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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.
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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.
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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.
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months term, taking the place of fiUKS. toiwS.'i.STSSillSffi!
Mr. Clare when the latter was
elevated to the presidency.
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workinK In Medford. phoru C. D.
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