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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1952)
Five Persons Hurt In Friday Accident Three in Hospital Five persons were injured in a two-car accident on the Crater Lake highway near the Dodge bridge turnoff Friday night, state police, Community hospital attendants and Conger-Morris ambulancemen reported Satur day. Officers said that a sedan driven by Mrs. Mildred Margar et Miller, Post Office Box 240, Shady Cove, started to pass an other vehicle, and was involved in a head-on crash with a sedan driven by Walter Ray Allen, 508 Garfield street, Medford. Five Hurt Injured were: Mrs. Miller, who suffered skull, elbow and knee fractures and cuts and bruises. She is in "fair" condition. Wilbur Blackman, 58, Shady Cove, a passenger in Mrs. Mil ler's car, who suffered head in juries and fractures of both arms. His conditions was report ed as "good," Saturday. ' Allen, who suffered cuts and bruises, but was not hospitalized. Mrs. Allen, who suffered cuts and a possible broken rib. She was released, from the hospital after treatment Mrs. Lottie B. Allen, mother of Walter Allen, who suffered a hip fracture, and is in "fair" condition. Children Unhurt Two Allen children, John M., 12, and Gordon V., 10, were un hurt, as was Monica Gilbreath, 15 who lives on the Butte Falls highway. The Aliens were dri ving her home about 8:10 p.m. when the accident happened, ambulancemen said. The front portions of both cars were demolished, and they had to be towed away by wreckers. JfflL Ml lffi , p 1 "MUCH ADO . ."Shown above are Richard Graham, veteran of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival, as Benedick, and Eleanor Prosser, Stanford, as Beatrice, who will both be seen in "Much Ado About Nothing," one of the four Shakespearean plays to be produced in repertory style at this year's festival in Ashland. Opening night of the month-long event is next Friday, with "The Tempest" being presented that night. Rehearsals are in high gear for the festival, which has achieved world-wide fame as one of the outstanding examples of the presentation of Shakespearean drama, comedy and history plays the way Shakespeare intended them for production. Festival Tickets On Sale At 2 Medford Spots Monday Warwick, Mass. U.R) War wick's post office has lost its wheels. It has been transferred from a trailer to the village's general store. v Ji w'dugayV Pm Reserved seat tickets for Shakespearean festival plays go on sale at Purucker's Piano house and Pruitt's Music center in Medford Monday, and will continue throughout the festival season, it was announced today. This is the first time in sev eral years that tickets have been Hollywood Bread Is a distinctive Bread baked by craftsmen whose talents for blending and baking are un surpassed. Fulfilling the best traditions of gracious eating. FCt! "NttlywM- Ditt ami Clkmt StiUfa wrttt Buaot Day. Boi 1 027. Hollywood. Calif. a Ittknlnty FOX YOU fcy mm uewa it mam, hub snwen. mc. tmata Preacher, Police Chief Now Friendly Mattoon, 111 U.R) A preach er and a police chief have been on the outs but the air seems to be cleared now. The Rev. La Rue Jensen of Al ton, 111., received a letter from the Mattoon police asking him to pay fines for two traffic tickets issued to a car bearing his li cense number. "I've never been in Mattoon in my life," the preacher wrote to the Mattoon police. "One hates to think a police depart ment would engage in a racket of collecting fines from innocent citizens." The Mattoon police chief re plied that the officer must have made a mistake in copying tne number and issued an invitation to the preacher to visit Mattoon and see for himself that there were no rackets here. Make it Look New Daintv crocheted edeines cive fa fresh, new look to linens, lin gerie, baby sets. Add to collar and cuffs presto! A new look for an old dress. (Use No. 30 cotton). Pattern 7242 has instructions for 6 edgings, z to 1 34 inches 2 with corners, about 2 34 inches. Send TWENTY - FIVE cents in coins for this pattern to The Mail Tribune Household Arts Dept., P.O. Box 5640, Chicago 80, 111. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with ZONE, PAT TERN NUMBER. Exciting! Our 1952 edition of Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book! Brimful of new ideas, it's only Twenty cents. NINETY - ONE illustrations of patterns of your favorite needlecraft designs, plus SIX easy-to-do patterns printed I available anywhere other than at the theater box office Ashland Membership cards will also be available at the two Medford stores until August 1, after which the rate is no longer in effect. Until Noon Tickets for a festival play on any given night may be purchas' ed at Purucker's and Pruitt until 12 noon on the day the play is presented. Advance re servations may be made at any time during store hours. Reserved seats may be obtain ed with stubs from membership cards or by cash at the regular rate. A small service charge will be made, all of which will go to those handling the tickets in the stores. Memberships in the associa tion, which include eight reserv ed seats for the plays and two reserved seats for the Elizabeth' an music program on August 29 are $10, including tax. Single ad missions at the regular rate are $1.80, including tax. Crew Paints Autoist Into Parking Ticket Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) One state employee was "painted in to a parking ticket. He parked his car in what appeared to be a legitimate parking space. A police department paint crew went by and painted the curb in front of his car red. The autoist got a ticket. Announcing the NEW REGENT" HEARING AID ..remarkable operating ototomy I ...thrilling now Phono Magnet! ...mney'Smlng Power Selector Swinh! ZenitK 'does it again! 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PRESCRIPTION SERVICE Main & Grape Medford, Oregon Tattoo Artist How Etching Beauty Spots Montreal (U.R) Montreal women have started buying beauty spots from a tattoo artist. "Sailor Joe" Simmonds, who runs a studio for skin etchings, told a reporter there is a new trend in the trade. ; He now etches beauty spots for girls. "The beauty spot novelty Is becoming a fad," he said. "One day recently. 10 girls came in to get spots tattooed on their cheeks." Simmonds operates a studio in the rear of a pool room. He said most of his customers are sailors but he has left his etchings on many men and women. Inflation Spreads To Polling Booths Akron, O. (U.R) Inflation, the Summitt County elections has found, has spread to polling booths. The board advertised for bids on worn-out voting shacks. The time was when they were worth only $20. This lot of six sold for an average . of $60, to the board's delight. ' To replace them, though, the elections board found that costs have risen- from about $700 to $949 for the new ones. ; Jackson, Miss. (U.R) After fathering 40 kids, a male goat owned by Willie Adams grew an udder and now is producing milk. Adams changed the ani mal's , name from "Billy" to "Gertrude." i Sunday, July 27, 1952 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEIC Abandoning Sheep Brings Jail Term Rawlins, Wyo. 'U.R) Peter A. RoybaL 42, a sheepherder for the Sundin-Johnson Sheep Co., is serving a 90 day jail term aft er pleading guilty to abandoning a herd of sheep. .Sheriff's officers said Roybal walked off from the block he was attending. The company pressed the charges under the little-used law. The sheep were rounded up without loss but company of ficers said losses could have been great if the unattended band had not been discovered quickly. Tope Recordings Not Eligible for Insurance Fort Wotfh,' Tex. (U.R) Of ficials of the Fort Worth Na tional Bank chuckled over a let ter a Chicago insurance firm wrote to the Time of Day Bu reau operated by the bank. The letter offered to insure the bu reau employes for hospitalization and sickness benefits. "Employ es" of the bureau are tape re cordings that give the time of day when a certain telephone number is dialed. Bachelor Brothers Die on Same Day Coeur D'Alene, Ida. (U.R) Two brothers, both bachelors, who lived together all their lives and became sick the same day, died three hours apart in the same hospital, both victims of a heart attack. A double funeral was held. The men, veterans of World War I, were Gilbert J. Osmundson, 63, and John G. Osmundson, 61. Wilmington, N.C. (U.R) When the mercury here reached 100 degrees, YMCA officials re ceived a donation of 300 pounds of ice to dump in the swimming pool. WINDOW SHADES MADc TO ORDER BARNARD'S 317 E. Main Phone 2-5487 117 S. 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