Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 06, 1955, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and RNA Matting A meeting of the Koyal Keignbors of America loage is scheduled for Thursday, July 7, at 8 p.m., in the Pythian building. Speaker Hera The Rev. Ray McCoy will speak at the Med ford Full Gospel church, 609 Western ave., each night this week at 8 o'clock, church offi cers announced today. He also will furnish songs. Jaan-Janas Dane A square dance will be sponsored Satur day, July 9, at 8:30 p.m., at the Double J barn on Gordon lane, Grants Pass. Doug Fosbury will be the caller and women are to take sandwiches or desserts for a potluck lunch. Vacationer Back Joe Hosick, member of the Conger-Morris funeral home staff, returned re cently from a two week vacation to southern Illinois. He, his wife-j and two children, visited his par ents there, and returned by way of Yellowstone park. Square Dance A square dance will be conducted Satur day July 9, beginning at 8:30 p.m., in the Moose hall on New town st. The event is open to the public. Fran Cronin will call the squares. Women should take sandwiches for potluck refresh ments. ' . Lodge Meeting The Phoe nix Neighbors of Woodcraft lodge will meet Thursday, July 7, at 8 p.m. at the Grange hall for a regular business session. A report will be given on the dis trict meeting. Mrs. Dan Adams and Mrs. L. V. Anderson are on the serving committee. . Visit Here Mr. and Mrs. Larry Chambers of Puyallup, Wash., arrived in Medford last Friday evening for a week's stay at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Jouett P. Bray, 317 Lozier Lane. Chambers, son of Mrs. Bray, and his wife will return to their Washington home Friday, July 8- Brother Visits Cory Bish of Enumclaw, Wash., is visiting with his brothers-in-law and sis ters, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barne- burg, 1297 Sunset ave., and Mr. and Mrs. Don Anderson, 803 Pine st. He is accompanied by a daughter, Miss Kathrine Bish, and a granddaughter, Myrna Pat Pember, also of Enumclaw. They arrived Saturday and plan to be here about a week. Tuesday the group visited Crater lake and today they planned to be in Ash land, where Bish formerly lived. In Portland Mr. and Mrs. Goguey, 428 Berrydale ave., and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kruggel and daughter, Deborah, 945 South Ivy st., visited in Port land through the holiday week end with Mrs. Goguey's and Kruggel' s parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Kruggel, former valley residents. They made a trip on the upper Columbia river and also viewed a fireworks display at Jantzen beach. Assault and Battery Wiliam S. Hurst, 1125 West Tenth st, yesterday was arrested by city police on a warrant charging as sault and battery, according to the police department. Hurst was released on $100 bail and oleaded innocent in municipal rfourt this morning. Municipal Judge James Main set Hurt's hearing for July 14, police re ported. William Claude Messer, 422 Laurel st., was the assault victim, police said. From Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fann, 709i West Jack son st., returned home the first of the week from a two-week vacation. In San Carlos they visited her father, Anchor Neil- sen. In San Francisco they vis ited her grandmother, Mrs. T. J, Nelsen, and an uncle, Louis Nel son. In lower California they visited relatives of Fann. At Paramount they were with his grandmother. Mrs. Mary Doty, and uncles, George Bunnell and Pete Doty, and their families. In North Long Beach they vis ited his cousins, the T. L. Emer- sons. The Fanns returned by . way of the Oregon coast and did some salmon fishing with success. fenniai 31 rTAMIVP I Shew at IMIIES 1:25 p.m 1st DriVe-ln Shewingl 2ND BIG HITl Personal From Montana - Mrs. Mon tana Gilhousen, Rogue River lodge, has returned after visiting at Darby, Mont., with her moth er, Mrs. Earl Schmandt. She made the week's trip by plane. At Rogue Motel Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kramar, Tiburon, Calif., and T. S. White, Oakland, are vacationing this week at Riffles on - the Rogue on the Upper Rogue river. In Grants Pats Dr. and Mrs. S. Ralph Dippel, 1 Eastwood dr., visited last evening with his son and daughter-in-law. Dr. and Mrs. Steve DippeJ, and family, Grants Pass. Flue Fire West side station firemen answered a call to a flue fire about 9:45 p.mT yester day at the Leon Haskins resi dence, 816 West Fourth st. They said there was no damage. . Complaints City Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson yesterday in vestigated four complaints in residential areas and inspected one church. He issued seven or ders for correction of fire haz ards. Permit Issued - A building permit for $350 has been issued to the State Farm Insurance company, 135 South Central ave., for the erection of a sign, according to records filed at the city hall. Assume Name Earl and Edna Denning, route 1, box 199, Cen tral Point, have assumed the business name "Awol' Grocery" according to records filed in the Jackson county recorder's of fice. " At Community Mrs. Ethel Sablock, 1025 Alta st., is a sur gery patient this week at Com munity hospital, attendants re ported today. Chester Chastain, 140 Haskell st., Central Point, was dismissed July 4 after un dergoing surgery there. Leave for East Mr. and Mrs. C. Aubrey Sander, Medford, will leave by air this evening for Philadelphia, Pa.,- to attend the grand lodge session of the Be nevolent and Protective . Order of Elks. Sander, who is exalted ruler of the Medford Elks lodge, is the local group's official dele gate. They expect to be gone about two weeks. Hubcaps Stolen Emma Lou Hillman, 141 North Ivy st., re ported yesterday the theft of two Cadillac hubcaps valued at $10 apiece from her car while it was parked on West Fifth st., be tween Ivy st. and Oakdale ave., according to city police. Winford C. Saylors, 838 Dakota ve., re ported the theft of a Cadillac hubcap from his car yesterday, city police said. Adding Machine Borrowed Alvin Fred Krause, 3386 Lone Pine rd., reported to the city police yesterday that the adding machine he had reported stolen earlier had been borrowed. The day attendant at the Union ser vice station from which the ma chine was missing had loaned it to a friend of Krause without his knowledge, police said. ... Cars Collide Cars driven by Margaret L. Smith, 1542 Grand ave., and William W. von der Hellen, Box 1026, Jacksonville highway, Medford, collided yes terday on East Main st., between the bridge and Hawthorne ave., according to city police records. Citations were issued to von der Hellen for failure to yield the right-of-way and for not having his driver's license in his posses sion. ' At Lodge Visitors the first of the week at Rogue River lodge included Mr. and Mrs. Roy New ton and sons, David and James, of Menlo Park, and Mr. and Mrs G. T. Dynge. The Newtons are in the valley to visit with his sister, Mrs. Dynge and her family, and a brother, Ernest Newton, Toke tee Falls. Roy Newton is a de sign engineer with Stanford Re search institute. File Claims Charlie T. Schultz, post office box 475, Jacksonville, and Clarence E. Surber, post office box 874, Cen tral Point, have filed a mining claim in the Jackson county re corder's office. The claim, known as Snowy Ridge North Exten sion, is in the Little Applegate" Mining district, and lists chrome and other minerals. Five claims in the Mill Creek Mining dis trict were filed by Vernon F. Ritchie and Norman Nelson. The clainu listed no minerals. Ritch ie listed his address as 785 Stew art ave., Medford. O SMORGASBORD-$2.25 Includes Barbecued Spareribs O WON DERFUL Dl NNERS Special Prime Ribs of Beef - , ' O ALA CARTE MENU E3(BH DESDK FOR RESERVATIONS Phone NOrmandy 4-2513 News About Servicemen IN ISLANDS Pfc. Tom L. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Miller. 3210 North Pacific hwy., is now serv ing with, the 3rd battalion, 4tn Marine regiment, at the U. S. Marine Corns air station at Kaneohe Bay, T. H. The bat- talhon is supervising the two weeks training of members of Hawaii's Marine reserves, after which the reserves will return to inactive duty. DRIVER GRADUATES Pvt. Eldon K. Durham, a jeep driver in Headquarters . com pany of the division's 11th regi ment, was recently graduated from the Army's 5th .Infantry division patrol school in Augs burg, Germany. Private Dur ham's wife, Delores, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Durham, reside at 134 Church St., Ash land. TWO COMPLETE TRAINING Pvts. William L. Brewster and Laurence' P.Mongold, now, sta tioned at Camp Pendleton, Calif., are scheduled to complete four weeks of individual combat training July 7 at the Marine Corps base there. Brewster is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Brewster,. Trail, and Mongold the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D Mongold, route 1, Eagle Point. PREPARING CARRIER Ralph E. Ettel, aerographer's mate seaman, and Oscar A Sheppard, machinist's mate third class, both of the U. S Navy, are helping to prepare the escort aircraft carrier USS Rendova in San Francisco for retirement June 30 to the "moth ball fleet." Ettel's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Ettel route 1, Katherine Court, and Sheppard's.iMr. and Mrs. Ned A. Sheppard, route 1, box 153, Central Point. CN TRANSPORT Gaylord E. Slack, firemen ap prentice, USN, is now serving aboard the transport USS Gen J. C. Breckinridge of the Pacific fleet. Before entering the Navy in January, 1955, Slack attended Rogue River High school. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E Slack, reside at route 1, box 190, Rogue River. IN EXERCISES Marine Cpl. John F. Loyd, son of Mrs. Gladys R. Loyd, 331 West Sixth st., participated in amphibious training exercises conducted by the 1st Marine division's 5th regiment off the coast of Southern California. Corporal Loyd is now stationed at Camp Pendleton, Cam. IN GERMANY Sfc. Roland L. Boyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mary M. Aring, 129 Laurel st., Ashland, is now with the Southern Area Com mand in Germany. The sergeant is a supply man in Headquarters company of the command's 7822d Army unit. His wife, Mar garet, resides in Princeton, W. Va. . On Trip Mrs. Ruby Garris 1563 Biddle rd., is visiting in Pomona, Calif., while on vaca tion from Community hospital, where she is employed. Change Name The name "Kucera And Sims Company" has been retired by James M. Sims, Don Kucera and Floyd Ku cera according to records in the Jackson county recorder's of fice. Floyd and Don Kucera, route 1, box 5, Applegate, have assumed the business name "Ku cera and Son." . Pedestrian Hurt Mrs. Naomi E. Keplinger, 630 Cherry st., was admitted about 10:30 a.m. today to Community hospital for treatment of a leg injury re ceived when she was struck by a car while crossing the inter section at Eighth st. and Central ave. Driver of the car was Sam uel D. Buck, Ashland, who had stopped at the crosswalk and struck Mrs. Keplinger as he pro ceeded into the intersection, ac cording to a city police report. She was taken to the hospital by Medford ambulance. - At Sacred Heart ' Several "new patients were reported at Sacred Heart hospital - today. They are George Packman, P.O. Box 55, Medford; Donald Long, Route 3, Medford; Mrs. Lester Carr, Route 3, Medford; Everett Coe, Los Angeles; John Conrad, 632 Palm st., Medford; Lee Phil lips, Kirby, and John Cooper, Phoenix, all medical patients; and Mrs. Harry Heidenreich, 4205 Lone Pine rd., Karen Dan cer, . 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Dancer, Myrtle Creek; and Denisa Offord, three months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs: Ray Offord, 2570 Spring brook rd. - -- - - - DINING INN CENTRAL POINT Joint Funeral Arranged Thursday For Linn Couple Ashland Joint funeral ser vices will be held Thursday, July 7, at 2 p.m. in the First Methodist church at Ashland for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Creighton Linn, who were killed Sunday evening when their private plane crashed as they approached the Fossil, Ore., airport. The Rev. Ross Knotts will officiate. Inter ment will be in Mt. View cem etery. Litwiller funeral home is in charge. Mr. Linn was a son of the Ash land school district superintend ent, Leland P. Linn, and Mrs. Linn. She was a daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Wayne Brown of Mrytle Creek. Both were ac tive in the Methodist church. Married in February The couple has lived in Ash land since their wedding last reo. in, ana ne naa oeen em ployed by the city of Ashland. They planned, to leave soon for Alaska where he was to have flown this summer for the Cor dova Air lines. He- was a pilot last summer for the same comp any. The Linns left Roseburg last Sunday afternoon for Fossil to visit with her sister, Mrs. Jean Roark, and to attend ,a family reunion before their departure for Alaska. Mrs. Linn was thrown clear of the plane but was unconscious and died en route to the Heppner hospital. He was still in the plane and it is believed he died in stantly. He was an -experienced pilot with- hundreds of hours of flying time and was known as a conservative pilot. Mr. Linn was born in Myrtle pomt, Feb. 28, 1927 and attend ed grade and high school there. He served with the Army in Germany, later attending South ern Oregon and Oregon State colleges. His wife also had at tended Southern Oregon college, and had taught in Medford schools. She was the former Miss Edythe Brown. Brother and Sister Mr. Linn's other survivors are a brother, Phillip, Stockton, Cal., and a sister, Mrs. Charles Eliason of San "Jose, Cal. Mrs. Linn was born May 31, 1934 at East Coulee, Alberta, Can. Her survivors in addition to her parents, are a brother, Wes ley, John Day, and four sisters, Mrs. David Smith, Tygh Valley, Ore., Mrs. Oliver Calhoun, La Grande, Mrs. William Fisher, Redondo Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Roark, Fossil.. A grandmother, Mrs. S. P. Brown, Jamieson, Ore., also survives. Auspices VFW American Legion and DAY FHKT TDME mmn July 6th to 10th 5 - BIG DAYS - 5 FAIRGROUNDS I V V 'Jy x FOLLOW THE TWIN SEARCHLIGHTS TO THE BIG SHOW Gigantic Midway with Chills and Thrills for Everybody! . THE BIGGEST SHOW IN THE WEST IS HEBE! ( Daily Weather Reporl DATE July 8. 1955 Sunset tonisht 7:50 D.m Sunrise tomorrow 4:41 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness through Thursday. Low to night 48. High Ihursday 75. western ureeon: Mostly ciouay wun a little drizzle in places tonight. Fair Thursday. Low tonight 45-53. warmer Thursday afternoon with highs 75-tia, except 60-65 on coast. Northern California: Fair , through Thursday except variable low clouds near coast night and morning hours. Little temperature change. LUCAL UA1A TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 60: below normal 10. Record high this date 104 in 1922. Record low this date 43 in 1923. PRECIPITATION : 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month, trace. .05 inch be low normal. Total since Sept. 1. 8.88 in.. 8.96 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 40, highest this a.m. 79 Si. CITY . High Low Prec. Brookings 63 46 Crater Lake 51 29 .01 Grants Pass 70 40 Klamath Fails 66 MEDFORD , 68 Portland 63 Seattle 67 Spokane 73 Yakima 77 Eureka : 59 Red Bluff 84 Sacramento 80 San Francisco 60 Los Angeles 72 Phoenix 103 Denver 90 Chicago .. 95 Miami 84 40 47 55 52 50 56 49 58 50 50 57 71 60 73 71 .08 1.32 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U-P.) Cattle 400. Choice 1125 lb. fed steers $23.35: good 1100 lb. steers S20; good 793 lb. fed heifers $31; utility dairy type heifers- 112-15; canner-cutters mostly S9-10.50: util ity cows $11.50-12.75: utility-commercial bulls $14.50-16; light cutters down to $12.' Calves 65. Good-choice vealers $20 22.50; utility-commercial grades $13 19: culls down to $10. 1 Hoes 300. U.S. No. 1 and 2 hutchers "180-235 lb. $22-22.50; choice 350-550 id. sows si2.au-i4.au. - - s- Sheep 1500. Choice with some prisae spring lambs $20; good-choice grades $18-19; good-choice feeder lambs $13 15.50 with few 80 lb. $16; good-choice 102 lb. shorn yearlings $13.50;. cull choice ewes $2-4.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 56c doz.: A large. 49-5 lc; AA medium 47-48c doz.; A medium 46-47c doz.; A small 25 -38c 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. 42-45:C 5-lb. loaves. 46'i-49i2c. Processed Ameri can cheese. 5-lb. loaf, 39 ',2-49 lio lb. Farm Market Top quality raspberries sold at $3.00 a 12-cup flat at the sEast Side Far mers' market today; general straw berry price range was $2.25-2.50 a flat; mid-Columbia and Milton Free water district cherries sold lower at $18-22 cents a pound: first Willamette valley pie cherries sold at 10-15 cents a pound. . Poultry, Rabbits - Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers. 2Yx to 4 lbs.. 32c (nominal) at farm. 31-32c lb. light hens 18c; heavy hens, all wts., 20c up: old roosters. 12-14c lb. Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style, 44 45c lb.; whole drawn, 55-57e lb.; cut up, 59-62c lb.: hens, light type.New York style. 29-30C; cut-ups, 41-45c; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style. 31-32c; whole drawn. 42-45c 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 retailers, A grade young 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.; fryer turkeys, 4-8 lbs.. 49-51c. Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 3-4& lbs.. 21 -23c up; 5-6 lbs., 17-1 9c: colored pelts, 4c under; old does, 10-12c lb., a few higher. Fresh dressed fryers. to retailers. 57-61c; cut-up, 62-65C. -Wednesday July 8.1955 Wall Street New York (U.R) Aristocratic plutocrats of American industry led industrial shares to a new record high on .the stock market today. Their poorer companions, the railroads, took to the sidetrack to watch the ascent into the rari fied air. The once spectacular performers, the utilities, gained a few cents in their conservative investment style. . Dow-Jonas Averages '. Dow-Jones final stock ave rages: 30 industrials 4637.41 up 7.99; 20 railroads 160.56 off 1.19; 15 utilities 64.67 up 0.05 and 65 stocks 168.07 up 1.26. Sales today were about 3,140,000 shares compared with 2,680,000 sharesi yesterday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T ....183 Anaconda IW'z Chrysler . 83 ss Curtiss Wright . 29 General Electric 541 General Motors : 12734 Montgomery Ward 8034 Penn. R. R ; . 2W2 Penney, J. C. 96V4 Radio . 57T'8 Southern Co. . 19V4 63 Vs 93 x433 ... 45 28 -"Z 69Vz 4& 564 .... 84V4 Southern Pacific S., Oil of Calif Texas Gulf Sulphur Transamenca' Tri-Continental . . United Aircraft S. Rubber . U. S. Steel ' Youngstown ....... PORTLAND CASH GRAIN USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white, not quoted; No. 2 white oats 38 lb. test. Coast delivery. so a ton; Portland delivery. $50 ton; f.o.b.- Portland Coast delivery: sov- oean meal. $82.57 . ton. cars prompt dellvrv Prrtlan4 111 $46.50-47 cars; No. 2 yellow corn. East ern shipping points, $70.50-71.50. Wholesale hay prices: New crop Kruano? NOW HERE! HELD OVER THE NAVY NEVER HAD IT 1 SOFUNNYIvf Cf PLUS Mi I I L J 3 with .... .... SCOn BRADY MARY CASTLE BflGunitJCj LrfffTH fZL 6:30 pjn. jnjj ML r iwj show r i C" DONALD X I O'CONNOR WL r MARTHA HYER a r 3 CI - . X ENDS TONITE f- K?s v X:' PLUS . Vi la Cleriass COlOtl MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Stockmen To Continue 4-H Scholarship Plan The Jackson County Stock men's association board of direc tors last night voted to continue sponsoring a $25 scholarship to send a 4-H boy to a week-end campment in eastern Oregon. The school is sponsored by the Northwest Section of the Ameri can Society of Range Manage ment. The directors also agreed to compile a list of Jackson county beef cattle and sheep which may be offered for sale on markets this fall. The list will help at tract more buyers to the area, they feel. BIRTHS . RAY To Mr. and Mrs. Myron, 723 Oak st., July 3, 1955, a girl, 3 pounds 5'2 ounces, at Commun ity hospital. .. WOLFF To Mr. and Mrs. Clifford, Jacksonville, July 4, 1955, a boy, 6 pounds 2Vt ounces, at Osteopathic hospital. JIM INEZ To Mr. and Mrs. Morris, 932 Garden Way, Ash land, July 4, 1955, a girl, 5 pounds 13 ounces, .. at Sacred Heart hospital. CHRISS To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest, 2230 Aloha st., July 5, 1955, a girl, 7 pounds at Com muinty hospital. HIBBS To Mr. and Mrs Robert, , route 1, box 62, Jack sonville,-July 5, 1955, a girl, 5Vi pounds at' Community hospital fff- WX Till COVED I Hfi WACC3ST0 i o) STCcf ranns I (if I; vA iCLtt Branca ; 5 f ft i ll m " tcckk:cclo '--"- -- waf - WILLIAM DOUREST ALAN MS . tOUAKDO NORIEGA WIUIAM H. ftNf ' 4 WILLIAM C THOMAS W RUDOLPH MATE tar m Som. ky WINSTON MILLS! EDMUND a NORTH v f r.4 - -- I ? J Jr 9oM& R4tf (sBasWBS X v a PARAMOUNT Y I " ) 1 1 I pictum I I :i fy v . 1 ' J UQ' vtt ii I 3 .WOMANI Obituaries PEARL MINOR Funeral services are pending at Perl funeral home for Mrs. Pearl Minor, who died today at a local hospital. The deceased and her husband, Horace, of Shreeveport, La., had been visit ing here. v '. EUGENE BAIRD j Eugene Ml Baird, 67, died to--day at the V.A. Domiciliary, Camp White. Conger-Morris fun eral home is in charge of funeral arrangements. ROY TIEMAN Funeral services for Roy Tie man, 46, of Shady Cove, who died in a local hospital Saturday, will be held at ISO p.m. Thurs day in Chapel Mortuary, with the Rev. D. . Millard of Eagle Point officiating. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. The deceased was born in Towanda, 111., on Dec. 2, 1908, and came to the Rogue valley from Los Angeles about seven years ago. He was employed by the Medford Neon sign company for several years and recently has been engaged in orchard work. " Survivors include -three broth ers, John, Lawrence, and Her man. ?. " v "; Chicago D.K Miss Martha Shull, " Jefferson high school English teacher from Portland, yesterday -was nominated with out opposition for the first vice presidency of the National Edu cation Association. ' knoD CLr.xo: - II -v.