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LOCAL and PERSONAL Arrange Party A gay party ll being arranged by the Lake Creek Recreation club for Sat urday, Jan. 5, in the Community Hall. Everyone is Invited to at tend the party, which is set for 1p.m. Visiting Sisters Mrs. Robert Fleming end family of Minneso ta are visiting in Medford with Mrs. Fleming's sisters, Mrs. Frank Factor and Miss Clara Lapierre, and Mrs. Frank Dut- tort, Sterling. VFW Convenes The Veter ans of Foreign Wars will meet at the armory at 8 p. m. this evening. Work on plans for the construction the organization's new hall will be a main item of business. Dnit to Meet Griffin Creek Extension unit will meet Friday at the home of Jessie Darby, Jacksonville-Phoenix Road, at 10:30 a. m. Subject for the meet ing Is "Handle with Care" and a potluck luncheon will be served at noon. Postpone Meeting The January meeting of the Jackson County Primarv Teachers' coun cil will be held Jan. 12 at 10 a. m. in the courthouse audi torium in Medford instead of the date formerly announced. An Interesting reading demon stration will be presented at that time. Manager Home Oliver Gustafson, released from army service Dec. 6, has returned to his duties as manager of the Coca-Cola company for the Med ford district. Gustafson left Medford Oct. 26, 1943 and saw service in Hawaii and Peleliu Islands while attached to the 48th coast artillery- Mrs. Gustaf son and their son remained at the family home, 1113 Queen Anne avenue, while Gustafson was in the service. rap Luck be with you in ail your endeavors through the year ahead. Wa wish you and your fam ily the best of every thing. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lillie (Proprietors) LILLIE'S CAFE & SERVICE STATION CALENDAR Wednesday 8:00 p.m. Chapter BE, P. E. O., home of Miss Kather ine Stewart, GeBauer apart ments. Thursday 9:30 a. m. Medford Garden club. Girls' Community club laboratory session. Afternoon meeting 2 p. m. 10:30 a. m. Wenonah club sewing and covered dish lunch eon at home of Mrs. Gladvs Rammin, 831 West Twelfth street. Bring service. 2:00 p. m. Woman's Bible class, Methodist church, in church parlors. Hostesses, Mrs. Simmons, Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Seiverson. 2:00 p. m. Women's Relief corps, installation of officers at armory. Visitor Arrives Duane Lub ka of Senecca, S. D., arrived' in Medford last Sunday to spend the remainder of the holidays with his sister, Mrs. Harlan Levt zou, and his mother, Mrs. John Lubka, at Prospect. Lubka was recently discharged from the armed forces after having served 39 months, 31 months being spent in the European Theater of Operations. Visits Here George B. End ert, GMlc, is to leave the city tomorrow after a short visit here at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Jean Brault, 208 Summit avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Schade, 9 South Oakdale ave nue. He is the nephew of Mrs. Brault. Endert, who will report to Boston, Mass., for reassign ment with the coast guard, spent the past 13 months in Greenland. Appointed Lt. Col. Andrew J. Hemstreet, Jr., 924 West Main street, has been appointed de puty chief of staff to Ma). Gen. T. J. Hanley, Jr., AAF comman der In India and Burma accord ing to an announcement receiv ed from headquarters of 'he army air forces at Calcutta. Col. Hemstreet, who has spent 13 of his 54 months of army duty in India and Burma, was a dis trict inspector for the CCC prior to the war. . On Leave Rupert Maddox, RDM Slc and friend, Howard Nimmons, RDM3C, who arrived in Medford last weekend, are visiting Maddox' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Maddox, Sr., Route 1. Maddox has been in the navy two years and has seen 14 months of duty in the Pacific on a Transport ship. The two men will return to duty Friday. Also visiting his parents during the holidays was Pfc. Raymond Maddox, who is stationed at Lowery Field. The visits mark ed the first meeting of the two brothers in two years. I Cancel Meeting The meeting of the Past Presidents' club, De gree of Honor, set for tonight. has been canceled due to the illness of members. Returns Miss Helen Brown 512 Pennsylvania avenue, has returned to Medford from Port land where she spent the holl days with relatives. Shop Sold Sale of the Irvtn Tailor shop on East Main street by Thomas Irvin to R. D. Xim sey of Medford was announced today. The sale was effective Dec. 22. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin, who have also sold their home on South Holly street, will re tire to a ranch on the Rogue river. Return First Lt. and Mrs. Lester Scott arrived last 'week at the home of the officer's parents, Mayor and Mrs. E. E. Scott of Central Point. Now on terminal leave from the army, Lt. Scott arrived Dec. 12 in Boston, Mass., following 18 months overseas service with the 135th engineer battalion. Scott joined his wife in Seattle before continuing to the valley. Westcott Home Former ser geant Frank Westcott, Jr., has returned to the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank West cott, Sr., route 4, box 172A, fol lowing an honorable discharge from the army Saturday at Ft. Lewis. ' In the service 47 months, Westcott received the purple heart with one oak leaf cluster and two bronze battle stars dur ing nine months of overseas service in European theater. He was with the 76th infantry division. Livestock Portland, Ore.. Jan. 2 (U.P.) Livestock: Cattle 550. calves 50. Slow, early sales steers and beef cows around 25c lower; very little interest in canner cutter cows. Few loads good fed steers S16.50-17.25: cutter-common heifers $9.00-11.00; good beef cows $12.25-12.50; some held higher; bulls steady; good beef bulls up to $13.00; good-choice vealers $14.00-15.00, odd head $15.50. Hogs 50. Steady with sows 25e high er. Barrows and gilts from 190-263 lbs. $15.80; good sows $14.25-14.75; few feeder pigs $15.00. Sheep 1.000. Steady, good-choice fed lambs up to $14.25; some held higher; good ewes salable $4.50-5.00. South San Francisco, Jan. 3 (UJM Livestock: Cattle salable 200: light supply cows sold strong, now SI higher than two weeks ago. Medium to good steers and heifers absent; quoted $15-17. Few loads medium to good range cows $13-13 50. Odd head me dium barn type cows $11-12. Cutters to common cows strong mostly $9-11. Bulk eanners $5-7. Common to good sausage bulls $10-12. Calves salable 15, steady. Choice quoted $15: to me dium $11-13. , j Hogs salable 300, steady. About load and a half good to choice barrows and gilts $15. Odd good sows S15.05. Sheep salable 100, steady. Choice lambs quoted S14.75. Package medium 72 lb. lambs $13.75. Light sort com mon $7. Heavy wool ewes quoted $6.50-7.25. Chicago. Jan. 2 (U.P.) (WFA Livestock: Hogs: 21,000. Active, steady: good and choice 180 to 300 lbs. Barrows and gilts at $14 83 ceiling; weights over 300 lbs. and under 180 lbs. Scarce, but few lots uyward to 400 lbs. at ceiling; sows at S14.10 celling but few heavy stagf weak at $14 75. Cattle: 15,000. Calves: 1,000. Fed TODAY thru SAT. wietrt and yearlinti about itead? with Monday i general decline, mostly SO to 79 cents a own xor weeic to aate, instances S1.00 off except on itrictly choice cattle: bulk 13.00 to $17.73; numerous strictly choice loads $18 00 the ceiling: heifers steady to 33 cents lower; bulk $13 50 to $1600; mixed steers and haifers to $18 00. Sheep: 14.000. Early sales and bids slaughter lambs 25 to 80 cent lower: two loads good and choice around 93 lb. fed wooled western somewhat burry. $14 30. Portland Produce Portland, Jan. 1 (UJ?. Whole sale market: Carrot Oreicon 70-75o do, bunch. Cauliflower Local $2 25 per crate. Squash Danish orange box, $1.75; Hubbard 23-3c lb. vrTrrrTtt soul becomes 'a' western fT Wm&m TERR0RI n I fckV.l&i SMILEY BURNETTE Chicago Wheat Chicago, Jan. a (ITJ.) Wheat Open Hlsh Low Close May...., lfiOt 180is 180ii 180s July 179', 179i 17J, 1771i Sept 176'. 176?j 173'i 174, Dec 1751. 175'i 172!s 173 Wall Street New York, Jan. 2 (U.R) Stocks turned highly selective in the first session of the year today with the sugars strongest and liquors the weakest of the various groups. The whole sugar section ad vanced. At the highs the gains ranged to 4i points in Guant anamo preferred which made a new top. West Indies and Fran cisco made highs on gains of more than a point each. Gains running to more than 2 points were made by American Sugar, Central Violeta, Cuban Ameri can, and South Porto Rico. De mand for the group was attribut ed to anticipation of better prices ahead and to a belief the issues were behind the market. Liquors declined as much as 4 points in Schenley and more than 4 points in Distillers Corp. Seagrams. National Distillers lost more than 2 points; and losses of nearly 2 points each were made by American Dis tilling and Hiram Walker. These losses were traced to normal profit-taking after sharp ad vances last in 1945. Preliminary closing D o w Jones stock averages: industrial 191.66, off 1.25; rails 62.46, off 0.34; utilities 38.15, up 0.02; 65 stocks 71.72, off 0.38. Sales totaled .1,050,000 shares compared with 1,010,000 Mon day. "Big board bond" volume aggregated $5,220,000 against ?o,040,000 Curb stock turnover amounted to 500,000 shares com pared with 490,000 Monday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel. & Tel 190V4 Anaconda .................... 44 Chrysler 130H Curtiss Wright 8 General Electric 47 Vi General Motors 5 Montgomery Ward 727s Penn. R. R 42 Phillips Petroleum 57 J. C. Penney 149 Radio 17V4 Southern Pacific 58Vi Standard Oil of Calll. Texas Gulf Sulphur ... Trans-America United Aircraft U. S. Rubber . U. S. Steel . 7H 49 20H 35 66'i 81 8. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Jan. 2 CU.R) Dairy market: Butter: 93 score 48V4, 92 score 48, 90 score 474. Cheese: Loafe 28.2, triplets 27.2. T Eggs: large grade A 53 VJ, medium grade A 48W, small grade A 42V4, large grade B 47Vi. Court House News Divorce Complaints Helen Grant vs. David B. Grant. Divorce Decrees Eleanor Davis vs. Berthel Davis. Court Records Justice Court Frank J. Brown, no vehicle license displayed, $1 and costs. Robert A. Tanner, no opera tor's license; Inadequate brakes, cited. Alan J. Beaton, no license, $1 and costs. Joe B. Stevall. no PUC per mit; failure to display license, cited. Leslie E. Hammett. overwldth load, cited. Claude A. Davis, driver axle overload, $12.50 and costs. Roger C. Chapman and Ed ward D. Mackey, vagrancy, 15 days Jail. Lucy F. Klmmons, no opera tor's license, $1 and costs; no tail light, $1 and costs. Louis T. Miller, overheight load, cited. Police Court John Casey, drunk, $10 fine suspended. Albert W. Calhoun, drunk and soliciting alms, SO days Jail. Henry Ulmer, drunk, $10 fine. Mrs. Manrfeldt Begs For Chance To Tell "Truth" San Francisco, Jan. 2 (U.R) Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt de manded hysterically today to be allowed to tell "the truth" n th six-man, six-woman Jury expect ed to return a verdict on her plea of not guilty by reason of insanity of the death nf Mr. Vada Martin. The 46-year-old widow, al ready convicted of mnnOnnohtor as a result of the fatal shooting of Mrs. Martin. Ilimnerf in h.r feet and shrieked that Prosecu tor Norman Elkington was "not telling the truth" In his final argument. i Wednesday. Jan. 2, 1948 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE SEYSK "Let me speak to them," she asked, waving he rarms. "I can't stand any more. He Is not telling the truth. I will tell them the truth." Two bailiffs' carried her from the courtroom as the trial went into a recess. BIRTHS CLARNO To Mr. and Mrs. John, 1468 Prune St., Dec. 31. 1945, twin girls, 6 lbs. 2 oz., 5 lbs. 7 or.., at Osteopathic Clinic. Gas on Stomach Int tour Usautb tid hwrtbuin. dalti u.tiill TMm. M Unit.. tii.tn, b,inll KmtMt ln . Wf v ntum tolU. 19 w fee doufcli maotr udk KRIER To Mr. and Mrs. Win., 229 S. Front, Jan. 1, 1948, girl, 8 lbs., at Community hospital. Beware Coughs from common colds That Hang On Dreomulslon relieves promptly be tuse lt does riirht to the seat of tha trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid natura 10 soouie ana ncu raw, lender, m flamed bronchial mucous mem branes. Tell your druggist to sell yon a bottle of Creomulsion with the un demanding you must like the way if quickly allays the cough or you axe to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitit DANGER! COLDS AT WORK With Coughing, Sniffly Sneezy, Stuffy Nose Punishment Beware of spreading coldsl THe spread of colds is a national men ace. Guard your well-being. Dress sensibly. Get enough sleep. Above all, don't neglect your cold. A neg lected cold can cause lots of misery. 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