Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1956)
o O o o o O o o Local and At Community Mrs. Edgar C. Duvaul. 171 Granite st., Ash land, is a surgery pgje;) at Community hospital, attendants reported today. VWWI Meelln'g The Veterans of World War I will hold a sec ond organizational meeting at 8 pm. Friday, March 2, at the Vet erans of Foreign Wars hall, 42 North Front st. ' Truck Damaged Norman Glasscock, 409Colver rd., re ported to sheriffs deputies Tues day that the windshield and grill of his truck had been damaged by boys shooting .22 rifles. Hospitalized Samuel Mallon, route 1, box 4600, Central Point, is at Community hospital for medical care. An earlier report incorrectly state that Mrs. Mal lon was hospitalized. Recovering From Surgery William Monte Strand, 1032 West 13th st., is recovering at Sacred Heart hospital from sur gery Tuesday. He is sales repre sentative for Davis Transfer and Storage company. m m Initiated Miss Regina Han non. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.Q. Hannon, 705 West 10th st., Medford, was recently in itiated into the University of Oregon chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, national political science honorary. She is a junior major ing in political science. Harvesters Dance Happy Harvesters square dance group will hold a dance Saturday, March 3, at the Central Point American Legion hall. Hours will be from 8:30 p.m., to 12 mid night and potluck refreshments will be served. All square dancers interested- are invited. Jacki and Jills Prospect Lumber Jacks and Jills will hold a business meeting and square dance session Saturday, March hall. Fish 'n Chips and Jumbo Fried Shrimp ot McDuffie's COFFEE POT DRIVE-IN 1132 North Riverside OPEN FOR SEASON! TONITE THRU SAT.! HUMPHREY BOGART PLUS v? IHy HUM Jrt ll AH JttO-XADIO FICTUK NEW SHOW SUNDAY A Friendly At your friendly BIG Y Your Friendly Personal Smoka Checked Firemen called to the Ernest Flakus resi dence, 612 J st., about 2:10 p.m. yesterday to check the cause of smoke from an electric dish washer, said thca short in the (gptor caused wiring to overheat. Inspections City Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson issued three orders for correction of fire haz ards yesterday after inspection of four business occupancies and two office buildings. Still Critical Gary Lee Han kins,' 10, Dairy, Ore., who was brought to Medford Tuesday by Mercy Flights as the result of a gunshot wound, is reported to be still in critical condition at Sac red Heart hospital. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Hankins, and he was wounded while play ing with his 14-year-old brother. Chili Feed, Games Lone Pine PTA and Mental Health group will sponsor a chili feed between 6 and 8 p.m. tomorrow at Lone ne school. The feed will be followed by a basketball game between Lone Pine dads and the Lone Pine team and a volley ball game between Lone Pine mothers and the Lone Pine team. Proceeds will be used to purchase award letters for boys and girls in sports and music activities. The public has been invited. Sponsor Sale A rummage sale to provin money for the QTVICA athletic fund will be held between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. tomor row at the main lobby of the Medford YMCA. The sale is sponsored by the Women's Phy sical Education program, accord ing to Mrs. Roy Wilkes, chair man. Funds are used to aid trans portation and other cost in send Qing athletic teams to compete wijft teams in other localities. The board of directors have dis cussed plans for a women's vol lybali team and a competitive swimming team to meet teams from other places. Mental Health Act Funds Discussed Here Dr. A. E. Merkel, county health officer, and two physi cians from the state board of health met yesterday with the county court to discuss federal mental health act funds for Jack son county. Here from Salem were Dr. Gordon Edwards, di rector of medical services for the state board, and Dr. Richard Wilcox, director of local services. The S2.500 received by Qhe county last year supported the Jackson county child guidance clinic, aided fqgow-up care of patients disharged from the men tal hospital, and promoted health education in community groups. The state board also supplies the services of Dr. John Water man, psychiatrist, two days each month for. work with the clinic, seminars with jpcal physicians, and instruction for a county ex tension class for teachers. Dr. Merkel said the county is making application for S2,500 again this year. Holland Hotel Wooden Shoe Restaurant Featuring Fine Food Reasonably Priced Open Daily 6:30 A.M. to Midnite Place to Dine" BELIEVED TO BE largest family in United States, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer De Golier, Brocton, N. Y., are parents of 20 chil dren, 16 of whom are in this picture. Seated front, from left: Keith, 9; Charlene, 7; Valerie, 4, and Reed, '5. On sofa from left: Sheila, 13; Sharon, 10; Mrs. De Golier, 48; Mr. De Golier, 55, holding Janeen, 3, and Rozella, 15. Standing from left: Carl, 14; Theora, 19; Dexter, 26; Ardys., 16; Dennis, 20; Bev erly, 24; Warren and Wanda, twins, 18. (International) La Monroe Settles Accounts With Law Hollywood U.R) Curvy Marilyn Monroe Oas square with the law today. More than 15 months after she first was cited on Nov. 21, 19jl, for three traffi violations, the blonde actress appeared in Bev erly Hills Municipal Court Wednesday before Judge Charles J. Griffin. The appearance cost Qier S56 in fines. Miss Monroe, wearing a high necked, clinging black dress, sat nervously as the judge read off details of the case of "The Peo ple vs. Marilyn DiMaggio." She was charged with driving without an operator's license, driving when her license had ex pired, drivjag too ijjowly and failing to appear after a cita tion was issued. Miss Monroe, greeted by 21 photographers outside the court room, pleaded guilty to all counts. Teamsters Union O Faces Ouster Threat Washington (U.R) The giaft International Teamsters Union today faced . a veiled threat of being ousted from the AFL-CIO. The threat was posed by AFL CIO President George Meany who announced yesterday he is investigating the Teamsters' al liance with the East Coast Long shoremen's Union. The union, the International Longshorergp n's Association, was kicked out of the AFL in 1953 as rackePridden after an investi gation of the NiO York docks by the state Crime Commission. Under Meany, the old AFL and now the AFL-CIO have been trying to replace jne ILA with a new longshore union ever since. Professor Can Finger Many Plant Varieties Norman, Okla. (U.R) Dr. George Goodman, professor of plant sciences and director of the University of Oklahoma's Bebb Herbarium, can lay his finger on any of 125,000 varieties of plants without hesitation. Dr. Goodman also keeps his door open to anyone else desir ing that experience. He has charge of the largest collection of Oklahoma plants in the world. Goodman gets his specimens from students and friends of the Smith Urges Strong GOP Candidate List Gold Beach (U.R) Gov. Elmo Smith urged here last night that the RepSblican party present strong candidates for every position at every level of government, county, district and state, as a means of carrying the party toictory in Oregon. The governor spoke before a meeting of Curry county Repub licans. He had appeared before a luncheon group in Coos Bay at noon.- Speaking on what he termed "grass roots Republicanism," Gov. Smith stressed the necessi ty for local precinct organiza tion and the great importance of individual effort in every com rr.Qiity in the state, regardless of its size. Texas Couple Visits All 48 State Capitals Shamrock, Tex. (U.R) When Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hill of Sham rock visited Carson City, Nev., recently, they finished a pro gram of visiting the capitals of all 48 states. The couple first visited, a state capital when they went to Aus tin, Tex., in 1919. But it wasn't until 1945 that they consciously began to visit state capitals with the idea of seeing them all. "We suddenly realized in 1945 that we had been to more than half of the state capitals," Hill said. "So we decided to see if we could make it to the others." VIn 1953 the Hills made a zig zag tour of the East and visited capitals in that area. That left only three to go North Dakota, California and Nevada. The fol lowing year they traveled 1,050 miles to Bismarck, N. D., last fall they journeyed to Sacra mento, then they wound up the skein with the visit to Carson City. university. One of the better know contributors is Dr. George L. Cross, president of the univer sity, and also one-time chairman of the department of plant sci ences. The popiOation of suburban areas increased 35 per cent from 1940 to 1950, while the cities they surrounded grew only 13 per cent, according to U. S. Cen sus figures. Transpacific JC Mov&menfe in Secreop Honolulu XI.R) Far East Air Forces has slammed the secur ity curtain on transpacific jet bomber movements because "We don't want the Russians count ing" our planes inheYar East. The new order was revealed yesterday when a group of B57 light jet bombers arrived at Hickam Field en route to the Orient." An Air Force spokesman told the United Press he had received instructions not to release any more information about B57 trans-pacify movements. . WALL STREET New -York (U.R) Stocks more than make up yesterday's losses in a quiet session today. With the Eisenhower an nouncement out of the way, mar ket men said the list could re turn to essentials. They said the current high rate of business warranted a strong market. Today's closing prices, on se lected stocks: American T & T ...185Vs Anaconda 773,4 Chrysler 7434 Curtiss Wright 32 General Electric 59 V4 General Motors - 45 Montgomery Wrd B93A Penn R R - 24 V Penney J C 99 Radio - 44 Southern Co 21 Southern Pacific .. 54?4 S Oil of Calif P. 95 Transamerica 42 Tri-Continental 26s,8 United Aircraft - 70 U S Rubber - 557s U S Steel - - 56 Youngstown -o - SIV2 The finest comet of the 19th century was Donati's, a typical comet with a tail that reached halfway from the horizon to the zenith. It appeared last in Octo ber, 1858, and will be seen again in 2058. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 100. Com mercial and good steers $14-16; can-ner-cutter cows largely S7.50-9; util ity cows $10; utility-commercial bulls $14-15.50. Calves 25. Choice vealers $24-28 with prime $29.50-30.50; prime in dividuals S32; good vealers $21-24. Hogs 100. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb. $14-14.50: No. 2 butchers S13.50: 300-500 lb. weights $9.50-12.50. Sheep 50. Good-choice slaughter Iambs S16.50-17.50; choice fed wooled lambs (18.50-18.75; good-choice ewes PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 54-55c; A large, 51-53c; AA medium. 49-51c: A me dium. 49-50C: A small, 39-41c; carton, 2-3 additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 66c lb.: cartons. 67c; A prints 66c: cartons. 67c; B prints. 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, single daisies 40Ii-451ic; 5-lb. loaves, 4bVi-49',2C. rocessea Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39-41c. Farm Market Prices were steady to higher with trading mostly on a fill-in basis to day: lettuce market continued strong with most large sized cartons selling higher at some quarters or generally at 3.25-3.50 for fresh arrivals. Poultry. Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland)-: Fryers 2'i-4 ids., Z3c: at farm, 22c; roasters, zjc to f.o.b. Portland; light hens. 18-19c: heavy hens. 5 lbs. and up, 21-22c; old roosters. ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style. 36- 37s lb.; whole drawn, 4l-44c; cut up 46-49c; hens, light type. New York style, 30-31C: cutups, 40-43c; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style, 35-36c; whole drawn. 44-47c. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight, 27c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers, nom nally A grade young hens, 55-56c lb.; aviscerated, depending on weight; eviscerated fryer-roasters, 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers f.o.b. killing plant): Live white, 3?i-4i lbs.. 23-26c: 5-6 lbs., 18-21c: colored pelts 4cfjmder; old does. 10-14c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to re tailers. 584-6 lc lb.; cut up, 62-65C. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port land. S41-43 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, $53-54; No. 2 Western barley, S47.50 ton. f.o.b. Portland. Coast delivery: soybean meal, $74.50 ton delivered Portland; standard millrun, $41-41.50 ton; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern ship ments f.o.b. Portland, $62.25-62.50. Thursday, J5rc5 1 1SQ? . Obituaries CARRIE MOHAN Funeral services for Mrs. Car rie May Moran, a former resi dent of Medford, who died in Portland last Sunday, will be held at the graveside in the Medford IOOF cemetery at 10 Qm. Saturday. The Rev.ohn Reynolds of the First Presbyterian church will officiate, with the Rebekahs par ticipating. Perl funeral home is in charge of arrangements. CHARLES KNUTZEN Grants Pass Funeral services for Charles E. Knutzen, 56, who died Sunday at Kerby, will be held at Hull and Hull chapel here at 1 p.m. Friday, inter ment will be in Acksonville cemetery. Mr. Knutzen was born in the Steamboat a?ea Feb. 19, 1900. Survivors include two sons.-Man- ford Knutzen of Albany, and Loy Knutzen, U. S. Navy; a daughter, Marcia Lee, Canyonville; two brothers, lone Knutzen, Everett, Wash.; and Hester Knutzen, Copper, and a sister, Mrs. Edna Shear, San Francisco. No graveside services are planned, because committal serv ices will be held in the Grants Pass chapel. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 6:01 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 6:45 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Mostly cloudy with occasional light rain tonight and Friday. Low tonight 30-40. High. Fri day 50-52. Western Oregon: Considerable clou diness and showers tonight and Fri day. Low tonight 35-45. Hijh Friday 46-60. Northern California: " Fair tonight and Friday except variable high cloudiness and chance of occasional rain near Oregon border. Little tem perature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 45; normal. Record high, this date 73. in 1B26. Record low this date 14 in 1917. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, trace. Midnight to 1 0a.m., trace. Total this month 4.95 inches, 2.86 inches above normal. Total since Sept. 1,' 26.4S inches, 13.51 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 45, highest this a.m. 93. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 51 41 .11 Crater Lake 25 19 .23 Grants Pass . 54 Klamath Falls 39 MEDFORD 52 Portland 45 On our Zephyr Aecromitie Checkstands each item movti on a belt and stops at the control bar. Specially trained checkers register your items only as they pass over the bar. They move out of the way to the packer. . . f?t and automatically, so they can't be charged twice. Seattle 43 38 .18 71 tJITj m i 1 1 J. i I M gSgT V PKItW ST ::::::::::::: S 11 ummm rVg&O ' "X Eureka VMaHMBBH WMHaHBDHI Red Bluff 58 40 - , : Sacramento 59 3d pHapwBpBHHMMHMMHtHiHMHMHHBHaM San Francisco 56 41 IiTTiTiTT. LJ-J.lf.l.lH i K 1 0A Los Angeles 64 48 . SlUJ U I I I I l I I lllk. IMUW oeni -Q H " BHiIiIHiI I Y TWO TOP 'A' KITS! Denver . 58 33 mr JimUMiyjjyuUMJi Chicago 46 36 Miami 66 52 1 j , Wahington7"D7c7'"V.V.".'." 40 26 A jjjjif ' 1'N " Mi A1EKU a&fc --; SHSB5E' 1 , 53 to 96 p. M. rj lgrn?2 RONALD REAGAN - SfinWtfPJFk jinwJ I H Y RHONDA FLEMING f J'Mflli ifjll'lLll'lfl W 1 I Calves' Liver I " I eg..!50 1 I mwa 1 n if f ? piE a scb- - .us l doors V the goipen arm S 1 '3i-Si3 iftn.v J OPEN ' 6:43 P.M. mamm: BREAKFAST , LV AND LUNCH t JDL Tomorrow' , A Inter Every Day! A.-G.E.TV Q IS GIVEN AWAY Once Each Day and Twice on Sunday MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TIFTEEK Rose burg Couple Sues Over Child's Amputation Boise (U.R Frank and Mar ian Elliott of Roseburg, Ore., filed suit in Federal Court yes terday seeking 5289,245 from Dr. Thomas D. Baird of Moscow, Ida. Q The plaintiffs contended the doctor's carelessness and negli gence cost their 10-month-old daughter her right leg. ' The Elliotts alleged that the doctor was treating their daugh ter in a Moscow 'hospital and in the process of giving her some transfusions severed arteries and veins in the leg which later re sulted in amputation. Births JACK To Mr. and Mrs. Dick, 1020 West 10th St., Feb. 28, 1956, a girl, 714 pounds, at Commu nity hospital. Turkey Dinner GRIFFIN CREEK GRANGE Sunday, Mar. 4 12 to 5 Adults $1.50 Children Under 12, 75e ! ASHLAND ENDS TONITE o 9k. Ow Drama of The Buffalo Captive Indian Beauty ;INA LOLLOBRIGIDI ggafffgSi S A story! nJJ5hS21v ' &&t Stewart TAYLOR GRANGER Lloyd Debra Russ NOLAN PAGET-TAMBLYN Plus Technicolor Cartoon Latest Pictorial News Detroit's first free, tax-supported school was established in 1842. GATES OPEN 6:30 P.M. TOMORROW OPEN FOR THE SEASON n. LADD-Mb MEDINA menu James ITIHOUil T ITT Hunters and The . II They Both Wanted!. i ' x Oo
