Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 15, 1956, Image 13

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    Bike Stolen Arthur Gordon
Falk, 426 Benson St., reported
to Medford police the theft of
a boy's bicycle Monday from
McLoughlin Junior High school.
Show Postponed Ashland
Garden club flower show, orig
inally scheduled for Saturday,
May 19, has been postponed until
Saturday, June 2, tbe club an
nounced today.
Impro'ad E. T. Robinson,
Jacksonville, who has been at
Sacred Heart hospital for the
part six weeks and undergone
three major surgeries ts im
proved and may have visitors.
Car Stolm Roberta Luce
Daniel, 400 Highland drive, re
ported the theft of a car regis
tered to Bessonett and Graff,
P.O. box 709, Medford, from
South Front st., between Main
st. and Eighth st Sunday, Med
ford police reported today.
m
RrT Group Fleet Re
serve association members will
discuss future plans of branch
188 of the organization when
they meet Wednesday, May 18,
at 8 p.m., in the Veterans of
Foreign .Wars hall, 42 North
Front st. Refreshments will be
served and wives of members
are invited.
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PONTIAC
Local and
Meeting The Medford Build
ing Trades council will hold its
regular meeting at the Medford
Labor Temple Wednesday, May
16, according to George Potu
cek, secretary.
HEC To Meet Griffin Creek
Home Economics club will meet
at the Grange hall Thursday,
May 17, at 10 a.m. for cleanup
day. Women attending are ask
ed to take a sack lunch.
Film "People's Products and
Progress," was the title of a film
presented at the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce round
table yesterday at the Jackson
hotel. The theme of the film was
the progress that will take place
by 1975.
Rummage Sale Daughters of
the Nile Patrol will hold a rum
age sale Friday and Saturday,
May 18 and 19, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. at the Fehl building,
108 North Ivy st. Anyone having
rummage to be picked up for the
sale may call Mrs. Ray Martin,
2-5916, or Mrs. John Garner,
2-5648.
7:55 & 12:15 A.M.
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New
General Motors' new Technical Center
largest of its kind in the world employs
4,000 engineers, scientists and stylists.
These vast resources combine with Pontiac'a
own ultramodern engineering facilities to
bring you America's greatest automobile
value a General Motors Masterpiece.
Watch "Whb, WMa Wertd"-NIC-TV, Snaay, May 20
rapart ae 6M'i atw Ttdnkal Collar.
DEAN &
Personal
Flue Fire One pumper was
dispatched at noon yesterday to
a flue fir at the residence of
Mrs. Joy DeBerry, 609 West
Second st., the fire department
said today. No damage was re
ported. From Funeral F. E. Parke,
114 East 11th st., returned home
Sunday evening from Reedsport
where he attended funeral serv
ices that day for Ira Edward
Barton, a former Medford resi
dent. To Chicago Mr. and Mrs.
Verl G. Walker, of the Verl G.
Walker company left this morn
ing by plane for Chicago to at
tend a convention of electronic
distributors. A parts show will
be a feature of the convention.
The Walkers will return May 25.
Smoke Reported Medford
fireman last night investigated
a report of smoke coming from
the roof of Frank Durante's resi
dence, 1313 Prune st. An inves
tigation of the smoke found it
was , coming from an air vent
pipe, firemen reported.
Patients Reported A large
number of new patients were
reported by Sacred Heart hos
pital this morning. Surgery pa
tients listed were Raymond
Smith, Grants Pass; Robert Gif
fin, 316 Chestnut st.; Mrs. Olive
McKinney, Klamath Falls; Mrs.
Olive Kincaid, Gold Hill; and
George Bonham, Grants . Pass.
Medical patients reported were
Mrs. Ella Gober, route 1; Carl
Dawson Jr., 15, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Dawson, 932 South
Holly st.; Mrs. Evelyn Schulz,
432 North Holly st.; Damon Lei
per, 2905 Delta Waters rd.; Rob
ert Cook, Gold Hill; Mrs. Clara
Smith, 417 North Front st.; Mrs.
Otis Asher, 750 Oak st.; Mrs.
William Vail, 56 North Orange
st.; Miss Margaret Eastham, Port
land; Mrs. Arthur Brown, 1165
Woodrow lane; Mrs. Stewart
Hopper, Eagle Point; Abraham
Buckholz, Jacksonville, and Mrs.
Preston Smallwood, Eagle Point.
One-third of the commercial
forests in the U. S. are located
on farms.
Here's Where the
Ideas Come From...
TAYLOR
i wan 9Treer
New York U.F5 Stocks ral
lied sharply in the late trading
today after the industrial shares
had dropped to a new low since
March 7.
Early losses ranged to more
than five points in such issues
as Union Pacific, Wilcox Oil,
Union Carbide, Texas & Pacific
Railway, Pittsburgh Metallurgi
cal Kennecott, Magna Copper,
Minnesota Mining, Atlas Powder
and Allied Chemical.
Dow-Jones Averages
Dow-Jones final stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 494.83, off
2.45; 20 railroads 174.13, off 1.21;
15 utilities 65.90, up 0.07; and 65
stocks 178.02, off 0.81.
Sales today were about 2,650,
000 shares compared with 2,440,
000 yesterday.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American T & T 180V4
Anaconda 76
Chrysler 62
Curtiss Wright 333s
General Electric . 5994
General Motors 42VS
Montgomery Ward 87
Penn R R ....
Penney J C
Radio
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21Vs
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108
34V4
43 Vz
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Southern Co
Southern Pacific
S Oil of Calif
Texas Gulf Sulphur ..
Transamerica
Tri-Continental
United Aircraft
U S Rubber
U S Steel ...I
Youngstown
In Hospital Marilyn Lea, 8-year-old
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Lea, was in Commu
nity hospital this morning for a
tonsillectomy, the hospital re
ported. . .
From Roseburg Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Welt, and family, Rose
burg, returned home Monday
after visiting for the week end
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Parke, 1212 East Jack
son st.
Inspections The fire mar
shal's office reported the inspec
tion of one place of public as
sembly, one business occupancy,
and two schools. Ten orders
were issued for correction of
hazards found.
Average TV receiver contains
about 1,500 separate parts..
they GO!
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You'll know the engineers have been up to something special
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The "go" of the newest in high-compression, high-torque
engines Pontiac's Strato-Streak V-8, so advanced and so
efficient it delivered more actual miles per gallon than any other
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The "go" of the newest in automatic transmissions
Pontiac's Strato-Flight Hydra-Matic, specially engineered for
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PONTOAC
Obituaries
RALPH LOYD WITT
Ashland Ralph Loyd Witt,
63, Ashland, died in Portland
Friday after a lengthy illness.
He had gone to Portland for
treatment at the veterans admin
istration hospital.
He was a veteran of World
War I and lived in the Valley
View area for 19 years. He was
a farmer.
Funeral services are set for 2
p.m., Wednesday at Litwiller's
Mt. View chapel, corner High
way 66 and Normal ave., Ash
land. Interment will be at Mt.
View cemetery. The Rev. John
Thompson, Trinity Episcopal
church, will officiate.
Mr. Witt was born in Mis
souri. He is survived by his wife;
three sons, A. W. Witt, Ralph
Witt Jr., and James Witt; and a
daughter, Mrs. Don Lowe, all
of Ashland. Six grandchildren
also survive.
HAZEL JOHNSON
Mrs. Hazel Viola Johnson, 56,
a resident of Medford for 28
years, died at the home of her
son, 2370 Stewart ave. early to
day. Mrs. Johnson was born at
Ava, Mo., Sept. 20, 1899. She
was a member of the Church of
the Nazarene.
She is survived by four daugh
ters, Mrs. Evelyn Womelsdorf
of Eagle Point; Mrs. May Lien
of Granite Falls, Wash.; Mrs.
Mildred Lindell, and Mrs. Carol
Beatty of Medfoard; four sons,
James John Jr., of Medford;
Melvin W. Johnson, of Med
ford; Dalton P. Johnson of Med
ford and Clarence D. Johnson
of Medford; two. sisters, Verona
Vinson, of Corning, Calif.; Mrs.
Myrtle Marsh of Seattle, Wash.;
one brother James Dole of Pros
pect, Ore., and 12 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at
the First Church of the Naza
rene, Thursday, May 17, at 1:30
p.m. The Rev. Raymond Hum
will officiate. Interment will be
in the IOOF cemetery.
Perl Funeral home is in
charge of arrangements.
MELODY ANN ROSECRANS
Funeral services for Melody
Ann, Rosecrans, infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Rose
crans of Gold Hill, who died
Monday in Grants Pass, will be
held in Conger-Morris chapel at
1 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. D.
YOU SEE, STEEK, STOP SAFELY? , .
YOUK CAR CHECK ACCIDENTS.'
Tuesday, May IS, 195S
F. Wertz of the Grants Pass
Methodist church will officiate.
Committal will be in the Rest
Lawn Memorial Garden ceme
tery, Salem, Ore., at 1 p.m.
Thursday.
Survivors besides the parents
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Rose
crans, are a sister, Karen Marie,
at home; grandparents, M r s.
Margaret Browner, Los An
geles and Mrs. Gertrude Rose
crans, Gold Hill.
MRS. ETHEL L. VAN
DONSELAAR
Private funeral services for
Mrs. Ethel L. Van Donselaar,
64, of 14 Cottage st., who died
Sunday, will be held in Conger
Morris chapel at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday. The Rev. John Rey
nolds of the First Presbyterian
church will officiate. Committal
will be in the IOOF cemetery.
Mrs. Van Donselaar was born
Dec. 1, 1892, in Beacon, Iowa.
She made her home in Medford
for the past 11 years.
Survivors include her father,
Charles L. Patrick, Medford; a
sister, Mrs. C. J. Chord, Med
ford; one niece, Mrs. Bill Lu-
man," Medford; and two neph
ews, Donald L. Patrick, Port
land, and Robert Patrick, Des
Moines, Iowa.
WILLIAM HENSON
Funeral services for William
Henson, 77, of Eagle Point, who
died Monday, will be held in
Conger-Morris chapel at 11:30
a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Jo
seph Munshaw of the Eagle
Point Community Bible church
will officiate. Committal will
be private in Siskiyou Memorial
park.
Mr. Henson was born in Ten
nessee July 14, 1878. He has
made his home in Eagle Point
for the past seven years coming
from Los Angeles in 1949.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Mrs. John Huffman, and
Mrs. Kermit Carroll both of
Eagle Point; and seven grand
children.
The family has requested that
in lieu of sending flowers a do
nation be made to the heart
fund.
IRA BARTON .
Funeral services were held
Sunday, May 13, at Reedsport
for Ira Edward Barton who died
there Friday. He formerly lived
in Medford and moved to rieeas-
port about 10 years ago. For
monv years he was employed
here tfs an orchard worker.
Survivors include his wife;
two sons, Bob Barton of Jackson
Hot springs, and John Barton,
Reedsport; and a daughter, Mrs.
Leona Whitman, Sprmglieid.
Court Records
POLICE COURT " '
Jesse K. Lane, no operator a uct,
Gerald Keith Anderson. expired v-
nicie Jlteiiae, .....
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stop at stop light, $5, no vehicle regis
tration, $5.
f.lJWUl 111 UCC uniiu.iJi . ... -
Larry Kennetn ioii, viuiauiuu
basic ruie. iu- ....
Trc.nh ShnrreU Prultt. violation of
basic rule. 510. , ,
Cartas Ellsworth Morrison, violation
of basic rule. $10.
Hichard E. snepnera, excessiva nois
(pipes) $10.
Alport Trnv Onno. ODeraunS on
wrong side of road, S5. . , .. .
. Harvev Leonard lonn, vioiauon
basic rule. $10. excessive noise. $10.
Zelma a. unnaress. viuiouuu i
basic rule. $10. excessive noise. $10.
neoree Arlitte Sarto Jr., reckless
driving. $25. ,
Rmre Charles Force, no operators
license. $5. ,
Lorene nanKennom, no opt
license on person, $5.
Rat-ham R Stathos. violation of
basic rule. $10. . ...
Doris Olive Davis, violation oi Dane
rule, $10.
DISTRICT COURT
Buster Glenn Jones, intoxicated on
public highway, $30.
Own Hunsaker. intoxicated on pub
lic highway. $30.
c,iai Aii0nctus Towards, failure
to stop at stop light. $10.
Ronald james amiui, vwwuuu
basic rule. $15.
cmn.i Clifford Hatfield, failure to
stop at stop sign, $10.
Charles KODen fianagan, tivuuw
of basic rule, $15.
nr;li; MUneinn Whitehead failure
to operate on right side of road, 15.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATION'S ' .
William Ray Moore. 105 rairview,
Talent, and Connie Mae Cuthburth,
105 John St.. Talent.
Daily Weather Report
FORECASTS: .
Medford and vicinity Fair through
Wednesday. Iiow tonight 48. High to
morrow 88.
,tt. nMM tfaif inii little
warmer tonight and Wednesday, ex
cept patches ot eany morning IUR"'
clouds along coast. High tomorrow
to o 1 vAn K Q Q nn the (fln,t
Northern California Fair tonight
and Wednesday, but tog on tne com.
FIVE-DAT FORECASTS:
Western Oregon Temperatures
much above normal with highs 72-82.
Lows 45-55. LitUe or no precipitation
until lipht showers about Sunday.
Northern California No precipita
tion. Temperatures above normal in
interior, near normal otnerwise.
i.ocat. DATA:
Temperature: Mean yesterday 61;
above normal 2. Record high this date,
92 in 1924. Record low wis date, J
in 101 i
Precipitation: 24 hours to midnight,
none. Midnight to 10 ajn.. none. Total
this month, 2.29 in., 1.73 in. above nor
mal. Total since sept, x, au.ii in., n.o
in. above normal.
Humidity: Lowest yesterday, 22
highest this a.m.. 83.
City
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Brookings
Crater Lake
Grants Pass ..
Klamath Falls
MEDFORD
Portland
. 63 49
58 36
. 82 44
69 43
78 47
72 47
Seattle
Spokane .
Yakima ..
68 45
. 69 44
. 77 45
Eureka
Red Bluff
Sacramento
San Francisco .
Los Angeles
58 49
82 54
. 82 51
. 78 47
. 85 60
Phoenix
Denver
Chicago
Miami
81 57
49 38
.73 56.
. 88 69
. 75 56
93 61
.01
New York .
21
Washington, D. C.
About 3,000,000 persons in the
world annually die of malaria,
according to current statistics
Area of modern Spain is about
MEDFORD (OREGON)
Firemen Inspect 119
Homes Here Yesterday
Firemen inspecting Medford
homes called on 215 residences
yesterday, they reported.
Firemen said of 89 homes
visited no one was found at
home and seven refused admit
tance. Of the 119 homes inspect
ed, 48 were found free from
hazards and 114 recommenda
tions were made to those remain
ing, they reported.
Fishermen Have Plenty
Of Luck ...All of it Bad
Kokomo, Ind. (U.R) Luth
er Steele and his 11-year-old son
had plenty of luck on a recent
fishing trip, but it was all bad.
After driving 15 miles to the
fishing spot, they found they'd
left the tackle box with all the
bait at home.
To make matters worse, their
boat was half full of water. As
the father bailed, the son climax
ed the weird outing by accident
ally shooting himself in the foot
with a .22 rifle.
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK
Portland (UP1 Cattle 300. Choice
1103 and 1119 lb fed steers $20.50:
choice fed heifers 199.25-520: canner
cutter cows 8.50-S10.50, some Sll;
utility bulls 15.50-S16.50.
Calves 50. Good choice vealers 18-52.
Hogs 300. U. S. 1 and 2 1 80-235 lb
butchers 19-S19.50: No. 3 down to $18;
sows 300-500 lb 12.50-S16.
Sheep 250. Good-choice spring lambs
S25: good-choice shorn old crop lambs
$178; cul -choice ewes 2-S6.
PORTLAND PRODUCE
Portland (U.P.) Eggs To read
ers: Grade AA large, 49-50c: A large.
-47c: AA medium. 42-43C: A me
dium 42c: A small, 32c; carton, 2-3c
additional.
Butter To retailers: AA grade
prints, 68c; cartons, 69c; A prints, 68c;
B prints, 66c.
Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched
dar, single daisies, 43 '.2-47 c; 5-lb.
loaves, 48 2 -51c; processed American
loaves, 4812-51C; processed American
cheese. 5-lb. loaf, 42-44c.
Farm Market
First Northwest strawberries
reached market yesterday with a ' 12
cup flat from Maryhill Gardens,
Wash.: limited Calif, berries sold to
retailers at $2.75-4.25 a flat.
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens To growers (No. 1
Duality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers. 2'j-4
lbs., 24c; at farm, 23c; light hens, too
few transactions for Portland price;
17-18c at ranch; heavy hens 5 lbs. up.
not enough trading for Portland
price: at country. 20-21c up; old roost
ers. 11-12C.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to
retailers: Fryers. New York style, 36
37c lb.; whole drawn, 42-44c; cut up,
46-50; hens, light type. New York
style. 29-30c: cut up, 40-44c; hens,
heavy type. N.Y. style. 34-35c; whole
drawn. 43-47c.
Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur-
kevs. live weights. 27c lb.: nreeaer
turkey hens. 35c lb., on eviscerated
basis; breeder toms, 37c lb.
Dressed Turkeys To retailers nom
inally A Trade voune hens. 55-56c lb.
eviscerated, depending on weignt;
eviscerated frver-roaslers 57c b.
Rabbits (Average to growers f.0.0.
killine Dlantt: Live, white. 33 to 4a
lbs 23-26c: 5 to 6 lbs 18-21c: colored
pelts. 4c under: old does 10-lc 10. a
few higher. Fresh killed fryers to
tailers. 58-61c lb: cut up 62-65C.
PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN
Portland Wholesale hay prices: No.
2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland,
nominally 43-S46, some sales higher.
Wholesale prices as reported by the
USDA market news service: Wheat.
No. 2 soft, white. S74.50 ton: No. 2
white' oats. 38-lb test. Coast delv ery,
$58.50 ton; sovbean meal. $89 ton de
livered Portland: No. 2 Western bar-
lev. Coast delivery. $49 ton; standard
millrun. 44-S44.50 ton; No. 2 yellow
corn. Eastern shipments. r.o.D. Port
land $71.73.
Nickels have been used as
money in the U. S. for approx
imately SO years.
BREAKFAST
AND LUNCH
7 ajn. to 2 p-nv
GLENN IRNEST
FORD BORGNI NE STEIGER
I HOTEL.
X U 530 to 9.O0 P. M.
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MAIL TRIBTJWE fWIHTggK
Births
KEYES To Mr. and Mrs.
James, Gold Hill, May 15, 1956,
a boy, 8 pounds, at Osteopathic
hospital.
GAY To Mr. and Mrs. Lon,
route 3, box 329, May 15, 195S,
a boy, pounds, at Commu
nity hospital.
The
Pleasure
Is All Yours
Top Notch Cafe
Nixl to Cratarlin Beauty Shop
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