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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.
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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,
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VISITS IN .SEATTLE
Mrs. S. J. Bailey visited rela-
tives in Seattle the past week, re-
turning to her Ashland home
Tuesday night.
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• 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 - .*
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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
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_____ _ 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
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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—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.