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Local and Personal Retires Buiinesi Name Mr. and Mrs. Cecil B. Taunton have retired the assumed business name of Butte Falls Shell Serv ice, according to records in the county clerk's office. At Convention Dr. and Mrs Paul J. Dix, Medford, are in San Francisco, Calif., where he is -attending the Northern Califor nia Dental convention. They plan to be gone until April 18. Patients A medical patient at Osteopathic hospital is Manuel Valdes, route 1, box 401, Med "ford. Convalescing at Rogue Val ley hospital following surgery is Roy Hanson, 744 Normal ave., Ashland. X-Hay Clinic The chest x-ray clinic at Sacred Heart hospital will be open Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. according to the Jack son County Public Health as sociation, which operates the clinic. Film Friday The Open Bible Standard church, Ashland, will show the film "Crucifixion," Friday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. In the Women's Civic clubhouse on Winburn way. Several other films will also be shown. The public has been invited. Plan Sale Bethany Circle, First Presbyterian Church, will hold a sale at the church Thurs day and Friday, April 11 and 12. Hours Thursday will be 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. and Friday from 9 a. m. until 2 p. m. Lost Dog A six months old blonde female cocker spaniel be longing to Miss Jean Davis, 528 Franquette st., Medford, has been lost. The dog is wearing a red collar and answers to the name of "Taxi." Anyone finding the dog is asked to call 2-7463 after 6 p.m., Miss Davis said. Annual Luncheon The an nual no-host luncheon of the Jackson County Public Health association will be held on Thursday, April 11, at noon in the Pioneer Room of the Jackson hotel. Reservations may be made by calling the public health office in, the Leverette building, 2-4818. Business Names The busi ness name Lemire and Winches ter Trucking has been assumed by Edwin M. Lemire and LeRoy E. Winchester, according to rec ords in the county recorder's of fice. Harold E. Gist, 558 Haven st., Medford, has assumed the business name of Medford Indus tries. Assume Name Charles O. and Ralph R. Swingle, route 3, box 233A, Medford, have assumed the business name, Swingle Brothers, for use in connection with their farming operation. The two brothers have been part ners in tha operation for 16 years. Charles A. and Dennis J. Whitcher, route 2, box 219, Med ford, have assumed the business name, Whitcher and Son. I Business Name Stephen O. Wilson, Trail, has assumed the business name Shady Cove Saw mill company, according to rec ords in the county clerk's office. Recovering Mrs. Harold El liott, 2475 Stewart ave., Med ford, who underwent surgery at Rogue Valley hospital Monday, may have visitors now, friends reported this morning. Orders Issued City Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson issued five orders for correction of hazards yesterday. He inspected five business occupancies, a ware house and a public garage. Check Book Lost Lexas C. Taylor, 4624 South Pacific High way, Medford, reported to city police Tuesday the loss of a per sonalized check book which also contained $40 in currency. Leaden Meet A training meeting for 4-H Food leaders will be held Thursday, April 11, from 1 until 4 p.m. in the extension kitchen of the court house. Chimney Fire Firemen re ported no damage about 7 p.m. yesterday from a flue fire at the home of Charles E. Snedden, 1200 Mt. Pitt ave. Three gasoline spills from parked cars were flushed by firemen in downtown Medford yesterday. Cabin Entered Elmer D. Hop kins, 1200 Buckhorn Springs rd., Ashland, reported to sheriff's deputies Tuesday that his cabin on Mineral Springs rd. had been entered during the previous week. Several windows were broken and doorknobs were snapped off Births SHANGLE To Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 1240 Woodlawn ave., Medford, April 9' 1957, a girl. 6V4 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. RANDLES To Mr. and Mrs. Donald M.t 116 South Columbus ave., April 9, 1957, a girl, 7V pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. CORONA To Mr. and Mrs. Romulo, 904 Fifth ave., Gold Hill, April 10, 1957, a boy, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. Bill To Replace Unemployment Group in Senate Salem (U.R) A labor-backed bill to replace the State Un employment Compensation com mission with an employment se curity commissioner was before the Senate Wednesday with a favorable recommendation from its committee on labor and in dustries. The same three commissioners now make up the Unemployment Compensation commission and the State Industrial Accident Commission. Under terms of Sen ate bill 62, the Unemployment Compensation commission would be abolished and operation of the agency would be placed un der a one-man commissioner. The three present commissioners would remain as members of the state industrial accident com mission. Opposed To One-Man Rule Sens. Lee Ohmart of Salem and Rudie Wilhelm , Jr. of Port land did not concur in the "do pass" recommendation voted by the committee late Tuesday. Ohmart said he felt such an important agency, dealing in mil lions of dollars, should not be a one-man operation. Also sent to the floor with a favorable recommendation was Senate bill 211. It would amend present law to provide that no person other than a registered architect or registered professional engineer shall plan design or supervise erection or enlargement of any building which has or will have a ground area of more than 4,000 square feet or a height of more than 20 feet. 4, CLUB NEWS Talent 4-H Clufe Thursday night, April 11, the Talent 4-H Club is sponsoring an old fashioned pie social. The public has been invited and. all the ladies are asked to bring pies. Whole pies and slices will be sold to the cry of talent city marshall, Bill Young. The sale will be at the talent city hall at 7:30 p. m. Thursday. Those attending should bring their own table service. Coffee and lemonade will be served. Carolyn Tiegs President News About Servicemen COMPLETES TRAINING Pvt. William D. Mason, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Mason, 920 Oak st.. Central Print, is spending a leave at the home of his parents after completing basic training at Fort Carson, Colo. He will report to Camp Gordon, Ga., April 19. Research has found a way to immunize some animals to can cer. Your support of the 1957 Cancer Crusade of the Ameri can Cancer Society will help re search win the final conquest over cancer. ' START SAVING NOW r i OK MARKET 1202 North Rivenirfa OPEN EVERY L NIGHT TIL A MIDNIGHT jBTl Newsman Guilty On Contempt Charges Washington U.R) A New York newspaperman was found guilty Tuesday on 19 counts of contempt. of Congress for refus ing to name former Communist party associates. Alden Whitman faces a maxi mum sentence of one year in prison and a $1,000 fine or both. Whitman, a New York Times copyreader, refused to answer questions by the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee in Janu ary, 1956, during the group's in vestigation of alleged Commu nist infiltration of press and radio. Whitman told the subcommit tee he had been a Communist from 1935 to 1949, before he joined the Times. But he re fused to name other party mem bers on the grounds that the subcommittee did not have the authority to inquire into his per sonal association!) and beliefs. HOW! Chills! Thrills! Twin SCIENCE-HORROR Show! k COTJVm ATTACK! fssssta - HUGH MARLOWE 'JOAN TAYLOR Research Assistant. Sought by Ag Department Washington A young man who would work six month as a research assistant to help eli minate Croft Easter lilly bulb damage being done by insects in southern Oregon and north ern California, is being sought by the U. S. department of ag riculture, according to Represen tative Charles Porter, (D-Ore.). Applicants should apply to Charles F. Doucette, agricul tural service, box 458, Sumner, Wash., Porter said. The assis tant would examine crop fields, set up experimental plots and test new insecticides to be used in fighting the insect, he added. Research workshop space would be provided in Brookings. DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloudy to night and Thursday morning, becom inc DarUv cloudv Thursday afternoon with scattered lijht showers. Low to night 42. High Thursday eu. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy thrnnsh Thursday except partly sunny Thursday afternoon. Low to night 42-48. High Thursday 58-68 in interior, 55-60 on coasi. Northern California: Partly cloudy In extreme north through Thursday. Little temperature change. TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 55: above normal 4. Record high this date 85 in 1949. Record low this date 28 in 1929. PRECIPITATION : 24 hours to mid night 0; Midnight to 10 a.m., 0. Total this month .01 in..' 35 in. be low normal. Total since Sept 1, .20., 5.24 in. below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 32, highest this a m., 83. High 4:30 24- City Yester- a.m. nr. aay low riec Brookings 58 Californians Trade Wives In Mutual Understanding Millbrae, Calif .-U.PJA Mill- brae eye doctor and a merchant friend he met at Cub Scout and PTA meetings have decided to .trade wives and homes "We hope to go on living here if public opinion will let us, said Dr. Frank E. Schwartz. Schwartz, 38, disclosed de tails of the amicable wife-swap with his friend, Martin Brooks, who also lives in this San Fran- fisco suburb. Close Friends The two couples have been close friends for a couple of years, he said. The switch in af fections "gradually evolved," he said, and some time around Christmas they decided to make the change. The two wives, Jean Schwartz, 33, and Betty Brooks, 35, now are living together in Reno while waiting for divorces. Schwartz said that the divorces should be final in five weeks and they will be remarried in Nevada about a week later. The Schwartz's have two chil dren and the Brooks' four, all under 11 years of age. Dr. Schwartz said the two women will continue to live in their present home with the children. Schwartz will move into the Brooks house and Brooks will move into the doctor's house. Schwartz said the children have had the situation explained to them and they are pleased. "They feel like they're getting an extra daddy," he said. Mutual Interests He and his wife became close friends of the Brooks through Obituaries Cratei Lake Grants Pass Klamath Falls MEDFORD Portland -.52 ...75 64 ...72 -....69 43 28 46 35 - 45 47 Seattle 65 44 Spokane 64 44 Yakima 72 50 Eureka 55 48 Red Bluff 55 48 Sacramento 72 44 San Francisco 60 47 Los Angeles ....70 57 Phoenix Denver . Chicago Miami ..... New York 85 ..54 ..53 ..86 ..45 53 33 34 73 35 40 Washington. D. C. 52 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through April 15): Western Oregon-Western Washing ton Recurring showers beginning Thursday or Friday. Precipitation totalling 25 to .75 of an inch. Tem peratures averaging near or a little below normal. Highs mostly 52-60, lows 35-45. Northern California No appre ciable precipitation. Temperatures near normal. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (UP) Cattle 300. Choice around 1000 lb. steers 24; good steers 21.50-22.75: standard 19-20; mosUy choice 791-828 lb. heifers . 22.50-23; canner-cutter cows 9-11.25; utility bulls 15-16. Calves 50. Good-choice vealers 23 28: culls down to 11. Hogs 200. U. S. 1 and 2 butchers 20.75-21.25; sows 15-18. Sheep 100. Good-choice wooled lambs 20.50-21.50; mosUy choice 22.25; good-choice spring lambs 23.50-25; cull-choice ewes 5-9. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP) Eggs To retailers: Grade AA large 42-43c: A large 39 41c: AA medium 38-39c; A medium 37-38c; A small 30-31c; carton l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints, 67-68c lb.; cartons, lc a pound higher; A prints 67-68c; B prints 65 66c. Cheese Medium cured To retail ers: A grade Cheddar, single daisies, 45,i-52c: 5-lb. loaves. 51',i-57c; pro cessed American cheese. 5-lb. loaf, 41!2-44c. Farm Market First northwest asparagus from Washington's Sunnyside district was quoted at 20-25 cents a pound today. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted growers (No. 1 qualitv. f.o.b. Portland): Fryers, 2'i 4 lbs. 22c lb.; light hens, tdo few transactions for Portland price; 11-13c lb. at ranch: heavy hens, 5 lbs. up. not enough trading for Portland price: at country, 14-15C lb. old roosters, 7-9c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 39-43c lb.; cut up, 44-48c; hens, light type, cut up, 35-39c; heavy type, whole drawn, 38-42c lb. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight, 27-28e 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, 3'i-4'i 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 a green aiiaiia, Daiea. x.o.d. fori land. S31-32; some lots discounted SI to S2 ton. , Wholesale Prices as reported bv the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white, S88.50 a ton; No. 2 white oats, 38-lb West Coast delivery, normally $54.50 ton; No. 2 Valley white oats, $49 ton; soybean meal $77 ton, f.o.b. Portland; barley No. 2, 45 lb.. West Coast delivery, $47.50-48 ton; standard mill run. prompt delivery, $40-40.50 ton. f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 yellow com. Eastern shipment, f.o.b. Portland, $60.50-61. ERNST F. BLAAR Ernst F. Blaar, 75, of 1226 Dakota av., Medford, died in a local hospital Tuesday. He was formerly a contractor for the board of education of Chicago, and came to Medford five years ago. Chapel Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. HAROLD (COONIE) BRIGGS Funeral .'services for Harold (Coonie) Briggs, - 53, of Eagle Point, who died Monday at his home, will be held at Conger Morris at: 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. Joseph Munshaw of the Eagle Point Community Bi ble church will officiate. Com mittal will be in Memory Gar dens Memorial park. Mr. Briggs was born July 28, 1904, in Grants Pass. On Dec. 1, 1930, in Grants Pass he was married to Betty T. Lindsay, who survives. Other survivors include three brothers, Elmer E. Briggs, Grants Pass; Arlie E. Briggs, Crescent City, Calif.; and Harry E. Briggs, Gold Beach; and a sis ter, Mrs. Alice Smith, Sunny Val ley, Calif. Pallbearers will include Ed win Hansen, Lyle Van Scoy, Sandy Clave, Jim Clark, Richard Dugan and Ralph Keesler. Mr. Briggs moved to the Eagle Point vicinity 25 years ago where he pioneered: guiding and sports fishing, with light tackle, on the upper Rogue. He was one of the outstanding boatmen on the river doing this trade for many years until the outbreak of World War II when he went into other types of business of which the last seven years he managed a grocery store in Crescent City. EA WHENCE L. CONGER Funeral services for Lawrence L. Conger, 77, of Prospect, who died Monday at his home, will be held at Conger-Morris Thursday at 3 p.m. The Rev. George R. V. Bolster of the St. Marks Episco pal church will officiate. Com mittal will be in the Jackson ville cemetery. Mr. Conger was born Feb. 25, 1880, in Cincinnati, Iowa. On June 11, 1913, in Independence, Ore., he was married to Alice Thurston, who survives. He had made his home in this commu nity for the past 50 years. Survivors, besides his wife, in clude a son, Robert L. Conger, Prospect; three daughters, Mrs. Florence Shafer, and Mrs. Geor gia McKillop, both of Prospect; and Mrs. Margie Langston, Med ford; two brothers, Henry Con ger and Bert Conger, both of Medford; three sisters, Mrs. Lau ra Beer, Medford; Mrs. Minnie Reese, Roseville, Calif.; and Mrs. Ann Stickler, Centerville, Iowa; arid seven grandchildren. their contacts at Cub Scout and PTA affairs, Schwartz said. He added that he and Mrs. Brooks found they had mutual interests in music, art and photography, while his wife and Brooks pre ferred sports events and watch ing television. The doctor said an equitable property settlement with no ali mony was reached between the two couples. Brooks, 35, operates a garden and pet supply company. Boy Scouts Cub Pack 14 Several awards were present ed at a meeting of Cub Pack 14 at Roosevelt school Monday night. Cubmaster Shirrel Doty pre sented Bobcat pins to Bruce Cun ningham, Steve Edson, Wayne Jackson, Douglas Johannson, Richard Nehring, Thomas Bolton and David Sorenson. Wolf bad ges went Lyle Wright, Louis Budge and Tommy Mclntyre. Gold arrows on the wolf badge were presented to Budge, Mc lntyre, Wright, Kenneth Card well and Dale Trautman. Silver arrows on the Wolf badge went to Bruce Bertrand (2), Christopher Billings, Paul Foland, Craig Horton, John Mast and Wright. Carl Funk was awarded a bear badge. Kelly McHugh was awarded a Lion badge. Gold arrow for the Lion badge went to Mike May- field while Dick Russell got a silver arrow for the Lion badge. One year pins went to Jimmy Cox, Ronnie Smith and Freddie Haupert. Two year pins went to McHugh, Mike Wittenburger, Dick Schuchard and David Jones. Cox also received a den ner award. Wayne Chipman was presented a den chief cord by Mrs. bam Jennings. It is the only Cub Scout badge of office that may be worn on a Boy Scout uniform and is obtained through Boy Scout service as a den chief in a Cub Pack. W e b 1 o s, highest division in Cub scouting, was attained by Scott Cunningham, Mayfield, Danny Goltz, Fred Jennings and Steve Blackhurst. Howard Rus sell was named as leader of the new Weblos den. Pack Committeeman Kent Blackhurst paid a tribute to Mrs. Jennings, who is retiring after long service as den mother and other work in the Cub Scout program. Wednesday, April 10, 1957 pis itf i r?wF ,., .,.,, x f- ykl i IT'S SPRING, ETC. Cecile Dionne, 23, one of the famed Dionne quints, exchanges fond glances with her fiance, Phillipe Langlois, 26-year-old television technician. Cecile is in Quebec City, Canada to visit Phillipe's family. They met at a party in Montreal where Cecile is studying nurs ing. Their wedding plans are set fdr sometime in the f alL Portland (U,R) Roy L. Davis, 34, a Seattle seaman, fell into the Willamette river and drown ed early Wednesday while re turning to his ship here. Harbor police recovered his body. Bandit Slain in Puyallup Robbery Puyallup, Wash. U.R) One bandit was killed and another man arrested Tuesday night dur ing an abortive attempt- to rob a Safeway food store here. Jim Rucker, assistant chief of police,, said Byron Neal Dyson, 31, Tacoma, was killed by Offi cer Beryl Northrup during a short gun battle in which a doz en shots were fired. Police were holding Melvin Schuffert, 50, Tacoma, who was captured three, blocks from the store. Rucker said two men entered the store and ordered the clerk Goldie Mulchay, Sumner, to fill a bag with money. A passerby saw the robbery taking place and telephoned police. Northrup entered the store and- both men drew guns and began firing. Northrup returned the fire, killing Dyson. Champagne Lacking on Plane Trip; Damages Won London U.R) A court has awarded the Gilbert Chalmers family $169 on a claim that a British airline did not supply the advertised champagne and "epi curean" lunch on a Paris-to-Lon-don flight. Chalmers said Tuesday he and his family had been put off the plane in Paris and were served "lukewarm tea, bun and butter and slab of cake. No cham pagne." Counsel for the airline ad mitted a mistake had been made on their booking. . Rockefeller Center in New York was completed in 1940. Stocks Move Sharply In Active Trading New York (U.R) Stocks surged ahead sharply in active trading Wednesday after rail road issues got into the act. Industrials were strong most of the day. Oils were sparked by the in troduction of legislation in Con gress to ease federal regulation over natural gas production. Gains of a point or more ap p e a r e d in Missouri - Kansas Texas preferred, Illinois Central, Chesapeake and Ohio, New York Central, Missouri Pacific and Western Maryland in the rail group. Phillips Petroleum, Sea board Oil, Texas Gulf Produc ing, Cities Service, Pure Oil, and Ohio Oil led' the petroleum group higher. Chemicals, air crafts, and metals also boasted a number of good gainers. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 87 American Can 43 V A T and T 177 V Anaconda Copper 65 Mobiles by Students Displayed at SOC Ashland Townspeople have been invited to attend an exhibit of colorful mobiles by Southern Oregon college art students which are displayed in Churchill hall, according to Miss Marion Ady, chairman of the art de partment. Featuring hanging- mobiles, each with individual motifs, the exhibit has attracted many stu dent viewers and will be open to the public during school hours until Friday, April 19, Miss Ady said. 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