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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY SO, 1942.
Society and Clubs
by Betty Shoemaker
Eagles Lodge
Completes Plans
' For Official Visit
Meeting last night at Eagles
bail mem berg of Crater Lake
Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eaglei
made final preparation for the
entertainment of Ceorge Tank,
grand worthy president of Dav
enport, Iowa. Fred Johnston has
announced the following pro
gram to be held Sunday in
honor of the worthy president's
visit to this city.
Registration of delegates will
begin at 9 a. m. at the Eagles
hall and at 11 a. m. registration
of candidates for Initiation. The
meeting will open at 1:30 p. m.
and at 4:30 p. m. there will be
a parade of drill teams from
Roseburg, Klamath Falls, Med
ford and other aeries are ex
pected to be present also. Din
ner follows at 8:30 p. m. to be
served by members of the aux
iliary drill team to Eagles and
their families. The program will
close with a dance.
The entertainment and recep
tion committees will entertain
visiting ladies at the Townsend
hall, 123V4 West Main street. It
is expected that Mr. Tank will
arrive Saturday night by train
In company with Aaron Reece,
grand representative from Seat
tle, Wash. Worthy President Ray
Marks has as his reception com
mittee the aerie officers.
Brother Schafer Is chairman of
the Initiation with Francis H.
Walker, press relations; George
Gunn, kitchen, and Brother
Stelle, coffee.
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Jolly Stitchers
Honor Member
The Jolly Stitchers club sur-i-lu4
Mm. Gurden Stags at her
home on Berrydale avenue
Tuesday with a potiucK dinner,
honoring her birthday. She re
ceived a gift from the club and
from her secret pal.
Later cards were played with
Mrs. Hans Rammln and Mrs.
Bob West holding high scores.
Also attending were Mesdames
Frank Ovalman, Ida Hollars,
Jane Hemstreet, Dan Conners,
Harry Barneburg, John Green
stead, and Mr. and Mrs. Gurden
Stagg.
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CALENDAR
, Friday
7:30 p. m. Girl Scout Court
of Awards, Lincoln school aud
itorium. 8:00 p. m. President's Birth
day Ball, Oriental Gardens.
Saturday - -
10:00 a. m. County primary
teachers' council, county court
house auditorium.
2:00 p. m. General Joseph
Lane society. Children of Amer
ican Revolution, home Mrs.
Wadt Crawford, 707 South Oak
dale avenue.
9:00 p. m. Redmen lodge,
dance, Redmen hall, Apple St.
Sunshine Girl
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The little ray el sunshine It
Evelyn Dintmoer (above). It,
who hat been choten from hall
a hundred computing beauties to
be the "Sunihine Girl" at the
winter season of outdoor sports
and other events which are part
ei Cal lornla's All-Winter Bus
Festival a Long Beach.
ff OK Fashioned Fuiti
Med ford Residents
Will Celebrate
F.D.R.'s Birthday
Joining In the celebration of
the 60th birthday of President
Roosevelt tonight at Oriental
Gardens will be many citizens
of Medford and vicinity. The
event will be the annual Presi
dent's Ball held throughout the
nation for (he fight against In
fantile paralysis.
Medford Is not alone in cele
brating the affair in Jackson
county for many rural commu
nities are holding gatherings at
Grange halls and other lodge
halls In cooperation with the
larger cities.
The President's ball In Med
ford begins at 9 p. m. with music
by Steve Whipple's orchestra.
The affair is open to the public
and tickets may be secured at
the door. Chairman for Medford
is Wm. Grenbemer assisted by
George Nielson as vice chair
man.
Red Cross
Members Knit
Junior Red Cross activity at
Griffin Creek school yesterday
included a class In knitting
when all the students, under the
direction of the principal, Mrs,
Maude Coy Robinson and Miss
Vera Humphrey, Junior Red
Cross chairman for Jackson
county, learned to knit. A Jun
lor Red Cross assembly was also
held during which Miss Humph
rey explained activities of the
organization and what was be
ing accomplished In the county.
P.-T. A. Activities
IN MANY FIELDS
FOR CIVILDEFENSE
Myriad Jobs Keep Volun
tary Workers Busy From
Daylight To Nightfall.
Prospect
An evening meeting of Pros
pect P.TA. was held In the
school dining room, Jan. 28. Pot
luck supper was served ty
committee. Including Mrs. Vic
tor ChnpmKn, Mrs. Rrn'-en
Moore, Mrs. Gus Ditsworth, Mrs.
Herbert L. Carlton, and Mrs.
Barbara Tubman. After business
meeting, presided over by Mrs.
Pattle Clemens, George Reed
presented two violin solo.
Introduced by Lee Merriman,
chairman of the civilian defense
first aid, and instructor of the
local class, were Captain Sidney
Tuttle and David Lowry, of
Medford, who gave Interesting
talks on civilian defense.
Burton Broomfield was elect
ed Civilian Defense chief for
Prospect school district No. 89,
and ha reported that he will
choose his committees at once,
so they can be trained for their
duties. About 00 people attend
ed the meeting.
To Spend Weekend
At Roseburg
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Williams
and Mrs. E. L. Hennlnger, of
this city, are planning to motor
to Roseburg Saturday where
they will spend the weekend on
a business and pleasure trip, re
turning home Sunday.
Pocahontas Lodge
Will Meet Tonight
Pocahontas lodge will meet in
regular session at Redman hall
on Apple street tonight at 8
o'clock. The business meeting
will be followed by a social card
party w"ith Maud Abbot, Laural
Butts and Janet Bostwlck in
charge.
TO ENTER ARMY
Salem, Jan. 30. (P) George
Belt and Bert T. Ford, both
Salem city aldermen whose
terms expire at the end of this
year, announced today they ex
pect to enter the army.
MISS MscDONALD HURT
London, Jan. 30. (P) Sheila
MacDonald suffered a fractured
skull and other Injuries In an
automobile accident at Wimble
don early today. Miss MncDon
aid, sinter of Malcolm MacDon
ald, Britain's high commissioner
to Canada, and daughter of the
late Ramsay MacDonald, was
taken to a hospital, where her
condition was reported as serious.
By Corrlnae Hardesty
UP Staff Correspondent
New York (UP) A day in the
life of a woman volunteer de
fense worker it more crowded
than a debutante's social sched
ule and more hectic than
housewife's blue Monday.
Volunteer defense work, cov
ering anything Americans may
do on the home front In total
war, went into high gear with
the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Most active organizations so far
are the American Red Cross,
American Women's Voluntary
Services and the Office of Ci
vilian Defense. The women
work from daylight to dark or
later.
At the office of the motor di
vision of the AWVS, smartly
uniformed Bernice Reedy was
on duty at 7 a.m. to answer tele
phone calls for emergency mo
tor service.
In spite of the confusion of
50 or 60 women "who want to
do something" milling about,
Miss Reedy dispatched a car to
take a small child to a throat
clinic
la 28 States
The motor corps is only one
division of the AWVS, which
is organized in 28 states and has
190,000 workers. In the last two
weeks more than 1,000 eager
women have registered at its
local office.
Motor corps volunteer! must
have a driver's license. They
take courses in first aid, convoy
driving, map reading and me
chanics and mutt give 50 hours
service before they can wear the
corps uniform a tidy, two
piece outfit in gray blue gabar
dine with lota of brass buttons.
Air raid and fir wardens,
many of whom registered with
precinct police and fire chiefs
months ago at a lark, found
themselves in clan rooms, man
ual and notebook in hand.
10,000 Jobs Listed
She proceeded to outline war
dens' duties: enforcing lighting
restrictions; helping steer pers
ona to safe places; assisting vic
tims; reporting fires, and organ
izing neighborhood groups.
Most members of the warden
classes proceeded immediately
to first aid classes. These are
organized by the Red Cross with
some duty to fit every woman's
talent.
At the Office of Civilian De
fense a group of 40 Interviewers
who volunteered to help volun-
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AIR RAID HIDEOU T Stacked sandbars form a circular shelter for the use of post wardens
durlns air raids In Philadelphia, as well as for pedestrians few, at least In a hurry to ret out of
the war of bomb splinters. Air Raid Warden Thomas Boone bnilt this shelter In Mansyunk, and more
are to be set up. with approval of the Philadelphia defense council.
teers, struggled at cataloguing
qualifications of 600 workers a
day. The OCD acts as a clearing
house. The Idea Is to get volun
teer workers in,to one of the in,
000 jobs listed with the OCD.
Auto Tax Stamps
Available Late at
P. 0. On Saturday
To accommodate the public a
window at the postofflce will be
kept open tomorrow to 6 p. m.
for the sale of motor vehicle
tax stamps, Postmaster Frank
DeSouza announced today. No
other business, however, will be
transacted tomorrow afternoon,
he emphasized.
The federal motor vehicle tax
law becomes effective Monday
and from then on motor vehicles
must have the required stamp
attached Jo some part of the
car, such as the dash board.
where it can be seen readily.
Postmaster DeSouza has recom
mended writing one's name and
address or license number
across the face of the stamp to
avert theft. The stamp costs
$2.09 for the remainder of the
current fiscal year.
Edward C. Kelly to
Quit Federal Post
For Practice Here
Edward C. Kelly, former Med
ford resident who has been away
about eight years, is expected to
return tomorrow to make his
home here again. He la relin
quishing his position as attorney
for the Bonneville power admin
istration in Portland to enter pri
vate practice here.
Mrs. Kelly and the three chil
dren, Bernard, Noreen and Jim
my, arrived last week and took
up residence at 1013 South Oak
dale avenue. Mrs: Kelly pre
ceded her husband here so that
the children might be enrolled
at St. Mary's academy for the
current term which opened last
Monday.
Since leaving Medford Mr. and
Mrs. Kelly have resided in Wash
ington, D. C, Nome, Alaska, and
Portland, Mr. Kelly doing legal
work for the government in
each place. Mr. Kelly Is the son
of Mrs. E. E. Kelly of 911 Queen
Ann avenue and the late Co.
Kelly. Mrs. Kelly's mother, Mrs.
Paul Grelner, Is expected to
come here soon to live.
Spokane, Jan. SO (AP) Fred
K. Jones, Spokane Insurance
man, has been appointed district
governor of Rotary International
for the northwest district, it was
announced today,
i He will succeed William
Ritchie Dowrey of Vancouver,
B. C, who resigned to become
price administrator of British Co
lumbia. The term expires July 1.
The northwest district In
cludes Washington, Oregon,
North Idaho, British Columbia
and Alaska. '
PORTLAND TEACHERS
TO GET WAGE BOOST
Portland, Jan. 30. (P) A
blanket 5 per cent pay Increase
for 2000 teachers and other
Portland school employes was
approved by the board of educa
tion Wednesday night.
The action confirmed an auth
orization given by the board
last fall. It was necessary now
for the new budget.
S.P.T
San Francisco, Jan. 30. AP)
Cancellation of a Joint hear
ing to consider the Southern Pa
cific railroad's request to aban
don passenger train service be
tween Southern Oregon town
and Dunsmulr, Calif., was an
nounced last night by the state
railroad commission.
The California and Oregon
commissions had scheduled the
hearing for Yreka on February
9, but cancelled it to comply with
the army's request that there be
no public hearings on rail ser
vice curtailment which might re
veal military information.
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