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HrEDFORP TftTBTTNTE, MEDFORD, OREOOY. THURSDAY. ArnFRT 2, 1028.
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MFnFHRn I FfilflN KT HAS ;
GROWN FROM A MEMBERSHIP '7 "r
CHARTERS AERIAL AMBULANCE
Tht ni'Kanizitt mn of I he .Met) ford I 'owl No. ',, A merie.'in I.kh"
wliirh 1m now entertaining the post from n)b nurtM of tin- suite m
their anninil cnnvcnilim, dates luu-k ti n nu-etiiiK of World Win- v-t-ercins
held at the Hotel Holland on the enitm of July Hi, Willi
1 ." veterans prtrent, the foundation of the present siron post.
An application for a elmrti r ir the new hhi u,im sinm-d- t.y ih.
1 dlowliiR Medfoid men, sonic of whom have moved away during the
past nine years:
Jj. Dewey f'nrdiii deary K. Carreit
Carlton Martin U j yH
'I'honias iiiislionj; ,,
Wllfrl (i. .MlksH... ,,:""H
i.iKe A. Ci.ilillliB Itul.in I!, r.rli-ve
l-aul .M. l.'uimnl Chirk .1. U'.'ilk.-r
Aliiik J., Cnlfinun , i-I h in- I'i-rly
KlhtTl J- i 'olr-miin Jlulph 'owill
Soon itf'C!' Ill liniilU-ulion lur :i i-hiii-UT, lilt inlaiil pnst ln-kan
lunt-tinniiiK. wllh Kitlpli I. foWKill nn Ihi fli'fl i-omnuinilrr, Trfv? li.
iumsilt-n, llrsl viPf-roilwnan'li'r, atMl IIhii'uc A. ( 'lalilinf-, first ailjtl
lanl. A colty of a report thitol S'pli'inli'r I,, l!il!l, rfvi:ils Unit the
ml then hail a memlHTNliip of 1 1 iih-iiiIkmh fully paltl up mill hTi
mkiiciI up I'ut ipt paid.
Willi Ihe arruury, n-iM'nt J-Kimi hfailquartf-r.s unliullt at thai
lime, early meeting Were lit-M at the IJIk eluh ami ItofciH' Klver I'lil
versity cluh fnr several inimtliH. Later po.st lieailituarterH were es
tahli.sheil at the National (Iimnl iu-ail'iuarlei-M iti the Natdtoriiim lull Id
iiih'. Ihe Jlotl Holland anil the loi-al Ited ( 'i'ohk lieaduuai'lei-H. Kroiu
Septemher. riO, until Kehnutry, llll'L', Ihe iiohI oeeupied a hall In the
.Meiliord Center htllldiilK, aftir whlrh It moved to the Mnrnohuru. hall
on Ka.st .Main Klreet.
There It remained until iJeeemher l, when the flrwt nieet-
Iuk held in the new armory huilditiK on North llarllett Htreet, where
It ha continued ever tdliee with the exception ol' Ihe several months
that Ihe armory was occupied temporarily hy the county ori'lces while
tin' new county court house and city hall was heinu constructed on
North Central avenue.
The rollowinK have heen post comtnanderH since knlph Cowill.
the first cotnmantler, CeoiKe A. Cotlditik'. l!i0; I'runk I'. Knri'ell, lli-l;
i:lmer K. Wilson. 1!I2:'; Carl V. Tennwald, ias:i; Paul u. Mcltonald,
l!i2H; I!. K. McKlhose, Iter,; l-reil W. Mcheflel. ItiL'li; Seely V. Hall.
l:i27; Horace Uromley, 1!ILS.
.MemherH who have lieen iidJulanIM Blnce Ceorue CoihlinK are a.-i
follows: Dlllini 10. Wilson, IMU; It. c. Holmes, I'aul M. I nard and
Waller I. Dttnlap, JU2I; A. .1. Cruse, !! and I!l2:i; (iarlock, January
l!'2-l to the present time.
In Ihe nine yearn of Its existence, ihe membership of tin' pusl has
crown from IS paid mi stretuttli to HM. The law urowlh was alii- j
ed materially hy a. membership drive last year, which wail in the
form of a memhershlii conlest wllh ItoMehuru. The local post won the
drive hy tin eVen 1PJ niemhers.
The aclivlties of the local l.cKiun post have heen many in .Med
ford's civic life and It has long occupied u position of Influence In
this community In l(eeplnK with Its stretiKlh. It has established a
children's playR-round on lOast .Main Hired, at one time Its own olf
course, takes an active Interest In Itoy Scout work anil last year con
trlhuted Inhnr to complete the Hoy Hcout enmp 111 Ihe Applet-ale.
country. It hns also heen taking an active Interest In the Meilfoiil
airport and has heen hehlnil every civic move it deemcil of a desira
ble nature. It Is believed that this post Is warranted In claiinlliK that
It has attained n hlith decree of sui ss In striving lo follow alter
the .high lilealii of the ureal oriianlzatlori of whic h it Is a purl.
l I ' OifKim 'federal .overnmenl announces.
KAI.HM, (Ire. IPl .More than The lull. Is are sullahle for Kfazltut
J 2,111111 acres of land In 1 jilte i ilurlui; the sin-Inn. summer and
county will be mien to entry by fall and will curry froni 15 lo 211
the general public on October ; head of cattle per il l" acres, lr
12. the general land office of the : vigallon Is prohlcinalloal.
GETTING ROOMS
FORLEGIONMEN
IS ABIG JOB
Carl Tengwald, However,
Had Job Done Several
Days Before Convention
Only Few in Private
Homes Delegates Num
ber 280.
following the Vtmplotkn of the
; nervlee parade. ThiN organization,
the .(Dtyfiruund of tile J.eulnn. Ikih
up pi nxl mutely j iift mem hern and
HO pfp cent are reported to he fn
the city, ineludlnx 1 'JO delegate.
Their convention Hf union wa.s
Keheduled to tte ipned under
Will ('. Kelly, Orande Chef .de
iti re and V. .r. Letninon, Krande
eorrewpondant, hmh of Maker.
Their eon vent htii is li ifown as the
f Jiitnde Promenade and will lant
only fur today.
Tin American Legion Anxil
farv hn aojMf'Xiinately LT.'i. dele
gates, inclmlinK atQinates and iil
- in bean their annual i onventlon
torlay. The h-ul atixiliary will
have a welcoming reception thi
evening at the I'nivernity cluh
for the lenders in the Jegion and
the Auxiliary state organisation.
Arrangemt-nts have heen com
pleted hy the convention commin
sion fnr events of the convention
not to seriously conflict with each
other and have designated meet -ing
places for each of the or
ganizations, which will hurry thru
their cnnvejiiion business as nuick
ly aj possible. The American Le
gion convention, lelng represen
tative of a lurger organization.
wi.9 take the longest to complete,
and today wns well under v'Av,
with delegates reporting from U i
respective district.
Speakership Ki (tensive
I.ONOON V John Henry
Whitley, who has resigned as
speaker of the house of com
mons, is wild to' have heen oblig
ed to spend $ I I'.VOOO of his pri
vate fortune in seven years of office-holding,
despite a tLTtitloa sal
ary and a rent-free official residence.
Uecaus his pain-wracked body could not stand the strain of a train
or automobile ride, IGeorgc Frost, former electrician of Minerva,
O., chartered an airplane to carry him from Alliance, 0., lo Geneva,
N. y., where he was to undergo a delicate operation to mend his
spine, which was broken when a railroad gasoline speeder struck
his machine. Above, Frost ready to start on his journey. ' A judg
ment of $25,000 against the railroad, which was awarded him, en
abled Frost to charter the plane.
TO JOIN -UNDY BARS THE W. C. T. U.
li:Tl!(iT. Aug. -Wi Major
Thomas !. I.anphier will become
vice-president in charge of oper
ations of the newly formed Trans
continental Air Transport com
pany of which Col. ( 'ha rb-s A.
Lindbergh Ih chairman of t he
hoard, as soon aw, his resignation
from the army becomes effective.
August L'., he announced recently.
Major l,anphicr's heaihpiart ers
will be In New York, but he plans
to spend most of his lime flying
over t he country superintending
the operation! of the Trans-coiiliti-enltil
Hues, he said. Me will con
tinue to maintain his home at
Mo ii nl Clemens, hear Self ridge
field, where he has served fur
five years as commandant and
flight commander.
CMAttl.KSToN, W. Va.. Aug. L
il'i The liev. C. A. fiearhard,
pastor i( l he l-'ii st Kpiscopa!
church here, refused to permit a
meeting of the Women's Christian
, Tempera nee I "nlon cha ptei- in his
church on the ground that it dealt
with politics and so the chapter
'decided to meet in the liaplist
temple.
Mrs. .1. Walter lairnes was to
tell ihe W. C. T. l members about
Ihe "dry" conference she attended
recently at Ashevllle. N. C. The
Reverend ( lea r ha rr, told the pres
ident of the chapter that he could
not open his church for political
d iscusslons.
"It Is not so Important to know
who is president as to know who
is Christ, crucified," the minister
ild.
AVhat was expeoied to be one
of the most difficult problems of
Ihe slate American I.egion con
vention that of providing rooms
for the delegates, visitors and
morn bers of t he 1 7 dm m corps
and five hands, was solved hy the
local American legion conven-1 g
Hon commission with hut little
trouble, ,-arl Y. Tengwald. chair
man of the committee on housing,
worked for sometime on the mat
ter and several days before the
convention began declared his
work done.
It was for him and hk com
mittee to locate rooms for ap
proximately ::mihi Siting hegion
naiies. Despite this large num
ber, there Is only a small propor
tion staying at privutc dwellings,
more rooms being found available
at the hotels than was at first
expected. The drum corps have
imrtcrs in large rooms in vari
ous buildings of the city, includ
ing i he Crater Cluh dining room,
sample rooms of the Jackson,
Holland and MediWird hotels, base
ment of the Med ford (irocery
company and basement of the
Clks temple.
Uooms have also been provided
for delegate;! and Visitors -of the
American I. eg ion Auxiliary which
is holding its auniutl con vent inn
here also.
While :iOOo American Legion
members are visiting in Medford,
only -inn are full fledged dele
gates and with the alternates,
there Is a total of rt!0 members
directly interested in the official
business of the convention, for
which Leg io una ires have been ar
riving from all parts of the state
and some from various sections
of t lie nort Invest, drawn by the
wide spread publicity (ha; has
been given t he conuvent ion.
The -jo et x Societie, with 2 3
voiiureH j,, the state. Is holding
its con ven Hon session today, be
ginning t his forenoon and will
hri ve its annual "wreck" tonight.
The Rogue Valley Milling Co.
Dealers in
Feed Grain
Hay Straw
Flour
Retail and Wholesale
The quality of our goods is the best and our prices are right.
Welcome Legionnaires and
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary
WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE
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LEGIONNAIRES
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And AH Southern Oregon Are Glad to Have You Here!
JQj'P Jfyj J THE GREAT ILLUMINATED PARADE TONIGHT AND THE LEGION DANCES-MEETING OF 40 ET
DON'T MISS
THE SALEM-MEDFORD BASEBALL GAME FRIDAY AFTERNOON-BIG DRUM CORPS CONTEST
AND FIREWORKS DISPLAY AT NIGHT
nOlVPT MTQQ GIANT PATRIOTIC PARADE SATURDAY AFTERNOON-GOLF-WRESTLING and BOXING SMOK
LSKJlH 1 IVIlKjkJ ER and DANCING AT NIGHT
CARS ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL-WATCH FOR THEM
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All Medford Legionnaires and Auxiliary Members Are at Your Seryice!
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