Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 17, 1957, Image 9

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    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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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