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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1957)
Local and Personal " Remodelf House A city build ing permit has been issued to -M. Lucas, 243 East Main st. for $f,300 to remodel his home. Permit Issued A building permit has. been issued Cali fornia-Oregon Power company to hang a sign'at 216 West Main st. It is valued at S1.500. Runaway Girls Two 17-year- old girls were reported missing from home since 8:30 p.m. Mon day in Ashland today. Their par ents called city police at about 1:30 asa. to report the missing girls. Accident A truck driven by Robert William Sieler, 10720 Northeast Tillamook st., Port land, was involved in a collision with a car driven by Alice Hum phry, route 1, box 430V&, Satur day noon. Police said the acci dent took place at Fourth and Central sts. Battery Stolen Jack Ray Sides, 926 Murry st., reported to police Saturday that a car bat tery was taken from a 1950 car while it was parked at the rear of the Rogue Service station, 609 West McAndrews rd. Sides told police the theft took place be tween 10 and 11 p.m. Saturday. SHOW STARTS 7 PJVl. Msm, 3 ENDS TONITE! PORT Afrioue MTteHtllCOUMI aafc -WT Rummage Sale Veterans of World War I auxiliary will hold a rummage sale Friday in the Fehl building at 106 North Ivy st. Carport Permit Issued Rob ert Mclntyre, 401 East Main st., has been issued a building per mit for a carport at his resi dence. Hose Cut A hose, lying on his front lawn, was cut Friday night, according to Charles Frank Howell, 205 Laurel st. Howell told police it was valued at $10 to $14. Tool Box Taken Norman Al vin Botts, 211 Vancouver st., re ported to city police Saturday that a box full of tools was tak en from his car during the day on Thursday last week. He val ued the tools, which were re cently purchased, at ?80. Saturday Accident A car driven by Rex Coggins, 16 South Chestnut st., was involved in a collision with one, driven by Ben Arma Olea, 503 Hamilton st., at 12th and Central aves., police re ported. The Saturday accident took place about 10:05 p.m. Boys' Arrested Central Point police arrested Arnold Gene Pence, 19, of 604 Berrydale ave., and a 17-year-old boy about noon yesterday for fighting and caus ing a disturbance on a Central Point street. The two were re leased on $25 bail and were to appear in municipal court today. Now! Beautiful MON DESIR DINING INN ' IS OPEN EVERY NIGHT EXCEPT MONDAY Dine in the friendly atmosphere af this lovely old Inn and enjoy Julie's Incomparable dinners. , Please phone for reservations . NOrmandy 4-2513 Trash Fire A fire truck from the east side station, was called at 12:32 a.m. today to extin guish a trash fire in a back yard in the 900 block of East Main st. Smoke from the fire caused a complaint from neighbors, fire men reported. Osteopathic Patients Mrs. Clifford E. Sikes, Trail, and Mrs. Henry A. Mills, route 2, box 75, Central Point, were medical pa tients today at Medford Osteo pathic hospital. A surgery pa tient Saturday was Darlene Frohreich, 839 West 12th st. Orders Issued Fire Marshal Truman Nelson yesterday is sued 10 orders for correction of hazardous conditions after in specting two business occupan cies, one dry cleaning plant, one building of public assembly, and after- investigating two com plaints from residential areas. Car In Shop Police reported Monday that a police car was still undergoing repairs after the high speed chase of a 15 year-old boy last week. The en gine is being overhauled after it was forced to exceed 110 miles per hour to catch the juvenile Tail Lights Taken Peter Calvin Lorenz, 1940 Kincaid st., Eugene, reported to police Mon day that the tail lights had been removed from his 1957 car while it was parked near Sixth and Main sts. The lights, valued at $10, were taken Saturday night, according to police. Receives Two Citations Leo Franklin Barker, 25, 3075 Cra ter Lake highway, was cited by city police for reckless driving and having no operator's permit on his person. The car he was driving sheared off a telephone pole at the intersection of Crater Lake highway and McAndrews rd. No one was injured. Business Names John, E. Grow and Eileen Hunting of Eagre Point have assumed the business name of Hal's Market, according to . records in the county clerk's office. Also re corded was the assumed business name of Van Lee's Super "88" by Alfred Navarrette, Roseburg, Ore.- Bicycle Recovered Central Point city police reported tthis morning that a bicycle belonging to Joe McCalvey, 2J7 Hazel st., Central Point, was recovered in the city park after it was re ported stolen from Economy Market, about 11:20 a.m. yester day. Meeting Scheduled The Southern Oregon chapter, Sons of American Revolution, will hold their annual Constitution Week dinner at 6:30 p.m. Thurs day at the Medford hotel. T. J. Gifford, secretary, said the Mc-Carran-Walter Immigration bill will be discussed. Wallet Missing Police report ed that Marvin Enos Gorden, 2820 Elliott St., has reported his wallet missing from the glove compartment of his pickup truck. The wallet was taken be twen Sept. 11 and 14 in the city, accroding to police who- said he valued the wallet at $5. Returned Home Al Jones, Tulelake, Calif., was returned there by a Mercy Flights, Inc air ambulance plane yesterday He was flown here last week for emergency surgery. The flight was the 712th time a patient had been carried by planes of the non-profit service, which began operation IVz years ago. - Mining Claims Three mining claim location notices were filed with the county recorder's of fice. One was in the Steamboat mining district sduth of Bing ham filed by I. D. Bostwick and Chris Comer, 622 S.E. L st.: Grants Pass." The other two claims were filed by Melvin M Weiner and O. B. Baldwin Kamier, ore., and were near Palmer Creek and Applegate river. Driver Cited - Harold John Wehren, 520 Crater Lake ave was cited after an accident by city police for allowing an un licensed driver to operate a car Richard Thomas Wehren, 520 Crater Lake ave., was driver of a car involved in a collision with one driven by Elmer Ray King, 109 West McAndrews rd. The accident took place at the inter section of Mam and Grape sts Saturday afternoon,, police said f foe scatfe . . SAVE FDRjSTT . . . to guarantee your children's future! 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 thost 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. CT MEDFORD BRANCH L J OF PORTLAND Bni-ih, -.-n . .. LISTS K0 CGO TOGETHER vrc iu re j, monaay through Saturday Funeral Services For Mr. Shepherd Set for Thursday Funeral services for Robert W. Shepherd, 53, of 132 Green way circle, will be held at Perl Funeral home at s, 1:30 pjn. Thursday. The Rev. D. Kirkland West, pastor of the First Pres byterian church,, will officiate, and concluding private services will be held at Siskiyou crema torium. Mr. Shepherd died unexpect edly in Medford Monday. He was born Dec. 9, 1903, in Provi dence, R.I., and attended the University of Oregon and North western university college of law. He had lived in Medford for about 20 years. Fraternity Member Mr. Shepherd was a member of Chi Psi social fraternity, Del ta Theta Phi law fraternity, the Oregon State Bar and the Foot- lighters Little Theater group. He was a former member of the University club and the board of directors of the Jackson coun ty cnapter of American Red Cross. He is survived by his wife, Loleta: two sons. Robert W. Shepherd III, and Richard Ed ward Shepherd; and a brother, ueorge Austin Shepherd, of walnut Creek, Calif. Active pallbearers will be Ben r. Lombard, Warren Lessee. Otto Frohnmayer, Frank Van uyKe, justice William M. McAl lister, and V. J. Robinson. Honorary out of town pall Dearers will include William Swindels, Dr. John Marshall, W. F. Preble, Dr. William Wil son, E. C. Lesser, Waldermar Seton Jr., and Fitzhugh' L. Brew- xiouorary pauoearers from Medford will be William Bark er, James C. Miller, N. K. Por ter, Jonn Day. Dr. C. I. Drum- mond, Dr. Edwin Durno, Paul Haviland and Al Potter. It Is the request of the familv that in lieu of flowers, a dona tion may be sent to the National Heart fund in care of th MpH. ford postmaster. Tuesday. September 17. 19S7 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAfL TRIBUNE NINE Favorable Economic News Helps Market New York COT Favorable eco nomic news helped to buoy the stock market today In quiet trading. Metal shares made a sharp re covery from their lows, some coming back around a point or more. Oils also recovered most or all of earlier losses. In some instances losses were turned into gains. Three Injured in Car, Truck Accident A Medford Concrete CoVistnir. tion company truck operated by Hugh John Wright. 43. of 751 Midway rd., Medford, and a ve hicle operated by Eberhardt C. Weiler, 28, of Pasadena, Calif., were involved in an accident at the Midway four corners on Ta ble Rock rd., about 12:30 p.m. yesterday, according to state police. Wright, Weiler and his wife. Ivan Jeanne, 22, were taken by Medford Ambulance service to Sacred Heart hospital for treat ment. Police said Wright suffer ed a broken shoulder and other injuries, and Mrs. Weiler suf fered lacerations. Weiler was cited by state po lice for failure to stop at a stop sign. Portland Swimmer Quits Columbia River Attempt Portland OP) A 32-year-old Portland television camerman admitted defeat to the Colum bia river Monday morning after spending six hours in the water, and after he swam about 15 miles of a proposed 102-mile course from Vancouver to As toria, Ore. Swimmer Bill McGill said a knee cramp forced him to leave the water at a light house near St. Helens, Ore., about 6 a.m. EfOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-Jones final stock aver ages: 30 industrials 478.28, up 0.20; 20 railroads 132.00, up n in. i c ct ot a ni and 65 stocks 163.83, up 0.12. Sales today were about 1.490, 000 shares compared with 1,290. 000 shares Monday. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical . 83 Vi American Can . ... ..... 44?a AT&T . 171Vb Anaconda Copper ... 52sa Bethlehem Steel . ... 44V4 Caterpillar Corp. ... 86 U Chrysler- Corp 753i Continental Can ..... 44 Crown Zellerbach 474 Curtiss Wright ..... 36 Du Pont 185 Vi Eastman Kodak 99V General Electric 63 General Foods 47 Vs General Motors .... 41V4 Georgia- Pacific 30V4 Graham Paige lVz Homestake Mining 25Vz Kaiser Fraser 11 Kennecott Copper 933A Lockheed Aircraft 35 Katy Pfd. .....I uqquoted Montgomery Ward 36 New York Central j. 27 Penney J C : ... 80 Penn R R ,. 18 Radio Corporation 33 Vi Richfield Oil , 79 Socony Vacuum .".... 54V4 Southern Co .. 23 Southern Pacific 40 Standard California 54 Standard Indiana 46Vi Standard N J 61 Sun Mines ............. 11V4 Texas Gulf .. . 22 Transamerica :.'................ 35 Trans West Air 12V4 30 7 .110V Tri-Continental Tex Pac Land Trust Union Carbide umuu racmc 2?8 United Aircraft . . 64 U A L : 24 Vi U S Rubber 41V4 U S Steel 6414 Youngstown S & T 94 LIVESTOCK frRODUCE Obituaries WILLIAM PAUL WENDT Graveside services for Wil liam-Paul Wendt, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Wendt, 2515 East Main st., Ashland, were held in Memory Gardens Memo rial park Monday afternoon. The Rev. Paul Reidel of the Grace Lutheran church officiat ed. Ashland Mortuary was in charge of arrangements. He was born Sept. 14, 1957, in Ashland, and is survived by his parents and two brothers, Michael and Leon; a grandmoth er, Mrs. Anna Wendt, Spring field, Minn., and a grandfather, William Wharton, Tygh Valley, Ore. Portland (U.P.) Cattle 400. Good choice fed steers 22-23; some 23.25: utility cows 14.50-15.50; commercial 16; canners-cutters 11-13: heavv Hol stein cutters to 14: utility bulls 17 18.50: -some 18.75; light cutters 14-16. Calves 125. Choice vealers 24.50-26-good 21.50-24; standard 18-21; good choice slaughter calves 19-21; good choice .stock steer calves 350-500 lb. 20-22. Hogs 300. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 190 220 lb. 21.75-22; mixed grade 180-235 jo. ZW1.3U; sows 360-450 lb. 18-19; 450-550 lb. 16-18. Sheep 50. Mixed good-choice 85-105 lb. wooled spring lambs 20-29.50; good springers mosUy 18.50-19.50; good choice feeders 16.50-18.50: common medium 12-15.50; cull-good slaughter ewes 3-6.50. Portland (U.P.) Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large, 52-54c; A large, 48-50c; AA medium, 44-45c; A me dium, 43-44c; A small, 28-3 lc; carton, l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and A grade prints, 67-68c lb.; carton, le a pound higher; 8 prints, 65-66c. Cheese medium cured To retail ers: A grade "Cheddar, single daisies, 45'i-52c; 5-lb. loaves, 512-57c; pro cessed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 41 2 -44c. Farm Market Willamette valley sweet corn was in surplus supply and prices dropped be low the 1.75-2 a box range today; top Northwest peaches were in limited supply and some dealers boosted prices for remaining cpld storage stocks; onion prices were steady and potatoes sold within a fairly wide range. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to growers at ranch, No. 1 quality fryers 2i-4 lbs., 20c; light hens, 8-1 0c lg., ranch lbs., 20c; light hens, 8-10c lb.; ranch roosters, 7-8c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers. Fryers, whole drawn, 39-42c lb.; cut up. 44-47c lb.; hens, light type, cut up, 33-36c; heavy ijue, wnoie arawn, oa-oc lo. Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur rit. Z7-ZHC lh- vnunir hen turkeys, 27,ic-lb., eviscerated;- A key live weigti toms, 25c lb. on. eviscerated grade basis. Rabbits (Average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants): lave white, 32-5 lbs., f.o.b. dressine nlants Portland 22-25r .lb.; colored pelts. 4c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 59-64c lb.; cut up, 62-65C lb. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hav Pr ! New crop No. 2 green alfalfa, baled. to. D. foruana and Seattle, $24-25 a ton. Wholesale Prices' as resorted hv the USDA market news service: Wheat No. 2 soft white. 878 a ton; No. 2 white oats 38-lb. West Coast delivery. iou ion; soy Dean meal, $uz.so Ton, f.o.b. Portland: barlev. No. 2. 4S-ih West Coast delivery $44.50 ton; stand - aro mm run, prompt delivery, $37-38 ton f.o.b. Portland; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland, $58-58.50. Chickens Being Dumped City police, investigating a complaint by Harold W. Sexton, route 2, box 365, found five dead chick ens stuffed , into a bag and dropped into the Hopkins irri gation canal Saturday morning between 4 and 10 a.m. It was found the floating bag would not have cleared the underpass on Crater Lake ave. The canal is located on Crater Lake ave. be tween Biddle rd. and, McAn drews rd. ' Jump Fane Ella Lucile Wil son, 1316 Steward ave., reported to city police Monday morning that someone had jumped the locked fence surrounding the Wilson Distributing company parking lot and opened the back of one of the loaded trucks. In vestigation showed three cases of beer, valued at $9.90, had been taken. The theft took place about 4 a.m. on Monday morn ing, Mrs.-Wilson told police. MABEL HAMILTON Funeral services for Mrs. Ma bel E. Hamilton, 42, of 798 Gar den way, Ashland, who died in Redding Saturday, will be held in the Conger-Morris chapel at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. -The Rev. D. E. N Millard will officiate. Committal will be in Central Point cemetery. Mrs. Hamilton was born in Las Vegas, N.M., July 12, 1915. She moved to southern Oregon 24 years ago and for the past 3Vi years lived in Ashland. On Aug 30, 1951, she was married to Alvin G.. Hamilton, who sur vives. Also surviving are her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Elvie Math ews, Ono, Calif.; six brothers and three sisters, Harold and Howard Mathews, both of Trini dadj Calif.; James Mathews and Mrs. Robert Snyder, , Orland, Calif.; Eugene Mathews, Los Banos, Calif.; Mrs. Samuel Jul ius, West Covina, Calif.; Lloyd Mathews, Redding; Mrs. Calvin Coy, Aztec, Nil.; and Cpl. Ed gar G. Mathews, USA, Germany. RALPH H. WILCOX Ralph H. Wilcox, 74, of 1919 Westerlund dr., died at his home this morning. Funeral arrange ments . will be announced by Perl Funeral home. WILLIAM HURST William L. Hurst, 84, a resi--dent of Eagle Point for the past 36 years, died in a local hospital Monday evening. . Funeral services are sched uled for 10:30 ajn. Thursday in Chapel Mortuary, . with private committal services in Siskiyou Memorial park. DAILY WEATHER REPORT - FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Partlv cloudy through Wednesday with mild tem peratures. Low tonight 53, high Wednesday 80. Western Oregon: Fair in southern interior and partly cloudy m northern interior tonight and Wednesday, ex cept ovecast early morning hours m extreme northern portion. On the coast, cloudy tonight and Wednesday morning, becoming partly sunny weanesaay aiiernoon. iow Tonignt ao to 58; high Wednesday' in the inter ior 70 to 80, on the coast near 65. Northern California: Fair tonight and Wednesday except scattered after noon thunderstorms in the Sierra Na- vadas, Little change in temperature. ' LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 67; below normal 2. Record high this date 102 in 1938. ' Record low this date 35 in 1911. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month none, .22 inch be low normal; - . Total since Sept. 1. none. .22 inch below normal. FIUMIDITY: Lowest vesterdav 40. highest this a.m. 75. v High 4:30 24 City Tester- a.m. nr. dav - Low Prec. Brookings : 67 Si Crater Lake 51 38 Grants ' Pass 74 . 56 Klamath Falls 72 45 MEDFORD 74 56 Portland 65 59 ? SeatUe 64 57 ,.02 Spokane 80 49 Yakima 86 46 Eureka .. 70 54 Red Bluff 78 58 Sacramento .. 78 59 T San Francisco 73 63 - - Los Angeles 74 65 Phoenix 98 64 Denver . 84 53 Chicago . 71 55 Miami .. . 84 81 .05. New York 86 65 1.06 Washington, D.C. 87 67 2.08 Rocket Engine Explodes; One Killed, Six Hurt Dover, N.J. (IP) An experi mental rocket engine exploded Monday at the Naval Air Rocket Test Station near Lake Denmark. First reports said one person was killed and six others were injured. NOW SHOWING CO-FEATURE iosti LOST1 105TI ...IN A WOUOOTHAIf GnemaScopE osnb rvruBBaria miKr i CO-FEATURE WaHODlAK -fitpsnMcNJUT li CHRISTIAN ENDS TONIGHT 13! 1 Mm JoKr INGER STEVENS MARY FICKETT CO-FEATURE His Manhunt Jade History! If? Whj, foiHwq TONY CURTIS MARISA PAVAN GILBERT ROLAND ROBINSON-BASIUO TV FIGHT Next Monday, Sept. 23 Tickets Going Fast . Get Yours Nowl When You See GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERUICE A FREE SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets PHONE SP 2-6779 LOBBY HOTEL JACKSON Mn 4 ml I OA ml J i yvwsLsrf WEDNESDAY "CURTAIN AT EIGHT-THIRTY" h sanl th girl s loved to satisfy anothsr -' man's desirs. fhs story of a man who grsw p in a house of questionable repute. georges almenon's ADULTS ONLY
