The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, August 22, 1950, Page 2, Image 2

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    2 Th Newt-Review, Roieburg,
Local News
Ta Mut Wednesday Thei
WCTU will meet Wednesday at '
2 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Ada
Davis, 938 N. Jackson street.
VFW Auxiliary to Mt.t The
VFW auxiliary will meet at 8
o'clock Wenesday night at Eagles
hall.
To Mtat Thursday Wives of
Elks are requested to meet Thurs
day night at 8:30 o'clock at the
Elks temple to make plans for the
fall style show. An entertainment
will follow the business session.
Important Meeting An impor
tant business meeting has been
announced for members of limp
qua district, Dental Assistants so
ciety, to be held at 8 o'clock
Wednesday night at the home ot
Mrs. K. T. Bradley, 1015 Harvard.
Recant Visiters Recent visitors
of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Starmer
of 703 Mill street, Roseburg in
cluded their daughter, Mrs. W. R.
Connors, and her two children of
Eugene; Mrs. Starmer's sister,
Mrs. E. V. Hughes, and daughter,
. Suel of North Ben, and the Star
mers' grandchildren, Louis Star
mer of Eugene and Billie Deeds
of Portland.
Fast service on
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SECOND FLOOR
Ort.TuM., Aug. 22, 150
Visits in Rostburg Mrs. Wil-
liam Baker of Corvallii wa a vi
itor in Roseburg Tuesday evening
and Wednesday,
Picnic Dated The fast Pres
idents club members and their
husbands are invited to a 6:W
o'clock politick picnic supper t
the Veterans hospital picnic
grounds Wednesday night. Those
attending are asked to bring their
table service.
Sale Ta Ba Held There will
be a white elephant and rummage
sale at the Kpisi-onal narish hall
Thursday and Friday between 9
and 5 o'clock. The sale, sponsored
by the Wimodasi club, is in charge
of Mrs. T. W. Bernard. School
clothes and canning jars will be
especially featured at the sale.
Hare For Weak Attorney and
Mrs. William W. Knight and son,
Philip, and twin daughters, Jeanne
and Joanne, of Portland have ar
rived in Roseburg for a week's
visit with relatives and friends, fol
lowing a vacation in the Wallowa
mountains. They were accompan
ied on their vacation by Mrs.
Harry F. Hatfield of this city
(mother of Mrs. Knight) and by
Attorney Knight's nephew, Doug
las Houser. of Portland. Attorney
Knight, assistant business manager
of the Portland Oregon Journal, is
tnc son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A
Knight of this city.
R. B. Mitchell Funeral
Scheduled For Thursday
Funeral services for Rex Beach
Mitchell, 38, who died suddenly
Aug. 17 while at work on the new
Baptist church building, will be
held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Mt.
Vernon, Wish. The body was ship
ped lo Mt. Vernon by the Rose
burg Funeral home.
Mr. Mitchell was born Feh. 21,
1912 in Springtown, Ark., and had
lived in Oregon two years. During
World War II he was in the mar
ines. Surviving are a brother, Ira
Mitchell, Seattle, Wash., and a sis
ter, Mrs. Ona Allen, Everett, Wash.
Interment will be in the Odd
Fellows cemetery, Mt. Vernon.
Mary S. Colt Funeral To
Be Held At Oakland
Funeral services for Mary Starr
Cole, Pasadena, Calif., former res
ident of Oakland, will be held
I Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Chris-
tain church in Oakland, interment
will be in the IOOF cemetery.
Stearns mortuary is in charge of
arrangements.
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OF FASHIONS
Institute On
Psychology Will
Include Pastors
An institute on pastoral psycho
logy will be held at the Veterans
administration hospital in Rose
bu.g. Sept. 25-27, lo whic" all
ordained ministers of the state of
Oregon have been invited.
The principal subjects' to be dis
cussed are emotional problems
and mental hygiene. Leaders of
discussion groups will come from
members of the hospital staff and
ministers of various denomina-1
Uor..
The conference is being held at
the Veterans hospital in Roseburg
so that ministers can be conducted
on tours through the neuropsychi
atry wards and be better able to
deal with patients who will be re
turning to their homes and placei
in society Similar conferences
have been held at other VA neuro
psychiatric hospitals and have
been found to be helpful in rehabil
itating mental patients.
toundlable and panel discus
sions as well as question forums
will be held on topics already se
lected from questionnaires sent to
ministers throughout the state. The
chief speaker will be sent from
the chaplaincy department of the
Veterans administration in Wash
ington. D. C, and has not yet
been named. Invitations have been
sent to denominational headquar
ters rather than to individual min
isters, although all ordained min
isters are invited to attend.
The ministers of Roseburg will
provide housing for visiting minis
ters of ihcir denominations as well
as denominational dinners for all
groups represented. About 100
minister have already signified
their intention of attending, with
more to be contacted.
The program is being sponsored
jointly by the Veterans adminis
tration hospital and the Roseburg
Ministerial association, with Chap
lain Albert feller in charge of ar
rangements. Programs for the
conierence can be obtained oy
writing the Roseburg Veterans
hospital.
Sportmsmen Hold Annual
Picnic At Cleawox Lake
The second annual exchange pic
nic between the Umpqua Basin
Conservation council and the
Southwestern Oregon Sportsmen's
association was held Sunday a t
Camp Cleawox on the Oregon
coast.
Among those present were C.'C.
Schcnck of Portland, president of
the Columbia River Sportsmen's
council, and officials and mem
bers of the Southwestern Oregon
group. Attending from Roseburg
were Carl Hill, chairman of the
game commission; James Vaughn,
district director of fish and game
management; Bruce Yeagcr and
Charles dinger. .
The host group served coffee and
clam chowder and participants
brought potluck dishes. Afternoon
activities included a trap shoot
and exchange of conservation and
game views. !
The first such exchange picnic
was held last year at the Rose
burg Rod and Gun club grounds.
The annual picnics are open to
the public.
Minerva A. DeGree Dies
Following Brief Illness
Minerva A. DeGree, 64, resident
of Wincher'cr for seven years, died
Aug. 19 after a short illness. She
was born Oct. 24, 1885, in Ger
manlown, Penn. She was a com
municant of St. George's Episco
pal church.
Surviving are her husband,
Vince, Winchester; a daughter,
Miss Lillian DeGree, Winchester;
three sisters: Mrs. Lavina Aufdcr
'Heide, Rogers, Ark.; Mrs. Alica
Brandon, Covina, Calif., and Mrs.
Lucy Houser, Covina, Calif.
Funeral services will be held in
The Chapel of the Roses, Rose
burg Funeral home, Wednesday,
at 10 a.m., with Father Alfred S.
Tyson officiating. Interment will
follow in the Masonic cemetery.
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Robert Boshford Given
Boy Scout Finance Post
Robert Bashford, above, has
been appointed finance chairman
for the Douglas county district of
the Boy Scouts of America.
Bashford. a former Boy Scout,
automatically becomes a member
ROBERT BASHFORD
of the Oregon Trail council finance
committee. He will coordinate fi
nancial policies and fund-raising
Scouts.
Bashford succeeds Al Henninger,
now district Boy Scout chairman.
The Boy Scouts are expected to
be active this year because of a
100 percent increase in the roster
of the organization.
Bashford was head of a com
mittee which handled business so
licitation for the polio drive lat
year. He is a member of the Ki
wanis, Elks and the chamber of
commerce.
Eligible Asked To Get
First Aid Certificates
. The following persons were
asked by the Red Cross to pick
up their first aid certificates at
Red Cross offices in the armory:
Charles Edward Allen, Joseph
Howard Campbell, Wright M. Mal
lory, Ray Benjamin Hampton, Ro
bert Franklin Harvic, Eugene
Ford Northrop, George William
Churchill and H. Glenn Brady, in
structors. Merrill Hargis, Lee Eaton, Les
C. Jantzen, Oscar Sludman, Oro
ville Reece and George McClue, ad
vanced.
John Carlson, Harold Carlson,
Burney Tennison, Mike Sulich and
Everett Nelson, standard.
Instructors cards for swimming,
life saving and water safety
courses are ready for the follow
ing: Gordon Gene Culver. Mrs.
Dorothy Jay Moore and Shirley
Moraine White.
Whereabouts Of Couple .
Sought By Red Cross
The local chapter of the Amer
ican Red Cross today asked per
sons knowing the whereabouts of
M. H. "Bill" Rogers or his wife,
Florcen, to contact the Red Cross
office, telephone 832.
The Rogers are believed to have
been in Roseburg about two
months, coming here from Pilot
Rock. Rogers is believed to be
employed as a "cat" skinner in
this locality.
WITH NONE.
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Six Vagrancy Cases
Occupy Municipal Court
Three women were being held
in the county jail today each on
$750 bail, according to Justice of
Peace A. J. Geddes. The three
were charged with vagrancy.
They are Ruby Kelly, 34, and
Dolly Carr, 35, both of Reed sport
and Judy L. Anderson, 25, of Port
land. The women were arrested
Sunday at Reedsport by deputies
and reserves of the sheriff's of
fice. Two vagrancy charges were filed
also against John Edward Water
man, 35, of Corvallis and Leonard
A. Van Horn, 43 of Butte, Mont.,
reported Sheriff O. T. Carter. The
two mer were arrested by the
state police.
John Martin Tuttle, 19, of Rose
burg was also charged with vag
rancy and released on $50 bail pay
ment, .said Geddes. Tuttle was ar
rested by the state police.
Two Minor Fires Are
Brought Under Control
A 50-acre fire on the Herman
Oden place at Dodson mountain
was burnirfg itself out today after
being brought under control, the
Douglas Forest Protective assoc
iation reported.
The fire had been brought under
control after it had fed on grass,
brush and logging slash.
Another fire destroyed an o I d
barn belonging to a Mr. Slear"
near the Hinkle creek station of
the association. The fire spread
out over an acre of grass but was
brought under control.
The barn was located across
the Calapooia river from the Io
nian fire station. Fire fighters
speculated that the fire may have
been started by children playing
with matches because a half-full
box of matches was found near
the barn. '
Jennie Laswell Funeral
To Be Held At Yoncalla
Funeral services for Jennie Las
well will be held Thursday at
10:30 a.m. at the Methodist church
in Yoncalla and vault entombment
will be at the Riverside cemetery
and mausoleum in Portland. She
was a resident of Oakland and Yon
calla since 1919. Stearns mortuary
of Oakland is in charge ot ar
rangements. LICENSE EXAM DATED
A driver's license examiner will
be on duty in Roseburg at t h e
city hall Thursday and Friday be
tween 9 a.m. and S p.m.
to remove rower-robbing
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Home Front Controls
Voted To President
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designate scarce items. Violators
would be subject to penalties rang
ing up to a $10,000 fine and a year
in jail.
3. Government seizure of pri
vately owned plants and other
facilities if they were needed in
the defense effort. Provision is
made for just compensation and
return to owners after the emer
gency. 4. A $2,000,000,000 government
loan and loan guarantee program
to encourage defense production
5. Consideration by the Presi
dent of the wage and price levels
of the period May-June 24, 1950,
in the fixing of wage-price call
ings. The bill permits but does
not require a rcfiback to that per
iod, with some exceptions which
might include all farm commodi
ties. 6. Setting up special machinery
for the mediation and arbitration
of labor disputes affecting national
defense. The procedure would have
to be in line with terms of the Taft
Hartley law and other existing la
bor acts.
7. Exemption from the anti-trust
laws and the federal trade act in
the case of voluntary agreements
entered into by business firms at
the request of the President.
Mr. Truman did not ask for auth
ority to invoke wage-price controls
and rationing, but he said he would
be glad to have the standby power
if congress did not restrict the use
of it. He also has said that he sees
no need for using those powers at
this time.
Senate administration leader
protested that Mrs. Truman cert
ainly would have no free hand
under the amendment requiring
him to put wage-price controls !nto
effect at the same time and vir
tually across the board if he in
voked the controls at all.
NAME WRONGLY SPELLED
Chuck Wagner's name was in
correctly spelled in a News-Review
story appearing Monday dealing
with the amateur irogram at the
fairgrounds. Chuck was a guest
performer Friday and Saturday
nights.
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KRNR Launched
By Kiwanis Club
The Roseburg Kiwanis club to
day inaugurated a new service of- j
fered by radio station KRNR five
minutes of the latest world news;
beamed direct to the civic room '
of the Umpqua hotel.
Lerov Hiatt. radio station man
ager, said the service is to be of
fered any local organization which
meets regularly at the hotel. Ki
wanis members today heard the
special program at 12:25 p.m. At
their meeting Thursday noon. Ro
tary club members will hear a
similar program, also starting at
12:25. The Lions club has signified j
the desire to have the program a
part of club meeting and will be
tuned in at 6:55 p.m. Hiatt said
the same service will be given
the Roseburg chamber of . com
merce when that group begins
holding regular meetings on Mon
day noons.
In charge of the special courtesy
feature will be Bob Grant, KRNR
news editor, whose voice will be
heard delivering the five-munite
news summary.
PLAYER'S LEO BROKEN
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sulted in a broken leg last Sun
day for George Roberts, member
of the Yoncalla baseball team. Mr.
Roberts was taken to Drain for
X-Ray and treatment.
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