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Local and To Attend Conference C. E. Chamberlain, 3130 Old Stage Road, will attend a three - day sales conference in Phoenix, Ariz., sponsored by Western Life Insurance Company. The sales meeting starts Dec. 1 at the Camelback Inn. Chamberlain was one of the 107 Western Life agents from coast to coast who qualified for the conference on the basis of 12 months' sales results. AsMicialion Tn Meet A dis cussion of a pot luck dinner and possible change in the meeting night will be discussed when Crater Lake Branch 188, Fleet Reserve Association meets at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, in the Jackson County Courthouse auditorium. .Monday Meeting The Med ford Toastmasters will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2,' at the Colony. Speakers will be Larry M. Connell and Ren Tay lor. Toastmasters .Meeting The Jackson Toastmasters will meet at 6:30 a.m. Monday at Sambo's Restaurant. Speakers will be Ed Hass, Ray Lccson and Larry Worch. Sleeting Cancelled In ob servance of the period of mourn ing for the late President John V. Kennedy the regular meeting of the Jackson County Demo cratic Central Committee sched uled Tuesday, Dec. 3, has been cancelled, according to Charles V. Crary, committee chairman. The next meeting will be Jan. 7. Have daughter Airman First Class and Mrs. Dennis Duggan are the parents of a girl Christi Ann, born Nov. 29 in Santa Maria, Calif. The baby's father, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duggan, Sams Valley, is stationed at Vandenburg Air Force Ease, Calif., and arc making their home in Guada lupe. Retained hy Firm Brian Mullen, of Collins. Reddin and Mullen, Mcdford, has been re tained by West Coast Airlines as legal counsel in this area, Vice President of Industrial Re lations 12. N. Altman, Seattle, 3 HITS! TONITEI JMN PfURS 2ND BIG HIT AT 9 PM PAUL NEWRUH PHILAGELPHIANS 3rd Spectacular at 11 p How could there be a For motliirs only I Iranily si tintMtll fit tlt Symtwlim 11 l,le. hr marriage. her children. rr Happiness. She II cherish ine Mothers Ring forever because .shell know you could S"" " nothing more individual, more per sonal, more s'gnf'-nt- Special occasion or "just be cause", give her the gift ol a million lupoy memories liw Mother s Xing! BLy w.th conlidence ONLY the ' Mother s Ring carries a tag with U.S. Patent S186.18J ... Loos tor it. 51 TOO LJ For Ont Stem S5 for each additional stone fASY CREDIT TtRMS On at 7:15 pin & 12:30 am I m Personal has announced. He will repre sent the company on claims and other transport matters. Eagle Point Fire The Eagle Point Volunteer Fire Depart ment was summoned at 8 p.m. Thursday to control a flue fire at the home of The Rev. Troy Cambron at Sixth and E Streets. Damage was minor. Flue Fire Ashland firemen were called about 8:08 a.m. Sat urday to extinguish a flue (ire at the residence of Adolph Za nallo, 119 Van Ness St. There was no damage, firemen said. Ransacked Hanby School at Gold Hill was broken into some time early Saturday, ac cording to state police. Several rooms were ransacked but noth ing was taken. Officers said en trance was gained to the build ing through a window at the head of a fire escape. Rosellini Urges Nov. 22 Be 'Day 01 National Unity' OLYMP1A (UPI) -Washington Gov. Albert D. Rosellini Fri day urged President Johnson to designate Nov. 22-thc day of the assassination of President Ken nedy as a "day of national unity" each year. Rosellini, who is president of the Council of Stale Govern ments, said he believed the an nual observance of the day of Kennedy's death would "Demet- luate the spiritual and patriotic unity wnicn the people of the nation experienced during t h e days immediately following the assassination." The governor also announced he would urge the Board of Managers of the council to go on record in opposition to three proposed amendments to the federal Constitution which Ros ellini said were backed by the "extreme right wing." Rosellini will preside over the board's annual two-day meeting Monday and Tuesday in Miami Beach. Ho said he would pre sent the full details of his pro posals at that time. The three proposed amend ments which Rosellini wants the council to oppose would: Give state legislatures the power to amend the federal ; Constitution without action by Congress. Give state courts full and final jurisdiction over the mat ter of determining state legis lative districts. Establish a sort of super su preme court, made up of the chief justices of the supreme courts of the 50 slates, with au thority to overrule decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. FBI Arrests Man Wanted in Medford FBI agents in Denver, Colo., Wednesday arrested a man sought by Medford police since April on a bad check charge. Taken into custody was Christopher Louis Lopez, .16. He was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Lopez told agents he will waive extradition. Lopez allegedly passed a number of bad checks in Med ford earlier this year using the name "Stiner." Medford police issued an all-points bulletin for his arrest April 10. 231 I. Main Ph. 773-6763 'Judge Orders Gun Returned PORTLAND (UPI) -A judge has ordered a gun used by a Portland man to slay his wife last year returned to the man who carried it in the Boer War. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Virgil Langtry signed the order shortly after receiving a letter from Harry A. Gunn of Cowley, Alberta, Canada. I Langtry himself started the! inquiry while he was presiding I at the trial of Ebb Cleveland, who is now serving a 15-year i prison term lor manslaughter. I He noted that the weapon in- j troduced in evidence bore the markings: H. A. Gunn, C.M.R., Pincher Creek, Alberta. Recalling that a former neigh bor of his in Eugene, Mrs. Ed. Bailey, had come from Pincher Creek. He wrote her a note, and she wrote her sister, who hap pened to be a neighbor of Gunn's. Gunn said he carried the Colt .45 as a member of the Canadi an Mounted Rifles from 1899 to 1901, when the British wrested control of South Africa from the Dutch. "All arms had to be turned back to the government at the beginning of World War I," Gunn said, in explaining his loss of the weapon. Cleveland had told of buying it in Los An geles. Rare Type Blood Rushed To Albany ALBANY (UPI) - Portland and state police rushed a rare type of blood to Albany Gener al Hospital late Friday for a 78-year-old man who was struck by a car while crossing Pacific Highway. The man, J. Oscar Larson, remained in "very critical" con dition Saturday following sur gery. He received two pints of the rare "AB" blood rushed from the Portland Red Cross Friday night. He was to receive more Saturday. His wife, Clara, 73. also was struck by the vehicle. She suf fered mostly bruises and was in good condition. Officers in Portland picked up the blood for the mercy run aft er a quick phone call from Al bany. They transforcd it to a state police car south of Port land. It was relayed to a car at Aurora and another at Salem. Police said the couple was struck by a car driven by Bob bv Dean Johnson, 17, Albany, who was cited for failure, to yield right of way to a pedestrr an. Weather FORECASTS Medford mid vicinity: Kocgy and cold with partial afternoon clear, inc lodav and Monday. Fair and mild above thr log and in the Ai-hland area. Hmh holh dvs near 3. in the foe and SO to j.i above the fog. Low tonlijht 23 to 23. Western Oregon: Nnjht and morning fog in the valleys, with p-iUlies of fnc alone the coast. Hich both davs in the interior valleva will be 34 In 4t. and 4 1 to M elsewhere Low tonirht 24 to 34. except 34 to 40 alone the coast Northern California: Mostly fair today and Monday, but persistant foe in the central vallev most or the time. Little chance In tem perature. I.Of.M. DATA TEMPER ATUnE : Mean yesterday 30: helow normal in neenrd huh this dle 113 in lnV Keeoid low tills date I.', in HI3li. PrtKCtPITATION: 24 hours to midninht. none Total thi month 3 2.1 -tn., 2 r,3 in above normal. Total since Sept. 1 li.2 In.. 178 in above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday Inrr., highest Saturday am inn. Illch 4 110 '.M- CITY Venter- a in. nr. (Iiv Lou I'rcc. Brookincs ft- 111 Klamath Falls 4h 21 MEDFORD 34 t Portland 47 2ti Seattle 43 2R Spokane 3R 2H Yakima - 41 Id Eureka ." i 4. Red Bluf 47 3.-, Tr. Sacramento 4 40 Tr. San Francisco r,t 47 I .os Angeles ft n 1 Phoenix 72 .,2 Denver ti'i II Chicaco 37 30 Tr. Miami Beach :7 .vt New York mi : .117 Washington. DC. 43 37 63 Sunset today 4 4(1 p in Sunrise tomorrow 7 21 a in Moonrise tonlKht 5 43 p m Last Quarter lice 7 Our next Full Moon, on Decem ber 30. will be totally eclipsed lor tnnrr than an hour and this eclipse will hp visible throughout North America. RESTAURANT ValStW 1206 N' Rive"ido OiraV Gtorgt for ,V 'r'va,e Par''os fJSr Christmas Parties ! trA tSw"? SHi. I Private Special W yf i JkrL vWt M If Menut fff. MEDFORD OBITUARIES DR. G. A. GITZEN Dr. G. A. Gitzen, veterinarian, 69, of 1332 E. Main St., Medford, died early Saturday morning in a local hospital. Funeral ar rangements will be announced later by Perl Funeral Home. MAUD MAY STICKEL Funeral services for Maud M. Stickel, 97, of 201 S. Holly St., Medford, who died Friday morning will be at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at Perl Funeral Home. The Rev. Robert Bridge will officiate. Interment will be in the family plot at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rock Point. The Olive Rcbekal; Lodge will par ticipate at the graveside. Maud Stickel was born Sept. 22, 1866, near Mansfield, Penn. She moved with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Judson H. Smith to Nebraska in 1882. W h i 1 e in Nebraska on May 4, 1886 she was married to George Valin tine Stickel. In 1894, Mr. and Mrs. Stickel came to Medford, moving to Gold Hill in 1900, where Mr. Stickel passed away Jan. 27, 1915. Mrs. Stickel re turned to Medford in 1916 and had lived at her home at 201 S. Holly St. since 1922. She became a member of Amthyst Rebakah Lodge No. 97 in 1900 and transferred to Olive Rebakah Lodge Nov. 28, 1918. Survivors include one brother, Fred Smith, who lives in the East; a neice, Gwen Stickel Davis, Medford; a nephew, George B. Stickel, Sonoma, Calif.; and two great nephews. Vernon Hay Stickel, Talent, and Max Stickel Marvin, Klamath Falls. Honorary Bearers will be members of Olive and Am- thyst Rebekah Lodges. Casket Bearers will be from Medford and Gold Hill I.O.O.F. Lodges. CHARLES II. SOLOMON Funeral services for Charles II. Solomon, 66, of V. A. Domi ciliary Camp White, who died Wednesday, will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Chapel at Camp White. Chaplain John Frazee will officiate. Interment will be in the Veterans Cemetery at Eagle Point. Funeral ar rangements arc under the direc tion of Perl Funeral Home. Mr. Solomon was born July 17, 11198 in Missouri. He served in WW I, entering service at Spokane, Wash., June 4. 1918, and was honorably discharged at Camp Lewis, Wash., Decem ber 26, 1918. Mr. Solomon has been in the Rogue Valley the past three months coming from Spokane. Survivors include two daugh ters, Miss Marilyn Solomon Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Rosalyn Smith, Marictte, da.; one broth er, Clarence Solomon, Spokane, Wash. GUEULA STRAUS Services for Mrs. Gueula Geraldine Straus, Sams Valley, who died in a local hospital Fri day evening, will be held in the Conger-Morris Chapel at 2:30 p. m. Monday with the Rev. Frederick Ross Evans, First Christian Church, officiating. Committal will be in the Siski you Memorial Park. Mrs. Straus was born July 17. 1913 in Medford, a daughter of John and Josic Grantham, and had lived her entire life in this community. On November 6, 1112!), in Roseburg, she was mar ried to Frank Straus, who sur vives. Also surviving is a son, Don ald Straus, Medford; a daugh ter, Mrs. Patricia Campbell, Oceanside, Calif.; her father, John Grantham; two sisters. Mrs. Jewel Babb. Medford, and Mrs. Jeanne Mclnlyre. Scbasta pool. Calif.: two brothers, Law rence Grantham, Fresno, Calif., and Earl Grantham, Medford; and one granddaughter. She was a member of the First Christian Church, Med ford, the Lady Elks, and the Sams Valley Grange. A sister, Karen Zylstra, pre ceded her in death in 1962. i). v. .iihin.son Services for Mr. "Si" Derondo V. Johnson, Rt. 1, Box 275 Eagle Point, who died at his home on Thursday morning, will bo held in the Conger-Morris Chapel at 11 a.m. Monday. Committal will be in the llillcrcst Memorial Park. Bulltttl Mcdford's Finest & LOUNGE Phone 773-5474 Rciervttiens w MAIL TRIBUNE. MLDFORI). MRS. HAZEL M. HALE Funeral services for Mrs. Ha zel Marie Hale, 1200 Mira Mar Ave., Medford, Ore., who died Friday evening at home, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in the Chapel in the Trees Mor tuary in Siskivou Memorial Park. Dr. D. Kirkland West of the First Presbyterian Church of Medford. will officiate, Pri vate cremation services will fol low in Siskiyou Memorial Cre matorium. Mrs. Hale was born Aug. 2, 1899 in Missouri. On Dec. 24, 1922, in Bakcrsficld, Calif., she was married tn Richard Paul Hale, who survives The family have been residents of Medford since June, 1961. Survivors besides her husband include one son. Paul Eugene Hale, Overland Park, Kansas; three brothers, L. W. Kaiser, Memphis, Tenn., Paul Kaiser, Poplar Bluff, Mo., a.id Olen N. Kaiser, Paradise, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Ruth May, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and two grand children. Siskiyou Funeral Service di rectors of Chapel in the Trees mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. MRS. DELIA LA.N'GLEY Mrs. Delia Langlcy, 522 Park Avenue, Medford, Ore, died Sat urday morning in a local con valescent home. Siskiyou Funer al Service directors of Chapel in the Trees mortuary are in charge of funeral arrangements. FRANK L. BLEW Frank L. Blew, 619 N. Central Ave., Medford, died Saturday in a local hospital. Funeral serv ices will be held at 1 p.m. Tues day in the Conger-Morris down town chapel. CERENE C. BAKER Funeral services for Mrs. Ce rene C. Baker, of 1214 W. Main St., who died Thursday, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in Con ger - Morris Chapel. The Rev. Harold Sanner of the First Church of the Nazarene will officiate. Committal will be in Memory Gardens Memorial Park. Mrs. Baker was horn Aim. 27, 1905, in Bristol, New Bruns- wick. Canada, and had lived in Medford since l'r.Hi. She was married Sept. 7, 1930. in New Haven, Conn., to Roy Baker, who survives. Other survivors include a son. Frederick J. Baker, Klamath Falls; three brothers, Simon Giberson, Harland, New Bruns wick; Frank Giberson, Maple ton, Maine; and Donald Giber son, Centcrville, New Bruns wick; eight sisters, Mrs. Ruby Avery, Medford, Mrs. Vern'a Donaldson, Mrs. Bessie (John) Roston, Mrs. Millie (Frank) Downey, and Mrs. Grace Glow ka, all of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Vera I Dean) Shaw, Har land, New Brunswick; Mrs. Amy (Daniel) Butler, Framing ham. Mass; and Mrs. Ross lAdctinglon) Giberson, Nashua, N.H.: and three grandchildren. Casket bearers will include Robert Bradford, Henry Mil ton, William Childrolh, Merle North, Ernest Tarr. Earl Lock ard and Milo Harding. DONALD HOBY The remains of Donald Robv. 13211 Blllltlv St.. Who rlrnunAH while fishinq in the Smith Itiv er Wednesday, will be returned from Crescent city f o r serv ices and interment. Conner-Morris, funeral rlirpr- tors, are in charge of arrange ments. SURfiKRV I'LANM.'D WONDKfl - Word has been received by Mrs. John Jacobs that her father. Tialph Gross, will enter a Eureka, Calif., hospital shortly to undergo sur gery. r ft' Bring your family and tickati available at the awarded It indicated ST jyi'ir, w k wilt nri -innr vitwn ii;V.v 'vs OREtiON Position Of AMA On Medicare Explained In Talk PORTLAND (UP!) - The as sistant executive vice president of the American Medical Asso ciation, Dr. Ernest B. Howard, told the City Club here Friday the AMA docs not object to stepped-up medical care for the aged, but to the medicare sys tem through Social Security'. Dr. Howard said the federal government should step in to aid those who need old-age as sistance, but it should also al low people who do not need it to take care of themselves. "We want a society in which the freedom of the individual is maximized, while at the same time his welfare is provided for," the speaker said. ''Doctors are concerned about what ef fect the bills Congress passes will have upon the care which they render. He said that doctors would have no objection to a svstem which would permit individuals to contribute during their work ing years to provide for health care, when they retire, as long as the system is voluntary. Dr. Howard is in Portland for the five-day AMA national convention which starts Sunday. Multnomah Grand Jury Criticizes Sheriff Officers PORTLAND (UPI) - The Multnomah County Grand Jury Friday described the operation of county sheriff's patrol cars as "appalling." The November panel said in its end-of-term report that jury members witnessed a sheriff's patrol car run a red light and saw two other violations. "We. the Grand Jury, feel immediate steps should be taken to correct this flagrant violation of county and state vehicle laws." the report said. Underslieriff Sam Chapman said an immediate investigation would be made. The Grand Jury asked for a reappraisal nt the fire safety situation at the County Nursing Homo because of a recent rash of lalal nursing home fires in the nation. The jury also said supervisory personnel at the Portland City Jail were "very lax" in their housekeeping functions, b u t otherwise praised city and coun ty law enforcement agencies and their institutions. Central Point Youlh Injured In Accident A 15-year-old Central Point youlh, August John Madeiras Jr., lit. 2 Box 5B7M, was injured Saturday afternoon when a cor driven by his father crashed into a power pole at the inter section of Oregon 62 and Ore gon 234, according to state po lice. The hoy was admitted to llogtie Valley hospital, where his condition was described as good late Saturday. Police said his father, August' John Madeiras, headed cast on Highway 2.14, apparently drove his car through the inter section, hit a dirt bank nn the side of Highway 62, struck a power pole, finally coming to rest on its lop. The mishap oc curred about 12:10 p. m. J. . tuisti- eta onjoy this pleasant musical afternoon. Complimentary door at lima of concert. Thora will ba a Frea Prin on ticket. Medford Man Held For Larceny Dennis La Verne Samples, 20, of 3492 Bursell Road, Medford, was arrested Friday afternoon by Medford police and lodged in the Jackson County jail on charges of larceny from a store. Samples is accused of taking $245 from cash registers in Mann's store, 14 North Central Avenue, after closing time, Wednesday, Nov 27 and on Nov. 7. Samples admitted the thefts in signed statements, police said. Samples said he hid in the store until after it was closed, then rifled the cash registers when the janitor was in another part of the store. First Limestone Shipment Unloaded PORTLAND (UPI) -The first shipment of British Columbia limestone was unloaded Friday at Ash Grove Lime and Cement Company's new plant hero. T h e limestone will be proc essed into high calcium quick lime and hydrated lime. OPERETTA WEDNESDAY laTt THE flLH. OCOUTCi NELSON EDDY RiSI STIVIMS. ORGAN RECITAL On Our Stage In Person STARTING AT 7:15 Sponsored by Music Center BOX OFFICE OPEN 6:15 P.M. !9W NITE H I ni m m u irvi rwa. mmm m -t , r nn im r -- j-sagadP L iim i n I MM! . WQr- 35 A motion picture sS anew 5 & V. ' 111? & & TiVIi. , NOW i jm SUNDAY, DiXtMBLK Cab Driver Asks Arlington Burial SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -Frank J. Shields, a retired cab driver who died of a heart con dition recently, left a note among his effects requesting that he be buried in Arlington j National Cemetery, "I am entitled to it," the note said. According to the Veterans -Administration, Shields prob-1 ably was one of the youngest i Americans to serve in World : War I. j He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Jan. 3, 1903, and lied about his age to enlist in the Army at the age of 14 when the ! United Sates entered World! War 1 in 1917. ; Shields was felled in France in a mustard gas attack, won i the Purple Heart, and was dis charged honorably in 1919. He; returned to the service during1 NOW! - At Regular MARLON BRANDO TREVOR HOWARD it Cir'n" Bi'lh RICHARD HARRIS i lohn Milli AN WRON flOStKBFRG PfiOOUCTIOH .fa,.... Exciting ill I SUNDAY, DEC. 1st, at 2:30 P.M. You Are Invited At Guetlt of Puruckor Music House to Attond a Concert by Two of America's Finest Organists, SHAY TORRENT AXEL ALEXANDER At The HOLLY THEATRE Shaiy Torrent is a Compoter, Conductor, T V. Artist and Recording Stir for Mtrcury Records. Aiel Alexander is grjdut of the Uni versity of Bfi sUu in Germany and h been Organist, Arranger, and Compoter tor Radio Fnnkturt, Gormany, Recording Artist for all Major German Record Co., and Guctt Star of Lawrtnct Program. Major German Record Companies, and Guest Star on Lawrence Welk Program. You will enjoy tht Victor florge type of humor and bo delighted with th? vxrlrtv ot muiie pMved A ll World War 1942 to 1945. II, serving from JBMjM FRIDAY, DEC. 6 YEAR'S BEST PLAY! ROBERT HARRIS A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS ROBERT DONLEY DICK O'NEILL rind , j JEFF MORROW TICKETS NOW ON SALI HOLLY THEATRE CRATERIAN THEATRE PURUCKER'S S3. 00 $5.50 $4.50 S6.50 Admission Prices! OPEN 1:45 LAUGHS, TEAKS, THRILLS MB a Sao" fr it ft & Duo 1, 1863 feist! hell Ecstasy in the south i siasl 21 JZkr KUCH griTfuh S3" HMO MI """" M; ' " fPp& . wmm Y