Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 07, 1955, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextI Local and Bicycle Taken James Robert Beam, 517 Spencer st., reported the theft of his bicycle from Hawthorne park between 7 and 8:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, according to city police records. Squara Dane The Pioneer square dance club will meet at Kershaw Square Saturday, July 9, at 8:30 p.m. There will be sev eral local callers and potluck re freshments will be served. The building is air conditioned. Return Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Phipps and children, Ken neth and Karen, 949 Kenyon st, arrived home this week from Spokane, Wash., where they vis ited with Phipps' mother. They left June 30. Dog Collar Taken Lloyd Ed win Bennet, 315 Apple st., re ported to the city police yester day that some one had taken his dog's brown leather, silver studded collar and dog license. The license number is 1115, police said. Cabin Entered Theft of canned food and vandalism which caused damage estimated at $100 has been reported to the sheriff's ofice by J. Robert Tolle, Applegate. The theft and vandalism occurred at Tolle's cabin in the Applegate area. To Eugene Paul W. Horn beck, manager of the local office of J. Henry Helser & Co., west coast investment managers, will travel to Eugene Friday lor an all day meeting of the firm's Oregon representatives. Horn beck's Medford residence is 1428 East Main st. Tenth Questioned A 17-year-old boy was questioned and re leased by city police yesterday, after admitting the theft of two fender skirts from a car parked at the Rogue Valley ballroom 'recently. The complainant de clined to sign a formal com plaint, according to city police. Returns Home Mrs. Floyd R. Lawson, clerk at the First Na tional Bank of Portland, Med ford branch, returned July 2 aft er being called to Spokane, Wash., June 13 by the serious illness of her father, J. E. Wil kinson. Mrs. Lawson resides at 555 Oakdale ave. Burglaries Charles Franklin Casey, route 1, box 448, Talent, reported to sheriffs officers that a .30 caliber Remington rifle, a 12 gauge shotgun, a flash gun camera valued at $29.95, two boxes of shotgun shells and a box and a half of .30 .caliber shells were taken from his home recently. He said saws, hammers and other tools also have been taken recently. Freeman W. Ma son, 47 Laurel st.. Central Point, reported that light fixtures and rugs were taken . from Thomas E. Whittle's Swift Water Lodge n Lower River rd. near Dodge bridge recently. SQUARE DANCE SATURDAY, JULY 9 8:30 P.M. MOOSE HALL Medford (Back of Conger-Morris) Air Cooled Hall Potluck - Coffee Served H n ENDS TONITE! 3 1st Drivc-ln nun! TCOnnOW! AUITSLEKKim mis cc:e to tee scceek: K1BL Plus 2nd , BIG Adventure) HIT! w m m Personal Hasards Found City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson inspect ed an apartment house, investi gated a complaint in a residen tial district and issued four or ders for correction of hazardous conditions yesterday. 9 m m Business Name The busi ness name Farmer's Market has been assumed by Albert R. Sei- taer and Helen D. Seiber. ac cording to county clerk's rec ords. The address is listed as Box 227, Talent. V Theft Reported Charles F. Casey, route 1, box 448, Talent, has reported the theft of two guns, some ammunition, a camera and other articles from his rabin on Anderson creek, ac cording to records in the sheriff's office. Name Cbanae Earl C. Neeley has withdrawn from the business name South Side Mark et, which has been assumed by Neal V. Preston and Ann B. Preston, according to records on file in the office of the Jackson county clerk. - : At Community Mrs. Charles A. Robertson, route 1, box 48, Ashland, and Mrs. Janie Fern lund, 830 Gilman rd., are listed today as surgery patients at Community hospital. Medical pa tients reported are Mrs. J. R.' Sides, 926 Murray st., and Rob ert Whiteley, Cave Junction. , v " Clock Found An unknown person reported finding a Keno brand alarm clock to the city police yesterday. The clock is black with a white face ad is worth approximately $3.49. It was found in front of the Jack son County Federal Savings and Loan association building, 126 East Main st, police said. . - Hold Square Dance The "Swingin' Bees" will - square dance Saturday from 8:30 p.m. to Midnight at 40 North River side ave., with Minnie Robertson calling. All square dancers are cordially invited. Refreshments will be potluck. Reservations for a progressive dinner and square dance July 16 can be made by calling Alvey Stanford at 3-3165. mm Service Honored Ira G. Par ish, Medford airway operations specialist, was presented a 30 year service pin at the annual awards program of . the Civil Aeronautics .Administration in Los Angeles, June 29. Parish was among 12 men of CAA Re gion 4 to receive such an award. He resides at 755 Ellendale dr. Permits Issued Building per mits were issued by the city hall yesterday to D. L. Pickell for the erection of a $15,000 resi dence at 440 Ardmore st., to F. W. Catalano for the erection of an $8,000 residence at 1717 Ore gon ave., and to L. E. Hatheus, 206 Lincoln st, for a $1,500 al teration of a residence into a du plex, according to records filed yesterday. Leayet Jack Flippen, Bos ton, Mass., left this week after visiting here with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Ettinger, 824 West 12th st. He was born in Gold Hill and this is his first trip west in 36 years. He also visited another sister, Mrs. Gertrude Rosecrans at Gold Hill, who accompanied him to Klamath Falls for a visit with two sisters who live there. He is now en route to Los Ange les. SHOW AT 8:20 P.M. (lbaOSSY-J.VYWAN NEWS 'and COLOR CARTOON sbbbbbbV T; -MaaTaaaaBrv-B H I J Undertaker Likely Needed by Burglar . Los Angeles IU.R) Police waited with av stomach pump for a burglar with interna tional tastes to give himself up. They said he broke into a home and gorged himself with a can of Mexican enchiladas, a jar of chile peppers, a half dosen Spanish tamales, a can of Irish stew and a carton of chop suey. He washed the food down with a fifth of Holland gin and some Cali fornia sherry wine. Seven Girls Enter Jubilee Contest Jacksonville Seven girls are candidates for queen of the 1955 Jacksonville Gold Rush jubilee, it was announced today. Addi tional candidates may be entered before the July 16 deadline. Four of those entered so far are from Medford. The girls and their sponsors are Patricia Min nis, Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce; Sharon Jean Frazier, Medford Launderette; Connie Caton, Crater Lions club, and Sally Walker, Medford Lions club. . Cora Mae Gleim, Talent, is sponsored by Talent Lions club; Zita Maddox, Jacksonville, is sponsored by Jacksonville Lions club, and Lee Anne Leach, Ash land, is sponsored by Ashland Junior Chamber of Commerce. Patricia Minnis won the first week's prize for selling the larg est number of tickets. The gift was donated by McLain's Drug store, Medford. Queen contest headquarters is located in the U.S hotel, Jacksonville. Mental Health Group Officer To Visit Here Melvin Murphy, executive sec retary of the Oregon Mental Health association, will be in the valley from July 8 to 23 to conduct a workshop on mental health at the Southern Oregon college. He will devote his free time to the Jackson County Mental Health committee. Members of any civic groups who wish to have him conduct an evening program may call Mrs. Walter Bish, telephone 3-2784. He will be available for such engage ments July 12 through 17. At Sacred Heart Mrs. Ro- ber Lawrence, Phoenix, and Mrs. Everett Sundquist, 729 Welch st., are surgery patients at Sacred Heart hospital and Alvin Henagin, 815 West 13th st., and Albert Lewis Cazin, Butte Falls, are medical patients there, attendants reported to day. With Firm C. C. (Chris) Temple is now in charge of the heating department, of the Mod ern Plumbing and Sheet Metal Co., it was announced this week, He is working under Paul Lar son, who recently became sole owner of the . firm, which has been in business here 32 years, Temple has had 18 years of ex perience in his field. Sparklers Blamed A fire in a garage at the James V. Jones residence, 25 Washington St., about 4:10 p.m. yesterday appar ently was started by boys play ing with sparklers, firemen re ported. They said that an old car seat stored in the garage was damaged. A small grass fire on a vacant lot on South Barneburg rd. about noon yesterday caused no damage, firemen said. Daily Weather Report DATS July 7. 1935 Sunset tonicht 7:50 n.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:42 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity : Fair through Friday. Low tonisht 48. Hiah fridav 82. Western Oregon: Cloudy with show- en alonf coast tonight becoming mostly cloudy over interior. Northern and Central California: Fair -tonight and Friday except local coastal fog on north coast. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean VMtardav 60: below normal 10. Hecord nigh this date 99 in 1931. Record low this date 42 in 1919. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid. night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month, trace, .06 inch be low normal. - Total sines Sept. 1, 8.88 inches, 8.97 inches below normal. highest this a.m. 73. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 67 . 47 Crater Lake 57 30 Grants Pass 76 41 Klamath Falls 60 35 MEDFORD 73 45 Portland 64 48 Seattle 66 47 Spokane 67 47 Yakima 73 49 Eureka 60 87 85 69 73 S3 66 54 49 59 Red Bluff Sacramento San Francisco . Los Angeles . Phoenix ..103 I 95 - 90 - 80 - 81 . 89 71 62 71 77 67 71 Denver Chicago Miami New York Washington, D.C. J3 .21 O SMORGASBORD - $2:25 Includes Barbecued Sparerlbs O WONDERFUL DINNERS Special Prime Ribs of Beef O ALA CARTE MENU FOft RESEXVATIONS-PhoiM Timber Sale Bids Called by Bureau Bids on two timber tracts to taling 327 acres and an estimated 9,976,000 board feet will be re ceived by E. K. Peterson, district forester, for the bureau of land management at 10:30 a.m. July 14, at the city hall, it was an nounced today. The purpose of the sale is to harvest the defective, old growth timber, to reserve and protect the existing second growth, and to promote prompt establish ment of an adequate crop of new seedlings. Both timber stands contain douglas fir, sugar pine and incense cedar. The timber sale for the Jack son county marketing area is located in Jamison Gulch, a tributary of Pleasant Creek, and is 1714 miles from the nearest rail head, which is in Rogue River. The appraised price is $83,812.35 for 4,071,000 board feet on 193 acres. The timber sale for Josephine county's mar keting area is located at the head of the Grave Creek drain age. The appraisal is $104,124.25 for approximately 5,505,000 board feet on 134 acres. No bid for less than the appraised price will be accepted. Wall Street New York (U.PJ The stock market today experienced its first real break in nearly two months. Leading groups finally suc cumbed to profit-taking and loss in industrials mounted be cause of a sharp decline in Du Pont. Steels met realizing after an attempt at rise under the lead of Bethlehem. Dow-Jones Averages Dow-Jones final stock ave rages: 30. industrials 460.23 off 7.18; 20 railroads 158.21 off 2.35; 15 utilities 64.51 off 0.16 and 65 stocks 165.86 off 2.21. Sales today were about 3,300, 000 shares compared with 3,140, 000 shares yesterday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T .... 1831s Anaconda 1 69 Chrysler ; 83 14 Curtiss Wright 20 General Electric 53 s4 General Motors . 125 Montgomery Ward .. 80 Penn. R. R. . 2734 Penney, J. C 952 Radio 50 Southern Co .. 19 Southern Pacific .. 61 Vi S. Oil of Calif. .. 94 Texas Gulf Sulphur 4234 Transamerica . 44 Tri-Continental . 27 United Aircraft . 67Vs U. S. Rubber 47V U. S. Steel 55 Youngstown .. . 8194 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 15. Mostly good 664 lb. fed steers $22: commer cial steers $19-20; utility heifers 12 16; canner-cutter cows mostly $9 10.50. few $11; utility cows Sll.30-13; young commercial grades to $13; cut ter bulls $12-14. Calves 65. Good-choice vsaltrs $20 22. some higher. Hogs 150. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180 235 lb. $22-22.50: No. 3 lots $31-21.30; heavier and lighter weights mostly $19-19.50; choice 330-350 lb. sows $12.50-16. choice 110 lb. feeder pigs $19. Sheep 750. Choice-prime 97 and 99 lb. spring lambs $20.50; choice with some prime grades $20; good-choice lots mosuy sis.so-i9.30; good-choice feeders $15-15 JO; cull to choice awes $1-4.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland UJ?.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade A A large. 56c doz.; A large. 49-lc: AA medium. 47-48c doz.; A medium. 46-47c doz.; A small, 25-38c doz.; cartons, l-3e additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 65c lb.: cartons 66c: A prints, 65c: cartons 66c: B prints 63c. uieese To retailers: A grade Ched dar. Oregon singles, 42-45',jc; S-lb. loaves. 46-49c. Processed Ameri can cheese, S-lb. loaf. 39ta-49lsC lb. Poultry. Rabbits Live Chickens To sMwara (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2 "a to ids., 32c (nominal) at farm. 31-32C lb.; light hens. 18c; heavy hens, all wts.. 20c up: old rooatera. 12-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style, 44- c id.; wnoie drawn, 5S-S7C lb.; cut up, 39-62c lb.: hens, light type. New xorK styie. zs-aoc; cut-ups, i-ae; hens, heaw tvoe. N.Y. stvle. 31-32c: whole drawn. 42-43c 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.; viscerated. To retailers. A grade young hens, ready to cook, 48-S0c; N. Y. dressed. 37-38c lb.: A grade toms. oven ready. 4o-4lc: N.Y. style. 34-35c lb.; fryer turkeys. 4-8 lbs.. 49-SOc. Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b. killine plants) Live white. 3i-4' lbs.. 21-23C up; 9-6 lbs., 17-19c: colored pelts ,4c under; old does, 10-12c lb, a tew higher. Fresh dressed fryers to retailers, 57-61c; cut up. 62-65C PORTLAND CASH GRAIN Portland Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: wheat. No. 2 soft white, not quoted: No. 21 white oats 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, $54 a ton; Portland delivery. $50 ton; No. 2 Western barley, $47.50-30 to f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery, soy bean meal. $32.57 ton. cars prompt delivery Portland standard millrun, $4630-47 cars; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipping points, $70.50-71.50. Wholesale hay' prices: New crop No. 2 green alfalfa baled, f.o.b. trucks. Portland. $32-33. Dead Una Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 ajn. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. DINING INN CENTRAL POINT NOrmandy 4-2513 Former Chief of Mails At White House Passes Santa Barbara, Calif. (U.FB Ira R. T. Smith, chief of mails at the. White House through the administration of nine presidents has died here f ellowing a stroke, it was disclosed today. Smith succumbed Tuesday night at the age of 79. Appointed as a one-man mail opening department by President McKinley, he served throughout the administrations of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wil son, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt and Truman. Bloodhounds Used In McKenzie Search Eugene (U.R) Bloodhounds today were hunting for Earl Smith, 62-year-old Sacramento. Calif., auto dealer feared drown ed with two companions in a McKenzie river boating acci dent June 27. Bloodhounds owned by Nor man Wilson of Dallas, Ore., late yesterday picked up what Wil son said was Smith's scent on the bank of the McKenzie just down stream from where Smith and two other men disappeared. The bodies of Milo Thompson, Mc Kenzie river guide and Aram Adams, 48, Bakersfield, Cailf., were found in the river June 28 near where the boat carrying the three men capsized. Wilson said, however, it was possible Smith might have fished on the bank at the point where the tracks were found on the day before the boating accident. Bloodhounds were pressed into the hunt after Smith's wife asked that further search be made. Medford Active Club Installation Tonight . Earl Fichtner, 2547 Corona ave., will be installed as presi dent of the Medford Active club tonight. The meeting will be at the Jackson hotel. Other officers to be installed are William DuHaime, vice-president; Aubrey Loper, secretary; Charles Dorrell, treasurer; Rus sell DeForest, activator and Al Bradford, historian. The new .board of directors includes Joe Clark, Jack Cum- mings, Bob Stewart and Russell DeForest. Battery Company Plans Factory at Portland Portland (U.R) A $250,000 factory will be built here by Nic-L-Silver Battery Company at a site to be selected in the next few days, the company an nounced here today. Company president C. George Lippincott said the plant would employ about 50 workers, and would produce about 1000 bat teries per day. BIRTHS NEELY To Mr. and Mrs William, 715 West Main st., July 5, 1955, a boy, 8 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. . ; . DUNAGAN To Mr. and Mrs Robert, 905 Reddy ave.,:July' 5, 1955, a girl, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. .v. - GHEYSEN To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 710 Pennsylvania ave., July 6, 1955, a boy, 6V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. FALLS To Mr. and Mrs. Verl, Central Point, July 6, 1955, a boy, 8V2 pounds at Osteopath ic hospital. . CHRISTENSEN To Mr. and Mrs. Arion, July 7," 1955, a girl,: 8 pounds alt Osteopathic hospital. AMOS To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur,, Phoenix, July 7, 1955. a girl, 4 pounds 14 oz. at Osteo pathic hospital. V L COMING BACK STAN'S f H5m V , Yvonpt Moray. Saturday Only An Early Dinner Shew far the Kiddies at P.M. Reservations Appreciated, Phone 24S00 THE DOUBLE-AIRES," Norm and Clare Playing for Your Dancing Pleasure STAN'S Y CLUB Thursday. July 7, 1955 Felony Suspects Appear in Court Two men appeared in district court yesterday on felony charg es, and a teenager was fined on a charge of being drunk on a public highway, according to court records. Dick Gene Hampton, 23, New- burg, was arraigned on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. The charge involved a bad check. Hampton waived hearing and was bound over to the grand jury. He was jailed in lieu of $1,500 bond. Robert Read Barclay, 30, of 714 Pine st., Central Point, was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, involving a worthless $20, check. He was released on bond. The teenager fined $15 by Dis trict Judge Rawles Moore was a 16-year-old Medford boy. Eastern States Continue To Be Hot By UNITED PRESS A muggy heat wave kept mil lions of Americans tugging at their shirt collars and dreaming of a white Christmas for the eighth straight day today. Temperatures slipped a little in the 'Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. But they jumped up 10 degrees in the western plains. From New York to the Southern Rockies, the story was the same at least three more days of 90 plus heat and no definite relief in sight. PURCHASE MARKET Jacksonville Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Earl, former Medford residents, recently from Spring field, Ore., arrived , here last week to assume owneship of the DeVore Meat market in Jackson ville. The shop for several years has been owned and operated by Con DeVore, Jacksonville highway, who plans to retire. Earl and his wife will be active in the business. He formerly was a partner in a shop at Central Point and has been v employed in numerous Medford markets. They have been operating the Jacksonville shop since Monday. Obituary PEARL MINOR Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Proctor Minor, 89, of Shreeveport, La., who died at a local hospital Wednesday, will be held in Shreeveport next week. Perl funeral home is in charge of local arrangements. The deceased, who with, her husband, Horace, had been visit ing then- daughter, Mrs. Frank Ross, 1325 Winchester ave., for the past six weeks, was born in Kirkland, Ind., on Nov. 10, 1885 Once in a Lifetime . . A Show Like This! IN PERSON . Judy Garland ' With a Company of 4 The Hl-Lo's - Wiere Bret. . Frank Fontaine r JrfY Gray's Orchestra Mc Arthur Court, . Eugene Thursday, July 14, t p.rrt. Tickets: $4.00 $3.00, $2.50, $1.50 : (All Tax Included) Order by mail from Mc Arthur n.a AMm Vmma VUlul 'HV vimct ciaavuv. Make checks payable to Judy Garland shows. 1 TO CLUB YVONNE MORAY tilth Miu DytumH!" Fri. & SaL, July 8 & 9th Only RaiMmbar th IKlf Songstress? Only 3S" Talll YauTl lava Har. MEDFORD (OREGON) Public Invited To Meet UN Official Friday The public is "invited to at tend a meeting of the Medford United Nations association Fri day, July 8, at 7:30 p.m., when Mrs. Ruth Gage-Colby, UN cor respondent, will give her impres sions of the recent 10th anniver sary session of United Nations at San Francisco. The meeting will be held in the gardens of the Congregational church, Oakwood dr. and Grove land ave. Bruce Manley, president of the local UN chapter, who attended the San Francisco meeting, will conduct a question and answer period. Motorman Prevents Panic on Streetcar New Orleans U.R) A transit conductor prevented panic when lightning set his street car loaded with 30 passengers afire Wednesday, shooting . flames up from seats and along the top of the vehicle. Charles Wesson, 59, said there was a frenzied rush of passen gers for the doors but he slam med them shut until they all calmed down, and then tet them out into the street. No one was hurt. Motorman Peter Barthet, 48, said he heard a "tremendous ex plosion" and then saw. flames licking about the street car, fill ing the interior with smoke. The street car was heavily damaged, he said. SMILE FOR SAFETY - Atlantic City, NJ J. U.PJ American motorists would be safer drivers if they smiled more often, according to Dr. Herman Schwartz' of -New York City. Schwartz told the" National Chi ropractic Association here Wed nesday that a smile "relaxes the eye and .facial muscles." o ASIILAI1D e I tfcjfa AUDIE I MURPHY MARI BLANCHARD PLUS MrrcHcu. DeMffleDoesItAgaiiJ JOHN WAYNE GAtUllUAL now SU0UH1G nEDFODD Fair Grounds Auspices VJ.W. American Legion and D.A.V. TONIGHT AND ALL THIS WEEK ;, - Circus Ponies ; and Kiddie Land v HEY KIDS Clip this ad-Good for one free admission at the front gate on Special school chil dren's matinees on Satur day, July th and Sunday, July 10th, 1 to 5 p.m. AIL MECHANICAL RIDES Bach FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AT SPECIAL MATINEES . Last Times Sunday , JULY 10th few MAIL TRIBUNE THTRTEErT J Neuberger, Coon Accept , Two More Invitations " . Washington (U.PJ Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger and Rep. Sam -Coon have accepted Invitations to engage in two more debates1 in Oregon .communities over partnership power, proposals for John Day dam. The Democratic senator and the Republican congressman will debate the issue in John Day and Condon, raising to 14 the number of cities to hear the dis cussions this fall. now Tonite COlOft Ms asjM. mmm ; svmium SssXt'MSf 'Kt - PLUS I 1 lkMsMS , 1-1 ft dwslSailniislSa " I I L? SkBSSMSstftPtSSSJ I J I lnsMfcai i Mm Iwitttiaassj ' I ssJMUafcariOat - V -'Sll yistaVisioh I PLUS rniniTiTSaf V lnMaMiwl S Tonite : . y . ISTmmi th; V ' l. Bamaissa TT with f-y SCOn BRADY Vr . MARY CASTLE