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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
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. 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.
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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.
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California Is growing more onions
than In an? year since 1030.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cotton Is related to the plant fam
ily to which the hollyhock also I
related.
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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,
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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
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