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fe Christian Church District Conclave Starts Tomorrow District convention of Chris tian churches in southern Ore gon, will be held in Medford First Christian church, Wednes day. The sessions will begin at 2 p.m. The Rev. W. B. Piper, minister of First Christian church in Grants Pass, will pre side. The women's session will be conducted by Mrs. Vern Bailey 'atea secretary. Mrs. Edna L Burke, state secretary, and Mrs W, B. Piper, state service chair ' man, will be guest speakers. The Rev. Earl Downing, min . ister of Ashland First Christian i church, will bring the afternoon address. The Rev. Shelvy H Anglmeyer, minister of Med j ford First church, will also ad . dress the afternoon session on . "Evangelism." Missionary speaker for the afternoon and evening sessions . will be Elmer G. Boyer of Afri- ca. Those attending the dinner at 6 p.m., are asked to bring either salad or dessert. The main course will be prepared and served by the Christian wom en's Fellowship under the direc tion of Mrs. Wayne Troxell, lo cal service director. Devotionals will be brought by the youth of the local church under the sponsorship of Miss Beverly Lyman, Youth Director of First church. A nursery will be provided. Max Peirce Funeral Arranged Thursday Funeral services for Maxwell , Peirce Sr., 49, who died Sunday at his home here, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal church with the Rev. George Bolster officiating. Inter ment will take place in Siskiyou : Memorial park. Mr. Peirce, who was born March 25, 1903, in Portland, had been a resident of Medford for the past 20 years. He was owner of the Medford Investment com pany and for many years was . active in a number of local or ganizations. Survivors include his wife and a son, Maxwell Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be George M. Roberts, Robert F. Kyle, H. B. Murphy, H. H. Prin- gle, Dr. Edwin R. Durno, Ralph H. Norris, Martin Luther, War den Olson, Harry L. Holmes, Frank P. Farrell and Diamond Flynn. . Active pallbearers will in clude Ben J. Trowbridge, Justin B. Smith, James E. Hayes Jr., Robert K. Norris, N. B. Bender and Dr. B. L. Lageson. Friends desiring to pay last respects may call at the Perl funeral home Wednesday after noon or evening. FERRY ACTION DEFERRED Portland (U.R) The State Highway commission announced Tuesday it has deferred action on a recommendation of the As toria Chamber of Commerce for construction of a new ferry ter minal at the foot of 17th street in the Columbia river city. Es timated cost of the project would be $200,000. jwr FLYING PRINCE-Pnncc Bern hard (right) of The Netherlands tries out the controls of a Killer ram jet helicopter at Palo Alto, Calif. Stanley Hiller, president of the company is at left. 40 and 8 Will Change Meeting Place, Time The meeting of the 40 and 8 Wednesday night at the Ameri can Legion building 531 South Riverside avenue will mark a change in the day, place and time for the promenades of Vio ture 165. The voyageurs former ly met at the Legion club on Sunday afternoon. Mayor D. L. Flynn will be given the first degree Wednes day night. Merle Jarmin, chef de gare, urges all voyageurs to attend this important meeting. Chicago rj.R) The operators of the Chicago stadium were for mally charged Monday with overcrowding the huge arena April 16 for the Robinson-Gra ziano championship fight. Child Evangelism Week Observed Several Medford churches are observing National Child Evan pplism Week this week, and in connection with it the annual Fpring rally of local groups of the International Child Evangel ism fnllnwshin will be held at First Baptist church at i p.m. Kiinrtav. Anril 27. The interdenominational fel in works in exoneration with churches in holding weekly Bible classes after school in var miiQ npiphhnrhonds of a com itv Tt lirsrns Sundav school attendance and emphasizes the value in raising a strong Chris tian youth. In Medford and vicinity about 4.18 children are enrolled in the Bible classes. Visual aids are ncpH in nrnsentine somzs. stories and memory verses. How the classes are conducted and what has been learned will be shown at the rally. Parents and friends of the students are Invited. Daily Weather Reporl FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness tonight. Occasional rain Wednciny afternoon, cooler Wednes day. Hih 60-70 interior, 55-60 along the coast. Low toniEht 36-46. Western Oregon: Fair tonipht wltH increasing cloudiness Wednesday, oc casional light showers Wednesday. High tomorrow 70, low tomgni jh. LOCAL, DATA Temperature a year ago today .HiKhrst 76: Lowest 30. Total monthly precipitation .22 Inch Deficiency for the month .75 Inch, Total precipitation since September 1, uifli. ib.4u incnes. Excess for the season 4.2fl inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yeiter day 23; 4:30 a.m. today 88. Tomorrow Sunrise 5:18 a.m. Sunset 7:01 p.m. Observations iann At 4:30 t.n.t 120 Meridian Time HiKhLow Prec. Boise 65 44 Boston 6H 47 Chicago 80 tS2 Denver .... 46 Eureka 51 Havre 6t Klamath Falls .... 70 Sun glasses are known to be about 700 years old but histori nns are not certain of their birth place. The idea originated either in Europe or the Far East. Los Angeles , Medford 75 New York 7."i Omaha 73 Phoenix 60 Portland 60 Reno 67 Eugene ... 66 Salt Lake 59 San Francisco ...... 65 Seattle - 65 Spokane ... 66 Washington, D C 84 Yakima 72 31 47 31 :3 M .13 .84 45 Dead line on Classified Ads: Monday for Monday, noon Saturda) d:ju Dm tor following day; iu jh for sunany i Discover the taste that has lilt If TOP PLAYERS FAVORED Houston, Tex. .U.R) Vic Sei xas of Philadelphia and Dick Savitt of Orange, N.J., the na tion's No. 1 and 2 ranked play ers, were both heavy favorites in matches against Tcxans Tuesday in the second round of the River Oaks tennis tournament. 49en SIGN GUARD San Francisco 'U.R) The San Francisco 49ers have announced Ihe signing of Marion Campbell, 240-pound star guard and cap tain of the University of Geor gia's 1951 football varsity. 1 uhnv Brook BRAND -w- . be arfre . ftRAIN NEUTRAL SPmiTslTHE OLD SUNNY BROOK CO.LOUISV.LLE. KENTUCKY. v. - i4 WILLAMETTE WINS Forest Grove (U.R) Willam ette's Andy George held Pacific to three hits and struck out eight men to lead the Bearcats to a 6-0 Northwest Conference baseball victory here Monday. Keyserling Terms Charges 'Nonsense' Washington (U.R) Govern ment economist Leon H. Keyser ling said Tuesday it is "utter nonsense" to claim that either he or his wife were ever Commu nists or pro-Communists. Keyserling, now chairman of President Truman's Council of Economic Advisers, referred to a charge by Sen. Joseph R. Mc Carthy (R.-Wis.) that witnesses before government panels have accused Mrs. Keyserling of once being a Communist and Keyser ling himself of having pro-Red sympathies. In a formal statement, he made a categorical deniad of any such accusations. Tuesday. April 22. 1952 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUTTE ELETOC r in in P Southern Oregon Distributors, Inc. 4th and Fir, Medford Phone 2-5243 s " - In . 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