Burton Abboii
Goes on Trial
For Girl's Death
Oakland, Calif. U.R) Uni
versity of California student Bur
ton W. Abbott goes to court here
today in a trial to determine
whether he is a cold-blooded
psychopathic killer or the vic
tim of a fantastic and elaborate
frame-up.
The skinny, sickly 27-year-old
scholar is accused of the kid
naping and murder of pretty
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STEPHANIE BRYAN
. Her Dealh Brings Trial
teen-ager Stephanie Bryan who
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vanished from a Berkeley, Calif,
street on April 28 and whose
bludgeoned body was found be
hind Abbott's Trinity county
mountain cabin three months la
ter.
Press Space Reserved
i The trial, before Superior
Judge Charles Wade Snook, is
expected to last six to eight
weeks.
Space has been reserved at
the press tables for nearly, 50
working newsmen. Leased tele
type lines have been laid into
the courthouse press room. One
San Francisco paper has retain-
c ed famed mystery writer Erie
Stanley Gardner to do day-to
day feature accounts of the trial
The 14-year-old honor student
disappeared en route home from
School, touching off a sweep
ing police search that eventually
ran out of momentum for lack
of clues.
Body Found in Wilderness
Stephanie was gone for nearly
80 days before the case sudden
ly broke with the finding of her
personal effects hidden in the
basement of Abbott's Alameda
home and the subsequent discov
ery of her body half-buried in
the wilderness some 250 miles
north of here.
Abbott, a frail, tubercular ac
counting student whose red-haired
wife, Georgia, wins the fam
ily bread as a beauty operator,
has steadfastly clung to his pro
testations of innocence despite
seeming mountain of damning
tircumstantial evidence.
With the finding of the girl's
body he was indicted on t.w o
counts kidnaping with bodily
harm, and murder-- a conviction
on either of which can send him
to the gas chamber in California
Students At Hedrick
Elect Names, Colors
And Class Officials
The Hedrick Hornets, was
adopted as a nickname for stu
dents of the new Hedrick Junior
High school at recent student
body and class elections.
The school chose crimson and
gold as colors and named the
pep club the "Stingers."
Tony Monroe was elected first
student body president of the
new school. Susan Graff was
elected vice-president; Gary Mc
Gill, secretary; David Dunn,
treasurer; and Diane Lewis, re
porter. Class Officers
In the election of class offic
ers Pete Rasmussen was chosen
ninth grade president; Billy
Maurer, vice - president; Nancy
Wilson, secretary and recorder;
and Shirley Rutherford, treasur
er. Ninth grade yell leaders are
Mary LaBar, yell queen, Jo Ann
Jamison, Judy Riebe, Kay Dona
hue, and Elaine Norris. Delia
Robinson was selected ninth
grade song queen.
WANT WOODEN LEG?
Chicago (U.R) Unclaimed
articles which will go on sale
at a police auction include a wo
man s artificial leg and two un
marked tombstones.
Police Report Two
Minor Aulo Crashes
Two minor accidents were re
ported to state police over the
week end.
Vehicles operated by Edward
Joseph Mason, 38, Hornbrook,
Calif., and Frank C. Dollarhide,
62, of route 1, box 538, Ashland,
collided on highway 99 near
Lithia drive-in theater about 6
p.m. Sunday.
Police said Mason was travel
ing south on highway 99, and
Dollorhide was traveling onto
the highway from a filling sta
tion. Early Sunday morning a car
driven by Homer Donald Marsh
all, 19, of route 1, box 302, Tal
ent, hit a traffic island near Tal
ent to avoid colliding with a veh
icle operated by Lloyd Bannis
ter, 1029 Alta st., Medford.
Damage in both accidents was
minor, police said.
Three Councilmen to
Be Elected in J'ville
Jacksonville Three council-
men will be elected in Jackson
ville tomorrow. Polls will be
open between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
at the city hall.
Candidates for office are Ern
est Mclntyre and Elba O. Gra
ham, both incumbents, and R.
E. Welch, and Alvin J. Minshall.
One vacancy caused by a resign-
ment will be filled.
Gates Named Agent
For Milwaukee Road
L. R. Gates has been appoint
ed Medford freight and passen
ger agent for the Chicago, Mil
waukee, St. Paul and. Pacific
railroad company.
Gates has been with the com
pany since 1944, and has been
agent in Seattle, Tacoma, and
Butte, Mont. He has been at
Great Falls, Mont., since Sep
tember, 1952, and comes to Med
ford from there.
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Eighth grade officers are John
Frohnmayor, president; Paul
Monroe, vice-president; Dian
Tomlin, secretary and recorder;
and Elaine Jennings, treasurer.
Yell leaders are queen, Joy Ol
son, Barbara Budge, Susan Bren
man, Jackie Mee, Karen Walton,
Mickey James, and David
Shultz. Eighth grade song queen
is Mikell Thurston.
Seventh Grade
Bob Mclntyre was elected
president of the seventh grade
class; Mike Monroe, vice-president;
and Larry Brown, treasur
er. Stanley Downson and Danny
Sieg tied for the position of sec
retary and recorder and a re
election will be held.
Jo Dee McDuffie was chosen
seventh grade yell queen. Other
yell leaders are Cassie Thomp
son, Ann Barker, Carolyn Finch,
Bruce Fowler, and Phillip
Morris. Judy Hooper and Chris
Prentice tied and a re-election
will be held to choose between
them. Pat Cranston was se
lected song queen.
Chin Up Sale
To Open Tuesday
Fifth annual hobby show and
sale, sponsored by the Chin Up
club, will open at the Eagles
hall, 217 West Main st., tomor
row at 10:30 a.m. and will run
through 9 p.m. Wednesday.
The club retains a percentage
of the selling price from hobby
ists entering their wares and
that money is used to operate
the club, an organization of the
physically handicapped, for the
year. It also finances making
of favors for shut-ins and the
county farm at various holidays
throughout the year.
A wide variety of items will
be entered, according to Paul
Olson, general chairman. They
include rugs, ceramics, antique
dishes, woven items made by
members of the Rogue Valley
Weavers' Guild, jams and jellies,
books, fancy work, costume
jewelry, a cooked food conces
sion and a "Thieves' Market,"
where "white elephant" items
will be sold. A booth for hand
writing analysis also will be in
cluded. A map of Oregon, in scale and
made from stones found in the
state, also will be on display.
TO SPEAK The Rev. Paul
Kauffman, who recently return
ed from a five-month evangelis
tic tour in the Orient, will speak
Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Medford Assembly of God
Church, 1108 West Main st. The
program is part of a Speed-The-
Light rally for Assemblies of
God churches of the Rogue val
ley. Mr. Kauffman will discuss
youth departments of the church
arid expansion of missionaries
abroad. A varied musica pro
gram is planned."
Monday, November 7. 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THHE5
Ashland Elks Slate
Christmas Smoker
Ashland The annual Ash
land Elks Christmas charity
smoker will be held at the local
BPOE temple Saturday, Nov. 19,
at 7 p.m. The smoker, which at
tracts some 1,000 Elks from
Southern Oregon, will feature
a crab-ham-beef dinner.
John Murphy and Jack Weav
er, general chairmen for the
event, said entertainment is plan
ned. Proceeds from the smoker will
be used for charity at Christmas.
A study by the U. S. agricul
ture department's marketing
service shows that cattle produc
tivity in this country has in
creased 38 per cent in the 30
years from 1924 to 1954.
; A registered Holstein owned
by the North Dakota Agricultur
al college completed an official
production record totalling 13
717 pounds of milk and 463
pounds of butterfat in 365 days.
LOUD HOWL
Pittsburgh (U.R) A voting
machine which did not list Re
publican candidates brought loud
complaints today when it was
delivered to Kennedy Smith's
garage which is used as a polling
place. Smith is a Republican
candidate for city comptroller.
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