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Newspaper Page Texto MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1961 Local and No Car Found-City firemen were dispatched to Table Rock and Midway rds. about 5:45 a.m. yesterday when a car fire was reported They searched the vicinity but could find no car on fire. Grandson - Mr. and Mrs Maurice Daniken, Greenville 111., are the parents of a son born Jan. 11, weighing 73t pounds. The mother is the for mer Miss Betty Severson daughter of Mrs. Jean Barbe, S25 South Ivy st. . Money Taken - Approxi mately $15 was taken from a cash register at the Rolling Pin BaKery, 1242 North Cen tral ave., Saturday afternoon according to city police. Police are looking for a man who was seen in the store earlier the same day. Fire in Wall-Firemen wore summoned about 9 a.m. yesterday when fire started in a wall at the Eben S. Riley home, 410 Charlotte Anne rd. The fire was at the point where the stovepipe entered the flue. Riley extinguished the fire, according to firemen, who reported minor damage, Transformer Shoris-A tele vision set was damaged exten sively by fire about 4 p.m. yesterday at the Howard Chapman home, 137 North Oakdale ave., when a trans former in the set shorted, city firemen said. They said a small spot on the rug was scorched and that mnor smoke damage occurred. Complaint To Be Filed-Two vehicles, operated by Charles Arthur Romine, 30, of 333 Ed ward St., Mcdford, and John Martiri Tichenor, 17, of 1317 Reddy ave., collided Saturday night on Highway 99 near the state police headquarters, po lice reported. State police said that a complaint will be filed against Romine. Reports show that the Romine vehicle was in the outside lane of the high way and attempted to make a left turn in front of the Tiche nor car. TONITE & TUESDAY Comanche STATION Plastic Coated Maple Floor for Smooth, No-Slip Skating is ASHLAND SKATEWAY PHONE MU 2-0032 f K ) every I sends a Food Crusade package Your kindness can bring new life and hope to hungry people in olher lands. By joining CARE'S Food Crusade, you share America's abundance. Your dollars send CARE pockages based main ly on flour, powdered milk, corn meal given from U.S. farm reserves. But CARE also buys olher foods, pocks different units to match needs in various countries one package for every $1 you give. Your gifts are personal packages of food for peace . delivered with your name and ad dress, to the poorest families; refugee camps, schools, orphanages, hospitals. $), 410, $100 whatever you give, every package goes straight from your heart to the hearts of those who need to know the people of Americo ore their friends. please care ...hunger hurts! SEND YOUR DOLLARS NOW Personal Convalescing -Surgery pa tients convalescing at Crater Osteopathic hospital are Ira L. Jones, route 1, box 64D, Cen tral Point, and Mrs. William B. Purrier, route 1, box 44B, Rogue River ' ".cement - A one-car acci- acni occurred in Ashland over tlie week end, police said to day. At 4:05 p.m. Saturday, Ronald Wendall Kirsher, 16, of 595 Lit Way, Ashland, lost control of his car when a front tire blew out and the vehicle went over the curb on Granite St., hitting a fence at 440 Granite St., police said. Patients - Convalescing at Sacred Heart hospital follow ing surgery are Mrs. Clyde Ashinhurst. 526 Bessie st Mrs. Emma Donnelly. 3053 Merriman rd.: Mrs. John J. Hankins, 109 Lewis st.: Miss Mary E. Kenyon. 15. daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kenyon, 1980 Buena Vista rd and Mrs. Lionel L. Wall, 1920 Burnett rd. Medical patient there is Miss Eileen Neese. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' Waller Neese, 683 Pitt View rd., Central Point. Classes Start -Registration starts tonight at the Medford YMCA for a series of arts and crafts classes for both children and adults to be sponsored by tne city of Medford Recrea tion department. The classes are offered free of charge, and win include such subjects as graphics, painting, drawing, ceramics' and basic sculpture. The instructors will be War ren Straus and Ed Logan. Hours of registration are to night, from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock; Wednesday night, from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock: and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Grants Pass Man Is OAPA Chairman Don Benjamine, Grants Pass, has been named chapter chairman of the Rogue Valley chapter, Oregon , Association of Public Accountants. Other 1961 officers elected were Gaylord Tice, Grants Pass, vice chairman; and Fred Kruggel Jr., re-elected sec retary. Officers will preside for the first meeting Monday, Jan. 16, at the Mark Antony hotel, Ashland, at a 7 p.m. din ner meeting. It was also announced last week that Ray Pence, Med ford public accountant, was elected district governor for the southern Oregon area at a Every Tuesday Ladies Half Price LADIES 25c MEN 50c Shoe Skate Rental STRAIGHT FROM YOUR HEART TO I Name Address I Make V. V',.,." ; lyivfe-i-.': r-ll Vr BREAKS GROUND Mrs. Charles Walker, Jacksonville city eouncilwoman, is shown above operating the controls of a backhoe that was used to break ground for the new $750,000 shopping center on Jacksonville highway this morning. The crowd of people were on hand to attend the ceremony and to walch the children participate in a treas ure hunt. A little girl, Paula Harper, found ; !fv ; 1 i V; v . 1 ' ft " x f I httfc -A fk-.-j. a&AwaWv. Avja, ax-jS-Am- to, Wffftj FRIDAY SPEAKER - James Watt, Washington, D. C, will speak Friday, Jan: 20, at the First Church of Christ, Scien tist, 100 Windsor ave. Watt, a member of the Christian Sci ence Board of Lectureship, will speak on "Christian Sci ence the Science of Christian ity." During World War II he served as a chaplain in the U. S. Army. board meeting of the slate- wide group last month. At tiie same time, Benja mine was reappointed to the state board of accountancy for 1961. Kruggel was also named to act as assistant state direc tor of the National Society of Public Accountants. Portland Produce Portland fUPD Dairy Market: Eees To retailers: Grade AA ex tra Inrjje, 55-58c; AA larpc. 53-55c; A large, 52-53c; AA medium, -19-50c; AA small, 39-42c; cartons l-3c additional. Butter To retailers: AA and grade A prints. 70c lb; cartons lc higher; B prints. 68c. Cheese, medium cured To rtnilers: A erade cheddar single daisies, 46-51c; processed American cheese, o-in. ioat, lo-tttc. Portland (UPH Dressed chickens N'o. 1 grade dressed to retailers; Fryers whole drawn. 3."j 37c lb; cut-up. 40-43c lb; hens, heavv tvpe whole drawn. 3!)-43c lb; light-type hens, cut-up, 33-35c lb.; whole, 28-30c lb. THEIRS $1 foarf packagei go to th needy In theie court trlei; Afghanitldn Berlin Colombia Greece Ho!! Hone 'Kong India Iran Uroel Italy Jordan Korea Pokiitan Peloid Turkey Yugoslavia. I OA Mi food Crusade 660 First Ave., New York 16, N. Y. or your nearest CARE address. Here is $ to send food I packages in my name. checks payable to CARE, Inc. 1 V. r OBITUARIES JANE HOTCHKISS Mrs. Jane Hotchkiss 67, of 208 Vancouver ave., and a resident o Medford for the past 14 years, died in a local hospital Saturday afternoon. Funeral services will be con ducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Chapel Mortuary with the Rev. D. E. Millard of Eagle Point, officiating. Interment will be in Klamath Memorial park in Klamath Falls at Z p.m. Mrs. Hotchkiss, the daugh ter of James and Mary Miley Houghton, was born in Brook lyn,. N.Y., on Feb. 25, 1893. She was married in New York on Dec. 27, 1916, to Everett Hotchkiss, who survives. The couple came to Oregon 43 years ago and settled in Vale. They moved to Klamath Falls, where they lived for several years before coming to Med ford 14 years ago. Besides her husband, Ever ett, she is survived by two sons, Everett Hotchkiss, Car michael, Calif., and Robert Hotchkiss, Medford; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Niol- son, Portland, and Mrs. Betty Jane Cool, Klamath Falls; and nine grandchildren. FLORENCE E. GREIVE Hornbrook - Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Greive, 92, Horn brook, died Sunday in Siski you General hospital where she had been a patient since June 3. Mrs. Greive was born April 10, 1868, in Humboldt coun ty, Calif. She is survived by two sons, a daughter, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are being made by Girdner's, of Yreka. JOHN McCARL John O. McCarl, a resident of Jacksonville and a former employee of the U. S. Forest service, died in Jacksonville this morning. Funeral ar rangements will be announced by Chapel mortuary. GEORGIA DICKERSON Funeral services for Geor gia Dickerson, 71, of 111 Clo ver lane, who died Jan. 13, were held in the Hillcrest Mortuary chapel, Monday af ternoon with the Rev. Elvin S. Tollefson, Ascension Lu theran church, officiating. Committal was in Hillcrest Memorial park, Conger-Morris, funeral directors, in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Dickerson was born in Huron, Kan., Jan. 22, 1889. On June 12, 1905, at Atchin son, Kan., she was married to Eugene B. Dickerson who pre ceded her in death. She had made her home In this com munity since 1953. Survivors Include two sons, George Dickerson, Bremer ton, Wash., and Maynard W. Dickerson, C a n o g a Park, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Vir ginia Pittack, Bremerton, Wash.; a sister, Mrs. Clifford Gulley, Los Angeles; and a cousin, John Wilson, Medford. JOSEPH A. SMITH Funeral services for Joseph Smith, 92, of 20 Lincoln St., who died Jan. 14, will be held at the Perl Funeral home Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Hie Hev. lumen fc. Lull, pas tor of the First Assembly of God church officiating. Pri vate services will be held at the Siskiyou Crematorium. Mr. Smith was born in Union Town, Ore., on May 12 1868. and is survived by sev eral nieces and nephews. EDITH MARY BAKER Ashland - Edith Mary Ba ker, 66, of 315 .Iaple St., Ash land, died this morning at the Ashland hospital. She was bom in Byron, N.D., Nov. 19 1894. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Litwiller'j Funeral home, Ashland. i 1 h- 4K- I ..V '.' . 4 'S the $50 treasure but she got away before anyone could find out who her parents were or where she lived. The new building, to be constructed behind the present Matlack's market, will be known as Wcstgale of Med ford, and will house a large food market and delicatessen in addition to other busi ness facilities. LESLIE R. COOMBE Leslie R. Coombe, 87, of 79 Scenic dr., Ashland, died yesterday in an Ashland nurs ing home. Mr. Coombe had been a resident of Ashland for 50 years. Funeral arrange ments will be announced by the Ashland Mortuary. IVA L. AYERS Mrs. Iva L. Ayers, 71, of 135 North Eighth St., Central Point, died in a local hospital Monday morning. Funeral ar rangements will be announc ed by Conger-Morris, funeral directors. A. E. (SHORTY) TURRELL A. E. (Shorty) Turrell of Amy St., Central Point, died at his home Sunday evening. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Morris luneral directors. REUBEN K. NELSON Reuben K. Nelson died last night at his home, 724 East Jackson st. Funeral arrange' ments will be announced by Conger-Morris, funeral direc tors. MRS. GERTRUDE SPENCER Mrs. Gertrude Spencer of 310 North Bartlett st. died this morning in a local hos pilal. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger. Morris, funeral directors. LOTTIE WOODCOCK Mrs. Lollie Woodcock, 90, died Saturday in a Medford nursing home. She was born April 13, 1870 and lived the majority of her life in Kerby and Grants Pass. She married Horace S. Woodcock in Grants Pass in 1890. Survivors include two sons, C. W. Woodcock, Ashland, and Q. A. Woodcock, Fresno, Calif.; one brother. Fuller Bennett, Kerby; two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Adams, Kerby, and Mrs. Elinor Glass, Walnut Creek, Calif.: one grandson, and four great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Cave Junction Methodist church, Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 2 p. m. with the Rev. John MacMurlrcy offi ciating. Hull and Hull Funeral home, Grants Pass, is in charge of arrangements. JENNIE YAHNER Ashland Jennie Yahncr, 76, of 1821 Siskiyou blvd., Ashland, died Jan. 14 at the Ashland hospital. She was born in Madisonville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1884. She had made her home in Grants Pass since 1952 and moved to Ashland last monlh. She made her home here with her brother George Goswick. Survivors include two broth ers, Goswick, Ashland, and Olto Goswick, Grants Pass Funeral will be held in Rock Springs, Wyo. later this week. Litwiller's Funeral home is in charge of local ar rangements. RHODA ATKINS Funeral services are pend ing at the Perl-Funeral home for Mrs. Rhoda Atkins, 71 who died this morning in a local nursing home. Barker'i announce with ihoes are dead. Births CHRISTENSEN - To Mr. and Mrs. Arion, route 4, box 461, (Applegate), Grants Pass, Jan. 15, 1961, boy, 814 pounds, at Crater Osteopathic hospital. IGO - To Mr. and Mrs. Jer ry, 207 N. St., Jacksonville, Jan. 16, 1961, girl, 8'U pounds, at Crater Osteopathic hospital. JACOBSEN - To Mr. and Mrs. Albert T., 1104 North Central ave., Medford, Jan. 13, 1961, girl, B3a pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. HANLIN - To Mr. and Mrs. Donald R., 1456 Whitman ave., Medford, Jan. 14, 1961, boy, 8 '.4 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. Over-the-Counier 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 S3'; 24 id 25 113.4 473,i 24 "4 115 ,i 34 Vi 28 44 i 22 "1 3ti'a Bank of AmurlcH Calif-Pacific Utilities .... 22i Cascades Plywood aa'.a Cons Froighways 10?b Copco 45 Cyprus Mines Corp 22 First Nal. Bank (il j Morrison - Knudscn .... 32 Northwest Nal. Gas .... 26 '4 I'ac lie Pwr. A- L.1 413. Pernianentc Cencnt .... 21 Portland Gen Elec ;4. U. S. Nation Bank Sli United Utilities 47ai West Coast Tel 29 4 Weyerhaeuser 3b" U 31 ; 38! j Investment Funds Noon Quotations on lelactid funds: Fund Bullock Chem Fund .... Hill Asked 12.88 14.11 11.32 12.24. 13.18 14.40 12.58 13.45 15.62 1680 . 8.86 9 82 12.57 13.76 10.32 11.30 81H 0.80 9.47 10,38 15.17 16.511 931 10. Hi 15.45 16.66 20.113 22.73 11.05 13.04 13511 14.73 13.01 14.20 15.40 16.75 7.88 0.59 . 5.31 5.80 14.17 15.45 Eaton Howard Stk Group Sec Avia-Elcc Group Sec Com Stk Group Sec Petr .... Group Sec Steel .... Group Sec Tobac .... Keystone B-4 ... Keystone K-2 .... Keystone S-2 Keystone S-3 Mass lnv Grth Stk ... Portland Livestock Portland (UPI) USDA CalUe ihuu; uooa steers and nclfers 23 23.50; utility eowa 14.50-16; canncr cutter cows 12-13.50; Rood-choice filOCKcrs ann iecacrs Calves 200; good-choice vcalers 2a-ju; stanaora 2V2; cull down to 12. Hogs 1300: U. S. 1 and 2 butchers 10.50-20: 2 and 3 at 17.50-11): mix ed grade sows 13-17. bheep 1300; Choice-prime wooled slaughter lambs 10-10.50: shorn lambs 18.75-19; cull-good ewes 3.00-3. Weather FOKIX'ASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloudy to night and Tuesday morning with a little drizzle. Partly cloudy Tuesday afternoon and evening. Low tonight 36. High Tuesday 48. Western Oregon: Occasional rain and periods of partial clearing to night and Tuesday. Low tonight 38-46. High Tuesday 42-52. Northern California: Cloudy or foggy In most of area tonight. Oc casional rain Ft. Bragg - Redding norUiward Tuesday. Warmer Tues day. I.OCAI, II A T A TEMPERATURE: Mean yester day 51: above normal 4. Record high this date 62 In 1944. Record low this date 15 in 1949. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, trace. Midnight to 10 rci., trace. Total Ihis month .24 In.. .90 In. below normal. Total since Sept. 1 7 21 in.. 2.38 In. below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 84, highest this a m. 100. men 4:ihi zt CITY Yrsler- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. Brookings 56 46 Crater Lake 40 24 Grants Pass 52 Klamath Falls .... 46 34 MEDFORD 45 38 45 45 42 T. 65 .84 .01 Portland 58 Seattle 54 Spokane 48 Yak I ma :8 Eureka 59 Red Bluff 43 Sacramento 44 II 55 4l" 31 Los Angeles 82 Phoenix 73 Denver 52 Chicago 35 Miami Hcach HO New York 32 Washington. D. C. 40 26 33 KIVIMIAY FORECAST (Thrnnch .Ian. 3D: western Orenori-Wrslprn Wash latum Temperatures averngini above normal with hichs generally 46-56. Lows moslly 36-44. Precipi tation more than normal from currlug rntn, except only moderate amounts In southwest Oregon. 10 tals 1-2 Inches In Interior valley, exeent .25 In .5 Inch In southwest Oregon. Heavier amounts else where. Northern California No rain in south portion. Probably a little rain north portion Tuesday and possibility of rain In that area again late In week. Temperatures near normal. regret ihal lome 300 pair of Ihelr If you would like to visit the bodies where E. Main, please bring nine dollars. Six Firms That Recently Merged Have Contributed To Medford's Growth Each of the six Medford in dustries which announced last week that they have merged into one large industry, called the Concrete - Sleel corpora tion, has contributed to the growth of Medford during the past decade - and even longer. One of Ihem - the Medford Concrete Construction com pany - has been on the Med ford scene since 1910. The oth er five firms were formed dur ing or shortly afler World War II. Making the merger, besides the Medford Concrete Con struction company, were the Asphalt Paving company, the the Tru-Mix Construction com the Tru-Mix Constructio com pany, tile Medford Steel com pany and the Medford Blow pipe company. The merger was effective on Jan. 1. The parent company, to be known as CSC, will cm ploy the combined working MRS. H. U. LUMSDEN Moved Here in 1888 Mrs. Lumsden Dies in CP. Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman Lumsden, 95, known as Aunt Bessie and a resident of Med ford for over 72 years, died in a Central Point nursing home Saturday evening. ' Mrs. Lumsden, the daughter Dr. T. N. and Jane Denni- son uerirn was corn in earm- ington, Minn., on July 31. lBtss. sue was also marricc, l":afmmg ?cPl- 10' ion, vo naioio. u ui.isueii. The couple came to Medford thfi following vnar. whom Mr. Lumsden started one of the first general stores here. was first locatori nenr (he old Nash hotel, now the Robinson hnfel anH lnln moved In Hie Inralinn now nccnnfnH hv the men's department of Mnnn's department slore. Mr. Lums den retired in 1927 and died in September of the following year. Mrs. Lumsden was one of the early members of the First Presbyterian church, having joined it in 1897. She first be came a member of the Order of Eastern Star in Jackson ville, and left to become a charier member of the Med ford Reamcs chapter. OES. She was also a charter mem ber of the Daughters of the Nile, a charter member of the first civic club in Medford, known as the Lewis and Clark club; and was a member of Medford's first library board. Survivors include a niece and foster - daughter, Mrs. Edith G. Grigsby, Medford; a grandson, Dr. T. B. Lumsden, LaGrande; a granddaughter, Mrs. Anne Kirkpntrick, Bak er; and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lucille Lumsden, also of Baker; and seven great grand children. A son and two daughters preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednes day in Chapel mortuary. ut Servicemen COMPLETES TRAINING Two area men have recent ly completed four weeks of individual combat training at the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif. They are Marine Pvt. Larry J. Little son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoffer, 1900 Kings High way, and Marine Pvt. Donald G. Floyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Floyd. Phoenix. itfil i"Wr' they lie at 206 -K -4 $ jj prelty good! these formerly told for as High as $22.95. forces of all six companies, or about 140 men. The Medford Concrete Con struction company was incor porated in 1910 by the late J. H. Henley, F. A. Glidden, C. J. Scmon and A, P. Allen. At the time of the merger tile company's average employ ment was between 30 and 40 persons. Pipe Manufacturers The company manufactures concrete sewer and irrigation pipe and dram tile. It operates from a plant located at 1320 North Riverside ave., and also has a sand and gravel plant on Upton rd. north of Central Point. Stockholders in the com pany at the time of the merg er were R. D. Semon, H. H. Pringlc, Homer Marx and George B. Carpenter. The Asphalt Paving com pany was formed in 1944 by C. J. Scmon, R. D. Semon, I'ringle and H. A. Marx. Ope rations of the company in clude paving driveways, serv ice stations and parking lots, It employs 10 persons and has a plant located on Upton rd., north of Central Point. Steel Fabrication The Medford Steel company was founded in 1946 by the late Fred W. Hawkins. The firm does general steel fabri cation work and also manufac tures the Medford Canopy protective guard over mechan ical tractors. Since its founding the com pany has done work on the county courthouse, the Rogue Valley hospital and local schools. It has also engaged in work for the Hanna Nickel Smelting company, located at Riddle, Ore. The company employs an average of 40 persons and has its plant and headquarters at 220 East McAndrews rd. The Medford Blowpipe com pany was founded in 1947 by the late B. B. Ramsey and C. V. Anderson. It was then known as the Anderson Blow pipe company of Oregon. In 1950, the ownership changed and tlie company then became known as the Medford Blow pipe company. B. B. Ramsey was manager and president of the company unU1 his death in 1953 Uam Thorndlke is now maior- a slockUoldcr ln the firm and Homer Bell and Miles Stuart minority stockholders Blower System The firm installs blower It J systems, burners and incinera- tors for the sawmill and Jum. ber Industry. It also does some Sheet metal WOrk. Since 1954, the firm has been the erector ana aistnuu- lor lor juucr aieei DunauiKH, and since 1958, it has carried a complete line of refractory materials. The company also builds blowers and dustplpcs for specific needs. The company has an aver age employment of between 12 and 15 persons and has a plant located at 240 East Mc Andrews rd. The Tru-Mix Concrete com pany was started as a partner ship in 1941 by Miles Stuart and Floyd Somers to mix and deliver ready-mixed con crete to construction sites. The firm started with one small mixer and truck and has since expanded to 10 large mixers and trucks. Two Corporation In 1952 the company was split into two corporations -the Tru-Mix Equipment com pany and the Tru-Mix Con struction company. The for mer providing cement equip ment on a rental basis, and the latter continuing to manu facture and deliver ready made cement. One of the company's first jobs was to provide the ce ment for the Fluhrer Bakery building at 29 North Holly st. The company has outgrown two different plants and re cenlly added to its existing plant at 248 East McAndrews rd. Employment of the Tru-Mix Equipment company averages n ATTiIETOP f 1he STAIRS'' WOnPFIT DOROTHV PRESTON. McGUIRE EVE ARDEN mi uei i P TWO TOP 'A' HITS E9 ONE COMPLETE SHOW TONITE DOORS OPEN 6i30-SHOW STARTS 7:00 ' "CROWDED SKY" 7;50-"DARK AT TOP OF STAIRS" 9:30 12 persons, and employment of Tru-Mix Construction com pany averages 25 persons. The six merging companies have been placed in four divi sions under the Concrete-Steel corporation. The divisions are: the Medford Concrete Con struction division, the Asphalt Paving division, the Tru-Mix Concrete and Equipment divi sion and the Medford Steel and Blowpipe division. Each of the companies will continue to do the same work as they did prior to the merg er and will continue to operate) from their existing plants. "Hi! I'm Karen Hein and I'm inviting you to attend our Open House Party, Fri day, January 20th, celebrat ing the merger of The Rogue Valley State Bank Medford 1 . and The Oregon Bank Portland Watch for your Treasure Chest key in the mail." Rogue Valley Branch 1 109 Court Street East Medford Branch 701' East Jackson JEWELRY REPAIRS NO JOB TO - LITTLE NO JOB TO BIG COME IN TO SEE US YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DD1 This Evening LOBSTERS SEA SCALLOP PRAWNS . Charcoal Steaks CANDLE ROOM HOTEL MEDFORD 5:30 p.m. till Midnight THEATER INFORMATION SERVICE CALL SP 3-7323 FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATERS NOW jHOWING IN A GREAT SHOW HIE CROWDED SKY TECH N I COLO t DANA UNDREW: RHONDA FIEMINI EFRErV. imm, n. I0HN KERR O ii i Tvwn i lli I'f II III itiiiiitai f 231 East Mait. I if K IjU &i