SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Thursday, June 1, 1944
I SO EXECUTIVE VISITS
ASHLAND CLUB
U r. C. W. Reynold», «UL-Kxiate
regional USO executive of the
northw est district was in Ashland
F riday, May 26, and visited Ute
USO club to confer w ith Mrs.
Jew ell Lockhart, director. He also
contacted Mrs. Will Dodge, ptesi-
dent of the Ashland USO council.
Mr. Reynolds expressed pleas
ure a t the progress of w ork in
the Ashland C lub .and expressed
com m endation particularly of the
I arm y wives club whose luncheon
he visited. The arm y wives club
in Ashland, he stated, is unusually
| active and has an attendance of
| m em bers not found often even in
larg e r centers.
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' MRS. CARY ENTERTAINS
WHO DO CLASS »’ARTY
M rs. Vern C ary entertained the
Who Do Class of the M ethodist
Church at her home on Liberty
S treet last F riday afternoon.
Mrs. Ben W illard led the de
votions. During the business ses
sion Mrs. F. H. W alker was re
elected president, Mrs. Ben W ill
ard, vice president, and Mrs. I’aul
Wed & Thurs.
BRETHREN CHURCH HOLDS
D A IL Y CHURCH SCHOOL
Rev. W ard E. P ra tt announces
a two w e e k s Daily Vacation
: C hurch School program to be held
a t Ute C hurch of the B rethren,
corner of Iow a and M ountain
Avenue. The school will be held
from 9:00-11:30 a m . Monday
through F rid ay from Ju n e 5-16.
The program will consist .of
handw ork. Bible Study, worship,
music, and recreatiou.
The study them es for the clas
ses are as follows:
B eginners (A ges 2-5) - "God's
P lan for H appy Homes."
P rim aries (ages 6-8) - "Stories
of Jesus."
"Choos-
Juniors (ages 9-11)
ing God's W ay."
Ju n io r High School - “Jesus
T aught Them Saying."
DENNIS MORGAN
IN
“ Bad Men
of
Missouri”
Friday and Saturday
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U . S. Marine Corps Pbou
Eighty years separate the dates of battles in which Theodore A.
Penland, 99, of Portland, Ore., and his grandson, Pfc. Floyd M.
Penland, 20. of Waynesboro, Va., fought. When the elder Penland
heard that his grandson, a U. S. Marine wounded at Tarawa, was
in a hospital, he boarded a plane to visit the youth. The Civil War
veteran's father was killed at Bull Run.
YOUR FRIENDLY STORE
COMPLETE GROCERY
Featuring Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
plus
SPECIALS EVERY DAY
PLAZA GROCERY
Mr. and Mrs. Hays
‘WHEN YOU WANT A TREAT, COME TO EAT”
at the
LITHIA HOTEL COFFEE SHOP
Open From 6:00 A. M.—10:00 P. M.
CLOSED MONDAYS
Sun. - Mon. - Tues.
Let us worry about your bridge luncheons
and dinner parties.
Merchant Lunches — Meals — Short Orders
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WALLACE BEERY
with
M ARJORIE MAIN
DONALD MEEK
DOROTHY MORRIS
ALL HOUSE DRESSES WILL BE
ON SALE FROM JUNE 1 to 10th'
$1.59 Dresses for only $1.29
$1.98 Dresses for only $1.59
$2.49 Dresses for only $1.98
$2.98 Dresses for only $2.49
$3.98 Dresses for only $3.25
All Styles and Sizes
M-O M ftCTUtt
Continuous Shows
SUNDAY
Two stu dents of Ashland are
am ong the approxim ately 850
candidates for degrees a t the 67th
annual com m encem ent of the Uni
versity of Oregon, Eugene, to be
held Ju n e 4, in M cA rthur Court.
They are M. Aileen Brown, who la
applying for a bachelor of science
in education, and Jea n Caroline
Frideger, applying for a bachelor
of science In business ad m in istra
tion.
Miss F rideger was chairm an of
the w ar board d uring th e past
year and is a m em ber of Phi The
ta Upsilon, junior women*» se r
vice honorary. She w as aw arded
a retail scholarship io New York
University.
S p eak er"at th e com m encem ent
address Sunday evening will be
Orlando
John
o rian u o jo
n n Hollis,
n o m s , acting
» e i n i g presl
p ie s i-
¡ dent of the university, who will
.
deliver th e speech "O ur F ro n
tiers." Dr. Paul S. W right, pastor
of the F irs t P resb y terian Church
of
bacca
or Portland,
r j r u i u i i i , will give the u
onn-
lau
reate
address
Sunday
morn-
Ing. The topic is "Freedom
Byers, sec retary -trea su rer.
Mrs. W. A S tratto n and Mrs.
E lla Leonard provided the pro
gram .
The hostess, assisted by Mrs
E lva Yeo, served dainty refresh
m ents. Mrs. A. O. Mi Gfe and Mrs.
P aul B yers poured a t th e tea Through Knowledge of the T ru th ,”
table.
Miss Brown is the d a u g h te r of
Mr .and Mrs. Horace B. Brown
and Miss F rideger. th e d au g h ter
of Mr and Mrs. I. R. F rideger
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Their Battles 8 0 Years Apart
ALSO
Two Ashland Girls
Graduate at U. of o.
5 10 25C ffllD J1 STORE
TALENT NEWS Graduation Held
W old has been received here
by relatives tiiat Mrs. Harvey
Cliff, a fo rm er resident, passed
aw ay m the Yosemite Valley, C al
ifornia. The icniains were snipped
to Broken Bow. N ebraska, her
' form er home. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
j
I lived in ’Talent several years.
Mr. and Mrs. Wuyne Cowdrey
and fam ily and Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Unruh moved from Prospect the
la tte r p a rt o f the week to their
homes in Talent.
Mrs. E i nest While, bookkeeeper
for the Valley Cold S to rag e Plant,
had a w eek's vacation in Medford
last week.
Mrs. E lla M cM ahan left the
firs t of tile week for Eugene to
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Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy.
The Valley Cold Storage Plant
-
W hite
ill IO
w
i f
m i l lit
paint
w ‘t h
a
coal
,
of
Mr. and Mrs. George P feifer
and son Juck, who recently sold
th eir «lore. The T alent M arket,
■> u i„
ra n,’°
, ‘ ' ,eav-
n v*
I I a tlon
for tt g “h h o rt , n Um# before
ing for Nevada and Arizona. Mr.
and Mrs. Cubbrethson of C entral
Point will tak e possession of the
p,'2?e rtX’ J l,? e *'
. ,
baccalaureate serm on fo
i the g rad u atin g class of the T alent
High School w as given a t the
M ethodist Church. Sunday m orn
in g a t 9:30. Dr. George W. Bruce,
pustor. gave the serm on on the
wv
a
s u b je c t:
I n to th e H e ig h ts
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11,0111,10 ci u a r t v t
fr o m th e
First
M e th o d is t C h u r c h o f Ashland fu r
nished the special music and led
Icongregntonal singing. Reverend
T here’s nothing more practical Milo Ross, pasto r of the Friends
than smocks. They are simple to c h u rch , read the scrip tu re and <>f-
make, stylish and charm ing to fen?<, the m orn|ng prayer The
wear. Use laundered cotton ags cj,urch waj, beautifully decorated
to make them , leaving the material ,
and
ever
in its natural white or tinting it to w ith lovely flowers and ever
greens. The class colors were red
the color you prefer.
Add a touch of contrasting color arid white.
M rs. Virginia Holbrook of San
a t the pockets and neck. Keep
several smocks handy. They will Francisco und h er m other, Mrs.
save you much time because you i M elissa Cam eron of Phoenix spent
can sUp one over your dress rath- , M onday with Mrs. C am eron's
er than change clothes to prepare j m other, Mrs. Louisa Combest.
Mr. and Mrs. P. I. McAbee of
W agner C reek moved into the
■ property vacated by Mr. and Mrs.
! L ester Hawley, who moved to
¡Cave City.
Cpl. Dale O’H arra. who is s ta
tioned in N ebraska, is spending a
furlough at home In T alent and
In Ashland w ith his paren ts and
o th er relatives. Mrs. O 'H arra. who
: h as been in th e T.I.D. office for
; the p ast five years plans on leav
ing w ith her husband to kpend the
next few m onths.
The senior class had th eir an
nual banquet In Medford a t E ar-
h a rts ' last W ednesday evening.
dinner or wash dishes. You save
Cpl. E. Hoosick Is spending a
on laundry and cleaning bills and
extend the life of hard-to-get ma
terials.
Many other practical ideas for
conserving the cloth from cotton
hags are contained in the new,
illustrated booklet, “ Bag of Tricks
for Home Sewing,” which yo u can
obtain without cost by writing
National Cotton Council, Box 18,
Memphis 1, Tennessee.
At Talent May 31
The T aient High School iwenty-
flfth annual Commencement E x er
cises were held a t the Sen.oi High
School gym nasium last night.
Instead of having an outside
speaker th e seniors planned a
p atrio tic program to present to
the audience. Eldred Jiiek was
m aster of ceremonies. Milo C.
Ross gave the Invocation and the
benediction, and the orch estra
played several num ber
The program was divided into
two si'ctlons, “Our Contribution
to Victory,” and “O ur C o ntribu
tion to 1’eace.” Those p artic ip a t
ing w ere Dorothy King, R uth
P e r d u e , M o n t e M ontgomery.
Yvonne Keith. Je rry Stephens,
W illiam Williams, and Alice Woot-
I en.
Principal R. B. P » rr presented
I the honor aw ards and R alph Je n
nings presented the diplomas.
M e m b e r s of the g ra d u atin g
class were David Baylor, Alethu
Blrdsall, Eldred Jack. Yvonne
Keith, Dorothy King, Julia Klim-
ck, W alter Marquess. C ed i M art
in, Monte M ontgom ery Ruth P er
due, Maxine Redmon, F rank S an
ders, Dorothy Schuler Je rry S te
phens, E verett Tayloi. BUI W il
liams, K atherine Wilson, Alice
Wooten, and Norm a Work.
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ARLINGTON HALL, VA.
NOW WAC STATION
F or the first time. Waca in this
area a re being recruited specifi
cally to do confidential work w ith
he Signal Corp« at Arlington
Hall Station, Arlington, Va.
A rl.ngton Hall Station is a S ig
nal C orps Post In Arlington, Va.,
a 20-m lnute bus ride from down
town W ashington. It was fo rm er
ly one of the finest and m ost
beautiful girls' school In the coun
try. As a result, the recreational
facilities for the Waca stationed
there are superb; tennis, swim
ming, badminton, volleyball, li
b rary and choral groups are In
cluded.
F o f a limited period, g irls who
can qualify will be enlisted for
clerical work and business m a
chine training at this post. They
will be tran sferred to those Jobs
as soon as their reg u lar five-week
basic training period has been
completed.
C. C. Nell of Dos Palos, C ali
fornia w as tran sa ctin g business
In Ashland. Friday.
furlough w ith his wife a t the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs Cliff Garvin.
MEET
MIDDLE
AMERICA
hiumDtt 10 in a t f t iti on ih f
fouHlritl of A L J J /r AmttÁfA
Cloth Important Weapon
Of War; Tailors Busy
&
Cloth is such an im portant
weapon of w ar th a t civilians can
help a t home to bring victory by
' obeying the slogan, “Use it up,
w ear it out, and m ake it do,”
says Lucy Lane, extension spe
cialist in clothing and textiles a t
Oregon S ta te College.
She says cloth h as alw ays been
HAITI, SO M l SOUTHEAST OF CUBA, WITH AN
O f 10.20« SO Ml ,IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF
im p o rtan t in w ar, but never so AREA
MARYLAND ; HAS 3 M ILLION POPULATION
m uch as now when Am erica m ust
supply clothing for th ree clim ates
—the arctic, tem p erate and tro p
ical.
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A civilian in a norm al y ear av
erag es around 30 pounds of co t
I
ton for clothing and use in the
home, says Miss Lane. The m ili
ta ry man, on th e o th er hand, re
quites about 250 pounds a year.
Looms a re w orking overtim e to
Weave m ore than 300 different
kinds of fab rics ordered by the
Q u a rterm aster Corps. These in
clude cloth fo r tarp u lins, tents,
b arrag e balloons, sleeping bags,
SKYLINE FORTRESS I EMPEROR
cam ouflage n ets and dozens of
HENRI CHRISTOPHE'S CITADEL LA
FERBIERE STARTED IN I0O S ON A
o th er articles aside from soldiers’
MOUNTA/NTOF, GARRISONED 1 0 .0 0 0
clothing.
SO LD /E H S MOUNTED 3 6 5 HEAVY
Cam ouflage n ettin g alone re
BRONZE CANNON W H IC H w e H E
N E V E B F IN E D O H A N E N E M Y .
quires trem endous am ounts of
cloth, Miss Lane adds. Every
piece of equipm ent on wheels sent
to b a ttle a reas m ust have a cam
ouflage net. A 30x30-foot net re
CAN YOU TIE T H IE F AGRICULTURAL
HAITI ANNUALLY EXPORTS 16 MILLION
quires about a hundred square
LBS OF S'SAL ( HEMPI TO AMERICAN
feet of n ettin g plus 800 y ard s of
ROPE MAKERS
two-inch
burlap o r osnaburg
strips, all trea ted to be mildew-
resistan t, color fa st under all con
ditions, and non-susceptible to
spontaneous combustion. C arpet
and linoleum m an u factu rers are
m aking m any of these larg e sized
cloth pieces.
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Mrs. R eba P . Kelsey m ade a
business trip to K lam ath Falls
la st F rid ay .
taz-wii
Free Sewing and Faneywork n
leaflets available at the Miner
office.
For Sale: Baby Car Seat and
Baby Training ('hair at the Miner
office.
S E L F -M A D E M A N ! TOUSSAINT liOUVERTURE
ROSE FROM SLAVERY TO BECOME A GENERAL
IN THE FRENCH AR M Y-LED THE REVOLT WHICH
ENDED IN H A ITI» LIBERATION FROM FRANCS,
-PAHLEZ-YOUS FAAHCAIS r * — HAITI «
THE ONLY FPEN<M-3PEAKIN6 BEPUBLIC
IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
F L O T S A M T O W N FIRST COLONY IN
HAITI AND FIRST EUROPEAN FORT IN
WESTERN WORLD WERE BUILT AT
PETIT ANSE F R O M THE W RECKAG E
O F C O LU M B U S 'S H lP 'S A H T A
M A R /A ."
Sgi
Differenfces In language are no
barrier to economic and politi
cal cooperation among the In
terdependent American repub
lics. Haiti speaks French, the
other Middle American coun
tries Spanish, Brasil Portu
guese, the United 8tates Eng.
Ilsh. But, all speak the lan
guage of democracy. A small
but Important member of the
United Nations, Haiti helps the
war effort by producing rubber
bearing plants, sisal, sugar, ba
nanas, tannin, and castor oil
(a lubricant for high-flying
Planes),