Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 03, 1955, Image 15

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    Firemen Stand By Thity was
routine yesterday for Medford
city firemen. There were no fire
alarms. One pumper was called
to stand by at the airport while
p.n Air Force T29B plane re
fueled. The standby service is
routine for certain types of mili
tary craft and was done at the
request of the pilot. Two gaso
line spills were flushed down in
the business district yesterday.
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FINE FOOD GOOD DANCE MUSIC
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Every Night Except Wednesday Ph. 5-9230 Gold Hill
SATURDAY NIGHT
EAGLE
Music by DICK SPAIN
and the Rogue Valley Boys
TUNE IN TO
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WHERE THE STEREORAMIC PHOTO ORIGINATED
North of
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Summer Hours 8 to 7
Under Founder's Management Since 1930
Local and
Surgery Patient Robert M.
Preston, Hilt, Calif., is a surgery
patient at Osteopathic hospital.
Hai Surgery Former Med
ford Mayor Diamond L. Flynn,
president of the League of Ore
gon Cities, recently underwent
minor surgery on his right elbow
in a Portland hospital.
Trailer Home Owneri A
meeting of the Organized Trailer
Home Owners will be held Satur
day, June 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Val
ley Center Trailer court, 3410
North Highway 99. The agenda
will include election and installa
tion of officers.
Rummage Sale A rummage
and baked food sale will be spon
sored Saturday, June 4, from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Fehl
building, on Ivy st. near Sixth st.
The sale will be sponsored by
the Medford chapter of the Tele
phone Employee Activities asso
ciation, a state-wide group. The
proceeds will be used by the local
chapter for welfare projects in
this area.
Doge Hit Gerald Alvin
Reeder, 306 Willamette st., Med
ford, reported to city police yes
terday that an automobile struck
his dog and did not stop. John
Dee HawleyT824 West 14th st.,
Medford, reported that a black
cocker spaniel dog was struck
and killed in front of his resi
dence yesterday. The dog was
not immediately identified, po
lice said.
CALENDAR
Friday
6:30 p.m. Jolly Stitchers,
home of Mrs. Don Miller, 542
North Bartlett street.
Saturday '
12:30 p.m. Chapter BE, PEO,
Mrs. M. M. Morris, Shady Cove.
We are starting
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LIFE
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MYSTERY
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Throughout
The Year
Personal
Lady Lions The Medford
Lady Lions will meet Tuesday,
June 7. at 6:30 p.m., at the Tally
Ho restaurant, Talent, for a din
ner meeting.
...
Return Mr. and Mrs. Al
Bradford and daughter, 1023
Mt. Pitt ave., returned home
June 2 after visiting for three
weeks in southwestern states
with relatives.
.
Square Dane Roxy Ann
Grange will sponsor a square
dance at the Grange hall Satur
day, June 9. at 9 p.m. Gordon
Kershaw will be caller and pot
luck refreshments will be
served.
Orders Issued Nine orders
for correction of fire hazards
were issued yesterday by City
Fire Marshal Truman Nelson.
He inspected a hospital, an
apartment house, a public ga
rage and two business occu
pancies.
Al Sacred Heart Walter Mil
ler, Gold Hill, is listed today as
a surgery patient at Sacred
Heart hospital, and William De
Rosier, 10 months, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jackson De Rosier,
Pospect, is a medical patient
there.
Dinner Meeting Members of
the Rogue Valley Pear Blossom
Festival association and their
wives and husbands will hold
a dinner meeting at the Rogue
Valley Country club at 6:30 p.m.
tomorrow. Motion pictures of
the recent Festival parade will
be shown.
.
Visit Tribune Members of
Pack 10 of the Howard school
Boy Scouts visited the Mail
Tribune plant today. Those mak
ing the trip were Douglas Elliot,
Loren Solin, Ronald McAvin.
Robert Bailey, Scott Eaton and
Charles Knighten. Mrs. Ken F.
Murray, den mother, accompan
ied the group.
...
Name Change William A.
Hughes and George Campbell
have retired from the business
name C&H Garage, which has
been assumed by Campbell, ac
cording to records filed in the
office of the Jackson county'
clerk. Trie address is listed as
104 West Sixth st., Medford.
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Hospitalized Soren Maass of
the Maass Real estate offices
was taken Thursday to Commu
nity hospital by Medford ambu
lance service attendants where
he was admitted as a medical
patient. Carie Christian of Eagle
Point also was taken to the same
hospital by the same service aft
er she received a hip injury in
a fall.
. .
At Community Mrs. Edward
Bunnell, 111 Portland ave., and
William Bittle, 139 North Co
lumbus ave., are medical pa
tients at Community hospital,
attendants reported today. Sur
gery patients reported today in
clude Raymond Niehaus, 1450
Biddle rd., Mrs. Elin Parsons,
3594 Roberts rd., Mrs. Leonard
Chesnut, 3747 Hilsinger rd., and
Thomas Michael, route 2, box
112, Central Point, 8 -year -old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett H.
Mich'ael.
Daily Weather Report
DATE June 3, 1955
Sunset tonight 7:42 p.m. Sunrise to
morrow 4.36 a.m.
Medford and visinity: Cloudy and
mild tonight, becoming partly cloudy
Saturday afternoon. Low tonight 48.
High Saturday 78.
Western Oregon: Partly cloudy in
southern interior, otherwise mostly
cloudy with local drizzle tonight and
early Saturday; becoming partly
sunny and warm Saturday afternoon.
High Friday 64-74 except 55-60 on
coast.
Northern California: Mostly fair to
night and Saturday and probably Sun
day with occasional high cloudiness
extreme north. Codler near coast
Saturday.
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
59: below normal 3.
Record high this date 99 in 1926.
Record low this date 35 in 1917.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none.
Total this month none, .08 below
normal. ,
Total since Sept. 1. 8.84 inches,
8.09 inches below normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 20.
highest this a.m. 74 7c.
CITY HiALowPrec
Brookings 72 48 .
Crater Lake 56
Grants Pass 79
36
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54
51
Klamath Falls , 71
MEDFORD 78
Portland 60
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Seattle 55 51 .03
Spokane . 70 5
Yakima 76 54
Eureka 57 49
Red Bluff 91 67
Sacramento 90 57
San Francisco 76 48
Los Angeles 70 53
Phoenix 85
Denver 78
58
49
68
Chicago 79
Miami 88 68
FIVE-DAY FORECAST
(Through June 8)
Western Oregon Temperatures
about normal with highs 65-75 and
lows 40-50. Occasional lieht rain in
northwest part beginning of period
ad a few showers about Monday.
Northern California No precipita
tion. Temperatures near or above
normal.
DDARTCIE
SATURDAY NIGHT
At Walker's Popular
The Finest of Modern Music
I Good Floor Good Crowd
ENJOY AN EVENING OF FUN!
Accordion Band Wins
First Prize in Parade
Mrs. Eve Prentice today re
ceived a check for S50, repre
senting a first prize her accord
ion band received in a parade
in Victoria, B.C., May 23.
The prize was for being the
best in the "other bands" cate
gory. The parade was in obser
vance of Victoria day in the
British Columbia captal.
Mrs. Prentice has also received
several letters from personages
in Victoria, compilmenting the
band on its behavior and ability.
One of them is from the mayor
of the city.
BIRTHS
CHRISTIE To Mr. and Mrs.
Walter L., Rogue River, June 2,
1955, a girl, 7Vi pounds, at Osteo
pathic hospital.
KILLIAN To Mr. and Mrs.
Verne J., Shady Cove, June 2,
1955, a girl, 714 pounds, at Com
munity hospital.
KLUMPH To Mr. and Mrs.
Royal, 426 Benson st., June 3,
1955, a girl, 8 pounds, at Com
munity hospital.
WALL STREET
New York (U.R) Railroad
shares came within a few cents
of their high since Oct. 26, 1929,
in a moderately active week end
stock market cession today.
The industrials were within a
little more than two points of
their all-time high.
Dow-Jones Averages
Dow-Jones final stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 428.53 up
2.73; 20 railroads 161.34 up 1.08;
15 utilities 64.41 up 0.33 and 65
stocks 160.45 up 1.02.
Sales today were about 2,590,
000 shares compared with 2,
610,000 shares yesterday.-
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American T & T 1844
Anaconda 6314
Chrysler 77
Curtiss Wright 205,s
General Electric 5234
General Motors 98 '4
Montgomery Ward 79 V2
enn. R. R 28 V2
Penney, J. C 92
Radio 54?s
I Southern Co 20 Vi
Southern Pacific 6OI2
S. Oil of Calif. '. 76
Texas Gulf Sulphur 44
Transamerica 39
Tri-Continental 26Vi
United Aircraft 7034
U. S. Rubber .' 50
U. S. Steel Unquoted
Youngstown 79
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK
Portland (U.P.) Cattle for week
2300. Low to average-choice fed steers
S22.50-23.25; good S20-22: commercial
S17.50-19.50; good-low choice fed heif
ers $20-21: commercial-low good $17
10.50; utility-commercial cows $12.50
15; canners-cutters S9.50-ll.50; utility
commercial bulls $15-17.
Calves for week 465. Choice vealers
$23-24: commercial and good S17-22:
utility $14-16; utility-commercial
slaughter calves $13-16; bedium-good
stockers $16-18.
Hogs for week 1625. Bulk choice
180-235 lb. barrows and gilts $19.50
20.50; choice one $20.75-20.85: choice
2and 3 S19-19.75: choice 250-550 lb.
sows S14-16. some over 550 lb. $12
$13.50. Sheep for week 2200. Choice-prime
soring lambs $21.50-22; good-choice
S20-21: good-choice shorn old crop
lambs 14-15' cnnrl -! mi. AhntM wnnlarl
! Id crp lambs $15-16.25: utilitv-eood
ewes $4-5.
PORTLAND PRODUCE
Portland (UJ.) Eggs To retail
ers: Grade AA large. 52c doz.: A large
47-49c: AA medium 47-48c doz.; A
medium. 46-47c doz.: A small, 36-42c
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'i-45'ic: 5-lb.
loaves, 46i-49',2c. Processed Ameri
can cheese. S-lb. loaf. 39j-41c lb.
Farm "Market
California strawberries sold mostlv
at $3.75-3.90 a flat with very best at
$4-4.25 today; best carrots were
quoted to $7 a six-dozen bunch crate.
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens To (rowers (No. 1
quality f.o.b. Portland): Frvers 2', to
4 lbs. 29-30C. at farm. 29-30c: light
hens. 19-20c: heavy hens, all wts., 23
24i lb.: old roosters, 12-14c lb.
Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to
retailers: Fryers. New York style, 38-39-40c
lb.; whole drawn. 49-50c: cut
up. 53-55c lb.: roasters, N. Y. style. 41
42c: hens, light type, New York stvle.
31-32c: cut-ups, 43-46c; hens, heavy
type. N.Y. style,' 34-35c; whole-drawn,
45-47c lb.
Turkeys To producers for A grade
breeder hens, f.o.b. farm. N.Y. dressed,
26c: eviscerated. 31c: A toms. N.Y.
style, 31c lb.; eviscerated. To retail
ers. A grade young hens, ready to
cook 48-50c: N.Y. dressed. 37-38c,1b.;
a grade toms, oven ready, 40-41c; N.Y.
style. 34-35c lb.; fryer turkeys, 4-8
lbs.. 49-51c.
Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b.
killing plants): Live white. 33,4-4'2
lbs.. 21-23c up: 5-6 lbs., 17-19c: col
ored pelts 4c under: old does. 10-12c
lb., a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers
to retailers. 57-60c: cut-up, 62-65c.
PORTLAND CASH GRAIN
Portland PRICES AS REPORTED
by 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 S55 ton: Portland delivery.
$51-52; No. 2 Western barley. $57 ton
f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery: soy
bean meal $80 ton. cars prompt de
livery Portland; standard millrun.
S48.50-49. cars: No. 2 yellow corn.
Eastern shipment, full billing, deliv
ered North Coast points. S67.75 ton.
WHOLESALE HAY PRICES: Mar
ket nominal.
Curry County Forest
Fire Under Control
Salem (U.R) The State For
estry department today report
ed the state's largest forest fire
of the season in southern Curry
county had been brought under
control. '
The blaze burned over some
280 acres of slashings along the
Chetco river before foresters
succeeded in trailing the area.
The fire spread from burning
sawdust pile on the old Peterson
mill operation. Affected were
holdings of the L and P Lumber
company and Burr Logging com
pany. Amount of damage has not
been determined.
AN EMBARASSED HYDRANT
Bridgeport, Conn. (U.R)
Firemen doused a blaze at a fire
hydrant. They explained that
fumes from an underground gas
line had seeped up about the
hydrant base.
Obituaries
LARRY MANUEL
Remains of Guy Larry Man
uel, 48, Hospital Man, Chief, of
3378 Bellinger lane, Medford,
who died Tuesday while on duty
aboard the U.S.S. Compton at
Newport, R. I., are being return
ed to Medford for services and
interment with Conger - Morris
funeral home in charge of ar
rangements. The deceased was born March
19, 1907, in Kinsley, Kan. He
served with the U.S. Navy for
five years prior to 1940, and was
manager of the Grants Pass
Chamber of Commerce at the
time of his reenlistment in
March, 1940. He also served in
the Pacific theater during World
War II and saw service in the
Korean wi.r. He would have re
tired from the Navy next July
after serving 20 years.
He was a member of Grants
Pass Lodge 84 AF & AM, Hillah
Temple of the Shrine at Ashland,
and the First Baptist church in
Grants Pass. He was married on
Sept. 23, 1939, in Grants Pass, to
LaVona Nelson, who survives.
Other survivors include two
sisters, Mrs. Oscar Evans, Port
land, and Mrs. Wallace Lang
worthy, Coos Bay.
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Shady Cove -Trail News
Shady Cove-Trail Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Isherwood of Sa
lem spent the Memorial Day
week end visiting with their
neice and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Dolf Larson of Shady . Cove.
While there they made a trip
to Crater Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lacey
and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hanson
of Elk Creek, Trail went over
to Klamath Falls to visit their
sister and family, Mr. and Mrs.
E. G. Childers and to attend the
high school graduation of their
nephew, Ernest Childers.
Robert Greer of Shady Cove
has just returned from a trip to
Phoenix, Ariz.
O n Friday and Saturday of
4-H Club News
Anttlopt 4-H Club
Antelope 4-H Livestock club
members held their annual live
stock tour May 28. Tvo delegates
from Burma under the Interna
tional Farm Youth Exchangee
program joined us at a few of
the ranches and took pictures
to take back with them.
Lunch and a short business
meeting were conducted at the
ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Don An
derson. .The next meeting will
be held June 10 at the Edwin
Hayes ranch, where a class in
dairy judging and showmanship
will be held.
Mr. and Mrs. Bitterling. Wool-
folk and Hayes will furnish the
refreshments.
Bob Hayes,
Reporter.
GATES OPEN 6:30 P.M.
Bring the Family Out Early
THE KIDDIES WILL ENJOY
FREE TRAIN RIDES!
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last week, a number of the ladies
of the VFW Auxiliary to Steel
head Post No. 6881 were seen
about Shady Cove and Trail and
at Camp White selling "Buddy"
poppies.
A group of ladies comprising
the committee of Our Lady of
Fatima club for the Chapel Bene
fit Father's Day dinner to be held
from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday,
June 19, at the VFW hall, held
an afternoon meeting preceded
by a luncheon at the home of
Mrs. Ernest Segessenman in
Shady Cove. Final plans were
made for the dinner which will
feature either fried chicken or
baked ham with a salad buffet.
The next regular meeting of Our
Lady of Fatima club will be held
on Tuesday, June 7, starting at
8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Wil
liam Leekey of Far Hills Ranch,
Shady Cove. Appreciation is ex
tended to all those who have
been helping with the' work on
the chapel especially to those
men from Medford who have
devoted so much of their time
on week ends to helping. The
concrete forms have now been
poured and work is progessing.
Catechism classes will start on
Monday, June 6, at the Shady
Cove school gym with sisters
from St. Mary's school in Med
ford coming out for the instruc
tions. 'THE OLD OREGON'
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Sat., June 4
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