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NEWS REVIEW
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ASHLAND, JACKS! >N COUN I Y, O REGO N
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I hurtday, April az, 194K
Vol. I j, No. 7.
An excerpt from Harris Ell»-
I
Worth's weekly news letter I k C L E A N U P D A Y
worthy of inclusion In this week's
doing the town. Ellsw orth points
out.
Among the Shriners who will
Peter Rabbit came to life in
“The Sub-com m ittee on Hospi­
attend the Spring Cerem onial of
Medford
last Saturday when
talization of the Veteran* Affairs
Kerak Temple of Keno at W inne­
m em bers of the Second G rade
Com m ittee of the House reported
On Saturday morning, April 24
G R IZ Z L IE S PLACE F IR S T
mucca this weekend are four
my Cam p White Hospital hill
IN "B" D IV IS IO N
Brownie
troop,
directed
by
Mis.
Ashland
members
of
Hlllah
Tem
­
the
F J. Runtz Paint Co. of M ed­
TR A C K M EET 4 SPR IN G
favorably to the full comm ittee
ple. They include Phil Stansbury,
W
E.
Hulshof
and
Mrs.
Joe
Glod-
ford
will open a branch store in
C
L
E
A
N
U
P
ARE
C
O
M
B
IN
E
D
The Ashland Grizzlies romped
The hill I k H It 21)71 and is Iden­
Henry Enders, Sam Jordan, and
oski
presented
a
skit
at
the
Ashland
located in the Dodge
to victory Saturday in the B Div­
tical with a hill introduced in
Students at Ashland h i g h Herman Mayberry.»
Brownie
Revel.
building
at
137 E. Main St.
the Senate by Senator Morse. It school put In big days W ednesday
The city of W innemucca has ision of the 11th Annual Hay­
Troops from all over Jackson
The new store will be under
directs the Veteran* Adminlatra*- and Thursday when the annual made preparations to welcome ward Relays in Eugene coming
county attended the revel and the m anagement of E. J. Davis,
tion to take over the Cutnp White Cam pus day event was held In some 800 Nobles of the O rder of
Hospital and use it as a facility conjunction with the second a n ­ the Mystic Shrine. The Shriners away with 68 points over the each troop gave a skit. Eighteen form erly a paint salesman in this
for th f dom iciliary care of v et­ nual Lion's club Track and Field are planning to hold a pageant nearest competitor and w inner of Ashland Brownies were present. territory for the Dutch Boy com­
Mothers who attended included: pany.
erans.
carnival, featuring George Full and parade In the northern Nev­ the '47 relays, Cottage Grove Mrs. R. S. Mays, Mrs. Homer Bis­
F. J. Runtz, principal owner
"The House Veterans Affairs erton. form er Ashland high ada city which will rival the be­ with 57 4 points.
sell,
Mrs.
W.
E.
Polenz,
Mrs.
Jean
of
the company, has been in the
Committee Is divided into sever­ school athlete.
tween the halves perform ance at
The broad jum p (individual? Reagan, Mrs. Larry Basey, and paint contracting business in
al sub-com m ittees
Euch su b ­
the
East-W
est
Shrine
football
was won by Ken Harker, Cottage Mrs. Robert Dodge.
The sophomore boys under the
Medford for some years and 3
comm ittee specializes In one p a r­ direction of Marten Yoder p a in t­ game, played every Jan u ary 1 at Grove with a distance of 20 feet
years ago opened his Medford
ticular division of veterans' leg­ ed the Big A. Royal G ardner a n d ' ^ ‘‘n Fianclaco.
2 4 Inches with Glen Nelson of
paint store.
islation The Hospital Sub-com ­ the shop boys and G rizzly . Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Ashland second with 19 feet 114 SR. CLASS P L A Y IS
JUDGED A SUCCESS
Sherm an Hadley, forme r 1 y
m ittee, headed by K representa- Knights rebuilt the back tennis will attend from Salt Lake city, inches.
Audiences filled the Junior with the General Paint Company,
tive Bernard W Kearney of New court fence. Frank O'Neil led the j Boise, Idaho, San Francisco, O ak­
The pole vault (individual) was
York, held hearings on the Camp Senior boys in a project to fix land, Sacram ento, Las Vegas, won by Nelson, Ashland vaulting High school gymnasium on Mon­ and now m anager of the Medford
day and Tuesday evenings when store is credited with a great deal
Whit«1 hill and made a cureful the truck and clean up the foot­ Boulder, and Ashland.
10 feet 3 inches.
the Senior class of Ashland High of the foresight and initiative In
study of the entire problem. It ball field. The Junior boys under
The distance medley was won presented the annual Senior play, opening the branch in Ashland.
is the general practice for th<- full the direction of Bob Sheridan
by Ashland with Roy G raber, this year entitled “Seven Keys to
A prize of four tum blers will
com m ittee to accept without cleaned up the area about the
Bob LaBlanc. Bill Allen and Don Bald pate”.
be given to each adult who visits
much question the reports of the
Wolff running the distance in
tennis courts.
Playing to the receptive aud­ the new store after 9 a.m. S a tu r­
sub-committee*. I am hopeful,
14 25.
The
S°Pbomore
boys
and
the
ience were Bud Kincaid, M arilyn day morning and also during the
therefore, that the bill will sh o rt­
The javelin throw was won by Bears, M arilyn Miller, Eileen m orning the company will dem ­
ly la- reported to the Floor of Tri Hl club with Giles Green as
Jerry
Mitchell, Ashland with a Michael, Bob Phillips, Jerry onstrate a rem arkable new line
supervisor cleaned up the assem ­
Miss Carm en Bean, daughter of
the House.
throw of 153 feet 6 inches.
bly.
Mrs.
Blegle
took
the
Span­
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Jay
Bean,
Ashland
I Richardson, Virginia Lutz, Char- of w ater-thinned enamel.
"It seems to me that the facts
The 440 (4 at 110) was won by lés Eliason, Bill Bissell, Ruedi
The Ashland branch will carry
ish
1
class
and
housecleaned
was
chosen
queen
of
the
Gold
and the argum ents in favor of
Cottage Grove with Ashland Vest, Milton
Morrison and Shir- the same lines as the Medford
the passage of the Camp White rooms 28, 29, and 22. Miss Louise and Green ball given at D ream ­ placing second.
store including paints, varnishes,
ley Weitzel.
Hospital hill are so compelling Brown and the Rogue News staff land hall in Medford Friday
Shotput (three men) was won
The play was directed by Jerry enamels, wallpaper, wind o w-
thut It should be approved by cleaned room 23 and the P ubli­ night by the M utual Im prove­ by Harold Simmons, Louie L an­
m ent association of the L atter
McDougal. Elmer Biegel was shades and window glass.
the House without much opposi­ city room.
ger and Je rry Randall.
Day
Saints'
church.
O
ther
candi­
electrician
and Curtis Vail and as prom pter and make up was
Mrs.
Hugh
Collins
and
the
d
e­
tion, but It is well to rem em ber
In the spring medley Ashland
thut u piece of legislation does bate squad cleaned the trophy dates for the queen honor were placed second wtih Cot t a g e Barbara Gertson were in charge handled by Keith Hopkins, Mick­
of the set. Lela Fay Linn acted ey McKeever and Jean Nichols.
not become law until It Is passed case and rooms 23 and 21. The Miss Louise Tenny and Miss Grove taking first.
by both house* and signed by the Honor Society with Miss Mary Louise W hiting, Ashland.
Ashland placed first in the
The queen was selected in a
President. The Camp White Hos­ M cLarnen cleaned o ff the top
shuttle
(at 325, 5 low )),w ith Glen
pital bill has a long road yet to lockers and also rooms 31, 32, 33. ceremony which had flower girls
Nelson,
Charles Adams, and H ar­
presenting
each
of
the
candidates
Senior
girls
with
Mrs.
Sm
ith
travel."
old
Simmons
entered.
And then there's the guy who washed window and swept the with bouquets of daffodils. The
Final team standings were:
candidate
who
found
a
gold
star
tennis
courts.
Mrs.
Sheridan
and
started u skunk farm so the gov­
Ashland 68, Cottage Grove 5 7 4 ,
ernm ent would keeps its nose out the Ju n io r girls prepared lunch in her bouquet was crow ned Marshfield 25, Molalla 17, Red­
queen.
for the school.
of his business.
Among the flower girls were mond 15, Coiumbla Prep 134,
Miss Dorothy U nderkolfer and
Priscilla
Nielson, Ruth Bean, and, Seaside 13. Hood River 114, Uni-
the Sophom ore girls cleaned the
I versity High (Eugene) 104, New-
Dennis
Barnes,
Ashland.
girls dressing room, the gym nas­
I port 10. Forest Grove 4. Junction
ium stage, and the gym walls.
! City, Sweet Home and Scappose
OK
CAFE
S
C
H
ED
U
LE
IS
Mrs. Edith Good and the Trl-
Hi-Y cleaned rooms 1 and 2 and C H A N G E D T H IS W EEK
The OK Cafe, which has been
The public library has, w ithin the chem istry lab.
dosing
on Tuesdays, has adopted TALENT LIONS CLUB
The Hi-Y boys under the d ir ­
the last few months, received
a new schedule. A fter May sec« , ^TRAVELS TO GOLD HILL
ection
of
laiuls
Langer
pie
pa
red
m em orial book gifts In honor of
ond, the cafe will be open every* The regular meeting of the
Mrs. Homer Billings, Mr. John the pits and equipm ent for weln- day except Sunday.
j Lions, scheduled for Thursday,
W Mills, Sr., Mrs. E. V C arter, er roasting. Ed Beare and the Jr. ------------------------------------------------ ' April 22, was postponed and all
L etterm en worked on the road­
and Mr. Jackson Gyger.
1 m em bers who could journeyed to
way behind the school. Curtis neatly.
Gold Hill to attend the Presenta-
Memorials, in the form of Vail and the boys from the cast
Though it rained somewhat
books placed In the public lib r­ of "Seven Keys to B aldpate” took 1 during the day no spirits were tion of C harter ceremonies of the
Gold Hill Club. The C harter i
ary, are recognized as suitable down the play set and stored i t . dampened.
night of the Talent Club will be
and lasting rem em brances. This
held on the evening of May 15.
m ethod of cherishing the memory
of friends or loved ones benefits
m any people besides giving com ­
main floor Is largely taken up by
fort to the im m ediate family.
the sanctuary, and the balcony
Books of this designation are
contains a class room.
m arked with a suitable pictor­
Heating throughout is electri­
ial book plate, which Is inscrib­
Ceremonies m arking the 50th anniversary of the First Church of cal and was furnished by Valley
ed with the name of the p e r­ C hrist will be held this coming Sunday at the new stru ctu re at 249 Refrigeration. M aterials for the
son in whose memory the book Is B street, according to M rs.'Jess Hili, who is in charge of the program. construction were obtained from >n,Sh/ ^
b€^an the Hourine treatment to pre-
Special events on the program will include the Prelude by Miss
given, and the names of the per­
Bosshard
lumber,
Ashland
lum-«▼•nt
tooth
decay
which
has
been
^om m endX 7
Pr* '
sons or organization m aking the Phyllis Rae Downing, two v i o l i n ------------------------------------------------ ber. Bellview lumber, Copeland , Dental Association. In the picture above Dr William F American
solos
by
Harlalee
Wilson,
a
song
house, and the C hautaqua build­ yards, Porter lumber, Pine Mt. 'a p p ly in g a flourine solution to the teeth of 'M iss M ary’ W a te rb J r^
gift. Selection of the bonks Is
made by either mem bers of the by the Grils sextet, the A nniver­ ing. In 1900 the first church build lum ber company and Taylor lum- j ancl ls be ,n 9 assisted by M|ss Jackie Lowe.
_______ ___ _____
family, the donor, or the lib ra r­ sary prayer by the Rev. Earl ing was built on the site where ber mill. Planing of the unfinish- J
Downing, the main address by the present one now stands A
ians.
ed
lum
ber
was
done
by
Mistletoe
Dentists in Ashland may be by proper treating and filling
Prof. Wm. Siefke, a solo by Ray­ wing was added to this building
Planing mill, Fountain mill, and cutting their own throats but this: prior to the fluorination treat-
mond
Renzema,
the
history
of
Jean E berhart is aiding the
In 1926, and it was these two Fir Milling and Planing. Pumice last month they took a chance ment. Local dentists pointed out
Cam pfire girls by giving safety the church by Mrs. Jess Hill, and structures which burned.
block was obtained from Build­ anyhow and started treating
a song by the mail quartet.
lessons.
The new church, w here the an­ e r’s Supply company. Plum bing children's teeth w ith a fluorine th a t the fluorine will not stop de­
The anniversary services are niversary services will be held,
cay that is laready present, it will
was by Speece and sons.
solution to prevent future tooth only aid in preventing future de­
being held in the newly erected has been under construction for
The block work was done by decay.
cay.
the p a st two years. It is a pumice E. L. Gordon. Charles Martin. I For several years experim ents
A complete oral prophylaxis or
block building, 45x90, with a and Harold Martin. Heavy con­ have been carried out by the
basem ent, m ain floor and a bal­ struction was supervised by J e r ­ State Dental association and the cleaning of the teeth is done
cony.
ry Sleppy.
Am erican Dental association to just prior to the treatm ent in o r­
The basem ent will be, used for
Excavating was done by the develop a means by which fluor­ der that the fluorine will pene­
social gatherings and classes. The Tru Mix Concrete company, and ine could be incorporated into the trate to all coiners of the teeth.
cem ent was from Lininger and body so that it would unite with A rubber dam is then applied to
sons. Acme Roofing did the roof the tooth structure and reduce wall of the rest of the mouth
from the teeth and the fluorine is
work and the finish work in the decay.
RADIO BROADCAST
either
applied with a cotton swab
building was supervised by J A.
First indication that fluorine
Putman.
SCHEDULE
prevented tooth decay was when or sprayed on the teeth with an
H ardw are supplies and paint dentists noticed that people from atomizer.
Each tooth m ust be fluorinated
for
the new building were fu rn ­ areas of the country w here there
Friday, A pril 23
four
times at intervals of from
ished
by
Simpson
Hardware,
was
a
high
fluorine
content
in
the
9:05 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
four days to one week in order
M
arshall
Wells
store,
H
ardy’s
i
w
ater
had
little
or
no
tooth
de­
1:30 p. m-3:30 p.m.
hardw are. Ashland General hard- I cay. Certain areas in Texas, Col- to complete the treatm ent.
8:00 p.m,-9:15 p.m.
ware, and Imel's Paint store.
I orado, and Oregon had a particu­
Treatm ents can start when a
c h u rc h 'w h ic h was built on th e '
larly high fluorine content in the child is three years old and con­
Saturday. A pril 24
site of the old church which bur-
w ater being used and residents tinue until all baby and adult
ned in Septem ber, 1946.
10:40 a.m.-12:00
of those regions had a m inimum teeth are fluorinated.
The Church of C hrist originat- ,
of tooth decay.
1:15 p. m.-2.15 p.m.
Ashland dentists warned again­
ed
in Ashland, April 3, 1898
From a study of the w ater in st taking fluorine in pills or as
8:00 p.m. to conclusion
when Evangelist J. B. Lister be­
J those areas and from the results troches as they have been found
gan a series of m eetings in the
of several years experim entation to be useless and may be danger­
Through the co-operation of
C hautauqua building for people
it was discovered th at a 2% sol­ ous.
KWIN, the Mart is sponsoring
interested in founding a new
ution of sodium fluoride when
Fluorination of the w ater sup­
these broadcasts to devote ev ­ Testam ent church. On Tuesday
properly applied directly to the ply which has been suggested is
evening, April 19 the Christian
ery available radio hour these
teeth reduced decay 40 to 50%. still in the experim ental stages
church of Ashland was organized
two days to the Music Festival
Jackson county dentists atten d ­ though some day some authori­
w ith 32 members.
ed a schooling session on how to ties believe that entire cities will
at Southern Oregon College.
This coming Sunday, 50 years
apply sodium fluoride solution in be free from tooth decay because
Ashland Is proud of its High
later the present m em bers of the
Medford the first of April. The of the addition of proper amounts
church are planning to celebrate
School band and so arc wc nt
process is com paratively simple, of fluorine to the drinking water.
the passage of the first 50 years.
however, preparation of the teeth
The dentists have pointed out
The first m inister was J. Tout.
before the fluorination m ust be th at although fluorination of
I Tw o mem bers of the group who
exact and carefully carried out teeth is very effective it does not
I signed the charter are known to
so that m aximum benefits are ac­ insure that teeth are imm une to
be living, they are: A rthur Ble­
complished.
decay. Proper diet and oral hy
vins and Beulah Caldwell.
The first step in the process ac­ giene are continually necessary.
During the first two years the
Y*ars ago this m onth the Church of C hrist was founded in cording to dentists who attended
The treatm ent can be given to
270 East Main Phone 8011
chuich was in existence the con- Ashland and two years later, in 1900 the first portion of the old the school
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is to X -_rf
-ray — all _____
teeth ... to adults but so far the m ajority of
giegation m et at various places church was built. The photo shows how it looked at that tihe. The determ ine the extent of any pre- treatm ents have been done on
including the City hall, the Opera naw church, which ha* just ^ean computed, is shown above, le f t
sent decay, this is then corrected children’s teeth.
High School Gets
Spring Cleaning
Four Local Shriners
I Off To Winnemucca
Track Team Wins
Hayward Relays
Ashland Brownies
Present Rabbit Skit
F, J. Runtz Opens
Ashland Branch
Carmen Bean Is
G & G Ball Queen
Dentists Begin Using Fluorine
To Help Prevent Decay In Teeth
Library Receives
Books As Gifts
Church of Christ Congregation
Plan 50th Anniversary Ceremony
M usic
Fest IVd
MA I T