Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 19, 1958, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Flu Fix City firemen were called to a flue fire at the home of Lawrence G. Crow, 304 Alice St., about 5.20 pjn. yesterday. Dinner American Legion and auxiliary will hold a pot luck dinner Friday, Nov. 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the Legion hall. Entertainment will be held folllowing the dinner. Cheit Clinic - The chest x ray clinic at Sacred Heart hos pital will be open Thursday, Nov. 20, from 2 to 5 p.m. The clinic is sponsored by the Jackson County Tuberculosis and Health association, and assisted by volunteers from the Providence Guild of Sa cred Heart hospital. Permits - Six building per mits were issued recently by the city building department. They were issued to John Mc Cann, 1917 East Main st., $1, 500, to remodel residence; Er nest Conrad, 2909 Alameda ave., $14,800, erectresidence; Eugene Bennett. 329 South Grape st., $1,000 to remodel residence, and N. M. Huggins, 600 North Grape st., $14,000, to add storage room to Coca " Cola company. ' Returns - Leslie B. Rob ertson, director of the Robert son School of Business, Med ford, returned recently from St. Louis, Mo., where he at tended the National Associa tion and Council of Business Schools annual convention. More than 300 delegates fo cused attention on the in creasingly important roles which business schools play to help relieve pressures up on advanced educational fa cilities and to assist commerce and industry, Robertson said. Local Man Attends Funeral of Father Edmund Hass, manager of Pacifc Northwest Investment company here, left the valley last week end for Glendale, Calif., where he was called by the death of his father, Mel vin H. Hass, of that city. The California man died Nov. 15 following a heart at tack and funeral services were held in Glendale Tuesday evening.-Burial will be in Fond du Lac, Wis. Survivors include his wid ow, Mrs. Hass of Glendale, and two sons, Melvin H. Hass Jr., Billings, Mont., and Ed 'mund Hass, Medford. Melvin Hass was a frequent valley visitor. Edmund Hass is expected to return to Medford next week from Wisconsin. - News About Servicemen GRADUATES Harley J. Huntemann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hunte mann, 2207 Capital ave., Med ford, recently was graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training center, San Diego, Calif. IN EXERCISE ' Army Pfc. James G. McCur dy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Drury R. McCurdy, 320 West Clark St., Medford, recently partici pated in Exercise Rocky Shoals, a joint Army-Navy maneuver along the Califor nia coast. A graduate of Med ford Hish school, he entered the Army in October, 1956. CARD OF THANKS To those who expressed their ivmpamy in so manv neautuui ana practical ways during our recent fereavemem. we extend our Heart felt thanks. Erne! Stearns Mrs. Maude Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Donald Gysbers Air. & Mrs. Max Crowson Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Restless f.BREED .wsnuaiCOlOt SCOTT BRADY ANNE BANCROFT t- J Personal Meeting Cub Scout Pack 3 of the Jackson school will meet in the school gymnasium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20. Harry Barenburg will pre sent the charter to the pack at that time. Marshal Reports City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson reported the inspection yester day of five business occupan cies, a building of public as sembly and one complaint in a residential area. He made one investigation following a fire. Nine orders or recom mendations were made for correction of hazards. Obituaries MRS. ROSEMARY BARRICK Funeral services for Mrs. Rosemary Barrick, 35, of Klamath Falls, who died here Nov. 14, will be held at the Wards Klamath Funeral home, Klamath Falls. She is survived by her hus band, Clyde L. Barrick, Klam ath Falls. Perl Funeral home is in charge of local arrangements. GEORGE SKINNER George Skinner, 92, of Phoenix, died this morning at the Jackson county farm home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Perl Funeral home. HUBERT SAUVAGEAU Hubert Sauvageau, 69, died yesterday at his home, 2294 Corona ave. Funeral arrange ments will be announced by Conger-Morris, funeral direc tors. MARTHA ELBERT Martha Elbert, 1-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Elbert, 730V4 West 14th st. died this morning in a local hospital. The child was taken by Medford Ambulance to the hospital Tuesday afternoon af ter the Medford fire depart ment was summoned by per sons who reported the child choking. Funeral services will be an nounced by Perl Funeral home. MRS. ROSE HEFFNER Services for Mrs. Rose Heff- ner, of834 Pennsylvania ave., who died Tuesday, will be held at Conger-Morris Funer al home Thursday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. James Neely of the First Baptist church will officiate. Committal will be in the IOOF cemetery. Mrs. Heff ner was born near Flounce Rock, March 21, 1881. She had lived in southern Oregon all her life and was a member of the First Baptist church for 50 years. She mar ried William Heffner in Med ford Nov. 15, 1911. He died in 1936. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Frank Fern lund, Brownsboro, and Mrs. O. B. Zimmerman, Central Point; three brothers, George Whelpley, Medford, Fred Whelpley, Ashland, and Rob ert Whelpley, Long Beach, UVash.; two sisters, Mrs. C. W. Johnson, Eugene, and Mrs. B. L. Hyland, San Bruno, Calif.; one granddaughter, two great grandsons and sev eral nieces and nephews. Births DAVIS To Mr. and Mrs. Shirley W., box 311, Central Point, Nov. 19, 1958, girl, IVi lbs., at Rogue Valley hospital. HENNEY-To Mr. and Mrs. Richard. 2980 TableRock rd., Medford, Nov. 19, 1958, boy, 6'4 lbs., at Rogue Valley hos pital. Investment Funds Noon Quotations on select ed funds supplied by the Med. ford Branch of Foster & Mar shall, Members New York Stock Exchange. Fond Bid Bullock 13.18 Chem Fund 19.97 Eaton Howard Stic .. 23.12 Fidelitv 15.65 Gas In'd 14.07 Group Sec Avia .... 10.95 Group Sec Com Stk 12.66 Asked 14.45 21.59 24.72 16.92 13.38 11.99 1386 Group Sec Elec 8.68 9 51 Group See Petr Group Sec Steel Group Sec Tobac 11.49 9.76 7.32 16 29 9.94 9 18 13.23 18.10 11.86 13.62 13.04 12 98 5.54 14.04 1238 10.69 8.03 17.77 10.85 Keystone B-3 Keystone B-4 Keystone K-l . Keystone K-2 Keystone S-l Keystone S-2 Keystone S-3 Mass lnv Tr 10.02 14.44 19.75 12.94 14.86 14.10 14.15 6.05 EV-Elec Value line Inc Wellington 15.30 3 WESTERNS! MARCH SCHEDULED Medford mail car riers tonight will participate in the muscu lar dystrophy march, a disease which crip ples the muscles. Shown above are Larry Rose, left, president of the local chapter of Services Set For G. 0. Pruelf Services for Glenn O. Pruett, 59, of Eagle Point, who died Sunday, will be held at Conger-Morris Funer al home at 10 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. James W. Neely of the First Baptist church will officiate. Committal . will be in the Butte Falls cemetery. Mr. Pruett was born Aug. 3, 1899, in Medford, the son of the late John William Pruett, a son of Oregon pio neers, and had lived in south ern Oregon all his life. He was married May 20, 1925, in Yreka, Calif., to Viola Hugh es, who died two years ago. He had been employed by the Medford Corporation for about 30 years as a locomo tive engineer, and for the past ten years had operated a ser vice station on the Butte Falls Star route. He was a. veteran of World War I, serving as a private first class in the U.S. Marine Corps, from ' Nov. 2, 1918 to March 20. 1920. Survivors include two sons, Dean Pruett and Dale Pruett, his mother, Mrs. Effie Pruett, all Medford; a broth er, C. W. Pruett, Phoenix, Ariz.; two sisters, Mrs. Joe Lester, Medford, and Mrs. Ol iver McGinley, Boise, Idaho; six grandchildren, and sever al nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Ralph Parker, Earl Dean, Ted Flury, Harry Webber, Keith Chil dreth and Stan Kalapus. Portland Livestock Portland (UPI) Cattle 350. Low choice fed sters 27: good fed steers 26-26.25; good fed heifers 26: utility cows 17-19: canners-cut-ters 14-J5.50: utility bulls 23-24.50. waives o. noice veaiers ofi-jo, good 28-31: standard calves and veaiers 23-27. Hogs 300 U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 19.50-90: mixed 18.50-19.50: heavy and lighter butchers 17-18; sows 13.50-17. Sheep 350. Choice slaughter lambs 19; good-choice feeders 17 18. Portland Produce Portland (UPI) Eggs To re tailers: Grade AA large. 51-52c: A laree. 48-50c: AA medium. 42-45c; A medium, 41 -43c; AA smalls, 36- 37c: carton l-3c additional. Butter To "retailers: AA and Grade A prints. 67-68c lb.; carton lc higner; a prints, ta-ttc. Cheese medium cured To re. tailors: A ffrade Cheddar single dai sies, 39-5 lc; processed American cheese. 5-lb. loaf 40-43C. Farm Market Large San Diego tomatoes were priced at mostly 4-4.50 a lug with extreme around 4.75 at some quar ters todav; ' California zucchini sauash sold as high as 5.75 a lug: lettuce from the south was up to 4.00 for best cartons. Poultry. Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted .to grow ers at Portland. Salem and south to Eugene, f.o.b. ranch No. 1 qual ity fryers, 2i-4 lbs., 16-17c: light hens. 10c: heavy hens. 5 lbs. up, 13c lb., old roosters, 7-8c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: fryers, whole drawn, 32-35C lb.; cut up. 37-40c; hens, light types, cut up, 34-36c; heavy type whole drawn, 39-41C Geese Live, to producers at farm, 20c lb. for fat ones: 25c at processing plants. Dressed geese, to retailers. 52-55c lb.; to consumers mostly boc id. Dressed Turkeys A grade young hens. 29c lb. to producers on evis cerated basis: A grade young toms. 24c lb., eviscerated; young hens to retailers, mostly 39-42c lb. on oven ready basis: A grade toms, 34-36C depending upon weight. Rabbits (average to growers, f o.b. killing plants) Live white. 334-4'i lbs f.o.b. Portland. 20-23c: colored pelts. 5c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 57-60c lb.; cut up, 61-64c. Portland Hay, Grain . Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: New crop No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland and Seattle, S30-32 ton with top quality to $34 35. - Wholesale Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: Wheat. No. 2 soft white. S69 ton: No. 2 Milo. Eastern shipment, f .o.b. 1 Portland. S49.50: No. 2 white oats. 38 lbs.. West Coast delivery. S50.50- ' 51.50 ton: No. 2 valley oats. S49.50- ! 50 ton; barley. No. 2 West Coast deliv-ry, S52.50: soybean meal, bulk Eastern shipment. S78.50 ton f.o.b. Portland; standard mill run. bulkr prompt delivery f.o.b". Coast.- S34 35: No. 2 corn. Eastern shipment, f.o.b. Portland, $5430-55. . Common Stocks Bank of America Cascades Plywood Cons. Freightways Bid 41 27 i 18", 34?. Asked 43 , 29 20?. 36', unqtd. 17 4 40V. Copco First National Bank 53 Northwest Nat. Gas 16': Pacific Pwr. & Lt . 37', rui Uti i iu kxvii. c i crv D-. U. S. National Bank .... 74 - United Utilities 303. West Coast Tel. 215j Weyerhaeuser - 45?. 28'. 78' 32, 23i, 48 - f 'I lit National Association of Letter Carriers, Bill Hedrick, a muscular dystrophy patient, and Milton Singler, vice president of local letter carriers. Cooperating in the drive will be National Guard and other volunteers. Stocks Turn Strong After Nervousness New York (UPD Stocks turned strong late in the ses sion today . after some ner vousness during the earlier trading. Steel shares assumed a strong position when U. S. Steel rose more than a point. American Telephone slip ped back more than two points when directors declar ed the usual $2.25 quarterly dividend. A few days ago the stock had been given a whirl on stories the dividend might be raised or the stock split. It also regained its poise and moved up from the day's low. Automobile shares failed to generate any enthusiasm, and the metals slipped after a rise. But new buyers came into the market and the list im- Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloudy and mild with intermittent rain to night and Thursday. Low tonight 40. High Thursday 52. Western Oregon: Cloudy with rain tonight and Thursday. Little 'temperature change. Low tonight 40-46 High Thursday 48-54. Northern California: Occasional rain from Ukiah and Red Bluff northward with snow level around 4.500 feet tonight and Thursday. Fair elsewhere tonight and Tues day. Little temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 46: above normal 3. Record high this date 67 in 1936. Record low this date 20 in 1929. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, trace. Midnight to 10 a.m. .06 inch. Total this month 1.58 inch, .02 Inch above normal. Total since Sept. 1, 2.26 inches. 1.84 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 43. highest this a.m. 99. High 4:30 24- City Yester- a.m. nr. day Low Prec. Brookings 56 .51 .26 Crater Lake 36 30 .92 Grants Pass 53 48 .08 Klamath Falls 41 35 T MEDFORD 59 44 .01 Portland 54 44 .88 Seattle 53 . 42 1.04 Spokane 40 34 .52 Yakima 37 30 Eureka 60 55 .35 Red Bluff 48 40 .05 Sacramento 54 44 San Francisco 60 43 Los Angeles 68 49 Phoenix 59 37 Denver 45 28 Chicago 56 37 Miami 80 77 New York . 60 58 Washington, D.C. 66 60 FIVE-DAY FORECAST . (Through Nov. 24) Western Oregon - Western Wash ington Recurring rain with totals heavier than normal with 1-2 inch es over interior and 2-4 inches on coast. Temperatures averaging near or slightly below normal. Highs 45-55. Lows 35-55. Northern California Recurrent rains with snow in mountains. Temperatures below normal inland, near normal along coast. hanksgiving Hal Mclntyre the Dance Band All America Loves LCCS Friday, Nov. 21 DANCING 9:30 to 1:30 Elks and Invited Guests proved near the end of the session. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical 92 V4 Alum Co Am 84U American Can 52 Anerican Motors 31 AT&T 199 Anaconda Copper 5934 Armco Steel 66V4 Bendix Aviation 64 Vz Bethlehem Steel 50V4 Boeing Air : 51 Caterpillar Corp 90Vz Chrysler Corp. 53 Continental Can 59 Crown Zellerbach 57 Curtiss Wright 27 Dow Chemical 75 Du Pont (xd) 204 Eastman Kodak 135 Firestone 118 General Electric 70Va General Foods 76Vfc General Motors 49 Georgia Pacific 47 Graham Paige 2 Greyhound 17 Gulf Oil 121 Homestake Mining 42 Idaho Power unquoted Kaiser Ind 13 Int'l Paper 116Vi Johns Manville 50 Kennecott Copper 102 Lockheed Aircraft 60 Katy Pfd 65 Montgomery-Ward 41 Natl Biscuit 51 New York Central 29 Pac Gas & Elec 62 Penney J C . 104 Pen R R .. 16 Radio Corporation 41 Richfield Oil 93 Safeway 36 Sears 37 Shell Oil 80 "Socony Mobil Oil 49 Southern Co 35 Southern Pacific 62 Standard California 60 Standard Indiana 47 Standard N J 59 Sun Mines 8 Texas Gulf Sulfur 23 Tex Pac Land Trust 16 Transamerica 30 Trans World Air 16 Tri-Continental . 39 Union Carbide ......... 120 Union Pacific 35 United Aircraft 65 UAL 29 U. S. Rubber (xd) 47 U S Steel 90 Youngstown S & T 113 Nickel was first isolated as an element only in 1751. CLUB Priority List of Historical Sites Ashland-A "priority" list of historical sites to be mark ed by bronze plaques for the Centennial year was adopted this week by the Ashland Cen tennial committee. Chairman Frank Pinnock said they were chosen from a tentative list of 31 such sites. Those chosen are the old Chautauqua building (now the Shakespearean theater), the old Ashland Academy (tvhere Briscoe school now stands) the site of the old Normal school at Siskiyou blvd. and Peachy rd., the old Ganiard opera house on the northeast corner of Pioneer rd. and East Main sts., and the first store build ing in Ashland (Hargadine's) beside the present city hall. Locations of many historic buildings which once stood in what is now Lithia park will be shown on a permanent map at the entrance to the park, Pinnock said. He said the Shakespearean Festival association will de vote a portion of its 1959 pro gram to the Centennial theme and that the associated Tudor Guild also will place emphasis on local history, with photos and models in its display booths. Gold Hill Woman Hurt in Accident - Elizabeth C. Hoffman, 62, of route 1, box 182, Gold Hill, was reported in fair condition in Sacred Heart hospital to day following a one-car acci dent last night at Gold Hill, hospital attendants reported. She is being treated for shock and bruises her physi cian said. The Hoffman car struck a telephone pole, knocking it down, m front of the Albert Sporting Goods in Gold Hill, state police said. Police esti mated the car was damaged beyond repair. Mrs. Hoffman, who was alone in her car at the time of the accident, told Gold Hill police that she was blinded by lighta of two oncoming cars. Klamath Falls Mayor Confined To Hospital Eugene -(UPD Mayor Law rence Slater of Klamath Falls became ill and was hospital ized here while attending the League of Oregon Cities con vention. Illness was diagnosed as a severe case of bronchitis. Hospital attendants said his condition was good and ex pected his release today or Thursday. Camp Adair Defense Facility Accepted Corvallis -(UPD- The Air Force today accepted from contractors buildings for the multi-million-dollar SAGE defense facility at Camp Adair, marking completion of the construction phase of the project. Fraternal Order of EAGLES ANNUAL STAG PARTY For Benefit of Christmas Baskets FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Members and Invited Guests fi even has the &im Eiffel S?& Tower leaning ... FOR A BETTER LOOK! CHARLES BOYER HENRI VIDAU Bids for Walker School Open Nov. 26 Ashland-JSids for construc tion of an addition to Walker school, Ashland, will be open ed at 2 pjn. Nov. 26 in the school administration build ing. Basic proposal calls for1 an addition of six classrooms and for installation of a partition in the office area of the exist ing building. Construction will be a single-story frame on slab with cedar siding. Unit ventilators will be in stalled with the existing sys tem, and light will be floures cent. Plans may be obtained from James L. Payne, Medford ar chitect, at 611V4 East Jackson st., Wayne E. Struble, resi dent architect. Plans also may be seen at the Cal-Ore Build ers Exchange, 40 South Fir st., Medford. Myrtle Creek Area Highway To Open Salem -(UPD- Six miles of four-lane interstate freeway between Myrtle Creek and Ford's bridge north of Can yonville will be opened on Thursday at 2 pjn., the State Highway department announ ced today. The Roseburg Chamber of Commerce and officials from several other cities in the area will conduct a program and ribbon cutting ceremon ies which will mark the com pletion of uninterrupted high standard highway from Eu gene to Grants Pass. The 140-mile route will have highways either to full freeway standards or improv ed two-lane highways with passing lanes. - The new section, including the Myrtle Creek bypass, was built at a cost of $4,572,000. San Francisco Xavier Uni versity at Sucre in Bolivia was established in 1624. ANDY'S BEST BUY! ANDY'S Your Friendly Credit Jeweler 15 NORTH CENTRAL TONITE & THURSDAY "CURTAIN AT 8:30" carat S(0(0j diamonds SIH Green Stamp I JX SIX) MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Ore., Wednesday, November 1 9, 1 958 11 Shelling of Quemoy Islands Drops Oft Taipeh -UPD- Communist shelling of the Quemoy is lands dropped off today to one of the lowest points since the bombardment started Aug. 12. Red shore guns sprinkled four of the 14 Quemoy is lands with only 78 shells up to noon, the Defense Minis CARY GRANT ' Tftey r'pPir 1 never i" k ?s f should y V! l:1 i j . h "m ORJ PHYLLIS CALVERT CECIL PARKER ANNOUNCING! 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