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NEWS REVIEW
Magicians Will
Organize Local
Club Says McGee
Anyone interexted In the a rt
of rnugic is in vite d to get in touch
w ith W ilia m 11. McGee, manager
o th e A sh 'i nd Cham ber c4 Com
merce, w ho 1 m plannin g to o r­
ganize a M agician's club In this
aiea fo r am ateur ami profession
al magicuns.
McGee stated thut he was p ar­
tic u la rly Interested In getting in
touch w ith people w ho have no
p a rtic u la r background in magic,
but w ho w ould lik e to take It
up as a hobby. M em bership In
the c lu b w ould be open to a n y ­
one interested In magic, w hethei
or not he or she had any p a rti­
cular p ro ficiency in the a rt M
saw ing ladles in half.
Speaking
of ladies,
McGee
pointful out that the ladies of
MagU-dom, both
am ateur
and
professional,
have
th e ir
own
famous
national
organization
know n us "M ugiguls" und that
they huve assemblies in the cous-
tal states of W ashington, Oregon
and C a lifo rn ia .
Meetings w ill be held at re g ­
u la r in te rv a ls und w ill be ro ­
tated umong the various com-
in unltiea where members live.
Those w ho huve had no p re v ­
ious experience in magic w ill lie
given In tsru ctlo n , according to
McGee, who has been an active
m agician fo r m any years and
w ho has been president of th<-
Pasadena M agicians G u ild ,
an
assembly o f the Society of A m e r­
ican Magicians ami secretary of
the P acific Coast Association of
Mugiclans.
I f there is enough interest In
magic, McGee stated that groups
w ould be organized fo r young­
sters and also fo r women.
Setchell-Mancil
Rites Held Friday
Blanche G row M u n d i and John
Edward Setchell were wed F r i­
day a« 8:00 p.m. at the
F irst
M ethodist church in Ashland by
the Reverend Robert M c llv /n n a
The single ring cerem ony was
v. tnessed by the bride and the
groom ’? fathers. H. S. G row , and
W A. Stchell.
The bride, who Is an Ashland
high school graduate, and a res­
ident o f Green Springs, w ore u
navy blue georgette dress w ith
w h ite accessories.
Guests included Mrs. W. A.
Setchell und son, Charles, also
Linda Lee M a n d i, sm all daugh­
te r o f the bride.
Mr. Setchell is em ployed by
tiie T alent Irrig a tio n
D is tric t
They w ill
be at home at his
ranch on D a rk H ollow road.
Mrs. Ileen Kay, 316 Hargadine,
called on Ernestine Hicks and
Mrs. Ethel P in ke rto n at the
w eather bureau on the Slskiyous
last M onday evening. Mr. and
Mrs. I-a rk in G rubb, 271 M orton
street, were callers at the bureau
at the same time.
Classics on
Records
Scandinavian Dance Music
Eric G y llin g and
A. Alm stead
contains:
Scandinavian - Polka
M arlu - Schottis
Anna 1 Dalen - Vais
Chicago - Schottis
Nu Sa V i Dansa - Ham bo
San Francisco - Polka
M idnattsol - Schottis
A lla Suenska F licko rs -
Hambo
Also in stock:
C o u n try Dances
Square Dances
C ontinen tal Dunce Music
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270 East M ain
Phone 8011
Miss Ashland Leaves
For Seaside Contest
Miss A nn P irtle , w ho w ill be
Mis# Ashland, in the Miss O re­
gon Beauty contest being held at
Seuslde this week end, le ft on
Thursday fo r the resort c!»y In
company w ith her m other, Mis.
A ndrew H aw ver.
M'ss P irtle was sponsored by
Busch M otor Com pany
in the
p re lim in a ry beauty contest held
here in conjunctio n w ith the 1th
a J u ly festival.
B IR T H D A Y PARTY H ELD
f OR A LB ER T H A R T W E L L
Wednesday u b irth d a y
party
was given A lb e rt Dale H a rtw a ll
by his fa th e r and m other, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence H a rtw e ll, and
Ids sister, V iola, Mrs. Zella Con
verse assisted M rs H a rtw e ll.
Guests included: B etty, Frank,
Jonn, L o rry , und Jim m y James;
Roger Converse; and Lena, D on­
nie arid Kenneth H a rtw e ll.
Mrs M H. Hess and daughter,
Frances, of Helm an Baths and her
little friend, Sharon S tew art, of
Coolidge street, spent one dav
last week on the beach at Cras-
cent c ity.
The B e llvie w grange held Its
regular social m eeting at eight
o'clock
last Tuesday evening,
J u ly 20, In the grange hall.
Asu Stockton, fa th e r of Mrs.
L lo y d Parks, B e llvie w , Is re p o rt­
ed im proved and able to be out
of the hospital at Eureka, C alif.,
where he has been confined fo r
treatm ent.
Good Dog Photos
May Win Contest
T h a t fa vo rite p icture of your
pup— here is an o p p o rtu n ity to
fin d out how good It re a lly Is.
The Gaines Dog Research Cen­
ter, New Y o rk C ity, has advised
the News Review th a t It is o ffe r­
ing $1,125.00 In prizes fo r good.
Interesting dog pictures in a con­
test sponsored as p a rt of the ap­
proaching observance of N ational
Dog Week this fa ll.
In order that a ll Interested in
photography may have a fa ir
chance fo r the prize money, en­
tries w ill be accepted in three
d is tin c t classifications (1) am a­
teurs; (2) members o f camera
clubs; and (3) professional photo­
graphers. In each o f the firs t tw o
groups there is a firs t prize of
$250, a second of $75, and a th ird
of $25, w h ile in the professional
photographer class there is but a
single prize of $350. In the cam ­
era club classification, an a d d i­
tional $25 prize w ill go to each
of three clubs w hich the w inners
of firs t, second and th ird prizes
w ill become the p ro p e rty o f first,
second and th ird prizes w ill have
named as th e ir m em bership a f f il­
iation. A ll w in n in g entries w ill
Incom e the property o f the con­
test sponsor, w ho also holds the
p riv ile g e o f purchasing any o th ­
er photogruphs entered in the
contest
at
p re va ilin g
m arket
prices.
Contest entries m ust be in the
office o f the Gaines Dog Research
Center, 250 Park Avenue, New
Y ork, 17, N. Y. before 4 p.m. on
F riday, September 10, 1948. A
post card request to this address
w ill b rin g a copy o f the o ffic ia l
contest rules.
The Rev. and Mrs. R obert Mc-
Ilvenna of the M ethodist church
le ft last
Sunday fo r a three
weeks vacation tr ip to Canada.
T h e ir son, Ted, is staying here
w ith M r. and Mrs. W allace Sousa
and in fa n t son, Bobbie, who have
moved in to the parsonage to re-
m uin u n til the m in iste r and his
w ife return.
John G rubb and tw o of his
buddies spent the week end w ith
John’s parents,
M r. and
Mrs.
L a rk in G rubb, 271 M orton street,
The boys are a ll three employed
at the b liste r rust control camp
at U nion creek.
Am ong recent visito rs to A sh­
land was Mrs. E. K. Edsall, of
P ortland, w ho visited w ith her
father, John R. P lttenger, and
her aunt, Mrs. M am ie Orr.
M r. and Mrs. H enry Shaknis,
of Sams V alley, were Ashland
business callers last M onday.
The George Low d fa m ily m ov­
ed in to the R ollins home the firs t
o f this week. The tw o fam ilies
have traded places.
Miss Gibsen, niece of A rth u r
D a v enhlll, 46 G ra n ite street, re­
cently attended the funeral of
her aunt In B akersfield, C alif.
M r. and Mrs. G a rn e tt Padgett,
518 Iow a street, and ch ild re n , re ­
ce ntly enjoyed a fine fish in g and
picnic tr ip to B u tte Falls. They
returned w ith several fine fish.
S. P. NAMES CORBETT
i VICE PR ESID EN T IN
RECENT PROM OTIONS
A ppointm ent o f J. W. C orbett
J as vice president In charge of op-
. d ations
fo r Southern
P acific
¡company, succeeding the late L.
B McDonald, has ju s t been an­
Saturday m orning travel e d i­ nounced by A. T. M ercier, pres­
tors fro m eight of the nation's ident of the railroad.
C orbett’s ju ris d ic tio n
extends
leading newspapers w ill , » sit
Ashland p rtu d y the vacation & over operations on the com pany’s
recreational possibilities of this Pacific lines, serving six western
c ity and to report to th e ir read­ states. His headquarters are in
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ers w hat they find. They repre- San Francisco.
i nl (apers in New Y ork, De­
tro it, Cleveland, P ittsburg, Des
M oines, an d P h ila d e lp h ia .
The editors are on a to u r of
the P acific Coast vacation
re ­
gions. Am ong the things w hich
they w il see w h ile In Ashland
w ill he famous L ith la Park.
Members of the com m ittee to
show the travel editors the c ity
are John Cotton, Ed Slngm aster,
D r Elm o Stevenson, Jake W e it­
zel, Clarence W illia m s, Bob E d­
wards, W endell Lawrence, and
B ill McGee.
Travel Editors
To Visit Ashland
This Saturday
M r. and Mrs. L. R. K lm b e rg
and daughter, E lin o r Rae o f San
B ernardino, C a lifo rn ia , le ft last
Monday a fte r spending a week
w ith th e ir aunt and uncle, M r.
and Mrs. C. R. Mead. 263 2nd
street. M r. K im b e rg Is p rin cip a l
o f A rro w V ie w high school at
San Bernardino.
They were
g re a tly impressed w ith Oregon,
especially Ashland, C rater Lake,
House o f M ystery and
various
other points of Interest in c lu d ­
ed In th e ir to u r of Southern Ore-
gon.
Obituaries
Jdseph Bish
Joseph “ A be’’ Blsh, 100 L in ­
coln street, passed away at his
home Tuesday, J u ly 20. at 11:35
a.m., a fte r fiv e years of fa ilin g
health. He had resided in A sh­
land fo r seven years and in this
v ic in ity fo r f if t y years. He was
born O ctober 13, 1876, in Phoe­
n ix, Oregon, the son of A lle n C.
and A d le y W oody Blsh. He is
su rvived by his w ife, A n n ie A
Bish of the home address and
three ch ild re n , W illia m E., P o rt­
land, A r th u r L , M cM in n vIle and
Eunice, P ortland,
nine
grand
ch ild re n and one great grand
child. His brothers, George and
Lew is, and three sisters, Mrs.
Meda Reynolds and Mrs.
Etta
Dawson, a ll of M edford and Mrs.
B Amos o f P ortland.
He graduated from the
Old
N orm al school in A shland years
ago and live d
in P ortland 26
years p rio r to 1941, where he
was an em ployee of the P ortland
T ra ctio n com pany. He had also
been a school teacher.
F uneral services w ere held on
F riday, J u ly 23 at 2::00 p.m. in
the L itw ille r - N ugent' Funeral
chapel. The Rev. Ear, D ow ning
officia te d . In te rm e n t was in the
M ountain V iew cemetery.
He was
a m em ber of
the
C h ristia n C hurch In Ashland.
Pfc. Leonard A. Pospyhala
Pfc. Leonard A. Pospyhala, 963
B street ,was k ille d in action on
J u ly 10, 1944. He was the son
of M r. and Mrs. I. G. Pospyhala,
Ashland, Oregon.
Last rite s were conducted fo r
him Thursday, J u ly 22, in the
A shland C atholic church, Father
Plus Bauer in charge. Interm ent
was in the I.O.O.F. addition, of
Ashland cem etery Members of
the N a tional G uard acted as p a ll­
bearers.
The A m erican Legion
conducted m ilita r y servees.
A
sister, Mrs. J. E. Sm ith, Menlo
Park, C a lifo rn ia
was here fo r
the services also.
Elisa Hicks
Eliza H icks o f S iskiyou Sum ­
m it, passed away suddenly at
her home F rid a y, J u ly 16, 1948,
at 4:00 a.m. She was the daugh­
te r of C a rlto n B. and M ar H ill
Sovern, and as born at Junction
C ity, Oregon, M ay 28, 1867. Her
husband, J. Ernest, preceded her
in death some years ago. They
w ere m arried October 25, 1888
In Ja cksonville and had resided
here ever since.
T w o c h ild re n were born to this
union, Earnestine H icks of A sh­
land and H ow ard o f Yreka. One
sister, Mrs. A. H. Thompson, of
Ashland, tw o g ra n d ch lld ie n and
tw o great grand
ch ild re n are
su rv iv in g .
Services were held
Monday,
July 19, at 10:30 a.m. a t Litw iller
N ugent F uneral home. The Rev.
D. E. 'M illa rd was In charge. In ­
term ent was in H argadine ceme­
tery. A large crow d of friends
were present and m any flo ra l
pieces filled the chapel.
o.
Libr, ^ Z .
Formerly the
Southern Oreqoii
Miner
$3.00 per year
Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon, Thursday, July 22, 1948
$3.(M) per Y e a r
0/
Tennis Tournament
Starts July 26th
F o llo w in g
the in s tru c tio n in
tennis as a p a rt of the sum m er
recreation
prog, am,
a tennis
tournam ent w ill sta rt M onday,
J u ly 26 on the L ith ia P ark courts
fo r those who have been a tte n d ­
ing classes.
I t w ill continue on Tuesday,
J u ly 27, at the high school courts
fo r those who have been taking
in stru ctio n on that side of town.
There w ill be a singles as w ell
as a doubles tournam ent fo r the
tw o age groups. This tournam ent
w ill run through A ugust 12.
Prizes w ill be awarded w inners
from merchandise donated
by
A shland storekeepers.
Miss DeLisle Visits
Here Before Wedding
Miss Doreen D eLisle, P ortland,
a rrive d Tuesday m orning to v is it
her parents, M r. and Mrs. A. J.
DeLisle, 90 7th street. Miss De
L isle plans to wed Ray G eLotte
o f P ortland, A ugust 1, In the Y
M CA chapel. They w ill leave fo r
Seattle and on to Alaska via air
to live. M r. G eLotte is co-ow ner
of
the T ra n sp o rta tio n
M otor
Ship Lines at Juneau. Miss De
L ifle Is a graduate o f Ashland
high school and SOC.
. M r. and Mrs. D eLisle w ill a t­
tend the wedding.
Volume 15, Number 20
Ashland Boys To
Play On All-
State Ball Club
Louis Langer and J e rry M itc h ­
ell, tw o of A shland high school’s
more outstanding fo o tb a ll p la y ­
ers of last year, have been select­
ed as members of the Oregon
State A ll-S ta rs
fo o tb a ll team
w hich w ill meet the P ortland A ll-
Stars in a S hrine benefit game,
Saturday, August 28.
Langer Is a tackle and M itc h e ll
Is an end. M itc h e ll was awarded
the K W IN cup last year as A sh­
land High school’s most outstand­
ing player.
A l Simpson, SOC coach, w ill
be one o f the o fficia ls a t the
game, a ll proceeds fro m the gate
going to the P ortland u n it of the
S h rin e r’s H ospital fo r C rippled
C hildren.
Smith Looking For
Plants For College
George Sm ith, gardener at the
Southern Oregon College,
this
week stated that if anyone had
any bulbs o r plants w h ich could
be used fo r landscaping th a t he
w ould be glad to fin d a g< od
home or them.
J. W. Corbett
S m ith stated th a t progress had
CLUB M EM BERS G IV E
been made in landscaping
the
R. E. H a lla w e ll was named to MRS. KEAR M A N Y G IF T S
grounds around Suzanne Homes
succeed C orbett as general m an­
Mrs. Donald E. Rear, the fo r­ hall, the Student U nion b u ild in g ,
ager of the railroads’s P acific m er Rozella Roush, last week re­ and the Science build in g , and
lines, and in tu rn was succeeded ceived a w edding package of th a t grass spots were beginning
as assistant general manager by g ifts from the members o f the to show.
V. M. Peterson, who advances N e il creek club. Mrs. Roush was
F a ll is the best tim e fo r p la n t­
from superintendent of the com ­ m arried to Rear, June 20.
ing, according to Sm ith, and he
pany’s Rio Grande d ivisio n in
w ill be glad to accept any o ffe r­
the Southwest.
in g this fa ll to help b e a u tify the
A ll of the prom oted officers
campus.
have had long railroad service.
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C orbett started in 1911 in O re­
M rs. Esther H o liste r and Miss
gon and was firs t a call boy, then
R uby Alderson, are re tu rn in g to
a telegrapher. He advanced th ru
A shland-M ed ford long distance th e ir home, C u lve r C ity , C alif.,
a num ber of operating positions
extended v is it
w ith
connections
we r e a fte r an
and at times was located at v a r­ telephone
friends in Ashland.
ious points over the railroad. He ! boosted nearly 80 per cent last
M r. and Mrs. W. R. R itchie, Jr.
had been general manager since week, when fa cilitie s in the new and ch ild re n G ary and Ann. Mrs
1944. H a llaw ell's firs t ra ilro a d ­ coaxial cable w ere used to in ­ C ary N ix , Los Angeles, C alif.,
ing was in 1941 in a clerical posi­ crease circu its between the tw o and M r. and Mrs. G erald Geigei
tion, and Petterson came to the points fro m 14 to a to ta l o f 25. spent Ih e week* end a f IhTT U n ­
ra ilroad as a tim ekeeper ,n 1916.
R. B. Ham m ond, m anager of ion creek lodge.
the P aific Telephone and Tele­
M r .and Mrs. W m. Fox M r.
M r. and Mrs. F. C. Schuth, of
graph company, said the a d d it­ and Mrs. Wm. S m ith and M r. and
H u n tin g to n
Beach,
C a lifo rn ia ,
ional circu its were rushed into M rs. Wm. Reagan w ere among
le ft last Monday a fte r spending
service app ro xim a te ly fiv e m on­ the parents w ho visite d
thei.
the past week w ith her sister,
ths ahead o f schedule to help daughters at the G ir l Scout Camp
and husband, M r. and Mrs. C. R.
ca rry the heaviest long d ista n ce 1 at the Lake O’ Woods Sunday.
Mead, 263 2nd street.
tra ffic in the h istory o f the Ash-1
M r. and Mrs. A l Snider, who
M r. and Mrs. W illia m Stew art,
land exchange.
re
ce
n tly sold th e ir home in C h a r­
P ortland, Oregon .were house
A little over tw o m iles of c a b le 1
leston, stopped in A shland the
guests of M r. and Mrs. L a rk in
w ere laid fro m the A shland of- j fore p a rt o f the week to v is it
G rubb. 271 M orton street, last
fice to connect w ith the c o a x ia l' th e ir sons. Bob, and B ill, and
Thursday and F riday. Mrs. Ste­
¡cable, according to Hammond, fam ilies.
w a rt w ill be
remembered as
w ho w ire conductors in the cable,
L a rry Basey and M a rk B r o u n
Cathlene Salo, a form er Ashland
not the coaxial tubes themselves
le ft fo r the coast. They w ill re ­
high school student.
were used fo r the 11 addition al
M rs. Cad E llis, 922 Siskiyou [channels to the M edford office. tu rn ne xt week.
M r. and Mrs. W. J. C hipm an
Boulveard, returned from v is it­
ing her daughter and fa m ily , M r.
have returned fro m a successful
M r. and Mrs. W illia m Schaefer fish in g trip to the coast.
and Mrs. A u s tin McReynolds and
and sm all daughter, Suzan. have !
children, Eugene, and, another
moved from th e ir apartm ent at
daughter and her husband, M r.
922‘ i S iskiyou Boulevard to E u­
an< Mrs. Don Sprague o f Lake-
gene, Oregon, where he w ill a t­
view , Oregon.
tend college and she w ill teach
in the c ity schools.
Miss Helen Davis, Los Angeles
B illy Hays, son of M r. and
recently was a house guest in M rs. W illia m
Hays,
B ellvie w .
the home of Mrs. Cad E llis. 922 as seen enough wonders re-
S iskiyou Boulevard. W hile here cenfy to start a sm all circus. To
she and her hostess visited C ra ­ begin w ith . B illy is the proud
te r Lake.
possessor of a fo u r legged duck,
V ic Richardson .form er m an­ w h ich w ith v e ry little u rg in g he
ager o f the Ashland Cham ber w ill show to any interested pass­
By Alice Burnette
of
Commerce, returned Sunday erby, The duck, a P ekin duck,
Talent, J u ly 25 — I w ent to
see the M ardave M otel on h ig h ­ fro m a tr ip to P ortland and L e b ­ is norm al in a ll ways except that
way 99 near the T alent Junc­ anon where he saw Mrs. F rank it has tw o hin d legs, in ad d itio n
tion. M r. and Mrs. D avid Geil Jordan, fo rm e r Ashland resident. to its norm al legs. I t is now six
ju s t opened it fo r business on He reported th a t Mrs. Jordan Is weeks old.
Then last Sunday, to m ake the
Tuesday evening. M r. G eil show ­ p la n n in g to v is it in Ashland this
menagerie com plete, a D urham
ed me through the rooms and it fa ll.
Mrs. Gene Hastings of W a lk e -, cow at the Hays ranch, gave b irth
is re a lly a deluxe model.
in each apartm ent there is a aver ue i.- on the w ay to im p ro v e - J to a two-legged calf. The calf
was born w ith no hin d elgs.
be a u tifu l m irro r. I d id n ’t ask Mr. ment.
Geil but they m ust measure at
least fo u r feet by eight feet. They
are set in to the w a ll above the
beds, w ith a shelf in fro n t on
w hich are Installed a bed lam p at
Up to 36 in.—75c
each end o f the shelf. The bed
lamps are made w ith bases of
glass b u ild in g blocks w ith the
w ire ru n n ig up between
tw o
$1.19
blocks in to a glass cone.
The
lam p shades contrast w ith the
color o f the w alls.
The rooms are fu lly a ir con­
Of all fashionable designs
ditioned and have plastered w alls
w hich have been painted in col­
ors to com bine w ith m atching
bedspreads and drapes. The pic­
VARNISHES - ENAMELS
tures have been chosen to brin g
out the room colors and M r. G eil
hopes they are appreciated be­
Colors styled for western homes
cause his w ife was so p a rtic u la r
to make sure th a t they w ere just
rig h t fo r the rooms.
There are sm all re frig e ra to rs
in each room as w e ll as a com ­
plete p riv a te bath. M r. G eil is
ve ry proud of his m otel. I t has
Distributors for famous
been photographed, both in te rio r
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Youngster Surprised
By Four Legged Duck
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