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Newspaper Page TextJ. ' T ftsg 10 b Ma '-.tv . TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 19(53 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON fTf t- ' -Si- B"T Edited by The Mail Triliunc Advertising Department SALES GAIN SEEN FOR FIRST HALF 'M. Retail sales should continue In rise through the holidays and into the first half of 14, with at least a 5 gain over the same six months of M63, predicts Austin T. Cushman, hoard chairman of Scars, Roebuck & Co., reports Women's Wear Daily. Excluding food stores and automohile dealers, general merchandise retailers "may well outpace this figure." Mr. Cushman stated that information to dale "including most recent reian saics penoi mances, suggests uiai t-muiuiinn tummv mm n,miu,-n,.r ol..,Mh despite President Kennedy's assassination and the advent of the new Administration. ri"7 i ii vms OREGON FOOD STORKS ('F.I.KHRATIO STEVENS STREET STORK OPENING. Oregon Food Stores officially dedicated their newest supermarket nt SI5 Stevens Street with Grand Opening ceremonies yesterday. The new store, mimlicr nine In (lie chain, has a total of 20,01m square feel In (he liuilding and parking space for .1119 cars. The store employs 74 workers. The new market brings to three, the total of Oregon Food Stores in Medford. Olher stores in the chain are located in Eakeview, Grants Pass, Ashland and three in Klamath Falls. The organization is the largest Independent ly owned chain In Oregon, according to Mr. Walter Vaughn, division manager. Store manager of the Stevens Street slore is Mr. Erv Savlo. He was formerly with the or ganization In Klamath Falls as a supervisor. He Is married and his wife's name Is Charlotte. Department managers of the new store include! Paul Garren, Meat Deparlmcnt; John Davis, Prodnce Department; Darn! South, Variety Department; John rctcrson, Rakery Department; and Ron Davis, Grocery Department. Grand Opening activities, which are still underway, Include; free coffee and cake, free orchids for the ladies, free cigars for the men, free candy canes for the youngsters and prize drawings throughout the day. The slore is also featuring special, low prices on fond and non food Items. A special six page section in the Mail Tribune Sunday, carried the Items and prices which will he effective through Wednesday, December Is. Officers of the organization are; Mr. Joe Fales, president, Mrs. Nellie Angstead, secretary and Mr. Morgan Johnson, vice-president. Savlo commented that; "the in, 5(10 s(. font sales area Is compact to provide aisle spare for convenient easy shopping, yet not tun big so there Is too much time spent locating Items". "Onr company program calls for constant Improvement of quality of merchandise, service of customers and providing the busy housewife with friendly, courteous service"; Vaughn stated. The building Is owned by the Medlnrd Eagles Lodge and the general contractor for th job was C. E. John Construction Company of Vancouver, Wash. WESTERN FARMERS ASSOCIATION MEETING CALLED. Medford area Western Farmers Association memhers will hear a current progress report on this year's WF'A operations, and will have the opportunity to nominate local candidates to run for the important policy making Board of Directors at a special district meeting Friday, Dec. 27 In salcm, lire., advises nomeyn luuiswyK, local branch manager. The feature address, "WFA The Dividends of Cooperation," by General Manager Harry .1. Heernink, will highlight a review of accomplish monls for lflr,;, including patronage dividends earned In dale; and reveal WFA plans and programs for Din year ahead. "WFA's OfMhp-fnrm Hands Serving You" will be presented through a color slide message by Dale Smith, director of operations. It will include photos of many Important activities and facilities, as well as review a number of interesting farming operations in the Northwest. Henry J. Hansen, WFA president from Puyallup, will report on Association activities from the standpoint of an active farmer member. Thn meeling will begin promptly al 1 1 : .10 a. in. and Adjourn around ,1 o'clock. A turkey luncheon will be served without cost to memhers who obtain tickets at least five days In advance of the meeting date. They can be obtained at the local branch or from WFA truck operators, Kruiswyk says. FULLER SPRAY PAINT WINS NATIONAL AWARD. W. P. Fuller's spray paint (Pumpkin Orange) has won top honors In the Paints category of the twelth annual Aerosol l'nckage Con test, it was announced today, according to Willnrd Hotting, manager of the W. P. Fuller store at Fourth and Front Streets here. The cnnlest Is sponsored by the Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association, Inc. which announced the award to Fuller at Its llllletli anniversary meeting held Dec. fl-12 al Hollywood, Florida. Fuller's pumpkin orange spray paint, like the oilier 17 colors In the line, express the com pany's basic merchandising concept aerosol paint Is fun fur the consumer. The spray cans are mini (ill lo look al and easy to use they make painting piish biitlon fun! Each color, Including Pumpkin Orange, has a stylized carloon label and a bright name to mulch the color. Pumpkin Orange, the award winning design, Is only one of the many cnlchy ones In the spray paint line Ihal Includes "Cat lllaik," "Snow White," "Firecracker Red." "Silver Skate" and "Pirate Gold." To merchandise these lop quality spray p;ilnls like Pumpkin Orange, Ibe company produced a "Fuller Pushbutton Paint Center" rack, which Included enamel In IS colors, on Iron, wood and an aluminum primer as well as a clear arnlsh. Inrliided In the rark are a "take one" pocket thai holds combination color cuds and Instruc tion folders with easy-to-follow rules for spray painting, and color strips to aid customers in rolor selection. The nnit holds Ills of the IfS-ounce cans and 3.1 nt the 21-ouiice cans. Snap-on spray c nil handles are also available for use wllh the line of paiots. RETAILERS PREDICT SALES RISE IN 'M. Most top retailers across the country expect re tail sales to Increase by 3 to 5. Views of five, merchants, as reported in Women's Wear Daily: Bruce A. Gimbel, president, Gimhel Bros.: The outlook for increased sales without a lax cut Is likely lo be ralher modest perhaps in the area of 3. If the lax cut Is enacted in the early mnnlhs of 19114, sales might well rise al a much fasler rate. There is increased evidence that sales in the downtown areas of many cities are stabilizing and will probably show gains in spite of increased suburban competition. More and more urban renewal and residential projects will serve to lure suburbanites back to the city. Frank Mayficld, vice-chairman of (he board, Scruggs-Vandervnort-Barney, St. Louis; "Re tail sales should increase from 3 to 5 and profits should show corresponding increases, though at a slower rate." Robert W. Jackson, president, Alden, Inc.: "We expect our sales lo he up 3-1 and our earnings to show an even better Increase in 19B4. The outlook is for competition In become even keener, wilh more stores coming into more localities and everybody fighting harder for the con sumer purchasing dollar." Ben Gordon, president, The While House, San Francisco: Profits ought to move upwards right along with volume. Although retailers have become more, conscious of prolit margins, no body is going In he ahle to do a dramatically Improved joh of choking off rising expenses. A bet ter and better merchandising operation is the only way lo offset increased expenses and "inven tory management Is a science all of us have to learn." Waller M. Halle, president, Halle Bros. Co., Cleveland: "Sales and earnings for 1964 appear lo he headed for a new high, and economic indications seem In reveal another record year for consumer Income. If this occurs, as It has for years now, retailers across Ihe country should also have another excellent year." CHRISTMAS TREES ON THE MOVE, Americans will buy about 44 million natural Christmas trees this year, valued at. $100 million for Ihe holiday season, estimates The American Forest Products Industries, reports The New York Times. A year ago. according to United Press Inter national, Ihe U. S. produced 3.1.4 million Christmas trees and imported another in million from Canada. Scotch pine trees were the most popular of the domestic trees, accounting for 27 7c of the market. FOREIGN CAR SALES PICKING UP SPEED. Foreign cars are well along the road to a comeback In the U. S., reports The Wall Street Journal. For the first time since 1959, when imports suffered from Introduction of the U. S. compacts, domestic sales of foreign autos are on their way up. In the first nine months of this year, volume ran 15 ahead of the 1962 pace and Ihe improvement for 1963 as a whole is expected to be at leasl al high. Foreign car makers are counting on further gains next year. Probably the main reason for the import rise is that U, S aulo makers gradually are shifting emphasis from the small car field as they add to the size, speed and trimmings of their own models. However, this does not mean U. S. companies are about lo abandon the small car field. Sales of Imported cars hit a peak of 614,000 in Ihe U. S. in 1951). But by 1962, sales had dropped to .1.19.000. This year's volume will be about .190, 000, wllh the advance over last year exceeding the 10 by which sales of U. S. made cars have risen Ihls year. Foreign car makers are optimistic over prospects for 11)64. "f think (hat sales will exceed 500,000 next year," says Stuart Perkins, general manager of Volkswagen of Amer ica, Inc. Others predict the flgnre will be a little lower, but all agree there will he another ad vance. Meanwhile, Detroit aulo men are not disturbed. They nolo that in 1959, when more than 600,000 Imports were sold in this country, onlyS.5 million U. S. made cars were being sold. Rnt this year, wllh Import sales close to 400,000 some 7.2 million U. S. made cars are being sold. American Marries Russian Sweetheart MOSCOW (UPD Cupid tri umphed over Communist bu reaucracy today to enable an American visitor in Moscow to marry his 25-year-old Russian sweetheart. Larry Bratyon, 36, of Fair banks, Alaska, was wed to Miss Rosila Scmfman loss than an hour after Soviet authorities granted him a last minute visa extension. Without it, the. mar raige was unlikely because of regulations that require a valid passport or document for for eign weddings. Brayton, who came lo Russia i a tourist, has been in the country illegally since Nov. 2!). But he had announced ha was determined lo "sweat it out" until the ceremony today. Bray-ton said he received a telephone call this morning and was told his visa had been ex tended. "Thai's wonderful," he said, and went lo pick up his bride and take her to one of Mos cow's "Palaces of Marriage." : 1 ttzzzz Xr: 5kw " r PROFESSIONAL PLAZA HOLDS OPEN 110 USE ACTIVITIES. Open House activities for the Professional Plaza, ti.'i0 Royal Avenue, were celcbralcd lasl Sunday, Dec. 15. Btwecn 2:0(1 and 5:00 p. m. the new professional nflue building was open for Inspection by the public and the tenants of Ihe building were on hand lo show people through the building s offices. Mayor Jim Dunlevy cut the trndilional ribbon and officinlly dedicated Ihe building. Ato present for the ceremony were several members of Ihe Medford Chamber of Commerce, Including Bill Williams, president, and Don McNeil, manager, who presented the building own ers, Dr. Merle Foland and Hubert G. Little, a "Progress Award" plaque. The Professional Plaza Is Incnlcd directly behind the Hawthorne Apartments, ncl lo the Hertford Shopping Center. Tenants of Ibe building Include; Joseph W. Ball, M. D. Thomas (' tlollon, M.D., minnar W. Pys.ird, Ml)., Meile K. Fnl.ntrt, MIL. John llelLilf, MP, George S.ikural, M.D., Frank M. Wilson, p. M P., and (he Professional Plaza Pharmacy. Buy The FINEST! 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Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield, Mont., said it also was decided that Congress should adjourn this Friday or Saturday and return Jan. 7. Mansfield emphasized that the adjournment timetable w.'s tentative, however, and ;u'icct lo Ihe consent of Republican congressional leaders. The Democratic leader la'.fe'd with reporters afler President Johnson's weekly legislative meeting with the congressional leaders. Speaker John W. McCormacK. Mass., said Johnson "expressed great pleasure" over legislation Congress has passed this ses sion on education and modi'ja facilities. McCormack called this egis lation the "greatest" in 'hose two fields that the current Con gress has passed. Medford Police Report Number of Car Accidents Medford Police investigated eight vehicle accidents during the weekend. A vehicle driven by Joseph Patrick Dugan, Ashland, was hit by a vehicle driven by Ronald Francis Snopl, 19, of 2202 Sunset Drive, at Stewart and Oakdale Avenues, Sunday, according to police report. Police cited Snopl for driving while under Ihe in fluence of intoxicating liquor and he was lodged in the Jack son County jail. Bail was set for $5110 and Snopl is to appear before Dis trict Court Judge L. L. Sawyer Wednesday, Dec. 18. A Ihree-car collision occurred on North Riverside Avenue be tween Alice and Liberty Streets Fridayr A vehicle driven by Irma Ilene Allen, 39, Prospect, hit the rear of a vehicle driven by Donald Earl Massie, 41, of 115 Almond St., knocking it into a car driven by Ronald Ardel Dalhec, 19, of 436 W Bartlett St. Irma Allen was cited by po lice for violation of basic rule. Driver Cited Vehicles driven by Michael Marcus Whitman, 19, of Eagle Point, and Ronald Lee Waggon er, 21, of Ashland, collided at the corner of Beatty and Man zanita Streets, Saturday, ac cording lo police reports. Police cited Whitman for failure to yield the right-of-way. Vehicles driven by Ellen Marie Broaribeck, 929 Alto St., and Gary Dee Mnmberg, 26,19 Crater Lake Ave., were involved in a non-injury collision at 2392 N. Pacific Highway, according to Medford police Saturday. Lyman Allen Thomas, 60, of S43 Dcamond St., Saturday was cited by police for failure to leave information at the scene of an accident. Police said lhat an aulo he was driving hit a parked car owned by Patricia Monroe, 344 Mae St., in front of 711 S. Central Ave. Parked Car Damaged A parked auto owned by Mau rice Wayne Murray, 633 J St. was struck by a vehicle driven by Charles Henry Andrews, 80, of 616 J St. Sunday according to police. Andrews was later cited by police for failure to leave information at the scene of an accident. Bradley Duane Frazier, 19, of Grants Pass was cited for vi olation of basic rule after a ve hicle he was driving hit a parked car owned by Jack Blane Fitzgerald, 210 Portland Ave. The accident occurred in front of 227 S. Central Ave., po lice reports indicated. Vehicles driven by William John Dovichi Jr., 115 Lampman Road, Gold Hill, and Frederick Lawrence McCray, Route 4, Box 341, collided Saturday on Central Avenue near Eighth Street, according to police. Do vichi was cited for violation of basic rule. Portlander Found Guilty of Assault ' PORTLAND (UPD - Cleve land McCord Jr., 21, Portland, was convicted of assault wilh a dangerous weapon at the end of a one-day trial by Circuit Judga John Murchison Monday. McCord was charged in con nection with a disturbance fol lowing the Jefferson-Grant high school football game at Jeffer son in North Portland Sept. 23. 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