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
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Klamath Falls
Los Angeles
Medford
New York
Omaha
Phoenix K
Portland
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Eugene
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Salt Lake -San
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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press agents experienced a little
difficulty today .t trying to deliv
er a present ,that arrived from
New Mexico. a balky midget
Mexican burro. ,
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