Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 31, 1956, Image 15

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and At Community Mrs. Arthur Durham, 6113 Crater Lake high way, had surgery this morning st Community hospital, attend ants reported. At Oregon City Mrs. Nellie Rhodes, 138 South Holly St., spent Tuesday and Memorial Day at Oregon City visiting with relatives and friends. She formerly lived in the northern Oregon city. Square Dance The public has been invited to attend a square dance Friday, June 1, at 8 p.m., Jn the Jacksonville Community club. Clyde Barlow and Bob Waller will do the calling. Pot- luck refreshments will be served. f ' PTA to Meet Final meeting of the year for McLoughlin Jun ior High school Parent-Teacher association will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the boys' gym nasium. New officers will be in stalled and a style show given by students in the homemaking classes. Accident A tar operated by Earl Wayne Taylor, 18, of Trail went out of control and off the right side of the road on, High' way 62 north of the Elk Creek bridge about 9:30 p.m. yesterday, state police reported today. Tay lor and three passengers were not injured, police said. . Slashes Finger Kenneth Coon, Tacoma, Wash., was treat ed and released Wednesday at Community hospital as the . re sult of slashing a forefinger with a hand sickle while cutting grass. Coon, with his wife, the former Miss Robene Starcher, arrived the first of the week to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bren Starcher, South Stage rd. m Heine's Juniors A party planned by Bliss Heine's Juniors for Saturday, June. 2, has been postponed to Saturday, June 9. All classes will be held as usual on June 2. Ten tons of newspa pers are needed immediately for orders on hand from the Juniors who collect newspapers for rais ing funds. The newspapers may be left on the front porch of the home at 916 West 10th st. Visit Tribune Members of Jackson school Pack 8, Den 2, Cub Scouts visited the Mail Trib une plant and offices Tuesday afternoon. Visiting were Eric Griffith, Michael Barker, Mich ael Stephenson, Donald Jones, Clifford Poulson, Victor Snyder, Robert Sanderson,' Ted Salmans and A. T. Highland. Mrs. Byron Griffith, den mother, accompa nied the boys. -. - - Bring the Whole Family? TONITE Thru SAT.! PLUM J , . ' CINEMASCOPE lW I I APTAIN JjGHTFOOT TECHNICOLOR ; NOW! liOW! $n Per u Car Tyrone t Maureen POWER I O'HAKACjf Technicolor T jClHf MaScOPP 2M J. H. Lusk PianoCo. AGAIN PRESENTS Mr. Frank Sritr at the Baldwin Electric Organ 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FRIDAY & SATURDAY, June 1-2. Evenings by Appointment Lusk Piano Store 333 South Riverside Personal Rummage Jackson county unit of Licensed Practical Nurses association will conduct a rum mage sale Friday, June 1, at 108 North Ivy st. Inspections Made City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson inspect ed two warehouses and three business occupancies on Tuesday and issued four orders for cor rection of fire hazards. From Trip Mr. and Mrs. Don Miller, 542 North Bartlett St., arrived home last evening from a holiday trip to Yoncalla, where they visited sisters of Mrs. Miller and their families. . Committae to Meet The home economics committee of the Jackson County 4-H Lead ers association will meet at 8 p.m. today in the county agents' office to discuss summer activ ities for 4-Hj groups in the coun ty, according to Miss Marjorie Hattan, county 4-H agent. New Secretary Miss Sandra Robinson, who will graduate this week from Crater High school has been hired for a clerk's posi tion in the office of the Jackson county engineer and surveyor. Miss Robinson lives with her parents at route 2, box 228D, Medford. At Osteopathic Edith Pat rick, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Patrick, 924 Lawn dale ave., had emergency ap pendectomy May 30 at Osteo pathic hospital, and Herbert Tilley, 1115 West Ninth st., is a medical patient there, accord ing to attendants. To South Dakota The Misses Elsie and Violet Todd, 251 Ren ault st., accompanied by their mother, Mrs. H. W. Todd, Gettys burg, S. D., who has spent the winter with her daughters, plan to leave Monday for Gettysburg, S. D., Mrs. Todd's home. They will make the trip by car. Obituaries ERNEST C. SILLIMAN Ernest Chester Silliman, 74, of Talent, died in San Francisco Wednesday morning, where he was visiting his daughter, Mrs. Grover Owen. The body will be returned to Medford for services and interment. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of ar rangements. ROBERT LARSON Funeral services for Robert Richard Larson, 56, who died in Portland May' 27; will be held at the Perl funeral home at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Elder E. F. Coy of the Seventh Day Adventist church will officiate. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Larson was born in Swe den Oct. 24, 1899. He is survived by one brother, Carol W. Larson, of Seattle, Wash. He was a former resident of Crescent City, Calif. EINO HAAPA Eino Haapa, 76, a former resi dent of Camp White, died this morning in a local hospital. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. JOHN NELSON John Nelson, 72, a resident of Gold Beach, died in a local hos pital Wednesday, where he had been brought for treatment. Funeral services will be held in the Elerding mortuary at Ab erdeen, Wash., and interment also will be in Aberdeen. Chapel mortuary is in charge of local ar rangements. Mr. Nelson was born on Jan. 17, 1884. He had been a resident of Gold Beach for many years, where he conducted a logging business until his retirement. Survivors include one son, Roy Nelson, and one brother, Pete Nelson, both of Aberdeen; and one sister, Mrs. Henry Morton, Anderson, Calif. MARY FENTON Mrs. Mary Eluabeth Fenton, 86. a resident of Medford from 1924 to 1953, and since then a resident of Jacksonville, died there this morning. Chapel mor tuary is in charge of funeral ar rangements. Medford, Ore. TO SPEAK HERE James E. Baker missionary, formerly to China and Formosa, will be guest speaker at the Bethel As sembly of God, 1729 North Riv erside ave., Friday, June 1 at 7:30 p.m. Baker recently return ed after spending eight years in missionary service in the Far East. He will discuss "some of his experiences and show slides of missionary work in Formosa. Baker plans to return to For mosa. He will also be in the As sembly of God church at Butte Falls for a service Saturday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m. The public has been invited. Canine Deodorant On Sale for Pets New York 0J.R) Dogs, whose tastes for good living have been whetted by such items as rhinestone earrings and spec ial fur wraps, now get a chance to smell sweet with a new canine deodorant. It neutralizes the "doggy" smell, according to the manufac turer, and makes the pet happier. The spray deodorant also is said to reduce skin bacteria and control dry skin conditions, which cause scratching. That alone should bring a smile to any dog's face, or at least a friendly wag of the tail. Crowded Bus Crashes Into Bridge in Spain La Granada De Rio Tinto, Spain (U.R) A crowded bus crashed into a bridge and over turned near this southwestern Spanish village when its brakes failed late Wednesday, killing 10 and injuring 22 of the 39 persons aboard. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle 250. High choice 2151 lb. fed steers S20.50; high choice 1132 lb. mostly $20.50; average choice fed steers around 1000 lbs. S20.50; mosUy good 85 lb. steers S19, lightly sorted at $17; utility heif ers $11-14; cutter cows S8.50-9; indi vidual $9.50; light canners $10-10.50. Calves 35. Good-choice vealers $17 20. hiRh choice above S22. Hogs 250. U.S. 1 and 2 180-235 lb. butchers $18.75-19.25; No. 3 grade $18; few 300-400 lb. sows SI 4-16. Sheep 200. High choice springers $23; good-choice spring lai.iDs mostly S22-22.50; good-choice old crop slaugh ter lambs $15-16; cull ewes $2.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (U.P. Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large 47-48c: A large 44-45c; AA medium 41-42c; A medium 40-4 lc; A small 29-30c; carton 2-3c additional. 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. 4312-47ir2c; 5-lb. loaves 48'a-51c; processed American cheese 5-lb. loaf. 42-44c. Farm Market Top quality Willamette valley strawberries sold at $3-3.25 a flat to day; Northwest lettuce supplies in creased with prices to retailers lower at $3 25-3.50. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 qualitv f.o.b. Portland): Fryers. 2Vz-4 lbs.. 24-24?2c: at farm. 23'i-24c; light hens, too few transactions for Port land price: 17-18c at ranch: heavy hens hens. 5 lbs. up. not enough trad ing 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. 47-50c; hens, light type. New York style. 29-30c: cut up. 41-44c; 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. 31c 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; evis cerated fryer-roasters. 57c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant): Live white. 33i-4"i lbs., 23-26c: 5-6 lbs.. 18-21c; colored pelts. 4c under: old does. 10-14c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, D8-60c lb.; cut up. 62-65c. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS " Medford and vicinity:' Showers "this evening. Partly cloudy tonight, becom ing cloudy. Friday .morning. Partial clearing Friday afternoon with widelv scattered showers. Low tonight 50. High Friday 72-75. Western Oregon: Considerable cloudiness, periods qS partial clearing and chance of a few light showers to night and Friday. Low tonight 48-56. High Friday 65-75 except 55-60 along coast. Northern California: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers through Fri day. Little change in temperature. LOCAL DATA TEMPEH ATURE: Mean yesterday 66; above normal 4. Record hich this date 85 in 1924. ' Record low thut date 32 in 1919. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night. .12 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m, none. Total this month 4.15 "inches, 2.97 inches above normal. Total since Sept. 1. 32 57 incheK, 15.72 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 50, highest this a m. S9. CITY High Low Prec Brookings 54 51 .0 Crater Lake .., 62 33 Grants Pass 78 56 .13 Klamath Falls . 76 42 .39 MEDFORD . , 77 52 .12 Portland 85 57 .28 Seattle 87 54 T Spokane .'. 85 61 Yakima - 92 58 .07 Eureka 5 52 .04 Red Bluff . 77 56 .05 Sacramento 74 San Francisco 65 49 Los Angeles 70 52 Phoenix 99 67 Denver 8155 Chicago I 86 67 Miami 81 75 ' New York 73 68 Washington. D.C. : 86 68 S8 Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturdays 10 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5.30 views .da I CenfraPoinf Man Found Dead Today George Misek, 43,. of 431 North Fifth st., Central Point, was found dead apparently of carbon monoxide poinsoning in the gar age at his home this morning, according to Oran Chastain, Cen tral Point police chief. Chastain said Misek's wife, Donnis, discovered her husband about 9 a.m. in a reclining posi tion . in the rear of his 1946 ranchwagon. The police chief said Misek had apparently been contem plating suicide for some time. He had taken his wife to work earlier in the morning. She re turned home after becoming worried about him and placing a phone call to his physician, Dr. Alvin Roberts. Misek was pronounced dead at 9:20 a.m. Oregon state police, the Jackson county sheriff's of fice, Medford police and Coron er Carlos W. Morris were called in on the case. Arrangements are pending at Conger-Morris Funeral home. Misek is survived by his wife and two young sons. Soviet Diplomat Said Spy Recruiter Washington U.R) The Sen ate Internaal Security Subcom mittee today disclosed testimony that Sergei Tichvinski, new head of the Soviet diplomatic mission in Japan, is a high ranking'Kus- sian intelligence officer who once recruited Japanese prison ers of war as Red espionage agents. The testimony was given by Yuri Rastvorov, former Soviet secret police officer who de fected to the West in Tokyo in 1954." At a closed session earlier this we.ek, Rastvorov told the sub committee that Tichvinski served as an intelligence officer "under diplomatic cover" in China for 10 years, approximately 1940 to 1950. . ' During part of that time, Rast vorov said, Tichvinski was en gaged in recruiting Japanese prisoners of war and internees who were sent back to their homeland "to carry on intelli gence work for the' Soviet Union." He said Tichvinski had been assigned to the Soviet Embassy in Peking and was counselor of the embassy there toward the end of his China career. Safety Council Warns Bloodiest Year Ahead Chicago (U.R) The National Safety. Council warned today that the nation is rolling towards the bloodiest year on its high ways in history. If the death rate doesn't stop, the council said, it will reach an all-time record of 42,000 by the end of 1958. The previous record was 39,969 in 1941. Overweight? The Medford Public Library "has many prac tical books on reducing and diet. Wall Street New York (U.P.) Strength in chemicals and weakness in cop pers featured an irregularly higher stock market today. Trading fell off sharply from the Tuesday session during which the market made its best gains since last Sept. 27: Today's advance centered oa the industrials which rose de spite the dip in coppers. There is only one copper in the industrial average, American Smelting, which held steady. Anaconda and Kennecott lost two points at the worst. Magna and Phelps Dodge declined a point and Cer ro de Pasco more than a point. Dow-Jones Averages Dow-Jones closing stock aver ages: 30 industrials 478.00, up 0.37; 30 railroads 165.09, off 0.63; 15 utilities 65.29, up 0.16; 65 stocks 171.75, off 0.05. . Sales today vere approximate ly 2,020,000 compared with 2,430,000 Tuesday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 1803s 7018 ... 6OV4 33 : 571.4 .; i il'A . 86 243s ... 87V4 43 .... Anaconda ... Chrysler Curtiss Wright-...... General Electric . General Motors Montgomery Ward .. Penn. R.R. ... Penney, J.C : Radio ... Southern Co. Southern Pacific ... 5VA S. Oil of Calif . 100V4 Texas Gulf Sulphur 32ls Transamerica . - 403s Tri-Continental , 263,s I United Aircraft .- 64Vi j U. S. Rubber 49i U. S. Steel 7 541.4 Youngstown . . 87 SMORGASBORD Saturday, June 2 . mooseThall 1 1 Newtown St. TIME: 6 TO 8:30 P.M. Donation: Adults $1.25 Children .. 65c Sponsored By ; The Women of The Moose r mxfis-' - DRIFTING TO REACH nf near Dundee, Wis., three -acre floating island refuses to budge as 12 motor boats' tug at ropes. Another try will be made when-wind subsides. (International) it ' - . - i : lit WEARING BRACES ON LEGS, Carla LjTin Wilkinson, 2'2, of South Pasadena, watches anxiously while Walter Leonhardt adjusts braces to legs of her doll.-Carla at tends a United Cerebral Palsy's pre-school nursery at Los Angeles' Children's Hospital, (lnternatwnal Soundphoto) CALIFORNIA HERE I COME Finished with his Florida presidential primary campaign, Democratic hopeful AdJai E. Stevenson waves on his departure from Miami en route to California to resume his quest for votes in the Golden State's June 5 primary. TO BUY OR SELL USE Jackass penguins of the Falk land Islands earn their name by the doleful braying. Gtegarious birds, they chase each other in and : out of the surf and . often engage in strenuous bill-clicking duels. - ; i - BUN 'H RUN (Across From Jr. High in Centra! Point) WE MAKE OUR OWN ICECREAM TRY ACKLEY S Multi-Flavor7 Ice Cream in 1 8 Different Flavors Gal. $1.65 12 Gal. 90 Quart 50 V ... and for you Central Point people that like SOFT ICE CREAM i -. . TRY OUR r POLAR - FREEZE ' -It's Delicious! Our Summer Hours Will Be 1 1 A.M. to 7 P.M. Thursday, May 31, 19S8 TCpttle Morainp T.aki roenrt TRIBUNE CLASSIFIED ADS HOTEL mm 5J0 to 94)0 P. M. HAM STEAK $5150 BREAKFAST AND LUNCH 7 a-m. to 2 p-m. i , MEN s 1 I 1 j-aua - MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FirTEEJT City Policemen to Attend OAI Meeting Raymond V. Seely and Keith M. Gildesgard, Medford city policemen, will be in Salem Fri day and Saturday visiting the state bureau of identification and attending an Oregon Association for Identification meeting, Police Chief Charles Champlin said to day. , They will spend Friday at the identification bureau in the Ore gon state police headquarters, and will attend the identifica tion association meeting at the Senator hotel Saturday. The meeting will include lec tures on various phases of crim inal investigations, ballistics, standardizing fingerprint data and evidence in criminal investi gation. Sale of Properties f At North Bend Told North Bend, Ore. U.P.) Sale of the motor vessel Coos Bay and other properties of the Ir-win-Lyons interests here, includ ing sawmill, planning mill and dock, to Al Pierce Company was announced today. Pierce said he would continue to operate the ship, planing mill and dock but would dismantle the sawmill, a North Bend land mark. Cash consideration was not announced. The Coos Bay is a converted LST which carries cargoes of lumber to California ports. One of the former owners was killed in a 1953 hunting ' acci dent and the other died last year. Operation since has been in the hands of others of the Irwin and Lyons families. Red Hat Committee Maps Program Plans Portland U.R) The Red Hat Day committee, recently ap pointed by Gov. Elmo Smith, met here today to map plans for an expanded program this fall aimed at further improvement in hunter conduct and in landowner-sportsmen relations. The committee, moved tn double the distribution of Red Hat buttons and pledge cards. It also called on sportsmen and other interested groups to send in contributions to help meet ex penses. It was decided to de-emphasize Red Hat day as a specific" date in order to publicize more fully the Red Hat principles of sports manship throughout the hunting season. A kickoff day will be selected later. BIRTHS HOPEWELL To Mr. and Mrs. Frank, route 1, box 113B, Eagle Point,"May 30, 1956, a boy, 7Vi pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. WALLS To Mr. and Mrs. Richard, route 2, box 163A, Cen tral Point, May 30, 1956,-a boy, 7V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. ROGERS To Mr. and Mrs. Stephan, P.O. Box 1012, Med ford, May 30, 1956, a girl,. 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. CURTIS To Mr. and Mrs. John, 603 North Fir st., May 31, 1956, a boy,' 6V4 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. FARTHING To Mr. and Mrs. Francis, E., P.O. Box. 321, Tal ent, May 29, . .1956, a boy, 8 pounds, at Community hospital.' . Three of four Navajo Indians cannot speak English. COMING SAT., JUNE 2 from the World Famous to the ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM I iT7"7vn nm 1 1 I LllI7.llA.LiJ II I I ILNI r1 u 11 IN PERSON : ' French Morocco far from be ing a desert resembles Califor nia in variety of climate and scenery. Half a million acres are irrigated. Only whaling station in the U.S. is at Eureka, Calif. Top flotch Cafe . Next to Craterian Beauty Shop lLEi.il NOW SHOWINGI lOItlUDBEII PLflUET PLUS Y"BUGS BUNNY REVUE" GATES OPEN 6:30 P.M. SHOW AT DUSK CRATERJ Phone 3-2924 BILL HALEY COMETS ' Plus 013 1 u.enrKlMi CLEO MOORE '. Hi . : . 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