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Untv of Oregon ®W S»SÜÍ ® S&ή®ïiî Ä s » *Z4e Pape* f ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY, 4, 1944 VOL. XIII I TALENT NEWS t i l l s A M I THAT (By OLD TIM ER) To I lie Editor: Among w ar a unsung heroes are the chaplains. • The VVar D ep art ment hus announced 10 killed in buttle, 111 wounded, 33 taken prisoners. v / v H itler, Nazis say, h asn ’t hud u vucution /o r i t years. He should worry. He noon will be on a p er m anent one. I I axis. anu axis. O. L t. Gomiei' le ft ! iM .d^y y n lx*He O' tne* W oods ioi inc su m m e r to be em ployed m v re o s cai'v ia x e rs. A buoy boy we.ghing seven p O u ilu o a n il S e v e n cow ell Hon well. .1 Cohweli w as liie W im er Velma Newtiur. a g t. C onw eil is in tne Air Corps 4 Whitbeck Files for If. S. Senator WCTU M eetswith Mrs. Harkins, April 27 > Please call a t the M iner Offlci 1 School Election l-nday, May 6 Mr«. Elkabeth Taggart (left) and Mr«. Edna Neff NEW YORK. N. Y.: The slogan of the Grandmothers War Bond League, "Grandmother's Bond with the Future—War Bonds,” Is a common bond between two hard working grandmothers at the Aero Spark Plug Cor- bith'T aggartCUeft)° and Mr’s. E d n a ^ h e . t rank of an enlisted Marine. Mrs. Neff also has a son. Herman, Neff invest part of their salaries in fireman first class in the Navy. Her War Bonds every pay day. last letter from him came from Three-year-old grandson, John Guadalcanal. Wurmser, is co-owner of the Bonds In endorsing the Grandmothers Mrs. Taggart buys to back her fight League founded by Mrs. Marshall, ing Seabee stepson, James Taggart. wife of the General, Mrs. Neff agrees Mrs. Neff’s 10-month-old grand with Mrs Taggart that “in buying daughter, Barbara Ann, receives Bonds with our grandchildren as co War Bond gifts as part of her grand owners, we have an emergency fund mother's "back the attack" program to use if necessary. But we don't ex In honor of Barbara’s Marine daddy, pect that. We want the Bonds to be a master technical sergeant, the there for the children’s education.” Ministerial Group Plans for D-Day A t a m eeting of the Ashland M inisterial Association held Mon day afternoon In the L ittle Chapel of the M ethodist C hurch the m ain topic under consideration was D-Day, o r the day of invasion of Germ any. The m inisters decided the day of invasion will be the m ost serious day of the present war, and th a t m ost every home all over the world will in some way be touched by it. The Ash land M inisters’ Association is sug gesting to church people of all denom inations th a t they open their church doors for public pray er im m ediately when the Eu ropean invasion is announced. This recom m endation is in line w ith the expressed wishes of m il itary leaders and of s ta te offi cials. I t will have its influence in sustaining sp iritu al m orale d u r ing the terrible crisis. Thousands who believe im plicitly in the pow er and benefit of pray er will re ceive com fort and stren g th I t is planned th a t im m ediately when the announcem ent comes th a t the Invasion is in progress the p as to rs will see th a t th eir churches are open, and everyone is request ed insofar as possible to drop his job for a period and go to his or another church to join with others in prayer. The churches will re m ain open during the rest of D- Day so long as there are people atten d in g in prayer. Also, the m inisters m ade plans for regular periods of pray er in the churches duripg the tim e be tween now and D-Day, The hour for gathering w ith others in the church p ra y er is 9 a. m . The (Continued on B ack Page) MOTHERS’ WEEKEND AT U. OF O. MAY 5-7 The 17th annual Oregon M oth ers' W eek-end, M ay 5, 6 and 7, will be celebrated in conjunction w ith Junior W eek-end, w ith the m others special guests a t all J u n ior W eek-end events. Planned especially for the m oth ers a re dinners and luncheons a t the various living organizations, special services a t Eugene church es Sunday m orning, and a tea S atu rd ay afternoon in Alumni H all of G erlinger sponsored by the A ssociated Women Students, Young W om en’s C hristian Asso ciation and the Eugene M others’ Club. M others will reg ister F ri day between 1 and 5 p. m. and S atu rd ay between 9 a. m. and 5 A silianu residents and tax pay- I ers wm nave an opportunity to- I I m orrow ( r r,d ay j to vole a special ■ H in a n u ei axonoxxv.u, l l u a u , a - . lax levy fo r a building fund lo r g i o te n o r , is lu g iv e a v u n ce-x m ! tne A suland acnool district. e«v- This fund will be set aside ex m e u a e m u u is l H a u lo n clusively fo r new buildings, im lU llg, xixay a, a l O O olovS.. a . a n a- provem ents, o r p u r e n a s e o f xieiil Was ooxix a n u xaxauu xn . - v grounds. I t cannot be used to d eep so u rn ox OxU vxlgx,n u , oo xxmx supplem ent tne general school nxs sm g m g is witxi m o uvo^i xxxxOwx v d g e ox nxs r a c e . ' nau-xx x>oj budget for running expenses. I n e Scnool Hoard nas resolved c a n , ' o n e ox m e uuxxxocxa WxnCxx th a t W asm ngton School will re n e p r e s e n t s , i s m e tom ox a no/ ceive firs t aiiention. The need for OlX a n u g e plaxxxatxon vai.x,,o t—e ! im provem ent in the W aanm gton ixien IO c a l. xne u u x iv ltx x ....... Scnool h as long been recognized. oer, " m e Hover a n u xxxs xxnnt,, A dditional land will be purchased xs tn e sto ry ox a coiorcd ooy wxio first, and when conditions perm it loved iw o g in s . axe pom ^2 XOx fo r building, th a t will be taken m e m ax riag e ncense io inaxry one of tnem , n u t bexuxe m s n m a ic r inio consideration. I t is planned to vote a special a rriv e d w iin tn e license h e d e seven-m ill annual levy fo r the cided to m a rry tn e o u te r g u i. n ex t five years, th u s accum ulating vvnen h e fo u n d h e w ou:d n av e io a fund th a t will be available when pay a n aduxiioixai >2 to r a new n cen se he m a rrie d m e r u s t g irt, needed. Tne election will be held a t the i n i s n u m b e r is ty p ic a l ox tn e m any clever s p iritu a ls whxcn City Hall, F riday, May 7th. The Ashland School D istrict xuxansfieid p re se n ts. i n a n e n tire ly d iffe re n t m ood boasts a fine record in th a t it no longer h as any bonded debt, n e c a p tiv a te s m s au u ien ces w im th ere actu ally being money in the m e m a je sty ox n a n u e i s ''x h a n a s trea su ry su ilicien t for all bonds. o e to xnee, O B o m ,' a n d "caili a ro tn e r H uD oard” by liu ie n iu s o n . ------------ o------------ Baptist Association Hold Special Conclave B aptist delegations from K lam a th F alls, Medford, G ran ts Pass, Selma, and A shland m et to g eth er in the local B ap tist C hurch last , T hursday and F rid ay fo r the 68th I A nnual session of th e Rogue R iver ' B ap tist Association. i Rev. Rodney B ritten, D irector of C hristian Education and Miss Lois Thompkins, D irector of Y outh Fellowship, represented the O re gon S ta te Convention Office and gave several fine m essages.. Am ong o th er busm ess conduct ed, Rev. Gordon C. Griffin, p as to r of the Ashland B ap tist Church, was elected director of the S outh ern Oregon B ap tist Camp, which will be held a t the Lake of the Woods, Ju n e 26 to Ju ly 3rd. ------------ o ------------ Senator Cordon Active in Senate Knowledge of W ashington's leg islative m ethods and direct action i on the p a rt of U. S. Senator Guy Cordon to ca rry o u t im m ediately the pro g ram of the late S enator M cNary has been beneficial to the s ta te of Oregon. Since tak in g o ath of office Sen a to r Gordon h as (1) obtained the go ahead signal on the im p o rtan t C en tral Oregon irrig atio n project; (2) obtained increase of fire p ro tection funds from 2 ^ m illion to $9 million for the forests; (3) sponsored th e G. I. Bill of R ights fo r w ar veterans; (4) secured a p proval of $43,000 FW A alloca tion to im prove P o rtland isola tion hospital; (5) obtained prom ise of navy officials to , re-exam ine facts of the pro ject of alcohol wood w aste plan t a t Springfield, w orking w ith R epresentative H a r ris Ellsw orth. S en ato r Cordon is on th e fo ll owing S enate m em bership com m ittees: Conservation of Wild Life Resources; Silver and P o st w ar Economic and Policy P la n ning. CELEBRATE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MAY 2 Mr. and Mrs. George W. Loos- ley celebrated th eir 64th wedding an niversary a t th eir hom e on Third S treet, Tuesday. They were m arried a t K lam ath A gency In lam ath County, A pril 2, 1880. They have two sons, C. V. Loos- Icy, who is living In the n o rthern p a rt of the s ta te and th e o th er one, Ed Loosley lives in K lam ath Falls. Fifteen Present at Study Club Meet The fo rtn ig h tly Study Club m et w ith Mrs. C. D. E lh a rt a t her hom e on A lida S treet M onday afternoon a t 1:30. Mrs. E. O. Sm ith w as co-hostess. D ainty re freshm ents w ere served a t a lace covered table centered w ith a cry sta l bowl of spring flow ers. M rs. G. W. B ruce and Mrs. R alph B il lings poured. F ifteen m em bers re sponded to th e roil call. M rs. G. A. Briscoe spoke firs t using as h er topic, ‘Elizabeth, the F u tu re Queen of E ngland, taken from the News W eek M agazine. Some day she m ay be crowned E lizabeth II succession to the two women whose reign m arked the m ost b rillian t periods of English history, E lizabeth I and Victoria. The book reviewed by M rs. E. E. Vail was "L iberty S tre e t” by V. N orris. I t is a book of w arning because A m erica does n o t know w hat is being done in her name. Laid in exotic settin g of a Car- ribean town i t is a sto ry of a h u n t w here the hunted and the h u n ter change places, when the prosecuted becomes prosecutor. L iberty S treet is peopled w ith m em orable ch a rac te rs like these. The sto ry is both tim ely and u n usual, told w ith hum or and gaiety. The au th o r has caught the sp irit of high courage, intelligence and kindliness which m ust, in time, triu m p h over the fain th earted and sp iritu ally poor of the earth. The next m eeting of th e Club will be w ith Mrs. Hom er E lh art, 117 Nob Hill a t 1 P.M. on Mon day, M ay 15. Mfs. C. D. E lh art will give th e book review and Mrs. R. L. Crosby will give the sh o rt topic. ------------ o------------ OSC CO-EDS DO FARM WORK Co-eds a t the Oregon S ta te Col lege, who com prise close to four- fifth s of th e stu d en t body, are organizing to lend a hand w ith spring farm w ork near Corvallis. F iA t jobs tak en w ere stringing up hops and hoeing weeds. L ast fall tru c k loads of th e g irls helped h arv est c a rro ts and beets grow n for canneries. B o n g s aay xuotxier 'iau g x ii axe ' by D 'V o ra k g rip s o n e s n c a r t in m em ory of m e m o m e r Wc love m o re m a n an y o th e r. s ti l l n i a n o m e r m ood he sin g s, “P eter, Go r u n g Dexn B e n s ' oy B u n e ig h , ‘ ¿»wuig Bo, ¡s w e e t C u n r- lo t” a n d "H om e on b e R ock . ' xne sp iritu a l, "D eep R iv e r,” by B u r leigh, is one loved by a n , a n d axaiisxield does i t in a w ay tn a t toucnes th e n e a rt, A izonia B ry an t will accom pany M ansxieid tn ro u g n o u t m e evening program . Anere is no adm ission ch arg e fo r th e program , hut a free-w ill offering w m be received as an expression of appreciation fo r m e singer. May Day le a Given fo r bOcri ¡Seniors Seniors of tixe ^outncin Gxegon College of E ducation in teacnex- train in g w ere nouor g u esis a t a May day te a given by tn e lacu lty of the Lincoln T raining Scnool M onday altren o o n from 4 to 5. Scene of th e en terta-n m en t was the hom e of M iss B etty H ilejnan on L iberty S t. A bout fixty g u ests were present, including ihe sen iors in teacher-training, m em bers of SOCE facu lty and wives, and rep resen tativ es from th e pubnc schools faculty. A m usical pro g ram w as given by Miss Ann C randall and the H igh School trio composed of the M isses M arilyn Young, Dolores E rw in and Shirley W eiss. Miss C randall played two violin solos: “E vening S ta r” fro m T anhauser and “D er Sohn der H aide” by K eller Bela. Miss Jerrin e Mote played piano accom panim ent. The trio accom panied by M rs. R obert T. Nelson sang, “L ullaby” by No bel Cain, an d “In My G arden” by R eigger. Miss Id a O’Brien and Miss V ir ginia H ales presided a t th e te a table. D ecorations w ere apple blossoms and pink tapers. Tho Lincoln T raining School faculty te a for g ra d u a tin g stu d en ts is an annual affair, and this y ear is th e firs t event of the SOCE com m encem ent activities. ------------ o------------ M rs. J. E. H ays of G rants P ass wits an Ashland v isito r Tuesday. [ BONDS ovek amekica Post Chapel Near the little Ger man settlement of S e lm a , T e x a s , is Randolph Field, one of the largest mili tary airdromes in the world, training center for the Army Air Corps. Here at the Post Chapel men of all taiths attend divine services. p. m . Hollis Poston of Bellview re ------------- o------------- Mrs, G ,H. Yeo returned home turned Monday n ig h t from a busi from a visit w ith relatives in ness trip to P ortland. southern California. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hughes spent Mrs. R. L .Crosby returned Sun E. C. Wall closed another big la s t T hu rsd ay and F rid ay a t their day morning from the state P.T.A. for Your Guest Tickets - -------- . -------- convention. Noted Singer to Appear Friday at Metnodist Unurcn J O U ilv O S W a s b o m MI'S. Number 15 GRANDMOTHERS’ SALARIES BUY BONDS FOR GRANDCHILDREN d i tne C am p W illie b ia lio n H os p ita l A pril 24 to Sgi. and furs, in England, 'th e boy baa been C ongress iu g ettin g ready to ndintu Ho we 11 J r. Mr. anu a iis. Joe S pitzer and m ake it easier to file income tax son, M unin, of i'o illa n d a re vis retu rn a, but will no t make it it,ng relatives and friends here. easier to ra.ac the money. to r. and M rs. bum H am ilton of V V V O land of lands! to thee we give n e a r M edford w e re visiting re la O ur love, o u r tru st, our serylce tives and friends In T alent S a tu r day. free; P vt. R obert Learning, who has And a t thy need shall die for thee. been stationed in Florida, arrived F o r thee our sons shall nobly live, home on furlough S atu rd ay tv —W hittier. visit his m other, M rs. Elizabeth V / V Learning, and o th er relatives. When th e w ar ends, Uncle Sam M rs. Waldo Green of Phoenix will be the owner of 1800 factories was a business caller here W ed and m achinery to the value of nesday afternoon. $16,(XX),000,000 or more, which he The T alent Grunge sponsored a caused to be set up for the p u r card and pie social In the City pose of wur. Hall F riday n ig h t with a very V V V good attendance. An observer rem ark s thusly: Mrs. Edyth H aym an passed U sually the pig-headed m an is the aw ay a t h er home '1 ueaday a f te r firs t one to squeal if things don’t noon a fte r a lingering illness. tu rn out as he thinks they Bhould. Mrs. H aym an was 82 years old nod lived In the Rogue River Val- r v v Uncle Zeke says nobody's ever ,ey lo r m any years. F uneral serv whipped or flat-busted, or down ices were held a t the L it wilier or out unUl ho says so himself F uneral Home F riday afternoon at 3 o'clock, in term en t was made and believes it. m the Phoenix Cem etery. V V V Mr. and Mrs. R obert Blackwell This ap p ears to be on air war, w ith everything else stringing and son, R obert Jr., and Mr. and M rs. Donald Hubble of Long along behind it. Beach, Calif., visited relatives and 1 1 1 friends In T alent the p ast week. People live longer, who keep Mr. an<l Mrs. C. K. B artol re th eir m ouths shut, says a medico. turned to T alent T hursday of lost 1 1 1 week from S eattle, W ash., where Things tu rn up for the m an who they attended the funeral of Mr. digs. B artol's sister-in-law . The 5-year- old twin sons of Mr. B arto l’s 1 1 1 M acA rthur does not choose to brother accom panied them on run. their return. The boys will m ake this their home. Mrs. Mae Dobbins of E ugene is stopping a few days in TaJent, her form er home. Mrs. Blanche H ungate of Fox, Ore., was called here Sunday be W alter W. W hitbeck, who has cause of the serious illness of her filed for dem ocratic candidate for m other-in-law, Mrs. B erth a H un U. S. senator from Oregon, was gate. Mrs. H ungate is in the born in St. Paul, M innesota, in Com m unity H ospital a t Ashland. 1892 and settled on a farm in C lackam as County^ Oregon, in 1910. He Joined the arm y in 1917 and served as a S ergeant Major, Mrs. M ary H arkins was hostess Chief Engineer in the Motor T ran sp o rt Corps. He is m arried to the WCTU la s t T hursday a f and has a fam ily of six children. ternoon a t h er home on Siskiyou T hree children are atten d in g P ub Boulevard. M rs. R eba P. Kelsey led the de lic School and two sons are serv ing in the com batant arm ed forces votional service. Rev. E arl F. Downing led in prayer ,and E v an of the A rm y and Navy. Upon his return in 1920 from gelist and Mrs. Cay sang a duet, w a r service Mr. W hitbeck was "In God We T ru st.” The guest speaker w as E van appointed Labor A gent for sev eral large railroad and logging gelist E. G ilbert Cays, who is com panies. In 1924 he entered the holding special services a t the general insurance buisness. W hit local Church of C lhrst. H e p re beck has been active In civic a f sented a foroeful tem perance lec fa irs and Dem ocratic p a rty poli ture. A t the close of the address, tics for m any years and is a m em Mrs. Lucille McKay sang a solo. Mrs. Mabel Russel Lowther, ber of the A m erican Legion, O re gon S ta te G range, F ra te rn a l O rd president, conducted the m eeting. e r of Eagles, P. T. A., Jackson Mrs. M aud M arske, treasurer, Club, W illam ette Society, Demo gave a fine report. A t the close of the afternoon, c ratic C en tral Com m ittee and several old-age pension associa refreshm ents w ere served by the tions. He is a home owner and hostess, assisted by Mrs. Low ther. tax p ay er and a m em ber of the Mrs. E. T. Newbry poured a t the I te a table. C hristian F aith. In a recent visit to the M iner ------------ 0----------- office, he s ta te s th a t he is par- SOLDIERS CONTINUE TO tisu la rly interested in the -devel ENJOY USO HOSPITALITY opm ent of th e tim ber and m ineral A good crowd of soldiers vis resources of southern Oregon. ited the Ashland USO S atu rd ay F o r inform ation about W hit- evening and Sunday, according to becks' platform , see the V oter’s Mrs. Mabel W auchope, who was pam phlet. in charge owing to the illness of -------- — o------------ Mrs. Jew ell L ockhart. M any sol MRS. C. A. MEEKER TO SPEAK diers new to A shland visited Mrs. Clarence A. M eeker of L ithia P a rk and enjoyed archery Medford will bo the gu est speaker and other sports about the build a t the afternoon program a t the ing and in the park. m eeting of the W om en's Society M rs. W auchope spoke with of C hristian Service a t the M eth pleasure of the co-operation of odist Church, F riday. The m orn Ashland citizens continued to the ing session will convene at 10:30. Ashland USO in its m ore limited service. M ore than 25 dozen r , cookies w ere donated over the B. F. CRAIG week-end. M any hostesses have indicated th eir wishes to continue an d C om panion Are Invited to Be G uests of the In th e work. ------------o------------ SO U T H E R N OREGON M IN ER TO ENTERTAIN S. S. CLASS to see Mr. and M rs. John Billings are at the VARSITY THEATRE planning to en tertain the young (F rid ay and S atu rd ay ) m arried people’s Sunday School ‘•GUADALCANAL DIARY” class, S atu rd ay evening a t the home of Mr. and Mrs. R alph Bil- or ' lings. A fter a covered dish supper, outdoor gam es will be played If (Sinday, Monday, Tuesday) w eather perm its. “THOUSANDS CHEER” 1 WAR BONDS o4a¿ Sosn&ilusuf *7& £ay--/ltu¿ £ay¿ 9t! real estate deal, Tuesday, ranch near Grants P an. War Bonds Mean Freedom From Want Similar chapels in Eu rope are deserted, some reduced to rubble. Free dom of worship is gone. To keep the Four Free doms here, buy War Bonds.
