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Local and Club Luncheon Mistletoe club will meet at Girls Com munity club Wednesday, April 27, at 12:30 p.m. A covered dish luncheon will be served. Chimney Fire Firemen re ported a flue fire yesterday about 4:20 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Eva Garrett on Foothills rd. At Community Mrs. Duke Guile, 824 East Ninth st., is a medical patient at Community hospital and Walter Barnett, Prairie City, underwent surgery there today, attendants reported. Honorable Mention Mrs. Jen nie B. Creager, 10 Willamette st., was awarded an honorable mention prize in the March cal endar contest sponsored by Na tional Safety council of Chicago, 111. At Myrtle Point Mrs. Beryl Chase, 1220 East Jackson st., moving consultant for Eads Transfer company, visited for the week, end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Fish, at Myrtle Point. Sale Planned Licensed Prac tical Nurses' association of Jack son county will hold a rummage and plant sale at 106 North Ivy st., April 26 and 27, Tuesday and Wednesday. Sale hours will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and mem bers wishing pickup service may call 3-3284 Is Candidate Bob Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Raymond Hall, 139 Highland dr., is one of three candidates for student body president for 1955-56 at Fresno State college. He is pres ident of the junior class. Elec tions will be held May 11. Hall is an accounting major. ( New Yorkers Here Col. and Mrs. James H. James, Hemp stead, Long Island, New York, visited Mrs. Elsie Grove, 301 North Peach st., here over the weekend. Col. James was sta tioned at Camp White during World War II. They are en route to Seattle where they will leave for Japan. ' Planning Session The third and last meeting to plan the Ex tension Unit program starting October 1 will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Bigham hall at the Jackson County Fair grounds. The unit program, which con tinues from October 1 through next June, is for 22 organized units in the county. ; , :j .-.V . ri At Sacred Heart Ted Lan ders, 840 Marshall st.; Mrs. Ern est Segesseman, Shady Cove; Mrs. Glenn Winkle, 222 Ajax st., and Mrs. Dean Bush, Star route, box 50, Eagle Point, are listed tndav as medical patients at Sacred Heart hospital. Those re ported as surgery patients are Harry J. Court, 134 South Ivy St.; Mrs. Homer G. Webber, Box 314, Talent; Mrs. Owen H. Tho mas. 2720 Connell ave.; Mrs. Tony Parsley, Grants Pass, and Mrs. Henry Jensen, route 3, box 348Vfr. Obituary THOR RAMSTEN Thor V. Ramston, 49, died Sat urday at the V. A. Domiciliary, Camp White. Conger-Morris fu neral home is in charge of fu neral arrangements. FRED DUBEY . Remains of Fred D. Dubey, 48, who died Sunday at his home in Shady Cove, will be forwarded tonight by Conger-Morris funeral home to Auburn, Wash., for ser vices and interment. . The deceased was born Oct. 28, 1906, in Arlington, Wash., and came to Shady Cove about a year ago from Lake Quinault, Wash. On April 17, 1937, in Ever ett, Wash., he was married to Gladys Gladson, who survives. Other survivors include m a daughter, Mrs. Dominick Ras telli, Seattle, Wash.; his mother, Mrs. Jennie Dubey, Buckley, Wash.; five brothers, Leslie, North Bend, Wash.; Leo, Au burn, Wash.; Louis and Hubert, Buckley, and Patrick, Seattle, and four sisters, Mrs. Loie Bene dict, Auburn; Mrs. Ann Ruff Se attle; and Mrs. Mary Coucher and Mrs. Teresa Howells, Enum claw, Wash. FRANK RIDDLE Funeral services are pending at Perl funeral home for Frank Riddle, a member of the Medf ord Elks lodge for over 25 years, who died Saturday. i . Dead line tor Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday ( ENDS TUESDAY! ) ARNAZ mm fraUBNUE bk casus mm BaBaaSMaaaBSSSSMMaaaaaaUlaaMaaaaAUAlaaAM' Personal Name Retired Marylin M. Hicks has retired the name, Woodlawn Heights market, for a business at 1501 Prune st., ac cording to county clerks records 111 Harlin Seiler, 1132 West Main st., has been confined to his home for the past week be cause of illness. His condition is reported as improved. Returns from Arizona Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson county health officer, has returned from Phoenix, Ariz., where he at tended the 22nd annual meeting of the Western Branch of the American Public Health associa tion. Business Inspected City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson issued nine orders for correction of fire hazards Friday after in specting nine business occupan- les. - From Funeral Mr. and Mrs. Henry Young, 344 Chestnut st., Mrs. Marie Proehl and her daughter,- Mrs. Norma Stasser, both of 303 Boardman st., re cently returned from Burlington, Colo., where they were called by the death of Mrs. Rosa Tuttle, mother of Mrs. Young and Mrs. Phoehl. : Cars Roll Over A vehicle operated by Glen Richard Rock, 406 South Riverside ave., Med- ford, sustained considerable dam age Saturday night when it skidded on loose gravel at Mel rose st. and South Grape st. and rolled over. Rock was not in jured, and police issued no cita tion. Portland Produce Portland (UP) Eggs To re tailers: Grade AA large, 51c doz; A large, 49c doz; AA medium, 49c doz; A medium, 48c doz; A small, 42-44c 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 Cheddar. Oregon singles, 42',i-451,ac; 5-lb. loaves, 46,,2-482c. Processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39'(j-41c lb. Farm Market Trading at the East Side Farmers' Market today gave an easier price tone to Willamette Valley cauliflower and rhubarb in front of increased re ceipts. Standard crates of No. 1 cauliflower was sold to wholesale buyers at S1.7S 1.85. , There was a less urgent call for po tatoes, but the market was believed headed for a strong finish on the ba sis of a good movement at shipping points ana marked cnan;es in OB prices. rounry, Rabbits Live Chickens To erowers Wo. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryer 2,i to 4 lbs. 26c lb. at farm. 25c: roasters. 26c Portland; 25c ranch; light hens, io-c; neavy nens, au wts; zu-zic lb,' old - roosters, 12-14c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, 40 44c lb; whole drawn, 51-53c; cut-up, 56-58C lb; roasters. N. Y. style, 41-42c; hens, light type. New York style. 30 31c: cut-ups, 42-45c; hens, heavy type, N.Y. style. 33-34c; whole dawn, 44 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. 3-4l2 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 retailers, 57-60c; cut up, 62-65c. Portland Cash Grain Portland PRICES AS REPORTED bv the USD A market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white, S80.50 a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portlasd. No. 2 white oats 38 lb test Coast de livery $54 ton; Portland delivery, $51; No. 2 Western barley, $53 ton f.o.b.. Portland Coast delivery; soybean meal, $87.50 ton. cars, prompt delivery Portland: standard millrun. $43.50 ton cars, prompt delivery Portland: No. 2 yellow corn. $68.50 ton f.o.b Portland. WHOLESALE HAY PRICES: Market nominal. Portland Livestock Portland (UP) Cattle 1700. hold over 150. Average choice around 1125 lb. fed steers 24; low choice 1034 lb. 23.25; good-choice fed heifers 21.50; utility heifers 13-15; canner - cutter cows mostly 9.50-11; heavy cutters around 11.50 and above; utility cows mostly 13-14.50; commercial grades 15-15.50; some 16; utility and com mercial bulls mostly 14.50-17; heavy bulls 17.50-18.25; light cutters down to 13. Calves 150. Good-choice vealers 23 28; cull-utility grades 9-17; good and choice 544-lb. stock steer calves 20. Hogs 850. Choice 180-235 lb. but chers 19.50-20: 250-315 lb. 17-18.50; 157- lbs. 19; choice 350-500 lb. sows 15-16.50; 625-lb. down to 13:50. Sheep 650. Choice heavy wooled lambs above 17.50; choice 99-lb num ber one pelt 17.50; good-choice num ber one and two pelts 16-16.50; choice number one pelt ewes aboue 6.50. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 7:04 p.m.; sunrise to morrow 5:13 a.m. FORECASTS: Medf ord and vicinity: Generally cloudy with showers through Tuesday. Low tonight 38-40. High Tuesday 55. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 32-40. High Tuesday 48 58. Northern California: Cloudy with rain continuing intermittently through Tuesday. Snow in mountains above 3.500 feet. Windy at times. LOCAL DATA: TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 48: below normal 6. Record high this date 91 in 1926. Record low this date 30 in 1924. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night none. Midnight to 10 a.m. none. Total this month .60 in.. .36 in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 8.19 in.. 7.18 in. below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 33; highest this a.m. 79 To. high low prec. Brookings 57 39 trace Crater Lake 39 14 .5 Crants Pass 60 36 .02 Klamath Falls 51 28 .02 MEDFORD 57 37 Portland .i 51 33 Seattle Spokane Yakima 50 35 :44 27 53 25 .01 Eureka Red Bluff Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles 50 42 61 45 .05 64 46 55 48 65 56 Phoenix Denver Chicago 87 57 72 41 71 47 80 74 52 45 70 50 .36 J8 .15 Miami New York Washington. D. C. Largest 'Camp-o-ree CMd by Local Scouts The biggest Camp-o-ree in the history of Crater Lake area council, Boy Scouts of America, was held Saturday and Sunday at Agate desert on Butte creek. The event was attended by 367 boys and leaders from Shady Cove, Gold Hill, Central Point, Jacksonville, Phoenix and Med ford. Twelve Camp-o-ree direc tors also took part in the pro gram. For the first time in the his tory of local Camp-o-rees, every unit had at least two adult lead ers taking part. Explorers from Posts 3 and 8, Squadron 14, and from some troops assisted in the judging and Camp-o-ree events direction. Adult Officials N. H." (Duke) Gladfelter serv ed as Camp-o-ree director. Judges were Sherrell Doty, John Patton, J. A. McDougall, Robert Forbes, Harry Barneburg and Harry Bryant. Jim Grigsby and Bob Church were event directors and were assisted by W. E. Nis sen, Ryan Berg served as health and safety director and Cliff Hanson assisted with the Camp-o-ree. , Scout officials reported that the Camp-o-ree was "one of the best ever held here," with good camps, close judging and a lot of enthusiasm. Scouts" put on stunts at the Saturday evening campfire. Blue ribbon winning patrols included: Flying Eagle and prl ' - THRIVING ON MISSOURI FARM, these Identical triplet bull calves are a once-in-80,000 occurrence. They're being tended by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ellers on iarm near oimam, mo. rouea anort horn calves are named Pete, Peter and Repeat, (Internationai) Three Floats Receive Sweepstakes Awa rds Three floats won $50 grand sweepstakes awards in the an nual Pear Blossom Festival pa rade held here Saturday, it was announced this morning. The prizes earlier were announced at $25 each. Grand sweepstakes winners were those entered by the Med ford Lady Lions, for best design; Royal Neighbors of America, for best theme portrayal and originality and Medford Jaycees, for best comic float. The crowd watching the pa rade was estimated at 10,000 people. It was the largest on record for Medford. ' Music for the marchers was furnished by the Medford senior and junior high school bands and by Bliss Heine's Juniors-. Police officers and members of the sheriff's posse handled the crowd, and Junior Chamber of Commerce members helped form up the parade on South Fir st., no small task, for the colorful, jammed up floats and marchers, when finally they got under way, stretched all the way from Fir and Main sts. to Hawthorne park, where the parade disas sembled, and the prizes were awarded. wh.n Y. ft 03 El GEORGE LEWIS At ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE A FREE SERVICE We Reserve end Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets LOB BY HOTEL JACKSON . PHONE 1-6779 Hawk patrols of Troop 1, Med ford. Silver Fox and Cobra pa trols of Troop 3, Medf ord. Flam ing Arrow, Beaver and Bear pa trols of Troop 9, Medford. Apache, Wolf, Coyote and Flam ing Arrow patrols of Troop 13, Medford. Wolf, Lion and Crow patrols of Troop 16, Medford. Flaming Arrow patrol of Troop 35, Jacksonville. Patrols winning red ribbons included: Snake, Panther and Vampire patrols of Troop 1, Medford. Flaming Arrow patrol of Troop 2, Medford. Flaming Arrow and Cougar patrols of Troop 3, Medford. Wolverine and Panther patrols of Troop 7, Medford. Daniel Boone patrol of Troop 9, Medford. Flying Eagle and Panther patrols of Troop 15, Phoenix. Bucaneer, Mohawk, Matterhorn and Wolverine pa trols of Troop 35, Jacksonville. Pioneer patrol of Troop 41, Grif fin Creek. Panther patrol of Troop 46, Shady Cove. Patrols receiving yellow rib bons were: Beaver patrol of Troop 2, Medford. Bob White pa trol of Troop 5, Medford. Beaver and Apache patrols of Troop 6, Medford. Eagle patrol of Troop 7, Medford. Panther, Wolverine, Stag, Beaver, Flaming Arrow and Pine Tree patrols of Troop 8, Medford. Flying Eagle, Pan ther and Flaming Arrow patrols of Troop 43, Gold Hill. Croco dile patrol of Troop 46, Shady Cove.. Here are the other prizewin ners, reported by divisions, as listed by the parade committee. Division ,1, commercial first ($25), Eve Prentice Accordion band; second ($15), Al Krause, Union Oil dealer. " - Division 2, organizational first ($25), Moose and Women of Moose; second ($15), Phoenix Garden club; third ($10), Med ford Police department's PAL. Division 3, individual floats first ($25), George Schuler and 11 ' youngsters; second ($15), Krista Baker; third ($10), Scott and Thomas Hampson and Larry Sorum. Walking Groups Division 4, costumed walking groups first ($10), John Pierce; second ($5), Debbie and Glennie Rader; third ($2.50), Lincoln school Gitl Scouts. Division 5, decorated vehicles first ($10), David Doty; sec ond ($5), Scott McDonald; third ($2.50), Deanna Hukill. First float in the parade was the one carrying the . queen and princesses of the festival. The little queen, Marilyn Denning, received a big trophy, and the four members of her court each were presented with bracelets. L rssrfl Schools Schedule Music Festival Ashland Fifteen elemen tary schools of Jackson county will be represented Wednesday, April 27, at the annual ele mentary school music festival to be held at Southern Oregon college. About 1,100 children will take part and sing together. The festival is a culmination of a series of "Singing Time" pro grams conducted by Southern Oregon college over radio sta tion KMED. A rehearsal will be held at the campus at 11 a.m., and the program will open at 1:15 p.m. Both are open to the public. A portion of the pro gram will be rebroadcast by KMED Tuesday, May 3, at 9:45 a.m., as the final broadcast of the series. Schools to be represented in elude Applegate, Elk - Trail, Eagle Point, Evans Valley, Gold Hill, Griffin Creek, Howard, Jacksonville, Lincoln of Ash land, Prospect. Rogue River, Sams Valley, Shady Cove, Tal ent and West Side. Folk songs and art songs will be sung by the chorus and numbers will be presented by several elemen tary school groups. College stu dents also will appear on the program which will be an nounced later. News About Servicemen DISCHARGED Dr. Bernard Thompson is to arrive Thursday after receiving his discharge from the Air Force in which he has served for two years with the dental corps. Dr. Thompson, who practiced den tistry in the Medical center build ing, until his service, plans to reopen his offices after his . re turn. He served mainly in the St. Paul, Minneapolis, Minn., area. IN KOREA Army Pvt. Ronald L. Palmer ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Palmerton, Route 1, Murphy, is a member of the 7th infantry di vision in Korea, and is serving as a jeep driver with Company G of the divisions 31st regiment. He entered the Army in May, 1954, and arrived overseas in January. A 1952 graduate of Placer Union high school, he was a farmer before entering the Army." IN GERMANY Floyd O. Nelson, whose wife, D'Anne Lynne, lives in Ashland, recently arrived in . Germany and now is a member of the Army 9th infantry division. He is a private first class. As a part of the 7th Army, the division con ducts rigorous training exercises including realistic maneuvers and field problems. Before enter ing the Army Private Nelson at tended Southern .Oregon college and was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. AT SAN DIEGO v Norman W. Melton, a Navy airman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Har ry G. Melton of Medford, and husband of the former Miss Flor ence T. Fuller of Portland, re ported March 26 to the fleet air. borne electronics training unit at the North Island naval air station at San Diego. He reported from "Fighter Sauadron 144 and has been assigned . to the en gineering division. ON CARRIER . George W. Rogers, a Navy ra darman third class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rawley P. Rogers, Jr., 710 Beekman ave., is serving on the escort aircraft carrier USS Point Cruz. Court Records DISTRICT COURT Jack H. Sheldon, violation of basic rule. $12.50. Neil Jackson, truck speeding and overload,- $120.- William Tracer, failure to operate on right side of highway, $6. Orval J. Schwartz and Jerry B. Morton, truck speeding, $15 each. Dale E. Coffman, angling without license, $10. Harlan L. Dyer, overload. $105. Lewis E. Haugh, violation of basic rule, $5. , - A ALASKA High School Auditorium April 26 & 27 All Color Motion Picture By EDWARD H. HORN IKS GAME HUNTER AND WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER One and a half hours of wonderful entertainment. . Ketchikan to Point Barrow. Salmon traps and Bristol Boy fishing; Caribou people of the Arctic Mountains; Giant Kodiak bears. Moose and other Alaskan animals; Eskimos capturing 45 ft. bow head whale. Walrus hunting on Diomede Island, 2V4 miles from Russia. Farming and homesteading on Kenai; Dairying in Matanuska Valley, Construction and New Industries. This picture was made to bring you Alaska and the Arctic in a true light. You will live these scenes with Mr. Horn as he takes you through Alaska with these beautiful all color motion pictures. Descriptive, Educational and Enter taing. Finest colored motion pictures ever to come out of Alaska. Sponsored by Jackson Co. Chapter Izaak Walton leaguo ADULTS... -.-.$!. 00 V STUDENTS..50e Doors Open 7:30 p.m. Show Starts 8:00 p.m. Monday. April 25, 1953 Two Factions of Yank-Russ Juncture Schedule Reunions Washington (U.R) Two groups of American veterans scheduled separate celebrations today to commemorate the anni versary of the historic World War II juncture of American and Soviet forces on the Elbe river in Germany 10 years ago. The two groups differed, how ever, as to whether Russian plans to celebrate the occasion are sin cere. . One group, the American Vet erans of the Elbe River Link-up," voted to accept an offer of Rus sian Army officers to attend. an "Elbe river reunion" In Moscow next month. Its members pla'nned to ask the State Department today for ad vice and permission to go. Criticise Russians This group scheduled an even ing celebration and said Gen. Chairles L. Bolte, Army vice chief of staff, and Sen. Ralph E. Flanders (R-Vt.) would address their gathering. . . The other group, "The Elbe National Veterans Committee," sharply criticized Russian plans for a reunion of Americans and Russians who were present when forces of the two wartime allies met at the Elbe. -. ' This group planned a cere mony just off the Senate Cham ber today with Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Senate Demo cratic Leader, Lyndon B. John son, and other senators sched uled to attend. Accept Invitation Joseph Polowsky, secretary of the "American Veterans of the Elbe River Link-up," originally invited Russian veterans of the famous meeting of the two allies to come here for a reunion. Nine Russian officers accepted the in vitation. However, Polowsky received a note from the Russians Saturday saying fhey plan to celebrate in Moscow. They invited the Ameri can veterans to join them there. Grants Pass Death Believed Suicide Grants Pass The body of Ernest Wesley Melena, 48, for merly of Bakersfield, Calif., was found here Friday at a home on E st. Officials said Melena ap parently took his own life. : Death was believed to have been caused by a poison used as a pest -exterminator. - Officials said Melena was known to have On-the-Spot Relief for Acid Indigestion Turns require no water, no mixing, no waiting! By always carrying Turns in pocket or purse, you can stop gas and sour stomach right on the spot, almost before they start. Turns are minty, pleasant-tasting. Just eat like candy. Join the millions who always carry Turns. 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