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