Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 27, 1957, Image 13

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    1 Local and Personal
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Ouiine lua Warren
Poole has'tMumed the business
name Poole's Trailer Sales, ac
cor90 o records in the county
clerk? s jftc.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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