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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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)
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