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o Friday. September 30, 195 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEW Mann's (Department Store Will SiHark 45th Anniversary With onth-ILong SaDe ... ; : . : . Birthday Events Slated to Start In Store Saturday Mann's Department store, in Medford sgnce 1910, will observe its 45th anniversary Saturday, Oct. l: The event will be mark ed by a store-wide sale which will continue through Oct. 31. Mann's, one of the oldest retail stores "in southern Oregon, was founded by the late John C. Mann .who purchased a small store in the same building the firm now occupies. At. that time the store covered 3000 square feet of floor space and employed only six people. Store Modernized -"In5 recent years Mann's have spent " nearly a quarter-million dollars in modernizing, air con ditioning and installing equip rnent, according to store offic ials. The present store occupies 27,000 square feet of floor space and has 31 departments. Mann's regularly employs 65, persons and the staff is increased to 80 luring rush periods. Free delivery service, mail ' order service, special order ser vice, charge account privileges and a free gift wrapping service is offered to shoppers. Although the store has chang ed, several of the old time per- sonnel still remain. John Mof fat, present owner and manager, has been wth Mann's for 41 years with the exception of two years service" with the U.S. Army dur lng World War I. Employees who have seen much of Mann's growth are Mrs. Elsie Narregan, who has been with the store for 34 years; Mrs. Margaret Brown, 22 years; Mrs. Alto Pruitt, 25 years; Mrs. Leona Bestul, 16 -ealis; Mrs. Claire Proctor, 11 years and Mrs. Dollie Miller, 13 years.'.;. " To Wear Costume q Many of the ' sales staff will don old-wme apparel for Mann s anniversary event. The costumes will be designed by the em ployees and a Vrize will be swarded for the most original costume. ' ' Mann's 31 departments are managed and merchandised by Mrs. Mildred McCarty, Mrs. Elsie Narregan, Mrs. Alto Pruitt, Mrs. Dora Carnall, Lewis Way hum, Jerry Stambaugh, and Harry Barker, new menswear buyer. Assistant buyers include Mrs. Donna Doyle, Mrs. Suzy Montgomery, Mrs. Leona Bestul and Don Piatt. ' '. Other department heads are Ken Howard, office and credit manager; Mrs. Marjorie Bran- nen, alteration department; Mrs Phyllis Dellaplain, beauty sa lon, and Mrs.' Eileen Mole, ad vertising and display. On The Side By E. V. DURLINO (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Sne.) The telephone of a prominent New Yorker was tapped for a period of four ' months and he didn't know it. All the conver sations he carried on over his telephone were recorded by. a group " of ' wire tappers. How about the conversations you have made over your home and business telephone in the past four months? Would you care to have them made public? How about ycrar wife? Have all her telephone calls been discreet? Sidettghts . The only actor in the Hall of Fame is Edwin Booth. The only song writer, Stephen Collins Foster . . . The real first name Of Phil Rizzuto, Yankee short stop, is Fiero. . . . Am asked: "What is the so-called 'dead man's hand' in cards?" Answer is: Two nairs, aces and eights. The hand held by ."Wild Bill" Hickok when shot by Jack Mc Call at Deadwood, S.D., in 1876. Test u Here's ax test for, young old timers. In what plays were the following famous lines spoken: "That's all there is, there n't any more." 2 "Vas you efer in Zinzinnati?" 3 "Smile when you say that." 4 "The world is mine!" 5 "If you don't vant her, I vant her." 6 "Come on' Remorse! 7- "Take back the universe and give me ' yester day." mong the Married i It was that brilliant commen tator on life among the married, Helen Rowland, who observed: "It's as Ktrd to get a man to stay home after you've married him as it was to get him to go home before you married him." Asides "Lawyers are never roman o 0ic That's what, a legal secre tary says. She should know. Still Ovid, who wrote that monumen tal work titled "The Art of Love," was a lawyer. . . . Tom my Lyman, the perennially pop ular night spot tenor, says the iong he is currently having the most success with is "Foolishly Yours." Passing By I Max Gordon. Veteran Broad wayite. Producer of more hit Slays than any other living stage OLD STORE Mann's Department store as it appeared in the founder and president of the firm until his recent death. At r ID late 1920s. At the extreme right of the group is John C. Mann, the far left is John Moffat, new president and manager. - ,j ff 'L J 1' 1 Xr II MODERN STORE Pictured is a portion of store unerwent a vast remodeling program ' Of y jtp 1 6 m0Cm Maim'5 '6imrtmen sre' ' e four years ago. ' ' f CX NEW DEPARTMENT HEAD Ferry Seambaugh, buyer for foot- jfWy? J?? jT P C5 Jm& wear at Mann's, welcomes Harry Barker to the store. Barker, for- Iff, fSX''' I ffiimt' merlv of Macy's in Kansas City, is now in charge of the mens- I " f-jfe?5A SJji h; ifUsr , i c0 vear department. I nr-'. ' ' k.-jHi g-' j I I I 9 r .1 I - II , W5S : . :i ,:!S: 3 BUYERS -Mrs. Dora Carnall, buyer for millinery; Mrs. Alto . ' - ; ' ! -&w "jk-r J ? Pruitt, buyer, and Mrs. Elsie Narregan, buyer, admire new Fall " i. Jf '-saf - - T- 3 3 - sM" tT W merchandise for Mann's Department store.-. SgZ. 1,.. 'Pp'' ' ' I fr' I, - , C :4'?' ' . ! MANN'S INTERIOR Linen department and '-.at Mann's.. The interior, of the store was on ' ' ;j jm ? ' - 4-5 WP f ij accessores occupy' a nortion .of the main floor ' pletely remodeled four years ago. .. ; (&-: ' ! t.'-SL ' ' '- - ': Parents Detained '" ' '' . ' : m ' . forChi,d Neglect f) fl . I II V I i 1 f$lm$$)r ,Jf M charged with contributing to the "Sliill I JaLliJAMI' I ' W l II II l?rii'? A I!;rfewl dependency of minors. He said , - . NBM'xJ JOHN MOFFAT John Moffat, associated with Mann's Depart ment store for 41 years, is now owner and manager. Active in civic clubs aijd events, he "is on the .board of directors of the Rogue Valley Country club and the Jackson County Savings and Loan association. JOHN C. MANN The late John C. Mann purchased the stock of Baker and Hutchison's store in 1910. The; store occupied a 50 foot frontage at that time and was devoted, to women's ready-to-wear', and dry.' goods. Mr. Mann was active in the store until his death ; , producer. Among the innumer able successes he produced were "Three's a Crowd," "The Cat and the Fiddle," "Design for Living," "Roberta," "The Wom en" and "The Solid Gold Cadil lac." Max is a brother of Cliff Gordon, clever vaudeville mon ologist of the yesteryear who was billed as "The German Sen ator." Asking Queries fronj clients. Q. Was there a play about psychoanaly sis called "Suppressed Desires?'' A. Yes, sir. It is a one act play. Produced many years ago. Written--by Susan Glaspell . and George Cook. . . . Q. Who was the original Gibson Girl? I say Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. My oppon ent says Annabelle Whitford.'A. Original Gibson Girl was . the wife of. the artist, one of the beautiful Langhorne girls from Vyginia. A sister of Lady Nan cy Astor. Evelyn Nesbit posed for the Gibson picture, "The "Eternal Question." Annabelle Whitford popularized a song titled, "That's Why They Call Me the Gibson Girl." Strength in Korea Will Shift to ROK Tokyo U.R) Communist China's anounced withdrawal of six army divisions from North Korea during October will tip the; military balance in-.favor of the Republic of Korea' and its U.N.' allies, an informed source said here today. ' American officers said before the announcement by Peiping radio that the Communist and anti-Communist ground - forces in Korea were equally balanced at about 775,000 men each. Thus,' observers said, a new troop reduction by the ' Chinese Communists would leave the U.N. side in the stronger posi tion from - the standpoint of manpower. THAT MAN AGAIN - Milwaukee (U.R) TV-minded four-year-old Cheryl Ann Kamps, has her own version of the days of the week. -, It goes, "Monday, Tuesday, Disney," she told her mother: . ; : , BUYERS Left, Lewis Wayburn, buyer for toys, houseware, dra pery, bedding, linens and fashion fabrics for Mann's. Center, Ken Howard, office and credit manager. Right, Mrs. Mildred McCarty, buyer for ladies ready-to-wear, t ' ..... Registration Climbs At Oregon Colleges Portland U.R) Registra tion figures at Oregon's colleges continued to climb upward to day. The State Board of Higher Education said the increase was 15 per cent over' last' year in-, stead of the eight per cent boost expected. Oregon State had the biggest jump, with '5916 enrolled by Wednesday. This was 900 more than on the same day last year. Other figures included: Ore gon 4721 to 4242 last year; Ore gon College of Education, 703 to 606; Southern Oregon 741 to 644; Eastern Oregon 569 to 463 and Portland State 2498 to 2180. McMinnville Doctor Dies in Auto Wreck McMinnville, . Ore. (U.R) Dr. Philip A. Arling, 47,' of McMinn ville, was killed here last night when his car smashed headon into the pillar of a railroad un derpass on Highway 99W. Police said Dr. Arling was alone in his car. . Dr. Arling is survived by his widow, two children and a stepdaughter. DR. DWAINE E. NELSON, D.M.D. ' DENTIST Wishes to Announce the Opening of. His Offices in the Medical-Dental Building at 832 East Main Street, Medford, Oregon Practice Limited to Extractions and Oral Surgery PHONE 2-5483 Would You Like Your Own sivir.ir.iiNG pool? Fall is the time to build it, for Spring and Summer-swimming ... and Northwest Swimming Pool Company is the firm to see . . , We are now installing pools in Medford. Pools made to your choice of size and shape, of either gunite or form-poured construction. POOL OWNERS! Low Cost Filter Equipment and Accessories ' Remodeling and Repairing Mr. John Chepin, Contractor and Owner NORTHWEST POOL GO. In Medford Call 2-9967 - 20 Years Experience Home Office Eugene - Astoria U.R) Police today were holding Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rabell Jr. who officers said locked up their three small chil dren while they went out oh. a spree. . District Attorney T. E. Brown hill said the Rabells had been charged with contributing to the dependency of minors. He said one of the children, five-year-old Cheryl Ann, was found in side a low cage in which she neither could sit down nor stand up. Two-year-old Rodney Lee was found in his crib which was covered with filth The other child, seven - months - old Can dace Rae, was on a davenport, held in by chairs. Brownhill said the children were Mrs.-. Rabell's by. a previ ous marriage. The father, James H. Crabtree, lives only a block away and told officers he knew of the conditions in the 'Rabell home.' : Police arrested the Rabells in a local bar. ' They were being held under $2000 bail. COURT INTERRUPTED '". Denver (U.PJ No one minded the bailiff's constant interrup tions of Superior Judge Mitchel Johns' court Thursday. The bail iff was announcing the inning-by-inning score of the World Series game for the judge, the counsel and the jurors. 'A giant clutch in Ilanahide ... a. mellow, long wearing top gra' cowhide that wipes clean with a damp doth. You'll be ar&zed at how much the two roomy zipper sections and outside compartments hold. Choose from a full range of ' ; the season's newest shades. - '. BURK'S 314 EAST MAIN Phone 2-4472 Get ready for a DIG Fall Laying Season with. TRIANGLE X-TRA EGG Producer Those young layers:.. just going into the laying house for the first time!.. they heed a balanced for mula laying feed to get them off to a good start this Fall. Wisp poultrymen know that Triangle X-tra Egg Producer provides not only a complete supply of egg-making ingredients but a built-in nutritional balance for bodily health. Remember, your young layers need both of these factors if you want top egg production from your. nock. : - . A successful Northwest poultiyman puts it this way, "Triangle X-tra Egg Producer is the best investment I know of for insuring better egg profits." U 32 is m SAMSON FEED I SEED CO. 4th A Front - Medford - 2-5295 V " " "' """"' " """" V X 1 OMUNll OUOOM
