Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 27, 1955, Image 13

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    News About
Servicemen
AT FT. LEE
Sgt. First Class Gilbert E.
Schrack, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur L. Schrack, 838 Bennett
ave., is at Ft. Lee, Va., where
he will participate in an Army
wide logistical exercise May 2
through 7. Approximately 5,000
officers and enlisted personnel
will be trained in supplying com
bat troops for modern warfare.
Sergeant Schrack is regularly
tteuior.ed at Camp Gordon, Ga.,
and is a member of the 504th
military police battalion. He en
tered the Army in March, 1943.
His wife lives at North Augusta,
S.C.
BACK TO ADAK
Alan McBeth. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles P. McBeth, Jack
sonville left Monday for Adak,
Alaska, after being in the states
about 60 days- while the ship on
Which he is serving was in dry
dock at Bremerton, Wash. Mc
Beth, a Navy electrician, is due
to return about August 1. He
visited his parents last week end.
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ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM
Local and
Incorporate Articles of In
corporation of Triangle B club
have been filed in the office of
the Jackson county clerk by
Rene L. Bounds, Gloria W.
Bounds and Stephen S. Bounds,
SODAS A meeting of the
Southern Oregon Dental assist
ants is set for Wednesday, April
27, at 8 p.m., in the offices of
Dr. Milo Kubalik, West Main
and Summit sts. Elections will
be held.
J-ville 'joei, Janes A square
dance will be sponsored by the
J-ville Joes and Janes Square
Dance club Thursday, April 28,
at 8 p.m., at the Jacksonville
Community hall. All persons in
terested are invited.
Son Born Mr. and Mrs.. Bob
bie Wood, Grants Pass, are par
ents of a son, Michael Robert,
born April 22. Mrs. Wood is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Vosika, 2208 College Way, and
is the former Miss Luella Mae
Vosika.
Ticket Found An airlines re
turn ticket from Portland to
Minneapolis, Minn., has been
found in the Medford post office
and is being held for the owner
at the Rogue Travel service in
the Jackson hotel. The name on
the ticket is C. Smith.
File Papers Articles of In
corporation of Associated De
velopment Corporation have
been filed in the county clerk's
office by O. R. McNeel and Mil
dred M. McNeel, both of 812
South C st., Eagle Point, and
George W. Plumb, 1405 East
Main st., Medford.
FOE Auxiliary A meeting of
the auxiliary to the Crater Lake
aerie, Fraternal Order of the
Eagles, will be held at 8 p.m.,
Thursday, April 28, in the Eagles
hall. The members are asked to
take sandwiches or salads for
the social hour after the meet
ing when aerie members also will
be present.
Name Change Clark J. Walk
er 'and Amos W. Walker have
retired from the business name
Walker Real Estate, and Clark
J. Walker has assumed the busi
ness name Clark J. Walker
Agency, according to records
filed in the office of the county
clerk. The business address is
listed as 427 East Main st., Med
ford. Locked Out The fire depart
ment sent two men to a trailer
house on North Central ave.
about 3 p.m. yesterday to make
entry for the owner who had
locked herself out. About 5:10
p.m. firemen were sent to the
residence of Mrs. Billie Smith,
524 North Bartlett st., to check
an overheated oil stove. No dam
age was reported.
Smoke Fills House Firemen
who answered a house fire alarm
4 fire had been built in an unfin
ished fireplace at the David
Kurtz home under construction
on Forest ave. They reported
that smoke came out and filled
vents and room and attic. There
apparently was no damage, ac
cording to the firemen who took
the rural pumper to the scene.
Emergency Landing City
firemen were called to stand
by with the rural pumper yes
terday about 1:35 p.m. when an
Air Force F-86 jet plane report
ed to the control tower that it
was coming in for an emergency
landing. The pilot, however,
notified the tower that the me
chanical trouble was under con
trol and the landing was made
without Incident.
File Claims Two mining
claims were filed in the Jackson
County recorder's office yester
day by W. P. Gammill, Hamilton
Ecker and Boyd Kline. The
claims, designated as KEG num
ber one, and KEG number two,
are in the Applegate-Missouri
Flat mining district, west of here.
The claims are in the same gen
eral location as one filed by the
trio Friday. No mineral was
stated in the claim.
At Sacred Heart Surgery pa
tients listed today at Sacred
Heart are Sam Naumes, 3, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E.
Naumes, 620 Oakdale dr.; Mrs.
Ida Haley, Crescent City, Calif.;
Harris Holsapple, Phoenix and
Ed ear Hamblin. Klamath Falls.
The medical patients reported
are . Donald Thompson, Grants
Pass; Alfred Hunziker, 719 Ben
nett St.; James O'Brien, Jack
sonville; Mark Spiegelberg, 6,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spie
gelberg, 204 Valley View dr.;
Hale Greenman, 2223 Aloha st.,
and Mrs. Jack Andrew, 877 Ross
lane.
Wednesday
Night,
Friday Niqht,
Personal
Injured at School Daniel
Zmimerlee, route 1, box 194,
Eagle Point, 12-year-old son of
M: and Mrs. Richard Zimmer
lee, lr at Community hospital af
ter receiving an arm fracture in
an accident at school, attendants
said today. '
Jail Driver Webb. Holland
Eurke, 38, box 92, Eagle Point,
was arrested and jailed by state
police on charges of driving
while under the influence of in
toxicating beverages. He was ar
rested late last night on Route
62 near Agate rd.
Runaway Boys Three Med
ford youths, age 13 and 14, who
left here yesterday afternoon,
were apprehended in Yreka,
Calif., early today by Siskiyou
county sheriff's officers, Med
ford police said today. Parents
of the runaway boys went to
Yreka today to bring them back
to Medford, police said.
Assume Business Name Gil
bert S. and Ruby Munden, 307
North Bartlett St., Medford, have
assumed the business name
"Valley Shade company" accord
ing to records in the county re
corder's office. The business
nam of "Daisy's Cafe" has been
cancelled by Elvin Edward and
Daisy L. Larson, 3522 North Pa
cific highway, Medford.
At Community Gary Ayres,
12, Eagle Point, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clinton Ayres, is a surgery
patient today at Community hos
pital: Others reported there to
day are Mrs. R. M. Swan, 927
Queen Anne ave., a medical pa
tient; Mrs. Bernard Gunn, route
2, box 248E, Medford, and Mrs.
Francis G. Hughes, route 1, box
369, both surgery patients.
Vacationing Mr. and Mrs.
Ira E. McDonald, 110 Lozier
lane, are vacationing in south
ern California. At Los Angeles
Pacific college, a Free Methodist
institution, they will visit Dr.
Robert Cox and family. Dr. Cox,
formerly minister of the Free
Methodist church here, is presi
dent of the college. The McDon
alds also will visit Catalina
island and San Diego.
Church Entered Medford
police reported that three rooms
in the basement of the First Bap
tist church, 142 North Central
ave., were entered and cabinets
broken into yesterday, but no
thing was reported missing. Po
lice said entrance was gained
either through a furnace room
door or an unlocked window fac
ing an alley. Miss Doris Emily
Ruth, 312 South Orange st, dis
covered the break-in, police said.
Condition "Fair" Robert W.
Johnson, 38, of 311 Kennet st,
is reported in 'fairly good" con
dition . at Community hospital
where -he .was admitted late
Tuesday afternoon. Medford am
bulance attendants reported that
Johnson was injured while
working in the woods near Pros
pect for the Burrell Logging
firm, when a log rolled down
hill and caught him against a
rock. He suffered a leg fracture,
according to the drivers who
brought him to the hospital.
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Portland Produce
Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail
ers: Grade AA large. 31c doz.; A large
49c doz.; AA medium. 49c doz.; A
medium. 48c doz.; A small, 42-4 4c
doz.: cartons. l-3c additional.
Butter To retailers: AA grade
prints, 66c lb.: cartons. 67c: A prints,
66c: cartons. 67c; B prints. 84c.
Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched
dar. Oregon singles, 42i-451'aC: 5-lb.
loaves. 461,i-481jc. Processed Ameri
can cheese. 5-lb. loaf, 392-41e lb.
Farm Market
Willamette valley wine rhubarb
sold 'off jobber's floors at S2.25-2.50
for 30 lbs. today; Willamette valley
cauliflower sold at mostly $2 a let
tuce crate at the East Side Farmers'
market; spinach, in surplus supply,
sold at 75-80 cents a dozen bunches.
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens To growers (No. 1
quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2'3 to
4 lbs., 26c lb., at farm. 25c: roasters,
26c. Portland, 25c ranch; light hens,,
18-19c; heavy hens, all wts.. 21-23C lb.;
old roosters. 12-14C lb.
Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to
retailers: Fryers. New York style. 40
41c lb.: whole drawn, 46-48c: cut-up,
51-53c 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-drawn, 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. 3s,i-4,i
lbs.. 21-23C up; 3-6 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 Livestock
Portland (U.P.) Cattle 250. Com
mercial and good steers $18.50-21;
good with odd choice 1105 lb. S22.50;
good-choice heifers S21.50; utility
commercial heifers mosUy $13-18;
canner-cutter cows S9.50-ll.50; few
S12; utility cows $12.50-14.50: com
mercial grades $15-16: utility-commercial
bulls S15-17.35; heavy bull $18.
Calves 50. Good-choice vealers $23
27: utility-commercial grades $14-22.
Hogs 250. Choice 180-235 lb. butch
ers $19.25-20.50; choice 1 lots above
S20; choice 240-290 lb. $17.75-19; few
150 lb. $18: choice 350-550 lb. sows
around $14.50-16.50. - '
Sheep 100. Good-choice wooled
lambs $17-17.50: choice grades up to
$18.50; utility to choice shorn ewes
$4-6.50.
Portland Cash Grain
Portland Prices as reported by the
TJSDA 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 deliverv
$54 ton; Portland delivery. $51: No. 2
Western barley. $53.50 ton f.o.b. Port
land Coast delivery; soybean meal
S87.50 ton. cars, prompt delivery Port
land: standard millrun. S45 ton cars,
prompt delivery Portland: No. 2 yel
low corn. $67.75 ton f.o.b. Portland.
Wholesale hay prices: Market
nominal.
Style Review A style re
view and luncheon will be held
Thursday, April 28, from 12
neon to 1 p.m., at the Jackson
hotel. Retail merchant women of
the city sponsor the event the
last Thursday in each month and
business women and out-of-town
shoppers in particular are in
vited, though the event is open
to all women interected. Reser
vations for the luncheon should
be made by calling the hotel,
telephone 2-6231.
TO OVERHAL LSTs
Portland (U.R),-r- The Navy
has assigned two LSTs which
have been in active Korean serv
ice for overhaul here during the
next two months.
RUMMAGE SALE!
"Bigger and Better Than Ever"
GUILD HALL
Thurs., April 28th -
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Wall Street
New York MR) Stocks lost
all of yesterday's gains in a sec
ond hour profit taking flurry to
day and spent the remainder of
the day recovering partially
from the lows.
Traders sought out issues be
lieved to be behind the general
price level. Tobaccos got a whirl
on reports of higher cigarette
sales. The cements moved ahead
on the big road building plans.
Dow-Jones Averages
Dow-Jones final stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 428.10, off
2.54; 20 railroads 160.35 off 1.19;
15 utilities 64.85 off 0.14, and
65 stocks 160.32, off 0.92.
Sales today were about 2,660,
000 shares compared with 2,720,
000 shares yesterday.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American T & T . 181V&
Anaconda .... 61 V
Chrysler '81Vz
Curtiss Wright ; 21V2
General Electric . 52
General Motors 9834
Montgomery Ward . 754
Penn. R. R 277-s
Penney, J.C. . 91V2
Radio 44
Southern Co. 20
Southern Pacific .". 604
S. Oil of Calif 80
Texas Gulf Sulphur 40
Transamerica .. '.. 41
Tri-Continental 26
United Aircraft 7434
U. S. Rubber 46
U. S. Steel . 87
Youngstown 80
Daily Weather Report
DATE April 27, 1953
Sunset tonight 7:06 p.m. Sunrise
tomorrow 3:11 a.m.
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Thickening
and lowering cloudiness tonight. Vari
able cloudiness with occasional light
showers mostly in mountains Thurs
day. Low tonight 33-35. High Thurs
day 55.
Western Oregon: Cloudy tonight
with rain along coast and over inter
ior of northern- half late tonight and
Thursday morning, clearing partially
with a few showers Thursday after
noon. A little warmer tonight. Low
tonight 32-40. High Thursday 50-58.
Northern California: Increasing
high cloudiness in north portion to
night, spreading southward Thurs
day. Light rain north of Ukiah and
Red Bluff Thursday.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
39: below normal 16.
Record high this date 93 In 1928.
Record low this date 27 in 1955.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night .06 in. Midnight to 10 a.m., none.
Total this month 69 in., .35 in. below
normal.
Total since Sept. 1, 8.28 inches,
7.17 inches below normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 38,
highest this a.m. 96.
CITY High Low Prec.
Brookings 51 34 .11
Crater Lake . 21 1 .34
Grants Pass 30 28 .10
Klamath Falls 36 17
MEDFORD 45 27 .04
Portland 51 35 .11
Seattle ... 53 34 .09
Spokane 45 28 .19
Yakima 51 30 .11
Eureka 48 35 .18
Red Bluff 57 33
Sacramento ....1 . . 60 39
San Francisco 56 38 .01
Lor- Angeles 62 47 .01
Phoenix 82 55
Denver 83 41
Chicago . . 66 45
Miami .. . 89 59
New York 48 45 .08
Washington, D.C. . 53 49 T
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Wednesday, April 27, 195S
Obituary
ELLA WILLIAMS
Graveside funeral services lor
Mrs. Ella Smith Williams, 84,
who died Monday, will be held
at Lakeview, Ore., Sunset cem
etery Friday at 2 p.m. Ashland
Mortuary is in charge of funeral
arrangements.
The decased was born July 11,
1870, in Covington, Ky. She
moved to Colville. Wash., when
she was a young woman, where
she was married on April 27,
1898, to Thomas H. Williams,
who 'preceded her in death in
1937. She has been a resident of
Oregon since 1918, living in
Portland and Lakeview, and
lived in Ashland since 1948.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Mrs. William P. Chisholm,
Ashland, and two grandchildren.
The family has requested that
friends omit flowers and instead
make a contribution to the Can
cer Fund.
BESSIE ROWAN
Funeral services for Mrs.
Bessie Ethel Rowan, who died in
a local hospital Tuesday, will be
conducted at 1:30 p.m. Friday in
Chapel Mortuary, with the Rev.
D. Kirkland West, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, of
ficiating. Interment will be in
Casper, Wyo.
The deceased was born in Fair
mont, Neb., on March 23, 1884.
She was married in September
of 1906 to Albert Gale Rowan,
who preceded her in death in
1941. She came to Medford seven
years ago, where she has made
her home with her son anl
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles C. Rowan, 1117 West
Eleventh st. She was a member
of the First Presbyterian church
of Medford.
Other survivors include a son,
Robert Gale, Fort Washakie,
Wyo.; two daughters, Mrs. Vera
M. Vots, Midwest, Wyo., and
Mrs. Grace Bloem, Douglas,
Wyo.; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth
Carr, Olympia, Wash, and Mrs.
Lillian West, Longmont, Colo.;
11 grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
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Notices
MYRA BIGHAM
Mrs. Myra Bigham, 66, died
last night at her home, Route 1,
Box 86, Eagle Point Conger
Morris funeral home is in charge
of funeral arrangements
CLARENCE DODGE
Funeral services are pending
at Chapel Mortuary for Clarence
Dodge, 53, of Talent, who died
in a local hospital today
THOR RAMSTEN
Remains of Thor V. Ramsten,
49, who died Saturday at the
V.A. Domiciliary, Camp White,
will be forwarded tonight by
Conger-Morris funeral home to
Portland for services and inter
ment in Willamette National
cemetery.
The deceased was born May
24, 1906, in Sweden, and was a
veteran of World War II, serving
from Nov. 3, 1942, to Nov. 16,
1945, as a private first class,
Medical Department. ,
Survivors include brother,
Carl, Portland.
ORRIE McGREW
Funeral services are pending
at Perl funeral home for Mrs.
Orrie McGrew, Phoenix, who
died at a local hospital today.
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On 1-4 H.P. M.W. Bench
Grinder with 2 grinding
wheels.
On 8V4" Mall Saw, en
extra blade in green
metal case.
On 15" and One 12"
Pip Wrnch '
These tools were taken
between March 18 and
April 25, 1955. If the
reader has been, ap
proached or has bought
either grinder or saw,
please get in touch with
LES GRAFFIS,
Gold Hill, Hwy. 99
Phone 5-9047
$25 Reward
for information leading
to recovery of these tools
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FAITH DOMERGUE RICHARD LONG
MARSHALL THOMPSON KATHLEEN HUGHES
Civil Service Exam
Scheduled for Positions
New civil service examina
tions for auditors, clerks and ac
countants, paying from $3,400 to
$10,800, and for agricultural
marketing specialist, paying $4,
205 to $9,600 in the Department
of Agriculture, were announced
todEy.
The U.S. Civil Service com
mission also announced contin
uing need for stenographers for
positions paying $2,750 to $3,175
a year, and typists for positions
paying $2,750 to $2,950 a year.
Vacancies exist in various fede
ral agencies in the Washington,
D. C, area.
Further information and ap
plication forms may be obtained
at the civil service office in the
Medford post office building.
Salem (U.R) The House yes
terday passed a resolution con
gratulating the U.S. Forest
Service on the agency's 50th. an
niversary. The resolution wu
sent to the Senate.
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