Festival to be
August 11-28
Sotiik&m ôleça+i
Formerly the
OKfcloOLrfsfiPER
Oregon Shakespearean Festi­
Southern Oreqoa
Miner
val AxMoelatiori will present the P u 111 $ ijf kj 4 (s © i «noi
$3.00 per year
eighth a n n u a l Shaketipeureun
festival August II thruugh the
28th, under the direction of A n­
gus L. Bowmer. These plays will
he presented in the Elizabethan 3.00 PEH YEAR
A S III.A N lI, JACKSON CO UN TY, OKF.GON T I,„r,J ,y. | u„ e,„.
manner.
Volume i j . Number 14
"Othello," " L o v e 's Labour’s
S K IS N l k i
law t," "King John," and "The
M erchant n I Venice" are the
plays to he presented this year.
According to Robert E. Dodge,
president of the association, th e '
Annual Guard T raining Camp
$11).(10 yeurly sponsoring m em -1 Bruce Smith, Gordon Miller.
for
all Rogue River National
Bond election for the Ashland
bershlps wdl Include eight ad ­ R e v e re n d G eo rg e M S ch u m an .
Forest
employees Is to be held School District 5 will be schedul­
missions this ear, and will also Dorothy Morris, Richard J o y ,
from June 9 to 11, eleven miles ed for July 15, was the decision
Include federal tax. Letters were Fred Haight, Kay Clark, M ar­
gery
McClary,
T
o
d
Tlddutt,
of the Board of Directors at its
east of Butte halls.
mailed out to all persons who
Bob Phillips, John Lane«, Vemta
This school is prim arily for regular m eeting Monday evening.
held m emberships last year in
the training of lookouts and The entire Board was present to
(lie association asking them to Roberson, Dr Elmo Stevenson,
and Harry Kannasto have signed
smoke
chasers employed for the go over the plans which Marion
riiicw their m em berships, In or­
Stokes, architect pf Stokes and
sum m er months.
der to obtain funds to complete entry blanks to ented A shland’s
City Tennis tournam ent that will
Forester Don Stoner from the Allyn, had brought down for the
the construction of the stage.
begin June 13, according to Ray
Supervisor’s office in Medford Is consideration of the board m em ­
Fletcher, head of the local Y M
bers.
in charge of the training camp.
C. A
The George A. Briscoe school
The Ashland District person­
Dr. William E Bracker, who
nel that are attending as students will be built south of the p re ­
heads the Y M C A. tennis com ­
are; John O'Connor, dispatcher sent W ashington school so as not
m ittee, announces that the dead­
in the Ashland Office; Hal J e w ­ to disturb the old building until
line for entry in the tournam ent
ett, headquarters firem an; Mi­ the new one will be ready for
Talent, June 9--C i t y water Is June 10th Entry fees are 25
chael Rayes, Robinson B utte occupancy. Additional space Is to
h o o k s have been printed and are cents for junior division and 50
lookout: and Henry Nahss, Big be added at Lincoln whici> will
flow being offered for sale. As cents for seniors, and blanks for
make that a 12 teacher school.
Elk Guard.
soon as the sale Is consum m ated, entering are available at Eber­
Having had some difficulty in
Ranger Harold Thomas and
the contract for excavating the harts, Marshall Wells, Ashland
District Assistant Bob Dunn will securing ample space at t he
well will be awarded.
Hardware, A A B Sports Shop,
act as instructors along with four W ashington site the Board deci­
Chief Cooper says there will Biard's Hardware, The Rogue
other Rogue River Rangers and ded that it would be wise to p u r­
probably be a w ater shortage Men's Shop, W estern Auto, F ire­
chase from the City the front 10
assistants.
dining the time the well Is being stone, Cham ber of Commerce,
The Ashland office will not acres of the Axel property on
dug since the site is the same as and the Y.M.C.A building.
open the rem ainder of this week W alker Avenue. As the city
the present lower well.
Fletcher also announced that
grows this will give room for e x ­
because of the school.
aw ards for this year’s tournam ent
pansion of the school facilities.
COMMUNITY CHEST PLAN
are In the form of a small gold
Business and civic leaders of statue m ounted on a base, and
tin1 various cities and counties will be on display at a later
o f Oiegon are deeply concerned date. These trophies were dona­
Gladys M argaret Barton, who
regarding the many campaigns ted by the Ashland Home and
is
employed a t the Ashland
for funds which are continually Auto Supply, Ashland Sporting
Laundry, m arried O t t o Carl
taking place In the various coun­ Goods, The Rogue Men’s Shop,
Abercrombie of Rt. 2, Ashland,
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Nugent
ties, according to t h e many and the Oak S treet Tank &
June 2, at the Chapel of Rocks of Chico, California have p u r­
RUTH
AUGUSTA
TURNER
Steel.
Individual
medals
will
be
com m ents appearing in the dully
and Roses, Medford. The Rev­ chased the L itw iller Funeral
Talent, June 8---M embers of
given by the Cham ber of Com­
and weekly newspapers.
R u t h Augusta Turner, 619 erend D. E. Millard performed
home from Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
the
Talent
Grange
m
ade
co
n
tri­
merce.
Jackson County last year made
South Central, Medford, Oregon,
Litw iller. Mr. Nugent has been
butions of tinned food and cloth­ died at the home of her son, the ceremony.
some progress In consolidating
The bride wore a pink and operating a m ortician business In
ing for the flood victims of the Monday, May 31 .Funeral ser­
the many campaigns for funds by
Columbia River area this week vices were held for her at the blue flowered silk dress with Chico for the past seven years,
raising funds for 10 state agencies
black accessories, and carried a and previous to th at time wa>
Collections were made by Mrs.
at one time under the name of
Litw iller funeral home at 1:30 corsage of purple Iris, spirea, in Reno, Nevada. Both Mr. and
Clarence Walden.
the Oregon Chest and during the
o'c l o c k , Wednesday afternoon, and rosebuds. Mrs. John Greach-
Mrs. Nugent are graduates of the
At the last m eeting of the
sam e drive with t h e same
June 2. with burial In the Ash­ er attended the bride as m atron
State
Teacher’s College in Chico,
Grange,
held
June
3,
Mr.
and
am ount of effort ruixed funds
land cemetery.
Mrs. Bette Hampton, C hair­
tor certain local character build- man of the "Miss Ashland" Mrs. Dale Momany were obliga- ! Mrs. T urner was 85 years of of honor, and John Greacher and Mr. Nugent is a graduate of
served the groom as best man.
ted in the first and second degree 1
the San Francisco College of Em­
in agencies.
beauty pageant, announced this by M aster Lloyd Lacy.
The groom Is employed by balming. The Nugents will be at
I age at the time of her death and
This combining of campaigns
week that at the present time
Raymond Inlow, m aster of the was born February 19, 1863 In the Cascade Fir & Pine Co. of 105 Nob Hill, w here they have
in tbe Community Chest Is a for­
Jacksonville, Maine, and has re­ Ashland, where the couple will purchased a home. .They have
there are nine girls entered in Bellview grange was a visitor.
w ard step because it elim inates the contest that will be held
sided In Oregon for the past m ake their home.
I two children, Nancy Ann, and
m any solicitations thereby re ­
tw enty years. Her parents were
Ju^y
2,
in
the
Ashland
A
'V
tfy
-
The bride is the daughter oil Michael.
lieving the business men <g our The girls are Margery N ew ton,'
Mr. and Mi-s. Alfred Hanscom.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barton ofi
Mr. and Mrs. Litw iller have
com m unities from being contin­
She Is survived by Grove Bry Corvallis, Oregon. Mr. and M rs.* been operating the funeral home
Eugenia
Moore,
Lucille
Huilun-
I
ually harassed by a large num ber
ant of Medford and a brother Herm an Abercrombie of Phil­ since 1935, and will continue to
of individual solicitors and from der, Ann Pirtle, Betty Jean
John
Hansom, Seattle. Washing omath, Oregon, are parents of assist the Nugents in the busines
being pressed Into service on a Hartsock, Rena Russell. Aliena
ton.
the groom.
Owens.
W
illette
Harnden
and
Monday
evening,
June
7,
Wil­
for an indefinite period.
large n u m b e r of campaigns.
Doris Carouthers.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Harmon
liam
McGee
was
introduced
to
Also, In the organization of the
These g i r l s a r e tentatively ten mem bers of the Ashland WILLIAM EDY BUTLER
worked Sunday on their house
Com m unity C h e s t w a s the
William
Edy
Butler,
Walker
sponsored
by
the
following
m
er­
in Medford, painting and rede­
Cham
ber
of
Commerce,
at
a
thought that a combined cam ­
Avenue,
died
in
the
Ashland
chants:
Pentzer’s
Dress
Shop.
corating
the interior.
dinner
meeting
in
the
Elks
paign saves considerable expense
Twin
Plunges,
Southern
Oregon
Community
hospital,
Thursday,
club
dinning
room.
McGee
is
Talent. Ju n e 8 - T h e C rater
and so ullows a higher percent­
News Review, Soroptom ist Club,! the newly elected seretary of the May 27. Services were conducted
Mrs. Lovina Shore had word Lake Cam pfire girls collected
age of the contributors money
to go to the cause for which It Fortm illers, W e 11 z. el s D epart-I Cham ber, und assumed his duties for him in the Litw iller Funeral from her son, Robert Ervin, clothing for the relief of flood
chapel, Saturday, .May” 29, at who is in Japan that he had victims in the Portland-V anport
ment Store, Varsity Theater, Ll- the 1st of June.
wus intended.
Following the dinner Ed Sing- 1:30 o'clock by the Reverend A. slipped, fallen, and h urt him ­ area last week. They closed the
Mr. H. (J. Enders of Ashland thia Theater, Busch Motor Com­
was City C hairm an for the Com­ pany, Ashland Cabinet Works m aster, president of the Cham ­ J. Edwards of the Nazarene self. Robert is in the United drive Tuesday.
ber, introduced Mr. McGee to church. Burial was m ade in the States Army and works as a
Next meeting of the cam pfire
m unity Chest campaign last year and Marshall Wells store.
carpenter.
Mrs. Hampton also ann o u n ­ the small group. McGee stated: Ashland cem etery
girls will be Friday, Ju n e 18, at
and according to the reports
Mr. Butler was the son of
the city hall at 7:30. Any girl, 10
from the Oregon Chest office at ced that any m erhant that would "that h e thought Ashland a
Mrs. Rice of Denver, Colora­ yeans old. is urged to ome as
Salem a splendid campaign was like to enter a young lady be­ friendly town and already felt Mary C. Johnson Butler and
made by the citizens of the city tween the ages 18 and 28, single, quite at home here.” He didn’t William E. Butler who crossed do is visiting her daughter, the group hopes to start a club of
under his leadership. Pluns are to please contact the Ashland mae any convictions as to his the plains from Illinois in 1848 Mrs. Robert Lugar, this week. girls in that age bracket.
being made for the Community Cham ber of Commerce, a n d plans as he stated, "that he and settled in Southern Oregon Mrs. Rice will return to Denver
Chest campaign to be held this I leave her name with Bill Me- would like to have a little more in 1850. He was born January Thursday and take Mrs. L u­ HOME ECONOMICS CLUB
30, 1866.
gar’s daughter. Pamela, with
The regular m onthly meeting
Fall and It Is recognized th at, Gee, secretary of the Chamber. time to get acquainted.”
her.
Butler
was
a
stock
rancher
in
of the Talent Grange sponsored
Singrnaster
then
I
n
t
r
o
duced
this Is a crucial year inasm uch'
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. P e terso n , Home Economics club was held
Jam es Osborn, who is conducting Valley View all his life. Survi
as if the com m unity wants a I
greater federation of campaigns, |
a campaign to get new members vors are his daughter, Mrs visited Mr. and Mi's. G ordon1 Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Emma Kilgore of Klam ath Falls, Greenwood of Medford Sunday. ) Clarence Walden.
in the Cham ber of Commerce
then the Chest campaign must
Oregon
and a son, Jam es F. B ut­
be a success.
Osborn pointed out that he had
gotten ten new members last ler of Auburn, California, also
W. G. Simpson, Don Evans, week, who include: Acme Roof­ eight grandchildren and four
Carl Hall, Cornelius Rost, Roy ing, Scheffel & Gilman, Evcel great grandchildren. A brother,
Elliot, Floyd Crossland, Carvil Dress Shop, Bill Snider, Vic’s John F. Butler, also resides In
Rost and Robert Rost will attend Camera, C. R. Foster, Alfreds Ashland.
the 27th annual state encam p­ Flower Shop, College Cleaners, EMERY L. NEAL
ment of the Veterans of Foreign and Sullivan's Signs.
Funeral Services were held foi
Singrnaster reports that the
Wurs, June 15, in Pendleton. Mrs.
Em
ery L. Neal, Tuesday after
Ashland
Cham
ber
of
Commerce
Cornells Rost, Mrs. Floyd Cross-
land, Mrs. Bernice Garen, Mrs. has gone on record as favoring noon, June 1, in the Litwiller
Robert Rost, and Mrs. Frances the proposed bureau of reclam a­ funeral home. Internm ent was In
This W e e k
Rush, members of the VFW tion plan for utilization of the the Stearns cem etery near Tai
auxiliary, will also attend the Rogue River waters for Irriga­ ent. Oregon Mr. Neal died in the
CHILDRENS CLASSICS
tion purposes. The vote was 67 Ashland hospital, Thursday, May
encampment.
for;
12 against; 30 with no opin­ 27»
Art
N
a
l
l
s
,
Pendleton,
state
"Twenty Thousand L e a-
ion.
Neal was born August 29,
chairm an of the encam pment, has
gues Under the Sea"
Next meeting of the Chamber 1881 in Jackson County, the son
announced t h a t Clyde Lewis,
--Jules Verne
Plattsburg, New York, attorney, will be Tuesday noon, June 15, of Susan C. Tollett Neal and
William Neal. He was engaged in
junior vice comm ander-in-chief in the Elks dining room.
"Toby Tyler"
farm ing in this area all of his
of VFW, has been invited to a t­
life.
- Jam es Otis
tend the encam pment as repre­
Mrs. G rant Lorrey, a sister of
sentative o f national affairs.
"King A rthur a n d H i s
Ashland, survives him.
Lewis is originally from A ber­
K nights”
Two petitions have been filed
deen and Is well acquainted
- Elizabeth Merchant
throughout the Pacific N orth­ with Glenna E. Mitchell to pi ace EXAMINER COMING
A Drivers License Examiner
west. He is the first World Wat- the names of C. R. Ramsey and
"Heidi"
Il veteran to achieve high VFW G. Edwin Dunn on the ballot to will be on duty in Ashland on
-S p y rl
office and, according to tra d i­ serve as candidates for the five I Monday, June 14 at the City
V P flr f e r m
u _____ > ..... ........ I
tion, is in line to become national year term for school board mem Hall from 9 AM to 4PM, accor­
"Swiss Family Robinson"
ber being left open by G. H. ding to an announcem ent re
com m ander-ln-chief in 1950.
Wenner. The dead line for the celved from the Secretary of
- David Wyss
filing of petitions is June 14 and State's office.
MRS. KARNES EXTENDS
“Robinson Crusoe"
THANKS TO ALL
Persons wishing licenses o r
the election has been set from
Mrs. Helen Karnes, president 2 to 7 p.ni. Monday, June 21 at perm its to drive are asked to get
- Daniel Defoe
of the American Legion A uxil­ the City Hall
In touch with the exam iner well
iary, wishes to etend thanks to
A petition has also been filed ahead of the scheduled closing
the girls and boys, m erchants for Ben T. Lombard for the one hour In order to assure com­
and newspapers for their help ¡n year term. Lombard was appoin­ pletion of their applications with
making Poppy Day a success. ted by the Board to take the a minimum of delay.
Mrs. Karnes also wants to thank place of Frank J. Van Dyke who
ull persons who contributed by moved to Medford. The law re­
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Moore and
270 East Main Phone 8011
buying popples,
quires that at the first election daughter Ruth Ann motored to
after such un appointm ent, a San Rafael, California Monday
Dr. Harold Chilton of Phoenix member be elected to fill out the night and home Tuesday evening
I was in Ashland Tuesday.
to visit relatives.
unexpired term
NEWS REVIEW
Tennis Tourney
to Begin June 13
W/.MTED-A MULE
Guard Training Camp,
to be This Week
Bond Election
to be July 15
Work Will Soon
Begin on Well
Gladys Barton Weds
Otto Abercrombie
Help is Sent to
Disaster Victims
Nugents Purchase
Funeral Home
Nine Beauties
in Contest
McGee Introduced
to Ten Members
Campfire Girls Aid
Flood Victims
VFW Members
to Attend Meet
wow!
W hat They’re
»
Reading
School Board Member
Election June 21
the
new
FORD
BUSCH MOTOR CO.
Friday
M AC T
June 18