8 IX MTDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUTE
Friday. March 11. 1132
Speech Contest
Of Toastmasfers
Slated Saturday
The annual speech contest of
the northern California-southern
Oregon area of Toastmasters in
ternational will be held at the
Medford Hotel Saturday at 7:30
p. m.
The contest will be held at a
banauet for Toastmasters, wives,
and members of the Toastmis
tress clubs from Medford, Ash-
lana, u ranis trass, jviaiiiam x
and Yreka.
Allan Henderson, finance of
ficer at Camp White domiciliary
center, who was chosen outstand
ing speaker of the Medford club,
will represent local Toastmasters
In the area meet.
Walter Nunley, president of
Medford club, will preside. A
welcoming address will be given
by Manville Heisel, Medford at
torney, and Dave White, Grants
Pass, deputy governor of the
arena, will handle table topics.
Verne Athanas, Ashland writer
whose stories appeared in both
the Saturday Evening Post and
Collier's during February, will
serve as critic.
Ethel Mclntyre of Medford
Toastroistress club will be special
speaker for the evening. Dan
Hull, governor of the area, and
Bob Kyle Jr. are cochairmen of
the affair.
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PICKETS GIVE BLOOD
New London, Conn. (U.F9 12
strikers at the New London Mi.ls
Inc., quit the picket line. Fellow
pickets made no protest. The 12
returned a few hours later, each
minus a pint of blood because
of a trip to the bloodmobile.
Portland Produce
Portland TJJ.) Butter: To retail
tn: AA grade prints 82c lb.; cartons
83c; A prints 82c: cartons 83c; B prints
80c A.
Eggs: To retailers: Grade AA large
50c doz.; A large 46-47c doz.; AA me
dium, 46-47C doz.; A medium 45c doz.;
carton 3c additional. ;
Cheese: To retailers: A grade Ched
dar. Oregon singles 47-51c lb.; 5-1 b
loaves, 53-54 c; premium brands to
58',2e lb. for single wheels and 61',ic
for S-lb. loaves; processed American
cheese. 5-Ib. loaves. 4513-47',ic lb.
Bunched onion sales to wholesalers
were at 50c a dozen on the East Side
Farmers' market Friday. Trading was
only moderately active.
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens (No. 1 quality, f.o.b.
plants) Fryers, 2Va-3 lbs.. 27-28c lb.:
3-4 lbs., 27c; roasters 4',i lbs. and up,
27c: light hens, all wts.. 17-18C lb.;
heavy hens, all wts., 20-21c; old roost
ers. 13-lSc.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 New York
dressed style to retailers: Fryers, aU
weights. 42-44C lb.; roasters, 42-44c:
light hens. 31-32c; heavy hens, 34 -3 6c;
cut-up fryers, aU wts., 58-60C.
Dressed Turkeys To retailers:
Frozen winter pack A grade torn. 46c
lb.; New York dressed style, B grade,
44c.
Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b.
killing plant) Live white. 3 -Va
lbs.. 26-29c: 5-6 lbs.. 22-25c; colored
pelts 4c lb. under; old doe rabbits. 12
16c. few higher: fresh dressed fryers
to retailers 6265c. some higher.
Livestock
Portland (UJ.) Cattle 50. Mostly
choice 916 to 1,140 lb. fed steers
334.25; good and low choice mostly
971-1.165 lbs. $33-34; commercial $30
32; utility $24-29; medium and good
feeder steers $28-31; mostly choice
fed heifers 891 lbs.. $33.50: commer
cial to low good heifers $29-32; com
mercial cows $26-27; utility $25: can
ner and cutter $17.50-20; commercial
buUs $18.50-29.50.
Calves none. Choice and off prime
vealers $35-38; commercial and good
calves and vealers $27-35; cull and
utility $17-26.
Kogs 150.. Choice No. 1 and 2 180
335 lb. butchers $20-20.25; heavier
and lighter weights $18-19; choice
350-550 lb. sows $15.50-17; lighter
weights $17.50: good and choice feed
er pigs $17.50-18.50.
Sheep none. Slaughter lambs under
110 lbs. largely $26.50-27 on good and
choice and choice and prime up to
27.50: heavier lambs $23-25: medium
nd good feeders $23-24: good ewes
$13; cull and utility $7-12.
San Francisco (ITJ.) Cattle for
week 600. Canners and cutter cows
$17-21.30; utility and commercial bulls
$27-30.
Calves for week $20.
Hogs for week 1775. Choice No. 1
batchers $18.75.
Sheep for week 500. Not enough of
any one class to sufficiently test
market.
V. AUBREY NORMS
Ntw Elks Exalted Ruler
City's Elks Lodge
Elects Officers
The Medford Elks lodge elect
ed officers at a regular meeting
here last night. V. Aubrey N or
ris was named exalted ruler.
Installation of the new offi
cers will be held Thursday, April
3, when Secretary of State Earl
T. Newbry, a past district deputy
grand exalted ruler for Oregon
south, will be installing officer.
Other new officers are Her
bert W. Crain, esteemed leading
knight; C. Aubrey Sander, es
teemed ' loyal knight: W. D.
Woodcock, esteemed lecturing
knight; Ernest L. Scott, secre
tary: Allen F. Perry, treasurer;
George W. Howard, tiler; Ed C.
Niles, three-year trustee, and
Carl W. Norris, alternate dele
gate.
Additional officers will be ap
pointed by the new exalted ruler
at the time of the installation.
An inauguration dance will be
held the evening of Saturday.
March 22, in the party lounge at
the Elks' temple honoring the
new oficers. Franklin Van Pelt,
retiring exalted ruler, has invit
ed all Elks in the vicinity to. at
tend the dance and to become
acquainted with the new officers.
Woman, 104, Spends
13th Year Minus Water
Brainard, Neb. (U.R) Mrs.
Barbara Plisek hasn't had a
drink of water since she was 91
At the start of the 104th year
here, Mrs. Plisek said she feels
fine and isn't a bit thirsty.
Her daughter, Mrs. August
Terms, said Mrs. Plisek's diet
consists of bread, eggs, and
coffee.
She is bedfast but has an ex
cellent memory and a strong
voice. She was born in Czecho
slovakia and came to this coun-
tryin 1894 after her marriage to
Frank Plisek.
CAKE COMES ALONG
Hubbardston, Mass. U.R)
A two-foot tall sponge cake that
traveled 4,200 miles was a big
hit at Mrs. Alma Carlson's 80th
birthday party. A gift from her
brother in Sweden, the "spitz
kaka" was daubed with sugar
icing and came in a copper buck
et in keeping with an old Swed
ish custom.
Wall Street
New York (U.R) Routine
week-end profit-taking halted a
moderately active stock market
advance in the late dealingr
Friday.
Earlier in the session, the rail
road averages rose to a new
high since April 20, 1931 and
the utilities made their best
mark in more than two weeks.
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Chained Seaman
Said Displayed to
Smuggled Women
Seattle (U.R) Native women
who Boarded the freighter Clyde
L. Seavey in Siam could see Wil
liam M. Olynyk chained to the
ship's rail as they sneaked Into
rooms with members of the crew,
a former mate on the vessel has
testified.
The statement of Gerald T.
Nealon, now a bakery truck
driver in the Bronx, N. Y.. was
read in Superior Court here in
the suit brought against the
Isthmian Steamship company by
Olynyk.
Asks Damages
Olynyk asks $100,000 damages,
claiming he was confined in
chains for 67 days on a voyage
half-way around the world. The
jury might possibly begin delib
erations Friday, an attorney said.
Nealon testified by deposition
that the women came aboard at
the port of Koh Sichang. "They
weren't allowed," he said. "They
used to sneak aboard from
barges. They were put off when
found out. There must have been
at least 40 of them anyway, but
not all at one time."
Displayed Like Animal
Olynyk contended some mem
bers of the crew brought Women
aboard and showed him off "like
a chained animal."
Attorneys lor the company
said the 27-year-old seaman from
New Westminster, B. C, was the
ring-leader of a "mutiny-minded
crew.
Portland Studies
Emergency Parking
Portland (U.R) City Finance
Commissioner Ormond R. Bean
scheduled a conference in his
office Friday to work out plans
for emergency parking of 30,000
more automobiles in downtown
Portland.
The additional parking space
may be needed if the Portland
Traction Company drivers go
out on strike April 1.
Bean said officials of the com
pany and the representatives of
the motor coach employes union
both have agreed that a dead
lock in negotiations exists.
Living Costs Down
During Last Month
Washington CUJ9 The gov
ernment said Friday the cost of
living fell, for the first time
sinceflast July, In the month end
ing February IS. The decline
brought a wage cut of one cent
an hour for 1430,000 railroad
workers.
The Bureau of Labor Statis
tics said a price decline of six
tenths of one percent In the
month was the sharpest since De
cember, 1949.
The decline was featured by a
2.1 percent drop In retail food
prices, the largest since Febru
ary, 1S49, more than three years
ago.
Court Records .
DISTRICT COURT
William It. Hill. BO operator's li
cense, court coats only.
Charles K. KlmmeU. failure to stop
at stop sign. $10.
Robert O. Neel, no mud flaps, court
costs only.
CIRCITT COtRT
Katherine Seabrtght vs. John It
Sea bright, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE L1CS.NSB
APPLICATIONS
Thaddeus Bound Coleman. 19. Med
ford. and Marion Blanche Stcgall. IS.
Medford.
Robert Sill Walker, 39. Honolulu.
Hawaii, and J. Darlen. Hale. SI. Ashland.
BIRTHS
SMITH To Mr. and Mrs.
Donald, 111 Jeanette street,
March 19, 1952,a boy, 6V4 lbs.,
at Sacred Heart hospital.
RYERSON To Mr. and Mrs
Laurence, 858 East Ninth street.
March 21, 1952, a girl, 8v4
pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital
STONE To Mr. and Mrs.
Curt, 615 Palm street, March 21,
1952, a girl, 6V2 lbs., at Commu
nity hospital.
GRAFTOrToMr. and Mr?
Sheldon, P.O. Box 787, Centra?
Point, March 21, 1952, a boy
63i lbs., at Community hospital
TOMPKINS To Mr. and Mr?
Melvin, 1045 West 14th streel
March 20, 1952, a boy, 71-4 lbs
at Community hospital.
PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED
The partnership of Georgt
Grabow and Max Henne in Gta-
bow Jewelers has been dissolved
and Grabow will continue in the
business as sole owner, it was
announced today. The business is
at 108 East Main street. Grabow
has been in the business here
six years.
The National Geographic So
ciety publi-hes maps of all con
tinents and oceans, and of major
land and ?ea regions.
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State Representative
Convalescing at Home
State Rep. Ed Mann, who un
der went surgery In a Portland
hospital, returned to Medford
this week, Mrs. Mann reported
today. He is "getting along fine,"
she said.
He will be confined to his
home at 47 Rose avenue for an
other "week or 10 days," site
added.
Man Freed on Charge
Of Cutting Timber
Chehalis (U.R) Fred Frese,
Woodland logger, was free Fri
day of grand larceny charges
alleging he illegally removed
state timber in eastern Lewis
county.
A jury of five men and seven
women acquitted him after de
liberating one hour and 40 min
utes Thursday. "
Alfred McBee, special assist
ant attorney general conducting
the state's case, contended in
the trial here that Frese took
out about 500,000 board feet of
green timber in addition to
downed timber for which he had
a contract with the state.
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Vast Unemployment
Holed at Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska U.R) An
acute unemployment situation
has been created by the arrival
here of hundreds of workmen
seeking big-money construction
jobs, territorial employment of
ficials said Friday.
Many stateside workers are
stranded without jobs or money
In major Alaska cities, Merrill E.
Weir, manager of the employ
ment service here, said.
"Until the construction season
begins in another two months,"
he said, "the Alaskan unemploy
ment situation will be critical."
Accident Kills Two
At Cabinet Gorge
Clark Fork, Ida. U.R Offic
ials Friday sought cause of an
accident which killed two con
struction workers at the Cabinet
Gorge dam site when they were
struck by a broken derrick boom
Thursday.
The victims were identified as
Roy W. Short, 38, of Omak,
Wash., and Palmer J. Scott, 47,
of Clark Fork.
They were working below the
Derrick when the 185,foot boom
of the stiff-leg machine broke.
Man Hospitalized
After Mill Accident
Horace Bittle, 027 Dakota
avenue, suffered face, neck and
shoulder injuries yesterday aft
ernoon when a scaffold collapsed
while he was working at Med
ford corporation, according to
hospital and doctor's reports.
He was taken by Perl ambu
lance to Osteopathic hospital
where he was confined last
night and was to have x-rays to
day. His father, Louis Bittle, 921
Maple Park drive, was reported
less seriously hurt. The men
were said employed 'by Besson
ette and Graff, contractors.
Airmen Reminded
Of Card Requirement
Civil aeronautics administra
tion officials today again remind
pilots, mechanics and other air
men that they are required to
have CAA identification cards
on their persons while at work
Minimum penalty for violation
is $23, it was explained, and
number of violations have been
reported recently. -. T: : ;
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