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PAGE TKX HfEDFOTCD MAIL TRIBUNE. fEDFORD, OREGON". SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 27. 1938 PARTNERSHIPS IN Three Veteran Aides Re warded By W. A. Gates Annual Children's Ban quet Set. Announcement was made yester day of .the Incorporation of the Gatea & Lydlard Groceteria partner Bblp and the entrance Into the busi ness at stockholders of three long time key employes. Articles of incorporation were mailed yesterday to Balem for filing, Capital was listed as 100 .000. The business henceforth will be known as Oates & Lydlard, Inc. William A. Gates also annouuced that the annual dates ic Lydlard Christmas party for the county's underprivileged children would be held again this year. The big. gala banquet will be held on December 23 In the Elka temple basement din. log room. The three employes made mem bers of the company are Asa Boyd, chief cashier, Melvln Hall, general merchandise buyer and managor of Oroocterla No. 1, and Vilas "Doc1 Pope, fresh fruit and vegetable buyer and -manager of the fresh fruit and vegetable department of both Groc eterlas. Taking the three men Into the company was a mark of recognition of the services of employes who have helped to build the business. Mr. Gates said. For yeara Mr. Gates and the late William H. Lydlard discussed snd considered the advisa bility of taking key employes Into the business and the present action Is the fruition of that Idea, It wae Indicated. Since the death of Mr. Lydlard a year ago. several offere to buy the business have been received from outside sources but "wo have felt that to sell out would not be fair to the boys who have helped to build this business, Mr. Oates said, "'likewise we have felt that It would not be good for the com munlty. It Is our conviction that It Is best to have local men In business here. "We feel that It Is contributing to a higher type of citizenship In a community to give local boys a chance to establish themselves In business." There will be no change In Gro setcrla policies, the addition of the three employes to the company be ing a guarantee that the present pollclea will be continued, Mr. Gatea .ild. With Mr. Gates and Jane C. Lyd ntd, wife of the original partner ship member. Mr. Boyd, Mr. Hall ind Mr. Pope were named as In corporators. Articles of Incorporation were filed by Prank P. Parrel!, at. torney for the company. Mr. Boyd cams originally from Oklahoma but has lived In Medford for 32 years. Mr. Pope was born In McMlnnvnie and Mr. Hsll la a native of Medford. Mr. Boyd has been with Oates As Lydlard for nesrly eighteen yesrs. Mr. Hall 14 yesrs and Mr. Pope almost nine years. Each now hsa a substantial stock Interest In the buslneas. It wu Indicated. Mr. Lydlard and Mr. Gatea started their Groceteria business in 1020 In a part of the premises now oc cupied by Woolworth's. In 192S the partnership baMnr-ts was moved di agonally across the street to the present site of Groceteria No. 1. In 1H30 ' Groceteria No. a was open- ed to serve the west side of town. - SHOULD BE FILED Reflation of the state unemploy ment compensation commission per mitting claimants who have been paid In full for 1P3B and are now unemployed to acquire watting period weeks on new claims for 1039 In ad vance of the new year have not been laken advantage of In many Instances Mere, according to Kussoll Davis. I lMm deputy for the Medlord olflce, ! .vhlch covers Jackson and Josephine ' tountlos. J "Claimant do not seem to resllre the advantage to themselves In filing 1 these new claims early," Mr. Davie aid. "Filing of these claims at an early date would relieve the rush 1 following turn of the year and result In more prompt payment of bene fit." This regulation also applies to the filing original claims within thta quarter which would be deter mined Invalid because of Insufficient earnings prior to the third quarter f 1038. the claim deputy explained. "Such original claims may be filed for the benefit year to start January l and two waiting period weeks may bt accumulated In exactly the same manner as for new claims," he said WE TAR? down uni"" . .!. fll,H .. . , O.Fi- ,npll V 1 ' 1; U " T 1 I WWW SHASTA COUNCIL Flection of off lean, expansion of th group to Rive adequate repre sentation to all district, and prep aration for the first general meet ing to dlAcuas a program of pro ject for the greatest poMlble bene fit to Jackson county constituted the principal business at an organ ls&tton meeting of the new Jack son county council of the Shasta- Cascade Wonderland association Fri day night at the chamber of com merce here. Karl h. Janoucb, supervisor of the Rogue River national forest, was elected council chairman. He was .ijthorlzed to appoint a council sec retary. Walter H. Leverette, past council chairman, wna elected Jack son county member of the associa tion board of directors. Oore How ard, past director, automatically be comes county councillor on the as sociation' advisory council. By unanimous vote the elective members named at the recent con vention at Ashland expanded coun cil membership to Include the fol lowing: Herb Grey and Olenn L. Jackson. Medford; George Green and Frank Van Dyke. Ashland; A. E. Powell and W. B. Morris. Central Point; A. A, Walker, Gold Hilt: Ray Wilson and Judge F. L. TouVullc, Jacksonville; William Perry, Engle Point; Andy Hern. Phoenix; Frank Carson, Butte Fulls; Earl Ncwbry. Talent, and A. O, Montag, upper Rogue district. A general meeting of the council was called for 7:30 p. m., December 6 at the chamber of commerce to discuss projects relating to road and highways, conservation of wild life, development of scenic and rec reational resources, community act lvltlea and publicity and advertis ing affecting Jackson county for inclusion In the Wonderland asso ciation's general program for 193 A preview of Jackson county seen to attractions In natural color motion pictures waa enjoyed during the meeting. The pictures were taken by H. D. Kern of the Cntl-fornla-Orcgon Power company for the Shasta -Cascade exposition com mission and will be shown dally at the Wonderland exhibit at the San Francisco fair. Council organization group elected at the Ashland convention Included A. H. Banwell. W. A. Oates. C. C Furnas, Karl L. Janouch, Larry Schade, 8. M. Bullls. E. P. Merrick. Olen L. Fabrlck', Walter H. Leverette and George t. Howard. W00LF0LK RITES IN G. PASS TODAY Funeral service will be held at 3:30 p. m. today (Sunday) in Grants Pass for Albert Leigh Woolfolk, who passed away In Klamath Falls, No vember 34. Mr. Woolfolk, who waa born Mav 17, 1010, m Oranta Pass, attended school there and acquired a host of friends. He later moved to Medford, residing here two yeara, then going to Chlloquln where he waa employed a' the time of hla passing, since re siding In Chlloquln Mr. Woolfolk ha vlalted relotlvea In Grants Pans and Medford -frequently, and has a wide circle of friends In both cities. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Woolfolk. of Grants Piim and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Doris Cooper. Ashland; Ira Woolfolk. Medford; Art Woolfolk. Grant Pass; Mrs. Mabel Benford. Medford. and Sherman, William. Helen and Robert at the family home In Grant Pans. Hull ft Hull funeral home of Grant pass, In charge. Interment In HI Merest Memorial park, Grant Psab. , No Authority CHICAOO, Nov. 36. (API Secre tary Wallace told Chicago livestock exchange today that the agriculture department was without authority to set In the strike which hss tied up the Chicago stockyards. "SwImr" Tithimci! BERLIN. Nov. 36. (API Swing l taboo In Wurttembem. Nasi' leaders In charge of Wurtemberg ammcnicnt places declsred today that swliu may be fit for negroes and Jews "but not for us Oermsns." See No Trouble PORTLAND. Nov, 2d. (AP) Ore Rrtn mP,'r wl bfl r I themselvc to the new wage-hour taw with little difficulty. Wealey O. Ash. western administrator for na tional administrator Elmer F. And rews, opined on arrival yenterdsy. DOUBLE II PARENTS LISTEN TO CHILD SPEECH BY U. OF 0. EXPERT About 175 parents heard Dr. O. R. Chambers, hesd of the psychology department of Oregon State college, discuss "The Emotional Development or the Child" In the First Chrlsttan church Friday night. Dr. Chambers graphically pictured and explained the emotional devel opment of the Individual from In fancy to old age. He stressed that everyone has emotions whether con scious of them or not and that emotions are the driving power and should be used to build habits. As a yardstick In measuring one's emo tional maturity. Dr. Chambers said, "The degree of one's emotional Im maturity may be measured by the amount of emotion which one feels or displays when he meets an Irre vocable fact." The discussion was closed with questions from the au dience. C. R. Bowman, county school su- I perlntcndent, presided at the meet ing. Mrs. Mnrjorte Pena, Olrl Scout i executive, led community singing. Mrs. Mabel Sims, county recreation leader, was the accompanist. County committee members. Mrs. G. E. Ous terhout, Mrs .Walter Ricks and Mrs. C. E. Myers had charge of registra tion. The meeting was the first of a series of four evening meetings for parent which have been arranged by MAbel C. Mack, county home demon stration agent. The second meeting will be held January 11 on "Newer Trends In Education." Mrs. Mack also announced, that a radio study club on "School Problems at Home." which has been prepared by Dr. Elizabeth Montgomery of the University of Oregon, would be given here once each month starting next Monday at 3:15 p. m. Parent of school age children will be especially Interested In the program and are Invited to Join a listeners' group. Mrs. Mack said. AIR LINES DEC. 1 A new schedule effective Decem ber 1 was announced yesterday by Max C. Hnne, Medford manager of the United Air Lines. The new schedule: Northbound- Trip 3 will depart from Medford municipal airport at a a. m. and airmail will close at the central office at 4:15 a. m.; trip 10 will depart at 3:53 p. m. and airmail will close at 3:08 p. m. Southbound Trip 10 will depart at 3:31 p. m. and airmail will close at 3:W p. m.: trip fl will depart at 11:68 p. m. and airmail will close at 11:14 p. m. Obituary HARRY C. T1IASE Harry Curtis Chase, a resident of the Medford and Central Point dis tricts since 1927, died In a local hos pital early Baturday morning after a brief illness. He was 48 years old. Mr. Chase was a native of Oregon, having been born near Salem on April 27. 1890. He was the onty son of Mrs. Sarnh Chase of 639 North Central avenue. He was a member of the Centrat Point grange, and the First Metho dist church of Medford. He Is survived by hli? mother, and a number of distant relatives. Funeral services will be held in the Perl chapel Monday at 2 p. m., the Rev. Joseph Knott officiating. Interment will take place In the Medford I. O. O. F. cemetery. Mrs. Jennie C. Wilson Jennie C. Wilson, a resident of Central Point and of the Rtyue River valley since 1917, passed away In a local hospital early Saturday morning at the age of 70 years. She Is sur vlird by her husband, Chas. L. Wilson of Central Point; one daughter. Frnncen. Archer of Klamath Falls; two sisters, Lou Hall of Central point and Hnttle Oear of Medford. The body Is at the Conger funeral parlors, where funeral arrangement are betnir made. The announcement will appear In Monday's paper. FUR KI.MOl.U INfl and RKPMKIM. n.r.AMNO and OI.AZING We liiinrautef Our Work Ininm I tut lot rc Fveltn Tire Phone 969-M Protection Your money invested here is protected by: (1) Well placed first mortgages on homes, large and growing reserves, conservative and experienced man agement. (2) Insurance through the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation guaranteeing the safety of each individual's investment up to $5000. JACKSON COUNTY FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION 126 East Main OPERETTA TO BE GIVEN BY PUPILS Medford Junior high and grade school pupils will present the ope retta "Rumpelstlltzkln" the evening of Friday, December 2, In the Senior high school auditorium. The public Is Invited and a &mall admission charge will be made. Rumpelstlltzkln'' Is an old Ger - man folk tale of a miller's daughter whose father boasted to the king that she could spin straw Into gold. The resultant complications are un folded In the fanciful and tuneful operetta. Choruses will be sung by fourth. fifth and sixth grade students from the city's schools. Leading roles, to be taken by Junior high students. Include the milter's daughter, Betty Frey, Natalie Parker; Rumpelstlltzkln, Robert Kyle, Harold Blttner; the king, R. B. Webber, James Elliott; the miller, Bob Davis; court ladles, Eva Hedrlck, Shirley Lawrence, Shir ley Argent, Mary Bilderback; nurse. Barbara Preston, Dorothy Dickinson. Music will be under supervision of i Mrs. Esther Churc h Leake, general director of music In Medford city schools. Mrs. Grace Slkea, bead of the dramatic department In Junior high school, will have charge of dra matics, and scenery, advertising post ers and programs are being arranged In the art department under direc tion of Miss Pauline Conrad t, art supervisor for the city's schools. Two years ago a similar production. "Hansel and Grctal," was given with great success, and Rumpelstlltzkln la expected to claim even more Interest. Proceeds of the operetta will be used to buy mualcal Instruments for the orchestras of the various schools. Theosophist Will Speak Wednesday At St. Mark's Hall Miss Mary K. Neff will give an . Illustrated public lecture on Theoso- 1 phy under auspices of the Medford lodge Wednesday at 8 p. m. In fit. i Mark's Guild hall. All are welcome j to attend the lecture, the title of J which la "Man's Invisible Bodies." ! Though born In this country. Miss ' Neff has engaged for many years In ! educational work in India and Aus tralia. As a Theosophist and student of comparative religion, she is per- naps tne only woman to have visited the birth places of the founders of three great religions, the Christ at Bethlehem, Palestine, Shrt Krishna, at Brlndnban, India, and the .ord Buddha, In the Terau of Nepal, in the Himalaya mountains. She has had an extraordinary career of service and adventure and her lectures are declared highly Interesting. Mfe for Grandma' EL RENO. Okla., Nov. 26, (jp) a miaaie-agea woman, convicted of poisoning her small granddaughter to collect a $200 Insurance policy, was sentenced to life Imprisonment here today. At the Fairmont there's an exciting clan in the air and the delightful feeling of knowing that nowhere is good living so smartly tinged with cosmopolitan gaiety. Rjtet from $4 per Jay FAIRMONT C.ro. P. $MITH, Prrtidmt B. V. MtMf namin, Ret. Mgr. for YOU! I A PARK AVENUE FLAIR. 1 1"" AITHI I LOCAL and From Ashland Paul Taylor, well- known American Legionnaire of Ash land was a business visitor here yes terday. Driver Cited Thomas A. Helman of Ashland waa cited by state police yesterday to appear In Justice of the peace court here Monday to answer a charge of driving a car-trailer with out a license. Tourney Planned Date of the, Kl wanU club golf tournament will be announced soon, It waa stated yester ,day by Carl Y. Tengwald, secretary. The tournament Is In charge of Sid Reaney. So far 12 Klwanlans have signed up. Dr. Stearns 111 Dr. Robert W. Stearns, prominent Medford physician1 and surgeon, was confined to Sacred Heart hospital yesterday with a ser ious Illness. While he waa said to be resting comfortably Inst night, he 1 not permitted to receive visitors for the present. Park Weather Fair Weather in Crater Lake national park yesterday was fair and the prospects were that today also would be fair, rangers said In their dally broadcast. Park roads were open but ley and motorists were advised to use tire chalks In travel ing In the park. Snow was described as crusty and Inexperienced sk tiers were counselled to stay on gentle slopes. Rocks still protrude through the mow In part of the park, rang er said. Depth of snow at purk headquarters had decreacd to 21 Inches. 8 CY UNDER ENGINES FORD QUALITY HYDRAULIC BRAKES LOWER PRICES T ijIST everything you've ever hoped for in an automobile tit any priee chances are you'll find 'cm all in the new Ford cars. Both the Ford and the X)c Luxe Ford renrh new heights in hcauly, inside and out. They are true to the Ford tradition of brilliant, dependable service with economy. They ure still set apart in the low-price field by their oiglil-f vlinilrr engines. And "eight-cylinder quality" is reflected in all their new features. There's a fine new "ride" this year in both Foril curs Triple Cushioned Comfort! The new hydraulic brakes are big, powerful and precision-built to strict Ford standards of safely. Scientific soundproofing brings new standards of quiet operation. Willi many other improvements, with Ford quality higher than ever, and with an unusual amount of equipment included the lower 193) prices rniphasi.c Ford ability to give more for the money earh year. Your Ford dealer invites you to see the new cars. FORD MOTOR COMPANY M KF.RS or FORK. Mf RlU RY. LICOIA-ZKFm R AU LINCOLN MOTOR CARS Come In! See Them - NOW ON DISPLAY THE STRIKING NEW 1939 FORD, MERCURY, LINCOLN ZEPHYR C. E. GATES AUTO COMPANY Sixth and Riverside Ford -Mercury Lincoln Zephyr Service Phone 141 PERSONAL Transacts lltislnew Jack Shoe maker of Sanger, Calif., head of Shoemaker Builders and Shippers Supply company, was a Medford bus lneas visitor yesterday. Mr. Shoe maker, who Is a World war veteran, Is a former resident of this city and has many friends among the members of Medford post of the American Legion. Derr In Phoenix A small group of townspeople and Phoenix school chil dren were amazed yesterday after noop when a large deer Jumped over the fence Into the school yard and then bounded In a western direction and, disappeared. None of the school children or John Roberts, a Phoenix resident, who also witnessed the deer's antics, was able to get near It before It leaped away. Trades Property Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Baker arrived In Medford Thurs day evening from Nampa. Idaho, to reside on a ranch near Trail. Last spring Mr. Baker advertised In the Mall Tribune he would trade his Nampa ranch for one here. Recently a suitable trade was made with Mrs. Edna Mclntyre for the exchange of her 40 acres in the Trail district and the Baker ranch In Nampa which consists of ten acres. The Bakers had resided in Idaho for 30 years and Mr. Baker, was a former police chief In Nampa. The couple made the trip here by motorcar In com pany with their granddaughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Elery Mowor, who will return next week to Idaho. The Bakers' mailing ad dress Is Star route. Trail. DaDWHffiEBHKrD Dt ' Realty SslesW. J. Roberts, Med , ford realtor yesterday announced I the following sales: modern five- room furnished home and three una at 1522 Bryant street sold for Mrs. Anna G. Rlase to I. L. and Pearl Gay; residence at 635 Palm street sold for the Home Owners Loan corporation to T. W. Llnderman; five-room res idence at 710 Oak street sold for Henry O. Boswlck to Clifford L. Hall. Holiday Guests Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Roberts of Klamath Falls were Thanksgiving Day guests at the home of Mr. Roberts' parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Roberts of 720 West Sec ond street. W. H. Roberta la manager of the Farmers' Lumber yard In Klamath Falls and was formerly manager of the Medford Lumber company. Other Thanksgiving Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts here were Mr. and Mrs. Aiion Ayers and children of Jacksonville. Mrs. Ayers is Mrs. W. H. Roberts' sister. , Minor Accidents City police re ports yesterday listed the following as drivers of cars Involved In slight collisions: Lee Hubler of 859 East 0th street and Elmeda George of 227 Cottage street at East Main street and Riverside avenue Intersection Saturday morning: Joe D. Lewis of Jacksonville and James F. Martin dale of Salem on the Upper Apple gate road Friday noon; Jess Drake of Weed, Cal., and Mabel L. Sher wood of 1019 West Main street at West 10th and Hamilton streets Fri day afternoon: Ray R. Ouches, Med ford rancher, and D. H. Wickler of Talent on the Pacific highway south of Medford yesterday afternoon; and George A. Taylor of 829 West 11th street and Harry Furch of 115 South Riverside avenue at Main and Grape streets yesterday. TRIPLE-CUSHIONED COMFORT STABILIZED CHASSIS SCIENTIFIC SOUNDPROOFING STYLE LEADERSHIP Lit Ford V. Fsrdor Stdos $769 . ... v;,--..- - I t i ".'I . i In.... U ' ' rmffmrhtsj P- The Ford f-S onrf T)e Luxm Tori I'-S lilffrr only In nppmmtire, appointment! and price. The l)c Lux hat the Sj-h,iru-pmrrr engine. The Ford offcrt a choice of either 85 or 60 hp. The Ford V-8 Coupe illuttratrd aftore, equipped trith "thrift? 60'' engine, com $C9A delivered In Detroit laxet extra. JWt exchange PUn Announcement wu mode yesterday of an agreement be- tween United Air Line and Eastern Air Lines for the exchange of equip, ment and personnel. Under the agree ment United will release four of Its 21-paenger Malnllners and a num ber of co -pi lots and mechanic to Eastern for four months beginning December 1. Eastern will utilize the equipment and personnel during It peak season on the schedule between New York and Miami, Fla. This In terchange, while said to mark a de parture In airline operation practice, Is In line with efficient and econoral cal operation by providing greater use of planes and Improving regular ity of employment by taking ad van tage of the peak travel e aeons of the two lines, the announcement said. Eastern is to return the equipment and personnel to United In April when the latter company put on ad ditional schedule to serve the New York and San Francisco fairs. Wool Mart Slow BOSTON, Nov. 26. (AP-USDA)-- Buyers showed very little Interest In wool on the Boston market Jby- Arab Band Annihilated JERUSALEM. Palestine. Nov. 36. (AP) Combined British ground and sir forces today wiped out an Arab band of 16 In a battle midday teuwn Acre, and Sated In lower Galilee. Set Lumber Auction BEND, Not. 26 (AP) Approxi mately 16.287,000 board feet of fed eral timber In part of the upper Deschutes bAsln that will be flooded by the wiktup reservoir went on the auction block this week and the Shevlln Hlxon company submitted . low bid. The timber must be re moved by November 30. 1939. d.llvsrtd la D.trolt, tons ntra 1 1 r
