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    2 The Newi-Review, Roieburg, Ore. Mon., April 28, 1952
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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WOMEN'S SUITS
$12.66
Wrinkle resistant rayons
that look like wool. Plain
or Check patterns. Junior,
Misses half sizes.
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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
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