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G o ' Two Accidents Cars operat ed by Stanislaw Slezak of Ta-coma.-Wash., and Frances Har dy, of 107 Granite St., Ash land? collided on Highway 99 at the Willow Springs intersection north of Central Point about 12:10 p.m. yesterday, state po lice reported. Vehicles operated by Calin F. Crews, 63, Talent, and Theodore James Silver, 13, 763 B St., Ashland, collided on Highway 99 near the Lithia Drive In about 4:30 p.m. yester day. There were no Injuries. Hardy was cited for failure to give an arm signal, police said. Local and Personal In Portland City Manager Robert Duff left by plane this morning to attend a city man ager's meeting in Portland. He will return tonight. At Osteopathic Mrs. Herbert Perdue, Eagle Point, is con valescing at Osteopathic hospital from surgery which she under went Jan. 4, attendants report ed today". TONITE! SAT. & SUN. The MOST RUTHLESS ROBINSON of All Time! Ef jiTgy" Kligyyj m Itlf AStO TVU UNITED AJTST5 U Lnited ArtisU Release U i' Edward G. ROBINSON wiflt PETER GRAVES JEAN FOR AN EVENING OF REAL ENJOYMENT SAT. NITE AT WALKER'S POPULAR G The FINEST of MODERN MUSIC Good Floor Good Crowd Bring the Family SATURDAY NIGHT EAGLE POINT The Only Spring Floor in Southern Oregon DANCE TO THE COMBINED MUSIC OF DICK SPAIN, BILL LIVELY and The Rogue Valley Boys Featuring The BEST In Western Swing TUNE IN BILL'S WESTERN ROUND-UP TIME ON KWIN 1 IHIW Saturday Night, Jan. 7 featuring The MELODY WRANGLERS Bob Roberts Jim Pierce Duke Pothier Tommy Lewis Ken Jacks and Many Local Entertainers! Bring Your Friends and Join in the Fun! Admission $1.00 Rogue Valley Ballroom Plenty of Seats -fa Dancing from 9 till 1 of MYSTERY North of Gold Hill AT Open Throughout The Year ON DISPLAY 'S One of the West's Finest Collections of Gold Dust and Nuggets Winter Hours - 9 to 5 Under Founder's Management Since 1930 Wall Sireei Building Permit A building permit was issued R. J. Cross man Wednesday to remodel an office at 33 North Central ave., at a cost of S2.500. Skate Party There will be a Girl Scout and Brownie skating party between 1 and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Rogue Valley Ballroom, on Highway 99 south of Medford. Coat Stolen William Oscar Chase, 803 West 11th st., report ed to city police that his top coat was taken from the Medford hotel about 7:45 a.m., yesterday. The coat was valued at S49.50. Orderi Issued City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson issued four orders for correction of fire hazards yesterday following in spection of five business occu pancies,, one apartment house, and one public garage. Furnace Checked Medford fire department dispatched a pumper truck to the Earl Miller residence, 617 Park st., about 5:35 p.m. yesterday to check an overheated furnace. No damage was reported. Dance Scheduled The Happy Harvester's Square Dance club will hold a dance at the Central Point American Legion hall be tween 8:30 p.m. and midnight Saturday, Jan.: 7. Potluck re freshments will be served. Square Dance Roxy Ann Grange members will conduct a square dance beginning at 8:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 7 at the Grange hall. Gordon Kershaw and Kenneth Howe will call the squares. Potluck refreshments will be served. Have Surgery Norris Gile, 1705 Kings highway, and Mrs. James Matthews, 2480 Jo Jack rd., are listed today at Commun ity hospital as surgery patients. Douglas Broemmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Broemmer, had tonsil surgery. Arrive Home Mr. and Mrs. Edmund E. Hass and son, Mor gan, arrived home this week from a 10-day trip to California where they spent the holidays. Hass is manager of the branch office here of Pacific Northwest company, investment securities, Medford hotel. Dismissed Julie Anne Ash ton, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ashton, 245 Sec ond st., was dismissed Thurs day from Community hospital. She had been there since Dec. 27 as a medical patient. . Her mother reported today that she is making a satisfactory recov ery, still is confined to bed and that as yet she may not have visitors. The girl is an eighth grade student at Central Point Junior .high school. From Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Huntington and son, Sam my, have returned from a vaca tion trip to Portland and Ta- coma. In Tacoma they visited his brother-in-law a nd sister, Mr. and Mrs. James Crowley, and from there returned to Ore- gon for the New Year's week end which they spent at the Rainier Mountain lodge at Rho dodendron with other Rainier company employees. Huntington is southern Oregon sales super visor for Rainier brewery. They left again today for Portland where they will attend a com pany annual sales clinic at the Columbia Athletic club. Porgy-Bess Troupe Ends Leningrad Stand Leningrad (U.R) The touring American "Porgy and Bess" troupe wound up its 11-day stand in the Theater House of Culture Thursday night before the customary capacity crowd. An estimated 30,000 persons saw George Gershwin's dramatic opera during its 14 presentations. The 501-member troupe leaves tonight for Moscow where the show will open Jan. 10. New York (U.R) Oils and metals rose one to more than three points today to lead the stock market higher on increased volume. Demand for the oils was spark ed by Houston Oil which at its top was up six points at a new high of 56. The stock gained 6V2 yesterday. Houston plans to liquidate at a price around S165 a share for present holders. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T Sc T 1808 Anaconda- 12Ki Chyrsler 84V4 Curtiss Wright 28 General Electric 5638 General Motors 44T's Montgomery Ward 93 2 Penn R R 25s& Penney J C 100V4 Radio 4534 Southern Co 193-i Southern Pacific 55 S Oil of Calif 91 Texas Gulf Sulphur 37 Transamerica 41 Tri-Continental 25 United Aircraft . 69 U S Rubber 53V2 U S Steel 57 Youngstown 94V4 Friday, January 8, 1956 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP Cattle for week 3125. Good and low choice fed steers 16.50-19. load 1,118 lbs. mostly choice 19.50 with high choice 1.105 lb. 20.50; good and low choice heifers 15.00 to 16.50; utility and commercial bulls 13 to 14, lightcutters down to 11 or under. Calves for week 265. Good and choice vealers 20-25, few 26-27. Good above 325 lb. calves 16-17. Hogs for week 1925. U. S. No. 1 and 2 180-235 lbs., mostly 13.50, few to 13.75. No. 3 down to 12.25 late; sows 350-550 lbs. 9.50-10.50. Sheep for week 147o. Good and choice lambs 17-18; mostly choice 18.25-18.50 with some to 18.75 early; good and choice feeder lambs 15-16; heavy fleshy feeders early 16.50; good and choice ewes 4.50-5.50. one at 6. 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; smail, 54-ooc; car ton. l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, b6c lb.; cartons, 67c: A prints, 66c: carton, 67; B prints 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, Oregon singles, 40',j-45I,ic: 5-lb. loaves. 46 ,i-49 !jc. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39i2-41c lb. Farm Market Most prices on California vegetables held unchanged today: first Southern California daffodils offered to retail ers at $o0 tor 1000 blooms. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To grawers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers. 2'i to 4 lbs.. 25c; at farm, 24c; roasters. 25c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light hens. i7-18c, heavy hens, all wts. 25c: old. roosters, ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, 34c io.; wnoie drawn. 44-4bc: cut up. 50 52c; hens, lieht type. New York stvle. 30-32c; cut-ups. 42-46c; hens, heavy i.vpe. in. x. siyie, 3t-3Hc; whole drawn, 45-49c. Turkeys To nroducers- F.visi-oratorf toms. 33-34 lie lb.: fryer turkeys, live weights. 6'2-10 lbs., 34c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers, nom inally A grade young mens. 55-56c lb. eviscerated; a grade young toms, 46 50c lb. eviscerated, depending on wt.; eviscerated fryer-roasters. 57c lb. Rabbits fAveraep tn ornwoc f n h killing plant) Live white. 3-4'i lbs! j-ioc; o-o ids. iB-zic: colored pelts, 4c under: old does tn-ido in fi, higher. Fresh killed fryers to retail ers, ob-dic; cut up 62-65c. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Pnrtlanri Whnlnef.1. V.-.. : . ... .,..w..ai no,, mwi;c&. J1U. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. trucks, Portland and Seattle S40-42 ton. U. S. No. 1 Timothy hav. S48 ton, f.o.b., Seattle; No. 1 Timothy mixed hay, $42, 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, S46.50 f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery: soybean meal Si9.50 ton, delivered Portland; stand ard millrun, S41.50-42; No. 2 yellow corn, Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Port land, $63 ton. Obituary Notices NEWTON SHIRLEY The body of J. Newton Shir ley, 85, of 1358 Ross lane, who died Wednesday, was transferred today by Conger-Morris funeral home to Malakof, Tex., for serv ices and interment. Survivors include two daugh ters, Mrs. Cecil Moore, Medford; and Mrs. Gady Peurifoy, Long view, Tex.; one brother, Rufus Shirley, Winfield, Ala.; a sister, Mrs. Wade Patrick, Memphis, Tex.; six grandchildren, and three greatgrandchildren. OLIVE BRAY Funeral services for Mrs. Olive May Bray, 31, of Talent, who died Wednesday, will be held in Conger-Morris Chapel at .l p.m. Monday. The Rev. Perry John son of Bethel Baptist church will officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Bray was born Feb. 21, 1924, in Rock Springs, Wyo. On Dec. 9, .1944, at Reno, Nev., she was married to Ralph E. Bray, who survives. Other survivors include two sons, Ralph Bray and David Bray, one daughter, Patricia Ann Bray, all at home; her father Dave Wilson, Rock Springs, Wyo.; one brother, David Wil son, Rock Springs" Wyo., and one sister, Mrs.- Virle Martin, Los Angeles, Calif. LEO BACH t The body of Leo Mark Bach, 63, who died Wednesday, was transferred today by Conger Morris funeral home to Port land for services and interment. Mr. Bach was born May 20, 1892, in Greensburg, Penn. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Sanie Bach, Portland; two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth Phil lips, Central Point, and Mrs, James Beebe, Ellison Air Force base, Alaska; a son Pvt. Richard Lee Bach, Churchland, Va., and four grandchildren. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express to our kind neighbors and thoughtful friends our heartfelt thanks for their many ex pressions of sympathy. The beautiful floral offerings were especially ap preciated. Mrs. Fred Goodwin and children. Gold Hill. EDGAR ROBERTS Funeral services for Edgar R. Roberts, 75, who died at his home, route 4, box 441, Provolt, Tuesday, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the L. H. Hall Fun eral home in Grants Pass. Inter ment will be in Missouri Flats cemetery. He. had lived for about 35 years in this area. He was born June 24 1880, at Tarrytown, Pa. Survivors include four daugh ters, Mrs. Mabel Head, Central Point, Mrs. Marian Bentley, Klamath Falls, Mrs. Edna Pra ttler, Crow's Landing, Calif., and Mrs. Lucy Turner, Cleveland, O.; five sons, Ralph Roberts, Grants Pass; Terry Roberts and Glen Roberts, both "Myrtle Creek; Elwood Roberts, Prine ville, and Lee Roberts, O'Brien; and 25 grandchildren. 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