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PAGE EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1943. red A large number of women, In cluding both army wive ana local residents, were awarded certificates tor the completion of Bed Croat training classes at the December board meeting of the Jackson county chapter last Thursday afternoon. In addition reports wera heard from B. F. Harder on a meeting In Portland at which the 1944 fund campaign . was planned, from Sid Reed, chairman and Mrs. Sam McNalr, executive secretary, of Ashland branch and from a number of chapter officers and department al chairmen. District supervisors of the sur gical dressing department, were Introduced by Mrs Gus Mew- bury, chapter chairman of that department. Introduced ' were Mrs. O. W. Dorman, Gold Hill; Mrs. Violet Wilson, Jacksonville; Mrs. C P. Vincent. Central Point; Mrs. Louise Robinson, Eagle Point and Mrs. McNalr, Ashland. ' Presented by Bullls The certificates were present ed by Seth Bullls, chapter chair man, and each woman was Intro duced by Mrs. A. S. V. Carpen ter, chairman of the special serv ice corps. Certificates for work ii. the home service corps were presented to Mrs. E. B. DeVoe, Mrs. Marrs Gibbons, Mrs. Harry Holmes, Mrs. Raymond Miksche, Mrs. Eugene Thorndlke, Mrs. r, V. Williams, Mrs. J. C. McPher son. Mrs. Jacob E. Segal, Mrs. Nell Taylor, Mrs. William E. Crist and Mrs. M. L. Tatar. Three of this group are armyy wives and two have left Medford since completing the work. Three motor corps members, Miss Clarice Rivers, Miss Dor othy Burgess and Mrs. Paul L. Corwln, have earned certificates In that division, Mrs. Corwln having left the city since com pletion of the course. 13 Gray Ladles Thirteen women received Gray Lady certificates. They were Mrs. R. C. Faber, Mrs. R. E. Car : ley, Mrs. Leonard Carpenter, Mrs. Margaret Blddle, Mrs. O. A. Eden, Mrs. J. E. Grlbble, Mrs. Rawles Moore, Mrs. J. P. Naumes Mrs. H. F. Nordwick, Mrs. Mar guerite Mills, Mrs. Edith Thomp son, Miss Annette Gray, Mrs. Mark Wright. Staff assistants receiving cer tificates were Mrs. Clair P. Gil berson, Mrs. C. P. Morrison, Mrs. Charles Stearns, Mrs. C. L. Hoon, Mrs. G. L. Vandewall, Mrs. Jack Y. Meyer, Mrs. Frank Falrweath er, Mrs. A. Green, Mrs. William Myers, Mrs. O. Cooksey, Mrs. E. D. Gruen, Mrs. P. R. Epstein, Mrs. W. M. Pueti and Mrs. M. L. Graebner, Five of these are army Wives. H.C. Beat's Nephew Returns With Long Lut Of Air Honor H. C. Best, who Uvea on the Jacksonville Phoenix highway, received word last week that his nephew, Staff Sgt. Benjamin F. warmer m, arrived home on furlough last month after more than two years overseas, and apent Thanksgiving with his par ents. Judge and Mrs. Benjamin F. Warmer of Ontario, Cel., and his wife, the former Helen Car mlehael of San Diego. Sgt Warmer, who has 12 Nazi planes to his credit, was given a furlough to come home on completion of 80 bombing missions In the Mediterranean xona as a Flying Fortress waist gunner. In 33 of these missions his plane met with heavy fighter opposition, and the sergeant had some narrow escapes from in Jury or death. The 8 foot 6V4 Inch war hero wears ribbons of the Distin guished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and 20 Oak Leaf Clusters. RANTED BY LOCAL STORE, EXPERINCED ALTERATION WOMEN O APPLY AT ONCE BOX 88 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Miss Sybil Realties Wailing Orders To Marine Corps Camp Miss Sybil Berenice Reames of Eaglet Point star route is await ing her orders for transfer to Camp Lejeune, N. C, as a pri vate in the marine corps wom en's reserve. She is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest E. Reames, same address. Private Reames was graduated from Central Point high school Sybil Raamet in 1933. She attended Southern Oregon College of Education in Ashland, receiving her teacher's certificate in 1936. For the past three years, she has been bookkeeper for the Rogue River Valley Irrigation district, three miles out of Medford. G. Elizabeth Ann Talbot of Grants Pass, 89, charged with violation of the basic rule, was assessed $5 and costs in justice court Saturday on a plea of guilty. She admitted she was traveling 80 miles per hour on the Pacific highway between Gold Hill and Grants Pass and said she was trying to reach the bedside of a seriously HI rela tive living in the Talent dis trict. Nine more logging truck drlv- era were cited to appear today to answer complaints charging traveling with over-loads on the Crater Lake highway, They were caught In a 'recent check' up by state weighers. - Ashland Choir To Sing For Soldiers At Camp Sunday Camp White. Dee. 13 CHI tens of Ashland will honor the 98th Division Sunday, Decern' ber 19, when a noted civic or ganization, the Ashland a cappel la choir, a chorus of 80 voices, led by Miss Elene Douglas, music director of the Ashland high school, appears at Service Club No. 1. Featuring a sextet and a male quartet, the choir will present a program of Christmas music with the cantata, "Star Over Bethlehem," by Lily Strickland, as Its main presentation. Many old Christmas carols will also be sung. The visitors are also bringing a bag full of Christmas cheer for division soldiers In the form of gifts collected at past concerts In Ashland. Soldiers attending the concert will be given cards which they may exchange tor the gifts at the Christmas party to be held at Service Club No. 1 on Christmas eve. Dm Mall mount Want Ads. "C ' r t F. D. R. MAY GIVE Washington, Dec. 13. U.FB President Roosevelt, it was in dicated today, will appear be fore congress on his return from the middle-east and report on the Tehran and Cairo confer ences. White House Press Secretary Stephen T. Early said that he anticipated the president would respond if congress extended an invitation as it did to Secretary of State Cordell Hull on his re turn from Moscow. . . With that In mind, Early said it was "natural to anticipate that the president would receive a similar Invitation and would respond." PHILIP BRAINERD HEADS CAMP PHOTOGRAPH POST Grants Pass, Dec. 13. Philip Bralnerd, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Bralnerd, has been made non-commissioned photographic officer In charge of the western signal corps center, Camp Koh Ier, Calif., and also of western signal corps college, . Davis, Calif., according to word re ceived by his parents. Since his enlistment in December, $0tf 3 ftm Vw Vnkm Qtl 1942, he hat been stationed t Camp Kohler. He was formerly owner of the Bralnerd Studio In Medford. Miss Zoa BeUe Griffin, daugtt ter of Mrs. Mary B. Griffin, 113 So. Laurel street, passed away in San Francisco Saturday. Fu neral services will be held here and a complete obituary- and funeral notice will be announced later by the Conger Funeral Par lors. BIRTHS ATKINS To Mr. and Mrs. Leonard, Rt. 2, December 13, a girl, seven pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. PATCH To Mr. and Mrs. Dan, Jacksonville, Dec. 11, a girl, eight pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. HEADS JUNIOR GROWERS Chicago, Dec. 13 (U.R) Earl Parsons,' Jr., Northampton Mass., was tonight elected presl dent of the national Junior Vegetable Growers' Association. ec9nize 0 Cat I "Cat Cracker" Is the industry's name for its newest type of refining equlpment-tf cata lytic enckint unit There are a number of other important 'units la our new 40 million dollar 100 octane gasoline plant, but adding the "Cat Cracker" will enable us to make more 100 octane from a barrel of crude than we could ever secure by older methods. Here's why: What this increased performance will mean to our armed forces now, and to your automobile after the war, goes with out saying. But to put the catalytic cracking method Into operation requires a tremendous amount of plant For example: mm 40 mMm dv tot limn nnii ihil i ir miii !( TRAINING PLANS Washington, Dee. 13. U.B The army specialized training program Is being modified as to types of training, it was learned today, but reports that the program would be abolished were denied at the War depart ment The ASTP program as set up called for a maximum enroll ment of 180,000. At the end of October about 140,000 were en rolled in 222 educational insti tutions.. It was understood the army Is shaping the program to pro vide the type of talent needed as war developments shift. There may be cutbacks In cer tain directions as surpluses in certain categories appear and expansion in other directions as requirements dictate. THE GRANGE Talent Grange Talent Grange met In regular session Dec. 2 with Master Lloyd Lacy in the chair. It was decided to have the Christmas party, gift exchange and pro gram at the next . meeting, Thursday, Dec. 18. Officers for 1944 are: Master, Lloyd Lacy; overseer, Elton Petri; lecturer, Margaret Ham ilton; chaplain, Margaret Mathes; secretary, Florence Hartley; treasurer, George Hart ley; steward, Harvey Hamilton; assistant steward, Steve Cunac; gate keeper, Frank Reed; Ceres, Mabel Robison; Pomona, Ethel Lacy; Flora, Anna Cunac and lady assistant steward, Alva Newman. H. E. C. club will meet at Sister Bells, Tuesday, Dec. 14. This is the Christmas exchange of gifts and revealing of Polly annas. All members are re quested to attend. Phoenix Grange Phoenix .Grange will meet Tuesday night, December 14. A covered dish supper will be served to all members and their families at 7 o'clock. The meat dishes are taken care of by the Home Economics Committee but each family coming is asked to bring a hot dish and a salad, or a hot dish and a dessert. It is important that the dinner be served as near 7 o'clock as possible, as following the dinner, the Four-H Club of Fern Valley, will furnish the program, sched uled for 8:00. Therefore, all are urged to be on time. The pro gram following the dinner and preceding the meeting is open to the public. looker 2 Ordinary cracking methods yield a base stock gasoline of about 76 octane. Catalytic cracking yields the same amount of gasoline, but of a much higher grade. For the catalyst acts as a "molecule immigration Inspector"-allowing only those petroleum molecules which have high engine performance value to "get by." Home Economics Club will meet all day at the home of Mildred Ward on Wednesday There will be an exchange of Christmas gifts, and each lady is asked to bring a gift for this exchange. Covered dish lunch eon at noon. REDS ON ITALIAN FRONT Algiers, Dec. 13 0J.PJ Five IPEKf ' ttSHJ)AY ' MORNING, DEC. 13 6:00 A.M. THE- L(S)AIF Formerly Medford's MOST POPULAR EATING FLACI SEA FOOD SPECIALS GRACE JONES, Manager RALPH SMITH, Cher 213 WEST MAIN ACROSS FROM COPCO 2, l 4 Finally, we'd like to make one more point This 100 octane plant represents an Invest ment of $40,000,000. But the U. S. Treasury didn't have to put up a penny. We dug up the money ourselves without any help from Government subsi dies. We're rather proud of this, of course, but. the fact that u could do it Is far more important than our personal feelings. For It points up a principle that has had more to do with our country's war production record than any other influence in American life. That principle is our American System of Fret Enterprise, Because of this free, competitive system every American business, large and small, has been encouraged to develop as far and as fast as its abilities would take it - Consequently, when war came, companies like Union had already developed the "know-how," the 'resources and the capacity to convert to military production with out a hitch. As a result our nation has been able to do the greatest job of war production ever accomplished by any people in history. We believe that's something to think about Union Oil Company MIIICAt 'I'M 'S.II0OM II till INTU'klll Russian army observers, on the first official visit by Soviet rep. resentatives to an Anglo-Amer-' ican war front, have completed a tour of the Italian battle line, where they were under enemy fire, front dlspatcnea saw, may. Closing tuns classified see a m Too Ut to Classify II V-v
