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X-ray Unit At Yoncalla Handles 469 During Day Yoncalla u well represented Wednesday when the mobile x-ray group met at the city hall (or x-rays. Six hundred and sixty nine x-rays were taken during the day, with an average of 20 every IS minutes. Members of the Yoncalla Business and Professional Womens club, assisted by several other young ladies, combed the entire area, and the response was very gratifying. The x-ray attendants were assisted by Dr. Lydia Emery. Mrs. Harry Abbott, Mrs. Jean Cowan, Mrs. Bob Crawford, Mrs. Russell Scott, Mrs. Dean Hall, Mrs. Carl Hummell, Mrs. McDon ald. Jr. Mrs. Don Atkinson, Mrs. Ray Atkinson, .Mrs. Delton Thiel, Mrs. Stella Kidwell and others Tims Is Money! Dm ritk tttinf late iW Important x tiam ktcfHN yaw watch m4 adjuttmaitt ar raaalr Briaf it la at aaw tar axpxrt, cansci Nana wadtaxaathia. la watchman: ina, alway leoti tar tha wr4 Opm Omiy, 10 a. m. ta 7 a. m. HALL'S JEWELRY Certifi.a' Watchmaker 34S $. St.ph.ns Across from Greyhound riUTIil-TOtllC Waves safely in little as 10 minutes due to patented OIL Creme base Used by beauticians (or millions of luxurious per msnents at prices up to 120 and higher. Try famous FULLERTON S Phone 45 Phone 95 I OIL Creme bos in every f' v. V bofte. Thor's why Nutri-Tonie J 1 jr I ( wove to fast, yef it A VN VY genfer fo fhe hair. J , t' i TOu y nu J a$5$Y I to T" 1 you MAVI flASTIC HrJentsSfM" STT-'' mum. ' zPSsJ Urn I 7jL!i I prof ill Hal plastl lvl 1 Awlm . . $t.2S X II I prim pirn Mr I "Texture Wall Paint Demonstration" Wednesday and Thursday March 8th and 9th 10:00 A. M. SIPUCDAL 25-lb. bag, Reg. 3.10, special . , 2.64 10-lb. bag, Reg. 1.39, special . 1.18 "See for yourself how easy it is to apply a modern plaster-like finish on your walls. May be used over almost any surface . . All types of wallboard, plasterboard, wood, brick, etc." Yoncalla P.-T. A. Cites Founders Mrs. Elton Grass, president of the Yoncalla P-T. A. caUed a spe cial meeting of the club Feb. 27 to celebrjte Founder's day. Foun ders day is the celebration of the founding o t this organization, whereby parents and teachers gather to discuss problems of the schools. It also is a dedication day to promote ideals and purposes of the P-T. A. movement. The national congress was founded in Washington D. C, Feb. 17, 1897 at the child welfare conference, call ed by Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Mrs. Alice McLellan Birney. This Founders day celebration paid tribute to those women and their associates, and was conceiv ed by Mrs. David O. Mears in Washington. Mrs. Ray Atkinson had cnarge of the program. A short play, por traying school as it was SO years ago and today, was given by the students of the upper grades. A group of girls sang, followed by a violin solo by Ann Lasswell, and a trio by the Houser girls and Si i Wise. Miss Molly Kingery was the teacher for the group. Billy Bou cock rendered one of his piano solos, which followed the four ; cornerstones of the organization, ; the home, church, community and : school. - Mrs. Currier presented corsages I to past presidents, Mrs. Paul Professional Permanent Nutri-Tonie permanent at home... only cold perma nent with genuine OIL Creme base (patented). REXALL STORE 127 N. Jackson Ground Irektn For Ntw I Melrot School luilding Ground has been broken for the new six-room consolidated school building at Melrose. The structure will be in a V design and built of shale block. It will contain six rooms and the principal's office, a b o 1 1 e room, lavatories, cloak rooms and a large basement. The Cornwell Construction com pany of Roseburg has been award ed the contract of building the school on the east side of the present Melrose school. Three schools have been con solidated for use of the new build ing. Cleveland, Elgarose, and Mel rose. The pupils will be transport ed by bus. Garden Valley By Mrs. Csrl Schmidt F. E. Woods of Chehalis, Wash., a former resident of the valley, visited several daya in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mae Knapp. The Garden Valley Sunday school elected as new officers, Lee Winniford, superintendent, and Mrs. Fred Parrott, assistant and Tom Winniford, secretary and treasurer. -Other officers were pianist, Mrs. Clair Spray, and Mrs. Dorothy Walsk, song leader. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crosier and children are in Portland where they took their son Leroy, to a doctor, A 12 o'clock potluck dinner was held at the home of Mrs. W. E. Russell at Wilbur March 3 In honor of her 83rd birthday. Mra. W. E. Kussell has lived at Wilbur for over 40 years, is the mother of nine children, 23 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. Those en- en joying the dinner were Emma Brown. Tennie Baird. Vera Rus sell, Margaret McKay, Alice Brad ley, Mrs. Bruce, and the honor guest, Mrs. W. E. Russell. A birthday dinner in honor of Mrs. Hugh Ritchie was given March 3 by Mrs. Cliff McKay. Guests invited were Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ritchie. Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Edmonds and son Walter, and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff McKay. Days Creek X-ray Slated The' mobile unit of the Douglas County Health association will be at the Days Creek school to take chest x-ray pictures Wednesday and Thursday, March S and 9. The hours are from noon to t p. m. each day. All residents of the Days Creek, Milo, Tiller and Drew areas are urged to take advanta" f the opportunity. Children under 15 years of age will not be taken this year. . News-Review want ada bring results. Phone 100. Flurry and Mrs. Dan Wright, and also to the present president Mrs. Elton Grass. The Abbott sisters sang a duet, closing the program. A large birthday cake, coffee and tea were served to the eroun, with Mrs: Flurry and Mrs. Wright pouring from a table covered with a lace cloth and yellow tapers, yellow daffodils and greenery. About 150 guests were present Roseburg, Ore. REEDSPORT Students Enter New High School B Y MRS. S. S. SMILEY Monday, March (, waa a red let ter day in the Uvea of students of Reedsport union high school when they walked into their new $500, 000 ultra-modern school building on Wade's Flat. Planning for the building began in IMS. The ground was broken early in 1M and the cornerstone laid in July, 1949 in an impressive service conducted by Aurora lodge No. S, A. F. and A. M. of Gardi ner, in which Shalor Eldredge, grand master of Masonic lodge of Oregon; Harvey Worth, deputy grand master; Enogh B. Carlson, grand marshal; Sherman S. Smil ey, Reedsport, acting grand treas urer; and Herb Bender, Gardiner, acting grand deacon; Herman Hu sen, worshipful master of Aurora lodge, took part. The plans and blueprints were drawn by architects Freemand and Hayslip, Portland. Tom Lillebo, Reedsport, is the building contrac tor. The building has 17 class rooms. The industrial arts are housed in a separate section of the building. The home economics room is one of the most modern along the coast. It is decorated in rose and blue. There are five cooking units, four sewing tables, and sewing drawers and filing cabints to accommodate each student. The room is equip ped with daylight lighting effects, many mirrors and clothes racks. The cafeteria is the lstest in modern equipment, dish washing and other conveniences and will accommodate up to 250. The north end of the room is sound proofed and will be used by the school band when not in use aa a cafete ria. Large lockers have been in stalled there for band instruments. The north wall of the library is completely of glass. The room is done in green and white and fur nished with natural birch. The gym, one of the largest along the Ore gon coast will accommodate 2, 000 people. Several games have already been played there although the school has not been dedicat ed as yet. The date for the formal dedica tion has been set for Sunday, March 19, from 1:00 to 9:00 p.m. OYI SHOOTING BIROS Residents of Umpqua Park addi tion have protested the recent shooting of birds in that area by Soung boys. One resident said the oya are using .22 rifles and air guns in the area on Saturdays, westher permitting. It was pointed out that the birds are now building tneir nests and should not be disturbed. Only $ 845 DOWN for a new 1950 Packard Eight, I35-HP, 6-passenger Club Sedan. Price Includes! Fore-and-aft direction signals, electric clock and cigarette lighter, automatic trunk and courtesy lights, fender shields , . . many other extras. Come in Try Highway 99 at Garden Valley Read Sutherlin By MRS. BRITTAIN SLACK Girl Scout Troop S met at Fab Oaks schoolhouse last Tuesday eve ning, under the supervision of their leader, Jean Smith. Hostesses for the evening were Katy and Jackie Kennedy, who served a dinner and provided the entertainment Present were: Miss Smith, Marta Lou Smith, Marlene Downing, Ev elyn Frotscher, Carmel Norton, and Vonnie Hibbard. The Sutherlin Girl Souta of the younger group reporting on their outstanding activities included: Sue Briscoe food inspection; Julie Ann Stefferud fir department; Phillis Porter park. More reports will be given at their next meeting. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Grant McCormack entertained at a Sunday, Feb. 26. dinner at their home east of Suth erlin honoring their son, Ray, on his 14th birthday anniversary. Covers wre placed for Mr. and Mra. E. G. Whipple, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Whipple and children, Bobbie, and Carol; and Mrs. Maude Cowels of Drain: -Mr. and Mrs. Al Bochert visiting from Billings, Mont., the honor guest, the host and hostess and children. The small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gurney of Fair Oaks east of town has been very ill at her home with pneumonia. She is re ported getting along very nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Buffum of Co quille spent a few hours in Suther lin Sunday, Feb. 26, visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Peterson. Mrs. Buffum will be remembered as Beth, who had a beauty parlor in this city several yeara ago. - Fred Butcher of Coquille pur chased the Ed Peterson home on West Second avenue and took pos session Thursday. The Petersons are living in a court here in town. They are planning on going to Bucklin, Kas., to visit Mr. Peter son's relatives and decide whether they want tp live there or in Ore gon. Mr. and Mrs. Don Percell and sons, Raymond and Stephen, of Chehalis, Wash., were overnight guests at the Harry Barker home Tuesday. Percell is a nephew of Mr. Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parker are enjoying a vacation trip in the eastern states. Parker, Southern Pacific agent at Oakland makes his home in Sutherlin. Mrs. Belle Cook left Thursday night for Portland to visit her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson. Mrs. Cook Afanu once dom-'ok less hn a fadtard 76 PACKARD ULTRAMATIC YertcoRa Saddle Club Holds Regular Meeting The regular meeting of the Yon calla Saddle club waa held at the city hall, Friday evening. Plans are going forward for the big centennial celebration to be, held her July 2, 3 and 4. The booklet, "Yoncalla, the Home of the Eagle" written by Anne Applegata Kruse has gone to press. Gus Peret will furnish the illustrations for the booklet. Trick knots were pract iced during the evening. The rodeo committee appointed were Art Rychard, L. Brooks, Tom Wallace and Fletcher Miller. Mrs. Anne Kruse spoke on plans for the cele bration. A delicioua lunch was ser ved at the close of the meeting to Victor Hartford, Don Vest, Kay Turpin, Anne Kruse, Folden Kruse, Reta Kruse, Cleave Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. Art Rychard, Mr. and Mra. Tom Wallace, Raymond Parks, Jerry Boan, Wayne Rice, Mra. Dan Wright, Kenneth LaMarr Charlie Applegate. Hosts for the evening were Mrs. Harold Turpin and Mrs. Tom Wallace. Yoncalla MYF Group Hosts Sub-District Meet Sunday, Feb. 28. the, Yoncalla Methodist Youth Fellowship group entertained the Umpqua subdist rict with delegates coming from Dillard, Wilbur, Elkton and Drain. Registration started at 4 p.m., and at 5:50 supper was served to over 50 young people by the mo hers of the Yoncalla M. Y. F. group. In the evening, the wor ship service was conducted by the young people from the Wilbur church. Later in the evening. Miss Dorothy Harding, from the Metho dist state board of education 1 n Portland was guest speaker. The next sub-district meeting will be held early in May, and the place will be announced later. At that ime new officers from the sub-district will be elected. was called to Portland by the se rious illness of her brother-in-law. 'Mrs. Ollie Wegner of California is visiting part time here with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Ella Wegner. The remainder of the time she is spending with her mother, Mrs Lily Copcland, who is very ill at her home in Oakland. Windows, Frames and Ladders PAGE LUMBER It FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 near Once you've studied the $quipped-aA-delivered prices of today's "lower priced" car you'll suddenly realize that many of them are now in the Packard "price class!" So the extra step to Packard owner ship is easier than you dreamed! And just list some of the extra values you get, when you take the easy extra step to Packard ownership! t You get the enduring distinction of Packard styling. t You get the spectacular power and the sensational gas economy of a precision-built, 135-HP Packard straight-eight engine. DRIVEI Available now, at Tuea., Mar. 7, 1930 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3 CAMAS VALLEY Grange Holds Social Evening By Mrs. James Combs Camas Valley grange held its social night Tuesday, Feb. 28 with 56 members attending. Eleven new members were initiated. Mrs. Cor inne McTsggart talked on land scaping. The ideas were such that they could be adapted not only to small yards but also to the larger yard around farm homes. A cake walk was then enjoyed with net proceeds of $7.70. Chief Nelson, Dale Wheelock and Paula Hayes won the cakes. Lucille Counts and Lloyd Pop. participated in the honeymoon race with the former winning. Re freshments were then served. Thursday night 29 members of the Camas Valley grange were given their third and fourth degrees. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Heilmsn have given the Home Economics club of the grange the use of the kitchen at the ball during show night every Friday to serve cake pie, coffee, pop and candy bars. Mrs. Bert Neeley and Mrs. Al Strickland of Lookingglass visited friends in the valley Wednesday. Mrs. Daisy Doyle is visiting in the valley with her father Robert Martindale. Martindale has been very ill. Mrs. Doyle is from Arago. But . . . Have you been Roseburg Welding and Machine Works lately? Tw. complete auttiaa We specialise in loa a in. mm4 Portable WeMinf Rigs. Mwmill equipment repair We ere cquipp.1 rot any kino1 ef joe , . , utt leek at this list of equipment la eur thepl Lathes Shaper Milling Macnino Planer Rolls .' 200-ton Press Fuel Oil Tanki on Hand and Made to Order Gu.renr.eJ Workmanship at Fair Prices. Roseburg Welding and Machine Works Phane ttT ((.hind County Curt airfare: D. Colli.! and y t You get the relaxing luxury of Packard's soundproofed Limousine Ride . . . cradled by an advanced "self controlling" suspension system, t And durability? Of all the Pack ard built, in the last SO years, over 50 are still in services and this is the most durable one of them all! 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