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8 Th. N.w.-R.vi.w, Ro,.br9, Of-M., July 19, 1949j fUTH.RUN REah Society and GUU By LOTUS KNIGHT PORTER NOTICE Social Items luhmitted by tele phone for the iociety 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 ENTERTAINS PARENTS TUESDAY The Lucky Seven 4-H Slock club members entertained Iheir parents at a wiener roast at the forks of the river Tuesday eve ning. Swimming was followed by the wiener roast. Those enjoying the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sands and children, Charlotte, Joe. Glen and Stevle; Mr. and Mrs. Carl South and children, Carla, Teddie and Timmle; Mrs. Thelma Sund berg and children, Donald and Donna: Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brown and children, Dick and Sallv; Mr. and Mrs. Warren Lucas and niece and nephew. Carmen and Larry Cooper; Mrs. Edna Sjo gren and son, Dickie; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hanson and son, Glen; Mr. and Mrs. Vern Woolen and children. Michael and Dixie, and Morris Durch. PICNIC IS ENJOYABLE EVENT OF TUESDAY Members of the Glendale Busi ness and Professional Women and their families held a picnic Tuesday In (he back yard of the Howard Edson residence. Those who attended were: Mr. and : Mrs. Howard Edson; Mr. and - Mrs. Richard Reed and Donnie; Mr. and Mrs. Life Edson and Kay; Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Ba s'ye; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Buck land; Mr. and Mrs. Verne Dark; Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Harris, and Bobby; Mrs. Ida Basve; Mrs. Gertrude Lystrul; and Miss Alice Nebel. COUNCIL OF CHURCH WOMEN TO 8PONSOR TEA IN AUGUST The Roseburg Council of Church Women will sponsor a tea sometime In August at the Epis copal church, according to an an nouncement by the new publicity chairman, Mrs. Esco Johnson, who is a representatives of the First Baptist church. Mrs. John son resides at 814 S. Mill street, Roseburg. Mrs. Thomas Coats, president, reports the date of the tea will be announced later. All Roseburg church women are Invited to at tend the affair. This Is a united Christian organization. SCREENS Screen Doors Screen Wire Window Screens PAGE LUMBER & FUEL lfi4 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 CIRCLES OF FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH TO HOLD QUARTERLY MEETING All circles of the women's guild of Faith Lutheran church are to meet at eight o'clock Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. R. V. Coffman, East Douglas street, mniA i Rnv vu.a - with Mrs. George Anderson and Mrs. Ray Alder, assisting hostesses. The topic lor the evening win De no Grows the Kingdom in our Na iinnDl rtnfnwta Ptiprtn Rir-n. Ha waii, Panama Canal zone and Alaska, Those desiring transportation arA scUart in rail the chairman of their respective circle or con tact Mrs. waiter oamueison. Members and friends are most cordially Invited. MISS CARAWAY IS HONORED AT SHOWER Miss Nadine Caraway was the honor guest at a wedding shower Tuesday at the Presbyterian church, given by Mrs. Austin Drake and Miss Mary Ruth Sparks. The room was decorated In pastel colors with sweet peas and balloons, including two clev er kewpie doll balloons. The ta ble was decorated with sweet peas and white candles. Lily Belle Cooley and Mildred Seiner played several selections on the piano and violin, and the gifts were brought In by Utile Jennie Patterson and Kay Ed son, dressed in blue. Carol Major, also In blue, carried a guest book for the approximately thirty guests to sign. DOUBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY IS ENJOYED Mrs. Edgar Slack very gra ciously entertained a few friends Friday evening honoring Miss Patty Ann Norris and Mrs. Brit tain Slack on their birthdays. The table was centered with a beauti ful decorated birthday cake and lovely bouquets of roses were placed about the rooms. Those present to wish Miss Patty and Mrs. Slack many more hnppy birthdays were: Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Wade, Mrs.. Lloyal Norris, Gene Norris, Brlttaln Slack, Edgar Slack, Marvin and Michael Slack. After the many lovely wrapped gifts were opened visiting was enjoved until a late hour when the hostess cut the cake and serv ed it with icecream. P. N. G. CLUB HAS ENJOYABLE MEETING The Past Noble Grand club met recently at the home of Vel ma Edson. Those present were Stella Smith, Ida Basve, Bertha Stevenson, Bess Bates, Mary arris. Pefil rost, Alice Ne bel. Guests for the evening were Margaret Austin and Gertrude Lvstel. Afler a work period in which the group hemmed tame cloths for the Rebekah Lodge, excellent refreshments consist ing of Iced walermellon, were served. LOC Thursday evening the Sutherlln Rebekah Lodge met in. the base ment of the Methodist church with all officers present. The committee, appointed to amend the by-laws, read a share of them and explained the chang es to be made and that they would try and finish at the next regular meeting. The lodge decided to buy new officers' cords with part of the money made during the 4th of July celebration. " It was decided to look for a light to be' used In the degree work and Mrs. Helmle Burns, Mrs. Marjorle Sheets and Mrs. Mary Barker, were appointed as a committee lo get prices and find out where one could be bought. A new trustee, Mrs. Ella Weg ner, was elected to finish the term of Mrs. Eunice Beck, who is now vice-grand. Mrs. M"i Barker was elected captain lor th ensuing six months. Mrs.. Ruth Goodridge and Mrs. Leona Slack, contributed to the birthday box and "Happy Birth day" was sung by the members. Members present were: Mrs. Nellie Peterson, Mrs. Helmle Burns, Mrs. Ella Wegner, Mrs. Cora Allen, Mrs. Leona Slack, Miss Luella Pleuard, Mrs. Mary Barker, Mrs. Juanita Holgate, Mrs. Olga Bielman, Mrs. Mar jorie Sheets, Mrs. Ruth Manning, Mrs. Mabel Ross, Mrs. Juanita Atterhury, Mrs. Phreda Wahl, Mrs. Rosemarle Jones, Miss Eth el Manning. Mrs. Maggie Francis and Mrs. Doris Steinbach. MR. AND MRS. WYANT HONORED AT SHOWER The shower held at the Rice Valley hall Saturday night for Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wyant, who recently lost Iheir home by fire, was well attended and many beautiful gifts and a cash dona tion were presented to them. The evening was spent in play ing cards. High score for five hundred went to Mrs. Castor and Fred Lee. Low scores went to Frank Churchill and Mrs. Wales. High score for the pinochle play went to Mrs. Dunbar and Mr. Eggers with low. scores going to Henry Wyant and Mrs. Shep herd. Refreshments were served to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wyant, guests of honor; Mr. and Mrs. William Castor, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bell, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Shepherd, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Churchill, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Wales, Mr. and Mrs. Art Rychard, Mr. and Mrs. Ervln Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hummel, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eggers. Mrs. Harry Dun bar. Mrs. Cecil Hartford and son, Cecil; and Billy Lamar. Those sending gifts and dona tions, but unable to attend were: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schosso, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Emerson, Mr. and Mrs. Al Fonken, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kidwell, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Churchill, Mr. and Mrs. Gall Stelnman, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cogswell, Mr. and Mrs. El ton Grass. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Leth erland, Mr. and Mrs. Henry By ron, The Yoncalla Assembly of God church, The Yoncalla Chris tian church, and others. SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY, JULY 30TH TENDER LEAF TEA 49c '2-lb. pkg. M. C. P. PECTIN Pkg. lie DIXIE LOVE TUNA FLAKES can 25c LARGE LIMA BEANS 3-lb. pkg. 59c HOT SAUCE, Hunt's can 5c HUNT'S Fruit Cocktail 29c No. 2V4 Cans .... MILK ALL BRANDS TALL CANS 3 for 35c DUZ or 0XYD0L . . . Lg. pkgs. 26c OREGON Apple Butter 14-oz. Jars 9c SUNSHINE Shredded Wheat 2 pkgs 29C QUALITY MEATS SKINLESS WIENERS lb. 45c CHOICE VEAL ROASTS . lb. 49c FANCY 1 T-BONE STEAKS lb. 69c PORK ROASTS Leg, boned & rolled lb. 59c Fresh Fruits and Vegetables U. S. NO. 2 POTATOES 50-lb. bags .... 1.49 NICE SOLID CABBAGE Lb. 4c LOCAL CARROTS 2 bunches ... 15c JUICE ORANGES 2 dozen 29c WOMAN'S FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO MEET TUESDAY The Woman's Foreign Mission ary society or Azalea will meet Tuesday afternoon at Azalea Faith chapel. All women of the community are invited. MELROSE GRANGE TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT Melrose Grange will meet Tuesday night at eight o'clock at the hall. Mrs. Fred Go 1 1 will be in charge of the program and Dr. Campbell, will be guest speaker on the subject, "Health Insurance." Refreshments will be served. All members art urg ed to be present ELGAROSE COMFORT CLUB DATES MEETING Th T-'Icrarns Cnmfnrt Huh baa announced its next meeting lor August 41 n to De nem at tne nome of Mrs. Vern Wooten with Mrs. Thelma Hanson, co-hostess. All members and friends are Invited. Preparedness Need Stressed By Adm.Blandy SALEM, 111., July 29.-0P Admiral W. H..P. Blandy, com mander of the Atlantic fleet, Thursday called for more arms and war planning to prepare for "a possible enemy" Blandy did not name the "pos sible enemy" but made clear that he meant a communist coun try. . He said in an address the time to arm is "while we still have a breathing spell before a pos sible enemy acquires atomic bombs and the long range planes for a world wide delivery serv ice." Blandy, the chief speaker at the 66th annual Marion county soldiers and sailors reunion day of American Veterans of World War II and Veterans of Foreign Wars, said this nation's forces were unified "to insure maximum security. Each member of the team Dredicates its planning on a common strategic concept for the conduct of the war against our most probable enemy." Blandy, who was in charge of operations crossroads, a test of the atom oomn at BiKini, saia that "our national course is clear." "We must strike," he said "lor International cooperation and understanding to the end that war as a means of settling in ternational differences may some day be eliminated. But until that day comes ... we must recog nize and resolutely iace tne dangers which arise to threaten our way of life and our national existence. Today the threat is communism." Mors Neutral On New U. S. Judgeship In Oregon PORTLAND, July 29. P Senator Morse Isn't going to take any part in recommending a can didate for the new federal Judge ship In Oregon. He told the Oregon Journal by telephone today that the bill cre ating the Judgeship was now be fore the president for signature and that he was receiving a num ber of letters on suitable candi dates. Since the appointment Is a democratic one, he is referring all recommendations to Sen. J. Howard McGrath, democratic na tional committeeman, he said. Morse said he doubted that there would be early action on an appointment. LA GRANDE, July 29. lP IT. S. District Attorney Henry L. Hess had the backing of the Union County Bar association to day for the new federal district Judgeship in Oregon. The association voted unani mously to support Hess, a former Le Grande attorney. Covington, Kentucky claims the smallest church in the world Monte Casino Roman Catho lic Church with a seating capacity of three. California grows almost one half of the nation's commercial supply of fruits and nuts. 6 This beautiful DIAMOND MATCHED SET She ll he proud ;. M. all her life . . . and happy in tlie memory of suvh a treasured possession. These Diamonds have beea sclciicd bjr men with a life time of experience in the skilled .profession of inspect ing and certifying precious gems. I I N U I M I vr?ceff laisri t ib-insviid DIAMONDS IV MS It Pays to Buy From Ashcraft Jewelers Where Your Dollar Has Cents Newspaper Editors Condemn Scribes Holding Soft Jobs In Government Of Illinois WASHINGTON, July M-V-A board of 15 leading editors has condemned the acceptance or state eovernment salaries By some newspapermen In Illinois, and said newspaper! in other re gions should find out whether the same thing is happening tnere. The 15 editors comprise the board of directors of the Ameri can Society of Newspaper Edi tors. The board made a unani mous report on the Illinois af fair yesterday after sending a three-man investigating commit tee to travel over the state and Interview people Involved. Here are the board's main con clusions: It commended the Chicago Dal ly News and the St. Louis Post- Dispatch for exposing the fact last April tnat ai newspapermen were on the Illinois State payroll between 1941 and 1949, during the Republican administration of for mer Governor Dwlght H. Green. It said the wire services should have promptly picked up the sto ry and transmitted it over the country. It said their delay in doing this was due to- "faulty news judgment" in their Chicago or St. Louis bureaus and was not due to any "considered intent to suppress the news of the expo sures." It said the Illinois story "should lead newspapers and newspaper men throughout the country to examine their own practices as well as political practices exist ing in their localities. The press of the country should be alert to the importance of avoiding not only evil but all appearance of evil." The three-man Investigating committee was headed by Jen kin Lloyd Jones, editor of the Tulsa Tribune. The other mem bers were A. Y. Aronson, man aging editor of the Louisville Times, and John W. Hillman, ed itorial director of the Indianapo lis News. The 15-man board of directors is headed by B. M. McKelway, editor of the Washington Star, who is president of the ASNE. The board said that of the 892 newspapers in Illinois, fewer than 50 were Involved in the pay roll affair, and most of these were small, economically weak papers In small communities. The board did not hold all of the 51 newspapermen to have act ed Improperly. It said some of them "held legitimate position!, widely known to the public, per forming services to the state against which there is no valid criticism. But the board reported that In the opinion of the three-man in vestigating committee, a major ity of the 91 newspapermen held state jobs that were either "out right sinecures" or Jobs in which their duties were entirely or pri marily political. 3 Nominated On War Claims Board WASHINGTON, July 29-tm President Truman Thursday nominated Daniel J. Cleary of Illinois, Mrs. Georgia L. Lusk of New Mexico and David N. Lewis of New York as members of the War Claims commission. The positions pay $12,000 a year. The three-member commis sion, established in 1948, is set up to pass on war claims involv ing internees, prisoners of war, religious organizations, the em ployes and contractors who were working on Wake, Guam and Caite islands at the outbreak of the war. Mrs. Lusk, a member of the 80th Congress, was defeated In the New Mexico Democratic pri mary last year by Rep. John Miles. ' Before coming to Congress, Mrs. Lusk twice served as New Mexico State Superintendent of Public Instruction. She had three sons In the arm ed services during the war. One, Virgil, was killed In line ot duty. ICaiis Preal At VHI Ml bCIl W I O-C Timber Are Listed For Sale Daniel L. Goldv. regional ad ministrator, region I, Bureau of Land Management, reports that four parcels of O & C timber carrying a volume of 1,215,000 board feet of timber with an ap praised value of $8,968.50 will be offered for sale Aug. 16. Eleven other parcels currently being advertised are to be offer ed for sale at this time. Three of these parcels are O & C timber and carry a volume of 11.580, 000 board feet of timber and 11, 800 lineal feet of Western red cedar poles with an appraised value of $113,658.00. The remaining eight parcels arc Public Domain timber and carry a volume of 6,496.000 board feet of timber and 71.107 cedar posts with an appraised value of $52,958.09. The total volume to be offered for sale is 19,291,000 board feet of timber, 11,800 lineal feet western red cedar, and 71, 107 cedar posts with an appraised value of $175,584.59. All of the parcels will be offer ed lor sale by sealed bids Aug. 16 at the regional administrator's office in Portland. Three of the tracts are located within Lane county, and the re maining tract is located within Josephine county. Deaf-Mute Boy Tangles Up With Ball Bearing BAKER. July 29 UP) A little deaf-mute boy and a ball bearing got tangled up here Tuesday with nearly disastrous results. Roxy Jones, 8 slipped a bear ing over the middle finger of his right hand and was unable to communicate his trouble. Final ly, at 8:30 p.m., when his hand was swelling dangerously, the firemen's first aid car was call and a doctor hammered and saw ed at the self imposed manacle and managed to free the child after two hours of steady work. He was bruised but otherwise un hurt, but he couldn't promise never to do the same thing again. PICTURE FRAMING Gary Women Picket In War On Vice And Crime GARY, Ind.. July 29 JPt The Gary Women s Citizens commit tee resorted to picketing yester day In its fight on vice and crime, Pairs of women pickets wear- LOOK Kfs SIGN PA1NTW0 AN B DECOCATINO , AMER!t-A IT IS YOUR PROTECTION Fully Gusrantc.s Reliable Quality Work At No Added Cost Roseburg Chapter P. D. C A. Phone 208 ing W.C.C. arm bands took posts in front of about a score of places suspected of being used for gam ming and vice. The women formed the com mittee last March after the slay ing of a Gary high school teacher by a Durse snatcher. Her slaver has never been caught. in lorming the committee the women contended that lax law enforcement contributed to the teacher s killing. 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