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Local and License To WtdL. C. Pal mer, Ashland, and Alice Myrtle Shepherd, Ashland, obtained a license to wed Jan. 25, at the Siskiyou county courthouse. To Eugene Bill Dawkins of Pierce-Dawkins, Inc., will be in Eugene Sunday where he is scheduled for an appearance on KVAL-TV. From Eugene he will go to Portland for two days on business. ; ToPalo Alio Mrs. William H. Pratt and family, 714 Park st., plan to leave the middle of next week for Palo Alto, Calif. Pratt, formerly with the First National bank here, has accept ed a position as assistant vice president "at the First Western Bank . and Trust company and has already gone south. .31 i 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 lie DALLR09D vr JV DANCE Sat. Night mi i it i valley II at Walker's DREAMLAND FavoritJ Old and Now Tempos Played for You by THE METRO-NOMES O BARNEY Bull Fiddlo O LES-Sax O CHUCK-Drums O ROSE-Piano O FLOYD-Clarinot. . ; Q RUTH and Her Violin SATURDAY NIGHT Am EAGLE r DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF DICK SPAIN . , w and th ROGUE VALLEY BOYS Featuring v Jack Arnold and jfleiKOUUILLE GOnnOHITY HALL o ADMISSION o $1.00 T3f Inc., Students with Student Body Cards 75c Personal From Laktwood The A. E. Althens family moved yesterday from Lakewood, Calif., to 255 Stewart ave. ; - - Convalescent Edward L. Dwight, 423 Fairmont St., is convalescing following surgery yesterday at Osteopathic hospi tal, attendants said today. Kiwanii Film A special film, "Fred Jones, Kiwanian," will be shown by KBES-TV on Saturday, Jan. 29 from 6:05 to 6:25 p.m. t Has Surgery Miss Betty Duncan, 417 Oak st., is at Com munity hospital where she un derwent surgery today, attend ants reported. - - From San Francisco Mr. and Mrs.. John Barnum of San Francisco former Medford resi dents, are visiting in the valley while Barnum is here on busi ness. "" , ' ; At Community Mrs. Clara E. Phipps, 955 Biddle rd., is at Community hospital where she was taken Monday night.' Her family members report that she may have visitors. Mew Station L. E. Cleven berg has received . a Medford building permit to construct a $16,985 service station at 503 South Riverside ave., according to city records. if - Medical Care Those report ed today : as receiving ' medical care at ' Sacred Heart hospital are William Wheat, 16; son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Wheat, 24 South Orange st.; Allen Tungate, 5 weeks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Tungate, 230 Laurel st., and John Leaden, Shady Cove. To Make Trip Mr. and 'Mrs. J. i O. Oakes, route 1, Medford plan to leave this week end for a two-weeks trip to Atlantic, la., where they, will visit his rela tives. Mrs. Oakes. also plans to visit relatives elsewheresin-the state. ' 5 ' I-: '"- - 5 ' -; . t : ; s - ;. .- - . ' Move '.to 'Roseburg Mr. "'and Mrs. E. T. DeMattos, 801 Grant ave., and their four-year-old daughter, Marilyn, will move this week end to Roseburg. DeMattos has been transferred there by F. W. Woolworth company and has been assistant manager at the Medford store for a year. He will have the same position with the Roseburg "store. . POINT His' Steel Guitar , With BILL And the Western Swing Western 12:30 Portland Livestock ..' . . ,.- . . --.'-' Livestock (U.P.) Cattle for -week 2740. Choice fed steers $24.50: good choice under 1050 lbs. S23.23-23.50; good-low choice heifers $1930-21; utility-low commercial $1130-1730; can ner cows $7.50-830; utility-commercial bulls $13-1530. Calves for week 250. Good-choice vealers $20-25; few to $26 and $27; Kood -choice above 350 lb. calves $17-20. Hogs for week 2460. Choice 180-235 lb. $1830-20; mid-week sales $1930; heavier and lighter weights $1730 1830; choice 350-550 lb. sows. $15-$1630. Sheep for week 1900. Choice with some prime mostly 95105 lb. fall shorn and wooled lambs $19.50-20: good- choice S17.0O-19; feeders - $16-1730; ewes $6-7. Portland Produce ' Portland (TJJ.) Zgga to retailers: Grade AA large 50c doz.: A large, 46-47e doz.: A large. 46-47c doz.: A A medium 46c; A medium. 44-45c; A small. 39c; 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',2-45V2c; 5-lb. loaves. 46 a -49 ',ac Processed Ameri can cneese, 3-id. loai. 3a'a-4ie lb. Farm Market Small to medium sized Willamette valley cabbage sold at 2:50-2.75 a crate at the East Side Farmers' market today. : . Poultry. Rabbits - -; : Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2',i to 4 lbs., 25c lb.; at farm. 24c lb.: roast ers 4 ','2 lbs. and up. 25c lb. f.o.b. Port land. 24c at ranch; light hens. 13c; heavy hens, aU wis., 14-15c lb.; old roosters. 10-llc lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. 35-36c lb.: roasters, 39-40c; light hens. 23-24c; heavy hens, 26-27c: cutup frVers all wts.. 49-50C lb.; whole drawn. 44-45s. v - 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 toms, oven ready, 40c. Beltsville . A c grade hens, oven-ready, to 52c; Beltsville toms, 49c lb. Rabbits' (average- to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 3i-42 lbs.. 18-20c up; 5-6 lbs.. 14-16c; col ored pelts, 44c under; old does. 8-10c lb.; a few higher. Fresh dressed fry ers to. retailers. 54-57c; cut up. 60-63c. In San Francisco Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Milkowski, Sams Valley, are. to return Saturday after being since. Wednesday in San Francisco on a business and pleasure trip. .' Official Here David Adolph, Portland, left yesterday after being in Medford on business. He is a vice-president of the First National bank in charge of the loan production depart ment. While here he conferred with bank officials in Medford, brants Pass and Ashland. . Accident Two vehicles were involved in a collision on Dakota ave. between Peach and Beek man sts.;, yesterday morning, ac cording :;to city police records. Drivers were Shirley. Ann Mit chell, -508 South Grape st., and Merrill : Ray . Stembridge, ,1232 Stewart ave. No citations were issued. . ,' Inspections . City Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson made pre liminary inspections yesterday lior installation of two.4,000 gal-. Ion underground . gasoline stor age tanks. He inspected five bus iness occupancies and issued six orders for correction of hazard ous conditions. - Slight- Injury Bessie Mary Powell," 47, of 436 Fairmont ave., received a slight injury as a -result' of van accident at the intersection of Third and Holly sts. yesterday afternoon, accord ing to city police. She was cited by police for failure to yield the right of way. The other driver was. Herbert Ray Vallej 153 North Oakdale ave. Vagrants Three men pleaded guilty .to. vagrancy charges and were sentenced to 30 days in jail, subject to later suspension, at a municipal court hearmg to day. They were Norman Nick Dowen, 38, Seattle, . Edward Lauder, 32, Tacoma and Tom Breen Watts, 32,: Pasco, - Wash., police said. Police added that Lauder is wanted for parole violation in Washington. The men : were found with pinball machine "fixing" equipment in their posession, officials added. XAi; Conferonco , Maj.i Max well P. Guiley,-of the 9091st Air Reserve . groiipi , Medford, is at tending a national resources con ference at Sacramento Calif. The; program -is furnished through the industrial college of the armed forces from Washing ton; D.C., and is . a condensation of a ' 10 months course. The conference opened last Monday and will continue for two weeks. Gov. . Goodwin Knight of Cali fornia opened the session. .Guil ey ' lives ' here at- 220 Sunrise ave. ' ": NIGHT IMLY Band Listen To Roundup Time' Daily on KWIN Craferian Theater Will Have Modern Equipment Added Complete . rebuilding of the projection equipment and screen of the Craterian theater is now under way, it was announced to day by Robert Corbin, district manager for Robert L Lippert Theaters, Inc. :- A The work will allow the thea ter to show moving pictures in new mediums including Cinema scope, Super . Scope,; and Wide Screen. VThe projection booth is being : equipped with. Stereo phonic sound to allaw reproduc tion of the new four track high fidelity sound recordings. - - y The new screen will entirely fill: the.-proscenium arch of the theater, according to Corbin. He estimated that the entire project will cost several thousand dol lars. At the present time,the"Hp!lZ theater in Medford is- the only one in this area equipped for the new mediums. Corbin' noted that, "More and more' of k the better films are being made in the new mediums and the Cra terian is needed to allow . local patrons to see these pictures on an up to date basis. Opening Set Monday For New Laundry Here Opening of the Arrow Laun dry and Dry cleaners, 520 South Riverside' ave., is set 'for Mon day, according to Frank H. Sher ier of the Cleaners Exchange Inc., Portland, who has been here to engineer, installation of equipment. v The firm previously dealt in dry cleaning only. A remodeling program . and the addition of home service" laundry equip ment and new ' dry cleaning equipment has been in progress for several months. John Ramsey is the - owner and operator of the firm. . The laundry. department is for service to householders only and is not a commercial , laundry, Sherier pointed out. The service is new in this area, he said. Drivein parking also is fur nished. . v ' New Station Contractors started work this week on the construction af new Shell Oil service station at " the Talent highway -junction on property formerly owned by Clarence Dodge. The station will-be the latest in design, ' company offi cers said today. An operator for the ; station Jias not .yet been ar ranged. - ; : : Have Surgery Patients -re ported today as having surgery at sacred Heart hospital include Harold: Christian, JJ. son, of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Christian, 1135 Lo- zier lane; Donald E. Turner, 5, son of Mr. . and Mrs. George Turner, 825 West ; Second ; .st.; Mrs. Alice Joanis,. Talent;. .Ken neth Piland, .17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Piland, 401 West Second st.; Lee Abbott, 17 son of Mr. and Mrs. Orbra Abbott,. Butte Falls, and Miss Marlene Smith, 1319 West Main st. . : . Daily Weather Report ; . . FORECASTS ''" vi? Medford and 'vicinity: Variable hign cloudiness tonight and through Satur day afternoon. Increasing cloudiness Saturday night. Little temDerature change. Low tonight 25. High Satur day 48. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy and patches of . night and morning; fog along coast.: cloudy or foggy in inter ior portion - tonignt ana saturaay. Partial clearing during afternoon. Little temperature change. Low to night 28-38. except 20-25 southern in terior. High Saturday 38-48. except 33-40 in fog areas. ' i i i ' LUCAIi DATA i ' Temperature a - year ago today: Highest 43; Lowest 31. Total monthly precipitation .91 inch. Deficiency for the' month 1.28 inches. , . - ' ' . ; ' . ' . Total precipitatioit since September 1. 1959. 5.53 inches. Deficiency for tha season 8.02 inches. - i- -'"- . -r.-..?- . Beiativa- humidity 4:30 p.m. yester day 40 Tc: 4:30 a.m. today 87. . r. 1 1. . UDttrvauons xaaen At :sa aji4 . -i ..v.f 129 Ikftridiaa Tim :i-i-: :: High Low Free. Boise :.r r r 3S ... g . Boston ; - -- . aa io Chicago r - ; , - 8 3. Denver - " '" ' 41 - 19 U7 Eureka' '" - , ., . ,- , 47 40 urants rasa , so Havre . 33- -1 Klamath FaUs .. ... 38 .18 Los Angeles 75. 48 New York ; 42 : 12 Omaha . ,,.; , -, ., 23 - 9 Phnniy ; , 69 38- Portland - :.,....,..:..;.. 48 27 Reno - 44 18 Eugene , 35 - 32 Salt Lake " 33 - 07 : San TVinirton- ; 58 38 Seattle :. ,w 40 .: 33 Spokane i " 30 28 Washington. D C. 44 12 ,02 Yakima .., ,, 32 25 Tamarrow - .' Sunrise 7:28 a.m. Sunset SM pjn. FIVE-DAY FORECAST. (Through Feb. 2) Walters Orcran Tenneratures above normal with downward . trend next week. Highs mostly in 40s or low 50s. Lows generally in 30s.' Precipita tion leas than normal with a little rain over week end. Morthera California Occasional rain - extreme north coast Saturday, snreading over most of area ealy in week. Snow in mountains. Tempera tures near normal. EATON'S DINNER HOUSE . j 212 Crater Lake At.. ITALIAN AND - : - AMERICAN DINNERS SPECIAL All the SpahctU and Homemade Ravioli y&m can eat. Includes Hon Made , Bread, Butter and C I f a . J S. COURSE ITAUIAN DINNEJt . $U0 Open 5:39 PJ. Tin 9 TMi FrL. Sat. Sta, and Men. Only Native of County Dies in California ' Wayne Leever, a native of Central Point and a resident of Jackson , county f or some years, died this; week in La Jolla, Calif., it 'was reported" to day. Mr. Leever was the. son of a former Jackson county '. commis sioner, -and was the brother of Earl Leever, i Medford, and of Mrs. E. C. Jerome; Medford. Earl Leever and E. C. (Jerry) Jerome were to leave by plane today for La Jolla to attend the funeral. - , - Mr. Leever had lived in La Jolla only, about si? .months. He moved there after retiring as vice-president and sales, manager for a paint company, in Seattle, with ;, which he - had -been .affil iated for. some 30 years. ; Obituaries MILLIE BURKE i - Mrs. Millie M. Burke, 92," of 311 South Oakdale ;ave., a resi dent of Medford for the "past eight years, died at home 'today. Her-husband, Anslem L. Burke, preceded her in death a month ago. Funeral arrangements are iri charge of Chapel Mortuary. WILLIAM YOUNG -Military services for William Whiting .Young, 49, who died Tuesday in Oakland, Calif., were held in Conger-Morris chapel to day with the Rev. Perry John son .officiating, assisted by a funeral " detail from the VA Domiciliary, Camp ; White. In terment was in,IOOF cemetery. The deceased was born at Portland, Ore., Aug. 22, 1905. After, serving an enlistment in the. ' Marines at Mare island, Calif., he joined the U.S. Army and was stationed ' at Hickam field, Honolulu, Hawaii, remain ing there two years.. At the out break of World War II he en listed in the U.SNavy and was assigned - to the cruiser Atlanta. At the termination; of the war he engaged in the taxicab busi nes at Vallejo, Calif. He was a member of the American Legion. Survivors include his father, Harry L. Young, Yreka, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Mildred ; Kollen born, Chico, Calif.; , two step sisters, Mrs. Muriel Ling, Yreka, and Mrs.. Claire Buckner, Port land; two step-brothers, Ray mond - Burr is, r Hoquiam, Wash., and Hal Burris, San Mateo; and several nieces and nephews. Wall Street New- York U.R) -'Railroad shares assumed "leadership of the stock market in a late up turn that boosted sales volume. - - Tday's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T L. .......175H Anaconda ; ....... 52 lA Chrysler 663i General Electric .:.,.... 4914 General Motors -.98 Montgomery . Ward 8 2 V Penn; R. R. ...... 25 Penney, J. C. ...... 85 Radio ::.:":.' 40 Southern Co. v................- 19Vs Southern Pacific 548 S. Oil of Calif. 76 Texas Gulf Sulphur ..........w. 39 Transamerica ...................... 39 Yz Tri-Continental .. 26 Vi United Aircraft. -. 8914 U. S.' Rubber"..-......- 42 U. S: Steel ..... ..... - 79 Vs Y'oungstown 77 V4 ihM't'liil4illifi rJI'iUdi.i.dULEuuxU.I! ! TONITE & SAT. EVENINGS , 6 DOORS OPEN 6:30 O 1 J . namtm as PLUS CARTOON 1ATE NEWS y Saturday Matinee :1L ONLY " P ia-.oo ' For The Entire - Family!! . A--. i t v j vi i i ! a - - i i iv it irzj i i r r -m m m m i i "wTm Jill 111 'M'g' So jkJi 11 Svoll Cartcons ; '-g FjridT-. January 29. 1955. 50 Or More Chamber Representat'ives &ue For Workshop' Here - Some 50 or more representa tives of a., number' of southern Oregon and northern Calif ornia chambers of commerce will meet here: f or an ;all-day "workshop" meeting Sunday. , . The session,' to be "at the Jack son hotel starting at 9 a,m. with a no-host, breakfast, will include panel discussions on ;,a number of topics witlj which .chambers of . this a r a are concerned. Among the sessions will be, a ianel consideration of how new payrolls can be built, at 10 a.m., successful retail ; events; at 2 p.m., community .service aspects, at ;3 p.m., travel development and .tourist promotion, at S p.m., as well as others. ; Evening Banquet . f - -A- 7:30 p.m; banquet will hear a review ' of the Jackson-Josephine county five-year coopera tive plan for highway promotion, with Paul Rynning, 'Jackson county' engineer a n d former highway ' committee- chairman, and . Charles - McLean, G r an t s Pass, as speakers. ; Among experts who will con duct panels will be Harry Lintz, northwest division director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; V. A. McNeil, head of the tour ist information center of the Portland chamber, and Guy Leonard, manager of the mem bership department of the Port land chamber. Guy Leonard is Bill Would Call For Minimum Speeds Salem U.R) Slow drivers are the target of a bill soon to be introduced in the - Oregon legislature by Portland Repre sentative Jean L. Lewis. . ' ., The bill "., would rephrase the present slow driver bill now ' on the books.?'-";. '- Y---' f The current statute makes it a misdemeanor to drive so ' slow as to impede or" block traffic. The new proposal, will allow the speed control board to set minimum . as . well., as maximum speeds. , It calls for.the posting of both speeds on the highway. It Will Be A RIOT - The' 3rd Annual MOOSE MINSTREL and n Groundhog Supper , FEB. 2nd -6:00 to 8:00 11 NEWTOWN PLAN NOW TO ATTEND 1 K Ralph's SIZZLING STEAKS , $2.50 SO. FRIED CHICKEN $2.00 SEA FOODS Dinners . ..... $1.50 up . . Lwnchai ...... .. 65c up TABU n 3-9184 MEDFORD. (OREGON) HAIL TRIBUIfl ELEVEN a brother of Morris Leonard Sr., of: Medford. A number of Jackson County Chamber of Commerce mem bers, committee heads and offi cers will participate during the day. Representatives are expect ed from Klamath Falls, Ashland, Grants , Pass, Cave Junction, Lakeview, Roseburg, Yreka and Crescent City chambers. XI STARTS SUNDAY From the Pages of MaxiBrand's Immortal Classic of the West! yj r - 11 ry a 27 tu . 'ADDED- "Wall Street Blues" Comedy :. Cartoon Newt Now! T f (I Iy w j r JMB. V "J ConHnueut Shows i '.."-.'; t I jjSi J From 12:45 PM. j MEDFORD'S FAMILY THEATRE Tonite SlS AND SATURDAY .DOORS OPEN , 6:45 P.M; Use Tribune Want Ads : For Bqtf Results ASHLAND mem- ? EETTEER Lai i:ELSC:i CONTINUOUS FROM 1 WW. OPIN , 12:45 . I f 1: n jmEaLi The Mightiest Motioii Picture of tHeciAlll i gpftytTS- Walt Disney " ' V; hi w- .ml I ! 1 J -4 3 CARTOON I3IT3 0 1 -
