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Local and Thimble Club Neighbors of .Woodcraft rhimble club wni meet Wednesday, March 23. a! 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. J. M, Dodge, 519 King st. Home Miss Lindora Mark with, a student at Oregon Tech r.ical institute, Ore-Tech, Ore., is home this week during spring vacation visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Markwith, Jacksonville. FOE Meeting The Fraternal Order of Eagles will meet Thurs day at 8 p.m. in the hall at 219 West Main st. with initiation to be followed by a hot beef sand wich feed. Visiting members are welcome. DAV Meetng A joint social meeting with members of the Jackson county chapter, Dis abled American veterans, and the auxiliary celebrating birth days which fall in this quarter of the year, will be held at the DAV building. 1515 North Riv erside ave. at 8 p.m. today. From Vacation Wade Loof bourrow, 8. Talent, visited in San Francisco last week while on vacation from school. He ar rived home Sunday and made the trip by bus. He visited his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Thompson in the Bay city. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hale Loofbourrow. Band Benefit Students of Jacksonville high school will benefit the Band Boosters club funds toward new band uni forms by selflng "birthday" cal endars beginning today, officers of the club announced today. The students will call at the homes of residents and the sale will continue through the week. Return Mr. and Mrs. Bcyd Kline, 953 Jasper st., and their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Prentice, and their twin daughters, Lee Anne and Lela. of Bend, returned Satur day from a week's trip to Long Beach, Calif. There they visited Kline's niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ammerman. The group attended an annual international flower show at Inglewood, Calif. The Prentices are former Medford residents. 4 ENDS TONJTE! YIOGAMB teiGABLEhaGARDIIEHj PLUS I Tomorrow (5 r I PLUS I MB vl lit TT ! i i I r STUDEBAKER COMMANDER V-8 WITH AUTOMATIC DIIVI TAKES TOP HONORS with an average of 58.6 TON MILES PER GALLON An actual 27.4 mUt per galloul Best ef all eights In the run PHONE 2-5219 Personal Legion To Meet Medford post of the American Legion will meet tonight at 8 o clock at the Legion home on South Riverside ave. From Albany Mr. and Mrs. Andrus Smith and family, 202 Haven st., returned Sunday after visiting since Friday at Albany with friends. The Smiths for merly lived at Albany. Card Party Roxy Ann Grange will sponsor a public card party Wednesday, March 23, at 8 p.m. in the Grange hall. A small charge wil be made, and refresh ments will be served. Pinochle and canasta will be played. At Meeting L. W. Schaecher, 1955 North Pacific highway, is in Portland this week attending a three-day convention of the Na tional Ice Cream Manufacturers group. He operates Rich Maid Ice Cream store. Son Here Alfred Leavitt, Oregon State college student, is visiting this week with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Leavitt, 39 Summit avenue. Also visiting at the Leavitt home over the week end were another son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leavitt, and their children, Patti and Mike, from Crescent City. Rummage Sale Medford Women's Christian Temperance union will hold a rummage sale March 24-25 in the Fehl build ing, 106 North Ivy st. Articles are to be taken to the building Wednesday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., according to Mrs. Minnie Bryant, sale chairman, or pick up service may be obtained by calling 2-8368 or 2-4644. Visit Here Several relatives of Mrs. Harold Gist, 556 Vfc Haven st., visited the Gists Thursday through Sunday. They were Mrs. Gist's sister, Mrs. James Jackson, and daughter, Anne, of Fall Creek near Eu gene, and another daughter, Mrs. Robert Hunter and children, Mike and Diane, of Stayton. They also visited other relatives here and at Crescent City, Calif. Returns George Corum, 324 North Front st., returned home the end of last week after visit ing for five weeks at Imperial Beach near Los Angeles. He was with his son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. John Comes, who returned him to Medford. The Comeses were en route to Seattle, Wash., where they now will make their home. Comes recently was retired from the Navy with the rank of chief warrant officer. He had been in the service for 29 years. Witnesses Film A lVi-hour color film entitled "The New World Society in Action" will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 24, in the Jackson school gymnasium, Summit and Jack son sts. The film shows 165,000 Jehovah's Witnesses from 97 countries attending the 1953 convention in New York, the printing presses of the denomi nation, the Watchtower Bible college of Gilead, and show scenes of a Jehovah's Witness convention in Africa. L. W. Gor man, local representative of the local Johovah's Witnesses con gregation, said it is an unusual film. The public is invited to attend free of charge, he said. No collection will be taken. Studebaker beats 21 competing cars in 1955 Mobilgas Economy Run! Wins Grand Sweepstakes for second straight year! Now more than ever America's No. 1 economy car! Once COOKSEY MOTOR CO., Inc. Arrested A 16-year-old Med ford boy was arrested yesterday by state police and was lodged in the county jail on a charge of being drunk on a public high way, according to records in the office of Sheriff Howard Gault. To Hospital William Arthur Watson. 44, Allen hotel, was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Ambulance service at about 9:20 a.m. today after he apparently collapsed on North Fir st., according to city police. Fined George Dawson, 46, P.oseburg, was fined $1 and court costs in district court yes terday on a charge of defective brakes, according to court offi cials. Dawson pleaded guilty to the charge after earlier pleading innocent. He had been sched uled to go to trial on the charge yesterday. Rummage Faith and Chari ty circles of the Presbyterian church will sponsor a rummage sale Thursday and Friday, March 24 and 25 beginning at 9 a.m., in the church basement. Entrance to the basement is an outside stairway on Holly st., those in charge point out. Rummage Phoenix Lions club auxiliary members an nounce a rummage sale to be held Friday, March 25 at the old Wainscott building, corner of Main st., and Riverside ave. Members wanting further in formation regarding donations should contact Mrs. Norman Williams, telephone 3-2477. Driver Cited Thomas Rock, 215 Cottage st., was cited for no operator's license this morning after the car he was driving was involved in a collision with a car driven by Norman E. Kin cheloe, 625 Pine St., according to city police. The accident hap pened on North Riverside ave. near Jackson st. at about 1:30 a.m. No injuries were reported. Have Daughter Air. and Mrs. Donald Fawcett, former Med ford residents, are the parents of a daughter, their first child, born this morning at Seattle, Wash., where they now make their home. Grandmothers of the infant are Mrs. Zelda Van Valzah, 19 Elm st., and Mrs. Earl Reitsma, Corvallis, and Mrs. Frank Edwards, 1105 West Fourth st., is the youngster's great-grandmother. Hoovers Move Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hoover have sold their home at 2554 Roberts rd. to F. W. Foeelauist, an employee of the Bureau of Land Manage ment office in Medford. Dan J. Ellit and Kinney Cearley have purchased part of the acreage which comprised the 50-acre home property. The Hoovers moved this week to the James G. Town ranch on the Crater Lake highway near the Butte Falls highway junction. Patients Reported Several surgery patients were reported by Sacred Heart hospital this morning. Included were Mrs. Andrew Thanos, 646 Pennsyl vania ave.; Henry Rogers, Trail; Mrs. Eugene Doyon, route 2, Medford; Mrs. Henry Grossman, Gold Hill; Scott Hamilton, Cen tral Point; Mrs. Lester Wertz, Eagle Point and Mrs. Larry Dawson, 162 de Hague ave., Medford. In Sacred Heart hos pital for medical treatment arc Mrs. Mose Patnode, 411 Wood stock ave., and Edward Kubli, Jacksonville. more. tiace-settine- Stii. de":?.ker has won America'! most coveted gasoline econ omy award . . . the Mobilgas Economy Run Grand Sweep stakes Trophy! Over a gruelling 1323-mile course from Los Angeles to Colorado Springs, a 1955 Stu debaker Commander V-8 took top honors in a field of 22 great American cars all equipped with automatic transmissions. dealer's. STUDEBAKER DIVISION OF THE STUDEBAKER-PACKARD CORPORATION ...ONE OF THE 4 MAJOR FULL-LINE PRODUCERS OF CARS AND TRUCKS News About Servicemen IN JAPAN Army Pfc. Harry A. Daugher ty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Daugherty, 738 Ross lane, re cently arrived in Japan and now is assigned to the Tokyo Army hospital. He is a dental techni cian, and entered the Army in March, 1953. Private First Class Daugherty received his basic training at Ft. Campbell, Ky. WITH 2ND MARINE WING Harold L. Stetzer, a Marine Corps corporal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester C. Setzer, Prospect, is participating with a squadron from the 2nd Marine aircraft wing in Atlantic fleet amphi bious maneuvers in the Carib bean. The maneuver involves nearly 20,000 men and 30 ships and will extend into early May. ON DESTROYER Among those who participat ed in the evacuation of the Ta chen islands on the escort de stroyer, USS Carpenter, was Boyd A. Hampton, a Navy fire man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eind Hampton, route 1, box 210, Eagle Point. IN MANEUVERS Sgt. Raymond G. McCuen, 22, whose wife, Betty, lives at 516 Mary st., Medford, is participat ing in "Exercise Surf Board," Army maneuvers starting today along the western coast of Cali fornia. Sergeant McCuen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mc Cuen, Crescent City, Calif., and is a Medford High school grad uate of 1951. He entered the Army in May, 1953. Births DENNIS To Mr. and Mrs. R. W., route 1, box 50, Talent, March 21, 1955, a boy, 7 pounds, at Community hospital. WELCH To Mr. and Mrs. Harry G., Grants ' Pass, March 22, 1955, a girl, 7Vfc -pounds, at Community hospital. RADER To Mr. and Mrs. Glen Sr., route 3, box 66-J, March 21, 1955, a boy, 7V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospi tal. MESSER To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 1894 Archer dr., March 21, 1955, a boy, IVz pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. Jailed Dennis Melvin Burns, of 410 North Bartlett st., was jailed today by state police on a charge of disorderly conduct, according to records at the county jail. Theft Reported Bud L. Truax, route 3, box 251, Med ford, has reported the theft of two fender skirts from his car, according to records in the sher iff's office. Business Name The business name Lay's Office Supply has been assumed by Phil L. Lay, 220 South Mountain st., Ash land, according to records on file in the office of the Jackson county clerk. Has Surgery Mrs. M. E. Ol son, 111 South Newtown st., underwent surgery for the sec ond time Monday at Good Sa maritan hospital in Portland, ac cording to friends. Mrs. Olson's husband is with her in Portland. Reports received here from the hospital list Mrs. Olson's condi tion as satisfactory. The winning Studebaker Commander V-8 got 27.4 actual miles per gallon the best actual mileage per gallon of all eights competing. A Studebaker President was a close second among all the eights with an actual 25.29 miles per gallon. Duplicates of Studebaker's Mobilgas Economy Run Sweepstakes winner are avail able now at vour StuHehaker See him right away ! 134 S. RIVERSIDE Obituaries THOMAS DRAKE Graveside funeral services for Thomas Drake, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Drake, who died Monday, will be held in Siskiyou Memorial park Wed nesday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Gerald W. Gear of Gold Hill officiating. Perl funeral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. Other survivors include a brother, Mark. Medford; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ev erett Drake and Mrs. Lottie Frost, all of Gold Hill, and two great-grandmothers. Mrs. Emma Fleming, Gold Hill, and Mrs. Jenny Drake, Gardena, Calif. EMIL NIEDERER Emil Niederer, 84, died today at the home of his son-in-law, and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Harnden, 1016 West 12th st. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments. BERTHA BRIGGS Funeral services for Mrs. Ber tha Jane Briggs, 80, of Eagle Point, who died in a local hos pital Sunday, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Chapel Mortuary, with Robert Erickson of Grants Pass officiating. Inter ment will be in Siskiyou Memor ial park. Pall bearers will be Boyd Bruner, Ernest Redington, Claude Myers, and Ervin House. The deceased was born in Kansas on Jan. 19, 1875. She was married on Septi 19, 1894, at Arlington, S. D., to Laddin Briggs, who preceded her in death last year. The couple had come from Quinn, S. D., to Eagle Point two years ago to be with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell. Other survivors include five sons, Charles,. Sidney, Mont.; Lester, Quinn, S. D.; Glenn, Wahl, S. D.; Macy, Quinn; and Frank, Shady Cove; another daughter, Mrs. Ernest Gardner, Ontario, Ore.; one brother, Harve Wilson, Braddock, N. D.; one sis ter, Mrs. Oliver Hoskings, Yaki ma, Wash.; ,17 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. Wall Street New York (U.R) Prices strengthened in dull tradinj on the Stock Exchange today. Steels, aircrafts, shipbuilding, electronics, and special issues registered the widest gains. The upturn got under way when Ralph H. Demmler, chair man of the Securities and Ex change commission found no need for additional market leg islation at this time. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 179Vs Anaconda 55 V2 Chrysler 68 '.4 Curtiss Wright 22Vs General Electric 50 li General Motors 94 1 2 Montgomery Ward 77?s Penn. R. R 2718 Penney, J. C. 8834 Radio 41 Southern Co 20 ' 4 Southern Pacific 061 S. Dil of Calif 7714 Texas Gulf Sulphur 4014 Transamerica 40 V4 Tri-Continental 2534 Portland Livestock Portland (U.P.) Cattle 150. Good 1250 lb. fed steers $21.50; good-choice steers $21-24; good heifers $20-21; canner-cutter cows $9-10.50: some $11; shells down to $7 and below: utility cows $12-13.50; utility-commercial bulls $15-17.50. Calves 25. Good vealers S23-25: choice to $28 or above: utility vealers $14-16.50: culls down to S10. Hogs 200. Choice 1-2 butchers 180 235 lb. mostly S19-19.25: some 19.35: choice 3 lots down to $18.50; choice 400-530 lb. sows S14.25-15.50. Sheep 100. Good 95 lb. wooled lambs $21: 82-lb. utility lambs $17: choice lambs around $22-22.25; light cull ewes So, choice $9. Portland Produce Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 52c doz.; A large. 5-5 lc doz.: AA medium. 48-49c; A small, 44-45c doz.; cartons. l-3c ad ditional. 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. 4212-451,7. 5-lb. loaves 46 '.j -49' j c. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39;2-41c lb. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2Vx to 4 lbs., 28c lb.; at farm. 27c lb.; roasters. 4'2 lbs.. 28c lb. f.o.b. Port land. 27c at ranch: light hens. 17-18c: heavy hens, all wts., 19-2 lc lb.; old roosters. 10-1 lc lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, 39 40c lb.: roasters, 40-41c: hens, light type. New York style. 28-29c: cut-up, 42-43c: hens, heavy type. N.Y. Btvle, 32-33c! whole-drawn, 43-44c: fryers, cut-up, all weights. 48-51c; whole drawn. 48-51c. Turkeys To retailers: A grade hens, ready to cook, 48-50c: N. Y. dressed, 37-38c ib.; A grade toms, oven ready, 40-44c; N. Y. style, 34 35c lb. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 3k-4'l2 lbs.. 19-2 lc up: 5-6 lbs.. 15-1 7c: colored pelts. 4c under: old does. 9-llc 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, S79.75 a ton bulk', prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland No. 2 white oats 38 lb. test Coast delivery S57.5 ton; Portland delivery. S53 S53.50; No. 2 Western barley. $53 ton f.o.b. Portland. Coast relivery; soy bean meal. S89 ton, cars, prompt de livery Portland; standard millrun prompt shipment. $43 ton cars prompt delivery Portland: No. 2 yellow corn, $66 ton f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa baled, f.o.b. Portland. S37 trucks, $39 rail. Timothy mixed hay, $36-38 a ton. f.o.b. rail car. Seattle. Portland grain exchange: Monday's close: Bid Solt white $2.38 Soft white, no rex 2.38 White club 2.33 Dead line Sunday Classined is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. Tuesday, March 22, 1955 Plans Going Rapidly Ahead To Administer Anti.Polio Vaccine Editor's Note: Just a vear ago 1.800. 000 children took part in the biggest scientific experiment in medical his tory the mass-testing of the Salk anti-polio vaccine. Next month the report on that experiment will be issued. By DELOS SMITH United Press Correspondent New York (U.R) The people ar.d organizations principally in volved with the Salk vaccine are acting as though there was no question whatever about its ability to prevent children from catching polio. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has distribut ed enough, vaccine to vaccinate 9,000,000 children this spring, at a cost of $9,000,000. The five pharmaceutical com panies which made the vaccine, have and are making millions upon millions of additional doses. They're in a race for do mestic and world markets which are expected to boom. And Dr. Jonas E. Salk, the University of Pittsburgh scien tist who developed the vaccine, is preparing to give up personal vaccine research in order to enter a broader scientific field. He obviously regards his polio vaccine work as all but com pleted. All this should be kept in Meal Cutter Strike Seen in Portland Portland XU.R) The Portland Central Labor Council last night authorized its executive board to place Food Employers, Inc., on the unfair list, resulting in predictions that half of the city's meat cutters may be on strike by this week end. The action would authorize picket lines at the larger chain and independent retail outlets. Federal mediator Leroy Smith was to meet with employers and union representatives tomorrow in a final effort to avoid a strike. Smith said employers have offered a $2 a week increase, while rejecting a union demand for a package plan they claim would cost $4.50. Negotiations started in January. Amos R. Buck, secretary of the Portland local, said there does not appear to be any sign of agreement. He predicted a strike. Some 800 meatcutters could be involved, he said. Communists Fire At Quemoy Island Taipeh, Formosa U.R) Chi nese Communist artillery fired more than a score of shots at Nationalist held Quemoy island in the Formosa Strait today. Nationalist reports said the shelling came from Tatent, a small Red-held island in the bay of Amoy. No damage was re ported. An official dispatch said the Communists used four guns in their attack. The new artillery assault against the invasion threatened base of Quemoy came the day before Vice-Adm. Alfred M. Pride, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, was to arrive. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 6:25 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 6:10 a.m. Medford and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness with scattered rain show ers tonight, becoming partly cloudy Wednesday. Low tonight 28-30; high Wednesday 48-50. Western Oregon: Partial clearing and scattered showers tonight. Fair and continued cool Wednesday. Low tonight 32-42; high Wednesday 42-52. Northern California: Mostly fair to night and Wednesday, but occasional cloudiness extreme north. Morning low clouds near coast. Little change in temperature. Five-day forecast, through Sunday: Western Oregon Cool with a warm ing trend, temperatures averaging near seasonal normals. Highs becom ing 55-60 end of week; lows 28-35. A few showers mostly Thursday and again Saturday or Sunday, total amounts from .5 inch on coast to .25 inch elsewhere. Northern California Occasional rain likely north portion beginning about Thursday. Temperatures near normal. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 40; below normal 8. Record high this date 83 in 1939. Record low this date 25 in 1952. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, trace; Midnight to 10 a.m.. trace. Total this month .19 inch, .93 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 6.75 inches, 7.26 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 33; highest this a.m. 92. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 48 42 .04 Crater Lake 34 Grants Pass 55 Klamath Falls 48 MEDFORD 54 20 40 31 39 43 T .27 Portland 48 Seattle . Spokane Yakima . 46 41 54 37 36 42 4T 39 41 46 49 .29 Eureka 49 Red Bluff 65 Sacramento 69 San Francisco 64 Los AngeleJ - 63 Phoenix Denver . Chicago 61 36 53 77 36 27 23 74 37 45 .37 Miami New York . 45 .92 .77 1 Washington. D.C 48 EVERY NIGHT! ENJOY JOE NEWMAN And His Piano in the Popular filon Desir Leopard Room MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TLXTEK mind while awaiting the report from the scientific "evaluation center" which was set up to measure the results of last spring's mass testing with 1,800, 000 children. This report is due in about three weeks it has been prom ised for "sometime After April 1." The "evaluation," in charge of Thomas Francis Jr. of the University of Michigan, has been extremely thorough and ex tremely scientific. The report will be long and complex. There has been no "leak" of its contents, and there won't be to the National Foundation, to the pharmaceutical com panies, to Dr. Salk, or to anyone else. Dr. Francis has taken elaborate "security" measures. Then why are all these peo ple and organizations acting the way they are when they haven't even an inkling of what the evaluation report is going to say? The answer is simple there is little if any doubt cf the vaccine's ability to do what it is supposed to do that is,' pre vent human beings from com ing down with paralytic polio. Two Big Answers That it can stimplate the hu man body into producing enough anti-bodies to take care of any invading polio viruses, was demonstrated thousands of times before there was even a thought of mass-testing. No one who has been close to the development of the vac cine entertains the slightest doubt that it is effective. They are positive that the Francis evaluation report won't say the vaccine is no good. The big questions which the report is expected to answer are: How effective is the vaccine? For how long is it effective? It might be that for reasons now unknown the vaccine does not stimulate " some human bodies into producing enough polio anti-bodies to ward off in vasions of the viruses. Dr. Salk's experiments, first in animals, and then in more than 7,000 human beings, makes that a most unlikely possibility. The big question, "how long?" is the critical one. But if the vaccine can make human beings immune to all three types of polio viruses for only a few months, it will spell the end of polio in all such countries as the United States where public health and other medical serv ices are highly organized. That is the minimum expectation of the people who have been clos est to the development of the vaccine. 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 Home of REAL Italian Food 537 Mary St. - Phone 2-5349 mm Now! One of the All-lime Greats! oASHLANDo I 'l!V LA ZZS RUMMAGE AND PLANT SALE Saturday March 26 9 a.m. 217 WEST MAIN ST. Sponsored by F.O.E. Aux. 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