Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 01, 1959, Image 11

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Newspaper Page Texti Local and Personal Speaker Miss Pauline Fraas, missionary for 43 years to the Belgian Congo, will speak and show colored slides Thursday, July 2, at First As sembly of God, at 7:45 p.m. Miss Fraas will tell of the conditions in Africa. While in the valley she is the house guest of Mrs. William T. Jef fery, 521 Mayette st., Med 100 YEAR OLD NEWSPAPER RAILROAD PICTURE BOOK Th train trip from Butte Falls last Saturday was lots of fun. If you missed it, you can find much of the romance of Pioneer Rail roading in our new souvenir booklet. "Pioneer Rogue River Valley Railroads. An Album of Early Photographs". Has 28 full page photos and 3 maps. If your News Stand or Drug Store does not have it, send us $1 and a copy will be mailed to you. Or end 25c for a set of 8 early railroad postcards. WHAT WAS NEWS AND THE NEWSPAPER LIKE 100 YEARS AGO? Wa have photo - lithographed copies of the Table Rock Sen tinel of Jacksonville, for May 24, 1856. MOST INTERESTING. At your news stand or Drug Store; or send us 25c and a copy will be mailed you. (News Stands. Drug Stores, Mar kets. Book Stores, we will leave stocks of the above on consign ment if you will call us at SPriili 2-7774.) .; . Journal Print Shop ' 79? I. Grape Medford ' TonsillectomUs Shari, 7, and Lyle, 5, children of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Carter, Cave Junction, are convalescing at Rogue Valley hospital follow ing tonsillectomies this morn ing. ' Rocks Thrown-Chester A; Hubbard of 2451 Lyman ave., Medford, has reported that someone . has thrown some rocks into his swimming pool, according. to city police rec ords. Overheats-Differential of a car operated, by Cecil Wade, Eagle Point, overheated about 11:45 a jn. yesterday in the 400 block, of West Clark St. firemen reported. They said no apparent damage occurred. ' ' Clinic-The chest x-ray clin ic at Sacred.-Heart' hospital will be open this evening from 7 until 9 o'clock and Thursday from 2 until 5 p.m., according to the Jackson County' Tuberculosis and Health association which sponsors the clinic. tl t Filed - Articles of incorpo ration Nwere filed in Salem this week according to the United ; Press International for the Naonal Machinery Sales company of Gold Hill. They were signed by Adolph Jeddelch, Louis. F. Schultz Jr., and Raymond J. Salis burg. .. : 2A"H SAGA of The SUBS! no is TODAY'S YOUNG LOVERS! Aw tf-.tm. mm fiv Tlfc i mrni MAKE BREWSTER DEAN JONES MinOCOUMI IMMKOt - ' . Skt wtl lb, Mi tl f jSJjU?f Ilk j 1 t (wil V Comr f 17 GEN 1 NATALIE KELLY- WOOD CLAIRE TIEVOI wntsen. nenw Fire Extinguished -City firemen put out, a trash. fire in the 1000 block of West 13th st. about 8:40 pjn. yes terday "at the request of neighbors. The fire was burn ing during unauthorized hours and vthe regulations were explained at the scsne. : , - j Patients Convalescing at Sacred Heart hospital follow ing surgery is , Mrs. Millie Crefil, route 1, box 103, Tal ent. Medical patients there are Mrs Helen Atterberry, Happy Camp; Mrs. Ida Ire land,. 124 King St.; Thomas E. Bradley, 1108 South Oakdale ave., and David Nicofetti, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Nicoletti, 31 Crater Lake ave. Spectator Wins Baseball Game Fredonia, N.Y.' -flJPW-Chet Wright went to the Fredonia Southwestern high school baseball game as a spectator and wound up the winning pitcher. ' -: r . Wright, a five-foot, i 95 pound freshman, failed to earn a spot in the Fredonia outfield so he watched the J XI -A 3 ' I game rrom me sianus. , In the fifth inning, the southwestern team started banging away at the Fre donia pitcher. Coach Roger Moore, .desperate, beckoned to Wright r" The little righthander quickly donned a uniform, strolled to' the mound and calmly pitched 2 23 innings of relief . Wright gained credit for the victory,' with Fredonia scoring three runs in the sixjh inning for a 7-6 decision. Wright also won a regular-job on the Fredonia team. , Ike's Signature on Farm Bill Expected Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower is expected to sigh quickly a $4,686,600, 000 compromise farm money bill which contains a watered down limitation on the price support payments a farmer may collect. , The measure was worked out. by a congressional con ference ; committee after the Senate and House approved conflicting versions. Th House passed a compromise by voice vote Tuesday. The Senate followed suit after an hour of debate. : The measure would impose a limit of S50.000 on amount of government price support benefits a farmer may receive on each crop' declared sur plus by the agriculture secre tary.. ; ,. . ; Open Mondays till 9 p.m. . .sMO"!!ft-v .:: i Adjustable 24" BRAZIER Reg. 16.95 $4r : Electric rotisseri unit, re volving chrome grill, gear reduction motor detachable chrome legs. Rust-resistant steel fire bowL Remember... You Always SAVE MORE at Your Newberry Storel! V DAR-B-QUE SPECIAL 24" BRAIZER With Hood, Oven, Spit & Motor-Rej. $27.95 Complete $24.80 Buy Now for the 4th of July Holidays MILL10NAIR simi pool Big I2'x l8" Regular Special 3995 3488 Buy Now and Save -With This Big Value! Check etir ether lew priced swim peels. Prices start as lew as $2.98 and up re $29.95. Asserted sises to please any child. Buy new while there It still lets of hot weather. SALE! S WADING POOL A" 2-ring heavy Bakelite Krene with colorful print on rings' and bottom. Plenty of room for your tiny tots and all their friends. gQ x gi Sixth and Central Medford's Bargain Center 1 Memorial Service For School Teacher A memorial service for Dick Lawrence Merriman, 33, of Jacksonville, who was killed yesterday in a logging accident, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Village church across from the Jack sonville museum. The Rev. . Kenneth Ray mond, Medford, will offici ate. Arrangenjents are by the Ashland Mortuary and inter ment will be private in Moun tain View cemetery, Ashland. The body will lie in state in the Gold room at Conger Morris Funeral home Thurs day from 1 to 8:30 p.m., and Friday from 9 to 11 ajn. Mr. Merriman was born April 14, 1926, in Medford: He was 'married Nov. 12, 1946, in Ashland, to Shirley "JVllcox, who survives. He was a i graduate of Prairie Bible Institute, Three Hills, Alber ta, Canada, and was a minis ter of the Village church in Jacksonville, which held weekly services at the his toric Methodist church build ing there. He had taught so cial studies at Jackson Ele mentary school in Medford this past year, and was to have started next fall in the history department at Mc Laughlin Junior High school. He was a veteran of World War H, serving from Aug. 11, 1944, to May 30, 1946. Survivors besides his wife include two children, Sheryl Anne and Mark Lee; a broth er, Jim Merriman, Spring field, Mass.; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester A. Merri man, Jacksonville ' The family requests that in lieu of flowers friends make a contribution to Wycliff e Bible Translators, .Box .435, Jacksonville. . m Obituaries Weather. CHARLES W. ISAACS Private funeral services for Charles Wilkes Isaacs, 77, who died Tuesday at the Jackson county farm home, will be held at the Perl Fu neral home Thursday at 10 a.m. with Dr. George G. Rose berry of the First Methodist church officiating Interment will be in the Phoenix ceme tery,, i Mr. Isaacs was born: in Brownsboro, Ore., on March 14, 1882, and had lived in this area all of his life. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. George WJ Isaacs, early pio neers.-He was married to the former Lettie Stancliffe of phoenix in 1910, who preced ed him' in death. Mr. Isaacs operated a ranch and orchard on the Crater Lake highway for many years. , Survivors indue one broth er, William F. Isaacs, Med ford; one sister, Agnes Mer- rell, Oakland, Calif., and one nephew, R. C... Isaacs, Ash land... . : v ; MRS. MARIE SMITH ' Mrs. Marie Smith, 63, of box 542, Central Point, died at the family residence this morning. Funeral arrange ments will be announced by Perl Funeral home. WILLIAM T. STRAWN William Thomas Strawn, 212 Hoyt lane, died this morning at a local hospital. Arrangements will be an nounced by Conger - Morris Funeral home. MARTIN B. ROEBUCK Martin B. Roebuck, 1746 North Riverside blvd., died today "at a local hospital. Conger-Morris is in charge of arrangements. ' Transistor Radios Taken from Shop The-theft of two transistor radios from the Moore Patio and Toy shop, 816 South Cen tral ave., was reported to city police yesterday by Irma Moore, one of the store's own ers. The radios are valued at $9.95 each. According to police reports, the radios were taken from the store during business hours Monday or Tuesday. They were both new and were taken still boxed. FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Increasing men ciouainesst tomgnt. consider able cloudiness Thursday, with a risk of scattered showers or thun derstorms over mountains in after noon. Low tonight 58. High Thurs day 85. . Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy with showers tonight and Thursday morning. Clearing conditions tnis afternoon. Cooler. Low tonight 48- 56. High Thursday 70-80, except 6u-6a on coast. Northern California: Fair tonight and Thursday except morning driz zle near coast north of San Fran cisco. A few afternoon thunder storms over the southern Sierra Nevadas. Cooler in. interior- sec tions Thursday. LOCAL DATA '. TEMPERATURE : Mean yesterday 71; above normal 3. Record high this date 108 in 1943. Record low this date 40 in 1911. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight. Jione. Midnight to 10 ajn., none. Total in June .27 inch, .70 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 12.85 inches, 434 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 15, highest this ajn. 80. High 4:30 24- City Tester- a.m. nr. day Low Prec. Brookings 6 , 51 T Grants Pass :.. 96 48 Klamath Falls 81 48 MEDFORD z. 93 56 Portland 83 57 Seattle ... 77 .. 54 . . Spokane 78 54 Yakima 83 49 Eureka . 60 55 Red Bluff , , 100 ", 69 Sacramento 97 61 Ssn Francisco ... 71 51 ' .. ' Los Angeles 87 1 67 Phoenix . Denver , Chicago : Miami Beach . New York Washington, D. 98 .75 75 -. 90 92 C. 100 83 48 65 81 72 72 .94 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through July 6): Western Oregon - Western Wash- In g t o n Temperatures averaging above normal. Highs generally 70 80 western Washington and 80-90 Western Oergon. Lows in 50s. A few showers likely in western Washington and northwestern Ore gon Wednesday night and again Sunday night or Monday. No pre cipitation in southwest Oregon. Northern California Scattered thunderstorms likely in Sierra-Nevada early in period; otherwise, no precipitation. Investment Funds Noon - Quotation on selected funds supplied by th M-idford Branch of Foster & Marshall, mem bers New York stock Exchange Fund Bid Asked Bullock 14.11 15.47 Cbem Fund 1159 12.54 Eaton Howard Stk 24.54 2623 Fidelity . 17.03 18.41 Gas Ind. .. 13.06 1427 Group Sec Avia-Elec 11.33 12.41 Group Sec Com Stk 13.79 15.10 Group Sec -Petr 10.81 11.84 Group Sec Steel 10.86 11.89 Group Sec Tobac 8.19 8.98 Keystone B-3 16.10 17.57 Keystone B-4 1023 11.17 Keystone K-2 14.88 1624 Keystone S-l u 19 61 21.39 Keystone S-2 13.04 - 1423 Keystone S-3 15.75 17.19 Keystone S-4 ....(xd) 12.78 : 13.95 Mass Inv Grth Stk .. 14.07 1521 TV-Elec 16.35 , 17.82 Value Line Ine 5.96 . 6.51 Wellington .;.... 14.52 ' 15.83 Over:the-Counfer 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 actua) transactions but are intended as a guide to the approvtiaatf price range Common- stocks , Bid - Asked Bank of America .......... 473, 49i i - ;t-- tt.:t:.: 4 1- o . ' Cascades Plywood 34i Cons. Freightways .. 26 Copco : 35 ',a First National Bank 52 3,i Morrison-Knudsen 36 'a Northwest Nat.; Gas. 17Va Pacific Pwr. & Lt. 38 Permanente Cement 27 Portland Gen. Elec. 26', a U. S. National Bank .. 69V, United Utilities 30 Vs West Coast Tel. Weyerhaeuser 37?,' 36 28 37 56 38 18 V 40 28 28 73 32 23 ,.25 44 48 Portland Produce : Portland (UPI) Dairy market: Eggs To retailers: Grade . AA large, 42-43c dor.; A large, 38-40c; AA medium, 34-35c; AA small, 26 27c; cartons l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: A A and Grade A 'prints, 65c lb.; carton, lc higher; B prints 63c. Cheese medium cured To re tailers: A grade Cheddar single dai sies, 41-51c; processed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf, 40-43c. Farm Market v Fresh picked Oregon red rasp berries sold at $2.50 a flat on the Portland market today with some bringing as much as $2.75 a 12 cup fill. Top quality, large sized Willa mette valley strawberries sold at $2.40-2.50 a flat with a few fancy ones at $2.75. ( Poultry, Rabbits Live Chickens Quoted to grow ers at Portland, Salem and south to Eugene; f.o.b. ranch, No. 1 qual ity fryers, 2-4 lbs., 19c lb.;' light hens, 7-8c; heavy hens, 9c. Dressed Chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn, 33-36c lb.; cut up, 38-41c; hens, heavy type whole drawn, 35 38c; light-type cut up, 29-34c lb. Dressed Turkeys To retailers: Frozen ready to cook A grade young toms, 40-43c lb., according to weight; A grade young hens, same basis. 38-40c lb. . - , Breeder Turkeys To producers: A grade hens, 24c on eviscerated basis; A grade toms, 30c on the same basis; to retailers, A grade hens, 30-33c lb. Rabbits (average to growers f.o.b. killing plants) Live white. 3-4 lbs., f.o.b. Portland, 19-21c; colored pelts, 5c under. Fresh killed fryers to retailers, 56-58c lb.; cut up, 60-62c. . RODEO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ., i y -Sponsorta1 by Oree en Technical Institute ' July 3 July 4 July 5 S P.M. 2 P.M. 2 P.M. Klamath Falls Fairgrounds JEROME PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS Wednesday Night RECORD HOP " DREAMLAND BALLROOM Dance to Music of Top 100 ;' danc prizes given - Admission 60c ' 8:30 t 11:30 CL. IP I TAKING the helm at the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo., is Brig. Gen. William S. Stone. Ike, Mamie Mark 43rd Anniversary Washington (UPD Presi dent" and Mrs. Eisenhower celebrate their 43rd wedding anniversary today "with an informal evening nartv for members of the White House executive staff and their wives. A more festive observance was reserved for this week end when the Eisenhowers planned a house party for old friends' at Camp David, Md. ine Eisenhowers were mar ried July-1, 1916, in Denver. At the time. Eisenhower. then 25, was a first lieuten ant in the. Army earning $167 a montn. Mamie Doud was 19. . Portland Livestock Portion H HTOT rnl-. ttnn Good 1025 Ih elniitrhtAi ot oc with some 26.25; utility 1075 lb. Holstein steers 23.50; utility cows m cn in en. . -lu.uvj-j. i ju, tanners ana cutters 13.50-1 5.50! tipaw riitta 'in. uMk4. canners downward to 11. calves 75. Good and choice 25 29; choice 355 lb. slaughter calves 26; utility and standard calves and vealers 20-25: rhoioo 9n ik on stocker account 20. - ogs 300. U.S. 1 and 2 lots 190 225 lbs., ' 17-17.50; mix 1, 2 and 3 lots 1650-17; sows 11-15. Sheep 750. Mostly choice 88 lbs. long haul spring lambs 22.25; oth- " mgii gooa ana cnoice around oo An T 1 li ou-uu jos. mostly zi.au; some 22 good grade 20.50-21; good and choice feeder lambs 16.50-17.50: cull and utility ewes 2-3.50. Portland Hay, Grain Portland Wholesale Hay Prices New crop, No. 2 green alfalfa, baled f.o.b. Portland and Seattle, $32-33 ton; some to $35 at Portland. Wholesale Prices as reported by the Portland USDA market news service. Basis by the ton, bulk, prompt delivery, f.o.b. track, Port Wheat, No. 1 white $68.50 No. 2 Milo, Eastern shipment $55.00 No. 2 corn, Eastern shipment "irvsc $57.75-58.00 No. 2 Wh. oats, Coast ....$53.00-5450 Np. 2 Western barley, Coast $44.00-45.00 Soybean meal. 44 protein ... $81.00 Standard millrun $37.00-38.00 Stock Market Hits New Record High New York (UPD - The stock market rose to a new record high . today with industrial shares leading. The best gains appeared in the chemicals, steels, and a few individual issues such as Alcoa and Goodyear so far as the stocks used to calculate the industrial average were concerned. Much wider gains came into the electronics, where they ranged to more than 4 points and some drugs such as American Home Products where gains amounted to more than 8 points. : Gains in the chemical group ranged to 4 points in DuPont at its best. . Victor Chemical works . rose more than 3 and advances of more than a point appeared in Al lied Chemical, Eastman, In terchemical, and Union Carbide. - New York-(UPD-Dow-Jone final flock averages: 30 in dustrials 650.88, up 7.28; 20 railroads 168.40, up 0.78; 15 utilities 87.71, up 0.41, and 65 stocks 217.82, up 1.87. Sales today were about 3,150,000 shares compared with 3.200,000 shares Tuesday. Today's stocks: Allied Chemical Alum Co. Am ; American Can American Motors AT&T Anaconda Copper Armco Steel Bendix Aviation . Bethlehem Steel Boeing Air Caterpillar Corp Chrysler Corp Continental Can Crown Zellerbach .. Curtiss Wright Dow Chemical Eastman Kodak Firestone General Electric .... General Foods J prices on selected ..-11758 104Va ..... 44?4 44 80 63T4 75 761,4 56 . 375s 112 .... 69 474 .. 51W .... 34 90 87 ....144 30 91 General Motors Georgia Pacific Graham Paige ; Greyhound ... Gulf Oil Homestake Mining Idaho Power I. B. M Kaiser Ind Int. Paper , Johns Manville .: Kennecott Copper Lockheed Aircraft Katy : Montana Power .. Montgomery Ward Natl Biscuit New York Central Pac Gas & Elec Penney J C Penn R R Radio Corporation Richfield Oil Safeway ... Sears Shell Oil Socony Mobil Oil Southern Pacific I! Standard California . Standard Indiana Standard N J Sun Mines Texas Co Texas Gulf Sulfur . Tex Pac Land Trust Transamerica Trans World Air Tri-Continental Union Carbide .. Union Pacific United Aircraft 52H 47 ... 2 . 23V -.110 423i 46 449 .. 17 -120 ... 53 -104 30 . 6 72 48 51 -28 59 .-112 19 . 69 84 37 48 77 43 73 . 53 47 51 6 81 20 24 28 23 41 .144 35 .... 52 COFFEE LIFE SAVER Newark, N.J. -flJPD-Author-ities today said a coffee break saved the lives of 15 men. The men had just left an old wharf at Port Newark Tues day when a 65-ton pile driver came crashing down. Two of the workers were injured as they scrambled to escape the pile driver. It crashed through the wharf into the water Births ' HAFF - To Mr. and Mrs. Edmund, 1615 Crown ave., Medford, June 30, 1959, a boy, 6 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. V i T CANDLE Charcoal Droiled STEAKS An especially good place to eat if dietingl HOTEL flFIIFflRfl 5:30 P-m-tiI! 12:00 Weekdays HUlbb l.ltUriinU Sundays 4 pan. till 11 pjn. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 1 1 Wednesday, July 1, 1959 1 STARTING TONIGHT ON THE GIANT SCREEN ONE OF THE REALLY GREAT PICTURES OF ALL TIME SHOWS AT 7:00 AND 9:45 w -to! ,-x.t i.Ts& -'jii'Sr'' 1-5: .::., i IMA Jxj - .cy-. THE MlRfSCH COMPANY m . . JOHN W1LUAM 'MiE-Boiom AS THE RAIDERS ON HORSEBACK WHO RODE LIKE THUNDER ...AND STRUCK LIKE LIGHTNING! 7 rirl3BPT5 a car. a? JOHN FORD'S THUNDEIIN6 STKTAQ.E! The horse Soldiers CONSTANCE TOWERS atheabbsoii john lee mahFn jmartin rackin . J! jorw ford Miniature Railroad Brings Chicken Feed Fall River, Mass.-(DPD -The traditional picture of the farmer's wife throwing grain to the chickens is a thing of the past, at least on the poul try farm of John N. Costa. Costa has a new installa tion that blows the feed from the farmyard into a storage bin on the top floor of the hen house. The feed is dis pensed to the chickens on a miniature electric railroad system which deposits a given amount of food in each section of the three-story house. The Costas not only don't throw the feed to the chickens any more, they don't even handle it. NOW PLAYING ONE SHOWING ONLY DOORS OPEN 7:00 P.M. SHOW STARTS 7:30 P.M. Party Girl K08ERT CD llfj TAKLOR-CHAIIISSE-COBBiRmSn ALSO EARIHA KITT SAMMf DAVIS, JR. THEATRE INFORMATION SERVICE CALL SP 3-7323 FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATRES STARTING TONIGHT1 SI PER CARLOAD 17 E i WHMtcm pwouctkm COLOX by DtLan Refeasttf n UNITED QQ ARTISTS m SJkwal OiioM Smmm Tm AND LOOK! SPECIAL SCOOP ATTRACTION FIGHT PICTURES JNGEMAR. FLOYD JOHANSSON PATTERSON HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT ONE OF THE FIRST SHOWINGS IN THE COUNTRY BETTER THAN RINGSIDE ' , SEE THAT FAMOUS RIGHT HAND KNOCKOUT BLOW IN SLOW MOTION ""N Monstrous I FIEND CTr Human DOMALD WOLFTT BARBARA SHELLEY VINCENT BALL a vHnninmmatmtL mourn THRILLING CO-FEATURE Stcdests Yictins of HORROR MONSTER! ARTHUR FRANZ JOANNA MOORE a utvsiJwtNTiONt naott RIVE-IN A NOW SHOWING 3gD(3iB ADD DYNAMITE ors TANK COMMANDOS1 "TANK COMMANDOS" stirrinf Wtlly Csmpo Maggie Lswrtnc Robtrt Btrres AN AMERICAN-INTERNATIONAL PICTURE "OPERATION DAMES" stsrrini Evs MiysrChuck Henderson Don Dtvlm AN AMERICANUTERNATIONAl PICTURE