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r ( Local and Forfeits Bail Robert C. Mix, 37, Box 1165, Phoenix, forfeit ed $100 bail today in municipal court on a charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, according to court records. - Visits Home Wayne Finley left last evening for his home at San Diego, Calif., after visit ing at the home of his mother, Mrs. Harriet Finley, 2550 Crater Lake highway. He had visited here since Christmas eve, and arrived by plane. His brother, Pvt. Kenneth Finley, is serving at Chuchon, Korea, with the 73rd Army engineers. Both attend ed Medford high school. Employees Dinner A dinner for the emplojees of the Eugene F. Burrill Lumber Co., Vhite City, was held Friday afternoon at the Jackson hoteL Families of the employees also were in vited and about 100 persons at tended. Entertainment was furn ished by employees and included a solo by Wesley Riley, accom panied by Mrs. Hvy Bowman, pianist, and quartet numbers by Stan Pardee, Earl Rohl Jr., Riley, and Danny Miracle. Forrest Biggers, mill superintendent, in troduced Mr. Burrill, and special guests, Elwood Hedberg, man ager of the First National bank, and William Pratt, assistant man QBEGtB? tfSEQ : Windshields curved & flat Plate Glass Window Glass 303 N. Bartlett DRIVE-IN SERVICE ' , - Phone 3-3613 1 O DINE at WORLD FAMOUS MKIDM MEsnm Dinners Served from 6 p.m. Till 1 1 :30 p.m. Closed Tuesdays For Reservations Call Central Point 122 -Howciy i IB v- j lm your can "Just around the corner" in Yourtown is your neigh bor, the Greyhound Agent... over a thousand in the West alone. As your neighbor, he (or she) wants to help you get the most pleasure at lowest cost when you travel, with hotel reservations and sightseeing ; included if desired. Or he will.work out a wonderful pre-planned vacation to suit your time and budget No need to go to a main terminal or big city. When you plan to go anywhere in the U. S., to Canada or Mexico, complete, dependable travel service and advice are available trom hound Agent. Personal Window Broken John Al fred Lundquist, 220 Portland ave., told city police Saturday that an unidentified subject fir ed a pellet at his car, breaking a window. Tonsil Surgery . Clarence Sproul, 14, son of Mr.' and Mrs. Lester Sproul, 413 West Clark st., underwent tonsil surgery to day at Community hospital, at tendants reported. - Billfold Missing William Francis Cownihg, 103 South Holly St., Apartment 3, reported to city police Saturday that a billfold with only identification papers in it was missing from his residence. Taller Hurt Herb Graston, 525 Benson st., a faller for the I. J. Andretta Logging firm, was treated and released today at about 11:20 a.m., at Community hospital for foot lacerations he received while working, atten dants said. , Served Dinner About 25 men were served Christmas day din ner at the Salvation Army trans ient shelter and several men stayed there Christmas eve. On Christmas eve a party was held for those staying there and re freshments were served. A small program was conducted. Collision John William Smith, 2650 Table Rock rd., and Katherine Sarah Metzler, Taco ma, Wash., were drivers in a vehicle accident on Riverside near Boyd st. yesterday after noon, 'according to city police. No citations were . issued and only minor damage occurred, they added. Man Hospitalized Arthur Raymond, 67, Camp White, was taken to Community hospital Saturday night by Medford am bulance for treatment of a head cut, according to city police. Po lice said they found Raymond on the sidewalk on North Front st., where he apparently had slipped on icy pavement strik ing his head on a nearby, build ing. Accident Two cars were involved in a collision at the in tersection of Summit ave. and Victory st. Saturday evening, ac cording to city police. Drivers were Edmond Dean Davis, 384 O'Gara ave., and John Felix Wil liams, 612 Victory st., Apart ment 1. Police said the Williams vehicle was , slowing down to make a left turn and skidded into the path of the other car. No citations were issued. your neighbor, the Grey YKIQDL?JL2) . THERE'S A GREYHOUND AGENT NEAR T0U u tT L0NG TRIAL This on-the-spot courtroom sketch by NEA artist Ed Kudlatv shows Dr. Sam Sheppard facing the jury for the last time in the 167-day trial at Cleve for.tnet murder of his wife. They had just convicted him of second degree murder Addressing the court but turning to the jury, Sam reasserted his innocence. A intaute later Judge Edward Blythin sentenced him to life imprisonment. uteute' A 1111111116 On USS Ashland Allen F. Harris, a Navy seaman, is serv ing on the USS Ashland, a land ing ship, with -the Sixth fleet, according to a Navy release. He is a son of Mrs. Dorothy L. Johnson, Route 1, Central Point. . CAP Meeting All members of the Medford squadron of the Civil Air patrol are asked by those in charge to meet at 7:30 p.m., today at the CAP build ing at the Medford airport. The cadet staff will be the hosts and families and friends of the mem bers also are invited.? Members are to wear uniforms. , Promoted Russel F. White, son of Frank White, Camp White, has been promoted to corporal at the El Toro Marine corps air station at Santa Ana, Calif., according to a Navy re lease. His wife, the former Miss !Jo Spangler, is from Lynwood, Calif. He is serving as a jet me chanic with a Marine Fighter Training squadron. ,. . t ' Cars Collide Stephen Miles Davis, of 1565 Roberts rd., and Melvin N. Hogan, 66, of 30 South Central ave., were driv ers of cars which collided at the intersection of Stevens st. and Crater Lake- ave. at about 12:30 p.m. Saturday, according to state police. Minor damage to both vehicles was reported and Davis was . cited for following too close, police said. - At Osteopathic William, Donna and Wayne Debrick, children of Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Debrick, route 1, box 492A, Central Point, are tonsil surgery patients today at - Osteopathic hospital. Convalescing from surgery there are .Mrs. Theo dore Rundle,- Route 2, Jackson ville, who had emergency ap pendectomyt Saturday night; and Robert Lamb, 1211 West 10th . High Score Pf c. Leonard Wicksten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Wicksten, Jacksonville, has fired a high score on the M rifle at Ft. Campbell, Ky.,- and his total of 195 out of the possi ble 210 has qualified him as fin expert rifleman. He is a com pany cook with Company D of the 188th Airborne division which is a part of the 11th Air borne division. He is a qualified parachutist. I At Station John M. Parsons, a Navy commander, husband of the former Miss Josephine Bul lis, 15 Florence aye., reported Dec. 7 to the office of informa tion, executive office of the sec-1 retary, Navy department, Wash ington, D.C., according to a Navy release. He entered the Navy in 1941 and reported from the staff of the commander, 7th fleet in the Far East. Before en tering the Navy he was graduat ed from Louisiana State univer sity and was employed as a newspaperman in New Orleans. NowrCorporal LeRoy Clay, headquarters and headquarters company, 503rd airborne infan try regiment, 11th airborne divi sion, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hpw ard L. Clay,-Medford, recently was promoted to the grade : of corporal, according to a release from Ft. Campbell, Ky. He is stationed there. Before entering the Army he was graduated from Medford high school and after graduation enlisted in the Army for a period of three years. He volunteered for air borne duty and has been gradu ated, from .the basic airborne school at Ft. Benning, Ga. He now is qualified as a parachutist in the 503rd "Rock" airborne infantry regiment. . Ai Sacred Heart Several patients were reported today at Sacred Heart hospital. The medi cal patients listed are Miss Olive Crump, 106 South Orange st., Mrs. Henry Renfro, : 106 Ajax st., Mrs. Lulu Brown, 17 Haw thorne ave., Mrs. Nellie Hunt saker, 3405 Lone Pine rd., and Yvonne Nichols, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Elmer Nichols, 728 Welch: st: Sandra Lilligren, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hil lard Lilligren, Tiller, William Mohr, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Dorrigan, 647 South Holly st., and Michael Wayne Giles, 8 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Giles, 523 .Haven st., are surgery patients at the same hospital. " j Obituaries ELLENA WATSON Mrs. Ellena Charlott Watson, 85, of 710 South Holly st., died Saturday in a local hospital. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. LEVI HAND Remains of Levi E. Hand, 63, who died Thursday at Camp White, are being forwarded to night by Conger-Morris funeral home to Minneapolis, Minn., for services and interment in Fort Snelling National Cemetery. The deceased was born Feb.2, 1891, in Lawler, Ia.,; and'was a veteran of World War I, serving from June 28, 1918, to May 13, 1919, as a private first class in the 469th Transportation Corps. Survivors include a nephew, Dr. M. J. Rooney, Sioux Falls, S. D. LEON TAYLOR Services for Leon Clark Tay lor, 68, who died Friday, will be held in Conger-Morris ' chapel Tuesday at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Don Whitney, Central Point, of ficiating. Interment will be in Jacksonville cemetery, with com mittal 1 services by the IOOF Lodge of Central Point. Pall bearers, members of the Central Point IOOF lodge, will be Forrest Thompson, Gerald Kime, Frank Glenn, A. C. Smith, Clark McDowell and Andrew Glenn. The deceased was born April 18, 1886, in Ashland, Ore., the son of the late Henry H. and Florence Taylor, who came to southern Oregon in 1853. He was a member of the Central Point IOOF lodge. In 1921 he was mar ried to Hattie Fletcher, who sur vives. Other survivors include three sons, Norvall O., Lebanon, Ore.; Delbert, Portland; and Harvey, in the U. S. Navy in Japan; three brothers, Jesse M., and John N., Prospect, and Edwin H., Table Rock; two sisters, Mrs. Stella An derson and Mrs. Lester Throck morton, both Medford; and three grandchildren.. FLOYD TUTTLE Funeral services for Floyd Tuttle, 71, of Jacksonville, who died at his home Dec. 23, will be held at Perl funeral home Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. ,", The deceased, a carpenter, was born in Kansas on Sept. 19, 1883. .. .. . .... . : Survivors include three sons, Raymond, San Francisco; Floyd, Shawnigan Lake, B.C., and Lloyd, Jacksonville; two daugh ters, Mrs. Edna Britton and Mrs. Stella DeGroff, both of Los An geles; three brothers, Erbie, Napa, " Colo.; Carl, Portland, Ore., - and Manf ord, Redmond, Ore., and four sisters, Mrs. Dalla Mounse, Mrs. Cora Babcock, Mrs. Dora Tedford and Mrs. La veta Kasel. JL J 1J J U with DIG HOT WATER CAPACITY heats water faster so yon need not invest in a large, expensive 82-gallon heater. ' New beater supplies 150, hot water in just 33 min utes from a cold start! You get 50 per cent MORE hot water in a 24-hour pe riod than with standard 82-gallon heaters. New "Quick Recovery" heater has the capacity to : wash a load of clothes in an automatic washer every hour all day long! NOTHING DOWN F.H.A. TERMS Payments As Lew As $6.50 Per Month " Authorized Dealer General Electric Appliances 150 Attend Dinner, Party Given at T About 150 children and young persons attended a dinner Dec. 24, given at the YMCA building through the Groceteria manage ment and the Salvation Army, Mrs. George Johnston of the SA said today. Entertainment in cluded piano music by Mrs Robert Corliss, and songs by Mrs. Duane Bowman, wife of the SA transient shelter manager. Melvin H. Hall, manager , of the Groceteria, was in charge of dinner arrangements and plans, and the food and treats were furnished by the store. Toys were given to each who attend ed through the Salvation Army. About 25 SA workers did the serving and other work in that connection. , - The age limits for the dinner were 5 to 18 years and the group was well mixed in regard to the various ages, those in charge said. Births MONTIETH To Mr. and Mrs. Barrel, 19 Vancouver ave., Dec. 26, 1954, a girl, 7 lbs. at Com munity hispital. GASCON To Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, 508 Liberty st., Dec. 26, 1954, a girl, 6?4 lbs.,. Sacred Heart hospital. ;. . - CARTER To Mr. and Mrs. Markel, 2447 Happy Valley, Dec. 27, 1954, a girl, IWlbs., Sacred Heart hospital. - Wall Street . New York (U.R) ; Profit tak ing in the recently strong indus trial shares brought that aver age down sharply in an irregu larly lower market .today. This was the last day of 1954 in , which profit taking sales could be made in the regular way. To register the profits the delivery of stock must be made in 1954. Sales for profits made tomor row will carry over into the 1955 income tax return unless made on a' cash basis. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: v ; American T & T .....'...172 Anaconda .......... ....... 48V& Chrysler ...............:..... 69 Curtiss Wright 18 General Electric .. .. 45 ' General Motors ..-........ 93 ii Montgomery Ward . ... 77 Penn. R. R. 24V2 Penney, J. C. , ..... 7634 Radio r ...... ..,..... .37 Southern 'Pacific ......... 52 S. Oil of Calif. ......... 72U Texas Gulf Sulphur ......125J2 rrt ma. j.ransamerica sav United Aircraft 76 U. S. Rubber 43ij U. S. Steel ...Unquoted Youngstown . . 68Vt I'M. !la,far 115 E. MAIN PHONE 2-4585 1 iff IT , I! H j If l - Wonday, December 27. 1954 Confessed Slayer Will Be Sentenced The Dallesj Ore. (U.R) Harry C. Knowles, confessed .. slayer of Albert C. Stuart, was sched uled to appear in Wasco County Circuit Court this afternoon for sentencing on. a second degree murder charge. , Knowles," 46, former residenf of Bangor, Me., waved his rights to have his case heard by a Grand Jury, and can legally be sentenced without a trial. Ore gon law provides for a manda tory life sentence for second de gree' murder. Knowles is also scheduled to appear in federal court -in Sac ramento, Calif., for sentencing on an auto theft charge. He has admitted transporting Stuart's car.' across the Oregon-Calif or; nia border after strangling the 56-year-old' ranch hand near Shaiiiko, Ore., in October, 1953. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS: ' ' Medford and vicinity: Considerable high cloudiness tonight, thickening and lowering Tuesday. Slighuy warm er. Low tonight . 22-25. : High Tues day 42. - Oregon' (Western): Increasing cloud iness tonight. "Mostly cloudy .Tuesday with occasional rain beginning during day. A little warmer tonight and Tues day. Low tonight 30-40. High Tuesdav 44-54. LOCAL DATA: Temperature a year, ago today: Highest 39; lowest 35. Total monthly precipitation 1.32 in. Deficiency for the month, 1.36 in. Total precioitation since September 1, 1954, 3. 75 in. Deficiency for the season, 4.16 in. " Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 66: 4:30 a.m. today, 90. Tomorrow: . Sunrise. 7:39 a.m., sunset. 4:46 p.m. Observations Taken at -4:30 a.m., 120 Meridian Time 1 . . high low prec. Boise '. . : 29 7 Boston 40 35 - Chicago ' 46 41 ; .32 Denver , . ....v. 32 18 .49 Eureka . 47 , 31 Grants Pass 40 23 Havre . 27 11 Klamath Falls 30 5 Los Angele3 . 58 47 Medford ; 39 17 New York 45 35 - Omaha . 38 27 trace Phoenix :.. 63 39 Portland a 37 , 33 . i Reno r 33 8 . Eugene i 45 27 ' Salt Lake 29 10 ' .06 San Francisco 53 - 38 . Seattle : 37 32 trace Spokane ; ; 26 12 . Washington, D. C 48 29 Yakima i ..... 44 13 , PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP ) Cattle 1200. Cutter-utility steers, heifers 10-$15; canner-cutter cows 7-S9.50: beef-type cutters to $9.50; utility cows 10.75 $12.50; mixed utility-commercial $12.75 with young commercial cows to $15; Utility-commercial bulls 12.50-S14.50. '- Calves 100.j Good choice vealers 18 $22; utilitv calves, vealers 9-S11. - ! Hogs 800. Choice 180-235 lbs 20 20.50; 165-172 lbs $19.50; rhoice 450 500 lb sows 16.50-S17. Sheep 200. Good-choice 106 lb. No. 1 pelt lambs $16.50; utility lambs $14. Portland Cash Grain Portland Prices as reported in the USjDA market news service: Wheat, No 2 soft white. $78.50 a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland. No. 2 white oats 38-lb test. Coast delivery $57.50 ton: Portland delivery S53.50 ton. No. 2 Western "barley. $54.50. Coast delivery. Sovbean meal. S96.50 a ton, cars, prompt delivery Portland. Std. millrun, prompt shipment, f.o.b. Portland. $44.50 ton: No. 2 yellow corn $67.50 ton on f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland. 34-$35 trucks, 36-S37 rail. Portland Grain Exchange: Friday's close: Soft, white $2.34 do, no rex 2.34 White club 2.34 H. R. white, ord., 11 per cent 2.36 do. 12 per cent .. 2.45 iijlDi.il box wrfica opens 6:30 Now Showing Terrific . . . Half MARY M. CAWHDC ' ROBERTOM-MURPHY.NAIa T71 VI -H World's JLl ,3i Most "VI H2Li tol mm Z I Humphrey 1 1 " BOGART S I GARDNER n plus o Yl CARTOON e NEWS SHLAN II VI Oregon World's Fair ' Portland (U.R) The gover nor's Oregon' Centennial Com mittee announced over the week end that it is definitely going ahead with detailed studies for a world's fair in 1959 in ob servance of the 100th" anniver sary of Oregon's admission to the union. .. Chairman James Mount said the decision was reached at a conference of the ... executive board after evaluation of plans by the city of Houston, Tex., to hold a world's fair in 1959 or 1960. : ; "We are going right ahead with the Stanford Research In stitute survey "of the possibility of a world's fair as a highlight of the state's celebration of its 100th birthday," Mount said. - Red Broacfcasf Tells Of Nationalist Raids :: - Tokyo (U.R) Radio Peip- ing said today Nationalist troops attempted to raid Red . light houses along the Fukien coast of southeast - China Thursday but were driven off by Communist troops. ; ... .. . .. The Communist broadcast said 24 Nationalist soldiers landed from Quemoy Island ... and at tempted to raid the lighthouses of Weitow Peninsular and Wuc hientow. Peiping said they were im mediately driven off by a coastal unit of the Chinese People's Lib eration Army and local militia men." .. 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