Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 18, 1957, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Texto 3 o Local and Mlij Ruch 4-H club will, meet at the Ruch school Feb. 20, Wednesday, at 7 p.m. j 8 i Runaway Held A 15-old-oldj Perrydale, Ore., boy was lodged in the county jail Sunday as a 1 runaway. Chimney Fire Firemen re-; ported no damage from a flue j fire Sunday morning at the home of Lloyd Ronnander, 2467 Sun njview lane. ffakei Complaint Charles A. Goddaard, route 1, box 521, Medford, complained to the sher- iff Frioy that some mail boxes j 4nd road signs had been torn j (tiwn and thrown in a field on I his property. I ,-Attends Conference Roy W. ! Jacnjaon, Southern Oregon Bear ing Sales company, has returned Jfrom an Industrial Bearing Dis tributor conference in San Francisco last week. The Pacific coast conference, sponsored by several divisions of General Mot frs corporation, covered subjects relating to bearing application, wrvice. merchandising, and ad vance engineering. ... Religious Service Tuesday evening at the First Baptist church will be music night ac cording to John Bisagno, music director for the revival that is in progressist tne church. Several musical selections will be pre sented as well as a variety of musical instruments. Dr. Hyrnan Appleman, evangelist, will (peak. HALF & HALF o 10 cream-rabout half the richness of coffee cream o but has much the same o texture because it is ho mogenized .... Less ex pensive can be used on cereals, fruits, etc. . . . Thrifty to buy it by the quart. SNIDER'S . Award Winning MILK For that wonderful 21 year old feeling! Perk up your pep, fasti If you feel "Borderline Fatigue" see what Bexel Special Formula Vitamins will do only- 6i o dayl So often, today's foods are lacking in t'( vita mins, the minerals you need iay in, ia y out to keep your body charged with vitality. I5exel Special Formula can help you have rich, red blood to look well, feel well, think well be more alert. Because each capsule contains amazing Bis and all essential B vitamins, plus more than five times your daily iron requirement, and costs or$- 6t a day. BETTER ... by McKESSOM 5hT ml CENTRAL REXALL DRUG . Main and Central Personal Youths Jailed Two 17-year-old Medford boys were lodged in the county jail Sunday on charges of disorderly conduct. Theft Robert Thomas Laf ferty, 429',i South Central ave., Medford, has reported the theft of a brown clock radio from his residence Saturday. It was val ued at S8, police said. Baby Born Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Thomas, formerly of Cen tral Point and now making their home in Missouri, are the par ents of a seven-pound boy born Feb. 12. Mrs. S. D. McCarthy, 18 Hawthorne st., Medford, is a sis ter of Thomas. ... Fertiliser Ignited Prank sters ignited a paper bag of fer tilizer on the front porch of the home of Mrs. Olen Arnspiger, 711 Palm st., Saturday night, ac cording to firemen, who reported the incident to police for investi gation. ... Meeting Parents and adults living in the Shady Cove area in terested in organizing a teen-age club have been invited to attend a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Catholic church hall in Shady Cove. ... Articles Taken Floyd Mel- vin Yost, of Yost Brothers Mo tors, 1115 Court st., Medford, re ported to city police Sunday the theft of a dual intake manifold, two carburetors, radio, and tire and wheel from a car parked on his car lot. The articles were valued at S100, police said. ... Hub Caps Stolen Joseph B. Nolan, 525 South Central ave., Medford, has reported to city po lice the theft of two spinner type hub caps from his car while parked in front of Dad's Hide away, Court st. and McAndrews rd., Sunday. Police said they were valued at $15. ... Object Hit A car operated by Kenneth Moore W'indscheffel, 220 Chestnut St., Medford, was involved in an" accident with a car registered to Adebee Irene Seiler, 1132 West Main st., Med ford, and a Copco utility pole at West Main and Rose sts. Satur day, according to city police. No injuries were reported or cita tions issued. Car Crashes Over Oregon Mountain - Cave Junction A search party organized to find the oc cupant of a wrecked car at Broken Kettle Creek disbursed here about 9 p.m. Friday when word was received that the man, Floyd Parshall, of Brookings, had been taken to the Grants Pass hospital by private car. Parshall's car apparently went out of control about 6 p.m. on Oregon mountain near the California-Oregon state line. It crash ed several hundred yards down the steep hillside into the can yon. The 'wreck was reported first at the Redwood highway Inspection Station. When Cave Junction Deputy Sheriff Lester Tytthcott arrived with the ambulance, only a bloody trail leading from the wrecked car could be found California Highway Patrolmen and a search party from Cave Junction combed the area until a call came from the sheriff's office in Crescent City stating Parshall flagged down a pass ing motorist. His condition was reported as good at Josehpine General hos pital Saturday morning. Euge ene Girl Named Queen of Rockies' Banff, Alta. (U.R) Marilyn Harrang, 21, of Eugene, Ore., was named "Queen of the Can adian Rockies" Saturday at the windup of the 39th annual Banff winter festival. It wa sthe first time in several years that the title had gone to an American. Miss Harrang's crowning end ed a four-day carnival attended by several thousand persons at this Rock mountain resort. "Borderlins FaHgut" symptoms: lack of ptp, siseplestness, poor app df. ncrtv and ofltn prey to minor ills. If not from organic count, thtts symptoms ean occur whn yourbodydocs not get. ALL ths ritamins and mxnsroM H nttds ftfry diy. -. - BEXEL Special Parmvl VITAMINS MiMAHftr Either took brttr. ftti bitut rtr on botilt at Bud v rear tnaarv baei Aod don't for-gr-t the eniidrea! Tht't's m. tf rur amil. Two Drivers, Injured in Car Two drivers and one passeng er were injured at 9:55 p.m. Saturday in a three-vehicle ac cident on Highway 62. two miles south of the Eagle Point junc tion, according to state police. Reported in "fair" condition at Sacred Heart hospital are John R. Pennington, 36, of 518 South Oakdale ave., Medford, Bernard V. Schieber. 24, of 113 North Second st.. Talent, and Charles Spears, 32, Talent Apartments, Talent. According to police, Penning ton was operating a pick-up truck south on the wrong side of the highway when it met the second vehicle, operated by Schieber. Officers said the two vehicles sideswiped and the pick-up was turned upside down. It skidded 136 feet on its top before stopping in the center of the highway. The third vehicle, operated by Orville O'Dell Brown, 55, of 703 Vz West 11th st., Medford. struck the pick-up and turned it half way around. Brown's vehicle then backed into a ditch. Pennington, Schieber and Spears were taken to the hos pital by Medford Ambulance service. Pennington sustained head cuts and bruises; Schieber received fractures of both arms, a broken toe and cuts; and 30,000 Baby Chicks Flown To New Delhi New Delhi, India (U.R) Thirty-thousand baby chicks came home today to roost in this land that gave the chicken to western civilization more than five centuries ago. The Rhode Island red and White Leghorn chicks were re cently flown here from the Un ited States to help improve In dian breeds under U.S. techni cal assistance aid. 4 CLUB -W NEWS Reese Creek Renegades The Reese Creek Renegades held a meting Fb. 12, at Jan Calloway's home on Butte Falls highway. We looked at Jan's Angus that she hopes to take to the fair. Our leader passed out new record books to the ones that didn't receive them last meeting. Cliff explained how to fill them out to us. We decided to take some of the members rab bits and Iambs to the PTA meet ing in Eagle Point. Ron Nelson gave a report on raising calves and Cliff gave a talk on the article "Which Breed Is the Best." Our hostess, Mrs. Calloway, served valentine cupcakes and milk. The next meeting will be at Ron Nelson's place on Crater Lake highway. John Hughes, Reporter. Phoenix Kitchen Workers The Phoenix 4-H Kitchen Workers met at the Phoenix High school Feb. 9. Pamela Grove of Phoenix made a tuna fish and noodle casserole. Dor thy Cotten, also of Phoenix, made a chocolate cake. Nedra Harris, Virginia Martin and Darilyn Popow all of whom are from the Phoenix area made frankfurter supper dishes. The meeting was under the supervision of Mrs. Daugherty, our 4-H club leader. Darilyn Popow, Reported. The Meadows Busy Beavers The Meadows Busy Beavers 4-H club met at Mrs. Bob Mc Allister's house Feb. 8. Officers were elected. They are president, Dorothy Terry; vice president. Bob McAllister; treasurer, Sharon Terry; news reporter. Carolyn Matteson; song leader, Pat Neil: game commit tee, Sydney Maplesden, Tommy Terry and Donald Terry. After the meeting games were played and refreshments were served by Shirley McAllister. The next meeting is to be held at Mrs. Maplesden's house Feb. 22. Carolyn Matteson, Reporter. First commercial orchard for prunes was planted in California in 1870. DON'T JUST SIT THERE 1 Coll or Passenger Accident Spears received cuts and bruises. No one was injured in Brown's vehicle. Left sides were torn from Pennington's pick-up truck and Schiebers vehicle. Damage to Brown's car was not reported extensive. Funeral Services Set For Mrs. McCracken j Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie E. McCracken, 74, of 620 West 11th st., Medford, who died Saturday, will be held at Perl Funeral home at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. D. E. Millard will officiate. Interment will be in the Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. McCracken was born at Applegate in May, 1882, and had been a resident of Medford for the last 50 years. She was a descendant of Andrew Har riott, Revolutionary war soldier, and her family came to the Ap plegate from Pennsylvania in the Jesse Applegate wagon train. Survivors include her hus band, William E. McCracken, Medford; three sons, J. W. Mc Cracken, Eugene, C. B. Mc Cracken, San Mateo, Calif., and E. E. McCracken, Portland; three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Hide, Salem, Mrs. Anna Proffit, Corvallis, and Mrs. Lola Bunch, Williams; seven grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Mrs. Maude Holmes Dies Here Sunday Mrs. Maude A. Holmes, 93, long-time Medford resident, died in a local hospital Sunday eve ning following an illness. Mrs. Holmes, who was born Feb. 14, 1864, in Iowa, moved to Medford about 1909 with her husband, the late Robert A. Holmes, who founded the R. A. Holmes insurance agency. She is survived by a son, Cole Holmes, of Medford. Mrs. Holmes was a member of the First Presbyterian church; a charter member of Chapter BE, PEO sisterhood and Elta Deuel Hubbs tent, Daughters of Union Veterans, a long time member of Reames chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, and Daughters of the Nile. Perl Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Obituaries MARY F. JUDY Mrs. Mary (Dolly) Judy, route 1, box 360, Medford, died yes terday at her home. Conger Morris Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. BRAD E. STICKLEY Funeral services for Brad. E. Stickley, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil E. Stickley of 920 South Central ave., who died Sunday, will be held in the Conger-Morris chapel at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Sher man Moore of the Pilgrim Holi ness church will officiate. Com mittal will be in Memory Gar dens Memorial park. Survivors, besides the parents, include a brother, Chester, and sister, Teresa, both at home; grandparents, Mrs. Lilly Brown, Brush. Colo., and Mrs. Lola Curtis, Sterling, Colo. INFANT STRAUS Graveside services were held today in Memory Gardens Me morial' park tor the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Straus of Gold Hill. Billy J. Miller of the Gold Hill Christian church officiated. Conger-Morris Funeral home was in charge of funeral arrangements. Survivors, besides the parents, include three sisters, Jacque, Janice and Kimbra, and a twin brother; grandparents, Mrs. Nora J. Straus, Medford; and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Centers, Gold Hill. WALTER ENGBERG Funeral services for Walter Engberg, 77, of route 1, box 533, Talent, who died at his home Sunday, will be held in . the Conger-Morris chapel at . 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Ross Knotts of the First Methodist church, Ashland, will officiate. Committal will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Vander around, see nA trtjoj the Dome Observation Lounge, the Redwood Cocktai! Lounge and the glamorous Astra Dome Diner. In spacious luxurious Pullman or economical Coach accommodations your pleasure it assured. CITY OF PORTLAND TO CHICAGO LpSW '" "' TV.' .'T writ.: UNION PACIFIC C. H. SALTMARSH General Passenger Altent 7S1 pittock Block Phn CApitol 1-ITtl Borland 5, Oregon Businessman Killed In Small Plane Crash Condon vll.R) A Portland businessman and an Air Force sergeant were killed a mile north of here Friday night when their light Cessna 140 airplane crashed just after takeoff. Bodies of Leo B. Helling, Portland insurance executive, and Sgt. David R. Reed, be lieved to be from Los Angeles, were found in the wreckage of the plane about 10:40 a.m. Saturday. Reed was stationed at the Condon Air Force facility and was believed to be an aerial hitchhiker. The Civil Aeronautics Admin istration said Helling had rented a Cessna early Friday in Port land and flew to The Dalles. He left The Dalles at 12:35 p.m. Friday afternoon for Con don and landed there without difficulty although the weather was reported turning bad. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP.) Cattle 2100. hold over 165. Canner-cutter cows largelv R 50-10; heavy cutters to 10.50 with Holsteins to II and 1.50; utility cows 11.50-13; commerical 14-14.50; utility bulls 15-16 50. Calves 150. Standard and good vealers 18-25, asking up to 30 for choice. Hogs 350. U.S. 1 and 3 butchers 190-220 lb. 19-19.25; some 19.40 and others 19.50; mixed 1. 2 and 3 grades 18 50-18 75; sows 300-500 lb. 14-17; good 130 lb. feeder pigs .18. Sheep 1750. Mostly choice around 116 lb. wooled Montana lnmbs 19.50 with some 18; mostly choice shorn lambs with No. 1 to fall shorn pelts 19; cull-good ewes 2.50-5.50. PORTLAND PRODUCE PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UJ Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 47-48c; A large, 45-46c; A A medium. 42-45c; A med ium, 41-44c; A small, 35-38c; carton, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 69-70c: lb.; cartons. 70-71c; A prints. fi-70c; B prints, 67-68c. Cheese Medium cured To retail ers: A grade cheddar, single daisies, 4512-52c: 5-lb. loaves. 51z-37; pro cessed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 4112 -44c. Farm Market Trading was slow at the East Side Farmers market today and prices were mostly unchanged. Poultry. Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted growers (No. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland : Frvers, 2'a-4 lbs. 21c lb., light hens. 10-12c lb. at ranch: heavy hens. 5 lbs. up. not enough trading for Portland price; at country, 15-16c lb.; old roosters, 7-9c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 38-41c lb.; cut ud. 44-48c: hens, light type, cut up. 32-36c; heavy type, whole, drawn, 36-4 0c lb. Turkeys to producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight, 27-28c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants): Live white. 334-412 lbs. f.o.b. dressing plants. Portland. 23-26c; colored pelts. 4c higher. Fresh does. 10-12c lb.; a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers. 59-64c lb.; Fresh killed frvers to retailers, 59 64c lb.; cut up, 62-65c. PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No.2 -green alfalfa baled f.o.b. Port land. S33-34. Wholesale Prices as reported ny the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white, $8 a ton: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. West Coast de livery, SS.i 50 ton; No. 2 Valley white oats. S51.30 ton: soybean meal. ST6 ton. f.o.b. Portland; barley No. 2 45-lb.. West Coast delivery. $5130 ton; standard mill run. prompt de livery. S46-47 ton. f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipment, f.o.b. Portland. 59.50-60. DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair and mild through Tuesdav. Low tonight 26. HiBh Tuesday 66-68. Western Oregon: Fair this evening. Considerable tog and low cloudiness tonight and Tuesday morning. Gen erally clearing Tuesday afternoon. A little cooler on coast today and over interior. Low tonight 30-35 in interior. 35-40 on coast. High Tuesday 50-60. Northern California: Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, except fair extreme northern interior. Occp.sional drizzle near coast. LitUe temperature change. LOCAL HAT A TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 50: above normal 6. Record high this date 72 in 1916. Record low this date 22 in 1032. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night 0. Midnight to 10 a.m. 0- Total this month .41 in., .84 in. be low normal. Total since Sept. 1 11.87 in., .25 in. below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yejterday 32, highest this a.m. Hlth 4:30 24 City Yester- a.m. Hr. day Low Free. Brookings 48 42 .01 Crater Lake 53 24 Grants Pass 63 31 .01 Klamath Falls 45 28 MEDFORD 68 26 Portland 57 31 Seattle 35 31 Spokane Yakima 32 -? 48 . 73 . 58 . 48 61 . 79 . 54 . 34 . 77 . 37 . 41 24 29 Eureka Red Bluff . Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles ... 45 T. 4 50 45 T. 57 Phoenix . ........ Denver Chicago Miami New York Washington. D.C. 60 25 30 64 30 27 .03 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Feb. 23): Western Oregon Little or no pre cipitation through Saturday. A little cooler with temperatures averaging near normal. Highs generally Lows 30-40. Northern California . Rain south Don ion and chance of rain north portion middle and latter part of week. Temperatures near normal. PRE-INVENTORY Ends February 23 FANTASTIC BARGAINS In All Departments 0 , Books Gifts bWem S Records 217 E. Main, Medford Monday February II, 1957 Stocks Move Irregularly With Net Declines Shown New York (U.R) Stocks moved irregularly in a narrow range on moderate trading to day. Late in the day the" leading groups showed small, net de clines. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical . 88;i American Can 40 AT&T 176'i Anaconda Copper 58's Bethlehem Steel 43,- Caterpillar Corp. 903,i Chrysler Corp 7Hi Continental Can 45,s Crown Zellerbach .. 52 Curtiss Wright 441, Du Pont : 1801,4 labor Racketeering Investigation Due Washington U.R) "Call girls," vice lords, garbage col lectors and city officials will fig ure in the Senate's investigation into labor racketeering. Sen. John L. McClellan CD Ark.) said Sunday they will be called before the special com mittee he heads when it begins public hearings. He said he ex pects the hearings to get under way Feb. 26. McClellan also revealed he has received some anonymous letters stating "implied threats" to his personal safety since the investi gation began. But he said there "have been no direct threats made against me yet." 2 Astoria Children Injured in Accident Portland (U.R) Two small Astoria children remained in se rious condition at a Portland hos pital today from injuries they re ceived in a one-car crash yester day on the Sunset highway, 25 miles west of here. James Long Jr., 8, and Jolene Long, 14 months, were passen gers in a car driven by their mother, Mrs. James Long. She and two other children escaped with minor injuries. Police said the car overturned three times after skidding on a frost covered section of the high way. BIRTHS POMEROY To Mr. and Mrs. Angus, 406 Chestnut ave., Med ford, Feb. 18, 1957, a girl, weight 91 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. Grange Notes Shady Cot Grange The Shady Cove Grange met Wednesday evening in the band room of the Shady Cove school. A letter was read from Mr. and Mrs. Reed McKay, who are visiting McKay's brother in Phoenix, Ariz. A letter was also received from Mr. and Mrs. Ray Deister. The Grange voted to enter the Pomona contest announced recently. The new school bills under legislation were discussed. . Ed Houston spoke on the lo cal 4-H live stock club. Other reports were given by members on agriculutre, com munity service, HEC, fire hall and safety. Mrs. Agnes Brown s chair man of education, gave a short history of Lincoln and read the Gettysburg address. . Mrs. T. M. Littlefield was el ected to the lecturers chair re cently vacated by Edgar Van derlip. During the lecturers hour all members took part in reading articles pertaining to Lincoln. Then each was given paper and requested to make a valentine. Mrs. Thelma Reining's valentine was judged best. Mrs. John Minor was report ed as being in the Sacred Heart hospital and a card was sent to her. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kee serv ed refreshments of cherry and pineapple pie and coffee. Table decorations were in red and white. The next Grange meeting will be a potluck supper Feb. 27 in the Shady Cove dining room. .... 84 34 557s General Electric .General Foods 4U4 General Motors .- 40 Georgia Pacific 28 ' Graham Paige Hi Homestake Mining 363i Kaiser Frazer 131 i Kennecott Copper 109 Lockheed Aircraft 48H Katy Pfd. . 59 Montgomery Ward 37's New York Central 29's Penney. J. C 79 3 i Penn RR . 2034 Radio Corporation 32Vz Richfield Oil 63 Socony-Vacuum 48' i Southern Co. 218 Southern Pacific 433g Standard California 447s Standard Indiana 53 V4 Standard N. J. 55 Sun Mines 7s Texas Gulf 304 Tex Pac Land Trust Unquoted Trans Amer 36 Trans West Air 167s Tri-Continenlal 27i Union Carbide 1055a Union Pacific 28li United Aircraft 82 U. A. L 33 U. S. Rubber 42,4 U. S. Steel 61 Youngstown S & T 102U ENJOY GENUINE CHARCOAL BROILED FOODS in the CANDLE ROOM at the Medford Hotel Heed Cash? Prompt Service! You can b iur ef fast, depend able service whenever you need money! Step in or call ... all ar rangements quickly made. 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