Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 06, 1957, Image 13

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    Local and
Motor Hit Walter Warren
drive, reported to city police
Friday afternoon that he hit a
parking meter on South Central
ave., between Eighth and Ninth
sts.
Clasios to Start West Coast
Lumber Inspection bureau will
resume its grading school class
es in the Phoenix Community
hall Thursday, Jan. 10, it was
reported Saturday.
Bikes Found City police
officers reported finding two
abandoned bicycles Friday. One
was found in the afternoon at
the rear of 121 King st and the
other was found in the evening
at Lindley and Jackson sts.
Seriously 111 Mrs. Eudora
Morris, 86, of 520 West Jackson
t., is reported seriously ill at
her home. She is being cared
for by two nurses, Mrs. Hazel
Moxan and Mrs. Nina Chandler.
Mrs. Morris is the oldest mem
ber of the Sojourners club.
.
Dog Found Steve Harbert,
1509 East Main St., reported to
city police Friday that he had
found a full-grrwn male Collie
dog with Ncbrjska dog tag and
rabies tag. He is keeping it at
his home until it is claimed, of
ficers reported.
Minor Accident Richard
Dean Glenn, 304 North Holly st.,
and Dale Lawrence Miller, 1317
Mt. Pitt ave., were motorists in
volved in a minor collision Sat
urday morning at Eighth and
Ivy sts. There were no injuries
and no citations were issued, ac
cording to citv police.
Student Return Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Croskrpy and children,
Robby and Kathy, returned to
their home at Cheney, Wash.,
after spending the Christmas va
cation at the home of Bob's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Crosk
rey, 608 South Central ave. Bob
is a member of the graduating
class of Eastern College of Ed
ucation at Cheney. Also home
for the holidays was Roy, the
Croskrey's younger son. Roy is
a member of the junior class of
Northwest Nazarene college,
Nampa. Idaho.
Drivers Cited Two drivers
were cited by state police yes
terday for following too close
after three cars collided on High
way 99 north of Rogue River
Friday afternoon. According to
police, Edward William Fleck,
Eureka, had stopped his car be
hind a school bus. A vehicle op
erated by Donald McCoy, 19,
Grants Pass, struck Fleck's car
and a pick-up truck operated by
Glenn Clark, Grants Pass, struck
McCoy's car. McCoy and Clark
received the citations. Mrs. Ed
ward Fleck, passenger in the
first car, was released from
Grants Pass hospital following
examination for possible injur
ies. Mill f i SA
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Personal
Word Received Mrs. Fred
Lawrence received word last
week of the death of her sister,
Mrs. John Schmitt, in Owcgo,
N.Y., Dec. 30.
Commander Dies Roy L.
Antrim, Aloha, Ore., commander
of the Department of Oregon
Spanish American War veterans,
died at the veteran's hospital in
Portland Jan. 2. Funeral servic
es were held Friday.
Youth Arrested A 13-year-old
Medford boy was arrested by
city police Friday after he re
portedly attempted to steal a bi
cycle from the back of the First
Presbyterian church. 45 South
Holly st: Officers said the youth
was released to his parents and
is scheduled to appear before
ju.-enile authorities Wednesday.
Collision Reported Augusta
Glover Pabgham, post office box
294. and Emma Pearl Sterett.
route 1 box 48, were" motorists
involved in a collision on West
Main St., between Fir and Front
sts., Friday afternoon. City po
lice said there were no injuries
and no citations were issued.
Driver Cited George Hat-
ler Robertson. 868 Gilman rd.,
was cited for following too close
Friday after his vehicle collided
with another operated by Fran
cis LaVerne Harper, 2385 Find
ley lane, according to city po
lice. The collision occurred on
South Riverside ave., between
Eighth and Ninth sts.
Business Name Oscar T.
Heyerman, William J. Miller,
Otto R. Emig. Roland M. Mayer
an" John T. Brandenburg have
released the assumed business
name. Medford Clinic, according
to records in the county clerk's
office. Oscar T. Heyerman. Wil
liam J. Miller. Roland M. Mayer
and John T. Brandenburg have
assumed the name, Medford
Clinic.
Russia Signs Treaty
Protecting Treasurers
Paris IU.R) Russia added
its name Saturday to the list of
United Nations countries bound
by a treaty providing for protec
tion of cultural treasures in time
of war.
The accord, already ratified
by eight countries, was adopted
at the Hague in May, 1954. It
binds contracting nations to safe
guard artistic and cultural trea
sures located on their own soil
or in other signing nations. It
especially bars signatories from
making off with treasures of oc
cupied countries.
News About
Servicemen
IN SAN DIEGO
Marine Pfc. John E. Huffman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Huff
man, Eagle Point, and Raymind
L. Young, seaman apprentice
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mil
dred Young, Medford, arrived
at San Diego, Calif., last month
aboard the attack aircraft car
rier USS Lexington after seven
months in the Far East.
During the cruise the ship
visited Pearl Harbor. Japan,
Okinawa and Hong Kong.
GIVES PARTIES .
Army Specialist Third Class
Kenneth W. McKemie, 22, son
of W. fi. McKemie, 1013 W.
Main St., Medford, recently
helped his unit give Christmas
parties for an orphanage, an old
people's home and a children's
hospital in Germany.
A personnel administrative
specialist in the 95th engineer
battalion's headquarters and
service company. Specialist Mc
Kemie entered the Army in
October, 1955. He arrived in
Europe last April.
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LUNCH
SERVED AT OUR STORE
11:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.
and Served" by West Sid
Extension Unit
Dr. Hashemof Egypt
Sets Medford Visit
Dr. Nagib, Hashem, under
secretary for the ministry of edu
cation in Egypt, will speak in
Medford Monday, January 14.
Dr. Hashem's appearance here
will be jointly sponsored by Med
ford chapter, Oregon United
Nations association, and Medford
League of Women Voters.
A distinguished educator and
administrator. Dr. Hashem
speaks English fluently, it is
said. Since Egypt has been much
in the headlines in recent weeks,
his appearance here is particu
larly timely.
Obituaries
MRS. CAROLINE (CAL)
THOMASON
Funeral services for Mrs.
Caroline (Cal) Thomason, 83,
Butte Falls, who died Thursday,
will be held in Conger-Morris
chapel Tuesday at 10 a.m. The
Rev. Howard Simmonds of the
Butte Falls Community church
will officiate. Committal will
be in Central Point cemetery.
Pallbearers will include Earn
est Smith, Robert Edmondson,
Lewis Wilkins, Corbett Smith,
Elmo Ellefson and Glen Cathey.
Mrs. Thomason was born Feb.
26, 1873 in Putman county, Mo.
She crossed the plains from MV
souri by covered wagon in 1873
with her parents, the late Frank
and Tobitha Tungate. They
lived for a short while in Link
ville now known as Klamath
Falls. They later homesteaded six
miles above Butte Falls. She was
married to Emanuel Poole in
1898 and he preceded her in
death in 1909.
Survivors include a son, F. E.
Poole, Butte Falls: daughter.
Mrs. Lester Ellis. Butte Falls;
brother, Jasper Tungate. Med
ford: 13 grandchildren; 15 great
grandchildren and two great
great grandsons.
A. RALPH DOTY
Services for A. Ralph Doty,
48. Medford. who died Friday
will be read by a Christian Scien
tist in Conger-Morris chapel
Monday at 3:30 p.m. Private com
mittal will be in Siskiyou Me
morial park.
Mr. Doty was born Nov. 18,
1908, in Sunrise, Wyo. On Aug.
7. 1930, in Loveland. Colo., he
was married to Dorothy May
Dabney, who survives. He was a
member of the Medford B.P.O.
Elks for the past five years and
has lived in Medford since 1943.
Other survivors include two
daughters, Mrs. Anna Lou
Marrs, at home, and Mrs. Lewis
Ripperger. Roseburg, and two
granddaughters.
MRS. LOTTIE MAY KNORR
Th hndv of Mrs. Lottie May
Knorr, 73, of 103 Mistletoe,
MorifnH who Hied earlv Sat
urday morning, was forwarded
by Conger-Morns funeral home
to Redmond for services ana in
terment.
Mrs. Knorr was born Feb. 11,
1883 in Iowa. On April 15. 1899
in Mairh So Dak., she was
married to Robert L. Knorr, who
survives.
Mrs. Knorr was a charter
momhpr nf the Terrebonn
Grange and a member of the
Rebekah lodge.
Hthor enrvivnrs include two
daughters. Mrs. William Ryan,
Medford; Mrs. Doris Doty, Red
mond; three sons. Marvel uui-
fv' T.onn KnnrT and Flovd Dale.
m.j - . . --
both of Redmond, and Robert
Ray, Terrebonn, Ore.; one bro
ther T.eRnv Hallev. Portland:
one sister, Mrs. Haliver Tenny
son, tjuinn, &o. uaK.: eigni
grandchildren, six great grand
children and several nieces and
nephews. Another son, Lester
Cole Knorr, preceded her in
death on Dec. 6, 1951.
RICHARD L. FROST
Mr. Richard L. Frost, Jack
sonville, died Thursday at his
home.
Conger-Morris funeral home
is in charge of funeral arrange
ments. MRS. MABEL WOLFE
Mrs. Mabel Wolfe of 415 G.
st., Phoenix, died Saturday mor
ning at her home.
Conger-Morris funeral home
is in charge of funeral arrange
ments. DENNIS MARVIN McDANNEL
Dennis Marvin McDannel. 86.
of 509 Beatty st., Medford, died
in a local hospital Jan. 3.
Mr. McDannel was born in
Iowa, Jan. 3, 1870. He has
lived in this community for 40
vears and was a member of the
Medford I.O.O.F. lodge.
Mr. McDannel is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Carrie McDannel,
Medford. one step-daughter, Mrs
Elmer Fidler, Portland, and one
nephew, Dale McDannel. Salem.
It has been requested that
friends refrain from calling Mrs.
McDannel.
Funeral services will be held
at the Perl Funeral home Tues
day at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Raymond E.
Balcomb of the First Methodist
church will officiate. Interment
will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery
and the Medford I.O.O.F. lodge
will be in charge of the grave
side services.
CARD OF THANKS
Our heartfelt thanks to all who
extended comforting sympathy and
help in our recent sorrow. For the
beautiful service, floral 0''ferings. and
other kindnesses, we are Leeply grate
ful. Kritgor Tvruly.
HILTS
Friends Visit Ward Home
By MRS. M., F. CAVIN
Hilts Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Cone of Quincy were recent
overnight guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Daman ard
and family. They also visited
with Frank vVard of Horn-
brook. The Cones' are old
friends of the Ward family,
both having worked for the
Red River Lumber co. at West-
I wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayris
spent Christmas at the homes
of their wo daughters and fam
ilies. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Sletten
in Medford, and Mr. and Mrs.
B. E. Brown of Gold Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Orvis Rider
spent two weeks in southern
Truck Driver Killed
In Portland Crash
Portland (U.R Charles
W.Warner, 46-year-old truck dri
ver, was fatally injured late Fri
day when his heavy truck crash
ed into a utility pole and he was
pinned in the cab of his truck
at the intersection of NE 82nd
Ave. and Tillamook St.
Warner was pronounced dead
on arrival at Providence hospit
al. It was Portland's first traffic
fatality for 1957.
Witnesses said a pedestrian
had pushed a signal to get a
green light to cross the street
Warner apparently was unable
to stop in time. When he slam
med on his brakes, a tractor on
the back of his truck smashed
forward against the cab.
Werner was employed by the
Mitchell Brothers Truck Lines.
Bend Resident Dies
Of Crash Injuries
Portland (U.R) Hubert W
Pickens, 67-year-old Bend resi
dent, died in a Portland hospital
Saturday as a result of an auto
accident Thursday on Highway
26, three miles east of Govern
ment Camp.
Pickens suffered severe head
injuries, exposure and shock
when the car in which he was
riding struck ice, skidded over
an embankment and overturned
in a shallow stream.
Both men nearly drowned be
fore Dean A. Norton Sr., Bend.,
driver of the car, escaped and
summoned help.
Marines Rushed to
Indonesia Territory
Jakarta, Indonesia (U.R)
The worried Indonesia govern
ment rushed five planeloads of
Marines to North Sumatra Sat
urday in an effort to recapture
control of the territory from
Army rebels.
A seven-day ultimatum to sur
render or face charges of deser
tion, issued to Rebel Col. Malu
din Simbolon and his followers,
ticked off at midnight. The heavily-armed
Marines were immed
iately rushed to Belawan, har
bor of the North Sumatra prov
incial capital of Medan. ,
Medan Radio said Simbolon
refused to obey the summons
unless it was issued directly by
President Sukarno.
South Vietnamese
Ship Sinks; 16 Dead
Saigon, Vietnam (U.PJ A
refitted South Vietnamese trans
port ship sank on its maiden
voyage with the apparent loss of
16 lives, it was reported Sat
urday. The 50-ton Vo Van II, a form
er customs ship reconditioned as
a coastal freighter, was making
its first voyage along Vietnam's
eastern coast when it ran into a
sudden storm.
Giant waves pounded the
small vessel off Phan Theirt
lighthouse about 120 miles north
east of Saigon and the ship went
down.
470,000 Mexicans May
Work in U. 5. This Year
Mexico City (U.R) The
office of migrant workers said
Saturday between 460,000 and
470,000 Mexican "Braceros"
will work on Uryted States
farms this year.
The 1956 total was 432,618,
according to the latest figures
of the migrant workers office,
a bureau of the interior minis
try. The office did not say what
was the basis for their increased
estimate for 1957. but indicated
that cotton farmers and others
needing "Braceros" in the south-;
western United States will prob-;
ably increase land under culti
vation.
Complaint Filed Against
Italian Candy Company
Milan, Italy U.R) Lawyers
for former Egyptian King Fa
rouk filed a complaint here Sat
urday charging that a candy
firm in nearby Melzo launched a
new candy under the label "Fa
ruk." The lawyers asked for dam
ages, to be fixed by the local
tribunal, and for the immediate
withdrawal of the candies on
sale under that label.
California visiting with their
two daughters and their fam
ilies. While here they visited
Disneyland.
Miss Mary Lee Rutledge of
Hornbrook was an overnight
guest of Miss Cheryl Smith
Sunday night. Miss Smith had
been home from Chico Stale
college for the holidays.
Guests Christmas eve at the
L. A. McCullough home in
Medford were Mr. and Mrs.
Donivan Ward, daughters Di
ane and Gayle, Mike Nunes of
Hilts and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
De Voe and son Bobby. De Voe
had just arrived from Marcn
Air Base a Riverside after serv
ing four years in the Air Force.
Frank Ward of Hornbrook was
also there.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Williams
spent the Christmas holidays
at their daughter ! home . in
Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Johnson
drove to Duck lake to search
for arrowheads one day last
week.
The Duke and Duchess club
held a dance New Years night
at the clubhouse. Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Shuck were chaperones.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. McCul
lough and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
De Voe and son Bobby were
New Year's day dinner guests
at he Donivan Ward home.
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. King and
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dettniar
were dinner guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayris
on New Year's day.
Mr. and Mrs. Donivan Ward
and family had dinner Christ
mas day at the home of Mrs.
Ward's parets, Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Elmore in Hornbrook.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Covert and
children were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Dittmar several
days last week. Covert is' em
ployed by he California High
way Patrol and resides in Mer
ced. He is Mrs. Dettmar's son.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hauser
of Portland called at the home
of J. R. Smith and family re
cently. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stick
ney of Medford were dinner
guests at the Victor Van De
Wegle home on Christmas day.
H. R. Thompson left 'Satur
day morning for Sacramento to
bring home his wife and daugh
er, who had been visiting rela
tives there. They returned
home Monday evening. On New
Year's day they were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. F.
Cavin and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Nve Bernhiesel
of Medford were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Ozzie Bern
hiesel New Year's day.
Mrs. Pamela Clark of Yreka
visited at the Ted Rose home
on Wednesday. Her daughter,
Jackie has been a guest there
for the past week.
Dinner guests at the Orvil
Grien home on New Year's
day were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Dragoo and children and Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Oakley and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jackson
of. Eureka and Bob James of
Ashland were Sunday callers
at the J. R. Smith home.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lange
and children of Eugene were
recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Vic Van De Weghe.
A skating party wag held
Saturday night in Ashland by
the Duke and Duchess club.
After skating some of the mem
bers attended he double fea
ture at the Varsity theater.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Span
aus spent the Christmas holi
days in Oroville with their son
Mr. and Mrs. William Spannaus
and family and in Redding
with their daughter and Mrs.
Harold McFerrin and family.
They returned home Christmas
night.
On Thursday they were din
ner guests at the home of Mrs.
Rena McNair in Ashland. Oth
er guests were Mrs. Audrey
Rease, James McNair, and Mr.
and Mrs. Orrin Avent. of
Theodore, Ala.
On Friday evening Mr. and
Mrs. Spannaus accompanied
Mrs. Rease and Mr. and ,Mrt.
Avent to Redding, where they
met their brother and his wife
of Oakland.
HOUSE of
North of
Gold Hill
AT
On Display One of the West's Finest
Collections of Gold Dust and Nuggets
Winter Hours 9 to 5
Closed Mondays During Winter Months
Under Founder's Management Since 1930
Sunday, January 6, 1S57
Skelf on Expresses
Thanks for Sympathy
Hollywood (U.R) Heart
broken Red Skelton Saturday
thanked hundreds of people who
offered sympathy and prayers
for the comedian's leukemia
stricken son, Richard. 9.
The saddened comic was in se
clusion at his home where he
and his wife, Georgia, awaited
Richard's release from UCLA
Medical center. His thanks was
expressed through his agent.
"Red is beside himself and so
broken up he can't talk," agent
Milton Weiss said.
Doctors at the center gave
young Skelton less than a year
to live after tests made in the
last few days disclosed that he
was suffering from a fatal type
of leukemia.
. Faced with the verdict, Weiss
said the comedian still refused
to give up hope for the eventual
recovery of his son. He quoted
Skelton as saying, "I'll never
give up hope."
Freight Car Holds
Up Railroad Traffic
Knoxville. Tenn. (U.R) A
single car of a Louisville and
Nashville freight train derailed
near here Friday, stalling traf
fic on the Cincinnati-Atlanta line
for more than 12 hours.
An L&N wrecker which at
tempted to move the car off the
tracks overturned 'and injured
Dave Turner, 58, of Corbin, Ky.
No one else was hurt.
Turner's condition was listed
as "satisfactory" - at Knoxville
Hospital where he was treated
for arm injuries.
A railway official said the 100
car freight was traveling from
Corbin to Knoxville when the ac
cident occurred some eight miles
north of Knoxville.
Two AF Officers Die
After Trainer Crash j
George Air Force Base, Calif. j
(U.R) Two Air Force officers ;
died Saturday when their T33 !
Lockheed jet trainer caught fire !
and exploded while 500 feet over i
this southern California air base.
The Air Force said the men
were awaiting landing instruc
tions at the time of the fire. The
main part of the jet struck two
C119 flying boxcars igniting and
destroying one and inflicting
minor damage on the other.
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BEGINS MONDAY, JAN. 14
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