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o o Locai and - O - - - " ktoT Overheat Fireman were called to check an over heated oil stove about 5:40 p.m. Sunday at the Melvin Nips home, 615 Keene dr. Off Road A car operated by Frank Hayes Clogston, 34 Central Point, missed a curve and went off the Jacksonville- Central Point rd. in a heavy fog yesterday. State police said dam age was minor. Library Booki Helen E Webster, county librarian, has requested assistance of city po lice tfrJ recover library books from delinquent borrowers Names of 23 people who have long Wrdue books were given to police. Auto StolM An auto owned by Jack Walter Vance, 513 Beatty st., was stolen from the parking area beside 229 East Eighth st., between 8 and 11 p.m., Saturday. The car was la ter recovered by Vance at the Big Y parking lot. The ignition switch hadbeen cross wired to permit starting the vehicle, ac cording to city police. Dismissed David Peter Ser- ry, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvy Serry, 1125 West Ninth st, was dismissed today from Commu nity hospital where he had been since Saturday evening when his bicycle was struck by a car. His mother reported today that he is "getting along fine al though he will have to be out of school a few more days. He received a slight concussion when he struck his head as he fell after the vehicle had been hit, according to Mrs. Serry. ' At Sacred Heart Reported t today as surgery patients at Sa cred Heart hospital are Mrs. Ma bel Wolfe, Phoenix: Mrs. Wil liam Brown, 539 Fairmount st., and Mrs. Mary Nashlund, Ash land. Those there for medical care fnclude. Verna Hemming- way, Shady Cove:. Ronny St. Heorep 5 son of Mr. and Mrs Vernon St. George, Central Point; Mrs. Van Brasket, Etna, Calif.: Dorothy Fellers, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Law rence Fellers, Trail, and Reed Moore, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore, Central Point. Obituaries MELVIN ERICKSON .Funeral services for Melvin T. Erickson, 53, of 210 West TJiird St., who died Saturday, will be held at the Conger-Morris chapel Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. G. Herbert Hiller 3nan of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran church will officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Erickson was born Jan uary 1, 1902, in Battlelake, Minn. On Sept. 1, 1932, at Minot, N.D., he was married to Mildred Hynek who" survives. He had made his home in Medford for eight years. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Irene Heggen, Bellingham, Wash.; and a brother, Conrad EricksSn, Enumclaw, Wash. TIMOTHY DAILY Timothy Daily, a long time resident of Medford and orch ardist, died at a local hospital Sunday. He lived at Hillcrest orchards. Perl funeral home is in charge of the arrangements. ENDS TUESDAY Wavne MORRIS k WAINS moi noun wacus 3Tvo . N0M3Wtf3 DON V" '"TEH $ " $ $ $ mmm 1 oliday Cash in The Holidays are at hand . . . Would some extra Cash come in handy? Cash to buy what you need . . . Cash to pay what you owe . . .Cash to reduce payments . . . Arrange that Cash loan at Stark Finance Co. . . . Prompt, courteous serv iceQ . . Ample Parking. Stark Finance Co. in O 2739 No. 99 Tel. $ $$$$$$ $$ Personal At Community Claudia Mor gan, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Morgan, 904 Wabash St., is a surgery patient at Commu nity hospital, attendants said today. Superintendent Home Alf B. Mekvold, county school su perintendent, has returned from a business trip to Roseburg and Eugene. He spent Thursday with the county school superintend ent at Roseburg and attended the state school boards conven tion at Eugene Friday and Sat urday. Mekvold spoke before the group Saturday on proposed education legislation. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP) CatUe 1350. Good around 900-lb fed steers $18: commer cial 15-S16: utility dairy type steers down to $10; commercial and good heifers 14-S16: good with some choice heifers above S16.50: canner-cutter cows mostly 6.50-S7.50; utility cows 9-S11: vouni? 921-lb commercial sows $13.50; lightly sorted at S12. Calves 2225. Good-choice vealers 18 $21: high choice S23; good-choice above 350-lb calves 15 .50-S16.50; choice stock calves up to S17; cull-utility calves and vealers 7-812. Hogs 2500. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 13 $13.50; No. 3 mostly 12.50-S12.75; 400-500-lb sows 9.50-S10.50. Sheep 1500. Choice 94-lb early shorn fed lambs $17.50; other good choice 16-S17; good-choice feeder lambs 14-15.50 with choice heavy feeders to $16; cull-utility ewes 2 $3.50; good-choice ewes 4.50-S5.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large 62-64c: A large 60-62c; AA medium 58-60c: A medium 58-59c; small 49-51c; 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 40','--45l,ac; 5-lb loaves 463-49V2C. Processed American cheese 5-ib -loaf 39V2-41c lb Farm Market Name brand sweet potatoes were booked to retailers ta mostly 6-$6.50 for a 50-lb basket; eastern cranberries topped market at 5-S5.50 ofr 24- one pound bags: topped carrots quoted at S2 a 50-lb sack. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2'2 to 4 lbs 22c. at farm 21c; roasters 24c lb f.o.b. Portland; light hens 16-17c; heavy hens, all wts 20-22c; old roost ers. ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retanlers: 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. . 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, 2Hc; A grade hens, eviscerated. 41',2c; evis cerated toms, 31I2C lb; fryer turkeys. live weights. 62 to 10 lbs. 34c lb. Dressed Turkeys 10 retailers, A grade young hens 53-55c lb eviscer ated: A grade young toms 45-52C lb, eviscerated, depending on weight; eviscerated fryer-roasters 37c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant Live, whtie. 334-4 , lbs. 23-26c; 5 ot 6 lbs 18-21c; colored pelts 4c under: old does 10-14c lb. a lew 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, Foruand and Seattle 3-vn ton. U. S. No. 1 timothy hay S48 ton. f.o.b. Seattle: No. 1 timothy mixed hay 41-S42, Seattle. Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: White. No. 2 soft $72.50 ton; No. 2 white oats. 38-lb test Coast delivery $51; No. 2 Western barley 46-S46.50 f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery; soybean meal S77 ton re livered Portland; standard millrun 41.50-$42; No. 2 yellow corn Eastern shipments f.o.b. Portland $63 ton. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight, 4:39 p.m.; sunrise tomorrow. 7:31 a.m. FORECASTS: Medford and vicinity: Chance of a few light showers tonight. Foggy Tuesday morning. Partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday afternoon. Low to night 35. High Tuesday 45. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Tuesday. Occasional snow mixed with rain north portion. Colder. Lows to night from 25-35 north to 30-40 south. High Tuesday 35-40 north to 40-45 south. Northern California: Mostly cloudy north portion with occasional rain Eureka and Red Bluff northwestward spreading southward to Fort Bragg and Chico Tuesday. Little tempera ture change. LOCAL DATA: Temperature: Mean yesterday 44; above normal 5. Record high this date 63 in 1913. Record low this date 8 in 1932. Precipitation: 24 hours to midnight, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month. 2.14 in., 1.04 in. above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 9.01 in., 2.68 in. above normal. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 91. highest this a.m. 100. City . high low prec. Brookings o3 ol Crater Lake . 40 34 Grants Pass .. 57 45 Klamath Falls 40 31 .81 .47 MEDFORD 46 Portland 61 41 .68 Seattle 53 36 1.24 Spokane 47 33 .51 Yakima 47 29 .13 Eureka 61 53 .07 Red Bluff 58 40 Sacramento 61 41 San Francisco 60 47 Los Angeles 78 55 Phoenix 71 41 Denver 44 25 Chicago 28 13 Miami 79 65 trace New York 37 28 Washington. D. C. 36 25 $ $ $ $ $ if ifl in in in in in $ Medford, Ore. 3 - 1817 Police Report $70 Taken From House An apartment at 718 West Main st., occupied by Rae Hazel Bosworth, was entered between 8:50 and 10:30 a.m., Saturday. About $70 and a gold locket was stolen, according to. city police. Entrance to the apartment was apparently gained by some one with a key, police said. Forty dollars were taken from an aluminum drinking cup and S30 and the locket from a jewelry box. Three instances of minor theft were reported to police Satur day and Sunday.. Roland R. Homes, 20 Washington st., re ported the theft of gas from his truck while it was parked at 334 McAndrews rd., Saturday night. Clinton Carl Neely, 1708 Stratford ave., reported the theft of four concrete tiles from the above address; and Lewis Richard Breazeale, 150 Mace rd., reported the theft of two hub caps from his car Friday night. Pelton Construction To Start in Spring Portland ttJ.R) Construc tion of Pelton dam on the Des chutes river is scheduled to get under way next "spring. That was announced by Ralph Millsap, Portland General Elec tric vice-president, in the wake of a Saturday vote by Warm Springs Indians. The Indians voted 5 to 1 to accept company approval for rental of the dam site. Millsap said the vote cleared the way for preliminary con struction to start "very soon." Major construction will start in the early spring, he said. The Indians voted 295 to 54 in favor of an $84,000 annual rent al of the Pelton site -and a maxi mum annual rental of S166.000 for the proposed Round Butte dam site. So far, PGE has permission from the Federal Power com mission for Pelton dam only. One bank of both dams is on tribal land and the other on pub lic domain. . The Pelton project, first pro moted in 1947, would produce about 100,000 kilowatts of pow er at a cost of $25,000,000. Britain Battered By First Blizzard London (U.R) The first big blizzard of the season buf fetted Britain today. It tied up land and sea transportation, and isolated a group of fliers in Wales. Two vessels were in distress off the coasts. Nine glider pilots, including two women were trap ped in deep drifts on a lonely peak in the Welsh 'hills. A British warship was steam ing to the rescue of the rudder less Norwegian steamer Reias, yawing helplessly in heavy seas 150 miles off the Irish coast. The Royal Navy's ' anti-submarine ship Loc Ruthven was steaming to her aid. An RAF bomber flew to the scene to stand by. The British submarine Seraph hove to all night in the English channel with its superstructure stove in. It limped into Portland this morning with 44 men on board. Germans Freed by Soviets Reach Berlin Berlin (U.R) Fifty-seven Ger man prisoners released by Rus sia arrived here today and said other West Germans were being detained on grounds .Chancellor Konrad Adenauer "failed to live up to his obligations." They said the Russians did not explain what the "obligations" were. Today's prisoners were the first to arrive since the flow of prisoners was suspended by the. Soviets Oct. 20 without ex planation. Soviet leaders promised Ade nauer in September they" would release 9680 Germans. But re patriation stopped in October when only 5800 had been freed. Fong Murder Trial Scheduled for January Portland (U.R) Trial of Way Him Fong on a first degree mur der charge will begin no earlier than January, Circuit ' Judge James R. Bain indicated today. Fong's 24-year-old wife, Sher ry, was convicted last Friday of second degree murder in the death of Diane Hank. Her attor ney is expected to appeal. Fong, also indicted in the Hank death, was tried and con victed with his wife last Spring. But the verdict was upset by Cir cuit Judge Alfred P. Dobson. Plan Your Next Banquet or Christmas Party at In the FRENCH ROOM, Now Available for Private Parties Complete Dinner $2.00 FOR RESERVATIONS - Phone NOrmondy 4-2513 WAVING $64,000 CHECK, Dr. Joyce Brothers, 28, psychol ogist, is lifted high in air by ex-boxers Gus Lesnevich (left) and Bob Olin after she wins $64,000 on televisioin quiz with uncanny knowledge of boxing. Ex-Olympic Champ Col. Eddie Eagan (right) and Mickey Walker (second from right) are among boxing notables at New York show. (International) On The Side (Distributed by King I loved him. too. As woman loves. Reckless of sorrow, Sin or scorn. Letitia Landon. - What was the most successful small theater in New York the atrical history? How about the Princess theater on West 39th st. that housed so many hits written by the brilliant combi nation of Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse and Jerome Kern. The Princess had 250 seats. The stage was so small there was only room for a chorus of six girls. The orchestra pit only held 11 musicians. Yet at the Princess were presented such smash musical hits as "Nobody Home," "The Night Boat" and "Very Good, Eddie." Incidental ly, the smallest theater in the world presenting regular musi cal productions now is the Thea ter de la Huchette in Paris. It has only 82 seats. Yet not so long ago it presented a musical extravaganza in 32 scenes! Asides Can you say in a fifth of a flash of what that drink called vodka is made? If not, cease considering yourself a well in formed fellow . . . Young wom en who believe they have limbs a la Dietrich are constantly ask ing our Horses . & Women ex perts what Marlene's leg meas urements are. They follow: "Ankle 8V2 inches, calf 12V'2 inches,, thigh 19Vi inches." Asking Queries from clients. Q. Has a legitimate stage version of "Tarzan of the Apes" ever been produced? If so, who played the title role? A. A stage version of "Tarzan" was produced and pre sented on Broadway in 1921. Robin Adair played Tarzan. The play was a flop. Q. What is the origin of calling a woman's hair her "crowning glory"? A. Un doubtedly was inspired by the Biblical quotation I Corinthians 11-15: '"But if a woman have long hair it is a glory to her." So They Say Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 23). exec utives usually select secretaries for their intelligence. Libra (Sept. 24-Oct. 23) executives have a definite weakness for "oomph girl" secretaries and are strongly inclined to hire the ap plicant with the best figure re gardless of her mental equip ment, or so say the stargazers. Ideal Wife In discussing the difficulties experienced by our country women in pleasing a husband, Katherin Brush once observed: "If men had everything to suit themselves the average wife would combine the best features of Greer Garson (as Mrs. Mini ver) and Gypsy Rose Lee (as Gypsy Rose Lee) together with those of a blue ribbon cook, a certified public accountant, an angel from heaven and a man's own mother." Please Note The last child of a family is usually the most intelligent and talented of all the children and has the greatest chance of suc cess in later life. So a study of the lives of successful men in dicates. Caruso was the last of 18 children. Gainsborough was the ninth and last child of his parents. Samuel Coleridge was the 11th and last child of his parents. Incidentally, I was the fourth and last child in our fam ily. No wisecracks please. Sidelights Three young women of Man hattan have been arguing as to whether Queen Elizabeth is call DINING INN CENTRAL POINT By E. V. Durling Futures Syndicate. Inc.) ed-Betty, Liz or Beth by her husband, the Duke of Edin burgh. He calls her Betty. ... It was La Rochefoucauld who said: "Flirtation is at the bottom of woman's nature although all do not practice it, some being re strained by fear, others by sense." Fighting Irish Thirty-six per cent of the sol diers on our side in our Revolu tionary war were Irishmen. Sp the rolls of the Continental Army reveaL- Also 32 of our generals in our War- for Inde pendence were Irish or of Irish descent. The Declaration of In dependence was signed by 11 Irishmen. Historical Note History tells us that it was at Red Kelly's tavern in San Fran cisco that Jack Kearns first met Jack Dempsey and became his manager. The Manassa Mauler has many admirers among San Franciscans but the outstanding ring hero of young old timers of the town by the Golden Gate was that picturesque ringman known as "Fat Willie" Meehan. Though "Fat Willie." never achieved great national fame 'he gave Jack Dempsey several very busy evenings in the ring. Test What do you know about de termining the freshness of eggs? Take a pair of fried eggs, sunny side up. If the yolk stands up very high it is a fresh egg. If only slightly high it is about two weeks old. If the yolk is flat it is an old egg. Two Heads Said Not Better Than One Boston U.R) Ditto doesn't agree with the old saw that two heads are better than one. Ditto is a two-headed turtle at the Boston Museum of Science. He finds life a bit be wildering. "His independent brains will never learn to cooperate," said Norman D. Harris, director of education at the Museum. "They will instinctively continue mak ing independent decisios that can never be efficiently carried out by a common body." A little girl found Ditto on the shore of Sand Pond at Ayer, Mass., last May Day and brought him to the museum. After studying Ditto and his eating habits, museum staffers worked out a technique of sim ultaneous hand feeding." And now Ditto, the size of a quarter, gets his meal worm mash rolled in bone meal three times a week. SHOP, BY MAIL or GOME TO OUR STUDIO (We Pack and Ship Anywhere in USA) BEAUTIFUL-USEFUL-MYRTLEWOOP MYRTLE CRAFT STUDIO, Inc. 801 Highway 99 South Grants Pass, Ore. Monday, December 12, 1955 Extension Agents To Annual Conference Staff members of the county extension service and the South ern Oregon Branch Experiment station were in Corvallis today attending the annual extension service conference at Oregon State college. Attending are W. B, Tucker, agricultural agent; Clifford Cor dy, horticultural agent; Earle Jossy, extension agent; Don Ber ry, assistant horticultural agent; Glenn Klein, 4-H agent; and Mrs. Joanne Weatherford, home dem onstration agent. H. H. White, superintendent of the experiment station and John Youngan, Dr. John Higdon and Dr. L. G. Gentner, staff members. They will return this week end. Wall Street New York (U.R) Stocks gave ground grudingly today on reduced volume. Railroad issues met the best support with Southern Railway rising more than 2 points to a new high. Santa Fe came back 2 points from its early low and registered a fractional rise. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 178 Anaconda 70 Chrysler 91 Curtiss Wright 28 General Electric 5354 General Motors 47Is Montgomery Ward 9456 Penn. R. R .' 25 Penney, J. C 100lA Radio 4634 Southern Co 19V4 Southern Pacific 51 V4 S. Oil of Calif 9114 Texas Gulf Sulphur 37 Transamerica 4134 Tri-Continental 253i United Aircraft 6SlA U. S. Rubber 49 34 U. S. Steel 58 Ypungstown 99VS Humor Prelerred With Dash of Sex Carbondale, 111. U.R) Col lege students and maybe others prefer their humor with a dash of sex, according to a study made by Leslie F. Malpass of Southern Illinois University's psychology department. m Malpass tested students' pre ference in jokes and cartoons to find out what people laugh at and why. He also wanted to know what effect, if any, sur roundings had on those who listened to jokes or looked at cartoons. Malpass classified jokes and cartoons as sexual, aggressive and whimsical. Then he showed the humor to the students in groups of 30 or more, in groups of six or seven and alone. The students rated the humor as "the funniest ever seen" to "the poorest example of cartoon." The psychologist found the students prefer "sex-oriented" jokes over whimsical humor or aggression-type jokes that are based on attack against a person or other object. Malpass also found people laugh at jokes most readily in a large group, less when alone and the least when in a small gathering. He suspects "fear of being noticed" holds down reac tion to jokes in small groups. GOOD IDEA Cape Elizabeth, Me. (U.R) When he became blind in 1952, Philip S. Bagley, 44, was in a quandary as to how to support himself. Finally he got the idea of cutting up squash and market ing it in transparent bags. Now he uses the same system for car rots, beets and parsnips and he and his wife do a thriving bus iness. Halley's comet was first seen by Sir Edmund Halley in 1682 and he predicted its reappear ance in 1758, having calculated that it would take 76 years for it to. travel its orbit. Northwest's large selection made by Craftsmen in our studio. Hundreds of items. A Wide Range of Prices . . 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Barnes was cited for violation of basic rule by city police. Vehicles driven by Edwin Grant Workman, route 1, box 431D, and Ina May Huson, 505 Summit ave., collided at the in tersection of North Oakdale ave. and West Second st., at 4:14 p.m. Saturday. Soviet Leaders Mix Pleasure, Business . New Delhi (U.R) Russian Communist party leader Nikita Khrushchev and Soviet Premier Bulganin mixed pleasure with an increasing amount of business on their Indian tour today. On the lighter side, Khrush chev, a sometimes wrestler and strongman himself, watched a truck roll over the body of an Indian muscleman and saw a wrestling match that featured a convicted murderer On the business side, the Rus sians advised India to step up mechanization among farmers and peasants, and continued an exchange of views on interna tional and political questions with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. An indication that the touring Russians were becoming more their statement on Kashmir, serious on their tour was in which sources said was "very carefully drafted and should not be considered lightly." Ag Groups Schedule Regular Meetings Regular monthly meetings of two county "agricultural groups will be held this week. A convention of county chair men of agricultural stabilization and conservation committees will be held at the courthouse at 8 p.m. Tuesday to elect a county committee of five mem bers. They will be selected to ad ministrate federal farm pro grams in the county, according to Tab Seahorn, of the agricul tural stabilization and conserva tion office. It will be the first meeting of the recently elected committee chairmen. A meeting of the Jackson county agricultural committee will be held in the auditorium at 8 p.m. tonight. Henry Con ger is chairman. Eleven and a half million peo ple live on Sumatra, sixth largest of the world's islands. teti'I'llrl'Jl'lll1 ! 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