Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 24, 1959, Image 13

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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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. , .
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Ashland - Dr. Orlo M.
Brees, public relations repre
sentative of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers'
western division, Palo Alto,
Calif., will give the Southern
Oregon college commence
ment address at 3 p-.m. Sun
day, May 31, in Lithia park.
Dr. Brees will discuss pri
vate enterprise and the Am
erican way of life.
A former New York state
legislator, he was born in Il
linois and received his educa
tion at Shurtlett college. Al
ton, 111., Brown and Colum
bia universities, University
College at Southampton, Eng
land, and the University of
Vienna.
In addition to being one of
Consumer Price Index
Reaches Record High
Portland (UPD - The quar
terly consumer price index
here reached a new high in
April, according to the U.S.
bureau of labor statistics.
The overall price level rose
0.9 per cent in the January
April quarter. Housing was
up 1.2 per cent and transpor
tation increased 6 per cent,
but food prices were down
1.7 per cent. The transporta
tion hike was attributed to
higher gasoline prices during
that period.
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