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. Wkaa all
ikate kae UiW4 vr Hue eae, tela
eat aaaaar eaataafak
Exclusively at
WESTERN THRIFT
TENANT
WANTED
STORE BUILDING and
paved parking lot at North
east corner 6th and Bart
lett Sts.. will be available
for occupancy October iirst
Communicate with
JOHN TOMLIN
P.O.Box 152,
Medford
Open Every
Evening Until
8 o'C.ock
We Bought Too Much
Camp White Is Built, Workers Are Leaving and
Our Stock Is Too Heavy For Normal Business
SUITS - SUITS
A famous name in the summer clothing
business makes these garments. They are
beautifully tailored in both single and
double-breasted models. Most colors and
sizes available. These suits were an out
standing $19.50 value .
Dozens of other suits in shorts, regulars, longs
and stouts. There are too many of them to list
by make or price, but they include garments
by Capps, Timely, and Kuppenheimer . . . three
of America's outstanding manufacturers of Men's
clothing. AH are on sale in three price groups.
SI095S2395S2795
fs km
Vi H 7''
J?Y ( .... i zf
mm
DRESS SHIRTS
Plain colored and striped Shirts featured by Barker's
all summer at $2.25. They were Jl
purchased in too great a quantity )ala.
SPORT SHIRTS
D. in greens,
SI J 9
Seersucker Shirts made by B. V,
tan, and whites. These shirts
are regular $1.50 numbers
Cotton Wash Shirts with convertible collar for
wearing either open, or with a necktie. Mado
by B. V. D. to sell for $1.50.
Three colors
$119
Cotton and Rayon Gabardine Shirts made by
America's foremost shirt
maker. $2.50 values
SI .59
Rayon Sharkskin and Silk Shirts bearing the
B. V. 0. label. Two-way collars to be worn
open or closed. These come in green, cream,
and tan shades.
$2.50 values
TEE SHIRTS .... stripes and plains, mediums and large only,
made by McGregor and B. V. D. to sell for $1.50
SI .59
SI 19
SLACK SUITS
Sport Shirts and Slacks that match . . . made by McGregor
and Essley. These, wash, or dry-clean, as you wish. The
pants are pleated and CAN BE CUFFED. These make the
ideal leisure wear outfit and save dollars of wear on your
other clothes.
Sanforized shrunk Denims
These were an outstanding
value at $4.95
in tans.
Washable Krash Slack Suits in tans, blues,
buckskin. Full cut and washable.
$7.95 value ...
Rayon Gabardine Suits made by McGregor In blue and tan.
These were our best quality .... p saw JT tf
selling for $11.50 Jj) Q
SPORT COATS
Timely Worsted light-weight Cheviot Summer Sport Coats
superbly tailored in neutral tans. aa af mm
W0 wool. $21.50 value JJj Otilw
Rough Rider Sport Coats in summer
shades. $19.50 values
Mil J :Jsff
S3 33
cs, greens, and
S5.29
NECKTIES
A line selection of odds and
nds. many from our "Shirt of
ihe North" feature combinations.
$1.00 values
Odd patterns and sixes from our regular
stock of values at $16.95 and $14.95
Hats
Government Price Ceilings A re Posted Throughout the Store
So Just Walk in and Notice the Values On This Merchandise!
Corduroy, birth-cloth, and
tackle-twill Bucket Hats made
by Sims ef Hollywood. S2.95
values now
S2.39.
$2.25 hats.-.
SI 79
$15 95
S12.95
Pants
Wash Trouiers with pleats
tnd cuffs selling for C j OQ
S2.9S sia&a
Famous make Summer Slack
aelling for ? QQ
$5.9$
Seven months ago we paved
the way for this winter's
business by buying large
quantities of 100 wool
clothing. These things are
beginning to arrive, and we
have to make way for them
206
EAST
MAIN ST.
G A P W IG5 P?S
IN THE
FLUHRER
BUILDING