Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 03, 1957, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Personal Hubcaps RemoTed Two hub caps were taken from a car owned by Dennis Ray James, route 3, box 21 8D, Monday eve ning, according to city police. Window Smashed A window in the Shell Oil Bulk plant at 1002 South Central ave. was broken Sunday night. Police said someone stood on the rail ing of a tank car and reached the window. Company officials said nothing was taken, police reported. . Cited Rosemary Logan, route 2, box 4D, Jacksonville, was cited for failure to maintain proper lookout after her car and one driven by Clinton X. Cutting, route 2, were in volved in an accident Sunday j morning on South Central ave. between 11th and 12th sts. Aquarium Disappears An aquarium, valued at S8, was taken fron a bench under a win dow at 408 Edwards st., accord ing to police. Mrs. Essa Myrtle Barrett reported that a juvenile had been asking about the aqua rium before it disappeared some time during the week end, said police. I flhci...,. uAnasa J ENDS TOIIITE! . t 111 J j jrfatostaH-Nirtem.WiffiiiOtiMral j WILLIAM IIOLDEII IS?! 1 Answer Call A grass fire out of control was extinguished by the Medford fire department Saturday afternoon. Officials said the fire, near 1975 Spring st., burned a 100 by 150-foot sec tion in an empty lot. Aecident Arthur L. Lucke, Ashland, reported to Central Point police Sunday about 7:30 p.m. that his car had been struck by an unidentified vehicle while parked at Pine and First sts.; in Central Point. Police said the car received "considerable dam age." " Shirts Taken Joseph LeRoy Cooley, Eugene, reported to Medford police Tuesday morn ing that three shirts, valued at $25, were taken from his car parked in the Holland hotel lot at 109 West Sixth st. The theft took place sometime Tuesday morning, according to police. Attempted Burglary An at tempted burglary was foiled by an automatic alarm at Panter's Richfield Service station. 227 North Front St., Central Point, about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Police said someone tried to jimmy open a window when the alarm sounded, waking the station's owner who was next door. ' ' Ashland Fires Ashland fire department extinguished a small blaze In a sawdust pile on the high school baseball field about 12:20 p.m. Sunday. At 3:42 p.m. Sunday, firemen were called to the Casaloma apartments, 560 Siskiyou blvd., where rooms were filled with smoke from eggs which had been left boiling on a stove. Arested Stanley Drue Wright, 520 North Front st., was cited for driving while un der the influence of liquor Sun day afternoon when a car he was driving was involved in an accident with one driven by Al vin Eugene Hartley, 365 South Central ave., according to police. Jones Accepts Bid As TVA Director Washington W The White House today announced that Ar nold Jones has agreed to accept a recess appointment as a mem ber of the Tennessee Valley Au thority Board of Directors. Jones, resigned recently as deputy director of the budget, met with President Eisenhower earlier in the day and told Ei senhower he would accept his of fer of a recess appointment. Jones, former member of the faculty of Kansas State College at Manhattan, Kan., was nomi nated some weeks ago to the TVA, but the nomination was bottled up in the Senate Public Works Committee. Congress ad journed without committee ac tion on it. Births SHERMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Henry, 399 North Laurel st., Ashland, Sept. 2, 1957, a boy, I1 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. ZIMMERLEE To Mr. and Mrs. John, route 1. box 194, Eagle Point, Sept. 2, 1957, a girl, 71.'. pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. Cars Collide A car driven by Richard - Eugene Salter, 1103 West Ninth st., was involved in an accident with one driven by Paul William Haviland, 125 White Oak dr., Sunday after noon at East Main st. near Front st., according to police. - - - - Week End Visits Larry Ho mer, Seattle, was a week end visitor at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Homer, 847 West Second st., Medford. Larry has been employed at Boeing aircraft plant in Seattle since graduating from Medford High school in June. To Hospital Pat Graham, service officer for the local chap ter of the Disabled American Veterans, will report to the Port land Veterans hospital Sept. 4 for survey. The service office at 1515 North Riverside ave. will be temporarily closed while Gra ham is in the hospital. Grass Fire The Medford Ru ral fire department answered an alarm near the Rogue River academy early Saturday after noon to extinguish a grass fire along .the road. The fire, which burned a strip of grass 250 feet long, started from a burning ob ject thrown from a car, accord ing to firemen. PETERSON To Mr., and Mrs. DuWayne'310 West .Jack son st., Medford. Sept. 2. 1957, a boy, 7 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. ' ; ? CALHOUN Ta Mr. and Mrs. Gerald .route 2, box 161 A, Cen: tral Point, Sept. 3. 1957, a boy, 8V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. ASKINS To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, route 1, box 11, Eagle Point, Sept. 3, 1957, a boy, 6 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. CURRY To Mr. and Mrs. William, 504 Palm St., Medford, Sept. 1, 1957, a boy, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. NIKODYM To Mr. and Mrs. Vernon, 328 North Central ave., Medford, Sept. 1, 1957, a boy, 634 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. TICER To Mr. and Mrs. James Jr., 534 J st., Medford, Sept, 1, 1957, a girl, 8 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. COLE To Mr. and Mrs. Gary, post office box 1173, Med ford, Sept. 1, 1957, a boy, 9 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. CAMPBELL To Mr. and Mrs. Clarence, 902 South Grape st., Medford, Sept. 2, 1957. 1 boy, 7? i pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. HILL To Mr. and Mrs. Le Ray, 733 Indiana st.,. Ashland, Aug. 30, 1957, a boy, 6V2 pounds at Ashland General hospital. SELF To Mr. and Mrs. Os car, 285 Walker ave., Ashland, Aug. 30, 1957, a boy, 8V2 pounds at Ashland General hospital. Peter Freuchen, Arctic Explorer, Dies in Alaska New York nj Peter Freu chen, 71, Arctic explorer, .au thor and TV qujz show cham? pion, died of a heart attack Monday, at the Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska. Commentator Lowell Thomas, informed his office here today that Freuchen collapsed and died after carrying-his luggage up a stairway at the base's offi? cens quarters. The grizzled.' one? legged explorer had refused any help, Thomas said. . ? Thomas reported that a Navy, doctor was at the scene and pro nounced Freuchen dead immedi ately after he collapsed. 'Sentimental Journey' Freuchen was in Anchorage on a "sentimental journey" to the Arctic with other veteran explor ers including Bernt Badchen, Sir Hubert Wilkins, and Adm. Don ald B. MacMillan. The expedi tion was planned in- connection with the International Geophysi cal Year and will be filmed by Thomas for his new TV show. Freuchen's rugged bearded face became familiar to millions of Americans when he made six appearances on CBS's "$64,000 Question" show last year to win the quiz's top prize in the cate gory of "The Seven Seas." He later won $16,000 more on the 864,000 Callenge',' when his chal lenger, a 'merchant marine cap tain, failed to answer a question." Freuchen, a native of Den mark, lived in New York and at Noan, Conn. Tuesday, September 3, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN Stocks Develop Firm Tone After Decline Obituaries C3r- bo scaffe ... SAVE FDR&TT . . . f o guarantee your children's future I A good education is the best guarantee of a secure and prosperous future for your children. And a regular savings program is the best guarantee that you can help them to get that education. It's helpful, too, to have a backlog of savings for those necessary purchases in the early school years. So start that savings program now! Your school savings account at safe, convenient First National Bank will soon grow to a big amount if you save regularly. MEDFORD BRANCH POBS'L? RATIONAL BANK C b OF PORTLAND ' , , , "IffS BtTIlD OREGON TOGETHER. OPfcN lu to 0 Monday through Saturday mium, PEARL EVALEEN GEISLER Grants Pass Mrs. - Pearl Evaleen Geisler, 70, diedTat her home in Grants Pass. Monday. She was born April 3, 1887, in Echo township, Minn., and has lived in Grants Pass for 10 years. ' She is survived by two daugh ters, . Mrs. Qra I. Sharpe, San Jose, Calif., and Mrs. Lauretta Momberg, Medford; two sons, Clarence E. Barker, Thelma, Ore., and Harold W. Barker, Grants Pass; two brothers, Her man DePew, Fresno, Calif., and Leslie DePew, Past, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Amy Smith, Fres no, Calif.; five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, at the L. E. Hall Funeral home in Grants Pass. MINNIE HIGGINS Minnie Higgins, 82, died this morning in a local hospital. Fun eral arrangements will be an nounced by Perl. Funeral home. LLOYD McCURDY Lloyd McCurdy, 46, died at his home, 4225 Cedar lane, Phoe nix, Monday night. Funeral ar rangements will be announced by Conger-Morris Funeral home. WILLIAM CLARENCE William Clarence, 47,. died at his home in Prospect Monday morning. He had moved there from Bend four weeks ago. The body has been taken to Bend by Conger-Morris for services and interment. Mr. Clarence was born in Mab ton, Wash., Aug. 10, 1910.-He was a veteran of World War II. Surviving is his wife, Alda; three children, Julia, David, and Carla, all at home; a brother, Ray Clarence, in New Mexico; and a sister, Mrs. Homer Bar nett, Eugene. JOHN CHARLES JONES Services for John Charles Jones, 78, who died at his home, 612 Manzanita st., Central Point, Monday, will be held in the Conger-Morris chapel Thursday at 10 a.m. The Rev. Norman K. Tully will officiate. Interment will be in the Central Point cemetery. FERN H JOHNSON Funeral, services for Fern H. Johnson, 60, of route 1, box 207, Rogue River, who died Saturday, were held at 10 a.m. today at Perl Funeral home. The Rev. George Trobough of the First Methodist church offic iated. Interment was in Pankey cemetery. Mr. Johnson, was born in Rockwell, Iowa, Feb. 19, 1897, and was a resident of Rogue River for 32 years. He was a garage mechanic. 1 - Survivors include two broth ers, Harry P. Johnson, Toppen ish, Wash., and Abe N. Johnson, Rogue River. 7- New :York OP Stocks de veloped, a firm tone today after anearlyj'decline. Late in the day a long list of issues registered gains running to more than a point. The high prices issues brought out a 25 point rise in. Superior Oil of California, one of 13 points in St. Louis. Southwestern Railroad, and one of seven points in Rohm & Haasi . ... r Oils (. featured the recovery with the international group ac tive. .' . . Gains, in," the .oils ran to more than. . two , in ..Gulf and Royal Dutch. Lukens Steel rose more than a point in an improved steel section. Du Pont made up an early loss of more than a point. . Coppers got t over their price worries and rose from early lows. General Tire led its group up. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 486.13, up 1.73; 20 railroads 137.43. off 0.06, 15 ut ilities 68.06, up 0.22. and 65 stocks 167.03, up 0.45. Sales today were about 1, 490,000 shares compared with 1,600.000 shares Friday. Todays prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical "... SB'i American Can 43V2 AT&T , 174V2 Anaconda Copper 548 Bethlehem Steel ., 45 Caterpillar Corp 86Vi Chrysler Corp 77 1 Continental Can 43 Yz Crown Zellerbach 49 V2 Curtiss Wright : 38 2 Du Pont '....188 Eastman Kodak 100?s General Electric , 6514 General Foods 4914 Geieral Motors 433s Georgia Pacific 3034 Graham Paige Homestake Mining 35?i Kaiser Frazer 12 Vz Kennecott Copper 98V4 Lockheed Aircraft 36 Katy Pfd. 53 V2 Montgomery. Ward .. 36 New York Central 29 Vs Penney, J. C 80 Perm RR. 19: Radio Corporation".:..... :. 33 Richfield Oil 75 V4 Socony Vacuum . .-. 56 Southern Co 23, Southern Pacific 41 '4 Standard California 53 Standard Indiana 48 Vs Standard N.. J. 64 Sun 'Mines Ills Texas Gulf , 24 Tex Pac Land Trust ' 7 Trans America 36 Trans West Air .., 12M Tri - Continental ..,...:. 301 2 Union Carbide .. : ,-,..110 2 Union Pacific ....... 28 United Aircraft ... 64 U. A. L. r..,.. 2412 U. S. Rubber 41 U. S. Steel 65 Youngstown S&T 98 REDS TO GET COLOR TV London tt?) Color television will be introduced in the Soviet Union by the end of 1960, Mos cow radio said Monday." The broadcast said more than 4 mil lion radio and television sets are manufactured annually in the Soviet Union. The Low Cost Way to Sell Cse Mail Tribune Want Ad NOSY WASPS Halifax, England API The smell of ice cream and refresh ments brought some unwanted guests to an agricultural show in this Yorkshire town. More than 15.0 persons were stung in one day by wasps attracted by the sweet?.. LIVESTOCK : Portland (U.P.) Cattle 1800. Aver age choice fed beef 24.50: other choice steers 24 to 24.25: good steers 22.50 to 23.50: utility and commercial cows 14-16: canners and cutters 11 to 13; utility bulls 17.50 to 18.50, few to IB. - . Calves 300. Choice vealers 2.50 to 26- good 21 to 24: standard 17- to 20.50. Hogs 850. Most 1 and 2 grade Dutch es 23.25 to 23.50; some 23.50; mixed grade 22.50 to 23: other butchers 240 to 270 pounds 21 to 22: sows 300 to 500 pounds 16.50 to 20.50. Sheep 2000. Choice shorn lambs No. 1 and 2 pelts 21.50: mixed good and choice wooled lambs 20 to 21; good springers 19 to 20: good and choice feeders 16.50 to 18; slaughter ewes 3 to 6.50. Portland (TJ.P.I Eggs To retail ers: Grade A A large, 54-56c; A large, 50-52c; AA medium,' 46-47C: A me dium. 45-46c: A small, 29-31c; car ton. l-3c additional. Butter- To retailers: AA and A grade prints. 67-68c lb.; cartori, lc a pound higher: B prints, 65-66c. Cheese medium cured To retail ers: A grade cheddar. single daisies, 45 '2C: processed American cheese. 52c; 5-lb. loaves, 51,2-57c; 5-lb. loaf, 4Ua-44c. Produce Farm Market Yakima prunes were quoted at $1.50-1.75 a 30-pound box on the Portland market today while loose packed Willamette' valley prunes were around 4-6 cents a pound. Can ning and juice tomatoes were offered at $1.25-1.50 a 30-pound box. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to growers, Via: 1-quality, at ranch, 2-4 lbs.. 23c; light hens. .8-10c lb.; at ranch, heavy hens. 5 lbs. up.-ll-12c lb.; old roost ers. 7-9q lb., f .o.b,. Portland. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers;. Fryers, whole drawn. 40-44c lb.; cdt up, 46-49c lb.; light type, cutu p. 33-36c;- heavy type, whole drawn, 35-40c.lb. - Turkevs To producers: Fryer tur keys, liev weight. 27-28c lb.; young hen turkeys A grade. 28i2c on evis cerated basis: A grade, toms, 25c lb. on same basis. ' - Rabbits Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants I : Live white. 32-5 lbs., f.o.b. dressing plants Portland. 23-26c; colored .pelts. 4c ainder; old does, 10 12 lbs., a few cents higher. Fresh killed fryers to retailers. 59-64c lb.; but up. 62-65c lb. -j . Portland Hay, Grain PorUand Wholesale- Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa. bJled. f.o.b. Port-; land and Seattle. S24-25 a "ton. ' Wholesale prices, as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat- Ko. 2 soft . whUe, S78 a ton; No 2 white oats 38-lb. West Coast de- I; . en ;n tnrf TMn 9 Vallev White oats.S46.50 ton: soybean meal. S83.50 ton f.o.b. foruana: Daricy, :u. - lb. West Coast delivery S44 ton; stand-. 1 :i 1 vtmmnt rt1ivrv 50 - 36 ton f.o.b." Portland; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern smpnieni i.u.u. i-uu-land, S58.50-59. , - , WEDNESDAY CURTAIN AT EIGHTTHIRTY A Bubbtma TditfLovt and lofljf wfcnwf " - "The Mosi ndiatiag Moy'h to come trh r v --"TTv i w K9i ironic j i ewu; f w - cLAjwitlne (5IVPEUVER. U ICHF.I.K MORGAN GEKAKU ftilUlfK. ONLY THE FRENCH COULD BE SO DISCREET ABOUT THEIR INDISCRETIONS . . . DAILY WEATHER REPORT - - FORECASTS ' " Medford and vicinity: Fair through Wednesday. Low tonight 52; high to ntorrow 90. Western Oregon: Generally fair and continued warm tonight and Wednes day. Late night ' and early morning fog or low clouds near coast, and ptchy early morning fog in northern interior.' Low tonight 50 to 56. High Wednesday. 80 in northern interior and 90 in southern interior; 70' along the coast ' - - . Northern California: Fair through Wednesday except fog and low clouds on the. coast. Little change in tempera ture. ' . . TEMPERATURE: ' Mean yesterday 70; below normal 2. Record high this date 102 in 1955. Record low this date 40 in 1921. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month none, .02 inch be low normal. . . Total since Sept. 1, none. .02 inch below normal. . HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 20rc, highest this a m. ft2'r. RADIANT i : GLASS HEAT "The Sunshine Heat" For Free Estimat PHONE SP 2-9854 CLEAN - SAFE . MODERN 619 E.' Jackson MEDFORD, OREGON City .01 High 4:30 24-Tester- a.m. nr. day Low Prec 60 54 41 52 46 53 59 54" 56 Brookings Crater Lake 63 Grants Pass 92 Klamath Falls 82 MEDFORD 1 89 Portland 8 1 Seattle 77 Spokane 80 i akima 85 47 Eureka 59 52- Red Bluff 96 63 Sacramento 95 60 San Francisco 76 52 Los Angeles ... 81 62 Phoenix 96 72 Denver .'. . 82 53 Chicago 84 65 Miami 84 79 New York 81 72 Washington... D.C. 87 76 .11 NOW SHOWING All the drama crowded, romance of the great bestseller! W A GABLE f YVONNE i. A JT. CD De CARLO BANDTQFi ANGELS Filmed in "L!Z WARNERCOLOR PLUS DESTINATION .. rT1"0T.T, I att- ctNtun rov n.i. niunowsutiujNPinai.iuitns NOW SHOWING 001 MM CHAHLTOM YUL ' AiN HE5T0N"- BRYNNER BAXTER EDWARD G,, YVONNE . R0B1 N50N DE. CARLO PAGET john DERtiK . 5i?CEDSIC NA MA9THA JiARDWOE FOCH ? 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