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2 Tht Newi-Review, Roteburg, Ore. Mon., Aug. 21. H50 Locals Ladies Aid to Meet Eden La dies Aid will meet Tuesday after noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J N. Sand with Mrs. Zelma Sand, co-hostess. Benefit Party Tonight Pythian Sisters have invited the public to attend a benefit card party tonight at 8:30 o'clock at the K. of P. hall. Refreshments will be served. 1 USED TIRES 1.00 UP See us for all sizes of good used tlrea at the lowest prices Lata model 15. 16 and 17 lnch heela for all makes cars. Free Tube with every tire purchased. DOYLE'S Sales & Service Hlehway 99 at Garden Valley Phone 611 Lodge to Meet Roseburg Re bekah lodge No. 41 will honor Tast Noble Grand members at a meet ing at 8 o'clock Tuesday night at the IOOF hall. Officers who are not PNG members are asked to serve on the hostess committee. Folk Dancing Class The be ginners class of folk dancing will be held by members of Moose and their invited guests at 8 o'clock tonight at the Moose hall on South Stephens street. Mr. and Mrs. Les ter Spencer are instructors. Picnic Lunchton The FS club will hold a 1 o'clock picnic lunch eon Tuesday at Umpqua park, in stead of at the home of Mrs. J. B. Patrick. The picnic luncheon was changed to Umpqua park on ac count of the recent illness of Mr. Patrick. Gardan Dept. to Meet The Garden department of the Rose burg Woman's club will meet Tuesday at 1:30 o'clock at t h e home of Mrs. Earl M. Bleile in West Moreland with Mrs. L. F. Nielsen, co-hostess. Members will visit various gardens following the meeting. West Douglas Fair Attracts Large Throng (Continued from Page One) SLABW00D in 12-16 and 24 in lennths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY SEPARATOR Phon 651 attention! PRUNE GROWERS behind the Winchester Bay grange hall and converted it into a flag pole with a flag furnished by the Reedsport American Legion post thus opening activity at the 70 acre Tidelands park. - Youngsters took over at 11:30 a. m. with children's races and romped through their paces until the judges "got tired and the prize money ran out," according to one fair official, Dedication of the new park and mooring basin drew the limelight at 1 p. m. "Queen of the Woods," Mrs. Robert (Janice) Smith, and her court of six princesses aided at the ceremonies, with the queen unveling the marker proclaiming the park to be dedicated to the public by the Douglas county court. Other queen candidates, all picked from the Winchester Bay-Reedsport-Gardiner area, included Orba Walker, Muriel Smith, Ella Gabel, Vivian Thotson and Wilma Judy. Judge Busenbark was introduced to the 500 persons witnessing ' the dedication by Leonard Tolman, general chairman of the fair, who officially opened the festivi ties. Loon Lake Exhibit Winner The small grange hall was crowded with exhibits and display booths and was jammed by crowd who came to view efforts of western Douglas county exhibitors. The Loon Lake grange display of home grown produce arranged on a moss bank was termed the blue ribbon winner. Winchester Bay grange placed second and the Lower Umpqua Valley grange took third place honors. I Food concessions and fair booths closed for nearly two hours in the afternoon as the outdoor dancing square behind the grange hall drew crowds for Scandinavian and folk dancing demonstrations. A five-act pony circus by mem bers of the Shetland Pony Trail Blazers club completed the day. (See pictures on page seven.) Paulus Bros, again,; want your ITALIAN PRUNES fpr canning. We will receive1 "and have Bo.es at the Pierce Auto Freight terminal. Highest cash prices paid. Contact Mr. Jenkins. PHONE 126J4 OR 1178 Dwelling Units Of Douglas Are Reported Roseburg had 2,8211 dwelling units on April 1, on the basis of a preliminary count, the census bureau reported in Washington. In 1940 the count was 1,703. For Douglas county the count was 17,272 approximately double that of the 1940 census, which listed 8,556. OIL TO BURN For prompt courteous meter ed deliveries of high quality stove and burner oil CALL 152 MYERS OIL CO. Distributors of Hancock Douglas County Petroleum Products For 1 1IL County Fair Ends With Finale Of Major Awards Final judging of competitive spe cial events and last-day glimpses of exhibits and commercial d i -plays wound up this year's Doug las County fair Saturday. The fairgrounds were almost deserted today as exhibitors and contest ants wrapped up their entries and wares and waited for next year's affair. A feature of the last day was the interview to decide which two 4-H and FFA members were the most deserving of registered Here ford heifer calves. Awarded by Howard and Walden Hatfield and Marjorie and Luther Ellison, the calves were given to Jay Jones, Myrtle Creek 4-H club boy, and Elmer Stritzke of the Roseburg FFA chapter. The calves, valued at S150 each, were given after interviews con ducted in the presence of the con tributors by Cal Monroe, state 4-H agent from Oregon State college. The interviews determined which boys were the best set up to raise Herefords and each youngster was asked questions which determined experience, capability, facilities and future plans. Barbara Snyder was named champion of the style review held Friday afternoon in Umpqua park. Her prize winning ensemble was a green organdy party dress, ac cented with dark green trim, gros grain belt ind matching handbag. Seventeen irls participated. The park setting was decora lea wim flowers furnished by Ferm florists. In the wool sewing contest, Ann Roth of Brockway -vas awarded ! the blue ribbon and Loretta Olson, Curtin, took the red award. The girls were judged on their ability to sew appropriate seams and hems in two weights of wool mat erial and performed their require ments on sewing machines fur nished by the Singer Sewing Ma chine center, Wilbert Anderson, local 4-H agent, said today all blue ribbon winners in the home economics and livestock events are automat ically eligible for participation in the coming state fair. Roseburi FFA head, Homer Grow, said his boys who won blue ribbons in their respective classes would also be competing for hon ors in the state fair. For the final listing of events and exhibit winners, judged through Saturday, see story on page 12. Liquor Store Job To Be Filled By Exams Opportunity to gain a place on the list from which openings in the Roseburg state liquor store will be filled, are available to Roseburg residents, the Oregon Civil Service commission an nounced today. The examination for retail store clerk, for which applications are now being accepted from men only, will be given in Roseburg in the near future. Other classes recently opened to examination are engineering aide 1, starting salary $200, and field auditor I, starting salary $270. Application forms and informa tion may be obtained from the local office of the Oregon State Employment service or from the Civil Service commission office, 102 Public Service building, Salem. Round table Slated For Dist. Scoutmasters I A roundtable of all scoutmasters and neighborhood commissioners I in Douglas district. Boy Scouts of I America, has been called for Mon day at 7:30 p.m. in the Edenbower school, according to Charles Fri day, district commissioner, Friday said this is to be the most important meeting so far this year, with program planning to be stressed. The Douglas dis trict is one of several districts in the Oregon Trail council which will meet prior to Sept. 10 to plan scouting programs for the year. Friday said this will be the last opportunity for scouters to re ceive instruction as to procedures recommended in following the new program. Final Order Extending Hubbard Ck. Road Slated A meeting will be held in the offices of the Douglas county court at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 25 at which time the court will consider enter ing the final order on the extension of the Hubbard Creek road. Per sons interested in presenting any further information to the court concerning the proposed extension may attend and offer it to the court. W5 ' , Model MM-74 I .4 ... J . 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No tugglr.;, na malting Maw Ice-Blue Intariar trim new geld-and-chreme accents eutslde Also available with All-Parcelain Exterior Finish UMPQUA VALLEY APPLIANCE Talent Winners At Fairgrounds Show Announced Carolee Rutherford and Eddie Winter, comedy dance team, cap tured the grand prize in the ama teur program Saturday night at the fairgrounds. Both are trom Roseburg. They are pupils of the Sally Hilt school of dance in Roseburg. Miss Rutherford also took sec ond place in group No. 3 wun a hula dance routine. Saturday night's program was for top honors and included con testants who had appeared in the programs Thursday and Friday nights. The program Saturday was di vided into three groups. Winners in erouo 1. which includes those under 12 years were: Ray Stein- berger, age 4Vi, trom Koseourg, a vocalist, first place: Joanne Brown. 11. Canyonville. song and dance routine, second; Norma 'it' and Marilyn Helland, ages 7 ana 8, Roseburg, baton twirlers, third place. Group 2, ages 12 to 15 Linda Hamilton, 10, and Carol McLaugh lin, 11, both Roseburg, baton twirl ers, first place; Roland Wagner, pianist from Roseburg, second place; Je"" , vocalist, rtoseburg, third place. Group 3, ... Carolee Rutherford and Eddie Winter, comedy dance (who also took the grand prize) first place; Carolee Rutherford as hula dancer second place; LeRon Sanders, guitar and vocalist, Koseourg, tnira place. Chuck Wagren, guitar vocalist, performed as guest star both Fri day and Saturday nights. Chuck was the over-all winner of the Ac tive club's first program, held last June in the junior high school. Saturday's News-Review gave the name as Wayne (Chuck's brother). Accompanist for the programs was Miss Virginia Young and mas ter of ceremonies was Del McKay. Roseburg 120 W. Ook Phone 1218 Suthcrlin Central and State Streets Phone 2988 Midshipman J. H. Ploss On Cruise In Atlantic John H. Ploss of 304 W. First Ave., N., Roseburg, Ore., a mid shipman at the U. S. naval acad emy, Annapolis, Md., is one of some 1,400 midshipmen and NROTC students participating i n the second phase of the 1950 mid shipmen cruise aboard units of the Atlantic fleet. The group has embarked on a nine-ship task force, headed by the battleship USS Missouri. During the cruise, the future naval offic ers will participate in all routine and emergency operations and drills as members of the ships' crews. Tactical maneuvers, gun nery, anti submarine warfare, air defense and a refueling at sea are included on the agenda for the trainees. Mrs. May S. Cole, Douglas County Pioneer, Passes Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Christian church in Oakland, Ore., for Mrs. May Starr Cole, a native of Doue las county, who died Friday at Pasadena, Calif. Mrs. Cole had been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Grace Fleischman, for the past few years. She was born in Calapooia val ley, July 6, 1S62, on the donation land claim of her parents, Felix and Icephena Starr, who settled six miles southeast of Oakland in 1852. She was married Nov. 25, 1886 to James L. Cole. Mr. and Mrs. Cole moved to Pasadena in July 1947 to be with their daughter. Mr. Cole died in May 1948. Surviving are two daughters. Mrs. tlsie Baldwin, Lodi, Lain., and Mrs. Fleischman, Pasadena, and a sister, Mrs. Lillie Ray, Santa Rosa, Calif. The body is being returned to Oakland for services and inter ment. Arrangements are in charge of Stearns mortuary. Mrs. G.W.Young Claimed By Death Mrs. George W. (Mary Alice) Young, 82, well-known resident of Roseburg. died at her home on East I ane street Saturday, Aug. 19. following a prolonged illness. She was born Nov. 23, 1867, at Mars Hill, Me., and was married ! in -that city Oct. 2, 1889, to George W. Young, who for many years engaged in the real estate and in surance business in Roseburg. She I moved witii her family to Rose- burg from California in 1913. Mr. Young preceded ber in death Aug. 27, 1946. Mrs. Young was a mem ber of the Seventh-day Adventist church. Surviving are two sons, Roy O. Young and Howard A. Youm. I both of Roseburg; two brothers. I Seth L. Snow, Mars Hill, Me., and I Bliss J. Snow, Marion, O , four I grandchildren, Virginia L. Young, ; Mrs. Faith E. DeBemardi, Mrs. ; Anita L. Baughman, and Rendall G. Young, and one granddaughter, all of Roseburg. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of the Long and Orr mortuary, Tuesday, Aug. 22, at 2 p. m. with the Elder Hunting ton, pastor of the Seventh-day Ad ventist church officiating. Conclud ing services and vault interment will follow in Masonic cemetery. PRUDENTIAL LIFE Insurance HORACE C. BERG, Special Agent Office 712-J Res. 871 J 111 West Oak LAWNM0WERS 4 We Kit the beat and harper) the rut. 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