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NEWS REVIEW
ASHLAND, JACKSON ( OUNTY,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, I948
Formerly the
Southern Oregon
Miner
$3.00 per year
VOLUME I j, NUMBER40
MOFFIT HOME IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Basketball Season Begins With
Annual Football
I The home of Mrs. Jessie Mof-
■ and M i. Helen Mottit, 475
Three Week End Games Scheduled Iowa
street, was completely de Banquet Given
ilies will attend a Christm as p ar
Basketball fans will begin the zli<- , under the watchful eyes of stroyed by fire W ednesday m orn
Hiding Association
Plans Xmas Party
campaign
a cropper
cum«
the
ty next Tuesday at the Parish
House.
A rrangem ents for the
People w ho liv e n o rth o f M a in
party
are
being
made by Mr. and
stre e t are v e ry e m p h a tic In th e ir
vie w s co n ce rn in g th e need fo r Mrs. John Duugherty and Mr.
a b a te m e n t o f sm oke fro m th e in and Mrs. Henry Enders.
Tiie affair will include a COV-
d u s tria l area. T h e y feel th a t some
}
ered
dish dinner at 7:00 p.m. und
so rt o f sm oke c o n tro l fro m the
m ill b u rn e rs
and the ra ilro a d a short progrum.
■ moke remains.
ya rd s sh ou ld be in a g u ra te d .
Folks who live on the south
side of Main street are ulso In
terested in some sort of a smoke
abatem ent ordinance but they arc
not as Interested In it as those
fumilies who are affected di
rectly by the smoke.
Results were as follows:
In favor of a smoke ordinance
76 per cent.
Legion Planning
Christmas Party
Plans art- going forward for
the Christm as Party for the A-
m erlcan Legion, the Auxiliary,
and prospective members and
their families. A pot luck dinner
Opposed to a smoke ordinance, Is planned for 6:30 p.m., Decern
tier 20th In the Legion** log cabin
4 per cent.
Pioneer hall, W lnburn Way, to
No opinion, 24 p er cent.
Ju st how the people would go' be followed by a White Elephant
about abating the smoke nul- Gift Exchange, with Santa Claus,
sance was not settled.
himself, distributing gifts from
Some of tiie attitudes concern-'a huge Christm as tree,
ing sm oke were expressed by Veterans, their wives and famil-
some of the people concerned, 1®* who attend are asked to bring
however; u few gems were: “We sufficient food for
their own
certainly do need a smoke ordin- family and guests, and table ser-
ance, my sister's clothes get all vice for each. For the Gift E x
dirty w henever stie hangs them change they are asked to bring
their packuges wrapped for the
out.”
A nother ludy said, "C ertainly tree, and all children's packages
we need u smoke ordinance. I’m are to be so so marked. Inexpen
a Christian and I'm opposed to sive White Elephants are sug
gested for adult gifts, with a lim
all kinds of smoking."
Still another suid, ' I d o n t it of 25 cents cost being set.
Rolls, butter, coffee, cream, su
know, ’ don't smoke m yself.”
gar, and Ice cream will be fu r
nished for the dinner. Following
the G ift Exchange, dancing and
cards will complete the program
for the evening,
Mrs. Anne Kroeger, general
chairm an for the party, gives a
Residents of Ashland
and partial list of com m ittee assign
member* of Ashland's B attery ments. She will be assisted bv
A of the Oregon National Guard Mrs. Irene Harris and Mrs. Mary
have ix-en invited to attend the L ahr and other volunteers. Mrs.
first annual Christm as ball of the Celia Berninghausen will be host
Ln t Battalion, 186 Infantry, ac ess chairm an, with all auxiliary
cording to C aptain Herb Niel mem bers assisting.
son, executive officer of tiie Med
ford unit.
The affair will be held at the
Armory in Medford, December
Mrs A rthur Kreisman, chair
10, a t 0:00 p.m. Admission is by
donations of toys, canned foods, or m an of the Am erican Legion
All contributions will b e 'A u x ilia ry Child W elfare corn-
cash.
distributed to needy families and m lttee,
reported at
Monday’s
underprivileged children In J a c k ' meeting, that money, toys, clothes
son county by established social j etc- am ounting to $270 had been
agencies.
, contributed for local use and for
Music Is being contributed b y , the veteran's families of the
M errill Seay’s six piece band. Roseburg hospital .
She thanked the Pierce Freight
Prizes will be given at lnterm is-
son. The public is Invited to a t Lines, Medford, for delivering
free of charge, the half dozen
tend.
boxes sent to the Roseburg hos
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pital, and she also thanked the
CHURCH HAS DINNER
M embers of the Congregation residents of Ashland for their
al c h u rth held a dinner at the support.
Ruth Cushing, radio chairm an,
church Thursday In order to help
raise money for a new organ. 'Che and chairm an of the Gifts for
dinner was under the direction of Yanks drive reported that money
the choir. Mrs. M arjorie Barker and new gifts, sent to hospitaliz
ed veterans for their fam ilies a-
was in charge c i the dinner.
m ounted to $125. She thanked the
M arvin Wines and Charles Ad radio stations which gave help in
ams, who have completed boot both drives.
Special guests, at Monday's
camp at San Diego, arrived home
m eeting, were John von K uhl
on leave Thursday night.
man, com m ander of Legion Post
No. 14, and Emil Kroeger. Von
Kuhlm an expressed appreciation
of the work, and initiative of the
A uxiliary in carrying out their
Child Welfare and Gifts for the
;
Yanks programs. He and K roe
ger presented the Legion’s plans
for the Christm as party, Decem
ber 20th, and the A uxiliary pledg
ed full co-operation.
Hostesses for the evening were
Mrs. W arren Cook and Mrs. Gene
Wood, assisted by Mrs. Bill Wood
Bing Crosby’s Christm as
and Mrs. Emil Kroeger.
Album
Medford Guard
Plans Xmas Ball
Auxiliary Completes
Welfare Programs
CLASSICS ON
RECORDS
Contains:—
Board Discusses
Hospital Plans
W hite Christm as
Silent Night
Adeste Fldeles
God
Rest Ye
Gentlem en
Mer r y,
I'll Be Home For C hrist
mas
Jingle Bells
Santa Claus Is Coming
To Town
—and more Christm as and
gift records
coming i n
every day at—
M ART
270 East Main
Phone 8011
season with a triple series of a new coach, Ken Schilling, had ing. Loss is expected to run into
games any one of which is g u ar scheduled their first home game ' $4900 or more.
Cause of the fire, which was
anteed to leave tho dyed in the Friday night with Corvallis, la 't
wool spectator hoarse and refer year'. A and B league state cham discovered about 8:30, is assumed
ees exhausted Beginning Thurs-I pion . Unable to get two games to have been Irom a heating
day night the Southern Oregon in this area over the Friday and stove pipe placed near a wall.
Mrs. Moffitt and Miss Moffitt
college casaba raider* play Van-1 Saturday period, however, the
port. Friday night the A shland; Corvallis five wired W ednesday saved only a few personal be
high school Grizzlies meet an as that they would not be able to longings and clothing.
yet unnam ed opponent and S a t play.
urday night the Grizzlies take on
As yet an opponent for the
Milwaukee.
Grizzlies’ Friday night game has
Southern Oregon college Is e x not been found but according to
pecting a rough tim e Thursday a report from the office of Rol
night with Bobby Hoofs, Chuck and Parks, superintendent of
DeAutremont, and Wes Peters, school*, several team s have been
At a recent meeting, at the
three starters from last year, out contacted and a game will be Lithla Hotel, Area Council No. 7
of the running.
However, Ted played if any clubs a re - available of the International Toastm ist-
Schopf, SOC m entor, states that for friday.
ress clubs was formed by the
Gordon Neidelgh, Bill O’Neal,
The Ashland Ju n io r Varsity representatives of the various
John Ventjer, Keith Wade, and will play Jacksonville in the op clubs in this area, guided by
Baldy Foster m ight fill the shoes ener Friday.
Myra W irenius, International Di
of the three m usketeers of the
rector from Albany, Oregon.
Milwaukee Saturday
1947-48 squad.
1
Lorraine Quillen, President of
Hard on the heels of Friday
O ther SOC players expected to night’s game the Ashland high the Klam ath Falls Toastm istress
see action are John Barger, school team will m eet a fast club, was elected Area Chairm an.
Chuck Jandreau, Tex G atlin and shooting club from the city of Irm a Carroll, representative of
Cal Bonney.
Milwaukee. M ilwaukee is tra d i the Ashland group, was elected
This Is the first time SOC has tionally known as a tough club vice chairm an and Mrs. George
M cIntyre, president of the M ed
met Vanport, and though the and a real battle is expected.
ford club, was named secretary-
Portland school was flooded out
The Phoenix high school five
last spring, they are expected to will meet the Junior Varsity in treasurer of this area council
give the Raiders plenty of action. the eye opener Saturday night. Plans are going forw ard for a
meeting in the spring.
F rid a y Gam e T en tativ e
The Phoenix club last week won
The Ashland high school Grlz- over the Junior high school 29
to 27.
Toastmistresses
Form Council 7
Colleges Report
New Low In
Vet Enrollment
Evening Classes
Scheduled For
Winter Quarter
WILLIAMS WINS
Clarence Williams, speaking on
(The Siskiyou)
“Gold’" was the first w inner
inthe Toastm aster’s five week ' Enrollm ent figures released by
competition to select the five can /substantially all the 1809 in stitu
didates who will compete to see tions of higher education in the
who represents the club at the United Statse, show th at veterans,
Night classes will be offered area speaking meet next Lebru- who formed about half of the na
tion’s college student body in
during the w inter qu arter begin ary.
ning Jan u ary 4 at Southern O re I Em mett W hitham, Earl Scbill- • 1947, account for only 42 per
gon college. Students m ay enroll ' ing, John •Collin;, and Howard cent of the total enrollm ent.
! Men still outnum ber women a l
at the first m eeting of the class
during the week Jan u ary 3-7. • Wiley will com pe'e next week most 3 to 1. The proportion of
The following subjects are of for the second candidate's place. women students has cnanged lit
fered :
tle this year over last fall. The
CANNING SEASON ENDS
proporton of women freshm en is
Monday, 7:30-9:30. orchestra, 1
Bagley Canning plant curtailed slightly higher in 1948 than it
credit hour, Glenn M atthews, in
operations this week for the w in was in 1947 in all types of insti-
structor.
Tuesday, 7-10. a rt composition, ter months. The official closing
A 314, 2 credit hour*. Miss M ar of the plant took place Monday
lon A d y, instructor; Shakes at af'pantl banquet prepared u n
pea re’s Histories, 3 credit hours, der the direction of Mrs. Bernice
Beare.
Angus Bowmer, instructor.
Ralph Koozer, m anager of the
Thursday, 7-10, speech (Eng
121), 3 credit hours, Leon M ull plant, spoke briefly, and thanked
Plans for the Ashland Lions
ing, instructor, personal and the employees who had made this
Christm
as party will be made
family relations HA 203, 3 credit y e a r’s canning operation a suc
this coming Monday night at a
hours, John Schulz, instructor; cess.
meeting at the Don M acW hirter
and Club leadership PE 337, 3
credit hours. Dr. Elmo Stevenson
Mrs. M arjorie B arker is now home, Taylor street. M acW hir
ter is chairm an of the committee.
instructor.
driving a new Kaiser.
The Lions annual party for
children will be held this year,
December 18.
Members of the
comm ittee will determ ine tim e
and place Monday night.
Lions Christmas
Party Planned
College Choir W ill Present
Christmas Music Sunday
Southern Oregon College choir w ill present its annual concert at
Christmas music this Sunday at 4:00 p.m. in Churchill Hall. The choir
is under the direction oi Miss Dorothy Palmer.
Complete program is as fedows.
i l h r jM u a ir o f (C h ristin as
A Carol Cantata
By IRA B. W ILSON
Presented
Sunday, December 12, 4:00 p.m.
Churchill Hall Auditorium
SO U TH ER N OREGON COLLEGE M IX E D CH O IR
Director — Dorothy A. Palmer
Accompanist — Harriet Walker
Prologue
In O ur Hearts — Tenor Solo
Holy N ig h t
He Shall Feed His Flock
A lto Solo — Bernice Koch
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
Bass Solo — Lyle Heitz
O L ittle Town o f Bethlehem
Roof Overhead
For Rodeo Fans
Prospects for a new roof over
the heads of next year’s rodeo
patrons w ere brighter today. John
D augherty, Ashland Riding Asso
ciation treasurer, announced th a t
a contract to roof a 150 foot sec
tion of the grandstand had been
let this week to Ausland and Dod
son, Ashland contractors.
The roof will be of sheet alum
inum. It will cover the reserved
seat section of tlje grandstand.
D augherty said th a t it would
probably take about 30 days to
complete the job, given good
w eather.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Bounds left
Choir this week for Willow Run, M ich
Fred Buchner igan, w here they will accept de
Choir livery on a new Frazer.
Mr. and Mrs. Dom Provost and
Choir
son, Dom, Jr., are planning to
attend the Colton Bowl game
Members of the Ashland Hos
Choir this coming holiday season.
pital board met W ednesday noon
Miss Vera Stearns was a Med
to discuss the study which has
Choir ford visitor Monday.
been made during the past sev
eral weeks of the plans of v a r
Sextette
Mrs. J. S. Moore has returned
ious architects. Each m em ber of
Sopranos — Marjorie Messenger
to Santa Monica after visiting
the comm ittee made recom men
her sister and brother in law, Mr.
Marjorie Fliniau
dations and gave a resum e of
and Mrs. C. E. Taylor, Fordyce
Jill Chisholm
w hat he had found by investiga
street.
Altos — Joan Wctterau
tion.
Members of the Ashland S k at
Marilyn Streitz
Present at the m eeting were
ing
club w ent to M edford Tues
Virginia Hawkins
H arry Skerry, Henry Enders, Ike
day
for a skating party. Thirty-
Choir*
Frideger, Mrs. Mildred Klum, Good Tidings
five from Ashland were present.
Mark Hamaker, Roland Parks,
Soprano Solo — Rosemary Backus
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Fortain
and C. M. Litwiller.
Duet — Barbara Williams - Jill Chisholm
and son Robert left Tuesday for
H arry Skerry was assigned the Glory Be To Cod
Women’s Three part and Choir , an extended visit in lndio and
job of discussing w ith Portland
Sweet
L
ittle
Jesus
Boy
—
A
lto
Solo
Barbara Gcrtson, Banning, California.
hospital architects the plans for a
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Madden
hospital.
The Magi
Men’s Unison and Choir
and daughter, Sarah, were among
The board has not considered L ittle Lord Jesus — Mezzo Soprano Solo
Dorothy H o w ry ' the group at the Sky Trail on
sites nor plans and will wait un- j
C h o ir, Siskiyou sum m it Sunday.
til an architect has been re ta in e d .
Choir j Robert Vroman left Monday
before m aking any com m ittm ents The Living Song
Choir i for Portland.
I Benediction Response ...
as to site.
M embers of Ashland lodge B.
P. O. E. No. 944 were hosts W ed
nesday night to the football teams
of Talent High School, Ashland
High School, Southern Oregon
college, and Ashland Junior High
School.
The occasion was the
Elks Annual Football banquet.
Guests were served from a m enu
including ham, beef, and bear
meat.
Roland Parks, Exalted Ruler
of the Elks, welcomed the guests.
Robert Reinholdt as M aster of
Ceremonies, i n t r o d u c e d the
coaches of the teams, A1 Sim p
son, SOC; George Bray, Talent;
Chuck DeAutremont, Ashland
Junior High school; and F rank
O’Neil, Ashland High School;
who in tu rn introduced their
team members.
The Southern Oregon college
squad won five and lost four
games during the season, ending
up tied for first place honors in
the Far W estern Conference. The
Talent High School six-m an team
won seven games and lost one,
placing second in state six-m an
football circles.
E ntertainm ent was furnished
during the evening by Reinholdt,
Bill Beeson, Lyndel N ew bry,
Henry E nders and F ather A. H.
MacDonnell. Members of the Elks
Little Theatre group including
Earl Schilling, Roland Parks,
Jean E berhart, and Doyle Seely
presented a skit.
Reinholdt was chairm an of the
affair. He was assisted by B ee
son, Steve Schuerm an, Stan Leo
nard, E berhart, N ew bry and
Phil Stansbury.
Edwards Will Be
Scout Speaker
Bob Edw ards will be the speak
er at the Tuesday night m eeting
of the Explorer Senior Scout
Troop, according to Don Mac
W hirter, scoutm aster.
Edwards
will discuss canoeing
M embers of the troop are pres
ently m aking plans to construct
a cabin on W inburn Way. P e r
mission to put the cabin in the
city was granted this week by
the city council. Previously the
scouts had been m aking plans to
complete building their cabin at
Jackson Hot Springs, now, how
ever the m aterial which is at the
Jackson Hot Springs will be
brought into A shland for the
W inbuin Way cabin.
The group heard Harold Thom
as, district forest range;, last
Tuesday. Thomas spoke on m oun
taineering, explaining the p re
cautions necessary for safe m oun
taineering.
In addition to the scouts who
heard Thomas several fathers
were present. They included V ern
Sm ith, W illiam Crosslin and P at
Roach.
Several speakers are scheduled
for the w inter meetings accord
ing to MacW hirter.
The group plans for the w inter
include several snow hikes, on
snowshoes they are making. They
also plan to continue their paper
collection drives in a modified
form.
X-Ray Survey Is
Up Over 1947
A total of 1367 X -ray pictures
were taken during the recent X-
ray survey held in A shland ac
cording to a report released this
week by Mrs. John Cotton, gen
eral chairm an. This is 263 more
than were taken last year.
Mrs. Cotton particularly th a n k
ed the volunteer w orkers who
m ade the program a success.
They included:
Mrs. Harold Thomas, Mrs. Tom
Carter, Mrs. L. Asgard, Mrs.
Donald K arth, Mrs. Bob R ein
holdt, Mrs. Dick Trites, Mrs.
Tommy Laird, Mrs. Bill Beeson,
Mrs. H enry Enders, Mrs. Victor
Mills, Mrs. Dom Provost, Mrs.
Delbert Jones, Mrs. Gil Dotson,
Mrs. Emil Kroeger, Mrs. Richard
Reynan, Mrs. Lloyd Selby, Mrs.
Rodney Keating, Mrs. W. A.
W right and Mrs. Paul Finnell.
Roland Parks and C hester
Squire, principals of the Ashland
high school and the W ashington
school, have returned from a
week end m eeting in P ortland
of the Oregon Educational A s
sociation,