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r Local and WOTM A meeting of Women of the Moose when initiations will be conducted is set for to day at 8 p.m., in the Moose hall, 11 South Newtown st. Business Names The busi ness name. Trail Creek Lumber company, has been assumed by Ethel E. and Edmund W. Pease, and Theodore and Lorraine Jar.t zer, according to records in the county recorder's office. - Vandalism George Renaker, 920 West Eleventh st., reported to the Jackson county sheriff's office Monday that someone shot holes in the tires and body of a two wheel trailer parked at the intersection of Phoenix hwy. and Bartlett rd. ' Auto Stolen A car owned by Warren Schluchter, Eugene, re ported stolen from the Medford hotel parking lot Monday night, was recovered early yesterday morning by city police when they found it parked on a down town street. ' Boy Injured Arthur Gordon Falk, 12, of 426 Benson st., re ceived a bruised leg when a bi cycle ridden by him collided with an auto driven by Peter Barshaw, box 286, Jacksonville, at the intersection of West Main and Washington sts. City police said the boy was making a left turn onto Washington st. Bar shaw was not cited. Flue Fire F i r e m e n were called at 5:50 p.m. Monday to the William Gifford Jr. resi dence, 58 South Keene Way dr., to stand by while a flue burned out. No damage was reported. Firemen were called .at 10:14 a.m. yesterday to the Elenor Birkholz residence, 103 South Orange st.&to check a stove the occupant thought was making strange noises, firemen reported. Fish 'n Chips and Jumbo Fried Shrimp at McDuffie's COFFEE POT DRIVE-IN 1132 North Riverside Open For m HAW TViUUm LUNDIGAN M3IIE0 ill . '? More and more buyers in the medium-price Series by PACKARD has all that you deserve ABOVE: CUSTOM POUR-DOOR SEDAN, Personal ' Advisory Meeting The Jack E'en County Juvenile Advisory committee will meet at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, in the circuit court room. The film "Why Van dalism" wll be shown, and James V. McGoodwin will be discussion moderator. Medical Care Mrs. Nancy McDaniel, Vets village, Ashland; Mrs. Mary Namitz, Klamath Falls; Mrs. Verna Hylton, 315 Laurel st.; and Mrs. Pearl Ver- schoor, route 2; are listed today as medical patients at Sacred Heart hospital. New Manager Art Bostock, has been promoted to manager of the Medford Western Auto Supply company from his former position of assistant manager. Bostock started with the supply firm four years ago at the local store and later was transferred to the Eend store. He returned here last fall. He lives at 1513 Wilson pi. He replaces Ed So- mero, who is no longer with the company. Accident Cars operated by Oliver 'G. Walch, route 1, box 359, Talent; John Dee Hawley, 824 West 14th st Medford; and Gary Lee Simmonds, 4571 South Pacific highway, Medford, were involved in a minor accident on Highway 99 in front of the Sec retary of, State's office yester day. State police said the car driven by Simmonds was un able to stop on wet pavement and struck the Hawley vehicle knocking it into the Walch car. The latter two were stopped, while Walch waited for south bound traffic to clear to make a left turn, police said. All three vehicles were traveling north, they . said. There were no in juries. CARD OF THANKS Our heartfelt thanks to all of our mends and neighbors for the kind ness, prayers and help through the ill. ness vf our loved one. And to all who extended comforting sympathy and help in our recent sor row, and for the beautiful floral of fering and other kindnesses, we are sincerely grateful. Mrs. Lydia Lade Mrs. Harry Assink Mrs. Bob Magnuson Howard F. Lade Don L. Lade Richard M. Lade. Season! TTnvrimrrri U IUFIMU U ii THRU SATURDAY! LEARN WITH 273 HP- PACKARD-BUILT V-t COOKSEY MOTOR CO., Mercy Flights Takes Three fo Portland Three men were flown to Portland for treatment at the Veterans Administration hos pital by a Mercy Flights plane yesterday. They were the 447th, 448th and 449th patients flown by the non-profit organization. " Two of the patients were emer gency cases, who could not have gotten to Portland by other means of transportation, due to highway conditions. They were Harry VG. Hill, Rogue"River, suffering from in juries to his hips suffered in a fall; Everett E. Baugh, 819 North Central ave., for medical treat ment, and Harden Mason, Ash land, who was hospitalized about a month ago for treatment of in juries suffered in a fall at the county jail where he was con fined on a charge of drunk driving. Square Dance YMCA offi cials will sponsor a square dance session Thursday, Feb. 23, from 8 to 10:30 p.m., and visitors are invited. Doug Fosbury will do the calling. Dismissed Pairv Cooksey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Or bin Cooksey, 89 Janney-lane, was dismissed from Community hos pital, where she has been a sur gery patient since Feb. 7, at tendants reported today. ' At Community Beverly Keene, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester B. Keene, 142 Glen wood rd., had emergency appen dectomy last night at Commun ity hospital, it was reported to day Mrs. Glen Nelson, Ashland, also is listed today as a surgery patient. Called by Death J. S. Fleigel, Medford attorney, left today by United Air lines for Portfand where he was called by the death Tuesday of a sister, Mrs. Ann Brandon. Funeral services are to be arranged. Mrs. Brandon had been bedfast for about a year. Fliegel is to return Friday, Feb. 24. Player Injured Harvey Ca nehl, 16, son of Mrs. Otto De Jarnett", 618 West Jackson st., was admitted about noon Tues day to Sacred Heart hospital for injuries received while practic ing basketball at Medford Senior high school. He received neck and back injuries according to the report. - In Hospital Mrs. Nelle Os born, former Medford resident, and mother of Mrs. N. B. (Dow) Rowe, formerly of Medford, is reported in satisfactory condi tion at the Spokane, Wash., Sa cred Heart hospital, where she underwent major surgery this week. Friends here received a telephone call Tuesday from Mrs. Rowe regarding her mother; Surgery ' Patients Several new surgery patients ' were re ported today at Sacred Heart hospital. They are Darren Davis, 48 North Peach st.; Arthur Ham ilton, 510 South Grape st.; Amos Maplesden, 2893 Hillcrest rd.; Allen Doty, 1125 Maple Park dr.; Clarence Webber, 704 North Fifth' st., Jacksonville; Todd Whaley, 1320 Covins ave.; and Dennis Davis," 5, son of Mrs. Lewis Davis, route 2, Medford. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. 10 ajn. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day HOW YOU, TOO, field are discovering that only the new Clipper for your money. Let a Challenge Ride prove it! rpHis year, be critical about the car you buy, the money you spend. Let a Clipper Chal lenge Ride prove that buying any other car in its field could be a costly mistake. Only the new Clipper Series by Packard brings you big Packard-built excltlsives in its class . .''.-including the highest horsepower in the field, up to 275 hp. And the resale value of Packard and Clipper cars with exclusive Torsion-Level Ride has " in creased faster than any other cars in America. Come in. Take a Clipper Challenge Ride today. Delivery of Paper Halted Because of Slides, Water An attempt to "deliver the Medford Mail Tribune to Jose phine county residents failed yesterday afternoon when a slide blocked Highway 238, re ported open, at Jacksonville. A car carrying the papers left the Tribune plant about 2:30 p.m. yesterday and made its way with difficulty, as far as Apple gate. Water pouring from a bro ken irrigation ditch there, which had closed the highway earlier in the day, caused several trees to slide into the road and piled dirt behind them. . ' Later Attempt A later attempt to deliver pa pers by way of Highway 99 north was halted by Civil De fense workers at Rogue River. All ether routes to the north were also closed.- The Applegate ' route" to Grants Pass was open - for a short time yesterday afternoon and the highway, ordinarily not a heavy ' traffic, artery, was crowded with., cars attempting to avoid flooded areas. A Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company power wagon attempted to clear the slide blocking- the road at Applegate by attaching cables to the trees. More than 40 cars, from ; sev eral states of the union, parked on the bridge and in the little community, for about two hours, Kraft Will. Double Albany Plant Capacity Albany (U.R) Officials of the Western Kraft Corporation have authorized design and con struction of facilities to double the capacity of its plant here, it was disclosed today by R. V. Hansberger, executive vice-president in charge of operations for the company. The plant, which began oper ation only last September, cur rently produced about 120 tons a day and employs a crew of 100 men. The plant uses chips of formerly wasted woods in the production of, the paper. The chips are hauled in from as far distant as Coos Bay. Hansberger said that the cost of construction required to bring the capacity up to double that at present will be about $5,- 000,000. : The plant is located on a 100- acre ' tract about four miles north of here. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UJM Cattle 400. Hieh choice 1067 lb. steers $19.50 .choice, to J 1150 id. 519; good steers 17-18; utility-commercial heifers 510-14; utility commercial cows $10.50-12.50: utility bulls $14-15; light cutters down to ?11.25. Calves 50. Good vealers $21-24 with choice at S28 or above. Hoes 150. U.S. 1 and S butchers 180-235 lb. $14.50-15 with No. 3 down to $13.50; 320-500 lb. sows $10-12.50; heavy feeder pigs $12.50. ' Sheep 50. Choice fed wooled lambs $18.50; 112 lb. - $18.65; good-choice feeder lambs $14.50-15. Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 53-55c; A large, 50-52c; AA medium, 48-51C1 A me dium, 47-50c; A small, 37-41c; carton, 2-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 66e lb.: cartons, 67c; A prints, 66c; cartons. 67c; B prints, 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, single daisies, 401i-45I,ic; 5-lb. loaves. - 46 '-49 ft c. Processed Amerir can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39-41c.lb. .... .. Farm Market - California cauliflower, cabbage and brussel's sprouts sold at higher prices today; No. 1 cauliflower sold to re tailers at 4.50-4.60 a lettuce crate; solid heads of cabbage sold within a $4.50-4.75 range with red cabbage S6.25-6.50. CAN AVOID A 4 9 I I Inc. waiting to see if the slide would be cleared. Telephone company and lo cal residents worked in hip deep water with axes, power saws and cables to move the de bris but the attempt was still unsuccessful at 4:30 p.m. Although major streams re mained only slightly above flood stage, surface water cov ered the highway in at least 50 places, sometimes to depths of six and eight inches, and slides and washouts caused one-way traffic in six places between Medford and Applegate. , Fields covered ; with surface water gave the appearance of lakes, and five houses in the Oakdale district, near Medford city limits, were surrounded by water up to the floor level with residents digging drainage ditches to prevent it from ris ing higher. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 551 , p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:57 a.m. ! FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness with a few showers in val leys and snow flurries in mountains tonight and Thursday. Low toight 30 32. High Thursday. 43. Western Oregon: Cloudy with scat tered showers and some partial clear ing tonight and Thursday. A little wet snow mixed in showers. Cooler to night. Low tonight 28-35. High Thursday 40-45. Northern and Central California: Intermittent rain mostly Santa Cruz and Stockton north tonight and Thurs day. Snow in mountains. Colder in mountains Thursday. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 39; below normal 5. Record high- this date 68 in 1916. Record low this date 17 in 1913. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night 157 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m., J.4 inch. Total this month 3.79 inches, 2.26 inches above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 25.31 inches, 12.91 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 86, highest this a.m. 100. CITY . High Low Prec. Brookings . 49 43 .67 Crater Lake Grants Pass 43 36 - .85 Klamath Falls 38 32 .24 MEDFORD . 42 35 1.17 Portland 45 34 .39 Seattle 43 31 .47 Spokane .. 40 30 .16 Yakima 42 21 .31 Eureka 54 45 .91 Red Bluff 55 49 .26 Sacramento .-. : 63 51 San Francisco 62 54 .18 Los Angeles .. 63 48 Phoenix 75 42 Denver 55 28 Chicago 26 11 Miami .. 77 53 New York 32 15 Washington, D.C. 39 50 CM THE NEW 0 0 TONITE'S THE NIGHT FOR His First Full Picture!.. On the Motion Picture Screen, and Clayton MOORE Lyle BEITCER Bonfla PLUSA WarnerCoIor pj':? ' - - v'fr I ... 'MU . i . fm.AU CM3 fantasy! Wednesday, February 22, 1958 Obituary Notices ISAAC DAVID Funeral services for Isaac F. David, 51, who died Monday at the Veterans Administration Domiciliary, will be held at the Camp White chapel, at 10 a.m. Friday. Chaplain Samuel Feller will officiate. Conger-Morris fu neral home is in charge of ar rangements. Mr. David was born Aug. 20, 1904, in Utica, Mont. He enlisted in the' Navy Feb. 22, 1944, at Great Falls, Mont., and was dis charged on Dec. 21, 1945, at Bremerton, Wash. Survivors include four chil dren, Keith, Donna, Joan and Jack all of Waukee, Iowa. CARLENE GREER Carlene Rae Greer, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Greer, 1003 West 13th st., Medf6rd, died this morning in a local hospital. Conger-Morris fu neral home is in charge of ar rangements. BESSIE ELHART Ashland- Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Fay Elhart, 64, who died at her home, 117 Nob Hill st. Tuesday, will be held at Litwiller's Mountain View chap el Friday at 1:30 p.m. Inter ment yill be in Rock Point cem etery, Gold Hill. Mrs. Elhart, who was born near Medford April 15, 1892, had been a resident of the val ley all her life. She was a past reader of the First Church Of Christ, Scientist, and was a long-time member of the Fort nightly Study club and Kiwan ian Dames. Survivors include her hus band, Homer Elhart to whom she was married on May 11, 1917; a son, William N. Elhart, Ashland, and two sisters,- Mrs. Mary Sutherland and Mrs. Nora Wait, both of Gold Hill. EDDIE WILD Eddie Wild, 84, of route 1, Central Point, died at his home Monday. - Mr. Wild, a farmer by occu pation, was born .- in Grundy county, Mo., March 2, 1871. He lived in southern Oregon for 26 years. He is survived by three o 0 0 0! - Length Feature Big in Color! Jay SILVERHEEXS. GRANVM Perry LOTEZ . MtracU FulULcngtfi feature Y, W1HNER fARENTS' MA6AZBS MEDAL MOVIE OF THE MONTH daughters, Mrs. Frances Judy of Medford, Mrs. Luella Riemer of Central Point, and' Mrs. Nellie Robinson of Pendleton; one son, Arthur Wild, Battle Ground, Wasn.; one brother, Charles Wild, Soap Lake, Wash.; one sister, Rebecca Corplin, Milton Freewater; 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Funerai services will be held at the Perl funeral home at 2 p.m. Thursday. Elder E. F. Coy of the Seventh Day Adventist church will officiate. Interment will be in Jacksonville ceme tery. . School Board Member Enters Innocent Pela Hillsboro (U.R) Louis R. For rest, 24-year-old -Scofield school board member, pleaded innocent in Washington county Circuit Court yesterday to a charge of assault and battery in connection with Valentine Day injuries suf fered by the school's 54-year-old woman teacher. ' Trial was set for March 8. Thomas Huffman, Hillsboro, was named as Forrest's attorney. Forrest posted $1,000 bail yes terday. He is accused of beating the teacher, Mrs. Essa Lee Rob ertson, He denies the beating, saying that Mrs. Robertson fell against a refrigerator in the school during a scuffle. Births INLOW To Mr. and Mrs John, 546 Maple st., Central Point, Feb. 21, 1956, a girl, iVi pounds, at Community hospital. 'It's Fun to Dine Out' Try It During TOP NOTCH CAFECEATD,GEA! DOORS OPEN 6:45 P.M. ADDED COLOR CARTOON . SHORTS LATE NEWS starring lbJ-i-7 v ryi HE CAME FROM THE SEA bear- I I3 'n9 documents that shook th world ... spinning the strangest n n 11 web in the annals of naval II VbV espionage. After 10 years it can If n V be told . . . from secret files . . v j ull perhaps the most bizarre scheme J of modern times. The story o .,. - z&S&.fj A Sea or i Q' Engulfs . ; j SFN4' P the Screen! O O COMING SOON! O O MAN J WnHi THE fr r. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NIMB Den of Rattlesnakes Killed by Farm Family Sutherland, Neb. (U.R) Nearly 100 rattlesnakes, were ' killed in three days at the Glenn Elfeldt farm near here. , The Elfeldts killed 37 rattlers the first day they discovered them in an abandoned - prairie dog town, just 80 rods from, the farm house. Kills on two other days brought the total to 96, and the rattlers still- hadn'e been cleared out. This it tlit eldest established restaurant in Medford -operated continuously for 29 year in same location. Your down town trip will not be complete until you stop in for a treat at the Top Notch for break fast, brunch-lunch, afternoon snack or an evening meal. : HOTEL 1 V1 530 to 940 P. M. GRAB LOUIE if X TT BREAKFAST . f ) . AND LUNCH CLIFON WEBB v GLORIA GRAHAME "A shattering drama!; -sxsma Hjtam GdPEN EflttrtsinniOTt 134 SOUTH RIVERSIDE PHONE 2-5219
