Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 24, 1952, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Prowler Harley McMaster, 423 Laurel street, called city po lice about midnight last night to report a prowler was attempt ing to look into the windows of hil home. Soap Lost Two cases of Fab soap were stolen from the lug gage carrier of his car, accord . ing to Alvin Weaver, 1313 Prune street, in a report Saturday to city police. , DRIVE. M t theatre ENDS TONIGHT oooooooodgooooo. PLUS Shockng.' NEWS CARTOONS Gates Open 6:30; Shew at 7:00 jliflll 3m r FAITH DOMERGUE I 4i'i.:'iH4 HEW LOW GROCERY PRICES Cider HOOD RIVER ViGal. 39c Chocolate Cherries it 39c Hormel Spam 12-Ox. Tin 46c Swift's Prem 12-0. 4$c EVERYDAY LOW MEAT PRICES Slab Bacon u, 39c Sliced Bacon standardlb 43c Sliced Bacon ANCY Pork Sausage Pork Link Sausage Ground Beet Lamb Roast Halibut Salmon Fillet of Sole H-D Whiting Lunch Meat Stewing Hens Bockwurst Lard Del Monte 2-lb. Pkg. 25c Bacon Jowls lb. 25c Fresh Fryers CUTUP lb. 65c Pork Liver lb. 29c PRODUCE FEATURE r FLORIDA vsranues Personal Building Permits Permits were issued today to uien a. McCoy to erect a $7,000 resi dence at 400 Laurel street, and to A. B. Cearley, to remodel a residence to the extent of $1,000 at 338 Franquttte street . Surgery Patients Mrs. D. B. Halvorson, 305V4 Chestnut street had major surgery today at Os teopathic hospital, the hospital reported. Mrs. Farris Fryer, 1728 North Riverside avenue, was ad mitted for minor surgery. Car -Hits Tree Baker Yar- brough, 1211 East Jackson street, reported to city police yesterday that an unknown driver hit a tree in Yarbrough's yard and knocked down bis mailbox while getting the car out of the yard. Robe Stolen Mrs. Michael Naples, 71S Laurel street, Cen tral Point, reported to Medford city police today that a green car robe was taken yesterday from her car while it was park ed here at Sixth near Central avenue. To Hold Party Upper Rogue Extension unit will hold a card and games party Tuesday, March 25, at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Dennis Paulson, Shady Cove. Dessert will be served. Small children will be cared for at the Paulson home. Car Damaged The front wheel and side of a car driven by Thomas Gerald Huffman, 201 South Orange street, was dam aged Saturday morning when it was struck by a car driven by Dean Hart Dorman, Talent, ac cording to city police. Dorman was cited for failure to stop at a stop sign, police records show. Injured Mrs. Walter Rad cliffe, 336 Stewart avenue, was given emergency treatment at Ashland General hospital about 5 p.m. yesterday because of in juries received when the car she was driving collided with anoth er according to her husband. She was transferred to Sacred Heart hospital where she spent the night, and was released today She received a cut over one eye, bruises and chest injuries, her husband said. 55c Lb. Lb. Lb. Lb. Lb. Lb. Lb. Lb. Lb. Lb. Lb. Lb. 39c 59c 59c 69c 59c 79c 57c 29c 59c 55c 65c SHOULDER Asst. FRESH su.t., 4A. Postcard Quantity Purchase Charge Ends The Medford post office was advised today that it no longer need charge 10 per cent more for post cards purchased in quan tities of 50 or more. Congress has passed a bill re pealing the provisions enacted last year, and which drew a storm of criticism from those who maintain that quantity purchases should cost no more than small-lot purchases. The new ruling was effective March 22, although official word of it did not arrive here until today. Board To Meet Two vacan cies in the public health nursing staff and the budget will be con sidered by the Jackson County Board of Health when members meet Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the courthouse, according to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health offi cer. Party Planned An "apron so cial" will be given by the Ladies' Aid society of Phoenix Presby terian church Thursday, March 27, at the church beginning at 8 pjn. Dr. and Mrs. Bert R. El liott will show films taken dur ing their recent tour of Mexico, and anyone interested in the event is invited to attend. Troopers Play Twenty-five members of Mrs. Eve Prentice's Accordion Troopers were in Grants Pass Friday night to pro vide entertainment for a meeting of the Izaak Walton league. The dinner meeting was held in the league's clubhouse in the Grants Pass park. The young people were in formal dress for the event. Twenty-two parents ac companied the players. Wrong Name Richard Teiral, Jacksonville, not Richard Teal, was- the pedestrian involved in a traffic mishap Friday at Main street and Oakdale avenue, ac cording to the report filed with city police. The name. Teal, ap pearing in the Mail Tribune on Sunday, resulted from a type setting error. The car was said driven by Dixie V. Rolls, 91S Mt. Pitt street. livestock Portland IU.P.) Cattle 1000. MosUy choice 950 lb. fed steers 934.50: good and low choice up to 1.10O lb. iteera $33-34: utility and commercial beef cows $27-32: food ted heifers $32: commercial heavy heifers $30: utility heifers $22-28: commercial cows $27: utility cows mostly $22-23: canner and cutters $17.20; utility bulls $26.30-28: good bulls to $30. Calves 50. Choice vealers $35-37; commercial and good grades $27-34: culls $18. Hogs 1.000. Choice mostly No. 1 butchers 190-210 lb. $20.25-2050: choice 290-420 lb. sows $17-17.50: good and choice 83-120 lb. feeder pigs $17.75-1850. Sheep 400. Good and choice 91 lb. wooled lambs $26.50: good and choice 116 lb. No. 1 pelt lamba $24 50: me dium and good feeders $23-24; good $13. San Francisco U P.) Cattle 475. Not enough sales to establish market. Calves 10. Commercial to good veal ers $31-34. Hogs 150. Choice No. 1 and No. 1 butchers 200-240 lbs. $19. Sheep 20. No early sale. Portland Produce Portland (U.P.V Butter: To re tailers: AA gride prints 80c lb.; car tons 81c; A prints 80c; cartons Sic. B prints 78c lb. Eggs: To retailers: Grade AA large 51c doc.: A large 47c dot.: AA me dium. 47c doz.: A medium 46c dos.; cartons 3c additional. Cheese: To retailers: A grade ched der. Oregon singles 47-3 lc lb.: 5-lb. loaves, S3-S4c: premium brands to 58ac lb. for single wheels and 61 'c for 5-lb. loaves; processed American cheese. 5-lb. loaves. 43',-47'ic lb. Higher prices were asked for' start ed vegetable and flower plants at the East Side Farmers' market Monday because of higher production costs. Cabbage prices were within a wide range. WallSlreel New York U.R) Trading in stocks Monday fell off to the lightest level in three weeks. Prices moved irregularly in a very narrow range and each of the major averages lost a few cents. Dow Jones closing stock av erages: 30 industrials 265.60, off 0.09; 20 railroads 90.71, off 0.28; 15 utilities 50.26, off 0.17; 65 stocks 100.47, off 0.18. Salem Monday totaled 1,040, 000 shares compared with 1,290, 000 traded last Friday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T it T 154V6 Anaconda 474 74 8 57 53 V 6234 184 Chrysler Curtiss Wright General Electric General Motors Montgomery Ward Penn. R. R. Penney, J. C. Radio ...... 674 13 67Vs 53 106V? Southern Co. Southern Pacific S. Oil of Calif. Texas Gulf Sulphur Transamerica 26 14 31Vs 801-4 39 Tri-Continental United Aircraft U. S. Rubber U. S. Steel Youngstown ... 46V4 Hall-Size Style R9242 W i-Zr-w CJT in half-size! This classic dress is designed especially for the fuller, shorter figure. Better fitting with fewer alterations when you use this pattern. Flat tering figures lines make you look taller, slimmer! Sew your new spring shirtfrock now! Pattern R9242: Half -sizes 141a( I6V2, m. 20Va, 22V2. 24Vi. Size 16Vi takes 33 yards 39 inch. This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit. Complete, illustrated sew chart shows you every step. Send thirty-five cents in coins for this pattern to Marian Mar tin, care of The Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., P. O. Box 6740, Chicago 80, 111. Print plainly YOUR NAME, AD DRESS, SIZE and STYLE NUM BER. All Cash Hot Found, Redfield Declares Reno (U.PJ The victim of the biggest burglary in history says he figures the FBI had recov ered all of his jewelry and most of his stolen bonds, but some of the $300,000 in cash still is missing. Millionaire La Vere Redfield. whose home was burglarized ot $1,500,000 worth of valuable February 29, said he figured about $180,000 in cash still hadn't turned up although eight persons were held in the case. BIRTHS PERKINS To Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Jr.. 914 King street. March 24. 1952. a girl. 6 lbs., at Com munity hospital. MacEACHERN To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, Prospect, March 23, 1952. a boy. 7Va lbs., at Com munity hospital. GRIFFIN To Dr. and Mrs. Albert, Jacksonville, March 24, 1952. a boy, 9 lbs., at Osteopathic hospital. WARD To Mr. and Mrs. Lou is. 1368 Hilton road, March 21. 1952. a boy, 74 lbs. at Sacred Heart hospital. PHILLIPS To Mr. and Mrs. Ewell, Gold Hill, March 22. 1952, a boy, 7 lbs., at SacretJ Heart hospital. BANNISTER To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd. 1003 Jasper street, March 22. 1952. a girl, 84 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. THREE CARS DAMAGED . Minor damaee to three "ears was reported Saturday evening to city police when the three, one of them parked, were in volved in a traffic accident at the corner of West Main street and 'Oakdale avenue. A car owned by George Ellworth Monteomer was hit while it was parked near the intersection by a car driven by Ena Singler, 417 J street, according to citv no- lice. Paul James Hoffard. 507 South Oakdale avenue, was driv er of the third car involved. Ena Sineler was cited for driving too near to the car In front ,the police said. CAR OVERTURNS A car registered to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Blevens, Ashland, overturned on the Pacific high way south of Medford early to day, reports to state police indi cated. Details of the accident were not learned, but police said no one was injured. Mrs. H. D. Kilham, Applegaf e Native, Dies in Portland Last rites were held today in Portland for Mrs. Howard D. Kilham, 79, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kasper Kubli, pioneer Ap plegate valley couple. Mrs. Kil ham was the widow of a Port land merchant and, almost up until the time of her death, she had managed the Kilham's Sta tionery and Printing company in Portland for 22 years following her husband's death. Mrs. Kilham was born in the Applesate where her father op erated the Trading Post of Ap- plegate Valley, which was also a supper stop for the stage com ing from Crescent City to Jack sonville. Gold scales used at the store are now at the Jacksonville Museum. It. was at that store that an other pioneer valley couple met. The late Peter Britt was there to meet his future wife when she arrived from the east to San Francisco and then from Cres cent City by stage. They were married at the Kasper Kubli home. Operated Old Store Mrs. Kilham's father later op erated a hardware store at Jack sonville and made the ornate trimming on the Jacksonville Presbyterian church building. He was born in Switzerland. Mrs. Kilham's mother was the former Eleanor J. Newcomb, and she and Kasper Kubli were mar ried Dec. 27, 1857. The mother died May 16. 1926. Mrs. Kilham was a graduate of St. Helen's Hall school for girls and an active supporter of the Christian Science church. She was an early member of the Portland branch. She is survived by a son, Hor ace K. Kilham; two daughters, Mrs. Howard H. Hymes and Mrs. Albert Stebinger; a sister. Mrs. Phil Metschan, and five grand children, all of Portland. A third daughter, Mrs. J. R. Draudt, is deceased. Cars Collide in City; Both Drivers Cited Mrs. .Rube Kinney, Camp Prescott. was treated and releas ed about 8:30 p.m. Sundav at Sacred Heart hospital because of injuries suffered when the car in which she was riding col lided with another car at the corner of Twelfth street and South Riverside avenue, accord ing to city police. Walker Edmond Morris. Seat tle. Wash., was cited for failure to give right-of-way as a result of the accident Jeannene Coff man. 826 West Jackson street, driver of the other car involved, with cited for driving with a learner's driving permit without a licensed operator accompany ing her, the police said. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloud with occasional rain through Tuesdav. Mild temperatures. Low tonight 40. Hieh Tuesday 52. Western Orecon: Mostly cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Tuesday. Litue temperature change. I" tonight 38-43. Higha Tuesday 48-35. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 73: Lowest 31. Total monthly precipitation 1.08 Inches. Deficiency for the month .05 Inch. Total precipitation since September 1. 1952. 18 06 Inches. Excess for the season 529 inches. Relative humidity 4 30 p m. yester day 92--: 4 30 a m. today 99. Observations Taken At 4:16 A.M., 126 Meridian Time High Low Free. Boise Boston . Chicago Denver . Eureka . 43 36 .18 41 34 .48 32 21 .06 39 21 34 48 .13 41 23 47 41 T 68 44 45 41 .33 42 40 .49 26 5 61 40 55 50 .88 46 36 51 48 21 60 50 49 43 Jl S3 39 .01 55 38 Havre Klamath Falls . Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha Phoenix Portland , .. Reno Eugene Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle Spokane Washington. D. C Yakima Tomorrow Sunrise 8:06 a.m. Sunset 628 p.m. S3 Now Playing Nightly The Sensational JOE NEWMAN TRIO Featuring Vidua Taunt and Claud Roberts "Another New Show! DANNY MARTIN FAMOUS COMEDIAN AND M.C. . First Shew 10 p.m. DONT MISS THIS SHOW FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 2-4800 TtiM ia KYJC Taws., Tkura., Sat., 5:45 P.M. I Monday. March 14. ItSX Barbershop Quartet Show Draws Capacity Audience Saturday The Barbershop Parade of Quartets, held at the high school auditorium Saturday evening, was delayed in starting for near ly a half hour so that a more-than-capacity crowd could be accommodated. Extra chairs were put up in the auditorium, in addition to four rows of chairs already in place in the front of the audi ence section. Members of the Medford chapter of the Society for the Preservation and En couragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, sponsors of the show, said the attendance exceeded their ex pectations. Many Participate The enthusiastic crowd saw a Obituary EDWARD CARTER Edward Carter died this morn ing at the V. A. Domiciliary Cen ter, Camp White. Funeral ar rangements are in care of Conger-Morris funeral home. KARLA KAHL Service sfor Karla Marie Kahl, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Kahl, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Tues day at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Harold Casper, Assembly of God church, officiating. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. In addition to the parents, the baby is survived by a brother, Kevin Donald; and the grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kahl, and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Stafford. Dunsmuir. Calif. ANNA HINTHORN Services for Anna Mae Hin thorn. 80, who died Saturday, will be held in Conger-Morris Chapel Wednesday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Don O. Garner, of the Full Gospel church, offic iating. Committtal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Hinthorn was born July 28, 1871. in McLean County, 111., and has lived in Medford for the past five years. On Dec. 16, 1891, in McLean county, she was married to Macy F. Hin thorn, who survives. Other survivors include four children, Charles, Leavenworth, Wash.; Mrs. Mary Burke, Med ford; Willis, Warm Springs, Mont.; and Macy W., Medford: two sisters, Mrs. Rosa Ross and Mrs. Edith Moffatt, Ohio; a brother, Elza Howell, Ohio; 14 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. ROY HTJKILL Graveside services for Roy Max Hukill, 41, former Medford resident who died in the Myrtle Creek hospital March 20, will be held in Medford Wednesday, March 26, at 2 p.m. at the IOOF cemetery, with interment fol lowing. Formal services for Mr. Hu kill, who reportedly died of a heart attack suffered while uorkine at Pacific Lumber dis tributors at Riddle, Ore., were! held at Myrtle Creek yesterday with Father Gallagher officiat ing. The deceased was born at Audubon. Ia., Oct. 29, 1910. He was in the retail grocery busi ness here for two years before moving to the Canyonville-Rid-dle area two years ago. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ella Hukill, Audubon; 'three daughters, Mrs. Donna Huffman, Medford; Betty and Lenora Hu kill, Riddle; a son, Charles, Rid dle; a sister, Mrs. Ealer Broder son, Wenatchee, Wash., and one grandchild. His wife died dur ing the time the family lived in Medford. Spanish is the popular lan guage of Puerto Rico, although many of the people speak English. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEK show which featured two full choruses ,one from Medford, the other from Brookings, Ore., and 13 quartets from all parts of Ore gon, and from California. The 2V2 hours show was open ed with selections by the Med ford SPEBSQSA chorus under the direction of Gus Voss. Quar tets from eBrkeley, Redding and Crescent City, Calif., and Rose burg, Brookings, Bonanza, Port land and Medford, also sang. The Brookings chorus was di rected by Bradley Page. Proceeds from the show were devoted to the purchase of equipment for Mercy Flights, Inc., the non-profit air ambul ance service opearted here. George Milligan, chairman of the service, was presented with four blankets.a fire extinguish er, and oxygen tank and mask with attachments, two foam rub ber mattresses, sheets, pillow cases and a large first aid kit. One-Way Streets Burglar's Undoing Portland (U.fi Lewis M. Harris, 32, Bremerton, Wash., was jailed here Monday and la menting the city's one-way streets. Police identified Harris as a gunman who held up a west side grocery store Sunday night and then got tangled up in his escape by getting caught going the wrong way on a one-way street. While patrolmen were ques tioning Harris, ' a radioed de scription from the robbery scene reached them. "I'm the guy you're looking for." Harris said glumly. Officers recovered $123 taken from the grocery store and con fiscated a .45 automatic pistol found lying on the' car seat be side Harris. The suspect was jailed on an armed robbery charge and bail set for $5,000. For good measure, the patrolmen also charged him with driving the wong way on a one-way street. Few Days Remain For Dormant Spray C. B. Cordy, county agent for horticulture, said that fruit grow ers still have a few days, depend ing on warmth of weather, to apply the dormant spray for control of San Jose scale and blister mite. There should be time well into the week, he said. However, rain is hampering such spraying. Cordy stated that the spray should be applied full strength, otherwise control will not be ob tained. Growers can keep on spraying until scales at the base of buds loosen -and come off when jarred. Let's Dance Again With RALPH FLANAGAN and HIS GREAT 18 PIECE RCA-VICTOR Recording ORCHESTRA Many polls rate this band the No. 1 in the nation KLAMATH FALLS ARMORY Tues., Mar. 25 MEDFORD HOTEL DINING ROOM Catering to Large and Small PRIVATE PARTIES, SOCIAL CLUBS, and Businessmen's, Businesswomen' LUNCHEONS DINNERS Menu and Prices Submitted Without Obligation FREE PARKING Shady Cove VFW Post Elects New Officers Shady Cove K. L. Oliver was reelected commander of Steel head Post 6881, Shady Cove, at the annual election of officers of the post held here last Friday. Other officers elected includ ed Gene House, senior vice-commander; H. Bryson, junior vice commander; Dan Krotz, quarter master; Ben Swindler, post advo cate; Albert Bates, chaplain; John Walker, surgeon and Rus sell Graham, three-year trustee. Clyde Stafford was appointed officer of the day, and Bob Col pitis was appointed guard. lH'HnPHONI 2-6424 seen nun neat una irtT)Tr.iow. 3saaPWs 1M 1.4 n n 1483 starring ALEC GUINNESS " Plus Ava Gardner in 'One Touch of Venus' bSaWfl a.,j; MIIPPUV PLUS Yvelta DUGAY ASHLAND ACADAMEY AWARD 0 loclioPlDOn 1 Direct From lvh I Record Run 1 in New y Mm n mm i j .-- a a m MAniDomniriE- lis Modw dDjpeim! AT 145 SOUTH CENTRAL "l '141 HOI L Y SOOKIf l VI y tr-W. V XN sUN. MIT I m u - rr x r xr i X X hw4 X I x Mat y I