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    SATURDAY, JULY 31. 1954
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OBEGON
PAGE THREE
BASIN
Progressive Dinner Order of
Amaranth, Sunday. August 1,
starting at 5:30 p.m. Members
should call 6976, 3296 or 8478 lor
reservations.
Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Harold
B. Ashley, 2443 Hope, have gone,
to Lake Tahoe on vacation.
Garden Meet The Klamath
Tails Garden Club will meet Mon
day, August 2, at 2 p.m. in the
city library auditorium. Mrs.
Duane Alexander will give instruc
tion on corsage and nosegay
making.
Improving G. C. Perse!!, 2224
Biehn Street is convalescing at
Qis home following recent major
surgery at Klamath Valley Hospi
tal. Word has been received here of
the recent death in Bremerton.
wasmngion oi Robert Goetz, one-
Chicago Beef
Price Raises
CHICAGO Wl Hog prices
worked higher this week, butchers
scaling under 240 pounds closing
steady to 50 cents up while heavier
weights were up 75 cents to $1.50.
Arrivals were down about 15 per
cent from the previous week, a
lactor in the market's firmness,
Wholesale pork cuts continued to
work lower both at Chicago and in
the East.
Most cattle also were higher for
the week. Steers sold steady to
75 cents up, choice and prime
kinds weighing 900 pounds and
more making the best gain. Cows
gained tl.00 to $1.50 with a very
active demand developing late -in
the week for canners and cutters,
Vealers were strong to 12.00 high
er.
Spring lambs and yearlings
closed steady to 50 cents higher.
Trading during most of the period
ruled moderately active to slow
with city butchers furnishing much
of the activity. Receipts were on
a par with last week. Wholesale
lamb prices declined moderately
Doth at Chicago and in the East.
SUITS
Nancy Erlcks vs Dorvin L. Ericks.
auit for divorce. Edwin . DriscoU at
torney lor plaintiff.
Marian E. Reeves va George
Reeves, suit for divorce.. J.. C. O'Neill
attorney lor plaintiff.
BIRTHS
FREEMAN Born to Mr. and Mrs.
William Freeman. July 30 at Klam
ath Valley Hospital, a girt weighing
lON.
PONG Born to Mr. and Mrs. Stan-
1... Dnn .Tiilv -in ,t Klamath Vallv
Hospital, a girl weighing 6 lbs. 4 oz.
TREUEASE Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Robert H. Trelease. July 30 at Klamath
Valley Hospital, , a boy weighing; . 7
lbs. 1 oz.
HARTLEY Bora to Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Hartley, July 30 at Klam
aih Valley Hospital, a gin weighing U
Motorist Hurt
In Accident
An Alturas man was treated for
a wrenched back at Klamath Val
ley Hospital shortly after midnight
this morning following a one car
accident at the Merrill-Lakeview
Junction.
Donald Leckwold, the injured
man, was a passenger in a car
driven by Lloyd L. Smith, 2215 Et
na. The couple was coming toward
Klamath Falls on Highway 66 and
in making a left turn toward Mer
rill on Highway 39, Smith appar
ently lost control and the car
skidded for a distance of 120 feet
before coming to a stop in a pile
of rubbish at the side of the road.
Leckwold was taken to the hos
pital by Knler's where he was
treated and released. The driver
was not hurt.
Driver Program
To Be Held
Effective Sunday, August 1, the
Safeway Drivers Training Pro
gram will be conducted in Klam
ath Falls by Patrolman Ray (Bud)
Switzer.
The former instructor, Donald
Norton, will continue the program
In Portland.
Officer Switzer has been with
the Klamath Falls Police Depart
ment for 12 years as traffic pa
trolman. He will offer drivers'
training courses during the dBy
and continue with the police de
partment as night patrolman.
Headquarters for the training
program are at Balsiger Motor
Co.
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BRIEFS
time teacher to the Klamath Falls
school system. He was 73 years old
and had been a teacher and super
intendent in Oregon for 43 years,
at Portland, Milwaukle, North
Bend, Silverton and here. He re
tired In 1945 and went to Brem
erton to make his home with a
son.
Vacationing In Wisconsin and
other eastern states are Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Kujac and children,
Malin.
Here Mrs. Stella Brown, San
Bernadino, California, new elemen
tary school teacher at Malin has
moved Into the Raima Apart
ments. Visitor Wayne Wightmore of
Caldwell, Idaho is the new Man
ager of the Allied Seed Plant in
Malin.
Ill Robert. 5 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Toycen, form'
er residents of Klamath Falls, Is
patient in Sacred Heart Hospi
tal, Eugene, suffering with a knee
infection. He Is the grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. V. Ongman, 2245
Radclifle Street. -
Pioneering for Christ is the
theme of the daily vacation Bible
School at Klamath Temple which
begins Monday, August 2. The
school will continue through Fri
day, 9 a.m. to 12 noon. .Margaret
Leman and Roma Fisher, two
Bible students from Eugene are
assisting Mrs. Keith Hume. All
children are Invited.
Merrill vacation Bible School
of the First Presbyterian Church
starts Monday, August 9 at the
church and will continue through
August 20. Registration starts at
8:30 a.m. on the opening day.
Children from nursery age through
nigh school win be welcomed.
Not Same The Albert B. Burns,
321 North Sixth Street is not the
Albert Burns arrested for drunken
driving and listed in the Thursday
issue or the Herald and News.
Guests Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Seaman. Syracuse, Ne York, and
Mr, and Mrs. Carl Magerle, Rogue
Fiver, are visiting this week at
the home of Mr. and Mrs, L. E.
Lund, 2008 Madison.
Pythian sisters are sponsoring
a card party, Wednesday, August
4 at tne loop hh at B p.m. Tpe
iruuijh, t vuiuiBiiy U1VUCU.
Residence- Sold Mrs. Kathryn
Wilson, long-time resident of Klam
ath County and a registered nurse
has sold her home, 421 Alameda
Avenue to Mr. and Mrs. L. Z
Carter. She will move in the near
future to another home she owns
at 159 Hillside Avenue. Carter Is
chief clerk at the Southern Pa
cific.
Weather
Klamath Falls and vicinity Fair
through Sunday. High 90; low
Saturday night 53.
Grants Pass and vicinity Fair
through Sunday. High 96: low
Saturday night 53.
Baker and vicinity Fair through
Sunday. High 83-88; low Saturday
night 40-43.
Northern C a 1 1 f o r n 1 a Fair
through Sunday but coastal fog;
partly cloudy in afternoons: little
temperature change. Northwesterly
winds, 15-25 m.p.h., near coast
Eastern Oregon' Clear through
Sunday. High 80-92. Low Saturday
night 50-60.
Western Oregon Clear through
Sunday except cloudy or foggy dur
ing late night and early morning
nours especially along the coast,
High 75-85 north and 85-35 south
half and 60-65 along the Immediate
coast. Low Saturday night 45-55.
Winds off coast north to northwest
12-25 miles an hour except 35 with
gusts to So south coast Saturday
afternoon. ,
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
24 hours to 4:30 a.m. Saturday
Max. Min. Frcp.
Baker 85 41 -
Bend . 83 38
Eugene 84 46 -
Klamath Falls 90 55 ,-
Lakevlew 88 56
Medford 95 65
Newport 58 50
North Bend 60 51 -
Ontario 90 57
Pendleton 90 ., 58
Portland (Airport) 77 ' 52
Roseburg 87 50
Salem 84 55 -
Boise - . 88 54 -
Chicago 94 76 T
Denver 93 59 .02
Eureka 54 ' 50 T
Los Angeles 95 68
New York ...... 94 78 -
Red Bluff 106 70
San Francisco i 68 49
Seattle 75 47 -
Spokane ; - 85 55
KF Fireman
(Continued from page 1)
Apartment House fire In 1947 tone
of his worst), the Ewauoa yards
fire to 1928 when $250,000 worth of
lumber was lost and the second
in 1930, when Corkery received
severe eye burns.
He has witnessed the decrease
of damage in lire fighting through
the use of log In house iires; uw
ncreased efficiency ooiamea
through improved hoses, nozzles,
etc.
During the depression corxery
was one of the many city em
ployes who took protested war
rants for pay. and got mem casnea
or live to 25 per cent ot tneir
value.
He remembers earlier days In
Klamath Falls, when water snakes
in balls as big as barrels sunned
themselves by the lake; when the
sidewalk In front of the; Post Of,
fice (then located across the street
from the Willard Hotel) was liter
ally alive with frogs.
His retirement will leave mm
time for hunting, fishing, and loaf
tag but, as he has been for the
past 27 years, he will always be
on call by the fire department to
help wnen he can.
Man Held For
Grand Jury
Allen Virgil Wharton, 35-year-old
teamster, who was the target for
half a dozen shots fired by City
Councilman Don Kenyon, was or
dered held for the county grand
jury on a burglary charge late Fri
day by District Judge D, E. Van
Vactor. - ' '
Wharton took the witness stand
and denied he came into possession
of alleged stolen property illegally.
Freelyn Wenzel, credit manager
for Weisfield's Jewelry Store, iden
tified a flash light found in Whar
ton's possession as his property,
Freelyn Wenzel Jr. also Identified
some fishing equipment which
Wharton had as his property.
Wharton was arrested by city po
lice after he fled under a hall of
bullets fired by Councilman Ken
yon. He is also facing a charge of
wanton injury of personal property.
He is held In the county jail.
Small Mine
Resumes Work
PENNINGTON GAP, Va., July
31 UPI A small truck mine near
here, shut down when its eight
nonunion employes were "am
bushed" July 13, has resumed pro
duction after signing a contract
with the United Mine Workers
Union.
C. R. Tomblinson, owner of the
coal mine who had cancelled
previous contract with the UMW
April 19, said he had been unable
to find anyone willing to work in
the mine since the workers were
fired on earlier this month. Now,
a full force is back on the job.
The UMW has denied any knowl
edge of the ambush.
Tomminson said alter the am
bush he had cancelled his UMW
contract in April "because we Just
couldn't make it paying union
rates." The UMW rate in the area
is a minimum of $18.25 dally.-
Lightning Hits
Dynamite Charges
PANAMA Wt Lightning touched
off five small dynamite charges
along the banks of the Panama
Canal yesterday, injuring four
workmen.
The men were- stringing the dy
namite along the canal's damaged
Onlllard cut when the bolt struck.
They are dynamiting to remove
two million cubic yards of rock
from a nearby hillside which
threatens to crumble into the wa
terway. Look For
AT YOUR
3 DAYS ONLY!
BEGINNING THURSDAY, JULY 29th
BARBARA BRITTON
Star of the Night Club Circuits
COMEDIENNE DANCER
SINGER OF NOVELTY SONGS
Two Shows Nightly - 1st Show 10 p.m.
PLUS
The Silver Son Trio
For Your Listening end Donclnq Pleasure
MAKE A DATE NOW-
OLD FORT TAVERN
FORT KLAMATH, ORE.'
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CANDIDATE FOR QUEEN of
the Modoc County Fair is
Virgie Simpson sponsored by
the Modoc County Farm Bur
eau. The queen will be chosen
at a dance to be held at
Cedarville, August 7.
KF Residents
Lose Father
Word was received here today
of the death of Ernest John Moehl,
66.' Friday at the Rochester Clinic.
Mr. Moehl was the father of
John F, and Eichard c Moehl of
this city and had visited in Klam
ath Falls on several occasions.
The family home is in Des
Moines' and Mr. Moehl had been
ill only a short time. He was head
of the firm oi Carr and Moehl,
Des Moines.
In addition to the two , sons in
Klamath Falls, survivors include:
the widow and a third son, Robert :
and a daughter, Adele, all of Des:
Moines.
Mr. and Mrs. John Moehl and
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Moehl are
leaving for Des Moines where the
funeral services will he held on
Tuesday.
FUNERAL NOTICE
BELL '
Funeral services for William Jasper
Bell, 67, who died here July 30. will
take piace from the Chapei of Ward's
KlamsEfi Funersi Home, on Monday
August a, at 2:3u p.m.. witn ma wev.
Keith Hume of The Klamath Temple
olJifiatinjf. Concluding service and in
terment in Klamath Memorial Park.
97 SUPPER CLUB
22-oz. T-BONE STEAK
DINNER
Solod
Roquefort
Soup a4 Dressing
6:30 P.M. la IS P.M.
Coll 2-9352 for Resorvotionl
Cocktoili Dancing
This Sign
PLBUm PR n h
DEALER
Rites Planned For W.J. Bell
Funeral services trill be held
2:30 p.m. Monday, August 3, Irom !
Ward's Klamath mineral nome
for W. J. Bell, 87, who died July
30. He had been a resident here
for 23 years and prior to his last
illness since mid April he had been
employed by the Southern Pacific.
Surviving' are his widow, Mrs.
Clara May Bell, one daughter,
Geneva Swift,' and four sons, Aus
tin, Edgar, Finnts and Carl, all
of Klamath Falls) ona brother,
Jim Bell, Desha, Arkansas; two
sisters, Emma Bell and Lillie Stev
ens, also of Desha. Five grand
children and, one great-grandchild
all of Klamath Falls.
Swan Lake Area
Fire Controlled
A lire in the Swan Lake area
broke out about mid-afternoon Fri
day and burned over about a one
acre slashing before controlled by
fire fighters.
The blaze started just Inside the
southern boundary of the Klamath
Indian Agency, in timberiand that
was being logged off.
Fire officials at the Agency could
not be reached this morning to de
termine the cause of the blaze,
i No lires have been reported by
KFPA or the Forest Service since
the blaze In the dumpyard at Lake
of the Woods last week.
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MUNICIPAL COl'RT
Lawrence Jackson, trunk,$23
12 i days
Charleg Baldwin, drank, 25 or 12,i
days, .
Bob,L. Keminger, violation basic rule,
$15 bail forfeited.
Cioyd Gage, no operators license, 5
ball forfeited.
Erid Junn DeLapp, drunk, 929 or
iz' i aayi.
Charlie C. Taylor, ran atop sign.
S bait forfeited.
Charlie G. Taylor, no operator li
cense, a Dm lorienco.
Maurice Larter CSarfc. violation ba
sic rule, case continued lo August, 3 at
p.m.
toothpaste
PARKS VARIETY
South 6th & Shasta Way
v
"LTour farm machines eventually need replace
A ment. And you can'c hatch new machines from
eggs. But you can build a nest egg of U.S. Savings
Bonds which will grow to pay the bill. By putting
part of each year's earnings into these bctter-than-ever
bonds, you'll have the reserve of ready cash
it takes to "hatch" a new tractor wheis your oid one
wears out.
For every W00 you put into Series Bonds now,
there'll be $409 in less than ten years . . , $538.72
in less than twenty.
, It U.S. Covtrnman) dm
The Rev, Keith Hume of the
Klamath Temple will officiate. FH
nal rites and interment witt be In
Klamath Memorial Park.
Notice
5t60dily
in delivery
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act poj lot ! adwdtiaf. It 1imw Oagotfaaal ftoaka, fc r ot dMOMjogajgrgaiaf Cg!id
lost Side Electric
Klomoth Foils Bronch U.S. Notl, Bonk
Herald & News
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
Ellingson Lumber Company
Car-Ad-Co Company
Fluhrer't Holsum Bakery
J. W. Kerns, Oregon Ltd.
Home Lumber & Supply Company
Savings Program???
SEE.
JOHN HOUSTON INS.
to the Public:
increasing , c s Pt
rv, . ho.
h.er " 11 overage less the.
ing delivery sc.
Corrv dry cleaning m be continue
U,t;3:urciecrer for o detoi.ed price
schedule,
Dry Cleaners.
of the
Klamath Basin
4 -
. Saving in Savings Bonds can take care of lots
of other things, too TV. like moi education for
the youngsters or a new barn. And should sickness
strike, your nestjegg of SavingsBondsjcaatid
you over."
' Why not start your boad-isviag")lan A5s"jre?
You'll be joining thousands of smart farmers every
where who are replacing their farm equipment
(and protecting their firm) through these safe,
sure United States Savings Bonds.
The Fin Nti. Bank of t ortland
Klomoth Ita and Storage Company
Tfia California Oregon Fewer Company
First Federal Savings & Loon Assoc.
Balsiger Motor Company
Klamath Basin fin Milts Company
Modoc Lumber Company
Metier Brotfeeri
cutely
clea.