Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 07, 1955, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextIn and Prospect Mr. and Mrs. Dave Neville had their son, Pvt. Clar ence Neville, from Fort Ord, Calif., home on furlough over the holidays. After leaving Jan. 3, he is being transferred to Texas. Other guests over Christ mas were Mr. and Mrs. Dee Ne ville and son Stephen from Los Angeles, and Miss Mary Lou Ne ville, who is teaching . at Phoenix. The Church of the Good Shep herd had the first services in the new building on Christmas eve, with the Rev. Robert 'Green giv ing a short message and special music by the choir. Formal dedi cation of the building will be January 23, at 3 p.m., with Bishop DagwelL of Portland, conducting the services. Roy Vaughn was released from " the hospital in time to spend Christmas with his family at their Laurelhurst home. Trail Creek Lbr. Co. bowling team members placing in the re " cent Medford city tournament, bowling in the single and doubles event, were Mrs. Dar-j win Bevens, Mrs. Bruce Mathie son, Mrs. Curt Langston, Mrs. Harry Goode and Mrs. . Lewis Jantzer. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hedg peth and daughters, Judy, and Jill, accompanied by Mrs. Stella Hale, spent the recent holidays visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Miles and family, of Modesto, Calif. While in that area the Hedgpeths made short tours through Yosemite and Sequoia National parks. - . ' Past members of the Prospect Ski club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie McKillop Janu ary 4 to discuss plans for the coming year and the running of the ski tow at the Union Creek area. District Ranger George Kansky of Union Creek ranger station met with the group. Johnny Gartman was ; elected president for the coming year, and Mrs. Johnny Gartman, secretary-treasurer. Plans are to have the tow running within the next two weeks." . v Mrs. Lester Hudson returned to Prospect Dec. 26 after spend ing several weeks in Port An geles, Wash. " Mrs. Hazel Ulrich was hostess to her bridge club January 4. At tending were Mrs. Wallace Din kens, Mrs. Lester Hudson, Mrs. Bernie Oswald, Mrs. Rand Rob ertson, Mrs. Clarence Hedgpeth, Prosp ecf Mrs. Steve Larson and Mrs. Lowell Ash. High prize was won by Mrs. Hedgpeth and Mrs. Os wald won the consolation prize. Mr. and Mrs. - Jack . Hollen beak entertained friends with "a New Years eve party at their Red Blanket home. Approxim ately forty guests attended. . Home Extension members will have their next meeting Jan. 12 at . 10:45 ajn. at the home of Mrs.' Donald Vaughn. In case of a heavy snowfall, making their road impassable, the unit will meet in the Community . Club. Project for the day will be "Touch-ups for wood furniture," given by Mrs. George Hubbard and Mrs. Sherril Chapman. Child care will be provided at the home of Mrs. Earl Barnhart. Luncheon committee includes Mrs. Willard Huffman and Mrs. Coleman.' Members are asked to bring their own table service. Prospect Pinochle club met at the home of Mrs, Hattie Salters, Jan. 5.; Present were Mrs. Tracy Boothby, . Mrs. :i Ward Blaine, Mrs.. George Hubbard,... Mrs. Willard -Huffman, Mrs. Bernie Oswald,- Mrs. Hazel Ulrich and Mrs! Johnny J. Freeland..' High prize was won by Mrs. : Blaine and consolation by Mrs. Oswald. Word has been received here that Miss Gail Wildes, Prospect high school graduate,' was mar ried December 28, to Loren Webber, a student and teacher at Bngham Young University, They were married in the: Salt Lake Temple of the Later Day Saints,' Salt Lake City. An im promptu shower was given for Miss Wildes by Mrs. Ray Gil lespie Dec. 22. . " Prospect Cougars will have a basketball game with Rogue River at the Prospect " gym, January 7. The High school band will play during' inter missions and there will also be drills by the majorettes' and Mrs, Madeline Halley's dancing class. Mrs. Everett Shafer had her organization meeting of 4-H Cooking classes Jan. 4, with the following enrolling: First year, Renalda Griffet, Laura Bean and Faye Jantzer; second year, Mary Pope and Sally McKillop, . and taking their third year work will be Jill Hedgpeth and El- donna Bean. Mrs. . Clarence Hedgpeth will be leading the knitting classes, Mrs.- Frank Jantzer, gardening and forestry, TheyTl Do It Every rTimc Q By Jimmy Hatlo RpA OOEStfT TRUST LITTLE EGGPLANT WITH aNYTWMS A!UMD THB HOUSE : . sbj UCKY SPORT LAGER Tinnir IIIVIIC Latest World Sport Events ! Channel 5 t - - - -- - '- -r Every Friday 9:30-10:00 P. 11 930-10:0D IIMXy " rf3 ' . VOU WAMTTOPUT 'someone's evecxtt? firVEITTOAAEf' ,TdlSlrtSTANT3lVE. IT TO ME Bur DEAR OLD DAD 5rrc fm. KEFDVf-j to I Ll8PUMTJT M LETTIMS FySTRyDE-THE A I r 5ussET-d Iv ARE VDU? M so BusYok-TuM WALL STREET. New York (U.R) Stocks re gained about 15 per cent of their losses of the three previous ses sions in a quiet recovery today. Without further selling pres sure, it took only a moderate de mand to raise, prices from $1 to $3 a share in a long list of issues. The Robert R. Young stocks, New York Central and Allegh any Corp., featured in turnover in that order.' The former made a new high in a strong railroad section. :.: Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: - American T & T ... .173 Anaconda Chrysler : Curtiss Wright . General Electric General Motors . Montgomery Ward .... Penn R R .- . Penney J C Radio '. ...... Southern Co Southern Pacific S Oil of Calif Texas Gulf Sulphur . Transamerica Tri-Continental United Aircraft U S Rubber .. U S Steel Younfistown 487s lOVs 1634 491s 97 79 2iVs 84 5834 18 54 75Vi , Unquoted 38 26 75U 42 70 69 VS PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle for week 3460. Mostly choice 1032-1060 lb. fed steers $24-25; good $21.50-22.50: good choice 800 lb. led heifers $20.50; utility-low commercial heifers $11.50 17.50; canner-cutter cows $8-8.50; utility-commercial bulls $13-15. Calves for week 265. Good-choice vealers $19-24; good-choice above 350 lb. calves S17-20: utility-commercial calves and vealers $9-17. l , ,Hogs for - week 2435.' Choice 1-2 J,nti-her 180-235 dbs. $20-20.501 choice 3 lots down to $19; heavier and lighter weiehts $17.50-19; choice aou-aau 10. sows $15.50-17. Sheep for weeK 1973. cnoice-pnme wooled lambs $18.50-19.50; latter tor woled lambs with No. 1 pelts to $19; good-choice lots $17-18; good-cnoice leeders $15-1630; ewes $3-6. PORTLAND PRODUCE . Portland (U J.) Eggs To retail era: Grade AA' lance. 44-45c doz.: A large. 40-42c doz.; AA medium. 40-41c; A mecuum. an-wci canons, x-ac aoai tionaL - - ' - Butter To retaileri: AA - grade prints. 66c lb.; cartons, 67c; A prints, 66c; cartons, 67c; B prints. 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar. Oregon singles. 42V-45'ac; 5-lb. loaves. 46Va-492C Processed Ameri can cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 39ii-41c lb. Farm Market ' General range for No. 1 A North west produced potatoes was mostly $330-3.75 a hundredweight off deal ers floors today with a few whole salers quoting a $3.25 a sack low; No. 1 dry onions from Brooks district sold at $1.90-2.25 a 50-lb. sack. Most cab bage sales at the East Side Farmers' market were at the outside of the $2- 225 a crate range. Poultry, Rabbits . .-' Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers. 2 'a to 4 V lbs.. 21c lb.: at - farm. 20c lb.: roasters.. 4 Va lugs, and up, 21c lb. f.o.b. Portland, zuc at ranch: light nens. lie: heavy liens, all wts.. 13c ui old roost ers, 10c ID. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, 34-35c lb.: roasters, 36-37c; light hens, 21-22c; heavy hens, 25-26c; cut up fryers, all wts 45 -4 6c; whole drawn. 39-40c. Turkeys Paying prices to produc ers for 1954 turkeys: Heavy type hens. 2Ac lb. f.o.b. farm on N.Y. dressed basis; toms same basis, 25 lbs. up, 24c; under 25 lbs., 21c lb. Beltsville hens, 31c; light type toms, 23c; fryer-soaster. 27c lb.; lightweight. To retailers, A grade hens, ready to cook. 48c; N.Y. dressed, to 43c lb.; A grade toms, oven-ready. ' 40c. Beltsville A grade hens, oven-ready, to 52c; Beltsville toms, 49c lb. - Babbits (average to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 3-4i lbs 18-20c up; 5-6 lbs., 14-16c; color ed pelts 4c under; old does. 8-10c lb.; a few higher. Fresh dressed fryer to retailers. 34-57c; cut up 60-63C. 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, $56 ton; Portland delivery. $54-56 ton; No. 2 Western' barley. $5430 f.o.b. Portland. Coast delivery: Soybean meal. $95 ton. cars prompt delivery Portland; standard millrun prompt shipment f.o.b: Portland, $4430 ton; No. 2 yellow corn, $6730 ton f.o.b. Portland. . Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland. $34-35 trucks. $36-37 rail. Portland grain exchange: Thurs day's close: Soft white ia ' do no rex - 254 White club . ,- 2.34 H. R. winter. 11 per cent 2.36 do 12 per cent 2.45 Lucky Learn Irswiaa C. Sea Freacuco, Its Aascto, Cai. . Voacowrar. Wwh, and Mrs. Lester Hudson Is teach ing second year sewing. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Biden and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boothby are planning an extended vacation into southern California, leaving I Prospect, Jan. 10. . : ' Archie McKillop returned to his home Jan; ;3 after a weeks' stay in a Medford hospital. In a novel contest in Germany, visitors to a certain resort re ceive ,10 "politeness coupons? which are then Eiven to those considered most polite. Prizes are awarded to the ones receiv Dallas, Tex U.R) Maxie Scott counted his chickens too late and found some 1,000 White Leghorns valued at $4,000 were missing. He first noticed the drop in his chicken population when egg production dropped off, he told the sheriff's office. Friday, January 7, 1SSS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Medford and vicinity: Fog tcnlght and Saturday morning; -fair Saturday afternoon. Little temperature change. Low tonight 23. High Friday 42. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy with considerable night and morning fog tonight and Saturday. Little tempera ture change. Low tonight 28-34. except 22 southern interior. High Saturday 38-48. LOCAL DATA v Temperature a year : ago. today: Highest 49; Lowest 34. Total monthly precipitation 4 ' inch. Deficiency for the month .19 inch. . Total: precipitation since September 1. 1954. 4.97 inches. Deficiency for the season 3.87 inches. - Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 59?,; 4:30 ajn. today 91. Observations Taken At 4:30 A.M., 1Z0 Meridian Time Hi eh Low Prec. Boise in Boston Chicago Denver Eureka Grants Pass Havre Klamath Falls Los Angeles Medford New York Omaha Phoenix . Portland Reno Eueene Salt Lake San Francisco Seattle Spokane D.C. Washington. Yakima Tomorrow . Sunrise 7:40 a.m. Sunset 4:56 p.m. 26 35 37 29 48 37 28 26 50 40 42 33 59 41 29 38 26 53 40 24 54 27 19 24 21 - 8 -32 23 10 2 43 23, 31 9 43 35 . 5 34 2 35 34 23 37 25 '30 .01 T Casablanca, North Africa (U.R) Clouds of locusts winged north ward over Morocco today, de vouring everything green in t ieir path. - y ; Casablanca authorities esti mated that the flight of the lo custs from the southern desert already had caused millions of dollars worth of damages.' Farmers appealed to the gov ernment to declare a state . of "national disaster" which would enable them to recover part of their losses in francs. v Some of the colonists predict ed it will be years before their harvests are normal again. - - . TRUE NAMES : Bridgeport, Conn. (U.R) What's in a name? Robert Ma son, by trade, is a mason, and Edwin Carpenter is a carpenter. FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Jan. 12): I Western Oregon Partly cloudy with considerable valley fog or low cloudiness through Wednesday. Tem peratures hear or slightly below, nor mal. Little or no precipitation. High temperatures averaging, 40-45. lows 30-35, except about 25 in interior southwestern Oregon. Northern California No precipita tion except . possible rain extreme north early in week. Highs near or above normal. Lows below normal. Births ' DRAKE To Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 967 Lawnsdale rd., Jan. 5, 1955, a boy, 5Vi pounds, at Community hospitaL " ' PUGH To Mr. and Mrs. Del bert, Central Point, Jan. 6. 1955. a boy, 8 Vi pounds, at. Commu nity hospitaL - . ELLIOTT To Mr.; and Mr$. 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