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. ------- •------- 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 ------- •------- 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. ------------- •------------- 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 » » » Gandhi's reported high blood pressure might be relieved by stringing him up with his own breech clout. » » t Uncle Zeke says "Bundles for Britain" wax a swell idea but even a better one is a Bundles« Amer­ ica. ass Judas Laval continues to make it plain that he is not deaf to hie master's voice. < r r Mussolini Is In line for the un­ coveted honor—the sick man of Europe. t » » 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. ------------- 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. i 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. ------------- #-------------- 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. ------------- •------------- 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