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Local and Hurt At Camp-jFifteen-year-old Barbara Roach? daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Douglas Roach, 3350, Delta Waters road, was in Sacred Heart hospital today alt er suffering a foot injury at Girl Scout Camp Low Echo Tuesday . . . Back Injury James McPher son, Ashland, suffered a back in jury while at work at the Double D Lumber company ,last night and was taken to Community hospital for treatment. Attend ants reported his condition this morning as "good. . Falls On Bollle Daryl Jen kins, three-year-old daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. James Jenkins, Central Point, fell and cut her hand on a bottle yesterday. She was taken to Community hospi tal for treatment and released, attendants reported. ' Fractures Arm Five-year-old Nancy Materia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Materie, 213 Girard drive, fell from a swing and fractured her arm yester- dav. She was treated and re leased from Community hospi tal, attendants said. Two Men Injured Two men received cut hands in accidents at the Sierra Cascade Pine lum ber company. Phoenix, yester day. They were Llowell Fleser, 23 Willamette street, Medford. who was treated and released last night at Community hospi tal. ,and Lester Ray, Phoenix, who was in Community hospital today, attendants reported. . At Sacred Heart Surgery pa tients at Sacred Heart hospital today included Mrs. Kaylie Kel- ley,. route 1, box 429, Medford; Mrs. Viola Phillips, Yreka, Calif .; dnd Mrs. James Ebnoth- er, Ashland. Seven-year-old Dar rell Afitstuman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Atitstuman, Grants Pass, underwent eye surgery at the hospital yesterday. Medical patients today were Ed Dren nan, box 403 Ross lane; Ray Compton, 322 South Riverside avenue; Mrs. Charles Reichstein, 444 North Front street; and Wil liam G. Wilkins, Talent, hospital attendants reported. DRIVE 1M theatfe TON1TE - THURSDAY .for $53 you can own hire : i- Rfl DM Mill) I DAN nilRYFi . PLUS VAN HEFLIN and EVELYN KEYES An S. P. EAGLE PRODUCTION with JOHN MAXWELL NEWS - CARTOONS Gates Open 7:00 - lit Show Dusk raS 1 - ?A Every Wednesday & Friday Nights DOUBLE SESSIONS FRIDAY NIGHTS ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM - One Block South of City Limits on Hiway 99 BIG PINES LUMBER CO. NO DOWN PAYMENT SIXTH and .No Parking Problem Here Drive Right in Our Personal Rummagi Sal The South ern Oregon Kennel club will hold a rummage sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, August 9, at the Pythian building, Sixth and Grape streets. To East Lake Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Lewis and son, Jim, 612 Catherine street, left Sunday for a vacation to the coast and East lake. They plan to return to Medford in two weeks. -j Incorporates Jene S. Cook, Leona M. Thompson and Ruth Marie Taylor have filed articles of incorporation in the county clerk's office for the West Side Nursery school in Medford. To Yllowston Park Mr. and Mrs. Murray Dumas, 512 Pennsylvania avenue, are vaca tioning at Yellowstone national park. They left Sunday and plan to be gone for two weeks. ' Flower Business Tom and Dorothy Ginn have applied in the county clerk's office for the assumed business name of Ginn's Flowers at 26 South Cen tral avenue, Medford, according to records. " Name Assumed Clarence C. Woodworth and C. F. Milligafi have applied for the assumed business name of the M and W Chain Saw company at Medford, according to records in the county clerk's office. Here For Wedding Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilson, 813 Oak street, had as a guest last week Mrs. Wilson's brother, A. C. Mor ris, Los Angeles. He was here to attend the wedding of his niece. Miss Cecile Morris, to Richard Camden. To Manager Position Don Waldron, formerly of Gambles Western Auto Supply company, Medford, was recently transfer red to the" Oregon City branch where he will be manager. He and his wife plan to make their home there. - Attend Funeral Mr. and Ivan Burton, 26 Richmond ave nue, left by plane Monday to at tend the funeral of his father, M. M. Burton, at Haddam, Kans. After a stay in Kansas they will travel on to Io.wa for a visit and then return home. To See Plays Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Barrett, 138 South Grape street are entertaining Mrs. Bar rett's mother, Mrs. Mary Dusen berry. La Grande, this week. Mrs. Dusenberry is here to see the Shakespeare plays at Ash land.and will leave next week for a trip to San Francisco. Labor Meeting A meeting for all delegates and union members of the Americas Fed eration of Labor will be held this Friday, August 8, at 8 p.m., in the Medford labor temple, ac cording to J. A. Rose., secretary of the Central Labor council. President J. D. MacDonald and Executive-Secretary J. P. Marr of the Oregon state federation of the AFL, and other "officers, will be speakers for the evening. Annual Picnic The 23rd An nual picnic of the Grand Court. Order of the Amaranth, state of Oregon will be held Sunday August 10. The annual affair will be held at Island Park, two miles east of Canby, Oregon. Lunch is scheduled1 for noon at which time coffee, ice cream and soda pop will be furnished. Games and races will begin at 2 p.m. It is anticipated that members of the order will at tend from many cities including Medford. RESTAIN YOUR OWN R00Fw(j SHDKKSLQ STTADCJ FIR Since 1908 Back at Work Mrs.. Fred Shadle has returned to work at the Towne Beauty shop after a recent operation. To Build Homes Joe Hearin obtained a permit from the city building inspector's office Tues day to construct an $18,000 resi dence at 2517 East Main street. The Rogue Valley Construction company took a permit Monday for an $8,000 home at 1000 Alta street. Auto Court Men Back Auditorium The board of directors of the Jackson County Motor Court an8 Trailer Court association voted last evening to give . sub stantial financial aid in the cam paign to secure a .civic auditor ium for the Medford area and to actively back the project. According to C. C. Leonard, program chairman and publicity director for the motor court owners, the directors were sum moned for last night's special meeting by Ed Bolt, president, to acquaint them with what has been done so far by the recently formed Civic Auditorium asso ciation and to sound out senti ment of the group as to partici pation in the auditorium effort. Leonard said it was decided to urge all motor court owners in the region to support the pro ject in order that more conven tions and other large gatherings may be attracted .here. Transient Arrested On Bad Check William Douelas Mitchell. 21, transient, was arrested last night for passing a $25 worthless check at the Olympic cafe, 1070 boutn Riverside avenue, according to records of the city police. Charles Bateman, manager of the cafe, told police one of his waitresses accepted the fictitious check. Mitchell was with James Lee Smith, Box 742, Central Point, when he was arrested. Smith was held in jail for investiga tion. BIRTHS LUE To Mr. and Mrs. Don ald, 3410 Garrett street, Aug. 5, 1952, a girl, 8 lbs., at Commu nity hospital. r WEIXEL To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore, Central Point, Ore., Aug. 6, 1952, a girl, 7 lbs., at Community hospital. GLATHER To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 61 Vashti Way, Aug. 5, 1952, a girl, 7V& lbs., at Commu nity hospital. COOPER To Mr. and Mrs. C. R., Trail, Ore., Aug. 5, 1952, a girl, 8 lbs., at Community hospital. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Continued hot and dry with a few afternoon showers over the mountains. Low to night 60. High Thursday 95. . Western Oregon: Mostly clear ex cept isolated afternoon or evening thundershowers over Siskiyous and considerable night and morning rlnnriiness on coast. Little tempera ture change. Lows tonight 50-60. Highs Thursday trom bu in norm 10 v-j in south except 60-65 on coast LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 93: Lowest 55. Total monthly precipitation .47 inch. Excess for the month .42 inch. Total precipitation since September 1, 1952. 21.94 inches. Excess for the season 5.23 inches. ' Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 26: 4:30 a.m.' today 74. Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M., 120 Meridian Time High Low Prec. Boise 95 64 Boston 82 70 . 2.41 Chicago 69 61 Denver o .u Eureka 58 52 T Havre 8T 58 Klamath Falls 88 56 Los Angeles 73 65 Medford 95 2 New York '. . Omaha 71 56 .01 58 ' 82 58 55 50 70 56 56 64 72 53 Phoenix 104 Portland 79 Reno 93 Eugene . . 84 Salt Lke 95 San Fancisco ............ 65 Seattle 68 Spokane 93 Washington. D.C 89 Yakima 95 11 Tomorrow Sunrise 5:10 a.m. Sunset 7:23 p.m CARD OF THANKS We wish to extend our appreciation for the kindness and beautiful flow ers and cards in our recent bereave ment. Mrs. Elsie Wilson Florence Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blore 36 MONTHS TO PAY; Phone 2-6251 Building and Shop. Camp White Man Pleads Guilty to Disorderly Conduct George T. Parker, Camp White, pleaded guilty yesterday in district court to a charge of disorderly conduct and -will be sentenced Thursday, according to court records. Bail was set at $500. Parker was involved in an early Monday morning fight with cab driver Fred Warner, 318 Newtown street, and the latter was examined by doctors but not hospitalized. The complaint against Parker was signed by Warner .' Four other arraignments were held at the same time. Glen Ed ward Sawtelle, 20, 340 North Central avenue, pleaded guilty to a charge of petty larceny of a heater on August 2, and was sen tenced to three months in the county jail, subject to applica tion for probation. Harry Verty Hebert, 29, Oak ridge, Ore., waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences, and a $1,300 bond was set, according to court records. Hebert is charged, with passing a fictitious $20 check at the Safeway store, 502 West Main street. Damon Clifford Floyd, 47, route 1, box 427, Medford, plead ed innocent to a charge of dis orderly conduct on Dark Hol low road, August 2, and a jury was requested by his attorney for a trial set on August 2fj, the court reported. Elija Earl Davis, 45, of 509 Fourth street, Phoenix, pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct at his Phoenix residence and was given a 90-day suspend ed jail sentence, according to court records. Livestock . Portland (U.P.) Cattle 300. Util ity steers $22-25: commercial heifers $26; canner-cutter cows $13-1550: utility cows $17.18. Calves 100. Good-choice vealers. calves,' $26-30: odd head 31; commer cial calves $22-26. Hogs 200. Choice No. 1-2 butchers 180-235 lbs. $25.50-26; choice 350550 lb. sows $19.50-21.50. Sheep 750. Good-prime springers $25-25.50: sorted choice-prime $26; good feeders $21-21.50: cull-utility ewes $2-5; good ewes $6-6.50. Portland Produce Portland (U.P.) Butter To re tailers: AA grade prints, 78c lb.; car tons, 79c; A prints, 78c; cartons, 79c; B prints. 76c lb. Eggs To retailers: Grade AA large. 69-71C doz.: A large, 65-67C doz.; AA medium 63.65c: A medium. 62-64C doz.; A smalls, 41-43c doz. Cartons 3c additional. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, Oregon singles, 47-52c lb.: 5-lb. loaves 53-55c lb.; premium brands to 57c lb. for single wheels and 60c for 5-lb. loaves; processed American cheese 5-lb. loaves, 46V2-48c lb. Farm Market Corn sold for $1.75-2 a five-dozen ear pack Wednesday on the Portland Eastside Farmers Wholesale Produce market with some fancy packs sell ing up to S2.25-2.50. Willamette valley crab apples brought 90 cents a flat. Gravenstein apples were $3-3.25 a box with yellow transparentsc quoted at $2. Peas went for $3.75-4 a 30.1b. orange box. Watermelon sold for 5-5 '.2 cents a pound. Cantaloupes were $3-3.50 a stand ard crate. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens (No. 1 quality f.o.b. plants): Fryers, 22-3 lbs., 34c; 3-4 lbs., 34c; roasters, 4 lbs. and up,""34c;" light hens, all wts., 16c lb.; heavy type hens, all wts., 18-19c; old roosters 13.15c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 New York dressed style to retailers, fryers, broil ers', roasters, all wts., 46-47c; light hens, 30-31c: heavy hens, 32-33c; cut up fryers all wts., 64-65c lb.; whole drawn, 59-60c. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants) Live white 4-5 lbs.. 21-24c lb.; 5-6 lbs., 18-22c; colored pelts 4c lb under, old does, 10-12c, a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers, 57-60c, some higher. Wall Street New York U.R) Selected is sues led the stock market higher Wednesday on increased volume. Gains in the specialties ranged to more than a point. In the main list, however, improvements were limited to small fractions with a number of issues holding at their previous close. . Dow Jones closing stock aver ages: 30 industrials 279.07 off 0.43; 20 railroads 103.73 up 0.25; 15 utilities 51.12 up 0.05, and 65 stocks 107.95, up 0.02. Sales Wednesday approxi mated 1,140,000 shares compared with 1,050,000 shares traded Tuesday. Today's closing prices on" se lected stocks: American T & T. 154 Anaconda . 46 Chrysler . 74 Curtiss Wright i 8 General "Electric . 63 V General Motors . 60 Montgomery Ward 64 Penn. R. R. 20 : Penney, J. C 68 Radio 26 Southern Co. . . 15 1 Hardwood Floors SANDED and FINISHED " 20" Years Experience "Modem Equipment Free Estimates . . ' . - Phone 2-7143 Obituary WILLIAM COTTON Graveside services for Wil liam Cotton, 59, who died Tues day, will be held at Rock Point cemetery, Gold Hill, Saturday at 3 p.m. with the Rev. W. A. Dawes officiating. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. x Mr. Cotton was born Feb. 20, 1893, in Douglas County, Ore gon, and had lived in Gold Hill for many years. He was a veter an of World War I. He is survived by two broth ers, Jesse L., Gold Hill, and Charles J., Medford; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Childers, Gold Hill, and Mrs. Martha Kinkle,. Malin, Ore.; a half sister, Mrs. Rose Waelty, Central Point; a half brother, Charles Hobbs, Med ford; and several' nieces and nephews. Women of 5f. Mark's Plan Thank Offering The presentation of thet United Thank Offering of the1 women of St. Mark's congregation for the first half of 1952 will be held at a service of Holy Communion at the church at 10 a.m. Friday. St. Mark's has long held a high place in the diocesan level in this project of the women of the church which now totals nearly $2,000,000 annually. The funds thus realized are de voted to furthering the mission ary enterprises of the church. All women of the parish are cor dially invited to participate in Friday's service. High School Education Interrupted by Wars Cambridge, Mass. (U.R) la 1940 William Noren quit high school and joined the Marines. At the 1952 graduation exer cises of Rindge Technical High School, he received a belated diploma. During the intervening years he had: Served as a sergeant at Gua dalcanal, New Guinea and New Britain. Earned four battle stars. Quit the Marines and joined the Army. ' Won a second lieutenant's commission. Lt. Noren expects to leave soon for Korea. Southern Pacific .... 86 'z S. Oil of Calif 61 Texas Gulf Sulphur 113V Transamerica 27 1 4 Tri-Continental 16V United Aircraft 33 U. S. Rubber : 25V2 U. S. Steel : 40 Youngstown 36 Mi I : XJ ED BADGE 1 1 111 11 1 1 mti in vkm:wMim ESfflER Brass;; mm JOHNUJND-S AND OVIST STARS ELEANOR POWELL LENA HORDE PLUS 1 JlJiik GATES OPEN AT 6:30 SHOW AT 8:10 . ASHLAND MACAO mm i Hii iiw n wain 1 .Wednesday, August 6, 1952 ' . Idaho Rites Planned For Accident Victim Remains of Norman .Samuel Atwood, 25, who was killed in an accident near Briggs Camp Tuesday, will be forwarded for services and interment to Sho shone,. Ida., according to Conger-Morris funeral home. Mr. Atwood was killed when a tree fell on him. He was work ing with two other men loading a truck when they sat under the snag to take -a break. Two of them dove to safety when the snag started to fall, but Atwood did not move-in time, according to reports. The other two, not identified here, were injured and flown to Roseburg for hospitalization. The deceased was born July 6, 1927, in White River, S. D., and was a veteran of World War II. He had been working in the woods near Briggs Camp for two months. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Alta Atwood, Jerome, Ida.; five brothers, Woodrow, Roy El dred and William, all Medford, and Raymond, Boise, Ida., and a sister, Mrs. Grant Onieda, Sho shone, Ida. WORKER INJURED James McPherson, Ashland, was injured Tuesday, evening at the D. D. Lumber company mill near Tolo, when a board came out of an edger and hit him in the back. He was taken to. Com munity hospital by Conger-Morris ambulance. Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at noon Saturdays. Big Rummage Sale NOTHING OVER 50c Aug. 9th from 10-4 K.P. HALL 5th and Grape' Streets TOWITE! s.w PEWjilM.'l THE LAWLESS FRONTIER ORDERED THEM TO GET OUT! FOUR PEOPLE A GUNMAN, Fighting the Elements (bt'sMike) P mmL V .Tn urt r'ti..mf irtritin m ttii-'t irCT-miivni i nwilii Y.' Tif rrnnftVi '1 1 T""V MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN QUESTION ANSWERED Fort Worth, Tex. flJ.R) J. M. Latham, a radio car officer, surprised himself as well as two young car tMeves when he stop ped by a stalled car and asked crc SCWHDAL SLAYING OF HITLER i wm BERL1H...WTIR yiAiittiwa whim L ;&aaL & 2ND THRILLING HIT! -ST MAN OR MONSTER - 1 - .mZMl A GAMBLER, A BEAUTIFUL GIRL AND and Each Other ... . KATHRYN GRAYSON LOVELY TO LOOK AT SKerletdc M-G-M hilariously presents ' she's Vat) SPENCERTMLT- KATHARINE HEPBURN A T Ml, . the boys where they stole it. They told him. The startled of ficer hauled them, to jaiL There are some 50,000 earth quakes in the world every year. m w-, 1 Urter ABLER Patrkia KNIGHT A V Tf Tt AA7" y 111 I KrAI mi tisr in a v., M ft
