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TWELVE MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. March 3, 1948 C. A. MARSHALL DIES AT COOS BAY HOME Word was received here to day of the death February 20 of C, A. Marshall, 84, former Mcdford resident, who has been making his home in Coos Bay, Ore. Marshall, who was associated many years with the Ala Vista orchard and packing house in Mcdford, is survived by the widow, Mary H., of Coos Bay, and three sons and one daugh ter, seven grandchildren, two of whom are Ruth Ann and Donald Deen Marshall of Mcd ford, and five great-grandchildren. II MAIN STREET Obituary Bud's Stove Repair Service Any Place Any Time Oil Burners, Brooders and Furnaces Work Guaranteed Phone 3405 II mini Liberty Building Purchased by Leverette and Hall Building by C. C. Furnas CHUCK'S PUMP SERVICE All types of pumps and pressure lystems repaired ' Work Guaranteed STAMPER and GOFF HARDWARE Phone 3939 Night 7431 HUM I Two major real estate deals, involving downtown business properties were consummated here last week with the pur chase by Walter H. Leverette of the Liberty building, located on West Main and Grape streets, from G. S. Butler, of Ashland, and the purchase by Charles C. Furnas of the struc ture housing his tire business at 322 East Main street, from E. B. Hall, of Mcdford. Announce ment of the sales was made by Elmer Herried of the Ileal Es tate Exchange, which handled the transactions. Amounts in volved were not disclosed. Mr. Leverette, owner of the Leverette Interstate Theaters of Southern Oregon and northern California, plans, according to Herried, to remodel and extcn- fslvcly improve the four-story Liberty building which is one of the larger store and office structures of the city. Opening the first gasoline service station in Mcdford in 1011), Furnas has occupied a portion of his newly acquired property for the past 27 years. He contemplates only minor improvements at present with more extensive renovation pos sibly later, A portion of the building houses The Shuck and there are apartments on the sec ond floor. Furnas was mayor of Mcdford from 1037 to 1940. "The demand for real estate Is very brisk throughout the Medford area," Hurried said in reporting the two big sales, "and the demand exceeds sales over ten to one." ALBERT HOLM Albert Holm, 50, of Butte Falls passed away in Medford Saturday following a lingering illness. Funeral arrangements are in care of Conger-Morris Funeral Parlors and will be announced Monday. LYLE Mv FISHER Lyle M. Fishe'r, a resident of Sams Valley and Medford for many years, passed away early Saturday morning. A complete obituary with time of services will be announced later through the Perl Funeral Home. LEONARD W. VINSON Medford friends have received word of the death of Leonard Willis Vinson, 28, veteran of World War II who had been re siding at Redding, Calif. He passed away Sunday at Curran hospital in Orovillc, Calif. Vinson, born at Grants Pass July 1'6, 1916, lived in the Rogue River Valley for many years. Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Vinson of North Redding; four sisters, Mrs. Elsie Upham and Mrs. Lclia Phelps of Trinity Center, Mrs. Edith Ric- ard of Redding and Mrs. Ethel Herrick of Santa Cruz. 4-H CLUB WEEK TO STRESS ROLE mmmm DU PONT HOUSE PAINT IS SELF-CLEANING DuPont House Pint is tho uiilttl flint you've ever Ktabnt that's net alt. Du Pont llouso Paine protects (gainst decay, rust, and rot. Starts white, stays white DuPont House Paint is made with titanium dioxide, the pigment that'a whiter than snow! So your house, newly painted with thii remarkablo paint, starts daitling while, further, it Hays white, because . . ; It's self-cleaning All paints collect dirt on exposure. But, with Du Pont House I'ainii "self cleaning" starts after a few months of normal weather conditions, A fine white powder forms on the surface. Heavy rains wash this away, carrying the dirt with It leaving the newly exposed surface clean and white gum (Unusual climatic or dirt collecting couditions in extremeli aooty industrial communities may, ol course, delay this process.) Ilecause thii "aelf.cleaning" is gradual, the wearing qualities of tho paint film are not abnormally alTertcd. Despite this remarkable quality ol DuPont House Paint, it costs no aiore than other good . paints.. Also available in O ' light colon. ga Building Specially and Appliance Co. 317 East Main Purchase of the Evergrecu, Studios at 40 South Central avC' nuc from R. R, Gibbons was an nounced yesterday by Phil Brainerd, who, associated with his brother, Dave, will operate tho business under tho name, Brainerd Studio and Camera Shop. Phil Brainerd was proprietor of a photo shop at the same ad dress prior to entry into the army three and one-half years ago. A cameraman with the army service forces, he was chief army photographer at tho United Nations conferenco in San Fran cisco and has many Interesting pictures of the event. He ami his wife arc residing at 1H28 E. Main street. Dave Hrainerd, formerly with Artcraft Camera Shop In Grants Pass, was a naval photographer in the South Pacific during the war. Ho and . his wife have made their home at 18 Haw- thorno street. The two men will do portrait. commercial and finishing work. E SCOUT DINNER IS HELD AT CHURCh "The local 411 club in a chang ing world" is the main theme in observance of national 4H club week, March 2 to 10, according to Earlc Jossy, Jackson county club agent, who said the organi zation has adopted a national goal of 3,200,000 members by Kino. Unit leaders In Jackson county will observe the week with a meeting at the courthouse audi torium at 8 p. m. Wednesday. In establishing the project, 1,100 club leaders, county exten sion agents, and delegates at the congress in Chicago early in De cember analyzed local situations and discussed their solution. Ef forts will be made with the sup port of these delegates to en courage rural young people to attack the significant issues of the new atomic era as related to their local problems. According to Jossy, "It is the hope that in every local com munity 4H nembers will carry on in the same fine spirit as did their delegates to the National Club Congress. In discussing such important issues as housing, health, vocational choices, mar keting, distribution, conserva tion, recreation, and mainte nance of world peace, these young people can make a really remarkable beginning in demon- striding how they can develop their own local 411 programs as effectively in solving the prob lems of peace in this new era of atomic energy as.they did In solv ing the problems of war on the homo front." Jacksonville, March 2 One of the community's traditional annual events, the Boy Scout dinner, was held at the Presby terian church Thursday night; February 28, with approximate ly 50 Scouts, Cubs and members of Scout families attending. During a short combined court of honor and achievement council several eligible persons received appropriate awards. Franklin Solomon became a Tenderfoot Scout. Merit badges for home repairs went to Larry Solomon and Ray Cummings Jr., and Dale Fick receiving both home repairs and animal industry. Mrs. Ray Cummings' received a second class minia ture badge from her son. Fick was presented with senior pa trol leader's bars, Wayne Mise ner patrol leader's bars and Solomon and Cummings were named assistant patrol leaders. Ray Harris, Pack 35 cubmas- ter made these awards: bob cat to Glen Backus, wolf to Keith Sherer, and Bruce Stewart, bear; den mother's certificate to Mrs. Thelma Misener, and den chief's service award to Wayne Misener. Rev. L. H. Mitchel- more of the pack committee presented a cub law plaque to Mr, Harris in appreciation of his two years of service. One year service stars went to Scouts Donald Harris, Donald Wendt, Warren Wendt, Wayne Misener, Larry Solomon, Ray Cummings and Elmer Bowman. Following the chicken dinner prepared and served by the mothers, and wives of Scout leaders two reels of motion picture comedy brought the eve ning to a close. Mrs. Peter Fick, several years chairman of the dinner committee, again served In that capacity. Jacksonville I.O.O.F. lodge which sponsors the Scout troop furnished the ice cream. 90 PERMITS FOR HOME BUILDING FEBRUARY MARK Severity of Medford's housing shortage was shown last month in the great number of home building permits issued by the city superintendent's office. Nine ty permits, totaling $242,162, were issued from the office and included 41 permits for new resi dences, costing S136.750; 18 non residence permits, S28.075 and alterations on buildings. S77.337. Last month 84 permits amount ing to $266,865 were given city residents. Many residence permits called for construction of garages to be used as temporary dwellings. Applying for permits yester day were Frank Robertson, 625 South Holly street, to erect resi dence and garage at 505 Alice street, $4,500; Ray Cherry, 412 Benson street, residence and ga rage at 811 Pine street, $4,000; Ray O. Sims, 628 North Central avenue, residence and garage at 16 Keene Way drive, $3,000; George Beltz, 1115 Niantic street, erect garage as temporary resi dence, $1,000; and Electa A. Fehl, 504 South Oakdale avenue, re model store at 106 North Ivy street, $350. WAGNER CREEK P.-T. A. PRESENTS TWO PLAYS Wagner Creek, March 2 Members of the Wagner Creek Parent-Teacher club, assisted by school pupils, presented two one act plays recently at a program held at tho Wagner Creek school. Thn nlnva "TKn On,..,... !!.. 1 . ,-". ,,v V MMICW I 111 tlllll "The High Priced Hat,' were fol lowed by accordion numbers by the following Talent nnuils of' Mrs. Eve Prentice: Lani Uunu lt, j Cora Mae Gllevs, Glen and 'Lois I Uriulley, Irene Purdue, Marie i Furrier, Mela Jean Frink, Juvrc ' Paul, Bobby Pieltyinan and liar-j old Combs. What's Doing at U. S. O. Lady Elks will present the Pantry Shelf, beginning at 6 p.m. today at the Riverside U.S.O. with Junior Hostesses Margaret Henry and Pearl Brock assisting. Beginning the day at 9:30 a.m. will be Java Club with Barbara Itandolph as hostess. Miss Ina Lucas will entertain with piano selections during Twilight Rev erie at 5 o'clock. Former Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New York City was raised in Prescott. Ariz., where he attended public schools while his father, a bandmaster in the V. S. Army, was station ed at nearby Fort Whipple. Use Mat) Tribune want Ada t$V DECORATING T-L'.-"-:? and PAINTING Scrvico Quality Price VETERAN PAINTERS "Skoeti" Knight W. A. Thomson Phone 7431 Frea Estimates - ORDER NOW FOR PROMPT DELIVERY GREEI SLABS 300 cubic ft. FIR $5.75 300 cubic ft. PINE $450 Former Resident Pictured in Ads For Drug Concern Pictures of Mrs. Mary Brewer, former Mcdford resident now liv ing in Beverly Hills, Calif., witli her two daughters, Susie and Pinkie, arc featured in many na- tional magazines this month in I an advertisement for the Bristol- j Myers drug company. Mrs. Brewer, who left Med- i ford almost four years ago, has i been working for some time past as a professional model, posing i for Hollywood photographers in ! the employ of national advertis ing concerns. Mrs. Brewer, a na- i tive of California, .lived in San J Francisco before her marriage ' to Chaunccy Brewer of Medford. BIRTHS WILSON To Mr. and Mrs. Henry, Central Point, March 1, 1946, a girl, seven pounds, at Community hospital. ffl IE COMING TUESDAY; PUBLIC IN VITED For the March meeting of the Jackson County League of Wom en Voters, members of the sym posium team of the University of Oregon will speak on "Pan American Relations." The meet ing will be held Tuesday at 8 p. m. in the courthouse auditor ium, and will be open to the public. Appearance of the team in Medford is jointly sponsored by the schools and the league, a?id Wednesday at 11 a. m. the stu dents will speak at the high school. Appearances are also to be made in Jacksonville and Central Point. On the team are Shirley Hough and Nancy Peterson, both of Portland, and Barbara Wells, In dependence. Mrs. Justin Smith, president of the league, states that a re port of the nominating commit tee will be given at the meeting. AGATE SCHOOL" DISTRICT TO TALK PROPERTY SALE Legal voters of Agate School District No. 16 were reminded yesterday that the board of the district has called a special meeting for March 4, Monday to discuss selling all school pro perty. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Evans, Mid way Road, at eight o'clock ac cording to Vena Force, clerk of the board. r WEISBROIJ To Mr. and Mrs. John, Eagle Point, March 2, 1946, a girl, seven pounds, at Community hospital. TAYLOR To Mr. and Mrs. Walter, Rt. 2, box 510, March 1, 1946, a girl, eight pounds at Sac red Heart hospital. TRACER To Mr. and Mrs. William, Rogue River, March 2, 1946. a boy, 9Vi pounds, at Sac red Heart hospital. Liquor Lounges Washington Aim Olympia, Wash., March 2 (U.R) Officials of the Greater Washington federation today fil ed an initiative which would pro vide for the licensing of public liquor lounges in Washington state. Use Mall Tribune Wn:!t Ads. CAHD OF THANKS We wish lo tnke this way of thnnk Iiik nil (if those who no kindly hs nistrd us during the recent Illness and death ot our father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Faklor. for Ihe flowers, spiritual bouquets and prayers and for the services of the choir and pall hearers. Words fall to fully express our matltiidc. Uorolhy Messer and brothers. Why Accept Old Fashioned Ways of Watch Repairing? With the use of modorn Elec tronic machines, your watch can be restored to its orig inal time keeping condition Electronically at no extra cost, in just 1 to 3 DAYS JK's 7 'iwepiece Specialties 21S Medford Center Bldg. STATE POLICE OFFICERS TO ATTEND SCHOOL HERE A school for all state police officers of the southern Oregon district is to be heid in Medford beginning tomorrow, Capt. Paul Parson of local state police head quarters announced yesterday. At the school, which will be held from March 4 to the 17th in the basement of the Elks club, offi cers will undergo a strenuous in struction course in general law enforcement and traffic control, Capt. Parson stated. II. G. Maison, assistant to the superin tendent of state police, will con duct the classes. Approximately 25 men are ex pected to attend each of the one week study courses and will be j lodged in the Holland hotel. Attention TOMATO All growers contemplating growing Tomatoej for cannery purposes this year are urged to contact Bagfey Canning Co. at Ashland or their Medford Representative, W. C. Blankenship, 244 South Central, Medford, so prompt arrangements can be made for sup plying necessary seed for plants. 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