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Local and Buildi Residence The city building department recently Issued a building permit to A. R. Dubs to erect an $18,000 resident at 31.7 Havana st. A permit for $2,960 was issued to George Rasor to erect a foundation and siding at 513 North Grape st. Visiting Here Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gammeire and children, Pendleton, are visit ing friends and relatives in the Rogue valley and Horn brook area. They are former Medford residents. Friday Senion Central Point Grange will meet Fri day, March 17 with Dee Hen dickson, lecturer, in charge of the program. Bills before the state legislature will be reported on and discussed along with the latest argicul ture reports. ; Surgery Patient - Convales cing at Rogue Valley hospital : following surgery is Howard Moore, star route, box 103, Ashland. costwwe drugs A shlno today costs two bits. If you have one daily, that's better than $90 a year.' Yet the average family spends only $38 a year for drugs and prescriptions. Health Is Prktlea, Yet Costs Lest Than Erer Prescription! Free Delivery Open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Dally CLOSED SUNDAYS d'fi Green Stamps 1 322 CONVENIENT LOCATION MAIN and CENTRAL Patronize This PARK & SHOP MEMBER DON'T FORGET TO USE PARK & SHOP WHEN YOU STOP AT Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! ENDS TONITE Plus! STARTING TOMORROW.! T ONEDERFUL JA AU-CAHJOON 4 FEATURE Children 50c Student. 70 .mass-aft. sar -JII III I Mejujfr; i J jmlfr. to Personal Dead Lamb - A dead lamb was found in the cab of a parked pickup truck on a lo cal motor company lot Mon day morning. Police said the lamb, which appeared to have died while in the truck, was apparently put there by van dais. Hits Car - A vehicle oper ated by Charles Byron John son, 18, of 709 Manzanlta St., Central Point, struck a park ed car on Eighth St., between Central ave. and Bartlett St., about 11:10 p.m., Monday. Po lice said damage was minor and no citations were issued. Young Patients - Convalesc ing at Sacred Heart hospital following surgery are Peggy Dianne, 6, and Gerald, 5, chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gascon, 612 Maple St., Central Point; Lorin Jay, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan E. Rasmussen route 3, box 224, Medford; and Patte Bentley, 15, daugh ter of Mrs. Margaret Bentley, box 236, Talent. Patients - Medical patients at Sacred Heart hospital are Francis Elmer, Sweethome, Ore.; Martin Stielbusch, 1565 Sweet rd.; Mrs. Clayton L. Davis, Klamath Falls, and Richard F. Barrett, route 3, box 81, Medford. Surgery pa tient there is Mrs. Frank F. Myers, 2862 Madrona lane. Group to Meet - The Great Books discussion group will meet in the Public Library of Medford and Jackson County at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, March 16. The selection this week is Rousseau's "The Social Con tract," Books I and II. Elk Meat Brings Pleas of Guilty Astoria -(UPD- Four men en tered guilty pleas in District court Monday to charges of illegal posssession of elk meat. State police said they had been Investigating for two months reports that elk had been killed in the Jewell-Elsie-Vernonia area. Sixty-day jail terms were given to Glenn Wood, 29, Jew el, and Calvin Lamar Mit chell, 28, Elsie; a 50-day sen tenct to Benjamin Franklin Frye, 36, Jewell, and a $150 fine to William Henry John ston, 58, Jewell. Portland Produce The following price ai uotntions are from the agricultural market ing service of the U.S. Department oi Agriculture in roruana. Eggs: Prices to retailers, cartons X large AA 48-52; large AA 45 49; large A 44-46: medium AA 40 45: small AA 34-39: Prices to pro ducers: X large AA 37-40'i; large AA 35-382: large A 33-35: medi um AA 29-32 li: small A A 23-27 "4. Butter: Prices to retailers. No. 1 prints delivered, AA and A 70, B 66. Poultry: Prices to retailers, deliv ered, for grade A quality, fryers, whole 35-38, cut up 40-43; liRht type henB, whole 28-30. cut up 33 35; heavy type hens, whole 39-43. numiim.v 2sl fifeTlME ROD TAYLOR ALAN YOUNG YVETTE MIMIEUX MACHINE Lost Times Tonite "CARRY ON NURSE" Plus "THE SAFECRACKER" DOORS OPEN AT 1:00 CONTINUOUS FROM 1:30 Start from scratch with this hilarious dream team! A POSITIVE HOWL! fc7 & Walt d.sney's y OneHiMifcHOni Dalmatian UcAn'ootor Adults 80e loget 95e MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE i ST tMs " . DR. WARD RICE Former Local Pastor Preaching Mission Set For Next Week The First Christian church will have a Preaching Mission during the week of March 18. Dr. Ward Rice, professor of speech, homiletics, and New Testament at Northwest Chris tian college, Eugene, will be the guest speaker. Minister of the local church before accepting a professor ship at Northwest Christian college in 1944, Dr. Rice has been active in speech and forensic associations. He is vice president of the Oregon Speech assoication and his book "How to Read the Bible in Public" will be published this summer. Dr. Rice will preach Sun day morning and services will then be held each night at 7:30 o'clock Sunday through Friday, March 24. A fellow ship period will follow each evening service, O. L. Doty, minister of the First Christian church, Co- quille, will be the song leader for the Preaching Mission Minister of the local church is the Rev. Fredrick Ross Evans, MacLaren School Boss Assaulted Wooduiirn (UPD An em ployee of MacLaren school for boys was charged with as sault and battery Monday af ternoon after he allegedly at- tacked MacLaren Superin tendent Amos Reed and tore up the superintendent's office. Reed preferred the charges against Maurice Hammer in Woodburn justice court, Judge Irving Brown set bond at $500. Date for a plea was set for Friday at 11 a.m. Authorities said Hammer was called into Reed's office about 4 p.m. to discuss a com plaint that Hammer had struck an inmate. He is a su pervisor at the school. Reed said that when he in formed Hammer he was to be fired, Hammer hit him. Police said a scramble ensued and damage included a broken window, smashed chair and other items. Weather FORECASTS Medtord and vicinity: Showery and cooler tonight and Wednesday. Low tonisht 35 to 38. High Wed nesday 55. Western Oregon! Occasional rain and periods of partial clearing to night and Wednesday. Scattered showers tonight. Low tonight 38 to 45. Cooler Wednesday. High 46 to 54. Northern California: Scattered showers tonight and Wednesday. A few thunder storms likely tonight. Snow level lowering to 3,500 lect. Cooler Wednesday. LOCAL DATA Temperature: Mean yesterday 53; below normal fl. Record low this date 21 in 1944. Record high this date 83 In 1926. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight 10 in. Midnight to 10 a.m. .01 in. Total this month 1.46 In.. .71 In above normal. Total since Sept. 1 12.29 In., 1.33 in. below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 64 . highest this a.m. 93. tilth 4:00 24- CITY Yester- a.m. hr. day Low Prec. Brookings 35 51 1.7fi Crater Lake 38 30 .29 Grants Pass 61 43 .17 Klamath Falls 52 41 T MEDFORD 60 46 .08 Portland 52 51 .98 Seattle 48 44 .70 Spokane 51 43 -25 Ynklma 4B 43 .16 Eureka 63 56 .04 Rd Bluff 63 40 Sacramento 67 49 San Francisco 64 52 Los Angeles 76 51 Phoenix" 83 48 Denver 65 30 Chicago 41 35 .30 Miami Beach 77 67 .27 New York 39 36 .72 Washington. D. C. 51 41 .33 Portland Livestock Portland 1TP1 TJSDA Cat tle 250. Few Choice steers 25-25.50; good 22-24 35; utility-standard 18 21; utility cows 15-17; canner-cut-ter 12-15.50. Calves 50. Good-choice vcalert 29-32; utlllty-slandnrd 22-28. Hogs 300. U. S. 1 and 2 butchers i 20.50-20.75; 2 and 3 at 19-20.25; mixed sows 14-17..10. Sheep 100. No early sales. i CHANGE OF PACE i New York - H'PD - The UP1 j was invited today to send a representative Wednesday to a j I tea party in honor of Brendan Behan, the hard-drinking Irish I playwright. "Mr. Behan will pour," the Invitation an- nounccd. THEATER INFORMATION SERVICE CALL SP 3-7323 FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THEATERS News About Servicemen IN PANAMA Army Pvt. Larry K. C. Erickson was one of the 83rd Airborne division's 503rd in fantry recently airlifted to Panama in paratroop drop ex ercises. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pressnall, 181 Oak st., Ashland. ENLIST Three Jackson county men were enlisted in the Marine Corps last month, according to the local recruiting station. ThnnnnSnniUI Snhaonh- er, 19, of 516 Oregon terrace Freddie J. Wright, 17, of 210 Main st., Talent; and Jesse E. Shaw, 20, of 2310 Highway 66, Ashland. The three are presently un dergoing recruit training at San Diego. ABOARD CARRIER Irwen M. Stockford, sea man, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl I. Stockford, 602 North Riverside ave., is serv ing aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Midway operat ing with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. GRADUATED Marine Cpl. Henry L. Fal- er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Da vid L. Faler, route 1, box 175, Talent, was recently graduat ed trom the Force Troops Clerical school at the Marine Corps Clerical school at the Marine Corps base. Camp Le- jeune, JN. C NAMED ASSISTANT First Lt. Bert L. Jenks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rolland H. Jenks, Eagle Point, and hus band of the former Joan Gos- sett,, also Eagle Point, has been named as assistant to Capt. Robent A. Moen, infor mation officer for Mather Air Force base, Calif. Prior to his assignment as assistant information officer Lieutenant Jenks was base training officer in Mather's 3535th Air Base group He is a T-29 Convair aircraft com mander and has logged more than 2,400 hours of pilot time. A native of Eagle Point, the lieutenant is a graduate of Southern Oregon college and is continuing his education to ward a master's degree in psy chology. IN KOREA Army Pvt. John L. Mead ows, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Nahss, 185 Schultz rd., re cently arrived in Korea and is now serving with the 1st Di vision's 9th Cavalry. He is a graduate of Crater High school. PROMOTED Pfc. Ronald E. Bost, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman E. Bost, Eagle Point, was recently pro moted to his present rank while serving as a member of the 21st Finance Disbursing section in Korea. He is a grad uate of Eagle Point High school. COMMENDATION MEDAL Maj. James K. Hoey, Med ford, recently received the Army Commendation medal from Maj. Gen. Harold K. Johnson, commandant of the Command and General Staff college in recent ceremonies at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. Maj. Hoey, a student at the college, was commended for meritorious service as a staff member in research and de velopment, department of the Army in Washington, D. C, January, 1958 to June, I960. He is a graduate of Medford High school, the U. S. Mili tary Academy, West Point, N. Y., and Rensselaer Poly technic institute, Troy, N. Y. UNIT AWARD First Lt. Bruce M. Parker, son of Mr, and Mrs. C. W. Parker, route 3, box 88G, Medford, has been awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit award for his participa tion in Operation New Tape while serving at Travis Air Force base, Calif., with the U. S. Air Force. A graduate of Medford High school and Oregon State col lege, Lieutenant Parker is as signed as an aircraft com mander with the 75th Air Transport Squadron, flying on MATS Globemasters. CHARCOAL STEAKS TILL MIDNIGHT CANDLE ROOM v i nuicL i f- IIICUIUIU Open Daily 5:30 P.M. lo Midnight Sundays 4 P.M. Till 11 P.M. Second All-City Band Festival Is Slated March 23 Selections for the second an nual all-city band festival March 23 were announced to day by I. A. Mirick, instru mental music supervisor for Medford public schools. More than 600 students from the 17 city schools are scheduled to participate in the annual affair at Hedrick Junior High school beginning at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m., and there will be no ad mission charge, according to Mirick. The a 1 1 c 1 1 y elementary band will present "Skipper March," and "Haydn Surprise Symphony," directed by Mi rick. Steve Whipple will di rect the Hedrick junior varsi ty band in "Hall of Fame," a concert march by Olivadoti, and "Fortuna," an overture by McCaughey. ' Champions on Parade, a march by Hummel, and "Lau reate Overture" by Olivadoti will be done by the McLough lin junior varsity band. Ron Rice will direct the group McLoughlin Band AI Huntemann will lead the McLoughlin cadet band in "Sparrow Bush" by Klein, and also "Sweet Adeline" by Van-Auken. The Hedrick var sity band, directed by Ron Bartlett, will play "His Hon or," a march by Fillmore, and "Egmont Overture," by Beet hoven. 'Amparlta Roca," a Spanish march by Texidor, and the 'Legend of the Rockies," a symphonic poem by Johnson, will be presented by the Mc Loughlin varsity band, direct ed by Rice. Mirick will con duct the senior high varsity band in "Commandante" by Guentzel, and "Universal Judgment" by deNardl. The concluding presenta tion will be a massed band rendition of "The Star Span gled Banner" led by the music supervisor. The annual concert is de signed to show the public the different levels of musical achievement from the fifth through twelfth grades in the Medford Public schools. Dur- ine the event, each band will appear in its own particular uniform. Births HOFFMAN - To Mr. and Mrs. John O., box 284, Butte Falls, March 13, 1961, a Boy, 7 pounds, at Roguo Valley hospital. BANCO - To Mr. and Mrs. Armanda, 412 Plum St., Med ford. March 14, 1961, a boy, 7'2 pounds, at Rogue Valley hospital. Persons 65 or Over Up 34.7 Per Cent Washlngton-IUPD-One out of every 11 Americans is 65 or older, according to the Census bureau. The bureau said Monday the exact figure in the 1960 census was 16,559,850. Compared to 1950, when there were 12.3 million per sons 65 and older, last year's figure was an increase of 34.7 per cent. For the population as a whole, the increase dur ing the decade was 18.5 per cent. In Florida and Arizona, popular with older persons because of their climates, the number of persons 65 and old er more than doubled. Florida gained 133 per cent, Arizona 104 per cent. Numerically, however, Cal ifornia led the states with a gain of 481,199 older persons. MOH DESIR DINING INN NEAR CENTRAL POINT FOR SPRING VACATION. RE-OPENS TUESDAY, MARCH 21 1 ONLY TWO TO WALT DISNEY'S ALL TIME HITI Two Shows Tonite 7:00 and 9:10 m mam H& m-- fl I,, POSITIVELY ENDS WEDNESDAY NITE OBITUARIES CHRISTIAN FAGE Funeral services for Chris tian Fage, 86, of 516 South Ivy st.,' who died at his home on Sunday, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Chapel Mortuary. The Rev. D. E. Millard of the New Age church will officiate. Commit tal will be private. Mr. Fage, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fage, was born on Feb. 22, 1875, in Denmark and later became a citizen of the United States. He was married on Oct. 15, 1931, in Lusk, Wyo., to Augusta Olson, who survives. The couple owned and operated a large cattle ranch in the Lusk area until Mr. Fage's retirement in 1948, at which time they moved to Medford. Besides his wife, Augusta, he is survived by one brother, K e r 1 u n d Christiansen, of Ruthton, Minn.; a nephew, Clarence Christiansen, in We natchee, Wash., and two nieces, also in Washington. MRS. MILDRED LARCH A requiem mass will be read by the Very Rev. Carl Mai Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic church for Mrs. Mildred Larch, 504 South Keeneway dr., who died Sunday in a local hospital. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be at the Chapel in the Trees, within Siskiyou Memorial park this evening at 7 o clock. Inter ment will be in Siskiyou Me morial park. Mrs. Larch was born May 13, 1913 in Minneapolis, Minn. On Sept. 16, 1950, In Sartell, Minn., she was mar ried to Philip Larch who sur vives. The family has lived in this community for the past 4'S years. She was a member of the Providence Guild of Sacred Heart hospital. Survivors besides her hus band include, one son, John Patrick, 9, at home; one broth er, Morris D. Munsen, Jeffer son City, Mo.; one niece; and one nephew. Pallbearers will be furnish ed by the Knights of Colum bus. Siskiyou Funeral Service directors of Chapel in the Trees are in charge of ar rangements. GLEN GUILEY Funeral services for Glen Guiley, 605 Park st., who died Monday, will be held at Conger-Morris Funeral home downtown chapel Thursday at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. George R. V. Bolster of St. Mark's Episcopal church will offici ate. Committal will be In Memory Gardens Memorial park. Mr. Guiley was born In Dexter, Ore., and had lived in Medford and southern Ore gon most of his life. He was married July 27, 1931, in Reno, to Anne Florence Klos ter, who survives. He had been employed for 35 years by the California Oregon Power company, starting in 1925 as a mechanic in Med ford. He was promoted to shop foreman and transferred to Klamath Falls in 1929. He was promoted to assistant pro duction superintendent and transferred back to Medford March 1, 1952, on June 1, 1952, he was promoted to meter and transformer super intendent, which position- he held until his retirement May 1, 1960. Survivors besides his wife Include a daughter, Mrs. Jus tin M. Smith, Salem, Ore.; and a sister, Mrs. Mary Kribs, Bakersfield, Calif. NANCY C. DALTON Funeral services for Nancy Claire Dalton, 31, of 268 Eighth Ashland, who died Saturday, will be held in the Ashland Mortuary Chapel, Fourth and C sts Ashland, Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. William S. Walsh of Our Lady of the Mountain Cath olic church will officiate. Committal will be in Moun- MORE NITES SEE Walt Disney's ONEDERFUL NEW ALL-CARTOON FEATURE' Cff U"onnlcobr-V i tain View cemetery. Mrs. Dalton was born Feb. 25, 1930, in Milwaukee, Wise. She was married June 27, 1958, in Reno, Nev., to E. Cecil Dalton, who survives. She came to Ashland from San Francisco in 1957. She was a member of the Motor cycle Motor Maids. Survivors besides her hus band include two sons, James Cecil Dalton and Samuel Dalton, at home, and an aunt, Mrs. Ralph Marco, New York, N.Y. ROSA PARALEE WILLARD Mrs. Rosa Paralee Willard, 84, Ashland, died Monday evening at 5465 South Pacific highway. She was born March 10, 1877 in Bingen, Ark., and came to Ashland in 1953. Survivors include two sons, John A. Willard, Ashland, and Edgar Willard, Wenatchee, Wash.; one sister, Will Leslie, Nashville; and two grand children. The body will lie in state at Litwlller's Mountain View chapel Wednesday from 9 to 11 a.m. Funeral services will be held in Bingen, Ark. D. STANLEY YODER Funeral services for D Stanley Yoder, 48, of 1624 Stratford ave., who died Sun day, will be held at Hillcrest Mortuary chapel, on the North Phoenix rd., Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. John Reynolds of Westminster irT'---it- W; 4V Memory Gardens Memorial Park Home of the "Last Supper" FUNERAL HOME CEMETERY SERVING: All Faiths All Cemeteries ' Persons or All Means PROVIDING: Complete Funeral Services Complete Burial Services v yesterday? I f ir!cv..- Presbyterian church will offi ciate. Committal will be in Hillcrest Memorial park, with Conger-Morris, funeral direc tors, in charge of arrange ments. Mr. Yoder was born Oct. 5, 1913, in Walla Walla, Wash. Hd was in the construc tion business in Port Angeles, Wash., for many years, until five years ago when he moved to Medford and purchased a share in Medford Veneer and Plywood corporation. Last September he purchased the Time Oil distributorship in Central Point. He was a vet eran of World War II, serv ing from Oct. 22, 1943, until Dec. 12, 1945, as a sergeant with the 187th Engineers Combat Battalion. He was married Jan. 14, 1940, in Port Angeles, Wash., to Phyllis Brandt, who survives. Other survivors include a son, James, and a daughter, Susan, at home; a brother, Donald J. Yoder. Port An geles; and two sisters, Mrs. Maurine Winters, Port An geles; and Mrs. Frances Spar ling, Chlmacum, Wash. ADELAIDE CARTWRIGHT Mrs. Adelaide Rebecca Cart wright, 81, of 327 Mae St., died Monday afternoon in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, in Perl Funeral home, with Elder John Trurie of the Seventh-Day Adventist church officiating. Mrs. Cartwright was born Jan. 11, 1880, in Eureka, Memory Gardens Funeral Home 'The Chapel of Memories" 4 omp r ' - ten., T The veteran to be honored this week is RALPH L. HARRIS PHONE SP 3-7338 DAY OR NIGHT What entered 88 of all U. S. homes yesterday? ANSWERi THE DAILY NEWSPAPER. A recent study by the Market Research Corporation of America revealed that "88 of all U. S. families had a news paper in their homes yesterday." And Sindlinger & Company, analysts, report that on an average day, some 100,000,000 people (12 years old and over) read the newspaper I The daily newspaper comes closer to reach ing all customers than any other medium under the sun. MEDFORD MAIL A 11 Investment Funds Noon Quotations on lalaotad (unrli- Bld Asked Bullock 13 82 13.14 Chem Fund - 12.23 13 22 Colonial Encr 14.37 13.70 Eaton Howard Stk .... 13 48 14.41 Udelltv 16 87 18 24 Fundamental Inv .... 9.98 10.94 Group Sec-Avia-Elec 9.(i9 10.62 Group Sec-Corn Stk 13.38 14.63 Group Sec-Potr 11.00 12.05 rveysione H-3 13.58 16.98 Keystone B-4 9.27 10.1 L Keystone K-2 17.70 19.31 Keystone S-l 22 23 24 25 Keystone S-2 12 88 14.0ft Keystone S-3 15.18 18. 5 Keystone S-4 15.07 16.43 Mass Inv Grth Stk 17.06 18 44 National Sec Grth . 9 82 10.73 TV - Elee . 8 55 9.32 Value Line Inc 5.57 6.09 Wellington 14.93 16.27 Calif., and had been a resi dent o fthis area for 51 years. Survivors include one daugh ter, Miss Muriel Cartwright, Medford; one son, Clarence C. Cartwright, Sacramento, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Sadie McElmon, Nova Scotia; one grandson, one granddaughter and three great grandchil dren. sr. 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