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w 1 go ,'; o o w .or . o 't:i News About Servicemen ENLIST IN ARMY ? Six people, one woman and five -men, enlisted in the U.S. iArnry through the Medford re 9 cruiting station last week, and 3 were inducted into service through the Portland recruiting office. C Miss Gertrude Elizabeth Ma kinson, daughter of Bonnie B. Makinson, 907 Cherry st., Med ford, joined the Women's Army Corps for a two-year period. She was flown from Portland to Ft. McClellan, Ala., the WAC training - center, where :she will take eight weeks of basic , training, followed by at tendance at a specialist school. She attended Prospect High : SChOOl. ' Norman William Young, son of Mrs. Clara Etta Young, route 1, box 164, Rogue River, enlist ed for the signal corps, and after basic training at Ft. Ord, Calif., will take further train ing at the signal school at Ft. Monmouth, N.J. ' Sgt. George Rodney Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Long, route 1, box 528, Ashland, whose wife lives at the same ...address, reenlisted in the Army for six years. He is stationed at Ft. Lewis, Wash. Gary Lee Bolinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eolinger, Grants Pass, enlisted in the air borne infantry for three years. Keith' Dale Huffman, For tuna,, Calif., also enlisted in the airborne infantry through the Medford station. Rex Leon Riebel, formerly a student at Southern Oregon col lege and son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford C. Riebel, Grants Pass, enlisted in the adjutant general corps, and will attend clerk's school at Ft. Ord following basic training. GRADUATED Army Pvt. Elmer R. Dement, 22, son of Mrs. H. M. Dement, 819 Newtown st-., recently was 3 graduated from the I corps non commissioned officers academy in Korea, according to an : Army release. He is a messen ger in Company G of the 7th . infantry division's 31st regi ment, and received instruction in leadership of units, map reading and other military sub jects. Private Dement entered the Army in January, 1953, and c completed basic training at Ft. Lewis, Wash. IN SPOKANE : .. Darell L. Edwards, an airman second class and son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Edwards, 414 West Jackson st., is now assigned to duty at a service club at Geiger Air Force base, Spokane, Wash. Airman Edwards runs the cen ter's information desk and is secretary to the club director. Airman Edwards, who has been in the Air Force two years, was trained at Parks Air Force base, near, Oakland, Calif., and was stationed at Keesler base in Mississippi and at Chanute field In Illinois before being trans ferred to Spokane. IN GERMANY . Pvt." Jan I. Gilhousen, 19, son of Alj Gilhousen, Camp Baker rd., and Mrs. Montana Gilhou sen, Eugene, is a member of the 1st infantry division in Germany, , according to an Army release. He is a rifleman in Company M of the 18th regiment and en tered the Army in "November, 1953. He arrived overseas one year later. He was employed by the' Central Heating company at ' Eugene in civilian life, and until moving Eugene lived at Trail. c le a Sweetheart on VALENTINE'S DAY! Take Your Family to Your Favorite Restaurant for a Wonderful Meal Mom and the kids will love it! All the goodness of home cooked meals . . with no fuss ... no bother ... and ne dishes to do. c Don't Forger to Drink Red Streak Cafe Rogue Valley Country Club Busy Bee Cafe Holiday Inn Coffee Shop Steak House Cafe Maury's Corner Eaton's Dinner House Trailways Cafe V Hotel Medford Lulu's Cafe El Roaue Cafe . o o on o O o o Other restaurants or cafes Q ford 2-8212. Ad paid by Local and Allied Council A meeting of the Veterans Allied Council of Jackson county is set for Mon day, Feb. 7, at 8 p.m., in the VFW haU, 42 North Front st. SOHSI Anyone interested in work of the Southern Oregon Historical Society, Inc., is in vited to attend a meeting of the group which is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m., in the courthouse. Class io Open A new study series for Woman's Society of Christian Service, First Metho dist church, will open Monday, Feb. 7, at 1 p.m. in Shipmates' room of the church. Mrs. Lyle Schoppert will be leader and any woman "interested is invited to attend. "Christianity and Wealth" will be the subject. . Elected Jim Lattie of Med ford, a junior in agriculture at Oregon State college, has been elected- president of the Sigma Delta Chi, professional journal istic fraternity for men. He is news editor of the OSC Daily Barometer, campus newspaper. Lattie .is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin J. Lattie, route 3, box 200. Practice Called Mrs. Eve Prentice has announced that a special practice for Rogue Riv er academy girls who will play in the annual spring recital of the Prentice Accordion band, will be held Sunday, Feb. 6, at 3:30 p.m. at the studio. The concert is set for March 7 in Medford High school auditor ium. Conference The first quar terly conference of the year for the members of the Klamath stake, Church of Jesus Christ Lat-ter Day Saints, will be held Sunday, Feb. 13, in the Klamath Falls ward chapel. The sessions are scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. Presiding will be Elder Adam S. Bennion of Salt Lake City, Utah, a mem ber of the quorum of 12 apostles of the faith. At Conference The Rev. Raymond Balcomb, pastor of the First Methodist church, attend ed the first national meeting of annual conference and jurisdict ional boards of social and econo mic relations which convened Feb. 1 through 4 at Evanston, 111. Group discussions were con ducted by specialists in the fields cf agricultural economics, gene ral economics, race relations, soqial welfare problems and in dustrial relations. . New Series A new series of "The School of Christian Liv ing," at the First Methodist church will begin this evening at the church. One of the sub jects for the ensuing four weeks will be the study of the book of Revelation under the leader ship of J. Thomas Dixon, assist ant pastor. The public is invited and a discussion period will be conducted. The general title of the course is "A Crusading Church," or "Marching As to War." New Manager Jack Collens has been appointed branch man ager here for the Southern Ore gon Land company, 947 South Riverside ave., officers Df the company announced Saturday. Home offices of the firm are in Grants Pass. This office has been established here for about eight years. Collens replaced G. G. Barbee, who has moved to the Bay area. Assisting the new manager will be Al Kuykendall of Grants Pass. Collens previ ously was a salesman for the same offices. . Big Y Super Market Kim's Restaurant Top Notch Cafe Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop AI White's Rogue Restaurant Groceteria Hotel Jackson Brown's Cafe . WimerCafe Whistle Stop Cafe B wishing to cooperate and be included on our future ads Call Med Milk ProducersJLsague and Jackson County Pomona Grange. Personal Moved Recently Mrs. Myrtle Coggins moved recently from Dark Hollow rd.'to live at 211 North Ivy st. With Eads Mrs. Beryl Chase began work last week at Eads Transfer and Storage company as moving consultant. Visits Here Miss Coralie Doughton, Salem, is a week end visitor at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. Richard Jewett, 921 Winchester st. Jailed Donald William Cog gins, 19, of 1700 Prune st., was placed in the county jail on Friday for parole violation, ac cording to sheriff's office re ports. To Mart Mrs. Alto Pruitt is in San Francisco where she is attending merchandise mart shows and purchasing stock for Mann's Department store. She has charge of the purchase of jewelry, luggage and gift ware. Rummage Sale The auxili ary to the Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge, will conduct a rummage sale at the Eagles hall, 217 West Main st., Saturday, Feb. 12, from 9 a.m. through the day. Stockmen Convene Direc tors of the Jackson County Stock men's association will meet at the county courthouse Monday evening to plan for the annual meeting which is scheduled Feb ruary 16 at Central Point Grange hall. Overnight Guests Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Herman Clark, Sa lem, were guests Thursday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Jewett, Central Point. The Clarks were en route to California on the first part of an extended trip which will take them to various parts of the United States. Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Jewett are sisters. Visiting Husband Mrs. Wil liam E. Cohee, and little daugh ter, Karen Lee, 712 S. Newtown st., left Thursday p.m. via the S. P. for Southern California to spend the weekend with their husband and father, Sgt. William E. Cohee, who is at Camp Pendle ton preparing for an oversea's term of duty with the Marine Corps. Mrs. Cohee and daughter also visited an aunt and family, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Malloy in Reseda, Calif. Medical Society Meeting The Jackson County Medical society will meet for dinner at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the Rogue Valley Country club, with Drs. O. T. Heyerman and Otto Emig as hosts. Dr. Aubrey Hill, Ashland, will i present the paper of the evening. At the March meeting, Dr. R. R. New ell, of the Stanford university school of medicine, San Fran cisco, will be the guest speaker. Held in Transit Three men were "held in transit" in the county jail Friday night for United States deputy marshals. Sheriff's deputies said that Emil io Silvo Garcia, 31, Stockton, Calif., was being returned to Stockton, from Seattle. The others were George William Burks, 18, Gardena, Calif., and Dwane Jimmie Crowell, 21. They were arrested at Klamath Falls and were to be taken to Portland by Deputy U. S. Mar shal Paul Hanlin. The latter two were arrested on warrants is sued by U. S. Commissioner Frank J. Van Dyke. 'They are suspects in the entering of U. S. post office property at Jun tura, Ore. The Pick-Up That Never Lets You Down" AT NO EXTRA COST! 3 k JwL Obituaries R. B. GRUBBS Funeral services for Ruel Bell Grubbs, 75, who died Thursday at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ansil F. Pearce, 709 North Riverside ave., will be conducted in the Nazarene church of Emmett, Ida. Interment will be in the Emmett cemetery. Local ar rangements were in charge of Chapel Mortuary. The deceased was born in Jop lin, Mo., on Dec. 28, 1879. He was married in Wanette, Okla., on June 26, 1903, to Eunicia Hallmark, who preceded him in death several years ago. Until his retirement about a year and half ago, when he came to Med ford, Mr. Grubbs had spent most of his life farming near Emmett. He was a member of the Nazar ene church. Survivors include five sons, Roy, Bakersfield, Calif., Harold, Medford, Charles, Hermiston, Ore., Glen, Ephrata, Wash., and Samuel, Edmonds, Wash.; two daughters, Mrs. Wilma Pearce, Medford, and Mrs. Hazel Lamb, Medford; 27 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. ELLA McCONNELL Mrs. Ella McConnell, Medford, died at a local hospital Satur day afternoon. Perl Funeral home is in charge of arrange ments. WILLIE MAE GARDNER The remains of Mrs. Willie May Gardner, 77, who died Saturday in a local hospital, will be forwarded to Pendleton for services Wednesday afternoon, with the Rev. Don Payne officiat ing. The body will lie in state at Conger - Morris funeral home until 3 p. m. Sunday. Mrs. Gardner was born Feb. 6, 1877 at Santa Rosa, Calif., and came to Gold Hill, with her par ents, the late Joseph and Mary McElroy, as a small child. In 1902 she moved to eastern Ore gon, living in Pendleton and Heppner until 1938, when she moved to Medford. She was a 'member of the First Christian church, Medford. Survivors include two daugh ters, Mrs. Ernest J. Reinking, Medford, and Mrs. Fred Jensen, Portland; three sons: Alvin, Lee and Seymour, Portland; a sister, Mrs. Alta Perry, Portland; and three grandchildren. MARGARET LINDLEY Services for Mrs. Margaret Jane Lindley, 93, who died Fri day, will be held in Conger Morris chapel Monday at 3 p. m., with the Rev. T. O. Davis, Cen tral Point Church of Christ, of ficiating. Interment will be in Jacksonville cemetery. The deceased was born Ariril 4, 1861, the daughter of Joshua and Eliza Jane Blucher, in Scott county, Indiana. Her parents moved to Jackson county, Mis souri, by wagon train in 1865, when she was a small child. She was married to George Lindley on Sept. 11, 1881, at the Blucher farm home hi -Jackson county, Missouri, and lived there until 1905, when she moved to Ore gon. Her husband passed away Sept. 3, 1928, and is buried in Jacksonville cemetery. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, in Pleasant Prairie, Mo. Survivors include four sons, Milton B., Central Point; George F., and William T., Portland; and J. Morton, Eugene; a daughter, Mrs. Richard Howell, Sherwood, Ore.; nine grandchildren, 20 great - grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Carl Ficht ner, Ora Meyers, John Dodge, William Walden, Harry Hoehne, and Joe Fritsch. Mischief City police said that recent cases of malicious mischief and the breaking of a window of the Safeway store at 502 West Main st. in Novem ber, 1953, have been cleared by the questioning of two 14-year-old boys. The mischief included false calls to Yellow Cab com pany, false grocery orders tele phoned to Quality market and foul language used on the tele phone. Police were told that a boy who has since moved from Medford threw a rock at the Safeway window. Association Formed Mrs. Harold Geigle has announced formation of the Medford Baby Sitting association. Mrs. Geigle, who came here from Roseburg where she was head of a simi lar group, states that sitters will be interviewed and instructed, and that she will be able to rec ommend them on the basis of experience, intelligence and health. The coordinator stated that a group of prospective "sit ters" met with her last weekend and have become members of the association. . . Collisions City police said that Mary Lanell Wilkes, 619 South Oakdale ave., posted $5 bail on a charge of making an illegal left turn, after an auto collision Friday. A convertible operated by the woman and a car driven by George G. Turner, 825 West Second t.f were in volved. Police reported only mi nor damage to the cars. Officers said that James Melvin Nipps. 615 Keene Way dr., was fined $2.50 or improper parking fol lowing a Saturday morning mis hap involving a car registered to him and one driven by Joann Jessie Waelty, 814 West Jackson st. The accident was on Main st. between Bartlett st. and River side avenue. They'll Do It Every - y y j f hJSSSK , W WOMDERRJL OF YOUR TROUPE TO T' ' IT CJyIIi V COME AND CHEER UP OUR 80yS- 3 (FORfT J 7 M'SS PERKLE,OUR GRAY LAVY, J El Mfl ft AS WILL T4KE YOU TO THE tit2 , , m- 1 Birrrrcetrjue ! ESSf BOS-THIS WONDERFUL GROUP MOW! MBEST GAME J GOOD TWlNGS ; SlWsSiTD ENTERTAIN. VDU - r i SCORE! JSEASQU$ Funeral Arranged For Bill Kimbrel Jr. Funeral services will be held Monday, Feb. 7, at 1 p.m., at Sac ramento, Calif., for Bill Kim brel, Jr., 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kimbrel, all former Med ford residents. Several relatives left here Saturday for Sacramento. They include an aunt, Mrs. J. W. Wick man and Mr. Wickman; a cousin, Bob Wickman; Mrs. Bill Barnes, a cousin's wife, and another aunt, Mrs. H. O. Swisher of Grants Pass. An aunt, Mrs. Mar jorie Barnes of Medford, now is in Dodge City, Kan., Vhere she is with her mother, Mrs. W. J. Kimbrel, who is critically ill. The deceased attended junior high school here until the family moved to Sacramento about four years ago. He was a member of the Christian church here. The Kimbrell home at Sacra mento is located at 2632 Sutter ville rd. Sabrejef Pilot Dies In Midair Collision Taipei (U.R) A United States Air Force F86 Sabrejet collided Saturday with a Chi nese Nationalist two-seater jet trainer killing the American pi lot. The two Chinese in the T33 jet parachuted from their dam aged plane and were later pick ed up by an Air Force helicop ter. The F86 exploded after the collision. An Air Force announcement said the F86 belonged to the 44th Fighter - Bomber Squadron which was recently transferred to Formosa from Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines as part of the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing. Two of Escaped Army Prisoners at Large Fort Lewis, Wash. (U.R) Two out of nine prisoners who broke out of the stockade at this large military installation Friday were still at large Saturday. The other seven were recap tured before nightfall Friday. N Still at large were Young Ivy, 20, Alderwood Manor, Wash., and Kenneth R. Gill, 19, Provi dence, R. I. The prisoners overpowered two guards and stole a .45 caliber pistol from one of them in their escape. At Home Hugh Mitchell, 1023 Maple Park dr., is at home after being at Sacred Heart hos pital where he underwent eye surgery. He may now have visi tors. Newt ef Death Mr. and Mrs. Kenn Knacksedt left Fri day after receiving news of the death of her grandmother, Mrs. Myrtle Norton, who died Thurs day night at Corvallis. The Knackstedts will be at the home of Mrs. Knackstedt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Levine at Monroe. Knackstedt is a photo grapher for Brainerd studios and Mrs. Knackstedt teaches com mercial subjects at Crater High school, Central Point. Crater Lake Aerie 2093 FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES Express Their Thanks To the Following GILMAN'S DAIRY THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ROBINSON BROS. PARKING LOT AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC For Their Geneorus Support In Making Our MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE A Complete Success Sunday, February 6, I95S Time 'Skid Row Attorney' Gets Invitation to Chicago (U.R) -Lawyer William G Wood, who is making a comeback from Chicago's skid row as a $5 a day court adviser, is going to be guest of honor at the greater Los Angeles, Calif.', Press Club banquet: The invitation to the club's "Eight Ball Dinner," which ar rived Friday carried the con dition that Wood, a once - dis tinguished law professor, stay sober until the banquet, six months from now. Judge Confident But Judge Hyman Feldman, who started the 65-year-old Wood on his comeback with a job as his adviser on skid row cases, was confident his new counselor would meet the con dition. "Mr. Wood will be there, and sqber," Feldman said. "The way he's improved in just two weeks thrills me to death. "He's up in my office right now, working on a brief, and doing a good job, too." Feldman, who also was invit ed to the dinner, said "I accept ed for both of us, and I'm sure Mr. Wood will be there." Wood, who once taught at Kent College of Law here and was a distinguished attorney, shuffled into Feldman's court two weeks ago on drunk charges and told of drinking himself on to skid row- two years ago "be cause of trouble at home." Offered Job After he demonstrated to Feld man that he "still had it" by de Air Force Jet Plane Crashes in Texas San Antonio, Tex. (U.R) An Air Force jet plane crashed 12 miles west of San Antonio Sat urday on its way back from de livering classified cargo to Kirt- land Air Force base at Albu querque, New Mexico. The wreckage was located on the ranch of Mrs. Holly R. El hv Jake Smith, tenant farmer. . Smith was mounted on horseback" and Deputy Sheriff ptnh Smith radioed that the scene was ir accessible by auto mobile because of deep mua created by overnight rains. Smith said there was "no sign of life." Births GLENN To Mr. and Mr. Dayton, 533 Cherry st., Central Pnint "Fph. 4. 1955. a bov. weight 5V& pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. T.ONG To Mr. and Mri. Wallace, 16 Eastwood dr., Feb. 4, 1955, a boy, weight 8J4 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. VINCKEL To Mr. and Mrs. Eugene, 1221 Dakota st, Feb. 4, 1955, a girl, weight 6Vfc pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. . DOBSON To Mr. and Mrs. Leslie, Twin Plunges, Ashland, Feb. 4, 1955, a girl, weight 63A pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. RUMMAGE SALE Saturday, Feb. 12, 9 am 217 West Main St. F.O.E. AUXILIARY MEDFORD (OREGON) By Jimmy Hatlo LA Banquet fending a fellow skid row dere lict, Feldman offered Wood $5 a day out of his own pocket to serve him as an adviser. Wood showed up in a clean shirt and tie the next Monday and has been in court regularly and sober each day since. Wood's invitation included an offer of a week's vacation in California as the club's guest. At Los Angeles, club presi dent Bill Pigue said the mem bers throught the invitation "might give Wood an additional incentive for remaining sober." EATON'S DINNER HOUSE 813 Crater Lake Ave. ITALIAN AND AMERICAN DINNERS SPECIAL All the Spahetti and Homemade Ravioli you can eat. Includes - Home Made Bread, Butter and Collee.j QQ 5 COURSE IT ALL i AN D I N N E R $1.50 Open S:30 P.M. Till 9 P.M. Fri Sat, Sun., and Mon. Only 1U 1 iAh MEDFORD'S FAMILY O THEATRE Adults 50c CHILDREN Under 12 Years FREE When Accompanied By Parent LAST DAY MATINEE 1 P.M. EVENING SHOW Doors. Open 6:45 P.M. lS5 BERGEN f! O PLUS O TEE HK1JVEU- I" J , Vflj I vll 1 I UUdy From 12:45 p DANGER... On the hunt for emerald treasure! SteuaCt GRANGER GAace irn iv "D III STEREOPHONIC DOUGLAS ennuni III 1 crprvAnr I John with Pete Smith V SPECIALTY 1 MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Rain, Snow Moving East Over Nation By UNITED PRESS 0 0 b A vast band of precipitation stretching from the Gulf ofJMex? -ico to Canada moved eastward Saturday to the western slopes of the Appalachians. 6 Meanwhile, wide areas of the Great Plains and the Midwest -shoveled out from the winter's . heaviest snowfall, which ""left more than a foot of new snow a.t many points. . u C Snow continued Saturday ov er most of the Great Lakes re gion. Snow, freezing rain arid rain fell along thecOhio valley, with rain general to the south, c Thunderstorms broke out along the gulf coast of Louisiana -and Texas. New Orleans got 3.48 inches of rain in six hours., Heavy rain also fell at Lake Charles, La., and - Beaumont, Tex. 3 Meanwhile the Arctic air mast which gave the East coast sub zero weather earlier this week was losing its grip. Tempera tures, along the Atlantic sea board Saturday generally were 10 degrees higher. o 0 But a new cold wave sent the mercury down to 1 degree above zero at Aberdeen, S.D. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. The First Motion 3 Picture in SUPERSCOPE Thm Battfa Of The Giants Inlfc Biggest Spectacle Of Them All! TECHNICOLOR O Ask those who have seen it! SHOWING NOW CONTINUOUS from 1 P.M. iii3Di.il ASHLANDo THeLastHmeI 1 &AW riUUS storing Elizabeth TAYLOR Van JOHNSON Walter PIDGEON Donna REED Continuous ERICSON MURVYN VYE I ', I d ' i I t$ : 5 f 1 o I I t ""st! fkl? I ! r m . 1 i a w m -1 i . i 111 mmmm- i I I I r 1 fMl ml I ail- o II ! 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