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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1956)
Co o o o o o o O O O o o oo o O Local and Flu-, Fire Firemen reported ! r.o damage frvm a flue t:re at . ft 30cf?'rn. yesterday at the Che?-! It Bourne residence, 519 Haven q Inspection City Fire MarshaT Truma?. oNelson issued nine orders for correction of lire hazards vfjlerday afti-r invprt tion of a f.otel. an office builcl- -ing and a businc-MS occupancy. o Buine Names Donald R. Gardner ias retirei !. name, JIftway Aleats. and Donald R. q and Luella Gardner have as sumed tii name. "Midway Meat Packing i-orrTparn'. according to records in to- coimty clerk's office. O .o . , q Citation Iuued Monte LeRny Whi-y, 1320 Covina it.. Mc-d-Ird, was Cited Thursday by city police for violation of basic rule. O afer the car he was operating O'ryck jrrvpral iirubs on .the property; of Mr. "and Mrs. E. A. Liftrell, 140 Green Way Circle, CM.tdford. c ... O o,Pf!enl Convalescing after n;tror surgery at Osteopathic hospitaF is Mrs. Bert Nelson, Oq Kaie Point, and Lynn FSrddrng ;f)eld. 7-yar-olrl daughtiT of Mr. and' Mrs. U W. Bcddmfield, cjEf' Point. At Rpgce Valley c'bospita are Elaine, 12. and olJaoha Wilson, 7, daughters of J!r. and Mrs. Dean Wilson, route 1. box 81, Ceotral Point, who had ionfilertomies this morning. MIL) its TONITE SHOW AT 7 p.m. o 2nd SMASH HITl J SATURDAY ONIYI B0HUS NIT! "AMBUSH AT TOMAHAWK CAP" DANCE! Hew Year's Eve o n o" z 5 CO 3" o"l O l O -1 I o o PIZZA PIES! Mora jL ' ffiXm 111 "'Hncuii if o Served urrtil 12 Midnight in the oo o Palomino Room Ask fcout our cateftnq service to large gatherings. Tht perfect OrefrCshmer lor our Grange, Lodge or Company Parties. Phone 2-6231 . Jackson Hotel ; 0 NEW LOCATION! pVL R. E. RUTHERFORD o Palmer School of Chiropractic Graduate Hoi moved to larger Qoarteri with Free O o O O O O o 1 1 5 North PHONE 2 Personal Lodged in Jail Archie E. Valentine, 47. Trail, was arrest ed by sheriffs deputies and lodged in the county jail yester day on a charge of rape. "Dog Bite Helen Mae Fagone. 625 Pine St., Medford, reported to. city police today that her son. Samuel Paul Fagone, 12, had been bitten by a dog. Accident James Richard Powcil. 1000 West 11th St., Med ford, reported to city police that an unidentified vehicle struck a fence at his residence this morning. Car Damaged Betty Craig Adair, 344 North Central ave., Medford. has reported to city police that her car was damaged Thursday while it was parked in the alley behind her residence. ... Name Omitted L. Peers Wil meth. recently elected Ashland district justice of the peace, will I be among county officials taking oaths of office at 8 a.m. Jan. 7 in the county clerk's office. His name was omitted from the list published yesterday. He suc ceeds Mrs. .N'elle Burns. ... Permits Issued McKee Broth ers. Medford. have been issued a building permit to erect a 58,000 residence at 346 Cerritos St., Medford. Fred A. Lewis has been issued a permit to erect a S15.000 residence at 65 Fairoak St.. Medford. and Caulkins Con struction company. Medford. has been issued a permit to erect a S11.000 residence at 340 Lindero St., Medford. D. A. Parker has been issued a permit to erect a S12.000 residence at 1400 South Ivy st., Medford. To Eugene Members of the Jackson county court yesterday traveled to Eugene to inspect some dump trucks which had been proposed for sale to the county. The court opened bids on trucks last month but weather conditions prevented earlier in spection of the vehicles. No de cision on the matter has been made yet, according to Judge Rodney Keating. Accompanying the court were E. L. Cooper, county shop foreman: Ralph Merritt, also employed in the county shops: and Paul Rynning, county engineer. Girls Arrested in Connection With Theft Two 13-year-old Medford girls were arrested Thursday after ad mitting the' theft of several ar ticles valued at S65, from a park ed car, according to city police. Ralph Rudolph Weiss. 621 West 11th st., Medford, reported to police Thursday that a port able blood pressure kit, two pairs of scissors and two henostats were stolen from his car while it was parked at his residence. The girls were released to their parents with instructions to appear before county juvenile authorities, police said. SOUND POLICY Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) J. E. Simpson, a machinist has the answer for half a century of "marital bliss.'' With him, it was ."doing whatever my wife wanted me to do." Hot Fresh Baked Piin Pin. Hot bub bling tomato i a u c with melted imported cheese. -Parking at Oakdale - 9738 afiZS) Obituaries MRS. CHARLES ANDERSON Mrs. Chares E. Anderson, 70, formerly of Medford, died in San ! Rafael. Calif., Dec. 19. after a long illness. ' Mrs. Anderson is survived by her husband. Charles E. Ander i son: two daughters. Juanita Wil I lard, and Agnas M. DeBenedetti: i a son, Emery Jack Pull, eight ' granchildren, all of the San ! Francisco Bay area, and a neph : ew. Lees VanAusdall, Medford. Funeral services were held Dec. 19 in San Rafael. CHARLES BUCHER j Funeral services for Charles Alfred Bucher. of 414 Haven St., w ho died in a local hospital Wed nesday, will be held at 10:30 a.m. ; Monday in Chapel Mortuary, with the Rev. 'Villiam C. Piper, pastor of the First Christian ; church, officiating. Interment ! will be in Siskiyou Memorial I park. i Pall bearers will be J. D. : Wood, F. M. Pickell, G. R. Cox, ' Raymond Palm, R. S. Hinman, : and T. H. Ness. Honorary pall bearers will be V. W. Hammond, C. C. Haggard, A. R. LeaviU. j L. E. Duff, J. A. McDougal, and I Ray Lenox. ! The body will lie in state at ! the mortuary Saturday and Sun day. Those wishing to do so may either send flowers for the serv ice, or make a contribution to the Heart Fund, in care of the local postmaster. Mr. Bucher, the son of John son and Mary McCreay Bucher, was born in DeSoto. Mo., on Sept.' 19. 1899. He came to Med ford 17 years ago. and since that time has been an employee of the California-Oregon Power company. He was a veteran of World War II, having served as Navy Yeoman. He was also a member of Granite lodge No. 272. AF&AM in Sedalia, Mo. On Feb. 10, 1945, he was married at Las Vegas, Nev., to Ila Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Walker, Medford. who survives. Other survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Mary Louise Smith, Las Vegas, and one son in military service, Charles A. Bucher Jr.. now sta tioned at Pearl City, Oahu, T.H. MILAS GALLIHER Milas Sherman Galliher, 87, a resident of Medford and father of Mrs. J. Vern Shanele died last night in Dot. -'as. Ariz., where he had been visiting. Fun eral services will be held in Med ford next week. Chapel. Mortu ary is in charge of arrangements. JACK E. HEFFELFINGER . Funeral services for Jack Ed ward Heffelfinger. 39, of Eagle Point, who died Monday, will be held in Conger-Morris chapel at 1 p.m. Monday. Elder John D. Trude of the Seventh Day Ad ventist church will, officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Heffelfinger was born June 15, 1917. in Pennsylvania. On Sept. 4, 1949. in Reno. Nev., he was married to Pearl Dukes, who survives. Other survivors include par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heffel finger, Los Angeles. Calif.; and brother Roy Heffelfinger Jr., Fairfield, Maine. ALBERT CUMMINGS Services for Albert C. Cum mings, 69, who died Thursday, will be read by a Christian Sci entist in Ashland Mortuary chapel Monday at 10:30 a.m. Committal will be in Mountain View cemetery, Ashland. Mr. Cummings was born Dec. 15, 1887, in Minnesota. On Dec. 9. 1914, in Kasson, Minn., he was married to Ella F. Smith, who survives. After his marriage, he moved to Wisconsin, and in 1918 to Montana, in 1920 he moved to Medford, and then in 1928 went to Klamath Falls, where he operated a taxidermy shop until 1950. when he moved to Ashland, where was living zt the time of his death. Mr. Cummings was a member of the Iraak Walton League, the Medford Art Society, and the Degree of Honor lodge. Surving besides his wife are two sons, J. D. Cummings, Al bany. Ore.; and Melvin S. Cum mings, Salem. Ore.: a daughter. Mrs. Beth Dennis. Flagstaff. Ariz.; two sisters. Mrs. Hazel Larson and Mrs. Frank Strong, both of Los Angeles, Calif.; and four grandchildren. HAROLD C. MILLER The body of Harold C. Miller. 58. of Camp White, who died Wednesday, is being forwarded today by Conger-Morris Funeral home to Ketchikan. Alaska, for services and interment. Mr. Miller was born April 10. 1898. in Rock Island. III. He was a veteran of World War I serv ing from Oct. 1. 1918. until Dec. 10. 1918. and receiving his dis charge at Lincoln Memorial uni versity. Tenn. Survivors include his w-ife Mil dred: and a brother. Allen Miller, Rock Island. 111. In Portland, It'l tht DANMOORE HOTEL A Home Away from Home. All rooms remodeled and refurnished . . Free Garage. Free T.V.' in most rooms. Faulty Mechanism ; Blamed for Death A faulty mechanism in a 12 j gauge shotgun was blamed for j : the fatal wounding Thursday of : LeRoy Victor Krieger, 38, Al j bany, who died in Rogue Valley hospital at 11 a.m.. less than an hour after the gun discharged as he was moving it in his car at 502 King st., according to : J sheriff's deputies. j Chief Deputy Joe Walsh de-1 scribed the defect in the gun as i a condition giving the appear Unce that the weapon was un 1 loaded. ! Officers said Krieger had been i hunting with friends on Wednes i day. Investigation showed the ! gun had been double checked to make sure it was not loaded when it was placed in a cloth case and into a car. Krieger was loading his car in preparation for returning with his family to Albany. Krieger, his wife and children had been visiting at the George Haas residence when the accident occurred. According to the report, Krie ger was moving the gun to make room for suitcases in the rear of the car when the gun dis charged, wounding him in the abdomen. Walsh said the safety mechanism on the gun had ap parently been accidently releas ed before the gun was placed in the car. Krieger fell against the car seat, which moved foreward against the car horn. Kriegers wife, Everal, heard the horn and went to the car where she found her husband wounded. He was taken to the hospital by Medford Ambulance service about 10:45 a.m. City, county and state police officers partici pated in the investigation-. City March of Dimes Appointments Made Dick Knight. Medford March of Dimes chairman, today an nounced two appointments for the January fund-raising cam paign to combat polio. Knight has named Dr. Eugene Meyerding as chairman of spec ial events. It will be Dr. Meyer ding's job to coordinate all spec ial events in the city and groups wishing to sponsor fund-raising projects are asked to contact him to avoid conflicting dales, Knight said. Mrs. Gene Neff, 847 Sunrise st., has been named Medford chairman of the Jan. 31 Mothers' March. Mrs. Neff has asked any one wishing to assist her in the one-night campaign to call her at 2-2809. DANCE New Year's Eve SAMS VALLEY GRANGE HATS HOT DOGS HORNS BIG NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE Monday Night! Rogue Valley Ballroom SATURDAY NIGHT dDAsns EAGLE POINT 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 - 75 tetters Found Scattered in Yard About 75 letters, most of which were Christmas cards, were found opened and discard ed in the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company pole yard at McAndrews rd. and Summit ave., according to Medford police. The letters were found about 8 a.m. Wednesday by Ancel L. Rosecrans, route 1. box 308, Central Point. Police said the letters apparently were taken by juveniles looking for money. Several checks found among the mail were untouched, officers reported. Postmaster Moore Hamilton said the mail was taken from a string of mail boxes of resi dences on McAndrews rd.. Sum mit ave., Bens lane, Posse lane and Pinecroft rd. All letters found in the pole yard were re turned to the owners, he added. The post office inspection service and city police are inves tigating the mail theft, it was reported. DAILY WEATHER REPORT r'OKKC ASTft Medford and vicinity: Clear above 2.0U0 leet mean sea level. 'og con tinuing in lower valley ihrougn Sat urday. Shht chance ot partial clear ing Saturday alternoon. Lows tonight 22 in tog, 20 out of log. Highs Sat urday 35 in fog areas, 50-60 above. Western Oregon: Fair and mild along coast but continued foggy cloudy and cool in interior va!les through Saturday. Lows 22-28 in in tenor. 32-40 on coast. Highs Satur day 32-38 in fog area. 50-60 along coast. Northern California: Clear tonight. Saturday and probably Sunday. Little temperature ch.nge. LOCAL .TA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 26: below normal 11. Record high this date 1 in 1937 Record low this date 16 in 1930 PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night 0. Midnight td 10 a.m. 0. Total this month 232 in., .45 in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1 8 76 in.. 1.76 in. above normjl. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 92 highest this a m. 100cc.. High 4 :3 0 24 Clty Yester- a.m. hr. 1 day- lo w Prrc. Brooking 60 40 Crater Lake 58 30 Grants Pass 32 26 .01 Klamath Falls 41 IS MEDFORD 2 23 Portland .. 45 28 Seattle 40 33 Spokane 30 23 akima 28 26 trace Eureka 51 40 Red Bluff 69 - 28 Sacrambento . 55 32 San Francisco 62 37 Los Angeles "B 49 Phoenix 70 37 Denver 60 25 Chicago 42 32 .08 Miami 68 54 New York 41 37 Washington. D. C 41 33 2 FIVE PAY FORECAST (Through Wednesday, Jan. 2): Western Oregon-Western Washing ton Little or no precipitation through Wednesday. Mild on coa&t but cool with considerable fog or low clouds in interior valles. Temperatures near or slightly below normal. Highs 44-54 on coast, 34-44 in interior. Lows 30-38. Northern California Possibility of rain extreme north lat in period, otherwise no precipitation. High temperatures above normal, lows be low normal. Featuring th. COKER FAMILY Friday, Dtcemlxr 28, 195S Pear Prices Portland U.R Oregon Comic standard box 5.50-6; An- j jous fancy W&P box 4.75-5, lugs I wrapped 3.25-3.50. ! PORTLAND PRODUCE j Portland (U P.) Eggs To retail- f ers: Grade AA large, o0-51c; A large. 47-48c: A A medium. 45-47C: A med ium. 44-4tic: A small, 37-38c, carton, l-:ic additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade print.. 70-71c lb: cartons. 71 -82c; A prints. 70-7lc: B prints, 6R-69c. Cheese Medium cured To retail ers: A grade cheddar, single daisies, 45';. 52c: 5.1b. loaves. 51,.--57c; pro cessed American cheese. 5-lb. loaf. 41;j-44c. Farm Markrt Solid heads of Yuma. Ariz . lettuce today: 50 lb. baskets of Calif, aweel potatoes sold up to 6-50-6 75. Poultry. Rabbits Live Chicken Quoted growers N". 1 quality, f .o b. Portland!: Fryers. 2'2-4 lbs.. 17c lb.: light hens, too lew transactions for Portland pnee: 10-1 lc lb at ranch: heavy hens. 3 lbs. up, not enough trading for Portland price; at country, 13-14c lb.; old roosters. 7-9c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 31-35c lb.; cut up. 35-41C. hens, lisnt type, cut. 34-37c: heavy type, whole drawn. 37-4 lc lb. Turkeys To producers: Frer tur. keys, live weight. 27-28c lb.; young A grade turkey hens. 35-36C on an eviscerated basis; young toms, 34-35c lb., up to 26 lbs., l-2c premium over this v. eight. Dressed Turkeys To retailer: A grade hens. 45-48c lb.; eviscerated; A grade toms, to 24 lbs., 44-4bc lb.; over 24 lbs.. 46-52c lb. Kabbits (Average to growers fob. killing plantsi: Live white. 3'-5 lbs. f.o b. dressing plants. Portland. 21-24c; colored pelts. 4c under; old does. 10-12c lb., a few- higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailer. 56-5SC lb.; cut up, t0-ti3c. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland iL'P.t Cattle for veek 725. Mifih-good 1095 lb. steers Mrm. ti;ty 19 50. standard and good on the close 18.50: canner.cutter cows 7-10. 5u; utlity bulls 13 50-15.50, early 16 00; light cutter bulls 10-14. Calves tor week 100. Good choice vealers 20-26. one 26 50; standard 13 50-aJO: good and choice calves Mon dav 15-16. Hors ior week 1175. U.S. 1 and 2 (trade 190-220 lbs. 19.25-18 50; mixed Kraae 18.5U-1H.00; sorted off No. 3 18.25: sows 300-50 lbs. 13-17. Sheep for week 300. Good and choice 80-1 12 lb. wooled slaughter lambs 17-18, mostlv choice 18.50 18.75. Utility and low-good slaughter lamb. 15.50-16.50; cull to good slaughter ewes 2-5. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Wholesale Hav Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa baled f o.b. Portland. $34-35 Wholesale Prices as reported by the CSDA market, news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white. $84 a ton; No. 2 white oats. 38-lb West Coast delivery, S57; No. 2 Valley white oats. S52 ton: soybean meal. S76.50 ton f ob. Portland; barley No. 2, 45-lb. West Coast delivery'. S5 1 -5 1.30; stand ard mill run. prompt delivery, $47-48 ton, i o.b. Portland: No. 2 yellow corn Eastern shipment, f.o.b. Port land. S61. 50-62 ton. ENJOY GENUINE CHARCOAL BROILED FOODS In the CANDLE ROOM it the Medford Hotel TODAY & SAT.! SPECIAL MATINEE SATURDAY 1 :00 P.M. niirr PATCRDWLEV R0SENBLOOM ursr t4, AN'fTA Lr 4,011 it 111 I f i mm J 3 W TaS"UN 5 S C JOARUt ! TECHNICOLOR -S-v- ft MEDFORD (OREGOJO MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN Johnson Enters Local John Fredric Johnson. 20. San Francisco, was confined to Sac red Heart hospital yesterday as a result of chest injuries suffer ed Wednesday in a car accident about four miles north of Siski you lodge on Highway 99. According to state police, the vehicle Johnson was operating collided with another operated by John P. Ketch 20, a Coast Guardsman stationed at Ala meda. Calif. Police said Ketch reported the accident and John son failed to remain at the scene. Johnson, who is stationed at Taeoma. Wash., with the Navy, SATURDAY NIGHTS 9 to t o Beautiful Gold Hill Grange Hall Undo Uu Win Tl Ann IIIU4IW MJ IIW I kVWU Adm. 1.00 Plan to Attend the NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE Mondiy Night ldamc: At Walker's Popular0 DREAMLAND Always a Congenial All Yevr Favorite Tunes The Man lean tiful Hall in fco. Orefn and the est Westers Band in the Pa cific Northwest with the . . Eflelody Wranglers At the JACKSONVILLE . COMMUNITY HALL Big New Year's 'Eve Dane - Monday! featuring Melody Wranglers At the JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY WALL Milillllllili fl TONIGHT tr SATURDAY0 DOORS OPEN 6:30 P.M. " OPERATION "SHARK-BUSTIC'l U. J. Navy's scientific fight against Slllt. mumppmmcAm TECHNICOLOR q STAftfflMC VICTOR MATURE KAREN STEELE Q Jartres OLSON Philip COOLIOGE Narration by CHARLES C0U.INGW00D q O TERRIFIC HUGH MARLOW THE BLACK WHIP" Hospital for Injury was lodged Hi the county jail in I lieu of S200 Jjail for failure to istop at the scene of an accident. ! He "was arraigne in district court Thursdavy morning and his lease was continued. He vyll ap ! pear in court after beins releas ed from the hospital. His con dition is described as ,'?arr." I MORE OWNERS New York (U.R) General Electric Co. hare-owners have I increased at the fate of about j 500 a week in the past year. I More than 50.000 of he share- owners are company employees, ' G.E said. nd the RHYTHM MASTERS featuring; sonjts bP Linda, Elaine and I.ea Everyone Welcomed EEYERYo SAT. NITE (3 Crowd CO o O Good ModerncMusic Played by Request O CL DEC. 29 3; V O o o the terrir of the seasl . j PLUS ACTION HIT! o COLEEN GRAY In WSJ m I 7 r I O o ,
