Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 07, 1952, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Hospital Patient Mrs. Gerald Parson, 172 Reger street, was admitted to Osteopathic hospital today for treatment, according to a hospital report. Tonsils HemoTed Jacqeline Dye, route 1. box 86, Gold Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dye, had a tonsillectomy today at Community hospital, the hos pital reported. Business Retirement C. Elli son has filed an application in the county clerk's office for re tirement of the assumed business name of the Ellison studios in Jackson county. Thursday Club The Phoenix Thursday club will meet at 1:30 p.m. May 8 in the home of Mrs. Larry Lawrence, at Rose and Third streets. Important busi ness will be conducted, it was reported. e Reservations Reservations for the annual benefit card party May 14, sponsored by the St. Mark's Evening guild, may be made until May 13 by calling either Mrs. R. P. Corbin, tele phone 2-7297, or Mrs. Jack D. Wood, telephone 2-4692, guild officers announced today. ' On Ship Robert L. Thomas, a Navy ensign, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Thomas, 304 Chest nut, street, is serving on board the aircraft carrier, USS An tietam, according to a home news center release. The ship is serving with Carrier Task Force 77 in Korean waters. En sign Thomas entered the service in Aug. 25, 1948. Driver Cited State police said that only minor damage occurred Tuesday night when a Yellow Cab driven by John Ray Sim mons, 520 South Central avenue, and a coupe operated by Francis Lee Flink, 1310 Bundy street, were involved in a collision at the intersection of Biddle road and highway 62. Simmons was arrested for failure to yield the right-of-way, police said. They added that there were no in juries. DRIVE IN theatre MufDT mat me . uuh ntYfiH mm mm turn St NEWS - CARTOONS Gales Open 6:30 - lit Shotf, Diiik The VINING LITHIA TONITE! THEATRE . ASHLAND On Stage! 8:30 p.m. Tomorrow Final Performance Stirring ' Paul Kliss Philip Hanson ' Tickers en Sale in Medford at Pruitt'l and it Purucker's Reserved Seats $1.80 & $1.20 Unreserved 60c DINE! DANCE! Wl Xftf OPEN 1 P.M. 1 Mile South Medford Phone 2-6012 for TONITE - THURSDAY Barton Day plus A &f "THIS u v l WEEK" R fit' EDDY LAWRENCE j IM QUARTETTE . V A r For Laughs P-.S3 FOR FUN fj" An Aggregation of Versatile Musician 13 I AA Playing Dance Music I "J I X. frU HAVING FUN DOING m aA COMIC FLOOR SHOWS NIGHTLY - ' Wl itt npfsl 1 P.M.' TILL iT30 A.M. I ll l -a a - . . - - - m u Personal Osteopathic Association Mem bers of the Southern Oregon Osteopathic association held a business meeting last night at the home of Dr. Bertha Sawyer, Ashland, it was reported today. Humane Week To draw at tention to "Be Kind to Animals" week, Mann's Department store is featuring a window in cooper ation with the Jackson County Humane society featuring post ers, pennants, and figures of birds, cats, dogs and horses. V Postpone Meeting Installa tion of officers for Disabled American Veterans auxiliary in Grants Pass has been postponed from May 8 to May 22, it was announced today. A delegation of members from the Medford auxiliary plans to attend the in stallation. Hospital Notes Mrs. Raymond Wright, 135 North Holly street; Guy Corliss, route 3, box 389, a teacher at Rogue River schools; Chauncey L. Pierce, route 2, box 385; and James H. Harper, 2595 Victory street, a YMCA employee, are medical patients at the Sacred Heart hospital, at tendants reported today. Ray James, route 1, box 419, is a surgery patient at the same hos pital, they added. livestock Portland (U.P 1 Cattle 200. Choice fed iteers S34; utility and commercial Meen $25.30-30.50: utility and com mercial helfera $23-28.50: canner and cutter cowl $18-22: utility cowl $23.30-26: utility bulls $25.30-27.50; commercial gradei $28-29. Calves 50. Good vealen $31-34: choice $36.50; utility and commercial gradei $21-30. Hogi 250. Butchers $21.25: choice 275 lb. butchers $18.50: choice 300 400 lb. sows $1650-17.50: lighter weights to $17.75; good and choice feeder pigs $18-19. Sheep 200. Choice and prime 103-lb. spring lambs $30.50: good and choice 74 lb. $30: good and choice 102 lb. wooled lambs $28: choice wooled ewes $13.30. San Francisco (U.P.I Cattle 50. Choice 775 lb. yearling steers $34: util ity and commercial dairy type steers $23 50-27.50. Calves none. Hogs 200. Choice 180-240 lb. butch ers $20.75. Sheep 600. Choice M-lb. spring lambs $27.50. Portland Produce Portland (U P.) Butter: To re tailers: AA grade prints 75c lb.; car tons 76c; A prints 78c; carton! 76c; B prints 72c lb. Eggs: To retailers 4 Grade AA large R2c doz.; A large 48-49c doz.; AA me dium 48-49c doz.; A medium 47c doz.; cartons 3c additional. Cheese: To retailers: A grade cned Hnr fir peon sinele 47-52C lb.: 5-lb. loaves. 52-55c; premium brands to 58ic lb. for single wheels and 61V2c for 5-lb. loaves; processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaves, 461,ac lb. Farm Mnrlcot Spinach generally was $1.75-1.85 a nn it. . u Vna-t Girt sTat-mAra' mnrl't Wednesday: cauliflower quot ed around $2.75 a standard crate; best carrots were $6.50-7 a six aozen bunch crate. Poultry, Rabhlti Live Chickens (No. 1 quality, f ob. plants) Fryers, 2'i-3 lbs,, 28c; 3-4 lbs,. 28-29c: roosters, 4i lbs. and up, 28-29c; light hens, all wts.. 17-18c; heavy hens, all wts., 18-19c; old roost ers. 14-15C. , Dressed Chickens No. I New York dressed stvle to retailers: Fryers, all wts.. 44-45c: roasters, 44-45c; light hens. 2-33c; heavy hens, 36-37c; cutup frvers, all wts.. 60-61c. Dressed Turkeys To retailers: Frozen winter pack A grade toms, 47c; New York style. B grade, 43e. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant) Live white. 4-5 lbs.. 24 27c; 5-8 lbs.. 21-24c: colored pelts, 4u lb. under; old doe rabbits. 12-15c: few higher; fresh dressed fryers to retail ers, 60-64c, some higher. WALL STREET New York (U.P.) Railroad shares led the stock market high er Wednesday and set a new high since April 6, 1931, in their average. Oils stood out as the strong section of the industrial REPERTORY "Death of A Salesman" TILL 2.30 A.M. Highwar . Reservations Obituary RUTH CLARKE Services for Ruth Juanita Clarke, 52, of Eagle Point, who died, Tuesday ,wjll be held at the graveside in Logtown cemetery Saturday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. D. E. Millard officiating. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangments. Mrs. Clarke was born Jan. 14. 1900. in Texas, the daughter of the late William and Dora Stay ton. On June 10, 1918, in Ros well, N.M., she was married to Fred Clarke, who survives. She had lived in southern Oregon for the past 12 years. , Other survivors include three brothers, Henry Stayton, Placer City, Calif.; Homer Stayton, Ja cumba, Calif.: and Arthur Stay ton, Phoenix, Ariz.; two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Sweetman, Grants Pass, and Mrs. Grace Smith, Phoenix, Ariz.; two nieces, Mrs. Beulah Farnsworth, Medford; and Mrs. Bessie Osborne, Eagle Point; and a nephew, Carol Stayton, BlfUe Falls. Bruce, Charla Smallwood Graveside funeral services for Bruce and Charla Smallwood, who died in Crescent City Tues day, will be held at Medford IOOF cemetery Thursday at 2 p.m. Perl funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. CHARLES CLAUSE Funeral services for Charles William Clause, 245 North Holly street, retired police officer and former chief of police in Ash land, who died in a local hospital Sunday, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Chapel Mortuary, with the Rev. D. E. Milard of ficiating. Committal will be in Mountain. View cemetery at Ash land. Mr. Clause, the son of William B. and Elizabeth Purl Clause, was born in Holt, Mo., on Au gust 14, 1873. He came to Ore gon 28 years ago, settling in Ashland where he served on the police force for eight years, five of which he was chief of police On moving to Medford 18 years ago, he served as a police officer here for 11 years until his re tirement. He was a member of the Baptist church. He was married in Pueblo, Colo., in 1922 to'Mattie Hall Selvey, who survives. Other sur vivors include a step-son, John F. Selvey, Medford; a brother, P. R. Clause, Payette, Ida.; a sister, Mrs. Ruby Epperson, New Plymouth, Ida.; seven grand children, and two great-grandchildren. The body will lie in state at the mortuary throughout this evening. Pall bearers will include four from the Medford police depart ment, Lt. Charles P. Champlin, Sgt. Clyde C. Fichtner, Sgt. Clay Higgins, and Patrolman Clay John, and Joe Cave and .Henry Grossman. CARL PISKE Services for Carl Albert Piske, 75, who died at Camp White Monday, will be held In the Camp White Chapel Thursday at 1 p.m. (2 p.m. Camp White time), with Chaplain Henry W. Anderson officiating. Committal will be in the Camp White ceme tery, and Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrange ments. Mr. Piske was born Nov. 10, 1876, in Prussia, Germany. He was a veteran of the Spanish American war, serving from Nov. 20, 1898, to Nov. 19, 1899, as a private - in the Volunteer Second Field artillery. He had lived in Oregon for 30 years, his last address in Grants Pass. Members of the various vet erans organizations and their auxiliaries and friends and mem bers of the United Samaritans are asked to attend the services. DEBORAH CRAIO Graveside services for Deb orah Jean Craig, Infant daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter division. Utilities ' held about steady on average. Gains of 1 to more than 2 points dotted the list. Losses were in the minority. Volume continued light. New York (U.R) Dow Jones closing stock averages: 30 indus trials 26199, up 0.98; 20 railroads 95.11, up 0.95; 15 utilities 48.89, up 0.08; and 65 stocks 100.95, up 0.53. Sales Wednesday approximat ed 1,120,000. shares, unchanged from Tuesday. Today s closing prices on se lected stocks: American T it T . ......... 154 Anaconda ..... 433s Chrysler ............ 763s Curtiss Wright ... 8 General Electric . 58!4 General Motors 55 Montgomery Ward .......... 59 Penn R R .... 19 Penney J C 67Vi Radio 26 Southern Co i3".i Southern Pacific . 73 S Oil of Calif 544 Texas Gulf Sulphur 104' Transamerica 25ni Tri-Continental ........... 14 United Aircraft ...... '29 '.i U S Rubber .. 72 U S Steel 38 U Youngftown .. 44.j SKATING 1VIRY WED. i FRI. NIGHTS at the Rogue Valley Ballroom BIRTHS DENISON To Mr .and Mrs. James, 913 King street. May 6, 1952, a girl, 7i lbs., at Com munity hospital. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Partial clear ing with showers tonight and Thurs day. Low tonight 40-43. High Thurs day 63-65. Western Oregon: Considerable cloudi ness tonight with a few showers most ly over south porUon. Thursday part ly cloudy with few showers in moun tain areas. Little temperature change. Laws tonight 38-45. Highs Thurslay LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 60: Lowest 48. Total monthly precipitation .41 inch. Excess for the month .17 Inch. Total precipitation since September 1. 1951. 18 84 Inches. Excess for the season 4.10 Inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p m. yester day 72 4:30 am. todav S8",. Observations Taken At 4:J0 A.M., 120 Meridian Time- , High Low Prec. gle - 69 48 T Boston 63 48 .02 Chicago 74 48 Denver 73 49 Eureka 62 Havre 61 Klamath Falls 60 Los Angeles 70 Medford 60 New York 68 Omaha 74 51 37 41 58 48 50 55 70 46 37 47 48 53 43 37 55 41 .30 I .12 Phoenix .T."'.'.'.'. 95 Portland . . 62 "no 87 Eugene 68 Salt Lake 74 San Francisco 66 Seattle 62 Spokane 57 Washington. D C 86 Yakima 68 Tnmnrrni. Sunrise 4:58 a.m. Sunset 7:17 p.m. Craig, who died Sunday, were neia today in Siskiyou Memorial park with Norman Allen offi ciating. Conger-Morris funeral home was in charee of arrange ments. In addition to the parents, the baby is survived by a brother, Rodnev: and hpr 0rnnHnnrpnt Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Craig, Eu- rena, calif.; and Ed Barnes, Fortuna, Calif. The U. S. population has in creased roughly six-fold in one century. Tomorrow Night! AT THE Rogue Valley Ballroom rW rr,H Cli I t Eft- JVr-""Bl. ... H I FEATURING THE HOLLY QUO VMS COLOR BY" TECHNICOLOR Robert Taylor ' Debor aii Kerr leo genn . peter ustinov Bnra Vtf Jokn Ltt Mali in nJ S. N. Behrraan. Sony Lvirn Bj a list Nov, ty Hwiryl Sivnlri Hot tWuJ W MERVYN LeROY P..J...J I, SAM ZIMBALIST Jim M O M P.tt-r. SHOWS START FRIDAY 6 P.M. Continuous Sat., Sun. from 12 p.m. DBDP ZONE t OBJECTIVE GROUND ZERO DISPLAY AREA FOXHOLE AREA OPERATION BIG SHOT-News- map shows plan for Operation Big Shot, where 1500 infantrymen and paratroopers participated in simulated atomic war at Yueca Flat, Nev. A B-50 bomber, flying at 33.000 feet, dropped the bomb at Ground Zero. It was triggered at 3500 feet. Paratroopers dropped from planes while participating infantrymen moved from their foxholes three miles away to at tack the enemy, moving through display and blast areas. WEATHER NOT SO GOOD Hartford, Conn. '(U.R) The slate board of education has con ceded that Connecticut weather is not suitable for modern-type schools which are built to take advantage of daylight'for illuim nation. Noting that Connecticut has only about 100 clear days a year, the board ordered that schools be built to rely chiefly on artificial illumination. i Western Cherokees WITH BLACKIE CRAWFORD, Danny Brown and Johnny Rector FRIDAY I Wednesday, May 7. 1952 'Death of Salesman' In Final Presentation Ashiand Arthur Miller's hit play, "Death of a Salesman" will be presented tonight at the Li thia theater In Ashland for the last time by the Vining Reper tory company. Curtain time is 8:30 p.m. Although the play has a grim title, and the plot is not a cheer ful one, "Death of a Salesman" is considered one of the greatest successes of the century and valley audiences have praised the Vining's presentation. "The Importance of Being Earnest" will be shown Thurs day, "Claudia" on Friday and "Arsenic and Old Lace" closes the season Saturday night. High Water Delays McNary Construction Portland (U.R) The spring freshet in the Columbia river Wednesday spilled over into the 38-acre cofferdam at McNary dam and forced suspension of some construction work on the Oregon side of the stream. The Corps of Engineers here Dead line on Classtflea Aua: B:3t p.m for following day: 10 a.m Mon dnv noon Saturday for Sunday a m WONDERFUL MIX! Cherry & Cider Rummage Sale K. P. HALL 5TH & GRAPE TOMORROW May 7-8, 10 a.m. -4 p.m. So. Oregon Kennel Club ASHLAND ptetedive TONITE! X' The JACKPOT JAMES OltASOM 2ND BIG HITI Skelton. Williams VI STEVENS (VRRIFN IT 011 Jt JTORfrfr? Gates Open at 6:30 SHOW AT 7:35 Standard Time la 3tS PLUS 01 .1 Jli rS4Il . I 1 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN said 1,200 of the 3,200 men em ployed on the project were laid off temporarily until the water flow has dropped below 370.000 cubic feet per second. In 1951, TOiMTE! ! EDMOND O'BRIEN Vife STERLING HAYDEN dun jaggk fT ri'TTO Mow! EDMOND O'BRIEN LIZABETH SCOTT Paired off for a payoff... m TERRY MOORE ALEXANDER KNOX RIALT0 m. PAMELA BLAKE with Peggy CASTLE Arthur dl m ll tm tx .Mftirf . raw 'lkbs faWMt 'aU " ROM MKSOUtll this stage was reached July 1. A section of the cofferdam has been bulkheaded to permit work to proceed in a part of the power house and other installations. irtk Kiirap In lev and murdwf TWO GREAT FIRST RUN HITS! PLUS BLAKE Paul MARION 7W A.V Ga.BBka..