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LOCAL and PERSONAL Fined Two traffic violators appeared In city police court Tuesday. Leslie William &cou was fined 51 for a muffler out or order and J. H. Hall paid $5 fine for double parking. In India Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Roberts of this city have re ceived word that their son, Pvt. Albert R. Roberts, has arrived in India. He is a graduate of Med ford high school, 1943. Firs The city fire depart ment was called to the Medford Center building at 11:25 a. m. when an electrical machine In the office of Dr. W. F. Roney, 320 Medford Center building, caused a small fire. There was no damage except to the ma chine. Thurston Home Kenneth M. Thurston, pharmacist's mate gecond class in the navy, arrived In Eagle Point last Friday to spend a 30-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Thurston. He has been in Ha waii for the past nine months and In the navy for two years. Upon expiration of his leave Thurston will report to San Diego for reassignment. IS EPILEPSY INHERITED? rWHAT CAUSES IT? a. aCbooklet containing tht opinions of fa mom doctors on this Interesting subject will be sent FREE, while they last, to any reader writing to the Educational Division, SM Fifth Ave., NewYork, N.Y., Dept. j jgg Lcsgu to Meet Wesley League of the First Methodist church will hold a potluck din ner at the church social hall Thursday at 6:30 p. m. This will be followed by a short business meeting and social hour. Enlists Scott Earl Witcher, 113 East Eleventh street, enlist, ed in the navy last Monday ac cording to Herb Crain, in charge, of the Medford recruiting station where the 17-year-old youth en listed. Witcher, son of Mrs. Hazel Dean, is now home on In active duty and waiting his call to a naval training center. In Missouri Cpl. LaVonn D. Newton of Lake Creek recently volunteered for infantry duty according to a dispatch from Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri where he is now stationed. Cpl. Newton is now assigned to duty with the 70th Infantry Division, known as the Trailblazer divi sion, the release states. e To Plan Plans for the World Community Day, which occurs November 3, will be discussed at the meeting of the board of directors of the Medford Coun cil of Church Women Friday, October 6, at 2 p. m. The meet ing will be at the First Presby terian church according to Mrs. Karl Brokchaus, president. The board includes the officers and chairmen of standing commit tees of the council as well as representatives from affiliated churches. Today - 4 Big Days! Its Great To Be Alive .... When You Can See a Show Like This! IT'S A nriiTRT V T TPP FOR JOE... . V AND DOUBLE FlTOPflR Yffll! 5v J lr-4 fs..MaM'ViV ill 2ND BIG SMASH HIT! mm "Hoppy" Solves a MYSTERY! --jig ANDY CLYDE JIMMY ROGERS ELEANOR STEWART Alio Selected SHORT SUBJECTS and a Complete Round-up of WORLD-WIDE NEWS CALENDAR Wtdnmdar 6:30 p. m. United Spanish War Veterans dinner at armory. 7:30 p. m. Daughters of Job, Masonic Temple. Thursday 10:00 a. m. Medford Garden club, Girls' Community club. Morning meeting will be to make bouquets, program In af ternoon. Members may bring sack lunch If they wish. 10:00 a. m. Wenonah cIud. home of Mrs. J. O. Cave, 129 South Holly street. Covered dish luncheon at noon. Bring sewing kits. 2:00 p. m. Woman's Bible class of the Methodist church, in church parlors. Hostesses, Mrs. Mary Igo, Mrs. Vivian Kyker and Mrs. Artie Doren. 2:00 p. m. Women's Relief corps, armory. 6:30 p. m. Wesley League, Methodist church, potluck din ner in social hall of the church. 7:30 p. m. Royal Neighbors, regular meeting at K. of P. hall. Friday 12 noon Daughters of the Nile, potluck luncheon at home of Mrs. Margaret Fabrick, 106 Crater Lake avenue, to be fol lowed by sewing for the Shrine hospital. All Daughters of the Nile invited to attend. , 1:30 p. m. Jolly Stitchers' club, home of Mrs. Marie Rent ing, 1031 West Tenth street. 2:00 p. m. Board of Directors Medford Council of Church Women, at Presbyterian church to discuss plans for World Com munity Day. the near future for a visit with relatives. Lt. Horner has been in the navy for more than three years and is a carrier-based fighter pilot. Mrs. Horner and infant daughter are residing with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Berntson, Jacksonville. Lt. Horner's parents are Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Horner, 816 Taylor street. e Need Equipment A plea for furnishings and equipment for Medford's new Y. M. C. A. has been issued by the board of di rectors and Dr. Bert R. Elliott, president of the association. The directors state that usable ta bles, chairs, benches, dressing tables, davenports, kitchen equipment, rugs or other items useful for the teen-age center are needed and ask that citizens loan or give them to the asso ciation. A piano, radio and phonograph are especially need ed, it is stated. Anyone having equipment of this nature is asked to take it to the Y.M.C.A. center in the former West Side USO quarters, Masonic build ing, or to call Dr. Elliott, 4010, or the "Y", 5148. Graduates Wallace E. John son was graduated recently from the naval training school for electricians on the campus of Perdue university, Lafayette, Ind., and was declared eligible to qualify for a petty officer rat ing according to a new release from the navy. Johnson's Med ford address is 1416 West Tenth street. Plan Dance A formal dance has been planned by the direc tor of Service Club No. 2 at Camp White for Oct. 16, with Frankie Masters' band scheduled to play for the event. Hostesses planning to attend must register either with Mrs. Don Safford, 5221 and extension 3295, or with Mrs. Ruth Boyd, 4871 In the daytime or 5002 in the evening. F1U Three applications for building permits were filed in the city superintendent's office Tuesday. C. W. Jacobs of 35 Myrtle street filed to erect a garage and workshop at a stated cost of $350; Herman H. Marrs, $75 to build a porch on a resi dence at 221 Haven street and the U. S. National Bank, 17-21 North Central avenue for $6,000 for a new stone front and gen eral repairs. Group To Sew Daughters of the Nile will meet Friday at the home of Mrs. Margaret Fabrick, 106 Crater Lake avenue, to sew for the Shrine hospital. The meeting will be a potluck lunch eon at 12 noon, with the sewing to follow. All women of the Daughters of the Nile are invited to attend the meeting. Mrs. Olen Arnsplger is chairman In charge of the sewing program for Zulei ma Temple this year. Son Born Cpl. and Mrs. Glen W. Jewett are the parents of a son born Oct. 1 at Oceanside, Calif. The infant has been named David Glen. Mrs. Jewett is the former Byrnadine McCulloch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCulloch, Old Pacific highway, and Cpl. Jewett is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jewett, 216 South Orange street. The cor poral is stationed at Camp Pen dleton with the United States marine corps. Brothers Home Ensign Joe Beach and Robert Beach, sea man second class, both are In Jacksonville to visit their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Beach. Ensign Beach was recently com-j missioned at Corpus Chrlstl, I Tex., and is pilot of a navyj PBM flying boat. He leaves, Monday to report at Banana ' River.' Fla., for additional train-1 ing. Seaman Beach also leaves; Monday to report to the naval ; training station at Farragut, j Ida., where he recently complet- ed basic training. e In Hospital Lt. Donald R. Horner has been confined to a naval hospital in Norfolk, Va., for the past four weeks and may be returning to the county In OBITUARY LEROY W. WALKER Leroy Wellington Walker, a resident of Medford for the past 20 years, passed away at a local convalescent home Tuesday eve ning. Mr. Walker was born In Scot land county, Missouri, July 10, 1883. He is survived by his wife, Lillian, of Medford, and two daughters, Mrs. Harry E. Powell, Spirit Lake, Idaho, and Mrs. C. S. Finley, of Medford, and four grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the graveside In Medford IOOF cemetery, Thursday at 2:30 p. m The Rev. W. A. Dawes of the First Baptist church will officiate. Perl Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. JAMES E. WARDE Services for James E. Warde, who lost his life in a hunting accident near Lakeview Mon day will be held In the St. Marks Episcopal church at 1:30 p. m. Thursday with the Rev. George Turney officiating. The Interment will be in Portland. A complete obituary will be given in Thursday's paper. Arrange ments are in care of the Conger Morris chapel. HATTIE F. FOERST Mrs. Hattie F. Foerst, 71. a resident of Applegate for the past 33 years, passed away in a local hospital Tuesday morning. She was born in Sawyers Bar, Calif., November 20, 1872. Three children survive; Joe and Ash ton Foerst, Murphy, and Mrs. Clara Dltsworth, Prospect. Gas on Stomach R.U.t.4 in i Riinui.1 t 4Mibu Tin mm! t"k When uccu .toaiach acid cam, p.lnrul. uttTitf-at-tns sii. Kwr troi'-b and heartburn. dxUTi uiu.ilr rrewrlb. th. futrtt aittrn mdlftn. fcivwn fur mMon.tla rfllff-mltrlnM "" H'll-.m TiblMt. No lai.Mr. B-ll tni btlmi apmfnrt In a llffj of wturn DotO. to im tot doubla mow Does, Uc Stock Ranches Farms Country Homes Our Specialty THOMAS J. HIGHT Broker tOO nollr Thriler Bids Dill 5397 There ere also two sisters and two brothers, Mrs. Bessie Fresh our, Klamath River, Calif., Mrs. Wm. Head, Applegate, Francis Finley. Portland, and Harry Fin ley, Phoenix, Ariz., and three grandsons. Services will be held at the graveside in Missouri Flats cem etery Friday at 2 p. m. Arrange ments are in care of the Conger Morris chapel. FELLOWS INFANT Franklin L.- Fellows. Infant, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Fellows passed away Tuesday evening. Funeral services will be held at the Perl Funerhl home Thurs day at 3 p m. The Rev. G. O. Baker of the Full Gospel Assem bly of God will officiate and interment will be in IOOF cemetery. Surviving relatives are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Fellows, of 616 Frankette street; four sisters, CharMte Jeane. Joan Faye, Ardiss Marie, Ger aldine Kay, and one brother, Le roy. He is also survived by his grandparents, Mrs. Maud Fel lows and Mrs. Ira Noble, both of Nebraska. IS Wednesday, Oct. 4, 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SEVZK VMermastor Clinton Smith reports the irrigation season end ed in Jackson county October 1. and by and large it was a good woter year, better than the March and April forecasts Indi cated. The situation was helped considerably by rains in Jnne. The rains of the last week-end averaged close to an inch throughout the county and start ed fall range grass and fresh ened up pastures. In some dis-1 tricts it caused creeks to rise and It also put the first snow of the year on Mt. McLaughlin. I The peak Is now fairly well cov ered. Snow also fell last Sun-1 day on the higher levels o( the! Dead Indian country. j Stockmen have started fall! round-ups and some cattle oni summer ranges In the hills have started for home pastures. Camp White Dance Schedule Thursday Regular Informal dance . at Service Club No. 2. awarded a divorce decree after testifying her husband left her at the church on their wedding day to kiss a girl passing on the street. LEFT AT CHURCH j Brockton, Mass., Oct. 4. (U.R) Mrs. Harold Minton was We'll Pay a Premium for a Good UMBRELLA TENT Phone 2079 after 6 DANCE TOriSTE I -a PI I " t St.l!.'I.V-'-.t'' ,n..,....r,i.. 1 COUNTY AGENT SEALS CLOVER SEED OUTPUT County Agont Robert G. Fow ler is now engaged in sealing and certifying clover seed. The sacks must go through this for mality before going to the clean ers. He reports a less than nor mal crop, with considerable more to be threshed. No price has yet been fixed and no sales made. l.aiijjisfiuselaaw WANTED 50 USED CARS Medford's Largcrt Buyer Pays Highest Cash Prices No Delays. "Ask the man who sold one" KUHKEY MOTORS USED CAR EXCHANGE 33 S. Riverside Dial 4980 DREAULT MODERN MELODIES f'S WIG Popular Prices! Mi I Broker I tOO Rollr Thrimr Bids Dill 5397 I BIGGEST Show Value in Townl Mffhti Only Weekday! Starts S:45 MUST END TOMORROW! 1111 Plus: "SO'S YOUR UNCLE" mi i ii i(J4j ..u i u ui t ..vy T-mii iiiini r'fri1iiailmiaifriifi hi4 mm. 1 1 1 urn 1 1 y wi ii u y m in. Klav Final ai ttmmtm M attain Jaaawat. HOW QUINTUPLETS rallcv coughlrtf of CHEST COLDS Whnvpf the Quintuple etrb eo!4 thr chert. throti and btcki v rubb4 itb Murrolt, 80 Murterol muat be Just shout t h beet eold-rlMf you ran buy! 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