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$2.00 per year
Seniors Lose,
Juniors Win in
Week End Tilts
ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, October 26, 1944
I^ocal Elks Club Have
Initiation and Feed
W ednesday evening, the local
Elks club enjoyed the official
visit from the D istrict Deputy
Grund Exalted Ruler of Oregon
Both Ashlund Senior and J u n ­ South,, Dr. George Dix of M arsh­
ior high teams took to the road i field, who m ade the regular an ­
lust week end tor their grid nual visitation. Festivities tor the
games the Seniors going to evening got under way with a
Grunts Pass on Friday for their banquet a t 8:30 a t which about
fourth game and the Juniors tra ­ 200 m em bers enioyed a regal
veling to Klam ath Fulls for their feed, the m ain dish being the
prize 4-H steer, which the Elks
third try Saturday.
In the game at G rants Pass, the had purchased a short tim e ago
Senior high school took a shell- a t the 4-H club fair. Following
ucking to the tune of 19 to 0, in the dinner, the club enjoyed a
a gume m arked by heavy inroads talk by the visiting official and
made by the G rants Pass boys during the evening initiated
against a much lighter but ag­ tw enty new mem bers into the
gressive Ashland team. Injuries m vsteries of the Order. Those
during the week took three of who were given the “w orks”
Coach Strom berg’s tackles from were W W. Williams, Major J. E.
the lineup, whicn together with Hughes, Wayne W. Heard, Ralph
the superior w eiaht or the G rants Foster, H arry Nidever, He n r y
Pass men, spelled defeat to a W alker, Kenneth Bremm er, E. E.
Sheldon, A rt Cooper, Everett
fighting Grizzly team
The game got under way with Kerns, Charles Scripter, Alton
G rants Pass Kicking to Ashland , Hart, E. W. Nelson, D. Jones,
and the locals bringing back the Glen Fowler, Wayne Gibbons,
ball to the G rants Pass 35. A Ralph Kays, Thomas Walsh and
holding penalty, against the Ash- O. L. Barnes.
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Ian dtenm set them deep in their
Medford, —Mrs. Minnie Zah-
own territory. The q uarter ended
with the G rants Pass boys m ak­ now, m other of three sons in m e
ing vicious thrusts into the Ash­ arm ed forces, two of them over­
land line. The second q uarter was seas, was recently presented with
o see saw affair, ending with the a service pin for contributing
G rants Pass team on the Ashland 1500 hours of volunteer work for
eight yard line. During the last the Medford OPA board. Bertha
half of the game, an array of end Singer, field operations officer
runs, etc let the G ra n t' Pass team from the district office at P o rt­
score three times, with the Ash­ land, made the presentation.
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land team unable to connect oi
the passing that scored so well
against the Lakeview team.
............ Juniors in Lead
The Junior high team w ent in­
to undisputed leadership of the
Southern Oregon juniors Satur-
day when they romped all over a I Following the m orning servicer
favored K lam ath Falls aggrega- , at the Congregational Church
tion on the K lam ath field. The Sunday m orning a short business
w in gave the Ashland team a m eeting was called a t which th<
clean slate so far, having posted pastor, the Rev. J | Howard Rees
wins over Medford, G rants Pass tendered his resignation, to be
come effective im m ediately, 8(
and K lam ath Falls.
Past games put K lam ath one th at he could accept appointmeri.
touchdown over the Ashland to the U nited States Corps of
boys, but yith the two team s ' Chaplains, to which he has th
quite evenly m atched as to size past week received notice of hl
and weight. In the first two min- acceptance. He has served th-
utes of play Ed Bearc of Ash- local church for the p a st eigb
land raced 50 yards to draw first months, coming her from Nev
blood for th® afternoon. Only a Jersey.
few plays later, Je rry Richardson
Be will rep o rt a t F ort Devons,
got out in the open on a confused Mass., on Novem ber 8, for six
)l.-|V and raced across the goal weeks indoctrination course. He
ine for the second score. The ' is being given a commission as
half ended with the tally stand- I iirs t Lieutenant.
ing 14 to 6, after K lam ath had ■ He and Mrs. Rees and two
been able to score on a long pass. j sm all children wil leave Ashland
During the interm ission Coach { on Monday .October 30, by car,
Roberts gave a pep talk w ith ; and will go to M arietta, Ohio,
such good effect tn at during the w here Mrs. Rees and children
last half they were able to score will stay during Rev. Rees’ ab-
four times, and holding the Kla- • sence. M arietta is their form er
m ath team scoreless. The second home.
team was run in and they too
During the Rev. Rees’ m inistry
made one touchdown. The game here he has served the church
ended 33 to 6 w ith Ashland on faithfully and has taken a keen
the long end of the tally.
. interest in several activities, par-
The Ashland Ju n io r team in- ticularly in young people’s work,
eludes: Je rry Richardson, Ed , and in improving the church
Beare, Carl Surber, Glen Speece, I yard. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rees
Charles Adams, Dean Boyer, j have gained a wide circle of
H arry Kannasto, Lewis Langer, friends in Ashland, and the
Bobby LeBlanc,
church m em bership and friends
LeBisnc, Bill
tu n Montgomery,
wionig
Bob Montgomery, Milton Morri- were stunned a t the news of his
son, Je rry Mitchell, Skip Rush, ' resignation.
Je rry Randles, Alan Speece, Bill 1 It is w ith sincere regret th at
Starnes, Ned Starnes, D w ight they leave Ashland. Their house-
Schneider, Richard Sum m erlin, hold furniture is being stored
M arvin Wines, Red Phillips and here for the present.
Chuck Zarka.
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This week end the senior high A l M A V I A f ll l I O ffM III
football team will rem ain inact- H H I C I I V f l l l k C ^ I V I I
ive, no game being scheduled for
the 27th, the only open date on
their roster of games. The Junior
high team will play on the local
Emil Kroeger, com m ander of
field, however, Friday afternoon,
a t 2:30, the G rants Pass team Post 14 of the Am erican Legion
being the visitors. This is the here, received a lette r from L t
first home game for the Juniors Sam uel A. Wolfsen, “somewhere
and a good tu rn out is expected. in C hina” this week, thanking
the local Legion for the generous
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donation of cigarettes they had
received from the group here. Lt.
Wolfsen is special Service officer
for the 23rd Fighter Group, of
Lions club members, at their the 74th Fighter Squadron on
regular weekly m eeting Tuesday active duty in China. Lt. Wolfsen
evening at the Lithia Hotel Cof­ said “we received your shipm ent
fee Shop, had the pleasure of a of Chesterfield cigarettes and dis­
visit from Robert Fisher, district tribution has been m ade to the
governor of D istrict 36E of Ore­ enlisted m en of this organization.
gon. Mr. Fisher made the visit as These cigarettes are especially
the official visit of his area. He appreciated, as the m ilitary sit­
spoke briefly on w hat the Lions uation has prevented the norm al
are doing in this area, some of post exchange issue of cigarettes
the objects and aims of the n at­ from coming through. The m en in
ional clubs, etc. K enneth Brem- this organization wish me to con­
ner was initiated into the local vey to you their deepest appre­
club as a m em ber, and Mr. Fish­ ciation for the interest and
er, welcomed the new m em ber thoughtfulness shown."
Mr. K roeger explained th at dur
into the club and presented him
ing the past year, milk bottles
his pin.
N ext week the entertainm ent have been kept in a num ber of
comm ittee will have a speaker or stores in Ashland, so th at anyone
speakers to explain the various who cared to could drop in any
legislative m easures on the bal­ am ount they desired for the p u r­
lot at the forthcoming election. pose of buying cigarettes for the
U nder the auspices of the Civic boys. The Liggett & Myers Toba­
B etterm ent committee, Theo J. cco Co. is is sent the money,
Norby, sch o o 1 superintendent, which buys the cigarettes at cost,
will speak on m atters pertinent w ith the governm ent removing
the tax against them , and they
to the schools of Ashland.
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are then forw arded to any area
GOLD HILL—S taff Sgt. W il­ designated by the Legion. Up to
liam C. Garrels, in the medical ,the present time, the local post
corps of the 91st division, has has donated and sent to the v ar­
been killed in Italy, according to ious w ar theatres some 70 thou­
word received by his wife, Mrs. sand cigarettees. This is the first
B etty Garrels, who m akes her letter they
___ have had in retu rn
home with her parent«, Mr. and from any of the recipient« of the
Mr«. Melvin Hancock.
J donation«,
Rev. Howard Rees
Resigns Pastorate
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Thanked for Fags
District Governor
Visits Lions Club
A r m y H u r s t ! V lg g in g T h e ir O w n
Fox
H o le s In I t a ly
I Prisoner of War
i Exhibit Shown Here
I A ttracting considerable atten-
| tion this week is the display of
i prisoner of w ar m aterial in the
window a t the J. P. Dodge and
Sons. The m aterial has been fu r­
nished by the Red Cross. Includ­
ed in the display are three maps
snowing know n locations of G er­
m an and Japanese camps. The
uames of Jackson county men
<vno are prisoners are shown also,
th e re are several photos of
jcenes in G erm an camps, the cap­
ture kits, m edicine kits and in­
valid food packages.
in the exm oii is me recreation
.. iiiaue oy uie Junior xxeu Cross
m en serves 30 m en and me
.eiiis contained in m e food pack-
rfe wmeh tne Red Cross supplies
sr weekly distribution to tne
lencan and British prisoners
x war in enem y hands.
Two copies of typew ritten
ewspapers published by prison-
.s in G erm an camps are shown,
me exhibit is well w orth seeing.
Volume 13 Number 37
Junios-Senior PTA
Hears Explanation
of School Measure
At the regular m onthly m eet­
ing of the Junior-S enior PTA,
held last T hursday October 19,
in the cafeteria of the Ju n io r
high school building, S uperinten­
dent Theo J. Norby was the m ain
speaker of the evening. S ubject
of his talk was the proposed con-
1 stitutional am endm ent, No. 314,
to provide additional funds for
the m aintenance of O r e g o n
School.s. In his talk Mr. Norby
' pointed out th at a t present O re­
gon is 13th in w ealth in hte na-
, tion but ranks 47th in its position
in assuring school funds for the
operation of the schools of the
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state. Under the proposed m ea­
sure, 45 cents is assured to the
A t compotont with a spade a t they ere with a tterilizer, these members
school districts, instead of tne 25
of the U. S. Army Nurse Corps dig a fox hole outside their evacuation hospital
I cents now assured. He pointed
in Italy. They are (left to right! Second Lieutenant Mary H. Fischer of
I out that Ashland, under the 25
Strassburg, North Dakota, and Second Lieutenont
Lieutenant Margaret L. Gallagher
naiiagner of
or
cents paid for each pupil each
, Hissing, Minnesota. More Army nurses are needed to help care for American
school day attended had been
i fighting
able to realize about $25,000,
Medford,—Jackson
county
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ae Novem ber election will vote which of course, brought dow n
a * an initiative m easure calling the school levy so th a t ju st th a t
or a special levy for the im- am ount had been deducted from
.ovem ent of facilities and con- taxes paid by property ow ners in
.ruction
of new buildings a t the Ashland. He estim ated th at aBout
; (B y O L D T IM E R )
TALENT, Oct. 24, At the last
,unty farm near Talent. The $20,000 would be brought in ad­
regular meeting of the Talent
TO me Editor:
.easure em powers the county ditional should the m easure pa^s.
Evidently it has not dawned Grange two new members were
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u ally to levy $36,000 taxes The Oregon PTA and the Jack-
on some motorists th at pedes­ added to the membership. Boost­
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-or
three years. The taxes will son County PTA council have
trians have the right of way on er night will be observed Thurs­
gone on record as favoring the
day October 26. At which time I ae outside the state lim itation m easure and a t the m eeting
street crossings.
! jlause. The m easure is sponsored
all
Grangers
and
their
families
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' Oy the County Public H ealth as­ Thursday night the local organ­
An observer thinks it would be are invited to a covered dish din­ sociation and the county court.
ization also voted to support the
to H itler’s advantage to su rren ­ ner to begin about 7:00. The pro­
j m easure.
der pretty soon, before Judas gram for the evening will follow
Mr. Norby, touching upon one
Lava), who is “resting” in G er­ the dinner hour. The next regu­
j of the objects of the PTA “to br-
many, figures out a way to sell lar meeting will be held Thurs­
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’ ing into closer relation, the home,
day, Nov 2. at this tim e the elec-
the Führer out to the Alii
lies.
and the school, paren t s a n d
tio nof officers for the coming
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teachers, should cooperate in tell­
year will be held. L. H. G allatin
igently” at all times, told several
From
inside G erm any
has reported oq the W ar Fund Drive
come a story th at H itler intenda stated that there had been a good
The Ashland Masonic Temple am using incidents which he he
had prior to coming to A sh­
to guide the destiny of the Reich response.
was the scene for the reception had
land.
through secretly-trained, fanati­
tendered
Mrs.
Lorena
McNair,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Clark left
Following Mr. Norby’s talk, the
cal young Nazis even though he
G rand Conductress of the G rand
should flee into exile. Him m ler Saturday evening by train for C hapter of Oregon a t 8 o’clock m atter of securing uniform s for
nas taken a hand and has ap­ Portland w here Mr. Clark will Friday evening. About two hun­ the Senior high band was gone
pointed Gen. von den Bache to build a couple of fire places for dred and fifty m em bers of the into. Mr. Mirick, director of the
select young leaders for the un­ relatives. Miss M attie Boosey of order w ere present for the festi­ school band was called upon to
discuss the proposition of secur­
derground and guerrilla forces. Jacksonville, a sister of Mrs. vities.
Clark is caring for their place in
Mrs. Louise D aughtery, W or­ ing the uniform s and a fter a
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their absence.
thy M atron of Alpha C hapter No. lengthy discussion, the unit un-
Declarations by Republicans
Mrs. Loyal Bates and daughter 1, of Ashland was in charge of i dertook, by vote of the members,
that w hat they term “the New Mrs.
McComb of K lam ath the program . The first num ber to sponsor the project of getting
Deal B ureaucracy” is strangling Falls David
left
S
aturday
m orning for I was an escort drill of G rand Of- the band properly uniformed. It
people s rights have draw n a re ­
w here Mrs. McComb ' ficers and introduction of W orthy was explained th a t there was a
ply from A ttorney G eneral F ran ­ 'Portland
received medical treatm ent. M atrons a n d W orthy P atron s fund of some $500 already avail­
cis Biddle defining a bureaucrat will
Mr.
Mrs. Frankie TSllford present followed by vocal num - able, through several years ac­
as “a m an who holds a job in are the and
parents
of a seven pound Ders by the S ta r Sexette accom­ cum ulation, by student activities,
public life that a Republican
baby girl born W ednesday m orn­ panied by Mrs. Olive B urdic and etc, and the unit will undertake
would like to have.”
ing a t the Comm unity Hospital, j piano solos by Miss Edna Dough­ to raise $1500 m ore as it was
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found th a t uniform s for the 50
the baby has been nam ed Leona erty.
Uncle Zeke says it depends on Loraine.
G ift presentations w ere made band m em bers w ould take appro­
the point of view. The Democrat
Talent high school’s six man ' by Bethel N um ber 22 O rder of xim ately $2,000. The m em oers
says we shouldn’t change horses football
team defeated the Eagle Jo b ’s Daughters, the Masonic w ere unanim ous in stating that
in the m iddie of the stream . The
Hoint
team
to 0 on the Talent Bodies and Friendship C hapter the band should have uniforms
Republican says we should and field. The T 38
as the A shland band is recogniz-
alent
team and Cen­ No. 115 of Portland.
says “m iddle” should be spelled tral Point team will
ed as among the leaders in the
play Thurs-
G rand C hapter officers pre­ ; ■ state
w ith a “u” instead of an “i”.
and all other schools in this
1 day afternoon on the C entral sent were W orthy G rand Patron
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area have had uniform s for some
I Point field.
O
liver
H
urtig
of
Portland,
Past
Nazis threaten eye for eye and
years.
Mrs. Belle Skeeters spent Tues-
are reported preparing to use the ! day visiting friends and shopping W orthy G rand P atron J. H.
Y ear books w ere distributed to
H
ardy
of
Ashland,
G
rand
Adah
“most outstanding" Allied prison­ in Ashland.
the m em bers, and a vote of
Beulah
Faber
of
C
entral
Point,
ers in Germ any as hostages for
thanks given the comm ittee, Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Edw ards of
the safety of high Nazis slated to the T alent Autom otive Shop G rand Sentinel, Cecil Greene of Mrs. L arkin Grubb, Milo G rubb
be tried as w ar crim inals after spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Portland, G rand Representatives R. I. Flaharty, Mrs. S. L. Leonard
Maude Ham bley of G rants Pass,
G erm any’s defeat.
and Mrs. H. L. Holmes in Valley Hope Wood of M edford and V ir­ and the D aily Tiding and the
M iner for the w ork of getting out
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ginia Brown of K lam ath Falls.
Novem ber * election
the
program booklets.
Mrs. Velma Colwell and son
In attendance were W orthy
been posted on telephone poles J r. are spending a couple of M atrons,
Mrs. G rubb, president, presid­
Gladys
Je
w
e
tt
of
Cen­
in this m an’s town. Such a pro­ weeks in St. Helens, Calif, w ith tral Pome, Jean ette Spencer of ed over the m eeting w ith Mrs. R.
cedure recalls horse and buggy relatives and friends.
Jacksonville, Hope Wood of Med­ L. Crosby as secretary pro tern
days when the door and walls of
Mr. and Mrs. Elm er Cook who ford .Viola Dickson of K lam ath and Mrs. E. H. H ahn as treasurer,
the village sm ithy w ere plaster­ spent the past two weeks in Cold­
the reports. Mrs. Wines led
M argaret Farm er of P o rt­ gave
tne group in singing w ith Miss
ed w ith sundry notices. And by er Idaho w ith relatives returned Falls,
land
and
W
orthy
Patrons,
Gene
the way—if the telephone com­ home Friday.
Lunde as accompanist.
Tardy of G rants Pass, Wm. Bish­ N ora
pany has a few idle dollars they
The executive comm ittee, Mrs.
Mr .and Mrs. Joe Negles who op of C entral Point and A rthur
should be used to spruce up the operated a filling station and Peters of Ashland, also W orship­ H enry Ritchie, in charge served
dingy poles w ith paint.
camp ground also sold groceries ful M aster M. P. Dunn of Ash­ pum pkin pie and coffee following
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sold their place of business and land and High Priest W alter Red­ tne m eeting.
O ur next door neighbor thinks purchased the camp ground and ford of Ashland.
the nearest thing to Paradise on Richfield station a t the north end
A fter inform al response from
earth m ust be Iceland. Iceland of T alent of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan. , the G rand Officers present and
has no trees. No trees, no leaves. The Negles lived on the new a touching and beautiful speech
No leaves—but you get the idea. highw ay one mile south of T al­ of appreciation and dedication by
ent.
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G rand Conductress Lorena Mc­
We read women like a strong
Mr. and Mrs. Lee H art and Nair, visiting and refreshm ents
W hen the M ethodist Church of
silent m an because they think daughter of Oakland, California were enjoyed unti la late hour.
A shland celebrates the Eightieth
he’s listening.
stopped in T alent Sunday even
A nniversary of its organization
on N ovem ber 5th .dedicatory ser­
vices for m any new church im ­
provem ents w ill likewise be held
The im provem ents include a new
Friends and m em bers of the fire place, .heating plant and fu r­
Congregational church are plan­ n iture for the church parlors, and
ning a farew ell party for this have added greatly to the enjoy­
S aturday evening at eight o’­ m ent of the congregation.
Of the tw enty-eight m en who
clock, as a farew ell to the m inis­
ter, J. Howard Rees and family, w ere here on January 1st, 1852,
who will leave Monday for M ar­ shortly a fter the discovery of
ietta, Ohio, so th a t Rev. Rees may gold in Jacksonville, it can safely
report at Fort Devon, Mass, on be said th a t they loved home
Nov. 8 for training in the chap­ more than gold, and th at they
lain’s Corps of the U. S. army. loved God m ore than the g litter­
The party will be at the home ing nuggets, and th at they were
of Mrs. C. H. Vaulpel, a t 422 ready to sacrifice not only for
boulevard. Friends of the church the establishm ent of their homes
and of Mr. and Mrs. Rees are u r­ but for the Church which was
near and dear to their hearts.
ged to attend.
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Rev. P. M. Starr, Presiding
Medford,—The county clerk re ­ Elder of this district was the of­
ported 100 of the more th an 1200 ficial organizer of the Ashland
l ballots sent to Jackson county re- M ethodist Church. The following
, sidents in the arm ed services w ere ch a rter members: Mr. and
have been returned for counting Mrs. D. P. W alrad; A. G. Rock-
j in the November election. They fellow and wife; Mr. and Mrs. W.
x w ere from England, Haw aii and C. M yer; Mr. and Mrs. Heaton
Fox; Mr. and Mrs. D. P. B rittian;
posts in this country.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jacquette: Mrs
ing and called on friends. They Jacob W agner and Mrs. M ary
Myer. From the very beginning
w ere enroutte to Seattle.
The T alent school will hold the M ethodist organization th riv ­
Th» Rev. vrhitm m b «nd M aridell H erdino singers, musicians and their annual C arnival a t the Gym ed and prospered, and until the
present date it has filled a large
preachers w ill «tart a «aria« of revival meetings at the Ashland Friday evening.
Church of the Naiarene, beginning Tuesday, October 31. Meetings
Francis J. Mitchel of Medford place in the comm unity life.
The anniversary program w ill
will bo held each wook night at 7:30 and on Sunday« at 11 a.m. and was a business caller in Talent
be held on Friday, November 3rd,
7:30 w n ,
Saturday.
This’ d That
» TALENT NEWS
J. E. S. Honors
Lorena McNair
80th Anniversary
Church Plans For
Nazarene Church Will Hold Revivals
Party For Departing
Minister Saturday