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TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. Ftb. 7, 1946 . L CO-OP MEETING SATURDAY AT CP Central Point, Feb. 7 Annual meeting of the Grange Coopera tive Supply association member to receive report! of the man agement and plan activitlei for the coming year la slated to open at 10 a. m. Saturday in the Grange hall here according to Manager Earl weaver. A preliminary meeting of the board of directors was held last night. Functioning as an agent for cooperative purchasing of farm supplies, the organization has grown since its Inauguration 1934 to have over $35,000 Invest ed In buildings and facilities, Weaver says. A Jackson county axsoclation, it was originally limited to Grange members but in 1940 changes in the corpor ate papers made its services available to any agricultural producer in the county. Additional facilities, benefit ing farmers in the southern sec tion of the county were gained in 1043 by acquisition of the Ashland mill's business and prop erty. Main office is in Central Point. Weaver reports a substantial gain in members during the past year and expects about zdu v be on hand for the meeting Over one-third million dollars worth of supplies were purchai- ed through the cooperative last last week and will be decorated I as soon as dry enough. The pen- j ny drill was changed to a silver drill and was added to the $25 already subscribed to the March of Dimes. i Refreshments were served by I Mr. and Mrs. Abbott and Mr. and Mrs. Biles. j Grange will open promptly at 8:30 from now on and closu as near 10:30 as possible and the rest of the evening will be de voted to social activities. year. THE GRANGE Live Oak Grange Live Oak Grange of Rogue River met In regular session Feb. 4 with Master Carl Chris- tenson In charge and 78 mem bers present with nine visitors from Enterprise Grange, and Mrs. Pomroy from Sama Valley, Third and fourth degrees were given Mr. and Mrs. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Spink, Mr. and Mrs West, Mr. Goldlng and Miss Mar tha Smith of Live Oak, and Mr. and Mrs. Huffman, Mri. Wall and son and Mrs. Deck of En terprise Grange of Wimer. Be side the candidates Master Jen sen and wife and Mr. and Mrs Blair wera the other visitors from Wlmer. Otto Fhurman was reported 111. AU officers were present. Four names were voted on to become members and one name was read for membership. Re freshment! were served and a Social hour enjoyed. The recreation dance Satur day was well attended and all report an enjoyable evening H.E.C. Chairman Mrs. Rhueltng served doughnuts and coffee. Next recreation meeting will be card' party on Saturday night. Feb. 18. Next H.E.C. meeting will be all day Thursday, Feb. 21, start ing at 10:30 a. m. with a covered dish luncheon at noon. AU lady members try and be present. Bams Valley Orange The first meeting In February of Sams Valley Grange was open ed by Master John Peffley Feb. 2 with average attendance. Four officers were installed: Mary Perry, treasurer; Belle Loftln, lecturer; Ruth Dolan, Flora, and George Loftln, executive com mlttee. They were Installed by Albert Straus. Roll call found Mr. and Mrs. Loftln home from California Several points were brought up on the A.A.A. meeting to be held at the Sams Valley Grange hall or. February 11 at 10 a. m. Farm ers are asked to attend. Agri culture reports were given by Ray Ryan, George Loftln and Conrad Johnson. A report of the condition of the new Mea dows road was given by Albert Straus and Mrs. Peffley also re ported on road conditions and ah.. Inge of help and material. A letter from Mrs. Haskins. principal of Sums Valley school said next P.-T.A. program Fri day night, February 8, would be devoted to home and form acci dent prevention with speakers from Medford George Lofin gave an Inter esting talk on the farm situation in California. Lecturer hour was a program selected at random from the crowd. A quartet In cluding Veltle Biles, Albert Straus, Ralph Janus and Jack Korner, sang; Ruth Dolan ave an accordion solo, and Mary Kor-j ncr and Uculah sang "Happy Birthday" In honor of George : Loftin's birthday, I The basement was plastered Students Offered Money, Medals In VFW Essay Contest High school students are be ing offered the chance of win nlng $1,000 cash prize and a gold medal in an essay contest spon-l sored by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars ! of the United States. Theme of i the eleventh annual national essay contest will be "What Can I Do For My Country?" 1 A second prize of $500 cash and a gold medal; a third prize of $250 and a gold medal and a fourth prize of $100 and a gold medal also are being offered Ten consolation awards of S10 each and ten consolation awards of $5 each will also be awarded Mrs. Esther Mueller, 33 Quince street, in charge of the committee of Crater Lake Auxil iary, 1833, Medford, said the lo cal auxiliary will offer prizes of $5, $3 and $2 for the best I essays submitted by local stu dents. Local competitions will close at midnight, April 1, and state competitions will close at' midnight May 15. National com ! petitions will close at midnight June 15. Nursery School To Continue On Private Status Continuance of the Medford Nursery school at 325 East Jack son street after February 28, 1 when Lanham funds for main-1 tenancc of the school will be j discontinued, was announced 1 this week by Mrs. Ethel Ten- nant, director and new owner. who has been in charge of the i institution since February 1043. 1 Present location of the school ! was purchased recently by Mrs. Tennant for this purpose and all I pre-school children of the com- j munlty are eligible, according to the announcement. Although to I be operated on a private basis after February 28, the present rules and regulations, excepting those regarding fees and eligibil ity, are to remain unchanged, It was said. Some 600 children have been cared for at the school during I the past three years. j Former Resident Mrs. Palmer Dies', Old time valley friends of, Mrs. Lola Hall Palmer will bel saddened to learn of her death January 24 at her home in Mar lon, Ore. She was born near Grant Ccn-! ter, Iowa, July 2, 1898, and came' to Sams Valley with her parents! in jbuz making their home on what Is now the Jack Horner place. The family later moved to Marlon where Mrs. Palmer was united In marriage to her hus band, John, Sept. 13. 1918. i The past 25 years of Mrs. Pal-' mer's life have been spent Ini Corvallls where she was loved j and highly respected by all who j new her. It was here she and er husband reared the follow ing children, whom with their! father survive. Mrs. MRrvin1 Johnson, Salem; Mrs. Robt. Lei Tonrncux, Portland; Mrs. Bruce j Sheltnn, Moscow, Idaho; and Lt. ' Wendell H. Talmer, Salt Lake! City, Utah. Funeral services were conduct ed at Jefferson Saturday where out-of-town relatives In addition to the children included MrsJ Eva La Rue, Anacortes. Wash.: Mrs. Ruth Jeffrys, Portland: Mrs. Gertie Pearson, Turner. isters of the deceased; John Hall, a brother, and wife from Central Point; and John Hogg, cousin, Vancouver, Wash. 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