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MEDFORDvttfTBIBUNE
News From Jackson County for
Men in the Armed Services
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Dear.
This week has been a blustery,
rear March week, with snow in
the hills and rain in the valley.
Fruit buds are somewhat retard
ed, but Roy J. Rogers has ar
rived in the valley to prepare for
the annual frost forecast work.
School children are engaged
in another drive, this time for
tin cans and as usual are prom
ised a half-holiday if quotas are
met. Crater Lake Motors has an
nounced that a new building
will be erected at the southeast
corner of Main and Fir streets
whenever priorities can be se
cured, Clarence Winetrout, act
ing for his son. Art, the latter
being in the Philippine area with
the navy.
A hearing was held this week
on the aoplication of the Rogue
Valley Transit company to offer
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intermediate service, on a new
route between Medford and Ash
land over the old road through
Talent and State Game Commis
sioner .Kenneth Denman stated
in an interview that all Oregon
and northern California are
united in opposition to the sug
gested diversion of the Klamath
river and lake waters into a pro
posed gigantic power and irri
gation reclamation project.
Medford Black Tornado found
little trouble in turning back
Prineville, district 3 champions,
to win their ticket to the state
basketball tournament at Salem,
being played this week-end.
Medford defeated Vernonia
Thursday night in first-round
play. Finals are slated for Satur
day night with Washington of
Portland, and Medford listed as
probable championship contend
ers, i
Rogue River lost out in their
bid for a tourney berth when
they were beaten Saturday night
by Arlington, 28 to 22.
Mr. and Mrs. Emilia M. Gianni
(Margaret Bowman), recently
married, and have gone to San
Francisco where the groom will
be stationed. The groom served
on the U. S. S. Louisville since
1940. TSgt. Herbert Howard
was recently married to June
Ellen Preston at Fairbanks,
Alaska, and Freida Moorhead
and Frank ' L. Hale of Eagle
Point were married, last week
Frank is in the air corps re
serve. Anne Carter has left for
Pensacola, Fla., where she will
be married to David W. Brain-
erd of Grants Pass, naval photog
raphcr. Other engagements are
those of Bonnie banger to cpi,
Leon Hansen of Poulsbo, Wash.,
and Vernon Tye to Lt. Austin
Murray.
Ann Drysdale left this week
for Wave training in New York)
Wilda Bedingfield is now on
duty with the Wac at Shcppard
field in Texas, Pfc. Charlotte
Hohlweg is a photographic tech'
niclan at Roswell field and Edna
R. Livingston, Slc, completed
training at Palm' Beach and has
reported for duty in Seattle.
Second U. Richard W. Hewitt
has been awarded the air medal
at an AAF station in England,)
while Howard W, McNamara,
marine sergeant, recently was
given a letter of commendation
for his work as a communica
tions man during the Saipan and
Tinian campaigns. He is also a
Kiska veteran. SSgt. Douglas E.
North's unit in the Philippines
has been commended for action
on Luzon and Pfc. Louis J.
Straus, with the B6th division in
the Philippines, has been award
ed a bronze star for heroic ac
tion on Leyte. Flight Officer
Merton LeRoy is in a .rest home
in England after service as a
B-17 navigator. Ho recently
bailed out when his plane was
shot down over Belgium. His
brother, , Lt. Maiden LeRoy,
fighter pilot, has reported for
duty at a Pacific base.
A heavy casualty list was re
ported this week. Reported dead
are 2d Lt. Harry M. Beasley,
killed in action in England last
July; Pfc. William M. Branson,
who died in France Feb. 6;
TSgt. Lambert Barker, Ash
land, who died Feb. 26 in France
and Pfc. George M. Davis, Jr.,
killed in the Asiatic theater.
Listed as wounded in action in
the European theater are Pfc.
Donald W. Milhoan, Pvt. James
Pixler, Staff Set. Wayne
White, Pfc. Charles E. Clark, Jr.
Sgt. Robert J Lilly, Ashland,
Dale Hibbs, Applcgate, and Sgt
Myron Meehan. Pixler, White
and Meehan are still hospital
ized and Clark has been assigned
to limited duty in England. He
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wai awarded bronze star and
the combat infantryman's badge.
Eight additional Jackson coun
ty men are now listed as having
been honorably discharged from
service. They are First Lt. Rob
ert E. Wilcox and E. Lemmons,
both of Medford; Arthur C. Kent,
Y3c, and George H. Peachey,
Ashland; Kent Clark and James
Pierce Scadding, Jr., Rogue
River; Leonard W. Carpenter,
Cm2c, Central Point, and Chas.
Bucher, Y2c, Medford. Scadding
had served 29 years with Uie
navy and most of the eight have
served overseas.
High School News
By
student atpvrtcri
Blaxto GammU Joan floppe
The high school debate team,
consisting of Bill Hedrick, Bill
Moffat, Bob Boyer, and Jerry
Iro, left March IS, for the State
Forensic Tournament in Salem,
in which nine schools will par
ticipate. The Medford team will
enter in oratory, debate, serious
interpretation, and extemporan
eous speeches. The team will be
accompanied by Miss Barbara
Compton, speech instructor.
To continue the reading' of .he
A.S.B. constitution, the Student
Council met third period Mon
day. Members voted to add base
ball to the major sports in the
constitution. They also decided
to charge the clubs for the elec
trical equipment used at dances
or parties. At the meeting wore:
John Bullock, Maxlne McKin
rtey, Elaine Walker, Marjory
Johnson, Nancy Swem, Lorraine
Persgard, Jerry Liebman, David
Dow, Elmer Kyle, Chuck Jones,
Larry Hayes, Jack Holmes, Keith
Newton. Bob Watson, Bill Pat
ton, and John Wright.
Among the recent functions of
the Homemaking I classes, a tea
given on February 20 was out
standing. To it were invited the
MHS faculty, teachers and home
making students from Junior
high, schoolboard members, and
the girls' mothers.
Decorations for the tea had a
spring motif. Bright daffodils
were the centerpiece and col
ored pottery was used. The tea
was well attended, according to
Miss Mary Busch, adviser.
Cast for the Torch Honor play,
"White Phantom," scheduled for
May 1, was announced March 13
by play director, June .Williams.
. The following students will
participate: Lois Hoffman; Nancy
Swem, Janet Horsley, Jeraldyn
Jerome, Alan Kircher, Jerry
Liebman, and Elmer Kyle.
First Lieutenant Paul McQuat
and Second Lieutenant Bud
Dodge, former students of Med
ford high school, and now offi
cers in the Air Corps, have been
visiting high school while home
on leave. Lieutenant McQuat is
a former editor of the high
school paper, the "Hi Times,"
having graduated with the class
of 1940. Lieutenant Dodge grad
uated with the class of 1939.
The following students made
the honor roll for the first six
weeks period of the second sem
ester: Sophomores: Peggy Bray,
Zella Rose Chinn, Susan Inskeep,
Beulah Konopasek, Harriet
Walker, Jerry Igo, Don Long,
Bill Moffatt, Phil Phipps. Charles
wnite, and Nick Green. Juniors:
Beverly Autry, Ann Conroy,
Sybil Hagen, Elaine Hoffman,
Janet Horsley. Jeraldyn Jerome,
Barbara Meadows, Ioree Montl
eth, Nancy Rinabarger, Helen
Robertson, Betty Shaw, Norma
Stearns, Geraldine Thomas, Vir
gie Vanderpool, Carol Skeen,
Bruce Stafford, Bill Jones.
Several of the high school stu
dents were excused Thursday
and Friday to attend the state
hoop tourney in Salem.
Friday, March 18. 194S
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WHOOPING COUGH HEADS
DISEASE LIST FOR WEEK
Whooping cough, with nine
cases in Gold Hill and one in
Ashland, led the list of com
municable diseases for the week
ending March 9, according to a
bulletin from the Jackson county
health department.
One case of diphtheria was re
ported in Jacksonville, from
where one case of scarlet fever
also was reported. Medford and
Oak Grove each have one case
of measles while Ashland and
Medford each reported two cases
of mumps. Chlckenpox took sec
ond place with seven cases re
ported three in Medford, twa
in Butte Falls and one each in
Phoenix and Oak Grove.
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