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Local and Personal Fxom Trip Mr. and Mrs.-C. Lyall Fidler, Ross lane, arrived home this week after being in California and Mexico for three weeks. At Leucadia, Calif., near Oceanside, they visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cullen of Ross lane, who are living there for the win ter. In San Diego, they were with the H. L. Woodairds and with them cruised the bay in the Woodards' cruiser. They also spent time at Pacific Beach, making side trips, including the Palomar observatory and Bal boa park. In Mexico they were at Ensenada and Tijuana. They also did deep sea fishing and while in the Los Angeles area visited Disneyland. The Fidlers stopped en route to Sacramento, San Francisco and Bakersfieldv OPEN FOR SEASON! mm HERE TONITE! HUMPHREY BOGART JOEL McCREA -SYLVIA SIDNEY MARJORIE MAIN CLAIRE TREVOR And ' THE ORIGINAL DEAD tUD KIDS 155 PLUS SECOND BIG HIT S, f I MERLE JLL OBERON r Si. t J ROBERT 111 1 RYAN Jt-.J- CHARLES 1f5 KORVIN : 'i V if PAUL W LUKAS h uouoio ncrae RUMMAGE SALE PRESBYTERIAN Sunday School Basement 8th & HOLLY FRIDAY, MAR. 2 9 to'5 Returned William V. Jones has returned to his home at Stonyford, Calif., after visiting his mother, Mrs. Esther Jones, a patient at Sacred Heart hospital. Joint Inspection City- Fire Marshal Truman Nelson, and Deputy State Fire Marshal Wil liam Roble made joint inspec tions yesterday of a hospital and a public garage. One order was issued for correction of a fire hazard. Visit Tribune Members of Cub Pack 6, Den 1, visited of fices and the plant of the Mail Tribune yesterday. Mrs. J. P. Hartsook is . den mother. Mem bers who visited the plant were Ted Dawson, Paul Hartsook, Murray Miller, Mike. Minnis, and Johnny .Johnson. . J-ville Lodge W. Robert Mas sey, Odd Fellows lodge grand master, will make an official visit to the Jacksonville IOOF lodge Friday, March .2. A pot luck dinner at 6:30 p.m.r in the lodge dining room will precede the business meeting at 8 p.m. All Rebekahs and IOOF inter ested are invited. - Market Changes The busi ness name Eagle Market has been assumed by Harold and Elmira M. Kntidsen, Eagle Point, follow ing retirement of the name by John F. Croksell, according to records in the county clerk's of fice. The r ame Ashland . Dental Clinic has been assumed by Ru ric Lester Burdic and Robert L. Burdic. . . . Fluoridation Program Fluoridation will be discussed on a program over radio, station KMED at 7 p.m, today. -Speakers will . include both proponents and opponents of fluoridation. After the discussion panel members will be. available for questions from the listening au dience who will . participate by telephone. " - ' '. CALENDAR Calendar notices and news for the society section of The Mail Tribune must be submitted .in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition is 1 pjn. Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a.m. of the day of publication and for week day news is 5 p.m. the day before publication. . , Wednesday ' . 8 p.m. Dance, sponsored by National Order., of Trench Rats, Fun and Order degree of DAV, and auxiliary, Camp White Dom iciliary theater. 8 p.m. Roxy Ann HEC, Grange hall. .V "-,:-. Thursday 10 a.m. Wenonah club, Red man hall, Apple st. ,'k; 10:30 a.m. Butte V ..falls Home Extension unit, borne ;o Mrs.. Don Smith. '.' - 12 noon DAV Sewing club, Mrs. Norman Neathamer, - 119 Jeanette st. i y 12 noon Women golfers, Rogue Valley Country club," at 1 p.m. :. . westsiae riome ex tension unit, home of Mrs. "Wil liam Rambo. 2 : p.m Medford Garden club, Pythian hall. ;'' Two Sentenced In Disfricl Court Here Charles Franklin Doolittle, 24, and Donald LeRoy Moor, 22, Point Pleasant, NJ., were sen tenced to 30 days in the county jail yesterday in district court oh a charge of unlawful posses sion of a weapon. The .two were arrested Sun day by state police officers in Phoenix. The .32 caliber Mau ser .pistol they carried was con fiscated. Terry Lee Foster, 20, 419Vi East Main st., was released. on his 'own recognizance. He was jailed by sheriff's deputies Feb. 22 charged with entering a mo tor vehicle with yitent to steal. Rummage Sale The Corpor al Sergeant auxiliary of United Spanish War Veterans will hold a rummage sale between 9 a.m. a id. 5 p.m. tomorrow at 106 North Ivy st. ' : : - - Agents To Meet Jackson County Association of Insurance Agents will meet Friday, March 2 at 12 noon at' the Jackson hotel for luncheon and a business ses sion. ' Chimney Fire One fire de partment pumper was dis patched to a flue fire at the Al vin Schmidt home, 1027. Win chester St., about 7:10 p.m. yes; terday. " Firemen reported no damage. " ' To Have Sale Daughters of the ' Nile' patrol will conduct a rummage sale Friday and Satur day, March 2 and 3, at 106 North Ivy st. Pick up may be arranged by calling telephones, . 2-5916, 2-5648 or 2-8063. .''.-'" . . " Completes School Harlow (Chuck) Holt, route 3, box 169S, has' completed )a five-day course in service techniques at the Gen eral Motors Training center at Tigard. Ho'jt is a member of the Dean and Taylor Pontiac service department. . Chin Up Meeting A business meeting of the Chin Up club, an organization for the physically handicapped, will bev held ' at Girls Community club, 229 North Bartiett st., Friday at 8 p.m., it was announced by Mrs. Gordon Bowman, club president. . At Community Dorna Mose, route 1, box 36, Central Point, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doran V. Mose, is a medical patient at Community hospital, and Mrs: Samuel Mallon, route l,: box 460C, Central Point, also is there for medical care, attend ants reported today. Son'Born Mr. and Mrs. Don ald. Byers, ; Talat Chiengkam, Thailand, are parents of a son, Gordon Stanley, born Jan.- 22. The infant's father is the former minister . of -Central Church of Christ, Medford, and the Byers left here three years ago to serve as missionaries in Thailand. Square Dance rr-B elleview Grange on Highway 99, one mile south of Ashland, will hold an annual square dance Saturday, March 3. Dancing will begin at 8:30 p.ml, and the event is open to the public. Women are re quested to take sandwiches for potluck refreshments. Fran Cronin will call the squares. KENDALL To Mr. and Mrs. Donald, 343 Hershey st, Ashland, Feb. 28, 1956, a boy, 5V pounds, at Community hospital.' WALTERS To Mr. and Mrs. Fred, 89 Vashti way, Feb. 28, 1956, a girl, 7Vi pounds at Community hospital. .;-" - JACK To Mr. and Mrs. Vick, 1020 West 10th st, Feb. 28, 1956, a girl, IV pounds, at Community hospital. . ' - OSBORNE To Mr. a and; Mrs Richard, Shady Cove," Feb. 28, 1956, a boy, 6 Vi pounds, at Sacred .Heart hospital. MERRELL To Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, route 1, box 419L, Medford, a girl, 9 pounds,, at Sacred Heart hospital. - r . FERNS To Mr. and; Mrs. Leonard, route 3, :box 236D2, Medford, Feb. 28, i956, a. girl, 5H pounds, . at -Sacred . Heart hospital. Obituaries DALE BURK A Mass of the Angels for Dale Michael Burk, 3-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Burk, of Rogue River, who died Mon day, will be -read by the Rev. William McLeod in Sacred Heart Catholic church, at 9 a.m. Thursday. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial- park. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. ' He was born in Medford, Nov. 15, 1955. Survivors in ad dition to ; the parents, include a" brother, Jack Burk; and grandparents, Mrs. Ruby Burk, Whittjer, Calif.; and Mr. and Mrs. David J. Arnst, Norwalk, Calif. " ; . . : , WILLIAM KIRTLEY : Private funeral- services for William M. Kirtley, 83, of Med ford, who died Tuesday; will be held in- Conger-Morris chapel at 1:30 p;m. Thursday..' The - Rev. William Piper of '-. the- First Christian church will : officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park, '.. Mr. Kirtley was born Feb. 6, 1873, in Denver, Colo. He had lived in "this community for the past 10 years, and was a .mem ber of the First5 Christian church. Survivors include two daugh ters, Miss Josephine Kirtley and Mrs. George G. Moore, both of Medford; a son, Edwin" M. Kirt ley, Moses Lake, Wash. Another son, Major Kenneth W. Kirtley, was killed in action in 1943 in Italy. ... . ... ,' .- -Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Dudley, Kent, Wash, and Mrs. Albert Stout, Weiser, Ida.; one brother,' Charles T. Perry, Okla.; grandchildren, William M. - Kirtley, II? and Karefi ; Kirtley, both of. Port land; and Mrs. Jackie K?J Wilk inson, Pullman, Wash. " Pallbearers will include Leon ard Mayfield, Lyle .Wl Van Scoy, W. E. - Holmes, Robert Hinman, Robert Newland and' Emmett Gott. It -is the request of the family that flowers be omitted. Accidents kill mpre, persons 2-28 years of age than any single disease ' ;--- .- c Ml IT COULD BE YOURS! Check Tickets After 8:30 P.M; Numbers. Posted Seyen Days WEXT FREE FORD Awarded on April 24th NO NEED TO BUY TO TRY SAVE FREE TICKETS NOW! ri GRADE A SMALL doz. OF COURSE YOU SAVE AT HOMER S ROY'S "At the Lighf'-Corner of 12th and Central U KfJ UJ U U Lzm Adults Register Kids 5-12 mm iDcci AWARDED EVERY WEDNESDAY IT'S FUN TO BUY GAS AT FORTUNE "On the Point" So. Central at So. Riverside New Ford Tickets from Central Market, Crater Lake Motors, Medford, Market Basket, Klamath Falls, and Fortune of Southern Oregon. Daily Weather Report Sunset " tonight 6:01 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:47 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness with a few showers tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 34. High Thursday 50-52. Western Oregon: Considerable clou diness tonight and Thursday with brief sunny periods Thursday afternoon. Low tonight 32-38. High Thursday 46-o4. Northern California: Mostly fair to night. Fair Thursday except cloudy extreme north, portion with rain likely from Eureka northward and snow over Siskiyous. Slightly cooler tonight. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE : Mean yesterday 4 1 ; above normal 2. . Record high this date 65 in 1936." . Record low this date 27 in 1952. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night .01 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m., trace. Total this month 4.95 inches, 2.93 inches above normal. ..T1 since Sept. "1, 26.47 inches, 13.o8 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 40, highest this a.m. 98. . CITY Brookings Crater Lake-.. Grants Pass Klamath Falls MEDFORD Portland Seattle . Spokane Yakima . High Low Prec. 49 41 1.43 20 36 28 38 41 25 45 38 54- 48 50 52 62 Eureka Red Bluff Sacramento: San Francisco sr Los Angeles - 66 Phoenix ; 75" uenver 47 39 41 33 51 25 42 42 46 47 48 1.20 .06 .07 .12 "59 Chicago 31 Miami New York 40 Washington, D.C. 52 41 27 23 50 23 26 Committees Named' By YMCA Directors . Committee appointments were made and plans for the coming year were discussed at a special meeting of the YMCA board of directors last night. . Those appointed as committee chairmen were Ray Qfford, phys ical education; Robert Dames, boys work; Mrs. John Mansfield, women and girls work; Carl Burk, adult program; Edmund Hass, trips and day camping; Roy Gilbertson, craft for youth, and adults; Alex McDonald, youth social .. committee; : Mrs, Harlan Bosworth, world service; Walter Garner, . YMCA representative on the United Medford Crusade board; Rev. Kenneth Korby, rer ligious .emphasis; , Carl Brophy, personnel; Ford McCormick, Y building : and equipment; Allan Pierce, membership; D. Huson, auction; Archie Pierce, Dia mond Lake Camp; and Dr. G. A. Dierdorff, public relations. oYMCA President Dierdorff stated that increased emphasis should be placed this vear on better use of members, religious programs , in clubs . and camps, further development of girls' and women's programming, building bond retirement, and develop ment of the Diamond Lake camp. Wednesday, February" 29. 1958 iVlEDFOilD tOMGOK) MAIL" TRIBUNE THIRTEEN PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UJ.) Eggs To retail ers:: Grade AA large, 54-55c; A large, 51-53c; AA medium. 49-51c; A me dium, 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 Ched dar, single daisies, 40'2-45c; 5-lb. loaves, 4612-49',2c; processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39-4 lc. Farm Market ' Some dealers quoted slightly lower prices for radishes, green onions, broccoli and zucchini squash today; best radishes were mostly 75-85 cents from the jobber floor: new crop Texas white wax onions were mostly 6.50 750 for 50 lbs. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers - (NoJ. quality f.o.b. Portland; Fryers, . 2 ,i-4 lbs., 23c; at farm, 22c; roasters 23c lb. f.oJj. Portland; light hens. 18-19c; heavy hens, 5 lbs. and up 21-22c; old roosters. 11-14C Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, 36 37c lb.; whole drawn, 41-44c;- cut up 46r49c; .hens, Jight type. New York style,- 30-31c; ' cutups, 40-43c; hens, heavy type, N.Y. style, . 35-36c; whole drawn-, 44-47c. - Dressed Turkeys To retailers nom inally A grade young hens, 55-56c lb.; eviscerated, depending on weight: eviscerated fryed-roasters. 57c lb. Rabbrbs (Average to growers f.o.b. killing plant): Live white, SWi-lbs., 23-26c; 5-6 lbs., 18-21c; colored pelts. 4c under; old does. 10-14C lb.; a few higher. Fresh killed fryer to retailers, 58-61c lb.; cut up, 62-65c. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 200,;' hold over 160. Good-choice fed steers $17.50; other good steers . largely $15.50-27; commercial steers $14-15; canner-cutter cows $7.50-9, few $9.25; utility cows $10-11; individual 1200 lb. utility bulls $14; light cutter bulls down to $10. Calves 35. Choice individual 165' lb. vealer $28: commercial-good $20-22. Hogs 2000. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb. $14.50-15; No.' 1 . hogs $15.25; No. 2 grades around $13.75; individual '390 lb. sow $11. Sheep 250. Choice fed lamb $18 with choice wooled lambs to '18.75 earlier in week; good-choice slaughter lambs $16.50-17.50; good-choice ewes $5 .50-7. Films Shown at Meeting Of Osteopathic Society A film on adrenosem, a new coagulant drug used in control ling untoward bleeding of sur gery, trauma, and . other blood conditions, was shown . at . a meeting of the Southern Ore gon. Society- of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons. Hosts - for the meeting were Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Howard and Dr. and Mrs. -M- R. Snow. Dr. Howard showed films taken on ; a Mississippi trip two years ago, Dr, and Mrs. Howard leave this week' for a trustees', meet ing of the Kirksville college of Osteopathy and " Surgery -. at Kirksville, Mo. WALL STREET New York (U.K Stocks made an irregular gain today on the most active trading since late September, 1955. The market moved higher early in the day and. again when Fresident Eisenhower - said he would be willing to run for re election. But the advance proved dis appointing to the rank and file of traders, who had believed a "yes" answer would start a, mild boom. . .Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T .... Anaconda ......;..... Chrysler -J. ... ... Gurtiss Wright ...... General Electric General Motors ...... Montgomery Ward Penn. R. R. i.- Penney, J. C. Radio ... - ......... Southern Co. Southern Pacific -S. Oil,of Calif.:...... Transamerica ..:.. Tr i-Continental United Aircraft U. S. Rubber. .Ik.'.... tr." S. Steel ;v;.:...- Youngstown . . ;.l84ii .. 77 .74 - 32V& - 58V4 . 45 Vs - 891-4 .23 . 99 .44 - 20 - 54 - 94Vi A2Vi -26 .69 ...544 . 56VS PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland '- Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port-, land.. $41-43 ton; some sales higher. Wholesale prices as reported by the USD A market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $74 ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, $53-54; No. 2 Western barley, $47.50 ton, f.o.b. Portland. Coast delivery; soybean meal, $75 ton delivered Portland: Standard millrun $41-41.50 ton; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments f.o.b. Portland, S 62.50. : HOTEL M' 5J0 to 9.-00 P. M. I HAM STEAK I I - $T150 Potatoes U f BREAKFAST AND LUNCH " 7 a.m. to 2 p-m. Doors Open 6:45 P.M. I 1 1 11 II J HURRY! ENDS TOMORROW "POWERFUL...SI NATRA ; UNFORGETTABLE" i' Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday; 10 .m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. Turkey Dinner L GRIFFIN CREEK GRANGE Sunday, Mar4 -12 to 5 Adult $1.5 " ChUdren Under 12, 7Sc The Greatest man in the world is the man who takes his fam ily out. to dinner! Sr y Fish 'n Chips and VI f Jumbo. 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