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2nd Generation Legionnaire to Head Local Post For the first time in the his tory of Medford Post 15, Amer ican Legion, a son of a Legion naire, A. Eugene Orr, will guide the activities of the veteran's organization as commander. Orr, a World War II veteran, was elected to the . job at the meet ing of the post in the armory Wednesday night. Wallace Eri, a World War II armv air force veteran, was elected first vice - commander. He is a former teacher and coach at Lincoln school and he is now assistant manager of Evans shoe store. Lyle Jarmin, another Legionnaire son, was elected second vice-commander for the coming year. Jarmin was over seas three years with the army engineers and he is now associ ated with his father in the Peer less market. Re-Elected , x . . Roy Stoy was re-elected adjut ant of the post and Joe Fliegel was re-elected finance officer. Victor Newman, a new mem ber and a former army chaplain, was elected post chaplain. The post members voted to place Ellis Capps on the executive com mittee. . .. , Delegates selected to attend the state convention in Grants Pass next sepiemoer are n. E..n. flrr Wallace Eri. Lyle Jarmin, Roy Stoy, Earl Bigalow, Jack Peters ana aian wuiismi . 1. - Hnrrv finnld ti Vnllir Horh Pram. HuCh McKenzie. Tom Ginn, Ray Huson and Bert btaats. Orr is half owner and man ager of Weeks ana urr. ne 13 nt the fourth feneration .u ..milir in nnpratp Thp rjlO- neer furniture firm. Orr has just been elected a memuer ui mc board of directors of the Oregon cmiinro npalprs' association. and is secretary-treasurer of the Southern Oregon DisiriDming company. Background Told '.,,,. : ,.3to nt Hill Ml is a giouuo " tarv academy. He won the re serve officers corps northwest pistol shoot while attending Ore gon State college in 1932. He mamV,pf nt tha Orpeon na tional guard for three years be fore tne war. ana sei vcu --Lnrno firct plncc in the navy during the war. Orr was president ot tne anrine ciuo in 1940 and president of the Foot prints in iaa. nt 15 now nnQnAr nt fho Shrink hand IICSS llia.iap.v- v.. w- He is active in the Elks and ..U. nriranalinnc T4p niail uhjci fining. ........ - - was one of the organizers of soutnern uregon Daseuau. xio I1UUUV IB Llinu v.......- ...... . has helped organize and promote sports lor young uuyo. TUn nA... ntfinore urill hp in ! n 4njnf nafamnnv with slciucu 111 a JVtiii. v-v.. .-...-,. .- other southern Oregon posts and auxiliaries in L,unia parn, n.sn land. Tuesday, June 27. Old Members Honored A 1U MTt.Anamn'i.r TlicfM mppf lng. 30-year membership cards were presented to- R. W. Ander son, E. L. Knight, F. J. Mitchell and ira u. t-amieia. ja a-yeai . a A f. I. C" I Ctn.IBH. cara went 10 oaiau mu -J u.rn, n Tpnrv rpppiv. ed a 20-year card. Five-year cards were presented to Paul Jennings. John Kelly, Roy Stoy, Hugh Williams. Jack Peters, Tom Ginn, Wallace Eri, A. Eu gene Orr, George Distell and Special membership propellor pins were presented to Roy Stoy i t v:-.u ana l.. niiigm. GOP Committee To Elect Monday New' officers of the Jackson county republican central com mittee will be elected at a meet ing of the group called for 8 p. m. Monday, June 19, it was announced today by John Nieder mpyer, retiring chairman. New officers will hold office tor two years. All county republicans will be welcomed at the meeting, Nieder- meycr said. A check of creden tials will be made at the meet ing tu ascertain which elected 1 precinct officers have complet ed legal qualifications to vote in committee elections. Those elected at the May 19 primary are urged to file their acceptances with the county clerk by Monday, or bring them to the meeting where a repre sentative of the clerk's office will accept them, according to Nicdermeycr. Ji!!ed Suitor Given $300 in Court Action Ann Arbor, Mich.. June 16 U.Ri Bruce Ross, who sued his former fiancee for S610 when she married another man, was award ed S300 today. Ross, now a Colorado college student, said he was engaged to Joan Rromley in 1948. but that her parents wouldn't consent to the marriage until he had a SI. 000 bank account. 1'- sent her S610 from Germany .here he was stationed. Miss Bromley returned his ring to his pirents but didn't send back Lie money when she married someone else in 1947, Ross said. RENT A CAR Daily's U-Drive end BODY and PAINT SHOP Southern Orrnon'l Oldest and Finest 29 So. Bartlett Medford Boy Scout News Troop 9 Under the direction of four aauits, Dr. William Roberts. Car los Morris. Walter Weber and Shirrell Doty, 40 scouts from Troop 9 1 e f t Friday morning, June 9, for a hike down the Rogue river from G a 1 i c e to Agness. The first over-night camp was made at Brushy bar, the second nignt at lllalie and the third, Agness, where the hikers board' ed an excursion boat for a trip to Gold Beach. From there to Orescent Citv the trin was com. pleted by truck. Crescent City was the fourth over-night stop. There were 14 scouts taking tests for their second class ad vancement. Tuesday morning a truck pick ed the group up and brought them to Medford. In spite, of rainy weather a gooa time was had by all. How ever, it left them a little weary and tired, but it was a thrill and experience well worth while. Troop 1 Troop 1, sponsored by the Sa cred Heart Catholic church par ish here, held a court of honor at the parish hall this week, at which time 23 boys were ad vanced in rank and a number of merit badges were awarded. Tom Merriman was advanced to first class rank, was awarded six new merit badges and was tnen advanced to star rank dur ing the ceremonies. His award was presented by Neighborhood Commissioner John Danforth who told of the rigid require ments to be fulfilled before a scout may attain the star rank. Neighborhood Commis sioner John Patton also was present and many parents nd friends of scouts attended the session. Father C. J. Linehan present ed the other awards during the ceremonies and Grand Knight Joseph Zeleznik of the Knights of Columbus pinned on the badges. The following awards were given: Tenderfoot Laney Zwan. Second class John Walsh, Paul Newcomb. Dick Clark, Mike Murphy, Terry Hutchison, Bud Garen, Don Relling, An thony Miksche, Raymond Cox, Paul Zeleznik, Larry Hamilton, Gerald Darland, Dennis O'Toole, Jim Link, Pat O'Brien, David Frazier, Dennis Hutchison, Jer ry Murphy and Laval Meunier. First class David McCormick and Tom Merriman. Merit badges Jerry Murphy, Laval Meunier. Tom Merriman and Paul O. Newcomb. Accordionists to Go To Dunsmuir Saturday More than 100 members of the Prentice Accordion band will be in Dunsmuir this week end for the annual Dunsmuir Railroad days. The director states that 35 will leave Saturday at 7 a.m. from the studio to travel to Dunsmuir by car and the remainder will leave Sunday. They also will gather at the studio at 7 a.m. and will travel by chartered bus and cars. The band will march in the parade Sunday, and will also make other appearances both Saturday and Sunday. About 30 cars of parents and band members will be making the trip in addition to the chart ered bus, according to Mrs. Eve Prentice, the director. Navy Reservist Cruise To Start Tomorrow Seattle, June 16 The longest post-war cruise of the naval re serves of the northwest will sail from Seattle tomorrow for Aca pulco, Mexico, with 300 naval reserve officers and men of the 13th naval district aboard to destroyer-escorts. The trainees taking the cruise will represent more than 20 cities in Washing ton, Oregon, Idaho and oMntana. All phases of ship and tac tical training will be undertaken. including gunnery exercises, off the California coast. The two ships participating in the 28-day cruise are the USS Gilligan, Portland reserve training ship, and the USS Brannon, assigned to the reserves in Tacoma. Washington, June 16 (U.R) John A. McCone, Los Angeles business executive and a repub lican, took office today as under secretary of air. Eugenean Elected Grand Master of Oregon Masons Portland, Ore., June 16 UR) Worth Harvey of Eugene was elected grand master of the Grand Lodge of Oregon, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, yes terday at the group's annual meeting in the Masonic temple here. Harvey, a Eugene tax con sultant, and other new officers were to be installed here today. Installation ceremonies conclude the three-day meeting. Other officers elected are Ralph S. Nesbitt, Portland, dep uty grand master; Jared W. Summerhats, Milton, senior grand warden; T. E. Lampkin, North Powder, junior grand warden; Franklin C. Howell, Portland, grand treasurer, and Harry D. Proudfoot, Portland, grand secretary. Shayler C. Elridge it the re tiring grand master. Portland, Ore., June 16 flJ.PJ Mrs. Pearl McClay of Hope chapter, La Grande, was in stalled last night as worthy grand matron of the Order of Eastern Star in Oregon. Conwell Davy, Portland, was Installed as worthy grand patron as the grand chapter sessions of the order were concluded at the Masonic temple. Mrs. McClay succeeds Mrs. Edna Throne, Clatskanle. Elective officers installed in cluded associate grand matron, Mrs. Alice Robinson, Independ ence; associate grand patron, Leon B. Baketel, Portland; sec retary, Mrs. Laura Bretscher, Oregon City; treasurer. Mrs. Marjorie Loe, Portland: con ductress. Mrs. Irene McKinley, Portland, and sentinel. Elton A. Sc.iroeder. Myrtle Point. PAROLE REVOKA Eugene Donald Erickson. 22. Shady Cove, had his parole re voked yesterday on the recom mendation of the state parole officer and will serve two years in the state penitentiary. Dis trict Attorney George Nielson said today. He previously had been sentenced to three years on a larceny charge but was re manded to the custody of the state parole officer. Use Mail Tribune Want Ada Inmate Escapes From State Hospital Salem, Ore., June 15 (U.R) State police and state hospital of ficials said they had no idea where 38-year-old Vernon Pol lock was today. The patient es caped last night from the hospital after he sawed his way through a wire window screen mesh in a work ward. The state hospital reported that Pollock was without "men tal disorder" and therefore pre sumed not dangerous. They said he served two terms in the Wash ington state prison at Walla Walla for armed robbery and that he was an inmate here for alcoholism treatment. Two areas that the escapee might head for were believed to be Provo, Utah, where he attend ed school, and Clackamas county, Oregon, where he was committed to the state hospital in 1944. San Francisco, June 16 (U.R) Bellboys and waitresses com plained today their tips have fall en off since the Travelers' Pro tective association convention opened this week. Japanese Reds File Government Lawsuit Tokyo, Japan, June 16 (U.R) The Japanese communist party filed suit today against Premier Shigeru Yoshida's government demanding that the purge of 41 top communist leaders be re voked on grounds it was uncon stitutional and violated the Pots dam agreement. The Tokyo district court at first rejected the suit on the tech nicality that the form was in correct and that it was filed without sufficient copies. Later in the day, however, the court accepted the suit when revisions were made. The attorney general's office immediately predicted the suit would be thrown out on grounds that Japanese courts did not have authority to judge direc tives from Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur. Although MacArthur was not mentioned in the suit, legal ex perts said in effect it asked the court to overrule his edict pudg ing the communists. Uie Mail Tribune Want Ada Friday. June 16, 150 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FTTH Nose Counting Lax, Los Angeles Claims Los Angeles, June 16 (U.R) Los Angeles claimed today that the census bureau didn't do enough nose-counting in this sprawling metropolis. Census bureau director Roy V. Peel told the chamber of com merce yesterday that Loi An geles has 1,954,036 residents. Mayor Fletcher Bowron quick ly charged the figure should be at least seven per cent greater. "We've been telling the world for some time that Los Angeles has more tha,n 2 million people," Bowron said. "We're going to shake the bushes and scare at least 60,000 out." Nevertheless, the city's dream of passing Philadelphia as the third largest in the country ap parently will have to wait an other 10 years. Chain stores in the United States spent more than $458, 000,000 in 1949 for store con struction and modernization. "WHITEY" PAIN LOSES "Whitey" Pain, who hurled for the Medford Nuggets last season, was losing pitcher last night when Riverside, Cal., dropped a 12 to 11 decision to Yuma, Ariz., in a Sunset league game. Two disputed mm In the ninth in ning by Yuma proved the decid ing factor. Preliminary figures indicate that 1,610,000 acres of land were reforested in new Japan in 1949. FREE ! SPECIAL JUNE OFFER ! Each child born in your family from now on, will receive FREE HOSPITALIZATION for the rest of hit or her policy life. Including the baby you are expecting. (IF) You join our RESERVE HOSPITAL PLAN in this month of JUNE only. For information Phone 2-8714 or writ 209 Leverette Building. I ! DO IT TODAY ! ! Inside or Outside PAINT WITN mm Your horn it a big Invftitmtnt protect ft with tho bott pt'mi monty can buy. S u for Hio RIGHT paint for YOUR Job. 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