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Local and Selling Trees Boy Scout Troop 7 of First Methodist Church will hold their annual sale of Christmas trees at the church, West Main and Laurel Streets, and in the parking lot of West Main Safeway starting Wednesday afternoon. The trees will be sold from 3 to 9 p.m. nightly except Saturday and Sun day. Saturday hours will be all day. t t Christmas Bazaar The Live Oak Grange, Rogue River, will hold a Christmas bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Grange. A variety of gifts, rummage articles and homemade sweets will be for sale. A snack bar will be open throughout the day. Unit To Meet Westside Ex tension Unit will hold a bazaar workshop Thursday. Dec. 5, at the Central Point Presbyterian Church. Luncheon will be pro vided by a committee and in the afternoon a gift exchange will be held. The bazaar is to be held Dec. 13. IIEC To Meet Roxy Ann Home Economics Club will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the home of Mrs. Bruce Mof fatt, 2178 Spring St., Medford. Permits Issued The Med ford building department issued permits yesterday to the Cooley Building, 45 S. Central Ave., to remodel an office at an estimat ed cost of $40,000, and to A. N. Napolitano to erect a residence at 1B81 Delta Waters Road at an approximate cost of $10,000. Flue Fire Medford f i r e men were called at 4:39 p.m. Monday when a flue fire was reported at the residence of Hanns Meier. There was no damage. Births EAGLE To Mr. and Mrs. Charles W., 246 Wincma Way, Medford, Dec. 2, 1963. a girl, 7 pounds, at Rogue Valley Hos pital. 1 mm mmm lit! nf Personal Smoke Investigation A house fire was reported to Medford firemen at 6:07 p.m. Monday, but when they arrived at the scene, 1129 W. Fourth St., they found only a slight odor of smoke. The .pause was found to be burning lint in a vacuum cleaner. Erect Garage The Medford building department issued a permit Monday to Eunice Gray to erect a garage at 1023 W. Ninth St., at an estimated cost of $1,394. Return Home Mr. and Mrs. John Hill, 1830 Roberts Rd and Mr. and Mrs. Lambert John son, 125 Cottage St., have re turned from a week's trip to Las Vegas, Nev., where they attend ed a national Taxi Cab Oper ators convention. Hill is presi dent of the Courtesy - Yellow Cab Company of Medford and Johnson is manager. The group stayed at the Flamingo Hotel, convention headquarters. Enter tainment included the appear ance of the well-known vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald. Annual Bazaar Members of First Presbyterian Church of Phoenix will hold their annual Christmas bazaar Friday, Dec. 6, from noon until 8 p. m. in the church. A turkey dinner will be served from 4:30 to 8 p. m. Gifts of fancy work, Christmas greenery, homemade candies, toys, flowers and plants will be on sale. Talent Fire - The Talent Rural Fire Department was called out at 9:20 p.m. Monday to extinguish a (ire at the home of Ron Wllburn on Hedricks Road in the Talent area. De partment officials blamed wir ing as the cause of the fire. It started in and around the flue. There was some damage to the residence, a recently built home. Ashland Fire A flue fire was reported at the residence of John H. Rogers, 276 Van Ness Ave., Ashland, at 7:50 o'clock this morning. Ashland firemen responded. There was no damage. Actor Troy Donohue To Many Jon. 4 HOLLYWOOD (UPI)-Actress Suzanne Pleshette and actor Troy Donahue will be married Jan. 4. The bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pleshette of New York, announced the plans Monday. Pleshette is a televi sion executive. Miss Pleshette and Donahue, who has a large following among teen-age fans, are under contract to Warner Bros Bonn Names Bridge For John Kennedy BONN, Germany (UPD Bonn's only bridge across the Rhine River was named the John F. Kennedy Bridge in a ceremony Monday night. A plaque bearing the name of the late President was unveiled by U.S. Ambassador George C. McGhee. FORMAL WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4, 1963 to present the largest selection of hardcover books in Southern Oregon. Come in . . . browse . . . and have a with us! 122 MEDFORD, Scout News Cub Scout Pack 6 The regular monthly meeting of Cub Scout Pack 6 was held at the Washington School gymna sium on Nov. 26. Den 3 conducted the flag cere mony and Cubmaster Everett Ballard asked for a 30 second silent prayer in honor of Presi dent Kennedy. After the regular order of business award presentations were made. Johnny Great was graduated from the Webelo Den into the Boy Scouts. A highlight of the evening was the presen tation of Bobcat pins to new boys in the pack by Donald Bry an of the Griffin Creek Pack. Mr. Bryan, in Indian costume of Akela chief, gave the new boys a brief talk on scouting. He was assisted by two boys, Elliot Braaten and Ritchcy Pope, who did an authentic In dian dance before conducting the new boys to the council fire. The new boys are: Scott Studebaker, Stanley Williams, Bill Braaten, Daniel Baumgard ner, Ronnie O'Duane, John Van Horn, Herb Massinger, James Underhlll, John Rouhier, Mark Sybrant, Steve Weldon, Michael Henagin, Kelly Gibson, John Witham, Steven Moore, Robert Makey, Steven Binge, Gary Karvoonen, Robert Ruck and Kenneth Makey. Other award presentations were Merlyn Stratford, wolf badge; Ritchey Pope and Rob ert Lewis, bear badge; Robert Lewis, gold arrow; Scott Bar ker, Terry Shepard, Mike Oli ver, Ronald Morris, Mike Giles, Mike Myers and Robert Riggs, handicraft; Robert Lewis, den ner; Ray Leeson and Riley Gal lop, assistant denner; Danny Snyder, Gene Groleau, John Shafer, Wade Sharp and Mrs. Rollie Pean, den mother, one year pins. New den mothers in the pack this year are: Delores Baum gardner, Pat VanHorn and Ellie Young. New Webelo leader is Lewis Williams. Pack 8 Twenty new Cub Scouts were inducted into Pack 8 this fall. At the Nov. 22 meeting awards were given to: Martin Hooper, gold arrow on bear; Ferrin Kilby, gold arrow on lion; Frankie Arnold, silver arrow on lion; Gary Trammell, Gary Ogi er, and Steven Gary, lion badges; Ray Spencer, silver ar row on lion; John Inkle, silver arrow on bear; Bill Huson and Bruce Shaffer, silver arrow on wolf. - Perfect attendance pins were awarded Bruce Shaffer, Bill Hu son and Steven Gary and two year pins to John Hinkle and Steven Gary. Servicemen RE-ENLISTS Sgt. First Class Kenneth A. Coulter, Ashland, has re-enlisted in the Army Reserve. Brig. Gen. William H. Prentice, Med ford, who initially enlisted Coul ter into the Army Reserves eight years ago, administered the oalh. Coulter is first sergeant of Receiving Company, 104th Divi sion (Training), Medford, and completed his active duty train ing -at Ft. Ord, Calif., in 1956. He is married, with two children. OPENING AFTERNOON EAST MAIN OREGON 772-2201 MEDFORD SUIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Four Accidents Reported in City Dense fog and slick pave ments combined to contribute to four non-Injury vehicle accidents in Medford Monday. Police cited three drivers, according to re ports. Wava Marie Permenter, 23, of 1462 Poplar Drive, was cited for making an improper left turn after her car collided with a ve hicle operated by Michael Wil liam Smith, 19, Jacksonville. The collision occured about 10:05 a.m. on McAndrews Road near the Crater Lake Avenue intersection. Oral George Gravatt, 54, of 11 N. Peach St., was cited for fail ure to yield the right of way aft er her car collided with a ve hicle operated by Janie Frances Ver Leive Kenaston, 20, of 519 King St., about 10:18 a.m. on West Main Street about 112 feet west of the Western Avenue intersection. Virgil Durand Jackson, 36, of 870 Garfield St., was cited for not having a driver's license in his possession after his car col lided with a Southern Pacific switch engine about 10:20 a.m. at the Clark Street railroad crossing. Operator of the switch engine was Milford Lum Lan caster, 43, Ashland. Dick Allen Caster, 28, Central Point, was the operator of a car which struck a vehicle regis teed to Josephine Marie Spini, Mt. Shasta, Calif., about 4:04 p.m. while it was parked at 115 E. Main St. No citation was issued. BLM Shop Buildings At Vale Damaged VALE (UPI) -Damage from a fire that broke out in the paint room of the Bureau of Land Management shop build ings Monday was estimated to day at between $10,000 and $12, 000. Weather FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Valley foe through Wednesday. Chance of brief afternoon clearing at a few location. Variable high cloudiness above the fog. Low tonight 23-30. High Wednesday 30-35. except 90 35 above fog areas. western Oreeon: Fair ton sht and Wednesday, except foggy or cloudy over south interior. Low to- nicht 25-35. except 39-49 on coasi. high Wednesday 40-43 north in terior, 50-55 on coast, 32-38 in fog areas. Northern California: Fair tontgnt and Wednesday, except overcast and foff in central vallcv. and lo cal morning fog in other valleys. Uuie temperature cnanRc. LOCAL DATA. TEMPERATURE: Mean yester dav 20; below normal 1 1 . Record high this date 61 in 1f58. Record low this date 18 In 103fi. PRECIPITATION : 24 hours to midnight none. Midnight to 10 a.m. none. Total this month none, .20 inch below normal.. Total since Sept. 1. fi.01! Inches, 1.5R inch above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday lOCp, highest this a.m. 100. High 4:00 24- CITV Yeiter- a.m. Ilr, day Brookings 37 Crater Lake 55 Grants Pa 3 Howard Prairie .... 30 Klamath Falls . .. 4.1 MEDFORD 31 tjtv Prec. 44 . 24 Portland 43 Seattle 3f Spokane 34 32 1A 24 "47" 3ft an 43 34 43 23 Yakima Eureka M Red Bluff 47 Sacramento 43 San Francisco .... 31 Los Angeles . 7fi Phoenix 74 Denver 37 Chicago " Miami Beach 73 New York n Washington. D. C 44 37 34 paperback and cup of coffee r . if-.. RETIRES FROM BOARD James R. W. Gregg. 88, of 528 Free man Rd., Central Point, is pictured above as he was presented a pin and certificate by Col. John H. Neilson, deputy state director of Selective Service, for his 15 years service on the Jackson County Selective Service board. The certificate had been signed by the late President John F. Kennedy. Gregg has lived in this area since 1912 coming here from Dayton, Ohio. He was a machinist, until his retirement some years ago, and for a number of years operated his own shop, making piston rings which he had invented and held the patent. He also has been employed by the Barnum Machine Shop and Medford Corporation. Upon retirement from work he operated a hay and grain ranch until the later years and still lives in the ranch home. His hobby throughout his lifetime has been collecting and polishing rocks. He has presented his collection to the Jacksonville Museum. Obituaries WILLIAM BLACK William M. Black, 74, of Med ford. died in the Veterans Hos pital at Walla Walla, Wash., Fri day, Nov. 29. He had been re ceiving treatment at the hospi tal for the past two years. Requiem mass was celebrated by the Rev. James Wcstbrook in the chapel ol the veterans Hospital at 9 a.m. Saturday. Interment win be in tne Wil lamette National Cemetery in Portland Wednesday. Mr. Black was born in Sheri dan, Wyo., July 19, 1889. He is survived by his wile, Mrs. Ruin Black, Medford; a naugnicr, Mrs. Joan Kcene, Medford; a son, Kenneth Black, Helena, Mont.; and seven grandchildren. Another son. William M. Black Jr., preceded his lather in death in mi. Mr. Black was a former po lice officer in Medford and a veteran of World War I. He was a member of the Catholic Church. MRS. KATIE HALL AQlIl.AVn ITunrnl srrvlVps for Mrs. Katie Robena Hall, who died Sunday in Ashland will be held from the Ward Funeral Home in Klamnlh Falls, Litwil- lar KlnWnarv in AshlnilH an- nounced this morning. Time of tne luncrai naa not oecn ue termined. FRANK ROY ASHLAND Frank Ellis Roy, 32, of 204 Old Pacific Highway, Ashland, died Monday night in a Medford hospital. A native of California, Mr. Roy was born in Yreka Aug. 24, 1931, ana naa uvea in uic nuguc Valley for 10 years. He was married to Emma Nita Bortolazzo in Weed, Calif., Dec. 5, 1951. He is suvived by his wife and a daughter, LaVcrn Roy, at home; his mother, Mrs. Ella Rov of Days Creek, Ore., three brothers and three sisters: Fir man Roy, Othello, Wash.; Ar thur Roy, Portland: Gershon Roy, Day s Creek: Mrs. Lcma Spiccr, Eugene; Mrs. Martha Black. Walla Walla, Wash., and Mrs. Hazel Goodman, Eugene. Funeral services will be an nounced by Litwiller Funeral Home. NORMAN SCIIWE1KL ASHLAND Norman Joseph Schweikl, 46, died in an Ash land hospital Dec. 3. He was born Oct. 16, 1917, at Park Falls, Wis., and had been a resident of Ashland since 1958. In Milwaukie, Wis., Mr. Schweikl was married in 1943 to Margaret Mathias, who sur vives. He also leaves four chil dren, Mrs. Constance Wycolf, of Ashland, and Victoria, Wayne and Richard Schweikl, at home; his father, Louis Schweikl, in Wisconsin; a brother, Nolan Schweikl, Crescent City, Calif., a sister, Mrs. Carline Langlois, Ashland, and a grandson. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Litwiller Fu neral Home. EAGLES NOMINATIONS of Chaplain and Conductor Thurs., Dec. 5th SCHOOL NEWS Eagle Point High Peggy Johnson, editor: Mari Aguiar, assistant editor Dianne Slcllc, junior' candi date for Homecoming Queen, was crowned queen for 1963 Homecoming during half time ceremonies of the Sacred Heart game with Eagle Point. The junior float "The Good Old Days," won first place. Princess Mari Aguiar rode the senior float which was second place winner. Linda Wcitman was presented as princess on the sophomore float with Bess Ann Williams the feshman prin cess on their float. The Homecoming Dance was held after the game in the multi purpose room with "The Squires," a four-piece combo, providing music. The Chess Club, newly orga nized this year recently for the first time. Officers elected are David Blair, president; Bruce McDowell, vice president: and Linda Robbins, secretary. Floyd Norton, advisor, pointed out that the club would meet every Wednesday activity period in Room 4. Meetings are open to all interested students. October saw (he organization of the new Art Club. Officers elected are Gary Newman, president; Jeanne Brcssie, vice president; and Lharlct Jensen, secretary-treasurer. According lo Wesley Chap men, Art Club adviser, the club is a service club to the school and its organizations as well as to the community. It is also in tended to benefit the members personally, as Ihcy learn from comparing their work and com peting with one another. Mike Charley and Jeff Kccfe returned from a 9-day trip to Kansas City, Mo., where they attended the national convention of the FFA as delegates from the Eagle Point Chapter of the FFA. Floyd Norton, chairman of Ihc Eagle Point High English de partment, has announced that, at the urging of several stu dents, an after-school reading skills class will be offered to interested students. The class wlil be primarily for those who wish to improve reading speed and comprehension. The stu dents will meet in the library from 3:30 to 4 p.m. every day I but Friday. The freshman class elected Its officers recently. They are Willard Walch, president; Rich ard Bartlett, vice president; Jane Scott, sccctary; and Darla Pulley and Gary Childers, PTSA representatives. Tires, Rims Taken From Parked Vehicles Eight tires and rims have been reported stolen Irom Ken nedy's Furniture Store. 1603 N. Riverside Ave., according to Medford police. The missing items, which were valued at $70. were re moved from several parked cars sometime Sunday night, store proprietors said. Hearing on Election Talent Zoned Area A hearing on whether there should be an early election on the south Talent interim zoning was continued last night by the . , , . .. ,. Jackson County Court so it could consider the testimony present - cd. A raised hand vole showed that 18 of the 25 south Talent Deoule present favored hoidinc an election on the zoning ques tion as soon as possible. Jameson D. Selleck, a partner in the Lilhia Drive-In Theater of south Talent, and an Ashland resident, was the only person opposing the election. He said he represented the people op posed lo the election who were unable to attend the meeting in Hie courthouse auditorium. Medford Lawyer Russell Do Foresl, representing those call ing for an election, said peti tions indicated that 45 per cent of the 227 registered voters liv ing in the area favored an early vote. Signatures Verified Of the 184 signatures on the election petitions, 104 were veri fied by the county elections de partment as registered voters and area residents, he said. Fifty - six other signatures were of residents living outside the area, non-registered voters and some signatures could not be read to be verified, he said. Selleck said Donald Grimes, a leader of the area residents opposing the election, polled 58 of the 104 people who had signed the petitions. Thirty - eight were for zoning, 18 were doubt ful and two were against zon ing, Selleck said. This means 65 per cent favor zoning, ;u per cent do nol know and Vli per cent are against zoning, he add ed. County Judge Earl M. Miller Vandals Damage Carr Store Windows Milo Glenn Barnes. 2447 Hap py Valley Drive, told Medford police that vandals had dam aged two windows in his car sometime Monday afternoon while it was parked under the freeway viaduct near Eighth Street. Barnes said the windows were I apparently damaged by B-B guns. Proprietors of Patterson Plumbing Company, 827 W. Jackson St., reported to police ken, apparently with B-B guns, sometime Sunday night, 1 fe 1 f WILD Troy Donahue heads the college basketball team which invades Palm Springs for a period of (un and romance tn ' Palm Springs Weekend" A. 9 r, TflOY DOHAliUE CCNNIE STEVENS H HARDIN STEFANIE POWERS - ROBERT CONRAO 'JACK WESTON JERRY VAK DYKE i V Gamma Zcta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi PRESENTS 2nd Annual FLEA MARKET Ashland Armory SATURDAY, DEC. 7-9:30 am to 9:30 pm GIFTS CHRISTMAS GREENERY ANTIQUES ART BAKED GOODS CANDY WHITE ELEPHANT ITEMS AND MANY SMALL ARTICLES SPECIAL KIDDIE SECTION with Cotton Candy, etc. MUSICAL RECORDINGS (or your entertainment Proceeds to help support Ashland Y.M.C.A. This Adv. Courtesy af Medford Mill Tribune TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 19S3 said six people had notified him yesterday afternoon indicating lne' PPsed the election. (;r;"l' ?'vl,'cd , , ! DcForcst said he South Ta cnl Voters. Associalion whicn ' he represents, as an organiza- 1 tion is not favoring or opposing ! zoning. The group is divided on I (hat issue. "e said. But it does lcel 'hat 'he zoning should be put to an early vote because of serious problems and some in equities. "Whether it is a final ordi nance or not, south Talent res idents are living under it and it does have an immediate ef fect," he said. The county judge had ex plained that the interim ordi nance was established follow ing a public hearing of the area residents, a number of whom had petitioned for the zoning. it expires Nov. 1, 1964. A public hearing will be held before Nov. 1 when a compre hensive development plan for the zoned area will be present ed. George Brenner, Jackson County planning director, ex plained the plan will show prop er location of commercial, in dustrial and residential areas within the south Talent area. After the County Court has as certained the feeling of the peo ple of the area, the County Court decides whether to re establish the zoning or allow it lo expire. Would Not Serve Purpose Selleck said many of the poo- ple signing petitions for an elec tion thought they were signing petitions for adoption of zoning for the area. An election before the zoning expires would not serve any purpose. If voted down it would leave Uie area unprotected and another wreck ing yard could be cstblished, he said. Answering remarks from the audience. Judge Miller said the County Court does not control establishment of a wrecking yard. The Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles issues the li cense and docs not have to con sult the County Court. MlDfOftOf 0WOt Open 9 A.M. to 9 P.fV. Fast Dependable Service I Repairs Whila You Wail ftV.i. RADIO REMIRpSpca mams WINSOME Winsome but ialfdeluded ll the character Connie Stevens portrays in ' Palm Sprmoi Week-end. ' r. --. rr;;; 'f..r j ' ' if M V TOMORROW A 9 in South Continued Oilier members of the audi ence said a minority group pe titioned tor the interim zoning and said the majority should have a right to vote on it. Taxed As Commercial William B. Jessen, area res ident, said his property is now zoned as residential farm prop erty and taxed as commercial properly. He said he has had five offers to sell it as com mercial property, but due to tha zoning was unable to do so. Adjacent property was sold at a sheriff's sale because of the zoning, he said. Jessen said he had not at tended the public hearing before the zoning was established and had not sought a variance from the planning commission. "I would not stoop to that," ha declared. He sharply criticized the planning commission, the state legislature, and some of the people who had sought the zon ing. 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