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TEX MEDFORD (OREGON) MJLII. THIBUNE Jerusalem's YMCA Is Focal Point of Protestant Rites Jerusalem (U.R) The focal point of Protestant Yuletide cele brations in the Israeli New City of Jerusalem is the YMCA's an nual united choral service on 'Robber' Talked Out of Notion Portland (U.R A man about 30-years-old entered a hardware store here last night. He had both hands, in his pock ets and stood around for several minutes. Finally he asked Elmer E. Silf berg, 64, owner, if Silfberg knew why he was in the store. The proprietor said he 1 had' a good idea. The man told Silfberg it was a holdup; that he had to take care of the; needs of a wife and five children. Silfberg told de tectives he pointed out to the man that such a crime would only lead to jail. A woman customer entered the store about that time and the man said, "well, you changed my mind. You can call the cops now." CilfKavf 4Tia man n n Tim o had been committed and he was not going to call the police. Then man then pulled his hands from his pockets. The pockets went flat, indicating there was no weapon. He grasp ed Silfberg's hand in a friendly shake, sighed deeply and then left the store. - Neighborhood Carol Party, Ride, Planned An "old fashioned hayride" and Christmas carol -gathering for all grade school children., in the neighborhood of White Oak and Black Oak drives and East Main st. will start at 6:30 o'clock this evening at 139 White Oak drive. ; Those who plan to make - the caroling tour should be at the vacant lot next to Bob Shott's house at the White Oak dr. ad-, dress, w.here there will be a bon fire. The truck will return to the bonfire at 8 p.m., for a final carol. Food, soft drinks and cof fee will be served for the chil dren and their parents. Todd Tibbutt will lead the singing and an accordion player The truck will be decorated with large printed cards bearing words to the carols which will be sung. Pope Receives Blood; Takes Walk in Garden Vatican City" tf.R) Pope Pius XII received a blood trans fusion today and took another walk in the Vatican gardens. The Pope has insisted on work ing despite his illness, and was reported tired. - Vatican sources said the Pope had a restless night but a press office announcement and one of his doctors disagreed. "The holy Father has spent a fairly tranquil night," the press office said. - The Pope left his apartment for an outing in the garden which lasted 25 minutes alto gether. It was his fifth straight day of going outdoors. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Valley tog to Bight and Thursday until noon. Other wise fair through Thursday. Little temperature cnange. Low tomgnt ; 28. Hieh Thursday 48. Western Oregon; Mostly cloudy to night. Considerable fog tonight and Thursday. Little temperature change. . Low tonight 30-40. High Thursday 42-52. LOCAL DATA Temperature a year ago today: Highest 42: Lowest 31. Deficiency for the month JSO inch. Total precipitation since September 1, 1954. 3.72 inches. . . Deficiency for the season 3.70 inches. . Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 57: 4:30 a.m. today sa'-b. - Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M., 130 Meridian Time Hieh Low Prec. Boise Boston .. 1 1 Chicago Denver Eureka Grants Pass 31 12 . 40 - 31 57 56 45 57 44 49 - 51 45 - 31 69 ..40 43 50 36 49 ; 49 39 39 23 25 44 , 31 47 21 53 28 20 38 37 18 44 18 40 41 . 27 19 26 .33 Havre Klamath Falls Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha Phoenix K Portland Reno .02 Eugene J02 Salt Lake -San Francisco Seattle ; 27 Spokane X Washington. Yakima D.C. 30 27 Tomorrow Sunrise 7:38 ajn. Sunset 4.43 pjn. On A Rental-Sales Plan You may rent a new Baldwin or Wurlitzer Piano or a ' Hammond Chord or Spinet Organ for as long as six months and have the rental apply on the purchase of -the instrument if you so desire. PURUCKER PIANO HOUSE Christmas Eve. ' The speaker at this service will.be the Rev. G. N. Hall, pas tor of the Anglican Church of St. Andrews which stands opposite Mt. Zion and the walls of Jeru salem s walled Old City in Jor dan. The service, held in the aud itorium of the "Y" will be pre sided over by its director, J. Les lie Putnam of Milwaukee, Wis. Between four and five hundred persons are expected to attend. The grounds before th white stone building erected, in 1D33 nave been lestooned with holi day decorations fluttering down from the 100-foot tower. Flood lights illuminate the entire area 'at night. The tower can be seen for miles around, and its chimes on Christmas will carry the messages of the - birth of the Prince of Peace to villages be yond Bethany o the east. Each of the city's Protestant ministers takes a leadinz nart in the service A Baptist minister, Dr. Robert Elndsey of Norman, Okla4 leads -the choral singing. Christmas Trees The Rev. J. W. Foster of the Assembly of God Church, a British denomination, ana the Anglican Church's Canon H.R.A. Jones will read from the Scrip tures along with the Rev. M. G. Griebenow, Minnesota pastor of the American Church sponsored by the Christian and Missionary Alliance. There will be eight Scripture readings in all, alter nating with carol sinains. In ad dition to the Scripture readings in English, for the first time, passages from the Holy Writ will De read in Hebrew and Arabic. Inside the YMCA building are three Christmas trees.. The audi torium has chandeliers with shades cut out so that when the lights are on, silhouettes of the symbols-, of Christian. Jewish and Moslem' denominations are thrown on the walls. The trees were decorated bv the 50 rjerma- nent residents of the "Y." The Protestant churches have no organized pilgrimage to Beth lehem as does the Roman Catho lic Church for Christmas. A num ber of Protestants have gone as individuals mostly - visitors and members of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization. Children s Party : .- Each of the Protestant Churches will conduct its own service Christmas mornine. A Baptist conference for the spir itual uplifting of Israelii mem bers of the church will be held in Dr. Lindsey's church the week ending with Christmas. About 60 persons will make the pilgrim age, to the Holy City from other parts of the country. On Christmas Day; the YMCA is conducting a narty for about 400 children, with gifts to be distributed by Santa Claus. Catholics unable to make the pilgrimage to Bethlehem will at tend mass at the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. .After sunset Dec. 24 and throughout the. morning of Christmas Day, the old tradition al road followed by the Three wise Men from Jerusalem to Bethlehem will be open for United Nations officials and for eign diplomats- and consular of ficials. This road starts in Israel territory and enters Jordan near the Tomb of Rachel Jacob's wife in the Scriptures. Except for Christmas, it is closed by barb wire barriers and tank traps and guarded by Israeli troops and soldiers of the Jor danian Arab Legion a sign of the times in the Holy Land. Births TUNGATE To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, 203 Laurel st., Dec. 21, 1954, a boy, weight 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. "McNEMAR To Mr. and Mrs. Oliver, 405 Earhart st., Dec. 21; 1954, a boy, weight 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospitals ROBERTSON To , Mr. and Mrs. George, 868 Gilman rd., Dec. 21, 1954, a boy, weight 10 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. HACHENBERG To Mr. and Mrs. Joe, 1020 West 12th st., Dec. 22, 1954, a boy, weight 5 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. - : BARRETT To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry, P.O. Box 762, Central Point, Dec. 22, 1954, a boy, weight 8Y4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. ' . WHITE To Mr, and Mrs. Car roll, Central Point, Dec. 21, 1954, a girl, 64 pounds, at Com munity hospital. i STEVENS To Mr. and ' Mrs. Jim, 522 South Holly st., Dec. 21, , 1954, a boy, 1V pounds, at Community hospital. RENT A New PIANO or ORGAN : -.'-'" - . Wednesday, December 221954 Three Reckless Drivers Fined in District Court Drivers in three reckless driv ing cases were fined in, district court yesterday,, after pleading guilty, according to court rec ords. The drivers, and their fines, included Ralph Marion Guches, 22, Applegate, $30 and $5 costs, involving a violation on Dec. 4; Joy M. Shuler, 20, Yreka, Calif., $25 and $5 costs, violation Dec. 18, for running a red light and passing on the right side; and Ray , Seward Moore,' 60, Camp White, $25 and $5 costs, for trav eling north in, a southbound lane and " forcing five cars off the road near Camp White on High way 62 on Dec. 18, according to records. 2 Criminal Charges Reduced by Court Criminal charges in two sep arate cases were reduced this week at hearings in district court,." according to records. Two Trail youths, ; Wayne Cooper, 18, and a 17-year-old, were charged with petty lar ceny, instead of burglary not in a dwelling, of the Shady Cove Variety store on Dec. 5. Both re ceived six month's suspended sentences. Wendel Franklin Holder, 18, Box 23, Shady Cove, was also charged with the two on the store burglary, which in volved theft of whisky. A charge of grand larceny against Ronald Arthur Nelson, 20, Butte Falls Star route, Box 49A, was reduced to petty lar ceny. He was given . a three month's suspended sentence, pending good behavior. ' The charge involved theft of batter ies from' Medford Irrigation dis trict on Nov. 26. Two teenagers, 16 and 17 years, were also in volved in the theft and were turned over to the county juv enile court. Charges in both cases were re duced on motion of the district attorney. Ruth Gilbert Wins : Return To Program New York OJ.R) Ruth Gil bert, fired from the Milton Berle television show when her pregnancy became apparent in November, ' will , return to the program after she has her baby in February. Under terms of an agreement signed yesterday, Miss, Gilbert, in private life the wife of bus iness executive Emanuel Fein berg, will resume playing Berle's lovesick secretary "Max" one month after the baby is born. . - , ., She will receive her bid con tract rate of $1800 a week. , Miss Gilbert, was retired from the program in , November against her wishes. " RUN OUT OF NAMES Spokane, Wash. U.R) Mr. and Mrs. Ray B.t Barnes, Spo kane, were having trouble today selecting names for; their new born twins. Mrs. Barnes, 36, said "we've about run out of names" for their 17th and 18th children. BROIL KING I teneck"red',S JfSi. V ?- ', C Reg. 23.95 ' green. 5.95 498 Wl&? 43sSSvrY V ' . S.,ce. Sex jMf -OBI, 135 - AA. IVSk STILL A NICE SELECTION OF QUALITY . TWlli 2? z JPlP T0YS m i tffS3n ry INCLUDING , twMrU J . )JmyWJ ' Sffr D6 CATERPILLAR v- X XlV VSl , 1 og 2 jgih WK BULLDOZER Genuine l A49VAy M ft I : I S Jlfatf&?r . GENUINE HYDRAULIC 99 XrfoS wOlliH L F i . I Vfe DYNA-DUMP TRUCK.... It - OWlIf : S yX S-v PLENTY FREE PARKING -O w 3&V C . TILL 9 P.M." ; r WM Three Pri! Begin Sentences Three prisoners from Jackson county were taken north to Sa lem and Portland today by Sher iff Howard Gault. They were Samuel Gene Bell, 22, of 1001 Tolman Creek rd., Ashland; Raymond Briggs Cole man, 21, Doris, Calif., and a 17-year-old Medford boy. ' Bell was sentenced to three years in the Oregon state peni tentiary on a revocation of court probation. The -revocation was based on a knife attack on Bell's former wife in. Ashland on Nov. 29. T3riggs, who was" charged with possession of a weapon capable of being concealed, will serve one year in the state peniten tiary. The 17-year-old will be return ed to Rocky Butte county jail at Portland to serve out the bal ance of a six month's jail sen tence on a petty larceny charge. About four months - remain of the sentence, the sheriff's office said. The youth had been tem porarily released. due to death in the family. During his release, he was charged with reckless driving and possession, of intoxi cating liquor by local authori ties. Six Face Charges On White Slave Act Seattle (U.R) Charges were filed against "six men in U.S. District Court here yester day,' accusing them of conspir ing to violate white-slave traffic laws. It is the biggest case of its kind to be filed in. Seattle in many years. The 46-count secret indictment was made public by Federal Judge -John C. Bowen. . The men composed the largest ring of suspected white-slave op erators known in "this area, U.S. Attorney Charles P. Moriarty said. He said they have operated in Washington, Oregon, Califor nia and Idaho. . The indictment charged the six men with transporting 17 women across state lines for im moral purposes. - ' Named in the indictment were Richard Allen Lafferty 31; Rob ert Roy Varl Bavel, 36; and Don ald Ramond Adnerson, 35, -all of whom have been arrested. Three others, James M. Cunningham, Ernest W. Roberts and Eugene F. Benson are still at large. Decision Awaited On Bus Application Portland (U.R) A two-day hearing into the application by Intercity Buses to operate be tween Portland, Oswego and Oregon City ended yesterday afternoon. Public Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel is to decide on . the application. . ; Opposition to the Intercity proposal was voiced by repre sentatives of the Oaks. Amuse ment Park, the Streetcarmen's union and supporters of Arden wald Stages, Inc., which operates in part of the territory to be served by the larger .Intercity company. y ' The proposal was supported by the city of Oswego and the Motor Coach Employees' union. hvv d Jfli 3-sS2saa gszKm tabs Ducks Halt Traffic Portland (U.R) Large flocks of ducks hampered traf fic at Portland International air port yesterday when the wild fowl settled on ponds of water created by excavations for air port expansion. Airport officials said the roar of planes brightened swarms of ducks into the air "where they got in the way of incoming aircraft. Sheriff's officers were sum moned to place flares and noise makers around the water to en courage the ducks . to migrate elsewhere. ; Auto Wreck Victims May Not Walk Again Portland (U.R) Mr. and Mrs. Curley Massey, Portland couple whose car . plunged off the Northwest Thurman street viaduct last Thursday, may nev er walk again, their physicians said today. The Massey car skidded on slick pavement while Massey was driving His wife to work before going on to his own job. Their car dropped 58 feet off the viaduct and landed right side up in Macleay park below. As a result of their injuries, Mas sey will lose the use of both legs and his wife may recover partial use of only her right leg. Massey returned to work full time at a Portland machine com pany on Dec. 2, just two days too late to benefit from the firm's hospitalization plan. Deadline Extended On Railroad Dispute Washington U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today extend ed to Feb. 1 the deadline for a special emergency board to re port on a wage dispute between the Order of Railway Conduc tors and Brakemen and most of the nation's railroads. The board was set up Nov. 23 and its report would have been due Dec. 22 except for the ex tension which was requested by both parties in the dispute.' The board, headed by Edward Mi Sharpe, chief justice of the Michigan Supreme court, has been conducting negotiations in' Chicago and will resume after a recess for the Christmas holi days. ; :" i;"". ' Award Presented To Green Guard Salem U.R) Ralph Malloy, a member of Albert Weisendan ger's corp of Oregon green guards, today received a service under - fire - award for his alert ness in spotting( and reporting a lightning fire last September. Ralph, who lives" at Butte Falls, found a fire in a tree and reported it to district . warden Ted Maul of Medford, who dis patched crews to the scene and had the blaze out before it could spread to valuable timber. The young Green guard re ported the smoke before any of the lookouts in the area had de tected fire. In addition to the award, the Keep Oregon Green association also presented Ralph with a keep' green knife and badge. .' ' ,' -, Former Medford ; Minister Passes Funeral services will be held Thursday, Dec. 23, at 2 p.m. at Foster, Ore., for the Rev. C. H. Fredenburg, Th.D.; who died Monday at Caldwell, Ida. Inter ment will be in the Brownville cemetery near Foster. - . . : i He was a former Medford resident and pastor of the Wag ner Creek Baptist church at Tal ent. Survivors here include sev eral nieces and nephews. . He was born Apr. 17, 1866 at Walla Walla, Wash., and was the -son of Andrew Jackson Fredenburg and Susannah Pertle Fredenburg, natives of Kentucky who crossed the plains by cov ered wagon and settled first in Marion county, Oregon. - Later they moved to Harrisburg in Linn county and then to ; Med ford where they lived ; until their deaths. The old Freden burg brick home still stands at the corner of 10th and Holly sts. ; ' . - The Rev. Mr. Fredenburg studied early in life for ministry in the Baptist church. He was never married. PRESENT BALKY " .. Anaheim, Calif. U.R) Ex press agents experienced a little difficulty today .t trying to deliv er a present ,that arrived from New Mexico. a balky midget Mexican burro. , and fast mixing Shrtr. p Cocktail :- with mhed SHRIMP 4HRIM" NO PEELING NO . 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