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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1944)
ON THE HOME FRONT MEDFORDvTRIBUNE News From Jackson County for Men in the Armed Services The Mail Tribun tuggastt you clip and mail thu oewi roundup to a relative or friend In tervice. Data. Dear. After a few coolish days which brought out fall clothes and started the leaves to turn ing red, summer decided to take a final stand with the re sult that Tuesday was the hot test day in two years, with the mercury going to 103 degrees. School children are enjoying the last few days before the opening of schools, which start Sept. 11 in the country and Sept. 18 in town. Junior and senior high schools are delayed until the 25th because of the fruit harvest and Central Point school opening has been de- WANTED Experienced OFFICE GIRL Good pay, permanent em ployment, pheasant work ing conditions. Phone 5731 For Appointment kaks232S25S23 layed because of the lack of teachers and for harvest. The Black Tornado squad held the first workout of the season Monday, with 32 reporting to Coach Al Simpson. The Torna do has an eight-game schedule. Labor Day was a quiet holi day, with many people attract ed to the golf tournament at the Valley Golf club or going to Ashland for the horse show there. Eddie Simmons captured his fifth tournament, defeating Leland Clark, defending cham pion, 3 and 2. During the tour nament, Simmons shot the first hole-in-one in the 16-year his tory of the tournament, the shot ; being made on the tenth hole. '. Both Simmons and Clark were j awarded the Lt. Robert R. Ham mond memorial trophy for 73s in the qualifying rounds. Lt. Hammond, twice winner of the tourney, was killed in action in Italy several weeks ago. Red Cross workers last week completed the summer quota of 210,000 surgical dressings and the Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans donated $300, results of a carnation sale, GUYER'S MARKET U.S. AND FEDERAL' GRADED MEATS DELICIOUS FRESH FISH Halibut Salmon Filet Red Snapper Ling Cod Fresh Shrimp Salt Mackerel New pack grand for Sunday breakfast. spring Lamb Grade A Legs lb. 39c Shldr lb. 35c Spare Stamp 25 good for 10 points on lamb. Sausage No cereal season ed just right! lb. 35c Fryers - Hens Rabbits Frying Size Home Made Salad Pint 30c . Piggly Wiggly S. Riverside at 13th & South Central 'for the chapter's blood plasma fund. Other residents are busy rounding up waste paper and one Boy Scout Troop sponsored , by the Catholic church has turned In more than 16,000 ' pounds. Last Sunday the Brethren church dedicated a new build ing erected at the corner of Mary and Saling streets. A. Z. (Tubby) Dean has purchased the three lots formerly occu pied by the Maid-Rite Sandwich and the present Groceteria parking lots and will erect a super-service station there when materials are available. Several Medford men were in the news this past week for receiving war honors. Silver Stars have been awarded to Lt. Raymond Ross in the South Pa cific and Sgt. Wayne White in France. Lt. Ross,, founder of the "Dime A Dozen" club (he pays his men a dime for every dozen Japs) is said to be one of the ace patrol leaders of the famous Americal Division, only army division bearing a name Instead of a number. Sgt. Earl Jones and Sgt. Charles K. Culbertson have . both been awarded Bronze . stars, Sgt. Jones for action with the Fifth Army in Italy and Sgt. Culbert son for operations against the enemy at Alesan airdrome, Cor sica, in May. Pfe. J. Seibold was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in France June 29 and Lt. (jg) John R. Marsh, navy flier, has been awarded the Dis tinguished Flying Cross. Lt. Marsh is a torpedo plane pilot. W. E. Wakefield, aviation ma chinists mate first class, has been given a letter of com mendation from Com. W. F. Arnold for constructing a p re oiler of original design for use in the work of his carrier air craft service unit. Wakefield has been overseas for 18 months. First Sgt. Hugh McGinty has been wounded in action a sec ond time. He is with a special service force of United States Canadian Commandos and was wounded during the early Ital ian campaign and again during the trench campaign. Cpl. Melvin W. Kohn has written his parents from France describing conditions In the area in which his engineer's unit is serving, stating that "things are sure blown to hell in this country" and adding that is might be a good thing if a few more Americans could realize what war is like when you have it at home instead of in some other country. The Home Front editor took time out over the week-end to read a bulletin sent by Sgt. John Eads telling of the deeds of the amphibian engineers in the Southwest Pacific, and found it highly interesting. Sgt. Robert C. Taylor Is now serving as a squadron adminis- r ... a-v rx. vie .aj" i assisisisijs-r i .. i '. n. n n c ia or sr am i-.v tr CEILING PAPERS! In Wards complete Wallpaper Department you can still buy ceiling papers for the rooms of your home I All are full, standard weight . . . all have Wards famous "Trim Easy" cudgel Top-quality fade-proof and washable papers are included in Wards fine selection; all at the money-saving low prices traditional at Wards. From Single 7Vzc to 21c a Roll (W reserve lh right fo limit quonlhin) A GREAT SELECTION OF WALLPAPERS, TOOl At Wards you'll find a fine, fresh selection of Wallpapers for every room in your home. You'll find fade-proof, washable, embossed and scrubbable papers, too. And a selection of ensemble-patterns specially designed to "go together" in adjoining rooms. Yes ... all are priced to save you money. (From Single 7 Vic to $1.50 a roll) Montgomery Ward trafor specialist with a troop carrier of the Ninth AAF, a news report states, and word of T. Sgt. Everett Chapman was recently brought to his parents by Lt. Dale LeRoy Kaegi, home on leave after combat duty in Italy. The two served in the same AAF squadron. Pfc. Roberta Ivanhoe of the WAC has written from London describing how she met Lt. j Betty Vilm while walking down the street, and stated that the two planned many future meet ings. Speakers at Rotary club this j week were Capt. Howard Schrecengost, back from Alaska, J and Sgt. Dick Roberts, Fortress ! gunner back from England after many missions over Germany. Ensign Morris B. Leonard, Jr., j has been home on leave, having Just graduated from the United 1 States Naval Academy at Ann apolis. Manfred I. Douglas completed college work under : the navy v-12 at the southern branch of the University of Idaho and took his midship man's oath at Northwestern university last week. Sgt. C. B. McCracken has been selected for officer's train ing and has started the training at Aberdeen, Md. Robert A. Naumes, now at Presque Isle, Me., following a year in Labra dor with the North Atlantic Air Command, has been promoted to captain. Pfc. Hugh Power is now at Brookley Field, Ala., Pvt. Roy C. Gray is at Camp Wolters, Tex., for infantry train ing and Charles L. Cummons is at the Great Lakes Naval Training station. Franklin Geb hard, radioman third class, re cently completed training at Pt. Isabel, Tex., and has been transferred to Washington, D. C. Ruth Fitch has completed a course in physio-therapy at Camp White and will be com missioned a second lieutenant , in the army nurse corps Sept. 13. Several marriages and en gagements were on the social page Sunday. Joan Holmes and Lt. Eugene P. Myers of Oak land, Calif., were married Aug. 26; Helen Johnson and LaVerne Dunagan, seaman first class, were married Aug. 25 and the wedding of Lila Stillwcll and Donald Richey, gunner's mate, took place Aug. 11 in San Fran cisco. Robert Dooms and Olive Davis of Ashland were married last week and Mary Alice John son and Pfc. Ralph E. Gillmore, the latter of Ashland, were mar ried Aug. 12 in Columbus, Ind. Engagements announced were those of Ann Luman to Gordon Corum of Eugene; Dolly Age to Sgt. William E. Ritter of Lyn wood, Calif.; Paula Blanton to Pvt. Ray Casebccr. Among those home now, or recently home were Lt. Del Cooley of Ardmorc, Okla.; Pfc. Alvin A. Alexander, Santa Bar barbara; Wallace Johnson, Flc, en route to Treasure Island aft er graduating from Purdue uni versity; Sgt. and Mrs. Dale Forncrook, Camp Van Dorn; Marvin L. Crocker, ARM2c, member of the famous "Black Cat" patrol of the South Pacific for nine months; Pvt. Donald Casper, who is returning to Camp Robinson, Ark., and T. Sgt. Herbert R. Fitzgerald, home from Talahassee, Fla. rrlday. Sept. 8, 1344 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Emotional Colored Gentleman Cleared Philadelphia, Sept. 8. (U.R) Charles White, 40-year-old negro arrested on Aug. 3, for violating a national monument when he rang the Liberty Bell in Inde pendence Hall, was exonerated today by a jury of nine women and three men. White, a Frankfort arsenal employe pleaded an "uncontroll able emotional outbreak," which made him awe stricken and filled him with a desire to hear the bell ring. Accordingly he struck the bell with a piece of stone and was promptly arrested. The incident occurred during the Philadelphia Transportation company strike. Closing time for Sunday Too Lat to Claitslfy 6:30 Saturday afternoon rieaae rememoer. W'-MMAG,C Troniform ordinary notcalrat Into thoie rar. deticocic . 10 famous in the North Woodi. 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