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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1880 OBITUARIES JAMES A. TRAVIS James Allen Travis, 43, of 119 Pine St., Central Point, died, apparently of a heart attack, Dec. 25, in Klamath Falls. Mr. Travis had worked in the Klamath Falls area for two years prior to coming to Medford in March of this year. He was currently employed by the Mt. Pitt Lumber com pany, Central Point, as a fork- lift operator. ,. He was born Jan. 26, 1917, in North Carolina. Two chil , dren, his parents, and a broth . er survive him, all living in the east. Mr. Travis was visiting in Klamath Falls at the time of ,his death. Funeral arrange ments are being made in North Carolina. , Sheriff's department of ficials are conducting an autopsy. .FAY W. DOOLEY " Funeral services for Fay William Dooley, 67, of 2251 Barnett rd., who died Satur day , were held this afternoon at Hillcrest Mortuary chapel on the North Phoenix rd. The Rev. Frederick R. Evans of the First Christian church of ficiated. Committal was in Hillcrest Memorial park, with Conger-Morris, funeral direc tors, m charge of arrange ments. Mr. Dooley was born June 29, 1893, in Spokane, Wash., -and had lived in Medford for the past seven years, coming tom Prospect, where he had lived since 1942. He was a veteran of World War I, serv ing as a private in headquar ters company, 162nd infantry. He was married Sept. 9, 1959, in Nevada, to Dollie Goddard, . who survives. y -Other survivors include a ton, Wesley, and a daughter, Glenda; a brother, Clyde J. Dooley, Santa Barbara, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Irene Bem bry, Redmond, Ore., and Mrs. Lillian Ironside, Santa Bar bara, Calif., and six grand children. MRS. BELLE E. WARNER Funeral services for Mrs. Belle E. Warner, 92, of 515 South Holly st., who died in Central Point Sunday, will be held at Perl Funeral home Thursday at 11 a.m. Dr. D. Kirkland West of the First Presbyterian church will offi ciate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Warner was born Aug. 21, 1868, in New York state, and was the daughter of An drew and Hilda Lowe. In 1893 she married Edward Varner, who preceeded her in jdeath in 1920. She was a teacher of adult Bible classes in churches where she was a member. Mrs. Warner was a charter member of the Col lege Women's club and also a WATCH REPAIRS Have Your Watch Completely Checked Case Cleaned and. While . You Are in Pick Out a New Watch Band PRICED FROM 231 East Main $095 .iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'i JUNE LAVERICK ISABELLE COREY INGI SCHOENER IT HAPPENED IN ROME' A Gay Comedy in'iha Conrintntal Manner "IT'S NAUGHTY IT'S NICE IT'S BREEZY Co-Starring VITTORIO DE SICA mumiiiiiiiimuimiiiiiimiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuB8 M HOLIDAY 3 HITS! Hound - FABIAN CAROL LVNLEY ROBERT MITCHUM hunted Ilk a wild anlmall Angov Wills ELISABETH MUEILER -BStUSOK STANLEY BAKER charter member of the Wed nesday Study club. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Esther Pugh, Laramie, Wyo., and one sister, Mrs. Dillie Mason, Shell Beach, Calif.; three grandsons, three great grandchildren, and one sister-in-law. Miss Beulah Warner, of Medford. LLOYD W. SMITH Funeral services for Lloyd W. Smith, 62, who died Fri day at the Veterans Adminis tration Domiciliary, White City, were held Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at the White City chapel. Chaplain Roger Pryor officiated with Perl Funeral home in charge of arrange ments. Committal was in the VA cemetery at Eagle Point. Mr. Smith was born -May 16, 1898, in Ohio and was a veteran of World War I. He is survived by one cou sin, Robert T. Van Ostrand, of Santa Barbara, Calif. WILLIAM T. SHANN Funeral services for Wil liam Thomas Shann, 67, who died at his residence at the rear of 131 Almond St., will be held at Perl Funeral home Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Com mittal will be private at the Medford IOOF cemetery. Mr. Shann was born July 1, 1893, and was a veteran of World War I. There are no known survivors. JAMES O. CONVILL James O. Convill, 76, of 2468 Hillcrest rd., died in a local hospital last night. Fu neral arrangements will be announced by Chapel Mor tuary. ELMER E. GOLAY Elmer E. Golay, formerly of Medford. died Tuesday in Portland. Funeral services will be held at Conger-Morris Funeral home downtown chapel in- day at 9:30 a.m. Bishop Wal ter Jensen of the Church o Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will officiate. Com mittal will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Mr. Golav lived in Medford in 1953 and 1954. Survivors include his wid ow, Rose; two sons, Dr. Ver non J. Golay, Portland; ana Gary Golay, Boise, Ida.; a daughter, Mrs. Loren Green wood, Brownsboro, Ore.; and six grandchildren. .JOHN M. READE Funeral services for John Meyers Reade, 65, of 418 T.nWer lane, who died Mon day, will be held at Hillcrest Mortuary Chapel on tne worm Phoenix rd. Friday at 11 a.m. r-nt William Hicken of the Salvation Army will officiate. Committal will be in tne nin- erfist Memorial park, wun Conger - Morris, funeral di rectors, in charge of arrange ments. Mr Reade was bom NOV. S. 1895, in Ft. Wayne, Ind., and had lived in soutnern ure gon since 1936. He was a veteran of World war i, serv ing .in the U.S. Navy from June 14, 1917, to Aug. 9, 1919. He was a member of Steclhead Post, V.F.W., of Shady Cove. He was married May 26, 1936, in Vancouver, Wash., to Iva A. Smith, who survives. Other survivors include a step-son, Ray Johnson, Whit tier, Calif.; a brother, David D. Reade, Tucson, Ariz.; and a sister, Mrs. Catherine Wil liams, Camas, Wash. JOHN F. MITCHELL Hornbrook - John Freder ick Mitchell, 52, of Horn brook, died Dec. 27 at his residence following a illness of several months. He was born Sept. 3, 1908, in Indian ola, Iowa. Mr. Mitchell operated a ranch on Cottonwood creek, arriving in California in 1933 and to Siskiyou county in 1949. He was originally the TONITE ONLY "CURTAIN AT 8:30" John Luik at th Baldwin Organ 8 p.m. ' Filmed in Technicolor Titme HERE TONITE! Dog Mracir ROONEY mvl COCHRAN VAN DOREN ' "1 T V V 1 Operator manager of the C. D. Drauch er ranch and .held that post tion for three years. He re sumed his work as a certified public accountant when he purchased the Mail-Me-Mon-day company of Yreka. He was a member of the Elks lodge and Rotary club, Yreka. Mr. Mitchell was an ardent sportsman and was a member of a bowling league. Mr. Mitchell is survived by wife, Mary Ann Mitchell, Siskiyou county artist; t w o sons, James Frederick Mil. chell, Hornbrook, and Rodney A. Mitchell, Los Angeles, Calif.; two brothers, W. Ken neth Mitchell and Jack Mit chell, three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Johnson, Mrs. B. M. Connely, and Mrs. Harry Richmond, all of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be Thursday, Dec. 29, at 2 p.m. at the Girdner Funeral chapel in Yreka. Interment will be in the Henley -Holbrook ceme tery. Window Broken Kenneth Carico Kerr, 151 Perrydale ave., reported to city police Tuesday that someone broke a four by eight foot window at Continental Interiors, 1222 South Riverside ave. Equipment Missing George Robert Tenborg, Eugene, told city police Tuesday that some one took two sets of climbing tools from his truck while it was parked at Ninth and Front sts. The tools were valued at $45 per set. Legion Meets American Legion Post 15, Medford, will meet at 8 o'clock this evening in the Legion home, 404 Wal nut st., to discuss plans for its New Year's Eve dance and smorgasbord. Proceeds from the dance will go to the Le gion memorial building fund. Machine) Stolen Gene Meril Mosser, 1123 West Main St., an employee at Roethler's Chevron Service station, 600 East Jackson St., notified city police this morn ing of the theft of a cigarette machine from the station sometime last night. The ma chine is valued at $150. In Hospital - Daniel M. An sled, 5-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs.' Ronald L. Ansted, 535 Pearl St., Medford; Fran cis P. Morrison, box 437, Gold Beach, and Gale L. Myrick, 362 Orr dr., Central Point, were listed as medical pa tients today at Sacred Heart hospital. Car Recovered - A car stolen in Ashland Monday has been recovered at Ludlow Calif., according to state po lice. California state highway patrol arrested two juveniles who had the car, state police said. The car was registered to W. P. Robinson, of Yreka, who has been staying in Ash land. Flu Fire Central Point rural firemen were called at 3 p.m. yesterday when a flue fire occurred at the home of J. T. Bowling, 4340 Hamrick rd. They were summoned also yesterday morning when a house full of smoke was re ported on East Gregory rd. A back draft on the fireplace was thought to have been the cause. Lights Gone A total of 44 Christmas tree lights were re, ported missing to city police Tuesday. Robert Maynard Bestual, 1217 Winchester ave., reported the theft of 24 lights, and Eugenia Slossie Antley, 1124 Winchester ave., said that 20 had been taken from that location. Two boys, ages 12 and 13, admitted to police they took and broke the lights from the Bestual tree. Surgery Patients - Surgery patients listed at Sacred Heart hospital today include Charles L. Dauster, 4074 South Pa cific highway, Phoenix; John S. Henshaw, post office box 61, Butte Falls; James R. Cox, U-year-oId son of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Cox, 1410 East Jackson St., Medford; and Frederick Vigil, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vigil, 1100 Spring St., Medford. College Meeting - Friends of Lewis and Clark college and interested persons have been invited to attend a "get acquainted" no-host dinner at the Mark Antony hotel, Ash land, at 7 p.m. Thursday. Guest speaker will be Dr. John R. Howard, recently named president of the col lege. Reservations and addi tional information can be ob tained by contacting Mrs. Clifford C. Voight at SPring 2-2669, or the hotel. QUEEN KNIGHTS YANK London-Mil - Jack Warner, head of Warners Brothers film company, has been de signated an honorary com mander of the order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth, it was announced Tuesday night. The award was based on service to British in terest in the United States. Locals PLANNED EXECUTION PROTESTED Four women pickets bear placards protesting capital punishment parade in front of the state office building in Los Angeles in a plea to prevent the execution of convicted murderer Ray- KENNEDY'S PILOT -Lt. Col. in his office at Andrews Air Force base, is slated to become President-elect John F. Kennedy's personal pilot shortly before inauguration day, Jan. 20. Swindal is commander of the 200-man Special Air Mission unit that operates the three presidential jet planes out of Andrews. He will succeed Col. William Draper, who flew President Eisenhower all over the globe. (UPI Telephoto) Jasper Post Office, Store Destroyed Springfield, Ore. - (UPII - Fire today destroyed the Jas per Lumber Co. store and lumber yard and also the town's post office. The blaze broke out shortly before 8 a.m. from an unde termined cause. A quantity of lumber and plywood and the stock of hardware in the store building were a total loss. There was no immediate monetary dam age estimate. Ben-Gurion To Take Leave of Absence Jerusalem, I s r a e 1 (UPI) Prime Minister David Ben Gurion will take an extended leave in anger over his party's handling of the controversial Lavon affair, highly reliable sources said today. They said Foreign Minister Golda Mcir probably would not submit a letter of resigna tion she prepared in protest against Bcn-Gurion's stand. The Lavon affair, the big gest internal political contro versy in Israeli history, blew up last Sunday at a stormy cabinet meeting. Ben-Gurion, it was learned, criticized a ministerial com mittee that absolved former Defense Minister Plnhas La von of responsibility for a 1954 "security mishap." , TO BE SUPERINTENDENT Dallas, Orc.-UPl)-Elton Fish back will succeed F. O. Green as superintendent of Polk county schools Jan. 1. TONITE AT THE TOWER BIG MID-WEEK DANCE PARTY Dance to the Trio Bob, Bill, Hammy PLAN NOW TO ATTEND OUR GALA NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY Tower Trio - Floor Show Appetixers - Prizes Direct Redio Show - Only $2.50 per eerier) -SP- 3-5474 for Reiervstions YOU surra ! w -. .. f9 tltw Ota- J4:" James B. Swmdal, 41, shown Medicare Program Gets Endorsement Salem - IUPB - The Gover nor's Advisory Committee on Medical Care for the Aged to dny unanimously recommend ed a $13 million federal-state medicare program in Oregon beginning July 1, 1961. But the program appears overshadowed by the possi bility that the federal govern ment may not approve it be cause it includes the use of deductibles and co-insurance. The committee said in its report to Gov. Mark Hatfield that the State Welfare Com mission is asking the U.S. De partment of Health, Education and Welfare about this phase - an integral part of the com mittee's proposal. CONFERENCE SET Salem-IUPD - Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton said today some 250 parsons have been invited to the second statewide Oregon Crime Pre vention Conference here Jan. 19-20. Investment Funds Noon quotation! on selected funds: Fund Bullock Chem Fund , Colonial Ener Eaton Howard Stk Fidelity Group Sec Avfa El Group Sec Com St Group Sec Pctr .... Group Sec Steel . Group Sec Tobac Bid Asked 12.36 13.55 11.07 11.07 12.74 1392 12. 13 12.0!) 15,72 Ifi.Of) B.R3 0.68 12.08 13.21 O.ftH 10.79 a 27 9.06 0.07 !)04 15.44 lfi.85 0.15 0.09 15.10 1B.4B 20.20 22.13 1141 12 50 13.01 14.20 12.fi!) 13.85 15 .15 16 38 7 73 843 5.00 5.5H 13.83 15.08 Keystone K-2 , Keystone S-3 Keystone S-4 Mass Inv Grth Stk.. Value Line Inc .... Wellington . ;vtt :? I mnU a;c the rti wiu n THE ' ,urrUT!nUrDtX: 1 ft! fl mond L. Curlier. The pickets represent the Los Angeles Citizens Against Capital Punishment, an organization that has protested similarly before every scheduled execution this year. (UPI Telephoto) Weather KOKHCASTS Medford and vicinity: Patchy valley fog tonight and Thursday morning. Partial clearing Thursduy atternoon. Low tonight High Thursday near 45. Western Oregon: Fair tonight and Thursday except night and morn ing fog in some valleyi and warm er on coast. Low tonight 24-32 over interior and 32-42 on coast. High so-uo on coast and 40-52 in interior. Northern California: Fair tonight and Thursday but occasional light snow in southern Sierra's today. Strong northeast winds in moun tains. Little tcmcprature change. l.Ot'Al. DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yester day 33: below normal 4. Record high this date 61 In 1037. Record tow this date 16 in 1030. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, trace. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Tota this month 1.71 inch. 1.06 inch below normal. lota since hcot. l. 6.07 Inches. 1.03 inches below normal. 11UM1UITY: Lowest vesterdav iM'.o. nignesi tms a nt. loti'i, men 4:uu CITY Yestcr- a.m. day Prec Brookings 62 crater Lake 31 Grants Pass 47 12 24 2(1 Klamath Falls 30 MEDFORD 35 Portland 48 Seattle 41 Spokane 27 Yakima 29 32 13 JB 37 47 44 52 30 4 21 70 11 18 Eurekn 53 Red Bluff fiO Sacramento , 50 San Francisco 58 -Loa Angeles Phoenix 67 Denver 28 Chicago 27 Miami Beach 72 New York 40 Washington, D. C. 44 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Jan. 2) Western Oregon - Western Wash ington Temperatures will average near normal with highs 40-50 and lows 30-42. Precipitation above normal In western Washington and northwestern Oregon and near normal souinwcstern uregon wun recurring periods of rain after Friday, totals amounting lo 1-2 inches in western Washington and northwestern Oregon and .25 to .75 of an Inch in southwestern Oregon. Northern California Possibility of rain In extreme portion Sun day or Monday; otherwise no precipitation. Temperatures near normal. Oregon State Gets Grant of $200,000 Corvallis-IUPII-The National Science Foundation has given Oregon Slate college a $200, 000 grant to start construction on a giant electronic compu ter and a computer research center serving the entire slate. The computer, which is ca pable of adding two 15-digit numbers in one-millionth of a second, will cost a half-mil lion dollars when completed in three or four years. It will do the work of commercial computers costing nearly $10 million, according to Dr. A. T. Lonscth, head of the mathe matics department. Louis N. Stone, head of the electrical engineering depart ment, and Dr. Lonseth are in charge of the program. The cathedral at Rheims, in northeastern France, dam aged in two World Wars, was begun in 1211 and completed a century later. JOIN OUR GALA New Year's Eve t- mm DINING INN A delicieui imorgjibord served stirring 6 p.m. Favors, noist mikers, balloons, special music for your dancing pleasure after 9 p.m.-till ?. All this for only $4 per Person Pear Blossom Room Z7.rQ III Births RANDALL - To Mr. and Mrs. David, Ft. Jones, Calif, Dec. 22, 1060, boy, 8 pounds, t Siskiyou County General hospital. SIMAS - To Mr, and Mrs. Harold, 209 Raymond st., Yreka, Calif., Dec. 24, 1960, boy, 7'i pounds, at Siskiyou County General hospital. BURR - To Mr. and Mrs. Paul, Greenview, Calif., Dec. 25, I860, boy, IV pounds, at Siskiyou County General hos pital. GILLESPIE - To Mr. and Ray, post office box 102, Prospect, Dec. 27, 1960, a boy, 11V4 pounds at Rogue Valley Hospital. WOLFORD - To Mr. and Mrs. Henry, 1005 C st., Ash land, Dec. 27, 1060, a girl, Q'-li pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. BATEMAN - To Mr. and Mrs. William, 1657V4 Kings nignway, central Point, Dec. 28, 1980, a girl, ZA pounds, at Rogua Valley hospital, EGGERS-To Mr. and Mrs. James, 2624 Grant st., Ash land, Dec. 28, I960, a boy, 6:!4 pounds, at Ashland General Hospital. Portland Produce The following nrice auotatfons quotation are from the agricul tural manteiing service of tne U.S. Department of Agriculture In Pnrt- Ettas: Prices tn retailer rnrtnn X large AA 60-65; large AA 5B-C2; large A 37-60; medium AA 6457; small AA 40-40. Prices lo produ cers; X lame AA 40-52 'i.: lame AA 47-50',i,; large A 44-45; medium AA Butter: Prices to retailers, No. t irtnts delivered, A A and A, 70, Poultry: Prices to retail em. rfn. livcred. for nrade A Quality, fry ers, whole 34-37, cut up 30-43; light type hens, whole 28-30. cut ud 33- 35; ncavy type hens, whole 30-43 Ovei -the -Counter Western Stocks The following bid and ask ed quotations, from the Na tional Association ol 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 (indl cated by the "bid") or bought (indicated by the "asked") at the time of compilation. Common Stocks Bank ol Amcrli'H Rid 411 10J. 22 ', 43 21 Asked ."ls. Callf.-Paclfic Utllltloa .. Cascades Plywood Cons. Frclffhtways Copco 45i 23 65 (J 33 2.1 !i 43'i 103. 33"i es'l 46 1 i 21)', 3S', iyprua Mines t-orp First National Bank .... Morrison-Knudson 30H Northwest Nat. Gaa . Pacific Pwr. tt Lt. . Permancnte Cement , Portland Gen. Klec. , U. S. National Bank . United Utilities West Const Tel Weyerhaeuser . 41 . 1814 . 31'. . 64 U 43 'i 2Ti 33 esim - Cenrral Point For Reservations Phone NOrmandy 4-2513 For Private Parties Job-Finding Group Formed in Portland Portland - (t'PIl - An organ- i7ntinn tn hnln nrnfpssinnal anrf semi-professional admin istrative personnel find jobs is being formed in Portland, according lo Ray A. Ziegler, director of the senior worker division of the Oregon state bureau of labor. He said the executive or supervisor often has more trouble obtaining suitable em ployment than other persons, mostly because of a lack of job hunting experience. The organization, called "Experience Unlimited of Or egon is to be patterned alter similar successful groups in other areas, he said. News About Servicemen AIRMAN GRADUATES Theodore H. Stamper, air man apprentice, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Stamper, 310 Mary st., Medford, gradu ated recently from the avia tion familiarization course at the Naval Air Technical Training center, Memphis, Tenn. Graduates are advanced to one of many technical schools at the center. Portland Livestock Portland (UPI) USDA Cattle 250. Good steers 25; slnndard 20 23; Rood slaughter heifers 22-23; canner-cutter cowa 12.33iW; util ity H. 50-15. .10. rNlves 100. Oood-low choice venters 20-28; stock hcifors 22. Ions 400. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 10.75-20; 2 and 3 lots 10-18; 1 and 2 sows 1S-1Q: tfood-cholce feeder pics 20. Sheep 150. Not fully established; choice Bl lb. woolcd slaughter lambs 17.50. TOMORROW THURSDAY THE SECOND WALT DISNEY HOLIDAY FESTIVAL SHOW Two Matinees 1 :00 and 3; 15 THURSDAY ONLY HIS MOST WONDERFUL CARTOON FEATURE '.Sf' ttvS? Tha Glorwua Music or fT Children 35c Tctiaiaovsliy and Flvt I All (Men 65c OslithlM Son Hits) J AND ANOTHER WONDERFUL FEATURETTE "ALASKAN SLED DOG" s-3 U 1 1 1 1 1 M rV'Jif 190ZJ j pw MGMS Presentation of JL'i CHARLTON HESTOff JAQ( HAWKINS ADULTS-1.50 Q. RORY (THE TEXAN) CALHOUN IN A GREAT NEW ROLE nasf- i it m "'it ' ALAN HALE CONNIE BRAND NEW rw YOUNG Junior First Citizen Selected at Portland Portland - IUPII - Patrick D. Dignan, 29, assistant to the vice president of Northwest Natural Gas Co., has been named Portland Junior First Citizen for 1060. NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE OASIS BALLROOM Eagla Point MUSIC BY THE VALIANTS Featuring the BIG BOPPER from Ashland CHARCOAL STEAKS TILL MIDNIGHT CANDLE ROOM iT HOTEL Medford A Open Daily 5:30 P.M. to Midnight Sundays 4 P.M. Till 11 P.M. HBHKfi T s n umre wne anow 8 P.M. HAYMiSrririlF.N boyd HUGH MITTO mum storr CHILDREN 75c SHOWING NOW THRILLS Mm BEFORE CAPTURED. i '' nil rif lii un nun:. HINES JOHN GENTRY WIDE SCREW CO-FEATURE JESSE IT
