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Local and Square Dane YMCA mem bers will conduct a square dance Thursday, May 24, from 8 to 10:30 p.m., at the "Y" building. Callers will be Doug Fosbury. Visitors are invited. Chtit X-Ray The chest x-ray unit at Sacred Heart hospital will be open to the public Thurs day, May 24, from 2 to 5 p.m. Dr. A. E. Merkel, county health officer, has urged that all adults of the county participate in the health program by having chest x-rays. Flower Show Talent Garden club members will conduct ; flowpr show Thursdsv. Mav 24 from 1:30 to 8 p.m., in the Talent City hall. The annual event is non-competitive and other clubs and individuals are invited to en ter exhibits. A silver tea will be held in connection and a food and plant sale also will be held A ceramic display will be in eluded. H.ina'i Juniors Because of absenteeism the past few weeks at classes conducted for Bliss Heine's Juniors the croup will not march in parades during May, it has been announced Many of the members have been ill or busy with other activities which are excusable but all classes will be held as usual Sat urday, May 26. New members may enroll at any of the classes and a party is planned for June 2. Visiting Day Phoenix schools will conduct a visiting day for children who will enter the first grade there next fall. The event will be held Friday. May 25, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Parents are asked to take their children to the school and return for them at the close of the visitation at 2:30 p.m. The children will be conducted about the school rooms, meet the teachers, and be shown the various types of playground "equipment. . They also will be given a play period with first grade students at the school. . v TONITEZ show at 8 JOHN WAYNE LAUREN BACALL 5copI PLUS 4 - BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 7 .m. to 2 p-nfc 1 ,i,iFfiiTili1i.TWiM I HOTEL L, feiilli S MEN f 5 JO to tiOO P. M. I as:; ra fluyl SIRLOIN I BEEF ROAST I 11 It s own II I gravy I J) MILD-MELLOW MAGNIFICENT 6 yrs. old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey K proof WORTHY OF A GREAT NAM! - Canwla Dry Gingr Alt, toe, Kw Yort, H. Y. Personal Radio Club Rogue Valley Radio club will meet Thursday, May 24, at 8 p.m., at the Camp White club house. A beginners class will be started at 7:30 p.m., that day at the same place. Go Homa Mrs. Lizzie Freauf, Gold Hill, was dismiss ed Monday from Osteopathic hospital to return to her home after being there since May for major surgery. Postpone Recital The May piano recital scheduled at Pu rucker's Piano house for Tues day, May 29 has been postponed because of the death of James A. Grigsby, co-owner and manager' of the piano shop. Rescheduled date has not been selected. ' At Community Mrs. Everett R. Drake, Lazy. Acres motel, Gold Hill, and Mrs. Robert Booth Central Point, are surgery pa tients at Community hospital. There today for minor surgery was Robert Paul Aftring, 2V4, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H, Aftring, Ashland. At Osteopathic Ray Goin Phoenix, is a medical patient at Osteopathic hospital; Frances Stockford, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stockford, route 1, box 410A, had appendectomy there today, and Mrs. Roy Hil- derbrand. Eagle Point, is listed as a minor surgery patient. Visit Tribune Members of Den 7, Pack 8, of the Cub Scouts, Jackson school, visited Medford Mail Tribune plant and offices Tuesday. Those who made the visit are Mickey White, Philip Bates, Tommy Ginn, Larry Shore, David Doolen, Jimmy Carpinelli and Rodney Craig. With them were their leaders, Mrs. W. C. Sanderson, den moth er, and Mrs. Dean Barker, as sistant den mother. Hurt in Fall Ben F. Allison, 1027 West 10th st., a Jackson county road department em ployee, was discharged from Community hospital today after being there since Tuesday for in juries he received in a fall, ac cording to attendants. He is re ported to have received rib fractures and shock. He ' fell from a four-foot ladder while removing old shingles from a house, according to the report. Mores Mrs. Lloyd L. San ders, widow of the late Dr. San ders, moved today to live at Kershaw orchards, route 2, Corey rd., Medford. She may be reached by telephone through the White City exchange and former patients of the late den tist may forward mail to her to Medford, general delivery. Mrs. Sanders has sold her former home at 6 South Groveland ave., to the Alan Jewetts of the Jew- ett Office supply. Merer Flights Two patients were flown to Portland for treat ment in the Veterans Adminis tration hospital yesterday by Mercy Flights, Inc., air ambu lance planes. In the morning, John Hall, Camp White, was taken for treatment of fractures and burns suffered in an automo bile accident near Butte Falls junction May 3. In the afternoon, the patient was Ernest Howard, 1028 East Main st., Ashland, who was scheduled for treatment of an internal condition. The men were the 490th , and 491st pa tients carried by the non-profit service. Swlngln' Beet Members of the Swingin' Bees Square dance club will hold a progressive din ner and dance Saturday, May 26. Parties, will leave from 40 North Riverside ave., at 6 and 6:30 p.m., for the Jensen home for the first course and proceed to the Dallaire home for the main course. Dancing will begin at 9 p.m., at the North Riverside ave., address. Mrs. Minnie Rob ertson, Paul Graham and others will call the squares and dessert will be served at midnight. Re servations for the dinner may be obtained from Ray Dallaire through Thursday evening. This will be the last event for mem bers of the group until next fall, officers announced. $450 MuiucVs rn BOURBO 413 QT. Services Set for E. R. Prefonfaine Funeral services for Edward Raphael Prefontaine, 75, of Gold Hill, who died in a local hospit al Sunday, will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart church here. Recitation of the Holy Ros ary will be by the Rev. N. J. Deis at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Perl Funeral home. Internment will be in Siski you Memorial park. Mr. Prefontaine was born in Foots Creek April 30, 1881, the son of an old pioneer -family of Jackson county. He lived in Jackson county most of his life. He attended school in the old St. Mary's academy in Jacksonville. Mr. Prefontaine and his wife were the' first to be married in St. Mary's chapel in Medford on Feb. 4, 1919. He is survived by his wife, Ida Prefontaine, of Gold Hill; three daughters, Mrs. Edward A.' Lukowski, Portland: Mrs. William Hurst, Grants Pass, and Mrs. M. Jack Martina, Gold Hill; three sons, Edward R. Pre fontaine, Grants Pass; Virgil R. Prefontaine, Pamona, Calif, and Roland L. Prefontaine, Grants Pass; 11 grand children, two neices and two nephews. Obituaries SIMEON STERRETT Ashland Funeral services for Simeon R. Sterrett, 86, who died Tuesday, will be held at the chapel of the Latter Day Saints church here at 1 p.m. Friday. Collins E. Hassell, president of the church, will officiate. Inter ment will be in Memory Gar dens Memorial park in Medford. Litwiller Funeral home is in charge of the services. ' Mr. Sterrett was born at Paris, Ida., on March 1, 1870, and came to. Ashland in 1945. Survivors include his wife, Emma Sterrett; three sons, Wil liam A. Sterrett, Stafford Ster rett and Clifton Sterrett, all of Ashland; three daughters, Mrs. W. H. Davis, Ashland; Mrs. Nita Browning, Apple Valley, Calif., and Mrs. Dorothy Gorton, Soda Springs, Ida.;, a brother, T. A. Sterrett. Soda Srjrines: a sister. Mrs. Ada Harris, Logan, Utah; 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. CHARLES PITTS Charles Anderson Pitts, 71, of 675 West 13th st., Medford, died in a local hospital Monday. Mr. Pitts was born in Harland county, Nebraska, April 2, 1885. He lived in Medford for the past 25 years. He is survived by his wife, Katherine Pitts of Medford; three '", daughters, " Mrs. Ruby Morrison, Richmond, Calif.; Mrs. Dorothy Palomondon, Yreka, Calif., and Mrs. Juinate Carder, Los Angeles, Calif.; two sons, Charles Pitts, Emeryville, Calif., and Douglas Pitt;, Los Angeles, Calif.; one brother, Walter Pitts, Fruita, Colo.; one sister, Mrs. Bent Miller, Max well, Neb.; 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be at Perl Fun eral home Thursday, May 24, at 2 p.m. with Dr. Raymond E. Balcomb officiating. Private ser vices will be at Siskiyou crema torium. MRS. EDNA MONIA Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Monia, 80, who died Mon day in- Jacksonville, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 1 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Wil liam Piper of the First Chris tion church will officiate. Com mittal will be in Brownsboro cemetery. Mrs. Monia was born Feb. 4, 1876, in Coulterville, 111. In 1898 at Guide Hock, Neb., she was married to Jacob Monia, who preceded her in death in 1926. She. was a member of the First Christian church. Survivors include two sons, Clarence Monia, Medford, and Bill Monia, Central Point; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Charley, Central Point, Mrs.,Velda Dahl ke, Medford, and . Mrs. Donna Charley, Crescent City, Calif.; one brother, Albert Woodside, San Bernardino, Calif.; 17 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Another son, Ivan Monia, preceded her in death. Rummage Olive Rebekah lodge will conduct a -rummage sale Friday, May 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the Eagles hall. Bika Stolen Floyd Thomas Jenkins Jr., 876 Stewart ave., Medford, has reported to city police the theft of his bicycle Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. from Mc Loughlin Junior High school. Grange Party Griffin Creek Grange members will conduct a social hour of cards and games after a business session Thurs day, May 24, at 8 p.m., at the Grange hall. Women..who attend should take card tables. , Places Second Roy Croskrey, Northwest Nazarene college stu dent at Nampa, Ida., has placed second in the college division of the Idaho state WCTU poster contest, ' according to the state treasurer of the Women's Chris tian Temperance union, Mrs. Lora Root. He was given a cash award. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Croskrey, 606 South Central ave. - - - Oregon State To Confer 1 J 00 Degrees on June 4 Corvallis U.R) Oregon State College will confer about 1100 degrees here June 4 at its 87th annual commencement. In cluded will be 68 doctor's de grees, 170 master's degrees, and about 875 bachelor's degrees. One professional engineering de gree will be conferred. Wall Street New York 'U.R Prospects of a cutback in steel operations in the third quarter chilled what started out to be a substantial stock market recovery today. Some issues turned gains into losses. Steels held part of gains that had ranged to a point. : Oils, motors, and rails held well. Coppers fell on a cut in the copper price. Kennecott lost two points. DuPont dipped to a loss from an early 1U point gain. Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 480.16, off 3.97; 20 railroads 169.07, off 0.40: 15 utilities 65.79, up 0.07, and 65 stocks 173.61, off 0.84. Sales today were about 2,140, 000 shares compared with 2,290, 000 Tuesday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 18014 Anaconda 763i Chrysler 62 Curtiss Wright 32?i General Electric . 573a General Motors . 41-4 Montgomery Ward 8534 Penn. R. R 253-s Penney, J.C 87V4 Radio 42'.'2 Southern Co. 21 Southern Pacific - 5lVa S. Oil of Calif. 100 Texas Gulf Sulphur ZZVz Transamerica . 4214 Tri-Continental . 26 V4 United Aircraft 64 U. S. Rubber i. 52 U. S. Steel 1. 54V Voungstown . 88 Vi PORTLAND LIVESTOCK ' Portland (U.P.) Cattle 600. Aver age choice 1086 lb. and 844 b. steers $20.50; good-choice 889 lb. $19.63; commercial and low good steers $17 18; cutter-utility heifers 810-12; can-ner-cutter cows mostiy $7-9: few $9.50; utility cows $10.20-11 with utility grass cows up to $12; light cutter bulls $11.50-13 with canners down to $10; utility bulls $15.50-16.50. Calves 100. Good vealers $18-20 choice to $2 2and above; culls down to $9. Hogs 300. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180 235 lb. $19.50-20; No. 1 $20.25; No. 3 down to $18.50; choice 300-450 lb. sows $13-16. Sheep 400. Mostly choice spring lambs $23-23.50; mostly choice light No. 2 pelt old crop lambs $17; good shorn lambs bid $14.50-15: No. 2 pelt good slaughter ewes $4.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 49-50c; A large. 46-47c; AA medium, 43c: A medium, 42c: A small, 32c; carton, 2-3c addi tional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 68c lb.; cartons, 69c; A prints, 68c: B prints, 66c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, single daisies, 43J.a-47!a: 5-lb. loaves, 481,a-51c; processed American chese, 5-lb. loaf. 42-44c. Farm Market .The first 1956 Oregon strawberries reached the East Side Farmer's market today, selling at $4 a 12-hallock. flat. Berries were reported ripening fast on valley farms. Poultry, Rabbits Live ChicKens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland): Fryers. 2',i-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 roosters ll-12c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York style. 36 37c lb.; whole drawn, 42-44c: cut up, 46-50c; hens, light type. New York style. 29-30c; cut up, 40-44c; hens, 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, 39-40c 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. 334-4",i lbs. 23-26c: 5-6 lbs.. 18-21c; colored pelts, 4c under: old does, 10-14e lb., a few higher. Fresh killed frvers to retail ers. 58-56c lb.: cut up, 62-65c. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port land nominally $43-45, some sales higher. Wholesale prices as reported bv the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white, $74 ton: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. test." Coast delivery. $58 58.50 ton: soybean meal. $93; barley. Coast delivery. $49.50 ton; standard millrun, $44-44.50 ton; No. 2 yellow corn, Eastern shipments, f.o.b. Port land, $70.75. ' NEW HEELS IN CAROTHERS SHOE SERVICE 125 East 6th.Strt AT Births BROWN To Mr. and. Mrs. Charles, Central Point, May 20, 1956, a girl, 9 pounds, at Com munity hospital. LANE To Mr. and Mrs. Al len, route 3. box 194J, Medford, May 20, 1956. a girl, 8 pounds, at Community hospital. NICHOLS To Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 406 Clark st., May 20. 1956, a girl, 4 pounds, at Sacrefl Heart hospital. BJORNSEN To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph, 1223 East 11th St., May 17, 1956, a girl, 6 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. CHARTERS To Mr. and Mrs. Raymond, Eagle Point, May 18, 1956, a girl, 7r4 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. SHELDON To Mr. and Mrs. Jack, 875 Gilman rd., May 19, 1956, a girl, 8V2 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. - EVANS To Mr.' and Mrs. Don, 36QJA Berrydale ave., May 19, 1956, a boy, 8 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. PHILIPS To Mr. and Mrs. Ewell, 714 Broad st., May 19, 1956, a girl, IVz pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. RIECKE To Mr. and Mrs. Carl, .601 Park Place, May 20, 1956, . a girl, 634 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. MAYFIELD To Mr. and Mrs. Teddy, 415 Oak St., May 20, 1956, a girl, 8'4 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. HOEFLE -r- To Mr. and Mrs. Heinz, 310 Perrydale ave., May 19, 1956, boy, 8?4 lbs., at Os teopathic hospital. ' GWINN To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, 767 Oak st., Ashland, May 21,' 1956,-a girl, 6 pounds, at Community hospital. THORNBURG To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph, 724 Oak St., May 21, 1956, a girl, 8 pounds, at Com munity hospital. . ;., COLLINS To Mr. and Mrs. James, 718 Victory st.,T Apt. 4 May 21, 1956, a boy, 4V lbs., at Sacred Hospital. BAKER To Mr. and Mrs. Harold, 1011 West 11th st., May 22, 1956, a girl, 9 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. ' REMICK To Mr. and Mrs. Jesse, 340 DeBarr ave., May 22, 1956, a boy, 8V4 lbs., Sacred Heart hospital. VAN DYCK To Mr. and Mrs. Jack, 2170 Barnett rd.. May 22, 1956, a boy, 11 lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. ' Eugene 'tU.R) Oregon Retail Distributors' Institute elected Joe Richards of Eugene' their new president Monday during the group's 17th annual confer ence here. More than 100;. re tailers from Oregon attended the meeting. When it comes to good eating Mother has a competitor It's exciting to "Eat Out" At the Mililiflillil. The Modern, Dramatic Story of a Man, His Past and Present... arid the Crisis They Caused! sS ( JENNIFER JONES ' f K-'M FREDRIC MARCH 1 v' J I 4 1EE J. COBB. MARISA PAVAN j YSQ?J) I Wednesday, May 23, 1958 CP Elementary School Band Concert Slated Central Point The annual Central Point elementary school band concert will be held at 8 pn. Friday in the junior high school gymnasium here. Junior high and grade school beginners' bands will play. The appearance of the beginners' band will be its first. Both bands are directed by Harry Meyers. Rescue Boat Ready On Salem Waterfront Salem U.P.) A new 20-foot cabin rescue boat was ready for action on the Salem waterfront today. The" craft will be manned by the Willamette search and res cue unit a group composed mostly of volunteers from the Salem police force. The search unit built the boat over the last year and a half with an eye to preventing an in crease in river and boating mis haps. It will be available for use 24 hours a day. Daily Weather Report Medford and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness tonight and Thursday morning. Partial clearing Thursday afternoon with chance of showers over mountains. Low tonight 50.. High Thursday 78. '. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy through Thursday morning, becoming partly sunny Thursday afternoon. Scattered showers or thunderstorms this evening, mostly over mountains. Cooler in interior. Low tonight 48-56. High Thursday 72-85 xcept 55-60 on coast. Northern California: Mostly fair with variable nigh cloudiness tonight and Thursday. A few scattered thun derstorms in high mountains. Fog and local drizzle on coast. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 71: above normal 11. Record ligh this date 94 in 1947. Record low this date 35 in 1944. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month 3.96 inches, 3.10 inches above normal. Totat since Sept. 1, 32.38 inches, 15.85 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 34, highest this a.m. 79. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings . . 58 . 51 Crater Lake 69 37 Grants Pass 94 '52 Klamath Falls : 86 50 MEDFORD : SO 55 Portland 82 54 Seattle ... 79 50 Spokane . 82 v 58 Yakima 85 54 . Eureka 57 53 T Red Bluff 91 57 Sacramento 85 52 T San Francisco .. 63 52 Los Angeles 73 55 Phoenix 98 67 Denver 69 51 .98 Chicago 92 44 J4 Miami .. 82 72 New York 70 61 Washington. D.C. 82 65 Delicious HOTWEATHER -SALADS- Coot and Refreshing . A TASTY r HUNCH For lunch THE CLOCK Main at Bartlett. Phone 2-6766 T Top Notch Cafe Next to Craterian Beauty Shop MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Car, Building Are Damaged by Fire Central Point A 1946 con vertible automobile was dam aged extensively and a building by which it was parked re ceived minor damage about 7:53 p.m. yesterday on Blackwell hill, Central Point rural fire men reported. The car, owned by Guy Elli son, route 1, box 596, Gold Hill, was enveloped in flames when fire fighting equipment arrived, firemen said. Trucks were dis patched on both the new and old highways in order that the scene of the fire could be lo cated quickly. The Ellison place is on the old route. Cause of the fire was not de termined, according to firemen. Ellsworth Campaign Director Selected Roseburg (U.P.) Robert Grant, news director of radio station KRXL in Roseburg, has been appointed director of the campaign services for Rep. Har ris Ellsworth, effective June 1. The announcement was made yesterday by Leon McClintock, member of the Ellsworth for Congress committee. Grant is a member of the free dom of information committee of the radio-TV news directors as sociation and also a member of seven other national committees. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. nnaaaKMiUEii So smooth 11 icavn juu breathless mimqff st name VODKA 90 proof. Made from 1 00 grain neutral spirits. Ste. Pierre Smirnoff Fit, Inc.. Hartford. Cona. ASHLAND PLUS JOEL . TccHNicoLcm McCReA STARTS TONITE DOORS OPEN 6:30 World and His Loves, kttr '.,1 111 vflCOTLES Gondolas on Chicago River Mayor's Idea Chicago (U.P.) Mayor Rich ard J. Daley, in an understand able burst of civic pride, said today he'd like to see gondola ply the Chicago river some day. Good idea, said city officials. 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