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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1929)
vmv, rrvis lAght Extends a Christmas Greeting Medford Chamber of Commerce Sponsors Outdoor Lighting Contest- aluable Prizes to Be Qiven TALENT GIRL SCOUTS IN RENEWED ACTIVITY dlun, Mrs, l-ester Nubry, Ii.ih soma' vory iiitfii-HtliiK new work litlri i nut Uv the iruop und each meet-' lnt; will huM new Intercut. ! O. S. C. and Mr. Kowler, county n Kent of Jueknun county eoiuluctej a dairy meeting injho hive Oak CnniKf hall Monday evening. The TS WILL TALKNT, Ore., Dec. 10. (Spl) The- Hose llud troop of (iirl Si-outs met at the. home 'of Fay j KutPH Saturday. Tho Rirln are very j anxious to make up for ulnie lust j (lnrlnfr tho vacation. Their uuar- i meeting' ;bnd only a mnall attend j unco, but-, UU grout ly appreciated j by t,ho$e nroaent. DAIRY MEETING' HELD , IN ROGUE RIVER HALL VIE FOR PRIZES t:; I liisfttlhttion of uir mull beacon KOIIUK 1UVEU, Olf., Pec 10. , lights', between Delta, Cnl., mid (Spc-inl) Mr. Jamison of the t Drain.' Ore., nearing completion. 4 TUKPFOTtTV M AIL TRmtTXE, M PIP FORD. OK'Kd'OX. MONDAY. I K ''KM I'.KW Hi, 1!'J!. EH ON YULE LIGHTS All Christmas Day, ! Lights Burned Inside . . . "There'll lie no luck in the coining Christmas Day ..." year if wc give ouj. lijil.it on. I'nluckv the villager .'who knocked ill his neighbor's door on Christmas Day to "Inn-row alight" in the tinder hoxr (lays of OKI England. All Christinas Day and Christmas night, lights buriicd inside but it was hold that to rivo out light on Christmas I)ny was to eourl sure misfortune. Welcome he was 16 share ''all within but if he took out light he took out the spirit of Christmas : v' Light is slill lhe truest symbol of Christmas sentiment . . in-: doors and orityns never before, it is ''being used to carry the nics. . Kiljjc oi' Christmas cheer. In city and town, on village street aii'l'; city boulevard, the Christmas spirit, nightly spreads its gleaming"'' panoply of light . . . lights that glow in' holly-wreathed windows . . . lights tha'l sparkle on fairy trees . . . lights that shine with soft ly colored hrilliauee from every doorway. - i Is your home a part of the great Christmas pageant of light? Outdoor lighting is simple, inexpensive, immensely effective . Light up for Christmas! Peoples Electric Store i 212-214 WEST Main Street Fhcne 12 i Second Annual Christmas Contest Starts December 22 Attractive Displays Planned By Householders Many Prizes Listed. Medford's second auauai outdoor lighting contest, which starts De cember 22, promises to prove a big success In every way. Many en terprising citizens throughout the city are planning attactive outdoor displays and competition tor tho various prizes promises to bo Koen. This year's contest lias been greatly enlarged in scope and will take in a greater number ot dis plays than formerly. The classifi cations in which prizes will be awarded will be as follows: 1. Hest decorated residence dis play. 2 llest decorated residence en trance. 3. Best decorated entrance win dow. 4 Host decorated outdoor tree. 5 B est decorated apartment house, court or group display. The list ot prizes is not yet com plete but will be announced defi nitely nt nil early date. AmnllK the attractive prizes which have I al ready been donated to tile Chamber of Commerce committee are the following: Premium Junior vacu um cleaner, floor lamp, eight-cup llotpoint percolator,. Ha.ven8wood llammond electric clock, eloctric toaster, pralln toilet set of military brushes vlth comb to match, and one of Khihrer's tiermnn Icbkiichcn Christinas cakes. The above list will be augmcntod by other prizes, all of which will be on display shortly at the Cham ber of Commerce. Judging will be conducted during the period from December 22 to January 2 and will bo based on the; following points: Originality,1 beauty and best expression of the Christmas spirit. Any local ' resi dent is eligiblo to enter the contest except employes ot tho power com pany or electrlo stores. lCntrics should be made at. the' local Cham ber of Commerce on or boforo De cember 21 and should specify which class display Is to he entered. Further information can bo bo curod from tho Chamber of Com merce or any member of the adver tising committee. 1 Every local citizen Is urged to participate In this year's Christmas program and make Medford the outstanding example of real Christ mas Bpirlt in southern Oregon. Itlvrr Straightened CHICAGO, Dec. !. (P) Un klnkcd at a cost of $9,000,000, the straightened south blanch of the Chicago l iver was opened to traf fic today. It Started With The Little House on the Corner i VO ' Not ii pretentious house at all. lint, a very cheerful-looking little house that, Christmas week, with its light lit door and window and the sparkling little Christinas tree in the front yard. An important little house it was, loo. For it changed the whole ap pearance of our street. First the house next door eiime alive one night with a Midden Nofl liril- i liain'e. Then all the way. along the street Christinas lights began ' to sparkle . . . until at last our street was u radiant bine of light and color. - Light curries the messau'e of Christmas cheer with macie beauty., Let your home be the first link in the great golden chain of Christmas light. Light up for (Tirjstinas . . there's an Outdoor Lighting Display that will make your home a glowing embodiment of (he Christinas 1 ; spirit . You can find it nt our shop. Come in today and let lis show you. ', Southern Oregon Electric Morris B. Leonard , 407 E. Main Phone 889 H. 0. Frobach LIGHT tf3i 1111 I EL Wmmi IiKlils! - Vvmh i J,Xa.. IflHSgEa '"'"" i! Carry Your Message of Cheer This Christmas L 1(11 IT, with all its ningie beauty, says "Merry Christinas" to nil who, pass :, your door. . , Your homo and front yard, fan easily sparkle with' Christmas lights this year . .' . pii-'ture it! Lights gleaming in the win dows, lights shining with subdued radiance among the evergreens on the porch . . . vari-colored' lights' sparkling on every, branch of a Christmas tree in the front yard ... a picture long to he 'remembered. Many Med ford homes will express their Christmas message of cbecHbis year with too, will lie awarded to those most successful. Spread the Christ mas spirit with outdoor lighting! See Your Electric Dealer Today THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY Christmas Comes to the House Next Door Christmas week. . . . And suddenly one night the house next door is aglow with Christmas-lights. Lights gleam in every window . . . lights shine with subdued radinnea mining the artfully arninged evergreens on the porch . . . vari-colored lights sparkle on every branch of the Christ mas tree in the front yard. The while snow . . . the sparkling colors . ... the dark background of the house ... it all makes a picture' long In be remembered. ' Mirny's the "housif next dmu'1 throughout the lnml (lint is being made if radiant embodiment of the Christmas spirit with outdoor lighting. Is your home among themt Come in. mid look over our Outdoor Ueeorativo Lighting display ; we'll be glad to help you realize the full possi bilities of "letting light carry your Christinas greetings." 22 South Grape Street ELECTRIC WIRING CO. I H. 0. PURUCKER u . Phone 338 r V