Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 13, 1956, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Minor Surgery Mrs. Robert Smith, Grants Pass, had minor surgery this morning at Osteo pathic hospital, attendants said today. ' To Eugene Alf Mekvold, su perintendent of county schools, left today for Eugene, where he will attend a meeting of the executive committee of the Ore 0 gon Secondary Administrators association. It is being held in conjunction with the annual conference of the Oregon Asso ciation of Secondary Principals. SOCRC To Meei A meeting of the Southern Oregon Chin chilla Ranchers club will be held Sunday, Jan. 15 at 12 noon in the Carpenters Local union hall, 123i. West Main st. "Helpful Hints on Various Phases of Pelt ing, Prior To and After Remov ing Pelt," will be the title of ' an educational slide series to be shown. i BIG HUMPHREY ONE OF THE GREAT ROMANTIC ADVENTURE STORIES OF ALL TIME! 1 - . -- - - - Stewart Deborah GRANGER KERR Lras CALHEKN Jam GREER Ink STORE liktt lOltli! iames MASON JOHN MYNE FOR AN EVENING OF Lf A AT WALKER'S POPULAR The FINEST of MODERN MUSIC Good Floor Good Crowd o Bring the Family c SATURDAY NIGHT EAGLE 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 HOUSE of North of Gold Kill AT ON DISPLAY One of the West's Finest Collections of Gold Dust and Nuggets Winter Hours - 9 to 5 Under Founder's Management Since 1930 Personal Have Surgery Two children, Stephen Slagle, Grants Pass, and Angelo Bishop, Prospect, are at Community hospital as surgery patients, it was report ed today. Hotel All . Right Firemen were summoned about 9:45 p.m. yesterday to investigate a report to investigate a report of smoke of smoke on the roof of the Allen hotel, 106 East Main st. They found smoke from the furnace flue drifting over the roof to the street. At Sacred Heart Those re ported today as surgery patients at Sacred Heart hospital are Barbara Van Brunt, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Van Brunt, 1111 West Ninth st.; Vernon Sickle, 2840 Deuel st.; Kenneth Berrey, 823 West 14th st.; and B i 1 1 i e Weingarten, Ashland. Judy Ellison, 472 Haven st., was the only new medical patient re ported there today. mm TONITE THRU SUN. "DEADLINE U.S.A." with KIM HUNTER g' "DAKOTA" With WALTER BRENNAN REAL ENJOYMENT SAT. MITE M POINT MYSTERY Open Throughout The Year I I Condition "Good" Ernest I Scott, secretary and manager of i the Medford Elks lodge, is re- ported today in "good" condition i at Sacred Heart hospital where he has been since Wednesday as a medical patient. To Meeting Eugene Orr, member of the executive section of the national rehabilitation commission and the 13th district American Legion commander, will attend the Oregon depart ment executive committee meet ing for district commanders in Portland tomorrow. Building Permits Building permits have been issued K. E. Hutchinson for a S2.000 resi dence addition at 22 Keen Way dr.: Eunice Smalley, to remodel a residence at 507 Park place jjfor S500; Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Thompsen, to remodel a garage at 18 Modoc ave., S4.000: and Crystal White Laundry for a S5.000 office at 811 North Cen tral ave. Mercy Flight Robert R. Wal lace, 50 North Bartlett st., was flown to Portland yesterday aft ernon for emergency medical care at the Veterans administra tion hospital there. The flight was made in one of the air am bulance planes of Mercy Flights Inc. Wallace was the 435th pa tient carried by the non-profit corporation's planes in the six years since it began operation. Daily Weather Report DAILY WEATHER Sunset tonight 5:01 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 7:39 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Thickening cloudiness tonight. Rain and gusty south winds Saturday. Low tonight 38-40. High Saturday 50. Western Oregon: Increasing cloudi ness tonight with rain beginning on coast and spreading eastward during night. Rain Saturday. Low tonight 32-42. High Saturday 44-54. Northern California: Cloudy tonight and Saturday. Occasional very light rain San Francisco and Sacramento northward tonight, probably becom ing heavy Saturday. Morning fog in San Joaquin valley. Snow level 5.000 7,000 feet. Little temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 45: above normal 9. Record high this date 56 in 1945. Record low this date 8 in 1930. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night .18 in. Midnight to 10 a.m., 0. Total this month 1.58 in., .59 in. above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 17.22 in., 7.87 in. above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 57, highest this a.m. 100. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 53 41 1.15 Crater Lake 32 .14 .51 Grants Pass 48 Klamath Falls 43 MEDFORD 54 Portland 46 33 30 36 35 A40 .06 .18 .26 .11 Seattle 55 39 Spokane 41 31 Yakima 41 28 Eureka 61 Red Bluff 43 Sacramento 50 San Francisco 49 LQ3 Angeles 70 44 45 46 43 56 48 27 ' 32 41 39 37 .80 .08 Phoenix 77 Denver 54 Chicago 38 Miami 62 New York 42 Washington. D. C 43 .21 .04 FIVE-DAY FORECAST TThrough Jan. 18) Western Oregon and Western Wash ington Continued mild with showery weather through Wednesday, except more steady rain likely over week end and again about Wednesday. Total precipitation heavy, averaging 1-3 inches in interior valleys. Tempera tures above normal with highs 45-55, lows 34-44. Northern California Rain through week end and again about middle of week. Snow in high mountais. Pre cipitation likely to be heavy in north portion. Temperatures above normal. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP) Cattle for week 3950. Choice-prime 10o7 lb. fed steers 20.50: choice up to 1160 lb. 19.25-20: mixed good-choice 18.50-19; choice fed heifers 17, lightly sorted 15; canner cutter cows 7-8, few 8.50; utility-com mercial bulls 14-lo.50. Calves for week 425. Good-choice vealers 21-27, some 28; good slaughter calves 16-17.50. Hogs for week 3375. U. S. No. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb. 13-13.50, earlv to 13.75; No. 3 mostly 12.25 12.50; sows 350-550 lb. 9.50-10.50; good feeder pigs above 100 lb. 11-11.50. Sheep for week 1175. Good-choice slaughter lambs 17-18; most choice 13.50-18.75; good-choice feeders' 15-16; good-choice ewes 5-6. 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. S48 ton. f.o.b.. Seattle; No. 1 Timothy mixed hay. S44. Seattle. Prices as Reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. z soft white, S74.50 ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, S54 56: No. 2 Western barley. $47 f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery; soybean meal. S79.50 ton. delivered Portland; stand millrun. S42; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments f.o.b. Portland, $62.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 60-61c; A larEe. 58-59c; AA medium, 06-SBc: A medium, 56-57: A small, 51-53c; cartons, l-3c I additional. j 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',245',2C; 5-lb. j loaves. 46 ',2-49 ',2 c. Processed Ameri- . can cheese, 5-lb. loaf. 39,2-41c lb. i Farm Market First Sumner. Wash., hothouse rhu- i barb sold at 3.75 for a 15-lb. box of extra fancy grade with fancy packs to wholesalers at 3.25: tomatoes, green peppers and cucumbers were higher because of frost in Florida; cauli flower sold to retailers at 3.25-3.75 a pony crate. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryets. 2'2 to 4 lbs., 24c; at farm, 23c: roast ers, 24c lb. f.o.b. Portland: light hens. 18c. heavy hens, all wts. 25c; old roosters, ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, 37 23c lb.; whole drawn, 44-46c; cut up, 50-52c; hens, light type. New York stvle, 49-52c: cut-ups, 42-46c; hens, heavy type. N. Y. style, 36-38c; whole drawn, 45-49C. Turkeys To producers: Eviscerated toms, 33-34 Uc lb.; fryer turkeys, live weights, 62-10 lbs., 34c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers, nom 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?i-4y2 lbs. 23-26c: 5-6 lbs. 18-21c; colored pelts, 4c under: old does. 10-14c lb.; a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retail ers, 58-61C lb.; cut up 62-6ac. Use Tribune Want Ads The Community' Biggest Marketplace Scholastic Tests at Senior High Saturday Scholastic aptitude tests of the college entrance examination board will be given at Medford Senior High school tomorrow. Among students taking the tests will be John Van Dyke, Medford's candidate for a four year scholarship under the Na tional Merit Scholarship cor poration. Van Dyke is one of 5.073 seniors from throughout the nation who will fake the test in NMSC competition.. ; The test measures general ability to benefit from college education rather than any specific skills students may possess. From the 5.078 taking exami nations for the National Merit Scholarship program, some 2,500 finalists will be considered by a board of judges to receive be tween 445 and 500 merit scholar ships for four year colleges of their choice. New Students Listed At Business College New students registered at the Robertson School of Business here for the winter term include se-'en Medford girls. Local girls attending the school are June Hoskins, Ruth Sim mons, Nell Faulkner, Evelyn Holgate, Roberta Smets, Vir ginia Smith and Amanda Thelan. Rae Ellen Diess, Margaret Jack, Hobert May and Joanna Rasmussen are registered from Grants Pass. Other members in clude Shirley Christensen and Corrine Wilson, Ashland; Iris Pierce, Central Point; and Betty Shepherd, Deer Lodge, Mont. Jamboree Tickets On Sale Tomorrow The Jackson County Disaster Car will be on display at the corner of Main st. and Central ave. tomorrow, when tickets to the Medford Eagles lodge . pan cake jamboree will go on sale. Tickets will be sold at the Disaster Car. Proceeds from the jamboree will go toward fur nishing needed equipment for the Disaster Car. The jamboree will be held at Medford YMCA between 7:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21. The Medford Fire Fighters will be available to explain the purpose of the Disaster Car. Births . MORRISON To Mr. and Mrs. Julian, 2570 Victory st., Jan. 10, 1956, a girl, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. "WILLS To Mr. and Mrs. Walter, 208 Ajax st., Jan. 11, 1956, a boy, 5V pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. BAUSKA To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald, 620 Palm st., Jan. 12, 1956, a boy, 8V2 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. McKENZIE To Mr. and Mrs. Marcus, 117 Winchester st., Jan. 12, 1956, a boy, 7 pounrs, at Sa cred Heart hospital. WILLIAMS To Mr. and Mrs. Russell, 916 East Main.st., Jan. 12, 1956, a girl, 5 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. BROWN To Mr. and Mrs. Virgil, Eagle Point, Jan. 12, 1956, a boy, 6V2 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. LACY To Mr. and Mrs. Clif ton, 1376 Biddle rd., Jan. 12, 1956, a boy,.8V4 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. GIDNEY To Mr. and Mrs Edward, 32 Ross court, Jan. 13, 1956, a girl, 4 pounds, at Community hospital. STEWART To Mr. and Mrs Bill, 256 Berrydale ave., Jan. 13, 1956, a boy, 8 pounds, at Osteo pathic hospital. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday, 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day BAMC Saturday Night, Jan. 14 featuring The MELODY WRANGLERS Bob Roberts Jim Pierce - :s Duke Pothier Tommy Lewis Ken Jacks and Many Local Entertainers! Bring Your Friends and Join in the Fun! See The MELODY WRANGLERS ON KBES-TV Saturday, 4:30 to 5:00 P.M.! Rogue Valley Ballroom Adm. $l!00, plenty of seats Dancing from 9 till 1 WALL STREET New York CU.R) Prices on the Stock Exchange turned ir regular late in the session today. Specialty issues, however, managed to hold most of their gains. They were up a point or better. Steel shares were virtually un changed near the close. Motor shares lost most of their earlier gains and they finished mostly lower. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T lZlVa Anaconda 20Vs Chrysler 817s Curtiss Wright 28vs General Electric . 5oVz General Motors ...... ...... 44Vs Montgomery Ward 91V& Penn. R. R 24 Penney, J. C . 99 Vz Radio 44 Southern Co 19 Southern Pacific 55 S. Oil of Calif 91 Texas Gulf Sulphur 36 Transamerica . 41 Tri-Continental ... 25 ?s United Aircraft 68 U.S. Rubber 542 U.S. Steel 56 Youngstown ........'. 90 Morse Record Poor, Wendell Vyail Says Hillsboro (U.R) State Re publican Chairman Wendell Wy- att says Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) has "one of the poorest records in the United States Sen ate for effectiveness." Wyatt told the Washington County Republican Central Com mittee Wednesday night that "recent information" showed that in 1952 Morse's name ap peared on 41 bills as sponsor or co-sponsor and that one bill became law. In i953, Wyatt said, his name appeared on 83 bills and one became law. He said that "in the first nine years that he sat in the Senate his name appeared on 488 bills, of which 24 became law." Body of Farmer Found Along River Salem (U.R) State police said today that the body, of Lee Pope, 70-year-old Independence farmer, was found along the Wil lamette river yesterday. He was one of three persons listed as missing and presumed drowned during Christmas week floods Discovery of Pope's body rais ed the state's death toll from bad weather and floods last month to 14. Two others, Rich ard and Elmer Leonard, both of Hood River, still are-missing About 90 per cent of all U. S farm produce reaches the mar ket by highway transport. llilimjliiiiHSa Here's a Swell One FOR THE SATURDAY i ' l FUN SHOW SCOTT BECKETT JIMMY LYDON in "GASOLINE ALLEY" And Lois of Cartoons Plus CHAPT. FOUR "THE SEA HOUND" DOORS OPEN 12:30 Friday, January 13, 195S Obituaries FANNIE BLISS Mrs. Fannie Bliss died at a lo cal hospital late Thursday. Perl funeral home is in charge of ar rangements. CONRAD TAYLOR Ashland Funeral services for Conrad Heck Taylor, 50, of 277 Almond St., Ashland, will be held Saturday, Jan. 14, at 1:30 p.m., at Litwiller Mountain View chapel, corner of Highway 66 and Normal ave., Ashland. Interment will be at Resthaven mausoleum. The Rev. B. J. Hol land of Ashland Presbyterian church. " Mr. Taylor was born July 6, 1905, in Howkan, Alaska. Mr. Taylor died unexpectedly early Wednesday at his home. He was a commercial fisherman in Alaska and had lived in Ash land for 11 years. He is survived by his father, James Taylor, and a brother. James Taylor Jr., both Medford; a sister, Mrs. Walter Griffin, Crescent City, Calif., and a niece, Mrs. Karen Johnson, Ar eata, Calif. . . . Now Continuous SAT. & SUN. From 12:45 P.M. Technicolor Diana DOUGLAS - Walter ABR - Lon CHANEY ErJuard FRANZ Alan HALE ASHLAND PLUS TOP of the WORLD m DOORS OPEN 11:30 P.M. Man 1 I . . MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Coos Bay Water Users Coos Bay ;(U.P.) A post card poll shows Coos Bay area water users in favor of fluorida tion in a ratio of 1770 to 499, the Coos Bay-North Bend Water Board said today. The board has ordered its manager, C. V. Signor,- to collect cost estimates on fluoridation equipment to be considered at the February meeting. The Oregon Supreme Court this week rejected,, arguments DUE TO LENGTH 'EAST OF EDEN" 8 ffl WINNERS OF NATION-WIDE AUDIENCE AWARDS SSr ELIA MT- 51 JOHN STEINBECK'S W Bsfctte QnEMaSCOP WARMEftCOLO Jl !JUUE HARRIS-JAMES DEAN EBM MASSES Ms STARTING SUNDAY HERE COMES THAT "7 YEAR ITCH" GUY HE'S AT IT AGAIN - IT'S A RIOTI color I LB f31 mJm gli j T trun Plusftfclf HE WROTE HISTORY IN GUN SMOKE! ft m BRIAN DONLEVY MARY HOWARD GENE L0CKHART BARGAIN PRICES ADULTS 65 Stay Up Late and Celebrate Tonite at Our FRIDAY 1 1 TH DOUBLE ' UQi HORROR 'SHOW VJ3 HOURS-3 of Chills and Thrills! Regular Prices Favor Fluoridation that fluoridation violated con stitutional guarantees and said cities had a right to treat their water with fluoride under their police power. Fluorides have been found effective in prevent ing tooth decay. Traces of the earth's atmos phere have been recorded as high as 600 miles above the nor mal sea level. Read and Use Classified Ads ONLY FRI. & SAT. TO SEE THIS GREAT SHOW ONLY ONE SHOW TONITE P.M. - "BATTLE CRY" 9:55 VAN HEFUN-AIDORAY HtU FKEMAI-HAHCT BUM m mm-imn mkset-ub ma up wine ink nuns i . ru. M-n-ri i Rita MORENO t ' mm stoning a coiumwa picture DENNIS O'KEEFE ABBE LANE j Starts TONtTEt ' g Gable and lana to- jTk TINGLING I B"tl,!r !n b'99e5' f action oc,ion; A ROMANCES gf !L 1 W fc-MGM's rZrx 9: GABLE n y LkaTURNER I f mm . CLAIRE 'W f TREVOR y f Doors Open 6:45 P.M. I w Matinee Sun. 1 P.M. J