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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. Tuesday after
noon in the Prospect high school.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Eagle Point, was arraigned in
county justice court Monday
afternoon on a grand larceny
complaint filed by Jerry R. Paul.
Pollock is accused of the theft
of a power saw and Is being helj
in county jail in lieu of $1,500
bail.
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S:30 p.m. for following day; 10 am.
Monday for Monday; noon Saturday
or Sunday a.m.
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