Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 02, 1961, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE, MONDAY. JANUARY 2. 1961 .A 11 WEATHER FORECASTS' 1 Med ford and vicinity: Variable high cloudiness with night and morning valley tog tonight and Tuesdav. Continued cold. Low lo nlRht 15. High Tuesday 32-38. Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy and fog in interior valleys tonight and Tuesday with only brief clear ing north portion during afternoon. Partly sunny along coast both days with patches of night and morning fog. Little temperature change. High temperatures today and Tues day 34-44 In interior. 47-57 or coast. Low tonight 30-40, except 18-25 jn southern interior. Northern California: Fair today, tonight and Tuesday except fog in San Joaquin valley and local morn ing fog elsewhere. Little tempera ture change., LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 26: below normal 11. Record high this date 65 in 1930. Record low this date 11 in 1919. FKfcCIPlTATION : 24 hours to midnight 0. Midnight to 10 a.m. 0. Total this month 0, .0B in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1 8.97 in., 1.47 in. below normal. 0 HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 84, highest this a.m. 100. High 4:00 24 CITV Yester- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. Brookings 47 35 Klamath Falls 35 14 MEDFORD 32 17 DOORS OPEN AT 1:15 STORY OF THE ROCKET MAN WHO STARTED IT ALL! wmm if Wi id Acouiuuwjoua l 1 Extra Fancy Red Emperors GRAPEFRUIT 8-Lb. Bag Arizona Whites DEL MONTE PINEAPPLE 211 Size CRUSHED 5$li Reg. 23c TYPHOON SLICED PINEAPPLE 489 No. 2 Tin TREASURE 0 TOMATO 1351 8-oz. Tin Dauxt TOMATOES 851 No. 303 Tin CHIFFON FACIAL TISSUE 0 200 Count 10 Portland 44 Seattle 42 27 Spokane 22 21 Yakima 23 15 T. Eureka , 49 36 Red Bluff , 58 27 Sacramento 40 27 San Francisco 55 44 Los Angeles 63 43 Phoenix 64 34 Denver ..... 29 6 Chicago 29 27 T. Miami Beach 60 68 .01 New York 44 Washington. D.C. .. 43 29 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Jan. 7): Western Oregon - Western Wash ington Slight warming trend with temperatures averaging above normal. Recurring rains beginning in most sections Wednesday or Thursday. High temperatures most ly 40-50. Minimums 34-44. Precipi tation more than normal with totals 1-2 Inches, except less than 1 inch in interior southwestern Oregon. Northern California 'Occasional rain likely in extreme north Wed nesday, spreading over most of area by Friday. LEGION GROUPS Indianapolis - World War II veterans outnumber World War I in the American Legion 2.5 to 1. CONT. FROM 1:30 i.;i',JF3WORLD:l' GULUVEftl "KERWIH MATHEWS JO MORROW . ME THOMUIN POTATO 50 Lbs. . . U GRACES..: 2 s r2 or TIDBITS 00 SAUCE THRIFTY GREEN STAMPS f MEDFORD Jill auu vtiiuai 11J JISKiyOU DIVU. PRICES EFFECTIVE THROUGH WEDNESDAY Local and Gun Stolen - Donald Wayne Knoke, Chiloquin, told city police Sunday that a young hitchhiker took a .22 caliber revolver and holster from his car Sunday night .while he was in a Medford cafe. Knoke said he pocked the hitchhiker up near Ashland. Offers Ridt - An 11-year-old Medford girl told city police that a strange man in a car offered her a ride Sat urday evening while she was walking on Main st. betwen Mistletoe and Newtown sts. She said she told the man no and then ran fr6m the scene. She described the man as be ing in ' his late 20's. Police searched the area but were unable to locate the man or the car. . Ashland Accident - One ac cident occurred during the holiday week end fn Ashland. Police report a car driven by Bobby Lee Georgianna,, 16, of 725 Beach st. collided with a car drivea by Way'ne Van Blarcon, 20, of 139H Granite st.; Ashland, on Winburn Way in Lithia park Sunday at 3:35 p.m. Police said Van Blarcon's car was stopped when the accident occurred. Both cars were damaged slightly, police said. No traffic citations were issued. x 1 SPRECKELS SUGAR 10-lb. Bag BETTY CROCKER CAKE MIX All ALL GOLD peaches; 2'i size, Reg. 29e ... Yellow Cling Sliced TREASURE JUICE 46-01. tins, Rag. SPRECKELS ' 1-lb. pkgs. SUGAR tKa SWIFT -PREMIUM BACOI MB. RRg. Oregon0 Foods Special9 Seasoned: LOCKER HALF FRONT HIND AT MEDFORD STORE ASHLAND Personal Dance Planned - The Vet erans of Foreign Wars auxil iary, Department of Oregon, will sponsor a dance at the Vetenans domiciliary, White City, tonight at 8 o'clock. The domiciliary will provide mu sic. Those needing transporta tion may take a bus at-7:30 p.m. at the Trailways depot. Flue Fire - Firemen were called Saturday evening to a flue fire at the Katherine Stovall home, 209 North Grape st. Earlier in the eve ning they ijere summoned to the William W. Batema";. house, 1657 V4 King st to in vestigate the cause of smoke. They said that the smoke re sulted from a plugged chim ney. ' . In Hospital - Medical pa tients listed today at Sacred Heart hospital include Re becca Tucker, 11 -month -old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ned Tucker, 4921 Table Rock rd., Medford; Mrs. Elizabeth B. Fisher, 229 North Ivy St., Medford; Car pus H. Waters, route, 1, box 22E, Jacksonville; and Miss Myrtle Hayes, 774 North East Wharton dr., Grants Pass. CASH IsNCOME . 1 Washington - The District of Columbia leads in cash in come per 'person per year. 41 e Varieties 29s J" Pondered or Brown BEEF 49!b. 43 lb. 63 lb. Sri House Burglary - Arthur Ambrose Hill, 808 Park st told city police this morning that someone broke into his house during the night while he was away and took a bot tle of whiskey and a German Luger pistol valued at $50. Police said entry was gained through an unlocked garage door. Births NOLIN - To Mr. and Mrs. James Albert, route 3, box 66B, Medford, Jan. 2, 1961, a boy, 7 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. CHARLTON - To Mr. and Mrs. Elvie,. 851 Lawnsiiale ave., Medford, Dee. 31, 1960, a girl, 84 pounds, at Crater Osteopathic hospital. -HILLMAN - To Mr. and Mrs. Elven, 615 Franquette ave., Medford, Dee. 31, 1960, a boy, 534 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. SZILOGYI - To Mr. and Mrs. Julius M 210 Orr dr., Central Point, Dee. 31, 1960, a boy, 734 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital'. DAVIS - To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur, route 1. box 120Gold Hill, Dec. 31, 1960, a boy, IVt pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. ECKERMAN - To Mr. and Mrs. John R route 2, box 329, Central Point, Dec. 31', 1960, a girl;- 9U pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. SPORTS Hayward' Award Norfii nations Being Accepted' Portland Oregon Sports writers and Sportscasters as sociation is now accepting nominations for candidates for the Bill" Hay ward award, which will be presented at the group's 13th annual Banquet of Champions Feb. 16 at the University of Portland Com mons. Oregon sports fans wishing to nominate candidates should write to Don Fair, Sports De partment, Oregonian, Port land, Oregon. Fair is chairman of the banquet nomination and screening committee and it Is his group which will come up with a screened list of nominees 'and the final slate of ten finalists, from which, the Hayward Trophy winner will be selected. A panel of 50 judges makes the final choice on the Hay ward winner the night of the banquet, Last year, the Uni versity of Oregon's Dyrol Burleson, Olympic milcr at Rome, was raamed as the win ner of the coveted award. Other Hayward Trophy winners have been Nick Sckavoije, Morris Rogoway, Charles Holloway, Bill Bow erman,, Delia Sehorn, Bruce Cudd, George Shaw, Slats Gill, Jim Bailey, Joe Francis, and Ted Bates; Another 'featflro of tthe Ban quet of Champions is the se lection of the Man of the Year in Oregon athletics. Previous winners of the award, which was inaugurated four years ago, have been Lcn Casanova, Tommy Prothro, co-winners in 1957, Tom DeSylvia, arid Fred Spicgelberg, who won last yaar. , The selection of the Man of the Year, is made ty the Oregon Spoirtswriters and Sportscasters association. Norm Va Brocklin, who enjoyed his greatest year In football while leading the Philadelphia Eagles to the championship of the National Football leaigue this season, will be the guest speaker at tiie banquet. LARGEST 8U3i!BES , Chicago - American Farm Bureau federation is the larg est of farmer organizations, ly ri'ififfA flu g i ; una TONITE & TOMORROW! MOMtMr'i uu-tiMMt msm tomai u aim rttf D h4tm PR,inGinGj ciaM wkouii.uk , my deaw,, , flUlWAVIAKIiri J fPID ClARK rtHt&Wt tOT.H THE -THREE STOOGES rmtt ruu..LHOTM riATUKl FUMIIt HAVE ROCKET. Will TRAVEL OBITUARIES JOHN B. LUTTHELL John B. Luttrell, of 3036 Sunnyvale rd., Central Point, died Sunday In a local hos pital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 4, at the Conger-Morris downtown chapel at 9 a.m. with the Rev, Edward C. Stauffer, First Bap tist church, officiating. Inter ment wifil be in the Dora cem etery near Myrtle Point, be side his wife, lice, who died Oct. 1. ALFRED W. OVERDICK Private funeral services for Alfred William Ovcrdick, 45, of 21 West Ninth St., Eagle Point, who died Friday will be held at the Perl Funeral home Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. with Dr. George Rosebeijry of the First Methodist church offici ating. Private committal serv ices will be held at the Sis kiyou Memorial par!;. Ms. Overdick was born April 20, 1915, In Miner coun ty, South Dakota, and had been a resident of the Eagle Point area for 25 years. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Josephine O v e r d 1 c k, Eagle Point; his mother, Mrs Lulu Overdick, Eugene; two sisters. Mrs. Mable Tachell and Mrs. Jane Cochran, both of Seattle, one brother, Dale W. Overdick, Seattle, and several' nieces and nephews The family has requested that in lieu (St flowers, donations be made to the Cancer Society in care of the local post master. HOCKEY SATIOSAL LEAGUE Uailed Press International Frank Mahovlich of the To ronto Maple Leafs admits, he is finding it increasingly dif ficult not to think about Mau rice (Rocket) Richard's single season record of 50 goals-and with good reason. Mahovlich scored a pair of goals In the final period Sun day night to give the Leafs a 4-1 victory over the Rangers at New York. He now has scored 33 goals and needs 18 more in Toronto's remaining 33 games to crack the Rock et's National Hockey league record Frank had plenty of luck Sunday night. On his first goal of the game, which broke a 1-1 tie, the puck bounced off goalie Lome Worslcy's glove and ijito the cage. He scored again late in the period when his shot caromed off th in side of the right post. Rookie wing Willie O'Ree, the only Negro player In the NHL, scored his first goal of the season midway through the final period to give the Boston Bruins a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens and the Chicago Black Hawks blanked the Detroit Red Wings,, 3-0, In Sunday's other games. AMERICAN LEAGUE United Pren Intnrnaiianal Ray Ross and Ed Panagabko soem to be on a two-man cru sade to finally deliver the Providence Reds from the James Con ant Advocates Abolition of State Prep Athletic Championships New York - IUPI) - Former Harvard University President James B. Conant today called for the aboltion of state high leschool athletic championship.. Ror Calhouro G iVcfti Verdic t Nojf Orleans -UIPD- Veteran Rory Calhoun today looked forward to a TV bout wit'n Florentino F.ernandcz on the basis of a, win Sunday night in his 10-roTund middleweight match with third -ranked Hank Casey. Calhoun coasted In the three opening rounds, then found elhe range to Casey's body and laced at it for the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds. Then the White Plains, N.Y., boxer got in trouble in the seventh. Casey, weighing 162 and hailing from San Francisco, caught his 163-pound oppon ent with a two-hand combina tion and had Calhoun stagger ing then the seventh ended, Calhoun managed to hang on during an eighth-round follow-up onslaught by the fast er Casey. He managed to turn the tide again, returning to his earlier, body attack in the ninth and tenth. One judge and the referee Plastic Coated Maple Floor for Smooth, No-Slip Skating ASHLAND PHONE A. K. (CY) OWENS Funeral services for A. K. (Cy) Owens, 69, of 310 Port land ave., who died Friday, will be held at H.llcrest Mor tuary chapel on the North Phoenix rd., Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. D. Kirkland WeSt of the First Presbyterian church will officiate. Com mittal will be In Hillcrest Me morial park, with Conger Morris Funeral home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Owens was born Aug. 4, 1891, in Hermitage, Mo., and had lived in southern Ore gon since lVlia, He was mar ried in 1947 at Reno, Nev., to Myrtle J. Whitsett Lerwick, who suijvives. He was a era bepof the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Survivors besides his wife include a daughter, Mrs. April Marie Peterson, Portland; a sister, Ivy, of Medford; two brothers, Jciff, Portlaina, and Gene, Mounds, Okla., as well as several nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by' brothers Jonn, Bill, Elbert, Burr and Luther, and sisters Rachel and Annie. Honorary pallbearers will include'Dwight Houghton, O. H. Bengtson, Claude Miles, Paul Hanlin, John Pletsch, L. G. Morthland, Ralph Hoop er, Jens Jensen, Al Lelghton, Active pallbearers will be Frank Peterson, Richard Arndt, John Withers, Jojin Kirk, Joe Jcssel, John De Manby and Charles Thurston. American Hockey League eel lar. Ross scored four goals and Panagabko, his linemate, countered three times as the Reds whipped Cleveland, 8-6 Sunday. Ross picked up ( grand total of seven points for the night when he also drew assists on each of Pana- gabko's goals. Since Rochester was losing to Hershey, 7-4, the Reds' vie tory pushed them to within three points of the sixth-place Americans. Dave Creighton ton scored three goals for Rochester. Larry Wilson scored a goal at 39 seconds pf the overtime period to enable Buffalo to edge Springfield, 4-3. It was the second goal of the night for Wilson. WE8TERN LEAGUE Untttd PrMs International The Portland Buckaroos and Seattle Totens gained vic tories Sunday night in West ern Hockey League action. The Bucks playing before a record-breaking WHL crowd of 9,843 in Portland's Memor ial Coliseum scored three goals in the first period and went on to defeat Edmonton's Flyers 4-3.' It was Portland's first win in four games this season with Edmonton and snapped a three-game losing streak. Seattle spotted a 3-2 first period Spokane lead and scor ed four goals In the last period to defeat the Comets 8-4. Conant also urged an end to all sports competition be tween junior high schools. In an article In the current issue of Look magazine, Con ant said "vicious overempha sis on competitive athletics" has, in many areas, resulted In school athletics taking pre cedence over classroom stud ies. He called this "seriously destructive to our entire edu cational structure." Conant said "exploitation of children" occurred in cit ies and towns where football games between teams compos ed of boys 13 and 14 years of age were played in a stadium at night. Spectators are en couraged to attend since the gate receipts are counted on to pay at least some of the expenses. RAMS SIGNS ATKINS Los Angeles-IUPD-Halfback Pervls Atkins of New Mexico State, drafted last year as a future choice by the Los An geles Rams, has singed a pro fessional contract with the Na4 tloi.ial Football league team. gave Calhoun the nod; the otber Judge saw Casey b5st. United Press International's scoring agreed with the ma jority. s Every Tuesday Ladies Half Price LADIES 25e MEN 50c Shoe Skate 4EM Rental SKATEWAY MU 2-0032 AAU Trophy Awarded To Johnson New York - (DPI) - Rofer Johnson, victorious in the gruelling Olympic decathlon and considered a model of American youth, has added the highly prized James E. Sullivan Amateur Ath 1 e t i c Union Moniorial trophy to his collection of honors. 0 Wilma Rudolph and Jeff Farrell, who also gained fame as personalities and athletes during the Olympic Games, were second and third in the 1960 balloting by a nationwide tribunal of sports authorities. The award, named in mem ory of James E. Sullivan, a founder of the AAU, is pre sented annually by that or ganization to ' thco amateur athlete who, by performance, example and good influence did most to advance the cause of good sportsmanship during the year. Scorss Narrow Victory Johnson scored a narrow victory in the Olympics over jihis close friend and UCLA classmate, C. K. Yang of For mosa, with a record total of 8,392 points for the world games. Earlier, at the Olym pic trials, Johnson had cstab l'fshcd the world mark for the 10-event decathlon of 8,683 points. Johnson, of Kingsbury, Calif., received 233 i'irst place votes of the 635 ballots cast and a total of 1,611 points. Miss Rudolph, the premier woman amteie oi America was awarded 103 first place votes and 1,079 points for her spectacular successes in the Olympics when she won the 100 and 200-meter dashes and anchored the triumphant 400 meter relay team. A native of Clarksville, Tenn., she now attends Tennessee State A&I Triumphs Over Surgery Farrell, of Wichita, Kan., amazed both the sports and medical fields when he quali fied for the Olympic swim ming team just six days after an emergency appendectomy had appeared to end his hopes. Farrell was the successful an chor man on both the 800- meter freestyle relay and tho 400-meter medley relay. He received 702 points in the Sul livan trophy voting. Chris Von Saltza of Sara toga, Calif., winner of three Olympic gold medals and one silver medal In swimming was fourth In the balloting with 585 points. . Completing the list of point getters were: Tommy Kono, weightllft i n g, Hawaii, 402; Don Bragg, pole vaultVPenns Grove, N.J. 385; Dave' Sime, track, Fair Lawn, N.J. 291; Jerry Lucas, basketball, Mid dletown, Ohio 275; Terry Mc- TWO PERFORMANCES TODAY! MATINEE J..J .. 130 P.M. Evenings 8:00 P.M. jam OBBBBUI CONTINUOUS TODAY FROM 1:00 P.M. II J 1 1 I 11 ITORYOr IT I Qll V I AMRICA't ?f' 11 n 1. l iver' is i h ELVIS AS THE GAY, SINGING SENSATION... TOAST OF THE WORLD'S GIRLS... ENVY OF EVERY MAN IN THE ARMY! 1 r. V3QEAT V 11 1 WASHINGTONIANS WIN . McMinnville - IUPI) - West ern Washington swamped the Llnfield Wildcats 73-60, in a college baskctbalj game Sat urday night. Herm Washing ton and Jerry Nixon paced Western Washington, which recorded its fifth victory in six starts this season, with 2.3 and 20 points, respectively. Linficld's Rich Turner paced the losers with 14. Western Washington led at halftime, 40-27. . COFFEE-, PRICE A pound of coffee 20 years ago cost about 30 cents. Cann, wrestling, Tulsa, Okla. 131; and Mike Troy, swim ming, Indianapolis, Ind. 127. CHARCOAL STEAKS TILL MIDNIGHT CANDLE ROOM HOTEL Medford .V A i is. A Sit r Open Dally 5:30 P.M. to Midnight Sundayi 4 P.M. Till 11 P.M. WATCH REPAIRS Have Your Watch Completely Checked Case Cleaned . and While You Are in Pick Out a New Watch Band PRICED FROM NOW! eoumwrnm. . TECHNICOLOR '"""JULIET PROWSE A PARAMOUNT RUIASE $095 231 East Main