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Ashland Seniors To'Present Play Ashland Senior class stu dents of Ashland Senior high school will present the play, "One Mad Night," Thursday and Friday, November 17 and 13 at the .school's little theater. Cur tain time is set for 8:15 p.m. The play was written by Sam Hal French. The plot concerns a playwright and a mansion full of lunatics. Miss Marilyn Butler is direc tor for the production and Miss Mary Hamilton, assistant di rector. Jack Reynolds is stage man ager and head of the properties department is Miss Mary An An derson. Heading the stage crew are Marvin Hamilton, Alden Joy, Jack Reynolds and Norm Ryliken. Miss Carol Hanson has charge of costumes, and makeup cwill be directed by Miss Marsha Clary. Harry Johnson is chair man for the publicity; Rex Bounds and David Woods, elec tricians; Miss Shirley Hagen, in charge of ushers and Howard Wilson, business manager. Prices Flucluaie Despite Supports Salem (U.R) President Ben Robinson of the Oregon Farm Bureau federation says price siinnorts have not kept costs from rising and prices from falling." Robinson, addressing the group's annual convention yes terday, said price supports may not be the most important fac tor in solving low prices and high costs. 1 He said agricultural prosper ity was linked closely with the rest of the economy. He said just as agriculture has reached the nnint where it must get produc tion down to the size of its mar kets, a lot of the rest of the economy t h a t is producing ahead of its markets through ex tended credit may have to stop and catch up. He said 85 per cent of farm ers' costs can be attributed to labor. Rockefeller Planning Virgin Isle Gift To US Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Is lands (U.R) Laurence S. Rocke feller has launched a campaign to interest Virgin Islanders in his project to give the United States government a large por tion of his land holdings on St. Thomas Island for development as a national park. Rockefeller has invited mem bers of the Virgin Islands Legis lature to be his guests in two weeks to acquaint them with the proposed plans and show them what he has already done with the land. Alphabet fashion The ABCs in fashion go all the way to Y as Doris Thompson of San Francisco shows how her reed-slim rayon sheath dress with side shoulders was inspired by the letter Y. It's part of Montgomery Ward's Spring collection touring the country. Lovely Long Look SIZES ' 9044 2:2 1 -r-r ju-4 Simple slimming lines make this dress ideal for all figures pattern is cut from sizes 12 to 42) perfect for both casual and dress-up fabrics too! Sender look is accomplished by a long, long waist atop the gracefully flared skirt fashion favorite! 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Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, and PATTERN NUMBER. Order our ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Catalogue. Enjoy pages and pages of exciting new EAGLE POINT California Family Arrives Eagle Point Mr. and Mrs. John E. Nesslin and family of four, recently of Los Angeles, Calif., arrived in Eagle Point a short time ago and will make their home here at 416 South "B" street. Nesslin's mother came with them and will make her home here. John E. Huffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Huffman, of Eagle Point, who is serving a Marine detachment on the USS Lexington, lately received the rating of private first class. Mrs. Henry Wendt, Eugene, Ore., Mrs. L. J. Young, Nampa, Roseburg Storehouses Damaged by Flames Roseburg U.R) Damage was estimated as high as 60,000 to day in a warehouse fire here in which facilities of three ware housing companies were de stroyed as firemen battle flames in sub-freezing weather. The blaze broke out about 1 p.m. yesterday in the 300-foot long metal warehouse, as owner Fred Hamilton tried to repair a light cord. A short circuit re sulted and flames erupted, burn ing Hamilton slightly about the hands. Destroyed were facilities of Hamilton Produce company, Douglas Supply company and Saar Pencil factory. Damaged were Western Distributing com pany and Roseburg Distributing company. Firemen worked long hours to keep the blaze from spreading and kept an all-night watch on the hot embers. Hottest section of the blaze was centered 1 in three carloads, of pencil stock cedar wood.' Firemen braved the heat to push inflammable mate rial away from the lumber with a bulldozer. Beatty Girl Loses Arm In Electric Meat Grinder Klamath Falls (U.R) A three-year-old Beatty, Ore., girl was in good condition at a hos pital here today after a brush with a meat grinder forced am putation of her right forearm Oskie Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Anderson of Beatty, was rushed to Klam ath Valley hospital yesterday after catching her arm in an electric meat grinder at a Beatty store. First Conductor of Portland Symphony Dies Seattle (U,R) Carl Denton, violin,-piano and pipe organ vir tuoso and first conductor of the Portland Symphony orchestra, died here Monday. He was 80. Denton came to the United States from England while in his 30s, and became'-interested in the formation of a symphony in Portland in 1910. . Funeral services will be held in Portland Friday. designs knitting crochet, em broidery, iron-ons, toys and nov elties! Send 25 cents for your copy of this wonderful book now. You'll want to order every design in it! Idaho, and Mrs. Dolly Michel of Tacoma, Wash., are house guests of their sister, Mrs. Augusta Per ry of Eagle Point. Mrs. Gertrude Stanley of Nich ol's branch vicinity, returned home Tuesday, Nov. 15, from a business trip to Brookings, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beebe, Medford, were callers on Mr. and Mrs. Orvil Henderson, Eagle Point; Nov. 15. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fortin, Eagle Point, returned home Sun day from Portland and Corval lis. They left home Nov. 11, and drove to Corvallis where they stayed overnight with friends. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Coffee, who accompanied them on to Port land. While there they went to the Veteran's hospital to ' see Mrs. Fortin's son-in-law, Glen Hobbs of Medford, who is there for observation and treatment for arthritis. They also called on Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Maguin in Vancouver, Wash. They stated the trip home was a little nerve wracking, due to the hard snow storm on the mountains which made driving hazardous, but ar rived home without any trouble. Mrs. William Brown of this place, went in to the Commun ity hospital Wednesday to spend the night and to have some x-rays taken Thursday morning and will return home Thursday evening. Economic Chairman Optimistic on Future Washington (UP.) James D. Zellerbach, new chairman of the Committee for Economic Devel opment, said today he is optimis tic about the nation's economic future. He said that the economy is threatened by neither inflation nor deflation but that "we are in something of an in-between situation." But Zellerbach said there are two phases of the economy which need special attention and that the CED is studying them now falling farm prices and the need for expanded and im proved highways. CED is a private economic re search organization of business and education leaders. Its re ports are widely circulated in government circles. Zellerbach 68, of San Fran cisco, is president of Crown Zel lerbach Corp. Wednesday, November 16, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE SKATING POSTMAN ' . Detroit (U.R) When house holders along postman Joseph Tromley's route were lax in clearing the ice off their side walks, Tromley made his rounds on ice skates. SOUNDS IN THE NIGHT Indianapolis (U.R) Arthur C. Volpp, 42, owner of a supermar ket here, was awakened one night by a strange noise in . his market many blocks away. He called police, who arrested a would-be burglar at the rear of the market. Volpp has an inter communication system from his market to his bedroom- Dead line for Sunday Classified ta The Community' Biggest Marketplace at noon Saturday. Anita Ekberg Denies Insurance of Bosom London (U.R) Buxom actress Anita Ekberg arrived in London by air Tuesday and newsmen promptly asked her about re ports she had insured her bosom with Lloyds of London. The Swedish actress told them it was the first she had heard about it. "I get asked very pe culiar questions," she said. Several Businessmen Tried To Pay Bill For Ike at Hospital Denver (U.R) Several busi nessmen tried to pay President Eisenhower's bill at Fitzsimons Army hospital, and one woman wanted to know why the chief executive got off so cheap. Maj. Gen. M. E. Griffin, com mander at Fitzsimons, said yes terday that before he left Fitz simons on Nov. 11, Mr. Eisen hower paid his bill of $51.70 $1.10 a day for meals during this seven-week stay. Checks Returned Last Saturday, Griffin said, five businessmen at Rogers, Ark., sent $50 to cover the President's bill. And a ' Baltimore attorney sent a check for the precise amount, $51.70. "These checks have been re turned with a polite note of thanks," Griffin said. On Monday, the hospital re ceived a letter from a woman who, while being treated in a naval hospital as a military de pendent, was charged SI. 75 a day. She wanted. to know why President Eisenhower was charged only $1.10 a day. "The President was hospital ized as commander-in-chief of the armed forces," Griffin ex plained. "As such he was re quired to pay the rate for food charged active duty personnel. The Department of the Army as sumed his hospital bill." Didn't Lose Money Griffin also revealed that de spite the often fancy fare (pheas ant, prime :rib of beef, steak) served the President, Fitzsim ons didn't lose any money with its low rates. . "The President received so many gifts of food during his hospitalization that they not only fed his party, but most of them went to the patients' mess," Griffin said.-' Gresham's Peddler Ordinance Restrained Portland U.R) The city of Gresham in Multnomah county was temporarily restrained from enforcing its "Green River" or dinance yesterday in an order issued by Circuit Judge Alfred T. Sulmonetti. The city was specifically re strained for enforcing that sec tion of the law dealing to the distribution and sale of religious literature. Judge Sulmonetti's action grew out of a "test case" com plaint brought against the Rev. C. Lloyd Wyman, assistant pas tor at the Seventh Day Adven tist church in Gresham. Emerson Sims, Rev. Wyman's attorney, and Gresham City At torney George McAllister, were given 30 days in which to file briefs and answers. The ordinance prohibits door to door selling without a city license. Pi ON SALE AT 6:00 P.M. Wednesday Night Special 50 ONLY, HURRY! Hot lye water is an effective distinfectant for" washing con taminated barns and pens on the farm. v Y9 - PENNEY'S ELECTRIC BLANKET v wired with one of the finest electric circnitg made! ruj Single Control 2-year free-replacement guarantee against mechanical defects. Electric blankets at this price are a rare buy! But this blanket is a sim ply unbelievable value. Imagine, you get one of the finest electric circuits made, despite the thrifty price. And you get Penney's 2-year free replacement guarantee. 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