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O Local and Personal Hav Surgery Edd Colpitts, 217 East Pine St., Central Point, and Mrs. Clara Pruitt, 725 Nar rege.n st., are convalescing at Osteopathic hospital after hav ing surgery there Wednesday, attendants reported today. Safety Council The Medford Safety council will meet at 6:30 p.m. FridayrJan. 20, in the Pio neer room of the Jackson hotel. Sta.e Senator Mark Hatfield will be principal speaker, and individual and industrial awards for outstanding safety achieve ment during 1955 will be pre sented. New officers for 1956 will be installed. Receives Cut Bernard Dil lon, 14, of route 1, box 307, Foots Creek, .was admitted to Sacred Heart hospital about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday with a cut on his right leg. State police were stopped near the Rock Point bridge on Highway 99 by the boy's mother, Mrs. Arthur Dillon, who was taking him to the hospital, for assistance. The boy apparently cut his leg on a power saw while cuUing wood at home, police said. Complete! Course Cecil Can non, 2827 Buckshot rd., Medford, has completed a course in prac tical and theoretical radio and television at National Radio in stitute in Washngton, D.C. To Tournament Mr. and Mrs. George Vilas plan to at tend the Thunderbird Golf tour nament at Palm Springs, Calif., a.id later will visit in Las Vegas, Nev., and Phoenix, Ariz. On Business Clyde Webb, salesman for Peck Brothers, is in Portland at company offices on business for the firm. He was accompanied north by Mrs. Peck who will visit relatives in the area. m Hurt in Fall E. A. Moore, 243 South Holly st., was ad mitted to Community hospital last evening as the result of in juries he received in a fall Tues day at his home. Moore, who is 85, has been in failing health for some time, Mrs.' Moore explain ed today. His condition was re ported as "good" at the hospital this morning. It has not yet been determined whether he re ceived fractures. To Benefit Fund The schol arship fund of the local chapter, Oregon State Nurses association, will receive proceeds from a baked food sale by the unit Sat urday, Jan. 21, beginning at 9 a.m., in Home Appliance store. Apponted Chairman Bob Jones, son of Walter H. Jones, 151 Gresham st., Ashland, has been appointed chairman of the annual spring conclave of Lewis and Clark college's League of Young Republican federation of Oregon. Jones lives at 345 South Central ave.. Medford. Opens Studio Carl Loveland, former southern Oregon resident who recently returned from Cali fornia, "has opened a studio for instruction in band instruments at the J. H. Lusk Piano house, 333 South Riverside ave. Love land directed the Ashland city band in 1917. In 1926 he moved to California where for 25 years he has instructed band music at San Luis Obispo. His band there was the first, he explained, to be invited to play at annual East West games and has continued to appear at the games for the past 18 years. Loveland has now retired after 30 years with the California public school systems. His mother, Mrs. C. C. Robert son, lives at Ashland, and Love land lives at Talent. SPECIAL SAL AL' FRI. and SAT. SPECIALS CASH IN ON THESE 1000 DUYi EGGS AA LARGE . Doi. 61 KLAMATH POTATOES $709 50 lbs. 1 49 U.S. No. 2 O U.S. No. 1 10 lbs. Nalley's CHILI o 15-uz. cans 4J $100 TENDER TOP GRADE AL'S Beef Roasts Shoulder Cuts.... lb. 29c Rib Steaks lb. 33c T-Bone and Sirloin Steaks .......... lb. 43c Pork Loin Roast .... lb. 33c Pork Chops Fancy Center Cuts lb. 53c Pork Loin Whoie or Half. lb. 37c Pork Shoulder Roasl ..; lb. 27c Slab Bacon chunk or sued lb. 37c Smoked Picnics lb. 27c SPECIAL PRICES ON GRAIN FED LOCKER MEAT, ANY AMOUNT Cut and Wrapped for Locker We reserve the right to limit. If you desire a McAndrews Road 2 blocks north and large order we would like to have a little extra time to fill it. three blocks west of Jackson School Phone 3-1666 Hazards Found City Fire Marsh: 1 Truman Nelson inspect ed three business occupancies and a public garage yesterday and issued five orders for cor rection of fire hazards. . From Market Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pickell of Pick's apparel returned today from San Fran cisco where they attended mer chandise shows and purchased for their store. . Dance Postponed Prospect Lumberjacks and Jills Square dance club members have post poned a dance which was sched uled for Saturday, Jan. 21 and will attend the Firemen's ball at Shady Cove instead, Mrs. Hel en Hubbard, secretary, announc ed. Swingin' Bees A square dance will be held Saturday, Jan. 21, from 8:30 p.m. to mid night at 40 North Riverside ave., by the Swingin' Bees Square dance club. Mrs. Minnie Robert son will call and all square dan cers interested are welcome. Re freshments will be potluck. To Funeral Medford relatives of Robert Bartlett, who drowned in the Christmas flood at Yuba City, Calif., left today for Marys ville to attend funeral services His body was recovered Tuesday. Those who will attend services from here are an aunt, "Mrs. Ralph Harris, and cousins, Mrs. Russell Hanson and Wayne Har ris. Mrs. Ralph Harris returned last week from Marysville after going there when Mrs. Vera Johnson, Medford resident, was reported missing in the flood. Mrs. Johnson's body was re covered earlier this month. Wins Trip Mr. and Mrs. Curt Butterfield, 1010 Stewart ave., plan to leave Friday for Las Vegas, Nev., for an all-expense paid trip as the result of Butter field winning a district contest for Charles Pfizer Pharmaceuti cal house, for which he is a rep resentative. They will go to San Francisco to meet others from the company and will stay at the Flamingo hotel in Los Vegas. The Butterfields moved here about two years ago from The Dalles where he was an athletic coach in the public schools. He has worked for the pharmaceuti cal company for about two years. Next month the Butterfields will leave for New York City on an other expense-paid company trip. Butterfield won that trip as the company's "man - of - the-month" last May, the only man on the west coast who works for the company who has won the monthly award. 117 S. CENTRAL PHONE 2-6241 v . . ... I ig 1,29 DRPERY , , 48" cotton bark cloth. rf i-il vWI &i Preshrunk and wash- - 1 KSp able. Wide choice of BATTERY SALE "ors. - " Reo. U.45 30-mo. Guarantee i 10.88 REG. 3.98 PEDAL PUSHERS Smart washable corduroy slim tapered or cuffed styles. Wide color choice. Aisses sizes. 2.88 CAROL BRENT NYLONS Reg. 98c 15 denier, 60 gauge, full fashion ed sheers in newest shades. 9-1 OVi. Pr. 50c REG. 1.49 BOYS' JEANS Durable 8-oz. 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Smart tan plastic casePlus 10 fed. tax.t "I""!' On Company Trip Jack Fitzgerald, manager of Davis Transfer and Storage company, arrived home yesterday after be ing in Seattle and Portland on company business. . Jailed Raymond Lee Parton, 19,'Roseburg,' was lodged in the county jail yesterday following his arrest in Medford by military police of the marine corps for being absent without leave. Recovering Nelson (Nick) McKee, 718 Grant ave., Medford, may have visitors at Community hospital now, members of the family have announced. McKee suffered a heart attack recently. Visitors Leave Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Woods, Wolverton, Minn., left Saturday, after visit ing for several days with his father, H. W. Woods, and his sister, Mrs. W. W. Walker, 842 Vz East Main st. At Community Lynne Smith, 625 Cakdale dr., is a surgery pa tient at Community hospital, at tendants reported today. Also there are William D. Singler, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Singler, 1626 Woodlawn ave., and Lonnie Hayward, 3, son of Mr and Mrs. Clarence Hayward, route 2, box 36, Central Point, who had tonsillectomies. Coins Taken Theft of ap proximately S150 from five coin operated machines in the Grey hound bus depot, 212 North Bartlett st., was reported to city police yesterday by Stephen G. Crippen. Also reported was theft of about 10 gallons of gasoline from a truck owned by Roland R. Holmes, 20 Washington st., while it was parked at 334 East McAndrews rd. To Portland County School Superintendent Alf Mekvold left today for Portland to attend school meetings. He will meet tonight with the 'metropolitan study group, which is concerned with financing of schools in areas, adjacent to the Portland district. Tomorrow he will at tend meetings of the executive and legislative committees of the County School Superintendents association and Saturday will meet with superintendents of first class districts. ' In Accidents Helen M. Mor ales, 804 North Riverside ave.. was cited for failure to leave in formation at scene of an accident yesterday after the car she was operating struck a sedan parked on North Riverside ave., accord ing to a city police report. Owner of the parked car was Carl R. Bolan. Glenn L. Linn, 119 Wash ington st., was cited for failure to yield right of way after a collision at Fifth and Holly sts., involving his sedan and a car driven by Daniel L. Snook, route 2, Central Point. Robert L. Bur ton, 1006 Saling st., reported to police that his 1951 Nash auto was damaged while parked in front of his residence. . Items Wanted Items for a rummage and "white elephant" sale which will benefit the Rogue Valley Memorial hospital buil ding fund are wanted by women of the Gold Hill unit, Jackson County Public Health associa tion. The sale will be held all day both Feb. 9 and 10 in the Fehl building on North Ivy st., near West Sixth st. In the mean time those who have articles may contact Mrs. H. G. Wilson, 7 Chestnut st., Medford, tele phone 2-4644 to arrange for pick up. The day before the sale, on Feb. .8, unit members will be at' the sale site to accept donations from 11 a.m. i Junior Events Several ac tivities for Bliss Heine's juniors were announced today. Annual official tests will be made next month, the date to be announ ced. The boy and girl who make the highest rating in the tests will be given the choice of a wrist watch or birthstone ring. New members may now enroll in junior classes by attending classes Saturdays, between 9 and 10 a.m., in the Moose hall, 11 Newtown -st. Packing materials are available from the junior group by calling 3-2594 after 5:30 p.m. Newspapers are want ed by the juniors and may be left at 916 West 10th st. The paper shredding department is located out of town, it was an Thursday, January 19, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Port Washington, Wis. - (U.R) Farmers hereabouts have gone a long way toward getting even with city picnickers who leave their grounds in a mess. The farmers have been using the city dump; loading it up almost to where the city folks can't use it. CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank all my relatives and friends for their kind help and sym pathy during the illness and death of my late husband, Raymond M. Van Galder. Mrs. Elizabeth Van Galder. Obituaries CLARA PIEPER Mrs. Clara A. Pieper, died last night at her home, 820 Bennett ave. Conger - Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. emma Mccurtain Ashland Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Grace McCurtain. 71, who died Wednesday, will be held at 3 p.m. Friday in Lit willer Mountain View chapel here. Mrs. McCurtain died at the home' of her daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Daly, 285 Liberty st., here. Mrs. McCurtain was born May 19, 1884, in Pendleton. and moved with her husband to Tal ent from Yoncalla in 1934. Mr. McCurtain operated an auto re pair and service station in Tal ent for 18 years prior to his death in 1952. Survivors include her daugh ter, Mrs. Daly; a sister, Mrs. Mina Hyde. LaCrosse, Wash.; a brother, Edgar Smith. Hermis ton: a granddaughter, Mrs. Betty Coulter, Medford; and three great-grandchildren. Interment will be in Mountain View cemetery. Wall Street New York (U.R) Glamor of the Ford stock offering lost its sheen today. Markets went back to routine with the trend down. Even the Ford stock slip ped back. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 180 Anaconda 67V& Chrysler 804 Curtiss Wright 27 General Electric 53 Vz General Motors 43 Montgomery Ward 8734 Penn. R. R 23 Penney, J. C. .. ' 98 Radio 42 Southern Co 19 Southern Pacific 52 S. Oil of Calif 87 Texas Gulf Sulphur 36 Transamerica 39 Tri - Continental 25 United Aircraft 65J4 U. S. Rubber 52 U. S. Steel . 53 Youngstown 87 Lake Titicaca in Peru is the largest in South America and also one of the highest at 12,600 feet above sea level. Daily Wealher Report Sunset tonight 5:08 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 7:36 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Mostly cloudy with occasional rain showers tonight. Patchy fog Friday morning with rain by afternoon. Low tonight 38-40. High Friday 50. Western Oregon: Occasional show ers with some brief partial clearing to night. Cloudy with rain again Friday. Continued mild. Low tonight 40-46. High Friday 48-58. Northern California: Rain in San Francisco-Sacramento area this eve ning. Snow in mountains at high levels and rain at low levels from Lake Ta hoe northward. Variable cloudiness elsewhere tonight. Partly cloudy Fri day. Little temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 44; above normal 7. Record high this date 59 in 1919. Record low this date 9 in 1922. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night .07 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m., .29 inch. Total this month 3.93 inches, 2.46 inches above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 1957 inches, 9.74 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 88, highest this a.m. 98. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 55 48 .21 Crater Lake 32 19 .57 Grants Pass 50 42 .36 Klamath Falls 43 31 .08 MEDFORD 47 40 .13 Portland 53 42 .06 Seattle 48 37 .01 Spokane 35 30 .22 Yakima 45 22 Eureka 54 48 .07 Red Bluff 54 44 .01 Sacramento 55 48 San Francisco 54 48 .02 Los Angeles 70 50 Phoenix 66 37 Denver 43 - 18 Chicago 39 29 T Miami 76 67 New York 40 24 Washington. D.C 43 30 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 150. High commercial and good fed steers $16 18; cutter-utility dairy type steers $10 12.50; good-choice around 900 lb. fed heifers S16. lightly sorted at S15; util ity heifers S9.50-11; canner-cutter cows mostly S7-8. few 58.50; 1616 lb. utility bulls SI 5. 25. Calves 50. Good -choice vealers S21 27 and above; high choice vealer S28.50. Hogs 200. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180 235 lb. mostly S13-13.25: No. 3 down to S12; choice sows S9.50-10.50. Sheep 100, Choice with some prime 86 wooled lambs $18.75; good-choice lambs mostly wooled $17-18; medium good feeder Iambs 512-15.50; good choice ewes 55-6. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large 55-57c; AA me dium, 52-56c; A medium, 51-55c; A small 47-50c: carton. 2-3c 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. 401s-45'12c; 5-lb. loaves, 46 '.2-49120. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39 ',2-410 lb. Farm Market First California strawberries sold at 6:40 for a 12-cup flat today; they were produced at El Cajon: trading was moderately active today with most quotations steady to firm. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2 i to 4 lbs., 24c; at farm, 23c; roasters, 24c lb. f.o.b. Portland: light hens. 18c, heavy hens, all wts., 25c; old roosters, 11-14C. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, 36 37c lb.; whole drawn, 42-45c cut up, 47-52c; hens, light type. New York style, 30-31c; cut-ups, 42-46c; hens, heavy type. N. Y. style, 36-37c; whole drawn, 45-49c. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weights, 27c 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 weight; 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 frvers to retailers, 58-61C lb.; -cut up, 62-65c. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. trucks, Portland. $40-42 ton. U. S. No. 1 Timothv hav. $48 ton, f.o.b. Seattle; No. J. Timothy mixed hay. $44 Seattle. Prices as reported by the USDA market news, service: Wheat, No. 2 Eat the Chili Size ot McDuffie's COFFEE POT DRIVE-IN 1132 North Riverside soft white, $74 ton: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, $56;. No. 2 Western barley, S47 f.o.b. Portland Coast delivery: soybean meal, $78 ton, delivered Portland: standard millrun, $42.50; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Portland. S61.50. : HOTEL. 5 JO to 9.-00 P. M. 1 New York Steak 5275 BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 7 .m. to 2 pm. ASHLAND FA COt PLUS j stewart GRANGER - jean SIMMONS! THE Notch Top's WALK IN differs from a walk up or drive up in that you walk in, sit down in a comfortable seat, enjoy a glass of cool, sparkling spring water while your Hamburger is being freshly cooked to take out. THE Top Notch Craterian Theater Bldg. O O o o o MARCH OF DIMES BAHCB Sat., Jan. 21st-9 to 1 Jacksonville Community Hall Modern Music? PRIZES '"Sponsored by Jacksonville Lions Club; mH Ji Eh ill ill TON1TE A SWELL SHOW! 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