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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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