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Barbara Mensenger
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Formerly The
Southern Oregon
M'ner
$3 per Yeer
2 Year» for $5
J.00 PER YEAR
ASMI AND, JAi KSON COUNTY. OREGON
Thursday, May 29, 1947
Voi. 14, No. 12
SEVEN CANDIDATES SEEK JULY 4th CROWN
Marilyn Miller
Lorraine Converse
Barbara Reed
Rena Russell
Glorian Howard
(**•>
Barbara Messenger • Born
April 25. 1931. Daughter of Pro
fessor and Mr». Loren E. Mes
senqer, 91 Gresham,
Ann Pirtle
N E W S R E V IE W
40.000
Good Jobs a Month
U. S. Army
i
I
B orn
Barbara Reed - Born February
Rena Russell - Born November
Glorian Howard - Born Decem-
Lorraine Converse
Marilyn Miller • Born June 22.
1930. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. March 6. 1930. Daughter of Mr. 3. 1931. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 18. 1929. Daughter of Mr. and ber 7. 1930. Daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Russell. Rt. 1. Box 499. Mrs. Orvel Howard. 124 Straw-
Marvin E. Miller. Weitzel Apart and Mrs. C. E. Converse. 882 B. F. 0. Reed. 527 Terrace street.
street.
berry Lane.
ments.
Largest Jr. High
Class In History
Graduates May 29
DR. AND MRS. BORDEN
HAVE WEEKEND GUESTS
City’s Patriotic
Balloting To Select
Queen Gets Started
Mr. and Mrs. C arl Moline of ,
Oregon City sp en t the w eekend
¡A n e
w ith Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Borden. | ( J l u u l l I Z u l l O I I S
Ann Pirtle • Born April 27.
The M olines have ju s t com pleted j _ w
.
1929. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
a 4700 m ile trip through th e Sou P v a a a | | | C fflP tflA O C
A. N. Hauver. Rt. 2. Box 352.
th w estern states, and into M exi- i 1 I V v w l l I W w I V I V v u
co. S atu rd ay evening Mr. Moline
MAYOR T. WILEY WILL
show ed a group of colored pic
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES
PRESENT QUEEN WITH
FRANK VAN DYKE WILL
y
tures th a t he had tak en on his
BEGIN AT 9:00 A.M.
KEY TO CITY OF ASHLAND
ROBBINS & SCHILLING
PRESENT DIPLOMAS TO
trip to a group of persons a t the
FRIDAY MORNING
ATTEND
CONVENTION
117 JR. HIGH GRADUATES
C ongregational church
S enator Earl N ew bfy w i l l
Memorial day services will be- ' K enton Robbins and Earl Schil- crow n one of th e seven queen
They left M onday m orning foi
Ju
n
io
r
high
school
l>and
will
A shland Elk's bull dub* will
O regon City via C rater Lake. gin at 9:00 F riday m orning w ith ¡lin g , both m em bers of th e local contestants, th a t w ill be selected
go to C entral P oint S unday to play the processional m a r c h w.here they will spend a few
the Am erican Legion m em orial A ctive club, atten d ed the n um ber by A shland voters, the evening
play a gam e th a t was scheduled T hursday m orning to open com days.
m
encem
ent
exercises
for
the
la
r
service
at M emorial rock in L ith th ree d istrict convention of the of Ju ly 3, in th e ch au tau q u a
to be played in A shland. Since
shell. M ayor T hornton W iley
gest
class
of
Ju
n
io
r
high
school
Central P oint would have four
ia P ark, Emil K roger, general A ctive In tern atio n al club, in Eu will p resen t the key to the city
gam es in a row aw ay from home, students in the history of the
chairm an for the Legion an- gene, S atu rd ay , May 24.
of A shland to th e queen. Local
t h e y asked the L lthians to come school. The band will be directed
Robbins is L ieu ten an t governor S oroptim ist club w ill be in
nounced
todav.
by
E
rvin
Lesser.
there, according to Dr. George
A parade from the Plaza to th e ¡of d istrict three, and Schilling is charge of all arran g em en ts for
The R everend <J. R. P eters will
Hull, president of the baseball
•h l . n r i , . p m p i. . r v w i l l
i p resident of the local club.
the crow ning of the queen. Ju ly
give
the
invocation;
Kay
Beck
Ashland
cem etery
tak e p place
association.
inland (.emett.
i y will take
ia c e t
g This affair will be free to the
V ein Sm ith, chairm an of the at 10:00. J. Q. Adams is p arad e)
M edford Hogues won a close will give the salu tato ry address.
g eneral public.
decision over the Elks Sunday, Ju n io r,h ig h chorus w^U s,ing, "tty; Jackson county chapter. for i n m arsh all. The m em bers of the!
The follow ing seven g ills w ere
C
u
rtain
s
of
N
ig
h
f',
directed
by
fan
tile
paralysis,
atten
d
e
d
an
o
r
com
m
un'*y’s
p
atrio
tic
o
rg
an
iza-l
Muy 25, by a score of 7 to ti, on
elected by A shland high school
ganization
m
eeting
of
an
Oregon
Oscar
Bjorlie.
tions will take part in the p a ra d e .!
the A shland field. C harley W ar-
stu d en t body to ru n for fo u rth of
Jo an n e Downing, valedictorian state planning com m ission, in The A shland high school b an d |
te n m ade the first run tor the
J u ly queen; M arilyn M iller, A nn
of
her
class,
will
give
a
short
P
ortland
S
atu
rd
ay
.
u
n
d
er
th
e
direction
of
Irw
in
Les
Elks w hen he cam e in on Tex
P irtle, G lorian H ow ard, Rena
Elected to serve on the com ser will play.
G atlin 's safety. Jffannis scored In talk. Roland L. Parks, principal
Russell, L orraine Converse, B ar
of
the
Ju
n
io
r
high
school,
will
m ittee w ere tw o represen tativ es
the fo u rth inning, and W arren a l
E lliott MacCi acken. S ou th ern J
bara M essenger and B arb ara
so m ade an o th er score on a Med introduce m em bers of the g ra from each congressional district O regon college .will address the
Reed. B allots have been d ist-ib u -
duatin
g
class.
Leland
Linn,
s
u
p
in
Oregon.
The
fo
u
rth
district,
ford error.
group at the cem etery. F red
ted by th e A shland C h am b er of
e rin te n d e n t of schools, will e x
PICNIC LUNCH AT NOON
C om m erce to business e '..¡blish
M edford got three runs in the ten d congratulations. F ran k Van including Coos, C urry, Douglas, W hited. Ashland high school will
WITH RACES, DASHES AND m ents in th e city. Each b a llc 1
six th inning, hut the Elks also Dyke, chairm an of the A shland Jackson, Josephine, Lane and recite th e “G ettysburg address.”
RELAY IN AFTERNOON
en titles th e v oter to 10 votes for
scored which m ade the score 5 to school board, will present diplo L inn counties, w ill be re p resen t T he Rev. A. J. E dw ards will give
ed by S m ith of Jackson county,
4 in fav o r of the Elks.
s tu d e n ts of W ashington school the co n testan t of his choice. O n -
mas, and the R everend J. R. P e t and Elton A. S chroeder of M yrtle th e invocation and th e Rev.
G eorge W. B ruce will give th e
ballot is given to a cu stom er wit
The M edford Rogues m ade ers will say the benediction.
officially closed th e ir activities. I each
Point.
$1.00 purchase. T he girl wh
benediction.
th eir llnai th ree scores in the
M em bers of the 1947 g ra d u a t
.
T
uesday
May
27
w
ith
a
picnic
hag 1. ^ eived the greatest num be
The O regon com m ittee is the
eighth, and A shland only got one ing class include;
A pot luck d in n er will be serv
first to be organized in the n at
run.
th e afternoon. Re-1
” }» bef
Bill Allen, Nancy H aroldine ion. Purpose of the sta te com m it ed at 12 30 p m . by the A m erican ,
the Legion
,
‘““» S vo les each « I n ' t t o r t o h '
A rney, Carl Bailey, W allace B ar tee is to be p re p are d for an ep i Lesion A u x .h .ry
nett, P rentice A. Bates, M elvin J. dem ic in any secion of the state,
25 y ard d^sh tor■ fourth g ,a d
d w ill be ru n jn
new spape
Bean, K a th ry n Kay Woodson, and to m ake all facilities of th e |E . P. BORDEN IS NAMED
boys; K en n eth B igham w on first each weeR beginning Ju n e 5
B etty Jea n Beckm an, David Bel sla te m ore readily available. This CONFERENCE MODERATOR
| place, Jam es C herney and K elt
fo u rtb of j u iy queen a r
don Block, K eith Bond, Mari com m ittee will m eet once every
Dr. E. P. B orden, m in ister of Dawson cam e in second and th u d b ef co u r{ will r ,de ¿n (be rOy.
FROM THE HELL BOX
L eta B ratcher, Ju n cv e Helen th ree m onths.
th e C ongregational church in respectively. F o u rth grade girls car jn , he an nual fo u rth of J u ,.
By The P rin te r’s Devil
Briscoe, B etty J e a n B rittson, E l
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shland, was nam ed M oderator tor the 25 y a id dash, M argaret p arad e and w jp bave th e seat <
len F aye B row er, Lloyd Bunnell. M ary C orthell of A shland, a A
for
e C ongregation conference Shum an, first; Kay Hess and bonor at tbe Rodeo on th e afte r
B urger,
Bob Burgess, th ree -y ea r diplom a g ra d u ate o f 'o f O th regon
B uilding A m ericas fu tu re is the George
for the com ing year, G ennell W illiam s, second and noon of | be fo u rt b G ifts will t
first d uty of every A m erican cit W alter B yrd, C raig J. C anfield, S o u th ern O regon College, has. at th e conference m eeting last t
j
, given to th e queen an d her eoui
izen," say th e m em bers of A sh LeRay C asteel, M arianne C lary, signed to teach in the p rim a ry ) w eek in Corvallis.
j F ifth g rade boys in the -5 y ard by (be fo u r^b of Ju ly committee
B
arbara
C
law
son
Donald
C
onner,
land A m erican Legion post who
grades at Rogue R iver for $2,700.; The conference will probably dash; Jac k B aker, Ed Bates and acCording to W illiam E. H ealj
are sponsoring Jr. League base- M ichael David C orcoran, M ar
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. M ottnei be held in Oregon City n ex t y ear Bob Lytle. F ifth grade girls, B i l- , secret a ry of th e C ham ber ol
guerite K ath erin e Crew s, M arie
hull.
and
fam ily re tu rn e d to A shland som etim e in May, to com m em or- lie Davis, P aula M ackie, and Sue ■ c om m erce
I
T w enty four boys are presently Crosslin, Jessie Crosslin, R ay Monday afte r a six w eeks trip to ate its' o n e-h u n d reth ann iv er- P irtle.
S ix th grade
boys in the 25 y ard
tu rn in g o u t for practice at Fuller m ond C oulter, Don A. Daly, G ene lllinois, M innesota, Iowa and sary. The O regon C ity c h u rch ,
-
h eld w h ile MARION HARDY L. Daly, B arbara Davidson, E ve W isconsin.
Mr. M ottner reports plan to present a pageant w r itte n . dash; W ayne bourn, b e i a i a niD-
show s them the fine arts of base lyn Davis, G arold Davis, Janice th e season far advanced in Ash- by Mrs. E. P. B orden, on the o c - , m a> and H arvey Woods. S ix th
ball. Tin in.si night out 17 "Troys Dodson, Jo an n e Downing, Ray land in com parison to the north- easion of the h u n d reth a n n iv e r -1 gra de girls; N ancy G raber, San-
show ed up and lb of the 17 pro- Early, Bobby Edw ards, Freddy ern states.
sary of the Oregon City church. 1 d ia C lary P au lin e Davis.
tessed to be pitchers, the rem a in Edw ards, B ernard F redrick E n
- 1 In th e all school race tor boys,
gle, Jim E vatt, Donna Fader, L e
A shland high school student
ing one was a catcher.
Jack B aker cam e in first, and
W ayne S outh and G erald Hibrna, body officers, yell and song
J u n e 1 the A shland club will land Fisher.
A nne F ullerton, Nina G raber,
w ere second and third. In the all leaders w ere announced M onday,
play its first scheduled game
school race for girls, Billie Davis for the 1947-48 school year. These
w ith th e M edford Jr. High school M arjorie Je a n G reer, Mollie G re
club in M edford. KEN M ILLER, sham , N orm a Je a n G w inn, Rae
was first, and P au la M ackie and leaders w ere voted on last week
niunager of the o u tfit pointed out H am m ond, S tanley Hans c o m ,
P au lin e Davis w ere second and by the stu d en t body.
Yell leaders include M argery
th at all trips, w ould be m ade by B eulah H arkev, B laine H arper,
third.
A 21 acre rodeo area out Val- The grounds are located ju st
bus and th at all boys p a rtic ip a t Peggy H ollingsw orth, F ranc e s
W inneis in the boys races M cCleary, Jo h n B eare, Venita
ing would be covered by com pre H ow ard, L orraine Hurd, Danny leyview way w ill be ready for n o rth of Jackson hot springs on ______
relay team and ran Roberson , B eatrice W ines and
form ed _ ___
Johnston, S tephen K asser, Joe I the railbirds and rodeo fans of w h at was the N ellie P errin e Lew - against girls th a t had won in oth- S hirley N ew bry. Song leader»
hensive insurance,
w ill be Isabelle W illiam s, Jo an
CHARLES W HITE and EMIL K idw ell, Dale Landing, O b e ra ' the Rogue R iver area come Ju ly is p ro perty.
e r races, and defeated them .
KROEGER arc also helping get P atricia L eonard, Diuk L in to w ,' 4 of this year. M em bers of the
S pectators are assured action
N ancy G rab er won th e sack Briscoe and N ina Berry.
the team in shape.
C harles Eliason was elected
Doris C arm en L itw iller, R o d n e y < A shland R iding association are by th e use of five bucking chutes race, w ith H arvey Woods and
The V ancouver B ritish C olum Long, Dale M ayben, Sue Messer, preparing to p resen t a show d u r w hich w ere designed by Lee Bai 1 R obeitson ,second and thii d. stu d en t body p resid en t for the
bia K itsilano Boys B and of 65 Betty M arie M iller, George Mil-j ing the F o u rth an d F ifth and a r e ___
D ungan. F o u r corrals im m ediat-
G a rry Law son and David Her- n ex t school term . R obert Montgo
pieces is slated to play a concert ler, L yalle May M iller, Roma p resen tly contracting rodeo pro- ely behind thé ch”ûtes~siiding~cüt- b u rg e r won the th ree legged race m ery was nam ed vice-president;
in L ithia park, Ju n e 18. They will Evon Monson, R ussell Moore, ducers w ith an eye to getting a ' off gates, and a stream lin ed en- N ancy G rab er and S andra Clary Jo an Van De W alker, secretary.
spend the n ig h t here. The band B etty Joan
Myers, M argaret real rodeo for the opening season. I try w a v ’and h o stler’s area have w ere second place w inners, and O th er officers w ill be nam ed
is conducted by ARTHUR W. Leona Nielsen, Rob Nelson, Jim -, Jo h n D augherty, th e a sso c iâ t-1 b eeu designed for fast han d lin g Lois D ow ning and Carol Fow ler this fall.
DELAM ONT and is headed for m y Nunes, B arbara P atton, M ary ion’s secretary trea su rer, has ; of bad 'borses. The
w ere th ird place ” w ” inners.
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o u n cer * s ------
Hollywood bowl to play a sche Lou Pearson, Cash P errine, S id been acting as forem an for the i an d ju d g e .s gtands are an ju n st
above
H arvey Woods won the pole
d u led concert,
ney G. Pickell, Jacq u ely n P ritc h
of the grounds. The 1 (be chutes.
v au ltin g contest. M any of the
The A ctive club of G ran ts Pass ard, Bobby Lee R abjohn, R ic h -, construction
aren
a
itself
is
312
x
165
feet
and
w ere not held due to the
recently gave a set of gladioli ard Reedy, B arb ara R uth Riley, is enclosed by a high rail fence; The A shland riding association races
ra iny w eath er Tuesday. First,
H ow ard W iley, p resid en t of the
bulbs to EARL SCH ILLIN G of M ary Ann R obertson. W ilbur Rit-
second, and ____
th ird
except on the g randstan d s side
id e ’ ?ia.s.
*®® form erly incorporated in ____________
_ grade students A shland softball league, R ever
the A shland A ctive club as a
.b u t previous to th at tim e a |so bad th eir picnic and play end A. J. E dw ards, p resid en t of
publicity stu n t to ad v ertise the chson, G ary R itzinger, Don Robe w here heavy w ire m esh will s e g -'
reg ate th e spectators from the ’ , a d b e e n operating, and back in day Tuesday.
the M inisterial association, W. W
G ladioli festival which will soon son, M ontague Robertson.
,
held th eir first rodeo at th e |
F acu lty at W ashington school
.Tames Sanders, Carlos M. S ch steers.
Robison, of th e A shland park
tak e place in G ra n t s P a s s .
SCH ILLING , in turn, presented m idt, Jim m y F rederick S a h li,1 The arena is w ith in the :lx mile W illow stre e t rodeo g ro u n d s., consists of; Miss Eugenia C arson board; Roland P arks, principal of
the bulbs to CHESTER CORREY Bonnie Jea n Reaver, Earl Dean track area, and the track is laid , H enry Enders is p resid en t of th e and Mrs, Alice W illits as first th e Ju n io r high school and Jean
and soon L ith ia P ark will have a Short, Ju a n ita Silver, R obert G. out so th a t the finish line is dir- grol,P: D augherty, secretary trea- gra de instructors. Miss M adge E b erh ard of the A shland Sport
Sim pson, M arjorie Sim pson, B ar ectly in fro n t of th e grandstand, ¡su re r; W illiam Briggs, atto rn ey ; M itchell, second grade; M is s
ing goods; w ere appointed to the
set of prize w inning gladiolis.
The gran d stan d will seat 750' directo rs are: Clyde Caton, W. P.
M arie P rescott .second and third com m ission for th e citv-w ide re
MRS, BETTY D. HAMPTON, bara Jea n Sm ith. V ictor W illiam
who looks like a beauty contest Sm ith. Donna Lucille Sm ith, people and will be flanked on H am by, George B y r d , J a c k grade: Miss Eunice H ager, th ird creational program , by Mayor
Groshy .I.aw rencc grade: Mi’s. Erm a Bohn, fourth ; Thornton Wiley, this week.
w in n er herself, has been ap p o in t Ju n elee Sm yth, Roger Som m er,! each side by bleachers. Both i ? u n ^ ’
fifth grade; Miss M argaret
According to Roland Parks, the
ed C. of C. C hairm an to am the L aw rence Darol South, Zelma grandstand and bleachers will Edm undson, and C. B. H arrison.
M em bers of the crew who h ave L in in g er .fourth grade: Mrs. Ju l- com m ission plans to m eet some-
A ctive club in the Miss A shland Lee Stone, H arold Edwin Swift. contain 10 row s of seats. Total
been w orking o nthe grounds in- ianna Bond .fifth grade: and Mrs tim e w ithin the n ex t two weeks
B eauty contest. W inner goes to Alice M argaret Tavlor, M arjie seating capacity is 3500.
Seaside, O regon and the w inner T herres, M arion Thoj-nh e r r y.
P lenty of p ark in g space is as- elude; D ungan. G eorge and W ill- A leta L u ch terh an d ,, sixth grade ¡to d eterm in e what th e ir duties
th ere goes to A tlantic C ity, N. J. Rodney Tw edell, R obert V estal, sured visitors and an eight la n e , iam Byrd, Jim m ie and K ennie Joseph F ad er is p rinciapl of the will be, and m ake plans for this
for the Miss A m erica contest.
(C ontinued on back page)
entry will prevent traffic jams. M artin, and Cleo Morris.
i W ashington school.
program .
I
S
Elk’s Ball Team
Defeated Sunday
Smith Elected
To Committee
Washington Ends
School Year On
Tuesday, May 27
Ashland High
Leaders Named
Riding Association Rodeo
Grounds Nears Completion
Commission Named
To Head Program