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A S H L A N D . O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , N o v em b er 2, 1944
Volume 13 Number 38
Legion
I Neva West Speaks
Annual Teacher American
Has Regular Meeting Methodist Church to ! at SOLE Assembly
Meeting Here
Honor 80th Birthday
Thurs. & Fri.
Ashland Post No. 14 held its
regular meeting at the Legion
1 Hall Tuesday the 24th with a
' large group of veterans and
I quests present. Plans for the com-
I ing Past Commanders meeting
| and initiation of new members
! were discussed and several let­
Southern Oregon College of Ed- ters and other correspondence
cation, October 27—The annual was read.
Southern Oregon Educatio n a 1
A collection of $50.00 was tak­
Conference and Teachers Insti­ en up by the members and turn­
tute will meet Thursday and Fri­ ed over to Chairman Frank
day, November 2 and 3, on the Thompson of the Ashland Com­
campus of the Southern Oregon munity War Chest Fund.
College of Education at Ashlund.
Commander Kroeger introduc­
This meeting is sponsored by t h e ed
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corporal _______
Lloyd ______
Michal of
Oregon Stute Teachers Associa-1 Washington National A irport,
tion. Approximately five hun-1 Washington, D. C. Chief Stewart,
dredteachers of the area will at- Ralph Baylock of the 15th, Sea
tend.
| Bees and S. A. Eudy, DeWitt Gen
Dr. Frank W. Parr, Secretary Hospital Auburn Calif., who gave
of the State Teachers Association,1 very interesting talks about
und Superintendent Rex Putnam, I there experiences after which
State office of Public Education, > Chief Cook Paul Byers rang the
will address the group Thursday bell for the evening feed of ham­
morning. Dr. James Miller, Se­ burgers and coffee.
cretary of the National Board of
Commander, kirn! Kroeger; Ad­
Education o f the Presbyterian jutant, C. M. fruzier anti ¿service
Church, will speak Thursday aft­ uilicer uuy Applewmte ol Asn-
ernoon.
luntl Post no . i t attended the Dis
Main speakers of the Friday trict No tour meeting held at
session will be Congressman Har- i Meolord wnere btate Command-
ris Ellsworth, speaking on “A I er, Pinn Crum, of Hood River,
Congressman Looks at the War Department Adjutant, Fritz Nis­
Zone”; Dr. Lillian Gray, Associ­ sen. ¿state ¿service Officer Robert
ate Professor of Education at San Diilurd and World War Liaison
Jose, California, State Teachers Cnairman June Valient of Port­
College, on “The Teacher as a land were the principle speakers
Person;” and Superintendent Wil of the day. Eacn gave a wonder­
liam G. Paden of Alemeda, Calif. ful and instructive talk beneficial
Afternoon sessions will divide to those attending from this com­
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into groups to hear discussion of munity.
the following topics: What's New
i n O regon Homemaking—Miss
Bertha Kohlhagen, Director of
Homemaking, Stute Department
of Education, Salem. Round table
School Administrators—Supt. E.
11. Hedrick of Medford and Supt.
William G. Paden, Alemeda, Cal.
A drive is under way at pre­
Round table Visual Education— sent in an endeavor to raise
Dr. Curtis Reid, Extension De­ funds to buy the senior high
partment of Higher Education, school band, uniforms, following
Corvallis; Remedial Reading, In­ the action on the matte * by the
termediate and Upper Grades— Junior Senior Parents Teachers
Mrs. Lillian Downey, Rep. of D. association two weeks
___ ago, spon-
C. Heath Company; Shop Work I soring the drive. Mrs. R. I
Demonstration, Industrial Arts— harty is chairman of a committee
O. G. Hughson, Rep. of State and Roland L. Parks, Mrs. C. L.
Building Congress, Port l a n d . Wolff, Mrs. Phil Stansbury, Mrs.
High School English—Mrs. Louis S. L. Leonard, Mrs. R. L. Crosby
Gerlinger and Miss Daphne Matt­ and I. A. Mirick make up the
hews, Grants Pass. Tests and committee to reach as many as
Measur?inents—Lop is Basfo r d, possible for donations to the fund.
Medford. Post War Education— Individuals and organizations will
Oren E. Masters, Grants Pass. be contacted in an attempt to
The Community School Lunch raise $1500 to supplement the
Program—Dorothy Rapp, office $500 already on hand for
; the pur-
of War Food Administration. Pri­ pose.
mary Education—Dr. Lil 1 i a n ) The Ashland Senior High band
Gray. School Carnivals and O th-1 is lecognized as being as good or
’rograms as Money Makers— better than any in the surround-
er Programs
Gerald G. Acklen, Grants Pass i ¡ng schools. Members of the other
and Kenneth Toner, Rogue River school bands have been decked
Scheol Responsibility in Prob­ out in colorful uniforms for sev­
lems of Delinquency at Junior eral years, leaving only the Ash­
and Senior High School Levels— land band without uniforms. The
Robert Elder, Jackson County The band has appeared numerous
Juvenile Officer. .
occasions for bond rallies, par­
Dr. D. V. Poling of the State ades, patriotic meetings etc, and
System of Higher Education, will is recognized as being a real as­
be in charge of assembly singing set to the community. The drive
throughout the session. Miss will last from last Friday October
Madge Mitchell, Ashland, will 27 to Friday, November 3 and the
play accompaniment.
citizens of the community, are
The General Committee in asked to show their loyalty and
charge of the program and con­ appriciation of the band by donat
duct of the Conference are: Mrs. ing something toward the uni­
Marguerite Staunton, Cou n t y form lund.
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Superintendent of Josep h i n e
County; Superintendent C. R.
Subscribe for The Miner today.
Bowman, Jackson County; and
Dr. Walter Redford, president of
the Southern Oregon College of
Education.
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Drive Under Way
for Band Uniforms
AAUW Met for An­
nual Officers Tea Sat.
Oak Street Home
Burns Friday Pk M.
The residence of Chester Smith
on Oak street in Ashland sustain­
ed severe damage Friday after­
noon, when fire burned most of
the roof and attic of the home.
Fire was believed to have started
from a trash burner in a second
story apartment, it was learned
from the fire department reports,
and spread to the attic and roof.
Loss was set at $1500 to $1800.
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Orginal Christmas Greetings by
local Poet, formerly on Denver
University Staff. Inquire at Min­
er Office.
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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brem-
ner left Sunday to spend a couple
of weeks in Los Angeles.
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Services were held at the Lit-
willer Funeral Chapel Mpnday
for Charles Nathan High, who
died at Bremerton, Washington,
Oct. 23. Father Meagher of Med­
ford officiated.
The deceased was born at Keno
Oregon, Feb. 4, 1891. He attended
the Ashland schools, leaving here
when he was 16. He was engaged
in the grocery business at the
time of nis death.
He is survived by yhis wife,
Pearl High. Bremerton, Washing-
tonto one daughter Maxine, Los
Angeles, California, five brothers,
Edward High of Roseburg; Lest­
er High of Oakland, Calif; Finley
of Spray, Oregon George, Doe
Plos, Calif; and Robert High of
Ashland; one sister Mrs. Audrey
De Lap of Klamath Falls and his
arents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan L.
B Ugh of Ashland.
Members of the American As­
sociation of University Women
met for the annual officers tea
Saturday afternoon at the home
I of Mrs. Frank Van Dyke on Har-
gadine St. Old members as well
1 as officers of the group were host
i esses to new members. Tea was
served from an attractive table
decorated with yellow and bronze
chrysanthemums. Officers pre­
sent were Miss Ethel Reid, Mrs.
Naomi Grünewald, Mrs. Alden
Powell, Miss Cora Mason, Mrs.
Bertha Smith, Mrs. Robert Dodge
Present as guests were Miss Vio­
let Stockholm and Miss Neva
West, both on the faculty of the
Southern Oregon College of Edu­
cation.
Miss Ethel Reid, president of
the Association, announced that
the International Relations sec­
tion will meet at her home, 933
East Main Street, Friday even­
ing, November 3, to hear Mrs.
Frank Van Dyke discuss the re­
ferendum measures appearing on
the November 7 ballot
Many Attend Hillah
Temple Meet at Med.
Several Ashland members of
Hillah Temple, Ancient Order,
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at­
tended the meeting held in Med­
ford Saturday night when a
large class of candidates were in­
ducted into the order. Events of
the day got under way with re­
gistration at 2 p.m.. business ses­
sion at 4 p.m. social hour from
4*30 to 5:30 and with the usual
feast from 5:30 to 8:30. Numer­
ous other events took up the bal­
ance of the evening.
Junior Football
Team Wins Again
I
The Methodist Church of Ashland is offering to the community a
pipe organ concert with a vocalist on Friday evening, November 3rd,
»n commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the
church. Florence E. Grow, radio pipe organist and music teacher
from Roseburg will offer several groups of favorite organ numbers.
Mrs. Helen High Pierce will sing two groups of solos. She will be ac­
companied on the organ and the piano by Doris Cadit Lantz, from
Medtord. The program is to be as follows:
Organist
The Heavens Resound ...............................................................Beethoven
The Old Refrain ............................................................................. Kreisler
Evensong ................................................. ...... ... .............. Edward Johnson
Londonderry Aire ............................................ Transcribed from Lemare
Soloist
The Lord Is My Light ........................................... .......... Frances Allitsen
bpirit of God ............................. ......................................H. H. "Neidlinger
Organist
O Loving Father ..........................................................................Del Reigo
Lift Thine Eyes .......................................................................Mendelssohn
Andante In G ..................................................................................... Batiste
Favorite Hymns ......................Arranged for organ by Florence Grow
The Lord’s Prayer ................................-
_................................Mallotte
Soloist
Le tMy Song Fill Your Heart (Viennese Waltz)..........Ernest Charles
The House on a Hill...................... ...... ........ ..................Ernest Charles
The Second Minuet ..................................... ......... ............ Marrice Besley
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Organist
j pastoral ............................................. ...................— ....... - ................Mozart
¡The Rosary ....................................................„................... Ethelbert Nevin
Aire, from Suite in D................................... ......................................... Bach
Andante Cabtablie, from the Fifth Symphony...................Tchaikovsky
Caprice Viennois ................................. ..- ....................................... Kreisler
Following the concert there will be an informal reception by the
new fireplace in the Fellowship Room Refreshments will be served
by the ladies of the Church. The invitation is open to the public, both
for the organ concert and the reception. No admission will be charg­
ed. This program is being offered the public as an expression of good
(ins at 7:30 p.m.
will to the community. The concert tiegi
Southern Oregon College of Ed­
ucation, October 25—Miss Neva
West ol the Southern Oregon Col­
lege of Education, spoke at as­
sembly period Wednesday, giv­
ing a report on her war work in
the nursery program of Georgia
the past two years. Miss West
was technical supervisor for
child care centers in Columbus,
Georgia, and surrounding area
and was appointed by the Gover­
nor a member of the Sta^ Com­
mittee for training workers for
other centers throughout the
State. The purpose of the pro­
gram, Miss West stated, was to
serve the war effort through ser­
ving industry and at the same
time looking after the best inter­
ests of children. Columbus, the
scene of Miss West’s immediate
labor, is a large industrial center
lor cotton textile mills. The pro­
gram there, she stated, had met
some antagonism from manufact­
urers who saw it as an outside
I interference, but in the main the
work receives cooperation and is
now well organized and progres­
sing.
Asked as to the possibilities
for the future of the program,
Miss West stated there are two
good chances for its continuance.
First .industry will become inter­
ested to help finance it; second,
communities may demand the
use of public funds for the pur­
pose.
Miss West is teaching subjects
connected with primary educa­
tion in the college during the ab­
sence of Miss Jeanette Smith.
1875-1908
1852, these pioneers came by way
of Klamath Falls over the trail
the Applegate expedition opened
up, and in 1852 a settlement of
twenty-eight people was made in
Ashland.
This first settlement was made
by A. D. Helman and several
other men. Mr. Helman was a
former member of this church.
The history of the Ashland
church dates back to the day of
the circuit rider, as he rode thru
the valley preaching and looking
fo rsuitable places to organize
clashes which became the Meth­
odist churches of the Rogue Riv­
er valley.
The first class organized was
at Jacksonville and all the county
was embraced in the Jacksonville
circuit. Classes were organized ai
Phoenix
Talent and in the val
ley above Ashland, near the Geo
Dunn place, several years before
the class at Ashland was formed.
In July, 1864, Rev. P. M. Starr,
the presiding elder of the district
organized the class in Ashland
with the following members: D.
P. Walrad and wife, W. C. Myer
and wife, Heaton Fox and wife,
D. P. Britton and wife, A. G.
Rockefellow and wife, Wm. Je-
quitt and wife, Mrs. Jacob Wag­
ner, Mrs. Anderson a n d Mr«.
Myer. Others from the classes at
Talent and the class up the valley
were soon transferred to this
class, forming the first church in
Ashland.
At this 80th Anniversary, none
Big Crowds at USO
Saturday & Sunday
The ween-end crowds reminded
everyone of "old times” at the
local USO Club. The Saturday
night dance was very successful
and many of the same men came
back on Sunday.
Halloween atmosphere was evi­
dent as soldiers cut jack-o-lan-
terns and polished apples. Apples
were donated by Mayor T. S.
Wiley for this party. Cider and
doughnuts were served during
the evening by Senior Hostesses
Mrs. Carrie O’Harra, Mrs. Clo
Reed and Mrs. Ben Willard.
A large group popped corn
over the fireplace and many
wrote letters and cards. Late in
th« tvtning 8 f t Stillman Clark«
Meetings Continue at
tu n uospei l empie
Stores Set For
Opening Saturday
After being closed for the past
two weeks, so that they could
move and arrange their stock, the
of the original members are liv­ Metz 5c to $1 store and the West­
ing. However, a lew ol their rel­ ern Auto Supply store, are plan­
atives are residing in Asniand. ning an opening Saturday in their
I n 18/8 tne conxerence a t new quarters. The Metz store,
Sglem recogni^pd Ashland as a formerly at 70 East Main, is now
CgnXerence Appointment a n d located in the Enders buildings,
Rgv. Wm. P. Cnapman was the where fine new quarters are pro­
nx?t i pastor appointed.
vided. The new locations gives
Pr« evious to this the foundation the Metz store some additional
of the
th' present Church was laid, room. In commenting on the new
the bunding was not completed store, Henry Metz said Tuesday,
uatil the pastorate of the firse that while additional room is pro-
minister.
ided he did not contemplate e x ­
The pastors and laymen with panding the lines of stocks sold.
the aid of Ashland citizens estab­ However, the present lines will
lished the Ashland academy, lat­ be expanded so that a much more
er known as the Ashland College complete variety of lines sold can
and Normal School. The Quarter­ be had. New counters and a much
ly Conference of 1869 fostered better display of goods will be
this undertaking.
furnished in the new location.
The Ashland Methodist church,
in « western mu to ¿supply Co.,
through the efforts of the Ep­ witn James m ovie as manager,
worth League, was responsible nas moveu from uieir lormer 10-
for the founding of the Ashland I c a u o n oil m a m s u e e t in to Uie
Public Library. The Southern u u iiu m g iormeriy occupied by
Oregon Chautauqua was organiz­ tne ivietz store, in ese quarters
ed at Central Point by Rev. J. S. nave oeen newly unisnea ana
Smith, who at that time was a tne new locauon win give mucn
pastor of the Ashland Church. niucn more space to tne Western
Later the Chautauqua was moved Auto buppiy company. Wnne in
to Ashland and Q. F. Billings, an the former locauon, ladk ot space
active member of this church, prevented Mr. ivicivie xrom Hav­
was president for many years.
ing a large stock, Dut in tne new
During the ensuing years, as quarters pe win expand tne
the differen ministers came, each stocks to include numerous items
contributed to^the advancement not formerly carried.
of the church, both spiritually
Both Mr. metz and Mr. Mckie
and materially. Ntw members welcome uieir old, and new cus­
were added which necessitated tomers to uieir new locations.
History of the Church
The early settlers of Rogue
River valley came mainly from
the “states” and California’ They
may have come originally to Cal­
ifornio in search of gold, but no
doubt they were attracted to Ore
gon in search of permanent
homes.
For several years, beginning in
The Junior high school football
team held, undisputed first place
in football circles this week,
when they walloped tne Grants
Pass team in the first home game
of the season, showing a unal
score of 47 to 6.
Ashland scored a touchdown in
the first two minutes Of pray
with the visitors coming back to
tie the score. By the end of the
first half, Asmand had rolled
over the goal line for another
touchdown, to bring tne total to
14 to 8 tor the first period, in the
last half, the smoothly clicking
team rolled over the visitors to
gain 33 more points to bring the
game's total to 47, while the visit­
ors were unaole to cross the goal
line tor any more points.
The Friday game was the four-
; th straignt victory xor tne local
I juniors, witn no losses and as­
sures uiem a tie, at least, ¿snouid
tney win xrorn ivieoiora here on
iNovemoer o, tney win be undis­
puted champions Xor the season.
By tne end ox uie game, tne
entire sub team was praying and
were continuing me gams maue
by uie first string in tne first
half.
For War Fund
Donations Continue
During uie latter part ox last
week capacity crow us came to
near nev. jonn ¿s to van at the
ru n Uospel rempie. lu e speaker
comes irom uie ¿souui and ms
meetings nave Deen very success­
ful m various states wnere he
nas campaigned, u n r n o a y mgnt
a large crowd attended uie Di­
vine xieanng service, at which
time many were prayed Xor. A
number oi testnnomes to healing
nave come m. Divine nearing ser­
vices are neid eacn rn u ay mgnt,
but uie evangelist requests mat
Uiose wno are to be prayed xor
snouid attend as many services as
i possible, a special musical pro­
gram is prepared lor eacn mgnt,
j wnicn includes solo s duets and
instrument numbers.
is ’ b That
(By OLD 1AMKK)
ro the Editor:
Here are some 1940 election
figures
Jackson county—Willkie, 8,507
Roosevelt, 6,784
Oregon butte vote—Roosevelt
25 o ,4 xj ; Wiiuue, 213,305.
National vote—noose veit, 27,243,-
4oo; w u im e , 22,304,199; I'nomas,
¿soc. 99,38/; Browaer, Com., 40,-
251; Babson, Pro., 57,812; Aiken,
Soc Labor, 14,761; otner, 48,610.
Total 49,815,312. The Electoral
vote was; Roosevelt, 449; Willkie
82.
The Crusaders who fought to
redeem the Holy Land ana raise
the Cross in Jerusalem engaged m
a sacred task—Civilization is now
engaged in a far greater, more
logical and more righteous cru­
sade. It fights, to be sure, for its
own life. But it fights no less for
its ideals.
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Roscoe Drummond, Washing­
ton correspondent o tthe Chirst-
ian Science Monitor, has this to
say of Wendell Wilikie’s position
in the 1944 presidential election:
“Because neither party measured
conception of what is
■ up to his was
for him a dixncult
! needed,
choice. I do not have the answer,
i but I should like to put into tne
record that as of eight days be­
fore his passing, when on ¿Satur­
day morning, ¿September 30, I
talked with him tor an hour in
his room at the Lenox Hill Hospi­
tal, he had not decided which
candidate he would support.”
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We read that the Cleveland (0)
Plain Dealer has “flopped” to
Dewey. On the day following the
I 1884 election the Plain Dealer,
juhliani over a Democratic vic­
' tory, used the papers entire front
I page for a sketch of the White
House with a crowing rooster
perched on the dome.
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Uncle Zeke opined that one of
the difficulties in the way of re­
conversion is that so few persons,
comparatively speaking have any
use for plow shares.
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Grandpa used to carry his pock­
etbook with a yard of twine
wrapped around it. But he didn’t
need to open it as often as we.
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Artemus Ward said;‘T am
bound to live within my means
even if I ve got to borrow to do
it” *
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There are also some electric
light poles sadly in need of paint.
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Go to the polls next, Tuesday.
Don’t be a slacker.
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Overworked vocal chords are
Frank Thompson, Ashl a n d
Chairman of the War Fund drive
low in progress, reports that by
-he first of this week, the fund
.ad grown to about $2o5u toward
.»le goal of $4,000. Drive will of-
.cially end on Nevember 11. Per­
sonal solicitation has been made
o f t h e m o s t of the business
1908
houses in Ashland, and commit-
i tees are working on the residen­
more adequate facilities.
In 1908-9 a new and larger tial sections. An excellent res­
chur.-h was built, in 1915 Sunday ponse has been made by the busi­
School rooms were added, a new ness firms of Ashland, they hav­
parsonage was purchased in 1922 ing donated with the civic and
and a new orgah in 1929.
fraternal groups the most of the
As we meet on November 5, money now raised.
1944, to dedicate additional and
Mr. Thompson has recently
long desired improvements, let us sent a letter to some 20 or more
honor the founders and pastors of the big concerns doing busi-
who have made our church home ness in Ashland, such as the oil
possible, and on the 80th anniver­ companies, and others whose
sary we would rededicate our head offices are not in Ashland.
lives to His service.
To date one company, Fluhrer’s
Bakery, has sent in a check for
and Mrs. June Kazazean did two $50 for the Ashland Fund. More
exhibition dances which were are expected to before the drive
throughly enjoyed by the large ends.
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crowd.
A Traveling Examiner of Op­
The main room looked lovely
with fall flowers brought in by erators and Chauffeurs is sche­
Mrs. Gertrude Wilmeth a n d duled to arrive in Ashland, Mon­
Frances Aikins brought a clever day Nov. 6, 1944, and will be on
witch, which she had made, with duty at the City Hall between
the hours of 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.,
broom and all the trimmings.
Cookies for this week end were according to a recent announce­
furnished by the following ladies ment released from the Secretary
Mrs. Alice Willits, Mrs. H. H. El- of State’s office.
All those wishing permits or lir
hart, Mrs. Wm. Norris and Mrs.
censes to drive cars are asked to
Lydia Robertson.
et in touch with the examiner
hours.
Congregational Women's B a s-, uring these
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ear. Including sale of native hand­
FOR HIGH QUALITY HARD-
craft from the South Seas.
ware and Houseware, reasonably
MILLER'S REALTY
priced, think of Marshall-Wells
Saturday. November 4th
on the Plata« Phone 21231.
due for a rest
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