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Car Accident on
Siskiyou Grade
Kills One Man
Icy Pavement Blamed For
Wreck Which Killed
Washington Man
William N. Weldon ut Snohom­
ish, Washington, was killed Sun­
day evening on the Siskiyou
grade about a mile down the
grude from the railroad overpass,
when the car in whieh he was
riding, struck an icy Hpot on the
highway, and skidded over un
embankment ubout 230 feet in
heigh th.
Accompanying Weldon were
CpI. Utter of Salem, Jessie A.
Bower of Oakland and Pfc. Geo­
rge Vanier. CpI Utter, who was
driving the cur was badly injur­
ed and also injured was Vanier.
Mr. Welden accompanied by his
friend Bower, were on their way
to Snohomish, the car well filled
with Christmas presents for Wel­
dons fumily. Coming north, the
two picked up two soldiers, also
on their way north for the Christ­
mas holidays.
The injured men were brought
to Ashland und were treated at
the Community Hospital. Cpl.
Utter, who was most seriously in­
jured, received further medical
uid. Tuesday he was moved by
uinbulunce to Salem.
Weldon is survived by his wife
and daughter at Snohomish.
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ASHLAND, JACKSON C O U N T Y , OREGON
Major Enders Back
From War Duties
Major Jack Enders, wife and
two daughters, arrived in Ash­
land recently. Major Enders has
been in the U. S. Air Force, sta­
tioned at LaPaz, Bolivia, where
lie wus commanding officer there.
This week the family went oit to
Fort Lewis where Major Enders
expected to receive his discharge
after five years in the service.
On their return, the family flew
frpm Bolivia to Panama, took a
boat at Panama to New Orleans.
A train then brought them on to
Los Angeles, where Henry End­
ers, father of the major, met them
to bring them on to Ashlund.
Following his discharge Major
Enders will return to Ashland and
the family will move to the End­
ers Ranch on East Main street
highway.
Major Enders grew up in Ash­
land and his many friends will be
glad to welcome him back home.
Methodist Church
to Present Cantata
‘King of Kings’
At four o’clock on Sunday after
noon the choir of the Methodist
Chuiyh will present for the enjoy­
ment of the public the Christmas
Contata, “King of Kings” written
by Daniel Brotheroe. The Can­
tata is in three parts in which
the coming of the King is antici­
pated, realized, and then adored.
Hollis Trask Takes
Mrs. Bill Weber is the director,
and Mrs. Frank Davis is the or­
Life at Home Here
Hollis King Trask of 55 Third ganist. The detailed program fol­
street died about nine o’clock Mon lows:
day night as a result of inhaling j Processional—“Hark The Herald
carbon monoxide fumes from his Angels Sing.”
car A brother, Alfred Trask, re­ Pastorial Prayer—Dr G. W. Bruce
Part 1—Promise of the King
turned from a trip down town,
and hearing the motor of the fam "Behold the Days Come” Allen
ily car running at a high rate of McGee.
speed in the garage, investigated “O Jerusalem That Bringeth Good
to lind that Trask had shut him­ Tidings” Choir
self in the car with a garden hose “My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord’
leading from the exhaust pipe
Mrs. Eve Bissell
into the interior of the car and Part 2—The Corning of the King
with the motor running quite fast “O Little Town of Bethlehem.”—
• soon asphyxiated himself. The ; Mrs. Lucille Maekay, Cora Mason,
brother removed him from the Geraldine Hughes, Mrs. Avis An­
car and attempted to revive the derson, Mrs. Lottie McGee, Mrs.
man by artificial respiration, but ; Cora Bruce.
all efforts failed, us the man was ' “Hark to Me, My Brethern”—
dead when removed from the car. Paul Byers, and Men’s Chorus.
The family stated that Mr. I "Night of Nights" . Mrs. Lucille
Trask had been despondent for I Mackay.
some time and gave this as the i“O Come, All Ye Faithful” Choir
reason for the act
Offertory To be Selected.
Trask was a native of Ashland, Part 3 The Adoration of the King
having been born here December “Beautiful Saviour” Mrs. Jean
25, 1905, and had lived here most Byers and the choir.
of his life, except for a short stay “The Little Lord Jesus” Mrs.
in Klamath Falls.
Lottie McGee.
Survivors include his wife Mrs. “The Dewdrops Are Shining.”
Jane Trask; one son Lester and Choir
two brothers, Clifford of Medford “The Rose of Sharon” George
and Alfred of Ashland and a sis­ Mason
ter Mrs. Jack Wishart of Emery­ “Hallelujah! Amen!’’. Choir
ville, California.
Benediction Dr. G. W. Bruce
Funeral services will be held Benedictory Response “Now the
Friday at 1:30 at the Litwiller Day is Over” .Choir.
Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Postlude—"And the Glory of the
George W. Bruce officiating. In­ Lord.” Handel Mrs. Frank Davis.
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terment will be made in the
Mountain View cemetery.
Lions Club Goes to
THURSDAY, DECEMBER io ,
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VOL. i j, NO. 44
UDU-U-L-U-L. U ' V . X J '
A Christmas Prayer
Most mighty and merciful Father,
As the bell« of the world begin their chimes this Christmas
Day, we thank Thee for the great and manifold bless­
ings Thou has visited upon us in this past year, for
the victories over Thy enemies, for the release from
their suffering of the persecuted.
In the trying days of reconstruction and reconversion
which lie ahead, keep us humble, we pray. Bow down
our will in obedience to Thy holy law of love for our
fellow men, no matter what their color, class or creed.
Uplift us in spirit that we many in self-immolation have
courage to use wisely the gifts Thou hast bestowed
upton us, and that we many bring Thy kingdom of
peace and justice for all men to fulfillm ent on this
earth.
Thine is the power and the glory. Grant us the spirit to
follow Thee in our daily lives, down whatever path
Thou may lead us. This we ask in the name of Him
in whose honor we keep Christmas. Amen.
Grace Renzema, Har­ State Receives One
old Reed Wed Satur. Bid on Claycomb Job
A pretty home wedding was
solemnized Saturday at 12:30 at
the home of Mrs. Anna P. Renze­
ma on Lower Scenic Drive, in
which Grace Ruth Renzema be­
came the bridp of William Harold
Reedy. Both of the young people
are Ashland residents, and have
a wide circle of friends here.
The wedding rites were pro­
nounced by the Rev. Clarence
McCall.
Following the ceremony, a wed­
ding dinner was held for the
bride and groom, the immediate
family and a few close friends, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
W. Goldy, Mrs. Goldy and Mrs.
Mrs. Renzema are sisters.
No honeymoon trip was taken
by the newlyweds inasmuch as
both are teaching and time from
their duties could not be taken.
Mrs, Reedy is teaching at Phoenix
and Mr. Reedy .recently discharg­
ed from the service is teaching at
Gold Hill.
Talent Fire Burns ..
8 Pedigreed Dogs
Eight pedigreed Pekinese dogs
were destroyed in a fire believed
set by an angered customer at
the King Cafe in Talent, Saturday
night.
Seven of the animals were cre­
mated in the blaze and the other
died later from burns.
The storage shed in which the
dogs were is a complete loss, Otto
E. King, proprietor of the cafe,
said. A cottage next to the shed
was partially consumed.
The fact that the fire started on
a side opposite a heater in the
shed and that oil was used to in­
cite the flame is evidence of in­
cendiary origin, Mr. King states.
Grants Pass Party
Investigation is being made by
Former Coach Re­
About fifteen members of the the county sheriff's office.
turns to Ashland
Ashland Lions club went to
Jerry Gastineau, former mem­ Grants Pass Tuesday evening to The W. R. C. met Saturday
ber of the Ashland school faculty, .take part in the annual Grants Dec. 15 at the Parish House for
returned to Ashland Tuesday, fol­ Pass Lions club party, held this a covered dish dinner at 12:30
lowing his discharge from the year at the Redwoods Grange hall followed by a business meeting
army, after serving 26 months in on the Redwoods highway near at 2 p.m. with the election of of­
the service fourteen of which was Grants Pass. An evening of fun ficers for the coming year, the
and frolic has been reported, with annual Christmas tree and ex­
spent overseas.
While in the service Mr. Gas­ about 150 Grants Pass Lions and change of presents was enjoyed
tineau was athletic specialist and their families enjoying a big tur­ by all present.
was a member of the Welfare and key dinner with all the fixings.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Ehomp-
Recreation Department of the As a part of the program, several son of Ashland left Wednesday,
34th Naval Construction Battalion professional entertainers gave an by car, to drive to Phoenix, Ari­
working under the chaplain. His interesting hour of entertainment. zona, where they plan to spend
work was the development and The Ashland club had no meeting the Christmas holiday season with
supervision of the athletic and here.
their son annd family. The son is
recreational program for the bat­ Next meeting of the club in carrying on his father’s work, as
talion he organized and coached Ashland will be the annual an engineer with the Federal Bur­
baseball, basketball teams, and Christmas party, which will be( eau of Reclamation. Mr. and Mrs
intrabattalion sports programs. held on Friday evening, Decern-. Thompson plan to be gone sever­
This included soft ball leagues ber 28, and the regular meetings al weeks.
and tournaments in various other of December 25 and January 1 ceiyed a letter from their son
games supervising the buying will be dispensed with. John Nos­ Monday from Tokyo, in which he
and care of all equipment.
ier and Robert Van Fleet, are the stated that he expected to be on
Added to this was educational committee on arrangements on his way home soon, as he was
work on health and physical adu- this annual event.
being transferred to an embarka­
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cation.
tion center, in the preliminary
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Emmett will routine for shipment home. Mr.
Sunday afternoon at five o’­ leave Friday evening on the train j and Mrs. Grubb look for him
clock the Congregational Choir to go to Alameda to spend the home about the first of January.
and Youngs People will give a Christmas holidays with their He has been overseas, first in
Christmas Vesper Service, to daughter, Mrs. Zeretta Reed and France and later transferring to
which the public is cordially in­ family. They plan to be gone for the Pacific for the past year or
vited.
a week or more.
more.
A report from the state high­
way commission, states that only
one bid was received on the re­
modeling of the Claycomb build­
ing, on the beginning of the Plaza
project to straighten out the high­
way through town. The sole bid­
der was Dinninger & Watkins of
Klamath Falls, and their bid, as
reported by the state highway de­
partment, was $43,725 on units A,
B, and C, and $48,050 on units A,
B and D. The work for which the
bids were asked is remodeling
and building additions on the
Ford Garage building on the Pla­
za in Ashland, made necessary by
the straightening of the highway
on north Main through town.
H. L. Claycomb, owner of the
property, stated that he had not
been notified of any action by
the state highway commission.
Audience Enjoys
Annual Christmas
Music Evening
Closes On Tuesday
The Ashland OPA office was
closed permanently Tuesday even
mg December 18th, and in order
to clear up all work, and get the
paid personnel out Tuesday the
office was closed to the public all
A Large Audience Aattends
day.
Annual Christmas Program
Of late, the only real opera­
Of High Schools
tions carried on by the board was
tire rationing and price control, A large and attentive audience
and the files and records of these gathered at the Junior High
have been transferred to the Med­ school auditorium Wednesd a y
ford office, which it is planned to evening, to hear the annual
make the central office for both Christmas music presentation by
Jackson and Josephine counties. the combined choruses and bands
The board met Tuesday even­ of the Junior and Senior high
ing, in conjunction with the Price schools. Presentatiion of t h e
Panel and as a last official act, ; Christmas music was under the
declared the office officially clos­ direction of Miss Ma r g a r e t
ed.
Scruggs, vocal director and Jack
Hereafter all rationing and , Francis, director of instrumental
price controls for Ashland, will ; music. Mrs. Betty Walch was in
be handled through the Medford i ; charge of the decorations,
office.
i The presentation is one of the
outstanding musical presentations
I of the school year and was greatly
(enjoyed by those present. A full
evening of Christmas music, both
instrumtneal and vocal was heard
j First on the program was a
song, “O Come All Ye Faith­
ful” by Junior and Senior chorus
The Washington School Christ- and band’ ¿‘S" ? t“arS” £ollowed
mas Program will be held in the ’ the combined bands,
lower hall of the Washington y Next was three songs by the
School Thursday evening, Dec. 20 / ^ j o r High Chorus and this was
and will begin promptly at 7:30. j followed by *w<> «ongs by the
No admission will be charged Ju™or
5li,rls
ble’ .
but youngsters not participating B ^ ^ ^ c ^ ^ ^ D e y g \ v -
in the program and unaccompan-;
on Christmas uey was giv
ied by parents will not be permit- en by the Junior High Boys En-
ted to enter.
i sA
emb e- cand„ H ark!. the » era?d
Approximately three hundred An/ els Sing’ was given by the
youngsters will participate in the j audience, band and choruses.
program which is arranged as fol­ Next on the program was two
numbers by the Senior High Girls
lows:
Sextette and this was followed by
Part I Presented by Rooms L to 5. two numbers by the Senior High
Songs by Primary Chorus.
Boys Quartet.
“The Wond’rous News” and
Dramatization: U n d e r t h e
“Noel” were presented by the
Christmas Tree.
Santa’s Helper, Howard Langs­ Junior and Senior High Girls and
“O Little Town of Bethlehem”
ton.
Dramatic poem: Christmas Eve. was then sung by the audience,
Play: The Little Lost Doll,
chorus and band.
Characters
A group of four songs were pre­
Dolly, Claudia Johnson; Billy, sented by the Senior High Chorus
John Van Dyke; Dicky, Dick Har­ and the final number on the pro­
mon; Dorothy, Eunice Green; gram was “Ave Maria” by the
Tatty, Ruth McDonald; Barbara, combined Junior and senior high
Nancy Weitzel; Jimmie, Billy bands.
Vance; Betty, Camille Thompson;
Bingo, Himself.
Medford Youths Held
Washington School
Christmas Program
Thursday Evening
Part IL Preseated by Rooms 5 to for Local Robberies
Ray Clary
The Christmas Story:
The recent burglary of the Wes-
“Oh! Holy Night, Chorus.
in
Ashland, apparently was solved
Local Mason Lodge Song
First Reader, Bettie Davis
tern Auto Supply Company store
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3 Shepherds, Charles Pretty
man, Earl Harmon, David Stem- last week when three Medford
boys, all minors, were reported to
pie.
have confessed to the robbery,
Angel, Dolores Miller
when they took considerable mer­
Host of Angels, Eight Girls
chandise and about 35 dollars in
Joseph, David Saterlee
cash. They were held in the coun­
Mary, Dione Kiser
Song, “It Came Upon A Mid­ ty jail after being taken by Med­
ford police officers. They also re­
night Clear”, Chorus.
Song: “The First Noel", Chorus ported that they had entered the
Second Reader, Barbara Rens- Elk’s Temple through the front
door and had taken some equip­
field.
Song: Star of The East, Chorus ment, which was recovered.
Song: We Three Kings of the
Orient Are, Boys Trio: Roy Rog­ Local Man Drives Car
ers, Bill Miles, Billy Wren.
Three Wise Men: Melvin Tay­ Into Freight Train
Roy Williams of 743 Oak street,
lor, Wayne South, Richard Booth.
was painfully cut about the face
Third Reader, Shirley House
Song: “A Christmas Lullaby,” Thursday evening when he drove
his car into the side of a freight
Triple Trio
Song: “Away in The Manger, train which was across the inter­
Boys Trio, Miss Aikins, Violin. section of the tracks and Oak
street. Taken to the hospital by
Candle Processional
Songs, “Hark! The Herald Ang­ the police, following the mishap,
els Sing”. Chorus; “Silent Night”, it was found that he was painful­
Boys Trio, violin, Chorus. “O, ly cut about the face and suffer­
Come, All Ye Faithful”, Chorus. ing from shock, but no other ser­
ious injuries were found.
Chorus director, Miss Hager
F. W. Cox of Route 1 and train­
Primary Chorus director, Miss
men assisted Mr. Williams follow­
Mitchell.
ing the accident.
Play directors, Miss Carson
Mrs. Willits, Mrs. Luchterhand.
C of C Secretary
Southern Oregon College of
Costumes, Mrs. Schuster.
Education,
December 14—The
At Portland Meet
Decorations, Miss Aikins
choir of the Southern Oregon Col­
Robert Mullins, Ashland Cham­ Miss Mitchell.
lege of Education gave a Christ­
ber of Commerce secretary, at­ Arrangements, Mrs. Bond.
mas program at assembly period
tended a meetin gof the Oregon
Accompanists, Mrs. Willits.
Friday,
December 14, singing a
Chamber Executives Association
in Portland Friday and Saturday. Mrs. T. V. Jackson, of Medford, number of carols with orchestral
The meeting was called primarily was treated at Community Hospi­ accompaniment, directed by Mr.
to discuss the employment a n d , tal Monday night for injuries re­ Wallace Sapp. Hazel Parman
housing of returning veterans. 1 ceived when a car driven by H. played a violin solo, “Adoration”
Housing shortages in all towns E. Bishop of Jacksonville, turned by Borowski. The remainder of
along the Pacific coast, has arous-' upside down in the highway four the program was as follows:
ed public officials to the need of; miles south of Ashland. Mr. Bis­ Entr’Acte from Rosacunde......
doing something about the situa-1 hop was bruised and suffered Franz Scubert, SOCE Instrumen­
tion.
from shock in the accident. High­ tal Ensemble. O Little Town of
Mr. Mullins stated that Hugh I way crewmen following the car Bethelehem, The First Noel, We
Three Kings, Silent Night, Adeste
Rosson, state director of Veterans assisted the injured couple.
Fideles, Joy to the World—SOCE
Affairs, made the recommenda­
chorus
and Instrumental Ensem­
tion that the county courts of each Forest Greer, who lives on
county in Oregon, hire a full time Nutley street, left this week for ble.
executive to look after the needs Portland, with his small son, the
O. E. Hunt returned Thursday
of veterans in such matters as son being taken to the Shriner's' from Seattle where he spent
housing employment, etc.
hospital in Portland for treatment Thanksgiving with his family.
Officers for the coming year of
activities were elected December
13 at the regular election of offic­
ers of Ashland Lodge, No. 23,
Ancient Free and Accepted Mas­
ons, held at the Masonic Temple
in Ashland. Ray Clary was elect­
ed Worshipful Master to head the
lodge officials. Installation cere­
monies were held the same even­
ing.
Following is the list of new of­
ficers for the lodge:
J. Ray Clary, Worshipful Mas­
ter; Andrew E. Stevens, Senior
Warden; William H. Parker, Jun­
ior Warden; George H. Dunn,
Treasurer; Rufus E. Detrick, Sec­
retary; Frank H. Barnthouse,
Senior Deacon; Stephen J. Zar-
ka, Junior Deacon; John E. Walk­
er, Senior Steward; Arnold L.
Espey, Junior Steward; Rev. A. H.
MacDonnell, Chaplain; William J.
Wallace, Tyler; M. Patrick Dunn,
Marshal.
Past Master John P. Daugherty
acted as installing officer and
Past Master M. P. Dunn as grand
marshal. J. H. Hardy is the retir­
ing worshipful master.
Basketball-Dunsmuir vs. Ashland, Saturday Night
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