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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MED FORD. OREGON'. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 26. 1940. PAGE THREE Calendar Wednesday 7:30 p. m Job i Daughters, Masonic Temple. Thursday. 1:00 p. m. Sojourners club, Hotel Medford. 2:00 p. m. Golden Link, home Mrs. Mary Moore, 708 West Second street. 8:00 p. m. Reames chapter, O.E.S., Masonic Temple. 8:00 p. m Degree of Honor. K. P. hill. 8:00 p. m. Chrysanthemum Thimble, home Mrs. J. F. Gill, 122 Cottage street. Roe Family Enjoys Fair Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roe and family returned recently from a week's vacation spent in San Francisco, Cal., where they at tended the Golden Gate Interna tional Exposition on Treasure Island and other places of inter est. They drove to the city via the Redwood highway and returned home the inland route, Says science t(up and at 'em, atoni" NEXT DOOR TO OUR Richmond Refinery if the University of California won't mind our locating thus Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence, the Nobet prize-winner, is to get a -new and gigantic atom-smasher. This is big scientific news, be causeby taking apart its small est constituent Dr. Lawrence might remake the world. - Since you've doubtless read about this, we thought you might be interested to know that Standard daily takes apart molecules which are just a step away from atoms. In our three refineries we crack them to bits and put them together again in a fashion fit to amaze Humpty Dumpty. Petroleum molecules, or atom dusters, and the crudes they form differ like brunettes, bar tenders, and pocketbooks. Some are fat, others lean. Such a va riety in gasoline would drive motorists carburetor-crazy as they constantly tried to find the right mixture. Obviously, we can have none of that. Hence we remodel certain stocks right down to their molecules. Today it seems unlikely that we'll ever smash atoms to pro vide better, smoother power for your car. But we do know that in adopting every scientific dis covery which can be applied commercially to the improve ment of motor-fuel, this Com pany has never lagged. Standard Oil Company of California What's your "smileage" per trip? Look at the hesminf facet of passengers on the famous Empire Builder and you'll read the signs plain at day. Miles of tmilet tell you ot real contentment with the imooth-at-cttin riding, modem travel featuret. friendly tervice ... the delicious dining car meait for at little at 50c The Emnire Builder offeri low-fsre Luxury 55 Society Clara Mary Davis Miss Gillespie's Betrothal Told At Bridge Party Joining the bevy of Medford I bride-elects is Miss tveretta Gil lespie, whose betrothal to David M. Irving was announced last evening at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Gil lespie on South Holly street, when Mrs. Gillespie was hostess for a party. Guests bidden to the affair were the Misses Gertrude Has kins. Opal Harvey, Jcannette McKee, Jeanne Hamilton, Eve lyn Leonard and Margarite Boyle. Mesdames William Knips, Oliver Hughes, Robert Sher wood, Bernie Hughes, Jack Boyl, and Murray Gardiner. Bridge was played throughout the eve ning with prizes being won by Miss Boyle and Miss Harvey. A poster sign Inscribed with the engagement news formed a clever centerpiece. The sign was surrounded by flowers. The popular Miss Gillespie is a graduate of the Medford high school and attended the South ern Oregon College of Educa tion. Her fiance came to Med ford from San Francisco, Cal., where his mother resides. He is associated nere wn rosier ".stin50n of Chicago No definite date for the wed ding has been made. Rev. Roberts And Family To Make Home in Medford Rev. and Mrs. Harold M. Rob erts with their son, Herbert, and daughter, Margaret, arrived re cently from Missoula. Mont., where the Rev. Mr. Roberts has been stationed for almost 13 years as Sunday school mission ary for the Presbyterian church. travelling an extensive part of western Montana. They have located in Medford at 735 Palm street. Mr. Roberts becomes official representative of the board of national missions in the Presbytery of southwest Oregon. He will travel a region from Lake county to the coast, comprising seven counties, and as far north as Drain. He is field representative of the board and will now do the work formerly done by Rev. Engvald Iverson, who has retired after 41 years of missionary work. Mr. Roberts was pastor at Scotia, Calif., before going to Montana. He has been enter tained, while locating, by Mr. and Mrs. John Nansen who are friends from his former parish. He specializes especially in Vaca tion Bible schools and has had much experience in that line. Myers Return From Vacation Mrs. Edna Myers and daugh ters, Betty and Maxine, recently returned to their home here from Portland where they spent i two weeks visiting with Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Richardson and daughter, Catherine. They en Joyed the Rose festival during their stay. The group also visited in Junction City at the home of Mrs. Myers cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Van Brocklin and in Salem where they were the 8ucsU ,of - E- Hazelood' M,r' Mvers' uncle. The Myers also spent some time with Mr. and IMrs. Grant Farris, former Med ford residents. Coach, Standard Pullman and Modern Touritt ac commodation! daily to Chicago and East. Don't mitt the New York World't Fair, May 11-OcL 27. Better than 1939. Pricct reduced I r I oral rnt er Write O. t. Illarholf. T P A. ."..Ill AmrrK-aii Bank Bide, Portland, Urr. iTTTTTs rnnri 1 1 a : i rut s - fi-'M a in d Clubs Ohioana Motor West to Visit Relatives Here The Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Klinksick arrived in Medford last evening by motorcar from, their home in Toledo, Ohio, to spend three or four weeks visit ing at the attractive Eastwood drive home of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Steward. The Rev. Mr. Klink sick is Mrs. Steward's cousin. This marks the couple's first trip west and their first sojourn in southern Oregon. During their stay, the Stewards will take them to Crater Lake national park. Diamond lake. Oregon" Caves national monument and other scenic attractions in these parts. Later the group plans to travel to San Francisco to at tend the Golden Gate Interna tional Exposition on Treasure Island. From' there they expect to visit in Los Angeles. The easterners traveled to; Medford via Yellowstone tional park and the coast. Stinson Home Scene of Party For Visitors Na- To greet Mr. and Mrs. Ben 111., a num ber of friends of the couple called Monday evening at the home of Mr. Stinson's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Frank O. Stinson on Park avenue. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ed Newman, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Medley and daughter, Betty, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Putman, Mr. and Mrs. William Strode, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Culy and daughter, Margaret, Mrs. Zippy Zimmer man, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Fred erick and four children of Pros pect. Refreshments . and visiting were enjoyed throughout the evening. The Stinsons left yes terday for their home. Ben Stin son is well known here, having graduated from Medford high school. He is an employe of Uni ted Air lines. The visitors planned to stop In Seattle and in Portland before flying back to Chicago. Bride-Elect is Feted at Shower Party Affair Miss Maxine Brown was hon ored at a delightful bridal shower Monday afternoon at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mrs. Martin Ha Iverson near Central Point. Twenty-one guests were bidden to the affair and the honoree was presented with many gifts. Those present were Mrs. S. A. Stone and small son, Robert Lee, Mrs. Floyd Parks, Mrs. Ray Hendricks, Mrs. Dynge, Mrs. W. Marg, Mrs. W. Stanley and small daughter, Deanne, Mrs. Linnie George, Mrs. O. Olson, Mrs. O. Ormond and two small children, Christina and Olaf, Miss Helen Wilson, Mrs. Stanley Stark and small daughter, Lorilee, Mrs. H. Ranstrom, Mrs. Gust Peter son and daughter, Sally. Miss Brown will wed Horace Wilson of Gold Hill Saturday at the home of her aunt. Meekers Return From Vacation Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Meeker and daughter, Eleanor, returned to their home here Monday eve ning from a ten-day trip to the coast and Portland. They crossed the coast high way at Drain, stopping at sev eral different beaches enroute to Astoria. While in Portland the family attended the Oregon annual conference of the Metho dist church, Mr. Meeker being a delegate from the Medford church. They also visited friends in Roseburg and Salem. Mrs. D'Albini To Attend Fair Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini left yes terday for San Francisco, Cal to visit for a fortnight at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Mondot. The MondoU re cently became the parent of a boy. Mr. D'Albini will Join his wife in the bay city, going there later from Klamath Falls. They plan to attend the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island. Mitt Fleiteher Viii!i Seattle Mist Barbara Fleischer daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J Fleischer of Central Point, is enjoying a weeks' vacation in Seattle where she is visiting relatives and friends. She trav eled north by train. A PAINTER OF REPUTATION Daily's Auto Painting IS a,ath nartlett Mrs. Weishaar is Installing Officer Mrs. Winnie Weishaar, state chairman of the southern Ore gon district of the Business and Professional Women's club, in stalled new officers and com mittee chairmen of the Grants Pass club last evening following a pot lurk dinner on the lawn of the P. B. Lowd home in Grants Pass. Other members of the Med ford club attending the instal lation ceromony and dinner jwere Rose Houston. Lunetta Bussey president. Mabel Mack, Jacque Lenox, Nina Moore, Iva McHenry, Evelyn Mathews and Carlyn Hill. Mrs. McVeigh to Visit Nebraska Mrs. Arthur S. McVeigh and two sons, Dick and Ray. left yes terday afternoon for Salem " ,n "r- " Boulier for a motor trip to Ne braska. The group will drive to the middle west where Mrs. Mc Veigh and her children will spend three weeks visiting her mother, Mrs. Minnie Miles and other relatives in Walthill, Neb. Mrs. McVeigh lived in Nebraska before coming to Medford to live and this marks her first trip to her home state in five years. Mrs. Kincaid to Visit Mexico City Mrs. Wilna Kincaid, foreign language teacher in the Medford senior high school, left last eve ning by train for- Guadalajara, Mexico, to join a Spanish club group for six weeks' intensive practice in that language. At the conclusion of the ses sion, Mrs. Kincaid plans to travel to Mexico City for a week of sightseeing. Enroutc home she expects to visit friends in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Cal. Downings Home From Bay City Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Downing of the south Pacific highway re turned recently from San Fran cisco where they attended the Golden Gate International Ex position on Treasure Island and visited their son Bill in the bay city. The couple's son is at Fort Baker where he is a member of the U. S. coast artillery. He is 1ILTS I beet AsaViSJl' ?-TT$Wffl f w ' ' Specially Conducted located In the drafting division, aiding in the checking of all ships that enter and leave the Golden Gate. FOREIGN POLICY DISPUTE DELAYS I (Continued from Par One.) reporters he was not seeking public office. But he said there should be no interference with the selection of a nominee and would not say he would not ac cept the nomination himself If it were offered. Schedule Disrupted The foreign policy dispute in the resolutions committee al ready had thrown the conven tion schedule out of joint. Mem bers of that group argued much of the night over the form their declaration against intervention in foreign wars should take. Delegates already were streaming into the big conven tion hall before the dispute was finally settled. Even then the resolutions committee had to put some hurried final touches upon the platform. Its general tenor was the slogan "preparedness and peace." Chairman Joseph W. Martin called the convention to order at 1:11 p. m. (EST) with many delegate seats still vacant. The session lasted only few minutes and recessed until 3:45 p.m. (EST). Martin announced that "unfortunately the resolu tions committee is not prepared to report at this time and there fore that business must go until later." He also announced that in ac cordance with convention rules, nominating speeches could not be made until after the platform is officially adopted. Statten for Willkle. While Hoover talked to re porters. Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota, the con vention keynoter, told his state delegation that his vote would be cast for Wendell Willkie. The Minnesota" group, which came to Phf.adephia uninstruct ed and has held ni caucus on candidates, has 22 votes. It had been considered friendly to Vandenberg. trmnnrnt tittiii, ,in ; (LDOTJ DEOff flDimS Hoover said that ha wai not seeking public office. But he said also there should be no "interference" with the selec tion of a nominee in a free and open manner. Thus it was indicated that the door was left open for an effort in his behalf without the active seeking of such a move. Asked directly whether he would arrant the nomination. ! Hoover declined to say. But the only living ex-president de clared that he would support the 1940 nominee whoever he might be. Hoover said he had advocated an "open convention because of the seriousness of the times and the shifting problems." And he predicted that the delegates "will come to their own conclusion. Hoover Given Ovation. The delegates were Intent upon Mr. Hoover when he took the platform last night. They shouted, blew whistles and marched up and down the aisles waving banners for eight and a half minutes aftef he had asked the question: "Republicans, are you will ing to go into this fight?" He was referring to a fight to save America from the "sui cide road' down which he said the New Deal was taking the nation the same "suicide road," he declared, that had led to loss of liberty and dis aster in Europe. ' The former president, speak ing more than an hour, analyz ed his view of what was wrong T-trm-TTTTT i Call at Standard true week I Get a lffXCX iW nta. ..,.- beautiful Western Art Print in full l( fj It I ,1 i) 1 rQm MWflM BIT color ready for framing I Offered I I Jf .yj-fvj- ) (Til M A 1) free to make you better acquainted l 7 JUarjlfi1 J 9 I Ll V with Standard. Extra Service. V Wfi'J C.iO.lM.UllMrp.M.Jw STANDAaO OH. COMPAMT OP CALITOaNtA 4r Tow F3!I.TtranU. HAM-to DISTRIBUTED BY SNIDES DAIRY It PRODUCE COMPANY with President Roosevelt's pol- icies. Upon these policies he poured sarcasm and ridicule and such epithets as "stabilizing depres sion," "the flabbiness of the New Deal," and "totalitarian liberals." Demonstration Diet. As he finished, he stood on the platform and waved to the delegates while they cheered. Some of those in the convention hall suggested that the tone of his voice had been that of a man willing to take cn the Democrats next fall. Certainly, plenty uf former Hoover lieutenants were strewn through the audience. More than one of those who hauled state standards out of their floor sockets and went yelling up the aisles dated back to the pre-Roosevelt days in Wash ington. But the demonstration died away. Chairman Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts spank ed it back to order with his gavel. Mr. Hoover looked again at the crowd, waved his hand slowly, and turned away. Get 13 Rett Fort Collins. Colo. MV-How much candy and gum will 132 children consume in a week? At the Harris school the answer Is approximately $3 worth. That much. In pennies, was saved from candy and gum allowances and given to the Red Cross. Hat 100 Years Old Kalispell, Mont. IU.PJ A beav er top hat made more than 100 years ago by his grandfather has n I ii ; I 1 1 ,l been produced by Oliver Vote) for use in a western celebration here. The hat has been handed down from generation to gener ation but still la in a good state of preservation. Vote said hia grandfather trapped the beaver from which the hat was made. Paid The Piper Memphis, Mo. (A1) More than 12,000 rat tailt were turned in to the county agent in a drive to rid Scotland county of rats. The merchants offered a bounty of one cent a tail, estimating that each rodent would do dam age of $1 a year. INDIGESTION but af ad Iba ttaart flu trotad u ta, uMMck m pun aar mi n a aur Inua sa IM tn At tm (1 rf diSLI Ml fai h. laiaUn M Bute W f."rt r "ri m m aaa tM iiililid rr,rTr-1 r,