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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1942. PAGE SEVEN E HERO SON'S PLEA Mr. and Mrs. Ford of Med ford Reveal Last Word From Son Killed in Islands The last letter Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ford of 425 Manzanita street received from their son. 1st Lt. Seth Allen Ford, they were urged to purchase all the war bonds they pos:ibly could In or der to hasten America's inev itable triumph over the Axis. "Don't worry about us." Lt. Ford wrote his parents. "We are tough and more than a match for '-7.6 to their other smaller bonds, which they had been steadily ac cumulating, and Mr. Ford said that wasn't the last time they would put every spare cent they owned Into such victory In surance. tt Ford volunteered In the U. S. army from Weatherford. Okla., former residence of the Fords, after serving two years in the National Guard. He was stationed first at Ft Sill. Okla.. then was transferred to Camp Barkley. Tex.. whr h. n.in. ed for six months. It was there mat ne transferred to the army air corps and became a bombardier. Soanlsh elub ituricnt inlttlnf Ray are Danny Graham, public ity; oeny rrey, intermission; Bob Davis, clean-up, and Joyce Utz. concessions. I- 11 i 2 Lt. Seth Allen Ford the Japs. We'll win the war. And the more bonds you folks at borne buy, the sooner it will all A short time later Mr. and Mrs. Ford received a telegram from the war department notify ing them of their son's death in action. In the service of his coun try. He was killed, Mr. Ford said, in one of the Guadalcanal battles. Last Monday, on Pearl Harbor day, Mr. and Mrs. Ford complied with their son's request. They purchased a $1,000 bond to add High School News by 8TUPENT RE POUTER 8 The second In a series of week ly news motion picture shorts was presented to the students of Medford high this noon by the A. S. B. Two films. "Men and the Sea" and "Women and De fense.' showed STaDhicallv how Mr. and Mrs. America are help ing in national defense by saving tin cans and other scrap metals. JacK Moffatt. school technician, was in charge of the motion pic ture macnine. By Thelma Xaploa "Truth or Consequences" was the theme of the annual rr.i. assembly presented Wednesday morning under direction of Leigh Eden, master of ceremo nies. Students were called from the audience to answer quiz questions and when unable to give the correct ones had to per form different feats which in cluded dancing, playing the drums, singing, and several clev er imDersonation nnrinv th assembly, Lois Piening. chair man 01 the affair, announced that ticket sales for the yearbook would start next Mnndiv. Aln during the assembly. Coach Lome Arnold presented major and minor letters to the boys of the football squad, and manager letters to Wally Rice and Bill Beattie. At the H. E. C. A. luncheon last Monday, the slogan "Remem ber Pearl Harbor" was carried out In all table decorations. The menu was arranged by Frances Nordquist and the program was prepared by Lois Piening, assist ed by Pat Ballantyne, who pre sented an original skit, "The Ris ing Sun Has Set," which foretells the doom of the Japs. The fol lowing students were in the pan tomime: Jim Hoey, Lorraine Gleason, Joyce Utz, Jim Tucker Roger Wolf, and Pat Ballantyne. CAMPS LACK MEN Cheyenne, Wyo.. (U.B Tim ber camps in southern Wyom ing have less than half enough men in many instances to handle the work that must be done, ac cording to a report by the State Labor Department. Operators are offering special inducements to bring enough men into the lumber camps. Closing time for ClMlfl4 ads a. mv TO Ute to CUaaUy IS SO BY COSTA RICANS, MILLARD WRITES An Interesting letter was : eeived by Mrs. T. R. Florey of this city from her brother. John Millard, who is now in Costa Rica working on construction of the Fan-American highway in that country. Ha states that "the climate Is neither hot nor cold Just like soring. The people are i ure Cas tillian Spanish, the girli very beautiful, the complexions very light They are friendly, polite and very hospitable and nothing is too good for the Americanos, who are going to build the Pan American highway through their country. The police all salute us. "Here in Central Park the way to get acquainted with the girls is this: the girls walk around the park in one direction and the boys in the other. If she smiles the first time around you keep walking. The second time around the park you can stop and talk and Join her in the walk. Then you may ask her for Ray Bilderback was appoint ed chairman of the La Tertuila dance scheduled for this evening in the girls' gym from 8:5 until j n:o. 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