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03 JX WSW DISM-AT BOOM Construction of a ev display room for Ford Motor company'! ew Idsel car started today at the corner of ixth and Tr sts., M?dford. The new me dium-priced car will be introduced early this fall. Armin Richter, Medford, will construct the building, designed by Architect Jack A. Edson. Edsel Display Room Construction Starts Construction of a new display and service building to house ord Motor company's new fcdsel car began today at West Sixth and Fir sts., according to Hugh Coleman, head of Edsel Sales, Inc., and proprietor of ' Crater Lake Motors. The Edsel, Ford's new medium- priced car, will be introduced early this fall in this area. Four series and 1 8 models will be marketed initially through an or ganization of 1,200 to 1,500 deal ers, the company announced. LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF BOND SALE Notice is hereby given thnt the Council of the City of Medford. Ore- ion, will, on the lfith day of August. 1957. at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M.. in the Council Chambers In the City Hall in the City of Medford. Jackson County. Oregon, offer for sale at not its man par and accrued Interest from date thereof tn date of delivery an is sue of $95.000 00 of General Obliga tion Bonds of the City of Medfnrd. Deing the heretofore duly authorized City of Medford General Obligation Storm Sewer Bonds, said bonds to be in aenominations or 91.000.00 each, numbered one (1) to ninetv-five (!S Inclusive, to be dated Aurust 1 .1957. and to mature serially in numerical orner. as loimwi; August 1. 1958 Bonds Not. 1 to 8 inclusive $8,000.00 August 1. 1959 Bonds Not. 0 to 17 inclusive $.QO0.O0 August 1. I960 Bonds Nos. IB to 26 inclusive $9.000 00 August 1. 1961 Bonds Nos. 27 to 35 Inclusive r.ooo.oo August 1. 19f2 Bonds Nos. 36 to 45 Inclusive S10.000.no August 1, 1983 Bonds Nos. 46 to 55 inclusive $10,000.00 August 1. 1964 Bonds Nos. 56 to 65 Inclusive $10.000 00 August 1. 1965 Bonds Nos. 66 to 75 inclusive $10,000.00 August 1. 1966 Bonds Nos. 76 to 85 inclusive $10,000.00 August 1. 1967 Bonds Nos. 86 to 95 inclusive 910.000 00 said bonds to bear Interest at a rate or rates of not to exceed four per cent (4 ) per annum payable semi-annually on the first days of February and August of each year. DrmciDal and interest payable at the office of the Treasurer of the City of Medford, Oregon bald bonds will be sold subject to Low Bid Submitted Low bid for the 4,500-square-foot building was submitted by Armin Richter, Medford. Archi tect Jack A. Edson, Medford, was the designer. Cost is esti mated at $20,000. In addition to showroom space, the building will house service and parts departments and a general office area. It will be constructed of pumice block prefabricated glulam beams, Steel columns and large areas of glass. An outside display beneath large white plastic canopies is planned along the Sixth st. side. The exterior is to be of brown stained cedar. Edsel production began July 15 at six Ford Motor company assembly plants. Coleman has been in the auto mobile business since 1926 and has operated the local agency since 1950. trie aDDrovinr Winfree. McCuHoch opinion ch. anuler & havi Bond Attoneys. Portland. Oregon. Te of Messrs. Shuler St Sayre, City of Medford. Oregon, will at its own expense deliver said bonds com plete, without undue delay, at such city in Oregon as the successful bid der shall name. AU bids must be In writing and all persons offering to purchase such bonds are Invited to bid thereon at such rate or rates of interest not ex ceeding four oer cent (4"r ner an num as they shall designate and said bonds shall bear such rate or rates of Interest as shall be designated by the purrnasrr inereoi. Each bidder shall include In his bid a statement of the total cost to the said city, if his bid is accepted. Sealed bids for the purchase of said bonds wm ne received y the undersigned at the City Hall of the City of Med ford. Oreeon. ud to the tim of tri sale, as herein fixed. All bids must be accompanied by a cerufied check on a bank doing business in the State of Oregon, payable to the Citv of Med ford. in the sum of $1.900 00. The check of the successful bidder will be retained as part payment for the bonds or to secure fhe citv from any loss frnt failure of the bidder to comply with ihe terms of his bid. The city reserves the right to waive in- xormaiities in bids and to reject any or all bids. By order of the Council of the City Ot Medford. dated July 18. 1957. D F. Huson. City Recorder City of Medford NOTICE OF BONI SALE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Citv of Medford. Ore- ?on. will.vn the 15th day of August, 957. at tft hour of 7:30 o'clock P.M.. in the Council Chambers in the City Hall in the City of Medford. Jackson County, Oregon, offer for sale at not less than par ail accrued interest from date thereof to date of delivery an issue of $ 100.000 00 of General Obligation Bonds of the City of Med ford. being the heretofore duly authorized City of Medford General Obligation Arterial Street Bonds. Se rve A. said bonds to be in denomi nations of $1 .000 00 each, numbered one (1) to one hundred (100t inclu sive, to be dated August 1. 1957. and to mature serially in numerical order at the rate of $10.000 00 per annum on the first day of August of each of the years 1959 to 1068. inclusive, said bonds to bear interest at a rate or rates of not to exceed four per cent I4"V per annum payable semi-annually on the first days of February and August of each year, principal and interest payable at the office of the Treasurer of the City of Medford. Oregon. Said bonds will be sold subject to the approving opinion of Mesas. Win free. McCullncn. Shuler Ac Sayre. Bond Attorneys. Portland. Oregon. The City of Medford. Oregon, will at its own expense deliver said bonds complete, without undue delay, at such city in Oregon as the successful bidder shall name. All bids must be In writing and all persona offering to purchase such bonds are invited to bid thereon at such rate or rates of interest not ex ceeding four per cent (4 per annum as they shall designate and said bonds shall bear such rate or rates of inter- , est as shall be designated by the pur chaser thereof. Each bidder shall include in his bid a statement of the total cost to the said city, if his bid is accepted. Sealed . bids for the purchase of said bonds i will be received by the undersigned i at the City Hall of the City of Med- I ford. Oregon, up to the time of said I sale, as herein fixed. Alt bids tnust be accompanied by a certned check on ; a bank doing business in the State ' of Oregon, payable to the City of Medford. in the sum of $2 000.00. The check of the successful bidder will be retained as part payment or the bonds or to secure the city from any loss from failure of the bidder to comply with the terms of his bid. The city re serves the right to waive informalities in bids and to reject any or all bids. Bv order of the Council of the City of Medford, dated July 18. 1957. D. F. Huson Citv Recorder City oi Mediord Johnny Dio, Two Others Convicted Of Selling Peace New York (If) A blue rib bon jury Thursday nieht convict ed racketeer John (Johnny Dio) Dioguardia. accused mastermind in the acid-blinding of labor col umnist Victor Riesel. and two codefendants on charges of brib ery and conspiracy for selling labor peace.. Co-Defendanii Fare Worse Dio, 43, was found guilty on one count each of conspiracy and bribery. His co-defendants. Max Chester and Samuel Goldstein, fared worse. Chester, 42, former secretary treasurer of Local 405, Retail Clerks International Union, was found guilty on one count of bribery and three counts of con spiracy. Goldstein, 42, president of Local 239. International Brother hood of Teamsters, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy and two of bribery. Maximum Penalties The men face maximum pen alties of one year in prison and a $500 fine on each count. They were sent to the Tombs' Prison to await sentencing on Sept. 5. The three men were convicted of conspiring to solicit $30,000 from Leonard Kornblum and Fred Bergen, partners in the Kings Electroplating Co. and the Kings Automatic Plating Co. In return, the companies were as sured they would have no labor troubles. Rooster State Park Dedicated by Governor Troutdale, Ore. (IP Rooster Rock state- park, an 835-acre development 23 miles east of Portland on the Columbia river highway, was dedicated by Gov. Robert D. Holmes Thursday. The park has cost $250,000 to date, according to State Parks Superintendent C. H. Armstrong. Bids Called for Paving In Ross Lane Section A section of road of Jackson ville highway-Ross Lane is among several highway improve ment projects for which bids will be opened by the state high way commission at 9 a.m. Aug. 8, in Portland. The bid calls for 2.35 miles of grading and paving. JEWELER DIES ! Salem, Mass. IW Benjamin ! D. Shreve, 86, president of the Shreve, Crump & Low Co., Bos- ' ton jewelers, died Thursday. Week End Bicycle Riding Proposed Washington IW President Eisenhower's youth fitness direc tor today proposed that New York's Fifth ave. and main streets throughout the nation be restricted to bicycling on week ends. Shane McCarthy, executive di rector of the President's Youth Fitness council, said that power steering, power brakes, televi sion and electric golf carts have turned the mid-20th century in America into "a period of hu man erosion. Inactivity can cause rot," he declared. But he said by taking to bicy cle riding Americans can over come their "phlegmatic, soft habits. The rugged 49-year-old bicycle enthusiast, who talks with an Irish brogue, said to encourage bicycling Americans should: Close off main streets and parks to auto traffic and permit only walking, roller skating and cycling. Reserve one lane of some other streets for cyclists. Designate secondary roads, drained of most traffic by the new super highways as "human highways" for cycling and walking. Man Slightly Hurt In Highway 99 Crash One man was slightly injured in a headon collision of two cars on Highway 99 south of Ashland yesterday, according to state police. State police said Allen R. Stoddard, 42, of Vancouver, B.C., was taken to Ashland Gen eral hospital, treated for a cut lip, and released. Stoddardt was a passenger in a car driven by his wife, Jesse Stoddart, which was going north, police said, when it swung too wide on a sharp curve and collided with a car driven by Everett C. Jurl, 56, of Yreka. The accident occurred about 4:30 p.m. State police cited Mrs. Stoddart for failure to operate on the right side of the highway. SEINE DECISION Rnhinson 111. Wl BobbV Dpan Rrackett. Palestine, plead ed guilty to stealing a seine from the Wabash river. Judge Hanby Jones fined Brackett $500, or dered him to spend each week pnr! in iail for one vear. and ad vised him to "go and seine no more." Obituaries IRA OTIS LEEPER Funeral services for Ira Otis Leeper. 58, of 202 West Main st.. Talent, who died Wednes day at his home, will be held at Conger-Morris at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. Alice Wool ley of the First Methodist church. Talent, will officiate. Committal will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Mr. Leeper was born June 22, 1899, in Arkansas. On Nov. 18, 1916, in Weeks, Ark., he was married to Geneva E. McFar land. who survives. Other survivors include seven children, Dow Leeper, Medford; Damon Leeper, Soda Springs, Calif.; Mrs. Leland Metz, Med ford; Mrs. Schuyler Hoopes, Pullman, Wash.; Bill Leeper, Brawley, Calif.; Mrs. Kenneth Reynolds, Talent; Mrs. Jim Mc Abee, Medford; two brothers, J. A. Leeper, Ft. Smith, Ark., and Clyde Leeper, Waldron, Ark.; two sisters, Mrs. Cora Hatcher, Centerton, Ark., and Mrs. Ida Baker, Texas, and seven grand children. Another son, Alvie Leeper was killed in action while serving with the Navy, Aug. 9, 1945, in the South Pa cific. Pallbearers will include Geo rge Metz, Keith Thoreson, P. J. McAbee. Andy J. Munro, Clar ence Holdridge and Harry Walters. HOMER A. DENMAN Funeral services for Homer Arthur Denman, 71, of route 1, box 356, Central Point, who died Thursday, will be held at Con ger-Morris at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. Dean Pense of the Phoenix Church of Christ will officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Denman was born May 5, 1886, in Lohrville, Iowa On May 7, 1911, in Lake City, Iowa, he was married to Fray Phillips, who survives. He was a member of the Christian church of On tario, Ore. Other survivors include two sons, Kichara Denman, Port land, and Donald Denman. Cen tral Point; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Anderegg. Portland, a"nd a sister, Mrs. Winifred Mor ton, Rockwell City, Iowa, and nine grandchildren. Rickreall Couple Loses Court Case Dallas, Ore. an A Circuit court jury here has ruled against Joe Harland and his wife, Alice, of Rickreall, in which they sought $5500 dam ages from Babler Construction Co., Inc. The Harlands had sought the damages for the alleged block ing of their private road while equipment of the company was working on a cutoff section of the Salem -Willamina highway in June of 1956. The Harlands previously sought an injunction against the highway commission to prevent the cutoff construction but lost the case in Circuit court. Friday. July 26. 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE New Orleans (01 A. E. Pra dillo, leader in local Latin American affairs and former manager of the foreign depart ment of the New Orleans Cham ber of Commerce, died Thurs day. He was 71. HAIR RAISING STORY Chicago (IP A Chicago housewife can't explain the long and short of it to her husband. Mrs. Lillian Paskuly's daughter Georgene, 13, has braids 37 inches long. Another daughter's hair extends well below her waist. Mrs. Paskuly said her husband's "hair is getting thin now, and he keeps asking what our secret is." Urn Mail Tribune Want Ads The Low Cost Way to Sell Hartford, Conn. IW William A. Davidson, 72, of Summit, N. J., former vice-president and a director of the Singer Manufac turing Co., died Thursday. He also was former president of the Diehl Manufatcuring Co., a Singer subsidiary. LK CITY MARKET North Hi way 99 Half Way Between Medford and Central Point OPEN UNTIL 10 P.M. INCLUDING SUNDAYS -WEEK END SPECIALS- Your Favorite Ice Cold Beverage PICNIC LUNCH MEATS ICE COLD WATERMELON MRS. MARY COKER Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Magruder Coker, 81, of Vallejo, Calif., who died Tuesday, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Perl Funeral home. The Rev. Jean Shelley will officiate. In ternment will be in Central Point cemetery. Mrs. Coker was born in Cen tral Point Feb. 15, 1876, and received her early education in Central Point. She was married to Edward F. Coker in Klama- thon, Calif., Nov. 6, 1902. He died May 28, 1928. After her husband's death, Mrs. Coker moved back to Ore- j gon, where she lived for 10 years before returning to Cali- fornia in 1928. I She was a member of the First ! Christian church. She is survived by three sons, Thomas M. Coker, Kalispell, Mont., Vernon C. Coker, Novato, Calif., and Wayne E. Coker, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; one sister, Mrs. Lettie L. Gregory, and one brother, Vernon Magruder, both of Central Point; six grandchil dren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Willie Davis, James C o r n u 1 1, Otto Bohnert, Edward Jones, Leslie Bigham, and Milton Houston. -tCX i ft 25e MS WY FLASHLIGHT BATTERIES -Vac Heavy Duty 2 for 25c TWO CELL FLASHLIGHT ith Heavy Duty Batteries 59c VERD-A-RAY LIGHT BULBS 40 or 60 Watt ..4 f 38c BIGGEST DOLLAR BILL YOU CAN SPEND mm MIKE'S SALMON EGGS 59c King or Glo 2 for $1.00 HOT WATER BOTTLE 2nd but of excellent quality. . .$1.00 69c Brewer's Yeast Tablets Bottle of 250 2 for $1.00 Davenport. Iowa, HP) Sher iff Pete Wildman didn't have to go very far to serve warrants on two men charged with as sault with intent to commit rob bery. The men, prisoners at the Scott county jail, are charged with robbing another inmate. Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS St. Cloud, Minn. A convict writing to the 7-year-old Greek foster daughter whom the inmates at the Minnesota State Reform atory voted to continue to "adopt": "The strong of every age have their weak points, and that Is why we who are your foster parents are in prison here in the United States." Huntington. W. Va Mayor Eugene Willis, after exchanging shots with a would-be assassin: "I don't know why on God's green earth someone wants to kill me. Washington Rep. Clyde Doyle (D.-Calif .) of the House Armed Services committee, on the freeing of Airman Donald Wheeler: "They did the sensible thing. They should let the man get the kind of hairrut hp wants sn lnnff a. it i npat anrl trim ' ' Washington Rep. John P. Saylor (R.-Pa.) on his motion post- ponieM indefinitely further consideration of the Senate bill on the HelkTcoeyon dam: (U1 we're got to do now is nail the lid on the coffin." (shaving cfl $1.00 Seaforth AFTER SHAVE LOTION 2 for $1.00 Regular $1.00 COSTUME JEWELRY 3 for $1.00 HOMOGENIZED ff ( tart l 7or a lovelier. dewy-Irak tkin J 400's KLEENEX 4 boxes $1.00 cash. Ik mot or mane n PACIFIC - lEfnilCTDIAI" 16 S Central Mtoam SP 3-530 DOUGLAS FIR PLYWOOD SANDED - SHOP GRADE Va" 3s" V," $2.25 Sheet $2.95 Sheet $3.85 Sheet $4.35 Sheet 8 ft. 8 ft. 8 ft. $4.95 Sheet Wholesale Builders Supply 139 S. Fir -Medford Phone SP 2-7135 GLAMOUR MIST Liquid Hair Net Containing Lanolin BIG PROFESSIONAL 15-OZ. SIZE 98 2.00 Tussy Bright Touch Shampoo and Oily Hair $1.00 JV Box Box of 30 Sheets 20 Envelopes Finesse" Stationery 3 Boxes $1.00 HARRIET HUBBARD AYER $1.00 Cream Deodorant 2 for $1.00 $1.00 Stick Deodorant .2 for $1.00 $2.50 YU Cologne ...$.. 00 $2.00 Pink Clover Cologne ....$1.00 $2.00 Honeysuckle Cologne $1.00 59c CALCIUM WAFERS Boxes of 60 15-Grain t Cl AA Wafers with Vitamin "D" lor 59c MILK of MAGNESIA 250 Tablets 2 $1.00 LECTRO HYGIENE VACUUM CLEANER Won by MRS. J. R. O'CONNOR 2233 Ruhl Way Medford 1000 ASPIRIN USP 5 Grain-$1.00 1000 SODA MINT TABLETS-$1.00 Electric Fans NOW Pair Extra long length, luy slip on. natural curred fingers. Made of finest natural latex for long life and comfort. Choice of colors, sixes. PACKERS' SUPPLIES String Gloves Pair :....30e Dozen $3.39 Jumbo Pair . 35c Dozen $3.89 Blue Cuff Pair Dozen 35c .$3.89 Cots . . 3 r 20c Wrist Bands Elastic 43c Leather .. ...... 33c mm VJPAll N8"Ino 10-Inch Oscillating $995 Holds 3 Gallons PORT-0-fllRE EVAPORATIVE AIR COOLER - Pads Chemically Treated $34.50 Was $14.95 ELECTRIC 'LADY SUNBEAM SHAVEMASTER Now $11.95 Film Developing and Printing Your Choice FAST TOP QUALITY LOCAL SERVICE In By 10 -Out by 4:30 Regular Prices 2-DAY SERVICE Standard 8-Exposore Roll 39' Contact or Jumbo ADD FEDERAL EXCISE TAX ON TAXABLE MERCHANDISE FREE DELIVERY IN MEDFORD r Be w 30 prescription)! Medford's Original Price CuttersYN'cPE'7RAL ciALiSTyV VsP35371 OPEN WEEK DAYS 8:30 to 9:00 - SUNDAYS 9 to 5
