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H6$Ee,UfcS ' flEVS-rVlEW, ROSURg, OWSbfi MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1945. mm Local! INIews Reported III Mrs. S. J. Coop er is reported to be 111 at her home in Laurelwood. Admitted To Hospital Mrs. A. J. Moore of Roseburg was admit ted to Mercy hospital Saturday. Welfare Shop To Open The Catholic Ladies Welfare shop will be open Saturday, February 3. Visiting In Roseburg Mrs, Wil liam Yeust and daughter, Miriam, of Azalea visited In Roseburg to day. ' From Sutherlin Mrs. Evelyn Young and daughter, June, were business visitors in Roseburg Sat urday from Sutherlin. Mrs. Henninger Better Mrs. A. G. Henninger is able to be out again, following two weeks ill ness at her home in Laurelwood. Leaves For South Morgan Lawson, Roseburg jeweler, has left for San Fernando, Calif., to attend to business and will visit his brother while there. Attend To Business Phil Stra- aer, A. u. McMillan and A. De BernarHt nf TrllnvlH rnnfn mirln were business visitors in Rose- nurg Saturday. Return To Salem Attorney Ray Bassett has returned to his home in Salem, following a few days in Roseburg attending to business. Goes To Los Anqeles Robert Kelley, of Judd's Furniture store in Roseburg, has left for Los Angeles to purchase spring stock for the store. Lease Residence Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Henninger of this city have leased the main unit of the residence property of the late Mrs. Agnez H. Page at Winchest er for personal occupancy., Spending Weekend At Salem Misses .lune Clayton and Sally Bales of Roseburg accompanied Miss Grace Covert and Miss Do rothy Moore to Salem, where they will soend the weekend and at tend Freshman Glee at Willamet te University. Both Miss Covert and Miss Moore are former Wil lamette students. Scout Troop Leaders Attend Training Course Over the weekend, leaders of , local Boy Scout Troops attended a Scoutmasters' training course at Rltter's cabin on the Umpqua liver at Winchester. The meeting, started witli dinner Saturday eve ning, continued through Sunday afternoon. Kenneth Wells, Scout executive of the Oregon Trail, council, conducted the course with the assistance of Jud ' Compton and Ralph Kalaher, field execu tives. Six Scouters completed the training: Thomas Davis and Fred Huber of Troon 57 of Roseburg, Guy Moore and R. P. Wheeler of Troop 23 of Camas Vellev, Frank Schrag of Troop 86, Fairview, and Lester Porter, Troop 18 Cot tage Grove. Heads of Scout Council Slate Annual Meeting Members of the Douglas dis trict council of the Boy Scouts and their wives will assemble at dinner at the Umpqua hotel this evening to hold their annual meeting. The purpose will be to elect officers for the coming year, to review the progress made In this territory during 1944, and to formulate plans and objectives for 1945. Bruce Elliott, chairman of the district, will preside and Kenneth Wells, executive of the local Scout council, will be the speaker for the evening. 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Schaeffer Of Roseburg Dies Mrs. aPttio Schaeffer, 83, well known resident of Roseburg, died at her home at 322 South Pine street Saturday night following prolonged illness. She was born near Bismarck, Mo., September (, istu, and was married to James M- Schaeffer at Caledonia, Mo., January 31, 1884. She came to Oregon in 1887 and resided here until 1890, moving then to Washington, and returning to Roseburg in 1894 to make her home here continuously until the time of her death. Mr. and Mrs. Schaeffer celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last year. Surviving are her husband, James M. Schaeffer, Roseburg, and two daughters, and a son, Mrs. Bessie Johnecheck, Portland, MisB Floe Schaeffer, Roseburg, and Osmond Schaeffer, Glengary. She is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Lucy Magnon, St. Louis, Mo.; two grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of the Douglas Fu neral home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. W. A. Sylwester officiating. Interment will fol low in Civil Bend cemetery. Funeral Held For Mrs. A. A. Sjorgren 1 Funeral, services for Mrs- Au gusta Sjogren, 53, well-known resident of Melrose, who died suddenly last Friday at Mercy hospital, were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Elgarose church. Dr. Charles A Edwards officiating. Concluding services and interment followed in the Elgarose cemetery. Arrange ments were in charge of the Douglas Funeral home. Mrs. Sjogren was born in Lilla rmsja, Sweden. May 2, 1891, and was married to Jonas Sjogren in Canada in 1908. For the past 25 years she had made her home in "this community. She was a member of the Melrose Ladies club and the Lutheran church. Surviving are five sqns and three daughters, Pvt. Fritz Sjo gren, U. S. armv now in New Gui nea; Pvt. 1c Bernard Sjogren, U. S. medical corps. Miami Beach, Fla.; Pvt. Olaf Sjogren, U. S. army, now in France; Andy Sjo gren, Roseburg: Stanley Sjogren, Melrose; Mrs. Milo (Edna) How ard. SDrinefield. Oregon: Mrs. Clifford (Elsie) Long Roseburg, and Elma Sjogren, lacoma, Wash. She is also survived by a hrother. John Helmer Lindgren, of Roseburg, and six grandchil dren. Military Rites Set for Late Thomas Kelly Military rites will be held at the Veterans cemetery at 11:30 Tuesday morning for Thomas Kelly, 44, veteran of World War II and resident of Klamath Falls, who died at the Veterans hos pital this morning. He was born at San Francisco March 8, 1900. No close relatives "survive. Ar rangements are in charge of the Douglas Funeral home. Three Furnish Bail Lawrence Gates, Umpqua; Bud Albert Allen, Camas Valley, and Mrs. D. Allen, Camas Valley, were released on $25 bail from the county jail, following their seperate arrests by state officers, each being charged with being drunk on a highway. R. H. S, Indians Down Bulldogs of North Bend, 41-36 The Roseburg high school In dians took their revenge for the defeat administered them on their coast trip during the Christ, mas holidays by beating the North Bend Bulldogs, 41 to 36, in a very closely contested basket ball game on the Roseburg court Saturday night. Roseburg stop ped a determined third-quarter drive by the Bulldogs and sus tained their own rally through the fourth quarter to secure a victory in the battle which saw two players on each team leave the game on personal fouls. Roseburg held a lead of 9 to 7 for the first quarter and 19 to 16 at the half. North Bend tied the score at 19-all as the third period opened. The Indians tossed the next basket , but the uuiiciogs aeain tied the score and held a one-point lead until Roseburg knotted the count at 25-25 at the close of the third period. The In dians then broke out in front and ran up a five-point lead which they held until the end of the con test. North Bend, which is in second place, trailing Myrtle Point in the Coos county league, was piaying without the services of Noel, high scorer for the district, who was left at home to nurse" an in fected foot. Frv. his teammate In the for ward spot, was high scorer for the game with 14 tallies. Lineups: Roseburg (41) Pos. (36) N'th B'nd Benson (7) ....F (0) Why young (9) F (14) Fry Kiell (10) C (3) Sanders ! James (9) G (6) Jansen Harvey (4) G (9) Hagen I Substitutions: Roseburg-Jacob son, Atterbury, Colley, Caskey, Gerretsen 2; North Bend-Wilson 1, Adams 3, Hillar. ' An interesting game was played between groups of Rose and Ful lerton grade school players, four full teams being present and .each playing a quarter. The Indians have two games 'on their schedule for this week, playing a ' league contest at SpringTield Friday night and meeting Myrtle Point, District 6 leaders, on the Roseburg court Saturday night. Glendale Teams Trim Days Creek Days Creek high school suf fered a double defeat Friday night during an invasion of Glendale high school territory. Glendale won the basketball game, 37 to 15, while the Days Creek girls, who have been outstanding in volleyball, lost, 22 to 16, in their preliminary game. Glendale's defense was too tough for the Days Creek basket ball team, while Glendale for wards had their sights well trim med for baskets, taking a quick lead in the first quarter and stretching their margin to 20 to 6 at half-time. Lineups Glendale (37) Pos. (15) Days Cr'k Winkem'n (7) F (7) McKenzie E. St. Cl'r (81 F (2) Smith Bates (4) C Bratten G.St.Clair (1) G (G) A. Ward Duncan G B. Ward Substitutions: Glendale-Bar rong 11, Yeust 4, Dobyns, D. Winkleman, Christie, Dompier 2; Days Creek-none. Melrose Women Bidden To Talk on "Fewer Colds" All women of the Melrose com munity are invited to attend a meeting Wednesday, January 31, at 2 o'clock at the grange hall to hear the O. S. C. extension agent, Miss Doris McWhorter, talk on the subject, "Let's Have Fewer Colds." All persons interested are invited. T. T. Williams Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow Funeral services for Thomas T. Williams, 54, who died in Rose burg last Thursday, will be held in the chapel of the Douglas Funeral home Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock with Father William L. Blaker, of St. Georgq's Episcopal church, officiating. Military rites and interment will follow in the Veterans cemetery. "Drunk" Forfeits Bail Aaron Qysert, charged with In toxication, forfeited bail of $20, A. J. Gedde3, city recorder, stat ed today. Dairymen SHIP YOUR CREAM TO DOUGLAS COUNTY CREAMERY MAKERS OF Butter end Me!-0-Mfiid Ice Cream 1 TOP PRICES PAID Jackson and Douglas Telephone 340 Jubilee Singers Dated in Doucjlas .8?" Methodist churches at Myrtle Creek, Sutherlin, Dillard and Roseburg will offer the Rust Col lege Jubilee Singers, colored en tertainers from Holly Springs, Miss., in concerts during the next two weeks. The programs will be presented as follows: Mvrtle Creek, Jan. 31; Suther lin, Feb. 1; Dillard, Feb. 11, at the morning church hour, and Rose burg, Sunday evening, Feb. 11. Concerts will be given at the high schools in Roseburg Thurs days afternoon, Feb. 1. The Jubilee Singers are tour ing in the interest of the college Youth Recreation Program Will be Held at Armory It was announced today that the Roseburg armorv has been secured two nights a week to car ry on a youth program under the citv recreational committe. It will be operated as a student club with a committe of six high school girls and boys acting as a student operating committee under the supervision of an adult advisory board. The student committee con sists of Stanley Mitchell, chair man; Marilyn Preston, Yvonne Byrd, Daun Llllard, Jovce Bart ley and John Ulrich. The club and its entire program will be under direct sfiervision of the city recreational director and a group of paid and volunteer sup ervisors who will assist during the hours the club is open. The club will open next FViday night, February 2, and will be open each Fridav thereafter from 7:30 11:00 o'clock for high school students. Membership tick ets will go on sale at the High school next Wednesday following the student body assembly, which has been called for this purpose. The membership fee is 25c' for the remainder of the school year. As soon as basketball season is over, the club will open on Tues- aav nights lrom 7:00 9:30 o'clock. Red Cross Offices to Be Transferred to Armory The Douglas county chapter of the American Red . Cross will move their headquarters from the Pacific building to the armory as soon as the decorating is com pleted, Mrs. Violet C. Hannon, executive secretary of the Doug- DOUGLAS COUNTY LOG TRUCKERS ASSOCIATION Will hold a regular meeting Wednesday, January 31st. at Sig Fett's Garage, i All members and anyone interested are welcome. Committee. - .R ;,?- of liberal arts of the"" Holly Springs school, which ministers to the rural areas of Mississippi. The school has developed a self help program, enabling many colored students to secure an adu cation. Funds raised by free-will offerings at the concerts will be used to construct a new building following the war. The group features Miss Nata lie Doxey, vocalist, with a quin tette. Numbers will include a wide variety of solos, duets, quar tette and sextette selections, fea '.til ing spirituals and songs of the southland. las county chapter, stated today. The new headquarters will com prise four large rooms, Mrs. Han non said. P. A. Beatty, Former Wilbur Resident, Dies P. A. Beatty, 65, formerly resi dent of Wilbur for many years, died at Mcdford SundaV, accord ing to word received In Roseburg. He is survived by four sons and two daughters. Funeral arrange ments have not yet been an nouncd. Papooses Win at Grants Pass, 21-17 Roseburg Junior high school Papooses, at Grants Pass Satur day, won their second consecutive victory of the season, 21 to 17. Feldkamp started the scoring soon after the start of the game with a basket, closely followed oy one oy L). Davis. KoseDurg then pulled away at the quarter and led with a score of 13 to 4. Neither team did much scoring in the second quarter which ended 10 to 8. Content with this lead, Roseburg didn't try too much to score in the third quarter, which ended 19 to 16. ; The last quarter was hard fought with Grants Pass trying hard to got the ball to score and Roseburg trying just as hard not to let them get tne ball. Grants Pass scored one for a goal and Roseburg got one field goal on a beautiful drive bv Baird from be yond the center line for a cripple. Final score was 21 - 17 for Rose burg. Roseburg scored eight field goals and five for one goal with Grants Pass scoring seven field goals and three for one goals. Roseburg's next game is with Woodrow Wilson of Eugene Fri day night, February 9. U. of 0. Hoopsters Keep top Spot by Downing Huskies University of Oretron basket- eers were planted on top rung of the division ladder today alter squashing the university of Wash ington Huskies all the way down to third place over the week end. Oregon Slate was hoisled into an uncontested seat in second place as Oregon squeezed out a 54 51 win over the Huskies Saturday night after a runaway Friday victory. ' Washington State climbed to a third-spot tie with Washington by trouncing Idaho Friday and Sat urday, Hie last time oy ia - ji, ni Pullman. W. S. C. The only team to stop Oregon to date, has no games leu wun mo pace makers. But Orccon must cive Wash ington a chance for revenge this week with Friday-Saturday tus sles in Seattle. The Huskies, anxious to rub out some of the sling of that disastrous trip into Oregon which cost four games and bumped them out of first place, will be fortified with the naval trainees who are permit ted to appear in home games. Tallying 20 points Saturday for the second successive night, Vince Hansen of W. S. C. took the di vision scoring lead awav from Oregon's Dick Wilkins. He now has 113 points and Wilkins has nu, Dut tne latter still tops nan sen for national honors with all games Included by eight points with 373. Riser, Olson Win Wrestling Bouts On Roseburg Card Two three-fall bouts at the arm ory Saturday night marked the return of professional wrestling to Roseburg afler a lapse of several years. Winner of one tus sle was Jack Klser of Vancou ver, Wash., billed as the light heavyweight champion of the Pacific northwest, the victim be ing Billy MeEuin from down Texas way. Victor in the other was Milton Olson of Minneapo lis, substituting for Ernie Plluso, and his defeuted opponent was Tarzan Potvin of Canada. A noisy crowd of nearly 500 was given a treat of wrestling with all of its modern technique. ' reminiscent of old-time barroom, combats, and the profitable size of the audience, combined with the enthusiastic reception of the program, prompted Bob Owen to lANN SAVAGE" TOM NEAL 1 ME WEDNESDAY 7& 9 at AND "WILD HORSE PHANTOM" with BUSTER CRABBE TODAY & vtf Jn " X3 I PLUS JAN. 14-31 announce plans for another bill next Saturday night. Out ot the proceeds went $50 to the Infantile paralysis fund, a donation from the Roseburg boxing commis sion. Klser took the first fall from MeEuin in 24 minutes with n leg stopper after a variety of legiti mate holds Interspersed with an exchange of kicks to the kidneys, slugging and drop kicks, to the accompaniment of mingled boos and yells of delight from the rail birds. To tins choice assortment of rough-house tactics, MeEuin, for his own part, added hair-yank-Ing in the second stanza, which he ultimately won in 8 minutes with a body slam. The third and deciding fall went to Klser In 5 minutes after a trio of drop kicks, followed by a body press. First fall of bout No. 1 went to Potvln by way of a reverse headluck In 15 minutes. The next two were captured by Olson in the respective periods of 6 and 10 minutes. A half-Boston crab hold ended the former, a combin ed leg stopper and toe-hold the latter. As in the main event, feet and fists flew in this bout on a scale sufficient to keep the crowd In u high pitch of excitement. 'No Time for Fun' on Home Front, Soldier Writes MYRTLE CREEK In a re cent letter received by Mrs. J. B. Llddle of Galax, Va., from her son, Pvt. Ernest Llddle, some where in Holland, that at that time another big push was about to be made and he states "and I mean it is going to cost lives". He continues to say that many people back in the states "don't realize these poor guys are giving STAR TODAY AND HERBERT'S wit.77; tlauahtuHlarietta wild FRANK MORGAN ELSA LANCHESTER DOUGLASS DUMBRILLE I0SEPH CAWTH0RNE CECILIA PARKER : WEDNESDAY y Irs a rrssmr Jafp L : DORIS L I A.VUT V ADMISSIONS Adults, Eve 55c Adults, Mat. 50c TODAY AND TOMORROW i V THtSONGOf LjJfS"? E " songs' COMING WEDNESDAY THE SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY! A Em News Reel, Music, Short Subjects AFTERNOON and EVENING 'their lives for the good old U. S. A. If some or tne people dhck there were over hero for a few days, they would think more of something else than having a igood time.'! -. , :- I Pvt. 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