Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 31, 1957, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Personal Marihal Cedars Fire Mar shal Truman Nelson issued eight Orders for correction of hazard ous conditions yesterday follow ing inspection of six business oc cupancies and investigation of three complaints in residential areas. Attend Inititute Three mem bers of the Home Appliance com pany staff here are attending the third annual institute of manage ment of National Appliance and Radio-TV dealers association in Washington, D. C. Those attend ing are Tom T. Tubbs. Allen D. Sterton, and Richard Finch. The institute runs from July 28 through Aug. 3. They are study ing problems of appliance deal ers while attending lectures, seminars and question and an swer sessions on the American university campus. MEDFORD Football Stadium TWO DAYS ONLY FRIDAY SATURDAY AUGUST 2-3 2:30-8:15 TWICE DAILY The Medford Shrine Club P.M. PRESENTS THE 1957 ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT 1.1:4 LI 3 Lauthter ' SUBLIMELY SPECTACULAR ACTS and ARTISTS Including; "The Incomparable Dick Clemens" Master of all Wild Jungle Beasts With a Careful of Natural Enemies of the Jungle Trained Beyond Belief . . . The Unpredictable, Aldaclous Emperor and Empress of the Clouds "Tha Slmru Duo" 1 Daredeviltry aloft unexcelled . . . dancing atop a 24 inch disc . . . One Hundred & Twenty Feet High Garcia Nlroltnl's Hichiv Trained thimpaiurea Tha Intrepid NamdUs Perrh Balancing Marvel The Arturo Family Iterklesglv laring Aerlal Comedian! MUi Polly Jacobf Panelni Tlephanti The Spin rhilllnr neisler Bros. With Their Orltinal Sky Motor cycloramo The Maurlrln Modern JuKKling Perfectionists ThVriylnj LaValli Incredible Aerial Artistry Count Cduardn and Hit Car of Tomorrow HORDES OF JOVIAL JESTERS DAZZLING SKY BALLET OF SKILL AND FEMININE LOVELINESS Arold Standing in Line . . . . . Buy Tickets NOW at 7 North Bartlett 3000S90 Children 50c Reserved Section (Extra) Former Resident Hera Vic tor Daniels, Delhi, Calif., is spending two days in the valley as a houseguest of his nephew and wife, Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Dow, 747 South Holly st. Daniels formerly lived for many years in Grants Pass. Compate For Trip Alan Jew ett, of Jewett Office Supply, and Guy Phetteplace, of Medford Of fice Equipment company, are competing a nation-wide sales contest for dealers of Facit of fice machines. Grand prize is a 10-day all-expense paid tour of Sweden for the three top con testants, the company said. Schedule Picnic Former res idents of Nebraska have been in vited to the annual picnic of the Nebraska Social club of Oregon and Washington to be held Sun day, Aug. 11, at Jantzen Beach park, Portland. A picnic duiner will be served at noon with a program to follow, according to Al Jensen, Portland, president, e Two Fires The Central Point Rural Fire department sent equipment to Bear creek, east of Central Point, about 12:20 pm. yesterday to extinguish a fire which burned a 200 foot strip of brush. The cause was undeter mined, firemen said. At 5:22 p.m., equipment from the de partment was called to Black well hill to put out a grass fire burning along Highway 99, north. Grass Fira The Medford fire department was called to the 800 block of Biddle rd. at 3:25 p.m. yesterday to extinguish a grass fire apparently caused by a dis carded cigarette, they said. At 6:05 p.m., a trash fire in the 800 block of North Central ave. was put out by firemen on complaint from, neighbors. The fire was burning after hours, they added. At 9:05 p.m., a fire truck was called to the Medford airport to standby during the refueling of an Army T-29 plane. Case Against Two Youths Dismissed Charges against two Ashland youths, arrested for having con cealed weapons, were dismissed in Medford municipal court Fri day, city police reported today. Oficerj said they arrested Harold Edwin Edick, 19, of 233 Granite St., and a 17-year-old boy, also of Ashland, after they found a double-edged knife and a length of leaded pipe in the1 glove compartment of a car in which they were riding. The tomplaint was dismissed because the articles were not considered concealed when in the glove compartment, police explained. James A. Redden Jr., Medford attorney, was judge pro tem in the case. Births AHLER To Mr. and Mrs. Otto P. F., box 176, Talent, July 30,-1957, a boy, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. ROBBINS To Mr. and Mrs. John, 921 Maple Park dr., July 30, 1957, a girl, 6'i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. WINKLE To Mr. and Mrs. Garland, and the late Mr. Win kle, Shady Cove, July 31, 1957, a boy, 5?i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. T YE ATT To Mr. and Mrs. Eugene, box 363, Jacksonville, July 31, 1957, a girl, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart Losptial. McELROY To Mr. and Mrs. Wayne, route 2, box 770, Central Point. July 30. 1857. a boy, 8 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospi tal. ( CARD OF THANKS Our recent sad loss leave us with grateful hearts toward neiRhbors and friends. Their comforting expressions of sympathy and thouKhtfulness will always be remembered. Mrs. Ira O. Leeper and family Mrs. Anna Wagner. Member of Pioneer Family, Dies Ashland - Mrs. Anna Ander son Wagner, 92, a member of one of Ashland's pioneer fami lies, died at her home, 135 Oak st., yesterday morning. She had been in failing health. Mrs. Wagner was the daughter of Jackson county pioneers, Me lissa and Jesse Marion Anderson. She was born Jan. 4. 1865, on a homestead near Talent. Her par ents died in her infancy, and she was adopted by an aunt, the late Mary E. McCall. She was married in 1887 to John Marshall Wagner, who also was of a pioneer family. Member of Groups Mrs. Wagner was a member of the Alpha chapter. Order of Eastern Star, having been initi ated in 1885, a member of Mt. Aaliland chapter of Daughters of American Revolution; a member of the Ashland Study club, and was the first initiated of Chapter AC, PEO Sisterhood. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Sommer, Ash land; two sons, Carroll Wagner, Los Angeles, and Hobert Wag ner, Valley View; five grand children, Mrs. Katherine Merri am, Salem; Mrs. Margaret Ann Kellogg, San Diego; Mrs. Sus anne Koford, Berkeley; Richard Sommer, Sacramento, and Mrs. rfiargaret Kessell, Columbus, Ohio, and eight great-grandchildren. A foster sister, Mrs. Lydia McCall, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Mabel Kinney, both of Ashland, also survive. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Episcopal church. Interment will be in the family plot in Moun tain View cemetery. The body will lie in state at Litwiller's chapel tonight. Friends have requested that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the memorial fund of the Trinity Episcopal church. Obituaries MRS. EDITH WARREN Mrs. Edith Warren, of roule 1, box 145, Central Point, died early this morning at her home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger - Morris Funeral home. MRS. EDITH LAHSEN Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Larsen, 57, of route 1, box 419B, Medford, who died Mon day in a local hospital, will be held at Conger-Morris Thursday at 10 a.m. The Rev. Norman K. Tully of the First Presbyterian church. Central Point, will offi ciate. Committal will be in Sis kiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Larsen was born Feb. 27, 1900, in Watsonville. Calif. On April 19, 1924, in Reno, Nev., she was married to Arthur Lar sen. who survives. She has lived in this area for the past six years coming from San Francisco. Other survivors include daugh ter, Mrs. Eldon Deen, Medford; two sisters, Mrs. M. L. Vorheis and Mrs. Lillian Wicklein, both of Medford; two brothers, Jesse L. Groves and George E. Groves, both of Medford. Pallbearers will include O. R. Hall, Robert Hall, Glenn Hall, Charles Fort, Alvin Boswell and Earl Deen. Portland Livestock Portlond-r-IUP) Cattle 530. Good steers 24.50-25; good heifers 22-23; utility-commercial cows 14-16.50; man ners and cutters 11-12.50; utility bulls 17.50-18 50. Calves 125. Choice vealers 22-23. some 24; good vealers 19-20; standard 17-19. Hogs 400. No. 1 and 2 grade butch ers 24.75-25: mixed grade 23.75-24 50; sows, 300-500 lb. 16-20; lightweights 20 50-21. Sheep 1200. Market not established. I Aidn LADD 2 GREAT HITS! M 1st Drive-,n Run! 1 Vfl O'BMEN JILJIIf VIM "If THE 0 pNilrAWl8 1 .:,jr - I met .frifcsrl "cttfTiZotvow A 1 v EL&Ll m JOHNSON J 'SicSh PIP LAURIE Portland Produce Portland (UP) Ecs To retailers: Grade AA large. 54-46c; A lartfe. 54 56c: AA medium. 45-47c; A medium. 44-4fic; A small, 29-3 lc; carton, l3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and A grade prints. 67-68c lb.; carton, lc a pound nigher; B prints. 65-6fic. Cheese (medium curedt To retail ers: A grade Cheddar, single daisies. 45'2-52c: 5-lb. loaves. 51'2-.i7c; proc essed American cheese. 5-lb. loaf, 41 2 -44c. Farm Market Best five-dozen early packs of hydra-cooled corn from Yakima val ley sold at 2.75-3 today, while some farmer packs of Sauvies Island corn sold down to 2; No, 1 Freewater toma toes of large sizes brought farmers 2.75-3 for 23 pounds at the East Side Farmers market; 18-lb. flats of mid Columbia district tomatoes sold to re tailers at 2.50-3 with same weight of Yakima flats lower at 1.50-2; Yakima valley cantaloupes sold lowr at 2 75 2 85 to retailers while best spears stood at 25 cents a crate cut and were mostly 3-3.25. MEDFORD FOOTLIGHTERS presents ... "Mr. Angel" 3 Act Comedy by Harry Segall FAIRGROUND THEATRE Tuesday through Saturday, July 30-Aug. 3 Curtain at 8:30 Poultry, Rabbttes Live Chickens Quoted to growers. No. 1 quality, at ranch. 2-4 lbs. 25c lb.; light hens. 9-llc lb.: at ranch, heavy hens. 5 lbs. up. 12-13c lb.; old roosters, 7-9c lb., f.o.b. Portland. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade, dressed, to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 42-46c lb.; cut up. 47-51c lb.; hens, light type, cut up, 34-37c; heavy type, whole drawn. 36-41c lb. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight. 27-28c lb.; young her. turkeys, A grade, 25lac on evis cerated basis. Rabbits (Average to growers, f ob. killing plants): Live white, 32-5 lbs., f.o.b. dressing plants. Portland. 21-26c; colored pelts. 4c under; old does, 10-12 lbs,, a few cenr higher. Fresh killed frvers to retailers, 59-64c lb.: cut up 62-6jc lb. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: New crop. No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, i f.o.b. Portland and Seattle, $26 a ton. j Wholesale Prices as reported by the USD A market news service: Wheat, I No- 2 soft white, $79 a ton: No. 2 white ; oats 38-lb. West Coast delivery, nomi- nally $48 ton: No. 2 Valley white oats, t $45.50 ton: soy bean meal, S81 ton, ; f.o.b. Portland: barley, no. 2, 45-lb. : West Coast delivery. $44.50 ton; stand ! ard mill run. prompt delivery. $37 50 38 50 ton fob. Portland; No. 2 yellow - corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland, . $63-63.50. . .. News About Servicemen SERVE ON CRUISER Edward J. Parker, seaman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Park er, 2322 Howard ave., and Allen D. Smith, fireman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Smith, 3455 Jacksonville highway, are serv ing with the Navy aboard the heavy cruiser USS St. Paul. The ship will visit Seattle Aug. 7-12 during the annual sea fair. Twenty-two Navy ships will Visit the port and take part in a sea parade in Elliott bay. INSTRUCTS AT SCHOOL Navy Lt. Cmdr. Robert H. Cavanaugh Jr., 901 King St., is on active duty as an instructor in the navigation department at the pre-flight Naval school, Pen sacola, Fla., during the summer months. He is a member of the air anti submarine squadron 875 based at the Naval Air station, Oak land. Calif., and is the husband of the former Miss Dorothy Rocker, Lindsey, Calif. TO COMPLETE TRAINING Cadet Gordon Paul Ashby of Medford is completing his final week of the Reserve Officers Training corps artillery summer camp at Fort Sill. Okla. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ashby, 830 Bennett ave. Cadets will test themselves in a final two-day field exercise following five weeks of intensive field artillery training. DRIVING INTO HOT WATER Paterson. N. J. OB A 15- year-old boy on probation for stealing cars reported to tne Passaic county probation offic er Tupsdav and was rearrested. Authorities said he had driven to the court house in a stolen auto. DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair through Thursdav. little- change in tempera ture Low tonight 54. "ligh Thursday Western Oregon: Some low cloudi ness tonight and in early morning; sunny Thursday. Low tonight 48 to 46. high Thursday from 75 in extreme north to 85 in southern portion, 65 to 70 along coast. Northern California: Fatr through Thursdav except patches of fog near the coast. Chance of a few thunder storms in Sierras. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday, 71: below normal. 3- Record high this date 102 in 1350. Record low this date 46 in 1044. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month, .16 in., .01 in. be low normal. Total since Sept. 1, 21.64 in., 3 68 in. above normal, HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 24. highest this a.m. 83. High 4:30 24 Clty Yestcr- a.m. nr. day Low Prer. Brookings fi" 50 .02 Crater Lake 65 . 37 Grants Pass 85 50 Klamath Falls 8U 4 MEDFORD ...... 73 55 Portland 73 53 Seattle SO Spokane 81 54 .01 Yakima 82 46 Eureka 60 54 Red Bluff 35 65 Sacramento 91 58 San Francisco 73 53 Los Angeles 94 71 Phoenix : 110 8fi Denver 88 64 Chicago 82 70 Miami 87 77 .72 New York 89 72 .40 Washington. D.C 92 71 .70 FIVE DAY FORECASTS: Western Washington and Western Oregon: Temperatures averaging be low normal; highs generally 65 to 70 in western Washington. 75 to 85 in western Oregon, except 65 to 70 along the coast. Lows 48 to 54. Chance of a few showers in western Washing ton, Otherwise little or no precipita tion. Northern California: No precipita tion. Temperatures normal or above. WdnfdBT' July 31, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TLZTER Strength in Rails Features Quiet Rise New York OF) Streneth rails and steels featured a quiet rise on the stock market today. U. S. Steel, which reported record sales and earnings for trie first half of 1957, led the group higher. Kansas City Southern rose more than two points to feature the rails. Raytheon ran up more than a point to a new high. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line, up more than a point, lifted the utility average. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-Jones final itock aver ages: 30 industrials 508.52. off 0.56; 15 utilities 69.88. up 0.15; and 65 itocki 175.82. up 0.13. Sales today were about 1. 830.000 shares compared with 1.780,000 shares Tuesday. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 904 American Can 44'4 AT&T 173V4 Anaconda Copper 6614 Bethlehem Steel . unquoted Caterpillar Corp 86-Vt Chrysler Corp 77'4 Continental Can 46 a Crown Zellerbach 53 k Curtiss Wright 41 Du Pont 200 Eastman Kodak 109'2 General Electric 69 1 General Foods 48:s General Motors 45 Georgia Pacific 34 a Graham Paige 1 Homestake Mining 34 Kaiser Frazer 13 Kennecott Copper 1088 Lockheed Aircraft 37'. 3 Kaly Pfd 56V4 Montgomery Ward 373s New York Central 34' 2 Penney, J. C 1SH Penn R.R 20 Radio Corporation 3iVe Richfield Oil - 777g Socony Vacuum 60?s Southern Co 244 Southern Pacific 44 'b Standard California 577 Standard Indiana 51 Standard N.J 67 Sun Mines 12 Texas Gulf 26 1 2 Tex Pac Land Trust 75i Transamerica 35 'i Trans West Air 14 i Tri-Continental 32Ts Union Carbide 120Ti Union Pacific 29 United Aircraft 62 U. A. L . 28T. U. S. Rubber 45 U. S. Steel 69?i Youngstown S & T 102 Private Showing of Picture Is Scheduled A private showing of a new 20th Century-Fox picture, "God is My Pilot," starring Walter Brenna, will be given here Fri day, according to Robert Corb in, Oregon-California theaters manager here. Members of the Medford Mini sterial association, school offic ials and representatives of press, radio and TV have been invited to view the picture, which Corb in described as a "small-budget" film but one oi particular inter est to church and family people. It will open here Aug. 8 at the Rogue Drive-In. tM m m mhI TONIGHT DOORS OPEN 6:30 It LOVING YOU kEALWALLIS 7 GREAT SONOSt lOVINGYOU",'rf0l DOS" :;.;, " ' "lONFSOUf COWBOY- ' : ; MtT ME BE YOMR TD0Y 81AT "GOT A LOT Of WIN- !01" ' MEANJROMW) SLUCS" You'll love ELVIS in his first big modern musical in TECHNICOLOR- EI vie is sensational as a kid who tings -and fghts- his way to fame! tWtrd by HAL KANTEB SinpIaT h HUBERT UR 4 HAL CAOTtft Mary Agne ThmnpMB A Fmaaal Ptctm SELECTED SHORTS WORLD NEWS CARTOON $288 Taken in Burglary Of Medford Bowling Approximately 5288 in checks and currency were taken from a safe at the Medford Bowling lanes, 821 North Riverside ave., between 2:30 p.m. July 28 and 1:30 p.m. July 29, city police were told Tuesday by the owner, Fred James Anderson. Anderson said the burglary was discovered by the lanes manager, Harold H. Vessey, when he checked the unlocked ' but concealed safe. Youth Questioned by City Police Tuesday A 13-year-old Medford boy was returned to his parents Tuesday shortly after his arrest concerning child molestation, Medford police reported today. Questioning of the youth cleared five reports of child molestation, officers said. The case was referred to the county juvenile officer. TONIGHT "CURTAIN AT EIGHT-THIRTY" '9 JWttlittBWaVuj S8 wlf .fTk II M-YKim v j ; uft .. '. f u fir ii ;iuiww!i i JH k"1' ' DANIElTiiEUN 'is'" KAIMONO nUECIttN -FIMNCO HIRIZI LUKI UHP M STARTS TONITE Honorable Theatre I Rockin With Happineeat (7 1 ilt? 1 3 lus GUNS OF JUSTICE vs.ROPE JUSTICE"! 7 L, GKANT . lECHNicmoe 1. GUY MADISON r STARTS TONITE janewyman: PLUS MARK STEVENS 0.uHi, MALOMf HOT AMD DUSTY . 0R 6001 AMD CIM i ZuCScL. a modern room air conditioner . L1 PJ. I makes the difference! W. j I l Protect Vur health . . . and your disposition j AIR CONDITION! ' ! 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