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FOUB MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL THIBUNB Wtdmiday. March 1. 1930 Acme Hardware Store To Observe Fifth Anniversary The fifth anniversary of the opening of the Acme Hardware store will be next week, it was reported today by Proprietor Tony Manno. The first store was Opened Bl west main bucci In March, 1845. Even In the smaller original quarters the store received favor able publicity in national trade magazines, Manno said, for a new departure from the usual trend in hardware store decora tions. The use of gay colors, de partmentalization, fend a trade catering to women shoppers were featured by the store, he said. Mot.i In 1848 The firm moved to the new building at the present location on Sixth street in October, 1948, and additional attention has been drawn to the store, which includes a basement, main floor and an unusual mezzanine gift hop. The original store first opened with four worki-rs, Mr. and Mrs. Manno, Jim Miller, who is still with the firm, and Dr. Paul Bray, who worked for two years be fore completing his education. There are now seven people at the five-year-old establishment Mr. and Mrs. Manno and Miller, and Mike Altobello, Betty Kep ley, Mclvin Kelly and Carol Brown. Prospect Prospect, March 1 Hubert Blackwell returned Sunday from Missouri where he has been visit ing his parents for the past few weeks. Missionary society of Prospect Church of the Nazarene present ed a Japanese skit Sunday eve ning, arranged by Mrs. Henry Scott. Participating were Mr. Watson, Mrs. Darwin Bean, Mrs. Bill Gaines, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Howard Gregory and Mrs. Uther Rogers. Mrs. Harlan Levtzow and daughters Jean and Joyce, left Friday for Richmond, Cal. While there they will visit Mrs. Lcvt zow's mother, sister and brother. They plan to return Saturday. Ann Jones, daugmer oi inr. and Mrs. Jake Jones became ill while visiting Mrs., Jones' par ents in Bend, over the week-end. Ann stayed in Bend while Mr. and Mrs. Jones and son Hal, re turned. She will return as soon as she is able. Norman Hallyburton will drive to Klickitat, Wash., Friday to visit friends. Miss Ruth Pollock will leave by plane Friday for Salem. r rom mere sne win go 10 oweei Home to visit her sister. A narty was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Popp Saturday nmiit for the girls DasKctDaii team and their dates. Approxi mately 30 attended. The room was decorated by the girls, out standing feature being a huge cardboard basketball through which each person had to pa6s to enter the room. A Founders day program was held by the PTA. 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Call 2-7111 Pledges Mount In Drive For Rural Fire Protection Central Point, Mar. 1 Cen tral Point volunteer firemen have received pledges amount ing to approximately S4.000 in their campaign for funds to pur chase a fire truck to serve the rural area surrounding Central Point, President Richard Krupp reported. He said that firemen are ruw winding ud their drive in the western half of the proposed dis trict and are pleased with the re sults. At the present rate. Krupp said, the drive should be finished in about one month and the truck ordered. It is hoped to have the vehicle In service in June. Area Expanded Because of the great enthusl asm in the section, the area to be served has been expanded to include the West Side school dis trict, according to Krupp. Central Point firemen will man and maintain the truck and house it at the Central Point nrchall. About S8.500 is rmu r- ed to purchase the vehicle and equipment and put it into oci viue. Lutherans Set Lenfen Midweek Services Midweek services are being held every Wednesday at 8 o.m. during Lent In the new St. Pet er's Lutheran church, 1020 East Main street. In explaining the purpose of Lent the pastor of the church, the Rev. Harry H. Young said, "Lent presents the story of Christ's sufferings and death for mankind. It is a per iod of solemn meditation, pray er and reconsccration to the Sa iour of the world." This evening the Rev. Carl R. Eggers, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church. Grants Pass, will be the guests speaker. Mr. Eggers was a former United States army chaplain and Prot estant chaplain at the famed Nurenburg trials. He has chosen for his topic the question which the high church once addressed to Christ, "Art Thou The Christ?" The general public is cordially invited to attend these midweek Lenten services. ' In emphasizing and making known the message of the Cross, St. Peter's church is also spon soring a series of radio messages over radio station KYJC every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Pastor Young is giving a series of brief talks on the question: "What Shall I Do With Jesus?" Griffin Creek Grange Griffin Creek Grange met February 23. As this was the social meeting of the month, a Fhort business rseeting was fol lowing by games and special en tertainment under supervision of Isabellc LeVander, lecturer. Guests were Jake and Win nie Brown from Eagle Point. Ways and means committee announced another dance on Sat urday, March 4. Besides the special program put on by the women, the high school chorus, directed by Rob ert Gwinn, sang two numbers. A free picture on lumbering was shown at the Prospect high school Monday night. Mr. Mat son of the Red Blanket Lumber company sponsored the movie. Tom Colley, student at South ern Oregon college, visited friends here Tuesday. Donald Svlnth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Svinth. returned home Tuesday from the hospital where he had been receiving treatment for his ankle which was injured in a ski fall. In Mobiles Grand Canyon Economy Run . , . mmm mm A6AIM ! Studebaker land Cruiser with overdrive wins Class E Award -averaging 24.887 miles per gallon of gasoline and making 55.6855 ton miles per gallon! Studebaker Champion with overdrive proved most economical among all cars regardless of price-class or size ! It averaged 26.55) miles per gallon of gas ! This means that Studebaker established two of the best records in the toughest stock car run in America -proof again that Studebaker is your most economical buy 1 AND LOOK AT THISt Her are the gat mileage figures mad In this conttst by lh 4 largest telling lowest price carts uis QUON SredaoterHplawltWtra'riTe 76 SSI Car I wltli evtnirlv 73.376 Cart ?USI jarD V.07 REDUCED PRICES on oil new 1950 Studebakers save you '86 to '141 Shara In llvdabaliar'i ivcnl 0t the benefit I Sltidekaker's all. Hail peel artdvlllant Dilve America's mail ailllnillri tar Ihe Until Ulna tat la Sliidehaser Ulilaryl COOKSEY MOTOR COMPANY, Inc. 134 South Rivcrtidt Phone 2-5219 Ranger To Speak At Vet-Farmer Meeting Thursday Loren Cooper, forest ranger of the Star ranger station In the Applegate, will be speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Veterans Agriculture Association of Southern Oregon, which will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday. March 2, at Bishop's warehouse at White City. Cooper's subject will be "Plant ing of Trees," and will cover windbreaks, soil control and sus tained yield. All veterans of World War II actively engaged in any type of agriculture are eligible to attend, and are invited to do so. Car of Equipment Members of the association, and two Medford classes of vet erans taking on-the-farm train ing, were entertained recently at the Eatherton Farm store here. Talks by store employees were devoted to proper care and main tenance of farm equipment. Bert Castor and Darrell Shepherd, di rectors of the farm training pro gram, also were present. Jack Blntz, representative of the J. I. Case company, showed movies on the evolution of farm equipment during the last 5,000 years. The meeting was the sec ond in a series of demonstra tions presented by local farm equipment dealers. The first was held in January at the Hubbard Wray company in Medford. Jackson County Sixth In Number Of Planes Jackson county climbed from seventh to sixth place in the state in the number of registered civilian aircraft based here be tween January 1949 and Janu ary 1950. it was revealed today by statistics published by the civil aeronautics administration. In January of last year, the county had 72 civilian planes based here. Last month there were 82. Leading the state was popu lous Multnomah county, with 487 last year and 421 this year. Sec ond both years was Lane county, with 151 and 154, and Marion county was third with 102 and 141. As of May 1. 1949. Jackson county had climbed from sev enth to sixth place, with 81 air craft registered. The county was fourth, however, in the number of active airmen, with 470 pilots. Multnomah, Lane and Marion were first, second and third, with 2,776, 1,002 and 643 respectfully. Ex-Navy Men Invited To Reserve Meeting All ex-members of the navy and the inactive naval reserve, of any branch, have been invited to attend a meeting of naval reserve composite unit No. 13-11, to be at the Federal office build ing on North Riverside avenue at 8 p.m. today. According to Lt. R. William Clark, commanding officer, a short discussion of matters of re organization of the unit, and an nouncement of cruises, are sched uled. A navy movie, "December 7," will be shown. It is the of ficial navy report on what hap pened on Pearl Harbor day. Lieutenant Clark also said that beginning with this meet ing, all regular memrjers ot int unit will attend in uniform, dress blues and white headgear for of ficers and men, and airmen per mitted to wear green flight uniforms. Forest Budget To Be Subject Ot Hearing A public hearing on the tenta tive budget of the . southwest state unit of the state department of forestry has been set for 10 a.m. tomorrow. Frank Hamilton, district warden of the southwest unit Jackson and Josephine counties said the hearing is de signed to give the public an op portunity to Inspect and to criti cize proposed expenditures of the state forestry department in this area. Floyd Hart, Medford, member of the stale board of forestry, will preside at the hearing, and James Walker. Salem, district supervisor, will attend. The pro posed budget covers expenses for the 1950 calendar year. State forest patrol headquarters, where the hearing will be held, is located on Table Rock road. Local Woman Named To Head Carriers Central Point, Mar. 1 Mrs Hans Rammin, Medford. was elected president of the southern Oregon district of the Rural Let ter Carriers association at a meeting here recently. Other of ficers named by the district In cluded Mrs. Joe Warren, vice president, and Mrs. R. W. Har sitt. Rogue River, secretary treasurer. Southern Oregon delegates to r state board meeting of t lie as sociation in Corvallis recently Included Mr. and Mrs. Lovd Far veil, Grants Pass, and Mr. and Mrs. Hargitt. There were 8:2 members present at the meeting. Farrell is president of the slate association. 0e??atzk ASPIRIN THAT CHANGED THE BUYING HABITS OF MILLIONS TO... Committeemen To Study Appraisals In Central Point Central Point, Mar. 1 Mem bers of a Central Point tax com mittee together with the coun ty assessor's office and a state appraisal engineer, will make an immediate study comparing ru ral and city property in the Cen tral Point school district to de termine v.-helner or not there is disparity in asessed va uation. Ihr actio.- was ir-d..-mined yesttrdiy a commitru meet ing with f.ppraisal Engineers Arthur Seelander and Harry Loggan. No Promises" Stanley C. Jones Jr.. member of the committee, said that the state incn made no promises but indicted l.ial a percentage re duction rrrht be poss-:)! If dis parity exists. Jones said that the county re appraisal in Central Point was a good Job and there is no inequal ity in the town, but that city property owners feel that they should not be required to bear an excessive burden while wait ing for the ru-al section to be re appraised. Other members of committee are Arden riukham nd E. O. Wa'.erman. Loggan. Arthur iupp, Cen tral Point, and someone assigned from the assessor's office will make the study. Jcjicj said Play Tickets To Be On Sale At Door Local theater-goers who want to attend Friday night's perform ance of "Fair and Warmer" at the high school auditorium will be able to get general admission and reserved seat tickets at the box office, the Medford 20-30 club announced today. Bill Lawrence. 20-30ian in charge of this year's drama fes tival, said the club had decided to re-open sales to accommodate those wh.o had been unable to get season tickets last fall and who want to attend just the one play In the three-play series. "Fair and Warmer" is a popu lar comedy hit from Broadway that is being brought to Med ford with a professional cast un der the joint auspices of the 20-30 club and the Civic Drama Guild of New York. Lawrence said the box-office at the, school would open at 7 p.m. Curtain time is 8:15 p.m. DIMES DANCE SLATED Central Point, Mar. 1 A pub lic dance will be held starting at 9 p.m. today at- the Ameri can Legion hall here with the proceeds to go to the March of Dimes. Legion officials said. Mu sic will be furnished by the Med ford Musicians union. The dance will conclude at 1 a.m. Dead Una on Classified Aeuv 5:30 D m for following day; 10 a.m Mon day noon Saturday for Sunday a m Publicity Man For Shakespearean Festival Named Ashland, Mar 1 The board of directors of the Snakespearean ftstival association here have reta'ned a Salem piiolic'ty man, Gene Malcckv in handle pub licity and public relations for the 10th annual Shakespearean festival this August. At a meeting this week mem bers also continued discussion of ways and means to bring more community participation into the celebration ot tnt festival. Malecki Is chiefly noted for two jois of publicity the Mc M nnviiU Turkey festival last fall, and Ihe Stnyton Bean fes tivnl. '"iring th- former, Mal ecki arranged for gifts of tur keys to be sent to the president and each state's governor and personally accompaved a tiift turkey a;'d presented it to the p.v-. iricnt oi Turkey. On Part Timn Basis 'hiring h bean f?stiv.i, Mal ecki arranged for "Jack of the Bean Stalk" to Lear a gift of beans to Boston, the tume of the bean. ' He will begin work immediate ly on a part-time basis, and in June will move to Ashland un til the festival is over. , Plans for expansion of seating facilities and decoration of the Elizabethan theater were also discussed at the meeting, which was presided over by John Cot ton, president of the association. Art Work Exhibit Dated At Ashland Ashland, Mar. 1 An exhibi tion of student art work will be shown at Southern Oregon col lege from March 17 to March 22. Miss Marion Ady and Irwin Whitaker of the art department at SOC are having students sub mit objects produced in the var ious classes. There will be oil paintings, water colors, pastels, block prints, pottery and silk screen objects. The exhibition will be' open to the public from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Mondav and Tuesday, March 20 and 21. Jail Term Meted On Charge Of Speeding Ashland. Mar. 1 Robert L. Rose, Medford used car dealer, is serving a three-day jail sen tence in the Ashland city jail on a charge of speeding through the Ashland business district at 85 miles per hour, according to Ash land police. Police said Rose drove through town at a speed sometimes reach ing 100 miles an hour and re fused to stop when pursued by a police car. ARRAIGNED Farley Orval Pollock, 26. 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