Eagle Point 'Donkey'
Basketball, Saturday
Eagle Point, Feb. 8 A donkey
basketball team between the
"mule train" team and a group
of Eagle Point school laculty
members villi be held In the
Eagle Point high gym Saturday,
February 11, at 8 p.m. Proceeds
wlil go toward student activi
ties and the athletic fund.
Stiff competition Is seen in the
game, especially from the stub
born donkeys.
SPECIAL CHOW SHOOT
Permits for shooting crows on
the Sauvie island game manage
ment area are being issued at
the Portland office of the game
commission it wag announced to
day by Charles Lockwood, state
game director.
Sports for
the Week
WEDNESDAY
Donkey basketball, St.
Mary's gym (Elks vs. Eagles
lodge team) at 8 p.m.
AAU basketball games (two),
junior high, 7 p.m. and at
'Rogue River Medford Rifle
club shoot, Merrick's, 7:30
fi.m. Commercial Bowling
eague, 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
City Bowling league, 7 p.m.
Volleyball games, senior
high girls' gym and YMCA
(two at each), 7 p.m. AU-star
wrestling card, armory, 8:30
p.m. Oak Grove school at
St. Mary's (basketball) at
3:15 p.m.
Wagner Creek
Wagner Creek, Feb. 8 The
benefit social at the Community
hall in Talent, February 4, given
by Wagner Creek P.T.C. for
benefit of the Brabbin family
was a big success. Mrs. Dave
Brabbin has been seriously ill
for quite awhile and Mr. Brab
bin is still in a cast because of
the back injury which he receiv
ed while tobogganing last month.
Byron Bushnell is going ahead
with construction of his new
house on land fronting York
lane which he purchased from
Leon Lockwood a few months
ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Breese are
the parents of a baby boy. She is
the former Bennie Morrow of
Wagner creek.
A robin's cheery song of
spring this sunny morning caus
ed us to doubt Mr. Woodchuck's
gloomy prediction of six more
weeks of cold wintry weather.
We ventured out where hundreds
of robins dotted the greening
pastures and lawn and saw many
signs that spring is nearing. .
Among the convincing signs
of spring are some pansies and
a red primrose in full bloom,
many buds promising other
blooms soon, fat daffodil buds
and Stars of Bethlehem pushing
their way through the grassy
soil, and swelling leaf buds on
the white lilac.
Another sign of spring was
Carlos Goddard spading a plot in
his grandmother's yard for early
garden and flowers.
Mrs. Ella Abbot has been vis
iting for a week with Mrs. Annie
Robinson in Ashland.
The Young Married Women's
Sewing Club meets at the home
of Claire Sommer February 8.
Wagner Creek 4-H club offic
ers, Donald Brabbin, Carlos God
dard, Lois Bradley and Betty
Hopper with their leader Mr.
Nicholson, attended officers'
training school at Roxy Ann
Grange Hall February 7.
Penny Taylor spent last week
end with her grandparents.
Ricky Nagel and his parents
are spending a week in Los
Angeles.
Silverton, Ore., Feb. 8 U.R
Errol Ross was named mayor of
Silverton by the city council
Monday night to succeed C. H.
Weiby, resigned.
Uie Mail Tribune Want Ada
fAemt Tetenhotol
TOP MAN P0 Haas of New Orleans and his wife display broad
smiles as they look at the 13000 check he received as top man In if
ucond annual Lonf Beach Invitational Oolf Tournament at Long
Beach, Calif. Haas scored a neat 268, It under par for the W boles.
.... AROUND HOLLYWOOD
If VIRGINIA MacPHERSON
Unite' Frail Corraspoadanl
Hollywood, Feb. 8 !U.R) It
won't be long before all you'll
need to win a shiny new, air
pi a n e or a
mink coat is a
paid-up news
paper subscrip
tion. The man
who dreamed
up radio give
aways is crash
ing into the
tabloids.
"I'll help
bo o s t circula
t i o n," said
Adolnhe Wen-
VlrrtnU land, a dapper
MacPhtrwti m u 1 1 achioed
gent who looks like a plump
Adolphe Menjou. "Several pap
ers have approached me about
getting them fancy prizes for
newspaper contests."
This'll be a cinch for Wenland,
who isn't called the "Giveaway
King" for nothing. Without even
mussing his waxed mustache he
can get his hands on anything
from a trained elephant to a dia
mond necklace to a new car.
He could even if you wanted
'em get you Abbott and Co
tello. He gave them away once
and it was a great success for a
day.-
Wenland has on his "lists" al
most 100 manufacturers who will
jump at the chance to give away
their products provided a free
plug is tossed in somewhere so
several million people will hear
about it.
Not Always Eager
They weren't always so eager.
But Wenland's gift of gab con
vinced them it was good busi
ness to give away a $5000 mink
fur coat for $20,000 worth of
advertising.
Now he handles practically ev
ery big giveaway on the air and
has "gabbed" himself into an in
come of almost $100,000 a year.
It is Mrs. Wenland's big com
plaint that he uses most of that
to buy things he gives away to
other people.
"I'm funny," Wenland said. "I
don't keep any of the things my
clients give me. They don't check
up on me. I admit it's a big
temptation sometimes not to let
some of it stick to my fingers.
Payi For Own
"But I buy all the furs and
diamonds I give to my wife. I
pay for my own automobiles.
And if 1 ever need an elephant,
I suppose I'll buy that from some
contestant who won one and
didn't want it."
Along with this fancy "Santa
Claus" job, Wenland said, you
lose a lot of faith in human
nature.
"Something funny seems to
happen to people who get things
for nothing," he explained.
"They get grabby, they want
more. One lady, who won a trip
to Hollywood and a diamond
wristwatch, brought her husband
along.
Sha Cot Peeved
"So we paid his way and gave
him a watch too. And darned if
she didn't set peeved at every
body because his didn't have as
many diamonds in it as hers
did."
A lot of people give him more
headaches when they start to re
sell their loot.
"They have trouble getting
S5000 for a five-grand airplane,"
Wenland says. "So they come to
me with their gripes. I don't
know what I'm supposed to do.
I really get discouraged some
times.
Volunteer Firemen
Hear Training Plan
Medford volunteer firemen
heard an outline of a training
program and were urged to help
secure more men interested in
fire fighting, when they held
their monthly meeting Monday
night at the fire hall.
Leo E. Weidner, senior cap
tain of the Portland fire depart
ment on loan here as consultant
and acting chief, outlined plans
for a training program given oy
the state to cover every phase of
fire fighting.
Weidner said the local depart
ment needs more volunteer fire
men and urged present volun
teers to contact friends who
might be interested. He said it
should be an honor to be a vol
unteer firemen and urged his
listeners to be careful whom
they choose.
Maj. Albert Gaddis
Gets Air Assignment
Westover, Mass., Feb. 8 Maj
Albert C. Gaddis, son of Earl C
Gaddis, 815 East Jackson street,
Medford, Ore., has been trans
ferred to the Atlantic division
headquarters of the military air
transport service at Westover air
torce Base in Massacnusctts. ac
cording to an announcement by
Maj. Gen. Archie J. Old Jr., divi
sion commander.
Major Gaddis, who has served
with MATS for the past four
years, win assume amies in ine
materiel section which is respon
sible for the operation of supply
lines for the Atlantic division. A
graduate of Medford high school
and Heald college in San Fran
cisco, he also attended Oregon
College of Education. He recent
ly returned from the air com
mand ataff school.
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Monday for Monday; noon 8aturda
for Sunday a m.
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Many Boy Scouts
Earn Awards Al
Court Of Honor
About 178 Boy scouts, and
some 75 parents, attended 'the
district court of honor held at
the junior high school last night
in connection with Boy Scout
week activities.
Three boys were awarded Star
rank, highest given at last
night's court. They were Lyle
Hamilton, troop 33; Jimmy fer
ry. Troop 3 and Russell Parris,
Troop 35. Richard Dickinson, ex
plorer Post 8, was advanced to
explorer woodsman.
Court Officials '
Larry N. Schade, Big Pines
district commissioner, and J. A.
MacDougall, council commis
sioner, presided at the court, and
other oiiiciais mciuaea narry
Barneburg, district advancement
chairman; John Patton, Dick
Daniels, Tom Harper, Arch
Brown, John Eddy and John
Danforth, neighborhood commis
sioners, and Cliff Hansen, scout
executive.
The event was the first dis
trict honor held in many months.
Boys earning their first class
badges last night included Carl
Mohr and Bob Rasmussen, Troop
3; Bill Attridge and Cecil Ell
dridge, Troop 6; Warren Deak
ins, Dale Livingston, Walter
Garner Jr., Eddie Manley and
Elvin Ballance, Troop 7, and
Russel Swank, Harvey Heuners
and Jesse Dressier, Troop 35.
Win Second Class
Second class scouts included
Larry Fisher, Willard Anderson,
Robert Erickson, Gene Fisher,
David Patience and Karl Hagcn
busch, Troop 2; Morris Smith.
Gary Colton, Teddy Braun, Glen
Schneider, Dave Danforth, Craig
Gilbert and Jim Bishop, Troop
3; Tom Jones, Troop 4; Dick Mil
ler, Troop 15; Ronnie Walker
and David Muir, Troop 6; Glen
4-H LEADERS MEET
The first meeting of iti kind
in Jackson county was held at
the Roxy Ann Grange last night
for officers of the county's 4-H
clubs. More than ISO club offic
ers, leaders, and parent! attend
ed to hear Burton Button of Ore
gun State college explain the
duties, functions and require
ments for youths holding elected
offices ia 4-H clubs.
Boy Scout News
Cub Pack 15
Phoenix Cub Pack 15 held a
covered dish dinner at the Phoe
nix Presbyterian church last Fri
day. About 55 cubs and parents
were present.
After dinner the parents met
with Cubmaster Keith McCrack
en, when he outlined plans for a
baseball team. Arrangements
were made for a cub display at
the Randall Grocery store dur
ing Boy Scout week.
Cubs were requested to wear
their uniforms all during the
week, and the Rev. Clark invited
them all to attend a Special ser
vice In the church February 12,
at 11 a.m.
Boys receiving awards in
cluded Donald Wallace, bear and
one gold and one silver arrow;
Don McCracken, wolf award;
Dale Haggard, one gold and two
silver arrows; Garry Simmonds,
one gold and four silver arrows;
Ernie Lind, one gold and five
silver arrows; Ronny Bradley,
denner stripe; Robert Taylor, as
sistant denner stripe, Jimmy
Floyd, denner stripe, and Ran
dall Stothers, one year pin.
Backes. Troop 35 and Eldred
Muir, Troop 41.
Nineteen boys were each
awarded one or merit badges.
Election of city offiicals, who
will serve for a few hours on
Saturday, was conducted at the
meeting, and results will be an
nounced tomorrow.
- It takes a year from breeding
time to produce a hog or lamb
ready for market.
Wadnaidiy. February I. 1950
Ashland Council
Studies Increase
For Water Rates
Ashland, Feb. 8 Preliminary
action to increase water rates
to commercial and agricultural
users was taken by the Ashland
city council at a regular meeting
held last night. The council also
went on record as favoring the
reestablishment of a Jackson
county fair.
City Attorney Harry Skerrv
Jr. was instructed to draw up a
city ordinance covering a pro
posed new set of water rates sub
mitted by the recently appoint
ed water committee. It was esti
mated at the meeting the pro
posed increases would bring in
$20,000 in additional revenue
each year.
Job Changes Okayed
The council adopted an ordi
nance which established former
Utilities Superintendent Elmer
Blegel as electrical superintend
ent and city engineer, including
the duties of building inspector,
at a total salary of $450 per
month. Earl Hosier was named
as sewage treatment plant su
perintendent in addition to his
present Job of water superin
tendent, at an increase in salary
making the total he will re
ceive $400.
Mayor Thomas S. Williams
said five applications had been
received for the recently-created
job of city purchasing agent and
warehouseman, and announced
that he had appointed Gifford
Chinlund to the post effective
February 15. The council con
firmed the appointment.
Further consideration of the
proposed and disputed serle of
timber in Ashland canyon to the
forest service was delayed, and
the question may be referred to
a vote of the people.
Mayor Williams instructed all
MEDFORD (ORECOM) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Educational Trends
Is Speech Subject
Donald A. Emerson, who Is to
lecture and lead a discussion on
"Trends in Modern Educational
Methods" tomorrow at the Roos
evelt school gymnasium at 8 p.m.
comes as a representative of the
state board of education, Med
ford Parent-Teacher association
leaders pointed out today.
Emerson Is In charge of cur
riculum and is assistant superin
tendent of the state board, which
is considered outstanding in ed
ucational fields because of a spe
cialized and qualified staff.
PTA leaders also said that
state tax funds provide $50 per
year to school districts for each
child enrolled, and because of
this the state board has a staff
lo guide and to supervise each
district so school standards may
be kept at a high level.
Mrs. John Carter, president of
the Medford Council of Parents
and Teachers, said this is an ex
cellent opportunity for Medford
parents and teachers to learn
what is being done in other com
munities, and hear the state
board's recommendations re
garding elementary supervision,
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city department heads to pro
vide their budget requests to the
interim budget committee, head
ed by Elmo Stevenson, president
of Southern Oregon college.
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