Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 25, 1955, Image 11

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Newspaper Page Text) 0 0 o Local and Personal $9tt Clo Bearden'sl At Sacred Heart Carolyn bake?y i3 ft closed today and .Mona?' in observance of the Chriarn holidays, th owners ():.ounced last week. a 'gfports Theft Ralph W. fickle, Ashland, reported to the (ghsriff't) office Friday the theft of i chain saw valued at S350, hich was taken from the Henry tenders place near Cove road. V Jolers Here Mr. and Mrs. Kfebert G. Fowler Jr. and son, William, San Mateo, Calif., are spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fowler Sr., Ejftlyn apartrrtfcnts. o Q Square Dance The Merry-Co-Rounders Square Dance club will hold a dance at 40 North q Riverside ave. starting at 8:30 p.m. Tusday. Minnie Robertson will call dance, and refresh ments will be potlucIL 0 False Check A false check for $224.50 as reported to city police Saturday by Alton M. Anderson, Andy's Jewelers, 15 North Central ave. The First National Bank of Portland check was signed by Earl A. Walker, route 3, Medford, police said. Meeting Cancelled The reg ular meeting oft he Pasterers and Cement Finishers local 134 scheduled Tuesday, Dec. 27, has been cancelled because of the Christmas holidays. Cars Collide Cars driven by Jerold W. Stewart 1106 Niantic st., and Esther Mae Miller, 433 Ardmore st., collided Friday at Sixth st and Oakdale ave., according to a city police re port. Police cited Mrs. Miller for ilui to' yield right of way. Jwieew Ray F. Slone- $S9, til st Jackson st., re cieeS yesterday of the un- ttcii death of his brother, H&rJJ $. Sloneker, Mt. Morris, I1L t i with tha Shell Oil cogan thsr. t Britain's 4fh Train 0 rish Injures 14 Woking, England U.R) Brit ain's fourth train wreck in less thsn 48 hours injured 14 per- igfrns in this London suburb Fri day night, increasing the year s toll of rail pileups to at least 45 lied and 283 hurt. Transport Minister Harold Watkinson summoned his chief aides to a meeting in London shortly before noon Saturday to try to determine what is wrong with protective devices on the -nationalized British railroads. An express en route from Lon don to Basingstoke, racing through the night at a 60-mile-an-hour clip, ran into the rear q of an electric trin waiting for a green light outside Woking station at 9 p.m. Both trains were crowded with soldiers on their way home for the holidays. The crash toppled the stand ing sain almost into the path of a London-bound express that flashed past minutes later. The eastbound train grazed the wreckage, but no casualties or damage resulted. Woods. 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woods, Grants Pass; Har old Hyland, Ashland; and Owen Womack Jacksonville were list ed as surgery patients at Sacred Heart hospital Friday. Marraina Stark ey. 100 North Riverside i ave., and Judith Ross, 218 Wil lamette st., are there as medical patients. . In Flod Area Mrs. Lydia Goff, 410 Beatty st., was in Yuba City, Calif., visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clington, when the city was flooded Friday. News received Saturday morning by relatives here indicated that they arrived safely at Berkeley that morning. Mrs. Goff left here Tuesday to spend the holidays with the Clinton's. Her son-in-law is an instructor at Yuba City Jr. college. Business Names The bus iness name Woodbury-Lorenz Industrial Supply has been as sumed by Adsco Northwest Inc., Portland, according to records in the county recorder's office. The business name Woodbury Medford has been retired by Adsco Northwest, Inc. Harry E. Hawk, Ashland, has assumed the business name Hawk Distrib uting company. The name Surge Dairy Supply has been retired by A. Sharp Aubrey M. Wisdom and Marcus L. McKenzie, and has been assumed by Sharp and Wisdom, and McKenzie have re tired the name Sharp's Dairy Supply, which has been assumed by Sharp and Wisdom. Magazine For Reds Published By U. S. Washington U.R) Ameri can officials believe Russia is permitting the United . States to revive its magazine for Russians to east Soviet embarrassment suffered at the Geneva foreign ministers meeting. The United States, Britain and France put heavy pressure on the Soviets at the Geneva fall conference to let down the bar riers on flow of information and ideas. Russia did not accept the sweeping list of Western pro posals and consequently looked bad in the eyes of world opin ion, officials said. They think the Russians may now be trying to improve their position by letting the United States publish its slick Russian- language magazine, Amerika, for distribution in the Soviet Union. Russia may also accept more of the Western proposals in coming months, officials said, but cer tainly not all of them. American authorities are pleased whatever Russia's rea son for letting the United States revive the publication. Director Theodore C. Streibert of the U. S. Information Agency said' the agreement is "highly gratifying" and important. , Unknown Amount Of Damage To Crops From Rogue Flood An inestimable amount of dam age to crops, orchards and farm land resulted in the valley from last week's flood, County Agents W. B. Tucker and Clifford Cordy said yesterday. Erosion, plant drovning, creek bank cave-ins and loss of top soil have occurred throughout the area, with extreme amounts of damage in some areas, they said. Most of the damage to orchards will not be determined for some time, according to the agents, because drowning conditions in pear trees usually shows up over a period of years Peach trees are more susceptible, and with continued wet weather, losses could be excessive. Fertile Land Gone Top soil has been washed off bottom land along Rogue river from Shady Cove to the Bear creek junction, Tucker said, espe cially in fertile areas east of Central Point. Extensive damage is also likely from the Apple gate area to Murphy on the Ap plegate river. Tucker pointed out that many of the losses along the Rogue were foreseen earlier in surveys by Army engineers requested by the Sams .Valley-Beagle and Rogue soil conservation districts. The report warned that many acres of good farm land would suffer from floods, although the districts were told at the time there were no funds available for flood control in this area. CALENDAR Boy Chokes To Death q On Christmas Candy Moline, 111. (U.P.) Stven Allen Noel, an 18-month-old boy whose last name means a Christ mas carol or a sign of joy, choked to death Friday night on a piece of Christmas candy. It was already a tragic Christ mas for the Noel family, even before Steven's death. His father died less than three weeks ago. START INVESTIGATION Buenos Aires (U.R) The gov ernment has launched an inves tigation to determine whether Juan Durate, brother-in-law of Juan D. Peron, was murdered or committed suicide in 1952. Tuesday 1:30 p.m. Rogue Valley Herb society, annual tea, Girls Com munity club. 8 p.m. DUV, courthouse. Wednesday 1:30 p.m. Chapter AA. PEO, John C. Collins, 2248 Dellwood, ave. Saturday 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Rogue Valley Country club annual New Year's eve party,' at club. Births TILLMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Grady, 2802 Springbrook rd., Dec. 20, 1955, a girl, 7Vi pounds, at Community hospital. HUFFMAN To Mr. and Mrs. William, 5010 Crater Lake high way, Dec. 20, 1955, a girl, 6V4 pounds, at Community hospital. WILLIAMS To Mr. and Mrs. Donald, 2049 Orchard Home dr., Dec. 21, 1955, a boy, 7 pounds, at Community hospital. JACKSON To Dr. and Mrs. Robert C, 3182 South Pacific highway, Dec. 22, 1955, a girl, 5V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. GREEN To Mr. and Mrs. Leslie, 401 Kenwood ave., Dec. 22, .1955, a girl, weighing 7 pounds at Osteopathic hospital. EVENSIZER To Mr. and Mrs. Daniel, Rogue River, Dec. 23, 1955, a girl, weighing SVz pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. Dead line Sunday Classified la at ""VJII unbUluaji AW A. 111. ITlUUUtlJ' LUl ( Monday: other days 5:30 oreviousday I 1769 Dartmouth college, located here, dates its founding back to 1 TAHITI" o Pinnn 0 Wall Too Big; Police Find Illegal Liquor Lenoir, N. C. (U.P.) Sheriff's deputies uncovered an illegal cache of liquor Friday with the aid of a rule and tape measure. The deputies measured the Time Grill inside and out and decided the exterior was too much longer than the interior. They tore out a section of wall, discovered the cache and arrest ed proprietor Namon Church. TOIIITE & MONDAY DOORS OPEN 6:45 P.M. BARGAIN PRICES Adults - - 65c Hi School 50c Children - 20c CARD OF THANKS The family of John Curtis McGrew, ish to thank the many friends for tWfr Hnd expression of sympathy in our time of bereavement. Families of Eleanor. Melvin and Elroy McGrew. ASHLAND 3BIS UNITS-3 CinemaScope "SEYE5 CITIES IICHAID EGAN in Color - PLUS Walt Disney's "PINNQCHIO" BUGS SUNNY SEVUE ir WtRNER btos.CinemaScopwrnercolor mum joy m moot Kteeot MiKt iuzudkI' wita Efs-STo mo screen nj tr 4. 1 usewu jic mooucnoN-BqcM b WILLIAM A.WELLMAN PLUS : wmstL-mmnm. pre fejfej I T0NYCURIISfi7 y. -y ANGELA LANSBURY BSaSE&BBQMnKSBBHOBBSHBSaiBiHaiHaaliaw News About Servicemen STAMM VISITS Lt. Ernest A. Stamm arrived home Friday to spend the holi days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest A. Stamm, 20 South Peach st. He is serving on board the navy destroyer U.S.S. Swen son, stationed at Long Beach, Calif., where he has served since graduating from the U.S. naval academy. CORPORAL VISITS Charles McCallister, an Army corporal, is on a 15-day leave visiting his mother, Mrs. H. M. McCallister, 714 Mc Andrews rd., and a brother, Joe McCallister, Bellinger lane. Corporal Mc Callister is a graduate of Jack sonville high school. He recent ly returned from Louisiana wherg he participated in Opera tion Sage Brush. He has been serving at Ft. Carson, Colo., with the 21st engineer battalion. From here he will go to Opera tion Lode Star camp in Colorado. FROM KEESLER Gary Fleming arrived last week from Keesler Air Force base, Miss., to visit until Dec. 28 with his wife, and his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray J. Flem ing, 706 South Holly st. Mrs. Fleming will accompany him to the base. She has been living in Medford. He entered the service six months ago. For six years he was employed at the Medford Mail Tribune. FROM LADD BASE William L. MacDougall is visiting on a 30-day leave from Ladd Air Force base near Fair banks, Alaska. He arived to spend the holidays with his moth er, Mrs. Jeanette MacDougall, and his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David G. Mac Dougall, 1805 Thomas rd. He is assoicated in the public rela tions work of the Air Force. Troops Stand Guard In Troubled Algiers Algiers (U.P.) French troops stood guard throughout troubled Algeria Saturday on alert against the threat of a Christmas Eve uprising by Arab terrorists who caused 40 deaths during the past 24 hours. One of the largest Moslem parties Friday night called on its members to boycott the Al gerian government as a protest against the deteriorating situa tion. In Paris, Premier Edgar Faure's chief aide canceled Christmas plans to lead a four man investigating commission due here Sunday. A military report covering the 24 hours ending Friday said that French troops arrested 98 suspects. Seven were denfinitely identified as "rebels." ' Several farms were set afire and telegraph poles cut down Friday, but officials said the situation was "generally quiet.", Abbott Trial May Last Another Month Oakland, Calif. (U.R) The kidnap-murder trial of Burton W. Abbott may continue for an: other month, according to Dis trict Attorney J. Frank Coakley. "The defense has intimated that it still has several more wit nesses to call," Coakley said Fri day, "and the prosecution in tends to call a number of wit nesses in rebuttal before final arguments." When the trial resumes Tues day Tom Daly, the defendant's drinking companion at Wild wood Inn in Trinity county, will continue his account of the case. Abbott spent the Christmas holiday week end in jail where a fellow inmate was to prepare a turkey dinner for Christmas Day. Abbott is charged with kid naping 14-year-old Stephanie Bryan April 28 and burying her body in a grave near his Trin ity county cabin. The body was discovered July 20. Burglar Enters House; -Takes Christmas Gifts Drain (U.R) -The W. J. Staf ford faimly, north of Drain, will just have to keep on wondering about those packages. Douglas County Sheriff Ira Byrd said a burglar entered the Stafford residence Friday. The loot included three Christmas packages from under the tree, and one Christmas card. Contents of the packages were not known. Sunday, December 23, 195S MEDFORD (OREGON MAIL HRIBUH2 EX.ZTEK Obituaries BYRON SHEFFIELD The body of Byron E. Shef field, 54, of Portland, who died Wednesday, is being forwarded to the Willamette National ceme tery in Portland Tuesday, for services and interment there. Conger-Morris funeral home was in charge of local arrangements. Mr. Sheffield was born Aug. 19. 1901, at Atchison, Kan. He enlisted in the Navy on May 12, 1944, in Phoenix, Ariz., and was discharged in July, 1944. , Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Grace Kearn, Portland, Ore.; and a son, R. Gary Shef field, Phoenix, Ariz. HARRY CLEVEN Grants Pass Funeral serv ices for Harry Wilbur Cleven, a well-known southern Oregon livestock broker, will be held at the L. B. Hall chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, with interment in Hillcrest Memorial park here. Mr. Cleveh, died Friday after spending 2V2 months in a nurs ing home. His residence was 616 NE Dean dr., Grants Pass, and he had lived in the area for the past 16 years. A native of Con cordia, Kan., he was born Nov. 21, 1898. Survivors include his wife, Gladys, a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Turner, Grants Pass, and a son, MSgt. Glen Cleven, stationed in San Bernardino, Calif., with the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of the Jo; sephine County Sheriff's Posse for several years. 'Scrooge Blockage' Clamped On Berlin Berline (U.R) The Commu nists clamped a "Scrooge blockade"- on Red Berlin Saturday forbidding shortage plagued East Germans to shop in the western- section and holding up Christmas gifts sent them . by friends and relatives in the West. The Communist Berliner Zeit ung said Red Police confiscated 54,250 worth of goods, food and western currency from Germans who had saved their money for months in hope of a chance to Christmas-shop in the lavishly supplied West. Allied officials said that, for senseless arrogance, the shopping ban- could be compared only to the Communist confiscation of the food parcels the United States sent to hungry Germans two years ago. Another Red Organ, Der Mor gen, indicated that Christmas mail from the West will be held up indefinitely. The Red organ added that even food parcels are ' being pierced with "steril probes" by the searchers. California, the second largest of states, is 127 times greater in total area than all of Rhod Island .- Read and Use Classified Ad - -The Community's Biggest Markatplae OAKWOOD COFFEE SHOP & KACHINA ROOM will ba closed Saturday and Sunday Dee. 24th - 25th. Oaa" Monday 1 1 to 2:30, also pan Nw Yaar'i Eva and Naw Yair'a Day. For Rosorvitions Call 1-2429 RUTH J. AL Use Tribune Want Ads New York City is 36 miles long and about miles across at its point of maximum width. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads 'fcix From the Staf 1uVy an Management , ROBERT L. 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