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2 The Newt-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Weo. Oct. 21, 1953 Eisenhower Backs Benson As Agriculture Secretary Douglas School Population Increases 3207 During Year Of the 26 school districts in Doug- Us County, 22 showed student en rollment increase this year over last, according to the Crst month ly i September) reports from school principals to Kenneth Bar- neburg, county school superintend ent County school .pupils jumped S207 from September', 1952, tabu lations show from a 13,366 total to 14,470. In September, 1851, the total was 12,135 and in beptem ber, 1950, the total was 11,263 giving some idea of the increased number of children in the area. Those showing the biggest jump the past year were Diuara (zi.e percent). Yoncalla Union High School (21.8), Gardiner (21) and Kiddle (16.5). Four districts show decreases: Tiller (6 percent), Camas Valley (4.4), Canyonville (.3 of one per cent) and Oakland (2 percent). Roseburg's elementary school in crease was 12.3 percent in the past year. High school enrollments here showed only a 4.7 percentage lost in spite of the fact that Dil lard withdrew 156 10th graders. Barneburg pointed out. The aver age increase for District 4 was 7.2 percent Beside the big gainers mention ed above, Elkton (13.5), Days Creek (12.9) and Myrtle Creek (10 J) are again being pressed for room to handle the influx of students. In figuring percentages, consol (Continued-oa Page Two) to avoid discrepancies where con solidation occurred during the past year. Following is a tabulation of en rollment in all districts, as of September, with percentage change for the past year indicated. Dist. 1j Pet. 1950 1951 1?51 1953 Oakland, -2.0 483 476 542 531 Roseburg, 7.2 3710 4012 4334 4646 Canyonville, -.3 225 347 375 374 Gardiner, 21.0 121 117 124 150 Glide. 3.4 498 567 731 754 Days' Crk, 12.9 151 173 170 192 Mtl Crk. 10.3 1087 1173 1330 1467 Cam. Vly, -4.4 199 188 204 195 Drain, 3.3 Scotts Vly, 31.8 Yoncalla, 7.2 Elkton, 13.5 RobU Crk, 8.3 Umpqua, 3.0 Curtin, 8.2 Riddle, 16.5 Glendale, 2.6 Plst Vly, 14.3 Reedsport, 5.5 Tiller, -6.0 Dillard, 27.6 . Ash, 3.8 ' Sutheriin, 8.4 Yon. UHS, 21.8 384 - 384 47 52 246 256 231 239 6 14 59 72 60 60 357 414 531 27 427 441 66 87 276 296 288 327 12 13 66 68 49 53 455 530 573 649 666 30 21 24 whelmingmajority of Americans approve. v 2. On the subjet of Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson, the soldier who changed his mind about remain ing in Communist hands consid ering the intense indoctrination to whicb American prisoners were subjected, he sometimes wonders there weren't more who elected to stay behind. . He does not know whether it would be possible to sell the Tennessee Valley Administration to private industry without wreck ing the entire system. He had been asked to comment on the state ment by Clarence Manion, head of a commission studying federal state relations, that TV A never should have been built and ought to be sold by tne lederal govern ment. 4. On Israel, he replied with s firm yes. hut did not elaborate. wnen asicea it ne nad discussed with Secretary of State Dulles the cutting off of economic aid to that country. 527 536 581 613 96 124 116 109 685 752 874 1115 27 32 26 27 969 1053 1119 1213 82 77 78 Drain UHS, 10.2 141 150 166 Rdspt UHS, 4.2 234 262 287 VOLUNTEERS ASKED All parents able to help with the Dillard census are asked to meet at the Dillard School Thursday, at 3 Dm William Bromley will be pres. idated district figures were used lent at that time to give instruc- American Prisoner Asks .Repatriation (Continued from Page One) with newsmen . . the decision not I prior to and after consolidation, lions in the taking of the census. ROSEBURG, OREGON PHONE 3-5553 OPEN TONIGHT 'TIL 9 P M WEDNESDAY ONLY BASKET SPECIALS Good Until 9 p.m. , BLANKETS If 72" x 90", assorted f . J colors. fM male... 8.88 If le9 ' y BOYS' FLANNEL S I SHIRTS a 5 Sizes 10 to 18. li Sole . 99cf . Vstf R9- "19"""' f-f 1 COTTON SLIPS i V Extra-Large siies, W 3 46 to 50. iSale . . . 1.58j t Reg." 4.98 ' T" J M Men's Corduroy R SHIRTS Q Assorted si-.cs and jj I Sale... 3.881 to answer questions was his own. in contrast to his appearance be fore the newsmen, Dickenson was smiling and seemed in good spirits when he was transferred to Allied control earlier in the day at Pan munjom. "It sure feels ereat to be back in the hands of the Americans." he said, grinning', to newsmen at tne short transfer ceremonv His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Van tsuren Dickenson, who live in a remote cabin in the Allegheny Mountains, were joyous. His moth er told a newsman. "Well, thank ood ... 1 anew he was coming home if they'd let him." "If you can," she told the .re porter, "I wish yoa would get word to him tell him nobody hereabouts thinks hard of him for what he done, and we will all give him a big welcome home. Ain't no hard feelings on our part." The Communist exnlanations to 22.400 North Korean and Chinese POWs, meanwhile, were canceled again todar for the fourth straight day. The Neutral Nations Repatria tion Commission, which has cus tody of the balky POWs, made the announcement without details. Delegates from all five nations making up the commission sat in on the meeting and quickly Tali dated the return of Dickenson. It was the first time Polish and Czech members had attended since they walked out of a stormy ses sion Monday. They walked out aft er the other three members of the commission rejected a demand that prisoners be forced to listen to Communist persuaders. , , ; Motorist Halts Flight Of Accused Drunken Driver A 36-year-old Sutheriin logger was booked at the county jail late juesaay nigni on charges of drunk en driving and hit-run after a motorist halted his flight by run ning him over to a curb and tak ing his car keys away from him. City police laid that Idar Stene, Rt. 1 Box 291, a Norwegian alien. is accused of hitting the rear of another car driven by Larry Strode, 751 Fleser St., Roseburg, then driving on. me collision oc- curred on E. Second Ave. S. at 11 p.m. Five minutes later. M. B. Eaton. 308 W. First Ave. N., was in po lice headquarters with the keys to stene s car after ne had seen Stene make a couple of other driv ers dodge because of erratic driv ing. Eaton said he had forced Stene to the curb near Tur Around Inn, 1501 N. Stephens, and took his keys away from mm. City- and state police, checking, later found Stene asleep in the rear of his car, which he had pow ered with his starter to an entrance of Rose-etta Lodge, Pacific High wav North.- . The right front side of the car was mashed, and the fender was bent over the right front tire, po lice said. Stene, they said, was drunk. He pleaded guilty to both charg es Wednesday morning, -uunici nal Judce Randolph Slocum su spended 20 days of a 30-day Mail sentence and fined him $200 on the drunk d-iving charge. Stene also was fin 350 on the hit-run count. His 194 J Oldsmobile has been im Dounded bv city police. Police said that Stone's alien papers are on file and in good order in ban rrancisco. Circuit Court Order of Dismissal W. L. Smith and Pearl Smith vs. Harland H. Morgan and Ethel P. Morgan. Satisfaction of Judgment State Unemployment Compensa tion Commission vs. Richard A. Thorp. Case discharged. Order Lela Franco of Los Angeles, pe titioner, vs. Peter Sam Franco. respondent. Court order for defen dant to pay clerk, for transmittal to Los Angeles county probation officer, S100 per month and (2,702. 07 in 350 monthly payments for support and back alimony. Vital Statistics Rosetta Woody Dies Wednesday Rosetta Woody, 66, resident of Roseburg for 22 years, died early Wednesday morning at her home on S.-Kane St. She was born June 24. 1887, in Springfield, Mo. Surviving are her husband, James A., Roseburg; a son, Ar thur L.. Eddyville. Ore.: three daughters, Mrs. William (Maggie) Rosecrans. Gold Hill: Mrs. Clif ford (Delia) Nickerson, Elmira. and Mrs. Rose Freclove, Rose burg: two brothers. George Ad dington,' Alaska, and Charles Add ington. Camas, Wash.: four lis ters, Mrs. Lee Todd. St. Helens: Mrs. Victor Judd. Mrs. Thomas Raglm and Mrs. Otto Cunningham, all of Red Bluff. Calif.: 15 grand children and two ireat-Erand- cbildren. Funeral services will be held in Marriage License KELLEY-BORING Donald Lloyd Kelley and Ethel BeUe Bor ing, both of Gooding, Idaho. Divorce Decree BENSON Ella Mae from Er nest Benson. ' Plaintiff awarded custody' and S50 per month sup port money for two minor children plus a property settlement. Martin Brothers Box Completing Saw Mill The Martin Brothers Box Co. has announced the near completion of the new saw mill at Oakland. The machinery is being installed and adjusted before real work be gins. The daily capacity of the new mill will be 100,000 or 125,000 board feet. The capacity of the old mill was about 25.000 feet per day. The new mill will run by electricity and air, and will em ploy no more men than did the old mill Martin Bros, also have a large box and plywood plant there. Douglas District To Be Renamed After Division A regular meeting of the Doug las District, Boy Scouts of Amer ica, is scheduled Thursday night. with one of the main topics on the agenda that of replacing the name "Douglas District.", A state-wide shift of boundar ies will take place Nov. 1, with Drain. Yoncala and Elkton units going into the Bohemian District to the north. At the same time, the name of the Douglas district will be changed. District Scout Executive Walt Smith said the new boundaries would be discussed at the meet ing, slated at Riverside School at 7:30. along with the possibility of organizing new units, plans for membership, advancement and ex tention of the' district's activities. The district committee chair man, Calvin Baird. has urged all persons interested in district oper ations to be present at the import ant - gathering. Scout Council Purchases Camp Site On Coast After study of possible sites for about two years, the Oregon Trail Council of Boy Scouts has purchased a big coastal campsite which will be large enough tor extensive meeting and training sessions. Walt Smith, scout executive for the Douglas District, a part 01 the council, said the council has purchased a peninsula on Siltcoos- i.dHe on uie uuuKias-L,&Qe uuruer. about 15 miles north of Reedsport The camnsite is comorised of 125 acres of peninsula at the north end of the lake and five acres on the coast at Siltcoos outlet. Pur chase price was about $30,000. The total development may reacn 1200,. 000 over a period of years The council's camping improve ment committee met at .Eugene Monday night to draw up plans for next year's program at the new site and to study building plans. A large lodge will be built on the site. Smith said the camp is to be developed over a 5-year period, with the goal of making it one of the best in the Northwest. An 3 week summer camp for boys is planned there next summer, be sides training sessions for leaders, etc. The camp will be open year around, and will be in operation by next summer. Oregonians Can't Vote On Big Dams SALEM W Oregon can't have an initiative measure to a;k the people how they want Hell's Can yon developed, Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton ruled Wednesday. The opinion was asked by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger, Portland, who wants to circulate an initiative to find out if the people of Oregon want the federal government to build Hell's Canyon Dam, or if they want Idaho Power Company to build its three proposed dams. Thornton ruled such an initiative would be illegal. He quoted the Constitution to the effect that initi ative measures are to make laws, and that such an initiative as pro posed by Neuberger would not be for the purpose of making a law. El Centro Officers Coming For Weaver El Ceqtro, Calif., authorities were to leave for Roseburg Wednesday to pick up Olan Gaye Weaver, 52, who was arrested by sheriff's deputies Monday on a felony warrant. After waiving extradition Tues day, two additional charges were received from the California au thorities, Sheriff Cal Baird reports. Three charges, one for grand theft and two for bad checks, now face Weaver, the sheriff said. He is held in the county jail under total bail of $11,000. The sheriff said it is his understanding that one of the charges involves a $2650 check. ' Six Injured Persons Are Still Hospitalized Civ iu,,ni InunlvfttT In . head- on traffic crash in Tuesday morn ing's fog were still in Community Hospital weunesuay. i - Dn.,;.,Jn, nt Anlrlanff vaults oiiiifiu"t v, w. -. , driver of a car which collided with another just south of wiinur, nas a fractured right knee cap. Two ....... in hi r Um Hob- ert (Mildred) Seehawe'r and Alice Mary bpeneer, aiso 01 uam.uu, are improving. The driver of the other car, Mrs. Louise Buckman of Santa Barbara, has head injuries. A passenger, Mrs. Ruby McEIwin of Santa Barbara, has a fractured right arm. Her son, Gordon. 8, first believed unhurt, has a bro ken left arm. ... ... State police are still investigat ing the mishap. Services Dated For Mrs. Agee Funeral services will be held Thursday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m. at the Mathnriiet rhureh in Sutheriin for Daisy Margaret Agee, 50, who died at her home at zi aecoim vc. c, Sutheriin, late Monday evening after a short illness, . The Rev. Luis Bove will offici ate. Interment will be in Civil Bend Cemetery. Mrs. Agee was born Feb. 25, 1903 at Goldendale, Wash., and moved to the Sutheriin area in 1945. Survivors include two sons, Wil lis Agee and Vernon Waddell, both nt nn.ohiirv- five daughters. Don na Louise Agee, Berniece May Agee, Mrs. Fat Davis, Mrs. venua Blanton and Mrs. Willa Cockrum, all of Sutheriin, and her mother, ffre norths T.amnhear nf Seattle. Stearns & Little Mortuary, Oak land, is nananng iunerai arrangements. ASSAULT BRINGS FINE Ralph D. Clinton, Camas Valley Route, was fined $50 in district court Tuesday on a charge of as sault and battery, according to Judge A. J. Geddes. Clinton was arrested by sheriff's deputies on a complaint from his wife, LaVon. Glide Woman Finds Storing Boxes Exciting Mrs. Paul Janes of Glide was busily storing some boxes under her trailer house when she heard a slight noise. Turning her head, Mrs. Janes found herself staring into the eyes of a rattlesnake, about a foot away. Crawling out from under the trailer backwards. Mrs. Janes called for help, and her neighbor, Mrs. Gilkcrson, came to her aid. The two women killed the snake, whicb had four rattles and a button. Mexican Plane Crash Victims, Search Continues MONTEREY, Mexico UTt Ground search parties tried a new route Wednesday to reach the mountain- i . uoviran olane crash which killed about a down persona Monday. Definite information on the num- . in lh nlanp and their identities was still lacking as the rescue parties fought the deep ravines and steep cliffs in the area about 50 miles nonneasi 01 nere. n-U. n.nnlain. ffn UO to 5.000 feet, and the plane, which was en roule from Monterey to the Falcon Dam dedication, crashed at about 4,000 feet. It appeared fairly certain that one U. S. citizen, J. Clifford Saf- 1... nt tha can ni9n ITninfi- was aboard. He has not been re ported since me crasn. une last hope that he might have returned ... if..!., nitv hv train ws. rlah,f Tuesday night when the train ar rived wunoui mm. uiner victims are believed to include some of u..iM'. Idsrfintf nnivcmon and vv eral entertainers for the dam dedi cation fiesta. MOTORIST JAILED . James Calvin Carr of Winston was lodged in the county jail un der $300 bail after his appearance in district court Tuesday on charg es of driving with a suspended driver's license and failure to re pair clearance lights. Judge A. J. Geddes reports. Carr was given a $20 fine for the latter charge. He was arrested by state police. Civil Air Squadron Slates Inaugural Dance The inaugural dinner and dance of the Roseburg Civil Air Patrol squadron will be held Saturday night, beginning at 7 o'clock, at the -Umpqua Hotel, according to Lt. E. W. Carter, squadron com mander. Honored guests at the affair, Lt Carter said, will be Col. Kenneth Jordan, Oregon wing commander, and his staff from Portland. Carter said CAP members, guests and persons interested In the development of aviation are invited to attend the affair. FASTEST KNOWN RELIEF FOR GAS ON STOMACH TH ANK HEAVENS 1 Most itUckJ r .test . indigestion. When It strike Uk Bell -ana tablets. They contain the futa?stctinf medicines known to doctors for the relief NEXT WINTER'S SUPPLY NOW SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY THAT SUPPORTS YOU! Planer Ends Peeler Core, 16" or 2' Sawdust 16" Green Wood . i rii vi.ij.i VTJ J ail MI mT2 Barbershop Quartets Entertain At Sutheriin Roseburg Barbershop quartets and chorus, comprised of 34 sing ers, went to Sutheriin Monday night to present a 45-minute uro gram at the Business and Pro fessional Women's Club banquet at the Sutheriin Grange. The quartets, the Four Bits and the Postal Notes, and the chorus were very well received. Publicity Chairman Ernie Lenta reports. Lenta revealed the local sing ers are planning two November programs: On Nov. 14, they will go to Camas Valley for a Grange program. On Nov. 21. the first an nual benefit show will be staged at the Roseburg Junior High School. Quartets from Central California to Portland are expect- T-u . I. . I - , n,. n Tl nit iiidci vi me niws, nose-. n- burg Funeral Home, Friday at 1 ed 10 Prticipate. n m r-.n r, i- i i r . v . Salvation Army will officiate. In-! Fullerton PTA Sets terment will follow in the Civil Bend Cemetery. Crash Victim's Funeral Sunday Funeral services will he held Sunday, Oct. 23. at 2 p.m. at the Elkton Methodist Church for Pa tricia Betty Jane Slovinski, who was aiiiea in an auto accident Oct. 18 near Wanata. Ind. Interment will follow in the Moore Cemeterv, Elkton. Mrs. Slovinski was the former Patricia McDonald, daughter of Mrs. Hulda Blombarg of Elk'on. She was born at Conurg on April 17, 1931. She had lived in Elk ton since the age of 7 and had attended Elkton grade and h'ifh schools. She was married to Rob ert S. Slovinski June 23, laso. and for the past year made her home at Portsmouth. Va. It is believed she was on her way to Elkton at the time of the accident. Her husband is serving in the U. S Navy on the t'SS Wisconsin . somewhere in Korean waters. Besides the widower, she is sur vived by a daughter. Shellev Ma rie of Elkton: a brother, Ross; a sister, Dcvoma, and her mother, all of Elkton, Stearns A Little Mortuary at Oakland is handling funeral arrangements. Family Potluck Meet The second in a series of family potluck dinners has been scheduled by the Fullerton PTA for Thurs day. Oct. 22. All fifth grade parents, familie and guests are invited to partici pate at the 6 p.m. dinner and so cial hour. A preparation committee, made up of Mrs. Ray Olson and Mrs. Roy Bartley, and a program com mittee, made up of Mrs. Emmett Hollyman. Mrs. Charles Hopkins and Mrs. Charles Collins, has charge of the evening program The cleanup committee is made up of Mrs. R. H. Darby. Mrs. H. A. Esslestrom and Mrs. Joe Barnes. Mrs. Elva Hardesty Succumbs Friday Roseburg Kiwanians See Movie On Oil Industry Roseburg Kiwanians Tuesday noon saw a movie depicting re cent advances in the oil industrv. The luncheon meeting was held in the Hotel Umpqua. Ken Lomax, Roseburg oil dis tributor and chairman of the Oregon Oil Information Commit tee for the Roseburg area, showed the film, which included scenes from activities in the Dakolas' Williston Basin. The program was held in con junction with the observance of OH Progress Week. ANCHOR IN BEIRUT BEIRUT, Lebanon Nine ships of the U S. Sixth Fleet, in cluding trie aircraft carrier Frank lin D. Roosevelt and the heavy cruiser Des Moines, dropped an chor in Beirut Harbor Wednesdav U. S. jet planes from the carrier new over Ibanon, Syria and flew over the Lebanon. Syria and Mrs. Elva Hardesty, 89. suc cumbed Friday at the Cottase Grove Hospital after a lingering illness. She is survived by one Jordan in a friendly display. daughter, Rose Brown of Medford. a sister. Jame Davis of Rosue FINE FOR DRUNKENNESS River and three grandchildren. Otis Larrv Sartin. 47. of Mel Services were held Sunday in ; rose paid a 350 fine in district the Mkton Me hodist Church with court Tuesdav on a charie of heinc the Rev. Mr. Knight of Yoncalla : drunk on a public highwav. Judee officiating. Mills Mortuary in! A. J. Geddes reports. 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