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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1945)
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER, THURSDAY, JUNE i l , 1945 day visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Skeeters in Talent. A picnic dinner was served on the lawn. Frances Eugen who attended school in Southern California the past year returned home Tuesday to spend a vacation with his par ents. TALENT NEWS TALKNT, June 18, 1945—Mr. and Mi-s. Wayland Smith have sold their property to Mr. and Mr». Charles Furiow. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are movuig to Yreka, California where Mr. Smith will be employed. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Van Dyke visited last Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Holmes in the Valley View district. Pfc. Esther Carroll of the WAC arrived home Friday morning from Hamilton, Brooklyn New York, where she is a truck driver Pfc. Carroll is spending a ten days furlough with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Carroll near Trail. She was a caller in Talent Monday morning. • At the last regular meeting of th Talent Grange five new mem bers were added to the member ship. They were Mr. and Mrs. George Trimble, Mr. and Mrs. John Tanner, Frank Mannus. It was announced that next meeting of the H.E.C. will be held at the home of Mrs Steve Linna, Tues. day June 12. Mrs. C. E. Borg re signed her position as chaplain and Mrs. W. W. Robinson W’as elected to fill the position. The program opened with ail joining in singing Bud and Bloom. This was followed by various mem bers giving hints and short talks on the care of flowers and plants A poem was spoken by each Mrs. Margaret Straham, Mrs. Robison, Mrs. Boardman and Margaret Mathes. An auction of corsages was held and each man bought a corsage with the name of a lady attached, thus becoming his part ner for supper. Mrs. Wayburn Kenyon and three children spent the week end in Grants Pass visiti £ Mrs. Kenyon’s sister Mrs. June Whitt- set and family. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Combest and son Hugh Jr. of Underwood, Washington are visiting Mr. Corn- best’s mother, Mrs. Louisa Com best this week. Mrs. Clara Meegher of Port land has opened the Talent Bar ber shop w hich has been idle the past three months. The Talent Community Club held its annual Guest Day party at the City Hall Wednesday after noon. All friends and ladies of the Community aqd especially old members were invited. Six members of the Friends Church at Talent attended the fifty-third annual meeting of the Friends of Oregon yearly meet ing at Newberg, Oregon last week. Members attending includ ed Lillian Frazier, Agnes Hackler Lorena Robertson, Barbara Ter rill, George and Elenita Bales. Mrs. Agnes Hackler went to Crescent City last week to visit Mr. and Mrs. Charles Estes. Mr. Estes has been in poor health for some time. They are former resi dents of Talent for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Skeeters and family of Medford were Sun- LITHIA NOW PLAYING Thru Saturday Brake Tests Ended .. By State Police Force CRACKSMAN O f HE A.*TS! J. CARROL NAISH GALE SONPERGAARD plus “ IT ” STALKS AG/UNI STARTS SUNDAY for 3 Davs Local Man in 30th Infantry Campaigns plus GET ALONG LITTLE DOGGIES With Gene Autry Ends Sat. Nite COLLEGE DAZE! •"«ABBOTT “ COSTEllO Fourteen per cent of the pri vate passenger cars given brake checks by police officers during the national brake check pro gram in Oregon were reported with inadequate brakes, accord ing to the final campaign. Ore gon’s participation in the nation al program was headed by Chief Harry M. Niles, of Portland, as coordinator. The office of Robert S. Farrell, secretary of state, serv ed as field agent for the program. Police officers in Oregon cities cheeked a total of 7,963 private passenger cars during the cam paign, April 15 to June 1. Of that I number, 1,105 or 14 per cent were found to be inadequate. These fig j ures do not include brakes cheek ed by state police, whose report is not yet completed. The brake check program was sponsored by the International Association of Chiefs of Police for the purpose of emphasizing the importance of motor vehicle maintenance in the interests of ac tenanee in the interests of acci- cident prevention and vehicle con servation. Oregon’s situation is on a par with the national average, accord ing to incomplete reports from national headquarters of the pro gram. At the end of the first five weeks of the program, 13.9 per cent of the cars checked were found to have inadequate brakes, compared to the figure of 14 per cent for Oregon. In many states however, the percentage of in adequate brakes was consider ably higher. Oklahoma, for exam ple, reported 23.7 per cent inade quate and Alabama and Colorado reported virtually the same fig ure. ( Traffic enforcement officials hope the campaign will result in making motorists conscious of the importance of periodic checks on automotive equipment to assure good operating conditions during wartime, Chief Niles said. ---------- o ■ - WITH THE 30th INFANTRY DIVISION IN GERMANY—Sgt Donald C. Wolfe, 662 A St. was among American troops crossing the Rhine with the veteran 30th Infantry division. The 30th did its training at Camp Blanding, Florida, and Camp Atterbury, Indiana, and participated in the Tennesse man- oeuvers of 1943. The Old Hick- orymen shipped to England in February of last year, in time to train for the Normandy battles. Linding on the French coast shortly after D-day, the division went into its first fight on June 15, battling through the hedger ows to St. Lo, where it pried Pat ton’s armor loose. Then came the WINDOW SHADES 36 x 6. Washable Dark Green - Ecru - Ivory 45e COLUMBIA CLOTH SHADE Ecru - 36 x 6 98c fVe cut shades while you wait to any size 5c per shade SUNDAY Meta Laura with GENE TIEREY DANA ANDREWS MATINEE SATURDAY CONTINUOUS SHOWS SUNDAY “Your Friendly Grocer” Always a Good Supply of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Where Your Trade is Appreciated PLAZA GROCERY Mr. and Mrs. Hays of funds so that full credit for interest earned may be credited to suvings accounts by the 1* list National, according to the an nounce e-ent. ---------O-— — long chuse across northern France into Belgium and Holland, and the smash into the Siegfried Line in Germany last October. When Von Runstedl made his gamble in December, the 3l)lh was culled to Belgium, where it handled its portion of the north ern flank in typieul 30th fashion. Then came the Roer crossing and the drive to the Rhine, followed by the gigantic preparations for crossing over. Men fighting with the 30th are entitled to wear one or more bat tle participation stars, depend ing on when they joined the divi sion. Original members may wear three stars—Normandy catnpuign June 6 to July 24; Northern France campaign, July 25 to Sept ember 14; German campaign, after September 15. Will pay cash for chickens P. O. Box 2B1. • • M — — — • Mrs. Roena Myers and Mrs. Elsie Irwin were Medford shop pers last week. o — — Raw linsood oil for livastock. Marshall Walls Store o n t h a Plasa Phona 21231 -• - ' -■ I SI - Mr. A. S. Gonseth of Ordinance Oregon has been in Ashlund on business. Mr. and Mrs. R. Dage of Aber- dine S. D. are in Ashland visit ing friends and transacting busi ness. H. L. Moore and L. O. Barnum were in Grunts Puss Thursday on business. Mrs. M. E. Stowell of Kingman Arizona is visiting friends in j Ashlund. Local Bank Makes Special Inducement To Bond Buyers Raw linseed oil for livestock. Marshall Wells Store o n t h Savings depositors of the First Plasa Phone 21231 National Bank of Portland have been given an added incentive to make additional purchases of War Bonds before the end of the current Seventh War Loan drive according to an announcement by G. H. Wenner, manager of the Ashland branch. “Depositors of our bank who withdraw funds from their sav ings accounts between now and the 30th of June for the purchase of War Bonds will be paid inter est on their deposits through the end of June, even though the money is withdrawn before that time, which is the normal inter est payment date,” stated Manag er Wenner. “It is the sincere desire of the First National Bank to do every thing in its power to assist Ore gon to maintain its power to as sist Oregon to maintain its lead ership in War Bond buying. We hope our depositors who have idle money in savings accounts will put that money to work for their country by buying War Bonds during the current drive. This allowance of full interest on , their deposits through June 30 should encourage many to invest their funds in War Bonds,” de clared Mr. Wenner in making this announcement. War Bond application blanks should be presented to savings, windows tellers upon withdrawal .•» i» wa A Complete Covering - Fires resulting from windstorm, explosion f other perils are not cov ered by your insurance policy. Unless you I ave your fire policy extend ed to cover such dangeru you’ll have to stand such loss yourself. Ask this agency to add Extended Coverage to your fire insurance now. Billings Agency KKAL INSURANCE «1 Kent Main Phone M7HI Just Received... • • • • DINETTE SETS GARDEN TOOLS OCCASIONAL TABLES SHALLOW WELL PUMP JAMES G. MACKIE A u th o riz e d D ealer WeWern A uto Su Dpi v Co. Ashland, Oregon ROGUE VALLEY TRANSIT Announces Revised Schedule Effective Monday, June 18,1945 Leave Ashland WEEK DAYS Leave Medford 7:00 A.M. 7:30 A.M. 8:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 1:00 P.M. 2:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. 11:00 P.M. Leave Ashland 8:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 1:00 P.M. 2:30 P.M. 4:00 P.M. 5:30 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 9:30 P.M. 11:00 P.M. 6:20 A.M. 8:00 A.M. 10:30 A.M. 12:30 P.M. 2:00 P.M. 3:30 P.M. 5:00 P.M. 5:45 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 10:30 P.M. SUNDAY Leave Medford 8:00 A.M. 10:30 A.M. 12:30 P.M. 2:00 P.M. 3:30 P.M. 5:00 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 9:00 P.M. 10:30 P.M. Cut This Schedule Out For Future Reference Telephone Ashland 21611 “The Steak House” for Ticket and schedule information.