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resh Pear Sales aid Increased iy Right Methods i Sales of fresh pears have been icreased by as much as 70 per eht .through proper merchan ising methods,. Rogue Valley Iriiit growers were told at a kieetlng here last night. I Fred Stratman and Joe Shol er of the Oregon-Washlngton- tallfornia Fear bureau spoke at the meeting, reporting on sur less of pear bureau promotions, S'hey said that one group of tores In Detroit, Mich., in reased the sale of Bosc pears 0 per cent over the previous ear, and Anjou sales increased 1 per cent. Similar results from etter merchandising were re torted from elsewhere through' Jut the), nation. Proper display, ionditldning of fuit before of .ferine for sale, and use of pres sure testers to determine ripe ness were' cited as examples of r etter methods. , Departure". Told The pear bureau men said hat it has been found that a isplay Of pears should be one flyer deep with the stems up. It s more aixracuve ana appealing, ind results in less "pawing over" rof fruit, with less resulting dam age. It is a "radical departure" . f mm .older , methods, thev said. Proper conditioning consists i i .! : . J : VI Hunting caia Hi - yunuiig rooms, with the result that pears reach the consumer ready to eat, dt close to It. Pressure tests show the degree, of ripeness, and give an acurate indication of how jmany days it will take to bring aha fruit to the. best eating con Jditioit. Discussion of merchandising 'plans for the coming season also was held, and particular empha fsls was placed on the problem of show to handle frost -marked gfrult, which is fairly general in ithe valley this year. Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at 5:30 p.m. for following day; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; noon Saturday for Sunday a.m. r . X 7 EVANGELIST since she was 6, Renee Martz, 12, Orlando, Fla., smiles prettily for photographer as she sails from New York for tour of 15 countries In which she will preach. So far' jhe has visited 36 countries on revival schedule. (International) Typographical Error ' Confuses News Story A typographical error in a Mail Tribune story yesterday re sulted in the omission of -the name of a Medford woman, and confused the meaning of a por tion of the story. The article concerned the re turn of Medford delegates from the state Disabled Veterans con vention in La Grande. The para graph which was in, error should have said: Mrs. Hazel Vandermarlc was elected senior vice commander of the ladies state DAV auxil iary, and Dorothy Simmons was elected color guard. Both are members of the Medford DAV auxiliary. Sand Gravel Crushed Rock USE THE BEST! LININGER'S READY-MIX CONCRETE M. C. LININGER & SONS '- . PHONE 2-5336 or 2-5897 School Board 0Krs Purchase of Land For New Building The Medford school board last night authorized purchase of eight acres of property north of town as a site for future con struction of an elementary school building. The site was sold by Whittle and Mclntyre for a price of $5,000. No construction is planned on the property at the present time, according to Superintendent E. H. Hedrick. The purchase "is in line with the school board's pol icy of obtaining sites in advance of present needs to avoid trans portation problems at a future date," Hedrick said.. In Walking Distance This policy keeps all schools within walking distance for school children, the superintend ent said. The property, which is located on Whittle avenue near McAndrews road, is about 1V4 miles from Lincoln school and 1 23 miles from Roosevelt school. The board also appointed six pew teachers and accepted the resignation of Mrs. Edna Chand ler, elementary teacher at Roos evelt school for the past two years. ' Primary teachers elected by trie board are Marilyn Tarbet, Portland, a 1952 graduate of Lewis and Clark college; Mrs. Trudy Williams, Monmouth, a 1952 graduate of Oregon Col lege of Education; and Marilyn Matheny, Ashland, a 1952 grad uate of Southern Oregon college. Intermedial. Teacher' Ben.oyd S. Bay less Jr., Med ford, a graduate of Eastern Ore gon college, was elected as an intermediate teacher. He has been teaching in Ashland during the past year. High school teachers elected by the board are Betty Jean Moody, Chelan, Wash., to teach English; and Don V.s Hanning, Long Beach, Calif., to teach ma chine shop. Miss Moody is a graduate of Northern Idaho col lege and Hanning holds a junior engineer s license from the Mer chant Marine academy. ATHLETE MAKES GOOD. East Lansing, Mich UB Lyman Frimodig, business man ager at Michigan State college, was the only 10-letter winner in sports, in Spartan history. He has been on the Michigan State campus for more than 30 years, first as a student, then assistant director of athletics and ticket sales manager, and now athletic business manager. s 0 Ksr-- v vu H - 4V.'WA ..i'ti.-f . fcai BELIEVED FASTEST JET FIGHTER possessed by U. S. Navy.mew XFJ-2 Fury Is turned over to Comdr. w. L. Perry by Ray Rice, chief engineer of North American Aviation Corp. at Los Angeles. Plane Is believed to have speed in excess of 850 mph. (International) Rogue River To Buy Street Work Tractor Rogue River A hew tread ! tractor is being purchased by the city of Rogue River, accord ing to Mrs. Orva Jean Cruise, city recorder. The contract has been negoti- Daily Weather Report FORECASTS ' Medford and viclnityf Cloudy and cold with frequent showers tonight Decreasing showers and slightly warm er Thursday. Low tonight 35-38. High Thursday 60. Western Oregon; Mostly cloudy with a few showers tonight and Thursday. Continued cool. Lows tonight 40-50. Highs 60-70 except 55 on coast. - LOCAL DATA Temperature a - year ago today: Highest 80; Lowest 52. Total monthly precipitation .18 Inch. Deficiency for the month .12 inch. Total precipitation since September li laa, in.ee incnes. Excess for the season 3.98 inch. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day ot'fr: 4:au a.m. loaay B4. Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M., 120 Meridian Time High Low Free. Boise Boston ...... ...... Chicago ................ Denver . Eureka Havre . Klamath Falls Los Angeles Mediord New York Omaha Phoenix Portland Reno Eusene Salt Lake 6S 53 . 84 86 87 . 55 82 57 70 62 78 101 , 63 73 61 . 80 . 63 38 59 45 -44 33 55 40 63 75 64 45 49 44 52 50 45 42 : XI San Francisco Seattle 61 Spokane .... 64 42 .18 wasnington, u.c 87 ea Yakima 68 43 Tomorrow Sunrise 4:35 a.m. Sunset 7:48 p.m. ated, she said, and the tractor will be used mainly for street grading and maintenance. Work is also progressing on the new city hall building on Broadway ' street where the forms have been laid out. Mrs. Cruise said it is planned to get the frame up first and then fin ish it as time and labor per mits. The building project is being financed by funds received from the sale of the old city hall building, holdover money from the current fiscal year and a la bor fund, the recorder noted. Saginaw, Mich. U.R) The Saginaw beer and liquor dealers association has adopted a resolu tion urging that shuffleboard games be banned from taverns. Wednesday. June II, 1IS2 . irllBUNE ELEVEH Council Approves Nine Paving Jobs On City Streets Nine city streets paving pro jects were given preliminary ap proval last night by the Medford city council. No hearing dates on the projects were set by the council. The streets Involved and the amount to be paved include Ben nett street from the end of the street to Crater Lake avenue, 850 feet; Crown avenue from Oregon terrace to Berkeley way, 1,340 feet; Welch street from the railroad tracks to Jackson street, 500 feet; Haven street from Oak to Woodstock streets, 600 feet. Others Listed Also included in the group are South Peach street from 13 th street to Dakota avenue, 565 feet; Haven street from Wood stock to Grape streets, 300 feet; Taylor street from the end of the street to Myrtle street, 175 feet, and Kenneway drive, from Main street to Woodlawn drive 480 feet. Also approved was the paving of an alley between 14th street and Dakota avenue between Newtown and King streets. . City . officials reported this morning that the "seam" be tween new concrete aprons and paving on the portion of East Main stjeet which was recently widened, will be covered with blacktop surface in the near fu ture. The entire apron will be covered at later date, they stated. COP SAW SNAKES Saginaw, Mich. (U.R) Pa trolman George Sizick answered a call from an agitated motor ist and found two dozen garter snakes crawling around Inside the man's automobile. Sizick ga thered up the reptiles and sent the motorist on his way, Circuit Court Asked To Void Sentence Cecil Cannon, 2827 Buckshot road, who was fined $15 and sentenced to five days in jail on June 8 after being convicted of petty larceny, has asked the cir cuit court to void the district court sentence. He charges a "manifest error" in that the defendant was de nied the right of appeal. He also alleges the sentence was "harsh and excessive" for the misde meanor, and that the sentence must be either a fine or jail term, or both. The first sentence by the dis trict" court was a fine of $50 and five days in Jail and the tine was reduced to $15 on the recom mendation of Deputy District Attorney Bob Dickey, Cannon's appeal said, "for the purpose of preventing an appeal . . . and that the court erred In giving said reduction." The case involved the theft of one pound of butter from the Big-Y market. Dead line bundsy classifieds la at 5:30 p.m. for following day; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; noon Saturday for Sunday a.m. CATS SHARE JOBS Elsie, Mich. flJ.B Drs. Richard and Jean Lannen, vet erinarians, are the owners of two cats from the same litter that gave birth to twin kittens the same week. The two mothers shared the same "nursery," sometimes taking turns nursing all four kittens at the same time. v "When you mean BUS. tav Continental Trallwavsi" CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS BUS DEPOT 14 N. FRONT . PHONI J-lllJ Lyle D. 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