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2 The Newt-Review, Rosebura, Oft. Mon., Jon. 28, 1952
.Melvin Howard Diet
At Yoncallo Thursday
Melvin Howard, 74, died at his
home east o! Yoncalla Thursday.
He was born in Texas, July 30,
1817, and moved to Yoncalla in
18S7. He married Effie Thompson
at Roseburg in 1908. Surviving are
his wile, one daughter, Mildred
Biiner of Koute 1. Yoncalla; one
brother, Romie Howard, also of
Route 1, Yoncalla; four sisters,
Fannie Watkins, Velere Trobee and
Lulu Wills, all of Cottage lir.ive,
and Maiy Caldwell of Bend. Ser
vices will be held at Mills Mortu
ary, Cottage Grove, Sunday.
Roseburg Hears
Great Singers,
Ray And Duncan
Mothers Slate
Polio March
Thursday Night
By LEROY INMAN
Two celebrities were in Rose
burl Saturday night. Both are
In the field of entertainment and
artists in their own right, although
their fields of work are of an
entirely different nature.
But in no way was rtie pres
ence of one overshadowed by the
other. Johnny Ray, radio enter
tainer and song writer, was given
a rousing home coming welcome
at the Hotel Umpqua. But over at
the Junior High School Auditor
ium at almost the same hour.
'I odd Duncan, baritone star of
concert opera, stage and screen,
walked onto the stage and was
enthusiastically acclaimed by
I t n r.nm.,nlu
in aim vi , "-" Concert members whi
will take to the field Thursday ! han,
night, Jan. 31, in a march against, Hundreds of people thronged
infantile paralysis, which in the; Jackson street In the vicinity of
past four years has attacked the the Hotel Umpqua .eager to get
:;.;.. .:iu ini ...v,.ritu a look at and to hear the voice
, , . , of a youthful home town boy who
Plans am being completed forimade &ooi wltn an emotional
this special intensive 1952 March type of singing that has rocketed
of 1) mes activity. Mrs. o. J. ran, mm to siaraom aimosi overnigni,
Chairman, sail
Mothers March
last night
Mis. Kelt said that the city
has been divided into districts and
each district headed by a cap
tain. In addition to Koscburg, Winston-Section
will be canvassed
with Mrs. Bill Tipton the
pE?.h.. inpliiHa Mr" t; N i their work, immortalized from the
Sicfarih. Mrs. Kldon Howard, j concert stage.
Duncan Master Artist
But over at the Junior High,
Baritone Todd Duncan, an artist
in his field of singing in wiich
he has been tried and found true
over the years, displayed his own
style of emotional singing a n
emotional style as Handel. Schu
bert and Kurt Weill would have
Mrs. William Lindsell, Mrs. E. A.
l'carsun. Mrs. Waller Britlell,
Mrs. Harl Kelley, Mrs. Charles
Wright, Mrs. Don Cum, Mrs.
Leslie I'faff, Mrs. Lcroy Hiatt,
Mrs. Earl Garrison, Mis. Glenn
Scott, Mrs. Kenneth Carey and
Mrs. Don Reed.
Promptly at six-lhirly on Thurs-
Duncan Droved why he was so
highly acclaimed In the Broadway
musical "Lost in the Stars," as
well as being a favorite for more
than a decade in the music world.
He held complete control of his
capacity audience. He made them
laugh when he wished. He made
them live l'ie songs he sang. A
pin couM nave been nearci u
day evening porch lights will flare dropped during the softer portions
into a beacon of hope for polio ,,f his final encore number, "Old
palienls. These lights will be Man River."
glowing invitations to the volun- Ho swayed his crowd with his
leers, and will prove citizens are dramatic portrayals of works by
determined to do all in their power Biet. Paladilhe and Pierne. lie
to help local boys and girls. I delighted them with Negro spir-
liluals and a rendition llfar.ricl
,,.,. style) of Old Mottier Hubbard. His
Rtcevars Mrs. G H. Ashman, concu,ding number rn the regular
1122 N. Jackson St., has recovered ,,10sram pr0ve1 hy he aitab
from a brief illness. She was con-1 iahod himself in the hearts of
fined to her home for about two Ame-icans in 19J5 as a star in
weeks. i"Porgy and Bess," by singing "I
-.i in..-.. ..r v.,ttlni
villi j icniy in iuiiiit una"-
wic's number wni?h he introduced
to the Broadway tticater-going
public.
This was Todd Duncan's second
appearance in concert here. And
i both times there was standing
room only in the too-small Junior
High Auditorium. He proved that
his style of emotional singing still
has a prominent place in Amer
ican entertainment. If the crowd's
repeated applause and request for
encores was any indication, Todd
Duncan was a auccess in Roseburg,
SWALLOWED UP in this huge welcoming crowd in front of terviewed by Radio Announcer Lyle Fenner.
the Umpqua Hotel Saturday, Singer Johnny Ray (arrow) is in-, in Roseburg was supposed to be a "secret."
And his arrival
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representative as non-voting chair
man would supervise repatriation
of civilians.
Both Committees would function
under the Military Armistice Com
mission and would make their
headquarters at Panmunjom.
SEOUL, Korea on U.S. Sabre
jcU exchanged firing passes Mon
day with SO Communist M1G-1S
jets over North Korea but no
damage claims were made by the
Allied pilots.
It was the first reported ap-
Oregon Accidents 'j!'
rii l
uaim j Lives
low Infjnr Passes;
uneral Held Today
JOHN CARTER DIES
John Carter, well-known resi
dent of Riddle died Sunday after-
iwvw in fa i-unnuilln b'unoFsl at.
uavio flrinur oiiow, inianr aon rangemenU wUl be announced
of llr and Mrs Sherwood Bilow. !ater Dy Ganl Mor,uary.
Myrtle Creek Coy
Killed By Auto blow
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lips, he first denied all knowledge
of the incident. Cornett said.
Investigation revealed that the
left front fender of his car had :
been smashed against the side of
his garage. I
Phillips' wife explained she had ;
hit the side of the garage inad
vertently when driving into it
earlier in the day.
In his statement to police, Phil
lips also admitted hitting the fen
der of the car several times with
an axe earlier that evening.
Saturday evening Phillips was
lodged in the Canyonville jail on
an open charge pending investiga
tion. Sunday evening he was trans
ferred to the county jail.
Tragedy Prevents Slatp
In the statement he gave police,
Phillips said he left Riddle about
3:30 p.m. Saturday and was headed
for Winston.
. "I didn't see the boy until I saw
him fly out the side of the car,"
officers quoted him as saying. .
After the accident, Phillips said
in his statement, he continued
north, later cutting back tn Riddle.
He then said he went to bed, where
he was when officers apprehended
him. '
"I couldn't sleep," he s?id.
Phillips is married and has a
3-year-old daughter.
The youngster's body was re
moved to Roseburg Funeral Home.
Paul Van Osten was born March
19, 1946, in Hood River and
came with his parents two years
ago to live In Myrtle Creek.
Surviving besides his parents are
his grandparents, Mr. Paul Van
Osten, Portland; Mr. and Mrs.
Adam Maxwell, Coeur D'Alene,
Idaho, and his great-grandmother,
Mrs. Van Osten, Hood River.
The body is being taken to Hood
River by the Roseburg Funeral
Home for funeral services to be
held Wed., Jan. 30, at 2 u.m. in
terment will be in the Hood River
cemetery.
Mrs. L. 0. Kromer
Claimed By Death
Mrs. Louise 0. Kromer, 77, died
at Mercy Hospital Jan. 27, fol-.
lowing a brief illness. She was
born March 15, 1874, at St. Paul,
Minn , and was married there,
Oct. 23, 1895, to Daniel David
Kromer.
Later, she moved to Boise, Ida.,
and following the death of her
husband in September, 1951, she
came to Roseburg to make her
home with her daughter, Mrs.
Henry L. Lebacken.
Mrs. Kromer was a member of
the First Baptist Church at Boise.
Surviving are. a daughter, Mrs.
H. L. (Luella) Lebacken of Rose
burg; three sons, Sydney H. Kro
mer, Salem; David F. Kromer,
Portland, and Ralph M Kromer,
Boise. She is also survived by two
sisters, Miss Wilma Kurrach,
Portland, and Mrs, Thomas Jack
son, Moose Jaw, Sasketchewan,
Canada; t brother, Arthur Kur
racti, American Lake, Wash.;
seven grandchildren, and two
great-grandsons.
Her body has been removed to
the Long and Orr Mortuary and
will be forwarded tonight to Boise,
Ida., for funeral services and interment.
Tele-fun
by Warren Goodrich'
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a-li.liUCIil3 tidllllCU uie 11VCB VI ..: I ;a . ...mi i . J
ofy.'"' " inn Workers Return
iwo were iaiany injurea in irainc, c.:,:;; . " ui. ,,.
mishaps, and the third, a 19-year-1 ,nSrtur"ing; hlLZ C rL
'laWlTed in
Portland hospital Sunday a few ; E,5elMBll"' iebm' VVas,S-: ,Mr
hours after he was itruck by a anMr'- A..MJ 5wer; W'ns,?:
in charge of the arrangements
car.
Driver of the car, Tony T. Kurar,
also of Portland, was cited for hav
ing an improper license.
Mrs. Bertha Mandy, 69, was fa
tally injured Sunday when she was
struck by a car operated by FBI
agent Bentley Skousen. The acci
dent was on the outskirts of Port-
pearance of the MIGs since they land. Skousen was not cited.
MOTHER'S CLUB MEETS
The University of Oregon Moth-
To Atomic Plant Jobs
RICHLAND, Wash. ( The 430
AFL Iron Workers who walked off
their jobs at the Hanford Atomic
Plant last -week returned to work
Monday. The walkout Wednesday
had idled some 1,500 other atomic
workers.
E. B. Skeels. general manager
for the Atkinson-Jones Construction
Co., said it was a jurisdictional
er s Club will meet tonight at the question that led to the dispute.
homo of Mrs. Charles Briggs for ! He said the iron workers objected
a 7:30 dessert-supper. All moth-1 to steamfitters installing certain
ers eligible are invited. 'equipment on some tanks.
Blazing Plane K...S 3
On Landing; Crew Safe
RAUNHEIM, Germany ( A
blazing American "Flying Boxcar"
abandoned by its five crewmen
in mid-air exploded like a bomb
in this village Monday and killed
three Germans.
The burning C-82 struck the roof
of a small two-family house near
the railway station. With a great
roar, wreckage scattered for 200
yards and set other dwellings afire.
DIES AT CANYONVILLE
Mrs. Lester (Pearl) Pauline Tip
pery, 51, of Canyonville, died early
this morning. The bodv is beine
shipped to Castle Rock, ash.,
'with Ganz Mortuary in charge.
"I'll just give you the 'bear'
tacts now. Someone else may
want to use this party-line."
. . .When you're a considerate
telephone user, everybody gets
better telephone service! . . .
Pacific Telephone.
lost 10 in a sky battle Friday,
Overcast skies sharply curtailed
Allied air strikes.
Only ligtt patrol contact was
reported on the frozen 145-mile
battlcfront
Planes from the U.S. carriers
Antietam and Essex struck at
Communist rail lines on the East
coast 'Rie Navy reported the
tracks cut In 165 places a new
record for one day.
Pvt. R. S. Surkomer
Spends Weekend Here
Pvt. Robert S. Surkamer,
above, aon of Mr, and Mrs. Rus
sell Surkamer, apent the weekend
visiting friends and relatives.
Surkamer has been in Fort War
den, Wash., since last February,
with the 81st Eng. Division. He is
to report back to Fort Warden
for overseas duty.
Bids To Be Opened This
Week On Douglas Jobs
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in the interests of traffic safety,
and are correlated with the mod
ern standards of limited access
highways to which the new Pacific
Highway relocations ara being con
structed. On Feb. 1, the commission will
receive bids for the construction
of a 200 foot reinforced concrete
bridge over Bear Creek on the
new relocation of the Divide - An
lauf Section of the Pacific High
way near Curtin. This structure is
designed to carry the new high
way over the creek and an existing
county road and is correlated in
design to provide separation of
cross traffic as well as to provide
a stream crossing.
Melvin Herbert Gould, 19, was
killed outright at his home in Cor
bett Sunday by a bullet from a gun
which police said accidentally dis- j
charged in the hands of his brother.
The Brother, Donald, 44, told po
lice he was trying to eject a cart
ridge when the rifle discharged.
PORTLAND W A teen-age
couple, married only a few hours.
I and six other teen agers were in
jured early Sunday in a two-car
collision on the Lower Columbia
River Highway.
j The couple, Donald Marlock, 18,
and his bride, Betty, 17, were re
turning from a wedding barn
dance, sheriff! deputies said. Their
car caught fire after the crash but
the Marlocks and three passengers
were pulled from the flames.
Three, including the driver.
David A. Curtis, 17, were injured
in the other car.
You'll Him Bay
Fresher Bread Than
UJllliamS'
BREAD
Columnist Winchell
Under Doctor's Orders
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. I Doc
tors planned further tests Monday
for Broadway Columnist Walter
Winchell, who said he has been or
dered to "drop everything" for at
least a month.
Winchell announced during his
broadcast Sunday night that he had
been ordered to rest and later said
the decision followed an examina
tion by his physician and a heart
specialist.
Wini-tialt tni1 thaw InM him Mc
condition was "good" but if he tc appointed included Mrs Zel
HiHn't sinn all ai-tiviiv ha "miohi pha Christenson, Clyde Moore,
not be around to talk about it in E-.G- otiles,
Local Band Parents
Elect New President
Mrs. Vernon Keel was elected
president of the Roseburg Band
Parents Association at the Jan.
22 meeting held at the Senior
High School Library Arts Build
ing. Wayne McCauley was elected
vice president.
The Ways and Means commit
HORTICULTURIST DATED
Dr John Hanlcy, Seattle horti
culturist, will speak in the Rose
burg Woman's Club house Wed
nesday at 2 p.m. The topic of
his speech will be "Organic Gar
dening and Pest Control." A n
hour question and answer period
will follow. All gardners and nur
serymen in Douglas County are
invited.
another week or a month."
ion, ciyne nioorc,
Mrs. Vernon Keel
and Mrs, N. T. Combs
A discussion was held regard
ing purchase of new band uni
forms. The next meeting will be Feb.
12 at 7:45 n.ni. in the Llbrarv
Total x-rays 11,257 Arts Building. All Band parents
X-rays Saturday 1991 are urged to attend the associ-
Number remaining 31,084 ation meetings.
X-Ray Totals
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