Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 31, 1960, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY. AUGUST 31. 19S0 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. Births Three Accidents Reported In City Final Gresham Lecture Slated Ashland - "Growing Theme in the History Plays," a for ward look to "Henry IV" to be seen during the Festival's 1961 season, will be the sub ject of Thursday's Gresham Lecture at 3 p.m. in the Ash land public library. Miss Dorothy Nichols, critic for the Palo Alto, Calif., Times, and music and drama correspondent for the New York Times and Christian Science Monitor, will deliver the address, the last in the current series of Gresham Lec- Portlanu Produce The following price quotation! are from the agricultural market ing service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Portland Eggs: Prices to retailers, cartons, X liirge AA 55-58; large AA 53-53; large A 50-54; medium AA 44-46; small AA 30-3.1. Prices to produc ers: X large 46-51'i; large AA 44 4!M4; large A 36-40; medium AA 33 37'ir small AA 20-23'i. Butter: Prices to retailers. No 1 prints delivered. AA and A 68 B 66. Poultry. Prices to retailers, deliv ered, for grade A quality, fryers, whole 36-38. cut up 41-43: light type hens, whole 27-30. cut up 32 35; heavy type hens, whole 41-43. FESTIVAL PLAYS Tonight: "Duchess of Malfi" Thursday: "Taming of the Shrew" Friday: "Julius Caesar" Saturday: "The Tempest" Curtain time 8:30 p.m. ' Bus leaves Medford ho tel at 7:30 p.m., and Jack son hotel at 7:35 p.m. for Festival plays. Three two - car accidents were reported to Medford po lice yesterday, none causing any serious injury. Cars operated by Nancy Chandler Hinmnn, 16. of 675 Oakdale dr., Medford, and Margaret Elizabeth Goold, 58, of 916 East Jackson st Med ford, collided at the intersec tion of Taylor and Myrtle sts. about 10:30 a.m. yesterday. Nancy Hinman was cited for failure to operate on the right side of the roadway, police said. About 2:15 p.m., a car op crated by Marilyn Jo Con ner, 18, of 906 Newtown st Medford, hit a parked car reg ANDERSON To: Mr. and Mrs. Carol D., 455 Courtcney St., Ashland, Aug. 29, 1960, a girl, 6H lbs., at Rogue Val ley hospital. istered to Clifford S. Iverson, 115 Keeneway dr., Medford. The incident occurred on Main St. between Academy place and Lindley st., police reports show. Cars operated by Lester George Blochcr, 47, Modesto, Calif., and Morton Keith Bab cock, 3489 Forrest ave., Med ford, were involved in a col lision about 6:14 p.m. Tues day. Bloeher was cited by po lice for failure to yield the right-of-way. FARNSWORTH To: Mr. and Mrs. James, 3761 South Pacific highway, Medford, Aug. 29, 1960, a boy, 8i lbs., at Rogue Valley hospital. lures sponsored by the Insti tute of Renaissance Studies of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival. The public is invited to at tend the final lecture of the current season. PETERS To: Mr. and Mrs. Paul L., U-Rcnt Trailer ct., South Pacific highway, Med ford, Aug. 29, 1960, a boy, 73i lbs., at Rogue Valley hos pital. Oklahoma is the second largest producer of winter wheat in the United States. The first steel square for carpenters was made at Shaftsbury. Vt. &AZY LION Veterinarian William Greer dm afford to grin as he holds a mountain lon which arrived in San Francisco Mon day by private plane from its native state Local and X-Ray Clinic - The chest x-ray clinic at Sacred Heart hospital, sponsored by the Jabkson County Tuberculosis and Health association, will be; open Thursday, Sept. 1, from 2 to 5 p.m. . Roseburg Death - Relatives here received word this morn ing of the death Tuesday of John A. Lyons, Roseburg. Mr. Lyons lived in the Medford area from 1924 until about 1940. Funeral services, to be held either here or in Rose burg, are pending the arrival of the family.' . juveniles in Custody City po)ice took two boys, ages 16 and 17, into protective cus tody Monday on charges of petty larceny. The boys, both from Central Point, were seen by a police officer siph oning gas from cars parked atHhe municipal airport. They wrjre lodged in the juvenile detention home. )Grass Fires - A one-acre grass fire on the Engel Grif fith property, Wilson and Ta ble Rock rds., about 9:15 a.m. today was caused by a pick up truck's exhaust, the Cen tral Point rural fire depart ment reported. Rural firemen attributed a IV2 - acre grass fire on Gibbon rd. shortly after noon yesterday to youngsters playing with matches. ' Car Rolls A car operated by Stanley Keith Scheel, 17, of route 3, Medford, rolled over on Barnett rd. between Murphy rd. and Black Oak dr. about . 8:50 a.m. Monday when Scl:el applied the brakes to avoid a possible col lision. The car received heavy damage, Scheel was not injured and no citations were issued, police said. . - Probation Violation City police arrested LaMarr Ar chie Wilkinson, transient, for probation violation Monday at the request of the Oregon State Parole office. Wilkin son was arrested on a down town street and offered no resistance, police said. He was confined in the county jail. Over-fhe-Counter Western Stocks The following bid and ask ed quotations, from the Na tional Association of Securi ties Dealers, Inc., do not rep resent actual transactions They are a guide to the range within which these securities could have been sold (indi cated by the "bid") or bought (indicated by the "asked") at the time of compilation. Common Stocki Bid Asked 45 48 DHIlIt ui CaSf.-Paciflc Utilities . -.-T n nnA 22 j 243.. 29 13U 39 . 26 57 'i 34 T, 24'i 42','. 20". 33'. 77 H 48 V, 28 It 37 'i L-RSCSUCB i i j Cons. Fretghtways Copco Cyprus Mines Corp. .., First National Bank ... Morrlson-Knudscn Northwest Nat Gas ... Pacific Pwr. It Lt. Fermanente Cem. Co. , Portland Gen. Elec. U. S National Bank United .Utilities West Coast Tel. Weyerhaeuser .. 27 .. 12 "t - 37 .. 247. .. 53 .. 32 i m 22'. .. 39 18 ' . 31 . 72 . . 46 . 28k .. 35','. .The old days of sailing ships is preserved at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut, with complete shfps, a restored seaport street, and many thousands of museum pieces. of Utah. The sleek male cat is drugged, vhich accounts for the blase look on its face. The lion is en route to a new zoo in Manila, The Philippines. (UPI Telephoto) Personal Rummage Sale - The Ea gles auxiliary will hold a rum mage sale Friday and Satur day, Sept. 2 and 3, in the Eagles hall, 217 West Main St., Medford. Rummage Sale - St. Anne's Altar Society is sponsoring a rummage sale Thursday and Friday, Sept. 1 and 2, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the St. Mary's High school gymnas ium, 11th and Holly tsts. Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Variable cloudiness tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 48. High Thursday 75-78. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with likeli hood of isolated showers. iMuch cooler tonight. Low tonight 42-52. High Thursday 66-72 in north, 72 78 in. south. ..,-.. t i ; . Northern California: Fair tonight and Thursday, except parity cloudy extreme north portion with chance of a few showers over mountains. Fog and low clouds on coast and cooler inland Thursday. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURES: Mean yester day 69. normal. Record high this date 100 In lf)50. . Record low this date 41 In 1032. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month .03 inch. .15 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 15.96 Inches. 2.18 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest vesterday 15, highest this a.m. 11. High 4:00 24- CITY Yester- A.M. hr. day Low Prec. Brookings 56 52 Grants Pass 92 48 Klamath Falls .... 83 44 MEDFORD 90 55 Portland 7 7 5 9 T Seattle 69 57 .02 Spokane .- 74 56 Yakima 8 1 50 Eureka 59 53 Red Bluff 94 61 Sacramento 61 54 San Francisco 59 52 Los Angeles 8 1 60 Phoenix 104 83 T Denver 94 57 Chicago 82 73 Miami Beach 87 74 1.25 New York 88 73 .03 Washington, D. C. 94 72 09 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Sept. 5): Western Oregon - Western Wash ington Temperatures will average below normal with highs in west ern Washington in 60s and west ern Oregon 65-75. except interior of southwestern Oregon near or slightly below normal with highs 75-85. Lows 45-55. Precipitation more than normal with recurring rainy periods Friday or Saturday and again Monday. Southwest Ore gon only light precipitation with a lew showers. Northern California Possibility of scattered thundershowers occa tionally in Sierras: otherwise, no precipitation. Temperatures near or below normal. Investment Funds Noon quotations on selected funds: Fund Bid Asked Bullock 12.65 13.87 Chem Fund 11.33 12.25 Colonial Ener 12.44 13.60 Eaton Howard Stk .. 12.04 12.87 Fidelity 15.37 16.62 Group Sec Ava Elec 9:25 10.14 Group Sec Com Stk 12.22 13.78 Group Sec Petr .... 9.14 10.01 Group Sec Steel .... 8.93 9.73 Group Sec Tobac .... 8.71 9.54 Keystone B-3 15.58 17.00 Keystone B-4 - 9.60 10 48 Keystone K-2 15.13 15.31 Keystone S-l 19 50 21.28 Keystone S-2 . 11 89 12.98 Keystone S-3 13 37 14 59 Keystone S-4 12 81 13.98 Mass Inv Grth Stk .. 14 86 16.06 TV-EIec . 8.19 8.93 Value Line .Inc 5.29 5.78 Wellington 14.19 13.47 Portland Livestock Portland (UPI USDA Cattle 300: slaughter .steer and heifer trade slow, not fully tested. Few slaughter cows steady: small lot cutter and utllitv slaughter steers 16 .50; few lots good steers 25; few utility cows 13.50-14; canners and cutten 10.50-12: few cutter bulls 14-15. Calves 75; active, steady; good and choice vealers 24-27; utility and standard 16-23; good and choice stock steer and heifer calves 22-23. Hogs 350; trade slow; few early sales around 50 lower; U.S. No. 1 and 2 butchers 190-420 lbs. 17 50; not established on other classes. Sheep 500: trade slow, about steady; few Iota mostlv choice 90 105 lbs. wooled slaughter spring lambs 16 75-17: several lots No. 1 and 2 pelt shorn lambs 16-1625; good and choice feeder lambs 14 50 15.50; slaughter ewes scarco. cull to choice; gradei. 3.50-5. Obituaries JESSE THOMPSON Jesse Orley (Bud) Thomp son, 39, of Belair Trailer court. died last night in a local hos pital. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Memorial chapel, North Phoenix rd., with Conger-Morris Funeral home in charge. CLARENCE S. ZEITLER Clarence S. Zeitler, 81, died at his home, 105 North Oak dale ave., Tuesday. Funeral arrangements will be an nounced by Perl Funeral home. JAMES A. MARTIN Funeral services for James Andrew Martin, 79, who died at his home Monday at 400 West Main St., Talent, will be held at Perl Funeral home Thursday at 2 p.m. The Rev. D. E. Millard will officiate. Committal will be in the An tiock cemetery in Sams Val ley. . Mr. Martin was born Dec. 23, 1880, at Beagle, Ore., and had been a resident of the Talent area for 18 years. Survivors include his wife, Pearl Martin, Talent; four sons, Leo Martin, Ashland: Merrill Martin, Talent, and Loring and Cecil Martin, both of Phoenix; nine grandchil dren and one great-grandchild. MRS. MARY GRIEVE Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Etta Pankey Grieve, 77, of Prospect, who died Tues day, will be held at Perl Funeral home Friday at 3 p.m. The Rev. John Power of Prospect will officiate. Com mittal will be in the Medford Mausoleum. Mrs. Grieve was born May 10, 1883, in Sams Valley, and was a retired postmistress at Prospect, received her educa tion in the Central Point schools and was a 50-year Royal Neighbor member, and a member of the Prospect Lions auxiliary. Survivors include one son, James H. Grieve, Prospect: four sisters, Mrs. Delia Tex, Central Point; Mrs. Minnie Crance, Eagle Point; Mrs. Eth el Tomer, Crescent City, and Mrs. Faye Kain, Sacramento, Calif.; two brothers, Louis Pankey, Ft. Hall, Idaho; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Postmaster Puzzled; Volunteer Too Late Loveland, Colo. Postmas ter Fred Brewer was puzzled when he received a telephone call from a man who wanted to put in his bid to carry the mail on the star routes to Masonville, Pinewood and Drake. Finally, Brewer had the an swer. The man was a half century too late. The Love land Reporter-Herald had re prointed an advertisement in the paper's column, "50 Years Ago in Loveland." Buyer Pays Quarter For Expensive Hat Des Moines Mrs. Robert Kurtz bought a hat at a rum mage sale for 25 cents, then went to call on a friend who was in the hospital. . "I don't like those fur things on it," Mrs. Kurtz told the jfriend, and started yank ing at the little fur pieces. Just then anothpr woman burst into the room, exclaim ing: Thaf my hat. I left it at the sale by mistake. J just paid $35 for it." Cantilever Steel fromef Rugged Vinyl Saddlel Ball Bearing Pedals! Boy's or Girl's Model! Kids! You'll be the envy style "back-to-school" on. cycles, save more-lban-ever-bejort during this sale! Western Flyer Deluxe 26" Bicycle. Headlamp, AO rear luggage carrier. (Not IUus.) JFC2034'is 144 I J Bike Tire 1 Rlnforced Wx A tVV Bike Tire ond Tube 10-Gal. Gar bage pail Regular 3.79 Durable, rustproof, lene. New petproof. ltd! Gray, green. X9O0J "Four-Tainer" Plastic Set Regular 52c Handy food saver set with 4 16-oz. containers in plastic bag. Colored covers. 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