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2 Tin Newi-IUvlew, Roseburg, Org. Tuos., April 25, 150 'Sports Day1 Held At Riddle School Under the direction of the phys ical education inatructor, Mri. Guy McGee, the Riddle high school girls sponsored a "Sports Day" at Riddle high ichool on April 19. Fifteen high ichool girli and their phyiical education instruc tori came from Days Creek, Glen dale, CanyonviUe and Riddle, with 7 registering for the day. Thil wai the first "Sports Dsy" held in south Douglas county and was enjoyed by all attending. Plans are being made for more "sports days," "play dayi" and "mixen" to be held at different south Doug las schools next year, beginning in the early fall. These activities lor girls are sponsored by the "B" League association. The Riddle "Sporta Day" In cluded movies, a dance, volleyball and Softball, yella and stunts, and t band concert by the Riddle school band. Activities lasted from 9:10 a.m. until late afternoon. County School Program Discussed By Ann. Unit The Douglas county division of the Oregon Education association met at the Roseburg Junior ugh school auditorium Saturday for one of the regularly-acheduled gath erings, called to evaluate ana im prove the county school program. Cecil Posey, executive secretary INSURANCE LIFE AUTO FIRi Sutg Farm Mutual Insurance 0. L Kmc S. C Campbell P. O. Box 489 Phone 288 116 W. Cass Over Pmixlas County Bank for the state organization, reviewed the activities for the present year and outlined school needs for the immediate future. Supt. Jack Flug of Reedsport presided over the meeting. Officers elected (or the coming year included Mrs. Margaret Mc Gee, Riddle, president; M .C. Dell er, Myrtle Creek, vice-president; Mrs. Margaret Adair, Roseburg, secretary; J, H. Bush, Drain, treasurer. Elected to the state represen tative council were Robert Sabin and Warren Ewing, Roseburg; and Stewart Leek, Myrtle Creek. Failure To Appear On Bond Charged To Man James A. Erwin, 32, of Myrtle Creek is being held in the Douglas county jail on a charge of failing to appear on bond, reported Sher iff 0. T. Carter. Erwin wa ori ginally arrested on March 5, 1950, on a charge of driving an automo bile with a revoked operator'a li cense and his bail was aet at $200. He wai released on bsil and failed to appear for arraignment, accord ing to the sheriff. Dorothy J. Stevens and John L. Stevens were arrested Friday on I charge of selling mortgaged prop erty. On arraignment in Justice Court, both were released on their own recognizsnce, reported Jus tice of the Peace A. J. Geddes. CONVICTION APPt ALIO A notice of appeal was given Monday by James Vestal Blewett, Roseburg, who was found guilty by jury trial in a caae involving a drunk driving charge, according to Justice of the Peace A. J. Geddes. The trial, held Monday, resulted in a fine of $250 and a 30-day jail sentence, Justice Geddes said. In addition, his operator's license was revoked for one year. Pacific HOGGING & MILL SUPPLY CO. " P. 0. lea 121 Ore Pest, Oregon OFFICI PHONIS 210 t 4071 NIOHT PHONES 1010 14S2 (tare e Murphy Reed at Union Ave. Serving the Lumbering Industry fdwords Wire Rope Mellae Mill Chain Sheekum Blocks Union Roller Chain Itce Fittings & Rigging Dedte-Tlmke Bearings Willamette Yorders Dodge Torque Arm Spaed Reducers Schurntee Loaders Dodge Taper Lock Sheaves Celvmbte Explosives U.S. Motors lebus Load Binder Flat Belts V Baits Hi-Teat Binder Chain Simends Saws and Bits Climbers Equipment , , Steel and Cast Iron Sprockets Choker Exchange 0. 1. Lamps District Forest Inspectors Hold Meeting Here Forest inspectors from the South west Oregon district, Coos-Curry district and Douglas district are meeting here today with Deputy State Forester Dwight Phipps, Salem, district wardens and dis trict supervisors to embark on three day field trip. The trip will embrace Douglas, Jackson and Josephine counties. Primary purpose of the trip is to take up Inspection problems and policies recommended by the stats board of forestry. The first day will be spent in Douglas county (amiliarliin. personnel with some of the problems encountered by in spectors and wardens in this area. From Douglas county the men will go south to hold a similar field trip. Last week a trip was held in the northwest district for inspectors in that area. Two mora will be neld, one to include the upper Cascades area and the other to include east ern Oregon. Personnel attending the Douglas meeting in addition to Phipps in clude: J. H. Walker, Salem, Lee Port, Northwest district, and L. C. Morehead, district supervisors; Fred Southwick, Douglas county, and Keith Young, Coos county, dis trict wardens; and Inspectors Lea Cummings, Bob Russell and Glen Cole, Douglas county; Ralph Ap. person, Norman Boyd and Ken neth Johnson, Coos county, and Daryl Farnham, W. H. Moore and Robert Stokes, Southwest Oregon district. Local ! I News New Snow Falls On Flooded Areas By The Associated Press North Dakota and Minnesota, fighting the worst floods in some SO years, were blanketed by fresh falls of snow today measuring up to 15 inches in some areas. The mow whipped across the flood-ravaged areaa of the two states aiding new narflsnme to tne thousands of homeless. The Red Cross had reported flood condi I tions "A r e becoming steadily worse." It said (.408 familiea were homeless In the flood of the Red I river, which flows between the two states. I The current rampage of the Mis souri river and its tributaries has : caused about $2,000,000 in flood damage in North Dakota, army engineers estimated. The snowfall at Minot, N. D., I measured IS inches and it was j more than eight inches at Crooks i ton, Minn., which waa inundated over the weekend by a flash flood from the Red Lake river. Heav I lest falls were in Northern North ! Dakota and Northern Minnesota, i The snow spread over parts of South Dakota and northwestern I Wisconsin. Wf HA VI IT ... COMf IN TODAYI mm IMJ mm i ihe stinghouse W&GHro-SAVEoooR ACTUALLY WEIGHS CLOTHES, ASSURES SOAP AND WATER SAVINGS J Q ' '.-- . I 1 wl Z.--w0 ...,2.60 riasT you WEIGH No more KuewiinfT. Just weigh clotha on th Wtigh-to Save Door. THIN YOU SAVE Set Water Saver to load iize ahown on the Indicator- "gmall", "mtdi um", "rrgular". TOTAL Pl 269.93 OkIv Wetthtsheme Vee T" IDENTICAL "TWINS" Lll3i k take All Ike WOll art el MSNOST ake IiiiSii.iI Hi (leren trrer It's another Waatinghouse FIRST for the famous Laundromat Automatic Washer the eiWuaiw WEIGH-TO-SAVE DOOR that ass tirra eavine of hot water, aoap and money. Laundromat, among the tirat to take the work out of waahday, now takea the GUK&WOKK out, too and it's as simple aa 1-2-3: 1. You WF.KSH clothes on the Weigh- to-Save Door S You READ load aire on Indicator 3 You SET the Water Saver Add soap Set the control That's aU. You're ret o wushday work! BUY ON PROOF I LET US DEMONSTRATE THI LAUNDROMAT I f36 AC JACKSON ST. TELEPHONE 268 awiMfURi..rfT!itstinhousc : Sewing CircleThe Jolly Eight Sewing circle will meet Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Mary Lee Walker. Luncheon Meeting The Tenmile Ladies club will meet at noon potluck luncheon Wednesday at .the Tenmile Community building. Meeting Announced The Helping Hands club of Wen bower will meet Wednesday at I SO o'clock at the home of Mrs. William Jamison on the South Umpqua. W.C.T.U. Meetlno The W.C.T.U. will meet at 2 o'clock Wednesday at the First Christian church for a business session, program and so cial hour. Members and persons interested are invited. Te Meet Tonight Ducky Daugh ters will meet tonight, April 25, at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Marilyn Springer, 1224 Chatham street, Westmoreland. All members are requested to be present. Club te Meet The Past Presi dents club of the American Le gion auxiliary will meet Wednes day at a 7:30 o'clock dessert-sup per at the home ol Mrs. Kudolpn Rltiman on Brown avenue. All past presidents of any American Legion auxiliary are invited. Writers Club te Meet The Rose burg Writers club will meet Wednesday night at S o'clock at the home ot Dr.. ana Mrs. oeo. E. Houck on South Stephens street. All persons interested in writing and allied subjects are invited. Visit at Gardiner Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Guy McGee and Florette Mc Gee spent the weekend in Gardiner visiting Mrs. F. Sagaberd and at tending the homecoming banquet and program of Gardiner and Reejsprt I. O. O. F. and Rebekah lodges. Honorable Mention Miss Geor gene Shanklin, atudent at Univer sity of Oregon, was awarded an honorable mention for her entry in the lyric contest for junior week end on the Eugene campus. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shanklin of this city. Visitors Leave Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wyman of Northfield, Minn., have left for their home, following a atop-over in Roseburg to visit Dr. and Mrs. John L. Haskins at the Veterans hospital post. The Wy mans had been on a trip to Cali fornia. Style Shew and Luncheon Wom en of the Methodist church will sponsor a noon luncheon and style show at 12 o'clock Wednesday at the church parlors. The show will be presented by Miller's. A musi cal program will be given. Reser vatlons must be made by calling either 1123-R or 762-L. At Cummins Home Miss Jessie Miller of Gearhart and Miss Jose phine Swift of Pasadena, Calif., I arrived in Roseburg Monday to 1 spend a few days visiting the for-! Organist And Violinist To Apptar Thursday Night The third and last in a series of musical programs put on by Uni versity of Oregon musicians will be held Thursday at l p.m. in the Donald Allton. organist, a mem- oer ot tne university a school of music faculty, and his wife, Mary Kapp Allton, violinist, will present the program, Roseburg music lovers will re member the appearance of these two musicians in concert in Rose burg about two years ago. Mrs. Allton was also a member of the University string quartet, which appeared here April 16. , This series of programa is spon sored by the Roseburg Friends of Music, who have contributed to ward the expenses of the music art ists. The progrsm is being pre sented in the Presbyterian church to lake advantage ot the church a line organ, it is announced. Vital Statistics GREY-To Mr. and Mn. Walter Monroe Grey, 540 Chestnut street, Roseburg. April 24, a daughter, Pamela Mae; weight eight pounds fourteen ounces. WHALEN To Mr. and Mrs. David Victor Vhalen, box 45, GJide, April 24. a daughter. Janie Marie: weight aeven pounds eight ounces. CARR-To Mr. and Mra. William James Olin Carr, 1504 Walnut street. Roseburg, April 24, a daugh ter, Cheryl Elaine; weight six pounds six ounces. Lumber Marhtt Boost Via Publicity Rotated (Continued from page One) mer's brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cummins, and family, on Reservoir avenue. They will go to the Miller home at Gear hart, following their stay here. Visit At Willemlna Mr and Mri. John Abraham of Elkton drove to Willamina Sunday, April 16, where they attended the 55th wedding anniversary of Mri. Abra ham's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Buck. The anniversary din ner was held at the home of Mrs. Leo Reed. The Bucks' three daugh ters were present for the .occasion Leave For Portland Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Powell and Mrs. John L. Haskins of Roseburg left today for Portland on business. They ex pect to return here tomorrow eve ning. While in Portland, Mra. Has kins will visit her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mra. H. B. Mer ryfield, and family. Enjoy TripMrs. G. V. Wimber ly and her sister, Miss Jane Whar ton, are back at their homes, fol lowing a six weeks' vacation trip to the New England states and back. They made the trip from Portland to Washington, D.C., by plane. While there, they were en tertained by Mra. Guy Cordon at a luncheon. Mrs. Harria Ellsworth and Mrs. E. F. Tandy were among the guests. They were accompanied to their former home town of Wor cester, Mass., by Mrs. Wimberly's son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wimberly, and chil dren, Donald and Jane Ann, of Berkeley, Calif. Mr. Wimberly had been on a special assignment for Standard Oil company in Wash-! ington. D.C. for four months. They i visited relatives in New York City, j Philadelphia. Boston and New Jer-1 sey and stopped at Annapolis to vis it Ralph Leedy (formerly of this city) and his family. They returned ! west via automobile, stopping in Virginia. Tennessee, Mississippi, j New Orlenss, El Paso, Tex., and they enjoyed a tour of Juarez, Mex- ico. They were met in Berkeley by G. V. Wimberly of Roseburg, : who brought them back to Rose- burg Saturday, . Lucien B. Howsley Of Sutheriin Passes Away Lucien Berryman Howsley. 71. died suddenly of a heart attack Monday morning, April 24, at his home j Sutheriin. He was born July 22, 1878, in Leavenworth, Kan. He 'as a retired aafety engineer for the United Pacific Insurance Co. He worked in Seattle for awhile and then in Alaska for many years. He returned to the United States four ears ago, living in Brookings, Ore., unUl two weeks ago when he moved to Sutheriin to make hi home. Surviving are his widow, Grayce, Sutheriin; four sons: Lucien R., Robert M., and Harold, all of Los Angeles, and Forrest M, Long Beach, Calif.; a brother.' Robert, Guyman, Okla.; 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Private funeral services will be held in the Chapel of the Roses, Roseburg Funeral home, Wednes day at 10 a.m. Cremation in the Eugene crematory will follow. The cremated remains will be shipped to Los Angeles for interment. Roseburg Motorcycle Club Holds Outing At Melrose The Roseburg Motorcycle club, now with 14 active members, held its first outing of the season Sunday at the Melrose track. Hill climbing, dig out racing and other events were enjoyed throughout the after noon by members and guests. The new club, organized under American Motorcycle association sanction, has elected as its officers: Bernie Gathard. president. William Stumpf, secretary-treasurer. Gene Sackett, road captain, Arthur Loll, assistant road captain, and -Leonard Mclntyre, referee. Other offi cers will be elected at a future date. The next meeting will be held Friday, April 28, at 8 p.m. Any motorcycle enthusiast interested in joining the club may phone 1S78-L. grade of lumber for every use," and again appealed directly to the consumer rathar than In lha lum per oeaiers. Mm nnintul Ia (ha m..... r.1 I. - second campaign by declaring that within aix months, lumber retailers were over selling. Proof that west coast lumbermen are now merchandisers and no longer "mere processors of raw iuinucr, win auon De seen oy another series of advertisements in tha nalinn'a 1 a H i n a m,...i... Priaulx said four-color ads wiii soon appear in inese 20 magazines, m ...... . ..iv ihk, uut standing building material. He declared the value of this advertising is two-fold. "Since the campaign began," Prialuv aaiH "liimh ua .i i- building more than a million non form dwellings. The Douglas fir region gained in output, wnile all other areas lost." .The second reiult be attributed to the campaign waa creation of a lareer malrt fur Um n i. lumber. He aaid the utility of our wmDcr resources nai oeen ex tended 25 percent aa a result. tta .nn. 1 1 4 A I.;- ,-n, l... i. : ' in tain, uj asauiK local businessmen to help finance wuuu oy-pruaucis ana manufactur ing industries. "The more successive reprocess ing steps you have here, the more people will be employed and the sounder your economy will be. You must back up your sawmill in dustry," he declared. The speaker waa introduced by Charles V. Stanton, News-Review editor and program chairman for' the day, who spoke of the varied newspaper ana lumber oackground of Priaulx. The Weather Mostly cloudy today and Wednes day with few scattered shewort today. Highest temp, fer April H Lowest ramp, tor any April z Hiaheet tamo, veftterdav 41 Lowest temp, last 14 hours 37 Precipitation last 14 hrs. . Precipitation from Sept. I 31.07 Precipitation from April I .75 Deficit from April I 1.17 Today's Baseball Lutherans Start Drive By Raising $2,500,000 PHILADELPHIA. ADril 2S-.jP In the first 24 hours of a six-day drive to raise funds for 23 insti tutions of higher learning, the United Lutheran church collected $2,500,000. The United Lutheran News Ser vice- said yesterday Pittsburgh and Georgia Alabama synods re sponded 100 per cent in the K.OOO.- 000 drive. . California had contributed 80 per cent of its goal, the news service reported. A black substance obtained by burning oily nuts is used for tat tooing by Formosa natives. FLOOR CONTRACTING Hardwaod ' Sanding Ha Leving. S',V finiahlnaj Old Floors Made Like New. CARLSON'S FLOOR SERVICE Phone 102-R-l H Years Iritace . CHEAT STRAIGHT BODfiSOH 4S Qt Pint "Tin Bonrbon Boy of til Cmtnrj" Special Price On Limited Quantity Feed for Hogi PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 I. 2nd Av. S. Phone 242 n r 1 ". at W iafaw -" page 16 " 4F.' 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