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MEDFORD MATTj TRIBUNE. MEDFORD OREGON'. MONDAY. MAY 17. 1937 PAOE THREE SOCIETY and CLUBS By Janet Wray Smith Coming Ceremony Planned for June Announcement has been made of the coming wedding of Miss Oerald Ine Robinson, daughter ot Mr. and Mra. H. E. Robinson o( this city and Ira C. wilaon, son of Mr. and Mra. Ralph Wilson of Sams Valley. Date for the ceremony haa not been definitely set but la planned for the first week In June. Mrs. Walter Clifton we hostess at shower attently In honor of the brlde-elect. Inviting a number of friends to her home, fstra. Clifton's small son Jimmy, dressed In appro priate costume, presented gifts to the honoree. Friends Invited lo Piano Recital. Piano puplla of Mrs. E. . Gore are to be presented this evening In recital at 8 o'clock at the Baldwin studio. A cordial Invitation la ex tended to aU friends. The program U as follows: Fairyland Music Ada Mae Praget Rosalie Roberta How the Butterfly Keepa Busy ..... Wsdley Coral Morton Fairies and Brownies Oxford Patsy Faber. Falling Stars Williams Delia Snyder Swaying Pines Mattlngly Harriet Walker. Maiden's Wish Chopin-Barth Dorothy Hanson Chimes and Bells....Marle Seuel Hoist Merlmae Currane Moonrocketa (4 hands) Rolfe Charlotte Older, Jean Pease. Serenade - Oladya Gilbert Thelma Howard Spanlah Gypsy Dance Decevee Betty Jane Johnson. Mantilla .- Eckstein Olive Morton Poem . - Flbleh Jean Pease Tarantelle - Charles Dennee Stanley Gustln Dance Caprlcclso Cadm"3 Berntce Myers Tanswela Meyer-Helmund Kenneth Barrett Valse Rolfe Charlotte Older Minuet a la Antique Paderewskl Nell Stone. A meeting for mothers will be held at Mrs. Gore's residence studios. 110 Geneva avenue, Tuesday,' May 26, at 3 p. m. to discuss "The Child and His Music Lessons." All Interested are Invited. Chllldren's classes pre paratory to piano playing are now being crganlzed. Session Planned by Circle Wednesday. Announcement haa been made of the meeting of the Prtscllla circle which has been set for Wednesday afternoon. The group will meet at the home of Mrs. E. A. Gardner, 703 Palm street, Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. J : 1 Lodge Pence Set May 29. Redmen lodge will entertain with a dance at the hall Saturday eve ning. May JO. Instead of the coming week-end as previously announced. The Grange Phoenix Grange Phoenix Grange met Tuesday night and welcomed 35 members from Grif fin Creek, two from Talent, one from Gold Hill, two from Central Point and two from Roxy Ann Granges. It la always a pleasure to welcome visitors, and we wish more would visit on our meeting nights, the second and fourth Tuesdays In each month. Obligations In the third and fourth degrees were given to Bert Stancltffe. and E. C. Corn, and the first and sec ond degree obligations were given Mr. and Mrs. Rolla Reedy. Two names were proposed to membership. Lecture program, presented by the lecturer of the Griffin Creek Grange, consisted of slides, readings, orches tra numbers, community singing, a vocal quartet number, two . short skits, and games. Roscoe Roberts, master of Pomona Grange spoke to all present urging them to become members of Pomona Grange, and also urging attendance at the meeting to be held at Central Point Saturday. At close of the . meeting refresh ments were served by the committee m charge with assistance of other members. Home economics club will meet at the home of Mra. Edmona Anderson May 19. An all day meeting with cov ered dish luncheon at noon. FaRle Point Grange Eagle Point grange will meet In regular session May 18, with regular officers In charge. Initiation of sev eral new members Into first and sec ond degrees, will be a feature. All members are urged to attend. Lec turer Orace Walker has prepared an interesting program. phoenix Grange Home Economics club of Phoenix grange will hold an all day meeting at the home of Mrs. Edmona Ander son, Wednesday, May 19. Unitarian Minister Hits Church Council PORTLAND. May IT. (Pi The Rev. Richard M Sterner of the Uni tarian Church of Our Father labeled opposition churches as "un-ChrUrttan" today for threatening a "church war" orer th admission of hi (roup to the Portland council of churches. The pastor, guest speaker at- the Plrst Congregations! church, said ha withdrew the application because there Is grave danger of wrecking the council." Charles Newman Passes At Home Charles Deforest Newman died te Saturday night In his home on Rom Lane. He was 73 years old. Puneral arrangements were being made this afternoon by the Ferl funeral borne. Oregonlans Hosts In Washington Word tronf Washington, D. C. states that Senator and Mrs. Freder ick Stelwer and Representative and Mra. Jamea Mott have been enter taining Informally for Judge Earl Day of tbla city. Guy Cordon of Roseburg. Judge Guy Moses of Cor vallla and Mr. and Mra. Vic Mac Kenete. formerly of southern Oregon. Mr. MacKenzle la now national di rector of the American Legion con vention corporation In New York City. The others visited the national capltol on official business. Among other recent oapltol events concerning persons .known here waa the luncheon arranged by Mrs. R. M. Evens, member of Crater Lake chap ter. D.A.R., . In honor of Mra. B. G. Harding of this city, state D AE. re gent who attended the . continental congress there. Among the guest were the follow ing former residents of Oregon, now officially stationed In the capltol: Mrs. Amos.A. Fries, wife ot MaJ. Gen. Fries, who formerly resided In Med ford and la the aunt of Mrs. Volney Dixon and F. Wilson Walt: Mrs. Jamea T. Jardlne, wife of director of agriculture experiment stations, who was for some time connected with Oregon State college: Mra. Ira N. Gabrlelson, wife ot director of biolog ical survey; and Mrs. C. M. Granger, wife of the former regional forester for Oregon. ., Luncheon Set By Lady Elks. A dessert-luncheon ts being plan ned for the meeting of the Ladles' Elks club at the clubhouse tomor row afternoon, regular ladles' day. Time Is set for 1 :30 o'clock. Cards, pool and bowling will be arranged during afternoon hours. Ar lady Elks are Invited to attend. Ar rangements are being made by Law rence Pennington, Mrs. Russell S mon and Mrs. A. F. strnnett. v Miss Southwlck Returns Home. Returning home Sunday evening was Miss Doris Southwlck, who waa among several Med ford young peo ple entertained over the week-end at the Oregon State college campus in Corvallls, where Junior week-end waa In progress. Miss Southwlck was a guest ot Alpha Gamma Delta sorority while on the campus. f Grants Pass . Will Entertain Golfers. Women of the Rogue Valley Golf club will be entertained by the Grants Pass women Wednesday after, noon. The Climate City group waa in Medford two weeks ago. Medford women desiring transpor tation may call Mrs. F. G. Bunch, local president at 744-L, for arrange ment. Business Women Meeting Tonight. Business and Professional Women's club will be entertained this evening at the home of Miss Barbara Drury, 1009 South Oakdale avenue. Members are requested to be present promptly at 6 o'clock In order that a business session may be completed preceding the program for the evening. High School News by . STUDENT REPORTERS By Lois Brlnson Fifty-two members of the 'Geology II and Geo teutonic society took an in teresting field trip Thursday. They left at one o'clock In a cara van of eight cara under supervision of Mr. Finch, geology Instructor. The trip took them to the Davla mines about one half mile off the Old Stage road. They explored two mine shafts, and followed a quarts vein studying the formations. Miss Spurgln accompan ied the group. 3 SPECTATORS KILLED AT AUTOMOBILE RACE LANGHORNE, Pa. May 17.- Racing cara killed three spectators and Injured four others yesterday in the 60-mlle feature event on the opening day program at the Lang borne speedway. Two boys who attempted to cross the track to the Infield, witnesses said, were struck by the racer of Bud Henderson, of Akron. Ohio, fighting in last place to keep from being lap ped by the leaders. Roaring along at better than 100 miles an hour, Frankle Bailey, 33, of New Brunswick. N. J., swerved his racer to avoid Henderson's car. He lost control and the racer crashed through an outer fence Into a group of spectators, killing the third. PISHINO TACKLE and Picnic Sup plica at Huson'a Confectionery Open erenlnss and Sundays Schilling pepper Insist On Delicioui Lost River BUTTER C TENTATIVE DATE SET FOR TRIAL OF FIELDS OF Trial of William O. Fields, 63. Jack son vllle, charged with second degree murder for the slaying of M. M. Mow, 40, Ashland, on Feb. 6, has been ten tatively set for June 7 and 8. In cir cuit court. Fields In a statement, ad mits firing the fatal shot, but claims he acted in self-defense. The shooting Is said to have been the culmination of several months of bad blood, exist ing between the two men. over Mow's attention to Fields estranged wife. The shooting occurred In her home in Jacksonville. Fields haa been a sufferer from neu ritis since Incarceration In the coun ty Jail. Attorney Gua Newbury was appoint ed by the court to defend Fields, and has Indicated he will plead self-defense and the "unwritten law." Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, after a week in Josephine county resumed court here today, with equity mat ters, owing to a case set for today, being settled. The civil action of F. A. Bates against Ed Prefountaln, involving mining claim work Is scheduled for Wednesday. The new term of the circuit court starts Monday, May 24. The Jury list for the new term waa drawn last week. ' ROSEBURG WINS IN FLOCK OF ERRORS GRANTS PASS, May 17. (AP) Amid an orgy of errors, supplemented by pitchers who walked more than they struck out, Roseburg gained undisputed leadership of the South ern Oregon league here ' Sunday. Final score was 10 to 6, with Rose burg never headed after tallying seven times In the second Inning. Farthering, winning pitcher, fanned six but walked ten on balls. Griggs, loser. In eight innings struck out six but walked eight and committed two errors. Each team saw 11 men die on bases. Short score: R. H. E. Roseburg 10 8 3 Grants Pass 6 10 7 Farthering and Goff; Griggs, Chas taln and Hartman. ASTORIA YOUTH KILLED BY HIT AND RUN DRIVER ASTORIA. May 17. ( AP Ami Farkkl. 33. Svensen, Is dead after be ing atruck by an automobile aa he walked along the Columbia highway near his borne Sunday night. Officers said Farkkl was the vic tim of a hit-run motorist. They said a friend, whom he had been visiting a short time before, found his crum pled body beside the roadway with a fractured skull and fractured leg. Indicating he had been struck by a vehicle. 'T' . eaaaBBaBBaaaaaBsa m'm i 1 1 r- - I II I SIBMtJBMK4SllHSaHBHSIS. U DOROTHY KIIGALLEN, girl re- . a""V 1 f I porter, was .s.igned to break g S"" HE IR0KE the world's I ?X"1 fi ( Z 1 Indoor record In the I ord. Sh. id.d-.0 24X days! "I M I H 40.yard dash rw.ee I : wM glad o have Camel, w,h II V inoned.y.R.yEll.n- 0. .!' Iknowtheydont M V A f J wood .ay,: "jmery I j- frazzle the n.rre,-e,err V P f K - 1 nerve, Jt , big bu I - y . ... 'if -. mJJ $'W: y'fi? 'A aboo to track man. I ; ,- ' ' JLttC'""' ,1 Smoking Camels lV. gfS Pljr I I' . nerves. I find that F I He. mim&iwsw'. -mm-rr TOMTTIE MAN ot the 20th Century Limited, C J. Chase says: "I don'C take chances with my nerves. I smoke Camels smoke 'em all I have a mind to, day in and day out! Camels don't get on my nerves." 63 Years of Married Life Reviewed by Throckmortons BIG APPLEOATE, May 17. (Spll It was the rare privilege of Mr. and Mrs. Arls Throckmorton to re view long happy 'years of married life together, when they observed their sixty-third wedding anniversary May 6. They spent the day quietly at their home at Ruch. Mr. and Mrs. Throckmorton have lived In the Ric vicinity since their arrival from California by covered wagon 53 years ago next month. They were married at the farm home of Mrs. Throckmorton's parents on the Sacramento river in Sutter county In 1874. Mrs. Throckmorton, form erly Sarah Bostwick. waa born in Missouri .and Is 81 years old. She T WYANT. 57. TAKEN BY DEATH Bert Wyant, 57, a resident of Ash land and vicinity all of his life, pass ed away at a local hospital early Sun day morning after 5 years' Illness. He waa born May 7, 1880, near Colfax, Wash., and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Wyant, early pioneers of south em Oregon, now deceased. Bert Wyant was well known In southern Oregon and had acquired a host of friends. He was employed by the Southern Pacific company as a bridge carpenter for years, until Ill ness caused him to leave that posi tion. For the past two years he had been making his home with his brother L. H. Wyant of Lake Creek, and his sister. Mrs. C. E. Bellows of Eagle Point. Ore. He leaves to mourn his departure, seven sisters, Mrs. Mary Carlyle, Klamath Falls; Mrs. Alice Allen. Elmonte, Cal.; Mrs. May Bellows, Ashland, Ore.: Mrs. Lena Bellows, Eagle Point; Mrs. Amle Johnson, Portland; Mrs. Nettle Wooley, Cot tage Grove, and Mrs. Christine JoneB of Medford. Two brothers, Lewis Wyant of Lake Creek and James Wyant of Placervllle, Cal., also survive. Funeral services will be conducted from the Perl Funeral Home Tues day at 3 p. m.. Rev. S. L. Divine officiating. Interment will take place In the Stearns cemetery near Talf-nt, Ore. Automobile Invades Home, Hurts Woman PORTLAND. May 17. (AP) Mrs. H. W. Moss, Portland, had the un usual experience Saturday of being Injured in an automobile accident while sitting In the living room ot her home- 1 A car driven by Mrs. Harold V. Utlberg, Portland, who was taking driving lessons from her husband, suddenly careened Into the side of Mrs. Moss' residence, tearing a gap ing hole in the house. Mrs. Moss suffered scratches and shock. The Ullberg's small daughter was superficially injured In the crash. faaspa-- saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.aasmslaaaaassas75 COSTlR TOBACCOS 1 Camel are mada from finer, MORE EXPENSIVE TOBACCOS -Turkish and Domestic then any other popular brand i Cwum Ittl, 1. 1. tTU crossed the plains In 1858. Mr. Throckmorton crossed the plains in 1860, and later made two trips to New York by boat, crossing the Isthmus of Panama. He was born in Kentucky 84 years ago. Four children survive from a fam ily of six. and Include Mrs. H. W. Mc Dan lei and Elmo Throckmorton of Apple gate. Lester Throckmorton of Eagle Point, and Mrs. Wm. Hansen of Medford. The pioneer couple are the grandparents of nine children, and have two great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Throckmorton arc favorites of young people, and have many friends throughoxit southern Oregon. VISITS SO. OREGON The state highway commission, transacting matters today in Grants Pass and Ashland, was scheduled to confer with the county court Tues day, and discuss matters affecting secondary roads. The county will be represented by Commissioner Ralph Billings and Otto Caster, and County Engineer Paul B. Rynnlng. County Judge Earl B. Day is in Washington. D. C, as a witness before the O-C tax refund hearing. The highway commission was sched uled to attend a luncheon at Grants Pass this noon, and a dinner at Ash land tonight. It was reported, the changing of the Pacific highway route through tlw Plaza in Ashland, would be discussed with the commission. FRUIT Ai VEGETABLE Frank M. McKennon, chief of the division of plant Industry of the state department of agriculture, will hold a hearing at the courthouse auditorium tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock, for the purpose of rati fying present grades and standards for fruits and vegetables, pursuant to action taken at the last session of the legislature. The grades and standards nre already established and the ratification Is necessary. All frultmen and farmera are urged to attend. Calneva Hot Spot Goes Up In Smoke TRUCK EE. Cal., May 17. (AP) The aioo.000 Calneva lodge, en oddly situated night club and gambling establishment that drew a large trade from the Reno divorce colony, was In ruins today as tho result of an unexplained fire. Within half an hour after the fire started last night, the 10-year old building crumbled and was a total loss, with all of its furnishings. Mm Ciwimi .HM Um, M. 0. T Sneak-thleves pilfered two automo biles In Medford over the week-end. city police records showed today. Arthur Brown, of 843 West 13th street, complained that sometime Sat urday night the cab o( his truck was entered and from It were stolen 13 gallons of gasoline, a complete set of socket wrenches In a bag. a one pound grease gun. several wrenches and pliers and about S3.50 worth of groceries and meat. R. Wageener. of 25 South Oram; street, reported to city police "that the door-lock had been broken on his car parked In front of his res idence probably early Sunday morn ing, and from It were stolen a Glad stone black leather physician's bag and supplies, an old style suitcase, a sample case and an overcoat. Weather. Northern California: Fair in soutn and u nse 1 1 led 1 n nor t h port ton to- nlght and Tuesday; light rain ex treme north coast; cooler in interior of north portion Tuesday; moderate and southwest wind off coast. Oregon: Unsettled and mild to night and Tuesday; showers west portion and over mountains; mode rate southerly wind off the coast. i ff . rt OR CRANE CRANE CO., 710 N. W. Fourteenth Ave., Portland, Ore. Today the sport of fencing puts much the same value on healthy nerves and unfailing alertness as did the deadly duels of long ago. ONLY slow motion movies could show you all the brilliance of Joanna de Tuscan's darting sword play. Attack parry riposte- happen too quickly for the eye to follow. In Joanna do Tuscan's "Own words: "A person who didn't have nerve control would never stand out In fencing. My No. 1 reason for smoking Camels is they never jangle my nerves. Camel is the cigarette that I find per mits me to smoke as often as I please. It's Camels for me 'for digestion's sake' too. They're so mild they never make my throat harsh." WRESUINCACEJoseph Green, absorbs plen ty of punishment competing In hli fa vorite sport. A long-drawn-out training grind puts a strain on nerves'says Joe, "IenjoyCamelsoften they help to ease tension and never jangle my nerves. j ' 71 M i-a(BB4slasisMBM flOWTHtEH STAND Hy the Associated Press Const W. I. Pet. San rranclsco .. 2S 15 .651 Sacramento 29 16 .644 bos Angeles 26 18 .5U1 San Diego 24 21 .533 Portland 20 22 .476 Seattle . 19 23 .42 Oaklnnd 15 29 .341 Missions 14 31 .311 National. T. h. Pci. Pittsburgh 16 5 .762 St. Louis 13 9 .591 New York 12 11 622 Brooklyn - 11 11 .500 Chicago ...I 10 12 .465 Cincinnati 8 12 .400 Phl'i.lelphla 9 14 .391 Boston 8 13 .350 America n. W. L. Pet. 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CHANCE TO LEAVE Alvin Ruddell, charged with the robbery of Spitzer's service station at Talent, and under a suspended sentence in circuit court for larceny, was found guilty In Justice court Saturdrv and sentenced to 30 days in the county Jail and fined 25. The sentence was suspended upon condition Ruddell get out of town and county before Sunday night. The suspended sentence In circuit court was for the theft of steel pipe from the Opp mine near Jacksonville, to which Ruddell plead guilty. Ruddell when granted a suspended sentence agreed in circuit court to leave and take employment in Des chutes county. He failed to do so, but Instead secured employment on the Pacific highway on the Slsktyous. He was discharged and on the way home ran out of gasoline. He at tempted to replenish his supply at the Spltzer station and was caught. I Better Hood Canvas Shoes oF ordinary cheap ones! CANVAS SHOES. This Ad - appearing in current issues of National Magazines. 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