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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1956)
Local and Amigoi International A meeting of Amigos Internacional will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. in the county courthouse audi torium. All interested in Mexican national friendship project have been asked to attend. Theft William Edmond Mc- Cracken, 620 West 11th at. re ported to city police Tuesday the theft of a bank book from his wife'a purse which was inside his home. Police said the bank book contained 16 blank checks and $23 in currency. Visiting Fred Charles, coun ty agent for horticulture in San Joaquin county, Calif., in Stock ton, is visiting in Medford for three days conferring with C. B. Cordy, county agent for horticul ture. Hub Caps Stolan John Charles Pinkhan, route 1, box 4, Central Point, has reported to Medford police the theft of two chrome hub caps from his car parked in Girl Scout parking lot on East Main st. Tuesday. Car Damaged Earl LeRoy Hess. 216 Haven St., has reported to city police that an unknown vehicle struck his car from the rear Tuesday while it was park ed on Eighth st. between Fir and Grape sts. causing dents in the center section of his rear bumper and his right bumper guard. Representative Richard B. Madsen recently joined Lederle Laboratories division, American Cyanamid company, as sales "rep resentative in Medford, C. K. Piercy, sales manager, has an nounced. Madson, a native of Los Angeles, . Calif., attended Gresham Union High school, and received his degree in business administration from Oregon State college in 1950. TONSTE! 1st Drive-ln Run! Robert TAYLOR Stiwirt Eft ANGER r CLUB Plus V7y pusrr i JACK HAWKINS XX t - GtYNiS JOHNS VTT7 it T-BONE SAIMJS CmtiC9 'Z tie CJfAKCMl '3 LAMS I CVAfiCMt ttOm HAM STEAK II?5 ..at fir! 7PORKCHOPSH?0 OPEN Personal Bike Stolen Allen Harvey Brandou, 449 Haven St., has re ported to city police the theft of his bicycle from the Craterian theatre Monday. . Bike Stolen Gary Lee Hop kins, 920 North Central ave., re ported to city police the theft of his bicycle from the yard of 235 North Oakdale ave. Tuesday. Car Damaged Joy Olivia Bessonette, box 622, Foothills rd., Medford, has reported to city police that her car was dam aged by a steel cover from a water main Monday. Watch Stolen Violet E. Wil son, Prospect, has reported to the county sheriff's office that her husband's wrist watch was stolen Monday. The watch was valued at $59.50. Theft Floyd E. Barnes, 112 South Keeneway dr., reported to city police Monday the theft- of $130 from his place of busi ness, Barnes Shell service at 618 West Main st. Articles Stolen Ross D. Riggs, 837 Palm St., reported to city police Tuesday the theft of several articles from the North Riverside motors, 1405 North Riverside ave. Accident Vehicles operated by Marriane Virginia Starkey, 16, of 1100 North Riverside ave.. and Thressie May Tye, 51, of route 1, box 432, Medford, were involved in an accident at the intersection of Highways 62 and 99 about 10 p.m. yesterday, ac cording to state police. Both cars were travelling south on Highway 62 side by side flid sideswiped. they said. Relative ly minor damage resulted. Sawdust Ignited Sparks from a cutting torch ignited sawdust insulation on the wooden floor of the loading dock at Pinnacle Packing company cold storage plant, 11th and Front sts., about 12:30 p.m. yesterday, firemen said. Damage was confined to a four by three-foot area of floor boards removed to extinguish the fire. Two pumpers were dis patched to the scene. Lint was ignited in an overheated electric clothes drier about noon yester day at the home of Stanley Mur ray, 927 Murray st., firemen re ported. m m Permits Issued Charles R. Ray, Hillcrest rd., has been is sued a building permit to remod el an office building at 23 North Ivy st. for $2,000. Edith Skyrman has been issued a permit to alter a store front at 134 East Main st. for $6,000; McAbee Brothers received a permit to erect an $8,000 residence at 1132 Leland St.; James Dunphy, 903 Winches ter ave., has been issued a per mit to erect a $1,174 patio and car port at his residence, and W. Benton Smith, 306 Crater Lake ave., has been issued a permit to erect a $10,000 residence at 1524 South Joy st. mEDFORD HOTEL CANDLE CHARCOAL BROILED STEAKS TrilftFft I AIM n a. e at TENDERLOIN . . . . I STEAK 2.' Complete Your Mealf COCKTAILS: SHRIITlP-CRAB-FRUrT - - TOSSED GARDEN GREENS HEARTS OF LETTUCE COTTAGE CHEESE PEAR (Serve! witii yeureheiee cf-dressing ) 'SIDE ORDERS'-FRIED ONION RINGS 0ARLIC BREAD DESSERT; ICE CREAM or SHERBET BroLfO SANDWICHES 'All CHARCOAL BROILED BEEFBURGER 15 CHOPS P TENttRLOW STEAM aug HOUSE TURKEYS Small Portions for Children 6 to 1 a.m. Daily 4 to 11 Stock Market Gains; Utilities at New High New York U.R) Stocks ad vanced in all major divisions to day with utilities setting a new 25-year high. Gains in the main list amount ed to one to two points. The out standing exception, S. H. Kress, fell more than seven points to a new low on a dividend cut. Railroad issues lagged behind other sections with several of the issues easier. Santa Fe start ed strong but ended by losing its gain. Kansas City Southern held a rise of a point and South ern Railway was up more than one. Oil shares starred all day with cains ranging to more than 4 points in Gulf Oil. Dow-Jones Average Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industirals 518.74, up 2.86; 20 railroads 168.32, up 0.22 15 utilities 71.09, off 0.08 and 65 stocks 183.21, up 0.59. Sales today were about 2,- 480.000 shares compared with 2,180,000 shares Tuesday. Today's prices on selected stocks: American Chemical lll'i American Can 45 AT&T 183;'s Anaconda Copper Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Corp Caterpillar Corp Continental Can Crown Zellerbach Curtiss Wright Du Pont Eastman Kodak 83 167?s 65',s 92i 54V2 648 36i 214V4 98 Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Afternoon and vnini7 thunderstorms over moun tains. Otherwise fair through Thurs- dav, low tonigm a, rugn inuiaunjr 92-34. ... Western Orecon: mgni ana mormiiK foe or low cloudiness on coast and over north interior briefly in early morning hours. Chance of isolated afternoon thunderstorms over moun tains south portion. Otherwise fair through Thursday. Low tonicht 48o6. Hieh Thursday 80-86 north, 86-92 south. 65 on coast. Northern California Fair through Thursdav except foe on coast extend in into coastal valleys Thursday morning. Cooler in coastal vaiieja. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 71: below normal 2. Record men tnts date iui m i. Record low this date 45 in 1918. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mkl- nieht. none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. Tione. Total this month none, .63 inch be low normal. Total since sept. J. 34.34 incnea, 16.35 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 26. highest this a.m. 78. CITY niijn low net. Brookings oo S3 Crater Lake Grants Pass Klamath Falls . . 90 . 82 52 59 MEDFORD Portland 77" Seattle .... Spokane Yakima -- 31 37 63 52 fiS 55 53 . 84 89 Eureka - Red Bluff... San Francisco . Los Angeles ... Phoenix , Denver , -105 - 89 Chicago fi7 78 Miami ; New York , . 81 75 Washington, D.C. 66 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Aug. J3): Western Ore eon No precipitation. Temperatures near normal. Hiehs 80- 94 inland, in 60s along coast. roormern caj norma ro precipita tion. Temperatures near normal. ROOM i MKE0 H FOIL $S S 751 p.m Sund ays 3S 65 644 49 General Foods ... General Motors . Georgia Pacific . Graham Paisre ... 48 Vi 76 Homestake Mining ... 34',2 Kaiser Frazer unquoted Kennecott Copper 140 Lockheed Aircraft 50i M and M Wood unquoted Katy Pfd 63' Montgomery Ward 4234 New York Central 38l4 Penney J C 94' Penn R R 24' s Radio Corporation 43"'s Richfield Oil 763i Socony Vacuum Southern Co Southern Pacific Standard California Standard Indiana Standard N J 57U 22'& 53 V fil'4 58V8 Sun Mines 84 Texas Gulf 33 Tex Pac Land Trust Trans American Trans West Air 8ij 38'b 21Vs Tri-Continental 28 Un Carbide ; 128Vi Union Pacific unquoted United Aircraft 76'2 U A .L 41 U S Rubber 51"s U S Steel 653fc Youngstown S & T 10314 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.1 Cattle 500. Can- ner-cutter cows mostly 57-9, beef type to $9.50; light shelly cows down to S5; utility . cows mostly S 10-1 1.50; com mercial cows $12.50-13; utility bulls mostly $14-100, individuals $14.75 to $15. Calves 150. Good and choice vealers $17-20; utility and commercial calves and vealers $10-16. Hogs 400. U.S. No. 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lbs., $20. with some higher; mixed U.S. 1. 2 and 3. $18.50-19.50 with some No. 3 $18; sows 300-500 lbs., $12.50-16.50. Sheep 750. Good and choice 85-105 lb. spring slaughter lambs $18-19.50; mostly choice 20: - good and choice 75-85 lb. feeder lambs $15-lfi; cull to good shorn slaughter ewes $2-4. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland fU.P Eg'cs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 57-59c; A large, 52-56c; AA medium. 49-51c: A me dium. 48-50c; A small. 31 -32c; car ton, no charge to 3c additional. Butter To retailers:- AA grade prints, 67-68C Lb.; cartons, 68-69C; A prints. 67-68c; B prints, 65-66C Cheese To retailers: A m-ade Ched dar, single daisies, 43,-z-47!ac: 5-lb. loaves. 48 -5ic: processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf. 42-44c , Farm Market Best lues of Freewater trnnatrwa sold to $2.75 a two layer lug of large solid ones on the Portland market to day. No. 1 White Rose potatoes from Washington brought $4.25-4.50. Large -ized potatoes sold at $5-5.50 and up. Yakima cantaloupes were down to $2.50-2.75 a crate. Willamette vallev corn- held steady at $2.25 for hydra cooled ears. The general range to re tailers for local corn was $2.25-2.50 for five dozen ears while best Yakima packs sold to $3-3.23. The season's first Yakima vallev Italian nrunes were offered at $3-3.25 for 30 pounds. Poultry, It ah bits uve cnictcens To grower i?fo. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland): Frvers. 2'2-4 lbs.. 24c It; at farm, 23-23'zC; light nens. ioo lew transactions lor Fort- land price. 15c at ranch: heavv hem. 5 lbs. up. not enough trading for Port land price; at country, nc 10. up; old roosters, ll-12c. oresscd Chickens No. 1 trirte dressed to retailers: Fryers. New York siyie. J6-J7C in.: wnoie drawn, 41 -44c In cut up. 47-51c: hens, licht tvoe. New York style, 28-29c; cut up, 3fl-42c; nens, neavy lype. x. style, 30-3 lc; whole drawn. $41 -44c lurKevs To orodueer: Trvmr tur keys, live weight. 27-28C lb.; young A grade turkey hens, 35-36c lb. on eviscerated basis. Rabbits (Averaff to rrnwfrt f oh killing plant): Live white. lbs., 20-23c: 5-6 lbs.. 15-18c; colored pelts. 4c under- olrf HrteH 10-1 1W fur higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, JO-JOC IV., cm up, ou-oc. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale hav bHcmt New crop No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.ob Portland. $34-36. Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white. 72 ton No 2 white oats. 38-lb. test. Coast deliv ery, nominal at $57 :No. 2 Vallev oats, nominal at S3; soybean meal. $82 50 ton f.o b. Portland: barlev. Coast deliv ery. 547.3U-4K ton: standard millrun. $41-42 ton: No. 2 vlloav com !aii-n shipments f.o.b. Portland, $71 JO ton. Tex Williams, Band To Play at Ballroom Tex Williams and his western band will be at the Rogue Valley Ballroom, south Pacific highway, Fridav and Saturdav niphts. j Aug. 10 and 11, to play for danc ing as well as a show perform ance. The show and dance are being held in conjunction with the an nual Rogue Valley roundup at the Jackson County Sheriff's Posse grounds on Sage rd. this weekend. Williams and his band have made several popular recordings, and appear weekly on a televi sion program originating from Knott's Berry Farm, Calif., and on the Tex Williams Show, a radio production. WRONG CLUB j Niagara Falls. N.Y. U.f I Thomas F. Paoness was ousted as president of the Niagara Falls i third ward Republican Club : when it was found" out, of all i things, that he was an affiliated Democrat. He said he affiliated as a Democrat in error. CARD OF THANKS WE ARE SINCERELY GRATEFUL to friends and neighbors for their many kind acts of sympathy during our sad bereavement. Our appreciation cannot be adequately expressed. Stella Hewitt & Family. General Electric For Your Listening Pleasure . . . ROY EVERSON at the Piano! MON DESIR DINING INN -Near Central Point You'll tnioy fh delicious foods . . . tbt delightful atmosphere . . the warm hospitality at MON DESIR . . . Phone NOrmandy 4-2513 for reservations. ' . Ofaifuaries MRS. JENORA MOULTOM Funeral services . for Mrs. Jenora Moulton, 84, formerly of Medford, who died Sunday in Vallejo, Calif., will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 11 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. C. W. Frost of the Apostolic Faith church will officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Moulton was born April 23, 1872, in Greensburg, Ind., the daughter of Joseph and Eli za Hatt. She was married in Greensburg Sept. 19. 1888. She was a member of the Apostolic Faith church. Survivors include three sons, Gale Moulton and John Moul ton, both of Medford: Frank Moulton, Lakeview, Ore.; six daughters, Mrs. Myrtie Bowers. Greensburg. Ind.; Mrs. Carrie Scott and Mrs. Ruth Cota, both i of Pendleton, Ore.: Mrs. Leona ! Hallford and Mrs. Pauline Hall ford, both of Vallejo, Calif.; and Mrs. Maryetta Newman, Lake view, Ore.; one sister, Mrs. Rose Joliff, Ohio; 20 grandchildren, 27 great grand children and one great great grandchild. Mrs. Moulton's husband, John Clifford Moulton, was accident ally killed in 1927. HERBERT R. TILLEY Funeral services lor Herbert Richard Tilley, 79, of 1115 West 9th St., Medford, who died at his home Monday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Dr. Jouett P. Bray will officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Tilley was born Jan. 28, 1877. in England, coming to South Dakota in 1880, and had made his home in Medford since 1920. On July 8, 1908, in Normal, 111., he was married to Clara Felton, who survives. Other survivors include a son, Richard Tilley, Pasadena, Calif.; daughter, Mrs. James Mason, Hawthorne, Calif.; and two grandchildren, Allen Tilley and Terry Mason. CLARA STURGEON Grants Pass Mrs. Clara M. Pence Sturgeon, 66, formerly of Williams, died in Portland Mon day. She was born Jan. 24, 1890, in Williams. Mr, Rtnrppnn is survived by her husband, Harley Sturgeon, Portland-7 a daughter, Margar ette Thom, Portland: one sister, Mrs. Alice Morton, Medford: two brothers, Ray Pence and Char lie Pence, both of Medford. Hravpsidp sprvices will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Granite Hills cemetery in Grants p Thp Rev. Willis Neff will officiate. Hall and Hall Funeral home of Grants Pass is in charge of arrangements. ARTHUR B. MEAD Arthur B. Mead of 449 Laurel St., Central Point, died this morning at his home. Conger Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. So smooth it leaves you breathless miwoff VODKA 80 Proof. 01st. from iraln. Stt. Pltrr Smirnoff FU. (Div. of muoleln), Hartford, Conn., U.S.A. JESSE ASHLAND THBILLDTC MAKIU LANZA J Plus Our Miss Brooks' Ira 3! Wdnsday August I, 195 HOME IMPROVEMENTS Gloucester, Mass. (U.PJ City officials here, anxious to "improve the looks of the city," issued a statement reminding homeowners that "painting, re shingling or clapboarding will not increase the assessment" . . . and therefore "we hope this will stimulate home improve ments." .iiiilii.i.. Gates Open 7 P.M., Show at Dusk! 7M CRATER LAKE HIGHWAY THE PRICE OF WAS SIX-GUN V je Starts T O N I T t'J x" ' 1 If The PROUD ONES ROBERT VIRGINIA JEFFREY RYAN MAYO HUNTER ROBERT MIDDLETON WALTER BRENNAN ; Plus B.BBBBBaiBaM a aunraNT m muko an! l0 Ricarda - IIOTE! Ones MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIB0NE FrFTEErt BIRTHS HAGEN To Mr. and Mrs. Allen, 1123 West Main st., Aug. 7, 1856, a girl, 7' j pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. EDWARDS To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 920 Kenypn st., Aug. 7, 1956, a boy, 8V2 pounds, at Sa cred Heart hospital. STARTS FRIDAY! Everyone's Waiting For The Wander Show of the World! COtPRkjUUwcc OnimaScoPE Burt Tony LANCASTER CURTIS Gina L0LL0BRIGIDA Phone 3-2924 RIVEIN THEIR PRIDE SAVAGERY... 77 I Out of th land ef Wyatt Earp . . . Wild Bill Hickek . . . Billy The Kid . . . Bat Masterson . . . and Jessie James. i Comes the Epic Story of the Fighting Marshals who were too proud to take even one step back! from the novel by Southern Oregon's Popular Author Verne Athanas of Ashland, Oregon COLOR. - w -A VERNE ATHAMAS Will Autograph V c rrk. Proud Stand Tonite. Festival Plays Wednesday: "Cymbeline" Thurnday: "Richard III" Friday: "Lore's Labour's Lost." Saturday: "Romeo and Juliet" Curtain time 8:30 p.m. SUMMER LUNCH TREATS Crisp, Fresh SALADS Open for BREAKFAST 8 to 11:30 at THE CLOTK AAahi at Barrier!. Pkeee 2-7M HH!I!I!II!III LAST 2'DAYSI LONESOME GEORGI ON THE GIANT SCREEN GEORGE HIT2I OAVtO J GOBEL GAYNOR NIVEN Vi, ' the Hids Gates Open 7 PA, Show at Dusk mm Phone 2-6507 tk'rs, 1 rr j i GLYNIS JOHNS BASIL RATHgOfffi . PLUS ssaiaeal aea 1UK g DON DUBBINS STEPHEN McNALLl VIC MORROW -Jg IRENE PAPAS " MOeTTM Httnt HIMMsV .nsTTM Hnnr hmiMsW MM Phone 2-5526 Randolph scon RAGE at DAWN. TKHNKOIM IA A A n ft n w glji torrw pacifk wwnwvy ' k a7TT3 'A JttWM fntit Htm Siitm i PLUS w
