Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 21, 1955, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextI T i Local and Personal At Community Mrs. Ray-! mond E. Yarnell, Ashland, is re ported today as a surgery pa tient at Community hospital. On Honor Roll Ronald Wolff, freshman son of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Wolff, 512 Holly st., is listed on the spring semester honor roll at Pacific university. Wolff, a 1934 graduate 'of Med ford High school, is majoring in optometry. Hit And Run A car driven by Betty Jean Tjoelker, 1109 West 11th st., was struck by an unidentified car in a hit-and-run collision at the intersection of East Main st. and Crater Lake ave., according to city police. No injuries were reported, police said. Names Assumed Assumed business names filed yesterday with the county clerk include M&M Barber shop, by Morris Vanderwilt and Marion Ander son, 123 West Main st.. Rich Maid Ice Cream, by Lou Leu bach and J. Dexter, Ashland, and Chris the Tailor, by Henry M. and Ethel K. Christofferson, 36 North Bartlett st. Family Visits The Wally Borden family of Prineville vere week end visitors at the E. E. McGrew home, 1433 East McAndrews rd. They visit here annually with the McGrews. The parents and children, Michael, Dick, Sherry, Sandra and Gary, make up an orchestra and the family has been appearing in various towns on television left here for California. Mrs. E. E. McGrew is at Sacred Heart hospital this week where she is receiving traction treatment and the family visited her there. I I r TiiiinoriBvi cnns inunounii ML A ROYAL ROMANTIC RIOT!, Th J. Arthur Bant Organization Prawntt 'princess color bf nCHNICOtOt A th Ivtnol-lnttrrtational ?ela, PLUS 11 & 4 1 men on v n m TICOTRSPE 4 7 mty Gasolin Spills The city fire department reported no alarms yesterday, ' but firemen ilushed down four gasoline spills from parked cars in the business section of town. Woman Faints Mrs. M. A. Criswell, 50, of 622 South Cen tral ave., fainted while she was clerking at the J. C. Penney store about 2:45 p.m. yesterday. She was taken to the Osteo pathic hospital by Medford Am bulance service and was ex pected to be released today. Issued Permits A. R. Dubbs, 506 Barnes st., has been issued a building permit for the $10,000 construction of a residence, and W. Benton Smith, 1325 Mt. Pitt ave., has been issued a $12,000 permit for the construction of a residence, according to rec ords on file at the city hall. m m Hold Square Dane The 'Swingin' Bees' will hold a square dance Saturday from 8:30 p.m. to midnight at the Robert son School of Businss, 40 North Central ave. Minnie Robertson will call. All square dancers are welcome. Potluck refreshments will be served. Daughter Born Lt. 'and Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee Brewer Jr., are the parents of a daughter born Wednesday, July .- , in Darmstadt, Germany. The child has been named Elizabeth Jane and weighed 7 pounds and 10 ounces. Mrs. Brewer is the for mer Ann Ostenson, Camas, Wash, and Lieutenant Brewer, on duty .with the armed forces in Germany, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee Brewer, 1320 East Main st. Leases Market The meat market at Matlack's store on the Jacksonville highway west of Medford has been leased by Frank Strauss, he announced , today. He and Mrs. Strauss will operate the market, and will be open seven days a week, he said, offering graded and inspect ed choice meats. The Strausses took over the market the first of this week. He has had exten sive experience in the meat busi ness in this area. CARDS OF THANKS We would like to express our true sincerity and an abundance of grati tude, not only to the Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Dept.. but to the many friends and neighbors who took the time and risk to help us extinguish a brush fire on our prop erty. Had it not been for the quick action and cooperation of these wonderful people, our homes would most likely have burned. Many thanks to the many that we cannot name. Sincerely. .Mr. and Mrs. Russel Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cabler S. 3rd St.. Jacksonville O SMORGASBORD - $2.25 Includes Barbecued Spareribs O WONDERFUL DINNERS Special Prime Ribs of Beef O ALA CARTE MENU DINING INN CENTRAL POINT FOR RESERVATIONS - Phone NOrmandy 4-2513 News About Servicemen DRILL INCREASE An increase from 24 to 48 drill periods for all Army re serve table of organization and equipment and table of distribu tion units has recently announc ed by the 6th Army, according to Maj. Jay M. Hamilton, unit advisor. Medford's 304th, 392na and 6402nd are entitled to the increase. Also newly instigated for such Army reserve units are three week end training periods of two days each per year, in addition to inactive duty train ing. Reservists will be paid for every drill plus each of the two day training periods they take, Major Hamilton said. ATTEND COURSE Capt. Kenneth B. Black, Camp White, is now attending an offi cer refresher course at the adju tant general school at Ft. Benja min Harrison, Indiana, according to Army reserve headquarters, 304th Logistical command. Fed eral building. Capt. Gordon C. Hayes, Ashland, is attending a finance officer's refresher course at the same fort. The course lasts two weeks. Medical Patient Mrs. Mae Criswell, 622 South Central ave., was admitted Wednesday to the Osteopathic hospital where she is a medical patient, attendants said today. . Return Mrs. Stuart Mc Queen and children, Mark, Ladd and Marily, 2136 Hillcrest rd., arrived home Tuesday evening after being in Portland for two weeks visiting her parents. At Sacred Heart Mrs. Adolph Pech, Lake Creek; Bruce Gordon, Copper, and Peggy Lee, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Lee, 726 Welch St., are medical patients at Sa cred Heart hospital, attendants reported this morning. m Claim Filed Five men have filed a quartz location notice with the county clerk, naming uranium, gold, and other min erals. The claim, known as "Eagle Number 3," is located in the Jim Creek mining district. Charles S. Skeeters, John L. Briner, George Slade, Herbert Kelley, and Bill Hervey signed the notice. Merer Flight Mrs. R. L. Peebler, 1912 Marsh lane, Med ford, was to be flown from Port land to Medford in a Mercy Flights plane today. She has been at the Good Samaritan hospital for surgery. George Milligan was to pilot the Stinson plane oper ated by the non-profit air ambu lance corporation. Mrs. Peebler will be the 367th patient carried by the organization in the past 5Va years. File Claims Madge M. Gaz ley, route 1, box 346, Gold Hill, his filed a quartz location notice in the Jackson county recorder's office. The claim, known as Clarabelle No. 2, is in the Foots Creek Mining district. No min eral was specified. Ida Frain, 144 Nutley st., Ashland, filed a claim specifying iron and oth er minerals in the Soda moun tain area. The claim is known as Shady Spring No. 2. 1 pc7 IKE SHOPS In Geneva, President Eisenhower looks over a toy Swiss doll at a downtown store as he went shopping for gifts for his three grandchildren. Search Ordered For Missing Yacht Honolulu (U.R) The Coast Guard ordered an expanded air sea search today for the yacht South Wind, believed to have been last seen 180 miles north of Kauai Island yesterday. The 39-foot ketch, one of the 50 boats that took part in the trans-Pacific yacht race, carries a crew of seven. Her skipper is E. R. Gallaschn, Monterey Park, Calif. Five long range planes from the Coast Guard, Navy and Air Force were- to join the Coast Guard cutter' Gresham in a search for the South Wind. An Air Force weather plane photographed a yacht 180 miles north of Kauai, but the Coast Guard said it might have been one of two other yachets that sailed from Kauai last week. Early today, the Gresham reached the position of the South Wind as reported on Mon day, the last time the boat was heard from. Officials of the yachet race be lieved the South Wind made a navigational error and has been off course for some time. The yacht is well provisioned and can stay at sea for several weeks without undue hardship. Good Condition The condi dition of Lloyd Knapp, South Groveland ave., is reported to day as "good" at Sacred Heart hospital. He was taken there July 15 after he received injur ies received in a fall from a pole. Twin Sons Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Conner, 51 North Oak dale ave., are parents of twin sons born July 20 at Osteopathic hospital. They are the couple's first children. The boys weighed 5 pounds, and 5 pounds 14 ounces. The boys have been named Britt Carson and Bryan Colby. Conner is a mechanic at Crater Lake Motor company. A mmm REE BIKE EVERY WEDNESDAY REGISTER NOW For Children Under 12 Yrs. 1st FREE BIKE Aug. 3rd No Nd t. Buy Oaf Adwhs Jutt Drtv. In and Rtfliitnr NamM sf Children Under 12 In. Win a Beautiful Murray Boys' or Girls' Bike Every Week Start Saving Free Tickets Now For Free Ford Sedan Awarded Aug. 25 FORTUNE On the Point GAS ON ANY CREDIT CARD So Central & So. Riverside Ford Tickets From Mdain's Drugs Central Market and Crater Lake Motors Heat Too Much For Town Clock Winnipeg, Man. (U.R) The 95-degree heat Wednesday was loo much for Winnipeg's City Hall four-faced lower clock. Maintenance men said Ihe heat thinned the grease in the clock's machinery so much thai the hour hand slipped a cog and one face ran an hour ahead of lhe others. Wall Street New York (U.R) Stocks climbed toward the summit to day. ; Leadership in volume went to Republic Aviation which ran up to a new high on improved earn ings. The whole aircraft group moved ahead with gains ranging to more than a point. Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 461.07 up 2.97; 20 railroads 158.24 up 0.26; 15 utilities 66.10 up 0.30; and 65 stocks 166.70 up 0.79. Sales today were about 2,530,- 000 shares against 2,080,000 shares yesterday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 1879s Anaconda 69V4 Chrysler 87 Curtiss- Wrightr 20V4 General Electric 52 General Motors .. 127V2 Montgomery Ward 81Vs Penn R. R 283s Penney, J. C. 92 Radio 50 Va Southern Co . 20 Southern Pacific 61 S. Oil of Calif 92 Texas Gulf Sulphur .... 41A Transamerica ..... 46 Tri-Continental 27 United Aircraft : 72 U. S. Rubber 46 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 150. Good 1044 lb. short fed steers $21; medium and good stock steers $16.50-18.50; cutter-utility dairy type steers $11 15; canner-utility heifers $10-14; low commercial heifers up to $17.50; can-ner-cutter cows mostly $8-10: few $10.50; utility cows $11-12; utility bulls 14-15.50: cutters down to $11. Calves 35. Good-choice $18-20; utility-commercial calves 11-17. Hogs 200. U.S. No. 1 and 2 butchers around 200 lb. $20.75; No. 1 lots up to $21; No. 3 mostly $19.75; choice 300-550 lb. sows $12.50-15. Sheep 200. Choice with some prime spring lambs 17.50-18; good-choice around $60-70 lb. feeder lambs $14.50; good-choice slaughter ewes $4. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs: To retail ers: Grade AA large 59c doz.: A large 52-54c; AA medium 50-62c: A medium 49-51c doz.; A small 39c doz.: cartons 1 to 3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints 65c lb.: cartons 66c: A prints 65c; cartons 66c; B prints 63c. Cheese 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 42i-451ic: 5-lb. loaves. 461,i-492c. Processed Ameri can cheese 5-lb. loaf. 39!a-49ic lb. Farm Market ' Best Yakima valley Tilton apricots sold at S2-2.25 at the East Side Farm ers' market for 28 lbs. today: one ship ment to top quality peach apricots from The Dalles sold at S2 a 24-26 lb. box: first Portland area vellow crook neck squash offered at $1.75 a flat. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2,i to 4 lbs.. 28c; at farm. 27c lb.; light hens. 17c: heavy hens, all wts., 19c up; old roosters. ll-14c. Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 41 42c lb.; whole drawn, 52-54c lb.; cut up, 55-58c lb.: hens, light type. New York style. 28-29c: cut-ups, 40-44c; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style. 29-31c; whole drawn. 41-45c. Turkeys To producers for A grade young hens, f.o.b. farm, N.Y. dressed, 33c; A toms. N.Y. style, 31c lb. To re tailers. A grade young hens, ready to cook, 50c; N.Y. dressed, 37-38c lb.: A grade toms oven ready, 41-45c: N.Y. style ,i 34-35c lb.; fryer turkeys. 4-8 lbs.. 49-Slc. 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 re tailers, 57-61c; cut up. 62-65c. PORTLAND CASH GRAIN Portland Wholesale hav prices: New crop No. 2 green alfalfa baled, f.o.b. trucks, Portland, $33-34c. Prices as reported by the ITSDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white. $7425 ton: No. 2 white oats 32 lb. test. Coast delivery $50.50-51 a ton; Willamette valley oats. Port land delivery. $49-49.50 ton f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery: new crop No. 2 Western barley. $46 ton; soy bean meal. $83.07 ton, cars prompt de livery Portland standard millrun. S47.50 cars; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipping points, $6825-6925. I Thursday. July 21. 19SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUKE TfOBTBDI Obituaries DEBRA McCOMB Funeral services for Debra Jane McComb, 8 weeks, who died Tuesday, will be held in Butte Falls Assembly of God church Friday at 3 p.m. with Pastor John H. Fuiten officiat ing. Committal will be in Butte Falls cemetery, with Conger Morris funeral home in charge of funeral arrangements. The baby was born May 24, 1955, in Medford, and the fam ily had recently moved to Butte Falls from Rogue River. Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McComb; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Helbig, Rogue River, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fraser, Eagle Point. DILLARD HAYES Reftiains of Dillard Wesley Hayes, 32, who was killed in a logging accident on West Evans creek Tuesday, were taken to day to Klamath Falls by Conger- Morris funeral home, for serv ices and interment there. The deceased was born May 25, 1923, in Derrey, NM., and was a veteran of World War II, serving from Atril 9. 1943. to Nov. 29, 1945, at a T-4, Head quarters Company. 330th Engin eers. He saw active service in the China, Central Burma, and India-Burma theatres. On Oct. 24. 1946. in Prescott. Ariz., he was married to Alice Burns, who survives. Other survivors include a son, Calvin Kenneth, and a daughter, Diana Marlene; four brothers, Allen, Flora Vista, NJVI.; Clin ton, Oklahoma; and Daniel and Morris, Price, Utah; two sisters, Onedia and Mrs. Evelyn Luge, Farmington, N.M.; and his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin D. Hayes. JEANETTE PREDGO Funeral services are pending at Perl funeral home for Mrs. Jeanette Agnes Predgo, who died at a local hospital today. IRVIN HEARING Funeral services are pending at Perl funeral home for Irvin Hearing, who died at his home, 321 Benson st., Wednesday. Punishment Feared; Boys Take To Woods Bend (U.R) Two Bend teen agers were safe in their homes here today after being reported missing for 10 days.. They were found on Tumalo creek west of Bend armed with fishing gear and a- .22 rifle. They explained to searchers that they had fled from Bend 10 days ago after they had killed a goose on the city's Mirror Pond. Fearing punishment, the 13 and 15-year-olds had taken a sleeping bag and headed for the upper Deschutes river country. Police did not reveal their names. No charges were planned. Canadian Swimmer Ready for Training Folkestone, England (U.R) Marilyn Bell, the 17-year-old distance swimmer from Toronto, Ont., said today she feels well enough to fully resume her train ing for a swim across the English Channel. Miss Bell, who attracted world wide acclaim when she became the" first swimmer to conquer Lake Ontario last summer, Wednesday had her first work out since she fell ill nine days ago. Afterwards she said her throat was no longer bothering her. BIRTHS Exiled Cuba President , To Return To Havana Havana, Cuba (U.R) A spe cial four-man committee will leave for Miami, Fla. Friday to escort former President Carlos Prio Socarras home from self imposed exile. The Havana Urgency Court re voked an order for Prio's arrest upon his return to Cuba on charges of subversive activity against the government of Pres ident Fulgencio Batista.' Ithaca, N.Y. JS?T An of ficial of the U.S. Soil Conserva tion service reports that approx imately 500,000 acres of land in New York state's soil rnn. servation districts were covered by detailed soil surveys during 1954. CONNER To Mr. and Mrs. Carroll, 51 North Oakdale ave., July 20, 1955, twin boys 5 pounds and 5 pounds 14 ounces, Osteo pathic hospital. Daily Weather Report JULY 21. 1955 Sunset tonight 7:42 ' a.m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:53 am. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair through Friday. Slightly cooler Friday. Low tonight 55. High Friday 88. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy on coast and fair over interior tonight and Friday. Little temperature change. Low tonight 50-58. High Friday 82-95 in interior. 60-70 on coast. Northern California: Fair tonight and Friday except coastal fog. Cooler in northern interior Friday. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 73: normal. Record high this date 106 in 1938. Record low this date 43 in 1914. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month, trace; .14 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 8.88 inches, 9.05 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 82. highest this a.m. 77. CITY High Low Prac. Brookings 58 52 Crater Lake 74 48 Grants Pass 92 50 Klamath Falls 88 54 MEDFORD 93 5S Portland 77 54 Seattle 78 SI Spokane 86 57 Yakima - 90 50 Eureka 56 51 Red Bluff 99 64 Sacramento 90 55 San Francisco 71 51 Los Angeles 89 62 Phoenix Denver . Chicago Miami New York Washington. D.C. 97 90 92 84 83 93 77 63 71 73 71 75 .16 .18 Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. ASHLAND SQUARE DANCE Moose Hall Saturday, Jaly 23 8:30 P.M. Potluck Refreshments COFFEE SERVED Fran Cronin, Caller I i Gates opes lrffTii tZL 1 :30p.m. sfl Kc Show at Bill ST7ilTT V TsVIITF FRIDAY jj W$tJ KIM D036LAS I leh DWl-ahrt MUUflNCtar MMEM PLUS TrtMITC FRIDAY Will I k SATURDAY Richard TOOD Jon PETERS Plus 9L MtUTHUS'WUDKM m4 MUt MBS MA1MAS COMING Fri.& Sat. July 22,23 TWO DAYS ONLY! Jack Eagle & Tom Mann Top-Star Entertainment Comedy & Song Lots of Laughs Really an Evening of Enjoyment Two Shows 11 p.m. & 1 a.m. "THE DOUBLE AIRES," Norm and Clara Playing for Your Dancing Pleasure STAN'S Y CLUB hri'l'ti'll'li DOORS OPEN 6:45 P.M. Starts TOWTE 2 ACTDOM mi PI MOST EXOTIC LAND MAN I 0 HAS EVER li t MJT n .llU0yk HAWKINS mm ..TECHNICOLOR .TONY CURTIS T 'J COUIEN MILLER Ni SAurr J?JtJ ""' "" .. "um " IC-ED ATTUCTTCI C3 TEE STJI!! 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