I Local and
' Improved Mrs. Ray C.
Jones, 1992 Table Rock rd., who
suffered a compound ankle frac
ture' at her home about two
weeks ago, is reported to be im
proved. At Meeting Dr. Mary Jane
Fowler is in Portland to attend
the 39th annual meeting of the
Pacific Coast Otoophthalrnolo
gical society. She will return to
Medford Friday.
Emergency Operation Mrs.
Tairman Connell, Gold Hill,
underwent an emergency appen
dectomy early this morning at
Osteopathic hospital, the hospit
al reported.
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Plan Supper A potluck sup
per will be served at 6:30 p.m.
"Wednesday, May 18, at Moose
hall, 11 Newtown st. A routine
meeting of Loyal Order of Moose
will follow at 8 p.m.
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Legion Meeting A special
meeting for American Legion
Post 15 has been called for today
at 8 p.m., for the purpose of
electing officers. The meeting
will be held at 531 South River
side ave.
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File Placer Claim Lloyd
arid Capitola Pence have filed a
mining placer claim, known as
Capitol A, in the Jackson county
recorder's office. The claim is
for 10 acres just west of Jack
sonville. Lloyd Pence listed his
address as route 1, Jacksonville.
Visiting Day Phoenix Grade
school visiting, day for all poten
tial first graders for next year
will be held at the school Friday,
May 20, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Par
ents should take their children
and leave them at the school at
1 p.m., and return for them at
2:30 p.m.
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Brainerds Back From
Photographic Session
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Brainerd,
226 Valley View dr., returned
home last week end after attend
ing the Pacific Northwest Photo
graphic convention . and trade
show in Portland.
En route nome they visited
Mrs. Brainerd's mother, Mrs. R.
W. Swartsley, in Salem, and
brought her to Medford with
them for a visit. She will also
visit with her son and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Joye Swartsley, 1150
Janes rd. Also visiting here this
week are Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Swartsley, Salem. He is the
brother of Joye Swartsley and
Mrs. Brainerd.
The Brainerds, who will open
their new studio and camera shop
at 120 East Main st. in August,
purchased fixtures and equip
ment for the shop while in Port
land, and took courses under ex
perts in portrait and press photography.
Guild to Matt Providence
guild will meet Thursday, May
19, at 10 a.m. in the social room
of Sacred Heart hospital to sew.
At 2 p.m. guild members will as
sist in the chest x-ray depart
ment. Slight Accident Vehicles
operated by Lloyd Charles Mo
Adams, 39, Fourth st., Ashland,
and Donald Damon Jackmon,
general delivery, Gold Hill, col
lided at the intersection of Ninth
st. and South Central ave. yester
day afternoon, city police said.
No citations were issued.
Trade Council The next
meeting of the Medford Building
and Construction Trades council
will be held Wednesday, May 18,
at 8 p.m., at 24Vi South Grape
st., according to Alvin D. York,
secretary.
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To Lake Tahoa Mrs. M. E.
(Lottie) Ransdell, Medford. will
leave this week for Lake Tahoe
where she will be for the sum
mer as manager for the Sky
Blue Water resort. En route she
will visit at Reno, Nev., with Mr.
and Mrs. Vincent Gianella, and
Mrs. Robert Callahan, the form
er Miss Catherine Gianella of
Ashland, now of Callahan Ranch,
Nev.
BIRTHS
HARRIS To Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen, route 1, box 569, Cen
1ral Point, H"" 17, 1955. a girl,
8 pounds at Community hospi
tal. DRIVER INJURED
Henry J. Forsythe, 43, Ash
land, suffered a broken right
arm last night when the car he
was driving struck the rear of a
lumber 'truck going up Billings
hill just north of Ashland, state
police said. Driver of the truck
was Clinton Richard Phelps,
1337 South Peach st., Medford.
Officers said the car was demol
ished, and Forsythe was taken
to the Ashland hospital for ob
servation and treatment.
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Ashland Furniture
Man Dies Suddenly
Ashland A. J. Powell, a well
known furniture dealer here,
died apparently from a heart at
tack while at work in his store
yesterday morning.
Mr. Powell has been under
treatment for a heart ailment for
some time.
Litwiller Funeral home is in
charge of funeral arrangements.
Food Sale The Griffin Creek
Grange will hold a baked food
sale at the Home Appliance com
pany, 115 East Main st., on Sat
urday, May 21. Breads, cakes and
cookies will be available.
Mothers to Meet Blue Star
Mothers, Chapter 2, will meet
Thursday, May 19, at 2 p.m. in
Carpenters' hall, West Main st.
Mrs. Helen Watson, chairman of
the Daisy sale to be held May 20
and 21, said final plans will be
made for the sale and workers
are needed. Department conven
tion reports will be given.
In Hospital Louise McGee,
13-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William McGee, route 2,
box 100, Central Point, is a pa
tient at Community hospital fol
lowing an emergency appendec
tomy yesterday afternoon, the
hospital stated this morning. An
other surgery patient is Mrs.
Donald Wells, 427 Haven st.
To Eugene Miss Doris Hick
son, personnel manager for the
F. W. Woolworth company here,
left last week for Eugene where
she is assisting in opening of a
self-service store there.
Theft Reported Leonard T.
Howe has reported theft of a
cash box containing about 60
cents from a soft drink machine
at a local Standard Service sta
tion, according to records in the
sheriff's office. About $30 dam
age was caused by removal of
the cash box, the report said.
Minor Accident George
Harrison Schwieger, 1940 Or
chard Home dr., Medford, and
Emma Minniehaha Collingwood,
box 11, Shady Cove, were opera
tors of vehicles which collided at
North Fir and Third sts. Sun
day, police reported. Vehicles
driven by Edwin Warner Cross,
1375 Stewart ave., Medford, and
Fr'ancis Daniel Murphy, 735 West
!4th st., Medford, collided on
Stewart ave., at South Newton
st., Sunday. Police said citations
were issued to Cross for follow
ing too close, to Murphy for
having no operator's license, and
to the registered owner of the
car, John Joseph Murphy, 735
West 14th st., Medford, for al
lowing an unlicensed person to
operate a motor vehicle.
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK
Portland (U.P.) Cattle 200. Aver
age choice 1035-1120 lb. fed steers $23
23.50: utility-commercial $13-16.75;
utility cows S13-14.25; canners-cut-ters
$10-12.50; utility-commercial bulls
$15-17.
Calves 50. Good-choice vealers $23
25: utility-commercial S14-17: around
365 lb. commercial calves $14.
Hogs 250. Choice 1 and 2 barrows
and gilts 180-230 lbs. $19.50-20: some
$10.50; occasional 170 lbs: $18.50.
Sheep 900. Market not established.
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Youngster Injured
When Hit by Auto
Richard James Templeton, 8-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs.
Glen H. Templeton, 716 Cedar
st., Medford, was treated and
released at Community hospital
late yesterday afternoon after he
was struck by a car operated
by James Alvro Minor, 829 Tay
lor st., Medford. j
The boy was taken to Com-!
munity hospital by Medford am
bulance for treatment of a hip
injury.
Medford police said Minor
was cited for failure to yield
right of way to a pedestrian
and for having an expired op
erator's license.
The accident occurred as Mi
nor was traveling west on West
Jackson st. Richard, police said,
ran into the street in front of
the approaching vehicle.
Wall Street
New York (U.R) The stock
market resisted pressure today
and for a time the whole list
moved higher.
Profit taking developed again
toward closing. It brought m-ices
down from their highs and lower
m some sections.
Southern Railway stood out as
the strong spot in the carrier
section and helped offset a 3
point decline in Union Pacific.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
Dow-Jones final stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 414.12 off
0.89; 20 railroads 154.45 off 0.25;
15 utilities 63.47 off 0.11, and 65
stocks 155.20 off 0.31.
Sales today were about 1,900,
000 shares compared with 2,160,
000 shares yesterday.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American T & T 183 Vi
Anaconda 5914
Chrysler . 46
Curtiss Wright 20 Vi
General Electric . 50Vs
General Motors 93
Montgomery Ward .. 76
Penn. R. R .. 26 Vs
Penney, J. C. 1934
Radio 45
Southern Co 20
Southern Pacific .. 58
S. Oil of Calif 76
Texas Gulf Sulphur 40
Transamerica 40V2
Tri-Continental 25'4
United Aircraft 66
U. S. Rubber 44
U. S. Steel 8OV2
Youngstown 72
PORTLAND CASH GRAIN
Portland Prices as reported by the
USDA market news service: Wheat
No. 2 soft white, $81 a ton bulk,
prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland. No. 2
white oats 38 lb. test Coast delivery
S54-56 ton; Portland delivery. $51-52c;
No. 2 Western barley. $55.50-56 ton
f.o.b Portland Coast delivery: soybean
meal. $81 ton. cars prompt delivery
Portland: standard millrun. $47.50-48,
cars, yellow corn, $69.75 ton f.o.b.
Portland.
PORTLAND PRODUCE
Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail
ers: Grade AA large. 50-51c doz.; A
large 48-49c; AA medium 47-48c doE.;
A small, 40-44c doz.; cartons lc to 3c
additional.
Butter To ' retailers: AA grade
prints 65c lb.; cartons 66c: A prints
65c. cartons 66c; B prints 63c.
Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched
dar, Oregon singles 42,i to 450; 5
lb. loaves 461-i-491ic. Processed Amer
ican cheese S-lb. loaf. 39-41c lb. .
Farm Market
Top quality California strawberries
were short of the full demand today
with best selling at $4-4.25 and fair
to poor at S2.75-3.75;. top cauliflower
and Willamette valley mustard greens
in short supply; cauliflower quoted at
$2 a flat top to retailers. ,
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens To growers (No. 1
quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2 to
4 lbs., 27c lb. at farm. 26-27c: roasters,
27c PorUand. 26-27c ranch: light hens,
19-20c: heavy hens, all wts.. 23-24c
lb.: old roosters. 12-14c lb.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to
retailers: Fryers. New York style, 37-.
38c lb.; whole drawn, 47-49c; cut-up,
51-54c lb.; roasters. N.Y. style. 3B-40c;
hens, light type, New York style, 31
32c; cut-ups, 43-48c; hens, heavy type,
N. Y. style, 34-35c; whole-drawn, 44
4c 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. .2 1-2 3c up; S-6 lbs.. 17-l9c; colored
pelts 4c under; old does, 10-12c lb.; a
few higher. Fresh dressed fryers to
retailers, 57-80c. cut-up, 62-65c.
Daily Weather Report
DATE May IT, 1955
Sunset tonight 7:27 p.m. Sunns to
morrow 4:47 a.m. v
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Partly eloudy
tonight and Wednesday morning, be
coming cloudy with a few showers
late Wednesday. Cooler tonight. Low
near 35: high Wednesday 67.
Western Oregon: Cloudy tonight and
Wednesday, a few showers Wednes
day afternoon. Low tonight 42-48;
high Wednesday 55-65. .
Northern California Fair tonight
and Wednesday, except occasional
cloudiness in extreme north. Patches
of morning fog near coast. Slowly ris
ing daytime temperatures.
Five-day forecast, through Sunday:
Western Oregon: Recurring showers
with total precipitation averaging 'a
to 1 inch. Temperatures averaging be
low normal with highs mostly 55-65;
lows' 40-50.
Northern California: No precipita
tion except occasional light rain ex
treme north latter part of week. Tem
peratures near normal.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
47; below normal 12.
Record high this date 94 in 1954.
Record low this date 33 in 1943.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night .03 in. Midnight to 10 a.m., .01 in.
Total this month .15 in.. .49 in. be
low normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 68.
highest this a.m. 96.
CITY- High Low Prec.
Brookings 53 48 .12
Crater Lake 40 2 05
Grants Pass 60 48 .16
Klamath Falls 52 40
MEDFORD 56 48 .04
Portland 38 31 .11
SeatUe :. 56 30
Spokane 36 43 .18
Yakima 54 47 .10
Eureka 55 49
Red Bluff 76 56
Sacramento 77 S3 ,
San Francisco 64 48
Los Angeles 73 56
Phoenix 83 55
Denver 65 34 .12
Chicago . 78 46
Miami .... 85 71 .02
New York 80 48 T
Washington. D.C. 76 56
Tuesday. May 17. 1953
Obituary
HARRY WHITNEY
- Funeral services for Harry C.
Whitney, 69, who died at his
home in Jacksonville Sunday,
will be held in Conger - Morris
chapel Wednesday at 1 p.m. with
the Rev. William C. Piper of the
First Christian church officiat
ing. Committal will be in Log
town cemetery.
Pall bearers will include Wal
ter Scholer, Charlie Schultz, Dee
Adams, John Burns, Jim Law
rence, Albert Collings, Lloyd
McKee, Walter Armpriest, Paul
Pearce and Leo Young.
The deceased was born in
Drain, Ore., Dec. 3, 1885, and
worked for many years as a
miner. On Jan. 4, 1922, at Yre
ka. Calif., he was married to
Pearl Winningham, who sur
vives. In 1930 he came to Jack
sonville and remained active in
mining until his death. During
World War II, he was said to be
the only one who shipped chrome
ore from Jackson county, and in
1944 and 1945 he was employed
by the U. S. Bureau of Mines.
He was a member of the Upper
Applegate Grange.
Surviving, besides his wife,
are five children, Loyd. Mrs.
Ralph Lawrence, Mrs. Charles
Young, and Mrs. O. J. Fisher, all
of Jacksonville, and Mark Smith,
Medford; two brothers, Walter
and Louis Whitney, Jacksonvil
le; a sister, Mrs. V. E. Walton,
Burbank, Calif.; nine grand
children, one great-granddaughter,
three nieces and one nephew.
ARIE HAINES
Mrs. Arie A. Haines, 78, died
today in a local hospital. Conger-Morris
funeral home is in
charge of funeral arrangements.
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Notices
EHNEST TRIPP
Remains of Ernest J. Tripp,
55, who died Sunday at Camp
White, will be forwarded to
morrow night to Colorado
Springs, Colo., for services and
interment. Conger - Morris fune
ral home is in charge of arrange
ments. '
The deceased was born Sept.
23, 1899, in Browning, Mo., and
was a veteran of World War II,
serving from Aug. 25, 1942, to
April 12, 1943, as a private in
the 912th Quartermaster Com
pany.
Survivors include a brother,
Harvey W., Rifle, Colo.
CHARLES HOLTMAN
Funeral services for Charles
J. Holtman, 61, who died Sun
day, will be held in Camp White
chapel Wednesday at 9 a.m. with
Chaplain Lawrence Eskay offi
ciating. Committal will be in
Camp White cemetery, with Conger-Morris
funeral home in
charge of funeral arrangements'.
The deceased was born Nov.
11, 1893, in New York City, and
was a veteran of World War I,
serving from Sept. 1, 1917, to
July 22, 1920, as Pfc, Co. "D",
9th Machine Gun Battalion.
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