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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.
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X SONNY THOMPSON
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X 30 STARS
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MEDFORD
THURSDAY. AUG. 29 1 h -Dancing
9 P.M. to 1 A.M.
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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.
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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
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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. . . !
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Festival Plays
Tonight: "Pericles".
Friday: "As You Like It."
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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-
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