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ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY,
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NOVEMBER 23, 1944
DR DAVIE* WILL PREACH
AT NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH
Dr. Davies, state superinten
dent of Congregational Churches
has announced that he will be in
Ashland Bunday morning, and
will preach the regular sermon
Sunday morning at the Congre
gational Neighborhood church.
About 200 Rebekah lodge mem The church has been without a
bers were present at the District regular pastor since the resigna
12 meeting of the lodge at Cen tion of the Rev. Howard Rees,
tral Point Thursday. About fifty several weeks ago. Following the
members attended from Ashland. regular worship hour, a business
The lodges at Central Point and meeting will be held with the
Jacksonville were the host lodges church members.
for the event.
Stale Assembly officers attend
ing included Mrs. Ethel Bailey of
Roseburg, president of the state
Assembly, Suda Comstock, Bak
In the Sunday, November 12
er, Warden; Alma Cofer, Klam issue of the Portland Journal was
ath Falls, conductor and Louise a picture of Miss Dorothy Moore,
Perozzi, Ashland, past state pre daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
This > eek we again observe the tradition
sident.
Moore of Ashland. Miss Moore is
District officers were elected the physical education instructor
al Thanksgiving day, Thursday, November
during the business session. Celia at the Roseburg high school. Miss
Buminghausen, Ashland, was Moore is a native of Ashland, at
23 and again thia country has much, a great
elected district president Julia tended the schools here and then
Gregory, Medford was named went on to the Williamette Uni
deal, to be thankful for and this nation
vice president and Alta Nichols, versity. Local people have been
Ashland, secretary and treasurer. interested in her activities as she
should give a united thanks for what we
Other officers named were Willa has attained considerable fame
McLean,
Gold
Hill,
warden;
...
, in soft ball circles in a career
have.
Clara Vincent, Central Point; con iMting for eight years. While she
ductor; Grace Brownlie, Jackson was at Willi
Williamette she was a
ville, outside guardian; Leah Ivie, member of Paddy Berg's team.
While our young ngen and women are scat
Medford, inside guardian; Evelyn She has played the last year with
Suures, Kirby, musician; Nellie the Lind-Pomeroy team, a nat-
tered around the world, on the fighting
!
lonal
Champion,
and
hopes
to
ciun; Marion Wilson, right sup play with them for two more
fronts and in the army camps and hospitals
porter to president; Louise Pero years. She has signed with the
zzi, Ashlund, left supporter to Lind-Pomeroy team for 1945.
Carrie Morand, Port She has turned down a number
in this nation, and we cannot observe the day
{ »resident;
end .right supporter to vice-pre of flattering offers to go into pro
sident; Bertha Bateman, Grants fessional soft ball, to stay in Ore
in the sense of freedom that we have known
Pass, left supporter to vice-pre gon.
sident; Mary Ferns, Grants Pass,
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in former years, yet we have much more to
chaplain; Mrs. Esther Sullivan
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rest
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and Mrs. Mae E. Lindner, press Those wishing to give a Christ
be thankful for than the majority of the
correspondents.
gift box for "Yanks who
The new convention officers mas
their all". Pleas« contact
countries in the world. We are still the best
were seated by the Ashland lodge gave
Inez Ferguson of Central Point Mrs Ann Kroeger. Dial 8981.
served as convention chairman
fed nation in the world; war has not seared
and Celia Buminghausen, Ash
land. as vice chairman. Lillian
our land, as it has in so many of thé foreign
Wiedman of Central Point serv
TALENT,
November
21—Two
ed as secretary and» treasurer.
nations of the world; the same freedoms
Assisting with the convention new members were added to the
Talent
Grange
at
the
last
meeting
were Noble Grand Bessie Fred-
which our forefathers wrote into the Consti
enberg of the Central Point lodge November 16. L. H. Gallatin re
and Noble Grand Zola Fick of ports $80 had been added to the
war fund which makes a total of
tution—the freedom of speach, the freedom
the Jacksonville iodge.
A paper was read on member $889.86 collected through the Tal
interest by the Glendale Lodge ent Grange. H. E. C. will meet at
of religion, life, liberty a n d the pursuit of
and a memorial service was con the home of Mrs. Nor« Walters
ducted by the Medford lodge. north of Central Point. The pro
happiness, are still ours, unabridged and un
Mary Ferns of Grants Pass, as- gram was under direction of Lec
turer
Margaret
Hamilton
and
sisted, hy 12 members, gave a
fettered. ¥es, we hhve much to be thankful
drill in tribute to the flag and carried nut the Thanksgiving
theme
and
opened
with
the
Anna Myer of Ashland gave the
for and on this day, instead of making it a
tribute to past chairman. Mrs. Grange joining in singing "All
Alice Ulrich of Jacksonville, gave Hail the Power”, followed by
d a / of revelry, make it one of real Thanks
a brief history of the Jackson reading of the 23rd Psalm by
ville lodge. She has been a mem Elton Petri. Marie Furrier enter
giving.
!
ber of the Rebekah lodge for the tained. with two accordion num
bers and Loyal Bates gave a read
past 64 years.
Ashland was selected as the ing. Carl Borg Jr. followed with
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place for the convention next harmonica numbers. The pro-
•gram concluded with awarding a
year.
'
Corsages were presented to the prize to Herman Cannon.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Sam
Hamilton
of
grand officers by members of the
two hostess lodges. Music during near Medford spent Saturday
the meeting was presented by visiting relatives and friends. Mr
Hamilton is employed at Teller's
U ts a it.
I Hubier
IU D IC I
LU
V I C L I IU I U
w n u ^
Bessie
of I Medford
who
sang, her accompanist was Mrs. ,
(Contributed)
f the people should prostrate them
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Frost of
Marguerite Conrade and by Ella
Thanksgiving day had its in selves before God in humility
Ashland
moved
into
the
Negles
Mae Gail of Gold Hill who gave
Camp ground at the Richfield ception with the Pilgrims, who and prayer. This is generally ac
whistling solos.
had landed at Plymouth, Mass.. cepted as the first official Thanks
Station north of town.
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The Football game played on In the midst of winter, 1620. It giving Day.
By 1858 similar proclamations
the Talent ground Friday after is recorded that the rigors of
noon between Talent and Central that winter and disease, took a were being issued, on different
Point was won by Talent 25 to 19. fearful toll of the little band. dates, by practically all the Gov
American Legion Auxiliary
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lawrence of Scarce half of the hundred or ernors of the States and Terri
met at home of Mrs. Wm. Black Medford, were business callers so members who had landed tories.
there so full of hope saw the
mer 124 Oak St. Nov. 20th at a here Monday evening.
In 1864 President Lincoln pro
6:30 P. M with a covered dish
claimed the last Thursday in Nov
Mrs. Loyal Bates and daught coming of spring.
dinner. Twenty members were in er Barbara and son, Bobbie spent
Yet, when the Mayflower sail ember as a national Thanksgiv
attendance, with Pres. Betty the week end in Klamath Falls er back to England, in 1621, not ing day. Since that time presi
Adams Presiding.
one member of the band went dents have followed his example
visiting relatives.
Business matters pertaining to
Mrs. Cal Harper spent last Fri with her. The remnants of the setting aside a day for Thanks
the unit work were discussed and day in Medford transacting busi little colony stayed on and plant- giving.
,
decided upon and the chairman ness and shopping.
Perhaps a little of the old mean
ad their meager crops and tend
reported on their activities. Re
Mrs. Will Maxwell who lived ed them; and so the summer pas ing and significance of Thanks
habilitation chairman, Pauline in Talent for several years, pass- • sed. Harvest time came, and giving is gone—only a little—but
Finnell reported she received a ed away iiriMedford last Friday. there were crops of a sort, for we we still cling to this festival as
letter of thanks for the Christmas Her funeral took place in Med are told that they planted about the first tradition established by
Box seni to Roseburg Veterans ford Monday and interment was 20 acres o f corn (probably Indian the men and women who laid
Hospital.
made in Roseburg. Mr. Maxwell maize), together with about six the foundation of our nation. No
Next years work for gifts was was Talent Marshal for a couple acres of barley and peas. There holiday in all the year is more
started. Towels were given out years before moving to the Ap was abundance of game in the distinctively America n t h a n
among the members to be em plegate area.
( woods, and better quarters for Thanksgiving.
broidered. It was announced that
The community deeply sympa- , the coming winter were provided.
funds for magazine subscriptions thizes with the Clarence Math
So, Governor William Brad
to be sent to Major Frias Marine ews family for the death of their 1 ford proclaimed that December
Base, Klamath Falls. The Auxi son, Clarence W. Mathews who 13, 1621, must be set aside as a
liary plans to start the Traveling was killed in India, also for Mrs. . ‘day of prayer, praise and thanks
Eugene, November 20, Special)
Baskets as soon as is possible.
Abbie Shafer whose husband1 giving." G:
ireat prepara t i o n s City officials of Ashland have re
There will be a card party spon Elton (Spud) Shafer was recent- i were made for this celebration.
1«
It ceived invitations to attend a
sored by the Auxiliary, on Nov. ly killed in action.
is here that the turkey was first meeting of all city officials of
30th. It will be held at the Legion
Mrs. Everett Beeson returned 1 definitely connected with Thanks Jackson and Josephine counties,
Hall. Further particulars will be home last week from the East giving. Governor Bradf o r d's and
of civic leaders interested In
given later. The Auxiliary will where she attended the wedding own account relates how the men municipal postwar programs. The
assist with the 6th Bond Drive. of their son Lt. Emmett W. Bee-1 went into the woods and came meeting, which will be held in
Mrs. Blackmer, with cohostess, son and Miss Joyce Birkmeir of back laden with wild turkeys and
on Thursday, November
Mrs. Shirley Barnes served the Millwaukie, Oregon. The wedd- • other game. For several days be Medford
30, at the Chamber of Commerce
dinner, assisted by Mrs. Pauline ing took place in Camp Robin forehand the women were busy is one of a series cf 22 isgional
Finnell. Mrs. Chas. Rector was a son, Little Rock Arkansas on Oct. with their boiling, baking and meetings sponsored by the Lea
guest for the evening.
31. Mrs. Beeson spent three roasting before the open fires.
gue of Oregon Cities being held
Mrs. Neva Wood, Sec. and Tres. weeks in Chicago visiting rela
On the day appointed the little throughout the state this fall.
wass ill and could not attend the tives.
band, led by Elder Brewster,
Featured topics on the program
meeting. Ann Kroeger acted as
Reverend George Bates pastor marched to the hut that served will be a discussion of proposed
the assistant secretary.
of the Friends Church spent part as a church. There hymns were federal and state legislation of
of last week in Portland and re-1 sung and prayers of thanksgiving particular interest to cities, post
MEDFORD WINS DISTRICT
turned home Friday evening.
i and praise were offered. Shortly war planning, and the exchange
FOOTOALL TITLE SATURDAY
Lysle Tame of the Dead Indian after the services were concluded of information on local munici
In an exciting football game country was a Talent caller Sat nearly 100 Indians, led by Massa- pal programs.
last Saturday
ay nignt,
mgn Medford won urday afternoon.
soit and bearing gifts of wild
Presiding at the Informal
from Coquille to the tune of 31
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hart left fruit and game, appeared as round-table meeting will be Fred
to 14 to win the district 2 title. last Tuesday evening by train guests of the Pilgrims.
C. Inkster, president of the Lea
Numerous football fans from Ash for Texas and plans on being
Thanksgiving day then be gue; Mayor Geo. P. Stadelman.
land went to Medford to see the gone for a month.
came a matter of regular obser The Dalles. Mayor O. L. Wood,
game.
Mrs. Chase Gardener passed vance in Massachuetts. Other Coquille; Herman
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Kehrll, execu-
For the Thanksgiving day play away at her home Saturday. Fun oolonies in New England follow tive secretarv of the League and
offs, Medford will play Gresham eral services were held at 1:30 ed the example. Through a spe director of the Bureau of Muni-1
and the Roosevelt nigh school of Tuesday at the Litwiller Funeral cial proclamation President Wash cipal Research and Service at i
Portland will go to LaGrande for home. She leaves her husband ington designai
designated Thursday, Nov the University of Oregon; and
the finals.
and daughter to mourn her death. •»fiber 26, 1719 M a day when all Mayor C. A. Meeker of Medford.
Rebekah
Holds Meeting at
Central Point
Dorothy Moore Has
Picture in Daily Paper
TALENT NEWS
THANKSGIVING DAY
Auxiliary Met At
Blackmer Home
City Officials Asked ..
to Attend Civic Meet
V olu m e 13, N u m b er 41
ATTEND8 CHIROPRACTIC
MEETING AT GRANTS PASS
Dr. E. N. Terrill of Ashland at
tended the Southern Oregon So
ciety of Chiropractk Physicians
last Saturday night at Grants
Pass. The meeting began with
supper at the Redwoods hotel,
with the business session at the
office of Dr. A. H. Stephens.
Members from Grants Pass, Med
ford, Klamath Falls and Ashland
were present. Dr. Terrill is secre
tary-treasurer of the society.
Brazilian Scientist
Talks Here Mon.
Dr. Hernane Tavares de Sa,
Brazilian scientist and lecturer
on Inter-Amencan atfairs was
guest speaker, along with Dr.
Victor P. Morris, of the Univer
sity of Oregon at a dinner, spon
sored by tne Asnland Uions ciuo
Monday noon at tne Lilina Uoiel
Coffee Shop. Dr. Tavares spoxe
on the subject of "Is tne United
States Losing its Best frien d in
LaUn America”, stating that the
S/Sgt. John D. DeMille, who war had brought actual hardships
died in action in the Sicilian cam to many districts of Brazil, as
paign, was awarded the Air Med well as other South American
al with three Oak Leaf Clusters countries. Because of a lack of
posthumously this week, the i new machinery, brought on by
to Mr. ____,
and i tiie . war forcing manulactures
to
medal being present________
.
Mrs. Roy DeMille, parents. C ap-, 8° mto war manufacture the tran
tain O. M. Smith, commander of | portation systems of Brazil were
the Medford Air Base presented close to the breaking down point,
the medal and stated that the that certain districts of Brazil
three Oak Leaf Clusters indicat were facing a lack of the necess
ed that the airman had taken ities of life because cf i t Dr.
part in at least three heroic com Tavares urged a closer relation
bat duties before he was killed. ship between the two countries,
Sgt. DeMille was an aerial gun- ! pointing out that business firms
ner and took part in several act- a,nd individuals could make a
ions in the Italian campaign.
! closer relationship than _ to have
Sgt Lynn DeMille, a brother 1 such relationships handled thru
is in the Seventh Army Air Force the numerous agencies set up by
and is now stationed in India. He the two governments.
Dr. Morris, who has spoken in
is a welder and skilled mechanic
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Asnland on previous occasions,
spoke Monday on tne suDject of
"Post War Economic Policy” He
MEDFORD, This year’s, grow stated that only througn a just
ing season—203 days between the peace based on a sound econouuc
last killing frost of spring and the policy, could tne world expect
first killing frost of fall—was the to have a lasting period of peace
longest ever recorded in the to build up toe living standards
Rogue River valley, the weather of the world. Because of tne last
bureau reports. The first autumn communication by plane today,
killing frost came November 15. geographical boundaries have
The average growing period is ceased, and in settling up afxairs
166 days, and the average date when peace returns, care must
for the first killing frost is Oct be taken to settle it justly and
ober 15.
on a world wide basis so that
commerce between nations can
be maintained and all nations
share in the manufactured prod
ucts of those nations which pro
(By OLD TDCI»)
duce for export.
This is the time for taking an
Afternoon Meeting
inventory of our blessings. Not
A Forum Meeting was held at
just for turkey, cranberry sauce the auditorium at bouthern Ore
and mince pie.
gon College of Education at 3:30
at which Theo Norby of Ashland
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An old-timer, says an observer was chairman.
This discussion
is a fellow who can remember was sponsored by Southern Ore
when thg.pnly isolationists were gon College of Education, Ash
flag-pole* setters. .>»•
land Public Schools and the Ash
land Churches. Speaking during
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- Characters in the
«trips the afternoon were Dr. Warren
never grow
Captains ■ D. Smith, on the subject of “Per
Kids
long sonal Impressions of South A-
pants and w]
this time. merica;” Dr. Morris on “Joint
Tasks in the Western Hemisphere
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Dr. Guido Jorquera on “Youth
The nation’s farm population Movement in Chile”; Dr. John T.
slumped 4,748,000 in the last four Ganoe on ’Some Observations on
years, according to the Depart Dollar Diplomacy, Past and Pres
ment of Agriculture. ‘
e n t ” Dr. Tavares was consultant
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during these discussions. Follow
By custom, we celebrate Thanks ing the program a p e r i o d of
giving day once a year. But we round table discussion was held.
have no more blessings on
In the evening an open meet
Thanksgiving day than on the ing was held at Medford, under
day before or the day after. The auspices of the Medford League
difference is that we have more of Women Voters, with Mrs. Jus
realization.
tin Smith as chairman. A picture
“The Bridge” was presented, fol
U nde Zeke recalls the days of lowed by a talk by Dr. Tavares
opening voting. Each party print on the subject “Is the Good N righ
ed the party ticket At the poll bor Policy a Failure?” This talk
ing place party workers parked was followed by a round table
in front of
i the ballot box and discussion.
These meetings were arranged
handed to the approaching voter
his party ballot Thus the party under the auspices of the Federal
checker could te e and record Coordinator of Inter-American
what ballot each voter cast Free Affairs and the Oregon State
booze was on tap and blackened System of Higher Education. The
eyes and bloody noses were sou meeting in Ashland and Med
venirs of old-time election day. ford was the fourth in Oregon in
this series. A similar meeting w as
German militarists are anxious held in Lakeview Friday.
for the war to end. Every day’s
delay now inevitably postpones
the start of the next one.
Air Medal Given
Posthumously
Growth Record Set
This’ll That
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M ans work is to labor and leav-
gh —
As best he may—earth here with
heaven.
—Robert Browning
v v v
We don’t know who is calling
the signals for that Nazi team on
the Western front but the outfit
seems to have plenty of fallbacks.
V V V
Maybe it was only natural for
those Japs with their oversize
molars to try to bite off more
than they can chew.
The problem nowadays is get
ting your auto to give you a run
for your money.
Economy is no disgrace, but
it is mighty inconvenient
East Side Meat
Market Again Sold
The sale of the East Side Meat
Market was announced this week
the new owners Leslie Lusk and
Wayne Heard, taking over the
past week end from the former
owner Worth B. Hardesty, who
came here a couple of months ago
from Turlock, California, to buy
the market The Hardestys plan
to return to California, after fin
al details of the $GKare complet-
<d.
The new owners a r e w e l l
known in Ashland, as Mr. Lusk
has been associated with the
market since 1930 and Mr. Heard
formerly operated the Lithia City
Dairy.
New Plumbing Shop
Opens_the Past Week
Announcement was made this
week of the opening of a new en
terprise in Ashland commercial
circles, the XL Plumbing and
Heating Company, and operated
by F. S. L’Hommedieu and W.
F. Speege, two well known Ash
land men, who have been follow
ing the plumbing trade here for
some time, but not as a company.
They have taken up their head
quarters at 137 North Pioneer
Avenue in the same building as
the XL Electric, one of Ashland’s
w e l l known business houses.
However, they are not a part of
the electric company and only
using part of the building to
house their equipment.
The new company will ’eature
all types of plumbing wo k, ser
vice on oil burners, and furnaces
and general tin smith work. The
need for such service was reflect
ed in the announcement this
week that they are rushed to the
limit already.
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Army Buys Apules*
MEDFORD, — The C r y s t a l
Springs Packing company of this
city has sold 20 cars of Newtown
apples to the army, Maurice
Spatz, manager, announces. The
apples are now being shipped,
presumably to the Pacific area.
The same shipment contained
apples from the Reter Fruit com
pany. It was the largest shipment
of apples from this section in sev-
eral years, as growers have been
concentrating on pear production