SOUTHERN OREGON MINER, THURSDAY, JU N E 17, 1946 T w enty eig h t Avhlund student», at S o u th ern O regon college made the honor lull for work done d u r mg the spring q u u rter, according to M. E. Wiiodell, registrar. Six stu d en ts m ade a straig h t A re curd, and (our of these w ere Ash laud students. They w ere Joseph Hurdle, C harles Coffin, Deane Horne, G aylord V estal of A sh­ land; K enneth Haymond, and H ubert W alker of Medford, M aking a 3.5 uvevngc or better w ere: Leslie Segsw orth, Jack Pearson, H enry W iliiama, David H arker, L eornard W arren, Paul lcenhow er, Mrs M yrtle Chupm un, W illiam H lackm er, C arolyn Hose, and R obert Sharyon, of Ashland and 18 others. Those m aking a 3.0 to 3.5 a v e r­ age follow: Paul Aikins, Fred Huehling, Lois C hristenson, F ra n ­ cis C hurch, A nnella Converse, M ary C'orthoU, Puul Travis, Hetty H ollingsw orth, L aura J o n e s , M anley la g g e tt, Jack M erritt, Henry M etzger, John McLain, R ichard P utney, all of A shland; plus 25 oth ers from else where. 1 I from Hogue R iver w ith his p a r­ ents. Ju n e 0, 1937 he m arried Mrs. Elsie S w eet in M edford and is survived by hut wilt anti step Sum ii.i i school studen ts at the daughter, Mrs. Joseph '1 immci - S outhern Oregon College field m an ol Vallejo, C alil., three th eir fu s t sum m er school aocial brothers, Dr. H arvey Wood», Ur. F riday night. W ieners, buns, and M arcus H. Woods, both of A sh­ o th er delicacies w ere enjoyed land anti Dr. C larence A. Woods around the cam pfire with songs, ol Lebanon, Oregon, and parents, stu n ts ,and stories. The barbecue Dr. anti Mrs. E rnest A. Woods. pit on the cam pus provided the F unerul services will be held ! site for tins happy occasion. F riday, J u n e 21, in the F irst An extensive recreation;"I p ro ­ P resb y terian church at 10:30 o’­ clock, w ith the R everend George gram has been planned lor the sum m er session. Included in the M. S hum an officiating. In term en t will be m ade in the plans are a trip to C rater Lake, M ountuin View cem etery witli a trip to Oregon Caves and a tiie Elks Lodge in charge of the giandio.se picnic in Lithia P ark. Tin-, recreational program will be service. supplem ented witli a series of in ­ teresting, inform ative assem blies. EPLER NOW AT VANPORT Among these activities are in ­ COLLEGE NEAR PORTLAND Dr. S tephen Epler, form er pro- cluded a physical education d e ­ lessor at S o u th ern O regon C ol­ m onstration, a m oving picture, a lege, is a t p resen t p re sid e n t of stu n t convocation, and a musical hom e talen t show. V anport C enter College of P o rt­ land. L ast week the state board of SOC Summer School ( lasses Have Party Ashland Students Lead Honor Roll h ig h e r e d u c a tio n d e c id e d a g a in st opening an extension college at K lam ath Falls and decided to g u aran tee V anport C enter Col­ lege's bu d g et tor all of the com ­ ing school term , Dr. E pler said. V anport will probably be a two year college and stu d en ts will find no d ifficulty in tran sferrin g from V anport w ith full cred it for C hester Y Woods. son of Dr. I all work accom plished. Dr, E pler said th a t aproxiinate- and Mrs. K. A. Woods passed a- ply 40 per cent of the V anport way T uesday evening very su d ­ C en ter stu d e n ts are m arried and denly from a h e a rt attack at the are living at V anport w here i e hom e of his parents. eently redecorated ap a rtm en ts C hester Woods is well know n are available to stu d en ts a t re ­ in A shland having attended grade duced rentals. and high school here. He later atten d ed Oregon S t.de College in C orvallis and was very active in the m usic departm ent. He was an accom plished cello player and took p a rt in m usical activities. Joe K. Neil, son of F red Neil of C h ester was born in C lear A shland, reported last w eek th a t Lake, M innesota, A ugust 29, 1902 gold had been found on the’ Elm- and cam e to A shland in 1915, h irst p ro p erty at Ross Lane and Old Stage Hoad. T he gold was discovered w hile digging a hole for an oil tank. ’Hie content was confirm ed after sam ples had been taken to Lull s Testing laboratory. No plans, how ever, have been m ade to fu r­ th er explore the gold possibilities of the property. Neil, who is p resident of the P enm an-N eil advertising agency in S eattle, plans to spend an e x ­ tended vacation here. His fam ily will m ake the property th eir p e r­ m anent hom e while Neil will I com m ute to his business in S e a t­ tle. Chester Y. Woods Dies on Tuesday NEWS FROM TALENT Mr. and Mrs. George B ales' I h a v e 're tu rn e d hom e a lte r