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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1941. IF CAMMED Jackson County Committee Chairman Reports At Executive Board Meeting. The recreation committee of the Jackson County Council of Defense Is itanding by. ready to swing Into full action at a mo ment's notice, It was shown by sub-committee reports reviewed Monday afternoon at an execu tive board meeting at the Jack son County Chamber of Com merce. "If and when the proposed cantonment Is established here, and whenever other troops axe here, the committee is ready to function." said Mr. Alfred S. V. Carpenter, chairman. Monday's meeting was held for review purposes on the eve of the week during which Presi dent Roosevelt has asked the na tion to dwell upon national de fense. All defense programs em phasize mora than ever before the Importance of plans for proper recreation for the men in the service. Maintain Canteen The recreation committee here has established and is maintain ing a self-supporting canteen for lr corps officers and men at Medford municipal airport. The canteen, the committee has found, is proving of usefulness not only for the warplane pilots in transit who nave time on their hands while they wait at the airport for the servicing of their ships for clearing weather, but also for the men of the air corps detachment stationed per manently at the field. The committee also reviewed Hs work in setting up and main-'. tainlng a recreation room In the county courthouse for the 400 odd Hamilton Field. Cal., air corps men who encamped for tome time early in the summer at the Elks picnic grounds on the Rogue river. Also reviewed was the committee's activity of providing programs of enter tainment for the farm security administration migrant agricul tural labor camp here the past summer. Just prior to formal organiza tion of the recreation committee, Mrs. Carpenter and others who became members provided means of recreation for the of ficers and men of Company A and headquarters detachment, 189th infantry, Medford s former national guard units, when they encamped here for several days early last summer on their way back to Fort Lewis. Wash., from .aneuvers in California. Syrian-Born Youth to Speak Thursday Before High School Salora RUk, a Syrian-born youth who has attained national prominence as lecturer, will speak to the Senior high school student body at a general assem bly Thursday at S a. m. on "Americanization of an Ameri can." according to Leonard B. Mayfield, principal. Mr. Rizk's message is particu larly significant in the light of world events today. A victim of the first World war. and a child who never had a home of his own. Mr. Rizk will describe how, through determined strug gle, he eventually became a self supporting American citizen. Mr. Rizk is touring high schools throughout the United States in the interests of good citizenship and the character building of Americas youth, stated Principal Mayfield. Hii tour is being sponsored by the Reader's Digest The speaker will also appear at a Junior High school assembly at 11 a. m. Thursday. r t- ... '4 c-. m r SB m pr V x - w I 0 C K E Y In her Aiua Cs- lirnte, Mex.. drbut a profes sional jockey, Anna Wiley took second in a one-mile handicap. She was recently lirensed for rrrnlar turf rjdlnt. E LOSE ATTENDANTS Tacoma, Nov. 12 JP In ability of service station owners to find men to work for them will probably necessitate a ser vice station "curfew" from 7 p. m. to 7 a. m. in the near future A. A. Wood, president of the Western Petroleum Dealers' as sociation, said last night. There is an ample supply of gasoline, Wood said. . . "Gasoline station owners sim ply cannot find men to work for them," he declared. "Union scale for pump attendants is Just under $30 a week, and where a year ago plenty of men could be found for this wage, almost none can be had today." EIGHT BOY SCOUTS RECEIVE BADGES IH EAGLE RATING In the presence of a full audi torium of parents and friends, eight Boy Scouts of Medford and Cold Hill received Monday night the highest award in Scouting, that of Eagle Scout rank. Mothers and fathers in each case pinned tho medal on their sons after the rank had been approved by tha local and national courts of honor. With Don R. Newbury and Larry Schade presiding the Scouts came forward for brief question ing and the award ceremony. Receiving the high distinction were Ralph Burgess, Jerry Mc Dougall. and Alan Weir of troop 3 of Medford. Jack Thompson la Scoutmaster of troop 3 which Is sponsored by the Medford Lions club. Rodney Witham of troop 7 received the rank. Troop 7 is sponsored by the American Legion with Ralph Hulburt as Scoutmaster. James Hoey of troop 8 was awarded his badge by his father J. K. Hoey who came to Medford from Portland for the purpose. Troop 8 is spon sored by the Episcopal church with Ernest Conrad as Scout master. Chris Barker, assistant Scoutmaster of troop 8 received his badge from Larry Schade, council president. From troop 17 of Gold Hill Buddy Blair and Alvis Winn were present to re ceive the same award. Alton Johnson of troop 5 of Medford received the gold eagle Scout palm signifying ten merit badges beyond the rank of eagle Del Norte Opposes Curry Co. Secession Crescent City. Calif., Nov. 12 CP) If Curry county wants to secede from Oregon to become part of California, it will have io do so without the aid of Dei Norte county. The Del Norte county board of supervisors voted. 4 to 1, yesterday against supporting the secession. J. J. McNamara observed with a grin that if Curry county succeeded In such a move, the entire stale of Ore gon might eventually mant to follow suit. Flying Game Warden Is Safe in Alaska Whitehorse. Y. T., Nov. 12 (JPt Ray Renshaw. Alaska game commission agent who was sighted on a river sandbar with hii airplane yesterday after be ing missed four days on a Seattle-Fairbanks flight, flew into Fort Selkirk. Y. T.. late in the day. Renshaw was located by Pilot Herman Joslyn who dropped him supplies and directions. The game commission agent had landed on the sand bar when his fuel was exhausted. INDIGESTION mmr ncilt th HtAft wtisn ai im ira m o aium in m Md "wa 11 Hi T.LIp:. UNtm ft .N, Uu u toit of in, hKM MI n3:r!-a knrwv fa, traoum.:u ri.w el turn- hjvrardit,. U tM riKT TRIAL dMt't pttr B-lt ntun, totu, u M ui neMn UOUBLS Mmtl BmS. Ha. OH MY COWI Silsbee. Tex., Nov. 12 CP) The engineer thought he was making awfully good time, for some reason or another. Then he looked back. He'd lost his load. A cow had tumbled under the train and uncoupled the coaches. The navy will keep university flight training units intact dur ing training to enable friends to be together. Stop AMERICA'S TALLEST HOTEL MORRISON HOTEL CHICAGO HON AI 0 HICKS Next flaw, try the trots WW MfiW&p riLOT CO ED FLIES HIGH Seattle, Wash.. Barbara Erickson, the University of Washington's pretty "flying co ed" of 1940. is still flying hh. Now she's a f.jlr.g instructor one of the few woman teachers in the civilian pilot training pro gram, according to civ. I aero nautics authority officials Cloais tuna lue I'tauiriM Adi a. as " Lata sw CattJi 12 a i f HT. TO CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO AND BACK Ml" LOS ANGELES AND BACK ,2.o Then too go to California this winter, relax in a ctfrr, neam-hratrd train while the engineer does the driv ing. Remember that steel railj art the safest highway in the wxrl J safe eve a when wet. SP The friendly .ewthsrn Pacific e r O. Xorria ,,. rbvne lis i. . ORMtNPt. crt, rti iscirte mat, fwtua. on Scout and Rodney Witham of troop 7 was decorated as a five year veteran Scout. Merit badges were earned by Earl Bradfish, Jack Holmes, Donald Nissen, and Bill Sims of troop 3 of Medford; Don Wal dron of TroQp 8 of Medford; Bruce Bennett, Earl Bennett, and Vaughn Whitmore of troop 17 of Gold Hill; Billy Young, Don Cleek, Don Kimmel, Eddie Ktmmel. Dave Carter, and Dick Carter of troop 43 of Eagle Point Donald Kimmel of troop 43 of Eagle Point also received the rank of Second Class Scout. Assisting in the ceremony which took place at the county court house were the following court commissioners: John Ed dy, J. A. McDougall, James K. Hoey, Paul Peterson and S. M. BuUls. Cloatni urn Ita Clifl Adt . m. T jO Lab tc claMKy 12-30 p WINNERS LISTED IN PET DIVISION The following were prize win ners in the pet and costume di vision of the American Legion Armistice Day parade: Montana Emerson and Robert Fisher, ponies; Bob Hawley, mother dog and litter of pups; Dick Hawley, duck; Patricia Somers, dog in costume; David and Dolores Baize, Dutch cos tume. Also Marjorie Sargent, cat; Elaine Leach, Red Cross nurse; Wayne and Eddie Hackett, fish ermen; Clarence Young, Uncle Sam; and Donald Crowl, sky pilot. The pet and costume division was sponsored by the junior auxiliary of Medford post, American Legioa, PEAR PRODUCTION ESTIMATE STANDS Washington, Nov. 12 !Pi October predictions for 1941 production of pears have not changed, reports released by the agriculture department show. Total production this year was set at 30,820.000 bushels com pared with the 1940 crop of 31,662,000. Principal producing states and their estimated 1941 crop by thousands of bushels are: Washington, 6,099; Oregon, 4,239, and California. 9,283. Closing umi r- ciAAified Adt S . tn Too Late to Clawify 13.30 p i m HY-WHATS THZ BUT VMISKVf VALUE 9 Old Oscar ppor un Whbkry e Un4 t6pntil Onigbi ubistitt, 49og neutral sptna rrtnM JvtDiitiUiTU), , UmuvUU & Btltimm. s 115 A PINT J 2.25 A 0T. - - . V . bi : x ;. t u? wj - r 1 md kFvVL ) Jf Jul irwPXf L lined with bright, exciting windows freshly stocked with today's news, the newspaper is the busiest thoroughfare in town . . . busier tod,i than ever before. In some windows you find news of the home town, the nation, and the rest of the world. In some you find entertainment, advice, interpreta tion. In others you find news of the goods and sen ices offered by manufacturers and retailers. Every day in the week, every week in the year, you and your family travel this busy street, looking for things that interest you . . . and finding them in both the news and advertising windows Practicallv everybody in every community walks along this thoroughfare of news and advertising every day . . . simpiy oecause the newspaper is indispensable to everybody everywhere. That's why the 37,000.000 families in the United States and Canada buy, and read, over 43.300.000 newspapers every weekday . . . over 33.000,000 newspapers every Sunday. And because everybody is so intersely interested in the contents of the newspaper, it's easy to un derstand why advertisers, national and local, find newspaper space the most effective medium with which to tell their story and sell their goods. HE BUREAU OF ADVERTISING AWIIICAN NEWSAE PUUISHUS ASSOCIATION Of Which the MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE fi Member OLD OSCAR PEPPER ise 8 LJ
