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o Local and Building Permits A building permit has been issued to D. L. Pickell to erect an S8.000 resi dence at 413 OregonGTerrace. A permit has been issued to A, L. Nash to erect a glass shop cost ing $1,500 at 417 Madrona st. To Seattle Mr. and Mrs D. L. Seely, 2322 Hillcrest rd., plan to visit in Seattle with Mrs. Seely's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Harvey, and their three daughters. They will leave Friday and visit en route north at Portland with Seely's brother and sister. Leave Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bel- levance, Orofino, Ida., and their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Coble, and their two daughters, Sharon and Carol, Beaver Marsh, Ore., left Tuesday after visiting with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McClure. 928 Kenyon st. They arrived Sun day. - Auto Accident A city police car operated by Officer Lee Duncan Rice, 717 West 14th st, was involved in a minor acci dent when it scraped a light pole while turning into an alley way between East Eighth and East Main sts., at 12:47 a.m. to day. The right rear fender was damaged. From Guam Mrs. Jerry Co vel left Friday after visiting for about two weeks with relatives. She is a former resident and for the past four years has lived on Guam where her husband is em ployed. She is the former Miss Georgia "Webb. Mrs. Covel made the trip to the states by ship nd returned by plane. Among those she visited while here is an uncle, Ed Carlon, 768 Agate tt. At Sacred Heart Martin Ce- aro, Central Point, and Mrs. Joy Rock, general delivery? Med ford, are listed today as surgery patients at Sacred Heart hos pital. Reported as new medical patients are Russell Vakoc, 713 West 11th st., Mrs. Winnie Gun ning, Spokane, Wash., and Ritchie Price Jr., 18-months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie Price, Prospect. Bicycle Licenses Licensing of bicycles in Medford will be gin Dec. 27. To obtain licenses, which" will be on sale at the city police station, old license plates or identification furnished with the purchase of old plates must be presented. There is a charge of 25 cents per license plate. Li censes are available now only to parents purchasing bicycles as Christmas presents. To li cense new or unlicensed bikes, police require the serial num ber, brand name, brand name of the brake, wheel size, color and color of trfrh. Howard Zink seat covers can do wonders for your car. Rich fabrics, durable construction . . . seams that are double-stitched and hidden. Everything but a premium prge! ONLY Up We Give S&H Green Stamps BURK'S 314 E. Main - Ph. 2-4472 UniMd Artist Prasmit MO O nfweat covers DfflHOE w'rfh WALTER BRENNAN FRED PLUS 2ND GREAT muue tv i to Ar m" Personal At Community Vivian Sor rels. 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Sorrels, Grants Pass, had surgery today at Community hospital, attendants reported. To San Joie Miss Judy Wil son, 204 North Ivy st., plans to leave Friday for San Jose, Calif., to visit until Jan. 28 with her parents. Miss Wilson is a typist at Southern Oregon Title company. Daughter Viiits Mrs. Don S. Naylor, former Medford resi dent, left for her home in Port land this week after visiting her mother, Mrs. Mayme Botts, 768 Agate st. Return Home Wayne Taylor and daughter Sharon, Hayward, Calif., returned to their home this week after visiting Mr. and Mrs. John L. Mansfield, Crater Lake ave. Taylor is a former resident of Medford. Inspections Made Six orders for correction of hazards were made by City Fire Marshal Tru man Nelson after inspection yes terday of four business occu pancies, one building of public assembly and one apartment house. - To Leave Mr. and Mrs. Ed mund Hass and son, Morgan, will leave tomorrow for Glen dale, Calif.; where they will visit Mr. Hass' parents. Hass is manager of the Medford office of Pacific Northwest company The family will return Jan. 1. Dog Missing A 4-months-old-toy male beagle with black, tan and white coloration is missing from the George Barnum home, 1684 Spring st., it was reported today. The puppy is a pet for children, and anyone finding it can call the Barnums at 2-5315 or 3-2946. improved The condition of Nelson McKee, 728 Grant st., is reported improved at a Weed, Calif., hospital where he has been since he suffered a heart attack Dec. 13. He was at Ten ant, Calif., at the home of a sis ter while south on business when he became ill. Mrs. Mc Kee, who returned from Weed Tuesday, reported that her hus band is "getting along well" but as yet cannot have callers. MEKVOLD DISCHARGED Alf Bennet Mekvold, Jackson county school superintendent, was dismissed Tuesday from Os teopathic hospital where he has been since Dec. 15 when he was involved in a four-car accident. Mekvold suffered shock as the result of the accident, it was re ported at the hospital. He lives at 120 Freeman rd., Central Point. Inverness Property Offered To Portland Portland (U.R) Stearns and Welch Meat company announced today that it had offered to sell the old Inverness golf course property to the Portland Expo sition - Recreation commission for $335,000 as site for a sports center. The 237-acre tract is in the Parkrose" area and O. A. Welch of the meat packing firm said it had been considered acceptable by the Pacific International Ex position as a site for that annual show should the two decide to combine their operations. E - R Commission Chairman Carvel Linden said the offer may be considered at the commission- meeting today. Welch said there had been no opposition in Parkrose to such a civic enterprise. The property was once considered as a site for a county fair. Washington Pass Closed By Six Snow Slides Olympia J.P.) The west side of Stevens pass was closed today because of about six slides, the State Highways de partment reported. Crews hoped to have the mountain route open again by noon, the department said. Chains were required for tra vel on Snoqualmie, Blewitt and rWhite passes. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads STONE! ACTION HIT1 fit COLOR IN THE RUNNING Democratic Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee obliges photographers by "tossing in his coonskin hat" at a press conference in Washington, D. C. Kefauver called the conference to formally announce that he is a candidate for the 1956 Democratic presidential nomination. News About Servicemen INDUCTED Allen Dwaine Smith and James Merlin Baker, both Med ford men, were inducted into the armed forces at the recruiting and induction station in Port land recently, according to Helen L. McDonnell, clerk of the local selective service board. Woodpeckers Give Scientists Problem University Park, - Pa. (U.R) Pennsylvania State University scientists are faced with a knotty problem brought on by - giant woodpeckers. The woodpeckers peck holes in wooden utility poles causing thousands of dollars in damage each year. As a result, utility companies have provided a re search grant for a three-year study at Penn State with the hope that foresters, wood spe cialists, wildlife experts and zoologists can help them. The culprit, protected by the federal government, is the col orful but shy, pileated wood pecker. He is a large bird that is appearing in increasing num bers in heavy timber arears. "When you hear one of these birds whacking away at a tree you'd think it's a man with an axe," said Dr. William C. Bram ble, acting director of the school of forestry and head of the project. Woodpeckers do most of their damage in isolated mountain areas where high tension lines pass through heavy timber. The holes chopped by the birds often weaken the poles to such an extent that they must be re placed. Utility companies, which have been working on the problem for some time, have tried sev eral gimmicks to keep the wood peckers away from poles.- One of the methods being used is to paint the poles. Know ing that birds recognize color, the scientists have painted poles of a high tension line near Lock Haven, Pa., with red, green, yel low and white paint. Each color covers a 10-foot section of the pole. Results are still incon clusive. Europea Occupy n Defenses Eisenhower Washington (U.R) The status of Western Europe's de fenses occupied President Eisen hower's attention today. He summoned Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to an afternoon conference for a first hand report on last week's meet ing of the North Atlantic Treaty Council. Dulles on his return from the Paris meeting Sunday was glow ingly optimistic. He said the na tions of Western Europe feel "more than ever secure." The President and Dulles also For Reservations Phone NOrmandy 4-2513 J0 Make ST jpt Reservations Now ipC Jy For the Family's Holiday Dinner at mon. msR i lp DINING INN - Central Point Obituaries JAMES WALTER James Edward Walter, 74, died Monday in a Salem hos pital. Conge- Morris funeral home is in charge of arrange ments. BYRON SHEFFIELD Byron E. Sheffield, 54, Port land, died this morning in the Veterans Administration Domi ciliary at Camp White. Conger Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. BERTHA GEDLICH Bertha Marie Gedlich, 72, died in a local hospital Monday. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Perl Funeral home. The Rev. Ken neth F. Korby will officiate, and interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Gedlich was born in Dresden, Germany, Dec. 28, 1882. She had lived in Oregon 30 years, and in Medford 29 years. Survivors include her hus band, Johann G. Gedlich, Med ford; one brother, Alfred Jursh, in Germany; two sisters, Martha Barthel and Elizabeth Arbs, both living in Germany, and sev eral nieces and nephews. IVAN RAMBO Funeral services for Ivan Ram bo, 59, of 312 Howard st., Med ford, were held in Camas, Wash. Interment was in Portland Me morial cemetery. Mr. Rambo died Dec. 4 in a Vancouver, Wash., hospital fol lowing an illness of several months.. He was born Jan. 25, 1896, in Hockinson, Wash. He was a member of the Lebanon Elks lodge and a veteran of World War I. Survivors include his wife, Hazel T. Rambo, 312 Howard st.; a brother, Leonard Rambo, Granger, Wash.; a sister, Mrs. Pearl Parkey, Terrebonne, Ore.; and a niece, Mrs. Grant Rich ards, Camas. HAZEL EMERY Ashland-Funeral services iovd 1 TTmoi-ir fi9 urhn H,'0h1 Hazel Helen Emery, 62, who died Sunday, . were held Tuesday at Litwiller's Mountain View chap el in Ashland. The Rev. B. J. Holland officiated. Interment was in Mountain View cemetery. Miss Emery, who was em ployed by the.. Medford city treasurer, was born Nov. 25, 1893, at 110 Van Ness ave., here, where she lived her entire life. She was admitted to Ashland General hospital recently suf fering a cerebral hemorrhage. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Mona Losher, Portland, and sev eral nieces and nephews, includ ing Mrs. Ruth Morris and Mrs. Maxine Caldwell of Ashland, Kenneth Watson, Medford, Mrs. Bernita Babb, Portland, and Kenneth Emery," New York: A sister, Miss Nina Belle Em ery, died in Ashland, Aug.-27, this year. might discuss administration plans to as Congress for S4, 900,000,000 in foreign aid next year almost double the ap propriation for this year. Dulles was reported to have discussed the increase at Paris. Daily Weather Reoort Sunset tonight 4:41 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:37 a.m FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Rain through Thursday. Gusty southerly winds to night. Continued mild. Low tonight 45. High Thursday 55. Western Oregon: Intermittent rain tonight and Thursday with amounts locally heavy on coast and north oor tion. Continued mild. Low tonight 38 48. High Thursday 35. Coastal wind south to southwest 15-35 mDh through Thursday and local gusts to 50 mph this evening. Northern California: Cloudy with rain extreme north portion, spread ing to Salinas and Stockton tonight. Cloudy Thursday with occasional rain north portion. LitUe temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 46; above normal 8. Record high this date 63 in 1940. Record low this date 11 in 1914. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night .41 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m., .01 inch. Total this month 4.47 inches, 2.37 inches above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 11.34 Inches, 4.02 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 15, highest this a.m. 100. CITY - High Low Prec. Brookings 56 53 1.31 Crater Lake 35 31 1.49 Grants Pass 51 49 1.15 Klamath Falls 50 41 .04 MEDFORD 53 47 .29 Portland 53 38 .65 Seattle 49 44 1.63 Spokane 42 35 .28 Yakima - 30 25 .41 Eureka 60 57 !39 Red Bluff Sacramento 63 52 .11 San Francisco 62 58 .06 Los Angeles 66 53 Phoenix .. 74 42 34 18 69 6 19 Denver Chicago Mimai .. 62 21 .05 75 New York 21 Washington, D.C 28 Jacksonville Holiday Programs Tomorrow Jacksonville The Jackson ville school primary department will hold its annual Christmas program at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22. The theme will be "Toyland." Elementary grades and high school music department will present their Christmas play at 8 p.m. Thursday in the school gymnasium. The play is taken from "Our Miss Brooks." Births HARRIS To Mr. and Mrs. John, Jacksonville, Dec. 20, 1955, a -boy, 7Vi pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. CAROTHERS To Mr. and Mrs. Norman, 400 North Barne- burg rd., Dec. 20, 1955, a boy, 9V pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. TAFT To Major and Mrs. Forrest, 392 Stewart ave., Dec. 20, 1955, a boy, 9V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. WHISLER To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore, 304 Ashland ave.. Dec. 20, 1955, a girl, 7V pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. ELLIS To Mr. and Mrs. Charles, route 1. box 584, Cen tral Point. Dec. 20, 1955, a girl 8V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. SIMMONS To Mr. and Mrs. Bert, 316 South Orange st., Dec. 20, 1955, a girl, 8Vz pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. DUNGEY To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, 1301 Winchester ave., Dec. 21, 1955, a boy; SV pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. 4-HCIub News r'"pB" DUS ees , .. The DeC- 15 meeting Of the Busy Bees was held at the home of Mickie Larson. It was the first meeting after election of offic ers. Mickie Larson demonstrated tomato soup. The next meeting will be at Mrs. George Gover ner's after the first of the year. Diana Ells Reporter BIG CHRISTMAS EVE SAT., DEC. 24 featuring in Person Alvadean & Sandy COKER and the Coker Band ABBOTT Recording Artists PLUS A TERRIFIC SHOW and DANCE Christmas Night - Dec. 25th Starring The COKERS with Bobby Champion And Many Local Artists DONT MISS THESE 2 BIG NIGHTS Come Out and Enjoy Yourselves! Rogue Valley Ballroom Wednesday, December 21. 1953" MAY CALL SANTA Children-of the Rogue valley wil lhave a chance to talk to Santa Claus tonight and Thurs day night by a "long distanf'.ar rangement to' the North Pole, an annual project of Medford Ac tive club members. Children may speak with Santa between 6 and 9 p.m., both days, by tele phoning 2-6293 or 2-6294. Wall Street New York (U.P.) The year end rally got under way on the stock market today as invest ment demand received a hypo dermic from the filing for an of fering of Ford Motor Co. stock. All sections of the1 market re sponded to the upward drive. Gains ranging to two points or more were common. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T , 1785 s Anaconda . 71V4 Chrysler . ' 88 Vs Curtiss Wright 29Vi General Electric - 55V4 General Motors 461,i Montgomery Ward 95 Penn R R 25 4 Penney J C 9814 Southern Co 19Vi Southern Pacific 46V4 S Oil of Calif 90 Texas Gulf Sulphur .... 373,4 Transamerica -42 Tri-Continental 2514 United Aircraft 7VA U S Rubber 47 U S Steel 578 Youngstown 97 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 500. Good choice 1139 lb. fed steers S19.25; good around 950-1065 lb. steers $18-19: good around 790 lb. fed heifers $16.50; can-ner-cutter cows mostly S7-9. few $9 .25; utility cows $10-12; cutter bulls 511-12. Calves 50. Good-choice vealeri $19 23: utility-commercial $10-17. Hogs 200. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180 235 lb. $13.50-13.75, some at S13.50: No. 3 down to $12.50; sows around $9.50-11 or above. Sheep 200. Choice early shorn and wooled lambs $18-18.50: utility-low good around 70 lb. lambs $15-16; good choice feeder lambs $14.50-16; good choice ewes $4.50-5.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. (i4-65c: large. 62 63c; AA medium. 60-62c; A medium, 60-62, small, 51-52c; cartons, l-3c ad ditional. 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',i-45gc; 5-lb. loaves. 46V2-49 (jc. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39'2-41c lb. Farm Market Cranberry prices were lower today with some offered to retailers as low as S4.50 for 24 packages of one pound each; general range was $4.75-5; po tato and onion prices mostly un changed. Poultry. Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers. 2'i to 4 lbs.. 22c: at farm. 2lc; roasters. 24c lb. f .o.b. Portland; light hens, 16c; heaw nens, au wts., jc; old roosters 11-14C. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style. 34 35c lb.; whole drawn. 42-44c: cut up. 47-49c: hens, light type. New York style, 29-31c; cut-ups. 41-44c: hens, heavy type. N.Y. style, 34-36c; whole drawn, 44-4 ic lb. Turkeys To producers: A grade hens, eviscerated, 41',2-43c: eviscerat ed toms, 33-34 lb.; fryer turkeys, live weights. 6 ",2-10 lbs., 34c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers: A grade young he,ns, 5-56c 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. 33,i-412 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. $39.40 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 $77.50 ton, delivered, Portland; stand ard millrun. $41.50-42; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Port land, $62.25. MEDFORD OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Re-Routing of Buses Approved By Council; Eliminates One Route The Medford city council last night approved requests from Evergreen Bus lines to eliminate one bus route in the city and to reroute three other runs. The changes become effective Jan. 3. The bus run designated as South Holly and King sts. will be eliminated. The run is from the city center west on Main st. to Holly st., south on Holly to Melrose, west on Melrose to Kenyon, south on - Kenyon to O'Gara, west on O'Gara to Jas per, south on Jasper to Stewart ave., west on Stewart ave. to King st., and north on King st. to West Main, returning on West Main to the city center. Explanation by Company The company explained that except for one afternoon trip which picks up school children from St. Mary's and . Medford Senior high school, the rui) oft en averages fewer than two pas sengers per trip. Transportation will be provid ed for students of the two high schools, as well as extended to a new area, by adding a side trip from the corner of Orchard Home dr. and Sunset dr. on the Orchard Home dr. via Oakdale and Stewart ave. route. Buses will go south on Orchard Home dr. to South Stage rd., returning to Sunset dr. on Orchard Home dr. Run Rerouted . The run designated as East Main will be rerouted to pro vide more convenient service to newly developed areas east of Medford. The new loop route will continue east on Main st. to Black Oak dr., north on Black Oak dr. to Hillcrest, east on Hillcrest to the Rogue Valley Country club, returning on Hill crest to Barneburg rd., then north on Barneburg to East Jackson st., west on East Jack son to Academy Place, south on Winter Wheat Estimated At 735,438,000 Bushels Washington (U.R) The Ag riculture Department today es timated 735,438,000 bushels of fall-planted winter wheat will be harvested in 1956. The prospective crop next year compares with 705,372,000 bushels of winter wheat produc ed in 1955. If the 1956 spring wheat crop equals 1955 production of 232, 787,000 bushels, the total 1956 wheat crop will be about 968, 225,000 bushels. All wheat pro duction in 1955 was 938,159,000 bushels. Head and Use Classified Ads The Community's Biggest Marketplace STOP Playing Santa long enough to enjoy our Shopper's Special BRONZE Butter Baked TURKEY AT THE Top Notch Craterian Theater Bldg. B1M LAST TIMES TONIGHT HYING lEJUrj ivutvwon "IJ!IIIJ-"-1 f cttsn . utt . cumin ftx-Eia 1 TOMORROW! What a Show MADCAP RIOTURS III- yN A ft. DOROTHY MALDNE EDDIE MAYZBOFF S8D02Y IidUffi " m rices . iwTi tmror . aeea wnranw , AIU1A LABUIV Academy Place to East Main st. and west on East Main To0trB city center. The downtown routing of thg bus to Jacksonville will o bjp changed to go from the Trail ways depot east on Fifth stfj to Bartlett, south on Bartlett to Main, then west on Main st. The return trip from Jacksonville will turn off of Main st. ar West Sixth st., going east on Sixth to Front st., and north on Front st. to the Trailways depot. Tim of Tripi According to the company, bus schedules will be changed to provide a 35-minute round trip on the Orchard Home dr. via Oakdale and Stewart route, leaving Main and Central on the hour as at present; and a 25- minute round trip on the East Main route, leaving downtown, at 35 minutes after the hour. w Schedules and routes will re main as they are at the present time until after 9:30 a.m., be cause of the needs of the school children. ' The city council postponed for further .consideration a bus company request for a change in a bus stop at the corner of Main and Front sts. (See Other Council Siorijp Paget 1 and 14) mm No! Doors Open 6:45 P.M. r i uh It WITI I STARTS I I SUNDAY! I "TOWN TAMER" t Frontier Style! JAN STERLING JIM c TOMORROW! for Your Holidays ...in ihur funiest comedy jet! ami. nmuwf, -1 . m j5 IAIN1 . BRASSELU . TOWERS 7 o
