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PAGE SIX ON THE HOME FRONT MEDFORDiKTRIBUNB News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services Tha Mall Trlbunt suiaasts vou clip and malS this aews roundup to a reltie or friend In service. Dear- Local residents who (pent a j.uiet weekend over Christmas are preparing for another double holiday this weeK, wiui lew public gatherings planned ex cept by church and fraternal groups. Several "watch night ' parties ore being held tonight to usher out the old year and greet the new year '44. Most Medford stores will bo closed Jan. 1, and no paper will be published Sun day. Two babies were bom on Christmas Day to Medford cou ples, the parents being Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Stonehockcr who have a daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. 6tanley Hyde, a son. Bob Hanlln, storekeeper first class serving aboard an aircraft carrier which has participated In almost every major naval ac tion in the southwest Pacific, wrote this week to say he recent ly enjoyed the experience of sit ting down to "chow" and eating a pear from his own Rogue Riv er valley. Unable to state his present location, Hanlln said, "it surely Isn't very close to home," and added that the pear, enclosed in the wrapper of Holmes Brothers' Bear Creek Orchards, brought back mem ories of the valley and home. Tew Medford people knew un til this week that Major William Martin Johnson, cna of Ameri ca's outstanding military con sulting engineers, was formerly Medford boy and received his early education In the Roosevelt ichool of this city. Major John son Is now chief engineer of the division of health and sanitation of the office of coordinatov of inter-American affairs at Mexico City. Glenn L. Jackson, in England with the Eighth Army Air Force, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, according to word received hero. Lt. Col. Jackson has been in the army since September of 1942, and was sent to England last August. Jack K. James, who is sta tioned in Alaska, has been ad vanced to the rank of captain. Capt. James left Medford witli the National Guard unit in the fall of 1040, and has been in Alaska since last May. Archie Lalng has- been ap pointed flight officer at South Plains army air field, Lubbock, Tex., having completed training in large cargo and troop carry ing gliders, and Second Lt. Bar ton LaFon has arrived at Pecos army air field, Pecos, Tex., and has been assigned to duty as in structor. Lt. LaFon was last sta tioned at Yuma army air field, Yuma, Ariz., as an Instructor. Pvt. John Patterson Shurtleff is now at Lowry Fiold, Colo., and la being trained in photography, Pfc. Chester O. Webb was r-nduated Dec. 24 from the B-S4 Iberator bomber mechanics school at Keesler Field, Biloxi. Miss., and will now be sent to a factory school for further spe cialized training or to one of the AAF's flexible gunnery schools to be trained as an aerial gunner. Pvt. Robert L. Yocum has been transferred from Ft, Knox, Ky., to Jefferson Bar racks, Mo., a post now being used as a baalo training center for the. AAF. Aviation Cadet Cloyd L. Por ter of Jacksonville is now at Oxr.ard, Cal., attending an AAF primary flying school. In a re cent letter, he status that he has been flying from 30 minutes to an hour each day, and will soon be ready to "solo." Pvt. Ray- ESS We're Starting the With- O INCREASED PERSONNEL O NEW EQUIPMENT And Wt Pledgs in 1944 lo Civs Yon the BEST in SERVICE For Your Chrysler-Built Automobile - - With Genuine Factory Parts! HUMPHREY'S MOTORS 33 S. Riverside Dial 4980 Buy Buy Bonds or Bye Bye Liberty Sato. mond Morris, recently taken in to the army, has been sent to the ordnance replacement center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Ma,, where he wll lrecelve his basic training, and Pvt. John P. Mof fat, Jr., is at Ft. Bennlng, Ga., for his basic army training. Pvt. Moffat left Medford Nov. . 27, and was Inducted at Ft Lewis, Wash. Stanley Jones, Jr., has been enrolled in the U.S.N.R. mid shipmen's schools at Columbia University, New York, under the V-7 program. He recently com pleted college training study at Park College, Mo., and was for merly enrolled at the University of Oregon with senior standing. His brother, Kenneth Jones, is also enrolled In the college train ing as an aviation student in the army air corps at Jamestown College, N. D. Robert F. Kyle, Jr., left this week to report for active duty with the army at Ft. Lewis, Wash. He enlisted in the army last summer immediately upon graduating from Medford sen ior high school. He has passtd the A-12 examination and is qualified for assignment to col lege training. Cpl. Irvin E. House is In Let- terman General hospital in San Francisco, suffering from filarla- sls, according to word received by his parents in Fern valley. He has been serving with the avia tion signal service as radio en gineer in the southwest Pacific for the past 14 months. A broth er, Sgt. Don F. House, Is serving with the combat engineers in New Guinea. Lome Webster of Central Point was recently promoted to the rank of flying officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Web ster is a reconnaissance pilot flying with the coastal com mand in England, and tha fam ily formerly lived in Canada. A flying officer in the Canadian Force ranks with a first lieuten ant In the American army. Word was received in Med ford this week that Lt John R. (Jack) Prultt has been reported missing in action after a bomb ing mission over Germany on Dec. 22. Lt. Prultt was a mem ber of a fighter squadron based in England, and piloted a P-38. Lt. Bernard Glldea, formerly of Medford, was killed in an air plane crash Nov. 30 near Beak shlor, England, it was learned this week. . Several serviceman and wo men were in Medford to spend Christmas with friends and rela tives, some leaving on Christmas day or immediately afterward, and others with longer leaves or furloughi, remaining. Stanley Gibson, gunner s mate third class Is home on a 30-day leave from the navy. Stationed on a de stroyer, this Is his first visit home In nearly two years. Rob ert L. Herring, gunner's mate 1st class, is here on a 15-day leave from his station with the navy Seabees at Gulfport, La. Her ring enlisted last August, and was first sent to a special school where he learned the handling of dynamite, land torpedoes, booby traps and general demo lition work. Sgt. Clyde Van Ortwlrk Is in Medford until Jan. 7, when he will return to Camp Hann, Cal. Lpl. E. A. Edwards has arrived from Liberal, Kansas, where he is stationed with the AAF, and Is spending a furlough here. Cpl. Edwards is a mechanic for Lib erator bombers, and this is first New Year Right- MEDFORD MAIL visit home since entering the army a year ago. Pvt F. Cyril Sander, who was to have left last week for Drew Field, Fla., after a visit here, became ill with inflenza and was forced to remain in Medford. His leave has been extended until Jan. 8. Lt Marjorie Kelly of the WAC was here thii week from Eglln Field, Fla., and Miss Pauline A. Champlin, yoeman third class in the WAVEs, also spent Christ mas in Medford. Miss Champlin is signed to the office of the port director in San Francisco, having been in the WAVEs since last June. Apprentice Seaman Bill Bau man was here from Salem, Ore., where he is a pre-medical stu dent at Willamette university under the navy V-12 training program. Manfred I. Douglas, who is stationed at Pocatello, Idaho, in a navy navigation school, left Christmas day to re turn to his station after a brief leave spent in Medford. Doug las his been in the navy since June. Bob Bryant, a navy V-12 student at the University of Cali fornia, Berkeley, has returned to the institution after a five day visit here. William R. Van Dyke, USNR, - was here from Carroll College, Helena, Mont., where he is an aviation student. L. L. Whiteside, carpenter's mate first class in the Seabees, was here this week, as was Pfc. Harry S. Pitts, who is stationed at Denver, Colo. Cpl. Bill Thorndlke left this week after spending a five-day visit with local friends and rela tives, to return to Camp Bland- lng, Fla. Nathan Robert Gris- ham, radioman third class, was here after IS months In the navy, being on sea duty recently. Pvt. Kenneth Knapp of Jacksonville spent a short furlough visiting locally. Until recently, he has been stationed at Camp Rob erts, Cal. John C. Smith, chief petty officer, left Chiistmas day to return to his base at Gulfport, Miss., after visiting friends and relatives. Ralph Matlack, stationed with the army at Camp Adair, and his brother, Jack Matlack, formerly connected with Medford theatres and now ot Portland, were here last weekend. Pfc. Robert B. Slagle, USMCR, spent a 10-day furlough with relatives at Pros pect -aving last weekend to re turn to Mlramar, Cal. A recent visit with Ma, Gen. Charles Gerhardt was described by VirgU Plnkley of the United Press in a letter received this week by a friend in Medford. Gen. Gerhardt, stationed at Camp White for many months as commander of the 91st infan try division, is now in England. The flu epidemic which has gripped Medford and vicinity for the past few weeks, was report ed to be declining in intensity this past week, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer. Mayor and Mrs. Clarence A. Meeker have returned to Med ford from a brief wedding trip. They were married here last week. Mrs. Meeker is the for mer Miss Ruth Esther Wheaton of Cheboygan, Mich., and for the past three years has been a field worker for the Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church. Miss Paula Blanton, third year student at Medford senior high school, will represent the school in the annual Daughters of the American Revolution good citi zenship pilgrimage contest for 1843-44. If transportation can be provided, Miss Blanton will attend the D.A.R. Continental Congress being held in New York City this year, otherwise, she will receive a $100 war bond. The Rev. and Mrs. Harry W. Hansen this week announced the engagement ot their daughter, Hfilen Marie, to Sgt. Weldon M, Schnell of Millersburg, Ohio. Sgt. Schnell has been stationed at Bakersfleld, Cal., and left this week for an undisclosed destina tion, a weather station of the army air force in the far north. Weddings announced this week ot interest to local people in clude that ot Miss Helen Chirg wln and William Ray Thomas of Salem; Miss Frances Myers and Ml At DREAMLAND AN OLD-TIME NEW YEAR WITH OLD-TIME DANC2NQ-.A For Everyone! A iunseme frolle to ring out tha eld jFi' I and uthar In the New Year! Plenty oi , HaIia mibHil Dnn.il n.l.ul VtAmilaa Sat. - I urday Night Dance, tool TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, NURSES AIDES TO HEAR CONSULTANT MONDAY, TUESDAY Miss Mary Gray, Red Cross visiting nurse consultant for Oregon, will arrive in Medford from San Francisco monaay, Jan. 3, and remain two days. A full program has been arranged by Mrs. Don Newbury, chairman of the nurses' aide corps; Miss Helen Bullts, chairman of home nursing; Mrs. Blanche Frlsbie, chairman of nurse recruitment, and Miss Vera Humphrey, chair man of Junior Red Cross, for the two days. Monday at 1 p. m. Miss Gray will talk to the new nurses' aide class at Sacred Heart hospital and at 2:30 p. m. she will confer with the nurses' aide committee at the county health department rooms. At 6:30 p. m. she will be main speaker at a dinner at Ehrheart's restaurant which will be attended by the active nurses' aide corps and the new class members. Tuesday at 10 a. m. Miss Gray will speak to all senior high school girls Interested in joining a nurses' aide class this semester. This meeting, to be held at the senior high school building, will alse be open to the Junior and senior girls taking Red Cross staff assistants' course and to all members of the high school nome nursing class under Mrs. Helen Starnes. Mrs. Newbury and Leonard Mayfield, high school principal, have announced that the theory course for nurseV aides will be given for high uchool credit and will be offered as part of the high school curriculum for sen ior students only. Home nursing classes now conducted regularly are open to sophomore and jun ior students. It Is stated that this is in line with national Red Cross policy to open up to Junior Red Cross members training In Red Cross working corps, in cooperation with school authorities. F PASSES AGED 80 Frank Jantzer, 80, of Cen tral Point, passed away at a local hospital Thursday. Mr. Jantzer was born in Germany on May 4, 1863, and came to the United States 62 years ago. He was a farmer by occupation and lived tor many years at Glendale, Ore. He is survived by nine chil dren, Frank X. Jantzer, Cen tral Point; George L. Jantzer, Prospect; John H. Jantzer, Azalea, Ore.; Mrs. D. C. Franks, Uriand, Calif.; Mrs. Mads Mad sen, St Louis, Mo,; Mrs. Floyd Kelly, Prospect; Charles Jant zer, central Point; William P. Jantzer, Azalea; Mrs. Carl Uhly, lawima, Ore.; also 18 grand children and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Glendale, Tuesday, at 2 p. m. Perl Funeral Home is in charge. BIRTHS BOWMAN To Mr. and Mrs, Floyd, R 3, Box 244, Dec. 30. a boy, 7 lbs., at Community Hos pital. , Capt. Leigh R. Iverson of Hous ton, Minn.; Miss Dee Scheffel and Lawrence E. Edmonds of Ashland; Miss Edith Nichols and Earl P. Updike of Portland, and Miss Ruth Woodson ot Balboa, Panama, and Thomas J. Estes of Medford, radioman with the navy and stationed near Balboa. MAKE A "DATE" NOW OLD TIME HEW YEAR'S EVE 'V-Ljl (BE OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1943 HULSE WINNER IN T. A. Hulse, 62, of Jackson ville was judged winner ot the "Old Fiddlers' Contest" 'at the Riverside USO last night, in competition with seven other fiddlers from this area. Chief judge was Nick Kime. The contestants, all 60 years or over, remind of the time when the square dance, scot tlsche, polka, quadrille, minuet and lamode were popular. Old est fiddlers were Frank Simp son, 80, Charlie Skeeters, 77, and Billy Davison, 73. Mr. Da vidson, a prospector, came into town from his mining claim for the contest. Others were Leon ard Hulse H. A. Hulse, Jim Dorsey, and H. W. Conger. Mrs. Charles Skeeters accompanied uie iiaaiers. A laptfA ArnwH nt civilian And soldiers saw groups, directed by Mrs. H. Messinger, perform the odl-tlme dances , as the men played, and then joined In the dances themselves. 'Cpl. John Chapalon of Michigan called as master of ceremonies and al so called dances. Harry Coping er of Central Point did novelty tricks on the banjo. OFFICES, BANKS. All city and county offices, banks and almost all places of business will be closed tomor row in observance of New Year's Day. Frank DeSouza, postmaster, stated that the post office windows would be closed and . that there would be no mail deliveries on either city or rural routes. An exception to the general closing are federal office, such as the Rogue River Forest Serv ice and the Selective Service boards. Some time ago the fed eral departments were issued or ders that no holidays, with the exception of Christmas, would be taken for the duration of the war. Wendover, Utah. Dec. 31 U.PJ Two heavy bombers have been missing over Holbrook, Ida., since late yesterday, Wendover air base officials reported this afternoon. EVERYONE INVITED! Grand NEW YEAR'S Jl BALLROOM TONITE NEW YEAR'S EVE! Ring Out the Old Year -Ring in the New! A innd climax to 1943 Join your friends in glorious fun folic! TO SPREAD OUT LIQUOR SUPPLY By Nick Bourne UP Staff Correspondent San Francisco, Dec.31. (U.B American ingenuity will meet the domestic, or home bar, liauor shortage tonight with stretched quarts, extra ice and very short snorts, a pantry, ice box and basement survey show ed today. Hosts who hit their whiskey hoard too heavily entertaining in the Christmas spirit last week-end will greet New Year's eve guests with a broader smile and slimmer drink than ever be fore, the California Liquor Deal ers association predicted. Four ways to keep the classes tinkling without running out of liquor were described: 1. Mix drinks- with plain water to let what alcohol there may be speak for Itself. 2. Put plenty of ice in the glass before jiggerlng with the liquor, so when the Ice melts, the bottom of the glass will appear to have more liquor. After four or five of these, the visitor's arm will be tired, or he will feol ashamed of himself and refuse "just one- little one more be fore you go." 3. If you really don't like who s coming, serve hot, sweet drinks such ns Tom & Jerry, because nobody can drink many of them. Throw another log on the fire for extra quick depar tures. 4. Avoid fruit juice mixers which take points you haven t got and disguise the liquor you didn't put in the drink. TJaa Mall Tribune Want Ads. ZERO CLUB Out of bounds, civilians only Delicious chicken and steak dinners 7:00 p. m., 3 a. m. except Sunday. Phone day time 5300, night 9101. Chrysler Made Parts HUMPHREY MOTORS 33 So. Riverside Dial 4980 DONT FORGETI The Usual Saturday . Night Dance at Merrtck s MUSIC BY RAY'S 10 PIECE BAND Plenty of noise makers! A well, crowd! Good music! Smooth floor! Popular prices! (BE ADJ. AND IS. COX Adj. and Mrs. Charles K. Cox have received their "farewell" orders from the supervisor of the Salvation Army USO work, Col. H. French, Ad. Cox an nounced this morning. The or ders, which state that Adj. and Mrs. Cox are to be appointed di rectors of the Salvation Army USO club in Tacoma, Wash., ar rived yesterday. Adj. Cox has been director ot the Medtord Salvation Army USO club since its opening a year ago. Adj. Cox stated that the date ot their departure from Med ford will be announced later. Adj. and Mrs. Cox have resided in Medford nearly four years. Vae Malt Tribune Want Ada. LOOKIE! THE RITZ LANGFO 1 I leTTVZaa T f9-JK JT . thm cABion mo hi lanoui hit! - i rSfh liH!l.!L Fei'fVA W,TH " jjfctf MARY BETH v-SkHUGHES ' &&&& W0f ..VV hid . word In ill CONTINUOUS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY I ENDS TOMORROW NIGHT: PAM6EX AHlADf Han k llml MORRIS KELLY Vi plus -? jnMEBfl The University of San Fran Cisco was founded in 1853 as the St. Ignatius church and college. PARTS and SERVICE for all Makes of WASHERS and REFRIGERATORS YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE SERVICE CO. 31 N. Bartlett Phone 2419 THE COFFEE POT DRIVE IN Is Now Open for Business From 11 A. M. to 1 A.M. GLASSES Dr. R. M. Hood Optometrist I Sparta Bldf . Main and Blverslde, Medford, Ore. Skillful Service. Seasonable Prtcea, FBARCES RD America's prize screwballs In the season s most hilarious nil Thrills on the Ranfts! kVVHIiuiiiLSOYDj I : : .J: -I ClYDI
