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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1946)
TEN MEDFOPID MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. Jan. 8. 1948 CENTER CLOTHING With the Medford USO estab lished as the main collection center, Jackson county's cctivity in the U. S. Treasury Depart ment sponsored "Victory Cloth ing Drive gets under way to morrow. A quota of 30,000 garments has been set as the county's share in overseas relief. Old clothing such as suits, coats, trousers, sweaters, knit-wear, underclothing, men's hats, caps, skits, heavy curtains and drapes, large pie?e goods and remnants, faded material, pairs of shoes and bcdclothin gis sought. Humphreys garage has been designated a depot and collec tion boxes will be placed in front of business establishments and at various other points throughout Medford. Pick up service will be maintained to collection points. Trucks will make pick-ups in the out-lying communities. The Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce is heading the drive for the county. However, a laree number of civic organi zations are cooperating as well as churches and schools. A prc- kick-off rally in the form of dinner was held at the Holland Hotel, Friday evening, as repre sentatives Dledeed support of their various civic groups. The drive closes January 31 Carey W. Thomson is general chairman for Jackson county's drive. He is being assisted by the following committee chair men: C. Lyall Fldicr, publicity, n. A. Stagg, collection, Victor Mllnes, education, Dale Steven son, shipping, Alan H. Jewelt, reports, Carl Bennett, security. E. 11. Hedrick, city school superintendent, will handlo the drive In Medford and C. R. Bow man, county school superintend ent will direct in the other areas. Henry J. Kaiser Is national chairman for the drive. A request by national authori ties that good will letters be In cluded in the bundles has been made. SET FOR JAN. 10 A state Grange conference will be held Jan. 10, starting at 1:30 p. m., in the Central Point Grange hall, according to R. E. Ncalon, county Grange deputy who stressed the importance of the meeting to every Granger. "As this is the first regular conference in four years during the war period, and. during which time the Grange has made a record growth, a large attendance is expected," Nealon said. Prizes will be awarded to units with all officers present and to those with 25 per cent or more of members present The count will be made at the evening meeting. A chicken dinner will be served at 6 p. m., for a nominal charge. Plans for future Grange work will be among important items to come before the conference and demonstrations of floor work will be given by the Phoe nix Grange. So ecial Education Clinic Scheduled Here Jan. 7 to 11 Tho State Division of Special Education will hold a consulta tion clinic In Jackson county Jan. 7-11. At this clinic state supervisors in the field of special education In speech, hearing and vision will hold consultation with teachers, par ents and children with special problems in one or more of these areas. Dr. Leon Lassen. Mrs. Ethel Fortner and Supt. Marvin Clnt- terbuck of the Stale school for the Deaf will be tho consultants. The schedule follows: Rural schools Jan. 7 and 8, Court House auditorium. Ashland Jan. 9, Washington school. Medford Jan. 10 and 11. E .HIDES' IN HOTEL What the Girl Scouts Are Doing Schedule For Weak Senior Girl Scout activities for the coming week include: Trip to the civilian air port for Wing Scouts Monday after school. Organization meeting of the Girl Scout Sub Deb club Titos day evening, home of Mrs. Zane Kemler. This club is open to' girls in Senior High school, j Cookery meeting of the Plo- j necr club. Scout House, Tucsduy i evening. Mrs. Harry Stahl, lead er, Lorraine Moffct, program chairman. Girl Scout Chorus meets the second and fourth Saturdays, 11 a. m., Scout House. London, Jan. S (U.R) Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt arrived here today with the American dele gation to the United Nations general assembly and promptly hid herseft in the swank Claridge hotel to escape clamoring photo graphers and reporters. The black-clad Mrs. Roosevelt stole tile show from the moment she stepped off the liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton with the 100 or more fellow-delegates and assistants in her party. She posed willingly for photo graphers on the dockside and parried reporters' questions with her usual grace. But finally she fled Into a wailing automobile with Senator and Mrs. Tom Con nally and drove off to London. At Southampton, however, she told the welcoming crowd that she had "an excellent trip, al though it was rough for two days." "We feel we are starting on a very Important meeting which wo hope will be successful," she said In response to queries on the general assembly meeting which opens here Jan. 10, Will Demonstrate Visual Education In Sunday School Mrs. John J. Hinkel, super visor of child evangelism, Port land, will give a demonstration of the possibilities of visual edu cation in Sunday school and church work at the Foursquare Gospel church, corner of Cen tral and Jackson this evening at 7:30. Mrs. Hinkel Is a specialist in tills field and her hand work and methods arc used by Sun day schools and churches throughout the United States. Central and South America, Alaska. Puerto Rico, Africa. New Zealand and other parts of the world. Those Interested in visual education are invited to attend. Park View Convalescent Home 133 Cranita St.. Ashland Or Raglstarad Nursa In Charga Equipment for bad pattenta. CAHD Of THANKS Wa wish to thank our frtrnda fnr their expression of sympathy and klnrineu during our recent bereave ment. MHS IDA llENDFHSON, CAUL IIKNDKKSON, MHS. VlltA LEWIS. MEDFORD NEON GO. SIGNS and SERVICE Personally supervised by RALPH ELLIS 527 Putnam Phona 3276 An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure! YES. this old adoqa certainly true and i o m t h i n 9 to thoughtfully c o n i d a r this month. January is "Accident Prevention Month" and it if a mat tar of lellintorest for every citiian here to help maka Jackson County a tater place in which to lival OBITUARY HARRY R. WILLIAMS Services for Harry R. Wil liams, 60, who passed away Fri day, will be held in the Conger- Morris chapel at 3 p. m., Mon day with the Rev. J. Brown of ficiating. Interment will be in I.O.O.F. cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Vcrna Williams, Medford, and six children, Eldred B., U. S. army; Mrs. Thclma Wolff, Grants Pass; Mrs. Eva Cox and Mrs. Margie Lang, Medford; Marvin J., U. S. navy; Mrs. Eva Philip pe, Hornbrook, Calif.; 10 grand children, and four sisters, Mrs. Delia Hcston and Mrs. Madeline Goodale, Hidesvillc, Calif.; Mrs. Olive Melgosa, Crancll, Calif., ;ind Mrs. Inez LcRoy, Areata, Calif. J1, T What's Doing at u. s. o. Sunday, Jan. 6 Pantry Shelf will be served at 6 p. m. by the Elks club. Wednesday, Jan. 9 The Camp White Naval hos pital band will furnish the music for dancing between 8 and lip. in. Refreshments will be served. Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. Victim of an accident involv ing his bicycle and a car driven by Leiand Brecdlove, 17, Route 1, at the intersection of 11th and Holly streets, yesterday fore noon, Jimmic Dennis, 11, of 517 S. Holly street, is confined in the Sacred Heart hospital suf fering from a severe skull frac ture. A report, yesterday afternoon, from the office of the doctor at tending the case, said that the boy was in a serious condition. Brcedlove, who, in a filed re port said he had no operator's license, was driving a 1930 Chevrolet coupe west on 11th street when the young lad en tered the intersection on his bicycle. Dennis was knocked to the pavement. The lad was. taken to the hospital by the Conger ambulance. Young Dennis was still uncon scious late yesterday afternoon. Albert Dale Jensen, Route 1, is owner of the vehicle driven by Brecdlove. The injured boy is the son of George R. Dennis. FOR ROOM TIFT Clarence Blair, occupant of a room at 30 N. Front street, is being held in the county jail pending arraignment on a charge of larceny in a room. Blair is alleged to have taken property belonging to G. R. Daughter and Leo Holmes from a room occupied by the two men at the same address accord ing to city police. The incident occurred Thursday evening. Daughters reported to police. Thursday evening, that his new ly purchased 22 caliber Colt pistol was missing. Blair was traced to Ashland where city police held mm on a arunKen ness charge. While the pistol was not recovered, other prop erty taken from the two men's room was found on Blair's per son, according to a ponce repon. I Flying Rim Breaks Jaw Charles Stelle Charles L. Stelle, 31, of 610 Clark street, received a broken jaw and severe neck wound when he was struck by the rim from a truck tire that he was changing at the Older Tire Ex change, 8th and Riverside ave nues, about noon, yesterday. Stelle, who was taken to the Community hospital by the Con ger ambulance, will be confined there for several days according ; CABS YELLOVI Dial 2121 Prompt 24 Hour Service Courteous Drivers, Fully Insured Clean Cabs i "iiV-'ii nfnriitiiia iiir1-----" - "' - -r- w ' JgJ to his physician. The Injured man is employed by the Older shop. Dischargees Report The fol lowing men, recently discharged from the service, reported , to Jackson county selective service boards Friday: Clinton A. Ben nett, Gus. H. Boen, Wallace P Bowen, Ralph O. Dinsmore,' Robert M. Gentry, Robert T, Hoefs, Loyd C. Lanston, Ray! mond C. Morris, Emery J. Por. ter, Victor B. Phillips. Jr., James B. Short and Henry h! Taylor. Use Mail Tribuna Want Ads. Stenographer PERMANENT POSITION, STATE EXPERIENCE IN FIRST LETTER BOX 1 05 MAIL TRIBUNE The Victory Clothing Collection Starts Here Monday Oh, what theytl give to be in YOUR shoes ! fffe 'mm l Mm 'H, what most of the human race would givc to be in your shoes! Clothing that yon may consider old can bring new life to some suffering person to whom war brought despair and destitution. Goal of the Victory Clothing Collection is 100,000,000 garments, plus shoes and bed ding. If your contribution seems negligible, bear this in mind : Every garment you give means one more human being saved from toU or sickness or possibly death. About 25,000,000 people overseas re ceived clothing collected from Americans last spring. But for every person clothed so far, a dozen more remain virtually diread bare. Your spare clothing will be distrib uted free, without discrimination, to victims of Nazi and Jap oppression in Europe, the Philippines.'and the Far East. Dig into your attics, trunks, and closets today . . . dig out all the serviceable cloth ing you can possibly spare . . . take it to your local collection depot now. If you doubt the need for it overseas, ask the boys who've been there! Victory Clothing Collection for Overseas Relief Jflf.7f3 HENRY J. KAISER National Chairman Thii message in behalf of the Victory Clothing Collection published is t public service by .... , ROGUE RIVER CHEVROLE! What YOU Can Do! J Get together. all the clothing you can (pare. 2 Toka !t to yur ,ota' collection depot immeaiaTeiy. Q Volunteer tome spare time toy our local committee. Dig Out Your Spare Clothing TODAY I V overcoats topcoats v suits l jackets V pants v shoes V dresses skirts gloves caps sweater robes yl underwear pajamas V bddng The more you do the better youTl feel FUNERAL HOME John A, Perl Frank Perl
