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Bids Submitted for Klamath Air Base Job Klamath Falls OJ.B Low bids totaling about $65,000 have been submitted by Leo N. Huls and Pinninger tc Watkins or re habilitation of existing buildings at Klamath Falls Air Base, ac cording to Maj. Oscar D. Whit ten, engineering and installa tion officer at the base. The buildings -vill be used by the Air Force as classrooms, of fices and warehouse and vehicle torage. TOUR BRITISHERS KILLED Ipoh, Mala- a (UP) Four British soldi' rs on routine patrol duty were Killed Sunday when their truck collided with a train. Two enli-.ted men and lieu tenant were injured. Ends TUESDAY! tflnuK rlFAM CiNKMASeofb r. X rX- "IT" Starts r ljfhrtTjss rra&t.a,w 4 Quick, friendly service... . You'll enjoy every visit to savings window at First "National. Smiling, alert tellers give . you a friendly welcome every time. It's fun to watch your First National savings grow. i w Court Records DISTRICT COCRT Albert James Coitelow. Improper safety chains. 10. Charles Kinard. failure to operate on right side o highway. S10. Henry Benton Kilburn Jr., violation of basic rule. S20. Walter Joseph Carr, no atop li-fht. 10 M William Lee Copeland. violation of basic rule, $20. Richard Wallace Mather, four in front seat. Arthur Richard Dionne, violation of basic rule. 13. James Floyd Lamp, failure to trans fer title. fi Joseph Bumice Williamson, over width. $20. , , Roscoe Eugene Bifbee, overload. $101. Sam Wilson Steele, overload. 1 Donald Ivan Penwell. overload, $93. CIRCl'lT COURT Claudia M. Cobbard vs. Hilda Gob bard, divorce complaint. William C. Baxter vs. Diane Elaine Baxter, divorce complaint. Norma Jean Lovell vs. Charles W. Love 11. divorce complaint. mm MITCHUM ttm. WRIGHT di.., MAr.nn fAPmnNi ,W fTl. . WW WW! WEDNESDAY! Atom drain Extra convenience . . . Handle tl your banking needs . . . including savings, checking, safe deposit, and many other services . . . with just one visit to Oregon's favorite bank. And. .. wherever yoo go in Oregon, there's a First National Branch nearby... to sent you better. 7$ Local and Horn Extension Picnic The annual Jackson County alumni and county committee home ex tension units picnic will be held at noon, Wednesday, at the home of Mrs. Richard Bartuss, Shady Cove. A business meeting of both groups will follow the picnic. DAV Meeting The Jackson county chapter of the Disabled American Veterans will hold a business meeting at 8 p.m. to day at the DAV hall, 1513 North Riverside ave. A report of dele gates on the department conven tion scheduled will be given. Insurance Meeting Helmer T. Tinseth, John A. Carter, and Virgil R. Wilkes of Medford have received invitations to at tend one of two meetings to be held by State Farm Insurance companies at the Statler hotel in Los Angeles the week of July 22. Undergo Surgery Two chil dren underwent minor surgery at Community hospital this morning, the hospital reported. The young patients are Louella Mae Dewey, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis L. Dewey, Cen tral Point, and Christine Neff, 6, - daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Neff, 847 Sunrise ave. . Emergency Surgery Linda Sue Day, 7-year-old daughter of Mrs. Mary Jane Day, 441 North Grape St., underwent an emer gency 'appendectomy at Osteo pathic hospital yesterday, the hospital reported this morning. Another patient at Osteopathic hospital is Mrs. William Byrd, Ashland, who underwent sur gery this morning. Airman Leaves Ronald J. Tepovac, airman third class in the Air Force, left Sunday by plane for Cheyenne, Wyo., where he will be stationed for six weeks special training as an auto mechanic. Airman Tepovac, who entered the service in Jan uary, received his basic training at Amarillo, Tex. He is the son of John Tepovac. Toketee Falls, and Mrs. L. M. Bilderback, 418 Haven St., Medford. First National is Oregon's favorite place for savings! (JBank safety... There's no subttitutt for a bank savings account At First National, you have the extra assurance of a 91-year history of complete safety for the savings of every First National customer. HWCDfOtlP BRANCH sTIIC&ST NATIONAL DANK or UTS tUt STATIWID! BANKING OMICES TO Personal Permit Issued Crater Lake Motors, 21 West Sixth St., has been issued a permit to erect a $1,800 used car office building. m Son Hurt Mrs. Hannah Ma rie Sproul, 326 North Bartlett St., reported to city police at 11:53 p.m. Monday that her 10-year-old son, Leonard, was beat en up by two boys at Hawthorne park. Picnic Slated Southern Ore gon Peace Officers association picnic, for members and fami lies, will start at noon Sunday at the John Day residence in the Table Rock area. Refresh ments will be provided by the association. Gran Fires About an acre of dry grass was burned off the property of Etha Wall, route 2, box 494, Ross Lane, yesterday afternoon. A pumper from the Medford fire department extin guished the fire about 5:15 p.m. The East Side fire station was called to put out another grass fire on Pierce Heights at 3:50 p.m. yesterday. No damage was reported. In County Jail Bernard Wil liam Johnson, 24, of 217 South Riverside ave., was arrested Monday and confined to the county jail on a charge of ob taining money by false pre tenses, according to records in the sheriffs office. Johnson was arrested by city police. Jacksonville Man Hurt When Hit by Car Today - Edward Coffman, 73, of Jack sonville, was injured slightly this morning when hit by a car in Jacksonville. Coffman re ceived bruises but no broken bones in the accident, according to hospital reports. Mrs. Charles P. McBeth, 206 N St., Jacksonville, was driving the car that struck Coffman. Ac cording to Mrs. McBeth, she was driving west on Third st. when Coffman suddenly walked in front of the car. Medford Ambulance was called about 8:45 a.m. and took Coffman to Community hospital. MOON TOGC7JM SIVt YOU Wall Street New York UP.) Hopes for a strikeless settlement of steel ne gotiations brought a rally into the steel shares today. They turned the whole market up ward on increased volume. Gains in the steels ranged to more than three points in Lu- kens and Youngstown Sheet & Tube. Bethlehem was in demand climbing three points or better near closing time. Dow-Jones Averages Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 489.37, up 2 94; 20 railroads 167.02, up 0.63: 15 utilities 66.75, up 0.60 and 65 stocks 175.05, up 1.03. Safcs today were about I,i30, 000 shares compared with 1,500,000 Monday. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American T & T 179T8 Anaconda r 72'. 4 Chrysler '. 65 Curtiss Wright 32;s General Electric 59 Vs General Motors 45Vg Montgomery Ward 42U Penn. R. R 241 Penney, J.C 931-!! Radio, i Southern Co. .21'4 Southern Pacific 50 Va S. Oil of California .-..."..'. 504 Texas Gulf Sulphur 3234 Transamerica 4U 4 Tri-Continental . v.26'-'. United Aircraft ... 'OW U. S. Rubber o U. S. Steel 37 Youngstown 91 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U P ) Cattle 500. Hich good lisht steers $21: choice steers above S22; Rood-choice Rrades $18.50 22.25; canner-cutter cows mostly $7-9; utility cows $10- 12.50. Calves 100. Good-choice vealers largely 16.50-20. Hogs 200. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lbs. $19.25-18.50 with some No. 1. 1975; choice 300-500 lb. sows $12 $15.50. Sheep 500. Mostly choice spring lambs $1850: mostly choce range lambs $19 with some $19.50: good around 17 lb. feeder lambs $15; cuil choice shorn ewes $2-4.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland U.P Ecffs To retail t?rs: Grade AA large. 48-49c; A large. 45-46c; AA medium. 42-43c; A medium. 41-42c; A small. 29-31c; cartons, no charge to 3c additional. Butter To retailers: A A (trade prints, 67-68C lb.: cartons. 68-69c, A prints. 67-68c; B prints, 65-66c. Cheese To retailers: A grade Ched dar, single daisies, 431-z-471,2c; 5-lb. loaves, 48'2-51c; processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf. 42-44c. Farm Market First mid-Columbia peaches were offered at S2 for a six-basket flat of Mayflower variety today with a 15-Ib. box quoted at $150; first Dallesport green peppers sold at 32 cents a pound: berry prices were unchanged to slightlv lower with blackcap rasp berries at S3. 23 a flat, off 25 cents: local raspberries brought producers mostly 52.50-2.75 a flat and sold to retailers at mostly S2.75-3; local green beans as low as 11 cents a pound. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 quality f.o.b. Portland;. Fryers. 2'j- 4 lbs., 23c lb.; at farm, 2I-221ic; 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, 17-18c lb. up; old roosters. 11-12C. Dressed Chickens No- 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York it vie. 35-36c lb.; whole drawn. 41-43c: 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. Turkevs To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight. 27-28c lb.; breeder turkey hens. 30-3 1 c lb. on eviscerated basis; breeder toms, 39-40c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plant): Live white, 33-4i lbs.. 20-23c: 5-6 lbs.. 15-18c; colored pelts. 4c under; old does, 10-12c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers.to retail ers, 96-58c lb.; cut up, 60-63C. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: New crop No. 2 green alfalfa baled f o b. Portland nominally $33-36. some sales higher. New crop prices not established. Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 saft white. S72 ton: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. test. Coast delivery. $57.50 58 ton; sovbean meal, $91 f.o.b. Port land; barlev. Coast delivery. S49.50 ton; standard millrun, $43.50-44 ton: No. 2 vellow corn. Eastern shipments, f o b. Portland. $70.25. 1BN!I!II3HIHII the COLOSSUS OF MOTION PICTURES! THE SPECTACLE OF SPECTACLES! This is the . hue ond mighty story of Alexander the MocedofHon, son of a King and a half-savage Princess ' the worlds and women he foolc by right of 5 m Richard BURTON Fredric MARCH Claire BLOOM -Danielle DARRIEUX -Barry JONES 'Tutidar. June 28, 1958 Obituary Notice DAVID O. MODRELL Funeral services for David O. Modrell, 69, who died Saturday at his home in Phoenix, will be held in Conger-Morris Chapel at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. C. W. Frost of the Apostolic Faith will officiate. Committal will be in Phoenix cemetery. Mr. Modrell was born April 16. 1887, in Optima, Okla. On May 16, 1906, in 'Spokane, Wash., he was married to Myrtle May Morris, who survives. In 1923 he moved to Phoenix. In 1925 he went to work for the Jackson county road depart ment, retiring in 1946 as con struction foreman. , .Survivors besides his wife in clude two daughters. Mrs. Rich ard Knight, Medford, and Mrs. Phillip Bryant. Ashland; one brother. Mack Modrell, Seattle, Wash.; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Hand, Walla Walla, Wash.; five grandchildren, Mrs. Martin Brown, Cave Junction; George Knight, Costa Mesa; D. Gerald Knight, Medford; Patricia Bry andt and Judith Bryant, both of Ashland: one "great grandson, Rob Ri Knight, Costa Mesa, and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will include Paul Rynuing, John Moulton, Frank Carland, Harry Reams, Bert Stancliffe and Preston Turpin. EMERY REBER Funeral services for Emery J. Reber, 70, who died Sunday, will be held in Ashland Mortu ary chapel at 2:30 p.m., Wednes day. Ashland Lodge No. 23, AF&AM will be in charge. In terment will be in Mountain View cemetery. Mr. Reber was born April 14, 1886, in Thayer county, Nebras ka. He came to Klamath Falls in 1951 and then moved to the Rogue valley in 1954 living in Jacksonville before moving to Ashland. He was a member of Ashland lodge 23 AF&AM. Sis kiyou chapter 21 RAM, Malta Commandery 4, Knights Tem plar, Korein Temple AAONMS, Rawlins, Wyo., and Wyoming consistory. WILLIAM J. CLARK Funeral services for William John Clark, 85, formerly of Medford, who was fatally in jured in an automobile accident near Redding last Friday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 3 p.m. Thursday. George Johnstone of the Salvation Army church will officiate. Committal will be in Hillcrest Memorial cemetery, in Grants Pass. Mr. Clark was born July 1, 1870, in Pennsylvania. Survivors include two sons, James H. Clark, Yreka; and Cal vin D. Clark, Spokane, Wash.; three daughters, Mrs. Wilda Kruggle, Medford; Mrs. Wendsl Frank, Medford; and Mrs. Al bert Johnson, Central Point; brothers, Ben L. Clark, Johns town. Penn.; Gordon Clark, Her ing, . Nebr.; and Dean Clark, Colorado Springs, Colo.; sisters, Mrs. Delia Murray, Arizona; and Mrs. Sadie Mahaffey, Cherry- tree, Penn.; 19 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. MORRIS G. JOHNSBERG Funeral services for Morris G. Johnsberg, 72, of 213 Beatty St., Medford, who died Sunday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 11 a.m., Wednesday. George Johnstone of the Salva tion Army church will officiate. Committal will be in IOOF cemetery. Mr, Johnsberg was born March 30, 1884, in Verdal, Nor conquest Mm0 lis FA if'-, '4 11 Pt'SYlSiJi: I MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEH way. On Dec. 26. 1929, in Med ford, he was married to Susie Hopkins, who survives. For the past 30 years he had made his home in southern Ore gon working for 13 years at Timber Products company and 12 years at Medford Corporation until 1954. when he retired. Also surviving are a son, George Hopkins, Napa, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Alvin Kcster, Napa. Calif.; a sister. Miss Mar enane Martinsen, Norway, and one granddaughter, Paula. Attorneys Will Get Official Guide Book Salem UP.) The attorney general's office said today that an official state guide book will be made available to district at torneys on the correct legal forms used in legal proceedings. The form book will be distrib uted at the fourth annual dist rict attorney conference and in stitute to start here Thursday. The more than 400 pages contain indictments, complaints and le gal forms designed to withstand the most rigid scrutiny of courts and defense aalorneys. ' It was pointed out that in the past many indictments and com plaints have been dismissed for technical defects. Assistant Attorney General Fred A. Miller, formerly district attorney of Clackamas county, prepared the major portion of the work. Births 1NLOW To Mr. and Mrs. Al fred, 365 Charlotte Anne rd.. June 25, 1956, a boy,. 8 pounds, at Community hospital. GOLDEN To Mr. and Mrs. Don, Central Point, June 26, 1956, a boy, at Osteopathic hos pital. BRADSHAW To Mr. and Mrs. William 3954 South Pacific highway, June 25, 1956, a boy, 8V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. COOPER To Mr. and Mrs. David, Grants Pass, June 25, 1956, a boy, 6Vi pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. TOMORROW 12:30 P.M, THE SECOND OF OUR GREAT SUMMER MID-WEEK MATINEES puwmiiiiJ.rrcg jj Cinemascope PLUS CARTOON CARNIVAL TONIGHT! Doors Open 6:30 P.M. TecHriiCOiPR Growers Reminded of Shipping Cherries C. B. Cordy, county horticul-' tural agent, reminded cherry growers today that Oregon cher ries may not be taken into Cal ifornia because of a fruit fly outbreak in this state. Cordy said, however, that commercial growers desiring to transport loads of cherries into California may do so if they have the fruit fumigated. The state department of agriculture has approved one fumigation chamber in the area and arrange ments for using it may be made through the county agents of fice. Growers must arrange for their own fumigant, the county agent said, and the fumigation . process is done at the growers expense. AND IT'S BETTER at th Top Notch Cafe Next to Crattriin Btauty Shop ' o ASHLAND Co;.uu:aiE Gates Open 6:30 p.m. SHOW AT DUSK Ut A A A A A ftl I'LL Cry HbMOIRROWV SUSAN HAYWARD iiauio CONTE rent ALBERT PLUS fS James CAGNEY r RlVE-rN CRATER LAKE HIGHWAY Last Day Z pius m l 5rfl GIANT Of ALL I I inElVp, THKILUMl J yACARLOAD Last KKOT-I PLUS with Maria Montsz John Hall ten Cheney
