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n A Y r $13.00 !'DECOR"tTABLE. LAMP ATTENDANCE PRIZE FOR Medford v .: United Press full Leased Wire Tribune United Frew full Leased Wire ' - - : '- ha 1! Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY , 1 3, 1 955 6 Pages 4 II 4 1 it I 1 2 ' 1 1 i t i r BARES CHARGES Presi dent Jose Figueres (above) of uosia mca cnarces that mer cenary tTOODS are nnispri in Nicaragua for. an invasion of the' Central American RpnnH. uc ne says me soldiers were recruited in Mexico, Vene zuela and Costa Rica itself and he adds that they are 'stationed along Costa Rica's I borders. Retail Purchases In 1954 Sets Record Washington U.R) -Americans bought a record $170,806,000,000 worth of goods from retail stores last year. -;; .. v '; ; ; .-; The . Commerce Department also reported that a preliminary sample survey showed Decem ber sales, to be $18,003,000,000, the v largest ; of any month on record.. The' previous monthly record of $16,900,000,000 .was . ; set in December, 1932. : The -December buying boom ; . was partly due to heavy Christ mas sales and partly, to the un taually big sales of new autos, - the department said. The new yearly record tops the old record set in 1953 by $67,000,000. c .Medford Firm Files '.; '.' Incorporation Articles -' Articles of incorporation were filed at Salem this week for Dunham's Inc., . according . to United Press. .., . ' The store previously was known as Dunham's of Medford. It is located on North Pacific highway. Signing the corpora ton papers were R. Cv Dunham, Jason Swaryck and Aylene Dun ham Swaryck. Principals in the firm are the same as in the past. No change in personnel or pol icy is planned,'- according to -SwgycltritigrrrtjapatcdMhat a second story will be added to the present building and the ex terior and interior of the present one revamped. Paunchy Penguin's Sickness Puzzles Vancouver Zookeeper; Many Drugs Used Vancouver, B.C. U.R) A paunchy penguin who stands aloof from his . comrades - and surveys his audience with . ob vious distaste had his zookeeper worried today, The bird came here with his seven friends two and one-half years ago as a gift from the governor of ' the Falkland Is-' lands. All -eight were taken aboard ship at South Georgia, an island off South America, and shipped north. AH that's known about the bird is that he , (or she) is very sick and zookeeper Alan Best at Stanley Park said it "may be on its last wings." Waddles About The bird separates himself from the rest of the penguins in their Stanley Park cage and waddles . slowly about, appar ently in a world of his own. i "That's a sure sign of sick ness,' Best said. "We've been feeding it every kind of tfrug 'Plebes' Must Have Answers at Hand Annapoli s, Md. U.R) "Plebes" at the Naval Academy here must stand' ready at all times to answer questions on na val or academy history posed by upper classmen. - - it they can t give spot ans wers, they respectfully reply, "I shall find outi; sir,"-and go look up the facts.;-;: 'v ; ; r . Typical of the-fhistorical loie plebe has on tap is the fact that Adm. George Dewey's low est marks as midshipman were in tactics. Winston ChurclSll, he learns, brought crew raesag to the acad emy in 1893-JThis ' particular Churchill was Veadet from Mis souri who had cked up . point ers on rowing during a special trip to Yale. . Anchors Aweigh ' was written in 1913 by Bandmaster Charles A. Zimmerman and Midshipman Alfred H. Miles and midshipmen marched in public for the first time at-President, li, S. Grant s inauguration in 1873.' SWEET KISS Peoria, I11.:, U.R) A Peoria eouple-came home with Candy- a ,CandyKis9 weighing seven pounds, . six -ounces. The full name, of their -first child is Can dy Lynn Kiss, v - ; you can think' of. But it's no use. Probably he'll die soon." Best claimed it . was impos sible to tell the bird's actual age, but its. illness was a 'combina tion of old age "and other complications." When asked what kind of pen- Organizations Asked ign New York Presidents of the nation's 60 leading civic, farm, labor and veterans organizations have urged their more than 50.- 000,000 members to give all-out support m the final weeks of the 1955 March of Dimes, the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, disclosed today. .The American Legion's 17,000 posts, backed by ' 16,000 local units of the Legion Auxiliary, re sponded to the call of their na tional leaders by offering their services to March of Dimes head quarters in their own communi ties. . ' --- '' t' -" ' A partial list of other organi zations helping to raise. $64,000,- ooo to fight polio in 1955 in clude: Rotary, Lions, Moose, Ki wanis, Elks, United Council of Christian Churches, -. National Council of . Catholic ; Women, B'nai B'rith, National - Grange, CIO, AFL, Veterans of ' Foreign Wars and AMVETS. . Six Medford Students On OSC Honor Roll J Corvallis Six students from Medford - are listed on ! the fall term scholastic honor roll" at Oregon State xollege. - - ; - Wayne ... Rawson.. earned ..'..a straight -.A . average.,; Earning grave averages of 3.5 points or better on the basis of an A equal ing 4 points were Gordfn Ashby, Sally Harris, Jerry ; Peterson, Roy Rogers, and Lee Spencer. There were 292 students named on - the OSC fall- term honor roll with 46 listed as earn ing straight As. . r COAT SALE Benton Harbor, Mich. -(U.R) When electrician Louis .Metzger f inished-installing somenew lights in a garage, he discovered his jacket had been- sold by a group . of women . conductmg a rummage sale. o ' STOS HOURS: WEEKDAYS 8:30 TO 7 SUNDAYS 10 TO 7 : Specials for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 14-15 ROSEDALE HAWAIIAN SLICED : i PDK1GAPPD.E . ,x IN HEAVY SYRUP IrA lrAj4Ux , , V-.' - j . ' " - ; . ' V ' I Til O) Country ' TI T5 " IDAHO WINESAP " ' ! T" v4 APPLES Ground Chuck - . - , pure and Delicious! y9 FULL BUSHEL 0)9fl -gS--V Crijp nd Sweet-Only fOJ I ';) Q)- Lb. With Beans - Both Hot orReguIar 12-OZ. TUBE " o M cans gf Fancy pack....... U V 12-oz. o) 55 (o) (p) . Jars for td) id) . (2) lb. bag...... KJ-jJ, SAVE TWICE! 2 Coupons Nov in SWOyJPRipT Cans uiS gtim.it was, Best replied "We sdnt away . for king penguins and this is what we got." The penguin is called Number Eight, while the other penguins walk around the cage, Number Eight stands solemnly with his pink beak snuggled to his white chest. Occasionally he responds, and ... moves his beak, slowly while staring glumly at the. peo ple around him. - V 'r Best said the bird's pink beak was not a sign of illness. "We've clipped the pink . covering" off the other birds but didn't want to touch Number Eight because of, his illness. Special Food , The : usual penguin's diet is salmon and other types of small fish. lut Number Eight, whose actions have won for him the name "The Undertaker," has his food especially prepared. : ; ."It's . funny we're paying so much for medicine .for him and nobody, really knows anything about him," Best said; ; i ' - His sex is the biggest mystery, the zookeeper added. "It prob ably doesn't know what it is it self.": -'V;;; Vvv;. r Another . reason "The ; Under taker" is expected to die within the next : few- weeks is -his sag ging posture. . -; ; "He's the only penguin in the bunch who has a paunch." Church Members Ask for Clothing Members of the Valiey View Seventh Day , Adventist . church announced today that they are in; need of clean clothing and new- materials for making bed ding for needy families of : this vicinity, in connection with their welfare work. "Those who do - have articles to . donate, or scraps of worn blankets in addition to apparel and quilts, are asked to call Mrs. Elsie Arnold, 2-7054 and pickup service will he arranged.- . . Purmg 1954. the members of the-church made or mended 4 1"16 garments, which they gave to needy people; 15 quilts were made and distributed to families which had lost bedding by fire or needed more to keep the members of their families warm during the winter; 139 food bas kets -were given: to local needy families; and 13 ishutins were given wrapped boxes for Christ mas, containing fruit cakes," can dies, apples and oranges.. ; - The members also helped 344 local persons ' in various - ways' and spent 1,484 hours in mend ing the. garments and in various activities needed to help those who . are having unfortunate times, officers . of the church said. mm More Cash Awarded Every Thursday FREE EVERY MONTH-ONE OF . 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