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Woman fo be Moved From Rest Home Circuit Court Judge James Main yesterday afternoon said he would sign a court order directing that Mrs. Martha Emma Hill, Medford, be re moved from Rest Haven nurs ing home to Huf fine's nursing home in Central Point. Judge Main's decision fol lowed a writ of habeas corpus hearing involving Mrs. Kath erine Gore, Medford, versus Mr. and Mrs. Walter Budovic, proprietors of the Rest Haven nursing home. The Budovicks attempted to have Mrs. Gore removed as guardian of Mrs. Hill. Tes tify ng in her own behalf, Mrs. Hil'also asked that Mrs. Gore be removed as her guardian. Airs. Gore testified that she and her husband had sought to remove Mrs. Hill from the nursing home; on doctor's ad vice and were opposed by both the Budovicks and Mrs. Hill. Following Mrs. Gore's testimony, no other testimony was given in spite of the judge's question if there were others who wished to testify at that time. IT'S THIRD OREGON RAMBLER! (The People's Choice Drives One, Too!) Sea color ad on page 6, tae. 2 V Buy some First National money whenever you need it, and pay for it in easy installments. Just see a loan officer f$! at any of 78 First National Banking Offices. loca Boy Assaulted By Three Youths John P. Walsh, 16, of 111 South Keene way, was treated at Sacred Heart hospital last night for numerous scratches and bruises following an as sault by three other youths, Medford police reported. Police said that Walsh de clined to name his attackers, but he stated they had driven him from the downtown area by way of Barnett rd. to where they had beaten him. Walsh said he walked home from the scene of the beating afterward, according to the police report. Boyd Overhulse Undergoes Surgery Salem-EPD-Sen. Boyd Over hulse (D-Madras) was report ed in satisfactory condition at Salem eGneral hospital today atfer undergoing surgery Monday. Overhulst, president of the Senate in the 1957 session, has been away from his desk for about a week. Fellow sen ators said he probably would be in the hospital for 10 days to two weeks. SERVICE Howard School fo Observe Centennial Children, teachers, princi pal, and employees of How ard school will turn back the calendar to 1859 Thursday and Friday, when they attend school in dress appropriate to, that era. School officials reported that a special assembly will be held Thursday by fifth grade students in honor of the Centennial. Some of the students plan to ride to school on horse back, it was reported. Bill Colley, eighth grade teacher, is in charge of the two-day event. Square dancing will be scheduled in physical educa tion classes. Thursday and Friday. Weather - FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Continued cloudy and cool with occasional showers oi snow or rain tonight. MosUy cloudy with possibly a few light showers and occasional sunny periods Wednesday. Low tonight 32. High Wednesday 42. Western Oregon: Intermittent rain tonight and Wednesday mixed with snow at times. Low tonight 28-35: high Wednesday 35-45. Northern California: Occasional rain tonight and Wednesday: snow in mountains. Little change in temperature. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yester day 37; below normal 5. Record high this date 6.4 in 1934. Record low this date 16 in 1929 PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight .19 inch. Midnight to 10 a.m.. .05 inch. Total this month .24 inch, .45 inch below normal. . Total since Sept. 1, 7.07 inches, 4.49 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 78. highest this a.m. 98cr. Hieh 4:30 24- City Yester- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. Brookings . 49 38 1.41 Crater Lake 20 - 14 1.10 Grant? Pass 43 33 .63 Klamath Falls 32 25 .40 MEDFORD 41 32 21 Portland 4 1 37 Seattle 40 32 .44 Spokane 33 27 .31 Yakima 31 25 .40 Eureka 50 38 .91 Red Bluff 43 41 .09 Sacramento 49 43 .31 San Francisco 54 48 .28 Los Angeles 59 45 .02 Phoenix 57 38 Denver 22 6 .09 Chicago 41 31 .86 Miami Beach 80 74 New York 38 33 .68 Washington. D.C. 39 32 .04 L1V . . . for any DEBT Consolidation! It? ALL BANK SERVICE (LOANS INCLUDED) lO to 5, Monday thru Saturday FOITIAND Mm wm hkm Mtti nmino BANK WHERE YOU CAN BORROW Local and Hit and Run-Eugene Wen dell Ingram, 1457 Whitman ave., told Medford police Sun day that an unidentified vehi cle had struck and damaged his car the night before while it was parked at 905 King st. Tab Taken-Herbert Henry Puhl, 920 Queen Anne ave., told Medford police that a 1959 Oregon license tab was taken sometime since Jan. 1 from a vehicle registered to his mother, Mrs. Augusta Moore, 413 West Second st., while the vehicle was in her garage. . Purse Slolen-Ronald Lewis Ansted, 407 South C st., Eagle Point, informed Medford po lice that a lady's purse valued at S35 was taken from his ve hicle yesterday while the ve hicle was parked on North Fir st. between Third and Fourth sts. Accidenf-A car operated by Mahdi Hosain Chaichain, .of Redding, Calif., went off Highway 99 near Birdseye creek about 12:55 p.m. yester day, according to state police. The car went into a ditch and sideswiped a tree, they said. The driver apparently dozed off, officers believed. Driver Ciled-Patricia Cla rice Rettman, 1250 Iowa st., Ashland, was cited for failure to yield the right of way Sat urday afternoon following a collision on Table Rock rd. near North Pacific highway between her vehicle and one operated by Glen Oliver Brocksome, 213 West Pine st., Central Point, Medford police reported. Driver Cited-Minnie Ellen Bolen, 814 West Second st., was cited for failure toyield the right of way Sunday morning following a collision on Oakdale ave. between Sixth and Main sts. involving her vehicle and one operated by William Charles Riley, 616 Stewart ave., according to Medford police. EM&RG&N'CICS! Personal Return-Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gates have returned to Ash land after attending the fur niture market in San Fran cisco. Driver Arrested Leonard Roy .Ward, Butte Falls star route, box 140, Eagle Point, was arrested on a charge of drunk in public yesterday fol lowing a collision on River side ave. between Eighth and Main' sts. involving his ve hicle and one operated by Carol Mary Rector, 2369 Beall lane, Medford police reported. Driver Cited - Sharon Lee Forde, 506 Haven st., was cited for failure to yield the right of way and for not hav ing an Oregon operators li cense in her possession yester day following a collision be tween her vehicle and one operated by Mary Margurete Willarding, 1114 South Oak dale ave., at South Oakdale and Dakota ave., Medford po lice reported. Medical Patient-Ernest E. Reams, 6236 Crater Lake I highway, was admitted to Sa cred Heart hospital as a medi cal patient, hospital attend ants reported today. .- Word Received - Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Charles Suther land, . sister of Mrs. Walter Sutherland, 562 Garfield st., Medford, in Hawaii Sunrlav Mrs. Charles Sutherland was a frequent visitor here, and apparently suffered a heart attack while swimming, her sister reported. Hit and Run-Carroll Gene Zachary, 1448 Jasper st., told Medford police he saw an un identified vehicle strike a parked vehicle owned by Diana Pearson, 817 Beekman ave., Sunday evening on North Central ave. between Second and Third sts. The unidentified vehicle failed to stop, according to the report. Gaugs Stolen - Charles Frank xtisse, 820 West fourth St., told Medford police that someone had cut an air hose and stolen the $10 air gauge attacned to it Saturday nignt or early bunday morning at his Kicnfield Service station, Ninth si. and Central ave. Fire Damaga - Fire broke out arounu a terra coita xiue at the norae ot Mrs. a. W. iiolroyd aoout noon yester day and resulted in minor damage to tne wall and ceil ing, uremen reported, 'iney said that tne fire started irom wood and paper of tne wail being too close to tne ilue wnicn was hot from tne lire in tne wood stove. Hit and Run-Leona Flor ence lireiinan, Cave juncuou, told Mediord police aunuay morning mat an umdentuieo venicie naa slrucK and dam aged ner car the night beiore wnile it was parked in iront ot 409 North Central ave., Medford. Fire - An automatic fire alarm alerted tne JL.v". Vvard family, 1368 iiuton rd. of an overheated stove Sunday eve ning, it was reported. Tne tire, put out by the family, blistered paint near the stove. Xne lire department was not called, iamiiy memDers said. Struck in Eye-Jack Court ney : McCormick, 424 Lynn wood ave., told Medford po lice that his daughter, Rhean na, 11, had been struck in the right eye Saturday afternoon with a stick that a neighbor's 11-year-old boy had shot from a bow. The examining physi cian reported her eye was bruised, but not seriously in jured. Driver Ciitd- Stanley El liott Philips, 1455 Nortn Riv erside ave., was cited for fail ure to yield the right of way Saturday morning following a collision on Front st. be tween Sixth and Main sts., between his vehicle and one operated by Margaret Cath erine McAllister, route 2, box 573A, Central Point, Medford police reported. Births MORGAN-To Mr. and Mrs. William Lee, 2290 Cory rd., Medford, Feb. 9, 1959, a boy, 8 . pounds, at Sacred Heart hospital. BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 Obituary JOHN MASON VAUGHAN John Mason Vaughan, in fant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack M. Vaughan, of Wolfe Creek, died today in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Morris. GEORGE L. HAFF Funeral services for George L. Haff, 91, who died Sunday at his home in Gold Hill, will be held at the IOOF hall, Gold Hill, Thursday at 2:30 p.m. The IOOF Lodge will be in charge of services at the graveside. Committal will be in Rock Point cemetery. Survivors include two step sons, Paul Thompson of Gold Hill., and Ray Thompson of Portland. Conger-Morris, fu neral directors, are in charge of arrangements. LONA SPENCER Funeral services for Mrs. Lona Ethel Spencer, 62, of 829 West Second st., who died in a Portland hospital Saturday will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Chapel Mortu ary. The Rev. William C. Piper, pastor of the First Christian church, will offici ate. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Mrs. Spencer, the daughter of Herbert S. and Charlotte Anderson Hull, was born in Missouri on Dec. 21, 1896. She received her teacher's certifi cate from the Cheney Normal college, which is now the Eastern Washington College of Education at Cheney, Wash. She also attended the State College of Washington at Pullman, and the University of Washington in Seattle. She was married on June 14, 1931, to James M. Spencer, who sur vives. She taught music and other subjects in the grade schools of Pendleton, Jacksonville and Medford. She had been a resi dent of Medford since 1945. She was a member of the Christian church in Spokane, the Oregon State Mother's club, and the Garden club of Pendleton. Besides her husband, she is survived by twin sons, James H. Spencer, Buena Park, Calif., and Lee A. Spencer, Portland; and three sisters, Mrs. Rose Rock, Spokane, Mrs. Geneva Fink, Cheney, Wash., and Mrs. Mona Cars ton, Reardon, Wash. MRS. MARGARET BUCK Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Kurtz Buck, 32, of 108 South Keeneway dr., will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic church Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. The Rev. John Ilg will officiate. Burial will take place in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Buck was born in Hazelton, N.D., Sept. 14, 1926. She attended Idaho State col lege for two years, and the University of Oregon medical school for three years, where she received her BA degree. She was a registered nurse, and a member of the Ameri can Cancer Society and the Sacred Heart Catholic church. She had been a resident of Medford for the past three years, and had lived in Ore gon for 10 years. Survivors include her hus band, Dr. Robert H. Buck, of Medford; two daughters, Cyn thia and Janet, at home; two sisters, Mrs. Shirley Cairns of Portland, Ore., and Mrs. Helen Calahan of Connecti cut; one brother, Dr. Robert Schnider of Los Angeles; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Schnider of Pocatello, Idaho. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers a dona tion may be made to the Amer ican Cancer Society in care of the local postmaster. Recitation of the Holy Ro sary will be held at Perl Fu neral home at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Pallbearers will be Dr. N. J. Wilson, Mrs. William J. Miller, Ivan Harrington, Dr. Thomas Tinsley, Dr. Fred F. Burich, and Dr. B. Brandt Bartels. Salem (UPD A bill author izing appointment of tempo rary circuit judges has been introduced in the Senate by the Senate Judiciary Commit tee. ANDY'S BEST BUI! Priced from M.95 m BLACK HILLS COlDJfWUEY S&H Green Stamps ANDY'S Tour Frienlly Credit Jeweler 15 North Central Over-the-Counfer Western Slocks The rollowin 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 actua' transactions but are intended as a guide to the approriraaf price range. Common Stocks Bid Asked Baak of America 48' 46 38 Calif .-Pacific Utilties 35 x Cascades Plywood 31 33'i 20 40 1 s ' 60-. 18', 43 26U 30-a 732 31.A 36, 46 T, Cons. Freightways Copco First National Bank 57 Northwest Nat. Gas 17 Pacific Pwr. & L.t- 41 ' Permanente Cement 24 Portland Gen. Elec. 29 'i U S. National Bank 69 United Utilities 29 3i West Coast Tel. 24 Weyerhaeuser 44 Investment Funds Noon Quotations on selected funds supplied by th M-dford Branch of Foster & Marshan. mem bers New York stock Exchange Fund Bid Asked Bulioc.t 13.37 14.65 Chem Fund 19.36 20.93 Eaton Howard Stk 23.34 24.96 Fidelity 15.59 Gas Ind . 14.45 Group Sec Avia .... 11.05 Group Sec Com Stk 13.32 Group Sec Elec 9.32 Group Sec Petr 11.78 Group Sec Steel 10.21 Goruo Sec Tobac 7.90 Keystone B-3 6.44 Keystone B-4 10.48 Keystone K-2 13.27 Keystone S-l 18.18 Keystone S-2 12.33 Keystone S-3 . 14.00 Keystone S-4 11.56 Mass Inv Grth Stk 12.79 TV-Elec 13.70 Value Line Inc 5.78 Wellington 13.78 16.85 15.79 12.10 14.58 10.26 12.90 11.18 8.66 17.94 11.44 14.48 19.84 13.46 15.28 12.62 13.83 14.93 6.32 15.02 Portland Produce Portland (UPD Dairy market: Eggs To retailers: Grade AA large, 44-46c doz.; A large, 43-44c; AA medium, 38-42c: A medium. 38-41c; AA smalls, 34-36; cartons l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and Grade A prints, 66c lb.; carton, lc higher: B prints. 64c. Cheese medium cured To re tailers: A grade Cheddar single dai sies, 41-51c; processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 40-43c. Farm Market Some wholesalers booked Cali fornia ano Arizona lettuce at a new seasonal high of 4.25-4.50 a carton of 2 dozen heads todav; general range unchanged at 3:50-4: there was little trading at the East Side Farmers market today. Poultry, Rabbits lave Chickens Quoted to grow ers at Portland, Salem and south to Eugene, f.o.b. ranch. No. 1 qual ity rjers, 24-4 lbs., 17-18c; light hens. 9-llc: heavy hens, 16-17C. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Frvers, whole drawn. 34-36c lb.; cut up, 39-41c; hens, heavy type whole drawn, 39 42c: light-type, cut up. 32-34c lb. Dressed Turkeys (Prices most ly nominal to producers). Fresh frozen young hens 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, 34-4 i lbs. f.o.b. Portland, 20-23c; colored pelts 5c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 57-60C lb.; cut up, 61-64C. Portland Livestock Portland (UPI) Cattle 300 Average choice around 980 lb. fed steers 27.75: mixed good-choice siees MBU-iuau 10. 26.78-27: good low choice heifers 25.50-26.75; util ity cows 17.50-19.50; canners-cut-ters 14.50-16. Calves 50. Good-choice vealers 29-35; standard 24-28. Hogs 350. U.S. 1 and 3 butchers mostly 19; mixed 1. 2 and 3 lots 18-18.50; sows 300-550 lb. 13-16. Sheep 150. Choice lambs Mon day 18.25-18.50; good 17.50-18; ewe- 49. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hav Prices: No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Portland and Seattle. S32-33 ton witn top quality to 535. Wholesale Prices as reported bv the Portland USDA market news service. Basis by the ton. bulk, prompt delivery, f.o.b. track, Port land. Wheat No. 1 soft white $68.50 No. 2 Milo, Eastn shipment $50.50-51 No. 2 corn, Eastern shipment , $55.25-55.75 No. 2 wh. oats, 38-lb. Coast $52.00-54.00 No. 2 Western barley. Coast $5151.50 Soybean meal, 44 protein..$79.00 Standard millrun $44.00-45.00 Washington -flJPD- President Eisenhower said that U.S. air men are under strict orders not to violate Soviet borders and do not "play fox and hounds" along the cold war frontier. SALE COL HI-FI REGULAR RETAIL SEE AND HEAR THESE BARGAINS! .BSSA MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, February 10, 19S9 9 Stocks Snap Back Following Sell-Off New York - (UPD - Stocks snapped back with a ven geance today. The market's resurgence came on the heels of a sharp sell-off Monday which was at tributed to technical reasons. Individual gains in the list ran past four points in some of the leaders and gave the whole market a bright look. Lukens Steel paced its group with a gain running past four points. Other issues in the steel group generally added fractions. Maytag also added around four at its best on a good earnings report. DuPont was up almost four in the chemicals. Motors met good support. American Motors, Ford, and General Motors all added a point or better. Nonferrous metals, enjoying a stronger price structure, had a number of issues up a point or more, including Alcoa, Anaconda, and Magma Copper'. Today's prices on selected stocks: , Allied Chemical 96V2 Alum Co Am 834 American Can 48,i American Motors : 3414 AT&T 232V4 Anaconda Copper 6834 Armco Steel '. 69 Bendix Aviation .' 69 Bethlehem Steel 53' 4 Boeing Air 42 Caterpillar Corp .1...... 88 Chrysler Corp 5134 Continental Can 5434 Crown Zellerbach 553A Curtiss Wright . 28 Dow Chemical . . 77V& Du Pont 206V2 Eastman Kodak 140 J Firestone 132'i General Electric 76 General Foods (xd) 76 General Motors 46 Georgia Pacific ... 61J4 Graham Paige 3 Greyhound 19 Gulf Oil lWb Homestake Mining 45 Idaho Power 4614 Kaiser Ind 13 Int Paper 119V4 Johns Manville 55 Kennecott Copper 104 Lockheed Aircraft 29 Katy (new) 6V4 Montana Power Co 6914 Montgomery Ward 41 V4 Natl Biscuit 52'4 New York Central 26Va Pac Gas & Elec ...... 62V4 Penney J C 109 Penn R R 163,4 Radio Corporation 45V2 Richfield Oil 102V4 Safeway 39V4 Sears 43 Shell Oil 81 Socony Mobil Oil 47Ja Southern Co 35 V Southern Pacific 65V4 THEATRE INFORMATION SERVICE CALL SPrine 3-7323 FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATRES II 1 11 I UTV r 1 1 u ivi.'oi sin mi 1 BM & ' i-s I Urn MS W"i SALE - SALE 1W11 r STEREO and Wo .K BRAND NEW 1959 MODELS A FULL I fjriatWUflMHl MEDFORD, 58' a Standard Indiana Standard N J Sun Mines Texas Gulf Sulfur Tex Pac Land ... 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