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Local and Building Permit A Med ford building permit was is sued Wednesday to Don Ed wards to erect a $12,000 office building at 1037 Court st. Vandalism Reported - Jack son county deputies are in vestigating vandalism to mail boxes and paper carriers - in Butte Falls. Deputies learned also that pellet guns were used on some of the street lights in Butte Falls Friday night. 8991h Patient - Glen S. Bailey, 813 South Peach st., ' Medford, was flown to Port land bv a Mercy Flights, Inc., plane Friday for treatment of a heart condition at the Vet erans Administration hospital He was the 899th patient flown by planes of the non profit air ambulance service. Creating Hazard- Two Medford boys. 9 and 13. were questioned by Medford police Thursday in connection witn creating a hazard to themselv ' es and to aircraft at Medford ' airport. They reportedly lay in the weeds at the south end of the runway and stood up as the aircraft approached. Burglary Reported - Sher iffs deputies are investigating a burglary which occurred on the old Beekman estate in Jacksonville some time after Dec. 27. Charles Remington, estate caretaker, told deputies Friday he didn't know what was taken as no list is avail able of the contents of the house. In Hospital - Greg Milnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Milnes. 15 North Groveland ave., Medford, is convalescing at Rogue Valley hospital from an appendectomy Friday. He expects to return to Willa mette university, Salem, next week, where he is a sopho more. The Milnes and Robert Voegtle families were in San Francisco for the holidays. Party Honors Sheriff Gault Employees in the county sheriffs offices held open .house Friday afternoon in honor of Sheriff -Howard , Gault, who leaves the. office Monday after 1316 years. He had served as a deputy since 1934. Deputies under Gault pre sented him with a .38 Smith and Wesson Combat Master piece revolver engraved with his name and office. . Gault was appointed sheriff following the death of Sheriff Syd I. Brown. He was elected three times to the office. Employees in the county " clerk's office honored out-going clerk, Mrs. Bereth Hop kins, earlier last week with an open house. They present ed her with a copper and pew ter serving tray. Mrs. Hopkins served - as clerk since her appointment in 1953 fallowing the death of County Clerk George Carter. She was elected to the office ' in November, 1954. The management of the HAM & EGGER CAFE 301 South Central Wishes to announce NEW HOURS starting January 2nd Open 4 AM. till 8 P.M. Daily Closed Sundays - We are looking forward to seeing all our old customers as well as new! Robert TAYLOK HOUSE of MYSTERY North of Gold Hill AT On Display -One of the West's Finest Collections of Gold Dust and Nuggets Winter Hours 9 to 5 Closed on Mondays Under Founder's Management Since 1930 Personal Battery Stolen - Thomas Ewing Austin, 1541 South Ivy st., told Medford police Thurs day of the theft New Year's eve of a $15 battery from his vehicle parked at that ad dress. Obituaries CHARLES H. WALKER Charles H. Walker, 70, of 539 Haven st., Medford, died in a local hospital Friday. He was born in Westporl, Calif., Oct. 6, 1888, and had lived in this area for the past 60 years. He was a retired carpenter for Medford Corpor ation, and a member of the Eagles lodge. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Ray Baker, Manson, Wash.; one son, George R. Walker, Lakewood, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Leon Haskins, Medford, and Mrs. Edward Olson, Medford; and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pjn. Monday at Perl Funeral home. The Rev. Bruce Weber will officiate. Interment will be Siskiyou Memorial park. LARY C. ARANT Lary Clifford Arant, who was born in Ashland on Nov. 15, 1918, and who lived most of his life in the Prospect area, died Thursday in the Veter ans' Administration hospital in Portland. Funeral services . will b e conducted at 2 p.m., Wednes day in Chapel Mortuary. Fur ther details and a complete obituary will b e published later. PRESTON PHIPPS Preston Phipps, 78, of 725 Crater Lake ave., died in a local hospital Friday night. Mr. Phipps is the son of the late Matthew P. and Alia R. Phipps who came to the valley in the early 1860's. LLOYD A. MEEKER Funeral services for Lloyd Alfred Meeker, 63, who died at his home, 1416 South Peach st., on Thursday, will be con ducted at 2 p.m. Monday in Chapel Mortuary. The Rev. J. M. McCraw, pastor of the First Southern Baptist church will officiate. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Casket bearers will be Wil- lard L. Dudley, Allen Nelson, Orville Bunn, W. R. France, R. W. Gray, and Bryan Mer cer. Honorary pall blearers will be Eugene Shannon, E. L. Homer, Dee Reid, Jake W. Covey, and W. I. Thompson. The body will lie in state at the mortuary through this afternoon and evening for the benefit of those wishing to pay their respects. Mr. Meeker, the son of Usual M. and Minnie Rice Meeker, was born in Rob Roy, Ind., on July 30, 1895. He was married in Silverton, Tex., on April 11, 1915, to Edith E. Smithee, who sur vives. Twelve years ago the family came from Los Angeles to Medford, where Mr. Meek er has been employed as a warehouse foreman with Bear Creek Orchards. Prior to that time and for 28 years he was an employee of the Pacific Electric railway, in Los An geles. He was a member of the Southern Baptist church, and the International Association of Machinists. Besides his wife he is sur vived by three sons, Alfred L. Meeker, San Gabriel, Cal.; Leland D. Meeker and Gene L. Meeker, both of Medford; two brothers, Clair L. Meeker, Victorville, Calif., and Gail O. Meeker, Los Angeles; and 11 grandchildren. mrnm 1 .fl i?t.i i- L ROBERTSON Open Throughout The Year $3i) m 1 p if TRAINMAN RETIRES - Henry J. Demmer, center, brakeman - conductor for Southern Pacific railroad, retired Wednesday after serving 41 years with the company. He is shown above, after coming in from his last run, being congratulated by SP Trainmaster George M. Joyce. Looking on is engineer Harley Troxel, who worked with Demmer in this area for many years. About 75 of Demmer's friends and co-workers attended Council Asks Bids On Eighth St. Work Continued from Page 1) . After authorizing the Eighth st. extension, the council call ed for bids to be opened at 11 a.m. Jan. 22 on an embank ment for the street between the proposed bridge over Bear creek and the Boy Scout building, 500 East Main st. Steps in the Eighth st. pro ject include, besides the em bankment, construction of the bridge and demolition and re moval of part of the Western Auto building on Riverside ave. Along with the embank ment from the bridge to the intersection with East Main st. are ramps to provide access to Hawthorne Park. Duff reported that the state highway department is pre paring plans for the bridge while the city's public works department investigates foun dation conditions. Demolition of the Western Auto building, he noted, is contingent upon the city's acquiring the prop erty on May 31. He said it is the opinion of the city engineering- depart ment that favorable condi tions now exist for getting a good price on the embank ment construction. Stewart Ave. The city-county agreement on Stewart ave. provides: 1. That the county during the next four fiscal years pro ceed with its program for im proving the thoroughfare, in cluding, but not limited to, covering the drainage ditch to the south between Crooked Creek bridge and Columbus ave. and widening the improv ed portion of the roadway; 2. That the city during the fiscal year 1959-60 spend a to tal of $27,500 from its arterial street funds for improve ments in conjunction with the county's work. The county court signed the agreement Tuesday. Medford's arterial street program calls for Stewart ave.'s becoming a four-lane roadway from the railroad tracks west to Holly st., and being widened to 44 feet of pavement from Holly to Co lumbus ave. Auto Wrecker In other business, the coun cil received a wrecking yard license application from De Vore's Auto Wreckers, 3120 North Pacific highway. Action was postponed until the Jan. 15 meeting, pending receipt of a policy recommendation on wrecking yards from the plan ning commission. The planners are scheduled to meet Jan. .12. ' Councilman Ed Hall, Ward I, asked for comparative maintenance reports for 1957 and 1958 on city police vehi cles. The council approved his motion, and postponed to the next meeting the award ing of contracts for new ve hicles. : Purchases recommended by Duff include four Studebakers and three Pontiacs. Five Ford station wagons and a Chevro let sedan are to be traded in. 'Cost Record Bad' "The city's cost record on police car repairs is bad," i Duff stated. "The Pontiacs j were recommended to ascer-l tain by experience if the bp- j erations and maintenance cost of a heavier car might be less. j Studebakers were selected to j determine the cost record of this economy car. "Our experience with auto matic transmissions this year has been particularly bad," Duff reported "so only three of the cars being recommend ed would be so equipped. This will give us comparative rec ords." The council awarded a con tract for new fire hose to Ron- ey's, Inc. on the recommenda tion of fire Chief Gordon Barker. ine council heard a com plaint from a Jim Silkwood that the city ordinance for en tertainment licensing was in equitable. Silkwood pointed out that the nightly fee for public dances was $5 but the rate for theatrical produc tions was S50. He said he planned to bring a show to Medford High school's auditorium Jan. 24. For Investigation , "I dont' know why there is the difference," Duff com mented. The council referred the matter to him for investi gation. He in turn is to report to the council executive com mittee. The council granted an easement to California Oregon Power company for power poles near Medford airport on the condition that if the right of way should be requir ed by the airport or if the poles come to constitute an aviation hazard, Copco is to remove them on 60 days' no tice at their own expense. In other improvement dis trict business, the councilmen approved plans and specifica tions for a sanitary sewer on Eureka circle. They postponed authorization for the Temple dr. sewer and a call for bids on it pending the public hear ing. Walsh io Be Guest Af Monday Lunch Jackson County Sheriff- elect Joseph Walsh will be honored at a luncheon at noon tomorrow at Pine's Garden's North Pacific high way, according to Hal Gar dener, chairman of the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce committee sponsoring the lun cheon. Walsh has been an active member of the Medford Jay- cees for several years, and last year served on the Jay- cee Christmas Lighting con test committee. He was in charge of judging. Alan B. Holmes will be toastmaster at the luncheon, which will include a short talk by Walsh. The public is invited. OUR HEARTFELT thank to all OUR HEARTFELT thanks to all who extended comforting sym pathy and help In our recent sorrow. For the beautiful ser vice, floral offerings, and other kindnesses, we are deeply grate ful. Glenn & Beulah Balderston and Boys. Before or After Church ... This Sunday Enjoy - (Served Anytime) at the Hotel Medford Dining Room CHILDREN ALWAYS WELCOME ' 3 l! A Rl llftTCI riCnCflDn 5:30 p.m. till 12:00 Weekdays llUICb MCUrUnU Sundays 2 p.m. till 10 p.m. a party for him at the SP passenger and freight office Wednesday afternoon. Dem mer was born and raised in Jacksonville, where he and his wife now make their home. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Demmer, who came to this area in 1891. Now that he is on pension, Demmer said, he will find time to do more fishing and gard ening and will help work the gold mine in which he has an interest. De Gaulle Relies On Bank Credits Of U.S., Europe Paris - (UPD - Premier Charles de Gaulle relied yes terday on U.S. and European bank credits totaling 450 mil lion dollars to carry through his drastic economic reform program. The Finance Ministry an nounced Friday night that the Chase Manhattan Bank and the First National City Bank of New York had placed 200 million dollars at the dispos al of the de Gaulle govern ment. This, with about 250 mil lion dollars put up by Eu ropean banks and another 500 million dollars in the French treasury, was expected to cushion the French franc dur ing the current critical peri od following last Saturday's devaluation. The Finance Ministry an nouncement said the U.S. banks would place the money at the disposal of the French government during the next two years. The government would draw on the account only if necessary, it said. Small Business Loans Announced Washington -(UPD- The fed eral small business adminis tration advised Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) Friday of the following loans approv ed for Oregon firms: Rest Harbor Sanitarium, Gresham, $20,000; Sweet Home Veneer Inc., Sweet Home, $160,000; Oregon Tur key Growers of Salem, $36, 000; Ven Flavor Electric Co., Hillsboro, $12,000; Bethel Planing Co. of Eugene, $20, 000, and S&S Equipment Co., Aloha, $8,000. Cub Scouts Take Mail Tribune Tour Members of Pack 5, Den .7, -Cub Scouts of Jefferson school, visited the Mail Trib une plant Friday afternoon. Those taking the tour in cluded Steven Patterson, Tex as Martin, Corey Jensen, Jef frey Jefferson, Tom Bradley, Gene Taylor, Kathy Taylor and Nancl Taylor, accompa nied by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Taylor, Den Mother and Fath er. BERGESON To Mr. andj Mrs. Edward, Butte Falls, Jan. ; 2, 1959, boy, 8!'2 lbs., at Sa-j cred Heart hospital. i vZVPt il'-s 1 lll.li. KIIIIM CHARCOAL STEAKS An especially good place to eat if dieting! Masses in Red China Told Another leap Year' Ahead Tokyo-(UPD - Red China's masses, exhausted by the frenzied pace of 1958's "great leap forward," now are being told that the new year must bring an even greater leap. Chinese propaganda broad cast and periodicals leave no doubt that another year of back-breaking labor is in store for the mainland's 650 million persons. "Our achievements have been great," said Red China's number two man, Communist party vice-chairman Liu Shao chi, "but we should be no means be complacent. The tasks ahead of us are still arduous and grave." The official Peiping's Peo ple's Daily, which lays down the party line, made the same point. "Let us continue in our endeavors," the newspaper said, "and fight for a still big ger leap forward in 1959." Communist officials and Two Boys Admit Playing With Fire Los Angeles - (UPD - Two young boys admitted to city fire officials Friday that their experiments with a pack of matches touched off a major brush fire that threatened several exclusive homes near Beverly Hills. ' The youths, aged 6 and 8 years, said they were playing with the matches when the tinder-dry brush ignited in the Benedict Canyon-Beverly Glen area. Investigators said their names were withheld because of age. The fire was one of two that broke out New Year's Eve. Whipped by winds of up to 50 miles an hour, the flames edged toward the homes of such celebrities as Elizabeth Taylor, Marion Davies and Doris Duke. One home valued at $150,000, was destroyed in the holocaust which charred 650 acres. U.S. Tells Reds To Stop Attacks Washington -(UPD The Unit ed States has demanded anew that Russia stop attacking American military planes over international waters. The State Department yes terday released the text of a note delivered in Moscow Fri day which said the U.S., ex pects Russia to "take measur es without delay to stop this interference with American aircraft over the high seas." The note added that American aircraft commanders would be under instruction "to take any defensive . action which they consider necessary and appropriate" in event of fur ther attacks. Sofa Fire Spreads Through Hanson Home A fire started in a sofa Sat urday afternoon and spread to floor and walls at the home of Obert C. Hanson, 730 Oak st., Medford firemen reported. Walls were burned and paint blistered throughout the top half of the house, the fire men noted. No cause was giv en for the fire. More than 51,500 persons have obtained international driving permits this year. A TRIBUTE TO OUR SALVATION ARMY! If you think that the spirit of God pervades only handsome churches, consider the simple religi ous services of those men nd women who wor ship on street corners. Theirs is no faith of class, creed or color. All the world is their con gregation . . . and what wonderful work they are doing! The derelicts, the homeless, the heartsick and hungry. These are parishioners of The Salvation Army. No one is turned away. No one is beyond redemption. If you believe in man's humanity to man and 'want to exemplify' it, be generous with your change when a Lass r Laddie in blue passes the tambourine! Medford 101 North Central, Corner Open today 10 Week days: 8:30 We Salute newspapers are echoing this line with monotonous fre quency. In one breath, the masses are applauded for their performance in 1958. In the next, they are exhorted to do even better this year. Long Way To Go "Comrades," said the Peo ple's Daily, typically, "you have worked hard. But we have no reason for . com placency . .': . we still have a long way to go . ; . our country has not yet basically got out of the situation of being poor and culturally a blank. There are still very great and difficult construc tion tasks before us." Some of these tasks are truly staggering. The Reds claim they more than doubled steel production in 1958, for example, yet this year they're asking the people to realize an even greater absolute in crease. Steel output, according to Peiping, shout up 5.65 million tons in 1958. It's supposed to go up another 7 million tons in 1959 to reach a total of 18 million tons. Tough Target Food crops, which the Reds claim rose a fantastic 190 million tons to 375 million in 1958, are supposed to rise another 145 million tons this year. For a sketchy idea of what China's workers are being asked to accomplish, compare the tragets set by the Com munists in 1956 for 1962, with the revised targets adopted last month in Wuhan for the end of 1959: The traget for steel orig inally was approximately 11 million tons by the end of 1962. Now the party wants 18 million tons by the end of 1959. The target for coal was ANDY'S BEST BUY! DIAMOND ONYX RINGS Jet onyx, with glittering diamond; for him or her. Priced from $1050 JL If S&H Green Stamp ANDY'S Your Friendly Credit Jeweler 15 NORTH CENTRAL NOW PLAYING Continuous From 1:00 II Pharmacy 6th Ph. SP 2-6253 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Our Town! j 200 million tons. Now its 380 million tons. That's nearly THEATRE INFORMATION SERVICE CALL SPring 3-7323 FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATRES STARTS TODAY! Continuous From 1:00 p.m. SWEEPING SllGAJF THE AFRICA MEN... COLOR by Da Lux ERROL FLYNN .JULIETTE GRECO TREVOR HOWARD EDDIE ALBERT ORSON WELLES CO-FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHED PARTIALLY IN MEDFORD RACING DOWN HEWS HIGHWAY WITH $10,000, IN STOLEN GOLD! 0 I .-Jim ";. . 1 WW j I A KEGAlSCOPt PICTUBI HELD OVER A FEW MORE DAYS! Continuous Today From 1:00 p.m. This is One of the Finest Pictures ' You'll Ever. See! PLEASE DON'T MISS IT! OVERWHELMING DRAMA of POWER and FAITH! INGRID , OF THE IS HAP OnemaScopE ' Sunday, January 4, 1959 IS MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. double the original goal, and three years ahead of time, to boot. The target for food crops was 250 million tons. Now it's 520 million, more than twice the 1956 goal. S-ISl ' -os strange fcSr& iUilsi Series explode in a savage and- CinemaScopE GENE RAYMOND JEANNE COOPER WAYNE MORRIS am cBmimn mens CURT BERGMAN JURGENS INN SBXTH FMESS ROBERT DO NAT M CfMUffMOI MClMt
