This ’n That
by Th« Old Timer
School doting time is here
uguiu. It jjj u significant occasion
us it has always been. To perhaps
the greatest number ot pupils it
means the beginning of a three*
month holiday. To others it means
end oi grade school work anu
pussing into high school. To
another group it brings goodbye
to high school duys and life be
gins in earnest, or college days
loom uhead.
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A SH LA N D , JACKSON C O U N T Y , O REG ON THUR!Un‘* * Orer° n Ubrary
Volume i j , Number 16
Hiway Commission
Okeys No. 99 for
Inter-regional Road
Two New Scout Units (Jaton Garao’p W
Sixty-Two Seniors To Receive Formed
Knrnwd Paat
Udrdge WdS
Past Week
Burglaried of Tools
Diplomas a t High School Tonite
Thursday Night
mq
Crater Lake Council of Boy
Scouts announced the past week
the formation of two new Boy
Local Highway Designated
Scout units in the Ashland dis
An observer notes that a new
Culmination of a year's school
As Main Road Between Wash
trict. Thirty-five boys have regis Two Soldiers Arrested With
type of dictator appears on the
activities
will
be
held
tonight,
Pictures of the graduates ap
ington And California
Tools Taken in Burglary of
scene at this time of year. She
Thursday, May 31, at the Junior pear on the back page. These are tered for the new Cub Pack at
Ashland Garage
Lincoln
School,
under
the
spon
wears a large hut, slacks, anu
A hotly contested fight which high school auditorium, when 61 the pictures as used in the Rogue
State police quickly solved the
sorship of the Lincoln school PTA
directs, so she thinks, friend hus has been brewing for several members of the graduating class AnnuaL
theft
of some $2,500 worth of
and
with
James
C.
Miller
as
cub-
bund about the vegetable and weeks was definitely closed Tues of the Ashland senior high school
Thursday night or Friday
flower garden.
day evening when the Oregon will receive their diplomas. The speaker for the class will be master. The Pack committee con tools
highway commission unanimously past week has been one of crowd Judge James W. Crawford, of the sists of Richard Trites, F. C. morning from the Clyde Caton
Remember t h e *old-fashioned designated U. S. Highway No. 9! ed activities for the seniors, with Circuit Court of Oregon 4th dis Crosslin and Hugh McKeever and Garage in Ashland. Arrested by
state police were Pvt. John R.
cook book which told the house through Ashland, as the inter-re many affairs and socials in which trict, who took Judge Hanna’s Den Mothers are Mrs. H. S. Ingle, Anderson
Friday afternoon, with
Mrs. Floyd Selby, Mrs. J. C.
wife how to buke a cuke with a gional highway, connecting point? they were the honored guests.
place on the local circuit court Smythe, Mrs. Nellie Richardson part of the tools in a car which
dozen eggs, two pounds of sugar in Washington, with points in
On the program tonight will be during the Judge’s recent illness
proved to have been stolen in
and a pound of butter?
California. The c o n t e s t was an address How Little We Know’ and is recognized as an outstand and Mrs. F. C. Crosslin.
Arkansas.
Pvt. Anderson, 21, was
Also
a
Boy
Scout
troop
has
brought about by the bid of by the class salutatorian, Paul ing speaker. Earl Rogers, princi
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escapee from the stockade at
Klamath Falls to have highway Travis and an address, “Our Her pal of the high school will pre been formed at Talent and will an
Eureka!
Camp Livingstone, La. Anderson
While waiting on my customers no. 97 designated the main route. itage—War or Peace” by the sent the graduates and Mrs. Etta be known as Troop 10, and is was
stopped near Rogue river by
under
the
direction
of
the
Rev.
One busy day last week,
A hearing before the state com class valedictorian, Marguerite Schilling, chairman of the Board
state
police to investigate the
George
Bales
as
scoutmaster.
The
We all were startled past belief mission was held a couple ol Grünewald. Music will be fur of district No. 5 will present the
ownership of the car. Also in the
troop
committee
consists
of
Har
To hear a piercing shriek!
nished
by
the
high
school
band,
diplomas.
weeks ago, when proponents ol
Stars as chairman, Ralph Jen car were some tools which An
7 was Mrs. Jones; she loudly both highways appeared before the Girls’ Sextette and the high
Following is the official pro- old
nings, Harry Cook, Sr., and Clar derson admitted were stolen in
cried,
the commission to present the school choir. Commence m e n t gram.
ence
Holdridge. Twenty boys Yreka, and he stated the car had
“Oh, goodness! Am I glad!
facts which they thought should
been stolen there also. He impli
have
been
enrolled.
Program
I just found 20 extra points,
justify the designation of the Processional— Pomp and Circumstance
cated another soldier and a girl
—
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I didn’t know I had!”
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main road. For the proponents of
in the theft, who had gone on
LT CURTIS RELEASED
High School Band
—Rays of Sunshine highway No. 99, twenty-five men
ahead of him with the remainder
FROM
GERMAN
PRISON
appeared, five of whom were
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Relatives and friends have re of the tools in the other car.
Perhaps some of the tall uncut from Ashland. Those from Ash Invocation ___ _________
— Rev. Geo. Shuman
The case was solved Monday
ceived
word the past week that
fringing our main throughfares land were Ralph Koozer, presi "How Little We Know”
when
Jack H. Allen a 24 year old
Lt.
James
E.
Curtis
had
been
-----------------Paul Travis
might be utilized to fodder the dent of the Pacific highway as
Class Salutatorian
liberated from a German prison soldier was arrested on the Tiller
steeds of the local Riding Asso sociution, Earl T. Ncwbry, sena
camp and was returning to his Trail road. He had been granted
ciation.
tor from Jackson county, and pre Carmens
..Wilson home. Lt. Curtis was a member an emergency furlough from
sident of the Ashland Chamber of
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Girls’ Sextette
of the army air force and was Camp Maxey, Texas, to attend
It appears that the only Ger Commerce, Frank Van Dyke, re
the furneral of his sister and was
man wno made a profit out oi presentative of this area, Wm 'Our Heritage -War or Peace?”.... ...... .......... Marguerite Grünewald shot down Jan. 5, 1944. He was a AWOL
at the the time of his ar
prisoner
in
the
German
Stalag
fighting was a fellow named Max Briggs, Ashland attorney and
Class Valedictorian
rest since he was supposed to
Luft
1,
his
wife,
Mrs.
Lavina
Cur-
Schmeling.
Thornton Wiley, mayor of Ash
, tis of Oregon City was notified have returned to his base by May
land. The committee had careful Blessed is the Nation ........ ..............
-------------1 kach by telegram. The fliers parents 13th. He was driving a Chevorlet
Naze war war criminals vision ly drawn up all the facts and fig
Steff— Ringwald o ieA^hlandd
CUFtiS car which had been stolen in Ash
ing the hangman's noose, are ures which they thought would Battle Hymn of the Republic ..... ~ .....*
land the night of the robbery,
checking out by the suicide route. well present their case, and each
High School Choir
and
later proved to belong to G.
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Good riddance.
of the twenty-five was called on
Wann berg. Accompanying Allen
Address—
"It’s
Up
To
You.’
Judge
James
W.
Crawford
to give his views.
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was Alice M. Messer, 25. In the
Circuit Court of Oregon 4th Judicial District, Portland
Uncle Zeke opines the reason
The commission, in designating
car were the balance of the stol
that modern girls are such live Highway 99 as the main route,
en Caton tools and about a thous
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wires is that they have so little gave full recognizance to the ad Poet and Peasant O v e r tu r e ___ -
and dollars worth of precision
H igh School Band
insulation.
vantages of the Klamath route,
tools stolen at Mt. Shasta last
and pointed out that the decision Presentation of Graduates---------------------------------------------- £ arl Rogcrs
week.
Ashland paid fitting tribute to in no way detracted from the im
Governor Snell Gave Inspiring
Principal Ashland High School
her heroic dead.
portance of the route. In a pre
Talk on Oregon Poet War
Sen. Earl Newbry
pared statement, Chairman Ban- Presentation o f D iplom as------------------------------- -------- Etta L. Schilling
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Plans and Readjustments.
Two down, one to go, rush the field stated that at present the
Before some 225 people at the Lions Club Speaker
Chairman o f School Board, District No. j
war to Tokyo.
federal government had no funds
Senator Earl T. Newbry was
annual Ashland Chamber of guest
available for work on the road * Benediction_______________ lft___
speaker before the weekly
Rev. George W. Bruce D. D.
Commerce
meeting
last
Thursday
and the whole thing is only in the
meeting
of the Lions club Tues
Recessional________________
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“talk” stage. The completion of
------ Auld Lang Syne evening in the Elk’s Temple, day evening, dividing his talk be
Governor
Earl
Snell
_gave
an
in
both highways are necessary for
High School Band
a resume of the referen
teresting and inspiring talk on tween
the proper development of the
dum,
which
up for a vote
the post war plans of Oregon and of the people comes
highway system, and the naming
of
Oregon
on June
what may be expected in the way 22 and the efforts of the
of either highway as the interre
local
of readjustments.
Those who men in the fight to have highway
Over 750 registrations have gional road in reality gives no
heard the governor’s talk have1 No. 99 designated as the main in
been received to date for the Red advantage to either route. When
been unanimous in declaring it ter-regional route. His talk was
Cross "Learn to Swim Campaign' funds are available for further
one of the best in many years, interesting
which is to be held here the last construction, the only difference,
Ashland District Will Aattempt
and instructive espe
two weeks in June. Because of he said, would be that the main
To Raise Funds For Boy Scout year scouting has been pushed and the entire affair has been de cially on the referendum. He
clared
successful.
vigorously in the district, and the
this unprecedented large number, route would have a 24-foot road
Council Work
urged voters to vote yes on the
Mr. Robert Dodge Water Safety way with five-foot shoulders on
Asniand district is among the
A reception was held for the questions as presented on the
The
Ashland
Lions
club
will
Chairman, announces that regis either side, while the secondary
leaders of the Crater Lake Coun governor between 7 and 7:30 p.m. ballot, and urged voters to care
tration has been closed since Mon route would have a 22-foot road I **ain sponsor the annual drive cil, in activities and in numbers. after which the banquet was en fully study the phamphlet recent
to raise funds tor the Boy Scout
day evening.
"The Boy Scouts of the Ash joyed. Roland Parks was master ly mailed out by the secretary of
with five-foot shoulders.
work, and at the meeting of the land district have received an of ceremonies for the occasion state.
Mr. Dodge said “I have called
club Tuesday evening. Dick Trites immense amount of worthwhile and introduced numerous gueste
San Francisco to get another in
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Nomination
of officers was
president of the club, and also work in the scout movement,”
structor and Helman's Pool own-1
KJamath Falls, Grants Pass, held and election will take place
district
chairman
of
the
Boy
ers will co-operate to the fullest I
stated Dick Trites, in comment Medford and Yreka. Mr. Parks at the June 11 session,
Scout committee, announced that ing on the work. “Without the introducted several other prom For next week, Robert Dodge,
extent to handle this extraordin
the drive will get under way funds derived in the annual cam inent guests, Mayor and Mrs. chairman of the program commit
ary response to our offer to teach
next week, with the kickoff to paign, the coordinated work oi Wiley and others. The program tee stated that several reels of
Jackson County children to swim
come at the regular meeting of scouting cannot be maintained was under the direction of Earl captured
We will do all in our power to
German army films will
Annuel Ashland District
the club Tuesday evening.
meet this need. If we can secure
The boys in their troops are eig- T. Newbry, president of the cham be screened, presented by the
Meeting
Will
Be
Held
In
commenting
on
the
annual
the two instructors then classes
er for more scouting, and we can ber of commerce. He introducted Union Ail company. Also on the
Saturday And Sunday
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drive, _ _
Mr.
Trites stated that is is not let them down. They are the the recently elected directors and program
can be held in both Twin Plunges
will be the offical start
An event long looked forward I hoped to raise some $1200 in the citizens of tomorrow.”
and Helman's
then introduced the guest of hon of the annual Boy Scout drive,
o--
or, Gov. Snell.
Analysis of the registration to in Boy Scout Circles will be Ashland district this year. A corn-
which will be sponsored by the
appointed at the meet-
shows that 83 per cent of the ap- held , this
_ week end,
. when the
t an- , mittee was
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In his talk the governor parti Lions club again this year.
plicants do not know how to nu . Campfire of the Ashland ing Tuesday evening _ t o map
cularly brought out that plans
swim at all. If we can make the aisiricl will be held Saturday and I plans for the drive, which it is
are quite complete for the post
arrangements we will also be Sunday. Location for the camp- hoped will throughly cover the
war period when returning veter Lt. Zupan on the Way
able to offer the Combat Swim ing out trip for the boys will be district
Miss Margaret Ramsay will ans will be home from the war from Prison Camps
ming Course in the evenings to the Austie Barron Mine 10 miles I To those who may be unfam- present three groups of piano fronts. He mentioned the estab John Daugherty received a
about 40 young men graduating northeast of Ashland. Dick Trites illiar with the work the Scout pupils in recital at her residence lishment of the Veterans Service telegram this week from the sis
from high schools in the county chairman of the Ashland district Council and the reason for the studio, 135 B Street, on June 1st, Bureau and praised the efforts of ter of Lt. Leo Zupan that the
committee, and scoutmaster of annual drive for funds, it was 4th, and 8th.
who will be in service by fall.
the last legislature in passing leg lieutenant was on his way home
The first recital on the evening islation for the welfare of the re after being released from a Ger
1 ransportation arrangemen t s Troop 12, will be in charge of the I pointed out that the funds raised
which are m charge of Mr. Seth camp, and he will be assisted by in this campaign go to the Crater of Friday, June 1st, at 7:30 o’ turning veterans. The governor man prison camp. Lt. Zupan was
Bullis, chairman of the Jackson Allen Burt, scoutmaster of troop Lake Council, with its office in clock, will be given by the fol mentioned the funds derived a pilot of a BI7. He and his crew
County Red Cross will have to 14 and Larry Basey, scoutmaster Medford. At the annual meeting lowing children: Marlene Heard, from the unemployment compen of ten men were shot down over
be changed to meet the new sit of Troop 13. Tuesday evening in December the Council commit- Bobby Basey, Nancy Weitzel, sation taxes and stated that there Czechoslovakia on August 29,
about 80 scouts from the three tee approved a budget of some- Lanora Kyker, Barbara Wray, was about 70 million dollars now
uation.
1944. No word was received from
Adult volunteers to supervise Ashland troops had signed up to thing like $12,00 to carry on the Robert Kramer, Patsy Edwards, in the treasury which might be him until just before Christn^as.
attend
the
meeting.
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scout
work
in
the
Council,
which
Marsha Clary, Wanda Oden, used during the reconversion per-
registration at pools, l o c k e r
Zupan will be remembered as
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VI - The boys will be taken in three I covers all Scout activities from Phyllis Walker, Sandra Clary, iod following the end of the war Lt.
rooms
and between „ swim
ods are urgently needed' a*ndP\*re truc^s to t*le camP site, and will Grants Pass to Dunismuir. In- Ruth Smith, Colette Perrine, and with an additional 60 millions on the genial young man who was in
the shoe and men’s department
asked to contact Mr. Dodge at J. leave the Junior high school l eluded in this budget is wages for Alan Schneider.
hand to provide work through at Fortmiller’s prior to his enlist
about
1
o’clock.
The
afternoon
the
two
scout
executives,
Gordon
P. Dodge and Sons by phone,
. i
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i
i On Monday evening, June 4th public works.
ment in 1943.
will be spent in getting the boys Gilmore and Harold Ylivasaker, at 8 o’clock, eleven older girls
8771 as soon as possible.
In spite of the great problems
settled
in
their
camp,
and
in
the
and
a
clerk
in
the
office
full
and
boys
will
play
a
program
of
Full details of plans and sche
to be met in the future, the gov
evening the big event, the camp- time. Also about $6,000 of these solos and two-piano numbers. The ernor was optimistic about the Memorial Day Was
dules will be announced later.
fire. Sunday morning, church ser- funds go to the upkeep of Camp following names appear on this future of Oregon. He especially Quiet in Ashland
vices will be held with one of | McLoughlin at the Lake of the program: R o b e rt Fredinburg, mentionel a recent meeting in
Memorial day Wednesday was
Rogue Valley Transit the
Ashland ministers going out Woods, which provides camp fac- i Dolores Coulter, Henry Metz^ Reno, Nevada, at which the gov- observed
quietly in Ashland. At
for the services. During the time ilities for all the scouts of the Gail Barnum, Janet Campbell’ ernor’s of ten western states and ten o’clock
Has New Terminal
a short parade was
Beginning last week, the Rogue tne boys are out, scouting will be Crater Lake Council and is re-1 Roy Rogers, Evelyn Smith, Patti Alaska were in attendance, to dis held, led by a color guard from
Valley Transit company h a s taken up, with advancements, cognized as about the best camp Shaffer, Kay Dudley, Chloe Ste- cuss plans and develpoments for Camp White, followed by the
badge tests, tracking, cook- facilities for scouts in the entire vens, and Janet Corry,
the Pacific Northwest.
changed its Ashland bus depot merit
Ashland senior high band, the
ing
and
the many other varied | west.
| The series will end with the re-
from the Greyhound Bus Ter
Boy Scouts ,the Camp fire Girls
Getting back to the Ashland cital on Friday evening, June 8th. Pvt. Kenneth Burns has notified and American Legion members.
minal and headquarters are now
Camp
will
be
broken
up
during
district,
last year about seventy at 8 o’clock, given by a number of his wife and his parents here A memorial day address was
at the Steak House, 397 East
Main street. The bus lines oper the afternoon and the boys will boys from this district took ad- older pupils including Junior'that he was being VhiDner out given at the cemetery by Earl T.
ates between Ashland, Talent, be back in Ashland about five in vantage of the facilities at Camp High, High School, and College overseas with an APO number Newbry, senator from Jackson
Phoenix, Medford and on to the afternoon Patrol leaders will McLoughlin by attending ?<ne- students. A varied program of| presumably bound for the Pacific’ county.
Burns who
Inasmuch as the day was a
Camp White. Officials of the com take charge of their patrols and time during the four periods solo and ensemble work will be areas. Mrs. Kenneth
- with him,
’ re legal
holiday, most of the busi
pany stated that since the com are responsible for the well be- when the camp is open. Registra- played by: Doris Litwiller, Paula was at • - Camp - Beale
ing of their patrol members, tions are now open for the ct.qp Ostrander, Jacqueline Wolcott, turned to Ashland for a week, ness establishments, the bank,
pany had been granted the fran Each
leader must arrange which will open July 4th and al- Margaret Wagner, Carla Sears not knowing that he was to be post office and other offices were
chise to pick up passengers be for the patrol
food and the cooking for ready about 80 boys have signed Earline Rogers, Barbara Will- shipped out. While she was in I closed
for the day. Due to the
tween Ashland and Medford, they his boys, and must see to it that
to go this summer.
I iams, Irene Welch, Alda Smith, ■ Ashland Pvt. Burns received stormy weather prevailing very
had been asked to procure a dif they are made comfortable for up The
Ashland district now has Faith Warnock, Frances Mekem- his traveling orders, and Mrs. little activity was evident.
ferent bus terminal.
the night. He must plan what the . four Boy Scout troops and two son, and Elizabeth Metz.
Burns was unable to see him
boys will eat during the threecub packs all of which benefit
Interested friends are cordiallv
Wallpaper, paint, glass and oil
Monuments and markers. See meals and will allocate what from the work carried on by the invited to attend any of these pro again before he left. Pvt. Burns is
in the transportation branch of at Marshall-Wells Store on the
Burns Memorials. On the Plasa, •aoh must taka on tha trip.
Council headquarters. In the past grams.
the army.
Plan. Pfaona 2-1231.
Annual Banquet
of Ashland C of C
Well Attended
Huge Enrollment
For Red Cross
Swimming Lessons
ANNUAL SCOUT FUND DRIVE WILL
START NEXT WEEK IN ASHLAND
Scout Campfiree
Will Be Held
This Weed End
Piano Students in
Recitals This Week