EIGHT MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. July 10. 1948
LOCAL
BY BRONZE STAR
Cpl. Jack Bickler has been
awarded the bronze star in Ger
many "for heroic achievement
in action against the enemy in
Holland," according to word re
ceived here by his wife and
daughter who reside with Mrs.
Bickler's father, George C. Hu
ber, 12 Ashland avenue.
The citation reads in part:
"Technician Bickler volun
teered to lead a litter squad in
to an area in an enemy town be
ing subjected to a heavy concen
tration of enemy artillery fire
in ovnmntfi two wounded men.
Going through three hundred
yards of the enemy tire, me
squad was forced to wade a riv
nr and advance bv leaning from
doorway to doorway. Technician
Bickler then made a reconnais
to find the wounded men
and led his squad to them, Aft
er giving the men tirst aia, mey
carried them back to an aid sta
4inn Vfls niitslnnriini; courage
was instrumental in saving the
lives of his comrades.
Cpl. Bickler lias served 14
months overseas with the medi
cal corps, and wears the Euro
pean theatre ribbon witli five
battle stars. He also holds the
purple heart medal, the good
conduct ribbon, and 'the Presi
dential unit citation.
Maurice Sample's
Death is Told By
Members of Crew
Definite proof of the death of
Lt. Maurice J. Sample, reported
killed overseas last September
but not positively known by oth
er American fliers on the mis
sion to be dead, lias been re
ceived by the lieutenant's wife.
Two members of Lt. Sample's
B-17 crew, shot down Inst Sep
tember 22, and taken prisoner
by Germany, returned to the
United States recently following
their liberation from a prison
camp and reported the lieuten
ant's death to Mrs. Sample.
The officer evidently did not
die immediately, as t,ho co-pilot
wrote that he and three others
were with him until his death.
Mrs. Sample makes her home
at 306 N. Peach street.
OBITUARY
EDITH M. HEWITT
Mrs. Edith M. Hewitt, wife of
Edgar Hewitt, 603 King street,
passed away in a local hospital
Monday. She was born In Mis
souri, on Sept. 24, 1880, and had
made her home in this com
munity for 21 years.
Besides her husband, Edgar
Hewitt, she leaves a daughter,
Mrs. Wllda Moore, Rogue River
and a brother, Henry Poole,
Cody, Wyo.
Services will bo held In the
Conger-Morris chapel at 2:30 p.
m., Thursday with the Rev. Dcl
bcrt Daniels officiating. Inter
ment will be in Siskiyou me
morial Park.
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t the ROGUE VALLEY BUS TERMINAL where busies
leave ior Camp White
121 No. Bartlett St., near Sixth In Medford
Camp Commissary
Asks Cooperation
Of Civilian Buyers
Camp White Dependents of
military personnel who pat
ronize the Camp White sales
mmmlcfflrv were asked today by
Capt. F. L. Johnson, post quarter
master, to maKe tneir purcnases
between the hours of 8 to 11 a.
m. and 1 to 3 p. m.
The request was made In order
to avoid noon hour congestion
and as a cbnvenicnce to Camp
White soldiers and their depend
ents working on the post, since
the time from noon to 1 p. m.
affords them practically their
only opportunity to shop at the
commissary.
Pnnnprntivp comnliance with
this schedule will mean Im
proved service not only for the
camp's military personnel but
also for civilian patrons from
nearby towns, Capt. Johnson
said.
News of 4-H
CLUBS
By Margaret Read
Eight 4-H club members from
Table Rock returned June 29
after attending 4-H summer
school at Corvallis. They were
Claudine Stallings, . Jo Anne
Doran, Margaret Reed, Lucile
Smith, Loree Brennesholtz, Jean
Hamilton, David Doran and
Ernest Smith. Mrs. Voilet Ham
ilton, Table Rock, went as
chaperon.
They stayed at the sorority
and fraternity houses on the
campus.
Classes in the mornings, were
very'intcrcsting and educational.
Afternoons were spent in play
ing baseball, volley ball., tennis
or swimming. Every evening
there was entertainment. ,
All reported a grand time.
Jo Anne Doran had the pleas
ure of styling her 4-H dress in
the stylo revue. Any girl who
had her dress for this year made
was able to take part in the
revue.
Lorce Brennesholtz talked
over the radio on the Jackson
county program broadcasted
over KOAC.
Tablo Rock Livestock club is
giving a swimming party, Fri
day, July 15 for other clubs in
the community. It is to be at
the Bybce Bridge. Every club
member and their parents are
invited. t
The following committees
were appointed for the party:
Program, Ernest Smith, chair
man, Jo Anne Doran, Joyce Rus
sell and Donna Nealon; refresh
ments, Claudine Stallings, chair
man, Albert Allen, David Doran
and Wayne Smith,
PROSPECT YOUTHS HELD
FOR STEALING GASOLINE
Venn F Rnhnrfann 91 nf
Prospect, appeared in justice
court yesterday charged with
petty larceny and was remanded
to custody of the sheriff in
await hearing set for July 17.
noDerison and a 18-year-old
companion were arrested by
state Dolice and phnranH wiih
stealing gas from the state high
way department gas pump at the
Evergreen ranch on hiohurav HO
state police reported.
Ihe 16-year-old youth, also
from Prnsnprf wnc fi,ma4
to Juvenile authorities, court of
ficials said.
WEATHER
Northern California- Pn n
coast, otherwise clear today be
coming partly cloudy tonight
and Wednesday with scattered
showers in mountains and foot-
nnis. MiRiilly cooler over in
terior Wednesday. Gcntln vri.
able wind off coast.
The horizontal nnlo nn Inn nf
electric light trnnamlssinn lino
towers are ."eagle roosts," put
there to keep birds away from
cross-arms, insulators, and wires.
MAILED FREE
by AIR MAIL
To Any Service
Man Overseas!
Each Service Man
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PORTLAND OFFICE
OF
Don K. Bagley, for six years
district manager here for the Gil
more Oil company and, since
the merger of that company with
General Petroleum Corp., serv
ice supervisor for southern Ore
gon, has been transferred to
Portland, according to announce
ment today. Bagley will become
assistant to David Brees, man
ager of resale accounts for Gen
eral Petroleum for Oregon.
Succeeding Bagley as service
supervisor here will be Robert
A. Nelson, who comes to Med
ford from a similar post in Port
land. Nelson was previously
district manager for the Gilmore
Oil company at Longview,
Wash., and also was associated
with the Gilmore organization
in this city two years ago. Mrs.
Nelson and son, Jerry, are now
in ' Medford establishing their
home. Mr. Nelson is a member
of the Elks lodge and formerly
a member of the Longview
chamber of commerce.
Bagley's advancement to the
Portland post follows a long
period or service with the Gil
more and General companies.
He is a member of the local
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and has been active in civic af
fairs in this city. Mrs. Baelev.
with daughter Susie and son.
jimmy, win leave soon for Port
land to establish their home.
Mrs. Bagley is a member of the
Lady JayCees and Sojourners
club.
Both Baelev anil ftlcnr
cently completed an intensive
saies course at a General Pet
roleum school In Los Angeles.
Livestock
Portland. Ore., July 10 (UP)
io, caives ou. scant
supply low grade cattle steady. Fall
u.wi; nencra ah-
...uciiummun COWS f .73-10.30;
canners down to 6J10: odd head com-
.pukb amis h.uu: lew medlum
Kood vealers 14.00-15.00.
rtcuve. sieaay at celling
P"ces Barrows and gilts 15.75; sows
- . ii.au-o.uu; cnoice teeder
plas quotable to 22.00.
Sheep 100. Choice lambs scarce.
fpw rly "ales medium-good lambs
13.00-I3.O0: fall lot good-choice year
long frw good feeding lambs
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Portland Produce
ile Produce Market:
Leimce Local 3 a, $250.3.23 crate.
naHlahdi 1 nal at i -i
............ piiug est, ucc uiu,
bunchei. v
Spinach Local $2-3. IS box,
Chicago Wheat
Chlcaeo. Jnlv in mm
Wheal Open High Low Close
July ......... Ifl.lH mas, Ki3 1', lflfl'i
Sept. Ida's 16i, lfl2?i 103',
Lrc. ......inj'4 iits. loas l(i4
May ..... 163 f, I64's 163!, 164?,
S. F. DAIRY PRICES
San Francisco, July 10 (U.R)
Dairy market:
Butter: 93 score 43VS. 90 score
42M. 92 score 43.
Cheese: Loafs 28.2, triplets
27.2.
Eggs: Large grade A 4514.
medium grade A 40V4, small
grade A 36V4, large grade B
41V.
Wall Street
New York, July 10 (U.R)
Stocks extended yesterday's rise
on increased volume today.
While the rise was on a small
er scale than in tho previous ses
sion, it too was spread over a
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Major Edwin Burao Soon To
Return From Overseas Duty
Major Edwin R. Durno, well
known Medford surgeon before
the war and now stationed with
the 227th general hospital in
France, expects to return home
soon, according to a letter re
cently published in L. H.
Gregory's sports column of the
Portland Oregonian. Major Dur
no has been overseas two years.
"We are about washed up
after some very busy times,"
Major Durno wrote to Gregory.
"Being an old man with 106
points, they are going to let me
come home some of these days.
While waiting for a ship the
army is giving me a course in
orthopedic surgery, in Paris,
which is also hard to take.
"Have been overseas almost
two years now. One year in
England and since July of last
year in France and Belgium.
broad list. American Telephone,
outstanding yesterday, rose to a
new high and then retreated on
profit-taking selling until it reg
istered a net loss of more than
a point
Fivelimihary closing Dow
Jones averages; Industrial
167.09, up 0.54; rail, 60.86, up
0.34; Utility. 33.35. up 0.01; and
65 storks, 64.5t, up 0.23.
Sales were 940,000 shares
against 800,000 yesterday.
Today's closing prices on
selected stocks:
American Tel. & Tel 181
Anaconda ..: 34
Chrysler Ill
Curtiss Wright 7
General Electric 4334
General Motors 68
Montgomery Ward 64 V
Penn. R. R 39',s
Phillips Petroleum 51
J. C. Penney 117V
Radio 127s
Southern Pacific 54
Standard Oil of Calif 43
Texas Gulf Sulphur 43
Transamerica 13
United Aircrafts 30H
U. S. Rubber 57'
U. S. Steel 70
JUVENILES ROUNDED UP
AFTER THEFT OF TOOLS
The sheriff's office reports
that three juveniles who recent
ly took $30 worth of tools and
equipment from a truck on the
Charles A. Wing orchard have
been apprehended and all the
stolen property returned. The
juveniles appeared in juvenile
court following an investigation
by the sheriff's office.
THE GRANGE
Pomona Grange
Grange picnic for all Grangers
of Jackson county will be held
July 15 at McKce Bridge, on the
Applegate.
Horse-shoe pitching contest
will be in charge of Roscoe Rob
erts and Pomona Lecturer Isa
bella LcVandcr will have the
the program.
A prize will be given for the
best average attendance from
one grange, as well as prizes for
other contests.
Bring a basket dinner. Coffee
and iced tea furnished by the
Grange.
Grifiin Creek Grange
Griffin Creek HEC club will
meet with Mrs. Myrtle Wilson
Thursday at 1:30 p. m. There
will be a short business meeting
and Red Cross sewing.
Closing time for Classified Ads 8:30
. m Too Lata to clais!? 12:15 p m
ONE OF OREGON'S
Had the opportunity to do a
very considerable amount of war
surgery. My trek toward Ger
many, however, was stopped dur
ing the bulge last Christmas,
when I got in the way of a V-l
but it didn't do much except
scare the hell out of me, and
now I am as good as new. On
March 1, was sent to my present
station near Reims, France, and
since then have had the pleasure
of working with Dr. Joseph
Roberts of Portland, a very fine
surgeon and very fine fellow.
"By the way, speaking of cities
Brussels has it all over Paris,
so far as I am concern. . . . Best
rcgaftis to all my friends. I'll
drop in and see you sometime
before next Christmas and it
looks from over here as if those
Portland Beavers really have
something this year."
DlLD ON OKINAWA
Okinawa, July 10 (U.R) The
96th division paid final respects
today to 1,500 comrades killed in
the battle for Okinawa.
With an honor guard of 500
officers. Maj. Gen. J. L. Bradley
and eight subordinate command
ers laid wreaths on the grave of
the unknown soldier at cere
monies dedicating the division's
cemetery here. A lone bugler
sounded taps and a firing squad
fired three volleys.
Crosses and stars of David
mark the division's losses which,
in the three-month' campaign,
were four times those of the di
vision's baptism of fire at Leyte
and the heaviest of 24 corps par
ticipating in the Okinawa opera
tion. Chaplains who took part in
the ceremony were Capt. Leon
ardo F. Todd, Protestant, of Fiel
don, 111.; Capt. Howard H. Pat
rick, Protestant, of Spencer, O.;
Capt. John J. Regan, Catholic,
of Newton Highlands, Mass., and
Capt. Harry Z. Schectman, Jew
ish, of New York.
In his address, Gen. Bradley
said: "These brave men died so
that our loved ones need never
know the degradation and under
go the hardship of conquered
people."
DISEASE REPORT SHOWS
INCREASE IN PAST WEEK
. Eight new cases of chicken
pox, seven of trench mouth and
one of measles are listed on the
weekly report of communicable
diseases issued by Dr. A. Erin
Merkel, Jackson county health
officer, for the week ending
July 6.
Medford lists seven of the
chicken pox cases and Gold Ray
Dam one; the trench mouth was
reported from Medford, four
cases, Ashland, one, and Talent
two; and Howard reported one
case of measles.
BIRTHS
MATHAMER To Mr. and
Mrs. N. D , 624 Victory street,
July 8, 1945, a boy, seven
pounds, at Osteopathic Clinic,
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FINE DEPARTMENT STORES
B-29 INSPECTION
BOOSTS SALE OF
SERIES E
Series E bond sales at the two
Medford banks rose sharply last
Saturday morning in the quick
est 24-hour response to any war
loan promotion offer, according
to local bank officials, when res
idents of Medford and vicinity
rallied to obtain bonds entitling
them to admission to the Med
ford airport for inspection of an
army B-29 bomber on display.
About 100 persons bought
bonds at the First National bank
in the two hour period from 10
a. m. until noon Saturday, Eu
gene Thorndike, manager, re
ported today. .
George Frey, manager of the
U. S. National Bank and head of
the drive in Jackson county, re
ported a similar heavy run at
that bank Saturday.
Sales reported for Oregon
counties through July 5 show
that Jackson county has raised
a total of $725,598, or 68 per
cent of a $1,067,000 quota in
Scries E bonds. Sales of bonds
to corporations and other non
banking investors total $1,898,
764, which is 278.4 per cent of
the $682,000 quota, giving Jack
son county a total bond sale fig
ure of $3,206,401. This is an
oversubscription of 153.6 per
cent of the over-all quota of $2,
087,000. Total Series E bond sales for
the state of Ordgon through July
5 were $49,355,735, 89.7 per cent
of the $55,000,000 quota. Sales
to both individuals and corpora
tions were $192,971,163 or 175.4
per cent of the $110,000,000 goal.
METHODIST GROUP AT .
SUMMER STUDY CAMP
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship of Medford are attending
the Summer Institute at Camp
Myrtlewood near Myrtle Point
this week. Dr. Louis C. Kirby,
pastor, announces that 29 young
people of teen are, accompanied
by R. J. Bills and Mrs. Jennie
Lawless as sponsors, left Satur
day for a week of intensive study
and recreation. The group will
return Saturday and will tell of
their trip and work at the Sun
day School assembly service at
9:45 Sunday morning.
SHORTS HATERS RALLY
TO POLICE CHIEF'S AID
Decatur, 111., July 10 (U.R)
Police Chief H. J. Schepper was
getting plenty of mail plus fin
ancial assistance today from
people all over the nation who
were backing his war against
women wearing shorts in public.
Schepper said of almost 100
SHOES
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SEE THESE STUXXIXG FALL MODELS
.letters received 'only four op
posed the ban. One woman of
65 wrote she wished she was a
girl of 20 again so "I could flout
your silly order."
BELATED REVELATION
Paris, July 10 (U.R) Thirteen
American soldiers were lost and
4 4 J
in cereals."
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PORTLAND,
ONE OF OREGON'S FINE
by -sitots' -a
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20 others were wounded last
Dec. 28 when a ship carrying
most of the U. S. 15th army's
headquarters staff to France was
sunk by a German torpedo or
mine in the English channel, it
can be revealed today.
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