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i TOf MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. April 2, 1950 Chamber Manager Don Lane, manager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, will leave Monday for Los Angeles where he will represent six northwest states and the province of British Col umbia at the Los Angeles Travel and Vacation show in Gilmore stadium. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Lane. Lane, together with Carl Jord an, assistant director of the in formation department of the state highway commission, will man a display booth sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Travel association, and, on the basis of past year's attendance, they ex pect more than 75,000 visitors. Diiplay Booth The elaborately equipped glass To Man Display and birch display booth has a backdrop of large colored trans parencies showing scenic attrac tions in all the sponsoring states, with a view of Crater Lake as Oregon's major tourist mecca. The Los Angeles show will be held April 6 to 16. On his return trip Lane will visit travel bur eaus and automobile club throughout California to arrange for wider publicity for the Oregon vacation land. He will be absent from his office here about three weeks- "CHILD WEEK" PROCLAIMED Salem. Ore., April 1 (U.R) Gov. Douglas McKay today is sued a proclamation designating the week of April 10 as Child and Youth Week in Oregon. We' Stn1 ." mesli Roben Starcher In Black Patent Red and White Green and White Brown and White Here'! a comfortable fashion for spring and summer . . . light, airy splashes of nylon mesh add a new note to this smart shoe. $Q95 Buster Brown Shoe Store FLUHRER BLDG MEDFORD Butter Brown Shoe Store Grants Pats Weitzels Dept. Store Ashland News Notes From Medford Hi By Roban Starcher Barbara Manlcy and Warren Wendt were named winners of the annual BPOE awards for outstanding students at an assembly held March 29 i n the auditori um. Barbara's parents are Mr. and Mrs. E. T. M a n 1 e y and Warren is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wendt. Bar bara is presi Irinnt nf th. History, Economics and Civics association, and Warren is stu dent body president and was a memoer of the varsity bas ketball squad. Both are seniors. Morris Leonard, past exalted ruler of the Medford BPOE lodge, presented Barbara with a check for $35 and Warren with a check for $25. Frank Van Dyke, member of the lodge, and Ernest Scott, secre tary, were also introduced. The high school archestra, under the direction of Miss Mel ba Chehak, played "Bohemian Song," prelude to Act III of "Lohengrin," and "Pavanne," as well as two string numbers, "Menuet" in which the five string sections demonstrated their different parts, and "Piz zicato Caprice." Barbara Burns, narrator for the program, read the story for a novelty number entitled "The Cat and the Fiddle" and the concluding number was "A Fox Hunt." Basketball letters were pre sented to the varsity team mem bers by Frank Roelandt, bas ketball coach. An assembly March 22 in the auditorium, featured Vin son Brown, of the National School assemblies. Brown told many interesting and colorful stories of the jungles of Costa Rica and Panama. He illus trated his lecture with slides and showed a map of the area in Central America in which his ranch located. Brown told how to tell the difference between alligators and crocodiles, saying that an alligator has very weak Jaw muscles; a child can hold his mouth shut. A crocodile, how ever, has very strong jaw mus cles and can easily kill a man. The speaker also told how a large, black Jaguar entered his ca b i n, one night, and of at tempts made by other people to find and bring out a large col lection of jewelry accumulated by an ancient tribe of Indians and believed to be located near his ranch. "HMK if7 VI I f, f r t w. ( ! .7 - Jr i BARBARA MANLEY WARREN WENDT High school student winners of Elks' awards for outstanding students. (See high school column.) (Brainerd Photos.) Seniors were measured for caps and gowns during both lunch periods March 29, 30 and 31. Girls assisting during the first lunch period each day were Joan and Jerrie Haring and Bar bara Green. Those assisting dur ing the second period each day were Barbara Manley, D'Ann Beck, Muriel Tolle, Diane Fries and Elayne Leach. iLQCALS Seabaai to Meat Volunteer construction battalion unit No. 13-30, Seaber reserves, will hold a regular meeting Monday at 8 p.m., in the federal building. The reserve retirement plan will be explained and a film will be shown. All former Seabees and anyone interested in joining are invited to attend. Aganl Named Everett L. Bowers, Medford, has been named district agent for the Pre ferred Casualty association, of Seattle. Bowers, whose office is in the Leverette building, has been associated with the firm as acting resident manager since last August, and has also served as staff representative of the re serve hospital plan and for Na tional Fire Insurance company. of Hartford. Attend Convention Mr. and Mrs. Phil Brainerd have return ed to Medford after spending a week in Portland for the North west Photographic convention and trade show. They report out standing features of the conven tion were a demonstration on portraiture by the famous Italian-born photographer, John Laveccha, and one on child photography by H. F. Windhorst of Detroit, the later using a num ber of live models. Social func tions included a banquet in the Rose Bowl of the Multnomah hotel and luncheon for women at the new Cosmopolitan club. Photographic reproductions of famous paintings, 150 in num ber, including works by Renoir and Da Vinci, were exhibited by the art department in the boys' gymnasium March 29 and 30. A sm'll fee was charged to buy re productions to be used by the art department. Many different types of pic tures were shown, including por traits, landscapes, sea scenes, still life, historic and religious scenes, ballet, animals and birds, war scenes and florals. The col lection included a reproduction of Thomas Gainsborough's fam ous "Blue Boy," and one of Brahms at his piano. A small number of students at tended the showing. Brother III L. L. Davis, Table Rock road, was called to Boul der, Colo., Wednesday, because of the illness of his brother, Guy Davis. Chorus Rehearsal The chor us of Philharmonic Society of Southern Oregon will hold a reg ular rehearsal Tuesday, April 4, at 8 p.m- in Washington school. Officers stated there would be only two more regular Tuesday rehearsals before the concert to be given by the group on April 18. Promoted Harold D. Camp bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Campbell, route two, Medford, has been advanced to teleman third class, the navy reported Saturday. Campbell is serving with air transport Squadron 2 at the Alameda air station, Cal-, and was promoted following fleetwide competitive examinations. BIRTHS CATHEY To Mr. and Mrs. Bradley, route 2, box 372A, Apr. 1. 1950, a girl, weight 6 lbs., at Community hospital. WIMER To Mr. and Mrs. Jack. 199 McAndrews road, Apr. 1, 1950, a boy, weight 8 lbs., at Community hospital. HANSEN To Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E Brownsboro, Apr. 1, 1950, a boy, weight 7V4 lbs., at Community hospital GREER To Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth, 2205 Sunset drive, Apr. 1, 1950, a girl, weight 7V4 lbs., at Community hospital. BROWN To Mr. and Mrs. George, 1018 West Fourth street, Apr. 1, 1950, a boy, weight 10vi lbs., at Community hospital. Rabbit Marketers Name New Directors The stockholders of the Rogue River Rabbit Marketing associa tion met here last week to name directors for the coming year and all incumbent directors were re-elected. They are William B. McCullough, Cecil Kee, C. K. Oliver, Paul Haviland, C. W. Wert, L. L. McCoy and Mrs. C. E. Johnson who fills a vacancy. Lloyd Wells will continue to serve as plant manager. The di rectors will meet later to elect officers from their own number. Corsages An attractive and artistic corsage from our shop will add the distin guishing touch to Milady's costume for the EASTER PARADE Always a large assortment of Cut Flowers 4 Potted Plants Lilies, Azaleas, Hydranges, and numerous other potted plants in many sizes are here for your selection! REASONABLE QUALITY MERCHANDISE at PRICES jar- Rogue Valley Greenhouse and Florist Shop Distance is no barrier to sending beautiful flowers to loved ones. 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