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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.
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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
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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
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— 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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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