Opportunity Sale
Proceeds To Go
To Iron Lung
A portion of the proceed« of
the Aahlund Lion« club O pportu­
nity sale, to be held Suturduy,
Oct. 22, In the city hall, will
be tu rn e d over to th e Ju n io r
cham ber of com m erce Iron
Lung Fund, it was decided upon
a t a m eeting of the club and
board of d ire c to rs m eeting Tues­
day evening.
Scheduled to s ta rt a t 12 noon,
S atu rd ay , the sale will be u grab
bag affair. All m erchandise is
expected to be donated, und
each bag will contain an a r ­
ticle o r some articles a t one
dollar, and the bags will be sold
for 50 cents, Roland P a rk s and
F ra n k O’Neil, co-chairm en of
th e sale, announced.
T here w ill be articles for the
m en, as well us for the wom en,
it was pointed out.
Miss Alice W arner, w inner of
the A shland Lions club scholar­
ship to S o uthern O regon college
last year, was a guest of the
club, and explained w h at the
scholarship is doing for her.
G uest sp eak er fo r the even­
ing was Don M acDougal, profes­
sor of h istory at S outhern O re­
gon college
Koozer Named
To Highway Office
Ralph Koozer, A shland, has
been nam ed vice-president of
the H ighw ay 99 association, sue
ceeding C arey Thom son, M ed­
ford, it w as announced todny by
H. B. Roadm an, Roseburg, p resi­
d en t of the highw ay prom otion
group.
Thom son resigned w hen he re­
cently m oved from this area.
K oozer w as nam ed by a recent
m eeting of th e board of direct
ors held in G ran ts J’ass. O ther
officers include C. H. D em eray
G ran ts Pass, vice-president; J
E. E arly, Eugene, secretary
tre a su re r, and H arvey B lythe
Eugene, executive secretary.
Officers, Advisors
To Meet Here
O fficers and A dvisors of n e a r­
ly 20 Hi Y and Tri Hi Y Clubs
of S o uthern Oregon will m eet in
A shland for an all day train in g
conference, S unday, O ctober
23rd. Sessions of the conference
will be held a t S o uthern Oregon
C ollege w ith registration of d el­
egates sta rtin g a t 9:15 a.m. and
conference a d jo u rn m en t a t 4:15
o'clock S unday afternoon Two
key note addresses a re to be
included in the conference p ro ­
gram th is y ear w ith opening
addresses of the conference giv­
en in th e general session Sunday
m orning by Mr. W arren Lessig
of M edford and the afternoon
address delivered by Mr. Ben
H. S chm idt of M edford.
T rain in g sessions for C lub Of­
ficers a re to be held Sunday
m orning follow ing the general
session. T he tra in in g sessions are
to be led by local men. Included
in the lead ers for these tra in ­
ing sessions w ill be Jo h n B il­
lings, B ert M iller, Dr. John
Schulz, C. L. Thom pson and Dr
W alter Redford.
P resid in g a t the general ses­
sions of the conference w ill be
the P resid en ts of th e A shland Hi
Y and T ri Hi Y C lub w ith Bob
Sim pson of th e A shland Senior
Hi Y C lub as the C hairm an for
the opening session; Donna F a ­
der, P re sid e n t of the A shland
S enior T ri Hi Y C lub will p re­
side a t the afternoon session of
th e conference w hile A nne F u l­
lerton, P re sid e n t of A shland
B eta T ri Hi C lub w ill serve as
M istress of cerem onies for the
C onference luncheon Sunday
noon. An open forum on Hi Y
C lub problem s w ill be a p a rt of
th e afternoon session w ith Mr.
D w ight O’W elch, Associate Sec­
re ta ry of the Pacific N orthw est
A rea Y.M.C.A. in charge.
The closing w orship cerem ony
of the conference w ill be led
by th e girls of the A shland
S enior and Beta T ri Hi Y Clubs.
Craft C lasses Added for
Grade School Girls
A C ra ft group for g irls of
grade school age has been added
to the A shland Y.M.C.A. list of
F all activities. The new c ra ft
group w ill m eet every T hursday
afternoon a t 4:00 o’clock in the
Social Room of the Y.M.C.A.
Building.
S hellcraft, T cath erw o rk , T ex­
tile P ain tin g and P lastics will
be p a rts of th e p rogram fo r the
group this fall.
M em bership in the C raft
group is open w ith o u t charge to
all girls of th e com m unity.
C raft m aterials w ill be sold at
cost to group m em bers.
Mrs. R. N. F le tc h e r and Mrs.
A. E. DeM ers w ill be in charge
of the girls c raft group.
7/te Scuthc/wi
NEWS REVIEW
Voi. 16 No. 33
M ..O
In C K S O M C O U N T Y . O R E G O N . T H U R S D A Y . O C T O B E R 20. 1949
Pries F ive Cants
Council Meets in Overtime Session;
Auto Court Lease Debated, Granted
In a m eeting th a t was high­
lighted by the appearance of th e
A shland T axpayers, Inc., a new
civic b e tte rm e n t group recen tly
organized, th e A shland C ity
council Tuesday evening cleared
up th e L ith ia A uto C ourt lease,
debated the new fire h all site
and th e proposed tim b er sale.
T he m eeting was atten d ed by
fo u r attorneys, presenting th eir
view s on various m atte rs broug­
ht before the city dads.
A shland T axpayers, Inc., ap­
peared before m em bers of the
council in pro test to action ta k ­
en by th a t body in reg a rd to
th re e questions, nam ely; the
new fire h all site, th e L ithia
A uto C ourt lease and the pro­
posed tim b er sale.
to have occupied the building in
1934 and he w as told th a t the
building had been condem ned.
The m an requested th a t the Ma-
yor w ithhold his nam e,
Briggs appeared before the
council about 10 p.m. and re­
ported th a t as fa r as he knew ,
the building had n ev er been
condem ned at any tim e.
F o rm e r ow ner of the b uild­
ing, Briggs, stated th a t he
bought the building in 1929
at a price of $9500 and m ade a
profit of $3500 w hen he sold the
p roperty to the city for $13,000.
He said he figured he was en­
title d to a profit.
E stim ated costs of rep air to
th e site to m ake it read y for
th e new fire h all w ere said to
be around $10,000, b u t late r fig­
A u to C o u rt Lease
E dw ard C. K elly, M edford, ures raised th e cost of re p a ir to
spokesm an for th e group, spoke $19,000, m aking a to ta l cost of
first on th e auto c o u rt lease, the site to the city ap p ro x im at­
statin g th a t the T axpayers group ely $32,000
felt th a t th e city should adver- T im berland Sale
tiae for bids on the lease, an d , Jn an sw er to the T axpayers
th a t the lease was u n d er the group in reg a rd to th e proposed
jurisd ictio n of th e P a rx com-
q{ tim b erlan d s by the c ity ,
m ission, subject to app ro v al of g le tte r was read by M ayor W ib
the city council.
liam s in w hich it was noted a
<5TFFI M IL L *5 S IL E N C E D BY S T R IK E — For the second time since the end of the war, the
M em bers of th e council vot- r u jjng of th e D ep artm en t of
uiwenng stocks of the notloiVs S ie l J in lb illo w forth no m assiv. clouds of smoke Here, a ^camera-
ed to g ra n t the lease, a fte r it the In te rio r w n i be forthcom ing
'owering
nn n» On rv . Indians. vets « shot of ths deserted Dlants closed bv the nationwide steel strik
was pointed out th a t th e word- Jn
d
Qn the legality of
ing of th e lease and an addenda th e jjale
attach ed clarified the question
A shland T axpayers, Inc., al-
“The M aster’s Men”
of w h e th e r or not th e lease was jeged th a t a y facts concerning
'io Ap|w*ar Here
p e rp e tu al and it w as found it th e sale w ere not available, a n d
wasn’t.
th ey doubted the rig h t of th e
"T h e M aster's M e n ", a q u ­
H eated discussion was held on city to sell any lands fro m w a t­
a rte t of N o rth w e s t C h ris tia n
the m a tte r betw een council ersheds feeding th e city w a te r
C ollege students, w ill appear
m em bers, the T axpayers group supply.
at the F irs t C h urch of C h ris t
and Mr. T. R. T ram el who was
S a tu rd a y n ig h t. 7:.-30 p .m .
C yclone B u rn e r In s ta lle d
The first of the new C afeteri­ seeking ren ew al of his lease.
T h e y w ill sing hym ns, s p iri­
It w as b rought o u t a t th e
Question F ire H a ll Site
This y e a r's pack at tin- Bag
as In th e new A shland schools
tuals,
seculars
and gospel
m eeting th a t Lam bs M ill has in ­
ley C anning com pany probably
In
reg
a
rd
to
the
new
fire
hall
opened a t th e W alk er school
stalled a cyclone b u rn e r an d re ­
exceeded th a t of last y ear by 10 songs. The p u b lic is in v ite d .
on W ednesday. On M onday Oct site, recen tly purchased from sults have been good. O th e r m il­
to 15 percent, Ralph Koozer,
Wm.
R.
Briggs,
fo
rm
e
r
city
a
t­
24 th e L incoln School students
ls th a t have been com plained o i
m anager of the local plant,
w ill fin d th eir cafeteria in ope­ torney, K elly told of ru m o rs to have n o t done a n y th in g as y e t
told m em bers of the A shland
th e effect th a t the building had
ration.
been condem ned by th e state to a llev iate th e saw dust flying
K iw anis club Monday
The u n it a t the Briscoe school fire m arshall.
situation, and C ity E ngineer
Koozer said the A shland plant
w ill s ta rt about C hristm as w hen
M ayor Tom’ W illiam s stated Biegel told of plans he has
processed ap p ro x im ately 500
the building is scheduled to be th a t he had been approached d raw n fo r such a b u rn e r an d
tons of peaches, 000 tons of
com plete. The cafeteria a t B ell­ th a t day by a m an supposedly w ill give th em to th e o th e r
pears, 1000 tons of tom atoes
view started on th e first day
mills.
and used 100 tons of cabbage in
f school and th e J u n io r High
M em bers of the council sug­
sa u e rk ra u t
The m em bers of the fourth w as opened a t about th e sam e
gested
th a t if th e o th e r m ills
P a y ro ll for the en terp rise congressional nom inating com ­ tim e. This w ill m ake a to tal
did
not
com ply v o lu n ta rily to a
this y e a r am ounted to a p p ro x i­ m ittee of the D em ocratic party, of five school cafeterias.
req u e st th a t th e situation be
m ately $90,000. Koozer said com prising the counties of Co­
High school students are able
tak e n care of, then th e re should
th a t althougli the wage scale os, C urry, Douglas. Jackson,
to
patronize e ith e r the Lincoln
be som e m eans p rovided to
for processing now averages a- Josephine, Lane and L ynn m et
force them to comply.
bout $1.00 per hour as com pared in executive session in the city o r J u n io r High units.
It is m uch h a rd e r to m ake the
to 40 to 50 cents p rio r to the of Roseburg, S unday, O ctober
Lease Granted
w ar th a t the average w o rk er 16 w ith full rep resen tatio n J u n io r High cafeteria pay out,
The lease of a section of th e
Dr. E. T. H edlund, P o stm aster
to S u p erin ten d en t
does not produce as m uch as in present. The com m ittee com pris­ according
old B ellview a irp o rt p ro p erty to
of
P
o
rtla
n
d
,
has
been
appointed
pre-w ar years. He said th a t both ed a cross section of th e average Linn.
O regon S ta te C hairm an of the L u m b er M ills C orporation of
He fu rth e r stated th a t it 1950 M arch of Dimes, B asil O- C alfiornia, w hich has been p en ­
farm er and canner face the A m erican voter. T here w ere
sam e problem and m ust find p resent rep resen tativ es of busi­ seem ed last spring this cafeteria C onnor, p resident of th e N ati­ ding since last spring, w as ac­
some way to increase volum e ness, th e profession, labor and should, be closed because of the onal F oundation fo r In fan tile cepted a t th e T uesday m eeting.
sm all num ber served b u t it was P araly sis, announced today. It
and efficiency and tak e a sm al­ farm groups.
The lease w as g ran te d fo r 20
ler m argin of profit to m ake the
decided to give it a tria l ru n of is Dr. H ed lund’s elev en th con­ y ears w ith an option to ren e w
L. P eers W ilm eth was proxy
business pay.
secutive y e a r as h ead of the fo r 10 years, w ith th e proviso
delegate from Jackson County. tw o m onths this fall.
The
new
kitchens
are
w
ell
Koozer said the m ost succes­
fu n d raising ap peal in Oregon. th a t th e corporation process 2,-
T he nam es of tw en ty one men
sful o peration h ere has been the and w om en w ere subm itted to planned ad equipped and m od­
As chairm an, Dr. H edlund 500,000 b oard feet per year. A
canning of frcc-stonc peaches, the consideration of th e nom i­ e rn in every way. The students w ill be in over-all ch arg e of grace p eriod of 120 days was
using the im proved E lbertas. nating com m ittee. W hen the w ill eat in the m ulti-purpose plan n in g and organizing the allow ed fo r em ergencies.
This lease is sim ilar to those
He said th e re is a need for w eeding process was com pleted room w hich is adjacent to the a n n u al polio drive, and w ill co­
increased acreage of th is v ari­ th e re rem ained five persons, c afeteria kitchen. T em porary o rd in a te activities of a ll city and signed by F ir M illing and P la n ­
ety in th e Rogue V alley. He a l­ S enator O rville M. Thom pson tables w ill be used u ntil the county cam paign d irecto rs in ing, except th a t th e lease w ill
begin on Ja n . 1, 1950.
so stated th a t th ere is need for of A lbany, J. W. (Bud) F o rrest­ p erm en an t ones are available. th e state.
C afeteria m anagers are: J u n i­
m ore tom atoes to be raised in er, P u b lish er, N orth Bend. M ary
T he M arch of Dim es is con­
the valley.
G. K elly, S ta te V ice-Chairm an, o r High, R uby Helms; B ellview , ducted each J a n u a ry by th e
W om en’s Division, D em ocratic E sther B arrett: Biscoe, W anda N ational F oundation. T he 1950
P a rty , M edford, David Shaw, S te re tt; Lincoln, Amy Snyder; appeal w ill be held J a n u a ry 16-
31.
A ttorney, G old Beach and Al­ W alker, Bessie Bridges.
C om m enting on Dr. H ed lu n d ’s
fred Flegel, D em ocratic M ayor
re-appointm ent to O regon’s top
of Roseburg.
M arch of Dimes post, M r. O-
T he A shland high school griz­
C onnor declared th a t the N ati­ zlies w ill tra v e l to Coos B ay this
Bill
Hemmelgarn
Added
B ertha Lena Bonney, 77, a
onal F oundation is now facing w eekend w h ere th e y w ill m eet
resident of A shland for th e last To N ew s Review S ta ff
th e “m ost crucial p erio d ” in its th e M arshfield high school P ir ­
4 years, passed aw ay F riday
tw elve-year history.
ates F rid a y night.
W. A. ‘‘B ill” H em m elgarn,
m orning a t 345 Scenic D rive
He described th e 1949 polio
Jo
h
n
A
ugust
Sw
anson,
91,
T his w ill be the second trip
fo
rm
erly
business
m
anager
of
a fte r a long illness.
passed aw ay S atu rd ay evening epidem ic as the w orst on rec­ this fa ll for th e G rizzlies over
the
D
ayton,
O
regon
Tribune,
Mrs. Bonney was born on
a t th e hom e of his daughter, ord, w ith m ore th an 40,000 cases the S erp en tin e tra il to Coos cou­
Ju n e 11, 1873, in M emphis, has been added to th e new s staff Mrs. W illard Mace, at Mt. View expected by the end of th e year. nty, having dropped a gam e
Tenn.. b u t had lived in the vici­ of the New s Review.
“ By D ecem ber,” he said, “ The
B efore going to D ayton, Hem ­ C am p w h ere he had m ade his N ational F oundation and its ea rly in th e season to th e Co­
nity of A shland a n d C entral
qu ille Red Devils.
hom
e
for
the
last
2
,
_
>
years.
P oint for th e last 40 years. H er m elgarn was new s ed ito r of the
Sw anson was born on A ug­ c h ap ters w ill h av e spent $31,-
The G rizzlies record so fa r
M
yrtle
P
o
in
t
H
erald
and
has
husband, P e a rl A. Bonney, was
ust 7, 1858, in Stockholm , Sw e­ 000,000 assisting polio victim s this y e a r is not too im pressive,
spent
m
any
y
ears
in
th
e
new
s­
m ayor of C en tral P oint a t the
having w on one, lost three, and
den, and cam e to this country th ro u g h o u t th e n a tio n .”
tim e of his death a few years p a p e r field. P rio r to his en list­ w hen he was six years old.
tie d one.
m
ent
in
th
e
N
avy
in
W
orld
W
ar
ago. Mrs. Bonney was active in
The P ira te s on th e o th er hand,
He w as n atu ralized as a young Peach-Apricot Trees
the O E .S ., had been W orthy II he w as p u b lish er of the M ad­
have been enjoying a fairly suc-
Need
Spraying
Now
ras,
O
regon,
P
io
n
eer
and
was
m
an
in
W
i
s
c
o
n
s
i
n
,
a
n
d
M atron of the C en tral Point
cesful cam paign, leading th e
C hapter, and was also active for a tim e associated in th e com­ cam e to O regon in 1909 and set­
P each and aprico t trees should D istrict 3 league w ith no de­
m
ercial
p
rin
tin
g
in
d
u
stry
in
tled
a
t
Coos
Bay,
w
here
he
was
in the Spanish A m erican W ar
em ployed u n til his retirem en t, be sp rayed this m onth, it has feats and only one tie, th a t a
Eugene.
A uxiliary.
Mrs.
H
em
m
elgarn
and
chil­
by th e Coos Bay L um ber Co. been annouced by C. B. Cordy, 14-14 d raw w ith the Bobcats of
She is survived by a son, R.
dren
ex
pect
to
m
ove
to
A
shland
His w ife preceeded him in death Jack so n county extension agent. M yrtle Point.
F. Copple of Susanville, Calif.,
The G rizzlies should not be
as
soon
as
su
itab
le
housing
can
in 1936. He w as a great h u n te r T his w ill control leaf c u rl on
and an adopted d aughter, M rs
peaches a n d tw ig b lig h t on both facing th e w eight handicap this
be
arran
g
ed
.
and
fisherm
an
and
was
in
te
rest­
A lberta P eterson of G ran ts Pass,
ed a n d active in conservation peach and apricot trees, C ordy w eekend they have contended
and 2 grandchildren.
said.
w ith the past th re e w eeks and
m easures fo r w ild life.
Services w ere held Sunday af­ Albert F orsyth e Found
Use 20 pounds of hordeaux or should keep the p u rp le and gold
He
is
survived
by
his
daught
ternoon at 2 o’clock in the Lit- G uilty on Police Charge
, ers, Mrs. W illard Mace, and 7 pounds of spra cop or 10 of M arshfield on th e ir toes if
w ilier F u n e ral Home, w ith the
A rrested Oct. 17, and charged Mrs. G a rre tt Doty of Loomis, by pounds copper hydro p er 100 they expect to gain a n o th e r win.
A lpha C h ap ter O.E.S. of A sh­
gallons of w ater. O th er ap p ro v ­
land assisting the C en tral P oint w ith d riv in g w hile u n d e r th e 2 g ran d ch ild ren and 2 grea
ed fixed coppers m ay also be MARY ANN DELSMAN
g
ran
ddaughters.
A
nother
daugh­
O.E.S. in the conducting of the influence of in toxicating liqu­
used, th e county agent stated. NAMED UNIT HEAD
service. C rem ation follow ed at ors, A lb ert L eonard F orsythe ter, Mrs. Mae Joanna W illiam s,
This m ix tu re m ay be im prov­
E lected p resident of h e r u n it
preceeded
him
in
death
in
Ash-
H ilcrest C rem atorium a t G ran ts w as found guilty of th e charge,
ed by adding one-third pound in H endricks H all dorm ito ry on
fined
$100
and
$250
costs,
and
land
about
a
y
e
a
r
ago
Pass.
of Z-l spreader. The Z-l and the U niversity of O regon cam-
received a 30 day ja il sentence j G raveside services w ere hel
w hich was suspended, a t a ju ry at 2:30 Tuesday aftern o o n in bord eau x should be m ixed in­ us for the school y ear of 1949-
ATTEND SPUD FESTIVAL
tria
l W ednesday night.
Mt. View C em etery, w ith the to a thin paste and then added 50 is M ary Ann Delsman, daugh-
M rs. O. W, E ager and Mrs.
te r of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Dels-
W
hen
arrested
.
F
orsythe
pie-
Rev.
P a u l Helm s °* th e L u tn ern to a p a rtially filled tan k .
Jo h n Shields spent the w eek­
Repeat
this
spray
in
Ja
n
u
a
ry
man, 1149 Oak St., A shland
ing.
end in Bonanza and they a tte n d ­ aded not guilty and was grant- C hurch of A shland officia
Miss Delsm an is a sen io r
F u n e ral if leaf curl was p resent this
ed
a
ju
ry
tria
l,
C
hief
of
Police
w
ith
the
L
itw
illc
r
ed the Spud Festival a t M er­
year.
jo u m a lish m ajor.
V erne S m ith rep o rted today.
Hom e in charge.
rill.
—
Schools Open
First of New
Cafeterias
Koozer Tells Of
Canning Industry
In Ashland
Demos Look
Over Material
For Congressman
Dr. Hedlund
Again Heads
March of Dimes
Bertha L. Bonney
Rites Held Sunday
Grizzlies Travel
To Coos Bay
John A. Swanson
Rites Held Tues.