TWELVE MEDrORD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. Be. 24. 1944
DEATH COMES TO
GEORGE AVERILL;
George AvetiU, 74, resident
of Medford and Butte Falls, for
many yean, passed away at the
Veterans hospital In Portland,
on Friday afternoon after an Ill
ness of several weeks. Mr. Aver
ill a well known resident, and
highly respected, was born at
Brawford, Conn., on June 0,
1870. For many years he had
been employed by C. J. Semon
at the Medford Concrete Con
struction company. He served
for many years in the United
States navy, serving in the Span
ish-American war, and in World
War I, and was retired from the
navy as a chief boatswain's mate.
' His wife, Mrs. Carrie Bous-
sum. Averill, passed away on
May 7, 1943. He leaves a broth'
er, Ernest Averill, of Hartford,
Conn., and several nieces and
nephews.
Mr. Averill was a very active
member of the Crater Lake
-Aerie No. 2003, Fraternal Order
of Eagles, Medford lodge No,
1168 B.F.O. Elks and the Ameri
can Legion post No. 15, and the
Spanish-American War veterans.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from the Perl funeral
home on Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Crater Lake Aerie
No. 2003 Fraternal Order of
Eagles, Will officiate at the
chapel, and a firing squad and
bugler from Camp White will
officiate at the graveside in the
Siskiyou Memorial Park.
Two members from the Eagles,
Elks lodges and the American
Legion will act as pallbearers.
LAVA BEDS SUPERVISION
IS VESTED IN DIRECTOR
Administration of the Lava
Beds National Monument was
transferred from the coordinat
ing supervision of E. P. Leavitt,
superintendent of Crater Lake
National Park, with headquar
ters here, to the office of the
Regional Director, National Park
Service, Region Four, San Fran
cisco, Leavitt announced yester
day.
Don C. Fisher, assistant chief
park ranger and acting custodian
of the monument for the past
nine years was promoted to cus
todian on November 20 and as
sumed full charge of the monu
ment on that date, Leavitt's an
nouncement said.
Cloilnf time for Sunday Too Late
to ciaisuy o:au Saturday afternoon
Pleaae remember.
1 T this Christmas time I am
confident that we all share the
same 'thought and prayer . . . that
victory In this terrible war may .
soon be ours final and com
plete . . . and that a just and last
ing peace shall be established
throughout the World.
1-. l' The very best to you always. ,
SGT. THOMSON
LOST JN ACTION,
FATHER IS TOLD
TSgt. Harold M. Thompson,
son of H. L. Thompson, Route 4,
has been reported killed in ac
tion, according to word received
here Saturday. On December 0
Thompson was reported as miss
ing over England since Novem
ber 21. No further particulars
have been received.
Thompson entered the army
March 10, 1942, from Sutherlin,
Ore. He received training at
Sheppard Field, Las Vegas,
David - Monthon Field, Biggs
Field and Lowrey Field and
crossed with his combat crew to
England in June, 1943. In July
he went to the Near East, being
stationed in Africa.
He took part in the low-level
bombing of Ploesti on August 1,
1943 and was awarded the D. F.
C. He also had letters of com
mendation from Gen. H. H.
Arnold, Gen. Brereton and Brig.
Gen. V. II. Strahn.
Sgt. Thompson returned to his
unit in England In May, 1944, af
ter having been reported missing
in action for several months. De
tails of his participation in west
ern front action are not known
but it is known that he was in
Belgium part of the time.
. During his 32 months in the
army Sgt. Thompson had only
36 hours at home. He was over
seas more than 17 months.
E
AT
PASSES IN TALENT
Lorenzo Spencer Hackler died
Saturday morning at his home
in Talent. Mr. Hackler would
have been 83 years old in Feb
ruary. He was a member of Ash
land Masonic lodge and Talent
Grange.
Survivors besides his wife ii
clude four daughters, Mrs. Etl-41
Lacy, Talent; Mrs. Ruth Spcg,
Chicago; Mrs. Madge Armit:,ge,
Flint, Mich., and Mrs. Ada Ure,
San Diego, Calif., also three
grandchildren, Agnes Lacy, of
bams valley; Lloyd Lacy, Jr.,
u. t. navy, and Lewis Armitage,
of Flint.
Funeral services will be held
at 3 p. m. Tuesday in the Lit-
wilier Funeral Parlor at Ashland.
IIUBBARDBROS.
HUBBARD ViR A Y CO.
JOHNNY QUACKENBUSH
IS SEABEE MUSICIAN
Johnny Quackenbush, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Quackenbush,
of Routo 4, is attaining consider
able reputation as a muslo writ
er and arranger for his Seabee
unit band in New Guinea. Be
fore entering the naval service
branch Quackenbush graduated
from Medford high school where
he was president of the band
group.
READER'S CHOICE
Washington, Dec. 22. (U.R)
The Washington Dally News to
day published the story of the
Charles Chaplin paternity suit
in Hollywood under this head
line: "Here's the Chaplin case if
you want to read it."
Promotion of Robert L. von
der Hellen, 23, of Medford from
first lieutenant to captain has
been announced at his eighth air
force bomber station in England,
according to a report from his
headquarters. Capt. von der
Hellen is pilot of a B-17 Flying
Fortress.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl von
der Hellen, route 3, he was
graduated from Medford high
school in 1937, and was employ
ed in the logging business prior
to entering the air force in No
vember, 1042. He received his
pilot s wings at Douglas, Ariz,, in
November, 1943.
Since arriving overseas. Cant.
von der Hellen has piloted his
Fortress against such important
objectives as the oil refineries at
Merseburg, tank factories at
Leipzig, marshalling yards at
Cologne, and industrial targets
at Berlin and Munich, the re
port states.
His group is part of the fam
ous Third Bombardment Divis
ion, which has been cited by the
president for its now historic
England-Africa shuttle bombing
of the Messerschmitt airplane
factories at Regensburg, Ger
many, in August, 1943.
Two coyotes, both crippled by
the loss of one foot, which had
been reported molesting stock in
the Meadows district on East
Evans creek for some time, were
shot and killed Thursday by L.
L. Lewis, government hunter.
Lewis located the coyotes with
the aid of his hounds, on Logan's
sheep ranch.
Lewis states that crippled coy
otes are usually difficult to trap,
as they become wary after being
once caught and injured. Handi
capped in catching usual wild
game, the crippled animals are
particularly destructive in prey
ing on stock.
BIRTHS
KEENER To Mr. and Mrs.
Don, 711 W. Second, Dec. 23,
1944, girl, six pounds, at Sacred
Heart hospital.
LATHAM To Mr. and Mrs.
O. T-, 819 Park St., See. 21, 1(44,
girl, 8V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart
hospital,
WIMER To Mr. and Mrs.
Dorfald, 410 N. Ivy St., Dec. 23, '
1944, girl, 6V4 pounds, at Sacred
Heart hospital.
Babies are born at the rate of
1,000 a day to wives of service
men In the four lowest pay
groups.
Use Mail Tribune Want Ada.
BUY
BONDS
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To One
And All
we wish the marrlest of Merry
Christmaies and every happiness in
the New Year to Come.
We Will Close
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FREIGHT LOADING DIPS
Washington, Dec. 22. (U.R)
Revenue freight loadings on the
nation's railroads for the week
ended Dec. 16 amounted to
740,883 cars, a new low since
March 6, 1943, for any full week
and a decline of 43,671 cars
from the previous week, the
Association of American Rail
roads disclosed today.
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