Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 17, 1955, Image 15

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Personal Al Osteopathic Louis Rohrer, Eagle Point, is a medical patient at Osteopathic hospital, accord ing to a hospital report. Emergency Surgery Ronnie Lovett, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Lovett, 488 South Pa cific highway, underwent emer gency appendectomy last even ing at Community hospital. Food Sale A baked food sale will be conducted Saturday, March 19, by Cub Pack 60. The tale will be held at the Home Appliance store, 115 East Main St. Held in Jail Melvin Mays, 30, Roseburg. was held in the Jackson county jail overnight while in transit for the Doug las county sheriffs office, ac cording to jail records. Discharged P. G. Peder sen, 701 North Modoc ave., was discharged from Community hos pital yesterday after being there since March 15 when he suffer ed finger lacerations while work ing at Littrell Parts company, at tendants reported today. Business Name Ethel L. Young and Glenn A. Casey have retired from the assumed busi ness name Casey's Diner, accord ing to records on file in the office of the Jackson county clerk. To Salem Alf Mekvold, Jackson county superintendent of schools, was in Salem today attending to legislative matters. He also is scheduled to attend the Oregon Education associa tion convention in Portland. Mekvold will return to his of fice in the county courthouse on Monday. Cars Collide Pauline F. ele ven, 806 West Main st., and Lee V. Watkins, 1024 Queen Ann ave., were 'drivers of cars which collided at the intersection of Mary and Saling sts., at about 5:40 p.m. "Wednesday, accord ing to city police. There were no injuries, and neither driver was cited. Collision Reported Cars driv en by Meredith G. Bessonette, 1926 Table Rock rd., and Floyd A. Long, 1122 Sunset ave., were involved in a collision at the intersection of Front and Ninth sts., at about 5:50 p.m. Wednes day, according to police records. No citations or injuries were re ported. Hit. Run Accident City po lice today were investigating a reported hit, run accident, in which a car owned bv Frank S. Chapman, 1041 West 11th st., was struck by another vehicle which did not stop. The accident occurred on North Riverside ave. between Edwards st. and Alice st. at about 10:55 p.m. yester day. - At Community Surgery pa tients reported today at Commu nity hospital are Christy Davi son, 2V2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Davison, 924 Kenyon st; Miss Patricia Scarborough, 217 Beatty st.. and Mrs. Odas Starks. 300 North Peach st. Shirley Miller, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Miller, 1840 Barnett road, underwent tonsil surgery there today. Gates Open 6:30 Show at 7 if lAllSr "'CHARD EGAN k liLJIlttUWy 0AWN ADDAMS V I pUs I JoHHiVAYHED Parking Tickets A total of 141 overtime parking tickets were issued yesterday by city police in downtown metered areas. a To Visit Dale Coverton, an Oregon State college student, is to arrive this week end to visit during spring vacation with his mother, Mrs. George F. Tucker, 119 South Ivy st. Visits Here Mrs. Hazel War ren, former Medford resident now of Redwood City, Calif., visited here Wednesday. While here she attended a session of the Reames Social club. Chin Up Meeting Members of the Jackson county Chin Up club will meet at the Girls Com munity club, 229 North Bart lett St., Friday at 8 p.m. It will be a social gathering with en tertainment and refreshments planned. . To Attend SOC Dale Gott Jr., son of Dale Gott, 542 South Ivy st., recently returned here and will enroll at Southern Ore gon college for the spring term. He has been attending Centralia Junior college in Washington state. Fire Inspections Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson yesterday inspected a public garage, an office building and two business occupancies. He issued six ord ers for the correction of hazard ous fire conditions. Swingin' Bees All square dancers interested are invited to a dance session of the Swingin' bees to be held Saturday night, March 19, at the Corral from 8:30 p.m. to midnight. Mrs. Min nie Robertson will call for the dancing. Potluck refreshments are planned. From Shedd Chyde Perkins Jr. and Richard Hiss, Shedd High school students, are visit ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Perkins, 2322 East Main st., while they are attending a Future Farmers of America con vention at Crater High school. Chyde Perkins is a nephew of A. M. Perkins. Fined Clyde Wilbur Mc Neil, Milo, Ore., was fined $255 in district court Monday on a charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, according to court rec ords. McNeil received a 30-day suspended jail sentence and his operator's license was suspended for 90 days. " At Sacred Heart Mrs. Sam Moses, 612 Whitman place; Roswell Balentyne, 424 Beatty st.; Fred Peterson, 423 Haven st; and Rudolph Tetreault, Route 1, Medford, are listed to day as medical patients at Sa cred Heart hospital. Mrs. Lucy Edington, Gold Hill, and Richard Gilliam, Myrtle Creek, are re ported as surgery patients there. Homemakers Class Members of the Homemakers class of the First Methodist church and their families are invited to attend a potluck supper Friday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m., in the church dining room. Travel slides taken by members of the class will be shown. Table service will be re quired and coffee will be fur nished, according to those in charge. Clothing Burned A consid erable amount of clothing hang ing in a garage at the Frank Humphrey residence, 2021 West erlund dr., was destroyed by fire yesterday morning, fire men reported, after being ignit ed by contact with an electric light bulb. Damage to the in terior of the garage was con siderable, they said. Pumpers from the east side and main sta tions responded to the alarm. A flue fire at about noon at the home of Clarence Milotta, 208 Chestnut st., resulted in no dam age, firemen said. "Okie Paul" Westmoreland and His WESTERN BAND Radio and T.V. Artists LOTS OF FREE PARKING DOORS OPEN 8 P.M.-DANCE 9 TO 1:00 Sat., EVOarch ft 9 At The gue Valley iaiDroom News About Servicemen Two Valley Men Back From East Two valley army men are scheduled to arrive today at Seattle Army port of embark ation on the USS General Mitchell, which is returning 2, 285 passengers from the Far East. The men from here are Pfc. Kenneth L. Finley, son of Mrs. Harriet B. Finley, . 2250 Crater Lake highway, and Cpl. James A. Steeje, son of Mrs. Osa Waggoner, Phoenix. Finley has been in the Orient for about 17 months. He at tended school for three months in Ita Jima, Japan, and served in Korea for about 14 months, with the 73rd engineer combat battalion as a construction en gineer with the X corps. He completed basic training at Ft. Lewis, Wash., and entered the Army in May, 1953, after at tending Medford High school. Steele attended Phoenix High school. He entered the Army in March, 1953 and left for over seas in November, 1953. He served as a rifleman with Com pany A of the 24th infantry divisions 21st regiment in Ko rea. Both Finley and Steele are eligible for discharge soon from the service. HOME ON LEAVE Duane Buck, a Navy fireman apprentice, arrived Sunday eve ning to visit for 10 days while on leave with his mother, Mrs. Robert Lamb, 1211 West 10th st. He arrived here from Great Lakes, Mich., where he attend ed a machinists mate school. He will leave here about March 23 for San Francisco to return to the ship on which he serves, the USS Cabildo. AT CB BASE Allan Cliff Childers, known to his friends as "Buddy," son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Childers, route 2, box 54, Jacksonville, now is stationed with a construc tion battalion at Port Hueneme, Calif. He is the youngest "Sea Bee" at the port and is expect ed to complete his schooling and receive a 10-day leave about May 5. ON THE USS LUZON Marvin Putnam, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Putnam, former Jacksonville residents now of Grants Pass, is stationed with the 5th division on the USS Lu zon. Both Allan Childers and Putnam enlisted in the Navy Sept. 27, 1954. INDUCTED James Henry.Mulhollen, Med ford; Orin Benjamin Collier, Trail, and Charles Richard Gourley, Ashland, were inducted into the Army on March 9, at the Portland station, according to a release from the Jackson county selective service board. The selective service does not furnish street addresses or route numbers of inductees. AIRMAN HOME Walter S. Gibbs, airman sec ond class in the Air Force, is visiting for two weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Gibbs, 1375 South Columbus ave. Airman Gibbs will return to Hamilton Air Force base in California at the end of the furlough. ON LEAVE Pfc. Gurmon Marney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Marney, route 1, box 469-A, Phoenix, a member of the 508 Regimental combat team, 11th Airborne divi sion, Ft. Campbell, Ky., is at home on a 30-day furlough. He has made 13 parachute Jumps since his enlistment in the air borne in January, 1954. Upon completion of furlough Pfc. Marney will return to his unit. He formerly attended Phoenix High, school. TO ALBUQUERQUE Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wright left Wednesday for Albuquer que, N.M., where he will attend an Air Force security guard school. He returned Feb. 19 af ter serving a year in Korea and visited here on a 30-day leave. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wright, 1024 West 13th st. His wife is the former Miss Jeanette Adkins daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Adkins, Lake Creek. He is a 1950 Medford High school graduate. Move Her Mrs. Stanley Alcorn and three children, Da vid, 9, Jim, 11, and Melanie, 2, moved here last week to live at the Medford Plaza apartments. The boys attend Washington school. The family is living here while Alcorn is serving with the Air Force at Parks Air Force Base, Calif. They have been liv ing at Hampton, Va., until a few months ago when the fam ily came to Ashland, where they stayed for some time at the home of her mother, Mrs. Carl Erick-son. Funeral Held Monday For Former Resident Funeral services were held' Monday at Redding, Calif., for Samuel A. Davis, 76, who died there Saturday. He was a for mer Medford resident and lived here from about 1936 to 1949. He was a carpenter by trade and worked here for various con tractors, including Bill Maulsby. He was retired for several years. Survivors include a son, Dale A. Davis, 929 West 13th st., and Mrs. E. H. Allen, 880 Stewart ave. Seven grandchildren, all of Medford. also survive. His wife died in Medford in 1946. Obituaries PIERCE MITCHELL F. Pierce Mitchell died last night at the home of his son at 303 North Fifth St., Jackson ville. . Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. HARVEY WALTER O. Harvey Walter died today at his home, 828 Constant st., Central Point. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. STEPHEN MOORE Funeral services for Stephen Andrew Moore, 74, of 122 West Main st., who died Wednesday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Saturday at 11 a.m., with the Rev. James Neely of the First Baptist church officiating. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial Park. ' Honorary pall bearers wll be William L. Jones, A. L. Peachy, Eugene Peterson, John D. Hoist, Lee Port and John Gribble. Ac tive pall bearers will be Don Minear, Fred Landers, James Cook, John Luttrell, Ralph Ray mond and N. A. Mead. The deceased was born Dec. 30, 1880, near San Bernardino, Calif., the son of the late Edward A. and Rebecca Ann Moore. He came to southern Oregon in 1889, and had lived here since. He joined the U.S. Forest Service on May 15, 1907, in the Medford office, and worked as a ranger in the Mt. Pitt and Blue Canyon areas. He built the Star Ranger station, and later was engaged in timber sales work in the Powers, Pelican Bay, Mt. Pitt and Bend areas. He retired as timber sales officer of the Rogue River National Forest, in Medford on Aug. 3, 1939. He had been a member of the Baptist church for 43 years. On Dec. 15, 1907, in Medford, he was married to Mary Melissa Stinson, who died in October 1940; and on July 25, 1943, in Medford, he was married to Mary Lenora Herrold, who died six weeks ago. Survivers include a son, Orie, Medford: a granddaughter, Mari anne, Medford; two sisters Mary Rummel, Medford, and Minnie Clark, Central Point; three brothers, Joe and Robert, Medford; and Reuben, Prospect; several nieces and nephews; two step-daughters, Mrs. Vera Mc- Connell, Tacoma, Wash., and Mrs. Avis Smith, Brookings, and six step-grandchildren. Births NUNES To Mr. and Mrs George, Box 184, Prospect, March 15, 1955, a girl, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. ZARTMAN To Mr. and Mrs Jerry, 515 South Riverside ave., March 16, 1955, a girl, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. SWINGLE To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph, route 3, box 233 A, Med ford, March 16, 1955, a boy, 8V& pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. HAUGEN To Mr. and Mrs. Oscar, route 2, box 493, Gold Hill, March 15, 1955, a girl, 7V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. JOHNSTON To Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm, 1017 Alta st., March 15, 1955, a girl, IVt pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. TOMLIN To Mr. and Mrs. Walter, 524 North Barneburg rd., March 15, 1955, a boy, 9V pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. WOOLERY To Mr. and Mrs Earl D., Central Point, March 17, 1955, a boy, 6 pounds at Os teopathic hospital. Moro, Ore. (U.R) Donald Mclntyre, 20, of Wasco, yester day was placed on probation for three years for shooting his fa ther, A. H. Mclntyre, 49, in the stomach with a shotgun during a family quarrel. Mclntyre, who appeared in Judge E. H. Hew ell's Circuit Court, had pleaded guilty to assault while armed with a dangerous weapon. The youth waived indictment and the right to legal counsel to en ter his plea. $1 " ye i: Wall Street Crude petroleum, valued at $29,394,710 was the second most important import commodity received through the San Fran cisco Customs district in 1953. MARY'S . . CASA . . OPEN Daily & Sunday (Except Monday) - HOURS - t 5 P.M. to 9 P.M. Daily 2 P.M. to 8 P.M. Sundays Home of REAL Italian Food 537 Mary St. - Phone 2-5349 New York (U.R) Steel shares developed strength in the late trading today and helped the whole market move ahead after earlier irregularity. Bethlehem Steel which had sold down to 125 V4 ran up to 130 where it was 3V4 points above the previous close. U. S. Steel rose more than 2 points from' its low. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 17934 Anaconda - 52Vs Chrysler 685b Curtis Wright .. 23 Va General Electric 50Vs General Motors 93 Montgomery Ward 76V Penn. R.R 273s Penney, J. C S6V& Radio 413i Southern Co 2014 Southern Pacific 56 S. Oil of Calif 76 Va Texas Gulf Sulphur 40 Transamerica 3.9 vs Tri-Continental 26V& United Aircraft 78 U. S. Rubber 42 U. S. Steel .. 78 Youngstown llVa Thursday, March 17. 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Swallow Flight Arrives At San Juan Capistrano . San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (U.R) A flight of swallows ar rived today at the San Juan Capistrano mission 48 hours ahead of schedule and in time to celebrate St. Patrick's day. Veteran observers were not certain whether the small band of early birds were of Irish de scent or just had their saints mixed up. Diehards in this small community shrugged the arriv als off as "scouts" for the main flight, which is supposed to ar rive Saturday, St. Joseph's day. Portland Livestock Portland (U.P.) Cattle 250. Good 1002-1071 lb. fed steers S21-22.23; choice steers S22.25; utility grade $13.50-17: good 905 lb. fed heifers S20: canner-cutter cows $9.50-11 with some to S11.50: utility cows S12-S14; utility ccmmercial grades S14.50; utility commercial bulls $14.50-16. one 1830 lb. utility Holstein bull $18. Calves 25. Good-low choice vealers $23-26; utility dairy type vealers mostly S14-16.50. Hogs 200. Choice 1-2 butchers 180 235 lb. 1850-19: choice 3 lots down to $18; few 260 lb. $17; choice 350-550 lb. sows $14.50-16. Sheeo 50. Choice fed wooled lambs around $21.50-22; good-choice light feeders around $17.50; good-choice ewes 8-9. Portland Produce Portland U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 52c doz.; A large, 50-51c doz.; AA medium, 50c: A me dium, 48-49c; A small, 44-45C doz, 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',i-45 ',jc; 5-8 lb. loaves. 461i-49,.ic Processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf. 39 ia- 41c lb. Farm Market First Mexican watermelons reached Portland today and two of first five crates sold at 17 cents a pound: Calif ornia cauliflower sold at $2.75-3 for o. 1 flats. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers. 2i to 4 lbs.. 29c lb.: at farm. 28c lb.: roast ers, 4 '2 lbs.. 29c lb. f.o.b. Portland. 28c at ranch; light hens. 17-18c: heavy hens, all wts., 19-21c lb.; old roosters, 10-llc lb. Dressed Chickens No.l dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 39 40c lb.; roasters, 40-41c: hens, light type. New York style, 28-29c: cut-up, 42-43; hens, heavy-type. N.Y. style, 32-33c; whole-drawn, 43-46c; fryers, cut-up, all weights, 48-5 lc. whole drawn. 48-5 lc. Turkeys To retailers: A grade hens ready to cook, 48-50c; N. Y. dressed. 44c lb.: Beltsville A grade hens, oven ready to 52c; Beltsyille toms. 47c lb.; A grade toms, oven-ready. 41c lb. Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 3-4',2 lbs.. 19-21c up.: 5-6 lbs., 15-17c: color ed pelts. 4c under: old does. 9-llc lb.: a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers, 55-58c; cut up. 61-64c. Daily Weather Report DATE March 17, 1955 Sunset tonight 6:20 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 6:18 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair through Friday with little change in tempera ture. Low tonight 25; high Friday 55-58. western Oregon: Fair tonight gen erally, and in south portion Friday. Considerable cloudiness in north por tion Friday with a few light showers during afternoon or evening. A little warmer tonight. Low 26-38: High 48-62. Northern California: Fair through Friday except for local coastal cloudi ness Friday morning. Little change in temperature. LOCAL. DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 40; below normal 7. Record high this date 82 in 1947. Record low this date 22 in 1955. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night none; Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month .19 inch. .17 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 6.73 inches; 7:04 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 25-. highest this a.m. 88. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 59 42 Crater Lake 40 13 Grants Pass 49 23 Klamath Falls 49 27 MEDFORD 58 24 Portland 47 25 Seattle 43 28 Spokane 40 24 Yakima 55 22 Eureka 49 40 Red Bluff 68 34 Sacramento . . 65 36 San Francisco 63 46 Los Angeles 64 46 Phoenix Denver Chicago Miami New York Washington. D.C. 73 37 38 77 61 71 49 30 21 29 37 .05 .10 Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. HHBMB f 3. i FRIDAY SATURDAY KIRK DOUGLAS 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 S37.50 ton; Portland delivery. $53 S53.50; No. 2 Western barley. $53 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery; soy bean meal, S89 ton, cars, prompt de livery Portland; standard millrun prompt shipment, $43-43.50 ton. cars, prompt delivery Portland: No. 2 yel low corn, $66.50 ton f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa baled, f.o.b. Portland. $37 trucks, $39 rail. Timothy mixed hay $36-38 a ton, f.o.b. rail car. Seattle. 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