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6 CAHO OF THANKS J To thoie who expressed their tym- 1 j pathy in o many beautiful and prac tical ways durint our recent bereave, i nient, we extend our heartfelt thank, The Bill Ferns family. mm DRIVE I IJ theatre TONIGHT - SATURDAY n RICHARD GREENE li NiNPV vniv ISsSSJ PLUS ITfiAPPf NS EVERY OU.cf.d br LLOYD BACON 0 Mnd r WILLIAM PERLBCRG NEWS CARTOONS Gates Open 6:30 - 1st Show, Dusk 8 State Wide Amateur Contest MEDFORD ELIMITATIONS HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, SATURDAY, MAY 3 Auspice MARINE CORPS LEAGUE DEPARTMENT OF OREGON 35 Acts Three Hour Show . Doors Open 7:30 Curtain at 8 Admission $1.00 Children under 12 free when accompanied by parents IF YOU WANT REAL FUN DDANXC IE SAT. NITE at Walker's Dreamland COME AND BRING THE FAMILY! We're On Standard Time FOLLOW THE CROWD TO THE BIG DANCE EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT Featuring Tha Cowboy Troubador and All the Rogue Valley Boy Southern Oregon ! Largest Dane Floor FREE PARKING ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM One Block South of City Limits on Hiway 99 Dancing Till 1 Admission $1.00 Incl. Tax DANCE Saturday Night TO THE MUSIC OF THE RHYTHM KINGS The Finest Modern Band in the Valley JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY HALL Admission 75c par parson, Incl. tax Sponsored by Jacksonville Lions Club The V1NING REPERTORY LITHIA tONITE1 "Death of A Salesman" On Stage! 8:30 p.m. v'V cVnr I Tomorrow CJO Z Oscar Wilde's 'H&F , - V paui Kii.s Al a HrllVlLi Philip Hamon klL WT lLJ tUWri-oB 5,1. in A DNFSTIV'- Mtdford it Pruift'l 1 A-S- r ' and at Puruekar'i L t VC JL ULfi 1 ' ! Reserved Seati .2-5, V O ; $1.80 & $1.20 ft ? -s Unreserved 60c iz : Local and Moves The G. R. Grannis family moved recently from 106 Ashland avenue to Wichita, Kan., where Grannis will be em ployed, according to friends. At Work Mrs. Dorothy El liott of the Burelson Beauty sa lon will return to work at the shop tomorrow, she said yester day. Mrs. Elliott has been at home about three weeks because of an injured arm. Bone Surgery Tommy Sto well, Grants Pass, former Med ford resident, is at Sacred Heart hospital where he underwent Wednesday bone surgery to an arm, the result of a recent auto mobile accident in Grants Pass, friends said today. Skating Party A iGirl Scout skating party will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Rogue Valley Ballroom. Scouts of all troops, from fourth graders up, may attend. Troop leaders may be contacted con cerning the admission price. Mrs. Cox Home Mrs. C. Ed win Cox, 1541 Biddle road, re turned recently from Fresno, Calif., where she attended the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Lydia B. Clark, on April 23. The Rev. Vernon Wilcox, pastor of the Medford Church of the Nazarene of which Mrs. Clark was a member, conducted the service. She was a former Med ford resident. Traffic Accident Franklin W. Couch, 316 Effie street, and Charles Eek, Box 1401, Medford, were drivers of cars which col lided at the intersection of Eighth street and Riverside ave nue at about 8:50 a.m. Thursday, according to city police. Eek was cited for failure to yield right of way, officers stated. Minor dam age to both cars was listed on the accident report. Personal Relatives Visit Mrs. John Rossi end her mother, Mrs. A. Gori, San Francisco, are visiting Mrs. Rossi's brother-in-law, Mi chele Rossi, and Mrs. Rossi, 115 Crater Lake avenue. They arriv ed Tuesday and plan to leave until Sunday. They also are vis iting numerous friends here. To Roseburg Medford DOKK lodge members are to assemble Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Pyth'an building to go by car to Roseburg for a district lodge ceremonial and initiation. Those not having their own cars may arrange transportation when the caravan is forming, officers said. Festivities in Roseburg will in-1 cuicie a street parade tomorrow evening, a dinner and cere monies. In Exercise Leroy Watkins, Route 1, Medford, served with the "green" aggressor force in Exercise Avalanche in the Unit ed States-French army maneu ver recently held in the Austrian Alps, according to an Army re lease. He is a private first class and entered the service in No vember, 1950. This was one of the first of several exercises planned to improve military co operation among the North At lantic Treaty nations. Plan Tea Bethany circle, First Presbyterian church, will sponsor a book review tea Sat urday, May 3, at 2 p.m. in the church. Mrs. Horace Thompson will review the book, "The Man Called Peter." A silver tea will follow in the fireplace room and pouring will be Mrs. E. D. Hama cher, Mrs. Burton B. Lowry, Mrs. Edwin R. Durno and Mrs. Charles W. Lemery. Anyone interested is invited to attend. The com mittee on arrangements is Mrs. William McAllister, Mrs. Don R. Newbury, Mrs. Hazel Baker and Mrs. Frank Morgan. livestock Portland fU.p.l Cattle 50. Good and choice fed steers S32 tn.34? util. I ity and low commercial $24-31; good ! fed heifers $32; canner and cutter j cows $18-22; commercial bulls $28.50 $30. Calves 10. Choice vealers $35-37; j god calves and vealers $31-34; utility I and commercial $21-30; good and choice 300 to 450 lb. stock calves ; $32-35. I 1 Hoes 50. Choice 180-235 lb. hiitrhr $10.50-19.75; heavier and lighter weights mostly $18-18.50; choice 300 400 lb. sows $15.75-17; good and choice feeder pigs $17-18. Sheep none. Good and choice spring lambs $29-30; good and choice mostly under 110 lb. wooled lambs $27-27.50; good No. 3 pelt ewes $11; light ewes to $12; with wooled ewes $13. Portland (U.P.) Butter: To re tailers: AA grade prints 76c lb.: car tons 77c; A prints 76c; cartons 77c; B prints 74c lb. Eggs: To retailers: Grade AA large 52c doz.; A large 48-49c; AA medium 48-40c doz.; A medium 47c doz.; car tons 3c additional. Cheese: To retailers: A grade Ched dar, Oregon single 47-52c lb.; 5-lb. loaves, 52-55c; premium brands to 5B'3c lb. for single wheels and 61'. fee for 5-lb. loaves; processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaves, 461,fec lb. Farm Market Canby district asparagus sold at $5 50 for a 30-lb. pyramid on the East Side Farmers' market Friday; bunch ed radishes and green onions sold at 70-75 cents and 45-50 cents respec tively. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens (No. 1 quality, f ob. plants): Fryers, 2li-3 lbs., 28c; 3-4 lbs., 28-29c lb.; roosters. 4fe lbs. and up. 28-29c; light hens, all wts.. 17.18c lb.; heavy hens, all wts., 19c lb.; old roost ers, 14-15c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 New York dressed style to retailers. Fryers, all weights, 44-45c lb.; roasters, 44-45c: light hens, 32-33c; heavy hens, 36-3 7c; cutup fryers, all weights, 60-61c. Dressed Turkeys To retailers: Frozen winter pack A grade toms. 47c lb.: New York style, B grade. 43" Rabbits (Average to growers, . killing plant.) Live white. 4-5 lbs.. -4-29c; 5-8 lbs., 21-25c; colored pelts. 4c lb. under; old doe rabbits, 12-15c, few higher; fresh dressed fryers to retail ers, 60-65c, some higher. WALL STREET i New York U.R) Wall Street ; concluded Friday the steel wage problem soon will be solved and stocks registered their best gain I in nearly two months. I The rise, coming after four ' days of decline when the market was disturbed by government seizure of the steel mills, carried prices up 1 to 4 points. Dow Jones closing stock aver j ages: 30 industrials 260.00, up j 3.65; 20 rails 93.33, up 1.86; 15 utilities 48.48, up 0.30; 65 stocks 99.80, up 1.38. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T ....154V4 Chrysler 75 1 4 Curtiss Wright T"s General Electric 58 General Motors 54 Montgomery Ward 59V4 Penn. R. R 18'4 Penney, J. C 66 Radio .'. 26 Southern Co 13a4 : Southern Pacific 72 S. Oil of Calif . 84 Texas Gulf Sulphur 104 Transamerica 25'i United Aircraft 28'i U. S. Rubber 73 '4 U. S. Steel 44 i The first transcontinental tele I graph line was completed on j October 24, 1881, nearly eight years before the continent was ' crossed by rail. FREE DANCE EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT EAGLES HALL ' WEST MA N ST. MEDFORD fw members anal iit-cHowa houM gueeti Music bri 5-Piece Orchestra, JERRY'S OREGONIANS Obiiuary GEORGE PENLAND Funeral services for George Washington Penland, 78, of Cen tral Point, who died Thursday, will be held at Perl funeral home Saturday at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. D. E. Millard officiating. Interment will be in Central Point cemetery. "The deceased, who has been a resident of Central Point for the past 42 years, was born in Napa county. California, on March 28, 1874. He was a farmer. Survivors include four daugh ters, Mrs. Viola Trautman, Mrs. Dorris Harris, Mrs. Marjory Booth and Miss Ilda Penland, all of Cental Point; two sons, Ivan, Central Point, and Vernon, Med ford; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Ras mussen, St. Helena, Calif., and Mrs. Lois Neunaber, Napa, Calif; three brothers, James, Portland, Oliver, Phoenix, and Lon, St. Helen, Calif., and eight grand children. ALVIN KARJALA 1 Funeral services for Alvin Roy Karjnla, 33, Prospect, who died from injuries received in an auto accident near Chemult Tuesday, will be held.at Perl fu neral home Monday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Linton, Prospect, officiating. Inerment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. The deceased was born at Ma nahga, Minn., on Dec. 23, 1918. Survivors include his wife. Fern; four children, Janet, Ka ren, Ronald and Barry, all at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Karjala, Manahga; five brothers, John and Raymond, U.S. avmy; Wilbur and Melvln, both of Hayward, Calif., and Robert, Manahga; and six sisters, Violet Nugent, Elsie Sitts, Helen Olstead, Annette Kulscar, Bea trice Johnson and Betty Kar jala, all of Minneapolis, Minn. EARL BRISCOE Earl G. Briscoe, 63, a resi dent of Phoenix for the past 50 years, died today at his home. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments. JOHN CLARK John Clark, 52, died today at his home on Table Rock road. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments. EARL BUNNELL Services, for Earl Harrison Bunnell, 63, who died Wednes day, will be held in Conger-Morris Chappel Saturday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Stanley G. Keller officiating. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Bunnell was born May 7, 1888, in Goodfarm township, Grundy county, 111. On Sept. 15, 1909, in Valentine. Neb., he was married to Maude Ethel Doty, who survives. Ho had lived in southern Oregon since 1944, coming from Long Beach, Calif. In addition to his widow, he is survived by a son, A. E. Bunnell, Springfield, Ore.; a daughter, Mrs. Mable ' Wright, Elsinore, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. May Gep hardt, Long Beach, Calif.; a brother, George, Paramount, Calif.; and three grandchildren. y ktll TONITE & SAT. ALSO JOHNNY M. BROWN COLOR CARTOONS mmiM. i.8eiw.ri.ij' i il i, ii,OT j r.7rti wri sr .i m si leal i vwair, aisjs , -u.. bi .v.., -i ri Tn-rfrrmr. i-vr- im u ' 1 U r-N. 1 . 11 IIWM'.I U 5.11 . El JUI PLUS i.wTyC' . KTStI At aKMaOv A " i PTniinpftu 1 till ymSSmmjsSm 2ND JUNGLE HIT JAWS of the JUNGLE" Wild Jungle Thrills Daily Weafher Repcrl FORECASTS Medford a:id vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturday. Rifing davtime temper atures. Low tonight 33-35. High Satur day 70-73. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy to night and Saturday. Gradual wnrminK. Lows tonight 3S-3. High Saturday 65 73 interior, 55.60 coast. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today : Highest 60; Lowest 41. Total monthly precipitation, none. Detlctency lor the month .04 inch. Total precipitation since September 1, 1951, 1843 inches. Excess for the season 3.89 inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p m. yester day 32; 4:30 a.m. today 79. Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M., 120 MrrldUn Time Hich Low Prec. Boise f.3 40 Boston 60 40 Chicago P9 51 Denver ...... 70 Eureka 53 39 Havre 70 47 .05 Klamath Falls 53 29 Los Angeles 71 37 M fa rord SO 4 New York 65 45 Omaha P4 62 .06 Phoenix 90 60 Portland . 60 34 Reno 68 40 Eugene 5!) 32 ""V VM Ipf WEBB BENNETT - CUMMINOS i Ml tTZ' SSB fellS.JEi J aa;'!Sw and YAMS IS COMING! I "iow-i"iHn TVr -jJg jiltt' 2nd Smash Hit! . "jJ fki&L 'jfir'Tf FROM M-G-MI TECHNICOLOR! Vlg nnTTinfn' ends tonitTI wtfasL UjjjAjjMMj mm r1lsm0$ STARTS B lip si a rTtn-fti .a, -""i ra'mJ Yaftjgv mi vv v xa. u i r m m f ww -w .-w j m - -sssssssssW"'MassC-- -m-x-.w r l m wjimi raw a-ai m I piSrW YWA i ns H wmm JEAN PETERS Friday. May 11952 BIRTHS WESTERFIELD To Mr. and Mrs. Roger, 1902 M vers lane. May 2, 1952, a boy. lbs., at Community hospital BAKER To Mr. and Mrs. Richard, Box 115, Port Orford, Ore.. May 2. 1952, a boy, 6 lbs., at Community hospital. Salt Lake 78 54 Snn Francisco .... 61 47 Seattle 53 34 .Ofl Spokane -.. 35 39 Wnshintrton. D. C 75 34 1 Yakima 63 26 Tomorrow Sunrise 5:04 a.m. Sunset 7:13 p.m. Five-day forecast (Friday through Wednesday): Western OreRon T o t a 1 precipita tion .3 to .4 Inch occurring mostly next week. HWhs in ROs rising to 70s next week. Lows 35-45. Northern California Rain about Sunday and Tuesday. Snow on hifih mountains. Generally fair otherwise. Temperntures near or below normal. .aw i MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN 'Ashland School Vole OK's Big Bond Issue Ashland A bond election held here by school district No. 5 patrons yesterday authorized a S685.100 bond issue, accord ing to Lcland P. Linn, superin tendent. The proposal carried by a vote of 835 to 297. The bond will cover additions to Bellview and Walker elemen tary schools and the senior high school, and a new physical edu cation plant at the senior high school. In 1948-49 patrons voted a $550,000 bond issue to build three grade schools and the new issue will Improve the system for the higher grades, Linn added. JNDS TOMORROW El I HIS TYPE OF DOLLY Coeur d' Alene, Ida. CU.R) A service station attendant told officers he was unhappy because a little boy walked away from the station with a dolly. The attendant said the dolly was a four-wheeler with a hydraulic jack attached. ENDS TOMORROW! "THE TREASURE OF LOST CANYON" William Powell - Julia Adams Charles Drake - Henry Hull Technicolor QMS Here Sunday! Plus BILL ELLIOTT in "LONGHORN" IWMI-WCTIMCK