OBITUARY: Paul B. McDonald, Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon 

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McDONALD, Paul B., Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Thursday, 10 Dec 1936,
pp. 1 and 3: 

In his early days in Medford Mr. McDonald was interested in several lines
of business. He at one time headed a music store in Medford, and from 1919
to 1925 was in partnership with C. C. Furnas in the Medford Service
station. At one time he traveled the vaudeville circuit with Alexander the
Great magician, and he retained several of the magician's tricks with which
he occasionally delighted his friends.

He was married to Mrs. McDonald, the former Miriam Gregg of Ashland, about
1924. Sic years ago they moved to Ashland, where Mr. McDonald opened and
owned a jewelry store, which he closed out some time ago. Mrs. McDonald,
his wife; Yvonne Shepherd, Mrs. McDonald's daughter by a former marriage,
and one son, Robert Gregg McDonald, survive. Also surviving are his father,
C. W. McDonald of Medford, a brother, Weir McDonald of Eugene (owner of the
McDonald Candy company of Medford) and one sister, H. Woodsun McDonald of
San Francisco.

Paul McDonald enlisted for the duration of the World War in December, 1917.
In May of 1918 he was sent to France in the quartermasters corps of the
919th supply company of the A. E. F. He remained overseas until July of
1919. 

In 1924 he was elected post commander of the Medford post of the Americna
Legion, and in 1926 he was named Grand Chef de Gare of the Grand Voiture of
Oregon. He was named state vice-commander of the Legion in 1933. At various
times while connected with the Medford post he was named as a delegate to
the state convention.

After moving to Ashland Mr. McDonald was several times named as state
delegate from that post, but he retained an active interest in the Medford
Legion and made frequent trips to meetings in this city, where he retained
all his earlier friendships.

Funeral services are in charge of the Perl Funeral Home here, with last
rites to be held Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in the Siskiyou
Memorial Park. Details of the funeral will be announced tomorrow.