Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 05, 1956, Image 15

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Portland Trip United States Marshall Paul Hanlin, 806 West Main st., has returned from Port land. Hanlin was in Portland about three weeks working out of the Portland marshall's office. Medical Care Three persons from Central Point were re ported today as medical patients at Sacred Heart hospital. They are Eugene Perkins, Elbert Al len and Mrs. Z. N. Nary. Emergency Surgery Mrs. Ernest Santo, 204 Lozier lane, is at Osteopathic hospital where she underwent emergency ap pendectomy Wednesday evening, attendants reported today. From Trip Mr. and Mrs. Lou Cranston and daughter, Patricia, 1320 East Jackson st.. arrived homenTuesday after being in Lindsay, Calif., to visit Cran ston's mother during the holi days. Square Dance The Swingin' Bees Square Dance club will dance between 8:30 p.m. and midnight Saturday at 40 North Riverside ave. Minnie Robertson ,will call dances. Potluck refresh ments will be served.0 O ... Office Enlarged The offices of Fidler - MacKenzie agency, Jackson hotel, have been re modeled and enlarged. The of fices now include the former director's (Reeling room at the hotel. The change was effected Jan. 3. Name Changed The assumed business name College Cleaners in Ashland has been retired by Ivan O. and Amanda V. Farris. The name was assumed by George W. and Isabel F. Thomas, according to records in the coun ty recorder's office. m m m Cancel Meeting The tax study session of the Jackson County Chamber .of Commerce scheduled for Friday morning, Jan. 6, has been cancelled. Tax studies by the legislative com mittee will continue Friday morning, Jan. 13, at Meflford hotel. At Community Douglas Reed, 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Reed, route 1, box 151, Central Point, had tonsil surgery today at Community hospital, and Mrs. liorene Fraser, 2715 Elliott ave., is there for surgery. Mrs. William Wolgamott, 409 North Columbus ave., is a med ical patient at the same hospital. .... Have Surgery Several new surgery patients were reported tjiis morning at Sacred Heart hospital. They include Kathleen and Michael Riley, children of Mr. and Mrs. William Riley, 616 Stewart ave.; Mrs: "Wendell Stalker, 133 Willamette ave.; Mrs. Henry Teal, Myrtle Creek; and Mrs. Robert Hale, 2605 Ten nessee dr. ... Specialist Here John Lan ders, extension livestock special ist from Oregon State college, is spending three days in the val ley aiding in classification of beef herds. Animals are being classified by Landers and County Agent Earle Jossy, preparatory to the Cal-Ore livestock sale in February. Cattle must meet cer tain requirements to be eligible. ... Checks Returned Walter L Dale, 516 Palm st., reported to city police Tuesday that three checks totaling S35, he cashed, had been returned marked ac count closed. The checks were drawn on the University branch of the United States National Bank of Poritand, Salem. Five checks written for 510 each on the Grants Pass branch of the United States National Bank were returned because of insuf ficient funds by Max A. Kulbe, ,.120 Genessee st., Dec. 31, ac cording to a police report. Police said all the checks had the same signature. HOTEL MEDFORD There have been heated argu ments over salad dressings and Cream sauces, over the tempera tures of wines and the dryness of a martinis. Never a disagreement over our BAKED CHICKEN . . . Served with a Sage dressing pre pared especially for you. 5:30 to 9 P.M. ON W W SERVIN OPEN Same Charcoal Broiled Steaks & Pan Fried Chicken 10th year at this location Phone Ashland 8221 Personal Visiting Mrs. Christine Rob bins, Longview, Wash., is visit ing her sister, Mrs. H. W. Todd, and daughters, the Misses Elsie and Violet Todd, 251 Renault From Trip Mrs. Cecilia Crawford and son, Richard Crawford, and her grandson, Robert Almand, 531 Berrydale ave., returned home this week from a visit in The Dalles. They spent the holidays with another son, Lestef Crawford, his wife, and their four children. ... Visit Mother William E. Wal ton, an airman second class, sta tioned at Mountain Home Air Force base, Ida., and his sister, Miss Carol ,. Walton, Portland, left this week after visiting their mother, Mrs. Hazel Walton, 331 Bessie st., during the holidays. ... False Alarm City firemen said that two small girls reported turning in a false alarm yester day and were turned over to their parents for correction. Fire men reported that the two called ii. saying that there was a house fire in the 1800 block on Prune street. . Smoke damage Minor smoke damage resulted from a flue fire about 3:15 p.m. yesterday at the A-drew Thanos home, 646 Penn sylvania ave., according to fire men. They said no damage re sulted from another chimney fire about 8 a.m. today at the Lewis Caldwell ersidence, 860 Wabash ave. ... Family Dinner The local YMCA will hold a family pot luck dinner at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6. Terry Brereton, YMCA delegate to the Paris conference centennial, will show slides about his trip. Mrs. Stanley Ber ger will lead a short discussion on women's program of the YMCA. Members are reminded to bring a meat dish, a salad or dessert and milk if desired. Re creation facilities will be avail able. Accidents No one was in jured in two auto accidents in Medford Tuesday. Cars driven by Robert Kenneth Fink, route 1, box 592, Central Point, and Delore Francis Sullivan, route 1, box 383, Talent, collided at the intersection of West Eighth and South Ivy sts., about 12:17 p.m. About 4:10 p.m., vehicles operated by Eloise Distell. 833 West Jackson st., and Gary Le- roy Hanson, 744 Normal ave., Ashland, collided at the corner of West Third and North Ivy sts., according to Medford police. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 4:53 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 7:40 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloudy with occasional showers tonight and Fri day. Low tonight 34-36. High Friday 42. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy with showers tonight and Friday. Cooler tonight. Low tonight 32.42. High Fri day 40-48. Northern California: Intermittent rain from Merced northward tonight and over most of area Friday. Snow in mountains. Colder north portion Friday. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 44; above normal 7. Record hfgh this date 67 in 1914. Record low this date 13 in 1913. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night .25 in.; Midnight to 10 a.m., 0. Total this month, .51 in., .19 in. above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 16.15 in., 7.47 in. above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 63, highest this a.m., 98 CITY Brookings High Low Prec. 46 .92 ....53 ....28 ....52 ....38 ....51 ....50 Crater Lake Grants Pass Klamath Falls ... MEDFORD Portland 20 36 32 34 43 1.14 Seattle 48 36 .98 Spokane 44 34 .41 Yakima 44 34 .03 Eureka 58 45 .91 Red Bluff 49 47 .24 Sacramento 51 49 .11 San Francisco 58 52 .27 Los Angeles 71 Phoenix 77 Denver 67 Chicago 31 Miami .. 67 New York 43 Washington. D. C. 44 51 44 39 25 45 33 32 The Community's Biggest Marketplace Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday A RANT 99 AT 66 -ASHLAND, OREGON DAILY 4:30 P.M. TO SUNDAYS 1:00 P.M. fef CELEBRATING 75th birth day, General of Army George Marshall chats with neighbor, John Bertrand, at Pinehurst, N. C. home. (International) Nevs About Servicemen RETURNS R. L. Hurd, a hospitalman serving in the Navy at the Co rona, Calif., Naval hospital, re cently completed a leave, during which he visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hurd, Ashland, and other relatives. He was home for the recent holi days. Transportation Funds To Be Considered Auditing and approval of a $7,370.37 transportation pay ment to high schools taking non-high district students will be completed at a regular meet ing of the non-high board at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the court house annex. A. E. Brockway is chairman. The board, also is expected to review requests for further release from attendance in school as well as tentative releases made by the county school sup erintendent's office. A total of 675 students from 13 elementary school districts attend higll school in other dis tricts. Medford enrolls 371; Cen tral Point 111; Grants Pass 48; Eagle Point 78; Jacksonville 34; Rogue River 20; Prospect 8 and Phoenix 5. Two Thefts Reported To Sheriff's Office Theft of $48.03 from a safe company was reported yesterday at the Main Building Supply to the sheriff's office. Yard Manaaer Paul R. Hughes dis covered the burglary early Wed nesday. Burglars forced open the safe with a sharp instrument, accord ing to investigating officers. The company is owned and operated by Harold Salter, Rogue River, and Francis and Richard Shontz, Gold Hill. Sheriff's officers also reported the theft of a 48-inch bolt cut ter, taken Jan. 3 from a tool house of F. R. Fairweather, con tractor, at the Gold Hill school. SWORN FN Lt. Gen. Ran dolph McCall Pate (a b o v e), mild - mannered, battle-hardened Marine, has b en sworn in at Washington as the 21st commandant of the Marine Corps. He began his military career as an Army enlisted man. 1 MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT Obituary Notices NEWTON SHIREY J. Newton Shirey, 85, of 1358 Ross lane, died last night in a local hospital. Conger-Morris fu neral home is in charge of ar rangements. LEO BACH Leo March Bach, 63, of Port land, died in a local hospital last night. Among survivors is a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Phil lips, of Central Point, Conger Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Frank B. Moullon Dies In California San Rafael, Calif. Frank B. Moulton, 93, a retired San Ra fael police officer and correc tion officer at San Quentin, died Saturday at the Odd Fel low's home in Saratoga. Funeral services were held yesterday in San Rafael, and burial was in Golden Gate ceme tery, San Bruno. He was a vet eran of .the Spanish War, and was active in Masonic lodge events. Survivors include a nephew. Allison Moulton, 212 Crater Lake highway, Medford. Wall Street New York (U.P.) Stocks moved higher today when Presi dent Eisenhower's State of the Union message became public news. The market moved up after two sessions of decline following a one-day year end rally on Dec, 30 that carried industrials to a new record high. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 180V4 Anaconda 71 Chrysler 83 Curtiss Wright 2874 General Electric 55 General Motors 44 Montgomery Ward : 9334 Penh R R 25 V4 Penney J C 99 Radio 45 Southern Co 19 Southern Pacific 55V2 S Oil of Calif - 91 Texas Gulf Sulphur 37 Transamerica 40 Tri-Continental 25 United Aircraft 70 Vs. U S Rubber 52 U S Steel 56 Youngstown 93 V4 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland CUP) Cattle 200. Good liffht fed steers 17.50 and 18: utility and commercial steers 11.50-15; util-itv-commercial heifers 10-15: canner cutter cows mosUy 7.30-9; few 9.25; utility cows 10-12. Calves 25. Good-choice vealers 20- 26; cull down to 7. Hogs 300. U. S. 1 and 2 outcners 180-235 lb. 13-13.50; No. 3 around 12 12.25; sows 350-550 lb. 9.50-10.50. Sheep 100. Good-choice slaughter lambs 17-18: choice 18.25-18.50; good choice feeder lambs 15-16. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f .o.b. trucks, Portland and Seattle S40.42 ton. U. S. No. 1 Timothy hay. $48 ton. f.o.b., Seattle; No. 1 Timothy mixed hay. S42, Seattle. Prices as Reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white, S74.50 ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test, Coast delivery, S52; No. 2 Western barley, $46.50, f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery; soybean meal S79.50 ton, delivered Portland: stand ard millrun, $41.50-42: No. 2 yellow corn, Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Port land, $63 ton. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP) Eggs To re tailers: Grade AA large. 63-67c; A large. 61-65c: AA medium. 60-64c; A medium. 59-63c; small, 54-55c; carton, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 66c lb.: cartons. 67c: A prints, 66c: carton, 67c; B prints, 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar. Oregon singles, 401,i-45'ac; 5-lb. loaves, 46'i-49I2c. Farm Market Top quality 2-2 'j dozen stalk crates of lettuce sold at 4.25-4.50 today; cauliflower and lettuce prices were steady. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To grawers (No. 1 qualitv f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2V2 to 4 lbs., 25c; at farm, 24c; roasters, 25c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light hens. 17-18c; heavy hens, all wts. 25c; eld roosters, ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, 34c lb.; whole drawn, 44-46c: cut up, 50 52c: hens, light type. New York style, 30-32c: cut-ups, 42-46c; hens, heavy type. N. Y. style, 36-38c; whole drawn, 45-49C. Turkeys To producers: Eviscerated j toms. 33-34',ic lb.; fryer turkeys, live weights. 6'i-lO lbs. 34c lb. : Dressed Turkeys To retailers, nom- I inally A grade young hens. 55-56c lb. eviscerated; A grade young toms, 46- ; 50c lb. eviscerated, depending on wt., eviscerated fryer-roasters. 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant) Live white, 3-4 i lbs. 23-26c: 5-6 lbs. 18-21c; colored pelts. 4c under: old does. 10-14c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed frydrs to retail ers. 58-61c; cut up. 62-65c. ASHLAND BARBARA STANWYCK ROBERT RYAN "ESCAPE TO BURMA" in CINEMASCOPE & COCOR PLUS JANE CHARLTON WYMAN HESTONi, CLAIRE THELMA TREVOR RITTER KATHERINE VOLKENANT Mrs. Katherine C. Volkenant, 85," a Medford resident for 12 years, died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Katheryn V. Clegg, 2235 Oakwood drive, Wednesday. Mrs. Volkenant was born in Ottawa, 111., "May 3, 1870. She was a member of the United Brethern Evangelical church of Ottawa, 111. Besides her daughter, she is survived by three sisters, two grandchildren, William B. Clegg Jr., Medford, and Janice Volke nant of Ottawa, 111. The body will be transferred to Ottawa, 111., for services and interment. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers a donation be sent to Rogue Valley Memo rial hospital, Medford, Ore. Perl funeral home is in charge of the arrangements here. LE ROY SLACK JR. Graveside services for Le Roy Marvin Slack Jr., 5, of Ander son, Calif., who died Tuesdav in Redding, Calif., were held today in woodvme cemetery with the Rev. Don Mainwaring. of the Community church of Wimer, of ficiating. Conger-Morris funeral home was in charge of arrange ments. Besides his parents, survivors include two sisters, Margaret Lynn and Noralee; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Slack, Anderson, Calif.; and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Thompson, Rogue River. BANRA MILLER Funeral services for Banra A. Miller, 17, of 1117 South Stage road, who died Monday at Eu gene, will be held ' in Conger Morris Chapel at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. J. O. Morgan officiating.- Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Pallbearers will include George Potucek, Robert Long, Elliott Lester, Lawrence Patter son, Pearl Millhouse and Glen Allen. Miss Miller was born in Med ford, Jan. 3, 1938. She attended grade school at Griffin Creek and graduated from Medford High school in 1955. She was past Royal princess of the Pyth ian Sunshine girls. Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al Miller; a sister, Ana; a brother, Rusty; a grand mother, Mrs. A. W. Sullivan, all of Medford; an aunt, Mrs. Anna Jones, of Norco, Calif., and sev eral cousins. CHARLES. MOORE Funeral services for Charles H. Moore, 61, who died Wednes day in Veterans Administration domiciliary at Camp White, will be held in Camp White Chapel at 9 a.m. Friday. Chaplain Sam uel Feller will officiate. Com mittal will be in Camp White cemetery. Conger-Morris fun eral home is in charge of ar rangements. Mr. Moore was born Sept. 13, 1894, in Louisburg, Kan. He enlisted in the Army Oct. 2, 1917, at Tucson, Oriz., and was discharged July 5, 1919, at Camp Dodge, Iowa. Survivors include a son, Elmer E. Moore, of North Sacramento, Calif. Eat the Chili Size at McDuffie's COFFEE POT DRIVE-IN. 1132 North Riverside ROWDY STORY OF A JOANNE PHB. I ...... I ipgmWHHUHiWHHB i iHBiHiaBBMH(nwsMiniiinia Iteri'I'll'll'li 1 van nflS HEFLIl M WOODWARD . CAREY . BURR HAYES Thursday, January S, 1958 Scientists Plan High Altitude Photos of Life of Hurricanes Washington (U.R) Govern-, ment scientists hope with the help of .high altitude rockets to photograph some of this year's hurricanes in the act of being born, growing up, aging, and dying. V With such photos and other information the Weather Bureau hopes in time to perfect methods of forecasting the mammoth tropical storms which annually threaten or ravage the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. The bureau also hopes ulti mately to find means of steering hurricanes to make them miss populated areas. Part of Research The photography program will be part of a big hurricane re- Betty Hutton, blonde bombshell and her great all-star review will appear twice daily, at 3 and 9 p. m., at the San Francisco 195S Auto Show at the Civic Auditorium, Jan. 7 through 15. Vefs May Apply For Tax Exemptions Now Applications for property tax exemptions to veterans and wid dows of veterans are being tak en at the county assessors of fice in the courthouse, it was reported today. All honorably discharged vet erans of World War I and II and the Korean war, with a dis ability rating of 40 per cent " or more, are eligible, as well as widows of all veterans who have not remarried, and veter ans of any war preceding World War I. Applications must be filled out in the assessor's office by April 1. A maximum exemption of $2,250 on homes is available under the law. A dairy cow may eat from 150 to 200 pounds of grass each day if that amount is available in pastures. HOT LUNCHES Delicious Salads Home-made Chili Home-made Pies FOR THE BEST . . EAT AT The Clock Main & Bartlett Ph. 2-6766 GOOD GUY WHO WAS WANTED BAD... by three sfigtrtfy bad but ery beautiful gals! TECH im I C OUDfU RAYMOND ALLISON " ''''''' I ! MEDFORD (OREGON) .MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN search undertaking which the Weather Bureau will launch from bases in Florida, probably in May. Representatives of the bureau i and the National Advisory Com-1 mittee for Aeronautics will start work this month on technical as pects of the rocket photography project" The NACA has had nine years of experience firing high- soaring rockets at Wallops Island, Va. Weather scientists hope to get pictures taken high enough, about 505 miles up, to show an entire hurricane from its eye to its distant fringes. Photog raphs snapped from hurricane piercing airplanes show only rel atively small parts of the storm. To Stagger Firings The idea, an official- said, would be to stagger the rocket ; firings during the season to catch different stages through which a hurricane goes from birth to death. The purpose of the overall hur ricane research project is to find out everything possible about the causes of hurricanes, the DOORS OPEN tlSftmemmmwmsieiaeUSS HURRY! ENDS TONITE! 1 THE FIGHTING STORY OF A FIGHTING MAn(. THE FIGHTING STORY OF TOMORROW! Exotic, Mysterious India. ..land of conflict, desires, danger! StOTTIttQ LANA TURNER JOAN CAULFIELD MICHAEL Starting Tonite TALK ABOUT A-C-T-l-O-N This Show's Really Got It! " ; w-m wJmmAW'Tmm M?Wy7W n ' -i . Mj&ZmMJML r..,mn,, , y jlz. stewart mmmmm P L U S JEAN SIMMONS . i, - broad atmospheric environment in which they are spawned and move, and the tremendous inter nal and external forces which influence their course. The Air Force is providing three specially-equipped planes, one a jet, for the project. These planes are in addition to the hur ricane hunting and watching air craft in regular use each year. $7 Hot Cakes for only 35c and we give you real butter, maple syrup and coffee THE Top Notch Craterian Theater Bldg. A FIGHTING MANl" COLOR by os Luxe A 10 CEHnxr-rox ROUX RICHARD BURTON FRED MocMURRAY RENNIE wilft EUGCNTE IEONTOVKH 6:45 P.M. a coumh nenm