HOLDING POM POM of Penn State's colors, little Peggy meeta
her hero, James Garrity, State end, as East Shrine team visits
Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children, San Francisco. Peggy
Is one of hundreds who will benefit by annual East-West Shrine
game to be played New Year's Day. (International)
A Nichol's Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Fetur Writer
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"Washington U.R) Next to
Christmas church service, carols,
and something for the kids, the
grub board at
yuletide is
most import
ant. And a few
flowers around
the house also
might help.
The oldest
authority- on
the. flower
busines here
abouts is the
former .mayor
Harman :cnoi 0f "H street
Zachariah Deminien Blackstone,
- aged 82, has been putting flow
ers in pretty bundles for more
than 60 years. .
His specialty always has been
the poinsettia.
i "In the old days, we sold them
for $1.50 a big bundle, and the
night before Christmas for a lot
less." the' old man told me. "To
day, we get $4 for a small pot
ful." Bubs His Hands
When I called on Blackstone
he had on a blue half-apron and
had his wrinkled little hands in
a pot-iWhich.was for,sale.iv;
"We were not . producers in
the old days," he said, rubbing
the good earth off his hands.
"We were growers. If we had
500 plants in the hothouse, we
considered we were coming up
to a good season. Today, a grow
er who doesn't have a few
thousand plants laying around
some, place where he can get at
em ain't a big operator."
' The way Blackstone looks at
it, poinsettias don t grow much
any more, they are manufactur-
. -
Court Records
POLICE COURT
Richard E. Morton, violation of basic
Tiilp. S15.
. Clara Isabel McKee, failure to yield
right ol way to pedestrian, siu.
Gary Marvin; Stevens, failure to
vie Id rieht of way. S10.
Roberta Gayle Furlott. illegal left
turn. $5.
Janet Lorraine Stallsworth. no op
erator's license. 95. failure to yield
Tight of way. $10.
Iness Elizabeth Hanilin. violation of
basic rule. S10.
Virginia ;Mary Fry, violation of
basic rule. sio.
Glenn Nathaniel McCullough, fail'
tire to stOD at stOD sign. So.
Arden Mortimer Tyrerell. failure to
yield rignt ox way to oncoming trax
fic. $10.
Mrs. L. D. Inskeep, expired license
tabs. $5.
Glover 3. PeSdleton, expired license
tabs, $5.
Dorothy Tuttle. failure to stop at
red light. 85. r
. Dennis James Whitcher. violation
of basic rule; following too close.. $10.
Delia E. ' Milhoan, failure to stop
at stop sign. $5.
Kenneth C. Kerry, expired license
tabs. $5.
John Jackson Kime. violation of
basic rule. $10.
John M. McCabe, expired license
tabs, $5. .. .
Joseph Uichclas Murrell. failure to
top at red light. $5.
Eugene Duwayne Gosson. violation
Of basic rule. $10.
. William Milton Houston, expired li
cense tabs. $5.
Arleta Ellen Lowe, violation of
basic rule. $10.
- Arthur Alvin Guches. failure to
top at railroad stop sign. $3.
Harmon G. Isaacs, unlicensed driver
operating motor. vehicle with permit
with no licensed operator in car, $5.
Eunice Marv Page, failure to stop
at red light, $5 bail.
DISTRICT COURT "
- Donald G. Skinner, failure to stop
at stop sign. $19.
- Joe D. Humphrey, violation of basic
rule. $20. . , . M . , ,
Floyd T. Jenkins, failure to signal.
Bennie D. Kehney. violation of
basic rule. $20. . .
: Brian C. Watson, failure to stop at
atop sign, $10.
Gilbert E. Brown, no PUC permit,
$20.
-Edward L. Jansen. passing with in
sufficient vision, $15.
Donald R. Lue. passing with Insuf
ficient vision. $10.
CIRCUIT COURT -
Patricia Jean Johnson vs. Walter
Robert Johnson, divorce decree. -
', Calvin Lane Dusenberry vs. Ada L.
Dusenberry, divorce decree.
: Leona Peters vs. Billy Peters, di
vorce decree. . . ,
Mary Agnes Kirkpatrick vs.- John
William Kennedy alias Hillis- John
Kirkpatrick. ' ...
Wilene Ann Andrews vs. Kenneth
G. Andrews, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS "
Eugene Wayne Eccleston. 19. Shady
Cove, and Peggy Elaine Carries, 18,
of Box 768, Eagle Point. .
Sidney F. Gay. 60. of route 1, box
117. Talent, and Susie G. Martens,
56. of 517. Lowa St.. Ashland, r
5 Dead Une Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday; 10 . ajn. Monday for
ed. Like toothpicks or atom
bombs.
Everything, the old-timer said,
is on a time table. He and the
other florists send buyers to the
West coast early to buy stalk
plants.
Modern Nonsense
' "It's time table stuff," he said
"The cuttings are brought along
1Xf- that ' Vno etc? . 4 V"ii rrV
temperature, tender care, and
other nonsense we never used
to think about over half a cen
tury ago. It is something like
an assembly line. One plant
needs a vitamin, so he gets one.
Another is a little too far along
so he gets a sedative."
So far as table decorations are
concerned, Blackstone thinks
that anything is all right so long
as the things smell and act like
flowers.
The old man would like to
borrow something from the. an
cient New Year Scandinavian
lore. That of the seven caridles
burning within a ring of ever
greens on the festive board. He
thinks that would be good for
Christmas, too.
CENTURY FUND -'
Dallas, Tex. (U.P.) : The
city of Dallas stands to benefit
every century from the will of
the late Hale Davis. It provides
that a $50,000 fund shall be in
vested at 100-year intervals. Ev
ery 100 years the fund will be
split, with half going to the city
for municipal purposes and the
remainder to be reinvested.
C of C BrocKure Describes
Advantages of This Area
As Wholesale, Trade Center
Wednesday, December, 22, 2954
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN
A four-page brochure, de
scribing Medf ord's advantages as
a distribution center for ware
housing and distribution comp
anies, was published this week
by the Jackson County Chamb
er of Commerce.
Some .10,000 copies are being
printed and distributed to a se
lected mailing list of firms. Each
chamber member will receive
one.
Trading Center -
The publication points out
that Medford is the trade center
for a ten-county area in south-
Freakish Weather
Greets First Day
Of Winter in U. S.
By UNITED PRESS
Old Man Winter made his of
fical arrival in the nation today
and brought along some sur
prises.
In Wyoming and Montana,
where residents are often dig
ging out of snow storms at this
time of year, the temperatures
were higher than they were in
most of Florida.
Women in Miami put on fur
jackets to do their Christmas
shopping. But at mile-high Den
ver the weather .was so mild
shoppers were going around in
jackets.
Cold in New York
New York City, where the
weather generally isn't too se
vere, was one of the chilliest
places in the. nation. The" tem
perature was expected to go to
10 or five degrees above zero
today.
New England, however, main'
tained its wintry traditions with
a snow storm that cancelled air
traffic at Boston and piled up to
16 inches of snow at Ports
mouth, N.H.
In Europe, winter opened with
hurricane winds and floods in
the north and snow, rain and
blinding fog in the south. Eight
deaths were blamed on the
weather. .Meanwhile a Mexican
cold wave accounted for 17
deaths.
Year's Shortest Day
Winter began officially at 1:25
a.m. (PST). At that momeitt the
sun reached the most southerly
point of its sweep south of the
equator between the east coast
of Africa and the southern part
of the island of Madagascar.
It. was the shortest day of the
year and the sun's warming rays
slanted across --the- northern
hemisphere at their flattest an
gle. Actually, however, the sun
was 3,000,000 miles closer to the
earth than it is in summer.
Despite the freakish ' weather
on winter's first day, the U.S.
Weather Bureau hazarded" a pre
diction that most of the north
east quarter of the nation will
have a white Christmas.
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ern Oregon and northern Calif'
ornia with a total effective buy'
iru? income of $493,809,000 an
nually. The primary area, Jack
son and Josephme counties, has
a population of some 85,000 with
buying income of $146,923,000
and retail sales of $124,327,000
the pamphlet shows.
The secondary area, including
the two primary counties . and
also Klamath, Curry, Siskiyou
and Del Norte counties, has a
population of 172,000, of which
60 per cent is served by whole
salers and distributors in Med
ford. Effective buying income
totals $298,249,000, with retail
sales of $238,073,000.
285.000 Population
The total area, including the
above counties plus Coos, Doug
las, Lake and Modoc counties,
has. a total population of 285,
000, of which 43 per cent is ser
viced by Medford firms. "
The brochure also points to
the rate of growth within jthe
area, which in the 10-year per
iod between 1940 and 1950 in
creased 46 .per cent in popula
tion. Another criterion of
growth, electric customer ser
vice, increased 105 per cent be
tween 1944 and 1954, it shows.
Electric power, pure water,
high-quality labor, good climate
and adequate transportation ser
vices were also cited as reasons
why Medford is a good Site for
such companies.
Victim of Beating '
Said Slowly Improving
Portland U.R) Richard
Lightle, 5, victim of a beating
last month is making "very slow
improvement" at Good Samari
tan hospital here, attendants
said todayi The boy has been in
the hospital since Nov. 15.
Horace Crowley, 21, the boy's
stepfather, is in custody at Ore
gon City under $5000 bond
charged with intent to kill. He
gained a change of venue from
Yamhill county and was trans
ferred to . Clackamas county
Saturday. "
DECORATION CONTEST
Sturbridge, Mass. (U.R) -This
Berkshire community aims
to be one of the brightest and
best-lit towns in the nation come
Christmas. A local organization
is conducting a contest with
cash' awards for the most elabor
ate, original and attractive Yule
home decorations.
Sutherlin, Ore: (U.R) Hugh
Copeland, 42, Oakland, Ore.,
father of seven children, was
killed in ah accident east of here
yesterday when crushed by a
log. . ...
Voice From Mail Bag
Startles Airway Crew
Santa Barbara, Calif. (U.R)
Southwest Airlines em
ployees were startled Tuesday
when a voice suddenly start
ed calling "all aboard for San
Francisco", from" a mail bag
they were loading aboard a
plane.
' Postal authorities discover
ed the voice came from a
Christmas ' package contain
ing a toy radio unit used, in
electric trains. ; '
15 N. CENTRAL PH. 2-2970
Bring Your
Hudson Home
FOR SERVICE
Medford
Hudson, Inc.
NEW HUDSON DEALER
FRONT & JACKSON
Phone 2-6281
T
To Make 'em PAY
YOU HAVE TO
Make 'em LAY"
DON'T IBT YOUR LAYERS' EGG
PRODUCTION SLUMP THIS WINTER
Help keep your flock ot its production peak
with Triongle X-TRA EGG Producer. This famous
formula feed has the exact balance of minerals;
vitamins, proteins and all of the other essential
factors to keep egg production up-even during
the coldest months. Order now and stop that
slump -before tt starts.
y- . - mm?
F. E. SAMSON CO., INC.
4th & Front-Medford-Phone 2-5295
603-685 If. Tillamook
Portland 13, Oregon
To Everyone in the Rogue
a Very..
;..g'-.tfW,a8Sf:-4i
vflF ana
iHr:;.'- ;,,:T'C.
HARRY REAMS
Sales Manager
BE SAFE.. BE SURE
WITH AN
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USED CAR
1. Thoroughly Inspected
2. Reconditioned for Safety
3. Recondition for Perform-
'.' a nee ' '
4. Reconditioned for ValOe
5. Honestly Described . .
6. Warranted in Writing
a Happy New Year
from the staff of
COURTESY CHEVROLET'S
USED CAR DEPT.
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OK GUARANTEED USED CARS
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1953 Ponliac Chieftain
DELUXE 4 DOOR SEDAN
Radio, heater, tires like new. Beauti
ful new green finish. Completely re-
conditioned and guaranteed. A' new
car trade-in.
OK SPECIAL!
1952 MERCURY
SPORT COUPE
Extra sharp, new car trade-in. Beau
tiful two tone green finish. Radio,,
heater, overdrive. Runs just like' new.
WAS
1695.00
Now
1495
00
See These Big Buys Listed Below! All Reconditioned!
WAS
NOW
1952
1952
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1951
PLYMOUTH CRANBROOK TWO-DOOR SEDAN $1295 $1095
nearer, windshield washers, on filter. Directional Signals. Completely reconditioned and sold with a money back guarantee.
1951
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CHEVROLET DELUXE TWO-DOOR SEDAN 1445 1245
Excellent green finish. Powerglide. Radio, Heater. Excellent rubber. Completely reconditioned in our own shop. ;
PLYMOUTH SUBURBAN 1545 1345
Radio. Heater. Runs like new. Just taken In trade on a 1955 Chevrolet. Don't miss this one! .
NASH RAMBLER STATION WAGON , ; 995 795
Good cream finish. Overdrive. Radio, Heater, Fog Lights, O.B. A. C. A steal! - : . . - .
CHEVROLET DELUXE TWO-DOOR . ; 1145 995
Excellent grey finish. Very clean inside and out. Radio, Heater. A guaranteed O.K. ear."
CHEVROLET DELUXE FOUR-DOOR - 1145 945
Maroon finish. Radio, Heater. Completely reconditioned. Money back guarantee. New ear trade-in.
PONTIAC 8-Cyl. CHIEFTAIN DELUXE FOUR DOOR SEDAN 1 395 1 1 95
Another newr car -trade in. Hydramatic. Radio, Heater. By all means see this one! -
CHEVROLET STYLELINE DELUXE FOUR-DOOR 1145 995,
Excellent condition inside and out. Powerglide. Heater. Good Tires. Completely reconditioned. New ear trade-ih.
STUDEBAKER CUSTOM TWO-DOOR 995 745
Engine just overhauled. Excep. clean. Heater, Overdr. Another new car trade-in. Local 1 -owner ear. Buy this one way under Book
STUDEBAKER V-8 COMMANDER 4-DOOR SEDAN 1045 895
: Automatic Transmission, Heater, Grill Guards, Windshield Wshers, Oil Filter, Backup Lights. New ear trade-in.
FORD CUSTOM V-8 TWO-DOORHSEDAN . 1 095 945
Excellent condition inside and out. Radio, Hater. New Car Trade-in.
FORD V-8 4-DR. SEDAN. Comp. Recond. Good Rubber. Heater. New Car Trade-in 795
CHEV FLEETLINE DELUXE TUDOR. Radio. Heater. Good Condition 945
CHEV CONVERTIBLE. New Top: Heater .Very Clean. A Bud Bacon Special 995
CHEVROLET DELUXE FOUR-DOOR SEDAN . 995
Powerglide. Radio. Heater. Two-Tone Paint. Undersea!. Fender Guards. A Real Sharp Car. " .,
DODGE CORONET FOUR-DOOR SEDAN ' 845
Radio. Heater. Very Clean Inside and Out. A New Car Trade-In.
CHEV DELUXE TWO-DOOR SEDAN ; V ' f845
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OLDS 2-DR. CLUB SEDAN. Hydromatic. Radio. Heater. Good Rubber
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695
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STUDEBAKER CONVERTIBLE. Radio, Heater. New Paint 695 545
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PACKARD FOUR-DOOR SEDAN 745
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645
DODGE TWO-DOOR SEDAN New Paint. Cust. Seat Covers. Radio. Heater
FORD CUSTOM 4-DOOR SEDAN. Radio. Heater. Reconditioned
PLYMOUTH CLUB CPE. Excel. Cond. A Guaranteed O.K. Used Car. Radio, Heater ;
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FORD TUDOR. Beautiful Black Finish. Heater. Seat Covers r-y
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CHEVROLET FOUR-DOOR. Radio. Heater
KAISER FOUR-DOOR SEDAN. Heater. Better Than Average ? -''It.
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INTERNATIONAL V4-Ton Pickup. Extra Long Box. Heater. Sharp V
CHEV Vi-Ton Pickup. Blue. 3-speed. Heater .' ; ;.' ' ::XX. - '
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FORD Vi-Ton Pickyp.rBIue:: Heater ' . -
GMC Vi-Ton Pickup. Long Wheel Base. TuTone Paint. Heater . , "
DODGE Vi-Tot Pickup. TuTone Paint. Heater - ''
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CHEV 2-Ton Stake Rack. 161" w!b. Dual R Wheels. Heater
CHEV 12-Ton Chassis and Cab. 4 speed. Dual Wheels
FORD li-Ton Pickup. 3-speed. Heater 5 . ; ; ;
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