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- 'K-rf ' f i . - $ i . L t T I : I f t. J f WJV- t it - i h ; , i hi i ' ' V- : jjl..' V 1 r . Us SIGN AS AIR PHOTOCRAPHERS Then three Roseburg men took the oath of enlistment into the U. S. Air Fore last week, according to an announcement from the local army and air force recruiting station. Left to right they are Samuel A. Croucher, 20, 1330 Ballf St.; Carl D. Holmes, 22, 322 E. 1st Ave. N., and Lloyd C. Reese, 26. 830 E. 2nd Ave. S. According to MSgt. John F. Rose, in charge of the local recruiting station, the three men indicated a pre ference for aerial photography and will remain together during their tour of duty. Croucher and Holmes were members of the Roseburg National Cuard unit and Holmes and Reese have had three years of wartime service. (Photo by J. F. Rose) Call 100 for Ntws-Rtview Classified Ads OLD Hermitage Kentucky IJMey -A Blend 101 INIIATIONI A (MAT KINTUCIT fAVOIITI lit - So30 $o60 X pt. O 45 at. ' 86 PROOF A Gentleman's Whiskey from Kentucky Nstionsl Diatillers Product- Corporation, N. Y. 65 Grain Neutral Spirit WHY BE OLD-FASHIONED? Increase the efficiency and convenience of your home by modernizing ybur plumbing and fixtures this week. Our advisors will ga over your needs; supply you with the de pendable materials and know-how you require to do job you'll be proud of. Give us a buzz today. Phone: 128. WE CARRY AMERICAN STANDARD, CRANE ANT KOHLER PLUMBING FIXTURES Convenient Monthly Payments Complete Jobs Arranged DENN-GERRETSEN CO. .402 W. Oak Phone 128 7 Oregon's Legion Rejects Proposal To Increase Dues SALEM, Aug. 8. (JPi The Oregon convention of the Ameri can Legion will be headed this year by Sam M. Bowe ol Grants Pass. The legion closed Its convention here Saturday after going on rec ord in favor of a state bonus for world war II veterans. A proposal to Increase national dues 25 cents for rehabilitation work was rejected. This echoed a charge by former National Com mander Frank Belgrano, Port land, who told the convention opening session that national leaders were using funds to per petuate control of the organiza tion. Sam M. Bowe, 40-year-old-Grants Pass lawyer and world war II enlisted Infantryman, was unanimously elected staff com mander. He directed his accept ance comments to the younger men lit the audience. "This is your opportunity to prove you are now qualified to take up the af fairs of the American Legion," he told them. Clyde E. Dickey, Portland drug gist and world war II veteran, was -lected vice commander. The legion auxiliary elected 12 district president. They are: Mrs. Earl K. McCoy, Hlllsboro, district 1: Mrs. I. N. Bacon, Salem, 2; Mrs. Vernlce Schulti, Florence, 3; Mrs. Harold E. Benson, Grants Pass, 4; Mrs. Edward Seufert, The Dalles, 5; Mrs. M. J. Penney, Pendleton, 6; Mrs. W. Dale Ren frow, Wallowa, 7; Mrs. Wayne F. Gladden, Portland, 8; Mrs. Charles De Macon, .Gresham, 9; Mrs. E. W. Hughes, Coquille, 10; Mrs. Earl Swcek, Monument, 11; Mrs. Allen Ryman, Bend, 12. "Sistie" Bears F. D. R.'s First Great Grandchild PORTLAND, Aug. 8. (JP) A 9-pound, 1 -ounce boy the first great grandchild of the late Pres ident Roosevelt was "doing beautifully ' at a hospital today. So was his 22-year-old mother, Mrs. Van H. Seagraves, who en tered the hospital Saturday night and gave birth to the child at 12:26 D. m. yesterday. The baby was named "Nicholas Delano" traditional names In the Roose velt familv. Mrs. Seagraves Is the former Anna Eleanor Dall. who was known to the world as "Sistie" when, as a child, she romped In the White House during the early davs of the Roosevelt administra tion. She and Seagraves met as stu dents at Reed colleee and were married July 7, 1948. Her mother, Mrs. Anna Roose velt Boettiger, and her brother, Curtis, came here for the birth. Sutherlin Bv MRS. BIRTTAIN SLACK Mr. and Mrs. Bill Adams of Fair Oaks are vacationing in Canada. Mrs. P. M. Adam, mother of BUI. accompanied them as far as Portland, where she will visit with her sister. Rev. and Mrs. Llevd Whit fo'd were honored by friends of the Christian church Wednes day evening after prayer meet ing and Bible study. The oc casion was the wadding . anni versary of the couple, who have recently come to Sutherlin from Burns to take ever the pastorate here. Cake and punch were served to Mr. and Mrs. Whitford and to more than thir ty friends. Mrs. Chester Hosman of Cot tage Grove spent the day Friday in Sutherlin visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Royal Abeene, Jr. Members ol the Christian En deavor group of the Christian church enjoyed a swimming par ty and wiener roast at Fair Oaks last Saturday night. The evening closed with a devotional service. Lloyd Whitford. Dastor of the Sutherlin Christian church, is at the boys camp at Crescent Lake this week. He is serving as an in structor there. Jack Waddell. brother of Mrs. Whitford, accom panied Mr. Whitford to camp. Mrs. Ruth Lewis, who spent the winter in California and Okla homa, and her daughter, Mrs. Eugene Pinching, who with her family has been In South Ameri ca the past two years, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Du ane Lewis at the farm at Ump-qua. Mrs. Lewis attended church in Sutherlin Sunday and visited with I r lends, bhe and her daughter left Tuesday for California. Mis. Lewis will make her home In the future at Hennessey, Okla., and Mrs. Pinching, her husband and two daughters. Ruth Loyce and Jean Ann, will soon return to South America. Mrs. Lewis was a resident of Sutherlin and Umpqua for sev eral years until about two years ago. when her husband passed away. Since that time she has spent her time traveling. Fatal Shooting Of Rainier Woman Poses Mystery LONGVIEW. Wash.. Aug. Rainier, Ore., police today are in vestigating the fatal shooting of La Vonna Mitchell, Rainier, who was dead on arrival at a local hospital about 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The cause of the shooting has not been established, Police Chief S. N. Campbell of Rainier said. The widower, Ira, Is listed as the survivor. Correct Guesser On Quiz Program Richer By $31,000 UNION CITY, N. J.. Aug. 8. (JP) Hollywood called last night, and Ann Nntnt nr i!nUn r1,.. ia $31,000 richer today. miss noire, M, gave the right a.iswers when called on the tele phone by a radio qui program, r nd now she has at her command such prizes as a trip to Paris, a Russian ermine lacker anrt mmv others. The quiz was the "Hollywood Calling" program. She correctly Idemified a set of music and word clues, named Red Skelton as the movie star and "Jealousy" as the motion picture. Almost as soon as she put down the teieDhone. hnumwr nth welcome calls started coming. "A lot of crackpots have called me up telling me what to do with all the prizes, but they are ail go. lng to be used here at home," she said. Mica NntrA rfanial .... said the prizes would be shared by her mother and father, a married sister, a nephew, a brother and a sister. The tclanhnnA noil n I caused all of them to forget that Miss Notre's other sister, Helen, is scheduled to be married today. Dewey Shouldn't Run Again, Ex-GOP Head Says WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. (JPl The man Thomas E. Dewey picked for chairman of the GOP national committee last year says he thinks the New York governor should not run for president again. Kep. Hugh D. Scott Jr., of Penn sylvania, expressed this opinion a short time after he quit the party chairmanshlD. . - . . i Asxea wny ne thinks so, Scott ; meniionea ine successive oeieats Dewey suffered. He said the re publicans should choose a candi date from among the "bright and shining new faces" in the party. Scott said these Include Gov. Al fred E. Driscoll of New Jersey. Gov. Val Peterson of Nebraska, Sen-tor Robert A. Taft of Ohio and Harold E. Stassen, former governor of Minnesota and now president of the University of Pennsylvania. Meek, Aug. I, 1949 The News-Review, Reseburf, Ore. 7 . .n vi mm m w m 7 ' ' HIGH AND LOW AT PLATE Pittsburgh Pirate's Oino Rettelli slides Into home safely on Dan. ny Murtauqh's jingle and Dodqer Tom Brown's high throw in the third innino of PiHiburoh-Brook. lyn game at Pittsburgh (Aug. 41. Brooklyn Catcher Roy Campenella goes into the air to stop the throw. Umpire Barr is calling the play. IAP Wirephoto) Grade DeMoss Again Wins Women's Golf Title . PORTLAND, Aug. 8 (P) Gra de De Moss of Corvallis held the Portland City women'- golf tro phy today for a third year and Tab Boyer of Portland claimed the men's silver a fourth time. For Miss De Moss it was three times In a row as she defeated Sue Huston, Portland. 8 and (v Her putter worked neatly on the opening greens and she held the lead through the final play Sat urday. Boyer defeated Bob Duden, also Portland, 2 and 1, in a match that wasn't over until the 35th. He was two down on the 18th. squared the play on the 27th and then held the deadlock until he sank a six foot putt on the 35th. J. N. BOOR OUTBOARD MOTORS SS4 Odn. Valtay ad. Ph. &30-J-1 Johnson Sea Horse Dealer -tm th QD IO with Our Shift and Milv-Muur Tank. Buy on Bank Tarma Wolves apparently mate for life, and the father aids in rear- ing the family. . A modern coke oven is about , 35 to 40 feet long. 8 to 12 feet wide and 16 to 18 Inches high. THE RED BARN For Delicious Steaks and Dinners Open 5 a. m. to 11 p. m. 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