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Local and 0 At Osteopathic Mack Grif fin, Jacksonville; Clifton Con ner, 51 North Oakdale ave., and Paul Felkel, 503 Beatty st., all re reported today as medical patients at Osteopathic hospital. Alfred Hunziker, 719 Bennett .st., who also was there for medi cal care, was dismissed Sunday. Player Hurt Dewey Hender son, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hende&on, Eagle Point, is at Community hospital as the result of injuries received while playing football Friday, attend ants said today. He underwent emergency surgery there Friday evening. To Coqullli The Rev. Thomas McCamant, pastor of the Congregational church, will be In Coquille Tuesday to speak at a noon meeting of the Sorop timiat club regarding United Nations work. The- Rev. Mc Camant is a member of the Med ford chapter of the UN associa tion. Haa Surgery Dr. Bert Elliott, route 2, box 394, Medford, is listed today as a surgery patient at Community hospital. Others there for surgery include Cheryl Anne Sturgill, 6, daughter of Mr. - and Mrs. Richard Sturgill, route 3, box 168C, Medford, and Viola Carroll, 3, daughter of Embro Carroll,. 28 Lincoln st Qualifies Donald L. Arant, 27 Mistletoe st., has qualified for membership in the National Field club, an honor organiza tion of the Mutual Life Insur ance company of New York. Members of the club are out standing field representatives throughout the country and membership is based on stand ards of production and service In phases of insurance. . At faerad Haart Charles Miner, Klamath Falls; Charles Milam, 517 Dakota st.; Walter Chsjrley, Central Point; W. H. Frenz, Gold Hill; Mrs. James Vinson, Happy Camp, Calif., and Sidney Robinson, Provolt, all are listed as medical patients to day at Sacred Heart hospital. Those there for surgery include Russell Heisell, 301 Crater Lake ave., and Glen Heath, route 2, Medford. mi ENDS TOMORROW burt Lancaster TECHNICOLOR 117 S. Central I I N L J I HPmPI JJJUU 11 3 SHOP EARLY Personal Called by Death Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Linn left today for The Dalles where they were called by the death of a sister of Linn. He is principal of Mc- Loughlin Junior high school. From Trip Mr. and Mrs. Le land Knox, 221 Portland ave., have returned home after a 10 day visit in Fossil, Ore. They are former residents there and were with relatives and friends. Knox also hunted in the area. Inspections City Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson issued six orders or recommendations for removal of fire hazards Friday after inspecting five business oc cupancies, investigating a com plaint in a residential area and inspecting a home at the request of the owner. " "Flue Fires City firemen were called out on four flue fires Saturday and Sunday. They were summoned to the Jackson hotel about 11:05 p.m. yesterday and two pumpers and the lad der truck were taken. No dam age was reported. Chimney fires Saturday evening were at the Virgil G. Rose home, 944 Win chester st., and the Kenneth G. Ross residence, 765 Posse lane. A fauMy flue caused some damage to the roof at Morton Milling company, 10 West Jack son St., Saturday afternoon, Two pumpers and the ladder truck were sent to the scene. Relatives Leave Several relatives here for the week end to visit at the home of Mrs. C. E., Bonner. 319 North Bart lett st., left thi3 morning. They are Sgt. Ambrose Scott of Lar sen Air Force base, Wash., Sgt. Dover Scott and Sgt. Jess Scott of Madera Air base, Calif., all brothers of Mrs. Bonner; , Ar. and Mrs. Arley Fricke. and chil dren, Leaburg, Ore., and Mrs. Nancy Scott, Oakville, . Wash. Mrs. Arley is a sister "of Mrs. Bonner and Mrs. Nancy Scott is their mother. Sgt. Dover Scott and Sgt. Jesse Scott are to leave soon for service in Germany. The group also visited an uncle, L. C. Scott, Old Stage rd. Pedestrian Walking in Fog Killed by Auto Castle Rock, Wash. (U.R) A 52-year-old Castle Rock man was killed instantly early yes terday when he was struck by a car while walking on the foggy Westside highway, two miles south of here. , Dead was Clifton F. (Tad) Johnson. He was Cowlitz coun ty's 13th traffic fatality of the year. Michigan ranks only 22nd in the nation in area with 58,216 square miles but is 7th in popu lation with 6,371,766. . The first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean was the Brit ish ship Rising Sun in 1818. SHOP BY 2 STARTING TOUR OF UNITED STATES to check on capitalism, six Soviet Russian news men conduct first-hand investigation of food and drink at one of New York's famed night clubs. From left: A. De Sghihatchef, Victor Poltoratskyy Boris Polevoy, A. Adjoubei, A. Saf ronov and V. Berezhkov. All paid flowery compliments to American women. (International) COLLAPSING WITH SHOCK of word his two sons, John and Anton, Jr. and third boy were slain by fiend, Anton Schuessler is half-carried into Chicago's Cook County Morgue to identify bodies. Mrs. Dorothy Peterson, mother of Robert Peterson, sits stunned in morgue as husband completes grim task of identifying body of son. (International) tm STOPPING BY HOLLYWOOD SET where new film is being made, Glenn Ford congratulates Grace Kelly on her being nominated twice in first annual audience awards poll as best actress. Ford received similar honor. Public will vote in nation's theaters Nov. 17 to 27. (International Soundphoto) holiday season a gift that's just right for everyone on your Christmas list. Youll be amazed at th wide as sortment of quality mcrchandis in this 296-pag book. Our toy section is bigger than ever before with emphasis on dolls, Davy Crockett specials end housekeeping toys. Everywhere you look youll see new merchandise everything from phonographs and washable comforters to bicycles and cameras. So, visit our Catalog Department today and get your free copy of Wards new Christmas Book. To order, coD our direct line phone number. PHONE w Phone 2-4546 or 2-8075 FREE COPY :r "'' lv L Yes;.. Words 1955 t Christmos Book has everything you II wont or need for the Obituaries ROSE FELLER Funeral services are pending at Conger-Morris funeral home for Mrs. Rose Feller, who died at her home at Trail today. GERTRUDE NILES Mrs. Gertrude C. Niles, 1028 Reddy ave., secretary of Reames chapter No. 66, Order of Eastern Star, and the mother of Edward C. Niles, formerly of Medford and now of Klamath Falls, died in a local hospital Sunday. Funeral services are tenta tively set for 1:30 p.m. WedneS' day in the First Presbyterian church, with Chapel Mortuary in charge of arrangements. DONALD SOMMER Ashland Funeral services for Donald Archie Sommer, 14, who died Friday in a hunting acci dent, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Litwiller funeral chapel here. The Rev. Maurice Tisdel of the West Side Church of Christ, Medford, will officiate and interment will be in Stearns cemetery on Wagner creek. He was born in Ashland on Nov 14, 1940, and attended school at Phoenix. Survivors include the parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Sommer. route 1, box 548; a brother, Dean; a sister, Linda; four grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Estes and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Sommer, all of Talent; two aunts, Mrs. Leon Lockwood, Tal ent and Mrs. Glenn Abbott, For tuna, Calif.; an uncle, Earl Som mer, Talent and four cousins, Debby and Ronnie Sommer, Talent, and Betty and Glenda Simmons, Fortuna. - " ALFRED STOEHR Funeral services for Alfred Eugene Stoehr, 47, of 1103 Red dy ave., who died at Lakeview Saturday, will be held at Perl funeral home Tuesday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. John Rey nolds of the First Presbyterian church officiating. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Pall bearers will be William Brychta, James Dailey, Seth Bullis Jr., Bernard Hughes, Bruce Manley and Aubrey San der. The deceased, a Medford resi dent for the past 29 years, was born at Garrett, Ind;, on Oct. 31, 1908, and was a member of the Elks lodge, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a captain during World War II, a former member of the Oregon State police, and attend ed Medford high school and the University of Oregon. He was owner of Johnson Truck Lines of Medford. Survivors include his- wife. Edna; a son, Robert Stanley, Medford, and four sisters, Mrs. Adrienne Dippel, Medford; Mrs. Ardella Lynch, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Mrs. Olga Bogear, Covina, Calif., and Mrs. Joan Eubanks, Portland. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day O OUR FAMOUS DINNERS , Specializing in Prima Ribs of Beef ' and ether delectable dishes O ALA CARTE MENU HON' -DESIR FOR RESERVATIONS - Monday, October 24, 195S PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP) CatUe 8400. Av erage choice 1046 lb fed steers $23.50: xood steers Z1-S22; gooa-cnoice lea heifers above S21; canner-cutter cows mostly 7-S8; shells down to $6: utility cows mostly 9.50-S11; mosUy commer cial S12.50; utility-commercial Dulls 13-S14. some higher: light cutter bulls down to $11 or below. Calves 400. Good-choice vealers around 17-S19: good-choice heavy calves 16.50-S17; good-choice stock steer calves $18; cull calves and veal ers down to $7. Hogs itioo. u. s. i and a butchers 180-235 lbs 15.50-S15.75: someS16: No. 3 lots $15; sows 290-500 lbs 12.50-S14. bneep 150U. uooa-cnoice lamoi 17.50-S18.50; choice with some prime No. 2 pelt lambs S19; choice with some prime wooled lambs 19.25-S19.50; gooa-cnoice leeaer lamDs mostly 14 S15.50; range feeders 16-S16.50: cull- utiiity ewes 2-S2.50; good-choice ewes to $4. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP) Eees to retailers: Grade AA large 59-60c; A large 53-56ci aa meoium 4-48c: A medium 47-48C; small. 36-38c; cartons. 1 to 3c addi tional. Butter To retailers: AA (radc prints 66c lb: cartons 67c; A prints 66c, carton 67c; B prints 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, Oregon singles. 401,J-4V,i c; 5-lb loaves 461j-49',ic. Processed American cheese. 5-lb loaf 39-410 lb. Farm Market Bunched green vegetable In hemvv supply at the East Side Farmers' mar- Ket today witn beets at 83-70c a dozen bunches; green onions at 60-65c and carrots at 3.40-S3.60 for four-dozen in cello bags; cabbage offered at 3-S3.50 a crate; celery sold for 2.75-S3.25 for 212 dozen in 16-inch crates. Oregon Danish squash sold for 1.50-S1.75 a crate and spinach in orange boxes was $1.50 for two dozen. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Frvers, 2i to 4 lbs 22c; at farm 21c;roasters 26c lb; light hens 18c; heavy hens all wts. 19-20c; old roosters ll-14e. Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to re caners: rryers. New York style, 35 36c: lb; whole drawn 42-44c: cut up, 46-49c; hens, light type N Y style 27 29c: cut ups 39-46c: hens, heavy type, N Y style 28-3 lc: whale drawn in.iin Turkeys To producers for A grade young hens f.o.b. farm N Y dresied 37c lb; A grade tome 30c; A gride young hens ready to cook 55c: N Y dressed 48c lb; fryer turkeys 4 to 8 lbs 57c lb. . ..abbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. niiuut; pianis; uve, wmte. 3,'t to 4 lbs 25-26c up; 5 to 6 lbs 2-021c: col ored pelts 4c under; old does 10-14c lb; a few higher; fresh killed fryers to re tailers 58-61c; cut up 62-65c. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Porltand Wholesale hay prices: u. i. green aiiana, oaied f.o.b. trucks Portland and Seattle. 35-S3R ton Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft wmte 7Z ton: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb test Coast delivery S49.50: No. 2 West ern barley S47 f.o.b. Portland Coast aenvery: soy Dean meal. $83.50 ton cars promt delivery Portland: No. a itiiln f.o.b. PorUand $57.50 ton: standard millrun 44-S45 cars: No. 2 yellow corn Eastern shipments f.o.b. Portland There were no bids or offers Friday. WALL STREET New York (U.R) Record steel production, another batch of fa vorable corporation reports, and predictions of record output Lnext year sent stocks higher today. The leading groups reached tneir best levels since Oct. on gains ranging to more than three points. , The rails produced -several strong spots, notably Union Pa cific which at its high was up more than ; three points. Nash ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis was up nearly four. . Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: . American T & T 1783i Anaconda 66V2 Chrysler 05 Curtiss Wright 24 General Electric 48 General Motors ....... ...137 Montgomery Ward 90V4 Penn. R. R. . 26 V4 Penney, J. C . 96 Radio ....... ;. 44 Southern Co 19V& Southern Pacific .. 57 S. Oil of Calif 85 Texas Gulf Sulphur ... 38 Transamerica ..... 41 Tri - Continental 24 United Aircraft 59 U. S. Rubber 44 U. S. Steel 57V4 Youngstown : . 96 Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight, 5:16 p.m., sunrise tomorrow 6:36 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Variable high cloudiness through Tuesday. MUd tem peratures. Low tonight 40.' High Tues day 70. Western Oregon: Fair south half and mostly cloudy with scattered showers north half tonight. Tuesday, accasion al rain in north half, increasing cloud iness south half with showers likely during evening. Low tonight 40-50. High Tuesday 55-65.- Northern California: Fair through Tuesday except night and morning coastal fog. LOCAL DATA Temperature: Mean yesterday 54; above normal 2 ."Record high this date 80 in 1929. Record low this date. 26 in 1954. Precipitation: 24 hours to midnight none. Total this month, HO in., .11 in below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 2.03 in., .07 in above normal. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 41; highest this am., 97. City . high low.prec. mwiKingi Crater Lake 55 Grants Pass 66 Klamath Falls 70 46 34 41 29 MEDFORD 72 39 50 Portland 67 Seattle 60 50 . 56 35 . 63 36 53 47 85 - 50 77 49 68 49 75 56 .41 Spokane . Yakima .. Eureka Red Bluff Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles Phoenix Denver Chicago . 89 60 48 33 78 39 80 76 60 55 64 57 57 .IS Miami New York Washington, D. C. DINING INN CENTRAL POINT Phona NOrmcmdy 4-2513 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Bank Debits Show Increase In Area Eugene The Southern Ore gon banking district, which ' in cludes Medford, Grants Pass and Ashland, reported a 19.6 per cent increase in bank debits in September,. 1955, over the Sept ember, 1954 total. This increase was the second highest in the state. The Upper Willamette Valley district, which includes Albany and Corvallis, reported the highest gain, 20.4 per cent. The Southern Oregon district September total was $71,395,619 and the September, 1954 total was $59,693,070. Bank debits represent the dol lar Value of checks drawn against the deposit accounts of individuals and business firms. Bank debits are regarded as good indicators of current bus iness activity, and are collected monthly by . the University of Oregon bureau of business re search from 150 banks . and branches' throughout Oregon. News About Servicemen IN GERMANY George William Robbins, a 1954 Medford Senior high school graduate is serving with the Army with the first infantry di vision in Germany. He has been overseas for over five months and received basic training at Ft. Ord, Calif. He recently re ceived the rank of private first class. Private Robbins entered the Army in November, 1954. AT AIR STATION Donald J. Hayes, a Navy air man apprentice, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Janzen, Medford, ar rived for duty recently with Composite Squadron 35 at San Diego, Calif., at the North Island Navy Air station. Before enter ing the Navy he attended Crater high school, Central Point. Births ABBOTT To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry, 410 V4 Hamilton st., Oct. 22, 1955, a girl, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. GIVAN JR. To Mr. and Mrs. Dallas, box 147, Beatty, Ore., Oct. 23, 1955, a boy, 6V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. PALMER To Mr. and Mrs Willis, box 289, Prospect, Oct, 23, 1955, a boy, 6 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. 1.AUSMANN To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry, 1549 Stratford way, Oct. 24, 1955, a boy, 3 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. SMITH To Mr. and Mrs. Norman, - route 1, box 41, Cen tral Point, Oct. 22, 1955, a girl, 8 pounds, at Community hospi tal. . ' LONG To Mr. and Mrs. War ren, 229 Oak Grove rd., Oct. 23, 1955, a girl, 8 pounds, at Com munity hospital. WICKHAM To Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 2569 Sunnyview lane, Oct. 23, 1955, a boy, 10 pounds at Osteopathic hospital. More than 50 per cent of the chronically sick people in the United States are less than 45 yeas old.. In 1900 there were 20,000 deaths from typhoid. In 1954 there were less than 20 deaths from the disease. Wire cages Installed over rain downspouts on a house will keep leaves from clogging them. ,- RUMMAGE L Wed., Oct. 26 106 NORTH IVY ST. Sponsored By The ZONTA CLUB T TWO GREAT HITS IN ONE TERRIFIC SHOW i n i OMiBHitftT off DmnKM II9UUII0 i p EDOTOFi l It. iiiiin iiMiiiVl U J1" r S MEDFORD ACTIVE CLUB Presents MARY HILL THE AMAZING PIANIST Of West Indian Descent IN CONCERT WED., Oct. 26, 8 P.M. Medford Senior High ; Auditorium Adults $1.00 Students 50c Tickets on Sale at Puruckers rHOLLYn STARTING FRIDAY, OCT. 28th CSS i 20 Cinry aw.i (USX. JAZZ JSTZIT Ssdiccssai txxu CLOSED MON. - TUES. - WED. NEXT SHOW STARTING THURSDAY OCT. 27th mhmt wt TECHNICOLOR Hum rTCTBPbiJN LYNN PLUS II FLIGHT TO TANGIER II In Technicolor with Joan Fontain Jack Palance o ASH LAN Do D arranwa cm pti mat L tip: V PLUS '4f tS m
