Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 16, 1950, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextValue of Oregon's forest and lumber Droducts is estimated to : be In excess of 700 million dol lars annually. f (drive III theatre Last Time Tonight Donald O'Connor Gloria DeHaven In Yes, Sir, That's My Baby In Technicolor PLUS Mr. Reckless NEWS CARTOONS Gates open at 6:30, show at 7 GET OUT OF TOWN For a Change. Enjoy a pleasant drive just across the California Line and DINE - DANCE SEA FOOD DINNERS . KEN DRAPER PLAYS CHICKEN STEAKS OUR GRAND PIANO Open 6 A.M. Till 2 A.M. Dally Special for Orcgonians Dancing Sunday Afternoons DANNY FILLIPE'S "First Chance Last Chance" HORNBROOK, CALIF. GOLD Cowboy Troubador In Person! Entertaining in the dining room 4:30 to 8:30. Beautiful Decorations. MENU Strictly fresh, home-made sausage, mash ed potatoes, apple sauce, cream gravy, home-made hot biscuits, vegetable, salad, pickles, jelly, home made pie, wonderful coffee. Special St. Patrick's DANCE STARTING 9 P.M. USUAL PRICES CEnSfTs Me&tis 609 EAST MAIN PHONE 2-6805 FREE DELIVERY PRICES FOR FRI. SAT 1 Bordcn'l Mellowest FRESH CRABS We get 'em daily from IT af the ocean by Southwest I O Airways. , FRESH PACIFIC OYSTERS Pt 52c Fresh Smelt, Kippered Salmon, Sliced Salmon, and Halibut, Prawns and Breaded Prawns, Fresh Cod, Salt Cod, Ocean Perch, Shrimps, Scal lops, Crabs, Oysters, Crab Meat. Local and Corrtction The Eagle Point Extension unit is sponsoring the American Cancer Foundation drive in the Eagle Point com munity rather than the Red Cross drive as stated in Tues day's paper. In Roseburg Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Hume and twin daugh ters of Trail visited visitors Sun day at the Arthur Kobernik home in Roseburg. Mrs. Kober nik's parents, Mr. and Mrs Harry E. Harding Sr., also of Trail, have been guests at the Kobernik home for the past week. Plan Family Night A feat ure movie will be shown at the YMCA as part of the weekly family night program Friday, March 17, it was announced to day. In addition the usual pro gram of activities will be pro vided. Hours are from 7 to 10 p.m. - To Meet Local 700, Nation al Federation of Federal Em ployees, will hold a dinner meet ing in the Pioneer room of the Jackson hotel Friday, March 17 at 7 p.m. All federal employees and their wives are invited to attend, and dinner will be fol lowed by a program and dancing. Remember! It's . . SAT. NITE 4TS OLD FASHIONED SAUSAGE SUPPER HILL GRANGE Skinless Morrell's Tenderized Picnic HAMS 3gc lb. CHEDDAR CHEESE lb. 37 Personal From Seattle Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawler and their daugh ter, Miss Dorothy Lawler, visit ed for a few days this week with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cox, Talent. The Lawlers are en route to Mexico, Visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Engstrom, Proctor, Minn., ar rived today to visit their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. V. Engstrom, 213 Ross lane. The visitors expect to remain here for two weeks. Bishop to Speak Bishop Ti tus Lowe. New York City, will speak at 7:30 p.m. today in the local First Methodist church about overseas relief work. He recently returned from Europe and will tell about conditions there. Jacksonville Fun Night A community get-together and fun night, sponsored by the Jackson ville Parent-Teacher association, will begin at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, March 18, with a potluck dinner served at the school. Following the dinner cards, square dancing and games will take place in the gymnasium. All in the com muity are invited and those un able to attend the dinner are in vited to participate in entertain ment following which will be gin at 8 p.m. Jacksonville Dinner Marin ers club of the Jacksonville Presbyterian church will spon sor a home-cooked ham dinner in the church parlors Friday, March 17. Serving will begin at 5:30 p.m. and continue until all are served. Special arrangements have been made to expedite seating and serving guests. There will be children's portions and proceeds will be used toward support of Bible history and lit erature classes in the school. All in the vicinity are invited. FRANKS 33c lb. Plsn Dinner A St. Patrick's ! day party will be held by Loyal Order of Moose and Women of the Moose Friday, March 17, in the lodge hall. A potluck dinner will be served at 8:30 p.m. Announce Meeting Col. Sar gent Camp and auxiliary, United Spanish War Veterans, will meet at the armory Sunday, March 19, at 1 p.m. for a covered dish din ner. Meetings of both groups will follow. Livestock Portland, Ore.. Mar. 16 (U P.) Cattle 150; market active, steady with Wednesday's strong to 50 cents hiRher market; lew holdover steers unsold, odd common steers $21-23: medium heifers $22-24 50; common dairy type heifers $17.10; canner-cutter cows $H $15 50; odd head $16; shells $13 down, medium-low Rood beef cows $18-20.50. good beef bulls $21-22 50; common medium sausage bulls $17-20. Calves 50; market steady; Rood choice grades scarce. S28-33; medium. $20-25; commons down to $15. Hogs 125; quality below normal; only odd lots good-choice 210 lbs. 25 cents lower at $19; good 238 lbs. S18 50; 270 lbs. down to $17; good 380 540 lb. sows $14 30-15; good-choice feeders $17.50-1850. Sheep 50; practically nothing avail able early; good-choice fed lambs $J4 $24.50; good-choice ewes $11.50-12.50. San Francisco. Mar. 16 (U P.) Cattle 100. Supply includes two loads of steers and a few cows. Trade active, with fullv steady prices Around 50 head medium 035-940 lb. slaughter steers $27 with 8 head at $26. Few high-cutter and common cows $17,50-18.50, odd head canners and cutters $15-17. Wednesduy couple good sausage bulls $21-22. Calves 5. Odd head common vealers $25-28, With single high-medium vealcr $31. Hogs 150. Active. Butchers steady, sows absent. Good and choice 100-24O lb. butchers $18. Sheep 300. No early sales. Wednes day active, fully steady; around 100 medium and good wooled 83 lb. lambs $26. Portland Produce Portland. Ore.. Mar. 16 (U P.) Butter Prices to retailers: Grade AA prints 69c lb.; AA cartons 70c A prints 69c; A cartons 70c; B prints 66c. Egg prices to retailers: Grade AA large 43c; A large 41c; AA medium 41c; A medium 40c: small, nominal; cartot. 2c additional Cheese Prices to retailers: Port land, Oregon singles 3!-42c lb Ore gon 3-lb. loafs 441, 3 -4 5c lb: triplets liC less than singles. Premium brands, singles, 51 'jc lb.; loaf, 532c lb Trading on the Portland eastside farmers wholesale produce market to day . was limited to a few potatoes, dry onions and root vegetables with prices unchanged or nominal. Poultry, Rabbits Live chickens Broilers under 2 lbs. 17c; 2-3 lbs.. 22-25c: 3-4 lbs.. 26-27C; 4 Ihs. and over, 27-28c; frvers 2-3 lbs., 30-32c; 3-4 lbs.. 32-33c; roasters, 4 lbs. and over, 33-34c; leg-horns under 4 lbs., lflc; 4 lbs. over. 20-21c; rnosters 25c, colored fowl, all weights, 26c; old roosters, all weichts. 14-itir Turkeys Net to growers, toms, 2(1- jic; price 10 retailers, dressed: A young toms. 27-28c: licht hens. 4 1-4 lie. Rabbits Live white 4 to 5 lbs., 17 20e; 5-6 lbs.. 15-I8c; colored 2c loWer; fresh dressed Idrtho fryers to retail ers tuc; local lo-sac. Wall Street New York, Mar. io (U.R) Utilities ame within a few cents of setting a new 19-ycar-high in an active, firm stock market to day. Spurred by a smart recovery yesterday that lifted the indus trial and utility averages to new Mighs for more than three vears the market met new buying and trengthencd in all departments. Dow Jones closing stock aver ages: ;iu industrials 207.89. up 0.43; 20 railroads 56.42, up 0.37: 15 utilities 43.75. up 0.27; 65 stocks 75.33, up 0.2!). Sales today approximated 2.060,000 shares, compared with 1,830.000 traded yesterday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 151 'ft Anaconda 2ft1 i Chrvslcr 65:,b Curtiss Wright 8:14 General Electric 4fi5s General Motors 77 Montgomery Ward 57 Penn R R 17-n Penney, J. C 587 Radio 14"'s Southern Co 13"'s Southern Pacific 53 S Oil of Cal B4-14 Texas Gulf Sulphur 73r'ft Transamcrica 167a United Aircraft 27' i U S Rubber 43' U S Steel 31 'r Youngstown 8IV2 Obituary ALBERT AKERS Services for Albert J. Akers, 80, who passed away at his home in Jacksonville Monday, will be ncia in uonger-Mnms Chapel Saturday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. J. A. Skinner, Jacksonville, offic iating. Interment will be in Jack sonville cemetery. Mr. Akers liv ed in the Trail-Shadv Cove rlist rict for many years. A complete obituary will be published later BENEFIT J! MEDFORD ARMORY Friday, March 17 Auspices MEDFORD MARINE CORPS LEAGUE Western and Modern Muiic by ARNOLD'S RHYTHM BAND Balloon Scramble) Dancing 9 to 1 Admission $1.20 couple (tax inc.) Landscape Project To Start Next Tuesday The home landscape project sponsored by the county agent's office will get under way in five different communi'ies next Tues day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, C. B. Cordy, county agent for horticulture, said to day. Five homes-have been selected for meetings with a landscape architect from Oregon State col lege who will first discuss the theory of the individual prob lems presented by the site and will then apply the theory to the actual plotting and planning of the grounds. His services will be furnished without charge to the homeowner who will be respons ible only for the cost of the plantings. Homes to be landscaped are the Ira Burns home, Old Crater Lake highway, Tuesday: Howard William home, Brownsboro dis trict, Wednesday; Fred Hasse, lower river road across the Rogue river from Gold Hill. Thursday: James Rasmusscn, Valley View road, Friday morn ing, and a home yet to be se lected In Ashland, Friday after noon. C. A. Meyer Elected To Head Principals C. A. "Dutch" Meyer, Cen tral Point, was elected president of the Southern Oregon Princi pals' association when the group met recently in Ashland. Bob Sage, Gold Hill was named sec retary, and Robert Cook, Lake county, vice president. Speakers included Attorney Frank Van Dyke who discussed the proposed CVA, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry, who prais ed the school safety patrol pro gram, and Rex Putnam, super intendent of public instruction, who discussed the responsibil ities of elementary school prin cipals. BIRTHS HAMILTCN To Mr. and Mrs. George Williams. Mar. 14, 1950, a boy. weight 8 lbs., at Osteopathic hospital. GLENN To Mr. and Mrs. Dwight N., general delivery. Mar. 15. 1950, a girl, weight 6 lbs., at Community hospital. VESSEY To Mr. and Mrs. Don, 602 Victory street, Mar. 16, 1950, girl, 6V4 pounds, at Com munity hospital. ALLEN To Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam J., 927 Murray street, Mar. 13. l!l!if). uirl. seven oounds. at Community hospital. Rent Day Wrong Time To Hold Uo Landlord Milwaukee, (U.R) Two Mil waukee holdup men made an er ror In planning the robbery of Allinft Rnnk They tried to do It on rent day. Since RcnK is tnc superinten dent of a large apartment build inn ihn hunHil hurl no sooner en ered his rooms when the door bell started ringing. While tne robbers fled out the back door, In the front and ac cepted the month's rent from one of his tenants. Daily Weather Report vnitFr ASTS Mcdford nnd vicinity: Cloudy nd mild with occasional light rain tonight and Friday. Western OreRon: Rain tonight and vririnv i.itiiM rhnnffi. In lemoeratura. Low tonight 4J to 48. High Friday 48 lo 5B Temperature a year ago today HlahcAl 4; lowest 3!. Tnlnl monthly precipitation .34 Inch rwir-ienrv for the month .42 Inch Tolnl precipitation since September 1. 104!). izii? incurs. v..ri... for the season .55 Inch Rrlallve humidity 4:30 p m. yeater- day r2'r; 4.30 am. loaay an'e. observations Taken At 4:30 A.M-, 120 Meridian Time High Low Prec Boise noslon 43 23 Chicago 33 2R Denver . ............ 30 31 Eureka 54 44 .03 llRvre .......... 30 21 Klamnth Tall 55 37 Los Angeles A4 43 Medford ! 4.1 T New York 50 211 Omaha ... 43 33 Phoenix 73 44 Portland 52 44 .111 Hcno no 22 Kligrne 50 44 .10 Salt Lake 32 33 San Francisco 5.1 37 Seallle 49 22 . .0 Spokane .. 44 37 .01 Washington, D. C 00 33 Yakima 50 30 Tomorrow Sunrise 8:10 a.m. Sunsat 8: 10 pro Thursday, March 16, 1SS0 Former Resident Of Jacksonville Dies Andy S. Christensen, 93, form er resident of Jacksonville and Mcdford, passed away at the home of his son in San Jose. Cal. March 14, relatives reported this morning. Funeral services were to be held in Sun Jose this af ternoon, with interment follow ing In a cemetery there. The deceased is survived by two sons, Sherman and Andy, and a daughter. Marie, all of San Jose. He had made his home in Jacksonville until a few months ago, and was a member of the Jacksonville IOOF lodge, in which he had held office. Footprinters Elect Al Leighton President Medford chapter 16 of the In ternational Footprint Associa tion, Inc., Tuesday named Al Leighton president for the com ing year at a chapter meeting held at Mon Desir. Officers who will serve with Leighton are Clay Higgins, first vice-president; Bill O'Brien, sec ond vice president; Harold Brown, secretary, and Richard Payne, treasurer. The associa tion is devoted to the encourage ment of closer relations between businessmen and law enforce ment officers. DAuCE Central Point American Legion Hall O SATURDAY MARCH 18 9:00 P.M. FEATURING LEE MASTERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA Tonite First Medford Showing! A Woman's Flight from RAINS HENDRIX CAREY ' mi MMi kins Ifc ., tjM AH 1 1 ii f f Vi r m -isssaiisssssiaisssssssssssssaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssaaaaaaaasa'-"a n MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Court Records Police Court Betty Ann Bradshaw and Fred N. Stevens, failure to yield right of way, fine S5 each. Ernest H. Connor, drunk driv ing, license suspended one year, fine $100. Alvera E. McDonald, failure to yield right of way to pedes trian, fine $5. Doris E. Hussong, reckless driving, fine $25. Justice Court Warren E. Poling, no clearance lights, fine $1 and costs. Gerald F. Covcl, violation of basic rule, fine $1 and costs. Charles E. Henderson, over load, fine $75 and costs. David R. Berry, one license plate only, fine $1 and costs. Ross B. Fall, permitting unli censed minor to operate vehicle, fine $1 and costs. Frederick J. Bristow, no ve hicle license, fine $1 and costs. David E. Porter and Paul E. Ivans, no ocrator's license, fine $1 and costs each. Daniel T. Lindsey, drunk In public place, fine $25 and costs. Mary L. Hcnshaw, failure to stop at stop sign, fine $1 and costs. Ernest M. Walling Jr., over load, fine $12.50 and costs. Donald T. Wright, overload, fine $6.50 and costs. Clarence N. Brown, overload, fine $10 and costs. It nam Today 2 TOP HITS 2 Mamage-Witfiout-Love f PLUS I SCOTT. FORD. TREVOR L KElES . BUCHANAMJ mm- MIGHTS ARE HERE AGAIN Robin Finds Home Life Better'n Facing Cats; Jakes Bath In Saucer Cleveland, O. (U.R) This pet robin is a wise old bird and comfort-loving too. Nancy Fabian, aged 9. owns Cooky, a really domesticated bird despite his freedom-loving an cestors. His domesticity got its big boost last summer when he was rescued from the clutches of a neighborhood cat. Since that frightening incident Cooky has been satisfied to take his daily bath in one of the fam ily saucers, watch Nancy's moth er do the laundry and pick his dinner here and there through the house while basking in the safety of his domain. Court House News Divorce Complaint Barrentine, Vera L. vs. Albert E. NOW THfcY PAIN I THF TOWN WITH JOY AND SONG! Gene KELLY Frank SINATRA Vera -EHen EI PHTRICU MEDMA Tata rrrc . aiv paiiiik Ui -nMMS," Ma tab Irar NEW POLICY Wtk' Day Matinees DOORS OPEN 12:45 P.M. ADMISSION 40c :1 WW vl 6n