Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 16, 1955, Image 15

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Newspaper Page Textu Local and Cookie Sale Members of Pythian Sunshine girls will hold a house-to-house cookie sale to- jrrow. Funds from the sale wi)be used to buy food for a Christmas basket for a needy family. Dismissed Lynn Fritch, 3351 South Pacific highway. Grants Pass, was dismissed today from Community hospital after being tnere since Sept. 14 after receiv ing injuries in a fall as the re sult of electric shock at Jeddeloh Brothers mill, Cold Hill, attend ants reported. At Commuftty Mrs. Walter Lerwill , and son, Marvin, 4, Drew, Ore., are tonsil surgery patients today at Community hospital, attendants reported. Also at the same hospital are Albert Charbonneau, Jackson ville, there for surgery, and Mrs. John Hall, Yreka, Calif., a medi cal patient. Watermans Here Dr. John Waterman, psychiatrist with the state board of health, and Mrs. V aterman, psychiatric social worker, spent yesterday and to day in Medford in connection with the Southern Oregon. Child Guidance clinic. Dr. Waterman also conducted the regular exten sion class session on "emotional factors in learning" Thursday night. The couple will spend two weeks in Texas before returning to Salem. r- tit U UN I . BUUUfcl! Budget Plan Budget your meal to the budget price you wish to pay THE Top Notch Craterian Theater Bldg. Smash Hits! HIT NO. 2 BEHEAD WjfQMNG f MAUREEN 0'HARA ALEX NIC01 ! IS fcvfP Audrn MURPHY " TSMmT t" UMVCTSUHTHMTONlt WCTUIi I rtavti OMARS o o WILL BE CLOSED December 13 thru January 3 OPEN January 4 at 4:30 p.m. Happy Holidays To All of You! SATURDAY NIGHT EAGLE The Only Spring Floor in Southern Oregon DANCE TO THE COMBINED MUSIC 'OF DICK SPAIN, BILL LIVELY and The Rogue Valley Boys Featuring The BEST In Western Swing TUNE IN BILL'S WESTERN ROUND-UP TIME ON KW1N i Personal Cordy Back C. B. Cordy, county horticultural agent, re turned yesterday from Corvallis, where he attended the annual extension conference at Oregon State college. Emergency Surgery Mrs Clifton Conner, 51 North Oak- dale ave., is at Osteopathic hos pital where she underwent emergency appendectomy last night, according to attendants. Bazaar Members of the aux iliary to the Disabled American Veterans will conduct a bazaar and baked foods sale Saturday, Dec. 17, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at City Appliance store on North Central ave. Square Dance The Roxy Ann Grange will hold a square dance starting at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Grange hall. Ken neth Howe will class dances Potluck refreshments will be served. Receives Word Mrs. Max Payne of Sams Valley has re ceived word from Keokuk, Iowa, that her mother, Mrs. Addie Fel lows, died this week Funeral services will be held at Keokuk tomorrow. To Arizona Mrs. Katherine Carter, 314 North Central ave., left Tuesday for Phoenix, Ariz., to spend the holidays with her son' and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Carter, it was reported by friends. She was ac companied as far as Redding by Robert C. Kahler, 312 Portland ave. Baby Improves Rebecca Heisel, 2-week-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Manville Heisel, 1808 Thomas rd., has success fully undergone major surgery at Orthopedic hospital in Seat tle, and is said to be improved, it was reported today. She was flown north in the early-morning hours of Wednesday by a Mercy Flights plane. Helicopter To Bring Santa Aboard Warship Bayonne, N. J. (U.R) Santa Claus won't need Donner and Blitzen when he comes to town here next Wednesday. He's ar riving by helicopter; Santa will be Lt.- Cmdr. Ros coe Spearman, a gunnery offi cer aboard the USS Wisconsin, who will land on the deck of the big warship in drydock here and give presents to 100 chil dren. BfflE l TONITE THRU SAT! - Ffflth DOMERGUE-Stephen McNALLY MIT NO. 3 Sound ff una jakes SAMMY WHITE JOHN ARCHER A COLUMN FICTUK POINT E News About Servicemen BEAVER PLATOON The fifth Oregon Beaver pla toon will be enlisted by the Ma rine Corps in Portland Jan. 1, the local Marine recruiting of fice has announced. The platoon will include about 75 men en listed from Oregon, southern Washington and northern Cali fornia. Local men enlisting in the second Val-Rogue Leathernecks squad will be included in the platoon. Additional information may be obtained from the Ma rine recruiting office in the post office building. WHALE LAW Boston (U.R) A new Massa chusetts law directs the state's public works department to re move any whales that may get beached. The statute was adopt ed by the legislature after a whale was beached on the South Shore and no agency would take the responsibility of removing the huge carcass. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP. Cattle for week 2525. Average choice 1016 lb. fed Wyoming steeri $20.85; good-choice S19; bulk good under 1100 lb. steers S17-18; utility steers down to S9.50; good stockers and feeders S15; good choice around 870 lb. fed heifers $17; bulk good heifers S15-16; few $16.50; commercial heifers S13.50-14.50: can-ner-cutter cows S6.50-8.50. mostly S7 8; utility cows S9-11; utility-commercial bulls S12-13. few S13.50. Calves for week 200. Good-choice vealers $18-22; good-choice calves $15 16.50; stock calves $17: cull-utility $6-12. Hogs for week 3440. No. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb. $13-13.50: No. 3 largely S12.25 late; sows 300-550 lb. $9.50-11.25. Sheep for week 2550. Good-choice lambs No. 1 pelt and better $16-17; mostly choice $17.50; good-choice feeder lambs S14-15.50. heavy feeders $16: choice 134 lb. wooled yearlings $14.25 late; good-choice ewes S4.50-5. PORTLAND PRODUCE ' Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 62-64c; A large, 61-62c; AA medium, 59-6 lc; A me dium. 59-60c; small, 50-51c; cartons, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 66c lb.; cartons, 67c; A prints, 66c: cartons, 67c: a prints. tc. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar. Oregon singles, 401,2-451i: 5-lb. loaves. 461,i-49',bc. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39!2-41c lb. Farm Market Top California sweet potatoes were higher at some wholesale outlets to day with washed and waxed bringing $6.50-6.75 a 50-lb. basket: loss of much of the late Northwest cabbage crop was reflected in higher prices for prepared salads and cold slaw; wholesalers paid around siau a doz en packages for cold slaw with salad mix 90 cents to $1.25 a dozen. North west potatoes and onions held firm for top grade packs. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens TO growers (ivo. l quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2'i to 4 lbs., 22c; at larm. 21c; roasters, 24c lb. f.o.b. Portland: light hens. 16c: heavy hens, all wis., 23e; old roosters. ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to 35c lb.; whole drawn. 42-44c: cut up, retailers: Fryers, New York style. 34-47-49c; hens, light type. New York style. 29-31C; cut-ups, 41-44c; hens, heavy type. N. . style, 34-Jbc; wnoie drawn, 44-47c lb. Turkeys To producers lor A graae young hens, f.o.b. farm, A grade hens, nominally 36c lb.: A grade toms, 29c; A grade hens, eviscerated, 41 Vic; evis cerated toms. Sl'.ic lb.; fryer turkeys, live weight, 6,a-10 lbs.. 34c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers, A grade young hens. 55-56c lb. eviscer ated: A grade young toms. 46-50c lb., eviscerated, depending on weight; eviscerated fryer-roasters. 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant) Live white. 3-4',i lbs., 23-26c; 5-6 lbs., 18-21c: 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. S39-40 ton. U. S. No. 1 Timothy hay. $48 ton. f.o.b. Seattle; No. 1 Timothy mixed hay. $41-42. Seattle. Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white, $74 ton; No. 2 white oats. 38 lb. test, Coast -delivery. $51; . No. 2 Western barley, $46-46.50 f.o.b. Port land Coast delivery: soybean meal $77 ton. delivered. Portland: standard mill-run, $41.50-42: No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Port land. $62.25. DANCE Sat. Night BOBBY CHAMPION AND HIS MELODY WRANGLERS Finest Western Music in the Pacific Northwest. See and Hear Them Every Saturday Nite. 6:30 - 7 P.M. - KBES-TV Rogue Valley BALLROOM Shady Cove Man Said Improved Alter Crash Shady Cove The condition of Ronald E. Curren, $on of the Rev. and Mrs. Ronald P. Cur ren, Shady Cove, is reported im proved at a California hospital after receiving severe injuries Nov. 25 near Gridley, Calif., when the car in which he was a passenger struck a bridge. - Young Curren, a sphomore divinity student at Southern California Bible college, Costa Mesa, Calif., was en route home to visit when the accident oc curred. He is a 1954 Eagle Point high school graduate. Driver and owner of the car, Robert Malbne, also a student at the college, was to have been a house guest at the Curren home. Curren received numerous in juries including a brain concus sion and multiple pelvic bone fractures. It is expected he will be hospitalized for at least an other three weeks and his par ents plan to return him here by Mercy Flights, Inc., ambulance plane. Obituaries ALAN CAMERON Alan C. Cameron, 51, of 905 Stewart ave. died in a local hos pital this morning. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. WILLIAM CARTER Funeral services 'are pending at Perl funeral home for William E. Carter, 81, of 816 West 11th st., who died at a local hospital Thursday DOUGLAS WOOD Funeral services for Douglas Wood, 69, who died Tuesday, will . be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 9 a.m. Monday. The Rev.'E. Paul Riedel of Ashland Grace Lutheran church will of ficiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Wood was born June 11, 1886, in Castle Rock, Manitoba, Canada. He had lived in South ern Oregon for the past 20 years. LE ROY PYLE Funeral services for Le Roy' D. Pyle, 22, who died Thursday morning, will be held In Conger-Morris chapel at 1 p.m. Mon day. The Rev. William C. Piper, of the First Christian church, will officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Pyle was born Sept. 16, 1933, in La Grande, Ore. In June, 1949, he received the Eagle Scout award here. He moved to Medford six years ago. He graduated from Medford High school in 1953, and from Northwestern radio and TV school in Portland.- He was an announcer for station KWIN in Ashland. He was a member of the First Christian church of Medford. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Tyle, Medford; a. grandmother, Mrs. Charlotte Pyle, La Grande; a great-grandmother, Mrs. Laura Jobes, Ashland, and several relatives. To the Finest of Modern Musie Every SATURDAY NIGHT at Walker's BEE AIRLAND Wonderful Floor Wonderful Crowd Wonderful Time! DANC COMMUNITY HALL Music by CHAP'S Roadside Rascals A Band You'll Like FIREMEN'S BENEFIT HOUSE of MYSTERY WHERE 1 HE STEREORAMIC PHOTO ORIGINATED North of Gold Hill AT ANY SNAPSHOT TAKEN WITHIN THE VORTEX WILL PRODUCE A 3D PICTURE. TEST IT! Winter Hours - 9 to 5 Under Founder's Management Since 1930 Veterans Should File For Tax Exemptions Veterans with disability rat ings of 40 per cent or more should plan to file soon for tax exemptions, according to Robert G. Fowler, county assessor.' Disability ratings for World War I, World War II, and the Korean war should be brought to the assessor's office in order to complete the veteran's exemp tion affidavit, he said. Spanish-American war vet erans and widows of veterans who have remained unmarried also are entitled to exemption. All discharges must have been honorable, and filing must be done after Jan. 1 and before April 1, according to Fowler. An estimated 500 persons are eligible for exemptions in Jack son county. Donkey Nearly Spoils Santa Claus Parade Lenzburg, Switzerland (U.R) A donkey missed a train in Brugg, Switzerland, and almost spoiled this city's traditional Santa Claus parade. Tradition requires Santa Claus to ride through Lenzburg streets on a donkey. Investigation showed that a railway worker at Brugg, where the donkey had to change trains from Zurich, hitched the animal to a post behind a shed and forgot about it. The temperature inside a white-topped car is 15 degrees cooler than that inside a black topped car when both are parked in the sun. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 4:40 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 7.34 a:m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Mostly cloudy with occasional showers tonight. Rain Saturday. Low tonight 38-40. High Sat urday 47. Western Oregon: Cloudy wtih occa sional light rain or drizzle tonight. A few showers Saturday. Little tempera ture change. Low tonight 32-42. High Saturday 36-44 north to 46-52 south portion. . Northern California: Cloudy through Saturday. Showers from Ukiah and Red Bluff northward tonight. Snow in mountains. Little temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 41: above normal 2. Record high this date 61 in 1930. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid Record low this date 10 in 1919. -night. .06 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m., .46 inch. Total this month 2.20 inches, .66 inch above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 9.0T inches, 2.30 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 89, highest this a.m. 100. CITY High Low Prec. Brokings 54 51 .78 Crater Lake 35 26 .39 Grants Pass 56 41 .75 Klamath Falls 31 29 T MEDFORD 46 41 .08 Portland - 35 21 .25 Seattle 37 33 .08 Spokane 18 15 .25 Yakima 26 20 .08 Eureka 60 53 .07 Red Bluff 47 45 .19 Sacramento 52 48 .03 San Francisco 60 53 .07 Los Angeles 57 49 Phoenix 74 40 Denver 35 22 Chicago 17 6 Miami 80 57 New York 43 17 Washington, D.C. 44 . 15 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Dee. 21): Western Oregon Western Washing ton Intermittent rain through Wed nesday with total amounts heavy. 1-3 inches in interior valleys. Slightly warmer with temperatures in north portion normal to Sunday and about normal in southwestern Oregon. Highs 46-54 in western Oregon, .lows 32-40. Saturday DEC. 17 Open Throughout The Year Friday, December 16, 1955 Wall Street New York (U.R) Stocks ad vanced in the final session of the week today. Trading picked up moderately and prices moved up one to two points. Rails had gains ranging to more than two points and in dustrials were up one to points. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T &T 17SH6 Anaconda '. 7114 Curtiss Wright 28 Chrysler 90 General Electric 54 General Motors 46 Montgomery Ward 94 Penn R R . 25 Vs Penney J C 98 Radio 45 14 Southern Co 19V4 Southern Pacific 56V4 S Oil of Calif 9H4 Texas Gulf Sulphur 363,4 Transamerica 413i Tri-Continental 25 United' Aircraft 69V4 U S Rubber ... ... 50 U S Steel 57 Youngstown . 98 EXPENSIVE GLASS Quincy, Mass. (U.R) Four boys who went on a slingshot spree were ordered in court to pay $515 for 67 panes of glass they smashed in a school and at the press box at Quincy Veter ans Stadium. CARELESS SMOKING , Boston (U.R! Careless smok ing accounts for one third of all home fires, a survey by the In stitute for Safer Living revealed. There are approximately 1,000 home fires daily in the United States. 11 hIIiIhIimiIII TONITE AND SATURDAY itorriog Robert MIT CHUM Shelley WINTERS I STARTING SATURDAY A HOLIDAY SHOW PACKED WITH LAUGHS, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DIIIC ' i ll ill I ill Ill l l l mm TONITE & SAT. PACCD WITH RT...aaTEMnn...mWKW6...WTWESTl)05 LOW 2 HITS FRANKIE KEEFE CONSTANCE a ...... . - frn . 1 LAINC BKASSELLt lUWEIU - PLUS Bin ifiminin-i i-i iiimi .;;.;im.i&i;sv;riiS ::. MEDFORD (OREGON MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Three Persons Hurt In Portland Fires Portland (U.R) Three per sons were injured in two fires here last night and early today. Firemen Bill Bloomquist and Harold Morgan suffered minor injuries last night while fighting a blaze at the Acme Broom Man ufacturing company. Damage was estimated at $7,500. .Lillian M. Hoesley, 43, suf fered third degree burns to her right arm and side early today when fire damaged her apart ment in a local hotel. Births PUETT To Mr. and Mrs. Wayne, 205 Summit ave., Dec. 15, 1955, a boy, 7 pounds, at Community hospital. DE LISLE To Mr. and Mrs. Earl, 1108 Winchester ave., Dec. 14, 1955, a girl, 7Vi pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. BARRETT To Mr. and Mrs. Jarry, Central Point, Dec. 15, 1955, a girl, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. 1 BRING THE KIDS TO I.O.O.F. HALL 8:30 DEC. 20 Entertainment S SANTA CLAUS TREE, PRESENTS Medford Lodge No. S3 FIRST and UNFORGETTABLE PICTURE in VISTAYIS10N RIFLE D0VN- 1, R0IERT 10WERY JH MRMYN CONTINUOUS SAT. & SUN. FROM 12:45 P.M. PLUS py mmm d ROBBER'S ROOST mp))s! COLOR by D IUXE CiijISZML RICHARD lOONt KZuZ&M IV1A FINDLCY BWffJXI nua BINNITT ACTION AND SUSPENSE LAUGH AND FUN FILLED! LUCY , A n f mia mHRiwii CARD OF THANKS Words cannot adequately xpre our deep appreciation for the beau tiful floral offerings, and the many kind and sympathetic acts that cam to us at the time of our recent bereavement. The Hibbert family F. O. E. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY for EAGLES and Auxiliary Children TUESDAY at 6:30 P.M. Here's Your Saturday Really Packed with Action DALE ROBERTSON JEANNE CRAIN in "CITY OF BAD MEN" In Color LOTS OF CARTOONS No. 15 "Captain Africa' DOORS OPEN 6:30 P.M. BARGAIN PRICES ADULTS 65 e HI SCHOOL 50c CHILDREN 20c TONITE SAT. SUN. IMS UUUU wum. o ASH LAN Do mi Olivia iohk fc'Pt HAVILLANO MITCHW V' f'onk Gloria H MP SINATRA GRAHAM! Robot Broderick Chorls CRAWFORD BtOCFOK) Mi J f V Fun Matinee Doon Open J g PLUS ZphiMricoh!l Op I LsraBACAlL I Claries BOYER ) I Gloria GRAHAM tatolM! ' j " PLUS o o 0