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I o o o ILoca! and Building Permits Buildin: permits were issued Friday to Miord Neon Signs, Inc., to erect a S270 sign at 15 North Fir St., and to Crater Lake Realty erect a $400 sign at 236 South Central ave. Wendts Leave Mr. and Mrs Chester Wendt, Old Stage rd. will leave this week to spend the holidays in Albuquerque N.M., with their son and daugh ter-in-law, Second Lt. and Mrs Warren C. Wendtomd son, Tom my. Lt. Wendt is in the Air Force. O ' Assumes Sanies Tltt busi ness name Oregon Protective Credit association has been as sumed by Robert D. Shangle, ac cording to records in the county- recorder s office. The name Chester R. Dalton and Assc- ciates doing business as Oben- shain Power Right of Way has been assumed by L. L. Henshaw E. Curtis, E. G. Ellis, Kenneth L. Hawkins, John T. Henshaw Ben F. Moore, C. R. Dalton, Har ry Dalton, Waldo Hull and James C. Smith. Federal Grand Jury Indicts Three Men Portland U.R) Federal grand jury indictments Friday .were returned against three Tnen in connection with two sep arat bank robberies. Henry Clay Wyatt, 30, was charged with the Nov. 23 hold up t the main office of the First National Bank of Portland. Wy- aifa armed with a cap pistol, allegedly obtained $1,019 in the holdup. Charged with the Aug. 22 hoQup of the Inland Empire Bank at Umatilla were Tilmon B. Benson, 35, and Jack E- Hill, 35, both of Grandview, Wash, The holdup netted $57,500. Recommend Higher Fines For Drinking Drivers Salem U.R) Oregon police chiefs think drinking drivers should be more severely fined than at present. Most of the chiefs also believe O that drivers rejjeatedly involved in serious traffic violations, such as driving while drunk, should . be required to serve some time in jatf These opinions were expressed in a survey taken of city officers by the state traffic safety divi sion. Queries were sent to police chies in 95 cities selected as a representative group. Seventy seven responded. F.O.E. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY for EAGLES and Auxiliary Children TUESDAY at 6:30 P.M. Be Happy, Go Budget Come In and Try Our Budget plan oudger your meal to the budget price you wish to pay qTHE Top Notch Craterian Theater Bldg. EARLY BIRD SHOW 5:45 P.M. TONITE! 1st DRIVE IN RUN! . The MOST RUTHLESS ROBINSON of All Time! illill I m.ms m mm iWArSW1"'" 'in ii.ri i- imni.ima I ONE OF THE GREAT ROMANTIC ADVENTURE STORIES OF ALL TIME! Stewart DM GRANGER KERR loss wuiun me drlui Imb STOKE -htattllKUS lames MASON Personal Cars Collids Cars operated by Harold C. Sutherland, 2331 Howard ave., and Mrs. Maxine R. Smith, 2001 Spring st., col lided Friday at Third and Front sts., according to city police, Mercy Flight Fred H. Good win, Gold Hill, was flown to Portland Friday afternoon for treatment of a heart ailment at the Veterans Administration hos Dital. The flight was made in Mercy Flights twin Beechcraft air ambulance plane, and uood' win was the 429th patient car ried by planes of the non-profit corporation. Fire Damage Fire which was believed to have originated from a faulty flue caused con siderable smoke damage at 4:30 p.m., - Friday, to the home of John Childress, 430 DeBarr ave., accordine to Medford fire de- tiartment. A Medford Rural Fire department truck was dispatch ed to the blaze. - - Business Name Assumed The business name, Medford Clinic, has been retired by Pearl Sleeter, Dr. Oscar Heyerman, Dr. William J. Miller, and Dr. Otto R. Emig. The name has been assumed by Dr. Heyerman, Dr. Miller, Dr. Emig, Dr. Roland M. Mayer and Dr. John T. Bran denberg, according to records in the Jackson county recorder s office. News About Servicemen HOME ON LEAVE Pvt. Jim Murray has arrived from Ft. Bliss, Tex., to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Murray, 426 Haven street. He. is a radar man in Headquarters AAA bat tery, Ft. Bliss, Tex. MIRICK CHOSEN Private Keith R. Mirick, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Mirick, 509 West 11th St., has been selected as colonel's orderly at Fort Ord, Calif. Mirick is taking basic training in Sykes' regulars, one of the three regiments at Fort Ord. He is a graduate of Medford High school and Willamette uni versity. DISCHARGED Mr. and Mrs. Dwin Bailey ar rived last week from Mobile, Ala., where Bailey was station ed with the Air Force. He re ceived his discharge from the service after four years, includ ing overseas duty at Taegu. He also served at Puerto Rico. Bail ey will join the installations op erations of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company. The couple lives at 604 North Riv erside ave. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Bailey, 605 Childers st. ON LEAVE Harold E. Ashton, apprentice seaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben A. Ashton, 624 Benson st., Medford, is visting at home on leave following completion of boot training in the Navy at San Diego. After his leave, he will re port to Great Lakes Navy sta tion for assignment to Navy journalist's school. A 1955 grad uate of Medford High, school, he was employed as a reporter on the Mail Tribune last -summer. RSERVE ENLISTMENTS Eight isckson couhty men enlisted recently in the 417th Engineer Aviation Brigade re serve unit. The men, who enlisted under the new reserve training act for men 17 to 18, will be sent to Fort Ord, Calif., some time next summer for six months training. They will spend the remainder of their eight year reserve enlistment period in the active ready reserve. The men are John W. Bunker, Eagle Point; Kenneth L. Tucker, 413 North Central ave.; Joseph E. Hasler, route 2, box 204, Central Point; Richard E. Keene, Box 551, Phoenix; Jerry R. Con ner, route 2, box 438-C; Llew ellyn W. Witte, 2941 South Pa fllX&tO THftu UNiTtO ATOSTS PLUS ,--fs -1 ' Obiluaries William E. Carter, Lithographer, Dies William E. Carter,' 81, of 816 West 11th st., died Thursday evening. He had been a resident of the. Rogue valley since 1935, and of Medford since 1947. Mr. Carter, a native of Port land, Ore., was born on Oct. 15, 1874, and was a journeyman lithographer, following the trade of his father, William D. Carter, a pioneer Oregon newspaperman and first shop foreman of the Portland Oregonian. War Veteran He served with Company E of the Second Oregon Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Philip pine islands during the Spanish American war and the Philip pine insurrection. He was a long time member of Colonel Sargent camp of the United Spanish War Veterans. t His early years were spent in Portland, but he had been a resi dent of southern Oregon for 30 years. He owned and operated an employment agency in Klam ath Falls until 1935 when he moved to a farm at Eagle Point where he lived until moving to Medford in 1947. Funeral Services v Funeral services will be con ducted at 1:30 p,m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, at the Perl funeral home, with the Rev. George R. V. Bolster, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church, officiating. Private burial services will fol low at Siskiyou Memorial park, Survivors include his wife, Nellie A. Carter; a brother, Kel- ton P. Carter, Hillsboro, Ore., a daughter, Mrs. Melba Garrett, Happy Camp, Calif.; a son, Rich ard L. Carter, San Francisco, and three grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. JOHN CURTIS MCGREW Funeral services for John Curtis McGrew, 52, who died Friday, will be held in Conger Morris chapel at 10:30 a.m. Tues day with the Rev. Norman J, Tully, of the Jacksonville Pres byterian church, officiating. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. McGrew was born Aug. 28, 1903, in Langley, Wash. On Oct. 13, 1934, in Talent, he was married to Eleanor Lynch, who survives. He had made his home here since 1910. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Budd Carr, Costa Mesa, Calif.; two brother, Mel- vin and Elroy both of Medford; one niece and two nephews. Use a stiff brush dipped into a solution of hot soapsuds and ammonia to clean your gas range. If the oven needs real at tention, the Gas Appliance Manu facturers Association suggests leaving a cup of ammonia in the oven overnight. The grease and spill-overs come off more read ily with this treatment. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 orevious day CLAIMING her boxer hus band should not have been allowed to make fatal fight be cause of his physical condi tion, Mrs. George Flores wins an $80,000 judgment from the New York State Court of Claims. (International) cific highway; Richard S. Ham ilton, route 1, box 689, Central Point, and Kenneth R. Stripler, route 2, box 245, Medford. Reservations Now For the Family's DINING INN SPECIAL innsTmas eve 4 Christmas Day DINNERS Dining Open 3 For Reservations Phone NOrmandy 4-2513 Alan C. Cameron Services Tuesday Funeral services for Alan C. Cameron, 51, of 905 Stewart ave., Medford, who died Friday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. J. Thomas Dixon of the First Methodist Church will of ficiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Active bearers will be Elliott Becken, Nick Gier, Claude Hag gard, Louis Ruhl, Alva Perkins and Eston Humphrey. Honorary bearers will be Alan Jewett, Earl Courtney, Tom Flynn, Lee Knox, William Tucker and Charley Holbrook. Mr. Cameron was born March 28, 1904, in Gold Hill, Ore. On Dec. 17, 1933, in Klamath Falls he was married to Barbara Dur ham, who survives. . He was an active member of the Medford Lions and was im mediate past chairman of - the Medford Safety council. He was manager of the Med ical Center building from 1947 until May 1955. Since May he had been employed by Perrine Industrial electricians, Ashland. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Franlkin G. Rider, and a son, Douglas Cam eron, both of Medford; two half sister, Mrs. Effie Birdsey, Rogue River, and Mrs. Queen ; Hutch eson, Bell Aire, Texas; four half brothers, John Cameron, Cottage Grove, Roy D. Cameron, Gold Hill, Knox Hammersley, Alaska and George Hammersley, Yreka, Calif., and two grandchildren. Second Artie Blast Pushes Into Deep South, Midwest By UNITED PRESS The second Arctic blast this week pushed cold weather deep into the Southland Saturday and dropped temperatures into the 20s in northern Florida. Moderate to heavy snows fell over the Rockies -in Montana with up to 9 inches recorded in a 24-hour period at . Missoula. Light snow also fell in Idaho and flurries were general over the Pacific Northwest, except along the coast, and over the middle Mississippi Valley to the north ern Great Lakes. Rain or drizzle dampened the Pacific Northwest coastal area. Mostly fair skies prevailed elsewhere. In the central plains and Great Lakes areas southerly winds took the edge off the bit ter cold of the past several days. The mercury shot up to the 60s on the east slopes of the cen tral Rockies as a "chinook" wind dispelled the cold. But the wind whipped Denver, Colo., with gusts up to 58 miles an hour. High temperatures Friday at La Junta and La Mar, Colo., were 61 degrees. Carlsbad, N. M., reported 69 and it was 41 at Cheyenne: But in Florida, Cross City re ported a morning low of 24 de grees as the Arctic weather in vaded the deep South. It was pushed by colder weath er to the north that sent the mercury to 4 below zero at Dick inson, N. D., and 5 below at Minot, N.D., drops of 18 to 14 degrees from Friday. Casper, Wyo., cooled 21 de grees with the morning tempera ture at 13. Most of the area from Texas northeastward to the Great COUPLES NITE Every Tuesday at ASHLAND SKATEWAY Couples Admitted for Single Admission Price Make Holiday Dinner at - Central Point ,y Room P.M. MEETING IN NEW YORK, top leaders of Ford Foundation discuss $500,000,000 grant to 3,500 hospitals, 615 colleges, largest single donation in history of philanthropy. Devereaux C. Josephs (seated) is chairman of college grants advisory committee; H. Rowan Gaither,' Jr. (left), is Foundation's pres ident; Henry Ford II is chairman of trustees. (International) Man Survives After 13 Hours in Ocean Grimsby, England '(U.R) A seaman washed overboard in a North Sea storm and given up for lost crawled ashore Saturday the exhausted victor of a 13 hour battle against the raging sea although he couldn't swim. Harold Cook, 35, was swept overboard from the trawler Denton two miles off this Lin colnshire port before dawn Fri day. The trawler spent three hours searching for him before returning to port. The crew knew Denton could not swim and reported him lost. Thirteen hours' later, nearly drowned and with his mouth full of sand, Cook struggled ashore on the beach at nearby Cleeth ories. A local resident out duck shooting saw him stretched out at the water's edge and dragged him in. Lakes was warmer than Friday, but the temperature still was in the 20s or lower. In the middle Atlantic states a few snow flur ries fell. fcHHillilUl.lll W TAnilV The Happiest Holiday 1 I y IRVINGBERLNfc BaSwl BBS r mm$mM$,m&m angela lansbury fffi$1fflPT$ LWARNER ANDERSON JEAN PARKER WALLACE FORD. plus P P LU S MMYTUNE-HAPrn W ROBERT LOWERY W ilSWQ JIL JARMYN C -IHH.ItKifiJt-iijrj Sunday, December 18, 1955 Had French toast for break fast recently? Just beat 1 egg and Vi cup milk for each one or two servings. Dip in fresh or stale bread, fry slowly on greased griddle until delicate brown on both sides. Serve with some of those good preserves; jam or jelly you made this sum mer. Two coats of metallic zinc paint will protect zinc gal vanized surfaces from rust for several years. THE BARBECUE GRILL Serving Lunch & Dinner BARBECUED: HAM PORK RARE BEEP SPARE RIBS Open Fir Broiling ef CHOICE STEAKS ... and Our Own Deliciou. COLE SLAW I CUSTOM COOKING I 3 lH"aICTS;.w ''J'l'"'lu"w' "!!'L1 O MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FHTEEW Soviet Army Controls Remote Asian Nation Tokyo (U.R) Japanese freed from Outer Mongolia said Sat urday the Soviet Army is con trolling that - remote Asian na tion despite '"bad" feelings of the Mongolian people. -Russia is building . Mongolia into a modern state and develop ing its oil resources, the Jap anese reported. . v They charged that Mongolians are "forced to buy inferior Rus sian goods and thus relations are bad between the Mongolians Four, of them were imprisoned in Mongolia as war criminals. Japanese To Halt Cotton Goods Export Tokyo U.R) The Japanese government Saturday announced it would 'halt exports of cotton goods to Canada effective next Monday. The announcement by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said contracts for cotton goods exports to Canada would not be accepted from that date. The Japanese government took a similar action on cotton goods exports to the United States Nov. 22. At that time the Min istry of International Trade and ASHLANDo 3 4 Olivia Robert dt HAVTLLAND MfTCHUM Frank Gloria . SINATRA GRAHAME Broderick Chortos CRAWFORD BKKFORO PLUS MCHARD (ASEHMII MYUIS KIRK 61 ; mrrra Industry said the export ban will remain in effect until some kind of control system is adopted to limit cotton exports to the United States. The ban was enforced to head measures. It stemmed from. 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