ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944
VOL. XIII
U n s A M ) THAT
t o y 01.1) i i . U t . l t )
iu lh e E d itor!
uouu governm ent would be sim ­
ple U voleiM and oiflce huldtpe
lotiowed Lint* simple run*. It works
well In all liumun activities: H ate
the evllAind love the good, and es­
tablish Judgm ent In the state.
Aoios 6 :IB.
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P erh ap s some A shlanders m ight
get around to mowing their p a rk ­
ing strip s If some se,enlist could
announce th a t cut g ra ss and
weeds could he converted into
rubber.
AHS Baccalaureate Lincoln School
Sunday Evening Presents Program
As lias been the custom for
m any years the C nurches of A sh­
land will Join In a union service
in tlie M ethodist ^Church for the
| liaccalaure ate sermon for the
| g ra d u atin g class of the Ashland
' High School on Sunday evening.
May 21st a t 8 o'clocjt.
The united choirs, under the
I direction of Mrs. John Koehler
will sing an anthem , “The H eav­
ens Are Telling." iKrum ’The
C reation’ by H aydn)
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The g ra d u ates will g a th e r in
We read th a t beer was rationed
hi I7th century 'Boston - to the
tunc of seven q u arts per person
per day. Seven quurts! Shucks,
says Uncle Zeke, they were only
practicing rationing!
Ashland will soon rival Brook­
lyn as "the city of churches."
With nearly a score of churches
now dotting the local landscape,
a new edifice on B. S tre e t Is
nearing completion.
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In the old days no one heard
of vitam ins and no one w orried
about w hat th ey ate. It w as what
you could get to eat.
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A fter the war, savs an Item,
the Japanese fleet will be turni>d
over to the Chinese. If the Allies
c in find It.
H ere’s to the High School grad-
nates: "Be strong and quit your­
selves like men." I Sam uel 4:9.
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GEORGE W. BRUCE, D.D.
Several generals have been the L ittle Chapel and en ter the
W hite House occupants but nary san ctu ary of the church to the
an adm iral.
strain s of a beautilul m arch,
played on the organ by Mrs.
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Liquidation of radio ballyhoo F ran k Davis. Rev. E arl Downing
would be the fifth freedom.
will preside during the program .
Rev. W ard E. P r a t t will read the
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As we view It. Dewey. like scrip tu re lesson, and Rev. A. H.
B arkis “is willin’".
MacDonnell will give the benedic­
tion. The p ra y er will be by Rev.
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Exercise your civic duty a t the Gordon C. Griffin. Dr. George W.
prim ary.
’ wl Bruce will give the serm on on
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the subject, "U nto the H eights.”
T here are eighty m em bers in
the g ra d u atin g class this year
and these will occupy the seats
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of honor in the middle section of
Allied Force H eadquarters, M ed­ the sanctuary.
iterran ean T h eater — T ra n sp o rta­
tion history is being w ritten daily
by a N orth A frican unit of the
M ilitary Railway Service which
operates one of the toughest
W ord w as received by local
stretch e s of railroad In the world.
of
Sgt. Alden D. Powell. Sgt.
This unit, the 759th Railw ay
O perating B attalion, commanded relatives S atu rd ay of the death
by Lt. Col. E rnest M. P rice of Powell was an in stru cto r in the
Tacoma, W ash., him self a v eter­ Arm y Air Corps a t F o rt W orth,
an of 40 y ears' railroading, oper­ Texas, and death was caused by
ate s train s over 300 miles of ru g ­ a flying accident, the details of
which have not been learned.
ged Atlus M ountain terrain.
He will be given a m ilitary
And the Job is done in big-tim e
style. In one six-m onth period, funeral a t the Lltw iller F uneral
these "Casey Joneses" of the U. Home, the d ate not known as we
S. Arm y hauled 1,032,224 tons of go to press.
Sgt. Powell w as bom Qctover
vital w ar freig ht in 2164 trains.
A y ear ago they came to N orth 11, 1921 and w as graduated trom
Africa. D uring the Tunisian cam ­ the local High School in 1939. He
paign, the men w ore steel hel­ enlisted four years ago.
He is survived by his father,
m ets over th eir engineers’ caps.
Alden
Powell, his brother, Eric,
Pistols and carbines had equal
s ta tu re w ith oil cans and coal sister, P atricia, and gran d fath er,
shovels.
T rains were run in years ago to the day of his death.
blackout conditions as w ar sup- i D. S .Powell. His m other died two
plies and troops were rushed to His grandm other, Mrs. D. S. Pow ­
th e front - w ith train crews never ell, passed aw ay S atu rd ay upon
certain th a t enem y paratroopers hearing the news of his death.
had not blown up the next bridge ' SIIERE REPORTED MISSING
o r tunnel.
■ Mr. and Mrs. F red Shere re ­
Now. w ith the enemy gone from I ceived a telegram M onday th a t
the Im m ediate area, tre m e n d o u s' their son, Fred, who w as a bom­
problem s still exist. In one 50- j bardier, was reported m issing ov­
mile stretch there arc 20 tunnels, er G erm any. The Sheres were
one of them two m iles long and form er residents of Ashland but
horseshoe shaped. W hile 2.2 per are now living in Medford, where
cent grad es over the Rocky Moun­ Mr. Shere w orks a t the B us T erm ­
tains are the usual m axim um on inal Depot.
Am erican tran scontinental lines,
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these soldier railroaders face 2.5
Lt. P. H. S tan sb u ry w as re­
per cent grades frequently along cently here on short furlough. He
th eir 300-mlle run. Im purities in was accom panied back to P o rt­
the w ater m eans th a t firem en land by his wife and daughter
usually m ust work like fiends to and Chief of Police C. P. Talent.
produce steam in th eir boilers in­ Lt. S tan sb u ry was form erly s ta ­
stead of m ere foam.
tioned in Texas but is going to
M any of the enlisted men are New York C ity now.
v eteran s men like Tech. Sgt.
F ra n k (Pop) G ates of Seattle,
Mrs. C harles B ergstrom went
to Medford, T uesday on a business
trip.
ROY FRAZIER
Sgt. Gilbert Serving1
In North Africa
Sgt. Powell Gives
Life for Country
and Companion
Are Invited to Be G uests of the
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
to see
at the VARSITY THEATRE
(F rid ay and S atu rd ay )
“AROUND THE WORLD"
and
“WOMAN AT WAR"
or
(Sanday.
Monday.
Tuesday)
“GOVERNMENT GIRI."
who begnn as an apprentice in
1898 when he w as 12 and who
worked for 22 different lines be­
fore he joined th is unit. B ut m any
have telescoped much experience
into a brief tim e through the
i stress of w ar. E ngineers include
i men who have had only a year
or two train in g as firem en. But
th ere have been no fa ta l accidents
! on the line since the unit was
i formed, and the job they a re do-
j ing is a gigantic one.
Included among these men 13
Please call a t the M iner Offict
1 Sgt. Arthur D. Gilbert, 477 N.
for Your Guest Tickets
Main Street, Ashland.
Local USO Becomes
Extension of Medford
Number 17
Hold
Baccalaureate
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M s
at SOCE Sunday
r\ykc Run?
State Representative
F ra n k J- Van Dyke, local law-
Tue Ashland USO club has been
1 yer, is again running for nom-
made an extension of the Medford
The eighteenth annual oacca- , ination as the S ta te R epresenta­
The Lincoln T raining School of club, according to Mrs. Will
the Southern Oregon College of Dodge, chairm an of the Ashland I lau reate service of the Southern tive from Jackson C ounty on the
E ducation presented the annual USO Council. Mrs. Jewell Lock- I Oregon College of Education will I Republican ticket.
aiteinooii of music and dunce, h u rt will supervise the Ashland be held Sunday, May 21, in the ' Mr. Van Dyke is from a pio-
W ednesday, May 10, in the au d i­ club under the direction of Med­ : college auditorium a t 2:30 p.m. ■ neer fam ily who cam e to Jackson
torium of the adm inistration build­ ford USO officers who will m ake ! S peaker of the day will be the ; County in 1852. He w as educated
Victor Phillips of the ' in the Medford schools and was
ing. Pupils perform ed w itn the periodic visits to Ashland to ad- I Reverend
M rgt M ethodlst C hurch"of K lam -I grad u ated from W illiam ette Uni
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I z - .n b h o r l
z .r t
n r z iH li.m a
vigor and enthusiasm th a t indi­ I vise
Mrs. L ockhart on problem s a th F a l,s The
blIc
invited to verglt
cates pleasure in the act, and of conducting USO service in Ash- ; h eaf thjg service The
o
with skill th at implies caretul in­ land.
follows*
struction. The program follows:
The Ashland club will be open Processional ....... Carolyn L. Rose,
1. Song and Dance Group, il­ F riday noon to 11 p.m. and S a tu r­
P ian ist
lu stratin g "Springtim e in the De­ day and Sunday from 10.30 a m .
Invocation
............Dr.
George
W.
mocracies."
j to 11 p.m.
Bruce, F irs t M ethodist Church
G reeting to Spring, P ippa’s
Mrs. Dodge stated th a t the
Song
.................'N ...........Chorus move to m ake the Ashland club "Ecce P an is” ............C yr de B rant
"Bless the Lord, O My Soul” ....
B eauty of the Spring,
an extension of Medford was ap ­
Ippolitov-Ivanof
Maypole1 ............................ Room 1 proved by the Council as the best
“A P ray e r for P eace” ....... Alfred
H appytim es in the 3pring,
plan available to continue se r­
H. Johnson
Pioneers ............. Rooms 3 and 4 vice to soldiers in Ashland. As
W om en’s Choir: Ann Crandall, !
Springtim e Joy in P rotectin g
1 an extension, the Ashland club E lm a Simmons B aker, F rances
the Com munity Firem en to
continues to have professional di- Har(1y Cook
Geneya Coulteri
the Rescue ......................Room 2 rectors in charge, and Mrs. Lock- Alyce Hansen. B ettie Ix>u McColm,
Spring F ever Pantom im e of
h a rt already well experienced in M ary P a tric ia Rawe, Dorothy
pitchers, batters, catchers,
the work is capable of carrying Riggs, Evelyn W irostek, M ary
shortstops and um pires. Room 3 out the USO d irectors’ plans aid­ Alice W olford, an d Louise Wood­
2. Violin Group, Ann C randall, ed by th eir periodic visits of su­ ruff, Director.
pervision.
D irector.
A ddress: “The Y ears ag ain st the
When the Ashland USO w as i
“H appy D ancers on the Green,
C enturies” ....... The Reverend
played by Ju a n ita Silver, M ari- ! operating seven days a week, at- 1 V ictor Phillips, F irst M ethodist
lee Mason, L ester Zimerlee, Lila ! tendance varied from fo u r to ' C hurch of K lam ath Falls
Devore, G ary Grivas, E lroy eight thousand m onthly. A tten d ­ "A m erica” ............Sam uel F rancis
ance is expected to be even more
H e has practiced law in Asn-
C lark, Jack ie Mansfield.
Sm ith by the audience
3. Instrum ental Group, Iriving flu ctu a tin g during the operation Benediction ............Dr. George W. land since 1934. He is active hi
through Friday, S atu rd ay and
com m unity affairs. A t present
Bruce
Mirick, Director.
M r. Van Dyke is chairm an of the
Sunday,
b
u
t
attendance
will
be
Recessional
"A Minor T une”....... C larin et Solo
I full at some periods and volun- !
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local School Board. H e belongs
M ildred W illiam s
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te
e
r
service
will
be
needed
as
to the M ethodist Church, the
"A m erica" ................C larinet Duet
much as before.
Masons, Elks, R o tary Club and
Mildred Williams, Leland Silver
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A m erican Legion. He is a fo r­
"My M aryland" ........C ornet Duet
U. S. S en ato r Guy Cordon will m er president of the C ham ber of
“P olka”
sta y on th e job in W ashington Commerce.
P a t Solee, R ichard Reedy
He w as form erly C ity A tto r­
and will not re tu rn to Oregon to
"D rink to Me Only W ith Thine
ney
until he entered the A rm y
Eyes,” 'R osseau's
F irs t L ieutenant R obert W. cam paign for th e Republican nom ­ in October, 1942. He w as honor­
H ym n” Trombone & C ornet Duet S team s, 22, M arine Corps fig h ter ination to succeed him self in the
ably discharged from the A rm y
Jim m ie Grossm an, R ichard Sm ith pilot from Ashland, recently was U. S. Senate, his head q u arters in
in F ebruary, 1943, because of a
the
Im
perial
H
otel
announced
"Melody in F ” ............C ornet Solo prom oted to his present ran k at
knee injury.
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the M arine Corps A ir Station, S aturday.
M r. Van Dyke served as R epre­
"W
ith
world
events
approaching
S an ta B arbara, California.
sen
tative for Jack so n C ounty d ur­
a clim ax and w ith the invasion of
Europe im m inent, I feel th a t it ing a portion of th e la st session,
is th e d u ty of each of us to stay voting on all m ajo r legislation
passed a t th a t time. He was
T alent high school presented
on the job and direct every ef­
‘‘S pring R evue" program F riday
fo rt tow ard w inning th e w ar," the rated by the Oregon V oter ak
one of th e o utstanding new m em­
night in the school gym nasium .
Senator said in the m essage a n ­
bers of the House.
F eatu red on th e program were
nouncing his decision.
M r. Van Dyke’s slogan is: “E x­
several pieces played by the
S en ato r Cordon expressed his
perienced,
conscientious, and pro­
school o rch estra and the g irls’
re g rets a t n o t being able to be
gressive.”
vocal trio, composed of R uth P u r­
in Oregon to m ake a personal
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due, Yvonne Keith and N orm an
cam paign and g re e t his friends
Work. Baton tw irling w as demon­
throughout the state, but stated
s tra te d by Ju lia Klim et, N atalie
th a t he felt th a t the in te re sts of
Hayse, Alice W ooten and B etty
the s ta te and th e n ation should be
Wooton. "The H ungry Six," with
put ahead of his personal desires , B . etty Sue Reed and Dick F ia-
'd u r in g this period of intern atio n al h a rty * ava
,nam ed “ win'
loony tunes and n u tty dialogues
crisig
n ers of th e W alter Citizenship
and “The T hree Am azons,” F ra n ­
cis Taylor, M axine Redm an and
A rrangem ents have been m ade 1
Ju an H offm an provided additional
for S en ato r Cordon to speak by to the ou tstan d in g boy and girl of
en tertain m en t and the program
special broadcast wire, direct the senior class.
B oth have been active in school
closed w ith the band playing
from his desk in the sen ate office
affairs,
deserving the honor th a t
several num bers.
building in W ashington, over a
The T alent Extension U nit met
state-w ide netw ork of 15 stations h as come to them .
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on th e eve of th e p rim ary election.
a t the City Hall, T hursd ay a t
10 a.m. A covered dish luncheon
The ta lk
will be broadcast WESLEYAN SERVICE GUILD
was served a t noon. P rogram was
th ro u g h o u t the s ta te at 6:30 P.M., HOSTS AT USO
The W esleyan Service Guild
given by project leaders on “Con­
Thursday, M ay 18.
served
w affles a t th e Ashland
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trol of Household and G arden
USO Friday, M ay 12. G uests were
P ests.” T here w as a good atten d ­
27 men from th e 493rd M ilitarv
L ieutenant S tearn s attended the TUCKER RECEIVES
ance.
Police of Cam p W hite. Lt. W. M.
Mrs. M ae Dobbins left Talent, S outhern Oregon College of E du­ AIR MEDAL AWARD
Sgt. Trenton T. Tucker, R oute Miles w as in charge of the convov.
W ednesday a fte r spending a cou­ cation. He won his w ings as a
2, Ashland, Ore., a w aistg u n n er Those serving w ere M rs. Alice
M arine fly er in June last year.
ple of weeks visiting friends.
He is th e son of Mr. and Mrs. on a four-engine L ib erato r bomber, W illits, Miss Gladys W hitson.
Mrs. R uby M inear of Eugene
has recently been aw arded the Miss Voda Brower, Miss C arrie
was visiting friends and old ac­ H. A. S team s, of 137 Oak St.
Air M edal for p articipation in M ay Sm ith and Miss Je a n e tte
quaintances here the p ast week.
bombing
m issions over Occupied Smith. They w ere assisted by Mrs.
Mrs. M inear w as a form er resi­
Europe from an E a st A nglian Mildred F raz ie r and M rs. Cioma
dent.
base. He is a m em ber of the old­ B urton, senior hostesses of the
Mrs. M elissa Cam eron of Phoe­
est L ib erato r u n it i n , the Eighth supper hour.
nix spent M others' Day w ith her
The W esleyan Service Guild , A.ir Force,
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m other, Mrs. Louisa Combest.
held its m eeting. May 9 a t th e ! in addition to the la te s t aw ard,
O. N. W ray recently attended a
Bill Law rence of Medford was home of C ora Mason. This opened Sgt. T ucker also w ears th e Dis-
m eeting of R o tary Club rep resen t­
a business caller here, Tuesday w ith a social h o u r in which th e j tinguished Unit Ribbon — th e o r­
atives in Victoria. B. C.
morning.
hostess served a lovely dessert.
ganization having won a citation
Mr. and M rs. V ictor Milburn
from the W ar D epartm ent fo r its
Mrs. Id a Moon of Florence.
G
ladys
Billings
led
the
devo-
of Ashland w ere tran sa ctin g busi­
role in the historic B attle of Oregon is visiting a t th e home of
Voices."
ness in T alent, F riday.
Ploesti on A ugust 1, 1943.
M rs. M. W. W heeler.
F. J. M itchel of M edford was a | tions w ith the them e, “Children's
1 fo llo w in g the business meeting,
T alent caller, Monday.
F ra n k M annes left S aturday the program w as presented hy
evening fo r P o rtlan d to spend a Je a n e tte Sm ith on the topic,
week and to atten d th e Odd F el­ i “N u rsery Schools.” Several of
lows convention being held there. these, which are being prom oted
P e rry S keeters of P rospect was by th e Church, w ere reviewed.
here over the week end w ith his A nother m ost in terestin g report
grandm other, M rs. Belle Skeeters was th a t of the K aiser N ursery
Schools of P ortland. These were
and o th er relatives a t Talent.
Mrs. Ellen May H ungate and built and are now being operated
daughter, Caroline, of southern for th e benefit of children, whose
C alifornia
arrived
In Talent, p aren ts a re both employed. Kai-
T hursday to visit h er m other-in- , ser schools a re open 24 hours a
law, M rs. B lanch H ungate and day to accom odate m others, who
grand grandm other, M rs. Eliza­ w ork from the day, swing ,or
grav ey ard shift They are p a tte rn ­
beth Palm er,
O ra M anning, who has been in ed especially for th e children with
the h ardw are and second hand plenty of sunlight and fresh air.
business for th e past nine years, Well balanced m eals are also pro­
sold his business to Mr, J. C an­ vided for these youngsters, and
Since 1805 when Franklin
Marines, soldiers and sailors
non, who will tak e charge, Ju n e 1. m eals prepared to be taken home
Wharton was Commandant,
are seeing all parts of the world
this residence near the Navy
these days and not through a
Miss B arb a ra B ates spent last by th e m other if she wishes to do
Yard, Washington, D. C., has
porthole. We expect them to
week in K lam ath F alls visiting so a t the close of h er day.
been the home of the man who
take strategic positions and
Children, who atten d
these
her sister, M rs. David McComb
d ir e c t s the U nited States
hold them. They expect us to
schools are happy, having pleas-
and fam ily.
Marines, “From the halls of
buy War Bonds and Hold
th e associations w ith others of the
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Montezuma to the shores of
Them.
Ensign Melvin H. Brantley sam e age, while a t the sam e time,
Tripoli.”
of Oakland was home again cn a th ey are also receiving from ex­
short leave, Sunday and Monday. perienced teachers, the proper
He left Monday night for his train in g to build strong, healthy
io
Robert W. Stearns
Receives Promotion
Cordon to Speak
Over Radio Tonight
TALENT NEWS
Citizenship Winners
Announced at AHS
WSG Hears Report
of Nursery Schools
bonds
aven amímca
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Hang On to Your War Bonds
new location at San Diego,
minds and bodies.