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Newspaper Page Texto MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1961 1 ' . ; Locals Board Meeting - The Siski you Pioneer Sites Foundation will hold its January board meeting at the U.S. Hotel in Jacksonville at 8 p.m. Thurs day, Jan. 12. . ... Furnace Floods City fire men said there was possible amoke damage yesterday when a flooded oil furnace ignited about 11:45 a.m. at the home of Paul E. Larson, 3275 Hollywood ave. ... Council Meeting-The North western Mining Council will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. . 5, in the Jacksonville Com munity hall. A film on mining ' nickel ores will be shown. Anyone iiRerested inclining is invited. ... Parents - Dr. and Mrs. Rob ert Sheridan, Portland, are parents of a son, Scott Daniel, born Detc. 28, according to word received by relatives in Ashland. Mrs. Sheridan is the former Wilma Froman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Froman, 147 Church st., Ash land, ... v Chimney Fires Firemen ; werecalled to a flue fire at the residence of Gerald E. Brock, 143 North Columbus gt., about 4:50 p.m. yesterday. They reported a flue fire at the residence of Mrs. Milla Scott, 915 Broad St., about 6:30 o'clock this morning was out on" arrival of firemen. t ... i X-Ray Clinic - The chest X-ray clinic at Sacred Heart hospital, sponsored by the Jackson County-Tuberculosis and HealWi association, will be open between 7 and 9 o'clock tonight, and Thursday, Jan. 5, between 2 and 5. The clinic has not been open the past two weeks due' to the holidays. Roof Completed on Community Building Eagle Point The roof has been completed on the new , Scout Community building in Eagle Point. Chairman Harry Hanscom stated that he would not make a statement as to when the interior of the building would be completed and in use until after their committee meeting Monday, Jan. 9 at 8 p.m. in 1 the teacher's lunchroom at the Eagle Point Grade school. He added that a lot will depend on the volunteer help that comes out to give them a hand now that the main construc tion is up. All types of carponters will be needed for cabinets and other woodwork, and anyone who can help is asked to come to the meeting Monday night i and find out just what needs ' ' to be done to put the building into usable order. Anyone not being able to attend the meet , ing at this time may contact 1 either Ed Kimmel at Hlllcrest : 6-3742 or Harry Hanscom at ; Hlllcrest 6-3852 for further i information. ";. All organizations are asked A to send their representatives and anyone interested is in i vited to come and discuss the i reports of the various commit- j tecs and take part in planning ' the furnishings of the building. ENDS TONITE! musiui soma! M?t0-GOIDWYN MAYER rw AaMTMUIJttCOrndwua oscorl KEtnCOLOR I W THE ;THRE'E STOOGES THtm rmtr puuumth FtATURI FILM lit TOT - iv 5 CW;'Jl "V.. MMaaisssssaaisssssssssMMisssflaiilv ' HHtSSSSiMMMMBBHMiMiSSS I & 1 i?SJ 4 "Z- TONITE THURSDAY f. 1 voL. i :- ifo? ttMT "CURTAIN AT 8:3" I'' I IishiTno1. r'l 111 11 Baldwin Organ at 8 p.m. j i And cacTamd envy, Births MINCER To: Mr. and Mrs. Melvin E., route 1. box 596, Talent, Jan. 3, 1961, a boy, 73 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. BROOKS To Mr. and Mrs. Charles E 2018 Barnett rd., Medford, Jan. 3, 1961, a boy, 8 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. DRISCKELL To Mr. and Mrs. Ray L., pots office box 352, Jacksonville, Jan. 4, 1961, a bojp pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. Ashland Mayor, Councilmen Are Sworn Into Posts Ashland - Mayor Richard Neill and three councilmen were sworn into office Tues day night at the first city council meeting of 1961. The mayor and Councilmen George Ward and Emmett Whitham were re-elected in November. The new member is Duane Baker, who resigned his position on the" economic, planning commjssion, after taking his seat at the council table. Neill read his annual re port and announced appoint ments for 1961. All are con tinuations. Named were Herb Hays, police chief; Charles Davis, fire chief; James Burr, ceme tery superintendent; Elmer Biegel, city superintendent; Al Alsing, water superintendent; Harry Skerry, city attorney; Dr. Robert M. Turner, city health officer, and Richard Cottle, municipal judge. In the mayor's report, he reviewed the progress of Ash land during 1960, mentioning specifically the new 35-bed hospital now under construc tion; the new sewage disposal plant that is 50 per cent com plete; the new junior high school which has relieved con gested school conditions; in creased growth of Southern Oregon college; purchase of property for rights of way preliminary to highway con struction; plans set in motion for surrounding recreational areas: the continued success of the Shakespearean Festival; the added facilities now avail able for tourists at the Mark Antony hotel and several new motels. Proposed Projects i Among proposed 1961 proj ects Mayor Neill listed a new water line on the west side of the city; expanding city limits; street improvements and paving, and referred to a number of large private enterprises that are about to begin operation in Ashland. Approval of an ordinance for vacating a portion of Clark st. to allow angle off-street parking for the new Presby terian church was unanimous. The ordinance had been recommended by the planning commission. A proposal of Floyd L. Sam ford to donate property for street opening near his prop erty on Hillview dr. was re ferred to the planning com mission for study. 4-H News Empire Builders The December meeting and Christmas party of the Empire Builders was held at the fair grounds. The meeting was called tp order by President Ron Anderson. The pledges were led by Bob Kucst. The minutes were read and cor rected. We discussed how we were going to make money for the IFYE program. After the busi ness meeting, games and rec ords were played. Refresh mcnt were served by the Em pire Builders from Ashland. Carol Foote, Reporter. Portland Livestock Portland (UPI I USDA Cattle 300 Standard-good steers 21 50-24; choice Tuesday 26-26 50: hifth good low choice 915 lb. hellers 24: util-itv-low commercial cows M.50-17: Calves 50. Got-low choice veal crs 25-28; standard-good 20-25. Hobs 400. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 19.50; mixed 1, 2 and 3 sows 12.30- 16. . . . Gh..n rtMl rhnfe-ortme woo en lamhs lfl.:: choice fall shorn Iambi 17; cull-good ewes 3-5. - ' Gima ROBERTSON DlCA ncMMCOi-on .tichnibama Obituaries MRS. KARL PFEIFFER Ashland - Mrs. Karl Pfeif fer. 40 Granite st., Ashland, died of a heart attack Dec. 28 while visiting in LaCanada, Calif., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Sun- dcrman. ThORcv. and Mrs. Pfeiffer were active in the Congre gational church here. Mr. Pfeiffer expects to make his home in LaCanada. NAL.LIE FOOTE Mrs. Nellie Foote, formerly of Medford, died yesterday in Salem. Funeral arrange ments will be announced by Conger-Morris, funeral direct ors. MRS. RUTH PARKER Mrs. Ruth Anna Parker, 610 South Central ave., died in a local hospital Tuesday. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Perl Funeral home. EDNA BARKER Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Jane Barker, 55, of 608 West Jackson St., who died Monday, will be held at Con ger - Morris Funeral home downtown chapel Thursday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. George Roseberry of the First Meth odist church will officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Barker was born Jan. 4, 1906, at Beagle, Ore. She was married July, 1922, in Medford, to Richard M. Bark er, who died in 1958. She was a member of the Ladies of Elks. Survivors include a son, Dean Barker, Medford; a brother, Jesse Ro'dgers, Butte Falls; and a sister, Mrs. Marie Keith, Medford, and five grandsons. A son, Roger, died in 1958. - Casket bearers will include George Barr, Donald Turner, H. F. Knight, Harold Frye, L. L. Meadows, and Ira Brooks. Ashland 'Lights' Program Is Slated ' Ashland -A "Lights on for Education" program will be held at the Ashland junior high school at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 5. Ashland is joining schools throughout the state to focus attention on education and youth legislative measures to be considered when the Ore gon state legislature convenes Jan. 9 in Salem. Program panelists In Ash land include Carroll Smith, school board chairman, Stan ley Jobe, superintendent of schools, John Cady, represent ative of Oregon Educational association and Walker school teacher, Dealous Cox, county administrative assistant, and Mrs. Evelyn Nye, former slate representative. Concert Pianist Slated at College Ashland Concert pianist Theodore Ullmann will per form Thursday at 10 a.m. in Churchill auditorium on the Southern Oregon college cam pus. The public is invited. Ullmann has presented con cert performances on every continent and in each of the 50 states. He is a former fac ulty member of the Biarritz American university in France and is currently on the leaching staff of the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. Investment Funds Noon quotations on selected funds: Fund Bullock Chem' Fund Colonial Ener Eaton Howard Stk.... Fidelity Group Sec Avia Elec Group Sec Com Stk Group Sec Petr Group Sec Steel Group Sec Tobac - Keystone B-3 Keystone B-4 Keystone K-2 Keystone S-l Kevstone S-2 Keystone S-3 Keysione S-4 Moss lv Grlh Stk.. TV-Elcc Value Line Inc Wellington Bid 12.41 1094 12.77 12.16 15.73 8.74 12.15 990 8.71 9. in 14 99 9.15 15.13 20 30 11 53 13.03 12.61 15.07 7 6R 5 13 13.B7 Asked 13.60 11.83 13.96 13.00 17.01 9.59 13.30 10.85 9.54 1006 136 9 99 16 51 22 15 12 .60 . 14 22 13.76 16.29 8 37 5 61 15.12 Over-the-Cwnkf Western Stocks The flowing bid and ask ed quotations, from the Na tional Association of Secur! ties Dealers, Inc., do not rep racpnt aptiml transactions They are a guidPto the range within which these securities could have been sojd (indi cated by the "bid") or bougttt (indicated by the "asked") at the time of compilation. Common Stocks Bank of America Calif -Pacific Utilities.. Cascades Plywood Cons. Krclghtways Copco Cyprus Mines Corp. first National Bank .... Mnrrison-Knudscn Norlhwrst Nat Clai .... Pacific Pwr A Lt Permanent Cement .... Portland Gen Elec U. S. National Bank .... t.'nlted Utilities West Coast Tel, , Weyerhaeuser Q ' 0 Bid Asked 4s IPs 2P 23 22', 241, ti in 43 31 '1 4.1 n 2.1 n.Vi 32 4 2- 42', 32' i 4 , REFUGEES APPROVE Aanti-Caslro Cuban political refugees in Miami, Fla., gave their cheerful approval Tues day to the United States decision to break relations with Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Thlckenine cloudiness tonight. Mostly cloudy Thursday with risk of snow flur ries jaie inursaay. uonunuea coia. Low tonight 22-25. High Thursday 40. . Western Ore-con: Mostly eloudv north oortion and oartly cloudy south portion tonight and Thurs day. Occasional rain likely in north portion late tonight and Thursday. A little warmer in interior valleys. Low tonight 3ft to 43 except 25-30 in southern inlerior, Highs Thursday 42-48 in interior, 48-56 on coast. northern California: Fair ton eht and Thursday, except rain likely in Crescent City area Thursday. Little temperature change. TEMPERATURE: Mean Yester day 30; below normal 7. Record high this date 66 in 1014. Record low this date 15 In 1010. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month, none. .24 Inch below normal. Total since Sent. l. fi.97 inches. 1.63 inches below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest vesterdav 43'?0. highest thia a.m. 88. HtBh CITY Yester dav 4:00 34 a.m. nr. Low Prec. 33 19 20 13 18 29 Brookings 54 Crater Lake 43 Grants Pass 31 Klamath Falls 40 MEDFORD 44 Portland 36 Seattle , 39 36 Spokane ................ 25 6 Yakima 27 23 Eureka 50 35 Red Bluff 58 31 Sacramento 36 31 San Francisco 48 40 Los Angeles 70 50 Phoenix 68 37 Denver 3B 1 1 Chicago 26 10 Miami Beach 73 4fl New York 35 27 Washington. D. C. 41 27 T F1VK-DAY FORECAST (Through Jan, 9): Western Oreenn - Western Wash ington Recurring rain through Monday except precipitation un likely in aouthwest Oregon before Friday or Saturday. Total amounts moderate to heavy. Precipitation 1-2 nches. excent less than 1 inch in interior of southwest Oregon. Temperatures near normal. Highs in 50s, lows 32-42. Northern California Rain in ex treme north, spreading southward around week end with snow in mountains. Temperatures below normal. GOP Committee May Meet Friday A general meeting of the Jackson County Republican Central committee may be called Friday, Jan. 20, to elect his successor, Chairman Joe Walsh announced today. Walsh said the group's executive board will meet in the Medford hotel Monday noon lo set a firm meeting date. The nominating commit tee will present names of pos sible candidates for the chair manship. Walsh last month said he planned to resign after the first of the year. Turkish Cabinet Members Resign Jobs Ankara, Turkey (UPI) The Turkish cabinet resigned to day. The cabinet governed the country in cooperation with the National Unity Commit tee. The committee, headed by Gen. Cemal Gurscl, seized power May 27 in a quiet revo lution that toppled the gov ernment of former Premier Ajinan Mcnderes. Orejfn City Paper Stripms Affiliation . Oregon Cily-JUPH-The Ore-a gon City Entcrprise-C(iricr j has been sold to a new cor- poration and will be affiliated; with the Scripps League of i Newspapers, E. P. Kaen, long time owner of the newspaper announced today. TONITE AT THE Sjl TOWER BIG MID-WEEK DArj&E PARTY 'BOB ANDERSON TRIO' Featming HAM GEAREY and BILL ABBOTT STEAKS PRIME RIB CHICKEN SEA FOOD It1 :! 1 n M h i i?A - si ; Jacksonville Man Injured in Crash A. M. Pool, route 2, box 50, Jacksonville, was seriously in jured yesterday after noon when his convertible car slid on an icy section of the Jack sonville highway and rolled over. Rogue Valley hospital at tendants reported today his condition was slightly im proved. He is suffering from chest injuries, according to reports. State police said the car was travelling toward Jack sonville when the driver ap plied his brakes on a curve. It skidded, slid across the high way into a bank, and rolled completely over. Water Main Work Starts in Medford Work started Tuesday on the installation of a 2,800-foot water main in southwest Med ford, Robert Lee, water su perintendent said today. The project, to be complet ed within a month, will be a six-Inch main on Park Place No. 5, Prune st. and Dakota st. with a four-inch main on Alberts st. Work is being done by the Lakeview Material Building company, Lakeview. Recently completed was the installation of a water main on Beatty st. . LEVEL PRICES SEEN Corvallis - IUPH - Oregon livestock and retail meat prices for 1961 are likely to average close to 1960 levels, according to Oregon State C o 1 lege agricultural econo mists. ' FISH AND FRIES Reopens Jack's "The Place to SPECIALS FOR JACK'S SPECIAL Cheese Burger Buy one at regular price 29c GET 2nd ONE For Jc 2 for 30 Mile Long Hound Dog ... , lafbetuad , le-of or Pork . . . TRY Tacos -- Burritos Tamales - Chili j . Freshly Baked Pizza Pie . . "Because of Window Service You Pay Less" JACK'S DR5UE-UP 9 JUMBO SHAKES 24c JUMBO SHAKES .24c Cuba. The photo shows a group of men, women and chil dren after they were told of the break. (UPI Telephoto) Pertlond Produce Tha following Drlce Quotations nre from tho agriciilturiif market inn service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Portland. eeks: prices to retailers, car tons. X large AA 57-6S; large AA .V-2: large A M-ti0: medium AA 92-57: small AA 40-4.1. Prices to producers: X large AA 45-48,a: large AA 43-46S: large A 41-43: medium AA 40-43'.j: small AA 32-41 i,. Butter: Prices to retailers, no. l prints delivered. AA and A 70, a tH. Poultry: Prices to retailers, de livered, for grade A quality, fry ers, whole 34-37. cut up 39-43; light type hens, whole 28-30, cut tip 33-35; heavy type hens, whole 30 43c. Walsh, Champlin To Attend Meeting Sheriff Joe Walsh and Med ford Police Chief Charles Champlin will attend a meet ing in McMinnville tomorrow on a proposed police academy for Oregon. Walsh will represent the Oregon Sheriffs' association, and Champlin the Oregon As sociation of City Police at the meeting, to be attended by legislative rcpresenta t i v e s, Walsh said the group will draft a permanent bill pro posing possible establishment of the academy at Camp wnn ington near Oregon City. The camp is now used by state police as a training school. "For the most part there is no training procedures for police officers other than state police," Walsh said. "Presently through the co operation of the League of Oregon Cities and police or ganizations an in-service pro gram is being conducted which consists of a five-day program in basic and advanced police training." Now being suggested is a six-week course which would include basic, advance, spe cialized courses and command and administration. 49c FISH "" 911 No. Riverside U.S. 99 North Meet and Eat Where Price WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, JAN. 4-5 The Dog on a Stick. Buy one at Regular Price GET Both for 29 53 Va lb. Burger on Jumbo Bun with all the Trimmings OUR MEXICAN Stale Senate To Caucus on Sunday Salem-liril-Scnatc President Walter J. Pearson (D-Port-land), announced today the 19bl Oregon Senate will have a caucus here Sunday night to elect new president. All 30 senators 20 Demo crats and 10 Republicans have been invited. Pearson said he expects "no difficulty" in the election of Sen. Harry Boivin (D-Kla-math Falls) as his successor. Boivin said he has a winning 19 vole majority. He has been opposed by Sen. Alfred Corbett (D-Port- lanri). The caucus, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Senate High way committee room in the capital, also will discuss changes in Senate rules and other mailers pertaining to the 1961 legislature which convenes Monday, Pearson said. Dag Heads for Troubled Congo Accra, Ghana-OIPII - United Nations Secretary-general Dag Hammarskjod today headed for the troubled Congo with what he called a professional weakness-hope. "I am hopcful-that's a pro fessional weakness - hopeful and Insistent," he told news men when asked about the chances of Belgium heeding his requests lo refrain from activities in The Congo. Hammarskjold stopped here briefly on his mission to Lco- poldville where he hopes to bring order out of The Con go's political chaos. AND FRIES 49c Drive-Up Are Still Low" Poodle Dog 19 2ND ONE FOR 1c 20 Big Chief Deluxe Burger 53s n i n m 70 FOOD ? O Preliminary Work For New Highway Reviewed Victor Wolfe, an admini strative assistant to th)Ore gon state highway depart ment, Salem, told members of (Vie Medford Rotary club yes norrrV ",at 'le believed the highway program of today is "something which is taken lots much for granted by Ihor who benefit by its construc tion." Wolfe reviewed the proced ure leading up to actual con struction of a highway. "We have become so accus tomed tn reading about mil lions and billions of dollars, he said, "that when the collec tive slates embark uitoa pro gram of building an interstate system of defense highways at a cost now estimated at some 32 billions of illars t com plete, the only'f uoetKat wWels. arises is when." Wolfe noted tVat We ee- sideration of the il.liiss e ma hrs rew.irel t e- 9an.f a )M'a.ieet i l-lws Ki.jjw.itude ts Moglcctcsl. This, he addled, caw be coupled with the "stantjering process of con stantly updating the balance of the highway system." After a new section of high way of programmed with a number one priority, the state starts a survey, cither by aer ial methods or by staking a preliminary line on the ground. This is lo map exist ing buildings, fences, roads, utilities and other items Once this is done, Wolfe said, elevations in the general area are mapped. After this, possible alternate routes are studied. "Many factors are of major importance in the determina tion of tho final route choice," Wolfe noted. Steel Officials To Talk Unemployment Pittsburgh-IUPII - David J. McDonald, president of the United Sleelwoikcrs Union will meet in Washington Thursday wilh R. Conrad Cooper, executive vice presi dent of U.S. Steel Corp., to discuss methods of combatting unemployment. Cooper, in a telegram to McDonald Tuesday, agreed to meet with McDonald as co- chairman of the Human Rela tions Research committee. The agreement followed a proposal by McDonald last week that urged a meeting of the steel industry's top officers and the USW to discuss possible rcm idics for the problems of un employment and production lag. JEWELRY REPAIRS NO JOB TO LITTLE ' NO JOB TO BIG COME IN TO SEE US YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DIDI 231 East Main BOOST from METRO-GOWYmt MAYER. WILIJAM WYLER'l PABI I? NT ATI O w- mm :k J S t1 Jo llfnV by Wolfe He said cost (i construction and rights of wayOin various proposed routes, plus the af fect on traffic, are assembled, and "an economic analysis is made," if needed. Recommendation Made 'On the basis of these studies a recommendation is made to the highway engi neer," Wolfe continued. lV.b lic hearings, IP needed, are then prepared. n rWhcn the project as pro posed has been revised to in corporate requests presented at the hearing which can be justified, the highway engi neer reports to the highway commission. If the engineer s rwpM't is favorable, and if the commissi, approves the re rwet, t! swrey is "adopied," 9GI. U re tlsje aivtion of the s-wrv-ey fey the commission, WoMie pGi-yXred out, "no one saw si-ate wMisut reservation a t when, where and how tlee row-te will he constructed." This is Mao end sf 1Kb prelim inary stages of the project, lie said, and the beginning of the final stages. "Now, and only now, are we able to prepare to negoti ate for the necessa-ry rights of way. All rights of way prob lems must be resolved in one way or another prior to the starting of cons t r u c t i o n," Wolfe added. Wolfe also reviewed briefly the improved methods of highway construction and the increasing demand by motor ists for better highways to handle automobiles of today. CHARCOAL STEAKS TILL MIDNIGHT CANDLE ROOM HOTEL f. Medford 0 r Open Daily 5:30 P.M. to Midnight; Sundays 4 P.M. Till II P.M. to GIDMS TECHNICOLOR JULIET PROWSE ,A M1AMOUNT IBlAll 1901 NOW SHOWING, BUT HURRYI HELD OVER A FEW MORE DAYS But DoVtWair Too Long! Bl U I M km 2ft", 33 'i 30 ' I 33',