U. ut U. Library.
DOING
The
TO W N
DILI. REAGAN a n d B O D
SNIDER claim ing th at by moving
the counters and fixtures ubout
they could give tlx* Plaza grocery
the n e w l o o k . . . . And N A.
WAHD out to give the saws in
the com m unity the new look as
lie opens his saw filing shop on
Friday the 13. . . . takes nerve It
does. . . . M eanwhile the m em ­
bers of the Am erican Veteran's
comm ittee are hurrying about
getting ready for the A VC ca rn i­
val which will take pluce S a tu r­
day evening at the Junior high
school gymnuslum.
And MRS HENRY METZ who
Is churim an of the PTA founders
day Is as busy as a bee getting
everything all set for the gala
occasion which will take place
next Thursday a t the Junior high
school cafeteria. MRS CLIFFORD
WILLIAMS Is in charge of the
program. The m em bers of th<-
three I’TA.s In the village will
have a potluck dinner. MRS
HOMER BISSEL is In charge of
the serving, and all in all the
ladles plan to have u good time
as they honor the local founders
who 25 years ago decided to get
together and discuss the school
situation.
Unit Planning A
Pie Social Feb. 14
Bellview, Feb. 11— A Commun­
ity pie social and Valentines par
ty will he held at the Bellview
Grange hall Saturday, February
14, 8 00 p.m. Funds obtained from
the affair wll lbe used for a 4-H
Scholarship. The Bellview E xten­
sion unit is sponsoring the party.
E ntertainm ent will In c lu d e
moving pictures, raffling of a
cake to the prettiest girl and a
jar of dill pickles to the ugliest
m an: the pies will be auctioned
as part of the program . A 'G rand
ole O pry" en tertain er will lx* p re­
sented in musicul num bers and
Mrs Ucldon Block's music stu d ­
ents will present several num ­
bers.
All ladies who attend are urged
to bring pies.
POWER COMPANY REPORTS
The California Oregon Power
Company reports 1947 net Income
of $1,553,910.44, equal, after p re­
ferred dividend requirem ents bas­
ed on shares outstanding as of
December 31st of that year, to!
92.3 per share on 450,000 shares
of common stock. A. S. Cummins,
president of the company, stated
th at the regular annual report
covering 1947 operations will be
teleased early in March.
ÜREC
P u b l is h e r
per
I a T i o I
A re Reading
This
Week
CAME A CAVALIER
by Frances Parkinson
Keyes.
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE
by Samuel Shellabarger
ROOSTER CROWS FOR
DAY by Ben Lucien
Burman
THE VIXENS
by Frank Yerby
WE SHOOK THE FAMILY
TREE by Hildegarde
Dolson
CASS TIMBERLANE
by Sinclair Lewis
H A LT
270 East Main
Phone 8011
ASHLAND. JAtKSON COUNTY. OREGON THURSDAY, PEBRUARY ir, ,
I
New Queen to Reign
State Plans New
$400,000 Library
V A L L E Y LE A G U E A A U
RACE T IG H T E N IN G UP
AS SEASON SHORTENS
Interest and tension are height­
ening this week in the Valley
league of A.A.U. basketball when
two top teams m eet tonight to
decide w hether one retains the
lead or w hether both tie for first
position.
Selby Chevrolet, the lead team
with 10 wins, will m eet Motor
Inn, second team with 8 wins and
1 loss, at the college gym nasium
at 7:30 p.m.
Players for Selby’s will Include
Bud Sliver, Tiny Jones, Jim Cave
and Charley W arren. Players tot
Motor Inn will be John Gray,
Dick Skow, Gene Earthing, Snuf-
fey Sm ith, Bob Rogers, Tex Gat
lin, Rusty M artindale and Jim
McClelland.
The Valley league, which con
slsts of eight teams: Jacksonville,
The Sham rocks, Talent, Motor
Inn, Selby's, Eagle Point, Pros
pect and Central Point, has a
schedule of two halves and the
w inner of the first half will play
the w inner of the second for the
opportunity to play the Medford
City League for the valley A.A.
U. championship.
W inner of the first half of the
Valley league schedule was S el­
by's and they continue to lead In
the second half.
W inner of the valley A.A.U.
cham pionship will be privileged
to go to Portland w here play-offs
will be for the northw est and the
honor of going to the National
A.A.U. tournam ent in D enver In
March.
W ednesday night Motor Inn
beat Talent, 58 to 34.
Judge Burns Weds
California C ouple......
Harvey David Evans bf Med­
ford took Miss Olive Clara I-a
M arr of Ft. Jones, California for
his bride last Sunday, February
2 at 2 o’clock. The cerem ony was
perform ed by Mrs. Nelle Burns
in her home 211 Van Ness Ave.
M E A T M A R K E T SOLD
Con DeVore, Medford, bought
the East Side Meat m arket from
Bob Van Vleet and W alter Remey
this week Ronald DeVore will
assist his father In operating the
CITY OFFERED AIRPORT
business.
Elmer V. Ayres and W. W.
Van Vleet and Remey made no
Brahs, have offered the Ashland announcem ent as to their future
airport to the city of Ashland for plans.
the 911.000 rem aining on their
contract w ith W. B and W. P.
MINISTERS MEET HERE
Hamby.
Sixteen Assembly of God min-
Clty councllmen Inspected the |sters and their wipes attended
field Tuesday, and a report as to the D istrict Fellowship m eeting
their decision will be filed in the of the Assemblie s o f G o d
near future.
( churches which was held in A sh­
land Monday, February 9.
The Rev. Leon Hall, G rants
Pass, presided over the meeting.
What They
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1.00 PER YEAR
Selby Chevrolet
And Motor Inn
Play Title Game
M ary Lou Hahn, who was in ­
stalled Tuesday night as Honor­
ed Queen of Job's Daughters,
Bethel No. 22.
Miss Hahn w ill
reign for the coming year. D a r­
lene Hale is the retiring queen.
Shirley Weitsel is the Senior
Princess. Margaret Wagner is the
Junior Princess, Venita Roberson
is the Guide, and Shirley Damon
is the Marshall
Plymouth Guild
Planning Bazaar
Two members of the State
Board of Higher Education, Dr.
R E. Klelnsorge, Chairm an ol
Buildings and Grounds, and
Charles Diyne, Executive Secre
tary. will be on the campus
Maich 5th to pass final approval
on Suzanne Homes ball and to
check location tor the future li­
brary.
The exact site of the new li­
brary building is still undeter­
mined. The building may appear
as a wing of Churchill Hall, ex-
tehding Into w hat is now the
parking lot west of the present
library and will serve as an a n ­
nex. The present plan is a new
building south of Churchill hall,
opposite Memorial Court.
Tickets Go On Sale
For Hall’s Luncheon
C. V. Richardson, secretary
manager of the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce, an­
nounced at the Chamber's
regular weekly luncheon that
tickets for the Governors
Luncheon w ill be on sale at
the Chamber office com­
mencing February 12.
The luncheon, scheduled
for February 23, is open to
the public under Chamber of
Commerce sponsorship.
Richardson announced that
due to the lim ited seating
capacity that reservations for
the luncheon must be made
by February 20.
Harvey Speaks To
C. of C. Members
m em bers of the Ashland C ham ­
ber of Commerce at their regular
Tuesday luncheon.
Harvey, who heads a Medic
engineering firm, spoke briefly
Plym outh Guild ladles of the
on the causes of the deficiencies
Congregational church announc­
of the w ater system before o u t­
ed this week that they were p lan ­
lining his recom m endations to­
ning to hold an Antique Bazaar
w ard improvement.
and Cooked Food sale at the
Harvey highlighted his talk
church, Siskiyou boulevard, F ri­
w ith interesting statistics for
day, February 20.
July, 1946, concerning the w ater
Articles which will be sold will
consumption of various coastal
consist of salvaged furnitu r e,
points, including G rants Pass,
dishes, and various usable a rti­
Medford, Pocatello, Idaho, F res­
cles which the church m em bers
no, California and Ashland. A sh­
had found in their attics and
land’s w ater consumption has
basem ents.
trebled th at of G rants Pass, ac­
A Sliver tea will also be served
cording to Harvey.
at the all day m eeting In the
T hirty-three
m em bers
and
Church that same day. The gen­
guests attended the luncheon, in ­
eral public is Invited to attend.
cluding Mayor Wiley, who was
They also held their regular
Dwight O. Welch, of Portland, introduced by the chairm an, C. V.
meeting last week, Jan u ary 28.
at 2 00 p.m. in the church. Mrs. Associate Secretary of the Pacific Richardson.
J. M. M urphy pi «sided. Mrs. - N orthwest Area Council of the
W inifred Rasmussen, Mrs. Jessie YMCA, m et with m em bers of the
Hodglns, Mrs. Jam es Jeter, Mrs. Board of Directors of the Ash­
George Miller and Mrs. E. P. land YMCA culbs, and represen­
tatives from Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y
Borden were hostesses.
G reen and yellow tapers adorn­ Clubs in the YMCA building
Tuesday evening, February 10.
ed the tables.
John E. Reed ow ner of the
Mr. Welch spoke on the “Youth
Reed M attress and Upholstery
Mrs. Wm. K. H arnden. Bellview and Governm ent Program ” now shop at 4th and A streets, is clos­
Is slowly recuperating from a being promoted by the YMCA ing the establishm ent and will
Two movie films: "The Invisible
long siege of the flu.
devote his entire tim e and a t­
Mr. and Mrs. Woody Johnson, Bridge” and “Men of Tom orrow” tention of the Reed Estate busi­
were
shown
at
the
meeting.
Medford called on her grand­
ness. Reed is associated with W.
m other, Mrs. G race Sikes, Bell­
Try the News Review Classi­ P. W right at 519*2 Siskiyou
view, Monday afternoon.
Boulevard in a firm known as
fied« for results.
Reed and Wright.
He also stated that they have
adopted the slogan “Figure with
Reed and W right and you never
will go wrong.”
Construction cost of the pro­
posed building will be 9400,000
Should the emergency bill pro­
viding for use of excess income
tax funds for educational facil­
ities be passed, construction will
begin next year. If this measure
it not approved, construction will
not begin until after the fall elec­
tion, when the public will vote
on the m easure now before the
state legislature.
... An extra 9200,000 has been ap ­
proved for the construction of a
men's dorm itory and a dem on­
stration school on the campus,
but further details are not avail­
able at this tim e..............................
Dwight 0. Welch Is
Speaker at YMCA
Reed Announces
Factory Closing
March Of Dimes
Jackson County Leads State In
Campaign To Aid Polio Victims
Dr. Hedlund Thanks
Vern Smith And All
Drive W orkers
C O N G R E G A T IO N A L IS T S A N D
PR ESB YTER IA N S LEA D
Hi-Y Members To
Govern For a Day
sentatives will take place later,
947
Half ol the lower floor of the
proposed building w ill be library,
the other part w ill be for art
rooms. The upper floor w ill be
uled for classrooms, having a
Opacity that w ill double present
facilities. The intereior of the
building w ill be ultra-modern;
the library w ill have movable
A. D. Harvey, consulting en ­
partitions, made possible by the
book shelves, for the convenience gineer, who has been retained by
of those wishing a smaller read the city council to survey Ash­
land’s w ater needs, addressed
¡ng room.
The Congregational and the
Presbyterians lead “A" division
The outstanding job in the and "B” division teams respect-
state of Oregon in the March o f , ively In the YMCA church league
Both teams
Dimes cam paign was done in basketball series.
Jackson county. T h at’s the con­ have 1000 per cent. The Congre­
gratulatory message telephoned gational team has won three
The m em bers of Ashland Lodge to Vern Sm ith, county chairman, games and lost none and the
No. 944, B. P. O. E. have arranged by Dr. E. T. Hedlund, state chair­ Presbyterian team has won four
a varied program of e n te rta in ­ man.
and lost none.
m ent to be presented before p at­
The Church of C hrist is in the
Dr. H edlund comm ended Jack-
ients of the Roseburg veterans son county for the various pro cellar in the “A" division with
hospital In April.
jects Initiated in the 1948 r riv e ,1 three losses arid the Methodist
Each month, a different Elks which were educational as w e ll1 church holds down the bottom
Lodge in Southern Oregon pro­ as effective fund raising vehicles. spot in the “B" division.
vides a program for the veterans.
Mr. Sm ith in tu rn announced
High point men last Saturday
Plans for the Ashland program his desire to thank every indivi­ w ere Ted Tenney of the YMCA
already include the high school dual, who participated In any “B” division team with 15 points,
band and orchestra and the high way in the drive. All organiza- Richard Brush of the Congrega­
school quartet. More e n te rta in ­ tions, such as lodges, clubs and tional “A” team with 12, and
m ent is expected to be added be­ G ranges did an outstanding job, H arvey Woods of the Presbyter-
fore the perform ance date, April too, he stated, as did newspapers, lan ‘‘B” team with 11 points.
24.
radio stations, schools, theaters
REH EA R SA LS BEGAN
and all com m ittee and com m un­
Rehearsals for the Easter con­
ity chairm en, He mentioned p a r­
ticularly the lette r w riting con- cert to be presented by the Unit-
test and the am ateur show, which j ed Choirs of Ashlartd, began last
F rank Van Dyke, form er A sh­ w ere offered the public for the | T hursday and will continue each
land attorney, is a m em ber of first tim e in the 1948 drive.
T hursday evening at 8:15 at the
the com m ittee which will guide
“It would be Impossible to M ethodist church. O. C. Bjorlle
the Youth and G overnm ent pro­ thank every person, Individually, is directing the group again this
gram of the Pacific Northw est who helped m ake this drive a year.
council of the Young Men’s C hris­ success. The cooperation has been
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tian Association.
w onderful throughout Jackson
Mrs. M argaret Rouhier, 248 5th
M embers of the Ashland H-Y county and I w ant all participants street a form er employee of the
will participate in the program to know th eir efforts were truly Spotlight Cafe, and her three
which will consist of a practical appreciated by the Jackson c o u n -, sons, Dannie, Tommie, and Jim -
legislative convention In Salem ty com m ittee and by the state mle have all had the flu.
this April. Hl-Y m em bers will a c t' com m ittee.’” Mr. Sm ith conclud
Mr. and Mrs. Ravmond "/ik o n
as legislators for one day and ed.
will operate a legislative assem- j Don M acW hirter and Dyer H u s-, Richmond, California visited his
bly. Selection of Ashland repre- ( ton w ere co-chairm en for the brother and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Show Planned For
Roseburg Hospital
Formerly fl»a’
Southern Oregon
Minor
93.00 per year
Ashland campaign.
i A- B. Wllaon of Strawberry Uane,
Birthday Party For
Nancy Lou Graber
VOL. 14 NO. 49
Friday Date For
Kiwanis - Y.M.C.A.
Boxing Exhibition
T H IR T Y THREE BOYS TO
T A K E PA R T IN BOUTS
AT SOC G Y M
The first Boxing Exhibition of
the Kiwanis - Y.M.C.A. Boxing
Club will be held in the S outh­
ern Oregon College Gym. Friday
night, February 13. The Boxing
Club with 36 members ranging
in age from nine to eighteen years
has been in operation for a p er­
iod of the past four months
Instruction periods under the
direction of John Cherny and Don
E. W right have been held weekly
in the Senior High School Gym.
The Boxing Exhibition Friday
night will be the first of a series
of such public Boxing shows plan
ned by the group.
Officials for the Exhibition F ri­
day night will be from the m em ­
bership of the Ashland Kiwanis
Club and will include: A nnoun­
cer - Walt Hamby; Time Keeper
- Ernie Fulgham ; Judges: Phil
B ryant and B ert Miller; A ssist­
ant seconds: Ed Stevens and O. E.
Stevens and O. E. Sabin; Dress­
ing Room A ttendants: Fred Mor-
thy Keating, Roy Wiltse, M arvin
Bracker, and Harvey Imel; U sh­
ers: George Andrews, Gle n n
Mathews, Eldon Scripter, and
Jack Pruitt.
M embers of the Boxing Club
taking part in the Exhibition are
Charles Rensfield, Jo h n Mac-
W hirter, John Van Dyke, Timo-
Ian, M artin Medack, Dr. William
Maxwell, Donald Gilliam, Don­
ald Johnson, Robert W right, M ar­
tin Kasser, Bernard Kasser, Rob­
ert Cherney, John Cherney, H ar­
vey Sorenson, Raymond Gilliam,
Jim m ie Rouhier, Jack Rouhier,
K enneth Dye, Marvin G ardner,
Eldon Lane, Larry W ray, Bobby
Snider, Richard B arnett, LaVerne
Haptonstall, John Johnson, Jerry
Miller, K enneth Wells, Charles
Merwin, Jack Briggs Henry L or­
enz, Edw ard Osgood. John Smith,
and Bill Simpson.
STEVEN SO N SPEAKS TO
UPPER V A L L E Y CLUB
The U pper Valley Community
Club held its regular meeting at
the Bellview Grange Hall last
W ednesday with a 1:30 p.m. lun­
cheon. Hostesses were Mrs. Clara
Kincaid, Mrs. Pearl Koble, Mrs.
Ray Lesle. Mrs. Ida Woodward,
and Mrs. B arbara Moore. Forty
ladles were present including six
new members.
Dr. Elmo Stevenson of South­
ern Oregon College gave an ad­
dress and exhibit on “Bird Life.”
The m em bers of the club will
draw names at the next m eeting
for their “secret pals”.
Restrictions Put
On Canadian Mail
E. E. Vail, Ashland postm aster,
announced today that inform ation
has been received from the pos­
tal adm inistration of Canada that
the im portation of m any types of
m erchandise into that country is
either entirely prohibited or ad­
m itted only if a perm it has been
granted the prospective im porter
by the Canadian M inister of F i­
nance.
Therefore, effective at once,
postm asters are directed not to
accept m erchandise for m ailing
to Canada, unless the sender has
assurance that the addressee will
be perm itted to receive the con­
tents. As an exception, occasion­
al parcels, addressed to individ­
uals and not exceeding $5.00 in
value, containing bona fide u n ­
solicited gifts, but no advertis­
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ing m atter or tobacco, will be ad­
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m itted into Canada. The endorse­
m ent to be placed on these p ar­
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jacobs, cels bv the sender is “Unsolicited
Dixon, California, and Ignatz G ift.”
Krenowicz, Oshkosh, Nebraska,
have been visiting the J. F. E n­
Mrs. W. N. Wycoff, 131 Mead
gels
street is reported as improving
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. U ergen are during the past week, since her
rem odeling their home at Clover retu rn from Sacred H eart Hospi­
Lane on Highway 66.
tal.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Commarn
The I.O.O.F. Lodge of Ashland
and children, Elene and Donald is holding a Free Public card
are building a new home on Crow party next Saturday.
son road near his sister and fam ­
Mrs. Am anda C herry and C. D.
ily’s, Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Tow n­ Colbough of Medford were among
send.
the large crowd of out of town
Geo. Legary and son, Elmer, guests attending the Fellowship
M anitoba, Canada arrived last supper and m eeting a t the Assem­
T hursday at the home of Mr. and bly of God Church in Ashland
Mrs. Ralph Mickle, Neri Creek last Monday night, February 9.
enroute home from a tour of the
Ed King, Dewey street who was
M idw estern states. They plan to formerly with Reed’s mattress
leave the last of this week for company, is now employed in an
Vancouver.
upholstery shop in Medford.
A birthday party was given in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. A.
Taylor, 125 Nutley street, in hon­
or of their daughter. Nancy G ra­
ber’s fourteenth birthday.
The party was held during the
evening of Friday, F ebruary 6. A
decorated cake, ice cream and
hot chocolate was served the
guests. Many games and prizes
w ere enjoyed by the group.
Among those present were:
Ann Vail, Patricia Dean. P a tri­
cia Austin, Betty Clary, Sandra
Clary, Pauline Davis, Bonnie P e t­
ers, Delores Miller, Patsy Me-
W hirter, Carol Culp, Barbara
Rensfield, and Nancy Lou Dunke-
son.