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HOSEBURg WEWS-REVIEW, RDSSBURS, ORESOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 19', I Wf. TARES Local Spends Tuesday Hers Roy Jstearns of Idleyld spent Tuesday In Roseburg en business. From Riddle Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Nichols of Riddle visited Tues day in Roseburg on business Here Tuesday Mrs. Gordon Burnett Of Dole spent Tuesday in Roseburg visiting and shopping. Lookingglass Visitor Relnhbld Blank of Lookingglass visited Tuesday in Roseburg on business. Myrtle Creek Visitors Mr. and Mrs. George Marcy of Myrtle Creek visited In Roseburg Tuesday. Returned From Vacation Ed Gross returned Monday after spending a week vacation on the coast. In Roseburg From Oakland-. Mrs. J. F. Kauscher of Oakland was a business visitor in Rose burg Tuesday. , Sutherlln Business Visitor Mrs. C. W. Kidd of Sutherlin transacted business in Roseburg Tuesday. Here from Sutherlln Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pepiot of Sutherlin spent Tuesday in Roseburg on business. Shops and Visits Mrs. Ray McAlpine of Dillard spent Tues day in Roseburg shopping and visiting. Here Yesterday James McAl pine and Roy Albertus of Dillard were business visitors in Rose burg Tuesday. Lookingglass Visitor Here Mrs. A. A. Jacoby of Lookingglass shopped and visited friends in Roseburg Tuesday. Here from Rice Creek Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Henry of Rice Creek were business visitors in Roseburg Tuesday. Spend Day Here Mrs. Arthur Alexander and daughter, Mrs. Earl Hunt, of Coos Junction, spent Tuesday in Roseburg visit ing and shopping. Starts Today Indian Theater kAr f - ii-n- . mm x . v- P5jti 7 - a Grace McDonald and David Bruce in a scene from "Gung Ho!, starring Randolph Scott, with J. Carrol Nalsh and Alan Curtis. Leaves on Vacation Mary Moore left Monday for Portland and vicinity on her two-week vacation. From Glendale--Reuel Melss- ner and Tom Bates of Glendale visited Tuesday in Roseburg with Stanley Mitchell. Visltinn In Portland Mrs. Del ta TVnW onrt Mm no- wi Leave I or Diamond Lake Ter- are visiting for a few days in. Hercher and Archie Taylor where they will stay a week. Portland. South Deer Creek Visitor Mrs. Stewart Hall and daughter, Rosemary, of South Deer Creek, visited in Roseburg Tuesday. Visiting From Eugene Lorelee and Bonnie lies of Eugene are Jisiting in Roseburg this week with their garandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Story lies. On Trip To Coast Misses Lola ; Smith and Norma Beecroft of I Sutherlln visited Tuesday In Rose burg on their way to the coast. On Business to Portland Mel Ingram and Paul Elliott left Tuesday for Portland on busi ness in connection with the Rose burg recreational program. Arrives Here Tuesday George Thomas, representative for the Milwaukee Railroad company, with headquarters in Portland, arrived in Roseburg Tuesday to attend to business. Arrives Here Bill Adair, who has been working in Eugene and Is being transferred to Portland, is spending a few days in Rose burg visiting his mother. Mrs. Margaret B. Adair. From Portland On Business M. M. Blum of the Portland Beauty SupDly company, visited Tuesday In Roseburg, where he attended to business. Returns Home Mrs. Howard Eggers left Monday for Portland after visiting her sister, Miss Frances Hutchinson, and friends in Roseburg. Working at Harth's Mrs. L.I T.. Wlmherlv I inendlnp the week working at Harth's Tog-1 gery. Vacationing Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Wilson, employees of the Roseburg Book store, are vaca tioning this week. Here Tuesday Mrs. Oscar t Rowland, win resides In the Oial-; la community, snent Tuesdav in Roseburg shopping and visiting j friends. j Visiting In Roseburg Mrs. Jess Bowman and daughter, Mary Ann, are visiting this week In Roseburg with Mrs. Bowman's parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cor nell. ' ARMY MOTHERS CLUB TO MEET THURSDAY A special meeting of the Army Mothers club lias been called for IThursday night, July 20, at 8 o'clock at the Douglas hotel dining hall. All members are urged to be present. Girls Called to Aid in Filling Ditty Bags Mrs. Dora Rltzman, chairman of the Junior Red Cross, has ask ed girls who are interested to meet, Thursday, July 20, from 1:30 p. m. until 4 p. m. at the Pacific building for the purpose of filling ditty bags for the boys of the armed , forces. Cnmpfire l girls and girls of campfire age are also to meet with this group to carry out the Junior Red Cross project. ftranqe Meetinn Announced Glide grange will hold a social affair Saturday night, July 22, at the hall. A wiener roast will bo followed by the social. The affair is open to the public. Vital Statistics BORN BONNEY To Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Bonney, Drew, at Mercy hospi tal, this morning, July 19 a (laughter; weight eight pounds three ounces. In from Glide Mrs. Belle Punlap, Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Cannon and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Oden of Glide were business visi tors in Roseburg Tuesday. Spree Costs Him $25 Fine Curtis Hudson, charged with intoxication and 'disorderly con duct, paid a fine of $25 Tuesday after pleading guilty in Roseburg city court. A. J. Geddes, city re corder, stated today. Working In Office Miss Katherine Irving, who has been taking a special business course in Portland, has returned to, Roseburg and accepted a position in the office of the Pierce Auto Freight. She is a daughter of Major and Mrs. B. B. Irving of Roseburg. Joins Navy Harold Daniels, noseourg, nas joined the navy and is now stationed in San Diego. Visiting In Roseburg Mr. and Mrs. KarnlH TTimf nt Tlllqnnb- land Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Wilklson I of Eugene are visiting In Rose burg with Mrs. Wilkison's moth ,er, Mrs. Catherine Horn. West Melrose Club to Meet The West Melrose club will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. George Osterman. Here on Business Cleal Da vis of Brockway and Kenneth Alexander of Coos Junction were business ylsitors in Roseburg Tuesday. Garden Valley Club to Meet The Garden Valley Women's club will meet Thursday at 2 o'clock at the clubhouse with Mrs. Fred Parrott as hostess. LeaVM D n DMelntM T.in T W. Josse left Tuesday for Los Angeles, where he will attend the furnitlirn marWot lln hie ratnrn he will stop at San Francisco for other business matters. Here On Furlough Staff Sergeant Keith Harrison is spending his 12-day furlough from Camp Adair, Corvallis, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Harrison, in Roseburg. He recent ly won the expert infantry badge at the celebration held at Camp Adair. Here from Wilbur Mrs. Charles Holcomb and daughters, Agnes and Delva, and Mrs. J. Hume of Wilbur were visitors in Roseburg for a few hours Tuesday. Will Work for Radio Shop Ed Peterson has taken the posi tion of radioman at the Howard Kluver Radio Shop in the Marshall-Wells hardware store. Mr. Peterson formerly worked as a radio technician in San Francisco, Visit at Sersfln Home Mr. and Mrs. Pete Serafin and fam ily of Seattle and Mike Serafin. U. S. army, and his family, also of Seattle, have been visiting his father, Frank Serafin, at Glide. The Serafine boys formerly at tended Glide high school. Returns From Visit With Moth er Mrs. H. H. Tlirnor rntnrnort Monday after a six-weeks visit in Oak Park, Illinois, near Chicago, after she was called there by the illness of her mother. On Mrs. Turner's return, she was accom panied by her niece, Miss Elea nor Bloomer. Leaves for Mississippi Mrs Raymond F. Parslow left Satur day night by train for Gulfport, Miss., where her husband is on the teaching staff at the navy training school. The Parslow home on East Lane has been leas ed to Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Roy Sunderland. Mr. Sunderland is the Shell Oil manager in Roseburg. Visitors Leave Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Newell of Portland, and their son, Lt. William E. Newell, Camp White, Medford, and his wife, spent the weekend In Rose burg visiting Mrs. Newell's moth er, Mrs. J. A. Hewitt, and sisters, Mrs. Boyd Bales and Mrs. Edwin Booth. Lt.- Newell has been on furlough, having just recently been returned to this country fol lowing two years with the U. S. army in Italy. He has been sent to Camp White for reassignment. Leave for Texas Technical Sergeant Eugene McElroy, who has been stationed by the U. S. army In the Aleutian islands for the last 17 months, and his wife, the former Helen Marie Catch ing, of Roseburg, have left for Harlingen, Texas, where they were called by the critical illness of the former's father. Sergeant McElroy's brother, Lloyd McEl roy, of Roseburg, left two weeks ago for Texas to be with his fa ther. Sergeant McElroy arrived In Rosebyrg in the first birthday of his baby son, Collett, whom he had not seen until this time. Ser geant and Mrs. McElroy were taken to Eugene, to take the train south, by the letter's mother, Mrs. Roy Catching. Accompanying Mrs. Catching were the McEl roys' small son, Collett; Mrs. Catching's mother, Mrs. George K. Qulne, and the latter's grand daughter, Mrs. Richard Young. Returns To California TH-l.,.,tn Theodore A. Wallace has left for his base at Camp Beale, Calif., luuowing a three-day furlough at Myrtle Creek visltincr his rto rente; pMr. and Mrs. T. A. Wallace; his wne ana ner nnrents ATr 0h Mrs. E. R. Shaw. Private Wallace received his baslr training of Camp White, Medford, where he won nis snarn shrmtinrr mni and was later transferred to wmp oeaie. Leave For South Richard Doucette, of the U. S. navy, and his wife, the former Evelyn Gill more of Roseburg, left this morn ing for their home in Santa Clara, Calif., following a leave spent in Portland visiting the later's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. "Snap" Gllmore. Mr. Gillmore was head of the Roseburg City band and Instructor of bands in the public schools here before moving to Portland to enter na tional defense work. The Dou cettes were accompanied to Rose burg by Mr. Doucette's mother, Mrs. Irving Doucette, who has been residing in Minnesota and who will attend to property in terests here before returning east. Undergose Operation Mrs. Ray Kimmey of 1218 Winchester street Roseburg, was taken to the hospital Sunday and underwent an operation the following day. mis. iimmey is now reported to be recovering nicely. Camp Fire Group to Meet The Maricopa Camp Fire group will hold a special meeting to discuss the annual Camp Fire Girls camp Friday at 1:30 o'clock at the Presbyterian ch,urch. Frlt zie Hamilton, guardian, has ask ed every member of the group to attend this meeting. Leave for East Word has been received by Mrs. Sadie Can non of Glide that her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ivan W. Brown, Portland, and Miss Ruby Seitz, have left for the latter's home at Wichita, Kansas, where Mrs Brown will visit a short time and then go to Florida to join her hus band. Cadet Ivan Brown. Back from Southern California Mrs. Boyd Bales has returned to her home in Roseburg, follow ing a trip to Los Angeles to visit her husband, who is In the army and has been stationed at Po mona ordinance army base. Mr. Bales was assistant manager of the Roseburg Montgomery Ward store before being transferred to Missoula, Mont., and Inter to Boise, Idaho, by the company. Mrs. Burr Back From Vacation Mrs. F. G. (Myrtle Hersher) Burr has returned to her work at the Todd Building company as bookkeeper, following a week's vacation at Berkeley, Calif,, visit ing her sister, Mrs. Kenneth La Violette (Clara Hersher), and family. She was accompanied to Berkeley by her young daughter, Carolyn, and her mother, Mrs. R. A. Hersher, who will remain there for a two weeks longer stay. SERVE IN THE NAVY JOIN THE MVES r 'Most Unique in ths West! Rev. Blaker to Aid in War Prisoner Contact Rev. W. L. Blaker has been named Prisoner of War specialist by the Douglas county chapter of the Red Cross in Roseburg. He is the pastor of St. George's Episco pal church. Anyone who has rel atives or friends who are prison ers of war and Is planning to send them parcels should consult Rev. Mr. Blaker for the necessary In formation, Mrs. Violet Hanon, ex ecutive secretary stated today. The shipment of Red Cross par cels to France at this time is be ing made by the Travancore and the Mangalore two Swedish ships, flying the Swedish flag and man ned by Swedish crews. BROWNSVILLE, Tex. Car men Reyes, fi6, has been trying to get some old age assistance. Finally came a communication from the government a card from his selective service board putting him In 1-A. STARTING TODAY M You'll relive In your memory TODAY V irsafe---.. -j ; ; ; AND TOM CON WAT. MARRIAGE LICENSES RIEFF NOURSE Rov L. Rleff, Lomita, Calif., and Hazel Em ma Notirso, Torrance, Calif. lief forces, the high command an nounced tonight. . At Lelyang on the railway, 34 miles to the south of the besieged junction, Japanese troops were said to be retreating northward. A Chinese government spokes man said, the Japanese were bringing In strong reinforce ments, and the battle for Heng yang on the Cnnton-Hankow rail way was approaching a climax. "We cannot foretell the out come" said the spokesman, P. H. Chang. Chinese Crack Jap Ring Around Canton Railway CHUNGKING, July 19 (AP) Counterattacking Chinese have cracked the Japanese ring around the Canton-Hankow railway city of Hengyang, and have reached points from two to three and one- I half miles from the city, where they can hear the gunfire of re- to BANK BY MAIL! Farmers to Get Power LEBANON, Ore., July 17. 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