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VOL. XIII
Knights Templar
Elects
Last Wednesday
Wednesday September 0, the
Malta Comman a e r y N o . 4,
Knights Templar, held their an-
naul election of officers, at the
Masonic Temple. The following
were elected or appointed for the
coming year.
Vivian T. Wilson, Eminent
Commander, Medofrd; Elmer C.
Biegel, Generalissimo, Ashland;
M. P. Dunn, Captain General,
Ashland; George W. Dunn, Trea
surer, Ashland Rufus E. Detrick,
Recorder, Ashland; George W.
Neilson, Senior Warden, Medford
John P. Daugherty, Junior War
den, Ashland; Oliver D. Frazee,
Prelate, Medford; R a l p h E.
Sweeney, Associate Prelate, Med
ford; Vernon A. Turpin, Warder,
Medford: Joseph A. Langtry,
Standard Bearer, Ashland; Fred
A. Purdin, Sword Bearer, Med
ford; and William J. Wallace,
Sentinel, Ashland.
Plans were made for a public
installation to be held in Ashland
Wednesday evening, September
20th at which time several Grand
Commandcry Officers will be in
attendance. H. Herman Mayber
ry, the retiring Eminent Com
mander, has enjoyed one of the
most successful years in the his
tory of Malta Commandery.
This week Ute MINER br-
i lags another improvement to
, it» readers with the use of
i eight pages instead o t tne lour
wmcn nas been its tormat tor
several years, included in the
eight pages will be a serial
story, starting this week, God
is hiy Co-Puot" a best seller
of a couple years ago. This
story win run serially tor sev
eral weens ana tnen will be
followed by another late ser
ial story. Also included w ill
be a page ot comics, a column
written by Paul Mallon, well
known Washington newspap
er columnist and several other
interesting features on cur
rent topics.
.
Last week new type faces
were added so that the MIN-
EM would present a more
readable appearance, and in
Bringing this new feature this
ween, is la line with our pol
icy of bringing the best to be
had to our readers.
(By
This *n T b it
OLD TIMER)
To tbe Editor:
As far back as Shakespeare's
day, there was “the whining
school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creep
ing like snail
Unwillingly to school.”
Central Point Editor
In Ashland Saturday
Blue Tokens To Be
Grouped After Sept 17
Enrollment Figures ..
on Local Schools Given
Figures released Monday after
noon by Theo. J. Norby, Ashland
school superintendent shows that
a total of 903 pupils were enroll
ed on the opening day of school,
ivionuay, beptemoer 11. Prelim
inary figures show that 2o2 stu
dents were enrolled at the Wash
ington school, 243 at the Lincoln,
263 at the Junior high and 215 at
uie senior high.
In comparative figures, the
Washington school shows an in
crease of 32 over the 1943 figure,
Lincoln had in increase of nine,
junior high an increase of four
and the high school a drop of 41.
Mr. Norby stated that the senior
class is the smallest in several
years. Eighty-three new students
entered the first grade Monday,
42 at Washington and 41 at Lin
coln.
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Lions Club Hears
Major Hughes
At the regular meeting of the
Ashland Lions Club Tuesday
night, the members had the plea
sure of listening to a talk by
Major H. L. Hughes, recently re
tired by the army and now mak
ing his permanent home in Ash
land. Major Hughes, in a long
active career as a regular army
man, has seen most of the world,
but the past two and a half years
since the United States has been
in the war, was stationed in Iran,
where he had an active part in
getting lend lease supplies and
war material to the Russians
first through the Persian Gulf
and later by way of the Mediter
ranean sea. At a seaport, the
supplies were unloaded by Amer
lean soldiers, and then by rail
and by truck, sent across Iran to
the Russian border, where Rus
sians s took
sian
look over m
the e job
jo o of
01 getting
gen
where
the supplies to the place wh
needed. Major Hughes had an
active part in all this work i and
his descriptions of the activities
there were vivid and most inter
esting. The hour he talked was
greatly enjoyed.
Cpl Tommy Laird was a guest
of Dick Trites, also,^ _
*. Bobert Dodge, chairman of the
entertainment committe e, a n-
nounced that next week, the sup
ervisor of the Rogue National
Forest, will continue a talk start
ed on Tuesday, S e p t 5, and sev
eral county and city officials are
being invited to attend also.
Lions are urged to keep the date
open.
Portland Woman
Dies at Home of
Son in Ashland
Rachel Clara Jenks, of Port
land died September 10, 1944 at
9 p.m. at the residence of her
son, 581 East Main street where
she came two weeks ago to visit.
Mrs. Jenks was bom February
15, 1870, in Ohio. The family
came to Oregon from Michigan
in 1920.
The survivors include, three
children: Harvey O. Jenks, Fall
Creek Oregon: Mrs. Isa Johnson,
Portland; and Jim H. of Ashland:
one sister, Mrs. Alice Frye, Car-
son City, Michigan.
Mr. Jenks died in Michigan
January 22, 1938 and a son, Joe
died at the age of eight years.
The deceased was a member
of the Seventh Day Adventist
church in Portland.
The funeral services were
held at the Litwiiler Funeral
Home, Wednesday, September.
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Riding Association
Hears Finance Report
Members of the Ashland Rid
ing association met Thursday ev
ening at the city hall to hear re
ports on the horse show held la
bor day. Finance committee re
ported a net balance of about
$800 on hand, and it is planned
to use the money for repairs, im
provements, etc. on the grounds
and for the promotion of another
show. A committee of Jim War
ren, Walter Hamby and C. L.
Fiddler was appointed to inves
tigate when and how the next
show will be promoted and re
port their findings and recom
mendations at an early meeting.
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Re-Opening Slated
For Copper Mine
from • range of about 200 yards.
J mw my bulla* hit hla bom and
excuted.
S
In a briew, but impressive cere
mony at Camp White headquart
ers last Thursday afternoon, Cot
ohn R. Young, camp commander,
presented the treasury depart
ment war bond flag to civilian
employees as a fitting tribute to
their participation in the war
bond program.
Of blue and white “Minute
Man” design, the flag was for
mally accepted by Chester L.
Thompson, civilian representa
tive, and then flown on the camp
flagstaff below the stars and
stripes.
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Ministerial Ass’n
Plans for V-l
Victory Day services of praise
and gratitude is planned and
hereby announced by the Ash
land Ministerial Association. If
the announcement of the Europ
ean Victory comes during the
night people are urged to go to
their own churches at 10 o’clock
the next morning. If the announ
cement of victory should come
during forenoon people should
go to their own churcnes at 3 o’-
clock in the afternoon. If the
Victory announcement s h o u ld
come during the afternoon every
one should attend the union ser
vice at the Baptist Church at 7:30
in the evening. Even though
there should be a service in each
church during the morning or
afternoon of the day the an
nouncement comes there will al
so be the evening union service
at the Zaptist Church at 7:30 of
that same day.
The ministers have a well plan
ned program prepared and ready
to present any time the announce
ment comes. The entire public
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menxoers ruuicateu tnat unxess
more applications are sen t m
rxgnt aw oy som e o i m e applica
tions cannot oe tin ea by tnat
tune.
War Chest Set For
Local Army Aviator
Missing In Action
• Jackson county Drive
SNIDER COFFEE SHOP IS BUSY
ASHLAHD M ARUFACTURIMG CEHTER
fuselage and tail.
"The Jerry strainghtened out
and then I gave it to him anew
White smoke and flame flowed
from his engine and large pieces
of his plane flew off. I watched
him half snap-roll and dive to
ward the ground.”
Said L t Millard M. Claybome,
of Waverly, Tenn., whoee wing
L t Alphnnse was assigned to
protect: “No enemy plane was
ever more thoroughly destroyed
and I am sure that the German
pilot never got ou t I shall add
that L t Alphonse la the perfect
wingman.’’ L t Claybome also
shot down a Me 109 on the same
mission.
L t Alphonse, who already
wears the A ir Medal, flya with
the fighter group commanded by
L t Col. Phillip E Tukey.Jr. of
Thia w ill be a familar sight in Oregon’s big potato producing
Cape Elizabeth Me.
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____ wife,
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ie pilot’s
Mrs. ______
Gwen- arets for the next month or so a s approximately a thousand Mex-
dolyn
m R. Alphonse, resides in Ok- ican nationals help harvest the s tate crop of spuds. This is the se>
laohma City. His parents, Mr. i cond veer that Mexicans have b eea used for the potato harvest
and Mrs. Louis Alphonse live in I The picker above started down t be row with 24 empty sacks
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' heehed on his picking belt. Thre e Mexican farm labor camps
Hilt, California.
L t Alpsotue calls his big Thun have been established for potato ..picken la Klamath county and
dsrbolt "Gwsndotyn”, in honor two opened in central Oregon 1 a October, according to the state
hia wifi.
An Eighth AAF Fighter Stat
ion, England—Staff Se r geant
Donald J. McCuiiach, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lincoln McCuiiach of
Route 2, Ashland, Ore., is a crew
chief in the Eighth Fighter com
mand’s well trained army of air
craft specialists, and is one of
the men whose work contributes
to the great aerial offensive
against Germany.
Assigned to a P-51 Mustang
fighter base, Sergeant McCuiiach
and his men help keep the swift
combat planes in perfect condi
tion tor long range bomber es
cort missions, ground strafing op
erations and low level bombing
attacks behind enemy lines.
A graduate of Tai ent High
school, the twenty-eight year old
logger had been in business with
his father until the service call
ed him in March, 1942. He has
now been over seas for one year.
Civilian Employees
at Camp White : c
Given Bond Flag
1 MEDFORD— Andrew' J e l d
ness, veteran miner of the Squaw
creek district, near the California
state line in southwest Jackson
county, reports extensive opera
application blanks
tions toward reopening the Blue should be so grateful to God for t
Ledge mine, a copper property in Victory- that every other
ithèr "*£Eing
thing ¡ are very suupxe, out m e cover
Siskiyou county, California. Jeld should be laid aside while they lrom m e former gas coupons ana
ness reports a large crew s clean attend this service of praise and w e mueage reeora are requned
ing out the shafts and re timber gratitude. “Let us watch and to be rneu wim me application.
ing them, conducting surveys to pray, for we know neither the I „
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check copper available, and oper day nor the hour” when Victory i
ating a diamond drill. The work cometh. “Be ye also ready.”
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i reportedly is being conducted by
government finances and a Los
M hlmtok D—Preliminary plans
| Angeles syndicate.
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for the Vvar Cnest campaign in
The mine is reportedly owned 1
Jackson county, in areas outside
by the Guggenheim interests. It
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lucas, well the city of lvieuiord, were recent
known /tsm ana resiuents, receiv- ly maue wnen representatives of
eu word tne last weex mat uieir tne War Cnest and comm unity
sun, i-L ikennetn Lucas, was re Cnest met witn J. h . Hariey, gen
ported missing in action, wnen eral cnairman lor tne canipoxgn.
lt was agreed that tne Connn-
xiying his mission over Lrermany
on August 24. He had been stat unity Chest woula raise part of
ioned in isngiana. He joined n a i the War cn est quota assigned to
lery H. her tour years ago in Jackson county, as was done last
oeptember. He later transierred year. The Menxord Community
to tne air corps, completing his Cnest w ill soncit only persons
training m Texas. He was a oom- living in or wonung in Mecuord.
Mrs Olive Moyu, who managed
oardier and navigator on a Fly
ing Fortress. At the time of his the campaign in tne rural areas
graduation he was the best «11- last year, w ill handle tnat part of
around athlete in the class of 204 the campaign tnis year. Early
plans for tne campaign w ill be
ooys.
Hes was a graduate of Modesto perfected to prevent contusion
Junior college, graduating just and duplication.
Present at tne meeting besides
before his enlistment. He has
chairman Earley, were frank
been overseas about a month,
' Van Dyke and Trank Thompson
I of Ashland and John Moffat, El
formerly was o w n e d b y t h e wood Hedherg, Frank Hull, A. M.
Towne estate of Boston, and has Cannon, Otto Fronnmayer, Ralph
not been operated for some 20 , Sweeney, Herb Grey, Tony Man-
years.
no and Lee Bishop of Medford.
FRIENDS OF LOST HILT AIRMAH
TELL OF HIS SHOOTIHG DOWH HAZI
lbre bullets into the unfortunate
German until he went into a ver
tical dive, trailing s m o k e and
flames to finally crash into the
ground and explode.
“He tried to get away from me
by banking Into first one cloud
and then another”, said L t A l
phonse. "but I followed him and
when he finally broke out into
the open I poured lead to him
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Number 31
Mexicans Helped Harvest Huge
Oregon Potato Crop Last Tear
Prime Minister Churchill and
President Roosevelt, meeting at
Quebec, have a big job on hand
Under rationing re gulations
laqning the speedy defeat of
you can use your blue tokens
span and Germany.
this week only the same as usual
but after September 17th, you
That country* is* the richest
w ill not receive any more blue which nourishes the greatest
tokens from the stores and from number of noble and happy hu
then on you w ill have to use man beings.—John Ruskin.
your blue tokens in groups of 10,
if you do not have as many as 13
The average *citizen is doing
blue tokens after September 17th
you can pool with a freind to some bombing too—daytime he
make a unit of 10 blue tokens, swats flies at night mosquitoes.
rationing officials reminded the
Germany ¿ i W n invaded by
public this week.
the
Allies. Wonder where HTJer
After September 30th blue tok
ens w ill not be usable and w ill and his gang are hiding.
have a value only as a souvener
Politicians *throw mud, football
of one phase of food rationing,
players roll in i t
officials said.
An Eight A A F Fighter Station
England—Not long ago at this
V I I I Fighter Command Station
station in England, P-47 Thun
derbolt pilot 1st Ltz Louis G. A l
phonse of H ilt, California, took
at little time, to leave his lmpres
sion on the Luftwaffe.
While escorting the American
heavy bombers over Bremen, L t
Alphonse spotted an Me 100 some
32,000 feet in the air menacing
the rear formation of bombers.
He chased the Jerry down, from
cloud to cloud, before getting his
victim in range of his eight wing
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ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, Thursday, September, 14,1944
Uncle Zeke, who* is an ardent
Jeffersonian, is tickled pink over
the announcement t h a t the
County Democratic Committee
plans to stage a parade. He says
he’s fed up on cut and dried
County Commissioner Arthur speeches over the radio and
Powell was in Ashland Saturday, craves a chance to kick up his
to see about some county proper heels and holler.
ty which the county has for sale
Incidentally, he ^wistfully re
here. Mr. Powell stated that Ash
land has received about $1500 calls the days of yesteryear when
from the sale of tax delinquent the lusty crowing rooster and the
land so far this year. Local sly coon were the respective em
schools have also received its blems of the Democratic and Re
portion of the income from these publican parties and were proud
sales, since all taxing bodies re- ly borne aloft in torch light par
the sales ades to the strains of martial
ceived a portion
made. The county has the past music and red fire galore. Furth
several years, sold tax delin ermore. Uncle Zeke opines that
quent property for a fair apprais it was a sorry day when these
ed value instead of just the a- old party emblems were discard
mount of taxes due. in this way ed and the donkey and the ele
the county has disposed of some phant became the trademarks of
$350.000 of property in the last the respective parties. Nest, the
famous
feeipg the in
three years, said Mr. Powell.
While here Mr. Powell com ventor.
mented on the coming election,
September*wu a'fateful mon
being up
i
for re-electii
re-el ion as a
county commissioner and stating th for two of our presidents, Gar
that he was the only county ■ of- field and McKinley. On July 2,
ficial with an opponent on the 1881, President Garfield, while
ticket this f a ll
on his way to attend commence
-o
ment exercises of Williams col-
* L. Pettingell last week opened I lege, was shot while standing in
the Depot Cafe at 552 A street, tthe railroad station at W ashing -
which was recently operated by ton, D. C. by Charles A. Gesiteau.
Herb Huston, now at Weyerhau- Garfield died on September 19
ser Camp 4 operating the camp at Elberon, N. J. — During a
store. Mr. Pettingell has spent public reception at Buffalo, on
the past week in redecorating September 6, President McKin
and remodeling the building, ley was shot by an anarchist,
last week was open for business, Leon F. Czolgocz, and died eight
which he has also purchased and days later. Both assassins were
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to rn fiber o M m In the 04LC. B
i A visit this week to the Snider driven coffee grinders, sack
i Coffee Company,-managed by A1 and are then ready for the mar
Snider, will quickly show one et. Most of the coffee from t
local business goes into the re:
that there is a lot of coffee going aurant trade, Mr. Snider delivt
through the store. Tuesday, Mr. ing his wares as far as Grar
Snider was roasting coffee, one Pass and shipping as far as Yi
bag, weighing one hundred and ka, California.
fifty pounds, at a time and run
The local business was esta
ning through a batch of coffee lished by Mr. Snider’s son, W
every few minutes. Here is a liam in 1936. With the outbre:
i most complete little coffee grind of war, the father took over t
ing establishment
! business tha the son and his wi
In telling about the work, Mr. could go into defense work ai
Snider stat ed that he bought both are now working at Kaisei
about a ton and a half of green yards at Portland. They plan
coffee beans per month. The return to the business as soon
beans coming from different the need for men abates and thi
parts of South and Central Am can leave the defense work.
erica, are mostly graded on the
When the business was run 1
, place where grown. In determin the younger Mr. Snider, a pean
ing how good coffee shall be, it butter making machine was al
remains with the owner to blend kept going and the roasting
the different grades and varieties certain types of fancy nuts w
1 to make good coffee. The best also done. This has been disco:
I grade comes from Brazil while . tinued and Mr. Snider concei
j other, cheaper grades come from trates on the grinding of coffi
I Colombia, Venzuela, Guatemala only-
! and other central American re- i While Mr. Snider is away fro
! publis.
the store delivering, the place
About five or six dif ferent of necessity closed, but durir
grades are kept on hand and be the days when he is there, co
fore roasting, are blended to get fee is retailed over the counter
, the best ground coffee from the whoever may want it. Reade:
grades. A modem small roasting wil lfind it interesting to drop i
oven, heated by gas and very and see the business, and we wi
carefully controlled roasts the guarantee that the smell of roar
green beans. After this they are ing coffee w ill make one wai
iru n through the regular power some of i t