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Newspaper Page Text; Local and Rummage Neighbors o f Woodcraft lodge members will conduct a rummage sale Friday, May 11, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.., in the Fehl building, 106 North Ivy At Osteopathic Alton Med- calf, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor S. Medcalf, Phoenix, had urgery yesterday at Osteopathic hospital, according to attend ants. Elected Counselor Kenneth Piland, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Piland, Medford, was elected state master counselor of De Molay at the annual conclave in La Grande last weekend. Square Dance Pioneer Square dance club will sponsor a dance at Kershaw square Saturday, May 12, at 8:30 p.m. Gordon Ker shaw and Ken Howe will call, and potluck refreshments will be served. .' Waggin' Wheelers A dance is scheduled by the Waggin' Wheel ers Square Dance club for Fri day, May 11, at 8:30 p.., at Art Smith's barn on Griffin Creek rd. Potluck refreshments will be served. All square dancers in terested are invited. Name Assumed E. A. Turn quist, 411 Melrose ave., has re tired the assumed business name Maico Medford Hearing center. Ore. Ltd., and assumed the bus iness name of Maico Medford Hearing Center, according to rec ords in the county recorder's of fice. Brother Visits Mr. and Mrs. Lee Greenleaf, -Menlo Park, Calif., left the first of the week after visiting for several days with his brother-in-law and sis ter, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Smith, 1033 Reddy ave. They recently returned from a two-month world tour. ' i Leg Injuries Doyle D. Trapp, 22, Lozier lane, is reported in serious condition at Sacred Heart hospital as the result of injuries received about 10:30 p.m., Wednesday at Donna Timber planing mill, Beall lane. He was taken to the hospital by Medford ambulance service. He suffered hip and leg injuries, according to hospital attendants. - Injured Ben Fulton, route 1, box -244, Gold Hill, suffered an injured hand when he caught it in a crain while he was work ing about 7:30 p.m., Wednesday at the cement plant in Gold Hill, according to Medford ambulance attendants who took him to the hospital. He is reported in ser ious condition by hospital at tendants. . At Community Arnold Wal dron, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Waldron, route 1, box 350K, Medford, and Mar garet Louise Bray, 4, daughter of Mrs. Mary Bray, 1141 Loal at., both had minor surgery today at Community hospital. Mrs. Levi Monroe, Central Point, is a surgery patient there, accord teg to the report. Permits Iseued Harry E. Pearson, Old Military rd., Cen tral Point, has been issued build ing permits to erect $5,000 resi dences at 916 North Central, ave., and 918 North Central ave. W. Benton Smith, 306 Crater Lake ave., was issued a permit to erect a $10,000 residence at 1525 South Ivy st. W. F. Biddle, 2439 Lyman st., was issued a permit to erect a $2,439 addition to his residence. M. F. Traut man, 1608 Lenora dr., has been issued a permit to erect a $10, 000 duplex at 427 and 429 Fair mount st. As GREAT As .... . . "The GLENN MILLER STORY" 1st Drive In Run! TONITE! A FABULOUS 6UY...A SMVEJta GENE KRUPA-U0NEI HAMPTON -BEN plus: 1 -Vllf.fi'irKSSt-wtf -. - 1 " TMVi-'i.iy I.V" ' IRENE DUNNE ia Ike Stor y the Ceatary JtjkJj "I Remember WW Mama 4 V- .y" sMbmt BARBARA &l GEDOES . OSCAR H0MM.W ft-" PHILIP DORK CEDRIC HARDWICKE . EDGAR BERGEN Personal To Boise Mrs. Kate' Nelson and Mrs LaVona Manuel, Bell inger rd., plan to leave Monday to visit relatives in Boise, Ida. Inspections City Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson inspected four business occupancies and two warehouses yesterday and issued two orders for correction of fire hazards. Stove Overheats Firemen were called to the Frank Crews residence, 29 Quince st., about 8 p.m. yesterday to check an overheated stove. Dismissed Herbert J. Mang, route 2, box 432, Gold Hill, was dismissed today from' Commun ity hospital after being there since May 1 for surgery, attend ants report. ' '.- At VA Hospital ; Walter F. Hulbert, 628 Vz North Riverside ave., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hulbert, 135 Portland ave., is in Portland veterans administration hospital. His wife is in Portland to be near him. His mother re ported today that his condition is serious. Daughter Born -'Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ohman, Lafayette, Calif., are the parents of a daughter, Susan Ann, born May 9.- Mrs. Ohman is the former Miss Carole Sams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Sams, 208 Vashti way. Great-grandparents here are the Rev. and Mrs. W. Lee Gray, also of the Vashti way address. Correction The annual court of awards and Brownie , fly-up of Jackson Girl Scout neighbor hood will be held in Jackson school gymansium rather than in the high school as was stated in an announcement of the event yesterday. The event will be held Friday,. May at 7:30 p.m. according to Mrs. John Rus sell, neighborhood chairman. . Citations Issued Citations were issued to both drivers in volved in a collision at 9:58 a.m. Wednesday on South Riverside ave., between Stewart and Bar nett rds., according to Medford police. Barbara Belle Stathos, 100 Sundial rd., Medford, was Cited for violation of the basic rule, and Robert Smeltzer, 802V4 North Riverside ave., was cited for parking in a restricted zone, police said. CALENDAR Calendar notices and newa for the society section of The Mail Tribune tnust be submitted in writing and deadline for the Sun day edition Is 1 p.m. Friday. Dead line for the weekly calendar is 9 a.m. of the day of publication and for week day news is 5 p-m. the day before publication. Thursday ' 7:30 p.m. Medford chapter, Oregon UN, home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Padgham, 2707 Springbrook road. 8 p.m. Reames chapter, OES, Medford Masonic ' temple. Friday 10 a. m. Phoenix - Garden club, Phoenix Community club, for garden tour. . 10:30 . a.m. Willow Spring Extension unit, home of Mrs. Frank Ward. 11 a.m. Medford Truth cen ter, "Unity," Room 203, Holly Theater bldg. 1L a.m. Griffin Creek Home Extension unit, Mrs. George Mero, 1615 Thomas rd. 12:30 p.m. St. Elizabeth guild.- St. Mark's parish house. . 1:30 p.m. Past presidents, FOE auxiliary, home of Mrs. S. P. Cully, 517 Bessie street. 2:30 p.m. Roosevelt PTA, school auditorium. WONDERFUL GIRL..., and the exciting music , they made together l domReed POUACK - IEDDY WltSOH-HJWAROWOW . 31 Kiwanis Club Hears Talk in Observance Of Mother's Day "Smntual motherhood com pletely amplifies the word .'mother,' " . the Rec. Richard Jones, pastor of Eastwood Bap tist church, declared yesterday in a "Mother's Day" address at the noon luncheon " meeting of Medford Kiwanis club. Mothers and wives of Kiwan ians were guests at the lunch eon at Rogue Valley . Country club. : The giving of physical " birth does not define entirely what the word ' mother means. ' the minister stated. Physical mother hood must be followed by re sponsible motherhood and spiri tual motherhood, he stressed There are mothers "in the truest sense" who have never given birth to a child, Mr. Jones said. Responsibility of Mother ' The pastor spoke' of the re- sponsibilty of .a mother to hold the ideals oi their children up instead of dragging them down and he asserted that "a Christian mother is far more precious than jewels." Mothers attending were pre sented roses by the club. A delegation of Klamath Falls Kiwanians attended the meeting yesterday. ;A high school string ensemble played several selec tions. Members were Shirley Stafford, Mollie Walker, Diana Campbell and Sonja Peterson and Mira Frohmayer, pianist, They were directed by John Drysdale. To Germany Mrs. Victor B. Jensen, Ashland, recently left for Germany to join her husband who is stationed there with the Air Force. Returns To Live Mrs. Ellen Drew, arrived ' recently from Yreka,' Calif., to -live here at 507. South Peach st. She is a former resident. ; New on Staff Miss Beverley Nelson, Bellinger lane, has joined , the Montgomery Ward and company store staff. She is doing window trimming and dis play work. Dance Planned Double H club will hold a square dance at Moose hall Saturday, May 12, beginning at 8:30 p.m. All square dancers are invited. Potluck re freshments will be served. Fran Cronin will call the squares. Accident Cars operated by Geordis Lee Selby, 1140 Court st., and Gary Grant Thompson, Downy, Calif., were involved in a accident at East Fifth st. and North Riverside ave.: Tuesday, according to Medford police. Thompson was cited for making an improper turn, police said. No injuries were reported. . . . Returns Home Mrs. E. N. McKinstry, 744 Dakota ave., has returned home after two weeks in Josephine General hospital, Grants Pass, following major surgery. Mrs. McKinstry is con valescing satisfactorily, accord ing to the family, but she is not to have visitors for another week. BIRTHS SCHMITT To Mr. and Mrs. Alvin' L., 1027 Winchester ave., May 9, 1956, a girl, weight 6 pounds, - at Sacred Heart hos pital. DE WITT; To Mr. and Mrs. Buster, PO box 594, Medford, May 9, 1956", a girl, 7 pounds, at Community hospital. Daily Weather Report Medford and vicinity: Partial clear ing tonight. Cloudy Friday morning, becoming partly cloudy with widely scattered showers Friday afternoon. Low tonight 42. High Friday 70 Western Oregon: Cloudy with wide ly scattered showers tonight.' Friday, paruy cloudy soutnern interior, other wise cloudy during morning, clearing partially during afternoon. A few showers persisting in north half on Friday. Low. tonight 40-47. High Fri day 55-65. Northern California: Partly cloudy tonight and clearing Friday but scat tered showers in mountains. Light snow showers above 5,000 feet. Little temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 55: below normal 3. Record high this date 95 in 1931. Record low this date 32 in 1929. PRECIPITATION: 24 -hours to mid night. 0. Midnight to 10 a.m., 23 inch. Total this month 1.3L inch, .95 inch above normal. Total -since Sept. 1, 29.73 Inches, 13.70 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest vesterdav 425,. highest this ajn. 94. CITY High Low Prec. ! Brookings 58 49 - .11 1 Crater Lake .... j Grants Pass 71 48 J4 : Klamath Falls 60 43 T, MEDFORD 69 47 304 Portland 68 50 .59 SeatUe 66 46 .12 Spokane .-. 62 4S .03 xajcuna 71 47 Eureka Red Bluff Sacramento .... San Francisco . Los Angeles 55 69 71 58 66 51 52 47 53 55 60 48 45 71 51 Phoenix Denver . Chicago ' Miami . St ,80 78 79 .73 1.15 .02 New York ... 59 Bra 1 TOP SPEED "On the Spot" 1 Relief for Acid Indigestion ' Mrl0anf Members of Inf elope ' About 10 members of the An telope 4-H forestry club will at tend an azalea forestry day at the Wilton Garrett ranch on Quines creek in south Douglas county Friday and Saturday county 4-H extension agents said today. . The group will participate in Wall Street New York -Z(l).Eh- Stocks to day experienced one of their worst breaks of the year on fairly large volume. Railroad issues, strong recently,- fell more than three points on average their widest break since Oct 10, 1955. Industrials had their widest decline since April 10. Utilities performed best of the major groups and held a gain most of the day. Dow-Jones Averages Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 501.56, off 6.60; 20 railroads 178.00, off 3.23; 15 utilities 66.24, off 0.01, and 65 stocks 180.66, off 2.27. Sales today were about 2,850,- 000 shares compared with 2,550,- 000 yesterday. . Today s closing prices on se lected stocks: American T Sc T lSVs Anaconda 77 Chrysler , 644 Curtiss Wright 34?4 General Electric ... 60 General Motors , .. 4334 Montgomery Ward 88 Vs Penn R R 26?s Penney J C ...... - 8934 Radio . 45 Southern Co 21Vs Southern Pacific . .... 56 S Oil of Calif ; 109 Texas Gulf Sulphur . - 34Vi Transamerica . 44 - Tri-Continental , 27 V4 United Aircraft .. 69 V U S Rubber 557s U S Steel 587s Youngstown . . : SlVt PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.)-iCattIe 300. Choice 983-1103 lb. fed steers $205-20.75; utility-low commercial heifers S13-1; canner-cuter cows mostly $9-11; -util-itykw commercial cows $12-14; cut terrutility bulls S14-16.S0. . Pnlv Srt Taw. rhoie vealera S25: high choice $27; cull-commercial veSI ers S9.50-18. Hogs 350. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180- 235 lb. $17.75-18.25; new high since last October; U.S. 1. 2 and 3 butchers $17.50; sows 300-500 lb. $1130-150. Sheep 250. Choice-prime spring lambs 86-9 lb. $25.50-26: old crop choice wooled slaughter lambs arouna $19; No. 3 pelts 118 50 down; utility ewes $4.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 4B-49c; A large. 45-46c; AA medium. 42-43c; A me dium. 42c; A small, 32c; carton, 2-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 68c lb.; cartons, 69c; A prints, 68c: B mints. 66c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, single daisies, 43 ii -47 is; 5-ib. loaves. 48 ',4-51 Uc: processed Ameri can cheese, S-lb. loaf, 42-44c. s Farm Market First Dallesoort. Wash., romame was offered today at 4:50 a three- dozen crate; first mid-coiumDia lieaa lettuce being booked lor Monday de livery. ' Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens TO growers (No. l quality f.o.b. Portland: Fryers, 2'i- lbs.. Z3c; at farm, Z4c; iignt nens. too few transactions for Portland price; 17-18c at ranch; heavy hens 5 bs. up. not enough trading for Port land price: at country. 20-21e up; old roosters, ll-14c. . Dressed Chicken No. 1 dressed- to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 36 37c lb.; whole drawn. 41 -43c; cut up, 46-50c; hens, light type. New York style, 29-30c: cut up, 40-44c; hens, heavy type, N.Y. style, 3 4-35 c; whole drawn, 43-47C. Turkeys To -producers: Fryer tur keys, live weights, 27c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers nom inally A grade young hens, i5-56c lb.; aviscerated, depending , on weigth; eviscerated fryer-roasters, 57e lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant): Live white. 3k-4Vi lbs.. 23-26c; 5-6 lbs.. 18-21c; colored pelts, higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 58-Slc lb.; cut up, 62-65C PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland -Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled f.o.b. Port land, $43-46; some sales higher. Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, S7.50 ton: No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, S58.50 ton; soybean meal, $89 ton. delivered Portland; No. 2 Western barley. Coast delivery, $49 ton; standard millrun, S44-44.50 ton: No. 2 yellow corn, East enr shipments, f.o.b. Portland, $70.50. SELECTIVE DINNERS " Chicken Broth with Rice or Chilled Tomato Juice Cocktail Hearts of Lettuce or Fruit Jello Salad ?-- (Choice of Dressing) ROAST LEG O' LAMB ......m..ll.....:..Li $1.50 Served with mint jelly and it's natural gravy. SLICED PRIME RIBS OF BEEF ROAST .... $2.25- Served in the drippings of it's own juices. , ROASTED"TDvVTUrtKEY,Z... $1.50 Cranberry sauce and sage dressing NEW YORK CUT STEAK $2.75 Club lo AileniMeef tree thinning, fire spotting and tree identification contests, Christmas tree work and a forest treasure hunt. I The event . is being held for 4-Hers in Douglas,- Josephine, Coos and Jackson counties. .... Accompanying. . the -Antelope group will be Mrs. Edyth Bonn ert and . A. Malfory. Fooflighfers Play,, Has Good Attendance A good - sized audience at tended the second night perfor mance of -"Good Housekeeping," comedy currently being present ed by Footlighters at the Fair grounds little theater, it was re ported his morning. Rudy Vest of Ashland is di recting the play which has Frankie Burton and Frank Buch ter in leading roles. Working .on the production crew are Miss Marilee Whitlock, book holder; Miss Sue'Pappen, rehearsal secretary; Miss Kathy Davies, properties; Bernard Roberts, set design and construc tion; Kenneth Swartz, decorator; Max Wimmer, electrician; , Nick Parker, -stage manager; Mrs. Buchter, box office; Mrs. Elea nor Shaw and Mrs. Buchter, cof fee time hostesses.- Jaycees Here Plan To Attend State Meet About -16 members of the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce plan to attend the annual state convention in As toria, May 11 through IB. Ron James, who recently com pleted a term as president of jthe Medford Jaycees, is a candidate for vice president in district six, which includes the area, gener ally south of Sutherlin and in cludes ' Klamath Falls. Donald Boone, advance publi city agent for the Norman Davis Sales clinic, spoke at Tuesday night's Jaycee meeting on vari ous techniques used by the clinic in sales training. Switch in Weather Again Delays Airdrop Board USS Mt. McKinley off Eniwetok XU.R) An unfavor able switch in the wind forced atomic task force officers to night to postpone for the fourth time this week the scheduled air drop explosion of the ' hydrogen' bomb. . The explosion was to have taken place over Namu Island in Bikini atoll -shortly before dawn tomorrow (about 10 a.m. PST Thursday). ,In announcing the postpone ment task force officials said they were 'hopeful that the ex plosion could be held on Sunday, Saturday, U.S. time.... State Jaycees Open Meetings-at Seaside . Seaside (U.R The annual satte convention of Oregon State Junior Chamber of ; Commerce opens a three-day meeting here tomorrow with more than 1000 members expected to be . on hand. Programs have been sched uled for here, Astoria and Gear hart. Dan Thornton ex-governor of Colorado, will be the keynote speaker at the annual banquet. GM Halts Operations To Balance Production , . Detroit 77(U.R) General Mo tors Corp. said today all of- its automotive assembly operations will shut down tomorrow "in order to balance production with current customer demand." . The giant auto company said production will resume at all plants on Monday. Compared te Mother love, A mountain is but an ant hill, an ocean a cup of water. MEDFORD a the Fresh Shrimp 'Or Crab Cocktail BEEF TENDERLOIN STEAK $2.75 (2) PAN B RO I UE D FRESH' TROUT ......... ,.$1.75 FRESH OCEAN KJ NG SALMON, pan fried $ 1 .50 :i ' ' r " " Potato Vegetable .- '.. : " - Choice : of Beverage s, . . A. Choice of . Desserts that are light and " good for the soul Papoose size dinners ' Open 8 AM.' Thursday, May 10, 1958 Obituaries e: l. maguin E. L. Maguin, 63, former resi valley, died in dent of Rogue Vancouver. Wash.. Monrlav. Anril 3(1. fnllnwino o chnrt ill ness. - ' Mr. Maguin operated a watch repair shop in Vancouver, to where the family moved in 1950 from Portland. Survivors include four daugh ters, Mrs. Charles Miesel Kusko wim, .Alaska, Mrs. Ray Vallier, New Mexico, Mrs. Harry Mac Farlane, Albany, Ore., and Mrs. Louis Dowler, Portland; four grandchildren and two sisters. . Among friends of Mr. Maguin living in southern Oregon, are Mr. and Mrs. O. E.-Henderson, Eagle Point, who attended fun eral services in Vancouver,: Wash.,. Thursday, May 3. CLAUD KEEP Funeral services for Claud Wil liam Keep, of Medford, who died Saturday, will be held in Camp White chapel at 9:30 a.m. Friday. Chaplain Samuel Feller will officiate! Committal will te in Camp White cemetery. Conger-Morris funeral home, is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Keep was born March 18,; 1897, in Kalamazoo, Mich. He enlisted in the. Army on j May 26, 1917, and was discharg-j ed March 29, 1919. ' j Surviving is a sister, Mrs. j Freeman Bunch, Niles, Mich, j Employment Up In Coast States San Francisco 4U.R) Wage and salary employment, exclud ing domestic and agricultural workers, increased by 43,600 in the three Pacific Coast states in February to a total of 5,302,500 in mid-March, according to the Department of Labor. Employment in . the three states was higher by 244,700, or almost 5, per cent, than in March of last ..year. California " employment - in creased 32,000 from February to a mid-March total of 4,110,200, with gains in manufacturing, construction and trade.. Employment in Oregon was up 4,000 to a mid:March level of 454,100 with, construction and trade contributing slightly more than half the gain. Washington' employment, up 7,600 to a March total of 738, 200, also was responding to sea sonal expansions in construction and trade. . .. Ciirrent-year-ago' comparisons w er e favorable, in all " three states, California was up 214,700 from March of last year; Ore gon, 11,100; and Washington, 18,900.' . FOOTLIGHTERS Present: GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 3-Act Comedy . at th ; FAIR GROUNDS THEATER MAY .0-11-12 Curtain 8:30, p.m. . Adm. 50c and SI. 00 tax included . . HOTEL -. 25c' until 9- P.M. MEDFORD -(OftEGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THHtTEEIf j West Side Pupils llo Present Festival pus ot west bade Elemen- .! lary SCnOOl Will JKJld a music and dance festival at the school gymnasium at 7-0 pjn. Friday, May 11. . The school chorus will sing several numbers including some prepared for the annual music festival- at Southern Oregon col lege. Pupils of Edward Root's instrumental classes will present numjoers on the piano, cornet, trombone, . tonettes, and violin. An opportunity to hear the school band will be given. A group of students of Colleen Hope's Studio including a West Side school pupil, Teresa Pitts, will .give a special, number and Miss Virginia Bowman of Ash-J land, who studied seven years under - Colleen Hope, and spent one year in Paris .studying under Anna Pavlova, will present sev eral special numbers. Dead line for Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday EVERY FRIDAY iS CORNED BEEF and CABBAGE DAY At The Top Notch Cafe Next to Craterian Beauty Shop ASHLAND VICTOR MATURE GUY MADISON ROBERT PRESTON JUttU IAJKMFT The USI flBITOIIER CiMauSCOPE Wt. TECHXHOOiOlt I sill STARTS '-" ERNEST 71&& 13 VI i I 1 l- -nr JJ PLUS - mil B0RGNINE OSCAR WINNER BEST ACTOR OF YEAR ..STEIGER . rl as Pinky., .who math th big L, --rt zL - Valerie Felicia a,FRENCH- FARR BASIL NOAH nTTaw... RUYSDAEL-BEERY, jr as tha hoafy ffirl nvtrRUSSOLS. HUGHES. k DRMER TONITE FR1. 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