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VOL. XIII
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY,
Lions Club Installs Officers
at Regular Tuesday Meet
At the regular m eeting of the
Lions club of Ashland officers
were Installed for the com ing year
heading off with Sid Reed as pre­
sident, Dick Trite«, first vice pie-
aldent, Law rence IJtw ilier, second
vn e, pre«.dent,
H arry t'liipmiin
secretary , G ary Newton a« llon-
tam er, Karl Schilling an tall
tw ister and tre a su re r i'au l Kinnell
ii
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D irectors Installed were Harold
Ur. Redford New
Rotary President
f ormer Jacksonville
man is Decorated
Thursday, July 13, 1944
Ashland Cherry
Qopot Is Opened
Number 24
Doctor Opens New
Office in Ashland
City Hospital
Again Closed
Board Announces
Geo. Li. Backes, who once lived
Dr.
in Jacksonville and rece.ved hi«
have
acnooimg tnere, 1« one of the m ost
'Jacobs, Malcomb, and B urtt, from
decorated
of ...V
the United S tate'« Dror
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lnent u an P r-n p i-co pherrv tbey
Dyers
and uuiiiueiB.
bomber«. n He
is o»...«,
living btlVers have flora* n ononeri - a c h e 7 rnade
I .y n o .uiu
v u>
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rn ia - now, b u t hl« hom e
town, Jacksonville, m ay well be
. Ye
ka¿? °P ene<1 a
in A shland, located a t
rv
y v J.r, h
’ i?,CalX -..J/
800 N orth Main, form erly a Texa-
rccenlly com p leu d » . .r » i c . . u t u » , r a . depot « tn
his lU ieci.tn bom bing m iss.on a s
. ,irî .c
T
°
¿
.Q A dam ? S " “
and Mrs. C. E. Leisure M. D
moved to Ashland recently
Om aha, N ebraska, where
liVeU io r 8ome Ume- They
a trip to Southern Oregon
I Dr.
foUr Leisure
year8 decided
ajl<i according to
then to make
their fu tu re home here.
Dr. Leisure is a g rad u ate of
Creighton U niversity, Iowa, where
he earned his B. S. and M. S. de-
gress. He has had one y ea r of post
g ra d u ate work with considerable
surgery train in g and experience,
Diagnosis and trea tm e n t are em-
phasized by Dr. Leisure.
His office is located in the Be-
swick Bldg., in the location th a t
Dr. G regg recently occupied, his
office opened Ju ly 7.
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At a m eeting of th e city board
i Tuesday, the m atter of opening
the city hospital was brought up,
and it was found th a t a fte r plan-
ning to open on Ju ly 5, the con­
tractor, Miss Lily Evans, &n-
nounced th a t she would definitely
not run the hospital. Announce-
: m ent from the city board did not
indicate the reason for refusal to
' ru n the hospital. M edical oupplies
are being sold and p atien ts are
being tak en to M edford and
Y reka when it is possible to g et
i adm ittance t<r these institutions.
In speaking of the hospital here,
Mr. Biegel, city superintendent,
r M w • edford,
t I pilot
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B-2Ö
M C
a L a ra < A u U d 'U e V r.
he V «
» ^ v e ry d jry except k ri-
• Dr. • W ’ a lte ' ■
- v * —
» | I' p re » sid
» • e n ■ w
/1 I > X U I of
/« <
’ 7 .el
i , T • Il
of S o u th e rn O n gon College oi rxl- ailived at tue European theatie a!T | , , r “m , , , p ¡"’
th a / t ' the OPA
ucation, la st w u a becam e p resi- of op eratio n m ore th a n a y e a r go „ Adarns
, , , stated
7
oAT’
n
denl ut the
R o tary club,. .lc anu Lieut. Backes, since th a t time
? EV,C<L of ?? ? C.eJlt8„ per
HUcceeded as P resident G erald S. has been decorated with the Dis- P°u,,d wil1 be Paid by the firm
M eir.il an d Mev. G ordon G riffen.
Weimer, who expressed his ap p re­ tingulshed Flying C ross and the * hob w,11‘ accept faced or n? 1 faced
As a special fe atu re for the in­ ciation of the coioperatlon in at Air M eual with eight Oak Leaf
and Open 8tandard
.
.
~
liitsu
stallation ceremonies, D istrict P re had . been given
him during ms Clusters, one bronze cluster and
,uk”
«Ident Clarence Hum ble w as p re­ year a s president of the club
one s.lver cluster.
1 ln e cherrte8 will leave here
sent to do the honor« for the oc­
h a . m any trto n d . ' « • £
by r ^ t fro ifh t , . r
Dr. Medford expressed a desire i
casion.
to continue the program s and cth - , and relatives in the Jacksonville rivinK i n . Salî Francisco the next
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. . .
mnrn
ntr in
m orning
in inn
the hr.at
best nnucihla
possible r»rvr»_
con­
Don Seur«, Sid Meed and Clint er activities
of the club during district.
dition.
B aughm an spoke ^liefly on their his term .
i There is a light crop here, due
im pressions of the sta te Lions con
John D aughterly, who has been
1 to lack of pollination and rain
ventlon in P o rtland a week ago in charge of the program s during
i causing split fruit.
Mr. Reed giving a detailed ac­ the past y ear becam e vice presi­
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i board is open to propositions for
I t also w as announced th a t the
count of the meeting.
An item from the S ecretary of , the m anagem ent of the hospital.
dent of the club and Dr. Geo. W.
i
firm
will
handle
peaches
in
the
S ta te 's office a t Salem announces | " It will be opened as soon as a
P resen t as g u ests of tho club Bruce continues as se c retary -tie a-
th at a trav elin g exam iner for op- m anager and the p roper num ber
M ack B arbour of K lam ath F alls j 8ame w ay’
.
were Cpl Dick Finnell and Kadio ' surer,
e ra to r’s and ch au ffeu r's licenses of nurses to operate it can be
technician F irs t Class Dick P u t­
will supply the stock and provide
will be in Ashland on Monday, found,” said Mr. Biegel.
nam . Tech. 'Putnam , has Just re­
the program for the annual rodeo
Ju ly 17, and will be on duty a t
Sick persons here are under-
turned to his home here from v a r­
and horse show th a t will be spon­
the city hail betw een th e hours of going considerable hard sh ip s as
ious trip s to sea and only re­
sored by the Jackson C ounty
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Anyone wishing the Medford hospital is crowded
cently was a survivor of the sink-
S heriff’s posse a t the F airgro u n d s
perm
or . . licenses
cars uur
to u capacity
ith y p u atien
island. At the m eeting he describ
I P ark
dJK
U l i July
JU I_ y
.I I U
1 16,
U , J perform
/ U l i U I I I I -
- I
\ < rQ
A lip o
P a ttn r o /v n
o n n r o tn n v
* — its
v v iu a v a
v to
w
u drive
. i . v
ttp u c iu j
o w
i m
n v i i i o ts a from
.v n *
on
15 H and
ances to begin S atu rd ay evening,
,7* a
are asked to Set in touch with th a t section, and th e m anagem ent
ing of the a irc ra ft ca rrier Block
July J 15 ’
*» • ¡Of
the Ashland
C ham
ber
of Com-
the exam iner during those hours, is relu ctan t to accept
any * out-
out­
ed briefly the sensations, etc of
T Y lA r P i»
r o T lim n d
J ia a t
a ir z io L r I
•
..
... .
. . . merce,
returned
th T e h o fiast
week
siders.
the sinking and told of some of
R obert E. Dodge, Ashland Jack -
On the program will be bull- i from a fo u r. day attendance at the
his experience«.
son County Keep Oregon Green dogging, team roping bucking W estern in stitu te of Chamber of
The Induction of officers was to ! chairm
an, announces
th at appoint
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contents, B raham bull riding Comrnerce secretaries held at Eu-
have been held a t the last T ues­ m ents to the Jackson C ounty com . aild o ther events,
gene June 26 to 30. S ecretaries
day n ight m eeting but inasm uch m lttee have been com pleted and
from five w estern s ta te s of W ash- '
as the m eeting would have fallen plans are being laid to m ake
ington, Oregon, California, Idaho
on the night of the F ourth of July everyone In the county conscious
attended in th e num ber of 95 to
Southern Oregon College of E d­
m em bers cancelled the m eeting of the urgent need for fire pre-
hear various noted speakers from
The W om en's Society of C h rist­
and the installation cerem onies vention.
foreign countres talk on w hat the ian Service m et in re g u la r session ucation, Ju ly 10, 1944— Subscrip­
were held over until this veek. AI
Tills m ay be one of the w orst
chamber of commerce does in for­ a t the M ethodist C hurch parlors tion to the last Governm ent Bond
Snider is the outgoing president fire y ears in the history of Oregon
eign lands. Also at th e meeting, last F rid ay m orning w ith the p re­ issue by fa cu lty and o th er em ­
and the club honored his puHt the chairm an warned, pointing out
the secretaries underw ent several sident, Mrs. George Mason in the ployees of the Southern Oregon
y ear's work, w ith many expres- | th at the shortage of spring raln-
days of intensive stu d y in all the chair. R outine business was con­ College exceeded the q u ota a s­
signed, according to P resident
sions of good wishes.
, fa u and decrease of snowfall in
different phases of C of C work, ducted in the morning.
R edford’s rep o rt to S ecretary Roy
Following the installation cere- j the m ountains la st winter, togeth- .
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and a t the end of the four day
A t noon a delicious luncheon
monies, the district president gav er with the lack of available man C haplain
Leach from Camp
conference, had to tak e a stiff was served by the hostess com­ M ills of the S ta te B oard of Con­
an in terestin g talk on Lions club power, m .ght m ake this one of our White, and his clerk, Sgt.
Van exam ination to end th e meeting. m ittee consisting of Mrs. Earl tro l a t Salem.
A to tal of $3,781.25 w as p u r­
work. Ideals, etc.
. m ost hazardous years. The chair- Sicklin, Lt. Clausen of the W est- T found th e w ork very in terest­ Newbry, Mrs. John Billings, Mrs.
chased
by the college group. The
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| man asked th a t everyone cooper- em Personnel R e-A ss.gnm ent Cen ing and very helpful,” said Mrs. H a rry Yeo, Mrs. Will Dodge, Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Buehling of the ate by being e x tra cautious w ith ter, Sgt. Jon Crowe and Pfc. H ar- P atterson in com m enting on her E tta Schilling, Miss Lytle and q u ota assigned w as $2,000. P re­
sident R edford stated th a t th e
L ithla B akery had a letter from j fires during the com ing sum m er old O. D rosethes, all of Camp attendance a t th e conference.
Mrs. C. E. P ra tt.
college em ployees’ purchase ex­
their son, Pfc. F red Buehling, with f season.
W hite w ere guests of the Congre-
The afternoon session began ceeded th e assigned q u ota several
an a ir corps unit in Indian, this I Th
f„iiOw ine neonle have r e - g ^ o n a l church M onday evening,
w ith the devotional service con­ hundred dollars during th e bond
week, the first they had heard I ce4ved je lters of appointm ent to a t a dinner which w as followed by
ducted by Mrs. Lucile McKay. sale previous to the c u rre n t issue.
from him in som e time. Enclosed lh County com m ittee from Gov- a lalk by the chaplain and his
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Mrs. W illiam W eber was a t the
were aeveral pictures of hlms«lf
clerk and Lt. Clausen. S g t Crowe,
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piano. Mrs. M cCracken announced
taken before the T aj Mahal won-
‘ ana who has had eonsiderabll operatiJ
A
reception
w as held M onday
aid in "th is im p o rtan t w ar and w,l,J nas nau consmeraDie operatic
F uneral services will be held a t the lesson leader fo r th e after- ■ _____
evening ________
a t Lithia ______
P a rk _____
in the
der R ajah m ausoleum at Agra, peace-tim e service": F rank Hull, experience, sang several num bers
Booneville, Miss., for P vt C arey noon, Mrs. C harles M. Giffen. She form of a picnic dinner, in honor
India. He stated tha he tw as in H erb Grey, K arl Janouch, M au- 1w ilh
D rosethes accom pan- M.
W rig h t of the 1389th F o restry ! reviewed briefly th ree lessons of Dr. and M rs. George W. Bruce,
good health. I*fc. Beuhllng Is an rlce Tedrow, A. D. McReynolds, ln^ on ^be Plano-
Engineer Com pany ,who died S at- from the S tudy Book, "R ural by m em bers of t h e M ethodist
in strum ent
specialist
with
a Mrs. W. R. Glass, T E. Dan els.
Chaplain Leach spoke on the urday in th e Station H ospital of China,” “N u rsery Schools” and
church, in recognition of his being
ground m aintenance crew.
K. G. Denman, R G. Fowler, Gor- life of an arm y chaplain, told of injuries received when a tree fell . “R ural M exico.”
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retu rn ed to A shland for anotner
don D Gilmore, B. L. Nutting, Lee a num ber of problem s confront- on him in the u n it’s bivouac area
Mrs. Lucille M cKay and Mrs. y ear of w ork by th e M ethodist
Dr. K athcrin Olson of P ortland Blshop, and M rs A rth u r M. Can- ing the chaplain's division of the
) W illiam W eber san g “Hold Thou c o n fe re n c e recen tly held a t P o rt­
is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. W. non, G. L. Linn, and John E. Grib- arm y and how it w orks in regard on Dead Indian Creek.
Pvt W rig h t w as fa ta lly injured ' My H and.” M rs. Allen McGee w as
Moss.
ble, all of M edford: H urry Chip- to helping the men in the arm y, June 27 when the tree fell across a t the piano. Then Mrs. Giffen land. Tlie^picnic dinner s ta rte d at
man, C. R. Bowman, Joseph L. how m any of the m en’s individual the tra c to r he was using to clear . addressed th e group on the topic, 6:30 in the evening w ith ab out 85
atten d in g . D r. and M rs. Bruce
Fader, Mrs. N orm a S team s, R ay and personal problem s a re solved, a roadw ay n ear th e bivouac.
I "M issionary W ork in th e U tah have been in A shland the p ast
M. Spalding, Mrs. N orm an P o ritt, h o w t h e chaplains cooperate
His wife, who had been living I Mission.” To illu stra te the lesson
Howard Oden, H. B. Fischborn, throughout the cam ps of the Unit- In Medford, accom panied the re- | she used a m ap showing the lo- four years.
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and Joe Hearin.
c<l S tates, Sgt. Van Sicklin the m airs to M ississippi.
, cation of
the 19 M ethodist
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I chaplain's clerk, continued the dis-
Cpl.
Dick
Finnell is hom e this
The soldier was a native of Lep- . Churches in the U tah Mission.
I cussion, adding num erous comm- anto, A rk (Cam p W hite G renade). She also showed pictures of the week on a furlough, com ing in
ents to the chaplain's experiences
F rid ay to visit w ith his p arents,
various churches, speaking in de­ Mr.
and Mrs. P au l Finnell a t 108
Old Glory proudly waved over
a newcom er to Ashland this and work. S gt Van Sicklin, being
tail
on
th
e
w
ork
a
t
M
arysvale,
Knob Hill.
the fro n t porch of the local USO ! Week is D r H arry A. Huffm an, an enlisted man, hears the enlist-
Utah,
w
here
she
served
as
pastor
club on Ju ly 4th and the juke box wi,o has onened dental offices in ed m en’s troubles so th a t he is of
From the city recorder’s office for three and one-half years.
played snappy m ilitary m arches rooms 12 fn d 14 of the Sweden- p a rtic u la r value in his office as
of
Ashland, it is found th a t new­
At present the people in M arys­
th ro u g h o u t th e early part of the burg
Building.
Dr.
H uffm an clerk to the chaplain.
com ers who have signed up for vale are try in g to raise enough
day and soldiers were well aw are comes to Ashland from Bend, Ore
About fo rty people w ere p re­
services include: H. E. P eltz money for a new roof for the
of Independence Day observance gon where he has enjoyed a wide sent a t the dinner fo r the men city
a t 467 Beach St. Ted Clawson at church. Among o th er m eans of (By OI«) TIMER)
by th e various activities going on practice. ROOMS in the building from Cam p W hite and stayed to 333
M ountain Ave.: Mrs. Jack raising money, Miss Parsons, the
in the club.
are being redecorated for the new hear the ta lk afterw ard s. Many True on E a st M ain; B ernard pastor, is crocheting d a i n t y To the Editor:
An entirely d ifferent list of occupant and Dr. H uffm an plans expressions were heard thanking S ternberg a t 125 3rd st.: Theo crosses to use as Bible Book
hostesses for the day and evening to be open for business M onday the men for the interesting talks i W enaus on Belleview and L. J. M arks. Several orders were re­
P resid en t Roosevelt, like B ark ­
had to be recruited and the fol­ m orning
they gave.
1 Wilson a t 63 N orth main.
ceived fo r these crosses from the is, is “W illin!” H e says he will ac­
lowing ladles took "th eir tu rn ” at
cept a fo u rth term and serve if
local society.
the desk -Miss Ollie Depew, Mrs.
elected.
I»aura Pierce, Miss Jeanne 11 e
Sm lthe, Mrs. Gladys Dooms, Miss
I t takes 266 electoral votes to
B erth a Stephens and Mrs. G er­
T
b
ic
W p o L elect a president. S enator Vanden-
tru d e W ilm eth.
v U l H l l t l l x I l l s tt c t n j berg predicts th a t Dewey will
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■ have over 300 votes. Nevertheless
The S port Dance a t the close of
th e day was very successful and
Russell Dean Shoem aker, J r of th e Dem ocratic convention will be
door prizes were won by Miss B et­
, Medford, w as taken into custody held in Chicago n ex t w eek as
ty Sue Reed, Junior hostess and
' by a sta te patrolm an and assist- scheduled.
P FC S. H. Reed, 1391st Engineer
' a n t police chief W illiam s M onday 1
y
F o restry B attalion.
1 evening on a charge of disorderly ‘ P resident W ashington was elec-
conduct. He w as accused of mo- ted by unanim ous vote. However,
Goldie Y orton’s 5-plece orches­
lesting an Ashland housewife Jam es Monroe would have been
tra furnished music for this dance
a fte r im bibing too freely of the unanim ously elected for his se-
and will play again for an infor­
liquid th a t cheers. In Justice of cond term had not one elector
mal dance a t th e USO club on
I the Peace Nellie W. B urns court purposely voted otherw ise in or-
S atu rd ay night, Ju ly 8. A convoy
he w as assessed a fine of $10 and der th a t th a t special honor m ight
of soldiers had been invited from
costs and 20 days in th e local be reserved for W ashington alone,
the W .P.R.C. to be special guests
i hoosegow. The fine w as paid and The 1820 electoral vote stood
for this dance and the dinner giv­
under a prom ise to not repeat the M onroe 231, Adam s 1.
en by th e A m erican le g io n and
j offence the 20 days sentence w as
y y y
their auxiliary. Lady Elks fu rn ­
suspended. C hester Delaney w as I a typical Am erican, says Uncle
ishing cookies fo r the day were
fined $2.50 on a charge of not Zeke, is a m an who when lie dies
Mrs. H arold M errill, Mrs. Earl
having an au to operato r’s license a n d goes to heaven the first
Newbry, Mrs. S um ner P ark er,
to which he plead guilty. Both question he ask s S ain t P eter is;
MrB. J. H arker, Mrs. Rose P otter
cases w ere heard Tuesday morn "How m uch is th e down paym ent
and Mrs. H enry Enders. C herries
lng.
on a h a r p ? ”
were donated by M rs. G ertrude
W ilmeth, Mrs. M ary Johnson, Mrs
y /
Gladys Dooms and Mrs. Mildred
1 If horse-draw n vehicles stag e a
F razier.
comeback, it’s likely som e Ash­
land . notorlsts will p refer the
OREGON STATE COLLEGE—
the bu?gy. having be-
C. R. RAMSEY
Soldier stu dents for the sum m er
ac™St° med ? ? ° in S around
and Companion
term of the Arm y Soecialized com ers on two wheels.
Training program total 240 includ- i
Are Invited to Be Guests of the
ing 130 of the 17-ycar-olds in the ,
\ ? bou]d
^be cred^
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
reserve program and 110 in ad- of, ,,tb e . Ir*dian th a t when the
to aee
vanced engineering study, an- w kl^es took over the country it
nounces E. B. Lemon, dean of ad- . w as *ree ^rom debt
at the VARSITY THEATRE
m inistration and director of mill-
y y y
(Friday and Saturday)
ta ry train in g program s.
■ V acation season is here and the
“LIFEBOAT”
Oregon S ta te is now the only Ja p s are jitte ry over 4 h e expected
inciii,,nnn in the w est with arm y early visit by a certain Uncle,
stu dents in th e advanced engineer |
y < y
(Sunday and Monday)
I ing courses. New a rriv als this ! P erhaps the reason th a t modern
The above scene, taken on the they have been getting extensive operating there for the past three *erm to renlace those who have g irls are such live w ires is th a t
“SONO OF RUSSIA”
Dead Indian road, shows the lo­ experience ill forestry and logg­ weeks, b u t th is week have moved ■'nmnleted the work include eight they have so little insulation,
y y y
Please call a t the M iner Offici cale of the engineer’s detachment ing work. The men did the logg- on» most of their «qulpmcnt and tran sferred from the U niversity !
of three company’s from Camp Ing, operated a small sawmill, etc. supplies and men back to Camp -e x ^ v rnctka „nd gix from Mich-
Our national political conven-
for Your Gueat Tickets
White, who have been operating In ln addition to their learning of Wmte. Only a small detail re- igan State college, where the pro- ' tlons are decldelv tame as corn-
Traveling- Examiner
Coming Monday, 17th I
Sheriff’s Posse to
Have Rodeo July 15
C. of C. Secretary
Returns From Meet
Keep Oregon Green
Committee Named
v l iim
WSCS Meets
Friday Morning
Camp White Men
Discuss Chaplain’s
Problem Monday
SOCE Exceeds Bond
Quota Assignment
Tree Crash Victim
Buried in the South
Ashland USO Has
Full Day on July 4
,Ne5V iJenilSt II.._
Here
Ashland Newcomer?
This ’n That
Mt. McLoughlin Overlooks Scene of Engineer’s Forestry Work Here
CaSeS III The Justice
Pniiff
OSC Only Campus in
West for Engineers _
the Deed Indian country, where
f
forestry practice*. They hav* been main« at the eamp aite.
gram has been discontinued.
pared with those of yesteryear.