.MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. . OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 194S. PAGE nvs FOR ARMY, NAVY ALL OVER WORLD Washington, Dee. 21. (UJ5 Here is what the army and navy plan for servicemen'! Christmas dinners at stations at home and abroad: ... . Army: Cream of celery soup with croutons, roast turkey with sage dressing, giblet gravy, cran berry sauce-orange relish, snow flake potatoes, baked squash, creamed corn, head of lettuce with Russian dressing (where possible) hot rolls and butter, mince pie, chocolate nut cake, assorted fruits, nuts and candy and coffee. Some ' 10,000,000 pounds of frozen turkey, have been sent overseas by the army and will reach the men when ever possible. Navy (for marines and coast guardsmen as well as sailors) Cream of tomato soup, crackers, stuffed olives, sweet pickles, hearts of celery, assorted fresh fruit,- roast turkey, baked Vir ginia ham, candied sweet pota toes, sage dressing, buttered fresh corn, giblet gravy, veget able salad, buttered fresh frozen peas, fruit cake, mince pie, thou sand Island dressing,- candy, . ice cream sundae, nuts, applesauce, bread and butter,- coffee, and cigars or cigarettes. Prospect Prospect, Dec. 21. Grade school honor roll students were as follows: Eighth, grade, Mary L Lou Stovall, three l's and five 2's; seventh grade, Monte Kay Middlebusher, three Is and seven 2's; sixth grade, Margaret Powell and Mary Gregory, each with two l's and eight - 2s; fourth grade, Nancy Elise Fen dall, seven l's, two 2's and one 3, and Louise Degmah, three l's, six 2's and one three. : , ' -Mrs. David Neville was hos tess for. the Bumble Bee club Christmas party, Dec. IS, at-her home. The rooms were decor ated with holiday greenery and silver bells. A luncheon at 1:30 was followed by a brief busi ness meeting. Roll call was answered with a reading, song or skit, which resulted in a fne Christmas program! Gifts were exchanged from the Christmas tree. Remainder of the after- It noon -..was spent in singing Christmas carols. -Attending vprn Mrs Cianratk T. .TnntvAi Mrs. Elmer Clemens, Mrs. Joe B. Dobbyn, Mrs. : Chauncey A rant, Mrs.. Willard F. Horn, Mrs. 'Reuben E. Moore, Mrs. Floyd K. Kelley, Mrs. T. J. Richey, Mrs. Glenn Fairchild, Sr., and Mrs. Neville. Mrs. Mike Vognild is' in Med ford, taking care of her friends, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Johnson, who are both ill with . the in fluenza. Mrs. Frank Salter, who has been confined to her bed for the past week with a severe at tack of influenza,- is now im proving.: Mr. Salter is also ill with influenza. Miss Irene Hagen-of Eugene arrived here last week and will visit until New Year with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Christoph Hagen. -,.;. Miss Melva Horn, senior in Klamath Union High school, was a guest of Miss Dorothy Clem ens, Saturday night and aunoay. Miss Horn is spending her vaca tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Horn, at McLeod. Mr. and Mrs.-Lewis Jantzer spent the week-end with Mrs. Jantzer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Vestal at Reese Creek. Edmund Pease, associated with the . George L. . Jantzer Lumber Co., attended to busi ness matters in Portland, two days last week. . Prospect home extension unit met in the high school building, Dec. IS. Mrs. Fred Svinth and Mrs. Lewis South presented the lesson '"Labor Saving in Food Preparation." Potluck luncheon was enjoyed at noon, and im mediately, following, gifts were exchanges, from the beautifully decorated Christmas tree. Shadow Pals were revealed, and new ones drawn for the ensuing year. The attendance was 35 ladies at this meeting.' At 2:30 p. m., . the group attended the Parent-Teacher association meet ing. '. High school students on the "A", honor roll for the past six weeks were Calleen Moore, Annabels- Willrich and Lois Kll lian, seniors, and Ivorene Cush- man, sophomore; . "B" honor roll, Thelda Goode and Lois Cattanach, sophomores, and. the "C" honor roll, Carl Willrich, freshman, ... Bernie Merschon, MA 2c, of the navy, is spending a few days with his mother and step-father. Mr. andf-Mrs. Ernest Rippon, at tfcpco plant. .,, . EDSEL FORD FORTUNE -EXCEEDS $64,980,000 'Ellsworth; Me., Dec. 21 (U.R) The late Edsel B. Ford, presi dent of the Ford Motor- com pany and son of its founder, left a personal estate valued at $64, 980,000, according to an inven tory on file- in probate court nere. : Ford; ! a' resident of Gros.ie Pointe, Mich., Mich., owned real estate in Maine valued at $850,- 000, His personal estate in the state is valued at $20,000. . The Bethlehem Star By J. HUGH PRUETT Astronomer, General Extension. University of Oregon. "We have seen His star in the East . And are come to worship Him." Across the long expanse of the ages the beautiful story has come to us. In that ancient sky there had shone a star so un usual that a great event seemed surely at hand. Since the short biblical ac count of the star gives no de scription of its appearance, we can only surmise. It is men tioned briefly in one gospel only. The present ideas are evi- IYMY ITEM SIIICTIO FOR ITS USIfULNISS AND GOOD LOOKS You con bet the boys are , ' counting on you to make their . Christmas cheery so don't forget that gifts tent to Service . Men stationed in the United States MUST be mailed early I Wards have dozens of gifts for yon to choose from procricol, spoce-savlng Ihmgt they need and want: - Service Stationery with insignia. ,, ,, Bex SOe Compact Shoe Kits. Nary or Khaki Twill 49o Military Sewing Kits la Navy or Khaki Bex. , 1.00 Schafier Money Belts. Nary or Khaki Twill 1.00 Fitted Roll-Up Toilet Kits, Navy or Khaki 2JS Reducedl Swank, Card Kit in Leather Case J 2.00 Tie and Hose Seta, Khaki or Black. Were 1.39. now 7le Clearancel Garrison and Oversea Cap Cotsts SOe Reducedl Khaki Tie and Handkerchief Sets. were 1.S0 Wow 79c New Testaments with Steel r-"" "' M pntgomery Ward dently greatly Influenced by the artists of later times. Some, who make much of the ancient tendency to stress the supernatural, say there riever was such .a star, and that the story is simply a "pious fraud. Others feel that it is even Ir religious to seek a reasonable explanation. " Between these extreme views is a belief that the significance of the occasion was not lessened by the employment of a natural phenomenon to herald it. God works through natural laws, and an event may seem super natural simply because the laws are not fully known. Henry Drummond considered even the laws of the spiritual world as natural laws. Many explanations have been suggested for the star. It Is known that Halley's comet made a spectacular appearance at about that time. . The most gen erally accepted theory Is that it was a nova (new star) such a have several times in the past blazed out where none had been known before. Nova Her culis was quite bright for a few weeks around Christmas time in 1934. In 1610 A..D. the astronomer Kepler observed Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter so closely grouped as to form a very striking spec tacle. He calculated that prac tically the same configuration had occurred in 799 A. D. and ' 8 B. C. Dr. Henry Van Dyke weaves this idea beautifully In to his story, "The Other Wise Man." Since the Installation of many Zeiss planetaria throughout the world, this grouping of 6 B. C. is demonstrated by mechanical means. The Intricate projector, throwing pictures of the sky on the inside of the huge dome covering the viewing room, re produces the positions of the planets among the stars as seen thousands of years ago. stage. They thought the hand that reached through the curtain into a bowl containing $125 for a drawing was part of the show. It wasn't and there was no drawing. British air-sea rescue experts) have Invented an air-born llfe boat that can be dropped by parachute and with its own pow. er can carry 11 men 100 mile. NO DRAWING Los Angeles, Dec. 21 U.R) The 1S00 patrons of a movie theater sat quietly while a rob bery was taking place on the THE FOLLOWING YARDS Will Be Closed FRIDAY, DEC. 24 tad CHRISTMAS DAY OPEN AGAIN KOXDAY, DEC. 27 OBIg Pines Lumber Co., Bruce Bauer Lumber Co., J. W. Copaland Lumber Co., Crater Lake Lum . . ber Co., Medford Lumber Co., Porter Lumber Co. h a ii R M ',lli. 7''?"rt Rationed items 4 TOMATO SOUP VW can 6c . TOMATO JUICE '.n 24c . Tomalo Juice SunllZV 23c 46-os. can 1 JUIGEY-8 4ctT29c 13 II 21 13 .12 12 IS 14 27 6R 6R No. 2 can No. 2 can I3c 16c Mixed Vegetable Pjf Gardensid PEAS IX TOMATOES Ncan 15c Green Beans "Re0.. I7e CORN HomNo?2"e? 16c If CR Mil Larian's Vacuum IsVrf-Hba. pack 14Vi-os.ean Gooseberries "yJ&'SC PRUNES RriTa CIRC' Delhi Kadota 13-os. can DFAMIFC Castle Crest Half rCttUllCO or SL No. can Dalewood . 1-lb. pkg. Oleomargarine nianmarcr.rina p.k7 SR Crisco Shortening, 16R ROYAL CI..J,,..' SR SATIN WHVI lulling ctn. I7c 19c 15c 14c 23c 22c 25c 24c CO. Lb. Nlw Mb. 11- MM 1-lb. pkg. Lb, It CATSUP Hed Hi"!o, bom. 14c TOMATO SAUCE G8"' 5c CARROTS Diced n 303 gL MC to t&at $tw n.9i prfijail for all mankind- Christmastide, hallowed season of joy and happiness, this year finds all of us in America striving constantly to hasten the day of Victory. Nevertheless it is fitting that we should pause both to recall our Christmas days of yesteryear and to look forward into the future with pro found confidence and hope. We people of , Safeway including those who have taken leave of absence to join the fighting forces unite in ;.: sincerely wishing every one of you a Merry Christmas! May. your families be happy and , well. May your dinners be hearty. And may the ', Christmas, prayers of all of us be answered, "So that peace may prevail for all mankind..." III' " Non-Rationed Items FLOUR "ST 60-lb. bag $2.33 2 -os. hot. 35c &IOc ' 1-os. Else '. fiu9R VI vw 17c fAUM-WESI! PRODUCE nniHrtre u.. n.. n.iif u ....I. il in. 7s unHnucg, new urup uaiiiurma naivi i iwu .5 12 Case $2.89 Case $5.78 Vr ORANGES, Texas pick skixnsd, jaici oraiges, lb. 7V2o CRAKEERRIES, Urge, CoaslVj,:... lb. 35e SQUASH, Banana, Hibbard or Marblekead . . . . . lb. 3o POTATOES, U. S. No. I Netted Gems. . . ... 10 lbs. 35c H ... II ( V. 4 M.U.J lim.m Kit Ik. CI ia . v. . nvi v naugu ugiii .,,.ww yina GRAPES, Large Juicy Emperors ............ lb. 19c . SI I. EXTRACT "vanm!'1 WESTAG YiSvSr KNOX GELATINE nnnii CTinnu Kn uunn omnun Mb. pk, SYRUP B1" I5e MOLASSES GRANDMA glass 37o DICED CITROLA 20c CANDIED LEMON PEEL l120o ROAST PEANUTS ... lb. 29e MIXED NUTS Peanuts lb. 45o PECANS ........... lb. 44o WALNUTS ......... lb. SSs PEANUTS Balud' Bkg. 6e SODA CRACKERS SBOwU.lk.V35e SHREDDED WHEAT lie PEANUT BUTTER "ip j., 34c BEEFSTEAK SAUCEt: 24s mustard yarr, r t TURKEYS Grade A Prime liens WVE riEDFOHD PRICE! SKINNED HAMS, Half or Whole . . ... ..... lb. 36c Clapps Baby Food Strained (1 point) 7c Junior Food (2 pts) 9c Dry Cereal, 8-oz. 14c Instant Oatmeal, , '. 8-o. 14c SNOWDRIFT SHORTENING 68c 15 Points 3-lb. jar.., WESSON OIL . For All Cooking . and Frying Uses a (10 points) Quart Bottle . 53c SLICED HAM ...lb. 51c BACON lb. 33c SLICED BACON, lb. 42c COLORED GRADE A HENS lb. 41c FRYERS ...... lb. 46c BACON SQUARES, lb. 21c 8? PORK ROAST, Loin or Rib Cut ........... lb. 33c DO YOUt aWSTUAS FOOD SHOPPING EAItlY - AVOiD tAST-AUNUTC CXCXZS. 10 CORN Del Maiz Niblets io CRANBERRY SAUCE 12-os. Cant Wert Peak 1R 2 for 25c 16-oz. jar 15c HI HO BUTTER CRACKERS, 1-lb. pk. 19c CHERUB MILK, tall cans 3 for 28c Canada Dry Sparkling Water nfiXSX- 15c PEPSI COLA rJu&X, 6 for 25c POSTUM CEREAL 7 21c 2 lb. 65c .MFFEE.hT FILTER PAPERS and FILTER CLOTHS Dependable A 4 C aafor I WW Pkga. IVORY SOAP Good for Bsby't Tender Skin Medium Cake 6c SWAN SUP Pur Floating White Soap Large Bart VERY BEST EGG. NOODLES, 14-oz. pkg. 19c OLIVES, Ripe, Lindsay medium, pint jar 19c COFFEE Edwards... lib. 29c Nob Hill .............. 1-lb. bag 25c Airway..:. .Mb. bag 21c OXYDOL . .. .24-oz. pkg. 23c MINCE MEAT......... Mb. jar 45c JELLWELL .pkg. 5c SPAM.... .. 12-oz.tin 35c SALAD DRESSING ...... 8-oz. jar 5c DUCHESS No Limit. for 29c While you're shopping, this week, remember this war time fort! paper supplies ere mtrictwd. 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