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Locals Medical Patient Mrs. Sam Cook of 1691 Parker st., Ash land, is a medical patient at Osteopathic hospital. Rummage Sale A rummage sale will be held by the Junior Guild Tuesday, May 14, at the Fchl building, 106 North Ivy St., Medford. Tonsillectomy Convalescing at Rogue Valley hospital follow ing a tonsillectomy is Mark Burns, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Burns of 116 Chestnut St., Medford. X-Ray Clinic The chest x-ray clinic at Sacred Heart hospital will be open Thursday between 2 and 5 p.m., according Vo the Jackson County Public Health association which operates the clinic. Program Tonight The Visionaires male quartet will give a program of music tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Friends church. The public has been in vited. Hazards Listed Five orders for correction of fire hazards were issued by" City Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson yesterday following inspection of three business occupancies, a hotel and an office building. Mothers Day Sale A Mothers 'Day sale, sponsored by Junior Dorcas, will be held Friday, May 10, at City Appliance, 127 North Central ave., Medford. Aprons, doll clothes and baked goods will be on sale. - Car Struck A parked car registered to Catherine E. Brock, Ashland, was struck by a car operated by Ruth Elaine Reichstein. 7 Glen Oak Court, Medford, Monday, on East Main st. between Asluid and Willa mette aves., according to city po lice. Collision Cars operated by Daphny Cleonice Burgess, 1264 Dixie Lane, Medford, and Blanche Nff Canode, 716 Crown ave., Medford, were in volved in an accident Monday on East Eighth st. between Front st. and Central ave., according to city police. Accident An accident oc curred Monday at South Front and 11th sts., involving a pick up truck operated by Paul Wil-i liam Fullmer, 213 Lincoln 'st., Medford. and a car operated by Joseph Laurence Nichols, Kel owna, B.C. Nichols was cited for 'failure to stop at a stop sign, po lice said. Sal Continued Sheriff How ard Gault said this noon the sale of new and used furniture and other items from the Barneburg and Andrews store will be con tinued at 10 a.m. tomorrow at 520 South Riverside ave. He said continuation was necessary because there were too many items to be sold today. The sale started at 10 a.m. today. Patients Convalescing at Os teopathic hospital following an emergency appendectomy Tues day is Donald Christmas, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Christmas, route 1, box 3S0N. Medford. Convalescing at Rogue Valley hospital follow ing surgery are Edward Lesno wicz, 910 Murray st., Medford, and Edward Birge, box 855, Central Point. Released Bill Dean Hedrick, 31, of route 1, box 500B, Ash land, was released from custody Tuesday afternoon. Hedrick, who was scheduled to be ar- ' raigned in district court on charges of petty larceny, was dismissed on a motion filed by District Attorney Thomas Ree- der on grounds of insufficient evidence. The motion stated the only evidence, the' testimony of an- accomplice." was not avail able to the court. BRAND-NEW FAUCETS A new faucet for the kitchen can do wonders toward reliev ing irritation. Single handle mix ing faucets which may be op- prated with one hand, are con venient for the busy homemak- er. Phone KE 5-1462 1st DRIVE IN RUN! 1 1 OUTCAST WITH A GTTN-L . ANTHONY 3TQUNN hATY JURADO Plus SCORE MONTGOMERY MOM FREEMAN la USTtua COLOR RETURNING to Sweden, Princess Margaretha, 23, re portedly has been forbidden to again see Robin Douglas Home, young nephew of Earl of Horjie, London, England musician. (International) Mayflower II Sailing Southwest of Canary London !U.R The replica Pilgrim ship Mayflower II ra dioed Tuesday night it now is 320 miles southwest of the Ca nary Islands on the voyage to Plymouth, Mass. The message from Capt. Alan Villiers said the Mayflower had covered 110 miles in the 24-hour period ending at noon Tuesday. He said the ship was sailing along at 6V2 knots. DAILY WEATHER REPORT ' FORECASTS Kedford and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness with a few showers to night and Thursday. Low tonight 48. High Thursday 65-68. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy through Thursday. A few showers. Possibly afternoon thundershowers in mountains. Low tonight 48-52. High Thursday 60-70. Northern California: Fair tonight and Thursday, except scattered show ers in mountains and a few after noon thundershowers. Warmer Thurs day. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 61: above normal 4. Record high this date 90 in 1639. .Record low this date 32 in 1950. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m. .none. Total this month .18 inch, .10 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 20.53 inches, 4.65 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 50, highest this a.m. 87. Hich 4:30 24- City Yester- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. Brookings ; . 61 53 T Crater Lake 60 34 Grants Pass 70 54 .03 Klamath Falls 71 47 53 54 52 52 54 MEDFORD 73 Portland 7 1 Seattle 7l" Spokane 72 Yakima 82 Eureka 60 53 Red Bluff 70 56 Sacramento 71 57 San Francisco 65 53 .07 58 Los Angeles 68 Phoenix 87 65 51 .59 73 60 52 Denver 76 Chicago 80 . lvildllll O ' New York 81 Washington, DC 79 FIVF.-OAV FORECAST (Through May 13): Western Oregon-Western Washing ton Precipitation averaging .25 of inch or less, occurring in scattered showers mostly during last half of this week. Temperatures averaging below normal with highs mosUy 38 68. Lows in 40s. Northern California Scattered showers at beginning of period, other- Temperatures near normal. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Portland (U.P.I Cattle 530. Choice 1180 lb. fed steers 24: good-choice 23- z.f.2: good steers zz-zj; cnoice fed heifers 23.25: mostly good-choice 22.75: canner-cutter cows 11-13; util ity bulls 17-18.25. Calves 100. Market opened slow, not established. Hogs 300. Sorted 1 and 3 butchers 21.25-21.50: mixed 20.50-21; sows 300 500 lb. 15 50-19. Sheep 200. Market not established. PORTLAND PRODUCE Portland (UP.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large. 41-42c: A large. 38-40c; AA medium. 37-38c; A me dium. 35-36c: A small, 29-30c; carton, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA grade prints. 67-68c lb.: carton, le a nound higher; A prints,' 67-658c; 3 prints, 65-6SC. 'Cheese medium ' rured To retail ers: A grade Cheddar, single daisies. 34ii-52c; 5-lh. loaves. 51g-S7c; pro cessed American cneese. 5-IB. loaf, 41a-44e. Farm Market Name brand strictly No. 1A Calif ornia long white spuds sold mostlv at S4-4.25 a hundredweight today; best lettuce was 2.50-2.75 a carton with a few higher. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens quoted to growers No. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland : 2 ' i-4 lbs.. 21-22c lb.; some offers to 23c: light hens, too few transactions for Portland price; 10-I2c lb. at ranch: heavy hens, 5 lbs. up. not enough trading for Portland price: at coun try. 13-14c lb.; old roosters. 7-9c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 37-42c lb.; cut up. 44-47c; hens, light type, cut up. 34-39c; heavy type, whole drawn, 36-42c lb. Turkey To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight, 28-28c lb.; breeder hens. 25c lb. to producer on oven ready basis; breeder toms. 25c on same same basis. Rabbits (Average to growers, f ob. killing plants): Live white, 33i-4'i lbs., f.o.b. dressing plants Portland. 23-26; colored pelts. 4c under: old does. 10-12c lb., a few higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers. j9-64c lb.; cut up, 62-65C. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No 2 green alfalfa, baled, f ob. Port land. $31; few smt.ll lots down to $30 ton Wholesale prices as reported bv the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white, $88.50 a ton: No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. West Coast delivery, nominally S52 ton: No. 2 Valley white oats. S48 ton: soybean meal $78 ton, f o.b. Portland: barlev No. 2. 45-Ib., West Coast delivery, S4S.50 ton; standard mill run. prompt delivery, S42-42.30 ton. f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland S61-61.50. GIGANTIC FOOD SALE All Sandwiches Cut In Half! Hurry down for yours at the Top Notch Cafe in the Craterian Theater Bldg. Posters Offer $50 Reward for Poisoners A number of posters offering a $50 reward for information leading to the arrest and convic tion of dog poisoners were to be posted in an east Medford neigh-1 borhood this week. The posters, obtained from Dog World magazine' which makes the reward offer, were received by Mrs. Edward Sickles, 2608 East Jackson dr., owner of one of four dogs which were poisoned last month in a one-block radius in the vicinity of Jackson st. and Eastover dr. Police are still working on leads in - connection with the poisoning. Penalties for the crime of animal poisoning range up to three years in the state penitentiary, or a fine of up to SI. 000, or both. The poster states that the $50 reward will be paid promptly on presentation of satisfactory proof that the claimant was the first and instrumental in secur ing arrest and conviction of the poisoner. Obituaries LLOYD IRA STIMSON Ashland Lloyd Ira Stimson, 60, of 106 Walker ave., Ashland, died at his home May 7 after a brief illness. . Mr. Stimson was born Jan. 12, 1897, on the old Stimson homestead seven miles east of Medford. He married the former Miss Ethel Rummel in Medford in 1921 and later that year mov ed to Ashland. They made their home here until 1927 when they returned to Medford. They mov ed back to Ashland in 1941. He was employed ' by the Southern Pacific railroad as a car inspector where he worked up to a few hours prior to his death. He is a member of Trinity Episcopal church in Ashland and the Masonic lodge of Cen tral Point. Mr. Simpson is survived by his wife, two daughters, Yo vonna Stimson and Mrs. Vir ginia Jones, both of Ashland; four sisters, Mrs. Lucy Grissom, Mrs. Julia Grissom, both of Cen tral Point, Mrs. Myrtle Nelson, of Medford. and Mrs. Minnie Grissom, of Fairfield, Idaho. Two brothers, Steve and Fred Stimson, preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 10, at 3 p.m. in Litwiller's Mountain View chap el in Ashland with the Central Point Masonic lodge in charge of the service. The Rev. John Thompson of the Trinity Epis copal church will officiate. In terment will be in Mountain View cemetery. ARCHIE A. BUTLER Archie A. Butler, 60, of Camp White, died this morning at the VA Dnmiciliarv. Conser-Morris Funeral home is in charge of ar rangements. MRS. IMOGENS S. BAKER Funeral services for Mrs. Imo gene Baker, 59, formerly of Medford, who died Monday at her home in LaCanada, ' Calif., will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Lamb Funeral home in Pasa dena, Calif. Interment will be in North Hollywood. Mrs. Baker was born Nov. 7, 1897, in Arbela, Mo. She was married to Warren Baker in 1952. She' lived in Medford sev eral years and moved about five years ago. Survivors include her hus band, sons, Clarence L. Smith, Medford, and Eugene Smith, San Diego, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Evelyn Reid, Grants Pass, and one granddaughter. Uh Get the eye-opening facts on the car with HIADROOM.PLUSI See Page 7, Section 1 SOPHIA "Italy add . another. volcano -SOPHIA LOREN. When this siren erupts, it's every man for himself!" Doi'r Uitrot T00B r 2 ITT Births WIKOFF To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph, 322 Gibson, Talent, May 7, 1957, a girl, 7Vi pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. ODEN To Mr. and Mrs. Vernon, box 62, Butte Falls, May 8, 1957, a girl, 81 2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. WORTH To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore, route 2, box 625, Cen tral Point, May 8, 1957, a girl, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. Fred, 932 Stewart ave., Med ford, May 8, 1957, a girl, 53,4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. Funeral Services Will Be Thursday For Mr. Preston Funeral services for Lafayette Preston, 100, of Butte Falls, will me held at Perl Funeral home at 1 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. John H. Fuiten of Butte Falls will officiate. Internment will be at the Mt. View cemetery, Ashland. Mr. Preston was born in Three Rivers, Mich., May 30, 1856. His parents were Fidelia Daley and Jackson Monroe Preston. When he was eight years old, the family moved to Butler county, Nebraska, where he lived for nine years. At th age of 17 he returned to Michigan, where he remained for three years. At that time he returned to Nebraska, and four years later, homesteaded a place in Brown county, Nebraska. He farmed the land and after 12 years, he married Lydia Bur gett in 1892. The couple had five children, one of whom died at the age of two. In 1900 the Preston family moved to Cottonwood, Shasta county, Calif., where he farmed for seven years. Moves to Oregon In 1907 the family moved to Weston, Ore. They lived there for two years, then, moved to LaGrande, Ore. The family moved from LaGrande to Baker county in 1915, where they lived until Mrs. Preston's death in 1928. Since then, Mr. Preston has divided his time among his chil dren. He has spent several of his recent years with his daughter, Mrs. Mina Wright, in Butte Falls. Other survivors include one son, Benjamin Preston, of Ger- ber, Calif., and two other daugh ters, Mrs. Martha Jenson, Enum claw. Wash., and Mrs. Ida Ty rell, Stockton, Calif., 17 grand children, 23 great grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren. Pall-bearers will be Frank Edmundson, Albert Hoffmann, Robert McCabe, Ed Wolf, Em mett Gott, and Elmer Lether man. DANCE Bobby Champion and his Rhythm Buster The Best Dance Band In the Valley SAT. NITE ROGUE VALLEY BALLROOM L TONIGHT DOORS OPEN 8:00 ZiaOREN "The signorina racks up quite a' score! SOPHIA LOREN is some thing to look at from any angle or any side!" Crewth.f, hi. T. Timet Overflows with Loren's luscious loveliness!" -N.y. rot Bad" Jam lip Gold Hill School fo Hold Music Festival Gold Hill The Gold Hill elementary school will present a spring music festival at 8 p.m. Friday, May 10, in the Hanby school, according to Charles Cook, school band director. The program will consist of choral and band music. The fourth and fifth grades, directed by Marguerite Black, will pre sent spring and folk dance songs and spirituals. Accompan iest will be Gertrude Jacobson. The sixth and seventh grades will present "spiritual, patriotic and a group of folk songs under the direction of Bill Brewster. He will be accompanied by Ruth Brewster. The seventh grade also will present several special numbers. The school band will present a selection of marches, waltzes, popular and patriotic numbers. Special numbers, including a trumpet trio and a clarinet quartette, also will be presented. The school PTA will hold a coffee hour following the pro gram. Ike Johnson Named President of Group Ike Johnson, of the Medford school maintenance staff, was elected president of the Medford chapter, Oregon School Em ployees association, at a meeting at Hedrick Junior High school recently. Other officers elected are Lyle Kline, vice president; Cliff Hutchins, secretary, and Al Mercer, treasurer. Lester Throckmorton, past president of the chapter, was named honorary president of the organization. Delegates' and alternates to the state conference at Hermis ton are R. E. Wicker, Kline, Gwen Peterson, Hutchins, Mer cer, Perry Strom, Ted Hassman, Esther Rose, Harold Shockley, Johnson, and Bernie Rice. Legislature To Break At Least Two Records Salem (U.R The 1957 Ore gon Legislature will be record breaking in more ways than one. On Friday the 117 days it has been in session will make it the longest in history. The number of bills introduced through Tues day was 1305, passing the old mark of 1,302 set in 1955. STARTS TONIGHT ELVIS PRESLEY RICHARD KM-DEBMOT HOWARD DUFF LIT MROH ILL WILLIAMS miasm M-ait nm STARTS TONIGHT ZANf GKY'S GHAT ST0IY f! , In story he?S J(f wasljorn gjL J to play! .r' - PLUS - n r. , 172 WOOD-TIHGUMC RY - PLUS - Wednesday, May 8, 1957 Stocks Turn Higher; Rails Net Best Gain New York U.R) Stocks turned higher today after three sessions of decline. Rails made the best percent age advance. Their gains ranged to more than a point in Balti more & Ohio which owns 32 per cent of the outstanding stock of Western Maryland, the recent strong rail favorite. The main list of industrials ruled firm with the chemicals strong, steels irregular, oils firm, motors steady, and metals mixed. Issues outside the group used to calculate the averages made the best advances. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-Joneg final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 496.73, up 2.05:20 railroads 147.62, up 1.04; 15 utilities 73.26, up 0.15. and 65 stocks 174.21, up 0.76. Sales today were about 2. 590.000 shares compared with 2,300,000 shares Tuesday. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 89 American Can 41Vs AT&T 117s4 Anaconda Copper 65 Bethlehem Steel 45Vi Caterpillar Corp 97 Chrysler Corp 75Vi Continental Can 47 Crown Zellerbach 51 Curtiss Wright 43 a Du Pont 195 ' Eastman Kodak 97 General Electric 63 34 General Foods 43 Vi General Motors 43 Georgia Pacific 358 Graham Paige 134 Homestake Mining 36 Kaiser Frazer 15'4 Kennecott Copper .....115Vi Lockheed Aircraft 46 Katy Pfd 57 Montgomery Ward 37 Vi New York Central 32 Penney, J. C 81 Penn R R unquoted Radio Corporation 377- Richfield Oil 66 Socony Vacuum . 58T4 Southern Co 23 V4 Southern Pacific ; - 44 Standard California . 52 Standard Indiana .- 53 Standard N J 60 Sun Mines IV ENDS TONITE Gregory Lauren PECK BACALL, STARTS TOMORROW AUDREY'S Print by LATE WORLD NEWS " muledin. Hr firif dazzling musical-'" fT T 'and with tfi one-and-onhf, Fred Aslairel AUDR2 Sr HEPBURN JfSf A V FRED ( W- Yfr AST AIRE 3V MEDFORD (OREGON) Transamerica . 40,14 Trans West Air 15 Tri-Continental 3 Us Union Carbide 117 Union Pacific 303 United Aircraft . 777 s UAL 29?s U S Rubber 45 's U S Steel .. 63's Youngstown S & T 108U STARTING IO( I MIA AUDIE MURPHY KATHRYN GRANT HOPE EMERSON JEFF DON NELL JEANETTE NOLAN nine r luj 1 TORRID...andt- TERRIFIC! J e mi mm a mm m x : n. ! Ms Ofthcstt MANNY LOPEZ ds ortnet- U STEVE DUNNE AUX TALTON JOSE GONZALES GONZALEZ i IN THE ARMS OF ASTAIRE-N PARIS! Sht't a hep-cat now, tinging grpal Ctrthw'm mWodin. hhr firaf dazzling musical" 'end with tfi on-and-only, Fred TECHHIC0L0R ADDED "FIFTH AVE. TO FIJIYAMA" MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN CARD OF THANKS May we take thii method of thank ing our neighbors and friends for their kind expression of sympathy in our bereavement. These expressions have been deeply appreciated. The Mike Miracle Family and The Fred W. Lyon Family. KIRBY CO. Sales & Service 1028 Murray. Med. Phone SP 2-835S (Salesman Needed) V Read and Use Classified Ads The Community's Biggest Marketplae TONIGHT! COLUMBIA nCTUtf ENDS TODAY GREGORY PECK LAUREH I, BACALL Astairtt - COLOR CARTOON s-
