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s f f Medical Patient - Dorothy tee Brown, 15 - months - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .Forbes Brown, 1462 College I Way, Ashland, is a medical patient in Rogue Valley hos ' pital today. mm TONITE! THE HOTKERS Rl0 IICHARO CONTE OtANNC FOSTER 1 J f - A v Mo "narrow-gauge" car corners as surely as V J J The wheels ore moved out. 5 inches , The for the Road-test the Try your touch in this new Pontiac and discover the big difference in cars today! Try this brilliant beauty around a few city corners and country curves. See for yourself how Pontiac's Wide Track Wheels grip the road more firmly, corner so surely and safely, take the lean and sway out of the sharpest curves. You'll discover the easiest handling, most beautiful readability you've ever known in the new Wide-Track Pontiac! Pontiac! America's Number (?) Road Car DRIVE IT AND YOU'LL BUY IT! sds your local authorized pontiac dealer DEAN & TAYLOR PONTIAC CO., 6th and Grape Where's the handiest place to look for data on almost any subject? ONE OF SERIE A s Local and Medical Patient - Rena Peacher, box 435, Gold Hill, was a medical patient Tues day in Medford Osteopathic hospital. Vehicles Collide - Vehicles operated by Rodger Stephen Smith, Oregon City, and Ralph Leslie Brew, 415 Ex perimental Station rd., Med ford, collided Sunday after noon on South Central ave. at Eighth st., Medford police reported. Stolen, Recovered John Anthony Strobel, 914 Mt. Pitt ave., told Medford police of tfie theft of an intercom box valued at $35 Sunday morning from his vehicle in an alley between Bartlett and. Apple sts. He said he recovered the box nearby, undamaged, later in the morning. wheels ore moved out 5 inches widest, steadiest stance in America. only car with Wide ANSWER: THE DAILY NEWSPAPER. It is a current and living historian. It records today what will be to morrow's history. The files of the daily newspaper are the most accurate and the richest source for the records of the events of any day, any year, as far back as news paper files are kept. The contents of the newspaper are no fleeting thing that appear on the air and then are lost forever. And it is this permanence that makes the daily newspaper the favorite of readers and advertisers. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Personal Shoot Hole - Brooksie Paris Johnson, 765 South Holly St., told Medford police that boys had shot a hole in a window of her residence with a BB gun last Saturday afternoon. Attends Funeral - Maxine Reinschmidt, Medford, return ed home from a trip to Gib bon, Neb., recently where she attended the funeral for her father, Clyde Morgan. Mr. Morgan died Christmas day and was buried in the Rose dale cemetery in Gibbon. Surgical Patients Edith E. Ross, Paramount, Calif., was a minor surgery patient in Medford Osteopathic hospital Tuesday. Mrs. Harvey Bell, 955 South Ivy st., Medford, was a minor surgery patient today in Medford Osteopathic hospital. PONTIAC! -Track Wheels r?x ONLY l'a CENTS PER MILE! In a NASCAR supervised coast-to-eoast ran a standard Hydra-Matie Pontiac powered by the new Tempest 420E V-8, averaged more than 40 m.p.h. for only 1.465 cents per mile on regular gas! Patient - Mrs. Bernle O'Grady, 2883 Georgia St., Medford, is convalescing at Rogue Valley hospital follow ing surgery Monday. Skilsaw Stolen - William Perry French, 1006 Court St., told Medford police last Fri day of the theft of a Ram Skilsaw valued at $75 from that address New Year's Eve. Hubcaps Slolen-Robert Lee Britches, 315 Apple st., told Medford police of the theft of two Fiesta hubcaps valued at $15 from .his vehicle at that address last Saturday night. Skirt Stolen - Fred Inman Taylor, 1060 Barnett rd., told Medford police last week end of the theft New Year's Eve of a fender skirt valued at $15 from his vehicle. Permit Issued - The Med ford building department issued a permit Monday to Leo Sant for erection of a $104,000 motel at 518 North Riverside ave. Obscen Calls - Barbara Jean Gray, 400 North Barne burg rd., told Medford police that she received three ob scene phone calls from an un known male Monday. Window Broken - Elmer Jean Cooper, 29 Newtown st., informed Medford police that a window on the right side of his vehicle parked at that ad dress was broken Saturday night. Cars Collide - Vehicles op erated by Phyllis Lorraine Smith, 836 North Riverside ave., and Robert George Mit chell, Grants Pass, collided Monday afternoon at Fourth st. and Central ave., accord ing to Medford police. Knives Stolen - Richard Gene Perry, 344 North Cen tral ave., informed Medford police Monday that three butcher knives valued at $6 had beeri" stolen from the glove box of his truck parked at that'address. Top Cut - Sylvia Lou Win chell, 1202 East Main st., told Medford police of two eight inch holes being cut in the nylon roof of her automobile at that address Sunday or Monday. She said it would cost $150 to replace the top. . Paiient-Mrs. George (lona) Scott, 125 Elk St., Medford, is confined to Rogue Valley hospital following a heart at tack at her residence Tuesday morning. Visitors are not al lowed at the present, it was reported. ' ' X-Ray Clinie-The Chest X. Ray Clinic at the Sacred Heart hospital will be open Thurs day, Jan. 8, from 2 to 5 p.m., according to the Jackson County Tuberculosis and Health association which spon sors the clinic. Building Permit - The Med ford building department is sued a permit last Friday to Fred Robinson for remodeling a building at 33 South Front st. for use as a mission rescue center. The remodeling is valued at $8,000. Auto Collision - Medford police reported that a vehicle driven by Donald Wayne Bowling, 916 Kenyon st., struck a parked vehicle reg istered to Roy O. Schroeder and Leona Ricke, 524 South Grape st., early Sunday at the Grape st. address. Bitten by Dogs - Henry Allen Dahlke, 17, of 411 Haven st., reported to Med ford police he was bitten by two dogs Sunday afternoon at 1380 Springbrook rd. as he was about to pay a call at that address. He said he was bitten in the left ankle and right thigh. Truck Hits Car - A truck operated by William August Singler, 124 Vernada pi., struck a parked vehicle reg istered to William T. and Ros ella M. Mclntyre, 1511 Crown ave., Monday on East Jack son st. between Central ave. and Bartlett st., according to Medford police. Meeting Set.- Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold its regular business meeting at 8 p.m., Thursday in its hall at 219 West Mam st., a lodge spokesman said. A full initia tion is planned. Also, a special election on by-laws will be held. No meeting were held for the last two weeks because of the Christmas and New Years holidays a lodge spokes man said. Make Tour - Cub Scouts of Den 5, Pack 41, toured Snid er's Dairy in Medford recent ly. Those making the tour were J- D. Bryan, Jimmy Steinbach, Marc Prentice, Joe Killingsworth, Kenneth Boett cher, Charles Sanders, Carl Oswald, Rick Pyle, Benny Smith. Acting as chaperones were Mrs. Donald Bryan, den mother, Mrs. Mel Steinbach, assistant den mother, Donald Bryan, den dad, John Moir, den chief and Joe Killings- worth, cubmaster. Flue Tire - Central Point rural firemen were sum moned when a flue fire oc curred about 10:30 a.m. today at the home of Emil Traut man on Old Stage rd. Driver Cited-Cecil Hudson Bishop 340 Charlotte Ann rd., was cited for failure to stop for a red light last Friday eve ning after his vehicle struck one operated by Norman Edgar Kincheloe, 625 Pine st., at the intersection of Front and Main sts., Medford police reported. Michael Hanley Services Set Funeral services for Mi chael Finly Hanley, 61, who died Jan. 5 in Boise, Idaho, will be held Thursday, Jan. 8, st 2 p.m. in the Jordan Valley, Ore., Methodist church. The Rev. Howard Nye of Caldwell, Idaho, will officiate. Mr. Hanley, prominent rancher and a member of the pioneer Hanley family of Jackson county, moved to Malheur county in the early 1940s. , Burial will be in the Jordan Valley cemetery with the Caldwell Elks lodge in charge of graveside services. Contri butions may be made to the cancer fund in lieu of flowers, Obituaries DENIE LEE GUTHRIE Mrs. Denie Lee Guthrie, 73, of 829 West 11th St., Medford, died in her home Tuesday. Mrs. Guthrie was born on May 7, 1884 in Buffalo Gap, Tex. She was married to Fe lix Guthrie in El Paso, Tex., oh April 29, 1915. Survivors besides her hus band are two daughters, Mrs. Leonard Ward, Talent, Mrs. J. L. Stenhouse, Frankfort, Germany; three brothers, W. R. Covey, Eagle Point, Jake W. Covey, Medford, and Os car Covey, North Hollywood, Calif.; two grandsons, Don Stenhouse, Frankfort, Ger many, and John Holmes .of Manhattan Beach, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews. Services are scheduled for 1:30 pan., Friday in the Conger-Morris funeral home. The Rev. Perry Johnson of the First Baptist church, Phoenix, will officiate. Burial will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. MYRA HENRY Gold Hill-A former Jack sonville resident, Mrs. Myra Henry, died suddenly while visiting relatives in Portland, according to word received by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Jack Bonney, Lampman rd., Gold Hill. Mrs. Bonney said the funeral was held in Portland, Monday, Dec. 29. The deceased and her hus band George Henry, who sur vives her, had resided at Em pire, Ore., prior to her death. Both were well known in southern Oregon. He taught school for a number of years at different schools in the val ley. Mrs. Henry is the former Myra Gallop. Portland Livestock Portland (UPI) Cattle 400; fed steers steady- cowi strong to 50c higher; truck lot average choice 1,101 lb. steers 28.75; one lot, 1,256 lb. 28.50; short load high good-low choice, 1,138 lb. 28.25; few unsold; few utility Holstein steers 21-23.50; utility cows 18.50-20.50; canner-cut-ter 16-18, light carmen down to 15; utility bulls 24-25. Calves 75; active: vealers strong to 1.00 higher; good-choice 29-35; standard 24-23 . Hogs 500; steady to 25c higher than Monday; 1 and 2 butchers 180 35 lb. 20.50-2C.75; 2 and 3 grades 19-20.25; 240-285 lb. 17.50-18.50; sows 350-500 lb. 14-17, lighter to 17.50. Sheep 400; not fully established; choice lambs Monday 19.50-20; good 18.50-19; cull-good ewes 4-9. Portland Produce Portland (UPI) Eggs To re tailers: Grade AA large, 46-47c doz.; A large, 44-45c; AA medium, 27-42c; A medium, 37-41c; AA smalls, 31-35c; carton l-3c addition al. Butter To retailers: A A and grade A prints, 67-68C lb.; carton lc higher; B prints, 65-66C. Cheese medium cured To retail ers: A grade Cheddar single daisies, 39-51c; processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf 40-43c. Farm Market Wholesale lettuce listings were around 3-3.25 a carton for best heads with a few sales of ordinary quality cartons within a 2.60-2.75 range; medium western Oregon yellow onions went to retailers at 3-3.25 a 50-lb. bag with some ord inary quality bulbs lower. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to grow ers at Portland, Salem and south to Eugene, f.o.b. ranch, No. 1 quality fryers, 27i-4 lbs., 15-16c; light hens, 9-10c; heavy hens 5 lbs. up 15c lb.; old roosters. 7-8c lb. Dressed Chickens No.- 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 30-33C lb.; cut up, 35c-38c; hens, light types, cut up, 34-36c; heavy, type whole drawn, 39-4 lc. Dressed Turkeys A grade young nens, 30-3 lc lb. to producers on eviscerated basis; A grade young toms, 35-26c lb., eviscerated fresh frozen young hens to retailers, mostly 38-39c lb.; A grade toms, 37 38c; unfrozen A grade hens, 42-43c lb.; unfrozen A toms, 37-39c lb. Rabbits (average to growers, fo.b. Portland 20-23c: colored pelts, 5c under. Fresh killed fryers to retail ers, 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, $31-33 ton with top quality to S35. Wholesale Prices as reported by the USDA market news service: wheat No. 1 soft white. S66 ton; No. 2 milo. eastern shipment, f.o.b. Portland, $51; No. 2 white oats, 38 lbs. west coast delivery, $52-54; No. 2 western barley, coast deliv ery, $51.50 ton; soybean meal, bulk, eastern shipment, $91 ton f.o.b. Portland; standard mill run. bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. 'coast $41-42; No. 2 corn, eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland, $55-55.60. Mrs. Nye To Leave For Salem Friday Mrs. Eve Nye, state representative-elect, will leave Fri day for the new session of the state legislature in Salem, she said. First day of session is on Monday. However, legislators will meet with Dr. John F. Fly, director of Princeton Surveys, Saturday, to hear his report and recommendations on state taxation. ' While in Salem Mrs. Nye will live at 960 Union st. Her secretary will be Mrs. Mar vin Helland, Salem. Polio Program Slated for TV Polio will be discussed on the Jackson County Tubercu losis and Health association television program at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, it was re ported. Participating in the discus sion will be Dr. William Sam mons, Ashland physician and surgeon and Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson county public health officer. Jerry Gastineau, chairman of the local chapter of the National Polio Foundation, will appear also as a panel member to explain the aims of the foundation's new pro gram. Patient aid to polio vic tims will continue, according to Gastineau. Research, mean while, will intensify investiga tions of virus diseases and central nervous system dis orders, including polio, he said. It will explore the causes and seek means of preventing arthritis and birth defects, Gastineau said. Many questions concerning paralytic polio will be an swered by doctors and moth ers of young children are asked to view the program, an association spokesman said. PTA Meeting Set For Gold Hill Gold Hill The regular meeting of the Gold Hill Parent-Teacher association sched uled for this Thursday, Jan. 8, has been postponed because the speaker was not available at this time, according to H. D. Force. The meeting date has been changed to Thursday, Janu ary 15, at 7:30 pjn. Births COTTON - To Mt. and Mrs. Allan J., 3748 Hillsinger rd., Medford, Jan. 7, 1959, boy, 9 lbs., at Rogue Valley hospital. WEST - To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, box 27, Happy Camp, Calif., Jan. 7, 1959, girl, 7 lbs., at Ashland General hos pital. COWARD - To Mr. and Mrs. James, route 1, box 87B, Gold Hill, Jan. 6, 1959,-girl, 734 lbs., at Sacred Heart hos pital. DIMICK - To Mr. and Mrs. Paul, 1335 Beekman st., Med ford, Jan. 6, 1959, girl, 7V lbs., at Sacred Heart hospital. Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloudy, windy and mild with rain in val leys and snow in mountains to night. Showers and cooler Thurs day. Low tonight 42. High Thurs day 45. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy with occasional snow tonight and Thursday. Showers locally heavy this evening. Little temperature change. Low tonight 32-42. High Thursday 40-50. Northern California: Heavy rain wtih strong winds over much of area north of Monterey and Stock ton tonight and Thursday. Heavy snow with strong winds in high mountains. Gale warning on coast. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 37; normal. Record high this date 61 in 1923. Record low this date 6 in 1937. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, none. Midnight to 10 a.m. none. Total this months, trace; A3 in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1 4.84 in.; 4.00 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 88, highest this a.m. 100. High" 4-T6 City Yester- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. Brookings 51 48 .42 Crater Lake 28 24 .04 Grants Pass . 45 37 .02 Klamath Falls ' 42 32 MEDFORD 42 32 Portland 34 31 T Seattle 42 37 .26 SDOkane 36 27 Yakima 24 6 T Eureka . 57 51 T Red Bluff "54 46 .23 Sacramento 59 46 .04 San Francisco 59 51 .11 Los Angeles 61 52 Phoenix 61 46 .23 Denver : 56 j 26 Chicago 24 21 Miami Beach 69 67 New York 22 16 Washington, D.C. .. 28 22 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Jan. 12): Western Oregon-Western Wash ington Temperatures averaging about normal or a little above. Normal highs 40-45, lows 30-38. Precipitation heavier than normal from intermittent rain throughout period. Northern California Recurring rain. Snow in mountains. Tempera turees near normal. Sec The Color Movie "Life Of Little Tyke" World's Only Vegetarian Lion Wed., Jan. 7 7:30 p.m. Rogue River Academy South Stage Road Adults 50c Children 25e Stocks Suffer 1st Decline m New York-aTD-Stocks suf fered their first decline since Dec. 23 today. A - few top-ranking issues registered wide losses running to more than 5 points at the lows to pull down the in dustrial average. One stand out, American Telephone, rose 5 points to a new high since 1930 at 236 and held more than half the rise. Rails and utilities register ed moderate losses. A long list of special issues showed gains running to more than 3 points. The prolonged, seven-session rise that preceded today's decline added nearly 25 points to the industrial average which closed Tuesday at a record high and carried values to all listed issues up by 111 billion dollars. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical . ... 93 Alum Cp Am 86 '4 American Can 50 Vs American Mtrs 33 AT&T 23354 Anaconda Copper 61V Armco Steel 65 Spiritual Need Emphasized Here Today's imperative need is spiritual enlightenment, Miss Florence Middaugh of Los Angeles said Tuesday evening in a public lecture in the First Church of Christ(, Scientist. Speaking on "Christian Sci ence: Its Promise and Fulfill ment" Miss Middaugh said the demand of the times is cease less prayer and a constant awareness of God's presence. There is no problem facing mankind today that cannot be solved, the speaker said. Right solutions to problems of every kind are found, Miss Middaugh said, by gaining a spiritual understanding o f God, not by reliance upon materialism. The lecturer emphasized the motive of true education is to make one know the truth by living it. Turning to world af fairs she pointed out how the individual can help to solve the grave problems confront ing mankind. She told her audience to face workaday problems with affirmative, joyous productive thinking. Investment Funds Noon Quotations on selected funds supplied by the Medford Branch of Foster & Marshall, mem bers New York Stock Exchange. Noon quotations on selected funds supplied by the Medford Branch of Foster & Marshall, mem bers New York Stock Exchange. Fund Bid Asked Bullock 13.39 14.68 Chem Fund - 19.66 21.25 Eaton Howard Stk 23.32 24.94 Tidelity 15.52 16.78 Gas Ind - 14.44 15.77 Group Sec - Avia .... 11.00 12.05 Group Sec-Corn Stk 13.11 14.35 Group Sec - Elec 9.52 10.43 Group Sec - Pctr 11.72 12.83 Group Sec - Steel .... 10.08 11.04 Group Sec - Tobac .. 7.57 8.30 Keystone B-3 16.13 17.59 Keystone B-4 10.18 11.11 Keystone K-l 9.37 10.23 Keystone K-2 13.33 14.55 Keystone S-l 18.80 20.51 Keystone S-2 12.22 13.34 Kevstone S-3 14.00 15.28 Mass Inv Tr . 13.27 14.35 TV Elec 13.90 ' 15.15 Value Line Inc 5.72 6.25 Wellington 13.82 15.07 Over-fhe-Counter Western Stocks The following bid and asked prices on selected Western securi ties, provided by the Medford branch office of Pacific Northwest Company are unofficial and do not represent actual transactions but are-, intended as a guide to the approximate price range. The following bid and asked prices on selected Western secur ities, provided by the Medford Branch of Pacific Northwest com pany, are unofficial and do not rep resent actual transactions, but are intended as a guide to the approxi mate price range. Common Stocks Bid Asked Bank of America 44 'i 46?8 Calif. -Pacific Utilities 33 35 Cascades Plywood 28 i 3ng Cons. Freightways 203,, 22 U Copco 35;8 38 First National Bank 57 60 '2 Northwest Nat. Gas 17'i 1834 Pacific Pwr. & Lt. . 40 Permanente Cem. Co. 26 2734 Portland Gen. Elec. .. 28 i 29 T8 U.S. National Bank 78 83 i United Utilities 31 32 2 West Coast Tel 24 'i 2578 Weyerhaeuser 472 504 ANDY' BEST BUY! DIAMOND ONYX RINGS. Jet onyx, with glittering diamond; for him or her. Priced from Your Friendly Credit Jeweler 15 NORTH CENTRAL vm I ' ts i . 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