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Dear-
Election Interest Is beginning
to boil locally, with candidates,
rallies and parades in the news
this week. Both Edgar Smith
and Wayne Morse, Democratic
and Republican candidates for
the senate, were in the city this
week and have made many
speeches. County Clerk George
Carter suffered from writer's
cramp after having spent a cou
ple of days initialing nearly
1500 ballots for servicemen
overseas.
Deer season opened Sunday
and luck seems to be fair with
some reporting large numbers
of deer, even on the lower lev
els. Medford's football prospects
look bright. After defeating
Weed in the opening game 42
to 6, the Tigers took on Marsh
field last week and whitewashed
them 33 to 0. The Marshfield
team was accompanied by Lean
ard Mayfield, now superintend
ent, of schools there. Tonight
the Tigers are in Eureka for
their third game.
The annual football Jamboree
for B school six-man teams will
be held tonight, with Central
Point, Gold Hill, Prospect, Jack
sonville, Eagle Point, Talent and
Rogue River participating.
The Tribune's well known
sports writer, Bill Hulen, has
left Jackson county for the
larger field of the Associated
Press and has gone to Portland
where he will write sports and
other news for the news serv
ice. With the addition of a new
flight both north and south,
Medford now has five flights a
day each way furnished by the
United Air Lines. The new
flight is expected to absorb at
least part of the overflow busi
ness which the line has been
unable to handle in recent
months.
Important on the lodge calen
dar this week Is celebration of
the 35th anniversary of the Elks
lodge. Out of the more than 40
citizens who formed the lodge,
T. E Daniels, E. C. Gaddis, John
J. Wilkinson, P. A. Hussey and
Grover C. Corum remain active
members.
Either Medford sen-icemen
are really "something to write
home about" or the public re-
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PIGGLY WIGGLY So. Riverside at 13th & South Central
nation's officers- are- exception
ally industrious, judging from
the quantities of news which
poured into the Tribune this
week,
A special story from the
1 South Pacific was about Marine
Sgt. Larry Wagner, composer of
"Whistler's Mother-in-Law" and
other hit tunes, who kept a
. transport load of men enter
tained for an entire ocean voy
age. Mrs. Wagner is in Medford
, with her parents for the dura
tion. Another special story fea-
i tured Lt. Robert Wilcox and
told how he and other members
! of a B-26 crew were shot down
! off the coast of Italy, escaped
from their plane, were later res
cued from the water and when
a general check-up was made,
Wilcox was found to be still
wearing an old hat which he
had donned before taking off.
The officer has been home re
cently on leave.
Expected home soon is Sgt.
Robert A. Stewart, veteran of
25 months of service, including
the Italian and southern France
invasions and duty in the Asi
atic theater. The sergeant wears
many campaign ribbons and
stars, an air medal and a good
conduct medal. T. Sgt. Wayne
Fairchild has left after a visit
here. He has seen 19 months
overseas duty in various sec
tipns of the Mediterranean thea
ter and holds the soldier's med
al . and several other decora
tions. Pfc. Ralph D. McGonagle,
with the Fifth army in Italy,
has been awarded the combat
infantryman badge and Sgt.
Walter Bish, wounded on Biak
Island, has received the Purple
Heart. '
Charles Kruger has been pro
moted to staff sergeant at an
AAF Fortress base in Italy and
previously was awarded an air
medal. An air medal has also
been won by Second Lt. Frank
Rogers, Flying Fortress co-pilot
stationed in England and T. Sgt.
Elmer L. Ogborn now wears
an air medal, oak leaf cluster,
and battle stars for the north
African, Sicilian, Italian and
French campaigns.
Second Lt. Clyde Chamber
Iain, transport commander, re
cently left on another assign
ment, this time to a south Pa
cific destination, and Second
Lt. Gerold A. Fitzgerald has
been made ammunition officer
for a battalion of the 37th Di
vision. He has been In Hawaii
and Guadalcanal for 16 months.
A story from the 13th AAF
tells of the part Capt. Thomas
H. Shearin had in the campaign
against Yap island, once one of
the strongest Jap bases guard
ing the Philippines. From Ire
land comes word of the meeting
of First Lt. Donald R. Grigsby
,and Second Lt. Jack M. Bishop,
the latter of Ashland. Lt. Grigs
by is a veteran of 30 missions
and is now a bombardier In
structor while Lt. Bishop had
just arrived.
Pfc. Glen Watson and Pvt.
Jack Watson have written their
mother about a chance meeting
in France. Pfc. Watson was
wounded during the Normandy
invasion and was awarded the
Purple Heart. Sgt. Eloy Cor
dova recently "wrote relatives
here to give details of recent
activities of the 361st regiment
of the 91st division, now In
Italy. .
Home this week Is Lt. (jgl
Henry Fisher who participated
as officer on an LST boat, in
the invasion landings In Sicily,
Italy and France, and who has
been selected for advanced
training. The lieutenant has
been overseas for more than a
. year. Another navy man home
is Kenneth M. Thurson, phar-
1 man;.!1, mita aM,4 1 ...U
has been in Hawaii for nine
months.
Bennie Longwill has complet
ed officer candidate school in
Australia and was commissioned
a second lieutenant in an in
fantry unit. Pvt. Albert R. Rob
erts writes that he recently ar
rived in India-, and Paul Chest
nut, FC2c, has written his par
ents to describe the part which
the crew of his ship had 4n the
French coast landings. Martin
B. Webb, stationed in Hawaii,
has been promoted to corporal.
Pvt. Wilferd J. Vakoc has
been declared missing in action
since Sept. 2 in France and Lt.
Kenneth Lucas has been de
clared a prisoner of war of the
Germans, having first been re
ported missing in action Aug.
24.
Thomas Harold Gorety,
AOM3, was named honor man
of his squadron when he grad
uated from the naval air gun
ner's school at Miami. He is now
taking further training as tor
pedoman on a Gruman Aven
ger. Aviation Cadets Vincent
C. C'aflin and Dale C. Erickson
are both at Garden City air
field in Kansas for basic flight
training. Cadet Calflin is a re
turned veteran, having served
overseas as an engineer-gunner
on a B-25.
Ensign Joe Beach, recently
commissioned at Corpus Christi
At Holly Today
a
Donald O'Connor and Peggy
Ryan are again co-starred In
"Chips Off The Old Block",
with Ann Blyth, opening today
at the Holly for a two-day en
gagement. The companion fea
ture is "Guns of the Pecos".
and now a PBM pilot, Is home
visiting his parents. His broth
er, Robert Beach, is also home,
having just completed basic
training in the navy at Farra
gut. Lt. Donald R. Marshall has
been transferred from Carlsbad
to Hobbs, N. M. James E.
Walker, SK2c, is temporarily
at Norfolk, Va., and expects to
go overseas soon. He has trans
ferred from the Seabees to the
regular navy.
Lt. Donald R. Horner, pilot
of a carrier-based fighter plane,
is confined in a hospital In Nor
folk but expects to be discharg
ed soon and to be home for a
time. Dale E. Hoskins and Wil
liam N. Snyder have both grad
uated from the naval radio
school at Indianapolis and re
ceived their ratings of radioman
third class, while Wallace E.
Johnson graduated from elec
trician's school at Purdue uni
versity. Others home now or in recent
days are Jack Waybrant, Gil
Tumy, Hob Deuel, Herb Merri
man and James Bobbett, all of
whom arc stationed at Farragut
naval training station; T. Sgt.
George Edwards from King
man, Ariz., and Cpl. H. J. Har
per, who reported to Augusta,
Ga. Pvt. R. L. Harper has been
(Ordered to port of embarfca-
tlon.
-.rths announced are a
daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
George L Ray, (Bettymae Col
lins), Columbus, O.; daughter to
Sgt. and Mrs. Benjamin H.
Belknap, (Geraldine Bunch);
dauehter to T. Set. and Mrs. .K.
A. Brown, (Audrey Craig) of !
Sarasot, Fla.; son to Cpl. and
Mrs. Glen W. Jewett, (Byrna
d 1 n e McCulloch), Oceanside,
Calif.; and a son born to Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Langley, (Marlon
Matheny) at Pomona, Calif.
Ann Luman was married re
cently to Gordon Corum of Eu
gene and Luella Arnold to
Adam Richter, the latter a ma
chinist's mate in tht navy and
recently returned from 17
months in the South Pacific.
rrldar. October 8, 1844 MEDFORD MAIL THin..- . ..
G. PASS SOLDIER
he has been awarded an expert
infantry badge for satisfactory!
work against the enemy.
Pvt. Zahnow, who is stationed
somewhere in the southwest Pa
cific theater of war, has been
overseas for the past six months
and In the service since May
1943. Prior to entering1 In the
army he was employed by Med
ford Corporation and Western
Union. He is with an Infantry
anti-tank unit.
According to Col. T. C. Ger
ber. Army Ordnance director of
safety, accident statistics prove)
that a woman worker is far
safer In a powder plant than
she Is in her own home.
Grants Pace, Oct. 6 T'Sgt.
Charles E. Ostrom was killed in
action In Germany on Sept. 20,
accordlna to word recevled here
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.l
E. Ostrom and his wife. Amy
Gilmore Ostrom of Murphy.
T Sgt. Ostrom, who went over
seas in April of this year, was
serving with the Third army un
der General George S. Patton,
when he was killed.
T'Sgt. Ostrom, who was born
In Grants Pass on March 23,
1910, attended the local schools
and was a graduate of Grants
Pass high school. On June 30.
1941, he was married to Miss
Amy Gilmore, daughter of Mr.!
and Mrs. T. E. Gilmore of Mur-
phy.
Private Zahnow
! Accorded Honor
As Infantryman
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Zahnow
of Hillcrest road, route 4, have
received word from their son,
Pvt. Theodore H. Zahnow that
Girl Scout Office
Also Functioning
As Service Bureau
A service bureau has been set
up in the local Girl Scout orfice. :
500 East Main street, where
community organizations may
call for Girl Scout assistance,
and where the girls themselves
can call for opportunities to ren
der community service. Records
of "hours of service" are on file
in the office, and when a Girl
Scout completes 50 hours of
service she is entitled to wear
the National Service pin. The
bureau operated mainly or
senior scouts, but girls of all
ages have certain Jobs planned
for their age level abilities.
Community groups now being
served by the Girl Scouts are
Wing Inn, U.S.O.; the Red Cross,
and Jackson County Health as
sociation. Financial support de
pends on Medford Community
Chest and War Fund.
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