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JyJS"1 V 'TS'jV Efhlhhtd 1873 KOSHUKG.- OREGON FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1952 . H7.52
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KATE BUICK
Back 'U. of 0.
Commencement At U. Of 0.
Calls Kate Sewell, Oldest
Alumnus Of Class Of 1886
By CHARLES LONG ' -An
84-year-old twinkling-eyed lady has a date with his
tory Saturday. .,' .
She is Kate Buick Sewell, for 63 years a resident of
Roseburg, daughter of a pioneer Roseburg newspaperman,
one-time typesetter, college student, Western Union opera
tor, Wells-Fargo agent, Railway Express worked, and still a
faithful churchgoer.
The tall, delicate, clear-com-plexioned
woman Is going back
tu school Saturday to Eugene
66 years after she put down her
study-worn books, 66 yeara after
she left the young and growing
University of Oregon campus, 66
years after she saw her class
mates leaving old Villard Hall for
the rigors of nineteenth-century
living.
' For Saturday, June 14 is Alumni
' t)ay, and Kate Is an old alumnus.
In fact, she ls--i member of the
oldest class to attend commence-
ment activities In 1952. And she's
going to ride - a bus to Eugene.
. She Is a member of the Universi
ty's Half Century Alumni Club.
Twenty others will also be on
hand, but she's the oldest. She's
going to see nine new members
inducted Saturday, all in the class
' of '02.
"I started In '83," Kate remin
isced as she sat reposingly In her
cozy chair. The rain was pattering
'outside her hillside home on South
Jackson Street as she glanced
from the window. "And I finish
ed in '86. I was trained to be a
teacher, but never did get around
to teaching." . ' ' .
'"I was born at San Francisco
in January, '68. I lived at Myrtle
Creek from 1878 until I attended
the . university. Then I tame to
Roseburg after my schooling'
and have lived here ever since,
Hard Study. Pastimes Few 1
"There were no fraternities or
sororities in those days," she said
laughingly, "only a couple of
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Modern progress is funny. Every
new step brings problems of its
own.
These new paper milk bottles,
for example, that are sweeping
the world. To dispose of them.
you burn them in the fireplace or
toss 'em into the garbagecan,
No more bottle wishing.
But how is the housewife to
leave a note to the milkman not
to bring anv milk next Tujsday
as she is going to be away from
home? She'll have to leave it in
the place where the paper bottles
are usually deposited; weight it
down with a rock and trust to
luck that the driver of the route
will find it. I reckon. .
. It seems to me I've seen more
small bovs (and some larger ones,
for that matter) mowing lawns
this spring than in many years
past. I hope no small boys, or
middle-sized boys, read this col
umn. for I n going to offer an
opinion to the effect that I think
it s good for them.
Whether it's good for their par
ents or not, I do not know. If
. (Continued on page Four)
The Weather
Mettly fair and warmer today
tonight and Saturday, except
few scattered showers today..
Highest temp, for any June ' 1M
Lowed temp, for any une ... 35
' Highest temp, last 14 hours . 57
tLowest temp, last 14 heurt 43
Precip. last 14 hours .H
' Precip. (rem June 1 57
Precip. frem Sept. 1 3S.5S
Excess J.
Sunset today, 1:54 p.m. DST
Sunrise tomorrow, 5:31 a.m. DST
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(Paul Jtnkliu Picturtf
SEWELL
After 66 Years
School Director,
Budget Require
Two Elections
Voters in Roseburg- School Dis
trlct 4 will cast their ballots in
two installments in the forthcom
ing school elections.
The annual school election is set
for Monday, June 16, when voters
ol the five school precincts deter
mine a successor for Chairman
V. V. Harpham on the school board
of directors. On the ballot for the
five-year term are Dale Busenbark
of Melrose and Earl Sargent of
Roseburg. One of these men will
take the junior membership on
the board, while Paul Helweg au
tomatically moves to the chair
manship, since he is tne omen
elected member.
Busenbark claims the distinction
of being the first man from one
of the newly-consolidated areas to
be nominated for a school board
post. Sargent represents the town
precinct.
Other members of the present
board are: Helweg. N. D. Johnson,
W. C. Clarenbach and Mrs. Charles
E. Roberts.
The five orecinct noils will be
open from 3 p.m. to 9, DST, Mon
day.
The second ballot for District 4
voters is scheduled the following
Monday, June 23, to determine the
special tax levy, totalling $494,
303.79. to cover the amount . by
which the District 4 school budget
exceeds the six-percept constitu
tional limitation.
The vote will be made also be
tween 3 and 9 D.m.. DST.
The polling places for both elec
tions are as follows:
Precinct 1 Junior High School
(Includes Benson, Caro, Deer
Creek, Hamilton. Herman, Lane,
Mill. MUler. Parrott. Roseburg
UmDOua and Woodward).
Precinct 2 Library Arts Build
ing of Senior High School (Includes
West Roseburg and Wharton). .
Precinct 3 Riverside scnool
(Includes Edenbower, Edenbower
East No. 1 and No. 2, fcdenbower
West No. 1 and No. 2, Winchester
and Riversdale).- .
Precinct 4 Wilbur school.
Precinct S Melrose School.
Three Persons Injured
When Autos Collide
Three members . of a Canyon
ville family were injured Thurs
day night in a headon collision
on the Canyonville-Riddle road.
Robert M. Gilbert, driver of one
of the cars, suffered minor bruises
and cuts. His wife received a deep
gash and possible fracture of one
leg. Their four-year-old son sut-
fcred a cut on one eye. Thoy were
treated at Forest Glen Hospital
Henry Warner, driver of the
other car. was not injured.
Deputy Sheriff E. M. Schwader
said Warner had just started to
make a left hand turn -off the
road about three and a half miles
from Canyonville. Gilbert, comin
from the other direction, saw War
ner about to turn and steered int
the other lane. But Warner.
the meantime, had shifted back
into his own lane, too, the officer
reported, and tSe cars crashed
headon.
LIMB INJURES BOY
Harold Church, 11. son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Church of Suther-
lln. was treated at Mercy Hos
pital yesterday for a gashed scalp
suffered wh;n a heavy limb fell
and struck him while he was
playing.
Steel Dispute Now
Murray Raps
Employers,
Charges Lies
Mention Of Eisenhower,
Taft ; Stirs Lucry Boos
At Strategy Meeting
PITTSBURGH 1 President
Philip Murray of the striking CIO
United Steelworkers told his policy
making aides Friday that the un
ion shop issue is only one of four
obstacles holding up settlement of
the 12-day-old steel strike.
Murray, who also heads the un
ion's parent CIO, declared . the
steel wage-price dispute has be
come a political football.
The silvery hatred labor leader
told a joint strategy session of the
USW executive board and wage
policy committee:
"I do not protess to know how
long the struggle (Strike) will
last."
He was given a rising ovation
when he said it is his purpose to
carry out your mandate and the
mandate of the last convention."
He referred to a resolution adopt.
ed at the union's convention last
May which urged a settlement
based on recommendations of the
Wage Stabilization Board.
The WSB recommended a 26-
cent hourly raise for steelworkers
now earning an average of be
tween 31.90 and 32 an nour ana
also called for a union shop.
Other Issues Listed
In addition to the union shop,
Murray listed these other issues as
blocking a final settlement:
1. The Steel industry's insistence
on a management clause in any
new contract.; Murray said sucn
clause, defining management's
rights, would allow companies' to
launch speedups.
2. The question of seniority. Mur
ray said the U. S. Steel Corp.
wanted all seniority questions re
solved to its satisfaction.
3. Incentive pay. The labor chiel
declared U. S. Steel also insist
ed on its version of incentive.
4. The union shop. Murray said
the industry falsely gave out the
impression that the union snop is
the only issue. He caiiea mat -a
Dlain unadulterated lie."
lut he discussed the union shop
at great length and ridiculed state-
ments of steel executives mat tneir
opposition is based on principle,
He said thev already had grant
a union shop to 50 per cent of y!W
members. . .
Taft And Ike Booed
When Murray mentioned Sen.
Robert A. Taft (R.-Ohio) and Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, both can
didates for the Republican presi.
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$70 In Fines Paid
On Three Charges
John . Smith of Myrtle Creek
paid a total of $70 in fines Thurs
day on three of four charges
against him.
Smith pleaded guilty Thursday
in Mvrtle Creek City Recorder
G. D. Myllenback's court to driv
ing with expired license, plates ana
was- lined 310 on eacn cnarge.. v
He maintained his pica of in
nocence on two other charges, re
sisting arrest and leaving the
sc?no of an accident.
A jury found him guilty of re
sisting arrest but acquitted him on
the other charge. A $50 fine 'was
levied on the first ' count.
Previously. Smith had pleaded
Innocent to all four charges, which
were the result of a police chase
several weeks ago in Myrtle
Creek in which Chief Orville Cor
nett arrested the defendant after
stopping him with a tear gas pen.
Recorder Myllenback also asses
sed court costs of nine dollars.
Loon Lake Man' Hurt
In Plunge Of His Truck
Eugene Brooks of Loon Lake is
recovering today in a North Bend
hospital from serious Injuries re
ceived when his empty lumber
truck plummeted down a 150-foot
embankment off Loon Lake Road
Tuesday night.
Brooks, who with his brother
operates the Brooks Logging Co.,
apparently was driving the vehicle
when it ran off the narrowroad,
according to Deputy Sheriff E. M.
Schwader. .
The sheriff's office had only
scanty details on the accident.
Brooks was accompanied by his
brother-in-law, whose name was
not learned. Although pinned in
the wrecked truck for about hall
an hour, the man suffered only
minor injuries.
The accident occurred some 12
mllei east of Reedsport.
CITY'S NEEDS STRESSED
Expansion Plans Under
Proposed Budget Listed
By Manager Gilchrist
Citv Manager W. A, Gilchrist declared Thursday that
the proposed budget, to be voted on at a special June 20 elec
tion, represents a vital' step in a "planned program of city ex
pansion," Speaking to Kotarians at the Hotel Umpqua, Uil-
christ outlined a program of civic advancement, including ex
tension of sewer facilities, street paving, park improvement
j 001 Crew Missing
In Superfort's Crash
HONOLULU Wl Ten crewmen
of a. ditched B.29 Superfortress
Friday were reported missing In
shark-infested waters 175 miles
west of Kwajalein.
The pilot of the 11-man crew,
an Air Force captain, was rescued
by a Navy, patrol craft four hours
after the plane went down. He, had
a broken leg. His name was with
held. The rescued man said the B-29
broke up quickly when It hit the
water. He said he believed the
others aboard were lost. One sank
beneath a wave before he could
reach him, the pilot said.
Navy patrol boats and a crash
boat from Kwajalein picked up
pieces ot tne crasnea piene.
The Hawaiian Sea Frontier said
two of the bomber's four engines
apparently failed shortly after take
off from Kwajalein for ruam.
The pilot had radioed 16 minutes
before the crash that he had feath
ered two engines and was losing
power in a third. His last message
said he was ditching landing on
the ocean suttace.
National Guard Unit ...
Gats Rtady For Camp ,
About 50 men of National Guard
Company D, 186th Infantry, will
leave early Saturday for the an
nual two-week summer camp at
Ft. Lewis, Wash. , ,
The men were slated to have
an initial formation and check
their gear this - afternoon in
preparation for leaving by train
about 5:30 a.m. Saturday.
Leading the company is Capt.
Fred Boyer. Lee Emery is first
seargeant.
Truckloads of equipment have
already been taken to camp.
The local unit will engage In
maneuvers with other National
Guard units from throughout Ore.
gen and Washington. The . units
comprise the famed 41st Division,
which served in the South Pacific
during World War II.
- ANKLE FRACTURED
Thomas Mullins, 23, Glide, was
treated Thursday, at Community
Hospital for a broken ankle suf
fered In an accident at Associated
Plywood Mills, Inc. He was re
leased to go home' after the ankle
was placed in a cast. -
Hospital Fund
The architect's sketch, above,
shows the proposed plan for ex.
pension of the Douglas Commun
ity Hospital, for which funds are
now being sought. ...
Tentative plans call for a 40 by
106 foot, extension of the central
corridor directly to the rear of the
hospital, providing for 21 addition
al beds and costing an estimated
$100,000. Wings wouli eventually
b added to either sile ot the ex-
Political
and improved traffic control.
"I have been besieged with calls
from Irate people telling me about
having to wait long periods to en
ter Stephens St. Some of them
must carry J stop-watches, i
"Then, just recently, I was- the
victim. I had to wait eight min-'
utes to get through the traffic.
Now I know what it is like."
The budget, he says, calls for
adding two additional signals to
Stephens St., and synchronizing
them with existing ones. To be in
stalled by the state, the system
would cost $9,000. The state would
share the expense.
Even more basic to the city Is
the projected launching of long
range programs for atreet paving
and sewerage, which he outlined
to club members.
Sewer Survey Needed
The sewerage system was In
stalled in 1912,, and was ade
quate for. its time, he said. Today,
however, the system la in need of
replacement and extension, First
act of improvement would be an
engineering survey. ;
' The city council wants to hire
a competent, firm of engineers
to make an adequate survey of
sewers now needed and those con
templated for the future."
- Gilchrist estimated the cost of
an adequate sewer system at $2,-
000,000. :
Another . major goal it the pav
ing of every street in Roseburg,
State funds available to the city
will greatly increase due to basing
revenue on 1950 census figures, he
declared. "Because Roseburg's
populatiori has about doubled since
the 1940 census, this year's allot
ment. from state funds will soar."
(This will be the. first fiscal year
that 1950 census figures are used
to compute the city's share of
state revenue. For example, the
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Dr. Haskins On Motor
Journey To Recuperate
Dr. John Haskins, manager of
the Veterans Administration Hos
pital, has left the , Portland VA
Hospital and is now on a recuper
ating motor trip, his secretary re
ports. ,
He was rushed to the Portland
hospital on May 28 after becom
ing suddenly ill;
His secretary declined to dis
close ihe nature ot the Illness, but
did say that it was "nothing se
rious." He is expected to make a tour
of Oregon and Washington and
return in about 10 days.
Drive Nearly
tended corridor as demanded.
A total of $31,700 was reported
at the first report meeting for
the hospital expansion fund at a
meeting laxt night. . This repre
sents a 31.7 percentage of the
goal of $100,000.
J. F. "Si" Dillard, general
chairman of the campaign, stated
that this is a good start but that
much work is still to be done by
every worker In the next seven
days.
football,
Rodeo Parade
rations
Entries Already Begun;
Prizes Listed For Two
Divisions, Sweepstake
Plans for a colorful parade to
open the two-day rodeo next week
were announced today by the
Koseburg junior Chamber of
Commerce.
All musical groups and march
ing organisations are welcome to
enter the parade, said Dr. V. J.
Anderson, chairman of the Junior
Chamber's rodeo parade commit
tee. Commercial establishments, civ
ic groups, lodges, granges and
other organizations have been in
vited to enter floats in the parade
to compete for cash awards to be
presented to winning entries.
The parade will start at 10:30
a.m. Saturday, June 21.
Entries in the parade so far in
clude the .Knights of Pythias Girls
Drum Corps, the U. S. Naval Re
serve marching unit, several
Douglas County riding clubs, and
the Lane . and Douglas County
Sheriffs' posses. .
Letters have been sent out to
210 groups inviting entries in the
pagcanu
Winners In ' the float contests
for commercial and non-commer
cial entries will each be award
ed $75 for first prize, $30 for sec
ond prize and $10 for third prize.
Besides nrizes in those two di
Prepa
Completed
visions, there will . be a grandj En. Cnrpcf lnk
sweepstake award of $25 for thejrur rurHI JUU
most outstanding entry in the pa
rade. - ;
Prize Awards Saturday '' '
..There will be an entry, fee of
$15 for all commercial entries,
that Is those from wholesale or
retail establishment.- ' - t,'t
Non-commercial entries wilt pa'y
no entry fee. his category will
consist of civic clubs, churches,
fraternities, sororities and all non
profit organizations.
Separate entry blanks must be
turned in - for each float or ve
hicle entered. -
Prizes for the first' place win
ners will be presented during Lie
Saturday -afternoon performance
at the rodeo grounds. .
Entries should be mailed to the
Junior Chamber of Commerce pa
rads "committee.
Additional information may be
obtained from the junior cham
ber, Len Mitchell's Men's Store,
Knudtson's Jewelry or the chair
man. Dr. Anderson, at phone
3-4509.
"We intend to make this rodeo
parade an outstanding success,"
Dr. Anderson said. "All entries
will be welcomed."
TRUCKERS ADVISED
Truckers can start Monday re
newing . their truck licenses for
the last two quarters of the year,
according to the secretary of
state's Roseburg branch office.
Third Done
The campaign Is being conduct
ed on a short and Intensive basis,
with the next report meeting
scheduled for Monday, June 16,
and a final report on Thursday,
June 19.
- Dillard went on to say that the
Job can be completed within the
specified time, 'and with Uie coop
eration of all workers the goal
can be over-subscribed by the fi
nal report date.
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SOUNDED OFF Sgt. C. D.
Chase (obove) , Ft. Ord, Calif.,
wrote a letter to Gen. Mark
Zldrk criticizing his handling
of . the Koje Island incident.
The army ordered Chase
courtmartialed because "he
went beyond personalities and
criticized naticnal policies and
ongress. The sergeant for
got the 89th Article of War
which forbids showing dis
respect to a superior officer.
(NEA Telephoto)
3 Days" School
Set Next Week
' Fire wardens, lookouts and up
pressio crews, will attend a three
day fire school June 19, 20 and 21.
- Douglas District Fire Warden
Fred Southwick said following the
school the lookouts would - man
their posts and suppression crews
will be stationed at five camps
throughout the county,
Crews for the ensuing fire sea
son, Southwick said, will consist
of 13 lookouts, 18 fire wardens
and 60 men on the suppression
crews, most of them .youths from
16 to 22 years old. r .
Fire crew camps will be near
Elkton. 10 men; Hinkle Creek
Camp east of Sutherlin, 10 men;
South, Douglas area five 'miles
north of Canyonville, 20 men;
Quincs Creek Camp near Glen-
dale, 10 men, and district head
quarters at Roseburg, 8 men.
The three-day school will con
sist of training in fire fighting,
discovering and reporting fires,
forest policies and other matters.
The June 19 session will be held
at Douglas Forest Protective Assn.
headquarters at Rosebtirg. On
June 20, the trainees will take a
field trip to Baughman Lookout
west of Melrose, and June 21 will
see continued special field train
ing. The school will wind up with
a politick dinner.
The 13 lookouts, many of them
girls from 18 lo 25 years, will be
stationed at the following ' look
outs: Yellow Butte west of Yoncalla,
Bell .near Elkton, Ward's Butte
near the Lane-Douglas County
line, Bateman west of Tyee, Mt,
Scott between the North Umpqua
and Calapooia, Baughman west
of Melrose, Live Oak near Camas
Valley, Dutchman near Camas
Valley, Silver Butte near Riddle,
While Rock near Myrtle Creek,
Blind Mountain near Days Creek,
Huckleberry at the head of Rock
Creek and Old Blue near Kellogg.
Lander's Lookout, destroyed by
the Hubbard Creek forest fire last
year, will not be reconstructed,
Southwick laid.
Drunken Driver Fined
$200 In Reedsport Court
A North Bend man was arrested
at a Reedsport road block Tues.'
day- after an" accident at Win
chester Bay In which a small
girl, about t received minor in
juries. Arrested was Raymond Peter- :
son, who later pleaded guilty to
drunk driving in Reedsport City
Recorder Irving Johnson's court.
Peterson was fined $200 and given
a 30-day suspended jail sentence,
the sheriff's office says.
Deputies said a car driven hy
Harold Conrad of Reedsport was
struck from behind by the Peter
son vehicle. Conrad's small daugh
ter received head cuts and was
treated hy a local doctor and re
leased. Her name was not learned.
Peterson stopped at the acci
dent long enough to leave his
name and then continued, depu.
ties said. He was arreted later
at the roadblock by Reedsport
officers.
Accord Still Needed .;
On Proposed Consumer,
Real Estate Credits
WASHINGTON Wl The Hnn
Friday had two bills to continue
expiring wage-price-rent controls.
one passed by the Senate and the -other
approved by its own House
Banning committee.
The government's present au
thority for all anti-inflation curbs
expires midnight June 30, two
weeks from Monday.
The Senate bill, passed 58 to IS
and sent to the House Thursday, -would
extend this power eight
months to next Feb. 28. It would
also add a full year 'intil June 30,
1953 to authority for credit checks
and gllocation of scarce materials
to industry.
The House legislation, a one-
year extension to June 30, 1953,
was reported favorably by a 15
to 3 Banking Committee vote. But
It would end all curbs on consumer
and real estate credit, a point at
odds with the one-year extension
of credit restrictions voted by the
senate.
In final action on the measure
Thursday night, the committee ad
ded no major provisions which had
not previously been approved. Its"
most important action reportedly
was a new provision, adopted XX,
to 5, to drop a price regulation
requiring certain reports front
dealers who sell at below-ceiling
prices. , . . .;.
The senate action was swift at
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Weather Change
Due In Roseburg
Change in the weather is ahead
for the Roseburg area during the
coming few days, the U. S. Weath
er Bureau predicts today. But it
will warm up!.
Recurring showers are due for
today and Monday, but fair weath
er, with a few scattered clouds,
is on tap for Saturday and Suiday.
High temperatures are expected to
be In the 70s, and lows in the 50s
over the weekend. '
The temperature reached 57 de
grees here Thursday, considerably
below normal. The low this morn
ing was 43. Temperatures are now
on an. upward trend, the bureau
says. ;, ... , - .
i Although. Medford reported a
record low of 33 yesterday, a later
reading showed a freezing 31, an
other all-time record.
Recent rains have halted numer
ous logging operations in the coun
ty, especially in areas served by
dirt roads, the Douglas Forest Pro
tective Association reports. T h
two inches of snow that fell at
Mt. Scott has melted.
Entries Still Coming -"
For Fat Lamb Exhibit
Entries are still coming in for
the annual fat lamb show sched
uled for the Fairgrounds Satur
day at 10 a.m.. County Extension
Agent J. Roland Parker reports.
The show is sponsored by the
Douglas County Livestock Assn.
Forty-two cash ' premiums,
most of it offered by the Douglas
County Fair Board, will be award
ed. The ahow Is divided Into tw'
classes, one for youngsters 9 to
19, the other open. The junior class
Includes single fat lambs only.
The open class also Includes pens
ot live. v
Bod Weather Forces
Swim Pool Closing
Stormy weather forced the clov
ing of Roseburg's municipal swim
ming pool Wednesday and Thurs
day, Lyle Eddy, Red Cross water
safety chairman, announced. -
He stated Thursday, - however,
that the Red Cross definitely plan
ned to conduct adult swimming
classes and that all interested
should contact the Red Cross.
Classes are expected to start
late in Juno. -'
The pool will remain open un
til 10 p.m., beginning Monday,
June 16, weather permitting.
Oakland Residents Okay
Budget With 42-37 Vote
The 1952-53 city budget for Oak
land was approved 42 to 37 at the
election held Wednesday, city of
ficials announced today. An elec
tion was necessary because the
budget exceeded the six per cent
limitation by $4,749.06.
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Relzenstein
'What's so rore as a day
in June?'
In the Roseburg area, that (s.
When it's 35 degrees below.
And the populace nearly frii;
The gremlins in our weather -
blight
Twist the calendar all askew,
They fill us humans up
with gripe,
Moke ui shiver end yell
, 'kerchoo!