Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 13, 1956, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Chimney Fire Firemen re ported no damage from a flue fire Saturday evening at the Oliver H. Streimikes home, 1123 West Ninth st. Public Invited A card party will be conducted . Wednesday, Feb. 15 by Get Together club at the Pythian building. The event is open to the public and will begin at 1 p.m. Disaster Car Meeting Mem bers of the Jackson County Dis aster Car organization will meet in the main fire station at 7 p.m. today. Anyone interested in the Disaster Car project is welcome to attend. At Osteopathic; James Chap lin, Gold Hill, was admitted this morning to Osteopathic hospital for medical care, and surgery patients admitted over the week end are Mrs. William Byrd, Ash land, and Victor Frost, Camp White. . Recorder Home Miss Neva Samuels, city recordef, is con valescing at her home, 123 Tripp St., after her release yesterday from Community hospital. She suffered a fractured thigh last Vnonth in a fall at her home and is expected to return to work in a few weeks. . ' Articles Taken Four thefts were reported yesterday to Med ford police. A. L. . Schroeder, 1044 West 13 th. st., told police a spare tire and wheel valued at $65 were . taken ' sometime be tween Feb. 4 and 11 from his sedan. Jeffrey L. Shute, 235 South Oakdale ave., reported the theft of a tire and wheel from his car. Hubcaps were reported stolen from a car owned by Jack D. Johnson, 906 South Holly st., and fender skirts were reported taken from a car owned by Larry L. Phillips, Grants Pass. New Store Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fl HOME DEMONSTRATION. V Personal Taken From Company Par sons Motors, 315 East Fifth st., reported to city police this morn ing the theft of two tires and wheels, which were taken from new cars in storage at the com pany. They were valued at 90. Social Club Reames Social club will meet Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 12 noon irr the Medford Masonic temple. Luncheon will be followed by a social after noon " and cards. Mrs. Emerson T. Anderson is general chairman. Fleet Reserve A meeting of Crater Lake post, Fleet Reserve association, is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 8 p.m., at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall, 42 North Front st., in the upstairs hall. All retired Navy and Marine corps personnel and their wives are invited. Refresh ments will be served. - - At Community Christy Brown, 3, daughter of Mr.- and Mrs. Frank D. Brown, 612 Vic tory, st., had surgery today at Community hospital. Those who had surgery there Saturday are Constance Gale Dawson, 7, and Cheryl Henricks, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henricks, both of Ashland; Evelyn Hilde brand, granddaughter of Mrs. Evelyn Hildebrand, route 1, box 222, Talent, and Mary Herbison, 12, daughter of the Rev. O. Wen dell Herbison, Ashland. Martin Luther A motion pic ture film on the life -of Martin Luther will be shown tonight at 8 o'clock at Apostolic Faith church, North Central ave. and Third st., it was announced this morning. The public is invited. The series of evangelistic serv ices being held at the. church will continue Tuesday through Friday. Here for the services are the Rev. Robert Crawford, Port land, and a crew from the "Low er Light" mission. VI '- U -:J mmm. mmsm Sale.. 21 IN. 5W Family Visits Mr. and Mrs. Howard Evans and children, Gordon and Donald, Salem, left today for. their home after visit ing several days with Mrs. Evans' father, H. R. Burk and Mrs. Burk, 9 King st. , In Bay City Mrs. Claire Phe lan, of Burelson's women's ap parel shop, is in San Francisco visiting a sister, Mrs. Sonya Gordon. Mrs. Phelari, who left Saturday by plane, makes her home with another sister, Mrs. Nuna Lizberg, of Burelson's. Visit Mr. and Mrs. George Yorg and children, Linda, Rich ard and Stephen, Walnut Creek, Calif., visited for the week end with Mr. and Mrs. John Mans field, 1615 Crater Lake ave. The women are cousins. The group spent Sunday at Union creek. Phoenix Scouts Phoenix cub scouts will have their annual Blue and Gold banquet Thurs day, 16 at the First Presbyterian church in Phoenix. The meeting-is open to all cub scouts, their entire families and friends. Following the banquet there will be a skit presented by the cubs of Den two; presentation of awards; and a special pie auction to raise funds for cub scouting in Phoenix. '' Nursery to Open The YMCA sponsored nursery school will open Tuesday, Feb. 14, at First Methodist church, 607 West Main st. The nursery was found necessary to. care for children whose mothers are enrolling in a new series of .YMCA classes for women, and will be open both mornings and afternoons Tues days ad Thursdays. Fees for the school will be graduated accord ing to the number of chilren en tering from one family. Young sters must be - habit-trained, it is stressed. Anyone wishing fur ther information may , call .the YMCA, 2-6295. First automobile for the White House was for the use of Presi dent Taft. It was a steam-driven model. . X WARDS DELUXE 21 - EQUALS $260 NAME-BRAND TV Wards sale price $5 down, Terms Save $50 over comparable national brands. Aluminized tube with dark safety glass gives sharp, glare-free picture relieves eye strain. "Fringe area" reception, lets you enjoy distant programs. Modernized circuits. Ma hogany finish. BLOND ... $10 more. 1-YR. warrantee on all parts. LIMITED QUANTITY 1955 REFRIGERATOR 9.3 CU. FT. SIZE 77 Down, Terms Reg. 214.95 FULL-WIDTH' FREEZER PASTEL INTERIOR TRIM Right size for the average family and erf the right price, too. Plenty of storage space with froster tray, 2Vi sturdy shelves, 3 door shelves, egg rack, and full-width metal erisper. Dependable manual defrost. 5-year Warranty on sealed unit. ASK FOR A FREE HOME DEMONSTRATION-TODAY SERVICI WHAT Wt Obituaries MRS. KATHERINE WHITTED Mrs. Katherine Whitted of 2902 North Pacific highway, died in a local hospital today. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. MARY DUPRAY Funeral services for Mary L. Dupray, who died in Hillsboro Wednesday, will be held in the Conger-Morris Chapel at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, with the Rev. C. Fred Lee, of the Faith Ad vent Christian church officiat ing. Burial will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Dupray was born in Black Walnut, Pa., Jan. 30, 1882, a daughter of the late Hervey S. and Belle A. Sturdevant. She came to the Willamette valley at the age of three, living near Cornelious until 1922 when she moved to Medford. On April 23. 1902, at Cornelious,1- she was married to Irvin Dupray who preceded. her. in death. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Pof f en barger, Hillsboro; Mrs. Edith Fuller, Napa, Calif.; and Mrs. Bessie Mullen, Redding, Calif.; two sons, Fred H:; Portland; and Frank M., Medford; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Howard, Los Ange les, and Mrs. Bessie. Hiddink, Hillsboro; a brother, Roy Stur devant, Portland; 14 grandchil dren and seven great-grandchildren. - - Fafe of Twins Depends on Tests Wheeling, W. Va. (U.R) The fate of 14-year-old twin, boys ac cused of bludgeoning to death a nine-year-old Cub Scout hung today on the results of a study of lie detector tests taken by the youthful suspects. The twins, Thomas and Joseph Williams, spent nearly eight hours yesterday answering ques tions about the slaying of David Powell last Thursday night. Prosecutor Joseph Gompers home rfpfi&M&vm'mvL U.S.A. INCH "iore -'VS Am ,.. ve w T'fc'or. III WALL STREET New York (U.R) Stock trad ing today went back to the sum mer doldrums of 1955 with vol ume the lightest since Aug. 22. Price changes weresmall. Motors held in a narrow frac tional area, including Ford. Steels dipped fractions to a point. So did the metals except ' Ken- necott which rose a . fraction. Utilities were lifted in their aver age by one-point rise in Pan handle Eastern Pipe Line. . Today's closing prices on se lected stocks:' American T & T ..... ... 182Vi Anaconda . 68Vs Chrysler . 73 Curtiss Wright 27V2 General Electric . 55 General Motors 43 Montgomery Ward 853,4 Penn. R. R 22 Penney, J. CI 96V2 Radio 42 Southern Co.'...., 20 Southern Pacific ................ 53 S. Oil of Calif , 90 Vs Texas Gulf Sulphur ' 35V2 Transamerica. 39 Tri-Continental (. 25 United Aircraft 67 U. S. Rubber :........... 52 U. S. Steel .. 5lsA Youngstown 85 Indian Junior Chamber Chartered at Chiloquin Chiloquin (U.R) What s be lieved the first Indian Junior Chamber of Commerce in the na tion received its charter Satur day night. The junior, chamber group as formed on the' Klamath Reservation with John Heilbron ner as the president. made no official statement dn the results of the lie detector tests. He said they would be studied by a State Police expert and all officers who worked on the murder would meet tomor row to "definitely announce if the case would be sent to the Grand Jury. Gompers issued, a flat "no" when asked if the twins had con fessed. 21m rn L 6 aJ'P- Monday, February 13, 19SS Three People Injured In Aufo Accidents Three people" were hurt, none seriously, in an auto accident about five miles from Medford on Crater Lake ave., at 4:25 p.m. yesterday, according to state po lice. , A car driven by Dolly Fish er Barrett, route 1, box 208, Eagle Point, collided head- on with a vehicle operated by Rob ert Force, route 2, box 197, Medford. Force was cited by state police for failure to oper ate on the right side of the high way. Mrs. Barrett received bruises; William J. Barrett, a passenger in the Barrett car, received fa cial cuts, and Force received cuts and bruises. Both cars were heavily damaged, police said. In another accident, cars driv en by Lloyd Joseph LeFaive, 620 Victory st., and Richard Earl Lehman, 534 Mae st, col lided on Highway 99 north and Willow Junction at 11:42 p.m., Saturday,' state police said. 'No one was reported injured. Oregon Students Form Future Teachers Group Corvallis (U.R) Some 250 representatives from Oregon high schools met on the Oregon State campus Saturday and formed the first state Future Teachers' Association. Noel Lesley, ' Stayton high school junior, was named' first president. In all 40 high schools were . represented. Kafen Emerson, Tillamook junior, was elected vice-president; Janis Baer of Bend, sec retary, and Katy Finell of Marsh field, historian. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK ' Portland ,(UP) Cattle 2400, holdover 100. High choice with some prime around 1075 lb fed "steers 20; choice around 1025 lb 19.50; low grades 19;- good steers 16.50-17.50; choice fed heifers 17; mostly choice lb.au; good heifers l3-lo.7o: canner cutter cows mostly 7.50-9:50; utility cows 10-12; utility commercial bulls 14-15.50; good-choice feeder steers 17. Calves 100. Choice vealers 25- 27; good culls down to 8. Hogs 1500. US 1 and 2 butchers 180- 235 lb 15-15.50; sows 210-470 lb 10.50 12.50: 50C-560 lb 9-9.50. Sheep 1200. Choice with some prime wooled slaughter lambs 19-19.25; good choice grades 17.50-18.50; cull-utility ewes v PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP) Eggs To re tailers: Grade AA large, 48-51c; A large 46-49c; AA medium, 43-47c", A medium 43-45c;- A small . 38-41c; car ton. 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 Cheddar, single daisies, 40 "i -45 lie; 5 lb loaves, 461,i-49',2C. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb loaf. 39',i-41c lb. Farm Market " First Central American watermelons were quoted at 15c a lb to retailers here today; southern lettuce sold at 2.65-2.85 a 2-doz head carton to re tailers; spinach was 4.25-5 for 4-doz bunches; Oregon and California daffo dils were at a new seasonal low of S25 lor iuuu duos. Poultry, Rabbits JL1VE CHICKENS To growers (No. quality fob Portland i: 'rvers 2U.4 lbs 24c; at farm; 23c; roasters, 24-lb fob Portland; light hens. 17c; heavy hens, all wts. 22c; old roosters. ll-14c. DRESSED CHICKENS No. 1 dress ed to retailers: Fryers, NY style, 36 37c lb; whole drawn, 42-44c; cut up 47-51c; hens light type, NY style. 30 31c; rut ups. 42-44c; hens, heavv tVDe. NY style. 35-36c; whole drawn. 44-46c. TURKEYS To nroducers: Frver turkeys, live wts, 27c lb. DRESSED TURKEYS To retailers. nominally A grade young hens, 55-56c lb eviscerated, depending on weieht: eviscerated fryer-roasters, 57c lb. RABBITS (Averaee to erowers. fob. killing plant): Live white, 33i-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 re tailers, 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 service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white. S74 ton: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb test. Coast Delivery S55; No. 2 Western barley $47.50-48 ton i.o.d. .Portland coast delivery; soybean meal 570 ton delivered Portland; standard millrun $42; No. 2 yellow corn Eastern shipments f.o.b. Portland $62,75. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight. 5:40 p.m.: sunrise to morrow, 7:10 a.m. forecasts: . Medford and vicinitv: Considerable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday with a tew light showers. Low . tomght 33. High Tuesday 45. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy with a few light showers of snow or mixed rain and snow tonight and Tuesday. Cooler tonight. Low tonight 25-35. High Tuesday 38-46. Northern California: Mostly fair through Tuesday but occasional cloudi ness in north portion with a few showers near the Oregon border. Oc casional light rain from Eureka north ward Tuesday. Slightly cooler in north ern inland sections Tuesday. LOCAL DATA: , Temperature: Mean yesterday 46; above normal 4; Record high this date, 67 in 1943. Record low this date, 20 in 1929. Precipitation: 24 hours to midnight, trace: midnight to 10 a.m., trace. Total this month, trace, .90 in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 21.52 in., 9.75 in. above normal. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 58, highest this a.m. 98. City hi lo prec. Brookings . 52 30 56 39 16 36 32 34 37 .04 .32 Crater Lake ..- Grants Pass Klamath Falls . MEDFORD Portland .-. 44 54 50 trace .01 Seattle ... Spokane Yakima .. 44 35 37 22 . 48 29 Eureka Red Bluff . Sacramento San Francisco . Los Angeles .... 52 44 52 44 63 40 60 49 ......... 59 49 Phoenix Denver Chicago 70 40 49 31 .34 23 . 67 52 . . 47 36 51 33 trace Miami New York . Washington. D. C. Fish 'n Chips and Jumbo Fried Shrimp at McDuffie's COFFEE POT . DRIVE-IN 1132 North Riverside MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEH Ulysses Balentine Dies at K. Falls Klamath Falls (U.R) Ulys ses S. Balentine, 42, former state senator from Klamath county and a prominent Klamath Falls attorney, died early yesterday at his home here. Death was at tributed to a heart attack. Balentine served two terms in the Oregon Senate, had been a police judge in Klamath Falls and at one time was president of tfle Klamath county bar as sociation. Last year Balentine appeared before U.S. Judge Chase Clark to answer charges of failing to file income tax returns. He was placed on one year's probation. Births ST. GEORGE To Mr. and Mrs. Clarence, route 2, box 667A, Central Point, Feb. 10, 1956, a girl, 7 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. . LOFTIS To Mr. and. Mrs. Oryille, 4085 Cedar y lane, Feb. 10, 1956, a girl, 5:' pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. . JACKSON To Mr. and Mrs. Forrest, 3070 Lone Pine, rd., Feb. 11, 1956, a boy, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. EATHERTON To Mr. and Mrs. Jay, route 1, box' 424, Feb. 11, 1956, a boy, 7 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. . . CREWS To Mr. and Mrs. Forrest, 1003 Jasper st., Feb.. 11, 1956, a boy, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. - JACOBSON To Mr. and Mrs. Marvin, 2035 Sunset dr., Feb.. 10, 1956, a boy, 7 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. LENGELE To Mr. ,and Mrs. Frank, 711 West Second st., Feb. 11, 1956, a boy, 9 pounds, at Community . hospital. News About Servicemen AIRCRAFT TESTING , .. . Airman Third Class Arthur V. Frick, son of Mrs. Ona W. Moon, route 2, box 202, Medford, ar rived recently at Edwards Air Force base where he has been assigned to the 6513th Supply Squadron. Frick, a graduate of Eagle Point High school, entered the Air Force in June, 1954. He completed a supply course in Wyoming : and from the Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force base .will receive assign ment in Korea. AT CHERRY POINT ' Cpl. Robert E. Farrell, son of Mrs. Ethel . A. Farrell, 506 North Riverside ave., arrived at the Marine corps air station, Cherry Point, N.C., in mid-January for duty with the 2nd Ma rine aircraft wing. COMPLETES TRAINING . Richard C. Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Anderson,' 2438 Capitol ave., completed re cruit training Feb. 6 at the Ma rine corps recruit depot, San Diego, Calif. ' ' Another Many- - Splewtored Triumph for. (Jones. " Good Mominq. Miss Dove; ROBERT STACK COLOR BY OK uixm JS J I - 1. .' TWO OF THE MOST UNUSUAL OFF BEAT PICTURES EVER MADE! Doors Open 7:30 Curtain 8:00 P.M. ONE SHOW ONLY Man Set Afire by Holdup Pair Succumbs Everett, Wash. ' (U.R) " Leo St. Aubin, 55-yearold contract or, died here late Saturday night, of barns suffered Thursday mor ning when two masked men stopped his car and set him afire. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 7 a.m. to 2 p-m. Now! DOORS OPEN THE ' NATION DANCED T0 MUSIC DONNA REED GENE KRUPA -LIONEL HAMPTON 310 c4h ASHLANDo Now TWO TOP HITS In A Swell Show mz , v' vSafattflF: atWStf.iEns; (A Pmsc: LUPfllO STERLING WED.-THURS. ONLY HOTEL L, j V' -.;', 530 to 9:00 P. M. Roast Turkey I 1 $15(a J 1. .gggj-tt i-ftm J 6:45 P.M.. wy p. uracil ? '" fl! TECHNICOLOR I STEVE rf? ' ALLEN r ft to u. iaamsaaa