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VZ k r tMai. S&n&tltitti} $2.00 per yeur ^ o ^.--/J hí ¿ £cuf¿ 9t! ASHLAND. OREG O N . TH U RSD A Y . O ctober 12, 1944 National War Fund Drive Gets Under Way Here Monday hr. Westerman to Address AAUW Panties Production in Pacific Dr E. J. W eslermun of SOCE departm ent «*/ history will be the speaker ut the first m eeting of liie Ashland blanch of the A m er ican Association of University Women, according to Miss Ethel Fl unk Thompson, Ash 1 u n d Reid, incoming president of Uie chairman of thiz yeur'» Nutionul gioup Dr. W esterinun will dis Wui Fund drive nus set up his cuss the developm ent of G er licudquuitcm in the Gas company m any's bid for world domination o l ii c e a rid is getting plans per- und will give* a brief resume of fccted for the drive to ruise A sh Vurjous proposed m ethods of deal land's shure of the totul for the mg with postw ar Germany. seventeen agencies participating The group will m eet Wednes in the cutnpuign. d a y evening Oct. 11, for the pro Monday the business district gram and a business session at was upportioned off to be cover the home of Mrs. W M. Poley on ed by solicitors who will m ake a G resham Street. Assisting Mrs. thorough cunvuss of the business Poley as hostesses will be Misses tricl Thoet appointed to HU Lillian Nicholson, Edith Bor k duty .in- J V Weitzel and und Bertha Stephens. E. E. Vuil of the Pluza district, Miss Reid stated th at the or Hbmei Billings ol the district ganization hopes Ui be enlivened from Pioneer to Ouk Street; Arch I with u num ber of new members, B u l k ,d a l e a m i S i e v e Z a i k a th e the coming year, particularly district from Ouk to First street; t from incoming school faculties us Sid Reed and Paul Finnell from well us from other Ashland resi- First to Second and Mr. Gilmore , dents eligible for mem bership will cunvpsN the Lum ber yard dis i Mrs. Robert Dodge, retiring trict und A. A. Snider und Don ' president, is chairm an of the Provost from Second to G resham 1 yeur's program committee. The residential district is being — Q-—--- — divided up as per election p re cincts and Mr. Thompson is ap pointing a cuptain for each dis trict and asking them to enlist such aid ns they muy require to cunvass then districts. Roland Parks will hundle the schools. Said Mr. Thompson Monday, in commenting on the drive rhis is tile d a y t h e N a tio n a l W a r Camp W tule's G ls und girls Fund Drive starts in Ashland. from ine Medford, A shland and Your contribution to this fund I G r a n t s Pass u r e a w ill swing out goes to Die United Seam an's Set • I to music of one of the nation's Wui Prisoners Aid, to re I top-flight orchestras when t rank lieve thousands who are hungry, , ic Masters and his band play lor USO and other agencies doing 1 an enlisted m e n s dance ul the helpful things for our boys in I post's sports arena next Monday service. Ashland has over one , night .Gctobei 16. Salvaged Jap parachute silk provides m a te ria l fo r M a rin e P rivate thousand boys in service; poss i ’l u lls uie now under way to P in t C la n Joseph C. Im b a rra to (left) who uses his spare tim e on ibly your buy, some good friend 1 make it the most entertaining a South Pacific island to m ake ladies' panties. H ere M a rin e P r i or acquaintance is oh may be in social event in the camp's history vate First Class A n to n M . F itzko obligingly serves az a mod«!. a prison cam p, in the jungles of and the acquisition of a "name ' Leathernecks send the com pleted products to wives in th e U . S. the Pacific or in some bleak cold 1 bund was the first step toward I or Aua!ralla:_ J t t c t h ^ _____ A rtie Camp H e w ill a p p i e c i a t e making it an assured success. your held in keeping these ugen- The M asters crew, an organi cies functioning Ashland has a zation of 2J musicians und en ter quota to meet, so let's get it over tainers, recently earned the title w ith; don't w ait to lx- called on, of No. 1 Bund on the Victory P ar TALENT. Oct.lO—Mr. a n d (By OLD T151EK j gas is short and shix-s are not ade of Spotlight Bands, heard too good, so when down town nightly over 184 netw ork stations, Mrs. Guy Shepherd of Stayton, To the Editor: A utum n, according to a poet come to the H eadquarters in the when they appeared on tins pro Oregon moved to T alent last week and plan on locating here is the perfect season. H ere’s one Gas Company, make your con gram for their 29th time, guy who never has to rake up trihution, get u sticker for your i Masters is the composer of perm anently. Wayne Cowrey has been a pa- the leaves. window und show to ull that you such hit tunes as "S catterbrain” v v v are loyal to our boys in service. i and "Charm ing L ittle F aker”. tient at the Com m unity H ospital ( This is N ational Fire Preven- Remember you can't, make your ; Keynote of the band's popular in Ashland the past week. contribution too large.” Mr. and Mrs. H. Carson and tion Week, com m em orating the i appeal to night club crowds in - ■ — —o-------- - , New York, Chicago and Los An- family moved from the B abb’s Chicago fire O ctober 8 1871, and gl las hotels is its balanced com camp ground to Lincoln last dedicated to increased fire pre- bination of sw eet and swing week where Mr. Carson will be , vention activities. rhythm s. employed . * f * N ext Monday night's dance, Mrs. Eva Wedge was taken to P opular legend has it th a t Mrs , sponsored by Ihe Special Ser the Parkview Conval e s c e n t O 'L eary’s cow let go w ith a $176- vices Office .will be a formal af honie last Friday. It is reported 000,006 kick th at knocked over a Sulc of the East side M arket fair, open only to Camp White her condition is very m uch im - , lan tern and sta rte d the fire, wus made the pust week, b ring enlisted personnel and girls from proved. | v < v ing Worth U. H ardesty und fam Medford, Ashland, G rants Pass | At the last regular G range I H ow ever, the O ’Leary’ cow has ily from Turlock, California, to and surrounding towns. meeting Mrs. O live Floyd and been vindicated. A t a reunion of Nothing has been overlooked Mrs. A. F. Brockw ay were pre- ' the R etired Firem en's Associa- take over the new business. The II, al in, h id e s th e meat m a r k e t to make certain the girls will be sent as visitors. Mrs. Floyd spoke tion of Chicago, P resident Jo h n und the slaughter house facilities in for u grand and glorious night. to the Grange in regard to uie Dooley, who was a boy of 10 at of Mr. Lucas. The newcomers Chartered busses w ill take them National War Fund Drive, b. N. the tim e of the fire, declared th a t have also purchased the home of to and from the dance. There will G allatin was appointed chairm an "the fire was started by bum s in Virgil if. Chapm an at 801 Siski be free refreshm ents, and sou of the drive lor the T alent dis the barn, drinking and sm oking you boulvard. Mrs. H ardesty and venir program s to m ake it a last trict and it is hoped to get the and rushing the grow ler—not by five year old daughter have come ing memory. And each girl will drive under way at once. The the cow ”. Dennis Ryan, another be given a rose to adorn her program tor the evening consist m em ber agreed and said he got it to make their home here also. The H a r d e s ty fa m ily a r e hair. of singing and games with straig h t from "Peg-leg" Sullivarf It was pointed out, though, ed friend* of many years of Mr. and Mrs. Brockway taking charge. who was rig h t on the scene. Mrs. Lucas and on a recent visit that in order to assure them Booster night for the Talent ' * * they were so impressed w ith the ■ selves of transportation, girls in G range will be held T hursday A Marylar. accountant has fig- country here th a t they decided to , the Ashland area should register October 26. The H.E.C. held ' ured th at the discovery of Am er- m ake their home, und to en ter ' w ith tin- Ashland USO at their their meeting at the G range Hall ica by C hristopher Columbus, earliest convenience. business here. ■ O ctober 12, 1492, cost only about Featured artists w ith Frankie Tuesday, October 10. Mr. and Mrs. Lucus will keep Mrs. Arnold C hapm an who 57,000. C olum bus him self receiv- their home in A shland and Mr. Masters are his vocalists, Eddie was called to W akefield, K ansas ed 1500 pesettas, or about $300 a Lucus will devote all his tim e to Williams, a Texas boy who re a m onth ago by the illness of her year, as com m ander of the Santa his racing dogs, the breeding and cently joined the band; lovely m other returned home Sunday Maria. C aptains of the other training of which he has followed Phyllis Miles, whose outstanding evening. ships, th e N ina and the Pinta, work on Columbia records is rap for a num ber of years. Mr. and Mrs Charles Estes re- Pj,id about 9,°.° pcsetas a idly gaining her recognition as Changes of personnel or busi turned to T alent Friday from ' ^ J h e crew re- ness methods is not contem plated one of the foremost girl singers ceived $2.50 a m onth. Food was in the business, and M arty, Kay, Yreka, California w here they by the new owners. The m arket furished for about $1.50 per will continue to handle the finest P at and Jo, an all girl quartette spent a couple of weeks visiting m onth per man. Personally, Col steer beef which can be bought. who are M asters’ new est singing friends. They retu rn ed to their um bus w as given about $320 for home in Crescent City W ednes- ii X “ * ? ‘ , discoveries. dgy J discovering the new continents. v v Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cuthberson In the passing of A lbert E. who sold the T alent M arket re Sm ith and W We endell ------ L. -------- W illkie the cently are moving into the Itusho nation losses tw o typical A m eri house for a m onth and will later Several cases w ere heard in cans, w hose courage and ca p a justice Nelle Burns' court the move to A shland w here they pur- city for action are w orthy of e m u N. H. Zacharlsen, Jackson coun past week including th at of Thea- I chased a home. lation by young leaders of tom or ty w ar finance com m ittee ch air dore Roosevelt Kinney of Ash I .Lorna Haym an a form er resi row. man, received notification last land, on two counts, of having no dent of Talent now living in * # v week of a state conference O ct w arning devise on his car and , California visited friends here Uncle Zeke opines th a t m oth ober 18 and 19 in Portland to failing to keep to the right of the I last week. ers who scold little boys for carry plan Oregon's p art in the 6th w ar road. On the first count he was ! H arry G raham who underw ent ing crazy things in th eir pockets loan. The drive is scheduled for fined $1 and costs and on the sec the removal of his right eye at should look in th e ir own h a n d November 20 through December ond he was assessed $2.50 and the community hospital in A sh bags. 18. costs. A lbert Anderson of Pros land last W ednesday m orning re v * v Ted R. Gamble, national d irec pect was fined $1 00 and costs on turned home S aturday evening. In spite of this being F ire P re tor, war finance division, and a charge of using void foreign li Mr. and Mrs. Elm er Cook left vention W eek, jungles in this Robert Coyne, field director, will cense plates and $1.00 and costs last Tuesday for Idaho to visit m an's tow n should be given the headline the schedule of events for not having a tail light. Dan relatives. They plan on being torch. on October 18, w hen national Roland Schugart, Ashland, was away for two weeks. v * v plans for the 6th w ar loan drive I fined $1.0 and costs for using a Mr. and Mrs. Combe of Ja c k One of the m ost intreguing will he presented. Second day of . car w ithout a m uffler; and H ar sonville were business callers her m odern m ysteries is how the the conference will be devoted to , mon S. Covington nvas cited by neighbors get so m uch gas. planning Oregon’s localized cam- | state police for having an untag Monday evening. C. E. Miller of A shland has * * v paign so it will coordinate w ith ' ged deer in his possession. He taken over the m anagem ent of If “it's the independent voters the national cam paign, according was assessed $25 and costs. the Talent garage. Mr. Miller who w ill decide the election, to E. I'. Sammons, state chair man. A party of five left a week ago was a form er resident of Talent w hy so m uch m ud slinging? Over-all goal was announced ' on a hunting trip, they were and is well known in the valley. Uncle Sam is spending over 9 as $14,000,000,000. Five billion 1 Clyde Caton, John Nosier, Elmer W eyburn Kenyon has the m eat millions an hour to c a rry on the dollars is set as the goal for indi- i Heckart, Marion Mann and H ar question solved for some time, war. Boost the w ar Chest! viduals, of which $2,500,000,000 rison Grimesley. Monday evening after a few hours hunt in the m ust be raised in E bonds. M ar Mr. Caton and Mr. Heckart had Dead Indian country he returned Mrs. Rilla York of Snokane ketable issues will be on sale returned, but the balance of the w ith a fine buck. Wash, and Mrs. Ina H ail of from December 1 to December party rem ained to get their meat. — ----- ——-------- B row nsville, O regon sisters of Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Zum w alt Mrs. Nella Rice and Mrs. G race Mr. Caton and Mr. H eckart each 16. Oregon’s quota has not yet i retu rn ed w ith a deer and an an of Lakeview w ere transacting P utm an of A shland are here on Big Name Band to Hay for Dance at Camp White V i TALENT NEWS ! Californians Buy East Side Market » War Loan Meeting In Portland Soon been set. 4 Several Cases Heard in Justice Court ' telope. , business in Ashland last Friday, a visit. T h is ’n That U. S. Engineers Sur veying Dam Site U nited S tates engineers have been busy for som e tim e su rv e y ing the site for a 100-foot dam ’ to be built in th e Dead Indian d istrict w here Frog C reek arid E m igrant C reek join. This is a goverm ent reclam ation project. A t the p re se n t tim e the en g i neers are seeking a location for an office in A shland, from w hich to ca rry on th e ir work. —- — o ----------- Oregon Drivers Step On It! E ighty-five per cent of the driv ers using the Pacific highw ay during the m onth of A ugust tr a veled at speeds up to 48 m iles an according to S ecretary of S tate Bob F arrell. Speed checks m a in tained by the traffic engineering division of the sta te highw ay show ed th a t the speed of the m a j ority of drivers was slightly u n d e r the rate set for July. Only 15 per cent of the drivers held th e ir speeds under 35 miles an hour, the w artim e speed lim it, com pared to 17 per cent during the m onth of July. Ashland Gridsters Tie One, Win One in Week End Games Volume 13 N u m b e r 35 City Council Orders ‘Nuisance’ Closed Up , A t the m eeting of the city Council last T uesday, a com m it tee rep o rt m ade by the B oard of H ealth concerning the prem ises of Mrs Alice S te w a rt a t 1257 Siskiyou B oulvard was heard. Mrs. S tew art has been operating as a “healer”, claim ing c e rta in certain pow ers and has m ade it know n th a t she has treated m any individuals, said the comooittee 6ent to investigate the prem ises. A fter hearing a com plain by one of her “p a r e n ts ”, local h e a lth au th o rities visited h er place. They reported th a t it was in a "foul and filth y ” condition; th a t Mrs. S tew art told them th a t she had a feeble-m inded son, w ith the m ental pow ers of a six year old, who also had the pow er and who 1 treated w hen she was too busy. She also said th a t a t tim es she boarded patients on the prem ises and at the tim e the investigation was m ade, she had a blind m an whom she said she was treatin g . The rep o rt was accepted, and the city attorney and the chief of police w ere ordered to im m e diately abote the nuisance and order the so-called tre a tm e n ts to cease, and take such o th er action ’ as they th ought necessary. On Tuesday Mrs. S te w a rt w as arrested by the city police on the charge th a t she had failed to com ply w ith the order of the B oard of H ealth. In city court she plead guilty to the charge and w as Uned $200 and costs of 2.50 and was given a th irty day ja il se n t ence. The Ja il sentence was su s pended and $162.50 of the fine upon condition th a t she pay $40 and close up the place by not later th a t S atu rd ay night, O ct ober 14. She paid the $40 fine and stated th a t she intended to be closed up ai- per the conditions given by the police court. ---- Q ■ --- The A shland football team s u p set the dope forecasted for them the p a st w eek end w hen the se n ior high school team tied w ith a 12 to 12 score w ith the K larnath Falls high school, w hich had been doped out to w in th e game. W hile the G rizzlies did not win the gam e, it was a decided m oral victory for them for they had been held scoreless in tw o form er tries w ith M arshfield and Y reka. The gam e w as played F rid ay on the W alter P hillips field here. The o ther gam e was th a t played S atu rd ay afternoon w hen the ju n io r high boys w ent to M ed ford to play the ju n io r high team there, com ing hom e on the long end of a 6-25 score. Tw o gam es aw ay from hom e are scheduled for this w eek, the The A shland m ethodist church senior high team playing a t L ake- view and the ju n io r high team w a sthe scene of a p re tty w edd going to G ra n ts Pass, both on ing cerem ony last Tuesday, O ct- [ ober th ird , w hen Cpl G enevieve Friday. T he F rid ay n ig h t gam e here I McGee, a m em ber of the Wo- was unusually w ell attended, as , m en's A rm y Corp and the daugh- a perfect fall evening was the 1 ter of Mr. and Mrs. A llen O. Mc- setting for the game. A large ' Gee, becam e the bride of S Sgt. crow d tu rn e d o u t as a resu lt M elvin B ake? K ipp, son of Mr. and backed the local boys w ith and Mrs. F. E. K ipp of Evanston, th eir w hole h e a rte d support. A Illinois. Dr. G eorge W. Bruce of goodly n u m b er of fans w ent to ficiated. M edford S a tu rd a y afternoon also I T he bride w ore a w hite lace to see the ju n io rs open up w ith over taffeta, w ith a lace D utch some real football ta le n t to run cap and veil and carried a bou over the M edford jun io rs w ith quet of pink rosebuds and w hite chrysanthem um s. She w as given o u t m uch trouble. in m arriag e by h e r father. The AMERICAN LEGION sister of the bride, Mrs. Colver MEETS TUESDAY NIGHT F. A nderson, was m atro n of hon or and was dressed in rose color T he re g u la r m eeting of the ed lace gown. Follow ing the cerem ony a re A shland A m erican Legion Post, No. 14 was held T uesday e v en ception was held in the church ing, w ith th e new post com m and parlors. T he w edding cake was e r Em il K roeger in charger and cut by the bride, assisted by the assisted by the new a d ju ta n t C. groom and Miss Eva B u ckhalter M. F rasier. S everal business m a t of K lam ath Falls continued the ters of in te re st to the Legion serving. Mrs. H u b ert K idd, of w ere ta k e n up. S everal m em K lam ath Falls poured. A ssisting bers v o lunteered to m ake new w ere the Misses L aura Billings panels for the H onor Roll board, and B etty Sue Reed. Mrs. F ra n k Davis, a t the organ, w hich is filled w ith nam es, and as soon as these a re b u ilt the new played T schaikow skv’s “Concerto crew w ill e re c t them . J. Q. in B -F lat M inor” w hile the Misses A dam s is ch airm an of the com M arilyn M cLellan in pale blue m ittee w hich handles the placing taffeta and Flo A nn P erkins in of nam es on the board and the shell pink tafeta, lighted the com m ittee n o w h a s several m any tapers. “O P erfect Love” w hich w ill be placed on the w as sung by Mrs. R obert M ackay board w hen it is com pleted. Any and “C lare de L u n e ” by Debussy one w ishing a local boys nam e was played before the bridal p a r on the board should contact Mr. ty e n te re d to the strains of the A dam s. A t th e m eeting a resolu j "B ridal C horus" from Lohengrin. tion w as passed placing the L e D uring the cerem ony Mrs. M ack gion on record as opposing any ay sang M alotte's “The L ord's V-Day celeb ratio n u n til hostili P ra y e r" and “Canzone Amoro so’ ties cease in all th eatres of w ar. E th elb ert N evin was softly p lay It w as also announced th a t the ed. M endlessohn's “W ed d i n g L egion has on file num erous i M arch” w as used for the reces- pam phlets re la tin g to service , sional. S, Sgt. Nye H. M unson of the m en ’s legislation, and they urge re tu rn in g v e te ra n s of W orld W ar P o rtland A ir Base w as the best II to a tte n d m eetings of the post , m an and Jo h n Billings was usher. O ut of tow n guests w ere Mrs. and get these pam phlets, so th a t they m ay know the latest reg u la i F. E. K ipp of E vanston, 111., Mr. tions concerning ser vice m en's and Mrs. H. H. W ardrip, G rants benefits, etc. Legion m eetings are Pass; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. W ardrip, held second and fo u rth T uesday Y reka, C alifornia; Mr. and Mrs. of each m onth, and the retu rn in g R. R. L aw ton and dau g h ter, veteran s are welcom e. The m eet D orothy, C entral P oint. M r s. ing ended w ith a fine din n er f u r Lucy Creys, Mrs. L yle Schop- nished by the new post com m and pert and daughters, Susan and er and served by P aul Byers and Linda, Mrs. M elvin H. H all and H a rry P hillips of th e K itchen daughters M ary Jo and J u d ith of j M edford; Mr. and Mrs. H enry E. com m ittee. | P erkins and d au g h te r Flo A nn, T he an n u a l R ally D ay Service Mrs. Evelyn M cLellan and daugh orf the C hurch of C hrist Bible ' te r M arilyn, M esdam es H u b e rt School w ill be this S unday. The ; K idd, Jules N apier, the Misses service w ill open w ith a short ( L illian Redkey, Eva B u rk h a lte r, program of num bers from some | O rpha M. H udson, K lam ath of the classes. The teachers of Falls; and S Sgt. Nye H. M unson, the school w ill be honored by the i P.A.A.B., P ortland, Oregon. classes th a t th ey teach w ith a The new ly m arried couple left I for Palo Alto, C alifornia, w here sm all rem em brance. T he atte n d a n c e goal for th e Mrs. K ipp is taking her in te rn day is 219. An effort is being ship in Physical th erap y at D ib m ade to reach all w ho a tte n d ir ble H ospital. Sgt. K ipp w ill re re g u la rly and those w ho do not tu rn to his duties w ith th e medi- now a tte n d any S unday school. 1 cal corps at the P o rtla n d A rm y T he service begins a t 9:45 A. M. I Air Base. Genevieve McGee Weds Illinois Man