Quarterback Club Sponsors Football Breakfast on Wed. The unnual breakfast for the Asnland fcxitbull teams was held ti.u iicsd ay m orning ut seven o'- vibCK il i the Junior high school cutatenu, us usual being sponsor ed by the downtown Quarterbeck club. This is an unnual affair, much looked forw ard to by the members of the teams and the backers of local gridiron frays. About sixty men turned out for tlie affuir und ail the members of both Junior and Senior high school teams were present. John Broady acted as toust- m uster for the occusion and call ed on several speakers for short talks. Included in this list were John Ström berg, coach of the senior high team, John Roberts, coach of the junior high team, the cuptains of the two teams, Roland Parks, principal of the junior high and Earl Rogers principal of the senior high. Bert Miller, a football fan also talked, Mayor Wiley was called on for a few words, Frank Van Dyke re- presented the school board and several others interested in the sport gave short talks. The meet- ing ended at eight o clock, with all present singing America and the school song. - V-Day Observance School Supt. Theo J. Norby said thut Ashland schools will hold u period of proper obser vance when news coines that Ger m any has capitulated. However, Norby said that it will be stress ed on the students th at the job is only half done. Each school build ing will have charge of outlining its own program. Supt. Norby said: “The first burst of exhilirution should be followed very soon with the so bering realization th at our task is only half done. Jap an will still rem ain to be defeated. This will be a bitter task, and our efforts und energies in the schools will have to be directed toward its completion in the coming months. Teachers und children should be inspired to continue the dedica tion of all of their thoughts and energies to bringing about the crushing of^Japan and the for m ulation of a lasting peace.” Jackson County PTA Met Medford m eeting of the Jackson coun- p arcnt Teachers association Was ht,ld last W ednesday in Med- ford, w ith he president Mrs. H. y Colburn presiding. The meet- was called to order a t 10 a. m fon owed by the business ses- aion, unit reports and reports of comm ittee chairm an b e f o r e - ... z , lunch. Reports from Mrs. Boh- nert, program ; Mrs. John L a r- A w arrant was issued in Jus- wood, secretary; Mrs. Rose Chap- tice Nelle W, B urns’ court this lin , treasurer; Mrs. I. D. M urray, week for t ie arrest of Lloyd magazine; Mrs. Mel Williams, Dean Calkins and his wife. Jane publicity; Mrs. J. L. Zittercob. Doe Calkins, as the result of safety; Mrs. C. M. Frazier, sum- their taking french leave Satur- mer round-up; Mrs. Allen Perry, day, with a Ford Coupe belong- legislation; Mrs. Herschel Obye, ing to Don Sears, of the Moun- music; Mrs. R. I. Flaharty, mem- tain States Music Company. Cal- bership; Mrs. Inez Harris, publi- kins had been working for the cations; Mrs. C. M. Bailey, home- local company for he past several making; Mrs. C. M. Frazier, juv- months, and Saturday afternoon enile protection; and Mrs. Rich- was sent to Medford on business ard Payne on recreation, for the company. Late Saturday M eeting got under way at 1 evening the couple had not re- o'clock again w ith a panel dis- turned, but Mr. Sears thought cusswn on the subject “What that they m ight have stayed over y Ou Can Do to Prom ote Racial in Medford to return Sunday. It understanding" and led by Mrs. was not until Monday morning y n o Honart. H eard on this dis- th at it was discovered that $500 eussion were Charles W. C rary in cash was missing from the on labor; Mrs. E verrett Faber, on company office. The affair was pjnents; liev. .George R. Turney turned over to local police, who on church; and Ben Schm idt on in the course of their regular in youth. vestigation found that the man Among those attending from had been AWOL from the arm y Ashland were Mrs. C. M. Bailey, since December 1943. Later po Mrs. K. L. Crosby. Mrs. Clauae lice officials in Chillicothe, Miss Frazier, Mrs. L arkin Grubb, Mrs ouri, notified local officers that R. 1. H ah arty , Mrs. Fern W alker the man fitted the description of and Mrs. D. D. McCoy from Bell- a m an wdnted there on exactly t h e same charges, obsconding view. w ith a car and cash from an em- , _ _ „ _ 1 ,„ ployee. W ednesday, no trace of IjOCal Employee Leaves with Car, JLettCrS 01 1 ndFlKS or ,he “ r h?<l b"n . to USO Hostesses ______________________ A soldier, w ith the Engineer Forestry battallion,, checked his Several Candidates swimming suit w ith a desk host for City Offices ess one week end in July and Friday at five o’clock was the deadline for filing for the various city offices for the coming elec- tion on November 7th. The pre- sent lineup of candidates shows that Mayor T. S. Wiley for m ayor and Mrs. G ertrude Easterling, for treasurer, both seeking re- election, are w ithout opposition. The present city recorder, J. Adams, seeking reelection, is ap- P' osed by K. M. Brem m er, and F ’rank E. Thompson. In the three vacancies on the city Council, Ralph Koozer, Dr| W alter Red ford and Guy Applewhite are asking for re-election, and Har- pld M errill, Jacob W e i t z e l and George Andrews are running them opposition. On the two va cancies on the city park^ depart- r. H. E. m ent N. W. H eard and Dr. Poston, both up for re-election, are w ithout opposition. There will be no city charter am endm ents or other questions locally before the voters. ______ Q. forgot to call for it, so sent a card ia ter asking to have it mail- ed to his Camp W hite address, This service was given free to the soldier. L etter of apprecia- tion follows: Som ewhere in England 1 Septem ber, 1944 I received the swimming suit yesterday and I wish to take this opportunity to express my many thanks to you for sending it to ! me. It traveled a long distance, but it did finally reach me in good condition. I will also m ention the fact th at your USO was one of the nicest I’ve ever attended and I hope to be able to visit your town of Ashland when the w ar is over. I discovered an unexpected am ount of hospitality in Ashland in spite of my short stay there. Thank you again for your kind ness. Yours truly, Bruce E. Wolfe, Jr. Annual Drive for Boy Scout Funds Started The Rev. Paul A. Davies, sup e rin te n d e n t of the Congregation- j al churches of Oregon, m et last ; W ednesday even ng, with m em bers of th at organization in Ash The regular m eeting of th e ^ land, for a Fellow ship dinner at Lions club Tuesday evening was the church, which was followed the knekoff for the annual Boy by a business meeting. Budget Scout drive in Ashland to raise m atters for the church and plans funds for the support of the for the coming year were dis C rater Lake Council area. Most The annual reception and tea cussed in detail. A goodly num of the local Boy Scout executives, for the teachers of the Ashland ber of m em bers were present at scoutm asters and Godon Gilmore schools is being h e l d today, both m eeting and dinner. C rater Lake Council executive, Thursday, afternoon, from 3 to were present at the m eeting to 5 p.m. at the Junior high school help lay the plans for the com building. The annual reception is ing drive. sponsored by the city council of Besides Mr. Gilmore, scout e x the P arent Teacher’s association. Corporal M arvin A. Ring, Jr., ecutives at the m eeting included Friends of the school and parents Joe Fader, scoutm aster of the of school children are especially , 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. cub pack at W ashington school; asked to attend the meeting. A Ring of Route 1, has returned to Allen Burt, scoutm aster of Troop short musical program is being the United States from the Paci 14 at Bellview; and Gordon Mil arranged for the entertainm ent fic w here he fought in the Cape Gloucester campaign. ler; scoutm aster of Troop 13, of visitors. He is naw stationed at the M ar ----------- o------------ with Dick Trites, scoutm aster of j troop 12, the Lions sponsored I On Septem ber 1 there were ine Corps base, San Diego, Calif., troop acting as m aster of cere 243,848 prisoners of w ar confin aw aiting reassignm ent and a fu r monies f o r t h e e v e n i n g . ed w ithin the geographic lim its lough. Scout executives present were of the United States, the Ninth Theo J Norby, Henry Enders, Service Command Prisoner of Dr. W alter Redford and Roger War branch, a t Fort Douglas, Rath, on the Scout Executive Utah, was inform ed today. Committee. Mr. Trites first called on the Otto Klum, a m em ber of a Scoutmasters of the three troops pioneer A shland family, was to give a short report on their stricken by a h eart attack while activities, then introduced the (By OLD TIM ER) driving along the Siskiyou Boul various executives, and then fol To the Editor: evard near the College of Educa lowed with the introduction of If city w ater was m etered less speaker for the evening, Gordon of the fluid would be flowing in tion Sunday, causing his im m e diate death. Gilmore, scout executive direc the gutters. Mr. K lum was a son of Mr. and tor. Mr. Gilmore praised the * * v Mrs. C. K. K lum and was born work of the local scoutm asters, The late Senator Ingalls was at Talent, Oregon, October 17, stating that Ashland has four . „ , not far wrong when he declared very .. j fine t. troops, and indicating t^ at t^ e £>ecaiog and the Sermon 1892. He grew to m anhood in that another troop of cubs is be- j on the M ount had no place in the com m unity, graduating from Ashland high school, and getting ing organized a t the Lincoln politics. Doiitics I his university education a t the school. He gave a detailed ex- ' planation of why the drive for I With the sacred soil of G er ' U niversity of Hawaii. He was al ways interested in athletics and funds is necessary, explaining . m any being overrun by the allies, for a tim e coached here at A sh th at the Council office in Med Zeke opines it’s high time land and a t Medford, later spend ford hires a full tim e secretary Uncle redoutable strategist, ing 18 years in Hawaii coaching. and carries on an immense job that the Hitler, was leading his A bout seven years ago he re- for the 40 troops in Jackson and Corporal troops into the breach. , turned to Ashland and bought a Josephine counties in Oregon farm near Bly, Oregon. About V V V and Siskiyou lyo county in Califor- We read the Portlanders spent two m onths ago they sold the ma, whieh makes up the area embraced in the C rater Lake over 10 million dollars at the dog property and came to Ashland to th eir home. Council area. O ther Darts of the races held in the Rose City re m ake Mr. Klum was a m em ber of area have had their drive for cently and th a t the state’s divy funds, and only Ashland rem ains was $320,000. We forbear com the Masonic lodge at K lam ath Falls and of the Elks lodge of m ent to tu rn in their share. Ashland. / v v In conclusion Mr. Gilmore In 1915 he m arried to M ildred The pretty bathing girls have gave an outline of the m ethod vanished from the covers of m ag Applegate, a m em ber of another generally used to conduct the azines and place has been pioneer A shland family. d riv e ,a n d following his talk, the taken by a their Survivors are his wife, two determ looking Lions club organized and laid young m an trying to ined brothers, C. Waldo Klum of K la kick a hole plans for he drive, which got un m ath Falls, and Blaine Klum, der way W ednesday. It is the in the sky. O akland and a sister, Mrs. H ypa 4 4 4 plan of the club to call on all in 1 tia M cKendree, w ith other dis Its announced th a t m aking out Ashland for a donation, to keep ta n t relatives. incom e-tax returns next year will the im portant scouting work go Services were held Tuesday be pleasant and easy work. The ing in this area. afternoon at 2 o’clock w ith the taxpayer will have nothing to Mr. Gilmore also pointed out Rev. A. H. MacDonnell, vicar of that the troops could easily hand w orry about except w hat to use the Episcopal church in charge of for money. le more scouts and urged parents ' the service and conducted under 4 4 4 to get their boys interested in the asupices of the Masonic lodge. L et us be patient, tender, wise the work. ----------- o----------- forgiving, W illiam Kaegi, home on leave Procurem ent of approxim ately In this strange task of living. from the Navy was a guest, and 155,000,000 pounds of dehydrated —M artin Arm strong Reece Hays, was present as a vegetables for overseas troops prospective m em ber, who will be * 4 4 will be made during the 1944-45 The legislative axe should be fiscal year, the N inth Service initiated next week. ------------o------------ used on the cumbersome title Command Q uarterm aster, at Fort . . . . “S outhern Oregon College of Ed- Subscribe for The Miner today, ucation” and the rightful name, Douglas, Utah, was informed to day by the War D epartm ent Teacher’s Reception Thursday Afternoon Cl. Marvin Ring Returns from Pacific This ’n That É id, Miss Dorothy ■ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Moore. Dorothy has been quite athle- I tically inclined most of her life, she is a graduate of W illam ette University, w here she excelled , in athletics, soft ball and basket- 1 ball. Then she played on Salem ’s j famous soft ball team, Payed- Barrocks, w inning the N orthw est Championship, two years, then she played on the Vancouver B. C. team last year which team won the N orthw est Cham pion ship and going to Detroit, for the World series, Dorothy in the first game, had the hard luck to break a i\ig e r and had to sit on the bench and watch her team take a licking. Now she is on the road home and will teach this year in the Roseburg high school. She was given a m onth off to enable her to m ake the trip to Cleveland. We alm ost feel th a t she is a success wherever she works or M o o rs , plan. Jtio Klum Dies of Heart Attack * / * Ashland College, substituted. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 In three years as m ayor of Caldwell, N. J., Joseph P. Dosch never accepted his annual salary. B ut this year he collected, ex plaining that increased taxes made added income im perative. His salary is $1 a year. Politics is warm ing up and po litical fur is flying in all direct ions. Congressmen are back home m ending their shaky political fences. Gen. M acA rthur is well on his way to the Phillipines. Gunshot Wounds Fatal Wednesday to Ray E. Walters. Raym ond Earl W alters, •»-, died early W ednesday inon... at the A snland hospital, as i suit of wounas im ucteu Tue.x—, afternoon, w hen deputy site., and state patrolm en want w - Dead Indian district on c o .-- I plaint of Mrs. Minnie C. tie ../ I of th at district th at she and her daughter had been threatened 1 w ith death. O thers were later re ported to have been threatened by W alters. Deputy Sheriff V erne Sniitn o. Ashland and State O iiicers C har les Johnson and Bill Jung w irth went to the scene and about 4:JJ saw W alters a short distance a way. Ignoring dem ands th a t i... halt, W alters fled, grabbing up his rifle. Several shots were fire a over his head in an effort to stop i him, but in. continued to ru. , taking refuge on a rocky blu overlooking the officers. Depu J Sm ith outflanked W alters posi- , tion by circling the bluff and getting to a higher position. He saw W alters w ith his gun p oint ing at the other officers and fir ed a shot at the man, who im m e diately disappeared. A short tim e later W alter^ stopped D. H. Cadm us on the Dead Indian road, w ith the re quest th a t he take him to the A shland hospital, stating th a t he had been shot through the abdo men. W alters was Drought into Ashland, and Cadm us im m edi ately reported to the city police th at he had brought in a “crazy m an” to the hospital from Dead Indian. The police, knowing th at officers had been sent to the dis trict to look for an alleged “crazy m an", w ent to the hospital to in vestigate. Dr. Ralph Poston was called to operate on the wounded man. Records on file a t the D istrict A ttorney’s office show th at W al ters was adm itted to the State Hospital a t Salem on M arch 25, 1939, for a m ental condition. He escaped A pril 8 1939, b u t was later apprehended. He was discharged May 1 1940, but was later adm itted on a com plaint filed by the sh eriffs of fice and was again com m itted Septem ber 30, 1942. He was p a r oled Decem ber 16, 1943, to his brother, J. R. W alters, a t St. I John, Oregon. j M arion W alters a brother w ith whom W alters was staying is be ing held for investigation. i ------------• - ,Pvt. Ned Moss Is Killed in Action A nother A shland soldier is re ported killed in action in the fighting in France w hen his p a r ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Moss of 56 Third street received the usual com m unication from the W ar D epartm ent which sim ply reported that Pvt. Ned S. Moss was killed in the fighting in France and prom ised to give de tails later. Pvt. Moss had enlist- in the arm y in February, 1943 and took 17 weeks of training a t Ft. McClellan, Alabama, and was then sent overseas. Mr. and Mrs. Moss had not heard from him since August, b u t had thought it was due mostly to the fact th at there was heavy, fighting which in terru p ted the mail. Pvt. Moss was born at Paisley, Oregon M arch 30, 1915. He a t tended Ashland schools and later at K lam ath Falls. He was engag ed in the defense w ork about P ortland until his enlistm ent. Be sides the parents, he leaves his wife, Virginia Lee Moss and daughter, M ary Ann-. POST OFFICE LISTS RULES FOR OVERSEAS CHRISTMAS PACKAGES FORMER ASHLARD GIRL IS MEMBER OF CHAMPIONSHIP SOFTBALL TEAM Ashland m ay now boast that one of it's native daughters is a m em ber of the National Women’s Soft Ball, Cham pionship Team. The “Lind-Pom ery” team of Portland Oregon, won the N orth west championship, and thus w ere entitled to pjay in the N at ional or World series at Cleve land, Ohio, competing w ith the best teams o f all parts of the country. Mr. Lind, sponsor took his team in two station wagons and started for the W orld series, play ing seven games enroute, w in ning every game, then entering the big tournam ent at Cleveland, playing five games and winning every one by the shutout roufe, not a single score was m ade by any opposing team. This stands a3 a record for all World Series, play, five games straight w ithout a score against the winning team. The catcher on this team is a 1 born and raised here in Ash- Church Official Here Wednesday P rivate Jam es E. Simpson, so n of Mrs. Sadie M. Simpson, Rt. 1, Box 81 is shown being congratulated by Colonel John Groff, comm anding officer of Recruit D epot at the M arine Corps Base, San Diego. Calif., upon being aw ard ed the M arine Honor Badge of Efficiency. The M arine P riv a te was selected as the outstanding "boot" in his re c ru it'tra in in g platoon. The aw ard can-e at the con clusion of eight weeks basic m ilita ry training which included combat principles, rifle marksm anship, ju jitsu, hand to hand fighting and work w ith grenade and bayonet. His wife. Shirley, resides w ith their two sons, Robert and James, at 2401 Victory Blvd. Portland. The “Christm as Mailing Sea I containers will be accepted w ith- son” for overseas packages is j out changing the parcel post clas Sept. 15th thru Oct. 15th this year. sification; all parcels are subject For one month m ailable packages to censoring. for our Armed Forces may be Parcels m ay not be insured or sent w ithout special request and sent COD, and registration is li should be m arked “Christm as m ited to valuable or im portant Parcel.” Perishable articles will papers, small articles of intrinsic not be accepted. value, w eighing not more than Prohibited articles include, in eight ounces and requested by toxicants, inflam m able m aterials, the addressee, watches, eyeglas (including matches of all kinds ses, fountain pens, etc. will be ac- and lighter fluids), poisons, or j cepted foodstuffs, and candy will anything that will injure persons not be accepted under this Con or m ail m atter. venience- Soft candies or cakes do not Sending currency to most usually carry well. All foodstuffs APO’s outside the continental should be well packed in tin, U nited States is prohibited pnd wooden boxes or heavy corrugat should not be inclosed in letters ed paper boxes and securely or packages; m oney-order se r wrapped or tied w ith strong vice is complete, adequate, and twine. safe. Shipping space requires th at A ddress m ust be ligible and parcels be lim ited in w eight to complete, and senders name and NOT more than five pounds— address m ust be on the parcel. NOT more than 15 inches in “Do not open until Christm as.” length—and NOT m ore than 36 “M erry Christm as,” etc. m ay also innhes in length and girth COM be placed on the covering of the BINED. Not more than one p a r parcel; no personal message is cel in one week from one person perm itted. to one person is perm itted. I EARLY MAILING ASSURES Sealed articles in their original EARLY DELIVERY.