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Bin Fire-Central Point ru ral firemen put out a fire in a fuel bin about 6 p.m. Sun day at Medford Veneer and Plywood corporation, white City. They reported no dam age. They were called Satur day night when a flue fire occurred at the home of Rol and Johnson, 4108 Sunland ave. Eat 8 meals a day lose 6-10-15 lbs. Delightfully delicious Slim-Mint tmri t Jieipa control apptute. T tbflite 1 Makes reducing safer, - eier, more enjoy aoie. At arupRist. MON. & TUES. MARCH 25 AND 26 4 P.M. & 8 P.M. MEDFORD ARMORY The ELKS LODGE Proudly Present the Annual Appearance of the Great Ksatilfte, triiltloMl cnicrUlnnteni win dr ew frtati from all tntr tba orld bria uig hi and tkrllla to yoniif and old alike. At eich wnorniBc. bo re ibaa ltniy aitUar acts of tat aottduat world brtnf yarn more Loan two toira of tAcofliparable clrcu Joy In the wot tterfil world of clrcua maifbellovel , SEE AND THRILL TO Marget and Helmora Unique European Balancing Artists Princest Maupuana Hawaiian Star of the Tight Wire Rene la Monte Glamorous Parisian Trapeze Performer 60R6E0US gg I Clowns! Clowns! Clowns! Craig s Chimpanxees True Comedians of the Animal World Los iscalantat Daring, Ex citing Aerial Acrobats The Best Trained Elephants in the World Cavalcade of Colour Continen tal Fantastically beautiful and thrilling aerial ballet featuring ten gorgeously costumed circus love lies. Ash ton and Wright Comedy acrobats from Australia And Many, Many More in all More than Twenty Stellar Displays bringing You over Two Hours of Incomparable Circus Joy in the Wonderful World of Circus Make Believe SEE THE CIRCUS That in Eight Annual Tours has baeoma Tha Circus The i West Lovet Best! KIDS TICKETS Boys and flirts of grade school age can see the big circus FREE by getting tickets from any of the many business and pro. fesiional firms whose annual cooperation helps bring the Cir cus to you. Ask for FREE Circus Tickets where you trade. No Reserved Seats Are Sold. One Admission Price Covers Everything. The Same Prices Prevail at' Each Performance. Doors will Open One Hour Early to Permit First Arrivall a Choice of Seats. Adults (inc. fed tax) $1.50 H.S. Students 1.00 Children (thru 14 who do not have FREE Ticket) . .50 Come early! Enjoy the pre-circus antics of the fun making clowns! And the circus music of The Vauhgns. Doors Open 6:45 Shows at 7:00-9:20 ENDS TUES. 'FUMED ON LOCATION $i mg m sc&r Mm nniiRiAt: GARY COOPER . CHARLTON HESTON r""" e i e it sinus mutm I 1 1 ! THI WRICK A. Locals Chamber Meeling-The Ash land Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon Tuesday at the Mark Antony hotel. Ger ald Latham, Medford, of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources board will speak on the Rogue Basin project. Auto Collision - Cars oper ated by William Rollin Beare, 70, of 128 South Pioneer ave.. and Alice M. Crawford, S3, of 262 Grant St., both Ashland, collided at East Main st. and Pioneer ave. in Ashland at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. No one was injured, and no citations were issued. PTA To Meet -The Eagle Point Grade and Primary Schools Parent-Teacher asso ciation will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the grade school gymnasium. The chorus and band will be included in the music program presented by the music director, Keith Krambeal. The physical edu cation program being present ed by Rick Wolgamott and Mrs. Leona E. Morey will in clude a half-hour physical fit ness film. Friends To Meet-The March meeting of the Friends of the Library of Jackson County will be held at 8 o'clock to night in the public library, Mrs. Nathan Deavers, presi dent of the group, has remind ed members. Plans for Na tional Library Week observ ance will be made and the library budget for 1963-64, which has been presented to the Jackson county court, will be discussed. The budget will be presented to the city in April. e Sal PtannrfA rnmmaaa sale will be held Tuesday, March 26, at the Fehl build ing, 108 North Ivyst., Med ford, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is sponsored by the Betty Comfort Women's Missionary Union of the Medford Friends church. Rummage Sale-Women of the Central Point Home Eco nomics club will conduct a sale of rummage, plants and baked foods Tuesday and Wednesday, March 26 and 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Central Point Grange hall. Sale Planned St. Mark's Episcopal church women will hold their annual two day spring plant and rummage sale in the Guild hall. Fifth st. and Oakdale ave., starting Wednesday, March 27. The sale will open at 9 a.m. and continue to 5:30 p.m. Wednes day. Thursday, March 28, the sale will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Persons with plants or rummage to donate who would like to have them pick ed up, are asked to telephone the church office, 773-3111. Mrs. H. C. Goldsmith is gen eral chairman. Court Record JUSTICE COURT Ashland District Otha L. Huffman, overload, $28. Theodore D. At more, overload, 115. Richard D. Randall, overload, $13. Wiley B. Attaway. overload, $32. Warren R. McNeely, overload, $66. Edward I. Beauchamp, overload. $28. Norman H. Robinson, overload, $24. William H. De Neef. overload. $24. Oran P. Stuart, overload, $34. Claud D. Wyland, overload, $13. John W, MacDougall, overload, $90. James K. Bowen. illegal posses sion of liquor, $23. Terry R Stafford, illegal posses sion of liquor, $25. Vance E. Gooing, Illegal posses sion of liquor, $25. Ernest D. Hamilton, overload. $40. Jack W Peebler, violation of ba sic rule. $10. Mary L. Anderson, disobeyed stop sign. $13. Ward W. Weston, overload, $28. James A. Bright, overload, $24. David C. Robertson, overheight, $15. Eda L. Larson, expired vehicle license. $3 Elmer F. South, violation of basic rule. $50. Robert A. Young, overload. $26. John A. Kinney, overload, $36. Forrest G. Fowler, violation of basic rule. $10. Fred F Todd, overload. $28. Leslie L. Pruaia. overload, $24. Charles G. Ridley, operating dux ins prohibited hours, $15. Kenneth D. Jones, no operator's license, $5 Johnny W. Zigler, violation of basic rule. $25. Sidney M. Pierce, overload, $24. Nual J. Franch, no operator's li cense. $5. . Elmer M, Adams, overloed, $69. Henry D. Decs, overload, $28. Till DRIVE-IN UJUL IN THI HAYSTACK)? Debbie REYNOlPSTcNY RANDALL MARY DIARI N ! Former Medford Resident Dies In California Word was received here to day of the death of Mrs. Hat tie Berrian Rankin (Mrs. George W. Rankin) of San Bernardino, Calif., former well known resident of Med ford, where she made her home for many years on- Ge nessee st. She would have been 90 years old May 14. Mrs. Rankin died in a hos pital in San Bernardino Sat urday. She had gone to Cali fornia to make her home near her son, Herbert J. Berrian, former Medford city treasur er, who went to California as a representative of the Met ropolitan Life Insurance com pany with which he was also associated here. Mrs. Rankin was first known in Medford and at Butte Falls as Mrs. James W. Berrian. Her husband estab lished the fish hatchery at Butte Falls and they made1 their home there for a short time. Following Mr. Berrian's death she was married to Wil liam Rankin, brother of Hugh B. Rankin, former supervisor of the Rogue River National forest. Her husband was kill ed in an auto accident a short time after their marriage and she later married the other brother, George W. Rankin, who preceded her in death during World War II. ' A son, William Berrian, also preceded his mother in death. Survivors are one son, Her bert J. Berrian, of San Ber nardino, two sisters in New Hampshire, five grandchil dren and 14 great grandchil dren. Mrs. Rankin was a member of the First Christian church in Medford and was widely known for her philanthropies the many years that she lived in Jackson county. Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Variable cloudiness with chance of e few showers mostly over mountains to night and Tuesday. Low tonifht 27-33. Hijh Tuesday 60-69. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy with a few showery periods tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in temperature. Low tonight 3S-45. ex cept 32 in south interior. High Tuesday 82-62. Northern California: Variable cloudiness with occasional rain near coast tonight and Tuesday. Little temperature change. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 44; below normal 3. Record high this date 78 In 1080. Record low this date 26 In 1922. PRECIPITATION: None. Total this month .44 in., 1.00 in. below normal. Total since Sept. 1 31.08 In., S.38 in. above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yeaterday 32. highest this a.m. 73. High 4:00 24- CITY Ycster- a.m. nr. day Low Prec. Brookings 36 49 Crater Lake 38 17 Grants Pass 62 30 Howard Prairie .... 48 26 Klamath rails 48 23 MEDFORD 62 36 Portland 33 41 .04 Seattle .. 38 43 .08." Spokane 49 33 .10 Yakima 58 39 T. Eureka ,..... 63 54 Red Bluff 63 38 Sacramento .. 62 42 San Francisco . 62 52 Los Angeles 70 33 Phoenix 79 48 Denver 64 30 Chicago 71 54 Miami Beach ........ 72 69 New York 58 46 Washington. D C. .. 73 47 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Through March 30): Western Oregon - Western Wash ington Temperatures near or a little above normal. Maximums in 50s and 60s. Mlnimums In 30s and 40s. More than normal rainfall, occurring mostly after Wednesday. Northern California Occasion al rain at beginning of period. Snow In mountains. Temperature near normal. "A good place to RESTAURANT We are a friend of family ... do dine '41 X iii MEDFORD Obituaries MAY B. BROWN Mrs. May Brockett Brown, of the Rogue Valley Manor, died Saturday. Memorial serv ices will be announced by Conger-Morris Funeral direc tors. ALLEN E. REED Allen E. Reed, of Blackwell Hill, died Sunday. Funeral ar rangements will be announced by Conger-Morris Funeral di rectors. WILLIS W. WATERS Ashland - Funeral arrange ment for Willis Wilson Wa ters, 68. of Ft. Jones, Calif., are pending at the Lltwiller Funeral home here. Waters died in Ashland Community hospital Sunday of injuries suffered in an auto crash Sunday afternoon on Highway 99. His wife. Alma, was en route to Ashland from Santa Cruz, Calif., this morning to complete arrangements. ERNEST F. ST. MARTIN Funeral services for Ernest Frederick St. Martin, 67, of Stevens rd., Eagle Point, who died Friday, will be held at Hillcrest Memorial chapel on the North Phoenix rd. at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Father Lulay of Sacred Heart Catholic church will officiate. Committal will be in Hillcrest Memorial park. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be at 7:30 o clock tonight in Conger . Morris downtown chapel. ' Mr. St. Martin was born May 2, 1895, in Quebec, Can ada, and had lived in south ern Oregon for the past two years. He was married Jan. 8, 1925, In Mansonville, Que bec, Canada, to Connie C. Le voy, who survives. Other survivors include two sons, Donald St. Martin, Med ford; and Michael St. Martin, at home; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Rook and Mrs. Bar bara Danhof, both of' Shady Cove; two sisters, Mrs. For rest Cooper and Mrs. George Ducharme, both of Lodi, Calif,; and seven grandchil dren. HARLEY V. WEISEL Funeral services for Harley V. Weisel, 55, of 101 Crater Lake ave., Medford, who died Saturday, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Chapel in the Trees Mortuary in Sis kiyou Memorial park. Officers of Medford AF & AM Lodge 103 will officiate. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Siskiyou Funeral Service directors of Chapel in the Trees Mortuary. W. HUSE McKINNEY Funeral services for Wil liam Huse McKinney, 58, of 422 South Fir St., Medford, who died early Sunday, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Pearl Funeral home. Dr. George Roseberry, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate. Interment will be In Siskiyou Memorial park. Mr. McKinney, the son of William ".ouis and Kate Mc Kinney, was born Sept. 22, 1904, in Harrlman, Tenn. He moved to Medford March 2, 1918, from Tennessee. Prior to his recent Illness, he had been an employee of the Medford Corporation for more than 15 years. He was a member of the Jackson County Council of the Blind. On Dec. 30, 1925, in Yreka, eat." the with us! The mn who comes lo din ner . . . with his family is given royal treatment here. Relax with the family over our fine meals. We feature children-size portions of our savory food. You'll find a menu with a wide range of choice. Open Daily 6 a.m. Social Hours Nightly J to 7 MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. Medford Firemen Have Busy Sunday, Five Fires Noted The upper portion of a house on North Phoenix rd. owned by Nye and Naumes Packing company and oc cupied by D. H. Christie, was damaged by fire this morn ing. Firemen, who were sum moned about 6:50 o'clock this morning said also that water damage occurred to the in terior of the residence but that almost all contents were removed with minor damage. The blaze started inside a partition from a wood-burn ing stove and terra cotta flue, firemen said. Fire extended to the attic and the roof which was covered with heavy tar paper and two or three cours es of wood shingles. It was necessary to remove all shingles from the part in volved in the fire. Water was shuttled to the scene by orchard tanker. Two fire trucks were at the scene for about 5'4 hours. Have Busy Sunday City firemen had a busy Sunday with five alarms, in cluding debris, pumphouse and brush fires. They responded about 9:15 a.m. when a building fire was reported on Hillcrest rd. They found that a contractor was burning debris at Camp Pres cott, abandoned civilian con servation corps camp, where old buildings were being torn down. The camp is outside the rural district but firemen put out a fire on a building ad jacent to the burning. A trash fire extended to an unused pumphouse at 1:30 p.m. at the rear of Grandview market, 2330 Crater Lake ave. Firemen said they were told there was no value to the damaged structure. A brush fire on the Martin Heitkamp property, 2929 South Pacific highway, resulted also from a trash fire. It occurred about 6:15 p.m. There was no dam age except to fence posts. Firemen went to the 2800 block on Lone Pine rd. when a blare was reported at 5:05 a.m. The fire turned out to be in orchard heaters. Minor smoke damage re sulted at the Ashley Powers residence, 225 Cottage St., from sawdust burning In a rurnace nopper. Most cats travel alone or in pairs, but lions love com' pany. Calif., he was married to Vf olet Storm, who survives. Other survivors include one son, William Ive McKinney, Canyonville, Ore.; one daugh ter, Mrs. Maxine Holifield, Anchorage, Alaska; one broth er, John T. McKinney, Med ford; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Cassina, Santa Maria, Calif., and three grandchildren. One brother, Capt. Ive Mc Kinney, preceded him in death in 1930. Casket bearers will be Frank Hoffman, Dorr Hoff man, Bill Buckingham, Clyde Richardson, Luther Davis, and Louis Vance. IN GRANTS PASS COMING TUES., MAR. 26 HE'S FANTASTIC. THE MAN OF MANY PERSONALITIES ... HE'S DYNAMICl n rw THE MAN OF MANY l l PERSONALITIES... Ji Y HE'S DYNAMICl FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO LAUGHl I Thitr 13 continents m Mha talk any lawn 1 or.". FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO OREGON Cancer Society to Hold CP Meeting The American Cancer So ciety will hold an education al and training meeting for Central Point Crusaders at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27. at the home of Mrs. Vern Parent, 232 North Second at., Central Point. ' Dr. Richard Schwahn will present the program on ques tions about cancer and show the Society's colored film From One Cell, in which the subject of cancer is intro duced as one of the basic phe nomena of growth. The con cept of cell growth and cell division is presented in terms which provoke interest in ab normal cell behavior. The block Crusaders will receive their kits for the resi dential crusade which will be April 16 and a final orienta tion by Mrs. Parent and Mrs. Richard Dunn, co-chairman assisted by Mrs. Mahr Rey mers, executive secretary. Over-lhe-Counler Western Stocks By United Press International Hid Aken Bank of America fill 64 Cal Pac Utll 36', Con Freight .... 13g Cyprus Mines ... 21T. 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United Income , 12.94 United Science Value Line Variable Wellington 6.86 5.64 6.82 19.40 Portland Produce Portland (UPI1 Dairv market Ebbs To retailers: AA extra large 43-49o; AA large 42-47e: A large 40-46c: AA medium 39-44C-. A A small 30 -37c; cartons 1 - 3c hiaher. Cheese (medium cured To retailers: 40-4Bc; processed Amerl can o-iu JO. joar, aj-aoc. Portland (UPD Dressed chickens No. 1 grade dressed to retailers: Fryers, whole drawn, 23 27c lb.; light type hens, cut-up 26' 39c lb.; heavy whole 38-39C lb. Portland Livestock Portland (UP!) USDA Cattle 1300; good-choice steert S4 24.50; standard 'good 770-1)00 lb. 31.50-23 50; helfen good-choica un der 000 lb, 22-23; itandard-low good 20-21.50; canner-cutter cowi U-15; cutter-utility bulla 18-20. Calves 175; choice 330-458 lb.; slaughter 28-28.50; 200 lb. 30. Hogs 500; barrow and gilts 1 and 2 grade 16-16.50; few 2 and 3 grade 15-15.50; aowa medium 320 540 lb. 11.50-13. Sheep 400; choice wooled 80-120 lb. slaughter lambs 1018.50; good shorn 16.30; ewea cull-good shorn No. 3 pelt 5.50. LAUGHl Stevenson Speaks At NATO College Paris-OIPD-Adlai E. Steven son, U. S. ambassador to the United Nations, told allied de fense chiefs today the United States considers defense of Europe as part of the defense of America itself, diplomatic sources said. Stevenson addressed the North Atlantic Treaty Organ ization Defense College this morning. His speech was termed "highly classified" and was not made public. However, reliable sources said Stevenson said that any doubts of U. S. resolution to carry out its obligations to its European allies are entirely without foundation. The NATO Defense College consists of officers of various NATO countries. It holds courses in part of the build ings of the French national military school (Ecole Mili taire) in Paris. Memorial Services Held for KF Woman Memorial services were held in Klamath Falls Friday for Mrs. Gladys Langslet, wife of Chet Langslet, Klamath Falls postmaster. Mrs. Langslet died March 18 of a heart attack while the couple was on a trip to Cali fornia to visit their daughter, Jana. She was stricken in Ap ple Valley before they reach ed their daughter's home. Mrs. Langslet, an instructor In the Klamath Falls public schools, was known to many Jackson county people in ed ucational and post office cir cles. She spent considerable time in Medford last summer when her husband assumed the po sition of acting postmaster for several weeks following the death of Postmaster Moore Hamilton. Local Man Escapes Injury in Blast Royce Payne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Payne, Med ford, and a former employee of the J. C. Penney store here, was In the explosion In the Penney store in San Jose, Calif., last Friday but escaped injury, his mother reported today. Payne left Medford to ac cept a position in the San Jose store less than a year ago. There were three people killed and 72 injured when the basement boiler exploded. Payne was in the store at the time, but escaped injury, he informed his parents. TONIGHT! . make if an evening out! ijk'f 0b Eniov Wonderful Dinner in the . f r 1 I iSr Always a fine Menu to choose from - TTH EN ... be sure to see the emailng . POLYNESIAN PAGEANT Direct IFroinni HAWAII 111 I See Them Tonight in the BAR of MUSIC Right from (he Island of Samoa. The lovely exotic Polynesian maiden will transport you to the mystery and magic of the romantic South Seal at they do the langorout HUIA of Hawaii, the suggestive SIVA end SASA of Same, the rhythmic HAKAS of Maori, and the tantalising and pulsating OTEA and SOLO of Tahiti. Tul Mana'e attempt, to perform the 4ift(ciir, Impossible, enbellsvekle ArxUm) Fire Walk and Sacred Ritual ef the South See,. Yoe may hae aeert them st the Seattle WeeW't Pelf DON'T MISS TMIM HIRII Your Favorite leereeoa 'Ml 1:30. MONDAY, MARCH Awards Presented Yreka Awards were pre. scnted and an investiture cere mony held recently at the Final Arguments Due in Estes Case El Paso, Tex.-JUPD-Final ar guments were to be made to day in the federal court fraud trial of Billie Sol Estes. The case is expected to go to the jury Tuesday. Federal Prosecutor Rufus D. McLean, who came to El Paso from Washington to press government charges against the fertilizer tycoon, and chief defense attorney John D. Cofer each planned to give 2Mi-hour summations. Behind the scenes mean while, federal authorities were reported considering whether to call a grand jury to investigate the possibility of perjury by some of the wit nesses. Much of the testimony has been conflicting. Reports In the courtroom said a grand jury also might consider whether some persons should be accused of withholding evidence. NORTHS CHUCK WAGON 1016 N.Riverside Phone 773-3681 Banquet & Party Facilities Lounge with Private Entrance lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner 5 'til 10 T TONIGHT-TWO SHOWS 7:00 AND 9:20 GEeUISrasiiw arsvAW- r rx : 4 ADULTS $f.00-STUDENTS 75t-CHIlDREN 50c tall - r I. A. Fire in the Same Room Where You Dine -J 9 ejemi i , ' : - - " , w v..m;sJi T A 9 Yreka Boy Scouts Yreka Methodist church. Donald Madden was pre sented a Life Scout award. The presentation was made by Scout Commissioner Floyd Taylor. Eight scouts were given' the Star Scout Award, 11 awards for a Mt. Shasta climb, 5 awards for the mile swim and 1 second and first class award. Several received merit badges and service stars. Paul Tufts was eligible for an interpeter badge, which had not arrived in time for presentation at the Court of Honor. It was presented to him at a later regular meet ing of the troop. ' . Judge for the Court of Hon or was Larry Hennig and clerk was Hartsel Gray. Scoutmaster Bob Klander conducted the investiture ceremony for Tenderfoot Scout Jim Taylor. 25, 1963 7 fStSrJW 3 t ' 'AS HrIWHUS I at"", MODOCTION i siviiniWMin , h . iNaatmi . rLaJ rtuav fsrtarl HOTEL MEDFORD CR 6564 600 SW 6th GRANTS PASS SEQUIN ROOM At The Dal Koeua Hotel 510 N. Riverside