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Local and Smoke Smelled - Firemen investigating the report of smoke in the residence of Jack France, 809 Oak St., found that the motor on a gar bage disposal unit was burned out. Rummage Sale - A clothing and baked foods sale will be sponsored by the Valley Sun flower club Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the Fehl building, 108 North Ivy si., Medford. SPEAKER - The Rev. Paul A. Green, evangelist, will con duct a series of meetings at the Community Bible church, ' Fourth and Alder sts., Central Point, from Wednesday, Feb. 15, through Sunday, Feb. 26. The daily meetings, except Saturdays, will be held at 7:30 p.m. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Green who will assist with the music. Weaiher FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Cloudy j with intermittent rain tonight and; Tuesday. Low tonight 38-40. High! Tuesday 50. I Western Oregon: Occasional rain and clearing periods tonight and. Tuesday. Little temperature' change. Low tonight 36-42. High, Tuesday 44-52. I Northern California: Cloudy with: occasional rain in north portion to-I night and Tuesday. Fair in central; portion. Little temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday; 43; abeve normal 1. i Record high this date 67 In 1943.1 Record low this date 20 in 1929.1 PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to i midnight Trace. Midnight to 10' a.m. o. ' i Total this month 1.82 In., .92 in. above normal. ! Total since Sept. 1 9.91 In., 1.86 in. below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 47. highest this a .m . 90 . HlVh 4:00 24- C1TY Yesler- a.m. hr. da y Lo w Prec . BrookinRS 48 43 2.40 Crater Lake 27 IB .47 Grants Pass 52 40 .45 Klamath Falls 37 34 MEDFORD 52 44 T. Portland 49 44 .21 Seattle 47 39 .44 Spokane 40 32 .07 Yaki ma 49 33 .03 Eureka 52 46 .45 Red Bluff 54 44 Sacramento 57 43 San Francisco 56 50 Los Angeles 68 49 Phoenix 71 40 Denver 69 27 Chicago 37 32 Miami Beach 70 SB New York 32 27 Washington, D. C. 33 22 .01 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through Feb. 18): Western Orejton - Western Wash ington Continued cool. Temper atures averaging a little below normal. High temperatures in 40s, lows in low 30s. More than season precipitation. Totals generally 1-2 Inches except heavier on coast. Northern California Recurrent rain with total amounts heavy. Temperatures below normal. CHATHAM Engagement Ring $100.00 Wedding Ring. . . . S0.00 EASY TERMS 231 East Main u'uri.unwrr i .i'lil. THE STRANGEST STORY EVER FILMEOl GEORGE SANDERS BARBARA SHELLEY g54 MICHAEL GWVNN 4wr I Personal Patients - Convalescing at Sacred Heart hospital follow ing surgery are Noel Denney, route 1, box 332, Eagle Point; Floyd F. Burk, 592 Oregon terrace; Mrs. Truman Price, Gold Hill, and Mrs. Donna Ashpole, Eagle Point. A medi cal patient there is Howard Auburg, Empire, Ore. Tuesday Meeting - The Rev. Ira E. Gillet, missionary for a number of years in Africa, will speak Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Gold Hill Community Methodist church. Mr. Gillet will speak and show slides of Africa. The public is invited, according to the Rev. Locklen L. Gregory, pastor of the church. Flue Overheats - Wall and ceiling of the residence of Donald McCurdy, 423 Vi Ber rydale ave., were ignited about 9:30 a.m. yesterday when the terra cotta flue overheated, firemen said. Damage was confined to a small area but it was neces sary to remove both the stove and flue. Collision - A car collided with the rear of a truck trac tor at the intersection of Main and First sts., Ashland, Satur day afternoon, according to Ashland city police. Police said a truck driven by Frank B. Dollarhide, 37, of 550 Alli son st., had stopped at the intersection to allow a pedes trian to cross the street, when it was struck by Dale E. Traux, 24, of 271 High st. No citation was issued. Major Crimes in Medford Increase Over Last Year Major crime in Medford continued on its upward trend during January. The police department's monthly report shows that 136 major crimes were reported last month, an increase of 37 over the total reported in January, 1960. But, the department's suc cess in solving these crimes also increased last month. Of the 136 crimes reported, the department cleared 36, or 26.5 per cent, of them. During Jan uary of last year the depart ment cleared 18 of the 99 re ported cases for a 18.2 per cent cleared average. Included among last months major crimes were one robbery, 13 burglaries, 119 larcenies and three auto thefts. A total of 655 miscellane ous crimes were reported dur ing the month. Police cleared 562, or 85.8 per cent, of these. Vehicle Accidents Drop The number of motor vehi cle accidents in the city buck ed the national trend last month by showing a decrease over the number of accidents during the same month in 1960. The department received re ports of 48 traffic accidents resulting in seven injuries and no fatalities during January. During the same month in 1960 the department received reports of 54 traffic accidents resulting in nine injuries and no fatalities. A total of 432 traffic cita tions were issued last month compared to 602 during Jan uary, 1960. The total number of parking meter citations in creased, however, with 3,820 citations being issued, last month compared to 3,761 dur ing the same month a year ago. Investment Funds Noon quotations on s e 1 funds: Fund Bid Bullock 13.1(1 Chem Fund ll.fi Colonial Ener 13 72 Eaton Howard Stk .. 13.06 Fidelity 16.08 Fundamental Inv .. . 9.4S Group Sec-Avia-Elec 9.21 Group Sec-Corn Stk 13.07 Group Sec-Petr 10.80 Keystone B-3 15.3!) Keystone B-4 9 49 Kevstone K-2 16 22 Kevstone S-l 21.56 Kevstone S-2 12.35 Kevstone S-3 14.02 Kevstone S-4 13.61 Mass Inv Grth Stk .. 16.20 National Sec Grth .. 9.16 TV Elcc 8.05 Value T.ine Inc 5.32 Asked 14.46 12.59 14 99 13.97 17 38 10.45 10.09 14.31 I1.B3 16.79 10.36 17.70 23.52 13 48 15.30 15.07 17.51 10.01 8.77 5.81 I Wellington 14.54 15.85 TONIGHT AND TUESDAY 2 NIGHTMARISH HITS OF THE Basket vjftes 1 5ft0JWiC-ei!iau-eswu lb ' p BONE- fsiVT I CHILLING I j HORROR 1 3 Uji3 Thenar 7 M 4OJII0 mm' ft Vt A I i FINAL TOUCHES A workman puts final touches on a papier mache caricature of Cuba's Fidel Castro. The float depicting the Grange News Shady Cove Grange The Shady Cove Grange met recently at the Shady Cove school with all officers present except Ceres, Mrs. Isabel Wanderlie, who is on vacation. Mrs. Dorothy Brown was given the obligation in the third and fourth degrees. County council will meet at the Shady Cove Grange April 8 at 8 p.m. Mrs. A. B. Clark, HEC chairman, reported the knit ting class had their first meet ing at the Cecil Kee home. Mrs. B. Browder is the in structor. The next regular HEC meet ing will be at the Charles Wells home on Crater Lake highway February 14. Members gave reports on the agriculture, legislature, roads relief, education and in surance committees, and the last Pomona meeting. Phil Motsenbaker, and Ed ward Strother were installed in the executive committee. Lecturer Edgar Vanderlip read several articles followed by a game in which all mem bers took part. Susan Schauble has been hired as the Grange baby sit ter and was on hand to take care of the children whose parents attend Grange. The Feb. 18 serving com mittee will be Mrs. Mary Cas sel and Mrs. Dorothy Brown. Visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fulton and Mrs. Sybil Cathrine of Butte Falls Grange. The serving committee for the evening was Dean and Kenneth Weitman and Dale Satler. Upper Rogue Grange Upper Rogue Grange met recently with Master Howard Bishop presiding. Past Master Herb Carlton obligated Mr. Over-the-Counter 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 arc 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 Slocks Bid Asked Bank of America 53?; 56?i Calif .-Pacitic Utilities .. 24 'i 26H Cascades Plywood 25.i 27 '.i. Cons. Freightways 9i 10 Copco 471, 50, Cvprus Mines Corp 25''2 27 i First National Bank 56V4 OO'.i, Morrison-Knudsen 3 1 '.2 33 Northwest Nat. Gas 25i 267k Pacific Pwr. & Lt 44 'a 47 'i Permanente Cement .... 19 U 203i Portland Gen. Elec 36 3B,a U.S. National Bank 70 75 United Utilities 48!i 50 West Coast Tel 31 '.'a 33'i, Weyerhaeuser 37 38 SO ,,. .. Introducing Contempary Humor look for these Humeroui Features Every Monday in the Mail Tribune Mclain's 8 North Central MLDt'OKD MAIL ThiBUttr., and Mrs. Richard Lowry in the third and fourth degrees. Roy Vaughn reported on agriculture, stating that cattle buying is good at this time. Herb Carlton reported on leg islature, and Eda Torrance asked members to save sales slips for her. During the lecturer's hour, Roy Nolan, principal of Elk Trail school, showed motion pictures of Hawaii. The HEC met at the home of Mrs. Roy Vaughn recently with a luncheon at noon. Mrs. A. Myckleby was cohostesses. After the Grange business meeting, refreshments wre served by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Torrance and Dorothy Tack stein. The master appointed the following committees: agricul ture, Roy Vaughn, Carl Rich ardson, Helen Gumbert; legis lature, Harold Barber and Herb Carlton; building, Bob Chamberlain, Bill Brewster, Ray Gillispie; roads, Caroline Harding, Clinton Snodgrass, May Richardson; education, Birdie Moore, Marge Brew- ster; ways and means, Helen Gumbert, Georgie Grieve; nance, Paul Torrance, B Myckleby; instructions to new members, Roy Vaughn; decor ations, Martha Schuder, May Richardson, Eda Lourance; re ception, May Richardson; pub licity, Caroline Harding; wel fare, Rudella Myckelby, Tres sie Vaughn; musicians, Ann Gillispie, Birdie Moore-, and home economics, Gay Cnam berlain. FINISHES TRAINING Marine Pvt. Dale L. Huttton ,'r., son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale L. Hutlon, 222 Park ave., Dunsmuir, Calif., has complet ed four weeks of individual combat training at the Marine Corps base, Camp Pendleton, Calif. COMPLETES COURSE Navy Ens. Charles D. Mc Gregor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. McGregor, 924 NE Savage st., Grants Pass, has completed the 26-wcek Basic Qualification course of the Navy Supply Corps at Athens, Ga. Portland Produce Portland flTPI) Dairy market Eggs To retailers: AA extra large 51-53c; AA large 48-50c; A large 45-47C: AA medium 43-45C; AA small 36-3Ilc: cartons l-3c higher Htittpr To retailers: AA and . prints 70c lb.; cartons lc higher; B prints 68c. rhfpse medium cured To re tailers: A grade cheddar single daisies 46-51c; processed American 5-lb. loal. 4S-46C. Portland lUPIl Dressed chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn, .50 .tfle lh.: cut-up. 41-43C lb.; hens. heavy-type whole drawn. 38-43c lb.: lieht-type hens, cut-up, 33-35C lb.; whole, 28-30c lb. mrW flD6fcTK? After You Sre Your Docmr. Bring Your Prescription To U's. Drug Centre Thrifty Green Stamps MtlDr'OttU, ORE. cigar-smoking Cuban Premier is appearing in the annual pre-Lcntcn carnival at Viarcg gio, Italy. tUPI Telephoio) Portland Livestock Portland (UPlI USD A Cattle 1350. Choice steers 26; slaughter heifers good 22: utility cows 14.50-lti: canner-ciiltcr 11-13; cutter-utility bulls 16-20. Calves 150. Good-choice vealers 27-31; standard 22-26; i;ood-choicc siock calves .i-o. Hoes 900. U.S. 1 and 2 butchers 20-20.50; 2 and 3 Kradcs 19-20; mixed sows 13.50-17.50. Sheen 1200. Choice-orime wooled shorn slaughter lambs 17.50-18: cull-good ewes 3-5; good choice feeder lamps lb-17. 4mm- . ...... .w& F " - V-'iy: utm; raw u Miimto-Bmkii0k taii1mmum-jalk. v m&u. , t,r....- THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND OBITUARIES MRS. LOUISE ROBINSON Funeral services lor Mrs. Louise Jane Robinson, 80, of 1183 Fourth ave., Gold Hill, who died Wednesday, were held at Conger-Morris funeral home downtown chapel Mon day morning. The Rev. Charles E. Pearson of tile Gold Hill Assembly of God church officiated. Committal was in the Rock Point ceme tery, Gold Hill. Mrs. Robinson was born March 18, 1880, in Walker, Mo., and had lived in southern Oregon for the past 31 years. She was married Jan. 24, 1897, in Rockville, Mo to Thomas A. Robinson, who died in 1953. Survivors include Thomas A. Robinson Hill; two daughters, son. Gold Mrs. Jewel Routh, Gold Hill; and Mrs. Alice Wathcn, Ordway, Colo.; six grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. The family stated that friends who wish may make a memorial contribution to the Sacred Heart hospital build ing fund in lieu of flowers. MRS. JENNIE TJOELKER Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Tjoelkcr, 74, of Rogue River, who died Saturday in a local hospital, will be held in the Conger-Morris down town chapel Wednesday at 1 p.m. The Rev. D. Kirkland West of the First Presbyterian church will officiate. Com mittal will be in Memory Gardens Memorial park. Mrs. Tjoelkcr was born Aug. 24, 1886, in Groningcn, Holland. She came to the United States in 1912, was married Oct. 12, 1912, in Chi te, I bank at V. S.-doesn't everybody! " If you were to ask this yrmng feHow why h choee U. S. National, you"d probably hear several tmnnm. Chances are his folks banked with US-we've been serving Oegonians since 1891. And more than likely he'd say there's a convenient branch in his neighborhood - in fact, there are more than 75 U. S. National offices throughout Oregon. But one thing he's sure to mention is the friendly, personalized service at U. S. National. Sure, all banks say they're friendly-but it's more than a word with US. It's a fact! Stop in soon and get acquainted. You'll find U. S. National is "your kind of bank." Oregon's only home-owned statewide bank! cago, to John Tjoelker, and later moved to Oregon. She had lived in Rogue River since 1919. Survivors besides her hus band include six children, Mrs. Hilda Crowell, San Fran cisco; Mrs. Cornelia Carcaga, Los Alamos. Calif.; Mrs. Jeannette Phillips, Medford; Mrs. Bertha Thurman, Klam ath Falls; John Tjoelker, Myrtle Creek; and Henry Tjoelkcr, Chico, Calif.; a brother, Henry Hemmen, Nor ristown. Pa.; two sisters and a brother in Holland, and 15 grandchildren. MRS. MARY E. MOORE Mrs. Mary Etta Moore, 74. Phoenix, died Saturday in local hospital. Funeral services will be held at Conger-Morris downtown chapel Tuesday at 3 p.m. Elder John D. Trude of Hie Seventh Day Adveiuist church will officiate. Commit tal will be in Ilillcrcst Me morial park. Mrs. Moore was born March 7, 1886, in Bell Fountain, Ore. She was married Feb. 5, 1936, in Seattle, Wash, to Frank Moore who survives. She had lived in southern Oregon for the past four years. Survivors besides her hus band include a son, Norman Smith, Medford; three broth ers, Fred Perin, Salem; Jess Perin, Alsea; and Lee Perin, Newport; a grandson, Richard Smith, Portland; and five great grandchildren. MRS. NELLIE SMITH Mrs. Nellie Smith, Gold Hill, died this morning in a Walnut Creek, Calif., hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger-Morris, funeral directors. News About Servicemen ON CRUISE Navy LI. (jg) Orlin M. Stansfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood M. Stansfield, 3358 Bursell rd., Central Point, departed from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, recently with Tactical Air Control Squadron 13 aboard the amphibious force flagship USS Estcs, for a cruise with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. WITH FLEET Bruce K. Weatherton, sea man, USN, son of Mr. and j Mrs. Dale McGoffin, 2938 Hanlcy rd., is participating in j an Atlantic Fleet amphibious training exercise while serv- THE STRANGEST STORY ever GEORGE I'r-W1 SANDERS IGyplil BARBARA J?ttJfci MICHAEL OWYNN Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation A 11 ing aboard the mine counter measures support ship USS Orleans Parish, operating in the Caribbean. ASSIGNED Army Recruit Louis E. Mel calf, son of L. D. Mctcalf, 45 South Kceneway dr., recently was assigned to the 116th Transportation company at Ft. Eustis, Va. A graduate of Med ford High school, Metcalf at tended Oregon Technical in stitute. THEATER INFORMATION SERVICE CALL SP 3-7323 FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATERS TILL MIDNIGHT CANDLE ROOM HOTEL Medford 16 ? V i. Open Daily 5:30 P.M. to Midnight Sundays 4 P.M. Till 1 1 P.M. i
