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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 1936 BOY SCOUT RALLY Troop Five Wins Trophy- Other Squads Excellent- Scouting Lauded. With approximately 95 colorful American, troop and patrol flags fly ing and amoke from xire-by-frlctlon and flint and steel contents curling high with songs and cheera from more than 200 scouts, created a most unususl atmosphere Friday evening In the Med ford high school gym nasium. It was attended by 750 par ents, friends and visitors of the Boy Hcouta for their first annual Med ford district Boy Scout rally. It was the biggest combined troop scout activity and demonstration ever held here. Troop 5 of Medford, which meets at the waehlngton acnool under tne scoutmsatershlp of Clifton Culp, took the honor of first place and received the unusual Rally trophy which was presented by the district ohalrman, Larry J. Schade. The troop is spon sored by the Medford Rotary club and Culp was aaslated by the follow ing troop committee members: Rev. E. 8. Bsrtlam, chairman, Mark A. Ooldy, Dr. S. Ralph Dlppel, Robert C. Wright. Joe Naumes. R. Btesd act ed aa assistant scoutmaster and the following scouts carried the troop to victory: Billy Balrd, Albert Brewer, Allen Buckingham, Dean Davla. Warren Holbrook, Armlne Lewis, O. H. Paske, Warlow Purdln, Howard Renner, Kenneth Rutledge, Robert Stead, R. B. Webber, Billy Frederick, Homer Young, Warren Young, Junior Wray. John Bsgllen, Warren Bagllen, Joe Fulks (excused). Bovd Miller, 81d Newton, ward Peebles, Roy Russell, Robert Russell and Earl Sample. Troon 6 scored a total of over 8000 point out of a possible 3100 The troop's score was perfect In punctuality, troop attendance, high est attendance of visitors, flag dis play, knot tlelng, songs, yells and participation In all 15 colorful events. The scoring wss difficult because of the excellent competition displayed by the troops of the district accord ing to the many Judges from other parts of the Crater Lake area coun cil, who under the commlsslonershlp of Frank Hull kept all the records for the evening. Every troop entered In the rally made admirable records In some phsae or other of the program. Per haps the most outatandlng of the Individual troop attainments was the making of fire, by flint and steel In the record breaking time of 8V sec onds by Life Scout Reed Cox of Troop S sponsored by the Roosevelt Home and School Circle. Thla time record Is the fastest yet made this year, according to scout headquarters reo- ords. Troop 8 Medford, which meets at the Washington school unaer roie sponsorship of the school's P.-T. A., scored the highest In the district for the registration of new scouts receiving las polnu for this special event. Troop 8 also took first place in the undressing race and made a perfect acore for aongs, yells and participation. Troop 4, the now Junior High scout troop being sponsored hy the Junior High school P.-T. A. had a perfect flag display, attendance and punct uality record which gave them 800 point In the race of events. Their songs, yells and psrtlclpatlon also secured for them the maximum of 1200 points. For the honor of speed In making flre-by-frlctlon, troop 7 of the Amer ican Legion scored first with Scout Don Wlmer doing the tnek In exactly one minutes and tour seconds time. This record is four seconds better than the beat record so far this yesr which was attained In Grauta Pass by troop at last week. Troop 35 Jacksonville, won the skln-the-enake race by laying (hem down and picking them Up again In Just 31 seconds scoring 100 points for first place In this event for their troop, Troop 40 Central Point, waa un usually good In their singing, yelling, knot tying and psrtlclpatlon. In the total of polnta troop 8 ranked sec ond to troop 5: troop 4. third: troop 7. fourth: troop 40. fifth and troop 35 Jacksonville and troop 3 Medford. sixth and seven. Visitors Included scoute. aooutore GLASSES Dr. R, M. Hood. Optometrist "parte lll.lr. Tel. sa-R Main and Hlterililr, Medford. Ore. fklllful ferilce - HrasonnMe l-ilren ATTENTION! Turkey Growers! HALF MOON FRUIT & PRODUCE CO. Will Receive Shipment for the Thanksgiving Market , Wednesday - Thursday Friday Saturday NOVEMBER 18-10-20-21 . t the Ala Vista Packing House 327 South Fir Street, Medford Phone 1001 -J-2 or 264 oeteso flesa Plss This stalely home wai built In Jackson, Miss., at the contract price of $15,920. The lot cost aa additional 11,250. The plan la commodious and, if desired, the apace allotted to the sewing room , could be used for an extra hath. The sun deck la a modern note in the conventional design. T. H. Williams waa the architect. The property ia covered by an Insured mortgage for $12,950. and friends of scouting from all parts of the Crater Lake area council. En tire troop of boya attended from Aehland and Oranta Pass. ' The next district rally is to be held In Yreka at the high school gym nasium on Friday evening. November 30. "In February during the annual Boy scout Week the winners of the various events In each of the five district rallies of the Crater Lake area council will come together and compete for council championship," according to Richard S. McElhoas. council commissioner, who will be In charge or the big afralr. "It will more than llkoly be staged here In Med ford," said McElhose. "These scouting actlvltlea are poe alble because of the aupport fur nished by the Community Chost of Medford," aald Eugene Thorndlke, chest president. "I am sure the Boy Scout council board of dtrectora wish to thank all those who have made such actlvltlea possible." "Scouting Is character building and helps In training our youth tor good cltleenshlp," said Don Newbury In his opening "Kick-off" pep talk of the evening, "lefa play the game together and win or lose let's he good sports and good scouts." Mr. Schade thanked all those priwnt for their Intereet and congratulated scouts of that troop for their fine troop 5 Scoutmaster Culp and the work. 1 Obituary Mrs. Mary J. (Ueatum Mary Jennette Oleiuon, widow of the late Ira L. Qleaaon of Portland, pa Med away at the home of her son, Eldon Oleason, at Central Point Saturday, November 14, 1038. Mary J. Olldrten waa born In Wis consin September 3, 1885, On Sep tember 3ft. 1B71, she was married to Ira Oleiwon, and to this union were born seven children, four of whom survive, EUts L. of Seattle: Kldon R. Central Point: Bertnim C, Everett, Wash., and Mrs. tra O, Root, Soap Lake, Wash. Mr. Qleaaon had mads her home in Central Point moat of the time since 1011, coming here from Yakima, Wash Funeral services will be conducted hy Rev. R, O. Lewis at the Federated church in Central Point at 10 a. m. Monday, The remains in care of Con ger Funeral Parlors will be taken to Portland and laid beside her de ceased husband In Rlvervlew ceme tery. 4 The state of Washington hsa an Indian population of 11,353. 4 California Is growing more onions than In an? year since 1030. Southern Colonial Home flaw ftm Plm B M M . M. M 'm CHAMPION TYPIST 'PUBLIC SPEAKING EXHIBITS SKILLl CLASS IS PLANNED Exhibiting the ability that made him the world's amateur champion typist and holder of the world record for accuracy, Chester Soucek demon strated his skill on the typowrlter before employes of the Mall Tribune yesterday afternoon. Soucek's world, accuracy record la laa 5-stroke words per mtnuto tor a period of one hour, nn accuracy rate Chester Notices: of 00.5 percent perfect. The record wna mode In the International pro fessional contest conducted In Tor onto, Ont., September J of this year. Ills amateur record Is 118 words per minute. Concentration while typing wss shown by Soucek when he wns Inter viewed by spectator while writing, answering a number of questions. His demonstration Included various drills on speed and accuracy. Soucek la making a tour of the northwest, demonstrating snd lectur ing In schools, universities and busi ness firms. He appeared at the senior high school Friday morning. His tour Is sponsored by the Underwood Elliott Fisher compsny MRS. POMEROY SPENT $157.73 IN CAMPAIGN The sum of tlSl.TS wss expended by Mrs. Ariel Burton Pomeroy In her csmpsign for representative from .!a'k.vm county, she declared Friday. Mrs. Pomeroy entered the csmpsign sa an Independent. Jae Mntl rtthuiMt w.nt ads. 41 B'inml. I av-aaiw as. ' .mini There will be a meeting- Wednesday ovenlng. Nov. 18, at 8:00 o'olock, at the courthouse auditorium for the purpose of organizing a publlo speak ing class. This class Is scheduled an nually aa one phase of the home economics extension project In roorea tion and la under direction of Mabel O. Mack, home demonstration agent. Kenneth Scott Wood, Instructor for Medford senior high school, will again be class Instructor. Mr. Wood la a graduate of Oregon State college pub lic speaking department and has been on the staff of the senior high school for tho past two years. Ho attended the summer session at the University of Michigan this year, taking graduate work in speech. Mr. Wood conducted a very successful clsss for the exten sion service last year and a larger en rollment la anticipated this aeaaon. The enrollment la open to both men and women and anyone Interested Is Invited to attend the meeting next Wednesday evening. Tho class will meet regularly esch Wednesdny for a period of twelve weeks. -a fcee Mall lYlbune vant ads If" OF 00URSE you wnt to protect your investment in your home, against sudden lo through fire. And you enn now inmro your invingg. Every dollar you invest with u is automatically insured, up to $5,000, by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. The two things every pmdent invetor seeks are now available here . . . reasonable income, and real safety. 4 Per Annum Current Dividend Rate 1! mm TO BE FEATURED In observance of Book Week, No vember 15-21, the children's depart ment of the public library will have on display during the entire week a large group of new Juvenile books published this (all, and also some of the best books of former years. Books to a row on the Modern World for Young Readers" Is the theme around which this year's ex hi bit Is built. Book Week has been observed na tionally since 1010. The suggestion of a national movement to arouse interest In children's reading came from Franklin K. Math lews, chief librarian of the Boy Scouts of Amer ica. The idea was enthusiastically endorsed by librarians, teachers, lead- ere of organisations concerned with child welfare, publishers and book sellers, and, Book Week Is now an annual event on library, school and book trade calendars throughout the country. Included In the exhibit at the pub Ho library will be picture books for the p re-school child, easy books for the very young reader, and books of folklore, animals, historical tales, and present day adventures for the older boys and girls. The children's department Is open to the public dally between the hours of 3 and 6, and all day on Satur days. Catherine 8hepard, 69, passed away at a local hoapltal November 13, of a stroke of paralysis. She waa born at Lacrosse, Wis., August 33, 1887, and had been a- resident of Medford tor the paat 14 years, residing at 610 S. Central avenue. She leavea one sou, Frank Muellen- burg, of Portland, Ore., and one grandson, Joseph Prsnk Muellenburg. Funeral services will be held at Sacred Heart Cathollo church, Tues day at 0 a.m. Rev. Father Francis Black, officiating. Recitation of the rosary will be held at the Perl Funeral Home, Monday at 7:80 p.m. The remains will be forwarded to Lacrosse. Wis., Tuesday evening for Interment. OF CENTRAL PT. DIES Lafayette Van Dundy died at hie homo In Central Point, November 14. of Inflrmltlea of old age. He waa born August 8. 1858. at Chlllcothe, Ohio, and had been a resident of Cen tral Point for the past 17 yesrs. He lesves two sons and one daugh ter, John Van Gundy. Peoria. HI.. Hugh L. Van dundy. Denver, Colo., and Miss Annabelle Van Gundy, Kan sas Olty, Kan. Strictly private funeral services will be held at the graveside In the Med ford I.O.O.F. cemetery Monday at 11 a.m. Rev. Adolph Johnosn officiat ing. Perl Funeral Home In charge. t Cotton Is related to the plant fam ily to which the hollyhock also I related. You Insure Against FIRE.. Why not Insure YOUR SAVINGS?' flrEDERALoAVINGS Hand loan AiioctATiOei Fast Main t. Miens IDS LOCAL and Call on Friends Mrs. Belle Songer and Olova Burton, of Ashland, were among vial tors here Thursday, call-. Ing on frlenda during the afternoon. To visit Relatives Mr. and Mrs. I. K. McCollum planned to leave by automobile tola morning for Dayton where they will visit relatives until after the Thanksgiving holidays. Bark to Agness Lieut. John A. Roeenbaum, commanding officer at Camp Agness, returned there Friday after spending several days at CCC dlstrlot headquarters here on busi ness. From Sardine Creek Mrs, Irene Moroland, of Sardine creek, trans acted business here yesterday. Bhc reported completion of logging opera tions on ner leo-acre tract on the upper left fork of Sardine creek. Expected This Week Harry Oatman la expected to return to hla home In Medford this week after vlsitlna his alster, Mrs. C. R. Nolan and family InLostlne, and hla aunt, Mrs. John Patterson In Portland. . To Buck Lake Dr. and Mrs. Wil liam B. Chandler passed throueh Medford yesterday an rout to their Buck lake ranch near Lake O' the Woods. It will be remembered that tho Chandlers were reported lost from their lake cabin In the spring of 1936, caualng the start of an extensive search for them. To silver Lake Capt. William B Ledbetter, for the past several months oommandlng officer at Camp Apple gate, left yesterday for Camp Sliver Lake In eastern Oregon. Lieut. Henry McMantis has assumed command at Applegat. Sliver Lake oamp la one of the most remote units In the Med for CCO district, being situated north of Summer Lake. On Program Mlaa Dorothy Gore. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Gore and prominent mualo student on the University of Oregon campus waa one of five mem bers of the student symphony or chestra to appear In a preview pro gram Friday evening. Mlaa Gore la a violinist and has attained consider able prominence In campus music ac tlvltlea. Klnunls Speaker Lieut. Roy D. Craft will be the principal apeaker at tomorow'a weekly luncheon-meetlnK of the Klwanla club at the Hotel Medford. Lieut. Craft wlU descrlbo the highlights of hla European Jour ney which last summer took, him to Berlin where he attended the Olym- plo games aa a newspaper correspon dent. He has given a number of talka here alnce hla return and has become an exceedingly popular apeak err. During hla stay In Berlin he observed Hltlor and tho German peo ple with the observant eye of an ex perienced Journalist and hla views of the new Germany are considered authentic and enlightening. Usually In hla talks he Interpolated a number of amualng anecdotes. It la expected that hla presence will draw an excep tionally large attendance. The lunch eon will start at 13:15. Do you naeRie tho ey Are on of the) moi dancarery eonstructsd parh of fh entire body7 That they are easily ttraineo and easily wealened? That different taslci put varying burdant on them? that either too much or too little light affects them often in unnoticed ways? That proper arti ficial light often prevents or postpones the) need of glasses? Proper light not only saves ye-strain; H also prevents costly or painful mistakes. K sevei many a child from failure in school, many a housewife from head ache, many husband from eye-fatigue) carried next day into the office. And with electric current so cheap today, there really is no need of inadequate lighting for reading, for the sreirs, for dart closets. or any purpose which increases the com fort and pleasure of dairy Bv'mg, The Caftfomfa Oregon Power Company PERSONAL Guest of Johnsons Dr. and Mrs. Charles p. Johnson have had a house guest the paat week, Mrs. Mearle Fox, of Loa Angeles. To Lara Beds Karl L. Janouch. su pervisor of the Rogue river national forest, and David H. Canfleld, super intendent of Crater lake national park, left yesterday morning for the Lava Beds national monument, Calif., where they planned to apend the week-end. They are expected to return to Medford Monday night. Team to Practice Olrls' Commun ity club basketball team will meet to morrow evening at 7 o'clock m the Rooftevett school gymnasium to etart practlco for the coming aeaaon. The data Is for the benefit of young busi ness womea who desire recreational ex. and Is free of charge. Any young woman of tho community In terested la Invited to meet with the group. An Inspection Trip Vera Gott schall, Junior supervisor of the south ern California district for Merle Nor man cosmetic laboratories, Ocean park, Calif., has been In Medford sev eral daya Inapectlng the local Merle Norman studio whloh la conducted by Mrs. Arrah Peck. The visiting cos metician was to leave here today to oontlnue ber tour of the pacific northwest. Hunters Unsuccessful Charlea Bl Uott. of Milton. Dr. J. P. Bray, of Tangent and Dr, B. R. ElUott return ed Friday from an unsuccessful elk bunt in Umatilla and Wallowa coun ties. They report mule deer and bow elk with their calves aa numerous. en-city of bull elk and the ln- tensc dryness combined to prevent u' e.j: tugs being used though great cumbers of hunters checked In at the varloua checking atatlona lead ing to the Blue mountalna, the hunt era, reported. Bring Prltioneri E. O. Narregan. United States deputy marshal, return ed yesterday from Klamath Falls whence he brought five federal pris oners who were lodged In Jackson county Jail here to await transfer to Portland. The prisoners were Ben nle Adameo, of Malln, charged with sending through the malls a threat ening letter demanding payment of 200 to avert Injury to the property of O. A. Fasvar; McKlnley Davis, an Indian accused of unlawfully remov ing two steers from the Klamath res ervation; and Joe Lewis, Cephas R. Blake and William J. Stanton. charged with selling liquor to In dians. All five men were ordered held under ball for grand Jury action by i the United states commissioner In i Klamath Falls. Before leaving for Klamath Fnlls Mr. Narregan destroyed I 3a cases of allegedly adulterated cat- I sup at the city dump. A federal In-1 "lector declared the catsup to be adul- j tern ted and a. court order was pro cured authorizing its destruction. The seat of thechlef sliver mines of Bolivia Is Huanchaca, with a pop ulation of 1,100. C. W. Kskew of Bastrop, Texas, owns a hog which has solid Instead of cloven hooves. FINAL RUES FOR Y, 9 A. M. Funeral services for Agnes Dough erty Wheelthsn will be held In the Sacred Heart church at 9 o'clock Mon day morning with the Rev, Father F. W. Black officiating. Entorment will take place in the Medford I.O.O.F, cemetery. Pallbearers will be members of Med ford post of the American Legion of which Mrs. Wheelihan had been a member. A salute will be fired and bugle taps sounded at the graveside by Company A. 180th Infantry of the national guard as a final tribute to ber services aa an overseas nurse dur ing the World War. Recitation of the Rosary will be held at 7:30 this evening at the Ferl funeral home. Mrs. Wheelihan died Tuesday morn ing at the veterans hospital in Port land. She was the daughter of Mrs. Ellen Dougherty of 508 South King street where she had recently resided. Mrs. Wheelihan was born In Orton- vllle. Minn., on July 33. 1896. She was graduated from the high school In Brslnerd, Minn., after which she en tered St. Mary's Training School of Nursing at Duluth, Minn. She was graduated aa a nurse In Jujy, 1917, and registered for service during the war. She went abroad and served with the American expeditionary forces In France. In lft 20 she come to Medford and was active In the nursing profession here for many years. She resided here until her marriage four years ago to Patrick F. Wheelihan when she and her husband took up residence 1b Dunsmulr, Cal., where Mr. Wheelihan died last February. Mrs. Wheelihan Is survived by her mother. Mrs. Ellen Dougherty; two sisters. Mrs. Margaret Druecker, of Oakland. Cal., and Mrs. J. J. Roney, of Dunsmulr, Cel.. and four brothers, O. J. Dougherty, of Blancherdvtlle. Wis., A. J. Dougherty, of Harlowton, Mont., W. F. Dougherty, of Brslnerd, Minn., and H. E. Dougherty, of Rochester, Minn. Those arriving for the funeral In clude Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Dougherty, A. J. Dougherty, w. F. Dougherty, and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Roney snd their daughters. Miss Mayone and Miss Maureen Roney and Mrs. W. F. Walk er, of Yreka and Mr. Walker, Sixty Austral tan farmers will corns to California In 1937 to study agri cultural processes. Butterflies are usually regarded as silent creatures but some species cre ate an easily audible sound by rub bing their wings together. Oie ami! BulliorJ Purchased Uw4 tr Stet. cllta a WILD B B R G BROS. SMELTING REFINING CO. OOn.1 743 Mulnt U.Sfm Frud runn aoota aca rraadM. rVjlV
