Ir
Congressman Ellsworth Critical Of
hrannan Plan, CVA, Social Medicine
‘
(By Faith M cCulloch)
m an E llsw orth's opposition to
it talk notable (or its sin
any such governm ent controlled
verity and lack of political or 1 m edical set up in the United
utory, C ongressm an H arris El States.
Isw orth of the 4ib D istrict pri
Tin- m uch discussed Colum bia
sented in a condensed report Valley A uthority bill was Analy
the accom plishm ents and tilt sed and branded as a dangerous
tren d s of the 80th and 81st Con centralization of u n lam ted pow
gresses before a large audience e r in the hands of a proposed
on M onday evening at the Ash th ree m an appointive board,
lund Ju n io r High School Tin w ith no appeal from th eir decis
chairm an of the m eeting, Hod ions and no control by Congress
ney K eating, introduced his of the m oney spent It cam e as
long-tim e friend
a su rp rise to the audience that
The C ongressm an's address the Rogue River valley is in clu d
clim axed a crow ded schedule of ed in tin- C.V.A Mr. Ellsw orth
mel tings in M edford and Ash how ever pledged his support to
land In the afternoon he spoke the valley irrig atio n project
to the student body at Southern w hen it comes up for hearings
Oregon College, w here a lively nex t session.
open forum extended his talk
Hi- sh arp ly criticised the B ran
well beyond the appointed hour nan P lan as a fallacious theory
At 4:18 he wus interview ed over of giving high prices to the f a r
radio station KWIN and at 6 m er, low prices to the consum er
o’clock he m et with th irty R epu and the governm ent tte a su ry
blican precinct w orkers a t an paying the difference. He c h a r
"off-the-record" d in n er at the acterized m any of the leftw ard
L ithia Hotel Among those a t tren d s in legislation as being the
tending from M edford w ere resu lt of pressure by the "social
Jo h n N iederm eyer, ch airm an of tin k e re rs” who a re having a
the Jackson county R epublican field day In W ashington.
S ta te C entral
Mrs
If C om m ittee,
.
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D uring IIIV
the qUiailUII
question JM
period
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NEWS REVIEW
Ashland—Home of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival’
Voi. 16. No. 38
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.CKFON COUNTY, OREGON, TH URSDAY^DECEM BER 1. 1949
S3 par yaar
Singla Copy 10c
¡Lions Slate Famous ¡Negro Singers,
j Concert Pianist, In December 19 B illing
The Colem an Bros., five negro the funeral services of the late
singers of the concert, stage and | P resident F ran k lin
D. Rose-
radio, versed in the a rt of sing , velt
‘a g « n e e th e ir youth, have been
The first colored group to be
L io n ^ rl^ h t by
A shland televised, th eir tra n sc rip tio n s
r1. b ? p rt 8cn,t a P e g ra m are c u rre n tly heard on the open-
L lnc°m school auditorium I ing and closing of the B ill
on M onday evening, Dec. 19. j Sterns radio program . T hey w ill
it has been announced by John be the featu re stars on th e local
r
ch a,rm an of the program , w ith Hazel H arrison as
Luons club com m ittee in charge guest artist.
of the program
This is their first nation-w ide
In addition to the singers, personal appearance and th ey
Miss Hazel H arrison, fam ous ne have m et w ith g reat success both
<• i m
vic‘-c h a lrm a n . fo llo w in g h is ta lk th e C o n g ress
gro pianist, w ill ap p ear on the in C anada and the U nited States.
C ol W 11 l a m e se c r e ta ry tri m an d iscu ssed a va riety o f suo-
sam e program .
T heir last radio p ro g ra m w as
Presid.m i ì n ' , T " M° u,ton Jects iront W orld G overnm ent
The Colem an Bros, won the with the NBC C iscle A rrow
risiili nt of the Jackson County to the possibility of a new post
Peabody aw ard in New York show fo r nine m onths. They a l
R epublican Women In an in office in A shland In spite of his
for th e ir outstanding p erfo rm an so appeared w ith F re d A llen
form al round table discussion apro v al of such an appropriat-
ces and w ere the natio n ’s choice and A rth u r G odfrey as guest ar-
Congressrnan Ellsw orth and the ion he w ould not v en tu re a p re
for sacred m usic on the Colum tists.
group covered m any of the p e r diction as to the outcom e in
bia broadcasting system during
tin e n t issues and policies of the view of a long w aiting list and
Miss H arrison is associate pro
party.
fessor of piano at H ow ard U ni
the u n certain ties of qualificat
versity, W ashington, D. C.
As a m em ber of the In terstate ions
F am iliar w ith th e piano k e y
and Foreign A ffairs C om m ittee
D uring the rem ainder of the
of the House Mr. E llsw orth w ent week C ongressm an Ellsw orth
board since the age of five, Miss
to England and Sw eden during will speak in o th er Jack.ion co
H arrison, a native of La P o rte,
the past sum m er In the light of unty com m unities before re tu rn
Ind., began studying w ith V ic
the pressure in the U nited States ing to W ashington la te r in tiie
to r Heinze of the C osm opolitan
fo r socialized m edicine and with m onth Mrs E llsw orth, vho did
school, Chicago, and gave her
sixteen bills now pending in not accom pany h er husbcr.d on
first concert a t the age of tw elve.
C ongress on the subject, the C on his A shland visit, will be the
U nder H einze’a sponsorship, she
S
ecretary
of
the
C
ham
ber
of
gressm an's findings and conclu guest of honor on F riday a fte r Above —
Com m erce Bill*McGee last week w ent to B erlin w hile a high
F iltra tio n tanks at tne r. ■
sions w ere especially in te rest noon, D ecem ber 2nd at the
received a le tte r from Los A ng school student, and studied w ith
A shland c ity w a te r filtr a tio n
ing. He said that co n trary to Jackson Hotel in M edford, when
eles saying th at a check w ith au F errv io Busoni in B erlin.
p o p u lar belief Sw eden does not the Jack so n County R epublican p la n t. The new p lan t >s capa
She has appeared w ith th e
thorities and o thers in th at city-
have governm ent socialized me Women will e n te rta in a t a tea b le of cleaning m ore th z n S
show ed inform ation received M inneapolis sym phony u n d e r
m illio n gallons d aily.
dicine but ra th e r a form of vol to which all women of A shland
here recen tly w arning tourists the direction of Eugene O rm an-
u n tary hospitalization sim ilar to a re invited
and others against com ing to dy; w ith the H ollyw ood sy m p h
the insurance plans in this
ony orchestra and th e B erlin
Los A ngeles, carried no tru th .
country. In England how ever he
A t R ight —
The w arning, p rin ted on sym Phony- She a,so studied w ith
m ade the am azing discovery that
a post card and bearing no sis- ? gan P e tri’ won a sch o larsh ip
Flash M ix e rs at the new f i l
he was eligible to receive a
n a tu re o th e r th an a printed tO study w ith P e rr>’ G ra in g e r
tra tio n p la n t. T lh is u n it m ixes
p a ir of glusses free, in spite of
nam e of "The P ublic Relations and Was bonored bY th e U niver-
the in g redien ts used in p u ri
the fact that he was not a B ri
com m ittee of he Los Aneele« Slty of Chicago as an outstand-
fyin g c ity w a te r. (Photos by
tish citizen "I m ight also have
Citizens Safety council in coop- lng Negro a rtist
Bob M a llo n )
...tzk z.s_ w. ...
OlirinCF
W/V
17O ber she com
q ualified for a w ig.” com m ent
I'n rty five new m em bers will
D uring N
ovem
eration w ith th e N atibnal T our
ed M r E llsw orth w ryly, "O r an be inducted into m em bership in
pleted
engagem
ents in C anada
ists and T ravelers association,”
appendicitis operation — if I Ashland« th ree Hi Y ..nd T ri Hi
w
ith
the
U
niversity
of B ritish
stated th a t law and o rd e r no
could wait five m onths.” he ad
longer exists in the city of Los I p olum bia> a t V ancouver, p lay
t lubs in a Jo in t Induction
ded The doctors of G reat B rit cerem ony to be held in the P re s
A ngeles” and urged tourists and 1 ‘" V J l ,n te f ’nediate cities
ain a re now em ployees of the b y terian church, M onday even-
W ith a th re e y e a r leave of
others planning on com ing to
state w ithout o p p o rtu n ity or in - 1 ,n 8. D ecem ber 5th, at 7:30
absence
from H ow ard u n iv ers
----- o -
LA
to
stay
away.
Boy’s A thletic Exhibition
centive for advancem ent beyond d o c k . T aking p art in the can-
ity, Miss H arrison gave over 80
A
pp
aren
tly
h
u
ndreds
of
the
On Slate Tonight
m ediocrity Like a grow ing num die light cerem ony for the new
cards w ere m ailed out and the concerts in 17 states last year.
ber in this country the B ritish m em bers will be; Bob Sim pson,
H am street said th a t a rran g e-
The A shland Boy’s A thletic I ^ os A ngeles C ham ber of Com-
seem sold on the idea of get N orm an W yers and A rt O stran
club w ill stage th ird a th le tic m erce has been rep o rted busv i ~ P *
f P e n d in g w h ereb y th e
ting som ething for nothing. d e r of the S enior Hi Y Club;
group
w
ill
present a p ro g ram -♦
at
exhibition
of
the
fall
when
the
w
n
tin
g
le
tte
rs
refu
tin
g
the
in
.
1 nrpspnt
> At present m ore than three
T here was no doubt in the m inds Donna F ad er and Mary Hi liber I
i C am p W hite on S unday after-
form
ation
passed
out
by
doors
of
the
J
u
n
io
r
high
school
m illion gallons of w ater daily
tne noon, Dec. 18.
i
of his h e a re rs ¡is to Congress- ry of the Alpha Tri Hi Y Club 'M in isterial Group Plan
cards.
| IS p o u rin g through the
™
~
and Ann F u llerto n and Ellen Special Church Services
The
com
m
ittee
whose
p
rinted
I « I
■
I 1- for ~
B row er of the Beta Tri Hi Y
The A shland M inisterial A s tan k s a t the new A shland city j tum bling,
nam e ap p eared on the cards is
Club C lub advisors. Mrs. H enry sociation m et M onday a t the w a te r works, it was announced
The club is sponsored by the rep o rted not to exist and the Los
Metz, Mrs G len C risp and Mr. F irst C hristian C hurch for th eir
service organizations of the city. A ngeles C ham ber, in denying
Glen C risp will assist the Club reg u la r m onthly business m eet this week by E lm er Beigel. city
Proceeds of these exhibitions the charges, states th a t it is ap
w
a
te
r
superintendent.
O fficers in connection witii the ing preceedcd by a fellow ship
a re being used for the purchase p aren tly a “vicious” cam paign
Induction cerem ony.
The w ater first goes through of a boxing ring, to be used by against the city
d in n er for the m inisters and
a set of flash m ixers w here lim e, the Boy’s club.
P receding the Induction cere th e ir wives.
L atest rep o rts a re th a t a u th
alum , and chlorine is put in the
mony Rev G eorge M. Shum an
orities have picked up a jan ito r
Included in th e ir usual ord er
T ickets w ent on sale last week will give the invocation. The ad of business was the decision of w ater for purifying and cle a r
nam ed C harles Jensen, whose
— -------------
- . regon
- e “*.
A thletes of
S o uthern O
for th e Iron Lung Fund benefit dress of tiie evening will be giv the Association m em bers th at ing. O ccasionally the solution is
hand w ritin g is said to m atch c°lleg e plan a sm oker fo r th e
a
c
tiv
ate
d
w
ith
carbon.
en
by
Mr.
R
obert
P
e
te
r
w
hile
dance sponsored by the A sh
th a t on th e addressed side of the | night of Dec. 7, in th e college
tw o special w eeks be set aside
The alum and lim e aid in sedi
land J u n io r C ham ber of Com Roland P arks, P resid en t of the in the A shland churches in 19-
cards. He is scheduled fo r a pre-1 gym ’ ll was announced th is
m entation w hile the carbon re
m erce at tiie B ellview G range A shland Y M C A will m ake the 50.
lim in ary hearin g Dec. 8, on a w eek by Jack "G in g er” Snapp,
presentation of A dvisors pins
hall S a tu rd a y night, Dec 10.
charge of “sending defam atory ju n io r a t SOC and w ho has ta k
The first week of this united m oves alga. The chlorine acts
The
50th
w
edding
a
n
n
iv
e
r
Music for the dance is being and guards to the C lub Leaders. effort which w ill be designated as a purifyer.
postal cards th rough the m ails.’ en over direction of boxing a t
A fter passing through the sary of Mr. and Mrs. D. R.
the college.
fu rn ish ed by the M organs free The Induction cerem ony solo as a week of p ra y e r will be J a n
Speece
was
celeb
rated
on
N
ov
of charge and the Bellview g ra will be sung by Mrs. C larence u ary 1-8 and the second, a week flash m ixers, th e w ater goes in em ber 26 from 2 to 5 p.m. in Assembly Church To
Snapp, a form er m iddle w eig
nge is donating the use of its W iggins of A shland Senior High of special services, will be Holy to th e floculation basin (p ictu r F cllow ship h all of th e F irs t
h
t
boxer who has been p o p u la r
School Mrs. J W McCoy, or
hall fo r the affair.
Week preceeding Easter. All ed in the forefront above), w here C hurch of C hrist w ith 80 frien d s Hold Youth Rally
in boxing circles a t K la m a th
the
p ^ i Ä
^ n
. r e urged to chem icals com bine w ith d irt to
M em bers of the A m erican “ urc'h
Falls, hails from M errill, O re
and rela tiv e s present.
The A shland A ssem bly of God gon.
Legion A u x iliary plan to sell re
cooperate in these w eeks of be rem oved. In this basin a set
The
cake
was
m
ade
by
tw
o
w
ish
to
invite
a
ll
residents
of
m
usic
fo
r
the
cerem
ony.
P
arents
freshm ents at the dance w ith the
special effort and to atten d the of paddles continually revolves of the daughters, Mrs. L. G. A shland an d vicinity to a speci
A t least tw o dozen boxers
proceeds to be added to the Iron and friends of the Hi Y and Tri church of th e ir choice as freq u u n d e r th e w ater.
w ill take the rin g a t n e x t T h u rs
H
aynie
and
Mrs.
R.
s
.
W
ilsey,
al
youth
ra
lly
this
F
rid
a
y
night,
Hi Y C lub m em bers a re to be en tly as possible. F u rth e r notice
From the floculation basin the
Lung Fund.
and decorated in gold, yellow 7:30 p.m. F e a tu re d w ill be a day night’s sm oker, w hich is
T ickets a re being sold by honored guests a t the cerem ony. will be published regarding
young m en’s Q u artet from the scheduled as an elim in atio n con
m em bers of the A shland Boy
these fu tu re services to be con
C anyonville
B ible
Academy, test to choose an eight-m an team
With a rm s drag m ud forw ard to
" ., n Iaw ' .
Scouts or m ay be obtained from Ashland Teaching Costs
ducted by the m inisters of the
The first piece of cake was C anyonville, Oregon. They will to tak e to Chico, Cal., on Dec.
any m em ber of the J u n io r C ham Lowest In County
A shland M inisterial Association. be 1 discharged.
he w a te r is then piped to the - ‘ byJ h<L honored couple and be ren d erin g special sacred sel 14. w hen the S o uthern O regon
ber.
squad will pit skill w ith the
It was pointed out by Leland
fil'.ra'.ic’’ building, at the left Mrs. D. G. Speece and Mrs. ections a t this service. Rev. Vict Chico team.
H
aynie
served
th
e
rem
ainder.
o
r
T
rim
m
er,
O
regon’s
State
P.
Linn,
su p erin ten d en t
of
rear cf the above photo, w here
Snapp. who is p resently class
g ran d a u g h ters
poured C hrist A m bassador P resident
schools, th at the high school
it passes through sand filters to Seven
ed in the light heavy w eight
d
u
rin
g
th
e
afternoon,
B
etty
who
recen
tly
spoke
in
A
shland,
teaching costs for A shland are
rem ove final particles of dirt,
class, is scheduled for a m atch
the low est in the County. The
II- ice passes into a still well Speece, M ary Lou Speece. Rose w ill again re tu rn to brin g the w ith F ran k ie G im bel, of Spo
m
ary
Ross,
Mrs.
L
illybelle
F
in
inspiring youth m essage of the
1948-49 cost per pupil in high
al
’ >ich it en ters the city
ney. Mrs. Ju n e U tter. Mrs. H el evening. All young people are kane. in the K lam ath F alls a r
school in this d istrict was $289.-
w a te r Dipes.
Belle Eva D unnavan, 88.
ena next F rid ay night.
I he flcculation basin is 14 en Speece, and Mrs. B everly urged to a tten d this outstanding
T w enty-five Boy Scouts of 03. The costs ranged all the way resident of A shland for 30 years,
service.
Brannock.
T roop 12 m et M onday n ig h t in up to 771.04 in one school w ith passed aw ay Tuesday afternoon feet deep w ith a w idth of 3?
A
m
usical
program
was
en-
an
average
of
$413.25
for
the
at
the
hom
e
of
h
er
niece.
Mrs.
fe> t and length of 54 feet. T lu
the YMCA building for th eir
high schools in Jackson R. W. P entzer, a t 467 Beach St. se 'm entation basin is 40 feel joyed by the group. A piano solo
w eekly m eeting, reports Scout eleven
by Jo a n n e Dow ning, solo, Silver
Coun ty.
Miss D unnavan was born on v J : and 70 feet long.
m aster G ifford C hindlund. Spec
<a. six filters, each I I r ^ " ~ m-°ng- Thp G° ld’ by
Ja
n
u
a
ry
22,
1861,
a
t
O
ttaw
a,
Il
File
plant
ial guests or the evening w ere
n Hall. A nniversary song by
linois, and cam e to A shland in of t ’c ’-p 25 feet w ide by 30 feet
Col. P reston B. W aterbury and
, R,i's - D orothy Davis w hile Donna
1919
w
here
she
has
since
m
ade
"i
n.’tn.
At
full
capacity
the
Phil S tansbury, m em ber of
Jo h n W aterbury. Col W aterbury
, I l i o n „ i I Jciini e Speece, a g randdaughter,
p
la
n
t
w
ill
clc
h
er
home.
She
was
form
erly
a
c
t
-ur
six
mi
the
A shland City C ouncil, re-
in structed the boys in m ilitary
"
W a n t e d ll„. couple w ith a
Ions oi w ater ev ery 24 hours.
ive in tiie D.A.R
tu rn ed to A shland last w eek
drill in connection w ith p resen
w edding rin g sent as a gift from
She is survived by th re e niec
a fte r having served as um pire
ting and retirin g the colors. It
th eir children. In The G arden,
es,
Mrs
R.
W.
P
en
tzer
of
Ash
d u ring recent m an u ev ers held
is planned to use this d rill at a
a duet by Mrs. Davis and Mrs.
land, Mrs. H erb ert C allaw ay of
by the arm y, navy a n d m arin e
three-tro u p jo in t court of honor
F lah arty , and a solo, Blessed As
B rentw ood, Tenn., and Miss Car-1
corps in the H aw aiian Islands.
and in v estitu re service te n ta ti
surance. by B everly B rannock
lie
Edm
ondson
of
M
ilw
aukee.
S tan sb u ry was confined to a
vely scheduled for Dec. 19. Col
which a re two of the couples
Wise.,
and
a
nephew
,
W
alter
D.
hospital
in F o rt Lewis, W ash.,
W aterbury also gave the boys a
favorite selections. Mrs. Nina
Brow n of Oak P a rk , 111
due to a skin irrita tio n follow ing
few pointers on p atrol form at
Speece played selections on the
Services will be held T hurs
his a rriv a l in the S ta te s tw e
The A shland Y.M.C.A. is in 1 piano w hile the couple opened
ions.
day
afternoon
at
2
o'clock
in
the
w eeks ago. He is an officer in
in need of one or two floor [ th eir m any lovely gifts.
Follow ing the announcem ent
L itw ille r F uneral Home, with lam ps for use in its Social Hall.
the O regon N ational G uard.
by A ssistant S coutm aster Milo
M r and Mrs Speece have 7
the Rev. R obert M clllvenna of This room is now being used
G rubb of an over night hike to
children. 18 gran d ch ild ren and 3
ficiating,
and
in
te
rm
e
n
t
will
fol
Gier’s Drug Store
not alone for social events but
be held Dec. 10-11, the discus
low in the fam ily plot in Mt. for the e raft program s for both g reat grandchildren, most of
sion period was spent planning
whom
w
ere
present
to
help
them
Plans Anniversary Event
View Cem etery.
women and girls being o p e ra t celebrate this lovely occasion.
a pack and then checking th eir
ed by the Y M C A. A dequate.
_______
lists against a p rep ared pack and
Mr. .and Mrs. H erm an G ier
The C olem an Bros., N.B.C. H ere from C ottage G rove
The
sons a re W. F. and" r F. T.
lighting for the. sh ellcraft and Speece of A shland and D G
have announced plans fo r cele-
exam ining the contents for use and C.B.S. radio singing start,
Mr. and Mrs. G eorge A ndrew s
Mi«« Ha-ai Ma
t
b ra tin g th e ir firs t an n iv e rsary in
fulness and e x tra weight.
who m ake th eir appearaA ce in i of Cottage G rove, spent the Th in vrnal carving in plastics is Speece of F ru itd ale. Oregon 4
is :
a. Phoenix
Follow ing th e gam e period
A shland Dec. 19. a t the L in anksgiving w eekend h ere a t the a j e a l need. Any one w ith an d aughters are Mrs. L. G. H aynie
ous Negro pianist, who will on S atu rd ay , Dec. 3.
old su rplus floor lam p can help and Mrs. R S W ilsev of Ash
Bob Beach took charge of thA coln school gym . The program
Mr. and Mrs. G ier w ere fo r
group singing which was fol is being sponsored by the A sh hom e of th eir son-in-law and in connection w ith the *‘Y" land, Mrs J. H. Davis, K lam ath appear here at th e Lincoln
school gym on Dec. 19, under
d aughter, Mr. and Mrs. M errick C r.ut program by m aking a loan Falls, and Mrs. R K F la h artv
lowed by the closing cerem ony. land Lions club.
m
erly
associated w ith LaM ar-
Thornton.
the sponsorship of the Ash re ’s d ru g sto re in A shland be
or g-.t of such a lam p,
Redding. C alifornia.
land Lions club.
fore going to Phoenix.
LA Chamber Savs
j Card Message ,
Vicious Attack
Hi V Inducts
New Members
Filtration Plant At City Water Works
Explained By Superintendent Biegel
Iron Lung Fund
Benefit Dance
Slated Dee. 10
Smoker Slated
For Dec. 7 At
Southern Oregon
Couple Observe
Golden Wedding
Scout Troop 12
Plans Hike
Belle Dunnavan
Kites Thursday
Phil Stansbury
Returns Home
Y.M.C.A. Needs
Floor Lamps