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Music Association Hears Lyric Tenor Tuesday Night By H. D. WERNER Cesare Valletta, lyric tenor, ang last night for the members of the Civic Music association at the Medford High school aud itorium. And such singing as has very seldom been heard hereabouts for many a moon. From his first offering by Handel to his final encore, the auditorium was bath ed in lovely tone, effortlessly produced and consummately pre sented. Effortless Singing Hi Italian group by Sarti and Scarlatti ' were examples of pure tonal production by com posers who knew the human singing voice. The lieder of Schumann, in German a dif ficult language to sing, were In the French songs of Faure", Debussy and Poulenc we were regaled with many facets of his interpretive art ranging through tenderness, sadness, defeat and nostalgia. Final Group The final group by Hageman, Dello Joio and Watts were in English and all understandable. We prefer Purcell's music "There is a Lady Sweet and Kind" to the one of Joip. But the high point of the eve ning came when Vailetti sang "II Mio Tesoro" from Mozart's Don Giovanni, as an encore. This was singing of the purest kind. Supreme breath control, agility, phrasing and exquisite taste. Mozart, himself a stickler for taste, would have been most pleased. The audience felt it Obituaries sung most effortlessly. There island responded heartily. MR. WINIFIELD A. PLUMMER Funeral services for Winifield Alton Plummer, of Phoenix who died Saturday will be held in Conger-Morris Chapel FriSay at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Sherman Moore of the Pilgrim Holiness Church i will officiate. Committal will be in IOOF cemetery. Mr. Plummer was born July 25th, 1905 at DeQuiney, Louisi ana. On June 12, 1937 in Butte, Montana he was married to Clair Dent who survives. Other survivors include a son, Norman Plummer at home: three daughters. Alice and Ly dia at home: and Mrs. Janet Sletten. Tacoma, Wash.: three sisters. Mrs. Fred Herring, Kill een. Texas: Mrs. Orville Mc Gowan. Missoula, Montana and Mrs. Fred Williams. Edmonton, Alberta. Can.: father. Wilds Plummer, Jacksonville and a J grandson, David. AT&T Features Strong Stock Market Activity New York U.R) American i steel group moved ahead frac Telephone, the most widely held tions to more than three points stock in the nation, featured a strong, moderately active stock market today. Telephone ran up more than two points on large volume. , Elsewhere the market was buoyed by strength and activity in the steel issues where Beth lehem gained three points and U.S. Steel featured the market in turnover. Big steel raised its dividend Tuesday and reported record fourth quarter earnings. The other members of the a temptation in German singing to shout and bark but Vailetti is too great an artist to succumb to it. Never did he descend from his high level of tonal coloring and artistic phrasing. The beautiful aria from L'Ar lesiana by Cilea was a most happy choice, in which Vailetti displayed genuine dramatic ability. A most beautiful voice, a great singer, a magnificent art ist has brought to us again the "golden age of song." The accompanying by Henry Holt at the piano was of the same high order as the tenor's singing. He was always at one with the artist and always sup ported him most sympathetically. Local and Personal Chimney Bias Firemen re ported no damage from a flue fire about 6:55 p.m. yesterday at the home of Mrs. Matilda Losey, 555 Midway rd. Patienli Convalescing at Rogue Valley hospital after sur gery are Mrs. William Aveline. Klamath Falls, and Lloyd Sar gent, Grants Pass. Grandson Born Mr. and Mrs John Dunn, Fecllands, Calif., are the parents of a boy, Kelly Mi chael, born Jan. 28, in the Red- . lands Community hospital. The baby weighed 64 'pounds.-Mrs. Dunn is the former Miss Joy Finch, daughter of W. R. Finch, . 794 Waverjy ave., Medford. Improving Burnell Hatch. 619 West Clark street, is con valescing at Sacred Heart hos pital following major surgery performed last Thursday, Mrs. Hatch reported yesterday. Hatch, distributor operator for Jackson county road department, is now able to receive visitors, Mrs. Hatch said. Clinic Open The chest x-ray clinic at Sacred- Heart hospital will be open Thursday between 2 and S p.m.. according to the Jackson County Public Health association which operates the clinic. Dr. A. Erin Merkcl, county health physician, has urged all county residents to have an x-ray once a year. Tonsillectomies Four Chil ' dren are convalescing after ton sillectomies this morning. At Osteopathic hospital are Teresa and Kathleen McKowen, daugh ters of Mrs. Oleta McKcwen, route 3. tjox 460, Grants Pass, and Billie Eastin. 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eastin, Prospect. Samuel Rowden, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rowden, route 2. box 736. Med ford. is convalescing at Rogue Valley hospital. Permits Issued Edward j Branchfield, 120 Stark St.. has been issued a building permit j for a S2.000 remodeling job at j his. residence. Other permits were issued Medford Construc tion company to erect a SI 1.000 residence at 349 Lindero ave., Medford; Watkins Construction company to erect $12,000 resi dences at 325 Lindero ave.. 333 Lindero ave., and 2517 Sandy Terrace, Medford: and D. L. Pickell. 108 Vancouver ave., Medford, to erect a $10,000 res idence at 1524 Whitman st. CARD Or THANKS We wth to thank our many friends nd relatives for their cards, expres sions of sympathy and floral tributes following the death of our beloved mother. Ella Abbot. Your prayers and acts of kindness will long be remem bered. The Abbott family i Orders Issued The fire mar shal issued 21 orders for correc tion of fire hazards Monday and Tuesday after inspecting one public building, three apartment houses and four business occu pancies, it was reported. Groundhog Dinner Eagle Point Grange and home Eco nomics club have planned a Groundhog day dinner for Satur day, Feb. 2, at the Grange hall. A sausage menu will be served from 6 to 9 p.m. and the public is invited to attend. Mrs. Paul Force is chairman of the event. To Spokane Larry. Gants. 1956 graduate of Medford High school and. son of Mr. and Mrs. Reggy Drinkwater, 906 Maple drive, will leave Saturday for Spokane, Wash., where he will take over the position of floor director and film librarian at a television station. Purse Stolen Nancy Faye Eck. 203 North Peach st., Med ford, has reported to city police the theft of her purse from Ar thur Lurline's Ballroom studio, 415 East Main st., Medford. Po lice said the purse was brown tooled leather containing identi fication and $5. Check Returned O. Gordon Hudson, owner of Hudson's' Pharmacy, 613 East Main st., Medford, reported to city police Tuesday a $10 check has- been returned to his store frqm a lo cal bank marked "no account." The check was signed Clarence P. Hearn, Medford. police said. ' Arrest naymonn ftaams is j being neia in iong eeacn, iaiu. for Medford police on a felony warrant charging grand larceny, they reported today. He is wanted on charges of taking about S200 worth of cooking tools from the Medford hotel, 406 West Main St., last Novem ber. Fire Destroys Gas Loading Rack, Trucks Linden, N.J. aU.R A general alarm fire destroyed a loading rack, two fuel trucks and slight ly injured three truck drivers shortly before dawn today at the Socony Mobil Oil Co. here. Firemen confined the blaze to the rack area before it could spread to a huge gasoline stor age tank "5 feet away. Fire officials believed a truck scraping the rack caused a spark which ignited gas fumes. All valves linking the rack and stor age tank were turned off imme diately. Damage was unofficially estimated at S20.000. j CHARLES EEK Charles Eek. 62, of 1033 Alta ; st.. resident of Medford for the ! past 20 years, died at the Veter ans hospital in Portland Mon day. Mr. Eek was born in Oslo, Norway and was a farmer by occupation. He was a veteran of World War I, when he was a member of the Wagoner supply company, 167th infantry. He spent many months overseas and was discharged at Ft. Rus sell. Wyo., on May 17. 1919. He is survived by three sons. James and John Eek, Jackson ville, and Robert Eek, Medford: one daughter, Mrs. Louise Flagg. Medford: one brother. Bierger Eek. Brooklyn, N.Y., and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Perl funeral home Thurs day at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be in the family plot in the Jack sonville cemetery. FRANCIS BENNING HILL Francis Benning Hill, 92, resi dent of Jackson county from 1908 until a few years ago, died Tuesday morning, Jan. 29, in Napa, Calif. Survivors include two sons. Reuben Hill, Napa, Calif., and Dewey Hill, Prospect, and a sis ter. Mrs. Marvin Swift, Napa, Calif. Funeral services are pending at Napa. Repairs Completed on Navy Patrol Bomber Eugene iU.R) Repairs to a Navy patrol bomber which dam aged its hull last week in an at tempted takeoff from Fern Ridge lake near here have been completed, the Navy said today; However, officials said that it would be at least a week before the plane could take off for its base at Whidbey Island, Wash since water in the reservoir was lowered to allow repairs. Panamanian Freighter Sinks Off Japan Coast Tokyo IU.R) A Hong Kong- owned Panamanian freighter loaded with scrap iron struck a coral reef and sank 10 miles off the Japanese coast early today. One Chinese crewman of the 3,982-ton cargo ship Senorita died in a Japanese hospital of injuries suffered in the accident and rescue. The remaining 42 men arrived safely at two ports in Japan. Births Groundhog Dinner MOOSE LODGE Feb.211 Newtown St. PUBLIC INVITED Plenty lots 6 to 8 p.m. Good Entertainment 8 to 10 p.m. Square Dance 10:30 Till Tired Adults, $1.00 Children 50c under 12 VINCENT To Mr. and Mrs David, route 2, box 463, Gold Hill, Jan. 29. 1957, a girl, 6 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. GRENNAN To Mr. and Mrs. Ray, 209 C St., Phoenix, Jan. 30, 1957, a girl, 6 '.2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. JOHNSTON To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, post office box 123, Prospect, Jan. 28, 1957, a boy, 714 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. CAULKINS To Mr. and Mrs. John, 1140 West 10th st., Med ford, Jan. 28, 1957, a boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospi tal. McCULLEY To Mr. and Mrs. William, , 1440 South Ivy St., Medford, Jan. 29. 1957, a boy. I3 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. BALDERSTON To Mr. and Mrs. Glenn, 1304 Orchard Home dr., Medford, Jan. 29, 1957, a boy, S'i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. CROW To Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, 481 Biddle rd., Med ford. Jan. 29. 1957. a boy, 6M pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. PANCAKE SUPPER THURSDAY NIGHT, January 31 NEW DINING ROOM Jacksonville Community Hall All YOU CAN EAT! 5 p.m. to about 10 p.m. Pancakes, Sausage, Ham, Eggs and Coffee Adults $1.00 Children under 12 50c MARCH OF DIMES BENEFIT Sponsored by Jacksonville lions Club BURRILL To Mr. and Mrs. Donald. 2020 Lotus lane, Jan. 28. 1957, a girl, 51? pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. MONTGOMERY To Mr. and Mrs. Dean, Ashland, Jan. 26, 1957, a girl. 6 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. McSWAN To Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm, 2935 Buckshot rd.. Jan. 27, 1957. a girl. 8 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. MUZZIOLI To Mr. and Mrs. Caesar, 517 Newtown ave., Med ford, Jan. 27, 1957. a boy, weight 64 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Variable cloudiness but continued cold tonight. Increasing cloudiness with chance of snow flurries Thursday. Low tonight 20. High Thursday 38. Western Oregon: Increasing and lowering cloudiness today and a few showers of rain and snow mixed. Cloudy tonieht and Thursday with rain in vallevs. Warmer tonight- Low 30-38. Hifih Thursday 40-45. Northern California Fair in south portion tonight. Increasing cloudiness in north portion tonight and in south portion Thursday. Ram on coast from Cape Mendocino northward and snow in northern mountains- Thursday afternoon. LOt h DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 24: below normal 16. Record high his date 63 in 1940. Hecord low this date 13 in 1U30. 1957 PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month 1.70 inch. .65 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 11.46 inches. .79 inch, above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 45e. highest this a.m. 84 '0. City Brookings ... Crater Lake . Grants Pass . MEDFORD ... Portland Seattle .... 25 .... 18 .... 32 .... 25 .... 36 Spokane 9 Yakima 10 Eureka 45 Red Bluff 43 Sacramento - 48 San Francisco 49 Los A ngelcs 4 9 Phoenix 38 Denver '22 Chicago 26 Miami . 77 New York - 37 Washington D C 47 Vesler- a.m. nr. day Low Prec. 32 -5 16 32 28 30 34 43 46 3 8 72 30 .30 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Feb. 4): Western Oregon-Western Washing ton Precipiation amount a little be low normal, occurring mostly Wednes day and Thursday and again over week-end. Rain from .5 o 1.5 inch along coast and along Cascades, .3 to .7 inch in interior valleys. Tempera tures averaging much below normal but with slowly rising trend. Maxi mums 34-40 gradually rising to 40-46 by week end. except 33-43 in inter ior western Washington. Minimums in 20s. climbing to 28-36 by week end. Northern California Recurrent rain with snow in mountains. Tem peratures below normal. in Youngstown Sheet 4c Tube. At the same time the autos staged a little bull market of their own, notably in Chrysler and Ford. General Motors was active and firm. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical .. 91 American Can 414 AT&T 177 Anaconda Copper 6934 Bethlehem Steel 183'4 Caterpillar Corp 913,i Chrysler Corp 66 Contigental Can 54s Crown Zellerbach 53 Curtiss Wright 45"g Du Pont ..184V4 Eastman Kodak 89 General Electric 53Ts General Foods 43'? General Motors i03i Georgia Pacific Unquoted Graham Paige l.b Homestake Mining 357s Kennecott Copper 1114 Lockheed Aircraft '454 Katy Pfd 614 Montsomery Ward 381 New York Central 317s Penney, J. C 7734 Penn RR ZVi Radio Corporation 33Vs Richfield Oil 66 Socony Vacuum Wt Southern Co 223s Southern Pacific 4454 Standard California 47' 2 Standard Indiana 59'4 Sun Mines 734 Texas Gulf 30.-i Tex Pac Land Trust 8s Trans American 3754 Trans West Air 1774 Tri . Continental . 26 Un Carbide 106'i Union Pacific 29 H United Aircraft 8534 UAL 39Vi U S Rubber .. 44V4 U S Steel 64 Vg Youngstown S and T 109 PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland U. P. Epff To retail ers: Grade AA large. 44-46c: A large. 42-44c: A A medium. 40-43c: A me dium. 39 -42c; A small, 35-38c; carton. l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA yrade prints, 69-70c lb.: cartons. 70-71c; A prints. 69-iOc: B prints. 66-68c. Cheese Medium cured: To retail ers: A grade Cheddar, sincle daisies. 43,7-32c: .Vlb. loaves. Sl'2-57c; pro cessed American cheese. 5 lb. loaf. 41 '2-44c. Wednesday, January 30, 1357 MEDFORD (OREGON) KAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Eisenhowers Host High Court Members Washington U.R) Presi dent and Mrs. Eisenhower enter tained at a formal dinner in the White House Tuesday night, in honor of Chief Justice and Mrs. Earl Warren and members of the Supreme court. It was the first such state din ner since early 1955. The social season schedule of dinners was cancelled last year because Mr. Eisenhower was recovering from his September, 1955, heart at tack. The Eisenhowers Invited 59 guests to join them in the stately White House dining room for dinner at 8 o'clock. After dinner, the guests adjourned to the east room for a musicale of songs. ers. 22-4 lbs.. 21c lb.; light hens, too few transactions for Portland price. ll-12c lb. at ranch: heavy hens. 5 lbs. up. not enough trading for Port land price: at country, 14-15c lb.; old roosters, 7-9c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 38-41C lb.; cut up. 44-48c; hens, lint type, cut up. 32-36c; heavy type, whole drawn, 36-40C lb. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight. 27-28c lb. Rabbits lAverage to growers, f.o.b. killing plants): Live white. 33-5 lbs f.o.b. dressing plants. Portland. 21 24c: colored pelts. 4c under: old does. 10-12c lb., a few hicher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 36-58c lb.; cut up, 60-63C. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale hay prices: No. 2 green alfalfa baled f.o.b. Port land. S34-35. Wholesale Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white. S85.50 a ton; No. 2 white oats. 38-Ib. West Coast deliv ery, $56.50 ton; No. 2 Valley white oats. $32 ton; soybean meal, S80 tont f.o.b. Portland: barlev. No. 2 45-Ib West Coast delivery. S51.50 ton; stand ard mm run. prompt delivery, S46-49 ton. fob. Portland; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipment, f.o.b. Port land. S62. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland fU.P.t Cattle 500. Most ly choice 1060 lb. fed steers 21; mixed cood-choice 20.30; good steers around 050 lb. "19.50: standard steers 17.50- 18-30: canner-cutter cows 8.50-10.50; utility bulls 14.50-16. Calves 100. Standard vealen 17-22. Hors 250. No. 1 and 2 butchers 21.50-21.75; mixed 1. 2 and 3 grade 20.50-20.75; sows 300-500 lb. 14-18. Sheep 300. Mostly choice 104 1h shorn lambs No. 1 fall shorn pelt i a. tuoiir w uuiru uaugnier laitlDt 110 lb.. 19.25. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. Master's Degree Program Eyed Ashland A five-year mas ter's degree program may be established in secondary educa tion at Southern Oregon col lege. The proposal is under con sideration by a statewide com mittee. The proposed program was announced Tuesday by Dr. E. W. Bowman and Dr. A. W. Gra ham of the SOC faculty, mem bers of the committee. The committee discussed pos sibilities of the program at a recent meeting in Eugene. SOC as well as other Oregon colleges was instructed to survey the need for granting a master's de gree in secondary education. Dr. Graham said in analyz ing the need, SOC is mailing questionnaires to all junior and senior high schools in Jackson, Josephine and Klamath coun ties. Students will be asked to indicate whether they would be interested in attiyiding SOC if the degree were made available. The state-wide ' committee studying the program is com posed of two faculty members from each Oregon college with the exception of Portland State. The committee meets again in February. extinguished the blaze. Most of the clothing the family had-was burned in the fire. No injuries were reported. Ground Hog DINNER Sat. Night February 2nd Between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Adults $1.00 Children 50e EAGLE POINT GRANGE HALL Sponsored by . . . Eagle Point Grange I Flames Destroy Shed On Johnson Property. Two pumpers were dispatched Monday to a shed on the proper tyof Clarence Johnson, 781 Beat ty st., Medford, when a heating stove overheated and ignited the structure, according to the Med ford fire department. The 11 bv 16 foot shed was enveloped in flames when fire men arrived, they said. Firemen HOW A STORY OF BRAVE fl LOVE! sM Y " i -Technicolor Rock Hudson Lauren Stall Robert Stick Dorothy Malonc i mi minimi 1 1 Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted growers 'No. 1 quality. f.o.b. 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