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Local and In Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Basore, 803 West llth St., left Wednesday for Mar Itinez, Calif., where they will : visit for about 10 days with a son Z and his family. Z I Grange Dance A dance will be sponsored Saturday, Feb. 19, at 8:30 p.m. at the Phoenix Grange hall by the Grange mem Ibers. Doug Fosbury will call for the squares. Potluck refresh ments will be served. Square Dsnce The Swingin' : Bees square dance group will .'meet at the Corral Saturday Ifrom 8:30 p.m. to midnight for I dancing. Minnie Robertson will call. All valley square dancers ; are invited. Refreshments will be potluck style. ' ; School Hobby Show A hob : by show, to display the creative : work of students of the West I Side school, will be held in the I school gymnasium from 7 to 9 I p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, it was an j nounced today. In addition to the hobby displays, pie and cake ; will be on sale. A nominal ad ; mission fee will be charged. Father-Son Banquet Mem- bers of the Zion Lutheran ; church will hold a father-son ; banquet at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow I at the church, Fourth st. and Oakdale ave. Tickets will be available at the door. A feature of the evening will be the show ! ing of a film on the East-West Shrine game held in December, : 1953. '. ; Leg Amputated George W. :" Baker Sr., 83, of 88 Ross lane, is I reported to be making a "good - recovery," at Sacred Heart hos- pital where he underwent sur ; gery Tuesday for amputation of : a leg. Family members said to ... day that in a few days he may have visitors. His son and daugh- ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Baker of Tule Lake, Calif., and his daughter, Mrs. Irene Speed," Nevada City, Calif., are visiting here. Dane Class A class in in terpretive' dancing will begin Tuesday, Feb. 22, in the YMCA hall. The class, open to all girls between the ages of 9 through :' high school, will be taught by " Mrs. E. L. Mars, assisted by Mrs I school girls will meet from 3:45 to 4:30 p.m., and junior and sen ior hieh school eirls from 4:30 ' 4n K'lS n rr The riasspc will Vif held each Tuesday and girls may rprister hv nhnnincr thp YMPA rat telephone 2-6295. YMCA Dinner The mnnthlv imwi. pouuts auiner is scnea uled for Friday, Feb. 18, at 6:30 p.m., at tha "Y." Mrs. H. P. Bos worth is in charge of the dinner and program, which will, con- -H T1 A A1 J " l J cern iamuy gardening. JNew I members in particular are in- viteH TT IP TCniirrit. will nrecont entertainment featuring acts that will aDDear or alreadv have appeared on YMCA TV pro grams. Plans also are being made for an annual auction in March, and a dinner Feb. 22 will honor all "Y" members who worked in a recent mem bership enlistment drive. CARD OF THANKS - We wish to express our deep grati tude to each and every one who has shown us such love and generosity ever since we lost our home by fire. We hope to thank each one person ally in due time. May the Lord richly bless each one. Earle and Pearl Yorton. Tremendous public call for Old Crow reaches record heights with the introduction of milder, lower-priced, 86 Proof bottling companion to the world-famous 100 Proof Bottled in Bond! Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey NOW-TWO GREAT BOTTLINGS! 86 PROOF ..M55 Celebrated Old Crow lighter, . milder and lower-priced than the too Proof Bottled in Bond BOTTLED IN BOND 100 PROOF The most famous of bonded CpflV bourbons available as usual v THE OLD CROW DISTILLERY COMPANY. FRANKFORT, KY. Personal At Community Merlyn Bor ough; 1626 Meyers lane, and Mrs. James E. Barber, route 2, box 6G8A, Medford, are listed today as surgery patients at Communi ty hospital. At Osteopathic Harold Gov ernor, 15, son of Mrs. LeRoy Dungey, Gold Hill, is a surgery patient at Osteopathic hospital, and Rufus Roberts, 520 Hamil ton st., is a medical patient there, attendants said today. Collapses Chris Urien, 233 Beatty st., is at Sacred Heart hospital as a medical patient. He was taken there about 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, after he col lapsed while working at Med ford corporation, according to Perl's ambulance attendants. To Return Donald Young, 744 West McAndrews rd., is to return Saturday after being in Portland this week to attend a Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company supply school. Young is a supply man for the local branch of the company. Buy Business Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Fauset, 34 Vancouver ave., have purchased Hal's con fectionery on East Main st. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Halgren, the for mer owners, operated the shop for 11 years. The Fausets have lived in Medford for about seven years. At Institute Lon E. Skinner, Skinner's garage, is attending a General Motors dealership man agement training program at the GM institute at Flint, Mich., ac cording to a GM release. He is one of 24 men from 16 states and Canada selected from divi sions of the company to parti cipate in the program. Wins Award Harold Ellis, an employee of Jorgensen's Dairy, Medford, won a gold certificate award for a sample of the dairy's pasteurized milk, submitted in competition at the annual con vention of the Oregon Dairy In dustries in Corvallis, according to a news release from the con vention. ' To Portland Carl Landis of the Landis-Shangle studio plans to leave the first of the week for Portland where he will at tend a meeting of the board of directors of the Oregon Photog raphers association. At the meet ing plans will be made for a state convention to be held in May at Portland. Visits B. Bishop, a junior at Oregon State college, was a vis itor this week at the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Minchow and family, 807 Sherman st. Min chow, an Air Force sergeant, is being transferred to Greenland and the family will live here. He formerly was stationed at Wil liams Air Force base, Arizona. Address Changed Mrs. Ed win Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Dailey, 830 East Ninth st., has been moved to the New Fairmont hospital at Oak land, Calif., from the Highland hospital where she has been for the past three months. Mrs. Clark was stricken several months ago by polio while living at Bangor, Maine. She now has a telephone and may be reached by calling the hospital. Her hus band has reenlisted in the Army. He is a sergeant and is based at Oakland. plowed Finland Said in No Danger From Russia Washington -4U.R) Rep. Wal ler Norblad (R-Ore) has been reasured by the State Depart ment that Finland isn't in any immediate danger of being gobbled up by Russia. Assistant Secretary of State Thurston B. Morton, in a letter to the Oregon congressman, said "official reports reaching the Department of State do not tend to corroborate fears of certain sources, some of whom have not recently visited Finland to ob tain first-hand information." The letter said that while Fhv land has been a target for Rus sian blandishments in the past several months, the advances can be regarded as part of the Soviet "peace and goodwill offensive." Man Shoots Self When TV Flickers Mill Valley, Calif. (U.R) Wade Cook, 49, railroad brake man fired a Luger pistol into his television set and then killed himself last night when he be came enraged because the TV flickered in the final rounds of the Bobo Olson-Tiger Jones fight. Mrs. Jewel Cook, 48, told Deputy Sheriff Guy Gibbs that her husband was irate when the TV screen kept "flopping over." She said he took a pistol from his gun collection and fired a bullet , into the set. Then, she said, Cook went to the kitchen and shot himself. He was dead on arrival at Marin General Hospital. 4-H Club News Cooking Club The 4-H Cooking club meet ing at Mrs. Chapman's home was called to order Feb. 12. The pledge was led by Nelda Chap man. We discussed visiting other clubs and having a style review with Bellview district. Mrs. Chapman suggested hav ing a cleanliness chart at our homes. She told how to straigh ten materials and which pat terns to use in each project. Committees were appointed for reports on care of clothes, colors and caring for hair. Refreshments were served by Ardith Chapman. Donna Lee Clark Reporter Incorporate Articles of in corporation of Dardanelle. Inc have been filed in the office of the Jackson county clerk by Dan Patch, George W. Winkel man, and William V. Deather age. The restaurant busines is lo cated at Gold Hill. - I U I I I I I sL I Obituary BESSIE SLEETH Funeral services are pending at Perl funeral home for Mrs. Bessie Sleeth, Williams, Ore., wife of R. S. Sleeth, who died at her home Wednesday. She was a member of the Catho lic church. MARY LUCAS Services for Mrs. Mary Jane Lucas, 55, who died Wednesday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Friday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. William C. Piper of the First Christian church officiat ing. Interment will be in Sis kiyou Memorial park. Pall bearers will be J. W. Wagner, O. E. G. Meyers, Frank E. Parke, Fred M. Porter, John D. Bowdish and C. A Thatcher. The deceased was born April 10, 1899, in Leigh, Neb., and had lived in Medford for the past 19 years. She was a member of the 'F.O.E. auxiliary, being a charter member of the Rose burg chapter; and a member of Reames Chapter No. 66, Order of Eastern Star, which will par ticipate in the services. On Oct. 29, 1923, in Roseburg, she was married to Alvin C. Lucas, who survives. Other survivors include two brothers, Otto Folster, Lara mie, Wyo.; and William Folster, Wheaton, Colo.; three sisters, Mrs. Anna Carter, Stockton, Calif.; Mrs. Mabel Wiljie, La ramie, Wyo.; and Mrs. Hobart Haggard; Gorham, Kan. and sev eral nieces and nephews. HARRY KAPLON Harry I. Kaplon, who was a partner in the Medford Bargain house for some 25 years until moving to Portland about three years ago, collapsed and died while on a visit here yesterday. The body has been returned to Portland for funeral services. Conger-Morris funeral home handled the arrangements. Mr. Kaplon moved to Medford in about 1927, and he and Harry Rubenstein operated the Bargain House until about 1952, friends said today. The two still owned property in Medford, and made frequent visits. Mr. Kaplon was a Mason and Shriner, and belonged to Hillah Temple of the Shrine. He was in his mid-50s. Survivors include his wife," a son, Norman, and a married daughter, Thelma. Both children were born in Medford. Orthodox Jewish funeral rites will be conducted in Portland. Return Mr. and Mrs. Myron Johnston, 2049 Orchard Home dr.," have returned after being away for a week. Johnston made a business trip to Seattle, and Mrs Johnston remained in Port land ta visit until his-return, v MffiWE O Dries - Fluffs - Sprinkles Refreshes Clothes ELECTRICALLY! O No More Wet Weather Problems 6 Flo More Dirt, Soot and .... . - - ' ' " Dust Oflo More Lugging Heavy Loads OHo Sun-Bleached Garments ONo More Hanging Clothes -And You Can . . . i o uyj rteitfli Camp White Man Hurt In Automobile Crash Albert William Klick, 55, Camp White, was taken to Camp White hospital Tuesday night for treatment of injuries receiv ed in a one-car accident near Brownsboro, according to Sher iff Howard Gault. Klick's car overturned, com ing to rest in the driveway to a house owned by Melvin John ston, Little Butte Star route, Eagle Point. The vehicle was badly wrecked, according to in vestigating officers. Klick appeared to have re ceived bruises about his head, but the full extent of his in juries was not reported. Husband of Former Medford Girl Dies Word has been received here of the death in Bend yesterday of John Erickson, 24. Funeral services will be held in Bend Friday with interment in Lincoln Memorial cemetery in Portland. It is the request of the family that, in lieu of flowers, a contri bution be made to the cancer fund, in care of the postmaster, Medford. Survivors include his wife, the former Mary Anne Stansell, daughter of Mrs. Don Stansell, Medford, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl V. Erickson, Bend. The couple was married in Medford and lived here for a few months before going to Bend. Princess Margaret On Way to Kingston Kingston, Jamaica (U.R) Princess Margaret was en route here today aboard the royal yacht Britannia from St. Kitts in the Leeward Islands on her goodwill tour of British Carib bean possessions. The 24-year-old sister of Queen Elizabeth is expected to arrive here Saturday. Her tour has taken her thus far to Trinidad and islands in the Windward and Leeward chains. Junior Service League RUMMAGE SALE FRIDAY, Feb. 18 and SAT., Feb. 19 At the Corner of 8th ?md Bartlett HOURS 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. LI EASIER FOR YOU BETTER FOR YOUR FABRICS! CLOTHES DRYER-CONDITIONER AUTHORIZED GENERAL ELECTRIC 115 EAST MAIN BARGAIN STORE 303 SOUTH FRONT Thursday, February 17. 1953. Calif ornian Raps Dixon-Yates Attacks Washington (U.R) Rep. James B. Utt (R-Calif.) said last night the attack on the contro versial Dixon-Yates power con tract "is not based upon facts" and is part of "the fight of the socialists to destroy, private en terprise." The contract provides for. the Dixon-Yates private power com bine to transmit power into the government owned TVA system to replace power TVA furnishes atomic installations at Paducah, Ky. . . Public power is the easier seg ment of industry to nationalize. utt said. . "The socialists cannot afford i to let the Dixon-Yates contract go unchallenged,, even thqugh it would supply the shortage of nergy, encourage ' private in dustry and save the government from borrowing another $100, 000,000," he said. . .., "I am glad the President is standing firm on the issue in spite of the attacks," Utt said. Dead line Sunday Classified Is a noon Saturday ; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 oreviousday Now! THE GREAT STAGE ; SHOW HITS THE SCREEN WITH VI yl pL-iClNEMAScorfL DEALER C AVE APPLIANCES JMV b Up To MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL .TRIBUNE FIFTEEN' United Asks To Quit Stop at Walla Walla Walla Walla, Wash (U.R) United Air Lines plans to ask the Civil Aeronautics Board to eliminate it from service to Walla Walla, a United spokes man said today. He said United' s operation at Walla Walla is "uneconomical and has been for some time," and that business from the Walla Walla airport was only sufficient to sustain one airline. " Griffin Creek Grange TURKEY DINNER Feb. 20 from 12:30 to 5 P.M. Adults $1.25. Children Under 12 75c A ENDS TON ITE! Technicolor Half Your 1 11 I M if1 S Y 1 I I "4 V p Si St 1 lie 1 1 1 Special Avmd Wtnntng Film! ES Ironing Time! SIMM WAl AND PUSH SUTTON CONTtOlS for perfect drying f dainty ynthalici, foaity loodt of . c(olhi i trt heavy food, f towoh. AUTOMATIC SPUNKIER damptai clethot jutt right for ironing whentvar Jrou'ro raody to iron! NO COSTLY INSTALLATION ' - . - ' . ' ; - . :; -. If spted in drying your coths is not essential, you can operate the G-E Dryer on regular household current. Just plug into any outlet where adequate voltage can be maintained. Change in a matter of minutes to 230 V. wiring if and when you please... .. t BUY ON EASY TERMS BAD HEADMASTER, Lewes, England (U.R) Magis trate Alferd Donald Beale, who is also headmaster of a London County reform school, was bound over for trial Wednesday on charges of keeping fradulent records. . ' ASHLANDo DOORS OPEN 6:45 P.M. JEFF CHANDLER -JACK PALANCK LLDMILIA TCBEBINA RITA CAM MAGIC Al BATH G-C Ozone lamp creates ozone which freshen, the currents of worm air that dry and fluffs clothes . . . helps moke' . then smell fresh and cleoa. ,i iff w
