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TEN MEDFORD OREGON MAIL TRIBUNE Tridar. April 20. 193S Local and Personal To Hold Sale Bethel 55, Job's Daughters, will hold a rummage sale Saturday, April 21, in the Fehl building, 108 North Ivy St., from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. . I Minor Surgery Janice Rush, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Rush, 9 Lewis ave.. had minor surgery today at Osteopathic hospital, attendants reported. Grange Dance A square dance will be conducted by Roxy Ann Grange members at the Grange hall Saturday, April 21, starting at 8:30 p.m. Gordon Kershaw and Kenneth Howe will call. Potluck refreshments will be served. Business Name Ralph J., and Cora'D. Lane have retired the assumed business name Long Branch Poultry Farm and James David and Janet J. Robertson have assumed the name, accord to records in the county record er's office. Here for Week Miss Marilyn Paup, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Paup, 721 South Holly St., is in Medford this week observ ing public health work in Jack son county. Miss Paup is a stu dent at the Providence hospital school of nursing in Portland and expects to graduate in June. Holding Sale Women of First Presbyterian church, Central Point, will conduct a sale of cooked food, plants and rum mage Saturday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the former li brary building. The sale "open ed today and is to continue both days. 1 To Penitentiary Sheriff How ard Gault Thursday transferred Edward McDonald, 30, of 106 California st., Jacksonville, to 'the state penitentiary. McDon ald was sentenced to two years for obtaining money under false pretenses. Injured Mahlon Sprague, 59, of route 3, box 69, Medford, suffered facial injuries when he fell from a truck at Medford Veneer and Plywood about 11:30 p.m. yesterday. He was taken by Medford Ambulance service to Community hospital, where attendants reported his condi tion as fair today. Square Dance Robby Rob ertson, Mercer Island, Wash., 'a recording artist and square dance caller, will call for a .square dance Sunday, April 22, from 2 to 5 p.m.; at the Jackson ville Community "hall, Doug ' Fosbury, president of the Rogue Valley Square Dance Callers as- sociation, has announced. The dance is being sponsored by the association. From Portland Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Hogan, Siskiyou court, returned to Medford Thursday evening from Portland where they had been since Monday. Hogan transacted business for . Rogue Valley Manor, of which he is president, and attended sessions of Boy Scout fund-rais ing officials. He is in charge of raising Scout 'Funds for the Crater Lake Area council. Recuperating Miss Martha .Hanley, Jacksonville-Central Point highway, is confined to , Sacred Heart hospital recuper- rating from a broken leg suffered this morning in a fall at her :home. Members of the family said she was resting easily and would be happy to see her friends cwithin a short time. She was taken to Sacred Heart by Med ford Ambulance service. New Program An orienta tion program will begin at the new control center headquarters of the civilian defense control center Sunday, April 22, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Anyone who wants to join in the enterprise may attend. The radio active patrol group also will welcome persons who have Geiger count ers for use in emergency operations. Inreitigation City Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson investigated one report of a hazardous condi tion in a residential area yester day. He inspected three business occupancies and two buildings of public assembly. Five orders were issued for correction of hazards. Firemen flushed down three gasoline spills from around parked cars in downtown Med ford yesterday. 47 Trainees Attend Foreman School Here A total of 47 trainees partici pated in the second session of a foreman fire fighting school at the state forestry department's district headquarters on Table Rock rd. today. More than 110 have taken the course, which was sponsored by the state forestry department, forest service, bureau of land management, and the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association. Lewis L. Simpson, secretary manager of SOCTFA, said the school apparently has been suc cessful from the attendance standpoint. The real success, he pointed out, will be determined on the fire line. Winners Awarded in National Sales Contest Awards made today to Mrs. R. M. Elrod, Talent, and Mrs. J. O. Killingsworth, 2190 Meals dr., as the only two major Ore gon winners in a national con test conducted by Wesson Oil Snowdrift Sales company. Mrs. Elrod won an Admiral brand combination refrigerator and freezer, and Mrs. Killings worth's prize was an Admiral brand double - oven electric range. Gary Washburn, southern Oregon sales representative for Wesson Oil company, made the announcement and participated in the presentations today. BIRTHS FLETCHER To Mr. and Mrs. Charles, 812 South Riverside ave.. ADril 19. 1956. a bov. weight 6 pounds, at Commun ity hospital. HACKETT To Mr. and Mrs. James. 1020 East 11th st., April 19, 1956, a girl, weight 5 pounds, at Community hospital. HINSON To Mr. and Mrs. Donald, box 947, Eagle Point, April 20, 1956, a boy, weight 9 pounds, at Community hospital. LAURINE To Mr. and Mrs. Zerald, No. 4 Loring ' court, April 19, 1956, a boy, 63i pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. ' - ALBERS To Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred, Yreka,-Calif., April 20. 1956, a girl, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. GRIGSBY To Mr. and Mrs. Richard, P.O. Box 791, Central Point, April 20, 1956, a girl, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. . LA COURSE To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur, 515 Boardman st., April 20, 1956, a boy, 634 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. FISHER To Mr. and Mrs. J. L., 1755 Orchard Home court, April 18, 1956, boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. CLARK To Mr. and Mrs. J.E., Box 494, Eagle Point, April 18, 1956, boy, 10 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. JOSEPHSEN To Mr. and Mrs. D. N., 508 Liberty st., April 18, 1956. girl, 8?4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 8:59 p m. Sunrise to morrow 5:22 a.m. FORECASTS Medfurd and vicinity: Considerable hish cloudiness through Saturday. Chance of a few showers in moun tains Saturday afternoon. Low tonight 46. HiEh Saturday near 80. Western Oregon: Fair and warm through Saturday, except consider able fog or low clouds along coast, clearing partially Saturday afternoon. Low tonight 40-48. High Saturday 75 . 85 in interior and 60 on coast. Northern California: Fair through Saturday except fog along coast. Lit Ue temperature chanse. TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 64: above normal 9. Record high this date 88 in 1S39. Record low this date 27 in 1927.. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month .30 inch, .46 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 28.08 inches. 12:84 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 20, highest this a.m. 850. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 62 48 T Crater Lake 58 - 34 Grants Pass .. 88 44 Klamath Falls 74 38 MEDFORD 84 45 Portland 80 45 Seattle - 74 48 Spokane - - "2 42 Yakima 79 42 Eureka 58 46 Red Bluff 8i 55 Sacramento 82 50 San Francisco M 43 Lns Angeles 74 5fi PVjcnix - "9 54 Denver 62 35 Chicago 51 ?A Miami ... "8 55 New York 48 40 Washington. D C 56 43 FIVE-DAY FORECAST 'Through April 25): Western Oregon Temperatures averaging above normal with a little cooling Saturday and more cooling aout Tuesdav. Little or no rain ex cept scattered showers about Tues-d-iv High temperatures in 80s begin ning of period and lows generally in low 40s. .. Northern California Nor precipita tion except scattered thunderstorms in Sierra Nevaaas ear.y in week. Tem perature averaging about normal in land and near normal along coast. WHILLOCK To Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bateman, 2737 How ard ave., April 19, 195,6, boy, 7?i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. HARDING To .Mr. and Mrs. Wayne, 230 Beatty st., April 19, 1956. boy. 6Vi pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. MYRICK To Mr. and Mrs. Richard A., 4202 . Laurel st., April 19. 1956, girl, IV2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. - SHAFFER To Mr. and Mrs. David. 1110 West 10th st., April 19, 1956. a girl, 6 pounds, at Community hospital. . Wall Street New York OI.R) Railroad shares, sparked by strength in Union Pacific and Santa Fe, rose to a new average high since Oct. 18, 1929, in a quiet stock market session today. The rise in rails accompanied a firmer tone for industrials and utilities and wide gains in spe cial issues. Trading was the lightest since mid-February for most of the session with some pickup in vol ume near closing time when the market was setting its best prices of the day. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 1801s Anaconda 77V4 Chrysler 71V2 Curtiss Wright 33Vs General Electric 6lVfe General Motors ....i 44s'8 Montgomery Ward 94VA Penn. R. R 263s Penney, J. C 92Vi Radio 46V2 Southern Co 2IV2 Southern Pacific 56 S. Oil of Calif 105V2 Texas Gulf Sulphur 36Vs Transamerica 40?'s Tri-Continental 27 Vi United Aircraft 68 U. S. Rubber : 56 U. S. Steel 62 Youngstown 10P,4 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle for week 3050. Choice 1071-1217 lb. steers S21; other choice $19.50-20.75; good S18 19; commercial S16-17.50: good-choice stocker and feeder steers $16.50-18.75: choice fed heifers $18.75-19 50; good $17-18.50: canner-cutter cows $8.50 10.50, few $11; utility bulls S15-16; with individual heavy Holsteins to $17 and $17.50. Calves for week 425. Choice vealers $25-29. few $30; good $20-24; com mercial $15.50-19; cull-utility $7-14; good choice stock steer calves $17-18. Hogs lor week 1860. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb. S17.50-18; No. 3 down to $16.25; heavier and lighter weights $15-16; sows 300-500 lb. $11 14.50. Sheep for week 825. Choice 100-105 lb. wooied lambs $18. high choice shorn lambs $17.50: No. 3 mostly choice early $16.25; feeder lambs early $13.50; cull-utility ewes $2.50-4, choice to $6. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade A A large, 48-49c; A large, 45-47c; AA medium. 44-47c; A me dium, 44-46c; A small. 36-37c; car tons. 2-3c additional. Butter To retailers:' AA grade prints, 66c; cartons, 67c; B prints, 64c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, single daisies. 40'a-45?2C: 5-lb. loaves. 46 1 2-491-0. Processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 39',2-41c. Farm Market Willamette valley rhubarb prices were at a new seasonal low today with most wholesalers quoting 15 lb. flats of strawberry type at Sl.50-1.75 with applcbox lots at 42.25-2.50: pota to market was firm to strong for top Northwest grades: California straw berries were changing hands at $5-5.10 a flat. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland). Fryers, 2'i-4 lbs.. 23c: at farm. 22c; roasters. 23c lb. f.o.b. Portland; light hens, too few transactions for Portland price: 18-19c at ranch: heavy hens, 5 lbs. and up. not enough trading for Portland price; at country, 21-22c up; old roosters, 11 14c. 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: cut up, 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-roasters. 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant): Live white. 3U-42 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 HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled f.o.b. Port land. S43-47 ton: some sales higher. Wholesale Ppices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white. S74.50 ton: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. test. Coast delivery. S59-59.50 ton; No. 2 Western barley, S49.50-50 ton. f.o.b. Portland Coast de livery: soybean meal. $85.25 ton. de livered Portland: standard .nillrun, $44-45 ton: No. 2 yellow corn. East ern shipments f ob. PorUand $70.85-71.50. News About Servicemen TO EUROPE Cpl. Kenneth McKemie, 1013 West Main st., left Ft. Ord, Calif., April 1 for European duty. He is attached to the 95th Engineer ing headquarters company. IN NEW ASSIGNMENT TSgt. Robert B. Hendris, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Edwards, 404 North Grape st., Medford, has left for assign ment with the 4220 squadron at Homestead Air Force base, Homestead, Fla. Accompanying him were his wife, Gloria, in fant twin boys and daughter. Hendris has been in the armed forces 13 years. Mr. and Mrs. Hendris and family have been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ed wards for the past week en route to Florida from San Diego. a Holland Hotel Wooden Shoe Restaurant Featuring Fine Food' Reasonably Priced Open Daily 6:30 A.M. to Midnite "A Friendly Place to Dine" OREGON'S MOST UNIQUE CAFF Food You'll Remember Every Bite is Rite!! $2 Children's Plates BROILED STEAK OR PAN FRIED CHICKEN DINNER.... New Polished Rock Museum . . . U-Do-lr Gold Mining BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER SNACKS ALDERBROOK CAFE Between Old Oregon Museum and House of Mystery 7 a.m. 9 p.m. Daily Phone: Gold Hill 5-9409 High Winds Stir Dust in Southwest By UNITED PRESS High winds stirred up new dust clouds over the parched Southwest yesterday. The dust swept into Gila Bend, Ariz., in front of 40 miles per hour winds. At Litchfield Park, Ariz., residents strained to identify objects a half mile away and visibility dropped to below a mile at Phoenix. The dust coincided with thun derstorms in the Southwest, but most of the rain had ended to day. The only precipitation, most of it light, was from East ern Ohio through central New England and Central Texas and over the southern Rockies and southern plateau. Former EP Resident Dies in California C. H. (Chet) Kettlewell, 75, died unexpectedly Tuesday in Calistoga, Calif. Mr. Kettlewell, who was state fruit inspector in California for several years, is a former' resi dent of Eagle Point and Horn brook, Calif. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Robert S. Rukovina, 11 Al mand St., Medford, Mr. and Mrs. Rukovina left yesterday to at tend funeral services in Calis toga. Interment was in the family plot in Calistoga, Calif. Alonfe Robertson Named Manager of SOC Shows Ashland- Monte Robertson, 437 West Eighth st., Medford has been appointed student man ager in charge of Southern Ore gon college co-op shows each Wednesday evening. Dick Simonson, 247 Beatty st., Medford, member of the Business club at SOC, has been named chairman of publicity for the two one-act plays SOC play ers are presenting this week end. Governor Appoints Nurse Board Examiners Salem U.R) Miss Virginia Welch of Corvallis and Miss Lu cilled M. Higby, of Salem were named by Gov." Elmo Smith to day as members of the Oregon state board of examination and registration of graduate nurses. Their appointments - extend until April 1, 1959. They replace Miss Lotus Eaton of Medford and Miss Shirley M. Thompson of Portland, whose terms expir ed April 1. Medford Firm Low Bidder on Bridge Job Peter Kiewit Sons company, 203 West Main st., submitted low bid of $710,276 to replace a flood-destroyed bridge across the Trinity river at Hoopa in Humboldt county, Calif.. - . The company is to replace the structure with ' a welded plate girder bridge. TOSSING REPLICA of original baseball used to inaugu rate the National League in 1876, President Eisenhower, pitches first ball at Senators-Yankees opener at Wash ington's Griffith Park Stadium. (International Soundphoto) Earl Hess Injured In Ashland Accident Earl Hess, 32, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hess, 216 Haven st., is confined to Ashland General hospital for treatment of head injuries suffered Wednesday in a traffic accident in Ashland. Hess, an employee of Ashland Moving and Storage, received head lacerations and bruises when the vacuum brake failed on the Bekin storage van in which he was a passenger, ac cording to Ashland police. Charles Serf ece, Portland, the driver, was uninjured. The loaded truck and trailer struck a light pole, knocking it loose from the foundation, jack knifed and rolled over blocking the street. Smoke Damage Results From Ignited Grease Grease igniting in a pan on the kitchen range scorched a cupboard a n,d caused smoke damage throughout .. the house about 5:30 p.m. yesterday at the Walter Rutherford home, 116 Chestnut st., firemen reported. Two pumper trucks were dis patched to the scene. A neighbor extinguished the blaze before the trucks arrived. Butler Calls lor Party Aid With Cash Washington (U.R) Chair man Paul M. Butler of the De mocratic National committee implored all Democrats today to come to the aid of their party with cash. His call for an intensive fund raising drive was addressed to Democratic party leaders meet ing in Washington for a two-day campaign strategy conference similar to one held earlier this week by Republican leaders. Butler said the GOP. now has a $5,000,000 campaign chest against a $100,000 bank account for the Democrats. The Demo cratic treasury, he said, would not finance a 30-minute cam paign show on a national tel evision network. ' Big Cave Searched For Three Missing College Students Scottsboro, Ala. (U.R) Ex plorers started an all-out search of vast "Whistling Cave" today for three persons, believed to be Vanderbilt university students, reported lost since Tuesday. Seven searchers sent an urg ent call for help after finding a note shortly after midnight which . provided first evidence that the report was not a hoax. The note, scrawled on toilet tissue and dated last Tuesday, contained on one side the word, "Lost," and on the other side, "George, one light left. R. S., April 14." Companions Identified The hunt had been touched off by a George Pike who said his lost companions were Ray Smith, James Mann and John Wilson, all of Nashville, Term. An "outside" man who spread the alarm Thursday had van ished afterward, and possibly now was a fourth person lost in the . five-mile, dual-level lab rynths of the limestone cavern 15 miles from here. . Bill Varnedoe, president -of the Huntsville, Ala., Speleological Society, sent out a call for a roundup of other members, say ing apparently the bona fide note was found deep in the cave. Varnedoe and six other so ciety members had searched Thursday afternoon' and night, and were about to give up when the note was found. ; Pelton Dam Project Work Gets Under Way Madras, Ore. CU.R) Work on Portland General Electric com pany's Pelton dam project on the Deschutes river was under way today. A $6,534,349 contract be tween PGE and the Guy F. At kinson company of Portland was signed Wednesday. First job for the dam will be en trances for the 600-foot diver sion tunnel at the main dam. About 100 men are working with some 350 expected to be on the job within a month. A PGE official said in Port land that a ground breaking ceremony to signal commence ment of the project would be held May 1. A SAVING Stratford, Conn. flJ.R) Si korsky Aircraft Corp., requested a S3,000,000 reduction in its $10, 000,000 assessment. The Town Board of Tax Review, noting a barn on the corporation's prop erty had been demolished, al lowed a cut of $345. DROP IN HERE For A . . . Refreshing Treat! Lunches Sandwichel Salads Fountain THE CLOCK Main at Bartlett. Phono 2-6766 I DAM! I DANCE DANGER Grand Rapids, Mich. U.R Susan Kay Grady, 14, suffered a fractured hip when her jitter bugging partner threw her over his shoulder and she hit a steel rail. They were practicing for a school dance contest. . , Carolyn Tiegs Named Scholarship Winner Carolyn Tiegs, route 1, box 317, Talent, has been named winner of the Oregon Egg Pro ducers scholarship to the 4-H summer school scheduled June 12-24 at Oregon State college. Carolyn is one of 13 4-H club members in Oregon to receive this scholarship. She represents Jackson and Josephine counties. The scholarship was awarded on the basis of her poultry project, exhibit and demonstrations. Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes, be tween Lake Michigan and Glen Lake in Leelanau County, Mich., is the largest shifting sand dune in the world. SATURDAY NIGHT April 21, 1956 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Jacksonville COMMUNITY HALL Modern Music i John Lusk and Band HOTEL BEDFORD FRIDAY and Saturday Witaincne7,ete Fresh Salmon Steak, Broiled...... $1.50 Baked Chicken and Dressing $1.50 Broiled Ground Beef Steak Mltm $1.50 Open 7 A.M. - 2 P.M. 5:30 - 9 P.M. Under New Management ADMISSION $1.00 SILVER GRILL CAFE "Where Better People Eat Better" Home Made Rolls . . . Pies . . . Bread Between Riverside and the Bridge on East Main UAimq. OPEN DAILY 7 A.M. to 7,P.M. IIUUIIU. CLOSED SUNDAYS PAUL and ELVERA WALKER " I GOLD HILL GRANGE HALL Saturday flight Dining ' room open the entire evening. . . . FREE Check-room Improved Parking Area Tune to KBES-TV Tonight, 6:00 o'Clock 9:00 to 1:00 Music by Vic Flood and the Rhythm Masters with Guest Vocalists P DONT MISS THIS BIG ON OUR STAGE IN PERSON Direct from Hollywood! YOU'VE Your Favorite Western Star THRILLED TO HIM ON THE SCREEN TAKEN HIM TO YOUR HEART ON THE AIR ENJOYED ALL OF HIS RECORDS NOW SEE HIM IN PERSON'. with his Sinaing, Strina'ma Musical Show IE& Admission $1.50 Children Under 12 FREE STPCTDW Saturday Night April 21st featuring the Melody Wranglers ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM Dancing 'Til 1. Free Parking. Come on Out) See and Hear the MELODY WRANGLERS KBES-TV 5:30 to 6:30 P.M. Every Saturday Watch for them! f
