, W ood, Pap- » 7 q u a n tity . Fuf ■d rough aket«' Uatv «f Or*” f ™ ’ ■P°k,M > 2 .0 0 PER © wüisss « ® æ » î Stasa YEAR ASHLAND, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON IHURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1946 Music Concert by S Ä , H' “ « W GUADE SCHOOL WILL BE NAMED The 48th annual meeting of the Noted Artists Is Church of Christ was held Mon AFTER FORMER SRFERINTENDENT day night in the church sanc That the new elem ent a r y : Reports showed increases school in Ashland will be called Presented at SOCE tuary. in attendance, giving and m em the “George A. Briscoe School” SEVERAL CASES IN Southern Oregon College, Ash land, April 22, A concert by three outstanding m u sic ia n s w e r e presented at the Colloge auditor ium on April 23. The concert featured Caro line Andrews, coloratura soprano Richard Werner, violinist and Uruno Pellegrini, pianist. All are seasoned artists of high rank. Miss Andrews started her careei in light operu leading soprano in toe original New York Co. of Student Prince on Broadway. She has been leading soprano at the Capital Theutre and Radio City Music Hall. She has had exten sive concert and ^adio exper ience. Mr. W erner has played with the New York Symphony under Nicolae Sokoloff and other orchestras of the East as well as for radio. Mr, Pellegrini had an extensive musical career in Italy, his native country. After serving in the arm y in World War I he came to the United States where he has followed music in the capacity of accompanist, operatic coach and teacher in Metropoli tan New York. The concert was sponsored bv' the Southern Oregon College and the Ashland Branch of the Am er ican Association of University Women. ‘" S X " On Easter Sunday noon, imme diately following the morning preaching services, Sylvit Brekke became the bride of A rthur Humphreys. The bri d e a n d groom came from Sacramento, and attended the Easter services in the M ethodist Church. The ceremony was performed by Dr. G. W. Bruce, minister, while the couple stood before the candle-lighted altar, center e d with the Cross in the Little Chap el. Floral decorations had been arranged by Mrs. Cora Bruce. The bride and groom were a t tended by Charles O. Jones and Doris Poling, close friends. Im m ediately following the cere mony they left for their new home in Sacramento, California. VOL. i j NO. 9 Ashland Civic Leader Passes Suddenly Sunday JUSTICE COURT THIS WEEK was announced last eveni n g Justice of the Peace Nelle Death of Mrs. Gordon when when the entire school Burns has had a busy time the MacCracken Brings Close board called at the Brisco home fore part of this week. A ppear To Active Career to confer with the form er Super- ing before Justice Burns were intendent. George A. Briscoe was tj,e following- Death Sunday morning closed ,n charge of the Ashland schools chas „ a rla n j ohnsorli drunk an active and useful career to ma«Mi i year Period from 1911 to and disorderly, $10 and costs and one of Ashland’s best known club 1939. H.s services as a school man a 3O.day suspended jail sentence, women and civic leaders, Mrs. covered exactly half a century as ^ „ ¿ ¡ n g good behavior Gordon MacCracken died early he put in 22 years as superinten-, Thos Edwin L inle ' tt lar. Sunday morning of a heart a t dent at New Albany, Indiana. ceny, $25 and costs. Being unable tack. Mrs. MacCracken had not The first fall that Mr. Briscoe to pay the fine, he was commit- been ill and the past week had was superintendent in Ashland ted to the county jail to serve out keen .especially active in DAR th»- present High School building the fine. work in which she was especial ly interested. Saturday evening was completed and he r e c a ll James Everett Ray, paid $2 50 that the students and faculty and cogtg on a charge of having she and her family had had their Easter dinner in order th at moved the desks and equipm ent an OVerheight load on his truck, to the new location during the; Carlos Eusworth Morrison for the son, Charles of Klam ath Falls could be present. The heart a t 1 hanksgiving vacation. Prior to exceeding PUC declared weight, that time the High School occu- paid $5 00 and costs tack came later in the night, and pied part of the present W ash-j Warren Linwood Gibbs, for Lee S. Robbins is the new she failed to rally from it. ington School. At that time clas- failure to stop, paid $1.50 and manager at the restaurant locat Mrs. MacCracken was quite ses were being held in a school costs ed a t 55 North Main street, prominent in social circles, and building in the Lithia Park s e c -. Cited to appear this week in known lately as Casey’s Cafe. Mr. took a leading part in civic and tion as wel las in one of the j ustice court were Clarence An- Robbins comes here from Los patriotic efforts, no t only in Churches. In his first A shland. thony Plymell, no operator’s li- Angeles, and took over m anage community activities but state High School graduating class cense Thos. Clifford Mansfield, m ent of the cafe this week. He wide as well. there were 24 members. I 0Verwidth load: Theodore R. and his wife have been in the She was especially active in Mr. Briscoe's long tenure in Kinney, no PUC perm it and over restaurant business for many work of the Daughters of Am er Ashland was outstanding in the sizs load. George Maurice Moser, years in Los Angeles. ican Revolution, being organiz State of Oregon. His excellent ad overwidth load; Peter Schlappi, Some remodeling is being done ing regent of the Mt. Ashland m inistration of the school system W inston Nunes, the not e d here was widely recognized and failure to operate on right side in the cafe here, but will of nec chapter. She has served on num essity be brief due to lack of erous state committees and m any speaker from the Isle of Trinidad he was elected to to responsible of the road. materials. New neon signs are honors have come to her for her is now conducting a series of places of leadership such as the being installed and in the next work. meetings at the Assembly of God State Text Book Commission. few days will become the Sports Church each night at 7:30 P. M. She has been active in work . ... During his regice the present m an’s Cafe, Mr. Robbins stated. of the Auxiliary to the American Mr. Nunes t • 1 school u , was 1. 1» and j the ■ has a . unique u • m • inistry „ / Lincoln built Also coming to Ashland with Legion, served in the Civic club, At the weekly meeting of the in several respects. He is of Port- , Junior , u High remodled ,, . as well „ as Uffese th e son of nf a h i uh 1 . . .. Lions club Tuesday evening a Mr. and Mrs. Robins is one of the and has long been a member of ugese descent descent, the a high many other improvements effect large num ber of members enjoy best known chefs in California. L. D. Haskew, Executive Sec- ' governm ent official on the Isle of ed. the Ashland Study club. She has ed two rpels of moving pictures, Featured on the menus will be been active in all of the organiza retary of the Committee on Trinidad. Be became a Christian Teacher Education of the A.C.E. ¡as the result of missionary la-1 “ e staled that his predecessor, presented through the courtesy hot rolls and Parker House rolls, tions of the Trinity Episcopal will speak to the student body oflbors. A university graduate, h e ' Cameron, who was in Ashland of H arry Chipman, and giving a specialty w ith the new owners. church here and is a m em ber of ----------- o —------- the Southern Oregon College on later became chaplain of the n o -' ^or a^out ten years lives in Ark- the highlights of the football sea the U. S. Daughters of the War Wednesday, May 1, Mr. Haskew torious French Devil’s Island. On ansas- The School Board when son of 1945. Milo Grubb, w.th th of 1812. will appear before the high coming to America he has spoken ^ r ' Br*s,cc^ first^came Ashland high school projection machine, She served as president of the school assembly and will address before the largest audiences, in was as f°li°ws- W. F. Loomis, G brought the pictures to the screen Auxiliary of the Jackson County the city, county, and college city-wide union 'services and W. Gregg, J. P. Dodge, C. B. Guests for the evening includ Fire departm ent was called to Medical Society. She has compil Larnkin, G. G. Eubanks and the ed three members from the Med teachers on the work of the Com youth for C hrist rallies. He is ---- --------— — the Gracey home on Mountain ed a complete history of the Soc also an excellent musician, play- c' erk’ F. Pohland. mittee on Teacher Education. ford Den, who spoke in behalf avenue Sunday evening at 5:30 p. iety, bringing it down to date Mr- B,iscoe Bves with his wife of a member of their group for m. Dr. Haskew will visit the Uni ¡ng with equal facility the violin, with the names of all of the phy at 542 Siskiyou. He takes an act- district president, and Frank J. The family was away from sicians of early days down to the versity on May 2, the Oregon piano and trombone. SubjecU for the balance of the ivc interest m the activities of Van Dyke, who spoke briefly on home a t the time. The fire orig- present time. Because of her ach State College and Monmouth on the third, find the Portland area week are: Thursday, "H aircut in the com m unity and. the affairs ihe governm ent's food conserva- , inated in the kitchen and. a n un- ievements, she has received m en tion program. The Lions cldb a-1 determ ined amount of damage tion in th Oregon Who’s Who as on the fourth of May. From there the Devil’s Barber Shop.” Friday, th at affect his host of friends Board members calling on the greed to help in any way possibl was done the house. “Six Unpardonable Sins.” Satur he goes on to Washington. ont of the outstanding women. ----------- o----------- The fire was caused by an ove day of this week is reserved for former Superintendent w e r e : Mrs. MacCracken was born in On April 20th, Miss Violet heated electric plate that had Chicago, the daughter of Mr. and a great youth rally. Incidentally Lloyd Selby .Berald Wenner, Mrs Mern Provost, Frank J. V a n Stockham, Instructor in Physical been left attached when the fam -j Mrs. William Bolte. She was edu Mr. Nunes has spoken at a youth rally every Saturday of the year Dyke, Paul Finnell and Leland Education at Southern Oregon ily left home. It ignited the table cated in the Chicago schools. In P. Linn. College, gave a lecture-dem on and the room. 1900 she was m arried to Dr. Gor Fürstenfeldbruck, Germ a n y : thus far, the last one being a few stration for the Interm ediate days ago at the large municipal don MacCracken, m aking their Pfc. W arren F. Pritchard, son of Born to Mr. and Mrs. John A. Teachers Council in Medford. home in Chicago until 1915, when Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Pritchard auditorium in Portland. Nosier Sunday April 21, a son The subject was “Stunts and they came to Ashland. The fam Rt. 1 Ashland, Oregon has, a r weighing eight pounds, at the Tumbling for Interm ediate Grade ily home has been a t 262 Harga- rived a t the European Theater Community hospital. Work.” Miss Stockham was as Starting last Monday, Ashland dine street. Army A ir Forces Reinforcement o----------- sisted in the dem onstration by a has a new type of service with Surviving M |s M acCracken is Depot, and will soon be assigned Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Davis of group of students from Phoenix the establishment of the Rapid the husband, Dr. oGrdon Mac- Sgt. Morrison of the Medford to a perm anent station some recruiting station, reported Tues Modesto, Cal and H. L. Moore Parcel Delivery and Messenger Cracken, and three sons, Chest- where in Germany. spent Monday in G rants Pass on Monuments and markers. *ee service, with Herb Moore and his er Caldwell MacCracken of New While he is at this past, situa day th at two re-enlistm ents of business. Burns Memorials. On the P usi. brother in law Ellis Russill in ter York, and Charles Gordon Mac ted near Munich on the pictures Ashland men had been complet ested in the venture. The new ser Cracken and Eliott MacCracken. ed. Returning to arm y service is que wooded slope of a Germ an vice features quick delivery of Alpine range, Pfc. Pritchard w ill' Euf£ ne Slade, 480 Liberty st„ Funeral services were held small parcels, messages, etc. have an opportunity to enjoy the m°tb er Mrs. Alice Slade. Slade Wednesday afternoon at the T rin A motorcycle and trailer is be ity Church with the Rev. A. H. scenic beauties of Southern Bav- J*e’T1! lsiei? as a Prlva*e class ing used in the service, and will MacDonnell in charge. Form erly a prom inent Luft-1 a° ^1V? years, 3 months ser- operate from their headqquarters waffe training school, the Army ^ ^ ^ P a r t of which ^was served in of Moore & Edwards at 343 East the South Pacific. He has been as aria which made the region pop Most Oregonians love thier for | received by “Save the M> . tie signed to the ordnance depart est trees and have more than a j Woods” inc. at Box 1450, P ort Main. ular amoung pre-w ar tourists. Mr. Russill will be in active Air Forces Reinforcem ent Depot ment. speaking acquaintance with aid- land 7, Oregon, or addressed to Also re-enlisting was W arren ers, cedars, firs, pines, spruce and the United States National Bank, charge of the work, and come is one of the most attractive Oregon State Highway commis fields in Europe. A t the present G. Applewhite, 112 Nob Hill, the host of less common trees Portland, Oregon, c/o Mr. Milton here from Portland where he w<s sion has granted an entension of engaged in a sim ilar type of work time several thousand soldiers with a previous record of three which are found in Oregon. W. Rice, Treasurer of the organi approxim ately 60 days to H. L. There is one tree which is often zation. each m onth are processed and years and three m onths service. Claycomb and George Knox in given orientation in thenr occu H ereturned to his grade of ser mentioned but seldom seen. The which they m ust vacate the pro Donations to save the m yrtle pational duties a t this key sta geant. He has five campaign beauty of its wood is only su r woods are truly donations by the perty they are now occupying, in stars, earned in the European passed by its beauty as a grow tion in preparation of construction of common people for the comrr.on theatre of operations. Jim Jandreau, fleet fo o te d the Plaza project. ing tree, t is the Oregon m yrtle people for the future. Before entering the service in athlete of Ashland high school, wood. Originally, the state had noti March ,1944, he attendeH Mont The Talent High school will No donation will be too sr. all broke a state record last week in Those who think of m yrtle fied the businesses located in the ana State College, Bozeman, Mon present a play “The Bright P en or too large. W hatever it is, it tana, and was later employed as ny”, in which the youngsters wood as a bookend or a candle will be the right size to help sav the Hawyard Relays held a ’ section that they m ust be vacat a chauffeur and truck driver by prove to be the family salvation, stick will be surprised to learn the m yrtle wood for generati ins Eugene last week end, broac ed before a 60-day deadline from jum ping 20 feet, nine and one April 4, however, they have now the San Diego Butane Company, will be given Friday, April 26 that trees four feet in diam eter yet to come. half inches, for a new record been given until August 1, ac and one hundred feet high were San Diego, California. a t the gymnasium. Perhaps the m ain reason that bettering the m ark made las cording to William Briggs city once common in the virgin.m yr ----■ — u — — The play portrays the adoles tie wood forests of Oregon. To we have rem ained in ignorance vear by Anderson of Scappoose cent age when life is a strange day, only a few groves of large of these wonderful trees, is the in a jum p of 19 feet, seven and attorney. m ixture of poetic dream s and trees remain. They are in Coos fact that they grow best in moist a half inches. Ashland placed Ashland School District 5 has self inflicted persecution fraught and Curry counties, on our south bottom lands, away from the four in the entire series of track just received $20,277.92 from the Southern Oregon College, Ash w ith new responsibility. sound of the motor car. events. ern coast line. State Income Tax Fund. Last Oct land, April 20, 1946, At their con In the cast are Joan Bouldin. The beauty of the Oregon m yr Oregon is now doing for her iber approximate! ythe same a- vention lase week end in Corval Ronald Quackenbush, Doris Mill- tle wood has created an enemy M yrtle Woods w hat California, m ount was received was sent to lis, Alpha Rho, State C hapter of age, M arvin Hart, Delores Chap in the form of men arm ed with has been doing for her Redwoods the District. The two amounts are Delta Kappa Gamma, elected man, Chester Rapp, Betty Mont saws, axes and turning lathes, for the past twenty-five years. used to lower the property tax. Miss Edith Bork president and gomery, Dale Dobbins, Betty until today the supply of these In the past m yrtle woods have An automobile accident S at Roy Lee Phelps plead guilty to Miss Florence Allen correspond Negles and Dorothy Hays. Mrs. trees is rapidly dwindling. grown unknown, unseen and un urday evening on Highway 99 charge of perm itting a horse ing secretary. In order to save for future gen sung. As state parks they will be near Bellview injured three Cal to run at large, and in city court Miss Bork is principal of the erations, some representat i v e accessible to old and young, a ifornia youths and wrecked a Tuesday was fined $17.50 and Lincoln Training School and Miss groves of virgin m yrtle wood, joy fcrever. brand new car wen it ran inta costs. Allen is a supervisor in the same there has been formed an organ Much inspiring and authentic a ditch and turned over. Injured Mrs. Lilly Hadley of Albany, school. Services will be held Thursday ization called "Save the Myrtle information on Oregon m yrtle were Newsom H. Harrison, driv who has been visiting in the J. O ther officers are: first vice a t 1:30 at the Litw iller Funeral Woods” Inc. It is suppossed to be wood can be found in the Sept er and owner of the car, Bonnie F. Em m ett home on Ashland president, Mrs. Geraldine Ows Chapel for William Clapp, former a non-profit sharing organization, em ber 1944 copy of the Living Rae Steel and John P. Paulazzo Mine Road, left Tuesday to re ley, Klam ath Falls, second vice resident of Ashland who died in but the people of the p r e e r t , as W ilderr.esi m g . zine, in which All were taken to the hospital tu rn to her home. president, Mrs. Mary Hessler, La Portland Monday, April 22. The well as the future, will profit by Mr. Thornton T. Munger, of the for treatm ent and released Sun Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president Grande; recording secretary Mrs. Rev. Earl Downing of the Church its activities. Pacific Northwest Forest end day. of Southern Oregon College, was Charline Edwards, Philom at h; of Christ, will be in charge of The plan is to acquire available Range Experim ent S t a t i o n , in Portland Thursday attending parliam entarian, Miss Helvie Sil the services. Interm ent will be stands of virgin m yrtle w ood1 writes of O re. in's Rarest end Due to the change in time of the convention held by the North ver, Silverton, and treasurer, Mrs made in the Mountain View cem- trees, large enough and otherwise j Most Distinctive Forest Tyr the Star Route operating from west College Personnel Associa- Agnes Booth, Salem. etery. suited for park purposes, and to I Read it and you will thrill with , Dunsmuir to Grants Pass, the I tion and transacting business for Miss Bork and Miss is a tu rn these over to the state of , pride to learn that Oregon is m e ' closing time for Air Mail in the the college. , 4, Allen _ J a t- { Surviving _ Mr. Clapp .. tended sessions on both Saturday | daughter, Mrs. Abby Hood of, Oregon for conversion into state of the few places where the n a g morning will be 10:30 instead of Baseballs and soft balls and and Sunday representing A sh -. Portland, and a son, Ralph Clapp, parks. i nificent m vrtle woods grow. ¡11:00 A. M. This new schedule gloves to match. At Marshall- land and the Southern O regon1 of K lam ath Fall«, and four grand I Free information is beinp Yours very truly, ¡will be in effect Wednesday Wells store on the Plasa. Phone College of Education. children , • tributed and donation« are being E. B. Birkenbeuel April 24, 1946. 2-1231. bership. Thirty-tw o were added to the m em bership during the year by baptism, by letter and transfer. The resident m em ber ship is now slightly over 300. Earl F. Downing, m inister was unanimously called for another yeur as minister. Elders elected for a three year term are: J. A. Putm an, E. F. Atchley, Ivan Daly and Royal Gardner. Deacons ele cted for the coming year are: Clyde Hall, George Hall, Frank Fuller, Henry Van Prooyen, El ton Daly, George Chew, Leonard Andrews, Elton Petri, C. R Meade, Kelcy Smith, Wilton Ren zema, Arden Hall, Manley Legg ett and Ralph Foster, Jr. Deaconesses elected are Mary Downing, Ruby Helms, Mildred Miles, Mrs. T. L. O’Harra, Fan nie Leggett, C. O. Holman, Mrs. D. R Speece, and Eunice Hager. Leonard Andrews was elected clerk. George Chew was re-elect ed treasurer and Ralph Foster, Sr financial secretary. O — .. — Restaurants Under New Management Noted Speaker at th#> ^sembly of God Lions Club Enjoys Football Pictures L.1). Haskew to Speak ti) Student at SOCE /ire Damages Home Sunday Pfc Warren Pritchard nerving in Germany New Parcel Delivery Service in Ashland Two Ashland Men tte-Enlist in Army Move Started to Save Oregon’s Far Famed Myrtle Wood Forests Extension of Time Granted Lessees Jandreau of Ashland Sets State Record Sorority Elects Two Ashland Women •'T’ar Upset Saturday injures Three Youth Services Thursday for Wm. Cfann, Portland