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o 0 Local and Square Dance The Swingin Bees Square Dance club will sponsor a dance at 40 North Riverside aveP starting at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10. Minnie Robertson will call. Bazaar The Laurelhurst Ad vent Christian church ladies will hold a bazaar and fruit sale SatnrHav. Nov. 17. at 106 North Ivy st. The sale will begin at 9 a.m. Bicycle Stolen Charles John Dahm, 1025 North Central ave., reported the theft of his bicycle from the YMCA. 522 West Sixth st., some time Tuesday evening, according to city police. Home From Hospital F. J. Clifford. 1211 West Main St., returned home from Sacred K-eart hospital early this week. Clifford was hosDitalized ior treatment of a heart condition about two weeks ago. Church Bazaar A bazaar' and cooked food sale will be held Friday, Dec. 9, from 12 noon to 8 D.m:, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 648 South Ivy st. Hot foods will be served throughout the sale. Elbow Fractured Cheryl '"Cummings, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cummings, 3364 Crater Lake ave., was admitted Wednesday to Community hos pital after she received an elbow fracture while playing at Lone Pine school, attendants reported today. Keyboard Class The J. H. Lusk Piano company has an nounced keyboard classes 'start ing at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at 333 South Riverside ave. The course is designed to give basic chord approaches to popular piano or organ playing. Sessions will last six weeks. Fire Damage Minor damage to the floor and wall occurred In a fire about 9:20 p.m. yester day at the Douglas Fosbury residence, 1409 Ridgeway, fire men reported. They said that a vacuum cleaner ignited when It was left too close to a wall heater. Accidents In a hit and run accident at 7 p.m. Tuesday, a parked sedan owned by Miles Laboratories, Inc., Portland, was struck by an unknown ve hicle, acording to a police re port. Police also reported an accident at the intersection of East Jackson and Genessee sts. at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, which in volved cars driven by Earl Dean Rughston, Elk Creek rd., Trail, and Dan . Patch, route 2, box 375, Medford. Rughston was cited by city police for violation of the basic rule. cPUBLIC AUCTION Furniture Firm Produce Can Toyi Miscellaneous FRIDAY, DEC. 9 - 7:30 P.M. ROGUE RIVER HIGH school &m We have a most wonderful as sortment of everything imagine able. Some items are ju fair, but most items are very nice. A MODEL A FORD, '31 DODGE, COLUMBIA heavy duty BIKE, BIKES, TRIKES, KIDDY TRAC TOR, loads of nice TOYS, 1 5 S 1 5 GREEN and IVORY FLAX RUG, refigerator, MONTEREY DIVAN and CHAIR, several floor lamps, bed springs, car radio, lawn mower, AIRLINE RADIO, Books, nice children's clothing and boots, chest of drawers, wool rags, dres sed poultry and rabbits, eggs, wal nuts, apples, fruitcakes and pies, pies, pies. FREE TURKEY - DOOR PRIZE Sponsored By Rogue River P.T.A. C. A. Morrison, Auctioneer WTOM 1st Drive In Run! I lyjiiialSl Tonite thru Sat. Sterfotf HAYDEN 5j AraaffFRftHZgsh3lTH0KPS0y Plan Your Next Banquet or Christmas Party at maoN desir In the FRENCH ROOM, Now Available for Private Parties Complete Dinner $2.00 FOR RESERVATIONS - Phcne NOrmandy 4-2513 Personal Gifts Exchanged Gifts were exchanged at a meeting of the Medford Baby Sitting club re cently at the home of Mrs. Iver D. Nelson, 408 Beatty st. Re freshments were served. Business Name Retired The business name, Frontier Motor Inn,' has been retired by Pres ton and Leta C. Rohner, accord ing to records in the Jackson county recorder's office. Inspections City Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson reported issuance of four orders to cor rect fire hazards yesterday after inspection of four business oc cupancies and a hospital. Jailed Ellsworth Lee Gar land, 30, Oregon hotel, Ashland, was lodged in Jackson county jail, Tuesday, on a charge of obtaining money under false pre tenses, according to sheriff's of ficers. At Osteopathic Robert L. Nelson, 214 Ajax rd., is a medi cal patient at Osteopathic hos pital, and Mrs. Richard Wick ham, 2569 Sunnyview dr., is convalescing there from major surgery, attendants said today. Square Dance The public is invited to attend square dance session Saturday, Dec. 10 at 8:30 p.m. in the Eagles lodge down stairs hall. Women are to take sandwiches for potluck refresh ments. Fran Cronin will call the squares. " , Returns Mrs. H. E.. Marsh, 425 West Fouth st., arrived home Wednesday from a week's trip to Portland where she visit ed a nephew and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. McElhose. McElhose is a former Medford resident and now is manager of the northwest division of the Hunting-Roberts Office Supply company of Los Angeles. School Event Members of the Howard school student body will sponsor a "chili feed," from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 9, at the school cafeteria, in connec tion with a basketball game be tween Oak Grove and Howard school teams. The game will begin at 7 p.m. Students, teach ers, parents and friends are in vited. p Christmas Caroling Members of the Medford Seventh-Day Ad ventist church and the Pathfind er club will sponsor Christmas caroling starting about 6:30 p.m. today. The carolers will tour residential districts about two hours each evening during the next three weeks in a campaign to raise funds for welfare and medical missionary work. Health Show Toys will be the subject Sunday, Dec. 11, at 5:30 p.m., for the weekly Jack son County Public Health asso ciation telecast, those in charge announced today. Dr. William Miller, Medford pediatrician, will discuss toys for various age groups and point out some of those which are dangerous for children. Educational types of toys will be explained Mrs. Stanley Zapell and Mrs. C. Ivan Burton, both well-known in the work of Footlighters, civic the ater group, will participate. Holiday Party Members of Jackson County ehapter of the Oregon Mobile Home owners will meet this evening at the YMCA for a Christmas party. A potluck supper will be served at 7 p.m., and women who at tend are to take sandwiches, sal ads and desserts. A musical pro gram will be presented after supper and entertainment will include an exchange of gifts. All mobile home owners are invited, W. R." Mitchell, chapter president, announced. This will be the first social event for the group. DINING INN CENTRAL POINT Marjorie Smith To Take Wilms Stand Portland (U.R) Mrs. Mar jorie Smith -was expected to take the witness stand today as a state witness in the murder hearing of Victor Laurence Wolf, the admitted slayer of Mrs. Smith's husband, Kermit. Mrs. Smith was acquitted re cently in McMinnville of a mur der charge in connection with the death of her husband. Wolf was the state's chief witness against her. First surprise of the hearing came yesterday when Fred Fritz, a Ridgefield, Wash., bus driver, testified he could identi fy Mrs. Smith as the woman he saw parked alongside a lonely road in Washington with Wolf last March. He had originally testified in Mrs. Smith's trial that he could identify Wolf, but could identify Mrs. Smith only if h could see "her again as I saw her there." Harrimanrs Corvallis Speech Called 'Flop' Corvallis (U.R) Dr. A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State college, said today that the recent speech of Gov. Averell Harriman on the University of Oregon campus was a : "flop" because the New York govern or tried to avoid politics. Dr. Strand referred to the Harriman speech at Eugene as he extended an open invitation to politicians to express their views on the Oregon State cam pus. He said Harriman, a possible Democrat candidate for the pres idential nomination, had tried to discuss education at Eugene. "What does he know about education that the students don't already know?" Dr. Strand asked. "". Democrats Turn Attack on Dulles Washington U.R) Demo crats stepped up their attack on administration foreign policy and Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D-N.Y.), demanded Dulles oust er on grounds that his useful ness ended when he angered India with a recent reference to Goa aj a "Portuguese province." New York Gov. Averell Har riman, potential Democratic presidential candidate, also took a slap at Dulles. He said: "Mr. Dulles did our country a great . disservice when he un necessarily associated himself with the Portuguese in India's dispute . with Portugal over Goa." Obituaries LEONA JONES Mrs. Leona Jones of Central Point died last night in a local hospital. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrange ments. JASPER HIBBARD Jasper Hibbard, 1164 Wood row lane, Medford, died yester day at his home. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Ai Sacred Heart Surgery patients reported today at Sac red Heart hospital are Christa Adkins, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Adkins, Merlin; Mrs.1 Nancy C. Krieger, 21 Flor ence st.; Mrs. Carl Alexander, 115 Oak st.; Mrs. Harold Bunce, 731 West Fourth st., and Sandra McGilvery, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McGilvery, Yreka, Calif. Those reported as medical patients are Merlin Camp, Toketee Falls, and Mrs. Bertha Gedlich, 3895 South Pac ific highway. PASCO ISSUES PERMIT Pasco, Wash., A franchise to distribute natural gas in Pas co was granted Tuesday night by the city council to Cascade National- Gas Corporation. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 4:39 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 7:28 a.m. Medford and vicinity: Cloudy with frequent showers tonight becoming partly cloudy ith widely scattered showers I nuay. Low tonight 40. High Friday 45-48. Western Oregon: Partial clearing and a few showers tonight and Fri day. Little temperature change. Low tonight 38-46. High Friday 48-54. Northern California: Variable cloudiness tonight and Friday. Occa sional rain extreme north portion and chance of rain as far south as San Francisco and Sacramento. Little change in temperature. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE : Mean yesterday 38: below normal 2. , Record high this date 61 in 1939. Record low this date 13 in 1932. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, trace. Midnight to 10 ajn.. none. Total this month 1.27 inch. .57 inch above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 7:14 inches, 1.21 inch above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 79 To, highest this a.m. 99. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 57 47 Crater Lake 28 17 .02 Grants Pass 48 36 Klamath Falls 36 32 MEDFORD 43 36 Portland 52 42 .10 Seattle 51 34 .09 Spokane 35 20 Yakima 40 10 Eureka 59 47 Red Bluff 55 44 Sacramento 57 44 San Francisco 53 47 Los Angeles 62 5 4 Phoenix .. 54 39 Denver ; 41 20 Chicago .. 43 23 Miami ,,LI , - 62 69 Body of Elderly Man Found in Multnomah Portland U.R) The body of an elderly man was found along side the railroad tracks near Wood Village today. The man was identified as "George Mirich, 70, who had been a resident of the county farm home since 1942. County Detective Captain Howard Kelly said it appeared Mirich may have collapsed along the tracks, falling face down in a pool of water. He said an au topsy would be performed. Wall Street New York tU.P.) Industrial stocks rose to a new all-time high in their average in a strong, active stock market to day. Gains in the main list ranged j to more than two points. Spec ial issues had wide gains in sev eral instances. Aircrafts got into action late in the day and rose to gains of as much as three points. Oils were strong.. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 179Vk Anaconda 70 Chrysler 92 Curtiss Wright 297s General Electric 54Vs General Motors 48 Montgomery Ward 95 Penn. R. R. 26Vs Penney, J. C 100 , Radio 47 Southern Co. ... ... 19V2 Southern Pacific 57 S. Oil of Calif. ..... 923 Texas Gulf Sulphur 3 7 Vt. Transamerica 42-";'A Tri-Continental 24 United Aircraft : 69 U. S. Rubber 50 U. S. Steel 59 Youngstown 100 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 150,Choice 1140 lb. fed steers 20 with 961 lb. good grades $18; utility steers $10-12; can-ner-cutter cows $6-7.50; utility cows $9.50. lightly sorted at S8.50. Calves 25. Good choice vealers around $18-21: individual high choice $22; good-choice . heavy calves mosUy $15-16; cull calves and vealers down to $7. Hogs 500. No. 1 butchers 180-235 lb. $13; sorted 180-235 lb. No. 1. 2 and 3 butcihers $12.50; sows around $9-11. Sheep 150. Good-choice slaughter lambs $16.50-17; choice lambs earlier this week to $17.50 with choice-prime 110 lb. fed No. 1 pelt lambs $18: good choice feeder lambs $14-15.50; indi vidual choice ewe $5.50; culls down to $2. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 62-63c: A large, 59-60c; AA medium, 57-59c: A me dium, 57-58c: small, -48-49c; carton, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 66c lb.; cartons, 67c; A prints, 66c; cartons, 67c; B prints. 64c. Cheese To retailers: A erade Ched dar, Oregon singles, 40',i-45 2c; 5-lb. loaves, 461,2-491,2C. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, ,39 Vi -41c lb. Farm Market Portland (U.P.) Cabbage held strong at $6.6.50 a crate in produce trading today; cauliflower supplies good with California offerings bring ing $2.75-3 in lettuce crates. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland) Fryers, 2',i to 4 lbs., 22c; at farm, 21c: roasters, 23c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light hens, 16 17c; heavy hens, all wts., 20-22c; old roosters, ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style, 34 35c lb.; whole drawn, 41-44c; cut up, 46-49c; hens, light type. New York style, 29-31c; cut-ups, 41-44c; hens, heavy type, N. Y. Style, 33-34c; whole drawn, 43-46c lb. Turkeys To producers for A grade young hens, f.o,b. farm, N.Y. dressed, nominally 36c lb.; A grade toms, 29c; A grade hens, eviscerated, 41 c; evis cerated toms, 31 lie lb.; fryer turkeys, live weights, 6V2-IO lbs., 34c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers: A grade young hens, 53-55c lb.; evis cerated; A grade young toms. 45-52c lb.: eviscerated, depending on weight; eviscerated fryer-roasters, 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant) Live white. 3i-4,i lbs.. 23-26c; 5-6 lbs., 18-21: colored pelts, 4c under: old does. 10-14c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 58-61c; cut up, 62-65c. , PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. trucks, Portland and Seattle. $39-40 ton. U. S. No. 1 Timothy hay. $48 ton. f.o.b. Seattle; No. 1 Timothy mixed hay. S41-42. Seattle. - Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white, $72.50 ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, $50; No. 2 Western . barley, $46.50 f.o.b. Portland, coast delivery:, soybean meal $77.50 ton, delivered Portland; standard millrun $42-42.50: No. 2 yel low corn. Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Portland, $63 ton. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Dead line for Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday The Wooden Shoe HOLLAND HOTEL . DINING ROOM OPEN 6:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. SATURDAY NIGHT OASIS Ea9e Point Join the Crowds! DANCE TO MUSIC BY DICK SPAIN, BILL LIVELY and the Rogue Valley Boys I Coast Range Tunnel Bids To Be Received Portland (U.R) Bids for construction of a major highway tunnel through the coast range will be received here Dec.- 19 and 20 when the State Highway Commissic-n holds its monthly meeting. Plans call for construction of .91 of a mile of highway road bed and construction of a 1430 i'oot tunnel on the Mapleton Richardson road six miles east of Mapleton in Lane county. Tunnel and roadbed construc tion is scheduled for comple tion by midsummer, 1957. The project will be financed in part by county funds, and in part by state and federal funds. The commission will receive bids on projects to cost an es timated $4,600,000, including nine bridges, 32 miles of grad ing and 13 miles of asphaltic paving. 1955 Cotton Crop Down One Per Cent Washington (U.R) The Agriculture Department today estimated the 1955 cotton crop at 14,663,000 bales, down 180, 000 bales or about one per cent, from the November estimate. The final report this year compares with the 1954 produc tion of 13,696,000 bales and 10 year average production of 12, 952,000 bales. The department had set' this year's marketing quota at 10,000,000 bales. But good weather and ' improved farming 'techniques sent produc tion far above the quota. The estimated cotton yields this year averaged 416 pounds of lint an acre. This is a new record and compares with last year's record 341 pounds and a 10-year average of 279. In Nov ember, yields of the 1955 crop were estimated at 431 pounds an acre. Two Are Arraigned In District Court Clifford Ray Lowry, 35, of route 3, box 53 Vi, was arraigned in district court yesterday on' a charge of forgery. Lowry, who is charged with forging a $10 check drawn on the Medford Branch of the United States National bank, and signed, Laine W. Gibson, also of route 3, box.53i4, was bound over" to the grand jury. Bond was set at SI, 500 by district court judge Rawles Moore." ; Also iiv. district court yester day, George William Laymon, 29, of 651 Walnut st., Ashland, was arraigned on a charge of ob taining money under false pre tenses. Laymon was bound over to the grand jury. Bond was set at $1,500. He is charged with having issued a false check for S5, cashed at Ray's Highway Mar ket, Phoenix. CORLISS To Mr. . and Mrs. Robert, 37 O'Gara st., , Dec. 7, 1955, a girl, ZVi. pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. McBETH To Mr. and Mrs. Paul, route 1, box 24, Jackson ville, Dec. '7, 1955, a girl, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospi tal. HEIDEMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Hubert, 805 Cherry st., Dec. 7, 1955, a boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. HUNT To Mr. and Mrs. James, 316 Ardmore ave., Dec. 8, 1955, a boy, 1ZA pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. GRIEVES To Mr. and Mrs. James W., Prospect, Dec. 8, 1955, a boy, weight 7V pounds, at Community hospital. ELLIS To Mr. and Mrs. Harold E., 1924 Stratford way, Dec. 8, 1955, a girl, weight 5Vt pounds, at Community hospital. 6TH & FIR STREETS Thursday, December 8, 1955 Around Hollywood Hollywood (U.R) Liber ace's first starring movie is not smashing box office records so far. he admit ted today. But the pianist, ser ved notice he is "not dis couraged" and is forging ahead with his film career. When Liber ace's "Sincere ly Yours" op- Aline Mosby e n e d around the country, some experts pre dicted movie-goers would line up around the block. They did for premieres when Liberace, teeth and all,-showed up in his sheared white bear coat. After that ticket sales faltered. Liberace defended his art to day as more popular with fam ilies in smaller towns than with the big city sophisticates. "It's a little early in the game to come to a final con clusion about the outcome of the picture," the frank-friendly entertainer said at his San Fern ando Valley home. "It has not been nationally released yet all these reports are being printed about the bad business. We expect good busin ess in small towns and in neigh berhood theaters. We've al ways appealed to the family trade. "After all," he added, "the picture cost only $1,100,000. That's not a high budget. I predict it's make $4,000,000 I'll get $2,000,000 and Warners will get two." Ads for the movie at first showed Liberace in his familiar TV pose, elbow- resting on the piano. These were changed to show him looking through bin Sherry Fong's Fate Nears Hands of Jury Portland (U.R) The fate of Sherry Fong was expected to be in the hands of a jury of six men and six women sometime today after instructions from Circuit Judge Rlfred P. Dodson. Final arguments in the first degree murder trial were com pleted by both sides yesterday. The trial began Nov. 15. The 24-year-old defendant, ac cused of murdering her 16-year-old babysitter, Dian Hank, sat quietly while Prosecutor Howard Lonergan outlined what he called "the simplest case of poiS' oning you'll ever find." He said the testimony of two girls who claimed they saw Diane Hank after she was alleg edly murdered was "preposter ous." He said the girls were not lying, they were just mistaken. Defense Attorney Irvin Good man said that evidencepresented against his client showed no case at all against Sherry. "Not first degree murder, not second de gree murder or manslaughter. The prosecution has absolutely nothing," Goodman said. Northwest Power Needs By 1964 Estimated Portland '(U.R) Atomic pow er expert O. B. Falls Jr. told the Oregon Society of Profession al Engineers here yesterday that by 1964 the U. S. would require 1,040,000,000 kilowatt hours of electricity. Falls, manager of marketing for the General Electric atomic power equipment department, said, "we will have to more than double our generating capacity within the next 10 years." Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport r With km mms and Her Western Sweethearts ALL GIRL BAND, Featuring Vonnie - Fritchie-Fabor Record Starl Come out enjoy yourself Fun for everyone. Children under 12 admitted Free. SATURDAY, DEC. 10 AttheROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent oculars as he does in the movie (one columnist sniped: "Liber ace is looking for an audience.") He thinks the first ads led peo ple to believe the film was "a blown up version of my TV show." Liberace pointed out his mov ie is one of few that received an "A" rating from the Legion of Decency. Better- than- expected reviews also were given the film, a combination of the life of Beethoven and an Old George Arliss Movie, "The Man Who Played God." "My movie has been even compared to 'Going My Way,' 'Magnificent Obsession,' and 'The Jolson Story.' It's been said it is worthy of some academic nomination, Liberace said. Schubert Next Warner Studio is sticking to its plan for more Liberace mov ies. Next year film-goers will see the pearly-toothed entertainer playing the life of some com poser such as Franz Schubert. Jack Warner's only worry was that I would become dis couraged," he said. "But my TV and nightclub career started slowly. It took me a good 10 years to build myself up in clubs. "So we're already talking new scripts. If you' feel inside that you've done a good job to the best of your ability, you can't be depressed about it." $25,000 Damage Suit Filed In Court Here A complaint asking $25,000 general and $2,668.35 special damages was filed in circuit court yesterday by Eldon Nelson against Al Gilhousen. The complaint charges that Gilhousen was negligent in driv ing at excessive speed and in a fatigued condition which result ed in an accident Dec. 12, 1954, south of Kelso, Wash. Nelson, who was a passenger in the car operated by Gilhousen at the time of the accident, suf-fered-multiple fractures and per manent injury, according to the complaint. MINOR ACCIDENT A car driven by Harold Lloyd Davis, 25, Rogue River; went out of control and crashed on West Evans Creek rd. about three miles northeast of Rogue River about 7:35 p.m. yesterday. State police said Davis was traveling north and the steering wheel locked as he made a turn. Davis was not injured, and the car was not extensively damaged, police said. HOT LUNCHES! Delicious Salads Home-Made Pies Medford-Made Candies Wrapped for mailing WHITE'S CLOCK & CANDY KETTLE Main & Bartletr - Ph. 2-6766 T J1 A WHOLE SHOW PACKED WITH ACTION! I" ' GW ANYTHING P C & i! JOHN AGAR'MMA CORDCTLEO 6.CARS01L .ITZf!. nmn Something New Has Been Added THE Notch Top's WALK IM This differ from a walk up or drive up in that you walk in, sit down in a com fortable seat, enjoy a glass of cool, sparkling , spring water while your Hambur ger is being freshly cooked J Doors Open 6:45 P.M. z o ASH LAN Do Use Tribune Want Ads a WIILLAM CAMPBELL MAMIE Van DOREN KEENAN WYNN TV A Kid - of Today- AIT what mokes jfef l him tick, like a bomb! If Js sl James mm Vi C1NemaScoPE I WARNERCOLOR I I VI NATALIE WOOD ' 1 I . SAIM1NSO. hHHJ JCJ -plus- I fg& Jf'--y ft I i 1 1 II lj 1 1 I j I -