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Local and Car Club Tuesday, Jan. 3 members of the Old Timers Car club will meet at 8 p.m. in the Westside Fire station, Medford. Officers are to pre sent plans for obtaining a club meeting shack. , Parly Friday - Members of the Sunday school of St, Mathias Episcopal church Cave Junction, will partici pate in a program Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the church. A potluck supper will be served and a party held honoring the child Jesus. Air Service - Mercy Flights of Medford made two flights yesterday increasing the total number of such services to 1,240. Roman VanLoaf and Ralph Wood, White City, were taken to the Veterans Admin istration hospital in Vancou ver, Wash., and Miss Caroline Rutledge of Agness was flown to North Bend because of acute appendicitics. Flue Fire - Firemen were dispatched about 4:10 p. yesterday when a flue fire was reported at the home of George Witter, 843 West Sec ond st. They were called about 8 p.m. when an oil stove over heated at the residence of Mrs. Brenda Gamble, 507 Haven st. Smoke in the house resulted when the furnace flooded at the residence of Robert Shangle, 704 West 10th St.. today, firemen re ported. Collision Vehicles operat ed by Milford Ross Archibald, 64,- of 2451 Roberts rd., and Erroll Edwin Mclntyre, 31, of 268 Mace rd., Medford, collid ed Wednesday about 6 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 99 and Mace rd., according to slate police. Police said a dump truck driven by Mc- Intire was attempting to make a left turn when it was struck from behind by the Archibald pickup. The ve hicles had been moved by the time police arrived. REMOUNT YOUR PRESENT DIAMOND Your Diamond ' Is Forever But Your Setting Wears with the Passage of Time Why Not Choose A MODERN - SETTING As Little As 12 00 231 East Main NOW THRU SAT. The Things They Won The Medals for... AND the things THEY DIDN'T WRITE HOME ABOUT!... 0&1 BORGNINE ZOHRA LAMPERT HOLIDAY HITS! A JEFFREY INTER' 'IO JANSSEN xr- oil I tuui'i wHtti taactm-Mamti mnm mam giOUND-DOG Si2!sar IfjWl FABIAN CAROL LYNLEV ROBERT MiTCHUM hunted like a wild animal I 4vGRV Huts ELISABETH MUELLER 1 rtHWSC(K STANLEY BAKER -" Personal Building Permit - A build ing permit to erect a $10, 500 residence at 1804 Easy St., was issued recently by the city building department to W. L. Moore. Council Meets The Build ing Trades council will meet Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Carpenters" hall. Election of a secretary and trustee will head the agenda. Church Concert-A 50-voice mixed chorus and a 36-piece orchestra will participate in the annual mid-winter concert of the Apostolic Faith church, Friday. Dec. 30. at R rj.m. in the church, North Central at Third st. Club Meets - The Natural History club will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the Public Library of Medford and Jack son County. A film entitled "How to Know the Birds' will be shown. The public is invited. Two Court Cases Are Continued The case of Terrance Ray mond King, 1211 West Main st., Medford, was continued in Circuit Judge James M. Main's court yesterday after noon to obtain a pre-sentence report. ; King had waived right to a grand jury hearing and plead ed guilty to charges of obtain ing money under false pre tenses. He is being held in the county jail in lieu of $1,500 bail. . , King is charged with issu ing a false check for $30 in a Medford store Dec. 28. Judge Main also continued the case of Howard Wolfinger, 38, of Grants Pass, to allow him to consult with an attor ney. Sidney Ainsworth, Ash land, was appointed to repre sent him.. Wolfinger is charge with giving a false check for -$60 to an Eagle Point firm July 28. News About Servicemen ENLIST Recently enlisted in the Navy at Portland were Leon Wayne Todd, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Lambert, box 52, Eagle Point; LaVerne Brooks Baumer, son of James C. Ball mer, 1517 Velia St., Medford; and Richard George Brown, son of Mrs. Helen F. O'Rourke, 308 North Ivy St., Medford. They are now undergoing basic recruit training at the Naval Training center, San Diego, Calif. Court Records DISTRICT COURT Jerome J. Harralson, no lights, 7.50. Janet R. Baker, violation of basic rule, $10. Biliv D. Phares. operauna wnue license suspended, $10. Malcolm jj. oicawan. lanuie 10 stop, $15. Brian j. toung, no operator li cense. 55. William . Sanders, no stop light. $5. Raymond M. Stiffler. failure to yield right of way, $15. iroy n. apaus, uu hwuukhis, Lloyd J. Rogers, no operator's license, $5. Harold R. Martin, ovenoaa, oi Richard L. Enloe. disobeyed stop sign, $15. Donald C. Miller, disobeyed stop signal. $15. . jjavia w. nunici, uvciiiciKMi, Joseph J. Godown, Improper headlights. $10. Frederick G. Muskopf. Grants Pass, reckless driving, 5150. wayne u. uruus, no ukuu, Irvin Glen McKeen, no muffler, $10. Ralph Leon Jack, failure to sig nal. $15. Leo Marmomo, improper li cense, $5. Lonny n. nawKins, no puunc utility commission permit, $15. DISTRICT COURT nn-nsi-ri i Uonru v Fran rps K. Henry, divorce decree. Esther Belle Hunt vs. Oscar Hunt, divorce decree. Rnh u Parlor v Helen Parker. divorce complaint. A..t.t.n Mithwi ti Aria Matthews, divorce decree. Roberta iee misener vs. nuuw i Cecil Misener, divorce complaint. MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS Jrrv n SI uhble field. 230 Van Ness St., Ashland, and Susan Lynn Weller, 740 Pennsylvania St., Ash land. Gerald Raymond mcintyre. yu South Fairvlew St., Prineville. and Elizabeth Ann Martin, 920 Tolman rd.. Ashland. Dav d Wil lam Jr ana naye Nielson, Grants Pass. fime HERE TONITE! f5S4 MICKEY rooney r i . I OPERATOR P$f MEDFORD 'LABOR HERO' VISITS Tourai Normuk- guests of the government. Numerous for- hamedov. left, member of Parliament of eign delegations have been invited to Cuba Uskev and "Hero of Labor," does some for the Jan. 2 celebration of the Castro sightseeing in Havana's Central Park with government's second anniversary, other Russian tourists visiting Cuba as (UPI Telephoto) Quotes From the News BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL . Cincinnati-Wyatt Williams, 60-year-old sharecropper liv ing In a tent city of jobless Negroes who claim they were fired for registering to vote: "We never had a bit of trouble befor wa registered." Park Forest, 111. Jerry Ransford, 20-year-old brother of Marine Cpl. Butch Ransford who invited 32 buddies home for a visit: "Butch it a nice guy. Ht just doesn't have all his tenses." Bayonne, N.J. John Lewandowski, who lives across the street from the scene of exposions and fire in a petroleum company plant, on seeing a man running in flames from the plant: "I can't forget his back. It was on fire." Tampa, Fla. E. A. Rasdale, president of the armored car company whose vault was robbed of $400,000: "They knew just what to take. Thsy grabbed the 'heavy currency' bags the ones with the cash and checks." Grange Notes Eagle Point Grange A potluck dinner and a pro gram of Christmas carols and readings preceded the Dec. 20 meeting of the Eagle Point Grange. A Christmas gift ex change and a treat of popcorn balls brought the lecturer's Hour to a close. During the business meet ing, the charter was draped in memory of Holly Swingle, a member who died recently. C. C. Hoover,, agricultural chairman, reported on the last county agricultural meeting at the courthouse. Harold White, from the experiment station, was the speaker. He recently returned from a meeting at Corvallis, and said that the trend in farming was to fewer but larger farms, that family sized farms were on the way out, they were not economically feasible to oper ate now. He also said that the trend in beef cattle was to the less fatty type of animal. To those interested in gardening, he said a new variety of tomato would be made available, one which would be an earlier bearing kind. On dairy, Cliff Moore said milk prices were about the same but that Klamath hay delivered here had raised $2 a ton. W. E. Davies gave a report on the Jackson County Stock man's meeting held recently at the Central Point Grange hall, talking on some of their problems and possible solu tions of them. Mrs. Lester McFall, HEC chairman, announced the next HEC meeting would be at Mrs. Glen Waddells with Mrs. C. C. Hoover as cohostess. On community service, C. C. Hoover said a new ship ment of trees was expected during the following week and that they would be the blue spruce variety. Mrs. Hazel Atkins was in troduced. She was a visitor from Central Point Grange. Mrs. Steve Wilson was re ported as having been ill but was improving. Mrs. C. C. Hoover asked that anyone having sales slips to bring, them to the next meeting since she has to turn them in at that time. Mrs. Delton Stephenson, lecturer, announced that the Indian dancers from Rogue River would be featured at the Jan. 3 meeting of the Ea gle Point Grange. It will be an open house program, and the public is invited. The pro eram will start at 8 p.m. The dancers were shown here ear- i lier in the year and a return engagement was asked for at that time. Portland Produce The foilowine Drfce Quotations are from the agricultural market ing service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Portland. Eggs: Prices to retailers, cartons, X large AA 60-65; large AA 58-62; large A 57-60; medium AA 54-57; small AA 40-46. Prices to produ cers: X large AA 49-52 ir : large AA 47-50',; large A 44-45; medium AA 43-4 7 small AA 32-45',. Butter: Prices to retailers, No. 1 rints delivered, AA and A 70, t 68. Poultry: Prices to retailers, de livered, for grade A quality, fry ers, whole 34-37, cut up 3943; light type hens, whole 28-30. cut up 3335; heavy type hens, whole 39-43. MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ...,v cIVl Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Fair through Friday except smoke and some fog in valleys. Low tonight 25. High Friday 35. Western Oregon: Fair tonight and Friday except persistent fog in some valleys and increasing cloudi ness on coast Friday. Little tem perature change. Low tonight 22 32 in interior, 32-42 on coast. High Friday 42-52. Northern California: Fair tonight and Friday. Little temperature cnange. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yester day 36; below normal 1. Record high this date 61 in 1931. Record low this date 14 in 1916. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, trace, Midnight to 10 a.m., none. , Total this hionth 1.71 inches, 1.15 inches below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 6.97 inches, 1.12 inch below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 61, highest this a.m. 9K. High 4:i0 .24- CITV Yester- a.m. nr. day Low Free. Brookings 66 41 Crater Lake 41 23 Grants Pass 40 23 Klamath Falls 3R 20 MEDFORD 45 24 Portland 43 23 Seattle 35 29 Spokane 23 21 Yakima 22 18 T Eureka 57 42 Red Bluff 61 3B Sacramento 61 33 San Francisco 62' 48 V Los Angeles 68 54 Phoenix 70 51 Denver 20 -3 Chicago 30 25 ,02 Miami Beach 74 70 .03 New York 28 25 T Washington. D. C. 27 25 .02 Births ARCHER - To Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert G., 40 Granite st., Ash land, Dec. 27, 1960, a boy, 4V4 pounds, at Rogue Valley hos pital. DYER - To Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, 1313 Stewart ave., Medford, Dec. 29, 1960, a boy, 7V4 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. ENGSTRAND - To Mr. and Mrs. Harry C, 16 North Orange st., Medford, Dec. 29, 1960, a boy, 6 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. ARREST RATIO Washington - Nine out of 10 homicides in the U.S. are cleared by police through ar rests but only about one of five larcenies can be prosecuted. NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY DANCING To thm 'Bob Anderson Trio' featuring Vocalist Kenny Brow and Trombonist Randy Hugdahl in tha all naw 'Melody Room FLOOR SHOW 10:30 and 12:30 THi SHADOWS faahiring special nt . numbori and their latost recording (last show for 3 wctki hero). RADIO SHOW Over KMED 11:30-12:30. Direct from the Melody Room Special New Ytar'i Ev county. wide danca party. Only 250 Includes the above plus party favors, noisemakers, appatiieri and party dips. Balloon drop with priies and LOTS OF FUN! RESERVATIONS Wo havo seating for 110 and wo art reserving 80 of these. Wo havo 26 of these loft better call now to bo sura. PHONE SP 3-3474 FOR RESERVATIONS SPECIAL FILET MIGNON ORE. Ex-City Manager Dies in Medford Funeral services for James O. Convill, 76, of 2468 Hill crest rd., who died in a local hospital Wednesday, were held at 2 p.m. today in Chapel Mortuary. Dr. George Rose- berry, pastor of the First Methodist church, officiated Private committal serv ices will be conducted at 3 p.m, Friday at Ocean View ceme tery in Astoria. Mr. Convill, the son of George O. and Mary Ann Con vill, was born in Goffs, Kan., July 18, 1884. He moved to Oregon in 1911, and was mar ried in Astoria Oct. 7, 1919, to Mary Elsie Caulkins, who survives. He was employed in city municipal work for over 40 years, serving as superinten dent of parks in Portland, city manager of Astoria and city manager of Corvallis. He served in both World War I and World War II and was a member of the American Le gion. He belonged to the Ma sonic Lodge, Al Kader Shrine and the Elks Lodge. Other survivors include a brother, Edmund G. Convill, Seattle, Washington; and three sisters, Mrs. Mary May Himes Medford; Mrs. Leah C. Se ward and Mrs. Elsie Ander son, Harbor, Oregon. Over-fhe-Counfer 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 Stocks Bid Asked Hank or America 41), 3iyB Calif-Pacific Utilities , 20 22 cascades Plywood Cons. Freightways Copco Cyprus IVftnes Corp First National Bank Morrison-Knudsen Northwest Nat. Gas Pacific Pwr. & Lt 22 Vt , 43 21 i.'i 61 Vj SOU 23J,i 40i IB'.. 3 Hi 4U 40 27 33 li 23 3,; 10 40 23 05 ',4 ;i3 2514 4314 lfl'i 33ai Permanent Cement .... Portland Gen. Elec U. S. National Bank ... United Utilities West Coast Tel. Weyerhaeuser 601,4 411 2B: 3SM Investment Funds Noon quotations on selected lunas; Fund Bid . Asked Bullock 12.41 13.61 Chcm Fund 11.07 11.97 Colonial Ener 12.70 13.08 Eaton Howard Stk 12.18 13.02 Fidelity 19.80 17.02 Group Sec Avia-Elec 8.85 0,70 Croup Sec Com Stk 12.1 1 13.26 oroup Sec Petr 1) 87 10.81 Group Sec Steel .... 8.38 8.14 Group Sec Tobac .. 8.24 10.12 Keystone B-3 13.4B 16 87 Keystone B-4 9.19 O.Ofl Keystone K-2 15.18 lfi .54 Keystone S-l 20.35 72.20 Keystone S-2 11.50 12.55 Keystone S-3 13.05 14.24 Keystone S-4 12.74 13 00 Mass Inv .Grth Stk 15.18 16.41 TV-Elcc 7.75 8.48 Value Line Inc 5.10 5.37 Wellington 13.85 15.10 Per Person JJ Now Yoar'f Eva $2.50 OBITUARIES ALBERT E. FRANKLIN , Winters, Calif. -Albert Ed ward Franklin,. 71, a long time resident of Jackson coun ty, died here Tuesday. Fu neral services will be held in Davis, Calif., this week. Mr. Franklin was born Sept. 11, 1889, in Catarina, Tex. He moved here from Med ford, in September after spending several years in southern Oregon. He is survived by seven children, Thomas J. Franklin, Hermiston, Ore.; Virgil E. Franklin, Orval D. Franklin, and Mrs. Homer Keeling, Central Point, Ore.; Leo B. Franklin, Winters; Mrs. Elton Best and Mrs. Joe Bailey, both Baker, Ore.; 21 grandchil dren; and four greatgrandchil dren. A son, Marvin R. Frank lin, preceded him in death in 1941. ALBERT V. PRAED Funeral services for Albert V. Praed, 73, of 26 Cottage St., who died yesterday at his home, will be held at Hill- crest Mortuary chapel Friday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Fred erick W. Evans, of the First Christian church will offici ate. Committal will be in Hill- crest Memorial park, with Conger-Morris, funeral direc tors, in charge of arrange ments. Mr. Praed was born Dec. 16, 1887, in Republic, Mich., and had lived in Medford since 1952, Survivors include his wife, Nellie. SAREPTA JENKINS Mrs. Jarepta Jenkins, 97, of 2520 Finley lane, died Wed nesday morning in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at Conger-Morris Funeral home downtown chapel Fri day at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Ed ward Harmon of the Ashland Friends church will officiate. Committal will be in East wood Oddfellows cemetery. Mrs. Jenkins was born Sept. 1, 1863, in Memphis, Mo., a daughter of the late John and Sarah Freeman, who came to Memphis from De catur, 111. She was married Oct. 9, 1881, in Carroll coun ty, Mo., to Rodney J. Jenkins, who died Dec. 1, 1891. After his death, she took up nursing in Memphis, and remained ac tive in the community until moving to Oregon in 1920. She was a member of the Presbyterian church. Survivors include a daugh ter, Mrs. Lillian Walker, Med- ford; two granddaughters, Mrs. Opal M. Finley, Medforcrj and Mrs. Foresteen Powell, Toledo, Ore.; four great grand daughters, and 17 great great grandchildren. Casket bearers will include Floyd Ditch, Milo Hardin, John Renner, Jesse Scott, Glen Archibald, and Carroll Powell. Portland Livestock Portland (UPII USDA Cattle SO. Low choice steers 25.50; util ity cows 14.50-15; canner-cutter 10- 13.50: cutter bulla 10-lB. Calves 25. Good-chotca vealers 29-29; standard 20-24. lloejs 250. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 19.75-20; 2 and 3 grades 19-10.50; few 240 lb. 18.50. Sheep 50. market untested early. M- J; RaJJ This way for the happiest, Jfc JTf liveliest, fun-filled New Year's vJ sW Eve celebration. Here you'll j-n fl yf really have a terrific time. mdh' fk Music by "THE TUNESTERS" lMffl&n Cover Charge $1.50 per person fXjX The Dardanelle ffljJ "i PHONE UL 5-1 230 WafLVS.- "The Stringmasters" Carroll, Harold and Chuck With Your Favorite Western Popular Songs PIONEER CAFE DOWNTOWN CENTRAL POINT -NO 4-2485 ALEX BALDIGAN Seattle - Funeral services for Alex Baldigan, 71, who died in a local hospital Mon day, have been scheduled for 3 o clock this afternoon at the Washington Memorial Fu neral home. Mr. Baldigan was born Nov. 24, 1889, in Helsinki, Finland, and moved to the United States in 1905. After residing in Portland for sev eral years, he moved to south ern Oregon where he was in the motel-hotel business for ten years until six months ago. He then moved to the Seattle area to retire. He also was known as Alex Buldigin. Mr. Baldigan was a member of the Portland BPOE, and an Army sergeant in World War I. Survivors include his wife, Jean Baldigan, also of Seattle; a son, George Baker, Drain, Ore.; three grandchildren and a great grandchild. The former Medford area man had owned the Oakwood motel, South Pacific highway, Phoenix, before going to Port land. Meal or Snack . . . Our Food Is Just Right! Tasty Sandwiches Bar-b-cues (51' Lunches THE CLOCK Main at Bartlott Ph. SP 2-6766 NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE OASIS BALLROOM Eaglt Point MUSIC BY THE VALIANTS Featuring th BIG BOPPER from Ashland CHARCOAL STEAKS TILL MIDNIGHT CANDLE ROOM HOTEL Medford ft Si. Open Dally 5:30 P.M. to Midnight Sundayi 4 P.M. Till 11 P.M. Ml FOOD AT ITS BEST! Plan Now for Your Holiday Banquets, Parlies or Group Dlnnara or Just th Family! ENJOY THE SETTING OF OUR WESTERN ROOM Also a Big DANCE Friday & Saturday THURSDAY. DECEMBER 29, I960 JJ LOOK! Here's the DISNEY Holiday Festival Matinee FOR TOMORROW One Matinee 1:00 Doors Open 12:30 FRIDAY ONLY i . orT.nW.eM r, l& TBCHNl21s2e Hilsased Ij tUUU VISTA Oitlributton C-a. i. wait Dmi Productions. AND A Featurette Everyone Must Love "WETBACK HOUND" Children 35c Students 65c Adults Regular SPECIAL ADVANCE PREVIEW SATURDAY NIGHT ONLY! NEW YEAR'S EVE Showing! "Best Movie In Ages" "Dotelhy Hiloli$n N. Y. Journal-American WILLIAM The"Wow.d of HOLDEN su2ii t.Ray Stark Technicolor TWO COMPLETE SHOWS Doors Open 6:30 -Shows at 7:00 & 9:40 Children Not Admitted Unless with Parents All Seats '1.25 DOORS OPEN 7:00 - jmccoiMWMAm. S3 HI RORY (THE TEXAN) CALHOUN IN A GREAT NEW ROLE iBlii ALAN HALE CONNIE HINES JOHN GENTRY WIDE SCR ujyWtsM knUM .tekbk,k SBffojito i.lko!tltial(d BRAND NEW CO-FEATURE YOUNG -n mum : 1 Special asi ,4 RAHCY I! m unt woNa a 7 ONE SHOW TONIGHTI SHOW AT 8:00 P.M. SHOWING NOW ITHRILLS NEVER BEFORE JESSE V E - fit
