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THURSDAY, JUNE }o, 1949
Volume 16, Number 17
Ashland Awaits Fourth Celebration
Beauty C ontest Is
Set for Saturday
Night at Armory
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The judge», whose duty it will
be to choose Miss Ashlund to be
crow ned Queen Ashland, have u
hard task ahead of them Saturday
evening when the contestants will
be judged, in bathing suits and
evening gowns, at the Queen’s
Ball,, to be held In the Armory.
The Beauty Contest is a feature
sponsored by the Soroptim ists to
the entertaining program being
arranged by Bette Hampton, chair
man. Bob Rice’s orchestra will
furnish music for the Ball which
will follow the coronation of the
queen, who will be chosen from
one of the following contestants,
all of whom were interviewed by
the society editor of the News
Review, yesterday.
Miss Joyce Rawlins. 17, daught­
er of Mr. and Mrs Jake Rawlins,
Route 1, box 3B1. will be a senior
at Ashland High school next year.
She hopes to attend Southern
Oregon College following h e r
graduation, m ajoring in music.
Her hobbies are swimming, sing­
ing. playing the piano, and hula­
ing Hulaing is a dancing art,
which she learned in the Hawalin
islands w here she has lived on
three different occasions during
the tim e her father was a Naval
Officer. She has, also, lived In
Panama, but considers Ashland
her first real home as she a tten d ­
ed 25 different schools before her
father finally retired from the
Navy I^ast year, Joyce, was a
m em ber of the Pepster's and Tri-
Hi-Y, Chorus and the Band at
Ashland High school, whose stu ­
dent body choae her as one of the
seven girls they sponsored in the
Beauty Contest
Virginia Hawkins, 20, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Hawkins,
217 Fourth has completed two
years at Southern Oregon College
and is being sponsored by the
college. She is, presently, w ork­
ing at K am pfer's in Medford but
hopes to find work in Ashland.
Her hobbies are all kinds of
sports and she served on the Pep
Squad at SOC the past year.
Claims she drinks nothing but
milk and certainly looks the pic­
ture of health, as do all of the
candidates.
Miss Rosemary Ring, Hi, daugh­
ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Ring,
Bellview, was graduated from
Ashland Hih school and was one
of the seven girls elected by the
student body to represent that
group In the contest for Queen
Ashland. Rosemary’s hobby is
w riting While she has not done
any serious story w riting as yet,
she has been a reporter for the
High School publication. Rogue
News and for the News Review.
This sum m er she hopes to join
the W riter’s Club and will work
in the fru it after th e Fourth.
Rosemary won a scholarship of
tuition to Southern Oreon College
for scholarship and school activi­
ties and, expects to enter SOC for
the fall term.
Miss P atty Rowe, 19, daughter
of Charles B. Rowe. Oakland,
California, and granddaughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Rowe, A sh­
land, graduated from Oakland
High School last year. She spends
her sum m er vacations as the
house guest of her sister, Mrs. A.
M. Knapp, 280 Meade Street. Her
father was raised in Ashland and
attended Ashland schools. P atty
studied dram a In High school and
has made apperances as a con-
torionist since she was in the 9th
grade.
While her appearances
haven’t been professional she was
sponsored by the Odd Fellow and
Rebekah Lodges to perform in
Idaho, besides her m any appear­
ances at the Oakland High school.
This fall she expects to attend
the Patricia Stevenson school of
Modeling and aspires to be a
model
Miss Doreen Wenaus, 16, daugh
ter of Theo W enaus and the late
Mrs. Wenaus, Route 1, box 338,
Ashland, will be a senior in high
school next year. Last year she
was song leader, and a princess
at the Prom. N ext year she will
be yell leader and president of
the Girls Athletic Association,
roller skating. Being the baby of
ASHLAND JUNIOR TEAM
DROPS GAME TO MEDFORD
Opening game for the Legion
junior tcum showed the Medford
boys strong with the Ashland
team unable to connect with the
ball and with several costly e r ­
rors, winding up the game with a
score of 27 to 1. The first of thq
season, the game was played on
the Ashland field Saturday a fte r­
noon.
The Medford boys banged the
ball all over the lot and with two
home runs by Je rry Montgomery
and Bill Grimm, plus some nice
pitching by Montgomery and,
Turk proved too much for the lo­
cal lads.
HOLDEN HERRIN ENAS
PRE-FLIGHT TRAINING
Naval C adet Holden R. Herrin,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs H er­
rin of HI Nutley st., Ashland, Ore.
was graduated recently from the
Naval Pre-F light School, at P en­
sacola, Fla. This is the first step
in becoming a naval aviator.
Before entering the naval se r­
vice, H errin attended Ashland
Senior High School.
Her hobby is sports, especially
a large family, with only one “big
sister” at home, she and Maxine
have carried a great deal of
the responsibility of the home
during their m other’s last illness
While Doreen would like, even­
tually to become a nurse having
had much practical experience a
long this line, to work, this sum ­
mer and next in a store.
She
hopes to enter college after her
graduation.
Miss Grace Williams, age 18, is
a candidate for Q ’ een Ashland.
Grace was chosen, by popular
vote of the student body, Ashland
High school from which she gra­
duated this year. She is the
daughter of Mayor and Mrs. Tom
Williams. Her hobby which a-
mounts to an avocation is her
music. She is a talented musician
and spends her spare tim e com­
posing, often entertaining her
friends with her own composi­
tions. She has been the musician
for Jobs D aughters for some time.
Her vacation am bition is to find
a job in an office or store. She
is very good at typing and short­
hand.
Miss Nancy Arney, 17, daughter
of Mr and Mrs. Harold Arney.
605 Liberty Street, will graduate
from Ashland High School next
year, and is planning on being
m arried soon after her gradua­
tion. “B unky’’ Hall is the lucky
man. “B unky” graduated from
High school last year and is, pre­
sently taking his exams, hoping
to join the Air Corps soon. Nancy
is definitely domestic minded and
her hobbies are cooking and sew ­
ing and she makes some of her
own clothes. She was chosen
Prom Princess and Sports P rin ­
cess besides being voted as a can­
didate for Ashland Queen by the
student body of Ashland High
school.
Miss Joanne Briscoe, 18, daugh­
ter of Mr and Mrs. E A. Miller.
478 Allis n street, graduated from
Ashland high school this year and
was chosen as a candidate for the
beauty contest by the student
body. Joanne is presently, em ­
ployed a t the Top Hat Drive In
and expects to attend Southern
Oregon college next fall, taking a
teachers course In physical educa­
tion
She hopes, eventually, to
teach physical ed in the Ashland
schools as she likes Ashland very
much. Her special hobbies are
swimming and tenni.s L ast year
she was a yell leader besides be­
ing on the basket ball and base­
ball teams
Miss Jackie Wolcott, 17 daugh­
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald J.
Wolcott, 123 B Street, graduated
this year from Ashland high
school, and hopes to enter the P a­
tricia Stevenson school of Model­
ing, San Francisco or Southern
Oregon College. She was a m em ­
ber of the Pep club, Quill and
Scroll and Tri-Hi-Y this past
year, as well as yell leader. Her
hobbies are swimming, tennis and
knitting, the later being a new
achievement, Jackie having com­
pleted one of a pair of sox for
her boy friend, Dave Geil. She
will attend Southern Oregon col­
lege this fall, Jackie will m ajor in
arts that will lead tow ard a ca­
reer as a model. Jackie was one
of the seven girls chosen by the
student body to represent A sh­
land high school.
Lions Club Has
Installation of
Officers Tuesday
At a gala affair Tuesday even­
ing in the Elks Dining room, new
officers of the Lions club were
installed in an appropriate cere
mony. The installation was com ­
bined with Ladies Night to pro ­
duce one of the best evenings the
Lions club has had for m any a
meeting.
Guests started gathering about
7 o'clock, when punch was enjoy­
ed, with W inston Marks officiat­
ing After some time in visiting
m em bers were seated in a large
square in the dining room, with
president and Mrs. W ayne Mirick
presiding A fine chicken dinner
wa served fam ilyp style, with
Lions John Ham street and John
Reed in charge as co-chairm en of
the entertainm ent
com m ittee
Much fun was enjoyed w ith John
Reed reciting a poem or two, to
liven up the evening. Following
this the serious business of the
evening was gotten down to, and
Herb Huston perform ed the in ­
stallation ceremonies
New officers for the coming
year as installed were Bob Sni­
der, president; Don Lewis, first
vice president; Price Thomas, sec­
ond vice president; and W inston
Marks, third vice president; H erb
Huston, tailtw ister; John Reed, as
treasurer; Price Hennan, secre­
tary; Chet Squire, lion tam er; and
Sid Reed and Chet Thompson as
new directors.
Several guests from the C entral
Point den were present, and Bill
Abbott, as the first president of
the C entral Point club, spoke
briefly as did the present presi­
dent, Larry South,
AUXILIARY NEARS
NEW RECORD
National enrollm ent of the Am­
erican Legion Auxiliary is rapid­
ly approaching a new high re ­
cord, according to Mrs. Irving Nel
son local m em bership chairm an
With enrollm ent running 20,000
ahead of the sam e date last year,
the Auxiliary has passed the 925-
000 mark and was expected to ex
ceed last year's record of 960,-
000 members before the natioa.il
convention in August.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean, Medford,
accompanied 40 m em bers of Jobs
Daughters to Ashland for a swim ­
ming party and weiner roast at
Twin Plunges. Queen Billy Older
m ade the arrangem ents for the
party.
State Asks For
New Band Shell
Safe and Sane Fourth
The approchlng Fourth of July
week end will see the heaviest
highway traffic yet know n in
Oregon, state traffic officials have
predicted.
Secretary of State Earl T. New-
bry, in a joint plea with S uperin­
tendent of State Police H. G. Mai-
Mon, called on all drivers planning
holiday trips to anticipate heavy
traffic and to adjust speeds ac­
cordingly, pointing out th a t three
out of four Oregon traffic deaths
happen on rural highways with
high speed as a definite contri­
buting factor.
Matson said state police officers
will be watchinq particularly for
speed violations in an effort to
hold holiday traffic accidents to
a minimum. He also w arned a-
gainst attem pting to pass w ith­
out enough clear road space a-
head, which invites deadly head-
on collisions.
Six persons died in Oregon
traffic accidents over the Fourth
of July weekend a year ago. A p­
proxim ately 50 were seriously in­
jured.
Newbry suggested that m otor­
ists start trips in plenty of tim e to
offset crowded highways and
slower-moving traffic.
Crowsons Buy
X-L Electric
Dedication of the new band
shell in Lithia Park took place
Thursday evening at 8 o’clock
with Henri Schum ann-Heink, son
of the late Madame Ernestine
Schum an-Heink, will direct one
num ber for the Ashland Munici­
pal Band.
Appearing w i t h Schum ann-
Heink was Jean Greif, Portland,
who played the W urlitzer for or-
gon Concert. Mr. Grief is m anag­
er for the N orth West Music Co.
and Schum ann-H eink is trav el­
ing representative for the W urli­
tzer company.
The program started w ith “A m ­
erica” played by the Municipal
Band followed by a eulogy by
Wm. Briggs, honoring the late
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Butler, donors
of the band shell.
The response and acceptance of
the band shell, in behalf of the
city of Ashland, was given by
Mayor Tom W illiams who made
the formal dedication
Jean Greif played the W urlit­
zer during the organ concert.
The Ashland Municipal Band
gave a concert under the direct­
ion of Charles W. Cook, director,
w ith Schum an-Heink conducting
one num ber.
The concert closed with the
playing of the National Anthem,
“The Star Spangled Banner.”
The dedication is the culm ina­
tion of plans draw n in 1945 which
have been in the process of “com­
ing into being” since th a t time.
President Bert Freem an has been
in direct charge of prom otion of
the Band Shell, with the coopera­
tion of band officers and city of­
ficials. P articular credit is given
the Utilities Supt., Elmer C. Bie­
gel, in supervising the construc­
tion of the Shell. 1
A fter nine years of m anageing
the X-L Electric, Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Crowson have purchased
interest of Mrs. Edith L. Good
and this week he and Mrs. Crow-
son are on the job as the new
«wners. Mr. Crowson has been
with the store since Mr. and Mrs.
D. Guy Good brought the busi­
ness from F rank M urphy about
tw enty years ago.
According to Mrs. Crowson,
who has been managing the office
for the past several years, the
store was first located on the
Plaza, later was moved to the
Ashland Hotel Building, at the
spot w here Jack Young’s Texaco
station is now located. L ater it!
was moved to a spot on Pioneer j W. T. (Jack) Frost, hydraulic
Avenue and from there to Third engineer w ith the Soil Conserva­
street and about two years ago tion Service and Oregon Experi­
was moved to the location it now m ent Station, Oregon State Col­
has at 107 East Main street.
lege, Corvallis, gave a vivid word
Mr. and Mrs. Crowson state picture, at the Cham ber of Com­
th at there will be no change in merce luncheon, Tuesday, of the
personnel and that they will con­ scarcity of w ater and the im por­
tinue, as always, to give the best tance of conserving it.
service to their custom ers and
“W ater,” pointe d o u t M r.
friends, with fine m erchandise, Frost,” is more dependent on
and efficiency in electrical ser­ snow fall than rain, and is be­
vice.
coming more scarce and, in fact,
is rapidly disappearing.”
“A fter such a declaration, it a p ­
pears to be an opportune tim e to
check up on the local w ater s it­
uation and see if the precious
stuff is being properly conserv­
a staff of two other trained men ed.” On this point Mr. Frost
W aldron will instruct swimming, stated the local supply should
equal th at of the best years.
life saving, rowing and canoeing.
Mr. Frost used a num ber of
Once each week boys will climb scientific charts to explain th at
Mt. McLoughlin and view the one should consider a snow bank
Rogue River Valley from south­ as com parable to m onetary bank
ern Oregon's highest peak. M oun­ w ith a deposit from which w ith ­
taineer badges will be aw arded to draw als may be draw n. Snow, be­
all boys successfully m aking the ing deposited in the w inter is
accent. A Gold Rush program at still intact April 1st, which is,
the end of each period will offer usually, the earliest date on
com petition betw een Patrols on which it can be m easured. The
state has 128 men, who cover
basic scouting skills.
A full w eek of fun, adventure four thousand miles on snow
and training will be in store for shoes and skiis, to gather the data
400 Boy Scouts of Siskiyou, Jose­ for predicting the am ount of w at­
phine and Jackson Counties this er th at will be available during
sum m er. P arents and friends are the dry season.
urged to visit the local camp at
The T alent Irrigation D istrict
L ake O’ the woods and see the was hightly praised by “Jack” ap­
camp in operation.
propriately nicknam ed as to his
Stanley Haw kins arrived this work as well as his surnam e, who
week from New York City to help commended them, in an in ter­
local Scout officials in future view, stating that members had
plans for Camp McLoughlin. been so active that they are m ak­
Haw kins is a m em ber of the N at­ ing their own m easurem ents on a
ional Boy Scout Engineering S er­ new course, set in cooperation
vice and has been consulted In w ith Soil Conservation Service
the building and rem odeling of and is known as H obart Lake.
thousands of camps throughout O ther courses affecting the dis­
the United States.
trict run-off are H iatt P rarie and
Hawkins spent Thursday and W agner Butte. In return SCS will
Friday at Lake O' the woods with also obtain snow survey data
H. D. Christensen, Council P resi­ from the Talent Irrigation Dis­
dent, George Flanagan, camping trict on H obart Lake, for compil­
and activities chairm an, and Cliff ing forcasf of future w ater sup­
Hanson, Scout Executive. Many plies for the district.
of the recom mended changes will
Mr. Frost, further, stated that
begin S aturday when 30 men will it is im portant th at the state of
arrive at camp to volunteer their Oregon,, assume a larger responsi­
service in the camp labors. Ed bility in this work as state funds
Borg will Supervise the rem odel­ are, presently, trebled by federal
ing of Camp McLoughlin.
fhnds.
Boy Scout Camp at Lake 0’ the Woods
Prepares Program for Opening July 10
George C. Flanagan, Crater
Lake Area Council camping chair
man announced that reservations
for the Boy Scout camp at Lake
O’ the woods for this sum m er sea­
son had reached an all time high.
The camp will operate for four
one week periods starting on July
10. The second and third week
periods now have reached the 100
boy m axim um w ith only a lim it­
ed num ber of openings in the
first and last period. Flanagan
urged scoutm asters to complete
their registrations im m ediately in
order th at space will be available.
Larry Lundin, camp director,
reports that m any new activities
will be available for the boys
this summer. A new rifle and
archery range is being installed,
new tent platform s and troop ac­
comodations are being built and
three 16 foot canoes have been
added to the fleet of 2 w ar can­
oes, 8 rowboats, 2 sailboats and
a speed boat.
Jam es Harpole will retu rn to
the staff this sum m er as program
director with a trained staff to
help the scoutm asters. Bob Beach
Dick Leigh and Bob Strothers,
of Southern Oregon College will
be employed in the program divi­
sion. All basic scouting skills such
as axem anship, pioneering, hik­
ing, tracking, mapping, rope work
and handicraft will be taught.
Don Waldon will retu rn again
this year to Camp McLoughlin to
supervise the aouatics program.
This is Dons eleventh year at
camn starting as a Scout and ad­
vancing to aquatic director. With
Dedicated Thurs.
SCS Engineer
Talks Here Tues.
At a m eeting held W ednesday
night In the city council cham b­
ers, final plans were thoroughly
discussed by the section chiefs
responsible for the big celebra­
tion planned for Ashland. Those
present were optim istic about the
entire three-day observance of
Independence day in Ashland.
The meeting was under the ch air­
m anship of Phil Stansbury, who
this year heads the job
s ti.a g
that Ashland has a bang-up Four­
th of Ju ly celebration.
At the meeting, reports were
heard from the several section
of the parade. John von Kuhl-
m ann, who is parade chairm an
stated that the parade will get
under way at ten o’clock Monday
morning. The Ashland city band
will furnish music, a color guard
will be furnished, and three m ain
sections in the parade, which will
include entries by comm ercial
houses, civic organizations, kid­
dies, fraternal organizations, and
the riders of southern Oregon,
Henry Enders, chairm an of the
m ounted section, stated th a t a-
bout 300 invitations to individuals
from the area from Yreka to
G rants Pass had been sent and
m any had responded th a t they
would enter. Organized units
from M edford and G rants Pass,
however, will not be present as
they are entered elsewhere. Mr.
Enders expects to have more than
tw o hundred horses and riders
entered.
The kiddles section will have
the usual entries of decorated bi­
cycles, wagons, pets, etc., and Ed
Singm aster, who has charge of
the prizes for the various sections
stated th at prizes of $3.00, $1.50
and $1.00 will be aw arded to the
best entries for boys and girls.
Hugh McKeever, in charge of
commercial entries stated th a t he
had promises of about tw enty en­
tries from business houses of Ash­
land. However several are yet to
be heard from and m ore th an
that num ber are expected to be
in the parade. Dr. Elmo S teven­
son reported th a t several of the
civic clubs had prom ised floats
and it was expected th a t several
fraternal organizations wo u 1 d
have entries.
Those wishing to enter floats
are urged to contact either von
K uhlm ann, McKeever, Stevenson
or Vern Sm ith prior to M onday
m drning at 10 so th at they can
be assigned places in the parade.
A prize of $15 will be aw arded
for the best entry in the parade
and prizes of $7.50 and $5.00 for
the best commercial or other float
will also be given.
Other Event*
The week end celebration w ill
get off to a flying sta rt Saturday
evening w hen th e coronation
ceremonies will be held at the
Armory. This is under direction
of the Soroptim ist club and eight
local girls are entered for the
event. Final Red Cross swim m ing
dem onstrations will be held a t
Tw in Plunges a t 6:30, T h e
Q ueen’s Ball will follow the cor­
onation exercises and Don Rice
and his orchestra are to furnish
the music.
Main event slated for Sunday
is the baseball game betw een the
A shland Lithians and the K an­
sas City Monarchs, a colored pro­
fessional team , The local team has
had a very successful year so far
and a good game is prom ised for
those who take to baseball. The
game will get under way a t F ul­
ler Field at 2 o’clock. There will
be a organ music in the p ark for
those who will be there during
the afternoon.
Rodeo and Race*
Slated for the afternoon of Ju ly
4th, Monday, is the big event
of the week end, the horse races
and rodeo, by the Ashland Rid­
ing Association.
The event will get under way
at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon a t
the association’s track a t V alley­
view. Sixteen big events are
slated and will include a full
afternoon of rodeo events, horse
races and exhibitions. Several in­
teresting interm ission events are
slated also.
Monday evening there will be a
huge firew orks display at F uller
field and will s ta rt about 9:30.
Clint Baughm an, who is in charge
of this event, stated this week
th at to his knowledge this is the
only firew orks display scheduled
for this area and a large tu rn o u t
is expected for this event. Mr.
Baughm an reported th at all of
the firew orks will be rockets and
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