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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1961
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; 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.
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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.
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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 ....
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West Coast Tel, ,
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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.
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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
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m
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FOOD
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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.
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NO JOB TO
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MAYER.
WILIJAM
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PABI I? NT ATI O
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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.
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f. Medford
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Open Daily
5:30 P.M. to Midnight;
Sundays 4 P.M. Till II P.M.
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