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PAGE TEN MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1942. YOUTH PERISHES IN ROGUE RIVER BELOW GOLD RAY Effort to Swim Across With Companion Ends in Tragedy. Rogue river claimed another life Friday afternoon when Gene Allen, 18, of 141 North Fir street was drowned below Gold Ray dam while trying to swim the river. Billy L. Thomas, of the same address, nearly lost his life in an attempt to save Allen who clung to him, pulling him under twice. The two youths, who have been employed as laborers and carpenters at Camp White, were swimming In the Rogue river and both started to cross the river. About a third of the way across Allen became out of breath and told Thomas he didn't think he could swim the remaining distance, it was re ported. Thomas told him to re turn to shore and began assist ing his friend, pushing and shov ing him as best he could. Allen holding onto his rescuer pulled him under twice and Thomas was forced to break the hold on the youth in an effort to save his own life, the county coroners office reported. The accident occurred about one quarter mile below the dam, about 3:05 p. m. and the Jack son county sheriff's office and state police were called to the scene. The body was recovered about two hours later by state police and the sheriff'i men. Allen Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carel Allen of 225 Brown ing street, McFarland, Cal. The body was forwarded to McFar land last evening according to the county coroner, Carlos W. Morris. had received recent promotions, including two from the rank of captain to that of major. Pro moted to majors were Capt. B. A. Pittman and Capt. J. A. Shaw, Jr. First lieutenants promoted to the rank of captain were W. J. Rozamus, J. A. Brock, W. H. C. Ellis, Jr., M. D. Hickman, A. A. Moore and W. B. Wilder. Advanced to first lieutenant from second lieutenant were John E. Mead. Daniel I. Smith. Robert H. Sykes, William F. Kenney, Joseph T. McCrackin, James E. Coulter, Lea son K. Watson, James L. Douglas and Fred A. Richard. Funeral Riles Monday For Milinda Pruetl Funeral services for the late Mrs. Milindia L. Pructt, who passed away In this city on August 14, will be conducted from Perl funeral home Monday at 2:30 p. m., Rev. D. E. Mii lard officiating. Interment will take place in the family plot in Central Point cemetery. Pall bearers will be Victor Bursell, William Brown, Roy Stanley, Ross Kline, William Perry, and P. M. Kershaw. Dh Mall mount want ade. SCHOOLS OF CITY TO OPEN SEPT. 14 AS FIRST PLANNED Medford public schools will open Sept. 14, the date set in the spring of this year, E. H. Hedrick, city school superinten dent, announced Friday. How tver, actual ipening of the high school will depend on the situa tion existing in the labor field at that time, as student may be called to relieve the conges tion caused by possible lack of If bor in the fruit and harvesting. In preparation for the open ins of the schools renovation and clean'rg of school buildings in the c !ty is underway. At Roose velt school a hog fuel turner is bcin installed by the school crew under the direction of Guy Davis, foreman. A fuel pit and conveyor are being bui't out side the school building. Roosevelt school has in the past used cord wood, but inabil ity to purchase sufficient cord wood forced the installation of the hog fuel burner which had been contemplated by the school board for several years, Hedrick stated. Cord wood on hand at Roose velt school has been moved to Lincoln school which with Jack son school still uses cord wood heat. Transfer of the wood at Roosevelt brought the fuel situa tion at the Lincoln and Jackson schools to sufficient capacity and also removed a traffic haz ard at Rotjsevelt school where for the past years cord wood has been stacked near the street. Death Claims Tison, Long-Time Resident James Tison, a resident of southern Oregon for many years, passed away at a local hospital Friday evening at 0:30. A complete obituarywill be pub lished later. Perl funeral home is in charge. TIMBER PURCHASE TOLD Roseburg, Aug. 15. (P) Purchase of 5,900 acres of tim ber in the Kellogg area of north western Douglas county by Smith Wood Products company, Coquille, was disclosed today. Dm MaU Tribune want ads. MRS. GARNETT IS TAKEN BY DEATH Elizabeth Lee Garnett, wife of Ben Garnett, passed away at the family home, 211 North Peach street, Friday afternoon after a prolonged illness. Mrs. Garnett had lived in Medford for 35 years. She was born near Dover, Mo., Feb. 14, 1880, where she spent her early life, and was later united in marriage to Mr. Garnett at Kansas City, Mo., on Feb. 10, 1897. Mrs. Garnett had been a member of the First Christian all of her life. ' She is survived by her hus band, two sons, Clifton Garnett of San Francisco, Calif., and Myrl Garnett of Bremerton, Wash., also one grandchild, Joan. Both of her sons will be here to attend the services. Funeral services will be con ducted from Perl funeral home Tuesday at 10:30 a. m., Rev. R. W. Coleman, pastor of the First Christian church, officiating. In terment will be in Siskiyou Me morial Park. The Grange Gold Hill Grange met in regu lar session August 6. A commit tee appointed to work in con junction with other local organi zations on the national salvage campaign includes R. G. Wigle, chairman, W. C. Autenreith, Jesse Fish, Mrs. F. C. Lance and John Gray. It was voted that our hall be used one evening a month for the recreation and en tertainment of a party of soldiers from Camp White, preferably Grangers or boys from Grange families. H. E. C. met at Grange Hall August 11th with four visitors, Mrs. Bertram, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Edith Kenyon and Beverley Ken yon. Hazel Fish was remember ed by her Flora friend. Delicious refreshments were served by Pearl Gray, Gertrude Rosecrans and Dorothy McGuire following a short program of singing. Next meeting will be at the home of Florence Howes. This will be an all-day meeting with a pot-luck dinner. Come prepared to sew We wish to call to the attention of all interested the standard First Aid class to start at the Grange Hall on Wednesday, Au gust 19, at 2 p: m. All are wel come to take up the instruction. EMK Leo McLean, U. 9. deputy marshal from Portland who has been here a week aiding in the serving -t summons and peti tions fc. condemnation to own ers of land on the Camp White reservation, reported approxi mately 350 such services had thus far been made, with many more to be made in the next week or so. Some difficulty is being ex perienced in making the ser vices, McLean said, explaining that piesent addresses of many of the land-owners are unknown.. After being served, the land owners have 20 days in which to answer. U. S. district court, now in session, is gra-iting orders au thorizing the disbursement of 30 tier cent of appraistl prices to land owners, and is prepar ing to try the many condemna tion suits. NOTICE STARTTNO Monday Aug. 17 the Pal. ace lunch will close Irom 8 :00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. until further noUce. WANTED Experienced and Inex perienced Laundry Help Highest wages paid CRYSTAL WHITE LAUNDRY 811 No. Central RICHARD CALDER PASSES AGED 64 Richard James Calder, 64, well known and highly respect edeitizenof Medford, where he has lived for 34 years, passed away at the family home 107 King street early Saturday morning, after an illness of several months. Mr. Calder was born at Aber deen, Scotland, on June 11. 1878. He came to the United States with an aunt and uncle when he was 14 years of age, and in 1907 came to southern Oregon. He was united in mar riage to Miss Pansy Carney at Jacksonville on Sept. 19, 1903. They have lived here continu ously since that time. Mr. Cal der will be remembered by a host of friends. He was elevator conductor In the Federal build ing for 25 years, and always had a cherry hello and smile for everyone. He was a long time member of the Odd Fel lows lodge. He is survived by his wife one daughter, Mrs. La Donna Seegmiller, two grandchildren, Donna Marie and Lavcrna Seeg miller, all of Medford. Funeral services will be con ducted from the Perl funeral home Tuesday at 2 p. m. Mr. A. J. Hnnhy officiating. Inter ment will be In Central Point cemetery. 300 LB. FAT A DAY Portland, Aug. 15. (P)-Ore-gon housewives are turning in waste fats for the war effort at a rate of about 300 pounds a day, William Dcnnlcy, render ers' representative on the state salvage committee, reported to day. Capacity of reducing plants In the state is 5,000 pounds daily, he said, urging larger contributions. OFFICERS OF 91ST Headquarters of the 91 st In fantry Division at Camp White have announced that 17 officers CORN REMOVER Oiraa kuual fallal M eala aa tf Nwvfi aai ewt. Mil aaraf kriwiM lae eallaaa. wun. ttaUlnaaa, eWk ealla. M aaalalaa ea. al eiMtaat alia l nn. laaaaa ul o.i ax eaaae Ik. lmuna ai a. Ma acta talatafaa. 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