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Somewhere In the Southwest
Pacific: Because he crawled
along beach under shallow
water open to enemy fire in or
der to locate and kill an enemy
sniper holding up the advance
of his troops, the commanding
general of the First Cavalry di
vision awarded the Silver Star
to Private Gervln O. Preslar,
son of Mrs. Josephine Preslar,
Rogue River, Oregon." Private
Preslar was decorated for his
outstanding heroism and gal
lantry in action above and be
yound the call of duty during
the campaign which gained
control of the strategic Admir
alty Islands.
The incident for which Pri
vate Preslar was decorated was
described as follows- in the cita
tion awarding him the Silver
'Star:
"His troops were suffering
numerous casualties inflicted by
an enemy, sniper who could not
be located in the dense jungle.
Private Preslar, disregarding
the great risk to his own life,
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crawled along a beach under
shallow water and subject to
observation by the enemy, until
he reached a point' where he
could observe the enemy sniper,
whereupon he killed him. Pri
vate Preslar's gallant action re
duced casualties in his troop
and facilitated the defeat of the
enemy."
Medford WAC To
Take Training At "
Fort Des Moines
Mrs. Ardis Dae Orr, daughter
of Mrs. Nora Hansen, Post Of
fice Box 321, requested a.Job in
which she could be of the most
service to her country when she
enlisted recently in the Wom
en's Army Corps in Portland,
Oregon. - -
Two of - the members of her
family are now in the armed
forces; her husband, Seaman,
1st Class, Ira V. Orr, stationed
in Chicago, and her brother,
Sgt. Norman R. Hensen, in the
Air Forces stationed in Italy.
At the. completion of her basic
training course at Fort Des
Moines, Iowa, Mrs. Orr will be
sent to Great Falls, Montana,
for duty with the Air Transport
Command.
Mrs. Orr contacted the local
recruiting office in the Post
Office Building for information
about the WAC enlistment.
Brownsboro
Brownsboro, Nov. 9 Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Richards of San Fran
cisco spent their vacation here
recently with Mrs. Richards'
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mes
sal, en route to their new home
in Vancouver, Wash.
Cpl. Charles Stanley who re
cently visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Stanley, is now
at Fort Benning, Ca., for glider
training.
Mr. and Mrs. John Walch of
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Hyde Park Neighbors Celebrate
President Roosevelt appeared
on the porch to greet a torch
bearing Crowd of hit Hyde Park
neighbors on election night.
Smiling and waving, the success
ful candidate Is shown' above
surrounded by a large group of
friends and high government of-,
ficlals. At left he is shown with
his daughter, Mrs. John Booltl
ger, and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Lake Creek gave a chicken din
ner Thursday evening in honor
of Ensign W. H. Wright and Miss
Lois Wright of Portland, who
were visiting with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Wright.
A hard time Hallowe'en party
as enjoyed by most of the
Brownsboro young people Mon
day night, October 30, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Rutledge. A prize was given to
the tackiest person attending
which went to Jimmy Trammell.
Various games were played fol
lowed by refreshments enjoyed.
Attending were: Lucille Lenhair,
Delora Beany, Betty Caldwell,
Ethel Caldwell, Dorothy Wright,
Kenneth Walch, John Wilson,
Jack Steel, Roney Renfro, Dell
Wilson, Bob Buch, Jimmy Tram
mell, Benjamin Martinez, Adolf
Vallejo, George Ortiz, Henry
Campos, Evelyn Rutledge, Ruth
Rutledge and Phyllis Cahail of
Eagle Point.
Miss Eileen Buck of Medford
spent the week-end here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F
Buck.
Mr. and Mrs. Cook and three
children of San Diego, Calif.,
have purchased the Ed Fernland
ranch, and expect to make their
home here.
Mr. arid Mrs. Kermit OeHaas
of Brownsboro were evening
guests at the A. R. Rutledge
home November 3.
Mr. Beany who recently pur
chased the Reed Charley ranch
just returned from a business
trip to Elko, Nev. ,
Floyd Charley left November
6 for Long Beach, Calif., where
he will visit his son, Eldred
Charley, who has just arrived
from Puerto Rico.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hansen
were dinner guests at the Walch
home in Lake Creek November
5.
Mr. and Mrs. John Keenney
of Stockton, Calif., are visiting
at the Pillon home. Mrs. Keen
ney is Mrs. Pillon's sister.
Miss Lois Wright and Mrs. H.
W. Wright were hostesses at a
tea Thursday. Present were Mrs.
Clark and daughter, Mrs. Mary
Connor and children, Jo and
Walter, Mrs. Dorothy McCor
mich and daughter, Barbara, all
of Medford. Mrs. Almeda Horse
ly of Antelope and Mrs. Marie
Walch and daughters, Betty Lou
and Shirley.
A Hallowe'en pie social was
held in the Brownsboro school
house October 31. Students of
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WILL CLOSE
ARMISTICE DAY SAT., NOV. 11
IN COOPERATION WITH AMERICAN LEGION
AND VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR
FIGHTING FORCES -WORLD WAR
I and II
SHOP FRIDAY FOR TWO DAYS
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Santa Monica, Calif., Nov. S
There are 13 young men from
Oregon and Washington in the
Santa Monica Army Air Forces
Redistribution station now, all
veterans of overseas service, all
well decorated with medals and
service stripes.
On the list are the names of
two; men from Medford. First Lt.
Robert Wilcox, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. A. Wilcox, Rt. &, chucked
bombs on Italy as B-26 bombar
dier. His 50 missions include one
ditching. He wears the Air Medal
with four clusters.
Staff Sgt. Donald Lawrence,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Lawrence, 1017 W. Main street
in Medford, married Audrey
Janice Lawrence in England.
Gunner on both B-17's and B
25's, Sgt. Lawrence had 16 mis
sions in the Aleutians and 31 in
England. He has received the
Distinguished Flying Cross and
the Air Medal with three Oak
Leaf clusters.
PRAYERS FOR PEACE
AT CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sacred Heart Catholic church
of Medford will hold special
"Community Prayer for Peace"
services on Armistice day as pe
titions to God for an early vic-
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the Brownsboro school present
ed a program also other mem
bers of the community. Follow
ing the program the pies were
auctioned off.
' Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hanscom
have received word that one of
their sons, Pvt. Thomas C. Rigs
by recently graduated from the
infantry and Browning automa
tic rifle school at Camp Pendle
ton, Oceanside, Calif. Other sons
also serving in the armed forces
are: Roy L. Hanscom who is in
an army hospital at Fort Law
ton, Wash., John Rigsby' of the
navy, serving in the south Pa
cific, and Clyde Rigsby, also of
the navy.
. We now have a new addition
to the community, a son born
November 8 to Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Glass.
Los Angeles, Nov. 9 U.R)
The late Harry Chandler, for
mer publisher of the Los . An
geles Times, expressed the desire
that his publishing interests be
kept in the family and left his
entire estate in trust tor nis
widow and children, according
to his will filed for probate to
day. ,
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LET'S BE REAL AMERICANS!
Maybe' the election didn't go to suit you,
But let's remain patriotic.
Let's get behind the party in power.
Let's continue to buy bonds,
Support all worthy causes,
And get this job done!
We Will Be Closed All Day Armistice Day
Saturday, November 11th
tory and a just peace, lt was an
nounced by the church pastor
today.
The exercises will consist of
a Holy Hour on Friday at 8 p.
m. and special masse Saturday
at 8 30 a. m. and a. m.
A closed season en ruffed
grouse was decreed on Long la
land in 1791.
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