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rr Local and : Sal. Slalad The Jackson county Democratic party will hold a baked foods and rummage saie from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon day and Tuesday at 106 North Ivy it. Damaga Reported Paul M. Hanlin, 508 King St., Medford, reported to city police Friday . night that an unidentified car had damaged his lawn and a tree on his property. Chack Found Robert W. Bail, 613 Catherine st., Medford, told city police Friday, that he had found a payroll check made out to Verna Walker. ; Houta Entarcd Havey Neil . Dutton. route 1, box 137. Rogue R'ver, has reported at the sher iff's office that his house had been entered through an unlock-' ed door and a rifle taken some time between Oct. 10 and 14. Miating Slatad The regu lar monthly meeting of the Med 1 ford chapter of the National Of " f ice Manager's association will be held Monday at the Medford hotel at 7 p.m. The social hour will start at 6:30 p.m. Speaker for the evening will be Vic Fol- len of the Portland firm of Marsh . and McLennan, Portland. He is a specialist in group insurance and retirement pensions. Berrydale Area Property Owners If you arc appoxd I inncution. contact WILLIAM DOERNBACH, Phon. 2-4456 Rofironco a mooting and formation of a aroup for rho purooto of ac quiring facts ano disaomination of information concorninf annexa tion. TONITE! fpT AT 1st Drive In Run k ESTHER WILLIAMS ! HOUSE of North of Gold Hill AT IM4 - MUSICAL HiTI Qf?J) Mm i "j m 'r vji On Display - One of the West's Finest Collections of Gold Dust and Nuggets Winter Hours 9 to 5 Under Founder's Management Since 1930 4 ' i& L (X) ROBERT B. DUNCAN State Representative "GOOD GOVERNMENT IS YOUR BUSINESS" Pd Adv. Duncan for Laniilartva Comm. Ward Spitz. Chm. r.O. Bo 7 Mtdforo Personal With Firm N. H. Zackari-1 sen, formerly one of the city's electrical appliance dealers, is now associated with Crater Lake Motors. Bicyclo Takon Michael Alex McDonald, 400 North Ivy St., Medford, Saturday reported to city police the theft of his bi cycle from his home. Mercy Flight Louis Smith, two-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Smith of Ashland was taken by Mercy Flights to Port land at 6:30 a.m. Saturday for treatment of a heart ailment. Takon to Hospital Ernest Ray Jones. 11, of 1019 West Sec ond St., Medford, was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by city police Friday night for treatment of a wrist injury. The boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norvel T. Jones, was injuried while skating at the Rogue Valley Ballroom skating rink. Mooting Sot The October meeting of the Southern Oregon Dental Assistants association will be held Wednesday, October 24, at 8 p.m. in the employees club house. Veterans Administration, Camp White. A white elephant sale will be held and an educa tion film will be shown. Refresh ments are planned. Mooting Called A special meeting of every male member of the Sacred Heart parish will be held tonight in the church on South Oakdale ave. Purpose of the meeting is to complete plans for the family prayer crusade and to make arrangements for the family rally Thursday eve ning. Chairman of the crusade is R. F. Higgins. Dinner Dance An informal dinner dance for members and guests of the Southern Oregon Salesmens club will be held Oct. 26 at the Jackson hotel. The an nouncement was made Friday at a meeting in the Medford hotel in which Sen. Richard L. Neu berger and Pat O'Mallcy of the United Medford Crusade were guests. Music will be furnished by John Lusk. That mm CERTAIN Reeling m TOUT JOHNSON MARTIN MYSTERY Open Throughout The Yeir DUNCAN is Representative for ' Visits Eugene Mrs. Edith E. Baker. Standard Insurance com pany representative, spent Fri day and Saturday in Eugene on a business trip. - Society to Meet The monthly meeting of the Hammond Organ society will be held at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at Purucker Pi ano house. Ill North Central ave., Medford. Anyone interest ed has been invited to attend. Bake Goods Sale The Glad amson Unit of Wesleyan Service guild of the First Methodist church will hold a gift apron and bake goods sale, Saturday, Oct. 27, from 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. at Home Appliance store. North Central ave., Medford. Buys Home Mr. and Mrs. Ray B. Larson have announced the sale of their home at 45 Quince St., Medford, to B. J. Barnum of Gold Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Larson are moving to Laf ayette, Calif. Larson was con nected with the wholesale lum ber business in Medford the past 10 years. Barnum is retired. The sale was handled by Bill Kerr of the Fidler-Mackenzie agency here. News About Servicemen GETS PROMOTION Donald G. McKay, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McKay, 1010 Sunset ave., Medford, rec ently was promoted to private first class in Denver, where he is a physical therapy technician at the Fitzsimons Army hospital. McKay entered the Army in October 1955 and was stationed t Fort Sam Houston, Tex., be fore arriving in Denver. ASSIGNED Capt. Berry F. Longwill, son of Frank Longwill. Applegate. and Mrs. Jennie Wolf, Medford. recently was assigned to the transportation supply section at Fork Work general depot. He entered the Army in 1940. ON LEAVE Specialist third class Robert Sands, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sands. Central Point, is home on a 30-day leave. He recently completed a two-year tour of duty in Alaska at Ladd Air Force base with the Army. He will report to Camp Hanford for duty. NEW ASSIGNMENT Major Jack L. Paxton, who attended Medford schools be fore entering the Army, recent ly completed a tour of duty in Goeppingen, Germany. He is now assigned to duty with the ninth infantry division at Fort Carson, Colo., according to in formation received here by Mrs. W. H. Eaton. 835 East Ninth st., family friend. Major Paxton, a 1934 grad uate of Medford High school, made his home during his school days with an uncle and aunt, the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Anderson. The officer is married and has three sons. ARRIVES HOME A2c Johnny C. Rutherford, son of Mrs. Merle Van Hoosen, 103 Genesse st., Medford, has arrived home after serving in Guam for 18 months. He will report to Homestead Air Force base, . Miami, Fla., upon com pletion of leave. He is a grad uate of Medford High school. HOME ON LEAVE Private Francis R. Durante. 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Durante. 1313 Prune st., Medford, is home on leave after completing recruit training at the Marine Corps recruit depot, San Diego, Calif., and advanced combat training at Camp Pend leton, Calif. Pvt. Durante enlisted in the Marines in June after graduat ing from Medford High school. He will report back to Camp Pendleton. Uao MaO Tribune Want Ada Dead lino for Sunday Classified la at noon Saturday Obituary Notice GLENN WIGNALL Glenn H. Wignall, 64, of 623 Palm st., Medford, died in a lo cal hospital Saturday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday afternoon in Chapel Mortuary. Following ser cies the body will be sent to the Downs funeral home in Albia, Iowa, for services and inter ment. Mr. Wignall. son of James and Ella McNeil Wignall, was born in Hines, Iowa, Nov. 7, 1891. He served in the signal corps of the Army in World War I. On July 22, 1920, at Albia, Iowa, he was married to Tillie May Holden, who survives. Mr. Wig nall was a telegrapher with a pipeline company until his re tirement a few years ago. The family came to Roseburg from Illinois in 1946, and moved to Medford in 1948. Besides his wife, Mr. Wignall is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Gleniss Cady, of Portland, and one grandchild. JAMES MILLER James L. Miller, 70, of 304 Fourth st.,. Phoenix, died in a local hospital Saturday morn ing. Conger - Morris Funeral home is in charge of arrange ments. INGRID BERKSTROM Mrs. Ingrid Bergstrom, 209 Fourth St., Phoenix, died at a local hospital Saturday after noon. Perl Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. LOUIS A. PORTER Louis A. Porter, 67, resident of Medford for the past 20 years, died at a local hospital Friday morning. Mr. Porter, who lived at 2120 Barnett rd., was born at Smith Center, Kan., on Dec. 19, 1888. He was a metal worker by trade and a veteran of World War I. He was a former member of the American Legion. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Porter. Medford; two daughters. Mrs. Mary Eek, Jack sonville, and Mrs. Frieda Fears, Medford: two sons, Louis Port er and Robert Porter, both of Medford; three sisters, Mrs. Mar tha Shift, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Mrs. Esther Gableman, and Mrs. Ruth Greenwood, both of Salina, Kan.; one half-brother, Charles Horner, Beverly, Kan., and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Perl Funeral home Tues day at 1:30 p.m., with the Rev. James W. Neely of the First Bapist church officiating. Inter ment will be at Siskiyou Mem orial park. FOREST A. BRANHAM Forest A. Branham, 82, res ident of southern Oregon for the past six years, died at a local hospital Thursday afternoon. He lived at Butte Falls, Star route, Eagle Point. Mr. Bran ham was born at Holinford, Minn., on June 7, 1874. He had been a lumber worker for many years. He is survived by one son, Clifford A. Branham, Dorris, Calif.; two daughters, Elsie M. Baker, Eagle Point, and Lola Davis. Roseburg; four brothers, GeOrge. Canby, Noah, Corning, Calif., Jess, Salem, and William, Roseburg: five sisters, Mrs. El izabeth Ramey, Glendale. Ore., Mrs. Martha Webley, Wilson Creek. Wash., Mrs. Nancy Dean, Glendale, Mrs. Maude Baker, Glendale. and Mrs. Effie King, Canby; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services will be held at the Perl Funeral home Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. James W. Neely of the First Baptist church officiating. Interment will be at Siskiyou Memorial park. Your best "all-around" heating is Berko glass radiant heating Berko Glass Electric Radiant Heat ing Panels give you controlled com fort in every room, regardless of size or location! You get all the unique advantage of modern radiant heating safety, cleanliness, never any main tenance problems. See your electrical ' contractor about Berko Radiant Panels whether you're building a new home, renovating or just add ing a room. They're recommended by leading architects and decorators! 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' - Survivors include two sons, Lemen Bitiker, Wathena, Kans., and Raymond Bittiker, Haw thorne, Calif.; six daughters, Lil lie Danner, Castro Valley, Calif.; Daisy Pohl, Wathena, Kan., Mary Fleming, Kansas City, Mo., Doris Thomason, Cushing, Okla., Agnes Hall, Faugus, Calif., and Margaret Wilson, Guthrie, Okla.; brother, Ernest T. Burright; sisters, Allie Enge man, Atchison, Kan.; Edna Mar shall, Guthrie, Okla., Ruth Christner, Oklahoma City, Olka.; and Edith Kerlick, Minco, Okla.; 22 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday, at 2 p.m. at Hull and Hull chapel in Grants Pass. James W. Lehrman will offi ciate. Interment will be at Woodville cemetery in Rogue River. Hollis Doe Found Guilty by Jury Pendleton U.R) Hollis Doe was convicted of man slaughter late Friday by a jury of eight men and four women. Doe was convicted of the slaying of William Manzanares Jr. last month near the Eastern Oregon state hospital here, re portedly in a fight over a wom an. The verdict was found to be unanimous when defense attor ney Ralph Currin polled the jury, Currin said he had not given thought as yet to an ap peal. Umatilla County Circuit Judge William W. Wells said sentence would be pronounced Wednes day, Oct. 24, at 9 a.m. Weather Break Eases Vancouver Flood Threat Vancouver, B. C. (U.PJ Skies cleared over British Co lumbia's drenched lower main land Saturday and the sun broke through to dissipate persistent fog after 48 hours of pelting rain that spawned a major flood threat on Vancouver's north shore. The sudden break in the weather forestalled any evacua tions, at least temporarily. But residents along the banks of roaring Mosquito Creek were on the alertvi ;, - - 600 Expected at OESA - Annual Convention ,', Salem UR) About 600 members of the Oregon Elemen tary School Principals associa tion were expected to attend the annual ' convention here Oct. 28-30. Miss Levin a Wilson, associa tion president and principal of Dunn elementary school in Eu gene, said the main speaker will be Dr. Herbert F. Spitzer, direc tor of elementary education at the University of Iowa. BAIL BONDSMAN ON BAIL Los Angeles iU.R) Former bail bondsman Edward Maldona do, 38, knows what it's like now to be on the other side of the fence. He will be sentenced next month for grand theft, but is cur rently free on $15,000 bail. California has about six mil lion acres of irrigated land. KM CUtST oou roa MTU oet FOB P MICHES ip FN LIVWW RMMM Sunday, October 21. 1958 In County HEDRICK JUNIOR HIGH By MARY MILNE Oct. 16, the Future Homemak ers of America had as guest, Mrs. Carolyn from, the Merle Norman studio. ' She demonstrated care for the skin, using Rosemary Eiseman as a model. After the demonstration she gave samples of base makeup to each member. The Hedrick Junior High school PTA held their first meet ing Oct. 15. Vincent P. Bevis, Native of Medford Dies Here Thursday Ferdie Hubbard, 56, native of Medford, died at a local hospi tal on Oct. 18. He was born in Medford Sept. 17, 1900, and lived at 134 South Ivy st. His father, the late Fortunatus Hubbard, was one of the origi nal organizers of the local Hub bard Brothers firm and his mother, the late Tresea Hub bard, was the daughter of John and Mary McKee who came to the Rogue River valley by oxen team in 1852. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Aletha Foy, Seattle, Wash., and one brother, Earl F. Hub bard, Anchorage, Alaska. Both arrived in Medford Friday to at tend the services. Services will be held at the Perl funeral home Monday at 1:30 p.m., with the Rev. George R. V. Bolster, rector of Saint Marks church, officiating. In terment will be at' Medford I.O.O.F. cemetery. WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Fair Sun day except increasing cloudiness north portion Sunday and rain on coast Eureka northward Sun day; little change in tempera ture. Court Records POLICE COURT Betty Mae Cox, failure to atop st red light, $5. Kenneth David Moulton, violation of basic rule. $10. Richard Wayne Casey, violation of basic rule, S10. Newton Edward McCutcheon, viola tion of basic rule. $10. John Wayne Spence, failure to atop at red light. $5. Scan Raymond Varjto, failure " to yield right of way, $10. Bert Alvin Smith, violation of ba sic rule. Sio. Lois A. Ryan, violation of basic rule. $10. DISTRICT COURT Leo Leonard Sanders, no motor ve hicle license. S5. Talmadge Wheeler Jr., failure to dim headlight. $10. bail forfeited. Paul Herbert Phillips, violation of basic rule, $15. CIRCUIT COURT Hazel McCoy McDantel vs. Patrick Mc Daniel, divorce complaint. Dora B. Cathey vs. Bradley J. Cathey, divorce complaint. Louis Kudsen vs Shirley Knud sen, divorce complaint. CARD OF THANKS The kindness and sympathy of neighbors and friends in our recent ! sorrow will always remain with us a ; precioua memory. Our sincere thanks and gratitude for all those comforting acts. Mrs. John Morgan Earl & Harold Leslie & families CARD OF THANKS I wish to express my sincere thanks for the kind thoughts and deeds ex tended by our friends in the passing of my wife. - Claude Close. riii TODAY CONTINUOUS FROM 1:00 P.M. The BEST THINGS you ever sow in in a musical! The BEST ifHINGS In LLIFE ' ' pREE COLOR V f Imm stamnj GORDON MacRAE dan DAILEY ERNEST BORGNINE SHEREE NORTH wrth TOMMY N00NAN MURYYN VYE PHYLLIS AVERY PLUS THIS FINE COMPANION HIT! A Stranger to Everything Micdoiuld CAREY Patricia MEDINA VFDFORD OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Schools principal, introduced the stu dent body president and class presidents and they in turn intro duced their officers. John Frohn mayer, student body president, gave a short talk on the duties of the officers and student coun cil. Hedrick Red Cross home room representatives attended a Jack son County Junior Red Cross meeting Oct. 16, at Jacksonville High school to plan the Junior Red Cross program for the com ing year. Junior Red Cross representa tives from junior and senior high schools in Jackson county from Hedrick than from any other school attended. Hedrick has volunteered to entertain at rest homes. There also will be another Thanksgiv ing Basket drive this year. Among speakers was Mr. Sig erist, who recently returned from Latin America. He told of the Junior Red Cross program there. The next meeting will be at Crater High school. The high school a cappella choir presented a concert at the Hedrick Junior High school as sembly, Friday, Oct. 19. The choir under the direction of Lynn Sjolund, sang sev eral songs including, "Awake, Awake." "I Love You Truly" and "The Fiddler." They sang several selections from "The Stu dent Prince." A trio of girls sang "Make Believe," and "My Prayer." Qualify Your County Assessor Elect a man qualified by EXPERIENCE in Administra tion, Accounting, Heal Estate, Brokerage, and Ap praising. ELECT Ray J. Schumacher County Assessor fH Pel. Air. SfeflwaWlaC'Vaf ' mrnnr M0i.il 0 j That Was Good I , 1 Skip HOMEIER : f . r. t . .w M ' n tl Ik. H RESEMBLANCE PAINFUL Hollywood iU.R Actor songwriter Rod McKuen has dis covered his face is not necessar ily his fortune. "I was standing on a corner a while back," he said, "when a girl came up to me. She yelled "don't look so much like James Dean,' slapped my face and ran off." 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