V SOUTHERN OREGON MINER. THURSDAY, MAY 17, 194$ « —Ml — — ■» M M V TALENT NEWS TALENT, May 16, 1945 Perry Skeeters of Prospect spent the week end in Talent visiting re latives. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Simeon G riffith have sold their appart ni e n t house on the old Pacific highway to Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Purdue. Mr. G riffith has purchased a ranch near Hornbrook, California and plan on m aking th at their fu tu re home. The G riffiths have been residents of the Talent dis trict for several years and will be missed by their friends and neigh bors. Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Coats of Phoenix were calling in Talent Sunday morning. Miss May Dry returned to her home Friday after undergoing an appendicitis operation in the com m um ty hospital in Ashland. Roland Parks of A shland visit ed his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Parks, Saturday. Mr. and MVs. W ayne Cowdrey sold their property, one west of Talent school to Mr. and Mrs Ivan Conner of W ashington. Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Tillford of Prospect were business callers here Saturday afternoon. W arren B arr of Prospect a for m er employee of the Skeeters log ging outfit left W ednesday even ing for Alaska to w ork in the logging industry . Mrs. Donald W alden was a M edford shopper W ednes d a y afternoon. Mrs. Belle Skeeters spent last week in A shland at the Livings ton home on Lincoln Street. Mr. Jackson Owens and fam ily have purchased a home near the M ethodist Church. Mr. Owens is employed a t the T alent saw mill. According to principal Roy P a rr of Talent plans are being made to light the athletic field w ith w ork to sta rt soon. The job is being sponsored by m em bers of the student body who have ra ile d about one hulf of the am ount necessary through popu lar suuscnpuons. tn e neiu will oe Ugh lea oy -to.uuu w atts on six poles will oe used lor sixinan lootoall, soltoail and other m gnt tune activities. The sight w in oe leveled and will he 11 possioie ready lor use next tall, it is the tirst six-m an lootoall n eiu 111 the county or state to oe lighted. m is . Boya Ham ilton 01 me A p plegate country spent last Weu- nesuay visiting m is . C hañes okeeters. ----- gency farm labor, rural traffic hazards and general farm safety. On Sundays, over station KEX, The Portland Traffic Safety Com mission and the Oregon Safety Association are sponsoring the broadcast of a series of 12 tra n scriptions, featuring the music of a group of negro singers and a short safety message by Paul Jones, director of publicity for the National Safety Council. These broadcasts are aired S u n days at 9:55 p.m. Safety Broadcasts .. .. Pfc. Donald Reed in South Germany made by State Two new regularly scheduled saltey broadcasts are being aired over Oregon radio stations, ac cording to Robert S. Farrell, se cretary of state. The safety divi sion of his office is cooperating in one of the broadcasts while the other, a national program , is spoil sored by Portland bafety agen cies. A weekly program on farm and ru ral safety goes on the air each Tuesday during the farm hour beginning at 12:15, over station KALE. This program features in form ation on safety in connec tion w ith transportation of emer- LITHIA NOW PLAYING Thru Saturday With the 100th Division of Sev enth Army in G erm any.—Pfc Donald E. Reed of Rt. 1 Ashland Oregon has recently been assign ed to the 397th Infantry of the 100th Infantry Division and is now serving w ith that organiza tion on the Seventh Arm y front in southern Germany. With his new assignm ent he has become a m em ber of the famous “C entury” Division, com m anded by Major G eneral W ith ers A. Burress of Richmond, Va. The 100th entered com bat in November and cracked the pro posed G erm an w inter defensive line in the Vosges M ountains after only two weeks front line experience. It th e n followed through to open up the key Saales Pass leading to the A lsatian Plain and Strasbourg. Later, at the strongest point in the entire Maginot Line, the area around the town of Bitche, the C entury Division pounded G er m an troops in famous Fort Schies- seck for a full week and finally captured the Hbavy fortifications only to be forced to give them up again w hen the G erm an counter attack ir> Belgium caused a re grouping of Allied forces. Three m onths later, after the 100th had earned a special com m endation from the S ixth Army Group Commander, Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, for w ithstand ing the m ajor b ru n t of the Nazi NEW COLORFUL Ends Sat. Nite Woven Rugs $2.95 for the Rag Rug Style To -------- plus--------- $10.95 STABTEflBB STARTS SUNDAY I for 3 Days Budget Hearing Set for June 8*h A public hearing on the Jack- son county budget for the 1945- 1946 tax year, starting July, will be held Friday, June 8, starting at 10 a.m. in the court house audi torium. This date was fixed fol lowing the formal certification and signing of the budget at a budget com m ittee m eeting last Friday The budget provides for the raising of $366,841.05 by tax levy. This is $16,718.77 less than for the current tax year , totaling $383,560.28. Due to w ar conditions road building is lim ited in the 1945-46 budget. County officer salaries are increased, w here ordered by legislative action at the last ses sion. Pay in the county health departm ent is increased modestly also in the district attorney’s of fice and juvenile departm ent. County offices and departm ents are given operating funds the same as this tax year. The budget was completed in a week, som ething of a record for this county. The budget com m ittee was composed of the coun ty court m em bers and Ben H ard er, Medford, W. W. Robison, Ash land, and A rnold Bohnert, Cen tral Point. A shland H igh,track team plac ed fourth in the state track and field m eet held in Corvallis Sat urday, w ith Jefferson high of Portland first, G rants of Portland second and K lam ath Falls third. Forty-four schools, including 233 athletes, took p a rt in the meet, w ith 33 schools scoring points. Gandee placed second in the 100 yard and 220 yard dashes, be ing defeated by only inches in the 100 yard dash and by a stride in the 220 event. Edmundson, of Corvallis, was the w inner in both of these events. Fullerton placed secohd in the mile, b u t was unable to run the half-m ile because of a badly sprained leg. He recorded the fastest tim e in the state in the half mile a t the district m eet in Medford. Tison placed fifth in the quali fying round Friday, but failed to place Saturday. M erriman, who was expected to score a second in the 440 yard event, suffered ill effects from the trip north and failed to qualify. By VIRGINIA LUTZ Ladies New Summer Hats Bags - Gloves Leather Bag $2.00 plus tax In honor of V-E Day, Reverend Shum an from the Presbyterian church spoke in assembly Friday. Mr. Rogers spoke to the 9th grade classes Tuesday morning on w hat subjects could be taken in their Sophomore Year in high school. The paper drive was a real success w ith Junior High again the champions. We were closely followed by the W ashington and Lincoln schools. O ur band plays T hursday in the contest in Medford, leaving at noon and staying for the con cert in the evening. Both G rants Pass and M edford are entering only high school bands. Gloves to Match $1.10 pr. G r a d u a t io n 7 dme Weitzel’s GRADUATION CARDS 5c & 10c MATINEE SATURDAY CONTINUOUS SHOWS SUNDAY Friday those that brought over trustee. Mrs. George G erlinger of P o rt «uu pounaa ol paper lu scnoui win ue excused, land, national comm itteewomun of the GOP party from Oregon, — ----- ------- y — .. .. - - organized the new group here May 5th. h urake vneek Shows .noil/ x auuj in d h is i n a n e V iie ek » lu u u e uy o ie g o i l iam e iu u ic e m e t ii u n it .e l a u u t llig ute in at two weens ui me uiuki eiupiiaasis p iu g ia m plus J.V .W .Store A the World of Suitable Gifts for “on Plaza” Boys and Girls “Murder in the Blue Room” M ETZ u u c iu a e u < At In s t! " ' •.W allpaper You Put Up Yourself! u per vein ui uie uianea lu m iv a M e re . lu u u e g u u ie , u c e u la m g lu 1 Secretary ui ouue u u u e n o. r a t reil. Tne saieiy uivisiun ui r a i - rell's office serves us neiu ugeut lor Ctuei flurry ivi. is lies, t u n - luna, siaie cooruinulor lor lue program. o u tin g the first two weeks ol the program , winch siu n e u <npiu 15 an a continues nil June 1, siaie county and city trutnc uniceia checked J,261 cars, u i tnai num ber, brakes on 491 venicies w en found inadequate, ’th e percent age of inudequule brukes lor tn e lu s t two weens ol lue cumpaign is slightly higher thun that re ported for cars checked auruig the first week alone, when the percentage of inadequate brakes was two points lower. Cities reporting during the first two weeks of the brake check included Grunts Pass, Ashland, K lam ath Falls, Bend, Eugene, Salem, Albany, Astoria, Portland, Corvallis, Hillsboro, Tillamook, and Newberg. ■un-nsia WALLPAPER I I NO PASTI! NO TOOLS! NO MUSSI Q uirk! Easy! Anyone ran do il! Cora right over wallpaper or palnlrd sur face«. Urie* in 20 m inulra Guar anteed Io slick, or your money hark! Oodlraof gorgeous paltern«..all fade- proof, washable, atyle-trsled. See J lin t M M I them today. GOP Women Form Organization Here Mrs. Will Dodge was elected president of the “Council of R e -, publican Women, Inc.," first or- j ganization of republican women in Ashland. Assisting Mrs. Dodge will be Mrs. J. L. Grubb, vice- j president; Mrs. H. C. Galey, sec- j retary; Mrs. Bert Freem an, treas urer and Mrs. A rthur M. Peters, m u u loen Marshal! - Wells “on the Plaza” T W IN PLU N G ES Now ( Open Swim for health and fun . . . at Ashland’ beautiful “two-poof swim center. Now spic and span for the 1945 season. OPEN DAILY 1-10 p.m. Special rates to parties of 25 or more if sponsored by recognized organization Junior Hi Motes for the large Oval Woven Style S U N DAY January Counteroffensive on the Seventh Army front, the division again attacked Bitche and is su r rounding fortifications. This time the famous fortress city fell be fore the smashing attack —the first time the citadel had ever oven taken in its 200 yeur history Following the cupture of Uit- che, the 100th went through the Siegfried Line, and m ade a two- day 100-mile dash across the P al atine area to the Rhine River and Budwigshaven. Crossing the fam ous G erm an river, the 100th a- gain took up the chase and, after the most bitter, fanatical fight the Germans have made on their home soil, captured the key rail and comm unication center of 100- 000 population at Heilbronn. It is now helping to drive the G er mans back through the Bavaria in southern Germany. ----------- o New regulation 16-ft. diving board just installed Picnic Tables and Barbecue No increase in prices Mr. & Mrs. Owen C. G ragg Twin Plunges 2 Blocks Below Lithia Hotel . . . Between First Street and Pioneer BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME WITH PLANTS AND SHRUBS • Evergreens of all kinds Annuals include . . . • Pansies • Petunias • Snapdragons • Lobelia Victory Garden Suppies . . . • Cabbage • Tomato • Pepper Shrubs of Many Kinds . . . GRU GARDENS 271 Morton Street