rOUB MZDFORD (OREGOrT) MAIL TRIBUHE
. March It, IMS
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"FLYING SCHOOLROOM" Sixteen eighth
grade students from the country school at Mer
lin are shown above before take-off front Med-J-ford
Sunday night on United Air lines on the
first leg of their "field trip" which completes
their special class project in air transportation.
The trip, which was financed by the students' ,
own fund raising efforts, includes a three-day
tour of San Francisco. Making up the "flying
schoolhouse" (from left to right) first row; Mrs.
George R. Tassin, chaperon; David Dotts, Lar
ry Halstead, Ivallee Bridge, Charlotte Gaskill,
Charles Tassin, Richard McClure. Second row:
Royal A. Ivory, principal and eighth grade
teacher, Mrs. Ralph A. McClure, Winnie Eng
lish, Charlotte Ingledue, Sadie Berry, Darlene
Page, Mickey Barrett. Third row: Robert An
derson, Max Chancellor. Fourth row: Jackie
Sacket, Jimmy Nuttter and Jim Dennis.
(Brainerd photo)
Minnie Ida Luy,
Pioneer Resident
Of Valley, Passes
Funeral services for Mrs. Min
nie Ida Luy, a resident of south
ern Oregon for the past 81 years,
will be held at Perl funeral home
Wednesday at 2 p.m. and will be
read by a Christian Science read
er. Interment in Siskiyou Memo
rial park will be private.
Mrs. Luy, who died in Ashland
today, was born at Jacksonville
on Jan. 24, 1871, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Bybee who
at one time were large land hold
ers in the valley.
She attended grade school and
the academy at Jacksonville and
later attended school in Portland.
In 1893, at Jacksonville, she was
married to Fred Luy, who died
In 1934.
Survivors include two sons,
Fred and Lawrence, both of Med-
ford.
Wall Street
Malayan porcupines, to avoid
each other's quills while sleep
ing side by side, alternate their
positions on a tree-limb perch
Each faces in the opposite direc
tion from the next.
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New York (U.FO Stocks
moved irregularly Tuesday with
volume matching that of Mon
day's session.
Trading was very selective
and some issues managed to
register substantial gains. There
were a few wide losers too. But
the main list continued to hold in
a narrow area.
Dow Jones closing stock aver
ages: 30 industrials, 264.10 up
0.02; 20 railroads, 90.17 up 0.10;
15 utilities, 50.08 up 0.04; 65
stocks, 100.26 up 0.05.
Sales Tuesday totaled 1,170,
000 shares compared with 1,
150,000 traded Monday.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks?
American T & T 134V4
Anaconda - 47V4
Chrysler 72V4
Curtiss Wright 8
General Electric 58
General Motors .... 52
Montgomery Ward 63
Perm. R. R. 19
Penney, J. C . 67V4
Radio 27Vi
Southern Co. 13
Southern Pacific 67
S. Oil of Calif. 53
Texas Oulf Sulphur. 107
Transamerica ... .............. 25
Trans-Continental 14
United Aircraft 31
U. S. Rubber 79
U. S. Steel ; 38
Vnnngttn-m 45
livestock
Portland UJ.) Cattle 100. Util
ity steers 826-28; top iteen $34.25 for
good and choice 917 and 871 lb. and
choice 1140 lb.; good and low choice
steers $33-34; mostly choice heifers
$33.50; cutter cows $19-21; commercial
heifer type cows $28.
Calves 35. Choice grade S35-3T; com
mercial and good calves and veaier
S-T-3Z.
Hogs 250. Choice 180-035 lb. S30.3S:
choice 160 lb, $19; light feeder pigs
SlH-lB.su.
Sheep 100. Good and choice under
110 lb. wooled lambs $26.50-27; choice
and prime 104 lb.- S27.50; good and
choice 113-119 lb. No. 3 pelt lambs
34-24.3u; good ewes $13.
Portland Produce
Portland (VJ?.) Butter: To retail
ers: AA grade prints 82c lb.; cartons
ojc; a prints ezc; cartons 03c; b
orints 80c lb.
Eggs: To- retailers grade AA large
sc ooz.; a targe sc aos.; aa me
dium, 45c aoz.: a medium 44c do.;
cartons 3c additional.
Cheese: To retailers: A grade Ched
dar. Oregon singles 47-5 lc lb.: 5-lb.
loaves. 53-54c: nremium brands to
58 Vjc lb. for single wheels and Sl'ic
for 5-lb. loaves; processed American
cneese. d-id. loaves. 43ia-47laC ID.
Tuesday's East Side Farmers mar.
Ket session was a nominal affair with
offerings limited to a few lota of loose
packed apples and parsnip
Poultry Rabbits
Live Chickens (No. 1 quality fob
plants) Fryers 2',i-3 lbs. 3T-2SC lb.;
3-4 lbs. 27c lb.; roasters. 4 lbs. and
up 27c; light hens. sU weights 17
18c lb.: heavy hens, all weights 20-21C;
old roosters. 13-lSc.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 New York
dressed style to retailers; fryers 2'4-
3 ids.. 4Z-44C lb.; roasters 42-44c;
light hens. 31-32c; heavy hens. 34-36c;
cutup fryers, all weights 58-6ZC.
Dressed Turkeys To retailers:
Frozen winter pack A grade toms.
47c lb.: New York dressed style. B
grade, 43c; A grade bens. 47c: B grade
44c.
Rabbits (average to growers, fob
killing plant Live white. 3-4,i lbs.
26-29c; 5-6 lbs. 22-2SC. colored pelts
4c lb. under; old doe rabbits 12-16c,
few higher: fresh dressed fryers to
retailers 62-65c. some higher.
Seattle (U.R) Seven-year-old
Eric Gustafson died Monday
night from injuries suffered
when struck by an automobile
here earlier in the day.
Seattle (U.B The Navy
transport Gen. M. M. Patrick is
due here Thursday with 601 pas
sengers from the Far East, the
Navy announced Tuesday.
fumion fabrics
NEW LOCATION
128 Norlh Bartlett
Tax Commissioner
Visits in County
Robert MacLean, head of the
assessment and taxation division
of the state tax commission,
stopped here Monday on a tour
of inspection of the state, accord
ing to County Assessor C. A.
Meyers. -
MacLean is watching the start
of a 10-year program of reassess
ment of property values in Ore
gon counties, according to Mey
ers. The reappraisal has the co
operation of the state tax com
mission under provisions of an
act passed by the 1951 legisla
ture, he said.
MacLean will also visit Klam
ath Falls, Lakeview, Burns, Vale,
Police HandleMany
Cases in February
Report Indicajes
Medford city police handled
t total of 267 cases during Feb
ruary, according to a report
for the month issued this week
by City Superintendent Robert
Duff. In addition, the depart
ment issued 200 traffic cita
tions. 1.835 meter tickets and
rendered 96 public services, the
report shows.
Leading the list of cases han
dled were 70' motor vehicle col
lisions, including six injuries.
City police investigated 31 of
the accidents and handled re
ports on the remaining 39. Also
high on the list of the number
of cases were drunks, 35; lar
ceny of less than $50, 29; burg
lary, 16; bad checks, 13, and lar
ceny of more than $50 and car
thefts, 5 each.
Many Pk Illegally
Illegal parking topped traffic
violations with 55 citations. The
department also issued 42 cita
tions for speeding. 40 for fail
ure to stop at a stop light. 20
for void license plates and 16
for no legal operator's license.
Nine citations were issued for
reckless driving and three for
driving under the influence of
intoxicating liquor.
Services provided for the pub
lic were headed by 40 money
escorts. They also included 17
funeral escorts, 15 doors found
open and reported to ownsri, 14
windows found open and re
ported and six safes found open
and reported.
Newspaper Honored
For Dairy Promotions
Chicago (U.PJ The Salt Lake
City Deseret News and the Den
ver Post are among 23 newspa
pers, magazines and food com
panies cited by the American
Dairy association for promoting
the use of milk, cheese and oth
er dairy products.
The awards were made at a
banquet Monday night during
the ADA' annual dairy rally.
Baker, LaGrande and Enterprise
during the one-week tour of the
state.
Illegal JuryDufy
Brings Jail Tern
Portland UID Ex-convict
Walter Monroe Cox, 55, Tuesday
began serving a 30-Uy sentence
in the county Jail because be
illegally accepted Jury duty.
Circuit Judge Frank J. Long
ergan palled Cox for contempt
of court and ordered the district
attorney's office to investigate
how an ex-convict could be
placed on a Jury panel.
. Cox served one day on a 12
man jury before Judge Longer
gan discovered he had two fel
ony convictions against him and
had been deprived of his citizen
ship. Daily Veather Report
rOMCASTS
Hedford and vicinity: Rain er anew
showers through Wednesday. Contin
ued cool. Low tonight S3-33; high
Wednesday 50.
Western Oregon: Showers but par
tial clearing and continued eool to
night and Wednesday. Some snow
mixed with rain la valleys and snow
In mountains and foothills. Lows to
night 32-40. highs Wednesday 40-50.
LOCAL DATA
Temperature a year - ago today:
Highest 70. lowest 36.
Total monthly precipitation M
inches.
Deficiency for the month 3t Inches.
Total precipitation since September
1. 1951. 17.36 inches.
Excess for the season 5.03 inches.
Relative humidity 4:30 p. m. yes
terday 54; 4:30 a. m. today 93V.
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Vheels, Tires, Tubes
Stolen From Two Cars
Two reports of the theft of two
wheels, two tires and two tubes
from cars parked at the owners'
homes were made to the city po
lice yesterday and today. In both
instances the cars apparently
were jacked up and the wheels
removed, according to police. j
James LeKoy Swindler. 602
Victory street. Apartment 1, told
police yesterday that between
the hours of 7 p.m. Sunday and
7:30 p.m. yesterday, someone
took the rear wheels from his
1948 Ford sedan, with two new
6.30x16 tires and tubes. Today
Robert Charles Messer, 422 Lau
rel street,, reports the theft of
two 2.600x16 white sidewall
tires with wheels and tubes from
his 1939 sedan.
Man Treated for Hurts After 2-Car Accident
H. U. Mitchell, 608 South Riv
erside was treated and released
about 8 pjn. yesterday at Com
munity hospital for head lacera
tions and bruises after the car
which he was driving collided
with a car driven by Bert Alvln
Smith, 1816 North Riverside ave
nue, according to Conger-Morris
ambulance attendants who took
Mitchell to the hospital.
The collision occurred at Fifth
and Bartlett streets, according to
city police. No citations were Is
sued, they said.
Thieves Take Lumber
From School Project
Kennewick tu.K Piecemeal
lumber thefts at the high school
construction site here total more
than 10,000 feet since the job
began, foreman Ed Harmin told
police Tuesday.
The last theft, Harmin said,
was more than $100, worth of
stairway pre-cut laths ond other
material.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
mon Saturdays
HEAR
Rev. C. R LAMBERT
of Portland
TONIGHT
8 p.m.
Special Music
and Singing
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North Central at Third Street
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Brand-new way to pte"" foIk on L?nten d"
Serve Fluffy Shrimp-Potato Bake low in cost, tops
in taste! And a brez to make with ready-cooked
Blue Plate Canned Shrimp...plump, tender, full of
deep-eea goodness. No peeling. No waste. A 5-oz.ean
of Blue Plate Shrimp eaual to 14b. whole raw shrimp.
FLUFFY SHRIMP-POTATO BAKI
4 medium baked potatoes, hot
2 tablesp. butter er margarine
Salt and pepper to tail H cup milk
Vi cup cubed American cheese
1 5-oz. can Blue Plat Shrimp
Cut slice from top of each potato, scoop out potato
and mash. Add butter, milk. Whip until fluffy. Mix
in cheese and ahrimp, saving a few shrimp for gar
nishing. Fill potato shells with mixture. Top with
Shrimp, Ugbtly Ollea lO Keep irom drying, neu
in 350s oven (mod.) until potatoes are browned
and thoroughly hot, 4 servings.
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