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W.dnidoT. Mar 31' 1950
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10 YEARS AGO TODAY
Mar 31. 1940
(It Wa Friday)
De Molay district conclave to
open In Medford tomorrow.
Grants Pass population placed
at 6,000 by census, an increase
over 1930 when the number
was 4,666.
Miu Maxine Waters to leave
tonight for Honduras trip.
Eleventh annual Mail Tribune
trapshoot slated over week-end
at gun club.
Willow Sprlnm Thursday club
to meet witn Mrs. n. . t-nir-gwin
on June 6.
20 YEARS AGO TODAY
May 31, 1930
(It Was Saturday)
The Rev. J. T. LaRose suc
ceeds the Rev. G. O. Crow as
pastor of Nazarene church.
High school year book, edited
by Curtis Barnes, dedicated to
Superintendent E. H. Hedrick.
James Hayes' new service sta
tion In Bellview district nears
completion.
May building program totals
$36,260, a decrease of $7,000
from last month.
34 YEARS AGO TODAY
May 31. 1918
(It Was Wednesday)
The Rev. William B. Hamilton
of Episcopal church delivers
Memorial day address in Medford.
Horses owned by James Bow
ers, Ashland, and Dick Turpin,
Medford, to rare at fairgrounds
June 18 for purse of $150.
Nurml bakery buys Seattle
roominghouse here and plans In
stallation of $4,000 baking plant.
FAMOUS NAMES
Boston 1U.P.) The Massachu
setts secretary of state. Edward
J. Cronin. received requests for
vital statistics from persons
named Lincoln, Wilson, Tatt and
Garfield on the same day.
School vacation time will be with us in a few
days bringing again that annual problem for boys and
cfirls what to do for recreation and pastime? The
Question nrobablv holds more worry for parents than
children for the sudden ending of the day-long school
routine leaves a hiatus in young lives which cannot be
filled by a few odd jobs about the home, and such
diversions as can be thought up from day to day.
OT so many years ago a lad could grab up his
trustv .22 or his fishpole, mount his bike and in
a short time be "out in the country. But things are
different now. The "out-in-the-country" area is pretty
well settled up; farther away the streams and forests
are neagea aDOut Dy iisning ana nunung regulations.
Shooting at a tin can or other target is dangerous
business for people are all about.
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TPHE most practicable solution for the younger fry s
ironnfirtri fimo HilpmmQ la nnnorvisoH nlnv I If r.hp
arious types available none are more widely varied,
interesting, or worth while than those to be found at
theY.M.CA.
The Y.M.C.A. besides having something to offer
the bovs and Eirls in the way of swimming, athletics,
recreational games and training in various skills, also
holds attractions for the whole family. On family
nights there are square dancing, entertainment and
games in fact most youngsters, and parents too, can
find something to enjoy much of the time in Med
ford's magnificent new Y.M.C.A. building.
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A MEMBERSHIP drive is now going on and it is
expected to greatly increase the number now on
the rolls, which includes 232 family members, 92 high
school eirls, 318 grade and junior high girls, 136 high
school boys, 468 grade and junior high boys and 65
other boys and girls.
A HAPPY soJution of the vacation time problem is
available for parents of active children. All they
have to do is make it possible for them to enjoy the
Y.M.C.A. facilities. An even better solution can be
found by the parents joining in the fun by making it
a family membership. E.C.F.
A Nichols' Worth of
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press feature Writer
Washington. May 31 (U.R)
About this time every year my
friend Edna Stickney of Cleve
land, (., comes
up with a story
about w i g gle
worms.
This time
she wonders,
in h e r letter,
how the worms
she gave me
last year wig
Bled in my gar
den. Well, Ed
na, I am u n
happy to TB'
port that I do
not know. Last
year I had a
garden and Dlnnted the worms
to the best of my wife's ability
This year I do not have a gar
den. So far as 1 know, me
worms are doing okav.
Anyhow. Mrs. Stickney. wno
teaches wriggling children in the
classroom by day and raises lit-
Uarnuui Nichols
Battalion Members
To Have Rifle Shoot
The 382nd quartermaster bat
talion of the organized army re
serve corps will conduct a rifle
shoot at the indoor range at Mer
rick Thursday. June 1, at B
p.m., it was announced today.
The shoot will be for record
firing for all members. Uniform
will be optional.
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tie wrigglers in her basement
during the dark hours, has sent
along the, latest literature on
worms.
According to Mrs. S., if you
treat a worm right you can make
money out of him. Dig down
under your rose bush, says she,
and drop a few worms and the
first thing you know you II nave
wonderful blooms.
Put some around the bean
hills and you'll recognize the
things which come up.
Deposit Fertiliser
Mrs. S., who is an old hand
at raising beans and worms,
claims that the wigglers bore
into the earth, perforate same.
and deposit fertilizer that is in
valuable.
So far as the lady from Cleve
land is concerned, she figures
it this way:
In the slow process of nature,
it Is estimated that from 500 to
1,000 years mav be required to
lay down one inch of topsoil.
Well, in the earthworm, we have
a perfect, quick-acting humus
factory and topsoil builder.
Mrs. s. is sincere about earth
worms for a commercial reason.
She sells the things for a penny
a piece. She does pretty well on
the deal.
She doesn t care whether you
put the worms on a fish hook
or plant 'em under your rose
bushes.
She gets her price.
Careful Study Mad
My friend in Cleveland orob-
ably knows more about earth
worms than the department of
agriculture. She has made a
careful study of them.
She says that a sensible earth
worm never In its life .man
travels more than a couple of
feet. That means that you can
Dlant a worm and go back a
couple of years later and expect
it to be right where you left it.
But worms have to be fed.
as I well know. The ones Mrs.
S. sent me last year came with
danger sign on the outside of
the box. The danger was meant
to warn that I had to be sure to
fmt plenty of ruffage on the soil
n which thev were plnnted.
I did and so far as I know the
things survived.
At least. I cauuht a comile of
nice bass and my roses looked
mighty pretty last summer.
Oregon Penitentiary
Sets Population Mark
Salem, Ore.. Mav 31 U.R)
Oregon state prison is facing a
housing shortage.
Population at the penitentiary
reached 1.444 Tuesday, about
2S0 in excess of normal accommodations.
Deputy Warden Euuene Hal-
ley said the crowded condition
will be relieved somewhat when
the new 400-cell block is com
pleted, another new cell block
was recently completed. Appro
priation for a third new block
will he wught from the 1951
legislature.
Cross town By Roland Coe
In the Day's News
"One of the guys I caddy for. rigged it up.
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Jack McElroy
'Hollywood' Radio
Show To Be Aired
Here Saturday
The famous "Welcome to Hol
lywood" radio broadcast, con
ducted by Jack McElroy, will be
broadcast from Medford this
week by the noted radio person
ality, it was announced today by
James Dunlevy, manager of ra
dio station KYJC.
The broadcast will be in con
nection with the YMCA building
fund benefit which will also
bring Jack Hoheisal, Los Ange
les square dance expert, to Med
ford to call at a jamboree Satur
day. McElroy and his producer,
Ralph Hunter, will record the
broadcast at the senior high
school auditorium, and will in
clude members of the audience
on the show. The popular radio
entertainer receives hundreds of
invitations each week from all
sections of the country, but ac
cording to Dunlevy was Influ
enced in making the trip to Med
ford by his desire to try Rogue
river fishing.
McElroy will be master of cer
emonies at the dedication of the
new swimming pool in Haw
thorne park, scheduled Sunday.
His broadcast will be from
7:30 to 8:30 p.m.. and will be
followed by the square dance
jamboree at the high school gym
nasium. McElroy will also ap
pear at that event to assist Ho
heisal Both affairs are for the
benefit of the YMCA.
Drain Water Supply
Hampered by Mishap
Drain. Ore., May 31 (U.R)
The water supply to this small
western Oregon farming commu
nity was cut off for several hours
yesterday when a bridge col
lapsed with three horseback
riders on it and severed the main
water pipeline.
The 20-foot high bridge over
Elk creek crumbled when Po
lice Chief Vernon Pouncey, 38;
his son. Donald, 15, and Leroy
Farley, 14, were crossing it.
Pouncey was treated for ankle
and head injuries and his son for
a broken leg. One of the horses
died of a broken neck, another
suffered a broken leg and was
shot, while the third was not
hurt.
Chiropractors to
Convene in City
This Week-End
Members of the Oregon Asso
ciation of Chiropractic Physic
ians and its women's auxiliary
will convene in Medford this
week-end with sessions being
held at Merrick's hall and at
the Jackson and Medford hotels
June 2. 3 and 4.
Main speaker for the conven
tion will be Dr. J. J. Nugent,
New Haven. Conn., director of
education for the National Chiro
practic association. Other speak
ers include Dr. W. A. Budden,
director of the Health Research
foundation. Portland: Dr. Gor
don V. Pefley, Portland, and Dr.
P. L. Poulsen, Baker, speaking
on athletic injuries; Dr. M. C.
Mix, Roscburg, Dr. J. E. An
drews, and J. D. Keiffer, labora
tory director at Western States
college in Portland.
Mayor To Welcome
Mayor D. L. Flynn will wel
come the convention at its open
ing session Friday morning, and
Dr. Charles E. Williamson of
Eugene, association president,
will respond.
Sessions will continue through
Sunday afternoon, with the elec
tion of officers and main busi
ness meeting Saturday after
noon, followed bv the main ban
quet and ball, with Dr. Robert
A. Wood, Klamath Falls, as
toastmaster.
Dr. E. N. Terrill. Ashland,
president of the Southern Ore
gon Chiropractic association, is
general chairman of the conven
tion. Other committeemen in
clude Dr. L. H. Haughawout,
Coos Bay: Dr. M. C. Mix. Rose-
burg: Dr. A. R. Hedges, Medford;
Dr. C. W. Campbell, Grants Pass;
Dr. Paul D. Bray, Medford; Dr.
H. E. Campbell, Grants Pass: Dr.
R. W. Klicr, Portland, and Dr.
Alton Dalros, Roseburg.
Girl Scout News
Court of Awards
A court of awards for the
eighth grade troops of Mrs. T. R.
Florey and Mrs. J. F. Campbell
will be held Thursday, June 1 at
4 p.m. in the girls' gymnasium
of junior high school. Mrs. G. W.
AUingham s eighth grade troop
from Oakcrove and the eighth
grade troop of Mrs. D. E. Walsh
from St. Mary's neighborhood
will be guests at the court.
As a part of the program the
senior Girl scout troops will pre
sent a ceremony. The program is
cnarge of Mrs. Ted Horn-
schuch, junior high school neigh
borhood chairman, and Mrs.
Marjorie Hopkins.
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By FRANK JENKINS
From London:
"In a flare-up of national ex
uberance that resembled an ex
plosion. BRITAIN ENDED GAS
OLINE RATIONING AFTER
ALMOST ELEVEN YEARS OF
IT."
'LL OFFER a little bet:
To the Britisher with a car,
that is the biggest news since the
Germans surrendered. By com
parison, it makes the upset in
the parliamentary election last
February look like a molehill sit
ting beside a mountain. .
THE BUSY teletype gives us
this picture of joy in Lon
don: Motorists danced happily
around their cars lined up in the
longest gas queues (pronounced
"cues"; it's British for lines of
people waiting to buy) in his
tory. THEY TORE UP RATION
COUPONS OR MADE BON
FIRES OF THEM.
Gas sales were phenomenal . . .
one London garage sold 3,000
gallons four days supply un
der rationing in six hours . . .
in Bristo, garage mechanics
toasted the news in champagne
. . . prices of used cars jumped
20 per cent over last week's list
ing. . . . (1940 British-made Fords
sold for S980 on the wave of
ration-free gas enthusiasm.)
And so on. It was certainly a
big day in the tight little isle.
HOW COME this sudden end
of gas rationing?
This is the official exDlana-
tion:
'Minister of Fuel Noel-Baker.
announcing the big event in the
house of commons, said ration
ing was ended because TWO
AMERICAN OIL COMPANIES
(Standard of New Jersey and
California-Texas Oil company)
had agreed to take sterling
(pounds) instead of dollars for
gasoline."
JET'S see.
These two American compan
ies have holdings in the Middle
East (Arabia, etc.) British gaso
line companies have even bigger
holdings there as well as else
where. How come the British couldn't
have ration-free gasoline until
AMERICAN companies came
across and agreed io sell their
Middle East gasoline for pounds
instead of dollars?
Lectern Dedication
Set by Methodists
Members of Shipmate class of
the First Methodist church, re
cently dedicated a lectern in
memory of the late Mayor Clar
anra A Meeker, for manv years
a teacher of the class.
The lectern is made of special
ly selected pieces of Oregon
mvrtioufnnH which ii member of
the class bought from time to
time in various woodworking
shops of the state whenever he
found a piece which he judged
nartinnltlt-lv Koniltjflll flnH WaS
hand-made and hand-polished
with great care, a spoKesman ioi
the class reported.
Tha lata MflVW Meeker WAS
identified with the activities of
First Methodist church over a
long period of time. He was su-
TtorintAnHpnf nf the SundaV
school for some 20 years, as well
as teacner oi me onipmaies
class, and served on various
kn.Fl. anri .nmmitlpPG T4a hflH
joined the Methodist church at
the age of 16, and was active in
church work until nis aeaxn m
February, 1948, in his late 60's.
and lay you away among the
other fossils.
STILL and all, that's the way
I feel about it.
I find I'm perfectly certain in
my back-number mind that if we
gave our government in Wash
ington the peace-time power to
ration everything we use (gaso
line among the other things) it
wouldn't be long until our gov
ernment would be using that
power to CONDITION US to
whatever the smart boys in the
government bureaus thought we
ought to be conditioned to.
Im ashamed of it. of course.
just as I'm ashamed of every
thing that tags we as an old fogy
and a back number, but that's
the way it is. and I can't help it.
Anyway. 1 m against rationing
exceDt in time of war.
Bones Identified As
Ancestor of Sea Cow
Astoria, Ore., May 31 (U.R)
A cluster of column-like bonej
found by Louis Angstrom while
digging a basement last fall have
been identified as the skull of a
miocene age ancestor of the sea
cow called "desmostylus herp
serus." The skull found by Angstrom
was the third ever discovered,
according to J. A. Shotwell of
the University of Oregon mu
seum of natural history.
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I RECKON that's an unfair
question. The British govern
ment's answer to it would be
that Britain has needed to sell
British oil SOMEWHERE ELSE
in order to keep British foreign
trade more accurately balanced.
It wasn't until kind-hearted
Americans agreed to sell gaso
line for POUNDS that the Brit
ish could have petrol for their
cars.
I SUPPOSE I'm just getting so
suspicious of ALL POLITI
CIANS that my poisonous mind
jumps to the conclusion that the
soicalist government of Britain
has used gasoline rationing as an
instrument to HANDLE the Brit
ish people as the socialisist poli
ticians think they OUGHT to be
handled, and QUIT rationing
only when it became apparent
that the British people are get
ting restive under socialist regi
mentation. When you get that bad. it's
probably time to chloroform you
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