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TEH MEDfORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. May 18. 1953 Schedule of Vaccinae Shots To Start CJere onday; Tomes Told First and second grade pupils from six Jackson county schools will receive Salk anti-polio vac cinations Monday, May 23. The first shots will be given at Oak Grove school starting at about 8:45 a.m. Griffin Creek students will receive their vac cinations starting at 9 a.m., and Jacksonville pupils will be im munized starting at 9:15 a.m. First Medford first and second graders to receive the Salk vac cinations will be those at Lin coln school, where the shots also are slated for Monday. Also In Ashland Monday inoculations will be given to first and second graders at both Briscoe and Walker schools in Ashland. The Tuesday, May 24, sched ule includes pupils at St. Mary's school in Medford, and at Bell view and Lincoln schools in Ash land. Pupils from 10 schools will come to the courthouse in Med ford Tuesday to receive inocula tions. Their schedule is: 9:15 a.m., Rogue River and Rogue River academy; 9:30 a.m., West Side, 10 a.m., Applegate, Ruch, and Evans Valley; 10:15 a.m., Sams Valley; 10:30 a.m., Elk- Trail; 11 a.m.. Prospect; 11:15 a.m., Butte Falls. Wednesday, May 25, inocula tions will be given at Jackson schools. The Thursday, May 26, sched ule includes first and second graders at Medford'S Washington school, Talen, and Phoenix. In Central Point Pupils from six schools will receive inoculations at Central Point Thursday. Their schedule is: 8:45 a.m.. Central Point; 9:15 a.m., Lone Pine; 9:30 a.m., Gold Hill; 10 a.m., Shady Cove; 10:15 a.m.. Eagle Point; 10:30 a.m., Howard. Friday, May 27, the inocula tions will be given at Medford s Roosevelt school. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer, said make-up clinics will not be held during the week of inoculations. He said an announcement will be made when a make-up schedule is arranged. Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L. Patterson has signed Senate bill 489 providing for the hospitali zation and rehabilitation of per sons addicted to habit-forming narcotic drugs. Youthful Killer Comic Book Fan Oakland. Calif. (U.R) The 14-year-old boy who admitted killing a playmate half his age with a hatchet and a knife, has told authorities he was an avid reader of "horror" comic books. The youth, David Drew, told Dr. Douglas Kelley, University of California psychiatrist, that he liked to read comic books "that depict torture and throw ing people off cliffs." The slaying took place Tues day afternoon, when the youth was helping 7-year-old Stanley R. Frank Jr., and another 8-year-old build a fort in a ravine. The 8-year-old went home for dinner time, but Stanley did not. Not Legally Insane David said he accidentally struck Stanley with an axe and then an "urge" came over him that resulted in his stabbing the younger boy four times with a hunting knife. Kelley reported to Alameda County District Attorney J. Frank Coakley that David was not legally insane. Coakley said he is consider ing one of three steps: Seeking the youth's commitment to a state institution; prosecuting the case as a juvenile matter; or ask ing a formal indictment of mur der. An autopsy fixed the hatchet blow as the cause of death. Trailer-on-Flat Car Service to NW Planned San Francisco Plans for "trailer on a flat car" service be tween California and the Pacific northwest have been announced here by the Santa Fe railway. The plan, which will permit shipment of freight by truck trailers, which will then be car ried by train to the destination, and then used as trailers again to deliver their cargoes, is being undertaken in cooperation with the Great Northern and Western Pacific railroads. Gene Symonds' Body Arrives in Home Town Dayton, O- (U.R) The body of Gene Symonds, United Press manager for Southeast Asia who was killed in Singapore by riot ing Chinese students, arrives here today by plane. Symonds' body will be taken to the Hoyne funeral home for services. Final arrangements have not been disclosed by his nearest relatives here, an uncle, Harold M. Moore, and his step mother, Mrs. Delia M. Symonds. Symonds, 29, was beaten fa tally May 13 when he stopped his car at a police" roadblock in Singapore during a Commun ist inspired demonstration. A mob of rioting students dragged him from the car and stoned and clubbed him into uncon sciousness. He died a short time later at a hospital without re gaining consciousness. Foul Play Hinfed In Eugene Death Eugene (U.R) County Cor oner Fred Buell said today that Mrs. Joan C. Shaw, 51, who was found dead here Tuesday night, could have met with foul play, but that examination into the cause of her death was not com plete. Mrs. Shaw, the mother of three teenaged daughters,' had suffer ed head wounds that could have been caused by a fall or being struck by a heavy object. Police Chief Vern Hill said. The coroner reported she could have been dead several days when her daughter, Darlene, 19, and her son-in-law, Gerald E. Mack, discovered her body Tues day night. The pair had tried to call Mrs. Shaw on the telephone for seve ral days and became alarmed when she didn't answer. They visited her home just south of here and found the body. MUSKRAT PATROL Springfield, Mass. (U.R) ' Police Sgt. Edmund Harrington and Patrolman Gerarl Cote cor nered a neighborhood terrorizer and beat it to death in a door way. A city garbage truck cart ed the dead muskrat away. Worker Electrocuted At Diamond Lake Klamath Falls (U.R) John Hopkins, 37, of Pasadena, Calif., ! was electrocuted at 3:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon when a power shovel he was operating at Diamond lake 100 miles north of here came in contact with high tension wires. Hopkins was employed by the Morrison- Knudson company at Lemota Falls dam number 1 wnere the accident occurred. He was killed instantly. Pendleton Receives School Bomb Threat Pendleton (U.R) Pendle ton received its first reported bomb threat yesterday afternoon. A student at Lincoln grade school found a note on the floor of a rest room which said: "This bathroom will be blown up by a bomb at 3 o'clock." The note was turned over to the principal and the school was closed by 3:50 p.m. The students were sent home. Police Chief Ralph Bond said the building was searched thor oughly but no explosives were found. He said the note was written in a juvenile manner. Grand Coulee Dam " Road Closed To Cars Coulee Dam, Wash. (U.R) The road across Grand Coulee Dam has been closed to vehicle traffic on order of Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay, the security guard at the dam said today. A guard spokesman said he "understood" the closure came ' as a security measure." He said the dam remained open to foot traffic during daylight hours. No traffic ever has been allowed across the dam at night. The road across the dam was closed all during World War II and for a time during the Korean war. The spokesman said the or der restricting traffic across the dam had not affected guided tours through the dam'a power house. Traffic which formerly used the dam has been switched to a highway bridge a quarter of a mile downstream. UNVITAL STATISTIC Omaha, Neb. (U.R) Sta tisticians here have figured out that average Omaha motorists each year waits a total of one day and six hours, or 2i hours a month, for traffic lights to change. Lane County Vaccine j Program Starts Monday I Eugene : (U.R) Lane county Salk vaccine program will get' underway Monday with as many' as 9,200 first through fourth gra-j ders scheduled, to receive theirj first shot. County health authorities re4 ported they are requiring new? consent slips from parents, but that less than 10 per cent of parents had changed their minds and withdrawn permission for polio shots. Lane county was one of the test counties in last year's polio vaccine trials, and has supplies enough to inoculate children, through the fourth grade. I . i Ex-Convict Convicted Of Portland Robbery I - Portland (U.R) Andrew Taylor, 38, a Los Angeles, Calif.; . ex-convict, accused of shooting at Portland Police Chief Jim Purcell and two detectives last February following a holdup, -was convicted of armed robbery in Circuit Court here yesterday. Still pending is a charge of assault with intent to kill grow ing out of the gunplay that put a bullet through the chief's top coat. Sentencing has been set for Monday. 842 SISKIYOU BOULEVARD - PHONE 7041 Open 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. - Seven Days a Week LnoiiiJ iMMMC Wt IVC fc. hSutlol YOUR ASHLAND HEADQUARTERS FOR PICNIC SUPPLIES - PLUS - COMPLETE BEER & WINE SELECTION DRAWING 4 P.M. SATURDAY For 14 Cup Percolator Nothing to buy No need to bo present GUY LOW BAR DO k AND HIS ROYAnMDIANS mw m TV tomaA NEW MUSICAL TREAly KBES-TV :30 p.m. - TONIGHT STANDBY GREEN BEANS 5 b 1.00 STANDBY PURE STRAWBERRY PRESERVES 12-oz. Size 4,1.00 GARDEN FRESH IFraU LTLTS y EGLTLTAB11ES CHOICE SELECTION Arizona White GRAPEFRUIT 59' E lb. bag............. O SNOBOY LETTUCE SNOBOY ORANGES Golden Juicy K(5) 5 lb. cello bag 3) V OPEN 8:00 to 8:00 - 7 Days a Week GRADE A CHUCK Beef Roasts lb. 45 LEAN SLICED DACOn.. .... lb. 45c YOUNG, TENDER PAN READY FRYERS , lb. 5c GRADE A BEEF niD STEMS .... .....lb. 43c FRESH, LEAN - ALL MEAT GROUND DEEF 3 lbs. $1.00 Custom Work Call 2-6466 Killing Cutting f Wrapping r Curing Also . . . QUICK FREEZING WEEKEND SPECIALS AT THE IBdDHJLIEVmilD Meatt MfflirJkeTt 842 Siskiyou Boulevard Al Athanas 117 S. CENTRAL PHONE 2-6241 lGWMrv EXTRA - BIG PRICE CUTS NOW HURRY! SAVE-ON HOME NEEDS CHECK EVERY ITEM FLOOR TILE REG 10c Odd lots of Plastic and Linoleum Tile. Reduced to clear. ta. 3c 8x8 FT. RUG WAS 63.60 1 Only Leaf Design in Rose. Ward "Tonelle" Axminster. Long-wearing. 37.77 BEDROOM SUITE WAS 384.95 Rich Mahogany Veneers. Includes Bookcase, Headboard, Dresser AO CJi ROTARY POWER MOWER REG. 77.50 18 in. cutting width. Clirfton 1.6 H.P. r engine. Sure starting. Dependable ; CO ft ft power. 3 only. 3700 JOINTER-PLANER WAS 49.95 Powr-Kraft, 4V4 in. model. Balanced cutter head with 3 blades. JP 77 Fence tilts 45 either direction. 03 A and Chest. LEATHER TOP TABLES REG. 64.95 Hallmark Wards Finest Quality. Coffee or Steptable. Heavy construe- 77 WW M RUBBISH BURNER REG. 4.45 24 Gal. size. For quick disposal of trash, papers, in. perforations. Black finish. tion. Mahogany veneers. SEAT COVERS WERE 23.95 to 29.95 Deluxe quality "Saran" Plastic Ready- Blue, Green, Maroon Plaid, 77 made Stripes. SEWING MACHINE WAS 217.95 Rotary Reversible Head. Doubles 179.77 as an Attractive Desk. Ample working room. COLD PACK CANNER WAS 3.79 20 qt. polished aluminum. Holds 7 pts. or 7 qts. standard size jars. 4 77- Removable rack. MM , SEE THESE SAVINGS SAVE-BUILDING NEEDS PORTABLE RADIO REG. 31.95 Lightweight Airline 3-Way Radio. 4 Tubes plus Selenium Rectifier. Pm. Speaker. 25.77 SHAKE PAINT REG. 20.45, 25.45 Wards Super Quality Oil Paint especially designed for shakes, shingles, CHAIRSIDE RADIO-PHONO, WAS 149.95 Finest quality mahogany cabinet, with genuine leather top. 5-Tube Superhet "jr Radio. 3 -Speed Player. , rough siding. 6 colors. $ Gal. 15.77, 19.77 SOFA WAS 229.95 Traditional styling. Rich brown damask cover. Tufted back. 1 only 179.77 SCREEN DOOR REG. 10.95 3'0"x6'9" size only. 4 panel. Kiln-dried fj pine. lH-in. thick. Heavy ga. galv. screen. e PLASTIC TILE REG. 48c Marbelized Peach. We are overstocked. 07' . Buy now and save. Sq. Ft. W W COFFEE TABLE WAS 24.95 Genuine leather top. Mahogany finish hardwood. Buy now and save. Ie M , LIGHT FIXTURES Large group of discontinued styles. Includes Bedroom, Livingroom, Kitchen Fixtures. Vz off PRICES SET SHARPLY SAVE-SPORTING GOODS BARBECUE GRILL WAS 52.50 With 2 chafing dishes, spit. Ol 77 Large fire box. Built-in blower. W"Fe j ... REBUILT MOTORS REDUCED '39-'41 Mercury, '38-'39 Ply., '39-'42 FREE Dodge, '39-41 DeSoto, '46-'50 Chrysler. INSTALLATION V4 DRILL REG. 12.95 Light duty. Ideal for home work shops. y No load speed 1600 RPM. i LAWN SPREADER WAS 4.45 Attaches to any 16 to 19 in. hand mower. 4 77 For seeding or fertilizing. JmM M4 SLEEPING BAG REG. 29.95 5 lb. 1 00 wool, water repellent poplin cover. Full length zipper. lO 77 Flannel lining., ",I7. M , FLY RODS WERE 16.95 to 21.95 Choos. from an assortment of fine 11 77 quality rods. Various lengths. m SPINNING REEL WAS 12.95 Spinster model 315. Stainless steel. bail. "JF Holds 200 yds. of line. Only 3. , FISHING FLIES REDUCED From our regular stock of 15c to 29c group, Large selection from which to choose. 11c and 17c