°r This ’n That I It was u fade-out for Mussolini, the sawdust Caeser. He was shot Saturday by patriota in Northern Ituly with other Fascist leaders. * * a Mussolini really seemed a fair ly deeent chap in hia early career as a newspaperman and u bud ding economist. Back in the days when Italy urgently needed a big done of liberal economics he administered it not incompetent ly, until he went cuckoo. * * » The Iqgt time the Russians took Berlin was in October 1700. Keys of the city of Berlin are safely kept in Moscow's Kremlin. Rus sian occupation of Berlin lasted only a short time. Russia had only entered Prussia to atop Fred- rcik the great's career of con quest which had begun by carv ing Silesia out of Austria and was starting a new venture in Saxony, headed for Bohemia. i / The automobile has brought new worlds of pleasure to man kind. But it has brought new sorrows. It's speed, its power has unsettled many a mind in the mutter of care and prudence. Many drivers filled with greed on the road toot a horn and go hurtling ulong mindless of thb rights and presence of other drivers. Whirling around curves they dare the chance that a part of the machinery may give way. The story of it all is told in hos pitals and cemetrics. V V V Coolidge said: A Ml D by The Old Timet *7h* P ajM ASHLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY », 1945 $2.00 per year CpL Jacob P. Lahr .. Serves in Philippines Fruit Prospect Good So Far, Damage Light Crop Survey Shows Little Damage as Yet to Fruits and Berries of Rogue Valley Strawberry patches of the val ley are now in bloom, although in some areas they have been nipp ed by frost. The crop will not be as large us last year, due to re duced acreage, according to As sistant County Agent Clifford B. Cordy. Little of the local crop will be on the market before the first of June, and a week or ten days later in the hill sections. The fifth smudging of the season has oc curred in the pear orchards. The firing and the frost were light. Temperatures ranged from 28 to 34 degrees. The pear orchards are now in full bloom with the exception of a few Bose. The warm weather has brought them out in a hurry. So far, the frost has not damag ed the pear crop to any great ex tent, fruitmen report, and with the sunny weather of last week, it is felt the pears were well pol- linized. Unless a killing freeze should reduce the Crop during the coming month, fruitmen be lieve there should be a general ly good crop throughout the val ley. The early sprays for scale and scab are pretty well completed, but some of the orchards are be ing given additional scab sprays due to heavy infection last year, or, inability to get on the earlies sprays. Scab has become mor of a problem here during the past few years, and intensive spray pro grams are necessary to give com plete control. Calvin "Our government rests upon religion It is from that source that we de rive our reverence for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles, they cannot believe in our government. There are only two main theories of government in the world. One rests on right eousness; the other rests on force.’ v / 1 In the United States women had their first important places in radio programs in 1934. One or two of the major chains did not admit them until two years Rotary Club Invited later. to Church Services / v v When the war is over and The Methodist Church of Ash sugar is no longer rationed, Uncle land will have as its soecial Zeke opines that life will be guests of honor at 11 o’clock ser much sweeter. vice next Sunday the members of the Rotary Club with their We read that more than three wives. The choir will provide times us many husbands as wives special music. The pastor will disappear from home. Why? speak on the subject “A Time for Greatness.” Dr. Bruce, the "Community Eyesores" would pastor of the Methodist Church, would afford a lively topic for has been Secretary-Treasurer of discussion by our servjce clubs. the Ashland Rbtary Club ever since its organization for years / * * That Stockholm rumor factory ago. is working overtime. V V V How many are going to church on V-day? Local Girl Weds at Church of Christ At an impressive ceremony Saturday afternoon, a t t h e Chruch of Christ, Miss Tthelmae Thompson, daughter of Mrs. Frances Thompson of Ashland became the bride of Anthony J. Kanclier, of S t Clairsville, Ohio. The Rev. Earl Downing read the double-ring ceremony. Aletha Edsall of Vallejo, Cali fornia was maid of honor. Henry Van Prooyen was best man and Marvin and Charles Gettling were ushers. Before the ceremony Mrs. R. L. Burdic played “Always” while Miss Jean Willard of Seattle, Wash, and Miss Ruth Foster of Portland, Oregon, both in pink, lighted the candles. Just before the bride entered Miss Eunice Hager sang “Because” and “I Love You Truly.” A reception was held at the home of the bride’s mother, fol lowing the ceremony. Miss Doro thy Riggs of Klamath Falls pour ed, and Mrs. Everett McGee con tinued cutting the wedding cake. Assisting were the maid of honor, Eletha Edsall, Miss Jean Willard, and Miss Ruth Foster. The young couple left Monday for Gary where the groom is em ployed as guard at a Gary steel mill. *7o> £ ay--¿ludi £ay± 9t! BACOLOD, NEGROS—Cpl. Ja cob P. Lahr of Ashland, Oregon missed by 15 minutes March 29 being the goat of a Japanese pen etration through 40th Infantry Division defenses on the south ern outskirts of this Visayan city in the Philippines. Cpl. Lahr, H truck driver for a team of forward observers in 40th Division field artillary, at night fall decided to move his truck 200 yards to the rear. Japanese troops of the once formidable Bacolod garrison cut behind 40th Division front lines, slipped across the pul/erized air strip along the beach and attack ed in the exact spot Cpl. Lahr had vacated. Cpl. Lahr previously had land ed at 9:30 a.m. with 40th Division assault forces and joined the Am erican doughboys in their blitz- krige drive on Bacolod, where the Japanese offered their first ser ious resistance on Negros. .Cpl Lahr, a veteran of 51 con tinuous days of fighting on Lu zon, also participated in the in vasion of Panay, an operation which required only nine days. ------- o------- Junior High Students Hea rof S. F Meeting Mrs. Rex Cooper gave an inter esting and informative talk on the San Francisco Conference, Wed. April 25 to some of the students of the 7th, 8th and 9th grades. She gave the background of the conference, and traced the pro gress o f m e n’s development through history. She gave an in sight behind the causes of war and the steps that have been taken during the centuries to bring about the ultimate victory and world peace—that for which the United Nations are endeavor ing to bring about in the present conference in San Francisco. During the last 15 minutes of the hour, questions pertaining to the conference were brought up and the children were allowed to ex press their opinions. Other classes also had talks and quizzes on the San Francisco Conference. Monuments and markers. See Burns Memorials. On the Plaza. Newbry Packing Plant to Expand Present Plant Will Be Doubled in New Addition To Start May 7 VOL. ij. NO. i l Methodist Church to Honor Couples Wed 50 Years or More On Sunday evening, May 6th the Methodist Church will for the fifth consecutive year hold a Earl Newbry, president and op service honoring the couples who erator of the Newbry Packing have been married fifty or more Plant here in Ashland announc years. Invitations have been sent ed the past week that the plant to 28 couples, most of whom have capacity would be doubled in an attended in past years. The expansion to be started May 7th. Ladies of the Church will serve The addition will be at the rear refreshments in the Fellowship of the present building and will rooms of the church at 6:30. At be the same size as the present 7:30 the couples will, be ushered building. The lower floor will be into the sanctuary where a pro an extension of the cold storage gram of music will be offered in room, and will provide an addi their honor. The Male Quartet tional 15-ton refrigeration capa consisting of T. F. Tilton, Robert city. The upper floor of the addi Lytle, Harry Yeo, and J. F. Em tion will be used as packing mett will sing two numbers, plant for the fruit and produce “Come Out, My Love”, by Hall; handling business and will double and "Much Better” by Brooke. Mrs. Frank Davis will play the the present space. The present building was com-! Loehngrin wedding march and pleted last fall in time for the an organ solo. John Billings will handling of the peach, pear and give greetings from the youth of apple crops, and is a large indus the Chruch. The choir, under dir try in Ashland. The plant has ection of Mrs. Bill Weber, will been storing eggs the past wint sing, “Great Is Thy Love”, by er, and at times have had a huge Bohmf Mrs. Cora Bruce will sing number of cases of eggs in cold the benedictory solo, "The East erner’s Prayer.” storage. The public in general is invit ed to this service at 7:30 to pay Mrs. Grubb Returns respects to these honored couples have turned the experiences from Frisco Meeting who of fifty years into the gold of Mrs. Larkin Grubb returned happiness. to Ashland the past week end after attending the United Na Schools Prepare for tions conference in San Francis co. She represented the educa Paper Drive May 810 tional organizations of this coun The boys and girls are working ty at the meeting. feverishly on the forthcoming In commenting on what she paper drive to be conducted Tues observed at the conference, Mrs. day through Thursday May 8, 9, Grubb stated that she had attend 10. ed five meetings and had heard There are many prizes and a- 27 delegates from the various wards being offered in the var nations talk. She found it very ious schools: skiting passes, swim interesting and was most certain ming passes, theater passes, and that workable plans for main best of all, a special vacation from taining world security could be school. worked out, as all delegates seem Townspeople are urged to get ed most willing to co-operate. their paper ready and not to wait Mrs. Grubb’s son Milo went to until the opening day to contact Sacremento to accompany his the schools. mother home. While in Sacra If your paper has not been spo mento, they visited with relatives. ken for, call your nearest school as soon as possible. This will fac Robert Gillmore, who has been ilitate collection^ assisting at the Litwiller Funeral Chapel, left there Tuesday, and will go to Paisley, Oregon, where Poultry netting 4, 5, & 6 fo o t he will enter logging work. Mr. Also hog and sheeep fence. 26, 32 Gillmore had been engaged in and 39 inches high. Marshall that type of work prior to enter Wells Store on the Plaza. Phone ing the work with Mr. Litwiller. 21231. College Will Have Playday for Nearby High Schools Fri. State Highway Commission Earmarks Sum For Street Straightening in Ashland A recent report of the Oregon State Highway Commission, hao allocated $55,000 for the comple tion of the straightening of Main street from Water to Oak Streets. The program is a three-year pro ject for post war highway con struction. The project was started prior to the declaration of war, when the highway commission bought the buildings on the Plaza over which the straightened street would go. The buildings were re moved but the war stopped all construction work, and the pro ject has thus laid idle since that time. Left to be purchased as a part of the project is the Cuip Motor building and the service station adjacent. The three-year program as an nounced by the highway commis sion did not list in what order the local project will come in the post-war construction work. But inasmuch as tne project has act ually gotten under way it is felt by many people that the project will be among the first undertak en when construction work is re sumed. Pacific highway 99 was allo cated a total of $2,258,000 includ ing the money for the local pro ject and $1,710,000 for the Wolf Creek project. Baby Taken to Seattle Monday for Burial The small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Edenshaw, who have lived the past several months at 192 Sherman street, died at Eugene while the parents were returning from a trip to Seattle. The couple had come to Ashland for the baby’s health several months ago, but were ad vised to take the baby to a spe cialist at Seattle last week ior treatment. They found that notn- ing could be done for the baby and were returning to Ashland when death occurred. Local services were held at the Litwiller Funeral home Monday and the parents then took the body to Seattle where it was planned to have burial services. The baby Dorothy May, *was born March 11, 1943 at Sitka, Alaska. The parents were Alas kan native Indians. Several oth er brothers and sisters survive. Fight Begins on Highway Shift Selected Group of Girls from High Schools in Vicinity W ill be Guests With the aim of promoting fun, good fellowship, and to get those participating better acquainted with Ashland, has prompted the Women’s Athletic Association c the Southern Oregon College of Education to have a playday this Friday, May 5th, at the college, with a selected group of girls from high schools at Grants P p Jacksonville, Eagles Point, Med ford, Klamath Falls, Talent, Phoe nix and Ashland participating. All of the schools except Talent and Phoenix have accepted the invitation and will be represent ed Friday. Those attending will be divid ed into four groups, according V the announcement, and at 9:30 will be registered and announce ments made. From 10:00 to 12 o’ clock the girls will participate in relay races .tennis, ping pong, shuffleboard and softball. FYom 12 to 2 o’clock a luncheon will be held with several stunts planned during that time. From 2 to 2:45 more games will follow, with the morning’s team« broken up, to give the girls a chance to play with other representatives. At 2:45 a songfest will be held at which time there will be ribbons presented for the winning teams. Members of the W. A. A. will serve on the various committees to handle the days events. Ruth Walker is general chairman; Kit ty McShane, of Grants Pass is chairman of the registration com mittee; Hazel Parman, of Myrtle Point is chairman of the equip ment committee; Lolla Buckles, of Ashland, chairman of the food committee; and SOCE team host esses will be Francis Mekemsem, Amita Black, Jeanne Dyer, Mary Corthell. Those in charge of the affair Plaza Project To Get Highway Commission Funds Possibility of Naming of Dalles-Caiifornia Route as Interstate Road Brings Fight SENIOR PLAY CAST—back row: Roscoe Smith. B ob Wallis, Richard Woodcock. Upton Van Etten. Marguerite Grünewald. Sharon Schofield. Clarice Homes. Front row: Virginia Hammond, (director) Charles Gettling. Pauline Ulstad. Bette Golden. Shirley Hutchinson. Frank Dietrick. Dorothy Hampel, Gene Bishop. Marguerite Grünewald News came the past week of the death of Arthur L. Carter, formerly of Ashland, but living in Eugene at the time of his death He was a conductor for the South ern Pacific railroad. He died on April 19. The deceased was born May 17, 1886 in Ashland. Sur vivors include the wife Alice two daughters, Mrs. Artha ' Metz of Eugene and Mrs. Gertrude Beech er of San Francisco; a son Robert of Seattle; two grandchildren; his mother Mrs. Mary Carter of Ash land; a brother, Clyde Carter of Duinsmuir and a sister Mrs. Aud Judging by the hilarious n sponse of the cast members an, .he few privileged characters whi have attended rehearsals, th the senior play, “Junior Miss’ under the direction of Virginia Hammond, will be a decided hit. The curtain will rise for the main performance at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 4. Undoubtedly a sophisticated story it depicts, with clever re marks and funny situations, the happy and sometimes not-so-hap- py chaos of the Graves family life. Said chaos is largely attrib uted to fat little Judy, 13 year old menace of the household, played by Bette Golden. Judy manages to mix things up stated that should the day prove to the point where her father rey Kelby of Duinsmuir. successful, other« may follow. cause the "little monster” mar ried off the boss’ daughter (Mar guerite Grünewald) to Mrs. Graves’ (Dorothy Hampel) black- sheep brother (Upton Van Etten). Naturally she manages to un tangle the cobwebs in time to save her pretty sister Lois’ (Paul ine Ulstad) self-respect and num erous boy friends, to pacify pa pa’s boss (Frank Dietrick), and in general to redeem herself and her accomplice in crime. (Shirley Hutchinson). However, the man ner in which all this is brought about is slightly unorthodox. Although most of the funniest lines are spoken in scenes be tween Judy and her pal, Fuffy Adams, the droll humor of Mr. Graves, the ranting and raving of J. B. Curtis, and the classic observations of Sharon Schofield color to the production. There’s never a dull moment. Members of the cast not pre viously mentioned include Blair Crosby, Roscoe Smith, Bob Wal lis and Charles Gettling as Lois’ assorted boyfriends, Richard Woodcock as Judy’s one and only hope, and Della Hughes as a Western Union messenger. Sev eral other minor parts have not yet been cast Class members chosen to head production staffs are Clarice Homes, promptress and property manager; Charles Gettling, stage manager; Marjorie Lutz, public ity chairman; Faith Warnock, costume mistress; and Arthur Phillips, business manager. Between act entertainment will augrtet, and, tentatively, Doris sextet, and, tentatively, | (Gene Bishop) loses his job be as th« maid all add spark and Miller at the piano. Doris Jackson county, together wi: > other counties on Highway 99, the Pacific Highway is preparin for a stiff fight to keep the Pac' fic Highway as an inter-regionc: highway. Necessity for the fight come up when Arthur Scaupp of Klam ath Falls, a members of the str highway commission, proposed at a commission meeting that t Dalles California highway made the inter-regional highwa with the Pacific Highway to be relegated to a secondary posi.lc As an inter-regional highwa the Pacific Highway would accorded federal funds thai would not get otherwise. F state has been asked to cooperate with neighboring states to desr., nate the inter regional highway through the state, so they will link up at state lines. The state highway commissions of each state are to make the decision So far as is known, two ~ -? bers of the Oregon state high, commission favor the Pacific Highway as the inter-regional highway, w i t h one member. Shcaupp, favoring the Dalles- Caiifornia highway. It is to give the two members the support and the data they need to maintain their position that a meeting wo - held in Medford Wednesday by representatives from Northern California and Southern Oregon The data is being prepared by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, and will be presented pn May 15, when the state high way commission has its next meet meeting. • Monuments and markers. See Burns Memorials. On th« Pissa.