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ML:i)F()l!) MAIL TU1BINK. M I'.DFOlil', OU1-:;h :m'.v. .iantauv l was. PAdK T1IUKK Society and Clubs students Leave At llollduii fcnd. With the close of the Chrtstmu holidays, during which Medford has been the acene ot much entertain ment and celebration among the younger set, many atudents are leav ing to resume their studies at school. The spring vacation will find many of them returning to Medford for the next holiday during the winter and i spring terms. j Among those leaving last evening ; by train were the Misses Prances and Lucie McCormlck, who are re turning to University of Oregon after spending the holidays at their home here. Leaving on the afternoon bus yes terday were the Misses Elizabeth Eason, Margarita Boyle. Gertrude Boyle and Ruby Stone, who are re aumlng studies at Oregon State col lege, and Evelyn Leonard, who Is entering O. S. C. this term. Miss Sybil Jean Young left yester day for Corvallls, where she Is . a student et Oregon State college. Misses Suzette Stcnnett. Rosa Gore and Jeanne Qulsenberry are among others leaving this week. Miss Sten nett returning to Oregon State col lege. Miss Gore and Miss Qulsenberry to the university. Bud Hayes left last night by train, for the university with Robert Hall of San Francisco, guest here at the Dr. James C Hayes' home be fore continuing north. John Wellls returned to University of Oregon early this morning. Leaving yesterday by auto were Tom Ernmens. Noel Benson ana Rlchrrd Reum. who will resume work at the university, as will Richard Sleeter. ' Robert and Bill Prentice. David Lowry and Richard Proebstel. Bam Kroschell and Wlldon Colbaugh are among those returning to Oregon State college, while Tom White is leaving for University of Washington. Clarence Woods of Ashland, who has been spending the Christmas holidays with relatives and friends in southern Oregon, left last night by train for Eugene, where he Is at tending the university. D. E. Moore left yesterday for Portland to return to school, having 6pent the holidays at his home in Medford. Ranitroms Amonj; Hn-ts on New Years Among hosts and hostesses on New Year's eve were Mr. and Mrs. H. Ramstronf and family of Green Acres, near Central Point. Sixty-five guests were invited and entertained at dancing as the old ye-.r ended and the new began. Refreshments were served during the evening. As Mr. and Mrs. Ramstrom and family entertain each New Year's eve for their many friends, the party has become a custom at Green Acres. Arthur Relief Corps To Install Officers. Chester A. Arthur Relief Corps No. 34 will hold installation of officers at the Armory Thursday. January 8, with an all-day meeting. A covered dish luncheon will be held at noon and members are re quested to bring their own table service. Members of Central Point Relief corps will be guests of the local corps. Miss Sweeney and Guest Leave for North Miss Mary Martha Sweeney who has spent the Christmas holidays here at her home, left last evening by train for Portland, accompanied by Miss Helen Punk of Eureka, Cat., her house guest. Both Miss Sweeney and Miss Punk are teaching at Beav erton, Ore. Schrnder Pupils Appear at Yreka. Five dancing students of Ted and Evelyn Schrader, former Fanchon and Mirco dancers, made their first ap pearance at Yreka, Cil., New Year's eve. dancing at the Broadway the ater. The pupils were Jack Moran of Medford; Kent and Rosalou White, llene McClellan and Floradale Camp bell, all of Grants Pass. ft. Mark's Guild To Have Xmas Party Next Friday, Jan. 4. & regular caf eteria luncheon and Christmas party will be held at St. Mark's Guild hall. Luncheon will be served at 1 p. m followed by the Christmas party and a short business session. All mem bers are urged to be present. Women's Relief Corps To Mold Regular Meeting The Women's Relief Corps will held Its regular meeting at 2 p. m. Thursday In the Armory. On account of Illness the covered dish luncheon and the Installation program have been postponed for two weeks. Garden Club to Meet Tomorrow Evening The regular January meeting of the Medford Garden club will be held tomorrow, Thursday, evening In the court house auditorium. All are urged to attend since an interesting pro gram has been planned. Miss Dllell Returns Home Aller Visit Here. Miss Eleanor Duel! of Klamath Falls who has spent the past week visiting in Medford at the home of htr aunt and uncle. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Well'.s. returned to Klamath Falls today. I.imrheon Meetlnc Thursday At 1 :30 tomorrow the Wenonah club will have a covered dish lunch eon followed by a business meeting at the lump of Blanche Rlnabarger on Vancouver avenue. Miss Eva Zler Wed to (.rarull Brlttson Misa Eva Zier of Walla Walla. Wash., became the bride of Granvil Brlttson of Medford. at a ceremony performed at the Nazarene church. Central and Jackson streets, with Rev. John T. LaRose of Portland of ficiating. The wedding was at 13 o' clock New Year's eve. The bride wore a gown of pink silk crepe with a slignt train, long ' veil with a wreath of orange bios-1 soms, and shoes of white satin trim med in silver. She cameo a bouquet i of yellow roses, white and pink car- nations with ferns and babybreath. The bridesmaid was Miss Sue Brown, i of Eugene, who wore a brown taf-i feta gown and cim uuuquei oi chrysanthemums and carnations, with fern and babybreath. Sam Zier of Walla Walla, Wash., brother of the bride, acted as best man. Preceding the ceremony Miss Helen Scheel sang a solo, accompanied by Mrs. Ethel Kornstad while the bride marched down the aisle to the wed ding march. The ceremony was read under an archway decorated with evergreen, mistletoe and beautifully Illuminated with colored lights. The church was decorated with ferns, pot ted plants, evergreen and palms. Guests at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Brlttsan. parents of the bride-groom and small son, a brother, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Spencer of Central Point, grandparents of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Brlttsan and daughter of Central Point, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Brlttsan of Eagle Point, other relatives and friends. An attendance of 200 attended the cere mony, pictures of which were taken by Verne Shangle. Following the wedding a reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Brlttsan. parents of the bride-groom, attended by 35 guests. Refreshments were served, and the wedding cake was cut by the bride. A New Year's wedding dinner was held at the bride-groom's home at 3 p. m. attended by Immediate rela tives and Rev. LaRose. Mr. and Mrs. Brlttsan will make their home In Medford. Clilysantliemunl circle To Hold Meeting Tonight At 7:30 this evening the Chrysan themum Circle No. 84. Neighbors of Woodcraft, will hold Its regular busl. ncta meeting In the I. O. O. F. hall All of the newly elected officers will be In the chairs as this Is ad vance night, and the ritualistic work will be exemplified. Practice for the Installation of officers will be held directly after the meeting. All offl cers and teams arc asked to be prss- ent. Refreshments will be served. - SOCIETY liegree of Honor To Install Officers At their regular meeting in the women's club room of the city hall tomorrow the Degree of Honor Pro tectlve association will install their officers for the new year. Esther Hubler will succeed Mrs. Edith Elliot as president and Katharine Smith will become the new secretary. Return to Seattle After Holiday Visit, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Holmes of Seattle, who have spent the holidays In Medford with their sons, Harry and David Rosenberg, left on the Shasta last night for their home. Royal Neighbors to Hold Meeting Thursday All members of the Royal Neigh bors are urged to attend their first meeting of the new year which Is to be held tomorrow night at the Knights of Pythias hall. Card Party at Parish Hall Thursday A card party will be held tomor row night at eight o'clock at the par ish hall of the Catholic church. The public Is cordially Invited. Mr. and Mrs, l.arsen Swnd Holidays In North. Mr. and Mrs. Harold tarsen are spending the New Year holidays with their parents in Eugene and Port land. Mr. and Mrs. Trler Are Hosts on New Year's Eve. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Driver enter tained on New Year's Eve with a dinner for twelve at their home on the Old Stage Road. I NEW YEAR'S EVE Looking bark Into the old year and those first few clamorous hours of the new, citizens of Medford found that 1934 ended and 1935 bejsn in Joyful but more than usually orderly fash Ion. The local celebration was featured by dances, there being five major onea In the city besides those held In the vicinity at grange halla and many house parties. Among the most successful of the dances was the one given at the Elks temple by members of the lodge, fea turing Merle Carlson and his Colum bia recording orchestra. More than 200 couples attended. At Hotel Medford. the management sponsored a dinner dance beginning at 9 o'clock and lasting until 3 a. m.. attended by about 80 couples. Music for this dance was furnished by Steve Whipple's orchestra. The guests were guresent In parties of from six to 50. Another dance was heid at the Town Club, center of much activity during the Christmas season. Music for this dsnce was furnished by Al Stewart and his orchestra, who played until a late hour. The annual Gold Chevron ball sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign wars was held at Oriental Gardens, with music of two orchestras provid ing dancing in both the large and small halls. Dancing was also enjoved at Dream land, to the music of Dlnty Moore's orchestra. The Evenlne was marked by many other dancea at private homes, and by watch and theatre parties. FATAL PLANE 10 BE INVESTIGATED ONTARIO, Ore.. Jan 2. (AP) A department of commerce Inspector was on his way here today to Inves tigate a plane crash in which a pilot and a student flier were killed neur here late yesterday. Cecil J. Graul. 47. Portland pilot and Delwin Sweet. 27. of Payette. idano, his pupil, were fatally Injured when their plane sideslipped and crashed Into a bank of the Snake riv er, five miles north of Ontario. The crumpled plane was found by the water's edge. Phone 542. Well haul away your refuse. City Sanitary Service. CANADIAN RAIL DISASTER TAKES 15 LIVES 5M' 8 s Vat "US s 'A'' -.WW"""" "."as 4 SV - .ft ti QUIET NEW YEARS i 3 Meteorological Report January 2. 193S Forecast! Medford and vicinity: Coudy to night and Thursday; little change In temperature. Oregon: Generally cloudy tonight and Thursday; probably occasional rain northwest portion and on coast; little change in temperature. A misplaced switch was blamed for the catastrophic wreck near Hamilton, Ont, In which an express train plowed Into the rear of an excursion train and caused at least 15 deaths and 31 Injuries. The wreck age of one excursion train coach Is shown in this picture, cle.irly illustrating the difficulties encountered by rescue crews In their efforts to reach possible additional victims pinned beneath the cars. (Associated Press Photo) E EX PRESIDENT OE S.-P. DIES. AGED 7 control untr. Kruttschnltt the retirement of J. 1 a-s chnirmim of the ' SAN FHANCISCO. Jan. 2. (AP) William Sproule. who retired ns presi dent of the Southern Pacific com pany in 1028 after a rnllrond career of 46 years, is dead The 76 year old transportation vet eran, ft one time freight clerk, suc cumbed to a heart nttnek at his San Francisco home Inst nlht shortly after he had returned from the Bo hemian club with his friend and phy sician. Dr. W. B. Coffey. Sproule. a native of Ireland, was In active charge of operations of the fnr flung railroad system from 1025 until his retirement. He was named presi dent In 1911 but did not assume full company's executive committee. During a brief absence from rail roading sproule served ns nil exo cutlvo of the Amerh'im Smelting nnd Refining company nnd as president o; the Wells Fargo Express company In 1910. Besides his widow, Sproule leaves a step -son. and a step-daughter. John J. Baldwin and Mrs. Mnry Louise Kelly of San Francisco and two sis ters in Europe. Seegmiller Rites Thursday at 1 p. m. Funcrnl Rervir?s for Martha FMelln SeegmlllFr, well know and loved res ident of the Antioch district, will be he'd from the Concer Funeral Par lors Thursday nt 1 p. m. Services will be conducted by ths Church of the Latter Day Saints, interment wl made in the Medford I. O. O. F. cemetery I PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 2. (AP) Led by Jimmy Nicholson, flashy Sa lem halfbnck. obly assisted by Ben Ell of Jefferson high. Portland, Ore gon's prop eleven triumphed over Washington's all-stars 19 to 7 in a charity game hero yesterday. Nichol son supplied enough razzle-dazzle to make the Eric Waldorf system work perfectly at Multnomah stadium. He lived up to his advance notices as he combined with Ell hi drives for the final two touchdowns after In what seems to have been one of the qutett New Year in Medford I history, the utate and c.ty police dra; 1 nets gathered in only three too riot- ouji celebrators. one of whom wan George Kerr, 39, a truck driver of "21 South Central, who was nabbed by state police at 2:30 a. m, on January 1st. near the Oak Grove school on a charge of driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Kerr appeared In Justice court this morning and was given a thirty day suspended sentence and a fine of $100 and costs. The suspended sentence is to be revoked if the fine la not paid. Nabbed by city police for being drunk in a public place, and appear ing in city court this morning, were L. C. Pool, 50, and Jim Grove. 43, both of this city. Pool agreed to work out his fine of ten dollars, ard Grove paid the court the fine of ten dollars given him. Also appearing In Justice court was John Callup, 38. who wiw arrested by state police on charges of having stolen a coyote from a trap belonging to Bill Waleh, of Eagle Point Callup la reputed to have shot the coyote In the trap white on a hunting trip. He pleaded guilty, and was fined $25 and costs last Monday. 1934 WARMEST SINCE 1871 FOR PORTLAND PORTLAND. Jan. 2. (AP) The year Just ended was the warmest in Portland since 1871. when the keeping of weather records was started. The mean temperature for the entire year was 67 degrees. This was .2 of a degree higher than the mean for 1926. the previous "warm est" year on record. . 4 A. A. A. WEAR BETTER CLOTHES. Suits and O'coats to measure, $21.50 up. Klein the Tailor. Upstairs. Temperature a year ago today: Highest, 47; lowest, 41. Total monthly precipitation, trace; deficiency for the month, 0-12 of an inch. Total precipitation since Sep tember I, 1934, 8.41 Inches; excels for the season, 0 84 of an inch. Relative humidity at A p. m. yes terday. 98 per cent; 5 a. m. today, 100 per cent. Sunrise tomorrow, 7:39 Sunset tomorrow, 4:52 p. m, m. OIserationN Taken at 5 A. M., ISOth Meridian Time ' 25 t S3 S'S 8 SS 9 S J CITY 3 f; 5 S 3 -9 3g I r I'll Washington had taken a 7-8 lead In the first period. Nicholson's speed made the differ ence between victory and defeat for his teammates and his brilliant runs electrified the crowd. Don Coons, an other Salem player, also starred with his great kicking and passing. Boise 38 Boston 40 Chicago 38 Denver 80 Eureka 54 Helena 38 Los Angeles 74 MEDFORD 33 New York 44 Omaha 46 Phoenix 68 Portland . 48 Reno .., 38 Rose burg 18 Salt Lake City .... 36 San Francisco .... 64 Seattle 50 Spokane 42 Walla Walla 54 Washington, D.C. 44 18 .... 18 .08 14 .... 32 36 .... 22 .... 52 .... 29 T 22 .30 32 M 46 34 H 20 w 32 .... 18 46 .... 48 .02 32 .... 36 .... 22 P.Cdy. Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Foggy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Rain Cloudy Cloudy Clear ASTORIA. Ore., Jan. 3. (AP) Representatives of Columbia river salmon packers will meet here to morrow to dtacius a new price offer to fishermen for raw salmon when, the season opens next May. MODERN WOMEN Nttd Not Sdto monthly irta awl deUy do to . coldi, oervoua strain, exposure or ramiUr uubm. Chi-chcA-bra Diamond lit and Pills sra effecting reuiuueana prt uncx Ktntr. 001a 07 . slltimgoiUiororeMoyotrs. AWtet a IH1 DIAMOND f BRAND" . When It Comes to Rncllos Remember : "Praia's Can Do If Phono 22. E BARRI OF WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. (AP) A German motion picture, in which the heroine appears in one scene in the nude, has been subjected to the scrutiny of trasury department, of liclals who will determine whether it Is suitable for exhibition to the American public. Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., wife of the treasury secretary. attndvl the pre-view lest night, but her hus band was unable to be present. The picture, called "Ectasy," was Impounded by the New York customs after It had been denounced by the Pope and by Frits Mandel, million aire husband of the heroine, who Is called Hedy Keisier. Mandel is nek'.ng to suppress the fi;m becsafve of the scene in which his wife ap- p"nrH uncjomeu. I No decision has brn reached a treasury official said last night, on I whether the film will be released (for general distribution. JANUJ CLEA R SHOE Buy Now at Adrienne's and Save on Attractive Apparel To Wear All Season Coats-Suits Fur-trimmed Coats and Suits 1 Tj including smart Rothmoors 2 1 llLC $29.50 values $15.00 $49.50 values $24.75 $69.50 values - $34.75 Un-Fur-Trimmed Coats and Suits Values to S29.50 - $15-00 DRESSES HUNDREDS OF DRESSES ON SALE! Specially grouped for your convenience Values to $22.50, $12.95. . Two dresses for $20 This group includes wools and silks in smart styles and colors.. Values to $45.00 Including velvet dresses and lovely silk crepes. C 1 C QC Some with metallic trim M I O.OO Values to $15.00 Evening Wraps, Street Dresses, C7 nr Party Frocks J I JrJ Two for $12.95 Values to $16.95 Dozens of attractive Dresses to choose from. Silks and wools A grand afiortment or Dresses lor scnooi or oince wear. i,igni i weight fancy wools, checks, plaids, stripes and fQ QF LJ Blain jersey V Another group of shoes of all the $6.50 stylo shoes, includes styles of all types priced at only HATS Values to $12.95. On sale at 50c - $1.00 $1.95 - $3.95 Lounging Pajamas and Robes 20 Discount HOSIERY SPECIAL Larkwood Hose in new colors 3 pair for $2.75 GLOVES Fabric and imported kid 20 discount ADRIEN m i Use Msil Tribune wunt ads. p ANCE i mmi g lil mm mm KtiJvifiui j S5.00 H II 1 u la ! i Adrienne's Shoe Department Announces Their January On Their Famous SELBY and Moulton-Bartley Style SHOES This is your opportunity to purchase that pair of "Good" Shoes at prlcet that are at rock bottom, The first group of shoes consist of all $5.00 style shoes and some $6.60 Selby'l all priced at $3.45 $4.45 Here is a chance to purchase one of the highest quality shoes made, in the new est styles, and priced at only .95 Regularly priced at $8.50 Sale Starts at 8:30 Tomorrow Morning Here is one for the school girl that is hard on shoes. All of our heavy and light weight Simplex Brogues priced in two groups for immediate removal. All $5.00 Brogues going at only $3.95 AU $4.00 Brogues priced at only $2-95 All of our rubber footwear including famous Silhouette Oaytees priced reg ularly at $1.95, now $1.35 CORSETS Large assortment of cor sets in broken sizes, Youth and H. & W. garments y2 off $1.50 Table Pajamas, Teddici and Pantk'S. Lovely lace trim. E'S f'hllilrf n'R and rliraprr KmdM priced arrordlnflr. Proper-Bilt Shoes for children the correct shoe for growing feet going at 20 Discount Don't forget all these shoes are of the newest styles as every pair is of new Fall stock. ADRIENNE'S SHOE DEPARTMENT ?1 No. Central Main Floor No Exchanges Every Sale Final No Refunds