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ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY,
VOL. XIII
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MAY 25, 1944
OUR DEMOCRACY
M em bers ol tne grad u atin g class
of the Southern Oregon College
of E ducation were entertained by
the facu lty a t a banquet in the
Gitnta H otel h nd ay , May ly.
G uests enjoyed a lively dinner
program . Miss Florence Allen
was soloist accom panied a t the
piano by M iss J e rn n e Mote, both
of th e SOCE faculty. President
W alter R edford addressed the
g rad u atin g class. Responses were
made by C lass R epreentatives
Miss E dna Kennedy of Ashland
and Miss Phyllis A nsam a of
R eedsport. O ther speakers were
Miss V irginia Hales, dean of
women, and Dr. A rth u r S. Taylor,
associate professor of social sci­
ence, both to be on leave from
SOCE during the com ing year,
to a s tm a s te r was Dr. W ayne W.
K ells, associate professor of bio­
logical science. Special guests
were Chief P etty Officer Oscar
Silver and Lt. Loren M essenger of
me Navy, the la tte r on leave from
m e facu lty of SOCE.
G uests present totaled between
50 and 60. The banquet room and
table w ere elaborately decorated
w ith the season’s flowers, and
, gu est lav o rs were souvenir place
caid s depicting cam pus scenery.
llCU 14 Homing HeW. lUKe U1U CU*C
Thu uigutuunth annual coni-
Ol GjiClilliaiU*, WHO WUM tw ice
ca u eu lo u ie ixiclaloian ip ol Koine. nienoem ent Exercises a t tne Bouth­
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CincuimiLUi, owner of a sm all
ta iu i, wum born unum Uie yeai
uiu ti. U. Hie Roman* ol nut day
wefts weaxeiied by uisseiision* anu
Uiu w ai-uao Acquians tiad Uie Ro-
... xh arm y Murrounded.
Rom an senator* went to Clncln-
itaiua anil iues»eugei* loulid Him
in. me ptow. R eluctantly accept­
in g u i e aicuiloiMiiip ottered Him,
CzaiCHHiauig rescued Uie arm y ami
m aicbeu Hilo Rome with Uiu
»polls oX war. He returned to bln
lu im iio u i whence ue was ugaui
caueu a t me age oX »0 to prevent
a civil w ar oelween the upper
anu lower classes which he muc -
ul deed lu doing.
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We m u st have standard* ol
m easurem ents lo r men an well as
lo r m aterial*. P are n ts and other*
e*ive a * such a standard. How do
we meuMure up ourselves?: "A w ill
set a plum b line in the m idst oX
my peopie. Amos 7 :8.
E m press oosepHHie, Napoleon’s
w ae, a t g re a t pains and expense,
b ro u g n l lo h er garden all the
r o s e s Known to horU culture, her
collection tm au y num bering 2u0
vur.eties. Sue inade rose glowing
laaiuonable In her lime.
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Three thousand A m erican sol-
d leis paraded through London,
b u t w ait until sub,out) paiaue
u iro u g n w hat m le lt oX Berlin.
Borne pohi.clan* a re beginning
to wonder a b o u t s w a p p i n g
strea m s while ruling worn-out
Horse*.
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The W atch on ihe Rhine la now
an uiarm clock, continuously rin g ­
ing.
Ju n io r sa>s n 's D-Day when
teacuer issues rep o rt card*.
Buy a poppy— tne
symbol ot service.
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blood-red
day for mem-
ory and tear*.
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Honor the heroic dead.
uoO RECEIVES
k a / xx 1 KlBLITlONS
C ontributions received recently
at the Ashland UBO include:
Flow ers - Miss F rances Alklns,
Mrs. G. H. K rueger, Mr*. Phoebe
Beebe, Mrs. R uth W agner, Mr*.
Gludys Dooms, Mr*. R. A. B arker,
Ills* Berna H aight, Mr*. Elm er
Riley.
m agazines - Con Austin, Lt. E.
V. Clausen, M arg aret Clausen,
Mr*. S. J. Bailey.
Books - Mrs. C harles Splndler,
Mi*. Mabel Wauchopc.
Cookies - From Nlcki Espey,
F ern B erry representing the ju n ­
ior Civic Club; from Mr*. F. F.
W hittle, Mrs. J. W. McCoy, Mr*.
W. D. Jackson, Mrs. M P True,
representing t h e
P resbyterian
Church; from Mrs. Blanch P ettelt,
Mrs. G. A. Andrews, representing
the Church of C hrist; from Mrs.
B. J Bailey, Miss Lydia McCall,
representing the T rinity Guild,
trom Mrs. F. H. W alker, Mrs.
W ayne Pickens, Mrs. J. H. H arp ­
er, Mrs. Rush, representing the
M ethodist Church. O thers contri­
buting: M rs. J. G. Lindsey, Mrs.
Dorothy H ardy, Mrs. M yrtle M ay­
berry, Mrs. Nell Dunn, M iss M ar­
g a re t Page, Mrs. M argaret Norby,
M rs. Irene Ju n gw irth, Mrs. R uth
F ortm iller, M rs. F rances Cook.
Bulletins w ere distributed by
p u p ils of the Lincoln School; B ar­
b a ra Hild, Ann Fullerton, N orm an
and Donald Gould.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C aton visit­
ed w ith th eir son, K enneth of the
U. S. Navy, a t E ureka, C alifornia
one evening last week.
BELLE SONOER
and Companion
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
to see
at the VARSITY THEATRE
(Friday and Saturday)
“HOSTAGES”
and
“EMPTY HOLSTERS”
or
(Sinday, Monday. Tuesday)
“TRUE TO LIFE”
Please call at the Miner Offlc«
for Your Guest Tickets
ru . Oregon Cotlugu of Education
will hu held F riday, May 20, in
thu college auditorium a t 2:30
p.m. Chief speaker will be Miss
jo y Hills of Salem. Thu public Is
uivilud lo be present. The program
follows:
Processional -"P o m p and C ir­
cum stance" ................... - ....... E lg ar
Ashland Senior High School
B rass Buxtett, Lorin Bailey, M au­
rice Bailey, Jim Jandreau, John
Reedy, B arney Riggs, Winfield
Roberson, Irving M inck, Director.
Invocation ............... - ........... Mrs.
C harles M. Gif fen
"The S tar-S pangled B anner” ....
F rancis Scott Key by the audience
.“Poome d'A m our” ...... .......Jules
Reynard by the College S tring
Quintet, Ann C randall, R uth Cul­
lison, Ju lia M. Silver, M ary Alice
Wolford, and B etty Lou McColm.
A ddress "It Will Be the Kind
of World You M uke It." ....... Miss
Joy Hills, Superintendent C urricu­
lum and Publications, S ta te De­
partm ent of Education.
"Rain* a t N ight"
........ G race
A ustin;” ’"L ullaby” ____U kranian
Folk Song arr. by K oshets, "T utu
M aram ba" ...... ..... B razilian Folk
Lullaby arr. by M cKinney—Wo­
m en’s choir: E lm a Simmons B aker
F rances H ardy Cook, Geneva
Coulter, Ann C randall, Alyce H an­
sen, B ettie Lou McColm, M ary
P atricia Rawe, Dorothy Riggs,
Evelyn W irostek, M ary Alice
Wolford. Dorothy Riggs, soloist
Jerrtn e Mote, accom panist, an<^
Louise W oodruff, Director.
A w arding Diplom as __ R obert
W. Ruhl, M ember of S tate Board
of H igher Education.
Recessional ................... .................
IJS T OF GRADUATES
Bachelor of Science—Beryl C un­
ningham, A shland; E dna Kennedy,
Ashland; H arold M arch, M yrtle
Creek; M arie M itchell, A shland;
M aire P rescott, Ashland.
Teacher E ducation—Phylis An-
sema, R eedsport; Helen B akker,
Ashland; G loria R aniele Cadm an,
Langlois; Agnea Lacy, T alent;
E lva Veriene M atthew s, Days
Creek; V erna Dean Meggs, K lam ­
ath Falls; Bernice M cM artin, Red
Buff, C alifornia; M arie Pochelu,
Paisley; G ertrude Ross, Brook­
ings; V era Louise Segsworth,
Ashland; Lois Ann Thompson,
Medford; E velyn M. W irostek,
M arshfield.
Junior College— Ixittie B urger,
Ashland; Ann C randall, A shland;
Dorothy M. Dodge, M edford; Adra
Gooler, K lam ath F alls; Alyce
Hansen C ottage Grove; B arbara
Carolyn T errill, T alent; Florence
Ada Wood, A shland.
r acuity Entertains
¿OLE Graduates
DR. BRUCE DELIVERS
BACCALAUREATE
»EKMON SUNDAY
Some verses w n tte n by a ne­
gro ath letic director w as the bas­
is of the serm on fo r the bacca­
TH E TELEGRAPH HAS B EEN A VITA L FACTOR
lau reate serm on last Sunday eve­
ning a t the M ethodist Church by
IN TH E D E V E L O P M E N T OF OUR C Q U N T P ”
Dr. George W. Bruce. Dr. Bruce
AMONG MANY OTHER S E R V IC E S , IT E N A b L t S
began by com plim enting th e g ra d ­
US TO G ET A W EA LTH OF T IM E L Y
uating class upon their choice of
IN F O R M A T IO N , SO IM P O R T A N T TO AN
the silver and blue for class colors,
the g ard en ia for Ujeir class flow ­
E N L IG H T E N E D A N D V IR IL E D E M O C R A C Y .
er, and th e m otto, “Not the end
but the beginning.’’ Then he drew
from the poem six points appro­
p riate fo r th e occasion.
1. Live a s I have tau g h t you to
run. Dig your s ta rtin g holes deep
Capt. R obert Angell, director of
and firm .
the Medford USO and supervisor
2. Lurch out of them into the
of the Ashland branch, w as in
Dr.* W alter Redford, President straig h t-aw ay w ith all the power
Ashland F riday afternoon, May
19, on a visit of Inspection. He of tne so u th ern Oregon College oi there is in you.
waa accompanied by Miss Jan e Education, announces th a t a new
3. Look s tra ig h t ahead to the
D arland, a ssistan t directo r a t course for leacners is to be of- finish line, think only of the goal.
xeieu during m e u r s t term oi me
4. R un straig h t, run high, ru n
Medford.
Both expressed entire satisfac­ »umirier senooi, Ju n e 5 to Ju n e 11^ hard.
tion as to the progress of th e Ash- xue course, a w oixsiiop in E le­
5. Save nothing, spend all.
1 a n d week-end p r o g r a m and m entary Education, wnl carry
6. F inish w ith an ecstatic b u rst
agreed to continue the service in m e uours ox college credit, and m a t will ca rry you through the
Ashland in the sam e m anner as is planned to plOViUe assistance tapes to Victory.
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io ceacners in q u e stio n s o i rem ed ­
A t the close of the sermon Dr.
a t present.
The Medford officers, who a r ­ ial rcaum g, speecn, nandteappeo Bruce called tw o m em bers of the
rived during the re g u la r weekly or m aiaujusted cuildien, creative class to the front, and had them
luncheon of the A shland Arm y .vora, science social science, a n , d istribute to the class bound
vv Ives Club, stated th a t they were music visual aids, and ouier senooi copies of his sermon. These were
particularly im pressed w ith the j p io m e m mat. stu u e n ts m ay p ie s - I aio0 given to each m em ber of the
n u m b e r a tten d .n ng g t h e A r m y ent.
! school faci
faculty. These will be very
n aquit em eat for participation much prized by the young people
Wives Club and considered the
sp iiit and activity of this organi­ m me w uraanop is th a t tne p a rti­ tnrougn the coming years.
cipant nave euucational interests
Rev. E arl Downing, of the
Secretarial Sciences— Julia M. zation to be exem plary.
or problem s oi significance to him Church of Christ, presided. Mrs.
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Silver, Ashland.
m s senooi. S tu d en ts will Annabelle Davis was a t th e organ
PATRIOTIC GROUPS TO miu
snare ui piamimg tne course by for the processional, hymns, and
itiJbibT SUNDAY AT THE directing m e w ork tow ard their recessional. Rev. Gordon Griffin
own problem s. G eneral m eeting of the B ap tist C hurch gave the
iMXixiiODIST CHURCH
G a rrett J. Kelty, aged 64 years,
The A m erican Legion P o st No. wm ne heid when stu d en ts anu evening prayer, and Rev. W ard
was drowned in the irrigation 4, the Am ercian Legion A uxiliary, tacu lty to g eth r set up pians to r P ra tt of the B rethren C hurch
ditch on Monday. Mr. K elty was me D aughters of the Am erican me w ork requested by tne group "bead the scriptures. The united
employed by the H a rt H atcheries Revolution, the D aughters of members, ¡students m ay choose to cnoirs, under the direction of Mrs.
on w hat w as form erly the A nder­ Union V eterans, the V eterans of worn on individual ptoblem s with John Koehler, sang the anthem ,
son ranch w est of Talent. He has Foreign W ars, the V eterans of tne training. School sta ff or other
The H eavens A re Telling.” The
been a resident of T alent for the Foreign W ars A uxiliary and the raculty consultants or in groups Rev. A. H. McDonnell gave the
p ast 20 years and has three sons, Women's Relief Corps will atten d wiui those having sim ilar inter- benediction.
tw o in the Arm y, and one daugh­ the M ethodist C hurch in a gbody J ests to investigate
ter, M yrtle Kelty, who lives in next Sunday m orning fo r the
Daily dem onstration of teach ­
DR. TAYLOR ON
N orthern California. Mr. K elty Memorial Service.
ing done by the T raining School
LEAVE
OF ABSENCE
was a c h a rte r m em ber of the
The church choir will give an staff will give stu d en ts opportuni­
Dr. A rth u r S. Taylor, associate
Townsend Club and had always anthem . The p asto r will speak on ty to observe m odern methods of
taken an active p a r t in the get- the subject: “F o r Whom the Bell teaching a t various g rade levels, professor of social science a t the
together clubs and o th er social Tolls.” Each organization will i’he W orkshop conducted by the Southern Oregon College of E d u ­
activities. No funeral a rra n g e ­ bring its flags. T he service will Training. School staff will be head­ cation fo r m any years, has leave
m ents have been announced, pend­ be in m em ory of all who have ed by Miss Florence Allen, aided of absence from his duties to en­
ing arrival of relatives from a dis- paid the suprem e sacrifice for by M isses E thel Stockard, B etty ter A m erican Red Cros3 field
tance.
their country, and will also bring Hileman, B erth a Stephens, Jer-> service. He will rep o rt to W ash­
Cpl. Donald W alden, who Is a high challenge to those of us rm e Mote, and E dith Bork. O ther ington, D. C., the firs t of June
stationed in New Ham pshire, who live.
m em bers of the college facu lty for some weeks of training, a fte r
spent a 19-day furlough w ith his
will be available for consultation. which he will be assigned to some
family. He retu rn ed to his base and recently moved there.
Dr. Redford stated th a t courses m ilitary u n it as Am erican Red
Mr. anu M rs. George Pheifer will be offered to m eet the needs Cross field director.
T hursday m orning.
Mr. and Mrs. A ndrew McMahan, sold the T alent M ark et to Mr. of those ju s t out of high school.
Dr. T ay lo r’s fam ily will rem ain
who have been living in Talent and Mrs. C ulbertson of Central Beginning biology and English are in A shland until he receives def­
the p ast w inter, moved to M ed­ I Point. The P heifers have oper­ scheduled for freshm en, and other inite assignm ent.
ated the -m arket for the p ast five courses are open to them. Nine
Dr. T aylor has been active in
ford to be n ear th eir work.
H arry W hitehead, who under­ years, and sold on account of bad hours of credit m ay be earned state educational m atters and In
went a m ajor operation a t the health.
during each of the tw o sum m er local affairs. He is a m em ber of
The Talent G range m et a t their terms.
Com munity H ospital In Ashland,
veteran s’ organizations and has
been serving on the Ashland Post-
returned home F riday and Is on regular session T hursday evening,
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May 18. T here w ere 14 new m em­ DON CATON TO ENTER NAVY W ar P lanning Council and on the
the road to recovery.
Jackson C ounty P ost W ar Plan-
Mr. and Mrs. C harles E stes of bers initiated 1 n the th ird and
Mr. and Mrs. Don Caton of M ed-J nfng Committee,
C rescent City, who have been liv­ fourth degrees. This is one of
ing in the T alent Camp Grounds the larg e st classes ever initiated ford have moved to a home on
the past two weeks, left Sunday in the Talent G range. A ppropri­ Palm Avenue in Ashland. Mrs. Gates Visits SOCE
ate . m em orial services w ere held Caton and children plan to live
m orning for th eir home.
George G ates of Medford w a s
F rank M annes returned home for all those of th e G range who here for the duration, while Mr.
S aturday evening from P ortland, had passed on during th e paat Caton is in the service. He has visiting old friends a t the South
ein Oregon College of Education
where he w as a delegate to the year. A poem w ritten by a w ound­ enlisted in the navy and will be
recently, afte r an absence of more
ed soldier, “W hat- Did You Do leaving soon.
Odd Fellows’ convention.
than
two years in the N avy S er­
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Mr. . and Mrs. F red Hoddapp Today," was read by V ictor S tew ­
Mr. and Mrs. W alter Herndon vice in the South Pacific. He w as
and daughters, M ary and Maxine art. Several guessing contests on
of C entral Point, spent S unday flowers and trees w ere enjoyed, i of K lam ath Falls, accom panied by a stu d en t a t SOCE ju st before en­
evening a t the home of Mr. and P rizes of flow ers w ere given to I Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Herndon and terin g the service. As photogra­
the w inners of these contests. A small son Brian of Eugene visited pher’s m ate his duties are in
I Mrs. Glen W itherow.
short
sk it and the singing of fa- I W ednesday with th eir aunt, Mrs. aerial com bat photography and
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Garland pur­
chased property of M r. Henry m iliar songs also w ere enjoyed by i Helen Skidm ore and o th er rela- sim ilar w ork aboard ship. Chief
G ates h as 30 days leavs.
tlves and friends In Ashland .
Mason on Main Street In Talent I the Grange,
TALENT NEWS
Medford Director
Visits Ashland USO
New Course for
Teachers at SOCE
TU
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WAR BONDS
Number 18
Double Tragedy In
Ashland Family
The death s of Bud P rovost and
his grandm oiner, M rs. Res»ie
Cariton early in the week brougnt
sorrow to relatives and m any
m en u s 111 Asm anu. oouoie Xuneral
services were held Vvedneuuay ai-
leinon a t tne T rinity n>pi»copai
w.iurcn.
,
c e u n e tt C arlton P rovost( B udj,
sou or air. anu m u . ' o o w r i u . t u . ,
w as a ccid en tly KineU a t tne Al­
ameda, m aniontta, AimeiU, wnei'e
ne was training; a s a N aval -‘ijr
cAtuet.
xiuu Provost was born in Asn-
land on aiay zo, i a n . n e Waa
g iau u ateu iro in A snianu Hign,
wnere ne w as active in senooi a l ­
u m s, acm eving outstanding rec­
ognition in a tm e ties, H ater ne a t ­
tended b tam o rd University. He
em itted in tne reserves in October
i a t z nut w as n o t called until late
ai taie lonowing year.
He is surviveu t»y his parents,
air. and s irs . i>om Provost, one
OiotUer, ixm im ie, two g ra n d p ar­
ent», axis, oyivan ProvosL anu i i r .
H airy c a n to n , to u r aun ts, ayivia
, rro v o st, Gena C anton, Ja n e c a rl-
ton, Asnianu, and M rs. H arvey
a . Woods or Merced.
Mrs. ue»aie v a n to n sufered a
stroxe a fte r nearing of uie u eatn
oi ner grandson, r>ud Provost, and
passed aw ay Monday evening a t
me local hospitaL
Mrs. C an to n w as born Feb. 4,
1872 in JacKsonville, Oregon. She
is survived by her husband, H a rry
c a rlto n ,and to u r cniidren
Dom Provost, L eda C arlton, Ja n e
Carlton, and Mrs. H arvey A.
woous of M erced, California.
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summer School for
oiraae Vupiis
The S outhern Oregon College
of Education w nl o tte r th e usual
sum m er senooi lo r g rade pupils a t
Lincoln Training benool, running
Ju n e 5 to Ju ly 7, a cco rd in g to
Miss Id a O B n en , supervisor.
Since M iss Lillian Nichoieson is
on leave thi* sum m er, there will
be no kindergarten. Junior hign
school wifi n o t be represented be­
cause m any boys and g irls will
be a t w o rk d uring th e sum m er.
C hildren who will be sot No­
vember 15, an d who will enter
school this fall, will be adm itted
to the firs t grade. C hildren who
have com pleted the firs t grade
w ork this y e a r will be adm itted
to th e second g rade, and so on
through the six grades of th e ele­
m entary school.
Reading, arithm etic, m usic, a rt,
and physical education will re­
ceive a tte n tio n and in addition
there will be u nits of w ork in sci­
ence and the social studies. The
school day will be from nine to
twelve.
Miss O 'B rien stated , "Sum m er
school offers a real opportunity
for both p aren ts and children in
Ashland. M any activ ities and ex­
periences of in tere st and value
are m ade available to ooys and
girls w ithout cost to the com m uni­
ty. While the p rogram offered
will prevent f o r g e t t i n g and
stren g th en the child’s abilities, it
is not reasonable to expect a child
to acquire a g re a t am ount of
subject m atter in five weeks.
Much of the w ork is recreational
in ch aracter, but all th e activities
fostered a t Lincoln School, w heth­
er designated as play or w ork, are
of real educational value.
DR. C. F. TILTON IN
OSC HONOR CLASS
Dr. C. F. T ilton of Ashland is
a m em ber of the class of 1894
which will celebrate the 50th an ­
niversary of its g rad u atio n from
the Oregon College of Education,
M onmouth, Oregon, on May 26,
w h e n com m encem ent exercises
will be held for the class of 1944.
A t th e tim e of his g rad u atio n
the college was known as the
Oregon S ta te N orm al School and
Dr. T ilton’s class w as th e second
to be g rad u ated from the in sti­
tution a fte r it w as tak en over by
the s ta te and given s ta te su p ­
port. Previous to this it had been
known as C hristian College and
Monmouth U niversity and had
been founded in 1856.
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Mr. and Mrs. R .E. Van Dusen,
who have been m aking an extend­
ed visit w ith Mrs. Van D usen’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Cookson,
moved to K lam ath Falls, Sunday,
where they will spend th e sum m er.
Lt. George C arter, nephew of
Mrs. C. A. H eath, who had been
reported missing, w as la te r re­
ported a G erm an w ar prisoner.