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A SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday. November 21, 1954 Revision in Medford Most To Be Unchanged The Medford water commis sion Saturday announced that rates for 23 per cent of the users cf the Medford water system nut 1. For 77 per cent, rates will mere are mree classes i customers whose water bills will be changed. They are: 1. Some 560 customers who live outside the city limits of Medford and not in any organ ized water district, but who buy Medford water. Their rates will be increased an average of 29.2 per cent. These customers com prise about 8 per cent of the total number of users in the water system. 2. About 75 "flat-rate" water customers" inside the city of Medford who have large or mul tiple connections. Their rates will be increased varying amounts, depending on the num ber and size of their connec tions. These customers comprise about 1 per cent of all users. 3. Some 970 commercial cus tomers inside Medford. Their rates will be decreased an aver age of about 16.82 per cent. They comprise about 14 per cent of 11 iieai1! Oli MOV, ? , V-, The new rates, "plus $33,600 in fire protection taxes approved earlier this year, will mean an increase in water commission income of about $49,500 annual ly, or about 15.7 per cent. In making the announcement, the commission pointed out that Medford's water rates have al ways been among the lowest In the Pacific Northwest, and will remain so. The increases have been made necessary by in creases in both costs of labor and supplies. This is the first water rate revision in many years, Complete details of how the rate revisions . were computed, after about a year and a half of study,' are available for in spection at the water commis sion office. The Commission be lieves that the revised rates rep resent a correction of inequities, and are fairer to all users than the former ones The Wagner Creek 4-H club met at the Wagner creek school Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m. President Don Sommer appointed com mittee chairmen, including edu cational committee, Dean Som mer, and entertainment com mittee. Melvin Bushnell. The group played games after the business meeting. ; -Daryl Zapell, Reporter. SHOP EARLY So We Say . Shop Now! GIFTS FOR EVERYONE :':::V4-V-. v At I WISE! I jJI SHCIAUSTS Iff HOJMflMtfSI. Ctnrral Point - Medford USE OUR CHRISTMAS LAY-AWAY PLAN Free Parking . 1 4 Free Delivery OPEN WEDNESDAY EVENINGS TILL 9 Jacksonville Man Receives Injuries In Auto Accident Earl R. Aue, 55, route 1, box 24, Jacksonville, was reported in "good" condition Saturday fol lowing a Friday night accident in which he was thrown through the windshield of a car after it left the road, according to hos pital attendants and the sheriffs office. j - Aue received multiple cuts on his neck and head, attendants at the Community hospital re ported. The driver of the vehicle, Mrs. Aue was treated, and re leased for minor injuries at the hospital. They were taken there by Medford ambulance service. Forced Off Road Sheriffs deputies stated that the Aue car left the highway about one mile west of Jackson ville but did not turn over. Aue told officers another unidenti fied vehicle forced them off the road. . In another accident about 2 p.m. Saturday, two vehicles were involved in a collision four miles north of Gold Hill on Highway 99, according to state police. Drivers ,were Ole Gene Ever son, Lopg Beach, Calif., and Wil bur Herbert Meyer, Grants Pass. Meyer was cited by police for passing with insufficient clear ance. The Everson car was pull ing a house trailer with some damage resulting to both car and trailer. Births COOK To Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam ' Jr., 613 North Holly St., Nov. 19, 1954, a girl, 1ZA pounds, at Community hospital. ROSE To Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Lee, 410 Hamilton st., Nov. 19, 1954, boy, VA ' pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. STRAUSZ To Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Jacob, Prospect, Nov. 19, 1954, boy, AM pounds, at Sac red Heart hospital. GRIFFITH To Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ray, Eagle Point, Nov. 20, 1954, girl, 8 1-3 pounds, at Sac red Heart hospital. BOHLr To Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Edwin, Central Point, Nov. 20, 1954, . girl, 8V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. . At VA Hospital M. A. Beneka of Medford is a patient at the Veterans Administration hos pital at Portland. He is custodian of the Jackson county court- uuiue. , Dead line ' Sunday classified b at noon Saturday : 10 ajn. Monday for Monday: outer daya 5:30 orevtom day. Loca l and Pe rsona I In Hospital Mrs. Ida Louise I Burdahl, 5 East Third st, is re ported to be convalescing satis-1 factorily at Community hospital where she was taken Nov. 15 for medical care. -. -.- r j ' ' ' ; Superintendents Meet The Jackson County School superin tendent's association will meet Monday at 1 p.m. in the YMCA building, according to officials. Continued study of school legis lation will be held. Returned Gerald D. Orndoff, a Navy teleman seaman, whose home is at 1317 South Peach st., was scheduled to return to this country Nov. 19 on the attack aircraft carrier tJSS Philippine sea. The ship has been on an eight-month cruise in the Far East, according to a Navy re lease. Hit and Run An unidentified driver and vehicle, struck a parked 1952 sedan 'owned by Max Alfred Kulbe,1l20 Genes see st., on North Front st. be tween Sixth and Main sts. Fri day night, according to city po lice records. The left front fen der of the parked car was dam aged, police said. Basic Training Marvin Ed win Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gwen J. . Peterson, 310 West Jackson st., enlisted in the quartermaster corps of the Army Nov. 15 at Portland, ac cording to Warren"M. Long, the station commander of the re cruiting offices here. Private Peterson will attend basic train ing at Ft. Ord, Calif., during the next eight weeks, prior to at tending the school. He formerly attended Medford High school. With Company Donald J. Robertson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ragnwald : Robertson, Prospect, is now serving with the 705th engineer field maintenance com pany at Ft. Lewis, Wash. He is a second lieutenant and entered the Army in June. He last served at Ft. Belvoir, Va. He is a 1954 Oregon State college graduate and his wife lives at Olympia, Wash., according to an Army news release. . In Roseburg Hospital Mrs. Edward C. Abbey, secretary of the state ' Patriarchs Militant auxiliary, a branch of the Odd Fellows lodge, is at the Rose burg Community hospital as the result of a recent automobile ac cident, auxiliary members here reported. It is expected that sne may be confined to the hos pital lor two or. three months Her husband was also in the ae cident has been released from the same hospital.- - Enlists Donald SaVVnrsvHi. 115 Floreitce ave.. enlisted Nov. 18, in the Naw and now is in San Diego for recruit training, it was announced Saturday by D. C. King, Navy recruiter here. Trailer Court Ferdinand and Myrtle I. Streitz have assumed the business name of Stokes Trailer court, 611 South. River side ave., according to records in the county clerk's office. Accident-Jesse Porter Todd, 603 North Fir st, was Cited by city police Thursday for failure to yield the right of way follow ing an accident on Eighth st. between Front st and Central ave. Driver of the other car was George Albert Sharp, route 2, box 244, police said. , ' Student Pledges -Howard Morris, a Medford student at Linfield college, McMinnville, has pledged Theta Chi fraternity on that campus, according to a news item from the college. Theta Chi is Linfield's first national greek letter fraternity, and has been on the campus smce 1849. Building Medford building permits have been issued to D. L. Pickell, 162 Oregon ave., $9,- 000, to erect a residence; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Eslinger, 110 Willamette ave., ' ' $3,000, addi tion to residence; Jackson coun ty, courthouse annex, $12,000, install heating units, and R. E. Marsh, 317 Windsor ave., $12,000 erect a residence. Completes Course Marine Pfc. Charles M. Riggs, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Riggs,' 724 Alder st., has recently completed a small arms course at the 8th Army ordnance school at Seoul, Korea. Riggs, a small-arms re pairman with . the 1st Marine division, arrived overseas in August from an assignment at Camp Pendleton, Calif. He en tered the Marine corps in Feb ruary, according to a Marine corps release. Obituaries HERE'S A mm A era b FOR THE What a wonderful treat for YOUR .Thanksgiving family dinner or party ". smooth, creamy Jorgensen's ICE CREAM BRICKS "with traditional turkey centers! It's try ly a happy ending for a delicious .Thanksgiving Dinner a grand climax ' for your holiday party a wonderful sur- prise for, "drop in" guests.: You can't possibly find anything so good easy to serve! md so Keep your refrigerator stocked with tempting Jorgensen's TURKEY CENTER ICE CREAM BRICKS throughout the Thanksgiving Season! ASK FOR AND SERVE JORGENSEN'S TURKEY CENTER ICE CREAM THOMAS SHOLLENBURG Services for Thomas Shollen- burg, 69 who died Thursday, will be held in the Conger Morris Chapel Monday at 10 a.m. In terment will be ' in Siskiyou Memorial park. WALTER GRIM Services for Walter C. Grim, 57, who died Friday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Monday at I p.m., with the Rev. Raymond Balcomb, of ,:ithe Methodist church, officiating. : interment will be .in Siskiyou Memorial park. 7 Mr. Grim was born Dec. 26, 1896, at Phillips, Neb. He served in the Army during World. War I as a Private, 27th Art. . Cac. He had been a resident of this community for 30 years. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Laura Gillette, Medford; a daughter, Mrs. Verna Rutter, Roseburg; a sister, Lois Grim, Medford; three brothers: John H,. Medford; Lowell S., Klam ath Falls; and Chester E., Port land; and two grandchildren. HELEN COMBS Services for Mrs. Helen- B. Combs, 78, who died Thursday, will be read by a Christian Scientist in Conger-Morris chapel Monday at 2:30 p.m. Interment will be in Mountain View ceme tery, Ashland. The deceased was born Feb. 23, 1876, in Neosha Falls, Kan., and came to Ashland at the age of 15. She was the daughter of the late Basil and 'Mary Rose. On Jan. 3, 1907, in Oakland, Calif., she was married to Frede rick W. Combs, who survives. She moved to Wagner Creek in 1911, and lived there until 1944, when she moved to Medford. A daughter, Bernice, preceded her in death in 1936. Survivors besides her husband Include two sons, Howard W., Talent, Ore.; and Everett L., Medford; a daughter, Mrs. Helen E. Hamilton, Medford; five brothers, Leslie Rose, Seattle, Wash.; Charles Rose, Monterey, Calif.; Philip Rose, Arcadia, Calif .r Karl Rose,' San Jose, Calif.; ! and George Rose, Ash land, Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Aikins, Ashland; and Miss Jessie Rose; Los Gatos, Calif.; 11 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. . Christmas Seals Set Be Mailed Christmas Seals for residents f of Jackson county will be in the mail Monday, Mrs. J M.' O. Graves, chairman of the Christ mas Seal sale of the Jackson County Public ' Health associa tion, has announced. People of this area can pride themselves on the progress made in TB control through their sup port of the health ' association and . county health' department, Mrs. Groves said. However, tu berculosis is still a long way from defeat, she added. Most of the proceeds of . .this year's seal sale :74 per cent will finance the recently-announced permanent chest x-ray centers for the county's two lar gest hospitals,, and for other local health work, she' said. Chest x-rays of all patients at Community hospital will begin within a few days. Sacred Heart hospital will be equipped with a permanent chest x-ray center about the first, of the year. Monday CHARLES ROBESON Services for Charles A. Robe son, 80, who died Friday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel ruesdav at 11:30 a.m.. with Maurice TisdeL of the West Main Church of Christ officiating, in terment will be in Siskiyou Me morial park. " The deceased was born July IS. 1874. in Chicago, HI. On Mav 27. 1939. in Lander. Wyo.. he was married to Gertrude F. Elliott, who survives. Other survivors include two sons, Kenneth, Long Beacn, Calif.; and Nathan, Wisconsin; and four brothers. William. An- tioch, Calif.; John, Emmett, Ida.; Arthur. Spokane, Wash.; and Elmer, Lander, Wyo. . - CABD OF THANKS : May we take this method of thank- in nur neighbors and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy in our bereavement. These expres sions have been deeply - appreciated.: Former Resident Dies in California Donald Boyd, 19, former Med ford resident, died yesterday in Modesto, Calif., 'according to in formation received here by friends. The youth, a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Boyd, died follow ing a long illness caused by an internal infection, it was said. The Boyds, who left here about eight years ago, are now living at Rt. 5, Box 716, Rose more ave., ; Modestof The elder Boyd was for several years man ager of the Groceteria store at the corner of Sixth and Central ave. before moving to California. WANTS BIGGER TYPE. . Hollywood (U.PJ Actor Sterl ing Hayden had a $250,000 dam age suit on file in Superior Court Saturday, charging producers and distributors - failed, to give him equal billing with Frank Sinatra in the picture "Sudden ly." Hayden said he was prom ised equal billing with Sinatra. Beside ; routine x-ray of all hospitalv admittances, (which have been found to discover much more TB than mass x-ray programs of the past) the per manent centers will provide op portunity for all persons oi tne county to be x-rayed on special out-patient days. That phase of the program is. scheduled to be gin at Community Dec. 1. NIXON ON VACATION Washington -4U.R) Vice-President Richard M. Dixon left Fri day night to begin a vacation in Nassau. His office said he would return to the capital In time to preside during any Senate vote on the McCarthy censure ques tion. .? , - - TYPEWRITERS ADDING MACHINES Repaired MEDFORD OFFICE EQUIPMENT COMPANY 41 S. 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