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t This ’n That aitasi by The Old Timer Gen. U. S. Grunt onginaU.i the expression uiuoiiuiuonai s u r - reiiuer. 1 1 Papi *1hat Jlai. Somatkin^ Lien. Liruni s men hud taken Uie outlying (• *" Xi/es ol to rt $2.00 PER YEAR V O iM M lia w il i l l f C t L y , lo u j, UnU ASHLAND, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON T h u r s d a y , A u g u s t 1 6 ,1 9 4 5 tne Ion wus completely ui mu horse Show Is Lien oinioii B. Buckner, uie j Conreuerute bent u | Hug ol truce to G rant suggesting j Slated for This un arm istice und "tne appoint-1 m em or commissioners to agree rriday Evening mercy. 1 1 Say-- And SayA 9t i 1 eoiu iiiu iiu er, 1 1 1 upon terms of cupitulution.’ Grants reply wus; “Wo terms except unconditional und imme diate surrender cun be accepted. I propose to move immediately on your works." Buckner ‘beuled’ * * * ubout the terms but surrendered. Hirohito who claims he's des cended from u bun Goddess, couldn't tuke it when the heut wus on, und bowed to the terms ol the Potsdam Ultimatum, "bo sorry,” and no doubt meuns it. First Night Hors« Show and Hacsi Will Be Hold st High School Athletic Field Friday. In the first night horse show und horse races of its kind in Ashland, the Ashland Riding As sociation has scheduled a full evening's entertainment for this Friday night, August 17, and will be held at the high school athle tic field, starting at eight o’clock. Of the twelve events listed, ten will be races, with more than $600 in prizes offered to contestants. / * * The first event, scheduled to The steward of un Alaskan ship churged with dumping overboard start promptly ut 8 o’clock, is the over 3000 pounds of edible beef, ladies pleasure horse class, and so that he could get better meat will be shown in three gaits, walk in Scuttle, is deserving of u leng trot and canter. Prizes of $10, and thy prison sentence und put on u $5 for first and second and a rib bon for third prize will be a- vegetarian diet. warded the winners. 1 1 1 Children’s pony race is the sec Ladies Footwear We're glud "the old woman who ond event. $10.00 first, $3 for second and white ribbon for third lived in a shoe” Men’s pleasure horse class will Belonged to the days of yore, Because with these heelless, toe feature three gaits, walk, trot, and canter and prizes will be $10 less affuirs, She wouldn’t be safe any more. first, $5.00 second and white rib * * z bon for third. Four event will be Aunt Mattie says when some the ladies race for cow or pleas girls get dressed for the evening ure horses with $15 first, $10 sec they look like they hud missed a ond and $5 for third prizes. Fifth event will be a musical good part of the assembly line. chairs race with prizes of $15 of * * * Off Cape Race August 19, 1812, fered. Sixth event on the program was fought a duel in which the will be a cowhorse race, with $15 American frigate Constitution ‘ first, $10 second and $5 for third Ladies vanquished the British ship 1 places being awarded. I pony express race is listed as sev- Guerriere. I enth event with prizes of $20 for * * annexed * Hawaii was to the first, $15 for second and $10 for third. United States August 12, 1898. Eighth event is o novelty race with $10 first, $5 second and $2.50 Miss Laura Billings Is third prize awards. A relay race *Bride of Keneth Jones is the ninth event with three At a pretty church wedding teams of three horses eact listed. Sunday evening at 8 p.m., Miss First prize is $37.50, second prize La ura Billings, daughter of Mr. $22.50, und third $15. Ladies flag and Mrs. Homer Billings of Ash race wil lfollow with prizes listed land. became the bride of Flight as $15 first, $12 second and $9 Officer Kenneth Jones, son of Mr. for third. Business men’s race is and Mrs. Stanley C. Jones of Med eleventh event with a $30 purse ford. The double ring ceremony split and the last and biggest e- was used and the vows were pro vent of the evening is the free for nounced by Dr. George Bruce, all horse race twice tround the pastor of the First Methodist quarter mile track, open to all horses. A cash purse of $175 will Church. Attendants were Miss Ida Wil be split among the three top win lard, maid of honor, Miss Jean ners. Burdette, Medford and Miss Alice Wooten, Talent, as bridsmaids. Sgt. Ralph Burgess was best man and Bob Littrell and Don Lue were ushers. Musi? for the occasion was play ed by Mrs. Frank Davis and Miss Bellview 4-H club met Thurs Isabel Green and Miss Pauline day, August 9, at the Bellview Ulstad lighted the tapers. Miss Grange Hall to discuss plans for Delores Irwin sang, “I Love You a local fair. Ii uly and “Because” accompan The meeting was called to or ied by Mrs. Davis who played der by the vice president, and the wedding marches. group singing of songs learned at Mr. and Mrs. Jones received camp was led by Jerry Pitts. Mr. the c »ngratulations of guests in Jossy, county 4-H leader, was pre formally as they left the church. sent at the meeting, an<j Mr. and A reception for relatives and Mrs. II. A. Owens and daughter close friends was held at the Alene of Valley View were also Billings home after the ceremony. guests. Summer flowers were used in The fair will be held on Thurs the rooms and on the table day, August 23, at the home of where the wedding cake was cut Fred Engel in Bellview. The com by bride and bridegroom, Miss mittees selected for various dut Joan Neil continued the cutting, ies were: Food committee—Mrs. f The bride is the youngest daugh Fred Engel and" Mrs. Zittercob; ter of Mr. and Mrs. Billings has refreshments—Mrs. Henry; priz grown to young wormanhood in es—Mrs. Nichols; home econom Ashland and attended high school ics—Mrs. L. R. Willoughby; and and Southern Oregon College of publicity—Mary Jean Henry and education. Alene Owens. Following a short honeymoon There will be a picnic dinner, they will leave for Tennessee, with everyone attending bring where the bridegroom is station ing basket dinners and table ser ed. vice. Coffee will be furnished. The refreshments committee will sell pop and ice cream. Loc il Girl’s Picture Bellview 4-H Fair August 23 In Sunday Journal In the sports section of the Sunday Journal was a picture of Miss Dottie Moore, daughter of Mr and Mrs. H. L. Moore, of Ashland, and a former Ashland resident. Miss Moore is catcher on the Lind-Pomeroy girls’ soft- ball team, who are Northwest champions, and who will leave this week on an exhibition tour of the Middle West prior to the team’s participation in the nat ional tournament to be held in Cleveland in September. Miss Moore is recognized as being out standing as a catcher in girl’s softball leagues. ---------- o---------- Wall Plaques, Mirrors and Pic tures. At Marshall-Wells Store on the Plaza. Phone 2-1231 --------- -o---------- Vets Assistant Opens Medford Offices E. L. Knight .stationed in Med ford as contract representative of the Veterans Administration re gional office in Portland, has opened his office in room 201 in the post office building and will be on duty from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. six days weekly. Knight states that his duties will be to assist returning veter ans and their dependents in filing claims for insurance, hospitaliza tion, and general assistance in any matter pertaining to the Vet erans Administration. He empha sizes that his work is not to sup plant or act in the capacity of ser vice officer for any veteran’s or ganization, but to work with the organization officers in aiding Monuments and markers. See veterans to secure evidence and Burns Memorials. On the Plasa. file claims. Z WAC FRANCES GALLATIN WRITES OF EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH PACIFIC This Is the second Installment 20 to 40 pesos ($10 to $20.) wood of e letter received from Miss en clogs like the wooden clogs Frances Gallatin, on duty in the like the women wear with paint Pacific with the WACS. The con ed and perhaps carved design for cluding installment will be pub 10 to 20 pesos. Some of the WACS have done well bargain lished next week. ing with cigarettes and lipsticks Pilfering seems to be a natural (a 25 peso permanent can be pur characteristic of the Filipinos. chased for one carton plus one We are told that during and after pack of cigarettes). the battle of Manila, most useable WAC’S still wear khaki trous furniture and fixtures and parts ers and shirts while on duty, but of buildings were torn out, and are permitted to wear skirts and carried away which added to the shirts, or off duty dresses in the destruction. In our quarters, we evening. Wearing hose and gir ’ve learned to keep everything dles again is quite a nuisance, so possible out of plain sight be many of us don’t wear them. We cause articles disappear too easi get a big kick out of the soldiers’ ly; as all buildings are so open reaction. Even the cotton khaki and so many Filipinos work a- shirt looks wonderful to them, aft round them, it’s difficult to keep er seeing American women in truck of everything. On the other trousers so long. It is rumored hand, many Filipinos continually that we will be wearing skirts to bring gifts, linen, clogs, fruits and work soon; don’t know how that flowers to the Americans for will be, climbing into and jump whom they work. ing out of army trucks. A long string of bombed out The working Filipino women streetcars, in one part of the city and girls wear clothes similar to is gradually disappearing. Fili American women, but none have pino women and men are tearing stockings and most have no shoes them apart and carrying them except wooden clogs. Most of the away to their homes on their men and boys wear loose blouses heads or backs. I’ve seen many or shirts with shorts or trousers. sheds and shanties or “homes” The blouses are either cotton or built from odds and ends of such rayon, colonial print, plain or salvaged materials. Everywhere striped, and some are sheer cot men , women and children are ton materials. There are no ready seen carrying loads on their made drasses here now, only mat heads, as bundles of sticks of erials for sale, A girl of Spanish wood, found in the ruins, several descent in this headquarters told boards, large bundles of laundry, me thrl materials are quite good etc. Some carry 2 loads, one sus quality but are very high prices pended from each end of a pole —2V4 yards of cotton or rayon which rests across the shoulders. material for around 45 pesos, At first, the nights were cool, Imagine! but for sometime now, we often After riding through vaiious wake up in the morning, wring- i sections of the city (most of the ing wet. The mosquitoes are streets are very bad repair worse here than I’ve ever seen and full of in holes) that them (and they never fail to eat the part first seen is we the find suppos me alive), but the anopheles isn’t edly "untouched” section. The re present, they tell us, even so, we mainder is almost completely des are told to continue taking ata- troyed. Nothing we had heard brine. about the destruction compares For a time artillery fire could with the actual ruin. After being be heatd plainly, especially at here only a few days, we be night. Fighting is still going on came used to seeing ruins every in the hills not far from here. where, that “our mouths hang Every few days one or more Japs open with astonishment” when are caught in the city. we see a home or building un Twice, I went shopping with harmed and in a good state of re some of the girls, soon after ar pair. I have seen such homes in riving. Transportation is extreme the residental sections outside of ly limited, so ones "rides shanks- the city. The President’s Palace pony" or stays home if no army in the city is relatively untouch- transportation is available. Thej m «t K lim ’i r f i r ’ crowds, conglomera- still has it’s original beauty, as mnetu inp»S ops’ heavy traffic, gorgeous costal chandaliers, rugs , mi itory vehicles carrat- pictures and fruniture. However alas (pony drawn buggies) some much of the fine silver, china, of which are quite colorful and and crystal was removed to ornate, and other hand pushed or Japan. bicycle propelled carts—ma k e after arriving, while wait shopping a trial. After seeing no ing Soon for interview in a head civilian vehicles for 8 months, the quarters an office, picked up a few civilian cars here are a sight newspaper lying I on the desk. for sore eyes. Most of the carrat- Imagine my astonishment when elas are crowded full—w hole I found it was a Freemont Coun families, plus fruits and vege- ty, Idaho, newspaper! And, on ic.es „„ some !lree i is mos, in- , h i“ h" " h T S teresting to watch. You should see the small Philippine cars, sen, Mr. Bennett and Joe Heward most old and rickety, with "side had participated! (for the benefit boards”, so to speak—the inside of some readers these are friends packed full and Filipinos hang- with whom I worked before join ing on all around. The gas sta ing the Army.) Small world isn’t tions are either destroyed or it? The headquarters to which I empty with all equipment torn ° u t - P r i c e s are sky high (black was assigned at Oro Bay was dis market standard, about 2 tea- solved while we were enroute, so spoons of very sweet pasty ice all of us have been reassigned. cream or a small piece of water I am now working in the Phibsec melon for one peso (50c) one cup (Philippine Base Section) Head of coffee for 50 centavos (25c) quarters Adjutant Generals Of- (Continued on page 5) small pieces of linen cutwork for BAND CONCERT Thursday, August 16, 1945 ASHLAND MUNICIPAL BAND HARRY L. MEYERS, DIRECTOR Lithia Park— 8:oo P. M. PROGRAM 1. El Capitan - M arch.................................. Sousa 2. Straussiana (Strauss Waltzes) arr. by ..Seredy 3. High School Cadets - March..................... Sousa 4. I’m Beginning To See the Light ....Harry James 5. March of Spanish Soldiery..................Smitzky 6. Dark Town Strutters’ B all....................Brooks T. Estilian Caprice................................ Gene Paul Clamiet Solo - Miss Virginia Loomis 8. Parade of Wooden Soldiers..................... Jessel 9. Don’t Fence Me In - Popular.......... Cole Porter 10. Old Comrades - March.............................Teike The St$r Spangled Banner Booklet Tells of Surplus Property Tnos. A. Crowe, asistant chief of property division of the Re construction tinance corporation and Bil Johnson, both of the Port land ottice were in Ashland Sat urday on business. They were primarily interested in the sur plus government property, huge stocks of which have accumulat ed and which is now being dis posed of. They left a number of booklets at the Ashland Cham ber of Commerce explaining the products which are for sale and outlining the proceedure for ob taining this surplus property. Anyone interested in any of the government surplus items may obtain these booklets by calling at the Chamber of Com merce. It was stated that these booklets will be issued from time to time, all of them containing news lists of materials available. Anyone interested in receiving them may be placed on the mail ing list and they will be sent at released, free of charge. Jackson Attorney Is Backed for U. S. Job George A. Codding, former dis trict attorney of Jackson county and long prominent in democra tic circles in southern Oregon, said Saturday that he would ac cept the appointment as successor to Carl Donaugh, United States attorney for Oregon, if the post were offered. Codding’s name was advanced last week by county party leaders when reports from Portland indi cated Donaugh’s reappointment had apparently be ruled out by National Committeeman Lee Wal lace and State Chairman Henry Aiken. The county leaders, who pointed out that their endorse ment of Donaugh still stands, said they understood Henry Hess, of La Grande, and Bruce Spauld ing, of Salem, are being consider ed for the appointment but that neither has sought ackson coun ty committee endorsement. Attorney Codding entered prac tice here shortly after his service in World War 1 and has been active in veterans’ affairs. Lions Club Hears U. of Oregon Coach Voi. 13, No. 26 Ashland Observes Signing of Peace By Celebrating First Hours After Anounce ment rtsniand People Cele brate Wildly With the first anouncement at about 4: jo tnat Japan liau nnany uurrenoerea to tne /tines, caugnt Asmand residents in a tense mood, following the announce ments most of Tuesday tnat tne final words was expected mo mentarily, out oragging on unui late in uie afternoon Delore Uie final word was liasned over the teletype. News of the event was made known to all Ashland by the Dig siren at tne city nail, which let loose with a scream heard to tne city limns, ft was the signal for a wild celebration, which lasted late into the night. Other whisues on mills, railroad trains, church bells, auto horns and every other means of making noise, was used to let the world know that the end of the war had come. In a matwr of minutes eevry store in town was closed up, as had been recommended by a merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce earlier in the week. People began pouring out onto the streets, and the celebration was under way. It lasted until well into the night, when car horns, etc were still sounding off. Thursday the exuberence of Tuesday’s celebration had worn of, and only the closed shops and stores were evidence of the holi day. Very few places in town wre open for business and appar ently most of the people took ad vantage of the occasion to take a real holiday. The announcement early in the day, via the radio, that gasoline rationing was sus pended, tended to make people whel out the old family car and leave for spots long unvisited. The Ashland Ministerial asso ciation had announced that there would be a union thanksgiving service to be held in the Metho dist church at eight o’clock of the evening that the news came and this was duly held. Officers Nab Two for Medford Burglary Before a large turnout of mem Medford city police, state offi bers ol tne Ldons ciuo at the reg cers and county deputy sneruis ular weekly meeting Tuesaay cooperated la s t ween to bring to evening in the umor Civic Club a sudden end a burglary, which nouse, "Tex” Oliver, University occured on Weanesuay, nugust b. ol Oregon lootbal coach, gave an Arrested were nryon P. Kenne interesting talk on his recent dy, 19 of bpoKane, and nooert work as a lieutenant commander, nose, 25 of Lewiston, luano, w no m the navy, in charge of the were charged witn breaKing into sports program to build up mor tne Hunt urug otore at lvxeuxord, ale in the navy stations in this and removing some cigarettes country and abroad. Mr. Oliver and $11 in cnange. Kenneuy has has been in the navy for the past admitted tne tneit. According to three ard a half years, enlisting the omcers wno took part in tne early in the war, when morale hunt ,tne two young men were was low, and with several other staying at the Allen Hotel, in well known sports figures, spon Medford, climbed out the win sored a program to bring all dows of the hotel and walked types of sports to the men m the across the roof to the Hunters naval stations. A11 kinds of sports Drug store, broke through tne were encouraged with the result skylight and one of them was that morale was lifted to a much lowered througn the skylight to higher degree. gain entrance into the drug store. In commenting on his work, They were arrested about 1:30 Mr. Oliver stated that he had the next morning, following the been to practically every naval disclosure that the drug store had station abroad and at home. In been entered. In the hearing, the course of his three and a half Rose admitted having a dishon years work he traveled some 200- orable discharge from the army 000 miles by air. He coached a St. and having served time in the Mary’s Pre-Flight football team Idaho peniteniary for burglary. in California one season and was coach for a naval team in the Pacific. Recently discharged, Mr. Home At Ruch Is Oliver is back on duty as coach Destroyed by Fire at University of Oregon. Fire completely destroyed the Two members were initiated Beverly Ticknor home at Ruch into the club, being Owen Gragg Sunday afternoon, was learned and Bill Allen. Several guests Monday, the same it fire were present to hear Mr. Oliver’s the James Winningham damaging and Earl talk. Bigelow homes. Fifteen men from Next meeting will be ladies the Star Ranger Station in the night, when a covered dish din Applegate district fought to save ner will be served to the Lions the house. and their wives. A program of fire started in the attic of vocal numbers wil feature the the The Tichnor home, spreading entertainment part of the pro throughout the top story of the gram. building before it was discovered by Mr. Tichnor and his daughter. Completes 257th Rug Mrs. Tichnor was working in Mrs. Helen Skidmore has an Medford. Only an electric range nounced the completion of her and a few pieces of clothing and 257th rug, which is now on dis bedding were saved from the play at the J. C. Penney store home. Ranger Lee Port and a here. The latest of her rugs is fire suppression crew battled the what she terms a fluffy rug and fire with pumps and tanks from is woven on a hand loom from the forest service equipment. short colored rags. Mrs. Skidmore is blind and occupies most of her Walter Lee Mauzey of Ashland time knitting the rugs. Rags are was cited to appear in justice furnished through the kindness court Wednesday, charged with of her many friends. failure to stop at a atop street.