Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 19, 1956, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Larceny Bergen Hardy Scott, 34, a transient, was arrested Sat urday by city police on charge of larceny from an automobile. Arrested Robert Eugene Tompkins, 22, Provolt, was ar rested Saturday by sheriff's of ficers on charges of violation of probation. Auto Accident Automobiles driven by Dean Arthur Harrer, S21 Alta st, and James Oliver Newton Poling, route 3, box 201, collided at the intersection of West Fourth and Fir sts. about 3:53 p.m. Sunday. Spot Light Stolen Hugh Ev erett Williams. 1516 Wilson place, reported to city police Monday that a hand spot light was stolen from his car while it was parked in the downtown area. The light was valued at $8.93. Delegate to Meet A meeting cf delegates to the convention of National Education associa tion has been called for Thurs day, June 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the office of the country super intendent of schools in the court house. Anyone interested in at tending the convention, to be held the first week in July in Portland, has been invited to attend. rfl ADULT JU PRICE! SHOW AT 8:30 TONITE! PLUS RICHARD EGAN OF GOD) jSS RENNII gSjp'-v" OUINN v ... . -y .a 0 f!' .0 mm Personal Charged Jerry Leander Stewart, 19, 1455 Hill court, was held in county jaij Saturday by city police on charges of possess ing stolen property. Bitten by Dog Alice Ann Hodson, 6, of 614 West Clark street, was bitten by a dog Sat urday afternoon. The incident was reported to city police by her mother, Mrs. Dorothy J. Hodson. Returns Mrs. Bert Kenyon, 71, Reager st., Medford, has re turned from Austin, Minn., where she was called by the death of her brother, Harold Michelson, of Reedsburg, Wis. The Kenyons recently moved into their new home here. Surgery Patients Two new surgery patients reported from Community hospital this morn ing were Laura Ann Fountain, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Fountain, 614 Cherry st., and Mrs. Eugene Braziel, Central Point. Returns Home Mrs. Henry Keplinger, 107 Newtown rd., re turned home Sunday from Areata, Calif., where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. William Swofford, formerly Miss Shirley Keplinger. Mrs. Swof ford became the mother of a boy on June 10. Meeting Planned The regu lar meeting of the fleet reserve association will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday. June 20. in the Vet erans of Foreign Wars hall, 33 North Riverside ave. Navy and Marine retired and fleet reserve personnel have been invited. Plans for a joint picnic with the Grant Pass unit will be made. In Hospital Mrs. Lewis Smith, Rogue River, is in Osteo pathic hospital for medical care, the hospital reported this morn ing. Three patients who recently underwent appendectomy opera tion were dismissed this morn ing. They are Mrs. Lloyd Dusen berry. Mis Dawn Felkel and Charles Kennedy. Daughter Born Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Richards, Santa Monica, Calif., are the parents of a daughter born June 15 in that city. This is the couple's third child. Mrs. Richards is the daughter of Mr. and Hrs. H. S. Ingle, 338 Bessie st.. Medford. Richards is on. the faculty . of Santa Monica Junior High school. fir Your Cbnvenienc& vou can mw ALU AV including Saturday for t 4 ALL Bank Services at FIRST NATIONAL BANK Pint NHenrl h fha firf iWfwWi bank where All bank servieM era valta bU 10 t 5, i fx day weak. Ti Mibl y H make Mvlngt and chackinf da alH, arrange far Uam, bava aee( ta yaur safe daaadl bax, and aaa Iff many afhar helpful bankmg arvkaa of tint Mariana) ... at yaw eanvanlanaa. T4 HEC To Meet Griffin Creek Home Economics club will meet Thursday, June 21, at the home of Mrs. I. A. Larson for dessert. Mrs. Lucy Dickson will be co hostess. To Speak The Rev. Alfred B. Lau, codirector of the Great er Mexican Missions, Inc., will speak at the Berian Baptist church in White City at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 20. He will il lustrate his discussion with slides of Mexico. Inspections Medford Fire Marshall Truman Nelson report ed inspection of one home at the request of the occupant, inspec tion of one public garage and six business occupancies yester day. Nine orders were issued for correction of hazards. Visits Parents Petty Officer 1c Paul Murphy and hit wife and children are visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Mur phy, 723 West Second st. They are en route from the Astoria Naval base to Long Beach, Calif., where Murphy will be stationed. Grange Griffin Creek Grange Griffin Creek Grange will give a benefit card party Satur day, June 23, at 8 p.m. in the Grange hall. Proceeds will be used to send Miss Lois Kelly, a Grange member, to the national convention of Future Home makers of America, organization for high school girls. The con vention will be held in Chicago later this summer. The public is invited to at tend the card party, and women of the Grange are to take sand wiches or cookies for the re freshment hour. Ashland Man Held for Disorderly Conduct Ashland Wiley Stewart Jr., 35, 447 B St., was jailed Satur day on a charge of disorderly conduct after police said he knifed his brother-in-law. E. W. Cameron and nicked Cameron's wife. Cameron suffered knife cuts on his cheek and chest during the fight, police said. When his wife attempted to stop the fight she was slightly cut. Stewart is being held in city jail pending further investigation. TAX REDUCTION ASKED Mexico City UR) Mexican cotton growers asked the gov ernment Monday to reduce the taxes on their crops to protect them against a possible price drop resulting from the sale of surplus U.S. cotton. Or PORTJLAND "tin tVILD OIEGON TOGITHft" TJL - - - . .. " Jl Obituaries CECIL H. COGHILL Cecil Howard Coghill died un expectedly at his home in Odes sa, Tex. The body is being re turned to Medford for services and interment. Conger - Morris funeral home is in charge of ar rangements. News About Servicemen FIELD TRAINING Army Cpl. Robert R. Christie, stepson of Ralph Herzog, Trail, is participating in field training exercises with units of the 6th in fantry regiment in Berlin, Ger many. Christie, who enlisted in Au gust, 1954, and received basic training at Fort Ord, Calif., is assigned to the regiment's com pany B. COMPLETES COURSES Army Cpl. Robert E. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Brown, and husband of Charlotte Brown of Williams, has completed the track vehicle mechanic's course at the Seventh Army Tank Train ing Center in Germany. Brown, a mechanic in Tank Company of the 9th Infantry Di vision's 47th Regiment, entered the Army in January, 1954, after attending Grants Pass High school. He received basic train ing at Fort Ord, Calif., before going to Europe last February. IN GERMANY Army Pfc. Richard A. Farn ham. son of Mr. and Mrs. Mar tin Farnham, route 1, Talent, is serving with the second armored division in Germany. A driver with company B of the division's 12th armored in fantry battalion, Farnham was stationed at Fort Ord, Calif., be fore being sent overseas in March, 1955. He attended Cali fornia State Polytechnic college at San Luis Obispo prior to join ing the Army in October, 1954. ON LEAVE A3c Michael Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clark, 3438 Madrona Lane, is spending leave with his parents in Medford. He will return this week end to Denver, Colo., where he is as signed to headquarters section of the Air Force academy, Lowry Air Force base. Trucks parked for any length of time in Glacier National Park must be fenced in with wire. Porcupines love the taste of synthetic rubber tires. ..Vo0'.V, s ' -IT slf ...... I'Vort." W ..1 Funeral Services for Walter Hueners Set Funeral services for Walter Robert Hueners, 31, of Toketee Falls, who died of a self inflicted gun shot wound Sunday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel Wednesday at 3 p.m. The Rev. Kenneth F. Korby of St. Peter's Lutheran church will officiate. Committal will be in Jackson ville cemetery. Mr. Hueners was born Sept. 11, 1924, in Medford. He had been working as an electrician for Copco. On July 1, 1950, in Medford, he was married to Mae Jean Davis; who survives. He enlisted in the Navy Aug. 7. 1943, in Medford. and was discharged on July 8, 1949, in Boston, Mass. Survivors, besides his wife, in clude two sons, Bruce and David, both at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hueners, Jack sonville; five brothers, Ernest Hueners, Jacksonville; John Hueners, Sequin, Texas; Lt. Col. George Hueners, Washington, D.C.; Albert Hueners, Jackson ville; and Carl Hueners, M e d ford; two sisters, Mrs. Roland Holmes, Medford, and Mrs. Rex Danner, Ft. Bliss, Texas. Dangerous Mental Escapees Captured Northplatte, Neb. flJ.R) Two dangerous escapees from the Wyoming state mental hospital were captured at North Platte Monday night without a strug gle, but their companion is still loose. Police captured the two men in a warehouse area on a tip. They escaped Friday night with three others from the ward for the criminally insane at Evans ton, Wyo. Captured were Gordon Gal- lington, 28-year-old psychopath who has escaped four times and once attempted to dynamite the Casper, Wyo., police station, and Donald Horst, 29, a "sexual psy chopath." Two of the five were captured in Wyoming Friday night, but the fifth Jack Mater ly, 28 remains at large. LUNG CANCER San Francisco flJ.R) Dr. Sey mour M. Farber, associate clin ical professor of medicine at the University of California Medical Center here, said that while sur gery is at present the only cure for lung cancer, various chemi cal agents have shown promise in relieving symptoms and giv ing temporary improvement. He said a recent and valuable addi tion to lung cancer diagnostic procedures is examination of pa tient' sputum for malignant cells. Dr. Farber and others have described as sputum-exam- ination technique said to detect about 90 per cent of lung ma lignancies. FRANCE SEES 'NIKE' Orleans, France (U.R) The U.S. Army's "Nike" guided mis sile went on public display for the first time in France Monday. It was set up in the central square across from the statue of St Joan of Arc. Births WRIGHT To Mr. and Mrs. Marvin, box 432, Central Point, June 19, 1956, a boy, I3 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. TRAPP To. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle, 515 Liberty St., June 17, 1956, a girl, 73.i pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. ADKINSON To Mr. and Mrs Brooke, 526 Palm ave., June 18, 1956, a boy, 8V4 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. MOORE To Mr. and Mrs. Everett, post office box 1087, Eagle Point, June 18, 1956, a girl, 73i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. COMPTON To Mr. and Mrs. Harold, route 3, box 202, June 18, 1956, a boy, 8H pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. MARTIN To Mr. and Mrs, Fred, Central Point, June 19 1956, a boy, 5'2 pounds, at Com munity hospital. NOUD To Mr. and Mrs. Pat rick J., Talent, June 19. 1956. a girl, 6 pounds, at Community hospital. VERNON To Mr. and Mrs. James, 804 Beekmen st., June 18, 1956, a girl, 6Mr pounds, at Com munity hospital. GOUKER To Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lee, Central Point, June 18, 1956, a boy, 6V4 pounds, at Community hospital. SCHULTZ To Mr. and Mrs. Harry, 1015 Whitman St., June 19, 1956, a girl, 6 pounds, at Community hospital.- - bm heoti. rart. eomfort end hesprtoWY OTidsr plaosof sunounosvj rZ FumM Stoepino ed Houfcr" Cob-, wi o mod oc;1'''- HOT MfNIRAL mm MUO "ATHS Per KliiaisslMi. Ariswitw, llwK SctoHca, Herreewiess CASOH DIOYIOf VAPO SATHS km TOlWi fr Ecswne. Vmn. stem. Hit 1 L 81 Tuesday, June 19, 195S SENIOR CITIZENS wedding in Claremont, Cal., as Rev. Jackson Buchanan, 87 (center), takes Sarah Field, 71. Loyal Wirth (left), himself 93, officiates. fittrTiationai PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland )U.P. Egg To retail ers: Grade AA large. 4 8 -49c; A large. 45-46c; AA medium, 42-43c: A me dium, 41-42c; A small. 29-31c; car tons, no charge to 3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 67-68c lb.; cartons. 68-69c; A prints, 67-68c; B print, 65-66c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, single daisies, 43a-481ac; 3-lb. loaves, 49 'i-olc: processed Ameri can cheese, 5-1 b. loaf, 42-44c. . Farm Market Producers sold strawberries at mostly S2.75 a flat at the East Side Farmer's market today; raspberry prices held firm at mostly S3.25-3.75 a flat to producers; Seattle distritc green peas offered as high as $5 for 30 lb. boxes. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 qualitv f.o.b. Portland). Fryers, 2'.- 4 lbs., 23c lb ; at farm, 22-22 3c; light hens, too few transactions for Port land price. 16c at ranch; heavy hens, 5 lbs. up, not enough trading for Port land price; at country, i-iuc id. up; old roosters. ll-12c. Dressed Chicken No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, New York style. 3o-38c lb.; whoiedrawn. 4i-43c; cut up 47-50c: hens, light type. New YOrK StVle, 29-30C; Cut Up, 40-44C; hens, heavy type. N.Y. style, 31-32c; whole drawn, 43-46c. Turke.vs To nroducera: Fryer tur keys, live weight. 27-28c lb.: breeder turkey hens. 30-3 1c lb. on eviscerated basis: breeder toms. 39 -40c lb. Habbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant): live white. 33,-4i lbs.. 20-23c: 5-6 lbs.. 15-18c: colored oelts. 4c under: old does, ll-12c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retail ers, 56-5 8c lb.; cut up, 80-63C. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Whalesale Hav Prices: New croo No. 2 green' alfalfa, baled. f.o.b. Portland, nominally $35-36. some sales higher. New crop prices not es- UDiisned. wholesale prices aa reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No 2 soft white. $73-73.50 ton: No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. test. Coast delivery, S57 .50-58 ton; soybean meal, $40. f.o.b. t-ortiand: oariey. coast delivery. ss- 49.50 ton; standard millrun, $43.50-44 ton; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern ship ments, f.o.b. Portland, S70. Portland (U.P.I Cattle 500. Choice steers above $22.50; choice steers Monday $21-22.50: (rood steers $19.50- 2 1 : good-choice heifers $ 1 8-2 1 ; can-ner-cutter cows $8-9.50; shells down to $5: utility cows $10-12; young com mercial cows $13-14.50; light canner DU11S iu. Calves 50. Good-choica vealers $18-22. Hoes 250. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180. 235 lb., $19-19.50: No. 3 grades down IO 518.25: SOWS 3UOOOO lb. Sll-50-16. bheeo 600. Choice 80-95 lb sarins? slaughter lambs $20-20.50: food lambs $18: cull-choice shorn slaughter ewes $2-4-50: good-choice spring feeder lambs $15.50. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity; Partly cloudy thii evening.becominK cloudy e-arlv Wednesday, then partly aunny Wednesday afternoon. Low tonight 45, High Wednesday 75-77. Western Oregon: Showers with Periods of partial clearing tonight, artly aunny with a few scattered showers Wednesday. Low tonight 46 56; high Wednesday 65-78. Northern California: Clearing to night. Fair Wednesday except occa sional cloudiness in the extreme north portion Wednesday. Cooler in the north porUon tonight. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 60: below normal 5. Record high this date 101 in 1045. Record low this date 38 in 1929. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night. .36 inch. Midnight to 10 ajn., .09 inch. Total this month .71 Inch. .03 inch above normal. Total since Sept. 1. 33.31 Inches. 1.73 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 50 per cent; highest this a.m., S6 per cent. CITY , High LowPrec. Brookings 57 51 .61 Crater Lake Grants Pass .. Klamath Falls MEDFORD Portland , 70 , 75 , 71 53 48 Seattle Spokane Yakima 54 .28 58 .01 58 .28 Eureka .... 61 53 61 58 58 62 .64 .22 .10 T Red Bluff Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles 92 68 70 Phoenix 99 89 Denver .. 86 58 Chicago , 85 66 Miami 84 71 New York . ,, 73 57 Washington. D. C. 76 5 .1 HOTEL A. J V " 5 JO ta i00 P. M. Roast Beef I $450 f ! I Natural I Grary I ' I s a i MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVBH Wall Street New York (U.R) Wall Street- ers abandoned the stock market today to the out of towners. As the market men played golf, a trickle of orders from other cities sent industrials up and rails down. Golf clubs of the New York Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange held their an nual tournaments. Dow-Jones Averages Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 484.52 0uf! 0.61: 20 railroads 165.79, 0.44; 15 utilities 66.55, up 0.25 and 65 stocks 173.68, up 0.10. Sales today were about 1.430,- 000 shares compared with 1,440,- 000 Monday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 180 Anaconda 72 Chrysler 63'A Curtiss Wright 323i General Electric 59' General Motors 43 Montgomery Ward 41Vs Penn R R 23 Penney J C .. 95s 42U 2UA 50s 51H 33 1.4 39 26 U 663i 49 Vi 54' 88V Radio Southern Co Southern Pacific , S Oil of Calif .... Texas Gulf Sulphur . Transamerica . Tri-Continental United Aircraft . U S Rubber U S Steel Youngstown . KIBITZER BLEACHERS Chicago U.P) Sidewalk su perintendents will be able to check up in style on an addition to the St. Joseph's Home for the Friendless. Before construction begins, bleachers will be erect ed for the kibitzers. Things Superior FOR YOUR INTERIOR Breakfast . Brunch lunch Complete Dinners and Fountain Service Top Notch Cafe Next to Craterian Beauty Shop Tomorrow Doors Open 12:45 The First of Our Special Mid-Week SUMMER MATINEES On the Screen THE FIRST AND GREATEST PICTURE IN CINEMASCOPE JEAN SIMMONS RICHARD BURTON VICTOR MATURE in "THE ROBE" Plus 6 OF 20th CENTURY FOX GREATEST CARTOONS VI ASHLAND M HUDSON n&rwnBORCH05 Seons! SANDERS . Plus m VI - 70th Birthday Observed By Long Walk on Stilts Jesup, la. U.PJ After a day of rugged farm work, Guy Stoddard stepped out on a 20 pound pair of stilts and walked a sentimental mile to the rural school he attended as a boy. That was the way Stoddard, who farms a 160-acre tract on which he was born near here, celebrated his 70th birthday. "The walk took me 25 min utes which isn't much compar ed with the eight minutes it took me to walk it as a school boy," Stoddard said. "Still, . I didn't know myself, before I started, if I'd be able to maka it." Dn May Tiibun. Want Ad, IMillMlil.'IO NOW! NOWI LOVE-ADVENTURE THAT, SETS AFRICA AFLAME! AY VICTOR JANET MATURE-, LEIGH .TECHNICOLOR a coiuMVA nciuas 1 PLUS GRACE KELLY In "WEDDING IN MONACO" Gates Open 6:30 P.M. Show At- Dusk IA ft A ft A AM DRIVE-IN a!i,Wr Olrri-i 1 fWfTM MkCIFtC UWWWnWl Phone 2-6507 wsyTlCNWCMM AUDII MURPHY -ST PLUS .TICHNICi Starrine JEANNE CRAjN GEORGE NADER 2 RfVEIN CRATER LAKE HICHWAy LAST DAY COLOR by fart as PLUS lr stntn mmme ukMMV MACARL0rD2 Fnrf Tnnifo phon asiiusj win v 2-5562 SANDS Of B&gghTm stutrtirs vn ft. M KHLB iri"iis.iH naif rttrr fm CRATER U YjPZij jagffcsliaSsaJ ifeS NEWTON ' aDCAsUhm t I COLOR , ys II U I.C.AR.IHM Ess. 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