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Tha Ntws-Rviw, Haseburg, Local News Grange Te M I,ooking glass Grange will meet at 8 o clock Tuesday night at the hall. Ts Practice Pythian Sisters will hold installation practice (or officers tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the K. of P. haU. Study Club Te Meet Green PTA StuJy club will meet Ties day at a noon politick luncheon at the home o( Ruth Holmgren. Auxiliary Te Meet The Vnm ar.'s auxiliary to the Douglas County .Medical association will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the Veterans hospital. Matting Announced The VFW auxiliary will meet Wednesday eve ning at S o'clock at the Eagles hall. All members are asked to attend. Meeting Changed The Ki'llcr ton PTA meeting has been rhan?ed horn Monday, Jan. 8 to Wednes day, Jan. 10 at 7:30 In the school gym. Maeting Canceled The Canrer Institute for graduate nurses scheduled for Jan. 10, has been postponed until March. The new date will be announced Inter. . Rlvtridale HEC Te Meet Riv ersdale HEC will mecl al the home of Mrs. Felix- Roddatz in Garden Valley on Jan. 9 at 1:30 .p.nt; The topic will, be furniture arrange ment. Dance Tonight The VFW aux iliary sponsored dance will be held at the Veterans hospital tonight from 7:45 to 10 o'clock. All Rose hurst ladies are invited to be host esses. Quarterly Meeting The quar terly meeting of all circles of Faith Lutheran church will he held Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in the basement of the armory. Circle will Matt - The Friendly Circle club will meet at the home of Nan Hulhert on Garden Valley road Wednesday at 2 p.m. Return From Portland Mrs John Ha3khts, Miss Gnlria deal and Miss Margaret Joyce n( the Veterans hospital, . motored t o Portland Friday on business. They returned to Roseburg Sunday Stops Here Saturday R. R. Houser, supervisor for Western Auto Supply stores for Oregon, returned to his home In Port land Saturday, following a short stay here on business. Lodge To Mtet Roseburg Rebekah lodge and the Odd Fel lows will hold joint Installation of officers Tuesday night at the IOOF hall. Refreshments will be in charge of Blanche Marr, Esther Burr, Italia Harrison, Hel ena Hayes and Rose Sheppard. 1' ROSEBURG "cDIHICt IIANCH OS THI UNItIO ITATIS NATIONAL SANK Of POTlCrVlO Cra. Monday, Jan. I, If SI To Moot Wednesday Bellview club will meet Wednesday after noon at the home of Mrs. Thella Vebber, 63 Miller lane. Study Club To Moot Inter Sf Study club will meet Tues day at 1:13 o'clock at the nnme of Mrs. E. E. Lindell, 440 Claire street. Glide PTA Will Meet The Glide PTA unit will meet this evening "t 7:30 at the Glide high school auditorium. A discussion on school consolidation will be held. Mothers of children in Mrs. Em ery's room will be hostesses for the evening. Annual Mtoting Tonight The annual hoard meeting of the Camp Fire Council will be held at 8 o'clock tonight, Jan. I. at the Methodist church. Installation of officers will be followed by reports of standing committees. Sponsors, guardians and parents are invited. Mrs. Niwhouit Returns Mrs. Mary ton Newhouse has returned to RnsebJig after a two week trip to California. She visited nver Christmas at the home of her daughter. Mrs. R. D. Jones. an( family of Glendale, Calif. While in California New Year's, she witnessed the Pasadena Rose pa rfde by television and reported that Ihe pri' winning float, sent from Hawaii, was a group o( palm trees made entirely nf or chids flown from the Islands West Germany Rearming Protest Turned Down LONDON UP) Britain and France today published rejections of a Soviet protest against the re arming of West Germany. Both de clared Russian saher rattling had matle German armed forces neces sary for western security. The replies similar In vein were in answer to a Soviet protest of Dec. 13, accusing Britain and France of creating "a serious threat to peace" and nf violating their alliance treaties with Russia by their policies on German rearm ament. Both Rritain and France accus ed Russia of keeping large forces under arms while the western al lies had demobilized after the war. Sjviet bloc nations, they added were also armed to the hilt. COMPLETES TRAINING Two Roseburg men. ..ustin Har old Welt Jr., seaman apprentice, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Well nf route 2, box 5, and D wight Raines Jr., airman apprentice, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Raines of route 4, box 8R5, recently completed recruit training at the naval training center, San Diego, Calif., and are now available for assignment to a fleet unit or In one of the navy's schools for special ized training. ' RESOURCES Cash on Hand mid Due from Banks. $ 143,113,395.98 United Stta Government Bonds 226,559,925.69 Municipal mid Other Bonds , '54,452,418.92 Loans and Discounts- Net , ' 180,338,907.66 Stock in Federal Reserve Rank , 720,000.00 Rank Premises (Including Branches) 7,451,090.24 Customers' Liability nn A creptancea 302.400.1 1 Interest Earned 1,797,181.62 Other Resources 222.642.06 "$6h79577962728 LIABILITIES . Capital $ 12,000,000.00 Surplus 12,000,000.00 Undivided Profits 11.258,527.58 35,258,527.58 Reserves for Interest, Taxes, etc 2,268,910.63 Acceptances 456.423.74 Dividends Declared 300,000.00 Deposits 574.957,173.07 Interest Collevtorl Not Earned 1.673.208.75 Other Liabilities. , 0 43.718.51 61 479577962728 Thin ttatcmmt inrludm 40 hmnch in Orreon Husn Orrirn: PORTLAND, OHEIiON BRANCH Officers Seated At Fair Oaks Grange Meeting Master Orvllle Smith presided and new'y elected nfficers were at their respective stations it 'the Fair Oaks Grange meetjng, held Jan. 2. Melton Rogers waj in stalled as gate keeper by Fred Braunin'jer. Jean Smith, home economics chairman, reported that hostesses for the Jan. 16 politick dinner are Dora Hamilton, Gertrude Rogers and Jennie Harrison. Hostesses for Jan. II) Home Economics meeting are Dora Hamilton and Gertrude Rogers. Agriculture hairman Peter Ad ams reported on 1951 prospects for farmers. Howard Cracrofl stioke on a safety program being organized in the stale. I.re Williams an nounced that a state fire warden may attend Ihe next meeting to explain more clearly detail' In or ganizing a rural lire nrogram. The lecturer's program was pre sented following the meeting. Rill and Maria Smith on the trumpet and saxaphone. accom panied by $trs. Smith at the piano, played "Dear Hearts and Gentle People," "Enjoy Yourself," "Far Away, Places," 'You Call Every Body Darling" and "Careless Hands." The Orville Smith family served rcrr'ihmer.is al a late hour to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Norton, Miss I.u clla Pleuard, Mr. and Mrs. Mellon '. Rogers, Mr. and Mis. Lee Wil I Mains, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frnl- scher, Sammy and Evelyn, Mr. and Mrs. Frrd Branningrr and Barbara,' Mr. and Mrs. Helen Briscoe and Sue, Mr. and Mrs. Carver Hamilton, Mrs. Lester Har rison, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hib hard and Vonnie, Mr. and Mrs. Peier Adam? pnd Helen. Mrs. Mag gie Fran' is. Mr. an-t Mrs. Howard Cracrott, Mr. and Mrs. Art toerts. Card Game Yields $4,000 To Portland Gunmen PORTLAND -UP Two masked gunmen broke up a high-powered card agme an descaped with a re ported S40O0 here early Sunday. Fourteen patrons at the East Side Boosters club said the two men walked in at 3:50 a. m., wear ing rubber Halloween masks.. At gun point, they forced everyone from the card table to a wall. In the confusion six men escaped robbery, but the other eight said they were forced to empty their pockets, living up $1560. They esti mated another' $2500 was swept from the card table. Then the gunmen walked out, and got away without anyone in (he club seeing which way they went. C L. Pettit, Vets Hospital Mechanic, Passes Away Clair L. Pettit Sr., general me chanic .it the Roschurg Veterans hospital,- died Saturday nlghl at the Portland Veterans hospital. He is survived by his wife. Mar jory, and two sons, Donald and Clair, of itasehurg. The body is being removed lo the Roseburg Funeral home for services. OREGON CONDENSID STATEMENT OF CONDITION DECEMBER 30, 19SO fSDSEBS Altwber PedrW Dpirt IniwfWKe Local Man Takes Army Training In Texas . Recruit Sam Houston Wingfield son of S. H Wingfield of .1317 Fair St., Roseburg, Oregon, is now tak ing advanced Army training at Ft. Bliss, Tex. A member of Ihe B.lr.l antiair craft artillery gun battalion, he will receive instruction in field problems, antiaircraft firing, rare o' equipment, identification of air craft and other subjects. Recruit Wingfield, who holds a diploma from Grass Valley school Ir California, enlered military er vice in September 1950. He was awarded a cup for being the best shot In Ihe battalion. High To'l Due To Reckless Drivers CHICAGO lP) Just jlain reckless, but sober, drivers caused most of 'he New Year's holiday traffic deaths for which specific causes are known. A na'ior.wirie survey by the As. undated Press shows that of the 304 traffic fatalities for the period definite causes were given for 13. 1 01 these drunken driving was blamed directly for only seven, while 108 were ascribed to reck ! Icssness. I Commenting on the survey, Ned ! li. Dearborn president of the Na tional Safety council said: I "Manv of thrsi (reckless) driv ers wouldn't have risked a dollar on the outcome of the Rose Bowl game, yet Ihey gambled on I h e highest stakes there are and lest." The fo.-ms nf lecklessness in cluded too much speed, taking a chance in pasting other vehicles and following too closely. "It is ihe old story of human error not the fault of Ihe car or the roads an much as it was the I fault of ourselves the stubborn gamble - 'oving, overconfident hu man being," Dearborn said. The survey also showed that oi I 39 pedestrians killed in the three- day per'tid, 20 cf them died as a i result of their own negligence Portland Fires Deal Damage Around $30,000 PORTLAND P) Fires de stroyed a niiarler-hlock long busi ness building and damaged a frame apartment yi'ouse t . Damage was estimated upwards of $.111,000. A strong east wind fanned the flames in Ihe .business building, burning out an ice cream plant, a ..nu.l noi.nn, B harllAP (hnfl Unit 9 cleaner's in a suburban area east of Portland A separate blaze routed nine per sons from Ihe apartment house in northwest Portland. toss was esti mated as high as $7000. HELPS LAND TROOPS Stan S. Strandberg. seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Strandberg, 702 Eas' First Ave. N., Roseburg, is serving aboard Ihe attack transport USS Henrico. The ship has been transporting troops and supplies lo the Korean area. As a member of Ihe United Na. tioos naval forces, he has partici pated In the landing of troops and supplies at Pusan, Inchon and Wonsan. CMhM Brockway Youth , Takes Army Ranger Training A Brockway youth, member of Southern California's 40th infantry division, is on his way lo Ft. Ben ning, Ga. for 12 weeks of tne army's roughest combat training. Ret. William Theodore Schallen ):erk, 21, was one of 197 men and officers who volunteered for train ing as Rangers. Upon completion oi tiie rigorous infantry course, the volunteers will return to their di vision ,-s an organized Ranger company. Rangers in the American army play much the same part as that o. Commandos in me Bruis.i forces. They are experts in quiet, switt and eificient Killing. Before entering Ihe scrvi.ee with the lormer National Guard di vision, Schattenkerk was employed by ioscb:irg city engineers, tie is the son of Mr. .and Mrs. H. C. Sciiattenkerk. lie completed n i s freshman year at Oregon Slate col lege in rji9 where he participated in track and boxin?. Funeral Services Set For Clyde A. Catching Funeral services for Clyde A. Catching, 66, well-known resident of Douglas county who died sud denly at his home in Drain, Jan. 5, will be held in the chapel of Ihe Long & Orr mortuary, Tuesday, Jan. 8, Ht 2 p.m., Willi Hev. .nr. Byars of Dram officiating. Con eluding services and vau- hucr menl will follow in the Masonic cemetery. Catching was born at Riddle, Ore., ot pioneer parents on Ana. 19, 1884, and was married at Riddle on Jan. 3. 10118 lo Sava..nah M. Ryan. He had made his home in Roschurg lor a number of years before moving to Drain about 17 years aio. H1 was en-'a'ed m tne contracting business and timber management. A former mayor of Drain, Catching was a member of the Mason'c lodge in that city. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Savannah M. Catching. Drain, and a brother, Roy A. Catching, Rose burg. CITY COURT CASES John Spuza Pipoza, 50, trans ient laborer and Lyle Green, 52, transient, were each committed tor 10 days in the city jail in lieu of $20 fines on vagrancy charges. Mu nicipal Judge Ira B. Riddle re ported. Manford McCulloch, 62, Rose burg forfeited S20 hail on a drunk charge and Theodore C. Thomp son, Myr'le Creek, was committed for 15 days in Ihe rity jail in lieu nf S.10 fine on a drunk charge. Riddle said. You can't Come yJjfV" Model MArt-74 jfL 1 h fr 4 sgBSik'M ' WITH A FULL-WIDTH M mtomsmvA SUPER-FREEZER CHEST! Cougar On Rampage Has Pennsylvania Area Alert . BLOOMSBURG, Pa. W) Warning that a big mountain lion is on the loose has rousell people for miles around thia eastern Penn sylvania town to an unprecedent ed alert. George Keller, instructor at the Bloomsburg State Teachers college and an animal trainer as well, 'said the lion may have followed a herd of deer here from Canada. He said there may even be two, as lions usually travel in paira at this time of the year. There have been no reports of attacks on human beings, but sev eral persons said their dogs were i killed by the lion. And early Min- day the lion, evidently trying to pounce upon a dog asleep on a farmhouse porch, crashed into the house itself, then fled. "Friendly" Vets' Dispute Leads To Fatal Stabbing BOSTON lPI ' Two young friends who'd seen army service had a boyish argument over whose outfit was better anil police said it ended with one dead and the other ng "I killed my best friend." Dead from a stab wounrt was George Engley, 17, who. had two years in the infantry after enlist ing at 15 by concealing his age. Held by police was 19-year-old Robert O'Rourke, a par.itroop pri vate. Police Capt. Francis G. Wil son saKI he would seek a murder complaint against O'Rourke. He added that the pair had quarreled over the merits of the infantry and the paratroops. All Four Rail Unions Reject Proposed Accord ! ST. LOUIS fPl -The 22 month old railway labor dispute appears ; headed back to the White House i after its rejection by the Order of : Railway Conductors. j The conductors union was the last of tb four brotherhoods to . turn Jhumbs down on the agree- iiii'iii prupitM'u ny me wpne itouse Dec. 21. Its decision was an nounced Sunday. All four brotherhoods declared thev wanted more favorable terms. The dispute bc.an in March 194!), and breakdown in negotiations re sulted in government seizure of the roads last Aug. 25. PROMOTED TO PRIVATE. I Recruit Marty R. Ramp, 200 oumn nauip luau, miM'muf;, a member nf the medical company, 102 infantry regiment. 43rd vic'ot'y divis on, has been promoted to the rflnlf nF .irivale 1'hp nrnmnllnti n. ! proved hv Major Joseph J. Bruno, rnmmanilinff officer nf ihe meriiral company v as annouoced in special orders. inside and outside- match a FRIGIDAIREI in! See It tcjdayl Douglas District Pow-Wow Slated Douglas district will host a cub pow-wow lor the first time Satur day afternoon when cubma.sters, pack committeemen, den mothers and interested parents will assem ble at Riverside school. ' Qualified instructors from iC u gene and this district will be on hand to instruct local scou'ers on instruc'ion technique in three cate gories: rub handicrafts, den oper ations and pack operations. Representatives of each park in the district are requested to bring displays uf games, handicrafts or club skills These exhibitions will be placed in the hallways for the inspection of the public. Jessie Fentress Dies After Short Illness Jessie Winona Fentress, 79, resi dent ot Cedar St. in Roseburg, died Jan. 7 a.lcr an illness of two weeks. She was born June 29, 1871 in i Greeley. Iowa. She lived in Hajr- den, Colo., for 40 years, moving to Kosehurg seven months ago to make her home. She was a mem ber of the Congregational church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. T. L. Mull, Roseburg, Mrs. Fern Harhatigh, Roseburg and Mrs. Hazel MacGarvey, Pasadena, Calif.: three son-, Glenn Frent ress, Haydcn, Colo., Theodore Krcnlress, Tillamook, and Kd'iar Frentress, Salem: 12 grandchildren and several 'reat grandchildren. The body will be shipped by the Roseburg Funeral home io Ilayden for funeral services and interment. i Graveside Services Held j For George W. Reynolds I Graveside services were held to ' day at the Cleveland cemetery for i George W. -tevnmns,:- "' il I in Portland, Jan. 6. Rev. Henry i A. Schlattei of the Church of God, ! Roseburg, officiated. Reynolds was a former resident of the Cleveland community, hav ! inff lived there for ahnul 19 years before moving to Portland in 1931. He was a member of the Church of God. Surviving are the widow. Altie M. Reynolds; Ihree daughters, Mrs. Grace Durnain, Mrs. Mabnl Miller, and Mrs. Mary Bunch all 'of Portland; three sons. Harold W. j Reynolds, Washington, D. C, Ralph J. and Randolph Reynolds jbolh of Marcola, Ore.; a brother, i Frank E. Reynolds. Pennsylvania; and eight grandchildren. CAREFULLY iiuiiiiiniMiiHHmmuiiiiuig I CAREFULLY 1 Imagine! A genuine 7 410 cu. ft. Frigidairt Refrigerator with a full-width Super Freezer Chest holding over 30 lbs,' of frozen foods I At a price that's sensationally low I Plus all the Frigidairs quality features shewn below I Famous Meter-Miser mechanism Lifetime Porcelain Interior Adjustable all-aluminum shelves cannot rust Twin "Slack Up" Hydratari all-porcelain hold over 9 qt. aach Full-width plastic Chill Drawer for bottled beverages, extra lea cubes Fifteen square feet of shelf area Quickube Ice Trays with built-in tray and cub release. No tugging, na melting New Ice-Blue Interior trim new gold-and-chromt accents outside Alto avoilable with All-Porcelain Exterior Finish loseburg 120 W. Otsk, Ph. 12U q Sutharlio Central fc Statt, Ph. 2988 City In Virginia Hit . By $1 Million Blaxe MARTINSVILLE, Va. - lfl - wind-lashed blaze cut a million dollar hole in the heart of this south central Virginia furnt'ure center before il Was brought under control. , The fire slaj-led in a large to bacco wu'ehmise. In ruins at the finish were the warehouse, Ihree three.story build ines and a two-floor structure as well as ,i number of smsll sharks. Unofficial damage estimates ran as .high as $1,000,000. ROSEBURG MAN PROMOTED MUROC, Calif. Pfc. Adrian D. Robbins, son of Mr. and Mrs. L L. Bailey, IU07 Altamont St., Hose burg, has been promoted to the rank of corporal at Edwards Air force base. Edwards is the air force's important testing base on California's Mojave desert. ' Cpl. Robhms was graduated f.-nn, Tilinmwilr hiflh School ' S nd j prior io entering Ihe service was i a high school student. I A LUBRICATION Stop txcesiivt wear and tear on your car's motor, whtols, and body. . I Bring your eor n todoy tor o com- I plett lubo job and you will notiet I tha immediate different in your I car handling. I HANSEN I J Motor Co. Oak & Stephtns Phant 446 I
