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Newspaper Page Texto O Local and Car Struck James R. Gibson, 619 Benson Ft., reported to city police Sunday that a coupe own ed by Nellie Jane Bell, 944 South Ivy st., was struck by another vehicle while parked at 821 North Riverside ave. Iimi Sioltn Floyd Elbert Barne3, 112 South Keeneway dr., Medford, reported to city police Sunday that several items have beenQaken in the past three days from Barnes Shell Service, 618 West Main st. Barnes said the stolen items include license plates from rental trailers and an auto compass, Mercy Flight George E. Gregg, 53, Eagle Point, was flown to Portland for surgery at the Veterans Administration hos pital this morning in a Mercy Flights. Inc., air ambulance plane. He was the 458th patient carried by planes of the non profit organization. Gregg had been a patien? at Sacred" Heart hospital here. Flue Fires City firemen were called to flue fires yesterday at the homes of Fred Boenig, 316 South Ivy st., and Robert Vin son, 223 Willamette ave. Cen tral Point rural district firemen were summoned to the residence of Mrs. Alice Vincent on Jack sonville highway at Bybee cor ner because of a flue fire. No damage was resulted from any of the blazes. As Sacred Heart New medi cal patients reported today at Sacred Heart hospital are Jack Reed, Merrill, and Ronald Rock, 7 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Rock, 615V2 Fran cruette st. Those reported there today for surgery are Othel Whit sett, Grants Pass; Ronald Watt, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Watt, Hornbrook, Calif.; Erwin Martin, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wildon Martin, route 1, Medford; Mrs. James McLain, Grants Pass; Mrs. Royal Wolf, Phoenix, and Mrs. John Leedy, Central Point. ENDS TUESDAY! "MEET ME AT THE 4 FAIR Don DA1LEY Diana LYNN IT 11 First ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY - the new Safety -Award winning Studebaker! Studebaker-Packard Corporation will purchase and pay the premium on $20,000 insurance coverage for the original registered owner of each big new 1956 Studebaker purchased through a factory-authorized Studebaker Dealer on or after March 5, 1956, and until further notice, which will cover him against accidental death occurring while driving and arising out of' an accident involving his Studebaker. The certifi cate, issued under a policy written by a nationally known insurance organization, remains in effect for a full year from the date of purchase. This offer applies only to purchases in States where such coverage is not contrary to State laws or regulations. Studebaker'a Uneurpad Safety. Here is security unsurpassed by any car! Road-hugging Pyramid De sign . .". Box-braced body shell . . . extra-member Bridge-built frame . . . oversize Safety-action brake . . . world's first Safe-lock door latches . . . Safety padded seat backs . . . Safety-glass rear-view mirror . . . optional seat belts and many other safety features. Studebaker Dealers' Over-the-Blue-took Allow- ancee. Amazingly generous deals this month! There never was a better time to buy the big new Stude baker! So hurry see your Studebaker Dealer, today! TUB Personal At Oiteoptthie William Sta- tum, Grants Pass, is a medical patient at Osteopathic hospital, attendants reported today. To Meeting B. E. Budge, branch manager of Crane com pany, and two of the branch salesmen from here are in San Francisco to attend a two-day company regional meeting open ing today at St. Francis hotel. The salesmen are Kenneth C. McHugh and Lloyd Wales. Daughter Born Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Courtner, Portland, are the parents of a daughter born March 10 in that citv. The child j weighed five pounds and nine I ounces, and is the first born to the Curtners. Mrs. Curtner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Hubbard, East Fairview drive. Pythian Club A change in the meeting place of Pythian Sisters club set for Tuesday, March 13 at 8 p.m., has been announced. The group originally was to meet at the home of Mrs. Carl Fichtner, but now will meet at the home of Mrs. Audley White, 523 North Riverside ave. Bedroom Damaged An up stairs bedroom was damaged by fire and several small holes were burned in the roofs of the house and garage yesterday afternoon at the home of Courtney Winter, 1292 Dixie lane, firemen report ed. They said that sparks from the flue caused the fire. The ru ral pumper was sent to the scene about 2:30 p.m. 4-H Meeting The first general 4-H meeting of this year will be held in the Central Point Grange hall Tuesday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. Attending will be 4-H club members, leaders, parents and friends. Miss Marjorie Hattan, International Farm Youth Ex change student who lived in Nor way for a time, will show films and speak of her experiences. Miss Hattan is the new 4-H agent in Jackson county. Fined Donald Eugene Glenn, 31, box 250, was fined a total of S55 on charges of reckless driving, disorderly conduct and no operator's license in police court today. A car driven by Glenn was involved in an acci dent on North Riverside ave. near Manzanita st. at 8:17 p.m. Sunday. A city police report charged that Glenn became bel ligerent and refused to give in formation at the scene of the accident. He was fined $25 and given a five day suspended jail" sentence on the charge of dis orderly conduct. The border of Tennessee and Missouri each touch upon those of eight of their neighboring I states. . in the industry to bring you a Brush Fire Burns Modern Homes Tunpunga, Calif. 1U.R) A three-alarm brush fire, touched off early today by gale force winds, was reported "pretty well surrounded'' after destroying four or five fashionable hillside homes and forcing families to fle to safety. A firefighting force made up of all available Los Angeles city m,,n4.f, firomon manaoprl I after several hours to circle the leap-frogging flames which had raced out of control through nearby Haines Cayon behind winds with gusts up to 85 miles an hour. Marvin E. Meador, assistant Los Angeles fire chief, said "at least four and possibly five" S22,000 homes were burned. He said there were no reports of deaths or injuries. He pointed out, however, that the full dam age of the fire was not known yet. Meador said several families were forced to evacuate theird ultra-modern homes in the new sub - division of M a n z a n it a Slopes. The Red Cross set up emergency headquarters to take care of the evacuees. The fire was on the edge of Tujunga and some 12 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. The city fire department put 200 men. 13 engines and 15 tankers into the battle against the blaze. The county supplied 125 firefighters and 39 pieces of equipment. An estimated 70 acres were burned. WALL STREET New York (U.R) Industrial shares negotiated the 500-level in their average for the first time in history today. Back in the booming 1929 days the all time high for this same average was 381.17. Today's market was the fifth to rise since President Eisen hower said "yes" on Feb. 29. It showed a rise in the industrial a'erage of around 17 points from the Feb. 29 close. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks; American T & T 185 Anaconda 803,s Chrysler : 17V Curtiss Wright 32 General Electric 6352 General Motors ... 47 Montgomery Ward - 93-?6 Penn. R. R 24 Penney, J. C 99V& Radio 48 Vz Southern Co 217 s Southern Pacific 5734 S. Oil of Calif 97 V2 Texas Gulf Sulphur ..(Unquoted) Tansamerica 42 . TrT-Continental 27 Vi United Aircraft 71 U. S. Rubber 57 U. S. Steel 57 Youngstown 94 The American" people spend about $300,000 yearly for the care of their eyes. B?g New Studebaker! Power to spare (210 hp.) . . . Largest rize (120Vi" wheelbase) . . . Most luxurious styling . . . Finest economy record . . . tht big new choict in tht low price field I EBAK Pioneer Daughter Passes Saturday Mrs. Gladius T. Pearce, 82, a daughter of a pioneer family and a resident of Jacksonville for many years, died at a Med ford hospital Saurday. She was born in Coos Bay, Ore., on Feb. 26, 1874, and mov ed to Jackson county as a child. Her father, James J. Fryer, first came to Jackson county in 1852 in a covered . wagon, and took up a donation land claim in the Eagle Point district. She was married to Floyd Pearce, who died in 1946. . Survivors include two daugh ters, Mrs. Ruberta LeConte, Bel mont, Calif., and Mrs. Dorotha P. Straus, Medford; two sons, Ansil F. Pearce, Klamath Falls, and Vance A. Pearce, San Diego, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Arglee F. Green, Los Angeles, and two grandsons. Funeral services will be held at the Perl funeral home at 11 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. D. E. Millard officiating. Inter ment will follow in the pioneer Logtown cemetery. Britain Halts French, Swing to Neutralism London (U.R) Britain appeared today to have halted a French swing toward neutral ism that could have wrecked joint Western policy. ' The two nations issued a joint communique announcing they had reached "wide agreement" and strengthened joint policy after a hurried, 24-hour meeting between the British and French prime ministers. "They reaffirmed their at tachment to the Atlantic alli ance and their intention to maintain and reinf6rce the common front of the free na tions," the communique Said. French Premier Guy Mollet then flew to face a critical con fidence vote in Paris after his conference with Prime Minister Anthony Eden at Eden's coun try estate outside London. "I can .declare -With immense pleasure that Franco-British re lations have never been better," Mollet. told newsmen' when he landed at Villacoublay Military airfield outside Paris. But he slapped down . reports that France has agreed to join the British-sponsored Baghdad pact iu the Middle East. Asked about such reports, he said, "That's news to me." ARTICLES FILED Salem iU.R) Articles of ir corporation have been filed here for the Cascade Agency, Incorporated, of Medford, a group of insurance agents. They were signed by C. Clifford Troop, Charles Hazelton, John Collins, John Dickenson and Fred Bauman. This policy subject only to the follow ing exceptions: (1) injury due to the hazards of warfare (raids by air, sea, or land, and all combat fighting shall constitute warfare); (2) suicide or any attempt thereat or anyintentionally self inflicted injur)', while sane or .insane; (3) carbon monoxide poisoning; (4) driving the automobile for compensa tion or hire; or in any race, speed andor endurance test; (5) injury sustained outside the Continental limits of the United States of 'America, Hawaii, Canada, or Mexico. , R Obituaries MRS. GAY CHOUSE Funeral services for Mrs. Gay Crouse, wife of G-len W. Crouse, Crescent City. Calif., who died March 8, will be held at the graveside in Siskiyou Memorial park at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, with Perl funeral home in charge. CHARLES EDWARD DAVIS Charles Edward Davis, Med ford, died early today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Kath leen Yocum, in Fortuna, Calif. Funeral arrangements are pending the return of the. body to Medford. Perl funeral home will be in charge. WILLIAM MUSTY William Musty, 77, a longtime resident of Central Point, died at his home, 313 Alder st., Cen tral Point, Sunday afternoon. He was born in Kansas on Feb. 19, 1879, and moved to Oregon in 1881, living here since that time. He was a creamery work er, and an expert butter maker. Survivors include his wife, Sar ah Davis Musty, and seven chil dren. Funeral services are pending, and Perl funeral home will be in charge. MRS. ELMIRA ROSS Funeral services for Mrs. El mira Drouillard Ross, 233 South Roverside ave., who died March 8, are awaiting the arrival of relatives from Los Angeles, ac cording to Perl funeral home, which will be in charge. CHARLES HERMAN .Charles Henry Herman, a resi dent of Medford for the past six months, died here Sunday after noon. Survivors include five broth ers, Mike, Medford; Frank and Antane, Los Angeles; Willard, Eugene, and August, Harrisburg, Ore, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Waters. Delray Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Robert Sipe, Albany, Ore. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Har risburg. Perl funeral homt had charge of local arrangements. ELIZABETH VROMAN Mrs. Elizabeth A. Vroman, 57, wife of Clinton D. Vroman, route 1, box 438, and a native of the Medford area, died at home Sun day. Funeral services will be con ducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Chapel mortuary, with the Rev. James W.' Neely, pastor of the first Baptist church, officiating. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Casket bearers will be Charlie Cingcade, Elmer Harris, Ted Graham, Dbnn V. Piatt, Lester Wilcox, Sr., and Ralph Ray mond. , .... Mrs. Vroman was the daughter of , Mr. and Mrs. Wily Turn bough, and was born in Phoenix on Dec. 6, 1898. She was married on Jan. 5, 1918, to Clinton D. Vroman, who survives. She was a member Of the First Baptist church. Other survivors are a daugh ter, Mrs. Marjorie Casad, Med ford; three brothers, H. A. Turn- bough, Jacksonville; Bud Turn bough, Applegate, and Vernon Turnbough, Phoenix; a step brother, William Wright, Sedro Woolley, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. V. M. Strong, Phoenix, and Mrs. Edith' Milton, Vale; her step father, Thomas W. Wright, Med ford; and two grandchildren. MRS. RUBY B. WOLTER Funeral services for- Mrs. Ruby Blanche Wolter, of 1024 East 11th st., Medford, who died Friday, will be held in Conger Morris chapel Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. C. W. Frost of the Apostolic Faith Church Of ficiating. Committal will be in IOOF cemetery. The deceased was born Sept. 9, 1884, at Lamoine, Calif. She Was married to Edward T. Wol ter in 1910 at Los Angeles, Calif., who survives. She ' lived in Ashland until 1916 when she moved to Dunsmuir, living there until 1930. She then moved to a ranch in Prospect ,where she lived until 1944, when she moved to Medford, residing here until'her death. Beside her husband survivors include two brothers, Albert Sperry and Ike" Sperry, both of Lamoine, Calif. ARTHUR M. BARRETT The body of Arthur M. Bar rett, 86, Medford, who died in a local hospital Friday, have been forwarded by Conger-Morris fu neral home to Portland for ser vices and interment there. Mrs. Barrett was born Feb. 18, 1870, in Marysville, Calif. On Oct. 2, 1919, at Vancouver, Wash., -he was married to Nola Pollack, who survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Adrienne Bag genstos, Medford; a sister, Mrs. Isabelle Kennedy, Lincoln, Calif., and a -granddaughter, Marilyn Anderson, Medford. Monday, March 12. 1958 Flood Control Group Approves Charter, By-laws, at Meeting Proposed new by-laws and a constitution for the recently formed Rogue Basin Flood Con trol and Water Resources asso ciation were approved unani mously by the board of directors at a meeting here Eriday eve ning. . :" The proposals were drawn up by Attorney Wally Martin, Grants Pass, secretary of the organization. After approval at the meeting, held in the Jack son county courthouse, copies were forwarded to each south ern Oregon group which ap proved the original resolution asking for flood control in the Rogue basin. Letters Read Bill Jess, Eagle Point, presi dent of the association, read sev eral letters received from Ore gon's congressional delegation, and from Secretary of the Inter ior Douglas McKay. He said progress is being made in Wash ington by the introduction of. bills to achieve the flood con trol aims of the organization. Secretary McKay's letter, re ceived by Ralph Moore, Grants Pass, vice-president of the asso ciation, urged the organization to obtain harmony and unity among all interested factions in the basin as the best means of obtaining action on an effective plan of action. Money Arailable Ben Hilton, Grants Pass, ad vised the group that funds col lected by a previous flood con trol group, not now in existence, could be made available to the association, as a bona fide flood control organization. Next meeting of the associa tion was called by . Jess for 8 p.m. Monday, March 27, at the Jackson county courthouse. He urged all interested groups and individuals to attend. Births ROCK To Mr. and Mrs. Glenn, Jacksonville, March 9, 1956, a boy, 6V2 pounds, at Os teopathic hospital. WOLFF To Mr. and Mrs. E. A., 208 Summit ave., March 12, 1956, a boy, 9 pounds, at Osteo pathic hospital. HARBISON To Mr. and Mrs. David, Eagle Point, March 12, 1956, a , boy, lOVi pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland ( UP) Cattle 2000; early sales led steers and heifers 25-oOc higher; early sales cows . steady to strong; several loads choice fed steers S19; few loads held up to $19.25 and above; good steers 17-S18: load com mercial sib.Zo; cooo-cnoice leeaer steers $17; load choice fed heifers held above $17.25; couple loads mostly choice $17: good heifers 15.50-S16.50; cAnner-cutter cows mostly 8-S9.50, few S10; few utilitv cows 10.50-S12; utilitv bulls 14-515.50; odd head to S16: light cutters down to $11.30. Calves 100; few good-low choice vealers steady at 21-S28; high choice quotable to $30 and above: good choice light stock steer calves S18. Hogs 1300; market active, strong to 25c higher: sorted lots No. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb mostly 15-S15.50; No. 3 lots 14-S14.25: few 370-460 lb sows 11-?12; good-choice feeder pigs 12.50-$13. Sheep 900: market active, steady to strong; choice fed wooled lambs $19; one lot $19.25. some held higher; good choice grades 17-18; good - choice (trades 17-518: good-choice feeder lambs 14.50-S15; two decks good choice ewes 106-115 lb 5.75-$6.50; one lof cull ewes $2.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large 55c; A large 52 33c: AA medium. 50-52c; A medium 49-50c; A small 38-41c; cartons 2 to 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 40,i-45'ac; 5-lb loaes 461,2-49',2C. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb loaf, 39-41c lb. ; Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To grdwers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portlandl: Fryers 2',a-4 lbs" 23c; at farm 22c: roasters 23c lb f.o.b. Portland: light hens 17-18c: heavy hens 5 lbs and up 21c; old roosters 11-14C Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Frvers. N Y style 36-37c lb; whole drawn 41-43c; cut up 45-49c; hens, light type NY style 30-31c; cut ups. 40-43c: hens, heavy type NY style 35-36c: whole drawn 44-47c. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur kevs, live weights, 27c lb. Dressed Turkeys To reailers: 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 to 4'.2 lbs 23-26c; 5 to 6 lbs 18-21c; colored pelts, ,4c under; old does 10-1 4c lb. a few Higher. Fresh killed fryers to re tailed, 58-6 1c lb; cut up 62-65c. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port land. 41-S43 ton; some sales higher. Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft, white. S74 ton: No. 2 white oats, 38-lb test. Coast delivery, 53-S54: No. 2 Western barley 47.50-S48 ton f.o.b. Portland, Coast delivery; soy bean meal S73 ton delivered Portland: standard millrun S40.50 ton: No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments f.o.b. Portland S63.75. The greatest altitude at which an airplane can be seen with the naked eye is about 12,000 feet. . Holland Hotel Wooden Shoe Restaurant Featuring Fin Feed Reasonably Priced Open Daily 6:30 A.M. to Midnite A Friendly Place to Dine" ind Commission Worker Visiting Here Mrs. Vera Thompson, .Port land, field representative from the Oregon commission for the j blind, is in Medford this week ! i to conduct classes in braille. ' crafts, typing and homemaking.j She is interested in- contact-! ing anyone with a visual handi- j cap who wishes to take part in the classes. She also is interested in contacting anyone with a visual handicap who wishes to take part in the classes. She also is interested in learning of anyone in the county who has visual difficulty. Whenever pos sible the commission seeks to as sist in restoration of sight and rehabilitation of such ' persons, and Mrs. Thompson will talk over problems of those who con tact her. She may be reached by telephoning 2-8034, Medford. She will be here through March 18. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight, 6:14 p.m.;sunrise. 6:27 a.m. FORECASTS: Medford and vicinity: Fair through Tuesdny. Low tonight 28. High Tues day 55-58. Western Oregon: Fair tonight and Tuesday. A little wanner. Low to night 32-42. High Tuesday 50-60. Northern California: Fair through Tuesday. Slightly warmer days. LOCAL DAI A: Temperature: Mean yesterday 36: below normal 11. Record high this date 76 in 1941. Record low this date, 20 in 1950. Precipitation: 24 hours to midnight, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month. 1.29 in.. .64 in. above nor mal. Total since Sept. 1, 27.76 in.. 14.15 in. above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 23 highest this a.m. 75. - Brookings ... Crater Lake Grants Pass Klamath Falls MEDFORD Portland ASH LAN Do STEVE ALLEN DONNA REED plus City Hi Lo Prec. VI V jTMKT'f?-rTffti a . ss 42 V nanaiMiiiMia 22 2 26 "1 1 :s 21 . 48 27 -VWVB 48 25 f I f 1 H t ' J Eureka 52 35 7f Sacramento 63 40 ji f" ,"I'Xa!iiS!!,Jrl San Francisco 60 44 fl j nl JmEv? a ffli IKIKiN I Los Angeles 61 50 j f i I Hi fVJ W if I Phoenix 80 58 VI I tJjmt2mifriJ I Chicago r."." 45 24 trace f i I C 1 U I Vjf IM Vj, jifci- j Miami 77 72 T M 1 I A f' K v" M k" I riW New York 57 35 7i F .'Tjii- " I Washington. D. C. 66 39 , V I 'jf J The Navy's A4D attack plane fe weighs 15,000 pounds and has V? p4'iJ. I 'f!J I a wingspread of only 27 feet, VI ffJK 1 I ' six-inches. It is currently being fu pWt-v"' tested at the Naval Air Test JLI mf VSIi! 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