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1 Local and Dog Poisoned T. W. Payton, 1660 Orchard Home dr.. Med ford. reported to sheriff's depu ties Wednesday that his dog bad died of strychnine poisoning. Car Sideswiped Cars driven by Lloyd Walch, 62, Meridian rd., and Larry Wayne Slessler, 17. 846 West 13th St., sideswiped on Hillcrest rd. near Coker Butte rd. yesterday, state police 0 reported. No injuries were re ported and little damage. Cars Collide Cars driven by Josephine Louise Malot, 38, 3009 Table Rock rd. and Acel Corless Bedwith, 60, route 2, box 74A, Central Point, collided on Table Rock rd. yesterday, state police reported. Minor dam age was reported to both ve hicles. No citations were issued. X THE COASTERS ic LULA REED X THE 5 SATINS X THE CELLOS X GENE & EUNICE X BILLY VALENTINE X SONNY THOMPSON and His Band X 30 STARS THE ARMORY MEDFORD THURSDAY. AUG. 29 1 h -Dancing 9 P.M. to 1 A.M. JOHN WAYNE JOHN . WAYNE DAN DAILEY MAUREEN O'HARA HMmq WARD I0ND IN METIOCOlOt A LITTLE STORE WITH BIG STORE PRICES! STANDARD GRADE Round Steak Lb 75 STANDARD GRADE T-Bone Steak , 89 TASTY BRAND Wieners Margarine Mayonnaise 4 Angel Food Cake REGULAR or DRIP vOIIG.G Chase & Sanborn Potatoes Tomatoes Lettuce Peaches FREE DELIVERY ON OMDALE MARKET WE WILL BE CLOSED LABOR DAY Personal AWOL Jerry D. Stewart, 18 of box 135, Phoenix, was placed in county jail and held for Marine authorities yesterday on suspicion of being absent without leave from the Marine corps. Clothes Taken A car belong ing to Mr. and Mrs. Grossman, San Francisco, Calif., was broken into on Winburn Way in Ash land last night, city police reported.- Thieves broke a '"wing" of a side window to enter. Miss ing are a man's brown suitcase with clothing and a two-suiter plaid bag. Total-value of the article taken is estimated at $200 to $300, police said. , Acoustics ImproTed Acous tics at the National Guard Arm ory have been improved, Sgt. Richard Berninghausen reported today. Unbleached muslin drapes were hung among the large ceil ing beams to trap the sound, he explained. City firemen assisted with a ladder truck. The poor acoustics were considered a handicap during the recent Ki wanis club Town and Country Holiday. Grass Fires Central Point rural firemen put out two grass fires yesterday, one of about five acres at the Wendell Bateman place on North Grant rd. and the other about one-fourth acre on the Bieter property on Gib bon rd. Medford firemen were called yesterday afternoon to put out a grass fire in a vacant lot of the 100 block of Ashland ave. They said the blaze was caused by children playing with matches. The first execution in the his tory of California prisons was held at San Quentin March 3, 1893. Before that, capital punish ment was on the ounty level. 1st DRIVE IN RUNS! etty Leu Keitn Don Dubbins 5 lbs. 5 lbs. 5 lbs. 5 lbs. 45' Lb. Cut and Holiday Brand , Borden's No. 1 Local Large Firm Heads Fancy Slicers ORDERS OVER $3.00 ( m CAGNET - .i 1 BARBARA if 1 Obituaries RALPH L. HARRIS Services for Ralph L. Harris, 61, of 430 O'Garra street, who died Tuesday, will be held at Conger-Morris Friday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. George Roseberry, of the First Methodist church, will officiate. Committal will be in Memory Gardens memorial park. Members of Ashland Elks lodge, of which he was a mem ber, in charge of graveside ser vices. Mr. Harris was born Feb. 21, 1896, in Waterloo, la., and came to Ashland when eight years old with his father, the late James Harris. He lived for several years where Lithia park is now located. He attended Ashland high school, and was a basket ball star in 1914-15. He attended Oregon State college, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fra ternity. Mr. Harris enlisted in the Navy April 18, 1918, at Ash land, and received his discharge Sept. 30, 1921, at Seattle. In 1948 he retired from the South ern Pacific company after 30 years service. He was married Feb. 10, 1920, in Medford, to Irene Bartlett, who survives. Other survivors include a son, Wayne Harris; a daughter, Mrs. Russell Hanson, and four grand children, all of Medford; and three brothers, Adrian Harris, Rockford, 111.; and Harland and Charles Harris, Salem; and a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Ponsford, McMinnville. THOMAS J. RICHEY , Services for Thomas Jeffer son Richey, 61, of Prospect, who died Tuesday, will be held at Conger-Morris Saturday at 11 a.m. The Rev. Bruce McHenrjs of the Church of the Good Shep herd, at Prospect, will officiate Burial will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr, Richey was born Jan. 23, 1896, in Fall .River, Kans., and had lived in southern Oregon for the past 27 years. He was op erator of the Wildwood Store, on the Crater Lake Highway. He was married Nov. 29, 1932, in Grants Pass, to Miriam Sher wood who survives him. Other survivors include a son, Airman First Class David Rich ey, Reno, Nov.; a daughter, Mrs. Frank Block, Albany; a brother, William C. Richey, Merrill; three sisters, Mrs. M. M. Robin son, Oxford, Kans.; Mrs. R. Black, Tulsa, Okla., and Mrs. Mary Hull, McCungle, Penn.; and two grandchildren. ROBERT E. BELL Robert E. Bell, 67. 1001, Cole man rd., died yesterday after noon in his home. Mr. Bell was born March 27, 1890 In Louisiana. He was a reg ular attendant of the First Chris tian church of Ashland, past president of the Bellview tele phone system and past chairman Steak ....... 3.45 Ground Beef .. 2.15 Short Ribs ... 1.95 Roast 2.45 S 10.00 20-lb. Locker$Q9g Order Standard Grade f Wrapped, 5 lbs. 89 quart 49 Sw,,d.wn3 fr J.00 pound 94 10-lbs. 39 lb. 9 lb. lb. g PHONE SP 2-5818 NEWS ABOUT ' SERVICEMEN ! RECEIVES CERTIFICATE Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Sic. ' George F. Stevens, son of Mr. ; and Mrs. A. B. Haddock, Med- j ford, received a certificate of j achievement from Brig. Gen. i Ralph T. Nelson, commanding ! the U.S. Army Electronic Prov ing Ground. Stevens was cited ' for his superior performance of duty in the food service division of the post quartermaster sec tion. Steel joined the Army in 1945 has served in Alaska. He started his career in food service work after attending the cooks and bakers school at Fort Knox, Ky. He is a graduate of the food service school at 'Fort Lee, Va. ENLISTS IN WAF Miss Barbara Kay Pree, .19, daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Jim Pree, 425 S. Oakdale, Medford, Ore., enlisted today in Women in the Air Force. Miss Pree is a 1956 graduate of Medford High school. The group departed Portland by air for San Antonio, Tex., where they will . undergo basic training at Lackland .Air Force base. Upon completion of nine weeks' training they will be as signed to USAF technical train ing. MEN INDUCTED . Seven Medford area mqn were inducted into the armed forces Tuesday, Aug. 27. Walt er Whisenant, . . Max Eugene Kite, Gene K. Sorensen. Delmer Lavern Barnard and Roland Al fred Thomson, all of Medford; Earl Harvey Tycksen, Talent and William Roger Garner, Jacksonville, from local board 17, were inducted into the serv ice at the Portland induction ceuter. of the Bellview school board on which he served seven years. He retired July 1, 1956 as mill su perintendent oil the Fir Milling company where he started as a sawyer in 1943. - . Mr. Bell married Lulu Mitch ell, March 10, 1817, in Flagstaff, Ariz. He came to Ashland Aug. 6, 1929 from Spring Gardens, Calif. : - . - . -, . - His survivors, besides his wife, include: six children, Robert E. Jr., Medford, Kenneth W. Van couver, Wash., Mrs. Rosemary Kesler, Phoenix, Mrs. Patricia Robertson, Palo Alto, and, Mrs. Marjory Miller "and Samuel G. Bell, both of Ashland; a brother, A. W. Bell, Greenville, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Hazel Hender son, Shreveport, La.; and 12 grandchildren. . . ! RE-OPENS "Tl I rV7 RE-OPENS TONIGHT fL TONIGHT , "'""' - 1 u I Charlton Haston t Baxtar I J as Masts Vul Brynnar as Nafrttlrl ! J ' ' ftJMg' asRamasaa ' j! Yvonna Da Carlo O IN MOTION PICTURE HISTORY WITH YOUR WHOLE FAMILY! (Qffl, jtf'' S ft 'EH 7 DAYS j JIT'S" , , T5S; ??B5fw- v jtjfc& -y Festival Plays Tonight: "Pericles". Friday: "As You Like It." i Saturday: "Othello." Curtain time 1 for all plays is l:30 p.m. Advisory Board Takes Tour of Forest Area Salem (IFl The Oregon and California Lands Advisory board toured some of their forest areas in the Little North Fork basin yesterday to check on develop ments in forest management. Some 30 persons, led by offi cials Of the U.S. bureau of land management, ; made the tour. ,A side trip was also taken to view work of the fish and wildlife service in building a tunnel at Elkhorn Falls, to permit salmon to reach ' spawning - grounds above the falls. . " More rapid restocking of O&C lands is now possible through use of a larger staff and enforce ment of stricter rules for reseed ing, replanting and snag-falling, the advisory board was1 told. Accompanying the group was State Forester Dwight Phipps and Edward Woozley; director of the bureau of land manage ment which controls O&C lands. Two Important Cases Await Supreme Court Salem (IP Two important cases await the decision of the Oregon Supreme Court which opens its fall term here Sept. 11. First case to be heard will bej an appeal of State , Rep. Tom Monaghan, Milwaukie Demo crat, who would like to hold his legislative job while teaching school. . ,-. Both the attorney general and Circuit Judge Ralph Holman of Oregon City have ruled that Monaghan can not hold both jobs. " 1 '- ' ' - Also set for-a Sept. 11 hear ing is the habeas corpus appeal of James Quenton - Anderson, now under life sentence for a murder on the Klamath Indian reservation. Anderson claims a Federal statute giving the state jurisdiction on the reservation is unconstitutional. v : - ; The high court has already denied one appeal by Anderson. Thursday. August 29, 1957 BIRTHS MINTER To: Mr. and Mrs. Robert, Butte Falls Star route, box 15, Aug. 27, 1957. a girl, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. COPELAND To: Mr. and Mrs. Donald, 1292 Dixie lane, Medford, Aug. 26, 1957, a boy, 8'2 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. KEENER To: Mr. and Mrs. Ulrich, 528 Pearl St., Medford, Ore., Aug. 26, 1957, a boy, 8V pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. RUTHERFORD To: Dr. and Mrs. Ralph, 707 Sherman ave., Medford, Aug. 23, 1957, a girl, 8 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospi tal. DRAKE To: Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 1574 Grand ave.l Med ford, Aug. 27, 1957, a boy, 834 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospi tal. FINDLEY To: Mr. and Mrs. Charles, 2388 Howard ave., Med ford, Aug. 27, 1957, a boy, 74 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospi tal. COFFEEN To: Mr. and Mrs. Jack, 356 Haven ave., Medford, Aug. 27, 1957, a girl, 6V2 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospi tal. SMITH To: Mr. and Mrs. Darrell, route 2, box 176B, Cen tral Point, Aug. 26, 1957, a boy, 8 12 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. WALTERS To: Mr. and Mrs. George, 2250 Spring st,. Med ford, Aug-26, 1957, a boy 84 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospi tal. LITTLEFIELD To: Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Jr., 1316 East Main St., Medford, Aug. 26, 1957, a girl, 934 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. SMITH To: Mr. and Mrs. Charles, post office box 172, Butte Falls, Aug. 26, 1957, a girl, 7Vi pounds, at Sacred Hearti hospital. Montgomery Sentenced On Swindle Charge Portland ilPt Roland D. Montgomery, 40, was sentenced to 15 months in Federal prison for his part in the Mount Hood Hardboard co-operative swindle in which he had pleaded guilty tofone of 13 counts against him. Federal Judge Gus Solomon, who sentenced Montgomery, re fused a pl'ja of probation stating, "his Montgomery's conduct was as reprhensible as any, tales man in the co-operativ. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Elk Trail Pupils To Return Sep). 3 Elk Trail school officials have scheduled registration for Sept. 3. No lunch will be needed the first day, according to Robert Work, principal. The cafeteria will operate Sept. 4, a first full day of school, Work said. School busses will run on their regular morning schedule Sept. 3. All children entering first grade must have birth ' and health certificates, he added. Registrants must be six years old on or before Nov. 15, 1957. This years teaching staff in cludes: Mrs. Rowena Wilde, first grade; Mrs. Lola Work, second grade; Mrs. Ruth Sawyer, girls' physical education and third grade; Berry Campbell , boys' physical education, fourth, sev enth and eighth grades; Ernie Sackett, fifth and sixth grades; Mrs. Eva Johnson, fourth grade; Robert Work principal, seventh' and eighth grades; Gary Monical music teacher. Other school employees in clude Wilmer Ragsdale, custod ian; Arlee Ragsdale, cook; Agnes Hubbell. cook's helper; Tom Mac elrath, Liz Bush, Ural Wagler and Ernest Evers, bus drivers. Crewmen Rescued From Polar Ice Pack Reykjavik, Iceland Wl A, U.S. Air Force helicopter has rescued some of the crew of the wooden-hulled Norwegian Polar ship Polarbjoern trapped in an ice pack off Greenland, Air Force officials said today. A spokesman at Keflavik Air Force Base said a helicopter from Teisten, Greenland, landed 'on the ice near the ship Wednes- NOW PLAYING urn TOUT MANSFIELD-RANDALL kfC DRAKE-BLONDELL 10 CIM1JIV.HM Flaunt fi, f HJ J WALTER BRENNAN i day and took off the first group of crewmen. He said the exact number of those rescued was not know, but that other heli copters were expected to com plete the rescue today. Yours for Good E; ling Summertime Salads Delicious BAR-B-CUE Sandwiches A-aVVX All Kinds 0E CLOCK B? Main at Bartlett Ph. SP 2-6766 GRANGER. FLEMING . The thrill of romance was in his arms... the shadows of evil 1 checkered ..a m i his past! i CHILI WILIS a CinemaScope Metrocolok PLUS OREGON'S OWN GORDON SCOTT ! A I t IVIFriarl 5 v "Technicolor GORDONSCOTT ASIMt NEW TARZAN Olf IT KATTT tOUNOt 0ONli MniOOWWVN4UVeK KlfASC Jfnrj.il n SKIP KRISTIN! 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