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25 Potential
YMCA Directors
Nominated Monday
ASHLAND« |A< KSON C O U N TY , OREGON
W. O. YATES. COMPLETES
ELECTRICIANS SCHOOL
S. Zarka Opens
W illiam O. Yales
USN, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Yates Sr.
<>l A shland, O regon has com plet­ In New Location
ed a course of instruction in tin1
J r .,
FELLOWSHIP GROUP WENT
XMAS CAROLING MONDAY
I h u rsd ay , J a n u j r y a, 1947
Reenlistment
Grade« In The Army
Are Permanent
Warrant«
Voi i j , No. 44
Commerce Chamber
to be Revamped in ’47
, M embers ol the M ethod! s t
j Youth Fellow ship w ent caroling
S teve Z arka, ow ner of S tev e's on Monday evening, Dee. 23. They
E lectrician's Mate School, G reat Service, began operation of the visited nineteen hom es of the
of th e Meth o d i s t
LilkeK »III
new S uper-S ervice S tatio n , i o - i c h u ^
and at each hom e sang
21 to Bo Sele.Ard at
Yatifi. who en tered Naval ser- ra te d at the intersection of East
ast
vici- in 1945 .received his recruit Main and Siskiyou, Ja n u a ry 1, everal C hristinas Carols. Follow ­
January Annual Mot-tinq
New By Laws; Community
i n g the caroling they g ath ered at
train in g a t the Naval Training 1947.
Cooperation Planned To
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ross
T w en ty -five nom inee» for 21 C enter, San Diego, Calif.
Benefit
Entire Area
Personnel
of
the
new
un
it
in
­
pouts on the board ol director» ol
Before en terin g Naval service clude Zarka, A rth u r Lucke, R ich­ Eliason on W im er S tre e t w here
the A shland YMCA w eic nam ed he atten d ed S outhern Oregon
they enjoyed gam es and refresh ­
A reorganization of the Ash-
a rd P eters, M erle Henson, Lou m ents Mr. and Mrs Jo h n Bill
r-a ri
c . R eynolds, assistan t lan a C nam oer oi Com m erce io
by tin- nom inating com m ittee ol College of E ducation
M organ and C harlie Bounds. Tin- ings, sponsors of this group w en rnana^e r
Uie W estern Division, give it uie etiiciency o ? a muci-
Ute YMCA w hich m et Monday
station
will operate on a 24-hour present, and Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Uniteu S tates C ham ber of Com- ern corporation is now underw ay
evening. Rotund P ark s is c h a ir­
basis.
m erce, spoke to the C ham ber of and win be com pleted u uring me
m an of the nom inating com m ittee
Bruce, pastor and wife.
C onstruction of the 193x40 foot
Com merce at the reg u lar Tues- first m onth of 1947
Leland Linn, Allen McGee and
s tru c tu re began May 5, 1940, on &
day m eeting held at the A sh lan d : Dr.
Eric W eren are other m ember»
Mr
and
Mrs.
Ray
B
radley,
W aiter W. Weiler, presi-
H. B. Fischborn, new ly elected site which was form erly occupied
Huy F le tch er ift mk-retaiy.
P ortland, visited Mr. and Mrs. T. t h e ^ - A S HiS SPteo h 8treSSed d evnl 01 lne C nam oer, reported
councilm
an,
was
selected
as
com
­
by a Flying A service station
T he p resen t board, w m eh con
A. Reedy 73 H elm an road, over
Sista Of 12 m em bers, was renom ­ m unity chairm an in A shland ow ned by Mrs. Lulu Crosby.
the holidays. Mr. Reedy is Mr US a m ajor in d ustry should rec
“ 8tren* ln e' “ ng
for the J a n u a ry M arch of Dime-
The building was designed by B radley’s m other.
inated. A ccording to F letch er the
cam
paign.
Selection
of
Fischborn
ognlze
the
need
of
a
strong
agri-
n
.
V
™
° IganiZa'
Increase to 21 diK-ctors is being
Z arka and is com prised o f five
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Sheldon anu cu ltu ral program .
„
oc f l o o r i n g com m unities.
was mafic by V e in S m ith, Ash-
m ade in o rder to com ply wltti n a ­
units, a general service and lu b ­ son were d in n er guests S atu rd ay
,.Tu,n ,
.
VvorK plan s w ith Jacksonville
and, Jackson county chairm an
tional YMCA practice».
ricating room , a truck and auto evening of Mr. and Mrs. C arryl S t a i r f h V rn h ag°i
U nited and T alen t will oe sougnt in ora-
for the N ational Foundation of
• At the an n u a l m eeting which
re p a ir snop, a p a rts room, a sec­ Wines.
n,C5
C om m erce.” el th a t m e e n u re area can b e e ­
In fan tile Paralysis.
ond floor oil and storage room ,
will be held som etim e in Jan u a ry
tle
pointed
out,
began
em phasiz- j lit irom u nited action
Mis.
S.
M.
Lugar,
P
o
rtlan
d
,
vis­
S m ith also selected J Fred En
and an office and gasoline pum p ited during the holidays at th e G. mg the need for strong agricultur-1
the election will tak e place and
a bhland
u ,
. ~.
al com m ittees in local C ham bers L A Z A
ChamDfer of Com-
gel, B ellview rancher, as com ­ drivew ays.
the new d irec to rs will 'b e seated
Dewey
Lugar
home,
512
Eliza­
m unity chairm an for the Bellview
of
Com
m
erce
!
m
erce
was
in
co
rp
o rated as a com-
Every co n trib u to r to the YMCA area
F luorescent lighting is used beth.
....
i
.
m
ercial
club
in
1907. its nam e
fund is invited -to atten d : this
1 eople con4ng w estw a»d have j was c n a n g e d in 1922 but no
R obert Lugar, who has been ill
Fischborn and Engel will meet throughout^ B eating will he by
m eeting us p artic ip a tin g m em ­
w ith Sm ith and o th er com m un­ B ry an t gas heaters. E lectrical in- with influenza, re tu rn ed to work ' w h k h i 3 neW economlc stflte change in its co rp o rate stru c tu re
bers. Voting m em bers, who are
f SUp*rl*nposed on the nad been m ade since th e com m er
ity chairm en Ja n u a ry 9 at Ihe stalations w ere done by Lloyd at the Ashland A utom otive Ma-1 I L L
selected from llw p articipating
, three far w estern states,” Rey- I cial club days
Hotel M edford w hen cam paign Crowaon of X-L Electric. S m ith chine com pany Tuesday.
m em bership, .are. individuals who plans will be com pleted.
Plum bing and Sim pson H ard w are
nolds continued, "th is necessitates t
g re a te r production of ag ricu ltu r- I, M em o e,s wlH m eet this m onth
have co n tributed whp huve sig n ­
Handled the plum bing.
af com m odities.”
110 consiaer new by-law s, to study
ed the declaration ol put pose ol
E quipm ent includes th ree a u to ­
the YMCA and w h o ’arc m em bers
R eynolds explained
-
’ a _p ro g ra,n oi worK- a n a to accept
m atic gas pum ps, each pum p con­
to the assignm ents on a reorganized
of a C h ristian ch u rch . Memtiers
m em bers p resen t th at a b etter com m ittee set-up.
nected to a 2200 gallon tank. Tw in
of the board of directors are se­
ru ra l-u rb a n
relationship
was
h y draulic hoists in the lu b ricatio n
lected from the voting m em ber­
_________
W illiam
E. Mealy , sec retary -
needed,
th
a
t
increased
production
room.
G
ravity
flow
lu
b
ricatio
n
ship.
A sh lan d ’s "V arsity ” and “L ith - 1 should also m ean Im p ro v ed "stock m an ag er oi tn e C nam oer, saiü tne
Jam es G. M ackie, ow ner of the system w ith individual hoses and la ’ th eatres w ere included in t h e 'a n d better crops, and th at t h e ’1" 3" 7 opP °rtuniU es o n ered ^ou-
At the annual m eeting plans for
m
eters,
25-foot
pit
in
the
re
p
air
A shland's 1947 YMCA program W estern A uto Store, died in the loom , two 23 foot overhead doors, traasactio n this week w hereby : businessm en of a com m unity tilern U regon today "give rise to
A shland C om m unity hospl t a 1
will be studied
the O regon-C alifornia
T heatre, which is d ep en d en t to a g reat de- 3 ÜOpe ld a l we coulct e tte c t a
D ecem ber 24, after a long Illness. and com plete tools and au to m o ­ Inc., purchased the L ev erette In- gree on a ru ra l trad in g area m odern U topia in A s h l a n d
M ackie had ow ned the W estern tive re p air equipm ent.
th rough a one-year program . This
The station will handle F lying terstate Theaters. The transaction, should atte m p t to aid the farm ers
S tore for the past five years, com-
Is
an allu rin g tem p iau o n , Out
according
to
M
att
Freed,
resident
w
ith
th
eir
problem
s.
By
so
doing
ing to A shland from C alifornia. A gasoline.
m anager ol the O regon-C alifornia i Reynolds
R eynolds said, farm
incom e one th a t w e m u st avoid.”
M ackie had been an auditor M ETA L. T O K F N ^
Of p rim e im portance this year
in
I beaters, includes also the four | would be increased and th is in
K. t,. M iller began -operating
lo r Union Oil Co. throughout the USE ON c i ™ BUS RUN
ilhtaters ln Medfold- and
is the C h am b er’s recreatio n p ro ­
this week the A ssociated service N orthw est for tw en ty years. He
one
tu
rn
would
aid
the
com
m
unity.
A
m u , !
eaCh in Yreka and Weed
M ethods
statio n at 185 East Main which
of im proving ru ral- gram . H arold Bishop, directo r of
and Mrs. M ackie w ere also In
A
rnold
B
L
ockhart,
m
an
ag
er
o
t,
R
obert
L.
L
ip
p
ert
heads
the
w as vacated Ja n u a ry 1st by Steve
u
rb
an
relationships,
according to , ,
„ ,,
Honolulu for several years w ith tT C y, ? u S Lim 'S’ a n n o u n c e d ¡O regon-C alilornia T h ea ter
Z arka
Reynolds,
include
the
sponsoring
'
Oregon
College,
head s this com-
is
group
the Union Oil Co.
this week th at m etal tokens had which now operates 31 th eatres in of F arm Youth program s such as rn ittee’ and pro g ram s for young
The statidn will be know n as
g a c k le w o . born Ju ly 13, IS W 'b een placed in use on th e local Ñ
o n and C en tral C a iu ò rn ó and
a n h old w ill be announced w ithin
Ken s A ssociated S ervice and will . Ai.,,„i.,iu m i a __ ... i«............
- n ..
............. L____ ....
isu im anu c e n ita l t-aliio m ia and .............
a m a tte r of days.
o p erate on a 24 hour basis. Don
Ivie, V ein S tew art, . K enne t h
In cooperation w ith the College,
the C h am ber this y ear will spon­
King, and V ernon Janies will as­
sor a P ro sp ecto rs’ school and a
sist M iller in operating the s ta ­
lu i oum c u m e w aa iia n u ie a dv a n u m is u se a n a cnem urgy.
w ife and tw o children, Jessie j slogan, “In A shland it’s the w at-
tion.
second in stallm e n t of th e Tourist
Leslie Jacobs, San Francisco th e ­
It
is
im
portant,
he
pointed
out,
and P aula of A shland. Two sis- ®T.” On the o th er side are the
According to M iller, one fe a­ ters, Mi s. Thom as Kelsey of J w ords “City Bus Com pany, good a te r broker.
th at as m arkets become m ore G uidepost Conference.
tu re of the station wll be the
The C h am b er’s legislative com ­
According
to
Freed
the
o
p
er­
com
petitive
the
com m unities
Roseville, C alifornia, and MrS. R. ¡for one fa re.’
m
ittee
is expected to m ake very
ation
of
the
th
eaters
will
c
o
n
tin
-.
which
do
the
best
job
of
ad
v
ertis
will be X l h . ^ i P7
w b ,c h |S . Rodm an of L akeport, C allfor-
A ccording to
t L ockhart, th e tok-
definite recom m endations to the
ue along the present lines for t h e ! in 8 th eir products will receive
Ge ning ,,, u ,lh h
i,Vy <h" y n,a A ,s" tw o M others. Paul of ens are - avail,
cleaning or sterilization.
(S an Franciaco and Alex ()f L ake. ;lt
cents aiacb
ei h e í°.hbUS ,P alr9-nS Ume being but later the th eaters m ajo r share of th e trade. Rey- leg islatu re calling for a lim it on
-a c h or th ree for 25c. wU1 undcrg0 qulte a b u of fe nolds closed by statin g th a t Ore real p ro p erty taxes.
Mr and Mrs R obert R einholdt p o it’ c «hiornia.
In th e w ay of civic program s,
furbishing. All presen t p e rs o n n e l' gon was and is basically an a g ri­
have moved into an ap artm en t at * F uneral services w ere held for
the C ham ber will again sponsor
will
rem
ain,
Freed
said.
cu
ltu
ral
state,
and
th
a
t
business
Jam es G. Mackie in the Litw il-
493 Fairview
H arry Ludwig, in tern a l au d ito r men should keep th a t fact fore the F o u rth of Ju ly celebration, a
i ler chapel, D ecem ber 27. The Rev
revival of th e S h ak esp erian F est­
for
the com pany, will hold a two most in th eir planning.
A. H. M acDonnell delivered the
Bob R einholdt, m anager of ra m onths school ior the m anagers
ival,
co n stru ctio n of a S h ak esp er­
Mrs.
E.
D.
Briggs
w
as
present
sermon.
dio station KW IN plans to leave of the chain, w hich will give at the m eeting as a guest of Mrs ian G arden, com pletion of the
by a ir T uesday for San Francisco them an op p o rtu n ity to stu d y the Mabel Barbers.
golf course, assist in construction
FOREST SERVICE PLANS
T he M ethodist C hurch held its
i w here he will a tten d the Pacific com pany's m ethod of doing b u si­
of the P ear Bowl, and sponsor a
PUBLIC
HEARINGS
SOON
an n u al New- Y ear’k Day D inner
coast m eeting of the N ational As­ ness.
H arvest Festival. Dr. D. M. Lowe
P
u
b
lic
hearings
for
the
p
u
r­
DRIVER'S
TEST
SCHEDULED
P rogram at noon on Jan. 1st. in
sociation of B roadcasters.
will be in charge of the H arvest
A.
R.
M
ottner
is
local
m
anager
¡F
OR
MONDAY,
JANUARY
6
pose
of
presenting
the
U
nited
th e F ellow ship rooms of the
A ccording to R einholdt he will of the V arsity and L ithia the- i A d riv er’s license ex am in er is Festival.
S
tates
F
orest
Service
sustained
Church. For m ore than fifty years
also m eet w ith equipm en t m anu
The C ham ber plans to assist in
scheduled to be on d u ty in Ash
it has been the custom of this yield m aster unit plan for Jack- ia c tu re rs in the Bay area in order aters.
the developm ent of a diversified
son
county
will
soon
be
held,
ac­
land
Monday,
Ja
n
u
a
ry
6,
1947,
at
church for each fam ily to bring
Sgt. and Mrs. W eldon S tau ffer
to d eterm in e ju s t how soon nec
ag ricu ltu re program , and will
a covered dish din n er w ith table cording to E. K. Peterson, Dis­ essary eq u ip m en t can be obtain visited for th ree days in A shland the city hall betw een th e hours of seek suggestions for the e sta b ­
trict
F
orester
for
the
Oregon
9
a.m.
and
4
p.m.,
according
to
service to the C hurch on New
ed in order to get the statio n back during the holidays.
an announcem ent received from lishm ent of sm all m an u factu rin g
Y ears Day an d to- enjoy -, good and C alifornia lands.
r n the air.
Mr. and Mrs. H arold B urger re ­ the secretary of s ta te ’s office
p lan ts utilizing products now a-
fellow ship w ith an ap p ro p riate GEORGE SHUMANS HAVE
tu rn ed S atu rd ay from Los A nge­
M ark H am aker, presid en t
vailable in th is area.
P
ersons
w
ishing
licenses
or
program . Not once in all these NEW BABY DAUGHTER
the Rogue Valley B roadcasting les w here they visited with perm its to drive are asked to get
P lans are also being discussed
y ears has this custom been b ro k ­
The R everand and Mrs. George com pany is expected to m eet friends and relatives du rin g the in touch w ith the ex am in er w ell to stu d y the p ark in g m eter s itu a ­
en.
S hum an are the p aren ts of a w ith the board of directors and holidays.
ahead of the scheduled closing tion, to req u est the city ad m in is­
Leland P. Linn was to astm ast­ d aughter, born D ecem ber 28 at R einholdt som etim e before Rein
Mr. and Mrs. H arry D udley 86 hour in order to assure com ple­ tratio n to appoint a C h arter R e­
er. for the occasion. The program the A shland C om m unity Hospital. holdt leaves for S an Francisco in T aylor sp en t C hristm as day in
tion of th eir applications w ith a vision Com m ission to stu d y the
consisted of a Cello duet by Mr. She has been nam ed Doris Lynn o rd er to plan fu tu re operations.
P hoenix w ith Col and Mrs. A. H. m inim um of delay.
city ch arter, and to give consid­
and Mrs. O. C. B jorlle, vocal solo
Insurance ad ju sto rs inspected Dudley.
eratio n to m eat and m ilk inspec­
by Mrs. Zola P eters, vocal ¡jolo by JOHN S. BILLINGS ARE
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ritchie, Jr.
Mr .and Mrs. K enton Robbins tion in the city.
•the ruins of the station on Hel
Clifford W illiam s, address by e v ­ PARENTS OF NEW SON
m on road, M onday and a report P ioneer stree t and tw o children had as d in n er guests New- Years
C om m ittees are now- being
an gelist Joseph B rookshire; ad ­
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Billings is expected to be su b m itted be­ are spending the holiday season day, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Harwood, nam ed to stu d y tru ck routes
d ress by Mr. E rnest Peterson, re ­ are the p aren ts of a boy born fore the end of this wqek. Offices in Corpus C hristi. Texas. They Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Selireeengoft,
th rough the city, to in v estig ate
ligious editor of the P ortland T uesday m orning at 9:55, D ecem ­ ol the statio n a re presen tly in are expected to re tu rn som etim e Mr. and Mrs. J. H erb ert N eilson
operation of a C om m unity Fund,
Jo u rn a l and W estern ftepresen- b er 31, a t the A shland Com m un- oom 410 L ithia hotel .
this week.
and baby son, George, all of M ed- I to recom m end im proved health
tatlv e of the B oard of M issions of lty hospital .He has been nam ed
Mr .and Mrs. Jam es DcCourcey ford; Bill McM ullen and J e rry and safety stan d ard s, to assist in
the M ethodist C hurch.
Holiday guests a t the hom e of and son and Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Hicks of K lam ath F alls and Mr. bringing conventions to the city,
Jo h n S tan n ard Billings, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pierce, A lbany H ealy and d au g h ter w ere dinner and Mis. W endell Law rence.
i
(C ontinued on back page)
included Mr. and Mrs. Ralph guests at the hom e of Mr. and
Reed, T alent, Mr .and Mrs. J. F. Mrs. W endell L aw rence Sunday.
Em m ett, A shland, and Mr. and
Mr .and Mrs. Lew is R itchie and
Mrs. R obert H utchison and fam ­ Mr .and Mrs. H ow ard R itchie and
ily of S eattle. Mrs. Pierce, Mrs, fam ily w ere guests a t the hom e
Reed ,and Mrs. H utchinson are of Mr .and Mrs. W. R. Ritchie
d au g h ters of Mr. and Mrs. Em ­ C hristm as day .
Don O ’Bleness was n a m e d ) Mr. and Mrs. O ’Bleness cam e to m ett.
Seth Bullis, C alifornia-O regon
“F irst citizen ” of A shland a t t h e lA shland
A shland ju n io r high school for a loving cup. .Invitations have
Mr. and Mrs. W ilson Rose of Pow er com pany m an ag er visited
in F eb ru a ry of 1943.
C ham ber of C om m erce luncheon
basketball
squad will m eet the been exten d ed to H erb H uston of
S
anders'
N
orth
D
akota,
are
v
isit­
held T uesday noon at the A shland w here he established the Oregon ing Mr. and Mrs. Jo h n B aker on A shland on business Monday.
M edford ju n io r high boys in the tbe ^J*ons C lub, W illiam Dodge of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
H
arold
Thom
as
coffee shop. O’Bleness was in tro ­ Land Co. He has been w ith th at Beach street. Mr. and Mrs. B aker
?,Ol a ri^ , H° W ard, ° d e" ° f
etu rn ed M onday to A shland a ft­ first gam e of a d o ubleheader at
duced by W illiam E, Healy, sec­ business ever since. He is a mem - are the p aren ts of Mrs. Rose.
7
.
T
« •
Elks, W illiam H ealy of the
er
spending
th
e
holidays
in
Rose­
i ,
L Pi.m -’ JanU a^ 3> *n t h e 'C h am b er of C o m m erce
and
re ta ry of the A shland C ham ber bet- of the Elks lodge, Lions club,
Mr .and Mrs. Jam es A. S trick ­ burg, C latskanie, and P ortland.
S ° L h g| g y m t and A sh lan d , A ndy S tevens of the Masons to
of CommeVce, who explained th at a d irecto r of the C ham ber ol
land left last w eek for C orvallis,
Mr. and Mrs. P h illip E. Meade high school varsity w ill m eejico m p ete for the cup
the selection had been m ade by a C om m erce’, and a ch a rte r m em ber Oregon, w here S trickland will at-
are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. H arold
ln ™ e Second g a m e l The A shland ju n io r high band,
secret com m ittee which had con­ of th e golf club.
tend O regon state college. S tric k ­ Thom as at 580 E lkader street. nfe?hea L °
° J t
hCSe, t,w o , gam es drill team and acrobats will also
sidered com m unity service, c h a r­
O ’Bleness headed the com m it­ land has been em ployed as a n ­
Meade and Thom as w ere In the m ark the fifth an nual basketball
ities, and com m unity interests in tee w hich conducted the drive for nouncer at KWIN since last Ju ly . I A
m ake th e ir appearan ce betw een
rm y together
m aking the selection
funds for S outhern O regon Col- c'h a rles M cFarland, f o r m e r l y ! Mrs Jam es Mackie is in P ort- jam boree to he held in A shland. periods of th e games.
O ’Bleness was born Jan u a ry . 6, doge's ac tiv ity fund. He was also w lth KW IN, left th is week for ¡land this w eek visiting Mr. and The jam borees have alw ays fea-
Proceeds from th e gam es will
1905 in M inneapolis, M innesota. resp o n sib le for the housing aid K lam ath Falls.
u n ?o r
nd
e ap p “
^ of th e go to p u rchase a p erm an en t sound
¡Mrs Al S chneider .
unior and senior high fives in and public address system for the
P rio r to com ing to A shland he which the C ham ber of Com m erce
Mr .and Mrs. C. A. Sm ith a n d , Mr .and Mrs. R obert H utchinson
th eir first league com petition in gym nasium . At present it is nec-
farm ed in C alifornia and Was also offered S.O.C. last fall. He was two children, J e rry and M ary la n d fam ily of Seattle, retu rn ed I A
shland.
su p erin ten d e n t on several large head of a com m ittee during the B
n
s ; ; ? “
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construction jobs there. He was
m arried to Miss Adah, H inton of
Sacram ento, C alifornia in Ylima,
A rizona, N ovem ber 1928.
Importance of Farms
To Ashland Stressed
Fischborn and Engel
Lead March of Dimes
Leverette Sells
Ashland Theaters
Owner of Western
Auto Store Dies
.Miller To Operate
Associated Station
Methodists Have
New Year’s Dinner
Don O ’Bleness Selected
Ashland’s First Citizen
KWIN Manager To
California Meeting
Basketball Jamboree Set
to r Friday Night Here