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Rolslon Services Tuesday at 2 P. M., Perl Funeral Home John H. Rolston, 73, a rest dent of Medford for 40 years, passed away at the family res idence, 101 Vancouver avenue, Friday. Mr. Rolston was born at Walkerton Ontario, Canada on Jan., 5, 1877. He was employed by the Pa cific Telephone company for 45 years, and retired on Nov. 1, 1942. Most of that time he was with the company In Medford. He was a member of Medford Masonic Lodge "No. 103, Malta commandery No. 4 Knights Templar, including emmlnent commander in 1939, Crater Lake chapter No. 32 Royal Arch, the council and Hillah temple of the Shrine. "Jack" as he was known to many friends, was captain of Hillah temple wrecking crew for many years, making most of the stunts that were used in initiation himself in his basement. He was a mem ber of the Medford Elks Lodge 1168 also. Mr. Rolston is survived by his wife. Mrs. Ida C. . Rolston, two brothers, David and Charles Rolston of Vancouver, B. C, one sister, Elizabeth Rolston, San Gabriel, Cal. Masonic services will be held at Perl funeral home on Tues day at 2 p.m. with Medford Lodge No. 103 A. F. & A. M. in charge. Interment will take place in family plot in Siskiyou Memorial park. Pall bearers will be Willis Williams. J. E. Crawford. Viv ian Wilson, Col. O. L. Over myer. Louis Older and Wesley Hartman.: I John H. Rolston Berkeley. Cal.. June 24 (UR) Park Tangers recovered the body of Phleger Land of Oakland from Lake Anza today. JACK ARNOLD Guitar Instruction Spanish and Hawaiian Rental Guitars Available For Details See PRUITT'S Music Center 111 W. MAIN PHONE 2-2022 Funeral Service Held For Ex-Medford Man Services were held in Sedro Woolley, Wash., for C. Clark Taylor, Medford native, who died in the Washington community recently. Taylor was born Mar. 3, 1870, on a farm near Medford and spent his boyhood in this vicin ity. He finished his education in Portland, went to Seattle in 1910 and purchased a hotel cigar store there. He was affiliated with Medford IOOF lodge for many years. Survivors are his widow, Ma thilde; a son, Armond. Seattle; a grandson and great-granddaughters. Yakima. Wash., and nieces and nephews in the Rogue river vallev. Elizabethan Theater Round Table Subject Ashland, June 24 A round table discussion on the Eliza bethan theater will be conducted by the directorial staff of the Ashland Shakespearean festival on Sunday, it was announced by festival headquarters today. The discussion, which will be open to the public without charge, will be at 8 p. m. in Susanne Homes hall. Partici pants will include Angus Bow mer, producing director of the festival; Dr. Curt Zimansky, Iowa State university, who is academic consultant for all plays being given this year; Allen Fletcher, Purdue university; James Sandoe, University of Col orado; and Richard Graham, New York. A meeting of the board of di rectors of the festival associa tion will be held at 7:30 p. m. Monday. Phi Beta Kapa Award Goes to Medford Man Word was received here Sat urday that Jerry Neal Liebman, route 3, box 298A, Medford, a scholarship student at Harvard university, Cambridge, Mass., is one of 94 undergraduates elected to membership in the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa last week. The scholastic exercises of the fraternity were held June 19. Phi Beta Kappa is a national academic honorary fraternity and membership is awarded on the basis of high scholastic at tainment in liberal arts. Young Liebman is the brother of Ned Liebman. Medford. and the son of Mr. and Mrs. M Lieb man, Phoenix. Illegal Dumping Charge Drawn by DA's Office Five separate complaints were drawn up in the district attorney's office Friday charg ing five Medford residents with dumping debris on land of an other without permission. Several of the five were John Doe complaints and names of the others listed on the com plaints are being withheld pend ing further investigation, Dis trict Attorney George Neilson said. The charges were made by state police after heaps of gar bage and refuge were found piled on property along Climax road. LIMITED SUMMER SPECIAL! ONE 8x10 SILVERTONE PORTRAIT Only 95c And This Ad at the ELLISON STUDIO 32 N. CENTRAL Proofs to Choose From. Only One to a Person or Two to a Family. Mt. Ashland loop Still Blocked by Snow The spectacular Mt. Ashland loop drive is still closed to travel. Numerous inquiries, both from tourists and residents, are being received by the forest service offices in this area and at tourist information desks about the condition of the Sis kiyou summit road. Though ap proach routes on either side of the loop drive are open, the summit is still blocked by snow, according to reports from the forest service. Crews hope to have the popular .scenic route cleared by the end of this week. Travel into Four Mile lake may still be hampered by snow, foresters report. The Hyatt lake road is in good condition. WEYERHAEUSR STRIKE Tacoma, June 24 (U.R) The Weyerhaeuser Timber company appealed directly to its striking employees today in an attempt to Inject local bargaining into a 40-day-old strike of Interna tional Woodworkers of Amer ica (CIO). Dead line for Sunday Classified is at Noon Saturdays. In and Around Rogue River Rogue River, June 23 Mrs. H. L. Bates and two children, Bon nie Lou and Carrie, of Walnut Grove, Cal., arrived recently to visit her brother William White and family and her sister Mrs. Ralph White and family and es pecially to visit her stepfather, Charles Warren, a patient at the Merlin sanitorium. Leo Thompson is In charge of Dave Gelvln's new fireworks booth on the parking lot beside the store. The firemen were called to Gelvin's store about midnight Monday when Ed Sowles discov ered smoke pouring from the ventilators over the. door. The motor in Nick's meat case burn ed out. There was no other dam age. Wednesday afternoon a grass fire back of Eddie Lilly's fire works stand, at the bridge, was extinguished by the time the firemen arrived. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Willi of Klamath Falls recently com pleted a trip to Reno and Los Angeles and returned by the coast route to visit their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Wills of the Old Stage road, west. O. F; Palmerton who has been in the U. S. Veterans hospital at Portland for the past two weeks, underwent a major operation last Thursday. He is getting along as well as could be ex pected, reports his son Keith who is operating the business in his father's absence. The Palm ertons own the Park Landscape company on West Evans Creek road. The Linderman home on Main street was the scene of a gay pic nic on Father's Day when Ed's children and their families arriv ed for a surprise visit with their father and stepmother, the form er Pearl Greenwood. Huge bas kets containing fried chicken and other food, from their farms, were brought for the pic nic dinner served on the lawn near the rose garden. Ed was presented with a beautiful agate ring, gift from all of his chil dren. Those present were his youngest daughter and her hus band and four children whom he had not seen for years, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Hoxic of Kettle Falls, Waih., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Linderman of Medford, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Linderman and baby from Shady Cove, and Ed's grandson, Gene Linderman and his wife and baby. Officers for the coming year elected at the regular meeting of Rogue River Garden club June 20 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bellah were: President, Mrs. Lester Savage; vice-presi dent, Mrs. Perce La Brun; sec retary-treasurer, Mrs. Sam Bel lah. Members visited the gardens at the Rose, Whipple and Hughes homes before meeting at the Bel lah home for refreshments and business session. Guests were Mrs. Richard Shontz, Miss Mari lyn Strietz and Mrs. H. R. Has lock. Twenty-seven members answered the roll call with gar den problem questions and an swers. Table decorations were flower arrangements of Kaemp- A Meal Welcome for a Mhnderful Cai When you drive into our service department, the man who greets you is as proud of your Pontiac is you are. Ha knows you bought your Pontiac because of its reputation for fine performance and depend able, economical long life and be aims to pro. tect that reputation. Next time your Pontiac needs service, depend on our factory-trained mechanics, specialized equip ment and factory-engineered parts. You'll find our service is every bit II good as that wonderful Pontiac you drive. Protect Your Pontiac with Pontiac Service YOUR VACATION CHECK LIST Tu.mip DloonoiU-lntlodln SHorfno AdluttmM TOW tsl. luno-uo and a nqWi toorliii whMl rMi mora than th.ck and report f all working 1 14" af "ploy"), unit, tf your c. rj AJutt ,M( (f . mf. UbrlcoHen etW Oil Cheng. J" V$" "V") hh Bralr Arfuttmtrtf myew brake Cln ej tnipod tolln iyi- QUotato Draa, Come In for a "Check-Up" Torfoyf feri iris, peace roses and a bou quet of the club flower, the Charlotte Armstrong rose. Faye Rose and Myrtle Whip ple reported on their trip to the state convention at Klamath Falls, giving special mention to a report by a garden club that has formed a Juvenile Garden club in their town and is teach ing the children gardening through the schools. President Ruby Hughes spoke on the need of Juvenile garden club here, and mentioned several children who entered exhibits in the spring flower show and who now have very good vegetable gardens. Officers will be installed at next meeting, a potluck picnic at the country home of Mrs. M. E. Shock on East Evans creek, on July 18. Members and their guests will meet at Live Oak Grange hall at 10 a. m. for a garden tour before the plcnis. Court Records Police Court Garrett L. Larson, reckless driving, fine $50. Donald W. Strong, failure to use truck route, bail $2.30. Arthur Corbin, parking in re stricted zone, bail $2. Russell B. Jackson, no oper ators license and reckless driv ing, total fine $55 and five days in jail. Garner W. Coney, violation of basic rule, fine $5. Eddie H. Baker, two on bicy cle impounded two weeks. Justice Court . C. R. Fry, overlord, fine $1 and costs. Richard D. Lowry and C. H. Cannon, no operator's license, fine SI and costs each. Arthur D. Fears, overload, fine S9 and costs. Charles L. Fry, overload, fine $14 50 and costs. W. E. S h o r t, overload, fine $14.50 and costs. Stephen O. Wilson, no tail light, fine $1 and costs. Lester C. Gordon, overload, fine $15.50 and costs. Ralph E. Merritt, overload and overheight load, total fine $21.50 and costs. Willie J. Jones, overload, fine $38 and costs. W. C. Miller, overload, fine $21 and costs. James F. Gibbons, overload, fine $9 and costs. Robert W. Knight, no head lights, fine $17 and costs. Lewis B. Ansted, Improper clearance lights, fine $1 and ccsts. Delbert W. Whiteley, over load, fine $30 and costs. Fred E. Davison, failure to stop at stop sign, fine $1 and costs. Lawrence E. Ousterhout, fail ure to stop at stop sign, fine $1 and costs. Laverne K. Edwards, improper muffler, fine $1 and costs. Craig A. Perry, drunk on pub lic highway, jailed in lieu of $23 fine. Wilbur R. Johnson, possession of parts of carcass of deer, fine $250 and costs. R. C. Sanderson, overload, fine $11 on costs. Dale Childress, overload, fine $8.50 and costs. T. J. Short, no log-hauling permit, fine $1 and costs. Polica Court Frank Kock and Gordon Dean Marx, violation of basic rule, fine $10 each. Jesse Allen Walters, driving under influence of intoxicating liauor. fine $100, drivers li cense suspended one year. Claude Walter Waddell Jr., following other vehicle too close, fine $2. Robert Keith Bond, no op erator's license, fine $3. Court Mouse News Marriage Licenses Norman Udell McMahan. 28, Medford, and Dorothy Ellen Shepherd, IS. Jacksonville. Donovan Thomas Wolfe, 21, Phoenix, and Dorothy Jean Glov er. 21. Talent. William Clarence Riggert, 20, and Rita B. Rogers 20, both Medford. Robert Elwood Rae Jr., 18, and Bertha Mae McCallister, 20, both Medford. Donald R. Emery, 20, and Faye Louise Larson, 22, both Medford. Henry Clinton Ferguson, 37, and Agnes Laura Bingamen, 32, both Medford. Haskell M. McRaven, 42. and Pearl E. Hammond, 47, both Medford. Robert L. Gianachls, 18, and Mara Lee Raber, 17, both Rogue River. Sunday, June 25. 1950 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE EL EVE If m 'i A. Z. DEAN, Sales and Service 6th and Grape, Medford MOVING? Save by Renting a BEE HIVE U-DRIVE Vans Stakes and Pickup Trucks JIM'S TEXACO STATION Phone 3-9174 New Manager of Post House Announced E. J. Reilly, Spokane, regional manager for Greyhound Post Houses, Inc., announced here yesterday the appointment of Vyron P. Rossiter as manager of the local Post House restaur ant, Fifth and Bartlett streets. Rossiter, who was transferred here from the Missoula, Mont., unit, has been in the resttutrant business for 26 years. In addition to his experience with Post Houses he has served as chief steward or manager in Detroit, Mich., Phoenix, Ariz., and Beau mont, Cal. restaurants. Reilly also announced that Paul Bulkin, who has been chef of the local unit since its opening in October will continue in that position. Bulkin has been asso ciated with local restaurants and hotels during the past ten years and Is well-known both here and in Portland as a restaurant own er and operator. Some of his former businesses have been the Chateau, near Ashland; Samovar cafe and the Russian village, Portland. He has also been employed in the Multnomah hotel. Portland; St. Francis hotel, San Francisco; Davenport hotel. Spokane, Wash.; Awahnee lodge, Yosemlte park; and Los Angeles Athletic club. Says 'Flying Saucers' Af The Dalles, Planes The Dalles, Ore., June 24 U.R) Larry Moore, manager of S & M Flying service, said today he believed that the "flying sau cers" reported sighted this week by three The Dalles residnts actually were P-51 fighter planes returning from the national guard's "operation whipstock." "They looked very much like saucers. Moore said. l ney wobbled due to very rough air at 4,000 feet." TAX SALES MONEY Jackson county received $98, 719.64 In the fiscal year 1949 50 from sales of property that had been foreclosed for delin quent taxes. The county court last week ordered that amount refunded to the county general fund for the amount advanced by the county to pay the full tax on foreclosed property. Crater Meat Co. Custom Curing Custom Slaughter and Wl aUARANTII ALL WORK Midway Road Phone 2-6147 Ww X 3 ; RICHFIELD I is b iiy STARTS SUNDAY, JULY 2nd ASHLAND'S BIG 3-DAY Sunday - Monday, - Tuesday, July 2-3-4 O SUNDAY, JULY 2 10:00 a.m. Outdoor Organ Recital, Band Shell, Lithia Park. 11:00 a.m. Band Concert, Band Shell, Lithia Park. 12:00 noon Barbecue In Park. 1:45 p.m. Chorus and Quartets, Rogue Valley Chapter, Society for Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. 2:00 p.m. Introduction Rodeo Queens and Princesses, Park Band -Shell. 2:10 p.m. Trick Horse Exhibition in Lithia Park Band Shell. 2:30 p.m. Exhibition of Reg. Horses on Windburn Way. 3:45 p.m. Children's Western Parade In Park, led by Ashland Band and Legion Kilty Band. 4:10 p.m. Children's Bicycle Race in Park, deer pen to band shell. 4:30 p.m. Children's Roller Skating Derby. 5:00 p.m. Barbecue in Park. 6:00 p.m. Patriotic Religious Service at Band Shell in Lithia Park All Churches, Choirs, Southern Oregon. 7:30 p.m. Band Concert at Park Band Shell. 8:30 p.m. Organ Recital at Park Band Shell. 9:30 p.m. Fireworks can be seen from all hill streets, S.O.C.E. Pear Bowl. MONDAY, JULY 3 9:00 a.m. to S 00 p.m. Special Sales, Bargain Events, all Ashland Stores. 9:00 a.m. to 1 1:00 a.m. Trout Kshing Contest, children under 13, in Park. 1 1 :00 a.m. Band Concert on Plata, Ashland and Kilty Band. 12:00 noon Barbecue in Lithia Park. 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Children's Games, Contests, In Park Play ground Greased Pig, Greased Pole, Obsta cle Races, Potato Race, Shoe Scramble, Tug-of-War, Foot Races, Watermelon Eating Contest. (Children's events take place on level lawn near band shall). Splendid prizes for all events. Children should wear old clothes. 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Grand Organ Recital at Park Band Shell, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Air Show and Acrobatic! over city. 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m Demonstration by Ashland Fire Department in Plaza. 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Organ Recital In Park at the Band Shell. 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Band Concert at Band Shall, Lithia Park 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Dance at Elks' Lounge. Paul Martin and his recording band. Invitations must be procured from any member of Ashland Elks Lodge. TUESDAY, JULY 4 , 9:30 a.m. Grand Western Parade on Main Street, Helman to Junior High School. 1 1 :00 a.m, Band Concert at Park Band Shell. 1 2:00 noon Barbecue in Park. 2:00 p.m. Grand Rodeo and Races, Ashland Riding Association Grounds. 7:00 p.m. Organ Recital and Special Singing in Lithia Park Band Shell. 8:00 p.m. Band Concort in Park Band Shell. Ashland and Kilty Bands. 9:30 p.m. Final Grand Fireworks Display at SOCE Pear Bowl. Can be seen from all hill street. 9:30 p.m. to 12 p.m. Jaycee Street Dance on the Pine. ASHLAND RIDING ASSOCIATION ttH t 6r.pt
