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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)
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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.
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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.
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