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p jk v r i o iiifJ fr jfr v L x r ]j *Z4 k Papa* ^Ikat tJla¿ Satnathsny *7a £ay--/1t’td. ScufA. 9t! VOL. XIII Rev. Geo. Shuman Will Be Instated Friday Evening At th e F ir s t P reabytei lun C hurch on F riday evening a t H o’clock, the P resb y tery ut South- weet Oregon will Install the Rev. George M. Shum an us seventeenth p asto r of the local congregation. Mr. and Mrs. Shum an caine to Ashlund early In May In response to the call of the church which Is to be consum ated a t this s e r vice The Kev. Jam es W. Kell, of the F irs t ITesbyt, rlan C hurch will preach on the subject "The I-aw and the P rophets Hang!** Mr. Kell is one of tlie m ost able of the younger preachers of the Southern C alifornia urea, having been on the faculty of the U niversity of W ashington and Heldleberg Coll ege a t Tiffin, Ohio, as well as hav ing been pasto r of Mr. S hum an’s home church a t El Paso, Illinois. O thers tak in g p art in the se r vice w ill be Itev Hugh T MiKhel- niore and Rev. Jam es H. Edgar, Kev. Hugh L. Bronson of T ulelake Rev. J. C. W hitsett, K ev H e rm a n S. Kelchard of G rants Pass, Mod e ra to r of the Synod of Oregon, Kev. M nrris H. Roach, of Rose burg, and the Kev. Thom as Nal- bach of Van Nuys, California. Mr. R obert C. W right will sing "F ear Not Ye, O laruel" by Dudley Buck Both Mr. and Mrs. Shum an are g ra d u ates of the U niversity of Illinois and Mr. Shum an received his Bachelor of Divinity degree from the McCormick Theological Sem inary of Chicago. A fter a p a sto ra te of five years at C alvary P resb y terian Church of San Die go,, California, he m inistered for three years at Exeter. California. A letter received by the local Ses sion from the Session of the Exe te r C hurch speaks of Mr. Shu m an's abilities and reg isters their unqualified endorsem ent of his work am ong the people of th a t congregation. M inisters and m em bers of other local churches have been cordial ly invited to atten d this service T here will be a reception follow ing the close of the installuU on. USO Directors Liste Donations Mrs. Jew ell L ockhart lists the U8O Club.—Flow ers, Mrs. E lm er following recent donations for the Riley, Mrs. E. N. B utler; Grape- Juice, Mrs. Olive Burdic; M aga zines, Mrs. Nellie Wick, Mrs. M. P. O’H a rra; Cake, Mrs. J. W. McCoy, P resb yterian C h u r c h Cookies, Mrs. fBmery, Mrs. S hu m an, P resbyterian C hurch; Cook ies, Mrs. Anna K roeger, Mrs. Verl B am thouse, Mrs. J. Q. Adams, M rs. M ildred F razier, Mrs. M arie Freem an, Mrs. E. T. Newbry of the Am erican Legion Aux.; Cook ies, Mrs. F ra n k Culp, Mrs. Gerald G astlneau, Mrs. Mollie Neil, Mrs. E dith Foster, of J r. Civic Club. Sandwiches, E lks Club. Spending a 15-day leave in Ash land Is K enneth Caton. S 1/C, who arrived from S eattle, to be w ith his wife, p aren ts and m any friends. He has been w ith an a rm ed gu ard crew on the ship Si mon S. Reed as cap tain of the gu n crew. His ship has been In m any ports in the South Seas, H a w aii etc. He will rep o rt to the T reasure Island naval base fo r re assignm ent. Ashlund Girl Weds At Marysville, Caif. Miss Phyils Blake of Ashland m arried to CpI. C arl A. H all of E ust D etroit, on W ednesday a f ternoon, Ju ly 12 ut M arysville, California, friends have learned. The wedding p a rty was u nattend ed. The new lyw eds spent their honeymoon a t M arysv.lle. The bride Is the dau g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Blake, Ashland. She a t tended Southern Oregon College of Education and is a co n tralto solo ist. She has sung a t the C ongre gational church and at the USD a t Camp White. CpI. Hall enlisted in the arm y two y ears ago. The plans of the young couple are of course indefinite, aw aiting the pleasure of the arm y. OU R _DJ2MCC W f V__ GIVING A*SFRINQ TO TK¿ ’ Z'fc I PRC3.ÌZS3 wuh •■¿¡i T h e use of the 'Bunlt is to a ii the G overnm ent by th eir mone^je anb credit to give a tteu» spring to th a t the C itiz e n s of A m erica shall enjoy a n i possess th at Freedom for w hich th ey contend. .... 11 ------- o------- Ashland Restaurant Opens Saturday. Opening last S atu rd ay under the m anagem ent of Alfred A. Gil ley and his fath er, G rover C. Gil ley, Ih e S teak House is again open a fte r being closed Ju ly 5. Consi derable repair work has Deen done, the kitchen enlarged, a big new re frig erato r built Into the wall, and other additional facili ties have been added the past week or so, and m akes the new Steak House an up to the m inute place to eat. The establishm ent w as closet. Ju ly 5, under the m anagem ent oi J. J. Soares, because of Mrs Soares' health and th e couple left soon afte rw a rd s for a low er a lti tude. ----------—o------------ Services Held For Robert E. Badger R obert E ugene B adger died W ednesday, Ju ly 19, a t his home in Ashland. The deceased was born In Osborn, Penn., on Jan u a ry 6, 1875. The fam ily has resided in Ashland the p ast two years. He is survived by his wife. He w as a re tired Southern Pacific employee. Services w ere In charge of Litwil- ler F uneral Home w ith crem ation services held at G ran ts Pass. Local Man Makes Report to Rotary Club O. N. W ray, who recently a t tended the d istrict m eeting of R otary clubs a t Victoria, B ritish Columbia, m ade a report to the re g u lar weekly m eeting of the lo cal R otary a t the T hursday lunch eon. He told of the fine coopera tive sp irit of relations between the C anadians and A m ericans and of the activities of o ther clubs in the district, and told of the work of one sm all C anadian R otary which raised $37,000 in the auc tion of a farm , in the s ta rt of a cam paign to raise $200,000 to build a com m unity center. i To Camp Lockett Post Surgeon Moves This Week Col. F ra n k T. Cham berlin, com m anding officer of th e Station H ospital a t Cam p W hite since F ebruary, 1943, left C am p W hite th is week to assum e com m and of the first A rm y Service Force con valescent cam p in th e United S tates. Col. C ham berlin's successor a t the station hospital has not yet E rn st and Roily Shoem aker of been named. South D akota are visiting with The convalescent cam p will be th e ir sister, Mrs. E. H. W ilson. * | located a t C am p L ockett, Calif., which is 52 m iles southeast of San Diego. The entire installation, which form erly w as used by a cavalry division in training, will be oc cupied by the convalescent cen ter. The station was redesignated recently by the W ar D epartm ent. W hile stationed a t Cam p W hite A real tre a t cam e “out of the blue’’’ for the USO Club Sunday as D irector of the Medical Divi when the Firem en of C am p W hite sion and later as Post Surgeon, and the M edford A ir B ase put on Col. Cham berlin was charged with an ‘a fte r picnic 'program a t the the train in g of 23 tactical medi building. This w as to en tertain cal units, m any of which now are th e fam ilies of the firem en as well stationed overseaas. These un its rang? from p o rt as the G Is visiting the club a t 3 p.m. D w ight B attey w as m as able surgical hospitals, operating te r of cerem onies introducing close to th e fighting zones, to the H arlalee Wilson for tw o violin g re a t general hospitals, which num bers, accom panied by Mrs. provide m edical care equal to the Cay H uffm an; B etty T urner, two best in m any hospitals in the solo num bers, accom panied by her U nited S tates. One of the units trained here, sister, K athallne T u rn e t; piano solo by D affls M artin, and a beau the 20th Field Hospital, w as noted tiful closing num ber, "The S ta rs in the nation’s press for excellent and Stripes Forever," by H a rla w ork a t A ttu. In addition to service a t n u lee Wilson, which he dedicated to m erous continental posts s'nce he h is father, Laurence Wilson. A fter the program , outdoor ac entered the A rm y in 1918. Col. tiv ities w are enjoyed, and the C ham berlin has seen service in horseshoe contest between the P an am a and the Phillipines. P osts a t which Col. Cham berlin C am p W hite Firem en and Med ford A ir Base Firem en w as won has served in the U nited S tates include F t. Bennlng, Ga,; F t. by the Cam p W hite crew. The Ja v a H our w as conducted Meade, M d.; F t. Belvoir, A ber by Mrs. G. H. H edberg, senior deen P roving rounds and Camp hostess, and Mrs. E lm a B aker, Greenleaf, Ga., and prior to com Junior hostess and w as well a t ing to C am p W hite, Col. Cham tended by soldiers who had been berlin w as surgeon fo r the IT A r either swimming or w alking. m ored Corps. — Cam p W hite I Sunday Big Day at Ashand USO through the park. Number 26 ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, July 27, 1944 Grenade. Fire Soon Stopped .... Sunday Afternoon .... The A shland fire dep artm en t was called to the vicinity of Nev ad a s tre e t S unday afternoon when a shed containing about a hundred lettuce and vegatable crates went up in smoke. The p roperty belong- ed to a Mr. Mayfield, and the fire d ep artm en t reported th a t shed and co n ten ts would be valued a t some $200. F ire was caused by tw o youngsters playing w ith m atches in the shed. P rom pt a c t ion on the p a rt of th e fire d ep a rt m ent and ab out 50 or so neighbors prevented the fire spreading to nearby buildings on the M ayfield place, but the fire did spread to nearby vacan t fields and about 50 acres of d ry g ra ss and weeds wer burned before the fire could be brought under control. L ast week, a sm all fire a t th e J. Q. Adam s place called out th e sm all fire tru ck wh^n some weeds became Ignited. Library Reading Club Schedules Final Meeting , 1 The boys’ and g irls’ VACA TION READIN G CLUB will have its final m eeting and pro g ram on next S atu rd ay , Ju ly 29, in the basem ent of the L .brary a t 3:00 P.M. C ertificates will be aw arded to those who have com pleted the requirem ents of a t least eight books w ith m ap work. An unus ually large num ber have qualified for the ce rtificate this y ear and m any have read m ore th an the m inim um num ber of books. R e cognition will be given those who have exceeded requirem ents by a special p a rt on the program . P ar- ■ ents and friends are cordially ta- ’ vited to be present. I The them e “Home Sw eet Home" has proved popular w ith the club members, judging fio m the n um ber of books taken from the spec ial collection on this subject. And i this them e will be em phasized in the S atu rd ay program , w ith illus F riends here received word this tratio n and descriptive ta lk s about week of th e d eath a t P o rt A ng var.ous types of hom e life over eles,, W ashington, on Thursday, the world. July 20 of M rs. Leslie Huff, form This is the only form al m eeting erly of Ashland. Survivors include of the club, as each m em ber has Leslie Huff, a g ra d u ate of th e done his reading and m ap w ork Ashland high school, and now em individually, either at home or a t ployed in ra d a r w ork; M rs. M. M. the library. B ut this assem bly will Decker an au n t; Mr. and Mrs. R. give each m em ber a chance to A. M iller,, uncle and au n t: Mrs. see w h at oth ers have been doing A. E . H uff gran d m o th er; Mr. and and will afford p aren ts an oppor Mrs. R. E. Holman, uncle and tu n ity to tak e p a rt a s well. au n t; and Mr. and Mrs. Noel Han- scom, all of Ashland. Mrs. Han- scom and son left S atu rd ay for A lturas. California, w here final services w ere held. Mrs. Leslie Huff Dies at Port Angeels THE B A N K O F NORTH A M E R IC A -P H IL A D E L P H IA ,P A .-1781 • T hroughout our history our banks have g iv e n S T R E N G T H ANO V IT A L IT Y TO O U R FAST-GROWING N A TIO N . T hey provioe the financial machinery for F IG H T IN G T H E W A R TODAY - M A C H IN E R Y T H A T T O M O R R O W W IL L S E R V E O UR P E A C E TIM E T R A D E AN D IN D U S TR Y . T H E Y PRO VIDE TOO, A S A F E PLACE FOR O UR S A VIN G S T H R O U G H W H IC H -T O G E T H E R W IT H O U R W A R BO NO S AND OUR L IF E IN S U R A N C E - E A C H OF US C A N C O N T IN U E TO E N J O Y S O M E O F T H E F R U IT S O F THAT F R E E D O M F O R W H IC H IN E N O IN C O N T E N D . This ’n That TALENT NEWS (By OLD TIM ER) To the E ditor: Both political parties a re off to a good s ta rt. H ere’s hoping for a cam paign free from nam e-call ing and m ud-slinging. Mr. and M rs. J. C. W illiam s sold th eir home and have p u r chased pro p erty in Medford and will move there soon. Mr. George Nelson of E agle Point w as a business caller in Y i i T alent M onday morning. O ne-third of our P residents Mr. A1 Redborn of G ran ts P ass polled less than h alf the popular was calling on friends here Mon vote. Still they were elected. At day. a few elections defeat by th e pop Roland P a rk s of Ashla.nd called u lar vote turned to victory in the on his parents, Mr. “and M rs. R. electoral college. F. P arks, Tuesday afternoon. In 1876 Sam uel J. Tilden re The T alent G range m et T h u rs ceived a plu rality of 252,224 pop day with Mr. and Mrs. Poe p res ular votes. His opponent, R u th er ent as visitors from the Phoenix ford B. Hayes, the Republican Grange. On Sunday, July 30, the “d ark horse” candidate, ran sec Talent G rangers and th eir fam ond. The Republicans contested ilies are holding th eir annual pic the N egro vote in three Southern nic a t the Steve Lim ak farm on s ta te s and an electoral commis the Anderson C reek road. Those sion was appointed. J u s t two flays who have no cars are to m eet before inauguration the election a t the G range H all at 10 o’clock w as decided in favor of Hayes, where tran sp o rtatio n will be p ro giving him 185 votes and Tilden vided. The dinner will be about 184. 1 o'clock with the G rangers fu r Y Y Y nishing the Ice cream . The pro In 1888 the sam e trick of re g ram for th e n ex t meeting, A ugust verses w as again played on the 3, will be In ch arg e of the execu candidates. G r o v e r Cleveland tive com m ittee. polled 98,017 m ore popular votes Mrs. J. Y arnell and two daugh than did his opponent, Benjamin ters, M arjorie and Shirley, are in H arrison. Still Cleveland lost the Idaho, w here they were called by election when the electoral vote th e illnesa of Mrs. Y arnell's stood: H arrison 233, Cleveland m other. 168. Joe Dennis, who was tak en to the Sacred H e art H ospital last Y Y Y W illiam S. Upshaw , ex-Con- week, is reported to be im prov gressm an from Georgia, in an ad- i ing. dress a t Salem charged th a t Ore- | Mr. and Mrs. C larence Homes gon last y ear spent five millions J of Ashland visited relatives in m ore for liquor than it did for I T alent Sunday evening. schools. R ath er a sta rtlin g indict- I Mr. and Mrs. George P heifer and son, Jack, left S atu rd av -for m ent. N evada to spend some tim e there, Y Y Y then will journey to Colorado Uncle Zeke says it will be too | Springs, w here they plan on m ak bad if A rm y generals succeed in ' ing th eir home. blowing H itler to kingdom come. I A shower honoring Mrs. C lar H e favors th e necktie ro u te fo r * ence Holdrige w as given Ju ly 14 th e arch crim inal. a t the home of Mrs. J. C. W il Y Y Y liam s. M rs. Holdrige received "C om m unity B etterm en t” would m any lovely gifts. A fter the p res furnish an in terestin g and p rofit ents w ere opened and shown the able them e for consideration by guests, refershm ents were served. our service clubs. Those- atten d in g w ere Mrs. Bruce and Mrs. Monroe of Ashland, Mrs. Y Y Y "B oss'e” has fallen down on the Ben C lark. Jennie Bavlor Josenh- job. I t will ta k e tw o m ore points ine Foss, Alena Flovd, Alice B u r to b u tte r th at ear of corn. nette, Ila Conner. Jea n ette Quinn, Nell Fenton, P arth en a Terrill, Mahel Moore. M a r i e t t a Moore. P earl W illiams. Edith Holdrige, L u ra Jo W alty, Ethel G arland and Genevieve and son, Jem y Hold The E lk ’s picnic, la st W ednes rige. Mr. J.l S herard returned home day evening, a t the Jackson Hot I springs, n ea r Ashland, drew a from a m onth’s trip in South D a large attendance This is an an kota, where he visited b ro thers nual affair of the Ashland Club and sisters whom he hod not seen and this y ear's event was very for over 30 years. On h 's wav popular a s usual. W ithout m aking home on th e stag e he became ill an official count, E lk 's officials and was taken off and hnsnital- estim ated there were 600 E lks and ized in Ogden. U tih ,» v ^ e r e he th eir fam ilies present. A full even w as confined for four days be ing of entertainm ent was held, fore he was able to return. G eorge W helplev of W a rn e r which included sw im m ing for those who cared to go into the Creek was calling on friends here plunge, solfball gam es for all ages, F rid a y m orning Mr. F. J. Weybrio-ht o* B rem er races, etc. Of course the big event w as the picnic lunch, brought by ton, W ash., is visiting his sister the different fam ilies, and enlov- and brother-in-law . Mr. and Mrs. ed by all. Some 60 gallons of ice Cal H arper, this week. • . — i ----- cream and all the coffee wanted Miss Kav B ergstrom has re tu rn w as furnished by the Elks. Many E lk s from Medford and other ed home from a visit in San Fran ’ Elk’s Picnic was ' Well Attended nearby places were In attendance. cisco. Jackson County Birds Plentiful Lions”ciub°Will Picnic Tuesday Chinese p h easan ts and quail are now m ore plentiful in Jackson ' county than in any previous year, I farm ers and suburban* residents com plain to county authorities. P lans are com pleted for the a n The suburban a re a residents re nual Lions Club picnic, scheduled p o rt th eir victory gardens are to be held next Tuesday, A ugust raided daily by pheasants, and 1, Ivor Erw ui, chairm on of the I th a t the birds are sem i-tam e. picnic com m ittee announced a t I T here is nothing m uch th a t can the re g u la r m eeting Tuesday even be done about it, due to shotgun tag. P lans a re for all Lions club ' shell rationing and scarcity, and m em bers, and th eir fam ilies to the closed season, picnic. The club will fu rn ish fried chicken, coffee, etc, while the m em bers will bring the o th er fix- in ’s. The m eeting is scheduled to s ta r t a t 6:30 a t Jack so n Hot Springs, and all Lions club m em bers are urged to atten d . TJiis is an annual a ffair w ith the local — club and is looked forw ard to A t the re g u la r m eeting of the w ith considerable enthusiasm by ! club m em bers, some 30 or so of th e m em bers. 1 Lions club T uesday evening, he them enjoyed an in terestin g talk B arney R iggs arrived in A sh by C larence Lane!, a well known and Sunday, com ing from San • pioneer of"Ashland. Mr. Lane waa Diego, w here he h as recently end bom here some 73 years ago, and ed his to u r of "boot” train in g in in his inform al talk he told of the navy. He plans to be a t home the arly m an u factu rin g plants, until S atu rd ay and then will re and o th er businesses which cen t tu rn for assignm ent to a school ered up and down th e creek here for A rm ed G uard training. a t the p resen t site of the town. Following Mr. L ane’s talk , a film, sent out by the W estern Pine a s sociation and entitled the "H istory of P onderosa P in e” w as viewed by th e m em bers. This film , la s t ing som e 35 m inutes, w ent into considerable detail upon the m e thods of logging, lum bering and milling in th e g re a t Ponderosa pine belts of Oregon, W ashington and Idaho. The film was colored Welcome news for Navy-m inded and in sound and was m uch en 17-year-oldsters was contained in joyed by those who saw it. ------------ o------------ announcem ent this week by H erb. , In A shland this week on leave C rain of the Medford Navy re- cru ittin g station th a t an enlarged is Lee Collingsworth, to spend the quota for enlistm ents from t h :s tim e w ith his p aren ts and friends. age group has been opened by the He arriv ed S unday evening from San Diego, w nere he has recently Navy for the im m ediate future. The recru iter urged th at young completed naval basic training. men who previously have applied He will re tu rn S atu rd ay anu be for Naval enlistm ent but who assigned to one of the navy's ad have not yet been accepted be- vanced train in g schools. , cause of quotas in effect recently, visit th e Navy recruiting station a t once fo r com pletion of enlist m ent procedure. It is not known, the recru iter pointed out, how long the c u rre n t ly expanded quota for 17-sters ' will rem ain in effect. These j youths m u st apply fa r enough in ' Verne Sm ith w as appoi: t o ' advance of their 18th b irth d ay to chairm an of a newly appointed i allow for completion of enlist- , executive com m ittee of the Lions m ent before they become subject Club sponsored Boy Scout tro o I to selective service a t the ag e of 12, a t a m eeting of the commitee ' 18. a fte r which tim e they are not held la st F rid ay evening a t t ’ c ' eligible for voluntary enlistm ent Ju n io r high school. A ssisti-' ' ' in th e N avy or any o th er m ilitary Sm ith will be H a rry Chipman, A l lan Brower, E arl Schilling and service branch. McKeever. Dick T rites is In announcing the newly en Hugh u tm aster of the troop and H er’ larged enlistm ent quota, the re sco Huston is helping him w ith the cru ite r also pointed out th a t the work. opportunity for 17-year-olds to Plans w ere laid for the coming qualify for the N avy's radio tech year of scouting. A m eeting of nician p ro g ram —a type of tra in the com m ittee is called for A ugust ing which involves intensive and 10 w hen Gordon Gilmore, scout valuable education in the field of executive and L arry Schade. head m odem high frequency—still is i of the C ra te r I-ake Council, will open. He invited young men in ' be present to m eet w ith the com terested in this opportuniey to visit the local station w here they m ittee. m ay be given a test to determ ine w hether they can qualify for ”RT' training. Those who can quality i m ay be enlisted with the ad v an c R acorded a t th e city recorders ed ra tin g of seam an firs t class. Men of o th er ages, up to a m ax office th is week in new Ashland are Dr. C. E. Leisure im um of 50'2 years, also m ay a residences t 2366 E. M ain; Mrs. A. T. E d tak e this test. w ard s a t 125 W ilm er street, M ay Coywins, who live on the old Snell a t 208 H argadlne: and Don Johnson place in V allew iew . have S. Bleness at 50 E ast Mata. sold their farm to a Mr. Bingham ------B U Y BONDS------ from E agle Point. Talks and Film Lions Club Enjoys Navy Enlarges Quota for 17-Yr. Old Youths Committee Named for Scout Troop 12 Ashland Newcomer,«