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BIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL THIBUNE Thursday, Junt 8. 1950 Society and Clubs Amerasia Prosecution Ordered Detained WashinKton. June 8 (U.R) A state department official con firmed today that lomeone in the government ordered prose cution! in the 1945 Amerasia stolen documents case held up to avert "friction at the San Francisco United Nations char ter conference. Brig. Gen. Julius Holmes, who was assistant secretary of state in charge of security in 1945, made the statement to reporters after testifying in secret before a senate foreign relations sub committee. But Holmes refused to say who gave the order. He did eliminate from speculation any one in the state department and David K. Niles, a White House aide. Holmes, now U. S. minister at tile London embassy, said Com mittee Chairman Millard E. Tyd ings (D., Md.), "sealed my lips" insofar as commenting on the case was concerned. Phoenix Roundup Hours Shortened; Set June 12 Phoenix. June 8 Hours of the summer roundup for pre school children June 11! here have been changed to 9 a.m. to I p.m., it was announced today. The previous schedule called for the roundup to last until 4 p.m. Children with afternoon ap pointments are asked to call be tween 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Par ents of all children in the dis trict who will enter school this fall are urged to attend. Posse Square Dance Party To Highlight Rodeo Days One of the highlights of Jackson County Sheriffs posse rodeo this week-end will De me Dig squaie un.e vny i urday, June 10. . Hi Martin Hayiori oang win play for the dance and Homer Marx, dance chairman, stresses that the event is for everyone who likes to square dance or who thinks they would like to learn. "We want everyone, both townspeople and Grangers, to come and have a good time, the chairman said, "If groups want to make up a square, that will be fine, but wa will try to make up squares for others." Mr. Marx stated that dancing would begin at 9:30 p. m. Callers will be Lee Ragsdaie and Glen Smith, both experienced, and Jimmy Dunlevy will be master of ceremonies. The chairman also announced the program of dances. Square dances on the list are Inside Arch-Outside Under, oFr ward Eight and Chain Around, Hot Time in the Old Town, Lady Round the Lady. Dive for the Oyster, Pistol Packin' Mama. Lady 'Round Two, Queen for a Dav, Alabama Jubilee, Two Gents Swing, Four Gents Star, Missouri Hoedown. Two Little Sisters, Yucaipi Twister, My Prettv Girl, Swing Old Adam, Cage 'the Bird, Four in Line. Sal lv Goodin, Take a Peek, Wagon Wheel and Texas Star. On the program as round Dances are the Heel-Toe polka, the Varsouvienne, Boston two step. Black Hawk waltz. Cotton Eved Joe and Road to the Isles. Oh Johnny and Oklahoma Mix er will also be danced. The chairman added that if the dancers enjoyed the evening and were interested, the posse would plan a second event for later in th summer. University Graduate To Attend Reunion; Daughter in Class Mrs. Harlan P. Bosworth Jr. will leave tomorrow for the Uni versity of Oregon at Eugene to attend a reunion of the 1925 graduating class of the univer sity, and to attend the 1950 graduation ceremonies. Her daughter, Miss June Bosworth, will receive her degree during the graduation, set for Sunday, June 11. Mrs. Bosworth is permanent secretary of the class of 1925 and states that the persons coming from the longest distance to at tend the reunion are Mr. and Mrs. Don Eraser of Bethlehem, Pa., both being members of the cla.ss. Alumni from five classes. 190(1, 1910, 1920 and 1925 will hold reunions on Alumni day, June 10. First event of the day will be a meeting of the Alumni association in Johnson, the an nual alumni luncheon will be held at noon in Carson hall and a special ceremony planned for the luncheon is initiation into the Half-Century club of all alumni who graduated in the 19th cen tury. The president's reception in honor of alumni will be held in the afternoon at Gerlinger hall and Mrs. Bosworth has been asked to assist with this. Sep arate class dinners will be held in the evening by the five alum ni groups. Homer N. Angel of Portland Is In charge of arrangements for the 50th reunion of the class of 1900 and Oliver Huston, Salem, is chairman for the 1910 re union. He is being assisted by Ruth Balcliree Wheeler, Isolene Shaver Gilbert, Wilshlre Bris low, Katherine H. Fish and Prescott Siefert, all of Eugene For the class of 1920 Herald White, Mrs. Walter Banks ano Mrs. Carlton Spencer, all of Eu gene, will be in charge. Gordni Wilson of Portland is chairmai for the 1925 class reunion am he Is being assisted by Mrs. Bos worth and Ted Gillcnwaters. Ln Canada. C'al. Arrangements for the 1915 class reunion are heiiu handled by the university alum ni office. Mrs. Bosworth Is particularly looking forward to hearing tin address of Dr. Malik, outstandiin member of the United Nation' council for human rights. Dr Malik is from the near east coun try Lebanon. Miss Bosworth will return to Medford with her mother, fol lowing graduation. She is a mem ber of Chi Omega sorority. The Bosworths' olde.st son Harlan, is expected home the middle of the month. He is a student at Miami university Ohio, and is a music major. Peonies To Be Topic Of Phoenix Gardeners Phoenix "Peonies" wll he tin topic for a meeting of the Phoe nic Garden club Friday. June 1) w ith Mrs. A. O. Floyd in charge of the afternoon's program. The meeting will be held a' 1:30 p. m. in the yard of Mr Robert Frame. Assisting Mi Frame as hostesses for the after noon will be Mrs. C. L. Hocker smith. Mrs. Esther Wilson and Mrs. Olive Richards. A large attendance Is expect ed and in case of rain the meet Ing place will he changed to the social room of the Presbyterian church. ciation, Rogue Valley Country club. 7:30 p.m. P h o e n 1 x Lady Linns, home of Mrs. A. H. Mac- Kintosh, 108 Sixth street. 8 p.m. Past Noble Grands club, Girls Community club. B p.m. Keames chapter, Otb, Medford Masonic hall. Friday 1:30 p.m. Friday Luncheon club. Miss Myrtle Chllds, 34 North Peach street. College Club to Hear Conservation Program A talk on "Forest Conserva tion" will be given by Sam Tay lor at the meeting of Rogue River Valley College Women's club Saturday, June 10. It will be held at the Roosevelt school at 2 p. m. Colored pictures will also be shown. Following the program at the school a biLsinees session of the club and a tea will he held at the home of Mrs'. G. O. Taylor, 1334 Reddy avenue. Mrs. James Campbell will be social chairman. Forest Roads in Good Condition, Service Reports A report on forest road condi tions from the Rogue River na tional forest service revealed to day that most of the principal routes to the main recreation areas in southern Oregon are open for travel. The road between Fish lake and Lake o' Woods, and the road from Dead Indian soda springs to Big Elk are both open and in good condition, the forest service said. All roads in the Lake o' Woods vicinity are open and in good condition with exception of the east side summer home road which is being repaired by forest service crews. The Dead Indian road is in good shape as far as the county line, but the portion that lies within Klamath county is re ported to be rough. Klamath county graders are at work on it. The road from Dead Indian to Fish lake by way of Big Elk is now open but the forest service said it is rough and muddy. Two Roads Blocked The Four Mile lake road and the Siskiyou summit road are both blocked by snow. Loyd Bransford, forest engi neer, cautioned those traveling in forest areas that windstorms at the higher elevations are still blowing over snags and trees, and motorists should be alert for logs down on the road. When the headquarters staff of Crater Lake national park moves its offices to the park to day and Friday, they will find wintry connitions still pre vailing there. Two inches of snow fell in the parq Tuesday night and the minimum tempera ture there this morning was 25 degrees. Roads from the south and west are open but are in a slushy condition, the park serv ice said. Lions International Officer Sets Visit Ice Follies Skater Shows Improvement Bend. Ore., June 8 UP.) Ice Follies Star Nancy Mckenzie's condition was reported as im proved at the St. Joseph hos pital here today, but doctors feared the car crash that killed two other stars migtit cost the young woman her ice skating career. Jeanne Crystsill and Charles Davidson were killed when Da vidson apparently fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into some lava rock north of here Mondny morning while the trio was driving from Portland to San Francisco. Miss McKenzie will be hos pitalized for months in traction splints and her leg fractures were regarded by doctors as seri ous enough to cost her an ice skating career. Her other in juries include a broken arm and a dislocated hip. Funeral services for Davidson will be held Saturday in his home town of Brant ford. Out. while Miss Crystall will be buried in Brooklyn, N. Y.. the same day. JACK PEDDYCORD Lions Director Coming Jack Peddycord, Seattle, a di rector of Lions International, will be one of the high officers of the service club when the state organization meets here in an nual convention this weeic-end. Peddycord will be speaker at the first breakfast session of the convention, Monday at 7:30 a.m. at the junior high school gym nasium. First Event A western barbecue Sunday evening will be the first regular event of the three-day conven tion. It will be held at the senior high school football field for Lions and members of the auxil iary and band entertainment and marching will be furnished. The barbecue will follow registration Sundav afternoon, and many con vention delegates are planning to altend portions of the ninth an nual Rogue River Roundup, or plav golf at the Rogue Valley Country club. R. D. " Twin" Nelson, a former member of the Medford Lions club, and now a member at Baker will attend the conven tion, and will be in charge of the Monday noon luncheon program at the junior high school. Mayor to Welcome During the Monday morning business session, Mayor Diamond Flynn will welcome the delegates an estimated more than 1.000 to Medford. Responding will be District Gov. Forest Losee, Rose burg. Golf and scenic tours will oc cupy Monday afternoon, and the governors' banquet and ball will be held in the evening. A breakfast, business session, necrology service, election and installation of new officers, and a farewell luncheon will con clude the convention Tuesday. Peddycord will also speak at the concluding luncheon. Multnomah Citizens Set Special Election Portland, Ore., June 8 (U.R) Multnomah county citizens will vote July 14 in a special election on a 4'j-mill, five-year special tax levy for county government, while the formation of a citizens' group to support the levy ap peared likely today. The county commissioners set the Friday date yesterday when they filed a special election cer tificate with Registrar of Elec tions James Gleason. Gleason said he would start work immediately on setting up polling stations. Meanwhile. Mason L. Bing ham, chairman of the county tax commission, said the first steps were being taken to organize a group to inform voters ot tnc need for the extra tax. Klamath Youngster Shot by Playmate Klamath Falls, Ore., June 8 ;U R) Fourteen-year-old Robert Claton, severely wounded yes terday when a playmate shot him with a shotgun during an argument, was recovering today at the Klamath Valley hospital. Claton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Claton of Klamath Falls, was shot by 12-year-old Richard Thompson Jr., also of Klamath Falls. Hospital attendants reported Claton out of danger and suf fering from severe face and deep chest wounds and a mangled right arm. Thompson ran into his home and grabbed his father's shot gun and shot Claton from a distance of about 60 feet after the two entered into an argu ment. Thompson called the police immediately after he shot his playmate. The youthful gun man is being held for Juvenile authorities. Two-thirds of America's meat is grown west of the Mississippi. The surface of the present Seal's Stadium ln San Fran. Salton Sea, in Imperial County, i Cisco is the largest roofless base is 287 feet below sea level. 'ball arena in the United States, WITH PANCAKES, WAFFLES, FRENCH TOAST... EVER TASTED I Washington. June 8 U.R' The navy department granted permission to the Oregon state highway department to use Tongue Point Installations, near Astoria, for docking of state owned vessels. Sen Wayne Morse (R., Ore.) said today. BILL RYAN It Playing the Hammond Organ Every Night Excapt Monday at ROGUE RIVER LODGE (Arm Teltphotol WINS SEGREGATION BATTLE Herman Marion Sweatt (above), Negro mall carrier of Houston, Tex., won his four-year battle to enter the University of Texas law school In a decision handed down by the U. S. Supreme Court. The ruling held that the law school must admit Sweatt because the separate Negro law school there does not and cannot provide edu cational opportunities equal to those for white students. FRANCES WILDE Member of the National Guild of Piano Teachers Announces THE OPENING of SUMMER PIANO CLASSES June 19 to Aug. 1 1 Register at Pruirt's Music Center 1 1 1 W. Main, Medford Home Address: Apt. 3 Ashland 334 Garfield St. Phone 2-6371 4 117 SO. CENTRAL TELEPHONE 2-6241 ntK inl f 1 RIDE YOUR BICYCLE JN... TO BE HELD JUNE 16th REGISTER AT WARDS I Absolutely no entry fees of any kind I Fill in your entry blank in Wards Sports Shop today Everybody you know is enteringl DECORATE YOUR BIKE I A funny or original costume or decoration has as much chance of winning as an elabor ate costume I Decorate your bike or your self . . . whatever you do, you'll have FUNI RIDE IN THE PARADE I The real fun starts when the Parade beginsl Bring your family and friends . . . they'll want to see you ride in the Paradel WIN A PRIZEI See all the wonderful prizes on display in Words store window nowl If you can ride a bike, you may win in Wards Bike Paradel CAIFNDAR Thursday :;) p.m. Rogue River rh ter, National Secretaries' uso- 4& THRILLS! SPILLS! Brahma Bull and Bronc Riding ROPING Bulldogging TOP Cowboys IN THE WEST In Fast Competition Something Doing Every Minute! ajt- h m mmw mm mm mm mm 9 k cx iriyoy m$ ifw I Square Dance A( JAMBOREE yvw -r" Jackson County Sheriff's Posses 9th Annual mm mwm MEDFORD-SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 99 SATURDAY -SUNDAY Thrill Packed E2ays June 10th and 11th PARADE SATURDAY - 6:30 P.M. SAT. 9:30 ARMORY Don't miu Soutfitrti Offlgoft't biff bt Square Danct Jamlft Hi Martin's Hayloft Ganf . . , L Rjftdatt and Gltnn Smith, callort. Spcil walcoma H alt Grant Mtmbortt Popular Prices Tickets on Sale at Barker's in DOWNTOWN MEDFORD, featuring Jackson County Sheriff's Posse, Vis iting Posses, Trailriders, Ashland Riding Association and many independent Riders. All riding horses in parade will be admitted free to grounds and blea cher seats for their riders Saturday night. SATURDAY ROUNDUP at 8 P.M. Spectacular Rodeo Attractions Bareback Bronc Riding Saddle Bronc Riding Calf Roping Brahma Bull Riding plenty of thrills and spills! 10 Big Round-Up Events S Special Features! Trail Riders Quadrille on Horses Baton Race don't miss this big show! BIG SUNDAY POSSE SHOW! PLUS ROUND-UP THRILLS Largest showing of mounted sheriff posses ever seen in Southern Oregon. Competing for Brophy's Jewelers mounted drill trophy. Must be won two out of three years for permanent possession. Over 100 horses in drills, mort than 100 thousand dollars in horses and equipment. Counties competing Josephine, Klamath, Siskiyou, Jackson. Special added event. Calf scramble for 4H members, boys and girls. 13-16 years of age limit. 10 roundup events. FREE SHOW For the Kids SAT. 2 P.M. Everyone Welcome! Garnet, Races, Greased Pigs, Prizes, Awards and Surprises Don't Miss This FREE Show!
