Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 07, 1955, Image 7

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    Local and Personal
Injured Vernon Dixon, 6.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon L.
Dixon, Table Rock rd., was to
be dismissed today from Osteo
pathic hospital where he had
been since Sunday afternoon
when he fractured a finger while
using a hatchet, attendants said
this morning.
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Impctioni Five orders or
recommendations for correction
of fire hazards were made by
City Fire Marshall Truman
Nelson Friday after inspection
of one building of public as
sembly and five business occu
pancies. At Community Miss Loretta
Anderson, route 2, box 808, Cen
tral Point; Mrs. Henry Nabs,
route 2, box 252D, and Mrs. Glen
Nelson, 1551 Webster st, Ash
land, are listed today as surgery
patients at Community hospital.
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Sprains Back Mrs. Nora De
Chastain of Central Point was
admitted to Osteopathic hospital
late Saturday night with a
sprained back which she suffer
ed at the Eagles hall on Main
st. She was released late Sun
day. She was taken to the hos
pital by Medford Ambulance
service. Additional details were
not available.
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To Meet Union Oil company
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and employees in this area will
meet Wednesday; Nov. 9, at 8
p.m., at Rogue Valley Country
club, according to N. S. Buvick,
resident manager.
.
Breaks Leg James Mowbray,
52, of 814 Sherman st., fell from
a ladder while picking apples
about 5 p.m. Sunday and broke
a leg. He was taken to Commu
nity hospital by Medford Am
bulance service.
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Firemen Called City fire
men had a busy day Sunday,
making four runs. They were
called to flue fires at 8:30 a.m.
at the E. F. Schmit residence,
325 West Fourth st., and at 5:30
p.m. at the Galen Knox home,
2371 Georgia ave. A fire in an
alley at 507 Mae st. was exting
uished at 11 a.m. A pumper was
sent to investigate smoke in a
sander bin at Timber Products
company plywood plant. Fire
men said none was found.
...
At Sacred Heart Several new
medical patients were reported
today at Sacred Heart hospital.
They are Mrs. Eugene Lousto
lot, 375 South Central ave.; Da
vid Wilson, Riddle; Mrs. Dorothy
Stone, 626 West Second st.; Mrs.
Nora Cosier, 1010 West Fourth
st.; Ben Blachly, 1121 Spring st.;
Mrs. Nora Cosier, 1010 West
Fourth st.; Ben Blachly, 1121
Spring st.; Archie Biles, 23 New
town st.; Robert Cosier, 808
Broad St.; Michael Canty, Jack
sonville, Martin Ray, 10 months,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J.
Ray, 2032 Winchester, and Mrs.,
Ethel Grooms, Grants Pass. San
dra Snelson, Talent, is reported
there as a surgery patient.
...
Son Born Mr. and' Mrs. Le
Ray Armstrong, who lives at
Ochoco Ranger station near
Prineville, Ore., are the parents
of a son born Oct. 26 in' Prine
ville. He weighed 7 pounds, 2
ounces and has been named Dan
iel James. He is the Armstrong's
first child. Armstrong is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Arm
strong, 122 Janney lane. Mrs.
Armstrong 'spent the past week
in Prineville with her son and
daughter-in-law and was joined
over the 'week end by her hus
band and sister, Mrs. LaVeta
Gibson, 31 Elm st., Medford.
They returned home Sunday
night.
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Servicemen
PROMOTED
Ed Setzler recently was pro
moted to private first class in
the Army. He is currently re
ceiving advanced schooling and
is doing some instructing in Bat
tery D, 4th Training Bn., AAA,
RTC, at Ft. Bliss, Tex. He is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Setz
ler, 2214 East Jackson st.
APPOINTED
James L. Hoffman, Rogue
River, has been appointed war
rant officer and is assigned to
Echterdingen airfield. Hoffman
initially entered the Army in
1941 and reenlisted in 1950: He
is a veteran of service in Korea
and arrived in Europe last May.
His wife lives in Rogue River.
GRADUATED
Vernon L. Gleason recently
was graduated with Class 13,
2nd GM group at Ft. Bliss, Tex.,
where he is stationed with the
Army. He has been promoted to
private first class and is await
ing assignment to an advanced
class. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Gleason, 2684 Crater
Lake highway.
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IN GERMANY
Pvt. Curtis R. Richmond, 24,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde R.
Richmond, 622 Parkplace No. 5,
is a member of the 4th infantry
division in Germany. He arrived
Gversas in August, and is a typist
in Company B of the division's
22nd regiment. Before entering
the Army in July, 1954, he at
tended Oregon State college and
was a salesman for the J. C. Pen
ney company, Portland.
PLUNGE DROWNS FIVE
Mendota, Minn. (U.R) Five
women drowned and a sixth
popped to the surface and was
helped ashore when their car
plunged over an embankment
into the Minnesota river near
here today.
Fall frosts can be as effective
as tillage in killing annual weeds
on fallow and the growth is
still on the land to protect the
soil from erosion.
At Osteopathic Mrs. A. A.
Anderson, Central Point, is a
medical patient at Osteopathic
hospital, according to attendants.
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New York (U.R) Stocks ad
vanced in the pre-election mar
ket today.
Industrials were strong all
session. Rails did even better on
a percentage basis and the util
ities netted a small rise.
Trading picked up over Fri
day's pace. For a brief period
in the early dealings the tickers
fell behind the market.
Some rails made wide gains.
Today"s closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American T &. T 180? s
Anaconda 68V2
Chrysler 94
Curtiss Wright 267a
General Electric 491 2
General Motors 139
Montgomery Ward 96Vz
Penn R R 247s
Penney J C 96
Radio 44Ts
Southern Co 19
Southern Pacific 5814
S Oil of Calif 86
Texas Gulf Sulphur 37ss
Transamerica 43ss
Tri-Continental 268
United Aircraft 597k
U S Rubber 43
U S Steel 55
Youngstown . 97
Births
BOYER To Mr. and Mrs.
Robert, 649 South Ivy st., Nov.
6, 1955, a girl, weight 8 pounds,
at Community hospital.
ELLIS To Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph, route 2, box 568,. Central
Point, Nov. 6, 1955, a boy, weight
8V2 pounds, at Community hospital.
BITTLE To Mr. and Mrs.
Horace, 927 Dakota st., Nov. 7,
1955, a girl, weight 7 pounds, at
Community hospital.
Obituaries
NETTIE BRAGG
Funeral services are pending
at Perl funeral home for Mrs.
Nettie Irene Bragg, 71, who died
at Hoquiam, Wash., yesterday.
E. C. JOHNSON
Emil C. "Ed" Johnson. 86.
died at his home on Central
Point Market rd. yesterday. Conger-Morris
funeral home is in
charge of funeral arrangements.
CONRAD PEDERSON
Conrad J. Pederson, 69, Glen
dive. Mont., died todav at the
home of his niece, Mrs. Oscar
W. Larson, 1015 Murray st. Conger-Morris
funeral home is in
charge of funeral arrangements.
MOSE PATNODE
Requiem Mass for Mose Alex
ander Patnode, 77, who died
Sunday, will be read in Sacred
Heart church by Father William
McLeod Tuesday 9 a.m. Recita'
tion of the Holy Rosary will be
held in Conger-Morris chapel to
night at 7:30 p.m. Committal will
be in Siskiyou Memorial park,
with Conger-Morris funeral home
in charge of funeral arrange
ments. The deceased was born Dec. 23,
1877, in Churubusco, N. Y., and
came to Medford 18 years ago.
Survivors include a son, Maur
ice, Cloquet, Minn.; three daugh
ters, Miss Louise Patnode, De
troit, Mich.; Mrs. Lillian Dut
ton, Medford, and Mrs. Jose
phine M. Brown, Seattle; three
brothers, Zeb, Coleraine, Minn.;
Edmund, Red Lake Falls, Minn.,
and Herman, Waupun, Minn.;
two sisters, Miss Nettie Patnode
ad Mrs. Carrie Ruburtus, both of
Motevideo, Minn.; five grand
children, and one great grand
child. , :
Monday, November 7, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
Fooflighters to Give
Child Guidance Play
The Footlighters drama group
will present "Random Target"
in cooperation with the Southern
Oregon Child Guidance Clinic
association, Elliott Becken.
chairman of the education and
publicity committe, has an
nounced. The play is the story of an
aggressive boy and is presented
for discussion of behavior mean
ing and understanding ways to
cope with behavior. The Foot
lighters group will be accompan
ied by a moderator for discus
sions. Groups interested in the play
for a program may contact
Becken. Only 12 performances
will be given, starting after Jan.
1, and will be available Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday nights
only. Becken said a minimum
charge will be necessary to cov
er travel expenses.
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK
Portland (UP) Cattle 2400. Low
choice fed steers above S22.50: canner
cutter cows 6-57.50 with Holstein cut
ters up to S8: mixed utility-commercial
beef cows up to Sll: some com
mercial grades higher; cutter-utility
bulls 11-S13.25.
Calves 400. Good chaice vealers 18
$20. some $21; good-choice heavy
calves 16-S16.50.
Hops 2000. U. S. 1 and 2 butchers
180-235 lb largely 15.5-5-S15.50: No. 3
down to S14.75; few 285-400 lb sows
12.50-S14.
Sheep 1250. Choice with some prime
101-lb range lambs S19; good-choice
feeder lambs 14-S15.50: good-choice
around 90-lb range feeders 16-S16.50;
good-choice ewes 3-S4.
PORTLAND PRODUCE
Portland (UP) Eggs To retail
ers: Grade AA large. 59-60c: A large
53-56c; AA medium, 47-49c: A medium
47-48c: small, 36-38c; cartons 1 to 3c
additional.
Butter To retailers: AA grade
prints 66c lb; cartons 67c: A prints
66c. cartons 67c; B prints 64c.
Cheese To retailers: A Grade Ched
dar, Oregon singles, 401,i-45V2c; 5-lb
loaves 4612-491,ic. Processed American
cheese 5-lb loaf 39',2-41c lb.
Farm Market
Portland (UP) Few lots of pre
cooled Willamette valley corn sold to
wholesalers at SI. 85 for five dozen
ears today with some ordinary around
SI a box; cauliflower was mostly S1.50
a lettuce crate; cabbage sold mostly
at S1.75.
PAULINE HARDER
Funeral services for Mrs.
Pauline K. Harder, 60, of 1956
Spring st., who died Saturday,
will be held in Conger-Morris
Chapel Wednesday at 1 p.m.
with Rev. Paul Riedel of the
Grace Lutheran Church of Ash
land officiating. Committal will
be in Memory Gardens Memor
ial park.
Friends who wish, may in lieu
of sending flowers, make a con
tribution to the building fund
at Grace Lutheran Church,
Mountain and Iowa ave., Ash
land. The deceased was born Oct.
16, 1895, in Lake Creek, Mo. On
Sept. 25, 1950, in Medford, she
was married to Ray Harder, who
survives.
She was a member of the
Grace Lutheran Church in Ash
land. Other survivors include a
brother, Louis Gieschen, Or
lando, Okla.; five sisters, Miss
Hulda Gieschen and Miss Wil
helmine Gieschen, both of Or
lando, Okla.; Mrs. Fred Young,
Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mrs. Joh
anna Dautenhahn, Enid, Okla.,
and Mrs. Harry H. Young,
Nampa, Ida.
The Mardi Gras in New Or
leans involves a week of carn
ival and reaches its' climax on
Shrove Tuesday, the day before
the beginning of lent.
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens to growers (No. 1
quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2Vi to
4 lbs 22c. at farm 21c: roasters 24c lb
f.o.b. Portland; light hens 18c: heavy
hens all wts 20-21c; old roosters ll-14c.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to
retailers: Fryers. New York style. 34
35c lb; whole drawn 41-43c: cut up
45-48c: hens light type N Y style 28
30c: cut ups 39-46c: hens heavy type
N Y style 31-33c; whole drawn 40-44c.
Turkeys To producers for A grade
young hens f.o.b. farm N Y dressed 36
37c lb; A grade toms 28-29c; A grade
hens eviscerated 401.t-411,je lb; evis
cerated toms 31V2-32V2C lb: fryers, live
weight 6 Vx to 10 lbs 34c lb.
Dressed turkeys: To retailers: A
grade young hens 53-54c lb eviscer
ated; A grade young toms. 45-52c lb
eviscerated depending on weight; fryer-roaster-pan-ready,
57c lb.
Rabbits (Average to growers f.o.b.
Killing plants) Live, wnite. 3-)i-4',2
lbs 25-26c up; 5 to 6 lbs 20-21c: colored
pelts 4c under: old does 10-14c lb a
few higher. Fresh killed fryers to re
tailers 58-61c; cut up 62-65c.
Nuts
Filberts To producers f.o.b. receiv
ing stations on an orchard run basis.
22c lb for desired lots.
Walnuts To growers f.o.b. buying
stations and plants on a orchard run
basis 25-27c lb.
PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN
Portland Wholesale hay prices:
No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. trucks
Portland and Seattle 36-S38 ton.
Prices as reported by the USDA
market news service: Wheat. No. 2
soft, white S72 ton; No. 2 white oats
38-lb test Coast delivery S49.50; No. 2
Western barley 46.50-S47 f.o.b. Port
land. Coast delivery; soybean meal $81
ton delivered Portland; standard mill
run 44.50-S45.50 cars; No. 2 yellow
corn Eastern shipments f.o.b. Port
land $59.
Daily Weather Report
Sunset tonight 4:57 p.m.; sunrise to
morrow 6:53 a.m.
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Fair through
Tuesday except for morning fog in
valleys. Low tonight 40. High Tues
day 65-68.
Western Oregon: Fog or low clouds
tonight and early Tuesday. Partly
sunny Tuesday afternoon. Mild tem
peratures. Low tonight 40-50. High 54
64 in north, 62-72 in south portion.
Northern California: Fair tonight
and in the morning. Little tempera
ture change.
LOCAL DATA
Temperature: Mean yesterday, 55;
above normal 8. Record high this date
74 in 1941. Record low this date 22 in
1920.
Precipitation: 24 hours to midnight,
trace. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total
this month. .01 in.. .47 in. below nor
mal. Total since Sept. 1, 3.03 in.. .01 in.
above normal.
Humidity: Lowest yesterday. 48;
highest this a.m. 10G.
Citv high low prec.
Brookings 60 48 .04
Crater Lake 52 30
Grants Pass 70 40 .01
Klamath Falls 60 30
MEDFORD 68 38 trace
Dick Lamb Named
Scout Assistant
Richard W. Lamb, 27, will be
the new assistant Boy Scout ex
ecutive in the Crater Lake area
council. He comes here from
Placerville, Calif., where he
worked in the Golden Empire
council of Boy Scouts of Amer
ica. Lamb, who graduated from a
Portland high school and at
tended the University of Oregon
and Oregon State college, was
with the Golden Empire council
about two years. He served in
the army in the Korean conflict
and has worked on the Portland
area council and camp staff. He
is an Eagle scout.
Two assistants from the Cra
ter Lake council have been pro
moted and transferred to other
areas. Fred McMullin, who lived
in Grants Pass, was promoted to
district executive in San Diego,
and Lawrence T. Lundin, who
lived in Yreka, Calif., was pro
moted to assistant executive in
the Santa Paula, Calif., council.
He will leave about Nov. 20.
Lamb, his wife, Bonnie, and
three children, Richard, 4, Susy.
214, and Betsey, 9 months, will
live at 720 Whitman place.
Recognition Banquet
At Roxy Ann Tonight
The annual Big Pines district
of the Boy Scouts of America
recognition banquet and election
of officers will be held at the
Roxy Ann Grange at 7 p.m. to
day. R. D. Church, district chair
man, will preside, and Leonard
Mayfield, superintendent of the
Medford schools, will speak.
The banquet is for all institu
tional representatives, scout
leaders and wives.
Ladies of Roxy Ann Grange
will prepare the banquet.
The annual recognition' ban
quet and election of officers of
the Crater Lake council will be
held starting at 4:30 p.m. Sun
day, Nov. 20, at Hedrick Junior
High school, Dr. Elmo Steven
son, council president, has an
nounced. Mayors' Conference
Scheduled in Tokyo
Yokohama, Japan (U.R)
Mayors and other dignitaries
from western American cities
began arriving today for the
third annual Japan-Amerjcan
Pacific Coast Mayors' Confer
ence.
Some 51 American delegates
and city officials from 33 Jap
anese cities will attend the con
ference, which gets under way
Thursday at the New Grand
hotel.
The Upper Peninsula was
granted to Michigan by the fed
eral government in 1837 after
Michigan and Ohio took up arms
against each other in the Toledo
War, the only war in history
between two individual states.
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BELIEVED SUICIDE
Coronado, Calif. (U.R)
Actor Archer McDonald, 30,
found dead in his room at a hotel
here, apparently committed
suicide by taking an overdose of
sleeping tablets, the coroner's
office said today.
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