Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 27, 1956, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Personal Has Surgery Or age O. Hous ton, Trail, is reported today as a surgery patient at Community hospital. - . ' " - To Spokane Mrs. J. M. Spencer, 829 West Second sf., left by plane, this morning for Spokane, Wash.; where her mother is ill and is a patient there at St. Luke's hospital. At Community Elmo Atter bury, 1002 West 11th st., was 'dismissed today from Commun ity hospital after being there since Feb.. 24 for treatment of injuries received in ah automo bile accident, attendants re-' ported. Return To Live Mr. and Mrs. Parker Woods and children, Jim, 10, and Jean, 7, have ar rived from Salem to make their home here. They formerly lived in Medford, leaving for the northern city about two years ago. From Portland John Nieder meyer, Jacksonville, arrived home by plane Sunday from Portland where he had been since Feb. 14 at Providence hos pital for major surgery. He is reported to be convalescing in Return Among valley bowl ers who returned Sunday from Portland where they participated in a bowling tournament were Sam Van Dyke, Bill Piche, Bill Meyers, James Farrar and Les Snyder. Mrs. Van Dyke also made the trip. The men make up the Lamport's : store- league team. 5 -Revival Continues The Rev. .Harold . Volk, evangelist, and Lee Mansveld, a minister of mu- : sic, will continue revival serv- ' ices : through - Wednesday,- at Church of the Nazarene. The meetings will be held at 7:30 p.m. and the public- is invited. The campaign began Feb. 15 The Rev. Raymond W. Hurn is pastor ox the church. ; - House Fire r Central' Point Rural Fire Protection district re ported slight damage to the house and furnishings about 6:50 p.m. yesterday from a blaze at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Martin, Upton and Kirtland rds. Firemen said that an overheated stove set fire to the wall and that the fire extended into the attic before two pumpers and a tank controlled the blaze. OPEN FOR SEASONl UDuCj ENDS TUESDAYl . PLUNDER! I of 1 THE SUN J nur? Li I (AMY MOM, Jr. - ROMAN Fish 'n Chips and Jumbo Fried Shrimp at McDuffie's COFFEE POT DRIVE-IN 1132 North Riverside Rummege Sale .Women of First Christian church will-hold a rummage sale Tuesday . and Wednesday;: Feb. 28 and ' 29, in the Fehl. building.; Saie - hours will be 9 a.m. to. 5 p.m. , " . ; Born February 29? The Mail Tribune news staff isinterested in contacting persons with Leap Year birthdays. It would be ap preciated if persons born Febru ary; 29. would call 2-6141 and contact Mrs. Olive Starcher, women's editor. . . ' - ' - Smoke Investigated Firemen were called at 4:11 p.m. Satur day to investigate smoke in the fourth floor .living quarters at Community hospital. Cause of smoke was found to be a short in an electric motor used in a gas fire place. At 4:15 p.m. Sun-, day, firemen stood by while, a flue fire burned out at the John : B. Flagg residence, 1260 Thomas fd. No damage was reported-r . . . Returns J. A. McDougall, 315 Perry dale avenue, returned by plane yesterday from Roches ter,. Minn. McDougall has been with his son, Leon, who recently , underwent rare heart surgery at the Mayo clinic and who is scheduled to return home next Saturday by plane. The "young man is to leave the hospital to morrow for a hotel. The doctor and hospital staff termed . his quick recovery "remarkable,," his father reports. To Leave Mr. and; Mrs. Dale Niedermeyer, Roberts rd.,! have sold their home to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Adkins, Stewart ave., and the Niedermeyers will leave this week . for Warden, Wash., they said today. The couple has purchased a 100-acre ranch there and will raise grains and al falfa. They have previously- en gaged in the same type farming here. , They will live near their ranch until their home is com pleted. Their, new. place is in the Moses Lake area and is. under irrigation. - ' - -- -'' " Honor Students Miss Ruth Louise Powell and Carroll Walk er Powell, Jr.; daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll -'Po well 'of Central Point, have -been named on the -Bob "Jones Uni versity? Dean's List for the ifirst semester of - the .1955-56 "school year. This official list is com posed of those . students who made .""A" or "B" averages dur ing the semester. ": Miss Powell is a senior enrolled in -the Bob Jones University School of Re ligion, and Mr. Powell is a senior enrolled in the Bob Jones Uni versity College , of Arts arid Science. ; .'..-; . - V, Son Born A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Marx, Portland, Feb. 26 at ' Emanuel hospital. The child, their first, weighed 8 pounds and 1 ounce and has been named -Gregory Paul Marx. Mrs. Marx, the for- -mer Charlotte Walker, is a daughter of Dr. and Mrs.- L. Paul Walker, 408 South Oak- dale ave., and Mr. Marx, junior in the University of Oregon Dental college, is a son of Mr. and Mr3. Homer Marx, Kings highway. It is the first grand child for both couples. Mrs. Walker is in Portland, with her son-in-faw and daughter, and Pr, Walker plans to join her la ter this week. Mr. and -Mrs. Marx will go to Portland Friday to spend a week." NeWs -About Servicemen ASSAULT EXERCISE " ' ' '-'". -Marine Cpl. Lloyd R. Linduall, son of Mr.- and Mrs. Henry W. Linduall, - Route ' 2, . Central Point,' and husband of the for mer Miss Nina J. Blessing of Medford, landed recently on Iwo Jima during . an assault exercise by the Third Marine Division. On completion of the exercises the marines will return to bases in. Japan and Okinawa. PORTLAND . HAY, GRAIN : -b4.t j wtiniocaU flav Prices: xr o .on nifsTa haipd f.o.b. Port land 42-S43-ton; some . sales higher. v wnoiesaie prices as repwicu -w? No. 2 soft. -white. S74 ton; No. 2 white Bate, 38-lb:test, Coast delivery o3-So4; No. 2 western barley muh i" i.u.u. Portland. Coast delivery r soybean meal $75 ton delivered Portland; -No. .2 yel low ; corn. , eastern , snipnrenu Portland 63-S63.25 - : ;.." i r - : PORTLAND PRODUCE VnrtlT,A :iTTPL' Ezes To Tetall- ers: Grade ' AA .. large 54-55c; A large 51 -53c: AA medium .49-5 lc; A small 37-41; cartons 2"' to 3c additional. - Butter To -; retailers: AA graae prints 66c lb; -cartons 67c; A prints 66c; cartons 47c: B prints, 64c. f'hpoco in rptaiiprs: a ffraae cneu- dar single daisies. 40V--45ic; -5-lb loaves" 46 Vi-49 rsc. Processed American cheese 5-lb loaf 39-41c Jb. DRESSLER To Mr. and Mrs Leland, route 2, box 469D, Feb 26, 1956, a boy, lOVi pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. HANDY DOCTOR Dickinson. N. D. . U.P.) Dr Chris Dukart was hunting rab bits with a group of children recently when his huntine doff was accidentally shot by one of tne boys. Tne doctor took the dog to St. Joseph's hospital, had him X-rayed and then treated him. MICHAEL A. MESSER ,, Michael. .Alari Messer, Infant son . of Mr. and Mrs.: Robert C. Messer of 1894 Archer dr., died this morning in a local hospital. Conger-Morris; funeral home is in charge of arrangements. r ONTV.FOLLOV.-y WJA :; HOTEL barry nm0: SULLIVAN Ms Vv S -fn;,t , INTERNATIONAL IHTRIS8E 4 ' 53o t,9op.M. DANGER i hi v I 'fifn 'ffs gj H constant companlonl Sil - - :r, I V I :L- h R0ASIi;AS ; - .M .gqf A Dressing U . I KBES-TV, Thursday, 10:30 p.m. I " iM H''H I Home Appliance Co. ji,UJ Births SMITH To Mr. and Mrs Darrell, 114 North Columbus ave., Feb. 25, 1956, a boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart Hospital. McNEILL-rTo. Mr, and 'Mrs. Douglas, 405 Oak st., Feb. 26, 1956, a girl, Wz pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight. 5:59 p.m.: sunrise to morrow, e:4B a.m. FORECASTS: Medford and vicinity: Cloudv with rain loiugni ana eany xuesaay. oc casional Busty southerly winds. Partly cloudy and showers through Wednes day. i.ow tonignt 40. High Tuesday 47 Western Oregon: Increasing cloudi ness with rain tonieht. Occasional showers with partial clearing Tuesday. uiw tonigm aa-a. Jtugn xuesaay 44-52. Northern California: Occasional light rain Ukiah and Red Bluff northward tonight, becoming heavy rain Tuesday and spreading southward to vicinity of King City and Merced. Blizzard in hieh mountains. LOCAL DATA .. Temperature: .Mean vesterdav 36: below norms! 9. gecord high this date, 69 iri 1953. Record low this date, 26 in 1934. - - - ' ..... - - Prceipitation: 24 hours to midnight, .02 in. Midnight to 10 ajn. .02 in. Total this month, 4.92 in , 3.04 in. above normal.- Total since Sept.. 1, 26.44 in., o.ov in. aoove normal. . . Humidity: Lowest vesterdav 7S,; mgnesi mis a.m., aayo. Farm Market : i v First Mexican cantalouDes were of fered at S22 for a jumbo crate of 45s today; first Texas white wax onions quoted to retailers at 6.95 for 50 lb baes: Calif. asDaraeus sold to retailers within a 19-20 range for 32-lb pyra mids of jumbo spears; locaiiy pre packed carrot and caboage saiaa soia at .i-?i.Z3 a dozen to retailers. - Poultry. Rahhits Live Chickens ' To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers 2 V2 to 4 lbs 23; at farm 2Zc; roasters zac id f.o.b. Portland; light hens 18-19c: heavyfhens,- 5 lbs and up 21-22c; old rooster. 1 1-1 do: Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, NY style :36-37c lb; whole drawn 41-44c: cut up 46-49c; hens, light type NY style 30-31c; cut- ups 40-43c; hens, heavy type umi siyie 35-36c; whole drawn 44-4YC. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weights 27c lb. - Dressed Turkeys To retailers, nom inally A erade voune hens -55-56c lb eviscerated, depending on weight; eviscerated fryer-roasters 57c Jb. Rabbits (Average to growers f.o.b killine olant): Live, white. 33i-4!.i 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. retailers, 58-61c lb; cut up 62-65c. - - ; PORTLAND LIVESTOCK - Portland (UP) Cattle 3.350. Choice with some prime 1120-lb fed steers S19.50; choice 1010-lb $18.75;- other choice steers 18-S18.50: good bid 15.0U S17: eood fed heifers S14.40 with" stock heifers ?14; canner-cutter cows 7.50 $9.50; utility grades 10-S1150; utility- commercial bulls l4-?io. tew ?io.ou; light cutters down to $10. - Calves 125. Good 'vealers 21-$23; choice up to $28 and above; culls down to S8. Hogs 1400. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb 15-S15.25: No. 3 grades $14: sows 320-460 lb 11-$12.50; 530-lb sow $9 50. . - ' Sheep 1000. Choice fed wooled lambs 108-lb $18.75: choice fed lambs $18.25; other good-choice 16.50-$17.50; good choice slaughter ewes 5-$6.50, , with some up to $7. INTO THE TUB -,. . - Bristol, Conn. U.R) Charles Gallagher,. who weighs 200 pounds, fell -through the-roof of his home into his bathtub 10 feet below. He wasen't hurt. Student GoYernment Day List Requested' High schools participating , in the Elks lodge student govern ment day program March 5 and 6 have been asked by the county school superintendent's office to submit by Wednesday evening a list of those elected and ap pointed to' county " and city . of fices. " Mrs. Una B. Inch, assistant county school superintendent, said the deadline was set so the names could be included in printed programs. David Bosworth, Medford high school . student, was ""elected" mayor of Medford in a general election at the school Wednes day and eight other Medford students were elected council men. They were Mira Frohn- mayer, Katherine . Gott, Monte Hoist, Honor Stansbury, Sonja Peterson, Gary Shaffer, Janet Jamison and. Sheila Spence. ; .-. Other county high schools, will choose the elected county offic ials and appointees will fill the remaining positions. - Monday, February 27, 1958- MEDFORD (OREGON) -MAIL TRIBUNE NINE WALL STREET New York 0J.R) Stocks today forgot the Eisenhower sit uation and turned to the techni cal market situation. . As the industrial average ap proached the record high many elected to sell for profits. The net result was a, decline in all sections but the utility and that barley held its own. - Net losses were small for the most part," a point or more in the main list. . Tobaccos were weak on a new assault on' cancer from cigarette smoking. Losses in the tobaccos ranged to nearly two points. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: . American T &T .,..185 Anaconda .... . 741 Chrysler .... 74 Curtiss Wright ;' 31 General Eletcric . . 58V4 General Motors 44 Montgomery Ward .89 . Penn H.R : ,' 23 V Penney J C ..... ....- 98U Radio I.....,.....,.:..:...';,-.;: ; 45V4' Southern Co 1L21 Southern Pacific . S Oil of Calif .. Transamerica .. Tri-Continental ... United ' Aircraft . U S Rubber ... U S Steel Youngstown .. 54 . 41 ...... 26V2 ..... 70V ..... 55 56 . 91 One adult person absorbs and uses about three pounds of oxy gen each day for ordinary breathing processes. V - MR. RIGHT CAME ALONG . Jefferson, la. (U.P.) A girl here named Rather married a man named Wright, leading her friends to conclude she ' would Rather be Wright. ADICC yffij MAR. 22 HL69-72-78 TAURUS APR. 21 I vT MAY. 21 18-393- Ry62-64-79-B3 City . : hi lo prec. Brookings 46 42 SI Crater Lake : 21 14 .66 Grants Pass 45 35 .01 Klamath Falls 34 29 MEDFORD ; 40 ' 35 .04 Portland 39 36 .10 Seattle . 40 35 .23 Spokane 34 27 ' .04 Yakima - : 44 24 Eureka '.. 46 43 .01 Red Bluff 48 34 Sacramento . 55 37 San Francisco .S 52 39 Los Angeles 52 39 Phoenix 65 40 Denver...: ...... 48 23 Chicago 46 29 trace Miami ; 78 66 New York .. 45 40 - , Washington, D. C. 57 43 ' ' Obituaries HELEN TUMY . Mrs. Helen Severance Tumy, 212 South Grape st., died Sun day at her home. She was born in Boston, Mass., June 21, 1868. She .was married to William Ellis Tumy in Chi cago, 111. in , 1889. Mr. Tumy died in Medford in 1920. , She was an 'active member of the local --Presbyterian church and a charter member of Chap ter AA of the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She is survived by. her son, . Earl S. Tumy, a sister, Mrs. Raymond Dumbell,', S,t. Louis, Mo.; ' "a grandson, Gilbert S. Tumy, Med ford; a granddaughter, Mrs. Richard C. Ashcom, - Detroit, Mich., and f our reat-grandchil- dren, - Michael Tumy and Jet frey, . Julie- and ;Kathryn . Ash com.. - - -. Funeral, services will be held at . the Presbyterian; church ' at 1:30 -pm., Wednesday, Feb. 29 Graveside services at the IOOF cemetery will be, private. Perl Funeral home is in charge of ar rangements. . v .. ; : ! ' : ' S TAR GiVZElC V By CLAY R. POLLAN 20' -53 CtMINI MAY 22 huNE22 275-76-77 I CANCER JUNE 23 JULY 23 IEO JULY 24 AUG. 23 16-17-21-3d 38-51-Q7 VWGO. AUG. li - m SEPT-. 22 f 9-12-27- 6S-734 L ' Your Daily Activity Guide -According lo th Stars. . 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