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10 The Newi-Review, Roieburg, Or. Tut., July I, 1949 Phone Workers Brand Unwanted Pay Hike As Scheme For Rates Boost Society and GluAi By LOTUS KNIGHT PORTER NOTICE Social Items lubmltted by tele phone lor the society page must be turned In before 12 o'clock Monday through Thursday and by 10 a. m. Fridays, at which time the social calendar and Sat urday's society page are closed weekly. LUCKY SEVEN 4-H CLUB HAS MEETING AT WOOTEN HOME 8UN DAY The Lucky. Seven 4 H Stock Club met Sunday afternoon at the home of Michael Wooten with Andrew Hanson, leader, in charge. Michael Wooten, presi dent, conducted the business meeting. LeRone Sanders told of his calf project and Joe Sands told of his Big project. cnarioiie aanas, onna Sundberg and Michael Wooten gave a very Interesting report of attending the 4-H sum mer school at Corvallis. Those attending the meeting were Donna Sundberg, Charlotte, Joe, Glen and Stevie Sands; Dickie Sjogren, Salley Brown, Le Rone Sanders, Glen, Donald and Margie Hanson, Michael and Dixie Wooten, Mrs. Clarice Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and Mr. and Mis. Vern Woolen. Following the meeting the froup was Joined by Mrs. David ands and children, Lee, Gary and Joan; Mr. and Mrs. J. Sands and George Sundberg. Mrs. Wooten served lovely refresh ments. The next meeting will be July 13 at the home of Dickie Sjogren. COUNTRY CLUB WOMEN TO MEET THUR8DAY Women of the Roseburg Coun try Club will meet Thursday morning at the clubcourse at nine-thirty o'clock for golfing, followed by a twelve-thirty o'clock luncheon and the bridge play at one-thirty o'clock. 1 HARRY C. STEARNS Funeral Director Our lerviee If for otl and meets very need. Any distant, ony time Unsd Lady Assistant. Oakland, Oregon Phone 472 or S42 DON'T MAKE A MOVE U'.i Til you see F L E G E L Transfer , and Storage ' Phone 935 BIRTHDAY PARTY IS DELIGHTFUL AFFAIR SATURDAY EVENING David Sands and daughter, Joan, were honored at a lovely birthday oarty at their home Saturday evening. Gifts were pre sented to them from Mrs. Mildred Fields, Mrs. Collins and niece and nephew, Kathy and Lynn; Dick Holmaulst. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Lucas, Morris Durch, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Johns and son. Ray; Mrs. Mary Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. George Sundberg and chil dren, Donald and Donna; and nephew, David Bartholomy; Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Johnson and daughter. Henrietta; Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Sands, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Sjogren and sons, Dickie and Dennis; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sands and children, Charlotte, Joe, Glen and Stevie; Henry Nel son and daughter, Helen; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hanson and chil dren, Glen, Donald and Margie, and 'the hostess, Mrs. Nelda Sands, and children, Lee and Gary. Lovely refreshments were serv ed. MID-WEEK BIBLE CLASS TO MEET ON THURSDAY The Mid week Bible Class of St. Paul's Lutheran Church will meet Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the parish house with Mrs. E. W. Carter' and Mrs. W. A. Syl wester, co-hostesses. The topic, "The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, will be discussed during the study hour, under the leadership of the pastor, Kev. W. A. sviwester. Plans will be made for the Mission Rally and Sunday School picnic to be held July 24 at the Veterans Hospital picnic grounds, All members and friends are most cordially invited to attend tne meeting. MR. AND MR8. KOHLHAGEN TO CELEBRATE GOLDEN . WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Relatives and friends are most cordially invited to attend the golden wedding reception of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kohlhagen Sr.. from two to five-thirty o'clock Sunday, July 10, at their home at 901 Military street. All of Ihe family plan to be home for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Kohl hagen have many friends In Roseburg, as they have made their home here their entire mar ried life. GRAY LADIES TO MEET TONIGHT The Gray Ladles, American Red Cross, will meet at eight o'clock tonight, July !5, at the Veterans Hospital picnic grounds. All members are requested to be present, BELLVIEW CLUB TO MEET ON WEDNESDAY The Bellvlew Club will meet Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the home of Mrs. Edna Parker, 1420 Military street. All members are most cordially In vited to attend. PICNIC TO BE HELD BY R. A. AND E. CLUB The Roseburg Art and Em broidery Club will hold a noon picnic luncheon Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Haltie Neal on Fleser street. Those attending are asked to bring their own table service. FRIENDLY HOUR CLUB TO MEET WEDNESDAY The Friendly Hour Club will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Katie Conn. All members are urged to be present. WINSTON COMMUNITY CLUB TO MEET THURSDAY The Winston Community Club will meet Thursday evening at seven-thirty o'clock at Howard's Hardware store. All residents of the community are Invited. BUSY STEPPERS CLUB TO MEET AT LUNCHEON The Olalla Busy Steppers Club will meet at a noon pot luck lunch eon Thursday at the home of Mrs. Josephine Hoffman. All members are most cordially in vited to be present. 1 jr if C'z - i IV ?m -v-v 1 m:mAp L:r rA , - - - , f 9 i 1 ' J J MEDLEY RELAY CHAMPIONS Donna Beall, Delia Moore Sehorn, and Lavelle Flannery, Oregon, 1948, women's 300-meter medlay champions, will appear iq Roieburg during the first Southern Oregon Invitational swimming meet to be conducted at the Municipal Pool July 9 and 10, under sponsorship of the Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. I hey are members ot the fortland Aquatie Club. Night Fall Of Independence Day Related By Writer In Story Of Today's Southland (By HAL BOYLE) NEW YORK P) The eve ning sun sank In red fire across the hills of the southland, and the scent of pine rose strong and clean in the cooling air. There was the sound of ham mering in the back yard. of the weathered unpainted shanty lean ing against the hillside. A small boy in patched trousers came down the road, scuffing his bare toes in the dust. He turned in at the broken gate, swinging on a single hinge, and walked around behind the shanty. He stopped and looked with Interest at a burly man in stained overalls kneeling on the ground. Ihe man was nailing a short crossbar to a long piece, of wood sharpened at one end. "What you makin', papa?" asked the boy. The big man. startled, turned In alarm, his hammer upraised. utie! uit in tne nouse!" "It looks like the cross we have In Sunday School," said the boy. "You goin' to take It to church?" The man turned to the house. "Ella!" he called. "Git that boy Inside!" A thin woman In a slack dress walked to the porch, and pushed the screen door open. The door, its spring strained by rust and wind, banged against the porch wall and stayed there. "Come In, Otie," said his mother. "I been wallin' supper." "But what's pap doln'?'' said the small boy, as he turned to the door. Gettin ready to go to a party," replied the woman. "He's gettin quite social these nights your papa Is. Shut your mouth!" said the big man. "Maybe it you was less social they'd be more to eat In th house," sne said bitterly. "Shut your mouth!" After the boy and the mother went into the kitchen, the man raised his finished cross and dragged it around to the front of the house. He shoved it un der the sagging porch. Then he entered the house and walked into the bedroom. He opened an old wooden trunk and rummaged beneath the top lay ers. He pulled out a long leather strap and a dirty white robe with a hooded mask. He carried them into the front room and stood there, nervously staring out at the road. The woman came and stood be hind him. And the boy followed her. He dodged behind her skirls when he saw the strap in his fa ther's hands. "Don't go tonight, Floyd," she pleaded. "Stay at home. I can't stand no more." "Somebody's got to teach peo ple to live in the Lord's way," he said stubbornly. "And who's going to teach you!" she flared. As he lifted his hand to cuff her, an auto horn honked outside. He peered out and saw the car stop. Through the dimness he could see white-robed figures in it. "Ready, Floyd?" "Comin,' " he said. The big man walked out and swiftly put on the robe. He knelt at the porch side, pulled out the cross and dragged it to the car. Two figures got out and helped rope the cross to their vehicle. "Come on. Less git goin'. They climbed In, and the car moved on down the road. Back In tha shanty, the woman lit a kerosene lamp and went to a drawer and brought out a pa per sack full of sparklers. I went to tne store today and bought you some sparklers, Otie, honey," she said. "So's you could - Lake Washington Bridge Is Now Free Of Toll C17 A ITT 17 T.,1.. ID T.....I across Ihe Lake Washington float-! ing bridge is toll-free, nine years j lo the minute after the completion , of the bridge July 2, 1940. Governor Langlle opened the , colorful celebration by snipping a rlnnon and taking the Mint free ride across lha noted span. Other slate and civic leaders will take part In the toll plaza ceremony. The Bridge connects a trans continental highway between Mer cer Island and Seattle. It has paid for Itself years ahead of schedule, schedule. SINCERE BEST WISHES To The New SELF SERVICE LAUNDRY From DESBIENS and SCHAFER Melrose Rout Box 105-C Congratulations an d Best Wishes to Self Service Laundry PRE-MIX CONCRETE CO. Phon 620 NELSON and PYLE Woodworking Co, Mill & Mosher Sends HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SELF SERVICE LAUNDRY For Their Future Success celebrate Independence Day." "Sparklers!" he wailed. "I ast you for firecrackers. Sparklers is for girls. I don't want no spark lers. I'd druther go with papa." He looked up at her, his small face full of exciting cunning. "I know where he's goin' to a cross burnin.' Who they gonna git this time?" It was then his mother's hand struck him in the face. He began to blubber, and she began to cry dully, too, there in the flickering lamplight of a shanty where she knew she now lived all by her self. , Live Lobsters In Tub Too Much, Rules Judge BALTIMORE, July 5 UP) Live lobsters in the boarding house bathtub? That is just positively,, finally and completely too much. So said the landlady, Mrs. Philip J. Padovan, today. She told Police Judge James Cadden that she was mad enough when 52-year-old Perce J. Spence Insisted on keeping a pigeon, sev eral dogs and at least one cat In his room. Then came the lobster, which she found swimming around In the bathtub. Floating in the water were a SEAITLE, July 5. UP) Eight thousand telephone work ers in Washington and Northern Idaho got pay raises previously rejected by their union. The Pacific Telephone & Tele- were graniea iouowing termina tion June 30, of a contract with the ClO-Communications Work ers of America, after the required 60-day notice. E. J. Follis, president of the Washington-Idaho plant local of the union, expressed belief the company's action was an unfair labor practice. He said the union rejected the offer in March be cause it was discriminatory be tween cities. The increases, applying to non supervisory employes, will total $1,200,000 a year. Follis also said the company, in granting the increases, "is us ing its employes as guinea pigs in an effort to get a rate Increase." The Washington State Public Service Commission denied the company an interim rate increase last week because, among other factors, it had not reached an agreement with the union and was not paying the increased wages. The increases will range from $2 to S6 a week in Seattle and other "A" cities and from SI tn 55 elsewhere, a company spokes man said. For accountine em ployes. It will ranee from S2 tn $4 weekly here and will be $2 In Spokane. Increases for commer cial and traffic employes range from $1 to $4. Supervisory em ployes, not represented by the union, were given Increases last October. lot of orange peels presumaHy lobster food. Judge Cadden fined Spence $50 on the ground he was responsible ior a ruckus wmch developed in the rooming house Friday night. Spence told the judge he was a lover of birds and animals. And the lobster? "Oh, I was going to eat that." A. F. Walter Krone, M. D. Physician and Surgeon U. S. National Bank Annex Room 217 Office Phone: 1500 Bei; rlrhvn Aptj. 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