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To the Editor:
Ben Franklin, we read, invented
the rocking Chair. Hut he becunie
a great man by s^idioualy avoid
ing it.
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Thosd small Balkan nations
must realize that it was no Hitler
band-wagon they hupped on. It
turned out to be a cage.
ASHLAND. OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944
; Interesting Review
Given at Club
Rest Awaits Marines A fter 23 Days of Fighting
Number 13
Southern Oregon
Teacher Group
Meets at SOCE
The Fortnightly titudy Club
I held its regular meeting at the
' home of Mrs. C. D. Elhart, who
served dainty refreshments at
The Finance Committee of the
1:30 on last Monday, with Mrs.
Southern Oregon Division of the
E. E. Vail, Mrs. C. V. Cary and
Oregon State Teachers’ Associa
Mrs. K. L. Crosby assisting. Fif
tion met in Ashland at the South
teen members responded to roll
ern Oregon College of Education
With 225,000 iainil-Lease Amer call from assigned subjects. Mrs.
Saturday, April 15,
ican trucks to haul amunition the George 1’. King presided during
M. B. Winslow, superintendent
Hussions are re-taking a large the business session.
of Grants Pass schools, chairman
The short topic was given by
number of "jxjpulated places" and
of the committee, was in charge
inflicting terrific losses upon the Mrs. C. V. Cary, using as her
of the meeting. One work of the
subject, "Daniel Armtien,” an
Germans in men and material.
committee was to lay piano to
American who started poor but
further a campaign favoring a
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Vice I‘resident Wallace, who is ended rich. He was born in Chi
constitutional amendment to ap
some what of a globe trotter, is cago and at 18 wus driving a taxi.
pear on the November ballot, pro
booked for a trip to China. Mr. Today, at 50, he runs a fleet of
viding for additional state sup
Wallace may go down in history 7000 cabs in New York City, and
port of Oregon public schools. The
as the man who solved the prob owns 8000 trucks. It is said he
passage of the amendment should,
lem of what to do with a vice is the only ex-cab driver who of
the committee believed, lead to
ficially represented his country
president’s spare time.
substantial decrease in tax levy
abroud. He was sent to China to
on real property, since the amend
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U . S. Matiaa Corp* Photo
Home was founded by Romulus straighten out the knots on the
ment would enable greater amount
Tired and weary after 23 to a esretfve days and nights of fighting to the front lines of Cope Gloucester,
in 735 B. C. Legend says that on Burma Hoad and while he was
of funds levied for school support
New Britain, these Marines, being transferred for a well-earned rest, are awaiting other members of
April 21 he yoked a bullock and ' about it persuaded Burmese offl-
to be drawn from state sources
their outfit to Join them.
a heifer to a plowshare, marked dais to abolish a tariff costing
other than real property, such as
out the boundary, and proceeded j China millions of dollars. In
income taxes, excises, etc.
to build a wall.
I China Danny Armstien will long
The program included a lunch-
y y y
i be remembered.
' eon at the Lithia Springs Hotel.
If little labor, little are our gains I “The Colonel s Lady," by Helen
' Also of interest was the exhibit
Man's fortunes are according to 1 Montgomery, was the book chosen
of new books in the Southern
Mrs.
Jewell
Lockhart,
director
his pains.
1 for review by Mrs. C. A. White.
Oregon College of Education li
—Herrick
Married in 1924 when Lt. Jones , Seaman Bill Willits of Ashland of the Ashland USO, attended the
Another new industry for Ash brary, meeting place of the group,
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| graduated from West I oint, they i comes
for 8eVerai mentions In area staff meeting held in Med
some 300 new volumes just re
Tojo tells the Japs .. they . < fight
a short
time
at their iUnn
first 1 j,'rank £> Morris’ recent book • ford recently, with luncheon at land opening Saturday this week ceived, and provided by an allot
1. I > I spent
A
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A
.
tula,
is
the
Hardware
owned
by
Baden
t ..
; Rupp’s Home Kitchen.
a one. Even he admits that Adolf Army post in this country, then J ..pick Out the
ment of library funds available
The group heard reports of Mr. Scripter and Hugh R. McKeever this year above and beyond the
the Awful is about washed up. sailed for China. Despite domes count of the prowess of the now
of
Oswego,
Oregon.
Both
have
lncldentiy today is Adolf’s 55th tic* crisises precipitated by their famous light cruiser, Boise, pre Ralph Soott, regional executive of
regular library allowance by the
lack of knowledge of the Chinese viously printed in condensed form the YMCA. Mr. Scott stated that bought homes in Ashland, Mr. State Board of Higher Education.
birthday.
language, they accomplished their i ln com er-s
136 USO Clubs have already been Scripter at 108 Nursery St. and
Members of the committee of
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closed and that a thousand others the McKeever family at 420 Mort schoolmen representing Southern
Japs must believe in ghosts high purpose. Returning to Amer- I uM„ „ „ L...
marked the
,.®‘U W‘*b£
of
are undergoing changes. The work on.
since they so greatly fear the lea after three t h years
Oregon included Mrs. Winslow,
l life o f w and er- Allce
t Wlll,ts
. ..
A M Ashland, a grad of USO Clubs henceforth, he
Both partners are enthusiastic superintendent of Grants Pass
navy they claimed they destroyed beginning of the life of wander
ing that is (he lot of Army fam- . uat,e ° f (th6 A’ hlond1 High School stated, will be less concerned with about Ashland and the business
long ago,
Schools; Arnold Gralapp,,superin
__
, .
, RJlfl Htlldpnt at tho
the Siruifham
Southern Ore
illes In peacetime. Her husband and student
mass entertainment of groups of outlook now and after the war.
tendent at Klamath Falls; C. R.
v < *
gon
College
of
Education,
joined
They are impressed with our Bowman, superintendent of Jaclc-
with similar
background
It is sold that for four years is now serving overseas. The the Boise before she was famous trainees
....
,
.
famous Li thia Park, the beautiful son County Schools; C. C. Cald
lifter the Pilgrims landed at Ply story is not only heart-warming, -ra th e r while she was infamous- \ ?
but lt Is a living example for ly known by sailors on other ships
mouth Rock they hHil no cow.
Vi8ltors tO
US° setting of the city, the advantages well, superintendent at Lakeview;
women who would like to know
r Clubs will become more and more of educational facilities and the Anne Sprague, superintendent of
as "the Reluctant Dragon” be
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It appears that some GOP sen what a good Army wife has to cause in the routine work of con- to be men of varied experiences welcome so far extended them.
Lake County Schools; Glenn Linn,
and problems, including men re-
ators are not too keen for Dewey take
Their business will be conducted principal of the Medford Junior
The next meeting of the club t Zy ^hfiiced
turned from overseas service and under the well-known name of
as the presidential candidate.
High School; Wyatt Padgett,
will be held at the home of Mrs.
L
ah i t men
tbe Process of reassign- Marshall-Wells Stores, associated, I principal of the Altamont School
E. O Smith Monday, Mfig i ,
arrlvin„ j aD
1 R
°f ment. The problem of USO Chubs owned and operated by Scripter I at Klamath Falls; Mary Schul&r,
The true biU-billy, soya Uncle R.
L. Crosby will give the short7 ^ M
- i g J * P
* in future will be much concerned
Zeke, la the Rocky mountain goat.
and McKeever. It is located on I principal of the Lone Pine School;
men. - the Plaza at 11 North Main St. | Joanna Givans, teacher at Bon
topic, and Mrs. E. E. Vail will , uuvn became
whlespread
and
when
to
meet U e . n66d8
of . 111686
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give the book review.
fickle
April is
anza; T. J. Norby, superintendent
'she put into a port, scraps among Of 6O“ree’ he 8taled’ the dut\ ° f
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sailors on the
providing recreation as in the
at Ashland; Dr. Walter Redford
CRAFT WORKERS TO
~ ^ ' e d . ‘N atJm llyT m B m se sad- P881 wiU not 1x5 neYlected-
and Dr. Arthur Taylor of the
Southern Oregon College of Edu
COMPLETE WORK
| ors resented such catcalling as
Present at the luncheon and
cation; Fred Peterson^ superin
Craft workers at the Ashland ; "Hollywood sailors" and "Paint meetin£ were Mr. Ralph Scott,
.
tendent of K l a m a t h County
One hundred Methodist youths (jSO should come Into the Tues- a yellow streak down her stack." regional executive of the YMCA; .^ a lllta to r ia n H o n o r s
Schools; Clifford Rowe of the
gathered at the Ashland Method- , day evening craft classes and , But the men on the Boise kept
G6° r g 6 y P t° n’ d>r62tOS
The students of Ashland Hi
1st Church last Sunday afternoon • flnlsh the work now begun, ac- on drilling find when "the day” Overside USO in Medford; Miss eagerly looked forward to the Klamath Falls Unioti High School;
and evening for a Methodist Youth | cording to Mrs. Mabel Wauchope, came her trigger-happy gunners Jane Darland, Mr. Dick Meyers, assembly on March 31, wheu the E. H. Hedrick, superintendent at
Fellowship Rally. They came from now ln charge of craft classes. j “picked out the biggest” first, and Mr. C. Holmes, assistant direc announcements concerning t h e Medford.
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Grants Pass. Medford, Talent,
craft classes will be discontin- this Reluctant Dragon was in at tors of the Medford Riverside students having the highest scho
Klamath Falls and Ashland. The ' ued after May 1. The craft work the kill of three Jap cruisers and USO; Capt. Bob Angell, director lastic records were made. This se
Ashland group served dinner at instruction at the Ashland USO, three destroyers, but had taken of the Salvation Army USO of lection included naming Barbara
6 o’clock in the evening, spon originated and conducted there by meanwhile such punishment her Medford,' and Mrs. Jewell Lock Helm and Laura Billings to speak
sored by the women of the local former director Bayonne Glenn self that the fleet left her as lost, hart, director of the Ashland USO. at Commencemeut as valedictor
The Ashland Study Club met
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church, and furnished entertain has afforded interest to numerous ablaze, with shell holes below ti.
ian and salutatorian, respectively. at the home of Mrs. W. M. Poley
ment.
service men, service men’s wives, water line, a hundred dead and Radio Play Scheduled
Both girls had exceptionally high on Monday afternoon, with Mrs.
Dr. John L. Knight, professor and a number of civilians. An av many others wounded. But this
grades, with just a slim margin J. M. Wagner giving the book
For
April
21
Assembly,
of religious counseling at Willam erage weekly purchase of $40 Dragon was extremely reluctant
between the grade averages of 1.1 review and Mrs. Gordon Mc
On April 21, the speech class
ette University, gave the evening worth of craft material provided to give up; her fires extinguished,
Cracken' the half-hour topic.
and
1.2.
address on the subject, "Youth In at cost or less by the USO has shell holes stopped with mat will present a play pertaining to
The book reviewed by Mrs.
Others honored at the assembly
the Modern World.”
been evidence of the interest in tresses, she took out after the the conservation of food in war were those seniors who were se Wagner was “Mama’s Bank Ac
Plans were made for this sum this USO project.
American fleet, and come morn time. It will be in the form of a lected as new members of the Na count,” w r i t t e n by Kathryn
mer’s Methodist Youth Confer
Now that the work is to be ing the admiral of the fleet rub radio show, using the mike, and tional Honor Society. Barbara Forbes. This book is the story
ence which will be held at Fir discontinued Mrs. Wauchope is bed his eyes to see a phantom the characters will not be seen.
I of the Americanization of a Nor
Point In the month of July. All anxious that all .who have begun ship approaching, for the Boise A film from the U. S. Department Helm, Laura Billings and Dick wegian family living in San
Flaharty,
members
from
last
over Methodism there is a marked I projects in craft should have the was supposed to be snug in Davy Of Agriculture will also be shown.
year, took turns going by devious Francisco, taking Mama’s family
advance in youth work, with hun opportunity to complete the work, Jones’ locker.
Participating in the playlet are
routes to pick the victims and pin through the many disasters and
dreds of youths becoming inter and urges all to take the oppor
It is in describing the shambles June Anklin, Jack Waybrant, Ned the characteristic red and white, triumphs of childhood.
ested In religion and the church. tunity offered during April.
Chapin, Bob Hufman and Al
(Continued on page 2
“Mama's Bank Account” is,
ribbon on them. Those picked
Rev. Ed. Aachen brenner, pastor
Straten.
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however, Mama's story. Mama's
from
the
class
were
Isabel
Green,
of the Methodist Church in Grants
(From the Rogue News)
Lt. (jg) Jean Eberhardt is
Mouryne Burton, Dick Merriman, goodness, humor, wisdom and her
f’ass, is the dean of this sub-
visiting in Ashland, while on
Mary
Curtis, Annella Converse, natural feeling for the right thing
district group, and was present
leave. He was a former teacher Three Ashland Boys
to do are the qualities that give
Amita
Black and Dave Hile.
to confer with the young people.
at Southern Oregon College of Ed
i the book its reality. Mama says
(From the Rogue News)
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ucation and at present is stationed Take Physical Exam
when she is specially pleased, “Is
FAREWELL DANCE
at
Moro Bay, California.
good.”
With so many of our fathers,
Recruiting Specialist H W.
The selected topic presented by
Crain of Medford was a visitor
brothers and friends ln the armed
AT CAMP WHITE
Captain Wm. R. Clary, who has at the Miner Office last Friday.
Mrs. McCracken dealt with world-
A "farewell” formal dance was forces at sea and overseas ,the
(wide communications system in
held at Camp White Wednesday Ashland students well know the been stationed on the east coast, He reported that three Ashland
Miss Alice Harker, daughter the global war. She presented
vital work of the American Red arrived home for an indefinite boys, Barney Riggs, Dick Kerr
evening.
This dance was a very special j Cross. With this in mind no en- visit last week. Although he has and Ben Ricks, were planning to of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Harker of magazines and pamphlets on this
affair for the 96th Division. Two couragement was needed for Ash- been released, he is subject to go to Portland Sunday evening Ashland and Captain Lome I. subject, among them being News
for their physical exams for the Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Week an<! Coders of April 8. She
bands provided music, and danc- land students to support this call.
Navy.
ing was on the floors of both year's drive.
L. Martin of Chicago, were united gave much information upon the
Rev. Ward E. Pratt arrived
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clubroom and cafeteria.
| The Senior High School lead the
in marriage at the First Methodist progress of this branch of the.
Girls from Grants Pass, Central drive with a total of $140.54. Mr. home this week from a business
Church last Saturday with the government service recently, as
Point, Ashland .Medford, and Simpson’s sophomore boys A-K trip to Chewelah, Washington.
Dr George W .Bruce, officiating. shown by reports from various
other surrounding communities should be commended for being
Mrs. »Frank Davis was at the sources.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Grow have
The next meeting of the club
the first home room to fill their
were guests.
organ.
will
be at the home of Mrs. G. M.
moved
from
Ashland
to
Route
1,
quota and then to double lt.
Mrs Clifford McLean was ma
The Juniors are busy putting
Frost
on May 1.
Junior High School, who usually Medford.
final touches to the preparations tron of honor and bridesmaids
WILLIAM HUTCHINSON
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out shines every one in enthusi
for the Prom to be held Friday were Marion Mann, Huldah Rose
GEO.
WASHINGTON
LANDERS
and Companion
asm, came ln second with $102.71.
evening. They have spent long rtf Medford and Nan Goeller SK
Funeral services for George
Are Invited to Be Guests of the Lincoln School ran a close third
2/c
of
San
Francisco.
Corporal Phillip Norby, USMC, hours decorating and otherwise
The best man was Lt. Joseph Washington Landers were* held
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER j with $101.77, and Washington col- a veteran of 2 years of combat in planning for the big event.
I
lected
$64.50.
E.
Montgomery III, and the ush Tuesday morning. Mr. Landers
The juniors held a special class
the South Pacific theatre of ac
to see
Several unique ideas were used tion, stopped in Ashland recently meeting Tuesday night at which ers were Capt. James H. Hemtzel- was bom in Washington County.
at the VARSITY THEATRE
by the grade school students to to visit his brother, Superintend time Pat Bell was elected to man. Captain Bemt J. Rogstad, Mo., on August 30, 1895, and
(Friday and Saturday)
passed away April 15, 1944, at
raise money for the drive.
ent T. J. Norby. Corporal Norby, reign as queen of the Junior Jr. and Captain David W. Fierke. the Community Hospital.
"OKLAHOMA KID”
(From the Rogue News)
A reception was held at the
who participated in 13 major en Prom. Princesses chosen from the
He is survived by his wife and
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AND
gagements, wears a soecial ribbon junior class were June Anderson home of the bride’s parents after five children, Mrs. Arlene Hooper,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hays and signifying a presidential unit ci and Marjorie Lutz. The queen and the ceremony.
"GHOST SHIP”
Elwoodina have moved to Grants tation. Because he was on a spe princesses will be crowned Friday
Captain and Mrs. Martin are Gerber, Calif.; Kenneth Le Roy,
or
Pass
for
the
present.
While
they
living
in Medford for the present. Doris Irene, Georgia May, Jackie
cial
mission
of
which
he
could
say
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
evening.
Roger; two step-sons, James W.
are away, their son and wife, Mr. | nothing, Corporal Norby was un-
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"THIS IS THE ARMY”
Hylton and Charles R. Hylton, in
and
Mrs.
R.
M.
Hayes
from
Napa,
able
to
make
any
statement
for
Mrs. Don L. Lowe is visiting in I Mrs. Cliff McLean left Satur- the service; four brothers; his
Please call at the Miner Offici
California are operating the Plaza publication.
Callfornia with her husband, who j day to visit with her husband, father, B. B. Landers of Ashland,
I
for Your Guest Tickets
Grocery,
(From the Rogue News)
to In the Service.
who to stationed a t San Diego.
and two grandchildren.
Seaman Willits
Named in Book
.. . 1 1 __ s
W.
_
T ln a n lin
r io m n a
O O
USO Area Staff
Meets in Medford
New Hardware
Opens for Business
'
B. Helm, L. Billings
Win Valedictorian,
Youth Rally Held at
Methodist Church
Mrs. Poley Hostess to
Ashland Study Club
Senior High Leads
Ashland Schools
In Red Cross Drive
Harker—Martin
Nuptials May 15
Prom Preparations
Nearly Complete
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