MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1942.
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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
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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.
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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. A Millie Bit oi Ldun
America" is the theme of the af
fair and the gym Is being deco
rated under supervision of Rae
Ellen Wyner, chairman of the
decoration committee. Other
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"Since I am the only one in
our gang who speaks Spanish 1
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friends In Medford. My address
is John Junior Millard, In Care
of Foundation Company, Son
Jose, Costa Rica."
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