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1 THURSDAY. OCTOBER 20, I960 Local and Building Permit-Ralph Cal lison was issued a building permit recently by the city building department for a $1,000, two-bedroom addition to his residence at 532 Mae st. Lodge to Meet - The Med- ford Elks lodge will meet at 8 o'clock tonight In the Elks temple. Initiation of several new candidates will take place. The class will be named the Joe Fliegel class in honor of the past exalted ruler. Runaway in Custody-City police took a 17-year-old Harp er, Wash., youth into protec tive custody Wednesday after the youth admitted to being a runaway from home. He was confined in the county ju venile home pending release to his parents. Rummage Sale-The Daugh ters of the Nile Patrol will hold a rummage sale at the Fehl building, 108 North Ivy St., Medford, Saturday, Oct. 22. Anyone wishing to donate rummage may call Mrs. Frank Hose, SPring 3-5576, or Mrs. Earl Knight, SPring 2-2932, or leave it at the Fehl building Friday evening. Grass Burns - City firemen put out a 20 by 50-foot blaze in grass in a field near Black Oak and Country club drives about 4:35 . p.m. yesterday. Firemen said the origin was unknown. The fire depart was called about 6:45 o'clock this morning when a stove overheated in the residence of Mrs. Sandra Foster, 324 South Orange st. Cow Killed - A cow, owned by Elmer Hopkins, Buckhorn CnfincTc rH Ashland, was killed late Wednesday night when It crossed jNorm rnoe nix rd. near Hillcrest Memor ial park in front of a car op erated by Wayne Franklin Mrnv 1 n. of 322 South Riv erside ave., Medford. Oregon state police reported mat me tvnnt Ann nf thp vehicle was extensively damaged and it had to be towed from the scene. PLYMOUTH . . . Gives you the Daixle and the Siiile without w much Gunle. DICK KNIGHT CO. Plymoirth-DeSoto-Valiant EXPERT Watch Repairing Don't lose another minute! jWe restore your watch to peak of efficiency quickly, economically. 231 East Main JERRY LEWIS ills J M mm Munwi Fsfflto Dl IICI William HOLDEN Grace Htm rLUO. "The BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI" in color rn.ECATMDF ..: Personal Surgery Patient Mrs. Iris Grace Maehren, 586 Beall lane, Medford, was listed as a surgery patient today at Sa cred Heart hospital. Rehearsals Set-Dr. Herbert Cecil, chairman of the music department of Southern Ore gon college, said that rehear sals for the chorus he directs will be divided between Ash land and Medford this season. First Ashland rehearsal will be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight in room 210, Churchill hall, Ashland, and the first Med ford rehearsal will be Sunday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. at First Christian church. The chorus, with the Southern Oregon Lit tle Symphony orchestra and several soloists, will present "The Messiah" Dec. 4. News About Servicemen ON LEAVE ' Airman Vernon Griffith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bryon rjriffith 30 Crater lane. Cen tral Point, is spending a 30- day leave with nis parents. He is stationed aboard the nss Tinnnriprosa. attack air craft carrier, which returned from an eight-month tour in the Far East. GRADUATES .Tames Nickolas de Place, fire control technician sea mnn snn of Mr and Mrs. Eric de Place,, 1392 Poplar dr.. Medford, was graduated it- cently from lire control icw niion's school at Bainbridge, Md. He was at the top of the class with an average oi per cent. He has been assigned w the USS Farragut, a guided ;;i Hoeh-nvfir leader now being readied for commission ing at Newport, k.i. ne presently attending advanced ..hnniinv nn the euided mis sile system at Great Lakes, 111. De Place is a 1959 gradule of Medford High school, and enlisted in the JNavy oepieiu ber, 1959. IN TRAINING Army Pvt. Rozert J. Arbo- . 4n f ivyTi- and Mrs. gast, 1. . Joseph Edgar Arbogast, route 2, box zoo, " ' j ..i.. hisli. infantry training at Ft. Ord, Calif. He is a 1960 graduate of Crater .... n.nl TJmnT. High school in - " Births CHILDRESS - To Mr. and Mrs. Richard T., 502 Kenwood ave., Medford, Oct. 19, I960, a boy, avz pounu v Valley nospuai. MILLER - To Mr. and Mrs. ti T9R West McAn- drews rd., Medford, Oct. 19, men o oirl 7 oounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. Investment Funds Nn ouotauom on lelocted funds: W-:::::::::::: loS Asked 13.38 11.48 Colonial Ener ........ liso 13.01 Eaton Howaro jj sAvla Elccl 80 .12.20 15.82 8.90 12.03 Group Sec Com Stk 11.81 10.15 8.90 0.62 16.86 9.07 15.49 20.09 12.24 13.12 12.77 15.15 Group sec -Group Sec Steel .. 8.20 Group Sec Tobac 8.78 Keystone B-3 155 Keystone B-4 ! Keystone K-2 14 20 Keystone S-l 18 42 Keystone S-2 11 21 Keystone S-3 2 02 Keystone S-4 11. 7U Mass inv Grth Stk 14.01 TV-Elec Value Line lnc 5.14 Wellington I3-60 8.21 5.62 14.02 Show at 7 P.M. SHOW STARTS 7:00 SATURDAY MATINEE Doors Open 1:00 P.M. lliur.r4 k TONY RANDALL - ARCHIE MOORE EODtEHQDGES OBITUARIES RAYMOND VIEIRA Hornbrook Raymond Al bert Vieira, 52, died while at work at the box factory at Fruit Growers Supply . com pany at Hilts yesterday morn ing. Death was from natural causes. He was born Feb. 14, 1908, in Hornbrook, a son of Man uel J. and Minnie Vieira. Mr. Vieira was a veteran of World War II, and had been employed by the Fruit Grow ers Supply company for 35 years. Survivors include his wid ow, Kay Vieira; a son, Dickie Raymond Vieira; his mother, Mrs. Minnie Vieira, Hilts; and three brothers, Joe and George Vieira, Hilts; and An drew Vieira, McCloud. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Gird ner's Funeral chapel, Yreka. The Rev. Gerald J. Manion will officiate. Burial will be the Henley - Hornbrook cemetery. The American Le gion will conduct military rites at graveside. v WILLIS V. PRATT Funeral services for Willis V. Pratt, 40, of 155 DeHague ave., who died Tuesday, will be held at Conger-Morris Funeral home downtown cha pel Saturday at 11 a.m. Serv ices will be conducted by tne Eagles lodge, of which he was a member. Committal will be private in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Mr. Pratt was born March 1. 1B20, in Wallowa, Ore., and had lived in Medford since 1927. He was married Nov. 1, 1958. in Reno, Nev., to Ele- nore Howe, who survives. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Eagles lodge and the Team sters. Survivors, besides his wife, include four children, Mrs Glen Boles, Diane Rowe, Frank Rowe, and Kelly Jean Pratt: a brother. Lowell Pratt, in the Air Force at Smyrna, Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. Dick Baize . and Mrs. James Baize, Medford; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Pratt, Medford. JOHN H. REYNOLDS John Frank Reynolds died in a local hospital yesterday. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Perl Funeral home. Fish Boats Serve Double Purpose Point Pleasant, N.J. - Many oarty fishing boats these days are serving a double purpose as skippers take advantage oi the popularity of the romantic moonlight cruise. After the daylight sports man has departed, the boats are washed down and the scaline knives put away. All is made ready for a boatload of handholding couples, with the skipper serving as chap- erone. One skipper remarked, There's some similarity in our day and nigni exper iences. The only strike some unlucky Lotharios get is . a slap from the unmelting girl friend. "They look almost as sad, he said, "as the fisherman who hasn't had a nibble all day." Eisenhower Arrives In San Francisco Palm Springs, Calif (UPD President Eisenhower re s u m e d his "non-political" speaking tour today with a trip to San Francisco to ride in a ticker-tape parade and deliver a foreign policy ad dress. Round Butte Dam Briefs To Be Accepted Salem-flJPD-The State Water Resources Board is expected to accept briefs in the con troversial Round Butte Dam project when it meets here Oct. 31. Salem-(UPD-The Oregon Em ployment Department said to day that 708,000 persons had jobs in the state in mid-Sep tember, below mid-August but the highest September employment in Oregon's history. ESQUIRE ROOM for Elks and Invited Guests Only ELKS TEMPLE FOOTBALL PARTY Friday Night After the Game Open 4 P.M. Till 2 A.M. w John Lusk al the Baldwin Organ Friday and Saturday Nights SARAH E. CURL Mrs. Sarah Ellen Curl died yesterday in Mt. Shasta, Calif. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Morris, funeral directors. Kiwanians Hear Talk on National Forest Products "Wood is the only natural resource we have that can be replaced," Thomas Oliver, general manager of Timber Products company, brought out Wednesday in a talk to Medford Kiwanians at Rogue Valley Country club. He spoke in connection with observance of National Forest Products Week. On the question of the fu ture of the industry, Oliver termed the tree farm pro gram, started by private In dustry, "the greatest conser vative boost of our genera tion." He added that today "we are growing more wood fiber than we are cutting." Role of Program Oliver mentioned the role of the "keep green" program, which also has spread nation wide, in conserving the forest resource. The speaker told of the start of the lumber industry in this country with installa tion of a crude sawmill at Jamestown, Va. He pointed out the thousands of products which come from trees from the "amazing substance called 'wood' " and men tioned the great contribution forests have made to the wel fare of the people. Oliver told of the versatil ity of wood, of its great strength for its weight and of its use with the simplest of tools. He described wood as the oldest building material known to man and, yet, the newest. T Says Russia Has Nuclear Subs Moscow - (UPD - Premier Nikita Khrushchev said today the Soviet Union has nuclear powered submarines armed with rockets. He made the statement without elaboration during the course of a speech in which he reported on his 25 days at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Khrushchev's statement on the submarines was the first official Soviet announcement that the Russians possess nuclear powered undersea craft. In the past, Soviet spokesmen said they had sub marines equipped with nu clear weapons. Cursing Parrot Hailed Into Court New York - Pete, a 40-year- old parrot accused of using obscene language, was naied into court but said nothing that might incriminate him. In fact, he refused to talk at all. The bird was brought be fore Magistrate Harry Serper after a complaint was lodged by Mrs. Cecilia Amato. She brought charges of disorderly conduct against Pete's owner, Sam Maiorana. Mrs. Amato said Pete's language was so "vile and abusive" that she had to make a three -block detour every morning and night to and from work to bypass his in sults. . The bird, Magistrate Serp er, Maiorana, Mrs. Amato and a crowd of spectators all lean ed forward eagerly to hear Pete talk. After two hours and nary a peep, Magistrate Serper called it quits and set the case ahead for trial. Portland-WPD-The first of a series of Waterhouse polls on the presidential race in Ore gon's two most populous counties, Multnomah and Lane, showed Vice President Richard M. Nixon leading his Democratic opponent, Sen John F. Kennedy. MEPTORP MAII TRIBUNE. MEDWftft M Holmes (Continued from Page 1) Holmes helped to form the present partnership and has helped build an active and successful practice, not limit ed to a specialized field. He has thus become familiar with all facets of the law, an indispensible aid in the advi sory duties of county govern ment. Second Term He is presently serving his second term as municipal judge of the city of Medford, is a member of the Oregon State Bar, American Bar as sociation and the American Judicature Society. He has served as first vice president, treasurer and secretary of the Jackson County Bar associa tion. Holmes is a veteran of World War II, having served both in the Merchant Marine and the Army and resides at 33 North Berkeley way, Med ford, with his wife, Rowean, and two daughters. Amy and Laura Jane. He is a member of St. Peter's Lutheran church and has been active in community affairs, includ ing United Medford Crusade and Medford Jaycces. With foresight and experi ence, Holmes has formulated platform and pledges to change present office policies in an effort to accomplish the following results: 1. To maintain a full-time staff devoted to the duties of this office and to maintain of fice hours commensurate with the opening and closing of the Jackson county court house. 2. To cooperate with state aud county agencies, particu larly the Oregon slate and Jackson county public wel fare departments and the state board of control in an effort to reduce the relative and child support burden now being carried as part of your tax load. Work with Agencies 3. To work cooperatively with local law enforcement agencies to assure proper in vestigation and pre-trial prep aration of criminal cases to the end that matters once filed will not be dismissed for lack of prosecution or lack of cause. 4. To discontinue the oper ation of the office on a parti san-political basis and to free the office from outside politi cal interference. 5. To refrain from shifting responsibility to the attorney general's office for opinions on legal matters that are, or should be. within the knowl edge of the office, existing statutes, or existing legal opinion. When an opinion be comes necessary, to secure prompt reply thereto. 6. To work closely with the county court and sheriff's of fice in an effort to establish work programs for county prisoners in an effort to clean ud unsightly areas in the county, including Bear creek. 7. To personally discon tinue a private law practice, which presently utilizes sec retarial services and supplies paid for by your tax dollar. Holmes for uistnct Attorney Committee By James L. Sheldon Treasurer Different Meaning By Land, By Sea Buffalo, N.Y. - Words can have different meanings de pending on whether they're used by land or by sea. At a luncheon honoring of ficer of the U.S.S. Macon, the ship's skipper, Capt. Joseph C. Wylie Jr., spoke of the im portance of tramp -steamer trade to the Great . Lakes ports. Mayor Frank A. S e d 1 1 a there upon mentioned his many years as a city judge and said he never expected to see the day when "we'd advocate attracting tramps to the city of Buffalo." Timber Room Announcing .... LARGE DINING AREA NOW OPEN at 5 South Riverside O Complete Restaurant & Dinner Service From 6 A.M. Until 2 A.M.' Daily Under the Supervision of , , , PAUL A. 4 ELVERA WALKER Who ore noted for food of exceptionol quality and flavor at prices you can affordl Scanned (Continued from Page 1) enforcement agency. Includ ed in the program is Scan- nell's recognition of the im portance of his duties as the attorney for the 510,000,000 annual county business? Scannell's expansion of the non-support program has re sulted in payments of record in the sum of $10,863 in 1958, increased to $24,451 in 1959. with current figures to indi cate these collections to ap proximate the sum of $36,000 for the current year. Chief Deputy Scanncll is the present chief deputy district attorney and has been in Jackson county district attorney's of fice since February, 1958, having formerly served as deputy district attorney in Wasco county. Prior to his en try in law enforcement work, Scannell was an investigator and an adjudicator for the bu reau of land management. Scannell is an active mem ber of the Oregon State Bar, member of the American Bar association, the Jackson County Bar, a member of the board of directors of Medford YMCA, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Medford Lions club and charter member of the Griffin Creek PTA. He is Naval veteran of World War II in the Philippine thea ter, and after having received an undergraduate degree he was graduated from the Bos ton College of Law. Scannell resides with his wife and two children in the Griffin Creek area. He has had extensive criminal trial experience coupled with seasoned and mature judg ment concerning civil mat ters in county government, Gerald Scannell Candidate for District Attorney Hatfield Plans Flying Trip Salem-Gov. Mark Hatfield will make his final one-day speaking tour on behalf of the Republican ticket Satur day, according to Republican State Chairman Peter lhuv nar, Salem. Gunnar said the governor is scheduled to make a flying trip to Roseburg, Coos Bay, Gold Beach, Grants Pass and Medford. State Sen. Edwin Durno, GOP candidate for congress from the fourth district, will accompany the governor. Local candidates for court house and state legislative of fices will also join Hatfield at each stop when he speaks from the courthouse steps. The schedule now calls for a 10 a.m. speech in Roseburg followed by brief speeches in Empire, Coos Bay and North Bend from noon to 1 p.m. At 3 p.m. he will speak at Gold Beach, then fly to Grants Pass for a 5:30 p.m. speech. The evening schedule calls for arrival in Medford at 7 p.m. and a speech at a Re publican rally. Portland Produce The following orlce quotations are from the agricultural market ing service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Portland. Eggs: Prices to retailers, car tons, X large AA 58-01; large AA 55-50: largo A 55: medium AA 50 53; small AA 32-30. Prices to pro ducers: X largo AA 46-50!!,; large AA 44-4B',i: large A 42-45: me dium AA 37-43 la; imall A A 23 28 !a. Butter: Prices to retailers, No. 1 prints delivered, AA and A 70, B (18. Poultry: Prices to retailers, de livered, for grode A quality, fry ers, whole 34-38; cut up 30-43; light tvpe hens, whole 28-30. cut up 33-35; heavy type hens, whole 30-43. . , Turkeys: Prices net to growers for grade A quullty birds on evis cerated weight basis generally 32 for hens. 28-20 for toms. Portland Livestock Portland (UPD USDA Cattle 100. Good-low choice steers earlier 22-24.50: heifers 21-22.50: utility cows 14-15; cutters mostly 11-12; Il0ht Mnn.ni 8-10. Calves 25. Good-choice vcalers 24-27; good-choice stock , calves 21-23. few 23.50-24. Hogs 50, U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 19-19.25; mixed grade sows 12.50- 13Sheep 200. Mostly choice wooled lambs 17: good-choice 07 lb. Ifi; good-choice feeders early 14-15; cull-good ewes 3-4.50. Mrs. Denning's Mother Dies in Iowa City Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. O. C. Freiss in Iowa City, where she was visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. H. (Ruth) Denning, a former resident of the Rogue valley. Mrs. Denning's husband was affiliated with the White City Domiciliary a few years ago. Mrs. Freiss, who visited here several times while the Dennings lived here, lived in Fremont, Nebr., where fu neral services were held. Weather FORECASTS Medford nnd vicinity: Fnp anri smoke tonight and early Friday. Smoky in afternoon. Little tem perature chaiiKe. Low tonight 40 42. High Friday (J5-ti8. western Orecon: Mnstlv fair but with late night and early morning fog in southern Interior through Friday. Along coast and over Interior valleys of north half cloudy with some fog and spotty drir.zle during night and morning hours and partly sunnv Fridav afternoon. Low tonight 40-52. High Friday 5B-65 in interior and 60 on coast. Northern California: Vair tnnlnht and Friday except fog and low overcast on coast. Little tempera ture change. I-UUAk DATA TEMPERATURE: Moaii velr. day 55; above normal 1. Kccora ntgn this date 80 in 1038. Record low this date 23 In 1949. PRECIPITATION : 24 hour ir. midnight, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month m innh 11 inch below normal. ' Total since Sept, 1. .40 inch, 1.20 inch below normal, HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 47;ii, highest this a.m. 100o. High 4:00 24- CITY Yostcr- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. orooKiugn or si Grants Pass Hfi 42 Klnmatli Falls 70 33 MEDFORD 70 41 Portland 50 54 T Seattle 55 Spokane 64 Yakima 68 Eureka 57 Red Bluff 81 Sacramento 8i San Francisco .... 62 Los A ngeles 8 0 Phoenix 78 Denver ; 49 Chicago 55 Miami Beach 84 New York 64 Washington, D. C. 71 .01 52 51 53 52 37 33 70 Canadian fur farmers plan to pelt 1,022,000 mink in the 1959-60 season, an increase of 4 per cent over the preceding year's 981,000. Mm . . . delicious! Tasty Sandwiches Bar-b-cues Lunches THE CLOCK Main at Bartlett Ph. SP 2-6766 TONITE Tonite KISS Tonite TWO COMPLETE SHOWS TONITE you WILL ORBIT INTO THE FANTASTIC FUTURE to a human-race divided... - ROD TAYLOR ALAN San PI byDAVID beautiful ' Jx i & 0 f (if 'V'. ' tWfo) l - CHM l l5.v ..,.1 1 1 Q tJn f r mm uA Adults 90e O Guidance Clinic Has Booking Center The Child Guidance clinic here has established a book ing center for the procure ment of speakers, film and mental health plays by groups interested, according to Dr. Thomas Rutter, chairman of clinic's education and pub licity committe. ' Mrs. Rodney Miller, Old Stage rd., Medford, will be responsible for booking dates and fulfilling requests, Dr. Rutter said. Persons interested in pro curing films or engaging a speaker to discuss child guid ance and family counseling may contact Mrs. Miller at SPring 3-2402 for additional information and arrange ments. GAS DOUSES ROAD Salem (UPl) A huge gaso line trailer tipped over on Silverton road near here early this morning and doused the road with some 2,200 gallons of high octane fuel. Choice of Fruit or Seafood Cocktail or French Onion Soup Choice of Tossed Green Salad or Molded Fruit Salad Entrees Roast Oregon Tom Turkey, Cranberry " Sauce and Sage Dressing .2.75 - Broiled Ham Steak Glazed fruit garnish 2.75 Shrimp Newberg En Casserole, Rice Pilaff 2.50 Baked Stuffed Pork Chop-Spiced Fruit 2.25 Polled Veal Sherry Mushroom Sauce 2.00 Pan Fried Brook Trout Lemon Butter 2.25 Baked Potato or Candied Yam French Green Peas Cup Custard or Sherbert Hot Dinner Rolls ' Coffee - Tea - Milk (Beverage) BANQUET FACILITIES PORT 0' GALL No. Front and 4th FRIDAY -SATURDAY ONLY mMffiffi YOUNG YVETTE MIMIEUX SEBASTIAN CABOT TOM HEM DUNCAN . Based on the Novel by H. Q. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT ....$1.10 Students loges A U Despite price tags of $300 ' and up, some 45,000 minia ture gas and electric power ed autos for children have, been sold in the United States.- CHARCOAL STEAKS TILL MIDNIGHT CANDLE ROOM Vrt .""TEL mentord Open Dally 5:30 P.M. to Midnight Sundavi 4 P.M. Till 11 P.M. SPECIAL SUNDAY MENU Dining Room Open 12:008:00 SP 3-8281 7:00 and 9:10 Door Open 6:30 IHMiEl ftedeo-b, GEORGE PAL e WELLS 7Se Children.. 50c CiNtMAScofi Va COLO br OtlUM