Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 25, 1963, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextSocial Security Must Be Told oi Estimate Change People receiving social se curity benefits who gave esti mates of 1963 earnings should notify Social Security if the estimates have now changed, according to Edward B. Ja cobson, district manager in Medford. All beneficiaries who filed applications this year, and those who filed reports of 1962 earnings, have made the estimates. Jacobson said the estimates are important because they are used to determine the number of benefit checks pay able for the year. Benefici aries who now expect to earn more than they originally esti mated may receive more checks than they are entitled to draw this year. They would later have to make re fund of the overpayment. Those who expect to earn Jess than they originally esti mated may not be paid as many checks as they are en titled to receive during the year, unless they file a re vised estimate, Jacobson said. Not all estimates need to be changed. Hie person who esti mated that he would earn less than S1.200 in 1963, who still estimates earnings under $1,200, heed not notify Social Security of any change in esti mate. As long as the earnings are $1,200 or less, all checks will be payable for the year. Jacobson invited benefici aries who wish more informa tion on the effect their earn ings have on their benefits to get in touch with the Social Security office at 1017 North Riverside ave., Medford, for assistance. Court- Records MEIlFORn MUNICIPAL COURT John Vernon Heberling, dis obeyed traffic signal, sin. Donald Lawrence Hcrzog, fol lowing tno close, S20. Vera Iiene Good road, violation of basic rule, $10. Mildred Irene Stewart, viola tion of basic rule. SIO. Kenneth Lyle Tucker, violation of basic rule, $10. Norman Everal Hatcher, failure to leave information at the scene of an accident, $100. and 90-day suspension of license recom mended. Albert Marino, violation of ba sic rule. $20. Beverly May Hartford, failure . tn obtain Oregon operator's li cense. $30. Virginia Ann Baer, violation of basic rule. $10 Darlene Avonne Sylvester, dis obeyed traffic signal, $10. Gary Lee Parker, violation of basic rule, $10. Kenneth Earl Miller, no opera tor's license in possession. $,V Monty Carl Smith violation of basic rule. $25. George Eddie McDonald, viola tion of basic rule. $5. Sam Edward Smith, disobeyed , traffic signal. $10. Betty Louise Ramsey, violation of basic rule, $10. Agnes Hopkins Flanagan, dis obeyed traffic signal. $10. William Glen Werner, violation of basic rule, $15. DISTRICT COI'RT Lonzo Cecil McMahon. no safety chains. S10. Charles Bryant Barnes, failure fo comply with operator's restric tions. John Dewayne Manning, expired vehicle license. $5. Edward Rupp. failure to yield xipht of way. S15. Robert Lowell Hickom. no op erator's license. $15. Walter Vernon Hubbard, haul lnp during prohibited hours. $25. Gary Eugene Ncel, failure to Hop, $15. . Norman Carlton Cannon, fail ure to stop. $3. Jimmie Sue Young, failure to yield rirht of way. SIO. Richard Raymond Herniesen. no operator's license. $5. . Bobbv O. Newburg. overlcngth load. $5. Donald Dean Kemp, overload, $64. Donald Riley McCanna, over load, $50. CIRCUIT COURT Lulu Ruth Carstensen vs. Rich ard O. Carstensen, divorce decree. Gates Open 7:45 TONITE! Hope was never lovelier Ekberg was never funnier! Jbob has the natives restless. H4Y SALIiMSN WEST B BTOOLI Anita J? pi EKbergf .. fEpgft L WOMAN IN BLACK-A mysterious "wo man in black" placed a wreath Friday at the Hollywood crypt of silent screen idol Rudolph Valentino, commemorating the 37th anniversary of his death. The wo Mystery Woman in Black Lays Wreath on Valentino's Crypt Hollywood - (UPII - A mys terous "lady in black," lean ing on crutches, placed a wreath on the crypt of Ru dolph Valentino Friday in ob servance of the 37th anniver sary of the great screen lov er's death. The "lady in black," as us ual refused to identify her self. Throughout the years a Building Permit Value Increases The value of building per mits issued in Medford in July increased S234.62 over a year ago, according to uie University of Oregon's bu reau of business research. This July's total was $857, 025, compared to last year's $622,404. The Medford increase is in contrast lo the 12 per cent drop in building permits from 149 identical reporting cen ters in the state which show ed a total value of $26,993, 792 for July. The Medford dwelling unit permits in July covered 20 new dwelling units at $212, 400 total value in June and 49 new units and $359,000 value in July, 1962. Mcdford's new residential permits for July totalled $489,275. - Permits covering additions, alterations and repairs in July had a total value of $155,250. The state total in July, 1963, included $15,095,569 for 1.220 new dwelling units, $8,510,154 for non-residential construction, and $3,393,0139 for additions, alterations and repairs. "BOB HOPE IS THE FUNNIEST COMEDIAN I EVER ATEI" AND ANITA DRESSLESS! "lady in black" has appeared at memorial services for the Italian born star. The idea of a mourning "lady in black" originated as a movie publicity stunt, but Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: A little cloudiness at times, otherwise fair through Monday with slowly warming temperatures. High to day 83, low tonight 48, high Mon day 88. Western Oregon: Cloudy with patches of fog during night and morning' hours. Partly sunny both afternoons today and Monday, ex cept fair Southern interior. High both days H8-76, except 80-84 Southern interior ami 65 on the coast. Northern California: Kair today and Monday, except, for mornine fog on the coast. Warmer interior today. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 62: below normal 8. Record high this dale 106 in man. Record low this date 43 in 1060. PRECIPITATION: None. Total this month .01 in., .10 in. below normel. Total since Sept. 1 26.74 in., 7.03 in. above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 27. highest this a.m. 89ri tilth 4:00 24-Yester- a.m. nr. CITV day Low Prec. Brookings 64 46 Klamath Falls nil 40 MEDFORD 79 44 Portland 60 32 41 Seattle . Spokane Yakima 66 S.1 .11 68 52 .16 76 43 Eureka Red Bluf Sacramento . ... San Francisco Los Angeles ..64 .83 81 ... 6i 81 51 58 54 56 61 75 52 62 78 60 68 Phoenix 08 Denver 85 Chicago 68 Miami Beach 80 New York 70 Washington. DC. 87 .10 .10, Sunset today 7:50 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:29 a.m. The Moon sets ... 11:24 p.m. tonight and is in Apogee. PROMINENT STAR Polaris, due north at all times of the day and night, is a second magnitude star that Is about G60 light years from the Earth. THIS ISNT QXF&SSISN! THE TWISTING iiitir . Livinu S SUSPENSE OF... rW BLIAFONTE-ROBERT ACADEMY AWARD WINNER WJmm man, dressed in black, was escorted by a white haired gentleman. Neither would give their name and nobody knew who they were. (UPI) appears lo have been taken up by one or more sincere fans. Other floral offerings ar rived from Valentino fan clubs throughout the world. About 75 persons gathered at the crypt in Hollywood Memorial Park lo hear Gil Lamb, veteran stage and screen actor, deliver a eulogy on behalf of the Masquers Club. Valentino rose to stardom with such pictures as "The Sheik" and "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." He diod in 1926 at the age of 31. Chicago Gangster Found Murdered Chicago - IUPD - The man gled body of a suburban Chi cago man whom police de scribed as a "small potatoes gangster trying to go big" was found Saturday in the back scat of a car parked in a South Side alley. The man, identified as Mario Liberatori, 30, of sub urban Bcrwyn, 111., had been axed, stabbed numerous limes and bcalcn, police said. His hands were tied behind his back. Police said Liberatori's stomach had been split open in what probably was a gang land sign that he was killed because he "spilled" some un derworld information. "He was just a small time car thief trying to go big," one homicide detective said. Police said Liberatori had served a jail sentence of from one to three years for auto theft. He sold used cars and had been in the furniture and tavern businesses, police said. A STOROTS AN n RfAN SHEliEy WINTERS ED BE6LEY-GLORIA GRAHAME FESTIVAL PLAYS Tonight: Windsor." 'Merry Wives of Monday: "Romeo and Juliet." Tuesday: "Loves La bour's Lost." Wednetday: "Henry V." Curtain time is 8:45 p.m. Bus leaves Medford ho tel and Jackson House in Medford at 7:30 p.m. Dinner Meeting - The Busi ness Management association will hold a dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 26, at the Medford hotel. A film, "Manner of Speaking," by Pacific Northwest Bell Tele phone company will be shown. Reservations may be made by calling Mrs. Norma Burroughs al 773-8478. To Canada-Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Blanchard, Hornbrook, Calif., returned home recent ly after being in Ft. Francis, Ontario province, Canada, to attend funeral services for Mrs. Blanchard's father, Vic tor Johnson. Their son, James, visited his sister, Mrs. Phil Hems ted, Redding, Calif., while the Blanchards were gone. His nephew, Gary Hem stcd, accompanied James home for a visit at the Blan chard home. Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard also reported that their fifth grandchild, Wendy Joy, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Blanchard in Sacramen to, Calif., July 31. Meeting Set - The Jackson Teamsters will hold a regular meeting Monday. Aug. 26. at Sambo's restaurant in Med ford. Toastmaster for the meeting will be N. Giles who will introduce topicmaslcr, Hans Hess. Patient Flown-Olin Riley Green, 55, Montgomery Creek, Calif., was flown from Medford to Shasta County hospital Friday by Mercy Flights, ln. Green, who has been hosrJitalized at Rogue Valley hospital, was critically injured in an automobile June 23 near Redding. He is still unconscious, according tn re ports. Green was the 1,613th patient to be flown by the non-profit air ambulance ser vice since it was started. Rummage Sale-Rogue Val ley Senior Girl Scouts, Troop 192, will hold a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, in the Fehl building, 108 No. Ivy St., Med ford, according to Mrs. Ralph Barclay, troop leader. 4 Meeting Scheduled - The Talent-Phoenix Businessman's association will meet al 8 p.m. Monday in the Phoenix Community hall to hear a dis cussion on the potential de velopment of the area. The association urged all business men between Medford and Ashland lo attend the meet ing. Grass Fire-A fire that started in a rubbish heap and extended into grass was re ported to Medford firemen about 3:25 p.m. Thursday. Firemen said boys playing with matches caused the fire at the corner of Jackson and Girard dr. A fence also was damaged. Hit and Bun Charged - Douglas John Sacchi, 240 North Holly St., Medford, was cited by Medford police early Saturday morning for failure to leave information at scene of accident. He is accused of hitting a car driven by Joseph Howard Campbell, Bend, Ore., Friday night at Fourth St. and Riverside ave. Cars Collide - Cars driven by Charles William Riecke Sr., 511 Hamilton St., and Bob by Joe Hackworth, route 4, box 414-D2, collided al the intersection of West Main and Columbus sts., Friday night. Hackworth was cited by Med ford police for disregarding stop sign. Oil Fire - A small oil fire, resulting from a flooded fur nace was reported to Medford Fire department at 3:10 p.m., Saturday at the home of Mar garet Lewis of 612 Catherine st. The fire department re ported minor damage lo the furnace system. 1 Locals DINING ROOM OPEN EVERY DAY 5 P.M. toll P.M. 10 P.M. Sundays FOR BANQUETS and PARTIES Call 535-9710 Talent So "vf ' ifs SETS! gyr ..yK, COMPANY OFFICIALS - Among the many persons in the Rogue Valley to attend the Oregon Shakespearean Festival productions in Ashland last week were several Pacific Power and Light company officials from Portland. Paul B. McKee, right, chairman of the board of directors, is shown in the Medford office of Glenn Jackson, seated, As Cool As a Cucumber Picked From Refrigerator He must have investigated the patch at night, that imagi native individual who first said, "As cool as a cucumber, for later observations just don't bear out his findings. Yet, there would seem to have been some reason for such a statement. Somebody, some where, some time, either goofed or was just plain reck less with the trutn. Since then, there probably have been many folks that have made observations in the field or the garden and dis covered the error. They have found there is little real truth to the saying unless reserva tions are made which would tend to cancel out the whole business. Take a field, or a garden where cucumbers are gowing, plump and green under the summer sun. These vegetables must have summer sun or at least a fair degree of warmth, not a single one will be "as cool as;" in fact, they will be pretty warm, even those hid ing under the partial snaae of the leaves. Those in the di rect sunlight will be actually hot. So someone with a flair for realism will say, "Sure they are cool, lake one out of the refrigerator and feel how nice and cool it is." This certainly was not the incentive that prompted the saying. A milk bottle under similar circum stances would be just as cool and we have never heard any one say, "As cool as a milk botllc." So we must assume the guy that coined the ex pression must have picked the cucumber right off the vine. And he sure was wrong. Still Exists Yet the saying exists, even among folks who never saw a cucumber except in a groc ery store or cut up in a salad. To find out how very familiar the expression really is, walk up lo anyone above the age of 10 years and say, "As cool as" and they will immediate ly fill in the last of the sen tence "a cucumber." j This popular fruit (and it is classed as a fruit as well as a vegetable) is a rather inter esting member of the garden family with some peculiar characteristics. It even has been the basis of some silly superstitions and cockeyed be liefs. There were some misin formed folks, a few decades ago, who believed the cucum ber should be allowed lo soak overnight in salt water to re move the poison they had heard was present in the fruit. Equally silly was the other school that maintained all the green of the rind must be removed before the 'cuke' was eaten; they thought the green held some sort of poi son. Just how or why these ri diculous beliefs were gener ated has never been explain ed. It is however somewhat FOR THE FINEST IN DINING! Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. WATKINS (Register end Tribune , Syndicate. '.963) surprising that there are still a few people that slill believe. Some Are True There are, however, some peculiar cucumber habits and characteristics that are true, yet rather strange. For one, if cucumbers are left on the vine until they become yel low, which indicates ripeness, the vine will stop producing cucumbers. Yet, if the 'cukes' are picked regularly before OPEN 7:30 - pmsi ROCK HUDSON BURL IVES- ROWLANDS in UHmtn COLOK NOW IT'S VERY, VERY FUNNEEE! She's hoping tfeS wshingr He's ready ; $he& mfJnff... i ROSS HUNTER-ARWIN rw&mA , $4 K DORIS DAY'4 invite ARLENE FRANCIS EVERY SUNDAY, AUGUST vice chairman of the board. With them are Frank Bash, left, vice president and Copco division manager; and Paul Murphy, Port land, member of the board of directors. The Portland men and their wives spent several days in the valley touring various points of interest in addition to attending the plays. any of Ihem turn yellow, a healthy v' will keep right on producing, until about 100 are formed. Cucumbers are only edible when they are green and im mature. Bees pollinate the blossoms of the cucumber plants. Without the aid of the insects, a condition that exists in hothouses, hand pollination is resorted to. The cucumber came from southern Asia In the first place, but since has been crossed and improved by plant scientists. Another pe culiar thing about a cucumber is the odor which is individ ual and hard to describe. Anyway, we will have to ride along with the old ex pression as it is much too late to be truthful about it by saying, "It's NOT as cool as a cucumber isn't." SHOW AT 8:30 now THE MOST i UFFABIE SJ CHARACTER i f JP you to watch Them share . TheTHril! OP MATINEES DAY AT 2:00 25. 1483 A ,7 I Sing's Son Has Marriage Problem Hollywood - IUPD - Dennis Crosby became the third of Bing Crosby's adult sons to encounter matrimonial diffi culty, when it was disclosed Saturday his former showgirl wife has hired an attorney to file for divorce. Mrs. Pat Sheehan Crosby, 31, consulted attorney Arthur Groman, who confirmed his client intended to seek a di vorce to end her five-year marriage with Dennis. The Dennis Crosbys h a v been living apart for about a week, according to friends. "We still hope to work things out," Mrs. Crosby was quoted Saturday as saying, adding that she was "sorry this had to happen. Dennis is a sweet person." Dennis' twin - Philip - was sued for divorce June 14 at Santa Monica. Another broth er, Lindsay, was divorced last year. The oldest of Bing's four grown sons by the late Dexia Crosby, Gary, remains wed to his first wife. Silent Film Actor Dies in California Woodland Hills, Calif. -OJPIU James Kirkwood, star of si lent motion pictures and for mer husband of the late Lila Lee, died Saturday night. He was 87. Death came to the actor at the Motion Picture Country house and hospital here, where attendants said Kirk wood had been a patient sines April. IT'S A H7H335 I JAMBOREE! V flCUB OPEN 1:45 1 1 1 ' I funnier! UL flj JAMES GARNER f j A IT I t' P.M. AH 7 ( )