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0 /Q. /Zw. *er From Washington B y H on . H a rria E lla w o rih . Congressm an. 4th D ia trlc i <-> NEWS REVIEW After throe month» of steady toll the House of Repreaentat* vc» 1» taking u ten <loy Easter VoL 17. No. 8 recess The dully calendai of the House Issued on the duy of ucl- Journament for the recess list», under the heading, "Statu» of Mujor Hill»." only one piece of inujoi legislation a» having been completed into luw thus far this year That one hill was the ur gent Deficiency Appropriation Hill This session has not been The Ashland unit of the Jack- productive of major legislati son county Republican Women on but it has not lacked pro will meet on Saturday afternoon duction along other lines. For ,»t I :to at tin- Llthlii lintel, at example, the House has had which time several of the candi 132 roll calls (it takes 30 min dates for election will speak. utes to call the roll.) Most of | There will be a discussion pcrl- them were quorum calls. Last , oil following the talks and seve- year it was not until the 21st i ral item» of business will be of July that we had roll call taken up, including the election j of a board of directors. number 132. Talk on the floor of both The meeting is to be open to Houses of Congress has been the public and all those mter- quite ample thus far this ses ¡ested in the political scene, both sion. also. The 96 Senators by local and national, are invited long odds out talked the 435 to attend The new precinct bo House Mombers. In fact, less undaries will be mapped out and than one-fourth as many Sen several of the issues which are ators talked 30 percent more on the May ballot will be brou pages into the Congressional ght up for study Record than did the 435 mem Officers who were elected at bers of the House. The Sena tlie March meeting were Mrs tors talked 2.607 pages (about Wm 11. McCullough, president, 4.040.850 words) the House Mrs Edwin Dunne, vice-presi members 2.027 pages or some dent, Mrs Kenneth Perrine, sec 3.141.850 words. retary-treasurer, these together But in volume of bills there with (our directors will serve has been plenty to talk about. for the ensuing year Thus far this session 2.354 measures have been introduc ed in Congress. Dr. Polish To Conduct Here 1» u quote that should be Evangelistic Meetings put up on big billboards all ov er the United State»: General Dr. Cliarlea Poling, who pre- Dwight Eisenhower say»: “Those I ached the sermon at the Grand individuals seeking to centralize Canyon Easter sunrise service, power in the Federal Govern will arrive in Ashland the first ment are more dangerous to our j of next week to conduct a series form of government than any of evangelistic meetings at the foreign threat that can possibly Presbyterian church beginning be arrayed against us." Tuesday, April 18th Dr Poling Tha giant appropriations is not only the brother of Dr bill (431 pages), which I have Dan Poling but is famous in hi» mentioned previously in these own right as both a powerful letters, will not be acted upon preacher ai:d a poet He will after the Easier recess of the close the week of services on House. Earlier there was an at Sunday morning, April 23. tempt on the part of the Chair man of the Appropriations Committee to get the bill act ed upon before the recess. Re publican members sought to delay action for two reasons. First, it was felt that majority members of the House would Tlie Southern Oregon College be more inclined to vote for reducing amendments after Summer Session, under the dir visiting at home a while. Sec ection of Dr Ray Hawk, will fe ondly. since the bill is so ature six worksh<<>s in elemen large and the committee re tary education. The Summer port so voluminous, some de Session opens June 19 and clos lay was sought to give the es August 11, These workshops will last 2 members on both sides of the aisle a chance to get better weeks and each will carry three informed on what is in the bill. quarter hours of credit. It is fairly certain, however, From June 19 to June 3U. Ed that the appropriations bill 465, a workshop in Diagnostic will be passed and sent io the and Remedial Instruction in Senate before the end of this Reading and Literature, will be month. Moanwhile the Senate offered From July 3 to July 16, Appropriations Committee has two workshops: Ed 408L. Meth- been holding hearings on the ds and Materials of the Langua various chapters of the bill and ge Arts, and Ed 462, Special Ed will be in position to report ucation in the Creative Arts (P. its version of the bill In a E and Music), will be offered fairly short time. From July 19 to July 30, I cannot make the long tup workshops in Ed 408D, Drama to Oregon for the Easter recess for Elementary Teachers; and but I am going with members PE 337. Camp and Club Leader of my committee, the Committee ship. will be offered. on Interstate and Foreign Com A fee for enrolling in each merce, to look over the equip workshop wil be $21.00. Stude ment and operation of the In nts enrolling for the regular land Waterways Corporation, a Summer Session may take one government - owned transportat or more of these workshops as ion line operating on the Mis part of their regular class load sissippi. There is a bill before at no extra charge. For further our committee calling for the information concerning these authorization of an additional workshops, contact Mrs. Mabel $10,000,000 for this operation Winston, Registrar, at Southern and we want to see why the Gov Oregon College, ernment should invest that much money in a strictly business en terprise. Comedy To Be Featured College Workshops At Summer Session For S.O.C. Mothers In May Y Crafts Classes Resume Thursday Appropriate to the occasion will be the spring quarter pro duction of the S.O.C. drama de partment for the Mothers' Day week-end May 10, 11 and 12, when the play “I Rem^mb-r Ma ma” will be presented The two act comedy went into rehearsal the first of the week. The Y M C A. Adult group in Crafts will meet for its regular weekly sessions starting on Thursday afternoon, April 13th at 2:00 p.m The evening session of the group will be held Thurs day evening at 7:30 o’clock. JACKSONVILLE MAN ADDED These meetings Thursday mark TO DAIRY HERD WORKERS the start of a series of eight Joseph Chabat. of Jackson weeks meetings for the group with the Spring series closing on ! ville,has been added to the staff Thursday, June 1st. The "Y" of the Jackson county dairy Craft group is open without ; herd improvement association, charge to all men and women in j Chabat and Hollis Hopper, who the community interested in | has been working for more than a year, will provide production crafts. j records on milk and butterfat ' or cost records on feed for co S C R IP T E R S T O P O R T L A N D Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Scripter operating in this county. The additional p e r s o n n e l and three children, Mrs Alma Beach and Mrs. Hugh McKeever makes possible tlie testing of drove to Portland for Easter double the number of herds test with relatives. The first of the ed previously One dairyman, week Mr. Scripter attended a milking thirty cows, who recent school of instruction for furnace ly put his herd on test, reports installation put on by the Mar saving $85.00 a month on feed shall-Wells Company for their cost at an outlay of $9.00 for the service. dealers. April 18 Deadline To Register For May 19 Election “Ashland—Home of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival” ASHLAND. JACKSON COUNT Y. OREGON. THURSDAY APRIL 13. 1950 Single Copy Sc Ashland Golf Course To Get Play Republican Women To Hear (Candidate At Open Meeting i >twî Senior High School Students Guests of S. 0 . C. This Week-end Shakespeare» Birthday To Be Observed With Screening Of Hamlet California Pair Accept Council Lease Offer On April 23rd Ashland will observe William Shakespeare s birthday with ceremonies ap Bellview Extension propriate to the day. John Cot Merle M Russell and Elbert ton, president of the Festival As To Hold All Day Meeting sociation. has announced that a C. Williams, greens keeper and Bellview H o m e Extension reception will be given followed golf pro of a Los Angeles coun Visiting seniors will register by a first showing of ‘‘Hamlet" try club have accepted terms of unit will meet on Wednesday, April 19 at 10:30 at the Grange in Churchill Hall on the campus at the Varsity Theatre. Radio a lease recently submitted by hall. Miss Eula Wiritermote, from 7 to 9 Friday evening, and station KWIN will present a spe- the Ashland City Council where County Home Extension agent there will be an informal gather - cial program from the theatre by the California men will take will demonstrate and discuss the ing at Susanne Homes Hall ad with interviews during the i over operation of the Ashland subject of "Improved Home a dance from 10 to 12. Visiting afternoon, and the theatre man golf course, it was announced T he A ssem bly of God Lighting.” There will be a plant seniors will be admitted free o ager, Roy iSullivan, has arrang yesterday by Ben Lombard, at church announces a series of exchange and a cover-dish lun the Chez Paree dance sponsored ed for a student matinee perfor torney for the California pair. e v a n g lis tic m eetings b e g in cheon at noon by the Theatre Guild. Lombard said the two men had mance of “Hamlet" on Monday, I • ning last M o n d a y . T h e speaker already deposited the original April 24th. Saturday’s program will con- is the w e ll k n o w n evangelist. $3500 required by the lease in 1 sist of breakfast in Susanne R ev. John F. H a u c k who has the Ashland Branch of the First ' Homes Hall and a discussion of been conducting s im ila r ser National Bank and had indicat vocational fields by SOC stu vices th ro u g h o u t the state. ed that they would come here dents and faculty. Individual In s p irin g music and sermons in the next few days to begin conferences with the students together w ith h ealin g and work of conditioning the course i will be arranged. A tour of the p ra y e r have b ro u g h t out larg e in an effort to make play pos Dr Elmo Stevenson, chairman campus and the Lincoln Labor crowds d u rin g the firs t few A Certificate of appreciation sible this summer. of the program committee for atory School will be folowed by was presented to V, D Bert Mil nights. Under the terms of the lease the Ashland Chamber of Com a barbecue luncheon at 12:30. ler by Kiwanis Lt. Governor, the city of Ashland agrees to merce, said Tuesday noon that In the afternoon dramatic Russell Kurtz at the noon meet furnish pipe sufficient to carry plans are being completed for ! productions in the auditorium ing of the Ashland Kiwanis water for irrigation of the cour making the first Chamber meet and athletic exhibitions will be j Club Monday. On behalf of Ki se and other tools, now stored wanis International, the district and previously used in caring ing of each month an open meet- ■ the entertainment. There will be Lieutenant - Governor presented for the greens and fairways. ' a reception at President Steven- ' ing with the second meeting of I son’s home the award to Miller for his out Cost of the pipe is estimated at Today an excited group of 42 each month to be open for panel standing work as president of between $3500 and $4000 The girl» accompanied by 15 adults discussions of pertinent questi Housing for visiting seniors the Ashland Kiwanis Club dur lessees will install the lines. are leaving for a three day con o n s facing the Chamber will be provided at Susanne ing 1949. The lessees also agree to in ference at Coquille The local I Homes Hall and tlie Men’s Mr. Kurtz paid an official vest $5000 within the next two Stevenson said that it is plan- Jobs Daughters will take an im Dorm. Any high school senior visit to the club and addressed years to put the course in shape portant part in tlie various ses :ned to make a survey of the interested in attending can ob the group briefly. Noting the and an additional $5000 in the sions, as will Mrs. Martha El- area in an effort to provide more tain information from his high Kiwanis International report, he next five years. hart, the retiring Grand Guard year around employment. school principal and by writing stated that the actual cash re The lease calls for the lessees John Cotton, president of the to Southern Oregon College. ian, and Miss Shirley Damon, serves per member were high to pay regular rates for drink Oregon Shakespearean Festival Queen of Bethel 22 er in the Northwest districts ing water and for TID water The opening event takes place association, discussed plans of Girl Scouts In All-Out than in the rest of the nation. used in irrigating the course. the group for the Festival this Thursday evening with the ban Members were urged to attend The city has been requested to Cookie Sale Campaign quet at tiie Coquille Community summer and said that plans are the annual spring conference at supply granite for a driveway House, which wil) be presided underway for an opening day Bend and the District Conventi into the course. Because the Community Chest over by Grand Guardian, Mar parade and said it is hoped that The lease calls for the lessees on in Spokane in August. Kiwa tha Elhart of Ashland and As some stores will provide false failed to meet its quota, the nis clubs throughout the nation • to pay to the city of Ashland fronts publicizing Shakespear I Girl Scouts are short of funds are confronted by the challenge the sum of $1.00 per year in sociate Grand Guardian, LeRoy Farmer of Portland. At the ban ean times during the Festival and are having to make an ad of 1950, Mr. Kurtz pointed out. rental for the first ten years ditional effort to build up their He urged better inter-club re with a ten-year renewal clause quet the drawing will be held period in August for the state Honor Queen and Dick Herndobler urged that treasury. With the annual cook lations and emphasized the Ki calling for $600 per year for the her officer», with the ball fol the Chamber sponsor a “Clean ie sale week half over, an SOS wanis theme for 1950: “Aggres next ten years, along with 10 lowing to be in their honor. Up Week" program and said i is being broadcast to would-be sive Citizenship - Safeguard of percent of the net in excess of During Friday and Saturday that he believed businessmen buyers. Out of each box sold, Freedom.” $8000 and 20 percent of the net there will be business sessions and residents could do much the Scout troop gets five cents, in excess of $10,000. The speaker sounded a note well interspersed with various toward encouraging additional which is used for its own parti of alarm by stating that there sorts of entertainment, lunch tourist trade by making Ash cular project, as for example, eons, buffet suppers, a beach land a more beautiful town the overseas friendship bags are approximately 750 various The rest of the profits go to groups in the United States who party and sight-seeing trips. Fri through such a program. are seeking to overthrow our day evening will be given over O t h e r members discussed ward the Scout expenses and the to a special Bethel meeting pre ways in which the Chamber camp at Low Echo. A house to government. He noted that we sided over by Shirley Damon, could be of better service to 1 house campaign is being con must continue to support and with all the offices filled by the businessmen and in so doing ducted in an effort to make the preserve the church, home and Routine business was the main Queens of the state. While Sat would encourage better turn 1950 “Cookie Week" a financial school, and combat subversive item in last nights meeting of activities. Although the district the Ashland School Board. All success. urday afternoon the competitive outs at Chamber meetings. Lt. Governor expressed the hope members were present to take drills will be held A team of 24 that he would be able to visit care of the business of the girls from the Ashland Bethel the club again in the near fut month. It was decided to call will present an addenda honor ure, he noted that his visit for bids on the installation of ing Mrs. Elhart, whose term of would be the only official visit the »prinking system at the Bri office closes when she installs tc be made this year. the new officers. scoe School. The work on the President Ed Barnett announ system at the Walker school has SALEM, (Special) — Reduct ssifications where hazards havd ced that Bert Terry and Fritz been practically completed. The Can You Vote In May? ions in employer contribution generally been high, the redu Koester had been appointed to new walk on the Laurel Street Register By April 18 rates have been announced by ctions have been accomplished the board of directors, succeed j side of the Briscoe School was It has been branded a dis the State Industrial Accident because of earned experience ing Morris Bradley and Col. finished last week and much of grace by the leaders of both Commission, effective July 1, ratings within the respective in Ben Waterbury. Club members i the leveling has been done. Democrats and Republicans that 1950. These reductions will ap dustries which prove that acci welcomed vice-president Ed. Plans have been completed for in the one nation in the world ply in 277 industrial and trade dents can be prevented through Stevens back. Mr. Stevens has the budget election on Tuesday been ill for several months and April 25 at the City Hall. supposed to exemplify the pri- classifications of Oregon busi accident prevention programs. The largest dollar savings has undergone operations in Los Preliminary inspection of ap velege of democratic franchise, ness. Only 78 classifications did more than 20 per cent of the eli not qualify for base rate redu will be reflected in the classifi Angeles. Walt Bosshard report plications for the football coach gible voters are as yet unregist ctions, but rates in some of these cations of General Farming, Ma ed that the boy’s boxing club is ing position at the High School ered. With less than a week left classifications are already so chine Shops, Logging, Sawmil operating once again and stated was made. It was pointed out before the lists are closed on low further reductions are vir ling, Pulp & Paper Manufacture, that another exhibition will be that the new coach will have to Printing & Publishing, Road and held in the near future. Guests , be a math major as he will have April 18 an effort is being made tually impossible. Reductions result from the ex Street Construction, Residence present at the meeting were Dr. a regular load to teach in this to register every possible voter. Ignorance of the requirements cellent co-operation of labor and Erection, Building Erec t i o n, Elmo N. Stevenson, Pastor Paul field. keep some from registration management in reducing acci Plumbing and Sheet Metal Harms of the Grace Lutheran Maintenance men used last while pure laziness robs others of dents by establishing and main Work, Transfer and Trucking, Church, John Myers, Mr Leid- week to give the buildings a eigh, and Ray Frizbee. their constitutional right to par taining effective safety pro and Garages & Service Stations. good "spring house cleaning." grams, both preventive and edu While practically every por ticipate in government tion of the state's economy will You are eligible to register if cational. These reductions in employer benefit from the new employer's you will be 21 by election day, and if you have lived one year contributions to the Industrial contribution rate schedule, the in the state and ninety days in Accident Fund will result in es basic industries of general farm the county. You must re-regist timated savings of approximat ing and lumbering in its various Sixty persons died in Oregon er if you iiave moved since your ely one million dolars per year i phases will experience the great The Y M C A. Square Dance last registration or will have to employers insured by tile est savings because of the larger traffic accidents during the first moved by election day, if you State Industrial Accident Com payrolls in these two industries. three months of this year. Sec group will resume activities fol Because of the "safety know retary of State Earl T Newbry lowing the Easter recess on Fri have changed your name or if mission. The law provides that the how" now becoming evident in has reported. day and Saturday evenings. you have failed to vote in both Industrial Commission high hazard Oregon logging in March accidents claimed 26 April 14 and 15. Both sessions the primary and general electi State shall adjust employer contribu dustry, an estimated annual net lives, worst single month of the of the group will be held in the ons of 1948. Social Hall of the “Y” building In Ashland the registrar of tions in keeping with good in premium reduction of some year to date. The first-quarter death t o l l starting at 8:00 p.m and closing voters is located in the Burns surance practice when their ex $213,000 will result on payrolls perience justifies such reducti which have aggregated more marks a 17 percent increase ov at 11:45 o’clock Mr. Sam Con office next to the Post-office. ons. than $45,000,000 for the year er the number of lives lost dur nor will direct the activities for The new employer contributi 1948-1949. General farming will ing the same period last year, the Friday night group while LICENSE EXAMINER on rate schedules mark the 4th participate in an estimated net Newbry said, and constitutes a Mr. Ed Nelson will be in charge COMING HERE MONDAY A drivers license examiner reduction in State Industrial Ac reduction of $45,623 on an over sharp set- back to the state's of the group meeting on Satur day nights. will be on duty in Ashland Mon cident Insurance premium rates all payroll of slightly over $20,- traffic fatality record. The s e c r e t a r y said last day, April 17, at the City Hall since 1943. During the same per 000,000 Both residence erection between the hours of 9 a.m. iod the various legislatures have and building erection have also month’s accidents reflect the re RECORD CROWD ENJOYS and 4 p.m., according to an an increased workmen’s benfit pay earned substantial rate reducti turn of warmer weather a n d I.O.O.F. TURKEY DINNER i consequent increases in speed nouncement received from the ments under the Act four times. ons. The turkey dinner at the Od While the increase in compens Under the experience rating and volume of highway travel. Fellows’ Hall last Saturda Secretary of State’s office. Persons wishing licenses or ation for workmen is in keep provision of the Oregon Law all All but six fatalities occurred night set an all time record fr permits to drive are asked to ing with the increase in the cost employers under the Act can on rural roads a n d highways. attendance when more than tw get in touch with the examiner of living, the downward trend qualify for from 10% to 50% Worst accident of the m o n t h hundred guests enjoyed one « well ahead of the scheduled in employer contribution rates reduction from the base rates was a head-on automobile-truck the famous home-cooked meal closing time in order to assure is more startling by comparis established after one calendar collision west of Pendleton in Following the dinner many sta; year of favorable accident ex Umatilla county, which killed ed for the evening of danciri completion of their application on. five persons. In all of the enumerated cla- perience. and cards. with a minimum of delay. e Senior Visitation Weekend at Southern Oregon College will be April 14 and 15. Approximately 150 high school seniors are ex pected to visit the campus Chamber Plans Future Programs • Bert Miller Given Kiwanis Award 3 Day Conclave For Jobs Daughters School Board Takes No Vacation Sharp Contribution Rate Cuts Set By State Industrial Accident Commission Sixty Killed In Oreg on Traffic Two Square Dance Groups At YMCA
