2 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Tue., Feb. 1, 1949
Mrs. Home Booth Receives
National Avard for Service
To Community's Girlhood
For "outstanding and generous
service to girlhood," Mrs. Harrie
Booth of Roseburg was presented
with the national Luther Halsey
Gulick award at the second an
nual meeting of the Roseburg
Camp Fire Council Monday nigni.
The citation was given to Mrs.
Booth by Mrs. James E. Conn, re
tiring president of the council, for
her continuous service In the ef
fort of Camp Fire from 1941 to
1948 In Roseburg.
The occasion marked the first
time that the national award has
been made to a local woman. The
presentation climaxed the meet
ing at the First Methodist Church,
which brought into review for
sponsors, guardians, and parents
the activities of Camp Fire In
Douglas County for the past year.
New committees were introduc
ed, sponsors and guardians were
brought together for informal dis
cussion, and reports were given
on 1948 committee work, by chair
men and by the retiring executive
director, Mrs. Sidney Domenico.
Six Others Honored
Six others were honored with
presentation of adult membership
awards for outstanding service in
Camp Fire in the community and
on the council. Mrs. Harold Hoyt
presented the first pin to Mrs.
James E. Conn for her service as
president of the council the past
year.
Mrs. Conn In turn gave adult
membership pins to Mrs. Horace
Berg, Mrs. Clair Allen, Mrs. A. J.
Ellison, past presidents of the lo
cal council, and to Mrs. W. H.
Allen and Mrs. Sidney Domenico,
who have each served one year as
executive director.
The award to Mrs. Booth came
as a surprise at the close of the
evening. She has served as presi
dent of the council for two years
and the remaining time headed
various committees on the coun
cil. In the letter to Camp Fire Na
tional Headquarters requesting
the award it was stated that "had
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It not been for Mrs. Booth's per-.st-verence
during the war years,
Camp Fire In Roseburg would
have gone out of existence. Now
we have a registered membership
oi over iw.
Mrs. Booth In accenting the ci
tatlon and Gulick pin, said she
felt the volunteer service she had
given In the past years had been
repaid by knowledge that Rose
burg girls had the privilege of
membership, fun and learning In
Camp Fire activities.
Flier Missing Five Days
Spotted at Fish Lake
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nights of bitter cold tempera
tures In the area were near zero
was a question. No shelter ex
cept the plane was seen In the
area, Allen said.
The plane itself did not seem
badly damaged. The wings and
fuselage looked Intact.
Last night the downed flier had
medical supplies, food and shel
ter. Capt. Frederick Harcourt, a
physician of Millray, Ind., and
Cpl. John Robblns of Portland,
both with the McChord air rescue
unit, parachuted from the PBY.
One landed within 200 yards of
the downed plane and the other
landed near the edge of the lake
a little farther away, Allen said.
They had a shelter tent and sup
plies as well as a handy-talkie
radio.
Six Persons Missing In
Wisconsin Hotel Fire
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flee down ladders and fire es
capes and saw some Jump from
various floors.
The fire of undetermined ori
ginate steadily from the top of
he brick veneer structure built
In 1870 down to the basement.
ACTIVIANS DATE MEET
! Roseburg Active Club will meet
Wednesday morning in the Shall-
! mar for breakfast at 7 o'clock.
This is usually a night session,
but until a new meeting place
can be decided upon for evenings,
the morning breakfasts will be
i held. Report on success of the
March of Dimes dance and other
club projects is among the busl-
' ness scheduled.
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Scouters' Work Told
At District Award Meet
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by outside agencies such as the
Boy Scouts which is all to the
good, Dahlberg said.
Eleven scouters received
awards from Mayor Flegel, for
outstanding service In the scout
ing field In this county. They in
cluded Robert Lilly, Riddle; Bob
Nazelrod, Roseburg; Bert Young,
Garden Valley; R. C. Herbage,
Roseburg; Dave McComb, Eden
bower; Harl Kelly, Roseburg;
George Niday, Edenbowerj Don
Reed, Roseburg; Bill Scofield,
Roseburg; R. K. Laird, Drain and
Bill Worrall, Canyonville.
Also recognized for Scouting
activities in this area were
George Mill, Glendale; Orville
Smith, Nonpareil; M. Sanders,
Melrose Grange and Albert
Young Tenmile.
New Officers Seated
New officers installed In the
Douglas district Included John
Todd, district chairman; Al Hen
nlnger, district vice-chairman and
Bill Scofield, district commis
sioner all are of Roseburg.
Chairmen of this year's operat
ing committee were introduced.
They include Al Henninger, fi
nance chairman; Carl Felkner,
advancement chairman; Red Nel
son, camping and activities; Dr.
Bruce Tuck, health and safety;
Bill Unrath, leadership and train
ing. Bruce Elliott was appointed
chairman of the councll-at-large.
The executive board of the Ore
gon Trail Council Includes Todd,
Elliott, Bill Gerretsen and Hen
ninger, according to Bayles.
The meeting pened with a
candlelight ceremony performed
bv Sea Scout Morris Roach Jr.;
Fred Hargis, cub scout and Bob
Tedrick, senior boy scout. The
meeting closed with a recitation
of the scout oath by the guests.
Rev. W. A. MacArthur gave the
invocation.
Entertainment was provided
by members of the Roseburg
choral society and Sandra Melba,
who played several piano solos.
Texas Blizzard Spreads
Ruin Among Crops
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humans and livestock.
Temperatures moderated over
some parts of the frost-bitten
South. The mercury again was
also far below freezing in Ten
nessee, northern Mississippi,
northern Alabama and most of
Arkansas. Bowling Green, Ky.,
had 3 above .
There was a flesh cold wave
In the Northern and Central
Plains.
North Dakota and northern
Minnesota had the coldest weath
er. Early morning lows In North
Dakota were IS to M below zero
and In Minnesota 10 to 15 below.
The II. S. weather bureau snld
southern and central Florida
were the only sections of the
country with warm weather.
More U. 8. Aid Asked
Meanwhile, as the fight in the
western blizzard area continued,
the Senate's $.1,000,000 bill to aid
In relief work was before the
House Appropriations Committee.
President Truman had a new re
quest from Rep. Granger (D..
Utah) that $r,0()0,000 he provided.
The President ordered the
Army to put anv of Its resoures
needed In the light against the
January snowstorms In the West
ern Plains and Rocky Mountain
Region.
The snow disaster headquar
ters of the Red Cross was shifted
from St. Louis to Omaha. Ther?
were scores of cases of hardship
in the storm-strlrken area and
rescue workers made new efforts
to break through the huge snow
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Second Annual Meeting Of
Roseburg Camp Fire Council
Attracts Large Attendance
More than 100 persons from
throughout the county attended
the second annual meeting of the
Roseburg Camp Fire Council at
the First Methodist Church Mon
day night.
The program opened with flag
presentation by members of the
Nawadah Camp Fire Girls and
singing of the national anthem.
The Bluebird group led by Mrs.
Gwen Rose gave their wish and
a Bluebird song. This was follow
ed by the Horizon Club girls, with
Miss Helen Larkln as advisor,
singing a number.
The annual report for 1948,
presented by Mrs. Sidney Domen
ico, was followed by reports from
council chairmen: Mrs. Morris
Bowker, extension; Mrs. A. J. El
lison, budget; Mrs. Tom Parge
ter, education; and Mrs. Harold
Hoyt, camp. The following chair
men were Introduced, as their
committees were self-explana
tory: Mrs. w. H. Allen, publicity;
Mrs. Charles Russell, civic serv
ice, and Mrs. James Conn,
awards.
Mrs. Harold Hoyt, new council
president, introduced new offi
cers and committee heads for
1949. Mrs. Betty Gibson, new
executive director for Douglas
County, introduced sponsors and
guardians and gave a resume of
sponsor duties.
The Horizon Club added a bit
of humor to the program with a
Mrs. Harry Allen,
Myrtle Creek. Dies
Mrs. Harry (Winnie) Allen, 51,
well-known resident of. Myrtle
Creek, died Jan. 31 following a
prolonged period of illness. She
was born at Canyonville, July 30,
1897, and was married to Harry
Allen at Grants Pass July 23,
1932.
Surviving are her husband and
her three children, Buster Bran
ham, Selma, Ore.; Leroy Bran
ham, Grants Pass, and Mrs. Rob
ert (Dollie) Spancake, Myrtle
Creek, and her mother, Mrs. Ber
tha McGee of Canyonville. Also
surviving are two sisters,- Mrs.
Mattie Finn, Portland, Mrs. Ber
tha Barton, Lebanon, Ore.; a
brother, Elvln Pickett, Canyon
ville, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held In
the Methodist Church at Myrtle
Creek Thursday at 2 p.m. with
the Rev. Mr. Rutledge officiating.
Concluding services and inter
ment will follow in the Myrtle
Creek I. O. O. F. Cemetery. Fu
neral arrangements are In charge
of the Long & Orr Mortuary.
Bus Holdup Man Uses
Jesse James Technique
VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 1
(JP) A bandit today pulled a
Jesse James on a city bus.
Driver Donald Stewart stopped
his empty vehicle to pick up his
first passenger.
The slim man with blood-shot
eyes boarded the bus, flashed 1
revolver, and relieved the driver
of $20 cash and $80 worth of
tickets.
He even had a James boys' re
ceptacle for the loot his hat. It
was a snap brim, however, not a
10-gallon.
drifts to reach marooned fam
ilies. A new hayllft was scheduled
to start with 20 Air Force C-47
planes flying 600 tons of hay
14,400 bales from La Junta,
Colo., to Casper, Wyo., In an
around-the-clock operation.
The Army district engineer's
office said 49 carloads of snow
moving machinery left Colorado
for Nebraska yesterday, and the
first unit reached Alliance early
today.
Cattle Rushed to Market
Taking advantage of the first
sustained break In the January
blizzards, Colorado ranchers
packed the Denver Union Stock
yards with 7,400 cattle and 5.000
sheep. It .was the largest supply
of fed steers and heifers of the
season.
Cattle buyers were "surprised
to see the animals In such good
condition." a stockyards spokes
man said.
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short skit. Taking part were Na
nette DesBiens, Ethel Mae Wilson,
Janet Buckingham, Norma Johns,
Donna Lee Plnard and Dorothy
Casey.
Social Hour Follows
The program closed with a so
cial hour with Mrs. Horace Berg
and Mrs. Harrle Booth presiding
at the refreshment table. Ar
rangements for the evening were
in charge of Mrs. Ed Tauscher,
assisted by council members.
Sponsoring groups represented
at the meeting were Beta Sigma
Phi, Business and Professional
Women's Club, Fullerton P.-T. A.,
Junior Women's Club, Parents
Club of St. Joseph's School, Jun
ior Division of the First Christian
Church, Lady Lions, Drain P.-T.
A. and Drain Lions Club, Rose
burg Active Club, American Le
gion Auxiliary, Circle No. 1, St.
Joseph's Society, Winchester
Community Club, W. S. C. S. at
Dillard, Linger Longer Club, Pine
Grove Sunday School, Melrose
and Umpqua Grange, and Rose
P.-T. A.
Mrs. James Conn was announc
ed as the regional representative
from Douglas County to Region
Six annual meeting to be held in
Idaho later in the year. Region
Six comprises Montana, Idaho,
Washington and Oregon and from
these four states delegates are
elected to serve on the National
Council of Camp Fire.
Emergency Power Cur
Authority is Assailed
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500 annual salaries boosted to $8,
500, with Multnomah county pay
ing the extra $1,000. This would
give them the same pay as Su
preme Court Justices, and would
give them $1,000 more than cir
cuit judges In other counties.
A close' fight over the bill is
expected In the Senate, as was in
dicated today when the Senate
voted 15-15 on a motion to table
the bill.
Representatives of employers
ad labor met last night to discuss
bills to Increase unemployment
and industrial accident benefits.
But no agreement was reached,
and another meeting will be held
Thursday night.
Reps. Herman Hendershott, Eu
gene, and Dean B. Erwin, Enter
prise, introduced a bill to tax all
wines 18 cents a gallon. The tax
on bulk natural wines now is 15
cents, while it is 30 cents on bot
tled natural wines and all fortified
wines.
Tax Boosts Unlikely
A proposed 10 per cent tax on
theater admissions was dead and
buried today.
And the House Taxation Com
mittee Indicated strongly that's
what's going to happen to all
other plans to get revenue from
new forms of taxes. These in
clude levies on slot machines and
plnball games, a 3 per cent cor
poration tax, a business tax of
i of 1 per cent of gross income.
and doing away with the personal
property tax otrset of 50 per cent
against the corporation income
tax.
The House committee members
said they are satisfied to use pres
ent forms of income, doubting
whether the people would go for
new taxes. They will, however,
boost the personal income tax
about $10,000,000.
The amusement tax would
raise about $3,000,000 a year, but
the committee burled it after
hearing theater operators say
that would break them. The
money would be used for old age
pensions.
The House Social Welfare Com'
mlttee said last night It probably
would ceclde against locating the
camp for delinquent boys at Ilm
ber, Washington county, as the
oeonle voted in November. In
stead, the camp probably will be
located in eastern Oregon, where
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constituents who inquire about
the conditions that they can
formulate the letters and type
them before submitting them to
the husbands approval. A good
many husbands tell me that
their wives can say what they
instruction. This is certainly an
instrucvtlon. This is certainly an
efficiency factor.
When I have finished compil
ing the statistics I believe I shall
try to write a comprehensive ar
ticle on the subject for the bene
fit of the public and particularly
those who feel that It is a be
trayal of a public trust when a
legislator promptly gives his wife
a position on the public payroll.
Statistics seem to indicate that
the wives are there largely be
cause they are better qualified
than a casual secretary who
could be picked at random for a
short term job. And then wives
are vitally interested In the pro
ceedings and want to know all
about what is going on. They feel
that they can be of value to their
constituents because very often s
wife is questioned about affairs
of state which she has observed
and is able to spare her busy hus
band many moments of explana
tion or listening. Also many of
the wives aro better qualified to
sort mail picking out the impor
tant from that which is purely a
nuisance and she can summarize
the situation concisely for her
busy husband. This does not
mean that the legislators them
selves are ot belne concerned
with the mail from home, but
there is a certain amount of du
plicated propaganda which can
be summarized v an alert secre
tary for him.
I'm not finished with my In
vestigation but it promises to be
of some Interest to the public
who I think have been misled. I
am also going to ave something
to say in reply to an article in
which I read the statement that
the undoubtedly underpaid legis
lators are selling votes rignt and
left for steak dinners or "a mess
of pottage."
it doesn't get so wet.
The committee Is thinking
about iwo sites near Burns.
Even Rep. E. H. Condit, West
port, whose district includes Tim
ber, had nothing good to say
about it. He said the nine-months
rainy season is "horrible."
The state parole board submit
ted its program, calling for a new
prison for first offenders, and a
full-time parole board. The board
now gets paid for each day it
meets, but the board wants an an
nual salary.
the board also asked for aca
demic and vocational training at
the penitentiary, increased per
sonnel, and salary increases.
the board now has 800 pa
rolees to supervise, or double the
number oi two years ago.
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Dr. Irene Villiams
Claimed by Death
Dr. Irene Steel Williams, 81,
retired physician and well-known
resident of Roseburg, died at the
Barclay Rest Home at Melrose
Jan. 29, following a brief Illness.
She was born at Shawneetown,
III., on Feb. 9, 1867 and wasgradu
ated from Amerial Medical Col
lege In 1898. She practiced medi
cine in Indiana and Colorado be
fore coming to Oregon about 38
years ago.
She was married to Albert G.
Williams In Portland in 1912, and
came here from Tillamook, In
1921. Mr. Williams passed away
in Jan. 1937. Dr. Williams was a
member of the Spanish Ameri
can War Veterans Auxiliary, and
of the Baptist Church.
She Is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Telia Crow, Edgar Springs,
Mo., and Mrs. Margaret Owens,
New Haven, 111.; a brother, Mar
tin Steel of Edgar Springs, Mo.
She is also survived by the follow
ing nephews, Mark Steel Rose
burg; Ted Robertson, Albuquer
que, N. M.; Guy Chastain, Tulsa,
Okla., and Leonard Brockett,
Sacramento, Calif.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. In
the chapel of Long & Orr Mortu
ary. Interment at Civil Bend
Cemetery will follow.
Planes, Ships Resume
Search for Lost B29
LONDON, Feb. 1. (P)Planes
and ships of four nations resum
ed their search today for an
American Superfortress missing
since Thursday with 15 aboard. U.
S. Third Air Division headquart
ers expressed doubt that wreck
age discovered off the Canary Is
lands came from the B-29.
The Spanish admiralty reported
a radio message from a Belgian
steamship that it sighted float
ing debris which appeared to be
that of an airplane. The ship re
ported it saw life preservers but
no sign of victims or survivors.
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Joe Louis Knocks Out
Dixie Oliver in Round 4
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 1.
P Joe Louis continues his ex
hibition tour of Florida with his
second fight against Elmer (Vio
lent) Ray here tonight.
The heavyweight champion last
night knocked out Dixie Lee Oli
ver, 220-pound Negro from St Pe. .
tersburg in the fourth round.
DRIVER EXAMS DATED
A driver's license examiner will
be on duty in Roseburg Thursday
and Friday at the City Hall be
tween the hours of 9 a. m. and
5 p. m. Persons wishing licenses
or permits to drive are advised
to get in touch with the examin
er well ahead of the scheduled
closing hours in order to assure
completion of their applications
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