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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1956)
Local and DAV Club Members of the Sewing club of the Disabled American Veterans auxiliary have slated a work meeting Thursday, May 3, beginning at 10 a.m., at the home of Mrs. William A. Eiden, Jacksonville. Meeting Slated Rogue Soil Conservation district will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in the coun ty agent's office, it was re ported today. Andrew E. Ste vens, Phoenix, is chairman. 1 Vodka in (krano ttiir O- I 1 . v. ' It leaves you breathless miTnoff tie qrtaiest name VUUItA SO proof. Midt from 1 00 f nin neutral iptrirs. Ste. Pierre Smirnoff FU. Inc.. Hartford. Conn. T0HITE!7s: Show at :30 P.M. 1st DRIVE IN RUN! V 't'ffi if; We're Here To Serve You Well With Tempting Menu Variety THE Top Notch Cafe Next to Craterlan Beauty Shop Home Made Featuring! ' Delicious HAMBURGERS and FRENCH FRIES BARBECUE BEEF, PORK and HAM SANDWICHES PASTRAMI SANDWICHES I NEW EQUIPMENT Soeedv Service Reasonable Prices M OPEN Personal To Attend Meet G. E. Olson of the Jerry Olson Mack sales, Medford. will be among distribu tors of Mack trucks at a three day meeting,- at the company's plant in Allentown, Penn., start ing May 7. About 160 distribu tors and company executives are expected to attend. Assumes Names Bruno and Sara C. Rath have assumed the business name Rath's Medford Fashion Center, and H. D. and Walter Wyckoff and Don L. Meggers have assumed the name Cloverlane Poultry Farm, ac cording to records in the coun ty recorder's office. In Portland Paul Hornbeck, Medford manager of the J. Hen ry Helser and company office, Is in Portland today attending a conference of company managers- and visiting brokers from throughout the country. The con ference concerns a report on national economic conditions. The company is an Investment management firm. Topic Told "Controlling Our Emotions," is title of the topic on which Dr. J. Hudson Ballard will speak today at 8 p.m., at First Presbyterian church. Dr. Ballard has been here through the week to speak on subjects concerning psychology and bet ter living. The public is invited to the lecture and to the one which will close his series Thurs day, May 3, at 8 p.m., on "Tem perament in Daily Life," which also will be given at the church. A nursery will be provided for parents of small children. in:) 2nd HIT! Wendell COREY Evelyn KEYES JLF Johnnie's Mow pen5 126 North Bartlett Next to Safeway Will Offer COMPLETE BREAKFASTS HOT AND COLD LUNCHES Including Soups and Delicious Chili Con Carrie 7:00 A.M. CLOSE 6 Rummage Members ef Al pha Lambda chapter, Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority will hold a rummage sale Friday, May 4 at fl a.m., at Girls Community club, 229 North Bartlett st. To Meet Christian Charity guild of St. Peter's Lutheran church will meet Wednesday, May 2, at 1:30 p.m., in the home of Mrs. Hugo Frohreich, 304V4 North Holly st. Baked Sale The Disabled American Veterans auxiliary will hold a baked food sale and bazaar at the City Appliance store Saturday, May 5, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. At Osteopathic Mrs. Lizzie Freauf, route 1, box 383, Gold Hill, had surgery Tuesday at Osteopathic hospital and Lloyd A. Dunha, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Dunham, Grants Pass, is a medical patient there. Medical Patients Mrs. Geor giana Beier, 143 North Colum bus ave.; Thomas Scott, ZVz months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Scott Jr., 405 Oak St., and Tom Parret, Canyonville,, and Mrs. Thilena May, Talent, are listed as medical patients today at Sacred Heart hospital. Have Surgery Those reported as surgery patients today at Sa cred Heart hospital are Carl Sorting, Ashland; Debbie Merri man, two months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Merriman, 35 Chestnut st.; Charles Shot well, 1200 Loal st.; Oscar Rose, 148 Winema way, and Herbert Sauvageau, 2294 Corona ave. At Community Franklin Ragsdale, 14, son of Mrs. Ruth H. Ragsdale, P. O. box 341, Med ford, had minor surgery today at Community hospital, and others reported there today are Mrs. Robert Baylor, route 2, box 245B, Jacksonville, for surgery; and Miss Verna Barritt, route 1, box 658C, Eagle Point, and Mrs. John Anhorn, route 2, box 286B, Medford, both medical patients. Motor Fire City firemen were called to the Courtesy Chevrolet garage, Ninth and Bartlett sts., about 4:30 p.m. yesterday when a fire occurred in a truck motor which was be ing repaired. The blaze was ex tinguished by a mechanic on duty. Slight damage resulted to the motor, firemen stated. Fire men were dispatched with a pumper to the public library about 6:25 p.m. last night. A light fixture was found burned out and smoking. There was no other damage. Of the 400,000 or more wives who each year become widows, 11,000 are under 25 years of age and about 47,000 are under 35 years old. BIRTHS NICHOLS To Mr. and Mrs. Claude, route 2, box 189, Cen tral Point, May 1, 1956, a boy, 8 pounds, in Community hos pital. CLEAVER To Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 49 Cedar st., Central Point, May 1, 1956, a girl, 7V4 pounds, in Sacred Heart hos pital. HARRIS To Mr. and Mrs. Walter, 3628 South Pacific high way, May 1, 1956, a girl, 64 pounds, in Sacred Heart hospital. HOP ICE CREAM MILK SHAKES -SODAS COLD DRINKS ICE COLD ROOT BEER Served in FROSTY GLASSES P.M. Reward Offered on Proof of Giveaway Portland (U.R) A $1000 check awaits anyone who can pin down the "giveaway" charg es of Democrats against Presi dent Eisenhower or former In terior Secretary Douglas Mc Kay. A Pendleton rancher and for mer state senator. Rex Ellis, has offered the sum for anyone who can prove the charges through the due process of law. "Because the president of the United States and his secretary of interior Douglas McKay, have been accused by certain persons of giving away the public do main without just compensation, thereby implying fraud and im morality, I hereby hand you a certified check," Ellis said in a letter to E C. Sammons, presi dent of the U. S. National bank. Ellis instructed Sammons to turn the check over to anyone who could prove by due process of law that either McKay or President Eisenhower had com mitted fraud or given away the public domain without due pro cess of law. Open House Planned Af Western Auto An open house sale will begin Thursday, May 3, at Western Auto store, 101 South Riverside ave. The event will celebrate re modeling of the store and addi tion of equipment, service de partments, new lines of mer chandise and the building up of other stocks. A complete house hold hardware department has been added and ' a sporting goods department has been en larged. Free gifts will be distributed at the store Thursday,: Friday and Saturday, May 3 through 5, and children will be given bal loons. Grand prizes will be on view in the store windows to be awarded winners on Saturday, May 12, closing date of the open house sale. A service room has been add ed for mounting tires, installing batteries, seat covers and other automotive items. A complete garden tool de partment is Included at the store. The remodeling program and enlargement of services and stocks has been under direction of Donald K. Ford, who assum ed management duties in late March this year. 27 Loggers Attend Forest School Here Twenty-seven loggers attend ed the forest operator's meeting conducted last night by the state forest patrol at its headquarters on Table Rock rd. Similar sessions are set for this evening at the patrol head quarters at Grants Pass and Thursday night at the American Legion hall at Cave Junction. Both meetings are to open at 8 p.m. Lee Port, district supervisor for the state department of for estry, spoke on "Where Are We Going in Fire Protection?" and was moderator for a panel on forest laws. Curt Nesheim, southwest district warden, dis cussed district policies. Panel participants were John Bradish, Homer Smets, Victor Van Hoy and John Kincaid, in spectors. Madras, Ore. (U.R) Ground breaking ceremonies were held Tuesday for the controversial $25,000,000 Pelton dam on the Deschutes river. Obituary HENRY DIESS Rogue River Funeral serv ices will be held at Hope Pres byterian church here Thursday at 2 p.m. for Henry G. Diess, 79, of Rogue River, who died at Sunnyvale, Calif., Monday. The Rev. D. F. Barnett will officiate. Hull and Hull Funeral . home, Grants Pass, is in charge of ar rangements. Interment will be in Woodville cemetery. Mr. Diess was born in Lane county March 18, 1877. He had resided here most of his life. Survivors include his wife, Stella J.; three sons, Chester W., Grants Pass; Frederick, Port land, and Henry C, Sunnyvale; a daughter, June V. R. Diess, Rogue River, and 10 grandchil dren. OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO: ELKS, THEIR LADIES and INVITED GUESTS . . . The 1956 Inaugural Ball will be held at the Medford Elks Temple Saturday night, May 5. At informal as a May flower, ladies will feel at home in their newest party dress and any husband will feel at home in the suit he wore to the last one or the ono before that. Refreshments will add to the fun of dancing to the music of Elks Ball Day Evans. You all come, please. SP, Air Lines Agree On Truck-Air Freight Southern Pacific railroad, through a highway subsidiary, has agreed to provide truck-airfreight service between Pacific coast points and most principal cities, D. J. Russell, president of the company, has announced. The agreement is with Ameri can Airlines, Slick Airway and United Air Lines, and provides service between Pacific Motor Trucking company points in California, Nevada and Oregon, and terminal airports in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Port land and Reno. Pacific Motor Trucking is a subsidiary of Southern Pacific. Russell said negotiations are under way to extend the service with other air freight lines. Two Appear Before Federal Judge Here .Fred J. Wiltgen and his wife, Blanche, Phoenix, were arrested by federal officers Monday, and appeared before Federal Com missioner Frank J. Van Dyke to arrange bail on a federal charge. They were arrested under a grand jury4 indictment charging them with violations of the fed eral housing laws, having to do with false statements made in an FHA application. They are to appear in the western Washing ton federal district court in Se attle. . Bail was set at $750 cash in the indictments, but in lieu of that, they were released on prop erty bonds of $1,500 each by Van Dyke. Fire Damages Home Here This Morning Fire at the home of the Rev. W. C. Piper, 590 Oakdale dr., early this morning extensively damaged the entire kitchen. There was also smoke damage throughout the house. Firemen reported that a pan left on a hot burner of the kitch en range overheated and set fire to a- cupboard over the range. Two pumper trucks were sent to the Piper home about 12:40 a.m. Slight smoke damage to the kitchen of the Vernon LeRoy residence, 213 Louis ave., oc curred yesterday evening when a coffee pot was forgotten and left on the burner of the elec tric range, firemen, said. Fire men were summoned about 8:40 p.m. when smoke was reported in the house. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 600. Choice 1106 lb. fed steers $20.50: load 1050 lb. S20: choce around 700 lb. fed heif ers $19-19.25; canner-cuiter cows mostly $9-11; shells down to $6; util ity cows $12-13, some higher: utility bulls $15-16: light cutters $12-13.50. Calves 75. Choice vealers 25-27; good $19-24; utility $11.50-14. Hogs 400. U.S. 1-2 butchers 180-235 lb. $17.25-17.75; No. '3 $16-16.25; sows 300-500 lb. $11.50-14.50. Sheep 250. Choice 100-lb. old crop No. 1 pelt iambs $18.50: utility-good No. 3 pelt $15; cull-utility ewes $2 4.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Esgs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 48-49c: A large, 44-47c; AA medium, 42-45c; A me dium, 42-44c; A small, 34c; cartons, 2-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 68c lb.; cartons, 69c; A prints, 68c: B prints, 66c Cheese To retailers: A grade Cheddar, single daisies. 43I.i-471,ac; 5 lb. loaves. 48',2-51',ic . Processed American cheese. 5-lb. loaf, 42-44c lb. Farm Market Best radishes brought producers mostly 40-45 cents a dozen bunches at the East Side Farmers market with scattered sales to 50 cents; first mid Columbia leaf lettuce expected to morrow; Sunnyside asparagus wasj $5.50-5.75 for top grade. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2,s-4 lbs., 24c; at farm, 23c; light hens, too few transactions for Portland price: 18c at ranch; heavy hens 5 lbs. up. not enough trading for Portland price; at country, 20-21C up; old roost ers, ll-14c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style, 36 37c lb.; whole drawn. 40-43c: cut up. 45-50c; hens, light type. New York style. 30-31c: cut up. 42-44c; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style, 33-36c; whole drawn, 44-48C. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur kevs, 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 ob. killing plant): Live white .3i-4',i lbs.. 23-26c; 5-6 lbs.. 18-21 c; 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. $43-47; some sales higher. Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $74.50 ton: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. test. Coast delivery. $58.50 ton; No. 2 Western barley, $49 ton, f.o.b. Portland coast delivery; soybean meal. $89 ton, delivered Port land; standard millrun. $44.50-45 ton; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Portland. $72. Wednesday, May 2, 1958 Customer Relations Clinic Slated Here A' customer relations . clinic will be conducted in Medford May 16-17 and 21-22, by Norman A. Davis, private sales consult ant. The two-hour clinic ses sions are scheduled at the Jack son hotel at 7:30 pjn. and are sponsored by the retail mer chants of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of these meetings is to deal with the techniques of establishing satisfied custom ers and building customer good will. j Additional information on the clinics may be obtained from the Jackson County Chamber of Cpmmerce. Eugene Couple Leases Adrienne's Location Bruno Rath and his wife, Sara C. Rath, announced today they have leased the space formerly occupied by Adrienne's Wom en's ready-to-wear . shop, 214 East Main st., and will open a women's specialty store . there about Aug. 1. They are from Eugene. Remodeling of both Interior and exterior of the shop will begin as soon as plans have been completed. Rath is a partner in Kaufman Bros., womens wear specialty store, at Eugene. The Raths will make their home in Medford. 13-Star U.S. Flag . Found in Old House Delavan, 111. (U.R) A tat tered 13-star American flag was found tucked inside the wall of a century-old house here during a remodeling project. . Mr. and Mrs. Harry Godby, owners of the house, said eight of the stars were arranged in a circle around one larger star, with four other stars placed in the corners of the blue field. Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 7:1J pjn. Sunrise tomorrow 5:04 a.m. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Variable high cloudiness through Thursday. Low tonight 45. High Thursday 75. Western Oregon: Considerable cloudiness south portion,partly cloudy north portion through Thursday. Lit tle change in temperature. Low to night 40-45. High Thursday 65-75, ex cept 60 along coast. Northern California : Vaflable cloudiness tonight and Thursday. Coastal overcast. Little temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 57: above normal 1. Record hign this date 91 In 1946. n.rnrH lnw this date 28 In 1913. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month none, .04 inch be low normal. Total since Sept. 1. 28.4S inches. 12.71 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 19 highest this a.m. 78. CITY High Low Prec, Brookings 57 48 Cratre Lake 53 32 - Grants Pass 81 43 Klamath Falls 68 42 MEDFORD 77 45 Portland 67 43 Seattle 56 44 T Spokane - 57 38 Yakima 71 47 Eureka 54 48 Red Bluff 79 55 Sacramento 76 50 San Francisco 63 50 Los Angeles 67 54 Phoenix .- 86 57 T1ot. upr 68 42 Chicago 55 46 T Miami 83 75 New York 59 46 Washington, D.C. 65 48 MAY OUTLOOK (Northwestern United States): Below normal temperature. . Sub normal amounts of rainfall. rrr WATCH REPAIRING 1 re-JOST ADD IT TO YOU jM WElSflELD-S ACCOUNT Q INSPECTION g88 AND OVcKnAUL MM Jl JMTtJlai nil r J iiimvF MEDFORD (OREOOK) Wall Street New York U.R) Coppers, aircrafts, and selected oils fea tured an irregular stock market today. Late prices held above lows set earlier in the session when some realizing came into steels, motors and many miscellaneous issues. Aircrafts showed gains of more than two points in such issues as Boeing, Glenn L. Mar tin, and North American Avia tion. Railroad issues came forward late in the day with gains of more than a point in Santa Fe, Northern Pacific, and Texas Pacific. Dow-Jon Ayrags Dow-Jones closing stock aver ages: 30 industrials 512.78, off 1.18; 20 railroads 176.14, off 0.19; 15 utilities 65.15, off 0.05, and 65 stocks 181.69, off 0.30. , Sales today were about 2,400, 000 shares compared with 2, 500,000 shares yesterday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 1821s 783,i 674 34 61 44 91 27 89 U 45 21 55 110 34 23 29 71 55 Vs 60 97 Anaconda Chrysler Curtiss Wright General Electric General Motors Montgomery Ward Penn R R Penney J C Radio Southern Co . Southern Pacific S. Oil of Calif Texas Gulf Sulphur . Transamerica Tri-Continental United Aircraft U S Rubber U S Steel Youngstown Lane Registration Shows Democratic Lead Eugene (U.R) : This nor mally Republican stronghold has ; gone Democratic, probably for the first time in its history, according to final voter regis tration figures released by Lane County Clerk Harry Chase. 5 JO to 900 P. M. iTBW .-3BLD: r. I Roast Lamb $11 65 Mint Jelly U BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 7 s.m. to 2 PA NOW! 1 COW by Go:.m:ciie DANA LINDA ANDREWS -CRISTAL PLUS L71 HVTBHTVail 1 9 ASHLANDo JOAN CRAWFORD JEFF CHANDLER "FEMALE ON THE BEACH PLUS "OURS : HOTEL, i5l Hi I Ml I w n Lux vim MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Virginia had 2,817 irrigated acres in 1949 and by 1954 these projects had increased to 21,805 acres. Crisp, Tender, Delicious SALADS SaHsfyin, THE CLOCK Main at Bartlett. Prion 2-474 T A MTTlO-OOlBWtM-MArfl PKTUesJ . PLUS VI the THAT "a? 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