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o IN JOURNAL SHOW Bonnie Versoza, above, who has won state honors with the trumpet, is a member of the Journal Jounior and Senior Variety show, which will be presented Wednesday, March 14, at 8 p.m. in the Medford High school auditorium. Proceeds from the program, sponsored by Medford Moose lodge, will go to child welfare and civic work. A troupe of 29 performers will par ticipate with each member capable of playing five or more differ ent routines, musical instruments and other performances. local and Jailed ' Leland Benjamen Peters, 26, Prineville, was jail ed by Sheriff Howard Gault Tuesday on a charge of non support. Medical Care Patients re ported at Sacred Heart hospital today for medical care are Mrs. Ralph Tomlin, 4135 Cedar lane; Mrs. William Vaughn; and Mrs. Ernest Hook, Central Point. No Fire Found City fire men, summoned to the Veterans club, 42 North Front st., about 12:30 a.m. today to investigate a report of smoke, said they found no odor of smoke nor fire in a thorough search of the buil ding. . IiQPortland Tom Williams, supervisor of Crater Lake Na tional park and Oregon Caves resort, left yesterday for Port- O land where he will show films on the national park improve- q ment program, and attend to other park business. He will re turn Friday. m Mercy Flight Mrs Arnold Samuelscn, Crescent City, Calif, was flown to Medford by a Mercy Flights air ambulance plane yesterday. She was taken to Sacred Heart hospital for. em ergency medical treatment. She was the 457th patient flown by the non-profit air ambulance corporation. e To Take Leave The county court has approved a leave from March 16 to April 10 for Maj. J. H. Hicks, county civil de fense director. He will be re placed by Col. Charles E. Staf ford as acting director. Hicks said his vacation plans are tent ative. Ctst X-Rayi Union barbers of Jackson county will meet at Sacred Heart hospital Wednes day night to have chest x-rays The county barbers union is sponsoring the effort as a public health measure, according to Al Bradford, representative ef.the union. Landscape Clinic A few appointments for Thursday mor ning and Fftday afternoon re main open for the landscape clinic March 8 and fi and in the courthouse auditorium, ac cording to County Horticult ural agent Clifford B. Cordy. The service is free to any coun ty homeowner desiring profes sional advice in planning basic landscape planting or rear rangement for modest homes. Half-hour appointments may be made by calling the county agents office, 2-5264. Landscape architects assistigg will be Prof. I. B. Solberg, Oregon State college; Mrs. Fred Lor ish, Medford: Chester Corry, Ashland, and George Fradeen, Grants Pass. mjiiiiii'iii.Min.iLin Ends WEDNESDAY JANEWYMANJ2TST- Personal VFW Club Me.lt The Vet erans of Foreign Wars rifle and pistol club will, hold its regu lar meeting at 8 p.m. today at 42 North Front st.' . Rummage Sale The Jeffer son School Parent Teacher asso ciation will hold its first annual rummage sale between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. tomorrow at 108 North Ivy st.. Rummage Sale The Griffin Creek ' Boy Scouts, Troop 41, will sponsor a rummage sale be tween 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Satur day, March 10, at the Eagle's Hall, 217 West Main st. Mrs. Sam. Harbison is chairman in charge. Services Continue Evangelis tic services conducted by the Rev. Forman Lincicome will con tinue at the Free Methodist church;. 10th and Ivy sts., each night this week, according to the Rev. John Root. Services start at 7:30 p.m. VUii Mr. and Mrs.. Robert Russell and sons, Mike, Steve and David, Roseburg, visited for the week end at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rus sell, 814 West Jackson st., and with Mrs. Russell's mother, Mrs. D. E. Johnson, Newtown st. X-Ray Clinic The chest x-ray clinic will be open between 7 and 9 p.m. today at Sacred Heart hospital, the Jackson County Public Health association has an nounced. Evening x-ray hours are held the - first Wednesday each month to provide an oppor tunity for those to have x-rays who can not have them Thursday afternoons. Hare Surgery New surgery patients reported today at Sac red Heart hospital include Miss Claire Hartley, Jacksonville highway; Ralph Heffner, 1700 Orchard Home dr.; Hugh Hurst, Cave Junction; Fred Stevens, 1009 ; West 9th st., and David arid Diane :- Hittle, son and daughter of Mr. and MrsMer ritt . Hittle, route 1, . Medford. ' News About Servicemen TO MIDWAY ISLAND . David Peterson, U. S. Navy mechanic .constructionman, son of' Mr. and Mrs. David L. Peter son, 531 Fairmont st., has- been transferred to Midway island in the Pacific. He attended Medford High school before entering the service in June, 1955. NAVY MECHANIC V. L. Ivy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ivy, 824 West 13th st., graduated recently from the Navy mechanic's school at Port Hueneme, Calif.. Ivy, a mechanic constructionman, studied opera tion and maintenance of heavy equipment. ' - - PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED is your picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tubes can be restored to eriginal brightness at enly' fraction ef the cost or replacement. Fer further information CALL Electronic Service 18 N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 Quick in results! Use Tribune Want Ads Fish Losses May Reduce Future Runs Portland 0J.R; The State Game commission said today that it would be able to salvage only a small portion of salmon, steelhead and trout which were left stranded in potholes by re ceding coastal floodwaters this winter. As a result, losses may seri ously reduce returning runs two or three years hence, the com mission, said. Crews are busy throughout coastal areas salvaging fish from ponds and returning them to main streams. But many pot holes will dry up before they can be reached. As an example, Jerry Bauer, fishery biologist for the Co quille district, said seven ponds were seined in one day in the Coquille valley and netted a total 1500 yearling silver sal mon, several rainbow trout and numerous catfish. Trout were present in every pond through out the Coquille district. Some yearling silver salmon were found in six potholes that al ready had gone dry. Obituaries LILLIAN SCHMIDT Private funeral services for Lillian Schmidt of Central Point, who died Saturday, were held in Conger-Morris chapel at 10 a.m. today. The Rev. D. Kirk land Wes.t of the First Presbyte rian church officiated. Commit tal was in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Schmidt was born on Dec. 5, 1885, in Chicago. She was married to August L. Schmidt, who preceded her in death in 1948. Survivors include two sons, Robert L. Schmidt, Central Point, and Allen W. Schmidt, Santa Barbara, Calif.; one sis ter, Elinore Meister Schneider, and four grandchildren. LEAH GREENLEAF Mrs. Leah Greenleaf, of 103 South Holly st., Medford, died this morning at her home. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. VELDA LAFON Funeral services for Velda Lafon, 45, of Central Point, who died Monday will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 10 a.m. Thursday. Elder Donald Mclvor of the Seventh Day Adventist church will officiate. Committal will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Mrs. Lafon was born Dec. 12, 1910, in Holdman, Ore. On Dec. 23, 1938, at Superior, Mont, she was married to Don F. Lafon, who survives. Other survivors include a son, Glenn A. Lafon, Central Point; her mother, Mrs. Lydia A. Johnson, Central Point; two brothers, Emil L. Johnson, Cen tral Point, and Percy W. John son, Gold Hill; three sisters, Mrs. Ruby Lafon, Fairbanks, Alaska; Mrs. Delbert Townsend, Murray, Ida., and ' Mrs. Anita Walker, Compton, Calif. GEORGIA McNEILL Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia McNeill, 69, formerly of Medford, will be read by a Christian Scientist at Perl Fu neral home at 2 p.m. Thursday. Mrs. McNeill died at Castro Valley, Calif., March 3. Shewas born in St. Joseph, Mo., July 5, 1886. She is survived by two 'sons, John. -McNeill, Medford, arid Russell - McNeill, San Lorenzo, Calif.; two daughters, Pauline Kimdall, Inglewood, Calif; and Virginia Giacomi, San Francis co, Calif. Mrs. McNeill lived in San Lorenzo, Calif. Committal services will be completed at the Perl chapel. 7to Jffedijffi PM) PIiiqII warn' lips, waiting... (I Wm THEY FOUGHT Mm S W-uf I fj TO STEAL lprtf.lL; J 1 ' y ITKiLLTEHDEY' 'Mfpf W CALHOUN JO .keep it! VtV T; shelley i m &A-tJ2E !T MWk " '.'WINTERS TiflHHUlM" . i- rym,, 1 gilbert f I MjTiMiownBOwr ih if frawPfiBSCOPE I ROLAND (' vt ; "Ti President of Italy Heads for Son Francisco Detroit OJ.R) President Gio vanni Gronchi of Italy ended his visit to Detroit today and took off for San Francisco aboard President Eisenhower's former personal plane, the. Columbine II. Gronchi spent most of the morning to'uringthe giant River Rouge" plant of the Ford Motor company, where 63,000 workers are employed. WALL STREET New York (U.R) Leading stocks balked at further advance today while the specials pro duced the features. Utilities stood out with a small gain that put their average to a new high, since April 13, 1931. Industrials and rails lost slightly. Admission to trading of Ford Motor Co. shares provided a bit of excitement at the opening. Ford opened at. S62 a share, up 12V8 cents from its previous closing bid on the. over. the coun ter market. It added another 12V2 cents . arid .then fell back to a tiny loss." ' . . ' Today's closing prices . on se lected stocks:. -: .American T; & T -. 187Js Anaconda- 78?-s Chrysler ...'.:.'.....'..'...:..; 7358 Curtiss Wright - ' 31 General Electric 60?s General Motors ' -44T8 Montgomery Ward 91 1 2 Penn R R '243s Penney J C 99 Vi Radio .'. 45J2 Southern Co ZlVz Southern Pacific 56. S Oil of Calif 95V4 Transamerica 42 Tri-Continental 26"'8 United Aircraft 703i U S Rubber 57J4 U S Steel 561-8 ' Youngstowrt ..":........:.-. 92 PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa baled, f.o.b. Port land. S-U-43 ton; some sales higher.-. Wholesale Prices. as Reported by the USDA "market "news service. Vr.kt, No. 2 soft white. S74 ton: No. 2 wimC oats, 38-lb. test. Coast delivery. $53.54; No. 2 Western barley, S47.50 ton, f.o.b. Portland, Coast delivery; soybean meal, S73.50 ton delivered Portland; standard miilrun; S40.50 ton; No. 2 yel low - corn. . Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Portland. 563.25. . PORTLAND. PRODUCE Portland (UP) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. o5c; A Jarge, 52-53c; AA medium, 5Q-52c; A med ium, 49-50c; A small, 3S-41C; cartons, 2-3c 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, 401,2-45,2C; 5-lb. loaves. 461,i-49'2c Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39-41C lb. Farm Market Oxnard. Calif., cabbage was strong er today at 5.25-5.50 a crate; California broccoli was lower at 5.25-5.50 for 28 bunches and zucchini squash was 7.50 a lug; dealers reported it would be around April 15 before shipments of California long white spuds started arriving in volume. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers, (No. 1 quality f:o.b. Portland): Fryers 2!2-4 lbs. 23c; at farm. 22c; roasters 23c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light hens, 18c; heavy hens, 5 lbs. and up, 21c; old roasters, lH4c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style, 36 37c lb.; whole drawn, 41-43c; cut up 45-49c; 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 weights, 27c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers nom inally A -grade young hens. 55-56c lb.; eviscerated; . depending on weight; eviscerated fryer-roasters. 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant!: Live white, 3-i-4i2 lbs. 23-26c; 5-6 lbs. 18-21c; colored pelts, 4c under; old does, 10-14c lb. a few higher. Fresh killed frvers to retailers, 58-61C lb. cut up 62-65C. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP) Cattle 500. Choice 1065 lb. fed steers 18.50 with mostly choice 953 lb. 18.25, lightly sorted at 16.50: utility steers 11.50 13.50; choice 896 lb. fed heifers 16.50;' commercial good heifers 13.50-16; canner-cutter ' cows. 8-9.50;. utility 10.50-12; individual 1320 -lb. utility bulls .15. Calves - 5.0. Choice vealers . 26-28, some to 30; good vealers 21-25.' Hdgs. 600. U. S. No. 1 and 2 180 235 Ib.butchers 14.50-15: No. 3 butch ers around 13.50; few 150 lb... Nov. 1 butchers 13,. r Sheep 200. Choice fed. wooled lambs 19: good-choice slaughter lambs 17-18; good-choice ewes. 5.50-7. jr.? rj A'W: ADOPTING BABY polar bear as mascot, three members of Soviet polar operations in Arctic paint his portrait on nose of transport plane. Russians are operating cold weather re search programs oh polar floating ice stations. (International) Employees Beaten Portland' U,R) Three. men wearing silk stockings ovei their faces held up a . candy vending machine company and escaped with $520 .today .after beating four employees. ' Trie robbers, one armed with a sawed-off shotgun, entered the Canteen Company of Oregon about 8:15 a.m. They got away with S404 from the company and $116irom three employees. Frank Saunders, warehouse man, was struck on the back of Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 6:08'p.m; Sunrise to morrow 6:35 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloudy with occasional light rain or rain and snow mixed in valleys, snow in mountains tonight. Showers or snow flurries and periods ;of partial clearing Thursday. Low tonight 32-35. High Thursday 48-50. Western Oregon: Occasional rain to night. Showers and partial clearing Thursday. Warmer south portion to night. Low tonight 36-42. High Thurs day 42-48 north. 45-55 south. Northern California: Occasional rain extreme north part tonight and Thurs day. Otherwise fair. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE : ' Mean yesterday 28: below normal 18. Record high this date 75 in 1952. Record low this date 24 in 1945. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, " trace; midnight to 10 a.m. 0. Total this month 1.29 in., .93 in. above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 27.76 in., 14.44 in. above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 45. highest this a.m. 91 r'c. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 49 35 Crater Lake 23 -3 Grants Pass 47 27 Klamath Falls 30 14 MEDFORD :.40 26 Portland ...; 44 38 .06 .50 Seattle .. Spokane Yakima 43 .,...34 31 35 25 28 .01 ! Eureka Red Bluff Sacramento .... San Francisco . Los Angeles .. .46 .53 .52 .43 .63 34 35 33 37 47 Phoenix Denver Chicago .49 .34 ..46 33 7 36 .34 .12 I TOP NOTCH CAFE Wednesday, Mareli 7, 1S5S In Portland Holdup the head with a .45 caliber re volver and was unconscious for several minutes. Mrs. Helen Kjome, secretary, was beaten about the face with the. revolver after she said she could not open the safe. A. Fox, 59, shop foreman, was struck on the back of the head. Martin Meyer, 45, driver, . put up his hands to ward off a blow to the head and was wounded on the hand. Kenneth Rush, another employee, was not struck. The bandits, before departing, locked Fox, Meyer and Rush in a paint room. Mrs. Kjome, who suffered a broken tooth and bruises, was to have been locked in' the paint shop but the tele phone rang and one of the rob bers made her answer the call, George Sack Appeal To Be Heard March 21 Salem (U.R) The Oregon State Supreme court announced yesterday that arguments on an appeal filed with the court by George Sack, Portland, will be heard March 21. Sack is present ly under death sentence for the 1954 slaying of his wife, Goldie Sack. Sack is in the Multnomah county jail where he has been since he was convicted of the slaying. His attorney, J. P. Han noh, in his brief filed with the state court, attacked much of -the testimony in the original trial as being prejudicial to the defendant. Fish 'n Chips and Jumbo Fried Shrimp at McDuffie's COFFEE POT DRIVE-IN 1132 North Riverside Ladies Since this is LEAP YEAR why not help him be "The Greatest Guy in the World" by suggesting he bring you and the family to the TOP NOTCH for dinner. Next to Craterian Beauty Shop MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TOTSat Greefers Commiffee The Greeters committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday at 9 ajn. at the Medford airport for a no-host ''coffee clatche." Airport Manager Ralph Pierce will act as official host and has arranged for the attendance of most of the municipal or gov ernmental agency representa tives. The Student Government Day Airport Manager Jack Gregory and Mayor David Bos worth will be special guests. Supreme Court Refuses Salem U.RT The U. S. Su preme court has refused to hear an appeal filed by Dupree Poe, state penitentiary inmate, from an Oregon court decision deny ing him a writ of habeas corpus. Poe contends he is being held illegally in the prison. He is serving a life sentence for the 1932 slaying of a Silverton po liceman. BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 7 s.m. to 2 p-ra. DOORS OPEN 6:45 P.M. : HOTEL f V 5:30 to 9K P. M. I ROAST BEEF 1 Its Own I 4T orrowi "Here's proof he teas my love... 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