Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 23, 1959, Image 11

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Newspaper Page Texti Cirihs DOTY-To Mr. and Mrs. El lis, 833 West Jackson st., Medford, Jan. 23, 159, a boy, 8 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. OPEN TONITE. T.'l'lj.'liiUfA'.'JI ifll'U.ilA'.'ilii-U 22 Jiff oandur mm wqib ja own hiuu . SM05STO5 3rd ACTION HIT! SATURDAY ONLY! NEMi ; i f- moriryn nunxui 0 k . UMtJIIU Rory CALHOUN ANDY'S BEST BUY! Priced from BLACK HILLS .(OHM"?"" S&H Green Stamps ANDY'S Tour Friendly Credit Jeweler 15 North Central :rt,-j.L rttnjflTiJ DAM ROGUE RIVER EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT "Wheat" "Duckworth" Popular Orchestra VFY Post Home Rogue River Adm. 75c Person Every One Wekemel Saturday Nile! WALKER'S DREAMLAND Gold Hill Grange Hall Saturday Nite Music by Vic Flood & the Rhythm Masters kHj 2- - fa V AVwCheck Roam FrM - 1 10 MU SILVER DOLLAR STAMP MERCHANTS Locals Permit Issued - The Med ford building department issued a permit Thursday to R. Dubs to erect a $11,500 residence at 1341 Fortune dr. Surgery Patient -Mrs. Na thaniel Bender, 1941 Wester lund dr., Medford, is a sur gery patient in Rogue Valley hospital, attendants reported. She was admitted yesterday. Patient - Convalescing fol lowing a tonsillectomy at Sa cred Heart hospital is Virginia Thomasson, 16-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Thomasson, 309 Chestnut st., Medford. In Hospital-Mrs. Vic (Alene) Milnes. 15 North Groveland ave., Medford, was taken to Rogue Valley hospital for treatment of acute bursitis, members of the family re ported todav. Visitors are lim ited, Milnes said. ; . Car Taken, Found - Jerry Howard Dillon, 333 North Holly, st., told Bedford police Wednesday of the theft of his car from West Third st. be tween Holly and Ivy sts. When the vehicle was recovered a block away. Dillon states it might have been taken as a practical joke, police said. Return. - Mr. 1 and Mrs. William V. Jones ' and sons have returned to their home in Willows, Calif ., after being in Medford for several days with Jones' mother, Mrs. Esther Jones, 31 Myers court The Medford woman is re ceiving medical treatment at Sacred Heart hospital Driver Cited - Donald Chadwick Green. 1410 Euclid ave., was cited for failure to yield the right of way Wednes day evening following a col lision involving his vehicle and one operated by . Jerry Lee Schultz, 670 Ellen ave., on Tabje Rock rd. between North Pacific hizhwav and Berrydale ave., Medford po lice reported. MOD GETS CHECK A check for $118.73 has been turned over to the local March of Dimes campaign by the Food Basket market, ao cording to Jerry Bradford, store manager. The money represented receipts of a "souperburger neia recently at the store. Always a congenial crowd on the finest dance floor in Southern Oregon. Walker Bldg. M4fortf, Orefee SNACK BAR SERVING REAL COFFEE When There's Belter Music, Walker Has It! Gentlemen ... $1.00 Ladies ... 50c Everyone Welcome! 9 p.m. Till 1 a.m. Beautiful w. 7 Fjinlaa tana Omb fnoipa Ivaniaa ILVEH THEATBI --Tonight-- KISSING - Starring FRANK SINATRA KATHRYN GRAYSON Presented by Alaska Pioneer, Recent Visitor In Valley, Dies Central Point - Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Yocom of Central Point received word Sunday of the recent death of Alex ander Malcom Smith, 99, of Fairbanks, Alaska. Mr. Smith died following a hip operation in San Jose, Calif. He injured his hip while visiting his son, Malcolm A. Smith, of San Bernardino, Calif. Mr. Smith was known throughout Alaska and the Arctic as Sandy. He was born in Iverness, Scotland. He came to the Western Hemi sphere when he was 18 as an indentured worker for the Hudson Bay company which pioneered Canada's early de velopment. Trail-Blazer He later was appointed trail-blazer for the Royal Northwest Mounted police. He guided them into the Rat river district where many people were saved from the scurvey plague. He was second in command of the Sir George Hubert Wilkins expedition to the North Pole in 1926. Smith was a member of the first grand jury of the Dis trict of Alaska at Circle City on the Yukon. He founded the town of Ruby, Alaska, and the A.I. Malcolm post office on Wild river in Upper Kuyu kuk, northwestern ; Alaska. Malcolm's river is also named for him. He has collected plant species, gathered information and taken colored ' slides of wild flowers and other inter esting data. He has discovered rich copper, jade- and other valuable resources including a single seam of coal which he followed for 150 miles. He is credited with the discovery of the gas and oil field which is today known as Naval Oil Reserve No. 4 ' ' , ' Mr. Smith spent three months last spring in Central Point' at, the home of the Yocoms. . - . Obituaries MRS. ANNA SCHARFE Ashland - Funeral, services for Mrs. Anna Esther Scharfe, 83, of 124 North First st., Talent, who died Jan. 22, will be held Monday, Jan. 26, at 1:30 p.m. at Siskiyou Memo rial Park crematory chapel under the direction of Lit willer's Funeral home, -Ashland. The Rev. Earnest "Bell of Talent First Methodist church will officiate. The body will lie in state Sunday from 4 until 8 p.m. at Litwiller's Funeral home, 88 North Main st., Ashland. Complaint Seeks $25,000 Damages A complaint asking $25,000 general damages and $630.25 medical and housekeeper costs has been filed in circuit court by Margaret Peachey, Eagle Point, against Glenn S. Mayben and Kathryn Ann Mayben, Ashland. According to the complaint, the plaintiff was traveling south in an automobile on Main st., Ashland, and had stopped for a red traffic sig nal at the intersection with Second st. when the vehicle was hit by one operated by the Maybens. Margaret Peachey states in the complaint that the de fendants were careless and negligent in the operation of their vehicle. According to the complaint, the plaintiff was violently twisted and thrown about the vehicle and was dis abled for five months. Attorney for the plaintiff is Paul W. Haviland, Medford. West's Tallest Man Succumbs To Cancer Los Angeles - (UPD - Locks Martin, 7 feet, 7 inches tall and often called "the largest in the West," died Monday from cancer, it was disclosed today. BANDIT Stronger Tone in Stock Market Noted New York -(UPC Stocks de veloped a stronger tone near closing time today after fur ther profit taking had reduced prices. Steel issues came forward, with some making wide gains. Better news from that indus try stimulated buying in such issues as Sharon which at its best was up more than four points; Detroit Steel up more than two at a new high; Youngstown up more than three; Colorado Fuel, Jones & Laughlin and Lukens up more than a point each. DuPont met support after a decline of more than three points and Goodyear rallied after a 2V4 point drop. Stauf fer Chemical ran up four and Reichhold gained more than a point. Today's prices on selected stocks i Allied Chemical 9&5s Alum Co Am 83Vs American Con 4834 American Motors 35 AT&T 23034 Anaconda Copper .". 66 Armco Steel 713s Bendix Aviation 69 Bethlehem Steel 53 V Boeing Air 44 Caterpillar-Corp 85 Chrysler Corp 52 V Continental Can 545 Crown Zellerbach 5834 Curtiss Wright 2734 Dow Chemical 783i Du Pont 21134 Eastman Kodak 144 Firestone 13lV8 General Electric 7834 General Foods 80 General Motors 49 Georgia Pacific 5934 Graham Paige 2 Greyhound 18 Gulf Oil 12514 Homestake Mining 481 Idaho Power 49 Kaiser Ind. .. 14 Int Paper 119 Johns Manville - 53V Kennecott Copper ..104Vfe Lockheed Aircraft 62 Katy (New) 7 Montana Power Co. ...... 68 Montgomery Ward 41 Nat'l Biscuit 50 Vi New York Central 28 . ; Pac Gas & Elec 62 Penney, J. C ...102 Penn RR 18V4 Radio Corporation 48 Richfield Oil , 110 Safeway .. 41V& Sears . 44 Shell Oil .... 85 Socony Mobil Oil ..... 51 Southern Co 36 . Southern Pacific 67 Standard California 62 Standard Indiana 48 Standard N. J 58 Sun Mines 8 Egan Reported To Be Improving Seattle - (UPD - Gov. William A. Egan of Alaska was still on the critical list today bust showed "some improvement." Egan, 44, underwent a 2 h o u r emergency operation Tuesday to remove an intesti nal block. He was flown here from Juneau Monday after he took a turn for the worse dur ing convalescence from a Jan. 6 operation. Dr. Joel W. Baker, who per formed the emergency sur gery at Virginia Mason hospi tal, said the fact Egan was not losing ground was "definitely encouraging." Following the operation, Baker said Egan had a 50-50 chance to live but the sur geon said today that Egan's chances get better each day. He said it would be a week before he can be certain of the governor's recovery. Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Mostly cloudy through Saturday. Occa sional light rain tonight, becoming showery Saturday. Low tonight 36. High Saturday 48. Western Oregon: Cloudy with oc casional showers tonight and Sat urday. Continued mild. Low tonight 40-48. High Saturday 48-58. Northern California: Increasing cloudiness in north portion tonight. Rain Santa Rosa and Chico north ward. Warmer in interior tonight. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 40: below normal 2. Record high this data 59 in 1942. Record low this date IS in 1949. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, trace. Midnight to 10 ajn. 0. Total this month 1.26 inches, .S3 inches below normal. Total since Sept. 1 6.10 Inches, 4.05 below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday, 81. highest this a.m. 98. High 4:36 24- Tester- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. 55 45 39 28 .05 47 33 45 28 45-32 T 49 40 .13 City Brookings Crater Lake Grants Pass Klamath Falls '. MEDFORD Portland Seattle Spokane Yakima .. 48 45 .56 34 23 .24 ... 29 25 T Eureka 57 54 54 58 69 46 38 39 50 48 Red Bluff Sacramento San Francisco . Los Angeles Phoenix . 62 . 40 10 . 80 . 60 . 63 42 22 -3 59 21 24 Denver Chicago Miami Beach New York Washington. D.C. .48 .07 FIVE-DAY FORECAST : (Through Jan. 28) Western Oregon-Western Wash ington Precipitation above nor ma, occurring as intermittent rain throughout period. Temperatures above normal. Normal highs 40-50, normal lows 30-40. Northern California Two or three days' of rain most of area with snow in high mountains. Tem peratures abovs normal. Texas Gulf 22 Tex Pac Land : 16 Transamerica 30 Trans World Air 19 Tri - Continental 41 Union Carbide . 125 Union Pacific . 36 United Aircraft 60 United Air Lines 35 U. S. Rubber 50 U. S. Steel ...J. 97 Youngstown S&T 125 Over-fhe-Counfer 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 the approximate price range. Common Stocks (Bid Asked BanK oi America 44 47 Calif .-Pacific Utilities 352 Cascades Plywood 33 Cons. Freightways 20T' Copco . 37i First National Bank H3' Northwest Nat. Gas 18'i 38 'i 35 i 233, 40 61 i 20 1, 44 28 'i 31 U 84 32?i 27 49 facilic Fwr. & Lt. Permanente Cement Portland Gen. Elec. U.S. National Bank 41 26 2 29?, 782 30'i United Utilities West Coast Tel. . 25 " Weyerhaeuser 46 Investment Funds Noon Quotations on selected funds supplied by th M-dford Branch of Foster & Marshall, mem bers New xork stock Exchange Fund . Bid Asked Bullock -. 13.68 Chem Fund . 20.07 Eaton Howard Stk 23.87 Fidelity 16.07 Gas Ind 15.02 Group Sec Avia .. 11.52 Group See Com Stk 13.54 Group Sec Elec 9.71 Group Sec Petr 12.18 Group Sec Steel 10.69 Group Sec Tobac 7.99 Keystone B-3 16.38 14.99 21.71 25.52 17.37 16.42 12.62 14.87 10.64 13.34 11.71 8.76 17.87 11.40 14.98 20.55 13.77 Keystone B-4 10.44 Keystone K-2 13.73 Keystone S-l 18.83 Keystone S-2 12.62 Keystone S-3 Keystone S-4 14.43 11.85 15.86 12.93 Mass Inv Grth Stk 13.23 14.30 TV-Elec 14.18 Value Line Inc 5.94 Wellington 14.03 15.46 6.49 15.29 Portland Livestock Portland (UPI) Cattle for week ?3o0. Choice fed steers 28 .o0 mixed good-choice 27.75-28; good 26.25-27.75: standard 25.50-26.50: mixed good-choice fed heifers 26.25-26.75; utility-commercial cows 17.50-21: canners-cutters 15-16.50 heavy cutters to 17; good-choice feeder steers 26-27.Z5. Calves for week 335. Good-choice vealers 29-35: standard 24-28; stock calves, eood-choice. 28-32. Hoes for week 2500. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 19.25-19.75; mostly No. 2 and 2 18-19; cows 13-18.50. lew 17 Sheep for week 1350. Choice slaughter lambs 19.25-19.50: mixed good-choice 18-19; mostly choice lia id. 17.75; ewes 4-a. Portland Produce ' Portland (UPI) Dairy mar. ket: Eggs To retailers: Grade A A large, 46-48C doz.; A large, 44-46c; aa medium. 4u-43c; a medium 39-41c; AA smalls, 34-35C; cartons, 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 retailers: A grade Cheddar sincle daisies. 39-51c; processed Amer ican cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 40-43c. Farm Market First volume shipment of Doug las county seasonal cauliflower was offered at mosUy 2.50 a lettuce crate to retailers today; best Wil lamette valley cabbage sold to wnoiesaiers at mostly 3,25 a 100-10 crate. Poultry. Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to grow ers at Portland, Salem and south to i-ueene. f o b. ranch. No. 1 dual ity fryers, 2-4 lbs., 19c: light hens. 9c; heavy hens, 15c lb., old roosters, 7-uc 10. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole dawn, 34-37c lb.; cut up, 39-42c; hens, heavy type whole drawn, 40- 42c; lignt type, cut up. 3Z-34C id. Dressed Turkeys (Prices mostly nominal to producers). Fresh frozen young nens to retailers, mostly 39. 40c lb.; A grade toms. 38-42c lb.. depending upon size. Rabbits (average to growers, f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 3-4',ic ID., t.o.b. Portland Z0-23C colored pelts, 5c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 57-60c id.; cut up 61-64C Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland and Seattle, $32-33 ton with top quality to $35. Wholesale prices as reported bv the Portland USDA market news service. Basis is by the ton, bulk, prompt delivery, f.o.b. track, Port land. Wheat. No. 1 soft white ........$68.00 No. 2 Milo. Eastern shipment $51.50 No. 2 corn. Eastern ship ment $56.25-58.75 No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. Coast $52.00-54.00 No. 2 Western barley. Coast $51.00 Soybean meal, 44 protein $87.00 Standard millrun $44.00-45.00 3 CANDLE ROOM llftTCI f ICnCnDfi 5:30 P-m- til 12:00 Weekdays IIUICL MCUrUnU Sundays 2 p.m. till 10 pan. DA 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 Grange News ! Bellview Grange The Jan. 20 meeting of the Bellview Grange began with a film, "Success Story," which outlined in detail the raising and training of guide dogs for Blind, Inc., San Rafael, Calif. As the film progressed it was interesting to note the extensive training not only given to the dogs but to those who receive them. Warren J. Roderick, 4-H leader, who is responsible for the placing of the dogs in foster homes in southern Oregon, introduced Lucinda Wright, Denny Ret ter, Clifford .Bradshaw and Mary Lea Gray, who illustrat ed the methods used in the basic training of these dogs. At the end of this training period the dogs are returned to San Rafael for their final training and then presented to their future masters. At the conclusion of the program the regular business meeting was held with Mas ter Lloyd Hoadley presiding. Plans were made for a card party on Feb. 14 at the Bell view Grange hall, with pro ceeds to go to the March of Dimes. New members welcomed into the Grange by demit from Randle, Wash., were Mr. and Mrs. John Shipley and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Shipley. Refreshments for the eve ning were served by Mr. and Mrs. Don Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph. Gunther and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gillette. Doris Johnson Reporter Murder Charge Due In Switzer Killing Hollywood -UP- The dis trict attorney's office has de cided to issue a murder com plaint in the shooting death of Carl (Alfalfa) Switzer, 31, killed over a $50 debt. Deputy . District Attorney Al Warnberg said Thursday the decision was reached af ter an investigation of the killing Wednesday night of the freckled - faced child star of the "Our Gang" comedies. The suspect, M. S. Bud Stiltz, 37, said Switzer pulled a knife on him and that he fired in self defense. Stiltz is a welder and former business partner of Switzer, who had been doing bit parts and working as a part-time bar tender. An inquest will be held Monday. Passengers Escape In Airliner Skid Detroit -(UPD -Everyone es caped injury today when an American Airlines DC-7 land ing with one engine dead skidded off the runway at De troit Metropolitan airport. The plane, carrying 38 pas sengers and a crew of 5, was on a flight from Los Angeles and Chicago when a spark plug malfunction forced the pilot, E. J. Brown of Los An geles, to feather one engine. MOOSE 22nd N ANNIVERSARY DANCE Saturday, Jan. 24 9 P.M. Moose and Guests 11 NEWTOWN Music by BILL GLOMB And His Thunderbirds (5 Piee Band) CHARCOAL STEAKS An especially good place to eat if dieting! Mikoyan Receives Welcome at Home Moscow -(UPD- First Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan returned from the United States today to . the welcome of a crowd of Russians in holiday mood who greeted him in English and asked his son about Marilyn Monroe. An official party headed by First Deputy Foreign Minis ter Vassily Kuznetsov was waiting to greet. Mikoyan when he flew in from Copen hagen, where he stopped over for 24 hours on his way home. A sizeable crowd, of Rus sians was on hand to cheer Mikoyan. "How do you do?" one jok ing welcomer called out m English. "How is Marilyn Monroe?" a girl asked Mikcyans son, Sergo, 29, who accompanied his father on the American trip. Alaska To Florida Made in Five Hours Elgin AFB, Fla.-P-An Air Force F105 Thunderchief flew 3,850 miles from Alaska to Florida Thursday in just five hours and 27 minutes. Since Alaska is now a state, it was the longest non-stop flight over the continental United States in the record books. The Air Force said the plane proved its capabilities as an all-weather craft for use by the Tactical Air command. The nuclear-capable fighter-er-bomber, flown by Capt. Billy B. White, 30, Caddo Mills, Tex., averaged 700 miles an hour. It was refueled in flight over Edmonton, Al berta, Canada and Omaha, Neb. Court Records DISTRICT COURT Roger D. Clement, overload, $41. Roy R. Brown, improper turn, $10. Howard E. Cheever, no oper ator's license, $10. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATION Jerry Nix. 326 Manzanita st Central Point, and Florence Ellen Smith, route 3, box 159U, Medford BBHBHfflffi A Swell Action Hitl "THE LION HUNTERS" - Plus -CARTOON CARNIVAL and Chapter 12 "WILD BILL HICKOK" TOMORROW GEORGE JONES Mercury Starday Records BILL CARLISLE AND THE FAMOUS CARLISLES Singers Dancers Comedians Fiddlers, Etc. The most colorful show on the road, barring none Low Admission Adults, in idvjnet $1.25 t tht door .. $1.50 Children, under twelve.. $ .35 anytime BUY TICKETS NOW & SAVE AT Purucker's Record Dept. HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM MEDFORD, OREGON k3 0 A. MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Oregon, Friday, January 23, 1959 11 07 Union Votes To Authorize Strike Los Angeles -(UPD- Members of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union have voted by a substantial major ity to authorize a strike against five major oil firms, the union reported today. A count of voting was com pleted Thursday which ap proved a strike against Rich field, Shell. Tidewater, Tex aco and Union. Search Starts for Old Wood Stove Cave Junction A search has been launched by the II- linos Valley Federated Wom en's club for an old wood or coal burning stove of the type used prior to the turn of the century.; The ranee is needed for the kitchen of the 81-year-old house recently purchased by the Women s club to establish a Josephine County Historical Museum. Mrs. Earl Boyd, president. has announced that the club will take possession of the Stith-Nauke house in Kerby which was purchased m De cember. Future plans for the histor ical museum include provid ing either a fire proof addi tion to the present building, or the erection of a separate fire proof building to house the items and documents of his torical value. IF YOU ENJOYED WALT DISNEY'S "WHITE WILDERNESS" DON'T MISS THIS GREAT ALL DISNEY SHOW! SAL MINEO new type of hero to the screen! SAL Jl " i miaf? " -r jftOMf courtiamd miup cArr ADDED . e Watt ti: Productions ar mm . jf x;vtzzi-.r ww.-- um m him ttifrtlllmH' I! 1 1 1 1 " Bistributed by w AND PLUTO'S LATEST FUN-PACKED ADVENTURE "PLUTO'S DREAM HOUSE" ANOTHER GREAT 1959 SUPER HIT! FROM THE EMOTION-PACKED. CONTROVERSIAL NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "FROM HERE TO ETERNITYI 0 s . . ' SOLC.S!E6EL 1 1 ""'JL fAIWIC DIILMMIM'XM CinemaScope mitrocolor ami I filARTHA ARTHUR HVER KENNEDY P SPECIAL MATINEE Weston School Rooms Abandoned Weston, Ore. (UPD - Two school rooms in the Weston elementary school were aban doned Thursday after the siate lire marshal said they had "inadequate fire exits and a wqod frame construc tion." Pupils of the 7th and 8th grades at Weston grade school were moved into the main building of the Weston high school. Classes will be held for the remainder of the year in the library and two other class rooms. JET PILOT KILLED Olympia, Wash. - (UPD - Lt. William J. McCabe, 25, of Ocanomowoc, Wis., was killed last night when his F102 jet crashed on Nisqually hill about eight miles northeast of here. TONITE & SAT. NITE ft) PIUS TONITE & SAT. ONLY! brings a MINEO ATTRACTION WALT DISNEY'S TONITE & SATURDAY SINATRA DEAN MARTIN SHIRLEY Mac LAI NE i-k . 1. 1 hi-' SATURDAY 1:00 P.M. curtis ITniriUli HUN " Sum vifU fitai Distribution Co. m. ft t J r V J i It I . - J.., srsfc-.