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Local and Rummage Post Office Clerks auxiliary will conduct a rum- mage and plant sale Saturday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Fehl building, 108 North Ivy st. PTA to Met Elk-Trail Par ent - Teacher association will meet Friday, April 13. at 8 p.m. in the school cafeteria. B. Sam Taylor will show colored slides and play tape recordings re ceived from a number of foreign countries. Refreshments will be served, and child care provided. Bottle Drive Cub Scout Pack 8 sponsored by Jackson Parent Teacher association wpl conduct a bottle drive for raising funds Saturday, April 14. Boys are to meet at Jackson school at 8:30 a.m., that day and persons who have bottles to donate and which are not picked up during the drive may telephone 3-1535. At Home Miss Jeannie Rags dale, a student of Medford Beau ty school, is convalescing at her home at 513 Palm st., afteremer gency surgery last Friday at Sa cred Heart hospital. She may have visitors. Miss Ragsdale is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jessie, Ragsdale of the Palm street ad dress. Visiting Mrs. Arthur Hotho and son, Stephen, White City, and her- mother-in-law, Mrs. Olive Sherman, Crescent City, Calif., left last week for a months travel and a visit in In diana. They will be with a daugh ter of Mrs. Sherman at Van couver, Wash., and two other daughters at Jeffersonville, Ind. At Osteopathic Peggy Per due, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Perdue, Eagle Point, suffered a broken leg Wednes day when she was swinging and the rope holding the swing broke, according to a report from Osteopathic hospital. The girl was admitted there last night. Film Tonight "We Too Re ceive," is the title of a film to be shown at 7:45 p.m. today at Assembly of God church. The picture concerns South -.Pacific natives educated in mission schools who saved lives of American airmen shot down dur ing World War II. This is a part of the regular midweek service, "Hour of Pftwer," at the church. The public is invited. Two Fined Morris Lee Stringer, 20 Ashland, and Jam-1 es Drew Coleman, 18, of 1806 East Main St., were fined $50 and costs and received 30-day li cense suspensions in district court yesterday on charges of holding a speed contest on a public highway. State police cit ed the two April 7 for racing on Biddle rd. Italian Coming - Dr. Luigi Rebuzzini will be guest of hon or tonight at a dinner meeting of Medford chapter, United Na tions association. Dr. Rebuzzini's visit here was arranged by the Governmental Affairs institute, and he is accompanied bya state departmgnt interpreter. The din ner will be at 6:30 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harlan P. Bosworth Jr., 2425 East Main street. Buy Property The home of Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Gitzen, 129 North Grape st., directly behind the Groceteria, has been pur chased by the store management and the property will be con verted to parking space, store officers said today. The Gitzens have made their home at that lo cation for 35 years They are moving to the former Lingaas home at 1332 East Main st. The deal was transacted at the T. J. Hight Agency, Inc. Ml 1st DRIVE IN RUN! ENDS SATURDAY! TOGETHER and TERRIFIC! JACK . MLANCI smart WINTERS FWARNERCOLO AND! 1st RUN! In CinemoScope! In Color! "The SCARLET COAT" Cornel Wilde Michael Wilding George Sanders 11 L J i I jT TnrJWa Personal Rummage Sale The Latter Day Saints relief society will hold a rummage sale between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 108 North Ivy st, Friday, April 13. Returns Mrs. E. A. Moore, 243 South Holly st., arrived home Wednesday after visiting for two weeks in Eugene and Portland with relatives. Square Dance Pioneer Square Dance club members plan a dance at Kershaw square Satur day, April 14, beginning at 8:30 p.m. Ken Howe and Eldon Bean will do the calling and potluck refreshments will be served. Sale Saturday A cooked food and plant sale will be held by the Gold Star Mothers Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the City Appliance store, 127 North Central ave., according to Mrs. M. Eakin, president. Fire Drill City Fire Marshall Truman Nelson conducted fire drill and evacuation procedure yesterday at Community and Sacred Heart hospitals. A class on fire extinguisher use was at tended by 30 employees at Com munity hospital. . Dismissed Mrs. Virgil Nel son, 23, of 521 Palm st., was dis missed Wednesday from Com munity hospital after being there since Monday as the result of in juries received when she fell from a car when the door flew open, according to a report of the accident. She received bruises and shock. Accident Vehicles operated by Echo Rae Laflin, 18, of 425 Vz South Oakdale ave., and Richard Allen Wickham, 2569 Sunny View st., Medford, collided at the intersection of Kings high way and Garfield sst., about 7:50 a.m. yesterday, according to state police. Echo Laflin was cited for failure to yield right of way, police said. Place Changed The board meeting of the Child Guidance clinic will be held at noon Mon day, April 16, in the vacant room opposite the Jackson County; Health department in the courthouse. The meeting place was changed because an other , meeting is scheduled in the county superintendent's of fice. Old and new board mem bers are urged to attend. . Buy Home Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Johnson, until recently of Dunsmuir, Calif., have pur chased the former Henry Byers home, route 2, box 390, on Central-Point-Jacksonville highway. The Byers now are living at 26 Myers lane, Medford. Included , , j - Johnsons is about 3V4 acres of iana. ihe announcement was made through T. J. Hieht Agency, Inc. Visit Plant Members of Boy Scout Cub Pack 6, Den 15, of Washington school, visited the Medford Mail Tribune plant Wednesday afternoon. On the trip were Steve Cox, Jack Groves, Bruce Kaye. Bobby Fish, Bobby Stearns, Dwayne Turpin, Eddie Lesnowicz, Dick Johnston; Mrs. B. J. Cox. leader, Mrs. B. J. Cox, leader, Mrs. Jack Groves, assistant leader, and visitors, Patricia Cox and Irene Groves. Radio Club Plans for com ing events of Rogue Valley Ama teur Radio club members will be discussed at a meeting at 8 p.m. today, in the group's club house at Camp White. Business on the agenda will include national emergency tests; a field day, and a convention to be held in early May at Eugene. Also to be dis cussed will be plans for comple tion of facilities at the club house and a decision on a new program of emergency gear and its con struction. Fund Party A party to raise scholarship funds will be con ducted by University of Oregon Mothers club at Medford High school cafeteria Friday, April 13, at 8 p.m. Ray Hawk, direct or of student affairs at the uni versity, will discuss sororities, fraternities and other campus subjects. Parents of students, prospective students and their parents, alumni and all interest ed persons are invited. A col lection will be taken to raise the funds and refreshments will be served. From Africa Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Stark arrived this week from Union o f South Africa accompanied by their three children, Linda, 13, John, 8,' and Helen, 3. They are visit ing at the home of Mrs. Stark's sister, Mrs. Joe Johnson, route 1, box 111, Central Point, where the women's mother, Mrs. Edna Scheel, also makes her home. Mrs. Stark is the former Miss Anne Scheel. The Starks have been in the missionary field in Soutfi Africa for the past seven years representing the Church of the Nazarene. He is a medical doctor. The family is on a year's furlough and will return here to visit again in May after they have visited his family in Can ada. They will be here now for about a week. Mrs. Stark at tended schools in Griffin creek and Medford. - ' Card Parry Roxy Ann Grange members will hold a 1 card party, open to the public, Saturday, April 14, at 8 p.m., in j the Grange halt. No Sale A rummage sale which was scheduled for April 14 by Talent Music Boosters club has been posponed indefinitely, those in charge announced to day. Boy Bitten Richard Barnes, 11, 112 South Keeneway dr., was bitten by a dog yesterday while riding his bicycle on Ardmore st., according to city police. Po lice said the boy was treated by a doctor. . Happy Harvesters Dancing will be conducted Saturday, April 14 from 8:30 p.m. to mid night by Happy Harvesters Square Dance club, at the Amer ican Legion hall in Central Point. Potluck refreshments will be served. Swingin' Bees Mrs. Minnie Robertson will call for a square dance session of the Swingin' Bees club Saturday, April 14 from 8:30 p.m. to midnight. Pot luck refreshments will be served and the session will be held at 40 North Riverside ave. Wagon Wheelers A dance is scheduled by Wagon Wheelers Square Dance club Friday, April 13, at 8:30 p.m., at Art Smith's barn on Griffin Creek rd. Pot luck' refreshments will be served. All square dancers in terested are invited. Mercy Flight Adrian L. Pitts ley, an employee at the Camp White Domiciliary, was flown to the Veterans Administration hos pital in Portland yesterday after noon for treatment of a heart condition. The trip was made in a Mercy Flights, Inc., air ambul ance plane. He was the 469th pa tient carried by the non-profit group's planes. At Community Elizabeth King, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen King, route 1, box 164, Talent, had emergency ap pendectomy last night at Com munity hospital, attendants said today. Listed there also as sur gery patients are Eugene In gram, 953 South Ivy St., and Granville Riggs, New Pine Creek, Ore. Gail Perry, Eagle Point, five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Perry, had tonsil surgery there today. Births REED To Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dean, 203 Gibson st., Talent, April 11, 1956, a boy, weight 5 pounds, at Osteopathic hos pital. KURTH To Mr. and Mrs. Winston, 512 South Holly st, apt. 3, April 11, 1956, a boy, 9 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. ANDERSON To Mr. and Mrs. Marvin, Applegate, April 12, 1956, a boy, 8Vt pounds, in Osteopathic hospital. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 6.49 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 5:30 a.m. FORE CASTS Medford and vicinity: Partly, cloudy tonight, sunny Friday. IjOw tonight 33. High Friday 70. Western Oregon: Fair tonight and Friday except late night or early morning fog or low cloudiness. Low tonight 35-44. High Friday 60-70. Northern California: Generally fair tonight and Friday. Colder in most inland areas tonight but warmer Fri day. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday o0: below normal 2. Record high this date 89 in 1951. Record low this date 28 in 1929. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, .05 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m. none. Total this month .30 inch, .14 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 28.08 inches 13.16 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 36; highest this a.m. 83 To. CITY High Low Free Brookings 67 49 Crater Lake ..... 35 24 T Grants Pass 63 41 .01 Klamaht Falls 51 36 MEDFORD 60 42 Portland 57 48 Seattle 63 41 Spokane 63 43 Yakima 69 44 Eureka 58 47 Red Bluff 52 41 .30 Sacramento 52 41 .37 San Francisco 54 39 .47 Los Angeles 60 50 .53 Phoenix Denver ...... Chicago Miami New York Washington, D C. 77 55 53 76 52 50 51 33 34 58 39 39 Read and Use Classified Ads The Community's Biggest Marketplace 5:30 to 9.-00 P. M. j-ifiTi ft '"Viltl' ROAST BEEF $3 50 Natural 1 Gravy " BREAKFAST AND LUNCH : HOTEL I V. Salem Man Fined for Commercial Trucking Joseph Baker Christian, Sa lem, was fined S50 this morning on a charge of illegal commer cial trucking in Crater Lake Na tional park. The fine was imposed by Park Commissioner Frank J. Van Dyke after Christian entered a plea of guilty. Park personnel arrested him yesterday while he was driving a truck and trailer through the park, with a power shovel on the trailer. Park headquarters here point ed out that the park is posted against commercial trucking without prior permission. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.Pl Eees To retail ers: Grade AA large. 50-51c: A large, 47-49c; AA medium. 46-49c: A me dium, 46-48c; A small, 38-39c; carton, 2-3c additional. Butter To retailers: A trrade prints 66c lb.; cartons. 67c;A prints, 66c; carton, 67c; B print 64c. Cheese To retailers: A erade Ched dar, single daisies. 40 i-45 'ac; 5-lb. loaves. 461i-49'jC. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39-41C Farm Markets Willamette vallev field grown rhu barb was bringing S2.25-2.50 for apple box lots today: Northwest old crop potatoes of N. 2 grade in short sup ply and some sales moved higher at 1.60 off the jobbers floors. Poultry, Rabbits .Live chickens to growers bo. i qualitv, f ob. Portland): Fryers. 2I2-4 lbs., 23c: at farm, 22-23c: roasters, 23c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light hens. 19c. Portland: 18c at ranch: heavy hens. 5 lbs. and up. 23c lb.; at country, 22c lb.; old roosters. ll-14c. Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, 36 37c lb.; wholedrawn, 41-43c; cut up, 45-49c; hens, light type. New York stvle, 30-31c: cutup, 42-44c: hens, heavy type, N. Y. style, 35-36c; Whole drawn, 44-48c. 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-rosaters. 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant): Live white. 3?i-4'i lbs., 23-26c: 5-6 lbs. ,18-21c; colored pelts, 4c under: old does. 10-14c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retail ers, 58-61c lb.; cut up, 62-65C. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.I Cattle 100. High good 1102 lb. fed steers $19. other good steers mostly $17.50-18; commer cial steers $16.50; utility heifers $11.50-13; canner-cutter cows mostly S8.50-10; utility cows $10.50-13: light cutter bulls $11.50; utility-commercial bulls $14-16.25. Calves 25. Good-low choice vealers $20-25: high choice to $28.50; commer cial $15-19; culls down to 57. Hogs 200. U.S. 1 and 2 180-235 IB, butchers $17-17.50: No. 3 . butchers S16.50: sows 300-500 lb. $11-14.50. Sheep 50. Choice 100 lb. wooiea lambs $18; utility-good lambs $15' $16.50. l7TtTW7TONIGHT! a K.m wxl. m mm mm mm- i (P&JEMASCOP 4 Vr derfully THE OF THE GORDON MacRAE-SHIRLEY JONES - CAMERON MITCHELL BARSAKA "UK " C1ARAMAC TUANCH OMT HOUWtVUJ MM UOCKHAWT " HENRYEPHRON HENRY KING OTEPMRON RICHARlTrODGER'SCAR HMMERSTEIN .1 Lettering Project Slated in Medford A street number lettering pro ject will be started Saturday in Medford by the Phoenix Lions clubs, it was announced today. The project will continue on ensuing week ends, with num bers of the club painting house numbers on curbs in front of houses in the city. No charge will be made, but donations will be accepted, with proceeds going to the Lions club's various civic and welfare program's. If householders are not home at the time the numbers are painted, the Lions members will leave envelopes in which dona tions may be mailed. The numerals will be black, painted on a white background. The job probably will take sev eral months to -complete. Leon ard Carlson and Dr. Donald Mc Geary are co-chairmen of the project for the club. Man Found Dead in Hotel Here Today Frank W.- Brookshire, 43, a recent resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, and a former mem ber of the Camp White domicil iary, was found dead this morn ing in a local hotel. Coroner Carlos W. Morris said death was apparently due to natural causes. Police and sheriff's deputies said Brookshire had been visit ing a friend at the Crater hotel at the time of his death. He was believed to have a family in Midland, Tex. Eagle Point Residents Reminded of Dog Law Eagle Point City officials of Eagle Point have reminded resi dents that dogs must be tied be tween April 1 and July -1, ac cordingvto ordinance. The council at its last meet ing also heard plans of the city park renovation by the Eagle Point chapter of Future Farmers of America. The group plans to provide parking spaces, land scape and picnic tables. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: Ho. 2 green alfalfa, baled f.o.b. Port land. $43-46 ton; some sales higher. Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market news servcie: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $74.50 ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test. Coast delivery. BEYOND ANYTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN IN A THEATRE! .IE FIRST MOTION PICTURE IN THE NEW .a.,. vrt iyes rt"-' COLOR by DELUXE The newdesign for entertain ment is here: Four times more Dhotoeraohic detail, greater depth, increased sharp ness, heightened audi ence participation! Every seat becomes the perfect seat! You never dreamed . an en , orQi'nmpnt. mnld be so won- exciting as Carousel in CinemaScODe bo! WONDROUS WEDDING TWO WONDJRS OF THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLDi Thursday, April 12. 1938 Wall Street New York flJ.R) Prices on the Stock Exchange turned downward late today after a feeble attempt to move higher. All departments joined in the retreat 'with the industrial shares leading the way. Steel shares led the decline in this group. Oils also were laggards. The growing tension in the Middle East coupled with wide ly circulated rumors in Wall Street that the Federal Reserve was going to boost the redis count rate were the reasons giv en for today's selloff. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T&T 185 Anaconda 78 Chrysler 72"s Curtiss Wright 33 General Electric 60 General Motors 45 Montgomery Ward . 933,4 Penn. R. R ... 26 Penney, J. C 93 Radio unquoted Southern Co 21 Southern Pacific 54 S. Oil of Calif. 105 Texas Gulf Sulphur ... 36Vs Transamerica 38 Tri-Continental 27 V United Aircraft 10Vi U. S. Rubber 5714 U. S. Steel ., 60 Youngstown lOlVi $7.50-58 ton; No. 2 Western barley, S50.50 ton, f.o.b. Portland Coast de livery: soybean meal. S81.75 ton. de livered Portland; standard millrun, $42.50-44 ton; No. 2 yellow corn. SAN FRANCISCO BALLET An Entire Company of Surpassing American Dancers Hedrick Jr. High -Friday, Apr. 13 HURRY! NOT MUCH TIME LEFT! Tickets on Sale "While They Last" At .. . PURUCKER'S - SWEM'S HUDSON'S PHARMACY America's most dynamic dance spectacle! DOORS OPEN 6:30 P.M. am nrr VvI w' T'" MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN 40 Officials Attend Forty law enforcement offic ers from the Medford Police de partment, county sheriff's office and surrounding city police de partments attended a Federal Bureau of Investigation school on civil rights Wednesday in the city hall. J. F. Santoiana Jr., special agent in charge of the Portland FBI office, instructed the two hour class, which was held here at the request of Medford Police Chief Charles Champlin. It was one in a series of classes re quested by law enforcement agencies throughout the state. Others will be held in Oregon during April and May, Santoiana said. The training is "to stimulate thinking and concern on the part of law enforcement officers for the basic civil rights and lib erties which they share with all Court Recommends Two Liquor Licenses Members of the county court Wednesday recommended to the Oregon Liquor Control commis sion that DA liquor licenses be issued to two Jackson county establishments. DA licenses, permitting serv ing of liquor on the premises, were recommended for Edgar H. Dahak, proprietor of the Oasis, Eagle Point, and Arnold L. Kit tilstad and Ezra Leon Kedrick, proprietors of the Union Creek resort, Prospect. r- i FBI School This Week Americans," he said. Santoiana described the classes as a positive contribution to help prevent law violation' and to safeguard civil rights. 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