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Local and Dismissed Mrs. Mary Eliza beth Bailey, 525 North River side ave., who was injured Fri day morning in an automobile accident at Jackson st. and Riv erside ave.. was dismissed Sun day from Osteopathic hospital. Al Osteopathic Mrs. Carl Stockford, route 1 ,box 410A, underwent emergency appendec tomy Sunday at Osteopathic hos pital, attendants reported today. Also at the same hospital as medical patients are Mrs. Kermit Combes, Jacksonville, and Roy Fulkerson, Rogue River. 4-H Meeting A meeting of the Jackson County 4-H Leaders association will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Bigham hall on the county fairgrounds. The pro gram will include sessions for home economics leaders and ag riculture leaders. Refreshments will be served by Evans Valley and Gold Hill groups. Business Name Donovan Fos ter and Lucille Foster have re tired from the business name The Hi-Way, which has been re assumed by Foster, according to records on file in the office of the Jackson county clerk. The business, a tavern and restau rant, is located at 12 North Riv erside. Veterans Council The Veter ans Allied Council of Jackson County, comprised of representa tives of the various veterans' organizations, will meet at 8 p.m. today at the Central Point Amer ican Legion hall, it was an nounced by Pat Graham, presi dent. He said election of offi cers for the new year is sched uled. BASEBALL By UNITED PRESS Milw (N 001 000 130 5 8 0 Bklyn N) 000 001 C001 6 0 Conley, Crone 9 and Crandali. White 7. Black. Meyer 6. Roebuck 8. Wojey 9 and Campanclla. Losing pitcher Meyer. Phila. (N) 001 010 000 2 5 2 Sufton (A) 020 002 OOx i 8 1 Roberts and Burgess. Sullivan. Kin der 8 and White. Winning pitcher Sullivan. (1st. 11 innings) Detroit (A) ..100 010 020 00 4 9 2 Atl. (Sou) ....111 100 000 015 14 3 Miller. Black 5. Foytack 9 and House. Tosheff. Stewart 6. Pierce 8. Modica 10 and Solt. Roarke 6. Winning pitcher Modica. Losing pitcher Foy tack. (2nd, called end 6th darkness) Detroit (A 601 100 8 6 0 Atlanta (Sou) 000 000 0 2 0 Garver and Wilson. Grabowski. Al ton 1. Kelly 4 and Casey. Losing pitch er Grabowski. Kan City (A) 103 111 0108 10 1 Savannah (Sal) . 000 010 000 1 6 2 Shantz. Boyer 7 and Astroth. Doucet, Bourbeau 4. Jack 7 and Janocha, Or ner 7. Losing pitcher Doucet. Chicago (N) ...123 400 10112 11 1 S Antonio (Tex) 100 002 000 3 5 3 Pollet. Hacker 7 and Chiti. Fanning 7. Diemer, Hudson 6 and Gasper. Win ning pitcher Pollet. Losing pitcher Diemer. Cincinnati (N) . 010 300 000 4 7 2 Wash (A) 200 000 112 6 10 3 Fowler. Pearce 3 and Seminick. Ab ernathy. Schmitz 6. Currie 8 and Olds. Korcheck 8. Winning pitcher Currie. Losing pitcher Pearce. Chicago (A) ... 003 100 300 7 11 0 St. L. N 404 004 OOx 12 10 0 Gray. Donovan 3. Chakales 7 and Lollar. Lawrence. Lulwig 6. Scnultz 8 and Sarni. Winning pitcher Law. Los ing pitcher Gray. N. Y. (A) 202 003 15013 12 1 Memphis (Sou) 001 000 uOO 15 3 Morgan and Berra. Zilian. Duffy 5. Bradley 9 and Tipton. Losing pitcher Zilian. N Y. (N) 200 100 1307 14 0 Cleve. (A) 002 030 0005 10 0 Liddle, Hearn 8 and Katt. Grasso 7. Garcia. Newhouser 8 and Naragon. Winning pitcher Liddle. Losing pitch er Newhouser. (First game) Toledo (Assni ..100 001 000 2 7 1 Cinci (N) 'B' ..020 000 0024 8 0 Wall. Cave and Burris. Nuxhall, Scantlebury, Fisher and Landrith. (2nd game) Toledo (Assn) 113 000 0 5 10 4 Cinci (N) 'B' 000 031 0 4 6 0 Thiol. Bucknell and Lazuna. Valen tine. Nuxhall and Landrith. Pitts. (N) 001 002 026 11 10 4 Bait. (A) 400 001 111 8 9 0 Sawyer. Thies 3. Wade 6. Friend 7. King 9 and Shepard. McDonald. Kret low 8. Kuzava 9 and H. Smith. Batts 8. Winning pitcher Friend. Losing pitch er Kuzava. Dead line Sunaay Classified Is at noon Saturday; 1 a. m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. t ' END TOMORROW! ( RUSSELL r2522J:) 7ywy mm w NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER! E. M. Hanawalt, D.V.M. . Jackson County Dairy Breeders Association Ormandy Weekday Hours: 8 Sunday & Holidays: Personal Visiting Mrs. K. T. Sprague and son, Todd Lee, ..Seattle, Wash., arrived here Saturday to visit until after Easter Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wilson, 911 West Second st. Return Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Frazee, 525 West Second st., are home from Wilmington, Calif., where they have been visiting for about a month with their son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. George Bergman. They ar rived Friday by plane. Frazee went south for medical care. At Community Donald Ad ams, Klamath Falls; Don Little, route 2, box 702, Central Point; Mrs. Philip Stembridge, 1300 Stewart ave., and Gerald Casad, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ca sad, 2670 Elliott st., all are list ed today as surgery patients at Community hospital. Aopointed Max E. Condit, Portland, has been appointed general manager of the Pierce Freight lines, and will be asso ciated at the Portland offices of the firm. He has been with the company for 24 years and re places his father, R. R. Condit, who has retired after 26 years. Free on Bail Robert LeRoy Merrill, 35, of 14 North Orange st., has been released from the county jail on bail after being arrested by state police on a charge of being drunk while driving according to deputy sheriffs. Farm Bureau A meeting of the Central Point center of the Jackson County Farm bureau is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, at 8 p.m. at the West Side school. Don Johnson, Crater High school student, who recent ly was elected president of the State Future Farmers of Amer ica, will speak ' on "Let's Put Our House in Order." Henry Conger legislative chairman of the center, will review bills passed by the state legislature which directly concerns farmers. Refreshments will be served. Portland Livestock Portland (UP) Cattle 1.700. Choice 984-lb fed steers. 23.50-S24: good feeder steers. 20-S21; good fed heifers S21; utility heifers. 12-816.50; canner and cutter cows mostly $10.50, some $11: utility cows 12.50-314.50; commercial grades 15-S15.50: youn; cows up to $16.50. utility and com mercial bulls mostly 14-S16. Calves 150. Good and choice vealers 23-S28; utility and commercial grades. 14-$21. Good and choice grade stock calves 19-S21. Hogs 1.100. Choice 180-235 lb butch ers mosUy 20-S20.50; choice three lots down to $19.50; 250-285 lbs $18.50; choice 350-550 lb sows 15-517. Sheep 1,000. Mostly choice wooled lambs $22; some higher; cull and util ity grades 15-$19; good and choice ewes 8-$9. Portland Cash Grain Portland Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white. $80.50 a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland. No. 2 white oats 38-lb test Coast delivery $55-56 ton; Portland delivery $52.50-53; No. 2 Western barley $52.50 ton f.o.b. Port land Coast delivery; soybean meal $88-89 ton, cars, prompt delivery Port land: standard millrun prompt ship ment $42.50 ton cars prompt delivery Portland: No. 2 yellow corn $65 ton f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland. $38-40 ton, truck or rail. Timothy mixed hay. $36-38 a ton f.o.b. rail car. Seattle. Portland Grain Exchange: Friday's close: bid Soft, white S2.38 Soft, white, no rex . 2.38 White club 2.38 Portland Produce Portland (UP) Eggs To re tailers: Grade AA large. 51c doz; A large 49-50c doz;AA medium 49c; A medium 49c doz; A. small 44c doz; car tons l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 66c lb; cartons 67c; B prints, 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar. Oregon singles 421i-45',2c; 5-lb loaves 46 ',2-49 'zc Processed Ameri can cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 39 !.2-41c lb. Farm Market The season"s first shipment of Wil lamette Valley rhubarb Veached Port land today, selling at $2.35 per 15 pound flat as wholesale produce list ings remained steady to firm. The lettuce market appeared weaker on the basis of lower shipping point quotations. Packs of four-dozen head from Oxnard. Calif., sold mostly at 5.25-$5.75. while Yuma. Ariz., crates topped the market at 6.50-57.50. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2'2 to 4 lbs 30c lb. at farm 29c: roasters, ranch, light hens 18-19c; heavy hens all wts 21-22C lb; old roosters ll-12c. Dresssed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style. 41 42c lb: whole drawn 51-53c. cutup 56-58c lb: roasters N.Y. style 42-43c; hens, light-type. New York style 29 30c: cutups 43-44c; hens, heavy type N. Y. stvle 33-34c: whole-drawn 43-46C. Turkevs To retailers. A grade hens, readv to' cook 48-50c: N. Y. dressed 37 38c lb; A grade torns ovenready 40 44c: N. Y. style 34-35c lb. Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live, white. 3J 4i2 lbs 21-23C up; 5 to 6 lbs 17-19c; colored pelts 4c under: old does 10-12c lb a few higher. Fresn dressed fryers to retailers 57-60c: cutup o-ooc 4-1063 a.m. to 5 p.m. 8 a.m to 10 a.m. 1 Y'SvJliTt n & REDS HIT TRUCKERS WITH TOLL TAX-German truck ers, just arrived at an Allied checkpoint, read news of neavy new tolls imposed upon truck traffic between Berlin ft West Germany The Western Allies have demanded that the Communists lift the tolls, charging, in notes to the Soviet High Commissioner, that the tax was "po litically inspired." Obituary MAR YVAN DORFY ' Funeral services are pending at Perl funera Ihome for Mrs. Mary Van Dorfy, 1118 West Eighth st., who died at her home Sunday. IONA CROSBY Mrs. Iona May Crosby, a for mer Medford resident, died at Hornbrook, Calif., Sunday. Perl funeral home is in charge of fu neral arrangements. NEWELL McINTIRE Funeral services are pending at Perl funeral home for Newell Dean Mclntire, who died at Kingman, Ariz., Thursday. SANDRA LESLIE Private funeral services for Sandra Lynn Leslie, infant daughter of "Mr. and'Mrs. Ger ald A. Leslie, Route 2, Medford, who died Saturday, were held today in Conger-Morris chapel with the Rev. F. Wildon Col baugh of the Assembly of God church officiating. Committal was in Siskiyou Memorial park. Other survivors include the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ver non Ras mussen, Medford, and great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rasmussen, Fern Val ley; Mr. and Mrs. S. Hanger, Medford, and Mrs. Lora Larson, Ashland. NELLIE COPPLE Mrs. Nellie Copple, 78, of 16 Jeanette st., died Sunday in a local hospital. Conger-Morris fu neral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. THEODORE McWETHY Services for Theodore ivlc Wethy, 71, who died Friday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Tuesday at 1 p.m., with James W. Mather, of Jehovah's Wit nesses, officiating. Committal will be in Memory Gardens. The deceased was born Sept. 10, 1883, near Franklin, Ky., and moved to Central Point from Texas 10 years ago. On Dec. 12, 1909, in Colgate, Okla., he was married to Flora K. El lis, who preceded him in death. Survivors include three daugh ters, Mrs. James Clark, Central Point; Mrs. Iva Watson, Ama rillo, Tex.; and Mrs. Jay Sec quety, Whittier, Calif.; three brothers, Charles and Walter, in California; and William, in Okla homa; a sister, Mrs. Sylvia Rob erts, in Oklahoma; 12 grandchil dren and five great-grandchildren. HENDERSON DIZNEY Services for Henderson Trigg Dizney, 92, of 518 Mary st., who died Saturday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Tuesday at 2:30 p.m., with the Rev. J. Thomas Dixon of the First Meth odist church officiating, assisted by A. J. Hanby. Committal will be in Medford lOOF cemetery. Pall bearers will be Mike Yovovich, C. E. Naffziger, L. O. Howard, Bill Dyer, C. H. Jordan and Joe Cave. The deceased was born March 25, 1863, in Knox county, Ken tucky, and had lived in Medford for the past 30 yeas. He was a life member of the IOOF lodge. Survivors include a son, Mo ten M., El Centro, Calif.; a daughter, Miss Maude Dizney, Medford; a grandson, James B. Dizney, El Centro, Calif., and two great-grandchildren. When You News About Servicemen RETURNS HOME Fred R. Furry, Phoenix, is home after being separated from the Army. A corporal, he came here from Albuquerque, N. M., where he served the past year at Sandia base hospital with the medical corps doing physical therapy work. He was accom panied here by Jack Watson of Indiana, who served with him. Furry attended Phoenix schools before leaving two years ago for the service. The two men, with Furry's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Furry, and Mrs. Jo Furry, all of Phoenix, made a trip to Crater lake while Watson was here visiting. TAKES TRAINING Elmer R. Dement, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dement, 319 Newton st., Medford, is now a member of the 31st Infantry reg iment in Korea, which is now undergoing intensive training, accordingto an Army release. Dement, a private, is a radio operator. He joined the Army in January, 1953, took basic training at Ft. Lewis, Wash., and arrived overseas last Sep tember. IN HAWAII Pvt. Jimmy L. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nate H. Smith, route 2, Medford, recently ar rived in Hawaii and joined the 25th Infantry (Tropic Lightning) division. Smith entered the Army in June, 1954, and took his basic training at Ft. Ord, Calif. PROMOTED Janice E. Higbee, daughter of Mrs. Vergil Coleman, Gold Hill, has been promoted to private first class at Ft. Sheridan, 111., where she is a member of the 5012th area service unit Wo men's Army corps detachment, according to an Army release. Pfc. Higbee, a troop informa tion and education specialist in the detachment, entered the WACs in July, 1954, and receiv ed basic training' at Ft. McClel lan, Ala. She attended the Army Information school at Ft. Slo cum, N.Y., before arriving at Ft. Sheridan. WAVE APPLICATIONS The office of Navy officer pro curement, Seattle, Wash., has announced that applications are being accepted from college graduate women between the ages of 21 and 27 to serve on active duty in the Navy as WAVE officers for a period of two years. The next indoctrina tion class will convene at New port, R. I., July 5, 1955. Since it takes approximately two to three, months to process applica tions, the deadline date for com pletion of applications for the next class is May 10. For further information applicants may write the Office of Navy Officer Procurement, 110 Union street, Seattle, Wash. San Simeon, Calif. (U.R) A Marine taking part in maneuvers near here was bitten on the arm by an irritated skunk, just under the tattooed word, "Stinky." TRAVEL SEE GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE A FREE SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Arline and Steamship Tickets LOBBY HOTEL JACKSON PHONE 2-6779 Klamath Basin Wafer Plentiful Klamath Falls (U.PJ Farm ers and ranchers in the Klamath Falls basin will, in general, have sufficient supplies of irrigation water for the 1955 season, ac cordin gto W. T. "Jack" Frost of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service. Adequate supplies of water in the Upper Klamath Lake and Clear Lake reservoirs was the basis of the optimism at a Water conservation meeting held here Saturday. Upper Klamath lake now contains 400.000 acre-feet of storage water, down only 17, 000 feet from the 10-year aver age. Only dark spot in the basin's 955 prospects is the 20,000 acre- foot shortage in Gerber reser voir. Farmers and ranchers in this area will not have sufficient water to meet all needs for the coming season. Winter rains of 55 per cent average compared to 30 per cent for centrol Oregon are re sponsible for the comparatively bright picture. SUCCUMBING to Illness of two years, Col. Robert McCormick, Chicago Tribune publisher and editor, is dead. (International) Private Services Held for McCormick Chicago (U.R) Private fu neral services were to be held today for Col. Robert R. McCor mick, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, at his farm home near suburban Whoaton. McCormick, 74, died Friday after a two-year fight against a combination of diseases. A firing squad of eight sol diers and a bugler, veterans of the First Division in which Mc Cormick served in World War I, were to assist in the military rites today. Those attending included Mrs. Joseph M. Patterson, widow of McCormick's cousin who found ed the New York Daily News, Tribune executives, McCormick's widow, and relatives. Births WILLIAMS To Mr. and Mrs. Clyde, Central Point, April 3, 1955, a girl, 8 pounds, at Osteo pathic hospital. JACKSON To Mr. and Mrs. Virgil, Eagle Bpint, April 2, 1955, a boy, 8V& pounds, at Com munity hospitaljr ' WADLEY To Mr. and Mrs. Neal, 920 Murray st., April 1, 1955, a girl, TV pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. JOHN To Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter, P.O. Box 259, Jacksonville, April 2, 1955, a boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. THRASH To Mr. and Mrs. Hiram, 460 DeBarr ave., April 3, 1955, a girl, 5Vi pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. In Southern Oregon It's A Tradition To Enjoy EASTER DINNER At MON DESIR Easter Dinner Served Starting 3 pm Sunday JOE NEWMAN AT THE PIANO For Reservations Phone NOramdy 4-2513 WOMEN... Get Ready for Summer LEARN TO SWIM FOR FUN - FOR HEALTH FOR BEAUTY - FOR SAFETY ENROLL NOW! YMCA PHONE 2-6295 BEGINNING TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Tuesday and Thursdays Beginners 7:30 P.M. Monday, April 4. 1955 SOME , SANDWICH Heavy weight champ Rocky Marci ano digs into a "steak sand wich" consisting of three Vh pound steaks in San Fran cisco. Rocky is in California to complete training for his title bout with England's Don Cockell in May. Wall Street New York U.R) Prices on the Stock Exchange edged up ward today in moderately active dealings. Gains throughout the list were limited to small fractions with a number of leading stocks hold ing at their previous close. A number of specialties, however, tacked on good gains. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 17934 Anaconda 60 Chrysler 723s Curtiss Wright 22 General Electric 5 Hi General Motors 94 V Montgomery Ward 78Vi Penney J C 90 Radio .... 42 Vz Southern Co 20 Southern Pacific 57 3,4 S Oil of Calif 78 Texas Gulf Sulphur 41 Transamerica 40 Tri-Continental .... . 264,4 United Aircraft 75 U S Rubber 4 43 Vb U S Steel 7934 Youngstown 77 V A new and fast reclamation process is bringing about a sav ing of about 4,000,000 ounces of silver (worth $3.5 million) and plastic film every year. Source of the recoveries waste photo graphic film. A new twist in my -lady's foot wear is offered in interchange able plastic shoe straps of many brilliant hues. THE REVISED STANDARD VERSION BIBLE wonderful to own or give at Easter More than 3 mi!- jir lion people have V already turned this inspiring ver sion because it s written in the language of time. AVAILABLE MANY FINE EDITIONS Genuine leather $10.00 Buckram 6.00 Black limp binding illus 3.50 Blue cloth illus 3.25 Swank niHlHTInHlin narmDKtoj to y liJKilSlfc I 1 tA IN Daily Weather Report Sunset tonieht. 6:40 p.m.: sunrise tomorrow. 5:48 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair and not quite so cold tonight. Variable high cloudiness and a little warmer Tues day. Low tonight 29. High Tuesday about 60. Western Oregon: Mostly sunnv Tues day with a few patches of morning fog. A little warmer. Low tonight 30-33. High Tuesday 52-62. Northern California: Fair tonight and Tuesday. , LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 40; below normal. 10. Record high this date 80 in 1952. Record low this date, 24 in 1921. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, trace. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month, trace: .12 in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 7.59 in.; 6.94 in. below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 29, highest tlys a.m. 90. Brookings Crater Lake ... 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