Local and Personal
Corpi To Meet Medford
Ground Observers corps will
meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the
courthouse auditorium.
No Smoke Found Firemen
summoned to the 100 block of
Almond st. about 11:35 p.m. yes
terday said that no fire or smoke
was found. A trash fire on Val
ley View dr. was extinguished
Saturday evening. It was burn
ing after dark when fires' are
prohibited.
Motorcycle Struck Carrel
Eugene Hawis, Grants Pass, has
reported his parked motorcycle
was struck by a vehicle regis
tered to Padgham Glass and
Millwork, 1309 Court st., on
South Bartlett st. Saturday
Medford police have reported.
No citations or injuries were reported.
Alumnae To Meet Kappa
Alpha Theta alumnae of Med'
ford, Ashland and Grants Pass
will have an informal luncheon
meeting Friday, May 25. It will
be a no-host event at Rogue Val
ley Country club at 12:30 p.m.
Those not contacted may
make reservation by calling
Mrs. James Rowan, 2-5859, or
Mrs. John Dellenback, 2-6855.
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Permit Iuued A. R. Dubs,
1901 Strafford way, was issued
a building permit Saturday to
erect a $10,500 residence at 425
Groveland st.
Bike Stolen Thomas Todd
Kersten, 135 Vancouver ave.,
has reported the theft of his
bicycle from the Medford Bowl
ing Lanes Saturday, Medford po
lice report.
Meeting Sam's Valley
Beagle soil conservation district
board of supervisors will meet
in the county extension office
of the court house at 8 p.m. to
night to discuss county conser
vation practices.
Hit and Hun A car operated
by Leroy Nicholas Martin, 344
North Central ave., was involved
in an accident with an unidenti
fied hit and run vehicle early
this morning on South Fir st.
between Main st. and Eighth st.,
according to Medford police. No
injuries were reported.
Meeting Medford Post 15 of
the American Legion will hold
its regular meeting at the Le
gion home at 531 South River
side ave., at 8 p.m., Tuesday.
Plans will be made for partici
pation in the Memorial Day
events. , Nomination of officers
will be held. '
Meeting Cancelled A meet
scheduled for Monday, May 28,
for Southern Oregon Hammond
Organ society has been can
celled because of the death yes
terday of James A. Grigsby, co
owner and manager of Puruck
er's Piano house. .The meeting
was to have been held at the
piano store.
Cut Hands Two persons
were treated at Sacred Heart,
hospital today for cuts to their
hands suffered in accidents at
their homes. Timothy Root, son
of Rep. and Mrs. Robert Root,
229 Bradford way, received his
injury at home Saturday and
was taken to the hospital today
for treatment. Mrs. Opal Reams,
219 Jeanette st., received her in
juries today. She was treated
and released.
Hit and Run A ear operated
by Eldon Seldon Miller Jr., 319
Avery it., wai involved in an
accident with an unidentified
hit and run vehicle Sunday at
Central ave. and Maple st., Med
ford police have said. No in
juries were reported.
Boy Injured Scott Holmes,
9, son of Mr. and Mrs. David
Holmes, route 3, Medford, is re
ported in satisfactory condition
today at Sacred Heart hospital
where he was taken Sunday aft
er a horse stepped on his head.
He also suffered a leg fracture
in the accident, family members
said today.
Cars Collide Motorists in
volved in a collision Sunday on
Dakota ave., between Beckman
stand Newtown St., were Eliz
abeth Eckerman Deffley, 353
O'Gara st., and Robert Charles
Glover,fll62 Janes rd., city po
lice reported today. No injuries
were reported and no citations
were issued.
New Machine F. B. Ca-
rothers, manager of Carothers
Shoe service, 125 East 6th st.,
has reported the installation of
an automatic heeling machine in
his establishment. The new ma
chine, a Comet-10 Model Auto-
Soler, is capable of re-heeling
shoes in three minutes, Caroth
ers said.
Driver Cited Ivan Chester
Shruck, 822 East Ninth St., Med
ford, was fined $10 in police
court today for failure to yield
the right of way in connection
with an accident Saturday on
West Sixth st., between Oakdale
ave., and Ivy st., city police re
port. Driver of the other car
involved in the accident was
Ezra Edward Weaver, route 1,
box 488, Central Point. No in
juries were reported.
SPEBSQSA News An inter
chapter picnic of the Society for
the Preservation and Encour
agement of Barber Shop Quartet
Singing in America will be held
in late August in Grants Pass
city park and units from Central
and southern Oregon and north
ern California will attend. A
parade of quartets, or concert,
is planned here for late fall. An
earlier announcement stated
that the parade would be held
in late August.
Big Pines District
Scout Camp-o-Ree
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set at the Agate Desert Camp-O-Ree
grounds when 483 Scouts
and Leaders participated in the
Big Pines District Camp-0-Ree
over the week end, according to
Robert Church, Big Pines dist
rict chairman. The 19 Scout
Troops and three Explorer un
its were from Gold Hill, Central
Point, Prospect, Shady Cove,
Jacksonville, Phoenix, Talent,
Ashland and Medford.
The Camp-O-Ree started with
registrations Saturday at 10 a.m.
and concluded Sunday at 3:30
p.m. after the awarding cere
mony. N. H. "Duke" Gladfelter, Big
Pines district commissioner and
the commissioner staff conduct
ed the Camp-O-Ree and Harry
Chipman served as chairman.
Lawson Scott directed the regis
tration and served on the judg
ing staff. James Grigsby con
ducted the Camp-O-Ree events.
Actual Experience ,
The purpose of the camp was
to give the Scout Troops actual
experience in good Scout camp
ing so that they would be able
to conduct their own camping
trips closer to good camping
standards.
The Scouts set up their camps
on a patrol basis and were judg
ed on how they camped, their
patrol cooking, patrol organiza
tion, camp sanitation, participa
tion in activities and how clean
and neat their camp was during
the entire session.
Saturday afternoon was spent
arranging and setting up their
camps by patrols in troop stes
that the Scouts selected. They
also identified trees, shrubs and
had mapping projects to com
plete during the day.
A large campfire was held in
the evening under the direction
of Jack Holmes, assistant Camp
McLoughlin director. Each troop
gave a stunt interspersed with
songs lead by Dick Lamb, assist
ant Scout executive. Bruce Nel
son told several Indian lore stor
ies of Crater lake and other local
Indians. Lighting of the camp
fire was done by the Order of
the Arrow.
A Protestant Scout church ser
vice was held Sunday morning
with the Rev. John Reynolds of
the First Presbyterian church
conducting the services. He was
assisted by Dick Swinney, who
lead the responsive readings.
Catholic Scouts attended Mass
at Camp White.
The Camp-O-Ree events fol
lowed the church services.
Judging of the patrol , camps
was under the leadership of Shir
rel Doty and Ted Garhart, assist
ed by Jim Baumer, John Patton,
J. A. McDougall, council com
missioner; Harry Barneburg
Scott; Gladfelter, Grigsby and
Chipman, Clifford J. t Hanson,
Scout executive, assisted in the
over-all program.
All patrols who participated
received ribbons denoting the
rating received.
This was one of the finest jobs
of camping that the patrols have
done' and the standard was ex
ceedingly high this year," Ted
Garhart, who was in charge of
I ceremony, said.
! Explorers Assist
14, Posts 8 and 13 and Explor
ers from Troops 6 and 9 assisted
in the events and judging.
This was one of the two Camp-O-Rees
held in the Crater Lake
Area council this week end. The
Roaring Rogue District, Jose
phine county, held their affair
Friday and Saturday in the
Grants Pass City Park with 150
Scouts attending.
Trust Forum Set
Tuesday Evening
Another in U. S. National
bank's 1956 estate and trust
forum series will be held in Med
ford in the Pioneer room of the
Jackson hotel Tuesday, starting
at 7:30 p.m.
Allan F. Perry, manager of the
Medford branch, will preside .at
the meeting which features a
four-man team from the bank's
head office.
The current series marks the
seventh year that U. S. National
has presented the informative
series throughout the state. Last
year more than 2,500 persons at
tended the 21 forums. -
The importance of estate plan
ning, practical distribution plans
that have been used successfully
and the need for sound estate
management will be the topics
for discussion during the Tues
day meeting.
Speakers will include trust of
ficers, W. D. Hinson and LeRoy
B. Staver, and assistant trust of
ficers, William R. Bradshaw and
H. E. Butler.
A question and answer period
and social hour will conclude the
forum, Perry stated.
Luncheon The Mistletoe club
will hold a dessert luncheon
and public card party beginning
at 1 p.m., Wednesday, at the
Girls Community club.
Ai Sacred Heart Mrs. May
mie Botts, 768 Agate rd., Frank
Hanson, Talent, Charles Bowen,
Central Point, and Alva Mur
phy, 616 Franquette st., all are
listed today as medical patients
at Sacred Heart hospital.' Those
reported there for surgery in
clude Mrs. Donald Dunlap, Jack
sonville;. Mrs. Marie Mills, 314
Vancouver ave.; Harriet Clough,
12, daughter of Mrs. David
Clough and the late Mr. Clough
of Yreka, Calif., Claude Harris,
903 South Holly St., and Mrs.
Cleo Strickland, Rogue River.
Heart Attack Fatal
To Piano House
Owner-Manager
James A. Grigsby, 63, Med
ford business man who was own
er-manager of Purucker Piano
house, died last night at a Med
ford hospital after an illness of
only three hours. Death was at
tributed to a heart attack.
Mr. Grigsby, his wife and two
friends, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Sears
of Greeley, Colo., returned about
1 p.m. from a fishing trip to
the coast and about 5 p.m. he
became ill and was taken to the
hospital. .
Mr. Grigsby, born June 23,
1892, in Paducah, Ky., first
came to Medford in 1911 with
his family. Later the family
lived in California, Kansas and
Oklahoma, and in 1946 Mr. and
Mrs. Grigsby came here from
Greeley, where he had been as
sistant manager of the Metro
politan Life Insurance company,
to take over the managership
of the Purucker Piano house.
The Grigsby home was on Long
Mountain road, Eagle Point.
Survivors include his wife,
Edith, to whom he was married
in 1932; four sons, James -A.
Jr., Irving, Tex., Richard S., El
Paso, Tex., John L., Mt. Vernon,
Calif., Donald, Chicago; a step
son, W. B. Johnston of Bordeaux,
France; three sisters, Mrs. Bur
ton B. Lowry and Mrs. Leonard
Foley, Medford, and Mrs. Ralph
Britton, Palo Alto, Calif., and 11
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are in
charge of Chapel mortuary and
the service has been tentatively
set for Wednesday afternoon.
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK
Portland (UP) Cattle 2300. Low
choice light steers $19.50; high choice
held around $20.50 or above: choice
heifers $18.50: some above $19; can-ner-cutter
cows $8-9.50. few $10:
utility cows $11-12.50; commercial
cows above $14; utility bulls $16-16.50.
Calves 2225. Choice vealers $21-23;
good vealers $17-20.
Hogs 1200. No. 1 and 2 butchers 180
235 Jb $20-20.50; mixed No. 2 and 3
grades $19.50; 300-500 lb sows $11.50
16.50. Sheep 1500. Good-choice with some
prime 80-95 lb spring lambs $24-24.50;
choice-prime $25; chocie-prime $25;
good-choice No. 2 pelt old crop lambs
$17-18: utility shorn lambs $15; utility-good
slaughter ewes $3.50-4.50.
PORTLAND PRODUCE
Portland (UP) Eggs To retail
ers: Grade AA large 49-50c; A large.
4b-4c; aa medium 43c; A medium
42,c; A small 32c; carton, 2-3c addi
tional. Butter To retailers: A A grade
prints 68c lb: cartons 69c: A prints
68c: B prints 66c.
Lheese lo retailers: A grade Ched
dar, single daisies 431i-47,ic; 5-lb
loaves 4812-510; processed American
cheese. 5-lb loaf, 42-44c.
Farm Market
California strawberries brought $4.50
a 12-cup fill today; one Canby grower
indicated Willamette berries may show
up this week; Willamette valley cauli
flower sold to wholesalers at mostly
$3-3.25 a lettuce crate; Hood River as
paragus quoted f 25 cents a pyramid
lower and went to retailers at $5.25 a
30-lb crate for bunched spears.
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens To growers (No. 1
quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers. 2t to
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 zo-zic up; old roosters,
11-12C.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to
retailers: Fryers, N ,Y styse 36-37c lb;
whole, drawn 42-44c: cut up 46-50c;
hens, light type, N Y style. 29-30c: cut
up, 40-44c: enhs heavy type N Y style,
33-34c: whole drawn 43-46C.
. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur
keys, live weight 27-28c lb: breeder
turkey hens 33c lb on eviscerated
basis; breeder toms 38c lb.
Dressed Turkeys To retailers nomi
nally A grade young hens 55-56c lb;
eviscerated, depending - on weight;
eviscerated fryer-roasters 07c lb.
Rabbits (Average to growers f.o.b.
killing plant): Live, white, 3 to 4 la
lbs 23-26c 5 to 6 lbs lS-ilc; colored
pelts 4c under: old does 10-14c lb. a
few higher. Fresh killed fryers to re
tailers 58-61c lb; cut up 62-65C.
PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN
Portland Wholesale hav prices: No.
2 green alfalfa, baled, f o b. Portland,
nominally $43-46. some sales nigner.
Wholesale prices as reported by the
USDA market news service: Wheat, No.
2. soft, white. $74 ton; No. 2 wnite
oats. 38-lb test. Coast delivery, $58-
Monday, May 21. 1956
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL' TRIBUNE ELEVEN
Medford Student
Gets Fellowship
Charles P. Anderson, ?18 Win
ema way, Medford, student at
Willamette university, has been
appointed to a Danforth Gradu
ate fellowship for 1956-57, ac
cording to an announcement by
Donald Danforth, president of
the Danforth foundation in St
Louis, Mo.
He was one of 77 successful
candidates from several hundred
applicants.
To receive Danforth Graduate
Fellowships, which were esta'b-
lished in 1951, candidates are
nominated by their undergrad
uate colleges, Danforth said. A
council of seven eminent educa
tors chooses the winners on the
basis of their academic ability,
personality qualifications for
teaching, and Christian charac
ter.
Danforth Fellows may attend
the graduate school of their
choice and continue study for
their doctorate degrees. The
Danforth Fellowship assures
the student financial assistance
up to an annual maximum of
$1800 for single men and $2400
for married men.
Voters Defeat Tax
Base Increase
Ashland Voters in Ashland
Friday defeated a proposal to in
crease the city's tax base from
$48,000 to $60,000. Not a single
precinct voted to increase the tax
base. Against the proposal were
1,233 votes and only 401 were
cast in favor of it.
Ralph Koozer, chairman of the
city tax committee, earlier stated
that the city councilmen were
Obituaries
VIRGINIA HUKILL
Mrs. Virginia Hukill, route 1,
box 385H, Medford, died yester
day in a local hospital. Conger
Morris funeral home is in charge
of funeral arrangements.
GREGORY A. BUCHANAN
Gregory Allen Buchanan, 6,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Bu
chanan of Roseburg, died there
Saturday. Conger-Morris funeral
home is in charge of funeral arrangements.
JAMES STEWART
Funeral services for James
Stewart, 79, who died Sunday,
will be held in Conger-Morris
chapel Tuesday at 3 p.m.
The Rev. James W. Neely of
the First . Baptist church will
officiate. Graveside services will
be held by the Knights of Pyth
ias at the JOOF cemetery.
Mr. Stewart was born Janu
ary 27, 1877 in Medford. He
was a life member of Knights
of Pythias, the D.O.K.K. and the
Pythian Sisters.
Survivors include one son,
George A. Stewart, Whittier,
Calif.; four daughters, Mrs. Wil
liam Stricklin, Medford; Mrs
Loren Farlow, Eureka, Calif.;
Mrs. Frank Klingle, Lake Creek,
Ore.; stepdaughter, Mrs. Eugene
Jackson, Klamath Falls, Ore.;
four grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
JAMES A. G. ANDERSON
James (Jim) Augusta Garfield
Anderson, 75, resident of Jack
sonville between 1930 and 1937,
died last Thursday at his home
in San Bernardino, Calif.
Mr. Anderson, who was born
in Wexford county, Michigan,
has been a resident of California
for 24 years. He was a retired
carpenter.
Survivors include the widow.
Helen Eva; two sons, Walter J.
of San Bernardino and Herman
W. of San Diego; three, daugh
ters, Mrs. Lois M. Gray, Ban
ning, Calif., Mrs. Melva M. Ham
ilton, Klamath Falls, and Mrs.
Waneta E. Harrington, Eugene;
and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Saturday morning in San Ber
nardino. Interment was at Moun
tain View cemetery.
EDWARD PREFONTAINE
Edward Prefontaine, resident
of Rogue River, died at a local
hospital Sunday. Arrangements
are pending at Perl Funeral
home.
Wall Street
New York KU.R) The stock
market met support today when
the industrial average neared
the 490 level, a figure not seen
since early March.
For a time the whole list was
down with losses ranging to
nearly one and a half per cent
in the railroad department. In
dustrials broke to a new low
since March 2. Utilities lost a
few cents.
A long list dropped two points
or better. The decline spread
over, the whole market with
gainers almost non-existent.
Dow-Jones Averages
Dow-Jones final stock aver
ages: . 30 industrials 491.62, off
4.77; 20 railroads 172.49, off
2.68; 15 utilities 66.13, off 0.04, i
and 65 stocks 177.00, off 1.76. J
Sales today were about 1,-1
940,000 shares compared with!
2,020,000 Friday.
Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks: !
American T & T . lSOi
Anaconda 77T
Chrysler ; 6234
Curtiss Wright .... 333
General Electric 583,4
General Motors 42
Montgomery Ward 8714
Penn R R 25 V
Penney J C 88
Radio 43 '$
Southern Co 21'i
Southern Pacific 53T
S Oil of Calif 105
Texas Gulf Sulphur 34
Transamerica 433i
Tri-Continental . 26 Vi
United Aircraft 66
U S Rubber 53Vi
U S Steel : 55V4
Youngstown 90
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not in favor of increasing taxes
but the measure would be the
only way to meet rising city gov
ernment costs.
The immediate needs for the
proposed funds would have been
used for street repair, extending
water lines and meet demands
for a summer recreation pro
gram.
County Heart Fund
Contributions High
Jackson county contributions
to the Oregon Heart association
this year totaled $3,436.25, the
third-highest county total in the
state, it was reported today.
Only Marion and Lane coun
ties exceeded the Jackson coun
ty total. Multnomah county was
not included in the compilation.
Mrs. Earl Bigalow was chair
man of the heart drive in this
area this year.
Contributions throughout the
state totaled $43,199.83.
Of Jackson county's total, $3,
358,25 came from Medford,
$60.50 from Ashland, $15 from
Central Point, and $2.50 from
Talent.
Daily Weather Report
FnRFP ASTS
Medford and vicinity: Fair and
warm through Tuesday. Low tonight
45. High Tuesday 88.
Western Oregon: Fair tonight and
Tuesday with patches early morning
clouds. Warmer in afternoon. Low to
night 44 to 52. High Tuesday 76-86; ex
cept 65-70 on coast.
Northern California: Mostly fair to
night and Tuesday but morning fog
on coast, unance oi a lew rcanerea
thundershowers in Sierra Nevadas.
Little temperature change.
LOCAL DATA
Temperature: Mean 62; above nor
mal 2. Record high this date, 95 in
1941. Record low this date 30 in 1918.
Precipitation: 24 hours to midnight.
none; midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total
this month, 3.98 in., 3.18 in. above
normal. Total since Sept. 1, 32.38 in..
15.93 in. above normal.
Humidity: Lowest yesterday ZB,
m. 93.
City HI Lo Prec.
Brookings 66 51
Crater Lake 59 31
Grants Pass BO 47
Klamath Falls 76 49
MEDFORD 78 4B
Portland 65 48
Seattle 66 48
Spokane 78 49
Yakima 79 44
Eureka 59 53
Red Bluff : 90 62
Sacramento 85 52
San Francisco 65 S2 trace
Los Angeles 76 57
Phoenix ..
Denver
Chicago
Miami
New York
Washington. D. C.
96 64
80 53 .49
71 59 . trace
82 73
67 50
Volume for volume, aluminum
weighs one third as much as
steel.
58.50 ton: soybean meal S93; barley.
Coast delivery. $49.50 ton; standard
millrun. $44-44.50 ton: No. 2 yellow
corn. Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Port
land. $70.25.
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