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    MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON'. THURSDAY. AUGUST 9. 1940.
PAGE THREE
Society a"d Clubs
By Clara Mary Davis
ed an opportunity of viewing
many interesting sight! in Chi
cago when she spent a week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Bgrnard
Massoth, her long time friends.
Harold Hunt to
Attend Festival
Opening Friday
When William Shakespeare's
The Merry Wives of Windsor"
opens the sixth annual Shake
spearean Festival in Ashland's
outdoor civic Elizabethan the
atre tomorrow night, one metro
politan paper of Portland will
be personally represented.
Harold Hunt, drama editor on
the Oregon Journal, is sched
uled to arrive here via United
Airlines tomorrow evening for
the premiere showing.
This will mark the third year
that Hunt has attended the fes
tival. Skeptical at the possible
results of amateur and inex
perienced players, old clothes
muslin and dye for costumes,
he has become one of the
staunchest supporters of the fes
tival and his annual trips to
southern Oregon for this event
are now becoming a tradition.
Festival officials will meet
him at the local airport and
convey him to Ashland for the
opening plays.
Theta Rho To
Meet Tonight
Mrs. Helen Keesee will en
tertain Theta Rho Girls at her
home at 28 South Peach street
at 6:00 o'clock this evening.
After dinner members plan to
attend the theater.
Plans will also be formulated
for a picnic to be held at Jack
son Hot Springs in the future.
Lawrences Hosts
To House Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Badgley
of Bellingham. Wash., with
their two daughters, were re
cent guests at the home of their
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs
Fred Lawrence on Euclid ave
nue. The Lawrence's son. Harry,
returned to Bellingham with
the visitors while one of the
Badgley daughters, Rosalyn, re
mained here for a month's visit.
Mrs. Lawrence was a recent
hostess honoring the thirteenth
birthday of Rosalyn. Guests
were Ruth and Andree An
drews, Bobby and Curline My
ers, George Barba. Jerry Green
Allen Rogers. Kenneth Deger
ness. Joan and Charles Dean,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bryan.
Taylor-Johnson
Wedding Takes
Place in Church
The Church of Christ In this
city was the scene of the wed
ding last Sunday at 9 o'clock in
the morning of Miss Kenamae
Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Allison and Russel John
son. The Rev. W. E. Stram officiat
ed at the Impressive ceremony
prior to which Mrs. Stram sang
"I Love You." accompanied by
Miss Maxine Pierce at the piano.
The bride wore a navy blue
suit with matching accessories.
She carried a bouquet of ' pink
roses and blue flowers. Miss
Geneave Johnson, niece of the
bridegroom, was her attendant.
She also wore a navy blue suit
and accessories of white.
Harold Bigelow acted as best
man for Mr. Johnson.
A wedding luncheon was
served at the Allison home on
Spring street to members of the
bridal party and immediate
families. Among out-of-town
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Turin, arr1 cnn n, PrrtiAft Pitv
Calif.. Harold Taylor of Central' fust at,end University of
dollar fellowship to the insti-
Two Will Arrive
In City Sunday
Miss Dorothy Price and Miss
Eleanor Throckmorton plan to
arrive In Medford Sunday from
Oregon State college where
they have been taking advanced
work on their master's degree.
Miss Price will be ihe house
guest of Miss Throckmorton
during her stay here after
which she will leave about Au-
Shakespearean
Play Schedule
Shakespearean plays will
open Friday evening and con
tinue each evening thereafter
until Saturday, August 17.
All plays will be held in the
Ashland civic Elizabethan
theatre and will start at 8:30
p. m.
- Scheduled plays and dates
follow:
Friday, August 9, "The
Merry Wives of Windsor."
Saturday, August 10.
"Much Ado About Nothing."
Sunday, nothing scheduled.
- Monday, August 12, "The
Comedy of Errors."
Tuesday. August 13, "As
You Like It."
Wednesday, August 14.
"The Merry Wives of Wind
sor." Thursday, August IS.
"Much Ado About Nothing.'
Friday, August 16, "The
Comedy of Errors."
Saturday, August 17, "As
You Like It."
SCHOOL OPENING
DATES ANNOUNCED
Opening dates for a number
of Jackson county rural school
were announced today by the
county school superintendent's
office, as follows:
Monday, September 2 (Labor
Day) Sams Valley, Antelope
Watkins. Tlail, North Phoenix,
Neil Creek, Applegate, E!k
Creek, Agate, Derby, Shady
Cove, Antioch, Lake Creek and
Little Applegate.
Tuesday, September 3 Pro
volt. Brownsboro. Willow
Springs. Liberty, Anderson
Creek. Ruch. Reese Creek. Bell
view, Oak Grove, Griffin Creek
Independence, Evans Valley and
Table Rock.
Monday. September 9 Pine
hurst. Talent and Howard (Medford).
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safely
Stops Perspiration
Valley, Calif.
The couple will make their
home on Newtown street in' this
city.
Miss Gill Is
Party Honor ee
Miss Bernice Gill of San Fran
cisco was honored last evening
at a no-hostess dinner party at
the Hotel Holland.
Those participating in the en
joyable affair were Mrs. D. R
Wood, Mrs. Alta Pruitt, Mrs.
Jack Gill Miss Beth Watson
Mrs. P. G. Humphrey. Mrs.
Mary Crosfield, Miss Thelma
Moore and Mrs. Weldon McBee
Following dinner the guests
went to the home of Mrs. McBee
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5 Arrid has been awarded the
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being harmless to fabrics.
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ARRID
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tution. An outstanding student
on the campus, Miss Price has
been on the honor roll during
her entire college career.
Miss Throckmorton plans to
leave September 1 for Astoria
where she will teach in the
home economics department of
the Lewis and Clark Junior high
school. Both former coeds giad
uated from the northern college
in 1939. Miss Price's home is
in Klamath Falls.
Lodges Enjoy
Recent Meets
Bonnie McClure
Enjoys Party
Little Miss Bonnie McClure
celebrated her fourth birthday
Tuesday afternoon when her
mother. Mrs. W. H. McClure
entertained at a party.
Small friends of Bonnie's who
were present at the natal day
fete were Sandra Lang Bever
ley Jean Hogue. Harriet and
Richard Morris, Bruce Langs
ton, Mary Lou, Delores Mae and
trnie Rae Lind, Gayle and Carol
Lynn Sutton, Terry Walther and
the honoree's sister, Lassie.
Mothers attending were Mes
dames Arthur Lang, Russell
Hogue. John Morris, Lloyd
Langston. Ernest Lind, Harold
Sutton, Lyle Walter and the
honoree's grandmother Mrs.
J. W. Hoyt.
Bonnie received numerous
lovely gifts and refreshments
were served. Pictures were
taken during the afternoon.
Pocahontas lodge enjoyed a
recent meeting, after which
on South Grape street for in members went to the home of
evening of visiting.
Miss Gill, former popular
Medford resident, is a nurse at
the Franklin hospital in the bay
city. She plans to return south
about August 18. She is the
house guest here of her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gill on Cot:
tage street.
S25.00 REWARD
Will be paid by the manufacturer
for an? Corn or Calloua GREAT
CHRISTOPHER POSITIVE CORN
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WESTERN THRIFT Store.
M rs. Prentice Is
Home From East
Mrs. Harry R. Prentice re
turned yesterday by train from
a three week's trip to the east.
In Chicago, where she spent the
majority of her time, Mrs. Pren
tice received accordion instruc
tion from three outstanding In
structors: Galla Rini, Sydney B.
Dawson and Paul Miners.
She was also present at the
formation of the National Ac
cordion Teachers association
with members from all parts of
the United States and Canada.
Mrs. Prentice said that Mr.
Rinl has made a tentative pro
mise to stop in Medford in the
winter when he tours the west
coast.
Harriet Watson at Central Point
for a watermelon feed. Bridge
and pinochle were played dur
ing the evening.
Assisting the hostess were
Dick Singler. Mary Jones and
V e r n a Webb. Entertainment
committee for the month in
cludes Carrie Millies. Pearl
Stevens, and Georgia Burnham
Wenonah club met for a recent
covered dish luncheon and bus!
ness session at the home of
Maude Abbot near Lake Creek.
Forty-five members were present.
Assisting the hostess were
Laura Wicker, Mary Lou Wat
son, Peggy Grimes, Esther
Dooms Gladys Dooms, Esther
Hobbs,' Ethel Haertle, Nellie
Purdin and Bertha Mae Mills.
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The packing irhool sponsor
ed by the Traffic association
and Jhe Fruitgrowers league
opened yesterday in Pinnacle
plant No. 2 with 120 pupils.
Twice that many have register
ed, and arrangements will be
made for their study periods
soon, it was announced.
Sixty of the freshmen pack
ers work In the morning, and
the same number in the after
noon, under the present pro
gram. More enrolled than was
anticipated.
Purpose of the school is to
train local and county people
as packers, and provide work
for home people during the fruit
season.
Alderman Halfnrd Wilson,
sponsoring appointment of the
resolution -drawing group, de
clared: "For many years a far-sighted
group has watched a situation
develop which would menace
the safety of our people.
"That situation exists today
just as it did years ago, except
that there are far more Japan
ese here than there were at
that time. They have given ns
support to our war effort and
have made few donations to the
Red Cross."
Brazil, largest of South Amer
ican countries, has an area of
3.275.510 square miles.
JULY TRAFFIC DEATHS
U
Las Vegas. Nev.. Aug. 8. &)
Six dead were identified today
as physicians fought to save the
lives of nine other victims of a
gasoline explosion which rock
ed a residential district here
yesterday.
Five of the dead were the
wife and four children of
Thomas Myers, gasoline distrib
utor, and the other victim was
a neighbor child.
Myers and two more of his
hildren were among the most
critically injured. The blast
was in the Myers back yard.
Myers said he was pouring
gasoline from truck tanks Into
small containers when sudden
ly a "solid sheet of flame shot
out In four directions." The
e-x plosion shook adjoining
houses and broke windows half
a mile away.
Stuarts Expect
To Return Soon
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Stuart
and two children, Richard and
Gracia are expected to return
tomorrow from San Francisco,
where they have been vacation
ing for a week.
The family attended the
Golden Gate Internatinnal Ex-
The local woman was afford- position on Treasure Island.
Salem, Aug. 8. (P) Twenty
eight persons died In Oregon
traffic accidents during July,
the figure being the lowest for
the month in five years. Secre
tary of State Earl Snell said
today.
The total was three less than
of July, 1939, and seven less
than the June toll.
Traffic accidents killed 189
persons during the first seven
months of 1940, compared with
172 during the same period last
year.
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LASTT CALL
ON
SUMMER STYLES
Everything goea in a gigantic Clean-up Sale
To Make Room for New Fall Merchandise!
IDIR15SSISS
GOING AT A FRACTION OF THEIR WORTH!
$3.98 & $4.98
Cotton Print Dresses, regular $1.00 to $2.98 Values
79c aund $1.29 each
One Group Regular Values to $8.98.
Sale Price
Other Groups
Sale Prices
SUMMER SHOES! LOOK!
49c $1.00 $1.99 and $2.99
FRIDAY AT 2 O'CLOCK
Funeral services for Mrs. Iso
bcl Patterson will be ' held in
the Conger funeral parlors at
2 p. m. Friday with Rev. Fred
M. Weatherford officiating. In
terment will be in the I.O.O.F
cemetery.
New Pott Office
Washington, Aug. 8. (P)
The public buildings administra
tion awarded a S58.7Z4 contract
to the Potucek & Matson com
pany, Tacoma,
of a new post office at Tilla
mook, Ore.
Navajo silversmiths learned
their art from Mexicans taken
captive about the middle of the
19th century.
Berlin, Aug. 8. (Pi Britain
is responsible for feeding the
populations in countries occu
pied by German troops because
she Is responsible for their en.
tering the war against Germany,
Dienst Aus Deutschland, author
itative commentary, observed
today.
The article said It was written
in reply to British press asser
tions that Germany was respon
sible for the care- and feeding
of persons in the occupied areas
and that Adolf Hitler had de
clared in his last speech that
'the feeding of Europe is as
sured."
"Hitler spoke not of an as
sured European but of an as
sured German supply," Dienst
Aus Deutschland said.
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ECONOMIC STEPS
Washington, Aug. 8. OP)
The American republics began
formal consideration today of
methods, to relieve, and develop
the economy of this hemisphere
under the broad program adopt
ed at Havana and steps neces
sary to carry them out.
Sumner Welles, acting secre
tary of state and committee
chairman, said that it would
canvass the field of existing and
prospective economic problems
growing out of the European
war and the application of pro
posed remedies.
Heading the list was the
mounting surplus of commodi
ties of some Lutin American
countries to which former Eu
ropean markets have been clos
ed by the war.
VIVIEN LEIGH TO
WED REAL SOON
Hollywood, Aug. 8. UP)
Wedding bells will ring "fairly
soon" for Vivien Leigh, the
Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With
the Wind," and actor Laurence
Olivier.
A final decree of divorce
from Olivier was obtained in
London last Monday by Jill Es
mond, British actress, and Her
bert Leigh Holman, husband of
Miss Leigh, is expected to ask
for his final decree It a few
days.
"We are planning to marry
fairly soon," said Olivier.
PEACHES RIPEN FAST
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Peaches of the Rogue river
. valley are now ripening under
uie warm August sun, ana buiiic
general picking is predicted by
August 15. In many orchards
the peaches have started to
"yellow." It was also reported
not as many were falling off
as last year.
LIMITED TIME OFFER
IAPS IN CANADA
CAUSE OF ALARM
Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 8.
(P) After hearing charges that
Japanese in British Columbia
are "ferociously working for
their own gods in far-off Japan,"
the Vancouver city council fi
nance committee yesterday ap
pointed a group to draft a reso
lution of alarm at the presence
of many Japanese.
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