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2 The New-Revlew, Roiebura;, Ore. Tfiur., Feb. 28, 1952 Multnomah School Of Bible Sets Sacred Music Concert The forty-voice choir of Mult nomah - School of the Bible, above, under the leadership of Lauren B. Sykes, will present a concert of sacred music in the new sanctuary of the First Con- LAST DAYS LAWSON'S SALE OF JEWELRY VALUES ENDS SATURDAY SHOP NOW AND SAVE AT LAWSON'S 116 North Jackson servative Baptist Church Saturday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. Sykes has held the position as choral director for the school since 1938. He Is also well-known as an organist, and bas been organist choirmaster in a number of Port land's largest metropolitan churches. He carries his musical activities into two other Bible col leges in addition to Multnomah. He also holds the associateship and choirmaster degrees in the American Guild of Organists and and is their Northwestern re gional chairman. He has been so loist at the regional conventions of the guild and is organist for tne Portland by m phony Orchestra and associate - conductor organ ist for the Portland Symphonic choir. Selections Listed The choir will sing ''Let All the Nations Praise the Lord," Leis rinjj; "All Breathing Life," Bach; "Jesus, Friend of Sinners," Grieg; "0 Praise Ye God," Tschai Kowsky; "Judge Me, O God," Men-delssohn-Bartholdy; "Lost in the Night," Christiansen; "From Hea ven Above," Christiansen; "Jeru salem Road," Youngdahl; "I Sat Down Under His Shadow," Bair stow; ''Jesuo and the Traders," Kodaly; "Were You There:" Kern mer; and "0 God, Our Help In Ages Past," Weaver. A trumpet solo by Doris Whltak eq, "Song to the Evening Star," by Wagner accompanied by Er nest Ediger will be included in the program and Joan Buckner will narrate for the choral selections Greetings from the school will be presented by Dr. Willard M. Ali ricli, president. The choir makes recordings of some of the selections each year, und recently Harold Herremans, F.A.G.O., Ch. M F.T.C.L., wrote Sykes, saying, "The excellent re cordings I heard indicate a tech nically competent and musically intelligent performance, and, may I add, a credit to the Choir Master." Pierrette Alarie Appears Monday In Concert Here Pierrette Alarie. petite coloratura star of concert, opera and radio, has been acknowledged not only by her native Montreal as ' an "outstanding classic soprano" but has equally been acclaimed in the United states, r ranee ana Eng land. Mist Alarie will appear on the stage of the Roseburg Junior High School Auditorium Monday at 8:15 p.m. as the last in the series ol four Community Concert Associa tion presentation!. Miss Alarie boasts a rich musical heritage. Her father conducted the CanaJlsn Operetta Society; her mother was its leading soprano until Pierrette, still In her teens, took over the job. At 14 she made her professional debut over station LttAC in Montreal and was given her own program. Her operatic debut in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" under Sir Thomas Beerham was also in Montreal. Winning a two-year scholar Id to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, she studied with fciizabeth Schumann. Her talent and implication led to a contract with the Metropolitan Opera Com pany and her New York debut Dec. 8, 1945. Later she was soloist with the NBC orchestra. Numerous appearances here and abroad and concert tours have followed. . Don't tale the flrtt That cornel alon9 Set me for wire That's safe and itrong. Shop around, but you won't find any finer merchan dise than at our complete electrical shop. Our work it the best and our prices or reasonable. Call today for a free estimate. Club For Juvenile Skaters Winston Club Program The Winston ' Community Club has inaugurated a program for a Winston-Dillard skating club for juveniles. A drive to finance the program has been under way for the past three weeks, and through contri butions the club hopes to be able to have the floor of the club build ing refinished for skating use. Dean Collins, Dillard, is heading the program, assisted by Arthur McGuire and Arthur M. Johnson. A total of $800 has been raised thus far. It was estimated that the cost of refinishing the floor would be about $2,000. Although designed primarily to give grade and high school young sters something to do in the area, the skating facilities will also be available to adults. The club also sponsors teen-age dances Friday nights. A contest has bien started at the Dillard Grade School In which the 507 youngsters have been divided into four categories "Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force." Students In the category which turns in the biggest contribution to the project will be treated to a free movie. The five highest in dividuals will each be given five dollars in merchandise. HOME OF MOT POINT J Cape Cod Storm Dealt Death, Highway Choot BOSTON Ifl At least ten per sons were dead, 10,000 Cape- Cod homes were heatless and more than 100 miles of Cape highways wore completely impassable Thurs day after one of the worst north east snowstorms to hit Southern New England in 50 years. Drifts as high as 12 teet naitea all modes of highway transporta tion. Nearly 1.000 automobiles were buried in snow on main highways. The new mid-Cape highway and the old route 8-A, familiar to sum mer visitors to Cape Cod, were paralyzed. Dozens of telephone and power poles were down. Two Umpqua Children Recuperating At Home By JULIA OSBORN Shirley Judd, who suffered a bad ly wronched knee that put her in i he hospital last week, and Mike .Wilcox, who was hospitalized with I kidney infection, are bnlh re Icupom'.ing at home in Umpqua now. Sh'rley will wear a cast for some time, and Mi!.' whose illness will iceep him bedridden for months, is receiving "get well" cards from his s.h'olma'.c in Hie primary grades and from the intermediate grades where his older brother and sister attend. PACKING supplies for the Red Cross fund campaign that begins March I are members of the Junior Red Cross and Camp Fire Girls. For three hours Saturday morning the group worked in the Armory chapter rooms preparing items necessay for the drive. The fund campaign will continue for two weeks and the quota for Douglas County has been set at $18,000. Pictured, from left, ore Beverly Sims, Liliene Young, Gloria Taylor, Joan Miller, Bob Gardner and Charlotte Kelly. (Picture by Paul Jenkins) Population Hiko Brings 6 New Voting Precincts (Continued from Page 1) Deer Creek, Umpqua, Lane, Laur- elwood, Hamilton, Woodward, Caro, Herman, Roseburg, Miller, West Roseburg, airnaven ana Wharton. Other county precincts are listed as follows: Gardiner, Smith River, Winchester Bay, Loon Lake, Scottsburg, Elkton, Drain, Gunter, Comstock, Yoncaua, laiapooia, Oakland, Wilbur, Kellogg, Coles Valley, Garden Valley, Edenbow er East No. 1, Edenbower East No. 2, Edenbower West No. 1, Edenbower West No. 2, East Umpqua, Dixonville, Mill, Brown, Green, Parrott, Melrose, Looking glass, Olalla, Camas Valley, Tri City, Riddle, Canyonville, Days Creek, Tiller Cow Creek and Glen-dale. Mineral Club Hears Talk By Jack Wharton The Umpqua Mineral Club met at the Episcopal Parish Hall Feb. 21. Approximately SO members and friends listened to Jack Whar ton recount his experiences of a nation-wide trip to places of inter est to everyone and "rockhounds" especially. Several new members were wel comed to the organization. Invi tation is extended to all who are interested in rocks and minerals to attend the meetings and join in field trips -to places of interest as soon as the weather will per mit A circulating library program is being initiated within the club, which will make books and pe riodicals mors readily available to those Interested in increasing their knowledge in the earth's sciences. The next meeting is scheduled for March 20 when members and friends will meet at 7 p.m. for a potluck supper. M. R. Garten will show color slides he has taken of placet of Interest in South America. There will also be a showing of slides made of thinly sliced agates and similar material. RABBIT GROWERS MEET The Umpqua Valley Rabbit Breeders Association will meet Tuesday evening, March 5, at the Farm Bureau hall, across Spruce Street from the Consolidated Freightways terminal. This is an important meeting, said C. L. Bib by, president, and he urges all rabbit growers in Douglas County to be there. 4-H Club Week Observation Set March 1-9 National 4-H Club week will be observed from March 1 to 9. The principal local observance will be the Lions Club food pro duction contest banquet for 4-H members. The banquet will be held Thurs. day, March 6, at 7 p.m. in the South Deer Creek Grange Hall, located eight miles east of Rose burg on the South Deer Creek Road. All 4-H members who completed work on a food production project in 1951, Lions ana weir wives are invited. . Earl Britton, former club agent, and Jack Gurton, 4-H agent from Lane County, will attend the ban quet. Britton will explain the orig inal purpose of the contest and banquet. Locally there will also be window displays and radio broadcasts. County 4-H clubs will conduct special programs in observance of the week. The week is being observed to acquaint the public with the 4-H work being conducted in commu nities and counties, and to enlist more public-spirited citizens as voluntary local leaders or sponsors of 4-H clubs. "Serving as Loyal Citizens through 4-H" is the theme for 1952. Woman Convict Robs Warden's Wife, Flees SALEM W A woman convict, Mickele O'Brien. 27. escaped from the Oregon penitentiary Vednesday night after robbing the purse of the deputy warden s wife. The amount of money she ob tained is undetermined, but she used $26 of it to pay for a taxicab trip to Portland. She is the first woman convict to escape in many years. She was a trusty working at the home of Deputy Warden and Mrs. E. C. Halley. RADIO SHORT COSTLY A fire started by a short in a radio caused damages estimated at $12.50 in a dwelling occupied by Mrs. Harold White, 444 S. Stephens St., Wednesday at 5:08 p.m.. Fire Chief William E Mills reports. PTA MEETING CHANGED The Glide Parent-Teacher As sociation meeting, originally an nounced for Monday, has been changed to Tuesday, March 4. Superintendent Byron Evans will talk on the proposed county reor ganization plan. SjCC 'LETE THE ' ' first wmconmEUTM 33rn If-si RAILROAD ggjpJ (cm Rrt&ta 1863-Lift Spike I86? -U- 0 t T0 BRIN6 YO0 C)M TMK MATCHLESS WtjKKy! WV. r-' " J A MATCHIISS IIINB OF JTSAIOHT WHISKIII MOO' CONTININTAl DISTIill NO COIPOtATION fHUAOIlrHIA; PA rvt eN l0riNAU0AJEJlJ T JrYrv V oi r that H'y,r tii ' viaiO yP&i SPECIAL 1951 HUDSON Hornet 4-door Sedan Demonstrator 1951 HUDSON Commodore Demonitroror 1950 HUDSON Super Club Coupe $1995 1950 HUDSON Pacemaker Club Coupe 1930 1949 NASH Fordor Sedan.... 1365. 1950 HUDSON Commodore Eight 4-dr. Sdn 2195. 1950 OLDSMOBILE 98 Fordor Sedan 2395. 1946 BUICK Fordor Sedan Super ... 995. 1947 STUDEBAKER Champion Tudor 1045. CHEEPIES 1942 CHEVROLET Tudor $495. 1941 HUDSON Commodore Eight Club Coupe 295 1942 NASH Ambaiiador Fordor Sedan 395 OPEN EYENINGS AND SUNDAYS. if ,1 w , . 1 r a rut mi m O&s INSPECTS RESTAURANTS County Sanitarian Claude Baker Is making an inspection of restaur Meeting Slated Tonight To Form Racing Club An organizational meeting to form a local hardtop racing asso ciation will be held in Bruce and Hals Cycle Shop on the North Ump qua Highway at 8 tonight. All persons interested in enter ing the association as a car owner, official or driver are asked to attend. Vital Statistics Marriage Licenses RIGSBY MORGAN Keith B. Rigsby and Alyce G. Morgan, both of Roseburg. S WISHER-PALMER Malcom Keath Swisher and Helen Marie Palmer, both of Reedsport. Divorce Sulfa Filed NICHOLAS Donna Taye vs. Edward Nicholas. Cruelty charged. Plaintiff asks custody of two minor children, $100 monthly support and medical expenses. GILSON Donna Jean vs. Glen Ray Gilson. Cruelty charged. Divorce Decree Granted BISHOP Wilma Nadene from Floys Franklin Bishop. Plaintiff awarded custody of two minor chil dren and monthly support. George Neuner Jr. New Loan Assn. Director Appointment of George Neuner Jr. as a director in the Umpqua Savings and Loan Association was ants in the southern part of the announced today. He will tin tne county, it was announced today, unexpired term of the late Nathan tnis inspection ana otners slat- ruiienon. uiner meraucu m ui. ed, Baker said, will be "more or. hoard are M. E. Ritter, H. o. less" a continuous program. Thus Pargeter, W. F. Harris, G. V. far one restaurant has been closed , Wimberly, B. R. Shoemaker, a. becaue of unsanitary condition, .7. Shoemaker, i. riniay anu Baker said. 'Guv Cordon. Marjorie Pettit Dies Wednesday Following Illness Marjorie Roberta Pettit, 53, res ident of 1018 Winchester St., died Wednesday after a short illness. She was born Oct. 8, 1898 in San Francisco, Calif, and came to Roseburg at the age of eight years. She was the only daughter of Dr. R. E. and Jessie Eager Hunt and received her schooling in Roseburg. She was united in mar riage to Clair L. (Jim) Pettit of Silverton, Ore., on June 1, 1918. He preceded her in death on Jan. 6, 1951 She was well known in writing and radio circles. Her poetry was well known through out the United States, particularly in the North, west. Poetry and timely articles appeared in leading newspapers and magazines over the country. She was vice president of the Roseburg Writers "Club and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, where she was teaching Sunday School. She was an ardent stamp collector and enjoyed cor responding with Philatelists in foreign countries. She will have contributed greatly to' the forth, coming Labor Day Centenial Pa geant, having served in the ca pacity of a member of the histori cal and scenario committees. Surviving are two sons: Donald Eager Pettit and Clair Hunt Pet. tit, both of Roseburg; and three granddaughters: Linda Lou, Mu riel Irene and Coralee Clair Pettit, all of Roseburg. , ." Funeral services will be held In The Chapel of The Roses, Rose burg Funeral Home, Saturday, March 1, at 2 p.m. with Dr. Morris Roach of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will follow in the Masonic' Cemetery. ROSTBURG. OREGON PHONE 3-5553 r FEBRUARY FURNISHING SALE FEATURE SALE-LATEX FOAM MATTRESS SET 115.88 Regularly 129.50 Designed to give you soft cushioned support from head to toe thus relaxing the body for night-long sleeping comfort. 4Vi-inch thick Latex core literally suspends your body on millions of air cells. It never flattens or terms, 15 Down sags; never needs turning. Latex Foam as sures perfect relaxation.' Attractive Green and Gray color Damask tick. Especially de signed, extra deep matching Box Spring. 109.50 Latex Mattress Set. Twin size. 94.88. 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