Local and
On Leave HN2 Gene De
puy, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Depuy, Rogue River, is home on
leave after recently returning
from a world cruise with the
Navy on the USS Haven.
Return Mr. and Mrs. John
McDougal and family, 27 North
Barneburg rd., returned last
evening after visiting through
the Christmas holidays with
Mrs. McDougal's parents in
Portland.
Daughter Born A daughter,
Karen Elaine, was born Dec. 5
to Airman First Class and Mrs.
Ralph O. Wyant. Wyant is sta
tioned with SHAPE at Paris,
France. Mrs. Wyant is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralpht
H. Ruff in, "Camp White, and the
new father's home is at Lake
Creek.
Fire Alarm A truck from
main fire sta'Jon was called at
about 8:45 a.m. yesterday to the
Wayne Carter residence, 730
Broad st., where a home fire
alarm system had sounded. No
fire was found, and it is be
lieved that rising warm air
caused it to go off briefly, fire
men said.
Wallboard Burned City
firemen reported wallboard
damaged in flue fires yesterday
evening and this morning. Two
pumpers went about 7:45 a.m.,
today to the Ralph Carmichael
residence, 433 Benson st., were
burning' wallboard was re
moved from around the flue
opening. Firemen said damage
was minor. Wallboard was slight
ly damaged at the entrance to
the flue at the Dick Hyland
home, 118 Willamette ave., about
6:15 p.m. yesterday.
New Year's Eve Party
HATSI NOISEMAKERS! DANCING!
ALL EAGLES WELCOME
REFRESHMENTS ,
2D AJJ(SiE
NEW YEAR'S EVE
FR!., DEC. 31
At The
BALLROOM, EAGLE POINT
Noisemakers and Fun Galore!
Music by Cli
DICK SPAIN -feSgKM
and the Rogue Valley
featuring
The Cowboy Troubadour
Get the Gang Together! Dec. 31st
NEW YEAR'S
A
nx a rvn
0
Favors - Fun - Music That's Tops
JACKSONVILLE TO RUCH THEN TURN LEFT TO
McKee Bridge, Upper Applegate
"Music With a Beat"
CHAP & JODY'S PRANKSTERS
Medford and Ashland, Let's See You There
GRANGE BENEFIT HAPPY NEW YEAR!
TONIGHT &
NIGHT!
DOUBLE SESSION
Thursday Night
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Free Lessons From 1 to 2
SKATING From 2 to 4:30
Rogue Valley Ballroom
Personal
Move Here Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. James and daughters, Jean
nine, 12, and Marilyn, 9, arriv
ed here Dec. 16 from John Day,
Ore. They live at 820 South Riv
erside ave., and James operates
the new James Texaco Service
station at Kings highway and
Stewart ave.
-Newcomers
Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Duncan and children are
living at 27 Ross court after
moving here recently from
Reedsport. Duncan is an adjuster
for the J. P. Tobin and company
offices. They have five children,
Patricia, Frances, Michael, Le
nore and Alice. Duncan arrived
here in December and the fam
ily joined him during the holi
days. Guests Leave Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Goodlin, Anaheim, Calif.,
left Tuesday after visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Hunter, Cherry lane, during the
Christmas week end. Also at the
Hunter home for the holiday
week end were their niece and
nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Al Ben
nett, Klamath River, Calif., who
left Dec. 26. Mrs. A. W. Sullivan
of Medford visited also at the
Hunter home on Christmas day.
Visit Parents Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Thorpe and family, for
mer Medford residents now of
Myrtle Point, are visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Pur
cell, 439 North Front st. The Pur
cells' son, Stanley Purcell, an
Army private first class, who also
has been visiting here, will leave
this week end en route to New
York City and Germany. His par
ents plan to drive him to San
Francisco where he will enplane
for the east. He is with the signal
corps.
Boys "dis
.
1' U ? "
THURSDAY
Eagles
Sen. Byrd Favors
Holding Line on Taxes
Washington (U.R) ' Sen.
Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.), slated to
be chairman of the Senate Fi
nance committee in the new
Congress, thinks there would be
a "hold the line", policy on taxes
until the budget is balanced.
"I have never believed in any
program which, reduces taxes
while the . budget is unbalanc
ed," Byrd said.
For this reason, he said, he
supports President Eisenhower's
proposal to defer reductions in.
corporate income and excise tax
es now scheduled for April 1.
Byrd said he still is opposed
to a Democratic proposal to
raise personal income tax ex
emptions from $600 to $700.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. A.
L. Peterson, Hockey Ford, Colo.,
are visiting Peterson's sister,
Mrs. Elsie Lewis, and her fam
ily, 830 Dakota ave.
- a a '
Medical Patienls Reported
today as medical patients at Sa
cred Heart hospital are Mrs.
Donald Kendall, Ashland, and
Kenneth Johnson, Glendale,
Ore.
Ai ' Osteopathic Tommy
Wyatt, Route 2, Gold Hill, is a
surgery patient today at Osteo
pathic hospital, and Mrs. Vernal
Hicks, Grants Pass, is receiving
medical treatment there, atten
dants reported.
In Community Two surgery
patients were reported at Com
munity hospital today, Mrs.
Edwin Lemire, 1196 Ross lane,
who received minor surgery and
Archie McKillop, Trail, major
surgery. Richard and. Karen
Schulz, children of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Schulz, 1015 Whitman
st., underwent tonsile surgery
there today.
To Texas Maj. and Mrs. Don
ald Grigsby, who have been vis
iting here with his parents and
other relatives through the hol
idays, will leave this week end
for his station at El Paso, Tex.,
accompanied by the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Grigsby, 613 East
Eighth st. Major Grigsby's sister,
Mrs. Donald Wiley, lives in Med
ford and his brother, Richard
Grigsby, lives in Central Point.
To Japan -Mrs. W. L. Proc
tor and children, William Lee
Jr., 10, and Sandra, 8, plan to
leave Jan. 4 for Okinawa, Ja
pan, tp join Proctor, a master
sergeant stationed there with
the Army. Mrs. Proctor and the
children have been living since
last ADril at the home , of her
father, Lorenzo J. Dow, 437
Laurel st. The family will re
port to Ft. Mason at San Fran
cisco, and will leave by plane
from Travis Air Force base.
-
At Sacred Heart Ruth Wal
ker, 15, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Elbert Walker, Talent, is
convalescing at Sacred " Heart
hospital after emergency appen
dectomy there yesterday, atten
dants said today. Others who
have had surgery ' there this
week. are. Anita Louise Brenner,
8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. War
ren Brenner, 2208 East Main st.;
Merna - Van Ortwick, 2, ."daugh
ter, of Mr. and Mrs.. Clyde, Van
Ortwick, 1074 Biddle rd.; Char
lotte and Dennis Roberts, chil
dren of the David Roberts, route
1, Central Point, Bonnie Jean
nette Petty, 13, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Petty, Ashland,
and Mack Richard (Griffin, Jack
sonville. " ' . ' ' ' : - '. :
Daily Weather Report
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Mostly
cloudy through, Thursday with scat
tered light showers tonight. Patches
of fog early Thursday. Little tempera
ture change. Low tonight S3. High
Thursday 40.
Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy
with a few showers tonight and
Thursday. Little temperature change.
Low tonight 33-42. High Friday 42-50.
LOCAL DATA
Temperature . a year ago today:
Highest 41; Lowest 31.
Total monthly precipitation 1.38
inches.
Deficiency for the month 1.48
inches.
Total precipitation since September
1. 1954. 3.81 inches.
Deficiency for. the season 4.28
inches.
Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester
day 91; 4:30 a-m. today 109.
Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M.,
120 Meridian Time
High Low Prec.
Boise
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Eureka
25
19
T
, 58
, 37
24
50
, 41
..41
32
: 58
38
58
32
57
45
33
48-
29
48
45
33
63
52
30
8
43
37
-6
26
" 42
34
48
14
29
38
.17
-42
16'
40
42
31
52
22
.03
.03
.12
.02
'.04
.7
.2
Grants Pass
Havre
Klamath Falls
Los Angeles
Medford
New York
Omaha
Phoenix ,
Portland
.06
.03
Reno
Eucene
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Seattle
Jl
.14
.12
Spokane
Washington. D.C.
xaKima .
38
Tomorrow
Sunrise 7:30 a.m. Sunset 4:47 p.m.
Portland Cash Grain
Portland Prices as reported in the
USDA 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.
$5750 ton: Portland delivery. $53.50
ton. No. 2 Western barley. $54.50 f.o.b.
Portland. Coast delivery. Sovbean
meal, $95.50 a ton. cars, prompt de
livery Portland. Std. millrun. prompt
shipment, i.o.b. Portland, $4450 ton;
No. 2 yellow corn. $68 ton. i.o.b. Port
land. Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green
alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland. $34-35c
trucks. $36-37 rail.
Portland Grain Exchange: Tuesday's
close: , . Bi,j
Soft white y 34
do no rex n 34
White club . ' a'34
H. R. winter ord.. 11 per cent 2.36
oo 12 per cent ,.,, 2.45
WALL STREET
New York . (U.R) Stocks
crossed the 400-level in the in-
i dustrial average today in the
most active trading since Dec.
18, 1950.
Steel shares featured with TJ.
S. Steel the most active of the
! group. General Motors led the
autos higher. All sections of the
; market joined the rise which got
underway with a vengeance Jate
yesterday after a substantial de
cline Monday.
Today's closing prices on se
curity stocks:
American T & T ...... ...17458
Chrysler ........... 7034
Curtiss. Wright --17
General Electric . 4534
General Motors . 97
Montgomery Ward . 77 V
Penn. R. R. ...... 2494
Penney, J. C. 87
Radio ' .......J 38-s
Southern Go. . - 1734
Southern Pacific ,. .. 54Vfc
S. Oil of Calif. ..... . 74
Texas Gulf Sulphur ......J..123
Transamerica ......40
Tri-Continental . .. 26VS
United Aircraft .... .. .77
U. S. Rubber ; ,44
U. S. Steel . 775s
Youngstown
723s
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK
Portland (U.P.) Cattle 300. Com
mercial and good shortfed steers $20
21.50; cutter-utility steers $11-17;
good fed heifers $18.50-19; cutter-utility
heifers S1C-15; canner-cutter cows
mostly $7.50-9.50; utility cows S1050
11.50; one 1575 lb. commercial bull
$14.60. ,
Calves 50. Good-low choice vealers
$18-21
Hogs 250. Choice 180-235 lb. butch
ers $20-20.50; choice 270-325 3b. sows
$16.75-17.50; 585 lb. down to $15.
Sheep 50. Good-choice 87 lb. shorn
lambs $1750: choice-prime wooled
lambs $18-18.50.
The North Portland livestock mar
ket will be closed Friday. ...
PORTLAND PRODUCE
Portland (UJ.) Eggs To retail
ers: Grade AA large, 43-45c doz.; A
large, 41-42c doz.; AA medium, 40
41c; A medium 39-40c: A small. 32-33c
doz.; cartons, l-3c additional.
Butter-rTo retailers: AA grade
prints. 66c lb.; cartons. 67c: A prints
C6c; cartons. 67c: B prints. 64c.
Cheese-To retailers: A grade Ched
dar Oregon singles, 42i-45'.ic; 5-lb.
loaves, 46 ',2-49 lie. Processed Ameri
can cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 39Va-41c lb. .
Farm Market
Most wholesale dealers quoted
higher prices for Calitorn;a celery and
lettuce today. Willamette valley cab--bage
was in ample supply with prices
unsettled and easier: most whole
salers now making volume purchases
of medium cabbage at $1.50-2 with
wholesalers quotating at $2-2.50 per
crate range to retailers.
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens To growers No. 1
quality, f.ff.b. Portland): Fryers. 2:2 to
4z lbs., 21c lb.; at farm. 20-2 lc lb.;
roasters. 4 Va lbs. and up.- 21c lb. f.o.b.
Portland. 20-21c at ranch; light hens,
10-llc; heavy hens, all wts.. 13c lb.;
old' roosters. 10c lb.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to
retailers: Fryers, 34-35c lb.: roasters,
36-37c; light hens. 21-22c; heavy hens.
26-27c; cut up fryers, all wts 45-46c;
whole drawn. 40-41C
Turkeys Paying prices to produc
ers for 1954 turkeys: Heavv type hens.
.29c lb. f.o.b. farm on N.Y. dressed
basis; toms same basis. 25 lbs. uo. 24c;
under 25 lbs., 21c lb. Beltsville hens,
31c; light type toms. 25c; fryer-roaster,
27c lb. liveweight. To retailers. A
grade hens, ready to cook. 48c: N. Y.
dressed to 43c lb. A grade' toms, oven
ready, 40c. Beltsville A grade liens,
oven-ready to 52c; Beltsville toms,
49c lb.
Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b.
killing plants) Live white. 33,i-42
lbs., 18-20c up; 5-6 lbs.. 14-15c: color
ed pelts, 4c under; old does. 8-1 0c lb.;
a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to
retailers. 54-57c; cut up, 60-63c.
HOLLY-STARTS SAT. I
vnnmmZS T'S A
nftMpMihX WITH
NT
Enjoy
I ' ' aoneanmuIiaai-nMutT . I jL - ' -v
Ift & M12f Ml IVIi SOHI WjJVik
. pRMItltM MM If IONS C ftf V
wMartini Lews
h ' V-,- J wAiirV
.dZSAZSAwVCHKqusy
-4 -W-'Eai'WBI' TECHNICOLOR J
.11 ' www jy
PARTY AT
O 3 Piece Orcheitra
O Lots of Favors
O Special New Year's
Eve Dinner
FOR RESERVATIONS
Phone Central
Uranium Mine
Sale Unconfirmed
' Monticello Utah. Oi.R)- The
reported sale of one of the rich
est . uranium producing proper
ties on the Colorado Plateau
the fabulous Happy Jack Mine
aroused considerable specula
tion in the Plateau area, today
despite a ". denial by owner
Fletcher Bronson.
Bronson,. jovial sheepherder
turned miner, laughed at re
ports last night his Happy Jack
Mine had been sold for $16,000,
000 and told United Press "It
just isn't true. We intend to
mine it ourselves for a while at
least. i
A report from Casper, . Wyo.,
had said the Mountain -Mesa
Uranium Company had purchas
ed the Happy Jack for the larg
est price yet paid for a western
uranium property. .
Mountain Mesa . controller
Louis England said the purchase
"was not finalized yet" but in
sisted he could see no reason for
the sale not to be consummated.
Firemen Ask Clarity
In Fire Reporting
Firemen today appealed to
business people turning in fire
alarms to give the name of their
business, as well as the street
address.
The appeal came following a
call this morning, reporting a
fire at 101 North Riverside ave.
Firemen dispatched could find
no fire at that address, and then
checked 101 South Riverside
ave. It later developed there had
been a fire at 1201 North River
side ave., where leaves in a sump
.had been ignited. Smoke damage
only was listed.
Bird Hunter Found
Dead Near Heppner ,
Heppner U.R) -. Moses E.
Duran, 52,. who had been re
ported missing on a bird hunting
trip since Sunday, was found
dead yesterday at the wheel of
his jeep, the sheriff's office
here reported.
Officers said Duran, a local
butcher, was found by Harold
Campbell near Campbell's farm
in the Butter creek area north
east of Heppner. Officers said
he apparently had suffered a
heart attack. ' r .
ADVICE ON HENS
, Lincoln, Neb. . (U.R) Hens
can . be kept warmer and drier
during the . winter by using
straw lofts in chicken houses
and cloth over windows accord
ing to poultry experts. However
there should be open louvres
above a straw loft to permit the
passage of moisture and yet re
tain a good portion of the heat.
Fiberglass insulation also is suit
able for removing moisture."'
REGULAR 3 RING CIRCUS ...
A MILLION LAUGHS PER RING!
Your
Point 122
DESIR
: -MSN;:.
Wednesday, December 29, 1954
LULU BROWN ;
, Funeral services for Lulu W.
Brown, 69, of 17 Hawthorne
ave., who died in a local hospital
Tuesday, will be held . at Perl
funeral home Thursday at 2 p.m.
with the Rev. D. Kirkland West
officiating. Entombment will be
in Medford Memorial Mauso
leum. The deceased, a Medford res
ident for the past 20 years, was
born in Winfield, la., on Sept.
24, 1885. She was a member of
P.E.O. Sisterhood, Wednesday
Study Club, Knife and Fork club
and Presbyterian church. Her
husband, the late Harold L.
Brown, died in 1951.
. Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Margaret Ann Leever, Med
ford; a son, Dr. John Welch
Brown, Oakland, Calif., and four
grandchildren.
NORMAN DUNFORD
Funeral services for Norman
Alexander Dunford, 59, of Eagle
Point, who died in a local hospi
tal Dec. 22, will be held at Peri
funeral home Friday at 3 p.m.
with the Rev. D. Kirkland West
officiating. Cremation- at Siski
you Crematorium will be pri
vate. Central Point Masonic
lodge will participate in services
at the chapel.. ' : , .
In lieu of flowers, the family
has asked that , contributions be
made to the Oregon Society for
Crippled Children at Portland.
. The, deceased, a southern Ore
gon resident for the past 14
years, was born at Burleigh
Falls, Ontario, Canada, on May
11, 1895, and served with the
Canadian army in World War I.
He had been employed by Med
ford Corporation for several
years. '
He was a member of Masonic
Lodge, AF&AM 135, Central
Point; AFL Lumber and Saw
mill Workers Union, 32nd de
gree Mason, '-Scottish Rite, and
was an honorary . member of
Veterans of Foreign Wars..
Survivors include bis wife,
Mildred Elizabeth, Eagle. Point;
a daughter, Kay Luella, Univer
sity of Oregon; a son, Norman
Boyd, U.S. Army; six brothers,
Ira, Wellington, Walter, Gordon,
Sherman and Garnet, all of
Canada, and two sisters, Mrs.
Ida Phillips and Mrs. Bertha
Moore, both of Canada.
JOSEPH FAIRFIELD -
Joseph M. Fairfield, 79, died
yesterday at the VA Domicili
ary, Camp White. Conger-Morris
funeral home is in charge of fu
neral arrangements.
iinoi.ii
ONE DAY ONLYI
FRIDAY
SNEAK
PREVUE
OF ONE OF THE
TOP MUSICALS
OF THE YEAR!
GAY, GLORIOUS ROMANCE
OF SONG AND DANCE I
' itarfiitf ' r- , !
TONY CURTIS
GLORIA DEHAYEN
GENE NELSON
f,jCORINNECALYET
CONTINUOUS
FROM 1 PJtt.
pfloHo V c-lo I o nl
NnilnlllKlnilllnlllll
HIY KIDS! KIday
SHOW TOMORROW at 1 P.M.
Color By Technicolor
. TnUNDERHEAD
"son of
FLICKA"
with
Roddy McDdwaU'
Preston Jester
i i
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN
Security Exchanges
To Operate on Friday
By UNITED PRESS
Major security exchanges In
the United States will operate a
full day this Friday, New Year's
Eve. .
Commodity markets, however
will operate only a half session..
These include the markets for
New York and New Orleans
cotton, New York wool, cocoa,
commodity, coffee and sugar ex
changes, the Chicago Board of
Trade1 and other Chicago mar
kets. V
Births
CHAPMAN To Mr. and Mrs.
Richard, 722 Beekman st., Dec.
28, 1954, a girl, 7 lbs., at Sacred
Heart hospital.
STINSON To Mr. and Mrs.
Lester M.', 626 West Fourth st.,
Dec. 28, 1954, a girl, 9V4 lbs., at
Sacred Heart hospital.
CHAPMAN To Mr. and Mrs.
James, 205 Girard dr., Dec. 28,
1954, a boy, 7Vz pounds at Com
munity hospital. . ... -
PAPAL DISPENSATION V
: The Rev. Nicholas Deis, pas
tor of the Sacred Heart church,
said . today , that because New
Year's eve is on Friday this year
that a papal dispensation has
been made relieving members of
the Catholic church from cus
tomary abstinences on Fridays.
NOW HE KNOWS
Keene, N. H.-4U.R) On June
4, Francis A. Hebert installed a
calculator on the screen door of
the house , where he lives with
his wife and two children. When
he removed the instrument on
Nov. .2, it showed the screen
door had been opened an closed
23,718 times. Hebert's curiosity
is now satisfied. ; ' ., ',.."
Dead line for Sunday Classified is
noon Saturday: ' 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 ore vious day
ASHLAND
CLARK GABLE
LANA TURNER
VICTOR MATURE
in
BETRAYED
j in Technicolor
U IRVING
i
& & A
-
BING
Tr-
DANNY
CROSBY MYE CIONEY
VERA.ELLEN tectolor:
.v-DEAN JAGGER.JRVING BERLIN
rhcriw ROBERT EMMOT DOWN -ob,MlCHAELCURTlZ
ewotorfktaaiNMibMSbrMwiAlH. - Wrtw to. . mm. b, NORfMN KRASNA
NORMAN fANAMA m MEDIN
TWO OF THE SCREENS .
GREATEST ANIMAL STARS!
JAMES OLIVER
CURWOOD'S
"YUK0I1
.lAIIIIIiHT"
with
-- Kiiby Grant A
and the
- Wonder Dor
Old Boston Hotel
Being Torn Down
Boston-' (U.R) An old hotel
that once was the home of John
L. Sullivan and Sarah Bernhardt
is being torn down in Boston.
After its erection in 1869, the
Langham Hotel in the South End
was pointed to with pride by res
idents of The Hub. .
Spokesmen of the dav rallid
the hostelry "one of the finest
ornaments in architecture of
which Boston can boast." It was '
lavishly endowed with white
marble and fine old paintings.1
Yt XI - f , I . . j , -
1920's set in the Laneham wasa
gathering for Boston's - blue-'
bloods. ;
The elevated "railroad in the ;
South End marked the begin
ning of bad days for the Lang-v
ham. Real estate prices declined :
and the clientele changed. Fash--ionable
clothing stores and res- -taurants
became bars and fly
specked hash-houses. .
At last the once-proud Lang-,
ham was condemned as unsafe .
and languished unwanted and.
forgotten. Now the wreckers are .
cleaning, the site, which is to be
come a parking lot.. s
SAFETY RECORD " '
Brockton, Mass. U.R) '
George P. Petrulis of Brockton
has never had an accident in 25
years of driving trailer trucks:
more than 1,000,000 miles.
mm
Box Office Opens 6:45
HURRY!XFew
Humphrey EOGIXT
AvaGJUOt
Edmond O'BRIEN;
e plus e
CARTOON - NEWS
BERLINS J
. nisttnto THROUGH
VISTA
MOTION PIC1W1 1 KWM-BOtUTY ,
I TECHNICOLOR ",
ISION AU
IP 1
12 Great Song Hits
ROSEMART
FRANK - A PARAMOUNT PICTURE i
O REGULAR O
ADMISSION
DOORS OPEN
12:30
1
j I )
i - A ittWl