LOCAL and
To Hold Meeting The
monthly business meeting of the
Friends Church, which was
postponed irom Thursday eve
ning because of illness of some
of the members, will be held
following the morning church
service next Sunday. All mem
bers of the organization are
asked to remain for the session.
In Washington Charles
Lewis, 308 Ashland avenue, is
spending the holidays with rela
tives near Bellingham, Wash.
Mr. Lewis' daughter, Mrs.
Charles Cuthbertson of Chico,
Calif., left Wednesday for her
home in Chico, Calif., after hav
ing been a patient in the Ash
land hospital for the past sev
eral days.
Plan Watch Party A New
Year's "watch party" will be
held in the social room of St.
Peter's Lutheran church. East
Main and Portland avenue ac
cording to the pastor, Harry H.
Young. Pastor and Mrs. Young
and their daughters will be
hosts for the affair and there
will be games and refreshments.
A brief devotional service will
be held at midnight. The af
fair will begin at 9 p. m.
Cami.u.'ijmOTn
New Year
DANCE
Sams Valley Grange
MONDAY NIGHT
Dee. 31
Don't Miss the Grand
NEW YEAR'S
EVE PARTY
At Beautiful-
Rogue River
Lodge
Chicken and Sleak Dinners
Lounge Dancing; Open Till 2:30 A.M.
On the Crater Lake Highway near Trail . . .
Phone Medford 7549 or Trail 1404 for Reservations
9
'TIL
St
Ray's New
ONE
TICKET
Admits you to
BOTH
Merrick's and
Dreamland Dances
8
BAND
DANCE SAT. NITE
at ORE Ail AID
Old Time Music Everyone Invited
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PERSONAL
Bag Stolen L. E. Clothier,
319 North Bartlett street, re
ported to police the theft from
his car of an overnight clothes
bag. The bag contained clothes
and personal effects, officers
were told.
Applies For Permit Myron
Root company, 47 South Fir
street, applied for a building
permit yesterday at the office of
the city superintendent to add
to a warehouse at a cost of
$1,000.
To Portland O. O. Alender
fer, 139 Ivy street, left by plane
today for Portland, having been
called there by the death of his
mother, Mrs. Jane Alenderfer.
Burial of Mrs. Alenderfer is to
take place in the east.
Student Hera James H. El
liott, Sic and a student of the
University of Nebraska Medical
school, Omaha, Neb., is spending
the Christmas holidays in Med
ford with relatives. He flew
from Omaha to Portland and
drove from there to Medford
with Dr. and Mrs. William L.
Barnum, Portland, who are also
visiting here. Mrs. Barnum is
the former Amy Elliott.
Children Home Pauline A.
Champlin, Ylc, and her broth
er, Charles P. Champlin, have
returned to the home of their
mother, Mrs. G. H. Maasdam,
420 South Central avenue. Veo
man Champlin is on leave from
the port director's office, 12th
naval district, San Francisco,
and is to leave Sunday to report
for further duty. She expects
to be released from the navy
within the next two months.
Charles P. Champlin returned
home this week following separa
tion from the army.
AT ROOMY
MERRICKS
BALLROOM
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MONDAY NIGHT! .
New Year's
Eve Dance
AT BOTH MERRICKS
AND DREAMLAND!
A party you won't want to
miss noise-makers for
everyone
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Thurston Learee Sidney
Thurston. Ylc, USN, left Med
ford Wednesday after spending
a 18-day leave at the home of
his parents in Eagle Point Yeo
ma,i Thurston is to report to the
U. S. naval air station at Quon
set Point, R. I., to receive trans
fer orders to the carrier Prince
ton. Also spending the holidays
at the Thurston home was Ken
neth Thurston, a student at
Washington state college, Pull
man, Wash.
Open House Set The Rev.
and Mrs. Elvin S. Hansen will
entertain members and friends
of Zion Lutheran church at an
open house at the parsonage, 518
West Fourth street, Sunday,
Dec. 30, between the hours of
2:30 and 5 p. m. Presidents of
the women's organizations of the
church have been asked to act
as assistant hostesses. They are
Mrs. Paul Rynning, Mrs. Alf
Brewold and Mrs. William
Myers. All members and
friends of the church are cordi
ally invited to attend, the Rev.
Hansen states.
Smallwood Home Fred M.
Smallwood, son of Mrs. E.
Smallwood, 615 South Central
avenue, returned home Wednes
day from Ft. Lewis, Wash.,
wjere he received an honorable
discharge from the army in
fantry. Smallwood, who held the
rank of technician, fourth grade,
while in the service, spent two
years overseas, serving with the
fifth army in Italy and the
seventh army in France and
Germany. He received four
bronre battle stars and an arrow
head for participation in the In
vasion of Southern France.
Smallwood attended Medford
high school before entering the
service.
Impulsive Dealer
Destroys Liquor
Houston, Tex., Dec. 28 U.R)
Impulsive Louis Boldreghini,
liquor dealer who steps outside
his store each Saturday to throw
dimes away, today calmly super
vised the destruction of the last
of $80,000 worth of rum, wines
and brandies.
"That's Junk," he said. "I'm
tired of shoving that stuff down
the customers' throats."
There was no catch to the
destruction, he said, and state
liquor control officers agreed.
He will get no refund on liquor
taxes nor will he be able to
write it off as a loss on his in
come tax.
British Round Up
Jewish Terrorists
Jerusalem, Dec. 28 (U.R)
Units of the British 6th air
borne division blockaded the
streets of Jerusalem and Tel
Aviv today and began arresting
hundreds of suspected Jewish
terrorists after a night of gun
fire and bombings in four Pales
tine cities that caused at least
10 deaths.
Authorities hinted strongly
that many of the arrested men
would be deported from the
holy land If Investigation con
firmed the general belief that
the night's violence was the
w:rk of secret Jewish "armies."
Distressed Ship
Has Bomb Cargo
New York, Dec. 28 (U.R)
The liberty ship Henry D.
Thoreau was "in distress" today
off the Azores, with a cargo of
bombs, apparently loosened by
storms, threatening to smash
through rwr hull, a signal inter
cepted here by naval air-sea
rescue command said.
The distress signal, picked up
at 5 . m., said that if the bombs
gave way completely, "nothing
can save us."
PEACHES DIVORCING
Reno, Nev., Dec. 28 (U.R)
Mrs. Francis Heenan Browning
Hynes Clvelli, known to New
York's cafe society, as "Peaches"
Browning, maintained residence
In a swank hotel today after an
nouncing she planned a "friend
ly divorce from San Francisco
department store executive Jo
seph C. Clvellf
MEXICANS LEAVE
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 28
U.R) More than 200 Mexican
laborers who came to the United
States to ease the war labor
shortage left here today by
special train to Mexico.
RAT CONTROL MOBILE
New Orleans (U.R) The
city health department has for
gotten about the Pied Piper of
Hamelln, and is using scientific
methods Instead.
Seeking to rid the city of rats
and wipe out typhus, the city
has organized a three-man rat
control crew with a mobile
workshop and equipment. The
crew, depending a great deal on
DDT, is cleaning out all spots
suspected of being breeding
grounds for rats.
rl NEW YEAR'S EVE
DANCE
Noise Makers Everyone Invited!
DEC. 31 - U. S, HALL, JACKSONVILLE
OBITUARY
FRANKS INFANT
Services for Mircli Dee
Franks, infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Franks, Med
ford, who passed away in 4
local hospital Wednesday, were
held at the graveside in Siski
you Memorial Park Friday
morning, the Kev. Louis C. Kirby
officiating.
Arrangements were In care of
the Conger-Morris Funeral Par
lors. Surviving beside the parents,
are a brother, Dick, at home;
and the grandmother, Mrs. Effie
Borah, Medford.
PRATT INFANT
Private sen-ices will be held
Saturday for the infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pratt,
Phoenix, who passed away In a
local hospital Wednesday. Ar
rangements are In care of
Conger-Morris Funeral Parlors.
Also surviving are four broth
ers and a sister, Robert, Harvey,
Virgil, Charles and Caroline, all
at home; and the grandparents,
C. C. Pratt, Medford, and Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Denney, Colo.
J. OSCAR FRAZIER
J. Oscar Frazier, 79, 1018
West 10th street, passed away
yesterday afternoon in a local
hospital. He had been a resi
dent of the community for 30
years. Arrangements are in
charge of Conger-Morris Fun
eral Home and will be announc
ed later.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
TAX FORMS OUT SOON
The county assessor's office
will mail early next week per
sonal property tax return blanks
to approximately 4,000 Jackson
county taxpayers. They will re
ceive them after the first of the
year. The returns should be fill
ed out and returned as soon as
possible, and not later than
March 2 next.
Failure to make a return is
punishable by a fine of $10 per
Bay for each day of delay.
Personal property taxes for
1948, payable November 15
next, will be compiled from the
returns.
BIRTHS
SEDELL, to Mr. and Mrs.
John C, 301 N. Columbus, Dec.
26, 1945, boy, 7 lbs., at Com
munity Hospital.
CHAPMAN, to Mr. and Mrs.
Victor, Trail, Ore., Dec. 27, 1945,
boy, 9 lbs., at Sacred Heart hos
pital. VINCENT, to Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne, Central Point, Dec. 28,
1945, boy, 7 lbs., at Sacred Heart
hospital.
49 YEARS ON STREETCARS
New Orleans (U.R) It
was a cold December day in 1896
when Maurice Verges took his
first Job with the New Orleans
public transportation system and
fed, watered and brushcd-up 20
mules for the day's run.
After 49 years in the business,
the 71-year-old conductor re
cently took his last fare on one
of the city's electric streetcars,
and retired to do some of the
fishing and hunting he's been
missing.
Closing time (or Classified Ads 8:8"
m Too Lta to Claislly 12:18 p m.
Too Late to Classify
BICYCLE LUGGAGE CARRIERS
Just arrived soma chrome plated
SIMS BROS.
TOR SALE Milch cow, freshen In
FOR SALE Pair of Weed tire chains,
sue app. fl 50x18: hsby's car bas
ket and play pen. 809 K. Jackson
mivo
FOR SALE 6 Leshorn hens; Ft- 1.
Box B71. across from SOS.
FOR SALE Large weaner plis. 8.
Bob Gllman. Rosi Lane.
FOR SALE Bed divan, fas ranje,
wood heater, two 9x12 and two
3x4 .) all wool matching ruirs and
pads, almost new; chick brooder.
801 E. Main or phone 6530.
SEVERAL PAIRS of metal eded
hockey sklls. 4 a pair, week days
only. 141 No. nr.
CTTfk SAUSAGE our own mix. Osk
dale Market.
fJbST:Near Cook's Grocery on Crs
ter Laka Ave . sliver gray Persian
cat Notify 209 Crater Lake Ave.,
Mrs. c. J. seaman, fnone juio.
FOR SALE Registered Cocker Span-
lel puppy. Phone 5319 or call at
42S North Holly.
FOR SALE -21 Chev. coupe. S tires,
3 new tires and tubes, at 222 So.
Central, Apt. 3.
WANTED Good portable electric
phonograph. Phone 2778.
FOR-SALE House. 31 North Orange.
Phone 4288.
ATTENTION
Eaglet and Auxiliary
FREE DANCE
SAT. NITE
V:.m. December 29
EAGLES' HALL
W4 .
219 W Main Fine Music
fcfETAI. TOT THL'CRS t(V5 late for
Christmas just arrived SIMS
situs.
fOR
SALE Oat hav. baled, excellent
Iced for horse or feeder stock: will
deliver In ton lots or mora. Phone
12X1 Central Point.
MUST VACATE Jan. 1st. New owner
to start legal eviction. Unable to
find housing. What have you to
rent? Family of S. no children.
Phone S3.
FOR SALE Gas refrigerator. 1937
model; perfect condition. To Be
seen a t BOB E. Ninth, after 4 p. m.
For SALE Siamese ' kittens, none
better. Just ready for homes. Mrs.
jonn soiiss. Ill Genesee 6t
METAL TOY TRUCK Sc TRAILOR
get one for that boy who dtdn't get
one for Christmas SIMS BROS.
FOR SaTk E 1 e c t r i c refrigerator,
household furniture. 6ee at 610
King St., Medford.
Oregon Finance now offers
SMALLER
PAYMENTS
On loans from 1 00 to $800 you
can take up to 18 months to repay
Instead of 12 months. More time
means smaller monthly payments
payments most anyone can afford.
'Certain loans especially those for
the purchase of "restricted articles"
limited to 12 months.
Gene Thomas likes to say "Yea to
loan requests. Come In, phone or
write.
OREGON FINANCE CO.
43 South Central
P.EMEMRER
WED.. JAN. 2. AUCTION SALE
Ashland Auction Yard
llftO Oak St.
Several head of fine cattle.
Lots of furniture, etc.
SALE EVERY WEDNESDAY
BICYCLE LUGGAGE RACKS for
the rear of the hlcvcle black or
chrome SIMS BROS.
f6 R SALE 3 bedroom' mod e r n
house and cabin; city water, located
fc mile north Big Y on Pacific
highway. Total price $3730. Phone
940 orS661.
CCC A A o room modern' house, 3
(jOuUU bedrooms, utility porch
with laundry trays, elec
tric stove end hot water heater.
Venetian blinds, oil circulating
heater, near grade and high
schools, on paved street.
0OAA 4 room modern house.
tjOjvU circulating fireplace.
hardwood floors, com
pletely furnished: rarasie, work
room; 'i acres Irrlrated In Bartlett
pears. Close In location.
CCCfiA . acres. Irrigated. B
uOjUU room modern house with
T automatic gas hot water
heater, floor furnace, garage, chick
en house, deeo soft water well, all
new construction; near Talent. Bus
service at door.
Your listings needed for ready
huvers,
SOUTHERN OREGON LAND CO.
Medford Grants Pass
BOO hlock on South Riverside
P. O, Box Mrt Phone 3390
BICYCLE LIGHTS lust recelvetOi
small shlnment battery type lights.
SIMS BROS.
WANTED Girl for general office
work; must be able to take dicta
tion. Apply 231 Medford Center
Bldg.
FOR SALE Guernsey "cow. freshen
In week. $123. Phone 6931,
BOWIVIAN'S BVauty Salon will fie
closedMon..Dec. 31; reopen Jan. 2.
FOR SALE 5:23x18 tire, recapped.
9ft; hospital bed with mattress, ad
justable, $25: trash burner with
pine $10. v mile west Talent saw-
mill. Walker.
FOR SALE Bay riding mare 5
years old, green broke; black
Percheron mare colt, white star. 8
months: weaner pigs; White Leg
horn hens and breeding roosters;
ftne Jersey-Guernsey cow fresh in
March. Oscar Engman. Rt. 1. Box
83, Old Stare Road, across River
from Gold Hill.
ALL METAL TOY TRUCK with rub
ber tires. Just arrived SUMS BROS.
Government Surplus Sale
at Radio Service & Tel. Co.. South
Columbus Ave., off Stewart Ave.
Phone Ft21-824
Rim night locks, Yale; cabinet
locks, Yale: hot plates; weather
proof sockets; 30 amp. fuses; band
saw blades; window shades, cream
color; 3 cell flashlight batteries,
last for years; steam fawcetta; Wo
hp. motor; 3 groove 10 inch pulley.
V belts; Gstes toilet stool screws;
brass 20 Inoh reflectors; fiber tape,
5000 volts; Manila rope 1 Inch to
1 Vfc Inch; standard stove pipe el
bows; shovel handles; large long
bolts, csnvas tarps; metal tool
boxes, large and small; No. 9 cop
per covered wire; single rubber
covered wire, large; chain; Unseed
oil: clear wood sealer; No. fl Bear
wire, soft; fiber glass ventilation:
Chinese checkers: heating atives;
refrigerator oil; Key lite fnsulstlnn
cement; reflector lamps; pipe Insu
lation; pipe nipples, all sizes; water
Pressure system; baby buggy; floor
imps; breakfast table, 2 chairs;
beds complete; many other Items.
KINSEY
gi.4 P'ttJ DittlUti rm 60 Grmln Nmtrtl SpklU
Kinuy DiuUimg Ctrptrtwn, LinJitU, P.
ATTENTION VETERANS OT FOR
EIGN WARS Meet at corner of
Front and 6th, Sunday, Dec. 30,
8 p. m. for work on building.
Bring overalls and tools.
victor it odd, commander.
FOR TRADE 1933 oTdaTsedan with
good rubber, on a truck. 1125 W.
4lh. C. A. Learned.
$3500
2 acres near "Phoenix,
5 room house, fruit house,
garage, barn, shade; also
t a good lot for sale. See
A. f. FLOWERS. Broker
203 South Holly
FRUIT GR6WERS
X have a few copies left. How to
Plant and Care for Fruit Trees.
$1 postpaid. T. E. Beaullne. P. O.
Bo x 1 441. M e d ford .
LATE MODEL USIT"eXR3
lf31 Buick sedan
1941 Oldsmobilc custom eedsn. radio,
heater, defroster, seat covers, hy
dromatic drive, new paint Job.
1039 La Salle 4 passenger coupe, new
tires, exceptionally clean.
1038 Bulck "40" Special 4 door sedan,
radio, heater, seat covers, excep
tionally food tires.
193ft Chevrolet master Deluxe sedan,
heater and very good tires.
1933 Terraplane 4 door sedan, heater,
fair tires.
1P34 Bulck Town Sedan.
1934 V-8 Ford business coupe
1038 Pontiac station wagon
1041 pa ton Ford Truck with !f44
HUToraue Chev. motor, B031
Brown-lite transmission, 0 brand
new 7:30 tires, dual wheels.
ALL UNITS priced to sell below
OPA ceilings. Call Mr. Wallace at
22S8Roguo River Chevrolet.
FOR SALE 33 acres off Old Stage
road, j mile north Westslde school.
3 good building sights, fenced and
cross fenced. Very good spring,
well and electric pump. 1 room
cottage. Barn to hold fl cows and
3 horses; also hay storage. Call
2643 Medford. owner T. M. Kurtz.
REPLACE your broken window glass
New glitss Insulted while you wait
MEDFORD MILL WORK CO.
The Glass House
Phone 4112 loth and Grape
CLOSED for inventory December 31
a nd Ja nuary 1. F. E. SAM SON CO.
WANTED Woman to work In restau
rant 10:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m ; no
Sundays, best of wages. Phone DOlfl.
Berrydale Restaurant. 1512 No.1
Riverside.
MARCH
AIo "NEW U.
TomOTROiuJ
Friday- Dec. 28, 1945
FOR SALE 38 Colt revolver with
holster and belt. Call 333 'i W. 2nd.
Medtord.
WANTED Someone to mind! 8 mos
old baby in their home. Call 6346
after ft p m.
F. E. SAMSON CO. will be closed
Monday and Tuesday, December 31
and January 1 for purpose of tak
ing Inventory.
ATTENTION SPORTSMEN 30-40
Kreg Carbine, 2 boxes shells. Phone
32ji. E R. Jones. Jacksonville.
CH.LD CARE Your rmme4ata me
jihend. 711 N. Riverside.
FOR SATE Choice vetch and oat
hay, also grain hay, not bleached
by rain or sun, and vetch or grain
straw in large bales, by truck or
trailer loads. Phone 6405 Medford.
Victor Bursell.
CASH IN A FLASH
TOR YOUR CAR
Save Time Cash and Gaa
Call Automobile Market,
Friendly Medford Dealer
Ph 319 6th and Bartlett
No Red Tape When You Sell
to US
WANTED To Rent or Lease smaTl
house, on or about January 13
Write Tribune Box B43.
Wood and Coal Combination
HEATERS
Ycunger's Appliance
31 N. Bartlett
BEDFORD NEON CO.
SIGNS and SERVICE
Personally supervised by
RALPH ELLIS
527 Putnam Phone S27S
Irene Alexander Charles
DUNNE-KNOX-COBURN
OP TIME
S. FRONTIERS"
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
WANTED TO RENT 3 or S bedroom
houe unfucnished Phone 8415
3ULL SERVICE at your place. RegTiv
t e r e d Herefords and registered
Guernsey. Phone 6933. Harry .
Miltei
FOR SALE 24 New Hampshire red
pullets, laying, $3 each. Phone 3804.
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