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ASHLAND OREGON, THURSDAY.
VOL XIII
TH IS AND THAT
to y O u ) ll.M EK)
iu ixie E d ito r:
h i,d a y , o iarc h 17 la St. P a t
rick a Day.
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Si. P atrick, Bishop and patron
soiin
ox
Ireland,
was
born
ab out the y ea r 387. There .a con
siderable uoubt as to the place
ox his nativity. The beat authority
is to r B rittany, In France.
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When about IS years of age, he
was taken captive by a band of
pirates and brought to Ireland
where his occupation for several
yu ais wus m a t of a shepherd. At
length he returned to relatives
and home.
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A fter a lengthy preparation St.
P atrick w as elevated to the dig
nity of a priest. Soon afterw ard s
he received episcopal consecration.
From Pope C elestlne he received
his mission to Ireland in the year
431
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It Is recorded of St. P atrick
th a t he founded over 300 church
es, ordained near 3,000 priests,
consecrated a g re at num ber of
bishops and established 700 reli
gious houses. He died at the age
of 120 years.
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There was a soldier vote in
the Civil w ar. New York s ta te
had between 300,000 and 400,000
soldiers in the field. The s ta te leg
islatu re enacted a law m aking it
a d uty of the secretary of the
s ta te to provide ballots and see
th a t they reached every unit, to
g a th e r the votes, and to tran sm it
them to the home com m unities of
the soldiers. Lincoln carried the
s ta te of New York by a m ajority
of 6,749. It w as the soldiers' vote
th a t gave him the s ta te and pres
idential election.
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W hene’re a noble deed is w rought,
W hene're is spoken a noble
thought.
Our souls in glad surprise,
To higher levels rise.
—Longfellow.
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U ncle Zeke reports th a t ration
tokens are doing double duty be
ing used for poker chips.
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In 25 years the num ber of O re
gon s ta te em ployees has upped
from 1,026 to 7,003.
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A recreation center would be a
worthw hile post-w ar enterprise.
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Give generously to the Red
or
(Swndav. Monday, Tuesday)
“Thank Your Lucky S ta rs ”
P 'e .n e call a t the Miner Offic»
for Your G uest tic k e ts
Pacific Telephone
ind Telegraph Co.
Receives Award
"Juvenile
Delinquency
In
the
S t a t e o l O r e g o n '' w ilt be li e sub
|ect discussed ny three m em bers
of the university symposium le u m
speaking in Ashland Sunday,
Murch 19. and Monday, M arch 20.
Alice H arter, Eugene, and Susan
S ta te r and Louise Fletcher, both
of P ortland, will m ake the tr.
accom panied by R. D. C lark, di
rector and assistan t professor o.
speech und dram atic arts.
The team wilt speak at the Ash
land com m unity meeting, F irst
M ethodist Church, sponsored by
Ashland Post No. 14, the Amer
c m Legion, of Which Mr A. Her
Freem an is com m ander, on Kui
day even ng, 6:00 p.m. and a
the Ashland 11 gh School Mon
day morning.
Since Juvenile delinquency Is si
widespread and has increui.ed k
widely In defense towns, the team
will attem p t to give an unliiu id
and thorough resum e of the pro'-
lem In Oregon, stilted Directm
Clark. The speakers will also su g
gest rem edies presented by au
thorities In the field.
A t the m eeting at the Metho
dlst C hurch Sunday evening the
Ashland I-¡idles Choral Club will
ilng "A Snow Legend" by Joseph
W. Clokey, and "Prelude" from
"Cycle of Life" by Ronald-Cain
Miss Ann C randall will favor with
a num ber on the violin. M ayor T
S. Wiley will also ap p ear on the
program . Dr. G. W. Bruce, pastor
of the host church .will preside
during the evening. Every one
In the com unlty, who is interested
in the w elfare of Ashland s young
folks ought to atten d the m eeting
The m eeting begins a t 8 o'clock.
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Jud^e Nelle IV. Burns
Files fur Justice of
Peace Last Week
Judge Nelle W. B urns went to
the Court House a t Medford last
Thursday and filed Intentions to
run for the Justice of peace for
the Ashland district.
Mrs. Burns has been filling the
office s!nce her husband. Ju stice
M. T. B um s was taken 111 over
a y ear ago.
Memorial Services
For Erie W. Allen
i
ERIC W. ALLEN
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Oregon new spaper men will join
the U nlvereity of Oregon com
m unity Sunday, M arch 19, in a
mem orial service < honoring Eric
W. Allen, nationally known dean
of the U niversity of Oregon School
of Journalism , who died M arch 5.
The hour has been set tentatively
for 3 p.m. and the auditorium of
the Music school on the cam pus
will be the scene of the services.
A program of short addresses
J. E. H ayes of the P laza Gro by representatives of the press, the
cery w as a G ran ts P ass visitor deans of schools a t the university,
people of Eugene and of the s tu
yesterday.
dent body is In process of a rra n g e
ment.
Dean Allen sta rte d the univer
GEORGE CHEW
sity's firs t courses in journalism
and Companion
| in the fall of 1912, and the whole
Are Invited to Be G uests of th r grow th of the small departm ent
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Into a large and im p o rtan t school
to see
was under his leadership and di
a t the VARSITY THEA TRE
rection.
(F rid ay and S aturday)
“BAR 20"
PLUS
“ HOLY MATRIMONY"
Number 8
MARCH 16, 1944
U. of 0 . Symposium
i cam io Jlppsar
Cross.
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COURT NEW S
Paul Harold F airclo of K lam ath
F alls was cited in by S ta te Police
for reckless driving. Fined $25.00
and costs. Jail sentence of 15 days
suspended upon paym ent of fine.
John A lbert C arlson was cited
in fo r angling w ithout a license,
lin e d $25.00 and costs. $10 00 su
spended.
C arl Spencer Clinton of Stock-
ton, C alifornia w as cited in for
violation of the basic rule. Posted
$15.00 bail which w as forfeited
when he failed to appear.
W illiam P resley M arkham and
C harles W alter T h o m a s , t w o
youths, who took and wrecked the
1935 Ford Coupe belonging to G.
E. Miller, w ere arrested by S ta te
Police and brought into Justice
C ourt. They w ere perm itted to
aw ait a h earing before the grand
Jury.
F red N eatham er w as cited in
for com bination load. Paid $14.00
and costs.
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M r and Mrs. R. M. H ayes
f r o m N a p a , C alifornia visited
M onday arid Tuesday w ith Mr.
and M rs. J. E. Hayes.
REPCTOSS _
ric d in tn t.o n of the National
: Security Award was m ade Thura-
| ilay to the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Com pany in form al
J ceremonies held at
telephone
I head q u arters In San Francisco,
accenting to word received by R.
B. Hammond, telephone m anager
here.
The aw ard was made by Maj.
Gen. Ulysses 8. G ran t III, on be
half of the United S ta te s Office
of Civilian Defense, and was ac
cepted by the telephone com pany
by President N. R. Powley. Gen.
G rant complimented the telephone
company as an outstanding exam
ple of thoroughness w ith which
Pacific Coast in d ustry has m et
the challenge of providing su p er
ior plant protection to m eet em er
gency conditions.
In responding, Mr. Powley ac
knowledged the leadership given
the program by the . Q ltice of
Civilian Defense and expressed
the highest adm iration for the
spirit of service of the thousands
of telephone em ployes who volun
teered fo r special assignm ents in
the program .
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SYMPOSIUM TEXM. 1944. Thia team la louring the atoia spank
ing on "Juvenile Delinquency In the Stale of Ore gon.” Front row. from left: Beverly Carroll.
Portland: Fay Pettis, Eugene; Esther Quier. Buxton: Jean Caroline Brockway. Eugene. Middle
row. from left: Louise Fletcher, Portland; Susan Stater. Portland; Alice Harter, Eugene: Dorrlss
W einberg. Klamath Falls. Back row: R. D. Clark, assistant professor of speech and dramatic
arts, and director of the group; Don Hager, Pert land; Robert C. Stiles, Eugene: Hugh O ng, Alva-
dore.
Alice H arter, Susan Slater, Louise F letcher and Professor R. D . C lark of th e above group will
apjiear In Ashland Sunday and Monday.
Gov. Snell Praises
Safety Week Plans
Gov. E arl Snell has called a t
tention to the designation of the
week of M arch 19 to 25 as the
Oregon Safety Week and urged
statew ide participation In this
program of accident prevention
ind educational efforts.
"A ccidents In the home, in the
schools, In traffic and in daily
occupations take a toll com parable
to th a t of w ar itself and y et are
in large m easure preventable,”
said Guv. Snell.
"This y ear we have added In
centive. Even beyond the reasons
given by loss of life and unnec
essary hum an suffering, prev en t
able accidents are ham pering our
w ar effort. Accidents disable and
in many instances elim inate m an
power. A ccidents are burdening
overworked physicians ami o v er
crowded hospitals. Accidents dis
courage whole families, dam age
morale and generally disrupt our
best efforts."
Oregon S afety Week Is to be
an accident prevention cam paign
incorporating the united efforts
of the Oregon S afety Association,
the S ta te D epartm ent of T raffic
Safety, the Am erican Society of
S afety Engineers, the P ortlan d
rra ffic Commission, the M ultno
mah County C hapter of the Red
Cross and m any oth er o rg an iza
tions on safety activities.
The Oregon S afety Association,
with headquarters in Portland, is
serving as a clearing house for
cam paign activities.
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Reception Honors
Rev. Rees & Family
The Rev. J. Howard and Mrs.
Rees and tw o children were hon
ored at a reception held a t the
Congregational C hurch last F ri
day evening. Rev. Rees with his
fam ily recently cam e form L itch
field, Ohio to assum e the p asto r
ate of the local C ongregâtional
Church.
Don Spencer w as m aster of
ceremonies, introducing those who
participated in the program .
A fter the program Mrs. Sadie
S tratto n and Mrs. Don Spencer,
refreshm ent com m ittee, served
light refreshm ents to the guests,
who were seated a t tw o long
tables, lace covered nad decorated
with spring flowers.
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FRANK ,1. VAN DYKE F IL E S
Mrs. O rth Miller and sm all son FOR STATE REPR ESEN TA TIV E
G erald of P ortland are visiting
F ran k J. Van Dyke, attorney,
a t the parental home with Mr.
and Mrs. Vgrn H astings on Van recently filed for the nom ination
for s ta te representative. Mr. Van
Net s Avenue.
Dyke served the last half of the
P r E. N. Terrill attended a last session in the s ta te legisla
Chiropractor's meeting In Kla tu re a fte r having been discharged
from military service.
m ath Falls last week end.
Present Gay 90’s
Revue in Ashland
High School Gym
F lo ra Dora Girls, B arber Shop
Q u artette, singing ushers, even
pop corn, peanuts, an d pink lem
onade will lend atm osphere to the
Gay 90'a Revue to be presented
by the senior class a t Ashland
senior high on M arch 31.
l*lecc de r e s i s t a n t of the even
ing's en tertain m en t will be the
rom antic "B ertha, th e B eautiful
T ypew riter Girl" presenting Betty
Sue Reed as B ertha, the exqui
site heroine; Jac k W aybrant as
David, the brave hero; and Gerald
Newton as Daniel Desboro Des
mond, horrible villain. The sup
porting c a st includes Gcmm y I^ee
Cooper, Jeane S tillm an, Bess W ar
ren, M arvin G ettling, Don Wlll-
| am s, and Bob Hufm an. Mrs. Cook,
assisted by A rn ita Black as s tu
dent director and L aura Billings
director of special arts, is coach
ing th e evening's perform ance.
S traw hats, tail coats, checked
vests, old fashioned blouses, hats,
i shoes, skirts, dresses, hand bend
bags, and colored stockings are
needed for costum ing .If anyone
who m ight help by loaning such
properties will co n tact Mrs. Cook
o f Mrs. F orgus a t the high school,
students will collect and m ark
them .
Evangelistic Bible
Conference to be Held
First Baptist Church
An evangelistic Bible C onfer
ence will be conducted a t the
F irst B aptist C hurch from March
21-26 inclusive. Roy L. Brown, an
outstanding Bible teacher and
sta te eveangelist 'o r th e B aptist
Church, will be in charge of this
worthw hile conference.
Mr. Brown uses c h a rts to illus
tra te his Bible lessons.
Services will be held each even
ing a t 7:30 and at 11:00 a m. and
7:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Oregon District
Leads Nation
in
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Navy Volunteers
The Oregon district is leading
the entire ninth jo in t service in
duction aiea, which com prises the
nine w estern states, in the enlist
m ent of volunteers for the Navy,
according to word ju s t received
by R ecruiting S p e ci a 11 s t Herb
Crain, in charge of the Medford
N avy recruiting station'.
Based on the num ber of non-
d ra ft-ag e volunteers per thousand
population, the Oregon district
scored 36.61 points in the period
covered by the latest report. S alt
b ak e City was second with 32.36
points, I » s Angeles third with
28.72 and Seattle fourth with
27.02. O ther main stations in the
9th JS1A are ITioenix, Helena,
Boise, Spokane, and San F ran cis
co.
The P o rtlan d main station,
which is the N avy recruiting
' head q u arters for the Oregon divi
sion, also holds ano th er honor a t
tnis time, the recru iter announces,
being in No. 1 position nationally
in the procurem ent of recru its for
the N avy’s new program to train
radio technicians.
I The P o rtland station has re
corded a g re a te r percentage of
successful applicants than any
o th er district, boasting the am a
zing perform ance of one success
ful candidate out of every two
who tak e the qualifying test, the
recruiter reports. He emphasizes
th a t men of d ra ft age, as 17-year-
nld volunteers, may apply for ra
dio training. D etails of the proced
ure are available a t the recruiting
station a t any time.
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Miss C arrie M ay Sm ith en
tertained Miss Dorothy Halfhlll
of B ritish Columbia and Mrs.
Jack Halfhlll at dinner last T hurs
day evening.
Gladys Whitson
Entertains WSG
M.ss Gladys W hitson was h o st
ess to the W esleyan Service
Guild a t h er home on Tuesday
evening. She served a dainty
lunch, using refreshm ents and
decorations in keeping w ith the
S t. P a tric k ’s Day them e.
Mrs. E ric W eren presided over
the meeting. Miss E thel Reid led
th e devotions. Miss C arrie May
Smith, secretary called the roll,
read the m inutes, and read a let
te r suggesting th a t Mrs. Beulah
F aber of M edford be nom inated
W esleyan Service Guild president
of the Cascade d istrict. The local
group voted to send in recom m en
dation fa r her nom ination.
Alice W illits presented the p ro
g ram on the subject, "New Voi
ces” taken from the stu d y book,
"The L ord’s Song in a S tran g e
Land." The lesson em phasized
th e place of women today in ail
phases of life.
Those present a t the m eeting
were M esdames D. M. Brower,
Alice W illits, Eric W eren, Chas.
M. Glffen, C. E. Ogle .H enry N ew
ton and the Misses Voda Brower,
E thel Reid, C ora Mason, Ollie De
pew, C arrie May Sm ith, and the
hostess, G ladys W hitson.
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Federated Women’s
Clubs Hold Meet
The F ederated W om en’s Clubs
of D istrict No. 1 m et in all-day
session in G ran ts P ass la s t T h u rs
day.
Those 'atten d in g from A shland
were M esdames G erald G astineau,
Leonard W arren, F ern B erry,
Mollie Neil, H arry Chipm an, E i
leen B rickrell, K enneth Miller, A.
A. Snider. A rth u r P eters, E. F .
Koble, T. L. O 'H arra, P earl R.
Crouch, Wm. Myer, Wm. Stennett,
L. R. Coombe and Dr. M attie B.
Shaw.
DEITSLE TRANSFERRED TO
MEDFORD TELEPHONE CO.
A. J. DeLisle of the local Tele
phone Company has been tra n s
ferred to th e Medford Telephone
Company. He will continue to re
side in Ashland.
W. W. W illiam s of M edford Is
the new w orker, replacing Mr.
DeLisle in the local com pany. He
plans to move his fam ily to Ash
land In the near future.
Ministers Plan Union
Services Passion Week
At a recent m eeting of the
Ashland M inisterial Association
plans w ere m ade for union se r
vices each evening d uring Passion
Week, April 2 to 9. The them es
for discussion this y ear will be
"Personalities of th e L ast Week
of Jesu s’ Life on E arth ."
I t is planned to m ake the Good
F riday evening service the climax
of the week with a pantom ine
g ath erin g into one program the
thoughts and inspirations of the
daily evening services.
P lan s also were sta rte d for the
E a ste r sun-rise service. Detailed
announcem ents and pro g ram s will
be announced at a la te r date
James G. Mackie was in Med
ford on business Tuesday.
N O T IC E
TO THE PUBLIC
and
SUBSCRIBERS
of the
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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