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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1939. PAGE SEVEN LOCAL and Parrett 111 Kenneth Parrett Is confined to his home at 245 North Holly itreet with influ enza. At MatchM Among Ashland residents attending the wrestling matches in the Medford armory last night were John Daugherty,' Harry Chipmtn and Allen Autry. Bauer Home - Bruce Bauer, owner of the Bauer Lumber company, returned to Medford by train this morning from Portland where he spent yes terday transacting business. Recuperating Mrs. Nettie Grover, who has been confined to her home with influenza, has been removed to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Dow' on V Prune street, where she is being cared for. To Have a Basaar Women of the Methodist church will hold a bazaar at 314 East Main street Saturday, December 16. All kinds of gifts suitable for Christmas presents will be on sale. Meeting Tonight Christmas basket committee of Crater Lake aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will meet in the lodge hall at 42 North Front street at 7:30 tonight: All committee mem bers are requested to be present, Meeting Called Drill team of Crater Lake aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, will meet at 7 p. 'in. tomorrow in the Lin coln school gymnasium. The meeting was called by William Peck, team manager. It will not be necessary to wear uni forms, Mr. Peck said. Sponsors Basaar Thimble club of Oak circle of Phoenix will SDonsor a bazaar Werfnp. day at the Grange hall. Lunch will be served from 11 to 1, and throughout the afternoon tea will be served. At 8 p. m. card party will be held and refreshments served. H.E.C. to Meet .Tnclrsnnvlll. H.E.C. members are reminded of the Christmas party to be held Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Lulu Fisk. A covered dish dinner will be served at noon with gifts being exchanged ana poiiyannas revealed. Filer Here Frank Riley of Portland arrlvoH In Medford this morning by train io spend the day. He was to t be guest speaker at the Rotary club luncheon today and was 10 speak at other meetines. Mr Riley will be remembered here as having given the high school graduating address last year. He is an extensive traveler and lec turer. Meeilna Tomorrow All re serve officers of southern Ore gon are invited to the Rogue River chapter meeting in the Medford armorv at 7:30 o. m tomorrow. Principal speaker will be Lieut.-Col. H. C. Dempe wolf of Eugene, regular army officer in charge of reserve work in this district. "Mobiliz at ion" will be the auhleei studied. Pistol practice will be held at 6:30 p. m. CiiOe a Subscription The WHOLE FAMILY Will ENJOY the TRIBUNE For the ENTIRE YEAR YOU favor the entire family, when you give a year's subscription to this newspaper as a thoughtful Christmas glftl Just phone 75 of give us your list by mail a beautiful greitlng card will announce your year round gift on Christmas Day. Medford Mail Tribune PERSONAL Ex-Governor Here Oswald West, former governor of Ore gon, arrived in Medford this morning by train to spend the day transacting business. Mr. West resides in Portland. Bulkin Here Paul Bulkin of Portland was a visitor here to day. He formerly operated the Chateau and now owns the Rus sian Village in Portland. Yule Party Chrysanthemum Thimble club will hold a Christ mas turkey dinner and party at 1 p. m. Thursday in the home of Mrs. Michael Beck on the Old Stage road. All members are asked to bring presents for the "mystery pals and an ex tra present each for the Christ mas tree. Study Meets Family rela tionship study group will meet with Mrs. W. F. Fechlund in the old Furry residence in Phoe nix, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The extension unit will meet at the same place at 1 o'clock. Subject will be care of the hair. A covered dish luncheon will be served at noon. Those attending are to bring salads or vegetables. Persons interested are invited to attend. Park Roads Open West and south entrance roads in Crater Lake national park were open today to the lake rim, rangers reported by short-wave radio The drive to the rim had been closed by snow for a short time. No snow fell in the park yester day or last night, the ground cover having settled to 26 inches at headquarters this morning, while the south and west entrance roads were clear, they were icy and tire chains were needed for safe motoring, the rangers said. The weather this morning was described as cloudy, with visibility poor. Lowest temperature during the night was 10 degrees. Cloudy weather prevailed also at Ore gon Caves national monument according to a short-wave radio report received at headquarters here. The two-inch week-end snow had practically all melted, the report said. Air Corps Data Staff Sgt. Grant Osborn, airplane and en gine mechanic of the army's Sth airbase squadron at Ham ilton field, Cal., will be at the recruiting office in Medford city hall all day Thursday and Friday morning to answer ques tions of eligible young men in terested in learning of the pos sibilities of acquiring a tech nical education during an en listment with the air corps. Staff Sgt. ' Willis S. Estep, in charge of the Medford recruit ing office, announced today that March field, Cal., is now closed to recruits and that he expects other air fields on the coast to be closed by January 1 unless new enlistment quotas are au thorized. Since September 1 almost half the enlistments in this area have been for the air corps, the sergeant said, adding that the air corps branch of the army should soon complete its expansion program. He urged all Interested young men not to delay in registering if they want to enlist in the air corps. initial (a Aa Chimney rire The fire de partment's chemical crew stood by last night while a chimney blaze at the Floyd Watkins home at 1128 West Main street burned itself out. No damage was done. Soot in the chimney was ignited by heat from the furnace, firemen said. The alarm was sounded at 8:12 p. m. 9 m Pastor Returns The Rev. Joseph Knotts, pastor of the First Methodist church, return ed by train this morning from Odell, where he had been hold ing a successful preaching mis sion for his son. the Rev. Ross Knotts. The latter will assist his father in similar meetings in Medford the week beginning February 3. Special Service A special Christmas service will be held for Crater Lake aerie and aux iliary, Fraternal Order of Eagles, in the First Presbyterian church at 1 a. m. next Sunday. Mem bers are to assemble outside the church at 10:45. Dr. Sher man L. Divine, pastor, will give a sermon prepared especially foe the Eagles. Recovering Mrs. Lee Allen was removed from the Com munity hospital last evening to the Roland Hubbard home at 828 Minnesota avenue. Mrs. Allen had been confined in the hospital for the past three months from an injury suffered in a fall. She is reported to be recovering satisfactorily and is now up for part of each day. Slight Mishaps James L, Hampton of Beagle and John E. Cardin of Route 2 drove cars involved in a slight accident on East Sixth street Monday afternoon, according to a report on file today. A machine op erated by Lloyd W. Arrington of Jacksonville struck the rear end of a car driven by William R. Morningstar of 819 Taylor street on East Main street Mon day afternoon, and the latter vehicle in turn hit the back of a parked car owned by Ray Knips, a report on file said to day. Plane Passengers United Mainliners due here at 10:55 and 4:52 flew over Medford today because of low overcast, There was only a 700-foot cell ing here this morning whereas civil aeronautics authority regu lations require a ceiling of at least 1,000 feet for landings at Medford. Chester Hubbard re turned from Portland on last night's Mainliner. Sidney Smith returned from Portland on the southbound flagstop Mainliner last evening. Mr. and Mrs. F. I. Bristol of Gold Hill left by Mainliner yesterday afternoon for Detroit via Portland. They were called to Detroit because of a death in the family. The Grange Roxy Ann Grange Roxy Ann Grangers greatly enjoyed having R. G. Fowler, Jackson county agriculture ag ent, visit us at our regular meet ing Friday. Mr. Fowler took part in our Ceres program and gave an in teresting and instructive talk on "Seeds," both commercial and weed. He explained why the raising of beet seed is especially adapted to this section and why it promises to be a coming prof itable industry. The following announcements were made: Prtilay evening, December 15 our lecturer, together with the Home Economlca club, la to have charge or tne evening program and treats. Thla will be our annual Christmas party and everyone attending la to bring a ten-cent gift for the tree. Saturday night, December 18 our Orange will give their nert public dance and a good time la being piannea. Home Economics club will meet at the Orange hall for a pot luck dinner at 13 o'clock thla Wednes day. We would- Ilka a one hundred percent attendance aa thla la to be a Tuletlde party. A Christmas tree la to be a part of the program so all ladles are reminded to bring their Boxy Anna gifts, also a wi ful present for miscellaneous kitchen shower. Do Big Job. Henderson, Ky. (IP) While Otis Benton and Joe Roberts were riding along a nearby highway, they spied a 'possum. Returning to town, they picked up Benton's two Pekingese dogs and went back to the spot where they saw the 'possum jump into a clump of bushes. "Ko Ko" and "Shasta," the Pekes, routed the 'possum, chased It up a tree and Roberts shot it down. On examination, the two hunters found their quarry was larger than either of the dogs. - Chan & Chan f:e-aei Ch,nMe Mfdldne Co. t- Be relieved at once b) - ?f our herbal remedy. Do you have: Asthma, Hay teter. Stomach Trouble, Constipation, Chronle Cough, Rheumatism, si nus Trouble, Piles, Arthritis, Co litis, Emma, Appendicitis. High Blood Pressure, Prostate, Heart, Liter, Bladder, Kidney, Longs, Blood, trlnary troubles. Herbs will give you relief. t3S E. Main NOW OPEN DAILY 10 i. m. to R:S0 p. m. Except tied. Hed. 10 a. m. to It. EDUCATION BOARD PICKS SUCCESSOR FOR DR. G. PEAVY (continued uom pact one) Frank Lewelling Ballard, 48. was born in Meredith, New Hampshire. May 8, 1891, as the member of the fifth generation in direct line to be born in the same house on the same farm. His early schooling and thru college preparatory years was at the Tilton (N.H.) school for boys, a New England chuch sup ported institution. He entered Oregon State college in October 1912 where he worked his way through the first few years at ordinary labor and then was laboratory assistant in agricul tural chemistry one year. He remained in college the fifth year to become editor of the Barometer, student newspaper and to serve as correspondent for the Morning Oregonian and other papers. Succeeded Marls He obtained his bachelor of science degree in 1916 after hav ing completed major require ments in agronomy, agricultural economics, and practically so in agricultural chemistry. With the reorganization of the agricultural division at the col lege in 1936 Ballard succeeded Paul V. Maris in direct charge of the central as well as field work of the extension service with the title of vice-director. Since 1923 Ballard has been professor of extension methods at the college and has taught class in this for the past five years at Oregon State and has filled visiting lectureships in this field at Montana State col lege, Washington State college and at a New York regional ex tension conference. Member of Grange As head of extension work in this state Ballard originated and put in practice the conception of extension work as beine all directed toward the betterment of the rural home, whether any particular project were carried on with men, women, or boys and girls. He is a member of the Grange, Farmers' Union and Farm Bu reau, is a thirty-second deeree Mason, and is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi social frater nity. NEGRO LADY AGED 1 08 Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 12. (P) Mrs. Henrietta Jackson, Fort Wayne Negro whose grand children say she is 108, is up and helping with the housework again five months after suffer ing a broken hip. Hurt in a fall last Fourth of July, she was put under a anes thetic while Dr. Wayne R. Glock inserted a stainless steel pin in the injured thigh. Dr. Glock said she was the oldest person he had known to survive a bone-pinning opera tion. The bladders or sounds of several kinds of fish furnish the material from which lulmrloca commercial pure gelatin, is maae. iLXeAjUVJ If V " A I hi. .reatest . r 71), "MagfV 1 '- J V WOK. - -SY I slnaina role..l -, I Hl TODAY and WED 1 1 i k , . im-jf k I W-.Cf l V ' f tl f ' fet MM W yl rV; - f.V, V clarence muse irur.. IL ' TV iu'-'Nl VU! )r RALPH MORGAN h T- J W AN.j S W ?J OlJS,, STEFFI DUNA ,V " U0S 'JtTBfOBE Pk IfwC OlMU HALLMgow I - lvi V j "DAY and WED! T.in Hits! f'' 1, 11T?1 MKdVoko fttrH' U.T,me,T.n.,: ' U A V1UBCTI T,,TmPBP ri TYRONE POWER J ' 3 ' ' J UnTTTfv vA;r;";; lindadarnell If WCOnouiU-y oh fxjCr'CAFE HOSTESS i D.vTime Wife" V l. . l I and 98.00 ZZSSaZmmmmmmmm j GIVE SCRIP BOOKS TOH XMASIsaeX I -TMRrK eW' II I !.,. 1:41 irSTljrf'f ff ffl I I ' A?Z:ZlwmM 1)1(5 i.i r inrolorl m I I . Kiddle.. . 10J ! k g, H a jMJ Kiddle.. lOTj 1 New Dr. Kildare Film Coming K I Ill J. ,:- :.-iA fiV. 1 I ': - Ij arzlm miiMliii iV-;.H "The Secret of Dr. Kildare", third of the Dr. Kildare series, with Lew Ayres and Lionel Barryinore heading the cast, comes to the Craterian Theatre tomorrow for a four day show ing. The scientific detective ro mance deals with' a beautiful girl's strange terror, and the detective work of Ayres, as Dr. Jimmy Kildare, to trace it down to the plot of a fanatical nurse and a quack doctor. In the dra Singing Star Bobby Breen, popular sing ing star of screen and radio, comes to the New Rialto Thea tre for today and tomorrow on ly in "way Down South , a song-filled, laugh-packed story of life on the plantations in the days before the Civil War. The highlight of the film is the sugar cane celebration that takes place after the cane is all har vested. The dusky Dixie darkies gather together and have an all night frolic that makes white folks come for miles to see. Bobby sings several of Stephen Foster's songs and also two or three Negro spirituals. Alan Mow'bray, Ralph Mor- if' I II leasees M'llWSH I A WHOLE SHOW A Case No CoP Could Crack! FULL OF HAPPINESS! No Doctor Could Cure! LUr u brd nixie... no- "nt" fT,oun ,Dr-,K'"' gt$tr I the "" let-together of f aln ' ,B""",p, " i.nr.,M "- f A FLY ' I southern song, and la.se. that Also Stand, for "Master Detective"! V jr . -. I W0B e,,pr nimed Into ont ' start. TOMORROW t L S h&A BOBBY v mi matic climax, under the guid ance of Barrymore, as the gruff, lovable Dr. Gillespie, he cures her blindness. Dramatic high lights of the story include the amazing cure of a paralytic by Barrymore through the use of a new medical discovery. Lionel Atwill heads the sup porting cast that also includes Helen Gilbert, Laraine Day, Nat Pendleton, Sara Haden, Samuel S. Hinds and many oth- er favorites. Roxy Comedy Annabella and Robert Young co-star for the first time In "Bridal Suite", gay comedy of love and laughter playing to day and tomorrow only at the Roxy Theatre. Walter Connolly, BUlte Burke, Reginald Owen and Ar thur Treacher have supporting roles. gan, Clarence Muse, "Steffi Duna and the Hall Johnson Choir of all-colored voices heads the sup porting cast with young Breen "Cafe Hostess", featuring Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak and Wynne Gibson, plays as the com panion feature with "Way Down South". 58th Fatality. Portland, Dec. 12. (fP) Port land's 1939 traffic fatalities stood at 58 today with the death of Bernard McNulty, 58, from injuries suffered last Thursday, ,i,i. seel m ie . NEW JOB AWAITS G.E. New York, Dec. 12. OP) Gerard Swope will retire as president of the General Elec tric company Dec. 31, but he won't retire from work for he's the new chairman of the New York City Housing Authority. Swope, who reaches General Electric's age limit of 65 the last of the month, was named to his new position IS minutes after he was appointed a mem ber of the authority by Mayor La Gunrdia yesterday. He succeeds Alfred Rhein- stein, who resigned Oct. 8 afier a dispute with Nathan Straus United States Housing Authori ty administrator, over public housing policies. DRUG CHAIN MAGNATE IS CALLED BY DEATH Chicago, Dec. 12. (PI Char les R. Walgreen, who rose from an $18 a week clerk to become founder of a drug store empire, oieci last night. He was 66 years old and had been 111 sev eral months. He borrowed money to buv his first store In 1902. It took him four years to pay the debt. From a single establishment grew a chain of nearly 500 stores In 39 states, with an annual business of $50,000,000. Warsaw. Ind.. Dec. 12 ttPi William D. Nighswander, suing for divorce, charged his wife got his breakfast only three tunes miring tnetr two yean of married life. STATED COMMUNICA TION OP REAMES CHAPTER O.K. 8. Thursday evening, Deo. 14th, at 8 o'clock. Sleo- tlnn nt nffliuea anil uut.i night. Visiting members Invited. Too Late to Classify HAVE TOUR HOGS CUSTOM KILLED AND CURED by CRATER MEAT CO. Phone 1913. WANTED Passengers to South Da- BApciiBCB. inquire im mediately. Monroe Grocery, West Main. CLEARANCE ON OIL HEATERS AND OAS RANGES One 18" OH Circulator, heats up w o rooms; reg. price 09.00: now ...... 4o.su una is - Deluxe on circulator, neat, up to 8 rooms: reg. price 83.05: now ssjift rwo 10" oil Circulators, heata up to o rooms: reg. price 54.98; now . 44.05 One 10" Deluxe OH Circulator, heata up to 5 rooms; reg. price 80.95; now ......84.95 One 10" oil Circulator, heata up t 8 rooms; reg. price 67.90; now 47.08 One Deluxe Oaa Range, auto matic oven, electrlo clock; reg. price 103.95; now...... 78.98 One Oaa Range, full porcelain reg. price 78.08; now ... 86.05 One Oaa Raruge, full porcelain reg. price 63.00; now 43.05 One Oaa Rangette, reg. price 88.96: now 38.08 MONTGOMERY WARD Phowi Dally l:4rt-6:4S-0:00 ti KM il if FOR RENT fl-room house, I acre. Suitable for chickens or small farming. 91S. Inquire 81 W. Jackaon. WANTED lAdy roomer, private fam ily. Good clean rooms. SI. 50 per week. Close In. Phone 832-X. FOR SALE Old, solid cherry, hand carved library table and old hand, earved, solid oak dlnlr.f room set. SIS So. Oakdale. FOR SALE Electrle water heater. 30-gal. storage. A-l condition. Pe troleum Heat and Burner Co. 419 E. Main. Phone 1184. SPECIAL for one week only. l Reading for 50c by Madame Prancles, Palmist. 1748 N. River side. FOR SALE 9-year-old Guernsey bull. M. P. Barlow, Wagner Creek Road. NURSE GIRL WANTED. Oo home nights. Phone 1107. LOOK! Two Montag wood burning, warm air furnaces and pipes. Good con dition. A real bargain. Petroleum Heat and Burner Co. 413 K. Main. Phone 1184. WANTED Young woman for general nouseworx. oood wages. Pnone 1107. FURNISHED APARTMENT, 198 H. Holly. Phone 746-U. FURNITURE for 8-room house. In cluding davenport and chair, a bedroom aeta, wood range, heater, dining set, 8 rugs. 3 linoleum ruga, Maytag washer, etc. Bargains. 6tt 8. Riverside. DESIRABLB ROOM, gentleman. SSI west ntn. LOOK) i Norge porcelain oil circulating heater. bio. petroleum Heat ana Burner Co. 413 B. Main. Phone 1184. DRESSER 14, breakfast set 98.60, occasional chair 42.75. 09-oou spring 84, old-fashioned cupboard 3.50. card tables 60c, Ironing boards 60c, electrle vacuum aweeper 83.50, end tablea 81, steel filing cabinet 93.60, aanltary cot and pad 94.60, clothes hampers 76o. battery radio as, Aladdin lamp M, large magaaine rack 91.50, wood range with colls 910, heating stove t 60, single cot and pad 92.60, grain drill 925. 300 feet poultry wire 96.80, good 4 and full aire mattreeeea. ALS TRADING POST Jacksonville Highway WILL SACRIFICE for cash Man 'a diamond ring. One large and two email stones. Box 378, oo Tribune. CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 1040 model American and Sparks oil beaters. Priced from 93530. Pe troleum Heat and Burner Co. 41S B. Main. Phone 1184. XMAS TREES Beautiful Silver FW Xmai trees retailing at wholesale prices. 634 B. Sth St. Select your CHRISTMAS PIANO NOW I A small deposit will hold any planes new or used, for Ohrtatmae ' de livery. Payments start In January. BALDWIN PIANO SHOPPI Medford'a Up-To-Date Piano Store QUALITY Dry Pine Slabs. 98.00 per load, In two-load lota, Medford Fuel Co. Tel. 831. RAW FUWS WANTED I Eastern Cash Prlcea paid for your furs, at home. Also hides, pelta and wool. MEDFORD BARGAIN HOUSI 97 N, Grace St. Medford, Ore. FOR BALE Newt owna. Nice quality, good aleea. By the lug or truck load. Bring containers. Myron Root Co., Inc. Warehouse 47 South Fir St. WANTED Scrap lion, to supply In creasing demand. Spot oaeh paid at latest market price. MEDFORD BARGAIN HOUSI 37 North Grape St. Phone 108. Matn-ftfe Btp-40o EI4dlM-lM rl d kKH
