V.
DOING THE
M e n iv i
O m lo O u fis Ö P i r
P ü B 11 S h | e R S1 4 4$foc)l A T I 0 I
TOWN
W ell, Hungs are w a n n in g up
the old tow n and w ith tht
lltiu l closing of the filin g place
the council races ends up w ith
$3.00 per Year
NEWS REVIEW
Awhland, Jackwon County, Oregon, Thursday, August
lit
ten starters . . This mode a wm
thy p ro je ct foi the M cLain poll
mg c o ip o ru tlo n this week so i
M cLain- head p o llster and pre
ldent, galloped about the v illa g i
and picked up 150 d iffe re n t vote
fo r the ten d iffe re n t men.
When the filin g tim e ceased tin
ta llo w in g men were found to hi
m the race W A LT E R REDFORD,
PHIL STANSBURY, W IL L IA M
STEW AR T, HOM ER B IL L IN G S ,
EKED HOMES, HEN R Y GER
DES.
W IL L IA M
BRACKER,
OW EN
GRAG G .
PHILLIP
W EN D T, and H A R O LD MER
R IL L .
The M cLain poll took place
Wednesday
this week A gain
people fr o r r a ll w alks o f life
were in te rvie w e d and this is the
w ay the votes ran fo r the three
available seats on the council:
ACTIVITIES BEGIN AT ASHLAND
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL THIS WEEK
WILL SEE ACTION
0 / o.
L ib
ra ry .
Formerly the
Southern Oregon
Miner
$3.00 per year
Voi ume
15, N um ber ¿5
Filing Closes With Five Men
Candidates For Seat of Mayor
A lth o u g h there are s till tw o .
Tw o more names were added to the lis t of candidates fo r m ayor
weeks before school opens, Mon- I
EXAMINER COMING
u s
as ^ oionei H arold Jordan and Colonel Preston B W ater­
lay. Septem ber
13, signs of | A d rive rs license e xam iner W ill
bury file d fo r the office. The filin g closed Tuesday w ith the namrt,
.ehool a c tiv ity
are
appearing b<’ 0,1
*n A shland M onday
.‘,nthc ‘ "«»»«ben*. T h o rto n S. W iley, Dr. W alter W eller, Tom
dally.
E very morning Venda Aug 30 at the c ity h a ll between
W illiam s. W ate rb u ry and Jordan in the hat
the
hours
of
9
a
m.
and
4
p.m.
ac
R oberson and
Jordan Is re tire d fro m the A rm y Signal corp and is w o rk in g
her yell squad
as bookkeeper at the Oak Street Garage. He has lived in Ashland
have been p ra cticin g th e ir ro u ­ cording Io an announcem ent re­
tine in fro n t o f the grandstand ceived from the secretary of
.since 1939. D u rin g the w a r he
and observers believe that Asti state’s office.
was in command of a rm y supply
MRS. McNEIL IS HERE
Persons w ishing
licenses or
land high w ill have one of the
Mrs. Hazel M cN eil, o f M on­ depots at Boston, Mass , A tla n ta ,
finest cheer leading squads In the perm its to d riv e are asked to gi
Georgia, and N ew C um berland,
trose, Colorado, is spending the
state.
The leaders are getting in touch w ith the e xam iner w ell
Tennessee. Since his re tu rn here
m onth of A ugust w ith Mrs. N e l­ he has shown a w illingness to
ready for the Invasion of the Co­ ahead of the scheduled closing
ly E llis of 922 S iskiyou Blvd. participate in co m m u n ity a c tiv i­
q u ille high school Red D evils hour in order to assure comple-
i ’iii ol th e ir applications w ith a
En route to A shland she made ties and has been pro m in e n t In
¡‘H,III,ill le a in
T h e D e v ils Will
stopovers at Mt. Rushmore, the the A m erican
open the fo o tb a ll season here a- m in im u m of delay.
Legion,
having
Black H ills , C rater Lake and served as com m ander d u rin g the
galnst Erank O 'N eil's 1948 G riz ­
Crescent C ity.
past year.
z ly eleven, F rid a y night, Sep­
Mrs. M cN eil w ill leave soon to r
tem ber 17.
W aterbury, w ho is also re tire d
a stay at Cottage Grove, Oregon, fro m the arm y, has been in A sh­
A crew of men teachers Is
where she and Mrs. E llis were land since N ovem ber, 1935, and
HAROLD M ERRILL
13 3'. busy fin is h in g the rem odeling of
old tim e friends, a fte r w hich she has been active in assisting w ith
HOM ER H IL L IN G S
D.6'% the old high school gym. It 1;
w ill re tu rn to C olorado via a co m m u n ity recreational projects.
PHIL STANSBURY
96*; Ireing made Into an a ttra c tlv r
W ork began M onday on the
southern route.
H is service has carried h im to a ll
Dlt WM BRACKER
mi', a u d ito riu m where the student projected Y M C A camp at Dia
parts o f the nation, to Europe
DR WALTER REDFORD 8 0 9 of school w ill be proud to pre- inond Lake, according to John
ent plays and special en te rta in B illin g s, who was w ith the p a rty
ERED HOMES
( ¡ 3 ',
and the O rient, w ith troops, c iv ­
OWEN G RAGG
5.3% rnents.
ilia n components o f the arm y,
who toured the area F rid a y In
I'H IL W ENDT
3 3 ',
schools, etc. He enlisted as a p r i­
The fir s t planned concert of com pany w ith forest service o f f i­
HENRY GERD ES
1.3% the year w ill he the appearanct cials.
vate and was re tire d as a colon­
el of in fa n try .
D u rin g W o rld
W ILL STEW A RT
I 89
of G len H u rlb u rt, noted p ianist
The camp w ill handle 125 t<
Jerry Mitchell, Ashland high
W
ar
I
I
W
a
te
rb
u
ry
developed a
This, h o w e v e r doesn't re p re ­ and organist
of th<- N ational 150 campers and Is located on school football player, who along
physical tra in in g program w hich
sent the e n tire story. O f the peo­ Broadcasting com pany, who w ill
the south side o f the lake. One with team mate Lewis Langer,
was u tiliz e d th ro u g h o u t a ll re­
ple polled, 28 per cent w eie u n ­ appear in concert here under tht
hundred acres have been granted will play in the Oregon All-Stars
For
decided about any candidate*, 4 sponsorship of the Student Body.
R oller skating w ill begin again placem ent tra in in g camps.
by the forest service to the Y M lineup at
the Shrine benefit
this
he
received
the
Legion
of
per cent were undecided about
A round T ha n ksg ivin g the an­ GA, w ith the prom ise of a d d i­ game Saturday night in Portland in the A shland A rm o ry Wednes­ M e rit at ceremonies
held
at
tw o of the candidates, and 3.3
day,
Septem
ber
1-
according
to
tional
land
i
f
it
is
needed.
nual a n niversary play w ill be
The game will be broadcast lo­
Camp W hite.
per cent undecided about one ol
given and d ire c to r Ralph Woods
B illin g s and the Rev. Robert cally over radio station KWIN. an annoucem ent made today by
the candidates.
Reason fo r ru n n in g was given
A
l
Haynes,
w
ho
w
ill
operate
the
is enthusiastic about
b u ild in g M c llve n n a
w ere the
A shland Among the Ashland
residents
by
W a te rb u ry as a “ sense of
A ll o f w hich indicates th a t the
the dram atics departm ent o f the representatives who drove to the plannig to attend are Mr. and Ashland R o lle r R ink. The A r m ­
d u ty ’ to the com m unity.
m a jo rity o f the voters, the sw ing
ory
w
ill
be
fix
e
d
up
this
week
school to a high level.
site F riday. O thers In the p a rty Mrs. Jake Weitzel. Miss Shirley
vote, have not made up th e ir
W ith the filin g fo r councilm an
Most o f the school parties and included Dr. B e rt E llio tt, Ford Weitzel: Mr. and Mrs. L. L. fo r the grand opening on W ed­ by P h il Stansbury and D r. W a l­
m inds about any candidate fo r
nesday,
Haynes
said.
dances w ill be held In the re ­ M cC orm ick, A rch ie Pierce- E. C Langer, Mrs. Lillian Mitchell and
any one o f the three vacancies
Haynes, fo rm e r ow n e r of the te r R edford a to ta l o f ten can­
m odelled gym . I t is the plan of C orn and Ben S chm idt, M edford Miss Barbara Messenger.
on the council.
Haynes’
Je w e lry in A shland has didates are in the race fo r the
the A H S G irls League to f u r ­ and local and regional forest se r­
council
seat«.
T h e re ll be m any changes be
been operating the ro lle r rin k al three available
nish new drapes fo r the w indow s vice o ffic ia ls and the forest ser­
T hey are: H enry Gerdes, P h il­
fore this race is over, as is In ­
Oregon
T
ra
il
Park,
in
Weiser.
lip Wendt- Fred Homes, H om er
dicated by the large num ber of at live side o f the g y m -a u d ito r­ vice landscape architect.
Idaho, fo r the past year.
ium
The p a rty of Y M C A represen
B
illin g s , W ill S tew art, D r. W il­
people w ho haven't yet made up
The Wednesday n ig h t grand
M any o f the fa c u lty are pres­ tatlves were given the go ahead
th e ir minds.
lia m Bracker, O wen Gragg,. H a r­
opening
w
ill
fe
a
tu
re
g
ifts
fo
r
ev
e n tly re tu rn in g to school, getting signal by the fo re s try o ffic ia ls
old M e rrill
and R edford
and
N ext week w e 'll check the sit
A M A
I
eryone present, door prizes and
th e ir rooms in order and m aking at the F rid a y m eeting and S at­ v
Stansbury.
nation as it exists on the m a y o r­
a U U a V II
a U
Su
n a
a erand prlze ° f a set ° f shoe
al ity race. W ith an apple grow er, preparations fo r the fa ll opening. urday m orning six truckloads of IU
U n IIU
d v j i 'skates.
The doors w ill open at
G lenn Crisp, new shop man is b u ild in g equipm en t le ft M edford.
a horse doctor, tw o colonels, anti
Sunday,
August
29,
w
ill
be
the
j
pm.
and skating w ill con-
a ra ilro a d e r out to w in, th a t one m a king preparations fo r the new I t w ill be used fo r construction of date o f the Ashland R iding as- *inue u n til 10:30 pm.
autom
obile
and
d
rive
rs
school
the m ain mess h a ll w hich is the
should be a real race
w h ic h w ill be offered this year fir s t b u ild in g to be constructed. sociatlon's horse show and races) S kating at the rin k w ill take
Owen Gragg, candidate f o r
T o bad S K IP G U IS E d id n 't
w hich were postponed because 1 Place each Wednesday, F riday, councilm an, th is week discussed
Included in the tru c k loads c i ra in last Sunday
take her p e titio n seriously and fo r the firs t tim e. In this school
I anc^ Saturday nights. Shoe skates
the students w ill he given a th o r­
w ith school o ffic ia ls the possi­
w hich w ent to the lake S aturday
file it fo r m ayor . . . w ith the
A heavy ra in at the V a lle y- w in bc available fo r rentals.
ough
course
on
safe
d
riv
in
g
,
the
b ility o f setting up a program to
were three kegs of donated nails
vote s p lit us m any d iffe re n t ways
Mrs. Haynes w ill assist in the enable each councilm an to hSve
vie w rodeo grounds w ould have
as It Is going to be S K IP em ilil rules o f the rood and practical fro m Ashland, one fro m B o s s -,„
. ,
. .
.
,
d riv in g experience.
hard Lu m b e r com pany, one f,o m I prevented
Prevented pa
p a rkin
rk ln g « of ta
cars
is at
a* the operation of the rin k .
as an understudy a student fro m
have slid In on a p la tfo rm ol
grounds had the show been held
P rin cip a l Roland Parks w ill be
the high school who was s tu d y ­
ham and eggs fo r all.
A shland L u m b e r com pany, and
last Sunday.
in the high school o ffice every
ing p o litic a l science.
one
fro m
Copeland
Lum ber
week day beginning
M onday, yards.
Members
of the
association
G ragg’s plan was th a t the u n ­
August 30 and parents and new
w ere discouraged last Sunday,
derstudy
w ould be given c re d it
The in itia tiv e p e titio n file d by
B illin g s stated today that any this being the th ird tim e they
students as w e ll as re tu rn in g stu ­
in his courses fo r attendin g coun­
S.
S.
Davies
w
ith
reference
to
a
dents may contact him
about In d iv id u a l or organization that had been rained out this year.
c il m eeting and w o rk in g w ith the
Charles D eA utrem on t, o u t- school problem s.
desired to donate e ith e r help or John D augherty, secretary of the proposed ch a rte r am endm ent to
councilm an on civ ic
projects.
standing athlete at Southern O re­
d
ivide
the
c
ity
in
to
w
ards
w
ill
m aterials could m ake arrange­ association, stated that trouble
This
w
ould,
as
Gragg
pointed
out
gon college, has been selected by
not be on the polls this fa ll ac­
ments to do so.
comes in threes- according
to
give the students selected a prac­
cording
to
an
opinion
handed
the school hoard o f school d is ­
Plans are to have the camp in some people, and that they had
dow n by W m. Briggs, c ity a tto r­ tic a l approach to co m m u n ity re ­
tr ic t No. 5 to take the place of
operation by n e xt sum m er.
had th e ir share of three bad days ney, today.
sponsibilities.
Les G rant, G ra n t has taken a pos­
The program fo r the show has
In a d d itio n to the understudy
E ight reasons fo r the rejection
itio n as superintendent of the e le -j
not changed since last Sunday were given by Briggs w ho stated G ragg
suggested stenographer’s
m e n ta ry schools at Ju n ctio n c ity
w ith the same events slated fo r tha the had exam ined the p e ti­ could be given c re d it in her v a r­
D eA utrem ont, who w orked out
the day. General dire cto r of this tions th o ro u g h ly and fe lt that ious courses fo r acting as secre­
fo r several weeks this sum m er
M em bers o f the Jacksonville show is W a lte r Ham by.
the form o f procedure fo r filin g ta ry to a c ity council member.
w ith the Los Angeles Rams pro
Talent
“ Som ething to see, som ething Lions visite d A shland,
A m ong the race events are a had been ignored.
The suggestion fo llo w s along
fessionul fo o tb a ll team, had pre­ to do fo r each m em ber of the and Phoenix the fir s t part of the
grand parade, a q u a rte r horse
w ith the m odern eduational trend
The
e
ight
reasons
given
bv
vio u s ly applied fo r the senior fa m ily ,' is a lo n g tim e boast of week to call a tte n tio n to the Gold
o n e-fourth m ile race, a business Briggs w ere:
to p e rm it vocational c re d it fo r
high coaching jo b but was not Oregon's G reat State F a ir in S al­ Rush celebration w hich is being
man's one-fouth m ile race, a la ­
actual w o rk done on a project.
No
filin
g
o
f
the
p
e
titio
n
form
accepted because o f a lack of em. The 1948 exposition to be held in Jacksonville, Sept. 4.
dies pleasure horse race of one-
credits.
The ja u n ts w ere made In the fo u rth m ile, a ch ildren's saddle was made w ith the c ity recorder
staged in Salem, Septem ber 6 to
before com m encing to circulate
D e A u tre m o n t w ill be In charge 12, backs this cla im more than interest of o b ta in in g donations
horse race of o n e-fourth m ile, a petitions.
o f the ju n io r high sports program ever.
and aid fo r the treasure hunt baton race w ith four, four-horse
No b a llo t title was provided,
and w ill teach m athem atics.
The 167 acres o f fairgrounds, queen contest, parade, greased teams; a hot blood race of three-
W ith the E ig h th A rm y in Sen­
nor was any b a llo t title requested
one o f the finest physical fa ir pole e lim b and other activities.
eighths m ile, a carrot race and a b y the petitioners.
dai, Japan— P riva te F irs t Class
plants in the nation, has been
stake race.
The la w requires th a t a ballot John W. Overand, 19 year old
geared in every w ay to acco­
Horse show events w ill include title must appear on the covers Paratrooper of Ashland, recent-
modate the week long throngs.
ladies three-gaited pleasure class, o f each p e titio n circulated.
participated in the Indepen-
Lone Oak tra ck w ill take over
m en’s pleasure
horse class, a
The names of the persons or ^ence day parade held in Tokyo,
T he B ib le School o f the F irst childrens saddle horse class, a
the s p o tlig h t each afternoon w ith
organizations sponsoring the p e ti­ Japan, fo r General M a cA rth u r.
the ru n n in g o f the ye a rly State C hurch o f C h ris t w ill observe its s ta llio n class e x h ib itio n , a palo­
tio n have not been subm itted nor He is the son of Mrs. H. Overand,
F a ir racing meet. The local h a lf annual B reak the Record day m ino class, and a h u n te r class
36 Helm an street, Ashland.
do
they appear in the petition.
This Week
This day w hich w ill include ju m p in g .
m ile tra ck is generally considered this com ing Sunday.
Pfc. Overand enlisted in the
S
ignature
sheets
are
in
v
a
lid
as
the finest fa ir racing site in the was fir s t observed by the school
Rodeo events w ill include m u ­ they do not have the “ D istin c­ a rm y M arch 10, 1947, at A shland
HIX A N U TRAM
seven years ago. Since then the sical chairs and c a lf roping.
Hix Uiederbeoke niul F ran ­
e n tire west
tiv e Short T itle " p rin te d thereon. and com pleted his basic tra in in g
kie T ru m b au ers
O rchestra.
There w ill be th r ills plus each las* S u"d a y in A u g u st the school
< 'oluiiiblu'M llo t Jlizz i 'I qhh
In d iv id u a l sheets o f the p e ti­ at F ort Bragg, N o rth C arolina. He
l<- No. 2».
and every n ig h t o f the fa ir in n ia kes an a ll-o u t e ffo rt to have PHOENIX
volunteered fo r the airborne and
tions are not v e rifie d .
the horse show p a v ilio n w ith the a r ecord-breaklng attendance at
LOUIH A llM ST H O N tl - P A R IS
The H. Hayes fa m ily , w ho fo r-
was given a sh o rt leave and then
The
deposit
o
f
$200.00
required
1*14.
A collect Inn o f for-
presentation of the cham pionship a tim e when attendance is usual­ m e rly liv e d in Phoenix now r e - ,b y O rdinance No. 785 o f the C ity sent to Japan, to the A ib o rn e
••l«n-innile d isc s never be­
fore releuHcil In the U nited
rodeo-horse show. The com bina- ly low.
s id e ; in M edford. M r. Hayes h a s' o f A shland as amended by Or- School at Yamoto, Honshu, J a ­
S tiites
A n e x h ib it of rare, historic and reeently been w o rk in g in P h o e -' dinance No. 936, has not been pan. A t Yam oto he received tw o
t i production w ill feature the
HUNNY HKRIOAN MEMOR­
finest show horses of the P acific unusual Bibles is to be a p a rt of n ix , doing the excavating fo r the | made
w ith the c ity
recorder weeks in parachute tra in in g th a t
IAL A I,HUM
N orthw est plus outstanding ro ­ the observance o f the day. A n y ­ new h y d ra u lic l i f t at the A r t | This deposit is required to cover consisted of calisthenics, e n d u r­
— by the twin that ex p erts
claim n» the s r e a le s l hot
deo riders fro m the m a jo r c ir ­ one ha vin g such a B ib le Is in ­ Paulson service station.
; the cost of the election in the ance running, instructions In the
corn etlst In the h isto ry o f
vite d to b rin g or send It togeth­
cuits
fundam entals
of
parachuting,
event same does not prevail.
Jazz.
Helene Hughes o f San F ra n ­ er w ith a statem ent about the
Mrs. F ra n k Howe,
M edford,
The
proposed
charter
am
end­
ju
m
p
in
g
fro
m
the
34
foot tow*er
KINO O LIV ER
cisco w ill again present the State B llile to be displayed. The school was a v is ito r at the H. A. P eter­ m ent sets fo rth a proposed Sec­ and m aking fiv e tra in in g jum ps
D ixielan d Jazz hy one o f the
origin al m usters.
F a ir m usical n ig h t show In fro n t opens at 9:45 a.fn.
son home this week.
tio n 1 o f A rtic le I I o f the C ity fro m an airplane in flig h t. He
of
the
racing
stand.
This
fast
o f Ashland and provides that q u a lifie d as a parachutist N o v ­
JELLY ROLL MORTON
Pythians
to
Picnic
The tan terror, w ho made a
m oving v a u d e v ille
revue
w ill
Recent visitors to Phoenix in ­ tw o councilm en shall be elected em ber 12, 1947 and was aw arded
A ll P ythians and P yth ia n Sis­
piano do the ,work o f an or-
feature
top
stage
attractions
from
clude M r. and Mrs. C. A. W rig h t, fro m each w a rd o f the city. H ow ­ his parachutist's w ings and be­
ch eatra— circa 192«.
ters are in v ite d to attend the
H ollyw ood- Las Vegas, and N ew
O klahom a who v is ite d
M r s . ever, no pro visio n is made to came e lig ib le to d ra w an e x tra
P yth ia n picnic w h ich
w ill be
B E S S IE SM ITH
Y o rk and w ill be produced as
W rig h t’s sister and husband M r. d iv id e the c ity in to w ards nor $50 per m onth as parachute pay.
One o f the fin e st untrained
held in U pper L ith ia park this
the State F a ir Showboat.
and Mrs. Paul Simpson.
v o ices in A m erica, say the
does it say how m any w ards are
He then was assigned to H ead­
Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
Jazz exp erts. Her sh o u tin g
George
Bruns
o
f
P
ortland
to be in the c ity . In fact it could quarters and H eadquarters com ­
teeh n lfn e h as been made the
w ith his orchestra w ill support
M r. and Mrs. Leo F u rry a r­ not be determ ined how many pany of the 188th Parachute I n ­
pattern o f man Im itators.
Mrs. John G ruelle, author of
the Show boat and w ill also play the Raggedy A n n books- w ho has rive d Sunday fro m Ivanhoe, C al­ councilm en there w o u ld be in fa n try R egim ent w here he w o rks
NEW O R L EA N S JAZZ K ID
at the alw ays p o pula r evening been v is itin g In A shland d uring ifo rn ia and are presently looking vie w of the fa ct th a t the num ber in the radio section as ra d io op­
o i l V S CREOLE BAND
A u th en tic A m ericana.
Ory
dances.
Free acts .in clu d in g the A ugust, is p la n n in g to leave for fo r a home in Phoenix. M r. F u r­ of wards is not stated, and yet erator.
p la y s Die real ta ilg a te tro m ­
in e vita b le trained seal, w ill be her F lo rid a home about Septem ­ ry w ill be w ith N ye and Naumes it says “ 2 councilm en shall be
bone t ba t m ade I h is sty le of
A fte r being discharged
fro m
m u sic, and Is hiteked hy top
fr u it packing p la n t in M edford. elected fro m each w a rd .’
presented three tim es d a lly along ber 1.
the arm y, O verand plans to con­
In stru m en ta lists.
the m idw ay.
'Mi', and Mrs. B e rt M ille r re­
tin u e his education.
Mrs. Blanche M orley, K la m ­
Som ething m ore in ta n g ib le is turned th is week fro m a tr ip to
Mrs. Frances Fraser of Pasa­
ath
Falls,
spent
Wednesday
the state fa ir fe e ling Itself. The P rin e v ille , Redmond, and Boise.
dena, C a lifo rn ia , Is m aking an
Dr. and Mrs Claude Adams,
through S aturday w ith M r. and
m idw ay, the crowds, the smell Idaho.
extended sojourn in A shland at Portland, were Ashland visitors
Mrs. Spencer C rum p and fa m ily.
o f cooking food, and the overall
M r. and Mrs. W a lte r Buse, of
the home
o f Mrs.
C adw aladr this week. Mrs. Adams is the
excitem ent along the e ight block Oregon C ity , and D r. and Mrs
M r. and M rs Charles Loom is, I
on S iskiyou Boulevard.
daughter of the Rev. Abbott, for­
270 East M ain Phone 8011
feeling d iffic u lt to p in down,
E v a rt Borden took a tr ip to C ra ­ Las Angeles- are visiting Mr. and I J06 Leveque recently returned mer Methodist minister In Ash­
midway, combine to create a te r Lake Monday.
land.
Mrs. M. L. Fisher.
from a trip ea st
Work Started
On YMCA Camp
Ashland Armory
Roller Skating
To Begin Sept. 1
Rained Out Rodeo
And Horse Show
T G D
Gragg Suggests Plan
To Train Students
Ward Petition Is
Not Acceptable
( ’ DeAutremont To
Take (»rants Place
State Fair Set
For Week of
Sept. 6 to 12
Lions Visit Here
Gold Rush Jubilee
John W. Overand Is
Serving in Japan
CLASSICS ON
RECORDS
H A LT
Sunday School Out
To Break Reord