Medford mail tribune., March 28, 1955, Image 9

Local and
Meeting Cancelled A meet
ing scheduled for Wednesday,
March 30, for former members
of the Fidelity circle of the First
Methodist church has been can
celled, officers announced today,
At Osteopathic Glenn Mor
ean. Grants Pass. William Mc-
New, Jacksonville, and Mrs. Nel
lie Copple, 2735 Merriman rd.
are surgery patients today at Ost
eopathic hospital.
Annual Sale The Medford
Garden club women will conduct
their annual plant and shrub
sale April 2, at the Johnston's
store, 112 South Riverside ave.,
beginning at 8 a.m. Members
who have plants for the sale
should have them labeled ana oe
there before that hour.
Class Begins First of sev
eral college extension courses to
be given here during spring
quarter will begin at 7 p.m. to
day. It is a class in alcohol stud
ies in the school curriculum, and
will be taueht by Dr. W. Ken
neth Ferrier of the general ex
tension division. The course,
which carries three term hours
of credit, will be in Room 22 of
the Medford High school.
Medical Care Those report
ed today as receiving medical
care at Sacred Heart hospital are
Grant Hasford Jr., 11, Yreka,
Calif.; Mrs. William Barnes, 604
Whitman pi.: Harry White, Butte
Falls: Teria Wells, 8 weeks,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don
aid Wells, Route 3, and Mrs. Earl
Owings, 256 Vashti way.
Obituaries
DONNA DILLON
Graveside services for Donna
Elaine Dillon, infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dillon, Gold
Hill, who died Saturday, will be
held Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Wood
ville cemetery at Rogue River
with the Rev. Ray Prinzing of
ficiating. Conger-Morris funeral
home is in charge of funeral ar
rangements. !
The child was born in Medford
on March 24, 1955.
Surviving are the parents,
three brothers, Jerry, Jean, and
Lynn; and two sisters, Charlotte
and Caroline, all at home; and a
grandmother, Mrs. Ella Dillon,
San Bernardino, Calif.
ORA E. BURG
Services for Mrs. Ora E. Burg,
74, Eagle Point, who died Sun
day in a local hospital, will be
held in Conger-Morris chapel
Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. with the
Rev. J. Thomas Dixon of the
First Methodist church officiat
ing. Committal will be in Butte
Falls cemetery.
The deceased was born July
13, 1880, in La Paz, Ind., and had
lived in Medford for the past 33
years. Her husband, William E.,
died five years ago.
Survivors include four sons,
George and Edward, Eagle Point,
Ore.; John, Klamath Falls; and
Ernest, Prospect; four daughters,
Mrs. Bessie Fosterling, Span
away, Wash.; Mrs. George Deen,
Klamath Falls; Mrs. Walter G.
Smith and Mrs. Evelyn Maxson,
Medford; one sister, Mrs. Nellie
Moon, Kendalville. Ind.; and a
half brother, Nobel Jendervin,
Midvale, O.
ELIZABETH PATNODE
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Patnode, 69,
of 411 Woodstock ave., a mem
ber of Sacred Heart Catholic
church, died this morning in a
local hospital. Conger-Morris fu
neral home is in charge of fu
neral arrangements.
CARL LEON COOVER
Carl Leon Coover. 66, a vete
ran of World War I and a for
mer member of the VA Domicil
iary at Camp White, died today
In a local hotel. Conger-Morris
funeral home is in charge of fu
neral arrangements.
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At Community Two medical
patients and five surgery pa
tients were listed today at Com
munity hospital. The medical pa
tients are Mrs. Wilbur Wade of
Riddle, and Mrs. Joseph Antony,
1511 East Main st.; and those
there for surgery are Lloyd Oli
ver, Trail: Mrs. Bernard Nut
ting. 31 Glen Oak st., Mrs. Nels
Carlson, 1351 Spring st., Eugene
Stevens. Grants Pass, and DiAnn
Hood, 6, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Hood, 1000 Alta
st.
Hare Surgery Surgery pa
tients reported today at Sacred
Heart hospital include Clyde
Taylor, 1586 Springbrook rd
Robert Thurman, Jacksonville;
Mrs. Donald Johnson, 603 King
st.; Roy Maudlin, 3598 South
Pacific highway; Mrs. Lawrence
Neely, 44 North Peach st.;
George Megerle, Route 1, and
Mrs. Malcolm Oetken, 723 Mar
shall ave.
Selected Kirk West, son of
the Rev. and Mrs. D. K. West, 52
Ross court, has been selected to
represent the northwest this
spring at a Pi Kappa Delta Na
tional invitational speech tour
ney at Kediands, Calif. He is a
freshman at Lewis and Clark
college and has participated in
intercollegiate speech tourna
ments, winning firsts in debate
and placing in both oratory and
alter dinner speaking, lie is a
political science major.
Candy-Striped Pole
To Be Deposited
At Top of World
By H. G. QUIGG
United Press Correspondent
New York (U.R) Dear
Kids: Anytime after April 10,
go to your papa and say, "Dad
dy, is there really a red and
white striped pole at the top
of the world called the North
Pole?"
The old gent probably will
snarl and tell you that of course
there's no such thing, don t be
ridiculous, and stop bothering
me.
Then you can laugh right in
his face. Because there'll really
be one there, candy-striped in
fire-engine red. It will be 15 feet
tall and a foot across, made of
aluminum.
The idea for a real pole at the
pole came from red-haired, blue-
eyed Peggy Keenan, who plans
to be the first woman in history
to reach the North Pole when
she accompanies her husband's
expedition next April.
"We ordered a red-striped pole
because I thought it would be
nice to have one striped like
candy as a present for Santa
Claus," she said.
Will Fly To Pole
The expedition will shove off
from here, in two airplanes,
some time after April 1. When
it reaches the Pole, some time
before April 10, for a three
week encampment right on the
earth's topknot, it will comprise
one airplane, 18 persons (includ
ing one woman and four eski
mos), and two teams of husky
dogs.
The "American Polar Basin
Expedition," privately financed
by American industry, will con
duct a scientific study of the
ocean waters in which the pole
is located, their depth, drift, and
the life in them. The expedi
tion commander, John F. Star.
well-Fletcher, is an arctic vet
eran. He will test his own de
vice for measuring ice thickness
from an airplane.
Serve Tea with Lemon
Standwell-Fletcher said he
plans to make the final hop to
the pole from the U. S. weather
station on Ellesmere island in a
two - engine DC-3 plane with
ski landing gear. They'll land
at the pole, or as near to it as
a flat landing strip can be found
on the ice.
Immediately, they'll go to the
geographic pole and, in a dedi
cation ceremony which they plan
to send out in a live radio broad
cast, set up their own candy
striped pole and a flagpole
bearing the United States, Cana
dian, and Explorers Club flags
and the expedition banner.
Two larger groups of Russians
now are in the polar ice fields
making scientific studies. Asked
what he would do if he ran
across them, Stanwell-Fletcher
said: "Invite 'em to tea, English
tea, with lemon."
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i K WCME University of San Francisco basketball Coach Phil Woolpert Is f
carried on the shoulders of enthusiastic as he arrives home with his triumphant team i
: after winning the national basketball championship. l '
Air Crash
Death, Drowning of Passe gers
Seattle (U.R) Nineteen
survivors of the crash-landing of
a Pan-American Stratocruiser in
the Pacific told today of watch
ing "three heads bobbing up and
down just out of reach," and
being unable to help.
The plane ditched in the
ocean baturday. Before rescue
came two hours later, the three
men who could not reach the
life rafts were dead. A fourth
man died on a life raft cradled
in his wife's arms.
"It's torturing to wonder what
you could have done and per
haps didn't." said purser Natalie
Parker, Seattle, formerly of
Medford, Ore. Her eyes filled
with tears as she relived the trag
edy. "Just a little more strength,
a little more equipment, and
maybe we could have saved
them."
Among those who watched
while her husband drifted far
ther and farther away, and then
turned to help the other sur
Portland Livestock
Portland (UP) Cattle: 1700. mar
ket uneven: fed steers steady to
strong: heifers mostly steady; cows
about steady; truck lot average choice
1031 lb. fed steers S24: other choice
steers S23.25-23.75. good grades $21-
22.50; commercial grades $19-20.50 in
eluding load 1136 lb holsteins at
S20.d0; good fed heifers S20-21; can
ner-cutter cows $9-10:50: utility cows
S12-14; commercial grades $14.50-
Id.oO; few utility and commercial bulls
around 50c lower at $14-16.
Calves: 150. market rather slow:
early sales about steady; few good
vealers $23-25; choice held above $28.
Hogs: Salable 900: market active;
fully 50c higher: choice 180-235 lb
berkshires $19.o0-20: few carrying
cnoice three end $19.40 and few lots
choice one butchers $20.25: heavier
lighter weights $13-18.75; choice 350
550 lb sows $14.75-16.50.
Sheep: 500. Quality generally poor
early sales steady to strong; one lot
high choice around 110 lbs fed
wooled lambs S22.50: few lots good-
choice lambs S20-21; large lot number
two pelt lambs held above S21: few
good-choice feeder lambs 517-18
good-choice slaughter ewes S8-9.
Wall Street
New York (U.R) Railroad
shares led stocks irregularly
higher in a moderately active
session today.
Rails were the only major
group to show a gain in the av
erages. Industrials slipped back
because of declines in Goodyear,
Bethlehem Steel, American Tele
phone, Johns - Manville, Corn
Products, and a few others.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American T & T 180'4
Anaconda 57V4
Chrysler 73
Curtiss Wright 21 Vz
General Electric 50V4
General Motors 94
Montgomery Ward 79Vs
Penn R R 27
Penney J C 90
Radio 42
Southern Co 20
Southern Pacific 58Vi
S Oil of Calif 79
Texas Gulf Sulphur 41
Transamerica 40
Tri-Continental 26
United Aircraft 75
U S Rubber . 42
U S Steel 80
Youngstown 76
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Survivors Describe
vivors.
His Last Words
John B. Peterson, 81, Seattle,
was pulled aboard the life raft
by his aged wife and cradled
against her shoulder. "Is that
you, Emma?" he asked, and those
were his last words. He was
dead before the USS Bayfield
plucked the living and the dead
from the 48-degree Pacific wa
ters. The 15 passengers and eight
crewmen had scrambled from
the downed stratocruiser within
10 minutes after it pancaked into
the water with an impact which
split it open at the top and
cracked off the tail.
The crash-landing was a "nor
mal ditching" after the starboard
inboard engine shook loose from
its mountings and plunged 10,
000 feet into the sea, according
to Plane Captain Herman Joslyn.
The four-engined luxury airliner
was 12 minutes past its last
coastal checkpoint of Newport,
Ore., when a "severe buffeting"
tore the engine loose. Joslyn said
he knew within a minute that
he did not have enough power
in his three remaining engines
to get the damaged plane back
to land. -
Passengert Injured
As the plane hit the water,
"guy wires, ropes and debris
crashed down on us" said Claude
Hollister, New York. "I pulled
Mrs. Hollister and Betty (stew
ardess Elizabeth Thompson, Seat
tle), free and threw them on a
life-raft. Then I got out myself."
Miss Pat Lacy and Mary Mar
shall, both Seattle, were sitting
in the after seats in the tourist
section of the plane. Their seat
tore loose on impact and skid
ded down the aisle. Miss Lacy
suffered a broken leg and Miss
Marshall received painful chest
bruises.
The purser, Miss Parker, had
made sure the passengers were
in their life jackets and had
their seat belts fastened. When
the plane hit, she was thrown
forward five rows of seats, col
lapsing all five rows as she
went. She landed alongside flight
engineer Stewart Bachman,
Honolulu.
Capt. Joslyn, with blood
streaming from a nasty gash
across his nose, came from the
cockpit into the passenger com
partment just as the Petersons,
the last passengers out, were
climbing through the emergency
exit. He made sure everyone
Portland Produce
Portland (UP) Eggs to retail
ers: Grade AA large. 53c doz: A larce.
51-52c doz; AA medium 51c; A small,
45c doz; cartons 1 to 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 421,i-451,e; 5-lb
loaves 461-492C Processed American
cheese 5-lb loaf 39-4 lc lb.
Live Chickens To growers (No. 1
quality f.o.b Portland): Fryers. 2',i to
4 lbs 30c lb; at farm 29c; roasters. 4 ,'2
lbs 3c lb f.o.b. Portland: 29c at ranch;
light hens 18-19c; heavy hens all wts
20-22c lb: old roosters 10-1 lc lb.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to
retailers: Fryers. New York style 39
40c lb; whole drawn 49-51c: cut-up 55-
57c lb; roasters N.Y. style 40-41c: hens.
Jight-type New York style zts-zsc: cut
ups 42-43c: hens, heavy type N. Y.
style 32-33c; whole drawn 43-4 4c.
Turkeys To retailers. A grade hens,
ready to cook, 48-50c: N. Y. dressed,
37-38c lb: A grade toms oven ready.
40-44c: N. Y. style 34-35c lb.
Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b.
killing plants) Live white 334-4'.i lbs
21-23c up; 5-6 lbs 17-19c: colored pelts
4c under; old does 10-12c lb. a few
higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retail
ers 57-60c: cut up, 62-65C.
Farm Market
Trading was slow and prices nomi
nal on limited offerings today on the
Portland Eastside Farmers market.
On wholesale row, fresh strawberries
from California were offered at 69
75c a hallock.
was out and then plunged into
the water to swim to the closest
life raft.
Portland (U.R) The tank
er Idaho Falls docked here yes
terday with a few personal ef
fects and a little mail salvaged
from Saturday's Stratocruiser
crash 30 miles off the Oregon
coast.
Capt. James E. O'Brien prais
ed the crew of the Navy trans
port Bayfield which beat the
Idaho Falls to the crash scene.
"The transport had picked up
all the survivors," O'Brien said.
"We lowered boats and salvag
ed some of the flotsam which
still drifted around the oil slick."
O'Brien said his crew salvag
ed several sacks of mail, some
suitcases and other personal ef
fects belonging to the passeng
ers. Representatives of Pan-American
airline met the ship at its
berth and took charge of the
salvaged effects.
The Idaho Falls was some 25
miles from the scene of the
crash which proved fatal to four
persons. The ship stood by for
four hours before resuming its
trip to Portland.
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Tuesday. Mar. 2S
Rogue Valley Ballroom
Doors Open at 8 Dancing from 9 to 1
Children Under 12 Free
Monday, March 28. 1955
'Pow-Wow' for Cub
Leaders Attracts
Over 100 Persons
More than 100 persons at
tended a Cub leaders' "Pow
Wow" here yesterday. They
came from Jackson, Josephine
and Klamath counties in Oregon
and Siskiyou county in Califor
nia. The training session was .cen
tered around a "county fair mid
way," which had exhibits of Cub
scout activities and three ses
sions for study and discussion
of games, handicrafts and ad
ministration. The midway reportedly drew
much attention and was consid
ered a success. Those participat
ing in midway games were paid
in "cub bucks," which laier
were used in an auction for a
box of candy.
Lawson Scott, Pack 15, Phoe
nix, Jim Johnston, Pack 6, Ray
Elmgren, Pack 4, and Ken
Brahmhall, Pack 2, were in
charge of the midway.
The games session was led by
Mike Morris; the handicrafts ses
sion by Don Favero and Larry
Lundin, and the administration
section by Alfred Middleton,
Cave Junction.
4-H Club News
Gold Hill Club
The Thimblena 4-H club met
at Dianne Jore's in Gold Hill, on
March 25. The flag ceremony
was led by Mary Rowden, a new
club member. The. 4-H pledge
was led by Vervia Beman. Roll
rail was answered bv naming a
favorite fish.
Bonnie Knapp and Judy Force
demonstrated shrinking mate
rials.
Next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Ferd Jones, club
leader, on April 1, with Miss
Jean Brooks as guest.
Judy Force,
Reporter.
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Daily Weather Report
Sunset tonight. 6:33 p.m.; sunrise to
morrow. 5:58 a.m.
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinitv: Generally
cloudy with occasional rain through
Tuesday. Mild temperatures. Low to
npht 40. High Tuesday 58.
Western Oregon: Cloudy with inter
mittent rain tonight and early Tues
day. Clearing partially with scattered
showers Tuesday afternoon. Low to
night 40-46. High Tuesday 50-60.
Northern California: Variable cloud
iness tonight. Occasional rain in ex
treme north tonight, spreading south
ward early Tuesday to vicinity of
Monterey bay and Modesto. Cooler in
land Tuesdav.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
55: above normal 6. Record high this
date 86 in 1930. Record low this date
29 in 1950.
FRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night .32 m.: midnight to 10 a.m.. .18
in. Total this month .60 in.. .76 in. be
low normal. Total since Sept. 1, 7.16
in.. 7.09 in. below normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 40,
highest this a.m. 97.
high low prer.
Brookings J 55 47 .63
Crater Lake 49 29 .56
Grants Pass 57 43 .38
Klamath Falls 58 39 .44
MEDFORD 63 43 .47
Portland 60 44 .08
Seattle 64 46
Spokane 46 35
Yakima 54 38
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Eureka
Red Bluff
Sacramento
San Francisco .
Los Angeles ...
52 49
72 52
71 56
59 50
80 58
.63
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trace
Phoenix 67 53
Denver 39 21
Chicago 34 20
Miami 72 59
New York 36 27
Washington. 15. C 39 27
trace
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Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Riggs, 724
Alder st., and Cpl. Jack L. Pot
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Potter, Merriman rd., were to ar
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the second group of the 1st Ma
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ordered from Korea to Camp
Pendleton, Calif. Composed of
about 4,800 Marines and 82 Navy
personnel, the group sailed from
Inchon harbor, March 10, more
than 4'4 years after leathernecks
were first committed to the de
fense of the Asian peninsula.
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