Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 05, 1957, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Rummage Sale The Central Point Jaycettes will hold a rum mage sale Saturday, April 6, at he old drug store building in Central Point. Patient Convalescing at the SKogue Valley hospital after a tonsillectomy is James Leary, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. fJeniel Leary of 323 Newtown r-e., Medford. heft Reported Ronald M. nhert. Grants Pass, has re sorted to sheriffs deputies here theft of 15 to 20 gallons of S9oline from some equipment CM Ditth Creek rd. Needed The Jackson County Red Cross chapter has sported a need for children's and men's shoes and overshoes to be given to needy families. Anyone having extra shoes for ebnation to the Red Cross may take them to the chapter office on the basement floor of the ourthonse. TONITE! Chcllanaina r Far Country A BOAT DESTINED FOR DANGER! CPUOiz, BONUS niT! SAT. ONLY! GLENN at MUEAMLABJB Dreamland Band's Smooth Rhythm Latest and Oldest Dance Favorites ADDED ATTRACTION A FINE ACCORDION PLAYER 1 Walker's Dreamland Ballroom Always A Congenial Crowd 1 HDAvRTCDIE SATURDAY NIGHT cdasiis EAGLE POINT The Only Spring Floor In Southern Oregon DANCE TO THE COMBINED MUSIC OF DICK SPAIN, BILL LIVELY and The Rogue Valley Boys PLENTY OF FREE PARKING Admission GOOD COUNTRY BOYS Saturday Night, April 6th ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM Personal Runaway Held A 17-year-old Perryton, Tex., boy is being held in the county jail as a runaway. He was arrested Tuesday by Medford police. Lodged in Jail A 16-year-old Medford boy was lodged in the county jail Wednesday on a charge of autp theft. He was ar p rested by Medford police. Bike Lost Madelyn Lenore Hurn, 46 Summit ave., Medford, reported to city police Thurs day the loss of a girl's sidewalk bicycle. To Present Play Jacksonville junior and senior high school students will present a three-act play, "The Cannibal Queen," Friday and Saturday, April 5 and 6, starting at 8:13 p.m. in the high school gym. Tickets will be on sale at the door. Thayer Tarvin of Medford is directing the production, which was pre sented to the student body Thursday afternoon. tha Klandiba'a innw. 4 Sfl&T mm m and fin, and greed! otwring WALTER BRENNAN Plus 1st DRIVE IN RUN FORD "THE RETURN OF OCTOBER" EVERY SAT. NITE Finest of Modern Music Wper Pe per Person WESTERN LlfJOSEY and the Theft Ronald E. Sherman, 1723 South Peach st., Medford, has reported to city police the theft of a side view mirror from his car while it was parked near Medford High school Thursday. In San Francisco Marvin Nelson, administrative officer at the Crater Lake National park office in Medford, has been in the park service regional office in San Francisco this week on business matters. Orders Issued Four business occupancies, a warehouse and a buildinfc of public assembly were inspected yesterday by City Fire Marshal Truman Nel son. He issued nine orders for correction of hazards. Accident A car operated by Edward Joseph Walker, 36, of 1201 Whitman st., Medford, and a pickup truck operated by Rich ard Eugene Foy, 27, of route 1, box 324, Medford, were involved in an accident in the 1900 block of Stewart ave. yesterday, ac cording to state police. Trash Fire City firemen ex tinguished a trash fire on a lot at the rear of a vacant house at 215 Beatty st. about 10:10 p.m. yesterday after neighbors com plained of the blaze. It was burning during prohibited hours. Wrong Date The Jackson County Grange council will meet Saturday, April 13, at the Cen tral Point grange hall, rather than April 31 as was previously reported. Those attending are asked to bring cookies, accord ing to Ralph James, secretary of the council. Boy Interrogated City police Thursday cleared the theft of a bicycle from a Medford boy March 31-with the interrogation of a 14-year-old Medford youth. The youth was released to his mother with instructions to ap pear before county juvenile au thorities, police said. Accident A car operated by j Harold Brooke Pence, 113 East 11th st., Medford, was involved in an accident Thursday with a parked car registered to Fred erick G. Noah, Grants Pass, on Riverside ave. between 12th and Ninth sts., according to city police. Case Cleared A case involv ing damage being done April I, at a vacant house at 320 West Clark st., Medford, has been cleared with the interrogation of six Medford youths Thursday, according to city police. Two of the boys were aged nine, two were eight and the others were j aged six and 10, police said. Four Appear in Court Thursday Twe Phoenix juveniles and two 22-year-old men from Med ford and Phoenix appeared in district court yesterday on charges involving liquor. Gilbert Ivan Campfield, 22, of 2391 Howard ave., Medford, and Curtis Ray Ford, 22, Phoe nix, were each fined $35 on charges of furnishing liquor to a minor. Larry Cecil Coggins, 18, Phoenix, was lodged in the county jail in lieu of $15 fine on charges of illegal possession of liquor. The 17-year-old boy was fined $15 on charges of illegal possession of liquor. The four were arrested by Medford police Wednesday at the Craterian theater, 23 South Central ave. The arrests were made after police were inform ed several boys were drinking in the theater balcony. Wrong Lottery Number Mexico City (U.R) Ignacio Mejia Gonzalez, a 27-year-old bootblack, said today he stabbed a fortune teller because she failed to predict the winning number in an $80,000 lottery. The bootblack told police the crystal gazer, who operates un der the name of Nelly Muley, charged him $16, but gave him the wrong number. MUSIC Stock Market Helped By Aircraft New York Strength m air crafts and selected industrials gave the stock market a firmer tone today on slightly increased volume. Rails improved fractionally but Peoples Gas pulled utilities down from the 26-year high set by that average Thursday. Boeing airplane was a feature irf the aircrafts, up more than two points at its high. Lockheed rose more than one and Glenn Martin and Bendix around a point each. Today's prices on selected stocks Allied Chemical . 8738 American Can 43 Ik AT&T 177V2 Anaconda Copper 643g Obituaries MRS. SARAH L. HANNA Mrs. Sarah Louise Hanna, 876 Siskiyou blvd., Ashland, died last night in a local hospital. Conger-Morris Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. OTTO EMIL MERTEN Funeral services for Otto E. Merten, 67, of Medford, who died Wednesday, will be held at Conger-Morris Saturday at 11 a.m. The Rev. G. Herbert Hil lerman of the Zion Lutheran church will officiate. Private committtal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Merten was born Sept 19, 1889, in Germany. On March 23, 1914, in Germany he was married to Augusta Kinde, who survives. He lived in the Wolf creek area since 1934 moving to Medford three years ago. Survivors besides his wife in clude daughter, Mrs. E. Virgil Goff, Medford; a sister in Ger many; three grandchildren and one great grandson. HJALMAR A. RAMSTROM Funeral services for Hjalmar A. Ramstrom, 67, of 2219 East Main st., Medford, who died Wednesday, will be held at Perl Funeral home at 11:30 a.m. Sat urday. The Rev. Raymond W, Hurn, pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, will officiate. Internment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. ivir. namstrom was Dorn in Sweden, Oct. 3, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Ramstrom lived in Canada several years, and moved to Medford in 1937. For several years, they lived near Central Point, where Mr. Ramstrom farmed. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hulda E. Ramstrom; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Stark, Med ford; one son, Carl Ramstrom, Los Angeles, Calif three broth ers, Samuel Ramstrom, Henning Ramstrom, and Arthur Ram strom, all of whom live in Swe den; and four grandchildren. EDWARD LUNDBERG Funeral services for Edward Lundberg, 91, of 117 12 Mistletoe St., Medford, will be held at Perl Funeral home at 10 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. D. E. Mil lard will officiate. Interment will be in Medford IOOF ceme tery. Mr. Lundberg was born in Sweden, Jan. 3, 1866, and has been in the United States for the past 75 years and in this community for the past 40 years. He was a retired carpenter and was married in Grants Pass May 9, 1948. Survivors include his son, Thor Lundberg, also known as James Kelly, of Bakersfield, Calif., and a niece, Mrs. St. George, Turlock, Calif. BIRTHS GALLOWAY To Mr. and Mrs. Charles, 903 West 10th st., Medford, April 3, 1937, a boy, 7 V pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. COLVER To Mr. and Mrs. Eldred, route 3, box 235, Med ford, April 5, 1957, a boy, 33i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospi tal. WILSON To Mr. and Mrs. Dewey, 508 North Berkeley way, Medford, April 4, 1957, a boy, 63i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. NELSON To Mr. and Mrs. Albert, 860 West 14th st., Med ford, April 4, 1957, a girl, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospi tal. BATES To Mr. and Mrs. Marlow, 1124 West Eighth st., Medford, April 5, 1957, a boy, 8V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. The '111' CLUi Now Serving Merchants' Lunch 1 1 a.m. to 2 p.m. SIX NIGHTS WEEKLY Music by BOB ROBERTS and The MELODY WRANGLERS BIG SUNDAY JAM SESSION Prices Bethlehem Steel 43g Caterpillar Corp 9IV2 Chrysler Corp 723,4 Continental Can 435 j Crown Zellerbach 50 Curtiss Wright 434 Du Pont 180V4 Eastman Kodak 87 Vi Lreneral Electric 5834 r" 1 -o 1 , ucucidl IUUUS iZ 2 General Motors 39Vi Georgia Pacific 2934 Graham Paige 2 Homestake Mining 36 ' Kaiser Fraser 131,4 Kennecott Copper 115V8 Lockheed Aircraft J. 46i.i Katy Pfd. 56V2 Montgomery Ward . 37ss New York Central 293g Penney, J. C 82 Penn RR v 20?s Radio Corporation - '35Vs Richfield Oil 64i,4 Socony Vacuum ; 55V4 Southern Co 21? Southern Pacific 43T-8J Standard California .'. 48 Standard Indiana 53Vs Standard N.J. . ... 57Vi Sun Mines 7 Texas Gulf 29 Tex Pac Land Trust 73,4 Transamerica 38V4 Trans West Air 158 Tri-Continental 30 Union Carbide ... 11014 Union Pacific 271,2 United Aircraft 77Vs U. A. L 2912 U. S. Rubber 40 V4 U. S. Steel 60 Youngstown S & T 107 M 68 Donors Make Appointments Sixty-eight appointments have been made so far for blood dona tions Tuesday, April 9, from 1 to 6 p.m., when the Bloodmobile unit will be at the Elks temple in Medford. The total is 282 below the number of donors necessary to meet Medford's 290-pint quota, blood ' program officials said. They stated, however, that it is not necessary to make an ap pointment in order to donate blood. Drop-in donors will also be accepted. Appointments may be made by telephoning the Bloodmobile office, Medford 3-3813. Making appointments yester day and this morning were K. W. Cook, Doris Allen, Dorothy Terry, D. K. West, John R. Dumas, William T. Dahl, Doris Taylor, Melvin Nipps, Phyllis Nipps Glenn McCullough, K. W. Copinger, Rae Eatherton, John R. Alexandro, David Mathias, Hazel Marie Wood, Raymond Reeter, Riley Cook, Edgar Head, Melvin Wiggins, Robert Laff erty, Calvin Rawstern, Bill Sanders, Margaret Davis, Mrs. Virginia Wright, Grade Powden, Betty Tomlin and Avis Kezer. Officials said donors planning to give blood to replace that used in transfusions for friends should have names of the pa tient, the doctor and the hos pital when they arrive at the Bloodmobile Tuesday. Cities, Counties To Get State Liquor Funds Portland (U.P.) Consumers of liquor in Oregon will enrich the state's general fund and cities and counties by some $4, 757,152 during April, according to Joseph Nance, administrator for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Nance said that the funds would come from liquor sales and privilege tax collections for the first three months of the year and represents surplus over and above the commission's working capital. Rummage Sale Tuesday & Wednesday April 9th & 10th 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. FEHL BUILDING NORTH IVY Plants White Elephants Sponsored by Christian Women's Fellowship of 1st Christian Church Donations accepted Monday 2 to 4 at Fehl Bldg., or Contact Helen Chapman, Ph. 2-6946 or Blanche Doty. Friday, April 5, 1957 PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.) Cattle for week 2475. Low-average choice fed steers to 1168 lb. 23.25-23.50; good steers 22-23; good-low choice heifers 19.50 22; canner-cutter cows late 9-11; util ity bulls 15-16.50. Calves for week 365. Good-choice vealers 23-29, early to 30; calves 18.50-23. Hogs for week 145S. No. 1 and 2 around 200-215 average butchers 20.25-20.50; sows 330-500 lb.-mosUy 15-17.50. Sheep for week 1000. Good-choice wooled lambs at mid-week 21-21.50; choice, mostly good shorn and wooled lambs 19.50-20.50; cuU-good ewes 4-8. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UJ.) Eggs To retail ers; Grade AA large, 41-42c; A large, 39-40C; AA medium. 37-38c: A me dium. 36-37c: A small, 30-31c; carton, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: A A grade prints, 68-69c lb.; cartons. 69-"0c; A prints, 68-69c: B prints. 66-67C Cheese medium cured To retail ers: A grade Cheddar, single daisies, 451i-52c; 5-lb. loaves. 51',2-57c; pro cessed American cheese. 5-lb. loaf, 4i;2-44c. Farm Market There was little action at the East Side Farmers market today with of ferings limited to Northwest potatoes, dry onions, parsnips, mustard greens, leaks, and bedding plants. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted growers INo. 1 oualitv. f.o.b. Portland!: Frv- ers. 2'i-4 lbs. ,22c lb.; light hens, too few transactions for Portland price, ll-13c lb. at ranch; heavy hens, 5 lbs. up. not enongh trading for Portland price; at country, 14- 15c lb.; old roost ers. 7-9c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Frvers. whole drawn, 39-42c lb.; cut up, 44-48c; hens, light type, cut up. 35-39c; heavy type, whole drawn, 38-42c lb. Turkeys Top roducers: Fryer tur keys, live weight, 27-28C lb.: breeder hens, 27c lb .to producer on oven ready basis; breeder toms, 25-27c on same basis. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants): Live white. 334-4j lbs., f.o.b. dressing plants Portland. 23-26c; colored pelts. 4c under: old does, 10-12 lbs., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 59-64c lb.; cut up. 62-65C Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hav Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port land, SJi-jz; some lots discounted SI to S2 too. Wholesale prices as reported bv the TJSDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white, $88.50 a ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. West Coast delivery, normally $54.50 ton: No. 2 Vallev white oats, $49 ton; soybean meal $77 ton, f.o.b. Portland: barley No. 2, 45 lb. West Coast delivery, $48 ton; standard mill run. prompt delivery, $40-40.50 ton. f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipment, f.o.b. PorUand, $60-60.50. DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS Medford and vicinitv: Occasional light rain tonight. Showers and occa sional sunshine Saturday. Low tonight 4. mgn jriaay tu. Western Orecon: Considerable cloudiness with a few showers to night. Partly cloudy Saturday with a few showers near mountains in north half. Cooler with low tonight 40-46. High Saturday 50-60. Northern California: Fair tonieht and Saturday except scattered show ers in extreme north portion tonight and early Saturday. Increasing fog near coast. Slightly cooler. LUtAL DATA TEMPERATURE : Mean vesterdav 56; above normal 6. i Record high this date 78 in 1934. necora low tnis aate 26 in 1955. PRECIPITATION : 24 hours to mid. night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., trace. Total this month .01 inch, .15 inch below normal. Total since Seot. 1. 20. inches S.43 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest vtrrfv 41 . highest this a.m. 833,. . HlRh City Yester 4:30 24- a.m. nr. Low Prec. 48 34 .05 44 .01 36 43 48 31 day Brookings 67 Crater Lake 46 Grants Pass 71 Klamath Falls 61 MEDFORD 66 PorUand 57 Seattle 53 47 .28 41 .05 48 48 59 52 49 56 56 17 39 T 76 Spokane 46 Yakima 59 Eureka 53 Red Bluff 82 Sacramento 83 San Francisco 71 Los A ngeles 76 Phoenix B2 Denver 37 Chicago 48 Miami 77 New York 42 Washington, D.C. 47 38 43 2.03 .72 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through April 10): Western Oregon Western Washing ton Temperatures averaging near normal in western Oregon and a few degrees below normal in western Wash ington. Highs mostly in 60s, lows 38-48 western Oregon; highs in 50s and lows 35-45 western Washington. Re curring rains totalling .25 to .75 jot an inch, except 1-2 inches on coast. Northern California No appreci able precipitation except occasional rains from about Eureka northward Temperatures near normal. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads The Low Cost Way To Sell Items You No Longer Need "TAKE OUT" Deluxe (25c) Hamburgers FOR air oyer five II 9' each This offer good very day! HEEi.il THE KING OF Ainn tll-FRANKIE LYM0N XT mi urn M-ltV LA VERN BAKER MIA! k.r .l.t "TM-IA-U' H-ik-aik CHUCK BERRY i niai t. ti.( - PLUS THE QplET MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Body of Publisher Found in Burns Street Burns, Ore. (U.R) The body of Duglas Mullarky, 59, publish er of the weekly Times-Herald here, was found on a downtown street about 2:30 a.m. Thursday. Police were investigating pos sibility that Mullarky was the victim of a hit and run driver. Officers said Mullarky 's body was discovered by William F. Bardwell, a Burns attorney. It was lying in the street and had been run over, according to po lice. Coos Bay TV Channel Application on File Washington (U.R) Pacific Television Inc. Thursday applied to the Federal Communications Commission to operate a new TV station on channel 11 at Coos Bay. Ore. Pacific Television is owned by Eugene Television. Inc., which operates station KVAL-TV on VHF channel 13 at Eugene, Ore. Pacific proposes to operate the Coos Bay station as a satellite to KVAL-TV, using the Eugene sta tion's programs. ENJOY GENUINE ' CHARCOAL BROILED FOODS In the CANDLE ROOM at the Medford Hotel . ANN DANCE SAT. RIGHT - WITH THE - 'Rhythm Busters' : ADM. FREE UNTIL 9 P.M. 90e Per Person After 9 P.M. at the HI-VAV CORRAL KIDS UNDER 12 FREEI CAMP WHITE Paved Parking C With All the Trimmings " I Park Place Cafe 302 West Main TONIGHT and SATURDAY ROCK'N'ROLL cniecn in m rircur ejrci tr FOftRESTTUCNEK MARA C080AY TK 4-H Club News Gold Hill Linstock club The meeting was called to order by President Terry Gail at the Foots Creek Community hall March 27. The roll was call ed and project reports were given. Glenn Klein explained how to fill out new record books. Sev eral new members were ini tiated. The next meeting will be April 10 at the Roy Eskew home on Sardine Creek. mnrn FOR THE Saturday FUN SHOW TERRIFIC ACTION IN CINEMASCOPE VICTOR MATURE AND A CAST OF THOUSANDS IN "DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS" PLUS CARTOON CARNIVAL - and CHAPTER 8 VI "HOP HARRIGAN" TONIGHT- & SATURDAY ENSIOXT AT RICHARD EGAH DOROTHY L0 CAMERON MITCHELL - PLUS - ECSTASIES AND EXCITEMENTS! ANITA EKBERG VICTOR MATURE MICHAEL WILDING ADDED SATURDAY ONLY Bonus 3rd FEATURE ENDS TONIGHT UK CHANDLER MoUfMH O'HARA - PLUS - TOMORROW, SATURDAY BIG FEATURES GunmeB Ride Trail iOAJH ff Dak 'SL MMMr At. I-C - PLUS -A REAL THRILLER WILLIAM BENDIX ARTHUR KENNEDY in t 1 PLUS mum MTHUDIeMflCr "CRASHOUT"