Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 28, 1958, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Building Repair A $1,000 building permit ha been is sued to A. W. Walker to re pair a business building locat ed at 417 East Main st. BicycU Missing William Kent Piche, 1109 Mount Pitt rd., reported to Medford po lice his red bicycle was taken from the Medford Bowling alley, North Riverside ave., during Saturday afternoon. Ko Citations Medford po lice said they issued no cita tions to Lewis Gyden Varner, Williams, Ore., and Jack Pat rick Doyle, 628 South Ivy st., who were drivers of cars in volved in an accident at Third and Fir sts. about 12:45 p.m. Saturday. Announcement Eugene V. Meyerding, M.D. Announces the Removal of His Offices FROM the Medical Center Building TO the MEDICAL DENTAL BUILDING 832 E. Main (Suite 6) MEDFORD For the Practice of General Surgery; Effective Jan. 30, 1958 PHONE SP 3-3248 Rlf Ufa 3 ALL NEW MEY-SMG MARAUDER V8 ENGINES dm 7- Take 10 minutes Don't miss SEE THE Personal Medical Patient .Edward Bassett, Seiad Valley, Calif., is a medical patient at Osteo pathic hospital. Swimming Pool A $4,250 building permit has been is sued to Dr. Milo Kubalek to construct a swimming pool at 907 South Oakdale ave. Cars Collide Cars driv en by Sandra Joan Robinson, route 2, Box 228 Medford, and Warren Kay Blessing, 1865 Barnett rd., Medford, collided at Seventh and Pine sts., Central Point, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. No injuries were reported and only min or damage resulted, Central Point police said. No citations were issued. HP FOR THE MONTEREYS PLUS ALL THESE ADVANCES IN ENGINE DESIGN: NEW efficiency-more power from less fuel NEW power-per-pound-higher than any other car NEW power-up to 360 hp-so you can level mountains NEW torque-up to 480 lb. ft for instant response NEW compression -10.5 to 1 NEW passing power-30 to 50 m.p.h. in 3.2 seconds to Test Drive the the big television hit, "THE ED MERCURY Schedule Dinner Women of the Moose will hold a Pot luck dinner social at 6:30 p.m. in the Moose hall, 11 New town st., Wednesday for Moose members, families and friends. An hour-long movie will be shown after dinner, a spokesman said. Illegal Possession Three 16-year-old Eagle Point youths were arrested early Sunday morning by Central Point po lice for illegal possession of liquor, police said. The car load of teenagers were stop ped on a routine check, of ficers said. Surgery Patients Conva lescing at Osteopathic hos pital following surgery are Mrs. Wesley Dollarhide, Grants Pass, and Roy Junge, 4069 South Pacific highway. Convalescing at Rogue Valley hospital following surgery is Mrs. Ira Burns, 312 East 12th st., Medford. Steal Clothing Central Point Dolice are investisatine ! theft of clothing articles from j Pauline's dress shop in Cen tral Point Friday. The pro prietor told police that about $155 worth of clothing was somehow smuggled out of the shop during the day. Articles consisted of women's suits and knit dresses. To View Furniture Eu gene Orr of Weeks and Orr furniture store, Medford, will leave Sunday to attend the annual spring furniture mar ket days in San Francisco for west coast 'furniture dealers. Orr estimates 2200 exhibitors from both east and west coasts. FOR THE MONTCLAIRS Comparing M.rcury'i Pork Ian MEiWW Performance ChamPion SULLIVAN SHOW," Sunday evening, 8:00-9:00, Station KBES-TV, Channel 5. DEALER IN YOUR COMMUNITY Girl Arrested Medford po lice reported Saturday they arrested a 13-year-old girl on charges of petty larceny after she was observed at a local store taking several small items. The girl was released to the custody of her parents pending action by juvenile authorities. Contest Entrant Home Ap pliance company, 115 East Main st., Medford, is among the stores entered in the Brand name retailer-of-the-year contest. Home Appliance is entered in the appliance stores category. This is a competition among dealers for outstanding promotion of branded wares during 1958. - Special Meeting Post 15 of the American Legion will hold a special joint meeting with the women's auxiliary at 7:30 p.m. today in the YMCA. Plans will be made for the mass initiation of southern Oregon veterans on March 1. Plans -will include hospitality arrangements for Governor Holmes and other distin guished guests who will speak at the affair. All veterans are invited to attend the meeting. New Homes H. E. Pearson has been issued a $4,000 building permit to construct a new home at 920 South Central ave. A $13,000 build ing permit has been issued to the Don Patch company to construct a new home at 317 Linders st. New residence permits have been issued to Joe Donald Benbrook for $11,000 at 1453 Jasper st. and a $13,000 building permit to Wayne Bennett at 1532 South Jasper st. HP with 4-door mod with standard poww. Inspections Fire Marshal Truman Nelson yesterday is sued 10 orders for correction of hazards after inspecting four business occupancies and two buildings of public assem bly. New Home Permits Buil ding permits to construct new residences at 216 South Mo doc ave. for $25,000, at 348 Linders st., for $11,000 and at 15C1 Jasper st., for $9,000 have been issued to D. L, Pickell. Flue Fire The Ashland fire department was called to a flue fire, at a home owned by Bob Voris, 247 Seventh st.. Ashland., about 10:30 D.m. Monday. They reported no damage. Parents Mr. and Mrs. John Danielson, Springfield, Ore., are parents of a daugh ter, Danette Lynn, born Jan 24, in Springfield. Mrs. Dan ielson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Moore, route 1, box 588, Central Point. Mrs. Anlo Penwell, 223 Beat ty st., the child's great grand mother, is visiting the Daniel sons in Springfield, - N To Eugene Mrs. Wallace Robinson, 29 Ross court, left this morning for Eugene where she was called by the illness of her son, Don, stu dent at the University of Ore gon. Robinson underwent sur gery Jan. 14, . returned to school about a week later and yesterday suffered a relapse and reentered the hospital the family reported. Mrs. Robin son, a language teacher in the Medford school system, expects to be gone the re mainder of the week. HP FOR THE PARK LANES Portland Livestock Portland (U.P.) Cattle 400. Mostly choice fed steers 25.50; good-choice 25.25; good to mostly choice fed heifers 23.50: utility cows 16-18; canner-cutter 12.50 14.50. Calves 50. Choice vealers 29-31; good 25-28: good-choice slaughter calves 21-25. Hogs 200. No. 1 and 2 grades 21.50-22; sows 300-500 lb. 15.50-19. Sheep 300. Slaughter lambs cnoice iJ-iJJs; gooa zz-..5u: good choice feeders 19.50-22; cull-good ewes 4-9. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: iNew crop. mo. A green alfalfa, baled f.o.b. Portland, S24-25 a ton. Wholesale Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white. S76 ton: No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. West Coast delivery. S49.50 ton; No. 2 Valley white oats, $48 ton: soybean meal, $74.50 ton, f.o.b. Portland; barlev No. 2 West Coast delivery, $47 tori; standard mill run, prompt delivery, nominally $39-40 ton f.o.b. Port land; No. 2 yellow corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland, $53-53.50. Building Permit A $1,500 building permit has been is sued to Lippert Furniture Store at 220 North Bartlett st., for alterations. Car Damaged Earl Dean Ruthstorm, 324 South B'st, Eagle Point, reported to Med ford city police his car was struck by another car and the driver had failed to leave in formation at the scene N on Monday. Police said the Ruth- storm car was damaged while it was parked in the Sacred Heart hospital parking lot. Obituaries ARNETT WIMMER Funeral services for Her man Arnett Wimmer, 77, of South Laguna, Calif., who died Friday, will be held at Conger-Morris Funeral home at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Thomas McCamant of the Congregational church will officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Wimmer was born June 14, 1880, in Grant county, Indiana. He was married in 1943 to Lura Crane Jepson, who survives, and when he retired from the Chicago pub lic school system they moved to South Laguna, Calif. He was married in 1904 in Tipton, Ind., to Edith Reagan. They had seven children, of whom four survive. They are Mrs. Peyton Newcomb, Tal ent; Mrs. Sally Bebb, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Leonard Nelson, South Lancaster, Mass.; and Max Herman Wimmer, of Medford. Also surviving are 12 grandchil dren and eight great grand children. Mr. Wimmer devoted his life to teaching and adminis trative duties in the public schools of Indiana and Illi nois except for a period at the close of World War I, when he was called to organize and supervise the Army's first re habilitation school for dis abled veterans at Ft. McPher son, Ga., for which work he received a decoration from the military department. He was active in Red Cross work in California, was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the Mason ic lodge for 52 years. Pallbearers will include Paul Gasparotti, Don Grif fiths, Elvin Hawkins, Earl Knight, Norris Porter, and E. E. Setzlex. LEON McCONNELL Leon Moore McConnell, 59, of 1134 Court st., Medford, died unexpectedly at his resi dence early this morning. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Perl Funeral home. CHARLES C. HALLETT Funeral services for Charles Crawford Hallett, 70, of route 1, box 500, Central Point, who died Monday, will be held Friday at the Latter Day Saints church, Home and Martin sts., Klamath Falls, with Bishop Clark officiating. Interment will be in Klam ath Falls. Mr. Hallett was born in Wisconsin on May 27, 1887, and had been a resident of Oregon for the past 28 years. He lived in Central Point for the past five years. He was a carpenter and a member of the Latter Day Saints' church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Martha Hallett, Central, Point; one son, Charles Rog ers, Klamah Falls; three sis ters, Mrs. Hazel Anderson, Henderson, Nev.; Mrs. Clara Kent, Butte Falls; Mrs. Violet Palm, Klamath Falls; and several nieces and nephews. Perl Funeral home is in charge of local arrangements. IRA V. LAWRENCE Ira Vernon Lawrence, 65, of 895 Biddle rd., died Mon day in a local hospital. Fu neral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Morris Funeral home. MRS. LEMPI SAARI Mrs. Lempi Saari, of Shady Cove, died yesterday in a lo cal hospital. Private services will be held at Conger-Morris Funeral home Thursday aft ernoon. The body will lie in state at the funeral home un til Thursday noon. HERBERT R. SWENDSON Funeral services for Her bert R. Swendson, 65, who died Monday, will be held at Camp x White chapel at 9:30 ajn. Thursday. Chaplain Sam- Tuesday, January 28, 1958 Services Slated Wednesday for Robert G. Hunter Funeral services for Robert Grant Hunter, 55, of Grant Acres, who died at his home Saturday, will be held at Conger-Morris Funeral home at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. D. Kirkland West, of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate, assisted by Medford Loge 103, AF&AM. Committal will be private in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Hurlter was born July 28, 1902, in Anaconda, Mont. He was married Feb. 22, 1941, to Ruth Tollefson, who survives. Mr. Hunter was a member of BPO Elks 193, of Helena, Mont., and Morning Lodge 3, AF&AM, of Helena, Mont., also Algeria temple, AAONMS. He was a past president of the Helena Rotary club, and a member of Medford Rotary club and the Jackson County Shrine club. At the time of his death he was district man ager for the Marchant Calcu lator company. He had lived in Medford about 2V4 years. In addition to his wife, sur vivors include two daughters, Sue and Karen and one son, Hugh; two sisters, Mrs. Jack Hughes Kalispell, Mont.; Mrs. Carl Rawlings, Big Fork, Mont.; his mother, Mrs. Swift Hunter, Kalispell, Mont. Casket bearers will include David L. DeArmond, Archie Purdy, Perry Strom, Gayle Stalcup, M. L. Priebe, Jack Bierma, William Naylor and William Sherwood. The body will lie in state at Conger-Morris. Mrs. Meiring Dies In Palm Springs Ms. Vician Meiring, of 2460 Hillcrest rd., died unexpect edly early Sunday morning in Palm Springs, Calif. .The Meirings were spend ing the winter at Palm Springs. Col. H. J. Meiring is returning to the Medford area with friends. Funeral ar rangements will be announced by Conger-Morris funeral home. Mrs. Meiring was active in several local women's organi zations. uel Feller will officiate. Com mittal will be in the Camp White Veterans administra tion cemetery, with Conger- Morris, funeral directors, in charge of arrangements. Mr. Swendson was born Nov. 12, 1892, in Duluth, Minn., and was a veteran of World War I, serving from June 28, 1917, to Jan. 22, 1919, as a private first class, 125th field artillery, battal ion D. ED MEYER Ed Meyer died early this morning at his home on Salt Creek rd., Brownsboro. Fu neral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Morris, funeral directors. ROGER BARKER Roger Barker, 34, of 722 Broad st., was found dead in his car about 3:20 p.m. Satur day while the car was parked on Meadows rd. in the Sam's Valley area. County Coroner Carlos Mor ris said Barker apparently died of carbon monoxide. An autopsy has been ordered, he said. Funeral services will be held at the Conger-Morris Funeral home at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday. The Rev. George Trobough, of the First Meth odist church, will officiate. Committal will be In Siskiyou Memorial park. Barker was born in Med ford on March 16, 1923. He enlisted in the Navy in 1943 and received a discharge in February, 1946. He served as a carpenter's mate third class in the Pacific while in the Navy. He was married on Oct. 30, 1949, to Jean Gibson of Med ford. Surviving are his wife Jean Barker; two sons Rory Barker and Casey Barker; his parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barker; and a brother, Dean Barker, all of Medford. Pallbearers will be Tex Phillips, W. D. Woodcock, Verne Collins, James Rose, Chester Ricks and Carl Schmidt. Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport I ! ft' :f yHgdvitipiA XYTTCOTcr 6 adults I CS -g, . . .O wJ Mriptea$e MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Weakness, Strength Feature Stock List New York OP) Weakness in Foster Wheeler and strength in Thermoid featured an irregular stock market to day. Foster Wheeler fell nearly five points on omission of its dividend. Thermoid was very active with one block involv ing 53,600 shares at a gain of nearly a point. Thermoid was said to be the target of bid ding by several companies. So far as the averages were concerned the market got no where. Utilities ruled firm while industrials and rails lost a tiny mite. Today's prices on selected stocks: General Electric 63 Vi General Foods , 52V4 General Motors . . 35 , Georgia Pacific 30 Graham Paige 1b Homestake Mining 363s Kaiser Frazer 10 Kennecott Copper 78Vi Lockheed Aircraft 4114 Katy Pfd 34 Montgomery Ward 33 li New York Central 15 ',8 Ernest Hay cox Award To Be Made atUofO Eugene (IPI An award in the memory of the late Ernest Haycox, Northwest author, for the best story written by a university student has been established by his widow. The award carries a prize of $100 for the best work and $50 as a second award. The prizes wll be given each spring by a committee named by the University of Oregon president. Portland Produce Portland (U.P.) Eggs To re tailers; Grade AA larse. 45-4fic doz.; A large, 42c; AA medium, 41- 4dc; a medium, 40-4-c carton; l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and A grade prints, 68-69c lb.; carton, 1C a pound higher: B prints, 85-66c. Cheese medium cured To re tailers: A grade Cheddar single daisies. 45'2-52c; 5-lb. loaves, 51 i 57c; processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 41-420. Farm Market Lettuce, celery, cabbage and cauliflower were higher priced to day, reflecting continued rainv' weather at California fresh vege- lame marxets; Mexican tomatoes sold to 6.50-6.75 for 3-layer lugs; cabbage was 4.25-4 50 with tome dealers quoting higher. Poultry, Rabbts Live Chickens Quoted to frow- ers as ranch No. 1 quality fryers, 234-4 lbs., 23C lb.; light hens, 10 11c lb., ranch: heavy hens. 5 lbs. up, nominally 18-19c lb.; old roost ers. 7-8c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole prawn, i-4c id.; cut up. 46-4c hens, lieht type cut un. 34-36e heavy type, whole drawn, 40-45c lb. Rabbits (Average to growers f.o.b. killing plants) live white, 3',2-4'i, lbs., f.o.b. Portland, 22-25e lb.: colored pelts. 4c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 59-61c lb.; cut up, 62-65c lb. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloudy with rain through Wednesday morning. Showers Wednesday afternoon. Low tonight 40. High Wednesday 48. Western Oregon: Partlv cloudy this evening, becoming cloudy to night with rain beginning during the night. Occasional rain Wednes day. Low tonight 36-44. High Wednesday 46-52. wortnern California: Intermittent rain tonight and Wednesday. Snow in high mountains. Little change in temperature. LUtAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 41; above normal 2. Record high this date 85 In 1940. Record low this date 17 in 1937. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, .26 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m., .98 inch. Total this month 3.21 inches. .02 inches above normal. Total bince Sept. 1. 10.85 inches. 30 inch above normal. HUMrDITY : Lowest yesterday 85. highest this a.m. 95. High 4:00 24- Clty Yester a.m. nr. day Low Prec. Brookings .. 55 50 2.38 Crater Lake 34 27 1.61 Grants Pass 49 45 1.24 Klamath Falls 39 32 .42 MEDFORD 48 43 .73 Portland 54 45 .41 Seattle 49 44 .35 Spokane 35 34 .23 Yakima 47 3 6 .09 Eureka . 59 S3 .94 Red Bluff 51 48 Sacramento 55 48 San Francisco 58 47 Los Angeles 68 52 Phoenix 67 42 Denver , . - 38 17 .07 Chicago ... 35 . 28 .06 Miami 68 50 New York 42 37 Washington, D.C. 51 37 T MON DESIR Your Favorite Dining Inn OPEN EVERY EVENING Except Monday BiJj4i WEDNESDAY ONLY WMngtlCZjJS "Curtain at 8:30" Penney, J. C. 883,4 Penn RR 12?i Radio Corporation . 34?i Richfield Oil 624 Sears 26H Socony Vacuum 49 H Southern Co 263,i Southern Pacific 38V4 Standard California 453,i Standard Indiana 364 Standard N. J 514 Sun Mines Unquoted Texas Gulf 16Ts TransAmerica 35s4 Trans West Air 12Y Tri-Continental 29H Tex Pac Land Trust 8V6 Union Carbide 934 Union Pacific 26? United Aircraft 53 i U. A. L 264 U. S. Rubber Unquoted U. S. 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