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PAGE SEVEN Singing Stars Coming Sunday "Hill Billy" Why Not Name Her Theodora? In Roxy Role LOCAL and PERSONAL MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JULY 81. 1940. In Hospital Mrs. Leora Smith i In Hospital Donald Horner. of Cold Hill was admitted to 1 ton of Mr. and Mr. O. O. Hor- Community hospital yesterday for an operation. Returns Horn Mri. B. It Elliott returned home yester day after spending a week with her mother at San Jose, Cal. Visiting Son Mri. L. K. I Dotai-.nn st T m insal hat Oa Vaeatlon-Misa Loia I. w ,. .ith t,,. Eu. Snyder of 728 Summit avenue for the rt wveral dsy, is spending a two weeks vaca- L, hi. hm. Pim rfreet tion In San Francisco. She isjMr peterson Is associated with employed at Wool worths. the Q and c administration lo fieroox nniwni oaies ui ner. underwent an emergency I operation for appendicitis at the j Sacred Heart hospital Monday. His condition today was report ed satisfactory. 32 Geneva street applied at the city building Inspector's office yesterday for a permit to re roof his residence at a stated cost of $173. Picnic Members of the Phoenix Grange will hold a covered-dish picnic at the A. Z. Stevens home Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock. All members and thair families are invited to be there. Police Meeting Law enforce ment officers of the county were slated to attend a stricly private meeting in the courthouse audi torium this afternoon. J. W. Swenson, head of the F.B.I, in Portland, was to discuss mat ters of importance with the officers. Driver Tests Examinations will be held here as usual Sat urday for persons seeking !! censes or permits to operate motor vehicles. A state exam iner will be In, council cham bers on the top floor of city hall from 9 a. m. to S p. m. and applicants are asked to re port to him. Called to Duly Merrill A. Pimentel, construction officer of the Medford CCC district, has been ordered to 14 days of ac tive duty with the army and will leave on August for Fort Lewis, Wash., where he will take part in extensive maneu vers. Mr. Pimentel Is a cap tain in the army engineers re serve corps. Fran Here William C. Ryan of Berkeley, Cal., former execu tive officer of Medford district CCC headquarters here, stopped briefly in Medford yesterday to greet friends. He was en route by motor to Tort Lewis, Wash., where he has been as signed for 28 days of active duty with the army as a major In the field artillery. Novel Display A distinctive arrangement of inlaid linoleum may now be seen at the Lind Brothers shop at 409 East Main street. The showroom has been completely remodeled. The cen ter of a covering of inlaid lin oleum is a map of Oregon and pear emblems tell graphically about the pear industry here. The public is Invited to stop in and see the novel arrangement. Transferred Company Com mander Ambelton Ahrens, for merly of Camp Harrison Gulch, Cal., transacted official business today at Medford CCC district headquarters. Mr. Ahrens has been transferred to the Fort George Wright CCC district and will be employed at the Camp Red River, Grangeville, Idaho. He was to leave today for his new station. Plana Passengers W. H. Gas cogne arrived by United Main- . liner this forenoon from Port land. Leaving on the same plane were Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Waggener. to Los Angeles, and A. Binder, to San Diego, Cal. E. M. Conser arrived from Se attle on the midnight Main- liner and Mrs. W. Hanson de parted on the same plane for San Diego. Vic Vittel, United radio maintenance man, arrived from Portland last evening and E. J. Clements left on the same plane for San Francisco. Ai Exposition The following Jackson county residents regis tered recently at the Shasta Cascade juilding at the Golden Gate International exposition at San Francisco: Ben Garrett. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Smith, Bill Smith. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kon kel, Jean Bowen, Mrs. Ralph Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Jones, Marjorie Kelly. Claire Hanley, Earl Wheelock. Olaf Severson, Mrs. L. M. Hamilton and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hobbs. all of Medford: Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Crow and Emily Stannard. Ashland; Winifred Cantrell. Dr. S. C. Peters. Fay M. Peters and S. G. Hartbaum, Jacksonville: and S. A. Dusen berry and Arthur Dusenberry, Gold Hill. Called East Mrs. George Saltz left by train last night for Pocahontas, Iowa, where she will be with her tister, Mrs. Riley Winegarden. who is seri ously ill. Mrs. Winegarden will be remembered here e the for mer Bertha Bowers. On Coast Trip Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bowdish of 1260 Sunset avenue left by motorcar yes terday for Crescent City, Cal., where they planned to sojourn for the remainder of the week They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Julius A. Nelsen of Spring street. At Caves Among visitors Sunday at the Oregon Caves national monument were the following Medford residents: Etna and Ben Dierke. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Barrett, Esther James. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Winkle, Elaine Winkle, C. W. Winkle, Jr., Harry Skyrman, Elizabeth Skyrman, Margaret Bottom, Harvey Dutton and John Wor-tem. i l i I . . . ..- I l : ... '.-ST a-.--..- v J - . . w V - - V.', J-" 1 I Wfc-:. -"s- 1 , . "T'. H- - 1 L f. 1 5 m Judy Canova, the screen's Number One hillbilly song bird, comes to the Rialto theatre to morrow for a three-day run in her newest extravaganza of hill billy songs and cuttips, "Scatter brain." With the famous screen and radio star are such out standing funmakers as Alan Mowbray, Ruth Donnelly, Eddie Joy, Jr., Luis Alberni and Billy Gilbert. Others include Wallace Ford and Isabel Jewell. In the film the "Jenny Lind of the Ozarks" sings the popular song h 1 1 "Scatter Brain," around which the story' is laid. Miss Canova, by mistake, invades Hollywood as a contest winner and becomes an overnight sen sation singing her mountain lyrics. "Pioneers of the West," fea turing the Three Mcsquiteers, will play as the companion feature with "Scatterbrain. .v;i f ' ' '. A:-..- v. At Airport Late U. S. army arrivals at Medford municipal airport yesterday were Lieut. I. A. Rendle, Hamilton field. San Rafael, Cal.. to McChord field, Tacoma, Wash., in a Doug las bomber; and Capt. P. K. Morrill and Lieuts. T. W. Jack son, W. Lane, Jr., E. W. Stewart and L. F. Stetson, each piloting a Curtiss pursuit plane, Moffett field, Sunnyvale, Cal., to Med ford and return. On Vacation Kenneth An thony, owner of a barber ship on West Sixth street, and Mrs. Anthony are on a two-weeks' vacation trip to Kansas. They planned to visit relatives in a number of Kansas cities. On their way home by the north ern route they will visit rela tives in Washington. They are making the trip by car. The barber shop business is being carried on as usual. Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald, America's "sweet hearts of song," are starred in "New Moon, coming to the Craterian theatre Sunday. Set against the romantic back ground of old New Orleans, the filmusical boasts 10 song numbers. Featured in the supporting cast are H. B. Warner, Mary Boland, George Zucco and Grant Mitchell among oth ers. W. Coleman, Alexander M. Cul- bertson. Marvin C. Flitcroft, Herbert R. Fitzgerald, Earl M. Harrison. Paul B. Lowery, Hi ram V. Martin, John R. Russell, Jr., and LeRoy D. Williams. Take Examinations Ten men yesterday completed two days of examinations for city fire man. The merit rating exam inations were given by the Med ford civil service commission to make up an eligible list for the fire department. The re quired athletic examination was taken Monday, the written ex amination yesterday. The men Dancing Season at Oriental Gardens To Open Saturday Of special interest to the dancing public is the reopening of Oriental Gardens, Saturday, August 3. The large hall will feature modern music by the popular Steve Whipple s dance band, with different vocalists, a girls' trio and specialty nun bers from time to time. For the opening, Phyllis Mil ler will be the featured vocal ist. Ray Cook and his boys will furnish good music for the old-time hall. A large crowd is expected for the opening night as a "send-off" of the new dancing season. F taaarilsa Hirai'i'm Y mTMi .', ii'i '.n. . Yr .in,; Jane Wyman has on of the starring roles opposite Wayne Mnrris in "Brother Rat and the Baby," which heads the double bill playing today and tomor row only at the Roxy theatre. Priscilla Lane, Jane Bryan. Eddie Albert (the father Rat) and Ronald Reagan also hava roles. Miss Wyman plays the mother in the laugh provoking marital comedy. "Ex-Champ," featuring Victo McLaglen and Tom Brown, plays as the added feature with the successor to "Brother Bat. AT ROTARY MEET The success of the country's defense program depends upon the complete support and coop eration of a united citizenry, Capt. Joseph W. Scobey, a re serve officer and publicity offi cer of the Medford CCC district, told the Rotary club at its week ly luncheon-meeting yesterday in the Hotel Medford. Capt. Scobey gave a comprehensive picture of the national defense program. In the absence of Ward Ham mond, president, John Day, vice president, was chairman. Don Baglcy was program chairman and introduced the speaker. FACULTY ELECTED Phoenix. July 31. (Spl.) The school board of district four elected Floyd V. Barrett as suc cessor to Rolla A. Reedy, school superintendent here for the past four years, at a meeting last night. Mr. Reedy had resigned to become superintendent of Canby Union high school. Mr. Barrett has been superintendent of Halsey school. Other teachers elected includ ed: First grade, Mona Ferns; sec ond, Marie Prescott; third, Edith Thompson; fourth, Laverne Rob erson; fifth. Eunice Colver; sixth Gladys Sloan; seventh, Alta Norcross; eighth, Eldred Colver. High school, social science and history, Mr. Barrett; English and domestic science, Isabel Miller; physical education and commercial, Mildred Gillmouthe and coach, Dwight Catherwood, Willamette university graduate. Courier Photo and Engraving One of the Rialto theatre's many patrons to see the little black bear cub in the lobby who goes temporarily under the name of "Sandy" is seen here admiring the little lady while she has a light lunch. The Rialto is looking for a name for the cub and wants all the little boys and girls to mail in their suggestion for a name. The name of the winner and the name they enter will be posted on the cage in the lobby for everyone to see. Cm Mall Tr.bUD wunt ad. Rodeo Date Set Heppner, Ore., July 31 (&) President Henry Aiken of the Heppner Rodeo association an nounced todnv this vear's show were Gordon R. Barker, Wesley would be held August 18. 17 and 18. CLARE IS ELECTED ACTIVE PRESIDENT At a special election during the regular weekly dinner-meet ing of the Active club in Hotel Holland last night, Royal Clare was named president of the chapter to succeed Bill Miller, who resigned recently because of a contemplated change of residence. Woody Morse was elected to the board of directors for a six- TROOP TRAINS TO KEEP COAST RAILROADS BUSY Portland, July 31 W The three weeks from August 4 to August 28 may resemble the busy days of 1917-18 on north west railroads. Union and South ern Pacific offices Indicated to day. Additional trainmen and oth er employes, numbering about 400, have been or soon will be put to work to move the 39,000 to 30,000 regular army and na tional guard troops during the Chehalia-Fort Lewi area maneuvers. Closing Sua tor Toe Late to Olas- tirr Ada u iao p a. Dwight L. Houghton was dele gated to make arrangementa for a joint meeting with the 20-30 club at Hotel Medford next Tuesday evening. wbT stand ovr a hot cook stove when jou can buy a recondlUoned lactric ranita tor as little u twenty dollars at Copco. Men, Women Over 40 Don't Be Weak, Old Feal Pappy, Now, Ysars Younger t own, rontAlna itnsftfu ton), tUmutinta i-m. element oneo bcmim Oli:aO&ml from ra ft'trr 40 hr (MVllM lCllnT Iron -lum nlina. partial, lodlnsj. ttJmn B,. A 7S-rr-oW dortnr Wr1taV "It (1.(1 an nun h for uiiama 1 ikii months term, taking the place of fiUKS. toiwS.'i.STSSillSffi! Mr. Clare when the latter was elevated to the presidency. 1 r For sal at Chas. Btrang Drug U. and all otner good drug stores. Newest Atsortment of Inlaid Linoleum Patterns Installed by experUaeaA mechanics at prices to please you. Quality Wiadow made to otdet in our swi shop. UI1D BROS. Complete Floor and Win dow Decorating. 40S E. Main. 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