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DEDICATION CEREMONIES for the new Apostolic Faith
Church will take place Sunday at 3 p.m. when members
gather at the newly completed building. Members of Port
land congregation and the Rev. Robert Crawford, general
overseer, will be present for services. (Photo By Photo Lab).
Apostolic Faith Church
To Bev Dedicated Sunday
Apstolic Faith s members will
dedicate their new church Sun
day afternoon at 3, with the Rev.
Robert Crawford, general over
seer of the Portland headquarters
in charge of the service.
With the Rev. Mr. Crawford will
be the Rev. C. W. Frost of Med
ford, and a group of gospel work
ers from Portland.
The new church, located just off
Highway 99, near the Clpverdale
district, is 30 by 70 feet, with lam
inated arches which form a ca
thedral ceiling. Gothic style win
dows are of amber glass. The
building is topped by a stained
redwood steeple which ha.s a light
ed base. Over the front entrance
is a circular window bearing the
church emblem, a cross and a
Th'ffdfoT.:;'co,n6ainsr''" ;i'''finTl
basement, a mam floor auditorium
Vote Held Likely
On Governor's
Taxation Plan
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
j SALEM MP) Possibility that
the Oregon, Legislature's tax pro
gram would be referred to the peo
ple at a special election next spring
loomed large Thursday, after pre
siding: officers of both bouses took
a dim view of Gov. Paul Patter
, son's tax recommendations.
1 Senate President Elmo Smith
and House Speaker Edward A.
Geary -latly oiosed .- lie -"over-nor's
plan to raise $30,000,000 in
the next biennium by removing the
federal tax deduction in figuring
state income taxes.
They also said they fear the
effect of levying a state property
tax to raise another $30,000,000.
Smith and Geary added that they
didn't know if these or different
proposals would be passed by the
Legislature.
But they agreed it is likely that
whatever taxes the Legislature
votes will be referred to the people
at a special election to be held
soon after the Legislature ad
journs. If the people then reject new
taxes, the Legislature would come
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Noel Field To Forsake
U. S. To Stay In Hungary
WASHINGTON 1 Noel Field
has notified the State Department
he and his wife have decided 'o
forsake the United Stales and re
' main in Communist Hungary,
which imprisoned them for live
years. .. .
Field's deoision, not unexpected
by the State Department, was re
layed in an handwritten letter re
ceived two days ago at Budapest
hv U.S. Minister Christian M.
Ravndal. The letter was disclosed!
by Department Press Officer Hen
ry Suydam.
But officials fully expect Noel's
brother Hermann to come home
azain. Hermann, 44, was freed by
Communist Poland late in October.
WOMAN JAILED
Jean Fifer, 20, was jailed Wed
nesday night by Roseburg police
when Mary Doland complained of
d'sorderly conduct on the part of
Mrs. Fifer. The suspect was to be
arraigned in Municipal Court today.
The Weather
Considerable cloudiness and a
fw thowirt today and tonight.
Friday partly cloudy. Cooler.
High, it temp, last 24 hours . SI
Lowest temp, last 24 hours 35
Highest temp, any Jan. 71
Lowest tamp, any Jan. .- ... -4
Preeip. last 24 hour! .14
Prtcip. from Jan. 1 ... 1.23
Prtcip. from Sept. 1 10.12
Deficiency from Sept. 1 4:5
Sunset tonight, S p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:43 a.m.
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which seats 175 persons, a moth
ers' room and rest rooms. Indirect
lighting is used throughout.
In the basement are the
Sunday School rooms, a pray
er room, minister's study aud
music room. Plans include an or
gan chamber and space for a bap
tistry which may be installed lat
er. Melvin Frost, who designed the
building, was superintendent of the
work; At Hillier was foreman. All
work was done by local members
of the church, assisted by mem
bers of the-Apostolic Faith con
gregations of Portland, Medford,
Grants Pass and Eureka, all of
whom volunteered their time and
effort! to the project. ;
The Rev. A. M. Rhoads, local
pastor, -stales dedication ceremon
ies' wfff 'include a Vesper, concert
trio (Slyvia Hiatt violin;' Arth
ur Hiatt, cello; and Edna Craw
ford, piano) and Agnes Ekelund,
soprano soloist. Mrs. Hiatt, . enn
tralto; Hiatt, tenor, and Mr.
Crawford, bass,-, join . with Mrs.
Ekelund to form the Lower Light
Quartet, singing bid gospel hymni
and spirituals. . , ,
The Rev. Mr. Rhoads says spe
cial meetings will continue, with
an evangelistic service :Sunday
evening at 8 and week nights,
Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m.
The Rev.. Mr. Frost, who hat
been in Roseburg often during the
construction of the building, says
workers, musicians and singers
from Medford and Grants Pass
churches will also assist in the spe
cial meetings.
Child Dies In Hospital
After Severing ; Finger;
PORTLAND Ufl A 4-year-old
boy died in a Portland hospital
Wednesday night several hours aft
er severing a finger while playing
with a hatchet.
The cause of death was not de
termined at once.
The boy was John G.' Greer, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Greer of
nearby Oswego.
Woman Released From
Child Steajing Charge
A Roseburg woman,. Versa Vir
ginia Hamilton, has been released
from custody and her- 2-year-old
child is back in a foster home
here, according to Mrs. Lois Bak
er, administrator of the Douglas
County Public Welfare Commis
sion.' V, .' ' "
Mrs. Hamilton was apprehend
ed at McMinnville a few days ago
and charged with i child stealing.
It was alleged she took the child,
which has been made a ward of
the juvenile court, from its foster
home and fled. .
BLM Schedules Small
Salvage Timber Sale
The Bureau of Land Manage
ment office in Roseburg has schedr
uled a small sale of' O k C salvage
timber Jan. 19 at 9 a.m. in the
BLM office at 132 Jackson St.
The timber, on two tracts, in
cludes 234,000 board feet, apprais
ed at S3.031.05. Douglas fir on one
tract containing 19.000 board feet
is appraised at $15.35 per thou,
sand. On the other tmct, contain
ing 173,000 board feet of Douglas
fir, the fir is appraised at $14.90.
Legion Sponsoring Class
For Hospital Volunteers
The American Legion Post and
Auxiliary will hold their annual
orientation and indoctrination
school for all volunteer hospital
workers Monday al the Veteran!
Hospital in Roseburg. The meet
ing will be held in the music room
of the recreation building at 7:30
p.m. It is for members and any
one interested in becoming I vol
unteer worker for the American
Legion.
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Established 1873
Pay Increase
Also Sought
For Services
WASHINGTON Wt President
Eisenhower Thursday asked Con
gress to extend the draft law -four
years, grant pay increases to "ca
reer" servicemen and create a
powerful military reserve to deal
witn any "aggressor so criminally
unwise as to attempt an atomic
attack." -. i ,
The President set out the admin
istration's military manpower pro
gram in two special messages to
the lawmakers, saving the meas
ures he proposed would give this
country the "proper military pos
ture" for the first time in peace
time. On pay, he proposed increases
only for men willing to serve long
er than a minimum time, saying it
is necessary to maintain "the ex
perienced hard core of a modern
fighting force."
Calling for a "selective" rise,
Eisenhower said there should be
no increase for officers in the first
three years of their service 'and
none in the first two years for en
listed men.
This would mean no pay raise
for two-year draftees or for young
reserve omcers- putting in only
their 'obligated time.
The President said the aggre
gate increase he proposed would
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Riddle Jail Riddled
By Imprisoned Pair
Two Ridlle men still antra in
jail ,today,j. . but -in- Myrtle ereekr
aner ..rearing up tne Biame 3au
Tuesday night after they had been
arrested on charges of drunken
ness. It took a shot of tear gas to sub
due Earl Chandler and Kenneth
W. Wilson after they had (1) Torn
out plumbing; (2) shredded three
mattressei and (3) started to beat
out the concrete from around their
jail cell, Riddle officers told Mrs.
Erma Best, News-Review corres
pondent. The pair was arrested by Leon
Wilburn, special officer, Tuesday
night. Wilburn had to call in Of
ficer Keneth Hunt during the fra
cas, and Hunt tossed tear gas into
the cell to quiet the prisoners.
They were removed to the coun
ty jail in Roseburg, then returned
Wednesday to Riddle Municipal
Court. Judge Ruth Gelling penal
ized them on each of three counts
disorderly conduct, being drunk
on a public street and malicious
destruction of property when they
pleaded guilty.
Chandler and Wilson each were
fined $120, given 40-day suspended
jail sentences and ordered to pay
$200 apiece for damage to the jail.
They are in the Myrtle Creek
jail in lieu of payment of fines.
Philosophy Of Lifelong Adventurer
Told To Knife And Fork Clubbers
- By LAURA OLSON
Staff Writer, Ntw-Rtviw
The 'Individual armed wiUi' a
smile, humility, imagination and
personality is the real adventurer
in the world today, according to
Sydney R. Montague.
Montague was guest speaker be
fore 225 Umpqua Valley Knife and
Fork Club members Wednesday
evening. The former member of
the Royal Canadian Mounted Po
lice force entertained his attentive
audience for 75 minutes with his
philosophy of lifelong adventure.
' Interspersing his perinent re
marks concerning the world to
day and its inhabitants with rib
tickling asides, the author-lecturer
termed adventure "the art of liv
ing, . .and living this very mo
ment." His definition of the true ad
venturer was based on the four
major "weapons" used by the
mountiet. Weakest of all weapons,
he said, was the gun.
The adventure of living "isn't
killing or being killed," he con
tinued. Montague said he was not
"anti" anything. "I would much
rather plant good seeds than dig
out weeds. We have experts doing
it today (digging the weeds)," he
added.
His dofinitlon of the great secret
of life and success centered
around the maUer at expresiu:i.
"If you want to be a success in
any field, don't be afraid to make
an error," he continued. "If you
make an error, you've tried."
Security, he believed, was of the
heart, not of things. "What a man
gives away is his forever," he con-
(Continued on Page 1 Col. 4)
ROSEBURG
Vest Pocket War
In Formosa Area
Said Quickening
By SPENCER MOOSA
TAIPEH, Formosa ' W) The
vest pocket war quickened Thurs
day with new Nationalist bombing
raids on Red islands, dog fights
north of Formosa and a reported
sea battle between guerrillas and
Communist junks.
There also were rumors from
Chinese correspondents that 17. S.
destroyers which guard Formosa
from invasion had been sucked
into the conflict but these were
officially jdiscounted.
The Air Force said four-engine
bombers touched off big fires in
raids on Itenao and Toumcn Is
lands, 15 and 13 miles, respective
ly, north of the invasion-threat
ened Tachens, 200 miles north of
Formosa. ,
Later in the : dnvi Nationalist
propeller places irt undisclosed
number engaged in a brief aerial
sKirmnsn with Red fighter-bombers
northeast of the Tachens. No dam
age was reported on either aide.
The defense ministry said sea
borne Nationalist guerrillas before
dawn engaged a convoy of Com
munist supply Junks near the Tae
chens and captured 12 enemy craft
and 114 crewmen after fierce
fighting. .
Reports published aboard that 'a
U.S. destroyer -fired on Chinese
Communist planes Tuesday 80
miles south of the Tachens were
discounted hv Cant. Albert Kil-
'martin, U. S. embassy naval at-
lacne. - , .
Riddle Boy Charged .
With Slashing Tires
- Siddle- bpy,'xpefled- ff-o-m
high school, attempted to walk
into a basketball game at Riddle
Tuesday night, and when he wai
barred from the gymnasium,
school officials said he. slashed
the tires on the car of Don Brown,
vice principal.
The boy was caught red-handed
by Kenneth Si.ua vt, superintendent
of schools, Stuart said. The youth
has been turned over to the coun
ty juvenile officers for action, ac
cording to Mrs. Erma Best, News
Review correspondent.
STORY IS PUBLISHED
Mrs. Marvin (Jo Ellen) Bar
ton, Sutherlin, is the author of a
story appearing in the March is
sue of "Fifteen Love btories.
Mrs. Barton is a former Roseburg
resident. The name of her story
is "Kiss Me, Darling."
THEFT REPORTED
A thief Wednesday morning re
moved a transom in the Roseburg
Hotel, crawled into S. H. Salmeia's
room and stole a watch, Salmeia
complained to Roseburg police.
The theft apparently occurred at
about 9 a.m., officers said.
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INTERNATIONALLY-KNOWN lecturer Sydney R. Montague coma to Roseburg Wed
nesdoy. Montague (second from right) charmed members of the Umpqua Valley Knife
and Fork Club with his astute observations on adventure ond adventurers. Among those
charmed by. the humorist-philospher were from, left: Ralph Church,, Harold Schmeer and
Harold Augustus. (Paul Jenkins Photo). i
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OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1955
Defendants Held School Board
Not Liable In
Damage Action
By MERLE P, PUCH
-Staff Writer, News-Review
- A 2V4-day trial came to an a'bruot
and dramatic end in Douglas Coun
ty Circuit Court Wednesday aft
ernoon wnen a jury ot eight wom
jen and four men returned a ver-
uti-i uicr icsa uiau ou minutes oi
deliberation. .
The verdict. in the big damage
aciion was unanimously in favor
of the defendants. .
The plaintiff. Wallace B. Saure-
eon of Drain, sought $50,000 gen
eral and $1,957.50 special damages
tor injuries received in a fatal
accident. The mishap occurred
about five miles west of Reeds-
port on Highway 38 on Oct. 3, 1952.
Named defendants were a truck
driver, Ray Roth, and the buck
owner, Daniel D. , Santry, both
of Olympia, Wash. .
Spurgeon was a passenger in a
car which collided with a truck
and trailer driven by Roth. The
car turned upside down and burn
ed, and another passenger, -Stan
ley W. Wallace, was killed.
The case hinged on the Question
of whether Roth was responsible
for the accident. Defense attorney
Robert G. ' Davis contended tht
driver of the car, Chester E. Mill
er, was negligent, that the truck
trailer did not cross the center
(Continued On Page 2 Col. 1)
'Diaper Derjby' Ends
Successfully; Pilot -
Arrives With Baby
, By BOB MCHUCH
PATOXENT, Md. I - The Na
vy welcomed home Thursday its
"diaper derby" fighter pilot and
succumbed to the charms of his
newly adopted Greek daughter. ,
. Lt. Norman K. (Moose) Donahoe
and 17-month-old Roni Marie, ar
rived at this Southern Maryland
naval air station about 9 a. in.
after a five-day hitchhiking flight
from Athens.
Moose had the little girl all
dolled up in yellow dress, yellow
hat and yellow coat as a Navy
transport landed him back on home
soil.
The baby's big brown eyes
sparkled. She's a cutie, 1
"She was a perfect little doll
all the way," said the lix-foot Tex
an, a decorated veteran of the
fighting in Korea.
"She slep through landings and
takeoffs." he said. . ;
Donahoe and Roni Marie arrived
here well fixed for diapers, which
had been his main concern as he
sweated out'' weather delays and
missed connections on the flight
home from Athena.
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Accepts Resignations Of
Both Cummings
By' GEORGE CASTILLO '
City E.ditor, Ntwi-Rtvitw
Nobody envied the three-man
Oakland school board Wednesday
night as it listened to a cross-section
of public opinion for U4 hours
before announcing a decision.
Finally, at about 9:30, Board
Chairman Leo Sparks got to his
feet to report: "The board has de
cided to accept both resignations."
The resignations were those of
Oakland School Sunt. James Cum
mings and Principal J. Clvde
Akey, principal of the Lincoln and
Washington elementary schools m
Oakland. , i
By accepting both resignations.
the board created a problem of
finding two new men but cleared
up wh;t it apparently viewed as
dissension in the administrative
ranks. .. .-.
The decision was one of two
the board had. It could also have
kept one man and accepted the
resignation of the other. A third,
possibility was blocked when Supt.
Cummings said both men could
not stay. The board had. asked
oom io remain.
The meeting drew out probably
one of the biggest crowds in the
school board's history. An estimat
ed 200 people seated themselves in
tne Oakland High school 'to near
what facts were made available
and to make a host of comments.
Both Akey and Cummings . were
present.- t f i '
. The knotty, -dillenvma . apparent
ly arose when . Sunt. Cummings
recently asked for the resignation
of Principal Akey. - : ,
No reasons were aired at the
meetinf for the reauest for the
resignation. Cummings said mere
ly. "I refuse to discus! it nub-
lioly." He said-it was up to board
members U they wanted to. say
anything about it. They didn't.
, Desmite many inauirie! from the
audiencej the nearest to definite
uwer - wai i made by poara
(Continued On Pag 2 Col. 7)
Adequate Sites For Schools
Still Plague Disr. 4 Board
The continuing problem of adequate sites for schools
sparked, a discussion ' during a meeting of the District 4
board before members of the Rose Parent-Teacher Assn.
at Rose School Wednesday night. k ,
The 'discussion came in connec
tion with consideration of a pro
posed site near the Newton Creek
Homes development north of. Rose
burg. .
The board deferred action on
v i y 4 3 ft.
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At Oakland
And Akey
., JAMES CUMMINGS
. . .resignation accepted
whether to 'take an option on 'a
9',j-acre lite about V mile south
of Newton. Creek Homes between
Kerr Street and where Vine Street
would be if it were extended.
Supt. M. C. Deller said owner
3. E. Cooper wants $12,600 for the
property. If the district is interest
ed in it, Cooper will give an op
tion to July 15 for $175. No action
was taken until board members
have a chance to -study the site.
Members Harold Hoyfc and Arthur
Lamka said overall plans should
be reviewed with consideration of
the new Hucrest school approved
Tuesday,
Curing discussion, members ot
the audience participated in a gen
eral discussion of school sites jin
other areas of the district. Board
Member Wayne Crooch pointed out
that sites are rapidly being used
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Training Course Planned
For School Custodians
A training school for all school
custodians and maintenance peo
ple in Douglas Coumy is -ii lor
Roseburg Saturday, according to
Guy Davis, superintendent of Hie
plant in the Roseburg School Dis
trict. The school is to start at 10 a.m.
and, last through noon at Central
Junior High School. C. J. Danmy
er, Lebanon, will assist in tiie
classes. .Uiout 60 will attend, Dav
is estimated.
Danmyer also will be speaker al
a noon potluck luncneon. Wives
anil 'iHuiriK i' i ' :i'
maintenance people and all school
principals and administrator!
have been invited to the luncheon.
DEPUTY ON TRIP
Douglas County Dep. Sheriff,
Louis Suiter left Roseburg Wad
nesday for California to pick.-(i
three men charged with nnvsi:
port, according to bnerrlf
naird. lie will return nor
Jerry Ross Clark and Allen
bom now in loi v
Troy Queen, now
Smith and Queen wcr
the grand jury and
bench warrants were
their arrest. There hi
court warrant out on CI
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Costa Ricans Report
One Of Rebel Leaders
Has Been Captured
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica 11 A
five-nation commsion arrived in
a U.S. Air Force plane from Pan
ama Thursday to conduct an on-the-spot
investigation of spreading
warfare in Costa Rica,
A short time later the army
command announced the capture
of . Carlos Lara Hlne and said he
was one of the "rebel leaders"
who started the uprising at Villa
Quesada that set off the warfare
on Tuesday. .. . ,
The announcement said he wai
captured uninjured in fierce fight
ing Wednesday at Rio Peje, a town
near Villa Quesada, The announce- .
ment gave no details on Lara's
background. It added that. large
supplies of ammunition, including
seven Browning machineguns and
many Mauser rifles, were seized
from retreating rebel forces. . . ,
The announcement said the reb
els abandoned one of their dead
at Rio Peje. In addition to Lara,
"many"i other rebels were cap
tured, ; Including two seriously
wounded. - ,
-A nervous airport guard gave a
trigger happy welcome to a U.S.
Air Force transport plane that ar
rived in advance of the commis
sion , from the - Organization ot
American States.
Arrival of the - commission in
another U.S. Air Force plane from '
Panama a short time later was
without incident. Bui a single shot
' (Continued on Page 2 Col. 2)
Cobs And Douglas
Welfare Depts.
Hold Joint Meet
Members of the Coos and Doug
las County Public Welfare Depl.
held, a joint session in Roseburg .
Ibis-week to discuss staff develop
ment.- .
Meeting with the group Tues
day were three mem oers of the
Uregon stale Dept. of Public Wel
fare from Portland. Representing
me state Division were: miss felu
abeth . Goddard, of the ; staff de
velopment division; Miss Barbara
Settenii child -v.-euuiB consultant;,
. and iMiss Marguerite, , Thomasoa,..
fiekrrepreaentative. '
Miss' dettein remained in. Rose-'
burg through Thursday for furth
er consultation, according to Mrs.
Lois Baker, administrator of the
Douglas County Welfare Dept. ;
Representatives from Coo a.
County were: .A. M. Hillstrom.
administrator; Mrs. Helen Brown,
superintendent.; and Miss June
Whitke of the clerical department.
Douglas County representatives
were Mrs. Baker, Miss Helen
Falbe, supervisor of case work;
and Airs. La Vei n Gunderson and
Mrs. Pat Anderson, of the clerical
department
Latest Fighter Equipment
Report, Due For Lions
Lion Club member! will hear '
first hand reports on flying con
ditions and latent fighter equip
mem in uie Korean and Alaskan
skies tonight when jet pilots Capt.
oen r iriuan anu bt. Bin weicn ap
pear at the 6:30 dinner meeting
at the Umpqua Hotel.
capt, r itman distinguished Him
self in the Korean theater of oper
ations, where he piloted an FM.
He made the first kill in an F94
in January, 1953. Lt. Welch was
stationed in Alaska, flying as a
radar observer. Both men are now
attached to the 4770th Ground Ob
server Corps Squadron, and are
appearing here in conjunction
withithe Ground Observer Corps
program.
Increased State Taxes
On Pari-Mutuels Asked
SALEM UPl Increased stale
taxes on pari-n.utuel betting will
be proposed by Hep. mcnara b.
Groener, Milwaukie, he announced
Thursday.
The average tax in Oregon is
4.9 per cent, he said, and he would
raise this to' 6 per cent.
Oregon'! tax li 3 per cent oi tne
first S66.0U0 of the daily pari-
mutuel handle, 4 per cent up toy
$133,000, 5 per cent up to $200,001
and 6 per cent over S200,ooo.
Groener said the average
5.1 per cent in WashingtonJ
California, and S.5 in Ho tig
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