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o o o o Oo o o o o Local and BtnfifoCeid Pari? A bene fit carcPparflowi be held by the Olive .ebek;,s !d?e Satur day, tPc. 8, at 8p.m. at Odd Fllowi hall. co o " I Ha&rdi Found City Fire Marshal Truman Neis.on issued five orders for correction of haz ards yesterday after0inpect.,g nx busyess occupancies nd an . office buildjyig.o - . om O Squar Danes Double II Square T. ice 'Ooib will hold a ; dance Saturday, Dec. (fat Moose : Hall, beginning at 8.30 p-i. The : dnce is open to the public and ; a(J) square dancers nee invited ; : PotluQ. refreshments cv.'ill be :ierQ!. nan Cronin will call. - . . . t . '. wriTR Miina The National i Order $ Trencii Rats. Dugout ; 22U. and the auxi.'fery, the Alley Cats, will meet at 8:30 p.nt. : Saturday at the Disabled Ameri can Q'eters hall. 1515 N'orth ' Riv idc ave., Medford." Mrs. R. A. Hill. Weedo is golden ajt of the auxi'irand Charles Pbteet, Klamath Falls.r.is golden rat of NOfR. Tonight! Show at 7 p.m. CinemaScopEi MflNRQF of.' PlUfelst Drive -In Run! TOP ofjhe WORLD 1 " DREAMLAND'S DANCE PROGRAM. FOR DECEMBER ' o Regular Saf. Nite Dances as Usual DECEMBER 8-15-22 & 29 PLUS-Yeteraas of World War One Medford Barracks No. 540, BENEFIT DANCE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7th CHRISTMAS NIGHT, DEC. 25 o 'GIFTS FOR ALL THE LADIES OFF 0o URJ LARGE, CHRISTMAS TREE O - Addtd Music NEW YEAR'S EVE, DEC. 31 8 NOKE MAKERS, SERPENTINE AND HATS ftti FOR7 ALL - ALWAYS A J RIENDLY CROWD 3 oOUR 28TH YEAR!- Walker's 0oSAfu&DAY NIGHT O o EAGEE o The Only Spring Floor DANCE TO THE COMBINED MUSIC OF DICK SPAIN, BILL LIVELY and. " Tfie Rogue Valley Boys Featuring "the, 'BEST In Western Swing TUNEolN, oBILL'S WESTERN ROUND-UP TIME 0 ON KWIN NEW PARKING LOT o - Plenty of Space -. Personal ! Postponed The annual ba- zasr sponsored by the Lady of ! PaVima which was scheduled ! Saturday, Dec. 8 has been post ! pone'd until Saturday. Dec. 15. : according to group officials. Arliola Fild Articles of in-' "corporation have been filed by I the Roeue River Valley Traffic ! association through H. A. ' Holmes et al. according to rec ords in tre countv clerk's office. Window Broken Leland Francis Klink. 533 South Crape st.. Medford. reported to city po lice Thursday that a window was broken at -his residence Thurs day. . Spun Stolen Ray H. Cham i berlain. 801 North Central ave . i Medford. has reported to city police the theft of one pair of climbing spurs from his resi dence Thursday. They were val- lued at $12, police said. On Lawn A car operated by Richard Arthur Sorensen. IS North Barneburg rd., Medford. accidentally skidded onto the lawn of George Velton. 201 Port iand.ave., Medford Thursday, ac cording to city police. No Injuries No injuries were reported in an accidept involv ing car operated by Georse Monroe Carr. route 3, box 230. Medford. - and Glenn Osborne- ; Taylor, 1334 Reddy ave.," Med ford, at Main st." and. Academy Place. Thursday, according to city police. . Permits Issued Robert C. Flannery has been, issued a build ing permit to erect a S12.000 residence on Crestbr.ook rd.. Medford, and R. F. Patterson ha? been issued a permit to erect an S8.000 residence at 1516 Whit-' man ave., Medford. 'Wall Ignites Minor damage resulted when the ;wall and ceil ing ignited from an overheated 'flue at the home of .Mrs. Hazel Walfe, 322 Benson St., about 1:20 p.m. yesterday, firemen said. Tiey dispatched two trucks to the house fire. Gasoline leaking on the -manifold resulted in a car fire on Barnett rd, near the McGrew mill about 4:10 p.m. yesterday, according to firemen. They said no damage occurred. The auto was owned by Allen Adams, .107 Valley View, rd.. Talent. '. Dreamland POINT ' In Southern Oregon Obituaries EDWARD R. PAXTON- Funeral services for Edward R. Paxton, 64. of Jacksonville, who died Wednesday will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 10 am. Monday. Tiie Rev. John Bright of the St. Mark's Episcopal church will officiate. Committal will be in I Jacksonville cemetery. ! Mr. Paxton was born Oct. 28, 1892. in Salix. Iowa. On June 5. 1932. in Yreka, Calif., he was i married to Hope Swindey, who j survives. He was a veteran of World V.'ar I enlisting Aug. 14, 1918, and receiving his discharge in January, 1919. He was a member of the Lodge No. 168 B.P.O. Elks for 36 years. Surviving, besides his wife, in clude mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ridgeway, San Diego, Calif.; children. Miss Jessie Paxton, San Diego, Calif.: Edward Fax ton Jr., at home; and Mrs. Jerry Montgomery. Ashland; brother, Arthur Ridegway, Bostonia, Calif.; and three grandchildren. MRS. SARAH C. LEWIS Mrs. Sarah Cora Lewis, Cen tral Point, died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Har vey Cassman, 357 North Seventh st.. Central Point. Conger-Morris Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. DOROTHY LOFFEH ' Dorothy Alice Loffer, 69. of 2475 Houston rd., Medford, died at a local hospital Thursday morning. .Mrs. Loffer was born at Lowell, Mass., Aug. Id, 1887. She was . a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic church, the Phoenix Grange' and' the Neighbors of Woodcraft. She is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs Verna Anderson, and one son. Warren Loffer, and a niece, Mrs. R. A. Sakraida, all of Medford. . Funeral services will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic church at fl a.m. Monday. The Rev. N. J. Dei will officiate. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park.' Recitation-of the Holy Rosary will be. held at Perl Funeral home at 8 p.m. Sunday. Collision Cars operated by Mildred Irene Cowan, 776 Agate St., Medford, and. Eugene Chauri cey Whiteley,. Lake Port. Calif., were involved in a collision at 12th st. and Central ave.. Thurs day, according to cily police. ' Convalescing Mrs. Jennie Dopp, Carter Lake highway, who recently had surgery at the Rogue Valley hospital, is con valescing at the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dodge, 519 King st., Medford. Bazaar FOE Bazaar and Cooked Food sale will be held Saturday, Deo. 8, at the Eagles hajl. starting at 9 a.m. That evening a ham dinner will be given for the public starling at 5:30 .p.m. Car Stolen Ross David Riggs, 837 Palm st., Medford, reported to city police Wednesday morn ing the theft of a car registered to Wilfred Erdman, route 1, Hereford. Texas, from North Riverside Motors. Accident Vehicles operated by Ben Amon Ashton, 44, of 624 Benson St.. Medford. and Ea$l Anthony Brenton, 27, of '703 West 13th St., Medford, were in volved in an accident at the in tersection of McAndrews rd. and Ross lane yesterday, according to state police. The road was icy at the time of the accident, poliee said. Paiianis Convalescing ' at Rogue Valley -hospital after sur gery are Elva O. Graham, Jack sonville, and Orland George Hig- ginbotham. 140 Clover lane. Medford. Convalescing there af ter tonsillectomy .is David Wor thington. 5-year-old son of-Mr. and Mrs. John C. Worthington, , 1616 Stratfocd ave., Medford. Items Stolen Slelvin L. Salt- marsh, 502 Benson St., Medford,' ! reported to city police Wednes day afternoon the theft of three hubcaps from his car. A radio antenna was. stolen from a car beldnging to Beverly Darlene Shrum. 409 North Central ave.. Medford, according to city police reports. 4-H Club News Talent Jolly Che The Talent Jolly Chels 4-H club, met Dec. 3 at Mrs. How ell'; hpme. The .meeting was called to order by the president. Marilyn Paff. Ten member:, wre present. Everyone i to bring three cookies that the hae made to our next meeting, and ihey will be judged.. We discussed the Christmas party that will be held Dec. 13. at the city hall for. all Talent 4-H members. After the meeting was adjourned, everyone took part in making oatmeal cookies. Taulette Creel Reporter FACES SUSPENSION Holyoke, Mass. (U.R) . Former welterweight champion Kid Gavilan today faced inde finite suspension from Massa chusetts rings for cancelling a scheduled bout here next Mon: day with Biily Lynch of Hart ford, Conn. Stock Prices Move. Up In Moderate Trading New York U.R) Stocks rose to new hishs for more than a month in moderate trading to day. Railroads again led the major sections with the utilities a close j second in percentage rise. In- dustrials were firm, too, with i steels, oils, shipbuilding issues 1 and electronics stocks strong. Best gainers were Royal i Dutch in the oils. Great North ern in the papers, Texas and Pacific in the rails, and Youngs town Sheet & Tube in the steels. These were up two or better. Youngstown at its top set a new high at 127U, up 4U points. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 93 American Can 40: AT&T : 163 Anaconda Copper 7i3s Bethlehem Steel 18) Caterpillar Corp 895s Chrysler Corp - 71 3 4 Continental Can 47' s Crown Zellerbach 545s Curtiss Wright 47 ' .3 Du Pont 192 '2 Eastman Kodak 8934 General Electric 61ss General Foods 45 General Motors '. 46'i Georgia Pacific 29' z Graham Paige 1' GRANGE . Shady Cove Grange Members of the Shady Cove Grange gathered' for a potluck dinner Nov. 28, followed by the showing of colored pictures of the-farming district of. Hawaii. Colored pictures 'were also shown of the Big Applegate and Evans valley district by Ben Bones .of Grants Pass. A short business meeting was called. Application- for member-, ship of Mr. and Mrs. Edger E.' Robertson was read, and Mr. find Mrs. Johnnie Miner were accepted by ballot.' Mrs. Thelma Reining received the third and fourth degree obli gation. Most of the officers from Shady Cove were present at the Eagle Point Grange hall.Dec. 2, when William- Howes, state overseer, .installed the offices of several Grangers. Mrs. Bert Clark received several cracked ribs in an auto accident on Highway 62 at the Butte Falls junction Friday, Nov. 30. Clark himself was hot injured. The MEC ladies will meet at the. home of Mrs. Ed Housten Dec. 11 for their Christmas party. This will be a potluck dinner at noon and each lady will take an exchange gift. Mrs. Edith Poe, Pomona HEC chairman, will install the newly elected officers. The ladies served, a ham din ner to the Rotary club and their wives Nov. 29. The next regular Grange meeting will be held Wednes day, Dec. 12. Mrs. Reed Mc Kay, publicity. Taking Cours Eugene E. Konopasek. superintendent of Triple Milling, ' Inc., Central Point, attended a course in lum ber seasoning at the Oregon Forest Products laboratory in Corvallis Dec. 3-8. The labora tory is a state research organiza tion supported largely by the forest harvest tax on logs cut in Oregon. A total of 216 men have attended the training classes in the last seven years. Most were-from Oregon firms. Court Records DISTRICT COURT Thomat Dick Spain, defective emerjrency brake. S16. John Alvin SnodKrasa Jr., violation of basic rule. $12 50 Deward " Owin Waelty. violation of basic rule. S30. Montie Lavern Wieneck, violation of basic rule. S17.30 Donald William Thompson, failure to .tag deer properly, $30, bail for feited Robert Richard Reinert, overload, $lfi9. Edwin I. Jwan. overload. $53. Merle Arthur Preston, drunk on a public highway, Kristin Eve Chngtemon, defective brakes, $5' CIRCUIT COURT Eileen V. Newnan va. Donald R Newman, reciprocal complaint Linda Joyce Hood vs. John Andrew Hood, divorce complaint. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS James Carlton Martin. 65.1 Gilman i rd., .Medford. and Shirley Ann Har- 1 bin. 2168 Fowler lane. Medford. You All Come and welcome the MELODY WRANGLERS In Their New Home Jacksonville Community Hall SATURDAY NITE DECEMBER 8 Homestake Mining 33 1 2 Kaiser Frazcr unquoted Kennecott Copper 1271'? Lockheed Aircraft unquoted Katy Pfd 55 1 2 Montgomery Ward 391:; New York Central '. 3534 Penney J C 81 3 4 Penn RR 2234 Richfield Oil 70' i Socony Vacuum 543s Southern Co 20' 1 Southern Pacific Standard California . Standard Indiana .... Standard NJ Sun Mines Texas Gulf Tex Pac Land Trust Transamerican .. Trans West Air Tri-Continental ........ Un Carbide Union Pacific United Aircraft UAL U S Rubber , U S Steel Youngstown S & T ... 473s 49 ni's 587s 7.3 30 71 i 38 4 13 .... 26"s 11 3" 4 32"4 88 397s 48' 4 126 District 5 DAY Sets Sunday Meeting HerejrHl Legislative recommendations by the department of Disabled American Veterans will be con sidered at a meeting of district 5 representatives at Redmond hall) fourth and Apple sts., Sun day, according to Patrick Gra ham, district commander. The meeting will start at 10 a.m. followed by a dinner s noon. District 5 includes Medford, Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, Roseburg, Oakland and Coquille chapters. The auxiliary will aUo meet Sunday. Graham said. Mrs. R. A. Hill, Weed, Calif., is district commander. . PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U P Cattle for wrek '4475. Choice '991 lbs steers 22-jO; choice 22, others jiwstly choice to 1.230 lbs. 20.30-21.50: good steers 13.50-20; choice heifers 19 25-19 50: s:ood heifers 17-19; canner and cut ler cows 6.50-8 75. beef type to 9; utilitv -bulls 13 30-14.50. Calves for week 425. Good and choice vealers- 18-22.50: high choice 23-24: cood and choice slaughter calves 14-1550. Hoes for weK 1750. U S 1 and 2 butchers 17 75-18; few 18.25. mixed lots 180-235 lbs. 17.30-17.75. sous 300-550 llis. 12 50-16 Sheen for week- 3125. Choice 103 lbs. - Washington range lambs late 19.25. average out at 17: other good and choice woojed and shorn lambs' 16 50-17.50: good and choice 75-85 lbs. feertcrs- 15-16.60. good and choice 4-'5.50. HENRY S BROILER and 1206 MO. RIVERSIDE WE SPECIALIZE IN CLUB BANQUETS AWeet'your friends in. our Birck. Room, during cocWail tim..... 5 to 7 p.m.. comi ai you. ate Gold Hill Volunteer Firemen it ANNUAL AM C SATURDAY 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Gold Hill Grange Hall MUSIC BY-. . ; VIC FLOOD . And Hit Rhythm Maken With. Cliff. Harris, Bill $oul, Bob Swirh, Bob Padgett and Featuring Songs by Linda DINING. ROOM OPEN ENTIRE EVENING! Friday. December 7. 1858 150 Permits Issued For Tree Cutting Cave Junction More than 150 Christmas tree cutting per mits, covering 14.000-acres, have been issued to Illinois valley tree cutters so far this year, accord ing to- State Forest Patrol War den John Moe. At the conservative estimate of 10 trees to an acre, this would mean 140.000 trees are speken. for by residents. Roadside prices for Christmas trees Moe said are from 50 tents to SI. while stump age starts a 25 cenls per tree. Barring unforseen losses. Val ley woodlot owners will earn an aggregate of about 550,000 this year. Largest permit was issued Raymond Frost of Selma for 2.000 acres of-his land. R. J. Mc Cracker of Cave Junction, re ceived a permit covering 760 acres, also' on the Frost property. DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS MrdfnrH mid vicinity: Cloudy with snow showers tonight. Partly cloudy with isolated showers Saturday. Low tonight 2.V High Saturday near 40. Western Oregon: Partly cloud v with few snow flurries tonight. iiouay snow Saturday oe- th rain Saturday mer tonight and C . r nnierl-i4 IK-lfi Itldh saturrin' 33-45 . . Northern California: Fair lonigm and Saturday. Warmer Saturday I.OC.M. DT TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 29. below normal 11- Rerorc hieh tbis date 6.1 in 1934. Record low -this date 18 in 1929 PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night. 10 -inch. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total since Sept. 1. 7 67 inches. 1 84 inches above normal . HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 77To. highest thu a.m. 92t. CITY High 4:30 a.m. 24-hr Yesterday low Precip. Brookinps 45 32 .29 Crater Lake 16 3 . Grants Pass 43 - 26. Klamath Kails .. 26 -8 MEDFORD 37 19 .01 Portland -10 23 T Seattle 28 19 .01 Spokane 14 01 Yakima 18 0 T Eureka- 45 Red Bluff 49 Sacramento 52 San Francisco - 51 Los Angeles 61 30 28 3fl 36 50 Phoenix 66 Denver . 25 Chicago. 48 .fll .03 .03 32 71 Miami 80 Ny York 60 Washingon, D C. 63 FIVE-DAY FORECAST . (Through Dec. 12) Western Oregon Continued quite cold at beginning of , period with break in cold snap Saturday oi Sun day. Temperatures averaging below normal with highs rising to low 40s and lows rising to low 30s by Sun dav. Occasional snow turning to rain late Saturday with -recurring rain continuing through Wednesday. Total amounts 1 to 2 inches. Northern California Recurrent rain with snow in mountains and temperatures below normal. 4 teals JrfEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN PORTLAND PRODUCEo o Portland iU-P Errs To retail ers: Grade AA larcc. 53c: A large. 48 yc; AA medium, 46-49c; A medium. 45-47c; A small 37-38c, carton, l-3c additional. Butler To retailers 0 AA crade prints, 70-Tlc lb.; cartcns.o 71-72c; A prints. 70-77c; B pnnu. tib-6ye. 0 Cheese Medium cured To retail ers: A grade ochetttiar. single daisies, 45'-2-o2c: 5-lb. loaves. 51';-57c. pro cessed American cheese, o 5-lb. loaf, 41'2-44c. Farm Market t)ni dealers boasted broccoli prices 50 to 7 colus a lug To a -5 range toaay; ,'orthwest rutabacsi sold higher at 1.75-2; Willamette val ley test cabbage sold higher at 3-3 75 a crate. Poultry Rabbits .Live Chicken Quoird0eroweri 'No. I quality, l.o.b. PoiUandi: Fry f ere.. 2'a-4 lbs.. 17c lb.;otight hcnsPioo t lew transactions for Portland price; 10-llc lb. la ranch; heavy IV-iis. 5-lbs up. not enough trading for Portia i price: ai country, 12-14c lb.; ci roosters, 7 -9c Drosed Chickens 1 grade dressed to -trailers: Fryers, whole . drawn. 33-3ic lb.; cut up. 3!-43c: fns, light type, cut up, 34-37c; heavy-typeQ i whole drawn. 33-39c lb. ' I Turkeys To producers: rer tur- i keys, live weight. 27-23c Id.. oung A grafle turkey hens, nominally c ! on an eviscerated fcasis; voune tonis 33-34c lb., up to 26 lbs.; lIc premium 1 over this weight. Dressed Turkeys To Trailers: 'A grade hens. 46-48c lb.; eviscerated. A ' grade tonis. to 24 lbs., 43-45c lb.; over 24 lbs.. 45-jIc lb RabbUs (Averages to growers, f o.b. ' killing plants) Live "wijitc, 3 '-4 lbs., f.o.b. dressing ,pUnts, Portland. 1 2u-23c; colored pelts. 4c under: olria docs'. 10-12c Tb.r a Aew higher cEresh lb.; CUt Up. 60-63C. 0 PORTLAND HAY. GRAIN Portland Wholesaje hav prices New crop No. 2 ereen alfalCft baled f.o h. Portland Wholesale prices as 0 :ixw'trH hy the US DA market news sco'viee: Wheat No. 2 -Soft while. fSl.SM ton: No 2 white outs. J8-lb. West 0 delivery. Sj6 j0: No. 2 Valley vhitc oats. S52 Jn: soybean meal. 75 50 "toy. f o.h Portland: barley, fc'o. 2. 43-l. West Coast delivery. $51 -At .50,standw ard mill run. prompt delivery. $4i.4tl tnn f ob. Portland: No. 2 yellow corio Fastern shipment, f ob. c Portland, Stjl.75 ion. v i1 w jrj PuRely I for 1 Pleasure I MMiiiaMMaa. vmtjk Wl - .'in IMwwiwwa TONIGHT AND 5ATURDA ONLY! TWO TERRIFIC SCIENCE FICTIONPEAmjRES CURUCU oner of DbfvJ I THE. AMAZON Cm JOHN HOMFlflD lEVEDlY GARLAND STARTS li5P-3Dli03 COLOR by fit UtflAA THItSl". OILIIHT IAmS' PLUS i zicHAiv scon THE nncn 3 BILL WILLIAMS A LflLVL0 Recommended for xcpt adults with a i GINGER ROGERS MICHAEL RENNIE Mildred NATWICK Pear Prices Portland (U.R) Wholesala ppar market: Oregon lugs 40 lb. CmiceOW&P No. 1, 7.25-7.50; 30"3 lb. C grade 1.50-1.75; Bosc 1.50-2; Anjous fancy box 4.50 4.75: lugs 3.25-3.50. SNOW WHITE LAUNDRY PEN UNDER NEW 0MANAGEMENT Washing Drying Finishing . FREE Pickup end Delivery o Downtown Rogue River Phone JU-2-3770 Fast Service t.O.E. o On m BAZAAR & o Cooked Food Sale o ST., DEC. 8 PUBLIC tiKVITED HjfcM DINNER 3:30 P.M. ON $1.25 and 50c Under 12 0"THE LONfi LONG THAILtR" o o o PLUS o o o o CARTOON CARNIVAL. o Jo eao and CHAPTEIDNo. 6 o "O -BLflZiNG THE OVERIAnD TRAIL" M r SUNDAY o glazes o o across the jicreen! ROBERT MITCHUM tux.. j V HERE SHE IS KlgS-cb jL J0 YOUR o X? SATURDAY 0 0 0 oFUN SHO-AP o o h 0L"c0iBal t Desi Arnaz 0 yT) j o o In ? - n . So 56 c"0 JOHN AGAR ' f rfJ CYNTHIA PATRICK n lirr n " o FRIDAY & SATURDAY! Everybody
