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O o O o o o o 00 o o o Lossi dbicI Personal To icS) (i fieyiU iLapkjy OrdicS'(ffis'Star, wji hold the isllia!itjn c J.fii- ceflri)ri(y iei. 3 ,t 6 p.m. in Cfcntrafcfcoirit Iconic tpil. (il , Chimic'FiiCfnlal Poift? ruraL firemen vt?e tailed o the E. sdJ Bishrm ifcosne t the fAti f "QJUFt9 CH tral-t Vooirf Juft. - teiB$ becau JE a JSlue life. Thfevs saiffUlftre as to Hamate. In Qfvftiri. j itayticutfurt Ageijt). A! Crrfj! is a in Cfc vaaJUfengir,(t a horticulture c(jitl jrnS'ag (at Oregott State coriege. (ijnteirfistect Jrwfis from thioughi? s4e are attend iiQ (b iscgi- lufurp ftoricul 1 turrpsrrts(.'ts for Oregon. O &5U!S DonaId JttifiJtJ afi issuci a building pergjterday fot an S3,000 resid'g,(ee (at) 7Z8 road street. A .JO) fj.jacd $ii issued per m) 52,509! a&tilipn to resiovn e 19? 6, rstfor5 way, andf?. ((ti) t.ergD?ecived a permig) 4modi & sidence at 425 H$rri) st.,- iritcj ft e?usle. Si, N(g)if)kbii8$-C firemen investigational re ft sfciofce about (jjlb (jfr.m.'.sferdoy at a 317 East Jackson st. apartment hce vnt8)by the GQorjje Neil sn estates, said tfiey founiS no fire. They stated, however, that overloaded wiring was evident wh several fig)s having blown in 3g pi. few days. w - Squats ngn ban and Janes Square DeOe cl:jb mem ber? plan tg, ?Iew dear's vt square dance fession &. the Doubled barn on Gorci vray south of Grants-Pass. 'f?. danc ing is to begin ar8:30 g.m. Dou Fosbury 11 call and worn? art to(ke refreshments for a pot Iuck lunch. MekvolS1 ToQ'orilan jlf M e k v o 1 dOserintencnt of county schools, will spend ti day in PortidOattendin' t meeting of the finance commit tee of the Oregon Education as sociation. He will be in Salem Jan. 6 for a meeting of the ($bunty school superintendents' 0 legislative Committee. Theft Reported Theft of three guns from the Earl Rich ardson home, 2133 Crater Lake ave., was reported to Medford cfty police yesterday. They were taken sometime (jetween noon 3SSndayf.l noon Monday. tolen were two shotguns and a rifle, police said. Police reported the dfigfd Labor temple, 24 li South Grape st., s entered 0 between 10:30 p.m. and 4:25 a.m. lasPnight. Nothing was re ported missing. ' "ri"8 Robert YOUNG V J-rptL JANIS CARTER JACK IUETIL I HIT NO. 2 HIT NO. 9 iBm fill Albert I .. -.gj .1 -a-Hlgg- - i Q 0 . h o 0 5,h Featirfiflg o aP Vebi Rerts g) DuKf Pfrtkier q . O 0 Jyfahy l6T Sj'3fpwr Friend 1 "Siiii all I ! 0 (jrX- ? w - 3HS Surjtry Mrs. Daniel Linville, route 2, box 460, Med ford. is a surgery patient at Com munity hospital, attendants re ported today. JUppy Harvesters The Hap py Harvesters Square Dance club will hold a dance at the Central Point American Legion hall New year's Eve. Paul Lar- sen will call, and potluck re freshments will be served. Square Dance The Merry-Go-Roanders and Swingin' Bees Square Dance club will hold their annual New Year's Eve party between 8:30 p.m. and mid night Saturday at 40 North Riv erside ave. A smorgasbord will follow dancing. Properly Sold The sale of the former Karl D. Moore home at 2329 East Main street, was an nounced this week by Bill Kerr o the Fidler-MacKenzie agency. Purchasers areJVlr. and Mrs. I. A. Mirick. He is band director or the Medford schools, and they recently sold their home at 508 West 14th st., to Mr. and Mrs. Hovard Basore. The Moores moved recently to Redding, Cal., where Moore has purchased the Lincoln-Mercury agency, accord ing to thg realtors' release. They were in Ashland with his par ents, the Homer Browns, for the Christmas holidays. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 4:47 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 7:40 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair and cold tonight with fog or low clouds form ing earlv Fridav morning and persist ing mo. of day. Low tonight 20. High Friday 35. Western' Oregon: Fair tonight and Fridav except patches of night and earlv 'moiniiig fog or low clouds likely to persist in a few southern valleys through Friday. Continued cold. Low tonight 18-23. High Friday 32-42. Northern California: Mostly fair through Friday. Little change in tem perature. O LOCAL DATA TtMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 31: below normal 6. Record high this date 61 in 1937. Record loS this date 14 in 1916. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid nicht. none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. trace. Total this month 8.77 inches, 5.91 inches above normal. Total since Sept. 1. 15.64 inches, 7:55 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 67, highest this a.m. 92To. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 46 37 o Crater Lake 20 12 Grants Pass 42 22 T.-l-m.,U 1711 r?Q Ifi kic,f tici ui rana .... Medford 36 23 Seattle 37 .Spokane 29 Yakima 31 Eureka 43 Red Bluff 49 Sr0rarHento 47 San Francisco 49 Los Angeles : 59 29 18 9 32 38 38 36 48 Phoenix 72 46 Denver 42 2S Chicai 43 q" Miami e 76 i9 New York 31 27 Washington. D.C 32 20 .08 "CORPORAL DOLAN GOES AWOL" um NEW YEAR'S EVE ighf Dec. 31st WRANGLERS -9 Jim Pierc9 Tommy Lewis o nd Enferiners! ni Jin in tht Fun! D News About Servicemen DISCHARGED Stanley Michael Purcell, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Purcell, 439 ' North Front st., returned home recently after he received his discharge from the Army aft er serving at Heilbron, Ger many. He had been in the serv ice for 21 months. Purcell is a Medford senior high school graduate and has attended Southern Oregon college, the University of Oregon and Ore gon State college. He plans to leave, next week to enter pre dentistry studies at Oregon State college. IN PARATROOPERS Gordon Carrigan, son of Gene Carrigan, route 2, box 809, Cen tral Point, has recently been as signed to the 137th airborne regimental combat team, Fort Bragg, N. C, for advance mili tary training. Carrigan, a for mer student of Crater High school and Oregon State col lege, volunteered for parachute training. HOME ON LEAVE Sgt. John R. Monroe III, son of Mrs. Flossie D. Monroe, 321 Howard st., returned home re cently for a 30-day holiday leave. Sgt. Monroe enlisted in the Marine Corps Oct. 29, 1949. He is stationed with headquarters battalion, first Marine division at Camp Pendleton. Before en tering the Marine Corps he at tended St. Mary's High school. CHRISTMAS LEAVE Currently home on Christmas leaves are Marines Pvt. Keith E. Paschke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Paschke, 892 Stewart ave., and Pfc. Alfred R. Cane, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Cane, route 1, Central Point. Pfc. Paschke is a graduate .of Medford High school and Pfc. Cane of Crater High school. Both men are now stationed in California. OS LEAVE ' John Wolfe, second class air man stationed at Craig Air Force base in Alabama, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Hazel Wolfe, 322 Benton st., Medford. Wolfe is a graduate of Medford High school, and has been in the serv ice about a year and a half. VAL-ROGyE SQUAD Four men have enlisted for a new "Val-Rogue Leathernecks" squad, the local Marine corps recruiting station has announced. Those signed up for the new squad which will leave Medford Jan. 9 and train as a unit while in basic training are Truman Price, Gold Hill, Lyle Yocom, Central Point, Darrel Roberts, Meofford, and Leroy Champney, Cave Junction. Home on leave after basic training are members of the first Val-Rogue Leathernecks squad which enlisted Sept. 29. Among them are Pvt. Howard E. Hvall, son of Mr. and Mrs. David S. Hvall Jr., Grants Pass; and Pvt. Orville C. Pitts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pitts, Medford. American Can Company Exercises Salem Option Salem (U.R) American Can company said yesterday it was exercising its option to buy nearly 11 acres of land in north Salem, and indicated a $2,500, 000 plant will be built on the site. The company is paying $53, 900 for the site. The plant will employ at least 100 persons with peak employment up to 400. Births BURTON To Mr. and Mrs. Harold L., 1020 Ellendale dr., Dec. 28, 1955, a girl, weight 8V2 pounds, at Community hospital. OFFENBACHER To Mr. and Mrs. Richard, rotite 1, box 71, Jacksonville, Dec. 28, 1955, a girl, 6 pounds, in Sacred Heart hospital. , FIELD To Mr. and Mrs. Charles, route 2, box 388D, Med ford, Dec. 29, 1955, a girl, ZlA pounds, in Sacred Heart hospital. FREE FAVORS for Everyone FUN for the Whole Family! Children under 12 Admitted FREE ADM. I allroom Obituary Notices JESS WINTERS . Funeral services for Jess Lawrence Winters, 55, of Camp White who died Wednesday will be held in the Camp White chapel at 9:30 a.m. Friday. Chap lain Lawrence Eskay will of ficiate. Committal will be in Camp White cemetery. Conger Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Winters was born Sept. 9. 1900, in Omaha, Neb. . He enlisted in the Army Sept. 23, 1942, at Spokane, Wash., and was discharged March 23, 1943. FRED GOODWIN Funeral services for Fred H. Goodwin, 63, who died Saturday in Portland, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 3 p.m. Friday instead of 9:30 a.m. as previously announced. The Rev. Dexter Williams of the First Christian church, Gold Hill, will officiate. Graveside services in Memory gardens will be under the direction of the Gold Hill VFW, assisted by a military de tail from Camp White. Mr. Goodwin was born April 17, 1892, ' in Martinsville, Ind: On April 10, 1936, in Nobles ville, Ind., he was married to Mabel Caldwell, who survives. He was a member of the Gold Hill VFW. He enlisted in the Army June 20, 1916, at Indianapolis, Ind., and was discharged May 9, 1919. He served overseas from Feb. 3, 1918, to April 25, 1919, and saw action in the Baccarat sector, in the Champagne-Marne defen sive, in the Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Woevre, and Meuse-Ar-gonne actions. Other survivors include four step-daughters, Mrs. Eva Hook, Indiana: Mrs. Teddy Richards. Ohio; Mrs. Irma McCoy, Gold Hill, and Mrs. Esther Leachman, Los Molinos, Calif.; and two step-sons, Homer Davis, Indiana, and John Loomis, San Diego, Calif. ivy mclaren Funeral services for Mrs. Ivy McLaren, 68, of Rogue River, who died Tuesday, will be held in the Rogue River Presbyterian church at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. J. A. Marquam of the Grants Pass Presbyterian church will officiate assisted by the Rev. D. F. Barnett of the Rogue River Presbyterian church. Com mittal will be in Rogue River cemetery. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrange ments. Mrs. McLaren was born Sept. 6, 1887, in Lockport. Ind. On Nov. 14, 1915, in Portland, Ore., she was married to David K. McLaren, who survives. Other survivors include six children, Mrs. Alice E. Young, Grants Pass; Mrs. Clyde Strip ling, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Doyle Stockton, Central Point; Com mander David McLaren, U. S. Navy, Naples, Italy; Mrs. Roland Lindsay, Medford, and Richard McLaren, Klamath Falls, Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. Harry Cuff, Oakland, Calif., and Mrs. June Hill, Reno, Nev.; one brother, Cloyd Dick, Gold Hill, and 14 grandchildren. WALTER WOODS Funeral services for Walter Russell Woods, 53, of 435 Man zanita st., Central Point, who died Monday, will be held in Conger Morris chapel at 1:30 p.m. Friday. The Rev. Norman K. Tully of the Central Point Presbyterian church will offic iate assisted by the Rev. E. J. Clark. Committal will be in Sis kiyou Memorial park. Mr. Woods was born Feb. 25, 1902, in Red Oak, Iowa. On Dec. 9, 1939, at Meadville, Mo., he was married to Violet Shore, who survives. He came from Kansas City, Mo., about four years ago and made his home in Central Point. He was a member of the Pres New Year's Eve SATURDAY NIGHT DAS EAGLE The Only Spring Floor MOISE Dance To Dick Spain, w The Rogue Valley Boys! Featuring THE BEST IN WESTERN SWING! Tune in . . . Bill's Western Round-Up Time-KWIN byterian church - it Central Point. Other survivors include a son, Richard Woods; and a daughter, Phyllis Woods, both of Central Point; one stepson, James Allen, Kansas City, Mo.; a brother, Lee Woods, and his mother, Mrs. Del la Woods, both of Meadville, Mo. Corbett Dairy Farmer Gored by Young Bull Portland (U.R) Kenneth E. Innis, 44-year-old Corbett dairy farmer, was being treated in a local hospital today for rib frac tures suffered when he was at tacked by a young bull late yesterday. Innis and his wife were lead ing the Guernsey bull to water when the rope attached to the nose ring broke. The bull butted Innis in the chest and knocked him down. Innis grabbed the nose ring and held on until he was able to run to safety. Neigh bors had the bull under control when county police arrived. Greensboro, N. C. . (U.R) Some 25,000 undelivered Christ mas cards will be burned by the post office because of wrong addresses, illegible addresses, or in some cases, no addresses at all, an official announced today. Wall Street New York '(U.R) Stocks had a half-hearted year end rally in increased volume today. Industrial shares did fairly well and their average came within two points of setting an all-time record high. Rails and utilities slipped dowh a peg or so. ' - PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 300. Com mercial heifers S14.35; utility heilers $10-11.50; canner-cutter cows $7.50 9.50; utility cows $10.50-11.50; utility bulls S12.50-13. Calves 25. Good vealers S20-23; choice up to $25. Hogs 100. U.S.V 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb. mostly $13; mixed No. 1, 2 and 3 grades $12.50; mostly No. 3 lots $12; few 340-450 lb. sows $9.50 10.0. Sheep 50. Choice with some prime $18.50; few $13.75; good-choice 80 lb. feeder lambs $16; good-choice ewes $4.50-5.50 or above. The north Portland livestock mar ket will be closed to trading Monday, ian. 2. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 66-67c; A large, 64-65c; AA medium, 62-64c; A me dium, 62-63c; small, 53-55c; cartons, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 66c lb.; cartons, 67c; prints,, 66c; cartons. 67c; B prints. 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar. Oregon singles, 40I2-451ic; 5-lb. loaves. 46 ',i-49 ',2 c. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39 x -41c lb. Farm Market Wholesalers quoted firm to higher prices for green onions and radishes today; top green onions were quoted at 90 cents to $1.10 a dozen bunches and fresh radishes sold at 70-80 cents; cauliflower prices were booked at 52.90 for dozen lots of cellophane packaged heads; Northwest Starking red delicious apples sold at S6.50 for large wrapped and packed boxes. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers. 2'2 to 4 lbs, 22c; at farm, 21c; roasters, 24c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light hens, 17c; heavy hens, all wts., 23-24c; old roost ers, ll-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, 44-47c lb. Turkeys To producers :e viscerated toms, 33-34 y2c; fryer turkeys, live weights, 6'2-10 lbs., 34c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers, nom inally A grade young hens. 55-56c lb. eviscerated: A grade young hens, 46 50c lb., eviscerated, depending on weight; eviscerated fryer-roasters, 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers f o b. killing plant) Live white. 3I,i-41,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 PRODUCE Portland Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. trucks, Portland and Seattle, $39-41 ton. U. S. No. 1 Timothy hay, $48 ton, f.o.b. Seattle; No. 1 Timothy mixed hav. $42 Seattle. Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 oats, 38-lb. test, Coast delivery. $51.50; soft white, $74.50 ton; No. 2 white No. 2 Western barley, $46.50 f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery; soybean meal $79 ton, delivered Portland; standard millrun $42; No. 2 yellow corn. East ern shipments f.o.b. Portland. $62.50. POINT in Southern Oregon xnd FUM MAKERS The Combined Music of Bill Lively and There Will Alse Be A SUNDAY NIGHT Thursday, December IS, 1135. legion Dance at Central Point Friday Central Point The Myers Holland American Legion post of Central Point will sponsor a Teen Age dance in the Legion hall here Friday, Dec. 30. The Camp White orchestra, under the direction of Jimmy Rae, will furnish music. Dancing will start at 9 p.m. and continue until midnight, ac cording to Ray Charters, chair man of the dance committee. The dance will be under the supervision of the committee's personnel. Waives Preliminary Hearing In Court Jack Richard Crescenzi, 27, of 135 Tripp st., waived pre liminary hearing yesterday in district court on a charge of entering a motor vehicle with intent to steal. He was bound over to the grand jury and is free on $1,500 property bond. Medford police said Crescenzi has admitted theft of a tire and a jack from a car owned by Colleen Hope Winterhalder as well as theft of two credit cards. Insurance Company Extends Grace Period Another life insurance com pany has announced that addi tional premium payment grace periods will be extended to flood victims. William Caldwell, of Occi dental Life Insurance Company of California, announced that payments falling due between Nov. 21,' 1955, and Jan. 31, 1956, for policyholders whose homes or places of business suf fered flood damage, will be ex tended until March 4, 1956. lagles and Guests EAGLES HALL :. MANwira UNSMK nil iiiiii iipmiimmi I IIITPilllUnPL I ENDS TONITE! j $$$pf-'- WJ V- Um FLUS A Technicolor Featurette EJr0SD (0rOJr) Swef Home Coup Starts PriBon Term Albany (U.P.) A Swtt Kerne coupl had a tearful fartwell with their two children and then left for Salem to begin serving three-year termg in tht state penitentiary. Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Mciitor were convicted of arson for setting fire to their home. Judge Victor Olliver refused a plea for probation and the children, aged 11 and 5, were made wards of the state. !NOW NOW THE PERFECT HOLIDAY SHOW ymitf NX y BiUTMcUDIt -J YEAR'S M WCEIE FUN GALORE! BALLOONS -and FAVORS Somorrow! 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