Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 20, 1956, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextI Comt Stolen Theft of a fur coat valued at $500 was reported to city police today by Mrs. Brt Stancliff, Phoenix. She said the coat was taken from the Ashland Elks club. At Community Patients list ed today at Community hospital are Mrs. Floyd Vogel, 706 Whit man place and Mrs. Lyle McCal lister, 810 King st., both there for surgery. Hubcap Taken Robert A. Vance, 308 Mae st., reported to city police Saturday the theft of two hubcaps from his Cadillac sedan while it was parked at his residence." Inrited To Speak County En gineer Paul Rynning has been invited ; to take part in the Seventh Annual road clinic of Washington State college, Pull man, March 7, 8 and 9. He is to take part in a panel discus sion as part of a program in cluding R. H. Baldock, Oregon state highway engineer; John Stoner, Indiana university; . Joshua Vogel, Seattle; R. C. Watts, Olympia; and Mayor Ed elfsen, Boise, Ida. College staff members and students, as well as other roads personnel, - will attend the clinic. United is FASTEST TO SAN FRANCISCO only 1 hrs. , LOS ANGELES onlyAV hrs. mm COD 120 V2" WHEELBA8B This beautiful new Studebaker certainly is king size in everything but price. " ' ., - Its mighty 210-hp. Sweepstakes engine gives you the biggest power package in the low price field . . . yet it's a thrifty successor to those Sweepstakes economy champs of the past. Its whopping 120M-inch wheelbase assures satin smooth, big-car steadiness . . . plus all the interior STUDEBAKE (CWNMON STUDEBAKER PA - t - Met. up thm prion Local and Fined Tony Schleiss, 520 South Fir st., was fined $25 for resisting arrest and $25 for dis orderly conduct in police court this morning following .Hs ar rest over the , week-end during a disturbance in the Allen hotel lobby. He also received a 30-day jail sentence, which was sus pended on the condition that he refrain from drinking intoxicat ing liquor, police said. Seek Woman Medford police art seeking the whereabouts of Mrs. Mary Ann Thompson and her eight - year - old son, Keith Duane, to give' ir a message sent to local headquarters She also may be known as Mary Ann Boner and is a cook or waitress, police said.- - Improved L. T. Yandell, 202 Willamette st., , who was brought to Sacred Heart hospital Friday by Mercy Flights from Myrtle Point as the result of an automobile accident,' is reported today as improved. He suffered serious injuries including- a dis located hip and jaw fracture. Loova at li. as or 6:40 p.m. All flights in pressurized, Convair Mainliners. x - Air Terminal, Call 3-3643 or on authorized frcrvef agent. in POWER,? 5 K275 hp.) In Th Goldwr Hawk O CORPORATION Wl now I COOKSEY MOTOR CO., inc. Personal Jailed Miles R. Robinson, 28, of 835 Niantic st., was jailed early yesterday by sheriff's deputies on a charge of non- support. Dismissed Mrs. Elizabeth Bommel, 846 Maple Park dr., Saturday returned to the home of her daughter Mrs. Everett Gaster, 846 Maple Park dr.,: after being at Osteopathic hospital since Jan. 24, when she fell and fractured a hip, attendants said today.. Boy Bitten Lester Reed Har ris, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Harris, 707 South Oakdale ave., received a tetanus shot Saturday afternoon after he was bitten by a large police dog, while he was riding his bicycle. Police said the owners later arranged to dispose of the dog.' Suffers Burns Wayne Lest er, 2027 Camp Baker rd, suffer ed severe burns about 6 p.m., Sunday when he poured smudge oil on a fire in a workshop at his home it was reported today from Osteopathic hospital. He was ad mitted there for treatment of the burns which he suffered mainly to his left arm and both 'legs. ,. Flue Fires City firemen were called to flue fires Satur day, in the afternoon at the Joseph Killingsworth residence, 2190 Neals dr., and in the eve ning at the Geneva Young home, 2034 Barnett rd. A short in electrical wiring of a hot wa ter heater caused minor damage at the Hugh Collins home, 40 Glenn Oak court, also Saturday. At Sacred- Heart Surgery patients reported today at Sacred Heart hospital are .Sheila Ross, 1 month, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ross, 104 Ross lane; Mrs. Elmer Moore, 4247 Hilsing er rd ; Mrs. Don Milhoan, Tal ent, and Earl Dilree, Phoenix. Medical patients reported are Don Miller, 1025 West 10th st., and tWillard Sherman Jr., six months, Yreka, Calif. - , ... Honored by Company Clif ford W. Curl, 512 Pennsylvania ave., has been honored by the Business Men's Assurance Com pany of America in recognition of his 1955 record in life insur ance sales. He was one of 12 BMA representatives who sold over $1,000,000 of life insurance last year. Curl also is a member of BMA's : presidents' club, an orgs.- -zation of past presidents of '-honorary clubs. - ." University of Pennsylvania was founded in 1740. ' - . the low price field... The President Classic longest, roomiest sedan in its field 210 hp. roominess that six big adults could want. , And even more important is the king-size value you - get because of Studebaker's craftsmanship with a flair! You'll find it in the deft tailoring of color-keyed interiors, in the unique safety en gineering that surrounds you with security. It all adds up to the plus value that makes Studebaker the new choice in the low price field today. Tun In "TV Radr Digest" mvmry wk. OF WORKMANSHIP STILL COMES FIRST I Tsll your Studebaker Dealer when you'd Ilka to have a new Studebaker fit your door for a demonstration drive. No obligation, of course. Sabin A. Gibbs, Local Businessman, Dies Early Sunday Sabin A. Gibbs, 75, of Plaza apartments, former .manager of Mason Ehrman and company, died at a local hospital early Sunday morning. Mr. Gibbs was born at Meno minee, Mich., Feb. 15, 1881. He was a member of the Tacoma, Wash., Masonic lodge, the Scot tish Rite and Hillah Temple of the Shrine, and a member of the Medford Elks lodge and Medford Rotary club. He was in the wholesale grocery business for the past 50 years and manager of Mason Ehrman company for 15 years. He retired in 1951. He is survived by his wife, Mabel F. Gibbs; one son, Wil-. liam; a sister, Mrs. Elias Hamil ton, Seattle, Wash.; two broth ers, Elmer C. of Tacoma, Wash., and J. Newton Gibbs of McCall, Ida. ., Funeral services will be held at Perl funeral home, Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. D. Kirkland West of the Pres byterian church will . officiate. ; Members of Medford Lodge 103 A.F. and A.M. will partici pate in the services at the mor tuary and honorary and active pall bearers will . be from the Elks lodge and the Rotary club. Cremation services will be pri vate at the Siskiyou Crema torium. The family . has - requested that instead of flowers, a dona tion may be- sent to the National Heart Fund in care of the local postmaster. BIBLICAL DECISION Hebron, Conn. (U.R The Rev. Douglas ?Pimm explained that he accepted a call here in stead of another offer because he opened the Bible at random to the second chapter of Samuel: "And David said, 'Whither shall I go up' and the Lord said, 'unto Heuron'." Progress Reported A re port from Rochester, Minn., this morning was to the effect that Leon McDougall, Medford youth who underwent an extraordin ary neart operation last week at Mayo clinic, is making, a sat isfactory recovery. The young man's father, J. A. McDougall, 315 Perrydale ave., telephoned home to say that the surgeon who performed the operation has stated young McDougall's progress is satisfactory to this point. The patient is still for the most part unconscious and re mains under oxygen. He will be hospitalized at least two weeks, it is understood., " Y Obituaries RUSSELL WADE Funeral services for Russell Alfred Wade, 42, who died Fri day, i will" be held in" Conger Morris chapel Tuesday at 1 p.m., with the Rev. George R. V. Bol ster of St. Mark's Episcopal church officiating. Burial will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Wade was manager of Oak dale market,' and previously was employed by Albers milling company from 1948-52 and. by the MJB company. He was born Feb. 16, 1914, in Des Moines, la. On March 19, 1936, at Des Moines he was mar ried to Gretchen Hubler, who survives. A Navy veteran, he en listed March .3; 1944, and was discharged Jan. 6, 1946, as an electrician's mate 3-c, and was a member of the- American Legion.. Survivors include a daughter, Rosalind, two sons, "Tony". and Christopher; a. sister, Mrs. David Corderman, and his mother, Mrs. Leonora Wade, , both of Des Moines. Honorary pallbearers will be Martin Gates, Burl Stevens, Ed Barnett, . Everett . Faber, Tom Shepard, Sam Hersh, Ray Bost wick and James Porter. Active pallbearers will be Howard Miller, Wayne Wright, R4 A. Bowers, Wayne Myrick, Ray Tomlinson and Clayton George. GEORGE C. McCLAIN Funeral services for George Crooks McClain, 86, of Medford who died Friday in a local hos pital - will . be held in Conger Morris chapel Tuesday, at . 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. D. E. Mil lard officiating. Burial will be in Jacksonville cemetery. - Pallbearers will include Rob ert . Furry, Raymond Furry, George Bourne, Chester Bourne, Andrew Stevens and George Watson. Mr. McClain was born Octo ber 20, 1869 in Galeon county, Ohio. He came to Phoenix in 1898 and was a resident there until he moved to Medford in 1946 to live with his daughter after the death of his wife. In 1902 he was married to Myra Jane Harvey. :'. Survivors include sisters, Mrs. Mable Bennett; Medford; Lou ella Hurley, Springfield, Mo., and Mollie Witcher, Cotton wood,' Calif.; "a brother, W. E. McClain, Columbia, Mo.; daugh ter, Mrs. Floyd P. Watkins; Med ford; two granddaughters, Phyl lis' at home, and Mrs. James. H. O'Donel, Coco Solo, Canal Zone, and three great - grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. ISAAC I. DAVID Isaac F. David, 51, died this morning in the Veterans Ad ministration domicilary at Camp White. Conger - Morris funeral home is in charge of arrange ments. ... - . DEBRA CATTANACH - Graveside services for Debra Cattanach,, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lee Catta nach, 617Vi North Bartlett st., who died Friday, were held to day in Siskiyou Memorial park with the Rev. D..E. Millard of ficiating. Conger-Morris funeral home was . in charge of funer al arrangements. Besides the parents, survivors include a . sister, D'Anri; grand parents, Mr. and Mrs." William A. Cattanach, Shady Cove; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert R?Humph hey, Eagle Point. LOUISE PACKARD - ? Gold Hill Mrs. Louise Row den Packard " died" at" Crescent City Feb. 18. '. ' " ' ' Mrs. Packard is the daughter of Mr. William Lee. Rowden, Oklahoma' City, Okla.; Mrs. M. O. McHargue of Gold Hill. She was born Nov.' 11, 1936 in Okla homa. The family moved to Gold Hill where she attended both grade and high school. Mrs. Packard is survived by her husband, Dale Packard of the U. S. Navy, her mother, Mrs. M. O. McHargue; father, Wil liam Lee Rowden; sisters, Alice, Jeanne Rowden; a brother Wil liam Lee Rowden, half sister, Dolores McHargue and one half At the ROGUE VALLEY COUNTRY CLU 5s" Burdelfe and Salvador Th Heesier Hot Shoh report this is a real solid show A must to watch! Headline act at the Latin Quarter and .San Souei of Miami Beach. SAMBA, MAMBO, TANGO AND OTHER ACROBATIC LATIN AMERICAN NUMBERS! - Monday. February "20-1956 Mobilgas Economy Run Slated March 10 to 22 Los Angeles (U.R) The 1956 Mobilgas automobile economy run will be run from Los An geles to the base of Pike's Peak near Colorado Springs, Colo., March 19-22, it was reported today. The annual run is to test the gasoline mileage potential of cars under driving conditions encountered by the average mo torist. The newly organized Unit ed States Auto Club will super vise this year's run. WALL STREET New York (U.R) Stocks staitd and ended today's ses sion on a higher note. - DuPont gave the market a bit of excitement.. It opened on a rise of four points at 230, la ter rising to 230. Directors ordered the usual dividend and failed1 to split the stock. The price broke to 220 off six points net and later came back to 224. Oils had a good recovery. Jersey Standard made up a loss of more than a point. Continen tal late in the day showed a gain of a point.- Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T &T ...... 184 . Anaconda .... .... 73 M Chrysler 721,8 Curtiss Wright "... 29 General Electric ; 57 General Motors ..... 43 Montgomery Ward 88 Penn R R . . .... . 23 Penney J C 96 Radio . 44 Southern Co . 20 Southern Pacific . 55 S Oil of Calif 89 Texas Gulf Sulphur unquoted Tr ansamerica , 3 9 Tri-Continental .. 25 United Aircraft 68 U S Rubber .. ..........j.. 55 U S Steel .. 55 Vi Youngstown' .. 90Vi News About Servicemen VISIT FIELD Curtis E.: Mason, son of Mr. arid Mrs. Curtis W. Mason, route 1, box 303E, Eagle Point, and a cadet in . the AFROTC detach ment at Brigham Young univer sity at Provo, Utah, recently visited Hamilton Air Force base, Calif., with others of his class. FROM GERMANY David . Davis, an Air Force staff sergeant telephoned his parents Sunday that he had ar rived in New York after three years with the Air Force com munications in Germany. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Davis, 310 Genessee st. He will receive 30 days' leave which he. will spend in the east and then con tinue to Louisiana where he will be stationed until next June, Sergeant Davis is to receive his discharge then and return to Medford. His plans now are to continue his education at Ore gon State college. Sergeant Davis is a former Mail Tribune carrier and an employee at Hub bard Bros. He graduated, from Medford High school in 1951 and enlisted in the service soon after. He received basic framing at Parks Air Force .base, Calif., and technical training at Cheyenne, Wyo. HONOR GRADUATE One of three honor graduates of the ..200-member infantry school basic officers Class No. 4 at Ft. Benning, Ga., is 2nd Lt. Robert J. Arndt, 714 West 11th st. Commencement . ceremonies for his class took place Feb. 11. A human adult's eyelids bliiik from three to six times a minute. brother, Donnie Rae McHargue. Mr. and Mrs. M. O. McHargue, Mr. and Mrs. Barnes Rowden, Mrs. A. L. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Taylor left for , Crescent City to make funeral arrange Exeludv for Ifs membership ... ic TWO SUPERB ACTS BURDETTE & SALVADOR DANCE TEAM EDorothy Clair SINGING COMMEDIENNE . Tuesday, February 21st . Through Sunday, February 26th TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY WEEK JSAYS SATURDAY SUNDAY 8:45 & HjOO 9:30 & 12:00 6:30 & 9:00 $1.00 per person Extra on Saturday The Social Hour for this week will be Tuesday, Feb. 21st, not Thursday as previously published. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland UP) Cattle 1.850. holdover 275. High choice fed steer up to 1,119 lb. $19.50; some 1074-lb $19.25: average chaice steers S19; choice fed heifers S16.50, some higher; utility heifers 10-S12; canner-cutter cows 750 S9.50; utility grades 10-S12; utility commercial bulls 14-S15. Calves 100. Choice vealers 25-S28; good 21-S24; commercial 16-S20; culls down to S8; medium to choice stock steers 15-518. Hogs 800. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb. 14.50-515; No. 3 lots $13.50; sows 300-490 lb. 10-S12.50. Sheep 700. Choice fed wooled lambs 118 lb S18.50; choice 109-lb. also $18.50; good-choice slaughter lambs S17; good ccheoice ewes 5-S6; utility $4. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port land. 41-S43 ton: some sales higher. Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft, white. $74 ton; No. 2 white oats 38-lb test. Coast delivery, $54; No. 2 Western barley 47-$4750 ton, f.o.b. Portland, Coast delivery; soybean meal, $74 ton delivered Portland; standard millrun $41.50 ton; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments f.o.b. Portland $63. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP) ; Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 50-54c; A large, 48-52c; AA medium, 46-49c; A medium 46-48c; A small 36-41c; cartons 2 to 3c additional. , Butter To retailers: AA grade prints 66c lb; cartons 87c; A prints 66c cartons 67c. ' ... CheeseTo retailers: A grade Ched dar, single daisies, 40,,i-451,ic; 5-lb loaves 46',2-491,5C. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb loaf 39-41c lb. Farm Market Heavy snows in the Mt. Shasta, Calif., area stalled some trucks today, causing some California produced veg etables to be in short supply today; strong to higher listings wen made for radishes, green onions, red cab bage, broccoli and lettuce. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2', 4 to 4 lbs 23c; at farm, 22c; roasters 24c 16 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 37c lb; whole drawn 41-44c; cut up 46 49c; hens, light type N. Y. style 30-31c; cut ups, 40-43c; hens, heavy type N. Y. style 35-36c; whole drawn, 44-47c. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weights 27c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers, nom inally A grade young hens 55-56C lb; eviscerated, depending on weight; evis cerated fryer-roasters 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers f.o.b. killing plant): Live white 33,i to 4Va lbs 23-26c: 5 to 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. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 5:50 pjn., sunrise tomorrow, 6:59 a.m..v FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloudy with occasional rain through Tuesday. Snow above 3,500 feet-Low-tonight 34. High Tuesday 45. ' - " Western Oregon: Cloudy with inter mittent rain tonight and Tuesday. Lit tle change in temperature; Low tonight 34-38. High Tuesday 42-50. ' - Northern and central California: Intermittent rain Monterey, Stockton, spreading southward to Santa Maria and Fresno tonight and turning to showers Tuesday. Moderateto heavy snow and strong south winds in mountains. Snow level 3.500 feet. Part ly cloudy extreme south San Joaquin valley. Little temperature change. LOCAL DATA: Temperature: Mean yesterday ' 37; below normal 7. Record high this date. 69 in 1916. Record low this date 18 in 1920.- - Precipitation: 24 hours to midnight, .18 in. Midnieht to 10 a.m.. .11 in. To tal this month .56 in., .83 in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 22.08 in 9.82 in. above normal. - Humidity: Lowest yesterday, 53 City . hi Io prec.' Brookings . 47 43 1.07 Crater Lake : 26 15 . 1.15 . Ul ll r L vI lH" S JO to 9-00 P M VI mLmmImmmm p 1 M p- h desrebStTe Skl 50 I V ARTHUR KENNEDY MARTHA SCOTV II r ) AND LUNCH fil BSI)ttSS.lIB.WEW.lCa.Ufa MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Births DE WITT To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest, ' 1106 West Fourth st, Feb. 18, 1956, a girl, 6 pounds, at Community hospital. : . TOBELL To Mr.; and Mrs. Allen, 1354 Dixie lane, Feb. 19, 1956, a boy, 7Vi pounds, at Com munity hospital. PETERSON To Mr. and Mrs. Chester, 2584 Bullock rd., Feb. 19, 1956, a boy, 8 pouncte, at Community hospital V . - ' Grants Pass . Klamath Falls . MEDFORD Portland 41 35 . 34 28 .44 34 . 47 36 3.39 .14 .20 .37 Seattle Spokane Yakima 45 37 . 35 29 .27 22 trap .7 .05 Eureka Red Bluff Sacramenta .. San Francisco ... Los Angeles 50 44 44 41 49 44 .52 49 . 60 43 1.4S ..8, .98 121 Phoenix Denver Chicago . Miami 63 40 35 .16 . 36 19 81 61 48 36 . 48 42 New York.. trie - :01 Washington, D. C. Fish 'n Chips nd Jumbo Fried Shrimp at McDuffie's . COFFEE POT DRIVE-IN 1132 North Riverside oASHLANDo 4 : j SlKATM-REYKain Lucille BALL-Desi AKNAZ James MASON in mgm-s Color LOUIS CALHERN mm.MahiSoSSa -pet' CARTOON . . NEWS- Wv iTPT IT NOW SHOWING A BRIGHT NEW STAR! Dorothy Clair Fresh front the delightful Broadway Comedy "FINIAN'S RAINBOW" in which she played the role of Sharon. You'll love her and love her act! LSI 3 VI AND A 'SI U flRST BIG COMEDY ,' g HIT OF 19561 mm 134 South Riverside Phone 2-5219