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Local and Chimney Fir Firemen reported a flue fire about 5:50 p.m. yesterday at the residence of James Hobos, 303 Ross lane. They said the flue liner was found cracked. Club Meets - The Siskiyou 4-H club will meet Wednes day, March 25 at 7:45 p.m. at the Bell view Grange hall, Ash land. The film, "Know Your Meat" will be shown, and a demonstration given by the cooking club. Meeting-Cub Scout Pack 4, Oak Grove and West Side schools, will hold their month ly pack meeting at the West Side gym Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m Awards will be given and a skit presented by one of the dens. Break and Enter Jerry Morris Bessonette told Med ford police that a storage room at Oakdale market, 401 South Oakdale ave., was broken into Saturday night or early Sunday morning. Police reported nothing was removed from within the room, i Ptrmiis Issued Medford building permits were issued Friday to W. L. Moore, for erecting a 510,000 residence at 412 Haven st., and to Car mine Gigliotti, for a 59,600 residence at 1308 Fortune dr Among Thursday's permits were one to Fred Bohm for an 511,000 residence at 1544 Grand ave., one to Armin Richter for a 52,900 sign at 518 North Riverside ave. and one to Bryan Hawkins for erecting a $2,000 garage and carport at 738 West 14th st mm I "J III 44 1 1 i ENDS TUESDAY! CHARLES NIGEL COBURN-PATRICK. wendy HILLER JOAN COLLINS JAYNE MANSFIELD DAN DAHCV I T-JMW t: - IT L. 5 r,. r FOR INFORMATION Clip and mail this coupon OREGON FUNERAL PLAN 414 S.E. 39th Avenu Portland 14, Oregon Address....- City.. I I MT ANDY'S BEST BOY! Priced from BLACK HILLS COlMJEWflET S&H Green Stamps ANDY'S Your Frien.lly Credit Jeweler 15 North Central Holland Hotel V-" Wooden Shoe Fi-t DINING-MUSIC-DANCING The Finest Cuisine from Our Grill or NEW CHARCOAL BROILER LUNCHES 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. DINNERS 5 p.m. to Midnight Personal Patients Convalescing at Osteopathic hospital follow ing minor surgery are Mrs. Jack Hinemiller, 320 Char lotte Anne rd., and Mrs. Odell Sallee, Gold Hill. Mower Missing Albert Ed win Bamforth, 344 North Cen tral ave., told Medford police Saturday that a power lawn mower valued at $54.50 was taken from his residence sometime during the previous week. Tire. 'Wheel Taken-Ernest John Dukeshier, 11 Jeanette ave., informed Medford police that a tire and wheel valued at S25 were taken from his vehicle somewhere in Med ford over the week end. Driver Cited Mila Fern Cluett, Salem, was cited for failure to yield the right of way Sunday following a col lision between her vehicle and one operated by Jack Turner Jones, 842 South Riverside ave., at the intersection of Highways 99 and 62. Reports Accident - Walter Douglas Plumley, 906 North Central ave., informed Med ford police of a minor collision Sunday, involving his car and an unidentified car from Cali fornia, at Fifth st. and Central ave. Plumley stated he dis cussed the matter with the other driver, who said his ve hicle was not damaged and drove off. Mercy Flight - Jim Elliott, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Elliott, 715 South Holly st., was flown to San Francisco in a Mercy Flights, Inc., air ambulance plane yes terday. He was to undergo heart surgery at the Univer sity of California hospital. The boy was the 935th patient to be flown by planes of the 1 non-profit air ambulance cor ! poration. Theft from Car Barton Duane Garred, 1920 Grand view ave., informed Medford police of the theft from his antomobile Sunday night of an Army field jacket and field coat with lieutenant's bars, a carton of cigarettes and 12 or 14 keys to military property all valued at $80. He told po lice the car was parked on East Main st. between River side ave. -and Bear Creek bridge at the time. Man Takes Out Anger On Automobile-House Medford police reported to day that a local man, who had an argument with his spouse Saturday night, apparently resolved the issue by taking his anger out on his automo bile. The irate husband, accord ing to the police account, drove the hapless vehicle around the yard and eventual ly struck the house. Police said he was asleep in bed on their arrival. Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Cooler tonight. Airport low tonight 32. High Tuesday 62. Western Oregon: Partly clear to night. ParUy sunny and a little warmer Tuesday. Low tonight 34 42. High Tuesday 54-60. Northern California: Partly cloudy tonight. Fair Tuesday except in creasing cloudiness extreme north portion Tuesday. Cooler tonight. Warmer tomorrow. LOCAL DATA Temperature: Mean yesterday 47; below normal 1. Record high this date 81 in 1935. Record low this date 25 in 1933. Precipitation: 24 hours to mid night .01 in. Total this month .12 in., 1.04 in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1 9.77 in., 4.28 in. below normal. Humidity: Lowest yesterday 48, highest this a m. 9ZTo High 4:30 24 Clty Yester- a.m. nr. day Low Prec. Brookings 52 47 .55 Crater Lake 30 24 2.1 Graffts Pass 53 42 .42 Klamath Falls 43 34 .01 MEDFORD 54 43 .02 Portland 53 45 Seattle 45 40 T Spokane 46 33 Yakima 53 39 T Eureka 56 48 .43 Red Bluff 57 48 T Sacramento 59 47 .06 San Francisco 61 52 .01 Los Angeles 66 51 Phoenix 83 57 56 35 34 61 21 Denver Chicago 40 Miami Beach New York i Washington. D.C. 83 36 42 .02 29 ! FIVE-DAY FORECAST I (Through March 28) Western Oregon-Western Wash ington Recurring rains with totals more than normal. Generally about one inch over interior, two to three inches along coast. Temperatures averaging near normal. Highs in low 50s western Washington, in upper 50s in western Washington, lows in 3Qs. Northern California Two days of rain with snow in high moun tains, lemperatures near normal. THE BLINKY ALLEN TRIO Senior Citizens To Be Honored During Week in May Activities to be scheduled during May, which has been designated as Senior Citizens month, will be planned at a meeting Tuesday, March 24, at 3 p.m. at the Senior Activ ity Center. Action to celebrate during the month was taken at the March meeting of the Rogue Valley Council on Aging at the request of the national organization. John Gribble was appointed chairman of the committee to plan a series of events during a week which would honor older members of the county. It would spotlight their value to the community and their needs as well as their capa bilities, it was reported. Serving on Committee Serving on the committee with Gribble are Frank Glon ing, chairman of the council; Camp White; Ivan Farris, Ash land; Walter Hatch, Medford; Mrs. Harry Fuller, Mrs. Rita Holmes, Edward Eick, Mrs. Elizabeth Sheffield, Rogue River; C. L. .Williams, Ash land; Roscoe Roberts, Pomona Grange; Dr. Frank Roberts, and Mrs. Fred Rankin. Persons having suggestions for the committee may con tact Gribble at 139 Kenwood ave., SPring 3-1984. At the meeting Mrs. S. D. Earhart, recruitment chair man of the Friendly Visitors program, reported that ten more men and women were Local Man Arrested For Petty Larceny Donald Dean Goyette, 21, of 43612 North Bartlett St., was arrested Saturday after noon in connection with the theft of a fifth of rye whiskey from a vehicle on a downtown street, Medford police re ported. Goyette admitted in a sign ed statement stealing the whis key from the pickup truck of Harlen Vernon Barnes, 542 Mary st., while the vehicle was parked on Central ave. between Eighth and Ninth sts. according to the police report. Patrolman" Keith Van Horn reported apprehending Goy ette after a two-block chase on foot. Goyette was lodged In city jail on a charge of petty lar ceny. Obituaries RALPH E. HEFFNER Services for Ralph E. Heff ner, 49, of North Phoenix rd., who died Friday, will be held Tuesday, March 24, at 11 aj-n. in the Conger-Morris Funeral home. The Rev. Raymond Hum of the First Church of the Nazarene will officiate. Committal will be in Hill- crest Memorial park. Mr. Heffner was born July 8, 1909, in Amego, Kan., and married Miss Vera Marie Beal on June 17, 1932 in Mankato, Kan. He had lived in Medford for the last 10 years coming from Nebraska. Survivors include his wife, Vera; two sons, Dwight and Steven, at home; two daugh ters, Sharon, at home, and Mrs. Rozanna Mulhollen of Medford; two brothers, Am brose Heffner, Hastings, Neb., and Lowell Heffner, San Ga briel, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Lloyd Shrayer, Old Stage rd., and two grandchildren. Pallbearers wil be Russell Killingsworth, Lester Harris, Floyd Baker, Joe Naumes, C. H. Buffington and Harold Compton. CHARLES S. TURNER Services for Charles Tur ner, 54, of 349 Havana st., who died Sunday at his home will be held Wednesday, March 25, at 9 a.m. in the Conger-Morris Funeral home The Rev. George R. V. Bol ster, St. Mark's Episcopal church, will officiate. Com mittal will be m Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. Turner was born March 4, 1905, in Kanosh Utah, and married Miss Viola McCrail in July, 1928, at Col ton, Calif. He was a partner in Medford Realty for the past eight years and recently became a partner with J. W. Parker, building contractor, Survivors include his wife, Viola: two daughters, Janet, at home, and Mrs. Meredith Bessonette, Medford; one brother, Percy Turner, Coro na, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Ray Chapin, Corona, Calif.; Mrs. O. N. Dodson, Colton, Calif., and Mrs. Harold Shults, Chrome, Colo., and three granddaughters. ALTA SLUSSER Alta Slusser, 632 Pennsyl vania ave., died today at a local hospital. Funeral ar rangements will be announced by Conger-Morris, funeral di rectors. WILLIAM A. KYNISTON William Arthur Kyniston, 81, of 310 West Main st., Tal ent, died Sunday at the farm home. Funeral arrangements wil be announced by Perl Funeral home. needed to visit residents at the county farm home as well as in the smaller homes of the county. Interested persons may contact Mrs. Earhart at SPring 3-3183 or Mrs. Chester Guches, SPring 3-2713. Stale Meeting Mrs. Rankin of the State Council on Aging reported on the recent meeting in Salem of the council. She explained recent legis lation and mentioned that the ways and means committee had reported favorably on the proposed budget for the next two years. Pending legislation includes a bill which prohibits public offices from using , a maximum age as a criterion for employment instead of capabilities, and the deference or cancellation of taxes on property of persons over 65 years of age with a limited in come. She said that a recom mendation that the state pub lic health department budget be increased to allow a field worker to work with nursing homes and to train volunteers in the communities working with older persons was defeat ed. Panel Discussion Dr. Jessie Brodie of the state health committee arranged for a panel (discussion regarding the need for a geriatrics wing for the Damish state hospital which would alleviate the crowded conditions at both the state hospital at Salem and the Eastern Oregon state hos pital. Announcement was made of plans for the first Oregon State Conference on Aging to be held next year. In order that Oregon may participate in the national congress on aging to be held in January, 1961. Organizations of councils in each county will be continued under the direction of Mrs. Rankin, chairman of the com munity services committee. It was reported that 24 counties had been visited with 19 ex pressing interest in organiz ing. Jackson county, she ex plained, has been the first to have activity in housing, em ployment, health, and recre ation for older people. Youths Arrested By City Police Two Medford youths were arrested late Saturday night for stealing an automobile and a third youth, from Central Point, was arrested for trying to steal gasoline from it after the theft, Medford police re ported. All three were lodged at the Jackson county juvenile detention home after admit ting their respective parts in the incident, according to the report. The two Medford youths, 16 and 17, took an automobile belonging to Berti Preston Lu- j man, 706 Whitman pi., from its parking spot on J st. be tween Whitman and 12th st. at about 7:30 p;m. Saturday. They later met the 17-year-old Central Point youth at a downtown restaurant, and when he said he needed gaso line, offered him some from the stolen vehicle. Accompanied by three oth er teen-agers, the pair in the stolen car and the Central Point youth in his car drove to Jefferson Elementary school, Holmes ave. and South Holly st. Other Reports Soon afterward Wesley Al exander MtfKenzie, 373 Holmes ave., called the police station to report several sus picious persons in a vehicle near his home. Police found the youths in the process of trying to siphon gas from the stolen car to the Central Point youth's vehicle. At about this time Willis Wendell Williams, 1409 South Ivy st., informed the desk of ficer at the police station by telephone that his garden hose had been cut. A hose section had been taken by the two Medford youths for siphoning the gas. Police said the three other teen-agers were released after ward since they were not aware the vehicle had been stolen. The two Medford youths who admitted taking the car were booked at the police sta tion for auto theft, while the Central Point youth was book ed for petty larceny. s -wro n. An HOTEL MEDFORD Coppers and Steels Lead Prices Lower New York-dTD-Stocks de clined today, reflecting a de cline in steel operations and lower prices for copper. The decline in coppers and steels held to moderate pro portions. Elsewhere in the list selling brought grudging de clines. The aircrafts produced several strong spots, aided by big government contracts. Motors slipped on uncertain demand for the new cars in the second quarter. Special issues in repute last week lost their snap and some of them declined one to more than two points. Grumman ran up to a new high in the aircrafts on re ceipt of a big contract from the Navy. Boeing was whipped ahead by a big order for its Bomarc missile. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - (LTD - Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 605.56, off 4.81; 20 railroads 160.41, off 2.21; 15 utilities 94.12, off 0.29, and 65 stocks 209.04, off 1.73. Sales to day were about 3,700,000 shares compared with 3. 770,000 shares Friday. Today's prices on selected stocks Allied Chemical lOUi Alum Co. Am 795s American Can 48 American Motors 31 AT&T 242 Anaconda Copper 61SA Armco Steel 69 Bendix Aviation 75 Bethlehem Steel .. 51 Boeing Air 423,4 Caterpillar Corp 89 Chrysler Corp 59V2 Continental Can 5134 Crown Zellerbach 55V2 Curtiss Wright 32 Dow Chemical 83 Vz Du Pont 22112 Eastman Kodak 153 Over-ihe-Coiinfer 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 ac-tua' transactions but are intended as a guide to the approximate price range. Common Stocks Bid Bank of America 48?4 Calif-Pacific Utilities 36 Cascades Plywood 34 'i Cons Freightways 21 , Copco 38 First National Bank 55 ",a Northwest Nat Gas 18 Pacific Pwr & Lt 39'i Permanente Cement 27 Portland Gen Elec 31 US National Bank 70 'i United Utilities 33 'i West Coast Tel 25 T Weyerhaeuser 46 Asked 49 38 "i 37 ' 222 4078 59 195b 42?g 29 34 328 75 35a 27 "i 48 4 Portland Livestock Portland (UPI) Cattle 1250. Choice steers 28.25-28.50; some higher; good steers 27-28; mostly choice 910 lb. heifers 27.25; good heifers 26-26.25; commercial cows 20.50-21.50; utility 18-20; canner cutter 15.50-17.50; Holstein cutters 18; utility bulls 23.50-25. Calves 150. Good-choice vealers 30-35, couple at 36; good-choice stock calves 29-23. Hogs 1200. U.S. 1 and 2 butch ers 190-220 lb. 18.50; 2 and 3 grade 180-235 lb. 17.50-18; sows' 300-550 lb. 12-15.50. Sheep 900. Choice-prime 983 lb. specialty eastern spring lambs 30; mostly good old crop slaughter lambs with No. 1 and fall shorn pelt 18-28.25; 118 lb. 17.25; cull- uuiiry mi id. siaugnier lamps u.au; ewes 4-9. Portland Produce Portland (UPI) Dairy market: Eggs To retailers: Grade AA large, 42-44c doz.; A large, 40-42c; AA medium, 37-40c; AA smalls, 34 36c: 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 daisies, 41-51c; processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf 40-43C. Farm Market Asparagus prices were lower to day with jumbo sized from Cali fornia to retailers at 7-7.50 for 32 35 pounds: California lettuce steady at 2.65-2.90 for 2 dozen head of No. 1 grade. Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to grow ers at Portland, Salem and south to Eugene, f.o.b. ranch. No. 1 quality fryers, 23.4-4 lbs., 18c; light hens. 10-12c; heavy hens, 14-15c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn, 34-37c lb.; cut up, 39-42c; hens, heavy tvpe, whole drawn, 39-42c; light-type, cut up 34-37c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers: frozen, ready to cook, A grade young toms, 39-45c a pound, ac cording to weight; A grade young hens, same basis, 38 to 40c lb. Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white, 33.4152 lbs., f.o.b. Portland, 20-23c; colored pelts, 5c under. Fresh kill ed fryers to retailers, 57-60c 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 S35-36. Wholesale prices as reported by the PorUand USDA market news service. Basis 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 shipment ..$56.75-57J!5 No. 2 white oats, 38-lb. Coast S51.50-52.00 No. 2 Western barley. Coast $49.00 Soybean meal, 44 per cent protein $76.00 Standard Millrun $42.50-43.50 Emm m mm . em . k u m in Charcoal Broiled LOBSTER TAILS especially good place to eat if dieting! 5:30 p.m. till 12:00 Weekdays Sundays 4 p.m. till 11 p.m. Firestone 142 General Electric 80 General Foods 78Vi General Motors 45Vs Graham Paige Z1 Greyhound lZVs Gulf Oil 114V4 Homestake Mining 43V2 Idaho Power 44 V2 I B M 525 Kaiser Ind 13 Int'l Paper 118 2 Johns Manville 55 Kennecott Copper IO8V2 Lockheed Aircraft 33 Katy 6Vs Montana Power Co 77 Montgomery Ward 44 Nat'l Biscuit 553,4 New York Central 26 Pac Gas & Elec 64 Vs Penney, J. C 107 Penn RR . 16Vs Radio Corporation 55 Vz Safeway 38V4 Sears 42 V2 Shell Oil 84 Va Socony Mobil Oil 46 Southern Co 36 Standard California 54 Vs Standard Indiana 48 Standard N.J 5234 Sun Mines 8 Texas Co 79V2 Texas Gulf Sulfur 2414 Tex Pac Land Trust ...... 16 Transamerica 27 Trans World Air 19V4 Tri-Continental 4034 WJnion Carbide 129 Union Pacific 35?4 United Aircraft 65 4 United Air Lines 35 THEATRE INFORMATION SERVICE CALL SP 3-7323 FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATRES TONITE DOORS OPEN 6:30 meALLYSON ieff CHANDLER CinemaScopE t.mi., SAMDRA DEE CHARLES COBURN PLUS A FINE CO-FEATURE TOO MUCH. TOO SOON A WMNH UOt ftCTUM NOW SHOWING TECHNICOLOR : t v A rt l 1 1 1 M l r i uiukminu inc. t HEIGHTS OF MOTION PICTURE GREATNESS! VAN HEFUN - SfLVANA MANGANO VIVECA LINDFORS-GEOFFREY HORHE cwSrm; OSUS NX'A-llR CU" S ICWJI feasor Sf lam ! t Kd tte UJ - httl ! PRODUCED BY DINO DeLAURENTIIS TONITE & TUESDAY TECHKWMA" I r . I i I ZyV PAUL NEWMAS coTor JOANNE WOODWARD "r!of: I JOAN COLLINS frrL JACK CARSON Reed College Bomb Call Declared Phony Portland -(UPD-A man tele phoned the police station Sun day night and said there was a bomb at an open house be ing held by students of two dormitories at Reed college. No bomb was found. GARRISON To Mr. and Mrs. Herman, route 2, box 255, Central Point. March 23, 1959, girl, 7 pounds at Osteo pathic hospital.. TJ. S. Rubber : 54 U. S. Steel 903,4 Youngstown S & T 126V2 fPT W W) Tt! m Food Basket Brings You GREATER SAVINGS Every Day! Shop ami See! These low prices effective through Wed. We reserve the right to limit. ANGEL FOOD CAGCE IMH Your Choice of Swansdown Strawberry or Pillsbury White. Beef Stew Dog Food Vano Starch eaches Tuna Fish ALWAYS A Ground Slab Bacon Slice it for you? GLAD TO! '59 POfJTIAC SEDAN mm o APRIL 23 Most exciting car on the road! Open 9 It 9 Week- Jayi, Sundays 10 a.m. f 7 p.m. L THE FINEST-FOODS LOWEST PRICES Pbon SP 3-4050 MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Oregon, Monday, March 23, 1959 9 Three Age Groups to Hunt for Easter Eggs Hawthorne park will be di vided into three sections for the Medford Kiwanis club's Easter egg hunt. Chairman Bob Rix has announced. The annual hunt is set for Saturday, March 28. Starting gun will fire at 9 a.m. The three sections will pro vide separate hunting for the age groups, 3 to 4 years, 5 to 6, and 7 to 9. It is estimated the Missouri coal fields contain an avail able supply of at least 84 billion tons. Dinry Modr 24-oz. can Kal Kan Chunk 15-oz. Reg. 19c unt's Sliced or HaWes 0.2V2 can Carnation or Del Monte No. V tin f., 1 I A III I TOP O' THE CROP PRODUCE ARTICHOKES Large Round Beauiies BUTCHER TO Beef Fresh Made Old Fashioned Hickory Smoked Investment Funds Noon Quotations .on selected funds supplied by 1Jh "dford Branch of Foster & Msrsliaii, mem bers New York Stock Exchange Fund Bid Asked Bullock T.4.09 15.45 ChemFund 21.18 Eaton Howard Stk 24.01 Fidelity 16.31 Gas Ind 14.54 22.90 25.67 17.63 15.89 llr.82 15.03 12.81 11.25 8.71 .18.06 11.19 15.51 20.38 14.00 16.37 14.31 14.55 16.81 6.48 15.A1 Group Sec Avia-Elec 10.79 Group Sc Com Sstk 13.73 Group Sec Petr rll.70 Group Sec Steel :10.27 Group Sec Tobac 7i5 Keystone B-3 16.55 KevstoneB-4 10.25 KevstoneK-2 14.22 Keystone S-l 18.68 Keystone S-2 12.83 Keystone S-3 15.00 Keystone S-4 13.11 Mass Inv Grth Stk 13.46 TV-Elec 15.42 Value Line Inc 5.93 Wellington 14 a 12-Gal. 3 for 4 $1 for SERVE YOU lb. PLUS 50,000 FORTUNE STAMPS given FREE March 26. 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