Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 15, 1958, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextCar-Truck Collision An automobile driven by Perl Myers H o g 1 e, 1019 West Fourth st., collided Wednes day at Jackson st. and Central ave. with a truck driven by Harold Arthur Davis. 720 South Riverside ave., city po lice reported. Funeral Rowers and Hospital Bouquets GROCETERIA FLOWER SHOP Ph. SP 2-8179 Charge Account! Welcema Fre Delivery David t Evelyn Chase, Owners CANDLE ROOM f h &v Genuine Charcoa' 4lA Broiled Foods! I II An especially good place fijif Tar to eat if dieting! HOTEL MEDFORD g&TSZFSl u DADCE WALKER'S POPULAR WW. turn Yhforth CI Gold Hill Grange Hall Saturday Nite Music by Vic Flood & the Rhvthm Masters sfkt"!!? Everyone Welcome ICheck Room Free. A Jacksonville Community Hall SATURDAY NIGHT ... MUSIC BY . . . Dick Spain Bill Lively And The Rogue Valley Boys Featuring The Best In Western Swing LOTS OF FUN FOR EVERYONE Admission 90c Per Person I QkIwiVj I In "58's Tonite HI THE Local and Patient Medical patient at Osteopathic hospital is Ster ling I. Tucker, post office box 472, Central Point. Transformer Burns City firemen were summoned to Medford Stationery store, 210 East Main st., about 9 a.m. to day when a fluorescent light transformer burned out. Orchard Blaze Central Point rural firemen were dis patched about 5 p.m. yester day to a fire in grass and saw dust in an orchard above the Old Stage rd. just north of Taylor rd. Gas Taken Twelve to 14 gallons of gasoline were taken from a contractor's truck parked at the Medford High school construction project, 815 South Oakdale ave., Tues day night, according to city police.' YMCA DANCE Saturday Night 7:30 - 1 1 :30 "Tea House of The August Moon" With special added attraction "THE SHADOWS" vocal group, Fund raising dance members 25c, Non-members 50c SATURDAY NIGHT DREAMLAND Where you greet eld friends and meet new friends! Finest in modern music: waltzes, foxtrot, one-step and circles where everyone joins in. Always a Pleasant Crowd Gift Surprises SNACK BAR SERVING REAL COFFEE When There's Better Music, Walker Has It! Everyone Welcome! 9 p.m. Till 1 a.m. Beautiful Dining Room Open Entire Evening CLARK DORIS GABLE DAY Very Forward Look In Comedy . -m rv . ti if -m n wiase oj iron rdayllstDr.ve.n. & Satu PERL8ERG - SEAT0H PRCOUCTlOM Of TEACHER'S PET B 7 sT: mi Vf . . . eW Personal Stolen Wilford J. Jones, 484 First ave., Gold Hill, re ported Wednesday to county sheriff's deputies the theft of a small grinder from his wood shed. Stolen Two sets of "Vic tor" acetylene torch equip ment valued at S150 were stolen from the Howard Leh man Equipment Sales com pany, 1017 North Riverside ave.. Wednesday night, ac cording to city police. Theft William H. Kreier, 214 South Columbus ave., Medford, reported Wednesday morning to Jackson county sheriffs deputies the theft of two batteries from tractors used in logging operations on Yale Creek rd. Theft Opie E. Frazer, route 3, box 218, Medford, reported to Jackson county sheriffs deputies this morn ing the" theft of a tractor bat tery valued at $30 from High croft orchards in Fern Valley. Wheels Stolen Three wheels with tires were stolen from an automobile belong ing to Herman Miles Pfahl, 331 West Fourth st., Tuesday night, city police reported. The thief entered Pfahl's open carport, jacked up the car and blocked the axles in order to remove the wheels, the report stated. Fire in Slash State de partment of forestry crewmen put out a fire in logging slash yesterday on Jackson creek near the Jacksonville water reservoir. It covered about one-third of an acre. A crew was sent also to a one-fourth acre grass and brush fire on the Green Springs above Emi grant lake. Three Collide Robert Al len Morrison, 1660 South Peach st., was cited for follow ing too close after an accident at Sixth st. and Central ave. Wednesday involving his ve hicle and two others, city po lice reported. Drivers of the other vehicles were Eric Wil liam Mottram, Sacramento, Calif., and Ellen Elizabeth West, 52 Ross ct., the report stated. On Program Stanley C. Plummer, composer and harpsichord virtuoso now ap pearing with the Oregon Shakespearean festival musi cal events, will be featured on a special half-hour tele vision program tonight. It will be televised at 9:30 p.m. on KBES-TV. Sunday, August 17, Plummer will give a concert in the festival shell in Ash land at 4 p.m. Visitor Emil Muhs Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. E. O. Muhs, a 1955 graduate of Medford High school, will be in the valley Monday. The Muhs lived here until Dr. Muhs was transferred to the Veteran's hospital in Livermore, Calif. Young Muhs will be a senior at Willamette university this year where he is majoring in pre-law. He is president of his living organization, a mem ber of the debating squad, and will be 1958 Homecoming manager. Record Deliveries Of Tuna Reported Astoria (CPD Record deliveries - of albacore were recorded at Astoria and Ham mond packing plants Wednes day. The largest single delivery 18 tons by the 50-foot Garda Marie was the most fresh tuna ever delivered by an Astoria-based tuna boat. Eleven boats landed an estimated 100 tons of alba core in the Astoria area in 24 hours. Tuna prices are hold ing steady at $425 per ton. Z SPORfS CA THHILlSt D.itl' TECHNirainit 3RD HIT! SAT. ONLY" King off the Khyber Rifles ftilMU TIBS mil Shakespearean Festival Schedule Friday Merchant of Venice Saturday Troilus and Cressida Sunday Much Ado About Nothing Monday King Lear Curtain: 8:30 p.m. nightly. Buses leave Medford hotel at 7:30 p.m. and Jackson hotel at 7:35 p.m. nightly. Mrs. Earl Collins Dies in Hospital Mrs. Earl Collins, 74, of 164 Black Oak dr. died this morning at a local hospital. She was born Sept. 26, 1883, in Keokuk, Iowa, and married Mr. Collins Oct. 30. 1906, in Keokuk. Mrs. Collins, the former Charlotte Louise Ruddick, is a graduate of Lindenwood col lege, St. Charles, Mo. She was a member of the Colony club here and was active in the Gray Ladies corps of the American Red Cross. The Collins moved to Med ford in 1953 from Riverside, Calif., where they made their home for 30 years. Survivors include her hus band and four children, Ed ward Collins, Robertson Col lins, both Medford, Mrs. Janet Stark, New York City, and Mrs. Charlotte Maddox. Ran dolph Air Force Base, Texas; and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are by Perl Funeral home. Obituaries MAMIE WILLIAMS Mamie May Williams, 80, died in residence on Butler rd., Ashland, late yesterday ; afternoon. She was born April 29, 1878 in Hammond. Ind. She has ' been a . resident of this area for 22 years. Her hus band, Floyd, died in Septem ber, 1939. Mrs. Williams was a mem ber of Faith Tabernacle in Ashland. She is survived by, three sons, Lester H. Peterson, Tal ent, Rollie Peterson, Corona del Mar, Calif., and Floyd Williams, Talent: four daugh ters, Mrs. Lorriane Jordan, Pendleton. Letha Prettyman, Ashland, Mrs. Margie Reeder, Central Point. Mrs. Ophalia Prettyman, Ashland; 26 grand children and 35 great grand children. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Lit willer's Mt. View chapel in Ashland. Burial will be in Phoenix cemetery and Rev. Leo Wines will officiate. MITZI LINN GARBODEN Funeral services for . Mitzi Linn Garboden, infant daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Garboden of 117 C st., Phoe nix, who died Monday were held in Conger-Morris chapel Thursday, at 9:30 aon. ' The Rev. Marvin Lumley, of the Phoenix Church of the Kazarene officiated. Burial was in Phoenix cemetery. Surviving beside the par ents, are the grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Coggins and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gar boden both of Phoenix. CHARLES C. BODELL Services for Charles C. Bo dell, 84, of Ashland, who died Monday, will be held at the Ashland Mortuary, 4th and C streets, Ashland, Monday at 11 a.m. The Rev. Thomas Balch of the Calvary Baptist church will officiate. Burial will be in the Stearns cemetery at Talent. Mr. Bodell was born June 2, 1874, in Hannibal, Mo. He came to the valley 16 years ago and lived at Talent until a few years ago when he moved to Ashland. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Lillian Miller, Colorado Springs, Colo. , WILLIAM HUFF William Huff. 88, died this morning at his home, 329 Kennet st. Funeral arrange ments will be announced by Conger-Morns, Funeral Di rectors. LYDIA BRIGGS Funeral services for Mrs. Lydia A. Briggs, 51, who was killed Wednesday in an auto mobile accident near her home at Galice, will be con ducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in GhaDel Mortuary. Burial will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. A comrjlete obituary will be published in Sunday's paper. MONEY MANAGEMENT Sound advice about manag ing and investing your money is given in Philip Fisher's book, "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits," which is now available at the Jackson County library. Although no woman on rec ord has ever visited the Ant arctic, many of the regions around the South Pole are named for women. Tight Money Makes Stock Market Losses New York (ITU Stocks re- . . 3 . 3 . . . J 41 : i of tighter money. Individual losses ran past 2 points in a number of is sues, although on the balance the market was up from its lows. Chemicals, aircrafts. nonferrous metals, oils and railroads led the market lower. The market interpreted the Federal Reserve's recent money market moves an in crease in the discount rate in the San Francisco area, an in crease in margin require ments and a rise in short term interest rates caused by a money supply as signs that inflation is the problem of the hour. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (CPU Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 506.13. off 4.17; 20 railroads 130.22, off 1.78: 15 utilities 78.57. off 0.72, and 65 stocks 173.63. off 1.65. Sales today were about 2,960,000 shares compared with 3,370.000 shares Thursday. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical , 88 Alum Co. Am 81V4 American Can 4634 American Mtrs I6V2 AT&T 181V4 Anaconda Copper 50V2 Armco Steel 56 Vi Bendix Avn 57 Bethlehem Steel 45 Boeing Air (xd) 45ls Caterpillar Corp IZVz Chrysler Corp 523,i Continental Can 49 Vi Crown Zellerbach 53 Vz Curtiss Wright 27 Vz Dow Chemical 63 Vz Du Pont 195 Eastman Kodak 118 Firestone 9 8? s General Electric 64 General Foods 67 General Motors 431 Georgia Pacific ..! 433,4 Graham Paige 1? Greyhound 16 Gulf Oil ..110 Homestake Mining 40 Idaho Power 43 Vs Int. Paper 105?s Johns Man 45 Vz Kaiser Ind 11 Katy Pfd 58Vs Kennecott Copper 92V Lockheed Aircraft 523,4 Montgomery Ward 38Vi Nat'l Biscuit 48V4 New York Central 18Vi Pac G & El 55 Penney, J. C 934 Penn RR 13Ts Radio Corporation 35 Richfield Oil 86 Safeway 31 Vz Sears 31 Shell Oil 82 12 Socony Mobil Oil 47 Southern Co 29 Southern Pacific ..... 5114 Standard California .... 5034 Standard' Indiana 48 Investment Funds Noon Quotations on select ed funds supplied by the Med ford Branch of Foster & Mar shall, Members New York Stock Exchange. Fund Bullock Chem Fund Eaton Howard Stk Fidelity Gas Ind . Group Sec Avia .... Group Sec Com Stk. Group Sec Elec Group Sec Petr Group Sec Steel Group Sec Tobac .. Keystone B-3 Keystone B-4 Keystone K-l , Keystone K-2 Keystone S-l . Keystone S-2 . Keystone S-3 Mass Inv Tr TV-Elec Value Line Inc Wellington Bid Asked 12.40 ' 13.66 17.65 19.08 21.17 22.64 14.01 15.15 13.52 14.78 10.10 - 11.06 11.90 - 13.03 7.14 7.83 11.42 12.51 8.22 9.01 6.44 7.06 15.52 16.94 : 9.52 10.40 8.50 ' 9.28 11.33 1236 15.97 17.42 10.89 11.89 12.14 13.24 11.67 12.62 11.66 ' 12.71 5.09 5.56 13.01 14.18 News About Servicemen IN OKINAWA Gilbert F. Liddell, dental technician second class, is now stationed at Okinawa with the U. S. Navy. He is the son of Forrest B. Liddell, 712 South Newtown ave., Medford. His wife, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wisely, 724 Jack son st., Medford, is making her home in Medford while her husband is stationed over seas. With Mrs. Liddell are their two daughters, Lynette and Barbara. ON CRUISE Midshipman Truman O. Price, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Price of Gold Hill, is on a summer training cruise aboard the destroyer USS Gurke. Price is a student at Oregon State college. ATTENDS SEMINAR Navy Reserve Lt. Donald Hansen, 1116. Stewart ave., recently attended the West Coast Naval Law seminar at the Treasure Island Naval station, San Francisco. The seminar, sponsored by the Navy's judge advocate een- eral, featured lectures in in ternational and military law as applicable to the naval mission of keeping the world's sea lanes open. Standard N.J. . 554 Sun Mines -7 Texas Gulf Sulfur 22 Tex Pac Land Trust 13U Transamerica 25 Trans Wld Air 13? s Tri-Continental 36 Union Carbide 108 Union Pacific .... : 31 United Aircraft ttVi U. A. L 29V2 U. S. Rubber 38V4 U. S. Steel 70 Youngstown S & T 101 Portland Livestock Portland iUPI) Cattle for week 2.500. Trade uneven, good and choice steers under 1.150 lbs. steady over 1.150 including stand ard steers 25-50c lower, heifers steady; cows closed 25-50C higher, other classed steady; choice steers under 1100 lbs. 26.25-26.75. weights above 1150 lbs. 25-25.75. Good grade steers under 1100 lbs. 25 25.50: weights above down to 24. Standard steers 22.50-24.50; mixed good and choice heifers 24.50-25, those at 25 mostly choice. Good grade heifers 23-24; standard 21.50 22.50. Commercial cows 19-20, util ity lt.50-18.50; two loads utility beef cows on the close 19 and 19.25. Canner and outers 14-15.50. heavy cutters to- 16.50 and light canners as well as wasty canners and cutters 13-14. Utility bulls 23 25( light cutter bulls 19-22.50. Calves for week 355. Trade mod erately active slaughter calves and vealers steady. Choice vealers 27 28, few 28.50. good 25-26. Good and choice slaughter calves 25-27, standard calves and vealers 20-25. cull and utility calves and vealers 15-15.50; few good stock steer calves 27-28. Hogs for week 1.750. Trade mod erately active butchers 25-50c low er than early last week. U.S. 1 and 2 grade butchers 180-235 lbs. on the close 24.75-25. Mixed grade lots 24-24.50. heavier and lighter butch ers 23-24 with a few down to 22. Sows close 25-50C lower U.S. 1 and 2 grade sows 270-350 lbs. 21-22.50; mixed grade sows 350-550 lbs. 18 20.50. One lot of feeder pigs Wednesday 110 lbs. 24. Sheep for week 3.000. Trade ac tive on the close slaughter lambs strong; other classes steady except feeders weak to 50c lower. One deck of choice Washington spring range lambs 103 lbs. Thursday 21.50: other choice slaughter spring lambs 85-105 lbs.. 20.50-21; few on the close 21.50. Good grade slaugh ter lambs 19.50-20.50; good and choice 60-90 lb. feeders 17.50 18.50; late after 19 early. Medium and good lightweights 16.50-17.50. Cull to good slaughter ewes 3-7. Portland Produce Portland (UPI) Eggs To re tailers: Grade AA large, 56-58c doz.. large. 52-55c doz.; AA me dium, 47-48c; A medium, 46-47c; AA smalls, 29-32c doz.; 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 I To re tailers: A large Cheddar single dai sies, 40-51c; 5-lb. loaves. 51'.2-57c; processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 40-43c. Farm Market The East Side Farmers Market here was glutted with Pacific Northwest tomatoes today and prices ranged as low as 35 to 50 cents a lug for distressed quality tomatoes to S2 for lugs of large sized, solid Milton-Freewater toma toes California tomatoes brought S2.25 per lug. Washington Italian prunes were in larger supply with the best ones going at S2.50 a 30 pound box with fair- quality going at mostly $2 2.25 for 28 pounds. Rabbits, Poultry Live Chickens Quoted to grow ers at Portland, Salem and south to Eugene, f.o.b. ranch No. 1 qual ity fryers, 24-4 lbs., mostly 20c; light hens. 12-13c; heavy hens, 5 lbs. up, 15c lb.; old roosters, 7-8c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers; fryers, whole drawn, 38-41c lb.; cut up, 44-46c; hens, light types cut up. 36-37c; heavy type, whole drawn, 40-42c lb. Dressed Turkeys A grade young hens. 33c lb. to producers on evis cerated basis; A grade young toms, 28c lb., eviscerated: young hens to retailers, mostly 44-47c lb. on an oven-ready basis. , Rabbits (averaee to erowers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white, 334- 4 '2 lbs., f.o.b. Portland. 21-23c; colored pelts. 5c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 57-60c lb.; cut up bl-t4c. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: New crop, No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland and Seattle, S25 ton. - Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market -news service: Wheat, No. 2 soft white, $66 ton: No. 2 white oats. 38 lb. West Coast delivery. $48.50-49 ton; No. 2 val ley white oats. $46.50 ton; barley. No. 2 West Coast delivery, $48 48.50; soybean meal, Eastern ship ment. $87-88.45 ton. f.o.b. Portland; standard mill run, prompt delivery, S42 ton, f.o.b. Portland; No.2 milo, $54.75 ton, f.o.b. Coast; No. 2 yel low corn, Eastern shipment,; f.o.b. Portland. $61.50-62.10 ton. COMING August 19 CARL PERKINS Warner Bros. Star of "JAMBOREE" and Hie BLUE SUEDE SHOE BOYS DREAMLAND DANCE HALL Hear Carl Sing: Blue -Suede Shoes Bopping the Blues w it Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Continued fair and warm through Saturday. Outlook fair Sunday. Low tonight 55. High Saturday 95. Western Oregon: Fair through Saturday. Patchy coastal and early morning fog or clouds. Little tem perature change. Low tonight 54 60. High Saturday 85-95 in inter ior. 65-70 on coast. Northern California: Fair through Saturday, except chpnee of scattered . thunderstorms after noon and evening in Sierra-Neva-das. Fog on coast. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 74: above normal 2. Record high this date 107 in 193a. Record low this date 44 in 1928. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midmght, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month, trace, .08 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 26.95 inches. 8.94 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest vesterday 21To, highest this a.m. 77,. Hieh 4:09 24. City Yester- a.m. hr. day Low Free. Brookings 65 54 Grants Pass 94 52 Klamath Falls 88 52 MEDFORD 95 55 Portland 86 60 Seattle 82 59 Spokane 90 62 Yakima 91 67 Eureka 61 58 Red Bluff 107 75 Sacramentno ... 102 68 San Francisco 76 , 54 Los Angeles 92 ' 70 Phoenix 105 79 loi Denver 94 64 Chicago 91 67 .51 Miami 88 81 New York 85 72 Washington, D.C. 83 71 .12 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Aug. 20): Western Oregon-Western Wash ingtonContinued warm with lit tle or no precipitation e x c e p t chance of a few showers extreme northwest Washington. High tem peratures generally 74-84 in west ern Washington, 85-95 in western Oregon, near 70 on coast. Northern California No precipi tation except scattered thunder showers occasionally in Sierra-Ne-vadas. Temperature above normal inland-. Near normal on coast. Los Angeles (UPD A touch of squally weather with thun derstorms and gusty -winds lashed southern California Thursday and one forest serv ice worker was killed when struck by lightning. ANDY'S BEST BUY! Jtfj . TONITE & SATURDAY 1B5h illl MITZI GAYNOR nT. X BiRrl KEEFE brasselle ftxJi$i 1 "THREE pvAtt& SW f088 ' Y0U,,G t?T" ::SL, S) TEXAHS" K3$GJy Reg. $49,95 U li . pLUS htfggl Ifl?f S&H Green Stamps LOTS OF (fifafcl Y i iahi cartoons rm iLijT ANDY'S SgllD TwisTacr" II THE IRON CLAW" 3 j XjLlrffi""CQ ' TONITE AND SATURDAY ONLY POSITIVELY ENDS SATURDAY NITE ONLY ONE SHOW EACH NITE DOORS OPEN ,7:00 SHOW STARTS 8:00 7 Ht WORLD'S MOST llficlml Tedd'i rr HONORED show WIDE Adult and Student 1.25 honors aSLr ASo Four Top Stars In Two aafeif'! . -4 .J "wnount ynsairt Th. DON HARTMAM Eugene O'neill-s IXJNDER THE ELMS Mat am ttm-i umih tum DESIRE MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Over-the-Counter Western Stocks 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 Stocks Bid Asked Bank of America 38 40', Calif. -Pacific Utilities 30'i 32:!a Cascades Plywood 28 '2 30' Cons. Freighlways 165a 1754 Copco 32 34 First National Bank" 47 4 50 '4 NW Natural Gas 153 16". Pacific Pwr. & Lt. 34 38 Permanente Cement 21?, 23 '4 Portland Gen. Elec. 25 2634 U. S National Bank 69 73t United Utilities 25i 27 West Coast Tel 21 B 22a Weyerhaeuser 41 " 44? Births- LOWE To Mr. and Mrs. Dean Richard, post office box 362, Phoenix, Aug. 13, 1958, a boy, 7Vi pounds at Sacred Heart hospital. r.ion desir DINING lllli OPEN 5 p.m. Every Day During Shakespearean Festival STARTS TONITE DOORS OPEN 6:30 Amazingly Frank Films! ! -""booth ah i nun t wwiiin SHIRLEY MacLAINE EARL H0LLIMAN 2aS f'-HERES THE k d Oft.', Friday, August 15. 1958 11 CALL SP 3-7323 For Information about Pictures Playing and Tim Schedules At Your Theatres TONITE & SATURDAY S.2EEPMAU CO-FEATURE ADDED SATURDAY ONLY 3RD BONUS HIT AN AMERICAN-INTERNATIONAL PICTURE V AN AMERICAN-INTERNATIONAL PICTURE, FILMED IN SUPERAMA SATURDAY ONLY 3 GREAT FEATURES PIUS fAUl DOUGLAS EVAIUTOK ran JC north tvinc HISttWAf Joj ENDS TONITE PLUS PLUS