The news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1948-1994, June 27, 1952, Image 2

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    2 The News-Review, Hoseburrj, Ore frl., June 27, 1952
Hospital Director Vote
Deadline Cited By Head
Douglas Community Hospital
Manager J. W. McAlvin calls at
tention to the deadline for voting
on directors for the hospital staff.
Threa directors are to be elected
for a 3-year term.
The candidates are Incumbents
Kenneth Eord, Dr. Morris Roach
and Frank Ashely. Othrs nomin
ated are Jeff Jefferis, Gordon Bev
an and Harold McKay.
The official ballot states that to
be valid, the ballot must be in
closed in the self-addressed offi
cial ballot envelope and mailed or
taken in person to the office of
the hospital, 1200 Harvard Ave.
However, McAlvin said, some
letters were mistakingly mailed
out without return evolopcs, so re
turns may be sent in an ordinary
envelope.
Ballots must be In the office by
5 p.m. June 30.
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Drain Plunge
Attracts Many
A broad recreation program is
underway this summer in the
Drain area.
Residents of the area have been
urged to take advantage of the
swimming program. Softball and
picnic grounds near the pool are
also attracting many persons, of
ficials said.
Swimming lessons are being of
fered almost daily to both children
and adults.
West Coast Airlines
Gets 5th Safety Award
West Coast Airlines, receiving
its fifth consecutive award, today
was cited by the National Safety
Council along with forty other II.
S. scheduled air lines in recogni
tion of their contribution to safe
air transportation in 1951.
West Coast was among IS local
service airlines which have had a
perfect safety record since their
establishment, and was one of
these to receive a five-year award.
In the five and one-half yearr.
since December, 1946, WCA has
carried 375,000 passengers nearly
50-million passenger miles. Only
two other local service carriers
have a longer span of safe opera
tion, Empire Air Lines, which be
gan three months earlier in Sep
tember, 1946, and Frontier Air
lines, which began in November,
1946.
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THIS MODERNISTIC new service station being built one block east of the Ook Street
bridge will open shortly after July 1 with Verden "Bo" Boucock as station manager. A
$30,000 project, it will have double islands with a total of four gasoline pumps. It will also
have double lubrication bays. C. M. McDermott, Roseburg distributor for Tide Water Asso
ciated Oil Co., said ground will be broken this week on a duplicate station of the one above
at a site on Garden Valley road across from Rjverside School, where the Church of God
was formerly located. (Picture by Paul Jenkins)
Father-Son Meet Set
For 'Y' Indian Guides
YMCA Indian Guides will hold a
father-and-son meeting tonight at
7 o'clock at the Myron Lehne
home. To reach the place, go out
Garden Valley Road to end of the
pavement, turn left at the first
road to Lehne's Nursery, said "V"
Director Merlin Donaldson.
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BIRTHS AT MERCY
Births listed in Thursday's
News-Review, page 2, section 2,
occurred at Mercy Hospital, in
stead of Douglas Community Hos
pital as stated. The births listed
included the Martin, Frederick-
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are guests at the home of Mr. and .
2 Californians
Visit Sutherlin
MRS. BRITTAIN SLACK
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Peaker, Lin-
Mrs. Murray Welch, east of Suth
erlin. Mrs. Gilbert Butler of Winston,
and Mrs. Darlene Sims of Myrtle
C'resk, spent the day in Sutherlin
Monday with their mother, Mrs.
A. L. Wade, and attended the fun
eral of their aunt, Mrs. Mattie
llogan, at Oakland In the after
noon. Mrs. Butler, returned to her
home that evening and Mrs. Sims
remained in Sutherlin to spend a
week with her mother.
Mrs. II. V. Church returned to
Sutherlin Tuesday from Richland,
Wash., where she was called by
the serious Illness of her son, Vern
on. Mrs. Church spent a week with
her daughter-in-law and son, Dav
ey, and reports that her son is'
getting along as well as can be
expected.
Mrs. Jack Denley, who was In
jured in a car accident Sunday
evening and taken to a Roseburg
hospital, was brought home Mon
day evening, but is still confined
to her bed.
Sutherlin fire department was
called out Wednesday evening to
what looked like a fire in the Suth
erlin hogging Supply building. The
room was filled with smoke that
had settled down after closing
from a motor that had been run
ning before closing time, and from
the outside appeared to be a fire.
A green door with a lion's head
knocker is the entrance to No. 10
Downing St., home of Britain's
prime minister.
crts and McKinney babies.
Stag Party Set Tonight
For U. Of O. Alumni
A stag party for Oregon alumni,
sponsored by the Oregon Athletic
Department, Is scheduled for to
night from 8 to 7:30 p.m. at the
Hotel Umpqua, announced Ted K.
Reed, local chairman.
The University's athletic direc
tor will be present to discuss the
Grant & Aid program. Coaches
representing all sports will also
be present for informal discussion
of the 1052-3 season.
Civil Defense Head
To Be Absent In July
Col. M. Crawford, director of
Civil Defrn.se for Roseburg, will
be out of the city during July.
During his absence J. F. Dillard
will act as director.
10-DAY SENTENCES GIVEN
Judge Ira B. Riddle today sen
tenced Francis W. Thompson, Coos
Bay, and Forrest Woodland Beam
er, Sutherlin, to 10 days in jail on
charges of drunkenness, according
to Municipal Court records.
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FALLS FROM HORSE; HURT
Mrs. Mable Grubbe of Wilbur
was treated at Mercy Hospital
late Thursday for an iniured el
bow suffered when she fell from
a horse.
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1946 Willys Station Wagon 735.00
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Wilbur Car Stays Out
Of Garage Only Hour
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Thomas
had the misfortune to have their
car back in the garage within an
hour after repairs had been made
following a recent collision with a
train at a Wilbur crossing.
Taking it out of the garage Sat
urday, Mrs. Thomas was involvid
in a four-car collision in which the
small daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Yraguen was injured.
Mrs. Thomas was halted In a
line of traffic on the highway
where workmen were making re
pairs and was struck from the
rear by a car which was unabie
to stop.
All the passengers were badly
shaken up.
Myrtle Creek Lowers
Cost Of New Building
Construction will start July 7
on a new building to house the
Myrtle Creek Police Station and
Library, it was announced today.
Original plans were revised by
the common council to pare down
cost of the building to $18,605, the
maximum amount the city can ob
tain for the project.
Todd Building Co. of Roseburg
will build the structure. It is ex
pected to be ready for occupancy
in October when the library and
police statipn will be shifted from
present cramped quarters in the
old Myrtle Creek City Hall.
Lions Club Seats
Staff Of Officers
Al McBee took the oatb of office
as president of the Roseburg Lions
Club at Thursday night's meeting
in the Hotel Umpqua. McBee suc
ceeds Allen Clute.
Other new officers Installed In
clude: George Foster, first vice
president; Vic Bakala, second
vice-president; Roy Hebard, third
vice president; Edell Bryant, sec
retary; Charles Collins, treasurer;
Zeke Walton, Liontamer; I. J.
Bean, tailtwister, and Cloyd Riffe
and Charles Thomas, directors fur
two years. Holdover directors are
Bud Parsons and Perry Ashcreft.
Bruce Elliott, a charter member
of the club, served as installing
officer.
Reports were made by Don Hell
iwell and McBee on the state
Lions convention which they at
tended recently in Salem. They
announced the next convention
site will be Klamath Falls.
The Lions will hold a special
work night Tuesday at 7 p.m. for
final cleanup of the club's conces
sion at the Fairground's stadium.
Reports were made that the club
had a very successful year with
its concession, in which hamburg
ers, hot dogs and cold drinks were
made available to the rodeo
crowd. The receipts are used by
the club for its welfare work, of
which ;fght conservation is its
principal project. Glasses are pro
vided for a number of children
who would otherwise be unable
to buy them.
A final work party Is scheduled
for Sunday at Camp Tyee, for
completion of the counsellor's cab
in. This project has been under
way since spring. Some of the
members are also going out to
work on the cabin tonight.
Road Agenda Affecting
Douglas Up For Bids
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structing the three bridges needed
for spaning the North Umpqua Riv
er at Winchester and the South
Umpqua twice at Roseburg. Even
tual plans call for continuing the
highway south over or through
Roberts Mountain to Myrtle Creek
and thence south to connect with
new construction north of Canyon
ville, thus completing Oregon's
longest stretch of Highway 99 that
has become antiquated compared
with modern travel means.
The commission will also let a
contract for grading and tempor
ary surfacing of 3.99 miles of the
Divide-Rice Hill section. This, ac
cording to the local highway oT
fice, is largely for access roads
to serve the residents living along
the new-limited access highway.
Contract is also to be let on a
90-foot viaduct on the Comstock
I and Lawrence access Road grade
(separation structures on the Di-
vide-Anlauf sections.
Access Jo the Draln Reedsport
highway will be constructed near
An'auf at the point where the new
, highway swings slightly to the
: east, and then continues south.
Other bid calls announced by
the commission include; construct
1 332-foot concrete bridge over Cala
Ipooia Creek on the Elkton-Suther-
fin Highway; grading and surfac
ing 2.15 miles of Reedsport Dean
Creek section of Umpqua High
way, and grading and paving .52
' miles of city streets in Riddle and
Glendale.
IDskorf I Allen 1
Of Yoncalla Dies
Robert Lee Allen, lifii-long resi
dent of Douglas County, died at
his home Thursday in Hayhurst
district west of Yoncalla after a
long illness.
He was born In Oakland on
Sept. 1, 1867. He was married to
Martha Jones in Yoncalla on Juno
2, 1895.
Surviving are his widow, Mar-
,tba; four sons, Everett, Ernest,
Robert and Dt'lton; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Mable Nelson and Mrs.
Mary Baldwin; eight grandchil
dren; three brothers, Fred Allen
of Portland, Mack and Homer Al
len of Yoncalla and two sisters,
Susan Hansen of California and
Eugenia Kenney of Portland.
Funeral services will be at 2
p.m. PST Sunday at the Methodist
Church in Yoncalla. Interment in
the Yoncalla cemetery under the
direction of Stearn3 Mortuary in
Oakland.
Hope For Platypuses'
Romance Unfulfilled
NEW YORK l.fl The way Pen
elope and Cecil are ac'ing, there
may never be any duck - billed
platypuses born in America.
Bronx Zoo curators have been
trying for two years to breed the
sm.ill aquatic animals from Aus
tralia. Thursday they gave up for the
summer season, but promised one
last try in the fall.
Last year the platypuses seemed
quite friendly.
But this year Penelope turned
up her bill at Cecil's advances by
rolling over and over in the water
a sign, said a curator, of platy
pus annoyance.
MULLER LEADING AGENT
Carl W. Muller will depart this
weekend as a result of a special
invitation he has received from
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company to attend a meeting and
vacalion at Lake Tahoe, Calif.,
the week of June 30. Muller is
one of the leading agents for the
company in the State of Oregon
for the year of 1951.
Junior Chamber Dates
Smoker-Stag Saturday
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce is holding a smoker-stag
Saturday night, starting at 9 p.m.
The affair will be held in the
American Legion Hall. Kohlhagen
Building, announced President Sid
Moon.
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