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Lib,
The city's
NEWS REVIEW
ASHLAND, JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON Thursday, August 7, 1947
August 23 Date
Set For C. of C.
2 Mill Election
Of
Error* we have made depart
ment. Fulling to ex p la in in last
w eeks co lu m n th a t the realty
»card wuh nut opposed to taxi ,
mi rm l cstiilc, only opposition i«
to add itio n al tuxes on ieul estate,
or us BERT M ILLER p o in ted out
In uh , th e stack in g ol luxes on
p re sen t taxes. O ur erro r. W»
WILL SET UP FUND TO
w ere only try in g to help pull the
OPEHATE PROMOTIONAL
realty board o u t ol u «pot. A lot
DEVELOPMENT UNIT
of m isin fo rm atio n c u rre n tly flout
ing ab o u t the city I iuh It th a t the
Voting on tin proposed two
teu lty board opposes the C h am null levy for the purpose ol a d
ber of C om m erce. Tin« 1« e rro n vertising, developing, ano p ro
•
pai .
eous. A h w e'v e tile d to point out m oting the city of A shland will
Network* Lucky Winner
they are opposed to the stacking take place W ednesday, A ugust
Will B . Feted With
ol tuxes, not to the ('h a n d ie r ol 2.1, in a special election. T he vol<
Sh<ke*peere'* "Hamlet"
Com m erce................ O th er e rro rs
IS to am end the c h a rte r to add a
we h ave m ad e include hacking new A rticle, no 32, w hich wih
.'lulu:.I N etw ork's "Q ueen for
• be w rong h orse a t the Hiding p erm it the council to levy such r i Day,' Mis. E velyn P olish ,who
A ssociation's race m eet th e o th er tax und to ex p en d it at the ills ..as selected on the P n illip M or
»lay.
tis an d Mile« L aboratory program
fic tio n of th e council.
A good a rg u m e n t these days 1«
This am en d m en t is to perm it "Q ueen for a D ay,” W ednesday
the propel spelling of old Hill the resident» of th e city to aid in at 11:30 a.m. will a rriv e in A sh;
S h ak esp e are 's nam e. W e'll lay sliuring the cost ol o p eratin g suci. land T h u rsd ay afte rn o o n where
th a t low once und for all. The establishm ent« us the C huinbcr oi she will be an honored gu est at
i .une is properly sp elled "Saque- Com m erce. M em bers ol the eit
the opening n ig h t festiv ities ol
s|w e," OK. we know , we know, council voted unanim ously to the O regon S h ak esp e are an F e sti
val.
h u t according to P ro le sor J. Q . hold the election.
T he program w hich was h eard
Adunin (not o ur bosebull loving 1 Ju d g es are W C. M itchell, first
J Q but a nam esake» it is of w ard, and Kosa Dodge G aley set on -flat» stations th ro u g h o u t th e !
N orm andy origin and is to lx und w ard. C lerks for the ’first nation including KWiN, Ashland,
lo u n d largely in W arn k kshlre J w ard are G eorge W. Hose an. featured the selection of Mrs.
Hpellvd variously. S akspee, and Louise G. M cNair. C lerks for the Polish, a Des Moines, Iow a girl,
S uksper. it orig inally m eant " I o s e c o n d w ard are Iren e D etrick und a bride of one month, a«
Queen for a day," her every
d raw out th e sw o id q u ick ly '
. . and M argaret Biegel.
It h as evolved today to S hakes
Mem beta of the C h am b er of wish to be carried out.
H( i first wish was for some
peace but th ere are m any autlioi C om m erce who are v itally inter-
itiea who m e in violent d i s a g n .- ested In the election sp en t Tues- thing to sit on" and the spon
Scene from a presentation of one of the Shakespearean playfe
m ent as to th e spelling Som e day discussing the need lor such sors of the show arranged that
with the gift of a daveno set. play* which are sponsored In Ashland by the Southern Oreqon
w ear t is "S h ak esp ere, others a levy as is proposed
say "S h ak esp eare." W e’ll take the
S eth Bullís, m anager of tin Reason lor the request was that Shakespearean Festival association. Opening night of the 1947 sea
iu < " * n a<1 iin<* tak‘ "Saques- C alifornia O regon P ow er com Mrs. Polish and her husband are son will be Friday, August I, wifh "Hamler' aa the production.
i pany, pointed out th at the C ham - presently living In a partially
j her of C om m erce in A shland d u r furnished apartm ent.
O ther gift* include the trip to
Jr. Gun Club H olds
ing the past y e a r had done m ore
City B all L eagu e
to get people p ulling to g eth ei Ashland which was arranged by
Shoot W ednesday
officials of the Shakespearean
th an any o th er in stitu tio n .
To H ave P la y o ffs
only home-owned
newspaper
Voi 14. No. 22
1st Nighters to See ‘Hamlet
Mutual Network
Selects Evelyn
Polish as Queen
“All the World a Stage and A ll the
Men and Women Merely Players
News Review In
Top 5 Pc. Listing _
Lambert Smith
Directs & Plays
In Season Opener
PRESENTATION OF PLAYS
WILL TAKE PLACE ON
NEW STAGE
Opening night audience at the
first of the revived Shapespear-
ean Festival plavs will see “H am
let" with Frank Lam brett-Sm ith,
in the title role, Friday at the
new stage in the C hautauqua
shell.
Saturday night “Love’s L ab
our’s Lost,” will be presented.
There is no play scheduled for
Sunday. Monday evening "M ac
beth” will be the production and
this will be followed Tuesday by
“The M erchant of Venice.”
The plays begin a t 8:30 p.m.
each evening and prices for tick
ets are $1.50 plus tax. Tickets
are obtainable at either the box
office or the offices of the C ham
ber of Commerce.
Included in the cast of Hamlet,
is Smith, who also directed the
production. William Tobin, Eddy
Barron, Angus Bowmer, Bill Her-
non, Roland Piper, Richard Wood
cock, Benny Loftsgaard, Jack
Samson, Richard Johnson, Robert
C arter, Hollis Hill .Fred Ross.
Suzanne LaM arre, Ninon King,
Richard Johnson, and Trubee
Wetterau.
Celebrities in Audience
M ayor Earl Riley of Portland,
Mayor Clarence Meeker, Med
ford, and Mrs. Evelyn Polish, a
bride of one m onth, who was
selected W ednesday as M utual
netw ork’s Queen for a Day, will
be among the first nighters.
Previous to the opening c u r
tain the m ayors of variouk cities
who are present w ill attend a
dinner at the Lithia Coffee Shop
which is being given by Mayor
Thornton S. Wiley and the m em
bers of the A shland city council.
The cast and m em bers of the
production staff will be e n te r
tained a fter the opening night's
play has been com pleted by Ray
and Cathy Lange a t th eir Cellar
Club on the Rogue.
A special
guest at this dinner will be Mrs.
Polish and her husband, who will
accompany her to Ashland.
Festival, Dean Pieper of the
W ednesday night the members
Shasta-Cascade W onderland a§^
of the Ju n io r gun club had a
"o ra tio n William Healy of the
The Southern Oregon News R e-| Pybpc shoot, at the^ Ashland Ar-
•Vs'?land Cham ber of Commerce, vlaw has been selected by the mory.
of the Senior
*
” M embers
'
and Robert Heinholdt of Station Louisana Press association as one gun club held a pistol shoot at
KWIN.
of a group of 474 weekly new s the same time.
Mrs. Polish and her husband papers in the United States
G un club scores for last week
will arrive in the Rogue riv er val- which are doing an outstanding found
Max Turzen&ach again
ley at 4:30 pmn Thum day on a
leading the field w ith a score of
Southw est airlines ship and will The announcement was made to- 370. A rt Haskins w ith 357 was
be met a t the airport by a group day by Carryl Wines, publisher
Others were, in order
of representatives of the city, the) ^ h i s places the News Review's second.
O. R. Edw ards and M arty Parer-
‘¿ T 1* 1 ° f ,C" n'nercc* aild the display advertising among the ard, 346 each. Edm und Dews 337,
festival association.
' best In the weekly field. Wines and L arkin G unbb 328.
She will see from the air C ra u I pointed out as inclusion w ithin
vr 1-ake and the Cascade m ount- a group of 474 other weeklies
Sihe WL
Bcar Creel‘ w °uld mean that the Southern M ayberry Succeeds
PETÊRSON MAY SPEAK
fieterinine third place w in n .i -
Eugene K. PeSecqpn, distrii-t orchards and will be made a Oregon Newspaper was listed in
B ailey a s S. P. A g en t
the Ashland league. There will forester for the Oregon and C ali m em ber of their "F ru it of the top five per cent.
he two games each evening play fornia land adm inistration may M onth Club.” She has already
JL „ H- M ayberry is Southern
ed at W alter Phillips field.
Pacific railw ay’s new agent in
be the speaker at the next meet received a m yrtlewood gift from
Ashland. M ayberry has been tick
W inner in the Southern Oregon mg of the Cham ber of Commerce, the M yrtlewood M anor in A sh YMCA Ladder Tour.
et agent in Ashland for the past
playoff will go to Corvallis tin according to W illiam Healy, sec land and other gifts will he pre S tarts This W eek
tw enty-five years, and has been
lust of August to enter the state retary of the C ham ber of Com sented to her during her stay
tournam ent.
merce, who is m aking arrange here.
Richard C. Joy, Eldon Scripter ‘
with the S. P. since
A fter the first nights play Phillip Lee Burns, Dr. Elmo Ste- 1912-
— ' -—n — —.
ments with Peterson.
"H am let” Mrs. Polish will attend venson, T. T. Shivelv, William j M ayberry succeeds S. J Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. Wes La Blant
o
I the theatre dinner for the cast at Cate, Tod N. Tibbutt, Bob Phil-
have returned t<> Ashland from
had been S. P. a g e n t'fo r the
! the Cellar club on the Rogue.
Klam ath Falls to make thpir K n igh ts o f P yth ias
lips and Fred Whited, Jr. will Past 20 years in Ashland. Bailey
home.
take part in a ladder tennis tour- had worked for the Southern
W ill Picnic A u g. 17
i ADRIAN WITT JRTI s
nam
ent, sponsored by the Ash- Pacific for th e past 47 years. He
Knights of Pythias lodge oi i 13^ 1^ 0 ^ P ND^ Y ' AUG. 4
land Y.M.C.A., this week.
had worked in M yrtle Creek,
Medford will hold then annual L . Adl ,a?
J r - m fant son of
Eleven players have also sign- Klam ath Falls. Red Bluff, Ger-
picnic in Lithia park, August 17.1 n » »» M^s' A drian W»H, was
. othe.r stations in Oregon
John Pittcnger and D. Al Lowe « L ,
, ontia)', August 4, in the ed up for the mixed double ten- and j ’ California.
ms m atches to be played on
' charge
‘
nt« ’ , Ashland
are in
of arrangem ents.
Asniand cemetery.
cem etery. The
The baby
baby boy
boy Lithia
Park courts each W ednes RICKS IS MEMBER OF
Lodge m em bers from Yreka ’ * as, ^?rn August 3, at the Ash- day night.
MRS. JO BERGSTROM AND
Weaverville, G rants Pass, Rose-
c c ?m m un*tY hospital.
|
USS WASHINGTON CREW
burg, and K lam ath
Falls will be »urytvors besides the baby's. Aeklond T ’«.
Benjamin M. Ricks, gunner’s ' MRS. KAY BOWMER CAMP
DIRECTORS THIS YEAR
at the picnic. All
members are Pj“ cn 18 m clude his grandparents? ASHKHMl To SOOII
mate, second class, USN. son of
asked to bring a
covered dish, SJ-
i? rs' n . L' Sm ith, and H
Hava
P^n/1,'»
D.—
Mr.
and
Mrs.
George
xM
Ricks
off
ave Credit Bureau
Route*" * “ ^ * ^ " n ‘ A 8 e< w £ n CK! ° i ! CamP fire
w h° have been
...... silver
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SC? The’ a Mi.
Pitt, all of
Route
| and their own
service.
i.i and
. Mrs. r Ralph
— ...............
REGISTRATION AT J. C.
The retail trades bureau of husband of Mrs. MargaTet Ann
5^31P
lodge will furnish ice cream and A shland- The baby’s m other is
PENNEY COMPANY NEXT
Ashland will start operating
morm ng A u g u s t ^ 8^
c iflee,
the form er Alda Sm ith
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
u p eiau n i; a a
ui u iu u m y n , New
mew York,
York, i is s , ^ . ¡ ^ y
?re
bureau beginning August a m em ber of the battleship USS 10:00 a. m., to the home of Mrs.
The "small fry" of Ashland and
"*r8- Charles Brown of Tuc- W ashington crew.
F uneral S ervices
Bert Davis, 147 C entral street.
vicinity will have a chance to M iss M cCleary W eds
son, Arizona is presently working
Com m ander Archie W right Jr. They have been at the camp for
come into their own next week J am es Ford, A u g. 4
on
files
for
the
bureau
In
the
For P laisted A u g. 2
praised
em ber —
of the the past week.
, . . each m ---------
when registration begins for the
-- I Affe'r
Cham ber
of 15 Commerce
?arv and | Funeral services were held for
Ai’.giist
t h e b u r e a u office.
^ n s J Washi
d ashington
d re s ^ d ‘ U lin
^
crew
in his fareYe11
farew ell v Mrs- Jo
“ “ Bergstrom, and M rt.
Miss Shirley M cClear
B etter Baby Show sponsored by
•ied
Mon-
1
Em
ery
M
erton
Plaisted
Saturday,
to
operate
from
an
office
o
f
B
the
W
a
s
h
K
n
î
'
ï
h.®
n
Kay
B°
w
m er are directors of the
Jam
es
Ford
were
m
arri
Talisman Tumple No. 40 of P yth
Nevada, August 2, at the L ltw iller funeral own
® °* the' r ,2 ?
M
h£r s ster ca,np this year B ettY
Lisle is
day, August 4, in R e n o ,______
ian Sisters.
The
bride
is
the
daaughter
of
Mr
Any child under 5*ii years is
¿
¿
J
5
i f c ? ' ,S“ P P" De-1 Cham pion u
Jg
eligible for llu- contest, with re and Mrs, Roy McCleary of Ash Church
land, and has been working in
gistration to be held Tuesday and G
pot,
Bayonne,
New
Jersey.
P
la
n
te
d
died
at
The
Dalles,
°
rk'
girls, w ith Miss Erlene Rogers as
rants Pass for the past four
Wednesday, August 12 and 13, years,
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her assistant.
as secretary to Marvin W ednesday, July 30. when he
at J. C. Penney Company be Clark,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
P.
W
arren
of
agent. She gra suffered a stroke, while work
Sunday, August 3, parents of
tween the hours of 10 00 a.m. duated insurance
Valleyview spent a week in Can W arren Cook G ives
from
G
rants
Pass
high
the
Catnp Fire girls w ere Invited
ing
w
ith
the
State
Highway
crew
ada
during
July,
and 5:00 p.m. There is no entry school In 1940,
Club
Subscription
j
to
visit
Camp La-O-Wa Mr. and
B,aisted
was
born
April
25,
lee or cost to parents of the en-
Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Aird, p ar
The M|" groom
son 2*
of M.
Mr
W arren E. Cook of 447 Rock * m ” ' S ' L Bergstrom, Mr. and
(rants throughout the contest a n d i and
j’’ ’ is p the ,so"
r - 1886 at Renville, Minnesota. He ents, and Wendell Aird, uncle of
children need not be present for I p „ sq i ? ' ; ames p oi d ol Gi ants is survived by two brothers,
Maurice Aird, visited with Mr. 5 i~ eL « t \ e_ a.n-.?* lnual sub!crip- GoTdren Y o S and Mr ^nd
registration
re-
J s « « re la te d with his George E. of Veaile; and Frank and
gistration. Applications
A pplicatioas for re
Mrs. M aurice Aird and fam tlon to the magazine “Bovs Life
Mrs. P. K. Folks were among the
gistration will not be taken on father in the contracting business. of Eugene. A sister, Mrs. Effie M ily over the weekend. They re to the Y.M.C.A., last week. This’ Sunday
visitors.
Mr. and Mm. Ford spent their Fitch, also survives.
was
the
first
response
to
the
ap
the telephone. Special gifts will
turned to their home in Eugene
Donna Redmond, Pauline Mid
peal
of
the
club
for
magazines
for
be given to the first 25 babies honeymoon in Nevada City, and
will m ake their home In G rants
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. W arren Tuesday,
i the reading table in the recentb dleton, Billie Davis, Pauline Dav
entered Tuesday morning.
Pass.
is; N orm a Yorton, M arian Thorn-
have
had as their guests, Mr. and
The coittest is divided into
Mrs. Sharold Chapm an of Kla A shland P otato V ine °ptned building for the Y M C A berry, Peggy Taylor, Gaynol
three divisions: Health, Beauty,
Mrs. Wendell Lawrence and
I Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Gies ol Knight, Christine Middle t o n,
and Royalty. Each entrant will Mrs. Ruth G riffith left Thursday math Falls, last week.
Salem have been visiting the Nancy Dunkeson, Carolyn Erwin,
Mr,
and
Mrs,
Richard
Trites
are-
receive a free physical exam ina for Monroe City, Missouri, Mrs.
Reverend and Mrs. Robert Mcll- Sharon Anderson, Audrey Schus
tion with those scoring 90% or Griffith has been visiting at the presently vacationing.
venna
home for the past w eek. ter, Norma Davis, Sandra Clary,
above receiving engraved health Lawrence home for the past week
Ilarrv
and
Richard Living-ton of Shirley Michael, Patricia Bailey.
certificates, blue ribbon certifi from Missouri,
Coos Bay have also been visiting Faye Hess, Maxine Champion,
cates, or Gold Seal diplomas ac
in the M ellvenna home for the K athleen Hardey, Carol Jean
cording to m erit,
Mrs Scantan Clark of G ranite St
past two weeks.
Culp, Shirlene Folks, B arbara
The second feature is the Babv spoke_J° m em bers of the Lions
Bugbee, Norma Balfour, Cynthia
I t ' Tuesday evening, August 5,
Show to be held the latter part c^ub
Pickell, Patricia Austin, Jessie
Couch
D
ies
Suddenly
of the month. For this event, the at the Lithia hotel. Mrs. Clark
M embers of the Rogue River
and Paula Mackie, Velma Swift.
tots will be divided into six age told of her hobby ceramics, of Jersey Breeder Association will
M arsha Hunt, B arbara R ik v
At
A
nderson
Creek
classes and presented to five of- which she has made a vocation, m eet in front of Southern Or «on
M axine Riley, and Yvonne Stim-
Charles Edw ard Couch died of son are the Cam pfire girls that
ficlally selected Judges, who will She has converted a store room college, Sunday. August 10, at 10
a
heart
attack
Ju
ly
30,
after
be-
select the most beautiful bafcy lnto a well lighted work shop a.m. to go to Wild Plum ranch,
o • jn tgp woods around Ander are attending camp this year.
girl and the most handsome and where she has two work benches, owned by Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wv-
son Creek getting wood for the
m anly little boy in each group. n m ixer, and in the center of ant.
I alent school. Funeral services S orop tim ists M eet
Blue ribhon> will be presented the shop, her kiln. A grass screen
A potluck dinner wjll be serv-j
" e r e held Mondav m orning for
to winning babies.
at the south provides fhe proper ed at noon, und business m atters!
Mrs. Mabel Housen of Junction Couch j t the Lltw iller funera L ast T im e T his Y ear
The Royalty division, third texture of light for the art work of the
be d dis-
tne association will he
is -. City is shown holding a potato chapel. The Reverend Robert Mr
phase of the contest, will be the essential lo complete ceramic
Soroptim ists m et for the last
presentation of tiny k|ngs and work,
tim e this sum m er, W ednesday
queens and their attending court
Mrs. Clark displayed some ol
Ju lv 30, at the Lithia hotel. They
of princes, princesses, counts and her work to tho club. A lot ol
E. B. ro v er, o , the Pore, p ^ .u c .0
„ „ . . o ’ 1,
W.
countesses in an elaborate fabw- her work is leaf design. She
land Coronation Pageant the first uses leaf patterns of oak. <mdh?r dairy, is treasurer of the Rogue small potato«*.
sister, Mrs. C herrv Chisholm, of devoted to unfinished business.
week of Septem ber. At this tim e r Y. blackberry, begonia, and ot'i Riie.i association: Frank Schutz- ....Mr*, Hagar has several
n a y » ! nas several o ile r Oklahoma Citv, Oklahoma «nr
royalty winners will be aw arded c rt ar>d has made figurines, pla- «.,»1,1
Mrs. Frances W orth .president
nos *.nd
Bnd potatoes a->
a; large a* the vtves
their trophies, rosettes, and rib-1 Auei> wall brackets, flower dbRes, I dent; "
”res,L v nOT
of the local club, visited the K la
and Dorena Millet of °!*£ ^ictUMd. which *ha grew in
Interment
was
made
in
Siski
and v*»„,
boos.
m ath Falls club, Friday August
Grants Pass is the secretary.
a small garden sp ot
you Memorial Park in Medford.
League M anagers and officials
<>t the softball association m et in
Howard Wiley's office Monday
evening to discuss plans for the
city softball league play-off, t<
lie held In Ashland Friday. Sat
urday, and Monday of. this week
First and second place winners
in the league will play three
games to determ ine the team that
will represent the Ashland league
in the Southern Oregon playoff
to lie held In Ashland, sometime
in August.
th ird und fourth pluce winnci-
will also play three games t
Henry Galey, a m em ber of the
Ashland Realty board, stated
that he thought the welfare of
the city was directly tied ud with
the operation of a Cham ber of
Commerce.
Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president
of Southern Oregon c o lle g e ,
brought up the projects which
had been started during the past
year and pointed out that It was
essential that these projects be
continued and not dropped at
this time. He urged every m em
ber to support the proposed two
null levy,
Camp Fire Girls
To Return Home
Friday, Aug. 8
Pythian Sisters
Will Sponsor a
Better Baby Show
Breeder flss’n.
Will Meet Sunday