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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, March 24, 1950 Local and Personal Laavat Mrs. Bob Gilman, . In Portland Roger Shaw of Rnti Innp. lnft Wednesday lor Shaw ADDarel shop. 34 North Los AnKeles to visit two of her Bartlett street, left yesterday for sisters, Mrs. William stone ana roruanu on a uuymg trip tor Mrs. Dick Lewis, sue win re-1 tne store turn the first of April. Hoipitalized J. C. Cameron, 2964 Roberts road, who was ad mitted to Community hospital yeslerdav for medical treatment, is reported to be progressing sat isfactorily. Visitor Leaves Mrs. Maude Parsons, Milwaukee, Wis., who has been a visitor at the B. W. Moffatt home on Spring street for the past two weeks, left Tues day for Olympia, Wash. Returns Mrs. Clark Thomas, Myers lane, returned from Port land yesterday where she visited Mr. and Mrs. George Vinson and Mr. and Mrs. John Powers, former Ashland residents. Studio Moved Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Apollo have an nounced they recently moved their music studio from 344 North Ivv street to 29 Quince street. The Apollo studio now features instruction in pipe or gan and electric organ in addi tion to accordion ana piano in struction. In Okinawa Pvt. Donald Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Smith, 1922 Table kock roaa arrived on Okinawa in Febru ary for a tour of overseas duty in the far east. He is a former student of Medford senior high school. Leaves Mrs. Addie Stauffer of the Spokane valley in Wash ington has left tor ner nome cr visiting her for the past ten days with the A. V. Hardys, 1109 East Main street. Mrs. Stauffer was en route home after visiting for some time in Arizona. From Portland Fred H. Gra- ten of Westlnghou.se Electric Supply company, 38 North Bart lett street has reiurnea irum Portland where he attended a meeting for the company's north western personnel to view dem onstrations of the company s new laundry equipment. ,v War Brides Southern Oregon war brides will meet Monday at 8 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Har lan Bosworth, 242S East Main street, to discuss the possibility of chartering a trip to their home. War brides desiring infor mation or directions to the Bos worth home are advised to tele phone 2-2625. r Rummage Sale Woman's Christian service circic oi me Central Point Presbyterian church will sponsor a rummage and plant sale at Alexander Hardware store. Central Point Saturday, March 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Officers stated that good used clothing would be on sale and plants would dc vege tables and flowers. Visitors Leave Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davis, Bend, have left aft er visiting here with Mrs. Davis' lister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mack McCargor. and another sister, Mrs. Nelle Winue. who make their home at the Roger's Rogue River ranch. Mrs. Winne has recently been releas ed from a local hospital where 'she had been confined because of Illness. Purchase Home Here Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Draper have pur chased a home at 15 Mace road and are expected to move there during the coming week. The Drapers, who have a baby daugh ter, Barbara, are from Wilbur, Wash., nnd decided to make their home in Mcdford after making a visit her recently with Draper's aunt. Mrs. A. V. Hardy and Mr. Hardy, Hull East Main slrcct. They have also purchas ed the Richfield service station on the North Pacific highway at Elk City. Visiting Mrs. Charles E. Hodges, Napa. Cnl., spent yester day here visiting Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Severson, 20 South New town street, en route to Seattle. There she will loin Mrs. H. W. Severson and Mrs. Irene Wind ley, 113 Norlh Ivy street who are visiting Mrs. Windley's son Kenneth Windley. Mrs. llodgos is a cousin to K. R. Severson. a niece to Mrs. H. W. Severson and daughter of Mrs. Windley. The partv will return to Medford during the coining week when Mis. Hodges will spend some time visiting here. Home From Trip Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Weisenbcrgcr, Cen tral Point, have returned from a three-week motor trip to Calif ornia, Arizona and Nevada as well as Oregon cities. In Los An geles they visited Mrs. Wein berger's mother, Mrs. Portia Kltto, and her brother, Harold Kitto. In Phoenix they visited Mr. Weisenberger's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. Heirienreirh, former Medford residents. They returned by way of Reno and Las Vrgas and ' to Hood River, where they visit ed their son-in-law and daugh ter. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weisen bcrgcr. On their return limne they spent some time with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hayner In Roseburg. "Your Office Boy' Since 1927 DESKS FILES SAFES TYPEWRITERS ADDINC MACHINES Across from the Rialto Theatre Californians Visit Mr. and Mrs. Dealous Cox and son, Del ano, Cal., are visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cox in Talent. Newcomer Richard Melhasc has recently moved from Klam ath Falls to make his home at 311 Laurel street. He is employ ed as a teller at the Medford branch of the First National bank. Shop Moved Mrs. George Pence, operator of the Thrift Shop which has been located at 404 East Main street, has an nounced removal of her shop from that location to 827 West Jackson boulevard. Fire Reported Fire apparent ly originating from hot ashes or sparks burned a sizeable hole in the floor of the E. H. Mann com pany's older building at 1729 North Riverside avenue yester day, according to reports from Mann and the fire department. The fire, located near a sawdust burner, occurred about 5:20 p. m. Hits Rail State police said that a pick-up truck operated by Fredrick Jackson Rock, 220 South Grape street, sheared the north guard rail completely off the county bridge on East Mc Andrews road about 6 p. m. yes terday. They reported little damage to the vehicle. Special Meeting Ladies' aux iliary to the Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold a special meet ing Sunday, March 26 at the FOE hall at 2 p. m. It is stated that there will be balloting and initiation of candidates, with en tertainment following. A bene fit dinner will be served at 6:30 p. m. Drunkenness Charged City police said they charged Roy Willard Atwood, 130 South Grape street, with being drunk on a public highway after in vestigating an accident at 523 North Riverside avenue last night. They said a sedan regis tered to Atwood and a parked car registered to M. G. Becker, 523 North Riverside, were found badly damaged. Building Permits C. A. Lusk applied at the city building in spector's office yesterday for a permit to make $500 renovations to a residence at 10 Portland avenue. California Pacific util ities asked to build a $300 con crete support for a tank. H. M. Olson asked this morning to make $50 renovations to a gar age at 515 King street, Teacher Here Mrs. Vera Thompson, home teacher for the Oregon commission for the blind, is spending several days in Med ford visiting the blind and inter viewing persons with visual han dicaps. Mrs. Thompson makes periodic visits to the valley to aid the adult blind and she states that any visually handicapped person needing aid may contact her at the Jackson hotel or by calling Mrs. Chris Zink, 2-8034 Mrs. Thompson will be here until Tuesday. Brother 01 Local Woman Author Of Magazine Article An article entitled "The OLIVIA DeHAVILAND, BRODERICK CRAWFORD GIVEN OSCARS; 'KING'S MEN' RATED BEST INSIDE OLIVIA 4 col hed .. Hollywood, Mar. 24 0J.fi) Olivia De Haviland, winner of two "Oscars'' in three years, and Brodcrick Crawford, who's been Chaos of Congress," written by ! kicking around in westerns for Albert L. Warner, brother of!12- .are sitLnK n top i t,he ,13 t, j movie world today as Holly- Mrs. C. Rcase Braley of Medford, w00d s "best actress and actor" is carried in the March issue of ! for 1949. Harper's magazine. I The dark-eyed star, beautiful Warner writinn ahnnf lh n ! and dignified in billowing white ca.Yed'Taw tinkled with sequin of congress, states th:it the nnlv tanglible results of the act was U. f Im UL,, -to raise the pay of congressmen j 11 U HUC Y fly MCWC ntlH In rl-rttMi'lr t-nt irnrrtArtt nan. K' ' tint n. (Jvii- sions for them, even though cer-, tain improvements and reforms were made. He comments on the "utter lack of financial responsibility of congress," and the fact that the reorganization law did not Improve the committee system of congress, which the sponsors of the bill had hoped. He wrote "It left untouched the biggest evil of the present committee system, the hoary system of seniority that sits upon the committees like an old man of the sea." Cites 'Slow Motion' Exploded In Arizona Hyder, Ariz., Mar. 24 (U.Rt The hot Arizona sun beat down today on the twisted wreckage of a giant B-50 Superfortress that exploded "like a bomb in the sky, killing 12 crewmen. Only the bombardier and co pilot parachuted to safety. And they could give no clew to why the huge plane suddenly blew up. except that one engine caught fire and another quit. Wreckage was thrown over a two-mile square area of the cas tllS.ctitHHnrl rlnenrl The writer also mentions the j Drooped Out Plane "slow motion in the senate" j The co-pilot. First Lt. W. T which he states results from the : Gentry, 26, Kokomo, Ind., said rule of unlimited debate. War-"I just had my chute on and ner also comments on the ex-! dropped through the hatch." treme demands made upon con-1 Capt. J. N. Lee, 29, Gaestra, gressmen by their individual con-! Mich., the bombardier, said the stituents, writing that "the non-lblast blew him out of the fuscl legiFlative workload of errands iaSe- After a long fall, he man and chores takes 80 per cent of ,aSed to open his chute, the time of some members of Neither was hurt seriously. congress. Warner for many years was head of the Washington bureau of the New York Herald Tribune, later was with Columbia Broad casting company, leaving Colum bia to be chief of war informa tion during the war. After the war he was first with NBC and is now witli ABC. Scout Leaders Attend Regional Conference A group of scout leaders from this area left-today for Portland where they will attend a lay men's conference for Region 11, Boy Scouts of America, tomor row. From Medford those attending will be H. D. Christensen, Cra ter Lake area council president, and Mrs. Christensen; Scout Ex ecutive Cliff Hanson and Mrs. Hanson and Scout Commission ers John Danforth and Charles Adnmson. Other council leaders include Executive Jim Harpolc, Ed Mc Alvage, Joe Stoy and-Ed Bur key, Grants Pass, and Martin Webb, Robert Morris and Execu tive Larry Lundin, Yrcka. Two national scout leaders will talk during the session. They are Harold F. Pote, national personnel director, and Klrnnar Uakkcn, rural scouting director, and assistant director of public relations. Boy Scouts To Collect Aluminum Licenses Boy scouts of the Medford dis trict will make a collection of aluminum license plates to raise I tunds to send scouts to the rta ! tional scout jamboree and to summer camp at Camp McLough Iin, it was announced today by scout leaders. The collection will be made by troops, and the plates will be brought in on Saturday, April 8, for weighing so that proper credit can be assigned to the collecting units. Scout Neighborhood Commis sioner John Eddy is in charge of the project. BIRTHS STUNTZ To Mr. and Mrs. W. G.. 1832 North Riverside ave nue. Mar. 23, 1950. a boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. Twin Brothers Sought By California Woman Mrs. Dick G. Weaver, Stock ton, Cal., has asked, city police here for help in locating her 46-year-old twin brothers, Herbert and Herman Johnson. She said she had not seen Her bert for 17 years nor Herman since lust June. Herbert was de scribed as being of light com plexion and medium build. He went by the nicknames of John ny or Swede. Herbert, a fruit worker and former railroad em ployee, is darker. Mail Tribune Foreman Burned By Hot Metal Robert Gilstrap, acting fore man of the printing department ot The Mail Tribune, was injured yesterday afternoon when molten type metal splashed over his face and shoulders from a type cast ing machine he was repairing at the Medford Printing company's plant. While the hot metal was "squirted" from the machine di rectly into his face, entering one eye and his mouth, physicians say that Gilstrap was painfully but not seriously Injured. He was badly burned and is now confined to his home at 35 Gen eva street. daisies, collected her second ciety of double-award winners, with Bette Davis and Luise Rai ner, the only other owners of two "best actress" statues. Miss De Havillaud got her first one three years ago for "To Each His Own. Crawford's triumph came after he talked himself out of cowboy movies and into the winning role of a crooked politician in "All the King's Men." That same picture won an other "Oscar" as the "best movie of the year." Best As Supporters Awards for best supporting actress and actor went to Mer cedes McCambridge, for her "Oscar" last night. She won it for her role of the love-starved maiden in "The Heiress." Two Others Alio This ups her to the select so work as the fast-talking secre tary in "All the King's Men,'' and Dean Jagger, for his portray al of the kindly, balding major in "Twelve o'clock High." Best director of the year was Joseph L. Mankiewicz for "A Letter to Three Wives." Boats Search River For Missing Person Longview, Wash., Mar. 24 (U.R) A fleet of five river boats searched the mouth of the Cow litz river today for the body of W. F. Aberle, Keiso, who drowned Sunday when a Sea Scout sailboat capsized in rough water. Aberle was the father of 16-year-old Ruth Aberle, who at tracted naationwide attention last December when she was lost for 36 hours in the Cascade mountains. The body of 19-year-old Dave Ammons, Longview, who drowned with Aberle. was found 35 feet below the river surface yesterday by George Jessee, Rainier, Ore. Earl Edison To Be Sentenced Tomorrow Earl Gorman Edison, 51, con victed rapist of a 15-year-old Medford girl, will appear before Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna at 9:30 a. m. tomorrow to be sen tenced. The former foreman of Medford Corporation's railroad faces a term of from 3 to 20 years in the state penitentiary'. Me was found guiliy of the crime, said to have been com mitted July 17. 1949, by a circuit court jury last Wednesday night and is being held in county jail in lieu of $5,000 bond. Local Oil Dealers To See Anniversary Show Saturday Eve Union Oil Company of Cali fornia's 60th anniversary show for employees and dealers will have its Medford showing at the senior high school auditorium Saturday evening, March 25, J. H. Fisher, Medford district sales manager, announced today. A "live" review, depicting 60 years of progress and a motion picture are being presented by the company to employees and their families in 29 cities in Cali fornia. Ari7ona and the north west. The 40-minute film, "Con stant Challenge," produced by Hal Roach studios, portrays the industrial and economic advan tages America has realized through its oil industry. The anniversary show is con sidered an entirely new approach to employees and dealers rela tions. Fisher reported. Other Features Sixtieth year celebrations commenced last month with pround breaking for Union oil's S3 million research center a l Brea, Cal. Another feature of the year will be completion of the com pany's oil museum dedicated to the growth of the industry in California since its start in 1870. The museum will be in the ori ginal Union oil building-at Santa i'aula, Cal., birthplace of the firm in 1890. It will be the first museum of its kind in the west. Additional anniversary events will be the publication of a com pany history by Frank J. Taylor, prominent national magazine writer, and the annual report. The five top winners this year ; came as a complete surprise to i practically nobody but all the winners were jubilant as their names echoed through the star studded Hollywood Pantages theater in 22nd annual academy i awards festivities last night. , Walks Slowly Down 1 All the winners, that is, except I Miss De Havilland. News of her victory sent the ! 2.800 spectators into a thunder-! ous ovation. But instead of run-; ning down the aisle to the stage she walked sedately and slowly. No sign of a smile flashed from her face. Mankiewicz was the only cele brity to gallop down the aisle for two "Oscars." In addition to being named "best director" he won another award for best screen play of the year, "A Let ter to Three Wives." MEDFORD PHARMACY 127 E 6th Just Off Central 9 AM 10 30 PM For Complete Prescription Service DAY and Night Call 2-6253 If No Answer Call 2-8582 Prompt Free Delivery Baby Needs Sick Room Supplies Rentals JIM GORDON Bidgood Hudson Medford' Own Modern Pharmacy 'BIG' LAKE REGULATION Boston. Mar. 24 (U.R) The clerk of the Massachusetts house of representatives breathed a sigh of relief today as he re ceived a report that the legislat ors had killed a bill which would have regulated the waters of Lake Chargoggagoddnumchaug-gagoggchaubbuuagungamaugg. MR. PICT MAY CALL YOU ON THE PHONE ANY DAY BETWEEN 9 A. M. AND 4 P. M. 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