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Local and Palient - George Loy, 219 Oak Grove rd., Medford, was listed as a medical patient at Medford Osteopathic hospital Saturday. Boy Lodged - A 13-year-old Medford boy was lodged at the Jackson county juvenile detention home Thursday in connection with molesting two girls Tuesday, Medford police reported. Boy Assaulted Irvin Le Roy Orr, 733 South Holly St., told Medford police that his step-son, Richard Allen Bak er, 12, had been assaulted by an older boy as he rode his bicycle past Medford High school Friday evening. Baker was struck in the mid-section and across the mouth, accord ing to the report. Births BAKER-To Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, Prospect, May 23, 1959, girl, 634 lbs., at Med ford Osteopathic hospital. FRIEND-To Mr. and Mrs. Gale, Shady Cove, May 22, 1959, girl, 6V2 lbs., at Med ford Osteopathic hospital. VIMMELEE - To Mr. and Mrs. William, 2725 Buckshot rd Medford, May 21, 1959, girl, 7V4 lbs., at Rogue Valley hospital. - BUCK - To Mr. and Mrs. Jack, 896 Siskiyou blvd., Ash land, May 21, 1959, a girl, 63A pounds, at Ashland General hospital. BUCKHORN MINERAL SPRINGS Ashland, Or. Enjoy health, rtit comfort. and hospitality amidst pleas ant surroundings. HOT MINERAL BATHS for Rheumatism. Arthritis, Neu ritis and Nervousness. CARBON DIOXIDE VAPOR BATHS for High and Low Blood Pressure, Sinus, and Skin Eruption. LODGE AND LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING CABINS at Reasonable Rates. Write for Reservations PHONE LONG DISTANCE Buckhorn Mineral Springs DR. HERMAN WEXLER, D.C. Director 2200 Buckhorn Springs Road Ashland. Oregon NOW SHOWING THE FIRST GREAT SPECTACLE OF THE JET AGE! If BnorBT onoror nuvlri . nuuLm MITCHMGNER Sfc. RICHARD MAT rniu . nniTT LUAH DIUII LEE PHILIPS MOUSE of North of Gold Hill AT Ml! Mm -A If ! v YWM 'Z' COLOR by Oe LUXE MARTHA HYER JyV On Display One of the West's Finest Collections of Gold Dust and Nuggets Hours 9 to 5 Closed on Mondays Under Founder's Management Since 193C Personal Car Damaged - Colleen Yvonne Roberts. 1321 Stewart ave., informed Medford police that the convertible top of her car had been slashed Wed nesday or Thursday while the vehicle was parked at Jim Clark's Signal service station, 129 West Sixth st. Patients - Three surgery pa tients were reported at Rogue Valley hospital Friday. They were Mrs. Lester A. Harbeck, 640 Sunset way, Grants Pass; Mrs. Edith Andrews, 301 North Peach st., Medford; and Mrs. Jeanette Coiner, 129 Taft st., Medford. , Found in Park-Leo Rapp Thomas, 3614 Calhound rd., Phoenix, informed Medford police Friday he had found a box of clothing and other personal items in Hawthorne park. Police took the box and its contents into custody at the city police station. Bees Reporled-Cena L. Kin ney, 211 North Berkeley way, told Medford police Friday there was a swarm of bees at her residence. Police reported arranging with E. V. Tomp kins, beekeeper, for the swarm's removal. Suitcase Soughi-Vernon W. Baker wrote Medford police from the veterans hospital, Portland, asking help in lo cating a suitcase he said he had left in a Front st. tavern here May 2. Police reported investigating without finding the missing article. Driver Cifed-Roger Allen Jones, 920 South Holly st, was cited for violation of the basic rule yesterday after his vehicle struck a parked car owned by Lang View Fibre company, Portland, on North Central ave. between Third and Fourth sts., Medford po lice reported. ' . . ' Drum Taken-Medford po lice reported questioning Jack Leroy Vincent, 24 of 2214 Sunset dr.k in connection with the taking 61 a $23 "Congo" drum belonging to Judy Marie Lawrence Friday 'from an aprtment at 806 West Main st. Driver Cited - Charles Henry : Manning, 327 West Eighth st, was cited for fol lowing too close Friday eve ning after a four-car rear-to-front collision on Court st. between Edwards and Man zanita st, Medford police re ported. Police said Manning's car struck . one operated by Walter Shirley Starnes, 359 Harrison st, Ashland, which was knocked into one oper ated by Loyal William Char ley, 744 Beall lane, Central Point, which in turn was knocked into one operated by Audrey Lorraine Barnes, 604 Whitman pi. Columbia Body That of Seaman Astoria -4DPD- A body found floating near the mouth of the Columbia river Friday was identified as that of a seaman who vanished from a ship last January. A dentist identified the body as that of Allen Sam pert, Portland, a seaman who disappeared " from the vessel Hawaiian Fisherman Jan. 10 near here. Earlier, there has been spec ulation that the body might be that of Ken Martin of Portr land, who disappeared on a Christmas - green gathering trip last Dec. 7 with four oth er members ' of his family. Bodies of two Martin girls were recovered far upstream in the Columbia earlier this month. START BAG CAMPAIGN New York - (UPD - The Kor dite Corp, Macedon, N. Y, maker of plastic bags, said Friday it printed cards and tags to be distributed with the bags which say: "Caution. For safety reasons keep plas tic bags away from children as you would matches or medicine." MYSTERY Open Throughout The Year Cbiluaries HENRY A. DAY Funeral services for Henry A. Day, 62, who died at his home, 3453 Lone Pine rd, Thursday, will be held at Conger-Morris Funeral home Monday at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. George Roseberry, First Meth odist church, will officiate. Committal will be in Hillcrest 'Memorial park. Mr. Day was born in Mis souri, Feb. 14, 1897. On Feb. 20, 1915 at Elkland, Mo, he was married to Florence Hardin, who survives. He moved to Porterville, . Calif, in 1934 where he continued in the grocery business until 1954.-He then moved to Med ford where he had owned and operated a dairy until his death. Surviving, besides his wife, are five children, Mrs. Orin Boyer and Willard Day, both of Medford; Mrs. Lewis John son, Porterville, Calif.; and Charles Day, South Gate, Calif.; five grandchildren; and seven sisters, Mrs. Ester Wheeler, Mrs. Mildred Brun- ner, Mrs. Grace Vernon, Mrs. Freda Proctor, Mrs. Wilma Latimer, Mrs. Minnie Jones, all in Springfield, Mo.; and Mrs. Madge Davison, Port land. EMILY CLOE FRA2IER Final services for Mrs. Emilv Cloe Fraier, 78, of 1018 West 10th st.. who died Thursday. will be held at Conger-Morris Funeral home Monday at 11 ajn. The Rev. Loyce Carver of the Apostolic Faith church will officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Fraizer.was born May 15, 1881, in Pottersdale, Penn. Her husband. Joseph O. Fra- zier, died in 1946. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Frazier Friend, Eagle Point; Mrs. Jet ta Frazier Holman, Tigard, Ore.; and Mrs. Dorothy Shults Cordova, Claremont, Calif.; 9 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. HERMAN GIER A ; requiem Mass for Her man Gier, 408 Church st. Phoenix, who died Wednes day,' will be offered by the Rev. Carl Mai of Sacred Heart Catholic church Wednesday at 11 aim. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Conger-Morris, fun eral directors, are in charge of funeral arrangements. LESLIE RAY McDONALD Funeral services for Leslie Ray McDonald, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert R. Mc Donald, 744 Beall lane, Cen tral Point, who died Thursday, wiil be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Conger-Morris Funeral home. The Rev. R. H. Math ewson of the Four Square Gospel church will officiate. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Leslie was born May 21, 1959. ' Survivors, besides the par ents, are grand parents, Mr. and -Mrs. Ralph Hutchins of Medford, and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert McDonald of Route 2, Central Point. JOHN GORR John Gorr, of 1445 Morrow rd, a resident of Medford for the past 20 years, and an employee of Timber Products company, died in a Portland hospital Saturday. Funeral ar rangements will be announced by Chapel Mortuary. LYLE F. HALEY Funeral services for Lyle Frederic Haley, 57, of 155 Reager st, who died in a Portland hospital Thursday, will be held at 2 p.m. Tues day in Chapel Mortuary. The Rev. John S. Power, assistant rector of St. Mark's Episco pal church, will officiate. In terment will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Casket bearers will be fel low workers in Jhe. Medford Corporation. The body will lie in state at the mortuary this evening and throughout tomorrow. Mr. Haley, the son of Fred and Ida May Courtwright Ha ley, was born in Areata, Calif, on Jan. 10, 1902. He came to Medford in 1937, and for the past 21 years has been a mill worker at the Medford Corp oration. He was a "member of the Lumber . and Sawmill Worker's union, local number 2715. On May 10, 1947, in Med ford, he was married to Mar jorie Anderson, who survives. Other survivors include his mother, Mrs. Ida Haley, of Crescent City, Calif.; one sis ter, Mrs. Lorena Cordell, Cres cent City; and a nephew, Vera L. Still, North Highland, Cal ifornia. ( HOTEL MEDFORD T '1 ,Sim ll l.irLMH.. L' t i -i- t-- ADDRESSES SAFETY BANQUET-C 1 y d e Fichtner, Medford police captain and treas urer of the Medford Safety Council, ad dressed the annual banquet given members of the city's school patrol Friday night. To the far left is Gregg Orr, a council derector. Next is the Rev. John Ilq, of Sacred Heart Catholic church in Medford. Partially hid den by Father Ilq is Rudy Tetreault, an Charles R. Cooley Granls Pass, Dies Grants Pass - Charles R. Cooley, 66, prominent South ern Oregon resident, died suddenly at his home here Friday afternoon apparently from a heart attack. Cooley was born Feb. 10, 1893 at Kenesaw, Neb, the son of J. H. and Alice Cooley. He moved to Medford in 1909 and was graduated from Med ford High school in 1911. He was currently chair man of the insurance trust of Western Retail Lumber men's association and a member of the Rogue Valley Manor board of directors. He was active in the American Legion, masonic organiza tions, the Rotary club and other fraternal groups. Cooley owned a half inter est in the Craterian theatre building in Medford, and owned the Lithia hotel in Ashland as well as other properties in this area. He entered the lumber business at the age of 18, and became president of the Three Cs Lumber company and a partner in Southern Oregon Yard Supply company. He is survived by his wid ow, Emma Lou Cooley; a sis ter, Mrs. Grace Collins, Med ford; and two nephews, Neil and John Collins, Medford. Funeral services are to be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Beth any Presbyterian church here. L. B. Hall Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Graveside services at Hill crest Memorial park are also scheduled. Dunlap Held For Removal Charles Palmer Dunlap, 53, of Chehalis, Wash, was lodg ed in Jackson county jail with bail set at $2,500 by U.S. Commissioner Frank J. Van Dyke following a hearing in federal court here for his re moval to Washington state on a federal complaint. Dunlap, who was arrested by Medford police May 6 on a check charge, is also charg ed with violation of the fed eral statute of interstate transportation of a forged check. During his arraign ment Tuesday on the federal charge he requested the re moval hearing. Following the hearing tes timony it was ruled by the court that the government had shown probable cause for Dunlap's detainment. He will be taken to Tacoma, Wash, early this week by the U.S. marshal. Dunlap is charged with the forging of a $1,000 check drawn on .the Union bank, Panorama City, Calif, and given to the Oaks Motor com pany, Chehalis, where he pur chased an automobile. Two witnesses testified for the government during the Friday hearing. No witnesses were called by the defense counsel, Warren Lesseg, Med ford attorney. Assistant U. S. Attorney George Juba, Port land, presented the govern ment's case. YANKEE REBELS Tallahassee, Fla. -UPD- The Florida House passed a bill Friday providing fines of up to S100 or 30 days in jail for defiling "by word or act" the Confederate flag. The only dissenter was Rep. W. C. Her rell, a former resident of Battle Creek, Mich. CANDLE ROOM Charcoal Broiled STEAKS t An especially good place to eat if dieting! SUStfUffS other director. Partly hidden by Fichtner is C. D. Larson, safety council president. A total of 158 patrolmen, a record number, received pins, certificates and pen and pen cil sets at the banquet. Packets containing the items were presented patrol captains from each school. Approximately 300 per sons filled the lunchroom at Medford high school. Mill Workers Turn Down Offer Portland (DPD The Lumber and Sawmill Workers union was reported yesterday to have turned down a 1XA cent hourly wage increase offered by Forest Products Operators Inc. The labor newspaper Union Register said the LSWU's Western council had rejected the wage hike offered in a new two-year contract. It said the Lumber and Sawmill Workers are holding out for a 30V cent hourly wage hike in a two-year pact. The union also is negotiat ing with the International Paper company and the.. Pine Industrial Relations commit t e e , two other employer groups. 1959 Polio Total Increases to Seven Portland - (UPD - The state board of health Friday report ed two more cases of polio, bringing the state's total for 1959 to seven. Both cases were reported for the week ending last Sat urday night. One was paraly tic type in an adult who re ceived no Salk vaccine. The other case was hon-paralytic in a vaccinated child. Four of the seven cases this year occurred in the first half of May. The board said this indicated the disease may be starting its annual seasonal upswing. All but one of the seven cases . this year have been paralytic, the board said. Police Question Two After Disturbance Medford police reported questioning Charles Robert Smith, 21, of Sunny Valley, and Albert Lee Thompson, 22, of Grants Pass, Saturday in connection with a disturbance early yesterday morning at Otto's club, 39 South Front st. Mary Ellen Cannon, 1808 Spring st, had complained that her husband, Clayton Hite Cannon, and Clyde Ray mond Jones, 902V4 Maple Park dr., were attacked at Otto's club by six young men, according to the report. Po lice reported that of the six, only Smith and Thompson were involved and apparent ly had not instigated the af fair. No arrests were made. James B. Elkins Trial Delay Told Portland (UPD The bur glary conspiracy trial of James B. Elkins, local night life figure, has been set over until fall. Defense Attorney Walter H. Evans Jr. asked for and received the delay be cause of the press of other business. . Elkins is one of seven co defendants. The others will be tried after Elkins. FISHES FOR SALAMI Cremona, Italy -UPD- Fisb erman Natala Poli felt a nib-; ble and pulled a salami out of the Naviglio Canal Friday. He dived in and came up with 50 more salamis, all well pre served. Police figured they were hastily abandoned stolen goods. DIES FOR MURDER Ossining, N. Y. (UPD Ed ward Eckwerth, 31, died in Sing Sing Prison's electric chair Friday night for the murder of Rosemary Spezzo, 24, a parochial school teach er, during a rendezvous in a wooded area. This Sunday Enjoy BREAKFAST (Served Anytime) at the Hotel Medford Dining Room Before or After Church . . . CHILDREN ALWAYS WELCOME Alaska Courts' Control Disputed San Francisco (UPD The U. S. Court of Appeals has set June 12 for a hearing on whether U. S. district courts in Alaska still have jurisdic tion in criminal cases now that the territory has become a state. The court has three appeals pending which contend the district courts no longer have jurisdiction because they are not constitutional. The judges have not been given lifetime appointments as required by the constitu tion for federal courts in the United States. While still a territory, Al aska's district courts had gen eral jurisdiction as created by Congress. The ' courts have continued to operate on an interim basis since Jan. 3, when Alaska became the 49th state. The appeals were filed by Curtis Kay Kosters, of Fair banks, convicted forger; Au die W. Deere, Fairbanks, con victed drunk driver; and Leo nard W. Parker, Anchorage, who is accused of stealing $300 worth of copper. wire. Falling Logs Fatal to Driver Eugene -(UPD- Vincent Sher man, 54, of Blue River, died at Eugene Hospital and Clinic yesterday from injuries suf fered when his car was smash ed by logs- falling from a log truck. The accident occurred near Blue McKenzie lodge, about 43 miles east of Eugene, Fri day morning. State police said Sherman was traveling east on High way 126. The loaded west bound log truck, driven by Billy Lee Lowry, 26, of Lea burg, started to shift its load and the logs fell from the left side of the truck just as Sher man's car reached the spot. Sherman veered his car in an attempt to avoid the cas cade of logs, state police re ported, and his car was al most on the shoulder when it was struck. , . IS YOUR WATCH OUT OF OIL? You con't expect a preci sion instrument like a watch o run forever without being cleaned and lubricated. Take advantage of our FREE INSPECTION! 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