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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 194L WIND-UP ACCOUNT WORK ARMY CAMP ENDED THURSDAY Final work of winding up the accounts of Myron Hunt and H. C. Chamberi-BIackls and Wood, architect-engineer for the pro posed army cantonment here, will be completed by Tuesday, Capt. Theron W. Bean, construct inging quartermaster said yester day. Myron Hunt, the archi tect, and Harold I. Wood, the engineer, will then be In readi ness to leave. Mr. Hunt's firm Is In Los Angeles, Mr. Wood's, San Francisco. The two men have been here since early May, being in charge of the canton ment advance planning under Capt. Bean representing the army. Thomas A. Scadden, zone 9 In surance examiner, San Francis co, yesterday completed his ex amination of the architect-engineer's insurance accounts. Mr. Scadden arrived here by plane Thursday night and was to con tinue from here to Albany, also the site of a proposed canton ment. When the architect-engineer's Job was completed a short time ago, Capt. Bean augmented his staff to carry on the work of making changes In the drawings as ordered at Washington, D. C. A few more local workers were added to the staff last week, in creasing the personnel to 44 yesterday. About three weeks' work remained on hand yester day, Capt. Bean said. Addition al changes, however, might pro long the work. Mr. Wood, here sines May 4, plana to leave Tuesday with Mrs. Wood for their home in Los Al tos, Cal. His firm has a new reclamation Job in northern Cali fornia. Mr. Wood said he and Mrs. Wood had enjoyed their stay here and valued the friendships they had made. He said he might return to Medford if construction of the proposed can tonment is authorized as the government has an option on the services of the architect-engineer on the building Job. During the advance planning of the camp the architect-engineer's staff comprised 1S3 persons at the maximum. Mr. Wood said he was not a stranger in Medford, having visited here frequently 21 years ago when he worked on the Granada irrigation district pro ject. Portland, Ore. Nov. 29. (AP) All Portland produce prices steady, unchanged. Combination offer 1 Glass Tilter Rod and -funnel Holder CORY Glass Rod Altars delicious . coffee ond teo . . . without Alter cloth or popart no hooks or chain. CORY Funnel Holder provides secure stand for upper glass at table, ki kitchen . , . anytime. Both these accessories supplied with all CORY Brewers. If yours Is not a CORY, get combination package nowt HUBBARD BROS. Main k Riverside. Phone 2189 DON'T MISS GET A RELIABLE WEATHER PROPHET KNOW TtIB WE tTlli:it FOR HOKK OR PI E tst HE f Out This Reminder Oet a WEATHER Prophet For 69c Hf. 11.00 TOlua Mall orders 10c extra An Ideal Gift Guaraateed Made la Amerlrm Wheo the weathar Is to be fine the two children will eor out;" when stormy weather la approaching, th witch will coin out Ira 1 o 94 hours ahead ol rain or anow. ICHEHDWE. & SPORTING GOODS, Medford, Ore. DEATH COMES TO PERRY L WAIT, 68 Perry L. Walt, 68, a resident of Sardine creek near Gold Hill where he had resided for the last 25 years and operated the Laurelwood poultry farm, passed away at his home there early Saturday morning. Death was sudden and unexpected. He was born at Detroit, Mich., February 14, 1873. His travels had taken him Into practically every state in the union and a year or two was spent in Alaska. He spent 10 years mining in Ne vada before coming here in 1916 and has resided at bis present home since that time. His stir ling qualities of character has made him many friends through out the county where he has been active In grange circles since joining the Live Oak grange of Rogue River in 1926. He was grange master for years and a "member of Pomona grange. Besides his wife, Nora N. Wait, he is survived by one brother In Detroit. Funeral services will be held at the Conger chapel at 2 p. m. Monday with Interment In the Gold Hill cemetery. A district meeting of all chapters of Royal Arch Masons in southern Oregon will be held in Medford Tuesday, De cember 2. The grand high priest of the Grand chapter of Oregon will be present. A no-host dinner will be served at 6:43 p. m. At 8 p. m. the chapter will be called to order and the Royal Arch de gree will be conferred upon a large class of candidates. All chapter Masons, for whom the grand high priest has a splendid inspirational message, are urged to be present. HI Hungry burglars entered Ash land high school Friday night, broke eight windows, failed in an effort to open the principal's office safe, then cooked bacon end eggs, breakfasted in the home economics department, and left. NOMINATE YELL LEADER Southern Oregon College of Education, Ashland, Nov. 29. (Spl.) Nominations for yell leader and song queen held at Southern Oregon College of Education Friday Included: yell leader, Mildred Bowerman, Hood River; Marie Pochelu. Paisley; Bernlce McMartin, Red Bluff. Calif., and Walter Enders. Medford; song queen, Betty Lee Walters of Altadena, Calif., and Esther Carter, El wood. Neb.- HARRIS To Mr. and Mrs. Al len, 307 Bessie street, Nov. 28, a girl, 6H lbs., at Community hospital. COG HILL To Mr. and Mrs. E. L., Route 2, Medford, Nov. 28, a girl, 8 3 4 lbs., at Community hospital. HAAS To Mr. and Mrs. Dan, 606 West 11th street, Nov. 27. a girl, 6 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. MOSELEY To Mr. and Mrs Lawrence, Crescent City, Cal., Nov. 28. a girl, 7 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. BUCK To Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene, 1032 South Ivy street. Nov. 29. a girl, 9' i lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. THIS CHANCE I Births I; IVANHOE JR. IN who s who book of Universities Among those receiving the honor of being listed in "Who's Who Among Students in Amer ican Universities and Colleges" this year Is a former Medford youth, L. F. Ivanhoe, Jr. Ivanhoe attended school in Medford until 1933 when he went to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He attended schools there and today speaks Portuguese, Ger man and Spanish, besides Eng lish. He returned to this coun try In 1938 and Is now attend ing the South Dakota State School of Mines, In Rapid City, S D. He will graduate, prob ably with honors next June, receiving a B. S. degree in mining engineering. Ivanhoe is a member of Sigma Tau, national honorary engi neering fraternity, and also a member of Triangle, national engineering fraternity. Besides numerous campus activities, in cluding vice presidency of the student body, he is the .student assistant in the mining depart ment, and assistant to the city engineer of Rapid City. Despite all this he maintains an honor average in his studies. Ivanhoe was in Medford dur ing the summers of 1938 and 1940, visiting his sister Roberta who lives with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bates, at 32 Newtown street, and Mrs. C. A. Hamlin, 108 S. Laurel street, with whom he formerly lived. After graduation Ivanhoe ex pects to return to South Amer ica. CHRISTMAS SEALS LETTERS MAILED Thursday evening Mrs. Henry Pringle of 9 IS Reddy avenue put more than 1,000 letters in the mail for delivery Friday. The letters contained Christmas seals, Mrs. Pringle being chairman of the Medford sale. By 10 o'clock Friday morning Mrs. Pringle had her first two returns, one from Mrs. Elmer Childers of 230 South Central avenue the other from Jap An drews of 1404 West Main street. The quick response of these two was taken by the Medford committee as a sign of an unus ually spontaneous and generous purchase this year of the little seals that are symbolic of the constant war against tubercu losis. Jacksonville Honors Championship Teams Jacksonville, Nov. 29. (Spl.) In honor of Jacksonville high school's teams for the years 1939, 1940 and 1941. R. N. Mai lory Is presenting a memorial flag to the school. It Is to have a huge "Redskin" on a white ground and the whole flag is to be edged in red. Boy Scout Troop 35 and the Letterman's club are sponsoring the erection of a flag pole to be placed in front of the building. The pole will be set in a large cement base which will bear the names of the players on the past three championship teams. ART EXHIBIT PLANNED AT TALENT CITY HALL Talent Nov. 29. (Spl.) Tal ent Community club will hold an art exhibit December 3. starting at 2 p.m. in the city hall. All are invited to come and bring fancy work, crocheting knitting, rugs, quilts, old articles and unusual things. Lunch will be served and everyone is invited. DIAL 4923 UNIQUE CLEANERS CORNER MAIN AND FRONT STS. For Standard High Quality Dry Cleaning 75c DRESSES No extra charge for minor repairs. Quick pickup and delivery service. Wo always mothproof every garment. DIAL 4923 'CLASSMATE' TELLS! OF PEET TRAVELS Appearing tn the. November 23 issue of Classmate, Methodist church youth weekly news maga zine, is a story entitled "A Mis sionary Journey." This writing concerns the Journeys of James and Harriet Peet, mother of Mrs. Ira Jones and grandmother of Mrs. A. E. Brockway, both of route 2. The Peets, Methodist mission aries, left their home in western New York In the spring of 18S5 for a frontier point, 180 miles north of St. Paul, Minn., where they were to take up their duties as Methodist missionaries. The "travel-log" is written by Ed ward L. Peet, grandson of the Peets. The story relates their Journey by sleigh in the winter months to their far north outpost; their contacts with friendly Indians and an accident in which the sleigh overturned upon Mrs. Peet. They spent five years in this outpost before returning to their annual conference. Mr. Peet died in 1866 but Mrs. Peet continued to give her life in missionary work. Mr. Peet, author of the story, is pastor in Hartford, Conn., and j with Mrs. Peet and daughter visited in Medford several years ! ago. Phoenix High Pupils Will Stage Benefit Program on Tuesday Phoenix, Nov. 29. (Spl.) Phoenix High school students will present an evening's pro gram of entertainment and re freshment Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the school gym. Purpose of the benefit is to raise funds in order to meet the medical and hospital costs of athletes injured during the football season. For the first time in four years, students received serious injuries playing football. Bert Marshall received a broken finger and a broken leg. Vernon Tison re ceived a sprained arm; Leonard Ferns tore some chest ligaments loose from his collar bone, and Don Lewis developed infection in his elbow. The program will consist of several musical numbers; baton twirling skits, a radio quiz num ber, and a box lunch auction by Colonel A. H. Dudley. Every lady Is urged to bring a box. The public is cordially invited. A nominal admission will be charged. E Cairo, Nov. 29. (JF) A "smashing raid" lasting three hours was made on Naples i Thursday night, the middle east RAF reported today. (The Italian high command yesterday admitted Naples had been raided and said "material damage was notable.") The RAF communique said direct hits were scored on the royal arsenal, a torpedo factory. industrial installations, oil stor age tanks and the railway sta tion, engine shed and freight yards. GOVERNOR 'FIRED' New York Nov. 29. (AP) The German radio said today that the Governor-General of ! Angola (Portuguese West Africa) I had been relieved of his duties ' and would be tried on charges of having "cooperated" with Eng land and the Free French gov ernment of Gen. Charles de Gaulle. Om Mali TrtouM want ad a. SUITS LOCAL and Foresters Here Sam Warg, assistant ranger of the Union Creek district of the Rogue River national forest, and Ver non Hicks, timber sales officer at Union Creek, transacted busi ness here yesterday. Fines Levied Ray Christie, Route 1, Box 475, was fined $5 in city court Friday afternoon for parking in an alley. Edward M. Blair, Route 2, Box 38, was fined $10 for violating the basic traffic rule. Both pleaded guilty. Moving The Dawson Filing te Grinding Works will be moved today from 32 North Front street to 129 North River side avenue, across from Mer rick's. The firm will be in its new premises tomorrow. Vacation Ends MissHortense Thompson has returned to Port land after spending her vaca tion at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Thompson, who reside near Gold Hill. Miss Thompson is employed in the Oregon State Motor association office. Hits Goats E. P. Merrick. 1432 East Main street, struck a nanny goat and a kid late Friday afternoon as he drove across the Poorman creek bridge, he stated in a report on file yes terday. The nanny goat's leg was possibly broken, the report said. Mr. Merrick went imme diately to the home of the owner but he was not there and Mr. Merrick left a note for him, according to the report. To Instruct E P. Leavitt, superintendent of Crater Lake national park, was to leave to day by car for San Francisco where he will be an Instructor at a personnel training school of the fourth region, national park service. The school will continue from December 1 to 13. Mr. Leavitt was to be accom panied from here by J. Carlisle Crouch, chief ranger' at Crater Lake national park, Arthur Roach, storekeeper, and Don Fisher, acting custodian of the Lava Beds national monument, all of whom will attend the school. Confined Jack W. Thurman, 1728 North Riverside avenue, was receiving treatment In Com munity hospital yesterday for injuries suffered Thursday aft ernoon when his car and a school bus driven by Lester A. Wilcox, Route 2, collided at Fourth street and Oakdale ave nue. Mr. Thurman entered the hospital Thursday night and Mrs. Thurman stated yesterday that doctor's orders were for him to stay in bed a week. He suffered bruised ribs and a bruised right leg, Mrs. Thurman said. Police said after the acci dent that Mr. Wilcox would be cited for failure to stop at the ftop sign before entering Fourth street. Personnel Move William H McClure, senior station attend ant of United Air Lines here, will leave today for San Fran cisco to attend a special com pany meeting. He will be gone a week. Mr. McClure will take charge of the company's station at the new Bellingham, Wash., airport shortly after the first of the year. George Webb, station attendant here, left Friday for Monterey. Cal., to relieve a sta tion attendant there for a week or 10 days. Robert Green, who has been on temporary duty at the company's station in Red Bluff, Cal., will return to his post at the airport here today or tomorrow, it was announced by Max C. Hcnne, manager. TRUCKS LOCAL and LONG DISTANCE HAULING Small and large Van Equipment Rates $1.50 to $2.50 per hour NEW LOCKER ROOMS for FURNITURE STORAGE We new have several Individual LOCKER ROOMS available lor furniture storage. Dry, dustiest and safe place for your household goods. We incite you to tee our new locker rooms when in need of storage tpsce for your household goods. NEW LOW RATES SAMSON STORAGE FURNITUE MOVING AND STORAGE Phone 375$. 4th and Front PERSONAL Building Permits G. B. Hughes, 513 North Central ave nue, applied at the city building Inspector's office Friday for a permit to remodel his residence at a stated cost of $100. J. A. Crasby applied for a permit to remodel a porch at a stated cost of $50. Returns Max C. Henne, sta tion manager of ttfe United Air Lines at Medford municipal air port returned by United Main liner yesterday afternoon from San Francisco where he spent the past week attending a com pany meeting. Prior to attend ing the meeting, he spent three days in Oakland with his family. Cloudy, Warm The weather at Crater Lake national park yesterday was cloudy with a warm southeast wind prevail ing, it was reported by short wave radio. Only a three-inch covering of old snow remained on the ground, the broadcaster said. Visibility was described as poor. Minimum temperature in the night was 34 degrees. Chimney Fires The fire de partment's chemical crew stood by yesterday morning while soot in the chimney at the resi dence of Mrs. Christine Borge. 441 West Ninth street, burned itself out. Late Friday afternoon the chemical crew was called to the residence of John C. Greaves, 1156 West Eighth street, where there was a chim ney fire. The firemen stood by while the blaze burned itself out. There was no damage at either place. Drivers Fined Robert J. Rob inson, 16, Route 4, Box 49, was fined $10 and his operator's license was suspended for 90 days by City Judge W. W. Allen when he pleaded guilty in city court yesterday morning to driv ing 50 miles an hour on East Main street. Lawrence A. Ogle, 414 Alice street, was fined $2.50 for double parking on Front street near Main street. He pleaded guilty. Because of miti gating circumstances, Judge Al len suspended the fine. Driver Tests Examinations will be held here from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday for persons seeking licenses or permits to operate motor vehicles. Ward McReyn olds, supervisor for this dis trict announced yesterday. This schedule will be in force until further notice, he said. The examiner will be on duty in the customary place, council chambers on the top floor of city hall. Since early last May the examiner's office here has been opened daily excepting Monday but a year-end lull now makes it necessary to reduce the sched ule, Mr. McReynolds pointed out. YOU NEED MONEY.e.y Cash up to 5i0 advanced for ny worthwhile purpose. No mbrrmwtn? credit Inquiries. R payment terms to suit you Come In or phonel Oregon Finance Co. W. E. THOMAS. Mrr. 4.1 o. Central. Dial 4433 Me. No. B -Ml, M-517 Rome Owned and Managed since 1978 FOR HIRED when I Chorus To Meet Rogue Val ley mixed chorus will meet Monday at 7:30 p. m. at Junior high school for rehearsal. At Hospital Don Wimer, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Wimer, 410 North Ivy street, is reported tn ha Imnrmrintf satisfactorily at Sacred Heart hospital where he underwent an emergency appendectomy Thursday after noon. Plana Passengers L. Pitman arrived by United Mainliner from San Francisco last evening. Leaving early last evening were A. Collins, to San Francisco, and J. Fligelman, to Los An geles. M. Mayo departed for Portland yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. E. Stanley arrived yesterday noon from Los An geles. Arrivals yesterday fore noon from Portland were W. Brown and Mrs. S. Nye. Arriv ing early yesterday morning from Los Angeles were Mrs. R. Deviner and Mrs. M. Kempton. Arriving Friday midnight from Portland were L. Luman, O. Johnson and H. Riggs. C. Free man departed for San Diego. D. Trask arrive Friday night BUY Your CHRISTMAS CARDS BY THE BOX It's the Economical Way! 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