ing to provide the musical back
ground for the activation program
AU members of the band are from
Wyoming, from which were drawn
many of the soldiers making up
the original division of World War
I. and the band's motto is "Pow
der River—Let 'Er Buck,” same
as that of the 91st.
Invitations have been extended
to other bands to participate in
the program. The Ashland City
band was invited but a canvass of
members showed that so many
would be unable to go that the
Invitation had to be passed up.
There will be no idle moments
for those going over early Satur
day morning, particularly bus pas
sengers, as an inspection of
grounds and equipment will be
conducted until 10 o'clock, starting
time of the program.
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HERE FROM OHIO
Glen Wilcox of Youngstown, O„
is in Ashland on his annual visit
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
L Wilcox of 332 Orange Avenue.
Mr. Wilcox is in the circulation
department of the Vindicator,
Youngstown daily. This office ac
knowledges a pleasant call from
Mr. Wilcox.
Growing Demand for Second Front
Raises Question of Preparedness
A growing demand for a second
front, motivated by the desire of
the American and British people to
help the hard pressed Russians, in
creases daily.
Possibly the success of the Com
mando raids on the conntinent, or
the increasing amount of arma
ments coming out of AlUed facto
ries, or even the certainty of the
layman that victory over the Nazis
is on the doorstep, might be the
cause of such a demand.
The people have been wondering
whether the second front will be
another case of "too little and too
soon."
Tt has been hinted time and time
again, (yet this might be just an
other grand piece of Allied strate
gy for a war of nerves on Hitler)
that a second front cannot be car
ried out against the Axis until
1943.
If an invasion does take place,
where, of all the possible places,
would it lunge? Norway? Finland
—to knock that nation out of the
war? Italy, where the people are
none too interested in what is go
ing on7 Through Portugal? Or up
and through Olaska against the
Japs?
To arm-chair strategists (the
military are discreetly mum on the
point, but the Commando raids
give an inkling of what might be
be in the offing) the coast of
France seems to b «the only, and
most logical place for an Invasion.
What are some of the enormous
difficulties facing the Allies in
such an invasion of France from
the tight little isle of Britain?
To hit and drive back what is
said to be 1,500,000 waiting Nazi
troops facing the English channel,
the Allies would need about 2,500,-
000 thousand soldiers. Then the
number of ships required for this
transport tion job would be enor-
muus. Have the Allies enough
ships—at the minimum, 2,000—
to spare for this invasion job ? Re
member that these ships must
shuttle back and forth between
England and the invasion coast.
Another thing. The Allies are
said to have an air force of close
on to 13 or 14 thousand planes.
The Axis air power is said to
reach the 16,000 mark. How about
the
Allied
combined
armored
force? Is it equal to the Axis?
They are said to have at least 25
panzer divisions on the field.
A successful invasion of Axis-
dominated Europe requires months
and months of planning.
The clamor for a second front
has been increasing steadily, es
pecially by the arm-chair strate
gists. But it is a military secret
how long plans have been develop
ing by Allied authorities for an
invasion of the continent.
An invasiont oo soon might re
sult in another disastrous Dunkirk.
A well-planned, executed, and suc
cessful Invasion Is qu|te different.