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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. ItfEDFORD. OREGON'. WEDNESDAY. JULY 24. 1940. PAGE THREE Society nd Clubs Reported by Nancy Heath Mrs. David Irving Honored Tuesday At Shower Party Entertaining Tuesday evening with a miscellaneous shower (or Mrs. David Irving, the former Miss Everetta Gillespie, were Mesdames Bill Knips. Jack Boyle, Bernie Hughes and Oliver Hughes. Mrs. Irving's gifts were pre sented to her in a clever treasure hunt. Bridge was played through out the evening with the prizes being won by Mrs. Irving. Patricia Thompson, and Jerry Wilkinson. Guests for the evening in cluded Mesdames Wayne Harris, George Harrington, Jack Walk er, John Wilkinson, Murray Gar diner, Everett Gillespie, Lester Knips of Oakland, Cal., the Misses Carlin Piatt, Jerry Wil kinson, Patricia Thompson, Ger trude Haskins. Opal Harvey Margo Boyle. Jeanette McKee, Mildred Drury, the honoree, Mrs Irving, and the hostesses. Cochrans Guests at J. W. Shirley Home Mr. and Mrs. Read C. Coch ran and two sons, Vernon and Edward of Modesto, Cal., spent Tuesday visiting with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shirley. The Coch rans were enroute to Roseburg where they gave a musical con cert Tuesday evening and from k there they plan to continue on to Corvallis for another concert Sunday evening. Mr. Cochran is an old friend and was a pupil of Mr. Shirley's in his grammar school days. The Cochrans also gave a sacred concert at the Newman Metho dist church at Grants Pass last Sunday evening. INDIGESTION mj afeci tb Heart Ou trapped to Uw uooKb or nllM U telr-trticv on U hwn. At U firvt -lam of dutnM fntw met) and women daventt oo BsU-u TblU tt mt iu trm. No l&tlT but nidi at ttw Oil rUm smiIKIbm known far arid Inditwt'. If Uw rrftrET D06E doctn't prf BwU-aiu btll. TUir htk Ud wmMwm DOUBLE UwJ Badk, 2M. Yi- scenes - around '' ' cost round rjj and 6:6 5. W. fcAS ADA WELCOMES EXCITING NEWS MANN'S BEAUTY SALON Announces the Installation of THERA FORM A Marvelous New EFFORTLESS REDUCING Here's a wonderful, lasy. way to Ttducal Just drift off to sleep while this wonderful device exercises your muscles. Relax and reduce . .. it's the modern way that will take inches off all over or in one par ticular area. Perfect body lines can be yours while you rest in utmost comfort and lose unwanted spots of fat. INTRODUCTORY OFFER FOR A LIMITED TIME A REGULAR $2. SO 60 MINUTE TREATMENT FOR ONLY $1.00 MISS SHELTON Reducing Expert, recently of Lipman Wolfs slender ising salon, in charge of our new department. AIR CONDITIONED Bride-Elect Feted at Linen Shower Monday Miss Patricia Thompson and j Miss Catherine Ford were joint! hostesses at the Thompson home 1 near Phoenix Monday evening I at a linen shower honoring Miss Margo Boyle, popular bride-elect of Cornelius Collins. Bridge was enjoyed during the evening with prizes going to Miss Margaret Mann and Mrs. David Irving. Color scheme was pink and white and was carried out in the gladioli of those colors. Guests at the charming affair included Mesdames Robert Sher wood. Franklin Van Pelt. David Irving, C. B. Collins. John C. Boyle, Mrs. W. A. Thompson, and the Misses Margaret ana Janet Mann, Betty Vilm, Virginia Lindley, Patricia Young, Patricia Hayes, Helene Salade, Isabell? Miller, Gertrude Armstrong, the honoree, Miss Boyle, and the hostesses the Misses Thompson and Ford. Regular Meeting At Redman Hall The rezular business session of the Pocahontas lod?e was held Friday evening at the Red man hall on Apple street. Because of bad weather, the outdoor party was held Indoors. Prizes at bridge and pinochle were won by Esther Dooms, Leah Ivie, Bud Wicker and Vir ginia Grimes. Refreshments were served by Sarah Lolle and lone Dooms. In charge of cards were Helen Keesee, Gladys Laurentz and Bud Laurentz. Woodcraft Picnic in Grants Pass Sunday The Neighbors of Woodcraft will hold their annual joint picnic next Sunday in the Grants Pass park, with the members In Ashland, Phoenix, I Medford and Grants Pass par ! ticipating. All members are invited to attend and asked to bring weli : filled baskets. , A complete circle lour.-.trom vour home-town snd beck I Through Canada's Evergrem Plavenmnd . . crossing five great mountain rances.Jtop-over ai oaw, fW liwiu nr where vou wish. New and travel thrills daily completed the circle. ..with the advantage 01 low- trip summer excursion (area. SALTWATER CRUISE i SCENIC RAIL TRIP Sailaboarda Princess Travel by air-con-steamship from Lenora I dilioned" train from Street Terminal in I Vancouver, .open ob Seattle, through shelter-1 servation car through ed waters to Victoria and f 600 miles of mountaia Vancouver ' scenery to Calgary VACATION SPORTS iMnvhtn vnu o vou will eniov summer vecstioa activities at their best . . . foil, swimming. 6hmg, ridint.hikini. mountain clim,uii4..averitbk wonder hod lor lb. camera enthusiast Complete detsilf. lite rsture. inn rsrles and reservations from ytnr sgeot or reservations trom yotjgeat. or Broadway. Porllind. BR. 0637 V U.S. CITIZENS ... NO PASSPORTS I Device for IV. M. Bingmans Have Big Reunion Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Bingman of 803 McAndrewi road, parents . of 11 children, 48 grandchildren1 and 45 great grandchildren, all ; of them living, held a family re union recently for the first time ' in 23 years. Nine of the chil-j dren were present, the other two being absent because of illness. ! A number of the grandchildren and great grandchildren were, also present. ! Attending the reunion werej the nine children, Charles J.; Bingman of Medford, Lily M.j Dods of Visalia, Calif., Anna E.I Rose of Boise, laaho, Hattiel Haynes of Battle Ground, Wash., Susie Heffner of Eagle. Idaho, Katie Matthews, Medford, Edith Hart. Longview, Wash., Evert I and Erwin Bingman of Klamath' Falls. The Bingmans. who celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary' last October 5, observed the; fourth in Ashland's Lithia Park with all their family present. I MUi Audrar Davis Returns From North Miss Audrey Davis of Mann's Department store, returned re cently from a vacation in the north. In Portland she spent several days visiting her sister, Mrs. E. F. Logan. In Salem she visited with her father, Charles Davis. En route home by way of the coast. Miss Davis stopped at De poe Bay, where she enjoyed some deep sea iisning. Houia Guests at Herring Home House guests at the home ox Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Herring on King street are Mrs. Fedman Barber and her small son Wayne. Mrs. Barber is a sis ter of Mr. Herring and she makes her home in Short Hills. New Jersey. They plan to stay about a week. VancouTar Visitors At Frank Rush Horn Vistlne for several days at the. home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rush on Riverside avenue arc Mrs. Leona Daly and her daugh ter Patricia, and Clifford' Poe, all of Vancouver, Wash. Eagles Auxiliary Initiation Thursday The Eagles Auxiliary will hold its regular initiation meet ing Thursday evening, July 23, at 8 o'clock. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Each lady Eagle attending is asked to bring sandwiches. Degree of Honor -Has Sunday Picnle The members of the Degree of Honor lodge from Medford and Klamath Falls spent Sun day at Helman's Baths where they met for a picnic. About 70 members attended the affair. Baseball, swimming and vari ous other games were enjoyed during the afternoon. C.H.S. Club To Meet Tonight The CH S. club will meet tonight at the home of Miss Marjorie Reich on Stewart ave nue at 8 o'clock. Navy Mothers Meet In Grants Pass Park The Navy Mothers' club met last Friday in the Grants Pass park with 34 members present. Navy Mothers present were from Grants Pass, Williams Creek, m jCjTVi &z&s3& VvVsvy ' s j i A.mw Rogue River, Gold Hill, Tolo,1 Central Point and Medford. During the afternoon the Grants Pass Courier took pic tures of the group in the park. Refreshments were served by the Grants Pass members. Mtdford Residents To San Francisco Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Konkel. Mrs. Ralph Bowen and daugh ter, Jean, left recently for a week's vacation in San Fran cisco and the Bay region. While in the Bay City they plan to attend the San Francisco Golden Gate Exposition. During their stay they plan to visit with Mr. Konkel's sister. McCuistons Have San Jos Guests Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McCuis- ton of 923 West Main have as their guests Mr. and Mrs. C. W Meyers and Miss Jeanette Wood of San Jose. Cal. Francis Mey ers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Meyers has been visiting the McCuistons for several weeks. The Meyers plan to remain about a week Mrs. Meyers is Mrs. McCuiston s sister. Seattle Guaits at Currant Horn Mrs. D. M. Lovegren and i daughter, Janet, returned to their home in Seattle, Wash., Sunday evening, after spending the past three weeks as house i guests of Mr. ana Airs. t. r. Currans at their home on Ash land avenue. Mrs. Lovegren is a sister of Mrs. Currans. Mrs. Lovegren also spent sev eral days here before returning to Seattle. Mrs. Weilands Cousin Visits A guest at the home of Major and Mrs. Paul H. Weiland on Corning Court is Miss Edna Olsen of Indianapolis. Ind. Miss Olsen. who is, a cousin of Mrs. Weiland. plans to visit at their home for a week. Miss Olsen traveled by plane from Indianapolis to Los Ange les, and visited the fair in San Francisco. En route home by plane she will stop off in Seattle and Chicago. RETURN FROM CAMPING Jacksonville. July 24. (Spl.) Troop 35 of Jacksonville, Boy Scouts, returned home Sunday after spending their camping season at the Lake O' the Woods scout camp. Among those returning were Charles Hofer, leader; Lawrence Fick, cook; Jack Hamilton, wa terman, and 12 members. While at the camp, the boys enjoyed a climb of Mt. Pitt. MISSIONARY TO KOREA WILL SPEAK THURSDAY An interesting meeting is planned for Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Central Avenue Church of Christ when J. T. Chase, mis sionary, of Seoul, Korea, will be speaker. Mr. Chase will tell of the work of the Korean Christian Mission and will show moving pictures of work of the Mission and Korean people in general. There will be no admission charge and everyone is cordially invited. SUES TO COLLECT UFEJNSURANCE $10,000 Sought Under Dou ble Indemnity Clause in, Crash Death of Husband Elizabteh A. Irwin filed suit today agiinst the New York Life Insurance company for col lection of $10,000, under the double indemnity clause of a policy issued to her husband, Lester Irwin, killed April 30 last, when the auto he was driving overturned and crash ed off the Pacific highway near Gold Hill. His body was found several days after the accident. The complaint sets forth that on January 3 last, Irwin ap plied for sjid paid for a life insurance policy for $3,000. with a double indemnity clause, in case of accidental or violent death. In which the plaintiff was named as the beneficiary. Demands for payment have been denied, the complaint states. Attorneys Georce M. Roberts and William M. McAllister ap pear as cqunsel for Mrs. Irwin Irwin, a well-known resident of this city, operated a feed store, and his disappearance caused considerable local con cern. Search was Instituted, and his movements traced to Rogue River, where he ate a meal, attended to business mat ters, and started to this city. A week or so later, the car was found in the brush, where it had crashed into a tree after leaving the Pacific highway. F1AYJVENING (Contributed.) The public is reminded that Robert C. Townsend, secretary- treasurer of the Townsend Na tional Recovery Plan and one of the ablest speakers on the American platform, will lecture at the Medford high school auditorium, South Oakdale ave- nuue and Dakota street, at 8 p. m. Friday. This should be very Interest ing, as Mr. Townsend is in close touch with national af fairs and will have a good mes sage. Doors will open at 7 o'clock and everyone is urged to get there early. A program of mu sic, etc., will start about 7:15 in order to entertain until Mr. Townsend s arrival. This meeting is for the gen eral public as well as Town sendites and there will be no admission charge. AMY A. WARNER TAKEN BY DEATH Amy A. Warner, 48. wife of Alva Warner of south Pacific highway near Medford, passed away at 7:40 p.m. Tuesday fol lowing a lingering illness. Mrs. Warner was born at Mid vale, Idaho and came to south ern Oregon 13 years ago. The family resided in the Williams creek district before moving to Medford eight years ago. Besides her husband, she leaves two children, Francis and Elton Warner both at home. Also three brothers, Gilbert and Donald Reavis of Portland and Joseph of Payette. Idaho. Funeral services will be held at the Conger chapel at 1:30 Friday with Rev. Leonard We ton officiating. Mrs. Warner was a member of the Full Gospel church. Interment will be In the Sparlln cemetery at Williams. LIFTED BY FORESTERS It was expected that Ralph Graham of Ashland, operator of the old Dow sawmill near Pros pect, would resume opeiations today after complying with the Oregon law requiring the pos session of certain specified fire- fighting tools on logging and mill premises. Graham's logging and mill op erstions were closed late yester day by the state forest depart ment on the ground that he did not possess tht required fire- flghting tools. rllervous Restlessi fl.-aL I Beatlesst la I Ml? I cn't sleep? Tlra till lal . waallyf Annoyed by female functional "disorders' and monthly distress? Tben try Lit) la C Mo sham's Vege table Compound. Piakbam s Com pound la famoija for helping aueb rundown, nerrous eondluons. Wade -reieiHf lot sroman, WORTH TUTTNOI WILLIAMS CREEK CCC'20-30 'AMBASSADOR' Tl DRAWS FEDERAL AIDES Henry Praegcr, representing the U. S. grazing service, Wash-j ington, D. C. is conducting a; three-day training conference at the Williams Creek CCC camp: as a special assignment of the department of the interior. Attending the conference are representatives of the bureau of reclamation, biological survey. national park service, grazing service. Indian service and gen- eral land office from CCC camps in southern Oregon and north ern California. The conference will be concluded tomorrow. Purpose 6f the conference Is to provide instruction in Job training for the CCC enrollees through the technical agencies. About 25 of the CCC technical service administrative personnel are attending the conference. Medford CCC district head quarters are being represented by George H. Fields, district edu cational adviser, and Joseph W. Scobey, district publicity officer. L The justice court case of Her bert Merle Brainerd of Butte Falls, charged with reckless driving, was underway today be fore a jury. The trial, trans ferred to the circuit court room, is expected to take most of the day. The jury is composed of Fred Fry. Charles Bateman, John Moffatt. Lester C. Taylor. G. W. Kellington, and James C. ! Collins. ! Brainerd, a logging camp j is ancgea to nave reck lessly driven a truck on the Butte Falls-Fish Lake road, striking an auto driven by Ray Shepard, causing It to overturn, and strike a log. Shepard was rendered unconscious in the ac cident, late in the afternoon of July 10, last. Fourteen witnesses ara sched uled to be called. The Jury was drawn and taken to tha scene of the accident yesterday. The defendant la rrnreunM by Attorney Otto Frohnmayer, and the state by District Attor ney F. J. Newman. Washington, July 24. (P) Brigadier-General Frederic May Wise, retired marine corps of ficer and widely known author, died today after an extended, illness. ' PAUSE T BOTTLED WOOL AUTHORITY Of THI COCAXOU CO. BY COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., of Medford, 601 No. Crape St Photw 778 PRINCIPAL SPEAKER AI "Dad" Shimmin of Urbana. 111., national good-will ambas sador of 20 30 clubs, was prin cipal speaker at last night's regu lar weekly dinner-meeting of the Medford chapter in Hotel Jack son. Mr. Shimmin, who expects to visit 97 of the nation's 182 clubs before the national convention at San Diego. Cal., August 20 to 24, told local members of his various experiences in his eight years of getting acquainted with the country's clubs. Another speaker was Harlan Wiley, Medford midget auto race driver, who described the art of herding a "doodle bug" and ex plained the mechanical techni calities of the tiny machines. Other guests of the club were Ed Keogh and Shelby Tuttle of Medford; Joe Friend of Port land, and visiting 20-30ians George Warren of Crescent City. Cal., and Sterling Simon of San r rancisco. Shark-Shooters. Port Isabel, Tex. fp A 550 pound shark was caught in a coiton patch near here. 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