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ASHLAND, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON
Legion to Meet on
Book and Music
Tuesday, January 8
The first Legion meeting of
Store Operating
1940 will be held at the Legion
Hull on Winburn Way, Tuesday,
8th. Commander Dunford
Under New Owners Januury
particurly requests returned vet
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OUR DEMOCRACY------ byR.y
THURSDAY, JANUARY j, 1946
Pvt. John Grubb Is
Feleased From Army
VOL. i j . NO. 46
New Auto Parts
House to Open in
Ashland Monday
Pvt. John Grubb, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Larkin Grubb, received
his discharge from the army at
Fort Lewis, December 27, after
A M E R IC A N S T R A O IT lO N A L L y A R t K N O W N A »
three years of service, most of
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erans to uttend und get acquaint
Mr. and Mra. Homer Elhart
which
has been on foreign battle
A R « TMB H IO M B 3 T IN T H B W O R L D .
ed
with
Ashlund
Post
no.
14.
Retire From Long Eitabliahed
fields. Pfc. Grubb was a demoli Medford Men Start New Busi
The coming year is going to be
Stationery and Muiic Store
ness In Former VFW Hall
tion specialist with the 1306th
very important to the veteran
Engineers,
and
spent
most
of
his
Announcement of u change of and us the American Legion has
Ashland’s newest business, the.
foreign service in Italy. He has a Ashland Auto Parts, will open for"
ownership of one of Ashland’s always tuken the lead in veterans
long list of service ribbons, with business Monday ,the owners,
older established businesses was affairs every veteran should ac-
five battle stars. According to his Ockie Sabin and R. B. Hooper of
made Monday, when the news , quaint himself with the Legion.
official record he wears ribbons Medford being the owners of the
was released that Mr. und Mrs.
u
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for service in Northern France, business. The new business is lo
Homer Elhart would retire from SERVICES HELD FOR
Ardennes, Rhineland, Cen t r a 1 cated at 83 North Main Street, in
their book und music store ut 270 MRS. BERTHA LAND
Europe and the Philippines. His the building popularly known as
East Main Street. The new owo- j Funeral services were held Fri
decorations and citations include tne VFW Hall, which the Medford
• era are Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Peck day, December 28 for Mrs. Bertha
Asiatic-Pacific service medal, Vic men purchased some months ago.
who are taking over the store at Lund, of 1030 Henry street, who
once.
tory Medal, Philippine Liberation Since buying the building, exten
«lied ut tlie Community Hospital
Medal, European, Africa-Middle sive repairs have been underway
Mr. Elhart has been serving the December 2« .She had been il l
East service Medal and the Good and with the opening Monday, a
Ashlund public for the past 37 for the past five years. Services
Conduct medal. Following the end blight new appearance will be
years .having come here in 1908, were held at the Litwiller Funer
of the hostilities in Europe, Pvt. found.
from Colorado, to clerk in the al Home and interment was made
Grubb and his outfit were sent to
Holey Drug Store on the Plaza. I in the Mountain View cemetery.
Mr. Sabin will be the manager
the Pacific and landed there in of the new business, while Mr.
Here he learned the pharmacists's
Mrs. Land was born in York
time to get in on the last of the Hooper, will not be in Ashland.
trade, took the examination and county, Nebraska, March 10, 1877
fighting in the Pocific, with his Both men are well known in Med
became a registered phurmacist. ; She has lived in Oregon for the
outfit being in the Philippnes.
Later he bought an interest in the past three years, but only a short
ford, Mr. Sabin being manager of
Mr. and Mrs. Grubb and son the Colyer Motor Sales company
drug store and later yet, bought time in Ashland. She was a mem
Milo went to Fort Lewis, leaving for the past 14 years and living at
the entire business. In the early ber of the German Lutheran
here Christmas Day ,to bring the Medford for the past 21 years. Mr
twenties the busines was moved , church at Thayre, Nebraska.
son and brother home. On their Hooper has the Hooper Radiator
to the present site of the Harri Surviving Mrs. Land are her
way home the family was delayed shop there.
son Parts company on East Main husbund, Richurd Land, and a
at Covallis and Eugene by the
and in 1935 the business was mov sister, Mrs. Annie Halstead of
The business will carry a com
flooded highways there and did plete line of automotive parts re
ed to its present location at 270 Thayre, Nebraska.
not arrive home until Monday pairs and accessories, most of
East Main. The drug store part
night.
was gradually closed out until of
which will be carried in whole
Pvt. Grubb had intended to re sale lots, and the owners plan to
past years only the stationery
turn to school at OSC this second wholesale much of their stock out
and music store remained. Mrs.
Elhart has ussisted in the busi
semester, but he finds that crowd to garages, loggers, etc., who are
ed condition prevent his return, the heavy users of such a stock.
iness throughout the years.
but he plans to start with the fall
Mr. and Mrs. Peck are quite
Mr. and Mrs. Sabin and family
W e can a f f o r d to bk g o o d S P i N o e n s ’ w h in
Rev. William H. Nagel of Port
term, taking a course in forestry. have been living in Ashland since
well known in Ashland. Mr. Peck
W E A R E A L S O " G O O D 5 A V S R S .* A N O T H E M O N E y W E
was recently released from work land, Oregon, representing the
the building was purchased and
P U T B y F O R F U T U R E S t C U A l T V I N V IC T O R Y B O N O S ,
with the armed services, where he ¡National Association of Evangel
have
fixed up apartments in the
L IF E IN S U R A N C E A N O S A V IN G 5 , S E R V E S A L S O
was engaged in installing radar icals, will be speaking at several
upstairs section of the building.
A S A N A C T IV E F O R C E IN I N C R E A S IN G T H E
equipment for the Rayethon com of the churches of Ashland, this
Mr. Sabin invites interested
• C T IV IT y O F O U R O C M O C U A C X .
pany. Mrs. Peck has been an as
parties to come in and see them
week,
beginning
with
Wednesday
sistant in the public library for evening and continuing thru Sun
beginning Monday.
the past year. They have a home
Almost two hundred people
day.
Jan.
6th
Mr.
Nagel
is
a
form
at 48 Gresham Street. Two chil-
gathered at the Methodist Church Talent Man Severely
* dren attend the Ashland schools. er missionary of Europe and the
at the noon hour on New Year’s
Near
East,
where
he
worked
be
Mrs. Peck will assist in the work
Day for the annual dinner-pro- Hurt, Hit by Auto
fore the out-break of the present
at the store.
gram This has been a custom in William Roland Crosby, 58, of
war.
He
is
Executive
Secretary
of
Mr and Mrs. Elhart will con
this church for more than fifty
tinue to live in Ashland und Mr. the N.A.E. for the Pacific North Francis Raymond Lawrence of
Roy Gilbert Moore, 40, Ashland years, started in the days when Talent, is in the hospital at Med
west.
The
National
Association
of
Elhart will probably do some
Los Angeles was arrested in Ash
Daddy Billings was interested in ford with severe head cuts and
typewriter repair work, using the Evangelicals is a cooperative fel- land Friday night on East. Main committed suicide Saturday night gathering the Methodist families bruises after being struck Mon
at the family home,. I ll Bush
old location as a headquarters
street for panhandling. Lawrence Street, according to C. M. Litwil and their friends for a time of day night south of Phoenix, by a
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fellowship at the opening of the car driven by Thomas Lawrence
stopped one of the city clerymen ler, deputy county coroner. Moore New
Year.
Madden, 24, of 3723 SE Mill, Port
Traffic Back to
and asked him for money for a died of carbon monoxide poison Dr. G. W. Bruce called the land. Madden was en route home
Normal After Bains
room for the night. After Law ing, according to the deputy cor meeting to order, and then follow from Ventura ,Cal.
rence received the money the oner, who reported that Moore ing the dinner presented R. R.
Rail and highway traffic thru
Deputy County Coroner Carlos
cleryman watched him go into a
this area was buck to normal this
Peck
who
was
toastmaster
for
the
Morris
said that Crosby was walk
nearby pool room. Lawrence was had attached the garden hose to program which followed. Ralph ing in the center of the highway,
week, after being disrupted last
arrested by Officer R. D. Redifer. the exhaust pipe of his car, and Billings gave a brief history of and that he narrowly missed be
Suturday bi c.- isc of the torren
tial rains of Friday and Satur
The following have been arrest then shut himself in the car, plug the New Year Dinner program. ing struck by another driver.
ed by the city police on charges ging the window cracks.
day, when practically all high
Mrs. Mabel Lowther, Mrs. Reba Morris said that Crosby’s condi
Moore was alone at home at the Kelsy, and Henry Carter each tion is critical. His scalp was near
of being drunk and disorderly:
way traff c between this section
Ernest R. White of Medford, Dec. time and was found by his son, read a New Year poem. Mr. Peck ly torn off .
and Salem and Portland was halt
ed by high water in the Willam
18; Albert T. King, of Ashland, 12, when the lad returned from presented Mr. Frank Davis who
Dec. 22; John M. Casey, Medford, a show. Neighbors reported that said many nice things about the PVT. BERNINGHAUSEN
ette valley near Salem and Eu
gene. Locally water never reach
Dec. 22; Katherine Leach, Ash they heard the motor of Moore’s Homer Billings family who are in SPENT WEEK HERE
land, Dec. 22; Chas. L. Montgom car running about 8 p.m. but had the near future leaving Ashland
ed the stage of stopping any traf
Pvt. Edwin
Beminghausen
ery, Portland, Dec. 24; Carlos T. not investigated.
fic. Freight and bus lines failed
to reside for a time at least in spent the Christmas holidays at
Litwiller stated after investiga California. At the close of his re the Karl Beminghausen home
Morales, Siskiyou Camp, Dec. 15;
to make the through trip north,
however, and none of these com
Carlos Lopes, Ashland, Dec. 26; tion that apparently the Moore’s marks he, for the Methodist Con here, coming here from McCook,
Beatrice L. Hutton, Shady Cove, had become estranged in recent gregation, presented Mr. and Mrs. Nebraska. Pvt. Beminghausen
mercial carriers were through un
til Sunday.
Dec. 18; and Marjory McCarthy, months. Mrs. Moore, employed in Homer Billings with a large trav was inducted at Ft. Dewis, took
a Medford fruit warehouse, had eling bag, in appreciation of what his basic training at Keesler
Salem, Dec. 18.
Saturday rail traffic on the
main line of Southern Pacific
Fred Miller of Medford forfeit told her husband when leaving they have meant to the church Field, Miss. Later he was at Las
through Klamath Falls was shift lowship of Bible-believing Christ ed a $25.00 fine and $2.50 costs for work Saturday morning that through the many years. Homer Vegas and at Lincoln ,Neb. After
ed to the Siskiyou route, by high ians, representing over twenty de after admitting that he had been she did not plan to return home Billings responded, for the family, spending a week at home he will
water near Eugene. Several trains nominations. It grew out of a con gambling. Ralph Clinton Jones, a for dinner but was attending a with appropriate remarks.
report at Greensboro, North Car
crews from the Klamath Falls ference of fifteen men, held in sailor from the Portland Barracks dance ,the deputy coroner said.
There were two soloists, accom olina.
railroad headquarters were shift the City of Chicago in October of was arrested and fined $12.50 and In addition to his wife, Esther, panied on the piano by Mrs.
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ed to Ashland and extra crews 1941, and today numbers over a $2.50 costs for tampering with an and the son LeRoy, a daughter, Frank Davis. Paul Byers sang,
Talent,—The City granted per
and trains were here to assist in million constituents. The purpose automobile belonging to Mrs. Sam Lolita, 14, and a brother, Ray, of “Until The End of Time” and mits for the building of 14 new
Prospect, also survive.
getting traffic over the Siskiyous of this meeting is to create a Jordan, Dec. 22.
“Love Me or Not.” Maradine’ homes during the year according
The funeral was held Wednes Hughes sang, "Without a Song”, j to applications filed by the record
greater fellowship of Evangeli Donald Larry Basey, Ashland,
to Dunsmuir.
While water ran copiously from cals and encourage a broader pro was taken into custody Dec. 19 day at 10:30 at the Litwiller Fu and “I Can’t Help Singing.” Ed. er Mrs. Edith Coffman.
on the charge of reckless driving. neral Parlor, with interment in Nelson, accompanied on the piano 1945 showed 31 authorizations for
every drain in and about Ashland, gram for united action.
Rev. Nagel is scheduled to Harvey M. Rowley, Ashland, on Mountain View cemetery.
little damage was reported. Bear
by Mrs. Bill Weber ,sang “Wagon building and repair at value of
creek was not over its banks, speak in the Free Methodist Dec. 21 for speeding and Oran G.
Wheels” and “Old Man River.” $18,151.61, were issued. In 1944
partly due to the fact that Emi church Wednesday evening at McBee of Portland on Dec. 26 for license Examiners to Leland P. Linn, principal of the 23 permits and $14,100 valuation.
grant lake was nearly empty 7:30 P. M. Again in the Assembly violation of the basic rule. Ray
Ashland Public Schools, gave the
Largest item was permit for
when the deluge started and by of God Church Friday evening mond P. Staggers of Medford is Change Schedules
New Year address. With very school remodeling in the amount
to appear in court to answer to
storing water there, helped to les at 7:30 P. M.
New schedules for state driv choice words, and with the ring of of $3,000.
On Sunday morning Rev. Nagel the charge of hit and run driving er’s license examiners in the Med optomism concerning 1946 and the
sen any flood danger.
will speak at the First Baptist and resisting an officer.
ford districts, designed to improve future of the world, and of the
Church
at the eleven o’clock ser Five parking violation fines service for all communities, were Church he held his listeners in Medford Guernsey ..
Talent Mill Plans to
vice. In the evening he will speak have been paid the past week by announced today from the office terest for about a half hour. Mr. Cow Sets Record
at the Church of the Nazarene at the following: Lillian G. Judd, of Robert S. Farrell Jr., Secretary Linn, with his family, came to
ContinueWinter Work the
Peterborough, N. H.—A four
regular 7:30 service.
Eldon Scripter, R. W. Smith, J. of State.
Ashland last summer and is af and one-half yea^ old registered
Talent—With an adequate sup
The public is cordially invited Collingsworth and Richard Free Greater volumes of business in filiated with the Meth o d i s t Guernsey cow, Lieutenant’s Pride,
ply of logs continuing to roll in,
this area necessitated the changes Church.
Talent Saw Mills, Inc., contem to take advantage of these oppor man.
owned by B. Royce and C. A.
in order to assure the best possi Rev. Dr. Bruce, the pastor was Smith, Medford, Oregon, has com
plates operating throughout the tunities to hear this outstanding
speaker.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ble service to all driver license presented by the toastmaster near pleted a creditable Advanced Re
winter, George L. Zickefoose,
TOTAL 1.392 in 1945
applicants in the area, Farrell the close of the program, and he gister record of 9,747.4 pounds of
plant superintendent says.
made some fitting remarks, and milk and 524.8 pounds of butter-
The mill is sawing about 40,-, Members of the Neighborhood I Marriage licenses issued in said.
000 feet per day and employing1 Congregational church gathered) Jackson county up to noon Mon-1 Effective January 1, examiners closed the meeting with New fat on twice daily milking for
for a Fellowship dinner and the day totalled 1,392. The total for will be in Medofrd at the Knights Year greetings from himself and
30 men, Zickefoose states. Ap annual
ten months.
business meeting Tuesday December is 51. In the second of Phthias Hall every Thursday, wife.
proximately one carload of lum-1 at the church.
Lieutenant’s Pride is the first
Following
a
boun-'
ber per day is being shipped to a teous potluck dinner, the annual quarter of the year, 86 licenses | Friday and Saturday except Holi
daughter of the registered Guern
were issued, the largest of the j days. Every Tuesday and Wed Mrs. Helen Skidmore has com sey sire, Chuckanut Lieutenant
California market. Practically no
business meeting was taken care year.
nesday, except holidays, they will pleted her 285th rug, the largest
lumber is sold locally.
«- of,
This record was supervised by
which time, new offi-; Divorce complaints filed dur- be at the courthouse in Grants she has ever made, being some
Ldgs are being brought in from cere during
the
Oregon State College and re
were elected and such other ■ng the year totalled 387, with 27 Pass, and on every other Monday, six by eight feet in size. The rug
the Trail area.
business disposed of as came be filed during December. Many of they will be in the City Hall at is on display at the J. P. Dodge & ported to The American Guern
sey Cattle Club for approval and
SiiliHi'rlhn for The Miner today. fore the meeting.
the complaints are still pending. Ashland.
Son furniture store window.
publication.
G ood S penders - G ood S avbrs
Portland Evangel
ist to Speak Here
Methodist Annual
Meeting Held Tues.
Numerous Arrests Services Held for
Made over Holidays Roy Gilbert Moore
Basketball-'Salem vs. Ashland Saturday Nite
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