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PAGE TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRTBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1941 J EXONERATES MRS. POLLEY. LONG WARD LADY CLERK CLIFTON JONES OF A RESIDENT, DIES FOILS THEFT BY E IN DEATH Chester Clifton Jones, 18-year-old Medford senior high school football player, was absolved ot blame In the death of William A. Maxwell, 39, victim of an utomobie - pedestrian accident, by a coroner's jury at an inquest at Conger's Friday night. Tha iurv. after hearing testi mony from witnesses of the ac cident occurring at Fir and Alain streets last Monday night, re turned findings that Jones, driver of the car that struck Maxwell, was not responsible for the mishap. Testimony showed that Maxwell ran from In front of another car, which had stopped at the Intersection, directly into the machine driven by Jones; that Maxwell was not In the pedestrian lane when he was struck, and that Jones was traveling in the correct traffic lane at a speed not In excess of 20 miles an hour. Witnesses testifying were Jones. George C. Wimer, Carl ton 11. Martin, Milton Pitts, Clark L. Carlton, J. L. Morgan, R. R. Hammond, C. B. Hester, Dale Haley, C. L. Jones, father of the driver; Dr. L. W. Buon nfrm fitv Pnllreman Bill Peck and ' George Davis, driver of Perl's ambulance. Thm !nniit lmtlntf three and a half hours, was conducted by District Attorney George w. Neilson. Jurors were Tom Kurtz, Ira Schuler, Douglas Hansen, Emil Tarns, Eber Weed and Walter Johnson. Maxwell died in a local hos pital Thursday morning of a fractured skull, after never re gaining consciousness. , SHERIFFSlOSSE Ginger Rogers, the movie ac tress, who has gone In for farm ing on a Rogue River estate ac quired recently, has accepted an invitation to become an honor ary captain of the Jackson County Sheriff's Mounted Posse, Capt. O. H. Bengtson an nounced yesterday he had been informed by Miss Jacque Par sons, Miss Roger's private sec retary. In a telephone conversation, Leila Rogers, Gingers mother, told Capt Bengtson that she thought it would be possible tor Miss Rogers to appear at a pub lic ceremony in Medford Sep tember 20 to receive her conv mission hi the posse, it was sta ted in a press release issued yes terday by the posse s captain. A special meeting ot the posse will be held at 8 p. m Wednesday at the clubroom at the end of the regular weekly! 6 o'clock drill to complete plana for Miss Rogers' public appear ance here. Capt. Bengtson said the posse is registered under the national defense program and that after Miss Rogers has re ceived her honorary captaincy, she will automatically be regis tered under the national defense aet-up for Jackson county. Mrs. Alfaretta Policy, widow of Albert Henry Polley, died at 3:43 yesterday morning at her home at 710 Beekman avenue. She was Dl years old. She came to Oregon In 1910 and had lived In the family residence on Beck man avenue since then. Mrs. Polley was born In Clare mont county, Ohio, on Septem ber IS, 1830. She was married to Mr. Polley on December 21. 1871. Survivors are two sons, John Polley, Medford, and Oris G. Polley, Butte, Mont., a daunhter, Mrs. Mary E. Boland, Medford. a granddaughter, Mrs. Berniece Miller, Eugene, two great grand children, Gary and Polly Jen nings, Eugene, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret McDowell, Los An geles. Funeral services will ba held at 1 p. m. Monday In the Con ger chapel. The Rev. Louis C. Kirby, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate. Interment will be made in the mausoleum beside the body of her husband. GOLD HILL OPENS Gold Hill, Sept. . Spl.V D. H. McGulre, school superin tendent, reminded parents today of the opening of the Gold Hill high and grade school Monday, September 8. The whole morning Monday will be devoted to the registra tion of students and pupils. There will be no session Mon day afternoon. The school's three buses will start out at 8 a. m, to pick the school children up. Regular classes will begin Tuesday morning, at 8:40 in the high school and 9 in the grade school. E WHITECHAT HELD E Alvln J. Whitechat, 24. a service station and mlllworker here for the past three months, was arrested by city police In a local cafe Saturday morning on a warrant charging him with obtaining money by false pre tenses. He was scheduled to appear In Justice of the peace court Monday. Bail was set at $1,000. Whitechat was alleged to have cashed four worthless checks at local establishments, three of them being for $10 each and one for $14.24. Because Mrs. Jack Bierma, In charge of the ladles ready-to-wear department at the Mont gomery Ward and company store, chose the opportune mo ment to descend the stairs from the second floor, and because she possessed the ability to think quickly and act according ly, the establishment Saturday morning was saved the loss of three fur coats valued at $367. Mrs. Bierma, city police re ported, caught an unidentified male shoplifter just as he was calmly walking out the front door with the three fur coats under his arm, got a firm grip on the coats and said, "I think I'd better relieve you of these." The man, police said, let go the furs, turned and raced out the door and was still at large last night. Police learned from Mrs. Bierma that the man entered the store and lingered near the fur coat department on the excuse that he was waiting for his mother. When the clerk's back was turned, police were told, the man selected two coats val ued at $119 each and one at $129, and started to walk out of the store. Mrs. Bierma, by chance, hap pened to be descending the stairs just as the man walked toward the front door. Sizing up the situation correctly, she hurried after him and lecovered the furs, after which she called for H. L. Brown, manager of the store. By that time the man had dls-anneared. Mrs. Bierma described the man to police as being about 45 years old, five feet eight inches tall, 180 pounds, heavy-featured and wearing a dark gray suit. OF Medford Post No. 13 of the American Legion will open the fall season with a regular meet ing to be held in the Legion rooms at the armory next Wednesday, Sept. 10. The meet ing will be preceded by a cov ered dish supper to be served by the Auxiliary at 6:30 p. m. to which all Legion members and their wives are invited. Following the supper, each or ganization will hold a regular business session. Plans for Ar mistice day are to be discussed and a full attendance is desired. A special invitation Is extended bv Post Commander Ernest Winkle to nil visiting Legion naires. , LOCAL and PERSONAL Business Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Turnquist of Grants Pass were business visitors. In Medford yesterday. On Buying Trip Adrienne Steward and Pearl McCredie left last night for. San Francisco to order new stocks of autumn merchandise for Adrienne's. On Furlough Lieut. Bert Thierolf, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Thierolf, 807 South Oakdale avenue, is expected home tomorrow evening from Fort Ord, Cal., on two-day furlough. Visiting Sister Mrs. Joseph Braden ot McCloud, Cal., is visiting her sister, Mrs. John P. Morrlsey of 1003 North Cen tral avenue for a few days. Mrs. Braden is the former Miss Grace Turnquist of this city. Quits R. B. Langston of Cen tral Point resigned his position yesterday as U. S. forest service CCC foreman to enter the build ing business for himself. He had been employed as a CCC fore man for the past six years, his most recent assignment being at Union Creek. Recovering Robert R. Ebel of 620 Sou'h Oakdale averue was reported yesterday as re covering satisfactorily from his recent illness. Mr Ebel, a past commander of Medford Amer ican Legion post, is convalesc ing in the Veterans hospital in Portland. Board To Meet Board of di rectors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce will re sume meetings next Friday after a summer recess. First meeting of the fall season will be an open luncheon forum. It will be held at noon In the Hotel Medford. Minor Accidents The follow ing five mnior accidents were reported to city police: Guy H. Snavely. Round Mountain, Cal.. and B. W. Brock, Medford, drove cars involved in a slight mishap a mile and a half south of the city on the Pacific highway yes terday morning; cars driven by Cloyd W. Jones, 724 North Oak street, and John Koytpnovich, Oswego, collided with minor damage at Central avenue and Third street yesterday morning; A. J. Neimoyer, 617 North Bart lett street, and Charles Carpen ter, no address given, drove machines involved in a slight accident on the Pacific highway a mile south of Medford Friday afternoon; Roland Rabcr, Rogue River, and Leroy Mawhiney, Medford, drove cars involved in a slight collision at Central avenue and Fifth street Friday night; and C. R. Lindley, 816 North Riverside avenue, and Lillian L. Gammell, Route 1. operated cars Involved in a minor mishap on South Central avenue near Ninth street Friday afternoon. Fined Charles R. Bayes, 40, charged with drunkenness, was fined $10 In city police court yesterday morning. Confers Here Paul Engbret son, U. S. civil service commis sion at Seattle, conferred yes terday with Karl L. Janouch, supervisor of the Rogue River national forest. Daughter Born Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Orr, 210 Crater Lake avenue, received word yesterday of the birth ot daughter to Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Cook of Placerville, Cal., Friday night. Mr. Cook was once superintend ent of schools at Gold Hill and Mrs. Cook Is sister of Mrs. Orr. Building Permits Mrs. Earl E. Wallace ot 344 South Grape street applied at the city build ing Inspector's office yesterday for a permit to reshingle her residence at stated cost of $100. Niel O. Davidson of 1013 Reddy avenue applied for a per mit to construct a private garage at a stated cost of $50. Driver Tests Applicants for licenses or permits to operate motor vehicles will be exam ined here every day this week excepting Monday, it was an nounced yesterday by Gordon MacCracken, examiner. Appli cants are asked to report to the examiner in council chambers on top floor of city hall between 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. Plane Passengers Mrs. R Brouillttte arrived by United Mainliner from Portland last evening. Leaving on the early evening plane were E. Curtis, to Portland, and H. Lynch, to Spokane. L. Beckley arrived i from San Francisco late yester day afternoon. A Muller de parted for Portland. Muller ar rived from San Francisco on the noon plane. Mrs. H. Witham departed for Portland on the same plane. Arriving from Port land on the 'orenoon Mainliner were E. Curtis and Miss B Hoff. Arriving Friday midnight were Eino Hemmila, from Portland and S. . Brooks, from Seattle. Leaving on the Friday night plane for Portland were H. Bi ther and E. Devoe. Arriving from Portland early Friday night were Mrs. L. Lyman and Mrs. L. Carpenter. Mrs. L. Gary departed for Los Angeles. Miss K. Davis arrived from Portland on the late evening plane. De parting for San Francisco on the same plane were Mr. and Mrs. Nion Tucker and Nion Tucker, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. C. DeTristan. Mr. and Mrs. C. Thierlot and Mr. and Mrs. F. Martin. To Make Trip Mr. and Mrs. George Taylor of 417 King street plan to leave by motorcar Tuesday on a month's trip that will 'take them as far east as Illinois. They will be guests of their daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Roughton, in Urbana, 111., and of their son, Howard Taylor, In Davenport, Iowa. Drivers Fined Clarence E. Corey, 47, Four Corners, was fined $1.30 and $4.50 costs in Justice of the peace court Friday afternoon on a charge of operat ing a truck that had no stop light. Charles W. DeArmond. 38, Butte Falls, was fined $1 and costs for operating a car that had no horn. Both pleaded guilty. Completed The new home for the ranger In charge of the Union Creek district of the Rogue River national forest was completed yesterday. The five room dwelling of rustic design and interior finish of knotty pine was built with CCC help. Richard H. Tubman, district ranger, will move into the new residence this week. Car Stolen John McCabe of 1403 West Main street reported to city police yesterday that his 1940 Plymouth coach, license 27S-136, was stolen Friday night from its parking place at Fourth and Fir streets. McCabe told police that he parked the car about 7 p. m. and when he returned at 10:23 it was gone. He said three gallons of gaso line were in the tank. Opening Tomorrow The Med ford Brake Shop will open for business at 202 North Riverside avenue tomorrow, W. E. Scott, owner, announced yesterday. New, modern brake-repairing and wheel-balancing equipment has been installed to take care of all types of cars, he said. Mr. and Mrs. Scott formerly resided In Pasadena, Calif., where Mr. Scott has been en gaged in brake repair business for the past 11 years. Returns Home Mrs. Guy Con ner, 516 Belmont avenue, re turned home Thursday evening from Springfield where she was called by the critical illness of her daughter, Mrs. C. F. Bur- goyne. Mr. and Mrs. Conner attended the marriage of their daughter. Mary, to Dale Rice of Marshfield In Eugene Sunday, Mr. Conner returned to Medford he first of the week while Mrs. Conner remained in Springfield with her daughter for several days. REV. GARDNER TO WINDOW GLASS Cut and IniUllfd Hansen Hardware SS No. Hartlrtt. Phone 22 IF YOU PREFER Pasteurized Milk TRY CAMPBELL'S at your favorite Grocer's or phone 4190 The Rev. Herald G. Gardner, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church, will conduct services at 8 tonight at the farm security administration migratory labor camp south of town, Hayes Beall, acting camp manager an nounced yesterday. Sundayschool will be held at the camp this morning at 10:30 under the supervision of Mrs. Thomas Nelson. Walter A. Moran was elected chairman of the camp council at a meeting Friday night. He re places Loyd Geers who left Thursday for California. Lester Wilson was elected to the coun cil to take the place of Mr. Mor an, who was already a council member. Noumea, New Caledonia U.P New Caledonia Is slated to fur nish 10,000 tons of nickel ore to the United States and 450 to 550 tons a month to Australia. MONEY GROWS quickly when lnetd here . . . where IS91HED SAFE TY and LIBERAL EARN INGS await jour satins. Open an account tomor row and set these worth while savings from now on. First Federal Savings k Loan Assn. of Medford 27 North Holly An Inftltutlon Dedicated T. IhoH Who Sara The joys of an open fireplace WITH NONE OF THE DIRT OR BOTHER Only Spark provides the visible fan-shaped flame that sends out radiant heat waves like an open fireplace. And with Spark, there is no wood or coal to carry no dirt or ashes to clean up. SPARK IToiL CIRCULATING HEATERS Model shown here gives both circulating and radiant heat and provides every modern deluxe heating fea ture. 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