Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 29, 1955, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextHell's Canyon Bill Challenge Hurled By Sen. Wayne Worse The Dalles (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon Democrat, last night challenged Gov. Paul L. Patterson and Oregon Re publicans to take a stand on his controversial Hells Canyon bill. Morse's bill calls for construc tion of a high federal multipur pose dam across the Snake river on the Oregon-Idaho border, rather than the three low dams proposed by the Idaho Power company. Before a crowd of 500 in The Dalles High school auditorium Morse called on Gov. Patterson to decide "whether you are for It or against it." Morse said the Republicans would be responsible if his Hells Canyon bill failed to pass. Twenty-eight Democrats and two Republicans signed the bill and other Democrats including Sen. Alben Barkley have indi cated their support. Far East Policy Hit Morse charged Sen. Henry Local and At E u g e n e Mrs. John E. White, 27 Myrtle st., returned home yesterday. She visited for several days at Eugene with a daughter and son-in-law. Returned Otis Johnson, 1603 Prune st., has returned from San Jose, Calif., where he was called by the serious illness of his mother, Mrs. F. J. Johnson, who died Saturday. Make Trip Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Peck and daughter, Pa tricia, 1211 East Main st., trav eled last week end to Roseburg and to Riddle where they in cpected chrome mine operations. At Corrallii Addison G. Robinson of the Hub shop, re turned home Sunday evening after being for several days at Corvallis on business. The Rob inson's also operate a store in that city. Garden Sale Members of the Jacksonville Garden club will conduct an annual plant sale in Medford, Friday, April 1, from 9 ajn., to 5 p.m., at 106 Korth Ivy st., in the Fehl buil ding. Other articles for sale will include rummage, bazaar and "white elephant" items. Now Horn Mrs. G. H. Hed berg, who suffered a hip frac ture several months ago, now is at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hedberg, 1206 East Main st. She recently has been at the Park View Convalescent home. She may have visitors. Mother L a i Mrs. Paul Benedict left this week after vis iting for about six weeks at the borne of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Dellenback. 143 South Keene way dr. Mrs. Benedict left for Greencastle, Ind., where she has been called by the illness of her mother. c Phoenix Club Members of the Phoenix Neighbors of Wood craft Thimble club, plan a meet ing at the M. Hixon home Fri day, April 1 at noon. A covered dish luncheon will be served and members are to take salad or dessert. Those attending are asked to take clothing which will be sent to a home for aged persons at Hood River. Mercy Flight One of the two Mercy Flights air ambulance planes flew from Medford to Montague yesterday to pick up Don Overstreet, 18, Happy Camp, Calif., to take him to Stan ford hospital in San Francisco. The patient had been injured and there was a steel sliver im bedded in his head, it was reported. He was the 338th pa tient carried by the non-profit air ambulance corporation. . ENDS TONITE! 1 lTecMMico'-Og- TOMORROW! I B'rnr.'ii'lJlLM JijriLJJUl PIUS - a PLUS ma m m Dworshak of Idaho with repre senting Idaho Power company more than the people of Idaho. Sen. Dworshak has declared his opposition to a high federal dam on the Snake. Turning to international af fairs, Morse told Wasco county Democrats that the "United States' bluff of defending Que moy and the Matsu islands off the Red China coast was going to be called. "We would be outside of in ternational law in defending the two islands," Morse said. "I would rather be retired for six years than take a position out side international law," he add ed. He predicted the Chinese would call the U.S. bluff within "120 days." Morse touched on other mat ters in his address and revealed he was preparing an amendment to the anti-trust laws raising the penalty on conviction from $5, 000 to $50,000. Personal Club Meeting A session for members of the Baby Sitting club is planned for Thursday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m., at the Geigle home, 1538 Springbrook rd. Have Surgery Mrs. Eulah Still, 31 Crater Lake ave., and Mrs. Shirley Croucher, route 1, box 175, Central Point, are re ported today as surgery patients at Community hospital. At Home Mrs. William A. Thompson, who suffered a frac tued ankle several weeks ago, now is at her home at the Holly apartments. She was hospital ized for two weeks and then stayed at the home of her sister, Mrs. Burdette Dodge, Hill crest rd. Foe Meeting The Fraternal Order of Eagles will meet Thurs day at 8 p.m. in the hall at 219 West Main st. They will have nomination of officers for the coming year, which starts in June. Election will be held next month. . Rummage West Side Moth ers club will sponsor a rummage sale Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., each day. The sale will be held at Eighth and Bartlett sts., and used clothing for children will be a feature. . Ham and Egg'r Agnes Lauener and M. H. (Johnny) Johnson have assumed the busi ness name "Ham and Egg'r" for a business at 301 South Central ave., it was reported today. The name .was listed incorrectly in a previous report. Injured Two children are at Community hospital because of injuries received Monday, it was reported this morning. Linda Wolfe, 2383 Howard ave., five-year-old daughter. of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Wolfe, suffered a broken arm when she fell while playing. Daryl Wright, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wright, 27 Elm st., also received a broken arm when he fell while skating. At School Dr. Lee Mellish, Medford dentist, attended a post-graduate course at the Uni versity of Oregon dental school in Portland late last week. He is an alumnus of the state dental school and he represented the southern Oregon district Dental society at the recent sessions. Dr. Mellish will report on the course to that group. Instruct ing was Dr. Joseph P. Wein mann of the University of Illin ois. Film Announced "Strange Sights and Signs in the Sky," is the title of a film which will be shown at the Esquire theater in connection with an evangelistic "Crusade for Christ," being con ducted by Gordan Dafrymple, evangelist, those in charge have announced. The film to be shown Friday will be "Mysterious Space bhips Soon To Appear." Those announced for Saturday. - and Sunday are "1000 Years With Christ," and "Discovered! A Let ter From Heaven." A picture in three parts, "King of Kings." on the life of Christ also will be shown during the latter three evenings. Elder E. F. Coy, Elder W. E. Atkin and Clifton Walter of Eugene assist Dalrymple. TABU DINNER HOUSE 305 South Riverside Avenue WILL BE CLOSED Until Friday, April 1st WATCH FOR OPENING Under The New Management T News About Servicemen AT JACKSONVILLE Alan McBeth, a Navy electri cian, arrived last week from Adak, Alaska, to visit his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. McBeth, Jacksonville. He planned to be here about two weeks and from here will go to Portland where he expects to be stationed for about two months before returning to Adak. TO NORFOLK Harvey James Beeney, who visited here on a 10-day leave, has left for Norfolk, Va.. where he will be stationed with the Navy for several weeks. He came here from a Navy school at Norman. Okla., where he had been for the past three months. He visited his wife and daughter and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Beeney, all of 372 South Pacific highway. From Norfolk he is scheduled to go to Guanta namo bay, Cuba, for several months. GETS RELEASE Clayton Greenamayer, a Jack sonville High school graduate, recently received his release from the Navy after serving for four years on the USS Hornet. GRADUATED Robert K. Mueller, 20, son of Lewis Mueller, Camp White, has been graduated from basic mili tary training at Lackland Air Force base, San Antonio, Tex., and has been selected to enter the USAF aviation cadet train ing program. COMPLETES TOUR Robert E. Wright, an airman second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Wright, 1024 West 13th st., has completed his tour of duty in Korea and left recent ly for an assignment at Sandia Air Force base, N.M. He was an air policeman at Kimpo Air base and has been awarded the Korean and United Nations serv ice medals. Before going to the Far East he served with an air caft control and warning unit in California and was awarded the National Defense service medal. He is a 1950 Medford High school graduate and was em ployed at Pacific Pine products at White City. His wife lives at Lake Creek. She is the former Miss Jeanette Adkins. Helicopter Crashes After Leaving Here One of the four Army heli copters which took on gas at the Medford airport last Sunday crash landed in a field near Cot tage Grove a few hours after leaving here. According to a story of the incident in the Eugene Register Guard the "whirly bird" ran out of gas on the flight northward to its base at Ft. Lewis, Wash., but the rotors, continuing to whirl, broke the 1,000-foot fall. Neither of the two men aboard suffered injury. Blossom Festival A' break fast meeting of the Rogue Valley Pear Blossom festival committee will be held Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at the Medford hotel. Plans for the festival, which will be held April. 23, will be discussed. Dismissed Miss Donna Jean Nelson, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Iver Nelson, 408 Beatty st., who was critically injured Feb. 14 in an automobile acci dent, was dismissed today from Community hospital, according to attendants. Rogue River Plans for the annual Rogue River Rooster Crowing contest will be discus sed Wednesday at a meeting of the Rogue River Boosters club, according to Frank Stamm, chairman. The event is sponsor ed each year by the Boosters club. s Fallen Pip West Side sta tion firemen were called about 3:55 p.m., Monday to the Max Wimmer home at 1115 West Sec ond st., where it had been re ported a stove pipe had fallen igniting clothing on a sofa. Be fore the firemen arrived the owner had extinguished the blaze, according to the firemen's report. a At Sacred Hear! Those listed today -t Sacred Heart hospital inclut.. Mrs. Halbert Deuel, 2130 Hillcrest rd.; Mrs. Gordon Shelton, 948 Alta st.; Mrs. An tone Erlebach, Tiller; Joseph B. Church, Seiad, Calif.; Mrs. Wayne Quinn, 23 H Elm st., all surgery patients; and Fred Loesch, Cave Junction; Mrs. Louis Oland, 310 North Bartlett; Mrs. Floyd Darland, Jr., 1854 Kings highway, and Mrs. Edward Hinkle, Central Point, all medi cal patients. Medco Will Resume Work After Repairs Medford Corporation's saw mill, closed since March 11 for annual general repair work, will resume work Thursday morn ing, it was announced today by B. L. Nutting, manager. Medco's railroad operation will resume work Friday morn ing, while the planing mill, shipping department, and woods operation, will start work Mon day, April 4. Many .of Medco's employees were used in the repair project, and the company's plant is now in good shape, according to Nut ting, who said the work was completed three or four days ahead of schedule. WALL STREET New York (U.P.) Ship building shares, coppers and special issues today featured a strong, moderately active stock market. The shipbuilders soared on talk of atomic ships. Bath Iron Works, builders of destroyers, spurted 9 points. General Dyn amics atomic submarines rose more than 5 points. Newport News Shipbuilding was up 6 points at its top. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 180li Anaconda 57?i Chrysler 74 's Curtiss Wright 21'i General Electric 50 General Motors 9334 Montgomery Ward 7814 Penn. R. R 21Vs Penney, J. C 90 ' Radio 43 Southern Co 20 Southern Pacific 555a S. Oil of Calif 79 V Texas Gulf Sulphur 4V8 Transamerica 40 Tri-Continental 267-8 United Aircraft 7612 U. S. Rubber 44 Vi U. S. Steel S0-A Youngstown 77 Vz PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UJ.) The market was steady today. Cattle 300: market active, steady; load choice 1156 lb. fed steers $23.50: few good steers $2122.50; commercial S19-20; heifers scarce: good heifers Monday S20-21 with one lot good choice $21.25; canner-cutter cows to day $9-10.50: few $11 with beef type cutters up to $12; few utility cows S12.50-14.50; commercial up to $15.50; bulls again weak with a few utility grade $13.50-14.50. Calves $35; market about steady but choice vealers scarce: good grades $23-24; choice quotable to $28 or above: culls down to $10. Hogs 400: market active, steady; choice 180-235 lb. butchers $19.25-20; heavier and lighter weights S18-18.75; choice 480-655 lb. sows $14-15. lighter weights quotable up to $16.50 and above. Sheep 100: scattered sales steady: one lot good-choice 98 lb. wooled lambs $21.5: one lot mostly choice 104 lb. S22; high choice quotable to Mon day's top of $22.50; good shorn lambs $20; good-choice ewes salable $8-9. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 53c doz.; A large, 51 -52c doz.; AA medium. 51c: A me dium, 49-50c doz.: A small, 45c doz.; cartons, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 66c lb.: cartons. 67c; A prints, 66c; cartons. 67c; B prints. 64. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, Oregon singles, 42 i-43 'jC; 5-lb. loaves. 46',2-49',2C. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39!,i-41c lb. Poultry and Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2'2 to 4 lbs.. 30c lb., at larm, 29c; light hens, 18-19c; heavy hens, all wts.. 20-22c lb.; old roosters. 10-llc lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 4 41c lb.: whole drawn, 51-54c; cut-up 56-59c lb.; roasters. N.Y. style. 41-42c; hens, light type. New York style. 29 30c; cut-ups, 43-44c; hens, heavy type. N. Y. style, 33-34c; whole-drawn, 43 46c lb. 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. 3i-4',i lbs.. 21 -23c up.: 5-6 lbs., 17-19c: col ored pelts. 4c under: old does. 10-12c lb.; a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers, 57-60c; cut up. 62-65c. Farm Market First Klondyke watermelons from Cuba sold at 13 cents a pound today; potatoes carried stronger undertone as result of higher shipping point quo tations; No. 2 Deschutes potatoes ad vanced 10 cents a 50-lb. bag. Eggs to producers: Candled f.o.b. Portland ; ungraded large 43c; AA grade large 46-49c; A large 43-57c: AA medium 42c; A medium 43-46c; A small 38-40C. AMERICANA Presents from 'Grand Ole Opry RAY PRICE COLUMBIA RECORDING ARTIST l r BAY PRICE WITH THE CHEROKEE COWBOYS Voted Top Western Band of the Year TM(BIKIT Rogue Valley Ballroom Doors Open at 8 Dancing from 9 to 1 Children Under 12 Free i Obituaries LONGAN INFANT Graveside services were held in the Medford IOOF cemetery yesterday aftenoon for Wilfred Lee Longan Jr., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Longan, Sun set on the Rogue, Trail, who died at a local hospital March 18. The Rev. George R. V. Bol ster, rector of St. Mark's Episco pal church officiated. Perl fu neral home was in charge of arrangements. ELIZABETH M. PATNODE A requiem mass for Mrs. Eliza beth M. Patnode, 69, of 411 Woodstock ave., who died Mon day, will be offered by the Rev. Nicholas J. Deis at Sacred Heart Catholic church Thursday at 9 a.m. Committal will be in Sis kiyou Memorial park, with Conger-Morris funeral home in charge of funeral arrangements. The ceased was born Oct. 14, 188j, in Fisher, Minn., and came to Medford 18 years ago from Cloquet, Minn. She was a member of St. Anne's Altar So ciety. On Dec. 29, 1902, in Terre bone, Minn., she was married to Mose Patnode, who survives. Other survivors include a son, Maurice, Cloquet, Minn.; three daughters. Miss Louise Patnode, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Lillian Dut ton, Medford, Ore.;. Mrs. Jose phine M. Brown, Seattle, Wash.; five grandchildren and one great grandchild. RUTH SMART POPE The body of Mrs. Ruth Smart Pope, 45, who died Monday,; is being sent tonight by Conger Morris funeral home to Salt Lake City, Utah, for services and interment there Saturday after noon. The deceased was born Aug. 23, 1909, in Vernal Utah, and had lived in Medford for the past four years. On Aug. 3, 1933, in Provo, Utah, she was mar ried to Llyd S. Pope, who sur vives. Other survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Rassmussen, Salt Lake City; and Mrs. Charles Pearce, Salt Lake City; and three brothers, Thomas L. Smart, Port land, Ore.; William H. Smart, Salt Lake City; and Joseph H. Smart, Lima, Peru. Daily Weather Report Date March 29, 1955 Sunset tonight 6:33 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:58 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy and cooler tonight. Increasing cloudi ness Wednesday with rain beginning in afternoon. Low tonight 32-35, high Wednesday 55-58. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy to night with scattered showers. Snow in mountains. Increasing cloudiness Wednesday with rain spreading inland in afternoon. Low 34-44. high Wednes day 45-55. Northern California: Partly cloudy tonight with clearing Wednesday but showers over extreme north portion. Cooler over most or area tonight. FIVE-DAY FORECAST: (Through April 3) Western Oregon Recurring rains with precipitation heavier than nor mal. Three inches extreme south to two Inches north portion. Tempera tures averaging below normal with highs mostlv $45-55 and lows 40-45. Northern California Occasional rain with snow in the mountains. Temperature below normal. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 51: above normal 2. Record for this date 84 in 1911. Record low this date 22 in 1929. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night .21 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m., trace. . ! , Total this month .81 in.. .59 in. be low normal. , HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 66, highest this a.m. 91. CITY High Low Prec. Rrnokine 55 46 .43 Crater Lake 35 Grants Pass 64 Klamath Falls 53 MEDFORD 59 19 40 31 40 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 25349 VAN HOWARD ! 1 Tuesday. March 29. 1355 County Sanitarian Advises X-Rays For Food Handlers Employers and employees of the food service industry are urged by Orie Moore, county sanitarian, to have chest x-rays this week at the county's ' two permanent chest x-ray -centers. The Community hospital . cen ter is open for public x-rays to morrow from 2 to - 6 p.m. and the newly- established Sacred Heart center Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m., according to a spokes man for the Jackson County Publfc Health association, which installed the x-rays in-cooperation with the hospitals and oth er groups. To Protect Customers Although there is no Oregon law requiring physical examina tions of those associated with the food industry, Moore said such workers should take ad vantage of the x-rays to pro tect their customers. There are regulations, however, forbidding anyone with a communicable disease from working in the food distributing industry. Any person desiring a chest x-ray may call at either center during out-patient hours., with out appointment. A -charge of $1.75 is made to cover the actual cost of the film, it was said. - Portland : 52 44 .33 SeatUe 54 43 .47 Spckane 52 38 .06 Yakima 50 41 .38 Eureka 66 48 .46 Red Bluff i 71 52 .04 Sacramento 70 54 ' .01 San Francisco 64 52 .03 Los Angeles .. 73 ' 56 Phoenix 75 51 - Denver '. 59 35 Chicago . .. 42 27 Miami 74 52 New York 44 30 1ii11ji.ii NOW SHUWItiG Cinemascope -V.rf Mf I UJJJJJJJjJJ.'- la3" Ztm JANI TONY DEBBIE POWELL MARTIN REYNOLDS WALTER VIC GENE PIDGEON'DAMONE RAYMOND 1 ann MILLER ussTAMBLYN PLUS CARTOON - NEWS onen 6:30 p.m. Show at 7 PJU OS 22 ENDS TONIGHT Burt LANCASTER Montgomery CUFT Delwrali KERR Frank SINATRA - Donna REED . PLUS i oASHLANDo r.lATJf BETTERS TO CROSS stoning ROKRT TAYLOR ELEANOR PARKER 7 MtnoGOtDnmuurft ncruK V W SPSS. Jt- f5 5 1 1 T-T Gates IK Z2 VI MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVTIC Mayor of Astoria Injured in Accident Seaside U.R) Astoria Mayor Peter G. Qosovich was to be re moved to a Portland hospital to day for treatment of a broken vertebrae suffered in a one-car accident on Sunset Highway yes terday afternoon. , Cosoyich, whose condition was termed "fairly serious," was in jured when his car hit an oil slick about eight miles east of here, and skidded for some 99 feet.- - The Astoria mayor's ' wife, Carla, was treated at Seaside Hospital for lacerations. She was thrown from the skidding ve hicle. Cosovich was injured by the steering wheel. 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