Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 17, 1950, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Personal Raturm Home Mrs. Fred Stammen, Route 1, Box 458. has returned home to lurther recov er from i recent operation at Sacred Heart hospital. Change Service St. Mark's Episcopal church announces that there will be a service of Holy Communion Thursday at 11 a.m. In celebration of Ascension Day. No service will be held Friday. Motor Burnt Out A fire truck was dispatched to the E. H. Classen residence, 322 South Central avenue, about 11 a.m. yesterday when a refrigerator motor burned out. Firemen re ported no damage except to the motor. To Meet The Ladies Mission ary Union of Friends church will meet in the home of Mrs. Harold Allen, Central Point, Fri day, May 10. A potluck luncheon will be served at noorr. Community Club Fern Val ley Community club will meet Friday at 8' p.m. in the Fern Valley school. e In Paratroopers Kenneth J. Mikesell, son of Mrs. Ann Pear son, Cozy Corner lunch, has qualified as a patratrooper at maneuvers at Fort Bragg, N. C, To Elect Medford Bethel of Job's Daughters will hold elec tion of officers at a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. today In the Masonic temple. Reserve Meeting The 382nd quartermaster battalion of the organized reserve corps will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 18, in the Federal building at 33 North Riverside avenue. The meeting will pertain to the pri mary functions of administra tive, operations and supply sec tions. This will be a pay meeting. ;. waRgsssstt . . ! rrn ) Academy Aworo" Wleaer GIVE PARKER New Aero-metria llm A II DCM ..J rtu anu PENCIL SET Finest tt tmy price! Many sensational new advinces in writing esse and per formance. Choice of colors. Custom points. ' PARKER 21 i 1 PEN nd PENCIL SET . ...... .me 8v autlnjly Gift Boxtd Finest at a medium price! Writes dry with wet ink. Many luxury pen features. Outstanding gift value! Schade Your Favorite Jeweler Since 1918 9 South Central Phone 2-9392 Mothers To Meet Medford chapter of Gold Star Mothers will hold their regular meeting at 8 p.m. today in the Girls' Community club. Card Party Neighbors of Woodcraft will hold a public card party at the Phoenix Grange hall Thursday. May 18. Mre. Guy Cobleigh, Mrs. How ard Thompson and Mrs. Helen Norris will make up the refresh ment committee.- Keys Lost Mrs. Carrie E. Bill, 303 Pine street, Yreka, Cal., re ported to city police that (he lost five car keys in a brown case yesterday while shopping in Medford with four other Yreka women. It was thought the keys were lost at the Montgomery Ward store. Car Damaged The front end of a coupe driven by Pearl May Moulton, 129 Kenwood avenue, was badly damaged last night in a collision at the Main and Sixth street intersection, according to a city police report. Police said that the coupe was involved In a collision with a sedan operated by Earl C. Hopkins, 724 Victory street. . Nurse To Organise Practical nurses of Jackson county met Monday night at the Community hospital to lay plans for a formal organization. Practical nurses are to be licensed in Oregon after July 1 and the nurses here be lieve an organization of their profession will help them meet requirements that are to be set up. Practical nurses working in Jackson county will be notified of the next meeting date. To Install Foundation Esther Mockleby asked the city building inspector's office this morning for a permit to construct a $1,000 foundation for a resident at 519 West 11th street. Ira Burns re quested a permit to build a $500 garage at 206 Girard drive. T. B. Lynch applied to make S500 renovatioas to a residence at 324 West Jackson street and F W. Barnhart to construct a S250 garage at 1115 East Main strct. R. B. Wolfe asked yesterday to make a $500 addition to a resi dence at 722 Grant street. Court House News Divorce Decrees Cole. Ve ma G. vs. Alvan win- ton. To plaintiff. Price. Donna May vs. Robert L. To Plaintiff. Williams. Marguerite vs. t rea D. ... Tlaltnn LOUIS M. VS. L,OdB Belle. To plaintiff. Peters, Bessie J-.ouise vs. Ice land Benjamin. To plaintiff. Lynch, Mary Elizabeth vs. James Martin. To plaintiff. Igo, Lois J. vs. tari n. iu plaintiff. Price, Dora C. vs. Clyde, r.riffin .Teannette Ellen vs. Howard Wallace. Divorce Complaint Stacy, Charles D. vs. Rebecca Jean. -- - . ,, rMaaalftMt AHl! 5:30 p.m. for following day. 10 em Monday for Monday; noon lor Sunday a m EMPLOYER! Would You ? ? ? ? Can You Afford To ? ? ? ? FIRE AN EMPLOYEE Who Has Learned Your Methods of Doing Business. Who Has Done and is Doing a Good Job For You. To Give the Job to Another Man Just Because This Other Man WANTS THE JOB? Your Answer Is Ho! Your County Is Just Another Business! Treat Its Elected Officers (Employees) the Same Way . You Would Your Own NOMINATE FOR RE-ELECTION Howard Gault Sheriff Paul Rynning .... County Surveyor W. P. Tucker . . Justice of the Peace Bob Lytle . . . County Commissioner Obituary FLORENCE; SIMS Private funeral services for Mrs. Florence Sims, 401 East 12th street, who passed away Monday, win be neid at Pert fa neral home Saturday at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. Donald H. Byern. pastor of the Central ave nue cnurcn of Christ, officiating Interment will take place in Sis kiyou Memorial Park. Wall Street CLARENCE MOSHER Clarence Henry Mosher. a resi dent of Central Point for the past 15 years, passed away there Tuesday. Mr. Mosher was born at roncuilac, Wis., on Oct. 8, 1865. and was aged 84 vears. During World War II he ser ved as city marshal of Central Point and during his younger years ne was engaged in police work. He is survived by his wife, Mary. Central Point; two sons, Leo. Central Point, and Jack, O'Brien, Cal.: one daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Soop. Sanborn, la., and four grandchildren-. Robert Mosher, Sacramento, Cal., and Daisy, Virginia and Florence Soop, Sanborn, la. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Perl funeral home and will be announced later. GEORGE PILGRIM Remains of George Edward Pilgrim who was killed in a log ging operation near Butte Falls Monday, were forwarded to his home in Leavenworth, Wash., Tuesday for services and inter ment there. Arrangements here were in care of Conger-Morris funeral home. Mr. Pilgrim was born in Grin ncll, la., June 18, 1928, and had lived at Butte Falls for two years. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Egbert S. Pilgrim, Leavenworth, and a sister, Mrs. Roy C. Price, Butte Falls. MILTON SMITH Services for Milton Isaac Smith, 72, who passed away in a local hospital Tuesday, will be held in Conger-Morris Chapel at 10:30 a.m. Friday, with the Rev. Meredith Groves officiating. Committal services will be in Yreka Friday afternoon. A com plete obituary will be published later. Gray Ladies Visit Camp White Tuesday Camp White, May 17 Grey ladies of the Red Cross held a meeting of the Bamboo club and visited the infirmary ward and Company A, Tuesday afternoon. In addition they served in the Red Cross office, writing letters and attending to other duties. The group included Mrs. Rease Braley, Mrs. J. P. Naumes, Mrs. Ralph G. Bardwell, Mrs. A. E. Littrell.. Mrs. Roy Stanley and Mrs. Jim Town, all Medford. A Red Cross tour saw some of the men driven to the scenic points around the Butte Falls country the same afternoon. BIRTHS FIELDS Tn Mr nnW Mrs Rnsrnp 71 Q Nnrth Ponlrol nta. nue. May 15, 1950, a girl, 8 lbs., at Community hospital. MILLIGAN To Mr. and Mrs. Bert, Phoenix, May 14, 1950, a boy, 734 lbs., at Community hos pital. BRUGMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Francis, Portland, May 15, 1950, a .boy, . 4 lbs., at Community I hospital. KENT To Mr. and Mrs. John, 528 Fairmount avenue, May 15, 1950, a girl, VA lbs., at Community hospital. HARR To Mr. and Mrs. John B., Jacksonville, May 15, 1950, a boy, 7 lbs., at Commu nity hospital. CATJTHON To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest, Route 1, Box 483AA, May 16, 1950, a girl, 8Ti lbs., at Community hospital, SINGLER To Mr." and Mrs. Milton, 111 Chestnut street, May 16, 1950, a boy, 8 lbs., at Community hospital. TURNIDGE To Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, route 1, box 442, May 16, 1950, a boy, 8'i lbs., at Com munity hospital. FIELDS To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth, Jacksonville, May 14, 1950, a girl, 6 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. DENMAN To Mr. and Mrs. George. Box 52, Medford, May 15, 1950, a boy, 8 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. ONE A YEAR, ALL GIRLS Plttsfield, Me. (U.fi) Lloyd Brooks has 11 daughters, the oldest 12. DRIVE-III theatre New York. May 17 i'J.R; Stocks advanced to four-year highs in the general average to day and industrials readied their beet level in nearly 20 years. Trading increased on the re covery which was at its best shortly after mid-session when a move to cut the capital gains tax and reduce the holding pe riod for tax purposes brought in considerable investment buying. Dow Jones closing stock aver ages: 30 industrials 220.60. up 0.90; 20 railroads 56.57, up 0.13: 15 utilities 43.82, up 0.17; 65 stocks 78.08, up 0.29. Sales amounted to 2.020.000 shares, compared with 1,730,000 shares yesterday. Livestock Portland, Ore.. May 17 V P.) cattle 300; noidover 60; steers active, steady; cows very slow; scattered sales weak at the week' earlier decline: larsely $1-1.50 lower: one lot hi eh good 857 lb. fed steers $30; cutter-com mon beef type cutters 15 7a; common-medium beef cows $17-20 or above; good bulla (22. Calves 75; market very slow; few medium vealers $ 18-21; no good grades sold early; held above $27. Hogs 200; market active, steady; good-choice 180-230 lbs. $21.75-22: few good 230-2R0 lbs. $20-20.50; odd Rood 350-350 lb. sows $15 50-lfi 50; lighter weights to $17; few good choice 100 lb. feeders $22. Sheep 350; market very slow; Rood springers $2(i; good-choice $2K25; good shorn old crop lambs above $22; good slaughter ewes to $8 or above. San Francisco, Mnv 17 (U P.) Cattle 100. Supply includes around 30 head grass cows which will not be shown today. Trade opened moder ately active with fully steady prices. Odd head mostly low-medium heifers $22-24. Lot medium grass cows $21.50. few canner and cutler cnwi $13.50-18. One lot good feeder steers u..mf, muMia.v, one ioi mcoium slaughter steers $27: small lot me dium 900 lb. heifers $24; some htgh- uicuium rime cows wz. lot medium 1130 lb. $21.25. Odd head heavv Hol steins $20 and $21. Odd head good sausage bulls $23-24. Calves none. Tuesday, several aood venlr s:il couple cults $22. Hogs 2.-0. Active. h.it.-hrr cents higher, sows steady. Good and cnoice ivu-z-tu id. butchers $22.73 Odd head rood sows tm in scin it t $14. Tuesday, lot good 285-200 lb. butchers $20.50. heep 100, holdovers 75. Not fullv established. One small lnt annri nH choice long-tailed spring lambs $27. Few culls $20. Tuesday, moderately active, spring lambs fully steady, de mand very narrow for good fall slaughter ewes, which were fully $1.50 or more lower. Good and i choice 83-104 lb. spring lambs $27. Lot medium and good 82 lb. $26 50 I small lot fat good 145 lb. No, 3 pelt ewes $8. Deck nicrlium anA B,t mostly No 2 pelt 88 lb. old-crop lambs and yearlings mixed $22.50. CHEAPER THAT WAY St. Louie IJ.Pi A hiirrtln. didn t have any trouble robbing the Cherry Blossom Co. safe of S20 in nettv rash Hp read a sign saying the safe could uc upeuea Dy turning me cnai left to No. 7 and followed the directions. The firm put up the Slffn after thp nata hurl hnen badly damaged by a burglar's eiions to rorce it open years ago. DOG'S EYE COST $200 Atlanta (U.RI Judge Ralph McClelland ordered J. Eric Ea son to pay C. Richard Battle $200 because Eason threw a rock at Battle's hoKtnn hull Iprripr Th dog lost an eye. Wednesday, May 17, 1950 Prospect Slates Baccalaureate Services Sunday Prospect, May 16 Baccalau reate services for the Prospect high school graduating class will be held Sunday evening in the Prospect Church of the Naza rene. The Rev. Robert Gwinn will speak on "The Purpose of Life." The high school girls' chorus will sing two numbers, "Praise to the Lord" and "Stranger of Galilee," accompanied by Helen Robertson. Commencement exercises will be held in the Prospect gymna sium Friday, May 26, at 8 p.m., with Dr. Loren E. Messenger, as sociate professor of psychology at Southern Oregon college, as speaker. The topic of his talk will be "Pioneers." Program Listed The commencement program will include: Processional and re cessional, played- by Mrs. Jake Jones; invocation and benedic tion by the Rev. Robert Gwinn; the valedictory address, given by Pat Brown, and the salutatory ad dress by Jo Ann Ricnks. Special music will be furnish ed by the girls' chorus of the high school. Preceding the presenta tion of the diplomas, Bob Nel son, president of the class, will oiesent the class picture. Name Graduates Members of the graduating class are Bob Nelson. Warren Barr, Jo Ann Ricnks, Vern An dreson. Jerry Note, Bill Mill bank, Pat Brown, Jerry Willson, Virginia Huffman, Sonna Staggs, Mary Gregory, Raymond Gibson, Neil Burrill. and Dave Campbell. The seniors of Prospect high school held their senior break fast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hnllenbeak after the senior i ball. May 12. Approximately 25 people attended it. Seniors and i their dates were invited. Buck- i wheat hotcakes, sausage, eggs and coffee were served. ! Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight, becoming cloudy early Thursday. Clearing1 In afternoon. Showers In higher mountains. Cooler. Western Oregon: Partly cloudv to night and Thursday. Cooler tonight Low 36 to 48. High Thursday 55 along const and 80 to 70 elsewhere. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 57; Lowest 40. Total monthly precipitation .43 Inch. Deficiency for the month .21 Inch. Total precipitation since September 1, 1049. 15.(12 inches. Excess for the season .54 Inch Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. y est cr ony i;.w a.m. today fiit. Observations Taken At 4:3fl A.M., 120 Meridian Time High Low Prec, Boise 77 so Boston 55 47 Chicago fin 4fl Denver 78 4R Eureka 54 47 .01 Havre fl5 43 Klamath Falls 74 40 Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN A. i i V I (5 l if ( WW Jim ask. '( V. WINS SCHOLARSHIP Bill Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlie O. Walker, 2241 Jackson ville highway, was awarded a $500 scholarship this week by Oregon branch, American Fed eration of Labor. The scholar ship is without restrictions as to course or college in the United States. Young Walker, a member of Medford high school senior class, plans prc-medic course at University of Oregon. Phoonlx on B4 t Portland 70 4S T Reno . Wi 34 Eugene 7.1 41 Salt Lake Snn Krnncinco Mi 50 Seattle HI 43 .04 Spokane 73 B0 Washington. D C 7S 5 Yakima 80 46 Tomorrow Sunrise 5:47 a.m. Sunset 8.27 p.m. S3 79 .13 91 94 S3 TONITE,THURS. I Kithryn Grayson E. Barrymort i "THAT MIDNIGHT KISS" in technicolor PLUS "SMUGGLERS COVE" NEWS CARTOON I Gatti Open it 7:30, Shew at Duik ONE WEEK ONLY PAINT SALE Home Paint, bright white, tinti $5.25 gal. Woniover Will Pjint... $3.50 gal. Primer $5.25 gal. Wt'r particularly happy to carry the complete "Dutch Boy" line, for it'i one way we can be ture ol latiiiytni our cuitomertt Long known for giving REAL value, "Dutch Boy" peinU pec's" bltndtd to last long, and look better! So, remember when you heve paint Job to be done, you can rely on "Dutch Boy" to do It btnl We're htadquarurn! Come la todayl 'THE GLASS HOUSE" mtm umui ENDS TONITE! "SUN NEVER SETS" "FURY AT SEA" TOMORROW af M lX eoV 1IIK aLaTH IT. aTO & J KSM Roddy im McDowall UURETIE LUQ 3 i 13 Open 7 P.M. Show at Duik flli. , raj! I B le.le 1 a '2 W GENE KRUPA 300 Attend VFW Parly Camp White Monday Camp White, May 17 More than 300 members attended a VFW party, given by the depart ment of Oregon auxiliary in Rec reation hall Monday. Prizes ranged from tooth powder to soft chair cushions. Ice cream and cookies were served. The hostesses were 13 women from Grants Pass and Medford. including Audrey Snider, Bessie Powers. Bertha Smith and Mabel Drinkwater, of the Grants Pass auxiliary, and from Medford Amy Randall, Mary DeBerry, Marguerite White, Marjorie Brummond, Rilla Morris, Ger trude Edmonds, Helen Johnston and Mrs. Edward Burkette. An nette Frick was a visitor. It was announced that the VFW auxliary would sponsor a dance the first Monday in June. '"S dVndailey'1 eaaSSBBMSSHBsW tekr iy TlCHHKOiOt ,' LAST DAY Dick Powell June Allyson "THE REFORMER and REDHEAD" A HUNTED MAN! V llltfinj - AUDIE WANDA MURPHY HENDRIX BURL IVES 'DEAN JAGGER 1 LE jleSt: jJ ZaIjL v 40c BARGAIN PRICE MATINEE 12:45 P.M. VIRGINIA MAYO GORDON MACRA mm Vmm PLUS 'rfc mm IHt SOHIS T M kit HOSTIH SCMOOt Iff 1105 COUKT -i MAM2AMITA 7.)JI (Paid AoV)