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Newspaper Page TextFOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday, May 27. 1955 Pear Marketing Group Formed at Portland Portland -U.R- The Pacific States Canning Pear Marketing association was formed here yes terday by pear growers from Oregon, Washington and Cali fornia. Jack Z. Anderson. San Fran cisco, president of the California Canning Pear association, said the new group is subject to rati fication by respective member associations. The association would repre sent more than 1950 growers producing 250.000 tons of can ning pears annually. Wall Street VISIT THE RODEO GRANTS PASS May 28 & 29 SEE J. SISSLER and His Australian Shepherds in a Special Act as shown at Madison Square Garden And Other ATTRACTIONS SAT. NITE ONLY Jackson County Posse Precision Drill Sponsored by JOSEPHINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S POSSE SQUARE DANCE During Phoenix Festival PHOENIX, OREGON SATURDAY MAY 28 9 to 12 P.M. At OLD SCHOOL GYM Turn Right in Center of Phoenix at Banner Across Highway 99 Guest Callers Door Prizes. I DANCE Sat. Night BOBBY CHAMPION AND HIS: MELODY WRANGLERS Finest Western Music in the Pacific Northwest. See and Hear Them Every Saturday Nite. 6:30 - 7 P.M. - KBES-TV Rogue Valley BALLROOM New York J.R) Profit taking brought irregularity to the stock market today on the eve of a three-day shutdown. Trading will be suspended until Tuesday because of the Memorial Day week end. Dow-Jones Averages Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 425.66 up 0.71; 20 railroads 158.84 off 0.06; 15 utilities 63.85 up 0.03, and 65 stocks 158.89 up 0.14. Sales today were about 2,220, 000 shares. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T ..184 Anaconda 6314 Chrysler 758 Curtiss Wright 21s i General Electric .4 5Vs General Motors 9 TVs Montgomery Ward 77V4 Penn. R. R 271, Penney, J. C. 91 Radio 4934 Southern Co .' 20?i Southern Pacific 60? s S. Oil of Calif 76Vs Texas Gulf Sulphur 43?i Transamerica Unquoted Tri-Continental 261,s United Aircraft 753i U. S. Rubber 47 U. S. Steel 83?'s Youngstown 78V2 Miles Gammil ! i Funeral Saturday J Funeral services for Miles j Gammill, 56, of Pioneer rd., who died in San Francisco Wednes day, will be held at Perl funeral home Saturday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. George R. V. Bolster, rector of St. Marks Episcopal church, officiating. Cremation services will be private. The deceased, a rancher and constructionist, was born in Ala meda, Calif., on May 17, 1899, and was a veteran of World War I. Survivors include his wife, Bertha, Medford; his mother, Mae. Lillian Gammill, Vista, Calif.; a brother, Wendell, Pitts burg, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Fred Wilcox; two grandchildren, Jennefer and David Wilcox, and a cousin, Berthold Barnum, all of Medford. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle for week 3R85. Low average choice fed steers 22.50-S23. some up to $23.50; good 20-S22; commercial to low good 17 S19.50: utility 13-S16.50: low to aver age choice fed heifers 22: bulk good 19- 521; utility-conmercial 16-S18.50; utility grassers 13.50-S15.3O: utility commercial cows 12.50-S15: young commercial cows on heifer order 16 S17 early; canners and cutters 10 S12.50: utilitv-commercial bulls 15.50 S13: cutter bulls 12.30-S14.50. Calves for week 400. Good-choice 20- S25: commercial 17-S19: utility 14 $16.50: good-choice slaughter calves over 350 lb. 19-S21. Hogs for week 1785. Choice 180-235 lb. barrows and gilts 19.50-S20.50: choice one 200-220 lb. 20.75-S20.90: choice 2 and 3. 240-270 lb. 17.50-S18.50; choice 350-550 lb. sows 14-S15.50. Sheep for -week 2250. Choice-prime spring lambs 21-S22: closing at 21 521.50; good-choice 20-S21: late bulk good old crop shorn lambs 13-S14; early sales 14.50-S15.50: some up to $16.23: utility-good shorn ewes 4.50 S5; cull-utility 2.50-S4. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 52c doz.: A large. 47-49c: AA medium. 47-48c doz.; 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, G3c. Cheese To retailers: A grade ehed dar. Oregon singles. 42,,2-451;c: 5-lb. loaves. 462-49 '2c. Processed Ameri can cheese. 3-lb. loaf. 39'2-41c lb. Farm Market Name brand long white potatoes were 4.85,55.50 a hundredweight to--lay with ordinary slightly lower. Dealers also reported there is a good chance this seasonal price break on potatoes will not be as large as that expected earlier this year. A late spring is responsible for their outlook. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland: Fryers 2 2 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 rosters. 12-14c lb. Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 38-39-40c lb!: whole drawn. 49-50c: cup up. 54-55c lb.; roasters. N. Y. style. 41 42c: hens, light weight.- New York style. 31-32c; cut-ups, 43-46c; hens, heavy type. 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: 30-3 1c lb. eviscerated. To re tailers. A grade hens, ready to cook, 48-30c: 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. 3Ji-4; lbs. 21 -23c up; 5-6 lbs. 17-19c: colored pels 4c under: old does. 10-12c lb. a fe whigher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers, 57-60: cut-up. 62-63c. Daily Weather Report DATE May 27. 1955 Sunset tonight 7:37 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 4:39 a.m.. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturday. Increasing cloudiness Saturday night. Cooler tonight with low 38. High Saturday 73. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy to night and Saturday with considerable sunshine Saturday. Low tonight 36 42. High Friday 60-70. Northern California: Fair tonight and Saturday and probably Sunday. Patches of morning fog on coast. ParUy cloudy in extreme north por tion . late Saturday. Rising tempera tuies and lower humidities. 4 LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 55; below normal 6. Record high this date 92 in 1952. Record low this date 34 in 1922. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, trace. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month .18 in.. .84 in. be low normal. Total since Sept. 1. 8.81 inches, 7.81 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 43. highest this a.m. 82. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 58 42 Crater Lake 37 12 .05 Grants Pass 65 42 .05 Klamath Falls 58 30 MEDFORD 62 44 X Portland 62 41 Seattle 57 41 Spckane 54 34 .03 Yakima 63 27 Eureka 56 47 Red Bluff 85 57 Sacramento . .. 82 50 San Francisco 61 46 Los Angeles 69 57 Phoenix Denver Chicago Miami ........ New York , Washington, D.C. 80 62 79 83 80 SO 64 44 67 77 61 63 .01 .40 FIVE-DAY FORECAST Western Oregon Temperatures averaging below, normal with highs mostly 65-70 and lows in low 40s. Scattered . showers occurring mostlv late Saturday or early Sunday and again about Tuesday. Northern California No precipita tion except possibility of a little rain extreme north early in week. Tem peratures near or above normal. 0 IF CAF NORTH HIWAY 99 At The Sign of The Bullfighter! Medford's First Genuine Mexican Restaurant! Mexican Foods Prepared the Way You Like Them. Also a Variety of American Dishes. Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Closed Wednesdays Innocent Plea Filed In Extortion Attempt Portland ;U.R) Glen H. Col gan, 27, of Portland, pleaded in nocent before Circuit Judge James W. Crawford to a charge of attempted extortion. The charge was levelled in connection with the recent at tempt to extort S10.000 from Fred Meyer, Inc., Portland gro cery chain, on threat of a bomb explosion. The threat was made early this month. BIRTHS BETZ To Mr. and Mrs. Paul, 933 Winchester ave., a boy, 734 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. DeBERRY To Mr. and Mrs. Dean, 609 West Second st., May 26, 1955, a boy, 7 pounds at Sa cred Heart hospital. HOFFBUHR To Mr. and Mrs. Walter, 507 South Holly st., May 27, 1955, a girl, 734 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. PORTLAND CASH GRAIN Portland Prices as Reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white. $82 a ton bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 white oats 38 lb. test Coast delivery. S56 ton: Portland delivery. S51.52; No. 2 Western barley. S57 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery; soybean meal S80.50 ton. cars prompt delivery Port land; standard millrun, $48.50-49 cars; yellow corn, $70 ton f.o.b. Portland. Wholesale Hay Prices: Market nomi-inal. Dead line Sunday classified la at noon Saturday . 10 a.m Monday for Monday other days 5:30 previous dav Obituary Notices HOMER DORLAND Funeral services for Homer Mayberry Dorland, 83, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R. F. Martin, 228 Saginaw dr., Wednesday, will be held at Perl funeral home Saturday at 3 p.m. Interment will be in Toledo, Wash. Honorary pall bearers will be R. F. Daniels, O. C. Failing, Tom Bradley, Ernie Price, L. C. House and Howard Hicks. The deceased was born at Phil lipsburg, Pa., on March 19, 1872, and was a pioneer in the field of electrical work. He formerly was employed by the Yreka Power and Light Co., which was the J beginning of California Oregon Power Co. He remained with Copco until his retirement in 1938, after which he resided in Central Point until moving to Medford in 1950. In 1910 he in stalled in his home the first elec tric range to be used in this sec tion of the country. In 1899 he married Serena E. Elder, who died in 1942. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church. Besides Mrs. Martin, survivors include another daughter, Mrs. L. E. Pike, and two granddaugh ters, Mrs. Taylor Tarvin and Lois Anne Pike, all of Medford; a brother, Clarence, and a sister, Mrs. M. E. Dillon, both of Sacra mento, Calif. lived in southern Oregon for the past 63 years. On Aug, 30, 1902,. in Jacksonville, she was married to William T. Wright, who died in 1951. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Muse, Central Point, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. MABLE HALL Funeral services are pending at Perl funeral home for Mable Clara Hall, a former Medford resident who died in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday. She is the widow of the late J. Court Hall, pioneer Rogue Valley orchardist, and had made her home in Menlo Park, Calif., for the past 10 years. Survivors include a son, Seelcy Hall, Menlo Park, and two grand children, Seeley Hall Jr., Sew ard, Alaska, and Owen Olm stead Hall, Fort Carson, Colo. SALLIE PITTINGER Funeral services are pending at Perl Funeral home for Sallie Lee Pittinger, route 3. Medford, who died at Jacksonville Thursday. KATE WRIGHT Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Vright, 70, of Central Point, who. cjied Thursday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Saturday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. D. E. Millard officiating . Committal wPl be in Central Point ceme tery. - -.:j .iiie deceased was born Oct. 12, 1884, in Montana, and had ENJOY YOURSELF AT . . . Daitdanelle with Vic McFarland at the Hammond . . . and HERMAN, the Singing Waiter Every Night Except Wednesday PHONE 5-9230 GOLD HILL 28 Rail Crossing Mishaps in April Salem (U.R) Twenty -eight railway grade crossing accidents were reported, in Oregon for April, resulting in one person being killed and 11 injured, Secretary of State Earl T. New bry said today. Twenty grade rrosslng acci dents took one life and injured nine persons in April, 1954. Most train-car accidents take place in urban areas where rail way and vehicular traffic is the heavier. Chief causes are disre gard of automatic warning sig nals and misjudging the speed and distance of approaching trains. 744 More Residences Inspected by Firemen City firemen inspected 144 residences yesterday and made 91 recommendations for correc tion of hazards. At 84 homes no fire hazards were found. Sixteen refusals of the home inspection offer were encounter ed. Firemen made 293 stops yes terday and found no one home at 133 houses. City Fire Marshal Truman Nel son issued four orders for correc tion of fire hazards yesterday after calls at six business occu pancies and inspection of one business area. Floyd Hart Funeral To Be on Saturday Private funeral services for Floyd Henry Hart, 67, who died at his home in Central Point Wednesday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Saturday, with the Rev. George R. V. Bolster, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church, officiating. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. The deceased was president and general manager of Timber Products company and was well known in Oregon lumbering cir cles. The family said that friends who wish, in lieu of sending flowers, may make a contribu tion to their favorite charity. Bad Breaks Tell When Repair Needed Jefferson Selects Rose Festival Princess Portland !U.R) Nancy Anne Wyly of Jefferson high school today was selected as the eighth and final 1955 Rose Festival princess. Her sister, Zola, rep resented Jefferson in the Court of Rosarja in 1952. MOVES FAN FASTER NOW Oldham, England (U.R) Fan dancer Phyllis Dixey said today she's changed her act after re ceiving a back - stage visit from police at the Empire Theater. "They said I wasn't moving my fan quick enough," she said. Port lander Cleared Of Threatened Bombing Portland (U.R) Edward E. Henson, 20, yesterday was clear ed of charges of threatening to bomb Dahnken Inc., of Portland. Henson, who was employed by the firm, admitted sending a threatening note to Dahnken, but claimed it was only a prac tical joke. The Multnomah county grand jury returned a not true bill to clear Henson of threatening the commission of a felony. QUAKE RECORDED . Honolulu (U.R) The U.S. Coast Geodetic Survey Observa tion recorded a "moderate" earthquake, possibly centered in the Solomon Islands area, Thursday. Seismologists said its center was estimated to be 3500 miles from Honolulu. A doming an important announcement by THE Top Notch SATURDAY NIGHT EAGLE POINT Music by DICK SPAIN and the Rogue Valley Boys featuring The BEST in Western Swing DANCE AT MEE BRIDGE UPPER APPLEGATE Saturday, May 28, 9 to 1 MUSIC BY Chap's Roadside Rascals A GOOD TIME FOR ALL GRANGE BENEFIT irown's Oaf FOOD SERVED 6 A.M. - 9 P.M. Bill and Jane Invite You to Come in and Try Their Good Food Choice Steaks Mexican Food Merchants Lunches Served from 1 1 :00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. BREAKFAST SERVED ALL DAY Closed Sundays Detroit (U.R) Here are some common danger signs to watch for that will tip you when your brakes might be going bad: Noise When brakes scream for attention, it's best to find the cause. May or may not be serious. Low pedal A brake pedal that goes more than a couple of inches from the floorboard gen erally needs adjusting. Fade A brake pedal that sinks slowly toward the floor as you apply pressure is com pletely untrustworthy. It may unexpectedly leave you without brakes while driving. It should be checked at once. Grab A brake that grabs or jerks when you step on the ped al may throw your car out of control. Should be fixed at once. Slow stopping If your brake seems to be stopping you slowly, and giving you too much coast, look out for trouble. Dead line Sunday Classified hi at noon Saturday . 10 a.m Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 orevious day. f JU Lfl - ljvJ 8Pj?J?yA IrJ 1ST DRIVE IN RUN STARTS SHOW AT 8 P.M. GATES OPEN 7 P.U. 1 I . laVIXI V TOfJITE! II V 53 3 0 UDAMCIE EVERY SAT. NIGHT To the Music of . . . JOB3 P0EC5CE And His New Popular Orchestra "The NIGHT HAWKS" Jackson LrOoteD 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) DAfJCE SAT. NITE AT WALKER'S POPULAR The Best of Modern Music Good Floor - Good Crowd PLUS 2nd BIG HI l muta im unhid Mim . ALSO LATEST WORLD NEWS & COLOR CARTOON At the JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY HALL Saturday Night Music by BILL LIVELY and the WESTERN SWING BAND LADIES ADMITTED FREE UNTIL 9 P.M. Medford Merchant's Are Featuring new. spring Nov! Shop and Save Medford Mail Tribune