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Local and Townsend Club Members of Towpsend Club No. 1 plan a council meeting to which the public is invited Friday. March 11. at 3 p.m., in the Pythian building, Fifth and Grape sts. Injured Tom Gately, Talent, is at Sacred Heart hospital be cause of injuries suffered yester day while he was working, at tendants said today. He received facial and arm injuries. Banker in Hospiul-Dwight Houghton, assistant manager of the United States National bank, of 512 Dakota st., is reported today as a major surgery patient at Sacred Heart hospital. Business Address The busi ness address of the Meadows Cabinet shop is 2280 Orchard Home dr., according to Fred Meadows, 1000 Sunset ave., who recently established the busi ness. Buys Property R. E. March has purchased a property on East Jackson st. near Barneburg rd., according to an announce ment today from the McKenzie Fidler agency where the trans action was made. Bill Kerr of the agency was in charge. At Osteopathic Three surgery patients were reported today at Osteopathic. They are Nethel dred Thomas, route 1, box 323, Medford, Mrs. Lloyd Hahn, Butte Falls, and Mrs. Edwin Frieden thall, Rogue River. Mrs. Elvin Wolgamott of Eagle Point is a medical patient there. Buys Units Mrs. Josephine Cottreil, 2167 Camp Baker rd., has purchased a three -unit dwelling at 23 Mistletoe st., and plans to move there soon, ac cording to a release from the Walker Real Estate agency where the transaction was made. Mr. and Mrs. Harry O. Nelson, Tacoma, Wash., formerly owned the property. Announce Sale A sale of rummage and baked food will be held Friday and Saturday, March 11 and 12. at VFW hall, 42 North Front st., by members of the auxiliary to Crater Lake post. Anyone wishing to donate rummage Is asked to call Mrs. Russel 'Zundel. 2-2417, or Mrs. Kula, 2-7979. The sale will open each day at 9 a.m. jEnds FRIDAY! j PLUS 2ND CjKCAI nil! TAYLOR GMNGE8 BtYTH 9 MARY'S , . CASA . . OPEN Daily & Sunday (Except Monday) - HOURS -5 P.M. to 9 P.M. Daily 2 P.M. to 8 P.M. Sundays Horn of REAL Italian Food 537 Mary St. - Phone 2-5349 r-1'71"' mri M 1 1 j j f 1 ujjSa ! TELEVISION SETS CO RO II ADO 21" "Topper" Pric include! icis lax, one year warranty on parts, picture and receiving tube. p New, Portable TV Set! k Tan Leatherette Case t i Eoy-to-reoch top tuning Has dual stereophonic speakers, aluminized tube. Budget 21' Set. - 179.95 WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO. i 101 S. Riverside Personal Sal Planned Advent Chris tian church will hold a food sale at Walts Radio shop Friday, March 11, beginning at 9 a.m. Return Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Nutting, 31 Glen Oak court, re turned home the first of the week after being in San Fran cisco since the previous Wednes day. Nutting was there on busi ness and while in the area they visited their son and daughter- i - t j t t- r A" . . " " -- " i l,n "l ' v""li- u an aunt who livs at Oakland. FOE Service A memorial service will be conducted today at 8 p.m., by the auxiliary to the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The session will be held at the Eagles hall, 217 West Main st. A family dinner for aerie and auxiliary members and their children will be held Sunday, March 13, at 4 p.m. Women who have not been contacted by the committee women in charge should take a hot vegetable dish. The dinner also will be at the hall. At sacred Heart Those re ported today at Sacred Heart hospital include Albert Dahl. Route 1, Central Point, and Annie Nori Hendrix, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Hendrix, 1312 Thomas rd., both medical patients; Vickey Harvey, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Harvey, 323 North Berkeley way; Gene Weitman. Eagle Point: and Mrs Rupert Maddox Jr., Jacksonville, all surgery' patients. Food Sale A cooked food sale sponsored by the Ground Observer corps will be held at the Home Appliance company Saturday, March 12, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Proceeds are to be used to renovate the GOC post at the corner of Jackson and Mc- Andrews rd., and to provide ar ticles needed for the post, ac cording to Mrs. Lyle McCallis- ter, chairman of .the GOC ways and means committee. Leave Today Four Medford women who will participate in a women's Classic Bowling league tournament at Albany next week end left today first to visit in Portland and return to Albany for the meet. They are Mrs. Richard Ludwig. 1407 East Main st.; Miss Clara Teter, Haven st- Mrs. Jess Cummings, Mid way rd.. and Mrs. Gertrude Riggs, Chestnut st. Eleven of the 12 women's teams from this vi cinity will participate at the tournament. ."' At Community Ronald H. Gandee, 1575 East Mc Andrews rd., is a surgery patient today at Community hospital, attend ants reported. Others listed there for surgery are Theodore H. Brown Jr., Central Point, Howard Helgeson, Jacksonville, and Mrs. Clifford Shafer, Cen tral Point. Albert Logan. 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Baldwin, Talent, is a medical patient there. Belleview Dance A square dance will be sponsored by members of the Belleview Grange Friday, March 11, at 8:30 p.m., in the Grange hall on Tol man creek road two miles south of Ashland, according to Grange officers. This will be the first public event in the Grange hall since it recently was remodeled and enlarged. The callers for the dance will be Allen Howard, John Niedermeyer and Doug Fosbury. Women are cfsked to lake sandwiches or salads for potluck refreshments. CORONADO CORONADO 17" "Topper" Price includes excise tax, one year worrcnty on parts, picture and receiving tubes. Weighs Only 47 Lbs. Charcoal Colored Case Big picture smell eabinerf Easy-reoch top controls. Deluxe in Leatherette with two speakers. . 149.95 3l7-1Xt Phone 2-6882 1 og95 News About Servicemen Five Local Navy Men in Far East Reports of five more Rogue valley servicemen who are on board Navy vessels in the Far East have been received here from the Navy's fleet home town news center in Great Lakes, II.., which serves as a clearing house for information on Navy personnel. They all participated in one phase or an other of the Tachen islands ev acuation last month. Roderick S. Guile, a boat swain's mate second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duke M. Guile, 824 East Ninth st., Medford, is serving aboard the destroyer USS Kidd. His wife is living in Salem while he is overseas. The Kidd participated in the evac uation after considerable ser vice in Far Eastern waters. It left San Diego, Calif., in Janu ary. Anton A. Lednicky, gunner's mate seaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Lednicky, 1984 Kings highway, Medford, is aboard the radar picket destroyer USS Frank Knox, which also partici pated in the Tachens operation. Otha D. Turner, a seaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Tur ner, route 1, box 658C, Eagle Point, is aboard the landing ship medium-rocket USS LSMR 409, which was part of the am phibious force which operated with cruisers, destroyers and minesweepers in protecting the evacuation force. Marine Cpl. John F. Loyd. son of Mrs. Fladys R. Loyd, 33 West Sixth st., and Richard M. Bar- nett, aviation storekeeper third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mar tin R. Barnett, 608 Stewart ave., Medford, are botfr- aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, which provided air coverage during the evacuation. NOW OVERSEAS M-Sgt. LeRoy T. Keene, hus band of Mrs. Agnes Keene, PO Box 757, Central Point, has ar rived in Europe for duty with the 2nd weather wing of the Military Air Transport service. He has been in the Army and Air Force since 1942. and serv ed overseas during World War II. TRANSFERRED Shirley J. Paterson. an airman third class, has been transferred to Eglin Air Force base, Fla. Miss Paterson recently was graduated from air traffic tow er control school at Keesler Air Force base in Mississippi. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Paterson Jr., 1003 Jas per st., and enlisted in the WASP last June 30. TO FORT LEE ' Mrs. Harley U. Munsel, BO8V2 North Riverside ave., is to leave Friday for Ft. Lee, Va.. where she will join her husband, a chief warrant officer with the Army. He recently returned from Korea ahd visited here be fore his reassignment. WILL RETURN Emil C. Knutson, Navy quar termaster third class, whose home address is 1030 Stewart ave., Medford, is aboard the gas oline oiler USS Patapsco, ac cording to a Navy release. The vessel is returning to the west coast for inactivation at Astor ia, Ore., the Navy said. Haiards Found City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson report ed inspection of a hotel, a ware house and two business occupan cies yesterday. He issued five orders for correction of hazard ous conditions. e e e Hits Meter Charles A. Hen dry, 1172 Hilton rd., was the driver of a car which struck a parking meter yesterday on East Fifth st. between Central ave. and Bartlett st., according to city police. Hendry was not cited. e Scout Training Session First in a series of "Scouters Know How" training courses will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at the community center of the Jack son County Housing authority, at Jackson and Purdy sts. It will cover program planning, and will be conducted by Sherrill Doty, Big Pines district train ing chairman, and John Patton, training chairman for the Cra ter Lake Area council. All scout masters, assistants and troop committeemen are invited to attend. RUMMAGE SALE 106 North Ivy St. SAL, MARCH 12 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Sponsored by . . . Crater Lions Auxiliary Proceeds to Work of the Blind i Children Claimed Shunning Dentist Portland (U.R) A recent sur vey by the Oregon State Board of Health shows that five per cent of children in Oregon be tween ages of 6 and 16 have never been to a dentist. This finding was reported at yesterday's closing session of the 62nd annual Oregon State Dental Association convention by Dr. David M. Whittier, di rector of dentistry for the board. Mr. Whittier said the survey showed that of the children at age of six 25 per cent had never been to a dentist and at age of 16 two percent had never vis ited a dentist. "In one high school where we conducted our survey," Dr. Whitter told the convention, "we found 5 per cent of the students wearing false dentures." Move The Edmund Hass family moved last week from 810Vi East Jackson st., to 1615 Crown ave. Meier Violations A total of 32 tickets were issued yesterday by city police for overtime park ing in metered areas. - Building Permit Warren Ar nold has obtained a $10,000 buil dine permit to construct a resi dence at 1100 Mt. Pitt st., accord ing to record in the city building department. ' Inspections Fire Marshal Truman Nelson yesterday con ducted inspections at one hotel, one warehouse, and two business occupancies, and issued five or ders for correction. Constructing Building Con struction work is now being done on a building at 629 North Central ave., near Pierce Auto Freight lines, for a new restau rant business. H. W. Crocker obtained the building permit. Collision-; John E. Alexander, Seattle, and Lionel R. Rankin, 842 Taylor st., were drivers of vehicles which collided Wednes day at about 4:45 p.m. at the intersection of Ninth st. and Riv erside ave., according to city po lice. There were no injuries, and neither of the two drivers was cited. e e Visit Here Mrs. Merlyn M. Hornbuckle and sister-in-law. Mrs. Ralph E. Herman, both of Roseburg, visited Tuesday in Medford. Mrs. Herman, who is the Roseburg chapter executive secretary for the Red Cross, at tended a business meeting here. Mrs. Hornbuckle, a former Pros pect resident, visited with rel atives and friends. Flue Fire Firemen reported a flue fire at the Doan residence, 1104 West Fourth st., about 4:50 p.m. yesterday. About the same time,, firemen said, a truck was sent to extinguish a trash fire in the alley back of Smith Dynge Lumber company, Eighth and Fir sts. The trash reportedly was ignited by children playing with matches. No damage was reported from either fire. Training Meeting A train ing meeting for 4-H club cloth ing leaders will be held Friday at Bigham hall at the county fairgrounds, starting at 1:30 p.m. The meeting will be of partic ular interest to new leaders, ac cording to Miss Jean Brooks, county agent for 4-H club work. Topics to be discussed will in clude teaching methods, disci pline, teaching aids, and individ ual problems. e Business To Open ' Marvin and Glen Crocker plan to open a new business. Automotive Beauty center, at 621 East Jack son st., in the building which formerly housed the Crater Lake Lumber company. The building now is being remodeled to ac commodate the new business which it is expected will be opened in about a week. The men, who are brothers, will con tinue to operate a filling station at Jackson and Central ave. The new business will engage In car washing and polishing. The National Guard, original ly "militia," took its present name to honor Lafayette, French Garde Nationale chief. NOTICE You Can Buy 2 QUARTS OF DAIRY QUEEN For 98 AT YOUR ONE AND ONLY DAIRY QUEEN STORE 450 S. Centrol - Medford I THIS AD and 98c Good for j 2 Quarts DAIRY QUEEN ) ! and One 25c Sundae! j I Fri. & Sat. only. Mar. 11th & ) I 12th Open daily 12 to 9 ; Prisoners Dig Way To Arms of Officers " Williamson. W. Va (U.R-- five prisoners labored furious ly for an hour and a half Wed nesday digging their way out of the Mingo county jail. As they poked their heads through the hole the prisoners were greeted by jail officials who had been waiting patient ly for them. Wall Street New York U.R) Wall Street today heeded Sen. J. William Fulbrighfs advice to ignore day to day testimony at the market study and returned to its stock acivities. The result was a smart recov ery throughout the list in the face of another suggestion, this one by Marriner S. Eccles, for mer Federal Reserve head, that margins be hiked to 75 per cent, or" even to 100 per cent. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 1BQH Anaconda 52 Vs Chrysler 697-8 Curtiss Wright 21V4 General Electric 51 General Motors 943s Montgomery Ward 78 Penn. R. R 1 28 Penney, J. C 877s Radio 41U Southern Co 205s Southern Pacific 56? i S. Oil of Calif 27J,2 Texas Gulf Sulphur 397s Transamerica 38 Vs Tri-Continental 251. s United Aircraft 7858 u. a. ituDoer szv U. S. Steel 77J2 Youngstown ..' 79 Portland Livestock Portland (U.P.I Cattle 150. Good 888 lb. fed heifers S20; utility steers and heifers S 12-17; canner-cutter cows $9-10.50; few $11; utility cows SU. 50-13. Calves 25. Good-choice vealers $23-30. Hogs 200. Choice 1-2 butchers 180 235 lb. $13.50-19; choice 3 lots down to $18: heavier and lighter weights S1T-17.50; choice 350-550 lb. sows $14 50-15.50. Sheep 50. Utility-good slaughter ewes S6-8: choice fed wooled lambs $21-21.50 or above; good-choice feed ers $17.50-18.50. Portland Produce Portland (U.P.I Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large 51c doz.; A large 49-50c doz.; AA medium 50c: A me dium, 48-49c: A small, 43-45c; car tons, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 66c lb.: cartons, 67c: A prints. 66c; cartons, 67c; A prints. 66c; car tons. 67c; B prints. 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar. Oregon singles. 423-45'2c: 5-lb. loaves. 46'2-49'jC. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39-41c lb. Farm Market No. 2 Northwest potatoes sold slightly higher today with 50-lbs. quoted at $1.35-1.40. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland). Frvers. 23 to 4 lbs.. 28-29c lb.: at farm. 28c lb.; roasters. 4'2 lbs. up. 28-29e lb. f.o.b. Portland. 2Sc lb. at ranch; light hens, 15-16c: heavy hens, all wts.. 19c Jb.; old roosters 10-1 lc lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, 38-39c lb.: roasters 39-40cc; light hens. 28-29c; heavy hens 32-33c: cutup fryers, all wts., 52-54c lb.: whole drawn. 46-48c lb. Turkeys To retailers, A grade hens ready to cook, 48-50c;. N.Y. dressed, 37c lb.; A grade ioms. oven-ready, 41 44c lb.; Beltsville A grade hens, oven ready to 52c; Baltsville toms. 47c lb. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 3'4-4'a lbs.. 19-21c up; 5-6 lbs., 15-17c: color ed 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 by 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 delivery S57.50 ton: Portland delivery, S53 53.50: No. 2 Western, barley. $53.50 ton f. o.b. Portland Coast delivery; soybean meal. S90 ton, cars, prompt delivery Portland; standard millrun prompt shipment. $43-44 ton cars prompt delivery Portland: No. 2 yel low corn. $65.25 ton f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa baled, f.o.b. Portland. $35 trucks. $37 rail. Timothy mixed hay 536 a ton. f.o.b. rail car. Seattle. Portland grain exchange: Wednes day's close: Offer Soft white $2.39 2 Soft white, no rex .. ; 2.39 'a White club 2.39'i Direct. From Louisiana JAM and HAYRIDE BAND! Abbott Recording Star: "Mexican Joe," "Bimbo," "Penny Candy," and Many More Featuring Jim Edward and Maxine Brown Fabor Records: "Looking. Back to See," "Dragging Main Street" Along With DIDO ROWLEY Sat.; March 12 TOGUE iSlBlfOOni LotsrLking Thursday, March 10. 1953 BIRTHS WADE To Mr. and Mrs. Cecil, route 1, box 357A, Med ford, March 9, 1955, a girl. 7V4 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. CARNEGIE To Mr. and Mrs. John, 622 West Second st., March 8, 1955 a girl, pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. FIELDING To Mr. and Mrs. John, Gold Hili, March 9, 1955. a girl, 6 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. VAN HORN To Mr. and Mrs. J. H., route 2. box 128, Central Point. March 9. 1955. a srirl. 5U pounds, at Community hospital. YOUNG To Mr. and Mrs. John E., 909 Beatty st., March 10, 1955, a boy, 7 pounds, at Community hospital. NEGLES To Mr. and Mrs. Ron, 128 South Columbus ave., March 3, 1955, a girl, 7 pounds, at Community hospital. DRAKE To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 1574 Grand ave., March 8, 1955, a boy, 8 pounds, at the Community hospital. - PROCTOR To Mr. and Mrs. Karl, Trail, March 9, 1955. a boy, I3 pounds, at Community hos pital. Daily Veather Report DATE March 10, 1955 Sunset tonieht 6:12 n m Stunriu tomorrow 6:30 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness with a few showers to night and Friday. A little cooler Fri day. Low tonight 38. High Friday 48. Western Oregon: Showers and periods of clearing tonieht and Fri day. A little cooler. Low tonight 35 45. High Friday 44-54. Northern and Central California: Rein in extreme north this vnin spreading to most of area tonight and ennv rnaay ana ioiiowea ry slow clearing late Friday. Snow in moun tains. Little temperature change. LUllL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean vesterdav 47: normal. Record high this date 80 in 1934. Record low this date 24 in 1935. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid: night, none. Midnight to 1 0a.m.. none. Total this month .12 inch.. 42 inch, below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 6.68 inches, 8.75 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 51; highest this a.m. 90. - CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 54 40 Creter Lake 36 18 Grants Pass 5fi 32 Klamath Falls 44 31 .03 MEDFORD 55 37 Portland 54 42 T Septtle 52 39 .08 Spokane 45 28 Yakima 53 28 Eureka 51 46 .08 Red Bluff 57 46, .20 Sacramento 64 ' 43 .18 Ssn Francisco 63 49 Los Angeles 74 5fi Phoenix 85 64 Denver 70 41 Chicago fi3 41 Miemi 74 57 New York 64 52 Washington. D.C 69 48 STARTS SUNDAY KIRK DOUGLAS com ty P luxi lSL.i BVIa DARVI Gilbtrt ROLAND Cinemascope Hayride, Shreveport Hit VALLEY li THRILL RACING feSrF ST0RYI MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Four Promotions Made in Guard Unit Promotion of three men of Company A, Medford National Guard unit, were announced this week. They are Sgt. Clifford E. Cooper, to sergeant first class; Cpl. Galen G. Dizick, to ser geant, and Pfc. V. L. Snyder, to corporal. They were effective March 1. Awards to members of the company with the best attend ance records during 1954 were made at a company banquet last week. First Lt. Roy L. Hu son, commanding , officer, pre sented them to M-Sgt. Donald E. Vessey, Sgt. John R. Alexand re, Pfc. Charles A. Brown and Pfc. Marion J. Chancellor, for perfect attendance. Those miss ing only one drill period were M-Sgt. Jack D. Burns, Cpl. Den nis M. Burns. Pfc. Fred L. Ben nett, Pfc. Jimmie, L. Crosby, Pfc. Radford E. Magruder and Pfc. Robert S. Meadows. Pvt. James E. Beiter, Central Point, enlisted in the company this week. Pvt. James E. Beiter, Central Point, enlisted in the company this week. Camp dates for Medford un its this year will be from June 10 to 26. (II NOW IJ HELD, OVER" Yy MMES STEWART diver (Soundest co-itofrwg i -"-. n WALTER BRENNAN GATES OPEN 6:30 PM Show at 7 PM Dido Rowley s ..." . PLUS few X Fi5 km Jim Reeves Maxin and Jim The . j j-f "NX ( ll"7 l Obituaries CHARLES ROUNDEBUSH Remains of Charles Rounde bush. 61, who died Saturday, are being forwarded tonight by Conger-Morris funeral home to Re public, Mo., for services and in terment in the Springfield Na. tional Cemetery, at Springfield, Mo. , Tiie deceased was born Aug. 3, 1893, in Republic and was a veteran of World War I," serving from Jan. 31. 1918, to March 27, 1919, as a Seaman Second Class, U. S. Navy. He had been a member of the V. A. Domicil iary, Camp White, since last August. Survivors include a sister, Miss Bessie Roundebush, Green field, Mo. The pupil of the human eye is 16 times larger in the dark than in the light. TIMBER Wanted to buy from owners, in lots of 2 million feet or more. Medium grade or better pine or "'"PHONE 2-5742 115 South Ivy, Medford i TT i i OPEN 6:45 NOW SHOWING! GREATEST OF ALL INDIAN PICTURES f dF' - t... 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