Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 21, 1955, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Return Mr. and Mrs. Gene . Cass returned last evening after Deing m roruana ior iour aays while Cass, of the Rogue Sports man, attended classes conducted by the Evinrude Motor company. Battery Stolen A battery was .stolen from a pickup truck Tues day night at the Medford IOOF cemetery, according to a report filed in the sheriff s office by Earl Gaddis, 815 East Jackson St. A . ''..'l- Changes Work Mrs. Mattie B. Malone, formerly employed in the office of the county as sessor is now office manager for her husband, John C Malone, real estate agent, the Malone's announced today. Chain Stolen . Don Evans, .360V4 Berry dale ave., has re ported the theft of three lengtns .iof chain from the Rogue Drive Iln theater, according to Sheriff .Howard Gault. The theft is be ? lieved to have occurred between Jan. 14 and 17. . i '- Cabin Entered George A. Whepley, route 1, box 500, Tal ent, has reported to the sheriffs : office that his cabin on - Yank . gulch was entered by forcing a jwindow. A .22 caliber rifle was stolen from a gun cabinet in the "' -cabin, according .to the report. CorrectionCorrections have 'been requested in the spelling ,of two names in yesterday's issue. An Altrusa committee member ! should have been listed as "Mrs. . iMaizie Daily," and in an item ' concerning the sale of a " resi 'dence the name should have been t "Joseph Daly." : Medical Care Those reported as receiving medical care today at Sacred Heart hospital are Mrs. Willa Barnard, Talent; Miss Jennie Olson, 400 Crater Lake -ave.; Anton Anderson, Trail; Miner Boshears, 408 South Grape st., and Mrs.-Walter Faux, 425 Ross lane. John Harvey, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Har vey, 323 North Berkeley way, and Scotty Charters, 2, of 228 Ajax st. Camp White, were' giv en medical treatment and re leased today. D ANCE Sat. Night if ') 0 BOBBY CHAMPION AND HIS MELODY WRANGLERS Finest Western Music in the Pacific Northwest. See and hear them Every Saturday Nite. : 6:30-7 P.M - KBES-TV Rogue Ualley DALLR00L1 JV 1 -x'"i DM at Walker's DREAMLAND Favorite Old and New Tempos Played for You by THE METRO-NOMES O Barney Bull Fiddle i O Let Sax O Chuck Drums O Rose Piano O Floyd Clarinet O Ruth aid Her Violin Saturday, Jan. 22 LlcKEE BRIDSE o UrrER AFFLEGATE Music By That fUN lOVINi BAND CIIAP ssd JODY'S FilAIlKSTERS 'Grange Benefit . $10 Couple . Personal From Market Miss Mabel Nye of Hadley's store returned last evening : from a two-week buying trip to markets at San Francisco and Los Angeles. , Business Name Al Root, route 1, box 38, Eagle Point, has assumed the business name Big Y Jiffy Car Wash, for a business near Medford, ' according to records filed in the office of the Jackson county clerk, -r Visitor Here Dr. Harry Dav is, Walla Walla, Wash., former national 'president of the Acad emy of Applied Osteopathy, left Medford Tuesday after a brief stay here. Sunday Dr. Davis was a visitor at a meeting of all oste opaths of the valley held in the offices of Dr. George S. Jen nings.'. - " Hip Injury Russell ' P. Nel son, 30, Seattle, Wash., research chemist working for American Marietta company of Seattle, re ceived " a severe hip injury at about 1:40 p.m. Thursday when he fell from a ladder at the Medford Veneer Products com pany, according to Medford am bulance attendants. They took hi mto Sacred Heart hospital. . At Community Several new patients were reported today at Community hospital. They are Mrs. Ned Chinn, 820 West Jack son it, there for minor surgery; Mrs. Russell Howard, 1028 Mur ray St.; Mrs. Harold von Stein Jr., 2683 Table Rock rd., and Frank . Hammer, , Prospect, all surgery patients; and Jack Ross, also of Prospect, , a medical patient.-; : .' '. I : Have Surgery Marlene Smith, 1319 West Main st., and Orville Franklin, 1174 Court St., are listed today as surgery pa tients at Sacred Heart hospital. Theresa Calhoun, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Van Calhoun, 1663 Biddle rd and Barbara Hutchin son, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hutchinson, 348 O'Gara ave., are tonsil surgery patients there. ; BENJAMIN EDMONDSON Funeral services are pending at Perl funeral home for Benja min Franklin Edmondson, Butte Falls, who died at a local hos pital Thursday. , CAROLINE MEIER ' Caroline Meier, 628 Lozier lane, died, at a local hospital last night. Funeral arrangements are pending at. Perl funeral home. j ANN SULLIVAN; - Funeral arrangements are be ing made by Perl funeral home for Ann Sullivan, Coquille, who died at a . local hospital today. GUY TEX , -V- .-V - ' Funeral services for Guy Tex, long-time Central Point business man who died in Salem Tuesday, will be held at Perl funeral home Monday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. N. K. Tully of Jacksonville, assisted by the Rev. Harry Heck, Central Point, officiating. Inter ment will be in Siskiyou Memo rial park. Honarary pall bearers, mem bers of Central Point Masonic lodge, will be Ed-Vincent, Joe Krupp, Truman Brenner, Wil liam Abbott, Ellis Clark, and I. F. Maier. Active pall bearers will be H. P. Jewett, Harry tTonn, Vic tor Noel, H. J. Fleischer, Arden Pinkham and Donald Faber. PROGRESS . Woodbury, Conn. U.PJ Crank-style telephones are on their way ovA. The Woodbury Telephone Co. has floated a stock jssue that will enable it to replace its battery ? powered phones. r'fs Riles Saturday for Pioneer Valley Man Graveside funeral services for Joseph Welch, 75, native of the Central Point-Sams Valley dis trict, will be held in Central Point cemetery Saturday at 2 p.m. Arrangements are in charge - of Litwiller funeral home at Ashland. ' Mr. Welch, who died in Salem Thursday, was the last of the immediate family of Matt and Mary Welch, pioneers of the Central Point district Survivors include Mrs. Cari bel Morehouse Porter, Corvallis; Mrs. J. M. Demsey, Willington, Calif.; Mrs. Charles Sanderson, Sams Valley, and Mrs. Goldy Beeler Smith, Montebello, Calif. WALL STREET New York OJ.R) Stocks ad vanced today for the fourth con-r secutive session.' All: sections joined the rise with gains ranging to more than 2 points in a long list and to more than 5 points in a few stocks.---,.,,; - ; Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: . . -' American T & T ....,.175 Anaconda . .: ...... 49 Chrysler ; 68?A Curtis Wright 17'4 General TSlectric .. 48 General Motors 91 Va Montgomery Ward . . . 81 Penn. R. R.' '. 23 Penney, J, C. .......... '86 Radio. : ; 39V4 Southern Co. '. 19.V4 Southern Pacific .., 53 S. Oil of Calif. ........ 16V Texas Gulf Sulphur .... 39 Transamerica ; : .... 39V4 Tri - Continental 26 United Aircraft .......Unquoted U. S. Rubber :. 42 U. S. Steel - 71 Youngstown 76 : PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portlana (UJ.) Cattle for week 3150. Choice fed steers $24-24.50: Rood $21.50-23; good-choice feeders $18-20; good-choice hfer? S19.S0-21.75; . cn-ner-cutter cows $7.50-9; . utility-commercial bulls $1250-18. v Calves for week 275. Good -choice vealers $20-25; utility commercial $9-18. Hpgs for week 2950. Choice butch ers down to $1950; ' choice sows $15.50-17. - - Sheep for week 1585. Choice, some prime, lambs $19-1950; ewes $450 650; feeders $16-17. few $17.50. Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 49c dor.: A large, 46c doz.; AA medium. 44-45c; A me dium. 4 3 -44c: A small, 37-38c: cartons. l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 66c lb.: cartons 67c: A prints, 66c; cartons, 67c; B prints. 64c. . Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar. Oregon singles, 42'2-45'ac: 3-lb. loaves, 46 '2-49V2C. .Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf. 39-41c lb. PORTLAND PRODUCE Farm Market . Northwest potato market held un settled undertone today with dealers explaining it could go either way within. next few weeks; prices were mostly-steady -to firm on most . items today. -; . Farm Market Ijve Chickens To -- growers (No. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2Va to 4 lbs.. 23-24c lb.: at farm. 22-23c lb.; roasters. 4 Va lbs. and up. 23-24c lb. f.o.b. Portland. 22-23c at ranch: light hens, 13c; heavy hens, all wts 14c lb.: old roosters. 10c lb; . Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. 34-35 c , lb.: roasters, 37-38c; light hens, 21-22c; heavy hens. 25-26c: cutup fryers,' all -wts 47-48c lb.t whole drawn. 42-43c. Turkeys 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. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants) live ,. white. 3-4 Va lbs.. 18-20c up; 5-61bs.. 14-16c: colored pelts, 4c under; old does, 8-10c lb.; a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers, 54-57c; cut up, 60-63c. Portland Cash Grain -,-V Portland Prices as reported in "the US0A market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $79 a ton': bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 white -oats, 38-lb. test.Coast delivery, $58 ton: Portland delivery, $53.50 ton No. 2 Western barley $34 f.o.b. Port land. Coast delivery; Soybean meal. $9350-94 ton. cars, prompt delivery Portland; -standard. . millrun - prompt shipment. $45-4550 ton, cars' prompt delivery; No. 2 yellow corn. $67.23. ton f.o.b. Portland. - Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland. , $33 trucks, $37 rail. Portland - grain exchange: Thurs day's close: .. Soft white - ; , ,;........ $235 - do no rex , , , ,. .. 2.35 White club .. . 2.35 B. R. winter. 11' per cent 2.37 do 12 -per cent -. 2.46 (Msns EAGLE . - - - . . : THE : PATSY AND DIANE Singing Your Favorite Songs Music By DICK SPAIN . AND THE ROGUE VAllEY BOYS mm ,7","" " JOHCtl K 1 to Nr I WttTllf .mm firr,. iff 05QEIS Geary Advises Chairmen on How To Speed Session Salem U.Rj -Speaker of the House Edward A. Geary held an unprecedented parley with his committee chairmen yesterday afternoon and gave them some advice 'on ' how to expedite the session. " : l y ;, He :. expressed concern over the fact . that only 90 bills had been introduced in. the House as against 137 on the same date two ' years ago. Then , he said:' : 'it's not because I want more bills,, but because I know there are many, bills that will be in troduced and I don't want them to come in a big pile." Requests Filed ' Rep. W. W. : Chadwick of Salem : said more than 700 re quests for drafting bills had al ready been, filed .with the legis lative counsel, and , Geary said he would confer with Sam Haley the legislative counsel, to ascertain , the situation in that office and report back to the house. Geary also said he wanted as few executive sessions as. possi ble. Those are the : ones where the public is -invited- to leave while members. deliberate. He said: "You will find that you will receive far less criticism if you have open meetings and give the people- an opportunity to hear what is. going-on-." Mann Sees Tim Saver, .. .. ., , The speakes urged committee chairman not to bring to the floor bills that the committee members knew had no chance of passage. : ' s Rep. E. H. Mann of Medford suggested that much legislative time could - be saved jf commit tees of both Houses sat in on im portant hearings. - ; Rep. Loran. L. Stewart of Cot tage Grove, chairman of f the House 'Taxation Committee, said the Senate and House tax com mittees planned "many joint hearings on important bills. V Use" of : members of the '. Ore gon Bar Committee in conduct ing research work on bills re quested by legislators 'was sug gested by: Rep.. George Layman: of Newberg, , chairman." of the House' Judiciary . Committee. This group of attorneys who do natetheir tune. to assist: the leg islators, Layman' said, were not busynow and, would bej glad' to prepare memoranda or the leg islative counsel's - office, thus handle th research , work , and saving that office much, timVin preparation; of billsv y ' ... POINT Army Men Visiting In City. This Veek "Jim Grey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Grey, 42 South Barneburg rd.; and Richard H. Boltz, both Army privates first class, arriv ed' Thursday evening to" visit with the Greys.' . Boltz will leave Saturday, and Grey will remain for a longer visit. . ' Both came here from Ft. Sill, Okla., where they received train ing with the field artillery for about a year. They, both will leave in late February for Ger many.' 'i-J: Boltz, who was born' in Prus sia and lived in Europe for 21 years,; was held prisoner by the Communists during the close of World War IL He escaped from behind the ' Iron 1 Curtain and came to the United States, then joined the Army. His home now is at Pasco, Wash., and he re ceived his citizenship papers last summer. - , Daily Weather Report -' FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Showers this evening. Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Valley fog Saturday morn, day 3840 tonigh 28-30. Hish Satur- Western Oregon: Showers tonight and .Saturday . with partial clearing aatJ?al fog early Saturday. Low to mgnt 30-40, except 26 extreme south ern interior. High Saturday 40-48. LOCAL DATA Temperature a : year ago today: Highest 45: Lowest 30. - TotAl - mnnthlv . v,vaA1m;.;mh mi inches.-. , , Deficiency for - the month 1.02 inches. i o! 5ripitation stace September l. 1954, 59 inches. - Deficiency for the , season 4.70 inches.- . 1 Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 68; 40 a.m. today 99. -- ObservaUons Taken At 4:30 A.M., ,120 Meridian-Time Boise : Boston . .... Chicago Chicago Denver High Low Prec. .36 16 .10 25 12 . 35 28 .08 .35 28 .08 ..34 16 48 42 .01 . 43 36 .09 .25 11 .36 27 T . 37 44 43 36 .05 . 32 17 30 16 .11 32 34 . 47 39 J3 33 , 47 38 J22 . 29 23 - .16 . 50 37 .41 32 . 29 11 37 22 Eureka Grants Pass Havre . Klamath Falls Los Angeles niearora New York 1 Omahn Phoenix Portland Rfnn ' Eugene Salt Tjb' San Francisco Seattle Spokane Washington, D.C. Yakima 39 1 15 Temnpnivt Sunrise 7:34 ajn. Sunset 5:12 p.m. ; FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Jan. 26) Western Oregon Temperatures averaging near normal. Highs in 40s, lows in 30s. Recurring rains totalling 1-2 inches on coast, 1-1 i inches over interior. Northern California No precipita tion -except possible rain in extreme north early in week. Considerable .fog in the central valley. . Temperatures neap normal, except highs below nor mal in fog areas. ; ASHLAND ilk 7l FRI. & SAT. EVENINGS O DOORS OPEN 6:30 O Anthony DEXTER Martha ROTH PLUS - CARTOON I I -- jm&iSie C ' J MM. Jk. JOROME CORTLAND BEVERLY TYLER AND Svc Friday, January 21, 1853 ftit fV'l A ' i t i J "4 Y j c- .j:.-.-.-.-.-..- t IN SHEFPARD CASE Dr. Paul Kirk, nationally known criminologist now with ..the , University of California in Berkeley, has been hired to seek new evidence in the Dr. Samuel Sheppard m urder case. He said he - would in vestigate the case with an "open mind" seeking "physi cal evidence" only. . ' NOW PLAYING Sheldopi Allman 1 LIMITED ENGAGEMENT Sheldon it well known in Med ford as he was formerly with Ben Yost's Royal Guards. Ho is now doing a "single" and it greater than over. 'Hit act it entirely NEW and DIFFER ENT! . o Also o "The Mystery Group" This Quartette it looking for a name! Name thit band and receive a beautiful Bulova Watch. To appreciate them you must hear them '. . to come on out. TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY v Closed Tuesday t v STAN'S Y CLUB V DEATXX AT SVEK7 ' CUHVKI BCHAK0CCXTE BUM MOON O LATE NEWS . 1 Saturday Matinee . k ONLY f For The Entire Family! ! TheVestV Diana cf Gdldsn 1 IZsbss,'' 1 1 Cartoons VN ItStft C:iflPTEntb.lOwDlTiLT MEDFORD (OREGON)- MAIL TRIBUlfE ELEVEJJ 78 Persons Attend Credit Course Session - Approximately 78 persons at tended, the1 opening session of the retail credit school-' being conducted in Medford by Sterling S. Speake, retail credit special ist of the National Retail Credit association, St. Louis,' Mo. , The session last night was de voted to discussion of the credit outlook, credit trends, and prob lems affecting ' charge ; account and installment account credit selling. Definition of credit terms was also part of the open lfMilHlWfTITr O CONTINUOUS fOM 1 -PJ. O O STARTS SUNDAY O THAT "BORN YESTERDAY" GIRL . . . NOW SHE'S FUNNIER THAN EVER! ITS SMART. TART and r- V JT TERRIFIC! .. S. 1 'H ' -O' 4 t i u r : . . -. - v- v : SilOWS STABT Dcsrs Open Tcnifa 0sC3 p.n. 'sSSISjSS 1 1 1.1-A Jl I y-srii? TECHNKOLOR ' ini ninonu niuniro uaoi bmmv unftKLLO MOSS WWT- SIONEYUifT GEORGE CUK0R a-'1"Hl,iti W0Bf' ' Mil mot WARNER BRQS. ,mmOUmS mmvmmm WtMWI V Continuous Sat. & San. 12:45 MEDFORD'S FAM I LY THEATRE Tonite AND SATURDAY DOORS OPEN 6:45 P.M. V frrjMii i e 1 ! n if . n r Fort khl , -&SV ing program. . Retailers and their, credit per sonnet are invited to attend the school, which : will . continue through" Jan. 25. It is sponsored by the Credit Bureau of Med ford, Inc. ; - - ' - ; Classes are held daily at the Roosevelt school from. 7:30 to 10 pjn,' ' - :-i 'yi'iivU'v-.:::-;: . Hartford, ComL . (U.R Driv ing to . wok, -- Francis J. Duntz and Vernard L. Duntz collided. They are brothers. JAOC ' ' WMV LEMMON-NOVAK ; ' -. 1 EXTRA 'WINTER PARADISE' - Technicolor Faaturttto u , CARTOON O LATEST NEW ) I-)( V i M A. pan JUJj QiimMix.:!: STCKEOPHOMC SOUND nmimnr . Diorvnu tom noonah pjn. Doom Open Uilpa. .V mm m m 9 v mm. - ... i m m 1 :3-CARTbOJ CLASSICS 3