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School Hedrick Junior High The ninth grade boys' rooting section has been organized again this year to help cheer our team on to victory at bas ketball games. The boys who spearheaded the organization were Spence Webber, Les Bush, Craig Coop er and Kuss f erguson. Faculty advisor for the group is Dennis Bateman. There are about 25 members In the group. Dour Johnson is sergeant of arms, Spence Web ber is president, Les Bush is vice president, and Russ Fer guson is faculty coordinator. The annual canned food drive is now on at Hedrick. Students are bringing cans of food to their home rooms to be turned over to the Salvation Army for distribution. The Red Cross is helping in the promotion of the canned food drive. A Christmas program will be presented Wednesday evening by the Hedrick Junior High or chestra and chorus. The orches tra is directed by John Drys dale, the seventh grade chorus MORE THAN A GIFT! This Xmas, give the joy of hearing to someone you love. A Sonotone will long be treasured. Special Gift Plan SONOTONE OF MEDFORD 105 W. Main 772-S904 TRY ACME LOWEST PRICES BEST QUALITY OPEN TONIGHT Until 9 P.M. Gift Wrapping Widest Selecions for all the family SPECIALISTS TENTH AND CENTRAL IN Can America Ye . . . rf we train enough leader for the job. Leaders are needed to keep us ahead in science end development . , . business and jobs . . . living standards. Where do we get leaders? Colleges supply most of them. But the cost of leadership has gone up. Colleges feel the pinch. They need classrooms, laboratories, able teachers. To help America, we must help our colleges. Col lege is America's best friend. HELP THE COLLEGE OF YOUR CHOICE NOWI To find out how the college crii'j aHects you, write to HIGHER EDUCATION. Boi 36. T.mes Square Station, New York 10036. P l tjti'i fr't m ! TV A-j,f f. HIM' Atfvi.0 f.tnr'mt Ain"ttft. News is directed by Miss C o 1 1 e e n ! O'Meara. and Carroll Grabcr Saturday was returned today to directs the eighth and ninth Corning, Calif., by Perl Funer grade choruses. The program al Home. Funeral services were will begin at 8 p. m. and the ; held at 2 o'clock this afternoon public is invited to attend. The seventh and eighth grade wrestling teams coacned by Bill Colley scored a total of 42 points higher than the McLoughlin team in matches last Wednes day. Thursday the ninth grade matches were held and the Hedrick team eeked out a four point victory. Marty Ramp coaches the ninth grade team. Weather FORECASTS Med ford and vicinity: Valley fos tonicht and Wednesday, Ram late Wednesdav and early Thursday. Cloudy above the foe throuch Wednesday. Low tonight near 30. Hich Wednesday near 4(1 ' Western OreRon: Mostly cloudy through Wednesday with fog in southern valleys Cloudy with oc casional rain Wednesday. Little temperature changes. Low tonight :)B-44 except ahotit 30 in southern interior. High Wednesday 42-54, ex cept 35-40 in fog areas. Northern California: Rain begin ning nenr coast. Point Arena north ward tonight and spreading io the vicinity of Monterey and Sacra mento Wednesday. Warmer. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yester dav 34; below normal 5 Record high this date fi4 in t!23. Record low this date 16 in 1914. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to midnight, none. Midnight to 10 a.m., none. Total this month .12 inch, 114 inch below normal. Total since Sept. 1. 7.04 Inches, .14 inch above normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest 92'", highest this a.m. High CITY Venter day Brookings .iA Crater Ijikr. 4 1 Grants Pass 37 Howard Prairie .. 44 Klamath Falls .... 47 MEDFORD 3R Portland 40 vesicrday 1 on . I: no "M- a.m. Itr. Low rrc. 27 32 Seattle 4fi Spokane - 2H Yak i m a 3."i Eureka S3 Red Bluff 3S1 40 2fi Sacramento 30 .... 47 .... 71 San francisco Los Angeles ... Phoenix fi Denver Ifi Chicaco 21 Miami Beach . New York . . 7.i . 27 33 Washington, D. C. FIRST... Your QUALITY AT LOWEST PRICES' HOMfWARtS I PHONE 772-5201 hold its lead? ( GENEVA V. RUTH . The bodv of Geneva U. Ruth. 72. of 701 W. nth St.. who Hied at the grave side al Sunset Cemetery in Corning. Mrg. Ruth was born Sept. 5, 1891, in Hancock. N. Y. She ing, Calif., and in McCloud, Calif., then moved to Medford where she has lived for the past 10 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. On April 3, 1917, she was married to Er nest L. Ruth, who died in 1953. Survivors include one daugh ter, Mrs. Doris E. Herman, Or land, Calif.: two sons. Larry A. Ruth, Ashland. Ore., Ernest C. Ruth, Santa Barbara, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Eunice Cole, Ashland, Mrs. Tanny S. Wilder, Orland. Calif., and four grand children. MAUD CLIFF Maude Cliff, 89. of Route 2, Central Point, died Monday eve ning in a local hospital. Funer al arrangements will be an nounced by Perl Funeral Home. ELMER AND ELMA LEATHERMAN Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Leatherman, of Butte Falls, who died Friday, will be held at I p.m. Thursday in Conger-Morris downtown chapel. The Rev. James Powers of the Butte Falls Community Bible Church will officiate. Commit tal will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Mr. Lealherman was born Nov. 16, 1!H0, in Alexandria, Minn., and had been employed for a number of years by the Medford Corporation. He is survived by two brothers, Wal ter H. Leatherman, Bruce, Wis.; and Irvin A. Leatherman, Groveland, Calif.; and a half sister. Mrs. Marie Boerner, Pasadena, Calif. Mrs. Leatherman was born Aug. 24, 1(103, in Winger, Minn. Her survivors include six sis ters. Mrs. Olga Thies, Mrs. Hil da Einess, Mrs. Amanda Scncg slad, Mrs. Sophia Olson, Mrs. Anna Ness, and Mrs. Ed Fler moncr, all in Minnesota. I.AVENA FORCE Funeral services (or Mrs. La vena Force, of 55R0 Table Rock Road, who died Sunday, will he held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Hillcrest Memorial Chapel on the North Phoenix Road. The Rev. D. E. Millard of the New Age Church will offi ciate. Committal will be in Hill crest Memorial Park, with Conger-Morris Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Force was horn Aug. 27, 1895, in Beagle, Ore., a daughter of E. H. and Adelade Pnmerny. early pioneers in Southern Oregon. She was mar ried June 21, 1922, in Jackson ville, to Bruce 0. Force, who survives. Other survivors include a son, Bruce C. Force, Medford; a brother, Thomas Pnmeroy, and two sisters. Mrs. Charles Plow- Green Stamps Are Stolen From Station Three thefts were reported to the Medford City Police the past weekend, one Involving $900 worth of S & H Green Stamps. Bud's Texaco Station, 529 E. Main St., was broken into Sun day and $900 worth of S & H Green Stamps were taken, along with six or seven cartons ot cigarettes, police said. Approximately $2 was taken from a coin box and a soft drink machine was broken into at Tom's Texaco Station, Eighth and Grape Streets, Medford po lice said. Thomas Guy Lednicky i 1005 W. Main St., reported the incident to the police early Sun day morning. Truck Reported Rifled During Night A truck owned by John Bow man, Route ,1, Medford, North Phoenix Road, was rifled last night and a number of items ; taken, stale police said. Missing are 25 gallons of gas, a 12 volt battery, an ice chest, sockets and wrenches. Theodore Fuget, 914 Lozier : I.ane, reported lhat his house j was entered last night and the ! deep freeze opened, but nothing was taken, police said. Village and Garden Shop Next to Piggly Wiggly 771 Stewart Avenue TOYS - GAMES AND STUFFED ANIMALS MKDFORD man and man and Mrs. Chester Logue, all of Yacolt, Wash. CARL NELSON Funeral services for Carl Nel son, 62, of 1103 Niantic St., who died Monday, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Conger Morris downtown chapel. The Rev. Fredrick Ross Evans of the First Christian Church will officiate. Committal will be in Eastwood Oddfellows Cemetery. 1901, in Beagle, a son of pioneer 1901, in Bagle, a son of pioneer parents John and Anna Estclla Nelson, his father having mov ed to this country from Norway in the lRSO's. He was married March 27, 1!M3, in Medford, to Clara E. Mettcrnich, who survives. He was a veteran of World War II, serving from Oct. 22, 1942, to June 25, 1945. Survivors, besides his widow, include a step-son, Grant Mct ternich, Medford; three step daughters, Mrs. Nita B. Woods, Coquille, Ore.; Mrs. Jeannette Hardesty, Portland, Ore.; and Mrs. Lucille Dusenbury, Cres cent City, Calif.; six brothers, Fred W. Nelson, Medford; Jacob Nelson, Medford; John Nelson, Central Point; Bert Nelson, Eagle Point; Henry Nelson, Medford; and Frank Nelson, Eagle Point; and five sisters, Mrs. Caroline Stevens, Med ford: Mrs. Helen Schermerhorn, Eagle Point; Mrs. Bern ice Grebb, Corvallis; Mrs. Ora Bennett, Thousand Oaks, Calif.; and Mrs. Elzaheth Sims, Sweet Home, Ore. Casket bearers will include his nephews, Fred Stevens, Charles Nelson, Robert Nelson, Leland Nelson, Dick Mulhollen, James Mulhollen. Locals Tool Theft William Richard Padgett, 40 Crater Lake ave. has reported to Medford police that a Thor impact wrench was taken from the company Fri day night. The air wrench is valued at $144.50. ... Auto Accident Vehicles driven hv Ralph Newman, Jr., 102 Elk St., and Lemuel Clar ence Wilson, 25K4 Crater Lake Ave., were involved in an acci dent at Ninth and Bartletl Streets Monday according to po lice. Newman was cited for an improper left turn, according to police reports. Coniplctcn Course Mike Ho gan, Medford, was graduated Friday from the Western School of Heavy Equipment Operation for operating engineers at Wei- ser, Idaho. The school ts prin cipally owned by members of the Oregon and Idaho Chapters, Associated General Contractors of America. Program Scheduled The first and second grades of Howard School will present its Christmas program, "A Little Child," at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, in the school gymnasium. Parents are urged to attend and to espe cially bring pre-school children. ... Surgery Patient Jeffrey L. Randolph, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Randolph, 120 Ashland Ave., Medford, is a surgery patient at Sacred Heart Hospital. Smnke Investigated Medford firemen investigated a report of smoke at Bulldog's Beat, 300 N. Peach St., at 4:51 p.m. Monday. The smnke was found to have been caused by a steam vent malfunction. Then at 7:30 o'clock this morning firemen were called to investigate smoke al the residence of Dr. Leroy C. Jensen, 1121 S. Oakdale Ave. No smoke was found Flue F 1 r e Ashland firemen were summoned al 7 p.m. Mon day when a flue fire was report ed at Bt N. Main St. There was no damage. ... Speaker Listed Glen Ratcliff, of Bend, will be speaker here Wednesday, Dec. IB, at the monthly luncheon of the Rogue Valley Life Underwriters' Asso ,ri(.t m' fr o( The Kquitahlc ciation, rrank w. Proulx, dis- Life Assurance Society of the United States, announced today. The monthly meeting will he held at the Rogue Valley Coun try Cluh at noon. All life insur-! ance underwriters are invited to attend. The invitation i not de pendent upon memhership. i Proulx said. Variety POST OFFICE Open Tonight Until 9 P.M. MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, Construction of Water Main Starts Construction of a six-inch wa ter main on Second Avenue be tween Western Avenue and Mc Andrcws Road was scheduled to start today, according to Wa ter Department Manager Bob Lee. The water department is doing the job on a contract basis for the Maple Park Water District. The area is outside the city lim its, Lee said. The Medford water depart ment, on a contract basis, sells water, service and does some construction work to districts outside the city, according to Lee. The cost of the present con tract is estimated at $4,200 and includes 710 feet of pipe and construction. The project is part of a plan for general improvement started 10 years ago by Maple Park Wa ter District for the installation of fire hydrants. Fire hydrants are scheduled to be installed throughout the district by early next year. Fire hydrants will enable res idents to apply for lower fire insurance rates because they will chunge the district from class eight to class seven, and could lower the rates approxi mately $3.50 per house, Lee es timated. Course Completed by Member ot Reserve Lt. Col. John F. Rush, com mander, Second Batallion 414th Regiment (BCT) has announced that MSGT (E-7) Willard W. Herzberg, Central Point, Com pany G, has completed the equipment maintenance course at Fori Lewis, Wash. First Lt. J. Bradley Morris, Medford, Company E, has been selected to attend materiel readiness course for unit supply officers in early February al Fort Lewis, according to Lt. Col. Rush. THE GIFT THAT TALKS BAHITH THUS! Here's a present with a future. This year, give your out-of-town friends and relatives a Long Distance Gift Certificate (see below) so they can call you for free. You name the amount (minimum $2), pay us direct or have it charged to your telephone bill, and the same amount will then be credited to their bill. A handsome Long Distance Gift Certificate (see below again) in your name will be sent to you to put In with your Christmas card or wrap as a special little gift. It's easy and it's one of the most thought ful gifts you can give. Fill out the coupon and mail it in now to your PNB telephone business office. (Offer available to Bell System customers, only.) OREGON Attention Called To Human Rights Observance Today Today, Dec. 17, is the last day in the week of observance designed to call attention to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the general assembly of the United Nations Dec. 10, 1958, Mrs. II. P. Bos worth Jr., of Medford, who has spent years working in the United Nations Association pro gram, reminded the public to day. the Universay Declaration of Human Rights, Mrs. Bosworth explained, "Is not a treaty and involves no legal obligations, lt does, however, provide common standards or goals toward which all individuals and all nations may well work." Since 1949, Mrs. Bosworth re called, the President of the United States has issued a pro clamation calling on the people to observe Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, and continue the ob servance for one week. "Since the tragedy of Presi dent Kennedy's death it has been suggested lhat every fam ily, every service club and gov ernmental body review the inci dents that contributed to the death of President Kennedy's alleged killer," Mrs. Bosworth staled. Mrs. Bosworth asked for "a deep understanding and passion ate support of civil and human righls as a proper observance of this Human Rights Week, with policemen, prosecutors, lawyers, journalists and jurists, participating and revealing their own codes of conduct." CHIETI, Italy (UPD-The en tire population of Chieti wen1, i n a 24-hour strike today lo dra matize their demands h-it ihe government give their tnw.i a new university. Births BR1GGS - To Mr. and Mrs. David Lee, 1417 S. Ivy St., Med ford, Dec. 16, 1963, a boy, 8 'A pounds, at Rogue Valley Hos pital. RITCHIE - To Mr. and Mrs. Harold C, 513 Laurel St., Cen tral Point. Dec. 17, 1963, a girl, 64 pounds, at Rogue Valley Hospital. GAINES - To Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W., P.O. Box 336, Shady Cove, Dec. 14, 1963, a boy, S'a pounds, at Rogue Valley Hos pital. BISWELL - To Mr. and Mrs. Maurice B., 1909 Hazel St., Med ford, Dec. 17, 1963, a hoy, 5'3 pounds, at Rogue Valley Hos pital. LAST NITE CAW xTCMACE GRANT KELLY in ALFRtD H1TCHC0CKS l utt luuniun V y A THIEF IWHMICIXOH' JAMES KIM STEWART NOVAK m ALFRED HITCHCOCfCS itamaaum' . i, li out 1 I v If 1 V $ "V I $ h If "V l. JlV """i Tl'ESOAV. DECEMBER 17. 19B.1 Four Bicycles Are Reported Stolen Four bicycle thefts were re ported to the Medford City Po lice during the weekend. Kevin Anthony Crews, 292 Quince St.. reported the theft of a rea ana wnite Bicycle from his residence Saturday. Leona Faye Rackleff, 1036 Winchester Ave., reported the theft of a bicycle from Washington School, 610 Poach St., which was owned by David Lloyd Kackleff. Robert Weldon Sage, 401 Ore gon Terrace, reported Saturday that a bicycle belonging to Katherine Gail K e i k e n, 223 Willamette St., was stolen from Roosevelt Grade School. The bicycle has since been recov ered, according to police. Edward Robert Naumes, 620 Oakdale Drive, reported to the police Sunday, the theft of his bicycle from Holly Street be tween Eleventh and Twelfth hh 1 1 Lt of the BEHEMOTHS U GOLIATH 'SOfe- .tSfev 'FOREST PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL Please send me a Long Distance $ denomination ($2.00 toi crrr stati 2ircooe Here's my check. Charge to my telephone number, (Here's my address and number:) STATE ZIP CODE Phone me. ! need mor coupons A 9 Streets. The bicvcle. hlue with white trim, is valued at $61.50. OPERETTA WEDNESDAY NITE III lUIIIU'J kUUl , r 60MH WSST '1 Oman Rpriral II . - - - On Our Srjgi In Person STARTING AT 7:15 Sponsored by Muiic Center 10X OFFICE OPEN 6:45 P.M. TOMORROW Gift Certificate of minimum) made O a
