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New Tri Hi Y
Club Organized
At Junior High
NEWS REVIEW
Voi. 16 No. 34
A S H LA N D , JACKSON C O U N TY , OREGON. T H U R ÌF À T T ' o CTO ,ER 27. 1949
S3 per year
Announce Contest
To Name New
Air Ambulance
; Lowering of City Water
Kates Loom Soon
With the incom e from the use
of w ater m eters in A shland m ore
than had been estim ated, and
the pro ject of installation of the
m eters in all of the residences
in the city ab o u t com pleted, it
was announced this w eek by
E lm er Biegel, utilities su p e rin ­
tendent, th a t th e re is a possibili­
ty of low ering the w a te r rates
a fte r the first of the year.
Installation of the m eters be­
gan about a y e a r ago, and th ere
is only ab o u t 250 m eters left
to be in stalled to m ake com plete
coverage of th e city hom es with
th e m eters he pointed out. The
project is expected to be finish­
ed about th e firs t of the year.
All business houses a re m ete r­
ed now, w ith only a few out­
lying residences lacking the in ­
stallations.
M ercy Flights, Inc., u no-pro
fit organization prom oting the
securing of an a ir am bulance
fo r the valley, announced this
w eek a contest to nam e the
ship, and a t the sam e tim e raise
funds for the purchase of the
plane.
The M ercy ship is to be used
fo r em ergency only, and those
obtaining th e use of th e plane
will pay only the cost of the
operation of the plane on its
flight. Pilots in the Rogue River
valley have signified th eir in­
tentions of donating th e ir tim e
when called up to fly the a ir
am bulance.
Suggestions for a nam e for
the ship, accom panied by a do­
nation of 25 cents tow ard s the
purchase of the plane, m ay be
sent to G eorge M illigan, c h a ir­
m an of M ercy Flights, Inc , P. O
Box 522, M edford. The person
who subm its the best nam e
selected by a panel of judges,
w ill be allow ed to christen the
plane som etim e in Novem ber.
The contest closes N ovem ber
11, and any en tries w hich are
postm arked before m idnight, on
th at date, will be eligible for the
judging.
One Day Training
Conference Held
I lere By Hi Y
Single Copy 10c
Scenes Set For
Carnival At
Jr. High Monday
‘A Safe and Sane H allow een
for A shland” is the them e of th e
carnival to be held a t the J u n io r
high school gym, M onday eve­
ning, O ctober 31 from 5:30 p m.
to 10:00 p.m.
Sponsored by W alker, B ell­
view, Briscoe, Lincoln, th e J u n ­
ior high and senior high school,
and all P T A ’s of above schools,
all profits a re to be divided a-
mong the sponsoring agencies
according to size and need, ac­
cording to an announcem ent of
school officials.
S tudents, teachers and PTA
m em bers a re busy readying the
a ttrac tio n s which will consist of
fish ponds, novelty booths, base­
ball throw s, Coke bars, tw o
Movie Shows, Q ueen C oronation
Ring Toss and m any o th e r a t­
tractions.
Queen of the carn iv al is to
be chosen from am ong six can­
didates from th e 7th and th e
12th grades. The queen is select-
el by the sale of adm ission tic k ­
ets to the various attractio n s,
w ith 5 votes being given fo r
each five cent ticket, an d fo r
each $1.00 sale 100 votes a re
given.
C ontest fo r th e queen w ill
close a t 4 p.m., F rid a y evening
O ctober 28.
P rice of adm ission fo r th e car­
n iv al has been set a t 10 cents
to get in a n d 5 a n d 10 cents
and up fo r shows, eats, etc.
Q ueen candidates are: E v an ­
geline K lingsheim , 7th grade;
B a rb a ra W ray, 8th grade; N or­
ma Stevens, 9th grade; E laine
Ja n u a ry , 10th grade; C arol Eb-
nother, 11th grade, a n d D oreen
W enaus, 12th grade.
A new Tri Hi Y Club for the
girls in the seventh and eighth
HAITIAN A M P H IT H E A T E R — This majestic grove of Royal Palm
grades of the Ju n io r High School
trees, called one of the most perfect in the world, surrounds an
O lder boys and girls from ni­
was organized at a m eeting held
open air theater at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Beginning in December,
neteen
of S outhern O regon’s Hi
In the Y.M.C.A. F riday a fte r­
Haiti will play host to the world for six months at its international
Y and Tri Hi Y Clubs m et in a
noon, O ctober 21.
fair. “Festival of Peace."
one day tra in in g conference held
Tiie organization of th e new
in S outhern O regon College,
C lub was found necessary when
Sunday, O ctober 23rd.
Tri Hi Y Club
an exceptionally large num ber Safety Shields Available
R egistration of th e 120 dele­
Elects New Officers
of girls in the sciiool m ade ap­
gates to the 1949 tra in in g con­
plication for m em bership in the Now Says Chairman
Sm all m etal tags in the shape
O fficers fo r the school year ference sta rte d a t 9:15 Sunday
T ri Hi Y this year. The ninth
of
a
shield
and
bearing
th
e
pic­
w
ere
elected at the reg u la r m orning w ith th e first general
grade Tri Hi Y with a full m em ­
tu
re
of
a
policem
an
w
ith
hand
w eekly m eeting of th e ninth session of the conference held
bership this Fall was unable to
upraised
w
ith
the
w
ords
“
Lets
grade
T ri Hi Y C lub held in a t 10:00 o’clock w ith Bob S im p­
tak e in the girls applying for
tak
e
it
easy,”
a
re
availab
le
for
the Y.M.C.A. F rid ay afternoon, son of the A shland Hi Y Club
m em bership.
presiding.
A shland m otorists, it was an ­
October 21.
With
the
ro
stru
m
banked
w
ith
O fficers for the new C lub el­ nounced this w eek by Jo h n Von
O pening p ray e r of the con­
Elected to serve the Club this ference was given by A rth u r
ected at the m eeting F riday in­ K uhlrnann, chairm an of the Ash­ beau tifu l flow ers from th e m any
friends of th e late C harles P. year w ere: P au lin e Davis - P re si­ O strander, C haplain of the Ash
clude: B arbara H arris, P re si­ land Citizens S afety com m ittee.
dent; S h e rrill T aylor, Vice-
T
alent, the m em orial services dent; C olette P e rrin e - Vice-pre­ land Hi Y Club.
These safety w arning devices
sident; Sue H eller - Secretary;
President; Lee Anne Leach. Sec­ fo r installation on cars m ay be in his honor w ere held a t
Mr. W arren Lesseg of M ed­
M ary Jo B arrow s-T reasurer and fo rd speaking on th e topic: “Loy­
re ta ry and Norma Kerns, C hap­ obtained at the cham ber of com ­
o’clock F riday m orning in the* ' P a t A bbott - C haplain.
lin.
a lty to Ideals” delivered the
m erce office or at Busch m ot­ A shland P resb y terian Church,
Mrs. A. M. M iller w ill serve “key n o te ” address.
C h a rte r m em bers of the new ors.
witli the Rev. G eorge Shum an
T ri Hi Y C lub include: M arlene
C onference luncheon was held
They a re b rig h t red w ith let­ officiating M any w ere gathered as the A dult A dvisor to the
group this year. C lub m eetings in the W omen’s D orm itory w ith
Elliott, Nadine Louise Nelson, tering in a lum inous paint
to pay th e ir respects to one who w ill be held in the Y.M.C.A
M ary Ja n e Hanscom, T erry A n­
had served A shland faithful and B uilding on F rid ay s a t 4:00 p. A nne F u llerto n of th e A shland
ne Davis, P atricia H artle, S h ir­
B eta T ri Hi C lub serving as
well as a public servant. D uring m.
ley Ruth West, K aren Johnson,
m istress of cerem onies. Mr.
| the services M rs J. W. McCoy
K aren W yers, Faye Devine, Sh­
A llan H arris, assisted by Mrs.
rendered organ selections
e rrill Taylor, Betty Jam es, De-
Zo P eters a t the piano led the
Horforary casket b earers w ere
“In 1900 100 p ercen t of th e
group singing.
an n e Dye, K athleen Hess, N or­
G. M G reen, T. S. Wiley, C. O
c
u
rricu
lu m a t A shland high
ma Jean K erns, Lee Anne
D uring th e conference busi­
Presnall, H enry E nders and Roy
Leach, Jo A nne Seaver, Evelyn
ness session follow ing the lunch­ school was college prep, w hile
P arr. S erving as active casket
M ackay. T erry Early, K athleen
eon plans w ere m ade fo r the o r­ today it is only 50 p er cent,”
Feeler, Paula M ackie and B ar­
Final plans for a w eekend b earers w ere Ray Clary, John
ganization of a d istrict H i Y R oland P arks, p rin cip al of th e
H ornbrook (Special)- D edicat­ C ouncil and fo r an a n n u al You­ local high school told m em bers
bara H arris.
hike and rep o rts of the bottle D ougherty, W M. Briggs, Pat
Dunn, Ja c k Young and C larence ion cerem onies w ere held Sun­ th C onference to be held in the of th e K iw anis club a t th e ir
Mrs. B ruce Mills will serve drive featu red M onday n ig h t’s W illiams.
day at the site of the new public F all each year.
w eekly M onday noon m eeting.
as tiie A dult Advisor for the m eeting of Boy Scout Troop 12
..
u.v
i.-
p
ark
and
Playgrounds
by
mem-
In m aking th e com parsion be­
In
te
rm
e
n
t
follow
ed
in
the
I.-
Com m unities rep resen ted at
Club. Club m eetings w ill be in the A shland Y M C A b uild­
O.O.F. C em etary jn M edford ' bers of the H ornbrook grange the conference th is y e a r includ­ tw een the high schol of 1900 and
held in the Y M C A, on F riday ing.
and o th er people of the N o rth ­ ed: R oseburg w ith tw o Clubs, th e p rese n t date, P a rk s to ld th e
afternoons.
S coutm aster G ifford Chind- beside his wife.
e rn C alifornia com m unity.
lund reports th at results of the
K lam ath w ith 5 clubs, M edford K iw anians th a t “ 80 p e r cen t of
M em bers of the grange held
recent bottle-collection drive, a l­
clubs, G ran ts Pass w ith 2 the school g rad u ates in 1900
though not com pletely tallied, New Truck Loading Zones a potluck picnic d in n er a t the clubs and A shland w ith 5 clubs. w ent to college com pared to the
grange hall p rio r to the dedicat­
indicate th at th e drive w as a Designated and Marked
These nineteen Clubs w ith of­ 20 p e r cent today.
In those days th e a tte n d an c e
ion
cerem
onies.
success. C hindlund also thanked
ficers p rese n t a t th e conference
P lans a re bein« com pleted for rep resen t a to ta l m em bership of a t school was not com pulsory as
those th a t particip ated and a b e ^ o f tlt h / PH ^ VCd by-, m,em ’
group picture was taken of the n e w t r i i r k i
counc*b f |ve | s ta rt of w ork on the new p ark as w ell over 500 o lder boys and it is now. In 1900 those w ho
Scouts who helped in the dirve. new tru c k loading zones have soon as possible
girls in th e High Schools of w ent to high school w ere from
— _________________
Those helping besides the been designated in A shland, and
S o uthern O regon banded togeth­ well-to-do o r m iddle class fam i­
Scouts were: Hugh M cK eever tiie pain tin g of tiie zones was 1
e r into th e Hi Y and Tri Hi Y lies, b u t today ch ild ren of ev e ry
class a tte n d school.
Clubs of the Y.M.C.A
School su p erin ten d en t Leland and Jo h n N oster, trucks; Tom ­ done last w eek end, with signs So. Oregon Rabbit
P a rk s poined o u t th a t in 1900
being
placed
on
them
this
week
Breeders
Meet
Tonite
my
L
aird,
general
chairm
an;
and
P. Linn said this w eek th a t an
only th e b rig h t stu d en ts w ere a l­
t h e spaces w ill be open to
an ticipated
increase
in
the Dick Trites.
low ed to com plete high school,
H aving decided e a rlie r that the public a fte r 6 p.m., each day, . The S outhern Oregon R abbit
school census of A shland is ex ­
th
e rest w ere dropped. T oday
they
w
ould
ra
th
e
r
go
on
a
hike
stre
e
t
su
p
e
rin
te
n
d
e
n
t
B
ert
Day
B
reeders
A
ssociation
will
hold
pected w hen the canvassing of
b right, average an d poor stu ­
the city is com pleted som etim e than have a H allow een party, has stated, but w arn s th a t other an im p o rta n t m eeting T hursday
dents com plete th e ir high school
the Scouts selected cabins ow n­ yellow m arked zones in the city evening a t 730 at the County
w ithin the next two weeks.
education.
ed
by
L
a
rry
Basey
in
the
Cove
a
re
restricted
to
park
in
g
a
t
all
C
ourt
House
in
M
edford
Eight ladies have volunteered
This y e a r w ill g rad u a te th e
The social room of. the F irst
adViS!u th8t 311 m ot° ’
The plans fo r a Processing
to tak e the census and w hen it country of Dead Indian as the r i T ’J u
first class of stu d e n ts who a re
C
ongregational
church
of
Ash­
objective
and
cam
ping
spot
for
rists
m
ake
su
re
th
e
re
is
a
truck
p
lan
t
to
be
built
im
m
ediately
in
is com pleted the final tabulation
n rW
S,g" u °? the yellow the valley wil1 be discussed.’All land was th e scene S unday of req u ired to a tte n d high school
and typing of the results will an overnight h ik e to be held
S
atu
rd
ay
and
Sunday,
Oct.
29
m
arked
cu
rb s before pulling up ra b b it breeders are urged to at- the form ation of a dram atic unil th ey a re 18 y ears of age,
be done by Mrs. E sther Click in
group by m em bers of th e congre­ o r have g raduated, rep o rted
and
30.
Food
stuffs
a
n
d
cam
ping
io
tnem
in
th e evenings.
tend.
the su p e rin te n d e n t’s office.
gation. O fficers elected at the * arKs.
gear w ere discussed and Jo hnny
Good w eather and the cooper­ S tucky advised th e Scouts on
T eachers in 1900 w ere m ore
initial m eeting of the group are:
ation of the tow nspeople a re . im portant gear to be included
Mrs. J. D. M cAuley, president; aristocratic, b u t today th ey a re
helping to speed the project, 1 in th e ir packs. A ssistant Scout­
Giles G reen, secretary; Mrs. E. dem ocratic. In those days th e re
Linn said.
N. T errill, treasu rer; ’ and Milo was little stu d e n t gov ern m en t
m aster Milo G rubb w ill accom ­
Those assisting w ith the pro ­ pany the hik ers on th e ir w in t­
w ith v ery few e x tra activ ities
G rubb, publicity.
jec t a re 'Mrs. Ted K inney, Mrs. ry excursion.
V arious types of dram atic pro­ as th ere a re today.
L aurence Pow ell and Mrs. C arl
P ark s em phasized th a t in 1900
The rem ain d er of the evening
If O regon’s polio pattern c o n -. g rad u al decline began a fte r the ductions w ere discussed by those
B erningshausen in town; Mrs. was spent playing games.
the d
i f° llo?v . t r epds which 41st w eek an d continued rig h t assem bled fo r the m eet. C horal e v ery th in g w as planned by th e
A rth u r D ankw orth in Bellview;
the disease took in the state in into J a n u a ry .” The n u m b er of reading was led by Mrs. E. P. school adm inistration, b u t to­
Mrs. Hazel Thom as a t Neil C r­ Attending Camp Fire
1943, O regon resid en ts can ex cases recorded betw een O ctober Borden and a recitation was giv­ day the pupils have a voice in
eek; Mrs. Isabel Lennox a t V al­
the subjects th ey take, and th e
pect to count an additional 150 15 an d D ecem ber 31, 1943 was en by Mrs. M cAuley.
ley View, Mrs. Sadie Poole, the Meet In Portland
The group, as yet unnam ed, way the school is run.
cases
by
J
a
n
u
a
ry
1,
1950.
150, Dr. Osgood added.
Mrs. A rth u r Nelson, president
Siskiyou district and Mrs. Eli­
In the ea rly days, th e teach ­
w ill w ork to g eth e r on various
This y e a r’s polio incidents in
C om m enting on the sh arp out­ types of d ram atic productions ers w ere held to a v e ry stric t
of
the
A
shland
council
of
Cam
p
zabeth M ills on the Soda Springs
O
regon
bears
a
strik
in
g
resem
­
b rea k of cases a fte r this y e a r’s
G ir,s; M rs- K enneth A
district.
blance in som e respects to the cool w e a th e r h ad set in, Dr. and is presently considering a life, om itting any sm oking o r
M
iller,
executive
secretary,
D
or­
The census takes in children
com edy play to be presented in parties, but today th ere a re v e ry
1943 ou tb reak , according to the
from the ages of 4 to 19, in­ othy S u ttsd o rf of Talent; and state board of h ealth. For ex­ Osgood said he “ra th e r suspect­ the future.
few regulations. To teach in 19-
clusive, a n d
S uperintendent Mrs. H enry E nders left last Mon­ am ple, it w as pointed out to­ ed th a t m ore cases of the m ild­
The n ex t m eeting of the group 00, th e re was v ery little ed u ­
Linn stated th ere is a slightly day for P ortland w here they a re day th a t th e 41st w eek of 1943 e r type a re being recognized.” w ill be held S unday night, Oct. cation needed, but today a teach ­
larg e r en rollm ent of children in atten d in g the N ational Cam p brought on the heaviest infan­ He explained that, due to the 30 a t 8 p.m. in the church e r m ust have a tten d ed college.
the schools this y ear than in Fire conference a t the M ultno­ tile p aralysis onslaught of that w idely-spread n a tu re of this social room. All in terested p e r­
No m ental and ach iev em en t
m ah hotel
y e a r’s polio attack , there is a sons are invited to participate.
the past.
tests w ere given then as com ­
year,
a
to
tal
of
33
cases,
and
33
g re a te r fam iliarity now w ith
Miss Breen R atterm an, c h a ir­
pared to the m any today, re p o rt­
m an of he com m ittee of aw ards, cases also w ere rep o rted for the
ed P arks. He stated in 1900 the
41st
w
eek
of
1949.
It
was
the
Wm. McGEE TO
"'Or2‘l Community
Day
planned on leaving la te r in thè
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teachers tau g h t subjects, b ut to­
_
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a«
. . . m . ight P z i l î / k
.1
W .T ____
sta te ’s w orst polio w eek of the have been
VISIT PASADENA
a t th e outset of the To Be Observed Nov. 4
week for the conference.
day they teach children.
y
e
a
r
and
also
its
w
orst
since
the
This is the first tim e this tri­
season w hen it was possible that
W orld C om m unity day w ill be
L ittle guidance as to vocations
Wm. McGee, secretary of A sh­ ennial event has been held in 41st w eek of 1943, Dr, Sam uel some m ilder cases w ere thought observed F rid a y Nov. 4, 2:30
was given as now, such as the
land C ham ber of Com m erce w ill the Pacific N orthw est and the B. Osgood, state epidem iologist not to be polio.
p.m. in the P re sb y te ria n church.
C areer D ay” held each y e a r
leave toorrow for Pasadena, first tim e in ten y ears th at it has inform ed the P o rtla n d office of
The 33 cases of th e 41st week
The program , using as its th ­
Cal., w here he w ill join Mrs. been held on th e Pacific coast. the N ational F oundation for In­ lifted O regon’s polio total for eme “Peace is Possible” is un­ at the high school. Also th e re
w ere no health services o r vis­
McGee who has spent the past
the y e a r to 324 cases, ap p ro x i­ der the A uspices of the A shland ual aides as now.
G eneral sessions of the con­ fantile Paralysis.
few w eeks visiting there.
Dr. Osgood’s rep o rt to the m ately 100 m ore th an had been Council of church Women.
ference w ere to be u n d er the
C oncluding his talk , P a rk s
They expect to re tu rn to Ash-1 leadership of Mrs lam«« n M arch of Dimes agency said that counted at th e sam e tim e in 19-
All interested wom en a re cor em phasized th a t if an yone lias
land .h e h r , , w eek in Novem-1 P a rk e r. president
the
ondering
ational
ates
1040 state
..,¡11 board a is w
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* -«o. n “ a if u u 48.
iia i N estim
ates estim
piace
m e place the d ially invited.
any criticism
m a ake,
to go
’ T7’*
v .o u , to
vvr m
n e , TO
g o t to
o
1949 w ill continue to adhere final fig u re fo r 1949 a t a rec­
Der>
I nal chapter.
W atch this colum n n ex t w eek th e school before w ritin g a lpt
to the p a tte rn of 1943 when a 1 ord 40,000 to 45,000 cases.
for program .
te r to the editor.
C. P. Talent
Memorial Rites
Held Here Fri.
Scout Troop 12
Plans Weekend
Hike Oct. 29-30
Roland Parks
Compares Schools
In 1900 and 1949
Hornbrook Plans
Public Park
Increase In
School Census
Expected Here
New Dramatic
Group Formed
1949 Polio Pattern Bears Resemblance
In Many Respects To 1943 Outbreak
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