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Local and , Paliant - William E. Pren tiss. 925 Grant St., is con valescing at Rogue Valley hospital following surgery last Thursday. Meeting A meeting and the rank of Knight is sched uled Monday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. by Talisman Lodge, Knights of Pythias, in the Pythian building. A social hour will follow. Don Lacy is master of work. Meeting Changed -The Vet erans Allied Council of Jack son county meeting date has been changed from the first Monday to the first Thursday each month. The next meeting will be Thursday, Feb. 5, ac cording to Council officers. Returns Hugh C. Ingle, 209 West Eighth st., has re turned to Medford after spending the holidays in Mar Vista. Calif., with his daugh ter, Mrs. Roy D. Richards, and her family. Mrs. Ingle re mained in the south with the Richards. Indecent Expoiure Mrs. Louise Ardis Konoasek, 1304 Beatty St., reported to Med ford police that an unknown man in an automobile had exposed himself indecently to her seven-year-old daughter Wednesday evening while the girl was playing under a tree near that address. Births BOGART To: Mr. and Mrs. Orville, 2532 Table Rock ni., Medford, Jan. 30, 1959, boy, 8V4 lbs., at Rogue Valley hos pital. PILLMAN To: Mr. and Mrs. Robert, 510 North Bartlett st., Medford, Jan. 31, 1959, boy 13, lbs., at Rogue Valley hos pital. mm ENDS TQNITE! ' t MI KM HESTONLOGH WELLES , mCft CAUftt - MM TAWWff -swtsm huuk mnwcrai c cwi ANTHONY STEELE W0UT OF the nutans l EASTMAN CPU I' ANDY'S BEST BUY! 17-jewel water & shock resistant Reg. $49.95 19 88 S&H Green Stamps ANDY'S Tour Friendly Credit Jeweler 15 North Central C4 CANDLE ROOM - ... - An HOTEL MEDFORD HOUSE of North of Gold Hill AT On Display One of the West's Finest Collections of Gold Dust and Nuggets Winter Hours 9 to 5 . Clr'sed on Mondays Under Founder's Management Since 1930 Personal Burglary AUempi-Patricia Constance W h i 1 1 o c k, 1624 Lenora ave., reported an at tempted breaking and enter ing her residence early Thurs day morning, according to Medford police records. Meter Damaged-T h e rear view mirror of a pickup truck operated by Ethelyn Berniece Lehman, 1518 Bry ant st., struck and damaged a parking meter on North Grape st., near Sixth st. Thursday, Medford police re ported. Driver Ciied-E v a Evelyn Deutschman, 5020 Table Rock rd., was cited for expired ve hicle license and failure to yield the right of way fol lowing a collision Thursday at Fifth and Holly sts. be tween her vehicle and one operated by Sidney Donald son Shaw, 121 Ashland ave., according to Medford police. Precautions Asked In Changing Lanes Medford Police Chief Charles Champlin has warned motorists to keep their win dows free of fogging and to check other traffic before changing lanes. ' Many accidents during win ter months occur when dri vers shift from one traffic lane to another while fogged- over side and rear windows obstruct their view of other vehicles. Chief Champlin recom mended that defrosters be kept in proper working order and that steam be wiped from windows whenever necessary. He also srggested that fresh air be kept circulating through the car interior. He reminded drivers that even if they signal their in tention to change lanes, they are still responsible to make sure they can make the switch safely. GOVERNOR INKS BILL Sacramento, Calif. -(UPD- California's new governor Edmund G. Brown solemnly signed his first bill as the state's chief executive Friday. It was a moment he will re member. The pen point broke and splattered ink all over the page. Servicemen INDUCTED Three Jackson county men were inducted into the Armed Services Jan. 27, at the induc tion station in Portland. Helen L. McDonald, clerk of local hoard 17. has announced. They are Clarence David Johnson. Medford: Lee Ferris Kilbourn. Central Point; and Arthur George Pech, Lake Creek. IN TRAINING Marine Pvt. John M. Allen, son of Mrs. Zetta Allen, route 4. box 316E. Medford. is scheduled to complete four weeks of individual combat trainine Feb. 13 at the Ma rine base, Camp Pendleton, Calif. IN FRANCE Pvt. David Allen Lind, son of Harold Lind, Carmel, Calif., is serving with the Army con struction engineer s m Metz, France.. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lind, 1421 Biddle rd., Medford. Lind attended school in Medford and Carmel schools He enlisted in the Army in March, 1958, and was sta tioned at Ft. Ord, Calif., for a short time. CHARCOAL STEAKS especially good place to eat if dieting! 5:30 p.m. till 12:00 Weekdays Sundays 2 p.m. till 10 p.m. MYSTERY Open Throughout The Year OBITUARIES DAVID LEE RUSSELL David Lee Russell, 55, of 1139 West Main St., died Sat urday. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger Morris funeral directors. LULY MINEAR Mrs. Luly Minear, 95, died Saturday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. B. M. Lininger, 135 South Keene Way dr. Funeral ar rangements will be announced by Conger-Morris, funeral di rector. ROSCOE FREDERICK DOUGLAS Funeral services for Roscoe Frederick Douglas, 60, of 1044 West 11th St., Medford, who died Friday, will be held Mon day at 3 p.m. at the Phoenix First Baptist church. The Rev. Perry Johnson will officiate. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Conger-Morris funeral directors, are in charge of arrangements. Douglas was born March 4, 1898, in Wayland, Tex. He was a veteran zl World War I, having served in the Navy as a storekeeper third class at Great Lakes, 111. He enlist ed Dec. 10, 1917, and was dis charged on Feb. 15, 1919. In 1935, in Ft. Worth, Tex., he was married to Miss Addie E. Melton, who survives. He had owned and operated the Douglas Cabinet in Medford since 1953. Mr. Douglas was a member of the First Baptist church of Phoenix, and at the -time of his death was the treasurer of the church, and a Bible teach er. He had supervised all the building of the present church in Phoenix, and was active in all phases of church work. Surviving, besides his wife, are one son, Fred Douglas Jr. Portland; two daughters, Mrs. Mary A. O'Beirn in Montana, and Mrs. Betty B. Ailstock of Arlington. Va.; one brother, Vester Douglas, Brighton, Colo.; two sisters, Mrs. Lois Bennett, of Los Angeles, Calif, and Mrs. Unis Damiana, in Colorado,' and nine grandchil dren and one step-son, Lloyd Shelton, of Roseburg. ISOBEL MARION KERR Ashland-Mrs. isobel Marion Kerr. 66. of 287 Oarfiplrl st Ashland, died at the home of her dauehter. Mrs. Anhrov Mitchell. 595 Litwav. Ash land, Friday. She was born June 19. 1ft92 in Quebec City, Canada. She was married to Orren Kerr Dec. 15. 1921. in Portland. and moved to Ashland in 1943. Mrs. Kerr was a momUar of the Seventh Day Adventist cnurcn, Ashland. She is survived hv hpr hus band, Orren S. Kerr, Ashland; one son, Klenn O. Kerr, Azu- sa. Calif.: one daughter. Mrs June Mitchell, Ashland; one sister, Mrs. Edith C. Mills, New York: three grandchil dren, and one step-grandchild. A brother, Osborne Rich ardson, died in 1936. BRUCE ALLAN RAGLAND Graveside services for Bruce Allen Raglanti, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Rag land, 3182 South Pacific High way, Medford, who died Fri day evening in a local hos pital, will be held at the Jack sonville cemetery Monday at 2 pjn. The Rev. William Mc Leod will officiate. Bruce is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Ragland, Medford; three sisters, Vicki, Cynthia and Betsy Ragland, Medford; two brothers, Todd and Christoph er Ragland, of Medford; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Noble Ragland of Brooks, Ore. and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gar rity of Nashua, N.H. Perl Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. ANNA BELLE LINDLEY Funeral services for Anna Belle Lindley, 78, of 806 North Riverside ave., who died in a local hospital Fri day, will be held at Perl Fun eral home Monday at 1:30 pjn. Dr. D. Kirkland West of the First Presbyterian church will officiate. Interment will be in Siskyiou Memorial park. Mrs. Lindley was born in Medford Aug. 8, 1880, and had her schooling in Medford and the Ashland Normal school. She spent 35 years in Wash ington and the remaining in the state of Oregon. Survivors include one son, J. H. Lindley, of Seattle; one daughter, Mrs. Leigh Gusti son, Medford; five grandchil dren; one great grandchild; one brother and three sisters. Pallbearers will be Homer Plyer. Charlie Batten, Clar ence Pierce, M. L. Robinson, I Kenneth Meadows and Char ! les Marshall. Before or After Church . . This Sunday Enjoy . U-i-l ii JL I Dining Room CHILDREN ALWAYS WELCOME DAVID W. McKINNON Funeral services for David William McKinnon 61, of 117 East Second st., who died Wednesday, will be held Wed nesday at 9 a.m. at Conger Morris Funeral home. The Rev. Jerry Johnson of the First Baptist church will of ficiate. Interment will be in the Hillcrest Memorial park. Mr. McKinnon was born Fe b. 17, 1897, in New Haven, Conn. He was a . veteran of World War I, having served in the Navy as a seaman see on class. Survivors include a sister, Miss Evelyn McKinnon, Nash ville, Tenn. - HURT Actress Audrey Hepburn, (shown in file photo) suffered four broken ribs and a leg injury when thrown from a horse at Du range, Mexico, where she was working on a new film. SETTING record of 200 hours without sleep, Peter Tripp, New York disc jockey, yawns as he heads for bed. CENTRAL POINT Scouts Have 'Cook Out' By DORIS HUGHES Central Point Thirty-one Troop 40 Boy Scouts went on a "cook out" recently north of the Old Military bridge. The Scouts practiced making a fire with wet wood. They then prepared their meal of hamburger, potatoes and on ions. The foil-wrapped indi vidual portions were cooked in a bed of hot coals. ' Accompanying the boys on the cook out were John Snook, scoutmaster; A. D. VanHorn, committee chair man; Earl Yoakley, commit tee member, and Chet Ricks, assistant scoutmaster. Installation of officers was held recently by -the Theta Rho sorority at the Odd Fel lows hall in Central Point Officers installed were Miss Sandy Renfrow, president; Miss Glenda Branch, vice president, and Miss Wayna Brown, secretary. Miss Joan LaCasse was presented a past president's pin. Committee members ap pointed and installed were Miss Mary Elin Burkhart, Miss: Patty Kime, Miss Karen Renfrow and Miss Patricia Branch. The publicity chair man for the Theta Rho is Miss Patty Kime: The Willow Springs Home Extension unit met for a pot luck luncheon Jan. 27 at the home of Mrs. Homer Jeffries on Scenic ave. Mrs. Louise Colpitts and Mrs. Alta Davis gave the demonstration. Mrs. Ruby Yell was program chair man. Mrs. Dominic Tate, 447 Ce dar st., began working at the Central Point city ' hall last week. Mrs. Judy Parker will continue working for a few more days. Up to date maps of the city water and sewer system are being drawn up. The women are working on the maps showing the depth v5 IN sVl Pickels Stick At Springfield Springfield (UPD Roving pickets from the Coos Bay area remained at the gates of the Weyerhaeuser Timber company" s Springfield ' plant ' for the second day in a row Friday. About 1,000 workers were idled here as members of the Coos Bay local of the Inter national Woodworkers of Am erica union continued to pro test the firing of a truck driv er last week. Pickets also returned Tues day to the Weyerhaeuser op erations at Aberdeen - and Grays Harbor, Wash., idling 840 sawmill workers and loggers. Earlier, pickets were on hand at Klsmath Falls for a day and a half. A spokesman for the pickets said the strat egy was decided on at a meet ing of the Coos Bay local last week end. He indicated plans were being developed to ex tend the operation until the dispute over the firing of the truck driver is settled. Calitornian Cited For Rule Violation Joseph H. Santos, 31, of Fort Jones, Calif., was cited for violation of the basic rule following a two-vehicle col lision on Highway 62 Friday state police said. The accident occurred near the intersection of the Arkan sas Flats rd., and Highway 62. A car driven by Frank L. Nelson, Eagle Point, entered Highway 62 from the Arkan sas Flats rd. A pickup truck driven by Santos came over a crest of a hill, swerved to avoid the Nelson car, hit it, lost control and drove into a roadside ditch. No injuries were reported. Damage to the two vehicles was not serious, state police said. Herring to Speak On Dpg, Cat Surplus William Herring, Southern Oregon Humane Society of ficer, will discuss the dog and cat surplus problem and what needs to be done at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce roundtable Mon day noon at the Jackson ho tel. Herring , also will discuss citizens' rights regarding oth er people's pets, and the pros and cons of pets. of the pipes and trunk lines and the position of all fire plugs and man holes. Mr. and Mrs. John Snook gave a birthday party for their son, Robert, on his 12th birthday Jan. 19. Guests were Jack Snook, Mr. and Mrs Stanley Snooks and Kathy, Debbie and John. Leaving Friday after a few days visit at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Don Lacy were Mr. and Mrs. Walter LeRoy of Grass Valley, Calif. Mrs. Le Roy is Lacy's aunt. From here the LeRoys continued on to visit in Salem and Forest Grove. Mr. and Mr Ray Britton returned recently from a three-week vacation in Texas and Oklahoma. Mrs. William Longmore of Eugene visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harvey of Hamrick rd. recently. Mrs. Longmore formerly lived in Medford. CAPT. FLOYD E. NELSON Miami -flJPD- Capt. Floyd E. Nelson, veteran pilot, died on Thursday following a brief illness Nelson, a native of Salt Lake City, Utah, held a total of 21,000 flying hours in. his years of pioneering air routes in South America. TUNNEY'S SON TO WED .... Nijmegen, Holland (UPD Mikie Sprengler, 23, daughter of a Dutch brick manufactur er, and Varyck Tunney, 24, son of former heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tun ney, plan to be married here next Thursday. Distributor Wanted FULL OR PART TIME Reliable party to handle wholesale distributing of worldwide advertised repeat items. Deliver and collect only our established accounts. $2,500 Investment re quired to secure active inventory. Not a supplementary return, but a full income. An all cash profitable busi ness offered by national corporation. You must have car, good references, and be able to start at once. Want party capable earning $10,000-$ 18,000 yearly. (Write Standard Foods Distributors, box D-2431 this paper.) Lewis Charged With Pandering Lester Lee Lewis, 66, was arrested by state and Medford police Friday on a district court warrant charging pro curing a female to engage in prostitution. He was arraigned late Fri day afternoon before District Court Judge E. Roy Bashaw. The case was continued to Monday afternoon with bail set at $5,000. Lewis was arrestsed at his trailer home, route 2, box 671, Central Point, by State Police Sgt. Fay Holley and Medford. Detective Keith Gildesgard. His arrest resulted from statements investigators ob tained from three local women-one of them married-who said Lewis had - approached them in a Front st. restaurant. Fourth Implicated A fourth female -a 16-year- old Medford girl-was also im plicated in the affair, the in vestigators reported. City po lice arrested her Thursday at the request of Jackson coun ty juvenile authorities in con nection with violating her parole from Hillcrest School for Girls. Lewis admitted in a signed statement following his arrest that he had taken three of the females to a restaurant in Jackson county where they had relations with employees there and were reimbursed. He also admitted taking two of the females to Klamath Falls on a similar mission. He told interrogators in the statement that he had receiv Officials Announce Bloodmobie Visits The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Medford and Ash land Tuesday and Wednes day, Feb. 10 and 11, Jackson county chapter Red Cross of ficials have announced. The Bloodmobile will be at the Red Cross chapter house, 60 Hawthorne ave., Medford, between 1 and 5 p.m. Tues day, Feb. 10. Quota for the visit is 290 pints, Red Cross officials said. Appointments may be made for the Medford visit by tele phoning the Red Cross build ing, SPring 3-3813. The Bloodmobile will be at the Ashland Elks club Wednesday, Feb. 11. Quota for the Ashland visit is 200 pints. Mayors Request Mere Slum Funds Washington -OIPD-The Unit ed States Conference of May ors told Congress yesterday not to try balancing the fed eral budget' by economizing on slum clearance. The group pleaded for ap proval of a 10-year six billion dollar program of slum clear ance and urban renewal, in stead of the six-year $1,350, 000,000" program proposed by President Eisenhower. The m a y o r's plea was voiced by Mayors Richard J. Daley of Chicago and Thom as d'Alesandro Jr., Baltimore, in testimony prepared for an unusual Saturday session of the House banking subcom mittee on housing. Mrs. Wanamaker Awarded Damages Washington -(UPD- A federal court jury yesterday awarded $145,000 to Mrs. Pearl Wana maker in her millipn dollar libel suit against radio com mentator Fulton Lewis. The Mutual Broadcasting System and radio station WWDC here were co-defendants with Lewis in the case. The suit grew out of a broadcast made by Lewis in January, 1956. At that time; Mrs. Wanamaker was superin tendent of public instruction in Washington state. Lewis' comment referred to Mrs. Wanamaker's part in the 1955 White House confer ence on education and in a controversy involving teach ers in Washington State. About 235,000 Americans will die of cancer during the current year... ed a portions of the proceeds as expense money "to pay for the gas" and for . "eats." Lewis is charged specifical ly with procuring one of the females-the married woman, who told police in her state ment she is 20 years old and the mother of two children. , The procurement charge carries a maximum penalty of a 55,000 fine and five years in prison. . ' Lewis said after Friday's arraignment proceedings that he once served as federal pre datory animal hunter in this area. Since then, he said, he has hunted and trapped for himself. Burglars Wreak Havoc at Drive-In Burglars recently entered the Valley Drive-In theatre, North Pacific highway, and left the snack bar, projection room and office a shambles, Medford police reported. Police investigated the scene after receiving a com plaint from Don Ivan Evans, 913 Queen Anne ave., theatre manager. Fourteen gallon jugs of snow cone syrup and three gallon jars of mustard had been emptied in the snack bar, according to the report. The syrup was splashed on the walls and ceiling as well as on the floor, and in the projection room . had been poured over two piles of out door speakers, the report stat ed. . Other damaged items in the snack bar included paper cups, paper napkins and tow els, wooden spoons, cans of milk, miscellaneous soaps and other cleaning agents and 26 bags of popcorn. - In the office, drawers were ransacked, papers dumped on the floor and red ink poured about. Bandit Plays it Safe at Safeway Klamath Fall s-flJFD-A stranger walked into a down town Safeway store here Fri day night, took a cart and leisurely "shopped" for near ly an hour. Then he stole unobtrusively up the back stairs to the man- ager's office, pulled a gun on Asistant Manager Robert Coats and said "This is a stickup." He told Coats he had an accomplice "downstairs" and ordered the assistant manager to go down, take the money from the tills and the safe and bring it back to him. Police said Coats did so, and the intruder, after warning Coats against sounding the alarm, vanished into the night with $2,000 in a shopping bag. BANK WELL PROTECTED ! Liverpool, England (UPD Britain's first drive-in-bank opened here Friday. It has two bullet-proof windows. Laugh it up with THE SHERIFF OF FRACTURES JAW! What a situation' What fun! What a time youl have when a mild-mannered Englishman becomes the laughing law of Fractured Jaw . with a gun-toting blonde as his beautiful deputy! KENNETH JAYNET WA ( BRIAN KEITH -SY1"0 Kmn MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday, February 1. 1959 11 Pamphlets Popular With Area Library Pamphlets, because they are often more attractive and ahead of book publications on the same subjects, are becom ing increasingly popular with patrons of . the Jackson Coun ty library, according t.o Miss Joyce Marlin, reference libra rian. Miss Marlin cited, for ex ample,' such frequently re quested topics as juvenile de linquency, narcotics, alcohol ism, civilian defense, and re habilitation of the disabled. Other popular subjects are atomic power, conservation, social security, national parks and raising pears and apples. The paper-covered booklets, which can be taken out on a library card like a book, are available not only in the ref erence section of the Medford Public library headquarters but in branch libraries at Cen tral Point, Jacksonville, Gold Hill, Talent, and Eagle Point. The booklets are always brief er than books and often more up-to-date and readable. Attractive Pamphlets Some of the most attractive pamphlets are those published by the experiment stations of the various state agricultural colleges. Pamphlets are also available from such publish ers as Public Affairs commit tee, Foreign Policy associa tion, and various departments of the state and federal gov ernments. Biggest users of the pam phlet file are. students, who locate material for term pa pers and debates. Business men, club women, homemak ers, and other library users also find information on a wide variety of subjects. . It is expected that the pam phlet collection will have es pecially frequent use during Oregon's Centennial anniver sary since it contains a great deal of material on state and w mil u vm IN PORTLAND THEY AUNTIE MAME" AND NOW IN MEDFORD AT MISS IT, YOU'LL HAVE CONTINUOUS TODAY FROM 1:00 P.M. ifj : 1 NOW, THE ONE MOVIE j ' ! 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