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.
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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.
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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.
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"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!
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FLY ' I southern song, and la.se. that Also Stand, for "Master Detective"! V
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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
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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.
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