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Vital Statistics
Marrlag UceniM
OFTERDAHL - HARPER -Wayne
Edward Ofterdahl and
Joan Ruth Harper, both of Rose
burg.
ROACH-EMBURN - Jack P
Roach, KalUpell, Mont., and Jessie
Viola Emburn, Loi Angeles.
MURPHY-FICKES William
G. Murphy and Shirley Jean
Fickes, both of Sutherlin.
BONEBRAKE BENTLEY
Richard Duane Bonebrake, Rose
burg, and Jeannlne Bernice Bent
ley, Lyons, Ore.
. Divorce Suit! Filed
VAN HORN Verna L. v Ger
aid Lloyd Van Horn. Cruelty
charged. Plaintiff asks custody of
one minor child, $200 gross ali
mony, $100 monthly support and
property disposition.
CARLSON v. LARSON Dor
othy Carlson vs. Don Larson. (An.
nulment;. Plaintiff contends she
was married to defendant before
a divorce decree to a former hus
band was final.
PLUMBER FILES SUIT
John Eckwall, 6on business as
John's Plumbing and Heating, fil
ed suit Monday against Carl and
Bernice Wolf in Circuit Court for
recovery of $251.40.
The plaintiff charges the de
fendants with failure to pay for
material! and labor for alteration
and. repair of a building in Myrtle
" Creek. The plaintiff also asks for
a prior lien over claims of Ump
qua Savings and Loan Assocla.
tion and Jerry ,and Edith Bum
garner. Mitchell Moore has filed suit
against the Tire Service Co. for
$1,061.19 allegedly owed on ac
count., LOCAL NEWS
Knit Club To Meet The Suth
erlin Knitting Club will meet to
'day at the home of Mrs. Alan
Tulhill for a one-thirty dessert
luncheon. All members are urg
ed to attend.
All-Day Meeting Planned The
Melrose Friendly Hour Club will
meet today for an all-day session
PICKERS WANTED
SALEM Wl The shortage of
strawberry pickers is acute in the
Salem area. Appeals were made
Tuesday for 2,000 more pickers.
,
ways to 6e a -friendly -telephone neigi6or
If yours is a party-line, your telephone neighbors will consider vou a real friend if you'll
keep these simple points in mind: Try not to tie up the line with lengthy conversations. That way you won't
miss important incoming calls. Ask the youngsters to be considerate, too. When they remember
that others may be waiting to use the line they're being good party-line neighbors.
Always be sure you hang up properly after calling. These simple suggestions mean still better service . . .
because they give every one a better chance to receive and make calls.
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Impending Loss Of Fund
For Marksmen Topic Set
Merrit A. Edson, editor and ex
ecutive director of the National
Rifle Association of America, will
discuss the proposed disconlin
marksmanship training at a meet
uance of an appropriation for
ing at 8 p.m. Thursday in the
Roseburg Armory, sponsored by
the Roseburg mile Club.
The appropriations for the direc-
lion of civilian marksmanship for
the training of junior and seniors
in shooting and safe handling of
firearms are now under study and
may be discontinued, it was point
ed out.
If Ihis appropriation is not pass
ed, it will do away with 2,600
junior rifle clubs and 1.8O0 senior
clubs, Robert S. Kirk, vice presi
dent of the Oregon Slate Rifle
and Pistol Club, disclosed.
An invitation bas been extend
ed to ail Trap Clubs and Rifle
and Conservation Clubs, to attend
the meeting.
Fire Dept. Alters Plan
Of Burning Off Lots
The Roseburg Fire Department
has shifted its policy of burning
off vacant lots during the dry
summer months.
It has been the custom of the
Department to burn off vacant
lots at the owner's expense. But
because this proved unsatisfact
ory, Chief W. E. Mills reports the
ion will be burned off without
charge by the Department force
Thfl grass must be cut before
it will be burned.
with one reservation. The grass
must be cut before it will be burn
ed. After the Krass has been cut
and dried, the Dcoartment can
be Informed of lis readiness to he
burned by calling 3-3226, Mills
announced.
SERVICE STATION RISING
One of the most modern type
Associated service stations is be
ing built at Lone Rock on the
North Umpqua River at Ihis time
according to an announcement by
C. M. McDermott, distributor for
Tide Water Associated Oil Com
pany. The new station, which will
open July 1, is for Paul Amann,
well-known resident of that com
munity for many years. Mr.
Amann Is at present attending an
Associated Oil Company School,
taking instruction in the care of
automobiles.
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Sutherlin Grad
Highest In Honors
At University
SEATTLE I A lanky young
man from Oregon, one of five
children, was bored in high school
where bis grades averaged C
plus. Saturday he graduated from
Ihe University of Washington with
highest scholastic honors only
.02 of I point from a perfect 4.0.
James Robb Grover, 23, Suther
lin, Ore., was announced at grad
uation exercises as winner of the
President's medal, given annually
to the top scholar of the senior
class.
The only grade below A he re
ceived in, his four-year college ca
reer was a B in English composi
tion as a freshman. .
"Never was much good at Eng
lish," he said modestly. His course
of study was top-heavy with sci
ence and mathematics.
Young Grover, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Richard Grover, Suth
erlin, was born in Klamath Falls
attended high school there for
three years and graduated from
Sutherlin high.
Why were his high school
grades only average?
"High school bored me." he ex
plained. "Three or four science
courses and you've had it." He
will go from here to the Univer
sity of California where he will be
a teaching assistant in chemistry
and enter the graduate school.
Sutton Infant Passes
Away At Tri-City
Graveside services for the in
fant son of Mr. and Mrs. James L.
Sutton of Tri-City, who died June
IS, will be held Wednesday, June
8, at 2 p.m.. DST, at the IOOF
Cemetery, Myrtle Creek. Ganz
Mortuary is In charge.
Survivors are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sutton; a brother, Car
roll Lee; maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Weston of
Corning, Calif., and a paternal
ramlfother, Lee Sutton of Klam
ath Falls. The officiating minister
Is to be announced later.
FUND TRANSFERRED
The County Court Monday or
dered $40,000 transferred from
the county's emergency fund to
the general road fund.
Unusual heavy hauling during
the 1951-52 season caused bridge
damage "beyond normal expecta
tions," the court explained.
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Steel Strike Cutting
Deeper Into War Jobs
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specific way of achieving this out
put, although it said a plan had
been worked out to transport steel
weapons manufacturers,
stored In struck warehouses to
The union and the Industry have
been unable to agree, not only
on contract terms, but also on just
where they are in disagreement.
Charges Exchanged
Murray claims the companies
meet Wage Stabilization Board
have failed in many respects to
recommendations which, among
other things, call for a 26-cent
hourly "package" wage boost and
a union shop. The industry says
the union shop, which would re.
quire ail steel workers to join the
union, is the only bone of conten
tion. The industry, which wants a
higher price for steel to help cover
any salary increase, says its final
offer was l 24.6-cent-an-hour pack
age deal which would cost it 400
million dollars a year. Murray says
the offer was not that high.
Camas Valley , School
District Names Director
Miles Standley was elected to
the Camas Valley District School
Board at the annual school meet
ing Monday night.
He replaced Oran Standley, a
brother, who was nominated as a
candidate but declined to run for
re-election.
Standley received 56 voles. Or
mand Standley, another brother,
an opposing candidate, received
25 votes while a third candidate,
Lee Halloran, got 20 votes.
Voters also passed the school
budget by a 57 to 43 vote. Earlier,
Supt. Marlin Yoder lead a dis
cussion at the Camas Valley
School on the budget.
Accidents Take Lives
Of Two Oregon Loggers
By The Associated Press
Logging accidents in Oregon
Monday claimed the lives of two
men.
Lester Burkholder, about 50, died
in an Oregon City hospital a few
hours after he .was pinned against
a stack of logs by a tractor.
Thomas McAuIiffe, also about
50, was killed outright near Pals
ley in Lake County, when he was
crushed under logs which rolled
off a truck.
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Benefit Skating
Party Scheduled
A benefit skating party, featur
ing performances by champion
roller skaters Mary Butler and
Larry Archer, will be held June
27 at the Rolletta Rink.
Mrs. George Pankey, chairman
of the affair, said the party would
be held to help finance the $400
trip to Denver the pair will take
to represent the Northwest in na
tional akating competition.
Also slated to make the trip
will be Mrs. Ernest Erickson as
chaperone.
Mary and Larry, both 14-year-old
Roseburg High School stu
dents, took Northwest honors in
skating competition last May at
Burlington, Wash.
Mrs. Pankey aaid tickets are
being sold throughout the area.
Included tn the benefit party is a
45-minute show featuring the pair.
The couple is expected to leave
with Mrs. Erickson by July 2 for
the national competition at which
they will compete against 20 other
couples from throughout the na
tion. The competition will be held
July 7 to 13.
Liquor Store Cashier
Faces Theft Charge
PORTLAND m A reported
shortage of $28,192 from a liquor
store cashier's accounts has
brought a tightening of the Oregon
Liquor Commission's bookkeeping
practices.
Harold Strawn, controller, told
the commission Monday that new
accounting procedures had been
put into effect after Cashier Fred
J. Clemo, Portland, was arrested
on a charge of stealing public
money.
Strawn said that Ciemo's books
showed evidence of having been
manipulated for five years.
Department Stores Get
Nod To Increase Prices
WASHINGTON Wl Department
stores now may boost prices on
most of their goods starting next
Monday.
The increases allowed range
from a penny or two on small
items to a dollar or more on furni
ture, radio and television sets.
But the Office of Price Stabiliza
tion (OPS) doesn't expect most
-f - ,) he upped. It said
many products now are selling be
low ceilings and the actual prices
are determined by competition.
OPS authorized the increases
Monday to offset a rise In freight
and parcel post rates since May,
1951.
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State Evidence Opens
In Trial Of D. W. Smith
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and fight in front of his place,"
the officer testified. "He said that
was why he didn't know who the
man was."
Officer Haystead said numerous
searches had been made for the
death weapon, a 16-gauge shotgun.
The defendant, he said, told him
he believed he had thrown it down,
but didn't remember where.
Drunkenness Told
State's witnesses testifying Mon
day afternoon traced the move
ments of Smith following the shoot
ing. Madge Standley, who lives
across a creek from Smith's house
on Upper Camas Road, declared
the defendant waa "the drunkest
I've ever seen him" on the after
noon of May 12 the day of the
shooting.
She said she had heard a shot
"it sounded like it came from
Dan's (the defendant's) place"
about 2 p.m. that afternoon.
Later Smith came to her house,
the witness testified, talked about
his new calf and asked for the
paper, but didn't mention a shoot
ing. "My main aim." Mrs. Standley
said, "when he Is Intoxicated, is
to run him off. . . when he's intoxi
cated be'f quite talkative."
He returned a second time, the
witness testified, and again asked
for the paper.
"I told him it just shows how
drunk you are," she declared.
"You asked for the paper before."
Smith left her place and a little
later returned for a third time.
This time, she said, the defendant
told her there was a dead man on
his yard.
'Definitely Drunk'
Another neighbor, Mrs. Frances
Pasco, who lives a quarter mile
from Smith's place, testified the
defendant came to her house about
6:30 p.m. May 12.
She said Smith was "definitely"
drunk. She said she could tell from
his walk, talk and odor.
"It didn't smsll much like beer,"
she added. "Dan blurps a lot when
he s drinking beer and it didn t
smell like beer."
Also testifying Monday after
noon was Mrs. Orley Weist, who,
with her husband, runs a store
and tavern in Camas Valley.
She said Jenkins and Smith had
come into the tavern the morning
of May 12 and had purchased four
or five beers. She added that she
didn't think they were "drunk."
An earlier witness, James Rus
said he had drunk a stubby
with Smith and Jenkins that morn
ing and answered cross examina-
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Elkton Notes
Two Funerals
By MRS. GRACE SAWYERS
Two funeral services were held
In Ihis area recently.
Services of the late Dick Wealh
erly were held at Scottsburg
Cemetery, the family burial
grounds. A profusion of floral of
ferings covered the grave. Dr.
Guy Wright of NCC of Eugene of
ficiated. Newton Henderer, who died
Tuesday, was buried Friday in Ihe
family burial grounds near Elk
ton. Like the Weatherly funeral,
flowers were profuse. The church
was crowded to capacity. The fu
neral waa held in the Christian
Church, where he has been a
member for many years. Inter
ment was in the family burial
grounds. Dr. Guy Wright of NCC
of Eugene preached from the Bible
text, the Twenty-Third Psalm.
Mrs. Marcella Henderer re
turned Wednesday to attend the
funeral services of a relative, Dick
Weatherly.
Mrs. Dorothy Binder and son,
Larry, and Mrs. Grace Sawyers
were Drain business visitors Wed
nesday. Mrs. Grace Sawyers left Satur
day, June 14, to attend the Ore
gon College of Education sum
mer session at Monmoulh. She ex
pects to be gone two months.
While in school, Mrs. Sawyers ex
pects to review her profession of
primary teaching.
tion with the comment, "they
seemed to be full of fun."
"They were a little 'teed up' as
they say," Russell said.
In opening statements early Mon
day afternoon. Defenss Attorney
Geddes said the defense will try
to prove that Smith "doesn't re
member" because of the effects
of intoxication what happened
after he separated Jenkins and an
other man in a pool table fight at
the Weist tavern.
Others testifying Monday wore
Engineer Ben B. Irving, Lloyd
Roberts, Glen Pasco, 16, Wilson
Roberts, 18, all of Camas Valley,
Slate Tatrolman Austin J. Murray,
and George Wright, Long and Orr
funeral director.
Members of the jury trying fhe
case are:
Pricilla Darby. Argos Fisher,
Sasha Garrison, Ray B. Banning,
Ezra W. Tigner and Zelma Ful
lerton, all of Roseburg; R. L.
Bridges, Drain; Edward Joyce.
Camas Valley; Gladys Johns'on,
Brockway; Doris Bacon, Umpqua;
Agnes B. Wilcox, Oakland; and
Harry A. Cool Jr., Brain. Alter
nate is Calno M. Gilbreth, of Ump
qua, (51
3 Drunk Coses Heard
In Municipal Court
Three cases involving drunken
ness were on the Municipal Court
calendar today.
Judge Ira B. Riddle reported
the following fines and sentences
were ordered. Armor Arthur Aur
dal Medford, $20 ball forfeited;
Flmer Leon Mills, Roseburg, 10
davs in jail in lieu of a $20 fine;
Charles DeRoss, Umpqua Pirk, 15
days in jail in Neu ot 1 '30 ine-
Pilot, 3 Women Die
In Alaska Plane Crash
FAIRBANKS, Alaska Ul Three
women passengers two of them
Army nurses died with a civilian
pilot in the crash of a small plane
north of here Sunday.
The wreckage and bodies were
found near the summit of i moun
tain Monday. The pilot was Mor
ris A. Weiner.
The third woman was an Air
Force base librarian.
The lrtentlties of the three were
not disclosed, pending notification
of their families.
The Civil Aeronautics Adminis.
tration reported the plane appar
ently crashed when a wing hit Ihr
mountainside on a turn.
Second High School
Gets Salem Bond Vote
SALEM Ml Salem will have
a second high school by the fall
of 1954.
Voters of the school district ap
proved Monday a $4,280,000 bond
issue to build the new building.
The vote was 1,397 to 1,014.
LETTER CARRIERS DATED
The state convention of . the As
sociation of Letter Carriers will
take place in Corvallis June 21-22.
The national president of the
NACL Auxiliary. Dola Carson, of
Waco, Texas, will be present.
Delegates from Roseburg will
be Doris Long and Phyllis Devitt.
The past state president, Ethel
Bailey, of Roseburg will also
be present. An Interesting pro
gram has been planned for the
two-day convention.
ERROR CORRECTED
Mollie Fullerton, Epsilon Sigma
Alpha candidate In the Umpqua
i Cavalcade contest, scored 15,
1555 votes, according to final tab
ulation. A previous s'ory erron
eously indicated that she received
only 1,555 voles.
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without doing damage.
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