Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 31, 1956, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Texts 1 Complaint Mad City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson investi gated two complaints in a resi dential area and inspected three business occupancies, an office building and an apartment house yesterday. He issued nine orderi for correction of hazards. Patients Medical patients at Rogue Valley (Community) hos pital include Elton Waldron. 630 South Holly, and Mrs. Harry Lyter, route 1, box 107. Gold Hill. At Osteopathic hospital is Edward Baker, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Baker, who is convalescing after major surgery Thursday morning. Coat Stolen Marille Joan Whitlock, 609 Sherman St., re ported to city police yesterday the theft of a woman's coat from a car parked on the South ern Pacific parking lot at Sixth and Front sts. The coat was valued at $14 and contained a pair of gloves valued at S3. - TONITE! and TOMORROW! FIRST DRIVE in mm mi n rtvH TiTifmi r r BHDWSNI JUNCTIONS V STIWAUT GARDNER - GRANGER BILL TR AVERS muuMima i-m.wpn-i.jj-i 2nd "Sfflflft $L TRACT I MICIT llll! n . Htt nun at KBKITHI DANCE -Music by- BOB ROBERTS and the MELODY WRANGLERS Rogue Valley Ballroom SATURDAY NIGHT.9:o0to1:oo Gold Hill Grange Hall jAdm. $,.oo Music by VIC FLOOD and The RHYTHM MASTERS with Guest Vocalists Dining Room Open All Evening Free Check Room Tuna to KBES-TV 7:30 Thursdays GENUINE CHARCOAL BROILED FOODS! Candle Room! Medford Hotel 6 to 1 A.M. Daily 4 to 1 1 P.M. Sundays KDAMCDIE SATURDAY NIGHT EAGlfe TOINT The Only Spring Floor In Southern Oregon DANCE TO THE COMBINED MUSIC OF DICK SPAIN. BILL LIVELY and The Rogue Valley Boys Featuring The BEST In Western Swing TUNE IN BILL'S WESTERN ROUND-UP TIME ON KWIN NEW PARKING LOT Plenty of Space Admission Price Local and Purs Lost Lorraine Eliza beth Cross, 1375 Stewart ave., reported to Medford police los ing her red plastic purse in .a phone booth at the Fortune Service station, 1006 South Riv erside ave., on Wednesday. Po lice said the purse contained about S50. Ward To Leave Paul Ward, who has been an announcer and salesman for radio station KBOY for the past 22 years, will leave Saturday for Eureka, Calif., where he will be associated with a pew station, KDAN, which will go on the air in September. Bill Hansen, also formerly with KBOY. is station owner and manager. Ward's wife and baby daughter will accompany him. They have made their home on South Stage rd. IN SHOWING! 1,11 Plus BONUS HIT! Tonite - Saturday EVE ARDEN "MOONSTRUCK MELODY" Adrn. $1.00 $1 00 Per Person mm if Persona! Rummage Sale The St. Mary's Parents club will sponsor a rummage and white elephant sale at. the Parish hall, 326 South Oakdale, on Sept. 6 and 7, from 4 to 9 p.m. - m Name Assumed William D. Wright, 606 SE Sixth St.. Grants Pass, and 1506 North Riverside ave., has assumed the business name Del Rogue Realty accord ing to records in the county clerk and recorder s office. Square Dance The Happy Harvester square dance club will dance at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at Legion hall in Cen tral Point. There will be pot luck refreshments. Paul Larsen and J. D. Lubbers will call. All square dancers are invited. . To Hold Sale The Grand mothers club will sponsor a rum mage sale Wednesday, Sept. 5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 108 North Ivy. A table of new gift items will also be sold. Members may call Mrs. Clayton Walker, 2-4318 for pick up service. Autos Collide Two cars driv en by James Murray Bell, 311 King st. and William Ernest Chickering, Ashland, collided on East McAndrews between Cen tral and Court sts., Wednesday at 8:48 a.m. No citations were issued. Bags Damaged Four fruit picking bags and a small table were damaged by fire about 6:40 p.m. yesterday in a shed at the U.S. department of agriculture property, 415 Experiment 'Sta tion rd., south of Medford. Fire men said that the fire appar ently resulted from a spark from a cigarette dropped into one of the bags when they were brought in from the orchard a short time before. Hit and Run Richard Lee Henselman, 333 Ardmore ave., reported to city police yesterday a hit and run accident on Sixth st. between Front St. and Cen tral ave. Police said the hit and run oar was operated by Mary A. Davis, 112 Est Main st., and collided with a parked car regis tered to Jennette" Constance Head, Applegate, causing dam- I age to her rear fender. No In juries were reported. Pear Prices Portland U.R Wholesale pear market: Calif. Standard box 5.50-6; Oregon lugs 30 lb. 2.25-2.50. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP) Cattle for week 3600. Choice fed steers S24.50-25.75; Rood steers $21.50-24.50; standard short feck steers S2G-21; Rood feeders $17-17.50; choice heifers $22-22.25; can-ner-cutter cows 57-9; utility cows $10.50-12; utility bulls $14-15-50. Calves for week 850. Good-choice vealers $16.50-20: individual $20-50-21; utilitv-commercial S10-15. , Hogs for week 2000. U.S. 1 and 2 grade butchers untested on close; mixed 1. 2 and 3 crade 518 25-19; earlv $19.50-20.25. sows 300-500 lb. $12-16. Sheep for week 4000. Good-choice spring lambs $17.30-20: choice $20.50; Rood-choice feeders $15.50-16.50; cull good ewes $2-4 JO. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland fU.P.) Ecus To retail ers: Grade AA large. 55-59c; A larfie, 50-55c: AA medium. 46-47c; A me dium. 42-46c; 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 jrrade Ched dar, single daisies, 4212-4712c: ."Mb. loaves. 49-5 lc; processed American cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 41ia-44c. Farm Market I Local corn brought $2-2.25 for five dozen ear best packs today; mid-Columbia zucchini squash was offered at $1.50-2 with Danish at $2.25-2.50 a crate: Dillard jumbo cantaloupes were l $4-4.25; Milton-Freewater tomatoes in : 2-layer lugs were $2-2 25 for best ; large. roultry. Rabbit Live Chickens To growers (No. 1 qualitv f.o.b. Portland): Fryers. 2'a-4 ; lbs.. 21c lb.; at farm. 20-20'3c; light I hens, too few transactions for Portland price, 13c at ranch: heavy hens, 5 lbs. up not enough trading for Portland prices at country, 14c lb. up; old root- ers. 9-10c. ( Dressed Chickens - No. 1 grade t dressed to retailers: Fryers New York 1 style. 33 -35c lb.; whole drawn, 39-40c I lb.; cut up. 43-47c; hens, light type. New York style. 27-zhc; cut up, aa 41c: whole drawn. 40-43c. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur kevs. live weight. 27-28c lb.; young A I grade tuTKey nens. mosuy .ji-jsc io. I on eviscerated basis:' young toms, 29- 35c. depending on weight. Rah bits (Average to growers f.o.b. ; killing plant): Live white. 33i-5 lbs., ; f.o.b. Portland 20-23c; colored pelts. 4c under old does. 10-12 lb., a few higher. Fresh killed frywa to retail I ers, 56-5Sc lb.: cut up. 60-63c ! PORTLAND CASH GRAIN - Portland Wholesale Hay prices: , New crop No. 2 green alfalfa baled I f.o.b. Portland. 334-36. - Wholesale price as reported by the ; TJSDA market news service: Wheat, t No. 2 soft white. S72 ton. No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. test. Coast delivery. 433; I No. 2 Valley oats, nominal at S52 ton; soybean meal, $8130 ton f.o.b. Port i land; barley. No. 2 Western. Coast ' delivery. $47 standard Tnillrwi. ' $39.50-40.00 ton; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipments f.o.b. Portland, S71 ion. ; Use Mail Tribune Want Ada Daily's U-Driva Medford Airport : Stocks Make Up Thursday Losses New York U.R) Stocks made up Thursday's wide losses to day on sharply reduced volume. Imminence of the Labor Day holiday tended to restrict vol ume. Many traders left for an extended holiday over Labor Day. All U.S. markets will be closed Monday. Net gains in stocks ranged to 4 points in the United Air craft. Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 502.04. up 6.08; 20 railroads 160.65, up 2.39; 15 utilities 68.63, up 0.43, and 65 stocks 176.62, up 2.07. Today's prices on selected stocks: American Chemical 102 American Can .i... 43?i AT&T . - 1824 Anaconda Copper 82: Bethlehem Steel 160Vi Caterpillar Corp 87 Chrysler Corp 69 Continental Can 50 Crown Zellerbach . 58H Curtiss Wright 405s Du Pont .. 205 Eastman Kodak 94 General Electric 61H General Foods 463s General Motors 47''a Georgia Pacific 6834 Graham Paige 2 Homestake Mining 22i Kaiser Frazer Unquoted Kennecott Copper1 133'4 Lockheed Aircraft . 47'2 M and M Wood Unquoted Katy Pfd 62 V4 Montgomery Ward .. 41 3A New York Central . 37's Penney J C 8914 Penn RR . 233s Radio Corporation 42Vs Richfield Oil 74 Sccony Vacuum 54V4 Southern Co 21'4 Southern Pacific 49Vi Standard California 50 Standard Indiana 60'4 Standard NJ 56V4 Sun Mines 87'8 Texas Gulf 32Vi Tex Pac Land Trust 8 Transamerican 3734 Trans West Air . 19 Tri-Continental . 27 Un Carbide :119 Union Pacific 31 United Aircraft 86 UAL 38T4 U S Rubber 51 U S Steel 647 Youngstown S & T 997s Two New Registrars Named in Shady Cove To new registrars have been appointed in the Shady Cove area to register voters in pre cincts 24, 25 and 26, Mrs. Bereth Hopkins, county clerk, reported this morning. The new registrars are Wen dell Stalker and his wife, Evelyn R. Stalker", operators of the Cove Drug store. Voters may register during store hours on Sundays as well as week days, Mr. Hop kin, said. Court Records POLICE COURT Phyllis Odene Whitloch. failing to stop at stop light, $5. Forman Stanley Buvick, no Ore gon operator's license. S5. DISTRICT COURT Roy Edward Cox. overload. $260. James William Young, no operator's license on person, S15. Richard Lloyd Sanderson $68, over load. Guv Leslie Warren, overload. $97. Ernest William Hinkle, failure to stop at stop sign, 510. Richard Dean Ragan. overload, 105; no oversize permit, $10. Glen Lee Murray, overload, $27. Carlos Ellsworth Morrison, overload, $117. Leland Eaton Jones, overload. $101. Cecil Roger Roberts, no oversize nP'mil Sin. Ralph Edward Black, overload, $169. Doran Anderson Knight, ovenoao. $109. Robert James Gregg, overwidth. $15. Daniel John Wunderlich, failure to stop at stop sign. $10 bail forfeited. CIRCUIT COURT Virginia M. Hewitt vs. Charles L Hewitt, divorce complaint. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads The Community's Biggest Marketplace AT WALKER'S POPULAR DREAMLAND -Finest Music- wirh your favorite tunes and vibrant rhythms- played . in the danceable. Dreamland Way New Popular Prices! Because of the change in the amusement taxei effective September 1st, these popular admission prices become effective at Dreamland, your favor ite place to dance! " MEN . . . 90e LADIES . '. . 60e Tune in KYJC - Sat. Night, 10:30 for Dance Music from Dreamland For Your Listening Pleasure ROY EVERSON at the Piano! MON DESIR DINING INN -Near Central Point Ytuli enjoy the delicious foods' I :T tho delightful atmospnero . . ' the warm hospitility at MON DESIR . .... . Phone NOrmandy 4-2513 for reservations. Obituaries LARRY GOLDSMITH Services for Larry Howard Goldsmith, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Goldsmith, San Lorenzo, Calif., who died Monday, will be held in Conger Morris chapel Saturday at 10 a.m. Larry was born Aug. 2, 1948, in Medford. Survivors in addi tion to his parents include a brother, Lee H.; his grandpar ents. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Gold smith, Medford: and Mrs. Grace Olufsen. Medford: his great grandfather, A. G. Davidson, Grants Pass; and several uncles, aunts and cousins. THOMAS E. SMITH - Thomas E. Smith, 64. of 212 South Amy st.. Central Point, died at his residence last night. Funeral arrangements are pend ing at the Perl Funeral Home. MRS. RACHEL STRATTON Mrs. Rachel Estelle Stratton, former resident who left here about 10 years ago to live in Oakland, Calif., died yesterday in that city, according to news received by relatives here. ' Mrs. Stratton, born and raised at Williams, Ore., was a sister of Mrs. Gertrude Herriott, Med ford, and aunt of Mrs. John Mansfield, and Robert Herriott, Medford; Mrs. Lester Smith, Redlands, Calif., Mrs. Thomas Nunan, San Mateo; Don Her riott, San Bruno;, Jack Herriott, Klamath Falls, and Clay John, Phoenix. . In charge of funeral arrange ments is the Chapel of Chimes in Oakland. Mrs. Stratton's hus band, John, died many years ago. Annual Dog Show Slated September 2 The annual dog show and obe dience trials of Southern Oregon Kennel club will be held Sunday, September 2, at the senior high school football field it was an nounced today. The unbenched show will begin1 at 9:30 a.m. and continue until late afternoon ac cording to Anton Hrankay, Grants Pass, president. The pub lic is welcome to attend. - The show, one of a series held in southern Oregon each Labor day week end, always attracts dog owners from many western cities and a score of breeds will be entered in several classes. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford nd vicinity: Fir tonight. Fair with increasing high cloudiness Saturdav. Low tonight S4. High Satur day 90-92. Western Oregon: Fair tonight and Saturday except morning cloudiness on coast and partly cloudy and a lit tle cooler north portion Saturday. Chance of a few showers extreme north portion Saturdav. Low tonight 45-55. Highs Saturday 70-75 in north, up to 90 in south. 60-65 on coast. Northern California: Fair tonight and Saturday but low overcast and log on coast. ; , - LOCAt, DATA w ' ' TEMPERATURE: Mean . yesterday 71. above normal 2. - Record high this date 100 in 1950. Record low this date 41 in 1933. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month .32 inch. .14 inch above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 34.6A inches. 16.52 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 22. highest this ajn. 81. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings Crater Lake Grants Pass Klamath Falls MEDFORD Portland Seattle Spokane Yakima . m . 80 , 92 . 73 . 72 . 71 . 77 . . 58 48 55 51 52 Eureka SI 63 56 53 63 64 45 65 75 71 74 Red Bluff Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles Phoenix Denver Chicago Miami 83 72 7S 94 80 81 90 75 New York Washington, D.C. , FIVE -DAY FORECAST - -(Through Sept. 5): Western Oregon-Western Washing ton Temperatures below normal, cooling over veek end. High 70-80 in western Was.iington, 78-90 in western Oregon, coolinjr five to eight degrees in western Washington and five de grees in western Oregon over week end. Precipitation near normal. Chance of scattered showers over border, otherwise no precipitation. Temperatures near normal. Friday. August 31. 1S5S Saw Mill Employee Injured in Accident Melvin Pieper, 820 Bennett St., was taken by Medford ambu lance this morning to Osteo pathic hospital after he was struck on the side by a board while worlfing in the saw mill at Medford Corporation. According to hospital officials he suffered bruises and was re turned to his home later this morning. Births ' MOWREY JR. To Mr. and Mrs. James, route 1, box 114, Gold Hill, Aug. 30. 1956, a boy, weight 8'4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. KNUTSON To Mr. and Mrs. Richard, 124 North Columbus, Aug. 30, 1956. a girl, weight 6li pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. BAILEY To Mr. and Mrs. Leonard, 207 Wagner ave.. Tal ent, Aug. 31, 1956, a girl, weight 7 1-5 pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald, 1420 Hillcourt rd., Aug. 29, 1956, a girl, 85i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. RALSTON To Mr. and Mrs. Frank, 2602 Biddle rd., Aug. 29, 1956, a boy, 634 pounds, at Sac red Heart hospital. WHISENANT To Mr. and Mrs. Bobby, P. O. Box 252, Phoe nix. Aug. 29, 1956. a girl, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. ASHMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, 409 Oak. .apt. 2. Aug. 30, 1956, a girl, Ti pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. NUNLEY JR. To Mr. and Mrs. Walter, route 1, box 427A, Aug. 30, 1956, a girl, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. GARRISON To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth, 28 Washington St., Aug. 31, 1956, a boy. weight 9 pounds, at Rogue Valley (Com munity) hospital. HODGE To Mr. and Mrs. Edward, Shady Cove, Aug. 30, IM.'IMilU Phone 3-2924 MICKEY ROONEY VIRGINIA WUS PLUS 'Hi i m ii MhijlbL il FRIDAY AND STARTING 1 ROMANTIC t mm WESTERN A ill In 1, ABVtHIUl W"!jJ 5 . A-N. m ass : r - - . : , w THEY'RE GUNNnr and FUNHDT few Ik r, TECHNICOLOR ,,CH LORI NELSON - AGNES MOOREHEAD JEFF MORROW - JACKIE LOUGHERY MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIHTEElf County Group Hears State Committeeman J. Richard Smurthwaite Jr., member of the governor's com mittee on employment for the physically handicapped, met with the Jackson county committee here last night. Smurthwaite, who Is Oregon representative of the U. S. De partment of Labor, outlined the state committee's plans for the special week in October to pro mote employment for the handi capped. He also pledged state committee assistance to carry out the program in Jackson county and offered several ideas for the local group. Col. Arthur. M. Savard, local chairman, heard reports from committee members and plans for an essay contest in county- schools were discussed. The con test would be based on the han dicap employment theme and entries would be judged in state and national competition. 1956, a boy. weight 7Vi pounds, at Rogue Valley (Community) hospital. M3Di.il YOU MUST SEE THIS ONE AT THE SATURDAY FUN SHOW Will Rogers, Jr. Nancy Olson in "THE BOY FROM OKLAHOMA" Plus CARTOON CARNIVAL and No. 7 'Monster & Ape' i Ashland r.len Againsl SATURDAY ONLYI WAGON r-il'M'JMJ.N-l couaz. klPsfc" - RICHARD WIDMARK FELICIA FARR ii TOUtfftcmc SUNDAYI .oad meJrix' fee West wikl with LAUGHTER. 1 PLUS " - ' l Festival Plays Friday: "Lore's Labour's Lost; ,. Saturday: "Romeo and Ju liet." Curtain time 1:30 p.m. . " Local People To Attend Fish Show at Coos Bay Several Jackson county resi dents are planning to attend the annual Southwest Oregon Tropi cal Fish club show this week end in Coos Bay. it was reported to day. The fish show will start Saturday in the Legion hall at Coos Bay. GATES OPEN 7 P.M. SHOW AT DUSK EMU f hen 2-4507 u TOMORROW ClEO MOOM -JOHN ASM IMKSJNMMH ADULTS 80c NIGHT ONLY BONUS FEATURE i act nav phon. riWI irk I rrrL, noDunn SANWKK MURRAY' ThitMllchtxr TOUalttinr! iJMHttl HIT No. 2 ITS WONDCKFUL , BEYOND I WORDS! yk AmmtWm film! HIT No.' 3 ' REAGAN . FLEMING DeborariV jYulBRYNNER PLUS CHI OB PLUS big FEATURES Mrtffc WORDS! S NfflEHDH rLJr-" . SM - I 1