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Local and In Seattle Mrs. A. Laymance, Medford Plaza apartments, left Sunday to visit for a week at Seattle with her daughter. Shell, 14, route 2, Central Point, underwent an appendectomy In Community hospital this morn ing, hospital attendants report ed. She is the daughter o Mrs. Nancy Shell. . .. , , : ;.-T.:;' ' On Business Earl E. Haverly, supervisor of the business loans department for Pacific Finance loans, Los Angeles, is here this week conferring with officials of the Pacific Industrial offices, a division cf the firm. Buy Property Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott, 707 West Jackson St., have purchased the home and rental property next door at 709 West Jackson st., according to an announcement today from the C. ' Lyall Fidler agency, where the transaction was made. FOE Meeting The Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold a regu lar meeting Thursday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. in the hall at 219 West Main St. There will be initiation, and plans will be completed for the big Halloween party to be held in the, hall, Saturday evening.- . .v . Sale Planned Medford bethel of Job's Daughters will hold a rummage . sale Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 27 and 28, at 108 NoVth Ivy st. in the post office block. All bethel members and anyone wishing to donate rum mage are asked to bring it to the above address this evening. ; In Hospital Surgical patients reported by Sacred Heart hospl- i lai mis morning inciuae William Merritt, 16-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Merritt, Gold Hill; Louis Winger, 910 ouuin, ouige ra., ivirs. jjumer Owens, 414 Clark st., and Mrs. Ethel- Geyer, Central Point. Mrs. George Ring, Prospect, : is in Sacred Heart '. hospital for medical care. ' - . ' . . Receives Honor James B. Rickard, Medord, is among 15 ' Michigan State college seniors, members of the Army or Air Force ROTC, to receive high honors for successful completion of summer training camp at various Army and Air Force bases throughout the nation, ac cording to a release from the college. He won the 100-yard backstroke swimming contest at the camp. r ,. Promoted - Carl K. Rasmus sen, who is serving in Korea with the Air Force'has 1 been promoted from an airman first class to a staff sergeant, accord ing to news received by his wife. She lives at the home of her mother, Mrs. Lural Hayslip, 858 East Ninth st., and is employed at Burelson's Women's Apparel shop. He formerly was stationed at the Medford Air Force base and he left here for Korea in June. Kicked by Horse Evelyn De arie Garrison, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oakie Garrison, general delivery, Happy Camp, Calif., was brought to Commu nity hospital yesterday for treat ment of injuries suffered when she was kicked in the face by a horse. Hospital attendants listed her condition as "fair" this morning. The child was brought to Medford by private plane, and was taken to the hospital by Medford ambulance. , . . . Returns Mrs. Clifford Proc tor, 2540 Jacksonville highway, returned the end of the week after a month's visit in South Dakota and Tennessee. At Rapid City, S.D., she visited her son and daughter-in-lw, Maj. and Mrs. Raymond Proctor. He is stationed there at Ellsworth Air Force base. Major and Mrs. Proc tor became the parents of a daughter Sept. 29. The infant has been named Candy Eliza beth. From Rapid City the visi tor went to Knoxvllle, Tenn., her former home, to visit her moth er and other relatives. She made the trip by plane. T0NITE L faslmir- -VJtaHrs ..200 of Them, Eathfg, with a Contract to Ck Marry a Man! rrrTV rwa N I-LW3 v FORD'ROMAK rolRlS-""-"''! II i.ionet I Personal Patient Reported Amos L. Osborne, Rogue River, is In Os teopathic hospital for medical care, hospital attendants report ed thb morning, -..,.',...' At Home Mrs. Don Geren, Eagle Point, has returned to her home from Eugene where she recently underwent arm surgery at the Sacred Heart hospital po lio center. ' ''.'. ; .. ;,.. .; : '.; Partnership- A certificate for a limited partnership of the Jay Allen company, Oregon lim ited, has been filed in the coun ty clerk's office by William J. Allen and Alvln Roberts. 'FOE 'Auxiliary Past presi dents and charter members of the auxiliary to Fraternal Order of Eagles will be honored at a meeting set for "Thursday, Oct. 28, at Eagles hall. A program and refreshments will follow the meeting. - - ' i - Returned Edward Canoose, 55 Ross court, returned Sunday from Oklahoma where he has' been on a business trip. He was accompanied home by O. J. Es trlll, Ventura, Calif., who will vacation here. Estrill Is the fath er of Mrs. Edward Canoose HI, a former resident. To Active Duty Henry Padgham, 2707 Springbrook rd., has been called to active duty with the Army infantry and is to report Nov. 8 to Ft. Benning, Ga., where he will be assigned to basic Infantry officers school. He is commissioned as a second lieutenant. Padgham is a gradu ate of University of California at Davis and holds a bachelor of science degree in irrigation. Landing on Moon Seen In 25 to 35 Years . San Francisco (U.R) A German born scientist' who pio neered in the development of the guided missile says man can land on 'the moon in 25 to 35 years' time, If he wants to work hard at it. The scientist, ' Dr. Wernher Von Braun, said the ' United States can have a fully manned space station circling the earth in 10 to 15 years. But, he added! we must be willing to go all-out on the project.- Births SHAFER To Mr. and Mrs. H. Price, 412 Union St., Oct. 24, 1954, a boy,. 10V4 pounds, at Community hositpal. BELJKNAP To Mr. and,Mrs. Benjamin, 67 Perrydale ave,, Oct. 25, 1954, a girl, 64 pounds at Community hospital. SHAFER To Mr. and Mrs. H. Price, 412 Union ave., Oct. 24, 1954, boy, 10V4 pounds, at Com munity Hospital. .' BELKNAP To Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin, 67 Perrydale ave., Oct. 25, 1954, girl, 6 pounds, at Community Hospital. MIRACLE To Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Daniel, 329 Apple St., Oct. 25, 1954, girl, 8V4 pounds, at Community Hospital. WYANT To Mr. and Mrs. Burrell, Lake Creek, Oct. 25, 1954, boy, 514 pounds, at Com munity Hospital. ' RYAN To -Mr. and Mrs. Ray William, R. 2, Box 600, Central Point, Oct. 25, 1954, girl, IVz pounds, at Sacred Heart Hos pital. CORLISS To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Randolph, 1564 Myers lane, Oct. 26, 1954, girl, 5V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart Hos pital. Obituary HAROLD VAN SCOYOC Funeral services for Harold R. Van Scoyoc, 52, who died in San Francisco Monday, are pending at Perl funeral home. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. "Lottie Van Scoyoc," and a brother, Lyle, both of Eagle Point, and two children. - , Gates Open i : 6:30 P.M. Show at ' ii:tA,J 7 P.M. m Hi i m ii- -II (X'J J ill tS.yfi HONORING THREE V. 8. SCIENTISTS, Swedish judges announce 1954 Nobel Prize in 'medicine and physiology is being awarded Dr. Frederick C. Robbins (right) and two associates, Dr. Thomas WeUer (left) and Dr. John F. Enders for discovery of new weapon to combat poliomyelitis. They , did work at Western Reserve University and Cleveland, O, City Hospital. . (International) Bob Crosby, Wife Plan To Retain Nurse Hollywood U.?J Band leader Bob Crosby and his wife, June, indicated today they would not discharge the nurse from whom their three young sons ran away and caused an all night search by police. The boys, Christopher 12, Rob ert Jr., 10, and Stephen 8, -fled their Bel-Air home Sunday night and were not found until early yesterday by Timmy Wellman, 15, son of film director William Wellman. "We were running away from our nurse," said Chris, the oldest boy, "She tries to run the house and we don't like it." YOUTH PATROL V Waltham, Mass (U.R) The younger generation has taken over the policing of three veter ans' housing projects here. Re warded with lollipops and tin badges, 500 youngsters make a daily sweep of the project's 34 acres and keep them in top con dition. ; , . , : Wall Street New York (U.R) Election jit ters brought stocks down in a quiet market today.. The Dow-Jones ticker com ment said it is probable no new attempt to reach new high ground will be made until after election results have been ap praised. . , . Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: : , American T & T ..).. 170 Anaconda ............................ 40 Vi Chrysler 65 Curtiss Wright . 12i General Electric ................ 43 General. Motors ....... ...... .90 Montgomery Ward ............ 72 V Penn R R ........... . i 17V4 Penney J C 85V4 Radio 1... 33 Southern Co 17 Southern Pacific - 45 S Oil of Calif 72 Texas Gulf Sulphur . 107V& Transamerica 34Vb Trl-Continental 2114 United Aircraft : 61 U S Rubber 36's U S Steel 69 Vg Youngstown . 548 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattia S50. Mot ly choice 1207 lb. fed ateen $25.50: ltlltty-low commercial grass steers $17; light cutter steers down to Sll or be low; uUlity heifers 11-913.50; canner cutter cows mostly 7-S8.50; shells down to $5; utility cows 10-S11, some higher; cutter-utility bulls 10.50-S13.50. Calves 50. Mostly utUity and com mercial 9-S15; good .vealers $17; choice $20 or above. Hogs 150. Choice 180-235 lb. 20.50 $21; 260 lb. $10.50; 'Choice 350-530 lb. sows 15-110 50. Sheep 300. Good choice wooled lambs 16-$17; choice prime 109 lb. $18: choice 01 lb. shorn lambs $17; food feeders $14; good choice ewes -$5f or above. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Egga To retail era: Grade AA large, 43c doz; A largo, 40c doz; AA medium, 3234c: A med ium, 31 -33c; A small, 24c doz; car tons. l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA (Trade prints, sec id; cartons, 07c; a prims, 66c: cartons. 67c: B orints. 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar Oregon singles, 42,i-45',f,c; 0-lb, lpavea, 46l&-49c. Processed Ameri can cneese, o-io, ioar, auis-ftio id, Farm Market Most sales of top quality corn con tinued to Dnng larmers l.s-sa for 5-dozen ear packs today; wholesalers quoted strong prices for California tomatoes with Willamette valley crop near the end; Walla Walla lettuce sold to retailers at 3-3.23 for 4-dozcn head crates - - . . . . Poultry, Kabbits Live Chickens To growers No. 1 qua lit?', f.o.b, Portland); Fryers and roasters, all wts, 22-23c; at farm, 22c lb; light hens, 11c: heavy hens, all wts. 13c: old roosters. 10. 11c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: fryers, 3-3c; roasters. 37 30c; light hens, 22-23e; heavy hens, 26-27c; cut up fryers, all wts, 47-48c; whole drawn. 41 -42c lb. Turkeys Paying prices to produc ers ior ia uirKeys: rteavy type nens, 33c lb f.o.b. farm on N. Y. dressed hflffta: some olanta navlnff 34c Ih for special flocks; toms, same basis, 2ic in; a ids. ana over zuc in: fryers roasters, 30c lb live. To retailers: A grade hens, 48c lb. eviscerated f.o.b, Portland; N. Y. drejued. 40c lb; A grade toms, 40-4 5c lb; oven ready, 35c lb. N. Y. dressed. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b, killing plants) Live white. 3-4", lbs. 18-20o lb; 6-6-lb, 14-16c: colored pclui, 4c under; old does, 8-1 Oo lb; a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers, 4-fi7c; cut up, 6O03c Portland Cash Grain Portland Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white. I77.no a ton bulk prompt delivery f.o.b, Portland. No, 2 white oats, 38-lb, test, Coast delivery, $37 ton; Portland delivery, $53; No. 2 Western barley, 53.30, Coast de livery. Soybean meal, 995 a ton. cars, prompt delivery, Portland; std. mill run. prompt shipment, f.o.b. Portland, $43.30-44. ton. No. 2 yellow corn, 972 50-72.25 ton. f ob. Portland. Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa baled f.o.b. Portland. .12-34. Portland Grain Exchange. Monday's close; Bid Soft white ; 82 H2 Soft white, no rex 2.32 White Club 2.32 H R winter, ord .. 2.33 Dead Una Sunday Classified to at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. Farm Production Cost Decline Seen . Washington XU.R) The Agri culture Department today pre dicted a "further slight decline" in farm production expenses in 1955 but said the cost-price "squeeze" on farmers will con tinue another year or longer. In a report prepared for the annual agriculture outlook con ference under way here, the de partment said that despite small decreases next year farm pro duction costs will be about three times as high as in 1950. Many farmers have been caught in a squeeze between falling farm prices and con tinued high production costs. The department reported recent ly that a "moderate" drop in farmers' cash return on market ings next year is likely. Dean of Forestry, ' ; At OSC Approved Portland (U.PJi The State Board of Higher Education to day approved the promotion of Dr. Walter F. McCullough, pro fessor of forest-management, to dean of the school of forestry at Oregon State college. . - Dr. McCulloch will assume of fice Jan. 1, 1955. He replaces Paul M. Dunn, whose resigna tion was accepted by t h e board. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS ! Medford and vicinity:' Fair with little chuift in temnerature Wednes day. Low tonight 26-28, high Wednes day 65. , western Oregon: Patches of morning foa. otherwise fair. Increasina high cloudiness in northern portion. Low tonight, 30-40, high Wednesday 33-65, Five-day forecast: Oct. 27 to 31 Western . Oregon Few showers northwest portion Wednesday or Wednesday night, otherwise generally fair with considerable night and morning fog. Conunued cool with temperatures average below normal. High of 55-11.1, low 28-38, except quite chilly Wednesday night. Total pre- clnitatflnn tfenernllv helow .10. Northern California No appreciable Firecipitatlop but occasional light rain n extreme north Thursday or Fri day. Temperature above normal, be coming near or below normal latter Eart of week, OCAL, DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 71; Lowest 33. Total monthly precipitation .51 in. Excess deficiency ior the month .93 inches. Total precipitation since September i, iuo., i,a incnes. excess aeiiciency for the season .35 inches. Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 22: 4:30 a.iu. today 83. TOMORROW Sunrise 6:3d a.m. Sunset 5:11 p.m. OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT 4:30 A.M, 120 MERIDIAN TIME .high low prec. unise .M. ou a Boston Chicago .......-....e? Denver ... .. M- 3R Eureka :.58 Grants Pass ... ........ 60 Havre ;. 41 Klamath Falls 52 Los Angeles 72 Medford 62 New York ...67 Omaha 6S Phoenix .72 45 4 28 43 25 25 26 51 27 54 37 43 33 18 26 35 39 30 28 52 24 .30 Portland H Reno Eugene ...... 68 J54 63 41 salt Lax. San Francisco .. .-.-..US Seattle 51 S,.ane 52 Washington. D. C. 75 Yakima ..60 Grants Pass Invites You To Hear OFFICIAL U. S. AIR FORCE BAND Direct from Washington, D.C. Grants Pass High School Auditorium THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28 Featuring of Radio entertainment fame Sponsored by Grants Past Kiwanis Club All Proceeds go to Child Welfare Fund TWO PERFORMANCES MATINEE-1:30 P. M. EVENING 8 P.M. General Admission .....75c . Reserved Area..' 1.50 Students 35c . General Admission 1.00 Be sure to come! Grants Pats Mayor Robti C. Martin has proclaimed Thursday, October 28 - "Air Force Band Day" 4 4 . ?S Si -1 i OPERATINQ dairy farm, B. W, Bchants, 20, Alburtis, PaV re-1 celves nation's top farm youth award, "Star Farmer of Amer ica" at Future Farmers of Ametlca convention In Kansas City, Mo. Award carried $1,000 check. . .International) Texan Claims Title As Oldest Bike Rider Yoakum, Tex. U.R) H. D. Meister claims he not only is the world's oldest Rotary club president but also Is ''one of the oldest bicycle riders I know of." The 84-year-old Meister recent ly was elected president of the Yoakum Rotary group for the second time. He first served as president in 1940-41, "Hank," as he is called by his friends, was owner-editor of the Yoakum Daily Times until his retirement in 1946. At one time he served as president of the South Texas Press association. Ho still attends conventions of the groups . ' ' He keeps In shape by riding a bicycle put together front parts of three discarded bicycles. He was a bike racer as a youth and competed against Barney Old- field and Sid Blackwere. He once made a 10-day trip of 900 miles around Lake Erie. . Former Child Actor Placed on Probation Santa Monica, Calif (U.R) Former child actor Scotty Beck ett, 24, has been fined $200 and placed on three years probation for carrying a switch-blade pen knife. Superior Judge Allan T. Lynch placed Beckett on proba tion and Imposed the fine yes terday, telling the ex-actor ho must not drink nor carry, any type weapon. . i Beckett was arrested last Feb. 25 in a West Los Angeles hotel which had been robbed. He de nied any connection with the robbery. About 53 per cent of Amerl can families own their homes, a higher ratio than ever before In U.S. history. c "The Singing Sergeants Tuesday, October 28. 1954 Ban Photographers ; AtSheppard Hearing: Cleveland U.R) Common Pleas Judge Edward BIythin to day ordered photographers out of the courtroom at all times "until the end of the trial" of Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard for murder of his wife. :; ' "I counted 15 newspaper and newsreel photographers in the courtroom when 1 came in this morning," defense attorney Wil liam Corrigan protested when the seventh day of the trial got underway. ' "Can you imagine what effect this has on these propesctive jurors?" ' BIythin, who previously had banned cameras only during actual court sessions, glanced at prosecution attorneys for pos sible objection, , then ordered cameramen out of the court until after the Jury has returned its verdict; " Museum Doors Open; In Afternoons Only The Jacksonville Museum will be onen to visitors from 1 p.m, to 5 p.m., weekdays and from noon to 5 p.m., on Sundays, ef fective Monday, Nov. 1, the Southern Oregon Historical so ciety has announced. The short ened visitation period is being adopted for the winter months, the society president, Miss Claire Hanley said, as an economy measure. Miss Hanley stated that it has been found that most visitors en ter the museum during the after noon In the slack season and that by opening the doors at 1 p.m., instead of at 10 a.m., as has been the custom, the work of catalogu ing exhibits, rearranging dis plays and other duties can be carried on with a smaller staff. FALSIES STREWN Los Angeles (U.R) A truck driver threw traffic in the down town area Into a mild pandemoni um Monday when part of his load of intimate objects fell from the truck into the street Horns tooted and motorists hooed as the red-faced driver scurried among stalled auto, frantically trying to retrieve a bouncing con signment of "falsles." " ; Synthetic fibers now account for' more than one but ot every five pounds of textiles used in the united States, setting a new high record. HEAR , RICHARD L. MERGER t . I ' I ttV I if m nxsr J tv- v Her"' r I 1 J gHnsm . & TOMORROW NIGHT ON 5 i -M T KMED 6:05 P.M. iMilQj KYJC 6:1 0 P.M. T Ntvvirf ir far umIm Cnn A 701 MMd ld., rnlM4 Lll M l B'C t tfcA MM If III MEDFORD (OREGOHi HAIL TRIBUNE EUSVXK, '4a4sL V i. y ' -1 DIDNT BARK Koko, the mongrel (tog that didn't baric on the morning Marilyn Shep pard was murdered, has a new home with two nurses of Cleveland's B?.y View Hospi tal. The prosecution claims the fact she didn't bark when Marilyn was murdered sup- puris uie state s case against Dr. Samuel Sheppard. Sniper's Pellets " Interrupt Concert Portland (U.R) An un known sniper brought the U.S. Air Force concert at the audit orium here last night to a temp orary halt when a metal pellet dented a trombone. Col. George S. Howard, di rector oi Dancts ana music lor the air force, interrupted the program to announce that the concert would end unless the pelleting ceased. He said the rhu- siclcians were "working under difficulties. The program was concluded without further In terruption. :..;,( U.S. farms T:onsume about one-twentieth of the motor fuel required annually. - Gates Open 6:30 P.M. POSITIVELY ENDS TQHIITE ATI! sT I M ilKAIlb aVBHI.mA. 1 3 ;4-ic-2v J I I I at y , STARTS TOMORROW A REALLY GREAT WESTERN iv nuii III a V LJNSVL mm- I I ., JLI - U.BlkB . -tsW M . 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