Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 03, 1959, Image 9

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    Local and
Medical Palienl Marion
Chartire, 924 Maple st.. Cen
tral Point, was admitted to
Rogue Valley hospital Satur
day as a medical patient.
Dog Shol-Ervin Henry Wil
larding, 1114 South Oakdale
ave., told Medford police that
his dog was shot and wound
ed in the neck by a pellet gun
possibly fired by someone in
an automobile Friday.
Tir. Wheel Taken Claud
Maurice Gabbard, 317 Effie
at., told Medford police that a
tire and wheel valued at $40
were taken from his vehicle
while it was parked some
where in Medford Friday
night or Saturday morning.
Committer The Senior
Activity Center coordinating
committee will meet at the
center Wednesday, March 4,
at 3 p.m. The committee will
discuss proposed activities at
the center, meeting with the
volunteer hostesses. Any in
terested persons are invited
to attend.
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It sounds like science Action: traveling across the
continent in 4Vi hours, New "York to London in 6V2,
cutting airline schedules almost in half.
Yet these are routine for jet liners in the jet age
an era people at Standard's research laboratories
have been working toward since the day seventeen
years ago when we fueled the first U. S. jet flight.
Since then our scientists have worked with the
armed forces to perfect fuels and special lubricants
Personal
Meeting The Jackson
County Labor Council will
meet Wednesday, March 4,
at the Labor Temple at 8 p.m.
Attempted Burglary Jes
sie Tillery, 300 North Peach
st., told Medford police that
someone had attempted to en
ter the Junior High market
at that address Friday night
or early Saturday.
Hubcaps Taken Edmond
Ray and Beth Amelia Birge,
502 Alice st., told Medford
police that two hubcaps
valued at about $10 were
taken from their automobile
while it was parked at that
address Friday night or Sat
urday morning.
Hubcap Taken Robert
Eugene Rudy, 826 King st.,
reported to Medford police
that a $10 hubcap was taken
from his automobile while it
was parked at his residence
Saturday night or Sunday
morning.
. Dynamite Found Emil
Oscar Johnson, 1017 West
10th st., told Medford police
Saturday that he had found
several sticks of dynamite,
some fuses and caps. Police
removed the items and took
them to the storage shed at
Medford airport.
Company Enlered-The of
fice of Dean and Taylor Pon
tiac company, 130 West Sixth
st., was entered Sunday or
early Monday, according to
Medford police. Entrance was
made through a window, it
was reported. Nothing was
reported taken.
Driver Cited - James Ed
ward Evanson, 16, of 1251
Kings highway, was cited for
failure to yield the right of
way and for operating with
an instruction permit unac
companied by a licensed driv
er Friday following a colli
sion at South Oakdale ave.
and Stewart ave. between his
vehicle and one operated by
Donald Mann, 1425 Stewart
ave., Medford police reported.
looking at a time machine
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF
Patient Mrs. Mae Chris
well, 622 South Central ave.,
Medford, underwent major
surgery at Medford Osteopath
ic hospital this morning, the
hospital reported today.
Money Taken Eva Marie
Koch, box 425, informed Med
ford police that $13.85 was
taken from her wallet Friday
evening while she was at the
Holly theater, Sixth and Hol
ly sts.
Saw Missing Harold Clif
ford Colver, 651 South Holly
st., informed Medford police
that a seven-inch skill saw
valued at S98.95 was taken
from Reter Fruit company,
327 South Fir st., sometime
last week.
Window Broken Ronald
Francis Singler, 812 Beech
st., Ashland, told Medford po
lice that the right wind-wing
window of his car was broken
Friday night while it was
parked on North Fir st. be
tween Sixth and Main sts.
i-
Meeting Set The Rogue
Valley Council on Aging will
hold its monthly executive
board meeting on Thursday,
March 5, at 3 p.m. at the Sen
ior Activity Center, Jackson
st. and Hawthorne ave. Prob
lems of expansion of the
Council's program will be dis
cussed. Dog Dumping-Mary Helen
Lehman, 436 Highland dr.,
told Medford police early
Monday that a German police
dog was dumping garbage
from a can at that address and
scattering it about the yard.
Police reported identifying
the dog's owner as William
Micheal Bell, 1801 Roxy Ann
kpl., who was quoted as saying
he would start keeping his
dog at home.
Cabin Burglarized Delbert
McDonald, post office box
445, Central Point, complain
ed to sheriff's officers Mon
day that someone broke into
his cabin on McLoughlin dr.
sometime since last Tuesday.
Missing are a 5V-horsepower
outboard motor, a 30.06 cali
ber rifle, 12 gauge shotgun,
.22 caliber rifle and a tap and
dye set, all valued at $300. A
window was pried open to en
ter the cabin, sheriff's officers
said.
for planes that fly faster than sound, or cruise non
stop around the world. They've also helped engine
designers solve problems of heat and cold; aided
airlines with faster airport fueling systems.
The sum of these years of development has been to
add hours to the traveler's day, days to the tourist's
week. In helping to harness time, as well as putting
petroleum to many other uses for you, the people
at Standard ere planning ahead to serve you beffer.
Patient - Vickie Sue Lay,
4-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd B. Lay, 6804
Agate rd., Medford, under
went a tonsillectomy at Rogue
Valley hospital today, the hos
pital reported.
Windows Broken- John
Joseph Patton, 3225 Forrest
ave., informed Medford police
that two windows were brok
en with a marble and rocks at
the state employment office,
119 North Oakdale ave., last
Thursday or Friday.
Cars Damaged-Melvin Dale
Kibler, 3355 Forrest ave., re
ported to Medford police yes
terday that two automobiles
were damaged last week on
the lot of Crater Lake Motors,
Main and Fir sts. He reported
that the windshield of one
car, and the left rear door
glass of another, were broken
by rocks thrqwn by unidenti
fied persons.
Tire. Wheel Taken - Gor
don Robert Gillmore, 1127
Dakota ave., informed Med
ford police that a spare tire
and wheel and about five gal
lons of gasoline were taken
from his pickup truck Sunday
night or Monday morning. He
said the vehicle was parked
in front of his residence, ac
cording to the police report.
Girl Bitten - Luther Glenn
Teague, 124 Tripp st., told
Medford police that his
daughter, Sylvia Celeste
Teague, 7, was bitten by a
large tan dog Monday eve
ning while she was riding her
bicycle on Cottage st. near.
Ninth st. Police said the bite
was minor, the skin not being
broken. The dog's owner was
not identified.
Reports on Dog - William
O. Herring of the Southern
Oregon Human society, 2902
Tabe Rock rd., told Medford
police Monday that a dog was
being mistreated at 531 Marie
st. by being kept inside an old
car. The dog's owner," William
Stanford McMichael, said the
dog was being kept in the car
since he believed it to be ill
and did not believe it should
be allowed in the house with
his small children, according
to the patrolman who investigated.
CALIFORNIA
Boyi Inlerrogated-Medford
police reported interrogating
four Medford boys, one 13,
one 12, and two 11 years old,
after they were observed fir
ing BB guns within the city
limits near the intersection of
Modoc and Windsor ave., yes
terday. Police said the boys
were released to their parents.
Obituaries
JAMES SHUFFLEBARGER
The body of James H. Shuf
flebarger, who died at the
Camp White Veterans admin
istration Domiciliary Friday,
was transferred to Ogden,
Utah, for services and inter
ment. Perl Funeral home was
in charge of local arrange
ments. MAY CORA JOHNSON
Mrs. May Cora Johnson, 76,
died at the family home, 148
Wanema way, Medford, Mon
day night. Funeral arrange
ments will be announced by
Perl Funeral home.
JESSIE MARY WRIGHT
Jessie Mary Wright, 87,
died in a Medford nursing
home Monday evening. She
was born Oct. 26, 1871, near
Silverton. Funeral arrange
ments will be announced by
Litwiller Funeral home, Ash
land. DELBERT R. CROSBY
Funeral services for Delbert
R. Crosby, 78, who died Feb.
22 at the Veterans adminis
tration hospital in New York,
will be held at the Camp
White chapel at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday. Chaplain Roger
Pryor will officiate. Inter
ment will be in the Camp
White cemetery.
Mr. Crosby was born in
Hedges, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1880.
He is survived by one
daughter, Martha Bloxham,
Hempstead, N. Y. He enlisted
Aug. 11, 1899, and was dis
charged April 17, 1901, in
California after serving with
company H, 33rd infantry.
Perl Funeral home is in
charge of local arrangements.
ADDIE MAY NEWLUN
Funeral services for Addie
May Newlun, 85, who died
Saturday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Lowell Col-
well, 1056 Stewart ave., will
be held at Conger-Morris
chapel Wednesday at 1:30
p.m. Elder John Trude, as
sisted by Elder Don Wilson of
the Seventh-Day Adventist
church will officiate. Commit
tal will be in Phoenix ceme
tery. Mrs. Newlun was born in
Saginaw, Mich., on Sept. 2,
1873, and was married to
George Newlun, in January,
1893, at Leharin, 111. He pre
ceded her in death in 1948."
Survivors include three
sons, Kenneth Newlun 01
Sprague River, Elbia New
lun of Boise, Idaho, and Loyd
Newlun of Klamath Falls;
four daughters, Velma Col
well, Mary Mitchell, both of
Medford, Bernadine Moore of
Grants Pass, and Lillie Hollis
of St. Helena, Calif.; two
brothers, Habert Knapp of
Medford and William Knapp
of Compton, Calif; three sis
ters, Maude Evans of Pocca-
sett, Okla., Millie Bortell of
Chickasha, Okla., and Emma
Bortell of Tokepa, 111.; 19
grandchildren and 30 great
grandchildren. BERT JULIUS STAATS
Funeral services for Bert
J. Staats, 68, who died at a
local hospital Monday, will
be held at Conger-Morris Fu
neral home Thursday at 10
a.m. The Rev. D. Kirkland
West of the First Presbyte
rian church will officiate.
Central Point Lodge 135,
AF&AM, will have charge of
committal services at Siski
you Memorial mausoleum.
Mr. Staats was born June
9, 1890, at Corning, Iowa, and
married Louise Mary Weber
on April 24, 1915, at Kalama,
Wash. .
Mr. Staats joined the Ore
gon state traffic division,
predecessor to the state police
system, in August, 1931, in
Oregon City, being one of the
department's first members.
He came to Medford from
Baker in 1939 as a lieutenant
and was promoted to captain
in 1941.
Following his retirement
from the police force in 1945,
Mr. Staats operated a garage
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Investors
Attention
New York (LTD Investors
turned their attention from
outer space to "back gold"
today, but the result was the
same a rising market.
Industrial stocks climbed to
new all-time high ground,
sparked by individual gains
of two points or more in lead
ing oil issues. The missile and
electronic issues continued to
orbit.
The oils were helped by a
very optimistic report con
cerning Gulf Oil. Gulf was up
more than four at its high be
fore running into a little pro
fit taking.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York -IPD Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 610.78, up
5.75; 20 railroads 164.43, up
2.43; 15 utilities 92.84. up
0.61; and 65 stocks 210.70.
up 2.12. Sales today were
about 4,730.000 shares com
pared with 4,210,000 shares
Monday.
Today's prices on selected
stocks:
Allied Chemical 105V2
Alum Co Am 82
American Can 47 V4
American Motors 30
AT&T 246
Anaconda Copper (xd) 71
Armco Steel 70
Bendix Aviation 76V2
Bethlehem Steel 53
Boeing Air 42 Va
Chrysler Corp 56
Caterpillar Corp 95
Continental Can 54
Crown Zellerbach 55
Curtis Wright 305s
Dow Chemical 86
Du Pont 217
Eastman Kodak 153
Firestone 145V
General Electric 80
General Foods 83
Services Set for
Ora Edith Jones
Funeral services for Ora
Edith Jones, 80, of Medford,
who died Sunday, will be
held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at
Conger-Morris Funeral home.
The Rev. James Neely of the
First Baptist church will of-
ficate. Interment will be in
Jacksonville cemetery.
Mrs. Jones was born May
18, 1878, in Brownsboro, Ore.,
and had lived most of her life
in that area. She married
John Ragsdale in 1899. He
died in 1917. She was married
again in 1920 to Ernest Jones,
who preceded her in death in
1945.
Mrs. Jones was the daugh
ter of the late George and Sa
rah Ratrie. Mrs. Ratrie was
born in the Old Fort which
used to be in the Brownsboro
area. Her father was one of
the organizers of the Jackson
ville cemetery and she will
be buried in the lot her father
purchased at the time of the
organization of the cemetery.
Her father was also the first
county clerk of Jackson
county.
Survivors include five sons,
Thomas L. Ragsdale, Coro
nado, Calif., Ty B. Ragsdale,
Del Paso Heights, Calif., Mar
vin Ragsdale, Eagle Point,
Ray Ragsdale, Needles, Brit
ish Columbia, and Wallace
Ragsdale, Eagle Point; one
daughter, Mrs. Nancy Davies,
Medford; one sister, Mrs.
Edna Van Dyke, San Jose,
Calif.; 10 grandchildren and
12 great grandchildren.
in Eagle Point from 1947 to
1953. He owned and operated
his own insurance agency un
til poor health forced his re
tirement two months ago.
He was a member of Mult
nomah lodge No. 1, AF&AM,
Oregon City, and a member
of the Neighbors of Wood
craft. Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Louise Staats, and one
son, Bert J. Jr., both of Med
f o r d; two grandchildren,
Gary and Joyce; two sisters,
Mrs. Selma Murphy of Va
shon Island, Wash., and Mrs.
J. R. Young of Burlingame,
Calif.; one brother, Benjamin
Staats of Vashon Island,
Wash.
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Georgia Pacific 65
General Motors 46
Graham Paige 3
Greyhound (xd) 8
Gulf Oil 118
Homestake Mining 45
Idaho Power 46!s
IBM 522
Kaiser Ind 12
Infl Paper 126
Johns Manville 57
Kennecott Copper 114
Lockheed Aircraft 33
Katy (new) 6
Montana Power Co 70
Montgomery Ward 42
National Biscuit (xd) 54
New York Central 27
Pac. Gas & Elec '. 655s
Penney, J. C. (xd) 114i-i
Radio Corporation 51
Richfield Oil 99
Safewav SQiJl
Sears 44
Shell Oil .. 83
Socony Mobil Oil 47
Southern Co 34
Southern Pacific 66
Standard California 561a
Standard Indiana 49
Standard N. J .. 538
Sun Mines 7
Texas Gulf Sulfur 22
Tex Pac Land 14
Transamerica 298
Trans World Air 18
Tri - Continental 42 V2
Union Carbide 13212
Union Pacific 37
United Aircraft 60 Va
United Air Lines 34
U. S. Rubber 51
U. S. Steel 93
Youngstowri S & T 127 Vz
Washington-IUPD-Rep. Wal
ter Norblad (R-Ore.) said he
has recommended appoint
ment of Mrs. Juanita Hagen
as postmaster at Government
Camp in Clackamas county.
The job pays $4190 a year.
Portland Livestock
Portland (UPI) Cattle 200.
MosUy low choice 900 lb. fed steers
27; good 26; utility steers and hei
fers 20-23; utility cows 18-19; can-ners-cutters
15-16.50.
Calves 50. Utility-standard veal
ers 22-28.
Hogs 27. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers
18.15-18.50; mixed grades 1, 2 and
3 at 17.50-18; no sow sales.
Sheep 350. Mixed good-choice
101 lb. shorn slaughter lambs 19;
cull-utility ewes 4-5.50.
Portland Produce
Portland (UPI) Dairy market:
Eggs To retailers: Grade AA
large, 41-44c doz.; A large 40-42c;
AA medium, 27-40c; AA smalls, 34
36c; cartons l-3c additional.
Butter To retailers: A A 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
Calif, white wax onions sold to
retailers at 8.50-10.50 a 50 lb. sack
today with Idaho white wax to 7.50
bag; No. 1 Western Oreeon drv
onions sold to retailers at 5.25-5.50
with a few higher.
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens Quoted to grow
ers at Portland, Salem and south
to Eugene: f.o.o. ranch, No. 1 qual
ity fryers, 24-4 lbs., 18c; light
hens, 10-13c: heavy hens 15-17cc.
Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade
dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole
drawn, 34-37C lb.; cut up, 39-42c;
hens, heavy type whole drawn. 40
42c; light-type cut up 35-37c lb.
Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b.
killing plants) Live white, 34-4
lb. f.o.b. Portland 20-23C: colored
pelts, 5c under. Fresh killed fryers
to retailers, 57-euc lb.; cut up, 61
64c. Portland Hay, Grain
Portland Wholesale Hay Prices:
No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b.
Portland and Seattle, S32-33 ton
with top quality to $35-36.
Wholesale prices as reported by
the Portland USDA market news
service. Basis by the ton. bulk,
prompt delivery, f.o.b. track, Port
land. Wheat. No. 1 soft white S68.50
No. 2 Milo, Eastern shipment
$51.00-51.50
No. 2 corn. Eastern shipment
S56.00-56.25
No. 2 wh. oats, 38-lb. Coast
S52.00-53.00
No. 2 Western barley. Coast
$50.50-51.00
Soybean meal 44 protein ... S77.00
Standard millrun $44.00-45.00
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Medford Man Bound
Over to Grand Jury
David Dexter Staniforth,
560 Clover lane, Medford, was
bound over to the Jackson
county grand jury yesterday
on charges of grand larceny.
He waived privilege of hav
ing an attorney, and prelim
inary hearing. He is being
held in the Jackson county
jail on S2.500 bail. He is
charged with taking a car
owned by Margo Jean Bow
ers, Medford, on Feb. 28.
Weather
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Fair
through Wednesday. Low tonight
3u: nign Wednesday bu.
Western Oregon: Partlv coludv
through Wednesdav. Low tonight
28-38. High Wednesday 44-48 in
north: o0-o5 in south.
Northern California: Fair tonight
and Wednesday. Little change in
temperature.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
50: above normal 5.
Record high this date 7t in 1943.
Record low this date 18 in 1923.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to
midnight, none. Midnight to 10
am., none.
Total this month none, .12 inch
below normal.
Total since Sept. 1, 9.61 inches,
3.40 inches below normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday
31, highest this a.m. 92.
High 4:30 24-
City Tester- a.m. nr.
day Low Prec.
Brookings 61 41
Crater Lake 52 22
Grants Pass . 64 31 T
Klamath Falls 61 34
MEDFORD 67 35
Portland 54 37 .02
Seattle 46
37
32
30
47
58
51
49
52
52
26
31
52
35
30
Spokane 44
Yakima 46
Eureka 53
Red Bluff 80
Sacramento 72
San Francisco 68
Los Angeles 76
Phoenix
80
50
51
Denver .
.06
.02
Chicago
Miami Beach 73
New York 46
Washington, D. C. 47
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 arc unofficial and do not
represent actua' transactions but
are intended as a guide to the
approir-iat" price range.
Common Stocks Bid Asktd
Bank of America 47? 50',
caiit.-faciiic utilities 3b au'.j
Cascades Plywood ,. 36 'i
Cons. Freightwaya 22
Copco 38
First National Bank 573,i
39'
24 1.4
403i
61g
193g
43
30
32
76"8
345.
26',
46 5,
Northwest Nat. Gas 18
Pacific Pwr. & Lt.
41'i
28 1
30
71 'i
32 '2
24U
Permanente Cement .
Portland Gen. Elec
U. S. National Bank ,
United Utilities
West Coast Tel.
Weyerhaeuser 44 V
Suffocation ranks high as
a killer of newborn babies,
accounting for about 5,000
infant deaths a year.
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22.44
25.71
17.57
15.91
14.98
12.78
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11.20
15.20
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Bullock
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Chem Fund 20.76
Eaton Howard Stk 24.05
Fidelity 16.25
Gas Ind 14.56
Group Sec Com Stk 13.68
Group Sec Petr 1 1 .67
Group Sec Steel 10.47
Group Sec Tobac 7.85
Keystone B-3 16.53
Keystone B-4 10.26
Keystone K-2 13.93
Keystone S-l . 18.64
Keystone S-2 12.75
Keystone S-3 14 78
Keystone S-4 12.68
TV-Elec 14.99
Value Line Inc 5.89
Wellington 14.17
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