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Newspaper Page Text1 Local and Personal J L Ouiine lua Warren Poole has'tMumed the business name Poole's Trailer Sales, ac cor90 o records in the county clerk? s jftc. oo ' m 8 Kichard Charles Snl Xsuih Holly St., Med fc8a.r(f. nas reported to city police U'e thoy ce? hi bicycle from the SL?A rtuilfliri Tuesday. W TSb tti Love luono qjre, fti3 :rfn lighth St., Med PrJ, t.jotesJ o city police 9a'.9y thl of two hub jps -oml:J cr mhile it was (parked,, he residence. - . . q Na. Wrog Winner of the Big Tfja Li'le Mr. and Miss con test was Thelma Sipes, 18-month-old daughter of Wendall Sipes, Tblj,Rock rd., Medford. The name previously appeared In the Mail Tribune as Thelma Nichols. Collision A car operated by Donald Richard Banfield, 330 Apple st., Medford, collided Tues day with a parked car registered to the Waters Equipment com pany, San Francisco, Calif., at 227 East Sixth st., according to city police. u X-Ray Clinic The chest x-ray clinic at Sacred Heart hospital will be open from 2 to 5 p.m Thursity, according to the Jack ion Coity public Health asso ciation. The clinic is operated by the association, and volun teer help is provided by the hospital Providence guild. Accident A car operated by R-omona Belle Lane, 1813 East Jackson st., Medford, was in volved in a minor accident this morning with a parked car cwned by Joseph D. Smith, 240 Charlotte ave., Medford, -on South Riverside ave., between 10th and 12tlsts., according to city police. Obituaries NOW OPEN EVERY NIGHT TONITE AT 7 P.M. 1st Drive In Run! Jeanne CRAIN-Michael RENNIE Patients Convalescing at Rogue Valley hospital after sur gery are Ira Poole, Tiller, Ore., and Fred Kuest, route 2, box 388. Medford. Medical patients at Osteopathic hospital are Mrs. Charles White, post office box 299, Eagle Point, and Wilbert Walben, 848 West McAndrews rd., Medford. Business Names Ronald W. and. Margaret L. Kirsher have assumed the business name, AA Electric company; J. T. and G. L. Garrigus have retired the business name, Casino Tavern, and Ednamae Hail Hamm has assumed the name. Casino Tav ern, according to records in the county clerk's office. m m 0 On Cited F rank Russell Walter, 18 Mistletoe ave., Med ford, was cited this morning for failure to yield the right of way sfter the car he was operating was involved in an accident with a car operated by Steven Carlos Morris, 128 Mistletoe ave., Med ford. at Eighth and L,aurel sts., according to city police. Births HERZBERG To Mr. and Mrs. Willard, route 2. box 381C, Medford, Feb. 26. 1957. a girl, 8V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart. HESS To Mr. and Mrs. Nor man, general delivery. Central Point, Feb. 26, 1957. a girl, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. REICH To Mr. and Mrs. Jack, 957 Casino rd., Medford, Feb. 26, 1957, a boy, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. - CASEY To Mr. and Mrs. Vernon, 916 East Main st., Apt. 1. Medford. Feb. 26. 1957, a girl, 6'i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. MINKLER Jr. To Mr. and Mrs. Lee, Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 26, 1957, a boy, 5r,4 pounds. at Sacred Heart hospital. CLIFTON B. GASS Funeral services for Clifton B. Gass, 76. who died at his home, 1518 West Main St., Med ford, Tuesday, will be held at the First Methodist church at 2 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. George Trobough will officiate. Inter ment will be in the Jackson ville cemetery. Perl Funeral home is in charge "of arrange ments. Mr. Gass was born in St. Clair county. Mo., Jan. 26, 1881, and has resided in this community for the past 27 years. He was a member of the Modern Wood men and the First Methodist church. Survivors include his wife, Claudia Gass, Medford; one daughter, Mrs. Doris Delling ham. Grants Pass; one son, Dur ward Gass, Dunsmuir, Calif.; one sister, Miss Ermyne Gass, Medford; one brother. Price Gass, Seattle, Wash., and three grandchildren. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the memorial fund at the First Methodist church. GENE HAMPTON Funeral services for Gene Hampton, 62, who died Tuesday in the VA Domiciliary, will be held in "the Camp White chapel at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Chaplain Samuel Feller will officiate. Committal will be in Camp White cemetery. Conger-Morris Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Hampton was born Oct. 21, 1883, in Caddo, Okla. He was a veteran of World War I serving from June 1, 1918, until Feb. 3, 1919. FOWLER To Mr. and Mrs. Carl, 808 West Jackson ave., Medford. Feb. 26. 1957, a girl, 6U pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. Vegetable Marketing Meeting Scheduled A vegetable marketing meet ing will be held in the court house auditorium at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The program will in clude discussions on packaging fresh market vegetables, com petition in marketing, and grower organization. The possibility of a valleywide grower organization will be dis cussed. All vegetable growers and interested persons in vege table production have been invited. MICAH JOHNSON Micah Jonson of Shady Cove died yesterday in his home. Conger-Morris Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. EDITH D. COFFMAN Funeral services for Mrs. Edith D. Coffman. 70, who died Tuesday, will be held at Ashland Mortuary at 3 p.m. Friday. The Rev. B. J. Holland, of the Ash land Presbyterian church, will officiate. Committal wili be in Stearns cemetery at Talent. Mrs. Coffman was born March 20, 1886, in Phoenix, Ore., the daughter of early-day Oregon pioneers, Hubbard and Sabra Coleman. She was the last sur vivor of that family, and was a sister of the late Judge J. B. Coleman. On Nov. 24, 1940, in Medford, she was married to C. R. Coffman, who survives. ' Other survivors include a son, E. H. Cochrane, Klamath Falls; a daughter. Mrs. George Holt. Ashland, and four grandchil dren. Legislature Salem ,U.R Rep. Glen Stad ler, Eugene Democrat, has asked the House to consider the need for bullet-proof vests for state police officers when the police budget is drafted. Stadler said the fatal shooting of State Police Officer Charles Sanders at Eugene last Friday was unnecessary and could have been avoided if the officer had been equipped with a bullet proof vest. Salem U.R A bill t h a t would enable school districts to set up community colleges to provide for two years' education beyond high school has been as signed to the House Education Committee following its second reading. Rep. Joe Rogers, Independ ence Democrat and chairman of the education committee, said hearings on the bill would be set later. Salem ;U.R! The House has passed a bill that would provide for extension of a law enforce ment teletype system through out the state under control of the department of motor ve hicles. Stadler said the network now ties in with a similar California teletype system at Medford. Salem (U.R) Joint Ways and Means committee Co-chairmen Robert Steward and Alfred H. Corbett said their committee Salvation Army Board Will Meet Thursday Major Andrew Felfer of Pasa dena, Calif., will be the guest speaker at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Medford hotel for the an nual meeting of the Salvation Army advisory board. The annual report of the activ ities of the Medford Corps for the past year will be given and 10 new members will be accept ed to the advisory board by Brigadier Harry Larsen, divi sional commander of the Oregon and Southern Idaho division, from Portland. A chairman for the board will also be elected. Representatives of the various city, county and private agen cies will present annual reports as well as United Medford Cru sade and the service clubs of Medford. Sam Colton is the current chairman of the advisory board with Dr. J. Scott Heatherington, vice chairman and O. T. Taylor, treasurer. we have it! NEW Westinghouse PORTABLE TV 14-inch screen tic , 4 v.' . 4 y&s-? I I , ,' , . X 3 " M r i m.M ..... mn''' " Performs where others fail! ...in difficult tuburban and c0 areas . . . In broad daylight! Just 27 lbs. . . . quality and picture g,perfection of a full-sized 21 Console. Exclusive PRECISIONEERED power features are your assurance of bright, clear pictures . . . even out-of-doors. It's all-aluminum ... in your choice of Smoke Gray. Turquoise & band, lerra Cotta & band. ONLY 51 2995 fcxlai I'TI 10 ! mt-.ll Ui fbu can bi suntzirni Westinghouse t TROWBRIDGE & FLYIIII ELECTRIC COMPANY JS West Main Phone 2-5211 Motion on File To Inspect Jape Recordings Portland (U.R) An attorney for Thomas E. Maloney filed in circuit court yesterday a motion seeking to inspect and copy var ious tape recordings which fig ured in a recent copspiracy in- : aictement returned oy ine iviun nomah county grand jury. Maloney, .Spokane race track , figure, was indicted along with District Attorney William Lang ley of Multnomah county and Joseph P. McLaughlin of Seat- : tie. i PORTLAND LIVESTOCK I Portland (UP.) Cattle 500. Good ! up to 1060 lb. fed steers 18.50-19.50; ' Rood 798 and 934 lb. fed heifers 13.50; som e S 1 9 : most! v stand ard 763 lb. heifers 17 25; utility heifers 11-14; canner-cutter cows mostly 8.50-10. 50; mostly choice around 800 lb. feeder steers around 19. Calves 50. Good-low choice vealers 24-28; standard 18-22. Hops 2"0. Sorted 1 and 2 butchers 190-220 lb. 19 50-19.75. few to 20; mixed 1. 3 and 3 (Trade 18 75-19.23; ; 300-500 lb. sows 15-17. Sheep 200 Choice 82 lb. wooled slaughter lambs 20: deck utility-good shorn lambs with No. 2 pelts around j 18; utility-good shorn ewes 4-6. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP) Eggs To retail ers: Grade A A large. 47-48c: A large. 45-46c: AA medium. 43-45c; A me dium. 42-44c: A small, 35-38c; carton. l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 69-70c lb.; cartons. 70-71c; A 1 prints. 69-70c: B prints. 67-68c. Cheese Medium cured To retail ers: A grade cheddar, single daisies. 4.V2-52c: 5-1 b. loaves. 51 ,3-57c; pro cessed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf. 41 -44c. , Farm Market Name brands of two-dozen head lettuce broueht 2.25-2.75 in most , cases today: East Side Farmers market offerings were limited to around six , trucks of potatoes, dry onions, par snips and a few other root crops. Poultry, Rabbits ! Live Chickens Quoted growers (No. 1 quality, f.o.b Portland): Fry era, 2-4 lbs.. 2lc lb.: light hens, too few transactions for Portland price: 10-12c lb. at ranch: heavy hens. 5 lbs. up. not enough trading for Portland price; at countrv. 14-16c lb.; old roosters. 7-9c lb. Dressed Chicken No. 1 grade to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 38 40c lb.: cutup. 43-47c; hens, light type, cu t up, 32-3 6c : heavy ty p e, whole drawn. 36-40c lb. Turkeys To producers: Fryer ur , keys, live weight. 27-28c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers, fob. killing plants i : Live white. 334-42 lbs., f.o.b. dressing plants. Portland. 23-26c: colored pelts. 4c under: old does. 10-12c lb.: a few higher. Fresh killed fryers 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. S32-33. Wholesale prices as reported by the t'S DA ma rket news service : Wheat No 2 soft white. S87 a ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. West Coast delivery. S55 ton; No. 2 Valley white oats. Sol 50 ton: soybean meal. $75 ton. f ob. Port land: barley No. 2. 45-Ib. West Coast delivery. S.so 50 ton: standard mill run. prompt delivery. S45-46 ton. fob. Portland: No 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipment, f.o b Portland. S60-0.50. Portland grain exchange: No bids or offers. Washington Town Flooded; 55 Moved Ephrata, Wash. (U.R) The entire town of Wilsoncreek was flooded and at least 55 persons were evacuated to a church and school, the Grant County Sher iff's office reported this morn ing. Deputies said the town, situ ated 22 miles northeast of here was part of a four-square-mile area covered by from 3 to 15 feet of water. Great Northern Railway trains were rerouted and State Highway 7 was clos ed from Soap Lake to Odessa. The sheriffs office said there were no injuries and that there was no immediate danger to the 300 occupants of Wilson Creek. Two amphibious boats evacuat ed 15 persons to the town's school and 40 to a church. Water in the area, fed by Crab creek, was rising eight in ches an hour. The heavy runoff was caused by 60-degree tem perature which yesterday caus ed snow in the area to melt rapidly. Nofed Orchestra Conductor Retires New York 'iU.PJ Dr. Bruno Walter, 80, one of the great or chestra leaders of our . time, Tuesday night ended a career that spanned 63 years. Walter put aside -his baton af ter conducting the New York Philharmonic orchestra in an all-Beethoven program. The con cert was a benefit for the pen sion fund of the Philharmonic orchestra. Carnegie Hall was jammed, among the many notables pres ent were Mrs. Eleanor Roose velt, actress Judith Anderson and dancer Martha Graham. The audience greeted Walter with an ovation that was repeat ed after every number the "Coriolanus" overture, the 4th Piano concerto and the Sixth symphony, the Pastorale. Walter's career started when he was 17 and it led him to the podiums of most of the great symphony orchestras of Europe and the United States. Briefs1 would meet soon for further discussion of legislation on Ore gon Technical Institute at Klam ath Falls. Salem (U.R) The House Edu cation Committee discussed sev eral bills, including House bill 385, which increases the ; mount allocated annually from basic school money from S470.000 to $1,068,000 for use in aiding dis tressed school districts and teaching handicapped and men tally retarted children. Medford Motors Plans Building Medford Motors, Sixth and Ivy sts., will open bids March 4 on a 56 by 147-foot Lincoln Mercury dealer building at 225 South Riverside ave., according to Robert Keeney, Medford ar chitect. Medford Motors purchased the property last year and in tends to move to their sales firm there, it has been announced. Company officials said construc tion date has not been set for the sales and service building. Last December the Medford city council released an ease ment to the property in ex change for 225 feet of revetment work done along the Bear creek bank bordering on South Riv erside ave. between Eighth and Ninth sts., which was financed by Medford Motors. The comp any recently razed the Rose wood apartments and several residences on the building site. Display area for the building a suspended transluscent ceil ing. The floor will be ceremic or terrazzo tile. The shop will feature an ov erhead track system for hoists, and underfloor forced air ex haust system and a wash rack. Lunch room space, showers and lockers will be provided. Drunk Test Without Written Consent in Bill Salem (U.R) An intoxication test for drivers without written permission is provided for in House bill 614 introduced today at the request of the Traffic Safety Commission. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Gernon Cook, Gresham, pro vides that when a person is ar rested for a motor vehicle law violation involving liquor, he shall be presumed to have con sented to an intoxication test by reason of his driving. Refusal to submit tca test when requested would be grounds for driver license sus pension and revocation. DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness tonight, becoming partly cloudy Thursday with chance of a few showers? Low tonight 43. High Thurs day 58. Western Oregon: Partly cloud v to night and Thursday with patches of fog early Thursday. A HtUe cooler to night. 36-44. High Thursdav 50-60. Northern California: Rain along coast tonight spreading inland. Clear ing Thursday. Little temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 56: above normal 11. Record high this date 69 in 1853. Record low this date 27 in 1953. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night. 87 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m., .05 inch. Total this month 2.94 inches, 1.06 inch above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 14.40 inches, 1.65 inch above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 54, highest this a.m. 98. High 4:30 24- Clty Vester- a.m. nr. day Low Precf Brookings 55 50 .09 Crater Lake . 38 26 T Grants Pass 65 46 .02 Klamath Falls 50 35 38 MEDFORD 63 45 .47 Portland 63 45 Seattle 54 44 T Spokane 54 33 Yakima 64 33 Eureka 57 52 Tl Red Bluff , ,, 59 53 .01 Sacramento , 59 54 San Francisco 61 55 ' J8 Los Angeles 73 58 Phoenix 7ft 52 Denver - 59 36 Chicago 51 20 .11 Miami 81 65 I 39 Washington. D C. 61 53 .72 ' FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Throuih March 5) I Western Oregon - Western Washing- ; ton Recurring rain with total pre- ! cipitation amounts 1-2 inches western I Oregon. i-l, inches western Wash-: ington. Temperatures averaging above ! normal. Highs western Oregon 52-62. ! western Washington mostly 48-53. ' Lows 35-45. Northern rallfnrtlta KTn. mnnrmri- able precipitation except possible rain extreme north late in period. Temperatures above normal. The distance reouirerl to aton a car on ice changes from hour to hour. The nearer ice gets to the meltine noint. th mnro sliprery it becomes. Wednesday, February 27, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIHTEEK Selling Burst Hits Boeing Plane Stock New York (U.R) A burst of selling hit Boeing Airplane stock today when Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson said the gov ernment was considering re placement of the B52 bomber with a more modern plane. Boeing opened off 14 and extended its loss to more than four points. All major divisions receded but only a few issues moved out side a fractional area. A loss of more than two in Du Pont helped pull down industrials. The rails dipped largely because of ex-dividends. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical ;. 86V American Can 41Vs AT & T :.177', Anaconda Copper 60?s Bethlehem Steel 42Ts Caterpillar Corp. ' 94 Chrysler Corp. 69 34 Continental Can 453g Crown Zellerbach 50T's Curtiss Wright 44 Du Pont 1763i Kennecott Copper 105',4 46 Vs 61H 36i 285s 81 20 U 327-8 Eastman Kodak 844 General Electric 55'i General Foods 42?t General Motors 3938 Georgia Pacific 28 Is Graham Paige 1V Homestake Mining 3434 1 ivaiser grazer izi Lockheed Aircraft . Katy Pfd Montgomery Ward New York Central Penney. J. C Perm RR Radio Corporation Richfield Oil 64 Socony Vacuum . 5034 Southern Co 21H j Southern Pacific 42 Vi ! Standard California 443s Standard Indiana 54-H '' Standard N. J 5534 I Sun Mines 7' j Texas Gulf 31 Tex Pac Land Trust 7?b Transamerican , 36 Trans West Air 16H , Tri-Continental 27', Union Carbide IO8V4 i Union Pacific 28 United Aircraft 79 H U. A. L 3234 U. S. Rubber 40 U. S. Steel 59s s Youngstown StT 102V2 DANCE Every Night In Tht Kwan Yin Room Bob Murtha AT THE PIANO Playing Your Favorites Same Tasty Foods in Our Other Dining Rooms RESTAURANT Open Every Day of the Year ON HIGHWAY 99 SOUTH For Acfon, Use Tribune Want Ad Eugene Bus Riders To Pay Higher Fares Eugene (U.R) Bus riders in Eugene will pay higher fares on City Transit Line buses begin ning March 15, according to Frank foster, manager of the firm. The increases were announced after the Eugene. ,city council granted a so-called "flexible franchise" to the line and abdi cated its right to set rates and routes. The new franchise au thorizes the line to take what ever action it deems necessary to keep the operation solvent. TABU DINNER HOUSE Now Features: NICE THICK CUT CLUB DINNER STEAKS PLUS SMORGASBORD Home Made Desserts C and Oven-Fresh Bread . You Furnish the Occasion Wt'll Furnish tht Cake 305 SOUTH RIVERSIDE MEDFORD PHONE 2-2870 2 65 Junior Service league Rummage Sale Today & Thurs. FEBRUARY 27 & 28 from 9 to 5 FEHL BLDG. On North Ivy ENDS TONITE WAYNE... 1 t V mmm Reckless, Fun-loving, Adventurous! 43 JOHN WAYNE DM DAILEY MAUREEN O'HARA Mrii WARD BOND IN METIOCOIO TONIGHT I 9:00 P.M. L;i MAJOR STUDIO SNEAK PREVIEW LAST WEEK WE SNEAKED "Wings of Angels" and "Rainmakers" DON'T MISS THIS ONE! ENDS TONIGHT 1 it .JiuiiiMiijiiiul U Jt(hieA9tLy7 1 1 ( iriirriiriirrri s RORY CALHOUN -BARBARA RUSH STARTS TOMORROW HAiir 5 rb"m JAMES o"ben VJ lCivl IAU1MCMMU MACK'S GARAGE GENERAL REPAIRS MACK'S WORK IS DONE BY MACK 1408 N. Riverside Ph. 2-2379 Medford, Oregon Klamath Indians To Get Timber Payments Portland (U.R) Per capita payments of $400 to each mem ber of the Klamath Indian tribe of southern Oregon were ap proved today by the Portland office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Area Director Don C. Foster said the payments will total $827,200 and will be paid about March 10. The money represents revenues from the sale of tribal timber supervised by the Bureau under the trust relationship of the federal government .to the Klamath tribe. Looking for Signs? We Make All Kindt FAST, EFFICIENT SERVICE with QUALITY material We're Near at the Phone "Johnny Signs Anything" JOHNNY'S SIGNS 1230 Court St. Ph.2-2494 STARTS TOMORROW THURSDAY THE TRUE AWD WONDERFUL STORT OP COL DEAN HESS CLERGYMAN TURNED FIGHTER PLLOT... Of his wife, Mary, who gave up Iter JiushanJ that he mialit tint ...aniofBin 27 Yang, who aave uo her heart W J l:(. I L: J. CI ' .t. I 't jv mo untum aj nappinesB jor me J & " VJ W IUWi fi j ROCK HUDSON .T ' -.9 m mil ,, . 'mm 1 1 'tmfii iSbl&sl. in hit I llJIIWJWJ.JJ.lllllir.ll.l. but-ulle, 1 H1linii,iv11'li(TM1iliim"liT CMtarrinj : f MARTHA HYER-DAN DURYEA,, UUIM UEI-UKt mm Minn -JUbK MAHUNtY - CARL BENTON REID Directed by DOUGLAS SIRK Written by CHAR1B GRAYSON and VINCENT B. EVANS Produced by ROSS HUNTER