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Local and
Gas Theft - Sheriffs depu
ties Wednesday investigated
the theft of gas and oil from
a storage shed belonging to
William M. Foley, route 1,
box 325, Central Point.
Slolen Bicycle - Michael
Paul .Smeltzer, 2005 East
Main st., told city police that
his bicycle was stolen from in
front of 1432 East Main st.
sometime Thursday night.
Cowt - Kulia P. Leeper,
2959 Delta Waters rd., noti
fied sheriffs deputies recently
that two cows had been in her
pasture for the last three
weeks that do not belong to
her.
In California - Edwin G.
Calhoun, Medford, was called
to San Bernardino, Calif., re
cently because of the illness
of his brother, Carl West Cal
houn, a former resident at the
Camp White Domiciliary.
-
Theft - Edward Samuel
Schallhorn told city police
that someone took a tire, va
lued at $24, from a Standard
Station at Sixth st. and Riv
erside ave., where he is em
ployed, Thursday night.
Transferred - Carl Thomp
son, commander of the coi.
Sargent Camp, United Span
ish War Veterans, is being
transferred to the Camp White
Domiciliary from the veter
ans hospital in Portland, ac
cording to friends here.
Plug Blows - City firemen
were called to the James
Baumer sheet metal shop at
870 North Riverside ave
about 1:15 p.m. yesterday
when the relief plug of a gas
tank blew and gas started
burning out of the tank.
Car Fire - A six to eightr
inch hole was burned in the
front seat of a car owned by
H. W. Robinson, 1955 Gregory
rd., according to firemen who
were called to the car fire at
West Main and Ivy sts. about
1:50 p.m. yesterday.
Surgery Patients - Mrs.
Olive O'Harra, post office
box 123, Talent; Steven Hen
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nor
man Henson. 231 South Fifth
st., Central Point; and Charl
es Bickrey, 211 Valley lane,
Jacksonville, were listed as
surgery patients at Sacred
Heart hospital yesterday.
Obituaries
MRS. LENORA FLURY
Mrs. Lenora Flury, 86, of
515 West Jackson St., Med
ford, died in a local nursing
home Thursday. Funeral ar
rangements will be announc
ed by Perl Funeral home.
JANE ANNA THOMPSON
Ashland -Mrs. Jane Anna
Thompson, 532 North Main st.,
died at her home Dec. 31. She
was born Li Halsey, Ore.
Survivors include her hus
band, Arthur Thompson; and
nieces and nephews, Ernes
tine Hicks and Ruby Hicks
both Medford; Howard Hicks,
Yreka, and Morris Plymate,
Dunsmuir.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced by Litwiller's
Funeral home.
WILLIAM J. ALBERT
Ashland - William J. Al
bert, 151 Wimer st., Ashland,
died Dec. 31 at his home. Fu
neral arrangements will be
announced by Litwiller's Fu
neral home.
SALAD:
Tossed Green
Personal
Chimney Blaze Firemen
were summoned to a flue fire
about 12:10 p.m. yesterday at
the L. W. Bates home, 19
South Barneburg ave.
Word Received Word has
been received here of the
death recently of Joe Wood,
former Medford resident, in
Salem. He was a former pur
chasing agent for the state.
Fixtures Stolen - Merritt J.
Swing, 348 Cerritos ave., re
ported to sheriffs deputies
Wednesday that light fixtures
were taken from a house he
owns at 2532 Table Rock rd.
Revolver Stolen - Roy H.
Abbott, 3305 Highway 66,
Ashland, reported to sheriff's
deputies Wednesday that a .22
caliber revolver was taken
from him recently.
In Hospital - C. J. Cotton,
post office box 164, Phoenix,
and Mrs. Sadie Lamb, 113
Ash st., Central Point, were
listed as medical patients at
Sacred Heart hospital.
Three Added io
Health Department
Three Medford women have
joined the staff of the county
health department as public
health nurses, Dr. C. I. Drum
mond, public health officer
has announced.
The women, all registered
nurses, are Mrs. Joan Bass,
Mrs. Carolyn McGuire, and
Mrs. Vera Elmgren. One of
the staff nurses, Mrs. Mary
Helen Lehman, who has been
with the department for the
last three years, recently re
signed. Dr. Drummond reported
that Mrs. Bass was hired on
a fulltime basis while the
other two nurses will work
three days a week. The doctor
added the department willing
ly hired qualified women who
may work on . a part time
basis.
Mrs. Bass and Mrs. Mc
Guire received their training
at the Emmanuel Hospital
School of Nursing, Portland.
Mrs. Elmgren is a graduate
of the University of Oregon.
The three women will visit
all of the schools outside of
the city of Medford as well as
do generalized public health
nursing for the-entire county,
Dr. Drummond said.
Dynamiters Open
New Year With Bang
Spruce Pine, N. C. - (UPD -Amateur
dynamiters, appar
ently intent on bringing in
the New Year with; a bang,
set off a blast Thursday night
that destroyed virtually every
store window along the two
main streets of this small
mining community.
The culprits got off to an
early start with their noise
making and managed to spoil
New Year's celebrations for
the members of the town's
police force who were called
back to duty, along with Mit
chell county sheriff's depu
ties. Police Sgt. J. W. Tappan,
who was sitting in City Hall,
said he was shaken and "real
shook up, too," by the blast
a few' minutes before 11 p.m.
e.s.t.
Births
CHRISTENSEN - To Mr.
and Mrs. Carl, 903 South Hol
ly st., Medford, Dec. 30, 1959,
boy, 7Vi pounds, at Rogue
Valley hospital.
PONDER - To Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas, 2329 Fowler
st., Medford, Dec. 30, 1959,
girl, 5U pounds, at Rogue
Valley hospital.
EVERNDEN - To Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd, route 2, box 762,
Central Point, Dec. 31. 1959,
boy, 6'S pounds, at Rogue
Valley hospital. '
HANSON - To Mr. and
Mrs. Milton, 2550 West Mc
Andrews rd., Medford, Dec.
31, 1959, girl, 6 pounds, at
Sacred Heart hospital.
HOUSE - To Mr. and Mrs.
James G., 528 Bryant st.,
Medford, Jan. 1, 1960, girl,
8V4 pounds, at Sacred Heart
hospital.
HANEL - To Mr. and Mrs.
Charles J., 576 Fordyce st.,
Ashland, Dec. 30. 1959. girl,
8Vi pounds, at Rogue Valley
hospital.
ASUS
IN EAGLE POINT
Dick Spain
and the Rogue Valley
Weafhsr
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Fair this
afternoon and tonight. A tew snow
flurries in vicinity of mountains
this afternoon. Patches of valley
fog Saturday ' morning. Increasing
cloudiness Saturday with snow
likely by late afternoon or night.
High today 35. Low tonight 15.
High Saturday 37.
Western Oregon: Fair and cold
again tonight with some patchy
valley fog. Increasing cloudiness
Saturday with rain likely in ex
treme north portion by evening.
Low tonight 20-30. High Saturday
35-45.
Northern California: Mostly fair
tonight and Saturday. Little tem
perature change.
LOCAL DATA
Temperature: Mean yesterday 32;
below normal 5.
Record high this date 65 in 1939.
Record low this date 11 in 1919.
Precipitation: 24 hours to mid
night .02 in. Midnight to 10 a.m. 0.
Total this month 1.17 in., 1.96 in.
below normal.
Total since Sept. 1 2.23 in., 6.13
in. below normal.
Humidity: Lowest yesterday 93,
highest this a.m. 90.
High 4:00 24
City Tester- a.m. hr.
day Low Prec.
Brookings ' . 48 30
Klamath Fall 2 15
MEDFORD 40 23 .01
Portland 40 22
Seattle 37 27
Spokane 27 3 .01
Yakima 34 22
Eureka 45 31 .
Red Bluff ; 50 31
Sacramento 49 31
San Francisco 51 44
Los Angeles 58 42
Phoenix 52 39 .33
Denver 35 20 .01
Chicago . 33 27 .01
Miami Beach 76 63
New York 39 28
Washington, D.C. 41 28
FIVE-DAY FORECAST
(Through Jan. 6):
Western Oregon-Western Wash
ington Temperatures below nor
mal. Highs mostly 35-42 in western
Washington, 38-46 in western Ore
gon. Nighttime lows in mid-20s and
low 30s rising to 30s about Monday.
Little if any precipitation except
for a little rain along north coast
Monday and Wednesday.
Northern California No precipi
tation. Temperatures below normal
and much below in Sierra-Nevadas.
Hoover Urges
War on Obscenity
Washington - (UPD - FBI Di
rector J. Edgar Hoover said
today the time has come to
crack down on "dealers of
depravity" who corrupt the
nation's youth in the guise of
"clean entertainment."
Writing in the FBI's law
enforcement bulletin, Hoov
er urged governing authori
ties to strengthen laws against
"smut salesmen." He advocat
ed stiffer sentences for "filth
purveyors."
The FBI chief aimed his
fire at motion pictures and
television as well as at pub
lishers of obscene pictures
and books.
Three-Patch Quilt
Use scraps of fabric -make
a gay patchwork quilt
this easy thrifty way. Three
easy patches, repeated, form
the design.
One block makes a pillow.
Pattern 7003: chart; direc
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yardages for single, double
bed quilts.
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Although Slick,
Okra is Flavorful
Those who do not like okra
claim that it is the source of
mucilage. Of course it is not,
but I believe . like many- of
them, that there are possibili
ties here that have not as yet
been completely explored.
After being cooked it does
have a very decided tendency
to slide easily, and is about
as slippery as anything can
be; but I'll go along with the
select few that agree that it
does have a definite value as
a flavor, or seasoning; even
to those who only credit it
as a source of mucilage.
If the cooking is slow and
mild, using steam rather than
direct heat, which does not
break the outer skin of the
pod, part of the objectionable
slipperiness is avoided.
Essential Food
In the West Indies, where
okra is a native, it is an es-
Strong Competition
Due for Leap Year
Washington (LTD Girls, if
you're planning to take ad
vantage of leap year and try
to snare a man in 1960, be
prepared for some stiff com
petition. The fact is there are more
females than males in the
population. And, ladies, the
surplus increases with age.
The census bureau released
these statistics Thursday
night. It said New Year's day
finds the nation with a popu
lation of 179,300.000, an in
crease of 2,900,000 people
over a year ago.
The bureau estimated there
are about 980 U.S. males for
every 1,000 females. The to
tals as of last July were 87,
651,000 males and 89,452,000
females.
But above age 40 when a
"girl" is most likely to be
interested in leap year pre
rogatives the ratio is only
917 males per 1,000 females.
French Currency
Change in Effect
Paris (UPD The new "heavy
franc" worth 100 of the old
francs became France's offi
cial currency today. It is
worth approximately 18 cents.
Most stores were closed for
New Year's but restaurants
were quick to observe the law
that makes the heavy franc
official and requires that all
prices be quoted in "old" and
"new" francs for the time
being.
Adoption of the heavy
franc was part of a program
by President Charles de
Gaulle to restore the wildly
inflated old franc to a proud
place among the world's firm
er currencies.
Until new currency is
printed Frenchmen will use
the old - paying 100 of the
old francs for a cup of coffee
priced one franc on the menu.
American Foresters
To Meet Next Week
The Siskiyou chapter of the
Society of American Foresters
will meet Friday, Jan 8, at 8
p.m. in the state forestry
headquarters on Table Rock
rd.
Ed Tepper, Shady Cove,
will speak on tree seed col
lection, a description of his
seed extraction plant and
other topics relating to re
generation. Also on the agen
da will be a report on the
national meeting held in San
Francisco by Bob Hostetter,
and a movie titled "Trees for
Tomorrow."
Singer Edith Piaf
Suffers Relapse
Paris-OJPD-Singer Edith Piaf
suffered a relapse New Year's
Eve and was rushed back to
the clinic from which she
emerged only two days ago,
her friends said today.
Miss Piaf, 44, was taken
from her home to the Meudon
Clinic where she had just
spent two weeks undergoing
"twilight sleep" treatment for
nervous exhaustion, they said.
Officials at the clinic refused
to make any statement today.
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sential food crop. Mixed with
other vegetables, such as
corn, peas, or tomatoes, it be
comes known as gumbo. It
does contain a . reasonable
amount of vitamin B. '
The fruit, which is the edi
ble part, is a small green pod.
These pods, when carefully
selected and gathered when
young and tender, are okra at
its best. But if allowed to
mature on the plant they be
come woody and fibrous, and
trying to eat them is a great
deal like chewing on a piece
of rope.
The okra plant is similar
to the cotton plant. Seldom
can the sun get too hot for it.
This character . thrives ,in a
season of drouth, and under
heat that would kill a lesser
plant. Neither is it too par
ticular as to the kind of soil
in which its roots are anchor
ed. It does very well in a
wide variety of soils, even
though it be clear, white sand,
and apparently barren. With
a minimum of care it pro
duces a maximum of fruit.
Given a little fertilizer its
growth becomes intense.
An Annual
It bears over a period of
several weeks, during the hot
humid days of July, August
and September. Botanically,
the okra is classed as an an
nual fruiting plant; the fruit
being the ridged pods.
Probalby among the more
common vegetables it is the
least popular; although those
who like it, like it very much.
They have overcome their ob
jection probably to the pod's
extreme slickiness; and make
no mistake ab"ut it, under its
skin, this raCier peculiar in
dividual is the original "coun
try slicker."
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1959)
French Cameroons
Gain Independence
Paris -(UPD- Kamerun won
freedom as Africa's newest
independent state today and
shrugged off its old name of
French Cameroons but its
joy was clouded by the fear of
new and bloody civil strife.
France's mandate over the
country expired at midnight
and the new nation of Kam
erun was born. But French
press reports said fear gripped
the main port of Douala. Rebel
African guerrilas staged one
of their heaviest raids yet
against the city two night ago.
All the joy was centered in
Yaounde where diplomats and
United Nations . delegations
from all over the world were
gathered for independence
celebrations today.
Priest Accused
Of Taking Funds
West Branch, Mich.-(UPD-A
Roman Catholic priest from
South America spent New
Year's Day in jail today ac
cused of absconding with
about $12,000 in funds from
the church where he was serv
ing as an assistant pastor.
The Rev. Francis Paz, who
had been assigned to St. Jo
seph Church here, was ar
rested Thursday at a road
block thrown up .by state
police.
All the missing money was
found on his person or in his
luggage.
The Rev. Paz, of the Pa
payan Diocese of Colombia,
was charged formally with
forgery and held in the Oge
maw county jail.
The average family eats 70
per cent of its meals in the
kitchen during the winter
and 71 per cent in the sum
mer. . .
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EVERYONE WELCOME
First Accident of
New Year Noted
The first accident of 1960
occurred at 3:58 o'clock this
morning near Shady Cove,
state police reported.
A car driven bv Chester
Henry Pfluke Jr., 27, of Uki
ah, Calif., was travelling
north from Shady Cove, of
ficers said, when it failed to
negotiate a curve, went along
a shoulder off the highway,
and landed on rocks 40 feet
below the highway beside the
Rogue river.
Pfluke was reported in fair
condition today at Sacred
Heart hospital. He suffered
head injuries, police said.
A head-on accident occurred
seven miles northeast of Med
ford on Crater Lake highway
about 5:20 p.m. yesterday
when cars driven by Wilbur F,
Gorman 36, of Stayton, Ore.,
and Gilbert Elder, Shady
Cove, collided. Elder was re
ported in good condition at
Sacred Heart hospital. Gor
man was treated as an out
patient, according to hospital
sources. The Gorman car was
attempting to pass another ve
hicle when it met the north
bound Elder car head-on, state
police said.
A minor accident occurred
early yesterday when a car
driven by Elmer Ray Parham,
23, of Oakland, Calif., went
out of control on the Tolo
overpass on Highway 99 and
went over a bank.
State police said no injuries
were reported and only minor
damage to the car, which left
the accident scene under its
own power.
SING WAY TO FREEDOM
MemDhis. Tenn.-ttJPD-Police
hauled five youths into court
Thursday and charged them
with gambling at a Beal st.
dice game. The youths insist
ed they were just practicing
some harmony. City Judge
Beverly Boushe asked them
to sing a song to prove it.
"It sounded like 'Roll, Jordan,
Roll'," said Boushe when
they finished - but he dis
missed the charge anyway.
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Muskegon, Mich. (UPD
Randy, a 7-year-old school
boy, jumped to his feet in
protest when his teacher,
Cecille Carter, told a Christ
mas story of how "no one
went ahead to prepare the
stable for the birth of Jesus."
"You're wrong." Randy in
sisted. "The Marines must
have been there. They always
get there first."
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CHAPTER NO. 14
"Pirates' of the High Seas"
11
Typhoon Harriet
Heads for China Sea
Manila -(LTD- Off season ty
phoon Harriet headed toward
the China Sea today, leaving
in her wake at least two dead
and heavy damage to crops
and property in Central Philippines.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or.
Friday, Jan. 1, 1960
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