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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, Mareh 8, 1958 Estimate $80 Taken From Ruch School An estimated S30, mostly in $1 bills, was taken from Ruch school Tuesday night, according to sheriffs deputies who investi gated a series of school burglar ies and attempted burglaries. Thieves took a small amount of change from the Oak Grove and Crater high schools, tore three' doors off the Applegate school and ransacked desks, and forced entry InXo the Murphy school, o . They failed in attempts to enter the Jacksonville high school and Jacksonville museum, deputies said. Oregon Wine Production Increase 42 Per Cent Portland (U.R) Production of wine in Oregon has increased 42 per cent in the past five years, Administrator William H. Baillie told the State Liquor Commis sion yesterday. The industry in 1950, he said, produced 150,618 gallons of wine. In 1955 the figure had risen to 215,052. FINE, IDEA . Oxford, Miss. (U.R) Traffic fines collected on the University of Mississippi campus are chan neled into a scholarship fund for needy students at the institution. More than $1,000 was turned over to the fund last year. FOR LEASE Building Now Occupied by Adrienne's 214 East Main Street PHONE 2-2768 Lea Purchases Nash Agency in Medford Purchase of Surroz-Nash agen cy by Paul E. Lea was an nounced today. Lea came here from Los Angeles where he was in business. Prior to that he was in the automobile business in Portland. The agency now is Lea Motors, Nash-Rambler sales, ser vice and used cars. For the past 10 years, the Leas have wanted to locate in Med ford, he said today, and when the local Nash agency came up for sale he took advantage of the opportunity. His wife and three children, Sonya, a high school student, Larry, a junior high student, and Marilyn, a second grader, will move here when school is out. Vic Surroz, the former owner, will devote his time to his Grants Pass agency, according to the announcement. Muncie, Ind. (U.R) A thief with no concern for sentiment stole the "the first dollar ever made" from a picture frame at the H. & H. Sandwich Shop. The bill was enscribed "Ben Det weiler, first dollar ever made, 1944." ' 1 - BRRRR! How would you like this fellow's job. He is a lookout aboard the ice-coated icebreaker USS Glacier arid is scanning the sea ahead as his ship plows through heavy seas on her way to McMurdo Sound in the Antarctic. This U. S. Navy photo was taken Feb. 9. BeefOc BUTTER j Vt 1 From the Yorkshire Farms of Iowa Roasts IL Jib. Aoc1R w LB. m PLUS NORTHERN PLUS NORTHERN PREMIUM STAMPS PREMIUM STAMPS 1 lbs. 1 PLUS NORTHERN PREMIUM STAMPS Ends and Pieces linos i LUMAN'S Where You Get the PLUS Savings of Northern Stamps PLUS NORTHERN STAMPS OLD FASHIONED lbs. PLUS NORTHERN STAMPS A A FFSs CP ft iivh-M r )c o ossue Limit 20 Roi,s i u Ro,!s o o LUMAN'S Where You Get the PLUS Savings of Northern Stamps $100 YUMA VAN CAMPS 5 Large $" 00 Cans S PLUS Northern Stamps Fryit Gocktoi LIBBY'S 303 Cans PLUS NORTHERN STAMPS $00 Shortening WHITE CAP BRAND PURE VEGETABLE Lb. Can PLUS Northern Stamps Oregon Brand Frozen LETTUCE head CAULIFLOWER 1 head PLUS NORTHERN STAMPS LUMAN'S- Your Northern Stamp Food Store Ainm Ilk PARTY TIME PROCESSED 4. PLUS NORTHERN STAMPS 2-lh. Ho m n Store Hours-S a.m. is 1 p.m.-Sat. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday-9 a.m. to 7 p.m. flnD Independently Owned . . . Independently Operated if) 4th & Front 1 1IUI!IU(I lIIUIUIJ Adopt '56 Budget Totaling $32,857 A 1956 budget totaling $32,857 was adopted by the board of directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at a meet ing this morning. It is $9,200 larger than the one for 1955. The budget was presented by Frank Bash, chairman of the budget and finance committee, after a review of chamber oper ations including the needs of committees for the coming year. Proposals Listed The budget calls for $21,390 for office operation including salaries, printing, supplies and office expenses; $550 for mem berships and subscriptions, $800 for advertising and publicity, $2,350 for printing of special brochures and folders, $2,250 for traveling and other ex penses, $650 for committee ex penses, $500 for capital expendi tures, and $4,367 for promotion al expenses which may arise through the year. A report of the tourist and convention committee, present ed by Mrs. Bert Pree, chairman, was approved by the board. It called for the expenditure of $1,141, if and when it is avail able, for erecting signs to guide tourists to the chamber office, for preparation of local tourist information to be distributed to motels and hotels designed to encourage tourists to prolong their stay in the valley; for participating in cooperative ad vertising of the southern Ore gon area, for devel'opment of mail "stuffers" about the area, to be included in business let ters going out of the valley, and for starting work on a motion picture film for showing to groups and on TV stations in other areas. To Name Committee The board approved appoint ment of a special committee to study the proposal to add fluor ides to Medford's water supply-. Members of the board indicated they felt the chamber was in no position to take a stand on the matter, but wanted a committee to study it and report back. The board also heard a brief report on the "Great Decisions" foreign affairs discussion pro gram to start here March 25, and with which the chamber will cooperate. r One of Oregon's Oldest Pioneers Dies Portland (U.R) Funeral ser vices will be held Saturday for Mrs. Mary Jane Clymer Taylor, 98, one of Oregon's oldest pio neers. Mrs. Taylor, who was born on a land claim 12 miles east of Salem, died yesterday. Her par ents crossed the plains to Oregon in 1848. An average passenger au tomobile tire wears out at the rate of three and one-half per cent per month. Boy Suffer Injured Eye in Accident David Shepherd, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bart Shepherd, 2780 Lone Pine rd., is in Com munity hospital as the result of being struck in the eye by a BB shot in an accident last night near his home, according to a report from the family today. It was not known yet today whether the wound is serious. The shot was to be removed from the eye this morning. Use Mail Tribune Want Adl Italian President Visits San Francisco San Francisco (U.R) Presi dent Giovanni Gronchi of Italy was a visitor in San Francisco today in fulfillment of a long cherished ambition. "I have always wanted to come to San Francisco," he beamed. "N -.v at last' I am here." t ;' . : The 68-year-old president will be here only two days', but his crowded schedule will neverthe less give: him a ' chance to see something of the Bay Area and to meet some of ,its leading citi zens. Gronchi arrived last night at San Francisco International Air port after a flight from Detroit. With him were his wife; U. S. Ambassador to Italy Clare Boothe Luce; Italian Foreign Minister Gaetano Martino; and other officials. Violation of Hours Charged To Hospital Portland (U.R) Multnomah county hospital last night was charged with "flagrant and open violation" of the 40-hour week. Dallas E. 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