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VOL. XII ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, 1I1IN AND THAT (By OLD TIMER) To thu Editor. Halloween is the name given to October 31 as the night of Hallow mass, or All Saints Huy, now Ax a ¡»art of the nation-wide chiefly known as the eve of the "All States" Battle XJnxualty Re- Ciirlslian festival. placement recruiting program the Oregon WAC recruiting district, 1 1 1 Halloween long untedated Chris in cooperation with local mer tianity. The two chief character chant x and the County Civilian istics of the ancient Halloween Defense Council, is sponsoring a were the lighting of bonfires ami contest for school girls between the belief that It is the one night the ages of 10 and 1« inclusive. A first, second and third prize in the yenr during which ghosts and witches are moat likely tu will be presented to the writers of the three beat 100-word essays wander about. on the subject, "Why I would like 1 1 to join the WAC’s and replace a Halloween has an American trudition, too. Most adults brought battle casualty " Contestants must be girl stu up In small towns remember when they curried lighted Jack-o-lan- dents of public schools between tems, when tick-tacks were the ages of 10 and 16 Inclusive Each contestant may submit but zipped on somebody's window; one entry. when they touched doorbells and All entrees must be submitted fled; When they soaped store wind ows; carried off porchswlngs, ruga to the principal of the contest- and anything they could get their ant's school not later than No- hands on. It was also a night to vember 1. bob for apples, a slunt which The decision of the local context created much merriment. chairman will be final. Judges will I m * primarily con- > > > Knocking against The admlni- cerned with the content of the strution in President IUncoln's ertsay; however, neatness will be time wan a passport to jail, and considered. All contestants must have their especially during the Civil War. Nearly 40.000 northern citizens name, school, address and who "beefed" about the way Abe clearly printed at the top of wan running things found them page Prize's will be awarded at selves behind gratings for giving "aid and comfort to the enemy”. WAC Carnlvtl Caravan at 8 p Lincoln disliked such an act of 1 on Saturday, November 6, at Med- seeming tyranny But he felt It ; ford Courthouse Auditorium. Mail necessary in order to win the war I all entries to Mrs Roy Elliott, j 1315 W Main, Medford, by No- and save the Union. [ vember 2 Prizes are: First. $50 1 1 1 j War Bond and entry into district Uncle Zeke says one trouble icontest; second, third and fourth, about trying Hitler after the war is finding jurors that have not $25 War Bond and two merchan- formed or expressed an opinion. [ disc prizes. I ------------ °------------ Canada has /15.000 men and 20,000 women in its armed forces. Seek Recruits For WAC Enlistment Schedule Halloween Dance at I^ocal USO' 111 Witches are scheduled to ride their brooms into the USO Club at Ashland Saturday night, Oc o tober 30. it was announced today by Mrs. Jewell Lockhart, direc tor of the club. They'll bring with I 1 them hobgoblins and spooks na tive to Halloween, and pumpin pie and cider will be plentiful. Cider A rehabilitation program for re has already been furnished, she turning service men and women stated, a gift of five gallons Just is being formulated at the Uni received from Mrs. C. J. Lindsay versity of Oregon and a commit Belview tee has been appointed to corre The Dance Committee is plan- late the work of the university ning novel features, broomstick with that of the Veteran's Ad and masked dances, and the hall ministration, the State Depart will be decked in Halloween spirit. ment of Vocational (education, the Two old-time entertainers at the Eugene Vocational School and USO will be on hand, Miss LU- other similar agencies and organi lian Nicholson to tell fortunes and zations, it was announced, by Don Mias Ollie Depew to cut sil- ald M Erb, president of the uni houettes for soldier guests. versity, upon his departure for the Guests will not need to provide East this week. costumes for themselves, but all Il is expected that there are necessary masks and costumes tour types of veterans who can will be provided at the USO. Girls be served by university training: will wear cotton dresses. regular students who have ill Special guests of the dance will gone directly into the armed serv- be members of the 185th General from High school and who ices Hospital at Camp White, The or- will be entering college for the chestra from the 81st General first time; (2) students who will Hospital will be present to pre- have partly completed a college sent some special arrangements of course before entering the armed spooky music by the lqader, Sgt. services; (3) students who have Clarence Luke. been Injured, hospitalized, then The committee in charge of the sent to institutions for special dance are Mrs. T. J. Norby, Mrs. training, and (4) ex-students, Frances Cook, Mrs Kay Jandreau, graduates, older men and others Miss Jo Peachey, Miss Frances who have been dislocated by the Aiken and Miss Pat Rawe. war and who will want short ------------o------------ courses, distinctly vocational in The W. C. T. U. is meeting this nature. afternoon (Thursday) at the home Because the Eugene Vocational of Mrs Reba P. Kelsey, 165 No School can provide definite trade Main. and industrial training for men and women, arrangements have been made between the Univer- sity of Oregon and the Eugene Board of Education so that re habilitation students enrolled in either one of the institutions may tAke advantage of 'the particular facilities of the other. Thus the services of the university in the fields of psychological service, counsel, guidance, testing, etc., could be available to rehabilitation (Continued on Back Page) Italy invaded 28. 1940. Greece October PLAN EDUCATION FOR VETERANS OUR DEMOCRACY October 2H, 19I3 by Mat SHIPS are SERVING FARM and FACTORY O n august ii , i 8O7 the world ' s FIRST SUCCESSFUL STEAMBOAT— ROBERT FULTONS CLtKMONT- MADE ITS TRIAL RUN OF 150 MILES IN 52 HOURS ON A GREAT AMERICAN RIVER ’SHE OVERTOOK MANY SLOOPS AND SCHOONERS,*HER INVENTOR SAID OF HER,*AND PASSED THEM. ' a -k I i /1 I Xi J illl.n. MW yiu K 1 FULTONS INVENTIVE GENIUS ano THE AMERICAN SPIRIT OF IN0IVI0UAL ENTERPRISE HAVE MADE POSSIBLE OUR GREAT MERCHANT FLEET. . . . rate of nearly 6 a day . T hese S hips CARRY MILLIONS OF TONS A MONTH OF THE PRODUCE OF AMERICAN FARMS ANO FACTORIES FOR VICTORY...» WHEN VICTORY IS WON THEY WILL MAKE POSSIBLE AN EXPANDING WORLD TRAOE FOR. OUR. FARMS AND FACTORIES. B uilding at th E Local Postmaster Sponsors Contest Succumbs Tuesday For School Girls As we' go to press word comes of the death of Millard Grubb, postmaster of Ashland. Death oc curred Tuesday evening in the Veteran's Hospital in Portland following an illness of several I months. He was born in Ashland, April 3. 1894, the son of John L. and Mary Walker Grubb, He was married to Miss Rachel Dumas in 1928. Survivors include his wife, one son Walker 11 years old; four sisters, Mrs. Ella True. Ashland; Mrs. Elsie Reeser, Woodburn; Mrs. Beecher Danford, Ashland; Miss Eunice Grubb, Chicago: and four brothers, Frank of Oroville, California; Sam of Tacoma. Har ry of Newport, and Larkin of Ashland. Funeral services will be held at the Elks Temple. Saturday af ternoon at 2:00 o'clock under the direction of J. P .Dodge and Sons Funeral Directors , ............................... •«•••••«••*• AHN FOOTBALL SCORE EUREKA 18 ASHLAND IS The A. R Boyer family of No. Main St moved to Portland this week. Sam Jordan went to Coquille Friday to attend a Masonic meet- ing. I Number 40 rALENT NEWS Miss Mattie Boosey of Jackson ville spent a few days last week with her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Clark. Mrs. Viola King 65 years old, who has been living at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lee Hawley in Talent, passed away last Wed nesday evening at 10 o’clock Mrs. King had been ill for a long time. Funeral services were held at the Dodge Funeral Parlor in Ashland Friday afternoon. Interment was made in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Perry Hansen, missionary lately returned from China, gave her experience, "Under Japanese Bombing", at the the 7:30 p.m. services at the Methodist Church I in Talent, Sunday evening. ' The first quarterly conference was conducted at the church Tues day evening by Dr. Fairham, dis trict Superintendent. Mrs. Allen Clark and two daughters, Patricia and Carman of Portland visited relatives here last week. Members of the Friends Church are conducting services at the Baptist Church each Sunday even ing. Rev. Milo Clifton Ross, past or, spoke Sunday evening on the subject, "A Fortune for a Meal” Christian Endeavor is held at 7:30. The Carnival held at the school gymnasium Friday was enjoyed by the large crowd that attended. Many fine prizes were given. Mrs Mary Furrer drew the largest door prize which was ten dollars. Mrs. Belle Skeeters and Mrs. Bertha and Blanch Htíngate were shopping in Ashland Tuesday af- temoon. The new cold storage plant is nearing completion and will be ready for use the early part of the week. There are 145 lockers. ------------ o----------- Fred C. Homer Speaks At SOCE Assembly THE FORT, PLACE OF DECISION The wagons were now 1300 miles from Independence. Two- thirds <rf the long journey was over. It was the last of August. Summer was nearly gone, and the hardest part of the journey lay ahead. At Fort Hall a much-needed rest was taken. Wagons were in bad condition, because of the heat, wind and dust, which had shrunk the woodwork and caused the spokes to loosen up. Scores of wagons, hundreds of articles of furniture, and even food, had been left beside the Trail with signs inviting anyone who desired to help himself, Oxen, unable to bear their heavy burden any longer, lay down to die. Repairs to wagons and harness had to be made at Fort Hall. The women improved their time by do ing family washing and mending. Prices were high at Fort Hall. Flour cost 25 cents a pint; coffee, 50 cents a pint; rice, three pounds for a dollar. No serious trouble had been ex perienced with the Indians. Their main difficulty was in tak ing their wagons over rough coun try, causing many breakdowns and delays. It was a laborious task cross ing the numerous streams and dry washes with deep-cut banks where the wagons had to be lowered with ropes or the banks cut down to permit their passage. When the emigrants arrived at Fort Hall they were tired and dispirited. This had been the end of the wagon trail for many years. It is true that Whitman had taken a cart as far as Fort Boise, and Joe Meek and his pals had taken three wagons to Fort Walla Walla. To the weak-hearted it would be much easier and quicker to pro ceed on horseback as others had done before them. This was the place of decision. Destiny await ed the verdict. ----------- o------------ Fred C. Homes spoke at the assembly of students at the Southern Oregon College of Edu cation Wednesday, October 20, his Local Legion Auxiliary recruit subject the old "Southern Oregon ers, cooperating with the Women's Normal School” which opened ip Army Corps "All-States” Casual Ashland September 5, 1895, ty Replacement Recruiting Cam This school, Mr. Homes stated, paign. indicated today that they was first known as “the academy," Mrs. Jewell Lockhart, assistant have swung into action in an all- occupied the cite where is now director of the Ashland USO, an out effort to enroll a woman for the Washington Grade School, nounces the following contribu each Jackson County soldier re- and in the beginning was con tions made recently to the center. ported killed or misaing. The goal ducted on a basis of tuition fees Books and magazines — Mrs. is 15 recruits. solely. The state took over the Florence Orkin, Mrs. Fred Tracy, Mrs. Eva Stauffer, civilian de academy about 1898-99, the first Mary V. Leslie, Dr. George W. fense coordinator, expressed a state appropriation being $40,000 Bruce, Dr. Arthur Taylor. Char hope that the goal would be Mr. Homes, a graduate of the lotte Hull. reached by Friday, November 5, class of 1898, sta.ed that he be- Fruit and magazines—Mrs. Noel when the WAC Carnival Caravan came a post-grac'uate student to Hanscom. will arrive for a two-day showing play football, and he was presi- Flowers and phonograph rec in Medford. The extraordinary dent of the Alumni Association ords—Mrs. Gerald Gunter. carnival unit will be located at when the school closed in 1909 for Cider—Mrs. G. J. Lindsey. the County Courthouse and will lack of state appropriated funds. Cake—Mrs. Doris Southworth. be open to visitors between 10 Mr. Homes continued as president Violin lent for use by soldiers— а. m. and 5 p. m. Free movies of the alumni until the college was Helen Kreger. concerning life in the WAC’s will revived in the present Southern Fruits and flowers—-Mrs. Ger be shown to women between the Oregon College of Education, con trude Wjlmeth, Mrs. Jessie Lind ages of 20 and 50 who are eligible ducted yearly meetings of the say, Carol Espy. for enrollment. alumni, and by such continued ef Puzzles—Mrs. C. W. Allen, Mrs. Lt. Margaret Steelhead and fort was influential in reviving Elden Corthell. Technical Sergeant Ardele Carter the college. Cash—Mrs. Rose Weinrieb. will be on hand at all times to Numerous alumni of the old col Cookies — The First Methodist explain the unusual opportunities lege still live in and about Ash Church represented by Mrs. S. W. offered to women during the "All land. and one is now actively en Moss, Mrs. Ralph Billings, Mrs. States" recruiting program. They gaged in the conduct of the South G. H. Yoe; Army Wives repre will be assisted by members of ern Oregon College of Education, sented by Mrs. Evelyn Burton, the local Civilian Defense Council. Mrs. Claire Tucker Scott, account Mrs. Alice Lineker. Mrs. Margaret At 8 p. m. Saturday, November ant in the offices of administra- Greenlees, Mrs. Fritzie Frank; б, the winners of the local WAC tion. I Junior Civic League represented essay contest will be announced ------------ o------------ by Mrs Bob Carter, Mrs. Dick and presented with prizes on the Lloyd Crewson has been re Brickell. "side-show" stage. The winner of leased from the hospital and is Cookies and nuts—Carolyn Rose. first-prize honors will also have convalescing at home. He was in- Posters distributed — Richard her essay entered in the district jured when he fell after contact Faes, David Mowat, Beverly Sabo, contest which ends December 7. ing a live wire. Carol Espy, Barbara Hild. Announces Gifts to Ashland USO Club ['“We Are Buying War Bonds—Are You? HENRY NEWTON and Companion Are Invited to Be Guests of the SOUTHERN OREGON MTNER to see at the VARSITY THEATRE (Friday and Saturday) “A STRANGER IN TOWN AND "MARGIN FOR ERROR" or (Ssnday, Monday, Tuesday) "CONEY ISLAND" Plsase call at the Miner Offlct for Your Guest Tioksta k ——. ............................. Hl» ( 1 tigt. Carl Funk, 26, Cincinnati, lost his right eye and sustained a fractured left knee In Sicily. He has been buying War Bonds regu larly. He will return to civil life as soon as he is discharged from | Halloran Hospital, N. Y. Pvt. Irwin Levinson, Baltimore, was struck by shrapnel in the left shoulder at Palermo. The fingers of his left hand are paralysed. When his father asked if he needed anything, his son replied: "Buy War Bonds." bought $1,300 worth. His father Pvt. Thomas Dcllarossa, Trenton. N. J., 18th Infantry Patrol, was wounded by shrapnel at El Gui tar, Africa, and now must wear a special brace for his left knee. He won the Purple Heart. He buys War Bonds regularly and urges yon tn. Pvt. Donat Cartier, Derry, N. H., suffered a fracture of the leg above the knee in Sicily when struck by an 88 mm. shell. He was held prisoner for two days by the Germans, traveling in a tank. He is a regular purchaser ef War Bunds. Pvt. William E. Morris, Long Beach, Cal., is above draft age but has seen three years of serv ice. He lost his left leg below the knee In Tunisia. He wears the Purple Heart and Good Conduct Ribbon and continues his War Bond purchases.