Curglary at Medford
High Said Cleared
The burglary of Medford
High school March 16 was
cleared Tuesday afternoon
after a man now being held
by authorities tor another
burglary in the county admit
ted entering the school.
Melvin Edwin Snodgrass,
23. of a motel in Ashland, ad
mitted the burglary in a sign
ed statement, according to
Medford police.
Snodgrais, who was arrest
ed last month with J. R. Al
len, 31. also Ashland, and a
17-year-old girl, was charged
with the others for the bur
glary of the Jeddeloh Broth
ers Sweed Mills Inc., Gold
Hill. Snodsrass has pleaded
guilty to the Gold Hill bur
glary and is awaiting the
completion of a pre-sentencing
report.
In his statement Snodgrass
implicated Allen, police said.
Allen had been arraigned
mi the charge, and a attorney
has been appointed. The girl
was lodged m the Jackson
county juvenile detention
home and a hearing is sched
uled this week.
A few dollars was taken
in the high school burglary.
Allen is being held on SI, 500
bail but is not eligible for re
lease, authorities noted, be
cause a charge of parole
violation has been filed
against him by Washington
state authorities.
Portland Produce
Portland I DPI) Dairy market:
Epos To retailers: AA extra
' . r.-40c. A A large 44-47c; A
a-ce 42-46C; AA medium 39-44c;
A A small 30-37c: cartons l-3c
hiKher. ,, . . j
.utter To retailers: AA and A
print! 66c; cartons 3c higher; B
prints 65c.
Cheese (medium cured I To re
tailers: 4H-4Bc; processed American
B-10 lb. loat. 43-45C.
Portland I UPI I Dressed chick
ei No 1 (trade dressed to re
tailer! Fryers, whole drawn 31
38c lh ; cut-up 37-42C lb.: hens,
lmht type, whole drawn 23-27C lb.:
Ji"bt tvpe hens, cut-up 26-30c lb.;
heavy whole 3fj-39c lb.
Over-the-Counter
Western Stocks
Bv United Press International
Bid Asked
Bank of America 60's R33i
Cal Pae Ulil 26 , 28',
Con Freight -. 13'. 14'
Cvprus Mines 22 23s.
Equltabla S tt V 3S' 37 11
1st National Bank 64'a 68'.
Jantzcn 23 27
Morrison Knutscn 30' 32'.
Mult Kennels 4s 3
N W. Natural Gas . 35l. 37',
O egon Metallurgical . 1 ' s l'j
rr.T. 25i 271,
PP&L. 26i, 27'.
U S National Bank 74'4 78
United Util 35. 38.
Weil Coast Tel 22's 24,
Weyerhaeuser 29T. 31 3,
WEEK OF
INSPIRATION
DAVID KULLOWATZ
Dynamic young minister of
Christian Church at Silvcrton,
Ore, will speak tonight on
"You and the Cross"
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Ninth at Oakdale
CoHec Hour Served After
Services
Nursery Care
On At 7:10 P.M.
and 11:10 P.M.
RED BUTTCSS Fi! IMBIH EDO
CEORIC NHWICKE PETEB LORRE
2nd Hit! On it 9 P.M.
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OBITUARIES
HERBERT O. HUSSONG i
Private graveside services
for Herbert O. Hussong. 66.
formerly of Medford, who
died Sunday, will be held at 2 ;
p.m. Thursday in the East
wood IOOF cemetery. Chap-1
lain John Frazee. pastor at the
Veteran Administration Do
miciliary, White City, will of
ficiate. Perl Funeral home is I
in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Hussong. the son of Ed
ward M. and Minnie M. Hus
song. was born Dec. 26. 1897.
in Franklin, Neb. He moved
to Astoria, Ore., in 1920. later
to Medford where he was an
employe of California Oregon
Power company from Aug.
13. 1922, to Dec. 22, 1942.
He was a veteran of World
War I serving with Company
G, 162nd U.S. infantry. He
was a member of the Congre
gational church and a former
mmeber of the American
Legion.
On March 28, 1931, in Rose
burg, Ore., he was married to
Glenna G. McDaniel, who pre
ceded him in death Feb. 23,
1937.
Survivors include one
daughter, Mrs. Dennis
Butcher. San Rafael. Calif.;
two brothers, Merle Hussong,
Sacramento, Calif.; Frank
Hussong, Portland, Ore.;
three sisters, Mrs. Margaret
Wolff. Ashland, Ore., Mrs.
L'lara Glascock. Medford.
Mrs. Gcorgiana Beier, Med
ford, and two grandchildren.
AGNES E. WELSH ANS
Mrs. Agnes E. Welshans,
511 South Fourth st Central
Point, died last night in a lo
cal hospital. Funeral arrange
ments are entrusted to Siski
you Funeral Service directors
of Chapel in the Trees Mor
tuary. IOLA A. BEMAN
Funeral services for Mrs.
Iola A. Beman, 74, of 920
Crown st.. Central Point, who
died Sunday, will be held at
2 p.m. Thursday in the Chapel
in the Trees Mortuary in Sis
kiyou Memorial park.
Dr. Earl W. Benbow, serv
ing the Central Point Presby
terian church, will officiate.
Private interment will follow
in Siskiyou Memorial park.
Mrs. Beman was born Oct.
14, 1888, in New Albany, Ind.
On Oct. 12. 1904 in Cripple
Creek, Colo., she was mar
ried to John R. Beman, who
preceded her in death. NShc
was a member of the Central
Point Presbyterian church,
and had been a resident of
this community for the past
16 years.
Survivors include one son,
Albert R. Beman, Central
Point; and three grand
children. Funeral arrangements are
entrusted to Siskiyou Funeral
Service directors of Chapel
in the Trees Mortuary.
JASPER L. ORNDOFF
Funeral services for Jasper
L. Orndoff. 67, of 321 Effie st.
Medford, who died Tuesday,
will be held at 1 p.m. Thurs
day in Conger-Morris down
town chapel. A minister from
the Reorganized Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints will officiate. Commit
tal will be in Hillcrest Me
morial park.
Mr. Orndoff was born Feb.
22, 1896, in Kearney, Mo.,
and had worked most of his
life as a hoisting engineer in
coal and gold mines. He had
lived in Medford for the past
18 years.
He was married Feb. 25,
1915, in Lexington, Mo., to
Beaulah Ashcraft, who sur
vives. Other survivors include a
son. Earl A. Orndoff, Wenat
chec, Wash.; five daughters,
Mrs. Stanley E. Oles, Odessa,
Mo.; Mrs. R. H. Jenkins,
Odessa, Mo.; Mrs. C. W. Ash
inhurst, Medford; Mrs. W. C.
Mattson, Medford; and Mrs.
David Brown, Piercy, Calif.;
two brothers, John D. Orn
doff, Fresno, Calif.; and
Bonters Orndoff, Modesto,
Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Glen
na Powers, Okanogan, Wash.;
Mrs. Rosic Kenny, Modesto,
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ROBERT RYAN 4
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"The Bashful Elephant"
Calif.: and Mrs Mary Daw
son. Modesto, Calif.; 19 grand
children and 10 great grand
children. Casket bearers will include
Harley Davidson, William
Gregory. Thomas Schuyler,
Harvey Gadberry, Paul Per
cell. and Gary Salberg,
EDWIN E. NESBERG
Funeral services for Edwin
Emanuel Nesberg, 67, of Eagle
Point, who died Friday, will
be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in
Conger - Morris downtown
chapel. The Rev. Bernard An
drews of the First Baptist
church will officiate. Com
mittal will be in Hillcrest Me
morial park.
Mr. Nesberg was born Aug.
18. 1895. in Ludington, Mich.,
and had lived in southern
Oregon for the past 15 years.
He was a veteran of World
War I, serving from Feb. 26,
1918, to June 14, 1919, as a
wagoner in the 352nd In
fantry. He was married March
5, 1927, in Flint, Mich., to
Hazel Melick. who survives.
Other survivors include two
sons, Louis Nesberg, Klamath
Falls; and PFC Rosil Nesberg,
in the Marine Corps; a sister,
Miss Anna Nesberg, Luding
ton, Mich.; and three grand
sons. Casket bearers will include
LeRoy Bedingfield, Alfred
Bedingfield, Clarence Sin
clair, Kenneth Oswald, Harry
Hanscom, and Harold Han
scom. SAMUEL WATSON
Samuel C. Watson, 78. of
route 1, box 29, Gold Hill,
died yesterday in a local hos
pital. Funeral services are sched
uled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday
day at Memory Gardens Fu
neral home.
The Rev. Fred Evans of the
First Christian church. Med
ford, will officiate. Garden
Inurnment will be effected,
following cremation, in Mem
ory Gardens Memorial park.
Mr. Watson was born Sept.
4, 1885, in Emery, Tex., the
son of John C. and Ella
Graves Watson. He was mar
r i c d In 1920 at El Reno,
Okla., to Mabel Swain, who
survives.
He retired as vice president
of the Western Bank and Of
fice Supply of Oklahoma
City, Okla., in 1955 after over
30 years of service to that
firm. Shortly after his retire
ment. Mr. and Mrs. Watson
moved to California, and, in
1960, moved to Gold Hill
from Los Angeles.
Mr. Watson was a Veteran
of World War I, and a mem
ber of the American Legion
of Oklahoma City, Okla.
He is survived, besides his
wife, by a son, Jack C. Wat
son, Gold Hill, and two lif
ters, Mrs. . Dema Stewart,
Electra, Tex., and Mrs. Mae
Rurup. Oklahoma City, Okla.
OPAL MILLER
Ashland Opal Miller, 85,
of 143 Van Ness ave., Ash
land, died yesterday in an
Ashland hospital.
She was born Sept. 3, 1877,
in North Webster, Ind. Sur
vivors include her husband,
Clarence Miller. Funeral ar
rangements will be an
nounced by Litwiller Funeral
home, Ashland.
Weather
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Mostly
cloudy with showers tonight. Con
sldcrable cloudinees Thursday.
Low tonight 35. High Thursday
60.
Western Oregon: Mostly cloudy
tonight and early Thunday, be
coming partly sunny Thursday
afternoon. Little temperature
change. Low tonight 40. High
Thursday 52-62.
Northern California : Variable
cloudiness through Thursday.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yester
day 42; below normal 6.
Record high this date 81 in 1951.
Record low this date 22 in 1918.
PRECIPITATION : 24 hours to
midnight, none. Midnight to 10
a.ni, trace.
Total this month .01 inch, .07
Inch below normal.
Total since Sept. 1. 21.51 inches,
5.59 inches above normal.
HUMIDITY : Lowest yesterday
32, highest thsi a.m. 66lr.
Mich 4:00 24-
CITY Yester- a.m. hr.
day Low Prec.
Brookings 54 43 .19
Crater Lake 31 18 .12
Grants Pass .. 54 43 .02
Howard Prairie .. 43 24 .08
Klamath Falls .... 45 32 T.
MEDFORD 55 47
Portland 58 45 03
Seattle 52 42 T.
Spokane 4B 28
Yakima 57 32
Eureka 56 47 .08
Red Blutt -59 45 ,10
Sacramento 60 49
San Francisco .... 56 52
Los AngeleB 63 50
Phoenix 67 43
Denver 61 28
Chicago 83 62 T.
Miami Beach 76 73
New York 80 52
Washington D C. 89 58
FIVE-DAY FORECAST:
(TiirouEh April x):
Western Oregon - Western Wash
initon Temperatures averaging a
little above normal. Highs 55-65.
Lows 37-47 Precipitation near
normal
Northern California Possibility
of rain extreme north around
week end Otherwise, no precipi
tation Temperatures above
normal.
P
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KaUiaUiri
MEDFORD
Wm bH BP SB - j8I HbpB
VARIETY OF WOHK The stenciling room
in the Salem sign shop of the Oregon state
highway department turns out a wide vari
ety of work. Henry Hatfield, left, and John
Helt work on a 48 inch by 48 inch traffic
Local and
Circle Plana Sale - The
Golden Circle of the Gold
Hill Christian church is plan
ning a rummage sale for Fri
day, April 5, at the Fehl
building, 108 North Ivy st.,
Medford. Rummage and
plants will be included in the
sale, according to Mrs. Leon
ard Andrews, chairman. It
will open at 9 a.m. and con
tinue through 4:30 p.m. The
funds realized from the sale
will be used to improve the
church or the church grounds.
Miners To Meal The regu
lar meeting of the Northwest
ern Mining Council will be
held in Jacksonville Commu
nity hall at 8 p.m. Thursday,
April 4. A demonstration on
a practical field test for gold
will be given. There will be
a kaffeklatch following the
program. Anyone interested
in mining is invited. Irene
Mitchel, secretary, an
nounced. Clinic Set The chest x-ray
clinic at Sacred Heart hospi
tal will be open from 7 to 9
o'clock tonight and from 2 to
5 p.m. Thursday, according to
the Jackson County Tubercu
losis and Health association.
The once-a-month evening cli
nics are arranged for the con
venience of those who find it
difficult to visit the regular
Thursday afternoon clinics.
The faculty is open to all per
sons 15 years of age and
older, and is operated on a
cost basis by the association.
.
Thaft Reported - James
Orville Cabler, 400 West
California St., Jacksonville,
notified Medford police Tues
day of the theft of two sets of
bulldozer track link assem
blies without pads from Cra
ter Lake Machinery, 2919
North Pacific highway,
valued at $1,080.98.
Collision - Vehicles oper
ated by Marlin Albert Green,
36, of 1947 Marsh lane, and
Gordon Lynn Westwood, 33,
of 642 Garfield st., collided
Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. on Court
St. near Edwards St., accord
ing to Medford police. Early
this morning police investi
gated an accident at the inter
section of Jackson st. and
Riverside ave. involving a
truck operated by William
Junior Ercanbrack of Wals
burg, Utah, and a Medford
street sign.
Guild To Meal Providence
Guild of Sacred Heart hospi-
tal will meet at 10 a.m. to-
morrow at the Knights of Co
i lumbus hall. Black Oak dr.
i and Barnett rd A new cancer
j film will be shown and a
i business meeting will be held.
Candle Room
GENUINE CHARCOAL
STEAKS
Open 5 30 P.M. Til Midnita
Every Day
DANCING
Entertain rnnt by
Beautiful Samoan Dancen
in a Polynesian Pageant
HOTEL MEDFORD
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD,
Personal
Rummage Sale - The Jack
son County Association for
Retarded Children will hold
a rummage sale on Thursday,
April 4, at the Fehl building,
108 North Ivy St., Medford,
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All pro
ceeds will go to help men
tally retarded children in
Jackson county, according to
W. W. Smith, president of the
association.
Sale Set - The Junior Serv
ice League will sponsor a
rummage sale Thursday and
Friday, April 4 and 9, at the
Thrift Shop, McAndrews rd
and Priddy st. The sale will
be held from 9:30 a.m. to
noon.
Flua Fires - Medford fire
men were called to flue fires
at 1 p.m. yesterday at the
home of Dr. E. V. Meyerding,
112 Medford heights, and
about 7:55 p.m. at the resi
dence of R. A. Trussell, 2713
Blddle rd. Investigation of a
report of smoke at the home
of John J. Jensen, 522 South
Oakdale ave., at 6 p.m. indi
cated that the smoke was com
ing from the furnace,
Wires Slrlke-Medford fire
men were summoned at 7:30
p.m. when wires were strik
ing together in high wind
near Weisfield's store at the
Medford ShoDDinc
They stood by until a Pacific
Power and Light company
crew arrived.
Portland Livestock
PorUard (UPIt USDA Cattle
150: mixed good-choice steers
24.50; good-choice 1120 lb. 24; util
ltylow atandard 18-18; utility
standard heifers 18-20; utility cows
12-1S; canner-cutter 10-14; cutter
utility bulls 16-20.
Calves 50; mostly good feeders
340 lb. bulls 27.
Hogs 75; no early tales.
Sheep 25: no early sain.
SfME
Large or small savings accounts
are always welcome at...
WATT1 Jackson County
tVJL Sayings & Loan
Home Of f ice-2 E. Main, Medford Ashland Branch-337 E.
OREGON
sign with black lettering on a light-colored
reflectorizcd background. Signs are design
ed to give the greatest visibility, day or
night. (Oregon state highway department
photo)
Permit Issued for
IB-Unit Motel Here
A permit to erect a $100,-
000 motel at 509 North River
side ave., has been issued by
the Medford building depart
ment. The 28-unit motel will
be owned by Brooks and
Krueger Inc.
Other permits issued by the
department were to Alvin G.
Lemings to erect a $10,500
residence at 1004 Stevens st
to Oral L. Bell to erect
$13,000 duplex at 421 and
423 Benson st and to Ervin
Toney, to erect a $12,000 resi
dence at 1501 Siskiyou blvd.
Investment Funds
Noon quotations on selected
stocks
Fund Bid
Bullock 12.90
Chemical Fund 10.72
Colonial Energy ... 11.07
Eaton Howard sick 1.1.4s
AsV
14.24
11.65
13.08
14.34
16.35
10.36
7.21
14.14
3.34
17.76
10.68
3.52
23 25
13.81
1541
4.46
8 55
8.60
19.50
7.87
15.20
19.15
747
13.06
6.92
5.60
6.03
13.53
Fidelity ISJI
Fundamental 0.45
Group Sec Avla Elec S.S7
Group Sec Com Stk 12.01
Hamilton C7 4.S0
Keystone B-3 1R.2R
Keystone B-4 0.78
Keystone K-2 3.03
Keystone S-l 21.31
Keystone S-2 12.S3
Keystone S-3 14.03
Keystone S-4 4.08
Mass Inv Growth .. 742
National Growth .... 7.87
Stocks 18.03
TV-Elec 7.22
United Accum 13.01
United Canada 17.82
United Continental . 6.74
United Income 11.98
United Science 643
Value Line 5.21
Variable 6.41
Wellington 14.25
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50,000 New Signs Required
Salem - It required 30,000
new highway traffic signs to
keep Oregon'a motoring pub
lic on the right road during
1962. This many signs were
built and installed on the
7,500-mile Oregon highway
system last year, according to
Rambler Leads in
Mobil Test Run
Omaha, Neb. -IUW- The 36
cars in the Los Angeles-Detroit
Mobil Economy Run
moved across Nebraska today
one jump ahead of a massive
storm front and punished by
gale winds.
Les Viland's Rambler
American continued to lead
the pack with a 29.26 miles
per gallon average.
Mary Hauser and her Chevy
II was about one-half mile per
gallon behind Viland in the
cumulative totals up to North
Platte. Neb. She averaged
28.71 for the 1,837 miles cov
ered so far.
Mrs. Pat Sawyer, Hemet,
Calif., gained on both Viland
and Miss Hauser today, with
a 28.21 average. Mrs, Sawyer
got off to a bad start on the
first day due to a disconnect
ed vacuum line on her Cor
vair Monza, but she has made
gains on the leaders since
leaving Las Vegas.
The tightest contest was in
the medium engine compact
class where Bill Levy's Ford
Falcon was one-hundredth of
a mile per gallon ahead of
Bob Chee'-.loy, driving a
Valiant Six.
Thursday the cars leave
Omaha at 4:30 a.m. for the
500-mile length to Chicago,
and will be on the road for
12 hours and nine minutes, at
tempting to average more
than 41 miles per hour.
The 2,654-mile contest will
end in Detroit Thursday.
Greeters Group Is
Planned in Ashland
Ashland - A greeters com
mittee, patterned alter
similar group in Medford, is
being formed here through
the efforts of the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce.
The new committee will
hold a "koffeeklatch" at 8:45
a.m. tomorrow in the Crown
room of the Mark Antony
hotel. Chamber members
their guests and other inter
ested persona are Invited to
attend. The coffee will be pro
vided by the hotel.
The meeting is scheduled to
be tape recorded by radio
station KWIN for subsequent
broadcast over the air.
At Tuesday's chamber
luncheon, local representa
tives of the American Cancer
Society showed a film en
titled "From One Cell," de
scribing how normal cells In
the human body become can
cerous.
Dr. John Reynolds of Ash
land answered questions fol
lowing the film showing.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL . IMS
Forrest Cooper, atate highway
engineer
The sign division of the
state highway depart mint
also painted more than 2S0
different types of legends.
The signs range from the
temporary ones used at de
tours to large permanent ones
for freeways. Sign men also
painted numerous legends on
pavements. The largeat of
these has letters 8.S feet high.
These are at the state borders
and read "Welcome to Ore
gon." Larger signs are used on
modern h i g hwaya because
they are necessary on the
high-speed freeways. A mo
torist must be able to read
the sign, understand it, and
act upon it in t matter of sec
onds while traveling at 60 or
Births
KONWISER: Mr. and Mrs.
John M route 1, box 56,
Eagle Point, April 3, 1B63, a
boy, 7 ',4 pounds, at Rogue
Valley hospital.
S H A R P E: Mr. and Mrs.
James Eugene, postoffice box
54, Happy Camp, Calif., April
1963. a girl, 6i pounds, at
Rogue Valley hospital.
HERBSTRUTH: Mr. and
Mrs. Richard John, route 1,
box 54, Central Point, April
1963, a boy, 8Vi pounds, at
Rogue Valley hiopltal.
NORTHS CHOCK WAGON
1016 N. Riverside Phona 773-3681
Banquet A Party Facilitiei
Lounge with Private Entrance
Lunch 1 1 a.m.2
FREE CONCERT
Wednesday, April 3
8:00 P.M.
HOLLY THEATRE
LUSK MUSIC CO.
333 South Riverside
Federal
Assn.
Main, Ashland
li
70 miles an hour.
Highway signs range in size
from the 12-inch Oregon route
marker to the 28-foot signs
suspended over freeways. The
price range is from $15 to ap
proximately $20,000 for the
largest, Including installation
costs.
Most highway signs are
made of plywood and alumi
num. Average life of the ply
wood sign is five to seven
years. Letters and numbers on
the reflectorized aluminum
signs must be cleaned about
every five years.
Vandalism to signs costs the
highway department an esti
mated $30,000 each year.
Some signs are flattened by
vehicles but most of the van
dalism la done during hunting
season and during the sum
mer months when road signs
become targets for rifles, shot
guns, bottles, and rocks.
Cooper noted.
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