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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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"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.
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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
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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.
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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
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from E agle Point.
Talks and Film
Lions Club Enjoys
Navy Enlarges
Quota for 17-Yr.
Old Youths
Committee Named
for Scout Troop 12
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