Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 16, 1957, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Texto Local and Tirei Stolen Two heavy duty tires and wheels were taken off a lumber carrier at Sierra Cas cade Pine Mill, Phoenix, Tues day night, according to county sheriff's deputies. Parti Taken Ronald W. Rob ertson, 4140 South Pacific high way, reported to sheriffs offi cers this wek that two carbu retors and a manifold had been stolen from a car used in drag races. O Accident! Cars operated by Velma Fields. 405 Chestnut St., and Glen Wayne Bradley, 611 North Main st. in Phoenix, were involved in an accident Wednes day morning at Fifth and Holly sts., according to police reports. Dorothy Edith Scott, 1609 Le nora dr., and Drenda Lee Eur rell. 101 Greenway dr., were drivers of cars involved in an accident Wednesday at Keen Way dr. and Stratford st., police reported. ENJOY GENUINE CHARCOAL BROILED FOODS in th CANDLE ROOM at the Med ford Hotel TONITE AND SAT. O FIRST DRIVE-IN RUN! O Three VIOLENT People -whTKCHNICOLOK CHAIITON ANNI IMT HESTON BAXTER ROLAND PLUS Kiss & Kill Actionl THE . CITY .4 -Xn Enjoy a PLEASANT Evening At WALKER'S POPULAR EDEEAMLANBD Alwayi Congenial Crowd 1 At mm Beautiful GOLD HILL GRANGE HALL Every SAT. NIGHT Music VIA CI finn and The by 1IU TLUUU Kythm Masters A fin floor and lots of friendly people Coma on out We'll make room for you somehow! Free Check Room. SATURDAY NIGHT Jacksonville Community Hall M" sby HAROLD WILLIAMS And the Western Swing Band $1.50 Per Couple Sponsored by the Jacksonville Lions Club FREE COFFEE Personal Cars Collide Cars driven by Harry Edwin Divestein, 716 West Main St., and Francis S. Earr, 43 North Orange St., were involved in a collision on West Main st., between Ivy and Oak dale ave. about 5:55 p.m. yester day, according to city police. Rummage Sale Crater Lions auxiliary will hold a rummage sale Saturday, Aug. 17, in the Fehl building, 108 North Ivy st Proceeds will o to the state blind school institute and or lo cal we'fare work, according to those in charee. Reclamation- Picnic A ! picnic for bureau of reclamation employees and families will be held at TouVelle state park from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The affair is sponsored by the Bureau of Reclamation Employees associa tion, and persons in both Camp White and Medford bureau of fices are invited. Holly Accident Roberta Lee Hutchinson, 840 Agate ave., was cited by city police for fail ure to yield the right of way I to oncoming traffic yesterday, after a station wagon she was driving, and a car driven by James Taylor, 809 Beekman st., were in volved in an accident about 11 a.m. at the intersection of Eighth and Holly sts., ac cording to police records. Cabin Fire City firemen re ported minor smoke and heat i damage to the interior of a cabin at the Hollywood orchard on Jacksonville -highway about 6 I a.m. today. They said the blaze i was caused by filling of a gaso- line stove while the stove was I hot. Fire was out on the arrival of firemen. ittf lABMMitjaimJ 3rd HIT! SATURDAY ONLY fl JOHN PAYNE In "CROSSWINDS" Color by Technicolor .finest of Aodern Music ' The Dining Room Downstairs Safe Burning Firemen called to a grass fire in the 2000 block of Barnett rd. about 1:40 p.m. yesterday said the owner was found to be burning grass in a safe manner. Tire Damaged Arlene Kay Clift, 531 North Holly st., told police yesterday that someone damaged a sidewall tire on her car, sometime Monday or Tues day. Dakota Picnic Former resi dents of North and South Da kota have been invited to attend a picnic at North Bend in the North Bend city park Sunday, Aug. 18, at noon. Coffee, milk, and ice cream will be furnished by the committee. uriver tiled jonn James usenorugge , v it tasi wain si. was cited by city police for fcilure to yield the right of way tc oncoming traffic yesterday, when the car he was driving and a pickup driven by Dom.ld Clifford Williams, 440 Highland dr., were involved in an acci dent at the intersection of West Sixth and North Grape sts. ... Attends Meeting H ugh G Simpson, director of informa tion at Southern Oregon college, attended a meeting Friday, Aug. 16, at the University of Oregon, for public relations personnel within the state system of high er education. The meeting, which is - conducted . annually, was to formulate statewide policies, eliminating duplicatory publica tions and functions, and to make a survey of all mailing lists in order to prevent inefficiency and waste. Patients Convalescing at Osteopathic hospital following tonsillectomies are Mrs. Donald Weatherbee, 1390 Dixie lane, Medford, and Miss Carol Jackel, 9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Jackel, Eagle Point. Convalescing at Ashland General hospital following a ton sillectomy is Miss Sharon Tay lor, 1548 South Ivy st., Med ford. Also convalescing at the Ashland hospital following 'minor surgery are Charles and John Wood, 113 Pine St., Ash land. Obituaries ! MRS. CATHERINE LANDING I Funeral 'services for Mrs. I Catherine A. Landing, 80, who died in Medford Aug. 14, will be held at Perl Funeral home Sat urday at 9 a.m. The Rev. H. O. Martin will officiate. Interment will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. . Mrs. Landing had been a resi dent of Medford 15 years, and is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Walter Schaible, of Deford, Mich.; and one son, Ivan Brown. She was born at Brickhorn, Canada, June 8, 1877. HOY COFFMAN . C. Roy Coffman, 75, of 325 Helman st., Ashland, died yester day in an Ashland hospital. Fun eral arrangements will be an nounced by the Ashland Mortu ary. Two Juvenile Girls Arrested by Police Two1 Medford juvenile girls wer released to their parents after being arrested by city police - in connection with the theft of a purse. A 13-year-old told police she took a purse from the dressing room at Jackson Hot Springs swimming pool July 24, police said. . ' She gave a watch, which was in the purse, to a 12-year-old girl friend? who admitted ac cepting the article, police said. The case awaits action by ju venile authorities. WILL VISIT TRINIDAD London (IK Princess Mar garet will visit Trinidad in the Caribbean next spring for the inauguration of the fitst West , Indian Legislature, it was an- ; nounced today. DAILY WEATHER REPORT j Medford and vicinity? Fair over week end. Low tonight 53. High Sat urday sz. Western Oregon: Fair tonight and Saturday, except patches of night and morning fog or low clouds. Little temperature change. Low tonight 50- m. High Saturday 7o-ou in nortn m j teriof. 85-90 in south, 60-70 on coast ' Northern California: Fair through : Sunday, except fog on coast night ! and morning hours. Little tempera ture change. LOCAL DATA Temperature : Mean yesterday 70. below normal 2. Record high this date 102 in la.iO. Record low this date 43 in 1345. Precipitation: 24 hours to midnight . 0. MidnicM to 10 am. 0. Total this month Trace, ,07 in. below ; normal. Total since Sept. 1 21. 65 in., 3 62 in. above normal . Humidity: Lowest yesterday 25. highest this a.m. 80 -. . Rich 4:30 24-Yter- a.m. Tir. day Log Free. City Brookings ... Crater Lake Grants Pasa Klamath Falls MEDFORD Portland 64 70 89 83 g 53 42 50 48 .11 56 53 SB 50 57 64 S 53 70 85 58 68 81 60 72 Seattle 74 Spokane . 84 Yakima 87 Eureka 63 Red Bluff 93 Sacramento 89 San Francisco "6 Los Anpeley 9ft Phoenix 102 Denver 01 Chicago 01 Miami 80 New York 87 Washington. D.C. 90 .03 ' .05 .03 .05 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Throach Auf. 21): Western Oregon-Western Washing ton Temperatures averaging above normal Highs in 70s and Tow 80s ' western Washington, in 80s and low : 90s western Oregon. Lows in 50s. No ! rain indicated. Northern California No rain. Tem peratures near normal. I Trading at Level Since New York W Trading in stocks fell off to the lightest level since March 19 in an ir regular stock market today. Leading groups showed mod est gains on average although there were many losers through out the list. Steel issues felt some pres sure late in the session. Some metals also ran into difficulty, notably Anaconda which lost more than two points to a new low. Many of the oils showed small declines. A number of spe cials sold off. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 488.20, up 0.90; 20 railroads 142.74. up 0.54; 15 utilities 68.47. off 0.03; and 65 stocks 169.08. up 0.33. Sales to day were about 1.470.000 shares compared with 2.040,000 shares Thursday. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 85?s American Can 43 AT&T 172 Anaconda Copper 57 Bethlehem Steel 4534 Caterpillar Corp 85 Vi Chrysler Corp 79; s Continental Can 45 '4 Crown Zellerbach 517'8 Curtiss Wright 39 Vi Du Pont 192V2 Eastman Kodak General Electric 65sa General Foods 48'-i General Motors 43 Ta Georgia Pacific 3 Hi Graham Paige l3s Homestake Mining 35 Kaiser Frazer 13 Benson Returns To Office in Washington Washington (If) Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson began catching up on his office work today after an absence of 51 days. Benson returned to his office for the first time since June 26. He has been out West inspect ing national forests. BIRTHS KIRKLIN To Mr. and Mrs. Jewel, 1090 Waverly ave., Med ford, Aug. 15, 1957, girl, 9',2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. LAUSMANN To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry, 1549 Straford ave., Medford, Aug. 15. 1957, a boy, 6-"4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. TINNELL To Mr. and Mrs. Tonald. 284 Palm St., Ashland, Aug. 16, 1957, twin boys, 5 and 5',4 pounds, at Ashland General hospital. SERATTE To Mr. ajid Mrs. Arnold R., Shady Cove, Aug. 15, 1957, a boy, 7V2 pounds, at Oste opathic hospital. LOVE To Mr. and Mrs. James, 826 East Ninth St., Med ford, Aug. 15, 1957, a boy, 8?i pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. LEWELLEN To Mr. and Mrs. James W., general delivery, Central Point, Aug. 15, 1957, a boy, 10 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. "TAKEOUT" Deluxe (25c) Hamburgers .to FOR all oyer five 1 each This offer good every day SATURDAY NIGHT 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 Lightest March 19 Kennecott Copper 101 Lockheed Aircraft 34' s Katy Pfd 55 Montgomery Ward : 31 New York Central 30Ts Penney J C - unquoted Penn R R 20 Radio Corporation 35 Richfield Oil ... 74 Socony Vacuum 57 Southern Co 24 8 Southern Pacific 43 5 s Standard California 54 Standard Indiana 48 Standard N J 625s Sun Mines 14 Texas Gulf 26 Va Tex Pac Land Trust 7'i Transamerica 34 Trans West Air 12 Tri-Continental unquoted Union Carbide Ill Vi Union Pacific . 28 United Aircraft 61 UAL 25 U S Rubber 42 U S Steel 66 Youngstown S & T 97 LIVESTOCK Portland (UP Cattle for week 2725. Average choice under 1000 lb. steers Monday 24.50, other choice steers 24; mixed good and choice 23.50; good steers 22-23; mostly good fed heiters 21-22; utility-commercial cows 13.50-15.50; canners-cutters 11 12.50; utility bulls 16-50-17.50. Calves lor week 525. Choice veal ers 23-24. several at 25 and one Mon day at 2b; good 20-22; standard 16-19; good-choice slaughter calves 19-22. Hogs for week 1675. U.S. 1 and 2 grade butchers on close 23.50. few early to 24.25 and some 24.50; mixed graae 22.50-23.25; light weight and heavv Weights mostly 21-22.50; sows 300-500 lb. 16.50-20.50. Sheep for week 4625. Washington range lambs 21.50, local wooled lambs on close to 21.50; most choice nearby lambs 20-21. good 18.50-19.50; mostly choice shorn iarmbs with No. 2 and 3 pelts 20-20.50; good-choice feeders 16.50-17.50; cull-good ewes 3-6. PRODUCE Portland (UP) Eggs To retailers: Grade AA large. 54-56c; A large. 50 52c; AA medium, 46-47c; A medium. 4 4-4 6c; A small, 29-31c; carton, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA & A grade prints. 67-68c lb.; carton. 1c a pound nigher; B prints, 65-66c. Cheese, medium cured To retail ers: A grade cheddar, single daisies. 4512-52c: 5-lb. loaves, 51!2-57c; proc essed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf. 41 'a -44c, Farm Market Very best 25-35 lb. lugs of Free water district tomatoes sold to gen eral trade at 2.20-2.50 a lug today while lugs of field run mid-Culumbia tomatoes sold as low a 85 cents to 1 for 25 lbs; Willamette valley peaches sold within a wide range with large SlaDnev variety to 3.25 a bushel: gen eral range for all peaches was 1.75- a lug: wiuameue vauey corn sold at 1.75-2 for 5-dozen ear packs while best Yakima corn was 2.50. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to growers. No. 1 quality, at ranch. 212-4 lbs., 23-24c; light hens. 9-1 lc lb.; at ranch, heavy hens. 5 lbs. up, 12-13c lb.; old roosters. 7-9c lb., f.o.b. PorUand. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers. Fryers, whole drawn, 42-45c lb.; cut up. 47-30C lb.; light type, cut up, 34-37c; heavy type, whole drawn. 3ti-41c lb. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur keys, live weight, 27-28c lb.: young hen turkeys, A grade. 28c on evis cerated basis. A grade toms, salable at 24c on same basis. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants): Live white 32-5 lbs., f.o.b. dressing plants Portland. 23-26c; colored pelts. 4c under; old does. 10 12 lbs., a few cents higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 59-64c lb.; cut up, ti2-6jc lb. GRAIN Portland Whole Hay Prices: New crop. No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland and Seattle, $24-25 a ton. Wholesale Prices as reoorted by the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white. S78 a ton: No. 2 I white oats 38-lb. Vest Coast delivery, nominally $47-48 ton; No. 2 Valley white oats, S45 ton; soy bean meal, $80.50 ton. f.o.b. Portland: barlev No. 2. 45-lb. West Coast delivery $44.50 ton; standard miil run, prompt de livery, $37-38 ton. f.o.b. Portland; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland, $61.75-61.-25. r with am The Trimmings Park Place Cafe 302 West Main per Person e, Friday. August 18. 1957 2 Young The Dalles Girls Clubbed While Sleeping in Yard The Dalles IP) An unknown assailant attacked two llyear- old girls early today as they were sleeping outdoors, and fractured the skull of one of them. The girls were sleeping in sleeping bags in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heldt here. The intruder first struck Marry Mat thew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mathew, fracturing her skull and knocking her uncon scious. Then he struck Barbara Heldt but the blow did not knock her out. She started screaming and her father rushed to the yard. The assailant, apparently star Demonstration Set For Swimming Class A swim demonstration of the 9 a.m. Tiny Tot swim class will be held at the YMCA Monday, Aug. 19, at 8 p.m. The class is for children from six through eight years of age. The purpose of the demonstra tion is so parents who are un able to attend the morning class can see what their children are learning. Jan Stevens will assist Gor don Williams, YMCA physical director, in the demonstration. Green Fir Dimension Prices Slip Downward Portland OH Continued slow buying sent green fir di mension prices down another notch this week. Crow's Lumber Market News Service said to day. Consumer activity remained at a low point despite lower down payments announced by the FHA. Random length green dimen sion has dropped to $61 to $63 mill, with specified lengths at $65 to $67, Crow s said. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC I wivno vwviiii y vivu Located en Grants Pais Golf Course SERVING DINNERS DAILY Featuring FINE ITALIAN FOOD and PIZZA I 1 t t - RtotM J ' sail A lM- - SUNDAY, SUN0AY W&ptteri f j- iMMS DEAN A under 20- f mmlsm m- ' BUT SHE HURRY! HURRY! PNLY TONITE & SATURDAY TWO BRAND NEW THRILL HITS! WE DARE YOU TO SEE THEM! TH6 ibiifsi of Ffankefistem will haunt you forever! jt&1 describe I udftA jfS&FWjmk ZmiSZZSIIji DEAN JAG6ER wiNNt HAum MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN tled at the screaming, had fled Police were called and both girls were rushed to The Dalles General hospital, where it was determined Mary was suffering from a fractured skull and Bar bara, from less serious injuries Police said they had found no lead yet as to the identity of the attacker. DON'T MISS THE MOOSE DANCE Saturday, August 17th Moose Hall 11 Newtown Music by the TUNE WRANGLERS S-WtfEREfc THE Last- Weeks Bike Winner BOB THRASHER 1075 W, Mc Andrews WHO'S NEXT? ON SCREEN ELIZABETH TAYLOR TOM DRAKE, "COURAGE OF LASSIE" Plus 2 Reel Comedy The 3 Stooges in "Stonage Romeo" and -Cartoons Also CHAPTER 12 "Congo Bill" - .mJTT. & 't" in IT KILLS... BUT CANNOT BE KILLED! (IIS m iTa 2 lists 21 ;,Iply tSiH, MEN IN P.n HER LIFE...p- Mi i no ii yfc j-Kvi miy v GETTING UP IN WORLD Chicago OPl Anti-aircraft headquarters here finally found place in the sun. The unit is Airport from the Museum of Sci ence and Industry basement. TONITE & SAT. Burt Lancaster -Kirk Douglas VTtUtVA rUMM JO TH rut I . . TEC H N I COLO F , TlSTiVtStOH 71 mm 51 am bm mm mm nin . I A A A A A A tl TONITE & SATURDAY JAMES MASON-JOAN FONTAINE HARRY BELAFONTE-JOAN COM INC MICHAEL RENME- DOROTHY DANDR1DGE GUI-STIEUEi HIT! mucon pi scon mau set stADr . rowns smuMR SATURDAY ONLY 3RD BONUS FEATURE ENDS TONITE GREAT WESTERN in WARNER COLOR SATURDAY ONLY 3 GREAT FEATURES HIT NO. 1 A FABULOUS FORTUNE! 4C01UMHA PiCTUtf I HIT NO. 3 Vtaataaaaa. 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