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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1944)
i 1 ON THE HOME FRONT MEDFORDtfSfllkTBBUNE News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services The Mail Trtbunt suggests rou clip and mail this now roundup to s relative or friend in service. Date. Dear. ThU week's topics have been the weather and the republican convention, mostly the latter, with the war news having to share front page space with pic tures of the candidates, Dewey and Bricker. Medford weather, while soaring into the nineties, hasn't come in for quite as much space as the June heat wave which sweltered the con vention delegates and celebri ties. The local heat wave has dried out the hay wet down by the recent rains, and is rapidly ripening the grain crops. The war loan drive continues in full swing. This week's spe cial event is a film show at the Craterian Friday morning for kiddies with a musical show put on by Mexicans from the farm labor supply camp. Red Cross activities for the summer are underway and at "jeep" shops the Junior work ers are making many articles for servicemen both here at home, in hospitals or in prison er of war camps. A good sized project is the making of SO prisoner of war game kits. These are of wood and each kit contains several games. The pieces must be sanded, drilled, varnished and marked. To make a quota of 250,000 sur gical dressings, the various workrooms in the county are now open as weir as day times. A first-hand description of the invasion of Europe is given in a letter from Capt. Joe J. Patton and received this week by his parents. Capt. Patton, pilot of a B-26 Marauder, wrote that he "wouldn't have missed it for a million dollars." The captain's bomber was in the first wave of planes to go out. Lt. Alvin A. Gould's Air Medal was presented to his mother at a Portland ceremony last Sunday. Gould is a prison er of war in Germany, having been shot down Jan. 11. Staff Sgt. George R. (Dick) Roberts mailed his Air Medal home to his mother and it arrived here last week. The sergeant is a gunner on a Flying Fortress and it arrived here last week. The sergeant is a gunner on a Fly ing Fortress and has been on many missions over Europe since arriving in England in April. First Lt. George B. Backes, who will be remembered by his Jacksonville school friends, re cently completed his 50th bomb ing mission from an English base. He has been decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with eight Oak Leaf clusters, one bronze and one silver cluster. Another holder of the Distinguished Fly ing Cross is First Lt. Leonard L. Bommersbach, formerly of Medford. From the South Pacific sec tion has come a story of a raid on the Rabaul area led by First Lt. Jack P. Martin. This was his 20th mission. First Lt. Larry Schade was recently awarded a bronze oak-leaf clus ter te his air medal for New Guinea raids. Another letter which gave In vasion details was received in Medford this week from Lt. (jg) W. H. Fisher, stationed aboard an LST boat. Fisher praised the crew and said "you people can depend on these men doing their job and doing it well." Sgt. Delbert E. Jones. Sgt. Ernest W. Fieguth and Cpl. Arthur H. Struve, Ashland, and Sgt. Vernon G. Riggert of Tal ent have been decorated with the Soldier's Medal for the at tempted rescue of a navy pilot at Ft. Stevens last winter. The Case family from Gold Hill received a big thrill last week when movies of the inva sion showed a close-up cf Pvt. Donald Case, member of an anti-aircraft unit. The operator at the Craterian theater re moved one frame from the film and this is being enlarged and printed for the family to keep. A story from Italy tells of the work of the military police In Naples,. of which T5 Laurence A. Ryerson is a member. Second Lt. Boyd P. Bellamy, Jr., bombardier, has been re- ,l Illll,' I Jill HHIII A Tribute to the Young Men or America FREEDOM of OFPCRTUNITY NEW THRILLINO DIFFERENT OVER MUTUAL Broadcasting System 10 to 10:30 every FRIDAY NIGHT MUTUAL 8ENEFIT HEALTH & ACCIDENT Association 410 Medford Btdg. Tel 4553 R. N. HIGH, Dilf. Mgr. ported missing in action after a ram over Germany May 29, his third mission, and news of the death of Lt. Fred C. Shere,' Jr., during a raid over Ger many April 29, has been re ceived here by his parents. Pfc. Andrew L. Stewart, Ashland, wounded in Italy, died in an army hospital in West Virginia Monday. Cpl. Phillip B. Lowry has arrived for duty in New Guinea and Theodore L. Taylor, in the southwest Pacific for the past 26 months, has been promoted to first lieutenant. Lee D. Pink ham, stationed with the Coast Artillery forces guarding the Panama Canal since December of 1942, has been promoted to captain. Home from the south Pacific is Capt. Weldon H. Mc Bee, after two years of over seas duty with the 41 Infantry Division, which embraces the old Medford national guard unit. Bob Bauman believes in brev ity, or something of the sort, for he announced his impend ing arrival home with a one word telegram to his parents which read "Yipee!" Bob has been at Dallas, Tex., for naval flight training and after his leave reports to Pensacola, Fla. Also home is his brother, Bill, studying medicine at Willa mette university under the navy V-12 program. Also here is Douglas L. Pickell, radio tech nician second class, who reports next to New London, Conn., and Pvt. Fred Cyril Sander, sta tioned at Drew Field, Fla. Be fore coming home he visited his brothers, Flight Commander Aubrey Sander of Dorr Field, Fla., and Capt. Harold Sander, 5 4' Jf t i.i If V .- vvr , - V 1?s,'' 1" -( if" (Acm Hadto-Tehpholo) FINAL TRIBUTE A little French girl, tearfully plncrs flowers on grave of American soldier, killed when his glider landed somewhere in France. Signal Corps radio-telephoto from London. Bill, also In the navy, is on sea duty in the Pacific. Pfc. Donald Kendle has reported to Le moore field in Calif., after com pleting flexible gunnery school at the Yuma air field and Bob Holmes, V-12 tudent at the University of Colorado, has re turned to Colorado after leave at home. Also home recently were Pfc. Eldon Tolle from Camp Davis, N. C, and Pvt. Stanley Stark from Camp Fan nin, Tex. Neidre Nygaard and Lt. Rob ert Duke, Birmingham, Ala., were married June 18 and Betty Myers and Gerald . C. Rood, aviation metalsmith, have announced their wedding May 9. Ann Marie Domber has an nounced her engagement to Lt. Melvin W. Schwonke, Camp Maxey, Tex., and Ailene Marie Zicsenis, Lawrence, Tex., is the betrothed of Ivan J. Cherry, ap prentice seaman in the naval reserve stationed at the Univer sity of Kansas. Julie Carpen ter and Capt. W. Garland Jones of Camp Maxey are to be mar ried July 2. Gold Hill Gold Hill, June 30 (Spl.) Work has recently been com- A.T.C., Long Beach, Calif. Lt. Dieted on the school grounds for uei iooiey anc ii. jonn oams berry have left for Lincoln, Neb., after leaves at home. An other officer home is Ensign Wallace Young, who has been stationed in Florida and expects to be sent overseas soon. Lt. Lewis Russell Ulrlch, blimp pilot, has been assigned to Annapolis for a year's study In aerological engineering and Charles Braley has passed his entrance examinations for the academy and starts his course soon. Already at the institu tion are Midshipman Ellis Mc Curley, now on cruise after his first year's training and study, and Midshipman Morris Leon ard, Jr., who completes a spe cial course this fall. Medfrird's representatives at the U. S. Military academy, Daniel Gra ham and James Hoey, are both home now on leave. Kenneth Carpenter has left for Dartmouth college where he will study until becoming draft age. His brother, Lt. (jg) Ar thur Carpenter, is in Washing ton, D. C, taking training in photographic interpretation. Dick Alford has gone to Carrol college, Helena, Mont., to study under the navy V-5 program. Jim Elliott, V-12, is home from Willamette university and Sam Young from the University of Idaho. The latter reports next to Northwestern. Lloyd C. Kensey, V-12, is home from Willamette university and is as signed next to the University of California. Ernie Gaines, aviation ma chinist's mate 3rd class, has graduated from aerial gunners' school in Jacksonville, Fla., and Pvt. Donald Smith has gradu ated from the field telephone school at the marine base, San Diego. Cpl. Earl Jones has been home with his parents and leaves July 1 to attend officer training school at Seattle. Robert Colley, petty officer, has gone east for aerial gun nery training after having been stationed at Klamath Falls for several months. His brother, a new tnnt smewaiK, wun ine steep incline removed, making a big improvement. Work was done by Harry Newnhanj. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cal Dusenberry and son were Mrs. Dusenberry's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Matthews and children, Bill and Roberta, of Klamath Falis. Also her son and daughter-in-:aw, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Iverson and daughters, Judy Rae and Carol, of Medford. Mrs. Allie Ganong, who has been making her home with her brothur-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaw, has gone to Longview, Wash., to visit her son and family for a couple of weeks. Guests last Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dungey were their daughters, Weegie and Winona Dungey, Mrs. Maxene Dungey, Jean Wright and Arlene Daily of Medford. Lt. LaVerne Walker of the A.A.F., flight instructor at Mer ced, Calif., Is spending a few days here with his parents and brother, Mr. and Mrs Alva Walker and Delos Walker and family. F. V. Huffman severed a little finger and severely lacerated the next finger, while operating a power saw at his hame here re cently. The Huffman's bought the Olney Edington property a few months ago and have been building more buildings and re modeling. Local men leaving for service In the navy last week were Vic tor Frost, Walter Arnold and Cecil eBil. Bell's wife and daugh ter reside here. Mr and Mrs. Dennis McGuIre and daughter, JoAnn, are vislt I ing tho former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James. McGuire, at New berg, Ore., before moving to Tillamook. Mrs Earl Moore and daughter, Nndra left June 28 for Sacra mento to visit Mrs. Moore's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hall and family. ALUS-CHALMERS TRACTORS - LOGGING and ROAD BUILDING MACHINERY FARM TRACTORS-HARVESTERS All Kindt of FARM MACHINERY and IMPLEMENTS "Carco", Isaacson, Baker, Gar Wood and other Makes of ROAD AND LOGGING MACHINERY A large stock of GENUINE PARTS for all ALLIS-CHALMERS Machinal EXPERIENCED MECHANICS McCOY MACHINERY COMPANY 111 No. Fir Phone 3413 Medford Gloria Kilgore, who has been visiting at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lentz. has returned to Klamath Falls, where ner father, Sgt. Roy Kilgore is visiting his parents. Kilgore, a former resident of this city, has recently returned on furlough from Italy. He spent several weeks in a hospital in Sicily and received the Purple Heart for wounds received there while in the Fifth army. Mrs. Melvin Kuikman of Brerherton, Wash., has been spending a few days here with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Era mett Sutton and family. Mrs. Don Dungey and motner, Mrs. Stone of Medford, were guests June 22 of Mrs. Dunger's husband s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dungey. Mr. and Mrs. William Jordan of Grants Pass, formerly of Gold Hill, were Sunday guests at the A. A. Walker home. Pfc. Bill Fore is now at Camp Swift, Tex., for training with air borne infantry. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Newnham and family have moved into the Fitch Snyder home, which they are improving. The Newnhams have resided in the Lawrence Whitsett place on Garden Row for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Whitsett, who have recently re turned here from North Bonne ville, Wash., will move into their place on Garden Row at once. Miss Janet Chisholm of Port land is visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary Chisholm and family. Mrs John Avena and son, I Roger, of Sacramento are guests of Mrs. Avens' mothers, Mrs. j William Puhl on Garden Row. Mrs. Neal Doty has returned to , her home in Portland after visit- ing her stster-In-law, Mrs Wilbur Martin and family. Mrs. Dotyi was accompanied home by her j two daughtersj who have been ' guests at the Martin home forj awhile. The city fire engine was called for a grass fire, which started be tween Coy's restaurant and the i bridge Wednesday afternoon, j Buildings were protected from! the flames which burned a con- j slderabla amount of brush and ! grass. Friday. June SO, 1944 MEPFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN den consultant of The Pullman Co., advising gardeners how to tell a weed from a vegetable. About 100,000 tons of steel ingots are required to build and equip a big battleship. BEAR TOO BULLISH Farragut, Ida. (UJ A bear with a taste for pork chops visit ed the pig sty of BUI Ehlert, Far ragut farmer, five nights running and carried away a squealing ' shoat every time, but Ehlert kept ; an armed vigil on the sixth j night. The hide of the 400-pound j marauder now adorns Ehlert'si barn door. QUALITY MARKET FRESH MEATS, GROCERIES, FRUITS and . " VEGETABLES IN SEASON , 222 W. Main ; Phone 4765 Will Be Closed Sunday-Monday-Tuesday July 2, 3 4 VETERAN NAMED McAlester, Okla. J.R Lt. Col. Jess Larson, Lawton, Okla., wounded veteran of the 45th Division's battles in Italy, was named recently president of the initiation class of 248 A. F. and A. Masons taking the Scottish Rite degrees at the Indian tem ple here. TIP Chicago (U.R If it's out of line, pull it up, it's a weed, said Rudolph J. Mohr, victory gar- Eddie and Ruth's HIWAY STEAK AND CHOP HOUSE 16 North Riverside Ave. OPEN NIGHT and DAY Eddia and Ruth Long, Owners " " v JiC -VK'vCV- WEALTH U 1 1 ' ;i jA;.M3r west ii . " s'- iM,i"Of - --?.r-J-WKa f?14- SPltD THE VICTORY BUY WAR BONDS Just a certain regions In (ho old world were fcrrored spots for (He production of fine boers, so does (his great West provide very advantage to 'delight (ho brewer's heart Hero grow the world's choicest golden grains and the finest oi aromatlo hops. Her lh purest o! sparkling brewing waters are found. 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