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LOCAL and PERSONAL To San Francisco Frank Rog ers, city superintendent, left by plane yesterday for San Fran cisco, where he Is to spend the week-end attending to business Patmont Coming Dr. Louis R. Patmont, Berkeley, Calif world traveler, . lecturer and evangelist, will arrive In the county today und will be a guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Berntson, Jacksonville. Dr. Patmont Is to hold a series of meetings in the old church in Jacksonville, the schedule for which will be an nounced later. . Veterans Horn The follow ing Jackson county veterans re ported to county selective serv ice boards yesterday following honorable discharges from the service: Kenieth A. Christian son, Charles F. Cornu'tt, Richard F. Gravelle, James M. Minnis, Frank L. Procter, Jr., David Rosenburg, Arthur L. Satterlee nd Ijoyd G. Thomson. RADIO and RECORD CHANGER SERVICE Phone 5325 VALLEY MUSIC CO. Johnny Berry, .Tech. "See Humphrey First TO BUY OR SELL YOUR USED CAR Hurmhrey Motors Used Car Exchange 33 S. Riverside Ave. ' CALENDAR Friday 0:30 p. m. Canton and auxili ary, I. O. O. F. hall, potluck din ner and meetings. 7:30 p. m. Homemakers' class, Methodist church, Valen tine party at church parlors. Games and refreshments. 8:00 p. m. Wenonah club, public card party at Redman hall. 8:00 p. m. F. L. club, busi ness meeting at Girls' Commun ity club followed by birthday party. Exchange of valentines. Saturday 12:30 p. m. Board members, Jackson county League of Wom en Voters, luncheon and meeting at Holland hotel Gray Room. To Give Dinner A turkey dinner will be served at the Townsend hall in Central Point Sunday, Feb. 17, following a pro gram of music, speaking and other entertainment it was an nounced today. The program is set for lpm. . Visit Father Mrs. J. B. Brault and daughter, Charmaine, 208 Summit avenue, and Mrs. Brault's brother, C. R. Jordan, spent yesterday In Crescent City, Calif., where they visited with relatives. Mr. Jordan is spending a few weeks in the valley from his home in Los Angeles. Couple Arrives Mr. and Mrs F. A. Shinn of Boise, Idaho, ar rived here Thursday to make their permanent homt in this city. Shinn, connected with the U. S. Reclamation Service in Idaho, will assume a post with the reclamation service here. He is a navy veteran. From Portland Ray Bilder back arrived in the city yester day from Portland, where he is attending Multnomah college, and is visiting until Tuesday with his mother, Mrs. Alice H. Bil derback, 515 South Grape street, with his father, L. M. Bilder back, Merrick apartments, and at the home of his aunt and imcle, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Heren deen, 528 Haven street. Bilder back was graduated from Med ford high school in 1943 and Is majoring in chemistry at the Portland school. SAT. KITE DANCE MERRICK'S BALLROOM Ray's Q New O PIECE BAND qD Hours of Dancing 9 till 2 snr .J ftl one I - NEW MODERN TUNES DANCE SAT. NITE TICKET Admits You fo BOTH Merrick's and Dreamland Dances at DREAMLAND Old Time Music Everyone Invited Vets To Work Members of Crater Lake Post No. 1833, Vet erans of Foreign Wars, are re quested to meet at the Veterans building, 38-40 Front street, Sun day, 9 a. m., for work on the building. Lunch will be served the workers by a committee from the ladies auxiliary. Nygaard Home L. T. Ny- gaard, branch manager for standard Oil company here, re turned Thursday from Portland where he attended a northwest conference of Standard Oil ex ecutives. Representatives from several western states and Alas ka, were in attendance. Car Fire A fire which caused considerable damage to a seat cushion and blanket In a car parked on East Main street was vtinmitcheH last nieht by city police, according to a report from police headquarters, ine car belonged to Thomas Culley, route 4. Cause of the blaze was not reported. m w w Morrow Discharged James A Mnrmw fnrmer flieht officer with the air force, arrived home MnnHnv from Lowrv Field. Colo., where he received an hon orable discharge from tne army after over two years service in the United States. Morrow, who was graduated from Medford high school in 1942, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Morrow. 531 North Bartlett street. Building Permits Applying yesterday at the office of the city superintendent for permits to build were Ray Hoover,' Jr.. 511 Pennsylvania avenue, to erect a residence ar1010 South Grape street costing $3,000: Chuck Hamlin, 204 South Cen tral avenue, permit to demolish a residence; Earl H. Fehl, 504 South Oakdale avenue, add to garage, $300;, and Mrs. Ed. L Montgomery, 209 North Grape street, move residence. Thefts Reported HawthornCT bicycles belonging to Bui Dai'y 256 Beatty street, and Alice White, 1130 Saling avenue, were stolen yesterday, it was reported to city police today. Daily's bike, license No. 65, was taken from a local theater and the bi cycle belonging to Miss White was reported stolen from the junior high school. Also re ported last night was the theft of two hub caps from a car be longing to Charles Overmyer, 610 ' South Holly street, which was parked on West Main street. American Wheat Will Feed Japs Tokyo, Feb. 15 (U.R) Allied headquarters today authorized the delivery of 2,000,000 pounds of American wheat and flour to the Japanese government to re lieve .shortages in Japan. The economic and scientific section of supreme headquarters said the flour was surplus army stores and part of a 5,000,000 pound supply shipped to Tokyo from Manila for Japanese consumption. Court Records Police Court Burl D, Lamon and Clyde Wilkes, disorderly conduct, re leased on $25 bail each. Ed Milne, parked in loading zone, $5 fine suspended. Justice Court Fred C. Neathamer, combina tion overload, $9. 25 and costs. James O. Broaddus, no vehicle license; no operator's license, cited. Mary J. Campbell, no motor vehicle license, cited. Robert Jay Townsend, no operator's license; no chauffeur's license, cited. Jack N. Wooldridge, combina tion overload; failure to display PUC permit, cited. Lillian B. Woodford, no opera tor's license, $1 and costs; failure to yield to right of way, $1 and costs. Let's Go ROLLER SKATING fj . MEDFORD ARMORY IDn THURS., FRI., SAT. snd SUN NIGHTS SKATING PARTIES by SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Court House News Marriage Licenses Charles Boatwright and Lor raine E. Hoodenpyle. Salvador Esquivel and Mar jorie Jones. Edward Harrison Hawkins and Irene May McDonough. Clifford Eugene Clegg and Norma Clair Turner. George Elbert Bedsaul and Benona LaVelle Dickerson. Donald Arthur Vosika and Mama Doris Sandvig. Walter McLain Bass and Blod wyn M. Myers. Loren James Ashmore and Mildred R. Burman. Robert M. Johnson and Helen M. Johnson. William Edwin Chandler and Dona Darlene Conley. Divorce Complaints Robert C. Beattle vs. Eleanor Beattie. Lawrence William Messal vs. Blanche E. Messal. Foresters Society To Hear Nettleton At Meeting Tonight Harry Nettleton, forester in charge of research and Informa tion, attached to the Portland office of the O and C Lands ad ministration, will speak tonight at the regular meeting of the Shasta-Cascade sub-section of the Society of American Forest ers, which Is to begin with a dinner at 6:30 o'clock in the blue room of the Holland hotel. Mr. Nettleton will speak on O and C lands in connection with the sustained yield program and a general discussion is to follow. Foresters from southwestern Oregon and the Mt. Shasta area of northern California, along with all local foresters and in vited guests, are to attend. - 33 Initiated By Elks At Ashland Ashland, Feb. 15 With more than 250 members in atten dance, Ashland Lodge No. 944, B. P. O. E., initiated S3 new members into the lodge at din ner meeting of the organization Wednesday. This was one of the largest classes In recent years, it was announced. Mel Plaskett, Exalted Ruler from Medford, was guest speak er for the evening. He welcom ed the new members into the lodge. Last Rites Held For Mrs. Bailey Services for Mrs. Margaret C. Bailey, wife of Elm O. Bailey, route 1, Central Point, were held in the Conger-Morris chapel at 1:30 p. m. today with the Rev. W. A. Dawes officiating. She passed away in a local hospital Sunday following. an illness of several months. Interment was in Siskiyou Memorial Park. AIR FORCE DOWN TO 400,000 BY JULY 1 Washington. Feb. 15 (U.R) The army air forces will dis charge approximately 500,000 of ficers and enlisted men and wom en within the next 4V4 months, which will leave an air force o.' approximately 400,000 men next July 1, the war department an nounced today. Of those to be discharged, ap proximately 185,000 were In the United States on February 1. JAPS PARADE . Tokyo, Feb. 15 (U.R) Staffing what was described as the big gest labor demonstration thus far seen in Tokyo, 20,000 em ployes of the Kanto area govern ment railways today paraded through downtown streets to th transportation ministry where they presented demands for In creased pay and better treatment. VALENTINE TO VALENTINES Santa Ana, Calif., Feb. 15 (U.R) An eight pound, one ounce valentine was delivered yester day to Mrs. Maurice Valentine at St. Joseph's hospital here. The Valentines had not yet chosen a name for the boy. San Juan Bautlsta is the only California mission which was built like European cathedrals with three aisles. Somplss New Bread '1 . ,. I 3 Si lAcmt Teltphoto) Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson samples piece of new "grey" bread made of 80 per cent flour by recent order of President Truman. The new wheat processing Is designed to raise percentage of yield from wheat. The Secretary's comment was "delicious." Will Rogers' Duds Donated to Drive Los Angeles, Feb. 15 (U.PJ The late Will Rogers' clothing which had been preserved for a n.useum at Claremore, Okla., will be donated to the clothing drive today. JnmM Rnmrs inn nf thn hu morist, said he felt the clothing. I consisting of numerous suits and ranch apparel, would be of more benefit to the clothing drive than to a museum. Experiment Bomb Will Be Dropped From Navy Plane San Diego, Feb. 15 (U.R) The atomic bomb which will be used in the navy's May experi ment will be dropped from a naval fighter plane flying from the 28.000-ton aircraft carrier Shangri-La, the San Diego Journ al said today in a copyrighted article. The Journal said the Shangri La has been conducting experi ments up and down the coast for more than a month. The fighter will be a Grumann F6F, with specially constructed bombing equipment, the Journal said. The Journal said it also learned that the control ship El Dorado will be used as the com mand vessel for the atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands, Tornado Damages Oklahoma Town Ardmore, Okla., Feb. 15 (U.R) Oklahoma highway patrol offi cers .today estimated at more than $200,000 damage from a tornado which struck Ardmore early yesterday, destroying 30 homes and injuring 16 persons. One of the injured, Frank Bell. 85, was reported In critical con dition, but other victims were Friday. Feb. 15, 194S MEDFORD MAIL THIBUtTE rTOTB released from hospitals after the Union, as New Mexico and emergency treatment. Ar,lon 47th.,n(, William Howard Taft was the states wre admitted to sUte- first president of all 48 states of hood during his administration. SAT. NITE-U. S. HALL JACKSONVILLE Fine Music Best of Crowd Dancing 9 to 2 Sponsored by Jacksonville I.O.O.F, Come Out and Enjoy Yourself! SPECIAL SESSION Boise, Idaho, Feb. 15 (U.R) Gov. Arnold Williams today issued a call for the Idaho legis lature to meet In extraordinary session at norn Feb. 25 to con sider items of "emergency" nature. WOMAN SHOOTS DEER Thmnnnll Wvn. (U.R) Mrs. Jennie Berry, 60-year-old local resident, claims to be the oldu. t woman to shoot a deet In Wyom ing the past season. She drilled a seven-point buck In the shoul der from 100 yards while huti' ing on a ranch northwest of Cody. Art Leafdale of Thermo polls dressed it for her, but she asserted that "I could have done It myself If he hadn't been along." - m . ,i . .... r-iBHtnrf AAm H-31' m -Too Late to Cluulfy ta ifl pm ATTENTION Eagles and Auxiliary FREE DANCE SAT. NITE tm. February 18 EAGLES' HALL 219 W Main Fine Music ENDS SAT. ROY ROGER! "TRIGGER' "THE SONS OF TEXAS" Plus d 1 ilORYl MARIA MONTR SUSANNA FOSTM JACK OAKII TURHAN SiY us I i I We Are Once Again Able to Do BEAR MACHINE WORK ALIGN FRONT ENDS FRAME-OPERATIONS CRATER LAKE MOTORS Sixth and Ivy Streets COMING SUNDAY gP ICS IN TECHNICOLOR1 Rotxrt Plcff Altlm Timtroff F-ll IMStWISWjt Plus "HIGH POWERED" with Robert LOWERY Om SUU rrttxin Want Mm. M loaoiiow tiusm I k 1 1 -VIOITilI f IAXATIVI GET A 25 tOX llmM-lfoMb. CO! A Mlfp t the SUNDAY! CHARLIE CHAN'S MOST AMAZING ADVENTURE! The Lovers of "Claudia" ... In Love Again! r . Li 3ry PEARL BUCK'S I iT CHINA SKIES I Y0UH(i W- MARSHALL NATWICK Spring BYINGTON Ichard ilAIMEC .a4V Randolph SCOTT PEARL BUCK'S CHINA SKIES Continuous Lunch Service, 9 to 1 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT DANCING 9 to 2 POPULAR PRICES Th Only Spring Floor In Southern Ortgon CRATER LAKE HIGHWAY 11 Miles From Medford o I" ,c ,rx ) 11 Karters n '"WJWPfi.P lWrrfMSSrSH! 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