PRISONER OF WAR ART
EXHIBIT AT CAMP WHITE
. Camp White An exhibit of
art works by German prisoners-of-war
interned at Camp White
will be held at the post
Prisoner-of-War camp next Sun
day and Monday from 1 to 5
p. m. it was announced today.
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We selected Oregon's mountain playgrounds as a
seasonally appropriate subject this month inThe
Oregonian's national advertising series.
Climate and geologic advantages which give
the Oregon Country year-'round recreational out
lets, provide more than just pleasure and health
In the out-of-doors. They form the basis for a
tourist trade that is Oregon's third largest business.
The display, consisting largely!
of local scenes, will be open to
the public.
The prisoner-of-war camp is
located on Avenue F and Pacific
avenue in the west end of the
camp. i
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Closing time for Sunday Too Late
to Classify 4:00 Saturday afternoon
Please remember.
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On The Home Front
News From Jackson County for
Men in the Armed Services
The Mail Tribune suggests you clip and mall this news
roundup to a rtlatly or friend in service.
Dear-
ley are being somewhat damp
ened by an epidemic of influen
Schools in Talent, Jackson
ville, Phoenix and Gold Hill
have closed his week because
of the large numbers absent
from classes and will not re
open until after New Years.
I Some athletic events and Christ
j mas programs are being can-
celed also.
j However, the Junior Cham
I ber of Commerce has made ar
rangements for Santa Claus to
answer the telephone today and
j tomorrow, and Santa is to be
at the park Saturday night for
a children's gift party. Christ
mas mail reached its peak at the
Medford postoffice Monday.
Rain in the valley and snow
in the higher sections followed
a clear spell. Snow is said to be
unusually deep, with about 20
inches at Union Creek and 30
inches at Fish Lake.
Population increases for Med
ford were noted this week from
various sources. The annual
school census of persons be
tween the ages of 4 and 20 years
showed an. increase of 473 per
sons of those ages. Using ratio
figures, school officials figured
This message is one of many The Oregonian has
placed in such magazines as Time, Business Week
and Editor & Publisher to stress this area's indus
trial and market advantages. Since the purpose of
such advertising is to benefit the entire region, we
thought you'd be interested in what we are doing.
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the city's population at 14,290.
However figures compiled by
Jerry Latham from Mail Trib
une circulation files show the
population to be about 16,812,
while the city water department
figures the population at 15,652.
Health department figures
show that a total of 2709 per
sons were given chest x-rays
when the mobile x-ray unit was
in Medford and Jackson county
recently. Results of the mass
x-ray survey have not been
made known as yet.
Crater Lake Post, VFW, has
purchased a building on Front
street which will be remodeled
into club and meeting rooms
for the post, auxiliary and vet
erans in general, and the Reli
able Grocery has been sold by
Phil Whitlock and C. C. Leonard
to Ernest F. Allen, of Ashland.
Officers and men of the Med
ford unit, Oregon State Guard,
with a year or more of service
received service ribbons at a
special ceremony Tuesday eve
ning with Brig. Gen. Raymond
Olson, acting adjutant general
for Oregon making the presenta
tions, j
Capt. Robert Minear Is now
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home on terminal leave after
more than four years with the
army engineer corps, 34 months
of which was spent in the south
west Pacific in Australia and
ew Guinea. Later he saw ac
tion in the Leyte campaign.
Clarence Minger, who served as
a chief pharmacist's mate in the
navy for more than nine years,
recently was discharged and
visited here en route to his home
in Philadelphia. Clarence and
his brother, Clyde, former staff
sergeant now out of the army,
had not been together since
1941.
Also home on terminal leave
is First Lt. John Dallalre, who
spent 18 months in Italy and
North Africa and Lowell A.
Bish, who served 19 months
with an infantry division in the
South Pacific, has also been dis
charged. Another veteran of
four year's service Is Capt. Ray
mond Dougherty, who served
with the air forces in the west
ern Pacific and now home on
terminal leave.
Ralph Hite, wounded on Iwo
Jima while serving with the
marine corps, has been dis
charged after two years of serv
ice. Both James L. and Pfc.
Weston A. Worden have re
turned to Jacksonville after be
ing released from the army. The
sergeant served in Africa and
Italy and his brother in the
South Pacific.
"Wedding of the week" last
week was that of Jennie May
Ruch, 75, to Grant Young, 82,
which took place at a meeting
of the Townsend club. Other
weddings were Corinne D'Albinl
to Capt. William Craven Briggs,
Lexington, N. C; Margaret Dean
to Flight Officer Edward Nowak
of Detroit, Mich.; Betty Miller
to Vaughn H. Lamb of Duns
muir; Geneva Hill of LaGrange,
Ga., to Herbert Guenther; Lois
Irene Yost to Frank Converse of
Battle Creek, Mich.; Hazel Kime
to Leonard Nyberg. The en-
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gagement of Alta Hartley and
Lloyd C. Langsten has been announced.
Juniors, Seventh '
Graders Top Honor
Roll at Gold Hill
Gold Hill, Dee. 21 With
five students in each class
qualifying the Junior class and
tho seventh grade led the school
honor roll race here for the
second six-weeks period.
The list by class or grade fol
lows: Seniors Jerry Smith, Bun
ny Gribble and Gwen Spence;
juniors Delora Beeney, Bev
erly Christensen, Dena Jones,
Nancy .Rethemeyer and Dick
Miller; sophomores Don John
son and Roland Johnson; fresh
men Cullen Inman, Wendall
Jones and Jack Palmer.
Seventh grade Claude Mor
gan, Gloria Gustafson, Beth
Eskew, Jerry Eskew and George
Christensen; sixth grade
Maurice Paulson and Delores
Reams; fifth grade James
Mentck and Pat Foley; fourth
grade Bonnie Lou Hauben
sack and Bud Pritchard; third
grade Mildred Gail and Blos
som Governor; second grade
Leon Norrls, Nadra Moore,
Donna Eskew and Bobby Lance;
first grade Charles McCor
mick and Fred Bowen.
Gold Hill Girls
Play to Feature
Holiday Program
Gold Hill, Dec. 21 "Grumpy
Santa Clnus," a one act play
presented by tho girl scouts,
will feature the annual Christ
mas party sponsored by the
IOOF and Rebekah lodges at
their hall here Sunday. The
public is invited to the event
which begins at 8 p. m.
There will be a Christmas tree
and gifts will be given to small
children.
Past Noble Grand of the
Rebekah lodge had Its annual
Christmas party at the home of
Mrs. Paul Thompson yesterday
afternoon.
Rcbekahs held Initiation cere
monies Wednesday night with
guests from Medford, Central
Point and Grants Pass attend
ing. Undefeated Rogues
Plays Myrtle Creek
Saturday Evening
Rogue River, Dec. 21 Unde
feated In three starts this sea
son, the Rogue River high
school hopsters travel to Myrtle
Creek Saturday evening, for
their next encounter.
Coach Dale Hatch states that
Bill Been, Mickey Mills, Dick
Huntoon, Chatty Hilger and
Jimmy Kile may open the fra
cas with Bill McGregory, Don
Dick and Ray Shannon also
slated to see action.
The Rogues have thumped
Grants Pass, Prospect and Ash
land in other games this year.
Boy Scout News
Troop Two
Troop Two of Boy Scouts will
hold a Christmas party at Lin
coln school gymnasium tonight
at 7:30 p. m.
Closing time for Bunflay Too Late
to Classify 4:00 Saturday afternoon.
Please remember.
Thomas J.
HIGHT
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Extends to All
CHRISTMAS
GREETINGS
and a Prosperous
NEW YEAR
O. L. Lindley
W.' T. Fasel
C. C. Leaf
Thomas J. Hight
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CRASH BLAME FIXED
Gainsville, Ga,, Dec. 21 (U.R)
A railway signal light which
was shorted out by snow and
sleet today was blamed for the
crash of the southern railway's
"God's Greatest Gift to Han"
"The Why of Christmas"
A Message You Will Enjoy 11:00 A.M. Sunday
Assembly of
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For Thrifty Shopping
This is the Wind-up!
PRICES CUT tuop 50
Lovely Dresser Sets
Comb, Brush and Mirror Seti that will please your loved
ones. Clear or Amber Plastic and Lucite, at well as floral
designs. Save plenty on these fine gifts.
Now Selling from $333 to $I233
Leather Overnight Cases
Formerly $15.00 Zipper Closing Overnight Bags of top
grain Leather, with Rayon lining. Only 16 of these, and
they are going out at just
12 price. NOW $750 Tax included
Gift Idea...
Make it
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NEW ARRIVALS IN WANTED
GIFT ITEMS FOR LATE SHOPPERS
Lentheric Tweed Gift Set $5.25
Yanky Clover Dusting Powder $1.00
Yanky Clover Toilet Water $1.00
Sterncresi Briar Pipes $5.00
Emperor Choice Briar Pipes $3.50 to $7.50
Evans Automatic Lighters $3.00
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SHOP EARLY FOR GREATEST VARIETY
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MEDFORD MAIL-TRIBUNE FIVE
Piedmont Limited passenger
train and a freight train which
took the lives of three persons
near here yesterday. Nine pas
sengers of the Limited were In
jured. God Church
G. O. BAKER, Pastor
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memorable!
Clamorous Rift paclcago of Daggett and
Ramadell'a Mountain Heather cologne
and Mountain Heather bath powder
.a fragrance to heart-catching it1!
like Hading wild flowers in un
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