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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 1941.
CROWD EXPECTED
AT CATFISH DERBY
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Entertainment Features For
Spectators as Anglers
Vie Movies Are Planned
The fifth annual national cat
fish derby, which takes place at
1:30 this afternoon at Bybee
bridge on the Kogue river, may
become an official project of the
national association of 20-30
clubs.
H r. Wilev. member of
h Medford 20-30 club, which
is sponsoring this year's catfish
derby, plans to take five reels
of 8-mm motion pictures of the
colorful event and display them
at the national 20-30 club con-
Salt Lake City in
August. There an attempt will
h made to Dut the annual derby
over as a national 20-30 club
nroiect and Wiley Is of the
amnion that such will be done
The motion pictures will de-
nict the actual derby compel!'
tion, with anglers from all parts
of southern Oregon fishing for
catfish; the 5,000 expected spec-imr.ru-
the coronation of the
beautiful little queen, 12-year-
old Mary Adcle Kane, with her
21 young attendants; the coro
nation ceremony and other fea
tures of the event.
The 20-30 club said yesterday
that five members of the Bend
20-30 club had telegraphed they
would be on hand lor the derby
and that a large number of
competitors were expected from
Grants Pass, Klamath Falls,
Ashland, Medford, Central Point
and other southern Oregon
towns.
The derby will close at 4 p. m.
sharp, at which time all con
testants must have their catfish
at the judging stand to be in
line for one of the three prizes
offered for the largest catch
by a team, for the largest cat
fish and for the longest catfish.
During the derby, there will
be a series of entertainment
events designed to keep the
spectators amused.
FINALlLFOR
L1VY A: MURPHY
Llvy Alexander Murphy
passed away at local hospital
early Saturday morning after a
short illness from a heart ail
ment, aged 58 years, 10 months,
20 days. Born near Medford
July 31, 1882, he was the fifth
son of Livy and Elizabeth Mur
phy, early residents of this sec
tion of Jackson county, now
deceased. He had spent a great
part of his life in the dairy
business, and a milk route in
Medford for nine years. Mem
ber of the Grange at Williams,
Josephine county, Oregon. The
family had been residents of
Williams for the past 10 years,
lie leaves his wife, Alice Gnctt
Murphy, also three brothers,
Orin M , William P., of Medford.
Ivan . Murphy of Beaumont,
Calif.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the Perl funeral
home Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Reverend Arthur Friels
officiating. Interment will take
place in the Medford I. O. O. F.
cemetery.
SHIPLEY L ROSS
TAKEN BY DEATH
ShlDley L. Ross passed away
at the Community hospital yes
terday morning after a pro
longed illness. Formerly resid
ing In Grants Pass he had made
his home In Medford for several
months. Mr. Ross was born on
the Colonel John E. Ross ranch
on Ross Lane, May 14, 1888, the
eldest son of Anna and the late
Thomas D. Ross.
Later the family moved toj
Central Point where he received
his education in the public
schools, also attending Ashland
Normal school. On Nov. 27.
1913 he was married to Etta
Williams.
They moved to Grants Pass
In 1919 where Mr. Ross had
been actively engaged In the
hardware business until the last
year when ill health forced him
to dispose of his business inter
ests.
He was preceded in death by
his wife, Etta who passed away
March 13, 1938. Surviving are
his daughter, Janet, Grants
Pass; his mother, Mrs. Anna
Shipley Ross, Central Point; a
sister, Mrs. Clatous McCredic,
Medford; two brothers, James
C. Ross, Central Point and
Floyd A. Ross, Prineville, Ore.
A man of sterling character
and principles, Mr. Ross leaves,
besides his relatives, a host of
friends to mourn his death.
Funeral services will be held
at the L. B. Hall Funeral home
in Grants Pass tomorrow at 2:30
p.m. The Grants Pass Elks lodge
will be In charge of the service.
Interment will follow at the
H Ulcrest Memorial cemetery at
Grants Pass.
TO SPEAK HERE
MIDAYJRIDAY
League of Women Voters
Sponsors Talk by Can
tonment Architect, Educator
!GE
HOURS THIS WEEK COUNCIL ELECTS AUTO AND $35.20
E.
William Edwin Maynard, a
resident of southern Oregon for
the past seven years, passed
away at his home, Route 2
Ross lane, Friday evening at
7:13, after a sudden Illness.
Mr. Maynard was born In Mas
sachusetts on Nov. 14, 1860
being aged 80 years, seven
and six days.
He spent his early life In
Massachusetts, and lived for
over 43 years In South Dakota
before coming to southern Ore
gon. During his residence here
he has made many friends.
He is survived by four daugh
ters, Mrs. Mildred Gauchat, Mrs.
Stella Campton, Mrs. Ellen
Roundy of Aberdeen, S. D.,
Mrs. Gladys Johnson of Med
ford; three sons, William and
Arthur Maynard of Aberdeen,
S. D., and Raymond Maynard
of Medford; three sisters, Mrs.
Ruth Strcetcr and Miss S. A.
Maynard of Gleasondale, Mass.,
and Miss Clara Maynard of
Tampa, Fla., also 14 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at the Perl funeral home Tues
day morning at 11 o'clock, Rev.
Joseph Knotts officiating. Inter
ment will take place in the
Jacksonville cemetery.
Plans have been completed
for two public meetings here
this week, sponsored by the
Jackson County League of Wo
men Voters as part of a national
camrjalgn to stimulate interest
in national defense.
The first will be tomorrow
evening at the courthouse au
ditorium when Myron S. Hunt,
architect for the proposed army
cantonment here, will speak.
Dr. Frank Munk of Reed Col
lege, Portland, will speak at the
second meeting, to be held Fri
day evening in tho courthouse
auditorium.
Mr. Hunt will explain what
plans the citizens of the city
and county should make in pre
paration for the cantonment.
His talk will be supplemented
by Mrs. Hunt, who was active
in recreational work for sol
diers and sailors stationed at
California camps and ports in
World war 1.
World Crisis Topic
"The World Crisis A Chal
lenge and an Opportunity," will
be Dr. Munk's address title. Dr.
Munk, native of Czechoslovakia,
is an economist and lecturer
well known in this state and his
previous appearances in Med
ford have been before large au
diences. Both meetings are to
be at 8 p.m.
The campaign to arouse pub
lie interest in "the battle of pro
duction" had its inception in the
national council of the league
and is being conducted on a na
tion-wide scale. In a message to
league members and the general
public Miss Marguerite M
Wells, national president, said
"management, labor, military
and civilian services, congress
and the president are all factors
in winning the battle of produc
tion, but the determining factor
is every man's will to win.
Slogan for the campaign is
"Do everything to help say
nothing to hinder the battle of
production for defense at home,
and abroad, to keep free people
free.
To make up for the loss of;
Day camp activities due to rainy i
weather last week, girls ol au
ages will meet Wednesday and
Thursday on Bear creek. Camp
ing hours will be: for girls 10
to 18, from 9:30 a. m. to 3:30
p. m.; for girls 7 to 10, from
10:00 a. m. until 3:00 p. m.
Counsellors are urged to arrive
early and assist In forming new
units of the large group.
Brownie age girls will assem
ble at Rock Haven where grades
two, three and four will have
their units. "Story Book Day"
has been scheduled on Wednes
day. Girls in the fifth grade
will meet at the table near the
shelter. Sixth grade girls in the
center unit and seventh and
eighth and high school girls
near the Queen's Dell.
The closing day of camp, Fri
day, the campers will arrive at
3:00 p. m. and have a picnic
supper with their parents. Fol
lowing out-of-door cooking there
will be an archery tournament.
parade of campers, exhibit of
camp crafts and a program in
cluding plays, songs and exhi
bition. Perfect attendance cards
will be presented and
Scout badge awards made.
Officers of the Medford
Christian Youth council will be
elected tomorrow at 7:30 p. m.
at St. Mark's parish hall. Young
people interested in the coun
cil, which is an organization of
youth groups from various
churches in Medford, are in
vited. The nominating committee
has selected the following nom
iness: president, Lucille Seller.
Methodist; Roy Camerson, Chris
tian; vice president, Johnny
Baglien, Lutheran; Maxine
Pierce, Central Avenue Church
of Christ; Peggy Gardner, Epis
copal; secretary, Chloe Bigler,
Methodist; Mildred Marrs, Na
arene; Ann Drysdale, Episcopal;
treasurer, Delia Mae Dale,
Christian; Gale Thompson,
Methodist; recorder, Clara Dan
iels, Presbyterian; Grace Garri
son, Central Avenue Church of
Christ and Lanar Coverstone,
Presbyterian.
Officers for the past year
have been: president, Delia Mae
Dale. Christian: vice president.
I Marvin Burk, Methodist; secre
tary, Oda Bali, Lutheran; treas
urer, Neal Curry, Christian, and
recorder, Chloe Bigler, Metho
dist.
IN JUDGING TIE
CorvaUis, June 21. (PI
Four-H club summer school con
test winners were announced
here today.
They included:
Livestock judging r Richard
Nichols, Douglas county, and
Zane Crawford, Gilliam, tied for
first; Fred Klein and Edwin Mc
Call, both Marion, Bert Denham,
Lane, and Elton Mcdler, Sher
man, tied for second.
Crops judging Walter Foth
erlngham, Klamath, in tie for
second; Ronald Allen, Marion,
third.
Poultry Judging Kenneth
Bendure, Jackson, In tic for
first; Robert Math is, Douglas, in
tie for third.
PIONEER VALLEY
IS
A circuit court Jury, George
B. Eichenhower, Ashland, fore
man, late Friday returned a ver
dict awarding the Medford Gar
age possession of an Oldsmobile
auto and $33.20 damages, in a
suit against George W. Field.
The Jury deliberated slightly
less than two hours.
lasted three days.
The $35.20 damages Wire
awarded for Fields' "taking and
withholding of the automobile."
The plaintiff sought $2,000 puni
tive damages, $500 general dam
ages, and $15 per day for the
period in which the auto was
held. The jury placed the value
of the auto at $1,280.
The controversy was based
upon a trade-in deal last fall.
BEAVER BOYS TO
LEAVE TODAY FOR
CORVALLIS MEET
Washington, June 21. W)
A hearing on an agreement
which would keep surplus, low.
grade Irish potatoes off the
market will be held at Klam
ath Falls July 10.-
SEEKS RECRUITS
Food 'Lab' To Open
Portland. June 21. (J) A
federal food and drug testing
laboratory will go Into operation
In Portland in July, Dr. r. B
Dunbar, assistant commissioner
of the federal food and drug ad
ministration, said yesterday.
Births
WALL ST. SHOWS
DUNLAP To Mr. and Mrs.
Frank, Butte Falls, June 20, a
girl, 4i lbs., at Sacred Heart
hospital.
SWINDLER To Mr. and Mrs.
Cleo, Gold Hill, June 16, a girl.
lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital.
New York, June 21. (JP)
The stock market today finish
ed a desultory week with ten
dencies toward steadiness.
While plus and minus signs
were pretty evenly divided at
the close of the brief proceed
ings, it was noted that many
pivotal issues emerged with
modest advances.
It was one of the slowest ses
sions of the past year, transfers
of 125.200 shares comparing
with 193.620 a week ago. The
turnover actually was the small
est since May 31. The Associ
ated Press average of 60 stocks
was unchanged at 41.4, the ex
act figure at which it started
last Monday. A month ago the
composite stood at 39.8 and a
year ago at 41.2.
CAMPBELL To Mr. and Mrs
Lawrence, 237 N. Central Ave.
June 19, a girl, 7 lbs., at Sacred
Heart hospital.
RAWHAUSER To Mr. and
Mrs. Joe, 105 Almond St., June
20, a girl, 6 lbs., at Sacred
Heart hospital.
MOORE To Mr. and Mrs. R.
G., Prospect, June 20, a boy, 7
lbs., at Community hospital.
Cloclng time fur Too Late to Clas
sify Ads U 1 :30 p. m.
Night Club Probe
Portland, June 21. At The
State Liquor commission ord
ered an investigation yesterday
of all cafes and night clubs oper
ating without recently-required
licenses.
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Eagle Point, June 21. (Spl.)
The Catholic church here,
erected In 1879, and one of the
town's oldest structures, is being
razed by D. E. Millard who pur
chased the building to obtain the
lumber for use in building addi
tional cabins at his camp ground
at Shady Cove.
The church was built by
George Brown and a man by
the name of Rolason on land
donated by James J. Fryer.
Father Blanchard was the first
priest to hold services in the edi
fice. Services had been discon
tinued in recent years.
George Brown, one of the
builders, was the father of
Frank, Royal, Will and Merritt
Brown, well known Eagle Point
residents.
Offering young men who have
had two or more years in college
an opportunity for examination
for the army air corps, a travel
ing army examining board will
be at the Del Norte hotel in
Grants Pass Monday from 8:30
a. m. to 4:30 p. m. and In Klam
ath Falls on Tuesday and Wed
nesday, at army recruiting
headquarters.
Those seeking entry as flying
cadets must be 20 to 26 years of
age, inclusive; unmarried and
have excellent health and char
acter.
Flying cadets are paid $75
monthly with an additional $1
daily ration allowance. On grad
uation and commissioning as
second lieutenant, air corps re
serve with rating of pilot, the
salary jumps to $205.50 per
month with living quarters, or if
quarters are unavailable the
sum received will be $245.50.
The American Legion Beaver
Rnv' tate arouD from the
Mr-Hfnrrt area will leave for
Corvallis in a special bus from
The trial! the Jackson county courtnouse
at 7 o clock tnis morning, me
model state his year will be
conducted on the Oregon State,
college campus.
R. R. Ebel, for several years
Beaver Boys' state chairman
for Medford post, will accom
pany the boys. In charge of
procurement and welfare, he
will remain at the camp during
its eight days.
In addition to the 26 boys
from the Medford district, in
the local group will be five
boys from Ashland and five
from Grants Pass.
Boys from the Medford area
are Jim Grigsby and Russell
Mclntyre of Jacksonville, and
the following from Medford:
Bob Holmes, Charles Wharton,
Bob Brewer, Donald R. Lue,
Elmer R. Bashaw, Bill Wall,
Harper Hamilton, Homer Sulli
van, Camden Wheaton, Ned R.
Liebman, Cato Wray, Louis W.
Powell, Bob Kyle, Jack Moffat,
Harris Janes, Bob Davis, James
K. Hoey Jr., Earl Higgins, Ralph
Matlack, Seely V. Hall Jr.,
Austin J. Murray, George
Bryant, Neil Iven and Dick
Smith.
Use Mall Tribune want ads.
CASH UP
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Money (or vacation needs can b
obtained twitily end simply here.
Service i friendly snd confiden
tial. Terms are arranged to suit
you. Tell us today how much
you need. Come in or phone.
See u alto for cah to pay bills,
buy needed thing!, meet emer
gencies ... or for any purpoee.
Oregon Finance Co.
W. K. THOMAS. Mrx.
45 So. Central. Ulal 443'
Lie. NO. 8-S11. M-S17
Home owned and managed
Since 192S
WHEAT UP ABOUT
CENT A BUSHEL
GIVEN LIGHT THIEF
Raymond E. Jackson, 21, of
539 West 10th street, charged
with petty larceny, was given
a six months suspended sentence
in justice of the
Friday afternoon,
future good behavior.
Jackson, police said, stole two
fog lights off the car of Harry
Borde, Santa Monica, Cal., which
was parked on a local hotel
parking lot June 18. The lights
were recovered.
Chicago, June 21. (yP)
Wheat moved up about a cent
a bushel in moderate trading
in today's short session, deriv
ing strength from soy bean and
lard quotations, wmcn advanced
to new high marks for the
seascn and to the best levels
in four years.
Lack of hedging sales at the
slightly lower opening encour
aged professional buying In the
wheat pit. Some purchases by
milling interests were also re
ported. However, demand re-
peace court i mained comparatively cautious
pending his in view of trade reports that
larger receipts are expected at
southwestern terminals at the
start of next week.
Dae Man Tribune want ada.
Newport, June 21. & The
20th annual Disabled American
Veterans of the World War con
vention will open here Wednesday.
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dustless and a safe place for your household
goods. We invite you to see our new locker
rooms when in need of storage space for
your household goods.
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