U. oí
FROM THE HELL BOX
By The P rin ter's Devil
According to Bear Creek John
extension of the business urea
along Siskiyou anil Main street
would be creating a straight
shoot down the road into Med
ford. He says it would merely
m ake a long tunnel of the Mum
street. Seems to John that il the
city is to grow and expand it
should expand it's width .not IL-
length.
"Hight now," he said "the mam
drag ol this town is getting so
elongated and narrow now that
a tourist Hunks he is in four
towns. T here’s New Jacksonville
out by the college Bellview be-
yond that, and then th ere’s East
Main street and North Main.
Each of these lour parts of A sh
land should have its own mayor.'
He recom mends Ockie Sabin
for North Main, W alter H erbert
for East Mam. W D Jackson lor
New Jacksonville,
and
Joe
Pritchard for Bellview.
Seems as though we're over
looking the possibility of catch
ing tourists in a sort of a net,
John went on to say. by ex pand
ing our business section from
North to South. The policy which
is presently being recommended
is to extend the business along
the main highway.
If the city continues to grow
and we follow the one street
plan which Is being recom m end
ed by another ih-wspapei in this
town w e’ll soon huve business
houses strung from California to
Medford.
—i ... i n
.
Mr and Mrs. Lawson Hendrix
Kiley, Honolulu. Hawuii, spent
part of last week in Ashlunil with
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Simpson,
No. 2 Glen Avenue. Mr. Riley is
a graduate of Ashland high
school; he is presently executive
vice president of M. M clnerny
Ltd.
Formerly The
Southern Oregon
Miner
$3 per Year
2 Years for $3
3.00 PER YEAR
Play Tryouts To
Be June 11 and 12
in Auditorium
100 People Needed for
Pour PlnyH That Will
He Produced in August
*Z4« Stoditvui ô+oaoti
ASHLAND, JA< KS<>\ < OUNTY, OREGON Thursday, June 5, 1047
City Employees
I American Legion's junior lea
| gue buseball team was unable to Get Ten Per Cent
play then scheduled game Sun
day with Medford, because of
rain. Sunday, June 8, th e / will Salary Increase
play C entral Point in Ashand.
O ther games scheduled for the
season are as follows:
June 15—-Ashland ut Grants
Pass.
June 22 -Medford ut Ashland,
J une 29 -Ashland at Central
Point.
July 4 -G rants Pass at /\sh-
land.
July 6-- Open date
July 13—All stur gume to be
played ut home.
July 27—District pluyoft.
August I, 2, 3—stu ie playoffs
at Salem
Two Firemen Added
To City Department
By Council
Angus Bowmer To
(set Doctors Degree
According to Dr. Elmo Stev
enson, president ol Southern Ore
gun college, Angus Bowmer, in
stiucloi ul English and Drama
lies at the college, will work on
tils Doctor's degree at Stanloru
college in California, during the
next year. He will return to Ash
land at the end of the school
year.
Miss Carol Westahy will fill
the vacancy lett by Bowmet
during the 1947-48 school term.
Miss Westahy has b< en atten d
ing State ’teachers college in
Denver, und according to Dr
Stevenson, comes to the col leg«
well prepared to instruct Eng
lish und personnel work.
She
was ju st recently dischargeu
from the service.
Tryouts and easting for the
A ten per cent increase in the!
lour Shakespearean plays which
salaries ol city employees will
will be presented here this Aug-
become effective July 1st, m em
ust will he held at Southern ffcre
bers of the city council decided
gon College auditorium , June 11
Tuesday evening. This raise does
and 12. Angus Bowmer, director
of the plays, stated that anyone
not apply lo the employees in
at all interested and with any
the electric und w ater d e p a rt
uhilily whatsoever, would be
ments us these departm ents do
welcome Tryouts will take place
not come under the budget.
at 2 on p io and 7:30 p.m
Mernbeis of the council stated
Several inquiries have bet n
received Ironi out «>1 state actoi \ \W O ASHLAND GIRLS TO
In
making the increase* that in
who are interested in the S hake GRADUATE FROM O.S.C.
creased costs of living justified
M
unlee
Erwin
Sw
urthout
and
spearian festival. The casting will
Phil Ritter ol the Modern E-
coincide with college registration Ida Willard, both Ashland girls, the expenditure of more than quipm ent Co. plans to withdraw
will
be
among
824
seniors
and
$4300
a
year,
which
will
he
th<
so that those actors who are in
from the retail war surplus bus
terested in getting college credit graduate students to receive d e eost of the new progrum. The iness sometime this month. Rit-
lor the work which they do here grees at the seventy-eighth a n raise will be effective July 1.
tei plans to go into the whole
nual com m encem ent of Oregon
The city budget com m ittee will sale surplus business, and will
can do so.
State
college,
June
8.
This
is
the
meet
Tuesday,
June
10,
to
review
One hundred people will be
operate from a warehouse in the
needed for the four plays, "Mac- largest graduating cluxs in the the budget which wilt be studied Pioneer building.
by the council on the prececding
Beth,” "Love's Labour Lost, history of the college.
The Modern Equipm ent Co.
Mrs. Sw urthout is the daughter night. Members of the council in began opeiutions as tne Modern
"H am let.” unit “The M erchant ol
dicated
at
this
week's
meeting
of Mr. und Mrs. Ivor Erwin, and
Eouipm ent and Salvage com-
Venice."
at the budget should be kept
atty w ith R itter and
Logan
Bowmer pointed out that dui Miss W illard is the daughter of th
within the six per cent lim ita dninger as owners iri Septem
mg previous seasons many A sh Mr. und Mrs. Ben H. Willard. Mr. tion.
ber of last year. Sine«- January
land and Medford people had and Mrs. Erwin w ill go to C orval
council upproved the rec R itter has been operating the
been in the casts with some ol lis for the graduating exercises. om The
mendation of the fire d e p a rt business alone at the Kaiser F ra
■O' ■ — — -
the most outstanding portrayals
m ent committee for more em sier building on North Main.
being turned in by those people.
ployees. Originally the request
Among them be mentioned Mrs
hud been for three more men in
Robert Ingle, orul George F ran
order that the departm ent could
cis Sm ith of Ashland, and Dor
operate on a full platoon basis,
othy P ruitt, Medford.
however, the council trimm ed
Construction of the stage in
the recom mendation from three
the old C hautauqua shell is going
; to twu more firemen. This will
ahead under the direction of
' perm it the operation of a system
Ausland and Dodson, Ashland
wlie re by the firem en are on 24
contractors. The stage is expect
off 24.
ed to be completed the latter
Game» To Be Played on hotns and
O ppo ** Mortuary
part nJ the month.
Rchearsuls
Herb Huston Itt
TuesdayN A Thundays; George w . Dunr. and H, L
will be held on the stage as soon
uppeared before the
ftetiriug President
Frl. Night Open Dates Claycoinh
us is possible.
council With a petition signed by
Ticket sale is presently under
property
owners
on
G
ranite
Of
Local Lion’s Club
Softball season in the Ashland
O fficers of Tri-Hi-Y
way in Ashland and is expected
street
which
requested
that
the
to get underw ay in Medford on city leagu - will begin Tuesday ' council not grant a perm it for a
Club Present Pins to
Ben Lombard was elected as
evening, June 20, at 7.JO p.'»«.
June 16.
Nineteen New Members
undet the lights on W alter Phil m ortuary at 55 Granite street. president ut tne Ashland Lions
lips field, according to un an The m atter was referred to the ctuu, Tuesday evening, June 3,
Tuesday evening, June 3, nine
nouncement made this week by planning commission. C. M. l-.it- at tne Latina hotel, George n u n
teen new m em bers were taken
Howard Wiley, president of the w ilk r, local funeral parlor direc was named tiis l vice presiuem ,
tor, owns the property at 55 w ins ion .vutiKs, 2nd vice .presi
into Hie Junior Tri Hi Y d u o ,
softball league.
G
ranite street, he has, as yet, dent; nalpii need, aid vice pres
in the Junior high school cafe
Five teums are entered in the
teria. Jan Dodson, Ann Fullerton,
league. The Nosleeats
Weyer- m ade no application to establish ident, n o u etl Lugar, seereiafy;
Ashland Community hospital hauser Camp No. 4, the Dak a m ortuary at that site or at the le u Summers, treasurer; dun
Nance Arney, and Junelee Sm yth
officers o f the club, presenteu has signed a contract to partici S treet Tank and Steel, Steve's residence next to it. both of Au:Winner, lion lamer; and hreu
irsyttes, tad twister. camo S«ev-
pins lo the new members. Miss pate in the Blue Cross plan lor Service, and Talent. The Newbry ; which he owns
W hether or not a m ortuary e ita o ii a n o Doyle Seely were
Jeanette Sm ith served as advisor prepaid hospital care, according Orchards teum has w ithdrawn.
during the ceremony, in the ab to liobert U. Lugar, adm inistra
Two games will be played each could be established at th at site luooed to take th e place of Hugh
sence of Mrs. W. C. Bushnell, tor, and hereafter will oiler tun night. City league play will be depends upon an official Inter M cKeever abd Carry! Wine.-, as
be net its to all Oregon Blue Cross held on Tuesday und Thursday pretation as to what professions on ec tors.
adult advisor of the club.
New m em bers taken into thi members. Ashland Community evenings. Friday nights are be and occupations can be normally | ite ro truslon is the retiring
. pKStileiii, Hen Lombard, G eoitov
club include: Jackie Frazee, Mary hospital will be the second Blue ing held open for exhibitions. j carried on in one’s household.
n u tl, and Bin Allen are retiring
Cross
hospital
ill
Jackson
county.
Lou Pearson, Joanne Downing,
The lirst of the exhibition games
vice presidents; Boh isnider wao
Oregon Blue Cross will conduct will find the Old Timers m atched
Ann
Fullerton, Jan Dodson,
i tad iw ister; Doyle Seely, secie-
Nance Arney, Nina G raber, June a Jackson county m em bership with one of the other teams on
tary; Patil Finnell, treasurer; ano
lee Sm yth, Frances Howard, B ar drive beginning June »-13 In Friday, June 13.
I n e r t Rnnsey, Lion Tamer,
according
to Lugar.
bara Reilly, Norma Gwinn, Nor clusive,
Umpires this year will be Ken
i New officers will be installed
ma Yonton, Doris Litw iller, Bon H eadquarters for tne drive will Miller and Guy Randles. John
| a t the July 1st meting. Wives ol
nie Seaver, Marion Thornberry, be at the new J. C. Penney store Daugherty is expected to aid in
Trubee W etterau, who was cho
M arilyn W alker, Koanna Peters, in Medford. Any person or group calling them after the Fourth of sen to reign during the August me m em bers will be guests, with
club m em bers from the G rants
Ellen Brower and Carrol Ebnoth- may enroll there at the above July.
Shakespearean Festival, and Miss fuss, and ivtedlord clubs also to
dates.
er.
'
M arilyn Streitz of Southern O re be present.
"To qualify for participation in
gon college, will represent Ash
f-iuns to send the Ashland high
Blue Cross a hospital m ust show
land at the 1947 Rose Festival in school quintet to the Slate Lions
a record of com m unity service,
Portland June 9 to 15.
ciuo convention m Eugene on
non-profit operation, a board
Misses W etterau and Streitz June 22 to the 24th, were dis
composed of representative com
will
in
original
Elizabethan
cos
cussed Tuesday evening. Wayne
m unity citizens, m ust show ade
tumes, and will be stationed in Alynck, Fred Haynes, und Ralph
quate reserves, and must guaran
a tent booth, to answ er any ques Leach have form ed a trum pet
Plan* Made Tuesday For
Clem W hite, Bend, Oregon, be tee tlie service benefits offered
tions and give out inform ation trio with George Hull as then
gan operating the City Bus line the subscribers," said Lugar.
Eight Week* Program
concerning
the Festival that will accompanist, also plan to attend
in Ashland this week.
White
Roland Parks
was elected be staged in Ashland during the me convention.
bought the line from Arnolu
chairm an of the city recreational m onth of August. They will also
Kay Hui man was welcomeu
Lockhart who has been part ow n
commission, Tuesday
noon, at give out booklets and pictures ol hack to the club Tuesday, alie.
er and operator since m e incep
the Lithla Hotel. The Reverend Ashland and surrounding te rri being absent lor several months.
tion of toe line here last fall.
A. J, Edwards was named secre tory.
Dave M aytield was taken in us a
Lockhart is presently in Spo
tary of the commission.
This
new member.
kane. Ire win retu rn to Ashland
Robert Lugar, general chair
in the near future. No statem ent
Ashland Elks town team will commission is composed of H></-
man of the Fourth of July com
has been made concerning his meet the G rants Pass Cavemen ard Wiley, W. W. Robison, Jean
m ittee for the eluh, gave a report
lu tu re plans.
Sunday, June 8, on the Ashland ‘Eberhard, Parks and Edwards,
on the plans for that day. The
diamond, W eightnian Street, at who were appointed last week by
Mayor Thornton Wiley.
Lions will have charge ol al,
2 p.m.
Members of the commission
concessions tor the celebration.
G iants Pass has one ol the top
Funeral
services
for
Ray
M
ink
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team s of the league, having re m et Tuesday afternoon a t the ler, 81, who died Tuesday even
Mrs. C. II, Wines and daugh
cently swam ped the C entral Lithia Hotel and made plans for ing of a heart attack, will be
Mrs. W. Reedy, Mrs. Glenn Point team.
ter Beatrice, are visiting Mrs.
i'he game between the sum m er recreational program
Prescott, Mrs. Cora Burns, and C entral Point and Ashland was that will cover an eight weeks held Friday, June 6, at 1:30 p.m. W ines’ m other and brother in
The
Rev.
Charles
Ward
will
offi
period.
Mrs. A. A bbott were hostesses rained out Sunday.
Couer D'Alene, Idaho.
Plans were made for a base ciate. Interm ent will be in the
to the Plym outh Guild meeting,
Cliff McLean’s Ashland Elk,
family
plot
in
the
Ashland
cerne-
ball
clinic
from
June
16
to
June
W ednesday, M>y 28, at the Con have been stienglla neil since
gregational cliuich. Mrs Prescott their last home game If Ash 23 on Fuller Field. On the week i tery.
Minkler, who was one of the
presided during the business ses land can keep Jack ua.it/. Johnny of June 22 to 29 there will be a
original
m em bers of the Lithia
golf
clinic,
on
the
ground
beside
sion.
g j* Gray and several other -.»ut-ol
Mrs. George M iller gave a re town boys, who .ire attending the high school tennis court. A Springs commission which devel
port on the Congregational con- college they will have an o ut putting green will be fixed there. oped the Lithia Park, had been
Red Cross swim school, June retired for several years. P rev
lerence which was held a t C or standing team.
Mr. and Mrs. C). D. Sheldor
ious to his retirem ent he haij
vallis recently.
Miss G ertrude
E ither Darrel Copeland or Jack 16 to June 28 at Twin Plunges.
were
surprised on their twenty
been
active
in
civic
affairs
an
i
Plans were also discussed to
Cox was in charge of the social Lutz w ill draw tne stard n g pitch
in addition to his interest in th filth wedding anniversary, Mon
get
the
Ju
n
io
r
high
school
field
hour.
ing assignm ent this Sunday on
in shape for paddle tennis und developm ent of the park ha< day evening, June 2, by a num
Mrs. R. T. Jester, Mrs. C. H. the Ashland diamond.
handball, softball, volley ball served on m any other civic com her of friends who brought
Vaupel, Mrs. W. Hilt, Mrs. T.
| mjttees. He had operated both a plants and shrubs for the Shel
and other games,
Wiliam Peterson, Mrs. Max Wop-
It was announced earlier that grocery store and a ladies ready don's newly planted dawn.
schall, Mrs, Lila C, Bat«s, Mrs.
An anniversary cake with ice
Al Simpson would supervise this ' to w ear store in Ashland.
E. P. Borden, Mrs. S, S, D aven
cream,
was served and coffee wa«
I
He
came
to
Ashland
with
his
program, but Simpson advised
port, Mrs. Rhoda Durfee, Mrs.
poured from the new silver cof
Sadie S tratton, Mrs. C, Biegel,
Doyle Seely will be in charge the commission that he would be • family from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, fee set given Mrs. Sheldon by
Mrs. J, F, Jeter, Miss G ertrude of the program for Monday ev< n unable to take over these duties, • in 1888. He had been born in her husband, on their anniver
Cox, and the hostesses were pres ing’s meeting of the local Toast as he will be employed at S outh Oshkosh, July 3, 1865.
His first wife, Emma Vining, sary.
ent for the afternoon meeting,
m asters club, June 8, at the Lith- ern Oregon College. A director
Mrs. Charles A. White, and Mr.
[w
hom
he m arried June 3, 1891.
has
not
been
secured,
according
ia Hotel,
and
Mrs. W illiam Reed, of Med
preceeded
him
in
death.
February
Ed Singm aster was chairm an to Roland Parks, chairm an of the
Mrs, Ken Peabody and Mrs.
ford;
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Aird,
1,
1912.
He
later
m
arried
Mrs.
F rank Peabody, wife and m oth for Monday’s meeting of the club. commission.
Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Borden, Carryl
Ada
Bennett
in
1922.
She
died
Clarence
Williams
was
toast
er of Ken Peabody, new’ owner
Wines, Mrs. Almeda Allen. Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell H erbert January 28 of this year.
of K en’s Jew elry .arrived in Ash m aster; E nunett Whit ham assign
and Mrs. Ken Peabody, Mrs.
Mrs.
Norma
M
inkler
W
ar
I.
a
land this week from Elgin, Illi ed topics and Lyndell Newbry returned last week from a trip to daughter; Wilfred T. Ward. Don M arjorie Barker, Mrs.
Sadie
Portland.
was
critic.
Dave
W
hittle
spoke
on
nois, Mr. and Mrs. Peabody will
S tratton, Mr. and Mrs. G. S.
ald
H.
Ward,
and
Charles
H.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E.
E.
Lawrence,
live at 1250 Iowa. Mrs. Frank 'Ju st gripes,'* and John Collins
W ard, all grandsons; and DeWitt Green, and son, Sheldon, were a-
Peabody left S aturday for Cal told ol "m anufactured w eriher." and Ron Don, Boise. Idaho, are Bennett, a stepson, W ashington, mong the friends that surprised
visiting
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wendell
I
Roger
Rath
spoke
of
a
fishing
ifornia and will retu rn to Illi
the Sheldons.
D. C., survive him.
Lawrence.
I trip in Wyoming
nois from thej-e.
Ritter Flans To Go
In Wholesale Trade
R
Softball Season
To Open Tuesday
Evening, June 10
19 New Members
Taken In Junior
Tri-Hi-Y Club
Ben T. Lombard
To Head Lions
Club 47-48 Term
Ashland Hospital
Joins Blue Cross
Ashland To Have
Booth at Fiesta
R. Parks To Head-
City Commission
Clem White Buys
City Bus Company
Elks To Meet
Cavemen June 8th
xMrs. George Miller
Reports Conference
Minkler Services
Will Be Friday
J. Sheldons Are
Surprised Monday
Seely to Present
Program Monday
40.000
Good Job* a Month
U. S. Army
NEWS REVIEW
Jr. League Team to
Play Medford June 8
lib ra ry .
Vol. 14, No. 13
Queen Candidates
Will Guest Star
At Tuesday Lunch
Murphy Will Report
On the Celebration’s
Present Progress
Guests a t next Tuesday’s meet
lng of the Cham ber of Com
merce will he the seven candi
fiâtes for Queen of the July 4
celebration in Ashland.
The seven, B arbara Mess.-nger,
Ann Pirtle, M arilyn Millet, L or
raine Converse, Barbara Reed,
Rena Russell, and G loiian How
ard, will he presented to tie-
m em bers of the Cham ber by Dr
George Hull, chairm an of the
com m ittee in charge of the queen
contest.
At present ballots are available
ut all retail establishm ents in the
city for voting fin the candidates
Each $1.00 purchase entitles tne
purchaser to 10 votes for any one
contestant.
•John M urphy, chairm an of »he
July 4th celebration will make a
report on Ihe progress of the
celebration.
At last w eek’s m eeting of tne
Cham ber of Commerce, V» illiam
Healy, sec re t a r / of the cbamlter,
reviewed tin- events which had
taken place in ’lie city during the
past year. Healy who came to
Ashland last Jim «. pointed out
that the grow th in tourist busi
ness could be < ne of the majoi
factors in a continued prosperitv
for Ashland.
Healy desci ibed the work that
had been done during the ye.".'
on the Shakespearian festival,
the Pear B »wl, the Southern O re
gon D eve'cpm ent Association,
and the god course. He also s ta t
ed th at the cooperation of tin-
city ha«i been very helpful and
»hat this was appreciated
Rogers Resigns
As Principal
Earl Rogers, principal of the
Ashland high school, announced
his resignation from the local
school system, Saturday evening,
at the alum ni banquet. Rogers
will be affiliated w ith the Leever
H ardw are company of Medford
as a partner. He and his family
will move to Medford in the near
future.
Rogers started teaching in th •
Ashland junior high school nine
teen years ago, after his gradua
tion from the Oregon college of
Education at Monmouth. He ha-
been with the Ashland school
system ever since, being prin
cipal of junior high, and then
being promoted to principal of
senior high school
Superintendent Leland P Lin i
talked S aturday evening to th
alum ni group, and told of Roi.
ers’ record of teaching ninetet «
years and only missing one da
th at being to attend his father
funeral.
Turzenbach Wins Top
Scoring Honors Mon.
Max Turzenbach again walked
off w ith t«’p scoring honors at
the Monday night's gun shoot in
the Ashland Armory. M artv w .i;
second with a ccore of 27S; A 1
G ehhard, 275; J >hn Nosier 274
and O. R. Richards, 272.
Tennis Tourney
Starts Next Week
Play in the city-w ide Tennt;
Tournam ent is scheduled to start
the second week in June, ac
cording to Dr. William E. B rack
et-, president of the Young Men#
Club of the Y. M. C. A., which
is sponsoring the
tournam ent.
Local tennis players have, been
slow in signing applications to
enter this tournam ent, and there
is room for additional players in
all of the classifications in Che
tournam ent.
Period for entering the to u rn a
m ent has been extended until
Monday, June 9th. All local ten
nis players are urged to enter.
Entrance blanks can be secured
by calling Dr. Bracker, 21501.
Persons that have already made
application for the tennis to u rn a
m ent include (men's senioi divl
s io n \: Phillip Lee Burns, Dr. El
mo Stevenson, Tom E. Metcalf,
E rvin Lesser, Tony Shiveley, Rev.
G. M. Shum an, Dr. E. E Brown.
Bill Cate, Gordon Miller, Tod N.
Tibbutt,
■iTren's junior: Bob Phillips,
H arry Kannasto, Fred E. W hitel,
Jr., John Lance.
W omen’s Junior: Mary Lou
Hahn, Ruth Marie Seitz, Shirley
Balfour, Betty Wahl.
Women’s Senior: Mary E. Met
calf.