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2 The Newi-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Mon., April 28, 1952 hew i n i ii?.! ROSEBURG Gl RETURNS The transport Gon. William Wei gel, which docked Sunday at San Diego, had aboard Pfc. Herbert L. Russell, 4210 Hooker Road, Rose burg, the Associated Press report ed. The transport was scheduled to have 4,123 Marines, the largest group to return from Korea since the war started. Fluoridation Program Voted At Hillsboro HILLSBORO Wi City Manager J. W. Barney said it will be some time before fluorine will be added to llillsboro's water supply. Voters approved the fluoridation program, 182-165, here Friday night. Also approved was a $150, 000 bond issue for a new sewer system. The vote for the bond issue was 284-81. TRIS-LBTE Mk youf ldtchn or bathroom look liko now overnight with Boyata Tru-Lilo. Bruihil aiilr. QUART and ono coat ia aj yft Ton tompting col- .' . ora and whit a, AU.ON 5 .76 ROSEBURG Cabinet- & Supply 440 NORTH JACKSON PHONE 3-7233 Joe R. Hays, Roseburg Resident, Passes Away Joe R. Hays, 75, resident of this community for the last two years, died April 27 after a long illness. He was born March 21, 1877 in Crcbein, Texas, and came to Ore gon 62 years ago with his parents, settling near Eugene. He lived there and in Oakland for a num ber of years. Surviving are two sons: Robert and Arthur Hays, both of Canada; three daughters Mrs. Edna New mann; Miss Neta Hays and Miss Mabel Hays, all of Canada; a sis ter, Mrs. Alice Brownson, Oakland, and a brother, Robert Hays, free dom, Calif. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 30 at 2 p.m., In the family plot in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Myrtle Creek, with the Rev. Rae Klein feldt of the First Christian Church officiating. The Roseburg Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Gen. Ridgwoy Will Succeed Ike In Europe (Continued from Page One) Generals Ridgway and Grucnlher will make an outstanding team for our common and defense effort." Ridgway's Wiihu Obeyed Ridgway's appointment and Ei senhower's release as Supreme Al lied Commander will become ef fective approximately June 1. The President said he was con tinuing Gruenther as chief of staff ''in accordance with Gen. Ridg way's desires." Gen. Clark is now commander of army field forces at fort Monroe, Va. The President said Clark will continue in the Far East "the pol icies which have been so ably car ried out by Gen. Ridgway with re gard to the United Nations action in Korea, including, if possible, the achievement of an honorable armistice." Funeral Services Set For Mrs. H. Simmons Funeral Services for Mrs. Henry (Bertha) Simmons, 59, well known resident of Roseburg, who died sud denly Saturday, will be held in the chapel of the Long and Orr Mor tuary Monday afternoon at 2 p.m., with Dr. Morris Roach of the First Presbytrian Church eofficinting. Concluding services and inter ment will follow in the family plot in Civil Bend Cemetery. Mrs. Simmons was born at Pu cblo, Colo., March 20, 1893, and came to Douglas County in 1895. She was married at Roseburg to Henry Simmons March 16, 1911. Surviving arc her widower, Hen ry Simmons, Roseburg; a son, Dale Simmons, Roseburg; a (laughter, Mrs. Carl (Vesta) Fcst, Milwaukee, Ore.; a brother, Fred Hoffmann, Roseburg, and two grandchildren. Home At Umpqua Burns; Woman Struck By Glass By JULIA OSBORN The home of Jake Germond burned to the ground Thursday evening. The fire, starting In the shed back of the house, spread so quickly that neighbors, summoned by Mr. Germond, managed to save only a bed, a cot, a stove, and some clothing. ' An electric fence was blamed for the blaze. Neigh bors are planning to help build a new cabin for Mr. Germond. On her way to school, Wednes day, Mrs. George Wilcox met a car that flipped a rock into her windshield with such force that the glass shattered and drove splinters into her face. She arrived at school with blood oozing from punctured spots in her forehead and cheeks, but her eyes were uninjured. Umpqua News Briefs Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Mohr are moving onto the place recently bought by Johnny Reeder and Ralph Peery. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Munson ae transferring their household be longings to Diamond Lake, where Munson will take over his duties of night clerk and deputy sheriff. The Munsons and their small son, Peter Scott, expect to leave Ump qua the first of May. The school's ball teams played at Lookingglass on Wednesday. The boys lost their game by a wide margin, and the girls, playing off a tie, lost by one point. The teams recovered their morale at Rivers dale on Friday, when the boys' team, after trailing until the sixth inning, spurted ahead to win. 15 to 8. Girl Hits Homer Ima Jean James, the only girl on the team, earned fame for her sex by swatting a home run. Al though the Riveisdale girls had no team, they obligingly assembled a nine so that the Umpqua girls could play them. The game was so much fun that, although the Rivers dale girls lost by a top-heavy score they intend to organize and wlpi out the defeat. Lorena Judd, one of Umpqua's best ball players on the girls' team, had badly bruised a finger in a previous game and will be unable to play till the injury is healed. QBuKB Births At Mercy Hospital MILLER To Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Miller, 817 Myrtle, Rose- hllrff Anril enn .Iprrv I , I weight seven pounds seven ounces. mathis to Mrs. John Mathis and the late Mr. Mathis, 1101 Giles Street, Roseburg, April 24, a daughter, Roslta Ann; weight five pounds fifteen ounces. BARROWS To Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Arthur Barrows, Camas Valley Route, Bo 129 B, Roseburg, April 24 a daughter, Debra Jane; weight eight pounds three ounces. McEWING To Mr. and Mrs. George Henry McEwing, Rt. 4, Bo 626, Roseburg, April 3, a son, Lester Henry; weight six pounds ten ounces. , COWBOKOUGH To Mr. and Mrs. Bob White Cowborough, 427 Garecht Street, Roseburg, April 21, a daughter, Robin Reed; weight eight pounds. TRUEMAN To Mr. and Mrs. Claude Luther Trueman, Camas Valley Route, Box 3, Roseburg, April 21, a son, James LeRoy; weight eight pounds eight aunces. FULLER To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Elzie Fuller, Gen Del., Suth erlin, April 20, a son, Leonard Bruce; weight seven pounds seven ounces. KOEPKE To Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Howard Koepke, Camas Valley Route, Box 65, April 19, a daughter, Dennese Marie; weight six pounds three ounces. PARSON To Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Gustave Parson, 2705 Harvard Ave., Roseburg, April 21, a daugh ter, Jacqueline Gail; weight two pounds thirteen ounces. Weekend Accidents Claim Sixteen Lives (Continued from Page One) Myrtle Creek High Band, Chorus Date Concert The second annual spring concert for the Myrtle Creek High School band and chorus is scheduled Tues day at 8 p.m. in the High School gym. The 54-piece concert band is fresh from a Southern Oregon Mu sic Festival triumph at Medford April 25-26, in which it received an "excellent" rating. The band is di rected by Richard L. McClintic and the chorus by Roy A. Goodpasture. Penney's END-OF-MONTH TERRIFIC VALUES! mm? PENNEY MONEY-SAVERS ! collision Thursday night. Lawrnce G. Kendall, 25, Wenatchee, whose car hit the center curb of the bridge' across the Columbia at 'Venatchee. F. Hildebrandt, Trail, 1. C. whose car missed a curve "ar Springdale, Stevens county. West of Port Angeles, William T,a Londe. 72, of Beaver, was fatal .y injured when his car hit and caromed off one that had stopped and struck another headon. Idaho Richard Deen Bachman, 21, believed of Spokane, killed when an automobile hit a freight truck trailer. Other Death Agencies The tractor victim was Louis W. St. Martin, of Carnation, King County, Wash., whose machine ov erturned and pinned him in a water-filled ditch Saturday. In Oregon, 22-year-old Ronald Parker, was crushed to death Sat urday under a load of logs near Mapleton. At Vancouver, Wash., Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lowry found their 11-year-old son, Gary, dead in their bathroom. A plastic lamp cord was tight around his neck and attached to the door knob, City Detective Julian Ulmer reported. The boy may have been making a practice knot which tightened about his neck, - the officer said. Melrose By NETTIE WOODRUFF Mr. and Mrs. Emll Peterson of North Bend were wekend visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Royce Busenbark recently. The Petersons were former residents of Roseburg. A daughter, Shelly, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Doerner Thurs day afternoon. Mrs. Karl Hofman Is conducting a day nursery In the small house on their property. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence DeCamp are spending 10 days visiting rela tives in Washington. They plan to take in the Apple Blossom Festival at Wenatchee. Monday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alvln. Greer were Mr. and Mrs. Huessner and son, Earl, of Myrtle Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kenyon and family spent last weekend at Co quille visiting Melvin Kenyon and family. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Veenstra mo tored to Eugene last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Artiminico left Friday for Lonesome Butte, Sask., Canada, wkere they Here called by the illness of his father. They were accompanied by the former's sister. Mrs. Ruby Burnett, secretary of the local office of Bureau of Land Management, left Tuesday by West Coast Airline for Portland to at tend a three-day conference at the regional office there. Jeanine Conn was honored on her birthday Wednesday at a skat ing parly at the Roseburg rink, when her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Conn, invited about 25 young people to join them for the eve ning. Fred Enlge and Jack and Rudy Morgan spent last week in Los Angeles, Calif., vacationing. They visited several airplane plants and visited other points of interest. 3 Die When U.S. Plane Falls In British Town KENT, Eng. 11 A burning U.S. Thundcrjet fighter crashed in to the Main Street bank building of this Utile boutneast England town Saturday, killing the Ameri can pilot and an elderly British couple. The explosion collapsed the bank structure in flames which flashed into an adjoining home, critically burning a housewife as she cooked her Sunday dinner. The pilot, whose body was hurled Into a yard adjoining the destroyed building, was identified only as Capt. Clifford Froggarty, 29. The dead couple, found in the ruins, were in their apartment above the bank offices. FOR MEN! UNION SUITS $2.00 FOR WOMEN j 10-Ft. SWEEP OF SKIRT Men's heavy weight. V3 wool unions, grey only. Sixes 40, 42, 44. MEN'S RAYON SPORT SHIRTS $1.00 Long sleeve, fnncy pattern rayon broadcloth. Sizes: Small, Medium, Large. IDLE HOUR SPORT SOCKS $1.00 j Wool top, leather feet. Large size only. SHOE VALUES! RUBBER FOOTWEAR $1.88 Red, Brown, White. Pullover Boots, Adult sizes only. WOMFN'S SHOES $3.00 Black suede wedgies in bro ken sizes from 5 to 9. km runMC 'kiccricr 80 SQUARE COTTON PERCALE 25c yard Bright colorful prints! Ideal for Dresses or Summer Sportswear. FSwOMENi BETTER DRESSES $3.00 Butcher type rayons, em bossed cottons and taffetas. Broken sizes. ALL WOOL SHORT COATS $10 $15 $20 Checks, Plaids, Plaincolors in suede or fleece. Sizes 8 to 18. VISIT' OUR GRAB TABLE ON MAIN FLOOR. Odds and Ends and One-Of- A-Kind from all over the store. All items drastically reduced. COTTON PRINT HOUSE DRESSES $1.88 Lots of orints to choose from , . . in 80 square oercale, poolin or broadcloth ... in this one wonderful style! Tipoer front, a Swirling ten foot hemline, and frch touches of white evelet em broidery. Sizes 12 to 40. ill. J WWM T- . WOMEN'S SUITS $12.66 Wrinkle resistant rayons that look like wool. Plain or Check patterns. Junior, Misses half sizes. r "- ' - '- B r D I D I C I I ALL WOOL COATS $8.00 Full length and few shorties. Plaid ond (lain Colors. GIRLS' RAYON SUITS IT PAYS TO SHOP AT PENNEY'S rl $7.oo I Hard finish rayon that reaiiy holds a press. Pleated skirts. I Sizes 3 to 14. Death Claims Baby Son Of Tragedy Victim The Infant son of Mrs. Earl V. Stratford, Camas Valley Star Route died at Mercy Hospital this morning. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Civil Bend Cemetery. The infant will be put to rest beside the grave of his father, who was killed Jan. 28 of this year. Arrangements are In rare of Long and Orr Mortuary. Services will be conducted by the Rev. W. A. Sylwester of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Surviving besides the mother are three brothers and two sisters. Mothballs are said to keep tools from rusting. The mothballs ab sorb the moisture that produces the oxidation. Rainmaking Control Headed For Legislature PORTLAND Wl Control of rain making in Oregon would be put in the hands of a governor-appointed" five-man board under a proposed bill drafted here Saturday by a legislative interim committee. The state engineer and state director of agriculture would be board members under the propo sal. Cloud seeders, besides being required to buy a permit, would have to post liability bond. Chair man Ben Day, state senator from Gold Hill, suggested that the min imum bond be set at $10,000 and the maximum at $200,000. Fees from the permits would be used to finance further study of weather control. Overheated F'ue Causes Fire Damage Of $500. Fire originating from an over heated flue caused an estimated $500 damage Sunday morning to a company-owned cabin adjoining the Roseburg Shintie Mill on the North Umpqua road east of Roseburg. The cabin was occupied by Ed Lathrep, a millworker. The blaze was brought under control through use of the mill's fire fighting equip ment before arrival of the Rose burg Fire Department's engine. Delmar Roles, owner-manager oi the mill, reported the loss was not insured. AUCTION SALE BUILDINGS MAY 1, 1952 To clear right of way for preliminary construction ef Pacific Highway in Roseburg. Homes and outbuildings at 1118 Military Ave. and 1210 Garden Valley Rd. Sale starts at 9:00 A. M. May 1, 1952, at 1118 Mili tary Ave. and immediately thereafter at 1210 Garden Valley Rd. Terms of Sole are 50 of high bid at time of sale and remainder to be paid within ten days of acceptance of bid by Oregen State Highway Commission. All sales subject to approval by Oregon State Highway Commis sion. Buildings must be removed from right of way with in 30 days of notice of acceptance of bid by the Highway Commission. If you are contemplating moving a building consult with your mover prior to sale date. For information call or write C. W. Parker, Salem, Phone 4-2171, Ext. 717 or Don Norlin, Roseburg, Phone 34666. Auctioneer: Claude M. Kilgore. Oregon Store Highway Commission State Highway Building Solem, Oregon. (NEA Telephotol COPY CATS Not to be outdone by United Nations MP's at Panmunjom, Korea, Communists erected their own guard shanties. They painted them a candy-striped orange, white and olive drab (top). When the Reds realized that UN correspondents were laughing at the circus effect they repainted them a somber brown (lower photo). The trees were planted to give the site a touch of spring. Fatal Beating Leads To Murder Conviction OREGON CITY (tf Elmer Dor sey Williams, convicted Sunday of second degree murder in the fatal beating of Jalmar Tarkia last Jan uary, will be sentenced Wednesday by Circuit Judge Ralph M. Holman. j Williams was accused of beating the 68-year-old Portland man in the Milwaukie home of Mrs. Bonnie Kuhnhausen Jan. 16. ' Mrs. Kuhnhausen will face trial on a first degree murder charge in j July in connection with the same slaying. New Memorial Planned By Vet Organizations (Continued from, Page One) Vets' Grove. Further details will be announced later, saia Williams. Installation of officers was held Itv Patrick Kpllpy Pnd PriI-,., night, with Harrison Winston, past post commanaer, as installing Of ficer. fn addition to Williams Iho no,,. officers are: Stanley Mohr, senior vice commanaer; Phillip Hart, jun ior vice commander; Wilbur Ford, Quartermaster: Rov HeharH L distant quartermaster; Wayne Gutt riage, chaplain; T. F. Holmes, ad jutant, jonn uroai, surgeon; Dur ward Owens, itiri? nHun.,iD James Larrieu, officer of the day) ana sam tiannum, Phillip Franklin and Wallace Cox, trustees. Retiring commander Rnv wh. ard, was presented a past com manaer s insignia, and praised by Winston for his work of the past year. A reDort wait civAn fhot to De partment Of OrPPnn hae ihp Ihirt largest percentage membership ui uik unuea states. Visitors Were .tamoc Unman commander, and Loyal Burns, junior past commander, 01 tne Drain VFW post. PoultrV raispre rpnnrl an in,n,t. in? lisp nf Infra. raA nA nl.triA lamps .for the broooding of baby Menhaden, a species of fish, sup- . H auvvica ui nan, sua Dlies seven nr pinhr limps mm h Oil Whf?n ratmht in ihn autumn st when caught in the spriiy;. BOB BLACKWELL Special Agent NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. P.O. BOX 348 ROSEBURG You Can't Match a GROCERIES r-:: l 7 YOUr HOme! ' I 9 CU. FT. CAPACITY HOLDS 308 LBS. FOOD I Also 12-18-26 Cu. Ft. 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