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MEDFORD. MAIi; TRIBUNErMEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1943. PAGE TEN TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Martha M. Winnlngham, 83, passed away in Jacksonville Monday evening. She had been 111 but a short time. She was born on Forrest Creek. June 19. 1860. In 1876 in Jacksonville she was united in marriaee to Mark Watkins. Two years later they followed the pack trail into the Apple sate, where she spent the rest of her life. Mr. Watkins passed away in 1900 and was laid to rest -In the Jacksonville ceme- . tery. Three children survive this marriage, Mrs. Pearl Stephen son, Butte Falls; Mrs. Mamie Winnlngham, and Robert Wat kins, Applegate. On June 27, 1917, she was united in marriage to Mark Winnlngham, who also survives. There are also 12 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Three of her grandsons are In the armed forces. Services will be held In the Conger chapel Thursday at 2:30 p. m with the Rev. Louis C. Kirby officiating. Interment will be In Jacksonville cemetery, El George Davis, employed at the Perl Funeral home In Medford for the past three years, an nounced this morning that he has purchased the Lowe Funeral home in Lebanon, Ore., and will leave Medford in about three weeks to teke over management of the establishment. Mr. Davis returned last night from Le banon where he and Mrs. Davis spent the past few days com pleting purchase of the business. The young man came to Med ford from Portland and previous to that had been employed in Chehalls, Wash., his home town, by the Boone Funeral home. He Is a graduate of the San Francisco College of Embalmers. Mr. Davis stated today that he had enjoyed his associations with Medford people very much and that he had made a number of friendships which he valued highly. . GOLD HILL MAN FINED FOR SPEED John A. Pepovac, Gold Hill, charged with violation of the basic rule on the Pacific highway was assessed $9 and costs in jus tice court yesterday. The arrest ing officer said Tepovac was traveling 90 to 55 miles per hour when halted." Leonard Goheen, California motorist, was assessed $19 and costs for violation of the basic rule, and $1.50 and costs for hav ing no operator's license. He was also arrested on the Pacific high way. Leslie J. Kauffman was fined $1.50 and costs each for no ve hicle license and no operator's license. ' Soldiers Aid In John Day's Corn Harvest Hulolno in tha corn harvest en the Blue Moon ranch of John Dar recently war six soldiers from Camp White, who obtained two-week passes from their army duties. Along with other work ers they harvested some 400 ton of ensilage for cattle feed. From left to right, the harvesting crew were Alex Lavin, Joe McCulley, Jack Day (on cab), Doy's young son) Ted Morgan. Don Nissin, Forest Thomason, Jack Gillespie, Cpl. Csap, John Day, Pic. Castillo, Bill Workman and Pvt. Mitchell. Kneeling, left to right, are Cpl. N etherley. Floyd Hedgepeth. Pfc. Franks. Pfc. Kippes. (Courtesy Camp White Rogue). HUNTING STORY Ossle Johnson, 22, of the Eagle Point district, appeared yester day before District Attorney George W. Neilson and gave his version of the hunting tragedy last Saturday in the Butler Butte country which cost the life of Charley Andrew Layton, 37, of Shady Cove. Other members of the hunting party verified John son's statements. Before the fatal shot, Johnson and Layton had wounded a buck. Layton, while trailing the ani mal through the brush, was shut and killed. District Attorney George W Neilson quoted the widow as saying she desired no further le gal action against Johnson, grief- stricken by the tragic error. She said the youth and her husband had been friends since Johnson was a little boy and each fall. the past five or six years, had gone hunting together, and a close attachment existed between the two men. The coroner's office was ad vised that Layton, employed in logging operations by Charles Skeeter, was Insured in the sum $4000. Skeeter recently took out insurance policies for all his employees, the district attorney said. NAZIS EXECUTE 19 L news VRV Calendar Wednesday ' Regular dance at Service Club No. 1. Bus leaves old Cham ber of Commerce building at 7:30 p. m. By United Press The Netherland Aneta agency reported that 19 persons, mostly students, have been exe cuted by German occupation au thorities in Amsterdam as repri sal for the slaying of several high Nazi officials. The report, quoting an official communique sent the Stockholm Daily Social Demokraten, by its Berlin correspondent, said the men were put in death "in ex piation" for the slaylngs of Lieut.-Gen. Hendrik A. Seyffnrdt, Dr. Folkert E. Posthuma. and other German occupation offic ials, as well as for a number of acts of sabotage upon railways in occupied Holland. Thursday Special formal dance at Serv ice Club No. 2. Bus leaves old Chamber of Commerce building ai a p. m. SINGER CALLED Hollywood, Cal., Oct. 8. (U.R) Bob Eberly, one of the nation's leading band vocalists, told friends today that he has orders to report October 12 in his native Hoosick Falls, N. Y., for army induction. He is married to the former Florine Callahan. Miss Zlegfield of 1936, and has . an eight months old son. YOUTHFUL COUPLE Delbert W. Stover, 17, and wife, Marjorie Arlene Stover, 15, charged with theft of auto parts, waived a grand jury hearing be fore Circuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna yesterday, and each was granted a six months' suspended sentence, on pleas of guilty. Mrs. Stover was directed to report weekly to the district attorney. Her husband, recently discharged from the navy as "undesirable, under the suspended sentence must work and not associate with bad company. Leonard Snodgrass, another juvenile, charged with larceny of livestock, was also granted a sus pended sentence. The trio, all residents of Port land, were also charged with entering a closed forest area without a permit and were granted suspended sentences on that count also. Authorities claimed the young people, on an auto trip, killed a cow in south eastern Jackson county and pack ed it in the trunk of their car. In hauling it north the meat spoiled. California Stores Enjoy Sales Hike San Francisco, Oct. 6. (U.R) Retail sales in California during August increased -11 - per cent over the same period last year, the Bureau of tha Census, De partment of Commerce, - an nounced today. - sales for the first eight months of 1943 were 20 per cent higher than the correspond ing period a year ago, it was re ported.. . Dm Mall Tribune Want Aria. MAJOR DUNHAM AMONG INVADERS AT SALERNO Major Don B. Dunham, a nephew of Mrs. George R. Carter of this city, and Wellborn Bee- son of Talent, was in action in the American landing at Salerno, Italy, in mid-September. Major Beeson was born at Klamath Falls December 1, 1910. His mother was the late Katie Beeson Dunham, well known member of the pioneer family. She syent her early life in this valley. Teh father resides in Klamath Falls. Major Dunham was an officer of the paratroop ers, and was educated at the Hill Military academy at Portland. WAPITIS EI) EXPERIENCED FRUIT PACKERS BEAR CREEK ORCHARDS PACKING HOUSE So. Pacific Highway MEDFORD, OREGON Beauty on the , double HELP IN HAYING Six farm boys representing as many different states, now m the army and stationed at Camp White, learned how haying and corn harvesting is done in the Rogue River valley the past two weeks. Hailing from Minnesota, New York, Montana, Kentucky, Iowa and New Mexico, the sol diers received two-week nasses from their army duties to work for John Day on his Blue Moon ranch. They were among many soldiers who were released on passes to help 'in the fruit and on ranches. In the corn they helped har vest approximately 400 tons of ensilage which Day will use to feed his 250 head of steers. He said they were excellent work ers and that thev enlnveri ho. ing of help in the harvest. uie soldiers were Cnl. Pfc. Castillo, Pvt. Mitchell, Cpl! Netherly, Pfc. Franks and Pfc. Kippes. A typical division of 15,000 men uses about 2,000 motor driven vehicles. . IN FALL SERVICE With the Most Rev. Edward D. Howard, D. D., Catholic arch bishop of Portland, presldirg, Medford's Troop 1 held its fall investiture last Saturday eve ning in Sacred Heart church. Lo cal Boy Scout officials, members of the parish troop committee and numerous friends of the troop were present for the un usually solemn occasion. Highlight of the ceremony was the presentation to Scouts Jerry Hunter and Harold Rickman of the Ad Altare Dei cross. This award, a highly coveted one among ' boys in Catholic-spon sored troops, is earned by meri torious service at the- altar of their parish church. Only once before in the history of Troop 1 has this recognition been paid a Medford Scout. . Bill Neely, Tommy Spatz and Tommy Steffi were admitted to tenderfoot rank. They received their badges and were invested with the Scout neckerchief by Archbishop Howard. Scout Roger Weiss received his second class-badge. Service stars were presented Howard Rickman and Robert Rickman. Philip Horton and Harold Rick man were awarded perfect at tendance bars and service stars. Archbishop Howard, in ad dressing the gathering, made clear the personal interest he and other Catholic bishona of the United States have in the Boy Scout movement. He paid tribute to the outstanding serv ice rendered by the Scout pro gram to the youth of the na tion and pointed out the eager ness of such religious leaders as nimseif to promote a wider participation in the program un der Latnoiic smsDices thraueh. out the country. Closing time tor Classified ads a a. m. Too lata to Classify ia JO p. m. 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