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MEDFORD PUPILS IN ESSAY TEST Two Medford senior high school students, Elaine Hoffman and Norma Jean Stearns, won second and fourth places out of four awards made in this year's essay contest of the Oregon His' torical society, a letter from the society states. The contest known as the C. C. Beekman essay contest, is held annually by the society and the students this year wrote on some phase of the "Oregon Constitutional Convention of 1857." Miss Hoffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dorr Hoffman, 48 Wil lamette avenue, won second place and a prize of $50 while Miss Stearns, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Charles Stearns, 522 West Fourth street, won fourth place and a prize of $30. Six es says were selected from 30 writ ten by history students of Mrs. Justin Smith and entered in the state-wide contest. Stephen Stone of Klamath Falls won first and Antoine Kuzmanich of Mad eline high school, Portland, won third. Judges complimented the Med ford .students on the excellence of . their essays in the letter tell ing of the awards. TO Commander V. B. Robb has called a special meeting of VFW Post 1833 for 8 p. m. tomorrow at Medford armory. Robb said purpose of the meeting is "to for . mulate plans for the Memorial Day parade and services in hon or of our departed comrades." All veterans and patriotic or ganizations in Jackson county are requested to attend the meet ing. Robb said. The VFW Commander said It Is proposed to further discuss plans and to appoint an Officer of the Day to take charge of the parade and program of memor ial services. Col. W. H. Paine, American Legion chairman of memorial services, announced yesterday that first plans for observance of the day here were made at a recent meeting at Hotel Med ford, presided over by Mrs. Fred Lawrence, president of the local Women's Relief corps. Jubilant Russians Celebrate End of War (Acm Radio-I elenhotot Jubilant' Russians pack Red Square in Moscow, hoisting a serviceman on their shoulders as Russian capital joined with rest of Allied nations In celebratlmt end of war in Kurona. MEETING FRIDAY Regular bi-monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce will be held Friday at 12 noon in the director s room at the chamber building. Jack Shields of the Industrial Infor mation committee will be pres ent and several matters of im portance will be brought up. Manager Frank Hull states. Members who plan to attend should telephone 2294 for lunch eon reservations. It is pointed out that any member of the Chamber of Commerce is wel come to attend the board meetings. July . Sept Dec. . ..164,i 1615, ..160 14 184 16li 1601J 163", 160 J 199 164 'i 161", 160 U Boy Scouts Hold Annual Meeting New York, May 17 (U.R) Twenty-four delegates, repre senting 1,903,539 Boy Scouts of America, and their adult leaders opened "streamlined" 35th an nual meeting of the National . Council today. Tha organization limited dele gates to two from each of 12 U. S. regions. Members of the National Executive Board joined delegates here. THE GRANGE Central Point Grange A movie film showing the use and maintenance of modern farm equipment will be shown at the meeting of the Central point Grange tomorrow night at 8 p. m. The film Is being shown by the Texas company. POST'S &s7 BRAN OOU ttAKS OF J J COHBVED tVW reVDEK KASVS J delicious NEW breakfast idea A mnglc flavor combination Post's 40 ri Bran Flakes plus lot of tender, seedless raisins . . . right In the same package. Folks are raving about it. So ask your grocer for Poit't Raisin Bran in the big blue-anti-white package today. It's aeiicious i Livestock Portland. Ore.. May 17 (UP) Livestock: cattle iuu: calves aa. Ac tive, fullv steady. Medium steers 15.00. Cutter heifers 8.50. Canner-cutter cows 7.00-9.50. Medium bulls 1U.5U-U.UU. Good-choice vealers 15.00-16 00. Hogs SO. Practically nothing offered earlv: Quotable steady at ceilings. Butchers salable to 15.75, sows to 15.00. staff around 14.50, feeder pigs 1800.19.00. Sheep 350. Fairly active, steady. Good-choice 95 lb. spring lambs 13, SO; few 70-75 lb. shorn old-crop lambs and yearlings as feeders 11.00. Good shorn ewes 6.00-6.25. Chicago, May 17 (UP) (WTA) Livestock: Hogs 5.000; active, fully steady; good and choice barrows and gilts 140 lbs. and up at 14.75 ceiling; good and choice sows at 14.00. Cattle 4.000; calve 700; fed steers and yearlings firm, to 17.50; bulk 14.75-17; narrow trade on common and medium offerings at 14.50 down to 12 and below; stock cattle slow; fed heifers stendv best 17.15. Sheep 4.000; fully steady three loads medium to chotre fed wooled western lambs 15.40-15.75. Portland Produce Portland. May 17 (UP) Whole sale Market Prices: Cauliflower No. 1, Local $3.25. Corn Texas. $3. per sack of 6 doz. California Bantam $7-7.50 crate of 6 dozen. Potatoes New California White. $4.21-4 24 per bag. la grown, local $150 $1.90-2.00 per Rhubarb FIcL ner bddIc box. Spinach Local, orange oox. Turnips Local $1.50 doz. bunches. Chicago Wheat Chicago. May 17 (UP): Wheat . Open High Low Close May .. 1767i 177 1761. 8. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, May 17. (U.R) Dairy market: ' Butter: 93 score 43, 92 score 42V4, 90 score 42V4, 89 score 41. '. Cheese: Loafs 27.9, triplets 27.2. Eggs: Large grade A 40V4, medium grade A 3Vi; small grade A 35V4, large grade B 37W Wall Street New York, May 17 U.B Trading increased on the stock market today as prices continued tc move higher in all depart ments. Gains ranged to two points or more in special issues. The lead ing groups improved fraction ally with the utility 'average reaching a new high since April 21, 1937.' Dividend news continued to sway individual issues ami to help the generai market. Real f ilk hosiery reached a new high on a gain of more than a point on directors' action in paying off 15 arrears on preferred stock Johns-Manville, wnich raised its dividend yesterday, rose two I oints. Allied stores reached an other new high on its dividend rise. American telephone, which maintained its $2.25 regular onnrterly rate in effect for ninny years, made a new high on a small sain. Preliminary closing Dow Jones stock averages: Industrial 165.19, up 0.69; .railroad 58.13, eff 0.05; utility 31.0J, up 0.23; 65 stocks 62.08, up 0.20. Sales totaled 1,370,000 shares compared with 1,210,000 yester day.. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel. & Tel. 1664 Anaconda .... 34H Curtiss Wright 57: General Electric . 43Vs General Motors 683s Montgomery Ward 60 Penn. R. R. 38V4 Phillips Petroleum ...j... 51V& J. C. Penney 121V Southern Pacific . 4534 Standard Oil of Calif 37 Texas Gulf Sulphur 4314 Transamerica ................ 12 United Aircrafts 29V4 U. S. Rubber 594 U. S. Steel 66 7 Seven Jackson county rural schools will close terms tomor row. Rogue River high school will hold graduation exercises today and grade departments will finish tomorrow. Schools closing Friday are: Union, Derby, Thompson Creek, Rogue River, Table Rock, Evans Valley, and Beaver Creek. Due to a late start last fall, caused by school improvements and a district merger, the Eagle Point schools will close Friday, June 8. Forest Creek will close the same day. Schools listed to close May 25 are: Griffin Creek, Phoenix, Lone Pine, Sams Valley, Apple gate, Wagner Creek, Gold Hill, Prospect, Bellview, Elk Creek, Shardy Cove, Butte Falls, West Side, and Howard. Central Point grade schools will close Monday, May 28, and the high school Thursday, May 31. Jacksonville, Missouri Flat, Talent, and Ruch-Sterling, are listed for Friday, June 1. Medford senior high school will hold graduation exercises, Thursday, May 31, and close the following day, June 1. Closing time lot Sunday Too Late to Classify 5:30 Saturday afternoon Please remember Mothers Honored In Annual Partv At Eagles Sunday The annual Mother's Day pro gram sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Ladles Aux iliary of Crater ake Aerie No. 2093, held Sunday at Eagles hall was veil attended. The welcome address by Past President Ray Marks was fol lowed by a music program. Main speaker was Adjt. Charles Ros nick of the Salvation Army who gave an interesting talk. Closing number on the program was a lovely pantomime. The program was announced by Bill Lawrence, assisted by "ave Gould of the Eagle pro gram committee, Lona Bergman and T othy Gould of the aux iliary committee. Decorations were in charge of Elizabeth Meyers. Two Split Winnings In Ice Break Pool Fairbanks, Alaska, May 17 (U.R) The world-famed Tanana river ice was rushing setward today, after the latest break-up recorded in history, and two Alaskans were declared winners of the annual $100,000 Nenana ice pool. The breakup started at 9:41 a. m. yesterday. The Ice Derby money will be divided between Tom Rlngen and Rita Harding, both of Se ward, Alaska. They guessed the exact date, hour and minute the ice would break. Thursday. May IT. 194 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THRES When Napoleon took Berlin in 1806, civilians cheered and the Prussian Army accepted uncon ditional surrender. PDES - ,3 EffiDS H e WINS AW 6MAT FOODS" Kellogg's Rice Krispies equal the whole ripe grain in nearly all the protective food elements declared essential to human nutrition. mm Closing time for Classified Ads 8 30 i m. moo LfBie to LiBssiiy u:i3 p m a 4 "When I say coffee I mean FOLCERS1 v . WmiDIDyOUGETTHE5l ..-,tt tin WFVH r THEYRE NOT NEW. 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