Local and Personal
Visitors Lear Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Akst, Los Angeles,
left today after visiting since
Saturday with Mrs. Fern Dow,
Beebe rd., Central Point.
Assumes Kame Iris A. Dodge
Box 365, Talent, has assumed
the business name, Roguevilla
apartments. The name had been
retired by Fred F. and Charlotte
F. Jirek.
Chimney Fires Eastside fire
men responded Saturday evening
to flue fires at the homes of
Hugh Williams, 1516 Wilson
place, and Robert Stacy, 215
Vancouver ave. No damage was
reported.
Pleads Innocent Victor Hall
Spaulding, 60, Camp White,
pleaded innocent in municipal
court to a charge of driving
while under the influence of
intoxicating liquor, according to
police records. He was jailed in
lieu of bail, they said.
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Called by Death Martin R.
Barnett of the Curb Service bak
ery left Sunday by plane for
Tonasket, Wash., where he was
called by the death Feb. 19 of his
father, John Robert Barnett.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
at Tonasket and Barnett plans
to return here Wednesday.
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Men's Garden Club Port
land Men's Garden club mem
bers plan a spring garden, show
Saturday and Sunday, April 2
and 3 at the Portland Munici
pal auditorium. Exhibits are
open to out-of-town clubs, ac
cording to a plan of the show.
,Gus M. Hafenbrack, 2728 S.E.
Main street, Portland, 15, is
chairman in charge of the show.
Sold Home Mr. and Mrs
John Rasmussen, Ross lane, box
420, have .sold their home to
Mr. and Mrs. John E. White Jr.,
who arrived here recently from
New York. The Rasmussens plan
to leave in mid-March for Marin
county, Calif. The Whites in the
meantime, are living at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Sam
Coltts, 1707 South Columbus
ave.
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Moved Mrs. Emma Perkins
moved this week from 16 Mistle
toe st.t to 124 King st., Apart
ment 9.
Mailbox Damaged The mail
box of R. A. Ford, 2511 Lyman
ave., was knocked over Satur
day by an unidentified driver,
according to city police.
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Driver Cited William Sum
mers, 44, Prospect, was issued a
citation over the weekend by
state police for drunk while
driving, according to records in
the sheriff's office.
Leg Lacerated Melvin Stein
back, 823 14th st., is at Sacred
Heart hospital where he was
taken yesterday after suffering
a leg laceration. He-is an em
ployee of the Mt. Pitt Lumber
company, according to attend
ants. Purs Missing Myrtle
Chartraw Kelsoe route 3, box
172, reported to city police that
her purse, containing between
$45 and $50, was missing from
a store at 18 North Grape st.,
where it had been left on a cab
inet top.
Vagrancy Lucy Marie Lof-
tis, 41, Canyonville, pleaded
guilty to a vagrancy charge to
day and was ordered to leave
town or receive a jail sentence,
according to city police records.
The woman was found hitchhik
ing through town, they said.
Daughter Leaves Mrs. James
Mitcheltree left today for her
home in Portland after being in
Jacksonville for five days with
her mother, Mrs. Myrtle P. Lee,
who has been ill. Mrs. Lee has
returned to her work as curator
at the Jacksonville Museum.
Woman Cited Ella Wilms
Ault, 37, Portland, was cited by
Central Point police yesterday
for drunk' while driving and
lodged in the county jail. A
passenger in her car, Zaden Ellen
Berg, 47, route 1, box 148. was
cited by police for drunk on a
public highway, . according to
sheriff s records.
Building Medford building
permits have been issued to
Dale Franklin, 125 South Cen
tral ave., $2,500, to alter a store
building; Dr. N. TV Capsey, 60
Modoc ave., $950, to alter resi
dence; Ben Trowbridge, 1625
East Main st., $3,000, addition
to residence, and OK Poultry
warehouse Third and . Fh- sts.,
$950, alteration of warehouse.
Have Surgery Several new
patients were reported as sur-
ery patients today at Sacred
Heart hospital. They include
Joyce, and Susan Mosby, 5 and
6-year-old daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Mosby, Eagle Point;
Sandra, 6, and Judith Wilson,
5, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
John Wilson, 16 Hamilton st.;
Marjorie Hylton, 7, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hylton, 315
Laurel . st.; James Brantley,
1019 12th st., , and Robert
Baker, Grants Pass.
News About
Servicemen
COMPLETES COURSE
Lloyd W. Hart, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard W. Hart, 3405 Lone
Pine rd., has completed the ord
nance automotive school's metal
body repair course at Atlanta
General depot, Atlanta, Ga., ac
cording to an Army release. Ee
is a private.
EXERCISE SURF BOARD
Army Pfc. Lewis W. Thomas
and Pfc. Ralph D. Bragg, both of
Medford, are scheduled to par
ticipate in Exereise Surf Board
along the: western coast March
21-26. - During the joint Army
Navy maneuvers their unit, the
38th regimental combat team,
will attack an underground "ag
gressor" guided-missile installa
tion in the Santa Lucia moun
tains. An amphibious landing
from naval surface craft will be
made on the San Simeon beaches.
Bragg, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Bragg, 810 East Main st.',
is a squad leader in headquarters
company. Thomas, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Keplinger, 630
Cherry st., is a mechanic in Com
pany C of the team's 2nd en
gineer battalion. .
AT ATLANTA
Pvt. William J. Grow, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Grow, 210
Charlotte Ann rd., has completed
the ordnance automotive school's
metal body repair course at At
lanta, Ga., General depot.
PROMOTED
Gale L. Raynolds, 22, son of
Mrs. Pearl Withrow, Phoenix,
recently was promoted to ser
geant while a member of the 25th
infantry division in Hawaii, ac
cording to an Army release. He
is a cook in the 25th reconnais
sance company and entered the
Army in March, 1953, and served
for eight months in Korea.
Medical Patient Mrs. Norman
Tully, wife of the pastor of the
Jacksonville Presbyterian church
is listed today as a medical pa
tient at Sacred Heart hospital.
.
Snow Trip About 25 young
people from the Zion Lutheran
Young Peoples group made a trip
to Union Creek area Sunday
for skiing and toboganning. Sev
eral adults also made the trip.
The group served an outdoor
lunch about campfires.
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Hospitalized Mrs. Fred
Stevens, 1009 West Ninth st.;
Jackie Jones, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Jones, 802 West
Jackson st., and Barbara Bailey,
12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Winford Bailey, 922 Boardman
st., are at Sacred Heart hospital
for medical care, according to a
hospital report.
At Community Wanda
Hendrickson, 15, daughter of
Mr. and Mr. Clifford Hendrick
son, 303 West Jackson st.; and
Jacquelyn Hart, 1- year- old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gor
dohiD. Hart, route 1, box 404,
Talent, are listed today as med
ical patients at Community hos
pital. Reported as a surgery pa
tient there is Mrs. Herbert Per
due, Butte Falls Star route, box
13, Eagle Point.
Obituaries
JOHN PEARSON
John M. Pearson, 74, of Route
1, Jacksonville, died at his home
Sunday. Conger-Morris funeral
home is in charge of funeral arrangements.
CONSTANCE RAWSTERN
Constance Louise Rawstern,
SVi-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Rawstern, died
Sunday at her home, 505 West
Jackson st. Services will be held
in Conger-Morris chapel Wed
nesday at 10 a.m.
RAYMOND JOHNSON
Services for Raymond Leslie
Johnson, 25, who died Saturday,
will be held in Conger-Morris
chapel Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.,
with the Rev. J. Thomas Dixon
of the First Methodist church
officiating. Committal will be in
Hillcrest cemetery, Grants Pass.
The deceased was born April
4, 1929, in Grants Pass, and had
lived in Medford since 1938.
He was a member of the F.O.E.
in Medford.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs- Glenn Johnson,1
Medford, and a sister, Mrs
Wanda Jean Willford, Anchor
age, Alaska.
MARIE OTTERDALE
Funeral services are pending
at Perl funeral home for Mrs.
Marie Otterdale, mother of Myr
ta Otterdale, who died at her
home, 845 Dakota ave., today.
KATHRYN McWETHY
Services for Mrs. Kathryn
McWethy, 61, of Central Point,
who died Friday, will be held
in Conger-Morris chapel Tues
day at 1 pjn. with J. H. Morse,
a minister of Jehovah's Wit
nesses, of Ashland, officiating.
Committal will be in Memory
Gardens.
The deceased was born June
25, 1893, at Monett, Mo., and
moved to the valley 10 years
ago from Texas. On Dec. 12,
1909, at Colgate, Okla., she was
married to Theodore McWethy,
who survives.
Other survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. James Clark,
Central Point; Mrs. Iva Watson,
Amarillo, Tex.; and Mrs. Jay
Sacquetty, Whittier, Calif.; four
sisters,' Mrs. Vernia Chandler,
Lubbock, Tex.; Mrs. Velma
Powell, Merced, Calif.; Mrs.
Opal Myers, Earth, Tex.; and
Mrs. Sylvia Fennel, Ft. Smith,
Ark.; three brothers, Fred Ellis,
Estacada, Ore.; Leonard Ellis,
Amarillo; and James Ellis,
Bremerton, Wash; 12 grandchil
dren and five great-grandchildren.
Armed Youths Held
For Theff of Aufo ,
Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) Two
youths from Metaline Falls,
Wash., armed with a pistol, two
stilettos and a hunting knife.
have been turned over to juve
nile authorities here on auto
theft charges.
Clark County Sheriffs dep
uties said 18-year-old Dwight P.
Briggs was apprehended while
driving the car. which was re
ported stolen in Clallam county.
Briggs and a 15-year-old com
panion were driving on Pacific
Highway north of here when ar-
prehended. .
Autopsy Planned to Seek
Cause of Portland Death
Portland - 1U.R) The cor
oner's of ice today said an au
topsy would be performed to de
termine how 47-year-old Daniel
Grady died.
Grady was pronounced dead
on arrival at Emanuel hospital
yesterday after he was found
lying in a hallway of a hotel.
Five other persons were arrest
ed on drunk charges and police
said they would be questioned
in connection with Grady's
death. .
Those in custody include Conn
Shimmon, 45; William O. Bill
ings, 55; Simpson F. Melton, 57;
John W. Tubby, 51, and Jacy C.
Mitchell, 51.
BIRTHS
-WINNER To Mr. and Mrs.
Royce, route 1, box 474, Ash
land, Feb. 18, 1955, a boy,
weight 7Vi pounds, at Sacred
Heart hospital.
LUCICH To Mr. and Mrs
Norman, route 1, box 364F, Med
ford, Feb. 18, 1955, a boy, weight
9 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital.
FLORES To Mr. and Mrs,
Vincente, box 1102, Eagle Point,
Feb. 18, 1955, a boy, weight 7V&
pounds, at Sacred Heart hos
pital.
STALLSWORTH To Mr.
and Mrs. Jack, 106 Lincoln st.,
Feb. 19, 1955, a boy, weight 7
pounds, at Sacred Heart hos
pital. . .
CARR - To Mr. and Mrs
George, route 3, box 230, Med
ford, Feb. 16,' 1955, a boy, 6V2
pounds, at Sacred Heart hos
pital.
Partial Cloudiness
Expected in Oregon
, Portland '(U.R) The weather
bureau said partial cloudiness
would replace today's sunshine
over much of Oregon with tem
peratures tonight to remain
cold.
Yesterday's sun brought a high
of 64 degrees to Brookings on
the southern Oregon coast and
similar warm temperatures
were reported from many other
spots around the state. It was
52 at The Dalles and Portland
and 53 at Roseburg.
It cooled off,' however, as soon
as the sun went down and Burns
and Lakeview reported a nippy
14 degrees.
SPENCE To Mr. and Mrs
Perry, 2205 Roberts rd., Feb. 17,
1955, a boy, IV2 pounds, at
Sacred Heart hospital.
BISH To Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter, 2735 Elliott ave., Feb. 17,
1955, a boy, IV2 pounds at
Sacred Heart hospital.
LAURANCE To Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth, 1900 Cherry
heights, Feb. 18, 1955, a girl,
7Vz pounds at Community hos-pital.-
Monday, February 21. 1955 ,
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE- WINE
WEATHERBEE To Mr. and
Mrs. Merland, 1648 Orchard
Home dr., Feb. 19, 1955, a girl,
6 pounds, at Community hospital.
Hip Fractured Mrs. Edith
Bundy is at Sacred Heart hos
pital for treatment of a hip frac
ture, attendants reported today.
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Two patients were transported
by Mercy Flights yesterday, ac
cording to George Milligan, in
charge of the flights.
William A. Young was re
turned from St. Vincent's hospi
tal in Portland to his home at
815 Bennett st., Medford. He
had been in Portland for medi
cal treatment. John Childers was
pilot on the flight.
Darrel Coiner, two-and-a-half
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clair . M. Coiner, 1112 Ben's
lane, Medford, was taken to
Doernbecher hospital in Port
land yesterday stricken with
meningitis. The child's condition
is critical according to a state
ment by hospital attendants. He
was accompanied by his mother.
WALL STREET
New York (U.R) Railroad
and aircraft shares rose sharply
near closing time today and gave
the whole stock list a lift into
higher ground.
Rails reached their best aver
age level since April 26, 1930,
and utilities achieved their best
since April 16, 1931. Industrial
ists were below their record high
made recently.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks: .''.
American T & T . ...180V&
Anaconda 53 Vi
Chrysler ... 69 Vi
Curtis Wright .... . 203i
General Electric ..... 54V4
General Motors .... 53
Penn. R. R. .... .... 26
Penney, J. C - 86 ?4
Radio ..........1 ..r 448
Southern Co . . 20
Southern Pacific ...........:- 5BVa
SI Oil of Calif.-.; ... . 80
Texas Gulf Sulphur ........ 40 Vi
Transamerica ............ ...L 42
Tri-Continental .............. 32V6
United Aircraft :.. 84V4
U. S. Rubber f 42
U. S. Steel . 78
Youngstown .... 81
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK
Portland (UP) Cattle 2.000. Av
erage choice 1075-1174 lb steers $23.25:
low choice steers 22.50-523; good
steers 20.50-S22; good-choice 80O-lb
fed heifers $20.50; good heifers 19
$20; canner-cutter cows 9.5O-S10.50;
beef type cutters to $11; utility cows
11-50-S13.50; commercial 14-S15; utility-commercial
bulls 13-514.
Calves 125. Good-choice vealers 22.
(28; cull-utility - calves 10-$14.50;
choice 277-lb stackers $22.
Hogs 600. Choice 1 and 2 butchers
180-235 lbs 19.50-520; some - $20.10;
choice 3 kinds down to $18.75; choice
300-lb butchers $17 JO; 150-175 lbs
1750-$180; choice 380-550 lb sows
15-$16.
Sheep 100. Good -choice lambs 19.50
$20.50; choice up to 130 lbs $21; prime
lambs $21.50; good feeders $17.30;
choice to $18.50; god-choice ewes 6.50
$7.50. Market will open Tuesday. Wash
ington's birthday, but no reports will
be issued. -
PORTLAND PRODUCE
Portland (UP) Eggs To retail
ersu Grade AA large 53c doz: A large
49-50c dor: AA medium 48-49c; A
small 43-44c. cartons I to 3c addi
tional. '
Butter To retailers. AA grade
prints 66c lb; cartons 67c; B prints
64c. . ,
Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched
dar, Oregon singles 42-45 Vc: 5-lb
loaves 461i-491ac. Processed Ameri
can cheese 5-lb loaf 39',i-41c lb.
Farm Market
Trading was negligible with all
rices nominal today on the Portland
astside Farmers market.
On produce row. the season's first
cantaloupes arrived from Mexico and
were sold for $1630 a crate.
Imperial Valley lettuce was $6.25
9JS0 for four-dozen head crates.
Bunches radishes brought 65-75c a
dozen bunches with green onions
?oing at 80-90C.
oultry. Babbits
Live Chickens To growers (No. 1
quality f.o.b. Portland). Fryers 2 ,4 to
4 lbs 26c lb; at farm 25c lb: roasters
4,i lbs and up 26c lb f.o.b. Portland,
25c at ranch; light hens 18-19c: heavy
hens all wts. 23-2 4c lb; old roosters
10-lle lb.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to
retailers: Fryers 35-36c lb; roasters 39
35c; cutup fryers all wts 50-51c lb;
whole drawn 44-45C
Turkeys To retailers. A grade hens
ready to cook 48c; N. Y. dressed to 43e
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',i to
4i lbs 19-21c up; 5 to 6 lbs 15-17c:
colored pelts 4c under; old does 9-1 lc
lb; a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers
to retailers 55-58c; cut-up 61-64c.
Portland Cash Grain
Portland Prices as reported In
the USDA market news service:
Wheat No. 2 soft white $79.75 a ton
bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland.
No. 2 white oats 38-lb test Coast de
livery $5730 ton: Portland delivery
$53-5330; No. 2 Western barley $54
5430 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast deliv
ery. Soybean meal $91 ton. ears,
prompt delivery Portland: standard
mill run prompt shipment. $45-4530
ton. cars prompt delivery: No. 2 yel
low corn $66.25 ton f.o.b. Portland.
Wholsesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green
alfaflfa. baled, f.o.b. Portland $35
trucks, .$37 rail. Timothy mixed nay,
$36 a ton f.o.b. rail car, Seattle.
Portland Grain Exchange; Friday's
close: No bids or offers.
Closing Arguments
Heard in Dodele Case
, Hillsboro (U.R) Closing ar
guments were presented today
in the first degree murder trial
of 17-year-old Jerry Dodele, ac
cused of killing Peter Ribbers,
64, in Timber, Ore., last No
vember. Washington county District
Attorney .James Gardner attack
ed defense claims that young
Dodele - was intoxicated at the
time of the slaying.
Gardner said "Jerry Dodele
wanted money; he borrowed a
gun; searched for money in Pe
ter Ribbers' house; Ribbers
came home, Jerry aimed the
gun, fired and Ribbers lost his
life."
Trial of the youth began last
Monday ...-in. Judge Arlie G."
Walker's court. ,
Dodele who was arrested sev
eral days after the slaying, al
legedly signed statements made
to the police admitting he shot
the elderly railroad machinist
when he surprised Dodele in
the act of burglarizing . his
home.
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Daily Weather Report
FORECASTS:
Medford and vicinity: Fair with
considerable high cloudiness tonight
and Tuesday. Little temnerature
change. Low tonight about 22. High
Tuesday 52. -
Oregon (Western): Some chance of
a little rain and not so cold tonight.
ruesaay paruy cloudy. Little temper
ature change. Low tonight 28-38. High
Tuesday 42-48 in north half. 48-56 in
south half.
LOCAL DATA: .
Temperature a year ago today:
highest 54: lowest 37.
Total monthly precipitation. .46 in.
Deficiency for the month. 1 in.
Total precipitation since Septem
ber 1, 1954: 6.39 in. Deficiency for the
season 5.S4 in.
Relative humidity 4:30 p.m. yester
day 23: 4:30 a.m. today 87. -Tomorrow:
Sunrise; 6:58 a.m.: sunset. 5:51 p.m.
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