VOL. XIII
aievere Electric
Storms h it Out
risnland Power
h hcvi re electric storm last Fri-
x „ e/su in g , «truck the power
. . .. sju slu tlo u ut the C alifornia
r . touu l'ow er com pany on Nev
ada « treat with the result th a t all
of Asliland wua plunged Into dark
Hess, which continued until early
^ .u ia or S atu rd ay morning. The
ilguinlng burned out an 11000 volt
m eter with u amall fire aa a re
ault, and the lnatrum ent transfor-
r-> ou tne «witch th at feed« the
.i.y lines w ere alao burned out.
The fire did no dam age, aa the
rain thut accom panied the electric
atorm Boon put the blaze.
Eltnsr Blegel, city superinten-
dent, atated th a t an a ttem p t waa
made to place the amall city plant
Into uae, but It waa too amall and
only enough electricity waa av ail
able for the Southern Pacific sec
tion. Mr. Blegel thought there
were 25 to 30 tranaform era. burn
ed out over the city by the atorm
Pow er line« to Talent, Valley
View and the Slaklyoua alao were
out.
Telephone offictala atated th at
there waa 12 lines out of order
the next morning, but workm en
aoon had them repaired and no
g reat am ount of dam age reaulted
from the atorm . Toll line« were
not affected.
Louis Dodge, local w eather man,
atated th at there wua .45 mchea ot
tam fall th u t evening.
L ast week prior to the storm
F rid ay evening, a heavy wind
storm did comndeiable dam age In
the vicinity of U rania Paas where
trees were blown down, power and
phone service disrupted and a
considerable fall of rain brought
a i ream s up. <
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, August 3, 1944
1 Real Estate Firm
Opens Office Here
OUR DEMOCRACY-------byM.t
G eneral N athanael G reene
Opening for business th is week
a t 50 F ust Main S treet, here in
Ashland, is the Southern O regon
Land Co. with Mr. and Mrs. Don
O'Hleness being the m an agers.
Associated with them a re Gordon I
C. Dolan and H. C. Sherlock, both I
of Grantfi Pass, and w here Mr. I
| and Mrs. O'Ulcness cam e from.
I The company also have a real es-
I ta le office at G rants Paas, where
Dolan and Sherlock rem ain to op
e ra te th a t end of the business,
while Mr. and Mrs. O’Hleness will
work the Ashland end o f.th e com
pany. Mr. and Mrs. O’Bleness
have moved to Ashland to make
th eir home. The company has 4iad
a wide experience In real state
work at G rants Pass, and feel
th a t with an office here, they can
m aterially widen th eir field of op
erations and can work th e two of
fices to an advantage to their
prospective custom ers.
AUGUST 7,1742-JUNE 9,
The Masonic hall Is g ettin g a
com plete cleaning up Job this
week with new paint and kalso-
i mine being p u t on all of the up
stairs floor which houses the local
i Masonic offices, club room s etc.
I The work has been under way
I m ost of the week.
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Youths Receive
Certificates From
Local Reading Club
S c N OF AN A N C H O K -S M IT H . S E L F -E D U C A T E 0 IN
E N G L IS H , L A T IN , G E O G R A P H Y , M A T H E M A T IC S
A N D M IL IT A R Y H IS T O R Y , H E E N T E R E D
W A S H IN G T O N 'S A R M Y A S A P R IV A T E , W A S
M A D E B R IG A D IE R -G E N E R A L W IT H IN A Y E A R -
R E M A IN E D IN A C T IV E S E R V IC E W IT H O U T
';
A D A Y 'S P U R L O U G H U N T IL T H E F IN A L
D IS B A N D M E N T O F T H E A R M Y IN I / B 3 —
Vacation R eading Club program
on S aturday afternoon brought to
a close a m ost satisfactory season
of reading os the them e of homes.
Tw enty-eight boys and girls re
TYPIFYING IN HIS RISE TO LEADERSHIP
ceived certificates, block-printed
In a symbol of the open book as
AMERICA'S WAY OF REWARDING
a shield and torch of light.
INDIVIDUAL EFFORT AND A B ILITY.
MASONIC' PICNIC AI.’GI'MT 8
Those present were entertained
Invitations are out thia week to by speakers from C am p White,
m em bers of the Masonic bodge i who had seen service abroad. Ser
and E astern S ta r m em bers and g ean t A lbert DeLong vividly told
th eir fam ilies to the annual M a of the people of Persia, their m an
sonic picnic, to be held Tuesday n er of living, the trem endous heat
evening A ugust 8, a t 7 p.m. a t of their towns, reaching some
(B y OLD TIM ER)
the Jackson Hot Springs. The tim es 186 degrees, and the under
lodge will fu rn ish the rolls, butter, ground homes necessitated by this
To th e E d ito r:
coffee, cream and dessert, and heat. He told of the buying and
each m em ber atten d in g is asked selling custom s, the food, clothing
A new business fo r Ashland
Rum or has it th a t H itler has a
to bring a covered dish and their ' and transportation of the people sta rre d Tuesday, A ugust 1 when plane in readiness for a quick de-
own table service. Thia la an a n | as well a s the type of anim als B ruce H agerm an opened up the | p a rtu re in event of G erm any’s
nual affair, with M asons and commonly seen. He sppke of the form er Ashland Iron W orks, one collapse. He probably will head
E astern S ta r m embers In this vi cofusion between the nam es Per of the pioneer business establish for the moon as it is not likely
cinity and is looked forw ard to sia and Iran, sta tin g th at Iran m ents of Ashland. C asting of sev any n eutral nation will g ra n t him
w as tfie more correct, as Persia eral p attern s was undertaken the a safe haven.
with eagerness each year
w as originally only a sm all part past day or so, bo get th e “kinks”
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of the s ta te Iran.
ou t of the foundry and Mr. H ager
In
W
orld
W
ar
1,
K aiser W il
His talk was well received, as m an said he w as ready for busi
was th a t of S ergeant Pierce, who ness Anytime now. The first casts helm succeeded in tak in g refuge
accompanied S ergeant Dt Long. m ade
w ere
several
sprocket ■ in neu tral Holland and despite
Sgt. Pierce told of his experiences wheels and some g rates for saw ! pressure b ro u g h t to bear upon
in New Zealand, describing In de dust burners for furnaces and the Queen W ilhelm ina’s governm ent,
tail the people, their living condi firs t caste turned out very nicely. Holland refused to su rren d er the
K aiser to the allies. He liveck in
tions and the contacts the Am eri
Mr. H agerm an is being assisted luxury
a t Doom, unpunished for
can Boldlera have with them. Both by Axel Hall, who is recognized as
speakers "brought a fascinating ! one of the best in his line of work his crime, until her death in 1941.
In a m ost Im pressive ceremony, m essage and added greatly to the ’ on the Pacific coast, having been His wood saw ing exploits were
last F rid ay evening, the Rev. pleasure of the audience.
a w orker In Iron foundries most duly noted by the press.
O
thers
tak
in
g
p
a
rt
on
the
pro
George Shum an was Installed as
of his life, s ta rtin g in the Ashland I
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N a p o l e u m , another would-be
pastor of the F irst P resbyterian gram w ere M arjorie Greer, Neo- Iron W orks about fo rty years ago.
church here a t Ashland. Services ! m ah Baugh, Joanne Downing,
Mr. H agerm an said th a t the world conqueror of m odern times,
s ta rte d a t 8 o'clock. Several of , B arb ara Riley, Anne Fullerton, iron w orks had not worked for was not as fo rtu n a te as the K ai
ficials of the church w ere present i P au la O strander, Joanne Prevo, the past five years. Form erly it ser. Following his final defeat at
In th eir official capacity to have M axine Riley, and Carol Jean had served the territo ry from W aterloo, Napoleon hoped to tak e
a p a rt In the program and several ' Culp. These were club members R oseburg bo Weed, California, and refuge in the United S tates. He
o u t of s ta te m inisters w ere also who descriptions of homes In v ar as the form er ow ners had made ordered tw o F rench frig a te s to be
ious places while pictures of the p a tte rn s for nurm i rous castings ready a t Rochefort, on Ju ly 3,
present.
Among those tak in g part In the place m entioned were shown on for sawm ill equipm ent, and many 1815, to bring him to this coun
services were Rev. H ugh M itch- the screen.
other pieces of m achinery, owners try. U nfortunately for Napoleon
T h o s e receiving certificates of the equipm ent still retu rn to B ritish m en-of-war w ere cruising
elm ore of K lam ath Falls, the Rev.
Ju lian W h itsett of Ashland, the ' w e r e : Neomah Baugh, John Ashland to g et repairs for the outside th e harbor. Refusing» to
Rev. Jam es E d g ar of Ashland, the Beare, Delores Burger, M ary M ar m achinery. The p attern s for the risk ca p tu re as a common crim
Rev. Jam es W enman Bell, of Los g a re t B urger, C arol Jea n Culp, castings are still in the foundry, inal, the little Corsican decided on
Angeles, th e Rev. Hugh L. Bron Joanne Downing, Nancy Lou Hun I ready for use and Mr. H agerm an a typiclly Napoleonic gesture. He
son, of Tulelake, C alifornia; the keson, Carol Ebnother, • M ary ; s ta te s th a t they will- be used as demanded an asylum from E n g
Rev. H erm an S. R eichard o f Ann Elliott, »Anne Fullerton. need arises. Owners of these land and w as banished to Saint
G ran ts P ass; the Rev. Thom as I. Joanne E. G ardner, »Marjorie pieces of equipm ent are finding it Helena w here he died on M ay 5,
Nalbach of Van Nuys, California, Greer, Beulah Mae H arkey, Ruth hard to g et repairs for the m ach 1821.
and th e Rev. M orris H. Roach of H arkey, K athleen H unter, E verett inery
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I W inston M itchell, A rth u r O st
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Roseburg, Oregon.
W orld W ar 1 started on July
rander,
»Paula
O
strander,
Joann
Despite th e heavy thunderstorm
28, 1914, when A ustria-H ungary
which occurred during the se r Prevo, B arb ara Riley, Maxine
declared w ar on Serbia, the re
vices, a goodly crowd turned out Riley, P atsy Schoenwald, »Betty
su lt of J h e assassination a m onth
Skinner, »Evelyn Sm ith, Louis
fo r th e affair.
earlier of the A ustrian archduke
Following th e Installation cere Stephens, Donna Jean Travis,
F rancis F erdinand a t Sarajevo.
monies, the W omen’s association »Edith Turnbull, and R ichard W il
S erbia appealed to h er ally and
held a reception to which the con cox. The highest num ber of books
protector, R ussia and the Germ an
A ttra c tin g much attention the im perial council decided on w ar
gregation waa invited, to m eet read since the closing of school
was
K
athleen
H
unter
w
ith
27
and
p
a
st
week
a
t
the
Taxi
Depot
win-
I
the distinguished guests who p a r
ag a in st R ussia and France. On
R ichard Wilcox with 20. Those dow, was the display of jackes, A ugust 2 G erm any invaded F rance
ticipated In th e program .
Mrs. J . A. L a n g t r y was in sta rre d w ere m em bers of more : which w ere purchased by the Ash- 1 and R ussia invaded G erm any and
charge of the te a table In the Ro than one y e a r’s standing. John , land M erchants with the aid of hostilities w ere under way.
tunda. Mrs. W irt W right presided B eare w as the only one having ' the Lions club and the Elks club. I
a t the coffee u rn and Mrs. Jacob been a m em ber for the four con ' Ten ja c k sts w ere bought for the | S enator “C otton E d” Sm ith has
W eitzel a t th e punch bowl. Mrs. secutive years of th e organiza | high school team , which w as the ' been gran ted leave of absence by
M ark True w as general chairm a tion’s existence; his certificate s ta te high champion s I n t h e the voters of South Carolina, a f
w as distinguished by a blue rib spring tournam ents.
In charge of th e reception.
te r over 36 years of continuous
Those who assisted w ere Mrs. bon.
The jack ets are white, trim m ed service in th e upper house. P er
R. E. Bell, Mrs. M arclal Stan- | Mrs. F reida P la tt furnished de I In red around the cuffs and neck haps they considered him a tired
bury, Mrs. W. D. Jackson /and corations in th e form of a lovely I band. Round red felt emblems old man.
M iss’ S tella Hayes. Girls in color arran g em en t of zinnias. Music on w ith the words, “S ta te Champions ,
y
.
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ful form als, m em bers of the W est the program consisted of Marion 1 of ’44“ and w ith the players
Don’t w orry about bu tter, says
recording
of
“Home 1 nam es on the fro n t right side.
m inister Fellowship and the R ain Talley’s
Uncle Zeke. Yon can m ake it from
bow class acted as ushers and Sweet Home” and group singing | The team , which proved itself grass. All you need is a cow and
of
“God
Bless
A
m
erica”
.
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sensational
in
the
w
inter
basket-
helped In the serving. They were
a churn.
' hall schedules, has m ostly broken .
M ary C orthell, A lalr Clifton, Pa- |
y
y
y
Pfc. Joe Lockwood of Camp up. Seven m em bers of the ten of
trlcia Bell, Rosalie S tauffer, S her
H itler h as tak en Mussolini un
ry S tanbury, S hirley Weitzel, W hite was arrested M onday eve la st w inter g rad u ated from high 1 der his wing. Verly, m isery loves
M arilyn Miller, M ary Alice W ood ning by local police. He was ' ’ school and all have entered the company.
r h - r - e d w ith being drunk on a ' various branches of the service. '
ford and others.
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Although it w as not planned, public street, to w it: The Plaza. ; Three m em bers are still In high i
m ost of th e serices w ere held by He resisted the local officers | school and a re expected to be on | A num ber of friends gathered
candle light, because of the se w hen taken to the police stlation. ‘ hand for the opening of the season a t th e P eter Garrellt home on
vere electric storm , which put bu t w as qulcklv subdued and i this fall. They are John Reedy, j T errace stre e t last T hursday eve
the electric service o u t th a t even placed in the city jail. He was Jim Jandreau and J a y Samuelson. ning in a farew ell p a rty to Mr.
and Mrs. M onte B riggs and Mrs.
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ing fo r several hours, but the la te r taken in charge by the M P’s (
T h e N avy D e p artm en t nn- | Lo,i Richardson of Tx>s Angeles,
crefnony w as carried on despite from Cam p W hite.
nouneed th a t PFC R obert M. Wal who have been visitin'1, her«. a
th e interruption. Most of those '
A bsent from her office for sev ter, U. S. M arine Corns has bpen buffet luncheon w as served by
who attended the installaion cere
m onies stayed for the reception eral days this week w as Mrs. wounded in action. He 'a the son the hostesses, Mrs. Amos Nining-
and enjoyed a visit until a fte r the Nelle Bum s, justice of the peace, of M ilton W alter of Ashland, ac er, Mrs. W illiam B riggs and Mrs.
Peter Garrett.
cording to the announcem ent.
because of Illness.
atorm had passed.
Ashland Foundry
Started Tuesday
Rev. Geo. Shuman
Installed Friday in
Impressive Rites
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Ashland Basketball
Stars Receive Their
Sweaters This Week
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This ’n That
Wanted: Women’s
Softball Team
Number 27
Many Attend The
Assembly of God
Convention Here
Mrs. Alice P atterson, secretary
of the Ashland C ham ber of Com
merce, Is asking any girl who is
interested in softball to contact
her rig h t away, as she Is a tte m p t
—
ing to g et a softball team to
About two hundred dele
gether, notably one w ith the Wacs
for Southern Oregon w^re ui
a t Camp W hite.
G ary Newton is coaching the tendance a t th e convention «..■
g irls’ softball team a t th e high rally a t the Assemblies of Go
school diamond and is g ettin g to church last Tuesday, Ju ly 25
g eth er a lively bunch of g irls for Ashland, for the Youth Fellowsl
the coming team s. Several m en’s m eetings in the m orning and a ft
team s are playing and some in noon and the C hrist's am bai..
terestin g gam es have been played. d o r’s m eetings in the evening. T.ie
Mrs. P atterso n asks th a t in ter Rev. Harold Persin, w as i n
ested women come to the ball dia charge. The Rev. Gordon Linds
mond M onday evening by 6:30 and is p asto r of the church. The
re g u lar p ra c tic e will get under Leon Hall of G rants Paas brou ,
an inspiring m essage. D uring the
way.
service Mrs. J. A. Skinner and
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d aughter of Jacksonville san g a
16,000,000 Lbs. Candy F ree
Troops in areas w ithout arm y duet.
Miss Mildred Ginn, returned
post exchange facilities will re
m
issionary
from India, spoke in
ceive free issue pf approxim ately
16,000,000 pounds of candy this . the afternoon relativ e to the work
year, the W ar D epartm ent in in. th a t country. Special music of
form ed the N inth Service Com 1 the clarinet was given in a du
mand Q u arterm aster Corps a t Ft. played by Rev and Mrs. Eve- ”
Douglas, U tah. The candy is com ' Devine of the P asadena Li z
posed entirely of the h ard v a r 1 school.
The evening session w as for
ieties of pepperm int, cherry, or
ange, clove, Lemon and lime fla ; C h rist’s am bassadors, be ing a
I young peoples g ath erin g entire.y,
vor.
' with the presidents from the v_i •
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• ious churches of the area on .
1 sp eak er’s platform . MiS3 a»cr..
I Pederson, pies-dent of the .
land C h iist’a am bassadors. — -
in charge.
The Rev. W illiam Hagc-ma.
P o rtlan d w as the sp eak er o- .
evening, those present iro m o „.
of town were: the Rev. and —
H aroid Persing, R ia n -im a --—
A fter being closed since about Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Riunner, j „ .
Ju n e 19, the Ashland H ospital i sonviile; Rev. a..d M is. Leon u .. 1
again was open for business Tues I G ran ts P ass, t u < anu -ars. <-,1
day morning, tw o local doctors don Blay, T rail; R e/. and M :s.
tak in g over a lease on the pro E. Cook, L o ru lia; Rev. ano -
p erty from the C ity Council. The R. A. P aik s, r^ tu in ea h u .
two doctors, R. E. Poston and aries from China, now in Me —
C harles A. Haines, have hired a Miss M ildred Gain, re tu r ..ta . ...
m anager, George P. Smith, form sionary from India, now te a — ..
erly of Long Beach, California, in Bible school, P asadena, Cal.-,
but prior to th a t time, a tenician the Rev. and M rs. E v e re tt u „ . . ,
with th e D octor's Clinic O ntario P asadena College; Rev. and ¿...s.
Oregon. He h as had a wide exper W. F. Hagem an, P o rt.an d ,
ience in hospital work. A full staff Rev. K. C. Holaday, Loreda, Ci v
has been secured to o p erate the gon and th Rev. and Mrs. Erm ...-
hospital, w ith Mrs. K ay H arkins wick, E agle Point, Oregon.
as surgical nurse. A full s ta ff of
nurses aides has been secured ai-
Local Doctors
Open Hospital
on August 1
BO.
It appeared M onday th a t there
would be no lack of p atien ts fo r
the hospital a t its opening T ues
day morning. N um erous tontilec-
tom ies were lined up, and several
m ajor operations were on sched
ule for the opening day or two
with the hospital.
There has been a critical need
for this institution, a s nearby hos
pitals have been overcrowded with
p atien ts from th eir own vicinity
w ithout tak in g m ore from other
localities. P atien ts who should
have been hospitalized were un
able to get accom odations and it
is w ith relief th at this com m unity
again finds itself w ith hospital
facilities.
The city m anagem ent stated
th a t the two doctorg have taken a
lease for a year, when is is hoped
th a t more definite arran g em en ts
can be made.
USO Donations
D onations for the week fo r Ash
land USO are listed below:—Vves-
lyn Service Guhti, be rap doors ror
Cam p W hite Soidieis; m i s . J u a n
ita H arris, Cookies, j r . civic Cwu
Mrs. L au ra Pierce, w m te pluius,
Miss Veda W illiams, fr u it juicea,
Donuts, M rs. M ary R ath, Mrs.
P aul Finnell, Mrs. G. J. L iu d s tj,
Mrs. A. C. Demers, M is. U u u u ,.
of the Red Cross Sewing Group.
Local Power Go.
Receives National
Award Last Week
The California Cregon P o w c
com pany was signally honoied 1. si
! Pfc. N orm an L. L eavitt, W PRC week when arm y officials pres«,
Co. 4, Cam p W hite, was arrested ed to th a t com pany the Jul> .
a t 1:15 last T hursday m orning tional security aw ard, w tic a
while loitering near the Southern offered by the United S tates o ..i „
Oregon College of Education, for of civilian defense and which
being in an extrem ely drunken been won by only six com pauk
state. He w as held overnight in in Oregon to date.
Colonel A ustin C. M atheny, i
the local bastile and was turned
over to the m ilitary au th o rities d u strial protection officer of t
from Camp W hie T hursday a fte r N inth divisional office of S
Francisco, m ade the presentation
noon.
to A. S. Cummings, president
the company.
Jac k A. H ayes .acting ad m i”.
is tra to r and s ta te p lan t protec
tion officer of the Oregon £ t t
The re g u lar m eeting of the Ash Defense council of Salem, Cc t.
land Lions club Tuesday evening C harles W. D utreau, of Sea »’
w as in the form of a picnic, o ri and E. A. Taylor, chief dep.
ginally scheduled to be a t the s ta te fire m arshal and chair
Jackson Hot Springs, but on ac of th e s ta te plant protection co
count ‘of tihe sto rm y w eather m ittee, also took p a rt in the p
Tuesday evening, when th e rain sentation.
fell for a short time, the affair
Col, M atheny em phasized t’ "
w as held a t th e C hateau, well the necessity of civilian defen-r
known, form er night club snot., still exists and urged a conti-
near Ashland. Most of the 40 or at'011 of the stric te st protection r f
so m em bers of the club w ere p re vial properties. He said th a t w~
sen t w ith th eir fam ilies to enjoy m ust not let down in our vigilance
the fried chicken, ice cream , soda in order th at they would not be
pop and beer furnished by the any in terru p tio n in the supply of
club and along w ith the m anv m aterials to our fig h ters on the
salads, pies vegetables and other fa rflu n g battlefields.
abundant foods furnished by eich
Mr. C um m ings stated he acre"
lion member, a rep ast th a t will co ed the aw ard in the nam e of t’’-
down in local Lions club m em hundreds of employes who had
ories was had.
p articipated in the com pany's p ro
Following dinner, which got un g ram and especially in the n n r n
der w ay abouti 7 p.m., the m em of th e 150 empoyes who are now
bers heard several songs bv the in the arm ed services.
two daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
L a rry Schade, represent’ng the
Ivor Irw in and Miss Reed, d au g h t M edford m ayor, G. M. Green of
er of Mr. and Mrs. Sid Reed, w h o ' Ashland, and J. B. Coleman m" '"
sang several trio num bers. Also short expressions of c o m n e - d '
rendering , geveral solos w as the tion of the recipient of the a w a r ’
sm aller d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs which read as follows:
Irwin^ and Donald H uffm an, son
"The U. S Office of Ci'-'H
of Mrs. Cay H uffm an, recently re Defense presents the N atio n -’
turned from service in the South Security Award to The C al'fo m ’-
Pacific with the m arines, render- . Oregon Power ’ comnanv. in rer
ed several g re atly enjoyed solos. ognition of the m aintenance of a
iA te r a juke box was' brought superior standard of p < te c t’on
in and a num ber of couples stayed and security. The effective joint
to dance for several hourq afte r effo rt to safeguard products, em
the dinner, while m anv staved to ployes and property have m ade
visit and talk with fr'en d s and th is achievem ent possih’e. w h’-h
neighbors. I t was voted a very stan d s as a m ark of distinction
enjoyable evening.
• In th e n ation’s w ar e f f o r t”
Lions Club Picnics
Tuesday Evening