Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 19, 1957, Image 11

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Newspaper Page Textc c o u Local and Personal Meeting The Fleet Reserve association will hold a meeting j at 8 pm. Wednesday. Feb. 20 at the VFW hali, 40 North Front St., Medford. All Fleet Resert. Marine cups person nel and Hives have been asked to attend. Refreshments will be served. F4 Presented An Oregon State Game commission film on the fish rehabilitation program used recently at Diamond Lake was presented yesterday noon at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Roundtable at the Jackson hotel. Leaves for Portland Mrs. Ray C. Jones, 428 North Holly st . will leave for Portland on Wednesday, where her son, 10-year-old Robert Newman, will enter the heart clinic at the University of Oregon Medical school for medical treatrfTent. Ray is a fifth grade student at Jackson school. Rummage Sale Gold Hill Health unit will hold a rummage gale Thursday, Feb. 21, and Fri day, Feb. 22 at the Fehl build ing in Medford. Anyone hav ing donations for 'he sale have been asked to call 2-5081 Wed nesday from 12 noon until 3 p.m. lor pick-up service. Patients Mrs. Guila Hake, '2902 North Pacific highway, was admitted to Rogue Valley hos pital Mday- for surgery. Med ical patients at Osteopathic hos pital include James Baize. 648 Pennsylvania ave., Medford; Jeannie gemaehlich, 13-year- oia aaugnier oi Mr. ana rars. John Gemaehlich, 2632 Jo Jack rd., Medford; and Robert Davi son, star route, box 185, Eagle Point. . Business Names Kenneth Lowell Taylor, Everett Edward Taylor and David Dann Baylor have retired the assumed bus iness name, Taylor and Baylor Logging company, and Edward Taylor and David Dann Baylor have assumed that name, ac cording to records in the coun ty clerk's office. O Accident A car operated by Vincent John Germann, 17, of route 1, box 596, Central Point, went out of control and rolled over near the intersection of Upton rd. and Scenic ave. about 4:45 p.m. yesterday, according to state police. Germann told police a dog ran in front of the vehicle, and he swerved to miss it, hitting the shoulder of the highway and losing control of the car, police said. THURSDAY NIGHT Rogue Valley Ballroom BIG DANCE AND SHOW TV Radio Coast to Coast N.B.C. W.S.M. Grand Ole Opry Direct from Nashville,, Presents in person: JEAN SHEPARD Singing all her Capitol Hits: Dear John ... Satisfied Mind HAWKSHAW HAWKINS Singing all hu RCA Victor hits. Sunny Side of the Street . . . I ll Be Gone Jimmy Newman Singing his' Dot Record htfs. Ov. Cry Darling . . . Dav Dreaming JIMMY DAVIS Extra Added Attraction Smokey Pleacher Sensational Comedian of the Grand Ole Opry JACK PHELPS RCA Recording Band THE "Nighthawks" BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! There's Singers Fiddlers Banjo Pi&eri Comedians and MANY OTHERS Thurs day at the ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM To Meet Women's associa tion of Phoenix Presbyterian church will meet Thursday. Feb. ;i, at 10:30 a.m. at the church. Meeting The DAV auxiliary sewing club will meet at 12 noon Thursday, Feb. 21, at the home of Mrs. Lynn Elliott, 513 Oregon Terrace. Medford. A potluck dinner will be served. Meeting Tonight Noel L. Benion, extension poultry spe cialist at Oregon State college, will speak on poultry trends at a public meeting on poultry at 8:30 p.m. today in the court house auditorium. To Conference County En gineer Paul Rynning left today for Corvallis, where he will at tend a conference on road build ing Wednesday and Thursday. Rynning will return to his of fice on Monday, according to secretaries in his office. Change Meeting The Wed nesday prayer meeting of Phoe nix Presbyterian church will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Claflin instead of the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. N. Poling. Orders Issued Eight orders were issued today for correction of hazardous fire conditions in one business occupancy, one building of public assembly and one convalescent home, accord ing to the fire marshal. Truck Abandoned Gilbert Gutjhar, assistant to the city manager, reported to city police Monday that an abandoned truck is parked on Bullock rd. near Highway 62. The truck is registered" to Henry Hamilton, Medford, police said. Held Elmer Boyd Gravelle, Jacksonville,- is being held in city jail on charges of grand larceny for the theft of a car earliert his morning from the Jackson hotel parking lot, ac cording to city police. He is ser ing a 10-day sentence in city jail on charges of being intoxi cated in public. Gravelle will be arraigned later this week, police reported. Agent Here Mrs. Rosalie Warrick, state extension agent, will be in Jackson county today and tomorrow to meet with the youth committee of the Jackson county planning council, ac cording to Miss Marjorie Hat tan and Glenn Klein, county 4-H agents. Plans will be dis cussed for the committee's re port to be presented at a public meeting next month. Tontilectomiee Two patients underwent tonsilectomies in Osteopathic-hospital this morning, it was reported. The patients were Andrew Lamb, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas S. Lamb, 3355 Madrona lane, and Colleen West, 16, daughter of Mrs. Fay Coons, 317 East Jack son st. Mrs. Delia Watkins, 19 Mistletoe St., and Robert Lee Davison, Butte Falls Star route, Eagle Point, are in Osteopathic hospital for medical care. Services Scheduled For Mrs. Holmes I Funeral services for Mrs. ! Maude A. Holmes, 93, who died ' Sunday, will be at Perl Funeral j home at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. John Reynolds, of the ' First Presbyterian church will officiate. Services at Siskiyou I crematorium will be private, j Mrs. Holmes was born in Paw Paw, Illinois February 14. 1864, and has resided in Medford for 48 years. Mrs. Holmes was mar- ried to Robert A. Holmes, who died in November, 1927. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church; charter member of Chapter BE-PEO Reames chapter Order of the Eastern Star; Zuleima Temple, Daughters of the Nile; and Elta Deuei Hubbs Tent, Daughters of the Union Veterans. Survivors include her son. Robert Cole Holmes. Medford; one grandson. Lt. Robert E. Holmes, serving in the Navy; and several nieces and nephews and two great granddaughters. Pall-bearers will be Otto A. Ewaldsen, Victor C. Sether, Mur ray S. Gardiner. Fred A. Pur din, Edward P. Vilas and John Smith. Obituaries WALTER ENGBERG Funeral services for Walter Engberg, 77, of route 1, box 533, Talent, who died Sunday will be held in Conger-Morris Chap- i el at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Ross Knotts of the First Methodist church of Ashland will officiate. Committal will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Mr. Engberg was born Jan. 12, 1880, in Smithfield, Utah. On Dec. 7, 1904, in Br;ownville, Ore., he was married to Hattie Hawken, who survives. Also surviving is a son, James Engberg, at home. Pallbearers will include How ard Combs, Claude Clark, Bob Lowe, C. O. Dukes. Harry Gleim and F. W. Gilbreath. Births GARNER To Mr. and Mrs. John, route 1. box 443. Medford, Feb. 15. 1957, a boy. 534 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. ROSECRANS To Mr. and Mrs. Ancel, route 1, box 313-A, Central Point, Feb. 17, 1957. a boy, 8 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. JENKS To Mr. and Mrs Joe, Drew, Ore., Feb. 18, 1957 a boy, 9 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. JENKS To Mr. and Mrs. Joe, Drew. Ore., Feb. 18, 1957, a boy, 9 pounds, at Osteopathic hos pital. STUBBS To Mr. and Mrs. Lyman. 305 Edwards Ave.. Feb. 18, 1957, a boy, 7'3 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. MEIER To Mr. and Mrs. Ru dolph. 309 Howard St., Medford, Feb. 19, 1957, a girl 1M pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. FOLEY To Mr. and Mrs. Stanley. Gold Hill, February 19. 1957. a cirl 8Ji pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. LONG HAIR STORY Temple City Calif. (U.R) Baseball Coach Bill Davis rues the day he decreed that the mem ber of the Temple City High School's team with the longest hair would have to carry the bat bag throughout the coming sea son. Davis, who wears a crew cut. wound up being the long hair himself Monday when all the players showed up with their heads shaved as bald as base balls. He will carry the bat bag. MARY (DOLLY) JUDY Funeral services for Mrs. Mary (Dolly) Judy, 56, of Med ford, who died Sunday, will be held in the Conger-Morris chap el Wedesnday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. D. E. Millard will officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Judy was born July 8, 1900, in Walla Walla, Wash. On Nov. 12. 1954. in Reno, Nev., she was married to Norman E. Judy, who survives. Other survivors include seven children, Mrs. Vernon Daken, Freewater; Mrs. Albert Hosmar, Clear Lake. Highlands, Calif.; Lloyd Calkins. Mrs. Marvin Garrett, Mrs. Edwin Anderson, and Mrs. Roland Dexter, all of Medford, and Royal Calkins, Richmond, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Luella L. Riemer. Central Point; and a brother, Arthur A. Wild, Gaston. Ore.; and nine grandchildren. VIOLET GASCON Mrs. Violet Gascon, 57, wife of Albert Gascon, route 1, box 542. Gold Hill, died at home this morning. Chapel Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. Robbery by Fear Guilty Plea Filed Dallas. Ore. (U.R) William Joseph Vandervoort, 38, pleaded guilty to charges of robbery by fear and kidnaping in Polk county Circuit Court here yester day. Earlier, Vandervoort had pled innocent to the charge which stemmed from the robbing last Nov. 20 of the Dallas Saieway store and the kidnaping' of the Henry Dalpez family. Police charged that the Dalpez family was kidnaped in order to force Dalpez to open the store for robbery. Vandervoort was near col lapse at his first hearing and was ordered to Oregon State hos pital until he was able to appear in his own defense. Circuit Judge Val D. Sloper said Vandervoort was later transferred to the state tubercu losis hospital when an early case of tuberculosis was found. The judge has ordered a pre-sentence investigation. Report on Texas Oil Spurs Stock Market NO MORE MALE Upton, Mass. (U.R) When a male stopped delivering the mail in this Central Massachu setts town, a female took over. Mrs. Barbara Knight succeeded her father, John L. Moroney, who had been Upton's only rur al letter carrier for more than 50 years. New York (U.R) A big boost in the amount of oil Texas will produce brought a turnabout in the oil shares today after early irregularity in the stock market. The oils set off on a sharp rise and helped lift prices in other departments. Gains in the oil section ranged to three points. The international oils, Getty, Gulf and Royal Dutch, were the star performers. Other oils rose fractions to a point. Chrysler, off more than a point from its low, came back sub stantially. The steels rallied after touching lows that were off fractions to a point. Metals steadied. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 88U American Can 40 AT&T 176-s Anaconda Copper 53! a Bethlehem Steel 43 Caterpillar Corp 92 Chrysler Corp 704 Continental Can 45' s Crown Zellerbach 51 Ts Curtiss Wright 43 z Du Pont ...180 Eastman Kodak 843 s General Electric 56U General Foods , 418 General Motors 39T8 Georgia Pacific 28"s Graham Paige l:ls Homestake Mining 36! 4 Kaiser Frazer 13 Kennecott Copper 108'i Lockheed Aircraft 475s Katy Pfd 59! 2 Montgomery Ward 372 New York Central 283.1 Tuesday, February 19, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVafl . r-eimey, j. u iV Perm RR 20s s I Radio Corporation 327s Richfield Oil 64' j Socony Vacuum 49 I Southern Co 214 Southern Pacific 43 's Standard California 45'.2 I Standard Indiana 53',2 I Standard N. J 55'.-i Sun Mines 7'a ! Texas Gulf 304 I Tex Pac Land Trust 734 j Transamerican 36! s j Trans West Air Unquoted I Tri-Continental 27 U ! Union Carbide 10578 Union Pacific 28' 8 United Aircraft 81,i U. A. L 32i U. S. Rubber 415& U. S. Steel 60" 2 Youngstown S & T 102'. 2 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP.) Cattle 250; hold over 85. Choice 1019 lb. fed steers 21.25; good 841 lb. steers 18 50; good 715 lb. heifers 17; canner-cutter cows mostly 8.50-10; heavy holstein cutters to 11.50; commercial cows 14-14.50; utlity bulls mostly 15-16. Calves 50. High choice 185 lb. vealer 29.50; good 24-25. Hogs 200. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers around 190-220 lb. 19-19.25, some higher; No. 3 lightweight butchers down to 18: sows 300-350 lb. 16-17; choice 54 lb. feeder pigs. 20. Sheep 150 Choice 115-119 lb. fed wooled lambs 19.50-20; utility-good ewes 4-6. HORNBROOK Movie To Be Shown Friday County Clerks Hold District Meeting . County clerks from the fourth district of the Oregon County Clerks association held an all day discussion on proposed leg islation relative to state election laws yesterday in the office of Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins, Jack son county clerk. Mrs. Hopkins is chairman for the district, which includes Coos, Curry,' Douglas, Josephine zi T- ' -.unties. Also attending the meeting were Charles DeLap, Klamath county clerk, who is chairman of the second district of the as sociation, and Charles Doerner, Roseburg, chairman of the stale clerk's association. Mrs. Hopkins said reports on the legislation discussion and recommendations of the group will be sent to the association and the state election committee. " CAUGHT AGAIN Famed imposter Ferdinand W. De mara Jr., 36, is shown after his arrest at North Haven, Me. on charges of cheating by false pretenses in using the name and credentials of another to obtain teaching certificate. He had been teaching Latin and English at North Haven High School since last fall. He gained fame during the Korean war as "Dr. Joseph C. Cyr," when he successfully posed as a surgeon aboard a Cana dian destroyer. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland I U P. 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.; cartons. 70-71c; A prints. 69-70c; B prints, 67-68c. Cheese Medium cured To retail ers: A grade cheddar, single daisies, 4512-52c; 5 lb. loaves, 5la-57c; pro cessed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 41 '2-440. Farm Market Trading was moderate on the pro duce market today with prices mostly steady; spinach was higher with Cal ifornia offerings of four dozen up to 4-4.50.- Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickents Quoted growers (No. 1 qualitv, f.o.b. Portland); Fryers. 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 Portland price: at country, 15-16c lb.; old roosters. 7-9c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 38-40c lb.; cut up. 44-47c; 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, 33i-42 lbs. f.o.b. dressing plants, Portland 23-26c; colored pelts, 4c under; old does. 10-12 lb.; A few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 59-64c lb.; cut up, 62-65c. By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN Hornbrook The full-length feature motion picture, ''Martin Luther,' telling the story of the birth of the Protestant reforma tion, will be shown Friday night, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Com munity Bible church, across the street from Mrs. Kurt's store. The Rev. Gordon Titus, pastor, invites the public to see the film. There is no admission charge. Ladies of the community are reminded that the annual silver tea sponsored by the Women's Society of the Methodist church will be held Thursday afternoon, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m. at the church. Graveside services were held Monday at the Henley-Hornbrook cemetery for the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Shinar. The child died in the Siskiyou News About Servicemen county hospital in Yreka. Mr. and Mrs. Parr, of Burney, Calif parents of Mrs. Shinar, attended the services. Weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Burns were their daughters and sons-in-Jaw, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Spearin and sons of Anderson, Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stickney and daughter Renee, of San Mateo: and) Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stickney of Medford. The Spearins also visited at the home of his mother,, Mrs. Maude Spearin, before return ing home Sunday evening. The Stickneys visited at the home of their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Van de Weghe, at Hilts, the Herbert Stickneys remaining over for a longer visit. ' Mrs. Helen Jones Grover, of Whittier, Calif., in company with Mrs. Geraldine Wilkinson of Medford, visited friends and rel atives in Hornbrook on Sunday. Mrs. Grover has just returned from a plane trip to the Ha waiian islands, and plans to leave soon for a visit in Boise, Ida. DUE TO LENGTH - ONLY ONE SHOW TONITEI Doors Open 7:00 Show Starts 7:30 MAGNIFICENT! f on fie 4 J dtscreen Audrey HEPBURN kV Henry FONDA Mel FERRER Anita EKBERG PORTLAND HAY, GRAIN Wholesale Hav Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa baled f ob. Portland. S33-34. Wholesale Prices as reported by the TJSDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white. S86 a ton: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. West Coast delivery, $55.50 ton; No. 2 Valley white oats, $31.30 ton; soybean meal, $76 ton, f ob. Portland: barley No. 2 45-lb. West Coast delivery. S51.50 ton; standard mill run, prompt delivery. 546-47 ton. fob. Portland; No. 2 vellow corn, Eastern shipment, f.o.b. Portland, S59.75-60.25. DAILY WEATHER REPORT Medford and vicinity: Increasing j cloudiness tonignt. generally ciouay Wednesday with a chance of occa sional rain in valley and snow in mountains. Low tonight 32. high Wed nesday near 50. : Western Oregon: Cloudy tonight and ! Wednesday with showers, locally of I rain and snow mixed. Partial clear- j ing in northern portion Wednesday ! afternoon. Colder. Low tonight from j 25-30 in northern portion to 30-35 in southern portion. High Wednesday i from 35 in north portion to 40-45 i in southern portion. ! Northern California: Occasional rain coastal section tonight, spread ing over most of the area Wednesday, snow in high mountains. Cooler in northern interior Wednesday. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 46: 4G; above normal 2. Record high this date 70 in 19 IS. Record low this date 22 in 1932. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night 0 in. Midnight to 10 a.m. 0 in. Total This month .41 in., .91 in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1 11,87 in., .32 in. below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 22 , highest this a.m. 93 ", . Hi Eh 4:30 24- Clty Yester- a.m. Hr. day Low Prec. GRADUATES Pfc. Lester S. Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester C. Walker, route 1,. Talent, recently was graduated from the Seventh Army Non-Commisioned Officer academy in Munich. Walker, reg ularly assigned to Company B of the 15th ordnance battalion, entered the Army in February, 1955, and arrived overseas the following August. He is a 1954 graduate of Talent High school. PROMOTED Dale L. Smith, 20,s on of Don ald C. Smith, Butte Falls, re cently was promoted to private first class at Broughton, Pa., where he is assigned to the 74th antiaircraft artillery missile bat talion. , Smith, a generator operator in the battalion Battery A, ar rived in Fort Bliss, Tex. He en tered the Army in February, 1956, and completed basic train ing at Fort Ord, Calif. He grad uated from Butte Falls High school in 1955. IN EXERCISE Army Specialist Third Class Roy D. Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Anderson, 115 Florence st., Medford, recently participated with the 16th in fantry regiment's 1st battalion in "Operation Call and Haul," a two-day training exercise at Fort Tliley, Kan. He is a cook with battalion's Compan C. Anderson entered the Army in 1954 and returned to the United States from a tour of duty in Europe in July, 1955. .02 Brookings 47 Crater Lake S3 Grants Pass 2 Klamath Fails 54 MEDFORD 65 Portland 56 Seattle 52 37 .02 Spokane 26 22 .02 Yakima 31 28 T. 43 24 29 27 27 32 Eureka 48 Red Bluff 63 Sacramento 61 San Francisco 53 Los Angeles 63 Phoenix .. 69 Denver 50 Chicago , 40 Miami 75 New York 43 Washington, D.C. 55 46 47 51 47 58 54 26 12 62 40 47 The money the federal govern ment receives from leased oil wells and mines is divided with the states where the wells or mines are located, the state get ting 37'2per cent. MODERN HARDSHIP Albany N. Y. (U.R) The As sembly Monday night approved a bill giving a Catskill farmer permission to sue the state be cause his outhouse was separated from the rest of his property by the state thruway. Assemblyman Wilson C. Van Duzer said Mat thias A. Murray now has to travel four miles and pay a toll to reach his privy. In Portland, it's the DANMOORE HOTEL A Home Away from Heme. All rooms remodeled and refurnished . . Free Garage. Free T.V.'t in most rooms. VARSITY ASHLAND WEDNESDAY - DOORS OPEN 8:00 C3POS. "TYPICAL NOEL COWARD shot through with com passion end humor!" N r W "A JAUNTY SPREE in impudent humor!4 World T,'ra t Sua lONIGHTftt K:H wl SMASH STAGE HIT NOW A WONDERFUL MOVIE! nmtn Organ Concert 8:00-8:30 Loren Minear at the Console of Our Mighty Wurlitzer. Courtesy Carner's Organ Studio, Grants Pass GOOD EATING! SUBMARINE SANDWICH Italian Styla r liver 'N Bacon Served on a . long Frond-. Roll A Lot of SANDWICH 50c THE CLOCK Main at Bartleft. Phone 2-6766 TONIGHT I J 9:00 P.M. MAJOR STUDIO SNEAK PREUUE WE GUARANTEE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG ONES LAST TIMES TONIGHT JENNIFER JONES JOHN G1ELGUD B1L1. TRAVERS VIRGINIA McKENNA cs!"::t bps; aMuelAiiUUaiW S j DANE CLARK ""i'A?oth STARTING TOMORROW WOT? Y..1IH i InKEE PEOPLE GUERRILLA WAR 0 IN THI PHILIPPINES! t, 1 rm- :i tarring I f GEORGE Eattma. COLOR CHMLTOK HESTON ANNE BAXTER GILBERT ROLAND MONA MONTGOMERY FREEMAN ,Starts Him. TOGETHER AGAIN FOR LAUGHS! J , ...those two wonderful Johns of "The Quiet Man" J V V V t director John Ford and favorite star John Wayne, J MT' with that red-headed honey, Maureen O'Hara, in -"fT i a high-flying romantic comedy! Jfl John WAYNE pMw, f Dan DAILEY 'fe&xK IMjj;HARA 'iH FSAKK FENTON iitd WIUIAM WiSTEK HAIKES II Bsea m the Lite ad Wnbrp ol 1 I k r' COMMANDtR FRANK W."SP16" WEA0 ' I I if & Directed by Produced by f rfe. JOHN FORD - CHARLES SCHNEE