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27 Children Killed In Rash of Fires During Week End By United Press International Twenty-seven cmiaren - iu from Massachusetts - were killed during the week end in a cross country rash of fires. A United Press Internation al count showed at least 36 persons in all died in fires. The most disastrous blaze occurred late Saturday when a mother and her seven chil dren died when flames de stroyed their four-room frame house at Crystal City, Tex. Firemen said the blaze, be lieved caused by a wood stove in the kitchen, spread so rap idly that the house was "burning like paper" when they arrived. The bodies of Mrs. Sotero Rodriguez and one of her children were found on the kitchen floor. The other six children died in their beds. Trapped by Flames Five children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miles of Cris field, Md., died when they were trapped by flames in the second floor of their frame home. Four children of Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Watkins' of Bos ton were trapped and killed when a space heater exploded near their bed and set fire to their home. Three children of Richard Sullivan were killed in a fire that swept their farm home near Hanson, Mass. Sullivan rescued his eight other chil dren. A fire of undetermined ori gin at Idaho Falls Sunday swept the two-story frame home of Mrs. Dorothy Han sen, killing three of her four children. The victims includ ed 4-year-old twins Wendy and Bruce. The fourth child, Vicki, 10, was injured criti cally when she jumped from a second story window. Another fire Sunday killed two youngsters, aged 1 and 2, at their home at Shirley, Mass., near Ft. Devons where their father, specialist 5-C Richard L. Christman, is stationed. THE WOMB'S MOST BEMHHFUIILY . gs---' 1 jm ali r Ybiill love the fall six-passenger BUILT FOR PEOPLE! . . . Just one standard was used by Ford in design ing its 1959 car people! First came Thunder bird styling that appeals to more people. Then Ford made the door openings wider, so it's easier to get in and out. Next they made sure that six big people could stretch out on seats that are padded their fuU width. Result? More room for everybody's legs, elbows, hips and hats . . . more solid comfort KfcEP CRATER A Los Aneeles fire blamed on a cigarette destroyed the home of Mrs. Carmen Gomez, who watched helplessly as firemen battled the flames in a futile eliort to save ner two young sons and Rudolph Rodriguez, 21. Kenneth Juliano, 10 months, was killed in a fire that broke out in a room of his home at Brockton, Mass. Other week end fires claim ed the lives of adults at Lynn, Chicopee and New Bedford, Mass.; South Port land, Me.; Gothenburg, Neb., and Rockport, Ind. . Annual Meeting Held by Council Frank Glonning was re elected chairman of the Rogue Valley Council on Aging at a recent meeting of the coun cil. Ivan Farris, Ashland, will continue as vice chairman; and Walter A. Hatch, secretary-treasurer. Elected to the board of di rectors at the first annual meeting was Mrs. Clayton Walker, one year term, and John Gribble, who will re main on the" board for an ad ditional three years. Progress reports were given on the Fifty Plus club, the development of a constitution and by-laws, the Christmas gift sale and Senior Activity Center. Mrs. C. W. Guches, chair man of the health committee, outlined the organization of the Friendly Visiting Service which started n October. She mentioned the need for men volunteers to visit the patients in the nursing homes and homes for the aged. A question and answer period followed the meeting. Mrs. Ena Foss offered the loan of a piano for the Center. Musical activities are now planned by the group. Per sons interested in participat- YOUR FORD ALL FORD WITH LAKE MOTORS, INC. Main at Fir, SP Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF THE HURRICANE SEASON still is months away, but the U. S. Weather Bureau already has given official names to expected big blows along the Atlantic coast and across the Gulf. As usual, the storms bear the names of females. (Sure, sure: they're HER icanes, not HIM-icanes!) and here they are, in the order of their expected ap pearance: Arlene, Beulah, Cindy, Debra, Edith, Flora, Gracie, Hannah, Irene Ju dith, Kristy, Lois, Marsha, Nellie, Orpha, Penny, Quel la, Rachel, .Sophie, Tanya, Udele, Vicky, Wilma, Xcel, Yasmin and Zasu. TV view ers will recognize Arlene, Gracie and Zasu but Quel- la and Xcel? Who dey? The Post Office has been making announcements, too. Alaska Isn't feasible to abbreviate, insists the P.O., so letter writers are requested to spell it out. Our new forty-ninth state thereby joins five older states which the P. O. disdains to shorten: Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio and Utah. j 1959, by Bennett Cert Distributed by Kins' Features Syndicate. iqht Women On Duncan Jury Ventura, Calif. -HIPD- Testi mony in the Elizabeth Ann Duncan murder trial . begins Tuesday before a jury of four men and eight women. Selection of the jury in the bizaare case in which Mrs. Duncan is accused of hiring two men to kill her daughter-in-law was completed last Fri day after nearly five full days of questioning. Dist. Atty. Roy Gustafson, who is expected to demand the death penalty, estimated the trial would last up to a month. He has charged Mrs. Dun can hired two ex-convicts to kill her daughter-in-law, Olga, 30, for $6,000. Mrs. Duncan was pictured as a possessive mother afraid of losing her son, Frank, 30, an attorney, to the younger woman. ing may contact the Center at SPring 2-4163 or Edward Root, SPring 3-2623. comfort in the cars BUiLT FOR SAVINGS!... Savings start the moment you buy a Ford. A price tag comparison with major competitive cars will prove it! And you go right on saving. Ford's standard Six or V-8 engines that thrive on regular gas save you a dollar each tankful. Ford's Full-Flow Oil Filter means oil changes only each 4000 miles. Ford's aluminized muf flers normally last twice as long! And new Diamond Lustre Finish never needs waxing GENUINE FORD PARTS Casting Completed For Kiwanis Kapers Casting for the annual Ki wanis Kapers of 1959 has been completed, Kiwanis spokesman announced this week. Rehearsal schedule for the show, entitled "Now and Then," has also been setT" The production, which will be held March 4 through 7, will compare the 1850s with 1959. The advertising drive for the program has also been completed, it was announced. Money received from the event supports the Kiwanis Dental Clinic. The program will be held at the Medford High school. Tickets are available from any Kiwanian. NEWSPAPERMAN DIES Deland, Fla. --(UPD- Thomas Bracken, 82, former head of the Biographical and Subject Index Department of the New York Times, died here Sunday. PROFOMIONED CMS ULAJ 59F0fS The Ford Custom 300 Fordor is the - buy of the year. Combines beautiful proportions with beautiful savings. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In these days, we're hearing a lot about budgets. In Washington, it's Presi dent Eisenhower's budget. In Sacramento, it's Governor Brown's budget. In Oregon, we go them all one better. In Salem, we're talking about TWO budgets-the Holmes budget, which was submitted by the retiring governor, and the Hatfield budget, which was submitted by the incom ing governor. FIRST-what is a budget? For an answer, let's go to the dictionary, which gives us this definition: "A finan cial statement of estimated in come and expenses of a coun try for a period of time; also a plan for financing a govern ment, based on such a state ment." When he put that one to gether, Mr. Webster was ob viously thinking about public budgets. In this piece, I'd like to point out that there are TWO kinds of budgets-public and private. They differ in many ways. FOR example: If you have a household budget, this is the way you go about putting it together and TODAY In Oregon History (A Centennial Feature) FEBRUARY 23. 19J0 The women of Portland held a mass meeting today to demand that the steps of the city's street cars be lowered so thai a lady can ascend and descend with out being subjected to the leers of male loiterers. Tak ing official congnizance of the seriousness of the situ ation as affecting public morals and decency, Mayor Simon has intervened in the dispute and the street car company has agreed to lower the steps on all its cars immediately. nn 3-4547 administering . it: First, you determine from your antici pated income how much you can afford to spend for var ious household purposes. Then if you have it in mind to MAKE YOUR BUDGET WORK, you spend for these various purposes what 'you have allotted to them and NO MORE. The process' is the same in the case of a business budget. You first determine how much your anticipated income will permit you to spend. Then you apportion this total among your various depart ments. Then you tell your de partment heads that THAT'S IT-there isn't any more. If a department head overspends his budget seriously, you call him on the carpet and tell him what's what in no un. certain terms. IN GOVERNMENT, it's oth." erwise. In the case of government, you first ask your depart ments how much they think they will WANT to spend. The heads of these depart ments then go into the silence and figure up all the things they'd LIKE to have and all the people they'd LIKE TO HIRE-and, after that, they add about 10 per cent to the total on the broad general theory that you may cut them down a bit and they'd better have same FAT that can be trimmed off without hurting anybody if the wind happens to blow in the economy di rection. Then After getting these esti-mates- You figure out how much you'll have to nick the tax payers for to make the budget come out even-or something like even. 117HY these differences? " It's simple. In private budgeting-either household or business- the money COMES OUT OF YOUR POCKET. In government budgeting, you just determine how much you think you'll have to have to make the books balance and then REACH INTO THE TAXPAYERS' POCKETS AND TAKE IT OUT. WITH these j budget-making facts of life in mind, I'd like to offer a suggestion to A-TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY Special Meeting Central Point Lodge No. 135 AFiiAM Wednesday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. Work in E.A. Degree. All Ma sons invited. Wilbur Smith, W.M. FOR RENT Duplex. Very nice large 2 bdrm. unfurn. Carport, DJ3 a. tioiiy. SP 2-2452 LOST Oft STOLEN Fox Terrier, brown, 4 white feet & white breast. Leave information at 216 xjncoin or at" 2-2840 PLANT tuffs Krari ' ' Hawthorne $3; Kwanzan Cherry $3.25; Hopa or Eli Crab $2.50. Many others, also good selection of shrubs. Brewington's Nursery, SP 3-3971. 2605 Tennessee Dr. off Debarr. FOR SALE If you have a lot of amijr neie is a lot oi nouse. A well built 2500 ft. 4 bdrm. older home in a choice neighborhood. It has fireplace, den, dining room & sewing room; hardwood floors down. Shop, sleeping porch, dou ble garage. There is a fenced back yard with roses & nut trees. Get a Park Ave. address with an old fashioned bath for $12,750. For terms 8c viewing Ph. SP- i-JUUJ, U Wild FOR RENT 1 bdrm. unfurn house. aza jasper, s 2-2505, FOR RENT 3 bdrm. house. Inquire at 938 S. Hollv. t FOR SALE Chrome dining table & 6 chairs, overstuffed davenport & 2 chairs (needs recovering). ii y-f i-iuiD, FOR SALE -52 Jeep pickup, 4 FOR SALE 21" Packard Bell TV iira. opace a, aei Aire Trailer y-uuri,. rnoeniK. aee alter 5 p.m FOR SALE 500 ft. 6" Welded steel irrigation pipe .90 per foot. GReenwood 6-5149, Grants Pass, evenings ex. njin I 2x6 No. 3 S4S $65 per M. Fainted Cedar Shakes $13.50 per sq. Glass Mt. Pumice block $1.35 ea. 8". 10" & 12" Resaw sheathing $40 per M. S&H Green Stamps NORTON LUMBER COMPANY Phoenix KE 5-2037 PACU a nnu - -amp wmte TA 6-9331 PAINTING Interior, Exterior. 20 yi. experience, anaw. a-zyio SHADE TREES SI. 00 & up. Ever- f;reen snruDS i.uu & up. iirew ngton's Nursery. SP 3-2971. 2605 icnncssee nr. vjii ueriarr. FOR SALE 52 Ford 4 speed i-Ton pickup & 30-foot trailer. Ready to go. $1400. Rt. 1, Box 19-A (on Thompson Creek Rd.) fippiegaie, Oregon. FOR SALE 2 Ladies Health Club Memberships $60 each. SP 2-7072. HAVE vacancv for elderlv person in quiet country home. TA 6-2877. CANNY SCOTT PITTED PRUNES No more worries about your children choking on the pits. Ask your grocer for them. STORDOR WHOLESALE Grants Pass. GR 6-2478 . FOR RENT 3-rm. furn. apt. $35. Employed couple. 132 Almond. CARPENTER work wanted; all kinds, free estimates, work guar anteed. SP 2-2035. . "OIL TO BURN" Expert Burner Service S&H Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL CO. SP 2-2111 DRY FIR SLABS You haul. S&H Green Stamps, too! MEDFORD FUEL CO. We fix em while you sleep. Hawkins Nite Garage. SP 3-1534. Big Green Fir Slabs summer prices. S&H Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL, SP 2-2111 BUNDLES OF OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale 20c each. Mail Tribune office 33 North Fir. FOR RENT Clean warm apt. Close in. All utilities pd. Washing fa cilities. 217 S. Riverside. For Sale Fireplace wood. PHELPS FUEL SP 3 5878 the legislatures of both Ore gon and California: up how much money you can raise without making the tax burden TOO HEAVY. Then - Apportion the total among your departments and tell the department heads to cut their cloth accordingly-then that's what it will be and there won't be any more. That is the way it's done in private households and in private business organizations and I can't help thinking it's the way it ought to be done in government. Fishing was New England's first commercial enterprise. IF WDM I j A FREE 1959 Frozen Peas Peaches Frozen Pies .11 l w,l-i fyf vil Franco-American f f Pillsbury White ? a i . Angel Cake Mix & Spaghetti Liquid Starch Instant Coffee Potatoes ALWAYS A MADE FRESH Bologna Ope 9 to 9 Week day, Sundays 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. L THE FINEST TOOPS LOWEST PRICES Phono SP 3-4050 MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Oreeon, Monday, February 23, 1959 5 Michelangelo designed a citadel, the remains of which are found at Civitavecchia, Italy. FOR SALE OR LEASE Adding Machines - Calculators TYPEWRITERS - DICTAPHONES "Standardprtabfc-Electric" "Timemaster" Ask about our Rental Purchase Options VOIGHT'S 41 South Grape Phone SP Hi-West Early Garden Freestone No. 2i2 tin 4 Simple Simon 9-inch Peach, cherry, Boysenberry Each Vano Hills Bros. 10c Off Peal 6 Top 'o The Crop LETTUCE F 0 R Large Heads 10 U.S. No. 1 Sanland BUTCHER TO Pork Sausage COUNTRY STYLE Old-Fashion Flavor, Seasoned Just Right By the chunk HOME Of PESOHfXL SEfcYlCE.V The centuries - old chief staircase and passages in the Tower of London are built of concrete. Medford Office Equipment Co. "Voiht will give you a better deal" 2-4100 EASY PARKING Thursday, Feb. 26 Hurry ... Get your free tickets now for Fprd to be given away at Fortune Station Nothing to buy you may win a new Ford! Food Basket brings you GREATER SAVINGS every day! Shop and see! These low prices effective through Wed., Feb. 25. (We reserve the right to limit.) 10-ox. pkg. $1 for 49' Quart - oz. jar Produce EXTRA FANCY & 39 SERVE YOU! .3th and Central J 00 25
