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Sunday, January 29, 1950 Local and Personal Naturalisation Naturalization petitions will be accepted at the county clerk's office tomorrow and Tuesday and naturalization examinations will be held here March 13. Moodyi Leave Attorney and Mrs. Ralph Moody left Saturday for their home in Salem after a two-day stay here during which he attended to legal business and Mrs, Moody visited friends. They are former Medford residents. Jacksonville Donna Davies, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davies, Jacksonville, is reported to be recovering nicely at Com munity hospital following an emergency appendectomy Fri day evening. To San Francisco Ralph Fur rer, Medford Motors, will leave tomorrow for San Francisco to attend an advertising meeting of Lincoln-Mercury dealers at the St. Francis hotel. Furrer will drive to the city and return by Southwest Airways. Rogue River The cemetery board of the Wbodville Ceme tery association at Rogue River will meet in a special session Saturday, February 4 In the civic club rooms at 2 p.m. to discuss association problems. Officers urge all members to attend. From Hospital Mrs. Frank Vosika, 322Vz South Central av enue, who has been confined to Sacred Heart hospital, has re turned to her home. She is re ported to be improving nicely and is able to have callers. Dance Session Set The Cen tral Point Federated Dance club will meet at the Central Point school's small gymnasium at 8 p. m. Monday. Beginners are asked to come at 7:30 p.m. for a half-hour of instruction. Member ship in the group is still open. At Lackland Mrs. George W. Swinney. 1013 West Ninth street, has received word that her nephew James Allen Wool dridge, formerly of Central Point and who recently enlisted in the army air forces, is now stationed at Lackland air base, San An tonio, Tex. Clothes Stolen Glenn L. Fab rick, manager of the Domestic laundry, 30 North Central ave nue, reported to police yester day that several pieces of cloth ing were stolen from the dry cleaning room at the laundry Thursday afternoon. He said two suit coats, three pairs of trou sers and some shirts were taken. Lumans Return Mr. and Mrs. William Luman, and daughter Linda Leigh, 113 Tripp street, returned from Portland Thurs day. Linda Leigh has been con fined to a Portland hospital since December 23 when she under went major surgery. She is re ported to be recovering satis factorily and may have visitors though she will be unable to re turn to school for some time. To San Francisco Matt Freed, manager of the Robert L. Lippert theaters here, leaves for San Francisco tomorrow where he will confer with other company executives regarding the opera tion of drive-in theaters. Court Records Police Court Jack E. Ragsdale, reckless driving, fine $25. Ada M. Taylor, no boulevard stop, bail $5. ' Hartwell L. Stovall, no boule vard stop, fine $5. Justice Court Wilbur R. Godlove, passing with insufficient clearance, fine $1 and costs. Evelyn Margaret Reginer, pet ty larceny, 60-day jail sentence suspended, to pay court costs. Harold F. Clement, overload, fine $1 and costs. Benny F. Compher, improper muffler, fine $1 and costs. Gordon F. Radford, failure to display PUC permit, . $15 bail forfeited. Walter B. Williams, no oper ator's license, fine $1 and costs. CJiarlie C. Hooper, hunting during prohibited hours, jailed in lieu of payment of $250 fine. Woodrow W. Atwood, violation of basic rule, fine $2.50 and costs. Chester E. Brown, no PUC per mit, fine $10 and costs. Louis F. Bittle, violation of basic rule, fine $1 and costs. Edward w. uemmer, no oper ator's license, fine $1 and costs. Josenh D. Zimmerman, failure to transfer title, $10 bail for feited. Andrew Brown, overwidth load, fine SI and costs. llene L. Olsen, Evelyn M. Re giner, and Allie F. Bohannan, no operator's license, fine $1 and costs each. William W. Payton, vagrancy- checks, six-month jail sentence suspended, to pay court costs. Divorce Complaints Brandt, Patricia L. vs. Fran cis Henry. Biggers, L. W. vs. Mary E. Washington, Jan. 28 (U.R Army Secretary Gordon Gray hints he may resign to become president of the University of North Carolina. Services Arranged For John Wilson Halfhill Ashland, Jan. 28 Services for John Wilson Halfhill, Ashland, who died Wednesday at Ashland General hospital, will be Mon day at Litwiller funeral home here with Ashland Elks lodge in charge. Final rites will be at Siskiyou Memorial cremato rium. Halfhill, born Oct. 4. 1885, at Mitchell, S. D., was steward of the Elks lodge for many years. Detroit, Jan. 28 (U.R) An eight-hour search for two small boys ended last night when po lice found them locked in the cupboard of a new unoccupied house. , ' Acme Telephoto MADE a STORM - Dr. Irving Langmuir, Nobel prise-winning scientist, told the American Me teorological Society In New York that a man-made rainstorm In New Mexico on July 31, 1049, pro duced 320 billion gallons of water more than all the water In New York city's reservoirs by a tech nique of bombarding . the right type clouds with sliver iodine The chemicals for the New Mexico storm cost $20, 3 HELP! HELP! HELP! Yes indeed! We'll gladly help you plan the color scheme and wallpaper for your own home decorating program . . . and right NOW is a good time to do the inside job before the busy building season begins in the spring! Evening Appointments . . . will glady be arranged so that husbands and wives may discuss their decorating problems with us and tee our complete stock of paints and wallpaper. Just phone ui and we'll gladly set aside an evening for YOU and assist you all we can. WALLPAPER We have tome exceptional ly attractive new patterns in both domestic and imported wallpaper . , . and you're sure to find exactly what you want to brighten up any room in your nome. TREASURE TONES More than 200 colors and shades in beautiful TREAS URE TONES mean that you will have no trouble find ing exactly the shade to blend and harmonixe with any color scheme! Wilbur J. Ruth Dies At Local Hospital Wilbur J. Ruth, 54, a resident of this community for nine years, passed away at a local hospital Saturday morning. Mr Ruth was born in Missouri on Feb. 13, 1904. He was employed by Donald Drake & Co. and had been working on the new school'build ing in Ashland. He was a mem ber of local union No. 1400, AFL, of which he was vice president. The family home is at 321 Ashland avenue, Medford. He was united in marriage to Miss Alice Roberts on March 12, 1927, at Thomas, Okla. Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Ted and Bob, and one daughter, Helen, all at home; his father, Owen, Thomas." Okla.; two brothers, Marion of Warsaw, Miss., and Owen of Kansas City, Kan.; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Sink of Branscomb, Cal.. and Mrs. Jane Stephenson of Medford, and one grandson, David, Medford. Funeral services wil be con ducted from the Perl funeral home chapel Tuesday at 2 p. m with the Rev. G. O. Baker, pastor of the Assembly of God church, officiating. Pallbearers from the local un ion No. 1400 will be Max Hawks, W. A. Gifford. Bob Peebles, John Purdue, Jim Purdue and Clyde Butler. Interment will take place in Siskiyou Memorial Park. Kiwanis Committees Slate Monday Meet General committee members from both Ashland and Medford for the second annual Kiwanis Kapers and Minstrel show will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan uary 30, at the senior high school cafeteria to discuss plans for the show, according to General Chairman Robert Vocgtly. He stated that the director from Geller productions, Holly wood. Cal., will be present. The director is arriving a week ear lier than originally announced. Voegtly said that a public talent party to recruit performers for the event is tentatively set for Wednesday evening at the cafe teria. Medford and Ashland Kiwanis clubs are jointly sponsoring the all-local talent production. Pre sentations will be February 20 and 21 at Ashland and Febru ary 24 and 25 at Medford. The season duck limit in New foundland is 150; daily limit seven. Coasl Lumbermen Choose Officers Portland Meeting Portland, Ore., Jan. 28 (U.R) D. W. G o s s a r d, Enumclaw, Wash., has been re-elected presi dent of the West Coast Lumber men's association, Gossard told the final meeting of the association's 39th conven tion here J hat the association has been "lcrcasingly success ful in its lumber-selling program. These gains, he said, were the result of an "intelligently planned, carefully conceived and loyally executed promotion," Gossard said that WCLA pro duction and order files had hit a 20-year high in 1949 and that lumber production nationally had dipped approximately 5,000, 000.000 feet from the 1948 total. Medfordite Elected Other officers elected were Judd Greenman, Vernonia, and G. E. Karlen, Tacoma, vice-presidents; Frank A. Graham, Jasper, treasurer; W. B. Greeley. Seattle, vice-piysident; H. V. Simpson, Portland, executive vice-president, and Harris E. Smith, Port land, secretary. New district directors elected were Leo U. Hammerschmith, Port Gable, Wash.; R. M. Ingram, Aberdeen. Wash.; G. A. Kings ley, Portland; Henry Jacobson, Roseburg; Al Pierce, Coos Bay, and B. L. Nutting, Medford. Physician Joins Medford Clinic The Medford Clinic . in the Medical Center building has in creased its staff of physicians to five with the recent addition of Dr. William E. Jones, it was an nounced yesterday. Dr. Jones is a graduate of the University of Oregon medical school and spent his internship at the University of Wisconsin General hospital, where he was appointed resident physician for the department of internal medi cine. After wartime service in the south Pacific, he returned to' Wisconsin to complete his train ing, later acceptina a position on the staff of the Firland sana torium before coming to Med ford to be associated with the Medford clinic. He is specializing in diagnosis and Internal medi cine here. Dr. Jones joins a staff already composed of Dr. Robert Sleeter, obstetrics and gynecology; Dr. Reinhold Kanzlcr, general sur gery; Dr. Richard Sleeter, pedi atrics, and Dr. O. T. Heyerman, internal medicine and diagnosis. The technical staff includes Miss Hildegarde Baker, clinical laboratory woik, and Russell Budreau, x-ray technician. World's Industrial Fair Eyed In State Portland, Ore. Jan. 28 j(U.R A committee will be named to consider staging a world's indus trial fair in Portland in 1954-55, Edgar W. Smith, president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce said today. Smith said the 1S54-S5 dates would coincide with the comple tion of several dams in the Co lumbia basin, principally Mc Nary, Detroit and possibly Me ridian and Chief Joseph. "With the completion of these projects we will still have tapped only 16 per cent of the hydro-electric potential of our great river systems," Smith said. "It may well be that such a fair, aimed at showing the great industrial potential of this re gion, could be of great assistance in our efforts to attract greater industrialization." Child Evangelism Class To Open In Gold Hill Feb. 1 Gold Hill, Jan. 28 The first child evangelism course in Gold Hill will begin classes Wednes day, February 1, in trw home of Mrs. R. A. Todd. 584 Fifth ave nue. Mrs. William Armstrong will be teacher. The classes will be given tin der release time with the coop eration of Gold Hill schools as provided by Oregon law, it is stated. First and second grades will attend from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., and third, fourth and fifth grade pupils from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Mrs. Todd's home is near the school. Those in charge slate that an "overwhelming" response was received when the classes were announced and that almost 50 per cent of the ouDils in the in dicated grades are enrolled for the classes. They will continue each Wednesday afternoon. The course was arranged by Mrs. George Bailey. Medford, county child evangelism direc tor. Any parents interested in sending their children are asked to phone Mrs. Todd, 833, Gold Hill. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Cement Plant Closes Down Temporarily Gold Hill, Jan. 28 The Beav er plant of the Pacific Portland Cement company has suspended operations here temporarily due to bad weather conditions and lack of a market for cement products, it was learned today. Officials said the shutdown would throw a small percentage of employees out of work and that repairs and installation of a dust collector would be com pleted while the plant is down. Operations arc expected' to re sume within a few weeks. The Marble Mountain lime quarry In the Siskiyous has also been closed. Coos 6a Gets Water Through New Pipeline Coos Bay, Ore., Jan. 28 (U.P.) An emergency pipeline today restored water service to Coos Bay and North Bend following breakdown of storage reservoir facilities. Both cities were deprived of water service for several hours yesterday when a section of the reservoir collapsed under impact of heavy rains, damaging the pipe line. BIRTHS SPANGENBERG To Mr. and Mrs. Alfred, Grants Pass, Jan. 27, 1950, a girl. 7 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. HOFER To Mr. and Mrs. Charles, P. O. Box 1189, Med ford, Jan. 28. 1950, a boy, 714 lbs., at Community hospital. ROBBTNS Tn Mr onH Mr. Charles, box 112, Talent, Jan, 27, 1950, a boy, weight 7 lbs. at Sacred Heart hospital. McCANN To Mr. and Mrs. J. L., route 2, box 120, Central Point. Jan. 26, 1950, a boy, weight 7 lbs., at Community hos pital. ST. CLAIR, To Mr. and Mrs. Herman Jr.. 515 Albert street, Jan. 27, 1950, a girl, weight 7 lbs., at Community hos pital. Hollywood, Jan. 28 (U.P.) Songstress Ginny Sinims accuses her husband, Hyatt Dehn, with mental cruelty In a divorce action, CARD or THANKS We wish to express our thanks tn our many friends for their sympathy and flowers in the death of husband. Elmer Crawford. From Wife and Children. Ex-Medford People Open Radio Station A new radio station, which is to be operated by four former Medford men, will go on the air today in Prineville. The station is KRCO, with a wave length of 690 kilnovxlo. .J ,.; u are Norbert Miksche. Collin R. matneny, Chester Stewart and Robert Bruce. All Warp frtrmot-lt, nn M,A .in Ct of station KYJC In Medford. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Miksche of Medford, parents of Norbert Miksche, are in Prineville for the dedication ceremonies. They went via Eugene, stopping first at the University of Oregon to visit their daughter, Miss Steph anie Miksche. and to participale in Dad's day activities. Portland City Budget Declared Now Balanced Portland ftri .Jan 90 rll D The city council announced to- any n nas Daiancea Portland s budget. Cuts in expenditures and new revenue anticipated for the com- uiK year lotai i,uio,3Hl, more than the pvnnntnrl rturluM rlnflr.it- of about $983,000. $45,000 FIRE REPORTED Eugene, Ore., Jan. 28 U.P.) 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