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<> » ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1942 VOL. XI What’H Atlantic City Got.......... ? Elks Bid Exalted Ruler Bon Voyage With Lodge Party More Than 100 Mem bers Gather at Temple To Honor “Bill” Allen Considerably more than 100 Elka gathered at the temple Tuesday evening to pay homage to their exalted ruler, William B. Allen, who leaves thia evening for Fort Lewis to be inducted into the army. There was no lodge ses sion, the brothers gathering in the club room for a social hour I m -fon- repairing to the dining hall for lunch and a brief program Frank VanDyke served as mas ter of ceremonies and after call ing for the singing of "God Bless America" introduced Col. Joseph F. Donnivan of Camp White who was the speaker of the evening. Col. Donnivan is second officer In command of the artillery unit of the new 91st division. Present at the dining room table were two fathers with their sons. One of them has already been in ducted and the other has (tassed his "physical” for entrance into the army. Chairman VanDyke asked B. C. Forsythe and son Jack and Guy Applewhite and son Warren to stand. In introducing the honored guest, VanDyke stated that Ash land Lzxige No. 944 was proud of the distinction of having its ex-1 alted ruler accepted for service with Uncle Sam's forces. He point ed to the record of achievement attained by "Bill" Allen in his brief service as exalted ruler, re marking that he not only stands high In the lodge but in the en tire community. “I believe he has more friends than anybody else in town," VanDyke said. "In his long service with the |>ost office he has acquired a broad acquaintance and envious popularity uTTá his pleas ant greetings and ability to 'kid' everybody.” The lodge presented Allen with a beautiful Elks ring in appreci ation of his services. "Bill" made a thoughtful response and in the course of his remarks stated that he had asked Millard Grubb to complete his term as exalted ruler. ----- •----- Q-Backs Provide Sumptuous Feed J Camp White soldiers coming to Ashland the ¡mat several weeks have enjoyed bountiful lunches provided by hostess groups. This factor has encouraged attendance from the camp, for although the boys get excellent food every day, I there la a bit of the home touch to the morsels prepared by fem inine hands which has an especial appeal to young manhood. Not to be outdone by the gentler sex, mere males of the Quarter back club last Sunday put, on their version of a man's luncheon and from all accounts the soldiers and their hostesses were able to resume duties as usual Monday morning. At least, there was plen ty of everything to eat and the usual party program was not in terrupted. Aside from feeding the 60 Invited guests from Camp White, the Junior Hostesses, Sen ior Hostesses and others connected with the party, the Quarterback had plenty to go around for 24 extra soldiers spending the after noon and evening in town. The afternoon program opened with the swim at Twin Plunges, followed by eats in the park, and to lhe USO headquarters in the to the UCO headquarters in the Civic Club building where danc ing, reading and games were in dulged in until the hour of depart ure. The USO center is gradually getting equipped for efficient op eration. During the past week an appeal for a typewriter was ans wered by Mrs Minnie Davis, who donated the use of her machine. An appeal for cookies for an eve ning party found ready response from Ashland Groceteria. White house grocery and the Lithia bakery. Monday. Harry Chipman turned over 100 or more candy bars whicn were not injured but the sale of which was made doubtful by Sat urday's fire, which smoked his place badly. These donations are greatly ap preciated by the USO personnel, who have asked that their thanks be expressed in that manner. Since muaiclans are scarce, and their services would have to be on a voluntary basis, the center has to depend on "canned” music to a large extent. Sensing this need, Jackson and Pearson operators of the Mountain States Music com- pany placed one of their "Juke boxes" at the disposal of the USO, ------------- <------------- VISITS IN .SEATTLE Mrs. S. J. Bailey visited rela- tives in Seattle the past week, re- turning to her Ashland home Tuesday night. ---- •---- • Subscribe for Th» Mlaor today, When one thinks of Atlantic City (some of im huve never J mm - ii there) the first feature popping into mind I n the fa mous board walk. That Isn’t all Atlantic City has, of course. They have bathing beauty I'ontehts there, or did before the nasty little "rising suns” Joined up with Adolph, and In that they have A »bland lieat. But when it comes to board walks—well, we're go- Ing to have one too. It won't fringe the water, but will fringe part <>t the 1’luz.a Im- proveinent project. A crew trimi the state high way department arrived In ztshlarid Monday and set to work to complete the tempo rary job on the Plaza corner. It will relieve |s-dr»>t rliuis who ar«' accustomed to using the north side of the street at that point and Improve appearance of the street. The board walk will serve until such time as the project may Is- completed in accordance with the origi nal plan. It might I m - said thut this Is one morr step toward the horse and buggy days. The first step was the freezing of tires. What will the next step I m - .* ------------- •------ Fire Threatens Business Block Sympathetic Understanding USO to Sponsor Picnic Planned Of Soldiers Plea of Officer Wednesday Party For Observers of A sympathetic understanding of the soldier and his problems and the duties of the army officials in moulding the new citizen army into capable, tough and hard fight ing men was the plea of Col. Jos eph 1* Donnivan in a brief talk to iijiwiik I h of 125 Elka Tuesday evening. "We have the task of building an army from raw recruits to give battle to arrnieH of professional soldiers. It is a big Job and we are doing it, but we need the as sistance of you civilians not in training the men, but in trying to understand our boys and their problems," the Colonel said. Camp White already has several thousand men. In a short time other thousands will arrive. These ui<- aveiage American youths, the Colonel stated, subject to the same traits, good and bad. found in ev ery community. Rigorous training in combat duty, military regula tions and the sameness day in and out are upt to get on the nerves of the boys, some of whom will get out of line now and then. The army, he stated, has methods of taking care of such cases, but un fortunately the army can’t police every place the soldiers visit dur ing their hours of leave. Grudges spring up in camp where there is no chance to settle them, conse quently settlements are frequently made in public. These arguments are regrettable and are anything but appreciated by army officials who endeavor to inculcate ideas of proper behavior as well as how to become good fighting men. The Colonel counselled the use of rea son before force in dealing with such cases. "Doubling the population of the Rogue River valley in such a short time has created new social and _____ _____ _ in the __ basement of Fire starting the Stevens market Saturday af- icrnoon for a time threatened the market and adjacent businesses Before it could I m - extinguished, ■moke and ammonia fumes had damaged both the Stevens and Harry Chipman rooms and filled nearby buildings. Meat stocks were removed fiom the market and stored at the East Side market, with the i<suit that little darnage was incurred by Mr. Stevens. Chipman's suffered some loss to perishable goods, and re mained closed until the insurance adjuster passed on the damage Al Simpson, appointed to suc The Stevens market will remain closed pending repairs to the ceed Frank O’Neil as Ashland high football coach, resigned this week building. and left early yesterday for Army Officer’s training Simpson, along with Dean Warren, passed all his examinations recently in Portland and was called about a week ago. The Southern Oregon College of School Supt. Theo Norby has not Education has Just been informed as yet decided what to do about by the commanding general of the football coaching situation but Fort Douglas that a quota of 42 indicated he ndght leave the Job enlistees for the Enlisted Reserve up to Jerry Gastineau, head bas Corps has been allotted the col ketball coach. lege, according to Dr. Walter Red ------------- •------------- ford, president. HAS FEW DAYS AT HOME Under this prc-lnduction train Cadet Jack Forsythe was an in- ing program for colleges and uni coming passenger Tuesday morn versities .young men of military ing from Vancouver, Wash., where age who are subject to draft un he has been stationed since in der selective service, will be al duction a few weeks ago He will lowed to continue their college leave tomorrow for Nashville. training in order to become po Tenn, for training. He is visiting tential officers for one of tile his wife, and his parents. Mr. and armed forces. Mrs. B. C. Forsythe. Al Simpson Leaves For Officer Training College Allotted Forty-two Enlistees RUMMAGE SALE SPENDING FURLOUGH The ladies of Trinity guild will the hold a rummage sale in Swedenburg building Saturday. Aug 29 Contributions will gladly be accepted and there will be la dies on hand Thursday and Fri day afternoons to receive them Number 34 R E. Andrews, former member | of Battery B and now with Bat-' tery F at Fort Stevens, is spend- ' ing a furlough here with Mrs. Andrews and his parents. Mr. and Mrs C. B Andrews. economic problems here,” the Colo nel said, “Camp White will be here for the duration. Filler replace ments will be coming soon. They will remain 12 to 17 weeks for concentrated training. When they depart other replacements will come in, and so on year after year, or until there is no further need for soldiers. Concentrated ~ ti aining means just that—there will even be no KI* for the men. We are making fighting men and the job has to be done just as fast as possible, ho no time is ta- ken from drill work. Infractions are dealt with in some manner that will not take the offender out ol his regular work. "Camp White and the citizens of the Rogue River country must I have a common understanding about these men. Our duty is to develop them into the hardest, fighting units possible and the cit izens of this section can help ma terially by treating them just as you expect citizens of other sec tions to treat your boys. Do this and you will be making a great contribution to the war effort.” In closing. Colonel Donnivan stated that we are facing the gravest crisis in our history; that we are fighting a war the outcome of which is in doubt. Don’t let anyone tell you the Japs are a pushover or that one American soldieir is equal to ten Japs, he said, adding that man for man both the Germans and Japs are the equal of any other soldiers. He saw one distinct advantage for the democracies in the fact that we have more to fight for our ideals, our home life and our way of thinking. These factors will weigh heavily in our favor when Kie final showdown comes, he concluded. Parks to Teach in Local High School Roland Parks who has been teeaching in the Klamath county system for several years, has been engaged to fill the vacancy creat ed by the resignation of Kenneth Woods, assistant high school prin cipal, in the Ashland system. Since graduation from the University of Oregon, Parks has been employed first at Henley and then at Sprrxue River. He is the son of Mr and Mrs. R F. Parks of i'al- ent and Is well known tn "Ashland where he graduated from Ashland high school and from Southern Oregon College of Education. The school board granted a leave of absence to Al Simpson, high school football coach, who has en- teredt he armed service. A succes sor to Simpson has not been cho sen Supt. T. J. Norby has indicat ed that the job may be handed over to Jerry Gastineau, basketball mentor—if he is available after school opens. I Flans have been completed (or i the first Wednesday evening par ty for soldiers and Junior Hostess es, according to Mrs. Helen Small, director in charge of the U8O center in Ashland. Mrs. Ward Croft, manager of the Twin Flunges, has offered a free swimming party to the sol diers and hostesses and tnis will be followed by a dance at the Flunges pavilion. Sunday's program has been changed from the usual swim-eat- dance affair. This week’s afternoon hours will be spent in games con tests, the winner of which will be awarded a telegram to or tele phone conversation with the home folks. Badminton, horseshoes, cro quet and darts will be featured in the contests. Refreshments will be prepared and served by the Ashland Garden club . ------- •------- ------ Concert Season to End Next Thursday One of the most successful con cert series played by the Ashland City band will draw to a close Thursday evening, Aug. 27. A total of 12 programs will have been gi ven, making the band season cov er the three summer months. Although Gordon Tripp, direct or through 10 concerts, found it necessary to resign because of re moving to Eugene, the series will be continued in a pleasing man ner under the able direction of Raymond C. Cooke, former promi nent Ashland musician now a res ident of Medford. Mr .Cooke has arraned a popular and semi-classic program for tonight which should attract the usual large crowd. Unfavorable weather conditions held down the attendance at the concerts earlier in the season, but with warmer evenings people be gan to turn out in larger num bers until the last three or four programs have been enjoyed by the largest crowds in several years. ------------- •------------- LIONS ENTERTAIN SOLDIER GUEST At the regular Tuesday evening meeting the Ashland Lions club had as a guest David Garcia of the quartermaster's department. Camp White. The club has made a ruling to invite two soldiers, privates or non-coms, each meet ing and had arranged for tnese guests Tuesday evening. The invi tation committee and the guests failed to get together so a tele phone message to the USO center brought one guest. Garcia stated that he had a “swell” dinner and a good time singing and chatting with the lions. ------------- •------------ TAKES EXAMINATION Warren Applewhite, son of Mr and Mrs. Guy Applewhite of thia VISITING IN SEATTLE city, was in Portland Monday to David Barker has gone to Se- take his "physical” for entrance attle to visit his father. R. A. Bar into the army. He has returned ker. and his brother Chris who is home to await call. in the air corps at Paine Field, near Everett, Wash. He made the trip by train. Bellview-Ashland From 150 to 200 People Expected to Participate In Lithia Park Event Plans for a picnic dinner for observers serving the Bellview and Ashland posts had progressed suf ficiently this week to permit an nouncement of the date, which ac cording to Robert Dodge, person nel director of the Ashland post, has been set for 7 p. m. Wednes day, Aug. 26. Lithia park will be the scene and the invitation is op en to all observers and their fam- Hies—except, of course, the unior- tunate parties who will have to be on duty at that time. All that is required of the ob servers is that they come and bring their families, and inciden tally their well-filled lunch bas kets, including utensils. Lt. Runyon, in charge of the U. S. army filter station at Roseburg, has indicated that he will be in attendance. He has not been sche duled for a speech, but it is likely that he will be called upon during the course of the picnic. There are approximately 100 ob servers signed up for each of the local posts. If one-half of them turn out, bringing their families there should be a party of from 150 to 200 people in the park that evening. --------------•------------- CONDUCTS SERVICES AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH Archdeacon H. R. White of Eu gene conducted services at Trin ity Episcopal church Sunday and will preside next Sunday, filling in the interim between the departure of Dr. Claude E. Sayre and the arrival of the new vicar, A. H. McDonnell. Mrs. White accompanied the Archdeacon and they are in resi dence at the Lithia hotel while here. ------------- •------------- Chiropractors Meet For Annual Election Chiropractic physicians of Jack- son and Josephine counties met last Thursday evening in the Jack- son hotel in Medford at which time officers for the ensuing year were elected to serve the Southern Oregon Society of Chiropractic Physicians. Dr. Harold Campbell of Grants Pass was named president; Dr. Edgar N .Terrill of Ashland, vice president; Dr. Isabel T. Donald son of Medford, secretary-treasur er. Dr. C. C. Dunham of Ashland will serve as educational chair man. “Pelvic Distortions" was the top ic discussed at the meeting using x-ray pictures for demonstrations. Dr. A. R. Hedges of Medford led the discussion. The next meeting of the society will be held in Ashland Monday evening, Sept. 14. ------------- •-------------- —Buy War Savings Stamps— ON THE NEWS FRONT Federal Officials Map Plans To Relieve Farm Help Shortage The farm labor shortages al sugar beet areas of the West. ready existing in some sections of Besides this plan for aid to the the country probably will be even farmers, the department of agri more extensive in 1943. the de culture has undertaken other pro partment of agriculture has an jects for assistance to them so nounced. that production will not only con Even though production is in tinue at a high level, but increase creasing to record figures, this is above that point. still not enough food Farmers of In some cases farm operations in the nation must produce as they certain sections might be reorgan have never produced before. ized so that there will be a change That is why the future portends in the type of crop, or crops, a growing shortage of farm labor. grown. Labor pooling—now taking To assist the nation's farmers, place in a small way—might be federal officials have been working carried on in a greater scale. on a plan by which farm labor If there happens to be a definite from outside the United States will shortage of farm workers in one be made available. state—for instance Minnesota—but The Mexican government has a temporary, or seasonal, surplus been approached with the plan of in another state—maybe Missouri using farm laborers from that i —to obtain help the farmer but country wh*n the supply of Ameri need apply to the nearest U. S. can farm labor has been depleted. employment service office. The ne Both the U. S. and Mexico have cessary help will then be solicited reached the following terms con through that office. cerning the hiring of Mexican lab The transportation for the or for work on American farms. workers being brought in from 1. Mexican workers will not be distances will be paid for in u«ed to displace domestic workers full by the contracting farmer 2. Payment of transportation ex if the distance Is under 200 pense from point of origin of miles. All distances above the workers to employment centers in 200 mile reckoning will be the U S. and return will be pro paid for through the FSA. vided.' The War Manpower commission At least three-fourths of the in a recent move, has placed upon working days in the contract shall the department of agriculture the be provided. responsiility of helping avert 4. The minimum wage will be 30 shortages of farm labor by hous cents an hour ,or the equivalent ing and transporting seasonal piece work rate, or based on the farm workers needed. prevailing wages in the area being The farmers of the nation today worked. are doing all they possibly can to 5. Adequate and sanitarv hous supply the ever mounting demand ing conditions will be available. for their product. The department It Is expected that most of of agriculture is doing all it can the Mexican labor so hired to assist the farmer in his program will be used in the cotton ar of supplying more and more, and eas of the Southwest and the ■till more.