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

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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday; other days 5:30 previous day.
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Moose Hall
Saturday, Jaly 23
8:30 P.M.
Potluck Refreshments
COFFEE SERVED
Fran Cronin, Caller
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Two Shows 11 p.m. & 1 a.m.
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