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A :f.: .'J mm. '1 ' 45 Vi4 10 A rf Jvkj $5 '''W'- W??8S FIIIDAY, UECtMBKH 27, MKDKOItU MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON m$M Edited by The Mail Tribune Advertising Department RETAILERS CHALK-UP NOVEMBER GAIN. Total sales of retail stores in November were $21.5 billion, up 2.8 over the $20.9 billion scored in the same month last year. The furniture and appliance group led off with a 6.7 gain. Lumber, building and hardware classification fol lowed with an advance of 4.1, and the food group rccorcd a gain of 3.5. The following tab ulation, based on Department of Commerce data, compares sales of principal retail groups for the first eleven months of 1963 with the same eleven months last year (in millions of dollars): First Eleven Months Food Group $ 54,244 $ 52,372 Ealing and Drinking Places 16,500 15,1126 General Merchandise Group 24,501 23,037 Apparel Group 12,325 12,211 Furniture and Appliances 10,222 'J,5!l!l Lumber, Building, Hardware 14,241 13.873 Automotive Group 41,902 39,360 Gasoline Service Stations 17,633 17,016 Drug and Proprietary Stores 7,289 7,152 Total Sales'-... $203,311 $194,624 Includes data for kinds of business not shown in above categories. Change 3.8 4.8 6.1 0.9 6.5 2.6 6.4 3.6 1.9 4.5 STANDARD INSURANCE PRESIDENT IS HONORED. Ci. E. Cannon, president of Standard Insurance Company, Portland, Oregon, lias been elected to the board of directors of the Life Insurance Association of America, according In an announcement from the Association's headquarters In New York. The Associa tion's annual meeting was held in New York Ihis month. (Made up of lop executives and officers from major insurance "onipanics, Hie LIAA is considered by many to be the leading life insurance association in the country. A nalivc of Canada, Cannon has been with Standard Insurance since I!)28. He was named executive vice president in 1955 and oceanic president of the company in 1957. He Is a graduate of the University of Toronto and is a member uf (lie hoard of di rectors of the Portland Chamber of Commerce and a member of the board of overseers of Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash ington. He also is a director of the Institute of Lite Insurance. Standard Insurance Company, founded in 19(111, Is the largest life insurance company domiciled In Oregon, with current Insur ance In force totaling more than M billion. Ileadqunrled in Port land, the company serves customers in 10 western states, Its new headquarters building, Standard Plaza, was officially dedi cated In September, 1963. Costing in the area of $9 million, I lie Id-story structure Is the tallest office building in Oregon. AUTO MEN OPTIMISTIC. The nation's top automobile makers forecast industry car sales will top 7 million units in 1964 for Ihe Ihird consecutive year, reports The New York Times. John F. Gordon, president of General Motors Corp., said in a speech to the Economic Club of Detroit that industry analysis eslimated 1964 domestic auto sales, including imports, would be "close in line" with Ihe record 7.7 million units expected to be sold this year. Mr. Gordon said he was optimislic because the public "evidently likes Ihe industry's new models." retail sales are at high levels and backlogs of unfilled orders "remain substantial." Henry Ford 2nd, chairman of the Ford Motor Co., said that 1964 sales might top 7 million unils, and indicated Ihey could hit 7.5 million. He also put 1963 sales at 7.7 million unils. including 380,000 imports. Hoy Abcrnathy, president of American Motors Corp., noted Hint sales in 1964 would equal 7.5 million units or exceed it. Compact cars will account for some 2.6 million of new car sales this year "and should exert an even stronger influence on the market in 1964," Mr. Abcrnathy added. LINCOLN ELECTRIC APPOINTS MEDFORD DEALER. The Cascade. Electric Mulor Service. 1225 No. Court Street, Medford. Oregon, has been appointed a Motor Denier by The Lincoln Elec tric Company of Cleveland, Ohio. They will distribute the Lincoln line of AC electric motors In Medford, Oregon and surrounding area. Mr. Ken Wondeily, Company President, states (hat in addition (o carrying a complete stock of standard Limgunrd AC motors to properly handle the area's needs, they will Introduce Lin coln's Multiguurd motors, a unique ideu In motor design that will prove a valuable asset to local Industry. Miilligiinrd motor windings are pressure embedded and encapsulated with a poly ester plastic Hull provides a lifetime seal against chemicals, mo.silurc, dust and dirt abrasion, mechanical shells and vibration. This eliminates many of Ihe Iroublrs encountered daily on diff icult mnlor applications. Lincoln three phase, AC, squirrel cage induction motors range in sic (ruin lit 125 horse power at lint) to 3IIIII) revolutions per minute. Welded sleel frame construction meets Ihe lat est NEMA frame size standards, L 0 j I'Jl J'fl if C. E. Cannon '61 FOOD PICTURE BRIGHT. There't a "strong chance" that over-all earnings of the re tail food industry will move up in the first half of 1964, predicts Franklin J. Lunding, board chairman of Jewel Tea Co., reports Supermarket News. If the nation's disposable Income In creases an expected 4.5-6, and depending on the timing of any tax cut "we would anticipate that retail sales of food stores would be up in Ihe range of 3-5," Mr. Lunding said. If volume goes up 3-5, "Ihis would place sales at an annual rate of approximately S61 billion, compared with a rate of S58.6 billion in the first half of 1963." he noted. Mr. Lunding added that "sales of corporate food chains should be at an annual rate of approximately $24.5 billion, or 40 of the total for all food stores, the same proportion as in the past several years." SILVERWARE SALES SHINE. In 1962, the total silverware industry accounted for $354 mil lion at retail including sterling, plated and stainless flatware and sterling and plated holloware, reports National Jeweler. For this market, the total retail sales of silverware in these categories is expected to exceed $375 million in 1964 an increase of $21 million. GRAND OPENING HELD ' . " f FOR JACK'S TEXACO SER VICE. Jack's Texaco Service held Grand Opening activities last weekend. December 29, 21 and 22 at their Crater Lake Highway at Biddle Road loca tion. Operator of this new Texaco station is Jack Oliver, photo left. Oliver grew up in Arizona on a catlle ranch before mov ing lo Lancaster, California in 1946, w"-ere he was with U. S. Rubber Company's fleet (testing cars) as shift supervisor. At Lancaster he met and married his wife, Sybil. The Olivers came lo Medford in October of '63 and leased the present site of their new stalion. The couple has 1 daughter, Betty, who is credit department manager of Scar's in Yrcka, California. The Station will handle all Texaco products and Goodrich Tires. YOUTH CALL THE TUNE IN MEN'S STYLES. When it comes to men's sportwear and furnishings, it's a young man's world, says The New York Times. "Every major mass mer chandising Irend in men's clothing today emanates from the young men s market," notes Eugene Gilbert, president of the research firm of Eugene Gilbert it Co., Inc. Mr. Gilbert indicates that many men's styling innovations, such as "the tapered look, the soft collar and the button-down shirt all started at the high school and college level." Both men's clothiers and department stores are taking advantage of this growing market by stepping un the installation of specially designed "varsity" or "univer sity" shops wilhin their stores. The Census Bureau reports that the group of teen-ager students, from 15 to 19 years of age, which totaled 6.8 million in the I960 census, is expected to rise to 9.8 million in 1970, a 44, increase. Each of them spend some $200 a year on his clothing, picking out his own. In the 20 to 24 bracket Ihe anticipated increase from 1960 to 1970 is even sharper 54 ing in number, but they are are also enlarging their buying power. Mr. Gilbert estimates that spending power of teenagers, which amounted to $10 billion three years ago, will jump to $21 bil lion in 1970. FWWR jf . JAfcttU MB-'' 1 0 , ! iftlllllll Not only are young men increas- few A TB "- -U t Kfc j. jsw WteXb-fc,. i.'i 7 kt V. mtmt I WILLIAM F. "BILL" SMITH, photo right, has been appointed Southern Oregon representative for Shaw Surgical Co., according to Sleadman B. Shaw and Lawrence C. Shaw, principals of the firm. Smilh will represent Ihe company in its service lo physi cians and hospitals in this area. For a number of years, he served the Don Baxter Company of Los Angeles and a national surgical instrument distributor. Smilh attended high school In Talent, Oregon, where he was student body president and a three-sport letterman. Both he and his wife, Salley, attended the University of Oregon where he graduated in 1958 with a B.S. in Business Administration. Smith recently purchased a home in Medford where he resides wilh his wife and Iheir two children. Shaw Surgical Co. Is headquartered at S. W. 9lh Avenue and Yamhill Streel in Portland and has stores in Eugene and an out let In Boise, Idaho. Smith's service area will include Medford, Roseburg, Klamath Falls. Coos Bay and Crescent City, Nation's Mineral Production Tops 1962 Record Year GROUND BREAKING AT HILI.CItEST PARK. Ground breaking ceremonies were hiv1 lasl Saturday, December 11, I9IKI at llillcrest Memorial Park for Ihe Acacia Court shown in (he ,;rt ist's .sketch abine. The Court contains 130 crypt for Masons and their families only. In (he center of Acacia Court Is a large bronze square and compass. Ihe first of its kind in Oregon. This is Ihe only Masonic garden co.nl in Southern (Vegan. The Invocation and Bcneclicalion were read by Dr. George Roseberry of (ho First Methodist Church. The principal address was delivered by Cotinly Judge Earl Miller, Among (hose who participated in Ihe ground breaking ceremonies were Don Shores, Ralph Luc, Allen Hodgcrs, Judge Miller, Hob Dames, Earl Manner, Ed Vin cent, Wyles Berry, and Dr. Hoseberry. HOME BUILDING GAIN FORECAST. A 1.5 Increase In housing starts is prediclcd for 19111 by W. Evans Buchanan, president el Ihe National Assoclallon of Home Builders, reports Home Furnishing Dally. A similar forecast was issued by Robert C. Weaver, aihmnsli alor, Housing and Home Finance Agency, who looks for a I (o 2 increase lo 1.6 million private housing starts in rail. He added that a healthy prospect lor continued economic growth, plus a rising marriage rale, make II appear thai Ihe high 1.5 million unit year Is here lo slay, mid saw a 2 million housing jeur by Hie end of Ihe decade. Another forerasl conies from I lie Associated General Contractors o( America. The organization said total new conslruclion is expected lo amount In SIki.H liillion in. 19III, more lliun 5 higher I lion l!Hi;l s estimated c.'.ii hilliiiu. Private resldenlal construction In 1963 (opped earlier estimates and a strong surge in apailmrnl build ings contributed heavily lo Ihe nenrlv 526 billion total It expects in Ihis sector (or Ihe year. Next year's level in private residential conslruclion will rise to an estimated S27.5 liillion. with a "notable increase" in niulliple-unll residential building continuing into ('.ml. The t ooiinene Department predlcls housing starts next year at l.filo. 1)011, an increase o( III. nun mer 1963. RIIIIKIN Cl'TTING CERE MONY FOR STANDARD STA TION. Ribbon culling cere monies were held lasl Saturday. December 21, (or the new Standard Stalion at SiMli and Riverside in Metlford. Gift s were a ail.ddc for guests who attended the official opening. Corsages were given Ihe ladies and balloons passed out to youngsters. The station is of (he very latesl design for the company and features n long awning that covers two pump islands. The original station on this site by Ihe company, w a s built in 1924. Shown in (he ribbon culling ceremony at left arc (!!! lo ritflvn: contractor Merrill New dall. of Nrwdall ('nnsliiu-lion (loin'fv,-: torn tl-irku. Mcdlord District Sales At anger. Standard Stations. Inc.; Hill Welelieimer, steHoH. sri;.m.w; Mayor James Dunlevy; Millard Hodman, .salesman; Al Prugh. retail repre S(mta;w n clmrge of service stations business In Medford, Fred Drysdalo and Hod Hell, assist ant V-svion mangers; Jcrrv Vlckerman. salesman. WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Bureau of Mines reports that Ihe nation's mineral production 1963 was valued at $19.5 bil lion, about $630 million over Ihe record set in 1962. The report, sent to Interior Secretary Steward L. Udall Ihis week, shows that most min erals gained both in value and volume of production. The value rise continues an upward Irend started in 1959. Udall said the production and value of all mineral fuels rose, with anthracite coal registering a 20 per cent value increase. Non-metals advanced 5 per cent in value. Industrial demand and (he settling of labor difficulties were among Ihe (actors con tributing (o Ihe increased out put of such materials as iron ore, bauxite, molybdenum, lead and zinc, which accounted for most o( (he growth in mclal out pul. Silver prices continued lo rise wilh Ihe result its pro duction value gained 13 per cent. Fuel production as a whole in 1963 was valued at $13 4 billion, up $60(1 million from Ihe previ ous year. The big fuel, from a WASHINGTON (UPI) - The office of (he comptroller of the currency has called for a re port on condition of national hanks as of close of business last Friday. standpoint of volume and value, is crude petroleum. Production in 1963 reached 2.76 billion bar rels, valued at about $B billion. Estimated 15,000 Visit Kennedy Grave WASHINGTON (UPI) An eslimated 15,000 persons visited the grave of President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery on Christmas Day. Many family groups were among the mourners who made Ihe long walk up the snow-covered hillside where Kennedy is buried. Some placed flowers on Ihe grave. Dennis the Menace They'll Do If Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo 1HE MAINTENANCE WAN STARTS TO FIX ONE OF THE TWO DOORS TO THE OFFICE "THEN THE TRAFFIC STARTS.--- " II i A- DL'WE0DLESW jtZ iiiTmi r Mlil m The Medical Roundup By Emeritus Consultant in Medicine Mayo Clinic Emeritus Professor of Medicine Mayo riinic (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1963). t Operations lor Ulcer A man wrote yesterday say ing, "I just read your booklet on ulcer; when I showed it to my doctor, he said, 'I don't see why he so objects to operations for ulcer.' " As I said in the booklet, I do not have my patients with ulcer operated on for a number of reasons: one is that if I can only get the person to ease up on the strain of his life, imme diately he is likely to be free from pain. Two: in hundreds of cases, if the man will only chew up a half-dozen tablets of malted milk the minute, around 11:30 a.m., he feels pain, he will get such good relief that he won't need an operation. Three: an operation often does not cure, and it can leave the person worse off than he was before. Four: I would never have an ulcer operation performed on me unless much pain, or bleed ing, or obstruction of the outlet of the stomach drove me to it. Five: I have known as friends dozens of physicians and sur geons with ulcer, and no one of (hem ever let anyone operate on him. Six: today, I got a letter which shows very well why I never permit a patient of mine to have a vagotomy (the cut ting of the two big nerves that run from the brain to the stom ach) and why most gastric sur geons 1 know, after a little ex perience with the operation, gave it up and never performed it again. A man of 60 wriles from New York to say that (wo months ago he had most of his slomach removed, and his vagus nerves cut. Already, he has lost 33 pounds in weight, and like most people without a stomach, he cannot gain back either h i s weight or his strength. If his work is heavy he may never be able to go back to it again. Now, with his vagus nerves cut, he suffers wilh a constant nausea, belching of foul-smelling gas, rriurgitation of food, and somelir-cs vomiting. Very typi cal is the miserable feeling he has that his stomach is very full and never able to empty. Actually, it does not empty well, as shown by Ihe fact that in the morning before breakfast, he will vomit a pint of foul fluid. When he eats he has great trouble holding the food down. He also has a miserable diar rhea that the doctor cannot stop. Worse yet, he has pain which suggests to his family doctor that he already has gotten a new ulcer, worse than the old one. Now, Ihe unhappy patient wants to know how much longer he will have lo go on living Ihis almost intolerable life. I hate to tell him that some of the patients I have seen with this type of result from a vagot omy went on wilh their utter misery for as long as I knew them. One committed suicide, and another told me that as soon as he got home and made his will, he would take that same way out. I know that most gastric sur geons reading this will say, "But no; I can show him some peo ple with a vagotomy who got a good result." Of course; I too have seen a few of Ihem; but when I know from sad experi ence that a patient can get this type of a resull, I just will not allow him to run that risk. I will not be responsible for get ling one human being into the awful "mess" that a vagotomy sometimes produces. Varicose Leg Veins The best way of treating trou blesome varicose veins is to get a surgeon to make a small cut in the skin over one end of the dilated vein. He cuts the vein and threads the part to be re moved through a loop on the end of a long rod. This is then pushed up along the vein, break ing its connections with the tis- Ex-Gov. Ellington Visits Chief Executive, NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPD Former Gov. Buford Ellington flew to Texas Christmas Day to join President Lyndon B. Johnson at his LBJ ranch neat Johnson City. Before leaving by chartered aircraft, Ellington said h hoped to chat with the Presi dent and to do some deer hunt ing. He said the trip had no po litical significance. Communist Chinese Churches Crowded TOKYO (UPI) - Communist China's official news agency (NCNA) said today that Shang hai churches were crowded with Christmas worshipers on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The Chinese government tol erates the practice of Christian ity, but has closed the country lo foreign missionaries. sues around it. On reaching the other end of the dilated vein, the surgeon lifts it up through another opening in the skin; he pulls it out and cuts it off so that it can be removed. Often, in addition to "strip ping" the dilated vein, as this process is called, he will tic the big vein in the groin where it starts to go up into the ab domen. After the removal of Ihe su perficial dilated veins which lie under the skin, the blood, which reaches the feet by way of an artery, has to go back up lo the abdomen by way of deep veins which are surrounded by and supported by muscles. The contractions of these muscles, as the person walks, help the blood to move upward against the force of gravity. Before having an operation on the leg veins, it is good to have their efficiency tested by an ex pert such as can be found in a large clinic or a department in a medical school. Those hunger pains you have been experiencing may be due to an ulcer, and you should see your doctor. Many of your ques tions can be answered by Dr. Alvarez' booklet, "Ulcers of the Stomach and Duodenum." To obtain your copy send 25 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, Box 957, Des Moines, Iowa (50304). 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