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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOR0, OREGON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1963 Tuesday Deadline For Nominations TALENT Tuesday is the deadline for nomination wli- tions in the Talent Rural Fire Protection , District election here. The election is set for Mon day, Dec, 2. District Board Chairman Ed Heim said petitions may be picked up at the fire hall or the Talent Feed Store. Thev must be signed by 15 regist ered voters in order to nomin ate the candidate. The scat up for election is now neltl by Lee Quinn. He has filed for re-election and so far is the only candidate. Heim also announced that the board will hold a special meet ing Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the fire station on U. S. 99 at Valley View Road. ' The purpose of the meeting is to show members of the fire department how to drive the new fire trucks. The two new trucks which the district ordered early in 1963 have finally arrived. WRESTLING Medford Armory Thanksgiving Night NOV. 28-8:30 P.M. HAYSTACK CALHOUN jnd ABE JACOBS vs. SOIDAT DON GORKY Ot DUFFY piui ; ' MIDGETS Sky Low Low Billy th Kid and Vi. and Irish Jackie Tiny Tim Plus KOZAK Vs. BARRETT Ringiida $2.00 General 1.50 Children (under 12) 75c Tickets at BARKER'S Main and Central Local and Personal Gun Stolen A .22 caliber revolver was reported stolen Thursday afternoon from Sears, Roebuck and Company, 501 E. Jackson St.. JoseDh Francis Sanford, manager, notified city ponce, ine revolver was val ued at $41.95. Building Permits Building permits nave been Issued to Vernon Rasmussen to erect two $5,000 residences at 1516 and 1512 Kenyon St. Also issued was a permit to Humble Oil and Re fining Company to erect a sign valued at $1,500 at 951 Barnett Road. e RUMMAGE SALE - The Mothers of Twins Club will hold a rummage sale and baked foods sale Tuesday, Nov. 26, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Fehl building, ' Medford. Any one wishing to donate rummage or furniture may call Mrs. Mar tin Spielbusch at 772-2548. Closet Fire Firemen were summoned to a fire at 2630 Ten nessee Drive about 11 a.m. Fri day. They reported a closet fire under control a short time later. A flue fire call was received at 9:45 a.m. from the home of Jessee B. Wagner, 112 Cottage St. . Daughter Born News has been received of the birth of a daughter, Teresa Marie, to Mr. and Mrs. Don Moorman, Yuma, Ariz. Mrs. Moorman is the for mer Jennie Green, known here as a singer and entertainer at Rogue Valley Country Club. M Daughter Dies '-- George W. Atkins and family went to Fort land last week due to the sud den illness and death of his youngest daughter, Mary L. Smith, Tigard, Ore. Dinner postponed The Sams Valley Grange dinner, sched uled for today at the Grange hall, has been postponed until Sunday, Dec. 15, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Conference Postponed The conference on dangerous drugs announced for Monday, Nov. 25, in Grants Pass for the benefit of area law enforcement offi cers, has been postponed until Tuesday, Nov. 26, at S p.m., the Medford Police Department was notified Saturday. Smoke Investigation Med ford firemen were called at 7:11 p.m. Friday to investigate a re port of smoke in a house owned by E. M. Christie at 16 Flor ence Ave. They found the smoke had been caused by a backfire in the furnace. There was no damage. Trash Fire A cigarette- caused trash fire behind Gage Electric Motor Company, 112 N. Front St., at 6:40 p.m. Sat urday damaged insulation on lead-in wires, crached the glass in a window and blistered paint. Medford firemen controlled the fire and summoned Pacific Power and Light Company crews to take care of the wir ing. Meetings Suspended All ac tivities of the Veterans of For eign Wars and Auxiliary in Dis trict 7, comprising Jackson, Jo sephine and Curry Counties, have been suspended until after the funeral Monday of the late President, according to Dr. Car roll W. Dewey, Grants Pass, district commander. Roundtable Cancelled The Chamber of Commerce Round table has cancelled its Monday noon luncheon due to the death of President John F. Kennedy. The announcement was made by Roundtable Chairman Robert Balk. Cancel Meeting The Med ford Toastmasters will not meet Monday evening, it was announced yesterday. The din ner session was cancelled be cause of the day of mourning for the late President Kennedy. Concert Scheduled The Eugene appearance Monday evening of the Royal Philhar monic Orchestra under the aus pices of the Civic Music Associ ation, will be Held as scheduled, association officials said Satur day. A chartered bus will leave Medford Monday afternoon for Eugene to attend the concert. I r ' v 43. Low tonlihl 30. western oreion: Partly sunny today, lncreasine cloudiness to night and mostly cloudy late to- nnht and Monday. A little . rain alonf the north coast late today. Occasional rain tonight and Mon day over the northern portion. Little temperature change. High both days 48-56. Low tonight 38 46. except 32-36 in south interior. nortnern California: partly cloudy today, except a few show ers In the Sierras and extreme southern San Joaquin Valley. Snow level 4,000 leet In Nothern Sier ras to 6.000 feet over southern ranges. Mostly fair Monday, Warm- in mi nuiiit mummy. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURES; Man vt. day 43: below normal 3. Kecoro nign tnis date m in inso. Itrcord low this date 19 In 1933. PRECIPITATION: 34 hnr. In midnight .88 in. Total this month 5.31 In., 337 In. above normal. Total since 5m 1 a an In . 9 sn In. above normal. HUMDITY: Imunl vmI.h.v Tl'i. LEAD PRISONERS Soldiers and municipal police lead prisoners into patrol truck after fighting in the El Guarataro district in Ca racas, Venezuela, Tuesday. Pro-Castro ter orists launched an all-out break of violence . in an apparent attempt to force the country into a general strike, but by Wednesday gov ernment forces appeared in control of the situation. At least 14 died in the uprising. (UPI) Two Injured In Vehicle Accident Two persons received slight injuries and one motorist was cited for failure to yield right-of-way as the result of a two car collision at Fifth and Ivy Streets Saturday. The collision, at 3:45 p.m., involved cars driven by Roy Earnest Wohlford of Eagle Point and Gary Eldon Bran son, 108 Washington St., Med ford. Branson was cited by Med ford police after the accident. Wohlford received an injury to his back, and Eldon Francis Branson, a passenger in tne Branson car, hurt his knee, po lice said. Neither injury re quired hospital treatment, At 4:28 p.m .aaiuraay, were was another accident at ine same intersection. No one was injured or cited, however. The drivers involved were R o s c o e Lewellyn Larson of Prospect, superintendent of the Prospect School District, and George John Miller of 621 S. Ivy St., Medford. OBITUARIES FRANK J. PATTERSON . Services for Frank J. Patter son, 79, formerly of 949 Dakota Ave., who died Friday in Bend, will be held in the Conger-Morris Chapel at 1:30 p. m. Monday, with the Rev. Harvey C. Coo vert, Zion Lutheran Church, of ficiating. Private committal will be in the Eastwood Oddfellows Cemetery. Mr. Patterson was born in Crawford County, Wisconsin, July 8, 1884, and had made his home here for the past 30 years. Here, in 1935, he was married to Daisy C. Schollars, who pre ceded him in death in 1959. Surviving is his daughter, Mrs. Viola (Frank) Nelson, a granddaughter. Mrs. Irene (D. E.) Tyler, of Bend, and three great granddaughters. SjPJfrJm 10'50 ' M' I Eg "THEY TREATED BEAUTIFUL WOMEN I &i. I IB AS IF THFV WFRF FART PAPS .. LjC W ' l jj .....ROUGHI" WK DAMON -WILLIAM CAMPBELL-LUANA ANDERS Tut wtMHtnoML putgihl ACTUALLY FILUE0 AT THE GRAND PRK TRACKS Of THE WORLD! PLUS 2ND THRILL-PACKED SPY STORY AT 9 P.M. liiS&jr-ANDREWS 3 Women Inmates Recaptured After Hitting Barricade ALDERSON. W. Va. (UPI) i various injuries In the wreck Three young, mentally disturbed women fled the Federal Wom en's Reformatory here with a hostage in a stolen car Satur day but were captured when they rammed into a police bar ricade several miles away. Warden Gladys Bowman identified the escapees as Nona Mae Shelton, 19, of Indianapolis, Ind.; Betty Joe Hansen, 26, Portsmouth, N. H.; and Mary Katherin Dortch, 20, of Russell ville, Ark. Miss Shelton is serving con current four-year sentences for participation in a bank bur glary; Miss Hansen, a five-year term for bank robbery; and Miss Dortch a six-months-to-two-year term for interstate transportation of a stolen car. The warden said the young women took Guard Margaret Smith of nearby Lewisburg as a hostage inside one of the prison dormitories. Threatening her, they forced her to get into her car with them and sped away, ramming through the prison's main gate. The Hansen woman was driv ing the car. , When it reached a state police barricade on nearby U. S. 219 about three miles south of Ronceverte, W. Va., the car smashed into a police cruiser blocking the road and the girls were taken into custody. Mrs. Bowman said Mrs. Smith and the girls suffered Mrs. Betty Smith, Sacramento, and Mrs. Ada May Bcrnal, San ta Cruz., Calif.; three brothers, Frank Dits worth, Ashland; Ho bart Ditsworth, Medford, and Stewart Ditsworth, Jacksonville; and five sisters, Mrs. Ada East, Medford; Mrs. May Richardson, Ashland; Mrs. Florence Hes- cock, Hoopa, Calif.; Mrs. Ora Yerkes, Portland, and Mrs. Hazel Vaughan, Roseburg, and 14 grandchildren. EVEniiTT M. SCHMELZER ASHLA.ND Memorial serv ices for Everett Marion Schmel- zer, 37, of Talent, who died Wednesday, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, in the Memory Gardens Chapel in Medford under direction of Lit- wilier Funeral Home. and were being treated at hos pltals. One was believed to have broken hand and another a man, Salinas, Calif.; Mrs. Mar- broken ankle. garet Peterson, seima, Lam. MRS. IDA HEBRARD Mrs. Ida Hebrard. former Jackson County resident, died Friday in San Jose, Calif. Mrs. Hebrard was born at Eagle Point as Ida Ditsworth March 23, 1883. tne was mar ried in Medford Dec. 24, 1911, to Charles Hebrard, who pre ceded her in death. She was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral services will be held in Salinas, Calif., at 11 am Monday, Nov. 25. Mrs. Hebrard is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Freda Lowe and Mrs. Isabelle Cole- Weather FORECASTS Wed ford ind vicinity; Periods of rain and occasionally guity winds, with iomc brief Deriods of partial clearing today. Rain idav morninc. Hiah todav 40- Hih Monday Plumbing Store Swept By Fire A 9 Considerable heat and smoke damage was reported at Don's Plumbing and Coating, 1902 Crater Lake Highway, after fire swept through part of the building Saturday evening. Medford firemen were sum moned at 6:03 p.m., and when they arrived the south end of the building was completely In flames. The fire burned through about half of the attic, firemen , said. The building, owned by ; Don Kahl, was about 85 feet long. . The fire apparently started In an office. Cause was unknown. Firemen stayed at the scene . for two hours. ... High 4:00 24 CITV inter, a.m hr. dav I.nw nri. Brookings 56 48 .77 Mimiin rails ... 41 33 ,ia MEDFORD - 48 41 .88 Portland 32 47 .26 .42 .13 Tr. .40' 1.34 .67 .80 Seattle , Spokane . YaKima . ...47 ...58 Eureka 3ft Red Bluff 48 Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles Phoenix : Denver Chicaco Miami Beach New York Washington, D.c. .54 ..60 ..6n ..70 ..61 .38 .71) .65 65 43 34 35 54 42 45 52 30 42 27 .13 74 58 ' 30 CARL SMITH ASHLAND Funeral serv ices for Carl (Buck) Smith, who died in an industrial accident in Eureka, Calif., Nov. 20, will be held in Mountain View Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. Monday under direction of the Litwiller Funer al Home. The Rev. E. E. Craw ford will officiate at the grave side services. Mr. Smith, who was born in Altus, Okla., June 14, 1930, came to Ashland from New Mexico In 1940. He was married to Doro thy Ellen Key. He had been working for the Park Loading Corporation in Eureka for eight years ana was dismantling building when he fell from the scaffolding and was killed. Sunset today 4:43 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:14 a.m. Moonsct tomorrow 13:31 a.m. Full Moon Nov. 30 PROMINENT STARS Fomalhaut, helow th Moon. Altalr, low In west 0:06 pm. Sirius. in southeast at innonset. Regulus, rises 11:35 p.m. Three Killed In Airplane Crash CHERRY CREEK. N. Y., (UPI) Two women and a man were- killed Saturday when their single engine plane crashed in woods on a farm in this Chautauqua County town. Sheriff's deputies identified the dead as Mrs. Esther Dodds, 56, of New Galilee, Pa., her son, James Dodds, the pilot, of Pal estine, Ohio, and Mrs. Bernice Wagner, 57. of (850 Jackson St.) Dunkirk, N.Y., - deputies said the plane was bound from Dun kirk to Beaver Falls, Pa. They said Dodds was in his 30s. 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Chains were required on parts of Ore gon 66 east of the Greensprings. Chains also were required at one point Saturday on U.S. 99 in the Mt. Shasta area, but at last report Saturday night mo torists were going tnrougn witn- out them. 14 MltfDM ... will have a wonderful Thanksgiving Dinner ready for YOU and your family nextThursday, starting 3:00 p.m. Children's serving Vi price. Phone 664-2513 for reservations.' NOW OPEN! FOR BANQUETS and PRIVATE PARTIES! Mon 0 Desir's beautiful NEW ALBA ROOM named in honor of Med ford's sister city in 'Italy. Julie Tummers' wonderful foods in a new setting! The Diamond Lake cutoff, where it was snowing, had 22 to 24 inches of snow on the high way. Nine inches of snow had fallen at Crater Lake by mid day Saturday with 36 inches of snow at the roadside. Roads to the south and west of the park were reported open as was the highway from Annie Springs to the park headquarters. The north entrance to the park has been closed. 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