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. ---------—o— -------- ' 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 DM > 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 D RESS SA LE !() s-flKHA W”’ W. F -_* 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 ________ _________ 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 ^ slt î‘ta u g h î v5 r / " Î ‘‘lUW’ 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 A 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. ------ - ■—-O 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. i '”- ' . - 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. . ------------ o------------ 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