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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, Jun 25. 1950 Local Men Named To Winter Pear Control Group Portland, June 24 The Unit ed States department of agricul ture hai announced members of the control committee to serve under the federal marketing agreement and order regulating the handling of six varieties of winter pears grown on the Pa' cific coast. From Medford, Robert Root was named committeeman, with Stephen G. Nye, alternate, to represent growers. Medtord men representing handlers are Shelby M. Tuttle, committeeman, ana Joe Naumes, alternate. Members of the committee will serve from July 1, 1950, un. til their successors have been se lected and qualified, the depart ment said. Pear varieties sub ject to the agreement and order are d anjou, bosc, nelis, du com ire, easter and clairgeau. Others Named Other members and alternates are Ross F. Collie and Riddel! Lags, Hood River; R. H. Parsons, Leavenworth, Wash., and Niles Saunder, Peshastin, Wash.; E. A. Bannister and James H. Chochran, Yakima, Wash.; L. W. Veerkamp, Placerville, Cal., and James Mills Jr., Hamilton City, Cal.; and H. S. Anderson, San Juan Bautista, Cal., and A. M. Standish, Milpitas, Cal, all rep resenting growers. Handlers committeemen in clude E. R. Pooley, Hood River, and Roy Anthon, Underwood, Wash; H. D. Couch, Peshastin, Wash., and Charles Cochran, Cashmere. Wash., J. M. Bloxom, and R. W. Staples. Yakima; James A. Irving and Oscar E. Ayers, Placerville, Cal., and W. C. Day and R. H. Ellssworth,, Santa Clara, Cal. STATEHOOD OKAY SEEN Washington, June 24 U.R) Chairman Joseph C. O'Mahoney, (D, Wyo.), today predicted his senate interior and Insular af fairs committee would approve Hawaiian and Alaskan state hood but maybe not on Mon day as planned. ENJOY THE MAGIC OF " tutomeUic TV ate FOR HOME, FARM and INDUSTRY JET PUMPS FOR LIFTS FROM PUMPS AND WATER SYSTEMS rot diip . 9MUOW mmimaimiw'mm.mmvmmvKim m!fmmmmmmwmmiimmmit, turn yr Si , ' i . i , A (Acme Telephnto) HEW IMPERIAL POTENTATE former Shrine Imperial Poten tate Harold Lloyd (right), Al Malnlkah Temple of Los Angeles, con gratulates Er. Hubert M. Potest, Sudan Temple of New Bern, N. O. deft) In Los Angeles, after Dr. Poteat officially took over the reins a new Imperial Potentate of the Shrlners. 125,000 Shriners End Los Angeles Meetings Los Angeles, June 24 (U.R) Los Angeles returned to Its relatively placid pace today as the last of 61 special trains left Union station with a full com plement of fez-bedecked Shrin ers. A small group of the conven tion's organizing body remained here to take account for the con vention's costs and determine attendance of what was believed possibly the largest get-together in Shrine history. Convention officials, who first estimated 125,000 members poured in for the conclave, said the count may go as high as 200.000. No delegates to the spectacu lar meeting were arrested and only 38 minor incidents involv ing a few of the colorful nobles were reported. Talent Headquarters for JACUZZI PUMPS FREE DELIVERY SERVICE STAMPER & GOFF BROS. 223 W. Main Phone 2-2939 Talent, June 24 B. D. Dra per of Talent and Marjorie Ryan of Medford were married June 17. Fay Clayton is reported very 111 at his home on Wagner avenue. Wa-tu-hi-yie group met Wed nesday night at the city hall to wrap packages for the Jamboree Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. M. Thorscn and Mr. and Mrs. J. Stevens and daughter spent a week in the northern part of the state re cently. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Casebicr have returned home from a trip to Colorado where they visited relatives. Talent Lion Cubs defeated the Jacksonville baseball team, 8 to 5 on the talent field Wednesday afternoon. The younger Cubs won, 13 to 0. Mrs. D. C. McConnell and Mrs. F. C. Gilhreath went to Klamath Falls Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Momany have returned from Nampa, Ida., where Mrs. Momany had been visiting for a few weeks. The Grange Phoenix Grange Home Eco nomics club met June 21 at the home of Ethel Hockersmith. The annual pot luck dinner preceded the meeting for members and their families. Vice-president Ethel Carr pre sided and reminded members that November 4 is the date set for the bazaar and every one should make some article and re port to the chairman. It was re ported the quilt has been finish ed by Mrs. Daisy Lutz who vol unteered to do the quilting. HOSPITAL RATES UPPED Salem, Ore., June 24 (U.R) Room rates at both of Salem's hospitals will go up July 1 co incident with a genera wage increase the same day for em ployes. FREIGHTER HELD IN PORT Seattle. June 24 (U.W -T h former Alaska freighter South eastern was held at Pier 51 today by pickets of the AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots union because of contract dispute centering arouna licensed deck officers. Vacation Bible School Set at Pilgrim Church A two-week vacation Bible school will be conducted by the Pilgrim Holiness church, 1165 East Jackson street, from June 26 to July 27, between the hours of 9 and 11:30 a. m., it was an nounced Saturday. The Rev. and Mrs, James E. Kratz are in charge. They are experienced in children's work, and are musicians. On the dully school program will be games, stories, things to make, singing, contests and Bible stories. Mr. Kratz will conduct evan gelistic services each day ex cept Saturday at 8 p. m., with special music and singing. 4-H Lamb Show Opening Monday At Fairgrounds The annual spring lamb and home economics show sponsored at the fairgrounds each year by the Jackson County 4-H club, opens tomorrow with some 250 exhibitors expected to partici pate. The three-day show will not be open to the public until Tuesday. Home economics judg ing will be completed Monday and Rufus H. Cate Jr., county agent for club work, said all home economics exhibits should be in place and ready for the judges by 9 a. m. Monday. On Wednesday 4-H club youths will place about 60 fat lambs on exhibit and displays of wool fleeces will also be shown Throughout Tuesday and Wed nesday there will be almost con tinuous home economics pro grame of special cake and bread baking contests, cooking and clothing contests, dollar dinners and sewing contests. The climax of the show will be Wednesday evening when special awards are presented. Following that there will be a girls' style review and a sale of fat Iambs. Jail Inmate Arraigned On Bad Check Charge Eugene Tolcr, Ashland, is in county jail pending court action on a bad check charge this week after being sentenced three weeks ago for a misdemeanor. Information about the felonies Toler is alleged to have com mitted was obtained by Ashland Police Chief Vern Smith after the first 90-day sentence was imposed here. Toler was rcarraigned by the Ashland Justice of the peace on the now charges and District Attorney George Neilson said yesterday Toler has indicated he will plead guilty to the bad check charge. California U. Firing Employees to Face Test Los Angeles, June 24 (U.R) The University of California's decision to fire 157 employees who refused to affirm that they were non-communists may be tested in the courts, observers predicted today. The faculty and non-faculty employees were dismissed effec tive July 1, hut spokesmen for the university and employee groups predicted the unprece dented firings would be challenged. Summer School Classes istration Tomorrow Registration for summer School classes offered nnnimllv by the Medford school system Degin tomorrow at 8:30 a. m., in the junior high school, the city school superintendent's office announced yesterday. MILL TO CLOSE DOWN Longvlew. Wash.. June 24 U.R) Weyerhaeuser Timber company said it was closing down its mill here tonight be cause vibrations from machines in the duId and sulnhit divi sion apparently were causing weakening of the Longview dike on the flooding Columbia river. Permanent Trophy to Honor 4-H Cattlemen A large, sterling silver trophy, mounted on a black marble ped estal and held in a heavy oak case, has been donated by the Far Hills ranch of Shady Cove to be presented each year to the outstanding exhibitor of Holstein cattle at the 4-H club fall fair. Rufus H. Cate Jr.. county agent for club work, said yester day the trophy will be presented for the first time at this year's fair, scheduled for August 21, 22, 23. 24. The donors, Mr. and Mrs. Rene Espourteille, owners of the Far Hills dairy farm, have also provided a smaller cup to go with the large trophy. It will be awarded each year as- a per manent possession of the winner. The trophy will be a perpetual award with the winners' names engraved on it each 4-H fall fair. Astoria Lumber Firm Announces Wage Rise Astoria, Ore., June 24 (U.R) A wage increase of 10.5 cents an hours across the board has been given 140 workers of the Uptcgrove lumber company fol lowing lengthly negotiations. The wage boosts were in line with those granted at other northwest mills engaged in sim ilar operations, the company said. Galen Knox Elected Active Club Leader Galen Knox, public account ant, was elected president of the Medford Active club at the semi annual election of officers held Thursday at the Rogue Valley Country club. Knox grew up in Medford and attended Medford schools and Southern Oregon college. He and his wife and one-year-old son re side at 309 Genessee street. Other officers named were Joe Clark, vice-president; Frank Hull Jr., secretary treasurer; Robert Duncan, historian, and Jack Cummings, activator. Chosen for the board of gov ernors were Cliff Oullette and George Schuler. Wayne Kyker, Tommy Lewis and Clint Bennett are other board members. The new officers will take of fice the first of July. Coast Food Prices Continue on Climb San Francisco, June 24 (U.R) As food prices rose an average of 1.9 per cent on a nation-wide basis, the bureau of labor sta tistics announced today that rises in five major cities along the Pacific coast averaged only .7 per cent. The bureau announced, how ever, that the west, like the rest of the country, can expect a continued slow but steady rise. The statistics, covering April 15 to May 15, showed the great est increase in Portland, Ore., where food prices went up 2 per cent. San Francisco recorded an increase of .1 per cent; Se attle, .6 per cent: and Butte, Mont., 1.4 per cent. In the west, as throughout the country, the increase was due primarily to higher prices for meat. While meat prices climbed an average of 5.1 per cent nationally, the average for the same five cities was record ed at 3.7 per cent. Hawthorne Park Sets Activities for Week Special activities of the Haw thorne park playground pro gram June 26 through July 1 will commence at 1 p. m., Mon day, according to Park Mana ger Norman Worthley. The special events will be na ture study (birds) on Monday and art occupation on Tuesday. Whirls will be made by the art class. Wednesday will be con test day with prizes to the boy and girl with curliest hair. Games will be played under trees on hot afternoons. Mrs. Walter Kendall is play ground supervisor. BIRTHS ARANT To Mr. and Mrs. Don, 27 Mistletoe street, June 22, 1950, a boy, 6' pounds, at Community hospital, SEIBERT To Mr. and Mrs. William, 2390 Crater Lake ave nue, June 22, 1950, a boy, VA pounds, at Community hospital. WOOLFOLK To Mr. and Edgar, Box 252, Central Point, June 22, 1950, a boy, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. BURICH To Dr. and Mrs. Fred T., 1017 Reddy avenue, June 24, 1950, a girl, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. WEBB To Mr. and Mrs. Le roy. Rogue River, June 22, 1950, a boy, seven and three-quarter pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. Home of Queen Mary Invaded by Gardener London, June 24 (U.R) A pint-sized gardener broke Into the home of Queen Mary today, stabbed one woman servant and slugged another, and wound up in jail accused of invading the royal precincts to commit armed robbery. Mary, 83, slept through the hubbub, checked up later on the condition of her manhandled servants and at midday hustled away to a luncheon with the king and queen. The intruder, Gerald O'Brien, 26, was found cowering in the basement of Marlborough house five hours after he crept past the Resplendent grenadier guards patrolling the home of King George's mother. Fairfield, Cal., June 24 (U.R) Silas Rowley will be tried again for the attempted murder of Wil liam Wright, 42, in Vallejo last January. PURRIEN To Mr. and Mrs. William, Rogue River, June 22, 1950, a girl, seven and one-quarter pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. Ashland Family in All-Arabian Show Ashland, June 24 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Briggs and their daughter Judy, 15, left Thurs day for Portland where they were to enter four of their Arab ian horses and a foal in the fourth annual Oregon all-arab- ian horse show held there yes terday and today at the Pacific I International arena. More than ! 300 arabian horses, said to be the largest number assembled al single show in the United i States, were to be entered. Miss Briggs, who was a prin cess for the Jackson County j Mounted Sheriffs' posse Round- - up in Medford this year, was awarded a ribbon for riding ner j arabian stallion, "Tezeyn,' in last year's show. This year Miss Briggs was invited to exhibit the stallion at the show, putting him through trick performances she has trained him to do. SMITTY'S RANCH HOUSE will be RE-OPENED On or about June 29, 1950, by Mr. Arturo Lucero, former chef de cuisine at "Talk of the Town" in Santa Barbara. MR. AND MRS. C. G. 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