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'Magazine Readers Pick Top Stars of Movies '. 'Hollywood ftJ.R) Fan maga-j zine readers have named Jenni fer Jones and William Holden as the top film stars of 1955 and winners of the annual Photo Play Magazine gold medal awards. w The awards, announced yester . day, . also designed . their film, "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing," as the year's best pic ture. A posthumous award went to the late James Dean, who star red in "East of Eden." ; HOTEL I 5 JO to 9i00 P. M. - y Club Steak (Be, 25 Ever) 3 I K i33t la'iilS' J BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 7 un. to 2 p-m. Past Presidents and mm feeid) After Meeting Thurs., Feb. 9 EAGLES ALL 217 West Main Street IF YOU'RE Why RUNNING ALL OVER TOWN SHOPPING FOR BAR GAINS WHEN YOU CAN GET ALL THE WORTH WHILE ONES AT YOUR GROCETERIA - AND SAVE MONEY ON THE REST OF YOUR ORDER TOO! White House Coffee . ... Seedless Raisins ... M-D Toilet Tissue . . . . Jello . Wesson Oil ............... Double Luck Green Beans Del Monte Pineapple Juice ..... ........ v. PRICES GOOD THROUGH WEDNESDAY - WE RESERVE THE f FIRST DRAWING SATURDAY 9:30 A.M. J Local and IW A To Met International Woodworkers of America will meet Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 305 East Eighth st. . Returns Art Hicks, Jackson hotel night clerk, arrived home Sunday from a two-week -visit in Fontana, Calif., with a son and his family. Visits Relatives Earl McCal lister, Roy, Wash., is visiting his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gist, 556 Haven st., and other relatives here. - Is Winner Mrs. Louise Da vis, 1514 Eryant ave., was aw arded a 900-pound steer in a recent March of Dimes project carried on by Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. . Lone Pine A special meeting will be held at the Lone Pine school, Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 8 p jh. for voters of the district to authorize transportation of ele mentary pupils of school district number 10. , In Hospital Elin Livingston, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Livingston, route 1, box 78, Central Point, under went tonsillectomy at Commun ity hospital this morning, the hospital reported. Patients Reported Joe Bar an, 2020 Barnett rd., underwent major surgery in Osteopathic hospital , last evening, the hos pital reported this morning. Jer ry Jarvis,' four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jarvis, 1112 Reddy ave., underwent a ton sillectomy at the same hospital this morning, it was reported. NOT TRADING AT dr dD a: ie n Waste I iffl Personal To Rehearse Southern Ore gon Philharmonic society orches tra will rehearse Wednesday, February 8, at 8 p.m. in Washing ton school auditorium according to the director, - Richard D. Werner. Square Dance - A square dance will be held between 8 and 11 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Medford YMCA. Doug Fosbury of Medford will call for the first dance in a new series which will . meet every second and fourth Thursday. All square dancers are invited. Mercy Flight Chauncy Mc Collister, 83, of 295 Grant St., Ashland, was flown to Portland by a Mercy . Flights air ambu lance plane yesterday. He will undergo treatment at the Veter ans Administration hospital there for two broken hips. The patient was the 442nd flown by planes operated by the non profit organization. . Undergo Surgery Surgery patients reported by , Sacred Heart hospital this morning were Miss Molly , Ray, Applegate; Charles Cotton, Phoenix; Fred Stevens, 1009 W. Ninth st., and Mrs. Arthur. Kimball, Harbor, Ore. In the hospital for medical care are Owen Gearhart, Hom er, Alaska; Mrs. May Stuart, 227 South Ivy st. and Mrs. Bertha Johnson, Prospect. Hits Island A car operated by Roy Eugene Edwards, 32, of 7 South Riverside ave., went out of control", knocked down a Highway 99 directional post, crossed the highway and went into an irrigation hole in traffic separator island about 3 a!m. to day at the Big Y intersection, according to state police. The vehicle was traveling south,- po lice said. Edwards was not in jured, they said. ' Accidents Carl W. Luther, route 1, Eagle Point, was 'cited by city police Saturday for fail ure to yield right of way after his pickup truck collided on Court st. with a sedan driven by Fred G. Keierleber, 2610 Tenn. dr. A station wagon operated by John H. Jones, Central Point, and a car operated by William A. Kennedy, '. Burbank, Calif., collided Saturday at Manzanita and Court sts. State police re ported a two-car collision Sun day at Biddle rd. and Highway 62 involving vehicles driven by Chester L. Fraker, 1361 Kings Highway, and Jack H. Ladd, Callahan, Calif. Minor damage resulted. Subscribers To report improper or non-delivery of the Mail Tribune phone 2-6141 before 6:43 p.m. daily and 10 JO a.m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives short ly after you call'please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. . THE GROCETERIA YOU'RE PAYING Time Obituaries NANCY GARDNER Mrs. Nancy Gardner, 123 No. Ivy st., died at a local hospital early today. Perl Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. MABEL BROWN Funeral services for Mrs. Ma bel Brown, 72, of Brownsboro, who died Monday in a local hos pital, will be held in Conger Morris chapel at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. William C. Piper of the "First Christian church will officiate. Committal will be in Brownsboro cemetery. Pallbearers will include Leon ard Bradshaw, Ira Woolfolk, Le land Charley, Clause Charley, Lester Bradshaw, Harve Stanley, Murrey Bartling and Ernest Bur rell. ' Mrs. "Brown' was born July 1, 1884, in Medford, a daughter of the late James and Olive Bell, early pioneers in the valley. On Dec. 23, 1903, at Brownsboro she was married to George B. Brown, who survives. She lived her entire married life on a do nation land claim-at Brownsboro given to Henry B. Brown by President Grant. Other survivors include five daueHters. Mrs. Adolph Pech, Lake Creek; Mrs. Wayne Wake field, Mrs. Harry Note, Mrs. Har old Roseborough, all of Medford; and Mrs. Donald Young, Walnut Creek, Calif.; 11 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Births KELL To Mr. and Mrs. Leonard, Gold Hill, Feb. 6, 1956, a boy, 5Vi pounds, at Osteopath ic hospital. WALDRON To Mr. and Mrs. Harold, 1175 W.. McAn- drews rd. Feb. 7, 1956, a girl, 4 pounds, at Osteopathic hospit al. ' . ; NORRIS - To Mr. and Mrs. Bob G., 925 Alta st., Feb. 6, 1956, a girl, 7 pounds, at Com munity hospital. THOMPSON To Mr. and Mrs. Donald, 2358 Howard ave. Feb. 6, 1956, a girl, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. LAED .To Mr. and Mrs. William, 921 Maple Park drive, Feb.7, 1956, a boy, 8V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. AUSTIN To Mr. and Mrs. Alex, rt. 1, box 369B, Feb. 7, 1956, a boy, 6Vfe pounds, at the Sacred Heart hospital. Manager Acquitted In Pinball Payoff Portland '(U.R) William- Gast, manager of the Columbia mar ket here, has been acquitted of a charge of paying off on a pin ball machine. . .. Gast was accused of paying $49 -to one of four, youths who bilked the store's machine by feeding dimes into it on a nylon fishing leader, and then pulling the coins out again. H and Gasoline ... Lb. Tin 79 4 lb. pkg. 49 . . 4 roll pkg. 39 . package 5 quart bottle 53 ........ 303 can 10 ......... ... . 46-oz. can 25 RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES One Big Admiral TV Set and 2 Calen dar Clock Radios to be given away this Saturday at 9:30 T ickets freely given to anyone over 18 years of age. Dr. Wright To Speak Af Phoenix Church Phoenix Dr. Paul S. Wrieht. Portland, moderator of the 167tb. general assembly of the Presbyterian church, will speak at a rally Thursday, Feb. 8, in Phoenix" Presbyterian church at 8 p.m. This will be the first time that a general assembly modera tor has appeared in the : local church. ' . Members and officials of all valley Presbyterian churches will attend, and all elders and minister from the visiting churches will march in a pro cessional. The choir of the Phoenix church will provide music. Trustees of Phoenix Presby terian church will meet at 7:30 p.m. today to discuss remodeling of the main auditorium of the church. -ix' Springfield Chamber Manager Succumbs Portland tU.R) K. E. Reck ard, 48, manager of the Spring field, Ore., Chamber of Com merce, died here this morning, apparently of a heart attack. RprlrnrH had been attending a conference of Oregon - Washing ton chamber executives and was elected secretary-treasurer of the organization. He had been at Springfield about a month and had served as cham ber of commerce manager in North Bend for four years be fore moving to the Willamette valley. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 5:31 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:17 a.m.- FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Considerable valley fog or low cloudiness, clearing partially Wednesday afternoon. Low tonight 28. High tomorrow 50. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy Wednesday with considerable night and morning fog and low cloudless. High both days 40 to SO except 55-60 along coast. Low 30-38 except about 35 in extreme southern interior valley. Northern California: Fair tonight and Wednesday and little change in temperature. FIVE-DAY FORECASTS (Period 8th through 12th) - Western Washington, regon Precip itation light, occurring mostly about Friday or Saturday. Temperatures near or slightly below normal with the highs in the 40s in west Wash ington, and 46-56 in western Oregon. Low temperatures generally 30 to 40. Northern California: Possibility of light rain in north' portion near week end. Temperatures near normal. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 38: below normal 3. . " Record high this date 67 in 1954. Record low this date 13 in 1929. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month, trace, .48 inch be low normal. . . Total since Sept. 1, 21.52 inches, 10.17 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 56, CITY High Low Prec. Brookings , Crater Lake .... Grants Pass Klamath Falls 64 31 .-45 . 52 . 39 25 29 16 . 26 . . 34 T Portland " 40 MEDFORD 50 Seattle Spokane Yakima ..: 42 38 28 21 33 5 .01 Eureka , Red Bluff Sacramento ........ San Francisco Los Angeles 57 64 64 62 65 . 40 43 38 40 46 Phoenix Denver . Chicago . 56 42 34 76 42 38 45 22 32 65 35 34 36 .12 .02 1.19 .48 Miami New York ....... Washington, D.C. TOO MUCH! Tuesday. February 7, 1958 Faculty, Students Hold ' In Memoriam Assembly Ashland Eulogizing Paul Patterson as a fine patriot, and a good governor, Dr. Roy W. Mc Neal, long-time friend of the late governor, gave an In Me moriam address before faculty and students of Southern Ore-' gon college at a special convoca tion Friday. Dr. McNeal cited the late gov ernor's friendliness and the fact that almost all people respected him regardless of their own per sonal beliefs. ,. Dr. McNeal said: "He loved people.; He hated equivocation, dishonesty, and unfairness, while expressing his own conviction fearlessly and frankly. His great est pride was in being an Ameri can one of the great mass of American people." . Ten Groups Ask End Of Idaho Power Plan Washington (U.R) Ten public power groups asked the U. S. Court of Appeals today to set aside Federal Power Commis sion approval of plans by Idaho Power Co. to construct two dams in Hells Conyon.. Previously, the groups -had appealed an EPC order granting the company a license to erect three low-level dams on the Snake river between Idaho and Oregon. The new petition asked the court to consider both FPC orders as one case. The planning order, issued Nov. 3, approved the company's revised construction plans for Brownlee and Oxbow dams. Li censes for those two dams, plus Hells Canyon dam, were granted last Aug. 4. , WALL STREET New York-OJ.R) Stocks en countered' support in the late trading today - after -a. broad, moderately active decline. The only group which man aged to show a rise was the util ity and that was helped by the natural gas bill. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line reched 87, up 3. It held more than two points of the rise. Peo ples Gas was up more than a point on top of an eight-point rise yesterday. Today's closing ' prices on se lected stocks: ' American T & T .. 183 Anaconda .... 69 Chyrsler 74 Curtiss Wright 28Vz General Electric ... 563i General Motors 44 Vi Montgomery Ward 88V6 Perm R R 23 Penney J C ...... . 93 Radio . ......... 43 Southern Co 20 Southern Pacific ...... 54 S Oil of Calif 91 Texas Gulf Sulphur ... 35Vs Transamerica ....... 39 V4 Tri-Continental . .... 25 United Aircraft 69 U S. Rubber ...... '. 53 V U S Steel . ...... 53 Youngstown ... 86 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U J.) Low choice light steers S19; commercial and low good around 1000 lb.' steers $16;. good around 1250 lbs. S16: choice steers $19 19.25, with average choice around 1040 lbs., $19.50. Mostly choice 843 lbs. fed heifers $16.50; canner and cutter cows $7.50-9.25. Calves 25. Good vealers $21-23. Choice to $27. Culls downward to $8. Hogs 150. U.S. No. 1 and 2 butch ers 180-235 lbs.. S15-15.50; No. 1 butch ers $15.75; mixed No. 2 and 3 lots $14.75;, No. 3 butchers $14.25. Sheep 200. Choice with some prime fed wooled Iambs $19-19.25. Good and choice "slaughter lambs $17.50-18.50; good and choice feeders $15-16; good and choice ewes $5-6. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 46-50c: A large 43-48c; AA medium. 43-47c; A me dium, 43-45c; A small, 39-43c; carton, '2-3c additional. Butter To retsilers: AA grade prints, 66c lb.; cartons, 67c; A prints, 66c: cartons 67c; B prlnts.b 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, single daisies, 401,i-45I2c; 5-lb. loaves, 46 ',4-49 V2C Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39Va-41c lb. Farm Market -. Dealers quoted higher prices today for ripe tomatoes from California and Mexico producing areas. Prices also advanced for Northwest potatoes, Cal ifornia and Arizona lettuce and Cal ifornia and Florida green peppers. California cabbage was down. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2'2-4 lbs... 24c; at farm, 23c; roasters, 24c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light hens, 17c; heavy hens, all wts., 22c; old roosters, ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 36 37e lb.; .whole drawn, 42-45c: cut up, 47-51c; hens, light type. New York style, 30-31c; cut-ups, 42-46c; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style, 36-37c; whole drawn. 45-47c. . Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weights, 27c lb. Dressed TurkeysTo retailers, nom inally A grade young hens, 55-56c lb. eviscerated, depending on weight: eviscerated fryer-roasters, 57c lb. . Rabbits (Average, to "growers, f.o.b. killing plant: Live white, 34-4',i lbs., 23-26c; 5-6 lbs.. 18-21c; colored pelts, 4c under; old does. 10-14c lb.; a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers 58-61c lb.; cut up. 62-65C. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland -WHOLESALE HAY PRIC ES: No. 2 green alfalfa, bailed, fob Portland, $40-42.50 ton; some sales' higher. WHOLESALE PRICES AS REPORT ED by the USDA market news ser vice: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $74 ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test, Coast delivery,: $55; No. 2 Western barley, $47.50 fob Portland Coast delivery; soybean meal. $75 ton delivered Port land: standard millrun, $42-42.50; No. 2 yellow corn, Eastern shipments, fob Portland, $62.50. . . , Fish 'n Chips and Jumbo Fried, Shrimp at McDuffie's COFFEE POT DRIVE-IN 1132 North Riverside MEDFORD. (OREGON) Mrs. Jackson's Will Sets Up Foundation Portland U.R)Thelate Mrs. C. S. Maria Jackson, widow of the founder of the Oregon Jour nal, left the bulk of her estate in a trust fund to be known as the "Jackson Foundation" for charitable and educational 'purposes..'"-.' ' . ' ' Mrs. . Jackson's will and four codifcils, filed today in Multno mah county probate court, "pro vide for ' establishment of the fund in excess of $1,250,000. 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