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Local and Personal Festival Plays Open Houit The Thurston Admitted Lori Ann Weddle, scnooi 01 dancing will hold an open house for the public Thurs day evening from 7 to 9 p.m.. Inspectioni A public garage, an apartment house and two business occupancies were in spected yesterday by City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson who is sued six orders for correction of fire hazards. Rummage Sale P. L. A. La dies of the Pentecostal Church of God will sponsor a rummage sale Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at 231 Pine St., Central Point. Items at the sale will include four new quilts. , Child Diei Funeral services for Joan Elizabeth Taylor, who died Monday in a Portland hospital, were set for today. The child is survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Taylor and an . older sister, Cheryl Anne, Beaverton, and her grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brad' fish, 220 Bradford Way. Clinic Open The chest x-ray clinic at Sacred Heart hospital will be open Thursday after noon betwee-. 2 and 5 p.m., ac cording to the Jackson County Public Health association, which operates the clinic. The associa tion urges every adult to have a chest x-ray at least once a year, A small charge is made to cover operating costs. Engineer Exams The Federal Civil Service commission has announced an examination for construction superintendent and construction inspector positions located with various federal agencies in Washington, Oregon Idaho and Montana. Further in formation and application forms may be obtained from: Central Army Board of U.S. Civil Serv ice Examiners, department of the Army, 1519 South Alaskan way, Seattle 4. Wash. ! IMPORTED r-v I I - 9 I H f in iww I feS if" ; i r JL J W,w -yj fTYEARSOLD I lMPQJTtD CANADIAN WHISKY. A BUND. Hi HOOF. SCHCNLET DISTILLERS CD., N. 1. 1. 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Weddle, of 820 Queen Anne dr., has been admitted to the Rogue Valley hospital to under go surgery for a tonsillectomy. Toys Found James W. Sev cik, 26 Willamette ave., reported to city police yesterday that he found a new toy holster set be side a tree on East Main St., be tweenGenessee and Geneva sts. Theft James Henry Hopkins. 113 Ross Lane, reported to Med- ford police yesterday the theft of three tires and wheels trom rental trailers while they were parked at Hopkins Richfield service station, 1 175 Court st. Caps Stolen Martha B. Lewis, 143 North Ivy St., and Emma Lou Hillman, 141 North Ivy st., reported to Medford po lice individually yesterday the theft of gas tank caps from their cars while they were parked at their residences. Visiting Here Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Johnson Jr. and son Mike of Helena, Mont., are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Johnson Sr., 411 King St. O. M. Johnson Jr. is a member of the Montana Liquor Control board at Billings, Mont. The guests ex pect to remain irf- Medford for about a week. Parents Invited Members of the Jacksonville Teenagers club have invited their parents to their regular Wednesday night dance, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. today in the Jacksonville Community hall. Music will be by juke box. The dance is ex pected to end at 9:30 p.m. Grass Burns Fire burned about one-half acre of dry grass in a field owned by Leonard L. Stevenson at 2216 Jacksonville highway, about 2:30 p.m. yes- terdav. citv firemen reported. Firemeji also put out a small Brass fire in a vacant lot in the 500 block on Alice st. about 5:30 p.m. No cause was listed for either blaze. Fire In Outlet Firemen said that there was no damage yes terday from a fire in the outlet of a vent to an underground gasoline storage tank at the Roy V. Deutschman Texaco service station. 401 North Riverside ave. The fire about 4:30 p.m. apparently was caused by faulty wiring to an alarm bell, firemen stated. Accountants Accepted The Internal Revenue service is cur rently accepting applications for accountant positions in eight western states. The position pays a starting salary of $4,525 year ly and involves examination and audit of accounting books and records .of individuals, partner ships, corporations, and trusts to determine the correct federal income tax liability. Further in formation and application forms can be obtained at the Medford post office or from the Internal Revenue service personnel of fice, 820 N.E. Holladay st., Port land. Wednesday: "Titus Androni cus." Thursday: "Richard III." Friday: "Love's Labour's Lost." Saturday: "Romeo and Ju liet." Curtain time 8:30 p.m. Medford Family Hurt in Accident Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Ma terie. 213 Girard dr., and their daughter Nancy. 7. are hospital ized in Woodland. Clinic, Wood land. Calif., following an auto mobile accident yesterday after noon, friends here have reported. The little girl suffered a broken leg and facial cuts and bruises; Mrs. Materie had' bruises on the face, and he suffered face and back injuries. Extent of his injuries was not immediately known. Accounts of the accident reaching he-e indicated that an other car came onto the high way, forcing Mrs. Materie, who was driving, to swerve. The cars locked bumpers, spun around and struck a tree, it was re ported, the accident was on Highway 99 north of Woodland The Materies were en route to Oakland, Calif., for a regional meeting of- Montgomery Ward company executives. Materies is manager of the Medford store Their son, Jimmie, 18, did not accompany them. Obituaries HERMAN SIMONSEN The body of Herman Fred erick Simonsen, 46, of Toketee Falls and Medford, who died yes terday, was forwarded last night by Conger-Morris funeral home, to his former home at Blair, Neb., for services and interment. Mr. Simonsen was born Jan. 21, 1910, in Verona, Neb. He was a veteran of World War II, serv ing from Jan. 16, 1943, until Dec. 2, 1945, and was a Staff Sergeant with the 185th General hospital. He served overseas for 20 months. Survivors include two sisters, Dr. Marie Simonsen, Lincoln, Neb., and Miss Elinor Simonsen, Nebraska. LARRY GOLDSMITH Larry Howard Goldsmith. 8- year-old son of Mr. and- Mrs. Herbert Goldsmith, died yester day at a hospital in California. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments. Amigoi International There will be a meeting of Amigos In ternacional Thursday at 8 p.m. the Jackson county court house auditorium. In Hospital Sherry Marshall, 8, daughter of Mrs. Mary Mar shall of 6066 Crater Lake high way, has been admitted to Os teopathic hospital to undergo surgery for a tonsillectomy. Stock Market Rally Try Fails New York (U.R; Stocks tried valiently but unsuccessfully to rally in another dull session to day. They did manage to rise above their lows and a few managed to move up fractions to more than a point. But gains fell into the group which didn't affect the averages which showed small declines. Dow-Jones Averages DowJones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 500.90, off 2.15; 20 railroads 160.01. up 0.23: 15 utilities 68.46. off 0.17, and 65 stocks 176.13, off 0.45. Sales today were about 1,530, 000 shares compared with 1,400, 000 shares Tuesday. Today's prices on selected stocks: American Chemical 102U American Can 44V4 AT & T -...183 Anaconda Copper 81H Bethlehem Steel Caterpillar Corp 87i.i Chrysler Corp 67 Vi Continental Can 508 Crown Zellerbach 58?s Curtiss Wright 39,i Du Pont 2051,4 Eastman Kodak 95 General Electric 61 General Foods 477 s General Motors 47 Georgia Pacific 69V4 Graham Paige 17 s Homestake Mining 233't Kaiser Frazer 17U Kennecott Copper 133 ',4 Lockheed Aircraft 47 M and M Wood unquoted Katy Fid.- 63 'i Montgomery Ward 41 New York Central 36?i Penney. J. C 90 Penn RR 23' ,4 Radio Corporation 42Vs Richfield Oil 75 Socony Vacuum . 55 '.i Southern Co 21 Southern Pacific 49'8 Standard California 5018 Standard Indiana 61 Standard N. J 55H Sun Mines 8VS Texas Gulf 324 Tex Pac Land Trust . . 8''-i Transamerican 37 Trans West Air 19 v Tri-Continental 27Vt Un Carbide 121 Union Pacific , 31'. 8 United Aircraft 81 U. A. L 39 U. S. Rubber 514 II. S. Stel 638 Youngstown S & T 98 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland lUP.i Cattle 600. Good 1050 lb. steers S23.75: 894 lb standard and good steers 21; grass steers most ly $17-18.25: standard heifers $15-18: canner-cutter cows S7-9: beef type S9 -50-10; utility cows S 10 50-12. Calves 200. Good-choice vealers and light calves $16.50-20: utility-commercial and vealers S10-15. Hogs 400. U.S. 1 and 2 grade 180 235 lb. butchers $20 with a few $20.50; mixed 1. 2 and 3 grades $18 50-19-50; sous 300-500 lb. S12-16.50. - Sheep 650. Good-choice 85-105 It, spring slaughter lambs $1730-20, largely choice S20.50; utilitv-low good springers S16.50-17.50: good-choice 75-8o-lb. feeder lambs S15.50-16.50; cull good ewes S2-4.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 57-59c; A large, -l-ooc; AA medium. 46-47c; A medium. 44-46c: A small. 29-30c; carton, 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 grade Ched dar, single daisies. 422-47'nc: 5-lb. loaves, 49-5lc; processed American cheese. 3-lb. loaf. 41i3-44c. Farm Market Dillard cantaloupes dropped slightlv today with jumbo 36-45 packs at 4 4.25 and standards up to $3.75; mid Columbia beans in 15-lb. lugs were going at SI. 50-1.75 with Kentucky Wonders at SJ.75-2 and Oregon Giants at SI. 75-2 a lug: few cleanup straw berries moved slcwlv at S2.50-2.75; Ore.-Wash. Santa Rosa olums in loose lugs offered at $2.50-2.75. Wtdrmday, August 29, 1958 MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Hanson Farewell Dinner Scheduled A farewell dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hanson will be held at the Roxy Ann Grange hall on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m.. it was announced today. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 qualitv f ob. Portlsndl: Frver. 2',- lbs.. 21c lb.: at farm. 20-20'ic: light hens, too few transactions for Portland price. 13c at ranch: heavy hens, 3 lbs. m. m rno-JEn trading lor Portland ' prices, at country, 15c lb up: old roost ers. 9-lOc. Dressed Chicken s No. 1 grade dressed to retailers. Frvers. New York stvle. 33-35C lb.: whole drawn. 39-40C lb.: cut up. 45-47c: hens, light tvpe. . New York style. 27-28c: cut up. 38-41c- 1 whole drawn. 40-43c. TurkeysTo pr6ducers: Frver tur- ! keys, live weight. 27-28c lb.: voung A ! grade turkey hens, mostly 34-35c lb., on eviscerated basis: young toms, 29 35c. depending on weight. ' I Rabbits (Average to growers f o.b. : killing plant): Live white. 3a-5 lbs., ' f.o.b. dressing plants Portland 20-23c: colored pelts, 4c under; old does, 10 12c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed frv- ; l lemtieiB, ao-ooc ip.; cut UP 60-63C. Attempted Burglary Reported at Store Cyril Aurele Meunier, 1316 Winchester ave., owner of the Rose Grocery, 201 West Jack son st., has reported an attempt ed burglary there between 9 p.m. Monday and 7:40 a.m. Tues day, according to Medford po lice. Police reported that a portion of the glass of the rear door of the building was broken and the night lock released. Entrance was not made to the building, however, because a lock and hasp approximately three feet above the night lock could not be reached through the broken portion of the glass, police said. Hanson, executive of the Crater Lake Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, has been transferred to St. Paul, Minn., where he will be deputy regional Scout execu tive. The Hansons plan to leave for St. Paul on Sept. fl. Scouters and friends who de sire to attend the farewell din ner are asked to telephone Med ford 8-8963 or 2-5411 to make reservations. Reservations must be made not later than Monday, Sept. 3. it was pointed out. PLEASURE Delicious HOT LUNCHES Try One of Our BARBECUES at In Every Mouthful! THE CLOCK Mim i Bjrtlert. Phone 2-6766 T Pear Prices Portland (UP) Wholesale pear market: California standard box 6-6.50: Oregon 30 lb. lug 2.25-2.50; Idaho 2-3 bushel 3.25-3.50. PORTLAND CASH GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay price: New croo No. 2 nren baled f.o.b. Portland. 34-36. Wholesale price as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 aoft white. 572 ton. No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. test. Coast delivery. Sd3. No. 2 Valley oats, nominal at S52 ton; sovbean meal o. 2. $82.50 ton f.o.b. Portland; barley. No. 2 Western. Coast deliverv. $47 ton; standard millrun, $40-41 ton; No. t yellow corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland. $71 ton. 1st Drive In Run! TONITE! ALL THE ROMANCE, DANGER AND EXCITEMENT Of THE GREAT NOVEll UUJNU AM1 AVA GARDNER STEWART GRANGER F S" 1 'RAVERS . uamtok u v-J r-"' 1 Robart Young IH T i C H H I C 0 I 0 ... torrft9 . SPENCER TRACY Attention EAGLES! 30TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING CRATER LAKE AERIE 2093.' Thursday, August 30th BIG DINNER 5:30 to 6:30 3 P.M. MEETING FOLLOWING - Honoring Charter Members Special Stage Entertainment Daily Weather Report Medford and vicinity: Fair with variable high cloudiness tonight and Thursday. Law tonight 52. High Thurs day 85. Western Or-gon: Fair in south half, partly cloudy in north half tonight. Mostly sunny Thursday following early morning low cloudiness on coast &nd over north interior. Low tonight 48-54. High Thursday 70-75 in north. 85 in south. 65 on coast. Northern California: Fair tonieht and Thursday but coastal fog and low clouds. Scattered afternoon thunder storms in higher mountains. Little temperature change- LOCAL DATA ; TEMPERATURE : Mean vuterda v 68; below normal 1. Record high this date 103 in 1944. Record low this date 40 in 1912. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours tn mid night, none. Midnight to 10 ajn.. none. Total this month .32 inch, .18 inch above normal. Total since Sept. 1. 34.68 inches. 16.54 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest vesterdav. 261 highest this a.m. 83 Tc CITY High Low Free. Brookings 79 49 Crater Lake Grants Pass 87 48 Klamath Falls 78 4fi MEDFORD 86 33 Portland 73 Seattle 72 Spokane 72 Yakima 79 Eureka . 60 Red Bluff 94 Sacramento .. 84 San Francisco 70 Los Angeles 69 Phoenix I4 Denver 84 Chicago 87 Miami 90 New York 91 Washington, D.C. X For Your Listening Pleasure . . . ROY EVERSON at the Piano! MON DESIR DINING INN -Near Central Point You'll enjoy the delicious foods . . . the delightful atmosphert . . . the wirm hospitality at MON DESIR . . . 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