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0 Fo'nf Man Bays Ceafraf Pont Herd A- ft- MtcDonald, of Eagle Point, recently purchased the M. W- Caster Holstein dairy herd, a Vptoa rd., Central Point. Th hr& Jiae averaged 10, 860 pound cf milk and 441 pounde o? fjutterfat under the Dairy Heri Improvement as sociation leat year, according to reports. Ma i ENDS TUESDAY! 1 iBllIftHlFIft fillip THE UNHOLY WIFE Technicolor Diana Dors Rod Steiger Fflseral Flowers and UttpHaJ Bouquets 6D0CETERIA FLOWER SHOP Mi. 5P 2-8179 Cfaargt Accounts Welcome Free Delivery 9 ay id A Evelyn Chase, Owners T 4. ELECT a man who, has a forward, look. A man of ELECT MEL REPUBLICAN State Representative Ltfi for Representative Committee, Chas. F. Johnson, Chairman, Phoenix, Ore. Pd. Pol. Ad. r : i I i Taken John Walters, route 2, box 228, Medford, re ported to sheriff's deputies Saturday the theft of a cam- ! era and a watch from his trailer in the Four Corners area last week. Meeting Jackson County 4-H Leaders asociation meet ing will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the courthouse audi torium. The county agents will give the program on 'Demonstrations as an Educa tional Method When Work ing with Boys and Girls." - Surgery Patients Meanne Himmelman, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Himmel man, route 1, box 656, Eagle Point, is a major surgery pa ient at Osteopathic hospital today. Mrs. Clifford Schleigh, route 3, box 213, Medford, was a major surgery patient last week. Cited Artie Belle Ham monds. 39, of route 1, box 35, Eagle Point, was cited for failing to yield the right-of-way after a vehicle she was operating was involved in a collision at Highway 62 and Antelope rd. about 7:40 p.m. Sunday, according to state po lice. Police said the operator of the other vehicle, Mark William Hoefft, 39, of 29 Fifth st.. Eagle Point was not injured. A passenger in the Hammonds sedan, John Hammonds, 46, was taken to Rogue Valley hospital by Medford Ambulance Service where he was treated for face cuts and released, police said. Fire Spreads A trash fire spread to a fence and poles nearby about 6:25 p.m. yes terday in the' 1900 block of Table Rock rd., city- firemen reported. Firemen were sum moned to Ellendale and High land dr., about 7 p.m. Satur day when the emergency brake, which had been left on, overheated on a car own ed and driven by Dale Shaw, 641 Pine st. , Education Greater emphasis or trades and skills, as well as technical courses to keep pace with the expanding world. Highways Completion of an East-West Highway connecting Southern Oregon Com munities as an aid to industry. Taxes Taxes to be realistically levied so that ALL the people are relieved and out side money is attracted to Oregon. Elect varied experience. LATTIE ! Vise Taken John Nicholas Keifer. 718 Welch st., reported to Medford police the theft of a tool vise from a shed at the j rear of his home during the past week. Money Lost Gladys Marie Hughes. 56 North Peach St., reported to Medford city po lice the loss of a $20 bill in the Sixth st. and Central ave. area on Saturday afternoon. Hubcaps Taken Donna Marie Demaby, 1224 Murray st., told city police two hub caps were taken from her car early Sunday morning while it was parked near the "21" club, 1909 North Pacific high way. Door Damaged Nicholas Francis Gier, 2902 North Pacif ic highway, reported to Med ford police the rear door of Parson Motors, 315 East Fifth st., was damaged during the weekend. Police said the dam age was malicious mischief. Bicycle Missing Robert Allen Burch, 715 West Clark st., told Medford police his bicycle was taken Sunday night from the front yard of his home. He described the bicycle as red and white in color. Tools Missing William Warren Crawford, 2385 Vz Table Rock rd., told city po lice several tools were taken from the back of his station wagon while it was parked in the Richfield Truck Stop, 2390 North Pacific highway last week. , Collision Cars operated by Murray L. Orgain, route 2, box 212, and Viola Elizabeth Burton, route 1, box 262, Cen tral Point, were involved in a collision on Riverside ave., between Austin and Maple sts., about 5 p.m. Friday, ac cording to city police. They said no citations were issued Accident Joseph Carins Lewis, 20 Hamilton st., and Robert Blackford Duncan, 1500 Terrace dr., were drivers of cars involved in a collision at Main and Mistletoe sts, about 9:30 a.m Sunday, ac cording to police. They said Lewis was cited for no opera tor's permit on his person. Asparagus J. Stanley Lyd- iard, 2390 Crater Lake high way, reported to Medford po lice the theft of about -100 pounds of asparagus from an open field on Crater Lake highway, near Biddle rd., on Friday morning. Police said the theft required about two hours to cut the asparagus and load it onto a truck. Gas Washed A gasoline spill was washed off the street at Riverside ave. and 12th st. Sunday night by the Medford fire department after cars op erated by Donald Francis Lewis, Roseburg, and Millard Ernest Hulse, 1402 Orchard Home dr., were involved in a collision, police said. They added that Hulse was cited for following too close after the 7:50 p.m. collision. Portland Livestock . Portland (UP ICattle 1250. Av erage to high choice around 1100 lb. fed steers 29.35; average to high choice around 1050-1075 lb. 29; low to average choice 28-28.50: good steers 26.50-27.50: standard 24.50-26; choice heifers 27.50, some higher; good heifers 25-26.50; com mercial beef cows 20.50-22; utility 18-20: canner-cutter 15.50-18: heavy Holstein cutters to 18.50; light can ners down to 14; utility bulls 23 24.50. Calves 200. Choice vealeri 31 33: good 28-30. Hogs 700. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 23.50-23.75; No. 1 higher; mixed 1, 2 and 3 these weights 22.50-23.25; sows 420-560 lb. 16.75-19.50; 375 lb. 20.50. Sheep 600. Choice spring lambs 25-50c higher at mosUy 22.50-23; mixed good-choice up to 111 lb. 18.50-19: choice 19.50: utility lambs 14.50; cull-utility ewes 3.50-6.50. Portland Produce Portland (UP) -Eggs To retail ers: Grade AA large 50c doz.; A large 46-47c: AA medium 44-4fic; A medium 43-45c; AA smalls 33-3 6c carton l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and Grade A prints. 66-67c lb.; carton lc lb. higher; B prints, 64-65C. Cheese Medium cured To re tailers: A grade Cheddar single daisies. 40-51c; 5-lb. loaves. 512 57c; processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf. 40-43C Farm Market Most wholesalers advanced list ings for California tomatoes today with large sized going at 6-6.50 a 2-layer lug: mediums were 5.50 5.75 and small down to 4.50: Wil lamette valley rhubarb short of full call and some producers re ceived up to 1.50 for 30 lbs. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to grow ers at Portland, Salem and south to Eugene, f.o.b. ranch No. 1 quali ty fryers, 2n-4 lbs.. 21c lb.: light hens. 14-1 6c: heavy hens, 5 lbs. up, 19-20c: old roosters. 7-8c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: fryers, whole drawn 38-40c lb.; cut up, 43-45c; hens, light type cut up, 37-40c; heavy type, whole drawn. 43-46c. Dressed Turkeys A grade breed er hens, net to producers on an eviscerated basis, 29c lb.; toms, same basis, 24c lb. To retailers; A grade hens, mostly 37c, oven ready dressed toms, 32c lb. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plantsi Live white. 3'2-4'a lbs., f.o.b. PorUand, 22-25c; col ored pelts. 4c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 59-61c lb.; cut up, 62-65C. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: New crop. No. 2 green alfalfa baled, f.o.b. Portland and Seattle, 24 a ton. Wholesale prices are reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white. S74 ton; No. 2 white oats. 38-lb. West Coast delivery. S54-54.50 ton: No. 2 Val ley white oats. S50 ton; soybean meal, S91 ton. f.o.b. Portland; bar ley. No. 2 West Coast delivery, S47.50-48 ton; standard mill run, prompt delivery, S38 50-39 ton, f.o.b. PorUand: No. 2 Milo, Eastern shipment, f.o.b. Coast. $51.50 ton; No. 2 yellow corn Eastern ship ment, f o b. PorUand S6O 6O-61.20 ton. Steels Fea Irregular New York (IP! Steel shares with gains ranging to nearly two points featured an irregularly higher, active stock market today. The upturn in steels came when statistics on steel opera tions showed a gain in opera tions last week and one sched uled for this week. Lukens Steel ran up nearly two. Armco gained a point and National nearly a point. U.S. Steel equaled its 1958 high. Bethlehem firmed. Al coa rose more than a point in the aluminum group. Inter national Nickel rose a point but coppers eased despite a rise in the price of the metal in London. Autos held in a narrow range. DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 461.12; up 1.56; 20 railroads 112.65, up 0.38; 15 utilities 77.66, up 0.22, and 65 stocks 159.08. up 0.52. Sales today were about 2,670,000 shares compared with 2,290,000 shares Friday. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 753,s Obituaries SPAREY MORNINGSTAR Sparey H. Morningstar, 76, of 1204 West Tenth St., who was a resident of Medford for 10 years, died in a local hos pital Sunday. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tues day in Chapel Mortuary, with the Rev. D. Kirkland West, pastor of the First Presbyte rian church officiating. Burial will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Morningstar, the son of Michael and Mary Zimmer man Morningstar, was born in Stone Bridge, Ontario, Can., on March 15, 1882. He was married in Chicago, 111., on March 1, 1906, to Caddie Grafton who survives him. The couple came to Medford from Detroit, Mich., when Mr Morningstar retired from his painting and decorating busi ness. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church. Besides his wife, he is sur vived by one daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Earl, of San Fran cisco; two brothers, George Morningstar, Detroit, and Charles Morningstar, Lake Worth, Fla.; and two grand children. Two sons and two daughters have preceded him in death. MRS. ANNA F. OWEN Graveside services for Mrs. Anna F. Owen, 'Orchard Home dr., will be held at the graveside in Siskiyou Memo rial par Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Loyce Carver, Apostolic Faith church will officiate. Mrs. Owen was born in Plattsburg, Mo., on Dec. 31, 1883. In Omak, Wash., on Oct. 10, 1915, she was mar ried to Romaine Owen, who survives her. She moved to Medford in 1952 from Port Angeles, Wash. Also surviving is a daugh ter, Mildred Owen, Eureka, Calif.; a sister, . Mrs. Livia Webber; and a brother, Hom er Young, both of Plattsburg, Mo. Mrs. Owen had been a member of the Apostolic Faith church for 34 years. FRED WILLIS KNOX7 Ashland Fred Willis Knox; 74, of Ashland, died in a local hospital Saturday. He was oorn in Wheeler county, Oregon on March 25, 1884. Survivors include two sons, George, Ashland, and Floyd, Grants Pass. Funeral announcements will be made later by Litwiller funeral home in Ashland. WILLIAM HOWSLEY Funeral services for Mr. William Willard McNair How sley, 67, of Rt. 2, Box 268, Central Point, who died sud denly at Fish Lake of a heart attack Sunday morning, will be held at the Perl funeral home at 1 p.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. D. D. Randall offici ating. Burial will be in the Central Point cemetery. Mr. Howsley was born in Tonga noxie, Kans. on April 26, 1891 and was a resident of this area for 40 years. He was an orchardist. Survivors include his wifeT Marv: one son. Calvin How sley, Medford; three daugh ters: Mrs. Man one Ibarra- more, Klamath Falls; Mrs. Mary Clark, Medford; and Mrs. Lois Newnham, Gold Hill; one brother, Robert L. Howsley, San Bernardino, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Venus Stevens, Willmington, Calif., and 10 grandchildren. CLARENCE C. WOOD Clarence C. Wood, 63, died at his home at 608 South Ivy st., Sunday noon. The body will lie in state at Conger-Morris from Monday aft ernoon until 8:30 p.m. Tues day. Services will be in Kla math Falls Wednesday afternoon. H MA 1 arket American Can 46?8 AT&T 175V2 Anaconda Copper 44?4 Bethlehem Steel 40 1 a Caterpillar Corp 598 Chrysler Corp 45 U Continental Can 48'4 Crown Zellerbach 4714 Curtiss Wright 23 Du Pont 1793s Eastman Kodak lOeU General Electric 59J4 General Foods 58l,2 General Motors 38 Georgia Pacific 36?8 Graham Paige 114 Homestake Mining 42 Kaiser Frazer 9's Kennecott Copper 86Vi Lockheed Aircraft 45"s Katy Pfd 47?fc Montgomery Ward ..unquoted New York Central 153s Penney, J. C 94-"4 Penn RR 12Vz Radio Corporation 32T's Richifeld Oil 62 Sears' 2854 Socony Vacuum 5114 Southern Co 293k auuinern facmc izs Standard California 507'8 Standard Indiana 41Vf Standard N: J 55 U Sun Mines 8 Texas Gulf 19 Transamerica 3834 Trans West Air 12:8 Tri-Continental 34 Tex Pac Land Trust .... 9?8 Union Carbide 87Ts Union Pacific 29 Vz United Aircraft 63 V4 U. A. L 26V2 U. S. Rubber 3234 U. S. Steel 61 Youngstown S & T 84 Vs Over-fhe-Counler Western Slocks The following bid and asked prices on selected West ern securities, provided by the Medford branch office of Pacific Northwest Company, are unofficial and do not rep resent actual transactions, but are intended as a guide to the approximate price range. Common Storks T?id Bank of America 36 'a Calif-Pacific Utilities 29?4 Cascades Plywood 25 Cons. Freightways 15 'i Copco 32 First National Bank 47 Pacific Pwr & Lt 34'j, Portland Gen Elec 24 2 US National Bank 62,2 United Utilities 23'b West Coast Tel 2058 Weyerhaeuser 35 Asked 38 5a 32 27'J 168 34 503, 36 U 25'a 663, 24 '8 22 37 ii Investment Funds Noon quotations on selected investment funds, supplied by the Medford branch of Foster and Marshall company: Fund Bid Asked 17.02 9.91 10.94 16.09 10.88 11.53 8.38 12.70 11.42 13.48 20.85 5.06 13.17 13.45 17.22 11.37 12.28 10.06 6.83 11.60 7.50 6.66 Keystone B-3 15.60 Keystone B-4 9.08 Keystone K-2 10.03 Keystone S-l 14.75 Keystone S-2 '. 9.97 Keystone S-3 10.56 Kevstone S-4 7.67 Bullock 11.59 Mass Inv Tr 10.56 Fidelity 12.47 Eaton Howard Stk 19.50 Value Line Inc 4.63 Gaslnd 12.05 Wellington 12.33 Chem Fund 15.92 TV-Elec 10.43 Group Sec Com Stk 11.21 Group Sec r Avia .... 9.80 Group Sec Elec 6.23 Group Sec Petr 10.59 Crroup bee bteel 6.8a Group Sec Tobac .. 6.07 Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Cooler tonight with low 38. High Tues day 78. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. A little cool er tonight with low 36-46. High Tuesday 65-75 in interior valleys. Five degrees cooler on coast. Northern California: Fair tonight and Tuesday except fog and low clouds on coast. Little temperature change. LUtAL UA1A Temperature: Mean yesterday 60: above normal 4. Record high this date 92 in 1947. Record low this date 28 in 1924. Precipitation: 24 hours to mid night 0. Midnight to 10 a.m. 0. Total this month o, .16 in. Below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 21.87 in., 6.11 in. above normal. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 25. highest this a.m. 86. High 4:00 24-1'ester- a.m. nr. day Low Prec. City Brookings 58 51 Crater Lake 58 34 Grants Pass 84 50 Klamath Falls 74 44 MEDFORD 80 50 Portland 70 51 Seattle 66 50" Spokane 68 47 Yakima 72 45 Eureka .'. 56 53" Red Bluff 86 57 Sacramento 86 52 San Francisco 70 53 Los Angeles 84 59 Phoenix 94 65 Denver 75 42 Chicago 52 40 Miami 82 75 New York 56 52 Washington, D.C. .. 87 57 .06 .25 .63 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through May 10): Western Oregon-Western Wash ington Above normal tempera tures. Highs 6o-7o in western Wash- : ington, 70-80 in western Oregon. I Lows in 40s. A few scattered show- ! ers mostly occurring ednesday and Friday. Northern California No precipi tation. Temperatures above normal, j AN EXCELLENT PLACE 0 OIFIE YOUR GUEST ! A St 1 George DisteU Elected Chin Up Club President George Distell, 156 Vashti way, was elected president of the Chin Up club at annual election of officers held Fri day night at the Girls Com munity club. He succeeds Mrs. Harry Chipman. Other officers elected were Mrs. Howard Glascock, vice president; Mrs. L. E. McMur ray, treasurer; Miss Dorothy Galarneau, recording secre tary; Miss Donna Nelson, cor responding secretary, and Howard Glascock, associate representative. Delegates to the- national convention in Portland June 7 and 8 will be Sam Evans and John Duffy. Mr. and Mrs. Chipman will attend as na tional directors. All are Medford residents. Louisiana Areas Face Flood Threat Alexandria, La. (IP) Runoff from more than a week of rain raced down the Red river today, threatening a wide strip of low-lying land in central Louisiana with serious flooding. A crest of 42 feet 10 feet above flood stage was fore cast for the Red at Alexand ria next week, and the Wea ther Bureau predicted "ser ious flooding." Concern was shifted to the central part, of the state after northern Louisiana battled rampaging waters in many bayous, shoring levees with makeshift dikes and sandbags and evacuating residents of the lowlands. About 750,000 acres were inundated by floodwaters in north Texas. Oklahoma, Ar kansas and Louisiana last week. Medford Fire Truck Back In Service Medford fire truck No. 15, damaged in a March 12 col lision with another vehicle, has been placed back in serv ice, the fire, department re ported today. The truck was completely rebuilt and remod eled with a new chassis and cab replacing those demol ished in the wreck at Third st. and Central ave. BIRTHS FRANCIS To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dean, box 227, Trail, May 3, 1958, a boy, 734 pounds, at Sacred Heart hos pital. CANTERBERRY To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ray, 416 Palm st., Medford, May 4, 1958, a boy, 9V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. FORD To Mr: and Mrs. Walter, P. O. Box 56, Talent, May 5, 1958, a girl, 7 pounds, at Osteopathic hospital. BURGHART To Mr. and Mrs. Laurance, 852 Siskiyou blvd., May 3,' 1958, a boy, 8 pounds, at Ashland General hospital. JOHNSON To Mr. and Mrs. Wayne, 1604 Siskiyou blvd., May 3, 1958, a boy, 8 pounds at Ashland General hospital. ANDY'S BEST BUY! 17 Jewel Water Resistant Shock Resistant NOW ANDY'S Your Friendly Credit Jeweler S&H Green Stamps 15 North Central CANDLE ROOM HOTEL MEDFORD 5:30 P.M. Till 12 P.M. 5:30-12 p.m. Daily 2-10 p.m. Sunday News About Servicemen STUDENT OF WEEK Navy Ens. William P. Cul hane was selected as "Student of the Week" recently while serving at the Saufley field naval auxiliary air station, Fla. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Culhane, 713 West 13th st., Medford. He was selected for the honor by his work during pre-solo, solo and precision stages of flight training. GRADUATES Lt. Col. Frances C. Ayres, 1848 Woodlawn dr., Medford recently graduated from the Army command and general staff college associate course at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The. school is the senior col lege of tactics in the Army's education system. Ayres is a member of the 732nd AAA Bn. of the Oregon National guard in Ashland. He is employed by the Med ford branch of the First Na tional Bank of Portland. He is married to the former Marion Irene Hurd. The couple have four children. ' LaWjMeeting Set For Laymen Tonight The last in a series of pre ventive law meetings for lay men will be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the courthouse auditorium. Five subjects will be dis cussed by a group of five law years, representatives of the Jackson County Bar associa tion. Items will include points to consider before beginning a business; when buying or selling real property; in the event of the death of a close relative; case of a car acci dent; and how to employ an attorney. The subjects listed were chosen by members of the Jackson county home exten sion units. NOW SHOWING ONE OF THE YEAR'S GREAT ONES! The one great story out of the momentous years of the century I the! CinemaScopE 2a MIOITAUUIM HOPE LANGE BARBARA RUSH MAY BRITT CALL SP 3-7323 For Information About Pictures Playing and Time Schedules At Your Theatres j NOW SHOWING CharitM HEST0N Aime BAXTER GMwrt RULAN0 TKCHNICOIM ml CO-FEATURE ENDS TUESDAY : Peyton Place COLOtHStuW SPECIAL NOTE ONE COMPLETE SHOW Box Office Opens 7:15 Show Starts at 7:30 u:mm mi K'W I ' ;r g?p v I Ao MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Medford Dealers' "Auto Buy" Week Bar gains can't be beatl Their showrooms have the biggest, brightest, best se lection of new cars you've ever seenl Their service is designed to make you a customer not only during this gala "Auto Buy" Week but for years to come. So don't hesi tate. Bring the wife and kids. Let us show you Buy Now?" Keep Medford's YOU AUTO o)UY MOW! All Dealers Will Remain Open Till 9:00 Tonight and All Nights Until May 9. Oregon, Monday, May 51958 13 V why "You Auto Economy Rolling
