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rOTJBTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Hollywood Mourning Deaths of Bob Burns, Charley Grapewin Hollywood (U.P.) Show business today mourned the deaths of comedian Bob Burns and actor Charley - Grapewin, who both owed much of their success to hillbilly characteriza tions. Both were retired. Grapewin, famed for his portrayals of Jeet er Lester in "Tobacco Road" and Grandpa Joad in "The Grapes of "Wrath," died yesterday at his Corona, Calif., home, about 50 miles from here. He was 86. Death was caused by complica tions resulting from old age. Hours earlier, Burns, 65, ba zooka playing Arkansas comed ian, died in West Valley Com munity hospital of cancer. He had been in declining health for the past three years since under going surgery that failed ;to help overcome the malignancy in his kidney. Funeral services for Burns will be held tomorrow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Services were pending for Grapewin. Grapewin retired in 1952 after a theatrical career that spanned 70 years in circuses, vaudeville, theater and the movies. In 1951, he had told the United Press in an interview that he did not plan giving up either; work or women "until St. Peter casts me in a role." , Grapewin also was a success ful novelist and playwright. He authored many of the plays and sketches in which he achieved early fame.' His film career began in 1896 when he appeared in one of the first movies, made on a New York City rooftop. A native of Xenia, Ohio, Grapewin's first taste of show business was with an aerial act the Silbon troifpe in the Barnum circus. Grape win developed into the act's star performer. From there Grapewin went into vaudeville. He met Hannah Chance, 15-year-old daughter of a prominent Trenton, N. J., fam ily and they were married May 11, 1896. Mrs. Grapewin, who m beven years iater ne married Mrs. Loretta McGowan Becker, a Chicago socialite. That marriage ended in divorce in 1950 because, the actor said, "She was to damned pretty." Lost Fortune . He began his Hollywood film career in 1931 after coming here to retire. Grapewin lost his for tune during the 1929 crash and first returned to the stage before resuming the film career started before the turn of the century. Grapewin, who left no immed iate relatives, had lived alone in Corona with his housekeeper. He last appeared in public at the Circle City road races in May, 1955. , . , Among Grapewin's starring plays were "The Old Cronies," "The Baggage Check," "The Ticket Broker," "Chimmy Fad den," 'Up To You," 'Above The Limit" and "Gossip Town." His films, included "Tobacco Road," "The Good Earth," 'The Grapes of Wrath," and "Earthbound." Friday. February 3, 1958. f. II. If 1 m new riemuery Elected To YMCA Board Of Directors Six new members of the Bed ford YMCA board of directors and - seven : incumbents were elected during the annual meet ing of the association held " at became his , leading lady, died Question.' Speaking Invitation Withdrawn At UM Oxford, Miss. (U.R) The University of Mississippi today withdrew a speaking invitation to a jazz-loving Ohio minister who had confrmed he contribut ed part of his. $32, 000 winnings on a. television quiz show to a Negro civil rights organization. University Chancellor J. D. Williams said he has wired the Rev. Alvin Kershaw in Oxford, Ohio, that he felt it would be "unwise" for him to speak to the students. Williams said his decisicn stemmed from 'letters Kershaw wrote a newspaper here and to the chancellor con firming he had contributed to the National Associatioa for the Advancement of Colored People. Kershaw, a white Episcopal minister, won the money by answering questions on jazz on the television show "The $64,000 "RANGER, I've got a husband gradually going crazy, he wran gles dudes for a living. Just the dudes isn't so bad they drop a lot of hard money. But what my man can't take is the dogs they bring with them. Like those panty-waist, tailor-clipped poo dles, it's enough to turn "any cowpoke's stomach. You know: a fluff of hair on the top of the head, a bareback, a tuft on the tail, and a dab of fur on each foot. I try. to tell him: 'Look, Si, it's only a silly dog to match By EUGENE BURNS Ranger-Naturalist C of C Questions Insurance by Mail The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce advised yesterday that before purchasing bargain rate insurance policies, it should be determined whether or not the company is licensed in the state of Oregon. The chamber stated that the mails are now being flooded with solicitations from insurance com panies at what appears to be bargain rates. While some of the companies may be legitimate, others may solicit mail order in surance to escape payment of taxes or avoid financial respon sibility placed upon licensed companies for the protection of the policyholders, chamber of ficials said. Should a claim under one of these companies be disputed, the policyholder would have to go to the courts of the state in which the company is domiciled for recourse, as such companies have - no legal status in Oregon courts. A directory of insurance com panies licensed in the state of Oregon is available at the Cham ber of Commerce office, '5 South Riverside ave. Other informa tion may be obtained from the Department of Insurance, Salem. Nicknames Himself; Wife Wins Divorce . Indianapolis, Ind. . (U.R) - Mrs. Marguerite Himes won a divorce from her husband Thurs day because of his . western heroics. She said David Sr., 52, her husband, nicknamed himself "Tex" and fired at targets along side a bedroom wall while she tried to sleep, using paraffin slugs instead of lead bullets. 4 25U. JfcEf" ; 1 SVV the silly people.' Now, here's reason for the latter. . ' "Write him " a note to cheer him up long enough to last him until fishing season opens at least," writes Mrs. S.R.P., Liv ' ingston, Mont. , ' , Look Mrs. S.R.P., I have a feeling that you are pulling my leg bet you've got a poodle of your own. But because I know there is a lot of prejudice against ' tailor-clipped poodles, I'm going to take this seriously. And I am going to tell "your husband isn't going to cheer him up unless he like ppodles. First off, I'd like to say I con sider the poodle a very superior, intelligent dog. Notice how many circus dogs are poodles. mere s a reason. Many circus people who have trained dogs have told me that the poodle is the cleverest dogs to teach tricks. In fact, they seem to have a special knack for it. ; Enough then, for his intelligence Next, the poodle is one of the oldest dogs to . have been kept pure through many-: centuries. (In fact, :the earliest reference to him is around 30 A.D., that's during Christ's lifetime.) Given, the proper chance, he make a good Jiunting dog as he has been used for many cen- , runes, m France. He came by nis name wnicn i. admit may sound somewhat silly from his retriever qualities. The German word "pudle" means to splash in water. Tell your man, Si, not to be taken in by the dog's appear ance when he comes from the hairdresser, either.' After all, that is not of the dog's choosing. But even so, many a poodle owner will tell you that the hair do is far from .being sissy. It goes back a long way long be fore he became a pet dog or show dog. Because he swam in cold water to . retrieve . birds, the chest and shoulders were left covered for protection; the rear half was clipped to permit freer body movement. Patches were left on delicate parts of the legs where arteries were close to the surface. As for the "topknot" and the "tuft" on the tail, that enabled. the hunters .to follow him more easily in tall grassi : '' I'd like to add that I have never owned a poodle hence I can be somewhat impartial. But as a family dog, I know of few, if any, more intelligent, good- natured, and gentle. 'Why does a cow produce milk beyond her animal needs?" asks Dr. H.E.B., Eugene, Ore gon. In one way or another, every domesticated animal ".' and plant has been ; affected by man: largely through controlled her edity. Dogs, with their hundreds of breeds including the fore going poodle, and cats; sheep and goats, chickens and turkeys, horses and asses, camels and cows, oats and corn, apples and oranges, lilacs and roses, even bees all have been affected by cross-breeding. By selecting animals and plants which possessed some characteristics in abundance, cross-breeding was affected to accentuate the slight abnormal ity. With such deliberate inter ference breeding away from the norm, , and accentuating the positive we have dogs which retrieve, cats with long hair, sheep with heavy " wool, 'chick ens tnat lay 360 eggs a" year, honeybees that store up tremend ous amounts of honey, "draft horses, ' early-maturing wheat outsized apples," extra fragrant macs, gorgeously colored roses, and super-milk cows. As for the milk cow, it is my belief that breeding an animal to give milk (with cream and cheese), hastened man's develop ment. Once he bred milk cows, primitive people could .gather into larger social groups, form societies, and eventually set up advanced civilizations. (Copyright, 1956, by Eugene Burns.) (Released by McClure !,News paper Syndicate.) - - - WALL STREET New York (U.R) Oil shares again , led the stock' market to day. They had gains ranging to more than two points. A number of favorable corpor ate developments again stimu lated buying, v Steel shares were virtually un changed. Motors moved irregu larly. Ford Motors was down almost a point from its original offering price of $64.50. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T .. Anaconda Chrysler Curtiss Wright General Electric ...... General Motors ...i... Montgomery Ward' Penn. R. R Penney, J. C .' Radio r 13Vs Southern Co. .............. ' 20 Southern Pacific ....J..L... 55Vs S. Oil of Calif. ....... 92 Texas Gulf Sulphur . 3614 Transamerica ............. ... 39 Tri-Continental 25 United Aircraft .... : 69 U. S. Rubber 53 V4 U. S. Steel ...... 51Va Youngstown 86 ....184 .. 69 .. 76Vs .. 25 56V4 45 88U ..... 23 94V4 Point and of School District 6C discussed their tax and budgetary problems this morning for the legislative committee of . the Jackson .'County Chamber of Commerce. The committee is engaged in a long-range study the YMCA, 522 West Sixth st., of local tax problems in' Jackson Officials from Discuss Taxes Here Representatives of Central I expired last November; the prob- Tuesday, Jan. 31. r. New board members are Roy Gilbertson Robert Boyer, Mrs. Roy Wiles, Alan Pierce, Alex McDonald, and Mrs. John Mans field. Members reelected to. new terms include Ron Gandee, Dr. William Roberts, Darrel F. Hu son, Carl Brophy, Bob Dames, D. Ford McCormick, and S. V. "Duke" McQueen. The investure of new board members, led by the Rev K. F. Korby, and reports of work done during 1955 by members of the association : followed a potluck dinner served to about 125 people. Expanding Program Darrel Huson emphasized in his president's report, that the association can be proud of its expanding program and enlarg ing membership, and that mem bers should be "deeply grateful" that the existence of the United Medford Crusade makes possible a YMCA that can serve its com munity . better each succeding year: - Huson was presented a plaque in recognition of his leadership during 1955. Presentation was made by Robert Jones, YMCA general secretary. Other reports were made by Donald Day, on the YMCA phy sical .program and : summer camp; Mrs. Ray Stickel, girl's summer trips and outings; Rob ert Wright, on Indian guides, a program for fathers and sons; Charles Langston, . youth and government program; Don Gor don, youth council; -Ken Greiss, world service projects . in the Hi-Y club; and Pat Carter, on the junior leaders' program. The spiritual meaning of the YMCA emblem was explained by Sharon Wymore; Tri -Hi-Y clubs. Terry Brereton showed slides of the World YMCA conference which he attended in Paris last summer. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonieht 526 D.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:22 a.m. . FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Variable high cloudiness through Saturday. Slowly rising temperatures. Low tonight 26. High Saturday 55. , Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy with few sunny periods through Saturday. A little warmer. Low tonight 26-36. High Saturday 35-45 north. 50-60 south portion. , - - Northern California: Fair tonight and Saturday with increasing amounts of high cloudiness. Rising tempera tures, i . LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 35; below normal 6. Record high this date 61 in ,1928. Record low this date 9 in 3950. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night; none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month none, .16 in. below normal. , Total since Sept. 1. 21.52 inches, 10.49 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 27, highest this a.m. 93. CITY , High Low Prec. Brookings .. 58 38 Crater Lake 43 11 Grants Pass ... 45 24 Klamath Falls 24 6 MEDFORD 50 25. Portland 27 22 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle, for week, 3725. Part load high choice 1,055 lb. fed steers S20.00. with part load S19.50, few loads choice grao.es S18.50 19.00; good steers S16-18. commercial S14.50-15.50; utility dairy type down to S10.50; two loads choice fed heifers S16.50, few loads good and choice 516, bulk good heifers $14.50-15.50,Hght utility down to $9.50. Canner and cut ter cows $7.50-9.00, utility $9.50 to $11.50. commercial $12.25-13.00; utility bulls $14-15. odd head to S15.50 . and one to 16; light cutters down to $10.50. Calves: For week, 185; choice veal ers $24-27, good $31-33, commercial $16-20; culls down to $6. Heavy calves scarce, few good $17 with choice stockers to 518. Hogs, for week, 1550. Late bulk No. 1 and 2 lots 180-235 lb: butchers $16 16.50, early sales to $16.75, freely. No. 3 lots these- weights $15-15.50; sows 350 to '550 lbs., $11-13; lew choice 110 135 lb. feeder pigs $13.50 late. Choice ' with . some prime lambs $19.25, . other choice $19, good arid choice S17.50-18.50, shorn' mostly $18 down; good and choice feeder lambs S14.o0-16; good and choice ewes .$5-6 on selected lot $7; culls down to $3. Seattle , 38 29 , Spokane 16 -6 Yakima -. 17 -6 ; Eureka 54 40 Red Bluff : 62 31 "( Sacramento 53 . 36 San Francisco . 54 36 Los Angeles 61 , 41 . Phoenix : ;. 51 29 Denver 26 1 Chicago 32 10 Miami 74 70 New York 44 36 . .52 Washington, D.C. 44 40 .33 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Throueh Feb. 8): Western Oregon Warming trend with temperatures above normal by Sunday or Monday. Highs 50-60. lows 32-40. No precipitation likely through Sunday. A little light rain early next week. Northern California Possible rain in north portion early in week. Tem peratures near or above normal. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U .P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 46-48c; A larje 43-46c; AA medium, 43-46C; . A . me dium. 43-45c; A small 39-43c; carton, 2-3c additional. -- 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, single daisies,. 40 Vi -45 v2c; 5-lb. loaves. 462-49 lit Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39 2-41c lb. county H. P. Jewett, superintendent of the school district, reaffirmed the views of schoolmen who had spoken at previous sessions that the principal problem of school districts is the rapid increase in the number of students. Be cause of this, new rooms must be constructed, more teachers hired, budgets . increased far in excess of the tax base, and the school districts' patrons asked to foot the bill. 29 Teachers Added Since 1950, Jewett said, 29 teachers have been added to the stall of the big district, for a total of 83. today. Five more will be needed next year. New build ings are now under construction, he said, and the rate of growth in the foreseeable future will continue. The district, which covers 250 square miles, operates 17 school buses which travel an average of 968 miles each school day, with .trips ranging from . 27 to 109 miles. There are a number of auxiliary services, such as laundry, cafeteria, a garage and others, needed for the district operation, the superintendent explained. The district is one of four first class districts in the county and as such has a. considerable number of youngsters, from non- high districts in 'its high school Jewett discussed at some length the method by which non-high school district students' tuition is paid, . and other problems aris ing from the present type, of op eration. Since the big district is consolidated, rather than a union high school district, a number of complications in administra tion are eliminated, he said. Budget for the current oper ating year totals some .$620,841. More than half of it is for teach ers and administration salaries. Arden Pinkham, Central Point city recorder, gave a brief des cription of the town's budget problems, recounting how voters last year. : twice turned down a budget increase of some $4,000. The city is now operating on a continuing 15 mill levy, which takes care of operating needs, but- there are few funds for long range improvements, he indi cated. Pinkham recalled a reapprais al program in 1948 which boost ed tax assessments in Central Point, Gold Hill and Rogue River while the rest of the county re mained as before, and indicated that this experience, , which eventually was partly straight ened out, may have resulted in an understandable reluctance on the part of residents to vote ad ditional taxes: - Reliance on Water He also discussed the city's reliance on the Medford water commission for municipal water supplies, and the negotiations now under way for a new con tract to replace the old one which Proposed Ski Bowl To Draw Million Guesfs lems attendant on possible an nexation, and other problems of the city. He indicated that while it would probably be more eco nomical ' for the Central Point and the Central Point Rural Fire departments to consolidate, but that under 1 present conditions, this is improbable. Next week's committee meet ing will hear representatives of several taxing districts, includ ing irrigation, fire, water and sanitation districts. Later meet ings will hear from the county assessor's office - and possibly from county school authorities with regard to non-high and rural school board operations, ! the :- implications of the basic i school support formula, and pos sibly other aspects of local taxa- tion before the committee starts compiling its final report. . Dunsmuir The proposed Panther Meadows ski . bowl, termed . the . highest and one of the largest natural ski bowls in the nation, could bring up to a million visitors to the area, ac cording to George Schrader, exe cutive secretary . of the Mt. Shasta Chairlif t Development committee. , Schrader told the committee that traffic studies at Highway 99 and McCloud road intersec tion indicated that six million cars pass Mt. Shasta yearly, and about one-sixth can be expected to visit a point of interest. The group has voted to obtain con struction figures for a chair lift to transport 600 passengers per hour in the bowl. A total of 6,600 has been raised for promotion purposes of the chair lift committee, with $3,'00 pledged for an egineer ing survey. A prospectus to in terest potential developers will be issued in the spring. Michigan's Upper Peninsula, one-third the total area of the state, is as large as Delaware, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut combined. Channel Widened To Protect Repaired Sewer . Widening the Bear creek chan nel to protect a repaired sewer trunk line was expected to be completed today, according to Vernon Thorpe, city public works director. - The trunk was washed out by December floods, when water cut under the west bank of the creek between McAndrews rd. and Jackson st. Workmen re paired the sewer last month and back-filled over the trunk. The channel was widened on the east side. 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Portland: light hens. 17-18c'. heavy hens, all weights, 22-23c: old roosters, . ll-14c. . uressedCmckens No. 1 dressed to nr T ih : . ,,v ,y, raJ mew ork -style, 36 aZ.," ;vhole drawn, 42-45c; cut up stJ?iC; oKn,Sl' ligh.t Pe- New York style. 30-31c ontiins At ac. i heavy type N.Y. style, 36-47c; whole Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weights. 27c lb. -- 1res?ed Turkeys To retailers, nom inally A grade young hens. 55-56c lb eviscerated, depending on weight eviscerated fryer-roasters. 57c lb ' itaDDits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant): Live white, 33,4-41- lbs 23-26c: 5-6 lbs.. 18-21c; colored pelts 4c under: old does, 10-14c lb., a few nigner.. r resn -Kinea tryers to retail- uia, JO-oic 10.; cut up, BZ-65C. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. green aiiaiia, Daiea, t.o.B. Portland, $40-42.50 ton: some sales hihm- Wholesale prices as reported, bv the USDA market news service; Wheat, viu. a son. wiuie, 3i ion: jno. z white oats, 38-lb. test. 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