Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, February 8, 1945
T A L E N T NEW S
Mrs. William Sommers and
two cnilaren and Mrs. Herman
¡»miners, mother ot William
oonuners, text last week lor
Camp nooeru, Caiiiornia io vuui
Mr. summers.
AU. ana Airs. Ben Clark spent
Sunday ui Asniund visaing m i .
Claras cousin, Air. L. S. Cordon
and lanuiy.
Mr. ana Mrs. Dave Bradley of
Prospect were visiting relauves
in latent and Wagner Creea
Monday.
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TALENT, Feb. 6—Mr. and Mrs
Everett Skeeters and family of
Prospect visited Mr. Skeeter's
mother, Mrs. Belle Skeeters, Sun
day.
Art Backes of Jacksonville was
a business caller in Talent, Mon
day.
Mrs. Peggy Smith and baby
moved from her home on North
Pacific highway into the Gard
ner property on Main Street
Miss Annabell Riggs of Ash
land spent Sunday with Mrs. Street Brawl Knifing
Hazel Skeeters.
Brings murder Count
About 30 young people from
M W r UrtD, r eo. a—t ust de
the Friends church spent an en gree
murder charges were filed
joyable afternoon at the Medford against
James Alexander WoU,
ice arena Saturday. The skating 44, of Gold
here Monday,
parties are held as a part of the lotto wing me HUI,
aeaUi
early bunuay
weekly youth program sponsored ol Haroid James, also
of cold
by the local Friends church.
alter a light in which u is
Mrs. Fred Hodapp of Turner Hill,
Oregon and daughter, Mrs. Max alleged mat WoU used a knife on
ine Rowe of Central Point were James.
The trouble started in the bar
visiting friends in Talent Wed
nesday. They are former resi of me coid Hili hotel, officers
said, and me two men went out
dents of Talent.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walters side where me fignt occurred.
returned home Tuesday evening James died in a few minutes after
from Los Angeles where they an artery in his groin was sev
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Walters father.
Sjx new members were added | Local Girl Married
to the Talent Grange at their re at Methodist Church
gular meeting Thursday Febru
The Methodist Church was the
ary 1. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Wheel
scene
of a wedding last Wednes
er by obligation while Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Straus and Mr. and day when Miss Martha M. Cody
Mrs. Ralph Jennings were added became the bride of Pvt. Robert
by demit from the Central Point L. Olsson of Camp White. The
and Jacksonville Granges. The an bride is the daughter of Mr. and
nual Grange Co-Op meeting will Mrs. William Cody of 1105 Oak
be held February 10 at the Cen Street, Ashland. The Rev. George
tral Point Grange Hall. The next W. Bruce, minister of the Mem-
regular meeting of the H. E. C. odist Church, pronounced the
will be held at the home of Mrs. vows. Attendants at the wedding
O. L. Penland in Phoenix. The were Mr. and Mrs. Howard T.
program for the evening opened Funk, brother in law and sister of
with the singing of two songs by the bride.
Following the ceremony, a re
Mrs. Rhoda Hensell, “Love’s Old
Sweet Song" and “In the Garden’ ception was given at the home
The program closed by a reading of the bride for the bridal party
by Mrs. Boardman, “You Tell On and friends. The bride and groom
cut the wedding cake.
Yourself.’’
Mrs. Olsson is a graduate of
Pfc. Anthony Klinnek was re
the
Ashland high school last Jan
cently wounded in action in the
European theater according to uary. Pvt. Olsson is from Ames,
news received by his mother, Mrs Iowa. He is stationed at Camp
Julie Klinnek. He has been in White and the young couple will
the army since June 1943. He at make their home in Medford,
tended the Talent school before during his tour of duty at Camp
White.
going to the army.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Schultz are the
parents of a baby boy born Jan Crater Lake Snowfall
uary 31 at the Community Hospi
Is Light Report Shows
tal in Ashland.
Acting Chief Ranger Clyde E.
Roland Parks of Ashland called
on his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Gilbert accompanied by Robert
Stevens of Medford made a ski
Parks Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Hamilton trip into Crater Lake National
who have lived in Talent the past Park the last week in January to
year moved to Ruch last week measure the snow on the Annie
Spring course.
on a farm.
The snow measured 38.9 inches
on the official snow course with
a water content of 34.5%. On the
same date last year the snow mea
sured 46.5 inches with a water
content of 30.7%. In 1943 the av
erage snow depth wth 118.4
inches with a wated content of
34.45%.
VARSITY
Fri. - Sat.
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LITHI
Frid. - Sat.
A special snow measurement
that was secured on January 6
this year showed an average
depth of snow at Annie Spring
of 41.2 inches with a water con
tent of 32%, whereas at the end
of the month is was only 38.9
inches with a water content of
34.5%.
This is probably the lightest
snowfall for January that the
park has experienced as the av
erage snowfall for January over a
twenty year period is 108.3 inches
Jackson County First
in Recent Paper Drive
Marine Women Start
Second Year Quietly
On February 13, the Marine
Corps Women’s Reserve will cele
brate its second anniversary with
business us usual. No fanfare will
mark the day as 19,000 women
quietly carry out the duties for
which they were enlisted—the
duties for which they were enlist
ed—the duties of freeing combat-
trained Marines to fight.
In Portland, Major Norris E.
Lineweaver, Marine recruiting
officer for Oregon and Southern
Washington, was also permitted
to announce this week that once
again applicants are being sought
for enlistment in the Mar i n e
Corps Women’s Reserve. Eligible
ladies between 20 and 36 years of
age may write him, care of 208
New U. S. Courthouse, Portland,
for information.
From coast to coast, according
to major, women Marines are at
their desks, their teletype mach
ines, their lathes, in their repair
shops .control towers, and hang
ers, doing the jobs they were
trained to do, whether it be check
ing a hydraulic or filing system,
to new places they're now taking
that job. For only three weeks
ago the first contingent of women
Marines arrived in Pearl Harbor
—the vanguard of over a thou
sand to follow. They want more
to enlist and help shorten a long
war!
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Sunday night in keeping with
the Valentine season, the Church
of Christ will hold the third an
nual "Sweethearta Forever Ser
vice”. Sweethearts old and young
are invited. Wur wives are to be
special guests. A group of singers
from the high school under the
direction of Miss Lunde will pre
sent special music. The minister
will speak on the subject, “War
Marriages Can Succeed". The ser
vice begins at 7:30 P. M.
J. Z. Walker has sold his 14-
acre tract near the Sugar Pine
Lumber company the deal being
closed this week, to Mrs. Mae R.
Bradbury of Klamath Falls. Mr.
and Mrs. Walker will leave this
week for Stockton, California,
where they have purchased un
18-acre tract, a garden spot form
erly operated by Japanese, und
which was abandoned when the
Japs were removed to relocation
centers. The Walker daughters,
Grace and Ruth, will remain un
til the close of school, before
joining their parents. Miss Grace
is secretary at .the senior high
school and Miss Ruth is in her
second year at SOCE.
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Dust Mops, wet Mope. Brooms
Floor Wax, Furniture Polish. Up
holstery end Rug Cleaner. At
your Marshall Wells Stors. On
the Plasa. Phone 21231.
C. E. Huffman, local real estate
dealer, left Tuesday for Portland
where he will enter the Veteran's
Hospital for a week’s treatment
before returning to his home
here.
Mrs. Agnes Hackler and Mrs.
Agnes Lacey of Talent were busi
ness visitors in Ashland Satur
day.
Mr. Montieth and daughter
Caroline of Klamath Falls were
in Ashland Sunday to visit with
Mrs. Monteith who has been con
valescing at the Park View Con
valescent home for several mon
ths. Mr. Monteith is a druggist
in Klamath Falls.
R. B. Hammond, manager for
the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company from Medford,
was a visitor in Ashland Tuesday,
dropping in at the Miner office
to get acquainted. Mr. Hammond,
stated that he was quite busy
these days as he has charge of the
Ashland district and the Grants
Pass district in addition to the
Medford district, both of which
had managers prior to the war,
but a shortage of manpower has
The final figures on the recent
paper drive have been tabulated
this week and figures indicate
that 178 tons of paper were col
lected in this county by the
school children. Medford schools
collected 110 tons, As h 1 a n d
schools 28 tons and the other rur
al schools of the county collected
40 tons.
Local salvage officials were no
tified that this county led the
state in per capita wastepaper
collection and they were highly
commended by the state officials
for their outsanding work in this
effort. A year round effort in
collecting paper is urged by state
officials.
Schools a r e already laying
plans for the tin can salvage
drive, which is scheduled for
March 15th. Local officers in
charge are determined to make
this a success and point out the Oregon Traffic Toll
fact that not a single carload of Alarms Secretary
tin cans was shipped from Ore
January traffic accidents are
gon in January.
taking a tragic toll of human life
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in Oregon, Secretary of State Rob
Washington School
ert. S. Farrell said today in urg
ing drivers to avoid dangerous
Junior Red Cross
driving practices.
Fatalities were reported at the
Promotes Program
The Washington School P. T. A. rate of one a day during the first
is holding its special Founder’s 19 days of the month. This is as
Day Program in the lower hall many deaths as were reported for
of the Washington school Thurs the entire month of January of
1943, and four less than occurred
day, Feb. 8, at 3:00.
Arrangements are made for the in January of 1944.
Analysis of the current acci
care of small children and re
freshments will be served in the dent trend indicates glaring head
cafeteria following the program. lights at night are the outstand
All parents and friends are co- ing single cause of highway and
street tragedies, Farrell said. Of
ordially invited.
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the first 15 fatalities in January,
13 involved rural accidents. In
Ashland Matron Dies most
of these accidents glaring
Sunday Afternoon
headlights were listed as the
Death came to Mrs. Ethel Sar causative factors.
Oregon law requires headlights
ah MacDonald, of 968 East Main
Street Sunday afternoon at the shall not project a beam of light
local Hospital. Mrs. MacDonald more than eight inches above the
was born in Pepin, Wisconsin, on center of the line at a distance
August 19, 1877. Her husband, of 25 feet. The law also requires
Gilbert MacDonald died in March drivers to use the lower beam adjusted by requesting mainten
1938. She had been a teacher for when within 500 feet of an ap ance men to check them regular
ly.”
six years in North Dakota and proaching car.
Wisconsin pfior to here- coming
“Lights get out of adjustment,
to Ashland about 15 years ago. especially on older cars and on
She was a member of the Daugh cars that have been involved in
ters of Union Veterans of Ash even minor accidents,” Farrell
said. “Automobile maintenance
land.
She is survived by her step men are so busy keeping vehicles
mother, Mrs. Lulu Howard of in essential repair that they may
Ashland; a son, Clessen MacDon overlook checking headlights if
ald, of Stockton, Calif., three the driver does not make the
brothers, Harry O. Howard of specific request. As a result, there
Stockton, Clarence Howard of probably is less headlight adjust
Medford, William G. Howard of ment today than in normal times.
Salem; and a sister, Mrs. F. L. The driver can remedy this and
make sure his lights are properly
Spalding, of Medford.
caused a consolidation of the dis
tricts. Mr. Hammond is a native
of Ashland, having been born in
a cabin located where Lithia pack
now stands. He finished high
school here since then has lived
in numerous places, following his
work with the telephone com
pany. He stated that the company
is particularly interested at pre
sent in rural telephone lines, and
is laying extensive plans to bring
the service to the rural families
as soon as war conditions permit.
Mineral Oil. Heaviest Grade.
Pints 35c. Quarts 65c and Gal.
SI.49 at LaMarre’s Drug Store.
Friends here received word the
past week end from Rev. Howard
Rees that Mrs. Rees had under
gone an emergency operation in
Marietta Ohio. Rev. Rees, a chap
lain in the army was called home
on emergency leave from Dallas,
Texas, to be with his wife. The
Rees family will be remembered
when Mr. Rees was minister of
the Congregational church here.
No word has come about Mrs.
Rees’ condition since her opera
tion.
Sgt. and Mrs. Bernard J. Krug
and Mrs. Nelle Burns were din
ner guests Sunday at the Floyd
Samford home in Bellview dis
trict.
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Ashland. Oregon
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