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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBtTXE Sunday, Auguii iS, 1957 Workmen Find Bodies Of Three Small Girls Dixon. 111. up A (roup of workmen found the bodies of three small' sisters early Satur day In a floodlighted, muddy quarry. The girls. Nancy, 10, Theresa, 8, and Ruthie Guernsey, 9, had been missing since last Wednes day afternoon when they were seen playing at the rim of the 50-foot quarry. A small army of workers had shoveled through the night against a maddening sea of mud, while floodlights pierced a heavy fog which shrouded the hilly tlmberland. Police said there were no signs the girlt had met foul play. All were found lying fully clothed under a massive tree, one of the many authorities had been hauling out of the clay mire iince Friday night. Sandal Starts Starch National Guardsmen, state po lice, deputies and hundreds of volunteers had trudged through the surrounding area Friday, when one of them "happened to kick up" a sandal belonging to one of the girls. Digging operations began shortly afterwards, uncovering the other five shoes, the little girls' socks neatly tucked inside. Mr. and Mrs. John Guernsey, parents of the girls, identified the shoes as those of their daughters. Dixon Police Commissioner Fred Hofmann doubted foul play but cited the possibility the girls may have been playing along the slope of the quarry, perhaps in a pocket, and were buried under a landslide. A near by cement plant had been fill ing in the pit with torti of clay and sand the day of the disap pearance. Rain Hampers Wrok.ri Hofmann said 73 to 85 work ers manning hand shovels had been gnawing into the saucer shaped pit, aided by two trac tors and three cranes, but that torrential afternoon rains had increased their work a hundred fold. The little girls were seen playing near the lip of the quar ry Wednesday by a shovel op erator. Other workmen were around at the time. Hofmann said, which made, the idea of foul play improbable. He could offer no reason, however, why the sisters had removed their shoes, there being no ponds nearby in which they could go wading. CHANNEL CHALLENGING London (IPl Greta Ander son, of Long Beach, Calify who won last week's international cross-channel swim from France to England, said Saturday she plans to swim from England to France next month. The 30-year-old Danish wife of a Long Beach physical culturist said she hopes to be the first woman to swim the English channel both ways in one summer. Die Mail Tribune Want Adi The Low Coit Way to Sell JIM'S MEATS "mar ALL MEATS AM INSPECTED TOP QUALITY LOCKER MEATS CHOICE BEEF - Cut and Double Wrapped 41 ,b. 51 lb. Hair or Whole BEEF Hind QUARTER Front QUARTER Family Budget ORDER, 24 lbs.. 37 lb. $Q00 T V - , . - :.,&j, t ' Jzl NEW MEMBER American Legion Post 15 recently initiated Eric A. Allen, 216Vi North Peach St., and appointed him chairman of the ways and means commit tee. Allen has a long history as a legionnaire,' becoming a charter member of Golden Gate Post 40 after World War I. New Medford Mffn Legion Initiate Eric A. Allen, 216Vz North Peach St.. was recently initiated as a .member of American Legion post 15 and appointed chairman of the ways and. means committee, according to Com mander Keegan Townsend. Allen and his wife recently moved to Medford from Dallas, Tex. He intends soon to open an office and showroom at 39 South Bartlett st. under the business name Allen's Purchasing Serv ice. Twenty-five per cent of all sales will go to legion welfare, Townsend reported. Allen became a charter mem ber of Golden Gate post 40 of the American Legion after World War I. In 1941, serving as an industrial engineer at North American Aviation com pany, Inglewood, Calif., he or ganized the General Billy Mit chell Post 580 and served as its commander four years, q Applegate-Jacksonville Garage Going Up By HELGA MITCHELL Applegate-Jacksonville A new garage is being built at Ruch by A. E. Ranney, who has been in the auto repair busi ness here since he was released from the Army 12 years ago. The building is 24 by . 40 and is of pumice brick. A wheel bal ancer is being added to present equipment, and Ethyl gasoline is being installed as well as the regular gas. The old garage building will be used as a shed for school buses. Ranney has been driver of the Big Apple' gate bus route for eight years, and has received state recogni tion as a safe driver. Seve 1 women of the Upper Applegate extension unit took charge of registration of visit ors in the home economics build ing at the 4-H and FFA fair Friday. Mrs. Elizabeth Vessel has re turned home after spending two weeks with relatives in Tilla mook and Portland. Mrs. Lance Offenbacher was hostess at a stork shower at her home Thursday evening honor ing Mrs. Don Sheffield Of Jack sonville, who formerly was Miss Shirley Chittock of this com munity. Mrs. George Redhead was in charge of games. Twenty seven . attended. Even the Squirls ... Look To The Future! If :fcm Mr. and Mrs. Gene Monk and family who have resided here the past two years; left recently for Stockton! Calif., to make their home. Mrs. Mike Loftus will be hostess to the Little Applegate Sewing club at a noon barbecue at her home Thursday, Aug. 29. Mrs. Roy Weatherall of Mil waukie. Ore. returned to her home Sunday after spending several weeks here at the home of her son, Marvin Perkins. Mr. Weatherall, while visiting here briefly, had a rock display which he had collected from all parts of United States. He gathered more exhibits while in the community. Harry Harmon of Heidelburg, Germany, is spending a month here at the home of his sister, Mrs. B. J. Sanford. New residents of Little Apple gate are Mr. and Mrs. William Godfrey and sons Of Medford who are residing on the Wright place. Edward Milam of San Fran cisco, on a Jo-dy leave from the Navy, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mansel Milam. Mr. and Mrs. Janssen and three sons of San Francisco have moved into their new residence on lower Applegate. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Haskins entertained a group of friends and relatives at a picnic at their summer home here Friday eve ning honoring Mr. and Mrs., filchard McKee of Medford, who left the following day for Ten nessee to make their home. Among guests during the past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Pearson were Mrs. Earl Goodrich and daughter Emily of Sterling City, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Mon- gold and daughter Sally of Eagle Point. 1 9 Warm Reception! HERE ARE A FEW EARLY HINTS THAT WILL ASSURE YOU OF A COMFORTABLY HEATED HOME DURING THE FALL AND WINTER SEASON: Hive heiting equipment cleaned tnd inspected. Ee sure pilot light aund burners axe working properly. f) See that ill controls are in perfect working condition ind thit equip ment" is properly vented. Check heat supply to eich room. 0 Clein or replace air filters if necessary. Replace old or inadequate heating units with modern automatic gas heating equipment NOW before the cold weather rush. CURE HEATING TROUBLES BEFORE COLD WEATHER COMES VISIT OUR OFFICE OR CALL YOUR HEATING CONTRACTOR TODAY CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC UTILITIES COMPANY Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bethany, accompanied by the letter's sis ter, Mrs. Bill Watson, who is visiting here from Joplin, Mo., spent the week end at Eureka visiting Mrs. Lawrence Dunshee, sister of the two ladies. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Dore of Dolton, 111., have spent the week here as guests of Mr. Dore's sister, Mrs. Gail Buffington. Other guests at the Buffington home this week were Mr. Buf fington's son-in-law and daugh ter,Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lewis and daughter Monica of Modesto, Calif. Mrs. Letha Clark of Medford has returned to her position as bookkeeper at the Woolworth store after spending two weeks' vacation here at the home of her mother, Mrs. Metta Buck. Nelson Purcel returned to his home Wednesday- after being in Sacred Heart hospital for a week as a result of pneumonia. Gary West recently accepted employment with the O.K. mar ket in Medford as an apprentice meat cutter. Jim and Ronnie Keen are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Keen. The boys are 6n leave from the Navy. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Pear son expected to leave Friday for a week's vacation on the California coast. They will be accompanied by their house guest, Mrs. Ida May Hughes of Oaklrid, who will visit at Fort Bragg. Mr. and Mrs. Val Haskins of Jacksonville will remain at the Pearson home during their absence. . Mr and Mrs. Lester Jtedhesd of Salem were overnight guests of his brother, George Redhead, Tuesday. Rural Reflections: Ed Fossen remarks that the silence around home while his children are at the 4-H fair Is so loud he can hear- it whisper. Committee Elects Skelfon Chairman Salem ' (IB The Interim Committee on Government Re organization Friday elected Mr. Keith Skelton, Eugene Democrat chairman, and set Sept. 14 in Salem as the time they will de cide on their agenda. Sen. Daniel Thiel, Astoria Democrat was elected vice chair man of the committee which will study possible consolida tions or abolition of some . of the state's numerous boards and commissions. State Finance Director John Richardson told ' Rep. Skelton his department would prepare data on boards and commissions in time for the Sept. 14 meet ing. Also meeting in the capital was the Interim committee to study Migrant Labor problems. Rep. Don Willner, Portland Dem ocrat was elected chairman and Sen. Truman. Chase, Eugene Re publican, vice chairman.- The Oregon ' Council of Churches launched a study of the migrant problem some years ago, but found it too much for a private organization. It 1 The Rev. Nicholas Deis. Transferred Catholic Priest Moves to Coast -The Very Rev. Nicholas Dels, priest of Sacred Hpart parish for the past four years, will leave Tuesday to assume duties in Ocean Lake, Ore. Replacing Father Deis here will be the Rev. Carl Mai, pastor at Cottage Grove. - Father Deis has been in the priesthood for 24 years, being a graduate of St. Patrick Semin ary, Menlo Park, Calif. Before coming to Medford he was pastor of the Seaside, Ore. par ish. He will be accompanied to Ocean Lake by his sister. Miss Eva Deis, who has been church secretary here. During Father Deis' years in Medford the local congregation increased by twenty-five per cent, the church was renovated, the Jacksonville Catholic church was restored and Our Lady of Fatima Catholic church at Shady Cove was built. Recently an ad dition was built to the gymnas- CONGRESSMAN LEAVING Washington (IP) Adjourn ment fever ran high Friday in the House of Representatives. Some representatives apparent ly weren't waiting to make' it official. Two roll calls on an appropration bill turned up total votes of only 287 and 284, al though House membersship cur rently is 433. Congressmen were telling the story of one vacation-bound lawmaker who re portedly left town with instruc tions that he be paired against any resolution to adjourn. . ium at St. Mary's High school. Tuesday evening a reception for Father Deis was held at the parish addition to the gymnas ium. Several hundred persons attended. REDS BUILD IN EGYPT - London (in Prague Radio said Saturday that Communist Czechoslovakia is building "sev eral industrial plants" in Egypt. The broadcast said one of the plants would be for production of steel oil drums. V CHRISTIAN 1 I SCIENCE J HEALS Station KWIN 1400 K.C. Sundays 10:15 A.M. refreshment . Pick up Carton on your next ihbpping art l4 - V v r i PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF MEDFORD Under appointment from Pepsi-Cola Company, New York STORE-WIDE . . and BACK TO SCHOOL SALE! TERRIFIC SAVINGS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT MEN'S . Short Sleeve Summer SPORT SHIRTS MEN'S BATHING SUITS Reg. 4.95 OOC 40 Pr. Miscellaneous SHOES 99c MEN'S DRESS SOCKS Cotton and Stretch MEN'S DRESS SLACKS 588 to 1488 MEN'S BELTS BOYS' JEANS 98 . .59 . .79 .22.88 . 1.75 . .99 .2.69 MEN'S Sport Goat 18.88 MEN'S l Cotton Sox ....... MEN'S " Colored T-Shirts . . MEN'S Snort Coats ...... lien's Hats ...... . Men's Ties . . . MEN'S White Dress Shirts MEN'S Short Sleeved Shirt.. 2.66 MEN'S - Short Sleeved Shirt.. 3.44 MEN'S Jackets 5.88 np MEN'S Flannel Shirts ..... . 1.88 School Sweaters . .. 5.88 13 oz. Jeans 2.88 Men's Stretch Belts.. .49 CLOSEOUT Men's Shoes 4.88 '0nP Men's Canvas Shoes.. 3.66 Men's Work Shoes... 5.88 Men's Khakis ...... 2.88 Men's Khaki Shirts... 1.98 BOTS Long Sleeved Shirt ..1.77 Boys' Denims . . 2.88 Boys' Pajamas ...... 2.66 Boys' Shoes ........ 2.88 Hundreds of Items (too numerous to mention) on Sale. Sale Starts 9 A.M. Monday Morning CRATER Department Store Central Point, Ore. MEN'S SPORT COATS Reg. 29.95 SALE " 88 MEN'S FADEO DENIMS 3 88 MEN'S CALIPSO SHIRTS 2" BOYS' SHORTS & SHIRTS 9C MEN'S LONG SLEEVE SPORT SHIRTS 288 BOYS' SHORT SLEEVE SPORT SHIRTS 11 LQ) COJ Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Medford, Oregon Phone SP 2-5284 qc
