JOIN © ÏIM O î M *7/'« Papan ^kat oPa¿ Samettu, ny *7a £ ay--/lu d S a y i 9t! VOL. XIII ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1944 H U S A M ) THAT (Hy 01.11 ll.U r .it) Tu Ihr Editor: tí tahu » men are gaining of yaiduge. RED CROSS iOtii Local USO Director Goes to California Number 11 Simpson New Coach At Medford High OUR DEMOCRACY A nnouncem ent was made last week th a t Coach A1 Simpson of A shland High has accepted a position in Medford high school. He will coach football and has- .ietbail. Coach Simpson recently led the local Grizzlies to the sta te basket ball championship. H e was g rad u ated from Eureka, C alifornia high school in 1934, Southern Oregon College of E du cation in 1937 and the University of Oregon in 1939. ------------ o------------ j Special Program Friday Night Mrs. Jam es Glenn, director oi . The Holy Week Union services Uncle S a in n a a i..« i H in t d l l . I the A shland USO the p a st y e a r will be concluded on F rid ay eve ,i„ -n wlH Jettve thlH wtuk to u k e thin y ear on High tíchool g ra d u ning a t the P resbyterian C hurch ate». new duties a t Paso Robles, (Jalil. a t the P resb y terian C hurch a t 1 Announcing her tronsfei to Cal 7:45. The general them e of the Adam wan In e »«rat man to ifornia, Mrs. Ulenn spoke enthu week’s worship services, “P erson have hl" garden ruined by a siastically of the work done at alities of the L ast W eek”, will be elite ken. the Ashland USO by volunteers, presented in reading, pantom im e, 1 1 1 and expressed regret to leave the and hym ns by th e Ashland m ini M akers of women s shoes have region where she has m ade many sters and th eir wives, assisted by not quite succeeded in putting all friends and m et com plete coop- a soloist from the P resbyterian the leath er into Uie heels. rat.on In USO work. Church. Mrs. Will Dodge, chairm an of 1 1 1 Im m ediately following the op Tokyo has closed its am uselnent the USD Council, expressed ut- ening song service and prayer, spots. The Japs, in m any months, most regret th a t dislrict USD of Dr. G. W. Bruce, p a rlo r of the w eren’t feeling am used unyway. ficials have thought necessary to Methodist Church, will begin to 1 1 1 , place Mrs. Glenn In a position for read the sto ry which he has w rit Uncontrolled m onetary Inflation [ wllJer Hervice. -B ut It m ust be ten specially for this service. The in Germ an-occupied Italy has sent I rem em bered," she stated, “that Ideas and blueprints for post- sto ry begins w ith Simon of Cy- th e price of b u tter to $10 a Ashland was peculiarly fortunate >.a. p io jects muot bt im plem ent rene as he travels from n o rthern pound, and cig arettes to one dollar to have had Mrs. Glenn, reputed ed with caan and no program may A frica to the city of Jerusalem . each, accoiding to an Italian to be one of the most outstanding ue sa d to be "ready to go" until Enroute he is commanded by the new spaper published in I'hila-'el- USD directors in the Pacific it has been thought through as Roman soldiers to ca rry the Cross phla. O ther price Increases are Coast area. Her work while here 10 financing as well as to listing of C hrist to th e place of crucifix Cheese. $30 a pound; sugur, $20 has su bstantiated the high recoin- of desired projects, w arns Dr. Vic ion. Rev. Gordon Griffin will im a pound; salt, $16. a pound; eggs, mendation given by the district tor P. M orris, dean of the school personate Simon as he carries the $12 each; apples, $3 each and officers when they assigned her of business adm inistration a t the huge cross to its place on the women's stockings, $30 a pair, to this USD She 1 is e n la i o iav ersity of Oregon, in the lead platform . And yet we A m ericans growl and enlivened the entire USO pro Then tihe sto ry will tell of article of the cu rre n t issue of the about rationing and the high cost gram in Ashland and particularly Dismas and Gestus, the two m ale Oregon Business Review, pub of living! has increased Interest for and factors who were crucified w ith lished by the B ureau of Business service to arm y wives. 1 1 1 Jesus. Rev. Charles Brown, pasto r t vCSCcLl'Cll Eight me two candles "Tlie break in leadership will Dr. Morris, who is chairm an of I of 1116 F ree M ethodist C hurch, and F u r tw o things I'd wish to im be less difficult to m eet here, i the state com m ittee on post-w ar IRev J ' Howard Rees, p asto r of part— since the work will be continued i APRIL 13,1743 — JULY 4, 1826. 1 eadjustm ent and development, is i 1 1 ,6 C°n&reSational Church, will One is the Eight of the mind, by Mrs. Jewell Lockhart, who has encouraged th a t so much in terest ¿“ Personate these two ch aracters, Tite other, the glow of the heart. worked capably with Mrs Glenn Ecjual and exact justice to all men . . . . is being taken in the problem s I “ they brin& to the P,atfo rm two —D. E ardley Wilmot. and has been engaged in the work Honest friendship w ith all n a tio n s.... which will confront business and crosses and place them beside th e since the USO Club w j s opened. 1 1 1 governm ent a t the end of the war. huge central Cross. We read th at 32 G erm an sol Mrs. Lockhart has planned a pro Freedom of religion { freedom of the pres«» Mrs. E arl Downing, M rs. J. However, he feels th at m any of diers surrendered when u Yank gram to continue using to full Howard Rees, and M rs. G. W. freedom of person. the plans envisaged will be larg e captain pointed a spoon a t them. extent all m aterial available at Bruce, three m in ister’s wives, will ly fanciful unless the preparations These principle« form the bright constellation They may have thought they were the clubhouse, in IJth la P ark, and are realistic for a “stock-pile” or im personate th e th ree M arys as Just being Invited over to huve u elsew here in Ashland. All sched which has gone before us "back-log" of public works. Three they come to the platform and cup of coffee. uled activities will go on the sxme steps are essential in the estab reverently kneel before th e cen t and guided our step«. M during the sum m er, the Friday 1 1 1 lishm ent of a post-w ar program : ral cross, while Dr. B ruce reads - INAUGURAL A0£>Ç£SS. Your share of the national debt; evening w affle suppers, S aturday (1) The ideas, (2) the blueprints, fhe poem, * Three Crosses.” D u r United S ta te s trea su ry figures as night dances, Llthia P ark sports, ing this period th e soloist will and (3) tbe financing. of M arch 7, 1944: Total debt - and arm y wives' day, la te r to be sing “Alas and Did My Saviour "No group should regard itself $187,396,047,346.60. (Increase In held on Fridays. as having done its job of p re p ara Bleed.” one year, $68 billion.) P er per "No change will be made in the As th e story goes on to con tion fo r the post-w ar period until son $1,314. P er fam ily—$6,266. hours of service at the Ashland clusion Rev. Gordon Griffin and v 1 S h n w I n p r a a a o all th ree phases are completed or USO before May l. A fter this 1 1 1 Rev. E arl Downing will im per 1 well on the way to completion. If there isn't a city ordinance tim e the club probably will be run F inal resu lts for th e polio drive It is highly essential th a t we do sonate Joseph and Nicodemus, the requiring residents to keep their in week-end basis, Friday, S a tu r in J a n u a ry show th a t Ashland not deceive ourselves w ith our two law yers who buried the body p ark in g strip s m anlchrvd, such a day aiid Sunday. Continued co again excelled h er previous rec long lists of projects to talin g m il of Jesu s in the new tom b which requirem ent in the in tere st of operation from the people of Ash ord by turning in $447.06. 'th e lions of-dollars when in fa c t only Joseph had prepared for his own civic betterm ent, should be en act land is as necessary now and in O regon’s boys and girts, who 1943 receipts were $348.30 and in & sm all p a rt of the money re Ourial. The two sm aller crosses ed forthw ith. the fu tu re as it has been in the sources a re yet even seriously have now been removed from the are between 14 and 22 and have 1942, $238.17. past. The Ashland USD when run 1 1 1 In addition to receipts from the thought about, let alone actually platform , and only the huge cross two y ea rs’ experience in vegetable High speed, says Uncle Zeke, on a shorter time basis will not remains while th e congregation P resid en t's B a l l , contributions in hand.” not only w ears o u t tires but also have its services greatly limited, gardening, are eligibie to compete joins in singing “The Old Rugged were received from individuals, | in the $6000 w artim e food produc the nerves of those riding in the since the g re a te st num ber of sol Cross.” Miss Florence Allen of back seat. diers served have alw ays been tion and m arketing contest of the and W ishing Wells and M arch of the P resb y terian Church will sing Dime folders distributed to v ari National Junior Vegetable Grow week-end visitors." 1 1 1 the solo p a rts fo r th is pantom im e. e rs’ Association, it was announced ous organizations and business -0 — If we could only grow things The m inisters are seeking to today. places. New opportunities for young like those pictured in seed c a ta m ake this, n o t an evening of e n Vern Sm ith was local chairm an, women w ith experience in four logs, a Victory garden would be H. C. Seymour, sta te 4-H Club tertain m en t, b u t an evening of . leader, joined with Earle P arsons and Alice P atterso n , finance ch air civilian occupations have been reverential worship for the en tire a thing of beauty and a joy fo r created in the WAVES w ith the Jr., 20 - year - old N ortham pton, man. ever. A ppreciation for the cooperation assignm ent of larg er num bers of community. W hen the closing Mass., president of the associa 1 1 1 and understanding shown by the trained Navy men to ships and m om ents of this hour of w orship To a pessim ist the words, public in helping to m eet the tion, in inviting both farm and to advanced bases in the speeded- come people will be asking, a s town youths to register for the "breath of spring" brings visions present w ar em ergency situation up N avy offensive in the Pacific, they asked in olden day, "W h at of fourth annual contest im m ediate only of green onions. regarding telephone installations announces H. W. Crain, in charge the m orning? W hat of the m orn ly. Additional inform ation about 1 1 1 was expressed today by N. R. of th e M edford N avy R ecruiting in g ? ” E aster recess will enable Con Powley, president of the Pacific the contest m ay be obtained from ------------ o------------ Station, which handles WAVES gressm en to look a fte r their Telephone and Telegraph Com county 4-H C lub leaders or by JORGENSEN FINISHES "Boys and g irls between the applications in this district. w riting Seym our at Oregon S tate shaky political fences. pany. in a statem en t accom pany ages of 8 and 16 are y et too These new opportunities are for PRIMARY TRAINING College in Corvallis. 1 1 1 ing the dividend checks mailed to R um ania's real estate is going common shareholders, according to C ontestants from this county young to become soldiers, pilots, women w ith nursing experience Tw enty Naval and tw o coast WAGS o r WAVES, but they can or aptitude, to be assigned to the up but not in price. word received by R. B. Hammond, will com pete for a $500 national still do a vital home fro n t job N avy's fam ed hospital corps; gu ard and fo u r m arine corps en championship, a w estern regional listed personnel, and 48 aviation local m anager of the company. aw ard of $200 or one of the three in com batting the deadly enemy women w ith any kind of office cadets, have com pleted th eir p ri "W ith a thorough realization of sectional aw ards of $100 each fire,” said H erb Gray, Jackson experience, including typing, fil the indispensability of the tele from a scholarship fund provided C ounty chairm an for Keep O re ing, secretarial work and business m ary train in g a t the N aval Air S tation a t D allas, Tex., and have phone in our nation's w ar pro the association by the G reat A t gon Green. These Green Guards m achine operation, to be trained been ordered to U. S. N aval Air Mrs. M ark W. C lark, wife of g ram ,” the statem en t read, "our now num ber over 10,000 in every as yeomen to help handle the lantic and Pacific Tea Company, Lt. Gen. M ark W. Clark, com com pany is using its facilities, re in addition, tw o $25 w ar bonds Oregon County and they are be N avy's v ast com m unications and Station, Pensacola, F la. T here m ander of the Allied A rm ies in stricted as they are by the string- are offered to o th er outstanding coming expert fire reporters and adm inistrative activity; women they will continue basic and a d Italy, christened the S. S. "Elk j ent w ar lim itations on m aterials fire preventers.” with experience as electricians, vanced work which will qualify enlisted personnel as aviation Basin," Swan Island's 61st 16,800- I and the m anufacture of telephone contestants of the state. Three years ago th e Keep O re m etal w orkers and machine oper -------------o---------- — pilots. The cadets, upon success ton tanker, on W ednesday, April equipm ent, to install without de- ators, to be trained as aviation gon Green Association started this ful completion of this course, will lay all services classified as be 5, a t th e big P o rtland yard. youth activity, w ith the coopera mechanics, and women w ith ex- be aw arded w ings and com m is ing directly connected w ith the Lt. Gen. C lark firs t cam e into tion of established y cuth organi- I perience in sales, inventory and sioned a s flight officers. prom inence as a result of his se w ar effort, or necessary to public zation, such as the 4-H Clubs, stock control to be trained as Of this group is George Dale health, w elfare or security. WAVE Edith Zum walt, daugh cret mission to T unisia prior to Boy and Girl Scouts, Junior storekeepers. Jorgensen, ARM lc, USN, son of "A lthough the installation of ter of Mr. and Mrs. George B augh G range and civic leaders. Now i the invasion, and la te r led the ------------ o----------------- Mrs. J. T. Jorgensen, Berkeley forces at the B attle of Salerno. o th er services, necessarily subor man, 525 E. Main S treet, Ashland, this Green Guard activity has ex- 1 LT. WM. SAVIN TR A N SFERR ED Mrs. C lark h as flown from W ash dinated to those in the w ar p rio r w as grad u ated recently frem the ponded so rapidly th a t it has be TO CAMP McCAY, WISCONSIN Way, Berkeley, Calif., who g ra d • W ; at come aii integral p a rt of the pop Lt. W illiam Savin, form er co- uated from Ashland High School. ington to appear on the F our ity classifications, cannot be made P arachute R iggers Before coming to the Naval Air as rapidly as applications are re- L akehurst, N. J., upon coiriple- pubbsher of the Southern Oregon Freedom s W ar Bond Show, which u larly supported fire prevention Station here, all cadets and en Miner, left W ashington, D. C. Is cu rren tly being held in the ceived, everything possible is be- tion of three m onths of training cam paign. listed men com pleted rigorous ing done to provide service, over- She w as prom oted to the ratin g "C ity of Roses.” "We feel we are helping build yesterday for his new assignm ent training a t one of the N avy’s pre- burdened as our telephone plant of parach u te rig g er third class. ----------- o ------------ fu tu re Oregon citizens in this fine at Camp McCay, Wisconsin. For flight schools. Miss Donna F raz ie r spent her is. W ith the m argins of our spare The g rad u atin g class included Green G uard activity,” said Mr. the p ast two m onths, Lt. Savin spring vacation from college with facilities generally depleted, in sailors, m arines, WAVES and ( Grey, county KOG chairm an. “This has been receiving instruction at WAGNER AT OCEANSIDE, CAL. h er parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy stallations for w aiting applicants m arine women reservists. ; activity em braces work th a t any the A rm y Map Service in the S /S g t. L arry W agner, son of are dependent In m ost instances Capitol City. Frazier. R igger trainees learn to pack child can do from his own home. Mr. and Mrs. F red D. W agner, 47 on the release of facilities by cus ------------0------------ and repair all types of Navy par- It is educational because it tom ers who discontinue service. Leonard W arren, son of Mr. and G ranite S treet, has joined a • , . , . . achutes and are assigned to duty teaches the child care and pro MRS. JOE SOARES “The increase in telephone de- I ♦ 1 1 .u ' tection of our fo rest resources, Mrs. F ran k W arren, is ill a t the Leatherneck unit undergoing com □ nH Knih ......... .♦oil.;«™ . and a fte r com pleting training, the b at train in g a t Cam p Pendleton, mand, both 1 for installations and Companion women reservists going to naval as well as ln terest.n g him in the hospital a t F a rra g u t, Idaho. for long distance, continues its M arine Corps base near Ocean- Are Invited to Be Guests of the a ir stations to replace men for values of o u r resources. W e think side, California. He is a m em ber pronounced upw ard course. The sea and overseas duty. Bom to S /S g t. and Mrs. Del this KOG activ ity is one of the SOUTHERN OREGON MINER splendid cooperation and under of a division band. ■ o------------ finest program s ever offered to bert Jones on M arch 29, a son. to see standing of the public m ake an He is a g ra d u ate of Ashland Oregon youth to in terest them in P. H. HAYNES alm ost Impossible task an inspired High School and the U niversity at the VARSITY THEATRE Mrs. W alter Herndon of K lam F uneral services were he’d Mon responsibilities of citizenship." undertakin g to our men and (Friday and Saturday) ath F alls is visiting w ith her of Oregon. day afternoon for P. H. Haynes,' "We now have a new m anual ------------ o------------ women, who, 'w ith more to do sister, Mrs. H enry Newton. “THE FALLEN SPARROW” B. F. Craig, who owned and with less to do it w ith,’ are do- who passed aw ay M arch 30. Mr. ju st off the press for Green AND ing th eir utm ost, w ith their char- Haynes was born in A rkansas in G uards,” the chairm an continued, started . One of these m anuals operated th e College C leaners for “TORNADO” acteristic resourcefulness, ingenu- ¿^63. He had been a resident of "and it will help each Green will be mailed each boy and girl several years here, has returned or Guard do a b etter job. It Is well j already enrolled. Green G uards to Ashland to m ak e his home. He Ity, courage and courtesy, to ‘take Ash'an(1 io r over 30 years, (Sunday. Monday, Tuesday) the m essage through’.” Survivors include his wife and Illustrated and shows how to de- have done a fine fire-reporting has purchased a home a t 209 Oak _______ „ _____ three children, A. J. Haynes of tect fire hazards in the home, on job in the past and we welcome S treet. H e and his wife spent tFe "DESTINATION TOKYO” Mrs. Grace W atkins of the Ash- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mrs. C. A. the farm and in the fields and new members. J u s t w rite to Keep w inter in Orange, C alifornia but H esse cad at the Miner Offlct land Hotel B eauty Shop visited In Morton of Sam s Valley, and A. R forests, as well as how to speed- Oregon Green, S ta te F orestry decided that Oregon was "home” for Your Guest Tickets Dr. Morris Warns ¿n Post-War Plans T homas J efferson Youth of County 1 Polio Drive Receipts Show Increase Invited to Join In Food Contest New Opportunities In WAVES Listed Telephone President States Appreciation KOG Manuals Available Now “Elk Basin” Tanker Launched Yesterday Wave Edith Zumwalt Graduates in East Portland laat week. 1 Haynes of Portand, Hy report any fire that gets Building, Salem, Ore." for them,