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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cohweli
w as liie W im er Velma Newtiur.
a g t. C onw eil is in tne Air Corps
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Whitbeck Files for
If. S. Senator
WCTU M eetswith
Mrs. Harkins, April 27
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Please call a t the M iner Offlci
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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
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Noted Singer to
Appear Friday at
Metnodist Unurcn
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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”
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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.