Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 26, 1955, Image 15

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Cancel Practice Olive Re bekah lodge degree staff will not practice tonight, it was an nounced this morning, due to a conflict in schedules at the IOOF lodge hall. The practice has been re-scheduled for June 2 at 7:30 p.m. From Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gist, 558 Haven st., returned the first of the week from Roseville, Calif., where they vacationed for two weeks. They visited their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Hull and children. ENDS TONITE! BIG 3 UNIT SHOW fcnorit MAIN Percy 'KILBRIDE Robert V V, w k QUINN JCHICtU Paul Douglas in "THE FINAL TWIST" SHOW STARTS 8 P.M. TOMORROW! mm (ID 2ND GREAT HIT! SHIELD H News & Color Cartoon r DART (DIE EVERY SAT. NIGHT To the Music of . . . JIM MEBCE. And His New Popular Orchestra JacCtson MeD 9 P.M. To 1 A.M. Admission $1.50 Per Couple With High School or College Student Body Cards . . $1.00 Per Couple All Stags . . . 75c (Tax Included) Personal From Monrovia Vacation ing this week at the Rogue River ledge are Mrs. Doris Warner and Mrs. V. I. Dippo, both of Monrovia, Calif. CAP Meeting Postponed There will be no meeting of the senior members of the Medford squadron of the Civil Air patrol May 27, Friday night, due to the Memorial day holidays. Flue Blaze Medford fire men reported a flue fire about 6:40 a.m. today at the C. M. McGinty home 1805 Roberts rd. The rural pumper truck was dispatched. To Remodel A building per mit was issued Tuesday to Med ford Ice and Storage company, 507 South Fir St., for $4,000 worth of remodeling and repair ing of a packing house. Chimney Fire Central Point rural firemen were sum moned to a flue fire at the Dan Patch residence at route 2, box 375, Medford, off Merriman rd., about 6:50 p.m. yesterday. They reported no damage. Swingin' Bees The Swingin' Bees square dance group will hold a dance Saturday from 8:30 p.rrf. to midnight at 40 North Riverside ave., with Minnie Rob ertson calling. AH square danc ers are invited. Refreshments will be potluck style. Townsend Club A potluck dinner, business session and pro gram are planned by members of the Townsend club for Friday, May 27, in the Pythian building, Fifth and Grape sts. The public is invited and the dinner will be served between 5:30 and 7 p.m. Dancing also will be a diversion. Cemetery Group Election of officers "will be held by mem bers of the Antioch cemetery as sociation during an annual meet ing Monday, May 30, at 1:30 p.m. The present officers are J. W. Bigham, chairman, Mrs. George A. Loftin and Marshall Sweet. Newt of Death Mrs. O. G Murray, a former Medford resi dent and member of an early day Medford family, died May 19 at Olympia, Wash., friends here have been informed. She is the former Miss Fay Sears and at one time was secretary of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. To Meeting Mrs. R. E. Car ley, Sams Valley, will leave Fri day for Eugene to attend the Northwest Federation of Stamp clubs 15th Pacific International Philatelic exhibition at the Eu gene hotel. The meeting will be held Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Carley is a delegate from the Camp White Stamp club. She plans to exhibit 20 frames of her stamp collection of Korea and "the Bible story on Stamps." Lodge Opens Mrs. Montana Gilhousen returned this week from Eugene where she has been for the winter and she will re open the Rogue River lodge and lounge Saturday, May 28. Sum mer cabins at the lodge also are available. Renovation is now be ing done. The dining room will be open week days from 5:30 p.m., and on Sundays and holi days from 2 p.m. Condition Satisfactory The condition of E. C. Ferguson, managing editor of The Mail Tribune who is hospitalized in Portland, was satisfactory this morning, according to word sent to friends here. He is undergoing a series of diagnostic tests and treatment He is at Good Samari tan hospital, not Providence, as was incorrectly reported yester day. CARD OF THANKS Our heartfelt thanks ta all who extended comforting sympathy and help in our recent lorrow. For the beautiful service, floral offerings, and other kindnesses, we are deeply grate- fUl Mr. and Mrs. Mary Langston and family, . . William E. Miller and family. Surgery 'Patient Mrs. E. A. Wolff, 208 Summit st., is conva lescing at Osteopathic hospital from emergency appendectomy yesterday. J-ville Joes and Janes ' A square dance session is planned for Friday, May 27, at 8 p.m., at the Jacksonville Community hall. J-ville Joes and Janes Square Dance club will sponsor the event to which all square dancers interested are invited. Granddaughter Born Mr. and Mrs. James Gates of Bir mingham, Ala., are parents of a daughter, Katherine Ann, born May 8. Mrs. Gates is a daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. Don Pillar, 420 li North Grape st. - Assume Name A business operated by Betty Buck, 1112 North Riverside ave., has as sumed the name "The Pink Poodle." according to records in -Jackson county recorder's of fice. Retire Name Winifred Van Galder and A. Rea Forbes have retired the assumed business name, "Central Ceramic Stu dio," according to records in the Jackson county recorder's office. Head Injury W. E. Chaffee, 58, route 1, box 36, Gold Hill, was admitted about 9 a.m. today at Osteopathic hospital because of a head injury which he re ceived in a fall, hospital attend ants reported. According to a report from the Medford am bulance attendants who took him to the hospital he tripped over a rail on the railway track and hit his head on another rail. The accident occurred near the Ideal Cement plant. , . Driver Injured Mrs. Bev erly June Tudor, 211 Vancouv er ave., received facial and knee injuries yesterday in an auto mobile accident in front of 107 Crater Lake ave., accprding to city police. Mrs. Tudor was the driver of a car involved in a collision with a vehicle operated by Michele T.. Rossi, 115 Crater Lake ave. There were no cita tions, and Mrs. Tudor; was tak en to Community hospital by her husband, Dale Tudor. News of Death News of the unexpected death May 21 of Mrs. Iva Purdin Schueler at Phoenix, Ariz., has been receiv ed by relatives here. Mrs. Schue ler was a daughter of the late Mahlon Purdin, an early settler in Jackson county. She attended Medford schools and Southern Oreeon Normal school. She is survived by her husband, Louis E. Schueler, and a daughter, Mrs. Kathryn Leighty, both ot Phoenix; a sister, Mrs. Mary Purdin Sander."" and a brother, Fred Purdin, both of Medford, and other relatives. DAILY WEATHER REPORT DATE May 26, 1955 Sunset tonight 7:36 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 4:40 a.m. Medford and vicinity Generally cloudv with occasional light rain through Friday. Mild temperatures. Low tonight 48. High Friday 70. Western Oregon Mostly cloudy with a few showers tonight. Partly cloudy friday with a few scattered showers inland, mostly cloudy along coast. Low tonight 40-45. Warmer in interior Fri dav with high 60-70. High on coast 60. Northern California: Generally fair through Friday night except a little rain in northern mountains this eve ning. Considerable fog and low clouds ight and morning hours. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 53: below normal 8. Record high this date 90 in 1952. Record low this date 32 in 1922. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night .01 in. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month .18 in.. .80 in. be low normal. Total since Sept. 1, 8.81 inches, 7.77 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 45, highest this a.m., 93. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 56 46 Crater Lake 39 28 .07 Grants Pass 65 43 T Klamath Falls 57 38 MEDFORD 62 48 .01 Portland 58 49 .02 Seattle 57 45 .02 Spokane 67 37 .02 Yakima 67 40 Eureka 54 47 T Red Bluff 83 56 Sacramento 84 50 San Francisco 72 49 Los Angeles 67 57 Phoenix 80 64 Denver 65 44 .39 Chicago . 58 46 VISIT THE RODEO' GRANTS PASS May 28 29 -SEE- J. SISSLER end His Australian Shepherds in a Special Act as shewn at Madison Square Garden And Other ATTRACTIONS SAT. NITE ONLY Jackson County Posse Precision Drill Sponsored 'by JOSEPHINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S POSSE News About Servicemen VISITING PARENTS Master Sgt. Stanley J. Gier, who is serving with the Air Force, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman J. Gier, Phoe nix. He will leave soon for over seas assignment to Goofe Bay, Labrador. LIEUTENANT HOME Lt. (jg) Joe Fliegel Jr. arrived Monday by plane from Norfolk, Va., and is visiting while on leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fliegel, Old Stage rd., Central Point. He is the diving officer on the US.S Hoist and since his last leave about a year ago his ship has been in nearly all Atlantic ports from the Vir gin islands to Labrador. Before arriving here this week he had been at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lieutenant Fliegel will report back to his ship at Norfolk on June 8. Soon after the ship will be put into dry dock and he will then proceed to Newport, R.I., where some of the officers and men .will receive a refresher course. At Community Carolyn Zarosinski, 5, daughter .of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Zarosinski, 641 South Ivv st.. is scheduled for surgery at Community hospital, it was reported today. At Sacred Heart Medical pa tients listed today at Sacred Heart hospital include Lawrence Sellers, Trail; Mrs. Richard Pavne. Route 3: Ronald Claw- son, 119 Portland ave.; Frank Wallace, Route 2, Medford; and Daniel Grigsby, 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grigsby, Cen tral Point. Those reported as surgery patients there are Mrs. Tom Cook, Grants Pass; Janette Dickerman, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Dickerman, 802 Newtown st., and Leonard Hess, also of Grants Pass. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 225. Utility-low commercial cows $12.50-14; canners and cutters $10-12.50; utility commercial bulls $14.50-16.50. Calves 25. Utility around 400 lb. slaughter calves $14. Hogs 200. Choice 180-235 lb. barrows and gUts $19.50-20.50: some 200-220 lb. choice one up to $20.75: choice 2 and 3 260-280 lb., $17-18.50. Sheep 50. Old crop shorn lambs Wednesday $13-14: some $14.50-15. PORTLAND CASH GRAIN Portland (U.P.) Prices as reported bv the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white, S82 a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 white oats 38 lb. test Coast de livery. $56 ton; Portland delivery, $51 52; No. 2 Western barley. $55.50-56 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery: soy bean meal. $81 ton, cars prompt de livery Portland: standard millrun, $49, cars: yellow corn, $70.50 ton f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale hay prices: Market nominal. - mum km mvid HAYDEN-RALSTON-BRIAN Mtncnm-iwTusua-csuiiit AND Dramatic Impactl With the Suspense Of a Hair-Trigger! PLUS: Cartoon-News X NOW SHOWING! ACTION GALORE! X SHE RULED THE MEN OF THE IMg VI STARTS SUNDAY IriOl ASHED ... by TECHNICOLOR wirti JOHN DEREK VIVECA UNOKMS A PAtAufttJNT CTU Wall Street New York ' (U.P.) Metals, notably aluminum issues, led the stock market higher today. Dow-Jones Averages Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 424.95 up 3.18; 20 railroads 158.90 up 1.29; 15 utilities 63.82 up 0.04 and 65 stocks 158.75 up 1.03. Sales today were about 2,260, 000 shares compared with 2,100, 000 shares yesterday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 183s Anaconda 62 Vz Chrysler 754 Curtiss Wright 21 General Electric 5lVa General Motors 9634 Montgomery Ward 7734 Perm. R. R L. 27 Vs Penney, J. C 91 Radio 508 Southern Co 20U Southern Pacific 60?4 S. Oil of Calif 763s Texas Gulf Sulphur 42Ts Transamerica 39V Tri - Continental 2534 United Aircraft .. 74V U. S. Rubber 47 Vi U. S. Steel 1 83 Youngstown . .. 79 Va PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP.) Eees-i-To retail ers: Grade AA laree 52c rinz - A large. 47-49c; AA medium. 47-48c dor.; A medium. 46-48c doz.; A small. 38 42c doz.; cartons. l-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 ',2-45 ic: 5 1b. loaves. 46'2-49'2C. Processed American cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 39 !i- 41c lb. Farm Market . Solid California strawberries sold at $4-4.25 a flat with ordinary at $3.50 3.90 today: first Oregon berries not expected to reach market until first week of June: radishes were mostly 55 cents a dozen bunches at the East Side Farmers' market. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2'i to 4 lbs.. 28c at farm. 28-30c: roasters; 28c Portland. 28-30c ranch; light hens, 19-20c: heavy hens, all wts., 23-24c lb.; old roosters. 12-14c lb. Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 38-39-40 lb. whole drawn, 49-50c; cut-up, 54-55c lb.: roasters, N.Y. style. 41-42c; hens, light type. New York style. 31 32c; cut-ups. 43-46c: hens. heavytype, N.Y. style, 34-35c; . whole-drawn 44-46C lb. ' Turkeys To producers for A grade breeder hens, f.o.b. farm. N.Y. dressed, 26c: eviscerated. 31c; A toms. N.Y. style. 30-31c lb.; eviscerated. To re tailers, A grade hens, ready to cook, 48-50c; N. Y. dresser. 37-38c lb.; A grade toms. oven ready, 40-41c; N. Y. style. 34-35c lb. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants): Live white. Z3-i-: 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, H2-65C i If rVlvTAilvlnM I T0NITt 3 T lv I Hi II I ar I W 1 1 sweeps you from horizon to t The Academy Award ' m"m J' V' X JAMES STEM-MYSQIi Strategic Air Command Color ly TECHNICOLOR FRANK ALEX IMJOT - MCOL Froductd by SAMUEL J. SereenpUy by VALENTINE DA VIES and BEIRNE LAY, Jr. j Story by Beirne Starts TOMORROW! ROAD SHOW General Adm. $1.00 DDIfCC s,uden, 50e rlXIWCO. Children 20c Thursday, Mar 26. 19S5 Rock Point Cemelery Cleanup Day Saturday Gold Hill Those who have relatives buried in the old Rock Point cemetery near here are asked to attend a cleanup day at the burial grounds Saturday, May 28, to help identify graves and stake out lots where their relatives are buried, according to trustees of the cemetery. Those attending are asked to bring their lunch, and tools for cleanup work. Coffee will be served. . A joint meeting of Rock Point and IOOF cemetery trustees was held here recently, and plans were made for future coopera tion in the control and better ment of the two cemeteries. The meeting was harmonious, it was reported, and both groups agreed to do their part so the community could, take pride in an organized and well-kept cem etery. CARS COLLIDE ' Cars driven by Mary Annette Rentz, 23, of 1925 Sunset dr., and Robert Leo Langhoff, 21 of 413 Lozier lane, collided at the in tersection of Stewart ave. and Orchard Home dr. at about 5:55 p.m. yesterday, according to state police. There were no in juries nor citations issued, but officers said both cars were con siderably damaged. CONTRACT AWARDED Eagle Point Hughes and Dodd of Eagle Point have been awarded a contract to repair and oil city streets. Their bid of $2,182.50 was the lowest of six bids submitted. Work will start in the near future. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. Aititotiiiceitteiit THERE WILL BE' NO DANCE AT GOLD HILL GRANGE UNTIL FURTHER. NOTICE I ends "BLACKBOARD JUNGLE" It's the story of the combat-ready men who feel the pres sures most ... for the women who feel how fleeting kisses really are. It's the story of men who can never relax., and their women who wait, wonder and sometimes weep! JUNE co-Manm BARRY BRUCE - SDLIMN - BENMrT BRISKIN Directed by ANTHONY MANN Lay, Jr. A Paramount Picture MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Obituaries KATE WRIGHT Kate Wright, 70, of Route 1, Central Point, died today in a local hospital. Conger-Morris fu neral home is in chargt of funeral arrangements. MILES GAMMILL Funeral services are pending at Perl funeral, home for Miles Gammill, long -time, Medford resident who died in San Fran cisco Wednesday. HOMER DORLAND Funeral services are pending at Perl funeral home for Homer Mayberry Dorland, who died Wednesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Roy F. Martin, 228 Saginaw dr. CHRISTEN WILLIAMSON Funeral services for Christen O. Williamson, 79, who died Tuesday, will be held in Zion Lutheran church Friday at 3 p.m. with the Rev. G. Herbert Hiller man officiating. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park, with Conger - Morris funeral home in charge of arrangements. Pali bearers will include Carl Fichtner, Hugo Guenther, Haak on Lageson, Knute Lindgren, Arnold Opgrand and Sam Demo. The deceased was born Aug. 13, 1876, in Ruthven, la., and came to Medford in 1938. He was a member of Zion Lutheran church, where he had been cus todian for a number of years. On Nov. 30, 1898, in Ruthven, he was married to Anna Jonette Sandvig, who died in 1952. Survivors include five sons, Cyrus N., Prosser, Wash.; Arlo C, Las Vegas, New; Erling O. and Ole S., Dodson, Mont.; and Norval C, Great Falls, Mont.; six daughters, Gladys A. Wil liamson, Pasadena, Calif.; Ovidia A. Williamson, San Francisco, wi"' "NW fCRP horizon, from earth to slry! if ) Calif.; Mrs. Ora B. Rusk, Med ford; Mrs. Frank Bertino, Cul bertson, Mont.; Mrs. Arden Mc Faul and Mrs. HarolcT Miller, San Francisco; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. 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