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.
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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
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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- , _
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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to get their boys interested in
the asupices of the Masonic lodge.
L
et
us
be
patient,
tender,
wise
the work.
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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
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will be made during the 1944-45
The legislative axe should be fiscal year, the N inth Service
initiated next week.
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used on the cumbersome title Command Q uarterm aster, at Fort
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“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
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Ashland College, substituted.
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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
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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.
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,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.