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Formally U m O lf A ttitudes of those who serve I ■ Sou thorn Oregon the public are so im portant in Minor IÄ T , m aking or breaking a city, so •3.00 per year far as the first impression that visitors and tourists ure concern ed tliut Ransey rumbled through m any places of business these tj.o o PER YEAR past few weeks trying to find out ASHLAND, JACKSON CO UN TY, Thursday, April 7, 1949 Volume 16, Number j Just what impression she would tfet if she were the tourist and STU D Y CLUB MEETS hot, tired and (perhaps) a little Toast mistresses Plan A T A LIC E P IE L HOM E dirty from a long trip. . .. . „ . rh e Ashland Study Club met Because tills is m eant for con Ashland was well repre: .lid on Monday, March 28th at the ' * The Lithia Toastm istress Club structive criticism, Ransey decid at the District meeting, held in ' home of Mrs Alice Piel. m et in regular session a t the ed not to pull her punches in re G rants Pass, Sunday, by District The book. “The H earth and Salem Logger Kills porting the things that made a 1 No. 4, Am erican Legion and Aux- Eagle,’’ was reviewed by Mrs. Plaza Cafe Tuesday evening with , I diary m em bers and officials. Leon G. Sharyon. It is the story Helen Schilling, President, p re -' bad impression upon her. Be it Self Tuesday N ight ' .Joint and separate m e e tin g s w ere o f a town, M arblehead, Mass., siding during the business m eet said, however, that many people I who were stopped on the street Jam es Kelly, 42, Salem, Ore- * held by the Legion and A uxiliary from its earliest settlem ent, 1630 ing Plans were made attend the ftriggH, Lombard, and und usked for inform ation as to gon, killed himself with a 32 j during the afternoon, followed by to the present and of the family tlie scenic spots, wore very well calibre pistol Tuesday night, af- ¡' a cocktail hour and banquet in who settled there, built their conference a t Klam ath Fal is, Skerry Submit Bills April 23rd. Members are working ter having attem pted to kill Mrs. the evening. inform ed and most gracious. home and stayed there. on their speeenes for the speech Those m otoring over from Ash- While some restarnunts, made Hazel M artin, 31!) P alm avenue. Members of the city of Ash The 30 m inute topic was given a practice of serving a glass of Mrs. M artin, was not seriously in J a r nd were Mr. and Mrs. Carl by Miss G ertrude Engle, who contest that will be held at th at land finance comm ittee ore w i:h- cool (some iced) w ater with the jured, a shot from Kelly’s gun lie rnin g liau .cn , Mr. and Mrs. chose for her subject, “The Quiz time. The next meeting of the I ing for the wisdom of a Solomon iMaishall Ransdell, Edwin Bern- K ids’ Much of her inform ation women speakers will be April I this week as they attem pt to de presentation of the menu, there having grazed off her skull. and any who hav.- not giv were quite a few who only gave The affair occurred during a ingljausen, Mrs. Audrey Purdin came from the book, “The Quiz 18th speech on "Im provem ent of teL?kn e a / h° isu¿ esponsib,e ior en a w ater if it was asked for, and quarrel betw een Mrs. Martin a n d : Kroeger, Jacob Lahr and K ids” by Miss Elia Hickok which Individual” w il' be expected Z a ^ r n e y bills in the recent th some rather grudgingly at that, Kelly. Mrs Naomi Calhoun and | K‘ n Miller. was published in 1947. Other «Z. at a . that t h a t time. ti— Judgment of J. P. to do 1, so Contestants court D augherty Herb F case ," especially if she only ordered a William M cLaughlin seated in ' , A ^ elJ rounded program sources of inform ation w ere “The t Fi ed „ , , planned for the year with much E x -Q. K. Resume.” magazine and will be judged on the basis of Homes. Harold Merrill, cup o’Juva or a coke. Many tour the ... . John Nos front room of the residence, I streM being put child welfare fifty points on the prepared ists, it should he born in mind, the Quiz Kids ^lanual. ier and Phil Stansbury, consti- speech, and fifty points on go in and order most anything heard portions of the quarrel ( rehabilitation an d hospitalized •'? fcx-1 tuting the common council of the A fter the program Mrs. Piel poraneous speech, the subject city ritv o. A a hi ,1 y - :S .layor just for a moment to relax and prior to the shot which wounded 1 veterans. The Legion and Aurill- served delicious refreshm ents tem r . f ,«,hi„h ,...ii u_ _ ____ . >1 get a cool drink of w ater from a Mrs M artin. They fled the house ary are takin8 an active p a rt in and all joined in wishing her a of which will be draw n from a Thomas c Willi», 3 end th.» City hat. All contestants at the c o n - " S’ V glass, which is much more satis „ e ra : : x r,z , w , « wde '.'; r^ p lhw ”i : ‘‘Happy B irthday.” f Ashland. te t v.ill speak on the subject, lying than from a fountain. With The rooms were beautiful with William Briggs, form er city at- Patrolm en Ed Bernm ghausen Nearly five hundred m em bers more tourists coming through, spring flowers and colored tapers. “Im provem ent of the Individual.” evening 1 ‘ r ‘ n ie .e tad the Toastm istress Tuesday every day as spring advances* and Norval Stockstill arrived on have, already, b e e n enrolled Guests for the afternoon were ittc a let's not let It he said thnt any the scene at 8:50 and found the there, and m any more expected Mrs. Rice, who was an early was Lottie Ransdell: Topic Mis- I council tM week s one of them lacked this small two on the floor. Mrs. Mai tin was soon. Most of these are being m em ber of the club who was vis tress, Velma Beck, Critic. Mil-1 bil1 for 51013 84 f<r his e r t r ^ r- rer in t b .n service, in Ashland All eating taken to the hospital and Kelly transferee! from other hospitals to iting at the home of her brother, red Ager; Time Keeper, Helen dir /ho Schilling: Speakers, ' C o z e 1 1 e ! Lombard and H arrv Skerry. was pronounced dead by C. M. make room for bed patients in George W. Dunn and Mrs. K ath places have up-to-date rest rooms the Jones and Abbie Sturdevant. The r^Pre"f- ‘rl' e ‘ the m ayor and where harried parents can take LiVwiller, coroner the other Installations. erine W agner Merriam. G eneral Evaluation E v a lu a tio n w a a given u.. General was by *t_ of 01 A h h i l’ ’ ”. 1 , j J i’t”' 1 bill their children while their meal Kelly who was a Salem log M arva M il le ft { *or •1006.80. is being prepared, but they can ger, and Mr> M artin had cor All mem bers participât J in a Skerry, who is presently city make an extra effort to keep responded for the past few years “Critic Contest,” with first . prize attorney, ’ has stated ------- ...... that »» - h î felt those places clean by periodical and Kelly had asked Mrs M artin going to Evelyn K relsm an f o r , that because both the council and Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. H ackett inspection, and signs asking the to rnarrv him but had been r e Phoenix, April 7—Officers will have purchased the Roxy Ann be elected this Friday at a m eet finding the most errors in speech himself are involved in the mat- cooperation of the public These fused. are the things thut will pay in court at Phoenix from Mr. and ing of the Phoenix G arden club during the evening. Second prize ter *t should be settled by a non- the long run was won by Helen Schilling. . partisan board of three lawyers Mrs. Frank B. Curtis and the at the Presbyterian church. ’’oyer’s Jersey Cow as the legal liability of the city C urtis’ have bought the H ackett Most of th« service stations Hostesses for the meetint? w ill ■"dude M’, o . S f t . ? ? * “ should be determined. Wins Silver Medal ¡usburban property just north of were, also, checked for the type ' A fter discussion at the council Columbus, O., March 25. 1949— Medford on Table Rock road. Roy LeVander, and Miss Echo' INSTALLING OFFICER of service being given, the gratis Phoenix, April 7—Mrs George | m eeting Tuesday by Dr. Chas A service that was so im portant to The C hallenger Pogis Lulu, a re The couples took possession of Alford. Dessert will be served at Drake. Phoenix lodge. Neighbors Haines- Owen Gragg, and Mr. building up reputations before gistered Jersey cow owned by E their new properties W ednesday, L30 p.m. Mrs. Jesse Wilson will present of Woodcraft, will act as in s ta ll-, Kennedy, the m atter was referred the war are not, generally, being B Poyer of Ashland, Ore., has March 30. The Richard J Sm ith a program on ‘Color Schemes for ing officer at ceremonies to b e i! ° the finance comm ittee w here completed a production record of ¡Real Estate agency, which hand m aintained, altho these services held in Ashland, will 1 it now is being studied. and. A A n pril r il 18. ir It Tf »i,ii 7,849 pounds milk and 517 pounds I led the transactions, reported the Your Gar len.” are widely publicised. Most s ta t be a joint m eeting of the lodges I A bill from the Southern Ore- butterfat which has qualified her sales Mr. and Mrs Hackett have of Medford, Phoenix and Ash- gon News Review for $206.00 for ions w here a small am ount of gas for the Silver Medal aw ard of had previous experience in auto land. was purchased, the attendant T h e Am erican Jersey Cattle Court o pe ra tio n s. supplies for the m unicipal court would give the windshield a half Club, with headquarters in Col Drivers License Exam iner | W iig. ^ t r t h ^ D a k o ^ a n d 0^ ' 10 was held up because it hadn’t hearted cleaning, and if asked um bus The Challenger Pogis been okayed by the purchasing Miss agent. give a swipe at the front side L ulu’s record was m ade on 305 Will be on duty in Ashland Mon- Mi n n 1 e Chrisgau, Rochester, windows and the rear, evidently day actual production at the age w n uApril " ’ 1949‘ at the city Minnesota have been the house O ther action at the Tuesday the ones who ride in the back of 3 years and 3 m onths All her Hall between the hours of 9 a.m. council m eeting included: Mr. Oscar Bjorlie, form erly of guests of Mr. and Mrs. W alter seat are not supposed to see the tests were verified by both O re and 4 p.m., according to an an- Clarence W illiams chief of po X .T e Ä T ' beautiful scenery In this vicinity gon State College and The A m er the Ashland school system , and nounuement received (rom lice, who subm itted his resigna now working on his m aster’* 2 because, after buying ''five’’ in as ican Jersey C attle Club Secretary of S ta te s office. Mesa. Arizona w here Miss Chris" tion March 18, was replaced by m any stations the rear windows In com piling this record she «rce a t the U niversity of Oregon. Persons wishing licenses or gau joined them for the trip to V em Smith. Sm ith will take of been selected to teach vocs1 still had not been cleaned, nor produced more than two an one- fice on April 15. perm its to drive are asked to get had the head lights been wiped half times as much butterfat as T ii-ic here at Southern O regor in touch with the exam iner well Oregon. Mrs. Kopplin and Miss Howard Oden, street superin for the coming year. Chrisgau are sisters of W aiter free of dust. Some stations de the average dairy cow in the ahead of the scheduled closing Chrisgau. They have, also, visited tendent, had his resignation ac pend on a commercial window United States hour in order to assure com ple at. tbe bome of Mr. and Mrs. cepted, and a letter from Law cleaner that a p p a re n t^ cleans tion of their applications w ith a Charles Pau Is tick, who form erly rence Wilson, applying for O den’s Mr. and Mrs. C laren ce Homes the glass while the sun is shining knew them in North Dakota. J° b‘ was read. Both Oden and hut leaves an oily film that is visited Mr and Mrs. E. E May, 1 Who .all be chosen to play th ei n J ^ t M rs’,9 ] Vd‘? ? rooks 3f Williams were granted 15 days Montague, California over the most annoying when it rains , t - r, Bethel, Ohio, visited their aunt WOODWARD GIVES FIRST leave w ith pay after April 15. Most service stations do m ain weekend. DONATION TO CAMP WHITE ’ ted roies of Romeo and J u l-j Grace Parks last week Van Ness avenue residents led tain fairly clean rest rooms T Firstbrook, sh ould he com plim ented for th" , O. Mr. Box and 5422 Mrs. B rookings, O regon P. i t will be decided this week end S f A r 'E' ThomPson petitioned Mrs. Edw ard Hicks, the fo rm e r! t h ^ ’ Z h lT n ^ C h a m h irhara Phife. a - n - d j J daughter merce “ æ Ashland C ham ber of Com- that Van Ness not be used for a others w ould not m ak a good will observe their 50th wedding when Angus Bov/mer. director of B arbara was the first business first impression. anniversary on April 9th, at their the Shakespearean Festival, tries Dianne Marie, who have spent man to m ake a donation of four tem porary truck route and the council and m ayor tabled the Most stores m aintain a courte home there. Mr. and Mrs. First- out aspirants ft am Oregon high the v/inter m onths with her p ar alarm clocks to Mrs. M. E R ans truck route proposition. ous service, and hurried persons brook are form er residents of schools. Profe- c r Bnwmer will ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Phife dell. Camp W hite chairm an for would not have to wait overlong Ashland, and are the parents of interview talented youngsters at the Am erican Legion auxiliary. Mrs. Rufus Coley and daughter, the Portland Civic Theatre S at of Crowson Road left by plane to he served, but occasionally one Mrs. Ed Hahn of 925 B street. Helen Madras, Oregon, form erly for their home in Alameda Wed Mr .and Mrs. Ernest Inkstrom , urday night. finds a store where one is urged of Ashland, stopped in Ashland, 780 Ashland street and son and to take a wrong size, and one nesday morning. last week for a short visit a t the place even sneered and laughed daughter, Ju n io r and Shirley, re .. home of Mr and Mrs. Orton Gen- because Ransey’s foot did not fit turned to th eir home Saturday SCAVENGER HUNT IS HELD Mrs. F. E. H ubert will s ta rt ung the shoes they had in stock, while after spending a week visiting BY "MASQUER” SOCIETY taking passengers for rides in another store sm m pathetically their daughters in P rineville and Phoenix, April 6 — The Phoe her Piper cub plane, Sunday a ft MRS- NORTON ENTERTAINS gave names of stores w here she Lakeview. nix high “M asquers” had a scav- ernoon, April 10. Mrs. H ubert PHOENIX THIMBLE CLUB might be fitted properly. The Mr. and Mrs. Russell H erbert enger hunt Friday night, April said that she ........................... had taken her VUO c ih M^ oenix’ AprU 6 6 - Mrs. N. E. 1. The usual items of such hunts Plane across the latter policy is widely practiced returned to Ashland Monday the United U nited States Nort°n w as hostess to the Phoe- were in evidence such as black twice already. She will have her m x Thim ble club last Friday in Pendleton and other cities from a two weeks vacation spent Rosemary Ring in Salinas and San Francisco, cats, horse s tail hairs, and ra b plane at the Sum ner P a rk e rfie ld Plans for the Thim ble club’s w here the clerks are kept in California. W inners of the snapshot contest bits. booth at the Com m unity pro I f , en?ygh People show up f or formed of w here items can be Mrs. C. U. Dakin, K lam ath sponsored by the Rogue Annual ^ JMrS JHul?fr t stated th at she gram, May 14, were discussed. purchased even though that p ar Falls, is visiting her sister, Mrs Tommy Barnes, young P h o e n ix . would render this Mrs. Claude H utton will be ticular store is tem porarily out of H. H. H endricks at her home on w ere nam ed in th eir respective boxer, lost a decision to K lenn I Sunday. service all day L c lu iM a y ^ 6 m<?eting °f the order at assem bly A pril 4. They the Item. Extra work for someone Iowa Street. Kim brough, Jacksonville, in an 1-------------- ----------- are B etty Hall, Melvin Morgan, no doubt, but it does keep the Mr .and Mrs. A. V. W yatt, Mrs. and Nina G raber. Betty will re am ateur boxing m atch at the tourist dollar w ithin the city. Edna Mole, visited Mrs. W yatt’s ceive a M eteor Cam era, m ade by Medford YMCA Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Law rence Spen sister, Mrs. G lenn Daby of S heri the U niversal Cam era C orpora cer, Dorris. California, Mrs. R. H. dan street last week. tion. Harkesins Los Angeles, and Mrs. M arie Wilt, of lowa street was Roland Parks told students that R. L. Atchison Keno, Oregon, are called to Cosmopolis, W ashing visiting friends in Ashland this ton, Monday m orning by the su d the most outstanding m em bers of simple sewing f" r^the0 d T m S d mem be? gi\ Cp ne Or more hours to the student body, such as the of week. den illness of her m other. to report at the Pioneer Hall on W in b u r ^ w 4 C^inP, W hite Is asked Victor Dicklson, Sedona, Calif Orville Yancey has returned ficers, w inners of different a- 2 o clock. April 8th. by Mrs M a r s h a l l £ n d a y afternoon at ornia, is visiting friends in A sh from a business trip to Prineville. w ards and sport team captains’ man for the A m erican Legion A uxih^ry Sd^ 1’ Camp W hite chair- names have been sent to a com land. He Is driving a new Chevvie, nyone who ran ‘. Anyone can thread a „ d J - a r n , i “ry- n g zii pany th at publishes a book called pair of scissors,” Mrs. Ransdell said ^ lth twine a " d use a “Who’s Who in A m erica’s High is desperately needed at Camn .sim ple work th a t Schools”. This book may be p u r White at this time. Instruction --------- chased by the student for $10. will ge given so that fu rth e r work m any other items will be found Delores Momany and Alex Aus can be done by sm aller neigh n the spring house cleaning that tin have been doing very well borhood groups or by the indiv it X i l f belUZen ai the C6nter dnd as announcers for the Teen-age idual in her hom e.” io n i t f° r aU U h la n d Those attending are asked to W ednesday, A pril 6, was desig m anding G eneral of the Sixth Jukebox Review on Tuesday » bring a sm all bundle of news nated Army Day in a proclam a ARMY Area as the date on which I nights. “Th v CCllar or a ttic. The Pepsters are sponsoring papers, a sturdy darning needle, tion by Mayor Thomas S. W ill ARMY DAY will be observed in Think twice before you de or the three cornered leather stroy or discard a n y th in g ” she iams. War was declared with the Sixth Arm y Area, em bracing the all-sport dances, Saturday, needle, as well as old scissors for S ,oOMd' , " Ju sl “ k y o u S e i / a G erm any April 6, 1917, and the the City of Ashland, Oregon; and A pril 9, which will honor the cutting paper. Old cotton cloth that old alarm clock, flashlight day has been set aside In memory WHEREAS, the annual obser queen of sports, Jacky Wolcott; is needed and this can be old or any other Item that is ab„ut of the Army since that time. king of sports, Don Ellsw orth; vance of ARMY DAY is occasion skirts, aprons, dresses sheets, pil to be junked could possibly be S aturday the events which us for recognizing th a t the security princesses Nancy Arney, and V ir used by some veteran to ma £ ually pertain to Army day will of our country depends upon the ginia P ritchard; princes, Dale The Rev. Wm. Hardy, evangel lowslips, blankets, or anything som ething.” «uaxe take place according to Army of constant vigilance of our people Landing and Ted Weitzel. The ist from England will appear in that can be cut in squares of 18 r ¿ 8Ck A°f storage space by the ficials. A parade will be held in and our Army, and affords us an dance will be sport and the ad Ashland during the week April to 20 inches. There are now nearly 500 v e t Legion A uxiliary does not perm it Medford and the Air Force re opportunity to pay trib u te to the mission for couples Is 30 cents, 11 through April 17. He will serve will give a dem onstration devotion and skill of the Army of and 20 cents for stags. Esther speak at services to be held each erans enrolled at the center and a concerted drive for items a _ flight. C aptain Dale Kaegi and the United States, Fow ler and JoA nn Briscoe are i n , evening at 7:45 at the Free Meth- the need of various item s is great this tim e but as the needs of Major John Enders are both Now, Therefore, I, Thomas S. charge of advertising. The gym odist Church. Savenlh at East and will grow with other enroll ia n sVwHia bZ a r e .rep° rted t° her, mem bers of the air reserve. Williams, Mayor of the City of will be decorated in red and Main street Hardy has been a ments. It is pointed out th at this cans will be sent out for almost is a perm anent work that will c S Williams proclam ation read: Ashland, Oregon, do hereby pro w hite by Pepsters who will do superintendent of the lteH m .that is usualJy d* - Congo ¡solve the housewives’ problem s carded during spring houtS WHEREAS, the President of claim Saturday, April 9, 1949 as nate tim e on Saturday. Pygmy Mission. | of w hat to do with old new spap the United States has asked the ARMY DAY in the City of A sh Friday afternoon, April 8. at 3 The Rev. J. C. Green, pastor ers. It is also pointed out th a t this Mayors of the various cities to land, Oregon, and I urge tn at c it o’clock will m ark the first M oth non will be given Friday and it proclaim ARMY DAY for obser izens of the City of Ashland, give er’s tea to be given by the G irls’ of the church, also stated that the is not a new spaper drive but J 1”“ wi following week, April 19 to A p vance throughout the country; appropriate recognition to the of League in several years. Mothers Ashlanders ar e asked to save ril 24 Mr. L. H. Green, a song and ficers and personnel of the Army of all the boys and girls of the evangelist, and Mrs. Green, their newspapers and call for busy schedule to drop in at Pin WHEREAS, April ninth has on this day that is set aside in small am ounts will be issued as M r f i i ’ t h e " 0 I0 ” 0 ° Ut h° W they student body have been invited a story teller, would be at the they are needed. been designated by the Com their honnr. an fit them selves into this pro and are urged to attend. church. Mrs. Ransdell suggested that gram. F in n f Lovers’ Quarrel Ends in Tragedy 01 NEWS REVIEW Legion ¿ Auxiliary Have Dis. riel Mee1 Trih to K. Fails Council Facing Decision on Cost of Court Action Hacketts Purchase Garden Club Plans Poxy Ann Auto Court To Elect Officers Driver’s License Examiner Coming Bjorlie Appointed - To SOC Music Stuff ’r ,ib School Romeos I of J Tbîs YVnpfc PreSlde"t of Mrs. Hubert to Fh Plane Sundav NEWS from Ashland Hi Hardy Speaks Here Williams Designates Wednesday As Army Day In Ashland and Vicinity SOS Sent Out For Volunteer Help To Assist In Comp White Sewinc