Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 08, 1959, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextLocal and Personal Thft-Elwood Anderson, 16 Quince St., Medford, reported to city police Tuesday after noon the theft of a 6V4 inch -skilsaw from Copeland Lum ber company during the night. It was valued at $30. Lost-Darlene Rae Fields, 1850 Myers lane, reported to city police Tuesday afternoon the loss of a pink school note book and three textbooks in front of the Greyhound bus depot. The textbooks were en titled "American Story," -Building Better English," and a mathematics text. TONITE! juxiqo SsJf :noTiinns IICMAtO CONTf DMNNC POSTW ANDY'S DEST BUY! 88 17-jewel water & heck resistant Reg. $49.95 S4H Green Stamp AHDV'S. Tour Friendly Credit Jeweler 15 North Central -.. Flue Fixe - City firemen were called to a flue fire about 9:30 ajn. today at the home of Jess D. Hight, 2810 Table Rock rd. Medical- Joan Orr, 21-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira V. Orr, 86 Re nault ave., Medford, is a medical patient at Rogue Val ley hospital. - Patients-Two persons were reported convalescing at the Rogue Valley hospital follow ing surgery earlier this week. They are John Heath, 625 Park place, apartment 5, and Mrs. Lawrence Briggs, 845 West Second St., both of Medford. ' Attending Market - Donna Doyle, buyer for the ladies' ready - to wear - department in Mann's department store, Medford, flew to Los Angeles, Calif. Wednesday to attend the spring fashion market there, a store spokesman said. . Orders Issued - City Fire Marshal Truman Nelson is sued 11 orders for correction of hazards yesterday after in specting four mercantile oc cupancies, a public garage and a building of public as sembly. . Permits-Two building per mits, totaling $9,000 were is sued Tuesday by the city building department. They were issued by F. E. Beverly, 642 Crater Lake ave., for $7, 000 to construct a residence, and MarkGoldy, $2,000, to construct a stairway at 18 North Front st. .... Windows Hit-Jack Donald Cannon, 1301 Dakota ave., re ported to city police Tuesday morning that 22 holes had been shot in windows at the First Church of Christ, Scien tist, at 100 Windsor ave., dur ing the night. The holes were made by BB shot, it was re ported. . . Sills Ignite-Firemen sum moned on a house fire alarm to the home of Franklin Bev- erly, 634 Crater Lake ave., about 9:20 pjn. yesterday found that a flue fire head heated the brick to the point that floor sills against the bot tom of the chimney had ignit ed. They said it was neces sary to cut away the lower part of the wall to remove burning material. To Meei-Roxy Ann Gem and Mineral club will meet Friday, Jan. 9 at 7:30 pjn., at Girls Community club. . Birth -A daughter, Debra Ann, weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces was born on Dec. 31 to Mr. and Mrs. Allen Smith, Brookings, Ore. She was also the last baby born in 1958 in Josephine county. Grandpar ents are Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, 3455 Jacksonville high way, and Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Bowlin, Harbor, Ore. Obituaries HARRY T. WOOLSEY Harry -T. Woolsey, 105 Ash St., Phoenix, died at his home this morning. Funeral arrangements will be announ ced by Conger-Morris Funer al directors, Medford. JOHN HOUCK JR. John Houck Jr.,son of the Rev. and Mrs. John F. Houck, of Dale City, Calif., died Jan. 4 from injuries received in an automobile accident near San Francisco Jan. 3, accord ing to local relatives. The Rev. Mr. Houck was former pastor of the Ashland Assembly of God church and Mrs. Houck is the former Lucy Weeks of Trail. Other survivors include several aunts and uncles in the val ley. Mr. Houck was stationed in Germany with the U. S. Army paratroopers until his dis charge recently. Holland Hotel kfc Wooden Shoe - 2kv DINING-MUSIC-DANCING The Finest Cuisine from Our Grill er NEW CHARCOAL BROILER LUNCHES 10 i.m. to 5 p.m. DINNERS 5 p.m. te Midnight EDDIE SMITH TRIO Live Music tV Records ar All Stereophonic Sound Attorney Says Plan Reactionary Portland -UPD- An attorney for a private power company Wednesday called proposals for a federal power corpora tion for the Columbia river basin as a "reactionary in concept," and favored a super-agency that is not needed in the Pacific Northwest. High Smith, attorney for Pacific Power and Light com pany, spoke to the League of Women Voters here in oppo sition to a U.S. Senate bill on which committee hearings were held last month. Smith said the bill "is bas ed on a philosophy that looks back to the time and situa tion of the middle 1930's in stead of toward the realities of the 1960's, which are upon us." ; The league last month also heard ben. Kichard L.. JNeu berger (D-Ore.), speak in fav or of the bill, which he is sponsoring in Congress. Servicemen RETURNS TO DUTY ' Pvt. Loren Leach, 1228 Cor ona 1 ave., Medford, has re turned to Fort Gordon, Ga., after spending. a 15-day leave with his parents in Medford recently. Private Leach enlisted m the Army in September and received his basic training at Fort Ord, Calif. He is study ing radio relay and carrier at the Fort Gordon signal corps school. Stocks Regain Half Of Recent Decline New York -UPD- Stocks re gained half of Wednesday's sharp decline. Metals, selected chemicals, motors, oils and special "is sues featured the recovery. Automobile issues respond ed to reports of sharply high er auto sales. Their , gains ranged to more than a point in American Motors and Ford. Steel issues moved higher and metals ruled strong de spite a decline in the London metal market. Gains in the group ranged to more than 2 points tn Cerro de Pasco. Today's prices on selected stocks: Allied Chemical .. 93' Alum Co Am 87 American Can .:. 50 American Mtrs 4014 AT&T ...238H Anaconda Copper 63V Armco Steel 66Va Bendix Avn' 68V'2 Bethlehem Steel 51 V Boeing Air 45 Caterpillar Corp 89 Chrysler Corp 53 Continental Can 573 Crown Zellerbach S9Vb Curtiss Wright .... 28V& Dow Chemical 75 Vs Du Pont 212 Ashland Pool Cover Construction Begun Ashland New end walls for a plastic bubble, which will replace the one which collapsed at Twin Plunges swimming pool here over the week end, are being installed, according to Leslie Dobson, manager of the pool. The new plastic covering is expected to arrive by the end of the month and is re ported to be much stronger than the one which was in stalled last month. Dobson said that the new covering will have a nylon thread run ning through the plastic every one-quarter inch. The old bubble collapsed during a1 windstorm. No one was in the pool at the time sjnee Dobson had closed the area earlier in the evening. The covering is being replaced by the manufacturer. State to Appeal Case Against Copco Salem-flJPD-The State; For estry Board will appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court a case against the California- Oregon Power company for fire damage of approximately $40,000 on Sykes creek in Jackson county. Previously Circuit Court Judge Orval J, Millard held against the state, ruling that the power company's ease ment through forest lands did not constitute ownership or control of the land. The state alleges the power company had righted a fallen tree to clear some land and that the tree later blew over a power line starting the fire Eastman Kodak 149U Firestone 129V General EJectric 77 General Foods 75 Vs General Motors 4934 Georgia Pacific ... 57 V Graham Paige 234 Greyhound 18 Gulf Oil 125V4 Homestake Mining 443,4 Idaho Power 50V2 Int Paper 119 Va Johns Man 5334 Kaiser Ind 13Vs Kennecott Copper 993,s Lockheed Aircraft 63 Katy New 7 Montana Power Co 673A Montgomery Ward 42 Vs Nat'l Biscuit 50 New York Central ...... 29 Vi Pae G St El : 65V2 Penney, J. C 104 Radio Corporation 47Vs Richfield Oil 98 Safeway . .... 40 Sears .... 395s Shell Oil 83 Socony Mobil Oil 49 Vi Southern Co 363s Southern Pacific 64 Vs Standard California 60 Standard Indiana ..... 4834 Standard N. J 565s Sun Mines ' 734 Texas Gulf Sulphur 22 Tex Pac Land Trust ...... 1534 Transamerica 31V2 Trans World Air 17 Tri - Continental . 40 Union Carbide 12434 Union Pacific : 36 United Aircraft . 60 UAL J.. 32V4 U S Rubber . ... 4734 U S Steel 96V4 Youngstown S & T 116V4 Army Announces Training Program The U- S. Army has an nounced a new technical train ing program for men and women under which the en listee may choose the exact career in which he or she would like to receive train ing. Called the "choose-it-your-self" training system, the plan offers a man or woman the opportunity to choose service from more than 50 career groups. In order to qualify for this training the applicant must show an aptitude for the type of training he wishes through a series of aptitude tests ad ministered prior to enlistment. Weather College Enrollment Expected Over 1.000 Ashland - Registration at Southern Oregon college for the winter quarter is expected again to exceed 1,000 students, college officials re? orted to day. - . At the close of 1 the third day of registration t the col lege, 976 students 1 ad regis tered or approximately 10 per cent above the same period for the 1958 winter term. Registration will continue through Friday at Churchill hall. Record enrollment at the college was for the term start ing last September when 1,150 students registered. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Mostly cioudy with intermittent rain and occasional gusty winds tonight and Friday. Cooler. Low tonight 40. High Friday 50. Western Oregon: Showers or thunderstorms and brief periods of partial clearing tonight and Friday. A little cooler Friday. Low tonight 42-48. High Friday 46-54. Small craft warnings on coast. Northern California: Intermittent rain, locally heavy from Monterey and Stockton northward. Cloudy elsewhere tonight ana Friday, snow in high mountains from Yosemite northward. Little temperature change. Gale warnings Point Sur northward. LOCAL DATA . TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 44; above normal, 7. Record high this date, 68 in., in 1853. Record low this date, 37 in., in 1937. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, trace; midnight to 10 a.r.i.. .01 in. Total this month, trace; .57 in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 4.84 in.; 4.09 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday, 45; highest this a.m, 6$. Nixon Schedules Visit to Oregon Salem (UPD Vice President Richard M. Nixon will be here Feb. 14 to help celebrate Oregon's 100th anniversary as a state. Nixon confirmed the date for Oregon's big birthday party here in a telephone call to Gov.-elect Mark Hatfield Wednesday. The vice president was one of a number of public officials who have been invited to the celebration. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregen, Thursday, January 8, 1959 IS Gale Force Winds Batter Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska - (WD Gale force winds battered An chorage Tuesday night and Wednesday, causing a possible million dollars damage to pri vate property and to aircraft at Elmendorf Air Force Base. The highest gusts at Elm endorf reached 75 mph. Some pedestrians were bruised by being blown off their feet on the ice-covered streets. However, no serious injuries were reported. Geneva -flJPD- The United States and Britain stood firm today in the face of a stiffen ing Soviet attitude toward nu clear test ban controls. TABLE ROCK ROAD AT 4 CORNERS PHONE NO 4-1511 FANCY GOLDEN RIPE BANANAS SNOBOY PICT FOR FLAVOR CARROTS 2i lbs. MIDGET PRICES THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY Open 8:00 A.M. till 7:00 P.M. Every Day LITE LEAN MEATY SPARE RIBS , 3 SWIFT'S SLICED J8S y2 DELICIOUS, NUTRITIOUS AVOCADOS.. CALIFORNIA NAVEL JUICE ORANGES uy a whole dozen dozen BACON ENDS 0)P U.S. GRADED GOOD ROUND STEAK ............. ...,k. A3) As you like it thick or thin .. .lb. 7W I 1 A BOILING SIZE, YELLOW ONIONS EXTRA FANCY WASHINGTON WINESAP or DELICIOUS (0)(0) WHOLE OR HALF m LOIN lb. Q0 . PURE FRESH GROUND Try this if you want the .best .. APPLES LOCALLY GROWN ACORN SQUASH 51b. Tote baa ,m r frit CREAM FLAKE m SHORTENING 3 1 S3' 6 for SKIPPY CANNED ft - Mi foa GRADE AA MEDIUM EGGS DOG FOOD 13 . 1. 00 jftSV PACIFIC FANCY TINY & OYSTERS .3 .!. dozen 0 flour ;.io t,' jmu Ymmvm High 4:30 24 City Tester- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. Brookings 55 50 1.25 Crate.- Lake 30 26 56 Grants Pass 46 44 .42 Klamath Falls 45 38 MEDFORD .. 55 54 T Portland .. 41 37 .50 Seattle 47 45 .21 Spokane 42 32 .12 Yakima 31 25 .12 Eureka 59 55 .76 Red Bluff 53 51 21 Sacramento 59 50 San Francisco .... 59 . 55 .01 Los Angeles 64 57 Phoenix 62 44 Denver 46 24 Chicago 28 24 Miami Beach' 73 ' 63 New York 33" 23 Washington, D.C. 35 26 4-H Club News Cudchewers The regular meeting of the Cudchewers 4-H club was held at the home of Carol and Dave Foote, on Scenic ave., Central Point. During the meeting, the members dis cussed the new "Secretary's Book" and accepted the goals for the coming year. Officers of the club are Billy Ullom, president; Cece Fichtner, vice president; Sally Bailey, secretary; Carol Foote, flag salute leader; and Sue Higinbotham, reporter. Two new members have joined. They are Tim Higinbotham and Jimmy Anhorn. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Foote; a birthday cake was served honoring the leader, Mrs. Anhorn. The next meeting will be on Feb. 2 at the Higinbotham home. Sue Higinbotham Reporter Former Resident Injured in Accident Mrs. Hichard Whitlock, 21, former Medford resident, suf fered head injuries, a frac tured leg, dislocated shoulder and lacerations Tuesday night when she was struck by an automobile in Portland, ac cording to friends here. She is in St. Vincent hos pital, Portland, where her con dition was reported as fair. Driver of the car was Donald P. Shiley, 39, of Portland, ac cording to Portland reports. Mrs. Whitlock was a dental assistant in Medford the past two years. The Whitlocks moved to Portland a short time ago. Court Records MUNICIPAL CO CRT Hurst Charley. 215 Haven at, drunk in public $10. Edwin ' LeRoy Golberg, Camp White, drunk in public, $M. Tasty Food At Prices To Please HOT LUNCHES Bar-B-cues Snacks HIE CLOCK Main al Barrier! Ph. SP 2-6766 BIRTHS CALES To Mr. and Mrs. William J., post office box 463, Phoenix, Jan. 7, 1959, a girl, weight 7V4 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. COLE - To Mr.' and Mrs. Roy, post office box 332, Rogue River, Jan. 5, 1959, a girl, weight 8V2 pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. 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 Bullock 13.46 Chem Fund 19.64 Eaton Howard Stk 23.33 Fidelity .. 15.53 Gas Ind i 14.46 Group Sec - Avia .. 10.98 Grp Sec - Com Stk.. 13.13 Group See - Elec 9.55 Group Sec - Petr 11.71 Group Sec - Steel .. 10.07 Group Sec - Tobac 7.64 Kevstone B-3 16.12 Keystone B-4 10.19 Keystone K-l 9.37 Keystone K-2 13.34 Keystone S-l 18.79 Keystone S-2 12.20 14.04 13.26 13.89 "Value Line Inc 5.37 Wellington 13.84 Kevstone S-3 Mass Inv Tr .. TV-Elec Asked 14.75 21.24 24.95 16.79 15.80 12.03 14.37 10.46 12.82 11.03 8.38 17.59 11.12 10.23 14.56 20.50 13.32 15.32 14.34 15.14 6.06 15.09 Portland Livestock Portland (UPD Cattle 200; active; around 3 loads low choice 1U0 1160 fed steers 28.50; part load high good-choice 1285 lb. 27.50; few standard and good 23-27; fed heifers unsold; utility cows 19 21; commercial to 22; canner-cut-ter 16-18.50; utility bulls 23.50 25.50, few Wednesday 26. Calves 25: active, steady; choice vealers 33-35, few Wednesday 36; good 29-32. Hogs 200; active, steady to strong: 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb. 20 50-21; 2 and 3 grade 19-20.25; 240-275 lb. 17.50-19; 350-550 lb. sows 13-17 Sheen 950: includes 3 loads Ida ho lambs; trade slow; early sales steady to weak witn ouiK unsold; few good-choice under 105 lb. lambs 18.50-19: cull-good ewes 4-9: good-choice 65-85 lb. feeder lambs 17-18.au. Portland Produce Portland (UPI) Eggs To re tailers: Grade AA large 46-47c doz.; A large, 44-45c; AA medium, 37 42c: A medium. 37-41c; AA smalls, 31-35c; carton l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and grade A prints. 67-68c lb.; carton lc higher; B prints. 65-66c. Cheese medium cured To re tailers: A grade Cheddar single daisies. 39-5 lc; processed Ameri can cheese, 5-lb. loaf 40-43c. Over-the-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 actua1 transactions but are intended as a guide to -tht approximate price range. Common Stocks Bid Asked Bank of America . 43', 46 'i caiif.-pacific Utilities.. 33 Cascades Plywood 29 'i cons. Freightways Zl? Copco 36 First National Bank . 57 Northwest Nat. Gas 17 Pacific Pwr. & Lt 40 Permanente Cem. Co 263k Portland Gen. Elec 28 ',i U.S. National Bank .. 78 United Utilities 30 West Coast Tel. 24), Weyerhaeuser 47 z 35 V, 31T. 23 60 Vs 185i 42 3,g 28 30 '4 83 Vs 32a 26 50 V :j CANDLE CHARCOAL STEAKS An especially good place to eat if dieting! IIRTCI IICIICnDn 5:30 P-m- tin 12:00 Weekdayi III! I CL MCUrUnil Sundays 2 p.m. till 10 pan. '. THEATRE INFORMATION SERVICE - CALL Spring 3-7323 FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATRES TONITE DOORS OPEN 6:30 P.M. Kill STARTS TONITE Ma fie Adventm! the jmmns V t Ui VOYAGE 3' KERWIN MATHEWS KATHRYN GRANT FABULOUS STORY of the Land of the Midnight SUN... AND ITS LEGENDARY JTrT' ' H CREATURES I A Nw Wotdtn! wHIlEllDEIiNEss Trua-lifi Advtflturt Fiaturt TECHNICOLOR SPECIAL TONITE ONLY 8:30 P.M. Colleen Hope Dance Studio Present on Stage in Person A Fairyland Dance Fantasy SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS" CO-FEATURE THE 'TEXAN" IN HIS LATEST FEATURE Farm Market Portland (UPI) Western Ore gon yellow dry onions were at a new seasonal high today; No. 1, two-inch minimum sized sold to re tailers at 3.50-4 a 50 lb. bag with medium sized down to 3-3.50 for the same amount; few wholesalers offered Sweet Spanish variety dry onions from Central Point at 4-4.50 a 50 lb. bag; Idaho white wax on ions topped market at mostly 5-550 for 50 lbs. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to grow ers at Portland, Salem and south to Eugene, f.o.b. ranch, No. 1 qual ity fryers. 2-4 lbs.,- 16c; light hens. 9c; heavy hens, 5 lbs. up, 15c lb.: roosters. 7-8c lb. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn. 30-33c lb.; cut up, 33-35c; hens, light types, cut up. 34-36c; heavy type whole drawn, 39-41c. Dressed Turkeys A grade young hens, 30-3 lc lb. to producers on e-iscerated basis; A grade young toms. 25-26e 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, f.o.b. killing plants) Live white, 3i-4'ic lb.; 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 Pric es: New crop No. 2 green alfalfa, baled f.o.b. Portland and Seattle, $31-33 ton with top quality to 35. Wholesale prices as reported by the USDA market news service: wheat No. 1 soft white. $66 ton; No. 2 milo. eastern shipment, f.o.b. Portland, S51.50; No. 2 white oats, 38 lbs. west coast delivery, S53.50 55; No. 2 western barley, coast de livery, $51 ton; soybean meal, bulk eastern shipment, $89 ton f.o.b. Portlands standard mill run, bulk, prompt delivery f.o.b. coast $41-42; No. 2. corn, eastern shipment f.o.b. Portland, $55-55.60, . STARTS TONITE! DOORS OPEN 6:30 P.M. HERE'S THE SECOND OF 1959 s GREAT HITS!! A VERY BEWITCHING COMEDY ' ABOUT AN ENCHANTING SUBJECT, 1 ii'iY' TECHNICOLOR . CO-STAIIIHO JACK LEMMON - ERNIE KO VACS . HERMIONE GINGOLD ELSA LANCHESTER . JANICE RULE PLUS: SHORTS -COLOR CARTOON