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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medferd, Orefon, Sunday, May 11, 193S
PHOENIX
Woman Returns From Trip
. By LILLIAN KNIGHT
Phoenix ' Mrs. B. A.
Montgomery returned home
Saturday, May 4, after visit
ing two weeks with her
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. M. O. Baker in Vancou
ver, Wash. Mrs. Baker and
daughter, Penny brought her
home and stayed over the
weekend with her.
A pink and blue shower for
Mrs. Noble Day was given at
the Nazarene personage May
1 with Mrs. Lenora Coffman
and Mrs. Marvin Lumley as
hostesses.
Attending were Mrs. Nolen
Day and daughter, Carol, Mrs.
Verl Michael, Mrs. Edith Sul
livan, Mrs. May Murphy and
daughter, Mrs. Lou Day, Mrs.
Opel Yorton, Mrs. Viola
Homer, Mrs. Ginger Vinson
Let's Keep an
Experienced
Fair and
Competent
Judge on
the Bench!
VOTE FOR
Judge Edward C.
(Incumbent)' ,4
CIRCUIT COURT
' POSITION No. 3
(Non-Partsan Judicial Ballet)
PRIMARY ELECTION, MAY 16
Remember! Vote! .
43-X - Edward
C. Kelly
"Incumbent. Judge Kally xpri
nced by thirty years varied active
practice.
Pd, Adv. Kelly for Circuit Judge
Committee, Otto J. Frohnmayer,
Chairman, 1656 Spring "St. Med
ford.
KELLY
(TMDSIEH)
' All Dy '
Monday and Tuesday
MAY 12 and 13
Graiid Opening
your new
Wednesday
and three children, Mrs. Toby
Dorsey, mother of Mrs. Day,
Mrs. Wilma Oldham, Mrs.
Ann Aldredge, the hostesses,
Mrs. Coffman and Mrs. Lum
ley, and the guest of honor,
Mrs. Noble Day. Several peo
ple, who were unable to at
tend, sent gifts.
First Lieutenant Gary Den
zer has returned to his base
in Ogden, Utah, after spend
ing a furlough visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Stancliffe and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Denzer, and going fish
ing several times at Willow
lake.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Mac
intosh are vacationing this
week in San Francisco.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ger
mer . are visiting Germer's
sister, Mrs. Mary Papworth,
in San Francisco this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Furry
have taken their trailer house
and are spending several days
vacationing at Willow Lake.
Arthur Smith of Orindo,
Calif., is' here visiting his sis
ter", Mrs. Minnie Dietrich, for
several weeks.
Donald Korth is home from
Sacred Heart hospital recup
erating from major , surgery
and may have visitors. v
r Harold Locke was home
over last ' weekend visiting
from Crescent City, Calif.,
where he is employed at the
Del Norte golf course.
; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kan
asto and daughter have
Sought the Walter Bolz prop
erty on G st. which they
will make their home. They
are both teachers in the Phoe
nix school system.
- Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wil
liams, aunt and uncle of Mrs.
Harry Kanasto, will make
their home with the Kanas
tos. They are from 'O'Brien,
Ore., and still retain their
home there.
Williams is spending the
weekend at their home in
O'Brien.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Schmelzer and family have
moved from Third st. to Bolz
rd. Schmelzer is the new au
thorized applicator and deal
er for Lloyd-Fry Roofing co.
and has rented the building
at 3629 S. Pacific highway
for the business.
The business deals in pre
fabricated garages, small
farm buildings and small com
mercial buildings. Schmelzer
has a contract with the mill
for the purchase of 130,000
feet of lumber for the under
structure of the buildings and
is expecting the first ship
ment of metal Diamond ribs
for the sides and roofing of
the buildings from the J.
Henry Kaiser factory in Ta
coma, Wash.
News of the new business
was carried by the various
newspapers and trade jour
nals as far as.' the east coast,
resulting in so many telephone
calls that they have orders
ahead, for the northern Cali
fornia and southern Oregon
MONTGOMERY
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HARRY K. EBY
Plans Medford Visit
National Director
Of Scouts Plans
Medford Visit
Harry K. Eby, national di
rector of school service of the
Boy Scouts of America, will
visit the Crater Lake Coun
cil Thursday and Friday, May
15 and 16.
The purpose of his visit is
to help local school officials,
Parent Teacher association
representatives and officers of
the local Scout Council in the
use of the Boy Scout pro
gram. He will meet with
Jackson county school offi
cials and Parent Teacher as
sociation representatives on
Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the
First Methodist church.
Later in the day Thursday
and on Friday, he will visit
school people in Josephine
and Siskiyou counties.
Eby has been in profession
al Scouting since his gradua
tion from Muskingum College
in New Concord, Ohio, in
1923. .
From 1937 to 1947 he serv
ed on the National Council
staff as the director of volun
teer . training and since 1947
has served in his present posi
tion. ;
Eby's visit will be the first
visit of a National Council
staff member in several years.
SEE U. S. BALLETS
Warsaw, Poland (IP) Mod
ern American ballet made its
debut in ' the Soviet bloc
Saturday night when the Bal
let Theater presented "Fancy
Free" and "The Fall River
Legend." The American com
pany arrived Thursday and
will stay here until May 18
before moving on to Ham
burg, Germany.
areas for some time to come.
' Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bar
low and their three children
and Barlow's mother have
moved into the home on
Church st. recently vacated
by the E. L. Mason family and
owned by a Mr. Holman in
Ashland. Barlow is employed
by the Bureau of Land Re
clamation in Medford. They
came from Bridgeport, Wash.
Barlow is a model airplane
enthusiast.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Wrede, daughter and son-in-law
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Furry, have moved into the
home at 208 Third st., recent
ly vacated by the Eugene
Schmlezer family.
WARD
Moon
ie
Local Montgomery Ward Store
The Medford Montgomery
Ward company store, at South
Central ave. and Eighth st
will observe its 30th year in
Medford when they open at
noon Wednesday after com
pletely remodeling the store.
The store will have been in
Medford 30 years in October.
' Remodeling . work on the
store building started last Oc
tober and has continued
through the past seven months
with the store remaining open
for business. Total cost of the
remodeling will run .about
$150,000, according to Med
ford Manager Joe Materie.
He said a ribbon cutting
ceremony would take place
at. noon Wednesday for the
grand reopening. He added
that Mayor John Snider,
Chamber of Commerce Pres
ident Otto Frohnmayer, and
other officials would be pres
ent at the ribbon cutting. .
Reopening Sale. '. .
A reopening sale will be
held from Wednesday noon
until May 24, Materie added.
Several contests are planned
for store patrons during the
first days of the sale, he noted.
Carnations and tickets for
the "Wishing Well" will be
given away to everyone en
tering the front doors, where
hostesses will be stationed,
he said. He " added that key
cases will be given to people
who visit the boat, outdoor
furniture, wading pool aqd
playground equipment display
which is in the store parking
lot. t.
The lot is located at the
Honor Contract
Union Leaders '
Tell Dam Labor
Boise Iff) Spokesmen
for Idaho unions whose mem
bers are employed at the
Brownlee" dam said Saturday
that every effort was being
made to honor existing Idaho
contracts involving the pro
ject despite the strike of Ore
gon union members. '
Cobie Wheeler of Boise,
chairman of the. Idaho State
District Council of Laborers,
said that "immediately upon
learning of the establishment
of the picket line at Brown-
lee by the Oregon Council of
Laborers, he advised all
members of the Idaho labor
ers' union that they had a
contract in force arrd they
were expected to honor that
contract." ; ;::
Wheeler said that .as a re
sult of the establishment of
the picket line by Oregon
strikers, only a few 1 mem
bers of the Idaho local were
on the job Tuesday. But since
that time, increasing numbers
returned to work so that by
Friday virtually the full
crew was back on the pro
ject. : At the same time Wheeler
revealed that international of
ficers of the . laborers' union
ordered members on both the
Oregon and Idaho sides to re
turn to work immediately to
handle any work of an em
ergency nature. This : work,
Wheeler said, was the- result
of the -seasonal runoff of wa
ter affecting the constructfon
work at the dam.
Agrees To Cut
Bakersfield (IP) The
Kern County Potato Growers
association announced Friday
the Transcontinental Freight
bureau has. agreed to the in
dustry's application for some
freight rate reductions.
Francis P. Pusateri, execu-,
tive manager of the associa
tion, reported the bureau ad
vised it has 'granted the fol
lowing schedule:
A reduction of eight cents
per hundredweight on 40,000
pound loads; 13 cents on 43,
000 pounds, and. 21 cents on
50,000 pounds, "restricted to
cartons only.
. Rate schedules for 30,000
and 36,000 pound loads will
remain the same. '
Pusateri notified the bur
eau the reductions were ac
cepted by the industry "with
extreme reluctance and dis
appoinment." The industry
had" . requested reductions
ranging from 10 cents on .36,
ooo pound loads to 41 cents
on 50,000 pounds.
The new rates will be ef
fective from central and south
ern California to Chicago, St.
Louis and points west, south
west and southeast. Pusateri
said the industry has asked
carriers to petition the In
terstate Commerce commis
sion to make the reductions
effective by next Thursday.
Three thousand islands,'
cays, and rocks comprise, the
Bahamas, the British colony
southeast of Florida!' The Ba
hamian Constitution, ,dating
from 1729, provides a form of
government similiar to that in
the North American Colonies
before the Revolution.
Freight Bureau
rear of the building on Bart-
lett st. An entrance has been
made from the parking lot
to the store for easy customer
access Materie said.
Montgomery Ward officials
who will be present for the
opening will be Western Re
gional General Manager E. E.
Peterson, of Oakland; Mer
chandise Manager S. D. Ward,
of Oakland; and District Gen
eral Manager W. R. Burk. ." '
Supervised Construction
Local ' store construction
was supervised by Al Thies
LIGHTING INSTALLED A new system of is even and from two to three times brighter
flourescent lighting has been installed than the old system, according to Local
throughout the Montgomery Ward company Manager Joe Materie. He noted the. addi
store as part of its recent remodeling pro-ytion of seVeral spotlights in the ceiling of
gram. Light of the store, as shown above, the store to highlight floor displays.
MARQUEE INSTALLED Part of the re
modeling program of .. the. Medford Mont
gomery Ward store calls for the installation
of a marquee, (the flat structure above the
windows). A special amendment to the city
building code to allow the all-metal struc
ture was necessary before installation could
1958 Wheat Crop
Heads For Record
Washington -flP) The 1958
winter wheat crop is headed
for a bumper harvest and a
record surplus supply.' ,
The Agriculture ' . Depart
ment estimated Friday the
growing winter wheat crop
will total" 1,P10,000,000 bush
els, the 'third largest of rec
ord and only slightly smaller
Against Shift
For E-R Center
Portland (IP) The East
Side Commercial club, a lead
er in the vote campaign that
forced the city of, Portland
to locate its proposed Exposition-Recreation
center on
the east side of the Willam
ette river, Friday disavowed
support of the current attempt
to locate the center at Delta
park, north of Portland." -
Directors of the club said
they had withdrawn all sup
port from a movement head
ed by Joe Dobbins, an east
side used car dealer who has
spearheaded the Delta Park
campaign and who is a for
mer director of the club.
William H. Boland, presi
dent of the commercial club,
charged that Dobbins was us
ing the E-R issue to get him
self elected as mayor.
An east side site between
the Broadway " and , Steel
bridges has been cleared for
the multi-million-dollar glass
and timber center and con
struction is about ready to
begin. -
BUSINESS PROVES IT .
Castellammare Di Stabia',
Italy HP) The Fimi Ma
chine Tool company issued a
statement Friday rejecting
Communist newspaper
charges that the company
profited from having as its
president Industry Minister
Silvio Gava. It said the com
pany's business in 1957 while
Gava was president was low
er tHan in previous years
when he wasn't president.
and Roy Lee . both of the
Oakland regional office, Ma
terie said. Lee was in charge
of display construction and
Thies of the general construc
tion of the building. "
Several demonstrations dur
ing reopening are planned.
Cooking by Bev Lyons of the
California Oregon Power com
pany, shopsmith tools, Sun
beam appliances, sewing ma
chines, auto seat covers, paint,
fishing fly tieing and outdoor
barbecue demonstrations will
be given, Materie noted.
than the billion-bushel-plus
crops of 1947 and 1952. The
estimated crop, if it material
izes; would be 43 per cent
larger than the 1957 output
and 19 per cent more than
the 10-year average.
; Department officials have
said a 225-million - bushel
spring wheat crop is possible,
although no official estimate
has been made. But assum
ing a spring wheat crop of
that size, a " total all-wheat
crop of 1,25,000,000 bushels
is possible.
This means that the wheat
Carryover, ' or surplus, by
July 1, 1959, would rise to a
record 1,132,000,000 bushels.
This would be 45 million
bushels more of surplus than
the department calculated in
its "wheat situation" report
two weeks ago.
The department's general
crop report as of May 1 said
"a larger winter wheat crop
and excellent hay and forage
crops 'are early standouts
among 1958 crop prospects."
It sad the winter wheat crop
throughout much of the great
plains looks "the best ever as
fields wave with lusty
growth."
The . department estimated
the yield at a record 24 bush
els an. acre. This compared
with 22.4 bushels in 1957.
But while "new high per acre
yields sgem -"almost assured
on many-fields,'.', the depart
ment warned that the wheat
still mustireach maturity. It
cautioned against disease loss
and storms. -
Sales
Rentals
Folding
WHEEL
CHAIRS
Open Sundays and Holidays
10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
HUDSON'S PHARMACY
613 E. Main Ph. SP 3-5345
1 Block East Hawthorn Park
Schedules
The store is the firm's first
one on the west coast to com
plete a remodeling program
in 1958, Lee explained. He
said the company is presently
attempt to either remodel,
rehabilitate or rebuild all
branch stores. ,
New Feature
A. new feature in the build
ing is .-a complete installation
of air-conditioning through
out. Eight units which are
capable of cooling a total of
90;000 feet of air per minule
have been installed on the
be completed. The box-like structure, near
the corner of the building, is one of eight
air-conditioners installed on the roof.. .The
eight units are capable of cooling 90,000
feet of air per minute. Grand reopening
for the store is scheduled at noon Wednesday.
XP'ERI
JOHN SNIDER has.vPROVEN HIS ABILITY in GOOD GOVERNMENT. His
VALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN City Government, Highways, Education and
Agriculture QUALIFY him to ABLY REPRESENT Jackson County in the
State Senate.
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JOHN SNIDER has wide BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, heads two firms op
erating throughout Jackson County, and is a substantia Itaxpayer. His
wide business experience and long concern with tax problems further
qualify-him for State Senate. . '
JOHN SNIDER wants to make Oregon an even BETTER PLACE IN WHICH
TO LIVE-better SCHOOLS for children,, better JOB OPPORTUNITIES
for workmen better HIGHWAYS to draw tourists and their dollars,
better WELFARE FACILITIES for needy and aged, better TAX CLIMATE
for busmess and .industry! ,
JOHN SNIDER HAS THE EXPERIENCE
IN GOVERNMENT AND ABILITY TO
BEST REPRESENT EVERY PART OF
JACKSON COUNTY at SALEM!
Pd. Adv. Snider for Senator Committee.
36 South Barneburg Rd., Medford.
Grand Reopening
roof of the building:
Also new is a store-wide
system of fluorescent lighting
which furnish two to three
times more light, Lee noted.
He said the building also has
been repainted and repapered
throughout. , .
All departments in the store
have been changed by mov
ing, being enlarged or being
reduced to the size the vol
ume warrants, he explained.
Materie said departments
which have been considerably
enlarged are the drapery and
curtain, the baby and girls'
clothing and the fashion de
partments. He added that sev
eral new fitting rooms have
beemconstructed.
Materie said new displays
for bathroom equipment have
been built in the store. A serv
ice ' station has been opened
directly behind the store on
CCYJC
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State Senator
' State Representative
County Clerk
Circuit Court Judges
' District Judge
Tuesday -6:30 p.m.
Coroner
County Judge (Republican)
Sheriff (Republican)
County Commissioner i ;
Wednesddy-6:30 p.m.
. County Judge (Democrat)
Sheriff (Democrat)' '
VOTE for J0HFH7.
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REPUBLICAN
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Tom Wray, Chairman,
EKE
Bartlett st. with the old serv
ice station location at the
rear of the building turned
into a larger shoe department,
he explained.
Other New Features .
Other new features at the
building include lighted direc
tional signs in all parts of the
building, built-in storage for
small items, new entrances;
remodeled display windows,
new tile floors and installa
tion of new carpeting. A new
marquee has been installed
on the front of the building,
Lee said plans call for
hanging a large sign from the
side of the building and a hor
izontal sign to be installed.
The local store has about 75
regular employees, Materie
noted. He said employment
has been more than 150 at
times for special-sales and
rush seasons.
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